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Coal task force comes to Estevan

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

A visit from the Task Force on the Just Transition for Canadian Coal-Power Workers and Communities to Estevan on June 14 resulted in numerous meetings and plenty of discussion.

The task force met with representatives from local municipal councils, the Estevan Chamber of Commerce, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Local 7606, suppliers, affected workers and more during a visit to Estevan.

But the biggest crowd was reserved for a town hall-style meeting with the employees of the Westmoreland Coal Company’s Estevan mines, and SaskPower’s Boundary Dam and Shand Power Stations that attracted more than 100 people to the Beefeater Plaza.

Task force members were also in Regina on June 13, and Coronach on June 15.

The task force was announced by the federal government last month, in response to its plans to phaseout conventional coal power by 2030.

Jody Dukart, an international auditor/teller with UMWA, met with the task force in Regina and Estevan.

“The meetings were good, from the aspect of them reaching out to listen to us for what we could be transitioned to,” said Dukart. “But ultimately for us to transition to any other industry it’s going to be tough.”

Not only will they likely be making lower wages, but they likely won’t be union jobs, he said, and a majority of the affected workers would likely have to leave the Estevan area, which would affect real estate values in the city.

Dukart described the task force’s visit as a “reality

check.” His message for the UMWA, though, is to keep fighting for the future of coal.

“We need to lead this fight,” said Dukart. “We need to start helping the provincial government to get that equivalency agreement through, and start pushing the federal government to start rethinking their decision on the phase-out of coal in 2030.”

He thought a task force should have been created to come to Estevan and Coronach regarding the future of clean coal technologies.

“We have the technology here. It just has to be expanded,” said Dukart. “I guess we’re not ready to accept either that they’re trying to phase out coal.”

The future of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) was not addressed, although task force members did tour the CCS facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

“At one time, we were the leading country, I felt, in clean coal technology, just because we had a plant up and running, and all these countries were coming to our country to see what we had and how they could adjust to it.”

Dukart believes Saskatchewan still needs the power that coal provides in the winter months.

Among the coal miners who spoke at the meeting was Dave Grass, a local coal miner. He applauded the task force for coming to Estevan to learn how this will affect miners, their families and their communities.

Grass noted that coalfired power stations have an average lifespan of 40 yars and run throughout the year, providing reliable power.

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A power line remained down near Boundary Dam Saturday, two days after the massive wind and hail storm hit southeast Saskatchewan. Photo by Corey Atkinson

A lot of hail, wind, rain and damage from Thursday’s storm

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The southeast region is recovering from another powerful spring storm that rolled through on Thursday afternoon, but this time the storm brought hail, wind and rain, and resulted in a tornado warning.

The storm struck the Estevan area just before 4 p.m. While Environment Canada reported less than six millimetres of rain at its Estevan reporting station, many areas were hit hard. It took less than 30 minutes for the storm to pass through the Estevan area.

The tornado warning was issued at 3:46 p.m., but Environment Canada did not confirm a twister.

Electricity was also knocked out to much of the southeast for more than seven hours.

Jordan Jackie, a consultant for media relations and issues management for SaskPower, said a lot of people dedicated many hours to restoring the power. They assessed the damage and made repairs.

The power went out just after 4 p.m. in Estevan and much of southeast Saskatchewan. SaskPower began the slow process of restoring power to some of the communities, and the electricity was back on just before 10 p.m. in northwest and central Estevan.

Power was restored to the rest of the city by midnight.

“The storm rolled through and did considerable damage to our infrastructure in that area. There are a few different things that happened. The transmission lines around Boundary Dam Power Station were badly damaged,” said Jackie.

A number of repairs have been made to transmission lines. Five poles were badly damaged in one instance. One transmission structure was flattened.

“The coal units did trip, so that meant that there was no power generation happening there,” said Jackie.

On the distribution level, power lines were also damaged.

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When the units went down, they released all their steam. While it looked like there was a fire at Boundary Dam, since all the stacks were billowing steam, Jackie said there wasn’t one.

The Shand Power Station did not encounter any problems, he said.

Maureen Daoust, who is the business manager for the Woodlawn Regional Park, said the park sustained considerable damage, and the

Boundary Dam site “definitely” sustained more than its Souris River counterpart.

“There were some really large trees, and some very old trees. It’s pretty sad to see them come down,” said Daoust. “We have a big one in the free park, and quite a few out at Boundary.

“At Boundary, the most damage, though, was probably lots of trees fell on campers as well. The insurance companies will be busy, I’m sure.”

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Meet the Mercury Guy this summer People who are attending events and shopping locally in the community this summer will get used to seeing a new addition to the community.

Estevan Mercury Publications is pleased to introduce the Mercury Guy. He’ll be around town, telling people what’s happening and promoting all that Estevan has to offer.

“He’s going to be at events giving away prizes. He’s got gift cards to restaurants, and he has Alice Cooper tickets to give away, and he has other prizes we’re going to be giving away,” said Deanna Tarnes, the sales manager for Estevan Mercury Publications.

If there’s an event, people can enter through the draw box, or they can take a picture with him, and use the hashtag for the Mercury Guy to enter the contest.

“We’ll be giving away prizes weekly,” said Deanna.

He could also be found at businesses that are participating in the promotion. There will be stickers on the participating businesses with his face so that people know it’s a business the Mercury Guy supports.

People can also look forward to seeing him in the Mercury, in Southeast Lifestyles and on social media.

“Make sure you’re always checking

the Mercury to see what’s going on,” said Deanna.

Deanna said she hopes that when people see the Mercury guy, they’ll think of the Mercury first, and the fun things the Mercury is involved with.

“Wherever you see the Mercury guy this summer, there’s going to be a good time, a good deal, good advice and just a good event,” said Deanna.

Richard Sadick, the publisher for Estevan Mercury Publications, added that the Mercury guy will be associated with fun in the community.

“The Mercury Guy is the brainchild of

our very creative, promotions and marketing sales team at the Mercury and I’m sure he will bring a lot of excitement to our town,” Richard said.

Advertisers and businesses in the community are excited for something new, different and exciting, and the Mercury is always flexible to work with the businesses to help them with their marketing, she said.

“We work with them to get their messages out, in the best platform there is,” said Deanna.

Whether it’s in print or online, the Mercury is the best way to reach the public and get local news.

Recovery underway from powerful storm « A1 Lots of vehicles also sustained damage.

But the campgrounds remained open during the cleanup phase.

The TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course, which is located inside the Souris River site, was also damaged. (See Page A13 for more on the golf course).

Park staff and volunteers cleaned up the two sites on Friday. They started at the Souris River campground and then moved to Boundary Dam. “Seasonal campers are typically responsible for their own site, but obviously we helped them out,” said Daoust. “Some people won’t have access to a lift or a chainsaw or things like that.”

The damage that could be a safety hazard was cleared first, and then they started cleaning non-seasonal and seasonal sites with large trees and debris.

The user groups within the park received assistance for their cleanup. The

Souris Valley Theatre had some trees down, and a big tree was down in the dog park.

Lucinda Milford’s 74-acre farm southeast of Estevan was particularly hard hit by the storm. Her family brought a modular home onto the land in 2012, allowing them to be close to other family members.

Two sides of their modular home will have to be replaced, as will the roof.

The deck, the insulation beneath the home, three sheds, all of their vehicles, tractors and all-terrain vehicles and a camper sustained damage. The grass was still saturated on Monday afternoon.

“I’ve never seen a storm like that before,” she said.

The hail caused the majority of the damage, but the wind also damaged their trees.

“We do have one that looks like it’s literally uprooted on the one side, and another great big 30-foot tree that snapped right in half. I’m sure there’s more back behind the trees, but I haven’t gone back in there.

Other family members on the property didn’t sustain as much damage.

Second DUI nets sentence and driving ban A second impaired driving conviction netted Angela Helen Lukye, 43, with an intermittent sentence of 34 days and a two-year driving prohibition.

In Estevan Provincial Court on Monday, Lukye pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alcohol level over .08. The guilty plea was part of a joint submission between the defence and Crown.

With two young girls, it was noted that Lukye’s previous driving prohibition in 2014 had hit her pretty hard, and also made working as a dog groomer out of town difficult.

Judge Lane Wiegers accepted that Lukye felt remorseful, and that recent events, including a divorce in 2014, had serious problems. But he pointed out with two recent convictions, that’s why there’s a mandatory minimum sentence, to show how serious the offences are.

Her sentence is to be served at the Saskatchewan Impaired Driving Treatment Centre at Prince Albert prior to the end of September. She also has to pay a $100 victim surcharge. Wiegers noted she might be eligible for a restricted licence, but that was up to SGI, not him.

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While it was scary to be in the home during the storm, Milford said nobody was injured, and that’s what matters.

Residents of Bienfait are cleaning up from a powerful storm for the second time in two weeks. The town received several inches of rain from a thunderstorm on June 1.

In this latest storm, Mayor Paul Carroll said the bulk of the damage was hail driven by the wind.

“A lot of tree leaves and grass were pelted down, and windows were broken out,” said Carroll.

Lots of siding has holes, and windows were broken out of houses. Some houses that were exposed were damaged, while those protected by trees fared better.

Some low-level flooding also occurred.

It’s hard to determine how much precipitation was received, he said, because all of the rain gages were broken.

The amount of hail received forced the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways to employ a snow plow to clear about 300 metres of Highway 39 east of Estevan.

Steve Shaheen, a spokesperson for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and In-

Task force recommendations to be released this year « A1 emission levels and environmental policies, the playing field has been artiffically tipped in the renewable energy industries’ favour,” said Grass.

Grass also noted the advancements that have been made in CCS, and the benefits associated with the technology.

“Within our mining industry, great strides have been taken to protect our environment,” said Grass. “We have diverted production for the sake of one nesting burrowing owl, halted another dragline for bids nesting near the equipment, stopped production in an area due to Indigenous teepee rings discovered,” said Grass.

Harold Matthews, the vice-president of power for SaskPower, was there each day. He said the Crown corporation was pleased the task force came to Estevan to discuss the impacts if coal mining were to end.

Members of the Task Force on the Just Transition for Canadian Coal-Power Workers and Communities listened to concerns of the public while in Estevan on June 14.

He was also impressed with the composition of the committee, with representatives of several different unions.

SaskPower wanted the task force to understand the number of employees who would be directly affected, and the number of people indirectly impacted, including contractors.

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It’s fairly rare to deploy a snow plow for hail accumulations in June.

“If roads become impassable, they go to work,” said Shaheen.

The storm resulted in one collision in Estevan. The Estevan Police Service, Estevan Fire Rescue Service and the Estevan Emergency Medical Services were called to a head-on collision at the intersection of Souris Avenue South and Fourth Street.

One driver was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital with injuries and transferred to Regina for further treatment due to the power outage that was occurring locally at the time.

Another person had only minor injuries and did not require medical attention.

Fire Chief Dale Feser said the fire department was also called to a report of a possible tornado in the rural municipality of Estevan east of the city. A tornado didn’t occur, but they did encounter the treacherous driving conditions from hail and fog.

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particularly from a baseload perspective, and how carbon capture and storage supports SaskPower’s strategy for renewables.

“We had quite a talk about carbon capture, and the possibilities around carbon capture and the CCS strategy,” Matthews said.

And there were discussions on how the loss of coal would affect ratepayers.

If coal is taken out of the power generation chain, it would eliminate the source of about 40 per cent of Saskatchewan’s electricity.

In the case of the Shand Power Station, for example, it would accelerate retirement, making it a stranded asset.

“You have a lot of money tied up in the asset that we can’t recover,” said Matthews.

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen said he was pleased the Task Force came to Estevan and Coronach and talked to workers

and others who would be affected.

He attended meetings in Estevan and Coronach to listen to the comments and to address the task force.

“As I’ve indicated, and as I’ve said all along, this is going to have a major impact on the workers of the mines and the workers of the power plants. No doubt about it. The families will be impacted.

The communities will be impacted. The suppliers are going to be impacted.”

But he said he was disappointed with communication regarding the visit. He found out through another source that the task force would be coming.

Affected MPs will now be invited to the meetings.

Kitchen said he was very proud to hear people who attended the meeting standing up for their jobs, rather than asking for a buyout or a handout.

“They were asking (the task force) to take back to the government to not buy us out, find a way to get us these jobs and to keep these jobs. They want to work, and I’m so proud to know that that’s what my constituents are looking for.”

He also hopes the task force will remind the government that CCS is green, viable and innovative.

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A new adventure for ECS Class of 2018

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Years of hard work for Grade 12 students at the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) have paid off.

The school held its graduation ceremony on Friday, with more than 150 students part of this year’s graduating class. The theme was And so the Adventure Begins, which was fitting, as the grads are now moving into the next part of their lives.

The celebrations began at the Estevan Courthouse, where the students gathered in their finest clothes for the Class of 2018 photo, and pictures with family and friends.

Then they headed to Affinity Place, where they donned their caps and gowns for the ceremonies.

After music from the grad band and the grad choir, class representatives Carter

Davenport and Samantha Wade gave the tribute to the parents.

Davenport told the audience that grad is about those who support the students, including their parents. But the support can also come from an aunt who was there when times were tough, or a coach who was a mentor in sport and in life.

“Here’s the thing about support: it can come from anyone or anywhere, and we’re here to thank those supporting people who helped us get where we are today,” said Davenport.

“You have been our greatest friends, our most cherished loves and our most trusted allies,” added Wade. “The foundation you have given us has encouraged us to achieve more than we thought could be possible.”

It’s the parents who deserve the diplomas the students will receive, she

said, because there’s no way they would be graduating without all the help amid tears, frustrations and difficult situations.

Student representative council co-presidents Eric Swirski and Mackenzie Holman supplied the tribute to the teachers. They shared memories created by teachers in each department.

“Some of the biggest influences in every student’s lives are their teachers,” said Swirski. “At ECS, our teachers have taught things that are not only useful … in school, but in the real world as well.”

With all the work teachers and support staff put into their education, Holman said students feel prepared for the next step of their lives.

Swirski and Holman then presented a gift to ECS support staff member and grad co-ordinator Pat Fergusson, who is retiring at the end of the school year.

From left, Carson Benning, Terran Holzer, Daymon Wanner, Khrystal Montebon and Morgan Fichter were excited to graduate.

Mackenzie Holman delivered this year’s valedictorian address.

Drawing on this year’s theme, principal Pat Jeannot asked the students where their adventure would take them and which stories they would tell.

“You most likely have set goals, dreamed of who you would become, the places you will see, the people you will meet and so on,” said Jeannot. “History teaches us many lessons that we may use to forge new pathways. What is in your history that will benefit you?”

Jeannot encouraged students to reflect on lessons provided by parents and family.

“Your success is very important to them. That is why it is necessary to reflect upon the moments when those lessons were taught.”

He also urged the grads not to forget about the experiences shared with friends, and to remember what they learned from teachers.

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Holman returned to the stage, as she was also this year’s valedictorian, thanks to her 97.88 per cent average this year. She offered some advice to her peers.

“Each of us is in the same boat,” said Holman.

“We started here as scared little Grade 9s who didn’t know which side of the hallway to walk on. Now we are excited to graduate and move on to the next step in our lives, but nervous to leave the comfort of the people we have come to know.”

Holman told the graduates they don’t need to have everything figured out, since they have their lives to establish who they are and what they want to do. They shouldn’t worry about things they can’t control, but they should set high expectations.

She also encouraged

the grads to learn from their mistakes, and to live outside their comfort zone.

“I want to challenge each of you to take more risks and to say ‘yes’ when you’re given opportunities,” said Holman. “The best and most memorable experiences in your life will happen when you leave your comfort zone.”

The school then presented diplomas to the students.

Food was served after the diplomas were handed out. Then the students participated in the grand march, in which they paraded before the crowd, were presented with a rose and participated in a dance.

At 11 p.m., they travelled to ECS for the chemfree after grad celebrations, in which they played games in a mock casino setting for play money that could be used for prizes at the end of the night.

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Still more questions than answers Those who were hoping to get answers about the future of coal mining in Canada last week were likely disappointed, but what they did receive was a chance to share their thoughts for someone willing to listen.

The Task Force for the Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities rolled through the Energy City on Tuesday. They listened to concerns from the public about coal-fired power and how the demise of coal would affect this area.

Members did what a good government task force should do. They explained why they were there, they met with a variety of groups, they listened to questions from the public, and they answered some questions.

They heard that people who work at the mines and the coal-fired power stations are proud of their jobs, they want to continue with their work, and they want to be in the Estevan area. They don’t want a handout, and they don’t want to work in another community.

So now the task force will take what they heard in Estevan, as well as in Regina the previous day and in Coronach the day after appearing in Estevan, and create a final report

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We need to revisit pipelines Canada had better get its act together, immediately, on export pipelines. I don’t just mean the Trans Mountain Pipeline, now owned by you and me and all other Canadians. I mean we need to revive Northern Gateway and Energy East right now.

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

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

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

for the federal government, likely before the end of this year.

The biggest complaint shouldn’t be with the task force’s efforts. It should be with its composition, at least from a Saskatchewan perspective. It would have been nice to have someone on that commission who is well known for working in the coal mining sector in Saskatchewan. The closest might be John Wright, the former president and CEO of SaskPower who would obviously know a thing or two about the value of coal.

You obviously couldn’t have someone who works at a coal mines now, since that would be a conflict of interest, but there are lots of worthy candidates who worked at the mines at one time, and would know about the importance of coal mining to communities.

The input of an intelligent mine worker would have been invaluable for this task force.

Souris-Moose Mountain MP Robert Kitchen was understandably upset that he wasn’t notified of the meeting, and that he was told of the meeting by an outside source.

Task forces should have told local MPs and MLAs of meetings that have a direct impact

on their constituencies.

The day is coming in which conventional or compliant coal will come to its end in Canada. The Conservatives, when they were in power, pegged that date as 2042. The Liberals have fast-tracked that date to 2030, although an equivalency agreement between the provincial and federal governments could extend conventional coal’s lease on life.

At this point, carbon capture and storage is not affected by the government’s phase out of coal. That might change; after all, governments do change their mind. But the Liberals have praised the technology used at the Boundary Dam Power Station in the past, which is encouraging.

(It would be even more encouraging if the Liberals would step forward with money for CCS retrofits at other SaskPower facilities).

Hopefully, when the task force releases its findings late this year, the picture will become a little clearer for Estevan, Bienfait, Coronach and the other affected communities.

But for now, there are lots of lingering questions.

that morning. You can find it here at www. pipelinenews.ca/1.23337588.

I asked Hamm if Canada is a competitor or compatriot when it comes to crude oil production. “They’re definitely competitors,” he said, repeating, “They’re definitely competitors.”

He explained how American oil refineries want heavy, sour crude, and they are increasingly exporting their North Dakota light sweet crude since Canadian oil is crowding them out of American refineries.

He also said America would become crude-independent by 2020. When I pressed him if this meant Canada was included, he said that America would be able to do it alone.

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

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

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

Make no mistake about it – it is oil wealth that funds not just Alberta’s economy and a good chunk of Saskatchewan’s, too, but much of the equalization formula. Quebec’s damned near free child care? Oil. Their never-ending freeze on university tuition? Oil. It also funds a large portion of federal coffers.

If we can’t sell our oil to America, we’re

in big, big trouble.

And what if Donald Trump is re-elected as president in 2020, the same time America could become crude-independent, according to Hamm? They’re buddies, you know. It’s a good bet it was Hamm who invited Trump to come to that conference two years ago, on the campaign trail. That was the day Trump secured the Republican nomination and I just happened to get a chance to ask him about the Keystone XL pipeline.

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

We’ve also found in recent weeks that Canada has no friend in Trump. We are marching to a trade war with our southern “friend,” the friend who has gotten nicey nice with Kim Jong Un of North Korea. Kim’s spent the last several years trying to build nuclear missiles to aim at the White House.

And yet Trump said the Canadian people are going to pay for our prime minister saying he’s going to stand up for us.

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

We need to re-examine our export options immediately, reactivate all these export pipeline projects and get them built now, before an unstable “friend” in the White House totally destroys our economy with a tweet. We need to have options to export every available barrel overseas, and we need those options in two years if at all possible.

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“I think it’s bad news for the English game…”

“We’re not creative enough, we’re not positive enough…”

“We’ll go on getting bad results…”

So begins the clips of pundits to begin 1996’s Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home) by a one-man band called The Lightning Seeds, featuring football show hosts Frank Skinner and Mike Baddiel.

The song was released in 1996, 30 years after England’s surprise success at the World Cup and the failure of its teams afterwards, in the weeks leading up to the country hosting Euro 96. The song expertly combined the wistful memories of the team’s past with the hope that “I know that was then but it could be again.”

The end result for England that year was Germany knocking them out in the semifinal on penalty kicks.

England’s Gareth Southgate has been forgiven for his shot being saved… in some places at least. Southgate is now the manager of England’s team, a job with little in the way of job security.

The tournament was the first time I can remember a major European soccer event holding my attention for a while. I’d dabbled in watching the Canadian version with the late Graham Leggat hosting Soccer Saturday on TSN, a highlights package from all of Europe but mostly focused on England.

On the old TSN, there would be many a Saturday afternoon spent watching Winnipeg Fury or Ottawa Intrepid or the Hamilton Steelers or the Vancouver 86ers.

As a country entering international competitions, we’ve had moderate success after an appearance at the World Cup in Mexico in 1986, but those Bob Lendarduzzi-coached teams couldn’t break it. Canada’s Gold Cup win in 2000 aside, there hasn’t been much to cheer for with our own national team for a generation, a lot of us have had to get our fix by cheering for countries of our ancestry.

For me, that includes Ireland and England, which means I’m happy to enjoy the English tradition of making the tournament, believing that this might be the year they do well, only to have it collapse in a playoff game, and not being able to win. It’s odd that the guy at your work who doesn’t like soccer always knows when your team is out.

Here we are in 2018 with the World Cup underway, and England having their opening game against Tunisia, in a game they quite honestly should dominate. My knowledge of Tunisian football history is lacking beyond the fact that I know they’ve been at the World Cup before and I know they’re always among the first to leave.

While Tunisia had thought they’d secured a tie with the game in stoppage time, English captain Harry Kane headed one past the Tunisian third-string goalkeeper in the 91st minute to earn the win for England.

Like the soccer itself, the Three Lions song has been updated a couple of times on the occasion of the major football tournaments. After it was shouted from the stands in Euro 1996, it represents a piece of work in its time that represented a spirit of optimism and joy that is difficult to reproduce. There is an operatic version produced (over-produced more like) for the 2010 World Cup. No one could have known in 1996 that the song would be played by some — OK, just by me, maybe — on the eve of every England appearance in a major tournament.

The era of big shorts having passed us by (Paul Gascoigne’s Umbro shorts could fit two M.C. Hammers) and Graham Leggat having passed away years ago, England remains the first team for some of us. You’ll have to forgive us if we go a bit crazy this next couple of weeks.

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The pipe in the top right was stolen from Brent Gedak Welding on March 3. Photo by Brent Gedak

Laviolette sentenced for possession of stolen pipe

By Brian Zinchuk brian.zinchuk@sasktel.net

Possession of property obtained by crime with a value over $5,000 netted Chad Wayne Laviolette, 43, of Estevan a six-month conditional sentence order and an additional six months probation, along with a total of $2,400 in restitution orders.

Laviolette, who is a foreman with an oil patch construction company, represented himself. He pleaded guilty on May 7. Judge Lane Wiegers ordered a pre-sentence report prior to sentencing, which took place on Monday in Estevan Provincial Court.

Having read the presentence report, Wiegers noted he had a concern with the mental element of the crime with respect to Laviolette. Holding up his own glass of water, the judge noted that one can know the glass was stolen, or, in the case of willful blindness, he can suspect it was stolen, and take it anyway.

“It’s got value, obviously. That’s why you took it. Is that the situation you were in?” he asked, referring to willful blindness.

“Yes,” Laviolette said.

Laviolette’s prior record of property offences was admitted, and the judge noted he has had a clear record for the last 12 years.

He gave credit for the guilty plea and for the 12 years of being clear.

Crown prosecutor Chris White said that on March 3, around 7 p.m., Laviolette entered a site near Brent Gedak Welding and took 1,000 pounds of stainless steel pipe.

On March 5, he took it into Regens Metals in Bienfait, and sold it for $615.50. It had a retail value of $16,000, and was to have been picked up by the client that week. It

had been custom ordered for the client.

Brent Gedak, who owns Brent Gedak Welding with his wife, read his victim impact statement to the judge, as well as some more recent developments since it was written two months ago.

“I spent two full days trying to find out where my stuff went,” Gedak told the judge as he stood at the bar of the court, with Laviolette three metres to his left.

This included reviewing video cameras and searching around for it.

“When the stuff went missing, I panicked,” Gedak said.

He noted the pipe was part of a million dollar project, and there was no way to make his deadline without those pieces that were taken.

He was not able to eat or sleep and lost 10 pounds as a result. There was anxiety in the household, as his wife is his business partner.

New pipe was about to be ordered, but thankfully, the stolen pipe was found before it was destroyed at the scrap dealer.

Gedak noted that something like $2,500 of effort was expended in his efforts.

He added that two years before, he had a similar theft.

Gedak also pointed out his company had worked hard for that work the pipe was destined for. The property it was sitting on was land that he was renting.

“It wasn’t a field,” he said, adding the pipe in question was sitting beside a quarter million dollars of other pipe nearby, some of which was on a trailer.

This was in reference to Laviolette’s assertion before the court on May 7 that, “I came across the metal, not in anyone’s yard. It was in an open field.”

Gedak provided photo-

graphs to the Estevan Mercury showing the pipe spools the day before it was stolen.

That pipe was propped up on plastic pipeline cones and adjacent to much larger pieces, placed on pipe racks and on a gooseneck trailer.

White asked for a sixmonth conditional sentence order and $2,400 in restitution, calling it a “fairly conservative request.” He also asked for a no-contact order and 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.

When Wiegers turned to Lavioette to ask for his side of things, Laviolette said, “I’d be willing to agree,” but then said, “There was no trailers or nothing.”

“I’ve also lost sleep over this and thousands of dollars of work.”

Wiegers said, “It’s pretty clear to me Mr. Gedak has suffered considerable stress.”

Noting that a conditional sentence order is considered a prison sentence served in the community, he said that White’s sentence suggestion was fair.

Wiegers sentenced Laviolette to a six-month conditional sentence order with standard conditions like keep the peace, be of good behaviour, not to consume

alcohol or non-prescription drugs, and not to attend places like bars that sell beverage alcohol. He also gave him the curfew White requested, along with the no contact order with Gedak.

But when it came to the restitution order, Laviolette said, “I request at least a year.”

He noted that some weeks are good, and some weeks it’s hard to make truck payments. When the judge asked if he was working now, Laviolette said he was.

Wiegers then ordered him to pay $1,200 to the court in trust of Brent Gedak Welding, and added an additional six-month probation order on top of that, with an order to pay the further $1,200 within that time. He also has 12 months to pay a $200 victim surcharge.

Outside of court, Gedak said, “I didn’t cause this.”

He added, “I’m out a lot more than $2,400, but I’m not asking for it.”

He also questioned Laviolette’s protestations earlier that he didn’t know what it was. Gedak said simply, “He works in the oil patch.”

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First phase of Our Estevan report released

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The City of Estevan has released the report for the first phase of its Our Estevan report, which is part of development of a new official community plan.

The survey, named Community Identity and Vision, asked people questions about a variety of topics. Land development services manager Richard Neufeld then tabulated the results and filed his report.

A total of 126 surveys were completed for Phase 1, and 183 more were partially finished.

“This was to get more of a helicopter view of how people identify in the community, and then the others are going to be a lot more focused on specific things,” said Neufeld.

The first question in the community vision survey asked people for their land-use priorities. A developed trail network led the way at 18 per cent, followed by downtown

revitalization and more pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods, which were at 16 per cent each.

Outdoor recreational activities received 15 per cent support, and summer community events finished with 14 per cent support.

Another question on the survey asked people about the attachment they have to their community.

“Most people, they know what area they live in, so what that might lead to is when we have something like an in-fill project, what we might not do is what we do now, where we take this whole area south of Fourth Street, and treat it all the same,” said Neufeld.

So if a developer wants to build in the Westview area, for example, the city would focus its consultation on the Westview area.

Another question asked people what makes their neighbourhood special. The responses were what he expected. They liked the security, the older homes, the proximity of a park or a school, lot sizes

Land development services manager Richard Neufeld and the sense of community.

Other questions dealt with what people like most about Estevan, the biggest things they would change about the community, the provision of city services, and the quality of life people enjoy. The latter found nearly 79 per cent appreciated the quality of life.

He was also interested to see that 54 per cent of respondents aren’t concerned about negative impacts of land use.

“When we get into further things like in-fill, you have a block with 20 lots, and somebody bulldozes

down one of those old houses, and puts a duplex in, and everything is fine.

But then it happens again, and again and again, and how many times should that be allowed to happen before the city says you need to consult with the neighbourhood to see what they’ll accept.”

Neufeld noted that based on the findings, people in Estevan are practical, and want the city to look after what it has before starting on new projects.

He also found that people want to have pathways and sidewalks, even though the city is very

as the first survey, but the focus on it started just after the Victoria Day long weekend. It will remain the focal survey until mid-June.

“There are questions regarding parking. There are questions regarding what people would like to see downtown,” said Neufeld.

One initial finding is that people want to see more outdoor summer events downtown.

More than 100 people have responded to that survey. Some people have done all seven surveys, he said, even though the last five have yet to be launched.

It’s also not too late to submit a survey for the Community Identity and Vision survey, although the prize draw for the first survey has already taken place.

“When we get to October, I’ll be updating everything, so if you fill one of these out in July, it’s still going to count,” said Neufeld.

It means the data could change quite a bit, but at this point the information is pretty accurate.

vehicle-centric.

People are also appreciative of the opportunity to provide feedback for the community plan, he said.

Seventy-four per cent of respondents support using a survey approach as one way to gather citizen input on important municipal questions.

The majority of responses have been coming in online. The city also has kiosks at city hall and the Estevan leisure Centre where people can fill out surveys.

Neufeld said this first phase is vital for the community plan because it shows the attitudes of people in the community.

“One of the things that you could say is we want these trails and we want them to be built, but we don’t want them to be built at the expense of one of our core services, like road maintenance, or water line replacement or that kind of thing,” said Neufeld.

The focus is now on the survey for downtown Estevan. The survey was released at the same time

Maintenance occurred at carbon capture facility in May The carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station was offline for much of May. According to the monthly report from SaskPower, released on June 12, the CCS facility was online for 40.3 per cent of the time. This level of availability was largely due to a scheduled maintenance outage that SaskPower

announced previously. The outage ended 136 days of consecutive production.

“The CCS outage was extended due to a minor trip of a compressor cooler and to accommodate for two unscheduled outages at the power station,” SaskPower stated in the report.

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“CCS continues to perform well, especially since we did the upgrades last year, and we continue to work forward on increasing our reliability and decreasing our costs on the CCS,” said Matthews.

The 12-month average

for amount of time online is 62 per cent, but that includes three months in which it was not online last year from June to August.

In total, the CCS facility captured 28,793 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in May, which represents 28.7 per cent of its maximum capacity. The one-day peak for CO2 captured at the facility was 2,679 tonnes.

This year’s total stands at 329,750 tonnes.

SaskPower also reported that the Canadian Electricity Association recently recognized SaskPower’s carbon capture and storage project at Boundary Dam 3 through its Centre of Excellence, which showcases Canadian innovations in how electricity is produced, delivered and used.

An average of 80 megawatts of power was produced last month, which was down due to the outage.

The 12-month average is 103 megawatts, it had been above 120 megawatts for each of the first four months of the year.

A total of 2,169,038 tonnes of CO2 have been captured since the CCS facility opened in October 2014.

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By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

One of the co-chairs for the Task Force on the Just Transition for Canadian Coal-Power Workers and Communities believes the committee is an important sounding board for affected workers and communities.

The task force was in Estevan on June 12 to meet with people in the community. Hassen Yussuff, who co-chairs the committee alongside Lois Corbett, said they heard from people who were concerned about the future of coal mining in the area.

Task force members also toured the carbon capture and storage facility at the Boundary Dam Power Station, and Yussuff came away praising the project.

They were also in Regina on June 11 and Coronach on June 13.

“There’s a combination of issues that people appear to be struggling with, and they want clear answers,” said Yussuff.

He pointed out the task force’s job is to assess what people want the federal government to do, and then file a report.

“The people have

some very, very passionate positions about the use of coal and the future of coal, but at the same time, we recognize they’re worried about their families, they’re worried about their jobs and they’re worried about their community,” said Yussuff.

Without the task force, Yussuff said workers and the community wouldn’t have the opportunity to express their opinion to those who will then make recommendations to the government.

“I think the task force is an invaluable opportunity to be able to hear people’s concerns, and able to reflect on them and recommendations that can make a difference,” said Yussuff.

Canada isn’t the first country to go through this issue, but it is the first country to set up a task force to deal with the phase-out of coal.

People want to know how the government will help out if they have to sell their house because the value of a home will likely depreciate following a coal phase-out, or what training opportunities might exist or what industry could be attracted to help the com-

Hassan Yussuff spoke at a meeting for the Task Force on the Just Transition for Canadian Coal-Power Workers and Communities on June 12. munity secure jobs.

“If you were to ask most people, they would tell you that they would prefer there isn’t a phaseout of coal. It should never happen,” said Yussuff.

But others say the government should think about access to training and avoid bureaucracy.

Younger workers who aren’t nearing retirement are particularly concerned, he said, because they have to decide whether they should move now or if they should stay in the industry.

“They know they’ve got some time. The ques-

tion is how much time, and should they be making decisions. You can’t give definitive answers for that,” he said.

It’s good for the task force to hear these concerns, he said.

“These are decisions that have a huge impact, and it creates a lot of stress in people’s lives, and it’s good for us to hear that,” he said.

Saskatchewan is in a unique position because of its carbon capture and storage facility at Boundary Dam. Yussuff doesn’t pos-

sess a mining background.

He has worked as a welder and a mechanic, and has been in sectors that have experienced job losses and factory closures. He is the current president of the Canadian Labour Congress.

And while there aren’t people from a coal-mining background, there are those who Yussuff said have experience, including former SaskPower CEO John Wright, who will be assets as they make recommendations.

Members of the task force have already been to Alberta, where they spent four days meeting with government, economic development and community representatives.

Yussuff noted the Alberta government has already made the decision to phase out coal, and a provincial task force has made recommendations to the provincial government.

“The provincial government obviously moved to implement those recommendations, so they’re a little bit further along on

this issue,” said Yussuff.

They also heard things that could have been done differently.

“Clearly, what we saw in Alberta is that things were done, some of them obviously were good things and resources that the provincial government allocated to help, but there were things, of course, that could be a bit better or considered to support the workers but also equally support the municipalities,” said Yussuff.

They will also be going to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He doesn’t expect they will return to Estevan, but if people who couldn’t attend want to provide feedback they can visit the task force’s website.

“We’re hoping that if we missed something, and they felt ‘Hey, we wanted to say this but we didn’t get a chance,’ they can still reach us through that website,” said Yussuff.

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City releases numbers for residential waste tender The City of Estevan has released numbers for the residential solid waste and recycling contract that

it awarded to Green for Life Environmental last week.

GFL’s bid was for $3.30 per month per bin for resi-

dential solid waste pickup and $3.31 per month for curbside recycling, for a total of $6.61 per month,

Making a new friend Abey Coates met one of the goats at the petting zoo for the Estevan Humane Society’s 24th birthday bash on Saturday at the society’s animal shelter. People who attended the event enjoyed such activities as a garage sale, a cake walk, a barbecue, carnival games and a bouncy castle. Tours of the animal shelter were offered as well, giving people a chance to meet the pets available for adoption, and one dog and one cat were adopted. Photo

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while Goliath bid $4.43 per month each for garbage and recycling, for a total of $8.86 per month.

There are 3,389 garbage carts and 3,476 recycling carts to be emptied.

It works out to $134,204.40 for solid waste and $138.066.72 for recycling for GFL for the year, and $179.955.90 for solid waste pickup and $184,575.60 for recycling for Goliath.

T h e d i ff e r e n c e i s $45,751.50 for waste and $46,508.88 for recycling.

Goliath was lower for additional service fees relating to the recycling depot and oil disposal.

The curbside variances were 34 per cent, but taking other factors into consideration, the overall variance is 14 per cent, said city manager Jeff Ward.

The new deal with GFL is three years plus a two-year option for the city. The current deal expires June 30.

Wa r d s a i d p e o p l e should not see any changes to service, since the company that was awarded the contract has already been providing those services to Estevan. GFL purchased

Regens Disposal last year.

“Obviously GFL knew there was going to be competition from Goliath, so it’s nice to see them come in with a great bid that we can continue using them,” said Ward. “They have a shop in town and a lot of local employed people, so it’s great for the city.”

There haven’t been discussions to introduce a system in which people would pay for their garbage, which has been discussed in other communities. There has been talk of having garbage pickup switch to once every two weeks during the winter months as a cost-saving measure, but there aren’t any plans to switch, Ward said.

“Everyone’s used to curbside recycling now and that routine, so I don’t think now is the time to change any service levels,” said Ward.

There have been discussions about an organic service that people could opt-in for, but there would be a fee. It would include bagged refuse, sticks and more.

“We’re in talks about potentially doing a central bin, kind of like the recy-

cling depot, to see how much use there is before we’d ever implement anything,” said Ward.

He has had people approach him to say that garbage bags with grass and other organic materials fill their bins each week.

Bins for organic waste have been added in other communities.

Ward noted that while the combined fee for solid waste and curbside recycling is $6.61 per month, or $13.22 per bi-monthly billing cycle, but that won’t be the amount on the bill. The city doesn’t charge for the solid waste it receives from GFL through the residential pickup, so the rate per month that people are charged is a little higher.

“There’s built-in costs to run the landfill that are in there because we receive the garbage without any billing to GFL,” said Ward.

As part of the contract, the current notification process will remain the same, and those who remained on backyard pickup from the last contract in 2013 will continue to have their waste and recycling picked up in the back alley.

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Norlen’s Eccentricities opens at EAGM ate a world that viewers can be drawn towards with many of the same themes.

“It’s a bit of a mishmash of places that maybe could exist, maybe haven’t, maybe have been rectified or places that are either coming down, in construction, are being renovated or there’s scaffolding.”

This particular work has taken two years to materialize, Norlen said, including the working Ferris wheel that has a lot of architectural follies on a wheel.

“It’s kind of Victorian but it also has remnants of medieval animals,” she said. “A little bit similar to the kinds of things you’d see on a Victorian carousel where they’re slightly terrifying at the same time.”

Norlen said she likes to create these old, idyllic places and contextualize them in a new way that adds an unusual aspect.

The two-dimensional pieces of art are very large and can be hypnotic in their size and attention to detail.

“I think this work, because it’s large scale, you’re sort of enveloped

in it, which is the intention of hanging it so low,” she said. “You kind of walk into it like something panoramic. Even though it’s big work, there’s very small detail up close.”

Amber Andersen, the director of the EAGM, said that she’s been trying to get Norlen’s work here for a few years.

“I’ve long admired (her) work and 10 years ago, I’d never have guessed that I’d get to work with her,” Andersen told the crowd at the opening.

Norlen is also at the Estevan Fair this year and was scheduled to do a live sculpture of an ice cream cone.

“It’s a very special experience to see an artist

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“It’s a unique person who would actually say yes to this.”

Norlen’s hometown mascot from Kenora, Ont. is Husky the Muskie, and she’s long appreciated the concept of roadside attractions and in particular old fairground concepts like roller coasters and Ferris Wheels.

“Now we see them as being fun but a little bit old fashioned,” Norlen said. “Definitely there’s an aspect of the past in this.

So identifying one’s own history, and I think appreciating things that have gone or have changed. “

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is something that actually does exist somebody built at their castle in Scotland.

So they turned a portion of their castle into a library that’s a pineapple building.”

She goes back and forth between works that are two-dimensional and three-dimensional.

“I’ve built stuff to draw and I’ve drawn stuff to build, so in this case it’s a lot of drawing stuff that I’ve built,” she said.

Norlen wanted to cre-

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Large-scale twodimensional and threedimensional work recalling fantastical fairs and roadside attractions have been the focus of Alison Norlen’s work for some time, and some of that work is at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum this summer Norlen’s Eccentricity display, which will be at the Estevan Art Gallery

and Museum until Aug. 24, encapsulates a lot of the architectural follies that she’s found fascinating over her life.

“It’s absolutely whimsical, sometimes nonfunctional, purposeless building,” said Norlen on the evening of the grand opening Friday at the EAGM. “So (it’s about) the eccentricities of the individual idea that is unique to themselves. There’s a big drawing here of a pineapple building and it

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By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Representatives of the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency discussed the reinspection of properties that occurred in the city last year, and how it affected this year’s assessments, during a speech to Estevan city council on June 11.

Graham Stearns, Carrie Lalonde and Joanne Fraser also answered questions from city council.

SAMA provided a full inventory of all buildings in the city, including buildings exempt from property taxes and municipal buildings. There has been a one per cent jump in taxable assessment, Stearns said to council.

Representatives inspected all of the properties in Estevan, and updated

all of its sales information, its appraisal models on the residential side and other information.

The assessment roll was delivered to the city on May 28, much later than normal.

“It’s nice to be timely, but it’s really good to be timely and pretty accurate,” said Stearns. “It’s not so great to be timely and really inaccurate.”

SAMA is confident they delivered a “top-notch product” to the city.

The agency didn’t enter individual properties for this reinspection like they did for the last one in 1993.

Now they make their evaluations by viewing from the street, and noting if a garage or a deck has been added, or a basement has been remodelled.

“We get most of the information we need by

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From left, Joanne Fraser, Carrie Lalonde and Graham Stearns from the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency spoke to Estevan city council on June 11. exterior evaluations,” said Stearns. “Basement finish is a factor, definitely, and when we are verifying the exterior of the property, we don’t kneel down and peak in windows, but you can see walking by, very easily, if there’s finishing around the basement.”

If they don’t talk to the property owner, they will estimate 60 per cent finish on the finish to the basement. If

they do talk to the owner, and the owner says it is finished, it will be evaluated as 80 per cent complete.

He stressed that SAMA’s job isn’t to punish people for making improvements. It’s to assign value to property.

By making improvements, people have made extended the lives of their property.

Fraser said 25 garages were added last year, with an assessed value of 18064SS0

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TENDER Tenders will be received by SaskPower for the sale of hay. The successful bidder will be required to cut, bale and remove bales by 2018 September 01. There will be one cutting only and it must be completed by 2018 August 15.

Several parcels of land are included, mainly located west and south of Boundary Dam Power Station. Bids will be lump sum for each parcel. Parcels will be available for viewing on the 20th and 21st of June 2018.

For further details contact Neil Worsley at 306-637-4256.

Written tenders contained in a sealed envelope marked HAY TENDER on the outside will be received until 4:00 p.m., Thursday, June 21, 2018, c/o Neil Worsley, Shand Power Station, Box 1310, Estevan, S4A 2K9.

Highest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.

Payment terms: Receipt by SaskPower of certified cheque within 5 working days of bid acceptance by SaskPower.

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$460,000. A total of 437 decks added about $2.2 million in assessed value. And more than $3 million was added in air conditioning.

Basement finish will generate $9.2 million. Plumbing improvements added around $500,000.

Between 95 and 98 per cent of people they approached were accommodating, Stearns said.

SAMA also wants to see commercial properties updated province-wide. Lalonde, a senior commercial market specialist, supplied the results of the commercial reinspection.

“We added approximately $5.3 million with the commercial rate inspection.

That’s not a taxable number.

That’s an overall property value,” said Lalonde.

There were a lot of changes to properties that occurred during the economic boom that SAMA could not keep pace with, such as the addition of sea-cans, relocatable offices and office mezzanines.

Many of the questions from council focused on the findings of last year’s reassessment, which resulted in some properties, particularly

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commercial, experiencing a significant spike in property tax values.

Mayor Roy Ludwig and other members of council suggested a limit on how much a property can increase or decrease.

“Between 2010 and 2014, there was such a huge increase in market at that time, so that’s what we had to reflect,” said Lalonde.

“So that’s what most people were seeing in their change in value was market value.

Now we can’t reflect what’s happening now until 2021.”

Stearns said the province had moderate increases for a long time, but then properties went through an explosion in value during the boom years.

He predicted property value increases should be more moderate moving forward.

Council also wanted to know which communities have in-house assessment services, and the standards that have to be followed.

Stearns said those communities have to follow the same procedures as SAMA. Councillor Lyle Yanish, meanwhile, said he didn’t want to see a 24-year wait for the next reinspection, and Stearns agreed with that statement.

The last provincial reassessment was carried out in 2015, when was in the early stages of the economic slowdown. Results were released until last year.

Stearns also apologized to council for delays in this year’s assessment roll.

“Rest assured that this was a very big project,” said Stearns. “Reinspection of a city is not one that SAMA undertakes very often, and it usually is a multi-year process.”

The delay in the assessment roll meant city council was not able to approved the proposed one per cent property tax increase until June 11, which was much later than normal.

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Proceeds from the BBQ’s will be donated to the following groups: • Carlyle - Friends of Moose Mtn Lodge • Oxbow - Bow Valley Jamboree • Estevan - Karate Club NOTE: After these dates, equity cheques will be available at the Administrative Offices!

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CITY OF ESTEVAN CONSTRUCTION BULLETIN

CITY OF ESTEVAN NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Pursuant to subsection 187 (1) of The Cities Act, notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the City of Estevan for the year of 2018, has been prepared and is open to inspection at the City of Estevan, Finance Department, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, June 4 to July 4, 2018.

Any person having an interest in any property who wishes to appeal the assessment of that property to the Board of Revision is required to file a notice of appeal in writing to: The Secretary of the Board of Revision, 1102 Fourth Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7 on or before the 4th day of July, 2018.

Dated this 4th day of June, 2018 Trina Sieben Tax Assessor

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’.

2018 Program Area will encompass all streets South of Railroad Tracks, and East of Souris Ave within City limits including: • • • • • • • • • • • •

Jubilee Place Murray Street Duncan Road McDonald Road McLeod Ave Galloway Street Rooks Ave Perry Crescent Perkins Street 1st Street A 1st Street 2nd Street

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3rd Street 4th Street 5th Street 6th Street 2nd Avenue 3rd Avenue 4th Avenue 5th Avenue 6th Avenue 7th Avenue 8th Avenue 9th Avenue

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2018 WATERMAIN FLUSHING SCHEDULE

When: July 9th-12th 08h00-17h00 Where: EAGM! Cost: $100/child for the four full days of camp Why: WHY NOT?!?

Email Raven at educator@eagm.ca or drop by the Art Gallery for a registration form

July 16th-19th : Adventures in Art & Advertising – ONLY 7 SPOTS LEFT!

July 23rd – 26th : Forts, Flags, and Fortresses – NOW FULL (Taking Waitlist Registrations) Embrace your inner Pirate, Viking, or Explorer at Forts, Flags, and Fortresses Camp this summer at the EAGM! July 23rd - 26th 8AM - 5PM Pack a lunch, water, sunscreen, and messy clothes! We take care of supplies and snacks!

Ages 6 - 12 Only $100/Child for the week!

Call 634-7644 or email Raven at educator@eagm.ca for more information. Registration forms are available for pick-up at the EAGM!

July 30th – August 2nd : i-MAGIC-nation – ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT! i-MAGIC-nation Camp is now open to 30 children due to popular demand!

Make magic wands and broomsticks, learn to tame magical creatures and make potions! This camp will be jam-packed with magically fun crafts and games!

Register your little witches and wizards for this magical camp today!

When: July 30 - August 2 08h00-17h00 Where: EAGM! Cost: $100/child for the four full days of camp!

Email Raven at educator@eagm.ca or visit the Art Gallery for your registration form!

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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 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) (2) 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)

We are re-inventing Art & Advertising camp this year! ADVENTURES IN ART AND ADVERTISING will look at print, comics, and newspapers in the fictional world! We will be learning to make comic strips for the Daily Planet, illustrate Grimm's Brothers Fairy Tales, make moving pictures for the Daily Prophet and the Quibbler, and more! ALSO, throughout the week, your child will design an ad that will be published in the Estevan Mercury Publications! This week will include bus trip adventures around Estevan and to the Mercury for a tour! The EAGM will provide morning and afternoon snack. All you need to worry about is lunches, water bottles, and sunscreen!

When: July 16 - 19 08h00-17h00 Where: EAGM and wherever our adventures take us!

Cost: $100/child for the four full days of camp!

Email Raven at educator@eagm.ca or drop by the art gallery for your registration forms today!

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This work will commence June 25, 2018 and will take approximately six (6) weeks to complete (subject to weather) Chamney Crushing will perform this work within the current Bylaw regulations and specifications.

Safety: Construction site could be dangerous. If you have children, please ask them to keep a safe distance from the site. We will take every precaution to ensure public safety, but we need your assistance to constrain the natural curiosity of younger children. Please DO NOT attempt to go close to areas affected.

Theft or Vandalism: If you see any act of vandalism, theft or anyone suspiciously tampering with equipment, signage or barricades please contact 306-634-1800, or after hours call Police.

Questions and Concerns: The City of Estevan, Engineering Services apologize for any inconveniences that this work may causeand thank you in advance for your cooperation and patience. If you have any question or concerns, please call at 634-1800 or approach the supervisor or foreman on site.

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Movers and shakers, we have the camp for YOU! Arts and crafts meets running and playing! This camp will be outside making messy fun art in the craziest ways possible! There are some changes to this camp from previous years that you will not want to miss out on! With fun art experiments like Bubble Wrap painting, Giant paint brushes, and Exploding Sidewalk Chalk. Fun new games like Soccer Croquet, Giant Jenga, Rope Courses, and Water Balloon Piñatas! As well as the return of old favourites including slime making, Tie-Dye tag, and Slip N' Slide! The EAGM will be providing morning and afternoon snacks, so you just have to worry about water bottles, lunches, and sunscreen! Don't forget extra changes of clothes because we will be getting MESSY in this camp!

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The City of Estevan is undertaking construction for Concrete and Surface Works The affected area includes Pine Avenue and Spruce Drive and Kensington Avenue intersections.

Property access and parking restrictions are to occur.

The Council of the City of Estevan pursuant to the Cities Act that the Council of the City of Estevan, gives notice of its intention to implement a bylaw to establish statutory authority to amend the building bylaw 2004-1662 to include demolition permitting within the City of Estevan.

On June 11, 2018 meeting the first reading of this bylaw was passed and the final readings is expected to be on July 16, 2018.

The proposed Bylaw 2018-1999 may be inspected by any person in the City Clerk’s Office, on the main level of City Hall, between the hours of 9 am and 4 pm, Monday to Friday.

Dated this 13th day of June, 2018 Judy Pilloud 1102 4th Street Estevan, SK S4A 0W7

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A couple of hours after the storm, the tee box of hole 9 had large trees fall near it.

TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course pounded by severe storm, re-opens a few days later

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

Most people familiar with golf courses would agree that the only things that are golf ball sized that should be hitting the greens are the golf balls themselves.

But TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course last Thursday was hard hit by a combination of high gusty wind, torrential rain, and yes, hailstones the size of golf balls peppering greens, tee boxes and windows at the course.

The window to the shed is in shards, and it wasn’t the only window to take a hit.

“All of our windows upstairs

in the clubhouse, the south facing ones, those will have to be replaced,” said Woodlawn general manager Amanda Minchin. “A bit of the building, obviously the shingles and soffit and fascia.”

But the course itself was hit hard during the storm.

“We lost a lot of large trees,” Minchin said. “(Superintendant) Bob Currie’s estimate is about 30 trees, 30 large ones. And then as you can see there’s a lot of lying water that really came down (Friday) and it’s cleanup now.”

The greens experienced a lot of pitting from the hail and it will take them a little bit of time to get them back to where they were in

the pre-storm stage.

“That depends on weather but it could be five to 10 days hopefully,” Minchin said. “He’s going to work pretty hard to get them back to that. They’re not doing bad (Friday) considering what happened to them and he’s putting in a lot of hours. He’s doing a lot of work on greens and kind of doing some mini-aeration, and rolling them.

They already look a lot better, but to get them to how they were, they were pretty golden before.”

Woodlawn held the SaskPower tournament in the afternoon Saturday and then opened Sunday for Father’s Day. “They’re just going to need

some TLC and Bob’s going to work very hard again to get them back to where they were,” she said.

“Obviously we just need Mother Nature to co-operate.”

This kind of storm damage since the flood of 2011 has been rare but storms have pressed the pause button on the golf course in the past few years.

“We seem to experience a lot of extreme weather in the past four or five years,” Minchin said.

“Obviously, we had the big flood of 2011 and then we had the flash flood of 2015 and we had to shut down for about four days. This, in terms of tree damage, probably tops it right now.”

The golf course was able to re-open a few days later after some cleanup by maintenance staff and club members.

“We had about 15-20 people come down and volunteer their time (Friday) morning, which is great. Guys and gals (were) out there cutting trees and moving trees and blowing off greens. We really appreciate those volunteers.”

While the course is now open and business as usual, there will still need to be some ongoing cleanup required.

“This isn’t something you’re going to clean up in a day,” she said. “This will probably take weeks.”

Former Bruin Kaelan Holt accepts scholarship with Grant MacEwan University Griffins Listed at 5’9” in height and weighing 181 pounds, Kaelan Holt didn’t go into a lot of corners being bigger than the opposition in his three years with the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

But the 2017-18 season saw Estevan’s Holt come out of those corners with the puck more often as he set career highs for goals (31), assists (38) and points (69). That tenacity combined with those hands earned him a scholarship.

After completing his junior hockey career, he’s signed a scholarship with Grant MacEwan University.

While his regular season exploits this year elicited a lot of cheers from Estevan fans, it was the playoffs where he excelled. He scored seven goals and 15 assists for 22 points in the playoffs and was the SJHL’s leading scorer in the postseason. Holt scored two goals and two assists in the deciding game of the semifinal against the Battlefords North Stars and followed that up with two goals and seven assists for nine points in the Anavet Cup final with the Nipawin Hawks, as the Hawks and Bruins played a seven-game series.

Overall in three regular seasons with the Bruins, Holt scored 65 goals and 87 assists for 152 points in 162 regular season games.

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Boundary Bass Classic brings in the GOLF TIPS out-of-town anglers to reservoir Amanda Minchin Head Pro & General Manager TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club

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Jef Morrison of Estevan walks his catch up the dock to the weighing area at the Boundary Dam Reservoir

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

Anglers from near and far hit the Boundary Dam Reservoir Saturday for a one-day fishing tournament that will attempt to place the city and area on the map of potential fishing destinations.

The 2018 Boundary Bass Classic Saturday had

26 two-person teams.

“We had planned for 40 boats but this was the first year in this incarnation,” said organizer James Turner. “Of course, this tournament has run as a club event for a number of years and we’ve had 10, 12, 15 boats, so 26 is a big increase.”

There were teams from Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta for the event

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and the idea is held in part to bring people out to the reservoir.

“The city has identified the dam and the reservoir and the largemouth bass here as a unique tourist activity,” Turner said.

“In Canada, it’s hours of driving in either direction to find largemouth bass. Even if you go to the States, they have bass but it’s all smallmouth. This is a very unique fishery so they’re promoting it, creating a tournament so that will elevate the status and visibility of those fish.”

Some of the posts they had on their Facebook page leading up to the event had up to 7,500 views.

“So we’re meeting our expectation of promoting the bass fishery here,” Turner said.

The bass fishery here is somewhat of a secret even within the Estevan area. Some people living here don’t know that there’s largemouth bass this close to their homes.

“It was a little bit shocking to me as a tournament director when I’m talking to people about possible sponsorship of the tournament that a lot of times we got, ‘There’s bass

here?’” he said. “In terms of the fishery it’s very under-utilized here, and of course there’s very good walleye here as well.”

Turner was anticipating there would be baskets of 10 pounds worth of fish, but the real big catch would be to put the Boundary Dam reservoir event on the map when it comes to a future largemouth bass tournament.

Local angler Jef Morrison said the tournament was tough this year “We worked all day for what we got,” he said.

“I’ve lived in Estevan my whole life and this is the first time I’ve actually fished in the tournament.

I’ve fished bass for 20 years or better.”

The weather was good for the event but it wasn’t too hot and the winds were very calm with overcast skies.

The event was won

by Russell, Man.’s Matthew Terleski and Brandon, Man.’s Derek Robins who had a big fish of 3.98 pounds and a total weight of 14.64 pounds for their top four fish. The Estevan-based team of Lance Marcotte and Karen Soke was second with 3.88 and 14.28 pounds for their fish.

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Peewee Voltz move on in lacrosse league playoffs after defeating Weyburn Thrashers

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Harris Oilfield Construction Voltz played good enough to defeat their southeastern rivals in the first round of the South Sask

Lacrosse League playoffs.

The peewee teams battled it out at Affinity Place Monday night with the Voltz coming out on top 5-4 over the Weyburn Thrashers 1 team.

The Voltz went down

2-1 after the first period but stormed back with the next four goals, only to give up the last two and hang on for the win. Chase Foord and Tye Farnsworth scored a pair of goals each in the win.

Voltz player Logan Lang gives a Weyburn player a rough go of it as he comes into the Voltz’ zone Monday at Affinity Place.

“They both played really well and the team played well overall, but we shouldn’t have let them back in the game,” said Voltz head coach Trevor McNabb. “We should have come out and played better… you can tell that we haven’t been on the surface for about a week.”

The Voltz’ other goal in the game was scored by Ryder Davidson.

The Voltz will play the Moose Jaw Mustangs at Moose Jaw Wednesday night in the semifinal. The leadership and on court presence of scorers like captain Foord, Farnsworth and Logan Lang will be important.

“You hope everyone steps up,” McNabb said.

“You look at our stats and our team play, you look at Corby (Lemcke), you’ve got lots of kids who can do the job. It just depends on who wants it and who’s going to take ownership of the team. We’ve got captains and we’ve got other kids that are learning from them.

If they defeat the topranked Mustangs, the Voltz

will play in a gold medal game Friday and a loss will send them to the bronze medal game, also on Friday.

Two Swift Current Rampage teams are playing each other in the other semifinal.

“We’ve only got two days before the game so I’m hoping to get the kids out,” McNabb said. “More of it though is mental, for these kids. They know they can do it. Moose Jaw are going to be tough.”

Twins win pair over Swift Current A doubleheader against the Swift Current 57s has given the Southeast Performance Pump Twins their second and third victories in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League season.

The midget AAA league’s doubleheader, in which the Twins won both games 9-7, was played at

Bantam Voltz clinch first place There wasn’t much in the way of suspense, but the Estevan bantam Voltz lacrosse team was able to clinch first place in the South Saskatchewan Lacrosse League standings after a 7-2 win over the Regina Honeybadgers Wednesday evening.

Kaden Chrest scored three goals in the game, while Tanner Hall scored two goals and an assist.

Kalen Stang and Nathan Wagstaff scored singles.

With a 10-0-2 regular season record, the Voltz will now go into the league playoffs as the first seed, with the playoffs starting June 24 at Moose Jaw’s Kinsmen Arena. They’ll play in the semifinal in the morning and if they win they’ll play in the gold medal game at 5 p.m. there that night.

grabbing seven runs in the fourth. Burke Lyons got the big hit of that game with a grand slam.

In the second game, Nikolejsin pitched six innings, fanning eight and walking three while giving

Weyburn Sunday, which is the Twins’ other home field this year.

In the first game, the Twins used a big bottom of the seventh inning to claim the win. They were down 7-1 going into the inning before the comeback.

With none out and two on in the inning, Jose Reyes doubled in Aiden Krafchuk and Thomas Husband. Then Ty Nikolejsin singled in Reyes and after a Jayke Smolinski walk, Dahlyn Klassen singled.

Alex Kerr walked with the bases loaded to make the score 7-5, and then Hudson Neuberger’s blast knocked in the rest of the necessary runs.

Soon after that game, the teams played again but the Twins didn’t need to wait till the seventh inning,

up six hits and four earned runs.

The Twins’ next action is this weekend, when they play a doubleheader at the Saskatoon Diamondbacks and then at the Northwest Pirates.

Either way, the Voltz are going to be at provincials on the July 7-8 weekend as hosts.

“At the practice, we focus on what we need to do,” said McNabb. “The playoffs are one level and the provincials are going to be the next level. They’re the best of the best. We’ve got to step up our game or we will not represent Estevan very well.

“I have faith that these kids will.”

Wright wins tournament Bernadette Wright was the winner of the senior women’s golf tournament at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course on Thursday. Wright fired an 81 to win the tournament. Wendy Currie was second with an 83 and Bev Grimes was third with an 85. Other flight winners were Donna Coffey in the first flight with a 92, Susan Sands in the second with a 100, Holly Odgers in the third flight with a 108 and Sheila Guenther in the fourth flight with a 112.

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The public is reminded that all injury-related collisions must be reported immediately to police. Failing to do so may result in criminal charges.

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