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“An unimaginable situation”

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All levels of government in the Battlefords and area are showing support for Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of the country.

North Battleford city council passed a resolution unanimously Monday to raise the flag of Ukraine at City Hall.

Mayor David Gillan said the “people of Ukraine are going through an unimaginable situation that none of us have ever seen in our lifetime and hopefully will never see in our lifetime.”

He was supportive of raising the Ukrainian flag “to show our solidarity and our support,” and also noted there is a large Ukrainian community in the city.

Councillor Greg Lightfoot made the motion to raise the flag.

“I do sincerely feel for the Ukrainian public and people, and hope this could be resolved very quickly.”

Councillor Kelli Hawtin

supported the motion as a way to “stand with the people of Ukraine as well as to stand with our citizens, who many are newcomers from Ukraine, have family that is being directly affected by this tragedy that is happening right now. I never thought in my lifetime that I would live see something like this and I certainly hope a resolution comes quickly and my heart goes out to all of those individuals who are directly affected — their family, their friends, their loved ones. Praying for a quick result.”

The plan was to reach out to the Ukrainian community to arrange a flag raising within a few days.

In addition to placing the flag at City Hall, Mayor Gillan indicated they also want to coordinate something at the flagstands located at the entrance of the city from Battleford.

Already, there are plans by the local Ukrainian community to place a flag near that location. A member of

the Battlefords Ukrainian Canadian Council, Ev Kardynal, has been sewing a Ukrainian flag to “#standwithukraine” and the plan is place it on the Holodomor monument as a show of support. The Holodomor monument is located adjacent to the flagstand area.

Other representatives of the Battlefords at the provincial and federal level have also shown their support for Ukraine.

Battlefords MLA Jeremy Cockrill posted on Facebook his approval of a rally on the weekend put on by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in Saskatoon.

Ba t t lefo r d s - L loyd minster MP Rosemarie Falk has voiced her support for Ukraine on Facebook, posting the following: “Putin’s unprovoked aggression and invasion of Ukraine is unacceptable and must be met with severe consequences.”

The Battlefords Ukrainian Canadian Council has posts on their Facebook page with information and resource links.

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North Battleford Sword, cash and cocaine seized council still on Zoom for now Weekly RCMP Report Submitted by Battlefords RCMP

Battlefords RCMP responded to 454 calls for service from Wednesday, Feb. 23 through Tuesday, March 1.

10 missing persons reported No active investigations.

19 assault investigations • Report of an assault at a residence on the 1600 block of 104th Street in North Battleford shortly after 9 a.m. on Feb 24.

There was an altercation between two males known to each other. A 37-year-old male was arrested without incident. He was later released pending a future court date on one count of assault. The victim did not sustain any significant injuries during incident.

• Police are investigating an assault against an employee of a business on Carlton Trail in North Battleford. The employee confronted an adult male and adult female suspected of theft. The male is alleged to have struck the employee before both suspects fled in a grey Chevrolet Silverado some time between 6:30 p.m. And 6:55 p.m. on Feb 24. Investigation is still ongoing.

• Call of an assault at a residence on the 900 block of 102nd Street in North Battleford at approximately 2 p.m. on Feb 25. Accused is alleged to have become upset at another male and ran into him. There were no injuries. A 34-year-old man was arrested on the evening of Feb. 28 and has been charged with assault and uttering threats. He made his first appearance in North Battleford Provincial Court on March 1.

• Police were called to the 900 block of 102nd Street in North Battleford at 1:50 a.m. on Feb. 23 on a report of a male causing a disturbance and threatening numerous people at the location. The male was located and arrested for uttering threats and proceeding to engage in a fight with the responding members, and was eventually taken into custody after deployment of a Taser. Jim Stone, 40, made his first appearance in Provincial Court later that same date charged with three counts of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest and failing to comply with a probation order.

• Police completed a vehicle stop on Wearing Road at 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 26 after a report of an erratic driver. A sword, cash and cocaine were located and seized during the investigation. The driver of the vehicle was arrested and assaulted an officer on scene in an attempt to evade arrest. Cody Caron, 38, was arrested and remanded on charges of assaulting a police officer, resisting arrest, possession of a dangerous weapon, possession of cocaine and four counts of failing to comply with previous release orders. He made his first appearance in Provincial Court on Feb. 28.

12 break and enter investigations • Break and enter to a business on the 100 block of 25th Street in Battleford reported at 2 p.m. on tFeb. 23. Suspects reported to be four males driving a black Chevrolet pickup.

• Break and enter to a business on the Highway 16 Bypass in North Battleford shortly after midnight on Feb. 24. Three generators were reported stolen. The suspect vehicle used in the incident was later found abandoned and had previously been reported stolen.

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Images of two persons of interest in a break and enter to a residence in Battleridge Estates at approximately 1:30 p.m. on March 1. Suspects were driving a brown Toyota Camry with Saskatchewan licence 764HTA which had been reported stolen on the morning of March 1 from 103rd Street in North Battleford.

• Break and enter to several apartments on the 1800 block of 100th Street in Battleford reported in the afternoon of Feb. 26. A suspect has been identified and charges are currently pending against a 36-year-old male. Still under investigation.

• Break and enter to a business on Feb. 28, believed to have occurred some time before 8 a.m. Suspects stole some computer equipment.

• Break and enter to a residence in Battleridge Estates at approximately 1:30 p.m. on March 1. Suspects were driving a brown Toyota Camry with Saskatchewan licence 764HTA which had been reported stolen on the morning of March 1 from 103rd Street in North Battleford.

Eight vehicle thefts • Grey 2001 Chevrolet Impala with Saskatchewan licence 607MKT reported stolen from the 1000 block of 105th Street in North Battleford in early morning hours of Feb. 25.

• 2008 White Lincoln MKX with Saskatchewan licence 581MKT stolen from the 400 block of 34th Street in Battleford at about 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 27.

19 Mental Health Act investigations 10 Traffic Collisions Three individuals charged with impaired driving • Call of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 4 near Cochin at 5:50 p.m. on Feb. 25. Upon arrival, the three occupants of the vehicle appeared uninjured but were arguing and fighting with each other. The driver was identified and arrested for impaired driving.

A 21-year-old woman is facing charges of impaired driving and driving while over .08 and will make her first appearance in court on April 4.

33 various traffic charges Anyone with information on any incident is urged to call the Battlefords RCMP at 306446-1720 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

COVID-19 restrictions may have lifted, but city council meetings in North Battleford are staying virtual for a little while longer.

At their council meeting Monday night held over the Zoom platform, Councillor Kelli Hawtin again raised the issue of when council meetings might be resuming live. She said she hoped to hear an update at the next council meeting about when they could meet in person again.

Director of Corporate Services Jennifer Niesink responded there was no quicker timeline on getting the

electronics installed.

The city is planning on moving meetings permanently to the Don Ross Centre where room 107 is being converted, but electronics still need to be set up in the new council meeting space. Niesink indicated those were still likely to arrive in late April and be ready for May. It is possible they could move in earlier. Niesink indicated they might be able to set up a singular camera that could at least broadcast the meeting.

But that would require all members of council to be there.

Niesink told council they would come back with a report at the next meeting.

Garbage pickup schedule an issue for Battleford council

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Battleford town council voted last week against a plan to make collection biweekly year-round, but the issue is not settled and it is possible council could go with biweekly collection for an additional couple of months, in September and October.

The current schedule is for weekly garbage collection from May 1 to Oct. 31 and biweekly the rest of the year.

The proposal before council called for a switch to year-round biweekly collection, but compost and recycling pickup would remain the same.

According to CAO Ash Alam, one reason for adopting a year-round schedule is to meet targets under the province’s Solid Waste Management Strategy to reduce garbage by 30 per cent by 2030. There would also be savings on waste management expenses, wear and tear on the trucks, and tipping fees But council was divided about the proposal. Councillor Judy Pruden voiced support for the idea, and suggested encouraging residents to put empty bottles in the blue bins while food scraps should go in the green bin instead of into the garbage.

“I would rather encourage people to use their compost bin or get a compost bin,” said Pruden.

Councillor Doug Laing acknowledged there would be some challenges but said he was in favour and liked the idea of residents getting a second bin, something residents called for.

But while he was open to the

idea, Councillor David George worried about the public reaction, and expressed concern about what would happen during the summer months from waste odour, such as from diapers.

“I’m not opposed to trying it.

There are some situations, though, we should be looking at and talking to those people, to make sure they were good with it.”

Councillor Kevin Russell said he was “extremely against it.”

Russell pointed to the original decision to go biweekly, saying they made the decision to go with winter months because of concerns about the stink in the summer. He also didn’t like reducing the schedule to biweekly in general.

“It’s the whole perception from the taxpayers and ratepayers of the community that we’re trying to do less, but charge the same,” said Russell.

He added the smell from having bins out for two weeks “gets atrocious … it’s not well liked.”

Russell also said he had talked to Mayor Ames Leslie and one of the other councillors who were not in attendance Tuesday, and indicated they were also not in favour.

In the end, council voted against going biweekly year-round. Instead, George supported a compromise proposal: shorten the weekly pickup period from May 1 to the end of August and go biweekly the rest of the year, including in September and October.

That will come back to council for further discussion at a future meeting.

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The horror time machine is activated, common sense is the price paid

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By Anastasiia Bykhovskaia Estevan Mercury

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It’s not every day you wake up to the news that your country goes into war.

Into a full-fledged real war. Into unprovoked war.

Into an unreasonable war, in which the main question the whole world is asking is why. Why the heck is Putin doing it? Why are some, many Russian citizens, supporting it, and what is their government dragging them into? And where and when is he going to stop?

My Russian origin doesn’t make me an expert in Russian politics, nor does it make me intuitively know the answers to the questions above. I don’t support the current government, which is the only one I’ve known in my grown-up life, I never did. But I am strongly connected to everything happening in that part of the world and I do feel terrible, ashamed and infinitely sorry for Ukraine and all Ukrainians.

With my grandparents going through the siege of Leningrad and their parents dying in the front lines of the Second World War, my parents, my siblings and I all grew up with the grandparents’ motto of “anything but war.” War was worse than the worst nightmares in our consciousness and unconsciousness.

Never could I imagine that war will jump out of history books we were raised on and claim its spot in real life.

Just last Sunday, I was trying to convince a friend that while Russian troops were piling up at the border, there wouldn’t be a real war. I was confident it was fistshaking and a power demonstration aimed at proving to the west that they need to take Russia, but mainly its government, seriously. Obviously, I was blind, completely naive. But I wasn’t the only one.

Even those experts that have been drumming about how dangerous Putin was for years say they didn’t foresee a full-pledged war with threats of use of nuclear weapons. Putin always used to be a man who had one foot in civilized western dialogue and only one in the Mafiosi-style ruling. Up until the first military actions, neither myself nor most people I know thought Russia would ever go into a real war.

Well, it did, committing a crime against humanity, causing pain and chaos and resulting in a horrible tragedy. And a deeper look into it uncovers more and more layers of insanity and absurdity, but still doesn’t answer the “why” of it.

In Russia, the war is officially called a “military operation to liberate Donbas.” World war has a different meaning for Russian citizens. Its narrative, story and history this word describes, carries meaning strongly associated with the Great Patriotic War; a war in which Soviet soldiers and Soviet people were fighting for their life and their own land, protecting it from Nazism. The narrative of the word “war” almost contains meaning of “righteous.” So what Russian troops are doing in Continued on Page 5

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Happy with Trudeau Dear Editor In reading the letters of the Feb.24 issue of the Battlefords News-Optimist, I was impressed with the thoughtfulness of the messages expressed by Hurlburt, Martens and Pike. But I think the letter of James Wiebe must be addressed. He wants to put all the blame of the Ottawa fiasco on Justin Trudeau and nothing could be further from the truth.

The people supporting the convoy and the truckers were the conservatives like Candace Bergen and Jason Kenny who praised them and ran out to shake their hands. I’m sure the Conservative party was hoping the government would do something rash. As that did not happen it was not long before the conservatives under Candace Bergen began screaming for the government to do something. The prime minister brought in the Emergencies Act to give the police force the backing they needed to restore order, and what do the conservatives do after asking for something to be done, but immediately jump to the side saying “you shouldn’t do that” and “how bad the Emergencies Act is” and “the rights of Canadians are being trampled.”

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I’m a Canadian and I was happy that the prime minister brought in the Emergencies Act. It was the right thing to do under the circumstances and I never felt like my rights were being trampled, not even a little. As a matter of fact I felt my rights were being restored.

My rights were being trampled, but by whom? It was the truckers who were bullying people in Ottawa and interfering with the border crossings. It was the people who were peeing on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

It was the people who were defacing the statue of Terry Fox. It was the people who were carrying the Canadian flag upside down. It was the people who were carrying an American rebel flag in my county. It was the people who were interfering with health care workers. It was the people who were hitting ,spitting and swearing at those who asked them to wear masks. It was the people who were wanting to get rid of our democratic government.

It was the people who refused to get vaccinated so that fellow Canadians can stay safe and healthy. It’s these people and those who support them that are trampling on my rights, they are the ones to whom I would say shame.

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Last week we learned how to become a legend – create a problem, solve the problem and then claim victory. This week we learn in real time how to become an international pariah.

Mr. Putin’s goal, as I understand it, is to recreate the Soviet empire. He should know that empires burgeon and then fade and worse disintegrate and disappear. He should remember too that tyrannical despots do not necessarily survive and that their legends may prove anathema.

I am old enough to remember the Second World War. My brothers and I were shipped from

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Scotland to Australia as Britain was threatened by German invasion and then shipped back as Australia came under threat by Japan. How we survived not being torpedoed like a sister ship is a miracle. I well remember being told to lie in the gutter and play dead if invasion happened.

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Continued from Page 4 Ukraine is called an “operation.” And from what I hear, it seems that thousands, probably millions of people believe that the Russian government is exhorting “last resources” to save … I’m not sure who or what, but they believe they are doing a good and just thing.

What the well-oiled Russian state propaganda machine ignores in its narrative of being saviours is the fact that Ukraine is a sovereign, independent state, and what’s happening is a full-power military invasion. To those, supporting the government even slightly in this direction is a treason. (There were suggestions at the government level to forbid using the word “war” in the context of the war in Ukraine).

It took years of propaganda, fear-mongering, crackdowns and changing the constitution to a point, where even what I’m saying now, if needed, can be considered a plea for extremism and may result in criminal charges, jail time, loss of citizenship and probably more. By 2022, the Russian constitution and regulatory framework developed to a point where the power concentrated in the hands of the current president is pretty much unlimited.

And with all that, it definitely seems that he completely lost it, as I don’t see any other explanation for what he is doing. Not only is he destroying Ukraine, but he is destroying Russia not the less, if not more.

The propaganda machine keeps feeding people with ideas of western sanctions not working, but they already are and they are hitting everyone. Entrepreneurs I know are looking into bankruptcy procedures, thousands of people are being laid off as I type this. Russian currency is sinking, so everything people had saved up for any occasion turns into dust. But when Putin’s press secretary was asked if the government that started the war is planning on having some support programs for

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I remember life boat drills. I remember air raid shelters, the destruction of Liverpool and the curdling wails of sirens which even today make me cringe.

We were supposed to reside with a childless uncle and aunt who proved unwilling and unreceptive and who declared that their comfortable home environment had been reduced to purgatory.

My uncle amassed a considerable estate from being involved in the development and manufacture of explosives.

He finally became a member of the ruling assembly of the Church of Scotland. He left his entire estate to charities and absolutely nothing to his struggling nephews.

How can one not feel for Ukrainians who have roots and relatives in Europe? Putin has

unleashed indiscriminate death and destruction for totally inadequate reasons and is surely a marked man who has overstepped.

No one at the moment can predict the outcome but the deployment or even the threat of using nuclear weapons heightens the risk that a third world war could result.

This is the 21st. century. Has mankind regressed when peace and progress has become largely achieved? Mr. Putin appeared in a dement as he announced that the invasion would proceed. From his magnificent, white, palatial, pristine, columned hall he has brought death, destruction and misery on civilians and even his own troops.

What legendary status and place in history will he be accorded?

people, he said, “Hold on, nothing has happened to us yet.” If what’s happening there is “nothing yet,” the perspectives are much darker.

However, not everyone got contaminated by this madness. My news feed, mainly consisting of people currently living in Russia, has been filling with Ukrainian flags, words of support and anger towards what’s happening, petitions, pictures and videos of warfare since Thursday. Yes, my scope is narrow. My Russian friends are mainly journalists and people with higher education, those who research the information rather than consume state-controlled news.

I read their posts and recognize my own hurricane of emotions, in which we are trying to do something but feel that it’s too late. We screwed up. They are out picketing, some are in jails now, signing petitions and donating to causes aimed at helping people affected by war and supporting a few last standing independent Russian media. All while constantly fighting total terror and guilt.

I want to believe that this war is coming to an end right away and by the time this piece is published, it’s already outdated. I wanted to see peace in Ukraine as soon as last Thursday. I pray that in 2022 we don’t live in absurdity, where war is real. But I can’t even try guessing what’s driving the head of the Russian military machine and how far his insane ambitions go.

I don’t understand what Putin wants and where he is heading. Does he want to create a buffer zone at the border? Does he want to take over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions? Does he want to take over Ukraine and/or start rebuilding the Union? Do his plans go beyond it? If he indeed lost it, it can be any of the above or worse.

One way or the other, he activated a time machine, which dragged us into horrible barbarian warfare and which is already pushing Russia over into the darkness of the past.

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Suspect killed, officer injured in exchange of gunfire in Waseca Staff

As the result of an investigation into drugs and weapons trafficking, a man has been fatally shot in the small community Waseca. An RCMP officer was injured in the gunfire exchange.

The name of the deceased was not released, however RCMP identify him as a 33-year-old resident of the Lloydminster area. Three others were taken into custody.

The Saskatchewan RCMP has requested the Ministry of Justice appoint an independent investigation observer in accordance with Section 91.1 of the Saskatchewan Police Act. Following is the RCMP’s release describing the incident: “In October 2021, the Battlefords RCMP Gang Task Force began an investigation into drug and weapons trafficking in

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west-central Saskatchewan.

Preliminary investigation determined cocaine, methamphetam ine, fentanyl, and firearms were being trafficked in and around North Battleford.

“On Feb. 26, a search warrant was executed in relation to this investigation at 11:45 p.m. at a commercial property in Waseca.

“Based on information obtained during the investigation, officers believed there was a significant risk to public and police safety. Therefore, the Saskatchewan RCMP Critical Incident Response Team deployed to assist with the search warrant.

“During the execution of the search warrant in Waseca, officers determined there were four people in the commercial property. After negotiation and the use of non-lethal methods, two adult males and one adult female exited

the building and were safely taken into custody.

“The fourth individual remained in the building and was not complying with police officer commands.

This individual, an adult male, exited the building and continued to not comply with police officer commands. Officers used non-lethal methods to get the man to comply. The man displayed a firearm.

Gunfire was exchanged and the man was fatally injured.

“The family of the deceased man, a 33-yearold male from the Lloydminster area, has been notified of his death.

“One RCMP officer is in hospital with what is believed to be a non lifethreatening injury received during this incident. No further information will be provided about the officer’s injuries.

“When an incident results in death or serious

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injury, the RCMP Act – the legislation that governs the RCMP – requires that an investigation be conducted by an external agency. The Saskatchewan RCMP has requested the Saskatoon Police Service conduct the independent, external investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.”

Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore – Saskatchewan RCMP Commanding Officer, says the RCMP takes these matters seriously.

“We are giving the external investigators at the Saskatoon Police Service our full cooperation as they conduct an independent, external investigation into the circumstances surrounding what happened.”

She added, “My thoughts are with our injured officer, the community, and the family of the deceased.”

All Quiet on 110th Street

The 1000 block of 110th Street in North Battleford was closed to traffic Sunday morning and people were asked to avoid the area during an incident that required an increased police presence for several hours. When the incident concluded in the late afternoon, RCMP said there was no risk to public safety and that further information would be provided when available. At press time, no further information had been released. | Photo by John Cairns

North Battleford man sentenced to 4 years in prison Staff

A man charged with manslaughter in connection to 27-yearold Ryan Gatzke’s death has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Charles Michael Lewis McLean, 23, was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. With credit for time served while remanded, McLean has just over 600 days left to serve.

Police say they found a badly injured Gatzke in a house in Battleford in October 2019. He was taken to the North Battleford hospital where he was declared deceased.

Preliminary hearing adjourned

By Lisa Joy

Staff Reporter

A preliminary hearing in North Battleford Provincial Court for a Meota man accused of killing his wife has been adjourned to March 25.

Michael MacKay, 39, was arrested in Warman in

March 2021 and charged with first-degree murder.

Police say they launched an investigation into 38-year-old Cindy MacKay’s death after health care professionals raised concerns to RCMP when Cindy was in the hospital.

Police didn’t provide

details of the concerns.

Cindy MacKay was taken to hospital in medical distress on Feb. 7, 2020, and died five days later.

Michael MacKay was released on bail in April 2021.

The first-degree charge against Michael McKay hasn’t been proven in court.

Another adjournment in arson case

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

There has been another adjournment in the arson case connected to the apartment building fire on Jan. 3 in North Battleford.

The next court date for Naomi Jean Yellowtail has been set for March 10 in North Battleford Provincial Court, again for potential show cause

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The case is still in the bail phase. Lawyers for Yellowtail had been seeking her release on electronic monitoring, but in court last Thursday Judge Lorna Dyck acknowledged there have been challenges for Yellowtail in securing a residence for release. She is

currently still in custody.

Yellowtail faces charges of breach of undertaking as well as arson with disregard for human life.

Her co-accused Keeanu Crookedneck faces charges of arson as well as arson with disregard for human life, and is due back in North Battleford Provincial Court March 11 for a potential show cause hearing.

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Explainer: Why the Ukrainian diaspora settled in the Canadian Prairies

By Devan C. Tasa

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Descendants of the Ukrainian diaspora are looking to Europe with worry as their ancestral homeland has come under attack

by Russia.

Canada has one of the largest populations of Ukrainians outside Ukraine. In 2016, there were 1.36 million people in Canada that said they had Ukrainian ancestry, about four per cent of the population.

Of those, almost 700,000 live in the three Prairie provinces, where they make up around 11 per cent of the population.

Who were the first Ukrainian settlers in Canada?

According to official sources, the first Ukrainian settlers to come to Canada were Ivan Pylypiw and Wasyl Eleniak in 1891.

At that time, what’s now the country of Ukraine was divided between AustriaHungary in the west and the Russian Empire in the east.

Pylypiw and Eleniak were from what was then called Galicia, located in the Austro-Hungarian part of Ukraine.

According to Library and Archives Canada, they were the start of a wave of 150,000 immigrants that mostly came from Galicia and another part of AustroHungarian Ukraine called Bukovina that lasted until 1914.

Pylypiw returned to Ukraine in 1892 to bring his family over.

“People asked me where I had been and

what I had seen,” Pylypiw told William A. Czumer, who later published the interview in his book Recollections About the Life of the First Ukrainian Settlers in Canada.

“I told them about Canada and said, ‘Run, run from here, because here you have nothing, but there you’ll have land free and be your own master.’”

Why did Ukrainians choose the Prairie provinces?

The Ukrainian immigrants between 1891 and 1914 were attracted by the promise of free land.

“There was land everywhere; land wherever you went, all empty. Just take a plough and start ploughing. Not like in the Old Country, where people worked small, narrow strips or didn’t even have a bit of garden,” Pylypiw said.

The federal government was trying to attract immigrants to populate the prairies. Clifford Sifton, the federal interior minister from 1896 to 1905, saw Eastern Europeans like Ukrainians, Poles and Russians as the perfect immigrants for prairie conditions.

“I think that a stalwart peasant in a sheepskin coat, born to the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife and a halfdozen children, is good quality,” he said in 1922, looking back in retrospect.

Most of the immigrants settled in the parkland regions of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta, where the forests of the north melded with the prairies of the south. Their old homes in Galicia and Bukovina were semi-wooded. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, the system

in the old country required farmers to pay their landlords for anything obtained from the forests, including wood.

The Ukrainians tended to cluster together and by 1914 a series of informal Ukrainian blocs of varying size crossed the three prairie provinces in a belt from southeastern Manitoba to just outside Edmonton, said the Canadian Encyclopedia.

What ended the first wave of Ukrainian immigration?

The breakout of the First World War saw immigration come to a halt.

Unnaturalized Ukrainians from AustriaHungary were seen as the enemy.

According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, approximately 80,000 Ukrainian Canadians were forced to register as enemy aliens, report to the police on a regular basis, and carry government-issued identity papers at all times. Those naturalized for less than 15 years couldn’t vote. Another 5,000 Ukrainians, mostly men, were placed in concentration camps where they endured hunger and forced labour.

Did more Ukrainians come to Canada?

The end of the First World War saw the fall of Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire. Ukraine was split between the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania.

The second wave of immigration between the world wars saw 70,000 Ukrainians come to Canada, according

James Chrush, left, and Tom Kondra join a march in support of the Ukraine in Saskatoon Sunday wearing traditional Ukrainian clothing. | Photo

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to the Canadian Encyclopedia. They included war veterans, intellectuals and professionals, as well as rural farmers.

The end of the Second World War saw the Soviet Union take the rest of modern Ukraine. A third wave of refugees saw 34,000 Ukrainians come to Canada between 1947 and 1954.

Ukraine became independent in 1991.

From 2001 to 2016, Canada welcomed 40,015 new permanent residents from Ukraine.

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Live Music Appreciated Nashville resident and Ontario native, Tebey, brought his Shotgun Rider Tour to the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts on Feb. 24. One concert-goer said, “Everyone was really happy to be able to enjoy live music again!” Tebey is a platinum-selling artist, award-winning producer and accomplished songwriter with six number-one songs in his repertoire of hits. Notable pop artists to have recorded his songs include One Direction, Fifth Harmony, Pixie Lott, Cher and FLO RIDA and his work is also found in the country genre, performed

by Justin Moore, Big and Rich, Jimmy Rankin and Emerson Drive.Pictured to the right is Nice Horse, an all-female Canadian country band, who opened for Tebey. The all-female band has performed at high-profile festivals across the country and toured with legendary artists such as Tom Cochrane and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Photos by Kylie Cooke

Festival Fanfare

Adjudicator renowned for work with special needs students

By Kelly Waters

Kiwanis Battlefords Music Festival

The Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival 2022 piano adjudicator might be familiar to some festival participants as she has adjudicated festival participants presence in the past. Lynn Ewing, a native of Saskatchewan, has taught piano, music theory and singing for many years in Saskatoon.

Of particular note has been her work with special needs students, including visually handicapped students and students with autism spectrum disorder.

Her students have distinguished themselves locally, provincially, and nationally as recipients of diplomas, scholarships and competition prizes.

Lynn Ewing

In addition to teaching, Ewing also enjoys performing both as singer and pianist in a wide variety of settings, either as a collaborative artist or as a soloist. She works as a music adjudicator in western Canada and has examined for Conservatory Canada.

Ewing holds diplomas

in piano and singing from the Royal Conservatory of Music Toronto and Trinity College of London, UK. She also holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Saskatchewan and a B.Ed. from the University of British Columbia.

A past-president of both the Saskatoon Branch of the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association and Musical Art Club, Ewing served for many years as a senator representing the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association in the University of Saskatchewan senate.

Currently, Ewing is chair of the Lyell Gustin Memorial Piano Scholarship Competition and is a Trinity College of London representative. She has

also worked as treasurer for the Gustin Trounce Heritage Committee during the restoration of Gustin House. She serves as an executive member on both her local and provincial music teachers’ associations. President of the Saskatoon Symphony Society board of directors, Ewing is a passionate advocate for the arts in her community.

Married to Bill Feldbruegge, she loves attending concerts and family gatherings, performing music and walking on the riverbank with her German shepherd, Lola.

Chris MacRae is the Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival’s 2022 adjudicator for voice, musical theatre, and speech arts.

MacRae has appeared

across North America in a wide range of stage and concert repertoire. He is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers Association (SRMTA).

While on the faculty at the University of Arkansas, MacRae earned the Outstanding Mentor Award three times from the University of Arkansas helping young singers discover and develop strong technical skills.

This past fall he joined the faculty at the University of Regina.

The 2022 festival’s schedule is March 21 to 22 vocal/musical theatre/ speech arts, March 24 to 26 piano, and March 28 to 29 strings and instrumental entries. The culminating

gala is scheduled for Tuesday, April 12 at the Dekker Centre. The gala includes performance highlights from the festival chosen by suggestions from the adjudicators. This celebratory night is when awards and scholarships are presented to Festival participants.

Anyone interested in volunteering as a door or welcome table monitor, please email Loralee Cawood at l.sander@ hotmail.com.

“I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man” – Jazz fusion keyboard player, Chick Correa (1941 2021)

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Battlefords Art Club

A retired teacher from Prince Albert, Gordon Bland moved with his wife to North Battleford in 2012. Both had family connections to the area.

He has, over the years, participated in a number of workshops and classes.

These included summer art courses at the University of Saskatchewan Kenderdine Campus at

Emma Lake, participating in workshops with artists Kevin Quinlan, Degan Lindner, Donna Kriekle and Myles MacDonald. He attended a weekly course in figure drawing from Kevin Quinlan through the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon. He has been an annual participant in the annual art retreats organized by Battleford artist Holly Hildebrandt.

Having joined the Battlefords Art Club,

Grand Canal by Gordon Bland

Gordon has found it a very worthwhile association.

The weekly gatherings at the Don Ross Centre provide a welcome opportunity to work on art, see what others are doing and share informal feedback

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on current efforts and projects. The atmosphere is always positive!

About his artwork, Gordon maintains that he is a “Jack of all media, and a master of none.” Most of his recent work has involved acrylics, pen and ink, and watercolour. He enjoys most visual styles, and frequently bounces between a variety of

Anachron 2 After Vermeer by Gordon Bland

subjects and genres.

The club is in for some fun next week when Rosemarie will be teaching us all about

8:26:41us AM stencilling. 2022-02-23 She’s asked to bring the art we created in her December paint pouring class ... should be interesting!

Flowers and Pears by Gordon Bland

Baseball Hall of Fame pays tribute to Emile ‘The Cat’ Francis Jane Shury

President/CEO Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame

North Battleford has given its share of successful people to the world, but, few, if any, scored as highly as Emile Francis.

His hockey playing career along with his coaching and managing success throughout the years have placed his baseball days in a realm we may well refer to as history. As we all know, as achievements stop being repeated on a daily basis, they are eventually relegated to the category of history, and human beings soon begin to forget. In today’s world it may be hard to find anyone who remembers who in the hockey world, was called “The Cat.” Emile was born Sept. 12, 1926, in North Battleford’s Notre Dame Hospital, a

hospital that still exists as part of the presentday Battlefords Union Hospital. His preliminary education was obtained at the Convent of the Child Jesus, then onto the North Battleford Collegiate Institute, now part of John Paul11 Collegiate.

Emile began his ball playing at the age of 17.

From the start, he played short stop, playing the 1944-45 season with the North Battleford Beavers in the Saskatoon and District Senior League.

In 1945-46 he enlisted in the Army and played with the Maple Creek Army Club. People with natural ability in sports, music and similar skills were granted a sergeant’s rank. Thus Emile became Sergeant Emile Francis in the Canadian Army.

Emile’s baseball career extended from 1944-1945 into the late 1950s. The

years 1950 to 1958 were the years that baseball was at its best. This brand of baseball has not been played in our province since. Without a doubt the dominating team during that era was the North Battleford Beavers. They won five championships in eight years, along with winning practically every tournament attended in Saskatoon, Foam Lake, Lloydminster, Rosetown and Indian Head. These were big pay days for the Beavers!

In 1946-47 season, and the two following seasons, Emile was back with the Beavers who were not yet involved with the big money tournaments so he was picked up by the Regina Red Sox for tournaments in the south, by Neilburg for Saskatoon and the northern communities.

The 1949-50 season saw Emile with the Delisle

Commodores of the Northern Saskatchewan League, winning the championship and several tournaments. He was hired

by Delisle and spent the whole summer playing 118 games with the Bentleys.

Emile was one of seven imports on the team.

Emile then decided to go all out and get into baseball with both feet, returning to the Beavers as the playing manager of the team for the 1950-1951 season. The team won the Northern Saskatchewan Championship. !951-1952-1953-1954 saw the team win three Western Canada League Championships in a row.

He was back as manager of the Beavers again in 19561957, winning another Western Canada League Championship.

1956 was the year the North Battleford Beaver Baseball Team represented Canada

at the Global World Series in Milwaukee. The 1957-58 season, the Beavers again were the Western Canada League Champions. The following year the Western Canada League, as they had known it, disbanded and the Golden Era of baseball was curtailed.

Emile had been associated with many teams, hockey and baseball over the years, but he once stated none were as good or as competitive as those Beaver teams. Their records of championships attest to that. He said it was a once in a lifetime deal and he had been fortunate enough to recruit and develop a winning team.

Also, he said the team was backed by a tremendous following of fans in North Battleford.

When Emile retired from playing hockey he was given the opportunity to go into hockey on a full

time basis, 12 months of the year. He was offered jobs by three of the then six NHL Clubs, one of the reasons being what he had accomplished in running baseball clubs.

In essence, baseball laid a solid base for him and his hockey career. Baseball was behind him, but never forgotten. From the time Emile was a kid, the Yankees were his favourite team. In a final memoir of what Emile called the Golden Era, the New York Yankees billboard were the words in lights, “Welcome Emile Francis.” He was presented with a Golden Pass to New York Stadium.

It was with the greatest of pleasure and in honour of his great contribution to our Saskatchewan baseball heritage, Emile was inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994. How proud we are!

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Ritchie Bros. company conducted what was its largest agricultural auction ever in Torquay, Sask., selling over C$33 million of farmland, real estate and equipment for Hanson Farms on Jan. 24-25.

The two-day online auction featured 59 parcels totaling over 9,600 acres of farmland, including a home quarter with a 500,000-bushel capacity grain storage system that sold for C$1.33 million.

“The results were much higher than we anticipated,” said Kirby Hanson, who co-owns Hanson Farms with his wife (Laura), father (Lorne), and mother (Charlene). “We didn’t think the land prices would hit that high, but interest from farmers the week of the sale was unreal. We were pretty stressed the night before the auction, but everything went high.

Ritchie Bros. runs a topnotch operation – from the day we signed, to setting up, to sale day, they are the best auction company we have ever dealt with.”

The January 2022 Torquay auction attracted bidders from 30 countries, but more than 97 per cent of the assets were sold to Canadians, including 89 per cent to buyers from Saskatchewan.

“This was the largest agricultural auction in our history, with record prices for both farmland and equipment,” said Jordan

The Hanson’s home quarter with two houses is located right by Highway 18, not far from Torquay. | Photos submitted

From left, Lorne, Charlene and Kirby Hanson with Holly in his hands and Christine Hanson-Daae during their last harvest in 2021. Christine is wearing overalls that belonged to their little sister who passed away in 2002.

Clarke, sales director, Ritchie Bros. “Farmland prices averaged $416,000 per quarter, which is a new high­water mark for values in the area, while many of the equipment items sold for more than what the consignor acquired them for.”

Clarke continued: “Everything was sold with our Timed Auction software, which continues to drive unprecedented demand and strong returns for our agricultural customers. Customers can bid from the comfort of their home or office, and we can sell farmland and agricultural assets during the middle of winter in

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Equipment highlights from Torquay were: 2018 Seedmaster 80-ft air drill - C$440,000; 2016 John Deere 9260RX track tractor C$425,000; 2016 John Deere 9570RX track tractor CA$400,000; 2018 John Deere S790 combine - C$325,000; and 2015 John Deere R4045 120-ft high clearance sprayer - C$260,000.

For more agriculture stories from Southeast Saskatchewan, check out the On The Farm special publication.

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Industry volunteers, including farmers, ranchers and professionals, will join classrooms to share presentations and personal experiences to help students realize how they are also connected to agriculture.

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“Students are curious about where their food comes from,

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USask researchers share $5.7 million for research

By Sierra D’Souza Butts

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The World-Spectator

Twenty-five researchers from the University of Saskatchewan have been awarded more than $5.7 million to develop croprelated innovations, in support of 34 ongoing agriculture projects.

The funding came through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), a provincial government program that was created to fund research in order to help farmers and ranchers become more successful.

ADF focuses on providing funding for “basic and applied agriculture research projects in crops, livestock, forages, processing, soils, environment, horticulture and alternative crops,” according to the Government of Saskatchewan.

USask researcher and professor of plant sciences Karen Tanino, was awarded $435,531 to further develop her research on heat and frost avoidance in crops, and focus on the importance of the plant cuticular layer.

“The cuticular layer is like your skin, but it’s a waxier layer on the plant.

It’s usually composed of various types of waxes and is the outer layer of the plant and the first line of the stem,” said Tanino.

She said that the more waxy or hydrophobic the cuticular layer is, the less chance the plant has of freezing.

“We’ve heard about super hydrophobic products where the water just runs right off. The more hydrophobic the cuticular layer is, the less water that is hanging around, and the less water that is hanging around, the less freezing that can occur. So if there’s no water on the leaves, then the ice wouldn’t be able to

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Her research focuses on abiotic stress, on how droughts, salinity, low or high temperatures, and other environmental extremes, impact crop yields.

“The bottom line (of our research) is avoidance of stress, avoiding frost and avoiding heat. What we learned is that the plant is better to avoid stress rather than really deal with it. It takes a lot more energy and a lot more tools for the plant to deal with the stress, than it does to avoid the stress.”

The funds awarded for her research will go towards further studying how the cuticular layer of a plant, can help prevent heat or frost from impacting the crop.

“Our research is to first validate that the cuticular layer plays a key role, secondly, to identify those key genes that will improve both frost avoidance, and heat stress avoidance, so that breeders can then use that into their breeding programs for selection.”

Research associate Tawhidur Rahman says he and Tanino have already tested their research of the cuticular layer, on model plants that are similar to canola.

“This particular membrane around the plant (cuticular layer), can actually help the plant overcome multiple environmental stress conditions, like drought, freezing weather and heat conditions,” he said.

A drone above USask’s Kernen Crop Research Farm. | Photo submitted

“If we can do that for canola, canola is one of the sensitive crops in Saskatchewan’s weather because it needs a lot of water and it takes a longer duration to grow, so if we can modify the membrane layer for canola, then it might be a game changer for the whole thing.”

Tanino said the research on the prevention of plant abiotic stress, can help current and future farmers gain more product from their harvest.

“If we can either identify an inexpensive and affective spray, it would help. Also, we can help breeders to develop new cultivars that can better avoid frost and better avoid heat stress. Those cultivars and varieties will then get passed on to the farmers and they’ll be able to better

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If we can somehow avoid frost on these crops just by a spray, then maybe it will enable the home owners to produce more crops.”

Overall, their research will focus on the genetic improvement of plants in environmental stress conditions, in Canada.

Preventing wheat midge and other wheat diseases Another USask researcher Pierre Hucl, was awarded $312, 737 from ADF, to further develop his research on three research studies regarding wheat. The first research study focuses on the field evaluation of next field Evaluation of nextgeneration solid-stemmed CWRS Wheat.

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“It’s basically helping the plant to become more resilient to different stresses. Especially in the fall, there’s usually a first fall frost, and then we get two to three weeks of nice growing weather, if we can just get through that first fall frost, we can easily extend our growing season even more.”

Tanino said the research of the heat and frost avoidance in crops, and focus on the importance of the plant cuticular layer, has the potential to benefit Saskatchewan’s overall agriculture industry.

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The end game for Saskatchewan wild boar

SARM seeks to manage these invasive beasts Boars are notoriously intelligent and reckless Submitted Wild boar made their way into Saskatchewan in the late 1970s as domestic livestock, and over time many escaped and reproduced at a rapid pace. This invasive species now roams freely, with Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) reporting over 60 rural municipalities in southern Saskatchewan suffering from overpopulated boars.

“To this day, wild boar have free reign of rural Saskatchewan land with no predators keeping the population in check,” says Ray Orb, SARM President. “Each year, the

risk of transferable disease grows between domestic hogs. We can’t ignore the damaging financial and environmental impact wild boars leave in their wake any longer.”

Boars are notoriously intelligent and reckless as they rifle through crops, golf courses, and native land. Full-grown animals can be over 200 pounds, are fast, and have sharp tusks.

These elusive, nocturnal animals easily withstand Saskatchewan’s freezing temperatures.

2021’s disastrous drought year is still top of mind for our farmers.

Now, crop and land destruction from wild boar is another critical

concern. Additionally, the risk grows of transferable disease between domestic hogs with their population increase.

In 2016 Wildlife Regulations were amended to allow hunters the opportunity to hunt feral wild boars yearround without a license.

SARM was happy with this policy change but SARM members have been calling for moratoriums on wild boar farming since 2009.

“With the wild boar population continuing to spread, is it time to put those moratoriums in place so the problem doesn’t get any worse?” questions Orb. “Wild boar are difficult to

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USask researchers share $5.7M and it looks like they’re being sawed off.”

As a result from insects finding their way inside plants and damaging them, Hucl says producers tend to take a loss from their yields. However through his research, Hucl hopes to prevent that from happening.

“One way to that is stemmed wheat, instead of having a hallowed straw, it’s filled with something called tick. This actually forms a physical barrier for the harvest so that the insects can’t physically travel inside the stem and they starve to death,” he says.

“It’s a mechanical way, a quite effective one, of damaging insects. The insect will be in the plant but it won’t be able to travel up the stem and feed properly.”

Hucl says that there’s a gene in wheat grass that you can transfer over to spring wheat to add the trait.

“We’re trying to bring in tolerance from any source that we can find because there’s limited variabilities within wheat species.

There are no species that is immune, but there are

different genes present in other species that we can bring in.”

“Basically what we’re trying to do is stack different sources of resistance into one variety and it can be from close relatives of wheat, you know points of some of the ancestral species of wheat, or it can be things that lay outside that are distantly related, like wheat grass.”

For his third line of work, wheat midge, Hucl says his research is trying to select higher yield so that wheat is economically competitive against other crops.

“With wheat midge we’ve been fortunate to have work done on it about 25 years ago. They were able to identify a single gene that gives resistance to wheat midge,” he says.

“We’re working with one gene and one of the things is that gene resistance tends to break down over time, whether it’s for insects, or for fungi or bacteria, and so over the last few years researchers have been trying to find alternate sources of tolerance resistance to the wheat midge. To either protect the SM1 gene,

or rebase it, if it breaks down.”

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“There are three projects that were awarded funds that I’m listed on.

Two of them have to deal with insect tolerance in spring wheat, and the third project is to deal with disease resistance, a disease called Fusarium Head Blight (FHB). It affects wheat and other cereals like barley and oat,” says Hucl.

He explains how the insects that are attracted to the wheat plants affect crops, and harms farmers yield overall.

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Most of Saskatchewan is expected to have near normal temperatures.

The spring thaw may initially prompt fears of flooding from rapid snowmelt, but, Anderson said, that risk is expected to be low due to a combination of factors.

“With the expectation of below-normal precipitation from eastern Alberta to western Manitoba this spring, limited snowpack and less moisture frozen into the layer of earth just beneath the surface, the risk of major spring flooding appears to be slightly lower than normal this year,” Anderson said.

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Borden Museum looks back on the year 2021

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

The Borden Museum held their annual and regular meeting in the schoolhouse building Feb. 22. Karen Kerr chaired the meeting and Brenda Tumbach was recording secretary.

The financial report, presented by treasurer Ruben Rempel, showed income of $10,636 and expenses of $12,663, with income still to come in for the student wages in 2022.

The museum has four term deposits totaling more than $50,000.

Heather Penner gave a report on grants paid and available.

Ed Neufeld’s building and grounds report indicated ramp and stairs were stained, a front door installed, back doors reinforced and the site prepared outside for the miniature Borden buildings. In 2022 the schoolhouse will be repainted and the barber shop repaired.

Brenda Tumbach reported on the displays worked on in 2021 – arrowhead collection, Foster’s Store, miniature village, camera and post office.

Programs and activities were scarce in 2021 according to Heather Penner, due to COVID. There were three Saturday presentations regarding elevators, quilting and livery barn. A student was hired for the summer months and organizers hope to be hiring one

in 2022. Young Canada Works pays 85 per cent of the wages in 2022.

Cyril Saunders gave a report from the Threshing Club. They hosted potato digging in the fall and pumpkins and corn were sold at the farmers market and the co-op.

The board nominated Ed Neufeld for volunteer recognition for his work on the grounds and displays.

Other members of the board are Stew and Eleanor Walton, Elaine Gunsch, Heather Deck and Darby

Sutherland.

At the regular meeting that followed the possibility of a spring supper was discussed and members will decide at a March 15 meeting.

Winning at the Feb. 16 cash bingo hosted by the Borden Friendship Club were Tom Hrenkiw (2), Martha Rempel (3), Stew Walton, Colleen Dear, Corinne Szwydky and Lorraine Olinyk (2). The next bingo will be March 16 at 7 p.m. in the Club Room.

The Friendship Club will be holding a business meeting March 9 at 2 p.m. to make decisions on future potluck suppers and the annual meeting in April.

Maintenance workers for the Village of Borden are Brendon Parker and Ryan Odell and the new rural mail delivery person, replacing Martha Rempel who retired in January, is Lee Tracksell, who starts after March 7.

The new part-time worker at the post office is Cathy Young of Borden.

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Rabbit Lake rink offers up burgers and bannock

By Elaine Woloshyn Correspondent

We have two more times to get a rink burger, bannock and fries at Rabbit Lake skating arena, which has been up and running since Jan. 10.

The rink committee serves up these treats the every second Monday until the ice melts.

This is an opportunity to enjoy public skating, have a quick supper and chat with neighbours. So, mark your calendars for March 7 and March 21 as proposed dates.

In a tropical Costa Rican rainforest on a Hard-working pioneer farmer, 98-year-old Orville

Pollard, passed away in Saskatoon, Feb. 27 where they retired years ago on.

They farmed east of Mayfair and son Darrell and wife Bev took over the family farm.

Condolences to the Pollard family as he will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him.

Cross-country ski trails have been expertly groomed by local people who live at Meeting Lake Regional Park year round. Many retired folks love the lake and peaceful laid-back country living, but when you experience some snowmobilers who trespass onto your property, that’s a different story.

In the contrast to snow, as of now I’m enjoying the hot sunny beaches, ocean, tropical rain forest and more to come for the next two weeks in Costa Rica. Thanks to oldest son Curtis, an extensive world traveller, we are experiencing sight seeing with him as our guide. He has spent the last 18 years in Costa Rica, mainly to surf.

Curtis has travelled solo to all of Central America in that time frame of 18 years, but loves Costa Rica the best.

Where we are renting beach houses high in the mountains, there are different trees, plants, animal species and insects, not to mention

poisonous snakes. Snakes are more prolific in March and monsoon months of September and October.

One would be surprised as to the many curious travellers that we’ve encountered and all I can say is, good for them.

If one works hard and has managed to save a little bit of cash to travel, go live your life.

I came across a little humour on Facebook: “I finally found a diet plan that really works. It’s called the price of food.” Yes, the price of food has risen in all countries thanks to COVID-19. The worse part is, we have to eat in order to survive.

In a tropical Costa Rican rainforest on a low mountainside, lush ferns grow from a palm trunk. Curtis Woloshyn is in the background. | Photo by Elaine Woloshyn

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Meota News

Do Drop In screens documentary March 7

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

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Showing at the Meota Do Drop In March 7 at 1:30 p.m. is Mr. Emancipation: The Walter Perry Story. This 60-minute documentary tells the story of Walter L. Perry’s determination to put on a celebration that would transcend divisions of race and class. He staged an Emancipation Day festival that was where everyone wanted to be. Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Owens all headed there because, as civil rights activist Dick Gregory said, “The largest Juneteenth celebration was not in America, it was in Windsor, Canada.”

The bridge players are getting back together more now with Tuesday featuring individual movement in the Pioneer Hall in town. Donna Scherman had top score with Gerry Craig in second place. Tied for third and fourth were Linda Ard and Margaret Dyck. The Thursday games had three tables with top couple being Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen. Catriona Winterholt and Donna Scherman were second.

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Carol Huys and Gail Hilderman. Joyce Luckey and Rita Peterson played two-handed Canasta and that works fine, just a little slower than with a partner.

It was a nice time out together.

The Meota hotel hosted the Kevin Foster Memorial Ice Fishing Derby Feb 19. This is a free-fishing weekend, and no licence was required to fish.

There were 62 entries and prizes were based on 100 per cent of ticket sales.

Eleven fish were weighed in throughout the day.

First place went to Morgan Kappel for catching an 8.10-pound burbot. Second place went to Daniel Nyholt with a 7.45-pound pike and in third place was Riley St. Amant with a 4.85-pound pike.

The prize ceremony and steak supper were held at the hotel following the derby. ADRA held a 50/50 ticket draw which was won

by Christy Johnson. All are winners for participating and supporting our community.

Vawn Hosts Snowmobile Rally Submitted by Brandon Doom It was a busy February long weekend, but that did not stop 62 riders from coming to support Vawn’s fifth annual snowmobile rally. The weather was a perfect at 2 C and relaxation of COVID protocols allowed

organizers to once again have a half-way spot at Cavalier and a lunch and bar following the rally at the Vawn Community Hall.

Marcel Duhaime and his team of Annette Duhaime, Alan Doom, Gerald Duhaime and his friend Dave from Kerrobert made the trail.

The rally was Marcel’s idea and he goes above and beyond to make and clearly stake and sign the trail yearly.

The 50/50 went for $875.50 and was won

by Adam Duhaime of Kerrobert.

The Vawn Community Hall acknowledges the support of major sponsors who facilitated the halfway warm up and afterride meal, the 50/50 draw, advertising and clearing of the school yard for a loading/unloading zone for the riders.

Businesses and individuals also supplied door prizes (more than 50) and volunteers helped make the event a success.

Organizers were able to raise more than $2,600, which will be put towards the installation of the new outdoor rink this spring.

Plans have already underway for next year’s rally for the weekend after the Family Day long weekend. Vawn will also be holding an end of seeding golf, dine and dance event this spring Continued on Page 17

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Meota News Continued from Page 16 (watch for details), and a sixth annual Vawn Celebrates Summer Mud Volleyball event featuring live music, kids’ entertainment and fireworks July 23.

Meota Curling Club Thursday night featured unimagined drama where two games went the distance and the game came down to the final shots, both with storybook endings. On the TV sheet and featured game of the week, the legendary Terry Tait and Wanda Weber rinks met in a matchup between two teams jockeying for playoff positioning.

Tait, who was riding some momentum heading into this important matchup, was short two curlers and negotiated a deal to bring in major talents Gil and Susan Cadrin in relief. Down by two and with the game in his hand, Tait uncharacteristically came up short and succumbed to the Weber rink 8-5, who dedicated the win to Gordon Moore as a belated birthday gift.

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key matchup between the Welford and Demontarnel rinks. Having to steal three in the final end, the Welford rink. that features Taylor Markwart, Trent Lafreniere and Haley Petrow, got the stones they needed in place to do just that. However, skip Darcy Demontarnel was not going to be denied as her final stone cleared the guards by only centimetres to limit the steal to two and hold on for a 7-6 victory.

Every mistake was magnified for the Schmidt rink Tuesday night in a game that required nothing short of their “A” game.

Playing the top-seeded Mohr rink, the Schmidt rink was shutout 7-0, that second Colin Sharp classified as “a wake-up call.”

Team Mohr stands above the rest as they officially clinched the President’s Trophy, which is first place in the regular season. The Kyle Doom rink, featuring Cherelle Cadrain, Randy Orchison and Raecine Franke, battled fearlessly against the powerhouse Bru team, but came up second in a 10-3 loss in front of an almost capacity crowd of 12 fans.

Al Doom skipped the Becotte rink for a second week in a row, with a 5-2

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The Demontarnel rink sweeping for every inch against their arch rival during Meota Curling Club action. | Photo by Derek Welford

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The featured curler of the week is second on Team Doom, Cherelle Cadrain.

One of the strongest curlers to ever come over from the sandy shores of Martinson’s Beach, Cherelle is the unofficial coach of the team. With her extensive knowledge and experience coaching the sport, Cherelle provides a continuing source of inspiration and motivation to her rink every week.

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dicates 68 per cent are very likely or somewhat likely to continue to wear masks in public places. Thirty per cent said they are not likely to wear them and two per cent were unsure.

Those results are closely in line with results that show 53 per cent don’t think we’re coming to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, 25 per cent aren’t sure and 23 per cent say, yes, we’re seeing the end.

Survey results also show one third say they are paying less attention to active cases, hospitalizations and deaths now that there is reduced access to provincial COVID-19 data. The Saskatchewan government recently ended its daily Dashboard statistics updates

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*All draws pertaining to the BUH Foundation Monthly Lottery will be drawn randomly out of the raffle drum *All draws pertaining to the BUH Foundation Monthly Lottery will be made at Battlefords Union Hospital, 1092-107th Street, North Battleford, SK at 8:30 am **All draws will be made on the final Friday of the month, with the exception of July, Nov & December

MONTHLY DRAW DATES FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2022 FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022 FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2022 FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022** FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2022 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2022** FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022** FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2023 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023 FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023

Final day of the 50/50 Enhancement sales will be Friday, April 22, 2022 at 5:00 pm unless sold out earlier.

Maximum prize value $50,000.

Maximum of 10,000 50/50 Enhancements will be sold.

There will be one draw for the 50/50 Enhancement. The draw will occur Friday, April 29, 2022 at 10:30 am.

50/50 Enhancement(s) can only be ordered in conjunction with Lottery ticket(s) order.

Funds raised will purchase a new Phototherapy (PUVA) Unit for use in Therapy Services at BUH. This unit uses ultraviolet light for healing of skin conditions such as psoriasis and vitiligo.

A new unit is required to continue to offer the care close to home and is an important service to provide.

Appointments are short and can occur 2 – 3 times a week.

A new unit could also increase the hours of operation, allowing more patients to be seen.

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2022/2023 Monthly Cash Lottery Rules of Play: ALL DRAWS WILL BE MADE AT BATTLEFORDS UNION HOSPITAL (BUH), 1092 – 107th STREET, NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK, at 8:30 A.M. IN THE MAIN LOBBY. ALL DRAWS ARE RANDOM. DRAWS MADE EVERY MONTH ARE AWARDED FROM LOWEST DOLLAR VALUE TO HIGHEST DOLLAR VALUE. THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT TO PURCHASE MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKETS. MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKETS MAY ONLY BE PURCHASED OR SOLD WITHIN SASKATCHEWAN. BUH FOUNDATION WILL HOLD MONTHLY LOTTERY PRIZE(S) THAT ARE UNCLAIMED IN A SECURE LOCATION FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE DRAW. IF AT THAT TIME THE PRIZE(S) ARE STILL UNCLAIMED, THE PRIZE(S) SHALL BE DONATED TO A CHARITABLE BENEFICIARY APPROVED BY SLGA. BUH FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEERS WILL ABIDE BY BUH FOUNDATION’S POLICY REGARDING THE ELIGIBILITY OF BUH FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS IN PURCHASING MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKETS. BUH FOUNDATION STAFF AND THEIR SPOUSES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PURCHASE MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKETS. EVERY TICKET IS ELIGIBLE FOR EVERY DRAW WITH EXCEPTION OF THE PREVIOUS PURCHASER DRAW. You must have purchased a ticket in ONE OF THE LAST 3 prior years to BE ELIGIBLE TO win the previous purchaser draw. FINAL DAY OF TICKET SALES WILL BE FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022 AT 5:00 P.M. IF NOT SOLD OUT PRIOR. LOTTERY TICKETS ARE ONE FOR $110.00. TOTAL NUMBER OF TICKETS SOLD IS 1,300. ALL ADVERTISING WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN SASKATCHEWAN. A PROMINENT NOTICE WILL BE DISPLAYED INDICATING THAT ONLY ONE NAME WILL BE RECORDED ON THE MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKET(S), AND THE PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED ON THE TICKET(S). BUH FOUNDATION AND SLGA ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DISPUTES WHICH MAY ARISE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WHO HAVE PURCHASED TICKETS TOGETHER. A PROMINENT NOTICE WILL BE DISPLAYED INDICATING THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A REFUND FOR LOTTERY TICKET(S) PURCHASED. DISCREPANCIES OCCURING WITH MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKET(S) WINNING TICKET NUMBERS AND VALUES, THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE LOTTERY AUDITOR SHALLED BE DEEMED CORRECT AND FINAL. Forms of payment: cash, cheque, money order, visa, mastercard, AMERICAN EXPRESS, or debit CARD. NSF CHEQUES AND DECLINED CREDIT CARDS WILL NOT BE eligible for prizes. THROUGHOUT THE LOTTERY, TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT: - BUHF “Gratefully Yours” Gift & Food Shop, 1092 – 107th Street, North Battleford, SK. - Battleford Furniture, 192 24th St. W., Battleford, SK - Order by Phone: 306-446-6652, 306-446-6658 - Order by Fax: 306-446-6631 - Through online orders at www.buhfoundation.com 2022/2023 Monthly Lottery 50/50 Enhancement Rules of Play: THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT DRAW WILL BE MADE AT BATTLEFORDS UNION HOSPITAL (BUH), 1092, 107th St., North Battleford, SK. AT 10:30 A.M. THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT DRAW IS RANDOM. THERE IS NO AGE LIMIT TO PURCHASE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S). 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S) MAY ONLY BE PURCHASED OR SOLD WITHIN SASKATCHEWAN. 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S) MUST BE PURCHASED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PURCHASE OF BUH FOUNDATION’S MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKET(S). 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S) ORDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE LOTTERY TICKET PURCHASE DATE. BUH FOUNDATION WILL HOLD THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT PRIZE, IF UNCLAIMED, IN A SECURE LOCATION FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT DRAW. IF AT THAT TIME THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT PRIZE IS STILL UNCLAIMED THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT PRIZE SHALL BE DONATED TO A CHARITABLE BENEFICIARY APPROVED BY SLGA. BUH FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND VOLUNTEERS WILL ABIDE BY BUH FOUNDATION’S POLICY REGARDING THE ELIGIBILITY OF BUH FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS IN PURCHASING 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S).

BUH FOUNDATION STAFF AND THEIR SPOUSES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PURCHASE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S). FINAL DAY OF MONTHLY LOTTERY TICKETS AND 50/50 ENHANCEMENT SALES WILL BE FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2022 AT 5:00 P.M. IF NOT SOLD OUT PRIOR. THE DRAW DATE FOR THE MONTHLY LOTTERY 50/50 ENHANCEMENT WILL BE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2022 AT 10:30 A.M. 50/50 ENHANCEMENT IS ONE FOR $10.00. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 10,000 50/50 ENHANCEMENTS TO BE SOLD. ALL ADVERTISING WILL TAKE PLACE WITHIN SASKATCHEWAN. A PROMINENT NOTICE WILL BE DISPLAYED INDICATING TO 50/50 ENHANCEMENT PURCHASERS THAT ONLY ONE NAME WILL BE RECORDED ON THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S), AND THE PRIZE WILL BE AWARDED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED ON THE 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S).

BUH FOUNDATION AND SLGA ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DISPUTES WHICH MAY ARISE BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS WHO HAVE PURCHASED ENHANCEMENT(S) TOGETHER. A PROMINENT NOTICE WILL BE DISPLAYED INDICATING THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A REFUND FOR 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S) PURCHASED. ANY DISCREPANCIES OCCURING WITH 50/50 ENHANCEMENT WINNING NUMBER AND VALUE, THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE LOTTERY AUDITOR SHALLED BE DEEMED CORRECT AND FINAL. NSF CHEQUES AND DECLINED CREDIT CARDS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR ANY PRIZES. Forms of payment: cash, cheque, money order, visa, mastercard, AMERICAN EXPRESS, or debit CARD. THROUGHOUT THE LOTTERY 50/50 ENHANCEMENT(S) ARE AVAILABLE AT: - BUH Foundation’s “Gratefully Yours” Gift & Food Shop, 1092 107th St., North Battleford, SK. - Battleford Furniture, 192 24th St. W., Battleford, SK. - Order by Phone: 306-446-6652, 306-446-6658 - Order by Fax: 306-446-6631 - Through online orders at www.buhfoundation.com

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OBITUARIES RANGER: Harvey Gordon Ranger March 9, 1943 February 16, 2022 After a lengthy illness, Harvey passed away peacefully with his family by his side. Harvey was predeceased by his mother Vivianne and father Gordon. He leaves behind his wife Sharon, children David (Christine) and Douglas, his beloved grandsons Joshua and Jordan, sisters Sharon (Fred), Brenda (Deo), Debbie (Eddie) and numerous nieces and nephews. He was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan and was raised nearby on the family farm.

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BYL: Benjamin (Ben) Byl aka Husband, Father, Opa, Uncle Ben, Uncle Bungee, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2022 at River Heights Lodge in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, ten days short of his 90th birthday.

Comforting him in his final moments were his wife Nevenka (Nena), son Brian and daughter-in-law Maggie.

Ben was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands on February 27, 1932 to Lijntje and Benjamin Bijl. He attended technical school and joined the Batavier Line where he was a ship’s mate sailing to London, England and around the Mediterranean. In February, 1952 he followed his older brother Leendert (Len) to Canada where he found employment in the heavy equipment industry. While living in a Toronto boarding house he met a vivacious young lady from Croatia, Nena. They were married on May 15, 1954 and over the next ten years had a family of three sons, Brian, Dennis, Allen and a daughter, Katarina (Kathy). After working as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer for a number of years he started flying lessons and completed his commercial pilot’s license in May 1966. Soon he was flying around Quebec, Ontario and Newfoundland/Labrador. In May 1968 the family moved to La Ronge, Saskatchewan where he continued flying until the spring of 1982. For the last years of his working career he was an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer with the Government of Saskatchewan Northern Air Operations until he retired in 1997.

Ben and Nena built a log cabin on Freeman Island where they spent many days enjoying the “island life” and the wonderful views from the cabin deck. In 2000 Ben and Nena moved to Meota, Saskatchewan where they lived next to Jackfish Lake.

Ben was always busy in his workshop with his tools and working on projects. While in Labrador he taught himself to play the guitar, harmonica and other instruments. The Meota Hobby Band also occupied a lot of his time and showcased his skill with the harmonica. He shared many an evening playing with family and friends. Sadly, Dad struggled with serious health issues in recent years. Through it all, he showed us courage, independence, humour, and above all, love. We are eternally grateful for the dignity and exquisite care provided by the staff at North Battleford Union Hospital and River Heights Lodge during the last nine months. Benjamin is survived by his wife Nena, sons Brian (Maggie), Dennis (Linda), Allen (Leanne) and daughter Kathy (John), grandchildren Michela (Quinn), Garrett (Baylee), Danielle, Caitlin, Jocelyn (James), Lucas, Aaron (Dayle), Jesse, and Benjamin. Also grieving the loss of Ben are many close nieces, nephews, cousins and their families. Ben was predeceased by his parents Benjamin and Lijntje Bijl, brothers Cornelis (Cor) Bijl and Len Byl. A service will be held at 1 pm on Saturday March 12 at the Meota Community Complex, 395 Third Street E, Meota, SK. Refreshments will be served after the service. If you so desire, donations in Ben’s name can be made to the Battlefords and District Community Foundation or a charity of your choice.

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MCGRATTEN: It is with heavy hearts the family of Mrs. Karin McGratten, resident of Rabbit Lake, SK announce her passing with family by her side on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at the age of 81 years. Interment was held prior to the Funeral Service at the Spiritwood Cemetery and the Funeral Service was held at the Fields of Hope Mennonite Church East of Glenbush, SK with Pastor Keith Klippenstein officiating. Mom is lovingly remembered and survived by: Mary (Marcel) Tetreault of Leoville, SK & children: Brigitte (Brian) Johnson of Medstead, SK & great-grandchildren: Mackenzy, Owen and Everly, Melinda (Landon) Laventure of Leoville, SK & great-grandsons: Keaton and Hudson, Landon Tetreault (Serena Liu) of Saskatoon, SK, Shelby (Jordon) Henri of Leoville, SK; Corinne (Stan) Turgeon of Turtle Lake, SK & children: Jordan (Janelle) Turgeon of Lloydminster, AB & greatgrandsons: Ellis and Rhodes, Shawn Turgeon & Fiancé, Luke Thwaites of Squamish, BC; Kathleen (Vince) Martinello of Mont Nebo, SK & children: Justin Mueller of Saskatoon, SK, Megan (Steve) Blackwell of Kitchener, ON, Jason (Lindsay) Mueller of Brantford, ON; Christine (Corey) Penner of Glenbush, SK & children: Brittany (Adam) Kotun of Spiritwood, SK & greatgrandsons: Zayden, Huxley, and Sawyer, Brett (Katie) Penner of Glenbush, SK and great-grandson, Maverick; Melody Laventure of Lloydminster, AB & children: Brecken, Tyson and Ashton.

Mom was predeceased by her parents: Walter and Mary Kuchta; daughter, Stephanie; her first husband, Norman McGratten; her spouse, Dymtro Lychak; sister, RoseMarie; three greatgranddaughters: Kinsley Laventure, Hannah and Chloe Penner.

Memorial donations in memory of Mrs. Karin McGratten may be directed to the Rose Gill Lodge - Po Box 157 Rabbit Lake, SK S0M 2L0 Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

PAULS: HENRY PAULS 1930 2022 Henry Nick Pauls of Lethbridge, AB, father of 7 children, passed away peacefully into the arms of his Saviour in the early morning of February 23, 2022, at the age of 91 years.

Henry was born May 28, 1930, on his home farm near Glenbush, Saskatchewan to Nicolai and Sara Pauls. He enjoyed being on the farm and working with his parents and 9 siblings. With grade 10 education he went to Coaldale Bible Institute, Bethany Bible Institute and then worked as a psychiatric nurse in the Saskatchewan Hospital in the winter and homesteaded in the summer. Henry and Susan met in Ontario when he worked there during the winter. They were married April 7, 1956, and moved back to Saskatchewan by train. After a few years of farming on his parent’s home place, they purchased some land near Medstead. Here they raised their 7 children. Farming was a difficult occupation but with much perseverance and trust in God’s provision Henry very adequately provided for his family. He enjoyed the dairy, growing of crops and producing great cattle.

After 44 years of farming, they moved to Coaldale and later to Lethbridge Alberta. Henry enjoyed being close to family, serving seniors, biking around town, and working at the MCC store in Lethbridge. Henry is survived by his 2 daughters - Lorraine (Doug) Listoe and Ruth (Paul) Ibbotson; 5 sons – Waldo (Arlene) Pauls, Philip (Peggy) Pauls, Bernie (Cheryl) Pauls, Wes (Raechel) Pauls, Ed (Patricia) Pauls; 41 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren; 4 sisters – Tina Konrad, Anna Parker, Justina (Henry) Bergen, Helena Born; his sister-in-law Mary Pauls; his brother-in-law Alfred Quiring; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and their families. Henry was predeceased by his loving wife of 65 years, Susan; his parents – Nicolai & Sara Pauls; brothers – Heinrich Pauls, Peter (Martha) Pauls, Nicolai Pauls, Jake Pauls, Nick (Dora) Pauls; sisters – Mary (George) Pauls, Nette Quiring; brothers-in-law – George Konrad, Art Parker, Rudy Born; and his granddaughter Janessa Pauls. The family wishes to express their gratitude to the staff of Extendicare Fairmont for their attentive care of Henry. A Celebration of Life was held at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at COALDALE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH, 2316 17th St, Coaldale, with Pastor Gary Burke officiating. A recording of the service is available at bit.ly\coaldalemblive Memorial donations may be made to Wycliffe at wycliffe.ca/give. Visit www.mbfunerals.com to send a condolence. __________________________________________________________

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MANN: Arthur John Mann April 9, 1932 – February 14, 2022 It is with great sadness that the family announce Art’s death. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years Patricia, children Sabrina (Jerry), Brittany and daughter Gabriella, Brandon (Keeley).

Also his brothers Elroy (Mavis), Ken (Gayleen), Edward, and his sister Carol (Bob) and sister in law Susan, numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Arthur was predeceased by his parents Karl and Emma, sister Lorraine (Fred), brother Raymond (Carole), brother Delmar, brother-in-law Sylvester and sister-in-law Monica. Art was born at home on the family farm at Thackeray. He attended Thackeray School, he loved farming and began actively farming in 1953. His youth was spent working on the farm with very few conveniences and limited social activities, which was the way of life in the 1930-1940’s. As an adult he was a 4H leader in Thackeray Beef Club and was President of 4H district council.

Throughout the later years he was Secretary for the Wheat Pool Committee and operated the snow plow for the area. He played broomball and was involved with Lutheran youth through the Walther League. He served as Councillor and later Reeve for the RM of Buffalo. Faith was very important to Art and he was very much part of the Lutheran Church in both Unity and Wilkie.

In the fall of 1972 he married Patricia Johnson an accountant from Saskatoon. The next year they moved out to the farm where they built a new home. Both Pat and Art had farm roots and continued to love their life there. In later years when their health began to fail they took up residence in Wilkie. Later moving into Bethany Enhanced Living, then long term care at Poplar Courts. The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff at both facilities and Dr. Kemp for the wonderful, kind and loving care. They would also like to thank Gerein Funeral Home and Pastor Grout. Memorial donations can be sent to Poplar Courts and Bethany Enhanced Living.

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CARD OF THANKS Jimmy Dean Pollard The family of the late Jimmy Dean Pollard would like to thank everyone for their thoughtfulness, kindness, and prayers at our time of grief.

Thank you to those who donated to the H. Hardcastle Library in Jimmy's name. Thank you to celebrant Father Barry Tkachuk and to Trevor and the staff from Eternal Memories. A special thank you goes out to Michelle McGonigle for her wonderful eulogy.

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IN THE ESTATE of SONIA CURRY, late of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, deceased.

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Maria (Mary) Woytiuk.............. North Battleford Evelyn Nachtegaele ................ North Battleford

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RESORT VILLAGE OF KIVIMAA-MOONLIGHT BAY Public Notice –Zoning Bylaw Amendment Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Resort Village of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay (RV) intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007, to amend Bylaw No. 3/14, known as the Zoning Bylaw.

INTENT: The proposed amendment would provide and clarify general regulation for garden structures such as trellises, arbors, pergolas, and similar items. Regulation of fences within the R-Residential District would also be clarified and standardized based on orientation of a lot or site. A definition for garden structure would be added, and the numbering scheme of the definitions section would be removed in favour of an alphabetic scheme.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw and related map at the RV Office between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tuesday to Wednesday, excluding any statutory Holidays. Copies will be available to the public at a cost or by emailing rvkmb@myaccess.ca and asking for a copy. A copy of the draft amendment is available at the following web address: https://rvkmb.com/home.html.

Tara Braun .............................. North Battleford

Dr. Iain Weston ....................... North Battleford

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REASON: The reason for the amendment is to allow garden structures and provide for permissive setbacks and regulation where appropriate. Existing fence regulation was leading to conflicting interpretation and is being revised for clarity and consistency. Definitions would be amended to help effect the proposed amendment.

Harold Anderson ............................... Battleford

Al Gotto ................................... North Battleford

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Farmland Estate Sale by Tender; Listed at $2,050,000. 857 Acres in Mayfield RM #406. Tenders close Mar. 18-2022. Gerald Muller, C&C Realty, 306-570-7743, skfarmland.ca

Charlotte Lahti ........................ North Battleford

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Jacquelyne Byers ................... North Battleford

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing at 8:00 PM on Monday, March 21, 2022, in the RV office to hear any person or group that wishes to comment on the proposed amendment. Written submissions will be received by the undersigned at the RV office located at 67 Lakeshore Dr., Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay, SK, by email to rvkmb@myaccess.ca, or by mail to Box 120, Livelong, SK S0M 1J0 prior to the hearing. The RV office can also be reached during regular office hours at (306) 845-3336.

Issued by the Resort Village of Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay this 28th day of February 2022.

Jackie Helgeton Municipal Administrator

David W. Shury ................................. Battleford Ronald (Ron) Studney ...................... Battleford

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Tuesdays with Louise from 6:30-7:30 and/ or Thursdays with Nicki from 6:30-7:30.

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Cost: $80.00 for 10 classes

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Full-Time, Permanent Coordinator – Certificate and Diploma Programs Battlefords Campus Posting #78-BC-2122

Our students come to us with the goal of improving the quality of life for themselves, their families and their communities.

The Program Coordinator is responsible for planning, delivering and promoting Certificate & Diploma programs in the Trades, Health Care, Business and Community Services fields. This position has the lead role and responsibility for monitoring, guiding, evaluating, meeting enrollment targets and managing the assigned program area, in order to successfully meet the goals and objectives of the College and the needs of the clients served. $5,489.25 per month to start, with an excellent benefits package Start Date: ASAP If this position sounds like something you are interested in, please go to www.northwestcollege.ca for a complete position profile, and application.

Applications will be received until Noon on March 9, 2022.

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Hafford Co-op Career Opportunities Team Member/Driver at our Agro Center in Hafford What you’ll do: Responsible to carry out deliveries in a safe, timely, and efficient manner while providing exceptional customers service to all Co-op employees and customers.

• Complete daily Truck/Trailer Inspections & maintenance.

• Operate equipment in a safe and lawful manner.

• Transport and handle Dangerous Goods, Feed Products & Ag Equipment • Maintain a delivery schedule and ensure timely deliver of products.

• Deliver products according to the customer’s desire, while ensuring a high level of safety.

• Assist with Instore & Shop Duties when not on the Delivery Unit.

• Other Duties as assigned.

Who you are: You are looking a career in Customer Service and: • You have Grade 12 Diploma. • You have a 3A or 1A License.

• Experience in handling Dangerous Goods.

• Experience in loading/unloading, handling and Transport of Materials.

• You’re honest and trustworthy, are results-oriented and strive to be the best in what you do.

• You believe in building relationships and collaborating to deliver solutions that matter most, and you recognize the that different perspectives bring to meet shared objectives.

Training can be made available for the right Candidate.

Our Team Members receive competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package and an employer-contributed pension plan. We encourage our Team Members to take advantage of learning opportunities, to grow and develop and to foster a culture of teamwork and innovation.

Please note that safety-sensitive positions will require pre-employment alcohol and substance testing.

Apply instore by March 31st, 2022 or contact us at haffordcoop@littleloon.ca for more information.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected to continue in the recruitment process will be contacted.

North West College is looking for a Marketing & Communication Coordinator to show and tell what an amazing College we are by providing marketing expertise and communications support to the College $5,489.25 per month to start, with an excellent benefits package Start Date: ASAP For a complete position profile, and application, please go to www.northwestcollege.ca Applications will be received until Noon on March 10, 2022.

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ATTON'S LAKE REGIONAL PARK EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Park Grounds Maintenance Staff Full time adult placements are available from June through September for park grounds maintenance staff. Safe operation and daily maintenance of grounds care equipment will be required.

Full time student placements are available in park maintenance from mid to late June through September 5, 2022.

Maintenance positions require a current driver’s abstract to be submitted with the application.

Club House Manager Full Time / Seasonal placement available for a qualified individual of 19 years of age or greater. Employment from early May to October 10, 2022, depending on weather. Duties will include, but will not be limited to, prepping concession for season opening, ordering of concession and refreshment supplies, scheduling of staff and overseeing and training of staff as well as all manner of duties as are also expected of Club House Staff and closing up for the off season. The club house manager is expected to work full time shifts in the club house and will be responsible for day to day management issues and will be able to work under the direction of a board authority.

Club House Staff - Full and part time seasonal placements available for qualified individuals 19 years of age or greater from May or June 2022 to late August and some up to October 10, 2022. Duration of employment will depend on placement and quality of weather. Duties include, but not limited to, telephone attendance, booking of tee times, checking in of golf patrons, meal preparation, service of food and beverages, equipment rental & sanitization, collecting of fees and recording of daily revenues.

Sask Liquor and Gaming SIRS and Safe Food Handling certification are required for all Club House placements and may be supported by Attons Lake Regional Park Authority.

For all positions listed: Actual hours and employment dates can be weather dependent and may be allotted in regards to individual suitability.

Cleanliness and proper apparel while on duty is expected of all staff. Strong communication skills, hospitable nature and ability to work well with others will be definite assets to placement. Staff campsites are available, on a 1st come 1st served basis for the duration of 2022 employment.

Apply by resume with cover letter. Indicate which position(s) you are applying for and whether part time or full time and desired wage range. State the date range you will be available to work. References will be required.

All placements will be considered probationary for no less than 90 days and will require weekend & evening shifts. All maintenance positions require a current driver’s abstract to be submitted with the application.

Forward applications to: Atton’s Lake Regional Park Authority Box 12, Cut Knife, SK S0M 0N0 Fax: (306) 500-9974 Email: attonsadmin@sasktel.net Phone (306) 390-7374 Or drop off at 114 Broad Street in Cut Knife (R.M. of Cut Knife Office) Deadline for applications 4:00 PM March 15, 2022.

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KEYANOW CHILD AND FAMILY CENTRE INC. JOB OPPORTUNITY One (1) FAMILY FINDER ASSESSOR/ RECRUITER & HOME STUDY WORKER Full Time Position There are a growing number of children in care on & off-reserve who require foster home and/or families that will care for these children. This position requires individuals to have considerable knowledge of First Nations family systems and communities to conduct duties that are of direct benefit to the First Nations children in care on & off-reserve under the responsibility of the Ministry of Social Services and ISC. The Assessor/Recruiter & Home Study Worker is proposed to have a range of skills/experience in assessing and supporting families.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Bachelor of Social Work Degree (or equivalent i.e. B.I.S.W.) (a certificate of Social Work may also be considered); • Should have experience in working with and supporting families; • Should have knowledge on child development and the impact of abuse and neglect, disability and other special needs, and attachment issues as it relates to matters in child welfare services; • Should have the ability to understand family dynamics (i.e strengths, deficits, ancestral clan trends, acceptance/support from the community, etc.) conduct genogram/family clan research, and possess good interviewing skills; • Criminal record Check (approved), Valid Driver’s License and Driver’s Abstract (approved); • Demonstrated knowledge and awareness of cultural diversity amongst aboriginal communities.

Salary to commensurate with education and experience, as per Keyanow Child and Family Centre Inc. salary grid.

Closing date for applicants: until position is filled.

Please submit or fax resume with 3 professional references to: Keyanow Child and Family Centre Inc. HR/Office Manager Box 1426 North Battleford, Sk. Phone: 306-445-4149 Fax: 306-445-5568 e-mail: joyces@kcfcentre.com We sincerely appreciate the interest of all applicants, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a casual position for holiday coverage with the potential to lead to more hours in the future.

Office hours- Monday to Friday- 8:00 AM- 5:00 PM. The successful candidate must be self motivated, have office experience, creative skills, social media skills, be personable, have excellent communication and proficiency skills, customer service experience and be able to meet deadlines.

Duties will include but not limited to: inputting listings, answer phones, filing, cleaning, marketing through social media networking, working with our website, creating mail drops as well as any other advertising needs while following real estate guidelines.

Required: Grade 12 education Excellent oral and written communication skills Computer skills Knowledge of Microsoft Programs Social Media Skills Experience with graphic design.

Please Submit your application to:

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says effective Monday, Feb. 28, family presence in long-term care homes will began to move to open family presence.

The SHA adds this is with the exception of a small number of homes where enhanced precautions are deemed necessary by the local medical health officer. A complete list of homes and their family presence status is available on the SHA website.

“This return to prepandemic family presence protocols provides the opportunity for all residents to welcome more family and visitors,” stated in SHA in a media release.

“Family members/support people are essential to the well-being and care of residents, and the SHA has remained committed to allowing as much family presence as safely possible throughout the pandemic.

In light of the removal of Public Health Orders effective Feb. 28, policies and guidelines, including outbreak management and infection prevention and control, will reflect

Maidstone Museum

Longtime member will be missed

By Dorothy Schwartz

Kayla Petersen Broker/Owner Kmb@sasktel.net

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Nine members of Maidstone Museum met TENDERS

FARMLAND FOR SALE BY TENDER

The following land of Shirley Kulyk in the R.M. of North Battleford No. 437 is offered for sale by tender: Parcel SE-32-43-15 W3

Assessed Value $258,600.00

the transition to Living with COVID while also ensuring the ongoing safety of our long-term care residents.”

SHA says outbreaks will continue to be managed on a case-by-case basis, with the commitment to maintaining a minimum of essential family presence with additional precautions.

“This approach is more closely aligned to outbreak management for other communicable diseases. Homes will continue to maintain safety protocols, and processes will remain in place for enhanced protocols when necessary (for example, if an outbreak is declared),” says the SHA. Information from residents and families through the Family Presence Expert Panel will be used to guide decisionmaking as the transition to Living with COVID takes place, says the SHA. As of Feb. 22, 55 per cent of SHA long-term care homes (including affiliates) had already transitioned to recovery family presence, accepting additional family and visitors, which is part of the progression to open family presence.

Taxable Assessment $142,230.00

Acres 160.81 (Cultivated Acres 140)

• Purchaser responsible for payment of any applicable GST. • Purchaser responsible to pay 2022 property taxes.

• Property is subject to a right of first refusal.

• Successful bidder will be notified by March 25, 2022.

• All offers to be accompanied by a bank draft in the amount of 5% of tendered amount payable to “Matrix Law Group In Trust”.

Unsuccessful bidders will have deposits refunded without interest.

• Buyer must provide balance of purchase price within 30 days of acceptance of tender.

• An Agreement for Sale shall be prepared between the Vendor and the Purchaser upon acceptance.

• Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Send all offers in a sealed envelope marked “DO NOT OPEN – KULYK LAND TENDER” to the undersigned on or before 12:00 noon on the 9th day of March, 2022.

Matrix Law Group 1421 101st Street North Battleford, SK S9A 2Y9 Attention: Jaylyn E. Lawrence Telephone: 306-445-7300 E-mail: reception@matrixlawgoup.ca

at the town office Feb. 21 with president Danielle Hollingshead presiding.

Kathy Utri gave a report on the Christmas gift exchange and supper held at the Lou and Sue Café Jan. 15. It was enjoyed by those who attended.

Plans for the upcoming season were discussed and the next meeting arranged for March 21.

The group recently lost longtime member Mae Hinde. Mae attended the first museum meeting held in the freight shed when the station building was still on its original site by the railroad tracks. After the building was moved to its present site, she was the first one there to help at any event and the last one to leave. Mae, with her pleasant disposition, always jumped right in to help with whatever job needed doing.

When her health deteriorated and she had to move from her home to Pine Island Lodge her only daughter, Trina, stepped in to fill her place.

It is hard-working dedicated people like Mae who have made the museum the success it is today.

Why can’t we just get along?

Rivalry is on steroids today (Feb. 13) as it is Superbowl weekend and passionate supporters of the competing teams are against each other. The Winter Olympics are happening in China, and the contenders for medals are viewed as archenemies.

In the Superbowl and the Winter Olympics, friendly competition has been frequently abandoned for a need to win against one’s opponent. At any time, sports, school, business, political and religious rivals can become more than fellow competitors.

They may be seen as adversaries, enemies and foes.

Few families can claim

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raymaher085@gmail.com to be without any rivalries among their members.

Unfortunately, families have a spotty record of living in seamless harmony. Our jealousy and resentment may become hatred towards members of our own family. In Genesis 4, brothers Cain and Abel brought offerings to God.

The Lord was favourable to Abel’s offering but not Cain’s offering. This rejection made Cain angry, and the Lord cautioned Cain to master his anger and resentment. Instead, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Sibling rivalry also played a significant part

in the lives of Jacob and Esau, and the elder brother of the prodigal son would not welcome him home.

The most famous case of sibling rivalry was when the brothers of Joseph sold him into slavery. The story of Joseph is more than a happy ending to sibling abuse, but the victory of Joseph’s forgiveness towards his brothers. When Joseph was reunited with his brothers years later, he was a person of power and influence. He could have taken vengeance on his brothers, but he forgave them freely and fully for their abuse of him.

(Genesis 45:3-15) It may be hard to find harmony at home, at work,

church, neighbourhood or in our province, country or the world. Do we try to get along with others or set our minds against them?

When people don’t get along with each other, it doesn’t take much to spoil their compatibility.

It is a sad truth that people are better at being against others than for them. We are good at finding fault with others but not finding flaws with ourselves. Jesus asks, “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”

(Matthew 7:3) Jesus also said, “Do not judge. Do not condemn.” (Luke 6: 37) Let us remember this when we see others as enemies and foes.

Jesus questioned, “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

If someone strikes you on the cheek, turn to him the other one.” (Luke 6: 32-33, 27-29) Knowing we are imperfect, yet God loves us and forgives us through our faith in Christ is the foundation for getting along with others. We mess up, as do others. “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8)

Worship Together Spend some quality family time together.

Worship at the church of your choice.

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

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

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

306-446-1695

PASTOR: Rev. Phinh Do

DAILY: Tues., 7 p.m. Wed., Thurs. & Fri. - 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted

Corner of Scott & Territorial Dirve Sun. 9:15 am & 11:00 am Ministries for the whole family

WEEKEND: Saturdays - 7:30 p.m. Sundays - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

ANGLICAN PARISH

306-445-5901

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 Contact: 306 445 4155 stpaulnb@sasktel.net

Rev. Trevor Malyon

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

Living Water Ministry

Hope Mennonite Fellowship 1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford

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

Sunday Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Dean Covert

Church Phone 306-445-4181

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

Divine Liturgy: Sundays at 4:00 p.m.

Celebrant: Very Rev. Janko Kolosnjaji 306-664-2301 (Office) 306-244-2604 (Home)

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

306-937-3177 Rev. Gayle Wensley

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 a.m.

Third Avenue United Church Rev. Dexter van Dyke

Sunday Worship Services at 10:30 am Pre-registration required to register at

306-445-8171

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

Everyone Welcome

Sunday Afternoon Service 3:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

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

Battleford Legion Hall 7:00 p.m.

PASTOR - Rick Martin

LIVING FAITH CHAPEL

1372 102nd St 306-445-3009

11 - 18th Street, Battleford, SK

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

Maidstone/Paynton United Church of Canada No Services till further notice Church & CE Wing: 306-893-2611 For booking the Wing: 306-893-4729

Various Weekly Programs Pastor Casey Sitter www.livingfaithchapel.ca

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

ROMAN CATHOLIC ST. VITAL’S Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Services 10:30 am

1702 - 106th Street, North Battleford

Come Join Us Sundays at 11:00 am Loving God Growing Together Serving Others Phone Church: 306-445-4818 Fax: 306-445-8895 Email: tbcnb@sasktel.net www.trinitybaptistchurch.ca

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

Phone 306-445-9096

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

Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

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Horse-drawn sleigh rides, courtesy of Luke and Duke, were part of the free, fun Family Day activities at Unity’s museum. | Photo by Louise Robson

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Jaymie Middleton, representing Unity and District Health Care facility accepts $41,000 presented by Dorothy Whiting and Bea Stephenson of Unity Health Care Auxiliary for the purchase of lifts and a bladder scanner as part of their organization’s ongoing commitment to improved health care equipment and resources. | Photo courtesy Unity Health Care Auxiliary

Unity News

Hockey and curling seasons wrapping up

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

Masks are still in our midst, only now by “choice.”

Some still choose to protect others and themselves from COVID-19, which obviously is not going away, while others dance at the opportunity to ditch the mask starting March.

1. Whichever choice you

make, be kind.

Unity Composite High School junior curlers were in Spiritwood for district championships March 1-2, while the senior girls’ team is off to regionals in Saskatoon March 4-5.

While junior basketball season is complete, with the junior boys earning a hardfought silver medal, it is senior basketball’s turn as

conferences playdowns are next weekend followed by regionals, if teams qualify.

Senior boys and girls are hoping to earn provincial Hoopla berths.

Unity Public School students had great fun torturing their teachers.

Not only did Mr. Gieni volunteer if they raised $700 for Telemiracle, but Mrs. Brown added her

name to the options when students exceeded their fundraising goal.

Hockey season is winding down. U15 is the last team standing in provincial playdowns.

League playoffs have begun for all teams and will include an early March tournament-style league playoff for U11 and U9 teams.

The U18 AA West Central Wheat Kings have local players and they are in the midst of league playoffs as well. Watch for games upcoming at the arena.

Unity Skating Club is hosting their annual ice carnival March. 6. The theme of the show is “Road Trip.”

Unity Curling Club has two bonspiels left

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