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City and union reach four-year deal The City of Estevan and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 726 have reached a new collective bargaining agreement that includes a four per cent wage increase spread out over four years.

CUPE represents the city’s unionized staff members.

The current three-year deal between the two sides was scheduled to expire on Dec. 31. This marks the second straight negotiation in which the city and CUPE have come to terms on a new pact before the existing agreement expires.

City manager Jeff Ward characterized the negotiations as respectful.

“I think everyone in the room appreciated the current climate in Estevan, and was working towards something that both sides could be satisfied with,” Ward said in an interview with the Mercury.

Negotiations started in the middle of October, and the two sides met three times

before reaching an agreement.

A tentative agreement was in place in mid-November, and was approved by both sides before the end of the month.

“We hashed out some items together, and obviously I think there is a good working relationship between the management … and the union staff and executive,” said Ward.

Pauline Robillaird, president of CUPE Local 726, said the members were satisfied with the new contract. No further details were released from the union.

There will be no wage increase in the first year of the agreement, but there is a commitment to complete a joint job evaluation.

“There is a group from management as well as a group from the union, and what they’re doing is looking at all conditions and rankings of jobs within the union, and then they come with the recommendation to manage-

ment as well as the union just to really understand the job qualifications, the job conditions and really look at all facets of the job to make sure they’re ranked accordingly,” said Ward.

There will also be a one per cent increase in the second year, and a 1 1/2 per cent increase in the third and fourth years.

The proposed wage increase came from the city.

No other details from the new CBA were released.

“It was pretty status quo,” said Ward. “We did a lot of … clarifications in the last union negotiations, so we just continued to work on that collectively. Obviously we worked on some clarification to make sure the interpretation was the same on both sides as we move forward, but then everyone worked very respectfully together and it was great to see something come together so quickly before the other one expires.”

Three people arrested in drug bust Three people have been charged following the latest drug bust in the city.

The Estevan Police Service (EPS) Drug and Intelligence Unit conducted an investigation on a male suspected of trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine within Estevan.

The investigation concluded in the early morning hours of Dec. 1 when plain clothes officers arrested two males and one female from within a vehicle.

The arrest occurred in the 900-block of Fourth Street.

One man was not co-operative with police and was attempting to destroy evidence by swallowing packages of drugs.

Police were able to control the male and obtain the evidence before it could be destroyed.

Following the arrest, police executed a search warrant inside an apartment suite in the 900-block of Fourth Street.

No further arrests were made at that time and further evidence related to trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine were seized.

A total of 29.5 grams of cocaine, 21.7 grams of methamphetamine, $830, one firearm, eight knives, and four hatchets were seized. The vehicle was also seized as offence related property.

Total street value of the drugs seized is estimated at

Beautiful rime ice Several days of fog finally cleared up in the Estevan area on Monday morning, and the fog left a beautiful gift behind in the form of rime ice on trees throughout the city. Centennial Park in central Estevan was among the areas where the rime ice was thick on the trees.

SaskPower reacts to future costs of CCS

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur $10,000.

The following day, a woman was arrested as part of the ongoing investigation. She was released without charges.

Philip Williams, age 41, Daniel Panteluk, 46, and Simon Menard-Flatfoot, all from Estevan have been charged with multiple offences related to trafficking a controlled substance.

Williams has been charged with trafficking cocaine and methamphetamine and possession for the purpose of trafficki9ng cocaine and methamphetamine under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act,

Panteluk has been charged with trafficking methamphetamine and possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine under the CDSA, and is facing 18 additional charges related to firearms and weapons offences.

Menard-Flatfoot has been charged with trafficking cocaine under the CDSA and possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000 under the Criminal Code.

Panteluk and Williams have been remanded into custody and were scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 3.

Menard-Flatfoot was released on several conditions.

It’s far from a done deal, but the future of SaskPower’s Shand Power Station looks a little better now that a much-anticipated report is out.

A feasibility study was released last week by the Regina-based and SaskPower-affiliated International CCS Knowledge Centre at an international conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. It shows the cost to retrofit Shand – a 300-megawatt, single unit, coal-fired power plant – with a large-scale carbon capture facility could be 67 per cent less per tonne than Unit 3 at the Boundary Dam Power Station.

The Shand facility would be designed to capture

two million tonnes of CO2 per year, and would include a sulphur dioxide (SO2) abatement.

D ustin D uncan, the minister responsible for SaskPower, said the government was hopeful that the second generation of CCS technology, and the cost to deploy that technology, would be lower.

And while the 67 per cent per tonne decrease was a surprise, Duncan said he’s not surprised it will cost less.

“It looks like the second generation of the technology has improved in terms of the cost,” Duncan told the Mercury.

SaskPower has not had the opportunity to crunch the numbers to determine the exact costs of retrofitting Shand.

“There is a more detailed report that the knowledge centre is preparing for SaskPower. This report that was released by the knowledge centre is more of a high level look at what the next generation technology costs might look like when applied to a facility like Shand.”

More information is needed before a final decision is made on Shand and other units.

There won’t be a similar report at this time for Unit 6 at Boundary Dam, or Units 1 and 2 at the Poplar River Power Station. The focus was put on Shand because of its size at 300 megawatts, and its age, since it’s the newest of SaskPower’s remaining conventional coal units.

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Duncan still hopes for equivalency agreement « A1“It’s also the one that is most impacted by the change to federal regulations by this federal government, in terms of the shutdown date (in 2030),” said Duncan. “So that’s why it was felt best at this time to focus this next round of studies on Shand.”

SaskPower will eventually have to make a decision on all of those units.

“I think this gives us, at a high level, some encouraging news about the future of CCS development in that the capital costs look to be significantly lower than they were on BD3, which was the first generation technology,” said Duncan.

There has been a lot that has been learned about BD3 that went into this report, and that’s reflected in the capital costs.

“You’re going to find efficiencies when you look at a 300-megawatt unit

compared to a 150,” said D uncan. “So there’s just going to be those natural efficiencies. There is obviously the space issue.”

Unit 3 at Boundar y Dam was a pretty congested construction site, and it was an older facility. In any construction or capital, it will cost more going into an older space to renovate. Shand was also built to eventually have a second unit.

“On the technolog y side, SaskPower has learned a lot through BD3, and …

I think the report indicates that that has helped to bring those numbers down.”

The report won’t cause SaskPower to rethink its decision to retire Units 4 and 5 at Boundary Dam, rather than retrofit them with CCS technology. The Crown corporation announced in July that those two units would come offline.

There’s a lot of factors that

went into the 4 and 5 decision,” said Duncan. “This study alone doesn’t cause any reason to reconsider that decision.”

The provincial government continues to wait on an equivalency agreement between SaskPower and the federal government. If such an agreement is reached, then Unit 4 would come offline in 2021, and Unit 5 would be offline three years later.

Without an agreement then those units will be shuttered at the end of 2019.

D uncan said he has heard that Catherine McKenna, the federal minister for the Environment and Climate Change, had a briefing on the equivalency agreement in late November. “ W hat we were told through the officials’ channels is that it seemed she was favourable to what has been negotiated to this point, and

An artist’s rendering of what the Shand Power Station would look like with a carbon capture and storage facility. Image submitted the next step was up to her to sign a memo that would see the equivalency agreement be gazetted by the Government of Canada,” said Duncan.

If it is published, then Duncan believes it would go through a 60-day window

when it is made public. If there isn’t any feedback to cause her to want to make changes or scrap the agreement, then she would be in a position to sign it. “ We’re waiting here, hopefully before the end of December, to see the agree-

ment in the gazette,” said Duncan.

While this is later in the process than SaskPower wanted, Duncan believes there is still enough time for the process to be completed, and to prevent Units 4 and 5 from closing next year.

Council gives first reading to bylaws Estevan city council gave first reading to a pair of bylaws at their meeting Monday night.

The first bylaw would increase the solid waste utility rates for the city’s landfill. Mayor Roy Ludwig said the higher rates would bring Estevan in-line with the landfill rates of other small Saskatchewan cities.

The by law contains landfill fees increases for not only 2019, but 2020 and 2021 as well. Most fees would increase incrementally each year.

A weight-only fee would go from $10 this year to $15 in 2019, $17.50 in 2020 and $20 in 2021.

Pickup trucks that weigh less than one tonne, and single axle trailers with under 500 kilograms of waste would go from $10 this year to $12.50 next year, $15 in 2020 and $17.50 in 2021.

Payloads above 500 kilograms would have to pay landfill tipping fees.

The landfill tipping fees would go from $46 per tonne this year to $65 a

tonne next year, $75 in 2020 and $85 in 2021.

The fee for dead livestock and other animals would jump from $35 to $80 next year, $85 in 2020 and $90 in 2021. Small animals, domestic pets and wild game currently don’t have a charge, but they would start at $60 in 2019, $65 in 2021 and $70 in 2021.

W hite metal goods, such as stoves and dishwashers, would increase $2.50 per year from $10 this year to $17.50 in 2021; mattresses and box spring would stay at $10 in 2019, but then

inch their way up to $12.50 in 2020 and 2021; and refrigerators, freezers and air conditioning units would go from $30 to $32.50 in 2019 and 2020, and $35 in 2021.

Ludwig said it ’s important for the city to have incremental increases moving forward.

Councillor Travis Frank said it was good the city did some research to ensure Estevan was in-line with what other cities have for fees.

“I’d also like to point out that our landfill is not … making us tonnes and tonnes of money anyways,

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so it ’s not like this is an opportunity for us to make money, it’s an opportunity to make sure that our landfill is covering its costs,” said Frank.

City manager Jeff Ward said that what isn’t funded by the landfill rates will be covered by taxpayer dollars.

Landfills also continue to face increasing regulation and environmental standards.

“It seems to be a very hot topic that ’s coming down from the province,” said Ward.

The city has had to put in extra piezometers, ground work and excavation. “ We have to test the ground water flow for any contaminants, so it’s getting more and more onerous to run a landfill and as a result, it’s getting more and more costly,” said Ludwig.

Council is looking at one or two new cells at the landfill, and those would cost $200,000-$300,000 each.

The city also gave first reading for the fees and ser-

vices bylaw, which sets the rates residents will pay for a variety of services provided by the city.

(Next week’s edition of the Mercury will have more information on the fees and services bylaw).

Both bylaws will need second and third reading before being approved.

Also during the meeting, council approved the meeting schedule for 2019.

The first meeting will be Jan. 14, and it will be the only meeting for that month.

There will also only be one meeting in February, March, April and July. There will be two meetings in the other seven months.

Also approved was the city’s membership with the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association.

The city will pay $544.10 for each of the seven voting members, for a total of $3,808.70. It will also pay a $0.59 per capita fee, which amounts to $6,774.97.

T h e c i t y ’s t o t a l membership fee will be $10.583.67.

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Festival of Trees draws a lot of people to events

The Caragana Ramblers performed at the seniors tea Friday afternoon at Affinity Place.

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

What a weekend.

As families poured into and out of Affinity Place for Santa’s Breakfast With the Bruins, sponsored by Estevan Mercury Publications, it seemed like most every person in the Estevan area had been in and out of the building several times for St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Festival of Trees weekend.

Organizers are still crunching the numbers for how much money was raised this year for the event but there was no shortage of activities available for those young and not as young.

“ I t ’s i n c re d i b l e t h e amount of different things and going from one event to the next,” said foundation executive director Travis Frank. “These events are set up a little bit differently for different groups of people so you have to change mindsets all the time but it’s a blast.

And to know that as soon as you’re done one, you get to go to the next and that’s even bigger and more fun.”

The weekend started off to the public with the senior’s tea at Affinity Place with a band Caragana Ramblers Friday afternoon.

“It was fantastic and we had 30 tables all full of wonderful people in our com-

munity, as I like to call it the more experienced people in our community got to come out and enjoy some great entertainment,” said Frank.

“It’s just a good, fun event that’s mostly low key with people getting to just see each other, some they haven’t seen in awhile.”

Friday night was the first time they ran Candy Cane Lane, which was a dessert-themed evening that also included a performance from local musician Chris Henderson. “ We wanted to kind of hit that 20-40 year-old demographic with a lot of people that couldn’t make it to the gala dinner,” Frank said.

Spenny and the Jets perfromed Saturday night at the Festival of Trees gala dinner.

“We wanted to put something on that would really attract some of them and that really worked out well.”

Frank said there were about 500 people through the door at Candy Cane Lane, who were there to see the Henderson show.

“Lots of different desserts, which was really really popular and everybody loved trying different things, and some new drinks,” Frank said.

“Only positive responses.”

The gala dinner had 76 full tables there for the food, the auction and a performance by Spenny and the Jets featuring local musical Spencer Lafrentz.

“We just want to get as many people as we can in because it’s such a great event,” said Frank.

The trees themselves

raised tens of thousands of dollars. They were decorated

by Tara Daoust, Rene Goulet and a crew of helpers and once they were hitting the auction block, there was a bit of a difference this year in that each tree was designated to help a certain department or cause.

“Last year we had one tree designated to chemotherapy and that went for far more than our trees usually do, and we thought ‘Let’s build on that again and say every tree goes to a specific department’,” Frank said.

“You’re not just bidding on it for the beauty of the tree but you’re also bidding on it because you know it’s going somewhere important to you.”

There were 10 trees up for auction, with several of them going for several thou-

sand dollars.

There was $72,000 raised in the live auction of mostly trips and bigger ticket items, including an astounding $35,000 for a trip to Ireland.

“That’s the biggest one we’ve ever done by far and thanks to our sponsors we’re able to make that happen and all of the trips that we’re auctioning off is very little cost thanks to our sponsors,” said Frank.

The food for the gala dinner was done by Little Taste of Heaven Catering this year.

“Again, we wanted to go to a local buiness, which along with our theme, we wanted this to be Christmas on the Prairies,” Frank said.

“That meant making sure we focused on Saskatchewanbased businesses.”

Santa Claus gives a high-five to 2-year-old Mia Keays while Jade Keays, left, and Anita Keyes watch at Santa’s Breakfast With the Bruins Sunday morning.

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Welcome to Estevan. Enjoy your stay.

Estevan is back in the national sports spotlight.

The Home Hardware Canada Cup curling competition is in town until Dec. 9. It has brought eight of the best women’s curling teams and seven of the best men’s teams in the country to Estevan for five days of fantastic curling.

It’s the second marquee curling event to come to Estevan this year. The SaskTel Tankard was here in January and February, and that was a great event.

But the Canada Cup is an even bigger notch in the belt for curling in Estevan. It’s a marquee national sporting event with a deep field. TSN will be here to televise all of the action.

The stars we have seen at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the Tim Hortons Brier each year will be in Estevan.

It will be a great showcase for our hospitality sector, for Affinity Place, for our people, for curling in Estevan and for the community as a whole.

Hopefully the Estevan area will embrace this opportunity.

For starters, we hope to see lots of fans at Affinity Place. When we see footage of the seats at Affinity Place, we want to see lots of people in the stands. Granted, it will be tough for the 9 a.m. and the 2 p.m. draws on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to be at capacity. People have jobs.

And while it’s great that local school

students will be able to attend those draws and watch some of the great curling, they won’t be able to fill all of the seats.

We definitely want to see big crowds for the evening and weekend contests.

We certainly hope that the people coming to Estevan for the Canada Cup will marvel at Affinity Place, like so many before them have.

We hope the ice will be great.

We hope the community will roll out the red carpet for the curlers, for those travelling with the curlers, the officials, the Curling Canada representatives, and even the TSN crews. Let them know you’re happy they’re here and that they’ll enjoy their stay.

This is a big event for the restaurants and the hotels in Estevan. It could also be a big event for our retail sector.

When you have an event like the Canada Cup, you get a big economic spinoff. People are coming to the city who normally wouldn’t be here. And while the visit is just for a few days, it’s still money for local businesses that wouldn’t be there otherwise.

Finally, it’s a great week for the curling club.

Granted, the games themselves will be at Affinity Place, rather than the Power Dodge Curling Centre. But the social area will be in the curling club, so curlers will still be visiting the rink.

It’s a chance for these curlers coming into Estevan to get to know the people who compete,

volunteer and work at our curling club on a weekly basis.

(On an unrelated note, thankfully the curling club received a makeover and some fresh paint for its exterior earlier this year. The double green colour scheme had to go).

We expect the Canada Cup will have a strong social element, which is a beautiful part of the sport.

The curlers who will be in Estevan are among the best in the world. Their precision and their skill when throwing the rocks the length of a sheet of ice, often with minimal margin of error, is sensational.

But once the games are done, and the day is finished, most curlers are more than willing to laugh and socialize and interact with the public, sign autographs for fans and help promote the sport to youths.

Estevan has shown it can host the big events. It has had multi-sport events like the Saskatchewan Summer Games, hockey showdowns like the Western Canada Cup, and other events like conferences and concerts.

We have shown that we can host the biggest event in Saskatchewan curling.

Now it’s time to prove that we can host one of the biggest events in Canadian curling.

If we succeed, then this won’t be the last time we get a big curling event in the city. In fact, they might even get bigger.

Notley’s $350 million doesn’t come close to buying 7,000 rail cars and 80 locomotives Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced on Nov. 28 her province is going to be acquiring unit trains to get her province’s landlocked oil moving. Not only has she committed money to the Trans Mountain Expansion, but now rail, too.

This premier is serious.

However, there’s a big problem with her numbers. She spoke of $350 million to purchase up to 7,000 rail cars and 80 locomotives. That $350 million doesn’t come even close. It might be enough to lease those units for a few years.

Her stated intention was this was a short-term solution, and the life expectancy of a locomotive and tanker cars is easily into three or four decades.

However, she said, “Alberta will buy rail cars ourselves in our fight to get top dollar for the resources that belong to every Albertan.”

I never saw “lease” mentioned once.

Notley spoke of 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity. Her initial statements weren’t very clear, as someone with little knowledge of the business might think she just meant two sets of 100 or 120-car trains. That wasn’t at all what she meant.

She meant enough trains to keep 120,000 barrels per day in motion, each and every day.

That’s a lot of rail cars, and a lot of locomotives.

One of the few things I learned in my failed attempt at engineering college was how to do table napkin estimations. Your numbers may not be perfect, but reasonable estimations will usually see the errors cancel each other out.

A unit train will typically be 60,000 or 70,000 barrels. So 120,000 seems to indicate two units of 60,000 barrels each. At 600 barrels per car, that would be 100 cars, but if we have 20 per cent diluent, then that’s 120 cars. (The diluent can also be as high as 30 per cent, but then again, some cars have a capacity closer to 720 barrels. You take 120 cars at 720 barrels each, then subtract 30 per cent

From the Top of the Pile BRIAN ZINCHUK diluent, and you get 60,480 barrels. Like I said, the errors tend to cancel each other out.)

The older DOT-111 cars which barbecued a Quebec town are being phased out now for crude oil. Newer, safer DOT-117 cars are in.

And the only price I’ve been able to find was a 2015 blog entry that said 117s, at that time, cost US$160,000. At today’s exchange, that would be C$212,000. However, I have also recently seen the number $135,000 tossed around, so let’s use that for the low end.

If you’re putting it on rail, it’s going to be at least a seven-day haul. That seems like a reasonable, minimum number. When Notley initially referred to two-unit trains, and 120,000 bpd capacity, everyone parroted that without any thought.

One unit train with capacity of 60,000 barrels can not move all of that in one day from pickup to delivery, nor can two unit trains move 120,000 barrels in a day.

A train is not like a plane, which can take off, span the continent, disgorge its contents, and fly back to its place of origin in the same day.To move 60,000 bpd (one unit train), you need one train at the loading point. You need a second at one day’s travel distance. You need another at spaced out along the line at another day’s travel, for as many days as it takes. So if you have a seven-day travel, you need seven trains spaced along the route, going loaded. Then you have one-day unloading, and another seven trains for the seven days

coming back empty (but likely hauling diluent).

That means at the very minimum, 16 complete unit trains are needed for each 60,000-bpd run.

Notley’s numbers show 7,000 cars, enough for 58 sets of cars (unit trains) and 80 locomotives, enough, at two apiece, for 40 trains.

There’s a problem with her numbers, however. The current standard locomotives used by Canadian railways cost US$3 million each as of December 2017, when CN bought 200 locomotives for US$600 million. That’s $3.859 million Canadian, each, at the exchange rate at that time.

Notley spoke of 80 locomotives – that’s $308.7 million. That only leaves $41.3 million for 7,000 rail cars, or $5,897 each. That’s obviously way too low. So either there’s some leasing considerations involved here, perhaps on the locomotives, or the $350 million is way too low.

Remember they were asking the feds for half? Even if the feds coughed up an additional $350 million, that still leaves only $55,900 per car.

My math shows, on the low end, a price tag of $945 million for new rail cars alone. Coupled with about $309 million for locomotives, and you come in at $1.254 billion. At the high end, it would be $1.484 billion for cars, totalling $1.793 billion including locomotives. Either way, it’s a heck of a lot more than the $350 million announced.

Unless she’s leasing, Notley’s $350 million is only one-third to one-fifth of the money required to buy all these new trains, and no consideration has been given to staffing or operational costs.

Even so, that is very small potatoes compared to the money Alberta is losing right now, each and every day.

If we can’t build a pipeline, build those trains, whatever the cost.

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 Twenty-six wins, one loss.

If a crown prosecutor had that kind of a record, that prosecutor would be a judge by now. If a singer has 26 of 27 singles make it to number 1 on the charts, they’d be bigger than Elvis Presley.

But that, as of Friday, the only entity known with that record was the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League. They’re 26-1 this season going into Tuesday’s scheduled game against Swift Current.

And if a junior hockey team from Eastern Canada had this kind of record, the mind would be blown about the kind of coverage they’d get.

One just wonders what would happen if the Peterborough Petes or the Barrie Colts or some other team much closer to the greater Toronto area had started the year in the fashion of the Raiders. Would they be the feature story each day on CTV, CBC, Rogers Sportsnet, RDS, ESPN Classic, the History Network, the Food Network, etc? Would television experts like Craig Button and Bob McKenzie be in the province every night telling Canada about how great this team is? You bet.

There’s a very strong Estevan connection to what should be known as Canada’s team. Their captain, Brayden Pachal, is from Estevan and is on pace to have the best season of his career offensively, with five goals and 15 assists after 26 games and he’s an astounding plus-33. His career highs are seven goals and 19 assists last season.

Pachal cut his teeth with his hometown TS&M bantam AA Bruins, scoring 14 goals and 13 assists in 2013-14. The second leading scorer on that team was a year younger than him – centre/winger Cole Fonstad, who had 21 goals and 52 assists . Fonstad is also a member of the Raiders this year, and has seven goals and 11 assists on the season, which are a bit off his pace for offence but when your team is 26-1, that requires a bit of personal sacrifice.

This city has two players with significant roles on a historically good Western Hockey League team. You’d think they’d be getting all the attention in the world.

Now there are a couple of reasons that are helping them get that record. Last season, if you’ll recall, the Regina Pats hosted the Memorial Cup, and they went all in for a couple of years to get players for that specific season – including Cale Fleury, as it turned out.

Another team having a great season last year was the Moose Jaw Warriors. They sent players to Brandon for their shot at it when they dealt for defenceman Kale Clague, and while they’re having a very good season in Moose Jaw, it’s not the same as last year.

The team that ended up winning the division was the Swift Current Broncos, and no team paid as heavy a price as they did.

They made huge deals with Calgary and Lethbridge over the course of the season and dealt most of their solid prospects in order to try to win the league. They succeeded in that, and I’m sure no one is complaining about their trip to the Memorial Cup in their home province.

But this year, it’s fair to say the Pats and Broncos are subpar hockey teams. Swift Current has four wins this season and Regina has eight. Swift Current has 46 goals this season, as of Friday. This weekend last year, Broncos sniper Tyler Steenbergen had scored 33. It’s a far different team than the one that was a bounce or two away from making some serious noise at the Memorial Cup. Both the Broncos and Pats are already a department store floor or two away from the playoffs and with the Pats sending a pair of players for two players and a mess of draft picks, at least one of them is recognizing they’re unlikely to get there this year.

With those three teams not fielding the strongest teams in the league at the moment – and their respective prospect cupboards relatively bare in case they were close, the division the Raiders are in couldn’t be better set up for a great team to look even better.

That would be a good reason to win the division. But 24-1?

This is some otherworldly voodoo going on.

Congratulations to the Raiders, and in particular the Estevan connection on the team, for going above and beyond the requirements for great teams outside of Saskatchewan. You deserve more accolades and attention than you’re getting.

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Nicholas Hennink takes a picture of local EMTs in the ambulance bay of St. Joseph’s hospital Friday afternoon. Photo by Corey Atkinson

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

A Moose Jaw paramedic has been paying tribute to first responders throughout the province, and his tour brought him to Estevan on Friday evening.

Nicholas Hennink took photos of members of the Estevan Emergency Medical Services, the Estevan Fire Rescue Service and the Estevan Police Service through his Project Warriors initiative.

They stood with a banner that says We are Warriors. The photos Hennink took will be posted on social media platforms. Once all of the photos are collected, they will be used again in another form to help others.

Hennink is an advanced care paramedic with 16 years of experience who has survived battles with mental health issues and addictions, but he’s also a singer-songwriter who is using his musical talents to recognize his fellow first responders.

And, of course, there is the photo project.

“Project Warriors is a lot of little things put into one,” said Hennink. “The photos are another way to honour and recognize emergency services.

Put faces to those people in your community, so that they can see that these are the people who give their lives for their community.

“They’re the people who struggle, and we need to be there for those people. It honours them. It gives them a chance to be in the spotlight. We need to create that mental health awareness.”

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He aims to close the gap between the different services, which he calls “a big family.”

So far he has taken photos of 22 emergency services teams, and about 30 more are booked.

He will continue this project into next year, and he hopes to capture as many services groups as possible in Saskatchewan.

“I would like to capture all of them if possible, and get everybody involved in this,” said Hennink.

He wants to photograph others groups as well, such as when he went to Prince Albert and met with some of the Corrections personnel about what they have been through.

“It’s astonishing. I had no idea,” said Hennink. “They’re not in the light (as much) but they still deal with the same stuff.”

Hennink has also met with nurses, doctors and respiratory technicians through Project Warriors, and he wants to work with social workers.

“They all see and do the same stuff that we do,” he said.

“We just bring the patient to them, and they’re still seeing and treating those patients in those traumatic situations.”

The response has been

fantastic, he said.

Hennink loves his job as a paramedic, but a few years ago, the nature of Hennink’s work started to take a toll on him.

He hit a point that he calls “the darkness,” and didn’t want to tell anybody about it.

“As I ended up dealing with things on my own, unfortunately that meant finding other coping mechanisms. I leaned towards alcohol on my days off,” he said.

It became the only way he could feel relief, and it led to addiction.

He reached a point where he thought he would need to end his life, or he would have to seek help. It was one of the hardest things he ever had to do, but with the support of family, friends and his employer, he wound up going to rehab and seeking assistance.

“The reason why I’m doing all of this is because I’m speaking out for those who are struggling and letting them know you can recover. My life is better now than it was before all of the struggles.”

He started writing the songs, and eventually he teamed up with Jared Robinson from Nebulus Entertainment. It has

grown into something much larger than what he expected.

The first two songs garnered attention, and eventually the Canadian Mental Health Association jumped on board. It has grown into something much larger than Hennink expected.

“I decided to use this outlet to help as many people as I possibly can.The album is dedicated to first responders and struggles that we go through.”

A music video was released Dec. 1, which is another component for Project Warriors.

“It portrays emergency services working together, extricating a patient from a crash scene,” he said. “They’re showing the process of how that comes about.”

Another album is scheduled to be released next year.

The people he has talked to have been very appreciative, with countless emails and text messages to thank him for his efforts.

“I’m doing this because it’s something I’m passionate about and struggled with. It helps me, too, to go out and see these people and talk to people. It helps me in my recovery.”

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Farm Credit Canada brings session to Estevan Local farmers heard about the importance of good mental health and the value of stress relief during an Ag Knowledge Exchange event hosted by Farm Credit Canada on Friday at the Days Inn. A few dozen people gathered to hear farm family coach Elaine Froese offer her thoughts on embracing change on the farm, and looking at the different roles farm families play. “I help farm families do communication and conflict resolution through their transition process,� said Froese.

Her family runs a certified seed farm near Boissevain, Man., with about 5,000 acres.

She believes farmers are becoming more aware of her message, thanks to the work of Do More Ag Foundation in mental health.

“I think the message is well-received,� said Froese. “There are some challenges.

For instance, on our farm, we don’t work on Sundays. When I did the FCC workshop in Humboldt, I had some challenges around that, because people didn’t think that it was possible.�

Froese believes it’s always good for people to challenge the status quo of their lives, and think about ways to incorporate family time and self-care.

She also pointed out the harvest this past fall was stressful for a lot of producers, and she says a lot of farmers have experienced an adrenaline crash because they pushed so hard for so long to complete harvest. “They need some recovery time. They need some renewal time,� she said.

At her family’s farm, they

had all of their crop off except for the corn before the weather turned for the worst early in the fall. Their harvest officially ended Nov. 9, which is the latest they have ever been harvesting.

Froese is also concerned about divorce rates among farmers, particularly older farming couples, because they find they can’t maintain their pace any longer.

During her speech, Froese always mentions her postpartum depression battles, because she wants to remove any stigma among farmers of getting help with their mental illness. She praised FCC for their efforts to help keep farm families strong by hosting sessions like this. “Farmers are not their tractors. They’re not machines.

So I also want them to take care of their physical well-being, their emotional and their spiri-

tual well-being.�

At the end of the session, she gave those in attendance “I will� cards, which they photograph with their mobile devices and text to her. During the seminar, they also text their deepest and even darkest questions to keep them private and safe. “One of the questions I ask them is if they have a will. Is it valid and signed and updated?

We use peer polling techniques during the workshop, too, and quite often people say they feel good because they don’t feel alone.�

Froese is the author of four books. Prior to coming to Estevan, Froese was awarded the 2018 Wilson Loree Award of Excellence for Farm Management at the national Farm Management Canada conference in Winnipeg.Â

Elaine Froese was the guest speaker at a session hosted by Farm Credit Canada in Estevan on Friday.

New mandatory minimum driver training standards for commercial truck drivers Starting March 15, 2019, drivers seeking a Class 1 commercial licence in Saskatchewan to drive semi trucks will be required to undergo a minimum of 121 1/2 hours of training.

The change was announced Monday by the Government of Saskatchewan. “Saskatchewan has been working to improve standards for training curriculum and driver testing for semi drivers since mid-2017,� Minister Responsible for SGI Joe Hargrave said. “Our ongoing consultations with other provinces have helped address gaps and inconsistencies when commercial drivers cross provincial borders. Stronger training requirements in Saskatchewan and across Canada will help make our province’s and our

nation’s roads safer.�

The new curriculum will include instruction in a classroom, in the yard, and behind the wheel. Training will focus on priority curriculum areas including basic driving techniques, professional driving habits, vehicle inspections and air brakes. Driver’s tests will be aligned to the curriculum ensuring more rigour. Training schools will receive instruction and training on the new curriculum, and the people who deliver training will be held to higher standards. “ The S askatc he wan Trucking Association applauds this move,� said Saskatchewan Trucking Association executive director Susan Ewart. “The industry is on-board with strengthened training requirements.

Getting your Class 1 just got a lot more intense. File photo Commercial drivers play a critical role delivering goods that keep our economy moving. Our industry also has a responsibility to make sure commercial semi drivers have the knowledge and skills to do their job ensuring the safety of

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Existing Class 1 drivers will be grandfathered in as of the implementation date.

The government continues to consult with the agricultural industry on impacts of potential mandatory training

requirements for their sector, given these vehicles generally travel less frequently, shorter distances, and through less densely populated areas. Effective March 15, 2019, anyone wishing to drive a semi used in farming operations

will need to successfully obtain an “F� endorsement on their existing driver’s licence and will be restricted to operating within Saskatchewan’s borders. The “F� endorsement will not be required if they already have a Class 1 licence or have taken the mandatory training.

Effective immediately, a 12-month safety monitoring program is being introduced for all new semi drivers. This means, in addition to the existing monitoring that occurs for all drivers, SGI will monitor semi drivers more stringently for a year post-testing so remedial action can be taken if there are safety concerns.

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Vermilion capitalizes on Spartan assets

By Crystal Rhyno of the Daily Oil Bulletin By increasing its enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in southeast Saskatchewan, Vermilion Energy Inc. hopes to boost oil production.

Dion Hatcher, Canadian business unit managing director, said the company has been focusing on unlocking the potential in the Oungre and Lougheed units, part of its recently-acquired Spartan Energy Corp. acquisition in southeast Saskatchewan, over the last five months.

There is the potential to add 60 million barrels (bbls) of oil net to Vermilion.

“That was something at

the time of the acquisition, we did not assign value to,” said Hatcher during the company’s annual investor day on Nov. 28.

“But to put it into perspective at the time of the acquisition, we released about 113 million bbls of reserves with Spartan assets.

Pretty material upside.”

Vermilion started with the Oungre unit, which was originally developed with vertical wells. Hatcher said there are some really good analogs with plays that just offset Vermilion.

The company expects to improve the recovery factor to 35 per cent, up from 17 per cent. That’s an increase of 15 million bbls of oil.

“We are currently working phase one where we have optimized the water injection and we are looking to drill those hori-

zontal wells next,” said Hatcher.

“We see potential outside the unit in the southeast. We have drilled the horizontal wells, and we would have horizontal producer injector pairs and we will convert some of those well injectors in 2019.”

Looking to yield even bigger returns, the company is focusing on the Lougheed pool, which is directly offset by the Midale-Weyburn unit. The company has a seven per cent working interest in Weyburn, which allows the company to capitalize on the technology and expertise extracted out of the development.

“That Weyburn unit is the largest CO2 flood in Canada,” said Hatcher. “If you look at the Vermilion unit offsetting that

Cassidy leaving hospital foundation for TEML Tundra Energy Marketing Ltd. (TEML) has announced the hiring of Rebecca Cassidy as its new advisor of public affairs.

Cassidy has been working at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation as the organization’s executive director since the summer of 2013. She has been on maternity leave since this spring.

During her tenure with the foundation, Cassidy launched the Festival of Trees, which was held for the first time in 2013, and has grown

to be a popular community event, and now boasts four events during a three-day span.

Cassidy’s duties with TEML will include public awareness, public relations, media relations and community investment.

As for the hospital foundation, the organization’s board has not met to decide the next step for her position.

Travis Frank has been serving as the foundation’s interim executive director during Cassidy’s maternity leave.

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The Oungre area is being targeted by Vermilion. Photo by Brian Zinchuk unit, we estimate we have 280 million barrels of oil-in-place.”

Hatcher said the company hopes to improve the recovery factor to 35 per cent from 12 per cent, bringing the production to a potential of 47 million bbls of oil. The company currently has one demonstration site in the area. The horizontal wells will be converted to injection in early 2019.Two more areas have been identified for waterflood demonstration areas in the second half of 2019.

“Although it is less certain, again we are offsetting the CO2 flood, if we do look at the CO2 flood, and think through the recovery factors that you could get in that kind of development, you could get upwards of 45 per cent [of recovery]. That would add another 33 million barrels of potential.” The company is

excited about the continued success of its Spartan assets, which continues to exceed expectations, said Hatcher.

At the time of the acquisition, the company estimated there were about 1,000 locations.

Based on the company’s midyear assessment there are 1,500 locations.

Vermilion approved a $319-million exploration and production budget, a first full year with Spartan assets for 2019.

It is allocating about $17 million of capital spending on those assets because there are so many opportunities, said Hatcher.

In 2019, the company will focus its drilling program on Saskatchewan light oil with plans to drill or participate in 129.0 net light oil wells. The program is comprised of 32.3 net fracked Midale and 64.3 open

hole Frobisher wells. In Alberta, a total of 16.7 development wells will be drilled in Lower Mannville/Ellerslie and one net well in the Upper Mannville development.

Other drilling projects include 485 net locations in the Viking, Bakken, Torquay, Ratcliffe and Open Hole Midale formations.

In the third quarter of 2018, production averaged 57,397 barrels of oil equivalent per day in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

“We have over 2,300 net locations, which will provide scalable, flexible growth but also profitable growth,”said Hatcher.

“We do have the opportunity with commodity prices in Canada … that we can adjust our programs in Canada. We really like positioning and we really like the quality of the assets.”

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Footloose draws big crowds to ECS The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) has staged many memorable musicals over the years, but this year’s show might have generated a first.

All four performances of this year’s production of Footloose at the school’s cafetorium were sold out. The show was performed in the evening of Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, and in the afternoon of Dec. 2 and 3.

Evanne Wilhelm, who served as the producer and codirected the project alongside Arlene Lafrentz, said she was “flabbergasted” by this year’s musical.

“I cannot believe how amazing the entire thing turned out,”Wilhelm told the Mercury.

“I cannot believe that we made history at ECS … selling out all four shows of the musical.”

A total of 604 seats were available, according to the seating map for the show. They also set up 40-50 rush seats at the back, and in the last two shows, they had standing room areas at the back of the auditorium.

Wilhelm believes the great attendance can be chalked up to the production value this year and the growing reputation for the musical in the community.

“They’re expecting good things, and when they come, they get what they expect and beyond what they could have imagined,” said Wilhelm.

This year’s musical featured a multi-stage setup. In addition to the main stage at the front of the cafetorium, there was an elevated stage facing the main stage, and several side stages.

There were a couple of lighting and sound kinks that could be improved upon if the setup were to be tried again, but she believes the audience enjoyed that up-close experience.

“It would depend on the show,” said Wilhelm. “It depends on what kind of show it is, and if it lends itself to that.

I never really get stuck with there’s something that has to happen every single time.”

They also had new lights this year thanks to generous donations of $5,000 each from eight local supporters.

Wilhelm said it will be tough to say good-bye to the kids involved with this year’s musical who are graduating next June, especially since many of them were part of three musicals in their four years at the

This year’s ECS musical was performed in front of sold-out crowds from Nov. 30-Dec. 3. school, a rarity considering the musical is usually offered every other year.

She noted that this is also the first group of students who would have had her as their drama teacher for all four years at the school.

“I’m emotionally connected to those kids, and I think they are to me, too, so it’s really

tough to say good-bye, but it’s also super joyous with the celebration of how much they have learned and grown.”

And at the end of the school year, when the school hands out its awards, it’s often kids from the musical who win the most high-profile awards.

“They’re thought so highly of, not just at musical, but

they’re great kids all-around, holistically, in every aspect of our school.”

Footloose featured the talents of about 85 students through the cast and crew, and another 15 staff members and adult volunteers.They dedicated a lot of hours to the performance.

Auditions started in May,

Drewitz dancers receive Highland results Students from the Drewitz School Of Dance, under the direction of Lorie-Gay Drewitz-Gallaway, participated in Scottish Dance Teachers’ Alliance Highland exams on Nov. 20.

The examiner was Myra Miller from Glasgow, Scotland. This year’s exams brought in the new dance star exams as well as medal, national and jig examinations.

In the Highland medals division, in dance star 1, Sierra Burback, Naveah Lang, Summer Gardiner, Kelsie Wilson, Morgan Hase, Kynnadi Smith, Kathryn Orlowski-Lever, Aylish Young, Ekko Sanguin, Sophia Deitz, Aspen Mayuk, Taylor Ellis and Lyric

Beaulieu received a successful grade.

In dance star 2, Naveah Lang, Sierra Burback, Kelsie Wilson, Summer Gardiner, Kathryn Orlowski-Lever, Sophia Fleck and Ekko Sanguin were rated as successful.

Sierra Burback received a commended plus in pre-bronze fling.

Kelsie Wilson, Gardiner and Sanguin were commended.

In pre-bronze sword, Sophia Fleck and Alyssa Saccary were highly commended, while Tegan Mosley was commended.

In bronze medal, Aurora McCutcheon was commended plus, Alexis Paton and Sophia Fleck were

commended and Sienna Kuntz received a pass plus.

Kerison Burnett was highly commended, and Gabrielle Gedak was commended in pre-silver medal.

In silver medal, Marley Nashiem was highly commended, Jersey Long was commended and Halle Adams received a pass plus.

In gold medal, Tiana Seeman and Elsie Alexander were commended, while Brielle Wakely, Jenna Fleck and Eva Salamon were pass plus.

Madison Zandee was commended in the Scottish Award 2 medal, while Gabrielle Bokhorst and Olivia Carr were pass plus.

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As for Scottish national medals, in the bronze national category, Kerison Burnett was highly commended and Gedak was commended.

In Irish jig medals, in the prebronze division, Jersey Long, Adams and Nashiem were highly commended.

Alexander, Tiana Seeman, Wakely and Jenna Fleck were highly commended in silver jig, while Salamon received a commended plus award.

In Scottish Award 1 jig, Madison Zandee and Gabrielle Bokhorst were highly commended, while Olivia Carr was commended.

and a retreat weekend was held in June. After summer holidays, they rehearsed three times a week, and on every second or third weekend.

The last two weekends were very productive, with 14-16-hour days, including the time spent on makeup, hair, props, costumes, lighting and sound.

“It’s volunteer-based, and a lot of it is rental equipment, so we can’t afford to bring it in for much longer than that, which results in some incredibly long days, but the kids all pushed through, and we get a good result out of it.”

The net income from Footloose will be directed towards the next musical, which is expected to happen in two years. Wilhelm is confident that the revenues from ticket sales, concession and raffles will be enough to have another show.

“I’m looking forward to getting the total value on that, and investing in some pieces and things that we need to make our program even better,” said Wilhelm.

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Ninety-five per cent misuse child car seats

By Ana Bykhovskaia The Estevan Fire Rescue Service opened doors for the employees of local emergency services.

The RCMP, the Estevan Police Service and the fire department personnel went through an extensive training on child car seat safety last week. Fire Chief Dale Feser noticed that there is a high demand for such expertise in the community.

“We do get a lot of requests for this type of information and this type of inspection, so we figured it’d be best to spread it out a little bit,” Feser said.

The safety clinic that took place on the last day of the program was just the end part of the training. Travis Holeha, the child traffic safety program co-ordinator for the Saskatchewan Provincial Institute, came all the way from Saskatoon to share his knowledge and expertise with the safety technicians-to-be.

“It takes three full days of training plus written test or an exam to pass to become somebody who can help others in the community with the child restraints,” Holeha said.

“Everybody always wonders

what we are going to learn over three days about the car seats, but it’s really just scratching the surface, because there is so many out there and they are not always the easiest things to use.”

Fairly often people not only have difficulties choosing a seat that would fit their vehicle and suit their child, but also get frustrated when it comes to the seat installation.

As a result, specialists notice a very high rate of child restraint misuse.

“The misuse rate, we see in car seats is more than 90 per cent. Just from personal experience, I would say 95 or higher. Everyone is making mistakes when it comes to child restraints,” Holeha noted.

Most of the time problems occur because it’s not clear how to choose a proper seat out of numerous presented at the market. Besides, as Feser noted, “sometimes the manufacturer’s instructions are not that easy to follow.”

Now that Estevan has more safety specialists, the fire department is looking into setting up quarterly safety clinics. When that comes to life certified technicians would be able to help individuals to pick, install and inspect car seats on

From left, Fire Chief Dale Feser, Travis Holeha, child traffic safety program coordinator for the Saskatchewan Provincial Institute and Const. Abrian Boal of the Estevan RCMP work on a car seat.

Photo by Ana Bykhovskaia a regular basis.

But if you don’t want to wait, you always can drop by the fire department during their hours of operation and they will guide you through the process. Besides, you can find a list of local certified car seat technicians online and get them to help you.

One way or another, the safety of children is the number one priority. And now Estevan has even more options for you to make sure that your kid has the safest seat.

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Envision will mark sad anniversary The Envision Counselling and Support Centre will mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which is Dec. 6.

It marks the anniversary of the murder of 14 women in 1989 at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal.

Envision acknowledges those women who lost their lives in a grievous act of gender-based violence.

This day is also a chance to focus on women and girls who are experiencing violence in their everyday lives and come together to end violence in communities, both in Canada and around the world. “ While the Montreal massacre happened 29 years ago, we know violence

against women continues,” says Christa Daku, executive director of Envision. “Things have changed since we began counselling women in the southeast, but Saskatchewan continues to have the highest rate of police-reported intimate partner violence among the provinces.”

Intimate partner violence happens among legally married, separated or divorced persons, current and former common-law partners, dating partners and other intimate partners.

She says statistics show more women are experiencing violence after they leave their abuser. Organizations such as Envision are working closer with police and other agencies to deal with the aftermath of

intimate partner violence.

Daku also emphasized that intimate partner violence has a profound impact on children. Each year in Saskatchewan approximately 24,000 children will be exposed to male violence against their mother in their own homes.

Children are present during 80 per cent of these incidents.

Envision provides programming and counselling and support services to individuals, couples and families.

Counselling services are available for those experiencing instances such as intimate partner violence.

Individuals looking for more information can find it on Envision’s website at www. envisioncounsellingcentre. com.

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International choruses hold performance at Trinity Lutheran Church The first of two crossborder choral performances pleased the audience at Trinity Lutheran Church Saturday.

Their 48th annual Celebration of Christmas Music by the Southeast and Northwest Choruses, which are made up of members from southeastern Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota, has about 45 members perform. The

theme this year was Behold: A Saviour! and had a spoken word aspect before the chorus’ first song.

Choir directors were Estevan’s Shauna Meek and Crosby N.D.’s Harlan Johnson.

The chorus shows took place in Estevan Saturday night and in Crosby Sunday afternoon.

Singers rehearse at Trinity Lutheran Church Saturday afternoon.

Firefighters called to carbon monoxide and natural gas related calls Members of the Estevan Fire Rescue Service have had to tend to calls for carbon monoxide alarms and natural gas leaks during the past week.

The fire department was called to a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm at a residence on Nov. 28. Fire Chief Dale Feser said the family was able to evacuate the home, and didn’t suffer from any exposure.

There were some el-

evated levels of CO in the home at the time, and Feser said the issue appeared to be with the furnace.

SaskEnergy responded to the scene to take care of the issues, and a plumbing contractor had to be called in afterwards. “ W ith carbon monoxide, we want to remind all of our citizens out there you don’t want to take any chances with this,” said Feser.

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Earlier in the week, firefighters were called to a motor vehicle collision on King Street on Nov. 27. A vehicle came into contact with a stop sign. There weren’t any injuries involved, and no fluids were leaking.

“The crews checked over the truck just to make sure it was still operational, and the police service continues to investigate the cause of the collision,” said Feser.

The fire department also responded to a couple of incidents in which overhead power lines came into contact with power lines, and caused a fire. The first was on Dec. 2 and the other was the early afternoon of Dec. 3.

The branches have been weighed down by the rime frost caused by the foggy conditions.

“Any time you come across the situation, please make sure that you’re phoning 911. Do not phone the fire station, call 911 so that the crews can get there in a timely manner. We just want to make sure that nobody’s going to suffer an injury as a result.”

Firefighters also had

their weekly training session on Nov. 26. The City of Estevan made a presentation on cannabis in the workplace, reasonable suspicion and firefighters being fit for duty.

They also had a visit with Nicholas Hennink, a paramedic, singer-songwriter and photographer from Moose Jaw who was in Este van to take photos of Estevan’s first responders.

For more on Hennink, please see Page A5.

Feser also attended the Nov. 27 funeral service for Darrell Morrison, the Rosetown volunteer firefighter who was killed while responding to an accident near the town in mid-November.

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Sheets of ice are laid out at AfďŹ nity Place Monday as crews work on getting the rink curling-ready. David Willberg photograph

After months of preparation, Canada Cup curling event starts Wednesday

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

It’s been several months in the making but the final steps of preparation will put Affinity Place at the centre of the Canadian curling world for nearly a week.

The Home Hardware Canada Cup is making its home here from Wednesday through Sunday, with multiple Tim Hortons Brier and Scotties Tournament of Hearts winners all over the place, as well as Olympic gold medalists. “ T h e j o u r n e y, t h e

dream, the reality is just about here,� said event cochair Helen Fornwald a couple of days ago. “It ’s pretty exciting.�

Cur ling Canada officials started trickling into Estevan late last week to start the ice transformation from Festival of Trees to curling facility. “We have a timeframe of 48 hours to work around the clock non-stop,� said Fornwald. “What we set up is day shifts and through the night shifts in order to meet the deadline.�

The event will feature

rinks skipped by Olympic champions Brad Gushue, Brad Jacobs and Jennifer Jones, and will have national champions like Kevin Koe and Rachel Homan, and national junior champion Matt Dunstone as well.

All games will be 10 ends in this competition. But there will be a new tweak for the timing in that the first five ends will have four minutes of thinking time and the last five ends will have four minutes, 15 seconds of thinking time, rather than the running clock curling fans have seen for years.

The stones for this event were used at the 2018 Tim Hortons Brier in Regina.

As for the cash payouts, teams will get $2,000 for each round robin win, with third place for both men and women earning an additional $5,000, second place $9,000 and the winners for each men’s and women’s teams getting $14,000.

The finals are set for 2 p.m. Sunday for the women’s final and 7 p.m. for the men’s final. The winners of both the men’s and women’s events will get invitations

to the 2019 Canada Cup, the 2021 Road to the Roar pre-trials and a 2019-2020 World Cup of Curling event.

There will be over 1,000 students attending draws Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and they’ll be from not only Estevan, but surrounding communities of Lampman and Weyburn. “This is an excellent opportunity for the students to come and witness some world-class curling,�

Fornwald said. “We’re really fortunate that Curl Sask is sponsoring the transportation to get them here.�

There will also be 60 Young Stars present at the draws from ages eight to 18. They’re from Warman, Wadena, Lampman, North Portal, Swift Current, Pilot Butte, Avonlea and Wilcox, among other places.

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“There’s food all the time,” she said. “ We just remind everybody that the beverages in the patch are credit card only and that’s a directive of Curling Canada.”

Autograph sessions will be happening at the patch also with members of the teams present. And there will also an opportunity for the public to get a photo with the Canada Cup. An event like this wouldn’t be able to be run without some significant help from volunteers.

“Our goal was 150 volunteers and we were able to get 186 volunteers,” Forn-

wald said. Tuesday night, they were scheduled to have a volunteer appreciation supper at the Wylie-Mitchell building.

The committee will be making sure, along with Curling Canada, that everything runs smoothly from an organizational standpoint.

This is the 14th such Canada Cup of Curling, and it has been staged in Kamloops, B.C., Yorkton, Medicine Hat, Alta., Cranbook B.C., Moose Jaw, Camrose, Alta., Grande Prairie, Alta., and in Brandon, Man. most recently in 2016 where Reid Carruthers and Jennifer Jones won. It wasn’t held last year due to the Roar of the Rings competition.

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Canada Cup may springboard city onto major event curling map

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

The idea that the Home Hardware Canada Cup might lead to other curling events is not a far-fetched one, but it isn’t something that’s going to happen overnight.

Or, likely, for even a year.

“Our first baseline was hosting the Tankard to see if it was something we could even do,” said event co-chair Helen Fornwald. “Once we achieved that, we were asked by Curling Canada to see if we could host the Home Hardware Canada Cup.” Fornwald said they will sit down as a committee and evaluate some of the details and things they learned during this experience.

“I think the committee has already said to me that we need a year off,” Fornwald said. “Two major events in one year is a major undertaking for any community and I have to agree with them.

“Over the course of the next year we’ll be seeing what we can bring in next.”

Some of the big annual cash events on the curling calendar that are coming on the horizon include the following Grand Slam events: • The Masters, which was held this year in Truro, N.S. in the Rath Eastlink Community Centre with a hockey capacity of 3,100 and had a big international field.

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• The National, which took place at Sault Ste. Marie’s Essar Centre last year.

That’s a hockey facility with nearly 5,000 seats.

• The Canadian Open, which took place at Camrose’s Encana Arena, a 2,500-seat rink, earlier this year.

• The Players’ Championship, which nestled into Toronto’s Mattamy Athletic Centre of nearly 3,000 seats last year.

• And the Champions Cup, which was at the WinSport Arena in Calgary in April. That rink seats less than 4,000 people.

With a rested committee, very few Grand Slam

events would seem to be out of the wheelhouse for something Estevan could host in the future.

The 2019 women’s world curling championship will be at the Silkeborg Sportscenter in Silkeborg, Denmark – capacity 700. This year, the event was in North Bay Memorial Gardens, capacity 4,246.

Somewhere in that range could fit Estevan.

Other events, like the Tim Hortons Brier, Roar of the Rings and even the Scotties Tournament of Hearts may be too big for Estevan.

The 2020 Scotties was also recently awarded to Moose Jaw’s Mosaic Place, so it would be extremely unlikely to have Saskatchewan host again before 2025.

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By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

One of Canadian curling’s premier events is coming to Estevan this week with some of the best in the country battling it out on the Affinity Place ice. There are 10 regular draws and four playoff round draws on tap for the next few days. Here’s a preview about some of the draws.

The sheets are labeled A to E; thinking about it in hockey terms, A will be closest to the penalty box and E is by the players benches.

Wednesday, 9 a.m.

A Brendan Bottcher vs John Epping B Brad Jacobs vs Kevin Koe C Chelsea Carey vs Darcy Robertson D Laura Walker vs Allison Flaxey E Brad Gushue vs Matt Dunstone It’s not much of an understatement to believe that the eyes of the curling world will be on the Brad Jacobs team this week and they get the opening day 9 a.m. draw against Kevin Koe. Jacobs’ longtime third, Ryan Fry, was apparently a big reason why his rink at the Red Deer Curling Classic was booted from the event. Teams complained, brooms were broken and damage was done to the dressing room.

Fry’s skip at Red Deer?

Jamie Koe, Kevin’s younger brother. Fry was substituting for a member on Jamie Koe’s team. Certainly Jacobs, who won the Olympic gold medal in Sochi in 2014, with a couple of new temporary members is going to want to put the actions of his third behind him and come out strong against former Brier champ.

Wednesday 2 p.m.

A Jacobs vs Gushue B Epping vs Reid Carruthers

C Casey Scheidegger vs Walker D Kerri Einarson vs Rachel Homan E Jenifer Jones vs Carey A lot of eyes will be on Gushue vs Jacobs, but Rachel Homan will want to get on the right foot this week, and it’ll start against 2018 Scotties finalist Kerri Einarson. Einarson has totally changed her team since the Scotties but her shotmaking since qualifying as a wildcard into the Scotties was astounding. Homan, meanwhile, has won three Scotties before her 30th birthday and just last month won the Tour Challenge in Thunder Bay (taking advantage of a Tracy Fleury team that shot an uncharacteristic 70 per cent in the final; that Fleury team has the other three members of the Einarson rink from last season).

The lesson here: everybody seeme to have curled with just about everyone else at some point.

Wednesday 7 p.m.

A Jones vs Robertson B Homan vs Scheidegger C Carruthers vs Bottcher D Koe vs Dunstone E Einarson vs Flaxey The evening draw will be a chance for those people who work for a living to settle down and watch a match; their eyes will likely be focused on the team that is the closest to a hometown curler in Matt Dunstone.

Originally from Winnipeg, the 23-year-old Dunstone threw skip stones for the Steve Laycock rink that won the Tankard at Affinity Place in February and is a fairly intense competitor and people here like that. The fact that he’s playing Kevin Koe, another fiery competitor, in a strong evening draw is all the more compelling.

Dunstone’s Regina rink are the only Saskatchewan competitors here other than Einarson’s third Val Sweeting

(originally from Redvers).

Thursday 9 a.m.

A Homan vs Walker B Einarson vs Jones C Gushue vs Epping D Scheidegger vs Carey E Carruthers vs Jacobs We talked about Einarson already but how about Jennifer Jones? She’s won six Scotties and finished in the top three six other times in her career. And here she goes again trying to grab another Olympic ring to match what she won in Sochi in 2014.

She’s already won a pair of wor ld championships in 2008 in Vernon, B.C. and 2018 in North Bay, Ont. Winnipeg’s Jones is absolutely a first ballot hall of famer in every sense of the word and the preparation starts at draws like these: A tough match against a strong competitor in the early morning.

Thursday 2 p.m.

A Flaxey vs Carey B Robertson vs Walker C Dunstone vs Jacobs D Bottcher vs Gushue E Koe vs Epping It’s rare to see a curler at this level have a greater accomplishment in the doubles game than they do in the four-person game, but that’s Laura Walker. She won bronze at the World Mixed Doubles championship with husband Geoff Walker, who is the lead on the Brad Gushue team.

Laura Walker is ranked fifth in the Canadian Team Ranking System (CTRS) and isn’t to be taken lightly. Her third is Cathy Overton-Clapham, who was a fixture on the Jones team for over a decade but who also won the Meridian Canadian Open last season with Chelsea Carey.

Thursday 7 p.m.

A Carruthers vs Koe B Dunstone vs Bottcher C Robertson vs Einarson D Homan vs Jones

The Jennifer Jones rink captured the women’s division of the most recent Home Hardware Canada Cup two years ago in Brandon, Man. Photo by Curling Canada/ Michael Burns Jr. E Flaxey vs Scheidegger Homan vs Jones is the kind of matchup one might see at a Scotties final if they’re lucky – and people did in 2013 in Kingston, Ont. – but here it works well also. They may well meet again at the 2019 Scotties final in Sydney, N.S. A team can write off an early loss as part of the learning process, and they can try to get better or make a minor tweak.

But this will be the part of the tournament where wins will start to be of the utmost importance. Losing here can mean disaster for a team hovering at .500 because there just aren’t enough chances to get back the rest of the way.

Friday 9 a.m.

A Einarson vs Scheidegger B Jones vs Flaxey C Bottcher vs Koe D Dunstone vs Carruthers E Robertson vs Homan Because the Canada Cup wasn’t held in 2017 due to the Roar of the Rings, 2016’s champions serve as

the de facto defending titleholders. Those are Jones and Reid Carruthers, who will be battling Dunstone in what will likely be a must-win game for one of these teams.

It ’ ll be the battle of the Winnipeg beards, with both teams having only one match left before the playoffs.

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Friday 2 p.m.

A Gushue vs Carruthers B Carey vs Homan C Jones vs Scheidegger D Epping vs Jacobs E Walker vs Einarson

The Canadian Beef Masters Grand Slam event is normally a place where the Brad Gushues and Glenn Howards of the world can use as their playground, but in October, John Epping’s rink claimed the title, defeating Kevin Koe. Ranked seventh going into that playoff, Epping knocked off Scotland’s Ross Paterson – world bronze medal winner in 2018 – and Sweden’s Niklas Edin – who has been at the worlds eight times – before beating Koe. Epping personally curled at 81 per cent in the final against Koe’s 66 per cent. If Jacobs is on his game this could be a great one.

Friday 7 p.m.

A Epping vs Dunstone B Koe vs Gushue C Walker vs Carey D Flaxey vs Robertson E Jacobs vs Bottcher

We haven’t talked about Brad Gushue yet but Gushue has to be one of the prohibitive favourites. If he’s in the hunt, and there’s no reason to suggest he won’t be, look out. Kevin Koe has won three Tim Hortons’ Briers against Gushue’s two Brier wins, but Gushue does have that 2006 Olympic gold medal won in Turin, Italy. If either, or likely both, of them are in contention this will be a well-played game from start to end.

Saturday 9 a.m.

A Walker vs Jones B Scheidegger vs Robertson C Flaxey vs Homan D Carey vs Einarson E (TBA Men’s tiebreaker) The men will be in their playoff tiebreaker, if necessary, but the women’s teams will have one more crack at a win if they need it. Carey vs.

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The Jennifer Jones rink captured the women’s division of the most recent Home Hardware Canada Cup two years ago in Brandon, Man. Photo by Curling Canada/Michael Burns Jr.

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The event was started in 2003, and the first six editions were played in Kamloops, B.C. In 2009, it started to move across the country, and that year it was held in Yorkton. It has been in Saskatchewan one other time, in 2012, when it was contested in Moose Jaw. It has also been held in Medicine Hat, Alta. (2010), Cranbrook, B.C. (2011), C a m ro s e, A l t a . ( 2 0 1 4 ) ,

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Reid Carruthers won the men’s event in 2016, while Jennifer Jones captured the women’s event. Some of curling’s biggest names have won the Canada Cup, with Kevin Martin winning it four times and Randy Ferbey taking it three times on the men’s side.

On the women’s side, Jones has won it three times, as has Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Lawton.

It was not contested in 2013 and 2017 due to the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings curling trials.

Home Hardware became the title sponsor of the event in 2014.

There’s a lot on the line at the Canada Cup. The men’s and women’s champions will be invited to compete at the 2019 Home Hardware Canada Cup, the 2021 Road to the Roar pre-trials qualifier for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and the 2019-20 World Cup of Curling event.

Prize money for the Home Hardware Canada Cup is $140,000 divided equally between the men’s and women’s divisions. The prize breakdown in both divisions is as follows: • F irst place receives $14,000 • Second place gets $9,000 • Third place receives $5,000 • Round robin games $2,000 per win, with 21 games played Curling Canada rules apply, and all games are 10 ends.

The women’s section playing a full round robin to determine the three teams that will advance to the weekend playoffs. The top team in each division will advance to its respective final. The second place team in each division will play the third place team in the semi-final with the winner advancing to the championship final while the loser is out.

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Dustin Kalthoff watches as second Brayden Stewart, left, and lead Jared Latos sweep his rock Sunday.

Dustin Kalthoff wins Estevan SCT event

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

He may be more known for his two-person curling, but Saskatoon’s Dustin Kalthoff was able to secure a spot at this year’s SaskTel Tankard with a win at the Power Dodge Curling Centre on the Saskatchewan Men’s Curling Tour (SCT).

Kalthoff, a former national mixed doubles silver medalist in 2013 before mixed doubles curling was hip, won the Estevan stop on the SCT Dec. 2 with an 11-4 win over Rylan Kleiter.

“We tried to catch on

to the ice as best we could, as soon as possible,” said Kalthoff.

“The ice was really good with lots of curl, which is nice to see.

You don’t always see that on the SCT.” Kalthoff started with an 8-5 win over Shane Vollman and followed it up with an 8-4 loss to Travis Tokarz. They went undefeated the rest of the way. After a 9-0 defeat of Kipling’s young Logan Ede team, Kalthoff knocked out Estevan’s Brent Gedak 7-2 and his rink of third Jason Ackerman, second Derek Owens and lead Curtis Horwath in the B semifinal.

“The weekend was not what we were hoping for,” said Gedak. “We were 2-2 and didn’t qualify for the playoffs. You can’t win them all but we played well.

We had some good moments as a team. We’re working and preparing for the Tankard and that was our focus going into this weekend.”

Gedak’s rink is still in first place as far as points go – the top team on the SCT in points will get a berth into the Tankard if they don’t qualify any other way – and they’re also in third place in the Canadian Team Ranking System points among teams in the province, which

counts bonspiels not affiliated with the SCT. “We don’t really want to go to the Southern playdown if we don’t have to,” Gedak said.

“That’s the last chance to get in so if we can get in, in a bonspiel the traditional way like we did last year, it takes a lot of stress off so we can prepare and practice.

That’s what we’re really focused on this year from day one.”

Gedak has curled with everyone on his rink before this season, with Owens being the longest serving member of the team at over 10 years with Gedak. The team is coming together well so far, with a

win in Moose Jaw a couple of weeks ago.

“It’s worked out really well, and it took a little longer than expected but in the end, we’re starting to gel good enough,” said Gedak.

The team will be volunteering at the Home Hardware Canada Cup rather than play in the Wadena stop on the tour but will get one last crack at the Players Championship in Swift Current Jan. 4-6, 2019.

Kalthoff added third Shaun Meachem to the team this year. Meachem had experience last year as a second on the Adam Casey rink which

was at the 2018 Tankard here in Estevan.

“For us, it’s been a really tough year,” said Kalthoff.

“We’ve struggled to get the dynamics right and going on all four cylinders. We tried something new this weekend and it worked out really well for us.”

That meant installing Meachem as skip with Kalthoff throwing last stones.

“It’s working really well and we just kept playing better each game,” Kalthoff said.

Kalthoff defeated Mike Armstrong 4-3 in the quarterfinal and then Jamie Deis in the semifinal 4-3

Bruins play four road games, trim roster

By Corey Atkinson sports@estevanmercury.ca

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins’ most recent road trip was their last of the regular season that will involve more than a couple of hours of driving.

The Bruins went 2-2 on their four-game swing through the Sherwood Division, beating La Ronge 4-1 and Melfort 4-3 but falling to Nipawin 3-0 and Flin Flon 1-0.

Tuesday, the Bruins were unable to solve Declan Hobbs

through 25 shots. Jake Anthony stopped 30 of 33 in the Bruins’ net.

The Bruins followed that up with a 4-1 win in La Ronge, firing 50 shots at La Ronge goaltender Daniel Davidson.

Isaiah Thomas, Eddie Gallagher, Michael McChesney and Turner Ripplinger scored for the Bruins, and Jayden Davis has two assists in the game.

Grant Boldt stopped 32 of 33 Ice Wolves shots.

Friday, the Bruins surrendered a second period goal to the Bombers (17-8-0-2)

Tyler Higgins, a defenceman playing his first game with the team since getting released by the Saint John Sea Dogs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. That was the only goal of the game. They couldn’t score a goal on 31 shots on Flin Flon’s Pierce Diamond.

Equally good was the Bruins’ Boldt, who stopped 28 of 29 shots between the pipes.

Saturday, the Bruins (15-17-1) went up 4-2 in the second period and Boldt performed well in the third to keep the Mustangs (20-8-1)

to a lone third period goal throughout the game.

TJ Irey, McChesney, Johnny Witzke and Ripplinger scored for the Bruins, who went 2-for-5 on the power play. Bryce Platt picked up a pair of assists.

Boldt made 26 saves on the night.

After the Bruins’ game in Yorkton Tuesday night, they will have no games until Dec. 12 when they go to Melville.

But, as part of the beginning of the busy holiday season, the Bruins have trimmed their roster just as people start trimming their trees.

They sent goaltender Anthony to the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Junior Hockey League and also traded forward Tom Sweeney to the Neepawa Natives of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. Both were dealt for future considerations

near the annual Dec. 1 roster deadline.

They also announced that they have parted ways with forwards Jerzy Martin and George Cathers earlier in November.

The Bruins have 22 players now, with three cards available from now until the trade deadline on Jan. 10, 2019.

After that date though, they will have to be down to a 23-player roster.

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Bruins forward TJ Irey battles to get the puck by Flin Flon’s Vaughan Bamford Friday. Photo by Flin Flon Reminder

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Estevan atom Warriors play well en route to Minot tournament final Sometimes while in the United States, one might feel a bit like a stranger in a strange land, but the Estevan atom Warriors felt close to home last weekend in Minot, N.D. The Warriors went undefeated en route to an A final in the Minot Pepsi Shootout, only to bump into the only other Canadian entry into the tournament.

Entering into the Minot tournament was a fun idea when it came to tournaments to go outside of the country, team manager Amy Lesy said and teams from here have often fared well.

Friday, they defeated the Minot White team 10-3, and then Saturday they won a

pair of games, defeating Minot Maroon 7-1 and Dickenson White 11-1. They had an early Sunday morning win over Williston 11-4, taking them to the A final against the combined team of Bienfait/Alameda.

While they ran out of gas there in a 9-2 loss, the Warriors played well throughout the entire tournament, Lesy said.

“We’re all very proud of them,” Lesy said.

A lot of goals came from the sticks of Aidan Turner and Jaxon Entz. The only goaltender for the weekend was Kyron George.

“Almost everybody on the team scored throughout the tournament,” Lesy said.

The Estevan atom Warriors pose with their trophy earned on the weekend in Minot. Photo Submitted

Peewee Bruins are going streaking

The peewee Bruins celebrate a goal from Chase Robertson early in the third period against Melville at the Power Dodge Ice Centre Sunday.

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The Este van Meter p e e w e e A A B r u i n s a re sometimes able to score in bunches this year, which was just what they needed Sunday.

The Bruins won two games over the weekend against the Melville Millionaires, including a 4-3 come-from-behind victory Sunday at Power Dodge Ice Centre (PDIC) in Saskatchewan Peewee AA Hockey League action. The Bruins were down 3-0 in the third before a flurry of goals late in the final frame.

“We knew the kids had it in them,” said Bruins head coach Aren Miller, whose team has now won five in a row. “ We had a good first 15 minutes, we just weren’t capitalizing … but I honestly didn’t think they’d come back and win 4-3 in dramatic fashion. But it was just about getting to the net.”

It’s hard to come back when you’re in the penalty box, Miller said, and the Bruins took a few minors in the second as they started to fall behind. They didn’t take any in the third, and Chase Robertson’s goal 4:43 into the period seemed to spark a change in momentum.

Carter Onrait scored at 14:30, then Turner Knockaert put one in at 15:24 and Turner Jacobson scored the game winner at 15:49.

Ryder Davidson picked up the win in net.

“We were playing (at least) five on five in the final 20 minutes and we were able to take back momentum,” Miller said. “In this age

group, momentum is such a big thing. We regained it and pretty much had it that whole third period.”

The balance in scoring is something that was also impressive to see on the Bruins, particularly as most of the goals were just a result of players crashing the net.

“We told them we had to do a better job of getting to the net. There’s lots of rebounds there, and someone’s just got to get there to bang them in,” said Miller. “We don’t rely on one or two kids to score goals. We rely on everybody and I think that’s why we’re having success right now.”

At the peewee level, most teams only have one or two top scorers but the Bruins have a handful that can score any night.

The practices have also been going well, Miller said.

“Our kids really bought in last weekend and I think (this) weekend started in Arcola with how hard the kids worked,” he said. “That was the best practice we’ve had all year by far and now we’ve got to keep that going in practice.

Saturday ’s game was much more decisive with a 4-1 win, although they didn’t score until the second period. Ryker Mathison and Mathias Fornwald scored in the second, with Mathison and Jacobson – into an empty net – scoring in the third. Ty Fehrenbach got the win in net.

The next action for the Bruins will be Saturday and Sunday against the Yorkton Terriers at the PDIC.

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Artists-in-residence got the entire community involved while in Midale Central School

By Ana Bykhovskaia Two months, three artists and a lifetime experience.

The Midale Central S chool (MCS) received a part of the Artists in School grant through the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

The school, in a small town located between two bigger centres, just didn’t have enough resources to provide art, cultural and heritage education to its students.

The grant enabled Midale’s school to bring in artists-in-residence, who involved the entire community into creative processes.

Simple with a Twist, a mother-daughter duet of Heather van der Breggen and Rickee-Lee Webster, came out of Weyburn. For a month, along with students, they were exploring visual art and multimedia.

A lot of people got involved with visual arts as the artists-in-residence set up a studio in the school and invited the community members as well as school staff and students to come and work together.

The other artist-inresidence – Carol Daniels, an aboriginal artist coming from the Regina Beach area – focused on visual art, music, theatre and Indigenous culture.

Midale Central School principal Cathy Harvey outlined the highlights of both residencies.

“At the end of both residencies, the kids had a big art show with Simple with a Twist, where they showcased their work. And with Carol Daniels, they had an art show, but there was also dances involved, and music and singing and First Nations’ cultural activities as well,� Harvey said.

The principal of the MCS stated that getting these two artists to become their residents was a great success. Not only did school students have the opportunity to experience things that they normally wouldn’t be able to in a smaller town, but also the staff got to learn a lot and got to work with artists to take that experience back into their teaching.

Besides, other residents of Midale got their piece of the pie by being involved with art projects as well.

This success was just the beginning of the artistic path for Midale Central School. As Harvey noticed, the school team hopes to get a more sustainable art program into place in the future. “ We actually applied for our second artists-inresidence grant. Ideally, what we’d really like to have is an artist that would have to live and work in our community for a year, because we saw a tremendous amount of growth and it also impacted kids’ mental health and staff ’s self-concept,� Harvey stated.

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Hand building Darlene Martin, right, shows one of the techniques for art in the Adult Hand Building Pottery Class at the Estevan Leisure Centre put on by the Estevan Arts Council Saturday. Jessica Thorkelson, left and Nancy Samoluk watch.

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She has also won tickets to a Power Dodge Estevan Bruins hockey game, Luke McMaster’s upcoming performance through the Estevan Arts Council’s Estevan Concert Series, and the Home Hardware Canada Cup curling competition.

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Also included are tickets to the Canada Cup curling event, the McMaster concert, and four tickets to a Power Dodge Estevan Bruins hockey game.

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! u o Y Thank In the spring of 2018, the ECS Musical Program was approached by several local businesses and community figures that had been floored by our 2017 musical production SCHOOL OF ROCK. When word got out that we were considering doing a musical back to back years with FOOTLOOSE in 2018, the response from the community and our students was overwhelming.

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Robert Edward Lee Former Estevan resident Robert Edward Lee died November 23, 2018 at his home in Chapala, Mexico with family nearby. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth, daughter Margaret and sons Dan (and wife Lori) and James as well as his grandchildren Erin and John Lee. Born December 29, 1934 in Estevan. He attended school in Assiniboia and Campion College in Regina before going on to the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon where he graduated with a law degree in 1959.

He worked as a lawyer in Regina, from 1959 to 1965. In 1962, Robert married Elizabeth Fisher in Regina. He was appointed as a Judge to the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan in 1965 and transferred to Estevan in 1967, where he served until his retirement in 1996.

In 1999, Robert and Elizabeth moved from Estevan and took up residence in the Chapala, Mexico.

Robert was a member of the Knights of Columbus (4th degree). He will be remembered for his love of sports, travel, music, history and art.

Mabel Edna Hacke 1915 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2018 :LWK KHDUWV IXOO RI VRUURZ 0DEHO¡V IDPLO\ ZLVKHV WR DQQRXQFH WKH passing of Mabel Hacke, late of Mainprize Manor, Midale, SK on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at the age of 103 years.

Mabel was predeceased by her parents, John and Rosina Ollenberger; seven brothers and four sisters.

Mabel will be greatly missed by her children, Larry (Lois) Hacke, Lynn (Al) Senchuk and Pat (Myron) Price; seven grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren.

A Memorial Service was held at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK on Monday, December 3, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. with Pastor Cicely McDougall and Rev. Daniel Krauss presiding.

Lunch was held at the Faith Lutheran Church, Estevan, SK. Interment will take place at Regina Memorial Gardens at a later date.

Those so wishing may make donations in memory of Mabel to a charity of your choice.

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Government releases mid-year ďŹ nancials Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2018-19 budget remains on track at mid-year, with a projected deficit of $348.3 million, $17 million less than what was projected on budget day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s financial and economic outlook have both improved somewhat compared to our original bud-

get projections,â&#x20AC;? Finance Minister Donna Harpauer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan to return the province to balance by 2019-20 remains on track.â&#x20AC;?

Higher forecast revenueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;up $138.1 million from budgetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;has helped reduce the projected deficit. Revenue is forecast to be up due to

higher projected resource revenue and higher net income from Government Business Enterprises, federal transfers and other own-source revenue, partially offset by lower personal income tax revenue.

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Norma Milred Armstrong 1918 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2018 Norma Armstrong peacefully died on November 22, 2018 in her 100th year, kindly and patiently cared for by the staff at Mainprize 0DQRU RYHU WKH SDVW GLIĂ&#x20AC;FXOW VL[ \HDUV Predeceased by her husband Kenneth in 1988; infant sister in PRP DQG GDG DQG RQO\ EURWKHU ZLWKLQ VL[ PRQWKV RI HDFK RWKHU LQ DQ H[SHULHQFH WKDW ERQGHG WKH UHPDLQLQJ IRXU VLVWHUV into a remarkably close emotional unit (as one family member said â&#x20AC;&#x153;no husband will ever come between those sistersâ&#x20AC;?). The baby, Arlene, is still a chipper 95 year old.

Norma is survived by her four children, Karen (Paul) Larochelle, David (Anna) Armstrong, Hugh (Dee) Armstrong and Jack (Debbie) Armstrong; 12 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren scattered across North America.

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Dick is also survived by his brothers John and Rod (Elaine) and their children Jeff (Ali) & Scout; and Dustin (Jose), and numerous cousins. He was predeceased by his parents, Russell and Ella, and many aunts and uncles.

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Increases at mid-year also reflect higher-than-budgeted expense for child and family services, health services and forest-fire operations.

Saskatchewan is showing modest improvement in economic activity in 2018, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) forecasts remain consistent with budget projections. The current forecast projects cumulative GDP growth of 2.9 per cent for 2017 and 2018 (2.2 per cent in 2017 and 0.7 per cent in

2018), slightly higher than the budget forecast.

Public debt for March 31, 2019 is forecast to be $19.78 billion, which is $251.6 million lower than budgeted, primarily due to decreased debt for Government Business Enterprises. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of our public debt pertains to infrastructure, either through self-supporting Crown corporations or through the Saskatchewan Builds Capital Plan,â&#x20AC;? Harpauer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our infrastructure needs are significant and support a growing economy.â&#x20AC;?

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Police release name of impaired driver, make another impaired driving arrest Members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) continued their efforts against impaired drivers during the Dec. 1 night shift.

Police conducted check stops around the city, with more than 400 vehic les checked. Volunteers with the local Mothers Against Drunk Drivers chapter joined the EPS for this initiative.

A 36-year-old man from Estevan was arrested and charged that night for impaired care and control of a motor vehicle, and having care and control of a motor vehicle while over .08.

He will appear in court in January.

The EPS has also released the name of an individual recently charged with an impaired driving offence.

Hannah Lee Kartanson, 21, of Stoughton was charged with impaired driving and refusing to provide samples of breath upon the request of an officer.

The charges have not been proven in court.

In other recent police news, a theft from a vehicle was reported from a south Estevan neighborhood in the early morning hours of Nov. 25. Items stolen were a credit card and a small amount of cash and other items. The matter remains under investigation.

A domestic dispute was reported to EPS in central Estevan during the Nov. 26 day shift. The matter was discovered to be unfounded upon police arrival as the people involved were playing loud music and singing in the backyard.

A harassment complaint was received, in which a female youth is being harassed on Facebook. The matter remains under investigation.

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A 42-year-old Rocanville man has been charged with mischief and failing to comply with an undertaking, as a result of damaging Estevan Police Service property.

He will appear in court at a later date.

The EPS received a complaint of criminal harassment involving a tenant and landlord. The matter is still under investigation.

Members attended to a single-vehicle collision on King Street. There were no injuries, but the vehicle needed to be towed. The driver was charged under the Traffic Safety Act for driving too fast for the road conditions.

Members were called during the Nov. 28 day shift to assist to keep the peace during an eviction at a local apartment building. During the process, the subject who was being evicted uttered

The government liquor store in Estevan was damaged when a vehicle struck it on Dec. 2. Photo submitted threats towards another person in the presence of officers.

He was subsequently arrested and charged with uttering threats and breaching conditions of his probation order.

He was released later in the afternoon on conditions.

Officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at Second Street and Fourth Avenue. There were no injuries.

One vehicle had to be towed from the scene as a result of the damage. One driver was charged for driving too fast for the road conditions under the Traffic Safety Act. A hit and run to a vehicle was reported to police during the Nov. 29 day shift.

Inspection of the vehicle was done and the insurance forms were completed. Police are continuing to investigate the collision.

Members assisted the Estevan Fire Rescue Service at a call for a natural gas leak.

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Police kept traffic from going up the road until there was no risk to the public.

A hit and run which occurred in a southeast Estevan neighborhood during the Nov. 29 night shift resulted in an 18-year-old Estevan man being charged under the Traffic Safety Act for failing to report damage to a property owner and driving at a speed greater than what is reasonable and safe.

He was reportedly driving recklessly and lost control as he proceeded around a corner and struck a parked vehicle.

Police were dispatched to a central Estevan establishment on the report of a male refusing to leave. The intoxicated Estevan man was arrested upon police arrival and transported to the police station where he was lodged in cells until sober. The matter remains under investigation and further charges are pending.

While on patrol, members came upon two people arguing in a central Estevan parking lot. A 32-year-old male driver was charged with driving while suspended

under the Traffic Safety Act and the vehicle was towed as a result.

Officers received a call of a gas and go from the Royal Heights Esso service station during the Nov. 30 night shift. Video surveillance has been reviewed. The vehicle is a dark Kia SUV with some passenger side damage to the front bumper. If anyone has any additional information they are asked to call the EPS. Police received a call of a stolen license plate. The plate was added to the Canadian police computer system as stolen. The theft remains under investigation.

Members received a call of a man running on a grid road in the vicinity of King Street East. He was located and spoken to. The man was a truck driver who was out for some exercise.

Officers patrolled and conducted traffic stops throughout the city, and are are happy to report no impaired drivers were apprehended.

Police are looking into a reported theft from a residence that took place that

night and was reported during the Dec. 2 day shift.

A guest in the residence decided to remove property without the permission of the owner.

Officers responded to a report of an accident in the Estevan Shoppersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Mallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking lot. Police arrived on scene to find that the driver of a pickup had lost control and had hit the corner of the liquor store. Fortunately there were no injuries and the vehicle was still drivable. The building however, suffered a large amount of damage as a result of the incident.

A ve h i c l e w a s s t o len from a lounge in the 200-block of Fourth Street during the Dec. 2 night shift. The vehicle had been left unattended running with the keys inside. It is a grey Dodge Ram quad cab truck with Black Rhino stickers on the back side windows, and Alberta licence plate CBR 9528. Anyone with information regarding this theft is asked to call Estevan Police Service at 306-634-4767 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

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Previous experience providing HR generalist support in areas such as compensation and benefits, labour relations, performance management, managerial relations and training and development would be considered an asset.

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Minimum 3 years of work experience in payroll administration is required.

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Minimum 3 years of work experience in HR is preferred.

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Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.

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Experience within Municipal setting is preferred

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Excellent oral and written communication skills

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Strong attention to detail, multi task and ability to prioritize.

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High degree of professionalism, dependable

The City of Estevan offers a competitive salary and an outstanding benefits package.

To see more details on this position please visit our website at www.estevan.ca Careers.

Interested candidates are invited to apply, in writing, including a cover letter, resume and three current references to

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Sheryl March, Human Resources Manager 1102-4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7, Ph: (306) 634-1841, apply@estevan.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

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CAREER - LICENSED, RED SEAL HVAC/REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN The City of Estevan is recruiting for a Licensed, Red Seal HVAC/Refrigeration Technician with experience in a Municipal setting. The successful candidate will possess analytical thinking and problems solving skills to meet the needs of our business. This candidate will be self-driven and flexible to work collaboratively on all facilities throughout the City.

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LAND DEVELOPMENT

Summary: Performs maintenance and repair of HVAC and refrigeration systems in support of the maintenance of municipal buildings and grounds.

EDUCATION

NOTICE OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

Grade 12 or equivalent

Application has been made for the development of:

Minimum 3 years direct experience as a HVAC/Refrigeration Technician Licensed Journeyperson with Red Seal certification

Application No.

Proposed Use

Civic Address

Zoning

Proficiency in Computer Software including MS Word, Excel and Outlook

DP053-2018

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Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Class 5.

The City of Estevan offers competitive wages based upon achieved qualifications. This position requires flexibility and availability to work on a shift schedule and call in basis.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for a career that contributes directly to a growing, thriving community, then apply to: Sheryl March, Human Resource Generalist; 1102- 4th Street; Estevan, SK S4A 0W7

Should you be interested in obtaining more information on this permit application or wanting to comment on the application contact City of Estevan Land Development Services at 306-634-1800 or write to landdevelopment@estevan.ca.

Ph: (306) 634-1841; Fx: (306) 634-9790 ; apply@estevan.ca

Any submissions should note the development permit application number and be submitted by Dec 14, 2018 at 12:00 PM. (noon).

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

Richard Neufeld, Development Officer

Relative skill and ability may be determined by competency based testing.

The position shall be filled in accordance with the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and CUPE Local 726.

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City of Estevan 1102 Fourth Street Estevan, Saskatchewan, S4A 0W7

GUARD/MATRON The Estevan Police Service is seeking applications for the position of Guard/Matron. Successful applicants must be able to work independently with little supervision.

The Guard/Matron will provide constant observation of persons being held in custody. They could be called on short notice and at various hours of the day or night. Shifts vary from three to eight hours. Training is provided.

Applications can be picked up at the police station or requested by email.

Estevan Police Service

301-11th Avenue, Estevan, Saskatchewan S4A 1C7, 306-634-4767 Requests by email are to be directed to: schartrand@estevanpolice.ca

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