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Crafting Earthenware Tracy Varsi and Louise-Ann Baerwald were among the seven participants in the Estevan Arts Council’s adult pottery class on Feb. 27. The class took place in the art room of the Leisure Centre, and entailed the crafting of ceramic pieces, such as bowls, cups, plates and spoon rests.

Charges laid in connection Charles Olsen named with Kensington accident deputy new fire chief

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Charges have been laid in connection with a high-profile collision on Kensington Avenue in October of last year.

The Estevan Police Service (EPS) announced on Feb. 23 that Richard Allen Brian Guillas, a 42-yearold man from Estevan, has been charged with one count of dangerous driving, two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm, two counts of driving while over .08 causing bodily harm, and one count of driving while suspended.

He is slated to appear in court on April 4.

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur said it’s not unusual for so much time to elapse before charges are laid. Guillas also suffered some serious injuries in the collision, so the police had to wait for his condition to improve before he could be charged.

“Obviously, we wait on such reports as toxicology for … blood alcohol content, and those sorts of things,” Ladouceur told the Mercury.

“There is sometimes a delay created by that, but we want to have all the information present before we move forward.”

The RCMP’s forensic and toxicology department, traffic reconstructionists, members of the local traffic unit and an EPS sergeant were involved with the investigation.

Ladouceur noted that investigators were confident from the outset that it was an impaired driving accident, but they wanted to have all the information gathered before they pressed forward with charges.

Police received a lot of questions from people in the community on the status of the investigation, which he believes reflects the level of interest in the case. But the investigation needed to run its course.

“Things take time,” said Ladouceur. “Some investigations come together very quickly, and charges are laid relatively fast, and other ones take longer.

“There are a number of reasons that might be. One of them might be the different type of evidence that has to be collected. Some witnesses still needed to be interviewed, or reconstruction of an accident scene that might be delayed for some period of time.”

It was one of three prominent accidents that occurred

in Estevan in a nine-day span in October. The latter two collisions involved alcohol, and resulted in a crackdown on impaired driving by the EPS that continued for the rest of 2015, and has lingered into the first two months of this year.

The accident on Kensington occurred during the Thanksgiving long weekend.

The northbound car driven

by Guillas entered the southbound lane on Kensington and struck a southbound taxi that had two passengers.

“It was an unfortunate event, without a doubt,” said Ladouceur. “There were two individuals who decided to do the right thing and take a taxi cab home, and unfortunately were met by an impaired driver. It’s somewhat ironic when you’ve got someone trying to do the right thing.”

Guillas was transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital by ambulance, and later airlifted by the STARS Air Ambulance to Regina.

Ladouceur couldn’t comment on the current health of Guillas.

The two passengers in the taxi were transported to hospital via ambulance, and later taken to the Regina General Hospital.

The Estevan Fire Rescue Service has turned to one of its veteran firefighters to be Estevan’s new deputy fire chief.

Charles Olsen was revealed as the new deputy chief during Monday night’s meeting of Estevan city council.

He views his new job as a natural progression, as he has made his way through the department’s ranks – serving as a firefighter, lieutenant, captain and training officer – during his six-year tenure with the department.

He has also sought out leadership opportunities through firefighting outside of Estevan, as he is on the national board for the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation.

His hiring takes effect on March 14.

Olsen said the desire to help the community, the camaraderie he enjoys with his fellow firefighters and the excitement associated with the job drew him to firefighting.

“I’ve been taking on more responsibility, and

New deputy fire Chief Charles Olsen. working closer with Dale (fire Chief Dale Feser),” Olsen said in an interview with the Mercury.

He’ll be tasked with assisting Feser in any fashion necessary, including tasks such as educating the public and responding to calls. Olsen will also be in charge of the department when Feser is away.

The shift from being a paid on-call firefighter to being a full-time firefighter will be one of the biggest adjustments Olsen expects he will face.

“It’ll be a learning curve going forward,” said Olsen.

Olsen has been employed by Mid-West Surveys in Estevan for

26 years. He recognizes it will be difficult to leave the company, but he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to advance his firefighting career.

“I have nothing but respect for the guys over at Mid-West, and letting me have this opportunity to do the firefighting for the last six years,” said Olsen. “Being a paid on-call firefighter, I was at the fire station quite a bit over those last six years.”

Olsen believes his time in Estevan, his knowledge of the community and his connections in the city will be beneficial as he adjusts to his new career with the fire department.

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Estevan Mercury February 29 - Council Notes

Reid concert posted a small profit The Johnny Reid concert at Affinity Place last month resulted in a small profit.

Financial statements released at Monday night’s meeting of Estevan city council showed the event had a profit of $645.39, with $150,597.49 in revenues, and $149,950.10 in expenses.

A total of 2,112 tickets were sold, which was slightly higher than the 2,100 needed to break even. Ticket sales generated $144,739 in revenues; alcohol and merchandise sales accounted for the remaining revenues.

The city paid $80,000 to Reid’s band for them to appear, accounting for the bulk of the expenses.

Mayor Roy Ludwig said they received very positive feedback on the concert. The only concern was the lineup to enter the building, as people were forced to wait outdoors as crews worked to finish setting up for the concert.

Ludwig said they were fortunate that

it wasn’t a cold night.

“We had thought, a few of us, that maybe we could have security keep the … floor clear until they get everything set up,” said Ludwig.

They could have also kept people waiting in the Leisure Centre’s hallway.

Setup was delayed by snow on the ramp at the Affinity Place east entrance, and confusion over the setup process.

Jeff Ward, who is the city manager and acting city treasurer, also released a report on the financial success of concerts and other special events at Affinity Place since 2012. The city has lost $8,380.46 over the last four years, with the biggest deficit being the $58,048 they lost on the Tragically Hip concert in July 2013. *** Council gave the green light to increase tipping fees and other rates at the landfill.

Landfill tipping fees are currently

$30 per tonne, and $40 per tonne if demolition is required. The rates for both would increase to $46 per tonne, which would be the same as Weyburn, and more in-line with other Saskatchewan jurisdictions.

Refrigeration units, including fridges, freezers and air conditioners, will increase from $10 to $30 per unit.

A $10 fee for mattresses and box springs will also be introduced.

Council first received the report three weeks ago, but Ludwig wanted all members of council to be in attendance for the vote. Councillor Greg Hoffort was absent for the Feb. 8 meeting.

Ludwig noted that only people hauling large loads to the landfill would notice the increases.

Council still needs to pass a bylaw before the rate changes take effect. *** The City of Estevan and the Cana-

dian Red Cross have agreed on a new disaster response protocol, named Ready When the Time Comes. It will allow for volunteers to be deployed in the event of a disaster. *** Glen Peterson Construction Ltd. was awarded a tender worth more than $1.1 million for gravel road rehabilitation. The affected roads are Kensington Avenue North, Devonian Street East, 11th Avenue South and Woodlawn Avenue South. The project is largely funded by the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program, and the work will be completed on roads damaged by the flood of 2011. *** Cloverdale Paint was awarded the road paint tender with their bid of $20,428.56. The paint will be used for crosswalks, parking lots and lane markings.

Council backs away from speed limit bylaw

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The debate of whether to reduce the speed limits on Fourth Street in downtown Estevan raged for more than a month.

But in the end, it ended with Estevan city council abandoning the speed limit bylaw, and opting for the status quo.

Council was scheduled to vote on second and third readings of the bylaw at their meeting on Monday night. But in the face of enormous public pressure, they decided just to let the issue fade.

If they would have approved the bylaw, the speed limit for the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Fourth Street would have dropped from 50 kilometres per hour (km/h) to 30 km/h. The remaining blocks of Fourth Street would have remained at 50 km/h.

The city had a poll on its website and its Facebook

page from Feb. 17 to 22 to gauge public support.

Among the 1,447 people who voted, 85 per cent were opposed. Only 15 per cent wanted to see a 30 km/h speed limit on Fourth Street.

Other polls, including one run by the Mercury, indicated widespread public opposition to the proposal.

Mayor Roy Ludwig admitted he was surprised with the level of the opposition to the plan, but he knew people would be upset. When council last discussed speed limits on Fourth Street through downtown Estevan, with a proposed 40 km/h speed limit, it generated a petition that generated more than 1,700 signatures. Council ultimately abandoned that plan, too.

“It would appear that the opposition has not gone away,” said Ludwig. “I thought the police chief did good work (bringing forward the bylaw). Our committees – the traffic committee and the police board – all

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“But at the end of the day, it appeared that our public did not want to look at that change. The majority of the public wants it left alone. That was council’s decision.”

When it came time to present the second reading of the bylaw on Monday night, none of the six councillors were prepared to put forward a motion of acceptance, which not only quashed the bylaw, but any debate on the topic.

Ludwig had previously voiced support for lower speed limits on Fourth Street. But he agreed with council’s decision not to further pursue the matter.

He expects that this will be the last time council discusses the issue for some time. Some people he spoke to suggested a 40 km/h speed limit for downtown Estevan, as they believed a compromise would be a good idea.

“I think for now, having the work that’s been done on this, and the decision that’s been reached, I think we’ll just leave it alone for now,” he said.

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“The majority said we look out the window, we see the incidents and it concerns us. Let’s take the speed limit down,” said Ludwig.

The mayor believes the opposition to the speed limit decrease stems from the pace of modern life. People are in a hurry, and they aren’t keen on slowing down.

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur said he wasn’t surprised with the public’s reaction. Once an issue enters a public vote or poll, the public’s opinion is going to carry a lot of influence.

“My personal view is that speed limits aren’t something that’s put out to public opinion,” Ladouceur told the Mercury.

There are issues that the police chief believes should be put out to the public for their feedback, but speed limits and other traffic control issues aren’t among them. He noted issues such as stop signs, traffic lights and other traffic matters aren’t dealt with through

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Council first received a report in late January to reduce the speed limits. It had the blessing of the business improvement district, the traffic control committee and the board of police commissioners.

But public opposition was fierce. When council gave first reading to the bylaw at their Feb. 8 meeting, Councillors Brian Johnson and Trevor Knibbs voted against the motion, citing the complaints they had received from the public.

Ludwig said at the time that the public’s reaction would ultimately determine whether the bylaw would proceed.

Thanks to the response to the speed limit issue, Ludwig said website and Facebook could be used as a means to guage public support for issues in the community in the future.

Correction On Page 2 of last week’s edition a photo associated with the announcement of the launching of the CT scanning service at St. Joseph’s Hospital was printed in which Dr. Folajimi Akinsete’s name was spelled incorrectly.

The Mercury apologizes for any confusion this misspelling may have caused.

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“Quite frankly, council would find themselves gridlocked if we went down that route,” said Ladouceur.

And while Ladouceur advocated for the lower speed limits in downtown Estevan, he supports council’s decision to maintain the status quo.

“They’re in a tough spot,” said Ladouceur.

“They do have to answer to the public. Ultimately, the decision is theirs and it’s certainly not mine.”

Ladouceur echoed the mayor’s belief that this will be the last time the speed limit issue in downtown Estevan is brought forward to council for some time.

“I don’t foresee myself, personally, bringing a 40 (km/h speed limit),” said Ladouceur. “I think if it was going to happen, it would have happened. And then, do we continue to debate this over the next year? It’s not a wise decision either.”

The police chief has previously stated that speed

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By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

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City EMO coordinator captures prestigious provincial award

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

Estevan’s own Helen Fornwald has gotten some well-earned recognition for her commitment to safety.

Fornwald is the recipient of the Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association’s (SCSA) Safety Practitioner Award for the southeast region.

“It’s an honour. I work with a lot of great contractors, and staff and employees,” said Fornwald, who is the emergency measures organization co-ordinator for the City of Estevan.

“It’s a common goal we’re all working toward, to make the workplace safer.”

Fornwald said the effort she puts in to get the recognition of a reward entailed long hours and that “construction isn’t a nine-to-five job.”

Fornwald received the award at the Feb. 25 annual general meeting of the SCSA. She earned the award, due to nominations she received for the work she does with a multitude

of contractors in the southeast region.

In a call with the Mercury, Fornwald said some of the more important projects on which she’s worked have included the resurfacing of runway of the Estevan Airport, and the rehabilitation of Highway 47 North.

“It’s seven days a week; it’s weekends. It’s long hours. This year, with the season and with the weather we’re having, our construction is going 12 months of the year,” said Fornwald. “Our construction sites are still going.

I’m regularly going out there, doing inspections and making sure everything is done safely.”

According to a press release from the SCSA, the award recognizes member companies that have demonstrated outstanding dedication and contribution to ensuring the success of the SCSA in their region.

SCSA president Colin Pullar noted in the release, that the award goes to individuals who have made

“significant personal and professional sacrifices” to ensure the safety of construction workers in Saskatchewan.

“We have to attend the meetings regularly to qualify for the award, and I’m the vice-chairperson.

You want to bring as many new members to the meeting as you can, to identify concerns and bring forward ideas,” said Fornwald.

Fornwald noted a main overarching goal is to pursue Mission Zero, a program meant to achieve zero workplace injuries in Saskatchewan.

“It’s important to get the message of safety out there, not only in our city, but trying to bring in other companies to understand the importance of safety in the workplace,” said Fornwald. “What we’re going to strive for is to reduce the amount of injuries we have in our workplaces and really get education out there to our employees.

“We’re encouraging people to be safe at work and home, as well.”

The Estevan Wildlife Federation is urging people to remove their ice fishing shacks from Rafferty Dam due to deteriorating ice conditions.

EWF member Garry Leslie told the Mercury that the ice on Rafferty never really had the opportunity to develop any thickness this winter. He started fishing on Rafferty in early January, and noted the ice was usually about 16 inches thick.

He believes the ice was about 36 to 40 inches thick in early February 2015.

“In the past month, the condition of the ice and the quality of the ice was definitely deteriorating, because when you would open a hole, instead of crisp ice chips coming up, it was more like slush and a snow cone, a softer type of ice that was coming out of the holes,” said Leslie.

The 16 inches of ice they had this winter was safe to drive on, but it wasn’t quality ice. It has been of lower quality for much of the winter because of the above-average temperatures. A lot of nights the temperature remained above the freezing mark.

“At this time of year, because the temperatures are warming up … and the sun is rising higher in the sky, the ice downgrades,” said Leslie.

The ice is still safe to drive on, he said, but that won’t be the case for much longer. If there are a few more days in which the temperatures are well above freezing, there will be a rapid deterioration.

Some shacks are still on the ice, but others are being removed. Leslie can tell

that some of the shacks haven’t been used consistently this winter.

Leslie was previously out on Rafferty a couple of weeks ago to remove his shack from the ice.

There wasn’t any snow on the ice at that time, and there were surface puddles.

Anglers are legally required to remove their ice fishing shacks by March 15.

“I think it would be extremely questionable whether you’d still be able to get out on the ice on the 15th of March,” said Leslie. “I would say you’re not going to be able to get out there if you waited another two weeks.”

Not only is there a safety risk of vehicles and shacks falling through the ice, but there are environmental concerns. If a vehicle or a structure falls into the ice, it would expose the fish and other species in the reservoir to pollutants such as gasoline, diesel, oil and antifreeze. All these are toxic to the environment.

“There are a lot of good reasons to take your shack off earlier rather than later this year,” said Leslie.

Estevan received a late blast of winter on Feb. 29, when temperatures were below normal for one of the few times in the month. Leslie said it wouldn’t add any depth to the ice, but it would freeze the surface. And while a shack might become frozen to the ice surface, it would have been a good day to remove the shack from the ice.

The Heretics Motorcycle Club is scheduled to have an ice fishing derby on the reservoir on March 5. As of the Mercury press time, the event was still going ahead as scheduled.

Reading Aloud Estevan Area Literacy Group co-ordinator Kim Marshall read a story for several young people during Read Aloud Day activities, hosted by the literacy group on Feb. 24 at the Estevan Public Library. Children who attended the event also enjoyed snacks and a craft.

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Public reminded to yield to all emergency vehicles

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

The public is being urged to yield to ambulances, police and fire vehicles when those vehicles are responding to calls.

In a statement issued on Feb. 20, the Estevan Police Service and the Estevan Fire Rescue Service reported they have seen an increase in the number of vehicles that do not pull over when emergency vehicles are approaching or coming up from behind them with their lights flashing and their sirens sounding.

“They know we are there, they just do not want to pull over and let us by,” the release stated.

All emergency vehicles – fire trucks, police vehicles and ambulances – have the right of way when employing flashing lights and sirens. When approached by an emergency vehicle travelling to a call, motorists must immediately drive as closely as possible to the right edge of the roadway and not enter the next intersection until the emergency vehicle has passed.

The exception is if a peace

officer provides other directions.

At an intersection, motorists must stop and let the emergency vehicle through the intersection, unless given other directions by a peace officer.

If the emergency vehicle has its lights flashing, but no siren engaged, motorists in the vicinity should extend the same privilege while meeting or being overtaken by the emergency vehicle.

Police Chief Paul Ladouceur said local officers have been cracking down on violators.

“One of the things officers did a few weeks ago was as one officer was pulling vehicles over for violations for speeding, there was another car that remained in the area to ensure that vehicles were slowing to the proper speed limits while passing those emergency vehicles,” said Ladouceur.

Police have seen motorists chasing fire trucks to see where the trucks are headed. They have also witnessed motorists passing emergency vehicles at high rates of speed, and failing to yield or pull over for emergency vehicles.

Ladouceur noted there has been an increase in the number of vehicles failing to yield. It’s a trend that fire Chief Dale Feser has also observed.

“When you are driving down the street and you see there is an emergency vehicle behind you, we ask you to move to the right when it’s safe to do so, and yield the right of way and stay in the lane,” said Feser.

The fire department has had a number of close calls with motorists who don’t yield to fire trucks.

“I know when I’m responding to an incident, I’m constantly bouncing between driving offensively and defensively,” said Ladouceur. “We’ve had some instances where people have actually hit the brakes and stopped right in the lane in front of us.

Some have actually pulled into the oncoming lane. And some people just continue to drive.”

When motorists pass an emergency vehicle or a tow truck with its lights in operation on the highway, drivers must slow down to 60 kilometres per hour.

The law also applies when trav-

Fire Chief Dale Feser elling in the opposite direction on an undivided highway.

Failing to yield to an emergency vehicle carries a $125 fine. The fine for speeding when

passing an emergency vehicle or tow truck with its lights flashing starts at $270, and increases by $3 for each kilometre over the speed limit.

Sun Country board members work through many business agenda items The business affairs of the Sun Country Health Region were brought to the boardroom table on Feb. 24 with chairwoman Marilyn Charlton presiding over a meeting attended by five board members which provided a quorum.

The session included a detailed management report from CEO Marga Cugnet and financial analysis and highlights from the vice-president of finance and corporate systems, John Knoch.

Cugnet also reviewed several personnel movements including the arrival of two psychiatrists and the need to fill one physio-therapy position with a full-time replacement and three others on a temporary

basis due to maternity leaves.

Cugnet reported there were a number of clinical placements for medical students around the region including rotations in Weyburn, Radville and Estevan for nine students, while another five completed a series of placements in Arcola, Weyburn and Radville. Eighteen medical students completed junior undegraduate rotating student internships in Weyburn and Estevan and another seven completed the community experience element of their training in Weyburn, Estevan, Redvers, Carlyle and Midale.

There were 29 new employees welcomed into the fold who filled unionized

positions while 11 resigned or retired.

Knoch and Murray Goeres, the vicepresident for health facilities provided updates on progress being made on hygiene practices and elimination of unsafe practices.

Education sessions had reached a milestone with 34 sessions completed out of the 40 that were targeted, with over 400 staff members participating, which met the goal established at the start of the year.

Following the meeting, Cugnet said the local health region will be on a type of make-do schedule until a provincial budget is released, probably some time in late May or early June, following the

April 4 general provincial election. The provincial budget is generally presented in March of each year but is delayed this year due to the campaign. She said Sun Country is showing a modest surplus at this stage, so with careful management and by leaving some vacant positions unfilled, the regional health authority will be able to maintain a status quo financial position within a $153 million budget until firm new financing numbers are made known by the provincial government.

With the campaign situation in sight, Charlton said the board will not convene for a general business session in March, but would meet again in April.

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Habitat for Humanity takes root in Estevan Habitat for Humanity (HFH) is coming to Estevan.

The local chapter of this international, non-governmental, non-profit organization that builds simple and affordable homes for others, received their official local chapter status on Feb. 1 of this year.

An open house, information session and the start of a local fundraising venture will be slated soon with the selection of the partner family being identified later this summer.

The Estevan chapter’s steering committee will operate under the auspices of the Regina chapter of HFH. A letter of intent was submitted to the Regina group in early January with the approval coming from the Regina com-

mittee less than a month later.

A complete memorandum of understanding with the Regina HFH was signed on Feb. 17.

Doug Barnstable is serving as Estevan’s chairman of the steering committee and was responsible for setting the wheels in motion for the local organization, bringing Calven Johnson along with him. Johnson is serving as secretary while Dan Jenish has been appointed treasurer.

Archie McIsaac has signed on as the construction supervisor.

A few director positions have yet to be filled, but Barnstable and Johnson said they expected to have most of them filled by the time the open house and information session comes around.

“We expect to have our first home under construction

by next year,” said Barnstable, noting it is easier to round up construction volunteers in the warmer months, which means the construction process would begin around April with a five to six month construction period before the key could be turned over to the family who will also provide at least 500 hours of “sweat equity” in the process, which is one of the mandates of the HFH program that allows citizens with restricted incomes to become homeowners, perhaps for the first time in their lives.

More information about the local chapter and their plans can be found in the next edition of Southeast Lifestyles, on your newsstands and in your mailboxes this weekend.

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Cornerstone board tends to business and adopts new school calendar for 2016-17

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

After listening to more than two and a half hours of presentations that gave them a perspective of continuing progress on the education delivery-fronts, the trustees of the South East Cornerstone Public School Division still had time on Feb. 25 to look after regular business details.

One of the first orders of business on the agenda, was the approval of the 2016-17 school calendar which is now posted on their website.

Lynn Little, the division’s director of education, presented the board with the results of the voting among staff members in Cornerstone as well as their educational partners, the Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division, also in the southeast sector.

Little said all employees were given the opportunity to vote for their favoured option from two final recommendations and the employees selected the second choice which provided a slightly longer break during the Christmas season.

“Really, there wasn’t a big difference between the two this year,” said Little.

Those who worked on developing the calendar were again reminded of the provincial edict that states school schedules are not to start until after Labour Day, unless there are extenuating circumstances.

Last year was one of those years, as is this year, since Labour Day falls on Sept.

5. Classes will resume Sept. 1 and continue on Sept. 2 before the long Labour Day weekend.

The December Christmas break will begin Dec. 22 with classes resuming

on Jan. 4.

The February break in 2017 will be the week of Feb. 20 to 24 with the Easter break beginning on April 14 and carrying through to April 21.

“We had a conversation with Holy Family administration about the options and they forwarded the results of their vote and it was pretty close this year with 58 per cent choosing Option 2,” she said.

The academic year, will once again, provide 950 hours of face-to-face classroom time for educators and students within a 184 day school year calendar with 10 non-instructional days set aside for professional development or other scheduled events.

A motion to accept the calendar year Option 2, was approved unanimously with trustees Harold Laich and Warren Betker joining the meeting via a computer

link-up.

Another motion to dispose unlabelled and expired chemicals found in school division laboratories and science spaces, was also approved. Business and finance manager Shelley Toth assured the trustees that 38 schools in the division have been checked and the disposal would be carried out according to protocol and the expense would be charged to the emergency fund.

Little provided updates on policy tweaks that had been accomplished in the past couple of months including a new fouryear plan, early education

(intervention) plans for youngsters up to the age of five and literacy and mathematics assessments from Grades 1 through 3.

She noted that outcomebased report cards are used for most classes now, but in pre-kindergarten situations, the youngest students are tracked using a portfolio method. She also spoke briefly on English as another language proficiencies for new students where school support teams are used if and when certain students are identified as struggling with English and the information is released only within professional staff circles. She also re-

ported on anti-bullying and harassment items that are now covered by an overarching mandate that includes cyber-bullying and student to student and teacher to student situations.

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Opposition has a high hill to climb It can be the best of times, and it will be the worst of times, at times.

The 2016 provincial general election campaign is upon us, or will be in the very near future.

Thankfully, it will not be the long version we were forced to endure with last fall’s 72-day federal campaign or, heaven forbid, the multi-year campaigns Americans have to suffer through regularly with no end in sight.

While the Sask. Party numbers have slipped slightly within the past few weeks, our populace will, no doubt, be heading to the ballot boxes with some assurance this will be the governing party once the votes are counted.

The question we ask from vantage points outside Regina and Saskatoon, is: Will the New Democratic Party succeed in upping their total from the paltry nine seats they currently hold in the 58-seat (now to be 61-seat) legislature? After all, they are the Official Opposition, and, the only opposition. This has been a two-party province for the past decade.

We’re not certain this is what the population necessarily expected, but that’s what we got.

According to the strategic analysis we receive from political pundits and analysts, the NDP are hitching their wagon to the urban horse once more, hoping to gain ground

Prairie Perspective MURRAY MANDRYK Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

Time to talk about savings The first election debate we should have is what to do when the oil money comes back.

It will come back.

Soon, and hopefully sooner than later, the Saudis and others will see reason to turn off the taps. Oil prices will recover, followed by the Saskatchewan economy, followed by the provincial treasury.

But, if we hold true to form, government will keep spending these non-renewable resource dollars in a matter best suited to their re-election.

There’s got to be a better way and there’s no better time to talk about that better way than during the next provincial election campaign to begin within days.

But at least, we have a starting point for such a discussion, via Premier Brad Wall’s exploration of a Saskatchewan version of a heritage or sovereignty fund. It’s no small irony, this discussion actually began, in the last provincial campaign in 2011, when it

in Regina, Saskatoon and their immediate surrounding constituencies and, to a lesser extent, Prince Albert and Moose Jaw and one northern riding.

Of course, rural NDP candidates, including those in southern Saskatchewan, will argue that they aren’t conceding anything to the Sask. Party. But statistics gleaned from the past two provincial elections, tell them the NDP will have a very high hill to climb in rural and small city settings if they intend to steal seats.

The Sask. Party established their rural fortresses years ago as the NDP, almost matador-like, waved them through without much of a fight. The fact the New Democrats went through a controversial leadership race didn’t help unify the party following the disastrous leadership term of Dwain Lingenfelter that didn’t do much to either unify the party or set a clear path for his successor.

The Brad Wall juggernaut was well established by this time. That point was made in the last election.

We don’t expect a similar rout this time, but it probably still won’t be that pretty for the NDP who have lowered their sights and are appearing to aim at being a more credible opposition for the next four years with more MLAs and a solidified policy platform on

which they can rebuild credibility.

And we should not forget those parties lurking in the background, seeking recognition. They just might succeed.

We speak, of course, of the more highly profiled Green Party with its full slate of candidates who have defied odds and lack of cash and simply refused to go away.

There is the revived Progressive Conservative Party with its slate of a dozen or more candidates led by politically aware leader Rick Swenson, who has steered through a few political mazes in the past and remains as feisty as ever. Their candidates may be rookies, but they could rock the establishment boat on the right side of the political spectrum.

We have PC and Green Party candidates in Estevan and southeast Saskatchewan who might do a little boat rocking once the battle begins.

The Liberal party is determined to resurface too, with 47 candidates, mostly in the two major urban centres. Again, they could pose a threat to the status quo.

Early indications though suggest Saskatchewan is heading back to familiar territory, but then, with each changing generation, there come surprises. And if you doubt that, just glance to our western neighbour.

Anything is possible.

was raised by former NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter.

In a move that was rare for election campaigns and ever rarer in the context of the rivalry between the NDP and the Saskatchewan Party, Wall acknowledged that the idea of such a rainy day fund was actually a pretty good one.

As a result, Wall assigned former University of Saskatchewan president Peter MacKinnon, a year after the election, to research a heritage fund model that might work for this province.

What MacKinnon came up with was the Saskatchewan Futures Fund, somewhat modelled after Norway’s supposedly recessionproof sovereign wealth fund that’s socked away close to one trillion dollars since 1990.

MacKinnon’s proposal was far more modest, suggesting putting into savings all natural resources revenues that exceeded the five-year average. This way, the Saskatchewan government would have a consistent revenue source for not only the lean years we are now experiencing, due to the downturn in oil, but, also for a consistent framework for budget revenue upon which it could determine the appropriate level of expenditures.

Alas, that’s a little too idealistic in today’s hardball world of politics.

After MacKinnon’s presentation to cabinet, the Wall government couldn’t even find the suggested $100 million in seed money to get the fund going.

And, what we saw in the last budget is the former finance minister going to the open market to borrow $700 million for capital infrastructure spending, money that will have

to be repaid with interest.

It’s also money that could have come from a heritage fund had some past government been wise enough 10 years ago to set aside some cash we collected during the boom years.

So, here we sit today, with a billion dollar deficit in 2015-16, when you add that $700 million in borrowing to the $262.2 million shortfall that new Finance Minister Kevin Doherty actually does acknowledge.

We got into this mess in the 2015-16 budget because non-renewable resource revenue fell by $388 million from the budget projections 11 months ago and because spending has increased by $100 million, because of things like the unforeseen forest fire fighting costs.

These numbers are likely only to get worse in the third-quarter update in the 2015-16 budget.

At the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention last month, Wall guaranteed another deficit for 2016-17.

However, nothing offered by the NDP so far suggests they would be any more fiscally responsible. In fact, the NDP has told us nothing about how they would spend our money.

We need more discipline in government spending and that will only come if we force politicians running for office to talk about how these guidelines should be put in place.

The way to put those guidelines in place begins with talking about a Heritage Fund.

Note: In my column two weeks ago I incorrectly stated the cost of the Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage project. It is $1.5 billion.

Put the sign of success on your front yard.

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Older sisters aren’t useless Norm Park All Things Considered It’s established fact. Older sisters are fairly useless beings. Until they’re not.

I can’t quote any scientific facts to back my claim, but c’mon, it’s documented, older sisters don’t serve much purpose in life. Until they do.

I didn’t have an older brother, or a younger one, so I hold minimal points of reference. I have written about some brother/sister escapades in the past, so you know dear diary, I did love my older sister … sort of.

I won’t go into detail about our co-conspirator efforts to make dandelion wine in the cellar in an old Westinghouse washing machine, supposedly unknown to unsuspecting parents.

I also won’t relate why and how she got even with me by baking a chocolate cake, just for me, using dishwater (complete with detergent) as one of the main ingredients. Actually, it didn’t taste that bad, just different, compared with her usual prize-winning efforts.

I won’t bother relating what I had done that prompted her reaction, because space is limited in this column, and we don’t need to dig up my misadventures. Besides, it’s my column.

I have mentioned before how as an eight-year-old she made me “play circus” with her best friend Patsy that led to a four-inch gash on my head and eight stitches.

By the way, I didn’t have to go through any concussion protocol. Doc Polec sewed me up at 9 p.m. and sent me home with my dangerous sister and Patsy. Our mother didn’t find out about it until she saw the patch on my skull a day later. Apparently, it was my fault. I was an accidental martyr. Took a bullet for good ol’ sis.

Then there was the argument with her first husband while I was visiting them as a teenager.

“You’re being stupid Oralee,” he said. “Your argument has no logic, you’re not looking at it reasonably.”

“I can’t argue logic, I can only argue emotion,” she yelled back.

End of argument, as three people broke into laughter. You can’t argue against the logic of emotion can you?

My sister introduced me to a great group of older people, meaning people who were three to five years my senior. Many of these people continue to be my friends decades later, after my sister met an untimely death, also a couple of decades ago.

These friends still touch base and our conversations are easy, never stilted and always honest. I am still referred to as Oralee’s younger brother. You don’t escape those labels, not with “the older folk” as I like to call them.

A few years ago, they claimed I qualified for their annual class reunion, even though I was four years their junior. I showed up at one of them, even though I’m not prone to making solid commitments. I had to see what was going on.

While I was in their company, rehashing old teen and pre-teen war stories, it suddenly dawned on me how useful my sister had been. I was reminded how good she had been those many years ago when she’d utter statements like, “I’m running over to see Patsy,” or, “I’m gonna go see Dave and Audrey,” or, “Verna, Vic and Diane are at the Vogue and I’m going to join ‘em.”

She would inevitably then add, “wanna come?”

Of course I did. Everybody wants to be included.

She knew that. She knew me. She knew her friends, who became my friends.

So, older sisters, I guess, aren’t that bad. It just takes time to get to know them.

I learned that too late.

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Liberals exposed as no friends of the west The Editor: On Feb. 16, 2016, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair asked Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay about when he would restore the Canadian Wheat Board, now that evidence is that private grain companies had taken $6.5 billion from grain farmers in the last two years.

The minister’s answer must have shocked Mulcair, and certainly should have shocked Western Canadian farmers.

Ye s , h e s a i d , t h e Wheat Board had been sold (reminding Conservatives that a contract is a contract) and he would not be seizing assets, no matter how they were disposed

of from G3, which is the combo (joint venture) of Saudi Arabia and Bunge Ltd., one of the world’s giant private grain companies The fact this response triggered a standing ovation from Conservative MPs speaks volumes.

In October 2011, former Liberal agriculture and agri-food critic Frank Va l e r i o t e a n d L i b e r a l deputy leader and former minister responsible for the CWB, Ralph Goodale said, “The government’s decision to kill single desk selling is a clear violation of the Canadian Wheat Board Act, which insists on democratic producer control. The Act also in-

sists that any changes to the CWB must be made in consultation with their board of directors and with farmers directly, something this government has blatantly refused to do.”

When Bill C-18 was recently tested in the Federal Court, Judge Douglas Campbell, on Dec. 7, 2011, ruled that Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Gerry Ritz violated the terms of the existing CWB Act by failing to hold a vote among producers about his proposal to end the CWB’s monopoly on wheat and barley sales. In other words, the CWB was then illegally gained goods.

So, what in fact MacAulay and the Liberal

government are saying is that it is okay for corporate interests to keep illegally gained goods, leaving Western Canadian grain farmers to suffer the consequences.

In spite of the Liberal election promises, we now find the Trudeau government and the new minister of agriculture the Emperor with no clothes who stand revealed as no friends of Western Canadian grain farmers.

And, don’t tell us the majority of us are happy with marketing freedom, because there has yet to be a referendum that can prove it.

Joyce Neufeld Waldeck, Sask

Writer questions extending Sask. Party mandate The Editor: Can taxpayers afford another four years of gross mismanagement with the growing list of scandals that surround Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party?

Just to name but a few, there are the Lean initiatives, the carbon capture failure, the smart meters, P3 schools and the Regina bypass.

What’s next?

Catering to outside interests seems to be the focus of this government, instead of the lifelong taxpayers of Saskatchewan.

It’s kind of ironic that a party named for our province, and thrust into power by the heartbeat of Saskatchewan rural

residents — forgets where it came from and does nothing for the overall well being of Saskatchewan and its residents.

Wasted billions on multiple pet projects, sending billions out of province on P3 projects so that it doesn’t have to count it as debt on the fiscal report card; paying certain landowners hefty prices for lands, while leaving Saskatchewan homesteads in shambles for mere pennies on the dollar of its true value.

Saskatchewan resident, you need to ask yourselves, can we afford another four years of this?

I know I can’t.

Donald Neuls Coppersands, Sask.

Local MP sees real value in Energy East project The Editor: Lately, there has been much discussion around the Energy East pipeline project.

Mayors, premiers and elected officials in Ottawa are weighing into the discussion.

What needs to be recognized at every level of government is the national benefits and job creation that pipelines bring. It goes without saying that all large infrastructure projects, including pipelines, need to pass through a rigorous environmental and community approval process. We all agree on that point. However, there

is no reason that pipelines cannot be supported in principal by federal leaders, just as they support essential agriculture, urban development or manufacturing infrastructure.

As the Member of Parliament for Souris-Moose Mountain, I looked carefully to see what the benefits would be right here at home.

During the construction of Energy East we would see 963 jobs created in Saskatchewan, many of those in Souris-Moose Mountain.

Saskatchewan would also receive $539 million in tax revenue. Canada, as a whole, would stand to gain over

14,000 jobs during construction and over 3,300 during the first 20 years of operation.

Federal leadership is needed to advance energy infrastructure.

Prime Minister Trudeau and Resource Minister James Carr should be federal champions for responsibly built pipelines, which are, by far, the safest and cleanest way to move oil.

Pipelines create jobs, not only in Alberta, but right here in SourisMoose Mountain.

Dr. Robert Kitchen MP Souris-Moose Mountain

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Panteluks recognized for support

By David Willberg dwillberg@estevanmercury.ca

Kelly Panteluk Construction Ltd. (KPCL) has been saluted for their support of the upcoming Saskatchewan Summer Games in Estevan.

KPCL was recognized as a diamond sponsor of the Games on Feb. 25 at the Estevan Leisure Centre. Not only does the local business have their name attached to the rebuilt track and field facility south of the Estevan Comprehensive School – known as the Chamney Running Track at Panteluk Athletic Field – but the Panteluks have been awarded the naming rights for the volleyball courts at the Estevan Comprehensive School the week of the Games.

The Panteluks have contributed an estimated $250,000 in work-in-kind support for the track and field facility.

Mary Panteluk, a human resources specialist with KPCL, said the company wants to provide opportunities for local athletes to thrive. They have supported a number of other athletic facilities in the city.

Panteluk and her siblings grew up playing volleyball at the Estevan Comprehensive School and with youth club teams in the city, so it was natural for them to secure the naming rights for the venue.

“It’s been a good team sport, … working with others, and having a lot of fun as well,” she told the Mercury.

They were involved with track and field as well, so they saw the value of the new track at the Comp.

“The track is just one way to provide the infrastructure so that young people do have a facility they can turn to when they are getting active,” said Panteluk.

Her brother, Riley Panteluk, added that contributing to the people and infrastructure of the community is something the Panteluk family has always believed in.

“We take great pride in building and investing in the welfare of our communities,” he said.

The new track will promote healthy lifestyles for youth, and help their advancement in sport both regionally and nationally.

He noted that he and his sisters were involved in a variety of sports, so it’s fitting to support local athletics.

He also echoed his sister’s statement that the volleyball courts were an appropriate facility to have their name attached to.

“The Panteluk family have been huge supporters of communities in southeastern Saskatchewan for as long as I can remember,” said Friends of the Games committee co-chairperson

From left, Summer Games mascot Ravi, 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games committee co-chair Brian Smith, Friends of the Games committee co-chair Bernie Bjorndalen, Kelly Panteluk Construction Ltd (KPCL) representatives Riley Panteluk, Joanne Panteluk and Mary Panteluk, Summer Games mascot Tansi, KPCL representative Natalie Vincent, and Summer Games committee co-chair Brian Senchuk participated in the diamond event sponsor recognition for KPCL. Bernie Bjorndalen. “Many of the facilities that we boast about in Estevan can be attributed to the behind the scenes work of Kelly Panteluk Construction.

“Southeastern Saskatchewan now has a first class athletic field, courtesy to Kelly quickly stepping

up to the plate when we approached him about working on the athletic field.

“The Panteluks have viewed the new track and field facility as a worthy project, one that had to be done right, and will have a significant contribution in the community.”

Summer Games committee co-chair Brian Smith said they have more than $2.7 million in donations, fundraisers and work-inkind support. They are now in their final push to reach their $3.2 million goal, which would cover their projected expenses.

Long-term care applications and placements being streamlined at Sun Country

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

Leila McClarty, manager of long-term care screening and placement in the Sun Country Health Region, made a presentation to the board of directors on Feb. 24 which outlined some major changes to the assessment and placement system.

McClarty said early indications point to a successful 16031LM7

transition to a more efficient system of placing long-term care applicants into suitable accommodations.

At the outset of the presentation, she said there are 642 long-term care (LTC) beds available in Sun Country region, located in 18 facilities and records show admission numbers between 270 and 300 per year.

Before the change to a more effective system less

than a month ago, there had been 108 people on waiting lists for a preferred LTC location or a first-bed offer. That list has already been reduced to 70, she said.

“In the past, we had five screening committees who met, on average, about once a week. We had a batching system in place and that led to system flow problems,” McClarty said.

Assessments, which can

absorb up to four hours, often led down the line to such things as system manipulations and increasing screening costs that were registering around $460 per screening or over $136,000 per year, with 2.5 offers made for each bed that was eventually filled.

“There was a log jam and you can understand there were, no doubt, different messages being delivered by different people within a

committee to the families and applicants,” said McClarty noting they couldn’t report proper metrics to the Ministry of Health due to the conflicting flows of information.

The new system, she explained provides a “singlepoint screening and placement system. We have one assessor, one-bed availability database so we have gone from a five committee system to a one-person system and

that person is able to carry out six or seven assessments and recommendations per week,” she said, so there is no slowdown in the offer and acceptance flow, and a lot less confusion, since medical diagnosis and other information items flow right to the one source.

“If we have 14 beds available right now, I can tell you where they are, and I can tell you what the assessment results are and the scale of care requirements to help the placement process,” McClarty said.

With better medical and care outcomes, some clients have already been able to leave the LTC facility because their health has improved. “Many improved dramatically to the point where they were discharged because they no longer needed long-term care,” she said.

Those screened are now offered a bed within a 12-day window and some refuse the offer, but remain on the list and can be reassessed within the year with an offer coming to them at a later date. Clients and families often say yes to a transfer from one facility to another, and then might change their minds once the patient (client) settles into the LTC environment at the first location.

“With one person doing the screening, there is a better communication between the acute-care providers and the long-term care providers,” she said.

One thing that hasn’t changed is the ongoing pain and pain management situations that often accompany a LTC patient.

“If the care isn’t appropriate for the need, there is an appeal process available through a steering committee. We don’t force change,” said McClarty who noted, that since the new system had only been in effect for a matter of weeks, complete data collection and finessing was still a work in progress.

But, she said, she and others in the LTC system were very pleased with the outcomes to date.

In the future, the intake of acute care and dementia patients from other health regions will be on the system’s agenda to chart and provide intake capabilities.

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Traffic offenses and other crimes see slight decrease in past year

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

Crime Rates At the regular meeting of the Estevan Board of Police Commissioners, Estevan Police Chief Paul Ladouceur said the Estevan Police Service (EPS) has seen a decrease in the number of service calls from 2014 to 2015.

There was a total of 7,877 calls for service in 2015. Ladouceur noted,

“there has been a lot of status quo” in various crime categories, with sexual crimes seeing a zero per cent increase from 2014, with 29 calls taking place both years.

There were 118 assault calls in 2015, compared to 106 in 2014. There were 14 calls for assault causing bodily harm in 2015, up by one from 2014, when there were 13.

Ladoucuer commended officers in 2015, for their hard work in dealing with impaired driving offenses,

Senator Batters makes a pitch Saskatchewan Senator Denise Batters made a pitch for Estevan and southeast Saskatchewan last week when she addressed the Canadian Senate and the public with thoughts on the current provincial and Canadian economy.

Regina-based Batters, the widow of Estevan-born MP David Batters, spoke in the Senate on Feb. 23. She said her connections to Estevan and southern Saskatchewan were real and close to her heart, not only being her husband’s home city but also where she first practiced law and where they were married.

“Estevan is also at the heart of Saskatchewan’s economy,” Batters said.

“It is the energy capital of Saskatchewan, a normally bustling, thriving, entrepreneurial place. Many say it is a microcosm of Calgary.

“Most significantly, the people of Estevan are hurting. Unemployment is on the rise and families face an uncertain future. Employment Insurance benefits of those who have lost jobs are about to run out.”

Batters noted, however, Estevan is also known as the sunshine capital of Canada, for good reason.

“Its people are resilient, they are optimistic and they are hopeful their oil industry will once again thrive. There is hope on that vast Prairie horizon — the Energy East pipeline. It would allow the West’s oil resources to flow

to Eastern Canada and on to new markets. Communities like Estevan — communities built on hard work and entrepreneurial spirit — would be able to capitalize on these new markets to better weather the current economic slump.”

Given the advantages of the Energy East pipeline, Batters said she would expect the current government to leap on the opportunity to break ground yet the “sunny ways campaign doesn’t extend to Saskatchewan’s communities.”

Marijuana Ludwig acknowledged the effectiveness of the Drug Intelligence Unit by congratulating Ladouceur on the Feb. 10 drug arrest and seizure of eight kilograms of marijuana and 40 kilograms ofthe marijuana derivative shatter, totallying a street value of approximately $82,000.

“At the end of the day, marijuana is still illegal,” said Ladouceur. “We’re going to treat it as such until we’re directed otherwise by the government.”

Ladouceur said a problem with marijuana is that it’s unregulated, noting that medicinal marijuana goes through safety checks by Health Canada, while the street drug “can be from anywhere.”

“When the warrant was for $82,000, that wasn’t the case of an individual who

which lead to a decrease in reports of those kinds of offences from 225 in 2014 to 162 in 2015, a 28 per cent reduction.

Ladouceur said that otherwise, the overall decrease has been mostly seen in what he described as non time-consuming calls like animal complaints and traffic violations. Ladouceur said he would like to see further decreases in other crime categories, in 2016.

One area in which the EPS has seen an increase in activity has been in drug trafficking offenses.

The EPS has gone from dealing with 57 incidents in 2014 to 124 in 2015.

“That is solely because of the implementation of the Drug Intelligence Unit,” said Ladouceur. “The numbers shouldn’t shock anybody, by any means. We’re certainly keeping busy.”

do about that?”

Mayor Roy Ludwig said, “I don’t think we’re going to have to worry about that in a city our size, but that’s a fair comment.”

Ladouceur responded by saying Uber is something that generally is only around in larger centres, and that he hasn’t heard of it being established in smaller cities.

He noted creating bylaws for a service like Uber is dealt with on a case-by-case basis by the different cities in which it’s already present. “(If Uber comes to Estevan), I think that’s a bridge we’ll certainly cross when we get to it,” said Ladouceur. “The process will be similar to the taxicab process. My recommendation is that the driver will need a license, a record check, et cetera.”

was using it for medicinal purposes,” said Ladouceur.

“I can tell you, when you’re approaching police with machetes, there’s a good reason we’re enforcing this type of narcotic.”

Transportation Ladouceur said one of the upcoming objectives in 2016 is a plan to update the taxi bylaws within the city.

“There’s going to be some renewal and revisiting of how we’re enforcing those bylaws, with the cab companies,” said Ladouceur.

On the subject of transportation services, Lyle Haukeness, a member at large of the police board, asked about Uber, a mobile ride-share service, saying “What happens if we have Uber, like the bigger cities have? What are we going to

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Progress being made on the public school facility frontline The $60 million project took two years of planning and underwent five years of construction, the trustees noted, and with more than 20 “change orders” that involved blueprint shifting over the years, they said they were pleased to report that the public school portion of the two-pronged rebuild is pretty well completed with the exception of some landscaping and parking lot detailing that will happen this spring, said Dobson.

As for the rest of the school system, the manager said caretakers in the schools are handling minor repairs themselves and there is a new system for deploying service

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

They are finally making some progress. That was the one phrase used by Andy Dobson, facilities manager for the South East Cornerstone Public School Division, when he addressed their board of trustees on Feb. 25.

Dobson was asked to present some facts and a progress report to the trustees following the opening of a renovated and expanded Weyburn Comprehensive School that will cater to students from Grades 7 to 12 once it starts with a new calendar and mandate in September.

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“The tech will go to a school and spend three or four days there, tending to all the problems, instead of running around to three or four schools in one day. It cuts down travel time and makes the service more efficient,” said Dobson.

Playground equipment that doesn’t meet new safety standards is being replaced on a scheduled basis as schools fundraise and prepare to re-equip the school yards.

There is also some equipment that will be moved around to other schools with consolidations, he suggested.

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is still trying to employ a journeyperson plumber, and some full-time caretaker positions are being filled with more current maintenance people reaching retirement.

Dobson said sewer and water services have become an issue in a few schools in the recent past, which wasn’t expected, and the Weyburn transportation shop requires some serious updates, as do a few teacherages. He noted that there are still a few of those housing units being used by educators in the smaller centres.

Cost escalations will be a major item in the future, Dobson said, especially when it comes to roof repairs and heating and ventilation systems.

Computerized blueprints for all of the division’s 38 school facilities are now

accessible on the administration’s network.

Later on, Dobson and Lynn Little, the division’s director of education, noted that the demolition of Weyburn Junior High School, which has been decommissioned, and the building of a new elementary school to replace the soon-to-be obsolete Haig and Queen Elizabeth Schools in Weyburn will take priority in the building and renovation plans with the Carlyle School replacement to come right after.

Dobson said a caretaking clinic had been held within the division and $11,000 in repairs to the Lyndale School roof had been completed.

“Overall, we see requests for repairs to heating systems declining and we’re making some progress on the ongoing roof repairs. These

two have been the most requested items of concern over the past five years,” Dobson said.

Power consumption throughout the division amounted to $1.56 million last year with energy consumption coming in at around $645,000, he reported. With gas markets being low now and with some new energy saving guarantees from a supplier, he said some reductions might be anticipated, and the time was probably ripe to sign a three-year contract for energy supply.

“We’re always looking for efficiencies,” he said, and to that end, several exterior lights in and around schools are being replaced with LED lighting as the older, less energy efficient systems wear out and are scheduled for replacements.

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Police kept busy in late February Estevan Police Service (EPS) members arrested one person for drug charges, charged several people for distracted driving and handled other calls during the final days of February.

Officers responded to a call through the Report Impaired Drivers (RID) line from the downtown area during the Feb. 23 night shift. The vehicle could not be located.

Members also charged a homeowner with a noise bylaw offence, after police received a complaint about a loud stereo in northeast Estevan.

Officers then responded to a complaint of suspicious vehicles in Lynn Prime Park.

One of the vehicles was located and the matter remains under investigation.

Police responded to a panic alarm at a local business during the Feb. 24 day shift. Upon arrival, it was determined that the alarm button was accidentally pressed and no emergency had occurred.

Members conducted a small traffic blitz at a couple of locations in the city. The primary offences that members dealt with were related

RCMP warn of frauds The Estevan RCMP have issued a warning to residents about rental scams, in and around the area of Estevan.

A press release from the RCMP stated that in the most recent instance, the fraudster responded to an ad on Kijiji for a rental property, informing the victim that they were out of the country, but interested in renting.

The scammer contacted the renter via text message from a New York telephone number, and was given an email address to respond to.

The scammer had an “associate” get in touch with the renter through email, to negotiate a rental price agreement.

The “associate” mailed a cheque with significantly more money than was agreed upon to the renter. When the renter asked about the overpayment, the “associate” instructed the renter to deposit the cheque and wire the difference, via MoneyGram, to a different address from what the original scammer and “associate” suggested.

The press release indicated that all correspondence was poorly written, using improper English. The Estevan RCMP has cautioned the public to be aware of such a scam tactic on account of the high number of available rental properties in the city and owners looking to rent those properties out.

The RCMP advised that if a person thinks they have sent money to a scammer and have not reported it, to contact the local police agency.

to speeding and intersection infractions.

Police are investigating a driving complaint on Souris Avenue North near Smith Street. It remains under investigation.

Police received an assistance call from the Shand Power Station Access Road during the Feb. 24 night shift. A deer was struck by a vehicle and had to be removed from the road. The RCMP and the Ministry of Environment were attending to other matters and could not respond.

Members received a call through RID early in the evening. The driver could not be located.

Police stopped a vehicle in the 1200-block of Nicholson Road. The driver, a 37-year-old man, gave a false name to police. He was later identified and arrested for obstruction of justice. He was also found to be in possession of a small amount of meth and cocaine, one full syringe and two used ones, even though he had stated he did not have syringes on him. It put members at risk of being punctured with syringes. The man has been charged with obstruction of

justice, possession of meth and possession of cocaine.

He was lodged in cells, to be taken to court in the morning of Feb. 25.

Members of the Combined Traffic Service of Saskatchewan and the EPS conducted a distracted driving blitz in the city during the Feb. 25 day shift. A number of people were charged.

Police arrested and charged an 18-year-old female for contempt of court for failing to appear at a trial in which she had been served a subpoena.

Officers attended a couple of unrelated residential alarms that were found to be false.

Police were called to a liquor establishment during the Feb. 25 night shift, for a report of a fight outside. Members attended to locate a man claiming he was assaulted. The matter is still under investigation to determine what happened.

Police waited until the participants were no longer intoxicated prior to interviewing them.

Several driving complaints were received from around the city during the Feb. 26 day shift. Tickets

were written for various offenses under the Traffic Safety Act. Police also received two fraud complaints. The EPS reminds people not to give out personal or banking information online or over the phone.

Two complaints for uttering threats and criminal harassment were received.

Further investigation is happening on these files.

Several alarm calls were received throughout the day.

They all proved to be false.

Police were called to a northeast hotel during the Feb. 26 night shift, for a report of an intoxicated person walking around the hallways who was not a registered guest. Police located a 35-year-old Estevan man, who was found to be on conditions of a probation order not to possess or consume alcohol. He was arrested, lodged in cells and charged accordingly.

Members received a couple noise complaints from a south end residence. They were asked to be quiet, and no further action was necessary.

Police were then called to a north Estevan residence

to check on a young person who is supposed to abide by a curfew. He was located at home as per his conditions and no further action was needed.

Officers were called to a parking complaint from a north Estevan parking lot.

The driver was advised of the concerns from the public Police attended to a residence on the north side of the tracks to conduct a conditions check on a woman who rents the residence. A small amount of cocaine was located. She was arrested and charged accordingly and released with a court date in March.

Members received a call about a motorist who had passed out while in the drive thru at a local restaurant. He was located, checked and had no alcohol in his system. He was sent on his way.

Police were notified of a complaint for mischief to a vehicle during the Feb. 27 day shift. Police were told that a vehicle in the downtown area suffered some damage because a foreign substance was placed in the gas tank. Police are looking into the incident and the matter is under investigation.

Police also took a report of a hit-and-run that occurred at the No Frills or Walmart parking lot sometime that afternoon.

Also, due to the nice weather, it was noted that several motorcycles were being operated around the city. Police remind the public to watch out for motorcycles on the road.

Police were asked by another agency during the Feb. 27 night shift to help with locating a 16-year-old male from another jurisdiction.

The young man was located in Estevan and was reunited with his family.

Officers conducted several traffic stops throughout the night to check for impaired drivers. None were located.

Police arrested a 20-year-old Oxbow man for breaching the conditions of his release. He has several outstanding charges before the courts, and appeared in court on Feb. 29.

Members received several calls about an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) that was being operated in city limits. Police remind the public that it is illegal to operate an ATV in city limits.

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Chamber campaign to promote interest in local business

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The Estevan Chamber of Commerce is always on the lookout for ways to promote the Energy City’s business community.

These efforts have led to a new campaign specifically meant to garner interest in local businesses this coming spring.

The Chamber is planning to hold a local campaign to increase foot traffic into local businesses, by regularly focusing on a business every week through social media, highway signs and other means of advertising.

Jackie Wall, director of the chamber, said that when a business is featured, the chamber will promote it, and the business itself will hold a unique promotion to bring in customers.

“We want this campaign to show Estevan and area residents that the businesses here are networking and working to promote one another. They’re also working to promote the products and services they have available,� said Wall.

Wall said, “It might be something like free coffee and doughnuts; it might be a sale, like buy one get one half-off. It could be a general sale.�

There will be a number of different kinds of promotions that will vary from business to business, so they are most accessible to the public.

Participating businesses are encouraged to be creative with promotional ideas when their time to shine arrives.

Since there are many different kinds of business that will be involved in the campaign, there will be different kinds

of promotions going on. “We have a wide range of businesses in Estevan, so it’s really going to depend.

We’ve got retail businesses and real estate businesses signing up,� said Wall. “Obviously, the real estate companies aren’t going to make offers like ‘buy one get one half-off,’ but they could do something else; maybe something for the kids.�

In addition to leading the charge with promotions throughout the city, the chamber will be awarding Pure Energy Bucks during the campaign, to further encourage local shopping.

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certificates that can be spent at select businesses within Estevan. People can enter to win Pure Energy Bucks by responding to a general question posted by the chamber once per week. “We’ll be putting up questions like, ‘Where did you receive exceptional customer service in Estevan, this week?’ As people comment, they’ll be entered to win Pure Energy Bucks,� said Wall.

How long the campaign runs depends on how many businesses sign up.

Wall noted the chamber is looking to run the promotions through April, May and June, and then see how

things go, before making any more decisions.

Initially, six businesses agreed to get onboard, at a meeting focused on the campaign the Chamber hosted on Feb. 25. Wall said any businesses looking to get onboard should do so before March 4, which is the deadline for finalizing plans for the campaign.

Wall said the business community in Estevan is “a huge supporter of any activity that goes

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Permanent Part-Time Maintenance Technicians The City of Estevan is looking for motivated Permanent Part-Time Maintenance Technicians who can work well alone or in a team environment to assist in the maintenance and operation of various facilities throughout the city.

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• Fireman’s Certificate The City of Estevan offers competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package, and emphasis on work/ life balance. If you’re looking for a career that contributes directly to a growing, thriving community, then apply to Aubrey Agarand, Human Resources, City of Estevan 1102 4th Street Estevan, Sk S4A 0W7 Fax: (306) 634-9790 Email: apply@estevan.ca

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The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs senior girls basketball team brought their community and basketball world together this past weekend for their sixth annual Shoot For a Cure Pink Tournament.

The Elecs raised $5,000 for two-yearold Presley Marshall, a local toddler who is fighting Philadelphia Chromosome Acute Leukemia, at the Pink Tournament. They achieved this amount through donations from community members and participating teams, including donations of over $100 by the Shaunavon Silhouettes, Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers and Swift Current Ardens, a canteen run during the tournament by the players’ moms and various fundraising activities put on at the school before the event.

“I’m so thankful,” said Elecs head coach Jessie Smoliak, noting GMR Electric Motors Ltd., Ross Jon, the Estevan Student Basketball Association, the Holman family, the Elias family, the Estevan Rookies Over-30 hockey team, Eecol Electric and Westburne Electric Supply made significant contributions. “We had a couple teams bring a donation and just the community, we had so many community members come forward and donate. It’s for such a good reason and paying it forward is such a good thing to teach my girls. I’m always trying to make them better people and this was one way of showing it and developing them into responsible young ladies.”

The Elecs sported pink uniforms in the eight-team tournament’s games, which were played in a gymnasium that was adorned with pink ribbons and balloons. The team got the on-court action started on Friday afternoon with a 64-39 win over the Assiniboia Rockets, who began the Pink Tournament tradition in 2009, before falling 46-44 in overtime to the Swift Current Ardens placing them in the third-place game with the Indian Head Broncos.

“Estevan’s a very skilled team,” said Broncos head coach Dave Clark, who helped grow the Pink movement with Smoliak by borrowing and wearing the Rockets’ pink uniforms for their home tournaments six years ago. “They’re just a little bigger than us. I thought foul trouble became an issue for us with three starters with four fouls. Nobody fouled out, but it was size that (made) the big difference.”

Elecs captain Tess Lindquist led the team off the opening tip off against the Broncos scoring their first seven points including a three from the top of the key to start off the action. Estevan controlled the play in the opening quarter leaving Indian Head with primarily outside looks while Elecs point guard Tatiana Dutka and centre Kourtney Kobitz continually made plays in the paint leading to a 25-16 score after one.

The Broncos pushed the play in the second quarter distributing the ball and capitalizing on Elecs’ turnovers. Riding the inside game and prowess from beyond the arc of Kylie Weckend, Indian Head came back to tie the score at 31-31 entering the half.

“We changed our offence to try and get more looks and driving at them to get them into foul trouble,” said Smoliak, about their

ing together as a team and playing for the people that they’ve lost and people battling cancer,” said Ooninex. “Why we come to this tournament is to support this cause and it’s just a wonderful job by the school putting this tournament on.”

Smoliak said the Pink Tournament was their final game action before the regional playoff in Prince Albert (PA) the weekend of March 11. She said the team will battle PA Carleton Comprehensive, PA St. Mary’s, Notre Dame, Yorkton and Swift Current at regionals with the top two teams at the tournament earning an invite to Hoopla the weekend of March 18 in Moose Jaw. “We really gelled together this tournament,” said Michel. “We came together as a team and we think it will help us come into playoffs.”

Fellow Elecs senior player Avery Dunbar said the Pink Tournament allowed them to not only play the sport they love as they get ready for regionals, but also to give back to someone in the community who is battling cancer. That sentiment was echoed

by Lindquist.

“A community getting together and supporting each other is really cool to see,” she said, “especially living here all your life.”

Four current members of the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs football team and one future ECS star earned a chance to experience a weekend of allAmerican football in Arlington, Texas, last month.

Spruce Ridge School Grade 7 student Hunter Eagles competed in the Texas School of Football 2016 International Tournament and Showcase Games with the South Saskatchewan Selects under-12 team from Feb. 18 to 21. He was joined at the tournament by fellow local football players Donny Mortenson, Troy Leptich, Garett Ford and Keaten Tarnes, who all suited up for the Selects U16 championship winning team.

“We actually destroyed everybody to be honest,” said Selects offensive line right guard Leptich, 17, about their four-game rout at the tournament.

The U16 Selects opened the competition with a 33-0 win over the Euless Longhorns on Feb. 18 in the showcase game before defeating a Georgia club 19-0 and the North Oak Cliff Eagles 27-12 on the second and third days of the tournament placing them into the Feb. 21 championship game where they once again faced the Eagles.

“It was really back-and-forth considering it was raining, but we had a lot of good pushes on the offence,” said Leptich, who is a Grade 11 student at ECS. “We scored a bunch of touchdowns with our pass game, which turned out very well for us.”

Leptich said they actually didn’t manage to score their first touchdown until the second quarter and the momentum gained from that was diminished by the ever-increasing rain. He said their snapper then started having a hard time getting the ball into the quarterback’s hands, so they resorted to whatever would work and pulled out the win.

“The selection process for our team was pretty strong,” added Ford, 17 and a Grade 12 student at ECS, who also suited up as an offensive line right guard with the Selects. “We started out with some pretty good guys and just the practices, going through everything every other weekend like that, then doing stuff on your own time (made the difference). Obviously they practised too. They practised hard, but I think it just comes down to wanting it more out there.”

Tarnes, 16, said they played NFL rules football in the tournament, which was a bit of a challenge for them as they’re used to the Canadian brand of the game. He said the field was narrower and they were playing four-down football in Texas, but the many practices they’ve gone through at the Yara Centre in Moose Jaw since the selection camp in November prepared them for the changes.

The ECS Grade 11 student said the Selects’ tryout process began with four twohour sessions in Moose Jaw that tested their skill development. He said players from across Southern Saskatchewan competed for a spot on the team and the chance for the once-in-a-lifetime football experience in Texas.

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Kourtney Kobitz drives to the basket in the first quarter of Estevan’s 67-48 win over the Indian Head Broncos. Photo by Jamie Harkins. plan entering the third quarter. “They got back into the game because it just seemed like my girls were tired in the second quarter…so I fired them up again, said ‘this is their home tournament. If you want to end it off on a positive note, we got to kick start it and feed it to each other.’”

Kobitz and Lindquist helped their team jump ahead offensively in the third quarter with Elec Morgan Fichter continuing her game-long battle for ball possession in the frame. Kobitz scored seven of her 17 total points in the quarter, while Lindquist notched six of her 16 to give the team a 51-41 lead entering the fourth. With the momentum in their favour, the Elecs’ offence rolled along in the fourth quarter finishing with a 67-48 win.

“We just really came together and wanted to play as a team and it worked out for us,” said Elecs senior player Teanna Michel.

The Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers won the A-side of the tournament in the following game with a dominant 56-34 win over the Swift Current Ardens. Toilers assistant coach Kristy Ooninex said they got the win through working hard as a group, but supporting the Pink Tournament’s cause also played a part.

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Estevan Mercury

Bruins hold off late Klippers’ push

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

A string of undisciplined penalties during the third period almost let the Kindersley Klippers back into the game with the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins at Affinity Place on Friday, but two posts and a late goal by Darcy DeRoose helped the club walk away with the 7-4 win.

“We’ve always had a thing against Kindersley,” said DeRoose, who scored two goals and assisted on another in the game. “There is a lot of hate there. We took a couple frustrating penalties that we shouldn’t have taken. All in all we still came out with the win.”

The Bruins controlled the play in the opening frame continually cycling the puck down low and not allowing Kindersley (24-27-1-2) any opportunities to clear the zone.

After the first 20 minutes, Estevan held a 2-0 lead on goals

by Kaelen Holt and Tyson Predinchuk and a 17-4 advantage in shots.

After Klippers left-winger Dexter Bricker brought them within one 48 seconds into the second, the Bruins got back to work in the Kindersley zone peppering netminder Nathan Hargrave. Estevan’s Owen LaClare and Zach Goberis made the score 4-1 six-and-a-half minutes in, before Hargrave gave way to backup Branden Bilodeau. DeRoose was the first Bruin to beat Bilodeau with 3:24 remaining and that was quickly followed by a Braden Oleksyn marker 44 seconds later.

The Klippers made it 6-2 five minutes into the third on

a goal by Austin Calladine, which was followed a little over two minutes later on the powerplay by Cole Young.

The Bruins took two more penalties with the whistle blown and the puck laying in Daniel Wapple’s net, setting up a five-on-three goal by Kindersley’s Bricker 20 seconds later to make the score 6-4.

In the ensuing four minutes, the Klippers beat Wapple twice only to be stymied by the crossbar and post. DeRoose scored his second of the night shortly after the second post, when he blasted a shot low blocker side on Bilodeau from the bottom of the circle with Bruins forward Landon Gross sets up shop at the top of Klippers goaltender Bran8:47 remaining. den Bilodeau’s crease. Photo by Jamie Harkins.

“We were up 6-1 after two (and) we lost our mental toughness,” said DeRoose. “We have and general manager Chris Lewgood. “We’re not a wildcard to be better with that and just keep on them the whole game.” team this year. We dug ourselves in a bit of a hole. I think The Bruins’ victory locks the team into a top six seed we’re better than a sixth place team and unfortunately we’re on a 31-20-0-3 record with four games left before the SJHL not going to finish much better than sixth place. Maybe we playoffs begin. As such, they’ve earned the privilege of skip- could. It’s nice not to be in a wildcard series and I think ping the playoff opening survivor series. it’ll be a well deserved break and we’re excited to see how “I don’t think it’s a big surprise,” said Bruins head coach things play out.”

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By Jamie Harkins Three unanswered third period goals, including two in the final minute, ended the Estevan Power Dodge bantam A Chargers’ season on Saturday at the Lignite Miners Centre.

The Chargers fell 4-3 to the Swift Current Colts on Saturday in Game 3 of the best-of-three first round South Sask Female Hockey League series. The loss came one day after a 4-1 defeat to the Colts in Swift Current and five days after the Chargers opened the series with an 8-4 win at the Civic Auditorium. “With only 10 skaters, and travelling all the way there on Friday, we travelled back Friday night and played last night on Saturday, it was just a lot on the kids,� said Chargers head coach Kent McLellan. “They worked hard and played well for the most part, but I think we just ran out of gas in the end.�

The Chargers’ Hanna Jaworski and Colts’ Jenny Hope exchanged goals in the first period in Game 2 in Swift Current, before Hope notched her second in the final minute of the middle frame to give them a 2-1 lead entering the third. Swift Current’s Jannae Carlson and Vanessa Clothier scored the Colts’ final two goals in the last 20 minutes.

Back at home on Saturday, the Chargers jumped ahead a little over five minutes in on a marker by Ireland Biette. Biette and teammate Marci LeBlanc bookended a goal by Carlson in the second to give Estevan a 3-1 lead to start the third.

Hope brought Swift Current within one about 13 minutes into the final frame before Carlson tied the game up with 50 seconds remaining. She scored her third 28 seconds later giving Swift Current the first round series win. “We played most of the season shorthanded, so it was a tough season for these girls,� said McLellan. “I was very proud with the way they handled themselves and the way that they played the game. They came to the rink every time we played with a lot of heart and a lot of desire and they did very well for a team of 12, 13 kids.�

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Two penalties by Kotylak early in second helped the Bruins pad their lead.

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The Bruins beat the Wings 9-3 sweeping the first round of the South Sask Minor Hockey League series. Estevan won the first game of the series 3-1 at Affinity Place on Feb. 24.

Blake Jamieson, head coach of the Bruins, said the plan heading into their rival’s rink was to get off to a good start and capitalize

on their opportunities. He said they did have a bit of a lull late in the first period where Weyburn brought the score close, but they regrouped for the start of the second and their powerplay took over. “It’s an elimination game, so (Weyburn) came out hot,� said Jamieson. “We were just able to bury our chances and we came with a lot of pressure, so it was good to see.�

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Estevan Mercury

Elecs curlers earn provincial berth

By Jamie Harkins sports@estevanmercury.ca

A rink of local high school curlers has qualified for the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association Provincial Mixed Championship that will be played at the Meadow Lake Curling Club this weekend.

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs mixed curling team earned the provincial berth by winning gold at the district championships held at the Weyburn Curling Club Feb. 23 before taking the top spot at the regional championships at the Fort Qu’Appelle Curling Club

on Friday and Saturday.

The Elecs rink, which includes skip Kyle Johnson, third Rachel Kramer, second Lucas Wallewein, lead Caitlyn Green and coach Brittnay Wilhelm, won all three games they played at districts qualifying them for the regional championship.

Team Johnson began regionals with an 8-3 win over the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute rink and a 9-7 victory against a Regina Thom Collegiate team on Friday. The rink then defeated a team from Churchbridge Public School 11-7 on Saturday morning to earn one of the two provincial berths that

were up for grabs. Churchbridge secured the second provincial spot with a 2-1 record.

“They had to fight back in a few of those,” said Angela Johnson, who co-ordinates the team’s activities between the school and the Estevan Curling Club. “In the last game they were down. The (Churchbridge) team got five on them and then they fought back.”

The Elecs begin provincial play early Friday morning with a Pool A game against the hometown Carpenter High School team. The rink then faces a team from Hodgeville School be-

fore they finish up the round-robin portion of the tournament with a Friday afternoon game against Naicam School.

The top two teams out of Pool A qualify for the Saturday playoff round that will also feature two Pool B teams. Rinks from Rosetown Central High School, Debden Public School, Churchbridge Public School and the Saskatoon Walter Murray Collegiate Institute are competing for the Pool B spots.

“The top two (teams) from each region will be at provincials, so it’s going to be interesting,” said Johnson. “We’re hoping for a good result.”

The ECS mixed curling team, with from left, coach Brittnay Wilhelm, skip Kyle Johnson, third Rachel Kramer, second Lucas Wallewein and lead Caitlyn Green, will play at the Provincial Mixed Championship at Meadow Lake Curling Club this weekend.

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Hack attack leads Estevan to top The sister duo of Taeghen and Mikayla Hack led their teammates in scoring Feb. 20 and 21, while propelling the girls under-14 Prairie water polo team to the top spot in the U14 Western Championship League.

The Hack sisters were joined by other Estevan Sharks swimmers in six final games on the weekend against tough

Regina opponents. After all six matches, the Prairie team won four games and tied two, including the final in a tight 2-2 draw. This successful weekend means the Prairie team qualifies for the U14 National Championship League finals in Surrey, B.C., in April.

The Estevan Sharks also sent members to participate in the U14 boys side of

the series, who also faced Regina in six matches over the weekend. While the boys were unable to get a win, they qualified for the tournament in Surrey.

Sharks standout Emily Marshall also participated in a tournament for under-16 girls Feb. 20 and 21, scoring six goals and helping her team to a second-place finish.

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Local football players enjoy all-American experience ⇠ B1 “My friend (Cameron Rioux), he actually didn’t make the team, (but) he was the one who told me about the team,” said Tarnes, who played wide receiver for the Selects. “It was actually my first time playing football (in 2015-16) in seven years.

He told me about this team, so I was thinking about just trying out and maybe gaining some experience for next year so I can get better. I didn’t really think I would make the team and I actually did, so it was pretty cool.”

Eagles, 12, said his U12 Selects team lost their first game at the tournament, a 40-20 defeat to the DFW Ravens, won their second, a 26-0 victory over the G. P. Toros, and lost their third, a 27-0 setback to the Tri-City Titans, placing them outside of a medal finish. The Selects outside linebacker said the highlights of the trip for him were making a pick six to open up the scoring in the first quarter of their win over the Toros and playing in front of

the many Saskatchewan fans who followed them down south for the games.

“A lot of the kids’ parents came to our games, so there were lots of people out there to support us,” added Mortenson, 16 and a Grade 11 ECS student who played wide receiver for the Selects.

“It was really nice to hear.

Anything we did good we’d hear all the fans and it got everybody pumped up.”

Mortenson said the tough practice schedule over the past three months that saw the kids travel to Moose Jaw every second weekend for two days of intense training was well worth the effort. He said their experience playing football in Texas was really fun and also helped them learn more about the game.

“It was pretty crazy,” he said. “It was really intense.

Everyone was really nice down there. Everyone was saying we were blessed to be there and it was just an awesome experience.”

Estevan football players, from left, Donny Mortenson, Troy Leptich, Hunter Eagles, Garett Ford and Keaten Tarnes, played with the South Sask Selects at an international tournament in Texas last month. Submitted photo.

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A Belle Plaine evening was a two-for-one musical treat

By Norm Park normpark@estevanmercury.ca

It was a two for the price of one deal at the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum’s After Dark concert on Friday night.

Melanie Hankewich, a.k.a. Belle Plaine, teamed up with her real-life partner Blake Berglund to provide a musically-packed evening for the attentive audience.

The addition of bass player/vocalist Elizabeth Curry, keyboardist/vocalist Jeremy Sauer and guitarist Bryce Lewis lent even more musical excitement as the musicians comfortably switched in and out or played all together, depending on the musical needs. Belle Plaine was in Estevan, as part of a mini-tour of southeast Saskatchewan prior to the official launching of her new album, Unrequited Love, slated for the Artesian in Regina this weekend. She willingly shared a couple of songs from the album while Berglund shuffled out a few new songs of his own.

Both Berglund and Hankewich are accomplished storytellers which adds flavour to their original songs, providing some background

tales to go along with the music.

The two songsters offered up a number of duets to open with Already Gone, Rodeo and Crooked Old Earth.

They even combined for a cover of Summer Wages, a tune made famous by Ian Tyson.

Berglund’s ode to the Ocean Man, his van that carried he and his friend on an unplanned misadventure across half of Canada years ago, was also a treat, as was the eight-minute explanation of the trek that ultimately ended in the Maritimes.

The couple explained that the song Are We Good, was the first one they wrote together. Berglund later explained that since their musical genres are different, they usually write their music and lyrics separately, although Hankewich noted some of her musical renderings of late have contained a distinct country and western tone.

“We’re slowly learning to write together. Sometimes it just depends on the time of day,” said Berglund with a laugh. They do help each other “work out the kinks,” said Hankewich, a native of the Rose Valley/Quill Lakes

region of Saskatchewan while Berglund hails from Kennedy, in Saskatchewan’s southeast.

“The last time I was on our ranch I went for a ride.

The horse got crow-hopping and I fell off and committed the sin of letting go of the reins. Had to chase the horse around a bit, so when people ask me if I’m rodeo material … no I’m not, although I tried it,” he joked.

Belle Plaine’s album features soul-felt songs such as Advice from a Vicar and Crazy Arms and she said all the songs were recorded in one night during a live performance in Regina with a seven-piece backup band, which was highly unusual since most live albums are crafted during two or three performances in front of audiences in the same venue.

After the album launching in Regina, the couple will be off to Saskatoon and Winnipeg.

“We still try to do some writing together,” said Hankewich, “trying to force the chemistry sometimes, and we focus on what works. It’s a sensitive process, tough but constructive at times. Then we’ll break off the co-writing

Belle Plaine with bassist Elizabeth Curry (back), guitarist Bryce Lewis (back), Blake Berglund and keyboardist Jeremy Sauer. things and then get back at it again.”

“Ya, it can be a challenge at times because we’re also writing for a band and I have some honky tonk and Mel comes from folk and rock backgrounds , so we work around the music and my guitar man Bryce (Lewis) produces some great music, while we work on lyrics. It’s crazy, but it works.”

Berglund laid out the first half of the evening’s program following the introductory duets with Belle Plaine providing the bulk of the musical offerings for the second half with her bass player and harmony partner Curry.

Musical adjudicators appointed for Estevan festival The adjudicators who will be providing their talented services for the 2016 Estevan and District Music Festival have been selected and contracted said festival organizers.

Karen Charlton will be adjudicating the speech and vocal talent from March 12 to March 15 at St. Paul’s United Church.

Charlton is a former National Rozsa competition prize winner which she captured in Calgary and she won the voice category at the National Music Festival in 2002.

Charlton has also been a soprano soloist with the Saskatoon Symphony and has delivered new work, including offerings from well-known Prairie composer Elizabeth Raum.

Her operatic experience has allowed her to play opposite some of Canada’s most exciting emerging and established leading men including Greg Dahl, Peter Barrett and Alexander Dobson.

Nancy Hennen will be adjudicating the woodwinds, strings and band entries at the Estevan festival on March 21 and 22.

Hennen holds degrees in music from Mount Allison, McGill and McMaster universities and she has performed with Symphony Hamilton and the orchestras of Niagara, Windsor and Thunder Bay. Hennen is an active chamber musician, appearing with the Brandon Chamber Players and the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival in Manitoba and the New Music North and Consortium Aurora Borealis in Thunder Bay. She is a Suzuki flute instructor and has taught in several universities and colleges.

Glen Gillis, professor of music at the University of Saskatchewan will be adjudicating brass, percussion and bands on March 21 and 22.

Gillis has performed at international music festivals and with the North American Saxophone Alliance biennial and regional conferences and has appeared as a guest soloist with orchestras and wind ensembles in several regions of Canada. He is also a member of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada. His experience as a saxophonist

now spans over three decades. He has commissioned numerous works for classical saxophone and has collaborated with other artists, musicians, conductors and composers while continuing to teach at the university as well as conduct clinics and workshops in high schools and colleges.

Carol Konecsni-Christie will be the adjudicator for the piano entries that begin on April 10 and will continue through to April 15.

She has studied under the guidance of well recognized keyboard and vocal talents such as Theresa Fleming, Lana Ramsay, Hart Godden, Stella Wallace, Deanna Gutheil and Jack Partridge. She continued her studies in California with Mary Jean Pryor of the College of the Desert in Palm Desert.

Konecsni-Christie has maintained a busy schedule through her Regina studio with teaching excursions into Fort Qu’Appelle, Balcarres and Dysart. She has been an active organist since the age of 10 and plays regularly with a three-piece band that is about to release a promotional CD.

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Belle Plaine and Blake Berglund with guitarist Bryce Lewis in the background. The couple were featured in the EAGM’s After Dark concert series on Friday.

The evening ended with Belle Plaine and Berglund teaming up again along with all three backup musicians for some final duets, which he said later, “was a lot of work for me because I just couldn’t do harmony before.

I had to keep working at it.”

Belle Plaine’s offering of Remember When Our Love Was New, Radio Dreams, Good Heart and Frozen, a tribute to her mother, brought her part the evening to a close. The couple concluded with their duo musical meanderings

of Town to Town, which has got them a lot of radio and cyberplay over the past few months and an encore rendition of Crazy About A Mercury.

Hankewich then said she could now announce she has been offered an opportunity to appear with the Regina Symphony Orchestra and their new director this coming fall. “I’m very excited about that. It’s a long way off yet, but I’m sure it will be one of the year’s highlights for me,” she told the Estevan audience.

Dining on hot peppers at the Legion There’s some hot stuff happening at the Estevan branch of the Royal Canadian Legion this Saturday.

The first-ever Legion Pepper Eating Competition and chili feed is slated for 5 p.m. at the Legion.

The organizers of the event have lined up plates of hot peppers in varying degrees of intensity for the entrants who are brave enough to take on the jalapenos and more.

There will be no entry fee for the hot pepper eaters.

The competition will be penalty enough, but the winner gets to take home $100 in prize money and bragging rights.

Those wanting to register early are asked to contact Corinne at 306-461-3046.

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Fort Qu’Appelle students and teacher bring historical lesson to library

By Sam Macdonald smacdonald@estevanmercury.ca

A teacher and students from Fort Qu’Appelle paid a visit to the Estevan Public Library to teach an important lesson to guests.

Sheena Koops, a high school teacher and students Eraine Croucamp, Leeza Currin, Tomika Pinary and Mercedes Tupone, from Bert Fox Community High School visited the library with Elder Alma Poitras from Ocean Man First Nation to carry out the Blanket Exercise with guests.

The Blanket Exercise is a historical process that involves covering the floor with a series of blankets

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As they passed a barnyard of mules and pigs, the wife very sarcastically asked, “Relatives of yours?”

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I’ve changed my will three times.”

that symbolize the territories originally held by the indigenous people.

Guests were told to stand on the blankets, each of representing First Nations.

What started out as a simplistic and informative activity quickly became somber and blunt as it unapologetically revealed the harrowing history of hardship and oppression the indigenous people of Canada have faced, since the land that became Canada was colonized by European settlers. There was a focus on the threats that aboriginal culture has faced since the Europeans colonized the land.

Many of the blankets were eventually folded and taken away, with the participants eventually sitting down or stepping away to represent the death, violence, and decrease in status and freedom aboriginal people have faced throughout history.

Guests were given scrolls to read excerpts of the aboriginal history in Canada that lead through each challenge aboriginal peoples have faced, recounting, in exacting

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detail, the dispossession of lands and the creation and violation of treaties between the Canadian government and First Nations.

Subjects like residential schools, alcoholism, the disproportionate violence and danger aboriginal women in particular face and institutional racism were all visited through the historical exercise.

The event was emotionally strenuous for many of the guests and even some of the students carrying the exercise out. Many of the people involved found a great deal of meaning in what took place, because it brought back memories of the personal struggles they or their loved ones have faced, in the face of colonialism and the legacy it has created for aboriginal people.

Poitras was overcome with emotion, since she, a survivor of many of the oppressions and forms of violence depicted in the exercise, had many memories revived by the recounting of history it entailed.

“This is something that is very unique. I’ve

For the Blanket Exercise, the floor of an activity room in the Estevan Public Library was covered in blankets that were removed until only a few were left. The blankets represented the culture and lands of indigenous peoples. Photo by Sam Macdonald. never seen it done before.

People need to see it; students need to hear it,” said Poitras. “It’s different from when you teach it from a book. You feel it when you are part of it.”

Because of the strong emotional impact the exercise had on many of the people involved, there was a talking circle held after the exercise, so that people could express how

the struggles of indigenous people as a whole tied into their life experiences.

“This was extra special because we had Elder Alma here. Everything heightens in the presence of an elder,” said Koops.

Koops said she believed everyone present at Thursday’s event was eager to learn. She noted that she and the students with whom she presented have been travelling all over the province, doing the Blanket Exercise at schools, libraries, for an education class at the University of Regina and at the Royal Saskatchewan

Museum.

“It’s pretty powerful when young people speak to such things,” said Koops. “There are often tears. Indigenous people have lived it and it’s like reliving it. As for non-aboriginal people, sometimes it’s the first time they’ve heard this side of the story, and that can be emotional.”

Koops noted that the goal of the Blanket Exercise is to impart a harsh truth, and also work with that truth to create a better future, improving the relationship with aboriginal people in Canada, by honouring the treaties.

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Hazel J. Neal 1959 - 2016 Hazel Neal passed away on Monday, February 15, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 56 years.

Hazel will be lovingly remembered by her husband Ron and their son Louis; mother Theresa Cameron; sister, Nora (Tom) Haygarth and her son Mike, brother Eric, sister Faye (Kim) Myers and their children, Chrystal (Cary) and their children Ashley, Colby and Kayla, Brad (Randi) and Tyler; Ron’s brother Don (Sharon) Neal and their children, Michael, Morgan and Michelle (Paul) as well as numerous Aunts, Uncles, cousins and many other family members.

Hazel was predeceased by her father Lloyd and Ron’s parents, Vern and Annie and brother Orval.

The Celebration of Hazel’s Life was held on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Sandy Dalziel officiating. A private family interment will be held at a later date. A luncheon was held in the Fireside Room at the Days Inn, Estevan.

If friends are wishing to make donations in memory of Hazel they may do so to the Allan Blair Cancer Centre, 4101 Dewdney Ave, Regina, SK, S4T 7T1.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank You

The family would like to express their sincere “Thank You” to many friends, including Roberta DeRosier and Carol Cundall for all their support, Sandy Dalziel for officiating Hazel’s service and to all the staff at Hall Funeral Services.

Thank you to doctors and nursing staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital for the wonderful care and compassion you showed for Hazel.

The family of Hazel Neal

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Darwin J Sawyer 1936 - 2016 Darwin J Sawyer passed away on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Estevan, SK at the age of 79 years.

Darwin will be lovingly remembered by his wife Margaret; son Garry Dean (Lori) Sawyer; daughter Cheryl Ann (Bruce) Abbott; grandsons, Zachary (Lanna) Abbott and Cameron (Samantha) Abbott; great grandchildren, Wren, Jasper, Jacob and Sawyer Abbott; sister DeloresAchen; brother Garry (Beulah) Sawyer; sistersin-law, Dorothy Schindel and Irma (Tom) Trofimenkoff as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Darwin was predeceased by his parents, Herbert and Maude; infant son David; sister Verlyn (Richard) Cash and brothers-inlaw, Lyle Achen and Leslie Schindel.

A Family Graveside Service was held on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.at the Macoun Cemetery, with Doug Third officiating.

Darwin J Sawyer was born February 18, 1936 to Herbert and Maude Sawyer at Macoun, Saskatchewan. He passed away on February 17, 2016 just one day before his 80th birthday.

Dad was the 3rd of four children and though they lived in different cities he was close to them all through his life. He often talked about hauling water with his brother Garry for 5 cents a gallon and being a big brother to his sisters even though he was younger than them. They were all very musical singing in the choir, playing in the band with Dad and Verlyn on the trumpet, Delores on the drums, and Garry on the alto horn.

Dad married his high school sweet heart, Margaret, on August 2nd, 1955. They had their first kiss when dad was only 10 and mom was 11! I’ve been told that it was heard through the Sawyer house, “Mom, Darwin’s kissing Margaret again!” Dad and mom went on their first real date in February 1953 seeing “Million Dollar Mermaid” with Esther Williams at the Orpheum Theatre in Estevan. The ticket to get in cost 45 cents each. Dad and mom celebrated their 60th anniversary this past August.

Dad was a great husband and demonstrated chivalry all through their marriage. At meal times he never took a bite to eat until mom sat down and he always opened the door for her. Throughout their 60 years of marriage dad gave mom a bouquet of red roses every birthday, anniversary, Valentine’s Day as well as other times throughout the year.

Dad was a man of his word and if he said he was going to do something he did. You could always count on him.

Dad and mom had three children, two grandsons, and four great-grandchildren.

His family was the love of his life.

Family was important to dad and he always said he didn’t need gifts he just wanted to spend time together. Dad often said he was so grateful for his family and was excited about the recent additions of his four great grandchildren. He loved to watch them play from the comfort of his favorite recliner.

Over the years he enjoyed the reunions and many visits around Saskatchewan and Alberta to see family and friends. Dad had a great sense of humour, liked to tease and have fun. He loved music- playing, singing and listening to Gospel and country

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music. Dad and Dean often played together, dad on the trumpet and Dean on the sax. Their favorite songs to play were My Way and King of the Road.

He loved to watch sports including football, curling and golf. Dad was an avid reader. He regularly read from cover to cover McLean’s, TIME magazine, the Leader Post, the Estevan Mercury, and the Pipe Line paper as well as biographies and autobiographies. He kept up with the news and politics and was always ready to have a discussion about the latest events.

Dad’s hobbies included farming, wood working, hunting, and fishing. He was always finding projects to work on at the farm and he loved to make deer sausage with the secret family recipe.

Dad passed the love of many of these hobbies onto his children and grandchildren.

When dad and mom were first married they moved to Estevan where dad worked for CP Rail. In 1956 he left CP Rail to work for an oilfield company and in 1973 they started their own oilfield construction company. He retired in 1999 but still followed the drilling activity around the Estevan area and regularly went for coffee with his friends at the Husky. In 2007 he received the Saskatchewan Petroleum Industry Hall of Fame award.

Over the years dad and mom enjoyed travelling together and took many cruises and trips. The highlight of their travels was flying on a supersonic jet, The Concord, from Phoenix to New York and seeing the curvature of the earth as they flew from New York to London. They toured London and Germany and then came back aboard the ship the Queen Elizabeth 2. Once they retired dad and mom often left the house first thing in the morning with their coffee and toast and drove around the country side checking out the farming, oil activity, the wild life and birds and often made stops to visit family and friends. It wasn’t unusual for them to go through a tank of gas in a day! Whenever family came home to visit a drive around the country side was always on the agenda. We will miss him and we will always remember his life lessons that he passed on to us - the importance of family, hard work and being a man of his word. As the words from his favorite song, My Way, say: He lived a life that’s full.

He traveled each and every highway; And more, much more than this, He did it his way.

He will never be forgotten.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank you

The family extends their gratitude to Darwin’s pallbearers: Zachary Abbott, Cameron Abbott Harvey Schindel, Duane Schindel, Greg Achen, and Harold Schroeder. Special thanks to Dean Wi- gley for his assistance with the music.

The family is grateful and appreciative for all the food, flowers, cards, kind words of sympathy, visits and donations made in Darwin’s memory. The family would like to thank the Estevan City Police, EMS, and St. Joseph’s Hospital, the Days Inn and a special thank you to Shirley Petterson at Hall’s Funeral Services.

Those wishing to make donations in Darwin’s memory may do so directly to St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation, 1176 Nicholson Road, Estevan, Sk, S4A 0H3 or The New Estevan Regional Nursing Home, 1201 - 2nd Street, Estevan, Sk. S4A 0M1 Or a charity of choice

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George was predeceased by his parents Elvin and Alma Berg, brother Eliefe and brother in-law Eric Lambrich.

The Memorial Service was held on Thursday, February 25 at 11 a.m. at the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services with Pastor Martin Olson officiating. Interment took place immediately following the service at Saron Lutheran Cemetery, Lake Alma, SK. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Estevan Humane Society, P.O. Box 1095, Estevan, SK. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK.

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The family of the late George Berg of Midale, SK would like to extend a special thanks to friends for their supporting words and actions, food, cards and donations in George’s memory. Also a thank you to the pallbearers, Marval Gall for playing the organ, Pastor Martin and to Yvonne Clark and the staff of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, SK and to Dr. Pehlivan and nurses of St. Joseph’s hospital for the excellent care that George received.

Everyone’s kindness will be forever remembered.

The Berg Family Nellie Maley 1928 – 2016 It is with heavy hearts that the family of Nellie Maley announces her passing at St. Joseph’s Special Care Home, Estevan, SK on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at the age of 87 years.

Nellie’s memory will be forever cherished by her children, Doug (Glynis) Maley, Marjorie Wright, Ron Maley and Jim (Bonnie) Maley; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren; siblings, Rose McGregor, Stella (Anton) Schaff, John (Paulette) Kish, Bill (Shirley) Kish, Alex Kish and Steve (Adele) Kish, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her husband George Maley; son Ken Maley; parents, Michael and Annie Kish; sister and brother-inlaw, Mary (Robert) Dixon; brother-in-law Fred McGregor and nephews, Rodney Dixon and Neil Kish.

A Prayer Service was held on Friday, February 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, with Doug Third officiating. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at St. John the Baptist R.C. Church, Estevan, with Rev. Brian Meredith presiding. A private family interment followed at the Estevan City Cemetery and a luncheon took place in the St. John the Baptist Parish Auditorium.

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Healthy eating without the artificial ingredients (NC) From fine Canadian rye to specialty teas and coffees, the process of blending is integral for creating many Canadian favourites. In fact, did you know that soft nonhydrogenated margarine is crafted from a blend of plant and seed oils, like canola and sunflower oil? It starts by pressing the plants and seeds into oils. Each oil has its own unique qualities, and by blending these oils to help create margarine, you get the best of both worlds – a delicious taste and a source of essential omega

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Makeover your diet with good fats (NC) March is Nutrition Month, so it's a good time for Canadians to start thinking about a heart-healthy makeover to their diets. Good fats are a “wardrobe staple” in a healthy diet, so it's important that Canadians start their diet makeovers by clearing up the confusion on healthy fats.

“Canadians need to understand the difference between good and bad fats, and find ways to incorporate good fats into their diet,” says Gina Sunderland, a registered dietitian based in Winnipeg, and spokesperson for Becel margarine. “The good fats family includes unsaturated fats, which are made up of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Unsaturated fats are a source of energy and help with the absorption of vitamins and minerals. Conversely, bad fats include saturated fat and trans-fat, which can both raise bad cholesterol levels. High

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Saturated fats are solid at room temperature and can be naturally found in animal-based foods like fatty cuts of meat, poultry with the skin and higher-fat milk, cheese and yogurt.

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Research conducted in 2015 by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that to help lower cholesterol, saturated fats should be removed from the diet and replaced with polyunsaturated fats.

The research results revealed that replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats, specifically polyunsaturated fats can help reduce the risk of heart disease. In fact, the researchers suggested that polyunsaturated fats from vegetable oils, nuts and seeds should have an expanded role as a replacement of saturated fats.

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5 ways to ensure a healthier heart (NC) Heart failure is a growing epidemic in Canada, according to a new report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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