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Husky officials say they are applying all the lessons learned from the 2016 North Saskatchewan oil spill in designing new pipelines that will run from Lloydminster all the way up to the RM of Frenchman Butte.

Husky Midstream held an open house Thursday afternoon at the North Battleford Legion Hall. It was a come-and-go event to provide details on plans for

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three pipelines along the route.

One would be a 50-centimetre diameter pipeline that would transport the crude oil product back to the Lloydminster area from thermal sites in the northeast. The other is a 20-centimetre line to transport condensate to the thermal sites, which will blend with the heavy oil to be brought back.

The two lines would run for 52 kilometres from Lloydminster through the RMs of Britannia and Eldon and then to Sandall Junction and Celtic Junction in the RM of Frenchman Butte.

There are also plans for a 50-centimetre raw water supply pipeline. The route is considerably shorter, running from the Husky Direct Intake High Lift Station just to the south of the original pipeline crossing site, and run to Sandall Junction. The raw water, which is lifted from the North Saskatchewan River, will be used for production.

All three pipelines will cross the North Saskatchewan River, however there is a change in location from the pipeline that ruptured in 2016.

According to Husky spokesperson Travis Davies, “we’ve learned a lot from 2016.”

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North Battleford included in expanded Crime Reduction Team

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The RCMP Crime Reduction Team initiative will be permanently expanded and North Battleford will be a key part of the expansion.

It was announced Friday at a news conference in Regina that the province’s Ministry of Corrections and Policing is providing $1.6 million to permanently expand the CRT. Minister

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Husky applying ‘lessons learned’ in new pipeline Continued from Front The main lesson they learned, he said, is to avoid slope. The new pipeline being proposed is located four kilometres downstream to the east of the original site where the spill happened.

Ground movement had been identified as causing the rupture in the line, resulting in 225,000 litres of oil being spilled, a sizable portion ending up in the North Saskatchewan River.

Among the changes, said Davies, is the “concept of going hilltop to hilltop, to avoid slope altogether to avoid geo-active areas.

You’ve got thicker pipe, better pipe. You’ve got a ton of technology in terms of analytics that can tell you what’s going on with the pipe in place, and improved procedures at our control room as well that set out timelines where if you hear an alarm, it gets dealt with in this way in this amount of time.

“Some alarms are immediate shutdown as well.

So that’s an important aspect as well. Part of the point here is to get people to understand what we learned and how we are applying it to the new project.”

Also, the pipeline will be 80 metres below the river. The pipeline will cross at the same spot as the TransGas crossing, said Davies.

The three pipelines would end in the area where there is new production. They also hook up to pipelines that will take the product further north towards the Paradise Hill area. There is an existing junction at Sandall Junction that will take it in that direction.

This pipeline had been in the works even before the spill, say Husky officials, in order to support the growth of production in the area. There are four thermal projects in the construction phase and two more moving towards sanctioning.

Husky is going through

the process now of getting the regulatory approvals, with the holding of open houses being one of those requirements. Husky also held open houses earlier in the week in Melfort and in Prince Albert. They held open houses in Lloydminster and Maidstone last fall.

The hope from Husky is that they get through the regulatory approvals and start construction this fall. It would be a 10- to 12-month construction phase, “at which point we would put it into service,” said Davies. The capital cost of the project is estimated at $130 million.

The open houses saw considerable interest from people who want to know what the pipeline project is about, and what changes are being made.

“They want to know what’s different this time,” said Davies. They’re also interested in jobs, he said.

About 300 to 500 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase.

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CRT has intense focus Continued from Front Zablocki said the approach was about reducing crime and “identifying that small portion of the population that are committing the large portion of crime.”

It was also about identifying those areas where the most crime is happening, and getting at the root causes.

The CRT had been established in February as a pilot project in west central Saskatchewan.

Initially the approach was deployed in 2017 in Onion Lake to get a handle on high levels of gang and violent activity there. Over five separate two- to-three day time frames during the year, additional police resources were focused on the small portion of the population who caused the most crime. Results were positive with calls for service decreased and the number of prisoners held dropping significantly, said

Zablocki.

In February of 2018, the approach was expanded to west-central Saskatchewan. Zablocki said the team was tasked with “conducting warrant apprehensions, court condition checks, targeted vehicle stops, hotspot identification, surveillance and drug and gang enforcement.” Each deployment was based on intelligence, analysis of crime trends and consultations with communities and detachments.

“The results were significant,” said Zablocki, with more than 1,300 checks completed for people on warrants or court conditions, and 181 arrests made with 96 new charges resulting.

“Their efforts have yielded results. People in these communities are beginning to tell us that they are starting to feel safe, and that is exactly what

matters,” said Zablocki.

Zablocki said both teams will be established this fall. While they will be based in North Battleford and Prince Albert and will focus on those areas and surrounding communities, Zablocki said the team is mobile and available for deployment throughout the province to address emerging community safety and policing concerns.

“The RCMP has seen great success with this pilot project since it started last February,” said Tell, “and we are so happy to support the establishment of two permanent crime reduction teams.”

In addition to the two new teams, the approach of identifying prolific offenders and hotspots will be adopted by RCMP all over Saskatchewan, said Zablocki. “You can be assured that these efforts will be a focus of your local detachment,” he said.

This was the scene at the Legion hall in North Battleford Thursday afternoon as officials from Husky Midstream provided details of proposed pipelines running from the Lloydminster area up to the RM of Frenchman Butte. The new pipeline will cross underneath the North Saskatchewan River about four kilometres downstream from the previous pipeline location where the oil spill took place in 2016. Photos by John Cairns

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Epilepsy, seizures seen from wrong direction

By Carly McIntosh Going back to 1994, I remember experiencing a feeling I had never felt before and the only thing I could think to do was to run to my mother. At the time I was so young all I could do was gently place my hand on her leg and say, “Mommy, I don’t feel good.” Every time I had felt that specific feeling approach me all I could do was run to my mother and hug her until it disappeared.

In the early 1990s it became known that I was living with epilepsy. As a young girl, day-by-day, I started living in fear of not knowing when an epileptic seizure would approach and that is when fear became a part of me. At age eight, I had my very first tonic-clonic seizure and when that epileptic seizure took control of my brain I was locked in it for eight hours. Once that seizure took place everything changed. In time it became clear that multiple things were setting my seizures off, such as chemicals. I was seeing my mother one second and then

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disappearing straight into a fictional land. Over time epilepsy became me and I became epilepsy.

Never knowing when an epileptic seizure was to approach, I settled into a cycle where epilepsy had full control over the functioning of my brain. For close to three decades I trained my brain to live in constant fear, stress, anxiety, depression, self-worthlessness, self-hatred and suicidal thoughts. Step-by-step and day-by-day I had lost myself in a non-stop cycle of believing the day was to be a day of constant epileptic seizures.

I had appointments with epileptologists, neurologists and multiple doctors, but it became clear not one of them could connect the dots. I have gone through brain surgery, multiple MRIs and many EEGs, trying medications of all sorts, but many of my specialists were looking from the wrong point of view. Specialist kept using the same tactic of explaining the hardest thing to learn in medical school is the brain, but I believe that is a complete lie. Across the world, if you want to become a medical physician, you have to go to university. Because of my epileptic seizures, I was kicked out of high school, but in time I slowly started connecting the dots For many years I was living with aura, complex and tonic-clonic and it came to the point where I hated my life. Not one medication ever helped stop, of even decrease, my seizures, they just placed my health more at risk from side effects. I have been prescribed such high dosages of medication I could simply not think straight and it came to the point that I came close to overdosing.

Epilepsy has been seen wrongly for many decades

and many have to learn it is one step forward and two steps back. When epileptic seizures start young, a child grows into a person who lives only epilepsy. After a first epileptic seizure, the brain becomes stalled in fear of the next. Having a young child feel the worst feeling they have ever felt in their life, one they never forget, is strong enough to grow and become them.

Speaking as an epileptic, training our brains to replay this video as each day passes, we come to the point that we forget who we are. Epilepsy takes control of how we think and live our lives. Fear, anxiety, depression, self-hatred, self-worthlessness and suicidal thoughts take over. That is what people living with the disability of epilepsy become. It came to the point where I had nothing left but to accept myself for who I was and that is the day everything changed. I slowly started seeing the beauty that was within me and my epileptic seizures slowly started decreasing to the point where this is the best my health has ever been.

The young ones who are developing epilepsy have to learn how to see the beauty within themselves as well as the things that give them fright. To all parents, if your child is developing epilepsy, buy a simple object that they do not want near them and place it in their room where it will be seen at all times. Once your child fully accepts the greatness of it, they will learn to see the greatness in everything. As they learn to see there is love and beauty in everything, their epileptic seizures will not have the strength to win.

All must learn to love our self for who we are.

By Becky Doig Editor

Lindsey Leko, a 20-year conservation officer and a regular contributor to the columnist lineup at www.newsoptimist.ca, has provided some interesting information about the expanded role of conservation officers.

Our traditional view of COs as protectors of the environment and wildlife still holds true, but these officers now have an expanded role as part of the Protection and Response Team. Officers have always had a peace officer designation, but they now have new equipment and a new mandate to enforce laws dealing with dangerous driving and to respond to calls for service in rural areas.

Leko says officers won’t patrol specifically looking for traffic violations, but are empowered to make stops if they detect problems during the commission of their regular duties in conservation enforcement. They will also be called to respond to incidents to assist RCMP or to attend to a call if they are able to get there more quickly than other first responders.

CO vehicles are now equipped with roadside screening devices for alcohol, safety shields between the front and back seats, laptops and automated licence plate scanners. “The inside of my truck now looks like the cockpit of a 737 jet,” says Leko Other members of the ERT team are Ministry of Highways Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers.

The end result is more eyes out there. So think about that the next time you contemplate risky behaviour behind the wheel of your vehicle, such as passing on the shoulder of Highway 4 north on a busy Sunday afternoon. You might end up paying the price, but hopefully not the ultimate price.

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We need to revisit Energy East and Northern Gateway Canada had better get its act together, immediately, on export pipelines.

I don’t just mean the Trans Mountain Pipeline, now owned by you and me and all other Canadians. I mean we need to revive Northern Gateway and Energy East right now.

Why? Because our only customer for essentially all exported oil may not need or want much of it anymore.

I was able to score a brief but insightful oneon-one discussion with Harold Hamm, North Dakota’s biggest oilman, May 31. Hamm is the CEO and largest shareholder of Continental Resources, and his company had been one of those that led the charge in North Dakota’s surge of oil production from 90,000 barrels per day roughly a decade ago to 1.2 million barrels per day today.

I just happened to end up in the breakfast line with him. I quoted to him a line from a speech he gave eight years ago at that same conference, and how I have cited that speech numerous times since then. That was my in, and he said it would be OK if I talked to him briefly before the presentation started that morning. You can find it at www.pipelinenews. ca/1.23337588.

I asked Hamm if Canada is a competitor or compatriot when it comes to crude oil production.

“They’re definitely competitors,” he said, repeating, “They’re definitely competitors.”

He explained how American oil refineries want heavy, sour crude

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and they are increasingly exporting their North Dakota light sweet crude since Canadian oil is crowding them out of American refineries.

He also said America would become crudeindependent by 2020.

When I pressed him if this meant Canada was included, he said America would be able to do it alone.

Therein lies an enormous problem for Canada, not just the oil sector, but our entire economy. What happens if our customer for 99 per cent of our exported crude oil decides it no longer needs us?

Trans Mountain is just a drop in the bucket in export capacity we would need if we suddenly have to find other customers for the roughly three million barrels per day we currently export to the United States. Last week, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers forecast Canadian oil production will grow 33 per cent from 4.2 to 5.6 million barrels per day by 2035.

That number is obviously contingent on America buying most of that production. But what if they don’t need it, or desire it?

Make no mistake

about it, it is oil wealth that funds not just Alberta’s economy and a good chunk of Saskatchewan’s, but much of the equalization formula.

Quebec’s damned near free child care? Oil. Their never-ending freeze on university tuition? Oil. It also funds a large portion of federal coffers.

If we can’t sell our oil to America, we’re in big, big trouble.

And what if Donald Trump is re-elected as president in 2020, the same time America could become crudeindependent, according to Hamm. They’re buddies, you know. It’s a good bet it was Hamm who invited Trump to come to that conference two years ago, on the campaign trail.

That was the day Trump secured the Republican nomination and I just happened to get a chance to ask him about the Keystone XL pipeline.

Construction still hasn’t started on that pipeline. If America doesn’t want our oil (as Obama amply proved in delaying Keystone XL), we may never need the pipeline.

We’ve also found in recent weeks that Canada has no friend in President Trump. We are marching to a trade war with our southern “friend,”

the friend who has gotten nicey nice with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. Jong Un has spent the last several years trying to build nuclear missiles to aim at the White House. And yet Trump said the Canadian people are going to pay for our prime minister saying he’s going to stand up for us.

Given the trade wars he’s started with Canada, Europe, and now China, does anyone really think, given the option, Trump wouldn’t turn off the taps on the Enbridge mainline and existing Keystone pipeline on a whim, just because he could?

We need to re-examine our export options immediately, reactivate all these export pipeline projects and get them built now, before an unstable “friend” in the White House totally destroys our economy with a tweet.

We need to have options to export every available barrel overseas, and we need those options in two years if at all possible.

— Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News.

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By John Cairns

Staff Reporter

Board chair Al Huckabay and Executive Director Erin Katerynych address the AGM of the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre Tuesday. Photos by John Cairns

Cementing the Future

There is an ever-growing need for the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre, based on its 2017-18 fiscal year numbers presented Tuesday at an annual general meeting.

While guest speaker Deborah Hamp, representing Food Banks Saskatchewan, said they hoped to “look at working ourselves out of a job,” the reality is the need for food banks is still there, both in the Battlefords and around Saskatchewan.

According to the report presented by Executive Director Erin Katerynych to the audience at Western Development Museum, during the fiscal year 2017-18 the food bank gave out an average of 645 hampers per month, an increase from 624 per month a year earlier. They served an average of 1,998 people a month, which is also up from 1,944 per month a year earlier. Just under half those clients are children 17 and under.

This is the highest number of people accessing the

food bank in its history.

Volunteers donated 3,600 volunteer hours to the food bank and their special events.

The value of food raised and donated and given out by the food bank was $652,645. This includes $48,875 to other agencies and $47,542.50 to their Food for Kids program.

The food bank continues to be active with its various programs including the Empty Stocking Fund, their programs for children — Coats for Kids, Milk for Kids and Food for Kids — and their After the Bell program where bags of food are distributed to children who use the supervised parks program.

There have been some staff changes recently.

The food bank has added Heather O’Neill as manager, and she has been in that position for three months.

The organization is also looking at expanding their efforts. One piece of news from the meeting is word that the food bank is interested in taking on a major responsibility in helping send food to northern com-

munities.

Board chair Al Huckabay said the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre could serve as a “hub” to the food banks of Meadow Lake, Turtleford and La Loche.

They have been approached by the Saskatoon food bank to take this on, and it would mean they would take on a distribution centre role, where food from the Saskatoon food bank and from the Food Banks Canada network would go to North Battleford and then to destinations in the north.

“We are pressing forward with this to make this request a reality,” said Huckabay.

The plan is to open the basement area at their 101st Street location to store additional food. To make that happen, they have applied for a grant to pay for a freight elevator that would be needed to access the basement.

Huckabay was optimistic the funding will come through and that they would ultimately become a regional distribution centre.

The town’s 35th annual parade will take place Aug. 10 and will start and finish at St. Vital School with entries proceeding along 22nd Street. Pre-registered entries will be judged between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Space will be available

in the Battleford Arena to store floats until the Territorial Days parade the following week.

Fireworks will light up the sky beginning at 10 p.m.

The deadline for entries to the parade is Aug. 7.

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At the site of North Battleford’s future movie theatre Wednesday morning, Miner’s Construction workers were pouring the footings for the building. Magic Lantern’s new theatre will be located at 11th Avenue and 101st Street. The theatre is an anchor in the City’s economic redevelopment plans for downtown. Photo by Josh Greschner

The Town of Battleford is expecting another colourful parade this year.

Parade entry forms are available on the Town’s website.

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Living Sky School Division staff made a presentation last week at a board meeting regarding engagement of First Nation, Métis and Inuit students and discussed how some students are declaring Indigenous identity.

Declaring FN/M/I status at school appears on a form when students register, Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Tonya Lehman said, and parents are sent information at the beginning of the year.

“We know that we don’t have all of our students self-declaring,” Lehman said.

The school division uses data to measure attendance, school performance and engagement, among

other things.

Historically First Nations and Métis students haven’t performed as well in school as other students.

One reason for this, according to educators, is a lack of engagement. The Ministry of Education in recent years has taken measures to improve school performance and graduation rates.

Births among First Nation people are rising and the number of First Nation youth is increasing, in the area but most schools within the division, Lehman said, would say the division’s data shows a lower number of First Nation people than the actual amount.

A noticeable trend is low declaration of early years students, but more self-declare in Grades 3 to 9.

Reasons for not selfdeclaring include historical mistrust regarding the use of such information, and concerns First Nation/ Métis/Inuit students will be treated differently, according to Learning Consultant Sherron Burns.

Living Sky schools have tried a number of approaches to improve attendance among students and to graduate them within three years, including landbased learning, the BEATS program offered to high school students (which allows them to collaborate on long-term creative projects, the most recent of which was a short film) and a badge system at Cando School, in which badges represent credit attainment.

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Sunco Drywall donates to Interval House

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

Thanks to a recent donation, women at the Interval House will have necessary items after they leave the shelter.

Sunco Drywall Ltd., a company that won a tender for the Saskatchewan Hospital project, recently donated a number of items to the Interval House.

Items include mattresses, furniture, dishes, pots and pans and coffeemakers, among others.

The Battlefords Interval House is a shelter for women and children experiencing family violence and crisis.

It has six bedrooms, 15 beds and is staffed 24 hours a day.

“Most of the residents have fled abusive family violence situations and many have children with them,” according to an Interval House state-

ment.

After staying at Interval House, women often don’t have much once they leave. The donated items will go to the women.

Interval House Director Krista Abbott said the donation is “huge for the group.”

Interval House staff said they weren’t sure exactly how many items were donated, but the items filled at least a few trailers.

According to an Interval House statement, “Government dollars cover the necessities but this generous donation allows for abused women and children to have a much better chance at success, where they won’t have to sleep on the floor or eat without tables and chairs.”

“We like to give back to the community as much as possible,” Sunco Director of Safety Lenna Bigham

Sunco Drywall Ltd., a company that won a tender for construction toward the new Saskatchewan Hospital, donated a number of items to the Battlefords Interval House. The women’s shelter will then give the items to women leaving the shelter. Pictured is Sunco Supervisor Mike Boyle, Interval House Director Krista Abbot and Interval House staff. Photo by Josh Greschner

said. “I’m glad that the furniture will be used for a good cause because it touches the lives of so many people.”

Sunco Supervisor Mike Boyle said the donation made him “feel all warm and fuzzy inside.”

Action Battlefords seeks town council support

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

David Fortier, director at the Chamber of Commerce, gave a brief presentation at Battleford town council this week about the Chamber’s new Action Battlefords initiative.

Action Battlefords is an effort to involve the local business community in creating a safer community and improving the

area’s reputation. The presentation involved asking the town for support and to spread the word about the campaign.

“Typically the Chamber of Commerce doesn’t get involved in social-type issues, we’re more involved with promoting and advocating for business,” Fortier said, although recently, such issues have attracted the interest of the business community.

The Action Battlefords campaign has three ways of achieving its goals: promoting and recruiting Citizens on Patrol, funding youth programming and enacting marketing campaigns to promote positive aspects of the community.

Fortier said already, new volunteers have signed up for Citizens on Patrol, and the City continues to look for volunteers. Action Battlefords’

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Action Battlefords also has plans to hire a fulltime co-ordinator to plan, implement and market new and existing youth events.

“In the last few months, there’s been a lot more coming together of the organizations that work with our youth, which has been great,” Fortier said, adding Action Battlefords plans to

take it “one step further” by trying to “get events that have been identified by the youth as events they want to be going to and events they want to have coming.”

Councillors mentioned how there already exist groups supporting youth in the Battlefords, but Fortier said the goal of Action Battlefords would be to not overlap with such groups.

Fortier also spoke about how the initiative is working with marketing spe-

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The goal of the marketing campaign, Fortier said, is “to focus on positive news stories, positive business initiatives, local volunteers, local athletes, all that’s great about the Battlefords.”

“Right now you do search engine searches and it’s not such great stuff coming up on the first couple pages,” Fortier said.

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If you’ve left it easier to steal, you may not find it when you come back for it.

A thief truly doesn’t care about your ride. Stolen vehicles are often left in disgusting condition, littered with syringes, chicken bones and cigarette butts, among other things.

About 90 per cent of all stolen vehicles are recovered, but more than half are a total loss.

Protect your investment and help keep everyone on the roads safe. Never leave Over the last five years there has been a 46 per cent increase in auto thefts in Saskatchewan. Penny McCune, chief operating officer of the SGI Auto fund says close to half of auto thefts happen because someone left their keys or keyless fob in or near their vehicle. Photo submitted

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That’s the simple and frank message delivered in a new campaign from SGI, aimed at reducing auto thefts and the damages that result. Over the last five years, there has been a 46 per cent increase in the number of reported auto theft claims in Saskatchewan.

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because someone left their keys or their keyless fob in or near their vehicle,” said Penny McCune, chief operating officer of the Auto Fund.

“Please don’t make a thief’s job easy. Don’t leave your keys in the ignition, in the console, in the glove box, under a floor mat or even in the garage. Thieves know all the hiding places you might choose and can usually find your ‘hidden’ keys in under a minute.”

“Vehicles are often stolen for use in other crimes, or to obtain quick cash to

fuel a drug habit. Increasingly, police are finding weapons in the vehicles we recover,” said Chief Marlo Pritchard, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police.

“Thieves often drive while impaired, at high speeds or otherwise recklessly. This endangers everyone else who shares the road.”

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RM supports New Beginnings Staff The RM of North Battleford No. 437 has announced funding for the new Saskatchewan Hospital in the sum of $51,138, which represents $70 per resident of the R.M. Unanimous support was given by the reeve and council at a regular meeting June 13, according to a press release.

In the release the RM states it, “recognizes the huge benefit that this hospital has and will continue to provide the city of North Battleford, surrounding

communities and RMs. The economic spinoff during the construction phase for the past few years has helped shelter the city and area from downturn other communities have faced.

The long-term economic and community benefits of the 450 plus jobs (upwards of 100 new positions) will be felt in the city of North Battleford, the town of Battleford as well as the rural municipalities.”

The RM council noted during a recent presentation given by members of the New Beginnings fun-

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Emergency responder students honoured

Staff Tuesday marked the graduation ceremonies for local high school students enrolled in 2018 Emergency Services Responder training in the Battlefords.

The students from levels 10 and 20 received their end-of-course certificates from Mayor Ryan Bater at a ceremony at the fire hall.

“This is an exciting program for the community,” said Bater, who thanked the program graduates for their interest in

Above, Level 20 (in black) and Level 10 (in blue) students who earned Emergency Services Responder certificates Tuesday.

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emergency services. Bater added emergency services were “an important part, a vital part of the health of any community.”

This is the second year for the course, where students learned about emergency training working with North Battleford Fire Department, WPD Ambulance, the Battlefords RCMP Detachment and Community Safety Officers. It was also the first year that level 20 certificates were awarded. Fire Chief Trevor Brice noted plans are in the works to expand the program to offer levels 10, 20 and 30 next year.

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That’s not the only way in which the dealership is trying to raise standards.

It has just reopened after refurbishment and expansion. “We now have a fully functional service department for the first time. And we also have an incredible level of expertise – we worked out that across the team, we have more than 160 years of experience in the automotive industry,” says Jackson. Usually if you’re buying used, you have limited choice. The team at Strait Line Auto Sales will source and special order used vehicles if you’re looking for something specific, searching a database of 10,000 vehicles. And it’s not limited to cars. The dealership also carries RV and boat equipment.

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Blacksmith shop slated to open at museum

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

A blacksmith shop at the Fred Light Museum is on its way to being completed and ready for presentation to the public.

News of a blacksmith shop appearing at the Fred Light Museum was brought to the Town of Battleford council’s attention last year. A grand opening is upcoming.

In the month of May, the quantity of water treated by the Town was 85,059 cubic metres (compared to 57,055 in April) and the quantity of water distributed was 66,618 cubic metres (April was 46,501).

Sprinklers are largely the reason for this increase, Councillor Doug Laing said.

Mayor Ames Leslie brought up some questions he’s heard from residents regarding the hardness of

their water over the last few weeks to a month.

Some residents say they’ve seen discolouration.

Manager of Utilities Aubrey Whittleton said it wouldn’t be the hardness, but likely the water main flushing that’s been causing the discolouration.

Whittleton said residents could see discolouration, although the discolouration should last only two to three hours.

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ice sculpture sponsor at the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce BBEX Awards for a donation of $750.

A house located at 211 - 21 St. West will be demolished. According to an administrative report

by CAO John Enns-Wind, the house has been vacant for approximately two and a half years, and after an estate search, “it has been determined that there are no claims on the property.”

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to take action is June 30.

Council approved spending $6,000 to demolish the house and pay for the tipping fees of the demolition.

The outstanding taxes and demolition and tipping fees would, according to the report, be recouped through the resale of the lot.

After demolition, the Town would be selling the land.

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The winning bid was $139,100 less than another company.

According to an administrative report, work is to begin June 20 and is planned to last until July 30. West Park is subject to a number of capital projects this year, including approximately $1.6 million budgeted toward the West Park reservoir project.

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John Mitchell, but he also went by George St. John Michell, which was the name on his marriage certificate.

“He was descended from the Michells in Ireland, but when his ancestors moved to England they Anglicized the name to Mitchell, and thereafter family members, including George, would use the two surnames interchangeably.”

Love says he recently realized his great-grandfather had brothers and sisters who had emigrated from England to Australia, and he started looking specifically in Australian and New Zealand records.

“I found three records that likely are about him, one of them being the excerpt [illustrated], each record referencing warrants out of Battleford, Saskatchewan.”

Love is hoping someone in the community might be able to provide details of his great-grandfather’s crime, “and whether he ever was caught and extradited, and what happened thereafter. One of the records, from New Zealand, requested George’s immediate arrest if located, so I’m assuming the crime was fairly serious.”

Anyone with information can contact lovewilldcomm@gmail.com.

Historical information sought by U.S. resident William Love of Perry, Maine is doing research into the life of his maternal great-grandfather, Henry St. John Mitchell, also known as George St. John Michell.

“My maternal greatgrandfather abandoned his wife and two daughters (one of whom was my grandmother) in Winnipeg around 1900 or so,” Love writes.

“For the past few weeks I have been searching, to no avail, for any record of him after that date.”

Love says his greatgrandfather’s birth name was George Henry St.

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Friedrich tops juvenile field at junior tourney Beavers rebound

By Josh Greschner Staff Reporter

The Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour made another stop in North Battleford this year, as young golfers from around the province competed at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club this weekend.

Colby Friedrich of Battleford, who has earned multiple accolades in past years, finished atop the juvenile boys’ age group, shooting a total 161 after two days with 18 holes each.

against Meadow Lake

“It feels good to win again, especially at my home course. I’ve been struggling to win so the breakthrough is nice,” said Friedrich.

Other golfers earning top scores were: peewee boys - Darien Herlick of Weyburn (171); bantam boys - Will Blake Regina (155); junior boys Griffin Wilson (158); collegiate - Dakota Smith of Edmonton, Alta. (157); girls 15-18 - Carey McLean of Deer Valley (178); girls U15 - Brooklyn Fry of Shell Lake (183).

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

Last Thursday the North Battleford Beavers saw their five-game winning streak to start the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League season end with a thud.

They lost to Border City Blue Jays in Lloydminster 8-0. Border City scored early — three in

the first, four in the second and one in the third for the victory. Border City also pounded out 16 hits to four for North Battleford. Each team had one error. Jason Fector went seven innings pitching for the Blue Jays and struck out the Beavers 10 times. He also had two RBIs. Ryan Shepherd pitched three innings and Jared Inkster pitched 1.2 innings for North Battl-

eford.

The 5-1 Beavers then played host to a first-place showdown Monday night at Beaver Lions Stadium versus the 8-1 Meadow Lake Sox at Beaver Lions Stadium. The Sox had come into North Battleford fresh off two wins at home Sunday, defeating the Wilkie Brewers 15-7 and then beating Unity in the evening contest 13-1.

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Gary Frank: an imposing presence on the mound Submitted

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Gary Frank of Regina will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category, as a Player/ Builder Aug. 18 in Battleford for his contribution to Saskatchewan baseball history.

Born in Melville on March 22, 1960, Frank played minor baseball in Regina from 1970 to 1978, in multiple league, provincial and national championships. He signed a Blue Jays contract in 1978, played in the Rookie League, Florida State League and Winter Instructional League 197880.

Standing 6’6”, weighing

250 lbs., with a low mid90s, big-league-calibre fastball, he was an imposing presence on the mound.

In 1981, Frank played senior baseball in Fredericton, N.B., with the Marysville Royals. That team won the gold medal at the national championship, the first national title for the province of New Brunswick. That team was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame.

In 1982 he played with the Saskatoon Patrick Liners who represented Saskatchewan at the nationals that year. That team was inducted into the Saskatoon Sports Hall of Fame.

Frank played with the Regina Capitals 1983-86.

That team won the 1983

BNS player acquisitions

By John Cairns Staff Reporter

The Battlefords North Stars announced a number of player acquisitions this past week. Three new players are coming to the team, with two of them joining brothers who are already on the roster.

The first was the acquisition of defenceman Parker Huebner, twin brother of Dakota Huebner, from the Grand Prairie Storm of the Alberta league. He was acquired to complete a futures deal that had seen Brad Girard go to the AJHL team after a season in the Battlefords.

Parker played 33 games for Grand Prairie last sea-

son, in which he scored three goals with 11 assists.

The North Stars announced another brother combination for the team.

They have acquired 2000born forward Quintin Loon-Stewardson, who joins his older brother Elijah on the North Stars.

Quintin was acquired from the Powassan Voodoos in exchange for a PDF. Last season he scored 19 goals and recorded 25 assists with Powassan.

The North Stars also announced they have re-acquired Matthew Fletcher, whose rights had been moved to the Calgary Canucks to complete a futures deal from last season.

This week in baseball Continued from Page 14 The Sox took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning Monday, but a three-run fifth inning led the Beavers to victory. North Battleford also pounded out seven hits to the Sox’s four. Kyle Palmer went seven innings for the win and recorded six strikeouts. Bryce Gatzke and Brennan Lampitt each recorded RBIs. Over on the other diamond at Centennial Park the Battlefords Trappers, coming off a 14-11 loss Thursday to the Mervin Flyers, again ended up on the losing end of a 4-1 final score to the Macklin Lakers.

Tuesday night action saw Standard Hill beat the Trappers 4-2. That home defeat dropped the Trappers to 1-9 on the season.

Meanwhile the Beavers fell 13-10 on the road in St Walburg against the Reds.

St. Walburg built leads of

6-0 and 11-1 en route to the victory.

The next home game for the Beavers is tonight (Thursday) at Beaver Lions Stadium against the Lloydminster Twins; they play the Mervin Flyers in Mervin Monday night. The Trappers are in Lloydminster Thursday to take on the Border City Blue Jays.

Other scores from around the league: Action June 13 saw the Wilkie Brewers beat the Standard Hill Lakers 10 to 8.

Thursday night saw Lloydminster Twins beat St. Walburg 14-6 and the Unity Cardinals beat Edam 6-5.

Monday night action saw St. Walburg beat Edam 8-5.

Tuesday scores saw Border City beat Edam 143, Unity lost at the Twins 5-4 and Macklin beat Mervin 11-8.

provincial and western championships. [This team won the provincial championship and represented Saskatchewan at the nationals in 1987.]

From 1987 to 2004 Frank became active in Regina Minor Ball and City Park Baseball, implementing a youth baseball program for the communities of Emerald Park and White City.

In the first year the Regina Baseball Association registered six teams, then nine the following year, including two AAA. In 2001, a team from this program won the Regina Bantam AAA champion-

ship and another team the provincial Bantam A championship. Frank was also responsible for coaches, umpires, ball diamonds and all areas of the organization.

Frank coached pee wee and bantam teams in the RBA AAA division from 2002-04 and the Bantam Selects from 2004-06, with the team winning gold at the 2004 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

Frank assisted with the Midget Selects program at various camps and tournaments from 2008-10.

Frank was inducted into the City of Regina Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

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Storytellers’ festival comes to Fort B’ford Submitted

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The summer of 2018 is an important time for the people of Poundmaker First Nation.

This is the year their historical leader, Chief Poundmaker, will be exonerated from the false charges of treason that led to his imprisonment and decades of subsequent

repression for the community. In honour of this history, Miyawata Culture Inc. is hosting a storytellers’ festival as a celebration of contemporary and traditional culture.

July 4 at 2 p.m., an art show will open at the Chief Poundmaker Museum.

Featured in this show will be a painting donated by Toronto-based world-renowned Cree artist Kent

Monkman. This painting captures the decisive moment on May 2, 1885 when Chief Poundmaker prevented further bloodshed by stopping the warriors determined to attack the retreating Canadian forces. Also featured are local visual artists Dana Standinghorn, Melanie Favel, Burt Ward, Christine Cameron and others to be confirmed.

July 5, will open the summer-long storytellers’ festival at the Chief Poundmaker Museum, with local tribal historians reciting oral history. That afternoon Fort Battleford will have the legendary and iconic Kahentinetha (Kahentinetha Horn) of Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory, along with Tekarontakeh sharing Kanien’keha:ka/Mohawk

Volunteers to assist with activities needed Submitted

The volunteer service department for Leoville, Spiritwood and Hafford is in need of caring, compassionate and committed volunteers to fill the following service positions: Activity Programs –

Evergreen Health Centre, Leoville, 306-984-2136.

Volunteers will assist the staff with activities and set up for such. Duties include assisting with crafts, shopping trips, birthday parties, special functions, music therapy, exercise programs, bowling groups, horticul-

ture, painting, baking and other activities. Programs change periodically. Shifts are 9 a.m. to noon or 12:45 to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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Shifts arence or twice per week with flexible hours.

Entertainment – Hafford Special Care Home 306-549-2108. Volunteer performers (musicians, magicians, actors) share their talents with residents in long-term care. Other volunteers assist by inviting residents to a specific area for entertainment, parties, sing-a-longs and other activities and assist with snacks and lunches.

Anyone interested in this or any other volunteer service position, or anyone with a skill or talent to share with the patients, residents or clients, can call a local health care facility to apply.

knowledge and history. Dr. Lanny Real Bird, Crow Tribe, Mont. will do a presentation on the rare art of the Plains Indian sign language, once used by tribes from Saskatchewan to the Mexican border.

July 22 presentations at Fort Battleford will be centred around performances at 2 and 7 p.m.

Sylix performance artist Mariel Belanger will present her show, Illegal: Let

us Live. This is followed by excerpts of the workin-progress, Uncle Vanya, an Indigenous adaptation of the classic by Chekhov with an Indigenous and non-Indigenous cast.

July 25 at 7 p.m. will feature the Sacred VoicesIndigenous Youth Concert.

Indigenous youth and children will be presenting songs and music based on traditional music or an Indigenous language.

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Nancy and Neil Stubbs performing at a Borden seniors’ supper June 11. Photos by Lorraine Olinyk

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The Borden Friendship Club hosted seniors from Maymont, Langham and Radisson June 11 in the Borden Community Centre for a supper and program.

There were more than 70 from out of town and close to 60 Borden members at the event.

The tables were decorated with colorful napkins, rose bowls with blue stones and a live goldfish and mini fishing rod attached on each table. Entertaining were Neil and Nancy Stubbs, with Nancy doing many of the vocals while Neil played the keyboard, accordion, saxophone or guitar and also sang many of the tunes. The 50/50 draw of $143 was won by Orville Enns of Langham and door prizes went to guests Cec Barrett, Bert Carpenter, Gladys Peters, George and Abel Blushke, Evelyn and Glenn Skarra, Brenda Wrubleski, Doreen Walker, Bob Izsak, Miew Lene Teo, Bill Sherlock, John Ridgewell and Terry Skopyk. A large hanging flower basket went to Norm Dyck.

Borden School held their awards night June 14 in the school gym, preceded by a hamburger and salad supper with decorated cupcakes for dessert.

MCs for the evening were Danika Pidwerbesky and Rachel Sutherland.

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Borden School students with highest averages in Grade 9 to 12 are Kirsten Szwydky, Brooke Brazeau, Caleb Warren and Savannah Sutherland. These four students also won other awards

Students who won awards and are on the honour roll with distinction are Kirsten Szwydky, Rachel Sutherland, Natalie Anderson and Brooke Brazeau.

with a slide show of teachers Mitch Luiten and Jen Doratti, who are leaving Borden, along with Shaun Dyck and Jackie Locke.

Affinity Credit Union sponsored the $2,500 Elwood Harvey scholarships, which were awarded to Kirsten Szwydky and Rachel Sutherland. A Build a Better World award of $500 went to Natalie Anderson and the RM of Great Bend William H. Johnson Award of $1,000 was earned by Rachel Sutherland .

The Governor General’s Award was earned by Krista Buechert from the class of 2017.

Community service award and Special Olympics medal went to Max Gader.

Individual athlete medallions went to Savannah Sutherland in junior girls’ volleyball, Wyatt Dyck in junior boys’ volleyball, Danika and Rachel for senior girls’ volleyball, Sadie

Funk for junior curling, Brooke Brazeau for senior curling, Jade Matte and Savannah for junior badminton, Clayton Wiebe and Kirsten Szwydky for senior badminton, Natalie Anderson for senior girls’ basketball with Maymont, Madison Brazeau for junior cross-country, Max Gader for senior cross-country, Savannah for junior track and field and Caleb Warren for senior track and field.

Silver athlete of the year goblets were taken home

by Wyatt and Savannah for juniors and Rachel and Clayton for seniors.

Most improved awards went to: Abby Orchard, kindergarten/Grade 1; Bo Burletoff, Grade 3; Myla Johnson, Grade 2 to 4; Ben Hosegood, Grade 5 and 6; and Sydney Schmidt, Grades 7 to 9.

Citizenship awards of $25 went to Darrel Walker, Justin Worona, Talon Cheney, Anna Gough,

Brooke Faith and Natalie Anderson.

Band awards went to Emma Larner and Levi Gough.

Honour roll (80-90 per cent) certificates were earned by Nicole Nemanishen in Grade 9, Caleb Warren in Grade 10 and Colton Thiessen in Grade 11. Honour roll with distinction (91 per cent and higher) certificates were handed out to Grade 9 students Levi Gough, Brooke Faith, Savannah Sutherland and Jade Matte, Grade 11 students Brooke Brazeau and Danika and Grade 12 students Rachel, Kirsten Szwydky, Natalie and Clayton Wiebe.

The students with highest averages were Savannah in Grade 9, Caleb Warren in Grade 10, Brooke Brazeau in Grade 11 and Kirsten Szwydky in Grade 12.

Pam Pidwerbesky thanked the school community council for the great meal and then paid tribute to principal Mitch Luiten, who is leaving Borden after being here seven years. He will be principal Are you hearing the sounds of summer as well as you should? at Rosthern High School.

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Royal Purple celebrates 50th anniversary

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

The storm, or in some cases storms, of the June 9 weekend are still fresh in everyone’s mind. We drove through a wicked storm including heavy and rain and hail by Asquith and Perdue 7 to 8 p.m. June 14, with wild weather down south that same day. Is this what summer has in store this year? Global warming?

Climate change? Is volcanic activity changing the atmosphere? Let’s hope for a pass on a repeat of that kind of weather.

Graduation is next weekend. Cap and gown ceremonies are at 10 a.m. at the high school and open to all. Unity Composite High School is fortunate to have almost two dozen community groups, organizations and individuals provide scholarships

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to graduates each year, investing in the future of these young adults.

Unity’s Royal Purple chapter celebrated their 50th anniversary, with seven of the original members still on board.

The Unity airport has also celebrated a golden anniversary.

The newly chartered Kin Club is celebrating its charter this Friday. President Bryce Woytiuk is happy to talk to anyone who to come join this new service club. He can be contacted at 306-228-2677.

Unity Minor Hockey has been awarded $383 from the charitable game grants through SLGA,

which represents 25 per cent of net proceeds raised from gaming activity when groups and organizations submit their charitable gaming reports.

Former UCHS students have earned degrees from the University of Saskatchewan. These include: Mickayla Dawn Brandle, Bachelor of Commerce, management; Jason Emiry, certificate in teaching English as a second language; Zoher Rafid-Hamed, Bachelor of Science fouryear physiology and pharmacology with great distinction; Adam Wallace, Bachelor of Commerce, accounting with great distinction; Kevin Winterhalt, Bachelor of Arts, honours, history with high honours.

The Unity Golf course hosts Tuesday night fun nights. The course looks terrific this year, so come on out and enjoy a round of

Students, community bid farewell to retirees

By Corrina Murdoch Correspondent

June 13 was a day of bittersweet celebration as Medstead Central School said its farewells to two retiring employees.

The village hall was abuzz with students, staff, families and the community.

With financial cuts to the educational system, the school’s budget has been under increasing strain. It was under the leadership of Kelly Schneider and administration that programs such as track and field, the bus-to-swim program and so many others stayed on the docket.

Naturally, this was with the help of countless volunteer hours from the community. The same folk came to give a good sendoff to the two retirees, Kelly Schneider, principal and Mrs. Jones, teacher.

With this, the school is preparing for staff and administrative changes. The school has long since been the lifeblood of the com-

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munity, invigorating the village with the potential of youth.

Medstead had a chance to show its gratitude to the principal, including his lunch-time ditties and fun costumes, and to the dedication of Mrs. Jones over her career.

The 2018-19 school year will see Greg Knot as principal and Stacy Hill as vice-principal.

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I cannot emphasize enough the need to slow down when passing construction or emergency vehicles on the roads. My niece had an accident with her vehicle that contained three adult passengers and two children under two.

Even with a ghost car present with flashing lights (as he attended the scene first), the officer said he would be ticketing a number of vehicles who did not slow.

My niece and other passengers stayed buckled up in their disabled vehicle until the tow truck arrived, afraid of being rearended.

Those in the tow trucks, police cars, rescue vehicles, disabled vehicles, flag people and others all have families and think of your family if you choose to speed by carelessly. The life you save that day just might be yours.

School is winding down quickly. June 29 is report card day pick up at elementary schools.

Coffee row folks, while still lingering over the excitement of a Rush season that resulted in a NLL title, Rider season has begun, with a home opener win leaving “rowers” to contemplate, “Let’s see what Chris Jones has lined up for fans this year.” While there are still many events and activities to enjoy, these folks know that July means a little bit of sum-

Adam Baker and Kennedy Mielke, the senior boys’ and senior girls’ leadership award winners at UCHS awards ceremony earlier this month, are among the more than 30 grads receiving their diplomas at grad ceremonies June 29 at Unity Composite High School. Photo by Sherri Solomko

mer slow down. Although, they also comment that eight weeks of summer flies by quickly, they plan to take in what they can, where they can. So you can

see, life is full of fun and activity in Unity and our friends at coffee row are sharing this traditional part of our community culture.

Until next time …

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Farmers market, flea market open Saturdays

By Lorna Pearson Correspondent

Another great lunch was hosted at the Meota Community Complex June 15 with about 70 people attending. It is so nice for folks to gather to socialize and see neighbours you never see otherwise and support the local community hall at the same time. There won’t be another luncheon until Sept.

21. The Lakeshore Lions Club has their pasta night in July. Watch for notice of date.

The Meota farmers market and flea market will be held Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the recreation hall behind the concession. Tables are $10.

For information call 306441-0999.

Plan for swimming lessons in July and August by calling Brittney at 306480-9592.

The next wellness clinic is slated for June 21 at the Do Drop In from 8:40 to 10:40 a.m.

The date set for painting the trim on the hall had only a couple volunteers show up to work, so the job will be hired out.

The wheelchair I could have used a couple months ago showed up at my door last week, two months late, so I was happy to say, “Thanks, but no thanks. I don’t need it.”

Duplicate bridge played June 12 in Meota saw top score go to Eric Callbeck

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and Vern Iverson. Second were Cletus Scherman and Catriona Winterholt and third place went to Margaret Dyck and Maureen Campbell. In the city at the Pioneer Hall June 14, top score went to Vern Iverson and David Sharpe, second were Catriona Winterholt and tied for third were Gerry Fernandes and Jean Lawes along with Margaret Dyck and Dave Creegan.

The Sons of Norway met at the Do Drop In June 4 for a noon meal of wieners and chili before breaking for an afternoon of cards. There were two tables of canasta and four tables of Norwegian whist.

Top canasta score went to Pat Chapman and Bev McCrimmon, while top whist scores went to Eric Callbeck, Vern Iverson, Albert Huys and Linda Ard. The afternoon closed after everyone enjoyed pie and coffee around 4 p.m. A very nice day was spent socializing while outside that wind just kept up its mighty force. No one attempted to play golf though they had planned to. Guests from Saskatoon were Graham and Eunice Begg.

The Meota Lions held a successful bottle drive last month that reaped $4,326.85. Donations from

Serafina Energy Limited brought boosted the total, as they support all the Lions do in our community and donated their bottles.

The recreation hall behind the concession stand is available for rent for family gatherings or birthday parties. It is a perfect setting near the lake and swimming area. A barbecue rental is also available.

Contact for information is 306-441-0999.

Newly paved streets are finished from the highway down 1st Street to the RM office then south to the Metinota road. This improvement is appreciated by everyone who drives on them. One more block will be done on Beach Avenue this week.

June 15 saw seniors gathered to play canasta at the Do Drop In with top score going to Marion Ottas and Arlene Walker and second to Charles Walker and Dave Ottas.

While the Tuesday paper tells us some passing lanes are being added to Highway 4 between North Battleford and Cochin, in the interest of safety, it falls short of the double lanes we were hoping for. The lanes will give the slower drivers a place to get out of the way for the faster drivers and stop traffic from piling up behind them.

Meota is the place to be July 1, with activities going on all day long organized by the Meota Regional Park Board. It starts

OPEN HOUSE Westhazel SAGD Commercial Project Township 51 Range 22W3M Thursday, June 28th, 2018 Paradise Hill Community Centre 102 – 3rd Avenue Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM (CST) Husky Energy is planning to build a new Central Processing Facility (CPF) for its SAGD Project at Westhazel. This project is located in the RM of Paradise Hill, NW1/4 Section of 20-51-22W3M. Sales oil produced from the CPF will be tied into Husky’s new sales oil network via pipeline.

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Muriel Tebay celebrated her 95th birthday May 19 at the Lutheran Church in North Battleford. Photo submitted

out with the annual bike parade with folks meeting at the camp kitchen at 10 a.m. where free decorations are provided, so everyone can decorate their bike or vehicle. There will also be free face painting and tattoos supplied, free.

There are only two motorized vehicles allowed, no others. Decorate your bicycle, golf cart, stroller, or any motorless vehicle. The parade will travel through the campground and the village.

At the camp kitchen, O Canada is sung. Here also is where the hot dogs and refreshments are served, free. Then the park is hosting a farmers market and craft and trade show from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the picnic area across the street from the concession stand.

To rent a stall for $30 call Gloria at 306-441-0999 or book at the concession booth.

The fifth annual beer gardens open at 2 p.m. featuring Doom’s Day Productions with D.J. Brandon

Doom starting at 7 p.m.

There will be the usual Chicken Shit Bingo at $5 a square. There will be fireworks from the berm at the swimming area, at dusk.

The ball diamonds can be rented out, again call Gloria for information.

The annual meeting of the Meota Regional Park was held in the village boardroom. Questions were dealt with by board members present. Things must be satisfactory as there were few campers present. The park maintenance manager gave his report and complimented his staff for a successful year. There are 48 seasonal sites and 52 booking sites.

The fee of $20 per season to enter the park to launch boats also requires either a daily park pass or a seasonal pass. The park abides by the village and RM bylaws in regard to operation of quads and golf carts within the park.

Just a reminder that Serafina open house is being held in Meota Community

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A 95th birthday party was held in the Lutheran Church in North Battleford May 19 honouring Muriel Tebay. She was amazed at the turnout as the hall was filled to capacity with family from northern Alberta and other places, as well as her local family and friends.

Muriel grew up in the Prince district. She moved into the city in 2011 to the Killdeer Apartments, on the second floor with no elevator. Muriel joined the Red Hatters later and enjoys her time with them.

They go to dinner theaters, suppers at the churches and teas and bake sales. She loves wandering through the local greenhouses. She has many good friends who offer transport services at various times.

Muriel’s secret to her long life, “Keep moving and don’t feel sorry for yourself.” Her mother taught her, “Keep smiling and the world smiles with you. Frown and you frown alone” and “Don’t say ‘no’ too often or people will stop asking.”

In the small city of Akureyri in northern Iceland, the red traffic lights are in the shape of a heart.

During hard times they were sending the message out that they still had a heart. Other heart-shaped red lights show up in gardens, on buildings and even a huge electric one on the side of a mountain that beats. It is to inspire residents and visitors alike that they do have a heart.

A Voice For Victims Battlefords Victim Services is a non-profit organization, mandated by the Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Justice and overseen by a board of directors. The organization work wclosely with the RCMP to assist victims of crime in the community. Battlefords Victim Services is dedicated to supporting victims of crime and trauma. Victims are given as much support and information as possible to ensure they feel more comfortable within the criminal justice system and all facets of their individual situation.

In response to incidents happening in the community Battlefords Victim Services welcomes anyone to set up an appointment with someone in the office or call 306-446-1550.

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Her dream was to meet a blonde, blue eyed man and it happened that this person turned out to be a Canadian, Reginald Hayes who was with the RCAF and stationed in England; they married in 1945. Peggy became known as a “War bride” and sailed aboard the “Queen Mary” in 1946 to Canada passing through Pier 21, Halifax and then embarking on a rail journey across Canada to meet Reg. She began a new and foreign way of life in Canada adapting to rural farm life over the next 60 years. Peggy inherited the gift of sewing and needlework from her mother, She and Reg square-danced for over 45 years, they wintered in Sun Lakes, AZ for 15 years and both enjoyed camping in the summer months. Peggy also enjoyed her flowers and gardening, another passion was her love of animals, She returned to England several times to visit her relatives; her last trip was in 2011. Battlefords Funeral Service was entrusted with arrangements; there was no funeral service at Peggy’s request.

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MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOMES FOR SALE

LIVESTOCK

Rec July 9-13th, July 23-27th, August 7-10th, August 20-24th Age 5 plus $150/wk Pre-school July 16-20th, July 30th-August 3rd, August 13-17th Age 3-5 $60/wk Age 2-4 $35/wk 752 110th St., NB 306-445-2298 battlefordsgymnasticsclub.com Societe Joseph Breton Inc. (Villa Pascal) Annual General Meeting Thursday, June 28, 2018 3:00 p.m. St. Andre’s Church Basement Societe Joseph Breton Inc. (Villa Pascal) Reunion Annuelle Ouverte Au Peblique Jeudi, Le 28 Juin, 2018 3:00 p.m. Au Sous-Sol De L’Englise St. Andre

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For Sale: 1973 15 1/2 FT Larson tri-hull boat with 115 hp Johnson motor in very good shape. for more information call 306-3444917 or 306-344-7799 PROVINCE-WIDE CLASSIFIEDS. Reach over 550,000 readers weekly. Call this newspaper NOW or 306-649.1405 for details.

Black and Red Angus yearling and 2 year old Bulls on moderate growing ration - Performance Info available. - Adrian or Brian and Elaine Edwards. Valleyhills Angus - Glaslyn, SK. Phone 441-0946 or 342-4407

More Farmland Wanted

BUSINESS SERVICES

Type 1 Diabetes?

Trouble Walking?

- Justin Yin

Cell: 306-230-1588 Office: 306-361-8926 Fax: 306-665-1443 justin.yin.ca@gmail.com NOA Realty

Hip or Knee Replacement, restrictions in daily activities?

1-844-453-5372 APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT

Two bedroom suite in quiet adult complex, available June 1. Total reno’s. No pets, No children. Security Deposit $800.00 Rent $800.00 Call to view: 306-4812836

HOUSES FOR RENT

1&2 Bedroom Suites • Fridge, stove, washer, dryer • Some are air conditioned Rental rate: $650 to $1,200 per month Complete application: 1441 - 100th Street Or Phone 306-445-8571 or 306-441-0950 Available for rent 2 bedroom home. Monthly rent or Sign one year contract get one month free.

Ref required. Call 306-441-6728 or 306-937-7252. No Text please.

THANK YOU The Battlefords’ 4-H Regional Show committee would like to thank the following sponsors for their support for our event.

PLATINUM SPONSOR: • Norsask Farm Equipment

MAJOR SPONSORS:

• Innovation Credit Union • Lakeland Veterinary Services SPONSORS: • AgriTeam Services • Austin Mawson Saddlery • Battleford Furniture • Battlefords Animal Hospital • Bridges • Canadian Seed Coaters • Chris Tatton • Crop Production Services • Doug’s Paint Shoppe • Dr. Sherry Rayburn • Elk Point Drilling

• Florence_Wendy & Bob • Gabruch_Heath • Hafford Co-op Association • Innovation Credit Union - Deryle Heit • KARE Ag Services • Leonard Kozlowski • Parkland Farm Equipment • Redberry Pharmacy • Sad Sack’s • Saskatoon Livestock Sales • Scott Campbell Dodge • Smith_Shayne & Tressie • Sunridge RV • Sunshine Arena • Tiger K Holding • Triod Supply • Turpin Family Farms • ValleyFord

SUITES FOR RENT 1 bedroom basement suite, Newly renovated, includes F,S,W,D microwave. Approx. 800 sq. ft. Private entrance, rent includes utilities. No pets. Phone 306-4461398

MEETINGS

The Battlefords Midget Stars

D I R E C T O R Y CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS

300 - 1291 102nd Street North Battleford, SK, S9A 3V4

Phone: 306-445-6234 Fax: 306-445-0245 PARTNERS

Suzanne L. Odishaw, CPA, CA Jacques la Cock, CPA, CA Derek Sieben, CPA, CA Stephen Mann, CPA, CA

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ADOPT A PET

Hey guys my name is Boone and I am here at the shelter searching for my forever home and family. I am a happy go lucky kind of guy with so much personality and character to offer. I loves loves loves peoples and I love to play and run and go for walks. If your thinking of adding a new furr baby to your home and family then come on down to the shelter today.

Hey guys my name is Chantilly Lace and I am here at the shelter searching for a place and family to call my own. I am very much a cat with a cat personality. I like attention and affection, I spend my afternoons laying in the sun napping and sometimes I just like to be by myself doing my own cat like things. If your thinking of adding a new furr baby to your home and family then come on down to the shelter today.

PLEASE SPAY OR NEUTER YOUR PETS! Check out all our Shelter animals in need of homes at: www.battlefordsanimalshelter.com

NOTICES / NOMINATIONS

PUBLIC NOTICE

Battlefords Interval House

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Date: June 26, 2018 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Pennydale Junction (upstairs) 92-22nd St. W., Battleford, SK S0M 0E0

will be hosting their

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: John Paul II Collegiate Library - North Battleford

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Rural Municipality of Glenside No. 377 intends to consider the adoption of a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 6-2015 under the Planning and Development Act, 2007.

Thursday June 21 , 2018 st

The Battlefords’ North Stars Hockey Club Inc.

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Monday, June 25, 2018 Gold Eagle Lodge 7 p.m. meeting start

Everyone is welcome and there is a $5 membership fee to be able to vote for the open board member seats.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Professional

STEEL BUILDING SALE ...”MEGA MADNESS SALE CRAZY DEALS ON ALL BUILDINGS!” 20X23 $5,798. 23X25 $5,744. 25X27 $6,639. 30X31 $8,488. 32X35 $9,954. One End Wall Included.

Pioneer Steel 1-855-212-7036

Looking for a female living companion around Meota Age between 70-80 Call 306-441-1604

CARD OF THANKS The family of late Clayton Schell would like to say “Thank You” to the staff of BUH Palliative Care Unit.

Big thanks to Dr. Johnson and staff for looking after Clayton for a long time. Thank you to Bob MacKay at Battleford Funeral Service. Thanks to Bruce Wilson for the service, Jeanette Beckman and John Archer and Bob MacKay for singing & Cando Catering for the lovely lunch Thanks to everyone for helping use in one way or others.

STEEL BUILDINGS/GRANARIES

LAND FOR SALE

For Sale Yearling black angus Bulls. Call Walter Tait 306-8922119

$2,500 Tax Credit $40,000 refund cheque/ rebates Disability Tax Credit.

SERVICES FOR HIRE A-1 SERVICE; WILL SHINGLE, BUILD FENCES & DECKS, INSTALL FASCIA & SOFFITS, EXTERIOR PAINTING, CLEAN EAVESTROUGHS ETC OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE CALL 306-445-8439 or 306-4413690

Garage Sale - Fundraise. At 1232107. June 20, 21, 22, 23. 10 a.m. 7 p.m. Scentsy Table will be there.

Register Monday/Thursday 5:00pm - 7:00pm at BGC

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PRAIRIE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

PEP “SUCCESSES” LUNCHEON & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday, June 27, 2018 11:15 a.m.

Western Development Museum Highway 16 & 40, North Battleford, SK Please RSVP on or before Monday, June 25, 2018 Phone: 306-445-6404 ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND

Adoption of a Bylaw to Amend the RM of Glenside No. 377 Zoning Bylaw

INTENT OF ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT: The proposed amendments will further clarify policies to improve interpretation and implementation and also further align the Zoning Bylaw with the Statements of Provincial Interest (SPI). The amendments are summarized below: 1. Section 7.3 Site Regulations, Discretionary Uses is amended by adding immediately after Minimum setback for trees, shelterbelts and other, the following: Exemptions: The maximum site size may be a greater area depending on existing physical circumstances, i.e., limitations or demarcations, peculiar to a proposed non-farm residential site, such as a shelter belt, existing buildings, a highway or rail line or topographical restraints.

2. Section 7.3 Site Regulations is amended by adding the following sub-section: .3 The minimum and maximum site area may be amended depending on existing physical circumstances, i.e. natural (river, creek, coulee, etc.) or man-made (roadway, railway, etc.) barriers, or to include attributes which part of the developed yard site such as windbreaks, fences, sloughs etc.

PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the proposed bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw during regular office hours at the RM of Glenside No. 377 municipal office. Copies are available at cost.

PUBLIC HEARING: The Public Hearing shall be held on July 9th, 2018 from 9:00am to 9:30am at the RM of Glenside No. 377 municipal office.

Issued at the RM of Glenside No. 377 this 12th day of June 2018.

Joanne Fullerton, Administrator

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FEED & SEED

FEED & SEED

NORTH EAST PRAIRIE GRAIN INC. BUYING: Feed Barley, Soybeans, Heated Canola, Wheat, Feed Oats. OFFERING: Top Prices, On Farm Pickup & Prompt Payment! CALL: 1-306-873-3551, WEBSITE: neprairiegrain.com

Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM

Western Commodities 877-695-6461 Visit our website @

www.westerncommodities.ca

HEATED CANOLA WANTED!!

- GREEN CANOLA - SPRING THRASHED - DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!!

- BARLEY, OATS, WHT - LIGHT OR TOUGH - SPRING THRASHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!!

HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

FOR SALE - MISCELLANEOUS

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

AUTO MISCELLANEOUS

DOMESTIC CARS

Cogent CPA LLP is an established and growing professional business solution firm. We are currently seeking a JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT for our Battleford, SK office. This is a career opportunity with significant growth potential for the right individual. The Junior Accountant is responsible for the maintenance of our clients' fiscal records, preparation of financial reports, and assisting on audits. The successful candidate will:

PAWLUS Saskatchewan

Motor Licence Issuer

INSURANCE SERVICES LTD.

-Have an accounting diploma/degree or equivalent experience -Have previous audit experience -Be an organized individual with a high level of accuracy and great attention to detail -Provide friendly, superior service to our clients

1292 - 102nd Street, North Battleford

306-445-8059 “serving ALL your insurAnCe &

Cogent offers our employees competitive wages, group health benefits, and a company matched RRSP plan. Visit www.cogent-cpa.com for more information about our company

motor LiCenCe needs”

FOR SALE BY TENDER

CLASS 1 COMPANY DRIVERS and OWNER OPERATORS WANTED

Submit tender to:

Dedicated dispatch, well maintained equipment, comprehensive benefits package.

Contact us or submit your resume: Phone: 204.571.0187 Email: recruiting@ renaissancetrans.ca Fax: 204.727.6651 Or submit an online application @ www.renaissancetrans.ca

Deadline date: Saturday, June 30, 2018.

Highest tender not necessarily accepted.

AUCTIONS

AUCTIONS

June 12, 2018 Tenders will be received by the Village of Glaslyn for the following property until 4 p.m., July 5, 2018:

General Comments: The subject property will be sold on an “as is” basis. There shall be no public viewing, no warranties offered or implied on the condition of this property.

Possession Date: Upon demolition of improvements and remediation of land, transfer of title will be submitted.

Required Tender Forms: All submitted tenders are to include the following: 1. The required tender form.

• All tenders are to be submitted on the required tender form (available at the Village office).

The tender form must be completed in full. No other information is to be provided other than that asked on the required form. Form to be submitted to the Village office in person or by mail to the following address: Village of Glaslyn, Box 279, Glaslyn, SK S0M 0YO 2. A deposit equal to 10 per cent of the total bid amount.

• The deposit shall be in the form of a certified cheque, bank draft, money order or cash.

Deposits will be returned to unsuccessful bidders.

No additional documents shall be provided with the tender submission. Additional documents, incomplete tender forms or failure to submit correct deposit amount will result in rejection of the tender.

All tenders shall be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked as Lot 16 Block 2 Plan AH4170, the legal address.

The successful purchaser must enter into an agreement for sale. Failure by the successful purchaser to conclude the sales transaction will result in forfeiture of their deposit as liquidated damages.

The Village of Glaslyn reserves the right to reject any or all tenders.

Kate Clarke Administrator

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! Indemand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available.

Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

Service required. Must be 19 years of age, Apply in person and ask for Tom.

FOR SALE - MISC

BIRD AVIARY 6’2” x 3’1/2” x 5’5”

200

$

Phone 306-441-9729

PUBLIC NOTICE

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

To add accessory dwelling units as a discretionary use in the YQW – Airport District.

Intent The intention of this amendment is to allow the development of an accessory dwelling unit in conjunction with another permitted use and integrated as part of the principal building.

Applications to develop this kind of use will be subject to a public notice period and Council approval.

Reason

ANY TENDERS SUBMITTED AFTER 4 P.M., July 5, 2018 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. LOT 16 BLOCK 2 PLAN AH4170 581 SQUARE METRES RESIDENTIAL (R1) $1033.15 (2018 TAX YEAR)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

LEGAL / PUBLIC NOTICES

Loaded and empty miles paid!

Brightsand Lake Regional Park Box 160 St. Walburg, Sask S0M 2T0

Legal Description: Land Area: Zoning: Property Taxes:

If you are a highly motivated individual with a desire for growth and advancement within public practice please email your resume with a reference to Battleford to Jessica Hillstead at: jhillstead@cogent-cpa.com

Class 1 company drivers and owner operators wanted to haul bulk liquid products throughout MB, SK, AB and the US.

2005 Grasshopper 721D Mower with 3461 Grasshopper Deck - 979 hours

SALE OF TAX TITLE PROPERTY

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Wrecking over 250 units... cars and trucks. Lots of trucks...

Dodge... GMC... Ford... Imports...

1/2 ton to 3 tons... We ship anywhere... Call or text 306-821-0260.

Lloydminster.

CAREER TRAINING

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Battlefords, Thursday, June 21, 2018 - Page 27

Upcoming Sales This Summer Saturday, June 23rd Chitek Lake @ 10:00 am

Julien & Isabel Dalpe

Kubota Tractor, Quads, Snowmobile, Hunting, Trapping Supplies, Shop, 10 X 20 Coverall, Household

Saturday, July 7th

Medstead Hall, Medstead, Sk.

Ray & Carol Desmarais & Lorraine Schultz & Norm Selby

Household, Shop, Yard & Recreational Auction Sale

Saturday, July 14th South of Battleford

Connie Leask-Grant

Huge Antique Collectable Sale - amazing selection

Saturday, July 21st Shell Lake area

Jaster Bros Ed & Lloyd

Large Farm Auction – Tractors, Farm Implements, Grain Truck, Livestock Equipment, Shop

Saturday, July 28th Richard, Sk.

Neil & Judy Kjaraard

Farm Equipment, Tractor, Horse Trailer, Kubota Zero Turn Mower, Shop, Tools

Saturday, August 18th Glaslyn

Ron & Wendy Watson

Collectables, Household, Shop, Yard Sale Check out our Website and Facebook for more details and pictures.

Terms of payment – No Interact Debit, only cash or cheque with ID. BOECHLER-SCHIRA AUCTIONEERING DOES NOT CHARGE A BUYERS FEE.

BOECHLER-SCHIRA AUCTIONEERING Fred 306-883-2797 or 306-883-7368 Kelly Schneider 306-342-4647 or 306-386-7110 Box 552 Spiritwood, SK

Prov. Lic. #332982

www.boechlerschiraauctions.ca

The City currently permits the development of an accessory dwelling unit in conjunction with flying schools, and flying clubs. An application to develop an accessory dwelling unit in conjunction with a private airplane hangar was presented to Administration. The City of North Battleford Zoning Bylaw No. 1971 currently does not allow this use, the applicant is seeking to amend the bylaw accordingly.

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

Public Hearing Representations respecting the Bylaw will be considered by the Council on the 25th day of June 2018, in the Council Chambers at City Hall at 8:00 p.m. Council shall hear any person or group of persons or person acting on their behalf, who wish to make a representation. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing, or delivered to the undersigned at City Hall before the hearing.

Issued at North Battleford this 12th day of June 2018.

Debbie Wohlberg, City Clerk

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SPACE FOR LEASE

SHOP/OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 792 - 110th, North Battleford Total area 30x52, shop 30x36, 16 ft. walls, 1walk-in door, 12x14 overhead door.

Front office 30x15, 3 windows, walk-in door.

Mezzanine above office 30x15.

Lease $1,200 + GST/mo.

Contact Rick at 306-441-0636

SHOP/OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 752 - 110th, North Battleford Total area 60x30, shop 27x 30, 16 ft walls, walk-in door,12x14 ft overhead door, 33x30 mezzanine above offices, 4 offices:10x12, 11x10, 14x14, 11x10, 12x20 reception area newly refinished.

Lease $1,500 + GST/mo.

Contact Rick at 306-441-0636

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TEMPORARY POSITION

OFFICE ASSISTANT

The Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 is a progressive and rapidly growing Municipality, presently seeking a self motivated individual to fill the position of Office Assistant for a seventeen month maternity leave, based on a 3 day work week with the potential for a 5 day work week.

The Office Assistant, under the direction of the Administrative Co-ordinator, will provide support for all aspects of municipal administrative duties including the day-to-day office operations.

The successful candidate will possess excellent organizational and public relations skills and a general working knowledge of computers and accounting software.

The Municipality offers a comprehensive benefits package including a pension plan. Candidates for the position are invited to submit their detailed resumés including education, experience and references by July 6, 2018 to: The Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499 c/o L. Ryan Domotor Box 130 Turtleford, SK S0M 2Y0 Email: ryan.rm499@rmofmervin.com The Municipality would like to thank all who apply and advise that only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

TENDERS

June 12, 2018

General Comments: The subject property will be sold on an “as is” basis, with the condition that the improvements be demolished. There shall be no public viewing, no warranties offered or implied on the condition of this property.

Possession Date: Upon payment in full, transfer of title will be submitted.

Required Tender Forms: All submitted tenders are to include the following: 1. The required tender form.

• All tenders are to be submitted on the required tender form (available at the Village office).

The tender form must be completed in full. No other information is to be provided other than that asked on the required form. Form to be submitted to the Village office in person or by mail to the following address: Village of Glaslyn, Box 279, Glaslyn, SK S0M 0YO 2. A deposit equal to 10 per cent of the total bid amount.

• The deposit shall be in the form of a certified cheque, bank draft, money order or cash.

Deposits will be returned to unsuccessful bidders.

No additional documents shall be provided with the tender submission. Additional documents, incomplete tender forms or failure to submit correct deposit amount will result in rejection of the tender.

All tenders shall be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked as PARCEL M PLAN BH8944, the legal address.

The successful purchaser must enter into an agreement for sale. Failure by the successful purchaser to conclude the sales transaction will result in forfeiture of their deposit as liquidated damages.

The Village of Glaslyn reserves the right to reject any or all tenders.

Kate Clarke Administrator

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Located in Battleford, Saskatchewan, Kanaweyimik is an Kanaweyimik is an independent, non-political child welfare independent, non-political and and Familyfamily Services agencyto agency providing child Child welfare services providing to ve First Nations communities. five Firstservices Nations.

Moosomin, Mosquito, Red Pheasant,

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Full-Time

Kanaweyimik is a offering a full-time oftherapist/counsellor The following is general description an Activity Worker position a unique, established – Urbanwithin Services position.exciting Salaryand will newly be commensurate counselling program.

We provide a multi-disciplinary, with experience, training and education.

This is a holistic, full-time, therapeutic treatment service to individuals and families who permanent position. have experienced violence and abuse. Our program uses both Western therapeutic and Aboriginal cultural perspectives.

ACTIVITY WORKER URBAN SERVICES Extensive training and ongoing– clinical supervision will be provided.

1 POSITION QUALIFICATIONS • The Activity worker will be directly responsible to the • A Masters degree in a related eld or a Registered Psychologist Supervisor, Urban Services of Kanaweyimik. in Saskatchewan Activity Workerindividual, will assist group with coordination of •• The Experience providing and family therapy mini-workshopsand in areas of self-esteem, personal • Knowledgeable sensitive to Aboriginal issuesgrowth, with an parenting, anger intervention, understanding of themanagement dynamics of suicide intergenerational abuse healthy relationships, life skills.

• Computer skills Activity Worker will incorporate appropriate •• The Excellent verbal, written and time management skillscultural • Aand cleartradition criminal practices and child into abuse check allrecords community activities/ • Aprograms. valid driver’s licence

• Support with community wellness Due to the and focusassist of the position being based to provide services to activities.

First Nations individuals in an agency operated by member First Nations, preference be given to those applicants • Provide support towill Local Advisory Committees withfor this position who and are of aboriginalfor ancestry. planning budgeting activities.

SALE OF TAX TITLE PROPERTY ANY TENDERS SUBMITTED AFTER 4 P.M., JULY 5, 2018 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Legal Description: PARCEL M PLAN BH8944 Land Area: 2830 SQUARE METRES Zoning: RESIDENTIAL (R1) Property Taxes: $268.02 (2018 TAX YEAR)

CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC.

• The Activity or Worker will engage andwith consult An immediate negotiable start date verycommunity competitive salary andinbenefts.

Elders program design and delivery.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Tenders will be received by the Village of Glaslyn for the following property until 4 p.m., JULY 5, 2018:

KANAWEYIMIK

Reporter Correspondents required for all rural areas

• • • • • • • •

All District First Nations Cando Cochin Cut Knife Glaslyn Hafford Lashburn Livelong

• Mervin • North of the Gully • • • • •

(Maidstone)

Maidstone Paradise Hill Medstead St. Walburg Turtleford

NOTE: These are freelance opportunities, not salaried positions.

Ideally, reporter correspondents should reside within the communities listed above.

For more information contact:

Becky Doig (Editor)

email: newsoptimist.news@sasktel.net or toll free 1-866-549-9979

WANTED Route B50B

36th & 37th Street 3rd Ave. W. & Gabruch Cres.

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27th Street - All 28th Street - 200 - 300 Blk. 90 papers

Route R61A

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• Facilitate workshops on various topics communities.

Please forward detailed resumés by email to:for tony@tonymartens.ca • Ensure community based activities include culturally or by mail to: 9621 - 161A Street, Surrey, B.C. V4N 2E8. Please relevant activities. address to the attention of Tony Martens, M.Sc., BSW, RCC, RSW. • Attend Local Advisory Committee meetings in each

Deadline for accepting applications is March 31, 2014 at 5pm community as required. local time.

• Attend Inter-agency committee meetings in each

Contact person: Martens 604-583-6612. Only successful community asTony required. candidates who makewith the local short list will programs/ be contacted.

• Work in partnership community Recruitment services. process to continue until a successful candidate is selected.

• Work in partnership with Battle River Treaty 6 Health Services wellness and addictions workers.

• Be prepared to work flex hours to supervise and assist with evening activities. Hours of work will be mainly 1 pm to 9 pm, Monday through Friday but may be adjusted to meet community needs.

• Other duties that may be assigned from time to time • Will comply with the provisions of the Kanaweyimik Personnel Manual as it exists from time to time.

QUALIFICATIONS • Must have a University Degree or Certificate from a recognized post-secondary institution and training in various human services fields that would benefit First Nations communities; • Must have a minimum of 5 years experience in the human services field.

• Must demonstrate knowledge in personal growth, addictions, family violence, suicide, parenting and other relevant issues affecting First Nations communities; • Must demonstrate ability to facilitate workshops; • Must demonstrate a clear understanding and knowledge of First Nations family systems; • Must demonstrate an understanding of the intergenerational impacts of residential schools on First Nation families and communities; • Must maintain a positive, healthy lifestyle; • Knowledge of the Cree language is an asset; • Computer skills are a position requirement; • Excellent verbal, written and time management skills are required; • A clear criminal records check MUST BE PRESENTED AT INTERVIEW; • Must have a valid drivers licence.

Application deadline is July 16, 2018 at 5:00pm.

Start date is August 1, 2018.

Please forward resumes by fax, email or mail to: (306) 445-2533, marleneb@kanaweyimik.com.

Only successful applicants will be contacted for scheduled interviews. Recruitment process to continue until a successful candidate is selected.

Kanaweyimik Child & Family Services, Inc. P.O. Box 1270 Battleford, Saskatchewan S0M 0E0 Attention: Marlene Bugler

Community Safety and Crime Prevention

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Men have a responsibility to stop male violence against women.

A message from the Canada Safety Council

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Looking to hire a

CLASS 1A DRIVER

With experience for hauling gravel.

Must have a clean abstract.

Apply with resumé to ccl@sasktel.net Fax 306-446-4141 or Call 306-445-9623 Living Sky School Division No. 202 Growth Without Limits, Learning For All

Now recruiting various positions to start the 2018/19 school year.

Please see our website at: www.lskysd.ca for details about the opportunities as well as the application process.

All applications must be submitted online.

COMING EVENTS

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Community Events Calendar 2nd Monday of the Month

Cancer Survivor Support Group - A self-help group for people with cancer, their families and friends meet at the Third Avenue United Church, 1301 - 102nd Street at 7:00 p.m. The strength of one is the strength of all. All are welcome. For further information call Myrna 306-445-2328 or Ken 306-481-4137.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Please call our 24 hour helpline at 306-446-6166 for support or information.

Al-anon Family Groups

If someone’s drinking troubles, attending Al-Anon Family Group provides understanding and support. Meetings Monday at 7:00 p.m. and Friday at 10:00 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church, corner of 15th Ave. & 108th Street. Contacts 306-937-7765, 306-937-7289 or 306-441-9324.

Saturdays, June 15 - July 14

Parenting after separation and divorce program from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Registration is mandatory. There is no fee for these sessions. To register call 1-877-964-5501. Location will be advised when you register.

Friday, June 22

AMGITS Community Involvement Association - Annual Meeting - Saskatchewan Hospital at 1:00 p.m. If you are interested in our organization you’re welcome to attend!

Saturday, June 23

Topline Social Dance Club with Leon Ochs at the Sloan Auditorium in Royal Canadian Legion, 1352 - 100th Street, North Battleford from 8:00 - 12:00 p.m. Minimum age is 19. Lunch served. Phone Sharon at 306-446-0446, Leela 306-445-7240 or Jean 306-445-8815.“When the going gets tough...the tough go dancing”.

Monday, June 25

Blood Drive - Donors needed. Alex Dillabough Centre, Battleford from 2:00 - 7:00 pm. Sponsored by CWL - Catholic Women’s League.

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Leko’s Conservation Corner

The real scoop on poop

By Lyndsey Leko

Ministry of Environment

In today’s feature, I am going to really change things up and if you are reading this at the supper table, I suggest you put the paper down until after you have digested your meal.

Today’s theme is “The Scoop on Poop.” The reason I picked this topic is because my wife and I like to take our kids on hikes in our great provincial parks and we are always finding some sort of animal scat.

Being a conservation officer, my kids think that I am the Professor of Poo, and they love to quiz me on everything they find from actual scat to a chunk of rock or even a Pepsi can.

I dazzle them with my brilliance and I am sure that my wife has a migraine from the number of times she has rolled her eyes back in her head after listening to me describe in detail these turd tidbits. My Grade 12 English teacher would be so proud to learn that I have put forth a literary gem like this.

All vertebrates, including fish and wildlife, have the urge to go number two.

When out in the wild, we often see various sizes and shapes of dung that come from different animals. In this feature, I will try and describe the shapes and sizes of scat from different Western Canadian wildlife, as well as provide a few intriguing facts about animal dung that you may not know.

We all know that different animals have different diets. Some are herbivores (plants only), some are carnivores (meat only) and some are omnivores (plants and meat). Depending on what the animal eats, you

will see that byproduct in the animal’s stool.

As with humans, once the animal has eaten and fully digested its meal, the digestive system removes and absorbs any nutrients that are required. Then, the remaining material is expelled from its body as waste. Though scat is lower in energy than its original form (when it was food), the feces may still contain a large amount of energy.

As a result of the animal passing on food energy as dung, it is readily consumed by the decomposers within the ecosystem.

With the wide variety of wildlife that we have in Saskatchewan, you can appreciate the various sizes and shapes of the dropped dung. Most of the droppings have a shape to them that will help identify what species produced it. The perfect poop, if there is such a thing, is about 75 per cent water. The remaining 25 per cent is comprised of equal amounts of fibre, bacteria, protein, fat and mucous from the lining of the intestines.

There are a variety of shapes to animal poop, which can help you identify what may have stopped at that particular location for a minute. Contents and size of dung can also be used as an identifying characteristic.

The size of the scat should correspond to the size of the animal that left it there. Cattle and buffalo normally pass a plop or a pie. These are normally flat and actually plop and splat when they hit the ground.

Members of the artiodactyla family (hooved animals) produce pelletshaped feces that may look like chocolate covered-al-

monds. This thought alone should banish any future thought of eating that snack again.

Smooth round scat the size of marbles is often left by rabbits. Small tubular scat, depending on size, could have been left by an animal ranging from a mouse to a squirrel. The larger tubular-shaped scat that is rounded at one end and tapered at the other end probably would have come from a member of the cat family.

Larger tubular-shaped scat that is tapered at both ends would have come from a fox, and finally larger tubular scat that is rounded at both ends probably came from a larger member of the canine family.

Bear scat is difficult to characterize because dung shape relates greatly to what has been eaten.

Bird poop does not really have a shape. It is something that we really do not pay attention to until one of them decides to open the bombbay doors and drop its waste on a newly washed truck. Birds do not urinate like mammals. Their kidneys extract wastes from the bloodstream in the form of uric acid, unlike humans and animals that will remove urea in the form of urine.

The bird’s uric output combines with material digested from the intestines and is deposited on the hood of your new Chevy.

Birds have a cloaca, which is a multi-purpose organ used to get rid of waste, lay eggs and is also used for reproduction. This same biology is true for reptiles and amphibians.

Did you know?

Hippos leave huge piles of dung as a navigation tool

to guide them back to the protection of the river after an evening of feeding on the land.

Rabbits, for example, eat their droppings because they cannot obtain all of the required nutrients the first time.

In many species of wildlife, seeds are often found in scat. Once the animal has digested the useful product of a berry, they pass the seeds, dispersing them onto the ground where they will start to grow.

Larger groups of animal or packs will often use their feces to mark an area, telling other animals of the same species to take a hike and find a new territory.

Some animals eat their young’s droppings to prevent predators from finding them.

The turkey vulture often defecates on its own legs, using the evaporation of the water in the feces and/or urine to cool itself.

The colour of poop is often determined by the animal’s diet. If a blue whale eats lots of shrimp, then expect the poop to be pink. If a black bear gets into the blueberries, then the poop will be blue.

Rabbits can produce up to 300 poop pellets a day.

Until next week, keep your rod tip up.

— Ministry of Environment’s Conservation Officer Lindsey Leko has spent more than 26 years as a conservation officer in Saskatchewan. For many years, Officer Leko contributed a column to local papers on a variety of issues related to hunting, fishing, and other resource-related issues. If you have questions, please contact lindsey.leko@gov. sk.ca.

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Family ties may seek to choke, not bless Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, says if the shoe fits don’t wear it. He is telling everyone Meghan Markle should not have put her foot into Cinderella’s slipper. As the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan will be in a fishbowl in plain view of everyone. She married Prince Harry, but he comes with a royal family.

His family is trapped in proper etiquette, traditions, titles and protocols. According to Ed, being a member of the Royal Family is like being sentenced to a life term in the jail of public life where you must act like a puppet.

All families come with their own unique identity.

Most of us did not pick

our family of birth. Our parents gave us life and supplied us with siblings and family identity. Some folks remain close to their, parents, siblings and relatives their whole life. Other people are separated from their birth family and relatives, either by distance or by desire. Not all families are tied together by love or goodwill. In fact, some families are dangerous and deadly.

Members of families are always getting recognition, both positive and negative. A hockey player son, when on a team that wins the Stanley Cup, brings positive acclaim to a family. A family member accused of a crime results in suspicion of the

whole family. People are quick to think in terms of guilt by association.

People extend blame and fame to a family because of the success or shame of a family member.

Individual family members may insist on doing their own thing, against the wishes of other family members.

The insistence of doing

it one’s own way without family support may be wise or dangerous. Family ties may bless or choke an individual. We see this in the Bible with the family of Jesus.

If a family member becomes famous, the person’s family will gauge if it is excellent fame or dangerous fame. Jesus, a carpenter, became a rabbi,

gathered 12 disciples and went about teaching, healing and performing miracles. People began to flock to Jesus and his disciples in such numbers Jesus and his disciples had no time to eat. Opposing powerful religious groups from Jerusalem claimed Jesus was casting out demons from people because he was the prince of demons. Jesus’s family came from Nazareth to take Jesus home for they thought he was getting carried away with himself, he was out of his mind.

His family was concerned for Jesus’s welfare.

They felt he needed to come home and take a break from public ministry and to be safe from

his enemies. They were also concerned for their family’s reputation. Was Jesus, a son and brother, a danger to himself?

It seems his own family was uncertain about the source of his power to heal, teach, cast out demons and do miracles.

Families are often blind to the talents and gifts of an individual member in their family.

Jesus would not go home with his family.

He knew his place was with those who saw him as doing God’s will in his public ministry. They believed Jesus’s teachings and set their hearts on honouring and trusting Him. They tied themselves to Jesus through their faith in him.

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 306-446-1695

PASTOR: Fr. Anthony Afangide, M.S.P.

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

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Battlefords Grace Community Church

1401 - 98th Street, North Battleford, SK

306-445-5901

Pastor: Bill Hall

191 - 24th Street W., Battleford, Sk. 306-937-7575

SUNDAY 10:30 a.m.

WORSHIP SERVICES - 11 a.m. Sunday

Everyone Welcome

Everyone Welcome

Hope Mennonite Fellowship

Pastor Patrick Carty

1291 - 109th Street, North Battleford

Sunday School - 10:00 am Sunday Worship - 11:00 am

SUNDAY - 11:00 a.m. - Worship Service Pastor Gerhard Luitjens & Abel & Sonya Zabaleta (Spanish Ministry)

1231 - 104th Street North Battleford Phone 306-445-7777 www.emmanuelfellowship.ca

Church Phone 306-445-4181

Various weekly programs “A Community of believers seeking more of God’s presence”

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

DIVINE LITURGY Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m.

Pastor: Rev. Allen Huckabay

1372 102 St 306-445-3009

Contact: Fr. Ivan Derkach 306-937-3767 or 306-317-8138

TerriTorial Drive alliance church

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

Phone 306-937-7340 PASTOR - Fr. Roque S. Concepcion Saturday Evening Mass - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass - 10:30 a.m.

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 Sunday Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School 1301 - 102nd Street, Phone 306-445-8171 Rev. Frances Patterson

Everyone Welcome

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

ANGLICAN PARISH

Living Water Ministry

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

1371 - 103rd Street (Use East Door)

Battlefords Seventh-Day Adventist Church

SUNDAY SERVICES Rev. Trevor Malyon

St. George’s Anglican Church - 10:00 a.m.

191 - 24th Street West, Battleford, SK

St. Paul’s Anglican Church - 11:00 a.m.

1302 - 99th Street North Battleford, SK

St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle Roman Catholic Church DELMAS - Fr. Roque S. Concepcion SUNDAY MASS - 9:00 a.m.

Box 10, Delmas, SK

S0M 0P0

Phone 306-937-7340

Sunday Evening Service 7:00 p.m.

Bible Study Wednesday 7:30 p.m.

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

Pastor James Kwon

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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