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By John Cairns Staff Reporter

In a bombshell out of Town Hall, the Town of Battleford is giving notice that they are pulling out of Destination Battlefords.

At their regular council meeting Monday night, council voted to to give written six months notice to terminate their agreement with the tourism organization so they can consider other options to promote tourism in the town.

This move is sure to reverberate in the local tourism sector, with huge implications for the future of Destination Battlefords.

It was town CAO Ash Alam who made the recommendation to consider alternative options to promote the community. He said Destination Battlefords did a great job for different things over the years, but said there were “some things we felt did not work” for the community. “We are better getting some other platform to try,” said Alam.

The Town of Battleford pays a yearly cost of $48,315 to Destination Battlefords under their agreement, according to

Mayor Ames Leslie.

But that annual cost has turned out to be a major sore point for council.

They made clear Monday they felt they were not getting value for money, citing a lack of focus on Battleford.

“We’ve given it a fair run for our money, it’s not like we’ve just been in this for a couple of years,” said Councillor Shelley BoutinGervais.

“I just don’t think we got the benefit from the amount of money that we’re putting in to it. I think there’s perhaps other options out there that we could promote ourselves in a more effective manner.”

Councillor Doug Laing agreed. He noted that with the COVID-19 slowdown and the hit to such things as sports tournaments, “we need this tourism marketing to work harder than ever and to help to drive some people to the restaurants, to the hotels and to our community,” he said.

“It needs to really take the lead here, and I think the fact that we’re able to look at some new options is going to be good. And I’m in favour of this.”

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George said he would support exiting even earlier than six months.

“If we can get out sooner I am all for that. I think we’ve spent enough money over the last number of years,” said George.

Councillors Kevin Russell, Alexis Christensen and Judy Pruden also supported pulling out and exploring new options.

Pruden also has been on the Destination Battlefords board.

Pruden noted in her remarks that “some of the targets that were laid out” for Destination Battlefords had not been met.

“It’s not an easy decision because this is a partnership to develop tourism between two communities,” said Mayor Leslie, pointing to Battleford and North Battleford.

The mayor also pointed to some other efforts being done to promote tourism in Battleford. He noted a couple of weeks earlier, CJNB’s Grant Schutte had done a “two-minute splurge” in which he promoted the Fred Light Museum, and noted the uptick from that “was big.”

“It was probably some of the best tourism promotion we’ve gotten in the

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last year and a half, so it made me wonder why we couldn’t get more of that.”

Mayor Leslie acknowledged the Destination Battlefords board could come back to speak to council within some time, but said

“we need to start the ball rolling on what it looks like to look at different options,” he said.

“It’s not an easy decision but I can agree with council,” said Leslie.

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unanimously. Council is also directing administration to explore whether they can get out of the agreement earlier in three months instead of six; Alam said they would look into that.

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Man accused of Charges laid after offences killing Braden against children at a homeBull pleading based day care in Marshall not guilty Staff

By Lisa Joy

Staff Reporter

An Onion Lake man charged with murder was to appear in court last Wednesday by CCTV from Prince Albert Correctional Centre but due to technical issues his attendance ended up being waived.

Defence lawyer Kathy Hodgson-Smith told Lloydminster Provincial Court that 26-year-old Branden Dillon will be entering a not guilty plea, wants a preliminary hearing and will elect to be tried by judge and jury.

Crown prosecutor Oryn Holm told the court that it would be a potentially lengthy preliminary hearing requiring a special sitting.

Dillon and 24-year-old Vega Bear were charged with second-degree murder in the death of Braden Richard Bull. He was reported missing on Jan. 20, 2020, and was lastseen Jan. 7.His body was found Jan. 21, 2020.

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Branden Dillon (above) and Vega Bear are accused of killing Braden Richard Bull.

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proximately two months that prompted Onion Lake Cree Nation to declare a state of emergency in January 2020 after the Nation experienced increased drug and gangrelated activity.

In July, Bear pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. He was to be sentenced on Aug. 19 but the sentencing hearing was adjourned to Oct. 21.

Dillon appears in court Oct. 6 to confirm how he wants to be tried and to potentially set a date for a preliminary hearing.

Joseph Sproull, a 30-year-old Marshall man charged with 11 offences related to child pornography, has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear Sept. 23 at Lloydminster provincial court for a bail hearing.

On July 14, Saskatchewan Integrated Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) and the Maidstone RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on 1st Avenue East in Marshall, after receiving a report from an online application that child pornography videos were uploaded on their platform.

It was determined that a home-based day care was operating at this residence.

Investigators alerted the Government of Saskatchewan Ministry of Education the same day, July 14, regarding the investigation into the matter.

At the residence, investigators found two cellphones and two laptops.

The devices were provided to investigators, who forensically examined them.

During this complex investigation, which includ-

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ed multiple specialized RCMP units, investigators located images of unknown children being sexually assaulted by a male.

The Ministry of Education suspended the daycare licence on July 16, and advised all parents of the change.

As a result of this ongoing investigation, on September 21, 2021, Joseph Sproull, 30, of Marshall, was arrested and charged with: • 1 count, possession of child pornography, Section 163.1(4), Criminal Code; • 1 count, distribution of child pornography, Section 163.1(3), Criminal Code; • 3 counts, sexual assault, Section 271, Criminal Code; • 3 counts, sexual interference, Section 151, Criminal Code; • 3 counts, making available child pornography, Section 163.1(2), Criminal Code.

Joseph Sproull was residing in the house where the home-based daycare was operating. He has been remanded in custody and will make his first court appearance on September 22, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. at the North Battleford Provincial Court.

Investigators are working to identify the children in the images. They are

• Anyone who suspects they or their child has been a victim, or has information about these incidents, is asked to call North Battleford RCMP Provincial General Investigation Section at 306-446-1615.

• Anyone who requires support during this investigation is asked to contact the Midwest Victim Services Program at 780-874-5021. meeting with the parents of the children who attended the daycare. Support, including victim services, is being offered to all individuals affected by these incidents.

The investigation continues. At the present time, investigators believe three children were being assaulted in these photographs. The victims are all young children. The Saskatchewan RCMP will not release publicly the specific age of the victims to protect their identity.

“This is an alarming, heartbreaking situation that affects the most vulnerable – young children.

We are doing everything in our power to identity all the victims affected by this terrible situation and provide everyone the support they need right now,” says Superintendent Vincent Foy, Officer in charge of the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crime Unit. “I can

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only imagine the anguish those affected are going through and the anxiety the whole community is facing. Rest assured all required resources are being dedicated to this investigation.”

North Battleford RCMP General Investigation Section (GIS) has taken carriage of the sexual assault investigation with the assistance of Saskatchewan ICE, Maidstone RCMP, RCMP National Victim Identification Unit, North Battleford RCMP Forensic Identification Unit and the Midwest Victim Services Program. Part of this work will be determining if there are more victims.

Anyone who suspects they or their child has been a victim, or has information about these incidents, is asked to call North Battleford RCMP Provincial General Investigation Section at 306-446-1615. Anyone who requires support during this investigation is asked to contact the Midwest Victim Services Program at 780-874-5021.

As this matter is under investigation and charges are currently before the court, no further details can be released at this time.

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Moe says federal election ‘most pointless’ in Canadian history

By Larissa Kurz SASKTODAY.ca

Premier Scott Moe took to a podium inside the Legislative Building on Tuesday morning to criticize the re-elected prime minister following the almost unchanged results from Monday’s election.

Moe was largely silent throughout the recent federal election campaign, but spoke out today to call the snap election “pointless” and “unfortunate” for Canadians to have endured.

Few seats changed hands, including all fourteen ridings in Saskatchewan that saw Conservative incumbents re-elected for a sea of blue covering the province.

“This was the most pointless election in Canada’s history,” said Moe, in his statement Tuesday morning.

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emerged from polls last night with a re-elected minority government, securing almost the exact number of seats as the 2019 election.

He disparaged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to call an election just two years after the previous, stating that the attached $600 million price tag was a waste of taxpayer dollars for “almost the same result.”

“This time and money could have been spent to address real issues facing Canadians,” said Moe. He said funds would have been better utilized through funding health care systems, propping up vaccine programs in remote communities, and aiding provinces in economic recovery efforts.

Moe also offered disparaging comments about Trudeau’s campaign trail, which he said neglected

Saskatchewan voters.

“His only stop on the campaign in this province was to refuel his jet [in Regina]. He made a few comments from the tarmac, and he later in the campaign made a few comments about Saskatchewan in a very divisive way with respect to our vaccination rates,” said Moe. Moe’s statements echoed those of Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole, throughout his election campaign.

“It’s unfortunate that we have a prime minister that has used the last five weeks during this election campaign to further create divisions across this nation,” said Moe. When asked about previous tangles with the prime minister and federal government, Moe said that his responsibility is to represent the people of Saskatchewan, and that the

Premier Scott Moe said the federal election was “pointless” on Tuesday, following almost unchanged results from Monday’s ballot count. Screenshot

results of the province’s ballots showed that the majority of people in the province don’t want Trudeau as their prime minister.

“We are going to work with him where we can, but we are most certainly going to stand up for the residents of Saskatchewan,”

said Moe. He said he will continue to work with federal parties, but that he anticipates seeing “more of the same” from the Liberal government.

The premier concluded with a call to the federal government to work more closely with provincial

leaders, in spite of previous disagreements — including another call for acceptance of Moe’s proposed alternate carbon tax plan.

“We need to work together and we’re hopeful that the federal government will make a different choice and work with the provinces,” said Moe.

Rosemarie Falk returned with substantial lead

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The incumbent Conservative Rosemarie Falk is the winner inBattlefordsLloydminster.

Returns in136 of 137 polls reporting indicate Falk is leading with 20,697 votes for 69.4 per cent of the vote. NDP Erik Hansen was a distant second with 3,429 for 11.5 per cent.

Maverick Ken Rutherford was third with 2,113 for 7.1 per cent, Terry Sieben of the People’s Party fourth with 1,798 for six per cent and Liberal Larry Ingram fifth with 1,561 for 5.2 percent. Green Kerri Wall was last with 212 or .7 percent.

News organizations projected Falk as having won the seat for the Conservatives early in the evening Monday.

This is Falk’s third straight election win after winning the 2017 by-election to replace Gerry Ritz, as well as the 2019 federal election.

Falk and her local Conservative campaign team spent election night in

Lloydminster where they were watching the results come in. With the final results coming in she issued the following statement: “Thank you to the voters in Battlefords-Lloydminster for once again putting your trust in me to be your Member of Parliament and voice in Ottawa.

“Throughout this election campaign, I have spoken to voters throughout the riding and what I have heard repeatedly, is that voters here are wanting to get our economy and country back on track. They are worried about the growing affordability crisis and the impact of debt on future generations. And rightfully, they are looking to restore competence, transparency and accountability in government.

“While the electoral results across the country may not have been what we have hoped for, I am still headed to Ottawa to fight to secure your future.

“To Erik Hansen, Larry Ingram, Ken Rutherford, Terry Sieben and Kerri Wall, congratulations on

your campaigns. It takes hard work, conviction and a commitment to service to put your name on a ballot. Our democracy is only strengthened by greater participation in the democratic process.

“Tonight’s campaign win is the result of the hard work of many. Thank you to my family and volunteers for your dedicated support. Thank you to everyone who donated, took a lawn sign and, of course, to everyone who got out to vote this election.

“Standing up for families, our communities and our local economy has always been and continues to be my priority. There is still hard work ahead to secure our country and it is time to get to work.”

When contacted for comment earlier on Election Night by the News-Optimist/ SASKTODAY.ca, Falk said she was closely watching the returns in both the riding and across Canada and was not yet ready to accept the national results as final — ones that

News organizations projected Rosemarie Falk as having won the seat for the Conservatives early in the evening Monday. Photo submitted

indicated the return of another Liberal minority government.

“I don’t want to put cart before the horse,” said Falk, noting there were “lineups at some of the polling stations that extended quite a ways down.”

She was referring to some of the lineups seen at polling stations in Ontario, where several polls re-

mained open to allow those in lineto cast their ballots.

Falk also pointed to mailin ballots that were yet to be counted.

“I think it speaks to the complexity of having an election during a pandemic,” said Falk.

Falk said she was watching closely to see what the final results would be regarding local returns in her

riding, “I definitely look forward to going back to Ottawa to fight on behalf of Battlefords-Lloydminster,” said Falk. She said her priority would be “to continue to be that loud local voice on the floor of the House of Commons for people in Battlefords-Lloydminster but also in the caucus room.”

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Politicians need to practice what they preach and pay back wage subsidy

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Politicians are good at preaching, but they’re not so good at practicing what they preach. Case in point: the federal wage subsidy.

Federal politicians have been moralizing about the evils of business executives taking bonuses while collecting the pandemic wage subsidy, but their silence on their own party taking the subsidy is deafening.

At the beginning of the pandemic, the federal government rolled out a wage subsidy to help businesses keep more staff employed. Unfortunately, the rules allowed some business and political parties to exploit these tax dollars.

New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh wants to address part of the problem by forcing businesses that took the wage subsidies at the same time as they paid bonuses to executives to return the equivalent amount paid in bonuses. The NDP pointed out that “68 companies that paid executive bonuses and $5 billion in dividends to shareholders collected over $1 billion from the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy.”

Liberals and Conservatives have also rightly scolded these executives. A business has every right to fatten its C-suite with its own money – just not with taxpayers’ money.

But these politicians have been less willing to point the finger at their own parties who took the wage subsidy meant for struggling businesses. The federal NDP, Liberals and Conservatives all helped themselves to the wage subsidy. Only the Bloc has kept its hand off the wage subsidies from the start.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole committed to repaying the money his party took.

“O’Toole believes the wage subsidy was designed to help businesses survive the economic side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lock-down, not to subsidize political parties,” said Conservative member of Parliament Peter Kent.

But as of mid-March, the Conservatives still hadn’t paid back the subsidy.

Last September, the Liberals said they would stop taking the wage subsidy, but had no plans to pay it back.

And despite all of his lecturing, Singh’s NDP still hasn’t mentioned whether they’ve paid back the subsidy.

By helping themselves to the wage subsidy, the political parties are acting like rich guys at a soup kitchen.

For starters, political parties already receive special taxpayer treatment.

Take the political contributions tax credit, for example. If you donate $100 to your local food bank, you get a federal tax credit of 15 per cent, meaning the total federal income tax you owe goes down by $15. But if you donate $100 to a federal political party, you receive a federal tax credit that saves you a whopping $75.

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As of May 2020, parties benefited from $145 million over five years through the tax credit. On top of that, parties and candidates received nearly $200 million in expense reimbursements for the last three elections.

The parties weren’t starved for cash in 2020 either.

The Conservatives raised $20.7 million in 2020 and posted the best fourth quarter by any party ever. The Liberals posted their best fourth quarter fundraising numbers and brought in $15 million last year. The NDP had an especially good year fundraising.

“Outside of that [2019] election year, 2020 marks the most the party has raised since the 2015 federal election that cost the New Democrats their official opposition status,” according to CBC. Here’s the bottom line: political parties took the wage subsidy even though they obviously didn’t need them.

Parties were wrong to shove their snouts further into the taxpayer trough and help themselves to the wage subsidy meant to help businesses keep their employees on the payroll. But party leaders can help right past wrongs by practicing what they preach.

Politicians are right to force some businesses to pay back the wage subsidy, but they also need to show leadership and make sure their parties pay back the subsidy.

Franco Terrazzano is the Federal Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

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King Singh

By R.H. Wood

North Battleford

The election is over and most results are already known. I don’t think any leader can claim any success or victory, except for Mr. Trudeau, who is already looking ahead to the next election 18 months from now.

Mr. Trudeau purports to be well pleased that he has been returned

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with a majority. As was well prognosticated this is a non-majority and he will need support from other parties, which again makes Mr. Singh his obvious bedmate. He has already clearly indicated that his policies will not change, which is bad news for the west.

I thought Mr. O’Toole would have done better, but his policies lacked sense and substance and he kept shooting himself in each foot. So much for gun control!

This country remains

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divided culturally, racially, philosophically, politically and geographically. These troubles are not lessening – they are worsening.

Federally we need true statesmanship, but I hear and see none. The Trudeau years have not helped and I foresee our troubles only increasing.

This country has lost its way in world affairs. We are a very minor player internationally, despite rhetoric. Before attempting to influence abroad, we must get our internal affairs in order.

We sure didn’t see much of a change - as expected What a waste of time that was.

The 44th Canadian federal election produced a result that was almost dead-on similar to the 43rd, with another Liberal minority government for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Results as of Tuesday stood at Liberals 158, Conservatives 119, Bloc 34, NDP 25, and Greens 2 -- almost identical to 2019.

For all the talk about how this was an “unprecedented election” and so forth, the results sure echoed what went down in 1965.

In that year, Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson called an early election two years into his mandate in the hopes of winning a majority government. What ended up happening was a seat count that was pretty much the same as two years earlier, for all the parties running. The Liberals didn’t get their majority, the whole thing was deemed a waste of time, and a few years later Pearson retired -- to be replaced by a guy by the name of Trudeau.

History repeated itself for another guy named “Trudeau” with the 2021 vote, which has produced an almost similar result to the 2019 vote in terms of

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both the popular vote and the seat count.

So much for all that talk from Justin Trudeau and the Liberals about needing an election because Parliament was broken. If Parliament was broken for the Liberals before, it’s just as broken now.

And so much for all the supposed anger from Canadians about an early election. We heard so much about how angry people were about holding an election when there were so many other priorities the government could have focused on such as the pandemic, or Afghanistan, and so on.

Canadians could have used their disgust productively by producing real change at the ballot box, something which could have at least justified the whole effort. But the voters didn’t punish Trudeau the way Ontario voters punished David Peter-

son in 1990, or the way Alberta voters punished Jim Prentice in 2015, after they called early elections.

Instead, voters re-elected pretty much the same folks that were in before.

After all the negative TV ads, after all the division of pitting vaxxers against anti-vaxxers, of pitting region against region, and after all that hot air, we got the same result we could have had if Parliament hadn’t been dissolved: a Trudeau Liberal government propped up by the NDP. Canadian voters took the $600 million in taxpayer dollars spent to hold this election, and sent it straight to the wastewater treatment plant.

As for Saskatchewan, it was pretty much the result everyone expected, with the Conservatives winning in all 14 Saskatchewan seats again. By my count, that’s roughly $25 million to the wastewater plant.

My assessment of Saskatchewan as a place where “not much is going on” federally turned out to be dead-on. What surprised me was how almost totally ignored the province was during this election. The NDP leader Jagmeet Singh did show up a couple of times, but Erin O’Toole only showed up once, and Justin Trudeau barely even got off the plane at the Regina airport. In general, they were pretty much “MIA”.

One national leader who did spend some time here was Maxime Bernier, who actually held his election night “victory party” at the Saskatoon Inn. That was yet another

typical Bernier gong show we have come to expect in this province, with reports of people flouting the COVID-19 rules by not wearing masks and so on.

It was very odd that Bernier opted to spend Election Night in Saskatoon, of all places, instead

of in Beauce where he was actually running. Maybe he didn’t want to face the humiliation of losing his own seat - or all the seats, really.

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Nikihk to open store at Midtown in Saskatoon

By Jon Perez

SASKTODAY.ca

Indigenous artists will soon have their own place to promote their artwork where Indigenous products, like Nikihk cleaning kits, are also going to be sold. The location is near the Midtown mall entrance on First Avenue just across popular coffee shop Starbucks.

Battlefords Agency Tribal Council Executive Director Neil Sasakamoose told SASKTODAYatTuesday’s ceremonial handling of the key by Midtown executivesthat the location will work to their advantage as they try to further promote Indigenous and locally produced items.

“The location is in central Saskatchewan and in the largest city of the province. We have 27,000 First Nations members that livein Saskatoon. A lot of our artists, right now, don’t have a central place where they can get their goods to a quality location. Soon, this is going to be their location,” said Sasakamoose.

“This [Midtown] is where a lot of our First Nations and Indigenous artists, Métis as well, will come. It’s in the Midtown Plaza, you can’t ask for a better location in terms of body traffic and people coming in to purchase goods and services here. We’re hoping that even non-First Nations, and I know they will, will come here and look at the products that are being produced locally and will support us. I see a lot of non-First Nations people that will come in the store.”

Sasakamoose added

Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Executive Director Neil Sasakamoose, fourth left, receives the ceremonial key for the Nikihk store from Midtown Plaza specialty leasing manager Linda Young. Others in photo are, from left, Cree language translator Randy Morin, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Second Vice Chief David Pratt, Moosomin First Nation Chief Brad Swiftwolfe, and Midtown Plaza general manager Janice Sander.

Raj Behari explains the Nikihk store layout once it opens. Photos by Jon Perez

that they are just helping Indigenous artists break through the mainstream market.

“We’re hopefully putting it in a place. Like a nice and clean place where people will appreciate their work and Indigenous crafts. It takes time to create our Indigenous crafts, it takes a lot of effort.”

“And we’re hoping that this will be a good place for them where people will spend the right amount to get high value products and respect the value that’s being purchased. That’s what we’re trying to do.

Plus, we get to promote our language and we get to

government.

“All of our Nikihk products will be sold here, from household to personal care. It is the basis of this business. So, this is where people can purchase all First Nations products,” said Sasakamoose.

Nikihk cleaning products are being manufactured at the Corman Park Industrial Area where the workers are from member First Nations who went through the Atoskiwin Training and Employment Program. Nîkihk’s hand sanitizer is Health Canada approved and is made from pharmaceutical grade ethanol that’s from lo-

promote ‘Every Child Matters’ here.”

Aside from being a store where you can find and buy Indigenous-made products, the location will also have a workshop and exhibits about the culture of First Nations and other Indigenous Peoples. They will also be selling orange shirts that symbolizethe National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.

“We get to promote reconciliation and where non-First Nations and Indigenous Peoples will go through a partnership. You come in here and you will get to learn more about our culture through our

arts and crafts. There will be a workshop here where people can watch Indigenous artists work on their artwork and other items.

They can ask questions and learn more about it and at the same time, we’re here to support our Indigenous entrepreneurs.”

Nikihk, which means “My Home” in Plains Cree, cleaning products like hand soap, hand sanitizers, laundry detergent, and bathroom and kitchen cleaners will also be sold at the store. Nikihk is a brainchild of BATC’s Investment Branch in cooperation with local manufacturers and the federal

cally grown Saskatchewan wheat.

Last July, BATC made Nikihk products available to a bigger market in cooperation with Sobeys Preston Crossing. Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Second Vice Chief David Pratt, Moosomin First Nation Chief Bradley Swiftwolfe, Cree language translator Randy Morin, Deb Albert (store manager), Glenna Henderson (assistant store manager), Rupa Tandon, and Midtown Plaza general manager Janice Sander and specialty leasing manager Linda Young were also at the event.

Uprooted Healing Garden will be renewed Staff

The City of North Battleford will be excavating the Healing Garden at the Allen Sapp Gallery as a part of the Sanitary Sewer Upgrade Project.

The upgrade project is

necessary to provide longterm sanitary services for the residents of North Battleford and to accommodate future growth in the city.

In January 2021, discussions with Elders and Knowledge Keepers were

held and the required excavation of the area was seen as an opportunity to renew this educational space.

Community members who originally designed, created and cared for the Healing Garden were also contacted and have been

invited to provide input on the new development.

A committee will be formed to discuss the rejuvenation of the Healing Garden. Ideas such as installing improved weed barriers and building a pollinator garden have already

been suggested.

The Allen Sapp Gallery and Midwest Food Resources have partnered in saving some of the plant material for the future Healing Garden and also for the community garden.

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Battlefords Community Players presents one-woman play

By Donna Challis

Battlefords Community Players

Battlefords Community Players are hosting the play “Shirley Valentine”

by Willy Russell for two shows only, Oct. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. at 102 – 26th St. in Battleford.

This is a one-woman show featuring Heather Macnab from Maple Creek. Macnab has an extensive background as an actor, director, facilitator and music festival adjudicator and clinician for speech arts and a fondness for musical theatre.

She has been on the stage with Medicine Hat Musical Theatre and been part of the Calgary Opera Chorus, as well as directing 20 seasons of youth musicals in Maple Creek.

She has been involved with the Summer School for Solo Voice in the Battlefords for a number of years and says she is look-

ing forward to bringing this production to the Battlefords.

Macnab performs as a speech artist, singer and pianist and loves to put people on stage. For this play, the only person she’s putting on the stage is herself.

The story is simple. Inside Mrs. Joe Bradshaw – mother of two grown children – is the former Shirley Valentine, longing to get out. Her hope and self-confidence badly shattered by school, marriage and life, she is reduced to talking to the kitchen wall whilst preparing her husband’s evening meal. As she sips a glass of wine she dreams of drinking in a country where the grape is grown.

She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels she’s stagnated and in a rut.

In 1988, Shirley Valentine won an award as the best new comedy in England after opening on the

West End and in 1990 the show appeared on Broadway with great success and was later made into a movie.

It’s an adult show with some mature language but is a beautiful and still timely play. Macnab says she believes the point of the play is that whenever we are in life, we can have a reawakening and that life is to be lived fully.

Seating is limited to keep everyone safe and those attending are being asked to wear masks and to be prepared to abide with other COVID-19 safety precautions that might be in place at that time including proof of vaccinations.

Get your tickets by calling 306-446-3133 or email bcpdrama@sasktel.net.

You will see another play by Willy Russel later in the Battlefords Community Players season as they produce “Educating Rita.”

Be safe! See you at the theatre.

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Battlefords Minor Baseball seeking more diamonds in the city

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The growth in popularity of baseball in the Battlefords was front and centre on the agenda of North Battleford city council last week.

Councillors heard from Sheldon Wakelin, treasurer of Battlefords Minor Baseball Inc., who was joined by other

representatives from the organization including president Clinton Gieni.

Their presentation outlined the needs of their organization for more diamonds in the coming years. It is an issue that has emerged as a byproduct of the “good news” story of the revival of baseball interest in the Battlefords in recent years.

BMBI was established

in 2015 in an effort to revitalize baseball in the area. Since then, participation has grown.

Wakelin cited projections of 325 participants in BMBI by 2022. With those numbers, it would mean BMBI would be out of space to accommodate all of them, including spectators.

They are also projecting growth of 15 to 20 players

per year.

BMBI has identified a need for two new diamonds to be developed for the 2022 season. One suggestion from BMBI is for a U8 and U11 combined diamond at the northwest corner of the current Kinsmen diamond facilities. The other would be at the Sakewew School Field, which could be designed to host any age group.

According to information from BMBI, North Battleford has three U8 fields, one U11 diamond, one U15 diamond and one U18 diamond.

There are additional diamonds in the city that are softball-zoned.

Ideally, Wakelin said, there would be two baseball facilities for each age group: one for practices and the other for games.

“We don’t ever want to see any kids not being able to play,” said Wakelin, who expressed concern they may have to turn kids away.

The presentation was informational in nature; no final decisions were made at the meeting. Mayor David Gillan said there would be more followup discussions with the Department of Leisure Services.

John Cairns’ News Watch - We sure didn’t see much of a change Continued from Page 5 earlier of whether the PPC would play “spoiler” in the province’s close races. The answer was an emphatic “no”.

In general, the vast majority repudiated “Mad Max” and his party’s hardline anti-lockdown, anti-vax policies. Maybe if they were a little less “mad,” they could have done better.

While there were PPC votes cast in the province, their best showings were in a number of rural seats like Souris-Moose Mountain (where they ran second) where they couldn’t do as much damage to the Conservative incumbents.

In some rural areas they got upwards of 10 per cent of the vote.

The votes cast for the PPC in the competitive Saskatoon and Regina races ended up not being

a factor, as Conservative incumbents like Brad Redekopp in Saskatoon West and Warren Steinley in Regina-Lewvan were able to fend off NDP challenges in spite of it.

Indeed, Saskatoon West and Regina Lewvan turned out to be the “races to watch” in the province, just as expected, except even in those ridings the races weren’t so close in the end. Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River didn’t turn out to be that close, as incumbent Gary Vidal easily held off the challenge of New Democrat-turned-federal Liberal Buckley Belanger.

It’s remarkable how poorly the Liberals did in this election. They were a poor second in both the North and in Ralph Goodale’s old seat of ReginaWascana, and were totally out of the race everywhere

else. In Battlefords-Lloydminster, their showing was particularly humiliating as Liberal Larry Ingram landed in fifth place, behind both the Maverick and PPC candidates, with just 5.2 percent of the vote.

The results continue to put Saskatchewan on the outside looking in on the federal scene, but the Liberals have no one to blame but themselves.

It just tells you that if you keep on implementing policies that either decimate the local oil and gas/agriculture economy or disrespect the province — like when the government tried to remove the air traffic controllers out of Regina Airport — you aren’t going to get votes.

The Liberal Party is going to keep on being dead in Saskatchewan for a long time if they keep on with that.

And what an abject, total failure of a federal election it was for the New Democrats again in Saskatchewan. It’s hard to believe this is the same province that was once Canada’s cradle of socialism — the place that had produced Tommy Douglas and the Regina Manifesto.

We are a long way from those days.

Yes, the national NDP’s policies on the carbon tax and making sure the rich paid their share were out of step with what voters in Saskatchewan cared about, but the NDP could have still found a way to win something. Heck, look at the number of MLAs and city councillors they still manage to elect in urban areas.

If you want my take, the positive and energetic national campaign of Jagmeet Singh was dragged

down by all the negative energy expended by provincial New Democrats.

Their hysterical reactions on social media to everything Premier Scott Moe does, on the pandemic response and everything else, is really tiresome and clearly a turnoff. The Saskatchewan NDP need a total rethink of what they’re doing, because it ain’t working.

On the flip side, it’s also remarkable how well the Conservatives did in Saskatchewan given all the chatter we had heard about how disgruntled Conservative voters were about leader Erin O’Toole, and about his stance on the carbon tax. We heard talk that these voters would take their votes to the Maverick Party, or to the PPC. In the end, only a small number of voters defected. The Conservatives

still won their bedrock rural seats with something closer to 70 per cent of the vote, when they got closer to 80 per cent last time.

That’s still a resounding result for them in Saskatchewan, which tells you one thing — that the Conservative brand is still strong in western Canada and in this province, and that their policies in general are still in tune with what voters are thinking.

Or perhaps voters simply saw them as the most viable alternative to get rid of Trudeau.

Whether the relationship stays strong in future elections remains to be seen, especially if Trudeau ends up leaving one of these days. But there is no question that in 2021, after this latest sweep, that Saskatchewan is indeed the most Conservative province in the country.

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Jean M. Dunn holds reception for Natural Occurrences

Bookish Bench Battlefords Trade and Education Centre got some good news last week: a new bench has been installed on 105th Street. According to BTEC, James Seed from Seeds landscaping made the steel bench while NUTEC made the wrap. The new bench impressed the clients at BTEC who were seen outside enjoying the bench in the past few days. BTEC is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., daily, and the bench can be seen outside the entrance to their New 2 You Bookstore, which sells and accepts used books, Mark, Kelly and Kevin are impressed with the bench. Facebook photo

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

North Battleford-based artist Jean M. Dunn held a reception Thursday afternoon for her exhibition titled Natural Occurrences.

The exhibition ran July 31 to Sept. 19 in the lower level of Allen Sapp Gallery. Wildlife is the common theme that runs throughout her work, with Dunn specializing in wildlife paintings and wood carvings.

Those were on display in the Allen Sapp Gallery with plenty of depictions of birds and ducks, deer, wolves and other wild animals. The carvings were exclusively birds and ducks.

“It’s just an honour for me to be asked to show my work down here,” said Dunn of the exhibition.

She had been gathering the artwork for the exhibition for the past year.

“It’s quite hard because a lot of my stuff sells, my originals, so it’s harder to gather everything up,” said Dunn. “But I have enough for a good show here and that’s what’s important.”

Dunn has been painting since she was 12 years old and uses oils and acrylics for her paintings. She said the outdoors is where she gets inspiration.

“I love getting outside, so that’s where I see things happen and then I try to recreate things,” said Dunn.

“I’ll see something with the right light on it, a dif-

Jean M. Dunn in front of her work Moonlight Melody shown at the Allen Sapp Gallery.

Discovery Co-op hosting recycling day farmers Staff Discovery Co-op in North Battleford will be giving farmers a chance to clear out some environmentally damaging items they may have on their properties.

As a collection site, farmers can drop off their unwanted agricultural pesticides and obsolete livestock medications to Discovery Co-op Farm Supply on Friday, Oct. 8 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

All eligible items need to be placed in a sealable or spill proof container.

On High Alert, a carving by Jean M. Dunn. Photos by John Cairns

ferent light, so I’ll try to recreate that.” She pointed to the warm light in her picture Crossing at First

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Highway Construction Continues this Fall The Government of Saskatchewan is investing $157.3 million for new highways projects included in the 2021 Fall Tender Plan.

These projects will continue the Ministry of Highways’ efforts to help stimulate the economy and improve the safety and reliability of Saskatchewan’s transportation network.

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By Larissa Kurz SASKTODAY.ca

Saskatchewan residents are now able to access their COVID-19 vaccine record in the form of a scannable QR code, although the partnering mobile app is still on the way.

Premier Scott Moe promised Monday the new vaccine record verification technology would be made available this week, to allow residents and businesses enough time to familiarize themselves before the province’s proof of vaccination policy comes into effect on Oct. 1.

Residents will need to have an active My S a s k H e a lt h R e c o r d account to access the new verification record, said public health, much like the previous vaccine certificate.

The new one-page record, which includes the QR code, can be downloaded on mobile

devices or saved and printed as a physical copy. health is also promising a SK Vax Wallet app will be made available by the end of the month, where residents can store their vaccine record on a mobile device.

“The new format with QR code notes the individual’s name, type of vaccine administered, date, country of issuance and lot number,” said a statement from public health.

Businesses and public venues that will have to seek proof of vaccination beginning in October will soon have access to the SK Vax Verifier app, to scan the new QR codes.

Individuals who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, at least 14 days prior will flash green when scanned. Those who don’t meet this criteria will flash red.

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improved, version of Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 vaccination record,” said Health Minister Paul Merriman.

The app is being developed according to provincial standards regarding full vaccination, and will also be able to read vaccine passports from other provincial jurisdictions following SmartHealth guidelines.

Concerns about the safety of personal health data were expressed after the idea was announced, but public health says that the verification app from the province will not retain any information when scanning vaccine codes.

As alternate options within the province, residents can also use the wallet cards given at the time of vaccination or the previous version of the vaccine certificate from eHealth as proof, to satisfy recently announced public health measures.

For those travelling internationally or across the U.S. border, the new QR code was designed to meet the federal requirements for vaccine passports currently in development.

Merriman said that the provincial government has heard calls for the implementation of a vaccine passport in Sask., and the new QR code and app will support both provincial and federal requirements.

“It has been something that travelers, businesses and organizations have been asking for,” said Merriman.

“With the announcement last week of stronger measures being introduced to help curb the transmission of COVID-19, I encourage anyone eligible for vaccination in Saskatchewan to get their vaccines, and to get their COVID-19 vaccine certificate from MySaskHealthRecord.”

Premier Scott Moe promised Monday the new vaccine record verification technology would be made available this week, to allow residents and businesses enough time to familiarize themselves before the province’s proof of vaccination policy comes into effect on Oct. 1.

eHealth suspending PIN verification for easier access to vaccine passports

By Larissa Kurz SASKTODAY.ca

With the release of the new vaccine QR code, eHealth Saskatchewan officials said they will be temporarily suspending the PIN code step to activate online health records, in the interest of speeding up access to vaccine passports.

Davin Church, vicepresident of program and technology, said the province has decided to let residents skip this step, to help them prepare for proof of vaccination policy coming in October.

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by serving with other identity information required for access,” said Church.

Previously, residents looking to activate an eHealth account to access their health records needed to call the service desk for a verification pin, in addition to providing driver’s license and health card details.

At the peak of demand last week, Church said that so many individuals were contacting the service desk daily for this step that wait times were as long as several hours.

Church said that since Aug. 5, an estimated 50,000 Saskatchewan residents registered for eHealth services in order to download their vaccine

certification.

He estimated that about 200,000 individuals have accessed their record in the past two weeks, in reaction to previous proof of vaccination policy announcements from individual organizations and venues.

“We saw significant demand,” said Church. “And so as we moved through and re-evaluate that, [and so] for an interim, we felt that it balanced security parameters and privacy preferences, along with access.”

Church said that with the new QR code announcement, eHealth is now anticipating another similar surge in interest from the public to do the same before Oct. 1.

Those attempting to get into their online records today, following the province’s announcement that QR codes are ready to use, may still experience some delays due to the volume of traffic.

“As demand gets high, people will experience a queuing system online, which will limit the number of people able to access [the site] at any given time,” said Church.

He asked residents to be patient with the system, as the site’s capacity adjusts to the influx of traffic in the coming days.

The PIN code step has been removed from the process for at least three to four months, said Church, and those who activate

Davin Church, vicepresident of program and technology, SHA. Photo by Larissa Kurz

their accounts during that time won’t be asked to complete that step. He also said that the possibility of removing the step entirely is “something we continue

to evaluate.”

For those not interested in downloading a QR code-based certification, or who are waiting to register their account with eHealth, Church confirmed that residents have two other options they can use as proof of vaccination.

The previous version of the vaccine certificates will still be considered valid, and so will the vaccine cards filled out by public health nurses at the time of receiving vaccination.

Residents are reminded that “fully vaccinated” means a person has received both doses of a COVID vaccine, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, at least 14 days prior.

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More local vaccine clinics coming up

Nature is Awesome

Pelicans are common on the North Saskatchewan River system and are often seen around the Battlefords.

Nature offers few sights more graceful that a flock of pelicans soaring over the prairie landscape.

They seem to be able to glide for minutes without ever flapping their wings.

They are masters at catching fish as well and their beaks can hold almost three gallons of water. These birds love to preen their feathers and often look funny when doing so. Got to love those orange feet.

Photo and text by Jim McLane

Submitted Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced more dates for mobile vaccine clinics for people to get their shots for COVID-19.

No appointment is needed; all clinics will have the Pfizer vaccine: NB Library Thursday, Sept. 16 - 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 23 - 10:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

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Sask. schools now included in mask mandate

By Larissa Kurz SASKTODAY.ca

Public health officials in Saskatchewan have announced that schools will now fall under the interim masking order for public places, just days after issuing a safety warning for youth regarding the Delta COVID-19 variant.

Alongside the announcement, officials also offered a plea to parents to get vaccinated, to avoid seeing more

pediatric COVID cases in the future.

Public health said an internal review of 1,643 confirmed cases of all ages, which included 334 school-aged youth, showed that 98 per cent of youth cases live in households that are not vaccinated or only partially vaccinated.

“Children can contract, transmit and become ill with COVID-19, though the risk for serious health outcomes is lower than older populations,” said

a statement from public health.

Infants and children with underlying medical conditions are at a high risk, however, said public health officials.

Pfizer recently released study results showing that its vaccine has proven effective in youth ages 5 to 11 years old, but the vaccine is yet to be approved by Health Canada for that age group.

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This week, eleven schools in the province have reported COVID-19 outbreaks.

Public health said that as of Tuesday, four children under the age of 11 are currently in hospital with COVID-19 symptoms.

None are in ICU care.

A total of 111 new cases were reported this week in youth under the age of 19.

Of those cases, 75 were in the 0-11 age group, who are not eligible for vaccination.

Sept. 17 saw outbreaks declared at Lawrence Elementary School (1) and École Monsieighneur Blaise Morand (11). On Sept 13, North Battleford Comprehensive High School was added to the list (2) Vaccination in the

province is now at 71 per cent fully immunized, and 79 per cent with a first dose.

Sask. anticipates vaccination rates to continue to climb, as the October start-date for the proof of vaccination mandate approaches.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority will be adding more pop-up and walk-in vaccine clinics across the province this week, to help with that demand.

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Cairns on Cinema

A look back at the numbers from pandemic summer

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Welcome to our annual recap of the summer box office, this time for 2021.

I suppose the big story this year is that there was a summer box office at all in 2021, after the utter disaster and debacle that was the summer of 2020.

At least this year we had some actual movies making money in the theaters, for a change.

One example: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, opened on the Labour Day weekend and hauled in $94.6 million over the four days according to Box Office Mojo figures, for a new Labour Day record.

That haul tells you plenty about the current release environment — it seems like potential hit movies are just as likely to roll out in September or October, and perform well, as they are the rest of the year. Anyway, this haul by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a good sign of recovery for the whole industry.

Whether we will see a true return to pre-pandemic box office is hard to say. We have vaccine passports coming in, and mask mandates coming back, and all kinds of hesitancy by people to be out in public and in theatres. So my earlier optimism for a big fall and winter has been dampened considerably. One piece of news about the fall: Disney has pledged to have theatre-only releases this fall, so that ought to help the cinemas out a bit and boost some of the numbers.

Now here is a look at the current numbers of the summer releases as reported by Box Office Mojo, with many of these flicks still in the cinemas making money: Black Widow $183,159,698 Disney F9: The Fast Saga $172,929,475 Universal Pictures A Quiet Place Part II $160,072,261 Paramount Pictures Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings $150,145,729 Disney Jungle Cruise $110,114,117 Disney Free Guy $102,448,540 20th Century Studios Cruella $86,102,206 Disney Space Jam: A New Legacy $70,243,307 Warner Bros.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It $65,565,074 Warner Bros.

The Boss Baby: Family Business $ $57,111,365 Universal I’m not quite ready to call the summer box office race yet because Shang-Chi is still being in theatres and making a considerable amount of money. It would not surprise me if it ends up on top of this list when all is said and done.

This would be weird. Shang-Chi really seems like more of a “fall” season movie at this point rather than a true “summer” movie. Anyway, these are the numbers as of Sept. 16.

So that’s that for Summer 2021, and it’s on to the fall. See you soon.

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Baljennie News ‘n’ Views

Former resident dies at age 100

By Dorothy M. Mills Correspondent

Vernon Custer of River Heights Lodge in North Battleford passed away Sept. 17. He had celebrated his 100th birthday July 1.

Sympathy is extended to all the family.

Vernon was born in 1921 at Baljennie. He was the second son of David and Linda Custer. He was raised in Baljennie and attended school there. After school he spent time with his dad. They were enthusiastic horse people. He bought a farm of his own and married Joyce Besse of

Liard Lake in 1945. They had a family of five sons and one daughter.

In 1973, he son Bryan was killed in a car accident His son Mark and wife Kim took over the farm and ranch land and still have a few cattle and horses.

Vernon and Joyce took in many community activities and did some volunteer work for the neighbours when needed. They were members of some of the cubs in Baljennie. They also like to curl in the old Baljennie curling rink.

In Vernon’s lifetime

he experienced two house fires and was able to recover and continue on. Joyce had a few health problems and needed home care and eventually lived at River Heights Lodge where she passed away in 2011.

Vernon managed on his own for a time and later he moved into assisted housing and later to River Heights Lodge. Interment was in the Baljennie St. Bridgett’s cemetery next to his wife and close by family members.

We had our son Glen Mills of Penticton, B.C. visiting or a week with his

borther Walter and Olive Mills of West Park. While here, Norma Kowerchuk, his aunt, hosted a family reunion for the Rowlands family at her new home in Battleford. Dorothy and Stanley Mills, Margaret and Sam Parrish of Willowmoore, John and Arlene Rowlands of rural Battleford, Irene Greer of Baljennie and Bradley and Linda Kowerchuk, Norman’s son and daughter-inlaw from North Battleford attended. We were all treated to lovely meal and family photos were taken.

Maidstone Museum News

Tribute paid to founding member

By Dorothy Schwartz Correspondent

MAIDSTONE – A come and go tea was held Aug. 28 for longtime Maidstone Museum member Mae Hinde. Mae now lives at Pine Island Lodge but her daughter Trina Tuplin brought her out for the afternoon to visit with relatives and old friends.

Her brother, Bert Carpentier, wife Mary and daughter from Maymont

and brother Dan and Marlene Carpentier from Lloydminster were in attendance as were a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and her many friends.

Museum members miss her presence and knowledge at meetings. She is one of the few original members from when the museum started in 1988.

The annual corn roast was held Sept. 8 with a fantastic attendance. It

was a financial and social success. The weatherman co-operated and served up a warm evening with no wind. A big thank you to all who attended and all who volunteered their time.

Many ate their supper and enjoyed the Yellowhead Ramblers old-time musical entertainment.

The younger children seemed to enjoy running up and down the wooden sidewalks all around the

village.

Tours are still available by appointment at 306893-2890.

The museum has a number of “Saskatchewan Women of Interest” history books for sale. They make a great Christmas gift. Call Ellen or John Anderson at 780-871-3651 or Dorothy Schwartz at 306-893-2663.

The next meeting will be held Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the museum.

Kin Club of Unity forced to postpone Gord Bamford concert

By Sherri Solomko

When it was announced that the Unity Kin Club was hosting a Gord Bamford concert Oct. 1, tickets sold out in a matter of a few days. This was evidence that people were longing for a return to live performances and something to look forward to.

However, changes announced by the Saskatchewan Government on Sept. 16, were part of what played a role in temporar-

ily postponing this event.

A continual rise in COVID-19 cases in the province was also a determining factor in this decision.

The Unity Kin Club put up a post on their Facebook page early Friday afternoon stating, “Please be patient as we work to reschedule the Gord Bamford concert. Ticket holders will have the option to roll their ticket over to the new date once it is selected. Thank you for your

co-operation. Details to follow shortly.”

Unity’s Kin Club president, Amanda Whyte, says, “Kin Club of Unity, together with the Gord Bamford Foundation, after careful consideration, and in light of the ongoing (COVID-19) restrictions and increase in numbers, we are changing the concert date In to April, 9, 2022.

“Rescheduling the event will enable us to pro-

vide guests with the experience that you expect and deserve in a safe environment as we will continue to monitor the provincial government updates.”

Whyte also adds that current ticket purchases on Showpass will be automatically applied to this new concert date. If purchasers require a refund, then they have until 5 p.m. MST, Sept. 20 to do this, using the red “request refund” button, and it will be issued within 48 hours, however this may depend on your financial institution.

While this postponement was disappointing to those who quickly scooped up the tickets for this event, the Kin Club assures everyone they worked closely with the promoters and the Town of Unity to reschedule this event, so they appreciate everyone’s understanding and support.

The Kin Club in Unity has been recognized by Kin Canada and District 3 Kin Clubs for their commitment to continuing to “serve the community’s greatest need.”

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Borden / Radsson News

Diefenbaker Daze slo-pitch draws 11 teams

By Lorraine Olinyk Correspondent

Borden hosted Diefenbaker Daze Sept.

18 and 19, starting with a pancake breakfast put on by the parks and recreation board on Saturday in the Community Centre with 65 adults and children taking in the meal.

At the sports grounds, 11 slo-pitch teams competed for the prize money and the kids enjoyed a petting zoo brought by Donna Barth, which had a calf, pony, goats, sheep, ducks and rabbits. There were also bouncy blow-ups.

In the evening there was a steak supper prepared by the BBCPC group and after that was DJ music until the early morning hours.

In the finals in the ball games Sunday afternoon,

Bat Intentions (formerly Great Deere) won over the Aaronators on the A side.

In the B event Drunken Confused beat out the AnderPid team. On the C side, it was Walk It Off victorious over the Ramblers and in D event the Dirty Deeds won out over Basic Pitches.

Of the 11 teams only two were from out of town and the rest were locals.

At Borden Farmers Market Sept. 17, the winner of the 50/50 was B.J. Berg of Borden. For the Oct. 1 and 8 markets, there will be take-out food only with no seating in the room due to new COVID-19 regulations.

Oct. 8 is the last market for the summer and it will be appreciation day with free drinks and goodies.

Winning the September dessert of the month through the Borden Li-

brary was Dianne Rawlyk, who received a decorated cake baked by the Tracksell family.

The Borden Friendship Club has decided to cancel their Sept. 29 potluck supper and program due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the province. They will still have their Oct. 13 business meeting with no lunch available and will decide whether to go ahead with the bingo slated for Oct. 20.

Sept. 25, Borden will host threshing day two miles north of the Borden Cemetery, with gates open at 10 a.m. The cook car will be serving borscht, bread and drinks. There will be plowing, potato digging, people plowing, a parade at noon and threshing. There could be six teams of horses present, which will be

Bat Intentions were the A-Side winners of the Borden Diefenbaker Daze slopitch tournament held Sept. 18 and 19. Photo by Lorraine Olinyk

hitched to the people wagons to deliver spectators from the parking up to the cook car and threshing site.

The threshing supper, which is held in the Borden Community Centre, has been cancelled for this

year and the museum will be open by appointment only (call Karen at 306997-5600).

Meota News

Reintroduced restrictions cause cancellations

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

With health precautions back in effect, many programs have been discontinued, again. The band members played it safe and only four came out this last week. There is no way to play a wind instrument with a mask on.

Last week the local bridge players met at the Do Drop In on Monday afternoon with top score going to Vern Iverson, followed by Eric Callbeck and Linda Ard. In the city Tuesday afternoon, they had three tables and top score went to Gerry Craig and Beverly Lamon. In second were Vern Iverson and

Anna Waldbillig. Thursday evening, in the Pioneer Hall, there were three and half tables and top score went to Fraser Glen and Jean Lawes. Second were Margaret Dyck and Dave Creegan and third were Catriona Winterholt and Donna Scherman.

Friday afternoon, seniors gathered at the Do

New health mandates impact Twin Rivers Curling Club Staff

The announcement by Premier Scott Moe last Thursday of mask mandates and proof of vaccination across the province will affect Twin Rivers Curling Club.

The club stated on Facebook it will require all those entering the North-

land Power Curling Centre venue to wear a mask.

The venue does not have to implement a proof of vaccination protocol, but on Oct. 1 the Beaver Grill Restaurant will need to implement such a protocol for its establishment.

As well, a proof of vaccination protocol is in place for all hosted Curl-

Sask events. According to the curling club the following events at Northland Power Curling Centre will require proof of vaccination: the 2021 Provincial Club Championship Oct. 29 to Nov. 1, the U15/U 18 bonspiel Nov. 12 to 14 and the Prairieland Regional Junior Camp Dec. 4.

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Drop In in Meota and played Norwegian whist.

High scores were made

by Albert Huys, followed

by Eric Callbeck and Gail Hilderman.

In British Columbia a new resident can talk to a doctor by phone only. They are that short of doctors there and with the present situation with COVID-19, it will only get worse. Family members are wishing they had known this before making their move from Calgary to Kamloops.

It will be interesting to watch and see where the pumpkins are from when picking out your Halloween pumpkin this year.

They will likely be from the United States. Canadian farmers could not bring in the many foreign workers needed to harvest their crop here, so didn’t plant any.

The seniors’ golf wind-up that was slated for Thursday morning at our local golf course last week was postponed to this week, because it was a miserable day, with a cold and strong wind.

There was a gathering of seniors at the Do drop In Sunday evening to watch two DVDs shown by Trudy Janssens. The long video taken by the late John Kalesnikoff of Meota was most interesting, as he followed many local birds and animals in their day-to-day lives around Jackfish Lake.

There were so many different birds shown, we should have had a bird book at hand, but we knew the animals he photographed.

There was a garage sale or two last weekend, and there will likely be a few more this fall as people make their move to relo-

cate before winter sets in and they do some downsizing.

On Facebook recently I read that in Denmark the farmers are required to grow five per cent of their land as field flowers for the bees. Since my grandson, Eric Sandstrom, is living there now I thought it was a good opportunity to see if such is true. He inquired and was told they are offered a grant if they do this, but are not required by law to do so. The choice is theirs.

Did you see the beautiful red sunset Thursday evening? It was gorgeous even without any clouds.

There was frost Friday morning. There was a light skiff on the bird bath and damage to some flowers that are sensitive to the cold, but did not damage them all.

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POOL: Nancy Rachelle May 13, 1988 – September 6, 2021 It is with heavy hearts that the family of Nancy Pool announce her passing on Monday, September 6, 2021 at the age of 33 years. She passed away with her Mother, Step Dad, Brother and her cousins Brian and Janice by her side. Nancy will be lovingly remembered and cherished by her mother, Rachelle Talarski (Mervin Yasieniuk), her father, Gordon Pool (Shirley Markowsky), her brother, Travis (Jill) Pool, her niece Evelyn, her grandmothers, Irene Talarski and Marjorie Pool, her aunt and godmother, Amanda (Darryl) Moroz, cousins Dallas, Tyler and Evan, uncle Brad Blair, aunt Linda Raby, uncle and godfather, Donn (Nicole) Pool, as well as great aunts, uncles and numerous cousins. Her extended family, Elsie Yasieniuk, Mervianna (Shane) Keating and family, Brian (Darcy) Yasieniuk and family, Richard (Sandra) Yasieniuk and family.

Nancy was predeceased by her grandfathers, Leon Talarski and Raymond Pool and her aunt, Jacqueline Blair née Talarski and her close friends and pets. Nancy was born Friday, May 13, 1988 in Saskatoon. She attended playschool at the Leask Hutterite Colony, kindergarten at Blaine Lake School, grade school at Father Vachon and then graduated from E.D. Feehan High School in 2007. While attending high school, she attained work experience with the Co-op lumber yard as well as Sears Department Store. She took the babysitter’s course through First Aid. She had also volunteered at Petland after high school.

Nancy worked at Cosmopolitan Industries and celebrated her 10th Anniversary June 7th of 2021. She loved her job and took it very seriously. She made many close friends working there and lots of great memories. For 10 years she took part in Special Olympics in the 10-pin bowling league and swimming. She loved summer camps, watching movies, fishing, Nintendo Wii, playing cards, board games, crafts, doing puzzles riding her bike and using her skip-it. She liked spelling, reading stories and being read to. She looked forward to her monthly shopping trips to Walmart. Decorating for the holidays and special occasions brought her great joy, especially when she could buy the presents with her own money. Nancy had many health challenges throughout her life but she took them all in stride, always with a happy outlook. She took pride in going to see her Doctors. She was a warm and gentle soul who lit up the room with her smile and laughter. Her niece Evelyn was very special to her, she wanted to see her every day and share her time and personal items with her. Beside her own pets, she loved her many adopted pets, including but not limited to, Boo, Mercedes, Elvis, Sandy, Blue, Duke, Paco and Peaches. She will be missed to all who came to know and love her. Thank you to the family, friends who came to visit, brought photos/pets for Nancy and made her laugh and smile. Also, thanks to the ICU staff at St. Paul’s Hospital, Dr. R. Skromo, Dr. D. Kohll and Dr. D. Potapinski who assisted Nancy over the years. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Patrick’s Parish, 3339 Centennial Drive, Saskatoon on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. Viewing will only take place prior to the mass.

Masks are mandatory. There are lots of places to sit in the church. Nancy’s favorite color was purple, so if possible wear purple in Nancy’s memory. Memorial Donations in Nancy’s Honour can be made to Cosmo Industries or Telemiracle. To view the Livestreamed service please logon to http://www.livememorialservices.com/Home/ServiceDetail/16294 . To share memories and condolences, visit www.parkfuneral.ca “Obituaries-Guestbook”. Arrangements entrusted to Greg Lalach, Park Funeral Home 306.244.2103.

SORENSEN: It is with great sadness that the Family of Ken Sorensen announce his passing on September 3, 2021 at the age of 77 after a lengthy battle with dementia.

Ken was the 2nd child born in Rabbit Lake to Verner & Mary Sorensen. They lived in the Mayfair area and he attended school at Redfield and later moved to Mayfair School. Ken had many different jobs throughout his life including painting, plant assistant, farm hand, janitor, school bus driver, grain buyer and farmer.

Some of his hobbies were fixing vehicles up and singing and playing with the band. In 1988, Ken met his soul mate Barbara Scott and were together for 33 years. Ken had 6 daughters, 16 grandchildren and 8 great grand children. Ken is survived by his wife Barbara Sorensen, daughters Barb L’Heureux; Michael (Amanda) Rosendahl. Brenda (John) Robertson; Devin Robertson, Tasha (Steven Schmidt), Brandon (Tess) Robertson.

Bonetta (Geoff) Beck; Mackenzie, Madison, Macey. Bernadette (Russel) Ostapiw; Mikaela and Courtney. Ashley (Clint) Dies; Alexus, Parker, Daxen, Kadence. Louise (Derek) Virostek; Corbin, Kinsey. Numerous great grandchildren. Sister Vera Ross (Eugene Cooper). Brother-in-Law Robert (Fern) Scott and Stan (Wendy) Scott. Ken is predeceased by his father Verner Sorensen, mother Mary Buziak, and grandson Jonathan Rosendahl Donations can be made to Elrose Health Center 505 Main Street, Elrose SK S0L 0Z0 Condolences for the family can be left at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

BULLERWELL: Virgil Leroy Bullerwell passed away in the early morning hours of Sept.

7, 2021. He was the first child to Frank and Elsie Bullerwell, born near Baldwinton, SK. As a child he attended the Alada School, and in 1943 Virgil moved with his parents and siblings to the family farm.

In 1948 Virgil left to work throughout Central and Western Canada, finding various employment including working as a ranch hand in Alberta and a pulp mill worker in British Columbia. He also spent some time living in Vancouver, and happily shared stories of his life there. He returned home in 1960 to work on the family farm until his father’s death in 1969, at which time Virgil took over the farm making cattle raising his prime project. Virgil spoke of life on the farm with passion and fondness. His broad knowledge of maintaining a farm in an era gone by was significant and is scarcely found today.

Virgil married Karen Werner on Aug. 29, 1969. Soon after, they welcomed their own children into the world, making them the fourth generation of Bullerwell’s to live on the family farm. The decision was made to sell the farm, and in 1990 the family moved to Battleford, SK. Virgil found employment as a custodian for a number of years before he finally retired. In 2000, he and Karen moved the family to North Battleford where he remained until his passing in 2021. Throughout his early life, Virgil enjoyed billiards, Contract Bridge and sports. In his retirement, Virgil spent countless hours listening to the radio, singing along to his favorite country songs, watching golf and curling on TV and acting as Karen’s chauffeur, a job which he enjoyed immensely. Virgil takes with him the knowledge of a life that spanned the gap between horse drawn wagons to high-speed internet, how to find the best grocery sales and an amazing mastery of Canadian geography.

He was loved and is missed. Virgil is predeceased by his son Werner and his memory will live on in his loving wife, Karen and their sons: Clinton (Rochelle, Jack, Sam), Edan (Tammi, Noah, Eva) and Lloyd (Ashley, Oli, Bo, Gus). As per Virgil’s request, there will be no Funeral Service. Condolences for the family can be made at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

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SCHWAN: Margaret ‘Jean’ (nee Edwards) December 24, 1942 - November 30, 2020 A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Town of Battleford Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in memory of Jean may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan: 301-255012th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X1.

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HOBBIEBRUNKEN: Mr. Andrew Hobbiebrunken passed away at Battlefords District Care Centre on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at the age of 77 years. A Prayer Service was held Friday, September 17, 2021 at St. Vital Roman Catholic Church with Father Sebastian Kunnath as celebrant. Interment followed at the Town of Battleford Cemetery.

He is lovingly remembered by his wife, Linda; sons: Dwayne Hobbiebrunken and Darwin (Dawn) Hobbiebrunken; grandchildren: Damon, Dalton, Ashley, Dusty, Jordyn, Easton, Colby, Maddie, Raymond, Emma and Reis; sister, Anne (Keith Olson) - Robbie L’Heureux. He is predeceased by his parents: George & Adrienne Hobbiebrunken. Memorial donations in memory of Mr. Andrew Hobbiebrunken can be directed to Battleford District Care Centre - Ward 1 Po Box 69 Battleford, SK S0M 0E0. Condolences for the family can be left at www.eternalmemoriesfuneral.ca Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service & Crematorium.

GAY: John Ernest On Thursday, September 2, 2021, John Ernest Gay was welcomed into the arms of our Saviour and Lord, at the age of 92 years. He is lovingly remembered by the love his life, Joyce. John was blessed with 64 glorious years with his bride. Together they created a legacy of love. He is survived

by Joyce and their six children: Michael (Judith), Kathryn (Dave), Brad (Colleen), Scott (Leocadia), Jennifer (Rob), and Janet (Paul), as well as 14 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

Dad was born August 15, 1929 in Tisdale, Saskatchewan. Dad was determined to provide well for his wife and family and tried on many hats over the years: enjoying success as a travelling salesman, insurance sales, and bulk fuel dealer. He finally opened ‘Green Acres’ a successful bulk fertilizer and Anhydrous Ammonia business in North Battleford and it was a great fit. Dad and Mom raised their bunch in North Battleford. Dad was an integral part of the community as a businessman, as well as a friend. He had many friends, and they all loved to laugh together and enjoy life to the fullest. Even after retirement, Dad was always looking for “the next big thing” for his children and grandchildren. He has always been our greatest encourager and cheerleader. Whenever possible, you would find Dad on the golf course. He loved the game, as well as the connection with friends. He was a gifted golfer and shot his age almost every year between 69 and 89. When Mom and Dad retired to Vernon, BC, they built a beautiful home overlooking the golf course there. His last three years have been spent in Kelowna, BC at the Missionwood Retirement Resort. Everywhere John went, he was building amazing connections with new life-long friends.

We thank the residents and staff at Missionwood for the great community they have developed. We know Mom is surrounded by friends. John Gay was a positive, fun, honourable, loving, man of integrity, and he was filled with pride in the family he and Joyce had built. We will miss him every day, but we cherish every memory, laugh, hug, and the joy he radiated and shared. As you have blessed us, God Bless you Dad, until we meet again. Johns bunch: Joyce, their six children and spouses, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren gathered on September 5, 2021, to remember and celebrate our wonderful patriarch’s exceptional life. A Catholic funeral mass and interment will be held in Kelowna on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. __________________________________________________

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June 16, 1961 August 03, 2021 A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved in making Terry’s Celebration of Life Service on September 18th so special.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE of FRANK FRED WINTERHALT, late of Battleford, Saskatchewan, deceased.

ALL CLAIMS against the above estate, duly verified by statutory declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 25th day of October, 2021.

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IN THE ESTATE of LILIAN KOVAR, late of North Battlefrd, Saskatchewan, deceased.

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Trevor Watts - Owner/Director Robert Mackay - Funeral Director Vanessa Macnab - Funeral Director

The Reading Place, Child and Youth Development by Reading, Inc. invites you to attend the Annual General Meeting on September 28, 2021 starting at 7:30 pm and conducted via Zoom.

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AGM packages will be shared via email prior to the meeting

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APARTMENTS / CONDOS FOR RENT

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Upper Floor. Deposit required no smoking. Available immediately Call Brian at 306-441-8071 to view.

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TAX ENFORCEMENT FORM C [Section 2.3]

NOTICE

(The Tax Enforcement Act) TAKE NOTICE that the City of North Battleford intends to be registered as owner under the above Act of the land described at the foot of this document.

The Municipality claims title to the land by virtue of an interest based on the Tax Lien registered against the existing title to the land in the Land Titles Registry as Interest Number 163417125 and you are required to TAKE NOTICE that unless you contest the claim of the Municipality or redeem the land pursuant to the provisions of the above Act within six months from the service of this notice on you and, subject to the further provisions of The Tax Enforcement Act, a title will be issued to the applicant and you will thereafter be forever estopped and debarred from setting up any claim to, or in respect of, the land.

The amount required to redeem the land may be ascertained on application to the Clerk, Treasurer or Administrator of the Municipality.

Dated this 22 day of June, 2021.

THE CITY OF NORTH BATTLEFORD Per:

Margarita Pena, Administrator

KELVIN BOHUN AND JENNINE HOLLIDAY Name of Assessed Owner LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LANDS: Lot 16 Blk/Par 5 Plan No. B3419 Extension 0 Title Number: 143851923

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Join the Auction Action Team Auction Sale for Leo and Brenda Crossland Saturday Sept 25/21 @ 10:00 am Leoville, Sk. 2 miles North, ½ mile West

2014 NH Work Master Front Wheel Assist Tractor 35 hp, 213 hrs showing, NH 6ft Rotor Tiller, NH 5ft Finishing Mower both sold separately, lots of Shop tools and various Farm Implements, 1976 Coachman Motor Home, Household, something for everyone at this sale

Upcoming Sale:

Oct 2nd @ 10:00 am - Consignment Sale Medstead Hall, Medstead, Sk. 1370 Agri King Case Tractor, 16ft Car Hauler Trailer, Farm items, Shop Tools, Yard and Garden, Household, Hunting Equipment, Collectables Both are Live Auctions Terms of payment; Interact Debit, cash, or cheque with ID Boechler-Schira Auctioneering does not charge buyers fee on items sold at our sales

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HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS REQUIRED: motor scrapers, dozers, excavators, graders, rock trucks. Lots of work all season.

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LAND FOR SALE

VACANT LOT FOR SALE TOWN OF TURTLEFORD FOR SALE BY OWNER

The following vacant lot is offered for sale by tender: Lot 11, Blk/Par 2, Plan No. N5406 403 - 1st Avenue, Turtleford, SK Contact: Deanna Kahl-Lundberg (306-845-2156) for information.

Conditions

All offers to be placed in a sealed envelope marked “Do Not Open Town Land” to be delivered on or before 4:00pm, October 15, 2021 to:

Baldwin Friedman Spence

Box 905 201- 1291 - 102nd Street North Battleford, SK S9A 2Z3 306-445-6177 Attention: Jeff Baldwin

NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

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

INTENT: The proposed amendment would exempt non-conforming parcels from minimum site area and frontage requirements provided that they existed prior to the RM’s Zoning Bylaw coming into force. The new provisions would be applied to the following Zoning Districts: A – Agricultural; LD1,2, and 3 – Lakeshore Development, RV – Recreational Vehicle; and RC – Resort Commercial.

AFFECTED LAND: All non-conforming parcels with respect to minimum site area and minimum frontage within the A, LD1-3, RV, and RC Zoning Districts would be affected by the proposed amendment, provided they existed in the Land Titles system prior to coming into force of the ZB. REASON: Many sites within the subject zoning districts may be considered existing non-conforming with respect to minimum site size and frontage requirements. To clarify the legitimacy of these sites for development, and to create consistency with the balance of the zoning districts within the ZB already containing these provisions, Council wishes to extend the same regulation exemptions to lands within the subject zoning districts.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the RM of Mervin No. 499 office between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Copies will be available to the public at a cost, by emailing the contact below, or on the RM’s website. A copy of the proposed amendment is available for viewing here: www.rmofmervin.ca/planning-and-development/ public-notification/, along with details for online meeting participation.

PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 1:30 PM in the RM office located at 211 Main St. in the Town of Turtleford to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed amendments. Due to the resurgence of COVID and new public health measures, please contact the RM office if you wish to make in person representation. Council is intending to have an online participation component to the public hearing for those wishing to make verbal representation. Interested parties are required to register for the online component and are encouraged to contact the RM office for details.

Council will consider written and emailed comments at the meeting.

The deadline for receipt of comments, and requests for online representation must be received by the RM office or its Planner by October 8, 2021. For additional information, please contact the administrator at (306) 845-2045 or rm499@rmofmervin.com. Box 130 Turtleford, SK S0M 2Y0.

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1. For sale by tender subject to the reservations, exceptions and encumbrances contained on the existing certificate of title.

2. Mineral title not included.

3. The lot must be developed with approved residence within three years of title transfer. Successful buyer to sign an agreement with the Town.

4. Property sold as is. Bidders are assumed to rely solely on their own inspection of the land and the title.

5. All offers to be in writing and accompanied by a certified cheque in the amount of 10% of offer amount payable to Battle River Law in Trust.

Cheques will be returned without interest if the offer is not accepted.

6. Balance of the purchase price of the successful offer to be paid to Battle River Law in Trust within 30 days of acceptance of offer or the deposit will be forfeited.

7. Highest or any offer not necessarily accepted.

8. Purchaser will be responsible for payment of any applicable GST. 9. Property taxes will be adjusted on possession date.

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R.M. OF MEOTA NO. 468 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DESIGNATE HERITAGE PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that thirty (30) days from the date of this notice, the Council intends to make an order that the site commonly known as Glenrose Scentgrass Lake Pioneer Cemetery and legally described as: Parcel A, Plan 101599858 Extension 22 as described as: All that portion of the North West Quarter of Section 10 Township 46 Range 16 West of the Third Meridian, Saskatchewan described as follows: Commencing at the North East corner of the Quarter Section; thence Southerly along the Eastern boundary of the Quarter Section 295 feet and 2 inches; thence Westerly and parallel with the Northern boundary of the Quarter Section 295 feet and 2 inches; thence Northerly and parallel with the Eastern boundary to the Northern boundary thence Easterly along the Northern boundary to the point of commencement.

MINERALS IN THE CROWN. BE DESIGNATED AS MUNICIPAL HERITAGE PROPERTY UNDER Section 11 of The Heritage Property Act as amended from time to time.

The reasons for the proposed designation are as follows: 1. A remote, rural cemetery established in 1910 containing mainly unmarked graves.

The property is the final resting place primarily of infants.

2. The cemetery has become inactive.

Issued at the Town of Turtleford this 20th day of September 2021

Dated this 16th day of September, 2021.

Prab Lashar Chief Administrative Officer RM of Mervin No. 499

Kirk Morrison, Administrator R.M. of Meota No. 468

We are seeking suitable candidates who are interested in apprenticing to become a welder.

Industrial experience is considered an asset.

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Forsyth Hauling 2010 Ltd. services the Oil & Gas Industry in Southwest Manitoba and Southeast Saskatchewan. We have expanded and now have two locations: Pierson, MB & Virden, MB. We have positions available for: CLASS 1A TANK TRUCK DRIVERS We offer: ° Industry leading wages ° Benefits plan Enrollment after probationary period ° Well maintained equipment Requirements: ° Oilfield Experience a must ° Ability to work in a fast paced team environment ° Class 1 Drivers license preferred but will hire with Class 3 ° Clean Driers Abstract ° Hold current Oilfield Safety tickets Please apply with resume to: alesha@forsythhauling.com

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Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) About the Resort Village of Aquadeo Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre Inc. is an accredited organization serving the Health needs of the following First Nations: Little Pine, Lucky Man, Poundmaker, and Sweetgrass.

Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre Inc. is seeking a

Permanent Full-Time Director of Finance and Operations North Battleford, Saskatchewan Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Finance and Operations provides executive leadership to the organization’s key business areas of finance, general operations, building security and maintenance, information technology services and human resource functions. Battle River Treaty 6 Health Centre has a total of 90 employees with this portfolio representing approximately 20 employees.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the BRT6HC’s core leadership competencies of: • Commitment to Client and Patient Centered Care and Systems Transformation • Engaging, inspiring and leading self and others • Strategic Thinking and Innovation • Fostering Relationships and Building Coalitions • Achieving Results Please refer to the full job description for more details.

Qualifications Requirements: • A Bachelor’s Degree with CPA designation and 5 years’ related financial/accounting experience; a combination of education and experience may be considered • Must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in progressive leadership roles and in supervising employees • Knowledge and experience in human resource management practices and policies • Sound knowledge of compliance regulations for organizations working within the not-for-profit sector and knowledge of government contract and funding model management • Strong analytical skills with an attention to detail with the ability to prioritize competing demands • Previous working experience with First Nations people and demonstrate an understanding of the health and social issues encountered by First Nation people and a willingness to learn about and be sensitive to First Nations cultures Submit updated resume, cover letter and 3 professional references by 4:00 PM September 27, 2021 to:

Human Resources Department, BRT6HC Inc. Resumes to: Recruitment@BRT6HC.ca Fax: (306) 937-6767 P.O. Box 1658 North Battleford, Saskatchewan S9A 3W2 The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work assignments that may be inherent to the job.

The Village is located 40 kilometres north of the Battlefords on Jackfish Lake, minutes from Battlefords Provincial Park, 2 hours from Saskatoon, and 4 hours to Edmonton.

This is a great vacation spot and a fantastic place to live. Residents and visitors can enjoy many amenities including The Aquadeo Beach Resort and Golf Course (9-hole course) with restaurant and lounge. With an abundance of outdoor and recreational options, the RV of Aquadeo is truly a place to play, work and live.

The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) will work with Council, providing sound advice and ensuring municipal policies, bylaws and that provincial and federal legislation is followed.

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate a high degree of diplomacy, discretion, integrity and conscientiousness with a track record of sound decision making, excellent interpersonal skills, innovative problem solving and experience working with Councils.

The ideal Applicant(s) will possess the following qualifications: • A minimum “C” Certificate in Local Government Administration/Rural, however, other combinations of education or qualifications may be considered provided the applicant is willing to enroll and complete the LGA program through the University of Regina and achieve certification (can be achieved as an on-line learning program); • Strong communication, management, personal and organizational skills; • Experience using Microsoft Office (Word and Excel) and MuniSoft applications; • A positive attitude and the ability to lead Council and Staff; • Excellent verbal and written communication; • An understanding and appreciation of the rural lifestyle with community minded ideals; RESPONSIBILITIES • Prepares and organizes all required materials for the monthly municipal meetings including agenda, minutes, resolutions and bylaws • Conducts bylaw and policy administration and development • Ensures that all policies and programs of the municipality are implemented, monitored, evaluated and communicated back to Council, while providing exemplary customer service to the public; • Engages in strategic planning and operational planning processes with the Council, including compiling the annual operating and capital budgets; • Ensures complete records of the financial and administrative activities of the Board are maintained and accurate, including monthly and annual financial statements and cash flow projections • Conducts day-to-day accounting procedures including A/P, A/R, tax collections, payroll, reconciliations and investments, while providing the council with regular financial reports; If you are interested in a rewarding and challenging career, that provides a comprehensive benefits package and pension plan, plus the opportunity to live and work in a sought-after vacation destination, please forward your cover letter and resume to: aquadeoadmin@gmail.com or fax to: 306.386 2544.

Resort Village of Aquadeo • P.O. Box 501 • COCHIN, SK S0M 0L0 306.386.2942 • aquadeoadmin@gmail.com Betty Stephan Acting Administrator

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VANCOUVER - Even though Parliament won’t look much different, some experts say Justin Trudeau’s bruised minority government has given other parties leverage to push for more ambitious

climate action.

That’s in large part because the threat of an election is off the table at a time when Canadians are demanding climate action.

“No one can use the threat of ‘support me or we’ll launch an election,’ that’s over, that card has been played,” said Isabelle Turcotte, director of fed-

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eral policy at the Pembina Institute.

Turcotte pointed to every major party having a climate plan of some kind, and the fights over whether to have a carbon tax largely settled since 2019’s election as evidence Canadians are taking the climate crisis more seriously.

“Canadians clearly want progressive policies on climate, and they need a government that’s going to collaborate,” she said.

That’s certainly the case being made by a number of environmental advocacy organizations like Greenpeace Canada, Environmental Defence, Équiterre, and others who have banded together under the banner of No More Delays calling on Trudeau to work across party lines to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, introduce just transition legislation, and implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

“Certainly, we need Justin Trudeau to step up and really work with other parties, but we need the other parties to step up and use their leverage,” said Julia Levin, senior program manager for climate and energy at the advocacy group Environmental Defence.

“Especially the parties that put forward ambitious proposals, we need to use their leverage on the climate crisis,” she said.

One area of focus will be the Liberal promise to

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accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, but strengthening the climate accountability bill that is supposed to guide Canada to net-zero is also expected to factor into the upcoming legislative climate battles.

Turcotte said she hopes the NDP will see its opportunity to hold Liberals accountable on the climate file.

“Sometimes the NDP has been hesitant to really differentiate themselves from the Liberal Party on climate and there’s a big opportunity for them here,” she said.

Turcotte highlighted a plank in the NDP platform that called for national and sectoral carbon budgets to help guide a transition to a clean economy in every corner of the country, calling them “really fundamental tools” to create the transparency and certainty needed to ensure a successful transition.

“The Liberals have a similar, but much narrower, commitment with the targets for the oil and gas sector,” she said, referring to the promise to cap emissions and then ramp them down over time.

“Let’s build on that, and let’s actually apply that across the board,” she said.

Though a minority government will make it harder for the Liberals to push their agenda through Parliament, being forced to work collaboratively is more likely to lead to stronger policy, says Levin.

“We saw stronger cli-

mate accountability legislation because all of the parties with progressive views on climate change were involved,” she said.

“Canada has a great history of minority (governments) working together to pass really ambitious policies, and we need that now to be applied to climate action.”

Kathryn Harrison, a University of British Columbia professor and author of Passing the Buck: Federalism and Canadian Environmental Policy, said meeting the Liberal goal of 40 to 45 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases from 2005 levels by 2030 will require a steep reduction given emissions have barely budged over that time.

With promises to reduce oil and gas emissions, decarbonize power generation, retrofit buildings on a massive scale, and other commitments, Harrison says the Liberals are likely to be busy on the bureaucratic side.

“Regulation is slow,” she said. “I would think the Liberals –– before they can face the voters again, at least with a credible story on climate –– they’re going to have to show progress on some of these things that are going to require some real hustling,” she said.

Harrison said the backdrop to this election was “25 years” of heel-dragging, where parties promised emission reductions without explaining how they would be achieved.

She said 2019 was the start

of that shift with the carbon price proposal.

“Even then, the Liberals were giving the impression they could deliver a 30 per cent reduction at a $50 per tonne carbon price, which no academic experts would believe for a moment,” she said.

“What’s new this time is in December 2020, the Liberals put a plan on the table with a carbon price going up to $170 per tonne that really credibly could reduce emissions by 30 per cent.”

One lesson for the NDP, which was criticized for being too vague on the climate file, is that to make inroads with voters, it will need to demonstrate how it could implement its plan, according to Clean Energy Canada’s executive director Merran Smith.

“While one party lacked ambition, others made the mistake of providing too little information, putting forward ideas that were vague, unmodelled, and potentially costly,” Smith said in a statement.

“A good climate plan is one that can be implemented efficiently and effectively.”

The Sierra Club Canada Foundation echoed the call for opposition parties to step up.

“If parties want to see improvements in their performance, they are going to have to speak and act unequivocally on behalf of those who want a safe and healthy environment,” the group said in a statement.

More than $900,000 in charitable gaming grants awarded Staff

The province has announced that more than $900,000 in grants is being awarded through their charitable gaming grant program.

Grants provided by Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) during the last quarter for the local area include: Battlefords Gymnastics Club $577.81; North Battleford Notre Dame de Lourdes Church - $1,156.61; North Battleford Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 70 $1,278.50; Cut Knife Royal Purple - $500; Unity Kin Club - $600; Unity Curling Club Inc. - $664.79; and Maidstone Royal Canadian Legion - $3,354.82.

Around the province, Moose Jaw and surrounding area received $113,462; Humboldt and surrounding area, $110,931; Swift Current and surrounding area, $65,847; Estevan/ Weyburn and surrounding area, $51,190; and Lloydminster and surrounding area, $45,239.

According to the province’s web site, all charitable or religious organizations licensed by the SLGA or Indigenous Gaming Regulators (IGR) under section 207(1)(b) of the Criminal Code to conduct gaming (bingo, break open, raffles, Texas hold’em poker tournaments, and Monte Carlo events are eligible to receive a grant. The

charitable gaming grant is equal to 25 per cent of net proceeds earned by an organization at its charitable gaming events. The charitable gaming grant may not exceed $100,000 annually, per licence and per charity.

“Charitable gaming grants provide a financial boost to volunteer groups and organizations across the province,” Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Jim Reiter said in a news release.

“Their work helps to enhance local communities in many different ways and our government is proud to provide this additional support to more than 300 groups and organizations.”

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Who is the greatest among the 12 disciples?

Ed phoned the other day and asked me if I had seen the debate between the national party leaders for the federal election.

It was Sept. 12 when he called me. This was before the Sept. 20 election. I told Ed I had watched the debate on the television but wasn’t sure if we should discuss it, as it might be a dangerous thing to do. I warned Ed that it’s said one should not discuss politics, sex or religion at work, at the dinner table or in a public setting. Ed assured me he only wanted to tell me who would be elected prime minister on election day. Ed believes he can predict the future.

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raymaher085@gmail.com disappointment, I refused to hear who he predicted to be elected. That way, I wouldn’t hear Ed saying, “I told you so.” If he predicted the wrong winner, I wouldn’t be tempted to say he had a big strikeout rather than a home run.

In an election campaign, there is a great

deal of debate about the performance and policies of the political leaders and candidates. Political candidates running for election try to convince voters they are the best choice for their vote.

We know coaches are quick to point out the best players in team sports

and also those not up to the performance level the coach wants to see. In our daily lives, there is a high level of competition and comparing of who is the greatest among people, in almost everything.

Jesus travelled with 12 disciples in his ministry as a rabbi, and there arose an argument among them about who was the greatest of them as his disciple.

When Jesus asked them what they had argued about, they kept quiet about it. (Mark 9:33-34) Jesus wanted his disciples to learn that to be greatest as his disciple involved humble, selfless service to others. He said, “If anyone wants to be

first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

(Mark 9:35) When we are in a family or other various groups, we compare ourselves to others. No one wants to be picked last for a team. In pride, we say, “Anything you can do, I can do better.” The serpent’s lie deceived Eve that she would become like God if she ate of the tree in the centre of the garden.

Envy may come when we compare ourselves to others, as does ambition.

So quickly, our envy becomes bitter and our ambition becomes selfish, which leads to disorder, fights and quarrels.

How easily we become

prideful with wrong motives. We covet, quarrel and fight for what we want for our selfish pleasures, power or prestige. We put ourselves first instead of God and others. (James 4:1-3) Yet, God has shown us a better way in Jesus. He was willing to be a complete servant to the will of God his Father.

Jesus, being in the nature of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant; he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross.

(Philippians 2:5-8)

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. Fr. 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 - 10:00 a.m.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

ANGLICAN PARISH

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

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

Battle River Parish YouTube channel 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 Phone: 306-285-3823 Contact: Don Retzlaff

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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Unity News

UCHS golfers headed to provincials this weekend

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

Father-son duo Brent and Denim O’Donnell captured the Unity Golf Club championship and junior club championship Sept. 12. Photo submitted

Harvest is either complete or almost complete in this area. Mother Nature has even co-operated so far on the bale hauling.

Tonight is the big night lights Warrior game at the Unity Composite High School field hosting arch rivals Wilkie Broncs.

UCHS Grade 12 golf team members Denim O’Donnell and Hunter Sperle won medals at the district championships at Jackfish Lodge Golf Course Sept. 14 and head to Rosthern for provincials this weekend. Volleyball is in full swing and crosscountry held their first event Sept. 16 at the golf course.

Unity Public School reminds parents and drivers of the bus safety zones for morning drop off and endof-school day pickups. Absolutely no traffic can go through these zones while buses are there.

Father Greg hosted the first outdoor mass this school year at St. Peter’s School.

Unity Curling Club registration is Oct. 12 and

13 at 7 p.m. in the UCC lounge. There is also an annual general meeting Oct. 4, same location.

Volunteers are needed Oct. 13 for helping prepare the rink for ice installation.

Call the club at 306228-2212 or follow their Facebook page for the latest updates.

Congratulations to Pat and Melissa Sperle and family as well as mom, Elaine Sperle, on the 50th anniversary of Sperle’s tire in Unity.

Congratulations also to Laura Howdle, founder, and the Paw Park committee members for their 10th anniversary celebrations and for their commitment to upgrade and maintain this park and the paths leading to it.

How will you be recognizing National Truth and Reconciliation Day on Sept. 30? This year’s numerous unmarked graves discoveries across Canada are a stark reminder that this history needs to be acknowledged and remembered. Schools continue the tradition of orange shirt day.

Delta Co-op has resurfaced the parking lot at

Delta Co-op is currently undergoing resurfacing and should soon reopen for use. Photo by Tim Holtorf

4-Diamond Kennels was one of the groups that demonstrated agility and obedience skills at the Paw Park 10th anniversary celebrations. Photo courtesy Edna Howdle

the old Fields location, and part of the sunken existing lot, so it won’t be long before that has been cured and is ready to reopen for

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