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Emergency room at St. Joseph’s returns to normal services

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The emergency room (ER) at St. Joseph’s Hospital returned to its regular operating schedule on Monday.

The hospital announced on Friday morning that it would have 24-hour per day emergency services. There will no longer be non-emergent walkin services at the hospital.

“We’ve been having a physician at the hospital, dedicated to the emergency department from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily on weekdays, and we added an extra nurse to help in the ER so we can move more people in the ER,” said Cheryl Harrison, the director of patient services at the hospital.

Those walk-in services were instituted at the emergency room back in January, due to the physician shortage in the community that left many people without a doctor.

Services in the emergency room ranged from the emergencies to people getting a prescription.

With the arrival of Dr. Boye Adeboye in midMay, and two more family physicians starting their practices this week, Estevan now has 10 general practitioners, as well as two specialists. One of those specialists also sees patients regularly.

There were wait times in the ER because if an emergency came up, since those remained the prior-

ity, but the system worked out well.

“It wasn’t the ideal way to use the emergency room, but we were doing it in order to help the citizens of Estevan and the surrounding areas have a doctor, because we were short of general practitioners,” said Harrison.

The emergency room has seen an increase in the number of people using those services, she said. The average has been around 68 to 70 people per day, as opposed to about 48 per day a year ago.

Adeboye has been busy since coming to Estevan as well, she said. On his first day, he was already booked up for a week.

The arrival of the two new physicians will help alleviate the pressure facing other local doctors.

Harrison said the doctors and the nurses have done very well in the past four months. Everybody stepped up to provide a service because the hospital knew there were a lot of people concerned about not having a doctor.

“The physicians did a great job of coming forward, and so did the nursing staff,” said Harrison.

Harrison said the hospital is confident that with three new physicians, people should be able to find a doctor, and the demands on the emergency room will be eased. The hospital will continue to monitor situation, and physician recruitment efforts will continue.

Storm hits Estevan hard; other communities hit harder

A tree was toppled in Torgeson Park in Estevan due to the storm that rolled through the Estevan area on Friday. Photo by David Willberg.

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan was hit hard by thunderstorms on Friday afternoon and evening, but it turned out that the storm saved its biggest wallop for communities east of the Energy City.

According to information from Environment Canada, the Estevan reporting station received 45.2 millimetres of rain, or just under two inches. Wind gusts reached 85 kilometres per hour in the early evening.

The first storm struck early Friday afternoon, and the wind and rain lingered into the afternoon. A more powerful storm hit Friday early evening, and persisted for several hours.

The precipitation caused some flooding of roads in the city, and toppled

trees and snapped branches.

The storm also knocked out electricity to portions of the city. SaskPower reported at 9:31 p.m. that crews were working on damage in the city of Estevan that caused power outages, including some outages in the surrounding areas.

SaskPower was still working on the outage at midnight. Electricity had been restored to the city by Saturday morning.

As for other communities, Lampman had unconfirmed reports of 250 milimetres (10 inches) of rain. Bienfait had anywhere from 50 millimetres (two inches) to 175 millimetres (seven inches). And Alameda received about 225 millimetres (nine inches).

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Work on Civic site is nearing completion The work on the former site of the Civic Auditorium is nearly complete.

Rod March, the manager of facilities and parks for the City of Estevan, said the project has moved into the rehabilitation stage.

“We’ve got to get the site back to an elevation that will allow for positive drainage there, with clay,” said March. “And then we’ll be capping that with three-quarter minus gravel just to make sure it’s all secured and not soupy there.”

More clay has to be trucked in from the city yard. Close to 3,000 yards of clay is being brought in to the site to bring it up to an elevation grade that would be suitable for proper drainage control.

March said on Monday that there were two or three days of work remaining. The storms on Friday that dumped nearly 50 millimetres of rain on Estevan set the project back, as they not only lost a day of work on Friday, but

the site wasn’t dry enough on Monday, either, for the work to resume.

The weather has been the biggest issue since the demolition began on May 15. “ We ’ r e a h e a d o f schedule,” said March.

“We anticipated maybe a day or so of rain, but having said that, it was a pretty major storm. On Saturday, we actually pumped out, we estimate, about 50,000 gallons of water off the site just to get it to dry out so we can get back in there.”

The demolition started on May 15, and the arena was torn down a little more than 48 hours later. The cleanup then began, and was wrapped up before the end of May. All of the metal and any copper that could be salvaged from the building will be recycled. There was some wood that could be salvaged from the bleachers, but most of the wood was in pretty poor shape, March said, and will be taken to the landfill.

The processing of demolishing has moved into the rehabilitation phase.

“All of the concrete is stored separately here at the city, and that will be crushed and used for subgrade material for our road projects,” said March.

The compressor room, which attached the Civic and the Power Dodge Ice Centre, is still standing, and was not included in the demolition of the Civic.

Once the work on the site is complete, the site will be declared as vacant land status. There aren’t any plans to pave the site.

March noted some

siding work will take place on the south wall of the Power Dodge Curling Centre to improve its appearance, now that the Civic is gone.

Southeast communities recovering from storm « A1 It was implemented on Saturday morning, after the storm had passed, and could remain until Saturday, although it could be repealed before then.

Greg Wallin, the administrator for the town and the Rural Municipality (RM) of Browning, said the flooding was worse than in 2011, when water also threatened the town.

“Most of the streets were under water,” Wallin told the Mercury. “There definitely were some high spots that weren’t, which in turn overloaded our sanitary sewer, so we had several suction trucks hooked onto our sewer system to keep it out of the houses the best we could.”

Some houses had sewer backups, and many had water entering basement windows because of the amount of rain. A large percentage of the properties suffered damage, whether it’s to the houses, garages, yards or other areas.

Wallin said he has never seen a storm like the one that hit the town and the RM on Friday.

“In 2011, it came over a longer period of time. It didn’t come over the few

hours that it did this time.”

By the time Monday morning rolled around, there was just one road in Lampman where water was crossing the street, he said.

The RM received a significant amount of rain, and some roads were under water, he said, although Wallin doesn’t believe many were washed out.

“It’s definitely not as bad, because it was so dry, and … the sloughs were empty, so there was some area for it (the water) to go,” said Wallin.

But the RM has still imposed road restrictions for the second time this year. They will remain in effect until the roads firm up again.

Lampman is preparing an application is being prepared for the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program. PDAP will have a recovery centre set up in the town/RM office on June 7, starting at 10 a.m.

Wallin said the community has received excellent support from the City and RM of Estevan, companies and private individuals, both in terms of manpower and equipment since the storm hit.

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“They brought equipment and pumps, and were here helping. We had people who didn’t sleep for 36 hours.”

The communities of Alameda and Bienfait were also hit hard by the rain.

Alameda called a state of emergency on Saturday, but it was lifted a short time later.

Allen Schiestel, the acting foreman for the Town of Alameda, said the community didn’t expect that kind of rain. At 10:30 p.m. Friday night, he had just under three inches of water in his rain gage, but by 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, his six-inch gage was overflowing.

“I knew at that point we were in trouble,” said Schiestel.

A resident woke him at 2:30 a.m. Saturday to report a sump pump alarm was going off. He knew the system was flooding, and called the town’s fire department at 3 a.m. to start pumping out manholes to relieve pressure off the system and keep the water from going into basements.

“There are probably a dozen homes for sure, maybe more, than got pretty good damage in their basements, but … without that phone call at 2:30 in the morning, I think we would have been in a lot worse shape,” said Schiestel.

They continued to work throughout the morning and into the afternoon to relieve the water issues.

The storm flooded some streets in Estevan on Friday night, including Murray Street in southeast Estevan.

“We had really good manpower,” said Schiestel.

“The fire department did an excellent job keeping up with it all, and going around town, and making sure we didn’t flood any more basements.”

In his 33 years with the town, Schiestel said he has never seen anything like it.

Grant Devine Lake (formerly Alameda Dam) saw its depth increase considerably from 561.4 metres on Friday morning to 561.87 metres by Tuesday morning. Full supply level is 562 metres. Water Security Agency spokesperson Patrick Boyle said a decision has not been made on whether to release water from the dam.

Bienfait Mayor Paul Carroll said the community received anywhere from 2 1/2 to seven inches. The southwest corner of the town was the hardest hit, with homes been flooded, but Carroll said it has always been a troublesome

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support through the mutual aid agreement. Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser called around to see if there was any spare equipment that could be sent out to the community, and RM of Estevan sent out a four-inch pump to assist.

Fornwald said the city could provide assistance if another community needs resources.

The fire department also had a couple of calls during the storm. The first was near Canada Post, as the fire department received a report of a lightning strike to a building. It proved to be a piece of eavestrough that blew away in the wind, and came into contact with power lines.

The fire department was then called to a power pole fire due to a lightning strike which took out a transformer near Estevan Motors. Firefighters assisted with relocating several vehicles directly below the power pole.

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“I’m not sure how many people had problems with their basement,” said Caroll. “I know there have been some.”

The town also sustained damage, with branches breaking off and trees going down. Some cleanup has been needed around the community.

Helen Fornwald, the emergency measures organization co-ordinator for the City of Estevan, said the city likely dodged a bullet.

“It’s very unfortunate that our surrounding neighbours had to experience that,” said Fornwald. “At this moment in time, it missed us, but who knows with the next time.”

While there were some challenges with downed trees, she is not aware of any basements that were flooded, and the emergency measures organization was not called in.

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Cannabis retailers announced for Estevan and other communities across Saskatchewan

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The company that won the lottery to be the cannabis retailer for Estevan is looking forward to coming to the community.

Prairie Sky Cannabis Inc. won the right to be the lone operator in Estevan. The Regina-based company is operated by president John Thomas and his brother, vice-president David Thomas.

The company also won the lottery to have the retail outlets in Battleford, Martensville and Moosomin.

President John Thomas said he has a pharmaceutical background. He opened his own pharmacy about six years ago, and he sold the business about two years ago.

“I think I have the experience to run a similarsized retail business like this, but also we’re very cognisant of the concerns with cannabis,” John Thom-

as said in an interview with the Mercury.

As a health care professional, he knows there are concerns about cannabis, but he believes Prairie Sky is in a good position to take what he learned from his career and succeed.

David Thomas said Prairie Sky Cannabis viewed Estevan as a great opportunity for a small business.

“We see Estevan as a cornerstone of Saskatchewan’s economy over the years,” he said. “Multiple members of our team have retail experience in Saskatchewan.”

They had similar reasons for wanting to venture into the other communities.

“We are open to doing business in smaller communities,” he said. “We’re more comfortable working with Saskatchewan communities, and we wanted multiple permits to be able to scale our business and offer a good service to the

communities.”

He did not divulge how many permits Prairie Sky Cannabis applied for, but they applied in other communities where they were not successful.

Prairie Sky Cannabis is working with the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority to finalize the permitting process, he said.

Their goal is to be open once marijuana becomes legal.

“It’s unclear when that legalization date will fall, but that is our goal to be running in all four communities,” he said.

There will be a lot to accomplish before marijuana is legal. David Thomas looks forward to building a relationship with producers.

A location has not been determined for Estevan, but David Thomas said the company is looking forward to working with the city, to ensure the company meets the city’s regulations and guidelines for the business.

“They do have certain regulations that we’ve reviewed, but we really want to … be involved with the city,” he said.

Richard Neufeld, the city’s land development services manager, said he can’t process an application until the other levels of government have completed their work on marijuana legislation. He has spoken with Prairie Sky. A total of 51 retailers for Saskatchewan were announced by the government on Friday.

“This represents the next step in the process of having a privately-operated cannabis retail system carefully regulated by SLGA,” said Gene Makowsky, the minister responsible for the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA).

“There was a lot of interest in the public request for proposal process, resulting in many new businesses that will invest in our province.”

The successful propo-

Estevan MLA Lori Carr budget,” said Carr. “It just sat a lot better with our constituents.”

She was also pleased the provincial government officially repealed Bill 40, which would have allowed the government to sell up to 49 per cent of a Crown corporation.

“After getting a lot of feedback, not only from people who don’t tend to support our government, but even from some of our supporters, they felt very strongly that they love their Crown corporations, they want to see them stay, and they don’t want any legislation in place that would

allow for even a partial sale of any type of their Crown corporations,” said Carr.

The spring sitting wrapped up with the provincial government passing ride-sharing legislation, which will pave the way for services such as Uber or Lyft to come to the province.

At the same time, Carr said she’s not sure if the markets are big enough for them.

“I don’t think it will be a bad thing,” she said.

But it doesn’t have to be Uber or Lyft providing the service. It could be an independent supplier, but they will have to meet standards for character, vehicle inspections and more.

“For a small individual carrier, depending on if it’s just one person with one vehicle, it might not be feasible. They have to be part of a larger conglomerate to make that worthwhile for them.”

It could be a long time before ride-sharing comes to Estevan, she said.

not be permitted in cannabis stores.

Cannabis retail locations are subject to local municipal zoning bylaws. Estevan city council passed its cannabis bylaw earlier this year.

It stipulates that the business would have to be in the commercial districts of Fourth Street, King Street, 13th Avenue or Kensington Avenue. It would need to have a store front visible from the street, and it would need to be at least 200 metres from a school.

The Estevan Shoppers Mall likely wouldn’t be an option, Neufeld said, because the storefront would not be visible from the street. But the business could construct a building on the mall’s property.

Estevan was allocated two retail locations by SLGA early this year, but Estevan city council, acting on a recommendation from the Estevan board of police commissioners, decided to allow just one retailer.

Arts council wraps up youth program

MLA Lori Carr reacts to the end of spring sitting of the legislature Estevan MLA Lori Carr is citing several highlights from the spring sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature.

The provincial budget was released in April. She was pleased with how the process went this year, as she believes it keeps the budget on track to be balanced in 2019-20.

“Hopefully after the next year, all of the pain that people felt last year will be worth it, because we’ll be back on track, and getting ready to move forward,” said Carr.

The feedback from the provincial budget has been better this year than a year ago. She said the phone rarely stopped ringing at her constituency office for a couple of months after last year’s budget, because people were upset with the spending cuts and tax increases that were made.

“I would say we’ve probably, for this year’s budget, got three per cent of the feedback that we got compared with last year’s

nents were selected through a two-phase request for proposal (RFP) process that began in March. The first phase involved a screening for qualifications focused on financial, sales and inventory tracking systems. All those that qualified entered the second phase of the process, which was a lottery draw to select the successful operators.

KPMG was engaged to provide oversight and monitor the entire RFP process.

The successful proponents have 45 days to begin the permitting process. As a condition of their permit, retail cannabis permittees must be operating within 12 months of legalization.

Permits will not take effect until legalization occurs, which is expected to happen later this year.

Cannabis retail stores must be standalone operations, selling only cannabis, cannabis accessories and ancillary items as defined by SLGA. Alcohol sales will

Mahaley Fonstad worked on her artwork at the Estevan Arts Council on Thursday night.

The Estevan Arts Council wrapped up its Kids Create Arts Classes on Thursday evening at the arts council’s craft room.

The classes started back in March, and featured weekly sessions to teach kids about paper maché, acrylic painting and pastel oils.

Maria Ibarra, who led the sessions, said she was pleased with the progress the youths made in each technique.

“In my classes, they can do whatever they want,” said

Ibarra. “I teach them how to use the material, but I don’t put my hand on their work.

They do what they want.

That’s the idea of my classes, so they can imagine, or they can do whatever they want.

They don’t have to do the same thing.”

She believes Kids Create is a great program because it allows kids to learn different art forms.

The paper maché class was full with nine kids turning out each week. Acrylic painting had eight and pastel

oils had four. The same children attended each week.

“The thing that was really nice was that the range of age that I accept in my classes is between eight and 12, but I have had kids who are six who really love it,” she said.

Ibarra also offered classes in plasticine last year, and looks forward to offering more Kids Create classes this summer. They will be for two hours, and the activities will be different each week, and inspired by Pinterest.

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Lack of local retailers is disappointing You can forgive people for being skeptical about the lottery process used for cannabis retail permits in Saskatchewan.

The provincial government has announced the lucky applicants who received the retail permits. Of the 51 permits, 17, or one-third, were owned by five companies.

We’re not saying that anything untoward or shady happened during the application process. We’re pretty confident that things were done properly. We’re just saying that conspiracy theorists and critics of the process might be vocal, since there were more than 1,500 applications.

Estevan’s lone cannabis retail permit went to one of those lucky companies. Prairie Sky Cannabis also received the green light to sell marijuana in Battleford, Martensville and Moosomin.

They’ll have a year to open their business once cannabis becomes legal, but company owner David Thomas hopes to be open once legalization occurs.

Estevan isn’t alone, either, when it comes to a permit going to an out-of-town company.

A look through the list of companies to obtain permits shows a lot of businesses from outside

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Alberta was more serious than some thought I had the honour on May 30 of being the banquet speaker at the Redvers Oil Showcase, speaking to over 400 people.

My speech, called, “I didn’t see their horses,” targeted the anti-oil lobby, i.e. the earthmuffins, their hypocrisy in their actions, and their efforts to target Saskatchewan oil and gas.

The comments that got the most positive audience reaction were when I suggested that if British Columbia really doesn’t want oil, fine. Total embargo.

I, and the nation, found out two days later how close that came to be.

The Financial Post had a superb piece published June 1 called, “Houston has a problem — The call that sparked Canada’s Trans Mountain crisis.”

In it writer Geoffrey Morgan revealed that the Government of Alberta “had prepared a full contingency plan that included choking off oil shipments to British Columbia in three days and making an offer to buy the project by itself.”

Getting down to the last days before the deal was announced, Morgan wrote, “If

of the community, and quite a few from out of the province.

The number of out-of-province permits might be of concern to some. But the provincial government can’t limit the bidding on cannabis outlets to businesses within the province, nor can it give preferential treatment to those in the province in the lottery process.

It could also be argued that this is an example of why Estevan city council and the local police board should have sought the two permits allocated to the city, instead of just one. After all, there were qualified local companies bidding on the one permit. If a second permit would have been available, then it would have increased the odds of a local business being able to sell cannabis in the city.

But at the same time, there’s no guarantee that a local company would have received the permit if a second one was available.

It would have been nice to see a local company awarded the right to sell marijuana in Estevan, but if Prairie Sky Cannabis proves to be a solid company with good service, people will quickly forgive for being based outside of the city.

The legalization of marijuana has not been an easy process for the federal, provincial or local governments. It’s not going to happen by the original target date of July 1.

There have been a lot of unanswered questions for municipalities, and they have been forced to play the waiting game for their bylaws.

For the initial permits, the lottery system made sense, but hopefully it can eventually be abandoned. If a local company wants to sell cannabis, and if they can pass the regulations set forth by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority, then they should get that opportunity. The sale of marijuana should mirror, in a lot of ways, the sale of tobacco and alcohol.

We don’t have a lottery to determine off-sale liquor stores in a community. Obviously the sale of liquor is at a more advanced stage than that of cannabis, but eventually cannabis sales will be established enough to avoid a lottery.

It just would have been nice to see the permits more spread out, with a few more retailers (particularly local retailers) getting in on the action.

the talks had collapsed, Alberta would have triggered Plan B, declaring Bill 12 as law and enacting its powers to throttle out-ofprovince oil shipments within three days.”

What he didn’t mention was that Saskatchewan had pledged to also take similar measures, following Alberta’s lead. Not that much, if any, Saskatchewan oil gets to British Columbia, but once something is on a rail car, presumably it could go anywhere.

And there are plenty of idle crude-by-rail facilities in Saskatchewan that could have potentially been re-activated. I believe this is why Saskatchewan took the stand that it did.

I have to give credit to Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. I, and pretty much the whole oilpatch, have given her a hard time (and deservedly so) over the years. But I didn’t really think she was going to close the taps.

According to Morgan’s piece, it looked like she was deadly serious. Do not get into a poker game with her.

As I noted in my speech, such an embargo would have made the 1970s energy shocks look like a walk in the park compared to what would happen in the Lower Mainland of British Columba. While some people talk about gasoline potentially costing $2 per litre, there’s no price high enough if the gas station is dry.

The mood of the crowd in Redvers was definitely with me. They are tired of the hypocrisy, tired of the crap we are hearing from the Lefties, both politically, and from the Left Coast.

I also talked about how I worked, 21 years ago, on the pipeline that had been destined to become Energy East, and how pipeline environmental regulation has become absurd to the point where National Energy Board-regulated pipelines are no longer built in the summer because a bird may have made a nest of the right-of-way,

and yet the same right-of-way will see a farmer drive his airseeder or sprayer over it.

Watching Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during question period on June 4 was almost laughable. Here he was, vigorously defending the need for an ocean export pipeline, and quoting how the Canadian economy loses $15 billion a year due to the lack of one.

Where was Trudeau when the federallyapproved Northern Gateway project was killed? He was standing with his foot on its neck as it choked and died, that’s where.

That project was killed because of Trudeau’s tanker ban. It could have been built by now. If that pipeline had been built, Kinder Morgan would not have been nearly as big of a deal.

Where was he when Energy East strangled to death? His other foot was on its throat, changing the goalposts mid-game.

It looks like he ran out of feet when it came to Trans Mountain.

If it weren’t for Trudeau’s failures on Northern Gateway and Energy East, we would not be committed to at least $4.5 billion and potentially more than $11 billion if no buyer can be found. Make no bones about it. This government not only chased away billions of dollars in foreign investment, it squandered billions in nationalizing a pipeline that would have gotten along just fine if the prime minister had just done his job since Day 1, in 2015.

Every single one of us is on the hook for this, and it’s all due to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

I think he’s now realized that. Good luck, prime minister. You’re going to need it.

Brian Zinchuk is editor of Pipeline News. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@ sasktel.net.

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Corey Atkinson New Material Only Students heading to open gym or fitness centres at the four polytechnic institutes across the province were faced with locked doors and a note, indicating the students and others are now no longer welcome to exercise or shoot hoops there.

A handful of staff at the locations were laid off and students were offered prorated refunds for their troubles, just no hoops, weights and basketballs.

This comes weeks after the University of Regina shuttered its nationally rated wrestling program and men’s volleyball, while Saskatchewan Polytechnic laid off and bought out an additional 42 staff, also a few weeks ago.

This is what it’s come to in Saskatchewan – we can’t afford to keep open the doors for the gyms and fitness centres for those going to our technical schools.

In addition to that, the sports teams for those schools — teams that basically only play tournaments against mostly just Bible colleges — are now permanently removed.

As a cub sports reporter for the Moose Jaw TimesHerald, it was always a good call every year to talk to whomever the basketball or volleyball captain was to find out how they did at provincials. They’d pay their own way in a couple of vans and play a bunch of games in a stuffy old gym, walk out with a medal and we’d get a good story.

This wasn’t exactly the kind of activity that inspired many furrowed brows studying large-scale line items in the school’s budget, looking for things to deem unnecessary.

But, chop chop, children. Now, post-secondary students trying to stay in shape can try the High Street pothole dodge — the hottest new sport in Moose Jaw. We’re being told that the schools will develop some kind of wellness plan in the interim, which is the kind of gobbledygook that happens when people cut first and deal with the effects afterward.

While the gyms here go dark and the intramural pinnies collect mould, it’s a stark contrast to what’s going on in Alberta.

The Northern and Southern Institutes of Technology are swimming along well in their fields. Grant McEwen College and Mount Royal College are now Grant McEwen University and Mount Royal University.

The athletic programs, ones I covered at Keyano College in Fort McMurray, are vibrant and involved heavily in recruiting in hockey, basketball and volleyball. Kids with Estevan connections are all over Medicine Hat and Red Deer.

Also, tuition has once again been frozen at that province’s universities, including the 2018-19 academic year.

If you’re a student potentially considering whether to stay here at Saskatchewan’s polytechnic schools or go to Keyano College, consider that one of these choices has a state of the art Sport and Wellness Centre, hosts national collegiate championships and has a strong reputation for academic programs related to energy, while the other option has padlocked its gyms.

Meanwhile in Saskatchewan, do you want to shoot hoops in the winter or run on a treadmill as a post-secondary student at the polytechnics? Do it on your own dime offcampus, bubbles.

The mind expands to find reasons why anyone in charge would think this was a good idea.

Whether it’s a long-term strategy to devalue the polytechnics to potentially completely privatize them or another even longer-term strategy to make sure the students are out of shape and will need more pharmaceuticals for health, I don’t know.

There just doesn’t seem to be anything resembling a strategy at play here no matter how you look at it.

With this kind of penny pinching for such miniscule expenses, do you see the bulk of Highway 39 getting twinned any time in our lifetime?

The editor: Cutbacks to health care are totally unacceptable, as is waiting for eight to nine months for surgery.

We have the health care professionals, we have the hospitals and we have the equipment or at least most of it. We do not have the funding and that is the government’s problem. They do not have their priorities right. We do not need to hear any more excuses about low oil prices.

Tommy Douglas got

universal health care for us about 60 years ago. Thank you Tommy. By now you would think we should be improving it rather than destroying it.

The problem I see with health care now is we are not financing it right. In Norway, health care is financed by taking a percentage off the top of the natural resources and it works very well. They have been doing that for a long time.

With our abundance of natural resources we could

have the best of health care.

Taking a percentage off of our total natural resources could pay for our health care. No taxes and no interest.

The taxpayer cannot pay for everything. All governments need some revenue from other sources to help pay for programs.

You must remember natural resources are owned by the citizens of Canada and not by multi-nationals.

With this plan there would be no cutbacks to health

care, which is most important to everyone.

No one should have to suffer with pain for months waiting to have surgery.

Any government that leaves people behind is the first step to becoming a third world country.

Ten years of good financial going and you ran the province into the ground, Brad Wall. I knew you could not handle the job.

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EPS call volumes down in May The Estevan Police Service (EPS) saw a slight decline in its call volume totals for April.

According to numbers released at the April 29 meeting of the Estevan board of police commissioners, officers responded to 615 infractions and calls for service in April, which is down 50 from the number they had in April 2017. Through the first four months of the year, the EPS had 2,529 calls for service, which is up 11 per cent from 2,286 for the first four months of the year.

The EPS responded to 12 crimes against the person in April, including 10 assaults and two sexual crimes, bringing the total for the year to 40 crimes against the person. Officers handled 11 crimes against the person in April of last year.

Twenty-two crimes against property were reported in April, with 13 thefts under $5,000, eight mischief or willful damage

complaints and one residential break and enter. They had 40 such calls in April of last year. The EPS has had 86 crimes against property in the first four months of the year.

Officers handled four Controlled Drug and Substances Act charges in April, all for possession, down from nine in April 2017. So far this year, the EPS has had 23 charges for possession and two for trafficking.

Eleven Criminal Code traffic violations were reported in April, all for impaired driving-related charges. In April 2017, there were eight. So far this year, the EPS has had 53 such charges, with 51 for impaired driving and two for dangerous driving. *** The bylaw enforcement officer’s report for April showed Special Const. Josie Newton responded to 75 infractions, with 18 parking violations and 10 animal calls representing the largest share.

So far this year, she has had 502 calls for service, with parking violations (98) and parking complaints (83) accounting for her greatest activity.

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur noted the new body rub and massage parlour bylaw is now in effect, and inspections are being carried out on those businesses in the community.

“They will continue to be inspected,” said Ladouceur. “The phase-in period and that period of adjustment has passed, so if there are violations, those businesses or persons found not complying with the bylaw could face charges.” *** The police board approved a $200 contribution to Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers. Ladouceur said Crime Stoppers does a lot for policing in the province.

In 2017, Crime Stoppers received 1,619 tips, which resulted in 161 charges laid, and the seizure of more than $53,000 in

drugs and stolen property. It represents a seven per cent increase in tips received, and the charges, arrests and cases cleared from 2016 has more than doubled. *** Ladouceur also said the EPS hopes to have its new website up and running in the next month. They have been without a site since last September. An officer with computer knowledge and experience is working closely with the web design company.

“The one thing I can promise is it will be a topnotch website,” said Ladouceur. “We’ve got some really nice and unique things.” *** The EPS has also received concerns about visible addresses in back alleys.

Ladouceur said it is every resident’s responsibility to ensure their address is clearly marked if they have an alley. It makes it easier for police, firefighters and emergency medical services crews to find an address.

RCMP expresses gratitude for the community’s support The Estevan RCMP Combined Traffic Services Section and the Estevan RCMP detachment are expressing their thanks to the public for all the support shown since an incident involving two off-duty RCMP members last month.

Const. Peter Donaldson died and another RCMP officer in the vehicle suffered serious injuries as a result of a vehicle rollover east of Lampman on May 15.

Sgt. Jeff Clarke with the Estevan RCMP said the support that the RCMP has

received from emergency services partner agencies, including fire departments, EMS and other police forces, as well as the general public, the municipal councils and complete strangers, has been “heart-warming and well-received.”

Thoughts of condolence, flowers, food and kind words have been arriving since the incident, and continued to be received daily.

“The RCMP would like the public to know how much we appreciate your thoughts and kind actions,”

Clarke wrote. “Tragedies like this bring us all together and remind us at the RCMP of what an honour it is to

work with the public to keep our communities safe.

“Thank you to all and take care.”

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Participants in the Dog Jog depart Rotary Park on Sunday afternoon.

Dog Jog a valuable fundraiser for humane society The Dr. Neil Howard Memorial Dog Jog remains an important fundraiser for the Estevan Humane Society.

The seventh edition of the event was held on Sunday afternoon at Woodlawn Regional Park.

About 80 people and 25 dogs participated in the walk.

They had the option of participating in a brief one-kilometre walk, or a jaunt through the park that was closer to four kilometres.

Angela Prette, a spokesperson for the event, said the fundraiser brought in about $3,300 for the humane society. Pledges accounted for about $2,400 of the funds

raised.

Jordan Gilroy raised the most money with $1,100, and won an enclosed trampoline and a badminton set. Shirelle Senchuik’s dog Zara won the prize for the best-behaved dog.

A cake walk, bake sale, barbecue, pet photos and humane society merchandise also brought in revenues.

The money that is raised will go to veterinarian bills, upkeep of the shelter and supplies.

New for this year was a dog show with an agility test that had most of the dogs participating.

Dawn Klassen from All Creatures helped out with the dog show.

“It was a lot of fun to see all the dogs go through that,” said Prette. “There were some that were really good, and some that were more of a humour factor, but it was a good time.”

Gail Andersen and her dog Buster won top prize in the small dog agility contest. Kyle Johnson and Clutch won for medium-sized dogs, Tanisha Mack and Zeus won in the large dog category, and Shelley Cowan and Sunday won the award for the best-looking entry.

Prette expects the humane society will do the dog show again next year, and that Klassen will be more involved with the competition.

Kasia Harding (holding Fox), Semiah Harding (with Bella), Brenden Shauf and Karen Shauf were among the Dog Jog participants.

Crescent Point supports Macoun spray park The Village of Macoun has received a significant donation for its new spray park project.

The Crescent Point Energy Corp. presented a cheque for $10,000 on Friday afternoon. Once

it is complete, the spray park will provide another activity for children in the community.

Macoun Mayor Glenys Baerg said there is a park with playground equipment at the school, and it is well-

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“We went to the SUMA (Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association) convention, and we saw all the displays there, and we thought that (a spray park) would be perfect here,” said Baerg.

The spray park will be located next to the village office.

The park will cost an estimated $30,000. Crescent Point Energy’s contribution represents the first contribution. The rest will be fundraised by the village’s parks and recreation committee.

“Fixtures on the park and the base we also need fundraising for yet,” said Baerg.

People in the community are excited about the project, she said, especially the children.

Judy Sovdi, the secretary for the parks and

recreation committee, said it’s rare to have a project like this in a community the size of Macoun, but the village has lots of young children, and many of them aren’t able to travel to other communities for water activities and other physical activities.

“We want to keep them in our community rather than having to travel,” said Baerg.

Adults are also looking forward to having the park built.

The village hopes to have the park finished later this fall or early next spring.

Paul Fladeland, a senior production foreman with Crescent Point, said the company makes donations to various charitable organizations that it views as deserving. The company believes the spray park will be a great addition.

“We encourage kids’ active lifestyles,” said Fladeland.

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Police implementing recommendations from impaired driving meeting this year

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The Estevan Police Service has been implementing the recommendations from the meeting it held earlier this year regarding impaired driving.

The first recommendation enacted was to start publicly releasing the names of those charged with impaired driving. Those names have been appearing in the Mercury. Ladouceur said he wants the public to be aware of those charged with impaired driving, and who shouldn’t be behind the wheel.

There has been work with local establishments to provide staff education and training for impairment and liability issues when it comes to serving alcohol.

Coasters will be supplied to local bars to get the message out to customers about the risks of impaired driving.

“A lot of this is not overly cost-driven, so the reality is a lot of these steps, such as providing some education to bar staff, is not a huge expense for the police service,” said Ladouceur.

This is not a witch-hunt against drinking establishments, the police chief said.

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amples of people driving while impaired after visiting with friends.

The EPS has had conversations with SGI to increase funding for spot checks.

There have been talks with local schools about the EPS focusing their presentation on drugs and alcohol.

Not only would they discuss the health risks, but they would explain the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol and drugs such as marijuana.

“We can’t forget or lose the perspective that we have cannabis legalization comPolice Chief Paul Ladouceur ing as well, so when we talk “The police is taking mer, and it will mark moving about impaired driving, we on the enforcement side of into Phase 2 of the antihave to increase the message things, but the police can’t impaired driving initiative. that this isn’t just alcohol. be everything to everyone all “You can expect to see This includes drugs as well.” the time,” said Ladouceur. lots of spot checks throughThe steps that have been taken in recent months “We need that community out the summer,” said Lahave people talking, he said. help. We need that commu- douceur. “We are just plan“It’s not something we nity support, much like we ning that.”

People can expect to can arrest ourselves out of,” get a lot of support through said Ladouceur. “We can’t the RID (Report Impaired see the EPS out at all times, looking for impaired drivers, just keep arresting impaired Drivers) program.”

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“If you’re asking yourand go away. As I said at that cal MADD chapter is asked meeting (in February), and I to call the Estevan Police self ‘Why are the police say it today, it’s cultural. It’s Service. Ladouceur said stopping people on a Friday 1.866.999.7372 need a few people who changing that culture that they southeastcollege.org are opposed to impaired impaired driving is OK.” driving.

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… at 3 in the afternoon, I invite them to certainly call me, because I have no problem providing examples of where we’ve picked up impaired drivers at 3 in the afternoon on a Friday,” said Ladouceur.

According to numbers released as Tuesday’s meeting of the Estevan board of police commissioners, there were 11 impaired driving-related charges in April, compared to eight for April 2017.

So far this year, 51 charges have been laid, compared to 47 the previous year.

“We’re seeing a little bit of an uptick, but we’re also seeing a lot of emphasis placed on encouraging the public to call through the RID program, which we’re seeing a lot of, which is fantastic,” he said.

The EPS has also tried positive policing initiatives to discourage impaired drivers, including one earlier this year in which they placed gift cards on the front windshields of vehicles that spent the night in the parking lots of local licensed establishments.

Ladouceur said it’s

good to see the number of impaired driving fatalities in the province on the decline.

Thirty-nine people were killed and 340 were injured last year due to impaired driving; thirty-four of those deaths were alcohol-related and the others were due to other drugs.

The number of fatalities and injuries are well below the five-year average of 57 deaths and 596 injuries due to impaired driving.

At the same time, he said the number of impaired driving arrests could go up because of a greater focus on it.

“Does that necessarily mean there’s more impaired drivers on the road, or are we just putting more emphasis on it?” said Ladouceur.

“Likewise, it’s true the opposite. If there’s a lack of resources, or resources are taken away from it, then do we see a rise in impaired driving or a decline in impaired driving?”

Impaired driving remains the leading cause of criminal death in the province, he said, and so it has to remain a priority.

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Last year, Scott Blackstock hit a 65 on the final day of the Estevan Oilfield Technical Society’s golf tournament but for at least half the tournament this year, most of the golfers were satisfied to just keep the ball moving forward.

The OTS went through with an 18-hole and 36hole event this year again although Friday and Saturday in the three-day event alternated between heavy rain, voracious wind and lightning.

“The weather conditions Friday turned out better than Saturday,” said organizer Rick Rohatyn, who watched the horn to get people off the course get blown at 6 p.m.

Friday due to lightning in the area. “We had about 158 people registered on Friday but several people never finished the game…

“We had an hour delay to see what would happen and we just never got back on the golf course. We gave the option of getting on the course Saturday morning and finishing. Everybody got nine holes, and everybody

came back and finished.”

Saturday’s problem was a wind that started in the morning and just never dissipated throughout the day.

Many of the top golfers under normal conditions were stuck with big numbers on their scorecards in the blustery conditions.

“Anthony Melle was low qualifier on Friday with a 74, and that’s great scoring,” Rohatyn said. “He was tied

by Richard LaMontagne.

That was good playing in those conditions. Saturday didn’t produce those kind of scores.”

The members of the OTS were great and easy to get along with, Rohatyn said, and understood the conditions around the tournament.

“We’ve had so much experience that we just keep it flowing, keep it moving,” he said. “Just people not finishing the rounds is what happens and you can’t blame them in those conditions.”

Melle, meanwhile, had a great day staying mostly out of the effects of the bad weather Friday and then returning Sunday when conditions were much better to get a three under par 69.

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Winner Anthony Melle, right, accepts the trophy for his victory in the championship flight of the 2018 OTS championship from Josh Biggs.

I teed off at 7:30 (a.m. Friday) and the weather wasn’t overly bad,” said Melle. “It was really windy at hole eight and we had kind of overcast for 16 and 17 and then it was really windy. I had fortunate weather but we had a good group of guys and had fun.”

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The 2014 and 2016 OTS tournament winner Melle, who appreciated the time off work and sponsorship from employer Baker Hughes, edged friendly rival Nolan Rohatyn on the 18th hole Sunday.

“Nolan and I play a lot together and it’s always fun,” Melle said. “We always push each other all the time. He had a tough one at 18 and

we were both tied at 18 with minus-2 and I was fortunate enough to birdie and he had a bad lie going into the rough there and he put it a little bit long. I don’t like to winning it that way but I’m happy to win and had a really good back nine both days.”

For the rest of the 36hole winners, Kreston Martindale won the first flight with a score of 73, Jim Larter won the second flight with a score of 79, Kaiden Antoniuk wa the third flight winner (80), Dan Isley won the fourth flight (82), Tom Blondeau won the fifth flight (88), Kim Harbourne won the sixth flight (87), George

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ECS athletes come home with two gold medals from track provincials in Prince Albert

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

Two Estevan athletes came away from provincials with gold medals as the best in Saskatchewan Friday and Saturday in Prince Albert.

Mogan Fichter won gold in senior girls triple jump with a jump of 11.51 metres and a silver in the 100-metre run with a time of 12.74 seconds.

Hunter Wallster won gold in the junior boys discus throw with a throw of 40.48 metres – 6.32 metres over second place Tanner Soles of Prince Albert Carlton – and a silver in the shot put with a throw of 12.39 metres.

Fichter placed seventh in the senior girls long jump at 4.81 metres.

Fichter also won the aggregate score for senior girls with 53 points, one ahead of Skylar Smith of North Battleford and Kaitlyn Harrison of Lumsden.

Meanwhile over at the quadathlon, an event with 100-metre and 800-metre running events and shot put and long jump, Tatiana Dutka won a silver medal with her performance out of 19 athletes. She had the top shot put at 9.95 metres, the second best long jump at 4.76 metres and the second best 800-metre run at two minutes, 37.36 seconds.

Nikki Kistanov won

bronze in the junior girls triple jump at 10.23 metres, just ahead of foruth place teammate Sarah Dacuycuy (10.14 metres).

Kistanov was fourth in the long jump (4.68 metres) and Dacuycuy was seventh (4.52 metres). Dacuycuy and Kistanov each made the finals for the 100-metre dash but were unable to medal at 12th and 14th overall.

Maddie Zandee was 15th overall in the senior girls quad.

Erik Guskikoski was just shy of a medal in the senior boys discus with a fourth place throw of 35.74 metres, and John Sasi was 15th in the senior boys high jump with a leap of 1.60 metres.

In the senior boys 1500-metre run, Carter Davenport placed 10th with a time of 4:43.60 and he was 14th in the 800 metre run at 2:15.78. Cazlynn Barnstable finished 17th in the senior girls triple jump. Sammy Wade was 22nd overall in senior girls’ 1500 metres with a time of 6:01.47.

Parker Lavoie was 12th in the junior boys’ shot put at 10.80 metres. Zach Ashworth’s 10.76-metre triple jump was good for 19th in the junior boys and his 11.83 metres was ninth in the 100-metre final, while Kylan Fichter was 20th in the junior boys long jump at 5.10 metres

Estevan Comprehensive School’s Hunter Wallster performs in shot put at districts in Estevan a few weeks ago. File photo and 16th in the high jump at 1.60 metres.

Taylor Haux was 16th in the junior girls’ javelin with a throw of 23.79 metres and 18th in the discus (20.91 metres).

Madison Folkerts was 18th in the junior girls’

800-metre run (2:52.77) and Taylor Geisel was 19th (2:54.26). Marlie Weinrauch was 25th in the junior girls’ 1500-metre run (7:04.19).

Kaleb Poole was 15th in midget boys high jump at 1.55 metres.

The senior girls from the South East district won bronze in the 4X100 relay with a time of 51.18 metres.

The 215 points total places ECS eighth overall among the 4A schools, just 10.5 points behind Weyburn Comp for seventh.

The Southeast district as a whole placed seventh out of 14 in the province.

Karli Colpitts of Carlyle won a silver medal in the senior girls shot put with a toss of 11.07 metres and a silver in the discus at 34.54 metres.

Bruins select McMillen in SJHL bantam draft

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins didn’t have to go too far to scout their top bantam draft pick this year.

The Bruins selected Carievale’s Turner McMillen of the Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins with 10th overall selection at Friday’s bantam draft in Nipawin at the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s annual league meetings.

McMillen scored 13 goals and 12 assists this season in 31 regular season games and added a pair of assists in the two playoff games they had. He also played a pair of games in the playoffs for the Apex midget AA Bruins as an affiliate player but has committed to the Prince Albert Mintos midget AAA program next

season.

McMillen’s brother Kade is a defenceman and is also a member of the SJHL’s Bruins’ organization and played three playoff games this spring for the team.

Players eligible for the draft include players born in 2003 who aren’t automatically protected by being in individual teams’ protected areas, or any Notre Dame Hounds bantam players.

The Bruins dealt a few picks away in the year leading up to the draft and only had two picks in the first four rounds. With their fourth round pick, 45th overall, the Bruins picked up defenceman Blake Heward, a 5’11”, 154-pounder who scored five goals and 20 assists in 26 games with the Northern Alberta Bantam Prep team.

Goaltender Draydon Ramage was picked 57th overall in the fifth round

by the Bruins. He played with the Prairie Storm last season, getting into 17 games and earning a 3.10 goals against average, which dropped to 1.89 in six playoff games.

In the sixth and final round, 69th overall, the Bruins took a flyer on Cole Sillinger. The son of NHLer Mike Sillinger, the 5’11”, 180-pound forward scored 46 goals and 37 assists in 30 regular season games for the Okanagan Hockey Academy Bantam Prep team.

Since the Bruins drafted him, Sillinger has signed a standard player agreement with the Medicine Hat Tigers, who drafted him 11th overall in the WHL bantam draft last month.

Elsewhere in the draft among local players, goaltender Zane Winter from Carlyle was selected by

Turner McMillen, here against the Notre Dame Hounds as a member of the TS&M Bruins last winter, was drafted in the first round of the 2018 SJHL bantam draft by the Bruins. the Weyburn Red Wings with the second pick in the third round. Winter, who is 6’3”, 165 pounds, played

44 regular season games with the TS&M Bruins the last two seasons and seven in the playoffs in that span.

He was also picked in the eighth round by the Red Deer Rebels in the WHL bantam draft.

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Elecs spring football camp seeks out gridiron talent

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team is looking for a few

good players.

Head coach of the football program Mark Schott will be looking to improve on the team’s 0-6 season last year and

“We’re expecting a terrific turnout,” said Schott as the camp got underway Monday to Thursday at the school. “We’ve had a lot of interest in our school and some of the co-op schools in our surrounding area.

We could have as many as 40 players out per day and a total of as many as 45-50 total players. We’re really excited at the possibilities (that) having those numbers allows us to have at practice going into the fall season.”

Schott said the point of the spring camp is to get an idea for the coaches as to who is coming out for the team in the fall and plan accordingly for the offensive and defensive systems, and some positional identification.

“Some of that is finalized in the fall as well, but from the player’s perspective, it’s a chance as well for them to come out and integrate some new players into our group and for everybody to get into the swing of things and get football on their minds,” Schott said.

“For some of the brand new players, they’ll come out and find out what football is all about. We hope that some of those players who will come out are excited and they like the experience and they want to be a part of our team moving forward.”

The football season will begin in early September, after practices open up just before school starts in the fall. Schott said the Elecs are going to have a lot of athletic players with speed in the coming season.

“That opens up a lot of possibilities in our personnel groupings on both sides of the ball,” he said. “The skill positions on offence, with receivers and running backs, and the defensive back position on defence.

Those are going to be some of our strong suits just based on the personnel.”

The team will be looking to identify some linemen, as it’s always been a difficult thing to search for and find.

“We have some really good linemen, but in terms of the number of linemen we have we’d like to add more to that group,” Schott said.

They won’t be looking for only size, but will also be looking to get technique – being able to establish

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Elecs head football coach Mark Schott talks to players in a circle at Elecs football camp Monday afternoon at the field behind ECS. leverage on an opponent and make a block – down as well.

“Shedding blocks is important,” Scholl said.

“It’s not always the biggest guys who are effective at doing that but at those positions when you’re lining up against big players, size

definitely helps. We’re looking for players who maybe haven’t played that position before but are open to trying and seeing if that’s a fit for them.”

The coaches for the Elecs will also be helped with the Estevan Lions Club bantam Oilers foot-

ball coaches throughout the week.

“It’s a good way to integrate the minor football program and the high school program together and create a sense of familiarity with those minor football families and players,” Schott said.

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Youngest Golden Eels swimmers get their chance at mini meet

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

There are a number of Estevan Golden Eels swimmers who now have their first meet under their belts after Monday at the RM of Estevan Aquatic Centre.

The Eels first mini meet took place Monday and will help the kids get used to the concept of meets, from how and where to be ready for your next event to the group timing aspects for parents and volunteers.

“It’s really unique to get the little ones, the 7-, 8-year-olds who have never swam at a meet before, with the 9-and 10-year-olds just to refresh their memories, and what the buzzers mean and when they should get into the water,” said Melanie Dzeryk, publicity director for the Eels. “It’s just a lot of fun for them to get into the mode of why they’ve been swimming the past month. This is what we’re aiming toward.”

There were 25- and 50-metre races in almost all disciplines, with some of the times being better than

Karson Mvala does a 50-metre backstroke at the RM of Estevan Aquatic Centre Monday afternoon during the Eels mini meet. others, but the most important aspect of the event was that the concept of meets and how they’re run won’t be a foreign concept by the time a few weeks roll on and the Eels are actually in meets.

“The timing that we’re doing is really more for the parents,” said Dzeryk. “A lot of parents just took the officials’ course so this is about timing, stroke and turn and stuff like that.

That’s really more for the parents.”

In two weeks, some of the Eels will be off to Humboldt for the first official meet of the year and then a meet in Regina a week after that, June 23 will see most of the Eels able to attend the much closer meet.

Among the youngest kids at the Eels club, there’s the potential for some of the great future athletes like coaches Jaiden Jocelyn or

Cassidy Reich at that age.

But you might not have quite seen it yet at the mini meet.

“The 7-, 8- year olds are usually pretty timid,” Dzeryk said. “They probably don’t even swim their fastest at the mini meet because they’re just trying to figure out what they’re supposed to be doing.

“In the 9-, 10-yearolds we do have a lot of strong swimmers.”

Estevan’s Logan Chernoff wins division at MJT stop in Lloydminster A single stroke was all it took for Estevan’s Logan Chernoff to claim victory in the junior boys division at the Maple Leaf Junior Tour (MJT) stop in Lloydminster over the weekend.

Chernoff golfed a 7879 over the two day MJT Golf Sask. Order of Merit Series event for a two day total of 157, one stroke over second place winner Griffin Wilson of Swift Current.

Chase Gedak finished third in the juvenile boys

division with an 82-81163, 11 strokes more than Saskatoon’s Josh Nagy.

Drew Fenwick was 13th with a 90-86-176 and Hudson Chernoff was 24th at 113-102-215.

Ryan Chernoff, in the bantam boys division, was 13th at 92-92-184.

Meanwhile, at the MJT stop in Carman, Man., over the weekend, Estevan’s Jace Carlise was close to the lead.

Carlisle placed in a tie for second in the ju-

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venile boys category of the MJT Manitoba Spring Classic with rounds of 76 and 78 for a total of 154, six strokes behind Winnipeg’s Neel Soni. Carlisle, the only Estevan golfer entered in the tournament, had four birdies over the two days.

The next MJT event in

Saskatchewan is the MJT Golf Sask. Order of Merit series June 16-17 in North Battleford. In the overall provincial order of merit standings, Logan Chernoff leads the junior boys with 300 points, 75 over Wilson, while Chase Gedak sits third among juvenile boys with 210 points.

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T h e Vo l t z p l a y e d three games in the South Saskatchewan Lacrosse League, winning twice in Swift Current against the Rampage’s teams and were handed a loss in Moose Jaw by the Mustangs Sunday.

In the Voltz’ 6-2 win over the Rampage Saturday, the Voltz got two goals each from Ryder Davidson and Chase Foord, and single tallies from Logan

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In their 5-2 win, the Voltz got single goals from Davidson, Foord, Farnsworth, Lang and Shea McNabb.

They lost 7-4 in Moose Jaw to the Mustangs despite two goals from Lang and single goals from McNabb and Corby Lemcke.

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The City of Estevan will be flushing watermains to ensure good water quality for all users of City water.

This work includes the turning of main water valves around the City, and flushing large quantities of water from various hydrants in each area. If your water appears discoloured during the days your area is scheduled for this work (see schedule below), please run a faucet for a few minutes until the water is clear again. If the water remains dirty for a longer period, please contact City Hall at 634-1800 to let us know. Thank you for your understanding during this important maintenance!

(1) Monday – Friday June 4-8 Area bounded by 6th Street on the North, Valley Street, 1st Street, and Westview Place on the South, Alice Road and Woodlawn Avenue on the West, and Souris Avenue on the East (includes Westview, Central, and downtown regions) (2) Monday- Friday June 11-15 Area bounded by 6th street on the North, McDonald Road and Perkins Street on the South, Souris Avenue on the West, and Kensington Ave on the East (includes the Eastend, Bay Meadows, and Valley view regions, and Jubilee Place) (3) Monday –Friday June 18-22 Area Bounded by City Cemetery on the North, King Street on the South, Sister Roddy Road on the West (formerly Woodlawn Avenue), and Souris Road (Hwy 47N) on the East (includes Dominion Heights, Pleasantdale, and Royal Heights regions, as well as Cundall Drive, Woodend Place, Chinook Bay and Hwy 47N Service Road) (4) Monday – Friday June 25-29 Area bounded by Spruce Drive and Princess Street on the North, King Street on the South, Souris Avenue on the West, and Kensington on the East (includes Hillside and Scotsburn regions) (5) Tuesday-Friday July 3-6 Area bounded by King Street on the North, CPR Railroad on the South, 14th Ave on the West, and Kensington on the East (includes 7th Street, 8th Street, 9th Street, Centennial, Trojan, and Soo Industrial regions) (6) Monday- Friday July 16-20 Area bounded by Kensington on the West, Sawyer Road on the East, North and South City Limits (includes Glen Peterson Industrial Park, East Industrial, Southeast Industrial regions, and properties along Hwy 39E Service Road)

SANITARY SEWER MAIN AND STORM SEWER FLUSHING PROGRAM Beginning Tuesday, May 1, 2018 and continuing to Friday, August 31,2018 the Water and wastewater Division will be carrying out Sanitary Sewer Main Flushing and Storm sewer Flushing, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. with the occasional carry over to 6:00 p.m. During the periods of jetting, residents and businesses are advised to securely cap basement floor drains.

You may smell an odor in your home, this can be resolved by simply opening windows for a short period of time and running water to ensure all traps are full of water. Storm sewer will have no effect on homes and business’.

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ECS hands out year-end awards

The Estevan Comprehensive School held its annual awards night on May 30 at the school’s cafetorium.

Scholarships and bursaries were handed out, largely to Grade 12 students. Those scholarships were mostly sponsored

Carter Davenport, left, was presented the Grade 12 Mr. ECS Award from Jordan Fichter, who was last year’s winner. Photo by James Dobos

by local businesses, organizations, individuals and estates. They recognized students for success in academics, athletics and skilled trades.

Academic awards were presented to those who have thrived in the classroom in a variety of subjects. The school also presented recognitions to the top 10 honour roll students in Grades 10, 11 and 12, and the top student from each of those grades.

Dann Pangan was tops in Grade 10, Madison Zandee had the best marks in Grade 11 and Mackenzie Holman was tops in Grade 12, meaning she will be this year’s valedictorian for the graduation ceremony on June 15.

The participation awards recognized students for their contributions to extra-curricular activities, clubs, organizations and more.

The Mr. and Miss ECS Awards were handed out

for each grade at the end of the awards night. Miss ECS Awards went to Rachelle Stephany (Grade 9), Angelle Avery (Grade 10), Ciara Dayman (Grade 11) and Tatiana Dutka (Grade 12).

M r. E C S Aw a r d s went to Curtis Phillipchuk (Grade 9), Jacob Wade (Grade 10), Levi Stepp (Grade 11) and Carter Davenport (Grade 12).

Principal Pat Jeannot applauded the students for their efforts.

“As we celebrate excellence, commitment and success, we look forward to evenings like this, evenings that we set aside as special, where we focus on a very important aspect of the students’ school career, that being the acknowledgement of academic achievement,” said Jeannot.

The students have earned the recognitions for their hard work, he said.

Jeannot also lauded parents for their support

Tatiana Dutka, left, accepts this year’s Grade 12 Miss ECS Award from Tia Dayman, who won the award last year. Photo by James Dobos and staff members for the many hours of work they contribute, and he thanked

the community for their contributions to scholarships and awards.

St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation benefitted from community’s generosity

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation was able to do a lot last year thanks to the generosity of the community.

The organization held its annual general meeting on May 29. Interim executive director Travis Frank said the foundation had overall revenue of $1.1 million, including revenues from the operations of the hospital foundation’s clinic, which houses physicians’ offices. Donations and fundraisers were also big contributors.

The foundation received $86,000 through general donations last year, compared to $67,000 the previous year.

“Overall it was a great year, which is really good to see,” said Frank. “I think the economy is starting to

come back a little bit, so there’s maybe a little more confidence in what people can give.”

Their three main fundraisers – the Radiothon for Life in April, the Colour my Foundation Colour Run in June and the Festival of Trees in November – posted a net income of $358,000.

Those three fundraisers generated about $174,000 in net income the previous year.

“The Festival of Trees continues to grow, so there was a little more money from that,” said Frank.

The foundation spent $493,475 on capital expenses, which includes equipment purchases for the hospital. Among the purchases were an endoscopy cautery machine for $15,000, a ventilator for the emergency room for $15,000, a bathtub in Unit A for $5,000, two patients

lifts for Unit A and a patient lift for long-term care for $8,000, surgical equipment for long-term care for $40,000, a dishwasher upgrade for food services for $25,000, and a boiler rebuild in maintenance for $55,000.

“There was a lot smaller medical equipment throughout the hospital, but all definitely vitally-needed items,” said Frank.

The foundation also purchased new seating in the foundation clinic, thanks to donations from local families, and equipment for the new women’s health clinic, operated by Dr. Ahmad Sawwan, who arrived last year as Estevan’s gynecologist and obstetrician.

Operating the clinic represents a big expense, he said. The foundation pays all of the expenses of the building, including prop-

erty taxes and expenses for the physicians. The foundation is also nearing the end of the mortgage payments for the clinic building.

“We do run a small deficit at the clinic, and the reason for that is we want to make sure that we have a very attractive space for doctors to want to be able to practice out of,” said Frank. “We want to make sure that when they’re considering opening a practice in Estevan, that we have the best turn-key operation they could possibly have.

It goes hand-in-hand with recruitment.”

The number of physicians in the clinic deter-

mines whether they’re at a break-even or a loss.

According to Frank, physician recruitment will continue to be a focus for the foundation this year.

Dr. Boye Adeboye started practising in the city last month, and two more are now here.

“Our board of directors, which is made up mostly of our municipal contributors, who give a fair amount of money, and usually designate a small portion towards doctor recruitment, and a larger portion towards new equipment, have decided this year to shift some of that to push with a little more

money towards doctor recruitment.”

That will cover costs such as meeting with doctors, relocation and setup, which varies from doctor to doctor.

The foundation also elected its board of directors for this year at the meeting. John Billesberger will be the chairperson, Roy Ludwig is the vicechairperson and Bridget Bittman is the secretary.

Leona Burkhart, Diane Fornwald, Wanda Michel and Kelly Lafrentz are community representatives on the board, and there are also municipal representatives.

Congratulations Rheannon Currie M.Sc.

on achieving your Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology Your dedication and commitment is something to be proud of.

Good luck in Saskatoon in your new job with The AIM Program.

We are so happy for you and your great achievement.

Thank you to all the businesses, organizations and individuals who contributed to the Estevan and District Music Festival with scholarships, awards and donations.

We appreciate your support of our local performers in their musical education.

Love you very much From your family Paul, Pam, Adam, Teanna and Piper

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Obituaries Anton Jerome Walliser 1926 - 2018 Anton “Tony” Walliser passed away at the St. Joseph’s Special Care Home, Estevan, SK on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at the age of 91 years.

Tony’s memory will be forever cherished by his loving family: wife Doris; son Curtis (Wendy) and granddaughters, Ashley (Tyler) Olson (great grandchild Sade) and Janessa (Kevin) Moffat (great grandchildren, Logan and Collins); son Garth (Elaine) and grandchildren, Marnie (great grandchild Calder), Amory (Dawn) (great grandchildren, Porter and Braxton), Evan and Wesley; son Rodney (Karen) and grandchildren, Landon, Carson and Rachel; son Perry (Debbie) and grandchildren, Carter (Carly) (great grandchild Huck), Jackson (Sierra) and Jolie (Klae); son Blake (Candice) and grandchildren, Jenna and Bruin. Tony will also be missed by his in-laws, Rita, Rose and Kay and a great many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents, Jacob and Matilda and siblings, Emily (Metro) Katrusik, Robert in infancy, John (Laura), Mike, Ralph, Ole (Helen), Jake (Marie), Eleanor (Joe) Pryznyk, Rose (Mel) McNutt and Joseph.

The Funeral Service was held on Monday, May 21, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan, with Sandy Dalziel officiating. Interment followed at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan, after which a luncheon was held at the Beefeater Plaza, Estevan.

If friends so desire, donations in Tony’s memory may be made to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, SK, S4A 0H3.

Dustin Hall at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan assisted Tony’s family.

Brian Henry Hamm 1963 – 2018 Brian Hamm, late of Estevan, passed away in the loving arms of his daughters at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at the age of 54 years.

Brian was predeceased by his father Henry Hamm and Brian’s loyal canine companion, Al. Left to cherish Brian’s memory are his daughters, Karissa (Wade) Baldwin and Kayla (Kris) Murphy; grandchildren Brayden Tierney, Taylin Tierney, Nevaeh Tierney, Connor Coleman, Haley Murphy, Rylee Baldwin and Rey Baldwin. Brian will also be greatly missed by his mother Nettie Hamm; brother Darryl (Cheryl) Hamm and sister Audrey Hamm (Dave Labbe) as well as numerous friends and extended family.

Cremation has taken place and in following Brian’s wishes, no service will be held.

Those so wishing may make donations in memory of Brian to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, 204 – 3775 Pasqua Street, Regina, SK S4S 9Z9.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK. Dwight S. Thompson 1962 - 2018 It is with great sadness and disbelief that Dwight’s family announces his sudden and unexpected passing in Mesa, Arizona on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at the age of 55 years.

Dwight’s memory will forever live on in the hearts of his mother Mildred of Weyburn, Sask.; brother Leonard (Debbie) of Midale, Sask.; nephews, Nolan (Teresa) of Regina, Sask., Ryan of Midale and Brett of Toronto, Ont.; great niece Hailey; great nephews, Bennett and Nicholas, as well as his uncles, aunts, cousins, friends and Amy’s family.

Dwight was predeceased by his father Lewis in 2014 and the love of his life, his fiancée Amy Hill in 2017.

The Prayer Service was held on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, Sask. with Bill Mann officiating. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, by Rev. Gerry Bauche. Interment took place at Green Acres Memorial Gardens, Weyburn, Sask.

Those wishing to make donations in Dwight’s memory may do so to the Bienfait Lions Club, c/o 625 Henry Street, Estevan, Sask., S4A 1M9 or St. Monica’s R.C. Church, Box 58, Bienfait, Sask., S0C 0M0.

Dustin Hall at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan assisted Dwight’s family.

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Ernest Martin Foord 1924-2018 On January 15, 2018 Ernie Foord of Macoun passed away peacefully at Mainprize Manor & Health Center, Midale, SK at the age of 93.

Left to cherish his memory is Balvina, his loving wife of 66 years; their children Lorraine (Greg) Foord, Linda (Jeff) Foster, George (Chris) Foord, Tom Foord and their families; as well as his brother Vernon (Margaret) Foord and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Lily Guldenpfennig.

Ernie was born on January 28, 1924 to Mary (Bourke) and Ernest Foord. Some of his fondest memories were those working alongside his father in the Bienfait coal mines.

On January 19, 1952, he married his lifelong partner, Balvina (Milewicz). Their greatest pride was their farm and their

greatest joy, their family.

A Graveside service will be held at the Macoun Cemetery on June 9, 2018 at 2p.m. with a Luncheon at the Macoun School Auditorium with a gathering to follow at the Foord farm for friends and family.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Ernie to the Parkinson Society of Saskatchewan Inc., 610 Duchess Street, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 0R1.

Yvonne Clark at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan is assisting the family.

Harry Samenook Jr. 1941 - 2018 Harry passed away peacefully on May 24, 2018 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 76 years.

Harry’s memory will forever be cherished by his wife Shirley; daughter Teri (Garth) Schindel and their children, Caleb and Ella; son Darren (Tracey) Samenook.; brother Bob (Elizabeth) Samenook and their sons, Mark and Michael.

Harry was predeceased by his parents, Harry Sr. and Anne Samenook.

It was Harry’s wish that there be no service. In memory of Harry, memorial donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Yvonne Clark at Hall Funeral Services, Estevan assisted the family.

Harry’s family would like to say Thank you to all the doctors, nurses and friends for the all care and attention you gave to Harry and our family over the years and in the past couple of weeks. We would like to say a very special Thank you to Richard and Ruth Marcotte for all you have done for us and to all the guys at E & G Auto. Thank you to Hall Funeral Services.

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Lorraine Agatha Rohatyn Oct. 10, 1929 – Nov. 21, 2017 It is with great sorrow that the family announces the passing of Lorraine Rohatyn, late of Medicine Hat, Alberta and formerly of Estevan, Saskatchewan in Medicine Hat on November 21, 2017 at the age of 88 years.

Left to cherish her memory are Lorraine’s children, Cheryl Morine (Glenn Collins), Mel Rohatyn (Colleen Kerr) and his children, Carla (Justin) Taupert and their children, Brayden (Ryann Faller) Taupert, Carson Taupert; Steven (Meghan) Rohatyn, Alicia (Tyler) Featherstone and their children, Sara and Meghan, Donna (Terry) Gilroy and their children, Lee (Caren) and their children, Logan and Beckett; Lauren (Brandon) Bernicky, Russell Rohatyn (Adele Lohmann) and his daughter Katie Rohatyn-Fister. Also left with precious memories are Lorraine’s siblings, Mannie (Doreen) Mack, Lawrence (Thelma Short) Mack, Gerald Mack, Berna Hagel and Anita (Delbert) Messer; sisters-in-law, Margaret Mack and Monica Mack, as well as Allyn (Elizabeth) Rohatyn, Joe (Carole) Rohatyn and Sandra Rohatyn and their families.

She was predeceased by her parents, Anton and Nympha Mack; parents-in-law, Peter and Anna Rohatyn; husband Steve; son-in-law Roland Morine; daughter-in-law Sandra Rohatyn, as well as her siblings, Katherine, Jacob, Leo, Edward, John, Carol, Lloyd, Ella and Agnes.

She was also predeceased by her in-laws, Marion and Victoria Rohatyn, Joanne Rohatyn, Larry and Carol Rohatyn, Michael Rohatyn, Peter Rohatyn, Mary Mack (Lawrence), Rosemary Mack, Adam Hagel, William Melle, Mary Mack (Jacob), Katherine Mack (Leo), Lena Mack, John Froehlich, James Messer and James Young.

In keeping with Mom’s wishes, cremation has taken place and a public graveside service will take place on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens, Estevan, with Marian Huber officiating. A luncheon will follow in the small hall at the Royal Canadian Legion, Estevan.

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Names of two alleged impaired drivers released The Estevan Police Service (EPS) has released the names of two more people charged with impaired driving.

Robyn Maryanne Dwernychuk, 32, of Torquay was charged with impaired driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content exceeding .08 on May 17.

Three days later, Justin Waldner of Medicine Hat, Alta., was charged with impaired driving and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content exceeding .08.

In other recent police news, officers stopped a 24-year-old Estevan man during the May 28 night shift, who was found to be in possession of marijuana.

The man was charged for possessing less than 30 grams of the drug and for breaching conditions of his probation.

Police responded to a theft of fuel from a gas station during the May 31 day shift. The driver of a truck and trailer with United States licence plates failed to pay for fuel. The matter is still under investigation.

The EPS also received a STARS lottery fraud complaint. The public is asked not to provide any personal information over the phone or Internet to anyone they don’t know.

Members then received a report during the May 31 night shift of an intoxicated male who had fallen in a residential

driveway and was lying there. Police attended and located the male who was highly intoxicated. He was lodged in cells until sober.

Police were called to a single-vehicle accident during the June 1 day shift.

The vehicle struck a tree and suffered significant damage. The driver was charged under the Traffic Safety Act and will appear in court in July. The ve-

hicle was towed from the scene, and the driver was not injured.

Members received a report of theft of some oilfield pipefittings. The matter is still under investigation.

Police received a complaint during the June 1 night shift of a stolen cellular phone at a school.

The matter is still under investigation.

Officers received a report of a possible fraud taking place during the June 2 day shift. The matter is still under investigation.

Police charged a Carlyle female with breaching her probation for failing to comply with her release conditions.

Members received a

report of theft from a local business. The matter is still under investigation.

Officers attended to the skate park during the June 2 night shift for a report of an assault. A 14-year-old Estevan youth was arrested a short time later and will appear in court in July to answer to the charge.

Police received a report of speeding vehicles in the Westview area during the June 3 day shift.

The Estevan Combined Traffic Services unit did some radar in the area. No speeders were detected.

Officers responded to a driving complaint in the King Street and Petterson Drive area during the June 3 night shift. A registered

owner of a vehicle was charged with being liable for driving without consideration for others, and will appear in court in August to answer to the charge.

Members conducted a curfew check around Eva Street. A 23-year-old Estevan woman was arrested a short time later, after members located her out past her court-ordered curfew.

She was lodged in cells and will appear in front of a justice of the peace.

Police conducted another curfew check around Dufferin Avenue, and a 22-year-old Estevan male is facing charges of failing to comply with his recognizance. He will appear in court at a later date to answer to the charges.

Estevan firefighters handled various calls Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service handled several different calls last week.

Firefighters were called to a tree fire on May 29 in the back alley of the 600-block of George Street.

Tree branches came into contact with power lines due to the wind. Crews remained on scene until SaskPower arrived, and looked after traffic control.

“Once the power was isolated, we extinguished the flames in the tree, and turned the scene back over to SaskPower, as they would have to do some trimming for the tree to ensure that it wouldn’t happen again,” said Fire Chief Dale Feser.

They were called to a commercial fire alarm on May 30 that stemmed from a power outage in the city, and

later in the morning, they were called to a commercial fire alarm in east-central Estevan. A faulty detection device was to blame.

The following day, they were called to a residential fire alarm, but found there wasn’t a smoke or flame from the home. The alarm was set off by a contractor who used a steaming device for carpet installation.

Firefighters were also kept busy on June 1 due to the thunderstorm that struck the area. (See Page A3 for more information).

The strong winds on Saturday morning resulted in crews being called to a tree that came into contact with a power line in southcentral Estevan and caught fire.

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there was actually a downed power line as a result of the high winds. So crews cordoned off the area and prevented any further entry until SaskPower arrived on scene and isolated the power to the area.”

The fire department assisted SaskPower in wrapping up the downed power lines, extinguished the fire that remained in the trees, and returned to the station after turning the scene over to SaskPower.

Firefighters also conducted training in the evening of May 29. They broke up into two separate groups, with one doing aerial operations using the ladder truck, while the other remained at the fire hall to simulate a residential fire in a rural municipality where they don’t have access to a fire hydrant.

“Crews were expected to go in and do a search and rescue drill in a smoked-out structure, and support crews using the tender truck would have to set up the portable tank and establish water supply for the fire truck and those suppression groups,” said Feser.

As far as community

engagement, the fire department visited kindergarten students at St. Mary’s

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