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Radar search for graves begins at Delmas site Headstone discovered unexpectedly

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The search for graves of those who attended the former Delmas Indian Residential School site has begun.

On Saturday morning, the search for unmarked graves began with the use of ground-penetrating radar on the grounds of the former Thunderchild/St. Henri Indian Residential School which burned down in 1948.

The ground-penetrating radar was conducted by SNC-Lavalin and that was expected to run until 5 p.m. on Saturday, and then continue again Sunday.

According to Neil Sasakamoose of Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs, the plan was to finish grid one at the actual residential school site over the weekend and look at the data Monday. The plan was then to finish grid two and grid three at the residential school site, before moving on to potential sites located against buildings inside the town.

Sasakamoose explained

to reporters that the process of finding graves from the Delmas residential school is a complicated one. The sites they wish to search are on several different locations spanning over a kilometre.

There are six sites identified within the community of Delmas itself that they want to search, and a couple more located north of Highway 16. Reporters were brought to one site of interest: a cemetery that includes the grave and headstone of Henry Achenam, a relative of whom is the current Sweetgrass Chief Lori Whitecalf.

It was explained that the finding of Achenam’s headstone about six weeks before had caught their attention. Achenam had died in 1910 at age 13 while attending the residential school. It was explained that according to oral histories handed down through the generations, Achenam died due to abuse suffered at the school.

What was unexpected was the location of Achenam’s grave at this particular cemetery, located about

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It “didn’t add up,” said Sasakamoose, and that sparked interest in searching the area for more graves.

The thinking is there could be several unmarked graves in the vicinity of Achenam’s headstone. The plan is to search the vicinity starting in August; another site they want to search is located down the road to the north of the residential school.

As a result, the groundradar search for unmarked graves will be an extensive one covering a vast amount of land and locations between Delmas and the North Saskatchewan River to the north. It will not be a continuous process, with the radar search happening on and off as the data is collected.

After that work around Delmas is done, Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs wants to search the Battleford Industrial School site on the Government House Ridge for more potential unmarked graves there.

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By John Cairns Staff Reporter

While there might still be a Northwest Territorial parade in North Battleford this year, the same cannot be said for Battleford.

The Town of Battleford announced that their town’s parade and fireworks are once again

not going ahead this summer.

Mayor Ames Leslie confirmed at council Monday that their parks and recreation board had made the decision to cancel.

This is the second year in a row that the parade and fireworks are not going ahead. Last year, the cancellation was due to

COVID-19 restrictions.

This year, even though restrictions have been lifted, there were other obstacles. Mayor Leslie said “alignment with the city’s parade and other aspects” led them to that decision.

“Hopefully we can come back bigger, stronger next year,” said Leslie.

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Project lead for the search for unmarked graves at the residential school once located at Delmas and Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs administration member Karen Whitecalf, right, listens as one of the members of the crew who operate the ground penetrating radar indicates the area they have already scanned and mapped. Whitecalf says they will be looking for more records of all Indigenous children who attended the facility in Delmas. “We have over 600 students that were registered but we’re missing a few years.” Photo by Jon Perez

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Trial set for Red Pheasant man accused of breaking into home, assaulting occupant with rifle stock

By Lisa Joy

Staff Reporter

A trial is set for a Red Pheasant First Nation man charged with breaking into a residence and assaulting one of its occupants with a rifle stock.

Vernon Wahobin, 29, is charged with assault with a weapon, break and enter, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

RCMP were called to a residence on Red Pheasant First Nation at about 3:30 a.m. on June 27 for a report that three people broke into a home

and assaulted one of the occupants with the stock of a rifle. The victim received minor injuries.

Dre Meechance, 19, is was also arrested in this incident. He was wanted by police on warrants and has since been arrested with his latest court appearance on July 21. He is charged with break and enter.

A 17-year-old youth – who can’t be identified in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act – has also been charged.

Wahobin’s trial is set for Sept. 27 in North Battleford Provincial Court.

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Dangerous offender from N.B. arrested with semi-auto rifle

By Lisa Joy

Staff Reporter

A North Battleford man facing weapons-related charges wasn’t granted bail Monday in Lloydminster Provincial Court.

Robin Wuttunee, 43, was remanded after his court appearance July 19.

He was arrested July 17

By Lisa Joy

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A warrant was issued for a North Battleford man after he failed to appear in Saskatoon Provincial Court last week.

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Wuttunee was additionally charged on July 17 with carrying a concealed weapon, two counts of possession of a firearm/ ammunition in a vehicle, unauthorized possession of a restricted/prohibited weapon with ammunition, unauthorized possession of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a prohibited

device, unsafe storage of a firearm, five counts of possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order, and three counts of failing to comply with a release order.

Wuttunee is now scheduled to appear in Lloydminster Provincial Court Aug. 4 for a show cause hearing.

tiple police detachments responded to a break and enter in The R.M. of Corman Park.

According to an RCMP media release, members from Warman and Martensville, along with Corman Park Police and Saskatoon Police Service Air One responded the break

and enter.

Two vehicles were seen leaving the property and later located. One was a motor home, which was reported stolen a week prior.

Spokes and Christopher Hayden, 42, from Prince Albert, were arrested without incident. Hayden is charged with theft under

$5,000, mischief under $5,000, and possession of break-in instruments.

Spokes is charged with theft under $5,000, mischief under $5,000, one count of possession of property obtained by crime and make/sell/possess instruments for making a forged document.

Caron faces fraud charges

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on Onion Lake Cree Nation after the Nation’s security checkpoint allegedly found him with a semi-automatic rifle in a bag.

The Onion Lake RCMP arrested Wuttunee. He was also wanted at the time on multiple outstanding arrest warrants out of Alberta.

He was prohibited from owning a firearm.

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A man who was wanted

by Battlefords RCMP has additional charges out of Saskatoon.

A lawyer for 38-yearold Cody Ian Caron waived his attendance in Sas-

katoon Provincial Court July 14 where Caron faces charges of fraud and resisting police.

Defence told the Saskatoon court that it was his intention to deal with Caron’s Saskatoon matters after his trial is concluded in North Battleford on

charges of assault with a weapon, break and enter, possession of a weapon while prohibited and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

In March Caron was the subject of an RCMP public alert when they were searching for him. He was

arrested and released on bail in May but is now back in custody.

Caron’s trial in North Battleford Provincial Court is scheduled for Oct. 20.

Caron’s Saskatoon matters will be brought back before the Saskatoon court Oct. 22.

Woman accused of robbing Lloydminster hotel at gunpoint released on bail

By Lisa Joy

Staff Reporter

A woman who was wanted by police after she allegedly accused robbed a Lloydminster hotel at gunpoint has been granted bail.

Kacey Dillon, 20, had

a show cause hearing in Lloydminster Provincial Court July 15. The details the hearings can’t be published. She was released on conditions including a curfew from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Dillon, along with Rocky Wuttunee and Jade

Whitstone are charged in connection to the robbery at the hotel on March 29.

Police say they fled in one of the victim’s vehicles.

Wuttunee was arrested in April and RCMP released Dillon’s photo asking the public for help locating her. She was arrested in

May. A preliminary hearing for Dillon and Wuttunee is scheduled in Lloydminster Provincial Court for Dec. 2. Whitstone is still wanted by police.

The charges against the accused haven’t been proven in court.

Bail conditions eased for Lloydminster man facing forcible confinement charges

By Lisa Joy

Staff Reporter

A Lloydminster man accused of forcible confinement and assault with a weapon has had his bail conditions eased.

On July 19, a lawyer for Jason Palsich, 37, asked the Lloydminster Provincial Court to ease two conditions. Palsich’s conditions of a 24-hour curfew and to not go into Lloydminster without the permission of

his probation officer were amended. His 24-hour curfew was amended to allow him to out with his mother and to go into Lloydminster with his mother.

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Palsich and Dean were According to the jointly charged with forcRCMP, they received a re- ible confinement, assault port on July 30, 2020, that with a weapon, uttering a victim was allegedly con- threats, robbery with a fined to that residence and weapon, and extortion. assaulted before being able Dean was released in are all talking aboutApril 2021. He has elected to flee.

When police entered to be tried by judge alone the residence they found and his preliminary hearunknown substances inside ing is scheduled for Oct. and called in the Alberta 14.

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Theft victim stabbed

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Submitted by Battlefords RCMP

Battlefords RCMP responded to 524 calls for service from Wednesday, July 14, through Tuesday, July 20. These included: • 10 missing persons reported. One investigation is still active.

- Update: Skyler Tinker, 13 is still missing.

Skyler continues to have a presence on social media and appears to be evading efforts to locate him. He is believed to be in or around the city of Saskatoon.

• 18 assault investigations.

- Chandler Mooswa, 27, was arrested after a report on the morning of July 14 of a male walking down a grid road in the Cochin district with a machete. Subject entered a yard and began to stab at the door to a residence. Police arrested subject without incident and he appeared in North Battleford Court on July 15 charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, mischief to property and failing to comply with an undertaking.

- On July 17 at approximately 4:30 p.m., a complainant located her previously reported stolen vehicle on a grid road on the east edge of the city of North Battleford. While attempting to retrieve her keys, she was assaulted and reported being stabbed by an unknown weapon by the person who was in possession of her stolen car. The suspect fled with the victim’s car, the car was later located by police and the suspect was also taken into custody. Kendra Frank, 33, is charged with assault with a weapon and is also in violation of her conditional sentence order. She was remanded into custody and made her first appearance in North Battleford court on Monday July 19. The victim sustained a minor injury to her leg in the incident.

• Eight break and enter investigations.

- Report of a break and enter to a business on Thatcher Avenue in North Battleford between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on July 18. A dark green 2011 Polaris side by side and a 2011 Precision trailer reported stolen.

- Home on the 1400 block of 109th Street in North Battleford reported broken into some time over the weekend. Missing items include a generator and some appliances.

- Residence on the 1600 block of 102nd Street in North Battleford reported broken into on the evening of July 18. Television among items reported missing.

- A 33 year old male was arrested and charged with break and enter after being located inside a residence on the 1400 block of 100th Street in North Battleford just before 10 a.m. on July 20. He has since been released and is scheduled to make his first appearance on Aug. 23.

• Six vehicle thefts.

- 2009 Black Chevrolet Silverado with Saskatchewan License 151LMV reported stolen from a residence on the Mosquito First Nation some time in the morning hours of July 19.

• One Health/COVID violation investigation.

• 18 Mental Health Act investigations.

• Four charges relating to impaired driving • 10 traffic collisions reported.

Anyone with information on any incident is urged to call the Battlefords RCMP at 306-4461720 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TiPS(8477).

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It is the latest in a growing number of cab providers to be licensed under the city’s revised vehicle-forhire bylaw.

Prior to the bylaw’s passage, Crown Cab held the monopoly on taxi licenses in the city. Since 2019, the number of cab companies has expanded to include NB City Cab Inc., who were licensed for four cabs with an option to add a fifth, and FastTaxi - Fast Ride Taxi Service, with four taxi cabs as well as

Mereamo Seru, Mayor David Gillan and Yanfeng Sun cut the cake to open Riverside Cabs in North Battleford. Photo by John Cairns

four vehicles offering their rideshare service.

With Riverside Cab’s arrival, the number of licensed vehicles in the city now stands at 37.

Seru told the audience establishing the cab com-

pany was an opportunity to create something that would support the community and provide services to those who don’t have access to their own vehicles.

Mayor Gillan welcomed the arrival of the new cab

Honours for two longtime city firefighters

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Two longtime firefighters in the City of North Battleford received recognition for years of service at a presentation Monday at city council.

Rob Beatch was presented by Mayor David Gillan with the 30-year Exemplary Services Award from the Government of Canada as well as the Canadian Volunteer Fire Service Association’s Long Service Medal.

As well, Brian Marchewka was presented

by Mayor Gillan the 40year Exemplary Service Award. Both received certificates signed by the governor general of Canada.

In his remarks, Director of Protective Services/ Fire Chief Lindsay Holm noted

Fire Chief Lindsay Holm, Bob Beach, Brian Marchewka and Mayor David Gillan.

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the mayor would be using the word “exemplary” in his presentation, and said “both of these firefighters really define that word.”

He said what stood out with Beatch was his “level

of dedication,” saying he would be “hard-pressed to know of any structure fires that we’ve had in the city that Rob has not attended.”

Marchewka has been a long-serving captain with

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Building permits were way down in the month of June in North Battleford.

According to numbers presented to North Battl-

eford council at their meeting Monday, six permits were issued for a value of $207,000 in June, compared to 14 permits for $4,766,000 for the same month a year earlier.

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Through June, there were 51 permits issued for $9,520,600, down from 52 permits for $10,107,378 for the same period a year earlier.

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If the graves of residential school children symbolize anything, it is the abject failure of decades of government policy

By Ken Coates

Munk senior fellow Macdonald-Laurier Institute

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People are mad. Finally! And sadly, belatedly.

The discovery of the locations where hundreds of children were buried around abandoned residential school grounds has touched the country in ways that perhaps even the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission did not. People are responding to this revelation with sustained emotion and genuine anger. But this anger must for once be translated into action.

Put aside the fact that the broad contours of students’ death at residential schools were already widely known.

The country’s reaction to the first major revelations of the deaths of students in the state’s care (revelations from decades ago at this point) was muted compared to the current response to radar-identified graves.

For many years, extensive Indigenous testimony and writing have described the deaths of children at residential schools. First Nations, Inuit and Métis people have spoken publicly about these tragedies thousands of times, and they have for decades overshadowed life in Indigenous communities. The scale of the current revelations and the heartbreak of thinking about young children, away from family and community, dying alone in institutions characterized by a lack of essential humanity, again highlights this shared intergenerational trauma.

While political parties at various levels may differ in their specific approaches, it seems that there is a shared sense of horror and disgust about the children’s deaths.

Unfortunately, as more remains will be found – Indigenous testimony and other evidence are clear on this vital point – public reaction will likely decline in intensity as people become numb to these horrors.

We must therefore seize this moment. Surely children’s graves are enough to finally force a dramatic change as opposed to the social engineering and minor tinkering that has characterized policy for generations.

Government policy, far from being the solution to the issues facing Indigenous peoples, has been one of the primary sources of the problem, alongside ages-old patterns of racial discrimination and state-supported assimilation. The many faces of federal paternalism have brought and continue to bring great pain and suffering to First Nations, Métis and Inuit across the country.

Canada must first recognize Indigenous autonomy, self-government, and sovereignty over their lands and affairs – a move that the United States led on in the 19th century. The Indian Act, reserves and all the other vestiges of 19th- and 20th-century colonization must be replaced, under terms and conditions determined primarily by Indigenous peoples. To replace these colonial structures is a tremendous legal and political task. To accomplish this effort will take time, and will require the federal government to provide funding, civil service

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support, the initial scoping, and then simply to get out of the way, as was done when setting up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Facilitating a dramatic change in how Canada manages its relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples must be undergirded by an overhaul of how these communities are funded. At present, the funding due to Indigenous peoples arising from their unique place in Canadian history, and their constitutional, legal and treaty rights, is caught up in a bureaucratic web. In this web, far too much funding is determined by a system in which Ottawa makes priorities for communities, and communities with few personnel resources navigate a myriad of applications and program requirements simply trying to get the support they need.

This system needs to be completely altered. Funding should instead go directly to Indigenous governments, either at a large scale (like Nunavut, Métis Nation of Saskatchewan, or the James Bay Cree), more localized groups (like the Prince Albert Tribal Council or the Treaty 8 First Nations), or specific nations or communities (like the Carcross-Tagish First Nation or the Membertou First Nation). These communities are well equipped to manage their own priorities, and Indigenous peoples are fully capable of holding their own governments to account.

Once again, the task is not a simple one, as the challenges facing Indigenous communities vary dramatically. Ottawa needs to nonetheless expand the co-production of policy at all levels, establish clear avenues for ensuring shared financial priority setting, and establish better funding equivalencies between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Funding allocation needs Continued on Page 5

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Flag remembers the children

By Jon Perez

Glacier Media

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations held a flag raising ceremony on Saturday at Marquis Downs Racetrack, unveiling a banner that honours all Indigenous children taken from their families to attend residential schools.

The flag, designed by Tara Mocassin Aisaican, had two orange stripes at both ends and a white center with the handprint of her daughter Ada Jo-Lee Scott.

Elder Orvin Scott began the event with a prayer using the Nehiyawak language where he explained later that he prayed for everyone present to be guided accordingly on the paths that we take every day.

“The Maker gave us each a road to follow and I pray that you will be able to see along the way.”

At left, Falynn Baptiste sings the Canadian National Anthem in Cree during the unveiling of a flag honouring all Indigenous children who lost their lives in residential schools.

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Continued from Page 4 to shift away from program spending, which ebbs and flows from government to government, and move toward long-term block funding that is reliable, predictable, and fungible. There can be no autonomy for these Nations without autonomous financial decision-making, and thus these moves need to be a key part of the process.

Moreover, Indigenous communities should be empowered to engage (or not engage) in the natural resource economy.

They must be able to access the types of own-source revenue that non-Indigenous people take for granted, just as they should be able to exercise the right to protect their own environments as they see fit, free of interference. And, Ottawa must ensure that communities have clear access to the full range of financial tools and services that others in Canada already do, including access to capital.

Ultimately, Ottawa must step back – way back – permitting the re-empowerment of Indigenous peoples and ensuring the systematic and rapid dismantling of state-driven control over Indigenous lives.

This theme can carry to all elements of policy-making, whether that be education, resource development, health care, housing, and more. Negotiate modern self-governance agreements in good faith, then get out of the way.

This process, while not obvious or easy, could start simply. The leaders of the national political parties could, for once, put aside partisan politics and agree on an all-party approach to creating a new foundation for Indigenous governance and administration in Canada, advised by a large and representative group of Indigenous leaders and thinkers.

Together, this body could lead the development of concrete policies such as a fiscal framework to directly fund communities without partisan interference or regulatory suffocation. Rights-holding First Nations, Métis and Inuit people would have to agree, through open, democratic and culturally informed approval processes, to the new arrangements.

Though hard, this work is well within the capacity of the Indigenous leaders and peoples. After all, Indigenous peoples are responsible for some of the most imaginative and creative political systems in the

country: the Atlantic Policy Congress, Eeyou Istchee James Bay Regional Government, the Six Nations, tribal councils on the prairies, the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, the Nisga’a Lisims government, the traditional structure of the Teslin First Nation, and dozens of other impressive and culturally informed innovations. Indigenous thinkers and leaders have devoted years to imagining a new political future.

If this process succeeds, what would it look like? To start, Indigenous peoples would have a clearer and more direct say over the decisions that are made which impact them. Their governments would be better equipped to advocate for their interests in negotiations with Canadian governments, the private sector, and other organizations. The management of historic wrongs and the process of meaningful reconciliation would be more deftly accomplished if communities are more fully able to engage in this process free of the yoke of Ottawa.

We see this to some extent in other countries. For instance, the Maori people in New Zealand have received major settlements, have begun having their language and culture restored in education, and more. While imperfect and though there is a long road ahead, this is all part of that quest for greater autonomy.

In short: greater self-governance would put Indigenous communities in a position to better determine and protect their own needs and destinies.

It is impossible not to be profoundly moved by the realization that hundreds of children died in the care of the state while at residential schools in this country. This legacy will not be honoured by partisan political action, a new program or two, and the allocation of a few million dollars in additional funding.

If these graves symbolize anything, it is the abject failure of decades of government policy. Find a new path forward driven by Indigenous people. Do it now.

Instead of letting the memories of what happened to those Indigenous children haunt the country for years to come, let the discovery of the hundreds of bodies be the launching point.

Ken S. Coates is a Munk senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Warren “Robby” Nekurak, who spoke in behalf of Aisaican, said the flag raising ceremony is a gesture of goodwill to all their relatives who persevered through the residential school system that was used by Canada to integrate Indigenous Peoples to the western culture.

“Children of residential schools are being recovered and recognized. I’m here to say today that they are heroes and the survivors, hear me, they finally returned home. [They] rest well knowing they ushered in a new sense of faith, a new sense of hope, and a new truth that will prevail over the hearts of those who tried to hush our suffering.”

Nekurak added that it is not only in residential schools were Indigenous children lost their lives but other Indigenous Peoples in Indian hospitals, sanatoriums, and Indian day schools.

Falynn Baptiste sang the Canadian National Anthem in Cree and said that the version was not the direct translation of the English version.

“Our language is very descriptive. It’s very beautiful. It’s very powerful.

So, it almost tells a different story. The same words in the anthem in Cree, are the same words that we use in our prayers. We are

The flag honouring all Indigenous children who lost their lives in residential schools flies high after Saturday’s unveiling Marquis Downs Racetrack organized by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. Photos by Jon Perez

strong people.”

“Kanata means a clean place, a pure place. It’s our land, not our land as ownership but our land to keep.

It’s our home. It’s where our blood runs, where people are from. So, it reminds us to walk with love. Love

for all people. Love that we can show our children.”

Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said there are still more children that were lost during the residential school era that need to get home.

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Radar search for graves begins at Delmas site Continued from Page 1 But they may not be able to get to that this year, due to the amount of work needed to search the Delmas area.

“It’s going to take us a year. We’re not going to do this in a day,” said Sasakamoose.

At the moment, the ground radar search is focusing on the stretch of land located within Delmas just south of Highway 16, on the grounds where the former residential school was located.

That land is now owned

by Donna McBain and Doug Montgomery. They had purchased the property a couple of years ago, not realizing it was potentially the location of several unmarked graves.

They had been approached early on by Karen Whitecalf, the Indian Residential Schools Searches Project Lead for Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs, and Whitecalf described them as “more than willing to help us” with the searches.

Montgomery said to reporters that when he first started hearing the stories about the land, it was “a little bit scary. You know, living in a graveyard is not anybody’s cup of tea, I’m sure.”

At the news conference Saturday, McBain pledged

they would “do whatever they can to find answers and try and set a few things straight.” Montgomery said he was “grateful to help in any way to find what may or may not be out there.”

The start of the ground radar search at the Delmas site was emotional for several of those who spoke to reporters at Delmas on Saturday.

One of those was Senator Jenny Spyglass of Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation, who recounted to reporters she had been taken away from her family to the residential school.

“This is where they took my culture away,” said Spyglass. “They took my language away from me, they took that love away from my mom. A two or threeyear-old girl would love to have their mom with them every day, every morning, feeding them, loving them.

I didn’t have that growing up. I missed my mom’s hugs … we were a happy family until they took me away.”

Spyglass’s brother had passed away while attending the residential school, and she is now searching for answers about where he may be buried.

Seeetgrass Chief Whitecalf recounted several of her family members had attended the residen-

tial school.

She said it was “really challenging” for her to be there that day, “but I have to be here for those people that weren’t brought home.”

“This is Canada’s truth, this is what we’ve lived through,” said Whitecalf.

“This is a secret that Canada wanted to keep buried.”

Chief Wayne Semaganis of Little Pine First Nation expressed wider concerns, over what he described as the “relationship that has always failed us — the relationship with the government of Canada.”

“But when tomorrow comes will things be better?” asked Semaganis. He explained that as a chief, he struggled to find Canada at the table with the chiefs.

“Ten years I’ve gone to Ottawa expecting Prime Minister [Justin] Trudeau to come and sit with the Treaty chiefs and attend to business. I’ve seen nothing but neglect from Prime Minister Trudeau. If he’s going to be the leader of Canada, he needs to come and meet the leaders of the First Nation people and come and talk about business and strengthen the relationship. We cannot afford to have a tomorrow that repeats what happened in the past. That has to change.”

A member of the crew operates the ground penetrating radar to search for unmarked grave sites at one of the sites in the former Delmas residential school.

Photo by Jon Perez

More records will be sought

By Jon Perez

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Karen Whitecalf, the project lead for the ongoing search of marked and unmarked graves at residential schools, said they

would be looking for more records of all Indigenous children who attended the facility in Delmas.

They have obtained a list that contains more than 600 names of children who perished while attending

Battlefords Agency Tribal Council and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Senator Jenny Spyglass, right, inspects the field that was once the site of the former Thunderchild residential school in Delmas. Photo by Jon Perez

the former Thunderchild/ St. Henri Indian Residential School and Whitecalf said, based on accounts made by survivors and other witnesses, there were more children who attended the said facility.

She said the list, which was provided by the National Truth and Reconciliation Centre, is of recorded deaths and there were also several unrecorded.

“We have over 600 students that were registered but we’re missing a few years. You know, that is just an inaccurate number, 600 plus students and there’s probably more. We are trying to locate those records and since this is so new, it’s hard to know where to start looking for those records. It’s going to take a while.”

Whitecalf added they might go to Ottawa to check with the federal government agencies that deal with the First Peoples of Canada such as the Department of Indigenous Services Canada, the former Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada.

“The Indigenous affairs office in Ottawa, they also have records. As First Nations ... our births and deaths are recorded. It makes that they would have [records]. Because it was government-run school, I’m sure they would have records in Ottawa somewhere.”

Chief Lori Whitecalf and BATC executive director Neil Sasakamoose at Henry Achenam’s grave. Photo by John Cairns

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Mill rate bylaws approved

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford city council approved a number of bylaws connected to setting the 2021 mill rates at their meeting Monday.

The bylaw to establish mill rate factors passed in three readings. That bylaw is in line with the one per cent increase in property taxes approved by council during the 2021 budget process.

The uniform mill rate is set at 14.752, up from

13.893 for 2020. The exact amount of the increase will vary from property to property, depending on the assessment.

For an average residential property of $153,190 with an average increase of 1.24 per cent, the impact is an increase of $29.39. For an average commercial property of $372,610 with an average decrease of 3.28 per cent, the financial impact is $269.78.

Also passing in three readings was the bylaw authorizing levying of the

tax rate for the Business Improvement District; the levying of a base tax for the funding of UPAR for 2021 (Underground Pipes and Asphalt Replacement); and the bylaw amendment for levying a tax rate to vacant commercial properties.

According to a city memo, a press release will be issued by City Hall notifying that tax notices will be going out prior to July 31. The deadline to pay 2021 property taxes is Aug. 31.

Meter installation met with concerns over electrohypersensitivity

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The city of North Battleford’s intention to convert the city’s existing water meters into Advanced Metre Infrastructure (AMI) meters hit a snag recently with one property.

At their council meeting on Monday, it was learned a resident at one property suffers from electrohypersensitivity (EHS), and did not want AMI meters installed out of concern the radio signals could trigger the condition. This condition is also known as electro magnetic hypersensitivity.

According to a memo from Director of City Operations Stewart Schafer, Mayor David Gillan met with a family member

about the issue, at which time a letter was produced describing the condition. A request was made for the original meter to be left in place.

Schafer admitted they were not aware of the condition, and administration members proceeded to contact a number of health officials and agencies.

The indication they got back was that while electrohypersensitivity does exist, they believe AMI meters do not trigger the condition. Several websites identified in Schafer’s report also indicated a connection to health risks from exposure to smart meters has not been established.

Schafer sought direction from administration on what to do in this situa-

tion. One option suggested is to install the AMI meter transmitter at a location farther away outside the house instead of indoors.

The other option is to install a touch pad within the residence, with the homeowner paying all costs for each water read.

But the issue is the cost of the touch pad and touch pad reader, which is upwards of $3,600.

Also, Mayor Gillan noted that in his discussions with the homeowners, placement of the AMI meter outside “doesn’t help.”

City Manager Randy Patrick suggested tabling the issue to the next council meeting, so that more information could be gathered and a potential solution found.

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The June report cited 11 residential structure fires through June, up from three the previous year.

Holm noted there have been two more structure fires since that report was written.

Fires have gotten more attention this summer due to the wildfire situation in northern Saskatchewan as well as continued dry and hot conditions. The heat

has resulted in fire bans in the city and surrounding area this summer.

But Holm did refer to the increase in structure fires in North Battleford as an “anomaly.”

As for what is causing the increase in fires in North Battleford, Holm said he couldn’t identify a trend.

“There are a couple of things that are similar in terms of circumstance, but until I can start pulling everything together with respect to that, there’s nothing really that I can define to council at the present time in terms of why we’re having such an uptick on them,” said Holm.

One theory he floated was that it could be because a lot of people have been staying at home during COVID-19 and cooking or having more activities inside. It is something he will be keeping his eye on, Holm told council.

He said his hope was structure fires would slow down in the back half of the year. However, Holm did note that they do see fires in the winter when people are using heating in their home, including fireplaces and candles.

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A Prairie Love Story coming to North Battleford Staff

The Free Flow Dance Company is announcing a performance coming to the Battlefords in August.

A Prairie Love Story is a production combining clown, poetry, dance and music in a heartwarming eco-tale that is suitable for the whole family, according to the dance company’s

news release.

The event is happening behind the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford on Aug. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Aug. 8 at 3:30 p.m.

The show was created

by Jackie Latendresse in collaboration with the cast, Mitchell Larsen and Taylor Zeller, and was commissioned by Dancing Sky Theatre for their 2021

Fireside Stories event in Meacham. The work also features professional violinist Anna Bekolay.

Register for your ticket at the following: Aug 7: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/ free-flow-dance-theatreinc/events/a-prairie-lovestory-august-7 Aug 8: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/

free-flow-dance-theatreinc/events/a-prairie-lovestory-august-8th Also, be sure to register each guest not from the same household for COVID-19 tracking purposes.

You are encouraged by organizers to bring your own shade umbrella, sunscreen, bug spray, lawn chair or blanket and water bottle as this is an outdoor event.

NSRBL update: playoffs are on

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

A donation of $600 from the Battleford Quilters is being put toward the operation of the Tot Lot.

The Historic Battleford Lions Club has donated $1,000 toward the operation of the Tot Lot.

Staff Restrictions are now completely lifted and the Tot Lot in Battleford will be offering a full range of daily activities between now and the end of the month.

Here is a list of crafts events/activities happening over the next few weeks at the Tot Lot: July 22 - egg carton turtle; July 23 - Popsicle stick tent July 24 and 25 - sidewalk chalk; July 26 - toilet paper

roll dinosaurs; July 27 - paper cup fairy Shrek house; July 28 - drip drip drop; July 29 - handprint jellyfish art; July 30 - egg carton fish; and July 31/Aug. 1 - colouring day.

To keep the Tot Lot operational in 2021 some local groups have come forward with donations.

One is a donation of $600 from Battleford Quilters, while the other is from the Battleford Lions for $1,000.

The postseason is under way in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League and there have already been a few surprises involving the Battlefordsbased teams.

A pleasant surprise in the wild card round was the North Battleford Beavers, who upset the Unity Jr. Cardinals 7-6 to advance to the quarter-finals.

Not so pleasant was the exit of the Battlefords Trappers whose hopes were dashed with a 12-1

defeat at home to Meadow Lake.

The best of three quarter-finals were scheduled throughout this week to July 26. In one of the opening games, the Wilkie Brewers got off to a good start in their series against the Beavers on Monday night with a 9-3 win.

Wilkie had finished on top of the league at 9-2 during the regular season, the same record as both Standard Hill Lakers and the Lloydminster Twins.

Game two was scheduled for North Battleford Tuesday.

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By Evelyn Campbell The Battleford Art Club has had our first meeting for 2021. Linda Houk is our president, Jean Dunn is treasurer and Pam Beaver is secretary.

Leah Garven, the curator for both galleries, attended out meeting We were pleased she was available to attend.

Rosemarie Stadnyk will host an art workshop sometime in August, perhaps on the 4th, in the craft room.

Discussions on an art show and sale before Christmas was had, with final plans to be made at a later date.

New members are always welcome.

Also winning Monday were the Lloydminster Twins 2-1 versus Macklin and Standard Hill 15-5 versus Meadow Lake.

The other series has Border City Blue Jays versus Kindersley Stallions with game one at Kindersley Tuesday.

The league MVP voting is under way. MVPs for each team have been announced and they include the following: Riley McNab of Mervin, Brock Harrison of Standard Hill, Andrew Hudec of the Trappers, Kyle Gregoire of the Beavers, Brett Esau of Meadow Lake, Layne Young of St. Walburg, Tanner Huber of Unity, Clayton Ermel of Border City, Jaydon Gartner of

the Twins, Dylan Flasch of Kindersley, Jared Hillis of Macklin and Steve Redlich of Wilkie.

Voting is also underway for top pitcher and top batter. Finalists for pitcher include Jaydon Gartner of the Twins, Tanner Huber of the Unity Junior Cardinals, the Beavers’ Aaron Cadrin, Cooper Olson of Standard Hill, Chris Osmak of the Twins and Reagan Feser of Macklin.

Finalists for top batter are Brock Harrison of Standard Hill, Landon Noyes of Border City, Brett Esau of Meadow Lake, Jordan Oystrick of Meadow Lake, Tanner Fleck of Macklin and Dylan Flasch of Kindersley.

Gorst takes Championship Dash in Lloydminster

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The North American Chuckwagon Championship wrapped up nine days of competition on Monday night in Lloydminster with Logan Gorst taking the title.

In the final ninth-heat Championship Dash, Gorst, riding for Flashpoint Electric with outriders Wyatt Dyck and Rory

Gervais, took the top spot at 1:17.11 despite a one second penalty for starting ahead of the horn.

Brad McMann of Sausage’s Soldiers had crossed the finish line first, but was docked ten seconds for an outrider missed barrel, late outrider and other penalties for a final time of 1:25.56. Jamie Laboucane, riding for Davco Industrial Construction Services, was docked five seconds for knocking a barrel, for a time of 1:21.60.

B.J. Carey of R & D Plumbing and Heating was penalty free at 1:17.7, for second place behind Gorst.

Even though he fell short in the Dash, Laboucane along with outriders Tyler McKenzie and Buddy Gran took the aggregate for the nine days of racing with a time of 10:20.3.

The NACC Mentor Aggregate Champion was Colby Stanley, winning a spot at the 2022 NACC with a time of 12:05.40.

Coming up next on the CPCA circuit is Little Pine from July 23-25.

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Farmers market can again offer food to visitors

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

The Borden Farmers Market was able to serve food and drink at their July 16 market. There was free coffee and juice, pie by the piece sold by Donna Ridgewell and Lorraine Olinyk sold hot dogs.

There was a full house of vendors with vegetables being brought in by Rempels and Natalie Gramiak and house plants

by Amanda Car. Regular vendors are: Karen Kerr with jams, pickles, cards and cross stitch; Marie Polishuck with baking; Emily Bueckert with artwork; Joyce Olzewski

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with Tupperware; Donna and John Ridgewell with jewelry and pies; and Jennifer Proctor with honey. The 50/50 was won

by Cace Donaldson. At the July 9 market, the prize was won by Karen Kerr and the July 2 winner was Donna Ridgewell.

Taryn Hanley of Lang‑ ham, who teaches eques‑ trian vaulting at the farm of her parents, Jason and Sherri Ann (nee Walker)

Hanley, south of Langham was in Borden July 17 for a fundraising event. The event would have been at her arena but due to heat and smoke, it came to Bor‑ den.

Taryn, who is 18, has been teaching vaulting for the past three years, has her own club – Mirror Im‑ age ‑ and owns the horses that are used. The fund‑ raiser supper and silent auction at Borden was put on to purchase outfits and club jackets.

Equestrian vaulting is dance and gymnastics on horseback. The horse is on a lunge line and vault‑ ers perform at a walk, trot and canter. It is a sport that develops strength and flexibility but also creates a bond of trust between the athlete and the horse.

Vaulting can be a competi‑ tive sport or a recreational one for children and adults.

Taryn has 10 vaulters of which eight are competi‑ tive and they train at her outdoor arena.

Taryn will be going to Olds, Alta. in August to train and if she places well in the next year she will be going to nationals in Ten‑ nessee in 2022.

Equestrian vaulting has

University student Rachel Sutherland in the market garden she is growing at her parents’ farm northeast of Borden. Photo submitted by Lorraine Olinyk

been around for more than 2,000 years in the mili‑ tary and became a sport in Europe after the Second World War. It was intro‑ duced to North America in the 1980s.

Our granddaughter, Rachel Sutherland, who is in her third year at the U of S in the College of Agriculture studying horticulture, has grown a large Community Support Agriculture market garden this year at her parents’ farm northeast of Borden.

She has started supplying

vegetables to 25 customers in Saskatoon and to Jim and I. Community Shared Agriculture creates a connection between the farmer and the community through fresh, local prod‑ ucts. Rachel has five vari‑ eties of potatoes, corn, root vegetables, garlic, onions, tomatoes, pak choi, Swiss chard, lettuce, zucchini, different herbs and more.

Some of her plants are un‑ der cover and trickle irriga‑ tion provides water.

Our grandson, Duncan

Sutherland, took a course in Lethbridge in 2020-21, learning to be a wind tower technician. He is now em‑ ployed by Enercon. He went to Montreal in early July, where they have a fac‑ tory, for a few days train‑ ing. For July, he is work‑ ing at Dawson Creek, B.C. Enercon has wind towers across Canada and into the United States, but Duncan will be based out of Leth‑ bridge. He will work three weeks, mainly in Alberta or British Columbia, then have one week off.

Taryn Hanley of Mirror Image and some of her equestrian vaulting team members at Borden July 17. Photo by Lorraine Olinyk

Do Drop In reopens with card games, buffet supper Correspondent

The weather stays so hot but is cooler than a week ago, however with‑ out rain the crops will not recover and the worst fears ‑ a crop failure. ‑ will be witnessed.

July 16, activities at the Do Drop In reconvened hosted by the Sons of Nor‑ way. The afternoon was the scene of Norwegian Whist. This was followed by a tasty cold buffet sup‑ per. The day wrapped up with an evening of canasta card playing.

The winners in the afternoon whist were: firstArlene Walker; second - Janice Morton; and tied for third - Nestor Fransoo and Lillian Sarenco. The winners at canasta were: first - Lillian Sarenco and Dave Ottas; second - Nestor Fransoo and Cora Christiansen; and third - Terry Neale and Bev McCrimmon. Some of the crowd changed when two couples left for

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an evening of dancing in Lloydminster, another activity that is happening again.

Kayakers are welcome to join the group who go out at 7:30 p.m. every Tues‑ day and Thursday from the sailing club building. In‑ terest in this sport has in‑ creased this summer with some great leaders.

The bridge results for the afternoon of July 13, played at the Pioneer Hall, show top score go‑ ing to Margaret Dyck and Fraser Glen. Second were Joann and Rudy Wiens and in third place were Ron Inkster and Albert Blais. Thursday evening, at the same location, had top score go to Gerry Craig and Donna Scherman.

Second went to David Sharpe and Vern Iverson.

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Fires and crop stress are becoming increasingly problematic and, as of press time, there was no rain in the forecast. Hope and pray this situation changes.

Unity received a $3.176 million grant for the 1st Avenue West water and wastewater transmission line replacement project from the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.

Good luck to ball teams as they begin provincial quests this weekend in both baseball and softball divisions around the province. One group of baseball is hosting this event in Unity, so head on down to the diamonds to cheer on your local minor baseball Cardinals team.

The Unity Jr. Cards stunned the Wilkie Brewers in the second last

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regular season game giving them some momentum in their upcoming wild card to win their way into the NSRBL playoff picture.

This young team never fails to entertain on the diamond.

Welcome to the town’s new EMO co-ordinator, Terry Smith.

Smith took over the role after the departure of Carey Baker.

Smith served in a similar role when he worked at TransGas and has many years of experience organizing volunteers through his role with Unity Western Days and a number of other committees and work parties in town.

The Unity Credit Union Aquatic Centre hosted a week of activities to help raise awareness

Unity Credit Union Aquatic Centre lifeguard team hosted Drowning Prevention Week activities July 18 to 24 to raise awareness and to educate. Photo submitted

and educate during Drowning Prevention Week. Activities will wind up July 23. Next time you are at the pool, make sure to treat or thank any of this lifeguard team as, in addition to working throughout the pandemic which requires additional measures on their part, they have had to endure the extreme heat.

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course the owner wasn’t overly excited to put her pet inside the vehicle to take him home for a cleanup.

She didn’t even had a blan-

ket or towel with her to rub some of the algae off. Consequently the back seat was in need of a soapy washing. The Water Security Agency and Saskatchewan Ministry of Health are advising the public to avoid contact with surface water where the algae blooms are occurring. Fish caught in these waters shouldn’t

but they seem to like this heat. Another round of coping with the fish flies is on this week, however a spray of Konk and the doorways at least can stay free of them. Times like this we appreciate the double doors in the fourplex.

My granddaughter Lori Pearson and her three

daughters from Lloydminster spent the afternoon with me Sunday. This was so nice, as those little ones grow so fast and I hadn’t seen them for a while. I think most folks in the village had company on the weekend as the lake is pretty appealing in this hot weather and I’m sure the water must be warm.

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Continued from Page 9 A correction regarding the cemetery report last week: while the cemetery had interments as early as 1912, the land was donated to the village in May of 1921 by Maude Tobey.

The flowers around town are surely doing well, with watering of course,

A right, the team at Wheatland Library, Unity branch, set up an engaging story book trail throughout the regional park ball diamonds. Photo submitted

be eaten, according to experts.

In January, former Mayfair resident Elsie Poitras (nee Pozdrowski) opened up a small café and convenience store in Maymont with husband Bill. In her younger years the family moved to North Battleford, but her relative, Frank Pozdrowski, still owns land east of Mayfair. Frank relocated to neighbouring Speers at least 15 years ago. Elsie’s husband Bill, originally from Cochin, is the owner of a plumbing and heating business also in Maymont.

Both businesses are successful and they wish to thank all their patrons in Maymont and surrounding areas. People are fortunate to now have two eating establishments in this

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small, thriving village, plu, in the summer months, there is a concession three miles south in Glenburn Regional Park.

Son, Curtis and longtime fishing buddy Jason from New Brunswick, camped and fished at Reindeer Lake way up in Northern Saskatchewan for three weeks. Curtis left his new large fishing boat and motor in Southend and was planning to return last week, but the forest fires changed his plans. It is unknown when he will be able to retrieve his goods.

My husband and I were guests at a beautiful outdoor wedding four miles west of Battleford July 10. Brandon Gregoire, son of Marlene and Dennis, married Danyelle Heidt of North Battleford. The bride’s parents are Barb and Ernie Heidt. It was an extremely hot afternoon but

was nice to visit people one hasn’t seen in a long time.

This wedding was to have occurred last July but with government restrictions many functions had to be rescheduled . Brandon farms with his family near Hamlin and Danyelle is a registered nurse at Battlefords Union Hospital.

Sandy Lake east of Mayfair near the Meeting Lake Community Pasture has a lot of locals camping and fishing is reported as been good. This lake is situated south of Shell Lake village.

Mother Nature is not co-operating with giving us the much need precipitation. There is not much hope for some of the burnt crops especially those growing in sandy soil.

In most cases farming is a risky business and the economy will also suffer because of the situation.

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Confronting the most minimal meal possible Ed, my old neighbour in Saskatchewan, smirked when he said, “I want a liquid diet if it’s whiskey.”

I had told Ed I was on a liquid diet for a medical test.

His enthusiasm for a liquid diet disappeared when he learned it was water or clear liquids only. Ed was sure whiskey could be mixed with a bit of water to make it clearer. A diet of nothing bu twater or fruit juice seemed almost inhumane to him. “Why they used to give people in jail at least bread and water. It just shows how the world is getting worse instead of better,” Ed scoffed.

A worked-up Ed continued, “I never liked tests,

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raymaher085@gmail.com even at school. If I got a good mark on the test, it didn’t mean there wouldn’t be another test down the road. There’s no point in taking a medical test, as they’re looking for something wrong with you. The wife has already told me every single thing wrong with me. Why would I

want a doctor telling me about thing she doesn’t like the look of inside my body? The wife has been trying to fix me for 40 years, and she still isn’t satisfied. I don’t want one more person, even a doctor trying to make me better,” Ed ranted with absolute conviction.

One thing about a medical test is that the results are unpredictable. The test may detect something wrong, or it may not. A conclusive test result often takes time to be finalized.

Waiting for test results can be stressful. For much of our lives, we get caught up in a “what-if mindset.” We may get stuck on “what will I do” if the test shows such and such? We are focused on ourselves, our family, the doctor and his suggested treatment. We ask, can it be cured, or is it terminal?

A medical test may help us know what we need to do to remain healthy. The Bible helps us understand that our lives are about

sowing (doing) and reaping (waiting). We do what we can while trusting God with the results. If a doctor believes a treatment is necessary for us, we take medicine, have surgery or do whatever he feels is essential. We hope doing as he instructs will mean a return of our health.

Medicines and treatments do not always work, for only in heaven is there perfection.

We, as Christians, do what we can and leave the results to God as we wait and see. The Bible speaks of a farmer scattering his seeds in his field. The seeds were good, but that did not guarantee they would all grow. Some

seeds fell on good soil and produced an excellent crop. However, some soil that was too hard, too rocky, too thin or too crowded with thorns, so growth and yield were poor.

For Christians, love is our doing or sowing. We are to love God with our hearts, souls and minds.

We also love our neighbour as ourselves. We do not necessarily see the results of our loving God and others. It’s God’s harvest time on the love we sow.

In love, God sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.So, we sow love for others waiting for God to bless it.

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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

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St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

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St. Georges Anglican Church Battleford Sunday @ 5:00 p.m.

St. Paul’s Anglican Church North Battleford Sunday @ 11:00 a.m.

Battle River Parish YouTube channel CJNB Radio 1050 a.m. Sunday mornings 7:45-8:30 a.m.

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

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Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Dean Covert

Church Phone 306-445-4181

All Saints Ukrainian Catholic Parish 902 - 108th Street, North Battleford

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Celebrant: Very Rev. Janko Kolosnjaji 306-664-2301 (Office) 306-244-2604 (Home) To Register Call Jasmina at 306-445-1002

Battleford United Church 52 - 4th Avenue West Battleford, SK

306-937-3177 Rev. Gayle Wensley

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Third Avenue United Church Rev. Dexter van Dyke

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Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

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Battlefords Cowboy Church Services 1st & 3rd Thursday of each Month

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Pastor James Kwon

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

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A collaboration between several construction organizations in the province has resulted in the launch of a new youth training program, focused on teaching safety knowhow when digging near underground utility lines.

The Ground Disturbance for Saskatchewan Workers training initiative is a program aimed at individuals aged 14-21 who are interested in entering the construction,

agriculture, or other ground-related industries.

As a free course, the program will teach participants about proper practices when breaking ground during projects, like the importance of locating utility lines and how to do it.

Developed through a partnership between the Saskatchewan Safety Council, the Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance, and the Heavy Construction Safety Association of Saskatchewan, the new course is the first of its

kind in North America to target this particular safety issue in this way.

“We felt, as a collaboration of construction groups in Saskatchewan, that it’s our responsibility to help educate,” said Derrick Mann, president of the SCGA. As a free, three-hour course, the program helps to equip youth with the knowledge and habits they need to safely dig on a work site and avoid striking underground utility infrastructure or causing damage from soil

Eli construction: Eli Sorensen is a graduate of the course, which he felt offered him a basis of safety skills he could use during his summer job in the construction sector. Photo by Larissa Kurz

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Line hits during digging remain a big issue in the province, said Mann, with Saskatchewan recording over 700 per year and Canada as a whole reporting $1 billion in line-hit damage annually.

“That should be zero.

There’s no reason for those hits, and so we’re trying to look at it from a different angle here,” said Mann.

The overall goal of the program is to reduce the number of incidents in the future by offering free training to workers as they enter the workforce,

rather than later on in their careers.

“It gives them the base knowledge to even start asking the right questions, once you get out onto a site, [and] to orientate yourself around the basics of damage prevention,” said Mann.

Eli Sorensen is a graduate of the program and spoke to how the training is already aiding him in his previous job in construction as a summer student.

“When you’re young, you have a lot of energy and enthusiasm, but you

haven’t been in a lot of situations [and this course] gave me an understanding of some of the risks there are out there,” said Sorensen.

The program is also part of a larger safety program from the SSC, designed by industry experts to target the most common injuries that happen to new workers in their fields.

The Ground Disturbance for Saskatchewan Workers training course is available online at sasksafety.org and offers a certificate to everyone who completes it.

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Landowners partner with Ducks Unlimited Canada and Nature Conservancy of Canada to protect wetlands and grasslands Submitted

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Pipestone Creek, Sas‑ katchewan ‑ The protec‑ tion of grasslands and wetlands is a priority in Saskatchewan and notfor-profit organizations Ducks Unlimited Canada and the Nature Conservan‑ cy of Canada are working together to conserve a nat‑ ural area.

The property is in south‑ east Saskatchewan, locat‑ ed along Pipestone Creek in the Moose Mountain Natural Area. The private landowners, Clint and Jody Blyth, worked with both DUC and NCC to develop conservation agreements to protect existing grass‑ land and wetland areas.

“We are very pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the conser‑ vation easement program with DUC and NCC,” say the Blyths.

“As our surrounding landscape is rapidly being converted from parkland to dry land prairie cropland the need to preserve larger areas of permanent cover is becoming more urgent.”

NCC’s Pipestone Creek project consists of 1,124 acres of tame and native grasslands mixed with bur oak aspen parkland habi‑ tat. Grasslands are one of the most endangered eco‑ systems in the world and help filter water and store carbon. They also pro‑ vide habitat for wildlife listed under Canada’s Species at Risk Act, includ‑ ing bobolink (threatened), Sprague’s pipit (threat‑ ened), loggerhead shrike (threatened), little brown myotis (endangered) and northern leopard frog (spe‑ cial concern). The location of the property within the Pipestone Creek valley makes it important in con‑ serving habitat connectiv‑ ity in an area with high levels of threat to habitat fragmentation.

“There are many won‑ derful things to enjoy on and around the property we steward. There are burr oak trees close to 200 years old that were here be‑ fore homesteaders moved into this area. Natural plum groves can be found in the valley, along with a

long list of native plants and grasses,” the Blyths explain.

“Several sharp-tailed grouse leks are present on the uplands which always provide us entertainment spring and fall. In the val‑ ley, mink, fisher, painted turtles, snapping turtles and wood ducks and, more recently, river otter can be seen if you are patient and quiet. Several archaeo‑ logical sites have also been documented on this prop‑ erty and will be protected in perpetuity.”

In addition to the land conserved by NCC, DUC’s Blyth Conservation Ease‑ ment has resulted in the protection of an additional 1,907 acres of tame grass‑ lands, wetlands and mixed natural lands. Located in an area of significant habi‑ tat value for waterfowl and wildlife — and one at risk of further habitat degrada‑ tion and loss — the project will serve to protect these lands for the long term.

“It is thanks to the Blyth family’s conservation eth‑ ic, foresight and commit‑ ment that this intact parcel along the Pipestone Creek has been permanently preserved for its value to wildlife and people,” says Andrew Hak, head of Con‑ servation Programs, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Sask‑ atchewan.

“Conserving these grasslands and wetlands is important for our health

and the at-risk species that live there,” says Anja Sorensen, program direc‑ tor for the Nature Conser‑ vancy of Canada’s Sask‑ atchewan Region.

“Many plants and ani‑ mals rely on connected habitat to move around, find mates, hunt, forage and reproduce. Movement between significant areas of habitat, such as the area found at Pipestone Creek, is critical for maintaining healthy populations of spe‑ cies.”

To support the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s work in Saskatchewan to protect endangered grass‑ lands, wetlands and the atrisk species that live here, Visit conservegrasslands.ca.

Clint and Jody Blyth have signed easements (conservation agreements) with both Nature Conservancy of Canada and Ducks Unlimited Canada to protect a total of 3,031 acres of their land, forever. The lands, located along Pipestone Creek in southeastern Saskatchewan, are home for many different species at risk birds. Photo courtesy Nature Conservancy of Canada

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With Saskatchewan reopening and the provincial government easing up on COVID-19 health restrictions, people are again coming in droves to Valley Road for a quick getaway at The Berry Barn — a popular attraction in Saskatoon area. For more than 20 years, and with Pike Lake also nearby, The Berry Barn has been the go-to place for residents of the city and neighbouring towns want to stuff themselves with fresh homecooked meals.

Owner and operator Grant Erlandson said they did not stop their operations even when restrictions were put in place due to the pandemic, but rather discontinued dining in at the restaurant, while also following all the guidelines — like wearing masks — implemented by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Their customers could still place their orders because they offered curbside pick-up.

Erlandson said with summer in full swing their restaurant has begun welcoming back its customers.

“The restaurant is really quite busy right now. This year we can see the return of tourists now coming in.

We’re seeing a lot of families, children bringing in their parents with grandma and grandpa coming. A lot of reunions.”

The opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge also benefited The Berry Barn as the bridge connected to

SK-762 therefore cutting the travel time of people who are residing in the south and east side of the city.

Erlandson added they are no longer requiring people to wear masks but they still encourage it, especially if when entering the restaurant and gift shop. It is up to the individual if they still want to wear masks while they are outdoors.

“The couple of days before the reopening, you could tell that people were kind of warmed up. Then on Sunday it was just calm like 80 per cent of the people still wear masks. It was just kind of a different feeling out there. We still encourage people to wear masks. Our staff are all wearing masks. It’s up to the individual if they want to wear them or not - with the heat, it’s made more difficult [wearing masks].

But, myself, I wear it when I go into the barn and when I come out, I take it off,” said Erlandson.

However, the hot weather the past few weeks has made it difficult for Erlandson and his group of berry pickers as they try to continue to harvest the Saskatoon berries along rows of shrubs in the 20acre farm. They also have separate greenhouses for raspberries and strawberries.

“We have overripe berries and we have some that is just right. It’s just the heat’s just pushing everything way too fast and the pickers can’t pick them fast

enough. Then, there’s some disease in them. It’s not a very good berry season,” said Erlandson, who oversees the sorting of the berries they sell to their loyal customers.

He added that despite the Saskatoon berries being made for the dry season, things remain a challenge.

“It’s just, like any other part of farming, it is trying with the heat and no rain.

We don’t water the Saskatoon berries, they’re [made for] drought.”

Once a year Erlandson and his pickers have a three-week window to harvest the fruits that are already ripe. They then run the berries to a machine to sort the ones that can’t be sold and are already dry.

Berry picking starts at 5 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m.

They have been harvesting 1,000 pounds a day of Saskatoon berries.

“We are trying to pick the best and then we grade them out. We have a team of graders, grading the berries. Then we sort them again,” said Erlandson.

The Berry Barn also sells Saskatoon berry jam, baked goods, and other items at the gift shop and bakery as well as flowers, plants, garden ornaments, and locally-grown vegetables.

Weddings, corporate functions, and other events can also be held at the garden area of The Berry Barn while kids can enjoy riding the pedal carts, petting zoo during weekends, and other attractions.

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Seven women lead land sharing network

By Jon Perez

Glacier Media

The power of women helped make the newlyformed Treaty Land Sharing Network a reality, an initiative that is considered to be the first step toward landbased reconciliation and fulfilling and implementing the Treaty relationship. The group held a press conference Thursday to publicly launch the project at the farm of Mary Smillie and Ian McCreary near the village of Bladworth, which is 100 kilometers south of Saskatoon.

Smillie was joined

by Valerie Zinc, Martha Jane Robbins, Naomi Beingestner, Hillary Aiken, Amy Seesekwasis and Emily Eaton with the group working together in forming an alliance between farmers, ranchers and Indigenous land users.

The grassroots movement is composed of a group of people that aims to fulfill what the treaties intended – allowing for access

by Indigenous people for gathering plants and medicines, hunting and ceremony.

“I’d like to say a little bit about the women that are leading this initiative. It is seven of us and it started with Valerie Zinc and a number of her good

“This is a small but important step that we can take as farmers toward upholding our responsibilities as Treaty people.

It’s something concrete that we can do to begin to build a more just future for the prairies.”

– Mary Smillie friends, I called them my favourite ‘Maggies,’ said Smillie. “Margaret Mead said never underestimate what a small group of people can do to change the world. And when I said to these women, they said: of course, [we’re a] team.

We’re all on this together.

Amy (Seesekwasis) and I joined them. We now are the group of seven and yeah, we will carry forth.”

Smillie added, “The other thing that is ... important and interesting about the design of this strategy, it is elegantly simple and it is fundamentally very complex. So, people can get behind the simplicity of it and then the work is in reconciliation piece, which is about committing to the conversations that you need to have. And committing to what we need our politicians and leaders to do differently into the future. All of that requires all of us.”

She added that the project does not end with farm-

ers and ranchers that are taking part in the TLSN just posting the signs, which is just the first step of their movement, but it will take a lot more work with the network spread out in the entire province in both Treaty 4 and Treaty 6.

The border between Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 is about four miles north of the farm of the McCrearys.

“We’re really on the cutting edge if you know how many farms, community members, are involved in this. Right now, we have about 20 and they’re here today to pick up their signs and to celebrate with us from all over. The Treaty lands are enormous tracts of lands. Treaty 4 takes in Regina and goes far into Manitoba. Treaty 6 goes up far into North Battleford and Alberta.”

Smillie said that currently farmers and ranchers that are part of the TLSN can be found in the resort village of Cochin, south of Moose Jaw, the

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town of Delisle, and the town of Kerrobert.

“It just gives you a little bit of a parameter. This is a small but important step that we can take as farmers toward upholding our responsibilities as Treaty people. It’s something concrete that we can do to begin to build a more just future for the prairies.”

Bradley Desjarlais, who is a hunter and committee member of the Anishnabek Nation Treaty Authority, said Indigenous people

like him, having no access to land use, could not exercise their inherent rights that would result in them not meeting the needs of their communities. Ongoing privatization and stricter trespassing laws are making it difficult for Indigenous peoples to access land.

“The [TLSN] is not only opening access to privately held land, it is opening a possibility to build a respectful and positive relationships based on the

Treaty principles of mutual respect and mutual benefit,” said Desjarlais.

“It is the people who will lead Treaty implementation. We see that here today,” added Treaty Commissioner Mary Culbertson.

Close to 100 individuals — farmers, ranchers, and Indigenous peoples — attended the launch that began with a pipe ceremony, organized by the Office of the Treaty Commissioner.

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RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD NO. 437 PUBLIC NOTICE Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of North Battleford No. 437 intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 5-2016, known as the Zoning Bylaw and Bylaw No. 4-2016, known as the Official Community Plan.

INTENT The proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment will: • Add kennels as a discretionary use within the C1 – Commercial and light industrial district.

• Restrict the height of accessory buildings within the country residential districts to a height of 5 metres.

• Increase the permitted number of animal units for large acreages within the CR1 – Low Density Country Residential Acreage District • Remove clerical errors within table 6-3 and 6-4.

• Rezoning Lots 1-12, Parcel A, Plan No. 102236611 and Parcels MB1 & S2, Plan No. 102236611 located in the N ½ of Section 19-44-16-W3M, from A – Agriculture District to CR2 – Medium Density Country Residential District, as shown within the bold dashed line on Schedule “A” below.

The proposed Official Community Plan Amendment will: • Re-designating Lots 1-12, Parcel A, Plan No. 102236611 and Parcels MB1 & S2, Plan No. 102236611 located in the N ½ of Section 19-44-16-W3M, from Agriculture Policy Area to Residential Policy Area, as shown within the bold dashed line on Schedule “A” below.

• Re-designating Lot 2, Block 2, Plan No. 75B12690 From Commercial / Light industrial Policy Area to Residential Policy Area, as shown on the Plan of Proposed Subdivision by R. Rayner S.L.S Dated April 21st, 2021, as shown within the bold dashed on Schedule “B” below.

REASON The reason for the amendments are: • To provide for the development of kennels in commercial and industrial areas; • To facilitate a new residential subdivision; • To correct the zoning on an existing residential subdivision; • To allow 16 ha (40 acre) parcels to keep an increased number of animals; • To correct typographical errors; • To ensure that Country Residential subdivisions retain a residential character.

PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the bylaw at the Rural Municipal Office, located at Highway 4 & Forest Hall Road between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays. Copies of the proposed bylaw are available at the Rural Municipal Office at no charge.

PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. at the Rural Municipal Office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the Rural Municipal Office before the hearing.

Issued at the Rural Municipality of North Battleford No. 437, this 22 day of July, 2021.

Debbie Arsenault, Rural Municipal Administrator Schedule “A”

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R.M. OF CUT KNIFE NO. 439 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The R.M. of Cut Knife No. 439 is currently seeking an individual for a full-time year-round position. This position will be a Foreman/Grader Operator position.

Duties will include but not limited to operation of a grader, and various other duties as directed by Council. Preference will be given to personnel who have experience operating a grader, backhoe, tractor & mower, rock picker, Tandem Truck & Trailer, etc.

Applicants in possession of a Class 1A license will be given preference for this position.

Anyone interested in this position apply by sending a resume and salary expected to: R.M. of Cut Knife No. 439 Box 70, Cut Knife, Sask., S0M 0N0 Phone # (306) 398-2353; E-mail - rm439@sasktel.net Fax # (306) 398-3016 Deadline for applications – July 23rd, 2021 @ 4:00 pm

SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY The R.M. of Eldon No. 471 is accepting resumes for the 2021 season for: - Experienced Grader Operator (Preference to applicants with backhoe/ trackhoe and truck driving experience) Applicants must hold a valid class 5 driver license with preference given to a class 1A. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted. Please submit resumes with at least 3 current references on or before August 4th, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. local time to: R.M. of Eldon No. 471 PO Box 130, 212 Main Street Maidstone, Sask. S0M 1M0 Phone: 306-893-2391 Fax: 306-893-4644 Email: rm471@sasktel.net NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MEOTA NO. 468 Public Notice of Discretionary Use Subdivision Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the RM of Meota No. 468 has received an application for a discretionary use parcel subdivision. The application includes the creation of one (1) parcel for the intended use of singleparcel country residential development within the NW ¼ Section 24-47-17-W3M, represented by Parcel A, as shown. This is currently permitted as a discretionary use in the Agricultural District – Section 5.2.2 of Bylaw 02-2011 known as the Zoning Bylaw.

Schedule “B”

Council will consider this application at the regular scheduled Council meeting on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, at 1:30 pm in the RM of Meota office. If you wish to speak or be present at the meeting please contact the RM Administrator, Kirk Morrison at cao@rmmeota468.ca to arrange for teleconference. If you wish to comment on this proposal, please do so in writing prior to Friday, July 30, 2021, to Box 80, Meota, SK, S0M IX0 or by email to info468@sasktel.net or robin@northboundplanning.ca. For additional information please contact the municipal planner.

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Bresaylor Happenings

The Blue Platter

By Robert Peterson

Bresaylor Heritage Museum

The Taylor family had a blue platter that has been passed down through the generations with a story behind it.

The dish measured about 30 inches by 24 inches and was made in the colour of the blue willow pattern that was invented in Britain in the late 1700s.

This platter was manufactured in Scotland in the late 1700s or early 1800s

and in its centre was depicted a ruined castle. It would have been given to the Taylor family probably in the early 1800s as a wedding gift.

This platter would have come across the ocean from Scotland to York Factory. Later when the family quit the employment with the Hudson’s Bay Company, the dish would have travelled with them

by York boat up the Nelson River to Lake Winnipeg, then up the Red River to

NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF MEOTA No. 468 PUBLIC NOTICE OF DISCRETIONARY USE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION Public notice is hereby given that pursuant to section 2.4 of the RM of Meota No. 468 Zoning Bylaw the municipality has received an application for a discretionary use development permit application. The application includes the placement of a dock and boat lift on ER 1, Plan 101956642 – in Summerfield Beach. This is currently permitted as a discretionary use in the Lakeshore Residential 1 District – Section 9.2.1 (c) of Bylaw 02/2011 known as the Zoning Bylaw.

Council will consider this application at the regular scheduled Council meeting on August 4, 2021, at 2:00 pm in the RM of Meota office.

Please contact the RM office if you wish to attend via teleconference. If you wish to comment on these proposals, please do so in writing prior to Tuesday, August 3, 2021, to the RM of Meota No. 468, Box 80, Meota, SK, S0M 1X0 or info468@sasktel.net . For additional information please contact (306) 397-1000 or at robin@northboundplanning.ca.

Robin Bloski, BA (Hons) Municipal Planner/Development Officer July 19, 2021

The well-travelled, resiliant blue platter.

the Red River settlement.

In 1882, it would have come with the family by Red River cart to the Bresaylor settlement.

The blue platter was used to hold mounds of churned butter, huge roasts and sometimes heaps of fresh wild raspberries ready to have fresh cream poured over them. At Christmas time it was used to hold the family turkey.

In 1885 when the North-

west Rebellion started, the family quickly grabbed a few necessities, chased their livestock into the heavy bush along the river and fled to the fort in Battleford, leaving the blue platter behind.

When the family returned after the rebellion, they found their house had been burned to the ground.

They rebuilt their home and continued on with their life. One day the girls were

This is one of a series of regular columns submitted on behalf of the Bresaylor Museum.

picking saskatoons along the river bank and found the blue platter buried in leaf mould. Someone had taken it from the house before it was burned and buried it with the intention of retrieving it.

The blue platter was cleaned up and, by tradition, it is passed down to the first girl married in

the family from generation to generation. This dish is still used for special occasions.

Check out the Bresaylor Heritage Museum Facebook page for more information. The museum is open by appointment only from June 9 to Aug. 31.

Please phone 306-8954813.

Wilkie museum to host motorcycle poker rally July 25 Submitted The Wilkie and District Museum is hosting a motorcycle poker rally Sunday, July 25.

What is a poker rally?

Director of PR Phil Heilman explains.

“It is essentially a motorcycle rally but with poker mixed in. Each stop on the designated route will

PUBLIC NOTICE

RM of Mervin No. 499 Zoning Bylaw Amendment Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality (RM) of Mervin No. 499 intends to adopt a bylaw under the Planning and Development Act, 2007, to amend Bylaw No. 94-4, known as the Zoning Bylaw (ZB).

INTENT: The proposed amendment would rezone portions of SW ¼ 23-5319-W3M from CON – Conservation District to LD1 – Lakeshore Development 1 District.

AFFECTED LAND: The affected lands are within SW ¼ 23-53-19-W3M Ext. 56, lying south and east of Municipal Highway 795 between Powm Beach and Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay on the west side of Turtle Lake, and adjacent to the area known as Turtle Cove. A copy of the proposed amendment and a map of the affected lands is available for viewing here: www.rmofmervin.ca/ planning-and-development/public-notification/.

REASON: The landowner has made application to the subdivision approving authority (Community Planning branch, Government Relations) to subdivide a portion of the subject land to accommodate a proposed residential subdivision. Rezoning of the subject land is required to accommodate the proposed lot density and residential use. Final subdivision design and lot density is subject to the approval of the approving authority and may be subject to change.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the RM of Mervin No. 499 office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Copies will be available to the public at a cost, by emailing the contact below, or on the RM’s website.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday August 10, 2021 at 1:30 PM in the RM office located in the Town of Turtleford to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed amendments.

Council will consider written and emailed comments at the meeting. Council is intending to have an online participation component to the public hearing for those wishing to make verbal representation. Interested parties are required to register for the online component and are encouraged to contact the RM office for details. The deadline for receipt of comments, and requests for online participation must be received by the RM office by August 9, 2021.

For additional information, please contact the administrator at (306) 8452045 or rm499@rmofmervin.com.

Issued at the Town of Turtleford this 20th day of July 2021 Prab Lashar Chief Administrative Officer RM of Mervin No. 499

have a person with a deck of cards. Each rider cuts a card and said card is written on a paper, and at the end, based on a points system (aces low), a winner is determined.”

Riders have five stops, including the starting point, to draw their five cards.

In conjunction the rally, there will be barbecues for the public for both dinner (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.) and supper (starting at 3 p.m.).

An ongoing 50/50 will also be happening that day.

There will also be a kidsè pedal bike rally.

Children can bring their decorated bicycles and ride around town at no cost and receive a free hotdog.

A 1929 Ford Model A currently loaned to the Wilkie and District Museum, parked in front of the Ed Elder Memorial Building. Photo submitted

Registration for the poker rally begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Ed Elder Memorial Building located on the museum grounds along

1st Street East. Cost for riding is $20 with a meal included.

A meal for the public will be available for $10.

Haying underway, but bale count down

By Dorothy M. Mills Correspondent

Haying season is underway, but with it being so dry the bale count will be down this season. It could just make for a shortage of cattle feed for the winter.

Most areas of Saskatchewan are under burning bans. Once a fire gets stated it can spread quickly.

After a year of shut down, the annual chuckwagon races got started at the end of June at Poundmaker Cree Nation. Races will be held on the weekends until the end of August. They are not allowed at the Calgary Stampede on now.

My sister Norma Kowerchuk sold her little farm and has now moved into Battleford West Place. We welcome her to her new home.

A big thank you to our

local resident and his wife for all the time they spend walking the highway ditches and streets and avenues picking up trash.

So many people don’t care and dump so much garbage about. It is nice to look out and see a neat and tidy area. Keep up the good work.

Del Southgate and Doug Reinhart from Battleford West Place have moved to Battlefords Regional Care Centre. We wish you both well.

The Western Development Museum has been busy taking in holiday visitors to tour the grounds, although they’re not fully

open for regular volunteers. There has been many outdoor activities going on since summer started. The work crew have also been busy doing some outdoor repairs on buildings and fences.

The crops are holding their own for now, but with no rainfall and the heat they are starting to deteriorate fast. There has be no rainfall for some time now.

We do need a good, soaking rain. It has been smoky for the past week due to the many northern forest fires.

Hopefully the winds will change to take the smoke away. In some areas pesky grasshoppers are starting to eat up the crops. The farmers have been spraying to slow them up.

North Battleford is hosting a parade this year on Aug. 19 with a carnival at the Ag Society grounds later in the week.

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Living Sky School Division Learn. Play. Be amazed!

How well do you know the world’s

famous monuments?

The world is filled with amazing monuments. Find out how well you know some of the most famous structures by taking this short quiz.

1. How tall is the Eiffel Tower in Paris? a. 216 metres b. 324 metres c. 403 metres 2. What’s the name of the Greek citadel where the Parthenon is located? a. The Acropolis b. The Coliseum c. The Red Square

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4. What colour is the Taj Mahal, the famous mausoleum in India? a. Pink b. Gold c. White 5. Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a gift? a. Canada b. France c. Germany 6. When did Emperor Qin Shi Huang order the construction of the Great Wall of China? a. In 1,000 BC b. In the third century BC c. In the sixth century AD 7. What is La Sagrada Familia, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Spain? a. A basilica b. A clock tower c. A giant archway

an herbarium

you can do outside

Do you often play alone outside? If so, here are 12 fun things you can do to keep from getting bored: 1. Blow bubbles or use a bubble wand 2. Create chalk art on the driveway or sidewalk 3. Dribble a basketball or soccer ball, or take practice shots 4. Collect leaves, rocks, pinecones and other supplies for making crafts 5. Look for bugs like ants and butterflies, and observe them 6. Play hopscotch (get creative with the pattern to mix things up) 7. Learn how to spin, walk and skip with a hula hoop

Do you like to collect beautiful flowers and unique looking leaves? If so, an herbarium is the perfect way to preserve these finds and learn more about them. Here’s how to create a scrapbook for your plant specimens.

• Collect a variety of flowers and leaves on your walk. Avoid doing this on a rainy day, otherwise the wet plants might rot while they dry.

• Place your finds between two pieces of newspaper, paper towel or blotting paper to absorb any moisture and help them dry out.

3. Which country do you have to visit to admire the leaning Tower of Pisa? a. Italy b. Spain c. Morocco

How to make

• Stack a few large, heavy books on top of the plants. Leave them like this to flatten for at least a week.

8. Jump rope to see how long you can skip without stopping 9. Build a sandcastle 10. Take pictures of things in nature 11. Play tennis against a wall (just make sure to stay away from any windows) 12. See how many times in a row you can bounce a birdie off a badminton racket

• Arrange the dried flowers and leaves on the pages of a notebook or in a binder. Use clear glue or transparent tape to stick them in place.

There are plenty of ways to have fun on your own. All it takes is a bit of creativity.

Feel free to add more plants over time. If you want ideas about how to design your herbarium, there are plenty of tutorials online.

• Write the name of each plant next to it. You can also include interesting details like its smell and where you found it.

5 great female inventors and what they invented Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize, and she was famous for her research on radioactivity. Here are five more brilliant women who were pioneers in their field.

1. HEDY LAMARR During the Second World War, this Austrian actress invented a system that prevented enemy ships from jamming torpedo guidance signals. This encryption technology is considered an antecedent of secure Wi-Fi. 2. MARY ANDERSON Without this American, driving would be a lot more dangerous. This is because she invented the first automatic windshield wipers. Thanks to Mary Anderson, drivers no longer have to get out of their car to clear their front window by hand.

3. JOSEPHINE COCHRANE Another American inventor, this woman made life easier for families by reducing the amount of time spent washing dishes. She did this by inventing the first dishwasher.

4. MELITTA BENTZ Coffee might not be as popular as it is today without this German woman’s invention. Since she didn’t like to have coffee grounds floating in her drink, she came up with an innovative solution: the coffee filter.

5. MARIA BEASLEY This inventor from Philadelphia made improvements to the life raft that helped save many people who were aboard the Titanic when it sank. Unfortunately, there weren’t enough of the rafts available on the ship to save everyone.

If you want to learn more about these creative women, visit your local library.

Answer: 1-b), 2-a), 3-a), 4-c), 5-b), 6-b), 7-a).

Visit www.lskysd.ca to register for the fall (Classes start on September 1st)

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