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PEOPLE • COMMUNITY • CULTURE • HISTORY

Autumn Days

15 tips for an awesome autumn

Learning from the Land A unique master's program

Back to School Lunch Ideas

Reeling in the Big One Trout Challenge in Cranberry Portage

Photo Contest Winner! Round 2 pg. 24

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Table of Contents Events & Activities Calendar of Events/ 6 People & Community A Landscape of Stories: The Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map/8 By Scott Gilmore Learning from the Land p. 11

Learning from the Land: A Unique Master’s Program/11 By Dr. Alex Wilson In a Nutshell: A Miscellany of Arts, Sports & Cultural News/46 Arts & Culture The Book Room: Review of Shadows to Sunlight by Glenda Walker-Hobbs/23 Review by Alex McGilvery

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Photo Contest Round 2: Faces of the North Winner & Runners-up /24 The Dance/43 Pat Vickery

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Sports & Outdoor Living Special Olympics: Spotlight on Jennifer Milton, Flin Flon’s Bocce Star /29 Reeling in the Big One: the Annual Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge/31 By Libby Stoker-Lavelle History & Heritage Gateway to the North: The Pas…Then & Now/39 By Morley Naylor Memoir Waskesiu /13 By Jim Parres

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A Look Back at my School Days/33 By Harry Hobbs Lifestyle Your Guide to an Awesome Autumn: 15 Tips for a Happy Transition into Fall/19 By Shannon Smadella Featured Business Healing from Within: K&D Wellness in Flin Flon/22

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Health & Wellness Don’t Forget Your Lunch! Back-to-School Lunch Tips /44 By Joanna LeDoux, Registered Dietitian

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Editor’s Note While September 1st may not be the official new year, to me it has always marked a season of fresh starts. Autumn is a season that bustles in with a flurry of activity, and the launch of a new school year always brings with it a sense of hope, fueled by the bold potential of a new beginning. As we shake off our summer languor, we each get the opportunity to be a student again, starting fresh.With that in mind, this issue of Cottage North is a reflective one, where we take a moment to explore what we’ve learned from the past, while envisioning the promise of the future. In A Landscape of Stories, you’ll discover how Scott Gilmore is preserving his grandfather’s legacy by sharing the stories of this region with a new generation. In Learning from the Land, Dr. Wilson tells us how she is teaching educators how to respect, value and ‘read’ the land, in the hopes that they will, in turn, pass on that knowledge. As the kids march back to school, armed with new backpacks, and the wisdom gained from a summer full of experiences, I hope you’ll take a glimpse at a thoughtful piece by Harry Hobbs (p.33). In The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Hobbs looks back at the teachers who influenced him as a student, and, inadvertently, shaped his career as an educator. His story is a timely reminder that each of us, no matter our age or stage of life, has the power to make a difference to another human being. So I’ll echo Shannon Smadella’s words (p.19): “This season, be kind to others, no matter what. As Emerson once said, ‘You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late.’” As the autumn approaches, with its new opportunities and new challenges, we hope you find some light, some insight, and some laughs within these pages (and for the latter, be sure to stop by Waskesiu on p. 13). Thanks for reading, and best wishes for a happy fall!

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Cottage North Contributors Scott Gilmore Scott Gilmore is the founder of the charity Building Markets. He was born in Flin Flon and still considers it home. If you have stories or names you think should be included on Gilmore's Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map, please contact him directly at gilmore.scott@gmail.com. Harry Hobbs Harry Hobbs, originally from Cobourg, Ontario, was a teacher-librarian at Hapnot Collegiate for 23 years. Since retirement he has published one novel, “A Dozen Years”, and has another novel in the final stages of revision. Hobbs is President of the Flin Flon Writers Guild, Secretary at the Flin Flon Toastmasters Club, and Co-chair of the Community Adult Learning Centre.

Jim Parres Jim Parres is a prospector/geologist who was born in Timmins, Ontario, but raised in Flin Flon, Manitoba. He has coauthored two Manitoba mining books, “The Nor Acme Gold Mine Story” and “Headframes, Happiness and Heartaches” along with Marc Jackson, editor of the Underground Press newspaper in Snow Lake. Parres also writes a bi-monthly column in the Snow Lake paper. Shannon Smadella Shannon grew up in Cranberry Portage. As a humanitarian, entrepreneur, author, and business professional she enjoys spending her time with what she values most in this world, her son. Web: www.shannonsmadella.ca

Pat Vickery Pat Vickery was born and raised in Flin Flon. She attended the U of S and obtained a B.A. and a B.Ed, teachAlex McGilvery Alex McGilvery is a book reviewer ing in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Wisconsin. Vickery’s and author as well as minister with work for children was published in W.J. Gage anthologies, Northminster Memorial United Church. textbooks, and workbooks and her poetry has been pubRead McGilvery’s book reviews at www. lished in Canada and the U.S. celticfrogreviews.com/ Dr. Alex Wilson Dr. Alex Wilson is from the Morley Naylor Opaskwayak Cree Nation. She is the Morley Naylor was born in Sherridon Director of the Aboriginal Education and has lived in Flin Flon since. For 32 Research Centre and a professor in the years, he has travelled all over northern College of Education at the U of S. Her Manitoba and Saskatchewan with CBC focus is Indigenous land-based educaTV and CBC Radio. “I’ve really come to appreciate the beauty and diversity of our area,” Naylor says, “there are so many stories to tell.”

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Calendar of Events Flin Flon, Creighton, Denare Beach & Area K.C. Adams Exhibit, September, NorVA Centre Painting workshop, Sept 21 and 22, NorVA Centre. Facilitated by artist Lloyd Major. For more information contact Ron Watt: 204-687-3553 or rwwatt2@gmail.com Pauline Braun Exhibit, October, NorVA Centre

tickets: 204-687-7768 Rosie & The Riveters folk-gospel quartet. Oct 6. Contact: FF Arts Council Home Routes Concert: Theresa Doyle and Patrick Bunston from PEI, Oct 25 and 26. 204-687-7768 Yadong Guan Trio. Performing the guitar, pipa and cello. Nov 3, Contact: FF Arts Council

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FESTIVALS

Under One Roof, Sept 6-7, FF Community Hall. Learn about community groups, teams, and organizations for kids and adults. Friday, 6-9 pm and Sat, 11-4 pm. Relay for Life, Sept 7. Nationwide fundraiser for cancer research. To participate call Ashley at 204-687-7730 or Nicole at 306-688-3030. Creighton’s Annual Home Business Show. Sept 14, Sportex Arena. 10 am – 3 pm Book a table: 688-3538 5k Fun Run by Flin Flon Parks & Rec, Oct 6. Race starts at 9 am at Phantom Lake. $30 entry, ages 12 and older. Register by Sept 20: 681-7542

Culture Days: A jam-packed weekend from Sept 27-29. Highlights: Check out a Living Book at the Library. Friday, 8 pm featuring local guest speakers Culture Shock Concert: 6 Great Bands. 8 pm - midnight, $10, Jubilee Hall Tent Culture Days at Bakers Narrows Lodge: live music, hoop dancers, fiddling, Aboriginal storytelling, ceilidh, instructional demonstrations in traditional crafts, and more. Sat, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Wild Rice: A celebration of women in art. Saturday 7:00 pm, R.H. Channing Auditorium. Dancing Down Main Street. Join in! Sun, noon at Pioneer Square Pictures at an Exhibition. Musical Improv and Artwork. Sunday 1:00 pm, NorVA Centre Film Showing: Twenty Feet from Stardom of the Toronto International Film Festival Series. Sun, 3:00 pm at Hapnot Theatre

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MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT Habitat 53° Coffee House, Sept 21. Entertainment, raffles, 50/50 and desserts. Tickets available at Northern Rainbow’s End and at the door. 7-9 pm, Creighton Community Hall Home Routes Concert: Hills and Lemelin – Folk/Blues from Victoria, Sep 26 and 27. Contact Tim Spencer for location and

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Northern Market. Local and regional crafters, food, and home-based businesses. Health & Leisure Mart. Register for sports, arts, and other leisure activities. Both events: Sept 6-7, TRCC. 5-9 pm Fri and 10-2 Sat. Info/register: 677-7952.

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The Pas & Area MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT Classical Home Routes: Harpsichordist Hank Knox. Sept 20, The Pas Fellowship Church (LaRose beside the Rupert House). Tickets $20 at the door. Contact eabollmus@gmail.com Home Routes: Hills and Lemelin Folk & Blues. Sept 24, Sam Waller Museum. 7:30 pm. Tickets: $20 at the

museum Home Routes: Teresa Doyle and Patrick Bunston, Oct 23. Sam Waller Museum 7:30 pm. $20

COMMUNITY EVENTS Parade of Programs: Learn about and register for community programs. Sept 14, Roy H. Johnson Arena. Info: Kelsey Rec, 627-1131 Opaskwayak Cree Nation Powwow 2013, Sept 27-29 Citizen/Business of the Year Award Dinner & Dance. Oct 25. Call 204-623-7256 for more info.

FESTIVALS Culture Days in The Pas. Sept 27-29. Numerous activities, including: Craft Day (Fri), Dance Craze (Sat night, Legion); Art in the Park (Sun) – with a family mural drawing. Come out for Zumba, a farmers market, fishing derby, family picnic, and much more. Email pasarts@hotmail.com for more details.

VISUAL ART Quilt Show at the Library Annex. Sept 14, 10-5 pm. Exhibits of local quilters’ work, with demonstrations throughout the day. Coffee, tea, and dainties for sale. Nightlife/ Wildlife Exhibit at the Sam Waller Museum. September, 1-5 pm daily. Featuring diverse artwork by fourteen local artists.

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around the world, in conjunction with local short films. Tickets: $10/film or 3 for $25 in advance. Info/tickets: Tribute to Stompin’ Tom Connors, Sept 15. E.A. (306) 763-7080 Prince Albert Metis Fall Festival, Sept 20-22, P.A. Rawlinson Centre, 2 pm Rose Cousins, Sept 23. E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7:30 Exhibition Centre. Jigging, fiddling, square dancing, talent show, Metis youth ambassadors and role models, chilpm The Sojourners, Oct 8. E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7:30 dren’s events, art/craft booths, displays, concessions, and pm more. Info: (306) 922-1998 Gordie MacKeeman & His Rhythm Boys, Oct 23. PA Multicultural Council’s Tapestrama 2013. E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7:30 pm Sept 28-29: Prince Albert’s premier cultural showcase, a Oh What a Night! A Tribute to Frankie Valli and The two-day multicultural art and folk festival. Music, dance, Four Seasons, Oct 31. E.A. Rawlinson Centre, 7 pm performers, and children’s activities; taste food, drinks, and international beer and wine from around the world. FESTIVALS Sat night dance party featuring “Oral Fuentes Reggae 10th Annual Reel Rave Film Festival, Sept 7 and Band.” Free admission. Info: http://www.pamcsk.com/ 8, Twin Pines Cinema, Waskesiu. Showcasing six films from tapestrama.html or (306) 922-0400

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Contact Info for Frequent Events Culture Days – Manitoba & Saskatchewan www.culturedays.ca E.A. Rawlinson Centre, Prince Albert 1-866-700-ARTS http://www.earawlinsoncentre.ca/ NorVA Centre, Flin Flon Norvacentre.com 204-687-4237 Thompson Recreation www.thompson.ca 204-677-7952

Flin Flon Arts Council 204.687.5974 flinflonartscouncil.com Email: info@flinflonartscouncil.com The Pas Arts Council https://www.sites.google.com/site/artscouncilthepas/ pasarts@hotmail.com 204-623-7035 Sam Waller Museum Samwallermuseum.ca 204-623-3802 Have an event to add for our next issue? Contact us! See page 4

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A Landscape of Stories: The Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map

Scott Gilmore learned to love the landscape of Northern Manitoba through the evocative stories told by his grandfather. Today, Gilmore is passing on his grandfather’s legacy by sharing that local knowledge with a new generation.

A draft version of the Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map

– Scott Gilmore – y grandfather, Watson Gilmore, arrived in Flin Flon in the 1930s, and within the scope of six decades he had played baseball, worked underground, ran a store, cut timber, and prospected. As a child, I would spend evenings in his cabin at Bakers Narrows and listen to him visit with friends. During those long summer nights, I absorbed my grandfather’s stories and legends about Lake Athapapuskow, and, in my mind’s eye, I built a mythic landscape. My grandfather’s tales gave every landmark a story. Paddling my canoe past an island, I wouldn’t simply see rock and trees. I would see the Cree hunter’s camp, the early trap lines, and the prospector’s claim. When I began to bring my own children to the lake, my grandfather was long gone, and so were his tales. Canoeing up Mistik Creek with my daughter, she saw only portages. I saw an ancient hunting trail, each lake named from one to fourteen in Cree: Payuk, Neso, Nisto.....I realized that my children were not inheriting the mythology that brought the land to life for me. One day, I found a tattered copy of Real Berard’s illustrated canoeing map for Mistik Creek. Berard, an artist and naturalist, created a series of beautiful hand drawn maps in the '60s and '70s for paddlers. His detailed sketches of wildlife, landmarks, and artifacts along the route communicated a deep love for the region, but also gave the land character and history. Inspired by his example, I decided to create an illustrated map for my children, one that told the history of Lake Athapap and its surroundings.

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I began by collecting old maps. I visited the Hudson Bay Company archives in Winnipeg, spent hours in the University of Toronto Library, found prospecting journals, and obsessively searched newspaper archives. I read through history books and canvassed friends and relatives for stories. Gradually, I filled in the lakes, traced the old portage routes, added facts and tales, and sketched moose tracks, pictographs, and old canoes. The “Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map” began to take shape. While researching, I learned that this summer is the 250th anniversary of the first recorded visit by a European to the region. In 1763, fur trader Joseph Smith paddled from York Factory to Cranberry Portage, guided by a First Nations leader named Meesinkeeshick. Unfortunately, the visit did not end well: Smith died on the return journey. Sitting at the crossroads of many canoe routes, including the historic “Upper Track” to Hudson’s Bay, the Athapapuskow area has seen many of Canada’s most important explorers. The famed English explorer Samuel Hearne came through in 1774. He was sent inland by the Hudson Bay Company to establish Cumberland House, the first permanent European settlement in Saskatchewan. In the late 1700s, Peter Fidler paddled through on one of his survey trips. His descendants still live in the region today. David Thompson visited in 1813 on his way west. And in 1896, J.B. Tyrrell, who mapped most of Western Canada, arrived. In his journal he described Athapap’s “beautifully clear transparent water.” As my research continued, many less well-known but equally remarkable characters emerged from the region’s history. There was the “mad” trapper Holt. Originally from the U.S., in the 1920s he kept a tame

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wolf and lynx in his infamously dirty cabin on what is now called Holt Lake near Mistik Creek. Robert Foote was another character, a “remittance man” from England and one of the first Gilmore with daughter Maddy settlers on Lake Athapapuskow. He was a famous dandy, with expensive taste: in the 1930s Foote would pay bush pilots to fly in fresh roses to his cabin in the winter. Sally’s Beach is named after his German Shepherd, who often played there. The map also records the role of the First Nations in the region. Several families from Cumberland House were the first homesteaders, settling around Bakers Narrows over 100 years ago. These include Bill Baker himself, as well as the Moodys, Collins’, and McNichols. They trapped, prospected, logged, and in the case of David Collins, led Tom Creighton to the ore body that became the Flin Flon mine. As these stories were added to the map, I worked

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hard to find as many local place names as possible. They may not be listed on the official government maps, but the traditional names of The Swimming Islands, Washing Machine Gilmore’s map records the stories Bay, Burnt Point, behind place names, like “Washing and Haystack Rock Machine Bay” on Lake Athapap still deserve to be recorded and passed on. The first draft of the Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map is now complete. As I hoped, my children are fascinated by it, and they pore over the details, building their own mythic landscapes. Scott is now circulating copies of The Rock on Both Sides Canoe Map in order to gather more local place names and legends to include in later versions. In the autumn he will share it with local schools and libraries, and find a distributor if members of the public want copies. If you have stories or names you think should be included in the map, please contact Scott at gilmore.scott@gmail.com.

Maddy paddles along Mistik Creek with her dad. Photos courtesy of Scott Gilmore. facebook.com/CottageNorthMagazine

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Learning from the Land

An evening class on the water. Photos submitted by Dr. Alex Wilson

and seek out and use some of the medicinal plants of the area. They travelled by boat to explore the petrographs at Tramping Lake and interviewed elders from the Opaskwayak Cree Nation. They were visited by a number of guest lecturers, including conservationists, athletes, elders, and environmentalists. The two weeks ended with the students – Dr. Alex Wilson – preparing and hosting a feast to thank the elders, commun a time when the land is being exploited and our nity, and the staff at Bakers Narrow Lodge. eco-system is in crisis, we need to fully understand Many of the procedures and processes in this master’s our relationship to, and responsibilities to, the land. program are driven by the Cree concept of pastahowun, This summer, 23 students from across Canada came to which explains that we are related to, and must live in northern Manitoba to take part in an innovative master’s respect and harmony with, people, plants, animals, fish, degree program that is based on the primary concept that rocks, the air we breathe, the constellations we see, the the land and water are both the text and the teacher. water that sustains our life, and the soil on which we tread. This unique program, which graduated its first cohort of Although the students who attended were from many difstudents in 2011, seeks to teach an alternate way of learn- ferent language groups, this concept of pastahowun seems ing, one that places a high value on Indigenous knowledge. common to all Indigenous groups. In order for Aboriginal As the initiative’s co-founder, Dr. Stan Wilson, explains, “It teachers to pass on this philosophy to their students, they sprung from the need for Aboriginal teachers to receive a must learn about it themselves. This program certainly more relevant form of education, one which would encour- provides that foundation. age them to get out of the classroom and use the land and Days for the students were long but fulfilling; they were resources around them.” The graduate classes are run by up at 7 a.m., then running or paddling before breakfast, the University of Saskatchewan and taught by professors which was followed by classroom lectures either in the who specialize in land-based and Indigenous education.The “classroom” (a tipi or the dining room at Bakers Narrows students in the program are all working in the field of edu- Lodge), or out on the land.They then had physical activities cation as certified teachers, school principals, or adminis- again and time for writing and analyzing their experiences, trators. and the days concluded with classroom lectures typically Throughout the program, students learn about their after 10 p.m. Many students worked well into the nights. own collective histories and obligations to the earth. This This land-based initiative received the U of S Provost’s summer, the master’s students were based in Bakers Award for Innovation in Learning, the Manitoba Spirit of Narrows, a provincial park near Flin Flon. There, students the Earth Award, and, most recently, was recognized in the learned how to paddle in voyageur canoes, read the waters, Manitoba Legislature. In his speech to the assembly, MLA Students in the Land-Based Master of Education Program at the University of Saskatchewan leave the textbooks behind. Instead, they focus on studying the land as a text, and in the process, develop a rich understanding of Indigenous knowledge and ways of being.

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Frank Whitehead said, “The course focused on a holistic from all things.” approach to education by going back to the land and learning from local elders…..By expanding the notion of the classTo learn more about this innovative program, visit the U of S room to include returning to and learning from the land, the website: http://www.usask.ca/education/efdt/m-ed-program/ students are able to connect with their roots and learn the land-based-indigenous-cohort/ importance of protecting the environment. While many students are increasingly disconnected from their natural environment, these students are truly learning from theirs.” Although the curriculum for the program is primarily focused on land-based learning, the students are also expected to excel in scholarly writing and research. All of them will be presenting their work at an International Educational Conference. Now that the students have completed their first courses this summer, they will be taking an online course that focuses on Food Sovereignty.They will then travel to Hawaii where they’ll study Indigenous language revitalization. After another online course, next summer they reconvene for land-based coursework in Stl’atl’imx First Nation, Lilloet, BC. Their final courses will be offered during the summer of 2015, and the students will graduate that fall with Master’s of Education degrees. As professionals in the field of education, these graduate students will have a unique opportunity to teach younger generations how to understand, and value, the land on a deeper level. Pearleen Lachlab, a teacher in Little Pine First Nation, and a graduate student in the program, offers her U of S students and professors with MP Niki Ashton. insight: “Anyone can develop Indigenist ways of being and The tipi served as a sometime-classroom for the course at understanding. It helps us develop a closer connection to Bakers Narrows. land, and its elements, and the spiritual energies emanating

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Waskesiu Lake Waskesiu and Grey Owl’s Cabin today. Photo courtesy of Parks Canada.

– Jim Parres – Waskesiu Lake in the 1950s was home to fearless bears, awe-inspiring hockey players…and a young Jim Parres, on summer vacation. Here, Parres shares his funniest memories of summers spent in Saskatchewan’s Playground.

and camping facilities. There are private cabins up on Golf Course Boulevard, where an 18 hole course attracts many Saskatchewan golfers as well as golfers from all over the world. Grey Owl, the famous conservationist, and his Grey Owl Ojibway wife, Anahareo, had a cabin in the park and raised several beaver kits by the bottle. In 1931, Grey Owl (Archie Belaney) was appointed full-time conservation officer for the Park. He wrote several books on conservation that later

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About Waskesiu Waskesiu is a true jewel in the Wilderness, the “Playground of Northern Saskatchewan”. Located 70 km north of Prince Albert, on the shore of Waskesiu Lake in Prince Albert National Park, Waskesiu is known as a holiday get-away spot. The village of Waskesiu is situated near the east boundary of the park. Prince Albert National Park was established in 1927 and covers 3875 square kilometres of typical boreal forest on the southern edge of the Precambrian Shield. Waskesiu is well known for its gorgeous sand beaches @CottageNorth

Billie Parres, Jim’s mom, tent camping in Waskesiu

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became international best-sellers when he went on tour, a tour which included an audience with the British Royal Family. My parents and all their siblings were from Saskatchewan, mainly Saskatoon. My mother had visited Waskesiu and tent-camped there with her girlfriends in the 1930s. She visited Grey Owl and Anahareo at their cabin and took pictures of their furry pets. My dad also played golf there in the ’30s. Waskesiu was in his heart. *** Fortunately for us, my Uncle Jim made some money from one of Saskatchewan’s early uranium booms and bought a cabin in Waskesiu, next to the cabin belonging to A. A. Murphy (a businessman from Saskatoon). The cabins were located on a high bluff overlooking part of Waskesiu Lake up by the golf course. Looking back, our family had a myriad of awesome adventures at Waskesiu, and I will recount a few that involved NHL hockey stars, bears, and a hole-in-one. ***

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then darted off into the bush. My uncle, a true prospector, followed the fox in the direction of its travel and came upon its den. There was a stash of nearly 200 golf balls, many showing teeth marks, probably chewed up by the kits as they were growing up. Mystery solved, and my uncle got a bunch of pracLew shows off his hole-in-one putt tice balls to boot. Our visits usually coincided with the Lobstick Tournament. My dad and uncle would golf every day for a week or so as a tune-up for the tournament. Quite often I would caddy, which involved not only carrying a bag of clubs, but washing the golf balls and holding the flag and pin by the edge of the cup while they were “putting out”. My dad was paired with a medical doctor on the opening day of the tournament, on August 18, 1952. His opponent was F. G. Hodgson. The second hole was very short Lew Parres, Jim’s father, at Waskesiu Golf Course in the 1930’s with an elevated tee and a sloping green below. My dad hit a wedge. The ball landed on the upside of the green Misadventures on the Green and rolled tantalizingly towards the cup, then dropped. A When we stayed at Uncle Jim’s cabin, golfing was the hole in one! main summer fun for my dad and his brother as well as My dad knew there was a trophy for a hole in one, but their wives. The 18 hole golf course, which was near the what he didn’t know was that tradition called for the cabin, was the source of many of our adventures. My dad lucky person to buy a round for the clubhouse! This was liked to compete in the Annual Lobstick Tournament, an expensive experience, but my dad good-naturedly paid named after a huge lobstick tree (portage marker) on the the bill. The next day he had quite a gallery following him. first fairway on the crest of a hill. One summer, a lot of When we arrived at the second hole, a man shouted out the golfers that hit their ball over the hill had a problem “$100 you can’t do it again, Lew!” Crack. He hit the same finding it. My uncle was determined to solve the mystery. shot with the same iron. The ball landed almost exactly The first day he took a chair and sat just off the fairway, where it had the day before and rolled towards the cup. in the bushes, thinking someone must be sneaking out The ball rolled right up to the edge of the cup...everybody and stealing the golf balls. The first hour – nothing. Then gasped as it started to drop...then stopped. The twosome at about 9 a.m. several people drove off the tee. A fox ran before had replaced the flag on a slight angle, preventing out on the fairway and grabbed one ball in his mouth – the ball from dropping in the hole. A mighty groan went Page 14

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up from the gallery. My dad looked at the man who had yelled out the bet and said, “Well, at least your hundred bucks would have helped pay for the round!” Everybody laughed. I caught heck for not going down to the green and adjusting the pin, as a good caddy would have. ***

gave him his shake and the change. “How much were they each?” he queried. I told him the price. “Well, get back in there and get the correct change,” he stated, handing me back the coins. I was sort of embarrassed, but Johnny just laughed and gave me more change. “Tell Lew that was supposed to be my tip!” ***

One of Waskesiu’s infamous bears

Brushes with Danger Another big attraction was to drive out to the “nuisance grounds” and view the black bears. There were usually a few bears foraging, and the odd person would Gordie Howe, #9, and Johnny Bower get out of their vehicles to feed them. My dad wouldn’t allow us to get out, and for good reason. One day a Rubbing Shoulders with the Greats While the adults golfed, swimming at the main beach cranky bear attacked and mauled a person who got too was a priority for us kids—that beach made for a great close. After that, people would hand scraps out their babysitter. The beach was natural, with a breakwater and vehicle windows. Of course, the bears became habituated a lifeguard on duty during the day. Inside the harbour was and started roaming through the village and campgrounds looking for “easy pickings”. A woman saw a bear in her a floating dock with two levels of diving boards. One evening my sister Bev and I were at the beach garbage can and came out to shoo him away with her when a slope-shouldered, muscular 24- year-old man broom. The bear was a sow with cubs. She attacked and dove in and swam out to the floating dock. He com- killed the woman. Now there was a posse out to hunt menced doing jack-knife dives and flips off the higher level down the bear. Shortly after the attack, which was unbeknownst to us, board. He was very athletic, and it was like having our own private performance as there were very few people my sister and I left my uncle’s cabin to walk the lake trail around that night. We were enthralled and watched to the beach.We normally took the road, but the lake trail intently, clapping after every exhibition, for almost an was more of an adventure. We came around a corner on hour. A man walked up to us and said, “Isn’t he great?” We the trail, and there was the bear with her two cubs. She heartily agreed and asked, “Do you know him?” “Yes, started towards us, and I took off running at full tilt. We that’s Gordie Howe, the NHL hockey star with the ran back along the trail to where a survey line was cut up the hill to the highway. My sister was screaming while Detroit Red Wings.” When Howe swam back over to the main dock, I shyly running behind me, but it was ‘every kid for himself’. We asked for his autograph. “Sure, kid,” he said, “…what do I tore up the line, through the stumps and brush and sign on?” We both laughed because we were both clad flagged down the first car we saw. We excitedly told the only in bathing suits with no paper or pen in sight. He said, driver about the bears, and he told us to jump in the back seat. We breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly a large figure “See me later, young fella.” I’m still waiting! A few days later, my dad and I stopped at the ice cream came over the front seat and let out a ferocious growl. parlour run by Johnny Bower, the NHL star, and goalie for Now we both screamed at the top of our lungs until we the Leafs. My dad, Lew, was well known for playing hockey realized it was our dad. He had been slunked down, hidin Saskatoon, and he knew Gordie and Johnny and the ing. He had heard about the fatal attack, and they were out Bentley brothers as well. Dad gave me some money and instructions to get two milk shakes. When I returned, I searching for us on the road, not realizing we had taken @CottageNorth

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the lake trail. They drove down to the village and reported the location of the bear to the MNR. Years later, I took my own family into the dump area to see the bears, but the dump had been moved. You had to walk about a thousand feet down a road. About twenty people were assembled, so we joined them and all walked in. There were two small bears foraging, but all of a sudden, a huge bear appeared. After a short, nasty scuffle, only the big bear remained. Two young men, who had obviously been drinking, took exception to the big bear’s bullying and started to toss rocks at him. I grabbed the kids, and we started back down the road. Some people thought it was hilarious, until a rock hit the bear and he came out of the garbage so fast nobody had time to move. The two young guys were closest, and the bear was almost on them. Everyone started screaming and running. Once the two tormentors finally took off running, the bear stopped, but could easily have mauled at least one of them. Almost a deadly lesson. *** Well, the two NHL-ers are long retired, the 18 hole golf course has been redesigned, and the Lobstick tree is being replaced by a smaller, younger tree on September 1, 2013. I’d sure like to get back up to the Playground of Northern Saskatchewan one of these days, maybe to see Grey Owl’s new cabin on Ajawaan Lake near Kingsmere Lake (north of Waskesiu Lake). This new cabin was built to replace the original cabin that burned down. Would be

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Your Guide to an Awesome Autumn 15 tips for a happy transition into fall

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– Shannon Smadella – ‘Tis the time when the luxurious lake days and summer breezes turn to shorter and colder “rake-days.” But to everything there is a season, and this is a time to embrace change, jump in the leaves, and take a moment to love the little blessings that are all around you. With that in mind, here are a few tips to help you make your autumn truly awesome.

Host an autumn potluck

There’s no better way to bring in fall than to get together with friends and family for a feast. Room-temperature salads are wonderful for autumn eating; they work well for a gathering, especially when you know that guests will be arriving at various times. Finish off your healthy meal with toasted marshmallows squished between delicious graham crackers and chocolate…enough to get any mouth watering!

Garden-Fresh Salad This tasty vegan salad is perfect for autumn potlucks. Serves 6-8 Why not eat that organic goodness deep into the fall season? Ingredients: There is nothing as sweet as homemade jam on some freshly baked Zest and juice of 1 lime bread, or chili made with tomatoes from the greenhouse. 2 tsp butter, melted 1 tsp cayenne pepper 4 ears corn, husked Baba Smadella Dill Pickles sealers sweet red pepper, diced Recipe shared by Cindy Smadella Pour hot brine (water and vinegar ¼ red onion, diced Makes about 18-20 Jars mixture) into jars (fill to brim). Seal 1 ½ green onions, thinly sliced Ingredients: Shake jar to dissolve sugar and 1 ½ cups cherry tomatoes, Water: 20 cups salt. halved Vinegar: 4 cups Place jars in a hot water bath for 1 cup shelled edemame, Cucumbers: 20 lbs. (at least) 20 min (do not let boil). Take jars blanched and cooled Jars/Sealers:18-20 out, place on counter and let cool 1/3 cup olive oil Garlic: 18-40 cloves or for lids to seal. 1 tsp salt buds (1-2 cloves/jar) Leave about two weeks before avocado, cubed (optional) Dill: 36-40 heads (2 heads /jar) enjoying! Directions: Pickling salt:18-20 tsp (one tsp/ Preheat grill to medium. Stir jar) together lime zest, butter, and cayWhite sugar 18-20 tsp (one enne. Brush on corn. Grill, turning tsp/jar) every 3-4 minutes, until soft and Directions lightly charred, about 10 minutes. Mix 20 cups of water with 4 cups Remove from grill, let cool. of white vinegar and boil Into a large bowl, cut corn off of Prepare Sealers: In each clean 1 qt the cob. Add red pepper, red onion, jar, add 1-2 cloves of garlic and 2 green onions, tomatoes, edemame, heads of dill. Pack jars with cleaned olive oil, salt, and lime juice. Stir well. cold crisp dills (cucumbers). Cover, refrigerate overnight. Add avoAdd 1 heaping tsp of pickling salt cado (if using), just before serving. and 1 heaping tsp of white sugar to

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Give back as a family

Send a postcard

It’s easy in life to forget how lucky one is, and to take things for granted. Use this “season of change” to help people in your community or even in far-off places, whether through donations of time or money. Sponsoring a child is an amazing way to give back and teach your kid about the world beyond their own community. It also may make them decrease the size of their Christmas wish list, knowing how lucky they are compared to their new pen-pal. To find meaningful ways to give back, look for a personal connection: Are you an animal lover? Help gather supplies, or walk dogs, for the local SPCA. There is ALWAYS something good that you can do!

Sure, it’s easier to upload your summer vacation photos to Facebook or send email greetings to your family and friends, but getting a note or a photo via snail mail is a real treat. Pick your favourite summer family pic and send to your loved ones.

Switch out your wardrobe

Have a lazy day

Sometimes in life we need to just do absolutely nothing. Stay in your PJs until lunch time, take a walk in the park, go read a good book in a pile of leaves under a tree or go watch the sun set on a park bench. Cherish every moment. Just be.

This is a great time to store all of your summer clothes but also go through what you don’t wear anymore. Giving to goodwill or the second-hand store will not only give you good karma but will leave more room for a clean closet and a clear mind. Do the same with your kids’ clothes everyone knows someone who could use hand-me-downs.

Enjoy the outdoors

Fall is a great time to go for a walk down a path in the woods or enjoy the bike paths and get your last fix of summer activities before the snow hits. If hunting and fishing are your hobbies, get out and take in the beautiful scenery that the great north has to offer.

Re-evaluate your New Year’s resolutions

Complete this year’s home improvement projects

In classic literature, fall symbolizes the evolution from youth to a more mature part of life, full of wisdom and knowledge. Make this a time to reflect on your year and make the changes necessary for personal growth.

If you’re like most people, when it comes to home renos, it seems that one runs out of summer when trying to get everything done to the house. Use the last few “snow-less” weekends to complete the final touches on your home project or renovation. For the keeners who have completed their projects mid-summer, fall is a great time to plan next year’s! Photo by Dennis Dalton

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Greet the day with some early-morning yoga

Yoga is a gentle way to ease into your day and stay limber. Just a couple of poses in the morning can get you and your kids energized and enthused to face the morning. As a trained yoga instructor I’ve taught students from 4 through 85, and have found some great “wake-up” sequences. Check out the full workout online at www.miss-canada.com/yoga -Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana) is an all over, rejuvenating stretch! It is known to energize the body, improve digestion, and relieve stress and mild depression. -Triangle pose (Trikonasana). This pose is great for people with backache and is known to be therapeutic for anxiety, neck pain. and osteoporosis.

-Tree-Pose (Vrksasana) will help improve your sense of balance throughout the day.

Wash the windows, put away your summer gear, and get organized for the school year.

Read a good book

Fill the freezer with plan-b meals

Take time to smell the leaves

Sometimes life can get busy… and making nutritious meals can easily slip from the priority list. Having some “ready-to-go” meals in the freezer is a great way to eat healthy, while still making it to hockey practice on time. Whole-wheat pastas with creamy Alfredo sauce and chicken or homemade tomato sauce work well, and you can never go wrong with chili.

Fall cleaning

There’s nothing better than snuggling deep into your blanket, with a cup of tea and a good book on a chilly fall evening! Some personal favourites: The Power of Now or A New Earth – Eckhart Tolle, Outliers or Blink – Malcolm Gladwell, or for those in business, Redefining Success – a recent book by my friend, the amazing philanthropist and entrepreneur, W. Brett Wilson. Oprah always has some great suggestions too, at www. oprah.com/book_club.html

Too often we get wrapped up in the day-to-day tasks and routines that we perceive as “life” or “living”. Take some time to appreciate the crisp fall breeze, or the laughter of children as they leap into a pile of freshly fallen leaves. Gaze at the stars on a clear night, even if it is for just a minute. Enjoy the Northern Lights. Every day, you have a choice to awaken and enjoy the simple things in life, the things that truly make it worth living. Tolle, Outliers or Blink – Malcolm Gladwell, or for those in business, Redefining Success – a recent book by my friend, the amazing philanthropist and entrepreneur, W. Brett Wilson. Oprah always has some great suggestions too, at www.oprah.com/book_club.html

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Be kind

Last but not least, this season: be kind to others, no matter what. Emerson once said, “You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late.”

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Healing from Within Flin Flonners Get Their Groove Back at K & D Wellness educating herself and undergoing extensive training, Brown was convinced that these therapies could make a real difference to residents in her home town. So, three years ago, Brown opened K & D Wellness out of her home in Flin Flon. From the beginning, Brown says, the response to her business was amazt K & D Wellness, Diane Brown helps clients ing – clients told their friends how much better they who suffer from a wide range of conditions, felt, again and again - and over the years K & D including arthritis, fibromyalgia, anxiety, and/ Wellness has grown considerably, largely through or skin problems such as psoriasis. As Brown explains, word-of-mouth advertising. “A lot of people here in Flin Flon suffer from chronic While Brown notes that every client’s situation, pain, anxiety, or depression. Many elderly residents in and healing process, is unique, her ultimate goal is to particular are experiencing limitations from arthritis help her clients reduce their pain, improve their or steady back pain. They can’t get out gardening, health, and become less dependent on the therapy walking, or doing the things they want to do.” over time. As such, Brown has invested in equipment Several years ago, Brown first heard about Far that stimulates the body’s own healing processes. For Infrared, an alternative form of therapy designed to example, Far Infrared therapy has been shown to address a wide range of ailments by activating the reduce stress and anxiety, and improve oxygen flow body’s own healing processes. Curious, she began to and circulation, among other benefits. These benefits do more research into similar methods, including improve the body’s ability to repair itself, engaging the Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field, or PEMF, therapy, immune system and strengthening the body’s selfWhole Body Vibration Machines, and others. After healing mechanisms. As a result, over time, Brown’s clients find they recover more quickly from ailments and are less prone to injury – and start to feel better, consistently. “After a few treatments, I am back doing things that I haven’t been able to do for years.” – Mary Busby “I have gained most of my strength back and can sit and sleep much better: this has given me my quality of life back.” – Sandy Lawrie

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Local Reads: Shadows to Sunlight: One Woman’s Journey

Poems by Glenda Walker-Hobbs Reflections She views her image reflected in the mirror, sees the double chin, thunder thighs, drooping abdomen, turns away in disgust. She walks along the street, feels eyes sweep across her body. She sees herself mirrored in the bodies of other women like herself. Revulsion sweeps over her as she turns her eyes away.

Glenda Walker-Hobbs with her book Shadows to Sunlight

hadows to Sunlight is a collection of poetry by Glenda Walker-Hobbs on her journey through weight loss and all its attendant issues of triumph, failure, and guilt. Poetry is different than prose. That may seem selfevident, but it is important to realize that this is a book best savoured over coffee and a thin biscuit or perhaps a slice of cheesecake slathered with chocolate. You see this is a book by a woman who has been both places. If she hasn’t exactly made peace with herself and her body, she is able to look back with wiser eyes and an occasional droll sense of humour. The poems in the book range from “Stigma” to “Chocolate”, from “Dear Fat” to “The Way I’m Built”, from “Shadowlands” to “Sunshine”.This is no collection of easy poems either. There is real struggle and pain, but also glimpses of redemption and as promised plenty of humour. If any poems are aerobics for the mind, these are. They lurk quietly waiting to cause a wince, or a laugh, or sometimes both. Glenda’s poems are tightly crafted and vary in style from one to another. They are poems that can be re-read and new things discovered each time. I would recommend this slim volume to anyone who struggles with their weight or knows someone who does. That should cover just about everyone. It is available through Lighthouse Publishers 2002 at their website: www. lighthouse-publishers.com/html/books.html Reviewed by Alex McGilvery Read more of Alex’s reviews at www.celticfrogreviews.com @CottageNorth

Dear Fat – First Letter When I meet you I want to smash your face. I want to pulverize your substance to dust with a sledge hammer. I want to toss you into a live volcano, hear you scream as your flesh is scorched by magma. I want to hold you under water, watch you gasp for breath when you try to surface. I want to hurt you as you have hurt me, make you feel the pain that I have felt. Most of all I want revenge. Know of a book that you’d like to see featured here? We’re on the lookout for great books by local writers, and/or books about the region – so drop us a line at cottagenorth@thereminder.ca or call 204-687-3454.

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Capture the North Photo Contest

or this round of our year-long contest, we asked readers to show us “Faces of the North.” Photographers across the region responded with diverse images that portray the north through landscape, animal and human life.

Congratulations to Sharon Walker, winner for this round, whose photo is featured on our cover. Thanks to all the participating photographers, who’ve shown us that the North has many faces—each with a beauty, and a story, all its own.

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Young Bull Moose by Scott Kurytnik of Prince Albert SK I came upon this young bull moose while hiking in Northern Saskatchewan near Weyakwin and feel that he has a true face of the North. This picture is special to me due to the rarity of getting this close to a young moose, as well as the depth of character in his face.

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Owl Face by Sharon Walker of Melfort SK I took this picture of an immature Barred Owl near Emma Lake in July 2012. The mother had recently abandoned him and he was more curious than scared. I therefore was able to get fairly close to get this picture.

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Next Time We Walk Around by Brenda Henderson of Flin Flon MB The water was up fairly high on the Grass River, so Louck’s Falls (MB) made for some fun running. The two paddlers spent the afternoon practicing eddy turns. That and self-rescue techniques.

Papa’s Helper Backyard Hunter by Pamela White of Flin Flon MB by Crystal Banting of Denare Beach SK This picture, from a few years ago, is of our oldest Spending a sunny afternoon in the yard in Denare Beach, granddaughter, Shayna. We were at our cabin on searching for grasshoppers, bees and bugs. This hunter Defender Lake and Shayna was helping her papa bring obliged, but was not excited to be distracted from his wood into the cabin on a cold winter day. I believe “Faces search. of the North” is about the different seasons in the North and the future generations enjoying each and every one. Commercial Fishing on Wekusko by Jeff Henderson of Flin Flon MB Went out for the day getting some commercial fishing photos on Wekusko Lake, MB during the winter season. Awesome day, lots of good photos. I chose this one for the contest because of the eye contact, and it seemed to fit the theme.

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Capture the North Photo Contest: Guidelines How it works: We will have five rounds of the Capture the North Photo Contest – one for each issue from July 2013- April 2014. Each issue will feature the round-winning photo and runners-up. At the end of the contest, a grand prize winner will be chosen from the five round-winning photos.

Round 3 Theme: Open Theme Deadline: October 1

Deadlines: Round 3: Oct 1, Round 4: Dec 1, Round 5: Feb 1 Submission Limits: Limit one photo submission per round per photographer and a max of five photos per photographer for the duration of the contest. No photographer can win more than one round. How to Enter: Submission Details All submissions must include: Photographer’s full name title of the photo and a short description (less than 50 words) location where the photo was taken photographer’s mailing address photographer’s phone number and/or email address Digital and print photos will be accepted. Minimum file size 1.5 MB or 8x10 prints. Submit the best quality file possible, please! How to submit: choose one of the following options Email: Cottagenorth@thereminder.ca ; subject line: “Photo Contest Entry” and attach digital photo (preferred) and submission details Drop off: your print photo or digital media and submission details at The Reminder Office from Mon-Fri 8:30 – 4:00 p.m. attn.: Cottage North Mail: Send photo and submission details to The Reminder/ Cottage North offices, 14 North Avenue, Flin Flon, MB R8A OT2 attn: Cottage North All personal information submitted to Cottage North Magazine will be kept confidential. Cottage North is not responsible for returning physical media or photo submissions. Quick Tips for Outdoor Photographers Our judges share their advice. 1. Use the “rule of thirds” to your advantage. “This guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections.” (Bryan Peterson, 2003, Learning to See Creatively) In the photo here, for example, positioning the lighted pathway on the right third of the shot draws the reader’s eye and makes for a more compelling photo. Use the grid feature on your camera to place your subject, or your horizon, off-centre, and observe the difference this makes for the viewer. Page 26

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Athlete: Jennifer Milton Age: 40 Hometown: Flin Flon, MB Sports: Swimming and bocce Favourite Food: Spaghetti Favourite Sport: Swimming Favorite Teams: Flin Flon Flyers Swim Team and Saskatchewan Roughriders

ennifer Milton has been involved with Special Olympics for the last 25 years, starting out as a swimmer and then taking part in the 5-Pin Bowling program in Flin Flon. Currently, Jennifer is on the Flin Flon Flyers Swim Team and the Flin Flon Bocce Team. Jennifer is a very coachable athlete. She has competed at local swim competitions and in The Pas, Thompson, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and Brandon. Jennifer’s dedication to swimming has earned her a spot on provincial teams, and taken her to national competitions in Halifax and Brandon. Throughout the years, Jennifer has shown exemplary sportsmanship and has treated both her coaches and her fellow athletes with kindness. Recently, Jennifer participated at the Provincial Swim Competition in Winnipeg and Bocce Provincials. She won several medals at the Provincial Swim Competition and won silver at the Bocce Provincials. Jennifer rises to any challenge presented to her, whether in the pool, on the bocce course, or further afield.

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Reeling in the Big One in Cranberry Portage – Libby Stoker-Lavelle – The annual Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge draws anglers from throughout the region in search of that perfect trout.

The top 11 teams at this year’s trout challenge

magine “two days when you don’t have to worry about anything else…you’re just fishing all day long.” Sounds like a dream long weekend for the dedicated fisherman—or reality for the 62 pairs of anglers who competed in this year’s Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge. For 24 years, the close-knit community of Cranberry Portage, Manitoba, has hosted this two-day catch and release tournament every August long weekend. The derby takes place on Lake Athapapuskow, and the event is run entirely by volunteers, most of whom are either anglers themselves, or the spouses who love them. They Keep Coming Back for More This year’s 62 boats included anglers from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario. Kori James, a longtime volunteer, reflects on what brings local and visiting fishermen back, year after year, to the competition: “Well, these people just really love to fish…and they like the bragging rights!” Of course, the hefty prizes are a nice bonus, with guaranteed cash prizes of $3500, $2500 and $2000 for the anglers in first, second, and third place, respectively. The whole operation is built to be self-sustaining: entry fees from the competitors go back into the prizes for the winners, and a penny parade with donated prizes contributes to the total amounts available to win@CottageNorth

ners. Local businesses lend support each year, and the Department of Natural Resources helps out as well, with one officer on the planning committee and another kicking off the shotgun start to the derby. A New Tradition For the past two years, the committee has run a smoked trout competition at the rules meeting, held on the Friday night before the derby begins. The committee introduced the competition last summer as a tribute to local angler Cameron McLean. McLean, who passed away two years ago, was “a big part of the Trout Challenge,” according to James. McLean participated in the fishing derby for years and later served as Discrepancy Judge, and he was well-known for sharing his smoked trout at the rules meeting each year. An annual smoked trout competition seemed like a fitting way to honour McLean’s contribution to the community. This year, several contestants took part, each bringing two smoked trout to the rules meeting. The first trout was for judging purposes, and the second was shared with the appreciative crowd. This year’s prizes went to (first third) Barry Anderson, Ted Smith, and Rob James. The Hard Luck Prize

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to go back for the right one. The boat then wouldn’t start, even with the right tank. Finally the motor started. Everyone cheered… and the boat died. Eventually they chugged out of the bay. We were just happy to see they made it back at the end of the day, so Danny Fosseneuve and Gunthar we didn’t have to Lundie, Winners of the Hard Luck switch into search Prize and rescue mode!

prizes during the awards ceremony. The Trout Challenge is a serious fishing derby, but it doesn’t take itself too seriously: take a glimpse at the photos from this event and it is clear that every participant, no matter what his or her outcome, had a great time (and…probably got a sunburn). And for those who “just love to fish”…isn’t that what it’s all about? Visit the Cranberry Portage Trout Challenge online at https://sites.google.com/site/cranberryportagetroutchallenge/ and https://www.facebook.com/ groups/203549676357900/

Judging The competing teams are all ranked according to a point system, and the judging for the event has evolved somewhat over time, to incorporate new technology. These days, each team is provided with a panel board, which the participants use to photograph their catches (four per day). At the end of each fishing day, the teams hand in the SD cards from their cameras, along with their panel boards. On Sunday evening, the fun begins for the audience as the “picture committee” sets up computers at the lake with a projector screen. As the committee judges the photos and totals up the points for each team, contestants and fans can look on and see for themselves just how big the catches really were. Getting Everyone Involved

2013 1st Place Winners Blaine Hyska and John Highmoor Photos courtesy of Kori James

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The Bad, the Ugly and the Good: A Look Back at my School Days

– Harry Hobbs –

When I was six years old, school really began for me. I attended grade one in Central School, so named because What difference can one teacher make? As the new school of its central location in town. While the white-pillared year begins, a retired teacher-librarian reflects on the teachers red brick building faced on George Street, the school who influenced his career as an educator. yard extended down most of James Street where we lived, meaning I literally had only to cross the street to be eptember is back-to-school month. As someone in the school yard. My first days of school were daunting. who spent just over thirty years in some facet of I still recall the old classroom with hardwood floors, teaching or school library work, I remember desks with ink wells and some initials still carved into the September as a time to bid farewell to the summer and desks. My first teacher, Miss Tinney, was a tall grey haired look forward to the challenges of the school year ahead. lady with glasses and bangs barely covering her face. She But had you asked me prior to completing my Arts was soft-spoken and didn’t instil any fear. But the principal Degree if I planned on entering education I would have did. The first or second day of school she called him in to given you an emphatic “no”. Still, looking back now, I’m strap a boy in front of the entire class. I don’t remember sure that my first thirteen years of education all had their what the boy did, only that it made me fear principals for impact upon the kind of educator I became. all my days in education. I learned early on that some My formal education began in kindergarten, which I teachers didn’t earn respect, but got someone bigger and attended mornings in the fall of 1949, at St. Peter’s stronger to attempt to do it for them. Anglican Church in Cobourg, Ontario. I don’t remember much about kindergarten, but my parents told me I did Mrs. Martin exhibit some of the colourful language I learned at home. One day, my father’s friend picked me up as my father was Grade five was a year memorable for almost the same unable to come. reason. Mrs. Martin was the only teacher I ever hated. “Well, Harry, how’s school?” When you are young, some teachers are overly strict and “It’s okay, except for the teachers.” you don’t like it at the time, but later in life you appreciate “What’s wrong with the teachers?’ what they tried to do for you. Not so Mrs. Martin. She “They’re stupid. When us kids are noisy they don’t say poured on the homework as if it were some kind of ven‘for Christ’s sake shut up.’ They just play some silly tune detta against all ten-year-olds. We had close to three on the piano.” hours every night and I resented it, especially in the My father claimed he got a lot of ribbing over that. springtime. I sat in my bedroom with the windows open, the warm breezes blowing in the fragrance of lilacs, the Miss Tinney sounds of robins chirping and more distressing the sounds of other kids’ laughter as they played outside. Clearly, they all had a more humane teacher than Mrs. Martin. I was not really a rebellious kid, and my fear of authority had never disappeared since my grade one experience. But I could be influenced by my peers, believing that acceptance by them was more important than respecting a teacher I disliked. Unwittingly Mrs. Martin taught me a lesson about that. One night as she drove home from school my friends pointed at her car and laughed. “Old Lady Martin,” they chanted.They nodded towards me, and I looked at them and then at the old witch Martin driving out of the school parking lot in her small blue car with a canvas top. “Old lady Martin,” I repeated. To say Mrs. Martin was not amused would be an understatement. The next morning we were summoned to the principal’s office and notified we were going to be strapped for our terrible rudeness. It was the first and only time I got the strap at school. But the deeper lesson I learned was about turncoat friends. They spread it around the classroom they heard me crying in the office when I received the five whacks on each hand. I confess I

Harry, left, and his brother Walter in Cobourg, 1949/50

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said “Ouch” and perhaps hopped from one foot to the next after the leather stung my hands, but I didn’t cry. I learned that true friends are not people you try to impress, especially when they can turn on you in the next moment. My parents made me apologize. They had me recite a number of times “I’m very sorry for being rude and I’ll never do it again.” It wasn’t much to memorize, and I didn’t know why there were so many rehearsals unless they feared I’d lack sincerity. I received no punishment at home, which I found odd as I was always told “if you get punished at school you’ll get it double at home.” My parents would never admit it, but I think they felt a little sorry for me. Mrs. McCaig & Major Brown

took the constant torments until I finally blurted out: “If you don’t leave me alone I will make you all pregnant.” I’m sure I didn’t use the “F” word. It wasn’t part of the common vocabulary as it is today. If I’d used it followed by “off ” I might have got into less trouble. To tell you the truth I’m not sure why I said that. My sexual knowledge at fifteen was minimal to say the least. It was the first thing that came into my head, and I regretted it instantly. However, the damage was done. The girls went immediately to tell Mrs. McCaig. I was sent to see Major Brown, the guidance counsellor I’m sure Mrs. McCaig meant well. I was a troubled teenager crying out for help, but Major Brown was the last person on earth to give it. Although later on I would work for him, cutting his grass in the summer, he was not the kind of man who garnered respect. I remember him walking to and from the men teachers’ toilet carrying his briefcase and smelling of alcohol. In my interview he raked me over the coals, comparing me to Carryl Chessman who had just been executed as a kidnapper and rapist. “If you don’t smarten up,” he advised “you will spent the rest of your life behind bars.” I left his office thinking that fighting back was pointless and seemed only to get you in more trouble. Mr. Dillon & Mr.Henshall

Harry’s grade nine class (Harry: 2nd row, second from left)

High school was a difficult time for me. Even though my brother Walter had been institutionalized for close to a decade, his ghost still haunted me. Walter had serious health issues brought on by a combination of childhood meningitis and the incorrect administration of ether which resulted in brain damage and epileptic fits. He could not speak properly and when excited jumped up and down tapping objects with his hands. To the young people in Cobourg, egged on by their parents, Walter was just mentally ill. When he was institutionalized at the age of six they all thought he was sent to an insane asylum. Having him less visible made the teasing all he worse. Feeling guilty by association I didn’t know how to respond. In grade nine English a member of my class who was always teasing me got sent to the office. In big letters I carved this information on one of my desks. Life seemed unfair when my revenge meant a trip to the office. I was informed I’d have to spend time cleaning desks that summer, although the punishment was never administered. The worst taunts came from the girls. As I left school frequently they’d chant, “You should be in the nuthouse with your brother.” Mrs. McCaig, my grade ten homeroom and English teacher, took me aside. “You should fight back,” she advised. I wasn’t sure about that. Fighting back had only got me in trouble the year before. I Page 34

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Harry Hobbs in Grade 11 at CDCI East

But high school wasn’t a total washout. In the fall of 1961 I transferred to Cobourg District Collegiate East. The population of Cobourg was burgeoning and grades 11-13 were moved to the new high school while grade nines and tens remained at what was to become known as “the West School”. Although Phys. Ed and Health was a compulsory subject I had failed it miserably in grade ten. Health was the lesser of the two components of the course, and most of the mark was weighted on how far you could throw a football, how many set shots you could sink in basketball, and whether or not you could make it across the pummel horse without wiping out. My dismal efforts only added to more ridicule from my classmates, while Mr. Lawless shook his head and gave me a four out of ten. You could tell he had no patience with uncoordinated spastics like me. Late in August, before I began grade eleven, my parents went to see Charles Hagen, principal of the school, to ask if I could drop Phys. Ed. Mr. Hagen suggested that they reserve judgment until they had the opportunity to talk to Del Dillon, the Health and Phys. Ed instructor. Del Dillon was not a by-the-book instructor, which was very unusual in the 1960’s when breaking the strict guidelines of curriculum was almost unheard of. He welcomed me into his classes and did all he could to help. He weighted my mark with the emphasis on Health and I got A’s and B’s rather than F’s. In my previous school I was bait for ridicule by all the jocks. Del arranged for me to become manager of the basketball team under the tutelage of Hank Henshall, the team coach. Mr. Henshall had a handicap of his own. He suffered from MS, and when we met he was in the final two years of his life. He was no doubt a good athlete in his time, but the MS had given him a special penchant for others who suffered physical handicaps. Cobourg made it to the finals the two years I managed the team, and I was there as part of the team. But that was not the end of Mr. Dillon’s help. He created the position of School Athletic Manager and assigned me the job. No sports equipment for noon hour intramurals could be

Junior Football with Mr. Del Dillon

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taken out unless team members came to me. With the position came a seat on the Boys Athletic Council,

Junior Basketball Team with Mr. Hank Henshall Photos submitted by Harry Hobbs

and I was elected secretary. I sat as an equal with some of the best athletes in the school. They no longer ridiculed me, as they learned that those who helped organize sports had as much value as someone on the court or field. Mr. Dillon had paved the way by giving me my first break. When I got to grade thirteen, Phys. Ed was optional, but I signed up to take Mr. Dillon’s class and after graduation began a lifelong friendship. When I got my first teaching job he sent me a card saying “welcome to the profession.” When Glenda and I visited Cobourg after our marriage, Del Dillon was one of the first people I took her to meet. I really hoped he approved because living up to his standards was very important. Mr. Hobbs As I entered the field of education I took a lesson from all these early influencers of my life. Teaching is about earning respect. Principals who strap kids in front of classes may earn fear but not respect. Teachers who push kids until they rebel, and see punishment as a solution, or feel that a kid in trouble needs punishment rather than help, do not earn respect. Mr. Dillon taught me that respecting a student means meeting him or her at their level and doing what you can to bring them along, even if it means bending some of the rules. This was probably one of the most important lessons I learned in school and tried hard to carry forward in my own teaching career. Sometimes my colleagues criticized me for helping students too much in my library days. But when students came back later and thanked me for how much I had helped them, that made it all worthwhile. I remember a young teacher coming to me in the library and asking if I could teach her grade tens something I had taught her in grade ten. It made me feel that I had honoured Mr. Dillon, and the legacy he had left me.

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a boxer-turned-mining-promoter, teamed up with Tom Creighton in the (soon to be) Flin Flon area. After being shown outcroppings by prospector David Collins in 1915, Hammell and Dan Mosher quickly set out to The Pas, the nearest financial centre, to register the claims. “I went to The Pas,” Hammell later explained, “rounded up all the merchants and said ‘We’re going to buy everything from your shopkeepers here - and don’t push it above ten percent on cost price.’ By the time the project engineers arrived, I had purchased two mining plants and had enough stuff for 118 men for eight months shipped in. It astounded them to see ten tonnes of bacon, ten tonnes of ham, and all that…..” Hammell never did get the financial backing to develop the gigantic Flin Flon ore body, but his experience at The Pas represented a turning point in the history of the community, which was quickly establishing itself as a business support centre for the north. In the next few decades,The Pas would become a key player in the development of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

he year was 1913, and Saskatchewan’s first gold rush had begun. Prospector Tom Creighton had discovered gold on Amisk (Beaver) Lake, near the area known today as Denare Beach, and many ‘wouldbe millionaires’ were drawn to the railhead at The Pas, enroute to Amisk Lake. The water route, which had originally been established by the fur trade, took prospectors out west from The Pas on the Saskatchewan River to Cumberland House, north across Cumberland and Namew Lakes to Sturgeon Landing and then up the Sturgeon Weir River to the south shore of Amisk Lake. When prospecting changed focus from gold to copper due to the demands of munitions for WWI, Jack Hammell, @CottageNorth

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Early History It is believed that the Pas was first known as Devon Mission, after Devon, England. The most universally accepted origin of its current name is from the Cree pasquia meaning “land between wooded banks” as the area was at the junction of the Saskatchewan and Pasquia rivers. The original inhabitants were Cree, thought to have migrated to the area over 9000 years ago. The first European to encounter the Cree was Henry Kelsey of the Hudson’s Bay Company, around 1690 on his way to the prairies. During the years of New France, LaVerendrye directed that a fort /trading post, Paskoya (or Pascoyac, Pasquia) be built very near The Pas on the lower Saskatchewan River above Cedar Lake. In the 1870s the Hudson’s Bay Company began to use steam boats to carry goods to Fort Carlton, southwest of Prince Albert on the Saskatchewan River. The growing number of settlements on the Saskatchewan River increased the importance of The Pas to the flourishing fur trade. The Saskatchewan River became much deeper at The Pas, and the width of the Pasquia River provided protection. Several steamboats were constructed at Grand Rapids. The first steamer to arrive at The Pas was the SS Northcote in 1874. This bustling trade centre was establishing itself in importance, but no one could have imagined the future that The Pas would play in opening up the north. Development on the Saskatchewan River There had been talk of a railway to Hudson Bay since the late 1800s, and the line in to The Pas was the first step. Political wrangling had delayed the line’s construction, but the bourgeoning commercial demands of the lumber industry prevailed, and by 1908 the railroad had reached the Pas.The rail line was a branch of the Canadian Northern Railway out of Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan. In 1911, Herman Finger established the Finger Lumber Company, and a lumber mill, complete with a housing development for employees, began operations in The Pas. In 1912 The Pas - now one of the oldest settlements in northern Manitoba - was incorporated. A few years earlier the Government of Canada had purchased the land for a town site on the south bank of the river. The land was purchased from First Nations peoples who moved north across the river to the present town site. The Pas was now not only a river port, but a growing community in its own right, and a lifeline between northern Manitoba and southern markets. Although a railroad bridge had been constructed over the Saskatchewan River (1910-11), and work on the “Bay Line” had begun, the mighty Saskatchewan River was still very much the economic engine. Riverboats were employed for driving and pulling booms and towing barges. Shipping activity on the river was important, and the Ross Navigation Company built three steamships during these years. These vessels and several others were active into the 1920s. This time frame also witnessed more attention being focused on Canada’s north – and its potential for lumber and ore bodies, as the fur trade was Page 40

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waning. As fate would have it, a very high-grade ore body was discovered, and The Pas would play a major role in its development. The Pot of Gold in the Middle of Nowhere In the fall of 1915, Fred Jackson and Sydney Reynolds practically camped on top of an outcropping 35 metres wide that would yield 30 percent copper as well as high levels of gold and silver. The soon-to-be Mandy Mine was located on a small peninsula on the west side of Schist Lake about three miles from the future Flin Flon mine. Basically stated, there was a ‘pot of gold’ in the middle of no where. How was this rich resource going to make it to market without a railroad? It was not an easy task, but freight hauls began from The Pas in 1916, after horse stables had been erected and 85 miles of winter road had been completed. In December of that year a contractor was needed to haul the ore from the mine site to the head of navigation on the Saskatchewan River at Sturgeon Landing, a distance of 40 miles over frozen lakes and muskeg. Charlie Morgan of The Pas was the man chosen to accomplish the mission. In just two weeks, three complete sets of camps were established, including 110 men and 22 horse teams. That summer, the ore was loaded on to barges and transported 200 kilometres from Sturgeon Landing, across Cumberland Lake south, then out the Bigstone River to the Saskatchewan River. The precious cargo was then barged downriver to the railhead at The Pas for transportation to the smelter at Trail, British Columbia. Ross Navigation was the original company in charge of the water route from Sturgeon Landing to The Pas. The company was owned and operated by Horatio Hamilton Ross, ‘Laird of the River’, an icon of The Pas and a flamboyant character also famous in Flin Flon’s naming of Ross Lake in the centre of the mining community. The Pas had played a key role in extracting a precious commodity “miles from nowhere.” At the same time it helped to open up a resource-rich area in north central Manitoba. There was much more to come.

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After the railway bridge across the Saskatchewan River was completed, construction began in earnest on the rail line to a proposed new shipping harbour at Hudson Bay. Although initial surveys were done on both ports of Churchill and Port Nelson, it was decided to proceed to Port Nelson in 1912. The Port Nelson concept was subsequently abandoned, and construction of the railway came to an end. Following the bankruptcy of the Canadian Northern Railway in 1918, the Canadian National Railway (CNR) was created, and the Hudson Bay railway was completed to Churchill in March 1929. The line from The Pas had opened up a vast remote area from west to east and then north within the province to trappers, traders, prospectors, and the like. The “big event” came in 1956, when an airborne electromagnetic survey discovered the huge nickel ore body at soon-to-be Thompson. An agreement was signed by the government of Manitoba and INCO Limited requiring INCO to provide financial assistance towards the Kelsey Generating System, and a spur line to connect Thompson to Canadian National’s Bay Line near Thicket Portage. The “Hub of the North” which would become the third largest city in Manitoba - had been born. In 1915, the huge, rich copper/zinc discovery at Flin Flon had galvanized the entire area north of The Pas in a mining claim-staking frenzy. There was one major obstacle to further development: no railroad. The C.V. (Sonny) Whitney interests were willing to put up the millions required to conHarry F. McLean. Photo cour- struct a metallurgical plant tesy of Teresa Barrett-Ryan at Flin Flon and a hydro@CottageNorth

generating station at Island Falls, SK, but a railroad to Flin Flon was essential. Fortunately, the rail bridge at The Pas was in place due to the Bay Line project, and Dominion Construction’s fiery president Harry Falconer McLean was up to the job of completing the 84-mile branch line between The Pas and Flin Flon. Dubbed “Big Pants”, McLean was famous for his attitude toward the numerous mammoth projects that he had been involved in: “Get the damn thing done – never mind asking anyone’s permission.” He reportedly bragged, “I’ll have steel in to Flin Flon in half the contract time” – and so he did. The

Premier John Bracken is assisted by Irene McLean as he drives the golden spike on the CNR line to Flin Flon, September 22, 1928. Photo Courtesy of Teresa Barrett-Ryan, “ author of Building an Empire: “Big Pants” Harry F. McLean and his Sons of Martha (2007).

24-month job was completed in 9 months. He and his men overcame sinkholes, muskeg, rock, cold, frostbites, blizzards, mosquitoes, lice, and fever to open up the area north of The Pas. The result, of course, was the origination of the gigantic HBM&S industry in Flin Flon which is still in operation today. A few months after the last rail spike was driven on the Flin Flon line in September 1928, a rail junction just north of Cranberry Portage was constructed to allow a

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line in to Sherridon (Sherritt Gordon Mines) to service a high-grade copper mine and concentrator with the resulting concentrate being railed to the Flin Flon metallurgical plant.When the Sherridon ore body was depleted in the early 1950’s the rail line was extended further north to a nickel/copper find at Lynn Lake, which was completed in 1953. In the late 1950s, HBM&S began opening new mines in the Snow Lake area with a rail line from Chisel Lake west to Optic Lake on the Lynn Lake line to transport the ore to Flin Flon. This previously unimaginable, expansive development in the mining industry north of The Pas was made possible and operational because of the rail line from The Pas—not only for mineral processing in the north, but as a rail route to southern markets. Lumber, fur, and fishing industries developed alongside mining. The Pas had clearly established its legacy as a pivotal player in the successful development of the northern half of two provinces. The Pas is well deserving of its reputation and place in history as ‘Gateway to the North’, and the town continues to be a major driving force in the north. The Pas Today

Pas will likely always be a lumber town and, who knows, it may even cash in on the mining industry in which it has played such a key role for so many years. So, as our story about this unique town comes to a conclusion, we take a brief glimpse at The Pas in more recent times. The Town of the Pas currently serves a trading area estimated at 15,000 people, including farming communities at Rall’s Island to the east, farming in the Carrot River Valley to the west, Clearwater and Rocky lakes to the north, as well as a number of First Nations communities including Moose Lake, Cormorant, and Easterville. The economy is driven by Tolko Industries (lumber products), a large University College of the North campus (UCN), Manitoba provincial offices and services, Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN), the Hudson Bay Railway, as well as farming and fishing industries. Tourism remains a big ticket item with the winter “Trappers’ Festival” becoming increasingly famous worldwide. The Pas remains the focal point of northern transportation and a base for economic activity further north as well. The rich history of The Pas is reflected in its famous structures – the grand houses on LaRose Avenue, historic church facilities constructed in the earliest days, the Post Office, St. Anthony’s Hospital, the Lido Theatre, and the Sam Waller Museum, which resides in the former court house and civic offices. My favourite monument to the past, oddly enough, is the old railway bridge across the Saskatchewan River. What stories it could tell—from the earliest days, when the bridge could turn open and closed to allow river traffic, to today as it remains the “friendly giant” in the transportation of heavy loads in and out of Cottage North Country. All in a day’s work, for the “Gateway to the North”.

Entrance to The Pas, 2009. Photo by Bobak Ha’Eri

A lot of water has passed under the rail bridge since its construction in the early 1900s, and the north has opened up in ways that would have been inconceivable at that time. Today, rail traffic has largely been replaced by highway haulage, but The Pas remains an important link and service centre for northwestern Manitoba. The Page 42

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The Sam Waller Museum, former court office . Originally constructed in 1969 Photos submitted by Morley Naylor, unless otherwise noted.

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Don’t Forget Your Lunch! Quick Tips for Back-to-School Lunches -By Joanna LeDoux, RDFor many parents, back to school means back to packing those school lunches—and wondering if they are actually getting eaten. We know that a nutritious lunch can fuel both the body and the mind, but many parents struggle with deciding what to pack in that lunch bag. Am I making the right choices? Am I relying too much on processed foods? Is the lunch getting eaten, or tossed in the trash because it’s boring? You are not alone in asking yourself these questions. Your child may eat up to 2,400 lunches at school between Grade 1 and Grade 12, so it’s worth taking some time to pack lunch right. Here are some simple tips to help you make the most out of packing that important school lunch.

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Get organized for easy packing. Make sure you have all

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Get your kids involved. Children are more likely to eat healthy food if they have helped prepare the meals.

Pack healthy meals. The Canada Food Guide is a great source for meal

planning – stick it on your fridge and focus on packing balanced meals with the food guide in mind. Aim to have three out of four food groups in the lunch and avoid processed foods that are high in fat, sodium, and sugar. See Basics for a Healthy Lunch, at right, for more suggestions.

Get creative. Instead of using bread for every sandwich, try pitas or wraps.

Use up leftovers by packing cold pizza, homemade soup, or making a chicken salad. Try hummus as a vegetable dip. Make your child a ‘picnic’ lunch by cutting up cheese, leftover meat, veggies, and fruit.

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Put food safety first. Keep school lunches in the fridge if possible. If not,

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Pack water to drink. Fruit juices and pop can add a lot of added sugar and calories that may not be healthy for your child. Add something special. Write a special note for your child or add a fancy napkin to the lunch bag. Draw a happy face on your child’s orange or banana – just to make them smile.

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Aim to include a variety of choices from this list: Vegetables - a leafy green salad, veggie sticks or vegetables cooked in a soup, stew or pasta; Fruit - fresh, canned (unsweetened), or dried; Grain (whole grain or enriched) such as bread, tortilla wraps, bagels, buns, crackers, pasta, rice, muffins; A milk product or substitute - milk, yogurt, cheese, yogurt drink, or fortified soy beverage; Lean meat, fish, poultry or meat alternative such as an egg, peanut butter, hummus or other legumes in soups, salads and dips. Joanna LeDoux is a Registered Dietitian with the Northern Health Region practicing as a Community Dietitian at the Flin Flon Primary Health Care Centre. She can be reached at (204) 687-1336 or email: Jledoux2@nrha.ca Further Resources: Check out the Dietitians of Canada website at www.dietitians.ca, and download The Canada Food Guide at http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php

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In a Nutshell: A miscellany of arts, sports and cultural news in our region Young drummers from Flin Flon’s Friendship Centre perform at Flinty’s Birthday Party on August 4th. The girls have been having fun and practicing hard - “three times a month”, explains the group’s leader, Loretta McDermott. The group will soon incorporate dancing into their repertoire.

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Four crafty knitters celebrate the newly “yarn-bombed” library entrance in The Pas. Yarn-bombing involves surprise installations of knitted creations in public spaces – it’s a new type of street art which is gaining popularity around the world. Want to help these knitters make The Pas a little more cozy? Contact Shirley at pasarts@ hotmail.com

Creighton’s Community Hall was alive with music this summer with the “Cabar-eh” concert series, featuring lively blues/rock musician Alan Gerber. Gerber fiddled, sang and played guitar and piano. He was accompanied by his daughter, Hannah.

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Chief Michael Constant shoots a flaming arrow, marking the traditional start to the celebrations at Opaskwayak Cree Nation Indian Days, held from August 12-18 this year. OCN Indian Days has been running for fortyeight years, and features a week full of events that celebrate, showcase and teach about Opaskwayak Cree Nation culture.

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Flower Broome and Colleen Ducharme lay out vamps for the Walking with our Sisters Project. Beaders in Flin Flon and The Pas have created beaded masterpieces that will travel around the country, creating awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women. The full exhibit will be in Flin Flon’s NorVA Centre from July 21- Aug 16, 2014.

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