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Lack of snow good for city finances The City of Estevan has had minimal expenses for snow removal in the past couple of months.

Norm Mack, the city’s manager of roads and drainage, said the weather has cooperated in the last couple months, with only a few minor systems bringing light snow to the community.

“We have been doing some ice rut clearing, and blowing some snow on main arteries, just to let the sun burn them off when it comes out with some warm tem-

peratures, and we also did some work around school zones, removing some snow and just to get some of that ice off.”

When city crews were out clearing streets recently, it served as a good opportunity to make sure the equipment was operating. And outside of the cost of fuel, Mack said there wasn’t a cost to the taxpayers, because it was done by city crews during regular work hours.

“The guys are getting paid, so we might as well do

Estevan first 2019 baby was born on Jan. 3

something,” said Mack.

He wanted the snow removed from the main arteries due to the above-zero temperatures in the forecast for early January.

The equipment is operating well, and the city is ready in case a big snowstorm does strike.

“This has probably been one of the easiest winters that we’ve had for quite some time,” said Mack. “Usually we can reach Christmas with not a whole lot of snow, but A2 » CITY

Jacqueline and Jonathan Eberle with their son Jaxson Roy. Jaxson was the first baby born at St. Joseph’s Hospital this year. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

Snow removal expenses for the City of Estevan have been minimal so far this year.

Estevan’s first 2019 baby made the community wait a little bit.

Jaxson Roy Eberle – the first Estevan new year’s baby – was born in St. Joseph’s hospital on Jan. 3 at 10:49 a.m.

The hospital rep reported that this young man weighed seven pounds and 13 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches in length.

Being the first 2019 baby in town, Jaxon Roy became the fifth kid of proud parents Jacqueline and Jonathan Eberle of Estevan. He is a sibling to Kalvin Coghill, and t Ava, Kiley, and Sylas Eberle, and has a sister Lilly, who the family says is in heaven.

Jaxson Roy has become a rising rock star attracting the

attention of the press and the entire community and collecting dozens of greetings upon his arrival to this world. His mom Jacqueline Eberle noticed that they were surprised to know that they had become the new year’s baby’s parents since they were sure that somebody else would already have a baby

by Jan. 3.

Weyburn police charge three men in homicide, home invasion The Weyburn Police Service has laid a number of charges in relation to an alleged home invasion and homicide, which occurred on Jan. 4 at approximately 9 p.m. at a residence in the 300-block of Fourth Street N.E. in Weyburn.

It has been learned through the investigation that three individuals armed with a firearm had broken into the residence.

The Weyburn Police Service responded to the home Friday evening around 9 p.m., after receiving a call of a home invasion involving firearms.

An altercation occurred within the residence, and during the incident shots were fired. Two individuals made their way to the General Hospital where one of them,

an 18-year-old male, who has been identified as Nathan Hutt of Weyburn, later died of his injuries. Hutt was among the group who are accused of committing the home invasion.

Three men have been charged as a result of this incident.

Keegan R. Muxlow, 23 years old from Weyburn, is charged with second degree murder, use of a firearm during the commission of an offence, unsafe storage of a firearm and possession of a firearm without a valid licence. Muxlow was the target of the home invasion.

Dominick Hawkes, 23, from Weyburn, is charged with wearing a disguise during the commission of an offence, possession of a weapon for the

purpose of committing an offence, possession of a firearm without a valid licence, possession of cocaine, and break and enter and committing assault.

William N. McLeod, 25, from Weyburn is charged with break and enter and committing assault, wearing a disguise during the commission of an offence, possession of a weapon for the purpose of committing an offence, and possession of a firearm without a valid licence.

These three individuals were remanded in custody and made their first court appearance in Weyburn on Tuesday.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Weyburn Police Service at 306-8483250, or Crime-Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Const. Kalin Wiebe made some notes while stationed outside of a home in the 300-block of Fourth Street in Weyburn on Saturday morning, as police investigated a home invasion that resulted in an alleged homicide. Photo by Greg Nikkel of the Weyburn Review

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Shell Cansolv has been working in test facility It’s been about a year since SaskPower announced that Shell Cansolv would be taking occupancy of the carbon capture test facility at the Shand Power Station, and Cansolv has been carrying out tests since that time.

Joel Cherry, who is a consultant for media relations and issues management with SaskPower, said Shell Cansolv continues to test out amine degradation issues facing CCS technology at the test facility.

“In 2018, the program was able to reproduce results from the CCS facility at BD3 (Unit 3 at the Boundary Dam Power Station),” said Cheery. “We have a baseline established for further research.”

SaskPower is going to build on that baseline in 2019, and continue testing to explore approaches to reducing amine degradation.

Amine is the chemical used to remove carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide from the emissions generated through coal-fired generation.

“The way I’ve heard it described is it’s kind of like changing the oil in a car.

Amine can only be used for so long before it needs to be replaced. So when we go through the process of stripping the carbon dioxide and the sulfur dioxide, it degrades somewhat, and what was happening was it was degrading more quickly than what we expected.”

It ’s something SaskPower is working on, and

The carbon capture test facility at the Shand Power Station has been occupied by Shell Cansolv. File photo that Cansolv has been working on for the past year.

Cansolv owns the technology that they are using inside the test facility, and they have been investing in it.

SaskPower is not currently soliciting new tenants for the test facility, but if another tenant wants

to move in once Cansolv is finished, they would be welcome to it. Cherry said it could be a company that approaches SaskPower to use the facility, or if the Carbon Capture Knowledge Centre refers them.

SaskPower’s test facility utilizes a “plug-and-play” system, meaning the tech-

nology that was tested by the former tenant has now been removed and the new equipment and chemistry to be tested by Shell is being added into the facility for testing.

When SaskPower announced last year that Cansolv would be moving in to the test facility, the Crown

corporation noted this testing program continues the partnership developed with Shell Cansolv in the operation of the industrial-scale Boundary Dam carbon capture project since 2014.

Shell Cansolv offers leading gas absorption solutions, regenerable sulfur dioxide scrubbing technology

and carbon dioxide capture technology.

Five employees split their time between the Shand Power Station and the test facility, and two engineers work exclusively at the test facility as well.

Shell Cansolv could not immediately be reached for comment.

Storm in B.C. means adjournment in Estevan The preliminary inquiry for Carson Pelletier, scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 8, has been adjourned until March 12, and the so-called Highway through Hell had a part to play in it.

Pelletier is facing charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking cocaine in Estevan. The charges were laid in late 2016, and the accused has changed his election for

how he would be tried three times, most recently to trial by Queens Bench judge and jury.

The preliminary inquiry was scheduled for one day.

Pelletier left a voice mail

with his lawyer, Jonathan Goby, saying that he and his mother had departed Surrey, B.C. and gotten as far as Merritt, B.C., when they ran into bad weather on the Co-

quihalla Highway and had to turn around for home.

While he expressed some frustration with how long the case has taken to get to this point, Judge Lane Wiegers

acknowledged the storm front and granted an adjournment for the preliminary inquiry.

March 12 was the earliest available date, so he set it for then.

City using liquid calcium on ice this winter « A1 I’ve seen in the past where January has come and we’ve gotten nailed (by the snow).

“But we’re prepared for the worst, because I think we’re still going to get a major snow event, at least one this year, and when it comes, I’m not sure, but we have a lot of winter left.”

In the event of a big

snow event, the city has access to contractors who can help out with removing the snow.

The biggest challenge to face the city in recent weeks has been ice, with a couple of storm systems that brought freezing rain to the city, along with some accumulations of hoar and rime frost.

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“Some of that is still under the snow, and it ’s tough getting rid of that unless you get really warm temperatures,” said Mack.

According to figures released by the Cit y of Estevan last fall, the city spent $263,400 on snow removal efforts in the first few months of 2018, including

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and December,” said Mack.

The city is trying something new for ice removal this year, as one of their one-tonne trucks can now apply liquid calcium chloride. One of the components is molasses that helps bring the freezing point down. “ W h e n t h e r e ’s i c e storms, or really bad ice, we’ll be bringing that liquid salt out,” said Mack.

The liquid c alcium chloride is much more powerful, and it reacts much stronger.

“For example, if we got ice on intersections, or a freezing rain storm, we’ll be using that to get some hard to remove ice,” said Mack.

He’s not sure if it will prove to be more expensive than the salt the city has traditionally use, but it has been used by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, and the city wanted to try it.

Mack pointed out that any salt or calcium chloride would be corrosive, so the city tries to keep that in mind when applying it, and limit usage so that it doesn’t damage vehicles or roads.

“We really try to limit what we use. We have to be on that edge of yes, we have enough down, and we don’t need any more because we don’t need corrosion over everything.”

Public works employees have also been stockpiling clay for water breaks, checking equipment and performing other regular duties this winter, such as clearing pathways and sidewalks the city is responsible for.

Water breaks have not been a problem so far this winter.

“We’ve been spending quite a bit of time at the landfill, making sure we’re good and covered there, and meeting regulations,” said Mack.

The Christmas decorations that have been in place in downtown Estevan and other arterial roads since mid-November are expected to be coming down at the end of this week.

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Meetings happening this month to bring a new search and rescue team to southeast Saskatchewan

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

An organization wants to set up a chapter in southeast Saskatchewan to help out when someone goes missing.

Public meetings will be happening this month to establish a Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers (SARSAV) chapter. The meeting for Estevan will be on Jan. 23 at the Western Star Hotel, starting at 7 p.m.

Other meetings will be Jan. 16 at the Carnduff Education Complex, Jan. 17 at the Carlyle Memorial Hall and Jan. 24 at the City Works building in Weyburn. All will start at 7 p.m.

Meetings are arranged and hosted by a partnership between the RCMP Search and Rescue Team, SARSAV, the Estevan Police Service and Weyburn Police Service.

Presentations will be made by RCMP Cpl. George Riffle and Dale Hintz, the president of the Parkland SARSAV chapter.

“They’ll be explaining what a volunteer does, how they’re trained, the development or organization for the southeast chapter, and they’ll be talking about the provincial group, because we’re under a provincial search and rescue group,” said spokesperson Katia Bigney, who is a special constable with the EPS. At the meeting, people

will be able to ask questions, and they can sign up to be part of the southeast chapter and receive the training.

Volunteers need to take 40 hours of basic training before they can go on a search and rescue mission, and then there are other training modules they need to take, such as how to run a compass, and overnight skills in case they go out on a search and can’t get back to the base before the end of the day.

“There’s a nice long list of training that each individual has to take as a civilian before they can go out on a search,” said Bigney. “There’s quite a bit involved with it, so that training is provided by the province, and it’s very affordable.”

She hopes the training can begin in March.

The initial training is a significant time commitment, but after that, the commitment is reduced to the search and rescue missions, the additional training and the occasional activity out in the community.

While there are a number of situations in which someone could be called out, the most frequent would be for a senior citizen, a child or someone with a disability who has gone missing.

In many instances, missing person cases are solved quickly by the local police agencies, but there are exceptions when they’re not.

Riffle helped start the Parkland group a few years ago.

He noticed there wasn’t a group

Katia Bigney, who is a special constable with the Estevan Police Service, wants to see a chapter for Search and Rescue Saskatchewan Association of Volunteers launched in the southeast. A meeting will be held in Estevan on Jan. 23. in the area, and so he put out some feelers and arranged an organizational meeting. Others jumped on board and took it from there.

He believes it’s great to have such a team in a location.

“It’s part of awareness and just preparedness. It’s community support and it’s a community agency that can be called upon by any police force, whether it’s the RCMP, or whether it’s Estevan city or Weyburn city police.”

Having individuals who are trained and can assist with a missing person file is a boost for the area.

The time commitment is ultimately up to the individual.

Those who want to be on the executive, or who want to in-

struct, can wind up dedicating more time.

But if there are those who can only help out with the searches when a call comes in, then that’s all right, he said.

“There are all types of skills that are required, be it somebody who is able to go out and walk 20 miles in the bush, up and down hills, or maybe it’s somebody who’s retired and can’t physically do that type of stuff, but they’re excellent with public relations, they’re good at helping with fundraising, or they’d make an excellent secretary or treasurer,” said Riffle.

Dale Hinz has been involved with Parkland’s SARSAV chapter since its inception three years ago. He spent 26

years with a mine rescue team, and found out through his son that the Parkland chapter was being formed.

“I hadn’t really thought much of it before, because I was active in mine rescue and work, so I was very interested, because I had a background in training and safety and first aid,” he said.

He has remained involved because of his desire to help people and give back to society.

“I have benefitted so much with my training, so I’d like to be able to give it back and help and make things better for other people,” Hinz said.

He already had a lot of training through mine rescue, and when they started, the Parkland team had a lot skills

from its members, including first aid, CPR, rope rescue experience and technical skills.

“You find that in the communities, once you bring people together, all these people have different skill sets that are all so useful,” Hinz said.

He noted the Parkland group is also active in the community, with an Adventure Smart program in the schools.

Students get a colouring book, rescue blankets and pamphlets on what to if they do get lost.

Hinz believes there’s a preventative side that’s very rewarding when teaching young kids.

There would be no limit to the number of people Bigney would like to have signed up for the southeast chapter.

The volunteers who are trained in a search and rescue group are asked to commit their time and expertise when a police agency asks them to be involved, but Bigney recognizes that when a call comes in, not everyone will be available.

“The more people that we have trained, the better chance that we’ll have a higher number available.”

She’s not sure what the minimum number would be, but based on the interest that’s been shown already, she doubts it will be an issue.

Search and rescue volunteer groups for civilians located across the country, she said, because there is a national organization that is responsible for each of the provinces. Each province then has chapters.

Humane Society’s Whiskers and Wine Gala will offer entertainment and an auction

By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

Once again the Estevan Human Society invites everybody to dress up, pickup friends, and help little critters while enjoying a fabulous night out.

The 2019 Whiskers and Wine Gala will take place on Feb. 16 at the Estevan Exhibition Hall.

The president of the Humane Society Angela Prette said that they would start off the night with drinks and meals.

“It’s stating at 6 p.m. with cocktails and followed by a catered dinner,” Prette noted.

Guests will enjoy parmesan-crusted chicken. For those preferring meatless meals there will be alternative options. The night will continue

with music and art. “ Probabl y around 8 o’clock it’s going to be our local band Hook & Nail.

And then following that at 9 o’clock there will be JJ Voss.

And then at 10 o’clock will be a live art auction with pieces from local artists,” Prette said.

Guests will have a chance to bid on art pieces created

by Lindsay Arnold, Byron Fitcher, Wade Kolotelo and others.

The advertising campaign hasn’t started yet, so there are still a lot of tickets available. However, with the price being much lower this year tickets won’t last long. “ We just thought we would drop the price and make it more affordable for everybody,” Prette said. “This year I think it’s a great deal: there is two bands, a live auction and a great meal for 80

dollars or even under 70, if you get seven friends to come. You really can’t beat that. Plus you help little critters, so it’s all for a good cause.”

Tickets are sold for $80 each, or $550 for a table of eight. So if you want to go you are asked to get in touch with the Humane Society or its board members. Prette also mentioned that they are currently trying to make tickets even more accessible for everybody.

“We are also working to get them available through our website and then we can just mail them out to people who purchased them online,” Prette said.

Money collected through the night will be used for the general upkeep of the shelter, animals’ medical bills and supplies.

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An apology should be the start Premier Scott Moe has apologized for Saskatchewan’s role in the ‘60s Scoop – the infamous practice that saw tens of thousands of Indigenous children taken from their homes, and placed in the care of largely white families.

It’s one of our nation’s most unsettling practices. A country that has prided itself on inclusion, tolerance and respect for others for so much of its history thought it was a good idea to take children from their homes, often for no other reason than their Indigenous background.

It’s a horrible example of racial profiling that carried on for nearly three decades. And while there were some Indigenous children who were able to experience better lives because of the homes they were relocated to, for most of them, it was a traumatic experience that carried consequences for the rest of their lives.

Imagine being ripped away from your family at a young age, even though nothing wrong was done, and being taken to a new home, where they lose their language and culture.

We can also imagine the reaction of some if the roles were reversed, and white children were ripped from their families and sent to Indigenous homes.

Hopefully we can all see the absurdity of this practice now, and understand why it should have never started in the first place.

It’s nice that Moe has offered an apology over the ‘60s Scoop. It’s likely an apology that

was long overdue, especially since in Saskatchewan, it didn’t end with Indigenous people; it extended to Métis people as well.

The apology can only be the starting point.

It’s imperative that the government take concrete steps to improve the lives of Indigenous people.

Reconciliation, at least in the framework, doesn’t appear to be the answer.

We’ve heard a lot about reconciliation between white people and Indigenous communities. In fact, it seems like reconciliation often feels like a buzz word now, rather than a concept.

Some of the measures for reconciliation, like apologies for the ‘60s Scoop and the disgraceful residential school program, have good intentions. Also marked with good intentions is the acknowledgement of being on Treaty 4 land at meetings and events. But will these apologies and acknowledgements make the lives of Indigenous people better? No. And some of these reconciliation efforts, such as removing the statues of long-dead leaders who made invaluable contributions to our country, have only served to turn people off of reconciliation.

We’ve also see movements like Idle No More that have created awareness of the challenges facing Indigenous people, put haven’t proven to be effective in the long-term, in part because of the people at the helm of those

movements, and in part because they didn’t have the follow-through necessary to succeed.

Indigenous people need more than apologies, more than acknowledgement of being on Treaty 4 land, and more than short-term movements with no long-term impact.

We also can’t just give Indigenous people a blank cheque, just like we can’t cut blank cheques for anybody else. The funding, the grants and the allocations that are directed to Indigenous communities need to be done with the proper due diligence, with the proper accountability measures, to ensure that it will be going to improve the lives of the people in those communities.

Saskatchewan is home to some very talented Indigenous people. An engaged Indigenous community that feels like they’re wanted, would go a long ways in correcting the issues facing many of these people.

Of course, they also have to do their part to be included.

In spite of all the work, all of the effort, all of the programs and all of the talk by governments at all levels, there hasn’t been a marked improvement in the lives of Indigenous people.

They still face many of the same struggles that they have experienced for years.

An apology is nice. But an apology to ‘60s Scoop survivors, and some money to compensate those survivors for their pain, is just part of the solution.

No idling? I really don’t care My kids’ elementary school has no idling signs in front of it. The school got some accolades when they were put up a couple of years ago. Some media attention was fawned on it.

Wonderful for them.

I hate to say this, but I really don’t care what the sign says. If I am picking up my kid because there is a -30 C wind chill, I’m going to keep my vehicle warm. And if it’s 30 above, I’m going to keep my vehicle cool, too, lest we pass out from heat stroke.

Apparently North Dakota has had a law on the books since the 1940s prohibiting unattended idling, then considered a deterrent to auto theft. Now, locking your idling vehicle is a good idea. But not starting it and allowing it to warm up, or stay warm when needed, is idiocy.

There’s now a movement in North Dakota to punt the stupid anti-idling law, and not even the Sierra Club is opposing such efforts. The Associated Press reported on Jan. 7, “Even environmental group Sierra Club is not standing in the way of the effort to make idling legal.

“Wayde Schafer, the group’s North Dakota spokesman, said banning idling vehicles is futile in North Dakota, where it’s considered a necessary evil because of brutal winter weather.

“It’s so engrained in our culture and people will never change their habits even if they know it’s against the law,” Schafer said. “It’s part of winter in North Dakota, and people want to get into a warm car, so what do you do?”

I see such signs as the unfortunate spinoff of the virtue-signalling culture that has taken over the political climate in North America, especially from the current federal Liberal government. Who needs cabinet ministers chosen for their competency instead of ones chose solely on the basis of their chromosomes?

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So what is virtue-signalling, really? I would say it’s a cross between holier-than-thou and rubbing your nose in my holier-than-thou.

I’m woke, you aren’t, and I’m going to make a show of it.

No idling zones imply many things. First, we, the poster of the said sign, think we have dominion over all around us, including, apparently, public streets, like those in front of the school. We are asserting ourselves regardless of our legitimacy or ability to do so.

Secondly, we think that our values, reduced exhaust emissions, which equates fewer carbon dioxide (and therefore greenhouse gas) emissions will somehow “save the planet.” (So, too, will holding your breath until you’re not emitting carbon dioxide, either, but they kinda fall down on that point).

Third, they imply that if you are so boorish as to idle your vehicle needlessly (and I, the proclaimer of the no-idling zone, am the judge of needful and needless), then you are a bad person. Shame on you.

Fourth, my values (save the earth from climate change) are more important than your values of seeing through otherwise frostcovered windows and not driving over the neighbours’ children, reducing them to a red stain on the snow.

Now, it’s kinda hard to tell some well-

meaning, brainwashed kindergarten kid that their teachers are in fact indoctrinating them into a certain worldview, but there it is. That’s what no-idling zones are.

We, in Western Canada (and our cousins to the south, in North Dakota), live in this little thing called an extreme environment.

This afternoon, it was warm enough to walk around with my jacket open. By tomorrow, the wind chill is expected to be -30 C and a storm is expected to blow through. Hot, cold, we live through all of it.

That’s precisely why looking down on Canada for our greenhouse gas emissions, especially when considered per capita, is ludicrous.

Yeah, Saskatchewan has high greenhouse gas emissions. You ever live here? It gets damned cold in winter. Cold enough you might need to warm up your gas-guzzling SUV. No amount of Kyoto, Copenhagen or Paris accords will change that, nor will signs on school fences. As for electric cars, I don’t think their batteries are going to do well against -40 C. I think part of the recent uprising in Western Canada, with the protests, rallies and convoys, is related to a rejection of the neverending virtual signalling we’re being force-fed.

The people, many wearing yellow vests, are saying, “We’ve had it up to here with your crap.

We live in the real world, and we need our government to acknowledge that.”

As many of those in the rallies have said, the world isn’t powered by unicorn farts.

I would add that unicorn farts don’t keep my windows defrosted, either.

Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News.

He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net.

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Employment and selfdevelopment Anastasiia Bykhovskaia Twenty Lines About…

My name is Anastasiia, shortly Ana. When I just hit my teens I adopted the rule “Not a day without 20 lines.”

I promised myself to write at least 20 lines about any topic no matter what was happening around me and in my life. Don’t think that I’m actually that dedicated and followed this rule every single day through the years, but I tried to stick to it as much as I could.

At different times of my life I had a chance to experience different fields and style in journalism working for different mass media, which helped me grow professionally.

And when I didn’t this rule always kept me writing and improving myself.

And now I launched a new job. Once again, I’m a reporter and I actually get to write, not for “My scribbles” folder on my laptop, but for real people. I’m not sure if there are enough words to describe how I feel. Excited? Definitely.

Happy? For sure. Inspired? No doubts. Filled with new ideas?

You can’t even imagine how many of them sneak in my head every night and light up every day.

But on top of all these emotions there is a sense of security. I feel more secure. Yes, it’s always a bit worryingly to start at a new place with a new team, new duties, new challenges and so on. I always get them tiny butterflies tickling my stomach when it happens, but it goes away as soon as I dive into work.

At the same time the sense of security – it stays. Is it going to be permanent? Hard to predict, since there are many factors, which may come into play and in the end affect that feeling.

The provincial government has recently published the employment statistics. For five consecutive months Saskatchewan has demonstrated the steady job growth. Year-over-year employment increased by almost 11,000 jobs within one year.

Such vital sectors as health care and social services opened 3,700 positions; educational sector went up 3,900 jobs; and the agricultural sector – Saskatchewan’s bread and butter (well at least, one of the them) – gained 5,000 jobs.

Our growth rate was ranked second among other provinces. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Yes and no.

According to the Russian saying you can’t put statistics on your bread. When it comes to not very big communities like the Energy City, statistics become a story about hundreds of thousands, and single episodes are usually not reflected in those vast numbers. And unfortunately, if things don’t change soon, we may witness the Estevan community – strong, ambitious, united, but heavily dependent on the energy sector and international trades – falling out of the provincial statistics and turning into a single tragic episode.

With Units 4 and 5 of the Boundary Dam getting closer and closer to retirement, the carbon tax, introduced by the federal government, coming into effect, global oil crisis and volatile economic relationships with the closest ally – the U.S., led by Donald Trump, the epatage and even more volatile leader, 2019 may turn into a difficult and full of challenges year for Estevan and the surrounding areas.

However, it’s important to remember that so far we remained a part of the provincial statistics with slightly fluctuating unemployment rates, which is on par with the national average. And the fight for the future is not over. The protests opposing the carbon tax and other federal policies keep gaining pace in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Will they gather enough voices to get heard by the government? I guess we will see within several months.

In the meantime, while the producing provinces are fighting for their spot on the federal political agenda, and while cities like Estevan, which had a number of economic ups and downs through its history, try to defend their traditional economic system and their lifestyles, each one of us should keep investing in ourselves and develop our professionalism, thus making the community stronger. Then, if Estevan, along with many other places all over the globe, will end up facing rough times in the near future, the constant self-development will help individuals gain and preserve that sense of security regardless of any shakes the ever-changing world has for us. Trust me, I checked.

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Saskatchewan must stand up for immigrants and refugees The editor: Recent yellow vested protesters have been seen in small pockets across the province. In 2019, let’s resolve to remember Saskatchewan’s provincial motto: from many peoples strength.

Along with the federal carbon tax, one of the key talking points of this group is a United Nations (UN) agreement, which is being used as a dog whistle to spread conspiracy theories and stoke fear about immigration.

The 2018 UN declaration created the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, two non-binding international agreements: one for refugees and one for migrants.

In the city of Swift Current, Mayor Denis Perrault has been honking and waving at weekly yellow vest protests in front of city hall. Mayor Perrault’s intentions were reportedly more friendly, rather than political.

Perrault, a Crown corporation board member, has pledged to have 25,000 people in Swift Current by 2025. Instead of honking his horn in tacit support, we need leadership that provides a passionate defence of immigration, multiculturalism and the value of newcomers.

The irony is not lost that these protests were occurring during the Christian holiday season, as The Bible clearly states, “When a foreigner re-

sides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your nativeborn. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt” (Leviticus 19:33-34).

Whether it’s the story of Moses or Jesus, it’s all about refugee families seeking a better life. When we share stories of migration, compassion for immigrants and refugees inevitably grows, including respect and love for Indigenous nations and treaty responsibilities.

The yellow vest movement began as an anti-austerity protest in France but has morphed into something much uglier in Canada.

We must oppose what

Talented Performers Saskatchewan born artists, both first-year graduate students at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., McKenzie Warriner (left, from Alameda) and Danielle Guina (from Humboldt) had a full-house at the Creighton Lodge and were greeted with a storm of applause. The performance was through the Living Room Live house concert series. Photos by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

Three councillors had perfect attendance for 2018 Three members of Estevan city council had perfect attendance for the open meetings last year.

According to the annual council attendance report released by the city on Friday, Councillors Greg Hoffort, Shelly Veroba and Lyle Yanish made it to all 21 open council meetings in 2018.

Mayor Roy L udwig missed just one meeting, the Feb. 26 session, due to a vacation.

Councillor Travis Frank also missed just one meeting, on Jan. 22, when he was listed as absent.

Councillor Dennis Moore wasn’t present for two meetings. He missed

the March 12 meeting due to a vacation, and the April 9 meeting due to another meeting in Regina connected to the provincial budget, which was released the following day.

F i n a l l y, C o u n c i l l o r Trevor Knibbs missed three meetings: May 7 due to a personal reason, June 11

when he was listed as absent, and Sept. 17, when he was on vacation.

Overall, all members of council were present for 14 of the 21 meetings last year.

City council had two meetings in each month last year, with the exception of June, July and September, when they met once.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described as the “triple evils of militarism, racism and materialism” and take action that addresses our shared existential threats of nuclear war and climate change.

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It’s time for leaders and the people of Saskatchewan to speak up for refugees, immigrants and defend human decency.

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Nick Morsky fondly remembered for dedication Nick Morsky became such a big part of the business community, and Estevan as a whole, that the Estevan Chamber of Commerce named its Business Hall of Fame after him and his wife Verna.

Since 2011, local business leaders have been inducted into the Nick and Verna Morsky Business Hall of Fame. Eight business leaders have been enshrined, including the Morsky family.

Nick Morsky died Jan.5 at the age of 87, leaving behind a legacy of business leadership. He spent more than 62 years in Estevan, with his business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit being rewarded with success.

“But more than that, Nick brought a generosity of spirit, a love of people from all walks of life and a curiosity to learn all he could from the people he talked to in his day-to-day business life,” his

family wrote in a press release.

“Many of the enterprises he undertook benefited from this love of interacting with the public.”

Nick and Verna Morsky and their two young children, moved to Estevan in 1956 relocating from a small farming community in northern Manitoba. His first opportunity was to lease and manage the BA gas station and restaurant, located on Fourth Street, where Girard Bulk Service’s Petro Canada site is now located.

In 1958, an opportunity knocked for the young family and they built The Prairie Breeze Motel east of the city.

They soon added gas pumps.

A year later, Prairie Breeze Building Supplies was built next door, selling paint and building materials, followed by the addition of a redi-mix concrete business. With an ever-growing city, Nick Morsky built several homes, and

during the summers, built and delivered hundreds of wooden grain bins while meeting and talking to almost every farmer in this corner of the province.

Over the years, he constructed many apartment buildings and together the family operated 125 apartment units for almost 40 years. But the biggest construction project was to come.

In 1965, the Derrick Motor Hotel was built and owned by several shareholders including the Morskys. After a couple of years, he took over the management duties and over time, bought out all the shareholders to become the sole owner. The family successfully operated the hotel for over 40 years.

“Everyone who knows Estevan has a story about the Derrick,” the family stated.

“Whether it was attending a convention, a banquet, a wedding dance, a meeting, enjoying entertainment in the

GFL sets up a deposit bin for Christmas trees

By Anastasiia Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Kinsmen Club stayed busy over the first winter month.

All together volunteers sold around 300 live Christmas trees. Trees left after the lot had been shut down were forwarded to those in need. The president of the Estevan Kinsmen Club Byron Stepp explained where extra trees went.

“Fourteen or 16 went to the Salvation Army and were given to families that cannot afford to buy a tree. There was quite a group of them that went down to the Estevan Archery Club for their upcoming outdoor archery shoot. And of course, anybody that contacted members of the Kinsmen and expressed the need, we were more than happy to help them out,” Stepp said.

Ever y year Stepp tracks pre-sales,

compares previous years’ outcomes, analyzes the economy and tries to estimate the contemporary demand. This time the Kinsmen club ordered 30 trees more than before and was able to find a home for almost every one of them.

Now when the holidays are over, all those trees need to be recycled. To help the community, Green for Life (GFL) Environmental set up a dumpster by the cemetery.

“That’s strictly for Christmas trees, preferably with no ornaments or bags or anything on it. And then Green for Life will take care of them from there and they will go to the recycling type of thing,” Stepp said.

People can just bring their trees and throw them in the bin. That way dry trees won’t clutter backs yards or alleys and won’t turn into a fire hazard.

The dumpster will be available until Jan. 21.

lounge or it being a homeaway-from-home for a work week or weekend for a hockey tournament, everyone recalls receiving the same personal service from Nick and Verna who worked long hours in every capacity of the business.”

Other businesses in Estevan over the years that he was involved with were selling campers and mobile homes from the Derrick parking lot, a free standing restaurant named Mom’s, running a downtown hotel, being a partner with Don Mortenson in a tire shop, being a partner with Teg Bilku in a machine shop, and obtaining the first Toyota dealership in southern Saskatchewan in the 70s with Ken Geisel.

“And while doing all of this, he was always community minded. He served on city council for a term,” the family said. “He was a member of the chamber of commerce as well as the Lions Club of Estevan for more than 50 years. And up until a few years ago he could still be seen every spring picking trash along Highway 39 West, participating in one of the Lions’ community service projects.”

The couple became lifetime supporters of the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, backed the construction of St. Joseph’s Hospital and supported the healthcare auxiliary, contributed to the construction of the Souris Valley Aquatic and Leisure Centre, and donated to many more community projects.

He was a charter member of Ducks Unlimited and a member of the Estevan Elks Lodge for over 50 years.

“Generosity was a key part of Nick’s character. In the early years building supplies were donated for community construction projects. Later cash donations as well as

Nick Morsky, pictured here with his granddaughter Avery Dechief, is being remembered for his contributions to business in Estevan and the community as a whole. He died earlier this month.

Photo submitted donations in kind included the use of Derrick meetings rooms, the use of the hotel’s basement banquet rooms to organizations hosting cabarets to raise funds, and many, many discounted meals for other fundraising groups.”

They had many adventures travelling the globe, and they visited all seven continents.

The City of Estevan named Morsky Drive in Do-

minion Heights, just off of Highway 47 North, after the family. He would take all his visitors to Morsky Drive to show off the road.

The Morskys raised three children in Estevan: Rand, Darlene and Pam. They also had 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on Jan. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church.

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Build That Pipeline, an anthem for protests

By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

“So build that pipeline, build that pipeline, Alberta’s lifeline.

“Build that pipeline, just build that pipeline, and bring us back to prosperity.”

So goes the chorus to a song by the Spitzee Post Band, a High River, Alta. bluegrass band that recorded the song and video on Jan. 4, and by Jan. 7, had it on YouTube and various music providers.

“Enough is enough,” said Joe Gore, who is the lead singer and plays mandolin with the band, when asked on Jan. 7 why they recorded the song. “We put it out there so we could get some support. We want to support the pipeline.”

“The province is having such a hard time. That was our whole reason of doing it. We weren’t looking to make a tonne of money doing it. We were looking to support the proud Albertans that we are.”

“As far as we’re concerned, all of the oil and gas industry, it completely supports. We know our brothers in Saskatchewan are having just as hard of a time with oil and gas as we are,” Gore said.

“I worked from Hibernia to Suncor and Syncrude,” he said, specializing in installing wellhead insulator blankets.

The video starts with numerous video clips from newscasts about pipelines, before breaking into some guitar, banjo and mandolin picking.

The band also includes Wayne Corner on steel guitar, Gary Kurtz on fiddle, Coralee

This screengrab from the Build That Pipeline video shows the bluegrass Spitzee Post Band belting out their support for the oil and gas industry. Photo by Spitzee Post Band/YouTube Gore on bass and Gerry Madigan on banjo.

The song says, “We’ve encountered the objectors and we’ve heard those loud protestors. But what about our starving families?

“At this rate it won’t be long before our jobs they are all gone Alberta has been brought down to her knees.”

Madigan wrote the lyrics.

He said on Jan. 7, “I’ve got a personal interest in it. My son is in the oil and gas industry. He’s a rig welder. My son-in-law is a production accountant in oil and gas. They’ve both suffered in recent years. Contracts were

cancelled all over the place.

Then they start again. Both of them have children, families to rear. It’s been really difficult.

“We hear people protesting about the pipelines and all. I think there’s a touch of surrealism about this. First of all, there’s a bit of hypocrisy.

You see some provinces are trying to block the pipelines and curbing our ability to maximize the resources with our exports.

But at the same time, they will take the equalization payments, with no qualms, whatsoever. To me, that’s a double standard,” Madigan said.

“These are the things that

motivate me. I see all these things happening, and I think, the first thing we need to fix is putting bread on the table.

“You need to fix your economy. You need to fix your basic, fundamental survival, if you like. Your basic needs. If you don’t have your basic needs, you can’t feed your family. It doesn’t matter. Nothing else matters.

You’re going to starve and you’re going to die.

“We’ve got housing being repossessed and foreclosed.

We’ve got cars being repossessed. This Christmas, there were some horror stories about some families who couldn’t

afford presents for their kids.

“When they’re deprived of an income, and they’re willing to work, and want to work, and we’ve got natural resources that can provide that work for the people, and if we have a pipeline that can provide exports, we can rebuild the economy. But if the economy fails, we all know what it was like.

“There are people who lived through the ‘80s when the economy was bad. I was living in Ireland, where we had a fierce recession in the ‘80s, and houses were being foreclosed, thousands and thousands a month. That’s incredible, when

you think about it. But that’s the reality when a recession hits deeply and bites deeply.”

Madigan went on, “Unless we do something to stop the economic downturn at the moment in Alberta, it’s going to eventually affect all of Canada.

Because it has a huge impact.

It’s fundamental to the Canadian economy and the economy here in Alberta.”

Asked about Saskatchewan, which didn’t earn a mention in the song, he said. “We’ve got loads of other songs in the pipeline, ready to write.”

The next one is called Kill the Bill, about Bill C-69.

Yellow Vests continue their protests in Estevan

By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

Souris Moose-Mountain MP Robert Kitchen

joined the Yellow Vest protesters, who once again gathered in front of the Estevan City Hall on Saturday.

“My purpose here is

to congratulate them for showing their support and showing their commitment to what they want to see, which is great for Canada,”

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen, fourth from right, joined Yellow Vest Movement protesters Saturday at City Hall in Estevan. Photo by Anastasiia Bykhovskaia

Kitchen said.

Estevanites and people from surrounding areas hit the streets every Saturday to demonstrate their displeasure with the carbon tax, which has come into effect as of Jan. 1, and other causes. Kitchen underlined why opposing the carbon tax is so crucial for Estevan.

“What people don’t understand when you lose 200 jobs in Ottawa, 200 jobs in Toronto or Montreal, these people can find jobs elsewhere. That’s not the case here, in southeast Saskatchewan,” Kitchen said.

One of the Yellow Vest protesters, Estevan’s Bobby Kyle, will be joining the big pro-pipeline rally, heading to Ottawa on February 15. He explained why he decided to join Yellow Vests and the rally to the capital.

“I’ve put a good portion of my young adult life into the oilfield. And the carbon tax along with the shutdown of the energy sector from Ottawa … you know, all our money

going out there, but none of that’s coming back. It makes for a very hard life,” Kyle said.

Kyle also noted the impact of the energy industries on the southeast Saskatchewan.

“The oil and gas industry actually affect everybody else in this community, because all these little companies and businesses grow off of the money that’s brought into the community through oil, gas or through coal mines.

The carbon tax is just taking money away from us. It’s not

giving us any sense of direction from here. So where do we go? Where do our kids go from here? We need some answers,” Kyle said.

Prior to the pro-pipeline rally, Kyle plans to participate in a number of other protests in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The Yellow Vests Movement came it to Estevan as of the middle of December, when over 50 people came out on the street to oppose taxes and other policies imposed upon them by the federal government.

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Winter Wonderland camp at the EAGM

Liam Kwochka painting his name on the snow.

By Ana Bykhovskaia abykhovskaia@estevanmercury.ca

Christmas magic stayed in Estevan even after the holidays as snow turned into paper and water into paint for kids, who attended the Winter Wonderland. A winter camp organized by the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum (EAGM) kept children occupied over the winter break.

This year was the second for the project. Karly Garnier, education, outreach, and programming co-ordinator for the EAGM explained how it worked.

“It’s a three-day camp, it’s full days, 9 to 4.30. Theme is Winter Wonderland, so it’s all a variety of winter art proj-

ects. All different mediums, I like to have the kids to try as many different materials as they can. A little bit of fine art, a little bit of craft as well,” Garnier said.

Over these three days kids ages six to 12 got to try various fine art techniques like acrylic pallet knife painting, textured watercolour experimenting with salt and colour and many others.

Not only children learned how to do art they also learned about various materials they were using.

Garnier noted that it is important for her to offer her pupils a variety of options for creativity.

“I like to give them access to fine art materials and a

Braya Prybylski painting her name on the snow.

little bit baseline instructions on how to use them that they wouldn’t probably have access to at school or at home,” Garnier said.

To make the art experience even richer children turned the surrounding world into their studio. They used snow as a canvas and coloured water as their paint. After a couple of extremely cold New Year days, the weather began co-operating, and the kids called this outdoor activity the best.

Despite having a smaller group Garnier was happy with this year’s turnout.

“It’s been good. We are happy with the turnout. It’s just our second year doing it, so it isn’t super well-known like our summer art camps.

But we are happy even if it’s a smaller group. We are just happy to offer something when kids are off school,”

Garnier said.

The EAGM is planning on offering one-day camps during the February break.

And of course, there will be full-scale well-known art gallery summer camps, which

will take place in July and August. Besides, Garnier mentioned that they also might try to organize art camps for younger kids.

“I’m thinking potentially in the summer I might try to

do a couple half-day camps for younger kids for maybe four to six,” Garnier said.

There is also a family art program for parents and toddlers running on Thursday mornings most of the year.

Kids trying snow painting workshop as a part of the EAGM Winter Wonderland camp.

Rafferty popular for ice fishing Aspin Mayuk painting a flower on the snow.

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Brent Gedak qualifies for the Tankard Brent Gedak is heading back to the SaskTel Tankard provincial men’s curling championship.

Gedak claimed the birth through the Saskatchewan Curling Tour (SCT) overall standings. The 2019 Tankard will be Feb. 6-10 in Whitewood.

Gedak finished third in the overall standings for the tour with 20 points, thanks to taking top spot at an event in Moose Jaw, and reaching the semifinals of the Regina Highland event and the Players Championship in Swift Current.

The event in Moose Jaw did not result in an automatic spot in provincials, unlike some other events, but it still carried points that Gedak used for the Tankard.

Kody Hartung and Bruce Korte finished ahead of Gedak in the SCT standings, but they had already qualified for the Tankard based on winning qualifier events, so Gedak punched his ticket for provincials by having the next-most points.

He also avoided having to compete in the southern men’s playdowns later this

month.

Gedak’s most recent event was the players championship in Swift Current from Jan. 4-6.

He opened the tournament with a 7-4 victory over Carson Ackerman, and a 6-2, six-end victory over Brock Virtue. Two close losses followed, 5-4 to Hartung and 6-5 to Scott Comfort.

Relegated to the C event, and facing elimination, Gedak responded with a 4-1 win over Michael Carss to reach the playoff round.

In the playoffs, Gedak upset Josh Heidt 7-2; Heidt went undefeated in the draw to claim one of the top two seeds. But Gedak scored five in the fourth end to take over a game that Heidt led 2-1, and then stole one in the fifth, forcing Heidt to concede the match.

Gedak’s tournament came to an end in a 7-5 loss to Ryan Deis in the semifinal.

Other members of his rink are third Jason Ackerman, second Derek Owens and lead Curtis Horwath.

Bob Doerr is their coach. *** Two women’s teams from

Brent Gedak has qualified to compete at the SaskTel Tankard provincial men’s curling championship. File photo southeast Saskatchewan rinks came up short in their bids to qualify for the Viterra Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women’s curling tournament.

A last chance event was held in Shaunavon from Jan. 4-6. The Rae Williamson rink, with third Alexandra Meyer, second Leah Moriarty and

lead Jessica Thompson, was curling out of the Estevan Curling Club.

The Candace Chisholm rink, with fourth Joni Wielgoz, third Candace Chisholm, second Natalie Bloomfield and lead Kristy Johnson, competed out of the Carlyle Curling Club.

Williamson opened the

competition with a 9-8 loss to Wendy Theines. They responded with a pair of victories, 8-5 over Brett Barber and 11-8 over Mandy Selzer.

Their hope of qualifying for provincials ended in an 8-6 loss to Chisholm.

Chisholm’s rink opened strong, scoring 11 points in the first five ends in an 11-1

win over Thienes. But their next game saw them give up five points in the eighth end in a 12-3 loss to former national champion Amber Holland.

After the win over the Williamson rink, the Chisholm rink’s bid for a trip to provincials came to an end in a 9-7 loss to Kourtney Fesser.

Local AA hockey teams return to ice Estevan’s minor AA hockey teams returned to the ice on the weekend following the Christmas break.

The Estevan Western Star Signature Hotel atom AA Bruins won one of three home games against the Swift Current Broncos in South East Minor Hockey League play, losing 10-9 on Friday night and 9-1 Saturday afternoon, but recovering to win 6-4 on Sunday.

Estevan and Swift Current had a back and forth game on Friday, with Estevan leading 3-2 at one point early in the second period. The Broncos had a 10-6 lead with 11 minutes to play in the third, but Estevan chipped away at the lead, highlighted by two goals in 33 seconds to pull within one with 91 seconds remaining.

Swift Current then held on for the win.

Tristan Brownridge led the way offensively for Estevan with a four-goal night.

Carson Deichert scored twice.

Cruz Symons, Deegan LeMoine and Jaxson Orsted also scored.

Deichert had Estevan’s lone goal Saturday, a tally in the middle frame that made the score 4-1. Swift Current scored twice in the second after Deichert’s goal, and added three in the third to complete the rout.

Estevan took a 1-0 lead 84 seconds into the game on Sunday on a goal by Owen Pushie, and never lost the lead.

A goal by LeMoine and two

by Cameron Milbrandt gave the Bruins a 4-2 lead after two.

Deichert extended the lead to three early in the third, but Swift Current scored twice to narrow the deficit to one. Pushie scored into an empty net with 43 seconds to play to clinch the victory.

The atom Bruins’ record is 2-7-1. Their next game is Sunday at 11 a.m. against the Yorkton Terriers at Affinity Place. *** The Estevan Meter peewee AA Bruins, meanwhile, had a loss and a tie in their league games against the Swift Current Broncos, the top team in the Saskatchewan Minor AA Hockey League’s peewee division.

In the first game, Swift Current blanked Estevan 4-0 on Saturday afternoon at Affinity Place. The Broncos led 1-0 after the first and 3-0 through two periods, and put the game away with an empty net goal in the third.

In the second game, the peewees rallied from a 5-3 deficit late in the third to force the 5-5 draw.

Carter Onrait scored the Bruins first two goals of the game; his second in the middle frame gave Estevan a 2-1 lead. Swift Current would score twice for a 3-2 advantage, but Mason Barta’s goal with 5:13 to play in the period tied the game at threes after 40 minutes.

The Broncos added two in the third for a 5-3 advantage, but Carter Hirsch’s

shorthanded tally with 3:10 to play pulled Estevan to within one, and Kade Phillips’ goal two minutes later tied the game.

Ty Fehrenbach was in goal for both games.

The next action for the peewee Bruins (9-9-2) will be Jan. 17 when they visit the Yorkton Terriers. *** The Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins picked up three of a possible four points in their games on home ice.

The bantam Br uins scored three times in the first period en route to a 5-2 win over the Notre Dame Hounds on Friday night.

Kaden Chrest opened the scoring midway through the first period. After Notre Dame tied the game a couple of minutes later, Chrest and Mason Kukura tallied less than two minutes apart late in the frame for a 3-1 advantage.

Colby Cuddington scored midway through the second to give Estevan a 4-1 lead, and while the Hounds scored late in the stanza to pull within two, Carson Birnie would get a goal in the third to restore the three-goal advantage.

Mason Fichter had both of Estevan’s goals in a 2-2 tie with the Battlefords Barons on Sunday afternoon. Fichter’s first goal came eight seconds into the game to open the scoring, and his second in the middle period gave Estevan a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes.

Jaxson Orsted of the atom Bruins pursues the puck in a game against Swift Current on Saturday. Photo by Ana Bykhovskaia.

The Barons notched the tying goal late in the third.

Jackson Miller was in goal for both games.

Estevan (10-8-3) will visit the Saskatoon Generals on Jan. 12 and the Warman Wildcats the following day. *** The Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins picked up a win and a tie during home games in league games.

The draw was a 3-3 game against the Melville Millionaires on Friday night. Melville led 3-1 after two periods, but the Bruins scored twice in the final 11 minutes of regulation

to tie the game. Cale Adams’ goal with 2:49 to play in the third sent the game to overtime.

Chase Gedak and Kieran Stewart had Estevan’s other goals.

Morgan Wanner was in goal for the game.

The game Saturday night wasn’t as dramatic, as the Bruins routed the Moose Jaw Warriors 9-2. Only two Estevan players didn’t register a point.

Estevan scored three times in the first period, and four in the second, to race out to a 7-0 lead. After Moose Jaw

tallied twice in the third, the Bruins scored twice to close out the scoring.

Triston Sorenson, Stewart and Joey Meredith scored in the first, and then Sorenson, Kyler Gervais, Meredith and Kelby Widenmaier tallied in the second. Tristan Seeman and Sorenson had Estevan’s goals in the third.

Zane Winter was in goal for Estevan The midget AA Bruins record is 13-8-0-2. They were scheduled to play the Regina Rangers Tuesday at 8:15 p.m.

(Results not available at press time).

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Estevan Sharks boys and girls teams win water polo games in Regina Many players from the Estevan Sharks water polo club have joined the National Championship League (NCL) in the under-14 (14U) age division.

Teams from Regina, Estevan and Winnipeg compete in the Prairie League Division in a total of 12 games over the next three months to try to earn a spot in the western finals that will be held in Calgary this May. Only the top two teams will advance based on points earned over the next

few months.

In their first round of games this past weekend, both the Estevan Sharks boys and girls teams came away victorious as they out-swam their competition from Winnipeg.

The boys played on Saturday against the Winnipeg Bushido team, and they dominated right from the first period of play. At halftime the boys were up 13-1 and felt very confident moving into the third period. The team played very well defensively

the entire game and as soon as the ball came into their end they moved it quickly out and up to the other side of the pool to score.

All team members found the back of the net during the game, which reflected great teamwork from all of the players. The Sharks won the game 20-2.

This year the 14U Boys NCL Estevan Sharks team consists of Logan Dalziel, Lucas Dzeryk, Jace Carritt, Ethan Elliott, Dierks Milford,

Brooks Milford, Noah Mvula, Lyndon Sauder, Nathan Threinen and Tristan Threinen.

The 14U girls Sharks team is made up of only two girls who are actually from the under-14 age category.

The other seven are underage players from the 12U division who are playing up a level.

Coached by Mona Hack and Chad Knoll, they faced the Winnipeg Bushido girls in a very intense game.

It was a back and forth game through all four periods.

Jordyn Tarnes scored the first two goals early in the game.

Then Winnipeg answered with three in a row. Prysm Gooding netted the tying goal in the third and Lily Knoll also scored in the third, giving the Sharks the go-ahead goal that wound up being the game winner in a 4-3 triumph.

Knoll played net for three periods, and made some huge saves, and shut the door in the fourth. Gooding was the goalie for one period and was solid as well.

The youngest players, nine-year-old Mahlyn Bomberack and 10-year-old Rachel Tober, offered tight and solid play mid-pool and in the defensive zone against the much older and stronger Winnipeg players. Hailey Hack, Hailey Tangjerd, Emily Tarnes and Sadie Smith all played a solid game with great passes, steals and shots on goal.

The next weekend of play for the 14U NCL Prairie teams will be in Winnipeg on Jan. 25-27.

The 14U Boys Prairie Team receives guidance pregame from coaches David Dzeryk and Jason Dalziel. Photo submitted

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The 14U Girls NCL Prairie League Sharks who competed in Regina were, back row, from left, Lily Knoll, Hailey Hack, Jordyn Tarnes, Sadie Smith, Emily Tarnes, Hailey Tangjerd and Rachel Tober. Front row, Mahlyn Bomberack and Prysm Gooding. Photo submitted

Bruins expect to be quiet before Jan. 10 trade deadline While the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins haven’t had the season they had hoped for, head coach/general manager Chris Lewgood doesn’t expect to be busy prior to the upcoming national junior A trade deadline Jan. 10.

The Black and Gold were ninth overall in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s (SJHL) standings with a 1719-2-1 record, and 37 points, prior to Tuesday night’s home game against the Yorkton Terriers. (Results were not available at press time).

But the Bruins were just six points back of Yorkton for first place in the division.

“We quite like the group once we get healthy,” said Lewgood. “We’ve played seven games with our top six forwards together, and no games

with our top six forwards and our top four defencemen.”

Once players like forwards Will Koop and TJ Irey return to the lineup, Lewgood expects the team to receive a big boost.

“It will feel like the trade deadline was successful, even though we haven’t made any trades since November,” said Lewgood.

Koop, who was a top scorer for the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s Steinbach Pistons last year when they won the league title, was acquired in the fall but suffered a broken wrist a few games later. He’s expected back for the Yorkton game.

Irey wasn’t expected to return Tuesday night, but is expected back soon. He has been sidelined since before the

Christmas break.

Boosting the team’s depth at centre would be the top priority. If the club has the chance to add a player down the middle, without jeopardizing the future of the team, they would consider it.

“We’d like to add some depth down the middle. We’ve been with non-natural centremen an awful lot, and the likelihood of an injury does exist, so we want to guard against that by adding some more bodies,” said Lewgood.

The club definitely won’t be sellers at the deadline, he said, and Lewgood believes the answers for the team lie within the dressing room.

With some hard work and good health down the stretch, Lewgood believes the club will be in good shape come

playoff time.

There hasn’t been a lot of trade talk within the SJHL, but Lewgood expects teams in the SJHL are talking with other teams across the country.

“We’ve seen it here before where if you get busy making trades, you can do yourself more harm than good.

In the 2015-16 season, that’s exactly what happened to our team. We sold the chemistry by adding a bunch of highend players. At the end of the day, we want to guard against that.”

The Weyburn Red Wings decision to trade goaltender Riley Lamb to the Yorkton Terriers in early January likely ended a lot of trade talk, as Lewgood expects there were some other teams looking to add a goalie.

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Colleen Mary Hoyer (Sheane) Colleen Mary Hoyer (Sheane) passed away peacefully Dec26, 2018, Minneapolis, MN at the age of 59 years. Colleen grew up in Estevan, SK. Upon graduation she completed her nursing degree in Regina, SK After acquiring her degree she attended the Lutheran Bible Institute in Seattle Washington. +HU Ă&#x20AC;UVW QXUVLQJ MREV ZHUH in Estevan and the Plaines Hospital in Regina. She then moved to Calgary, AB and worked Cardio Vascular Surgery and ICU at the General Hospital.

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Irene M. Weinrauch 1939 - 2018 Irene passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on Saturday, December 22, 2018, Estevan, SK at the age of 79 years.

Irene will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 59 years, Conrad; son David (Sarah) and 2 granddaughters, Keira Weinrauch and Savannah Mantei; brothers, Norman (Lynn) Trobert, Frank Trobert, Joe (Gloria) Trobert and Mel (Donna) Trobert; sister in law Lorraine Trobert as well as numerous nieces and nephews and other family members.

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Louis will be forever remembered by his loving family: wife Irene (nee Mitchel) of 71 years; daughter Brenda (Mervyn) Simon and their sons, John (daughter Jaqueline) and James (Erin) (daughter Fleur); daughter Joan (Alpha) Bourgeois-King and their children, David (Tanya) (children, Joshua and Gabrielle), Kristin (Rochelle) (daughter Nahla) and Samara; daughter Debra (Paul) Murray and their children, Danielle (Nathan) (children Sienna and Hayden), Nichole (Phil); son Kelly (Rose) and their children, Jan Michael and Jacob; sister Simone Asselin as well as numerous nieces, nephews and many relatives, in laws and friends.

Louis was predeceased by his parents, Julien and Loretta Bourgeois; sister Alice (Omar) Garvelle, brother Cyril (Therese) Bourgeois and one sister in infancy; brother in law Venard Asselin; niece Lucille Asselin and nephew Michael Asselin as well as numerous other family members.

Prayers were held on Friday, December 28, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chapel at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan with Bill Mann RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDWLQJ 7KH )XQHUDO 0DVV ZDV KHOG RQ 6DWXUGD\ 'HFHPEHU 29, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan with Rev. Sathiadas Antony presiding. Interment took place at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens with lunch following at the parish auditorium.

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Roy H. Bailey Roy Hardeman Bailey of Bengough, SK, passed away peacefully on December 13, 2018 at the age of 89. Roy was born on December 16, 1928, at Radville, SK, to John Carlos â&#x20AC;&#x153;J.C.â&#x20AC;? and Myrtle (nee Buckallew) Bailey. He was the fourth of ten children and a twin to Ray. Roy learned at a young age that hard work would be his ticket to success in life. By the age of 18, Roy was already a seasoned worker; he had herded sheep in Montana, worked in a lumber camp in Ontario, and worked on threshing crews in the Harptree and Kisbey areas. Roy worked through high school and graduated in 1948. After graduation, Roy pursued his dream of becoming a teacher and attended Normal School in Moose Jaw that fall. It was here that Roy met the love of his OLIH +HOHQ $QGHUVRQ 5R\ DQG +HOHQ WDXJKW LQ WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW VFKRROV in the fall of 1949 and were married on August 18, 1950. After the wedding, they left for Aiyansh in northern BC where they had DFFHSWHG WHDFKLQJ SRVLWLRQV :LWK WKHLU Ă&#x20AC;UVW FKLOG RQ WKH ZD\ WKH\ returned to the Harptree area and resided at the Jim Lidbury farm.

In August of 1951, their son, Lyall, was born. Roy and Helen were devastated when Lyall passed away three short months later.

Susan was born in 1953 and Janet in 1954. The family moved to Bengough in 1955 when Roy accepted a teaching position there. A year later, they were back to teach at Harptree School with Helen helping with the younger grades giving Roy more time to spend with the older students. Roy was also farming at this time and keeping pace with an extensive refereeing circuit.

In 1961, the family moved three miles north of Bengough where Roy planted trees on two yard sites â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a monumental task during those dry years. Roy became vice-principal of Bengough School, and after spending a year in Saskatoon completing his Bachelor of Education degree, he became the principal of Bengough School. In 1971, Roy and Helen moved to Elrose, SK where Roy accepted the position of Director of Education in the then Eston-Elrose School Division. After eleven years in Elrose, Roy and Helen returned to Bengough where he was employed as director of Borderland School Division and later served on the executive of the Saskatchewan School Trustee Association.

Roy had always been passionate about politics having his name on the ballot for the Social Credit party in the 1960s and then again in 1973 when he became the MLA for the Rosetown-Elrose constituency. Roy unsuccessfully ran for the leadership of the provincial Conservative party in 1973, but his greatest political accomplishment was to represent the people of the Souris-Moose Mountain constituency in Ottawa as their Member of Parliament Ă&#x20AC;UVW IRU WKH 5HIRUP 3DUW\ DQG WKHQ WKH $OOLDQFH 5R\ VHUYHG WZR terms and chose to retire in 2005 after 55 years in public life.

Roy and Helen moved to Thomson Lake where a house was built and a beautiful yard was developed. Friends and family were always welcome in their home. In 2013, Roy and Helen moved to Moose Jaw to reside at the Bentley Retirement Home and later West Park Crossing as they required more care. The family appreciates all the staff who took such good care of Roy and Helen during this time. On November 30, 2016 , Helen passed away leaving Roy to struggle through the last two years of his life without his wife of 66 years. Roy came home to Bengough for WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO FKDSWHU RI KLV ZHOO OLYHG OLIH $JDLQ WKH IDPLO\ LV JUDWHIXO for the loving care he received at the Bengough Health Centre.

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Predeceased by his wife Helen Bailey (November 30, 2016); son Lyall Bailey (November 20, 1951); son-in-law Laverne Tetreau (March 28, 2017); grandson Kori Roberts (August 17, 1979); parents J.C. and Myrtle Bailey; brothers Norman (Evelyn) Bailey, Stan Bailey, Ray Bailey; and brother-in-law Les Nixon. $ FHOHEUDWLRQ RI 5R\¡V OLIH ZDV KHOG RQ :HGQHVGD\ 'HFHPEHU 19, 1:00 p.m. at the Bengough Community Centre, Bengough, 6. ZLWK :HQGHOO %DLOH\ RIĂ&#x20AC;FLDWLQJ 7KH RSHQLQJ SUD\HU ZDV JLYHQ

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by Bryn Tetreau. Tributes were given by Lia Baffour-Awuah, Lori Dieterle, Mina Patel, Margo Maxwell, and Barry Kemp. The closing prayer was led by Blair Roberts. Janet Tetreau was the XUQ EHDUHU +RQRUDU\ SDOOEHDUHUV ZHUH 5R\¡V JUDQGFKLOGUHQ JUHDW grandchildren, and all those whose childhood, past and present, was blessed by Roy H. Bailey. Interment took place at Harptree Clearview Cemetery. Memorial donations in memory of Roy to the Bengough Twilight Home Auxiliary, Box 437, Bengough, SK S0C 0K0, were greatly appreciated.

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The family of Louis Bourgeois would like to thank everyone for WKHLU à RZHUV FDUGV IRRG SKRQH FDOOV DQG ZRUGV RI V\PSDWK\ during our loss. We would like to acknowledge the excellent FDUH SURYLGHG WR /RXLV E\ HYHU\RQH DW 6W -RVHSK¡V +RVSLWDO DQG Sun Country Health Region Home Care. We also acknowledge the people at Valleyview Heritage Place for their friendship and support. Thank you to Hall Funeral Services, especially Yvonne Clark, for helping and guiding us every step of the way. We also thank Dustin Hall for singing so beautifully at the funeral.

Special thanks to Bill Mann for a wonderful service at prayers. We thank Father Antony; Connie Wheeler; the senior choir and altar servers for the beautiful mass. We also appreciate the Knights of Columbus and the Royal Canadian Legion for their special presentations at the funeral mass. Thank you to the CWL for the lunch enjoyed by everyone. WE APPRECIATE AND THANK EVERYONE.

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A12 January 9, 2019

Browning Multiple 4H Club update Submitted by Danielle Fleury The Browning Multiple 4H Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s members have

been busy since the start of their season.

Registration was held in the beginning of October and 14 new members signed up.

Kaydance Fiest was excited for curling last month.

Photo submitted

The multiple club consists of two projects: the light horse project and the beef project.

The members of the beef project include Alexis Christensen, Keara Christensen, Ashley Kerslake and Nevin Tedford. The members of the light horse project include Sierra Englot, Ava Fiest, Kaydance Fiest, Kayden Fleury, Jenna Fleury, Hannah Hjorteland, Karina Hjorteland, Ashley Kerslake, Carmen Neumier, Arizona Spenser and Bella Tedford.

The horse club general leaders are Glenn and Cherilynn Gress and Stacey Kerslake.

We held a general meeting for the projects in late October to discuss the upcoming activities for both clubs. The horse project meets on the first Wednesday of each month.

The 4H club of Canada has themes for its clubs to follow. The theme for November and December was Giving Back. The Browning Multiple 4H Club collected a total of 54 bags of clothing to be donated to the Saskatchewan Association for Community Living.

In December, the club also collected money and food donations for the Estevan Salvation Armyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Food Bank.

The Light Horse Club enjoyed their first ride of the 4H year on Dec. 23 at an indoor arena near Lampman.

For some of the members it was their first time on a horse. The 4H members have also been busy curling.

They have practised at the Lampman Curling Club on Fridays and hosted district curling Dec. 29. There were kids from many 4H groups

From left, Ava Fiest, Bella Tedford, Arizona Spencer, Kaydance Fiest and Nevin Tedford with some of the food that the Browning club collected recently. in our district in attendance.

The Browning 4H Club is looking forward to their Christmas Party in January, as well as effective speaking in February and hopefully some more horseback riding.

Kayden Fleury rides his miniature pony during a recent activity. Photo submitted

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Accident east of Estevan leads to injuries Local police were called to an accident east of the city on Jan. 3.

According to the nightly report from the Estevan Police Service (EPS), members were called to assist the RCMP with a two-vehicle collision on the east side of Estevan, near the junction with the truck bypass. Both vehicles were towed from the scene and some of the occupants sustained minor injuries.

The scene was turned over to the RCMP and the collision has been under investigation.

In other recent police news, officers received a report of an accident on Fourth Street during the Jan. 2 day shift. Police attended and the accident did not have to be reported. The parties exchanged names and information and were referred to Saskatchewan Government Insurance.

Officers received a report of theft under $5,000.

The matter is still under investigation.

Police received a report of an attempted fraud. The attempted method was once again the STARS Air Ambulance. The caller did not give any information to the fraudster.

Officers attended to a Hillcrest residence for assistance at the request of Emergency Medical Services, as they had a patient who was not co-operative.

Police arrived and the matter was resolved.

Members attended to a complaint of an intoxicated m a l e a ro u n d G r u n d e e n Crescent during the Jan. 2 night shif t. The male was located and arrested for breaching his conditional sentence order. The 33-year-old man is facing

new charges of resisting arrest and failing to comply with a probation order. He was brought before a magistrate the following day.

Two separate sc ams were reported to the EPS during the Jan. 3 day shift, in which the suspected scammers emailed the individuals attempting to blackmail them into sending payments using bitcoins. Unlike previous scams looking for crypto currency , a bomb threat was not made. No information was given and no payments were made.

Members attended to a north-central Estevan apartment block for the report of blood being found nearby. After further investigation, the substance proved not to be blood, but salsa which leaked from a garbage bag.

A male entered a north central Estevan residence when the homeowner opened their door. The male stated he was looking for someone, then immediately left without incident.

Members attended, but the male was not found.

W hile out on patrol during the Jan. 3 night shift, a traffic stop was conducted for a possible impaired driving investigation. Upon speaking with the driver, it was determined that the individual was experiencing

a medical emergency. Emergency Medical Services was summoned and the driver was treated at the scene.

Members conducted a total of four curfew checks that night. One female was not home as required and charges are pending.

Police received a report of a missing person during the Jan. 4 day shift.

With the help of family members and other means, the 13-year-old youth was located safe in the early afternoon.

Members received a call about an Estevan man breaching his conditions by being out of his residence without approval. The man returned home a short time later. The matter remains under investigation.

Police received a report of suspicious texts that appeared to be spam during the Jan. 4 night shift. The complainant will attend the police station with the text messages for further investigation.

Members were called to near Sixth Avenue and Fourth Street to a report of an intoxicated male in a backyard. Police attended and arrested an Estevan male for uttering threats and public intoxication. He was lodged in police cells for the evening. No charges have been laid at this time.

Officers assisted a male in locating his truck during the Jan. 5 day shift. It was not parked in the location where he thought it was supposed to be.

Police received a call about someone going through coat pockets at a downtown business. At this time nothing appears to be missing. The police are aware of the suspect’s identity and are continuing

to investigate.

M e m b e r s we re d i s patched to Wellock Road to a suspicious person. Police met with and spoke to the man, then sent him on his way.

Police assisted with keeping the peace at a local residence, in which a document needed to be served on the tenant.

Officers received a request to do a welfare check on an Estevan female during the Dec. 5 night shift. The family lives outside of the city and were concerned.

Members attended and waited for family to arrive.

Members received a

call from a homeowner, saying someone was trying the doorknob on their residence. Officers attended and were unable to locate anyone.

Police received a call from an individual in British Columbia, saying she had a message left on her phone from an Estevan area cellular telephone. The message was from a female who sounded distraught. Police determined that the female in question lived outside the city. The matter was turned over to the RCMP. Police attempted to mediate a resolution between two individuals who

called the EPS separately over a disagreement they were having during the Jan. 5 night shift. The two were offered the assistance of the police to keep the peace if it becomes required. The disagreement appeared to be resolved for the time being.

An Estevan male and female were arrested for causing a disturbance and assault. The male is currently on release conditions, and was subsequently charged for breaching a condition to keep the peace and be of good behaviour. The two were held in police cells overnight and appeared in court on Jan. 7.

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A14 January 9, 2019

Special Olympics encourages youths to Try It Special Olympics Estevan gave local residents an introduction to a pair of upcoming programs during a Try It event Friday night at the Estevan Leisure Centre’s multipurpose room.

Nearly a dozen youths and their parents tried out different activities that were offered, some of which will be available through a couple of programs Special Olympics will run in Estevan during the first three months of the year.

“All of the feedback that I’ve gotten from it so far has been positive, and all of the parents said they felt comfortable and welcomed, and the kids were all smiling and having fun,” said local organizer Kandyce Meili.

Special Olympics is bringing Active Start and FUNdamentals programs to Estevan. Active Start is for those ages two to six, while FUNdamentals is for who are seven to 12.

Both are for children with disabilities. Active Start teaches basic motor skills such as walking, running, jumping and throwing in a fun and safe environment, while FUNdamentals offers a transition to basic sports skills

while maintaining an atmosphere of fun and meaningful interaction.

“Each week we work on one skill, and different activities within that skill so we’re excited to get that started,” said Meili.

Nine people have registered thus far, but Meili said they have a commitment from about 20 people. Some of the people who attended Try It also voiced an interest in participating in the program.

Active Start and FUNdamentals will continue weekly for the next 11 Friday nights until the end of March.

Among the activities offered on Friday night included tee-ball, basketball and bocce ball. Kids also had fun as they rolled a ball to hit a target, tossed a ball to knock a bucket from a table, ran a bean bag from one buck to another, and jogged from one frog cut-out to another.

Meili pointed out that it’s not too late for people to register, and they can still sign up once the programs begin.

She’s looking forward to Friday night, when the kids will be split into their age groups, and they will run through a full program.

Among those who attended a Try It event hosted by Estevan Special Olympics on Friday night were, back row, from left, Nadine Deitze, Olivia Meili, Conrad Meili, Max Meili, Kandyce Meili, Mark Jones, Emily Meili and Karen Hirsch. Front row, Kala Wock, Agnes Garrioch, Amy Harker and Chris Hamilton, who is the youth co-ordinator for Special Olympics Saskatchewan. Photo submitted

Transition announced for GTH Don Morgan, the minister responsible for the Global Transportation Hub (GTH), has confirmed the Government of Saskatchewan’s intention to move forward with the divestment of the GTH. Morgan announced that the GTH’s board of directors are in the process of hiring a

third party consultant to lead that transition and define a new governance structure for the GTH. While the transition proceeds, the GTH’s current clients and future prospects will remain a priority. Key staff members working in operations, business development, marketing and

investment attraction will remain in place to ensure there is no disruption in business operations.

“We believe the GTH plays a vital role in Saskatchewan’s export oriented economy and will for many years to come,” Morgan said.

“However, the GTH will be

in a better position to reach its full potential operated by the private sector. This process will be handled professionally and responsibly to ensure the GTH can continue to help drive economic growth in Saskatchewan.”

GTH president and chief executive officer (CEO)

Bryan Richards will not be a part of the transition. Matt Schroeder, the organization’s current vice-president of finance will serve as acting CEO. The Global Transportation Hub Authority Act, the provincial legislation governing the GTH, will remain

in place.

“I want to thank Bryan for his work and vision over the past 5 1/2 years,” GTH Board Chair Terry Baker said.

“We wish Bryan all the best with his future endeavours and we will work closely with Matt and the remaining staff as the divestment proceeds.”

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