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ganization supported the busiSALES • SERVICE • INSTALLATION Members of the Moose Jaw Kinsmen Club excitedly exness community by purchasing Specialized in changed messages on social gift cards and then auctioning Energy Efficient Furnaces media after learning their orthem off with all proceeds givCustom Sheet Metal Work ganization had been named the en to the food bank. FurtherWe Service ALL Makes and Models 2020 Group of the Year. more, the club donated $25,000 The Moose Jaw and District to Moose Jaw Families for Chamber of Commerce handChange for a garden project, ed out the award during an onwhile it donated $100,000 for line ceremony on Feb. 4. The naming rights to a new playMoose Jaw Heritage Advisory ground in West Park.

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Businessman John Iatridis named 2020 Citizen of the Year Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Businessman John Iatridis can thank his parents and uncles for setting a good example of serving the community because his efforts have led to him being named the 2020 Citizen of the Year.

The Moose Jaw and District Chamber of Commerce handed out the award during an online ceremony on Feb. 4. The Moose Jaw Heritage Advisory Committee also handed out its annual awards during the event.

The other nominees for Citizen of the Year were Ashley Armstrong, Aspen Williams, Marta Woodrow and Nick Hennink.

The Moose Jaw Kinsmen Club was named the Group of the Year for 2020.

Iatridis — owner of The Mad Greek restaurant — was surprised to win the Citizen of the Year award, saying that he didn’t know he had been nominated until the week before the event. However, he thought it was great to be recognized, and he has appreciated learning from other community-minded residents during the past year about how he can do more to support Moose Jaw. “(I’m) proud of it (and humbled), but it’s unexpected,” he said. “It’s great; it’s an honour to be nominated.”

Before the chamber event began, Iatridis told his wife that he didn’t think he would win since he was in a group of worthy recipients. He singled out Williams’ efforts as a young person to help others — “When our kids are doing things like that, that should give us hope” — and Woodrow for her work behind the scenes in the business community.

Iatridis pointed out that his parents and uncles did what they could to support the community since they were

John Iatridis, owner of The Mad Greek restaurant, holds a plaque he received after being named the 2020 Citizen of the Year. Photo by Jason G. Antonio thrilled to live in Moose Jaw after emigrating from Greece.

“I just tried to follow that example and do what I can,” he said, adding he would be pleased if he could do even one-quarter of what his parents did in the community.

Some activities in which Iatridis was involved this past year included helping people wherever he could, running errands for others, thanking front-line workers with free food, supporting minor hockey, buying outdoor Christ-

mas ornaments for a family whose display was stolen, and being the board chair of the Moose Jaw Downtown Association.

Being involved in the business community puts Iatridis in a position to help people regularly, which is a good feeling, he said. This is particularly relevant during the pandemic and the increase in mental health issues. He has enjoyed being able to spread goodness and make people feel better.

With a chuckle, he admitted that he didn’t know how the chamber found out about his efforts to support the family at Christmas. He explained that it was a friend from school whom he helped with ornaments after they went missing.

“I don’t like people feeling like that, I guess. I felt it was a good reason to go out and help him out (and) make them feel better,” said Iatridis. “I know they have two little girls (and) I have two little girls as well.”

Iatridis became involved with the downtown association since he believes Moose Jaw is “the best little city in Canada,” and he is thrilled to be from here and live here.

He pointed out that while many people have ideas about what needs to be done in a community, few will ever put those ideas into action.

“I just wanted to do … ,” he said, pointing to particular citizens and groups that work to enhance the community and that he wants to emulate. “Because if nobody steps in and does it, then it’s not going to get done, right?”

A recording of the awards ceremony can be found on the YouTube page of the chamber of commerce.

The Strong Studio takes third consecutive MJBEX award with People’s Choice win Larissa Kurz

For the owner, winning the People’s Choice Award at this year’s Moose Jaw Business Excellence Awards is just a testament to the strength in her client base at The Strong Studio.

“I want to give a huge thank you to the Moose Jaw community and residents, because this award is based off their votes, so a big thank you to them,” said Kyra Klassen. “It’s huge to get this recognition and validation from the community.”

Originally nominated for the Marketing Award, The Strong Studio instead took home the People’s Choice Award after receiving the most social media interactions on their nomination post in a span of 24 hours.

With the rise of social media as a marketing tool, Klassen felt that the studio does work hard to utilize the online platform to stay in touch with clients — especially this past year, when public health restrictions forced fitness classes to get creative.

“I think we do a good job of staying relevant and current with our members,” she said. “Even in our current situ-

Kyra Klassen, owner of The Strong Studio, holds her People’s Choice Award won during the 2020 MJBEX Awards. (photo by Larissa Kurz) ation and restrictions, we’re just excited that we’ve been able to adapt and pivot as we lean into things.”

The People’s Choice Award is the only accolade at the

MJBEX Awards that is decided by public input, rather than the designated panel of judges, and Klassen is happy to see the community use its voice in support of her business.

“We were up against some strong businesses [in the Marketing category] and we’re just grateful to be recognized, in any way,” she said. “It’s a huge blessing and we’re just super excited that we’re providing something positive for Moose Jaw residents to stay active.”

This is the third glass award she and her staff now have to display in the fitness studio’s well-lit space, after also taking home the Young Entrepreneur Award in 2018 and the Community Involvement Award in 2019.

Klassen feels the continued accolades are a result of the great community she has created within her business, as well as the ongoing support of her client members.

“We have a wonderful team, a wonderful group of members, and our success is only measured by how great their successes are; it’s that validation, that stamp of approval from our community that we’re on the right track.”

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St. Andrew’s Church honoured with MJBEX Pillar of the Community Award Larissa Kurz

During this year’s presentation of the Moose Jaw Business Excellence (MJBEX) Awards, Minister Jim Tenford accepted the award on behalf of St. Andrew’s United Church, thanking the entire community for supporting the many programs and partnerships the churchhas been involved in.

“It's wonderful to have the recognition from the chamber of commerce and the community,” said Tenford. “It’s good confirmation that the work that St. Andrew’s has been doing all this time is really making a difference.”

St. Andrew’s was nominated for a number of reasons, including the church’s longstanding partnerships with Moose Jaw Pride and the Moose Jaw Multicultural Council, which currently operates from its space in the church building.

The church is also known as the first in Canada to be served by an ordained female minister, when Lydia Gruchy was ordained in 1936 and served St. Andrew’s until 1939, as a show of support for women’s equality.

Tenford shared that St. Andrew’s has been very involved in the refugee program in Moose Jaw, having sponsored nine people from Syria and Venezuela in the last five years while also working with other churches and groups to help at least a dozen more individuals find refuge in Canada.

St. Andrew's has also offered hospitality to the LGBTQ+ community in Moose Jaw. It was the first church in the city to bless same-sex marriages in the early 2000s and in 2013, the church became a partner and ally of Moose Jaw Pride — whose first offices were located in St. Andrew's.

Tenford is also proud to say that in 2017, St. Andrew's Standing in the St. Andrews United Church office, Minister Jim Tenford holds the Pillar of the Community Award won by the church during the MJBEX Awards. (photo by Larissa Kurz) earned the designation of affirming, which declares that the church welcomes all people regardless of age, gender

identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, economic circumstances, or differing abilities.

“We really want it to be a community church, a visible centre and a place where people can come to that is approachable by the organizations and communities that are trying to make the world a better place,” said Tenford. “We’re always looking for ways to partner with people, and so I really hope that folks see us as not hiding away behind those big stone walls, but actually engaging the community.”

In winning the Pillar of the Community Award, Tenford is pleased to see that St. Andrew’s is making an impact within so much of the community, including those outside its congregation.

“Obviously people really do appreciate having St. Andrew’s as part of this community [and] they see St. Andrew’s as important to who we are, which I think is just fantastic,” said Tenford. “We really want it to be a community church, a visible centre and a place where people can come to that is approachable by the organizations and communities that are trying to make the world a better place.”

This is the first MJBEX Award that St. Andrew’s has won, said Tenford. He sees the spotlight as motivation to continue doing great work within the community.

“One of the things this award has done for me and, I hope, others in the church [is] that now we have this recognition that our work is making a difference, and that just means we need to work that much harder to live up to that legacy,” said Tenford.

MJBEX Awards celebrate local businesses with virtual awards presentation Larissa Kurz

The 19th annual Moose Jaw Business Excellence Awards headed to social media this year to spotlight and celebrate deserving local businesses within the community, putting a virtual spin on one of the city’s biggest awards shows.

Instead of the usual fanfare at the Heritage Inn, the Moose Jaw & District Chamber of Commerce hosted the awards on its Facebook page, featuring 59 nominees in 13 different awards categories between Jan. 18 and Feb. 3.

Nominees featured in this year’s MJBEX Awards were selected because they represent the best that local business has to offer in the community.

An award was given each day during the two-week-long celebration where the Chamber featured the category’s nominees and invited Moose Jaw to interact with the posts, before announcing the winner with a video presentation.

The awards concluded with the presentation of the People’s Choice Award, which was chosen by the number of social media interactions nominees received on the Chamber’s MJBEX feature posts.

The Strong Studio won People’s Choice this year, after its nomination post for the Marketing Award received the most amount of likes, comments and shares within a 24hour period.

The Business of the Year and the Business Leader of the Year Awards were not included in this year’s presentation, said Chamber CEO Rob Clark, as there were complications with adapting the voting process.

Instead, the Chamber is hoping to host an in-person event later in the fall to potentially honour those two awards, if possible.

The winners of this year’s categories are: Customer Service: Tax Team; Young Entrepreneur: Brilliant Cleaners; Impact: Joe’s Place Youth Centre; Community Involvement: Young’s Equipment; Pillar of the Community: St. Andrew’s United Church Business Innovation: The Crushed Can Sports Bar & Nightclub; Job Creation: Nelson Construction; Marketing: Tourism Moose Jaw; New Business Venture: Prestige Patching Inc.; Newcomer Entrepreneur: The Chopped Leaf; MJ & District Farm of the Year: Morhart Farms; #trending: Moose Jaw Co-op.

Congratulations to all nominees and winners of this year’s MJBEX Awards.

The Moose Jaw Business Excellence Awards hosted by the Moose Jaw & District Chamber of Commerce were held online this year. (photo by Larissa Kurz)

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Isn’t life just the greatest love story?

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Conception in itself is a miracle of love if you believe that there is a plan and purpose for everyone who is conceived or born into Joan Ritchie this world.

EDITOR From that moment on, the fabric of a person’s life is woven in and through relationships that mold us into the people we become. Even for those who have endured some harsh realities, some being abandonment, abuse or otherwise, I am sure there still has always been someone there that has shown genuine love in some capacity at one time or another.

Love has many unique forms and has many complexities: In the Greek translation there is: Eros – romantic love, Storge – family love, Philia – affectionate love; Pragma – enduring love (when the honeymoon is over); Philautia – self-love/self-compassion; Ludas – playful love (flirting, butterflies in stomach kind of feeling) and Agape –unconditional love.

Most people in this world have experienced a number of these forms, if not all, but I can guarantee that they are abundant in each of our lives every day, whether we acknowledge it or not. And the greatest thing is, love can be given away even if not reciprocated.

Our hearts are made to love.

I have so many loves, I don’t even have enough fingers and toes to count them all. I love my partner and family; I love my friends and fond acquaintances, the community at large, and I even love those I don’t care to get to know personally because I am able to put aside my judgements and accept them for who they are…even at a distance.

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Live to love, even if it’s just a love to live!

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Big renovations at Crushed Can snag the Business Innovation Award at MJBEX Awards Larissa Kurz

The Crushed Can Sports Bar & Nightclub underwent some big changes in the past year, leading the restaurant to take home the Business Innovation Award at the recent Moose Jaw Business Excellence (MJBEX) Awards.

“Our family’s really proud to have been in business here for about a dozen years, and it's really great to be recognized,” said owner Alex Carleton, who accepted the award on behalf of the restaurant and nightclub. “I appreciate the people that nominated us and I appreciate the award and the recognition.”

The Crushed Can has adapted in many different ways over the past year, said Carleton, including a menu update, extensive renovations inside the restau- Owner Alex Carleton from the Crushed Can Sports Bar & Nightclub stands in rant and a partnership with the the new arcade room, holding the Business Innovation Award won during the low-key craft beer lounge down- MJBEX Awards. (photo by Larissa Kurz) stairs, Cask 82 Ale & Table.

Winning an award recognizing the hard work that goes into innovating new ideas is great, said Carleton, especially when it also prompts recognition for small businesses like his that try and support the community.

“It's great to be recognized, but it's just great to always have the community’s support,” said Carleton. “It's very fulfilling, being able to help out different organizations and different people, and that’s probably the greatest part of being a small business, is being part of the community.”

Carleton also said that expanding the Crushed Can’s repertoire has certainly paid off already, even without the award win.

With the inclusion of a rec room full of arcade games and a “minors welcome until 8 p.m.” policy, the city’s longstanding nightclub is now welcoming to a whole new crowd of customers into its large dining room space.

“We’ll always be known for the late-night nightclub part of what we do, but that’s just a thing on the weekends nowadays, with the business evolving and bringing Cask 82 on board as well, [and] it's been going over really well,” said Carleton. “You have to stay relevant and if you don’t, you’re in real trouble as a business, so we’re just trying to make sure we’re keeping up with the times.”

Restaurants like the Crushed Can have had a tough year thanks to the pandemic, which means Carleton is even more grateful for the support he has seen from the community.

This is the first-ever MJBEX Award win for The Crushed Can, after several nominations in years previous, and Carleton is glad to finally bring home some hardware for his local business.

Groundhog Day 2021: furry experts across Canada calling for early spring Larissa Kurz

There seems to be an almost undisputed consensus among Canada’s most famous furry meteorologists early last week: the groundhogs say to expect an early spring in 2021.

Groundhog Day festivities across the country usually see a crowd of Canadians gathering to witness the first waking moments of the famous marmots on Feb. 2, but this year’s momentous morning tradition was instead shared by video and live streams.

Despite the change, many Canadians tuned in as several groundhogs across North America were roused from their hibernation early, with viewers waiting to see if they would emerge from their burrows and glimpse their shadow, thus predicting six more weeks of winter.

With four weather-predicting celebrity groundhogs across North America, the results tend to show a mixed message each year.

A reluctant Shubenacadie Sam, the groundhog expert in Halifax, N.S., was the earliest riser the morning of Feb. 2 and did not see his shadow due to a storm — the first prediction for an early spring.

Fred La Marmotte in Val d'Espoir, Que. was also reluctant to emerge from his shelter. When he finally appeared, his handler held him up to his ear and said he predicted an early spring as well.

Wiarton Willie, the famous albino groundhog in Wiarton, Ont., took a well-deserved vacation for the 65th anniversary of the event and did not actually make an appearance this year.

Instead, officials called an early spring and threw a fur hat into the air — a move that pays respect to the first year of the event more than 60 years ago — and shared a prerecorded video of the announcement and history of the tradition.

South of the border in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil went against the grain and predicted six more weeks of winter — the first and only critter to see his shadow this

Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrity groundhog south of the border in Pennsylvania, is the only furry forecaster to predict six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day in 2021. (screenshot) year.

Arguably the most famous groundhog on the roster, as he appeared in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Phil performed his annual duty to a virtual audience of over 15,000 viewers via live stream.

By consensus, it seems the furry meteorologists are predicting an early spring, despite what weather forecasts may say otherwise.

According to statistics, Punxsutawney Phil generally has an accuracy rate of about 40 per cent, while Shubenacadie Sam boasts an accuracy rate of 45 per cent and Wiarton Willy with 25 per cent.

Also, in the past, groundhog predictions of an early spring have generally tended to be wrong, while predictions of an extended winter have been more accurate — so perhaps only time will tell if Punxsutawney Phil really does know something the rest of us do not.

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Tom Lukiwski Report Tom Lukiwski

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It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a steep toll on all Canadians. We have lost jobs, lost income and seen numerous small businesses shuttered.

Our collective mental health and well-being has suffered as Canadians increasingly suffer “cabin fever” from pandemic restrictions.

Yet, to our credit, we have as a nation persevered. Most of us (except for a few “bad actors”, as Doug Ford calls them) have rallied around the slogan “We are all in this together.”

In the face of our ongoing sacrifice, it is enraging to witness the persistent incompetence of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government in managing Canada’s response to the pandemic, as we have most recently seen with regards to vaccines.

Vaccines

Since the fall, we have all kept going, continuing to sacrifice because we believed there was a light at the end of the tunnel once vaccines were developed. Justin Trudeau vowed to us that vaccines would be widely available by the spring and that the majority of the population would be vaccinated by the fall. Once again, his promises are proving to be hollow.

Even before Pfizer announced it was cutting back shipments, Canada was falling far behind other developed countries in carrying out vaccination. While the Liberals were betting all their chips on the Chinese vaccine last spring, other countries were signing deals with AstraZeneca, Moderna, and Pfizer. Our government did not sign deals with those companies for months and Canadians are now paying the price for this failure in leadership. Many countries have vaccinated significant percentages of their population, but Canadians live under restrictions with fears of new COVID-19 variants. The way the Trudeau government has handled Canada’s vaccine strategy is absolutely shameful.

As it stands now, Canada will receive precisely zero new doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week and will likely do no better next week. Other developed countries, such as Israel, have taken their case directly to the Pfizer CEO to lobby for additional doses. Prime Minister Trudeau ap-

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pears too timid to do so.

We have many other questions. What happened to our supposed special relationship with the producers of the Moderna vaccine? What is the hold-up in approving Oxford-AstraZeneca, which is already in use in other countries? Why did the contract for the CanSino vaccine fall through?

Instead of doing his job or at least being honest with Canadians, Justin Trudeau is more concerned with posturing for the media and blaming the provinces for his government’s failures.

The voters are seeing through this smokescreen and are getting angrier about the vaccine roll-out every day.

Trudeau, with his usual arrogance, has hinted that he might call a federal election in the spring. Calling a federal election in the middle of a pandemic would be one of the most irresponsible acts of any government in history.

If Justin Trudeau puts the health and safety of Canadians at risk for his own political gain, there will be a price to be paid when we go to the polls.

Tom Lukiwski,

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Yes, the cold actually is almost record-breaking in Moose Jaw Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

It was a month ago that climatologists first warned the polar vortex was going to descend over western Canada sometime in early February and added a caveat that record-breaking low temperatures could come with it.

Now, as we enter the first of what promises to be more than a week of bitterly cold days followed by even frostier nights, it turns out they were exactly right.

And while temperatures aren’t predicted to break records just yet, the night-time lows for at least the next seven days are going to come awfully close.

Our first night under the vortex saw a low of -28.2 C, which came within two degrees of the low of -30.3 C set back in 1982, according to the Environment Canada website.

And in case you’re wondering, the record high for the same day was 10.7 C set back in 1991, not far off the 6.9 C we saw only three days ago this week. Normal temperatures for this time of year? Daytime high of -6.4 C, an overnight low of -16.7 C. Our high Friday afternoon barely cleared our regular low: -15.6 C So, how do the rest of the predicted overnight lows compare to the past?

On Sunday, Feb. 7, it was expected that we would see

the lowest temperature of the current cold snap, falling to -35 C. Interestingly, that was also the coldest night of a bitter stretch of cold in 1994, where the record of -39.1 C was set.

A record-setting night on Monday, Feb. 8, was also expected when -32 C is the expected low, compared to -35.6 in the same frigid snap of ‘94.

Tuesday, Feb. 9 could be the closest we come to a new record. The overnight low of -31 C will be within two

degrees of the -32.8 C mark set in 1943, when Environment Canada first started recording record extremes for Moose Jaw. Things will have to be quite a bit colder on Wednesday, Feb, 10 (-31 C compared to -35.6 C in 1988) to set a new mark, and Thursday, Feb. 11 will be a touch closer (-30 C compared to -33.3 in 1994).

Making things even tougher throughout the snap is we won’t be getting a break during the day -- highs aren’t expected to clear -22 C any time this week and -26 C is the high for Sunday, Monday and Thursday.

Predictions for the current cold snap expect it to last as long as two weeks, which would carry the frigid temperatures into the Feb. 20 weekend.

As always, temperatures will be exacerbated by the windchill, with the index expected to drop well into the -40 C range and possibly even touching -50 C or greater if winds pick up even slightly.

So be careful out there, Moose Jaw. Bundle up, make sure the vulnerable are watched and cared for, have a full tank of gas in your vehicle, bring your pets indoors.

And be sure to watch Environment Canada for the latest alerts and forecasts.

TRADING THOUGHTS

By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express

Just how should city council get out the word to taxpaying public?

Coun. Dawn Luhning asked council to review its allocation of funds for advertising recently, a request that council agreed to do.

Luhning claimed that print newspapers are “ancient and outdated” and the city needs to consider advertising in other forms of communication.

by Ron Walter While not naming any social media, it is obvious she meant online forums and social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Her claim that print media is “ancient and outdated” was contradicted by two councillors, both of whom voted for the review.

Coun. Doug Blanc rightfully pointed out that a large part of the population doesn’t make use of online advertising sources and relies on print media.

As he said, many of the seniors who have computers use them only to communicate with grandchildren.

Coun. Heather Eby went along with the review but suggested not much would change.

We do live in a world where more people, especially younger people, rely on social media for information.

Prediction: the review, if objective, will recommend increasing the budget with most of the increase going to online media.

Some comments in online forums have paired Coun.

Luhning’s comments about newspapers being outdated with another comment she made in a closed door council meeting. A Freedom of Information Request discovered Luhning told council she “doesn’t give a rat’s ass about” what the Moose Jaw Express thinks.

We’ll let our readers make up their own mind about the online forum pairing.

In another issue that same meeting, Mayor Fraser Tolmie convinced council to set up a city beautification committee.

His motion was approved over the objections of Coun.

Crystal Froese. She pointed out her involvement with a committee already doing the same work and other local initiatives.

The mayor’s move raises some questions.

Was he aware of the existing beautification work? Or was he undercutting Coun. Froese and her committee’s work?

Or was he grandstanding so he has an achievement to brag about at the next election?

The beautification matter brings to mind the time council disbanded the longstanding Downtown Business Association a few years ago.

The DBA, according to Coun. Luhning, who was council representative on the board, wasn’t working adequately.

Council agreed and ended the association some 30 years after it had started.

Within a year council decided to look at forming another downtown association.

The whole turn of events made little sense, like the beautification committee replacing existing groups with the same goal.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

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Moose Jaw Public Library: upcoming programs for February and March released Larissa Kurz

The Moose Jaw Public Library has shared its upcoming calendar of events for the months of February and March, and there are some interesting new and returning programs coming up over the next few weeks for residents of all ages to enjoy.

Programming is still taking place exclusively online at the MJPL, with adult programs delivered by video using Zoom and teen events hosted on the library’s Discord server. Children’s programs are also held using Zoom and require pre-registration.

The month of February has begun with an informational lecture on protecting yourself against fraud with expert Laverne Stevenson from the Canada Revenue Agency, as well as the monthly meeting of the MJPL Book Club taking place on Feb. 9 to discuss the historical fiction novel The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue.

Next up, the MJPL Archives department will be hosting another Archives History Mystery on Feb. 11 at 2:30 p.m. in celebration of Archives Week. As a program that has already proved popular with local history buffs in the past, this iteration of the event will challenge participants to identify people, places and eras in photos sourced from the MJPL’s archives collection. They will also be welcome to share their own stories and memories in relation to the featured photos.

The Festival of Words Virtual Book Club will also be returning in February and March, with a meeting on Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the newly released novel Gutter Child by upcoming festival guest Jael Richardson. Set in a dystopian world, the novel follows a teenage girl pulled from her life in the "lower class" and introduced to the upper social hierarchies for a government social experiment, leaving her to navigate a new life of servitude and a world of disadvantages. Gutter Child is available to borrow in print or ebook form through the library.

March will be kicking off with another meeting of the MJPL Book Club on March 9 at 7 p.m., to discuss How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa.

The Giller Prize-winning novel is a collection of stories that share the experience of Laotian immigrants and their children.

The next Festival of Words Book Club will be on Mar. 25 at 2:30 p.m. The literature selection for this month's meeting is still yet to be decided, so stay tuned.

The Moose Jaw Public Library. (photo

by Larissa Kurz) In teen programming news, the ever-popular Teen Digital Dungeons & Dragons sessions will be continuing every Tuesday evening from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The program is open to teens aged 13 to 19, and welcomes both new and seasoned adventurers to the virtual dungeon master’s table. Registrations is required, and can be done by emailing youth@moosejawlibrary.ca.

The Teen Anime Club has also gone digital, beginning on Feb. 13 with a group watch-party at 7 p.m. for a viewing of Okko’s Inn on the free library app Hoopla.

For those who register in advance before Feb. 4, the library will have free Japanese Tokyo Treat Box treat bag to hand out, available for pickup a week before the program. Registration can be done by calling the library or emailing youth@ moosejawlibrary.ca.

For the younger crowd of library patrons — as in, very young — the popular Virtual Storytime program is also still going strong. The next event is on Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m., featuring stories, songs, and literacy tips for children ages 2 to 5 years old. Craft bags are also available to pick up, following registration for the event.

A new storytime event is also beginning as of Feb. 4, this time a little later. Bedtime Stories with Miss Tina debuted at 7 p.m. and will continue, inviting participants to throw on their pajamas, cuddle on the couch, and enjoy an evening story reading that celebrates the diversity in families and children — with the series inviting special guests for future events.

This event is shared on Facebook, no registration required.

To register for any of the programs coming up, contact the MJPL either by calling 1 (306) 692-2787, reaching out via message on Facebook, using the chat feature on moosejawlibrary.ca or by emailing ask@moosejawlibrary.ca.

SaskPower transfers responsibility for inspections to provincial organization TSASK

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Beginning Feb. 1, SaskPower announced that all gas and electrical inspections will now be handled by an independent regulatory organization, the Technical Safety Authority of Saskatchewan (TSASK), moving forward.

The change is part of the provincial government’s initiative to consolidate all safety-related permitting, inspection and licensing functions within one organization, said a SaskPower press release. The transfer was originally announced in 2018 by the Ministry of Government Relations, with licensing service transferred on Aug. 4, 2020.

“Consolidating inspections into a central agency makes sense,” said Rachelle Verret Morphy, vice president of corporate and regulatory affairs, in a press release.

“Having inspections done by a central regulatory body will increase efficiency in this field and enable SaskPower resources to focus on our core business: to

continue to provide reliable, safe power for our customers.”

First established in 2010, TSASK operates as a not-for-profit regulatory agency that delivers safety programs related to pressure equipment, elevating devices and other equipment across the province.

SaskPower confirmed that no jobs within the Crown were lost as a result of this transfer of responsibility, as over 90 gas and electrical inspection employees are moving to TSASK. Additionally, the transfer is supported by the Electrical Contractors of Saskatchewan and the Mechanical Contractors Association of Saskatchewan.

“TSASK is dedicated to providing timely and consistent permitting, inspections and licensing services to the people of Saskatchewan,” said William Scott, chief executive officer at TSASK. “We’re looking forward to adding gas and electrical inspections to the services we offer.”

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Workplace Named As Having COVID - 19 Outbreak Says Having A Plan Key To Stopping Spread

By Robert Thomas

If there is one piece of advice that Glenn Pohl would like to tell other business owners and that is one of the most important things you can have when it comes to COVID-19 is you need to have a good plan how to effectively deal with the virus if it happens to hit your workplace.

Pohl, who is general manager at Xpert Rail Consulting, said his firm has been going through what is classified as an ‘outbreak’ by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) but the firm’s well-crafted response plan to COVID-19 as well as caring about their workers stopped the virus before it had a major spread.

The outbreak started when six workers in a larger shop in Filmore had a safety meeting 11 days ago and three of the attendees ended up sick.

“The safety meeting was in a large building with plenty of room for social distancing,” he said.

Despite the precautions the next day attendees started coming down with flu-like symptoms.

“There is not a lot of flu-like symptoms going around so we did not want to take a chance and told our employees ‘take the weekend and isolate’ by the Saturday three out of the six were sick,” he said.

“This is the scary part: they caught COVID on a Thursday and by Saturday evening they were really sick…it was a quick moving situation and we immediately told people to go into isolation,” he said. “Stay at home and try to distance from your families.”

After the initial shock of people becoming sick there was isolation and testing of any staff who may have been in any sort of proximity with people who had fallen ill.

Pohl said everyone phoned the 811 Healthline number and followed their advice on what to do next.

Anyone who had any type of potential exposure was tested and they provided a list of all potential exposures to the Healthline.

Pohl said Xpert Rail Consulting used their plan to isolate and quickly contain any further potential spread.

“I don’t think you need one (a COVID plan) but every business should have one.”

One of the measures the company had done to stop any potential spread of COVID-19 was they instituted such policies as having workers work in teams.

Under the team philosophy you always work with the same three people and that way COVID cannot spread from group to group. Administration and field staff are always isolated from one another to prevent COVID infecting the entire staff.

“Your plan does not have to be a ridiculous one but it should make common sense. You need a written plan and stick to it,” Pohl said.

COVID has affected the three workers differently with the employee that the firm could best identify as having contracted the virus first is also the employee who has COVID the worst. He is also the youngest of the employees who contracted the virus and likely in the best physical shape which does not fit the mold people have been told about the illness.

He also is the employee who “never goes anywhere. He is super cautious, always wears a mask and gloves.” It is unknown where and when the employee contracted the virus with Pohl saying it could have been from something as simple as a door

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“By calling it an outbreak it makes us look bad that we are some kind of uncaring corporation. That is not true” - Glenn pohl on the saskatchewan health authority’s definition of a COVID-19 outbreak Although not hospitalized he “got it really bad and he is in really bad shape.”

For another employee it was a simple two day thing and “he said if he did not know any better he would have gone to work after being run down for a couple of days.”

While a third employee’s infection is typified with plugged up sinuses, a stuffed up head and the inability to smell and taste.

None of the three employees have had to be hospitalized as the illness has not affected any of the employee’s lungs.

To help ensure that no other employees had contracted COVID all staff went for testing and staff who had even the slightest chance of being in contact with the virus are in isolation. None other than the three have tested positive or displayed symptoms.

After contacting 811 they received literature on the proper cleaning and sanitation to prevent a further viral spread. The government had on-line resources which had lots of information they used to ensure there was no further spread and any virus which might be contracted was properly destroyed by disinfection.

Time had already been taken to clean work trucks, shop areas and office areas thoroughly with a professional cleaner doing the disinfecting.

Pohl said he feels although the government provided resource material and other on-line assistance he said was excellent that to call what happened an outbreak is a misuse of the word.

“To call it an outbreak is a tough thing to say. We had COVID. We had a plan and we prevented it from spreading…it really is not a fair word to use it makes us sound like we didn’t do our due diligence. We are never going to put our people where we will get sick or hurt.”

“Never in our minds was this an outbreak, not everyone got sick and we handled it… we are not proud about what happened to us but it didn’t turn into a case where everyone got sick that is what I would call

an outbreak.”

“By calling it an outbreak it makes us look bad that we are some kind of uncaring corporation. That is not true.”

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has defined a COVID-19 outbreak to be when two or more people have contracted COVID-19 at the same place away from the home or over a certain period of time.

Pohl said he did not oppose telling people there were COVID-19 cases in the community but given the initial response by the Province to not even identify the town where someone had contracted COVID - 19 due to Privacy legislation that there should be no public release by the SHA identifying a particular workplace or organization where a COVID ‘outbreak” has occurred.

He said people should be aware that COVID-19 is in the community but by publicizing the entity’s name there is an impetus not to report a potential outbreak as nobody wants to see their firm’s name published. It seems like a punishment for being honest and doing the right thing.

“We did everything right and for our efforts we are publicly identified. People who follow all of the rules and properly report people getting sick are punished for doing the right thing.”

There is a on-going debate in medical circles that publishing the identities of firms and facilities with outbreaks could lead to underreporting on one side with an opposing medical view by making the names of firms and facilities where outbreaks occur is a strong incentive for them to strictly adhere to the rules.

He had no problem in the Province stating that there was an outbreak at a workplace in whatever city so long as the workplace was not publicly identified. That way people will know to be cautious as there is COVID-19 cases in the community.

Pohl said he was informed that an outbreak was going to be declared on the weekend although on Thursday it will be two weeks since the first staff members contracted the virus. And people will have served their necessary isolation unless they are sick.

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Marc Legare

A Distant View

Marc Legare is a philosopher and motorcycle adventurist.

He has travelled extensively, worked and lived in Australia, US, and across Canada.

He has a varied working career including: Firefighter, Lawyer, Navy, Motorcycle Importer, plus others.

He chose to return to southern Saskatchewan because of his family’s deep roots here.

As a columnist, Legare’s columns will offer food for thought.

In our modern world full of people who consider themselves victims for one reason or another, self-responsibility has become a swearword. Gone is the day when someone is told to “deal with it” or that, “life is not always fair.” Today, many have a paradigm that if you have a problem, turn to others and/or authority to fix it. Make no mistake, there are people who are true victims and

Self-Responsibility and Other Swear Words need protection, but personal responsibility must also be taken into account. What happened? Why has it become so offensive to even suggest it?

Let’s take a moment to remember some precious words of wisdom that demonstrate a self-responsible mindset.

Once upon a time, we used phrases such as; “sink or swim,” “pull your socks up,” or “you made your bed, so you must lie in it.” One that I personally like is, “if you want to dance, you must pay the piper.” All of these venerable sayings, and many more, that instilled personal responsibility are gone from our culture and may even be considered boorish; to our personal as well as societal detriment.

Currently, suggesting someone is responsible for their own decisions is only spoken with a whisper, lest you offend any of the burgeoning legions of people who consider themselves victims and those who support same. It is dangerous to even suggest someone is accountable for their own safety and security, so much so, if you speak such blasphemy you are looked at with disdain, as if you used a vulgar word in the middle of a childcare facility.

Ultimately, we all must live the lives we have been given and when we are faced with challenges, it is us who must live out the results. If we expect others to do this for us,

sooner or later, the “other” may not be there to assist. The over reliance on authorities to protect us and bail us out is just one example of a lack of personal responsibility.

Sooner or later, we all must deal with unpleasant things on our own. A solid helping of taking charge of your own life is, at a minimum, equally as valuable as recognizing your victimhood. After all, can’t we all claim victimhood on some level or another?

We need not consider such words as, “you made your bed so lie in it” as vulgar, but as empowering. These words are a reminder that our actions have consequences. Not all, but many negative things in our life we either created or contributed to. As offensive as that sounds to some.

At the end of the day we all must “sink or swim;” the universe doesn’t give us a choice. What we can do is take responsibility for ourselves and our actions. Freedom through taking control of a situation as best we can at the time is true emancipation. Choosing self-responsibily gives us a measure of control by relying on our own power to fix what needs to be fixed and stop waiting for someone else to fix it.

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$40 million allocated to cope with increased ag exports, imports

By Ron Walter - For Agri-Mart Express

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Additional funding of $40 million a year has been allocated to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to assist

growth of agricultural exports.

Spread over five years, the funds will be be spent on four priorities: certification of exports, import oversight, oversight and surveillance of domestic products, and digitization.

“Our government is investing in the CFIA so that Canada continues to have the best food safety system in

the world, with the best science to protect our natural resources and tools that help businesses keep up with the pace of trade,” Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Anne-Claude Bibeau said in a statement.

“It will help CFIA digitize their services and issue export certificates in a timely manner. CFIA will have the tools necessary to guard our national resources and agriculture sector from the threat of foreign pests and diseases.”

During the first 11 months of 2020 agri-food and seafood exports increased by 10.1 per cent to a staggering $67.5 billion. That exceeded the 2019 record of $67 billion.

Agri-food imports which totalled $53.9 billion in 2019

also need increased inspection.

Increased demand for export certificates has been experienced with an annual six per cent increase to 545,000.

Within Canada the funds will be used to develop plans to respond to most likely cases of plant and animal diseases and to do more frequent inspections of the industry.

The CFIA budget amounts to $820 million annually to run 13 laboratories with more than 6,000 employees from inspectors to veterinarians to scientists.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net

Sask. records first cases of U.K. COVID variant, confirms less vaccines coming from Moderna Larissa Kurz first phase of the province’s vaccination plan, meaning the Saskatchewan Health Authority needs 380,000 vaccines to complete Phase One. Moe shared that as of Feb. 2, the province has received just under 10 per cent of the vaccines needed to complete Phase One, with the promised deliveries in the coming weeks raising that number to 12 per cent.

Moe once again called on the federal government to negotiate an increase in vaccine deliveries, noting that federal officials have promised there will be an uptick in vaccines supplied in the second quarter of the year.

Shahab also addressed the discovery of the U.K. variant strain of COVID reported in Regina on Feb. 2, sharing that the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory is actively testing for all COVID variants when processing tests in the province.

The majority of variant cases currently identified in Canada have been largely linked to travel, said Shahab, which in some cases was then spread by a household transmission.

It can take up to one or two weeks to return results on variant strains, said Shahab, because the process first fo-

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Feb. 2, Premier Scott Moe andIn chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab gave an update on the province’s vaccine delivery expectations for the coming weeks, confirming that Moderna has also reduced the number of COVID-19 doses it will be providing.

After no vaccines provided the week of Jan. 25 from Pfizer-BioNTech, a delivery of 5,650 vaccine doses arrived the following week and were used to provide second doses to individuals already vaccinated in North Battleford, Saskatoon and Prince Albert, and first doses in Moosomin.

Moderna’s delivery, expected on Feb. 1 but delayed until later that week, provided 6,000 doses — a reduction from the promised 6,500 vaccines reported by officials previously. These vaccines were used to administer second doses in communities in the far north and northwest regions of the province, as well as first doses in Rosetown and Kindersley.

Moe confirmed that the next shipment of vaccines from Moderna for the last week of February will also be reduced, although officials are unsure by how much.

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Although the province’s case numbers per population appear to be on a slow downward trend, Shahab once again asked residents to continue adhering to the public health orders currently in place.

The statistics for both active and new cases per 100,000 people remain high, said Shahab. The province’s downward trend of positive cases is not universal across all of Saskatchewan, with a number of hotspots still showing spikes in positive cases.

The provincial government says it is not considering lifting any public health orders or adding any new ones at this time.

“Everything we’re doing right now is everything that’s important to minimize the transmission of any COVID strain, whether it's a variant of concern or the predominant strain here in Canada right now,” said Shahab.

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Famous cowboy artist’s collection of stories found in antique store

By Ron Walter - For Moose Jaw Express

The cowtown of Nanton, Alta (population about 2,200) was on our vacation route several years ago.

We stopped in this town on busy Highway Two between Great Falls Montana and Calgary to visit the air bomber museum depicting the Second World War training site.

We were delighted to find a museum of miniatures with carefully constructed miniature scenes.

On the way to get a drink and pastry we noticed what seemed an over-abundance of antique shops – at least four that we saw on the main street.

While my partner and wife nursed her beverage and pastry, Yours Truly investigated the antique shops.

Interesting as they were, nothing jumped out and said Buy Me until I noticed a book written by famous cowboy artist Charles M. Russell. The book was a surprise. Russell is known for his paintings and sculp-

tures of Native and cowboy culture He was a prolific note writer with a drawing on each note as seen on a wall of letters in the C.M. Russell Museum Complex in Great Falls.

One of those drawings — a gaunt steer being stalked by wolves — sent to a ranch owner in response to a query about the winter started his fame as an artist.

Titled Trails Plowed Under the book, contains almost 50 short stories from the West, numerous drawings and five reproductions of his paintings.

Russell was planning the book when he died in 1926. His friends completed the book for publication in 1927.

At age 15 Russell left his eastern Missouri home to go out west where he became a cowboy, riding and roping with the best of them for 44 years.

He lived among the Natives and his art was sympathetic to their lifestyles in contrast to the other best known cowboy art-

ist Frederick Remington.

The book is written in cowboy vernacular from the introduction by comedian Will Rogers to the back dust jacket cover written by cowboy artist/author Will James.

Writes James: “The writing that’s in this book gives the same feeling as the many pictures that’s in it. It’s all sure enough rangeland and as true to life as it can be put down.

“Even the few stories which might sound like cow-camp jokes are truer to life than a feller would think…”

A typical story tells of the young cowboy who takes a train to Chicago and the big city only to get rolled by a friendly man and lose all his money and possessions.

Many of the stories resemble tall tales expected from bored cowboys sitting around a camp fire each trying to outdo the others.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net

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Prairie South School Division

Concerns about proposed South Hill school still need answering, former trustee says Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Former school board trustee Jan Radwanski wants a comprehensive review of public education on South Hill before the new joint-use school is constructed since he believes there are still many unad-

dressed concerns.

Furthermore, he wants Prairie South School Division (PSSD) to examine any proposals for school closures and consolidations and develop public consultation

processes before the proposed 1,000-student school is built in the city’s southwest corner.

The former PSSD trustee laid out six reasons why this comprehensive review is needed during a presentation to the board of education on Feb. 2: • A lack of transparency and genuine engagement around the site selection; • Questions of safety about the proposed location; • Concerns about creating and sustaining community development in areas where PSSD operates; • A lack of choice and options for renewal of existing schools; • A loss of neighbourhood-centred early childhood education programs; • A loss of community programming venues for residents.

Spending more than $50 million to construct a new school should be well thought out, especially when taxpayers have spent millions of dollars during the past 130 years to build schools such as St. Mary, Empire, Westmount and Sacred Heart that led to the creation of new neighbourhoods, said Radwanski.

There has been no real public opportunity to review the proposed location, which would be the only option for school programming on South Hill, he remarked.

Furthermore, Prairie South has not conducted a school review process to close Empire Community School and Westmount Elementary School.

The proposed site needs major infrastructure upgrades and traffic safety measures — all costs that the Ministry of Education will bear and that could reduce how much money goes toward the building and its amenities, Radwanski continued. Meanwhile, busing, private rides and traffic woes will all increase since 750 students will have to be transported to the school.

Schools are attempting to encourage kids to be more active due to increases in diabetes, heart disease and obesity, he pointed out. However, this new school means more kids will be driven or bussed, while

easily accessible before- and after-school options would be eliminated. Extracurricular activities and clubs will also be nixed since students who live far away must take the bus home.

“Instead of quick and convenient access at Westmount, Sacred Heart and Empire for students to (use) football, baseball and soccer fields, city playgrounds, indoor rinks, tracks, and pools, we are relocating our best, brightest and enthusiastic youth to a postage stamp-size 10-acre lot with no resources … ,” Radwanski continued.

South Hill is a diverse, thriving community, especially around Empire Community School, the oldest continually operated school in Saskatchewan, he added.

That school — and the others — deserves fair treatment while determining the future of public education in that part of Moose Jaw. Board chair responds “The board is aligned with Mr. Radwanski in terms of the need for engagement and has been actively doing this work for several years,” board chairman Robert Bachmann told the Moose Jaw Express in an email.

This engagement has included working with government officials and MLAs; board trustees and representatives at Holy Trinity Catholic School Division; the City of Moose Jaw; the public; students, families and staff at schools on South Hill; and school administrators from other schools in the city.

Prairie South plans to conduct a public engagement exercise in March with city hall and Holy Trinity as the next step in making the school a reality.

“We are proud that we have been able to successfully bring funding for a multi-million 21st-century school to Moose Jaw. I’m sure that there are other communities in the province (that) are envious that we have achieved this for our students, families and community,” Bachmann said.

“We are proud that our children will be able to learn in the most modern (school) in Saskatchewan when it opens.”

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Farmer objections cause Bysecond round of grains code consultations Ron Walter - For Agri-Mart Express Just weeks afEXPRESS ter presenting a draft of the Respon sible Grain Code for implementation in the spring, that date has been delayed.

Instead, the federal government will hold a second round of consultations with farmers after the harvest this fall.

The first round ran into widespread objections from skepticism about the voluntary nature of the code to who will benefit.

Farmers are leery about so-called voluntary codes. The livestock ear tag program was voluntary when it started. The premises identification number was voluntary, then was required to access safety net programs.

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Farmer and columnist Kevin Hursh writes in the Western Producer: “Proponents take great pains to emphasize the voluntary aspect of the code, saying that if the grain industry develops its own guidelines, government regulations are less likely. Unfortunately the language used in the code lists “requirements” and that doesn’t mesh with the voluntary concept.

“Producers participating in the consultations have commented on the negative tone of the document — do this, don’t do that. The same information could be conveyed using more positive language.

“It’s good to see a strong level of engagement from producers taking the time to review all the information and provide input. Social media is full of conspiracy

theories, but the objectives of the code are well-intentioned and transparent.

The Canada Grains Council argues the code will let export buyers know that Canadian grain safe and raised in a sustainable fashion.

Some farmers suggest the code should offer them a premium for the extra record keeping they will need by adopting the principles.

When the Round Table on Beef Sustainability adopted a livestock code some beef buyers like McDonald's offered a premium for sustainably raised beef.

Other farmers argue that codes adopted by pork dairy and livestock are mandatory but were adopted by industry associations.

And some farmers on social media have floated conspiracy theories about the code and the United Nations.

If farmers are already doing 75 percent of the code practices why is it needed? Ask others.

The federal agriculture and agri-food department funded three quarters of the costs for the code with $789,000 grant with the rest to come from farmer organizations In objecting some farmers are exercising their right to have checkoffs to grains organizations refunded.

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By Ron Walter For Moose Jaw Express

Alice-in Wonderland stock market turns tables on the house The house loses very seldom in a casino.

That’s exactly what happened on the stock market in January when ordinary investors turned the tables on the pros.

Droves of investors using an online forum in a platform called Reddit connected over a few weeks and caused the price of at least three stocks to soar close to the

sun and burnout.

The stocks included GameStop, a retail chain selling video games and consumer electronics that suffered a 30 per cent loss in sales in the most recent quarter even with near tripling of e-commerce sales.

That made GameStop a candidate for a process known as short selling. In short selling an investor firmly believing a stock price will go down borrows some stock and sells it. The short seller cashes in when the price drops and he buys the stock back.

Or loses when the stock keeps climbing and he must buy at a higher price to cover the short sale.

GameStop, like Canada’s Blackberry and U.S. cinema giant AMC, was on the skids – a perfect candidate for short selling.

The online Reddit connection by thousands of ordinary investors sent GameStop’s price into the stratosphere.

Priced at $11.64US in November and expected to hit $13 within a year, GameStop price hit an unbelievable unsustainable high of $343.54 on Jan. 27.

That’s when the brown stuff hit the fan.

Large investment funds called hedge funds had made gigantic bets on GameStop’s price falling, as the little guys competitive market power pushed the price up in January, hedge funds became nervous.

They covered their bets by buying the stock back at higher prices than they sold it. That drove the price even higher.

The hedge fund losses are estimated at $30 billion. One fund lost 53 per cent in value. The cozy game of short selling by hedge funds had been upset.

When the casino tables are turned on the house, the house usually changes the rules.

The online platforms were used by thousands of ordinary investors — most of them inexperienced in investing in stocks.

They turned the tables on pro money managers. Reddit shut down selling the next day under pressure from authorities

and market agencies.

That action gave the big boys an opportunity to cover their shorts without getting killed even more. Possible collapse of many hedge funds and the market was also avoided.

The trading restrictions were lifted the next day after a flurry of lawsuits were filed. The prices kept rising.

The situation shows how the “free market’’ works when one segment organizes.

And this event provides conspiracy theorists with evidence that markets are almost rigged by herd mentality, if not collusion, of hedge fund managers. Bets by hedge funds help drive prices up and down.

Still, it’s hard to believe that no sophisticated adviser also played a role in this plot.

Millions were made by the naive little guys organizing and pulling in one direction. Millions will be lost by these little guys when the bubble they created bursts.

The Reddit investors interfered with the hedge fund process and its profitability.

The concentration of large funds since the re-birth of mutual funds in the 1950s had almost destroyed market power by the small retail investor. As much as 80 per cent of U.S. stocks have been held by big funds.

Now that retail investors have discovered their power markets may never be the same. We can expect more bubbles until the big crash arrives.

•••• The Bizworld column of Jan. 26 about dynaCERT should have said the City of Woodstock is only trying the technology to reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

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Local musician Shawn Adams taking the virtual stage at TeleMiracle 45 Larissa Kurz

TeleMiracle is right around the corner, and local musician Shawn Adams is excited to be representing Moose Jaw as one of the performers taking the main stage — or rather, screen — at the annual charity telethon this year.

“It was pretty nice to get a callback to perform on the live show this year,” said Adams.

The Shawn Adams Band is one of two local musicians hailing from the Moose Jaw area featured on the setlist this year, joined by Ann-Marie Rouault when TeleMiracle returns on Feb. 27-28.

In an effort to adhere to the current health and safety restrictions, this year’s iteration of the Kinsmen’s beloved telethon will look quite different from what audiences at home are used to seeing.

There will be no studio audience filling the seats at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon, and all the performances and special donation appearances will be shared by either prerecorded or live remote video.

But die-hard TeleMiracle fans don’t need to feel too disappointed with the new format: the live telethon is still going to be happening just as they remember it.

Volunteers taking calls and pledges will still be answering those ringing phones live for the marathon fundraiser, and a lineup of favourite celebrity hosts will still be there keeping folks entertained, all while wearing protective masks and keeping their distance on stage.

Local musician Shawn Adams and band will be representing Moose Jaw on stage at this year’s annual Kinsmen TeleMiracle 45. (supplied: Shawn Adams) Adams and his band members — Mike Beaudry, guitar; Lennard Morin, drums; Kelly Fryklund, keyboard; and Jan Morrison, bass — already pre-recorded their performance at the end of January.

After having to cancel many shows last year, including an appearance for the Saskatchewan Music Awards pre-shows, Adams said it felt good to be back on a stage

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performing again.

“It was a little bit different, performing in front of the producers and crews instead of having an audience, but that’s okay,” said Adams. “At least [organizers] are doing something to bring some kind of normalcy this year.”

He did share that the song of choice for his first-ever TeleMiracle appearance — after having to cancel last year due to unexpected illness — is the band version of his hit single “Please Remember Me,” although he couldn’t confirm what time his performance will be airing on the show.

“It’s a song that they requested, and the last couple of years I’ve gotten a lot of attention from that song, so what you can expect is the band version,” said Adams.

“The song and video were kind of lowkey, but we amped it up a bit [for this] and it's going to be fun.”

He said it felt fitting to be performing the hit single during a year like this one, since it was written as his tribute to those affected by dementia after a misdiagnosis that changed his life.

“I think it kind of goes along with what’s going on in the world today,” said Adams.

Adams is also doing some fundraising leading up to the big weekend, including selling cloth face masks on his website and a few other projects still in the works for this month, with all proceeds going to TeleMiracle. He’s also welcoming any and all donations from fans to support the

cause.

The excitement for Adams won’t be over with just TeleMiracle, either, as he is also getting ready to release a new single very shortly after the show airs at the end of the month.

Called “Other Side of Midnight,” the new track will be the first from Adams to debut on national and international radio.

Adams said he has been working alongside songwriters in Nashville and Skullcreek Studios in Saskatoon to perfect the new single, even while COVID caused delays in recording and release, and he’s excited to share what he describes as “a whole new sound” with fans.

“We were supposed to release last year, but COVID hit [and since then] we’ve just kept pursuing it and here we are, following through,” said Adams. “We get to come out with a whole new sound, a whole new image and it's going to be pretty great. [We’ve been] working hard.”

To keep up with Adams or to pledge support to his TeleMiracle campaign, check out his Facebook page or reach out through shawnadams.com.

TeleMiracle 45 is scheduled to begin at 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 27 with the Countdown to TeleMiracle preshow streaming live on telemiracle.com. The telethon will begin at 9 p.m. later that evening, broadcast live on CTV Saskatchewan and online until its conclusion at 5 p.m. on Feb. 28.

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Was he really asleep when curling dates announced?

As the other occupant of our household dozed through a repetitive newscast, I thought it would be an opportune time to share some Joyce Walter exciting news.

For Moose Jaw Express ronjoy@sasktel.net The idea was that perhaps in his dozing state, he might later say he couldn’t remember me telling him my good news and I would then be able to accuse him of sleeping through my scintillating conversational moments.

With his chin resting comfortably on his chest, I began, speaking softly, so as not to harshly draw him out of his sleepiness.

“Do you know what starts on Feb. 19?” I asked.

“Hmmmph,” came the reply, which could have been described as an interrogatory or declarative response.

“The Scotties starts on Feb. 19 in Calgary and I’m letting you know now that I have first dibs on the television until Feb. 28.”

I think his eyelids fluttered but there was no verbal response. My question to myself became: “did he hear what I said?” or “is he pretending to sleep just to annoy me?”

Thinking it would be best for my plot that having Housemate at least partially awake might be the better option than my first sneaky attack.

When he fully awoke at the end of the news, I plastered a smile on my face and in my sweetest voice, I tried plan B. “Dear, just to let you know that I will need full access to the TV from Feb. 19-28 so I can watch the Scotties curling. I’m so excited.”

His response was in the negative, something to the effect of “No, I don’t think so.”

I grinned at him and wagged my finger, suggesting by the finger wag that I knew

he was fooling, just trying to get my goat about command of the TV. Feeling some major convincing was still required, I noted how long it had been since live curling was featured on television — almost a year, while his business programs and nature shows and antiques shows and junk picker shows continued without interruption. Of course I didn’t mention the curling reruns that did appear to fill the curling void after the pandemic hit. But that was beside the point.

I also reminded him how much fun we had at the Scotties here in Moose Jaw a year ago, and that he actually felt drawn to Rachel Homan and the shots her team made with us in attendance.

From now until the first rock is thrown, I’m prepared to use all my powers of persuasion to make sure the remote control is in my hands at the appropriate times.

The only disappointing factor about the upcoming Scotties is that one of the teams is being skipped by a skip that I feel should abandon any kind of team sport. Perhaps Housemate might be given the TV channel changer when that team is scheduled to play.

The good news: the games are being shown on TSN with knowledgeable commentators able to keep the play-by-play moving along with the pace of the game.

And just wait: the Scotties will be followed by the Brier, men’s and women’s world competitions plus a few other bonspiels yet to be announced. Housemate will be so overwhelmed with excitement!

Let the games begin.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

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Outlook artists organizing first multi-community art tour to highlight rural artists Larissa Kurz

Studio tours are hardly uncommon in the many art communities across Saskatchewan, but organizers working with the Outlook & District Arts Council are debuting a new kind of event this summer they hope will be a huge hit: the River & Rail Art Trail.

As a self-guided tour taking place on June 26-27, River & Rail Art Trail will direct art enthusiasts on a road-trip style adventure to several different communities in and around the Outlook area, to visit artists, studios, galleries and even local businesses.

“All the artists, the agribusiness entrepreneurs, musicians, even writers, all those people that form an economic and personal diversity in what they do and find joy in, we want them to be supported,” said organizer and artist Janet Akre.

Inspired by the many other studio and artist tours that take place in other parts of the province, including the Moostletoe Studio Tours here in Moose Jaw, Akre said the idea was to create something similar for the creative communities in Outlook and area.

After a successful private event Akre put together with a handful of other local artists on her own property, a spark of interest from Outlook potter and co-organizer Susan Robertson became the River and Rail Art Trail.

The event is unique in that it will feature a multi-community map and include more than just traditional artists, extending the tour to artisans, local producers, writers and musicians. Akre and Robertson are also envisioning partnerships with local businesses as venues on the tour, which

Akre explained further.

“For example, wouldn’t it be cool to have somebody who makes charcuterie boards set up in the local Co-op, so that way you would be able to absolutely find the venue,” said Akre. “And then as a double-take, you’ve got the artisan there with their art and also the business supporting their work and encouraging people to buy local.”

Akre said there is already a handful of artists and venues onboard, and the tour’s range is looking for stops in the communities in west central Saskatchewan — including the areas of Outlook, Davidson, Strongfield, Loreburn, Broderick, Elbow, Tugaske and Craik.

This year’s debut event will be entirely free for those interested in following the trail, and the co-organizers are already hard at work planning the map that will be available.

“We’re going to have a very fluid experience, so people can drive to wherever they want to. We’ll obviously have signage and directions, and hopefully even an app we can tie into GPS so people can find their way around quickly,” said Akre.

As artists themselves, Akre, Robertson and the arts council envision the River and Rail Art Tour offering a unique opportunity for rural artists in smaller centres to showcase themselves, while also promoting the other tourism interests in the communities these artists call home.

“The person who’s going to come [to the tour] is going to be someone who is interested in the arts, who likes local adventure, who believes in supporting local,” said Akre. “Our larger cities, including

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She also hopes the event will offer a mentoring opportunity for artists, allowing them to connect with each other to talk about marketing and community growth.

Artist and venue applications are still open until the latter part of March, and

Akre encourages potential applicants to get creative with their ideas and venue arrangements — the River and Rail Art Trail is all about fostering creativity.

Applications are available on the River and Rail Art Trail website at riverandrailarttrail.wordpress.com, and updates about the event and its venues will be shared on social media over the next few months.

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Legion Comrade Dan MacAulay is my source of recipes for this week’s column.

Dan recently provided me with a copy of “Wartime Recipes and Food Rules,” a publication of Woodland Dairy in Edmonton. The foreword says the booklet “has been issued with the co-operation of . . . the department of national pensions and health and the chief of the consumer section, marketing service of the department of agriculture.

A large V on the cover encompasses food being prepared and stands for Victory for Canadian soldiers and their families.

“The purpose of the book is to assist housewives in the task of adjusting their menus to wartime conditions. They (recipes) have been thoroughly tested in the nation’s kitchens at Ottawa.”

Two pages are devoted to the Canadian Nutrition Program and the preferred daily servings of milk, fruits, vegetables, cereals and breads, meat and fish, eggs and even the need to supplement these items with fish liver oils for both children and adults.

Thanks to my friend Dan for sharing this booklet with me.

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Eggs A-La-King

3 tbsps. butter 2 tbsps. minced onion 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced 1 tbsp. chopped green pepper 3 tbsps. flour 1 1/2 cups milk 2 tbsps. chopped pimento 6 hard-cooked eggs 1 egg yolk salt and pepper Cook onion in butter for 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and green pepper and cook until mushrooms are delicately browned.

Blend in flour. Add milk and cook, stirring

constantly until mixture thickens. Cook 10 minutes.

Add pimento and hard-cooked eggs cut in quarters.

Pour some of the milk sauce over a beaten egg yolk and stir into the sauce. Cook one minute. Serve on toast.

One-half cup of green peas may be added in place of green pepper and pimento.

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Braised Lamb Hearts

Allow one lamb heart to each person.

Wash thoroughly in warm water and remove veins and arteries. Stuff the cavities with a savoury bread dressing.

Dip the hearts in flour and brown on all sides in a small amount of cooking fat.

Place the hearts in a casserole, season with salt and pepper and add a small amount of liquid such as water, stock, canned tomatoes or vegetable water.

Cover closely and cook in a slow oven until tender, about 1 1/2 hours.

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Corn Pudding

2 cups milk 2 cups canned corn 2 tbsps. butter, melted 1 tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 3 eggs, well beaten Add milk, corn, butter, sugar and seasonings to eggs. Turn into a greased casserole and bake in a moderate oven for about 45 minutes or until pudding is set.

For variety, 1/4 cup chopped green pepper, 1/2 cup grated cheese, 1/2 cup minced meat or 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms may be added.

Joyce Walter can be reached at ronjoy@ sasktel.net

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Roots of original Chinese association stretch back to 1880s Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Hundreds of Chinese people migrated to Moose Jaw in the early 1880s to lay tracks for the Canadian Pacific Railway, an influx that contributed to the growth of Chinese businesses, religious establishments, sports clubs and community associations.

CPR chose Moose Jaw as its divisional point in 1882, which quickly led to the municipality becoming a boom town with the largest Chinese population in the province, according to The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. By 1910, a small Chinatown with about 150 people had emerged on River Street, and by 1913, Moose Jaw had about 450 Chinese men and two women, 35 to 38 Chinese laundries, and three Chinese restaurants.

The majority of these Chinese immigrants originated from Taishan, in Guangdong province, which had been repeatedly ravaged with floods, earthquakes, plagues, typhoons, droughts, and civil wars during the late 1800s, according to the Canadian Museum of Immigration. The Chinese saw Canada as a refuge with opportunities for a better life.

One group that sprung up was the Chinese Benevolent Association, designed to connect the ethnic community. At some point in the 1900s, the group changed its name to the Moose Jaw Chinese Association (MJCA).

This non-profit group is the original association with which most people are familiar since it hosts the famous yearly Chinese New Year celebration with a nine-course banquet and Lion dance.

Visit www.facebook.com/hoi.sun.3 for pictures of past banquets.

“I must emphasize the word original as it is the true and the original MJCA that I have known of since I came to Moose Jaw in 1965,” said acting president Kim Chow, who has been with the group since 1970.

“Two years ago, another group in Moose

The executive of the original Moose Jaw Chinese Association include, from left to right, Garry Wong, Cally Fong, Kim Chow, Kelvin Hu and Judy Quong. Photo courtesy Kim Chow Jaw knowingly hijacked our association’s name (of) ‘Moose Jaw Chinese Association’ and named themselves as the ‘Moose Jaw Chinese Association Inc.’ Unfortunately, this causes some confusion for people in Moose Jaw, as well as for new Chinese people residing in Moose Jaw.” Over the years, the original MJCA has organized or participated in activities that involve the Chinese and non-Chinese communities, he continued. This has included the New Year’s banquet, Christmas parades, fundraisers for people affected by natural disasters, Motif performances, Canada Day and Sidewalk Days.

Chow has also used the MJCA name when participating with the multicultural society. This is why, he said, it is disappointing that a relatively new Chinese resident who was not a member would

steal the group name, register it and then use it for her interests without consulting with the original association.

“I asked her to hand the name back to me, but she stopped and refused, and she quoted law and order,” he added. “She said it’s open game because we didn’t register it. She claims she wants to work for the interests of the Chinese community in Moose Jaw. To me, that is not working for the interests of Moose Jaw people. She should work in conjunction with us.”

The original association is important to Chinese people since it serves as a meeting point, is the only club that represents them, and speaks on their behalf, Chow explained. Most new Chinese immigrants register with the association to stay connected. The MJCA currently has 90 members.

The Moose Jaw Chinese Association does

not have an official online presence since many of its original members are older, so any website or Facebook group that bears that name belongs to the woman who “shamelessly stole” the name, Chow continued. However, the club plans to create a website since the new Chinese immigrants are more tech-savvy.

No celebrations this year Due to the pandemic, the MJCA can’t hold its annual Chinese New Year celebration this year to welcome in the Year of the Ox. Chow thought that was unfortunate since many new members had joined during the past year. Last year was the first time that more Chinese people than non-Chinese people attended the banquet.

Cultural importance According to cultural sources, the lunar new year or spring festival is the most important holiday for Chinese people, where they rush back to their hometowns with gifts for family and relatives and spend seven days celebrating and reconnecting.

On New Year’s Day, families sit down for a sumptuous nine-course meal, while children and young people receive money in a red envelope called Hong Bao. Before that, however, people thoroughly clean their homes, decorate with red ornaments, cut their hair and buy new clothes to wash away back luck and welcome good luck for the year. However, all of this must be done before New Year’s Day, otherwise, they invite bad luck.

Respect and food offerings are given to a family’s ancestors at family altars and to various deities or gods on New Year’s Day, while firecrackers are also set off.

Even though there won’t be an in-person celebration this year, Chow wishes everyone Xīnnián kuàilè (Happy New Year), Zhù xǐ fācái (good fortune) and Shēntǐ jiànkāng (good health and long life).

New Chinese group to hold online celebration this month for Chinese New Year Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

If you were hoping to celebrate Chinese New Year by watching the traditional lion dance and eating sumptuous dumplings in-person, you will likely have to party online this year instead.

Hundreds of people usually gather in Moose Jaw in February to welcome in a new year — 2021 is the Year of the Ox — and sample several dishes ranging from Peking duck to beef to vegetables to fish. However, with the pandemic still percolating throughout the province, restrictions prevent any gatherings larger than 30 people.

“It will be quite a different (celebration) due to COVID-19 situation. We decide (that) we will do a virtual Chinese New Year celebration in this year,” said Wei Qi, president of the Moose Jaw Chinese Association Inc. It should be noted that this group is not the same as the original Moose Jaw Chinese Association, which had its founding in the 1880s during the arrival of Chinese immigrants to lay tracks for Canadian Pacific Railway.

This relatively new Chinse organization came into existence in 2019 as a registered non-profit entity, explained Wei. The board’s directors met on Jan. 26 to elect a new vice-president and secretary while also gather ideas of how this year’s celebration should look.

“I just listen to other directors’ opinions. We come to the conclusion that we do virtually … ,” she continued. “It (is) way safer and respectful for everybody who actually gonna attend virtually rather than gathering together possibly, even though that not encouraged by the province anyway.”

It’s difficult to say how the online virtual event will be; however, the organization is recruiting friends and family from Moose Jaw and China to participate in different ways, such as singing, dancing or artistic displays, she continued. Another goal is to invite community groups and dignitaries to bring greetings.

While the association executive is still deciding what platform to use, Zoom seems to be the favourite right now. However, that decision has yet to be finalized, so everything could change at the last minute.

It will be tough not to have an in-person celebration this year, especially since the event is full of colour, action and delicious foods, Wei said. Furthermore, using a digital platform to gather will be challenging for many people in Moose Jaw. “This (will be) the first time for online, but we try to make it smoothly,” she chuckled.

Wei was born in Beijing, China and moved to Canada

more than 10 years ago; she has lived in Moose Jaw for a few years. She explained that Chinese New Year is celebrated somewhat differently back home.

For example, families have large gatherings around a table with the grandparents at the centre since they are highly respected. A large smorgasbord of food is prepared, including veggies, pork, chicken, beef, fish, and seafood, with the “major superstar” of the meal being handmade dumplings.

Wei noted that the association demonstrated how to make dumplings for a school in Moose Jaw last year before the pandemic shut down everything.

“That was quite an interesting experience,” she said.

Other foods featured in China include homemade noodles, Chinese-style waffles and burgers, and rice bowls.

The latter represent family sticking together.

Once Chinese New Year does occur, it will then be appropriate to shout, “Gung ho fat choy (Happy New Year)!”

The organization will announce on its Facebook page what day it will hold the Chinese New Year celebration.

The group is leaning toward Feb. 14, but it has to speak with other community organizations and guests to determine if this is a suitable date for them.

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Chinese New Year 2021 Chinese New Year 2021 will fall on Friday, February 12th, 2021. As a public holiday, Chinese people in Mainland China will get 7 days off from work from February 11 – 17 in 2021. According to the Chinese zodiac, 2021 is the Year of the Ox. The Chinese New Year will start on February 12th, and it will last until January 31st of 2022.

If you were born in 1913,1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 or 2021 you were born under the sign of the Ox. The Ox is the second out of the twelve zodiac signs: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig.

CHINESE ANIMAL SIGNS BORN IN:

Rat: 1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008 Ox: 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009 Tiger: 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 Rabbit: 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011 Dragon: 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012 Snake: 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013 Horse: 1942, 1954,1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 Goat: 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 Monkey: 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016 Rooster: 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017 Dog: 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018 Pig: 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019

This year is going to be lucky and also perfect to focus on relationships, whether we are talking about friendships or love.

Under the Chinese signs, the Ox is very hardworking and methodical. 2021 is going to be a year when work will get rewarded, and those zodiac signs who are lucky in terms of money this year will be the ones that will make a considerable effort. The Yin energy, specific to the Chinese sign of Ox, will be quite poignant. This is going to be a year when we will fully feel the weight of our responsibilities, a year when it is necessary to double our efforts to accomplish anything at all.

The Metal Ox year is also great for making order in the family life. After all, if the family life is peaceful, everything gets solved!

Thus, 2021 is a year when all the problems get solved with discipline. A lot of discipline! Obviously, with an extra effort from us in organizing our time.

Ox - Personality and Characteristics Tough, honest, faithful‌ Most people with Chinese Ox sign hold conservative and traditionalistic personalities. They impress people with an image of endurance, honesty and diligence.

They seldom fear for any hardships or difficulties.

They are persistent but stubborn, cautious but hesitant, moody and quick-tempered. Napoleon was typical in many ways but with certain very noticeable failings with the sign of the Ox. Strengths Persistent, cautious, patient‌ Ox personality is slow in action, but quite persistent.

Once they make decisions, they will hold on straight to the end. Cautious and careful, before taking actions, they will take a long time for consideration. Stability is another characteristic in their personality, for they are hardly ever affected by the environment changes and others’ judgment. With strong faith and willpower, they can always realize their goals. Honest and patient, they are reliable companions and friends. Besides, they are independent and industrious, which makes them to achieve something easily. When handling cases, they can arrange everything orderly. They give much care and attention to family, being filial to parents and tender to brothers and sisters. They are peace lovers, and treat people equally.

Weaknesses Stubborn, tardy, fractious‌ One of the weaknesses of Ox personality is their stubbornness, for they can hardly change their minds to accept the advice of others. They usually do things based on their own slow pace. The lack of efficiency will result in an average outcome. They seem to be moody, actually fractious, obstructive and irritable. Due to

their characteristic stiffness, they cannot react correctly according to outside changes. Remaining in a passive situation, they are tending to be loose and clumsy.

In relationships, they have no sense of romance and no skill to please their lovers. Their speech is also blunt; they can be unaccustomed to speaking in public, which will make them quite nervous.

Career Stably rising, obtainable higher position‌ Oxen's career develops stably and smoothly. With persistence and willpower, they can remain highly-spirited in a tough situation which enables them to reap success. By remaining in the same occupation long term, they are likely to get promotion and a handsome salary; as their capability will be recognized by colleagues and bosses alike. If starting a business, their talent will be used to the full. All in all, they can accomplish something by their hard work. However, they need to be aware of others’ jealousy, and learn to be more flexible in response to these disadvantages.

Best Jobs for Oxen They are sensitive, emotional, tender and merciful in Ox personality, and full of instinct. They do poorly in work related to logics and science, and they find it hard to work in a noisy environment or somewhere with strict rules. They are born with a sense of art in nature, so jobs related to art, literature, and design are good for them.

Suitable Jobs: doctor, lawyer, writer, teacher, socialist, entrepreneur, or office assistant.

Wealth Well-to-do life, weak awareness of money‌ In Oxen's lifetime, their economic status is good, and most of the income is from hard working. They can

hardly become tycoon or make a fortune in a short time. They may have some savings, which supports them to lead a well-to-do life. Actually, they have weak awareness in money matters, and they are inclined to form a habit of over-spending. Expenditure outweighs the income, and they sometimes suffer from financial shortage. They should never show up in a casino, for they have no luck in gambling.

Love and Relationships Conservative, faithful, suspicious‌ As it mentioned before, oxen are a group of people who lack romance, so people falling in love with them seldom get surprises. They are also awkward with words, and not good at flirting. Seeming to be cool and indifferent, they have an ardent inner side. When coming across the people they admire, they will get actively close to them. Their efforts in love will be not in vain, and they usually hope their partner feels the same way as they do in return. The problems of relationships usually come from their over tenderness to the opposite sex and suspicion about the other's loyalty.

Health Stomach disease, light diet‌ Their spleen functions well, helping to digest food and arouse the appetite. If they can go on a diet and control their excessive desire for food, they will live a long life and maintain a dynamic condition. However, there will be some stomach problems. If they eat a lot of greasy, sour and sweet food, they may produce an excess of saliva, which may give rise to other diseases. They are recommended to keep to a light diet and eat plenty of vegetables and fruits. *https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/ zodiac/ox/

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Lucky Symbols in 2021: Lucky Colours: Besides white, we have the lucky colors of the Ox: yellow and green, colors that, in Feng Shui, attract prosperity and success. To increase your luck, wear metal accessories.

Lucky numbers: 7, 9, 12, 21, 34, 42 Lucky days: the 5th, the 9th, the 17th, the 29th day of every month of the Chinese calendar Lucky months: the 3rd, 7th, and 9th

Chinese lunar months Lucky directions: west, northwest, and southwest In 2021, the ruling Tai Sui is Yang Xin. The position of Tai Sui is at North-East1. In conflict with Tai Sui

is the Chinese zodiac sign of the Goat, while the animals in indirect conflicts are: Ox, Dragon, and Dog.

What are the lucky signs for 2021?

Is 2021 your lucky year? Perhaps your Chinese sign is at the top of the list of the lucky signs of this special year.

Rat For those born under the Rat sign, your ideals and personal connections will be very important this year. The year 2021 comes with a special energy for them, as their optimism is at its peak.

Snake The year 2021 will help the Snakes find answers to the most personal and profound questions. Their wishes will come true at the right moment, exactly when they will need it the most. Those born

Career and Fortune

under the Snake sign will be a reliable help for their friends, and they will even inspire those around them.

Horse Dreams, aspirations, and personal connections will be essential for you in the coming year. The year 2021 will find you with special energy, with so many ideas that you want to put into practice, and your friends and the people close to you will be very helpful, offering you support you in everything you plan on doing. Your optimism will be at a high level, and you have more self-confidence and more faith in other people, which is

The year of the Metal Ox brings career advancement, success in business, prosperity, and wellness for all zodiac signs.

This year predicts new career opportunities, so don’t let anxiety or negative thinking affect you. Those who are born under the Ox sign are independent and strong peo-

an ingredient so necessary to accomplish our plans. Have faith in what the year of the Ox has to offer you on all levels, and don’t let anything get you down and stop you from flying!

Monkey Maybe you won’t believe this now, but the year 2021 is important for you because it will help you find answers to the most intimate and profound questions. You will succeed in finding balance and the best path. Your wishes will come true at the right moment, exactly when you need it.

Throughout 2021, you will gain increasingly more self-confidence, and you will

ple, but very stubborn.

During the year, some problems might occur for most signs, but success and luck are ready to be present for those who are flexible and ready for anything. In 2021, those born under the Dragon sign will enjoy huge profits, as long as they will take advantage of the occurring opportunities. However, they need to be very careful to not let themselves carried away before things get out of control. Many Tigers and Rabbits will obtain financial independence by discovering a new income source, while for others, money could fall from the sky. The Goats will keep having new ideas related to quick gains and organizing their own business, goals that will be successfully achieved.

Love

In love, a fabulous year is to come! If you think of starting a family with the person you have by your side, 2021 is the ideal year.

All the marriages started in the Metal Ox year are durable and happy. In case you are still single, get ready to meet your soul mate!

Seized by a vortex of passion and emotions, the impulsive and naughty Monkey might not succeed in choosing the right partner for a lasting relationship. A bit of advice from the astrologer: learn to be more romantic, more in-

find the best solutions. Also, you will be a real help for your friends, whom you will encourage by offering them the best pieces of advice.

Pig In 2021, the money will flow towards you. If you want to invest money in something new, go ahead with no doubts.

It is known that you like strategies, and you sometimes think too much before taking a decision, but now you have the energy of the Ox Chinese sign on your side, which offers gifts and luck in life!

volved in the relationship with your partner, more attentive to his/her needs, and a bit more tender! A simple gesture or a single beautiful word can make miracles!

The people born under the Goat sign must resist the impulse to spend too much money to please their loved ones, hoping they will obtain a state of romantic harmony. Their most important lesson in 2021 is that money can’t buy true love.

Health

The Tigers and Monkeys will not encounter serious health issues this year. Even if some colds or small issues will occur, they will solve them as fast as possible. Moreover, any pre-existing conditions will register a major improvement.

The people born in the Tiger and Monkey signs will not encounter serious health issues this year. Even if some colds or small issues will occur, they will solve them as fast as possible. Moreover, any pre-existing conditions will register a major improvement.

Dragons will be quite agitated, which is why they might get exhausted many times during the year. A deteriorated state of health is only one step away, so they need to be extremely careful. The extra hours over the work schedule but also the sleepless night can be some of the main causes.

Famous People Born in the Year of the Ox

Napoleon (1769), Adolf Hitler (1889), Walt Disney (1901), Margaret Thatcher (1925), Barack Obama (1961), Saddam Hussein (1937), Gerald Ford (1913), Charlie Chaplin (1889), actors George Clooney, Richard Gere and Dustin Hoffman, artist Vincent Van Gogh; Princess Diana; former President Richard Nixon.

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Liu family enjoying warm welcome in first year in Moose Jaw Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express The weather might be cold in Moose Jaw, but the people are always warm. And that’s proven especially true for one family currently making their home and finding their way in the Friendly City.

The Liu family - dad Laosen, mom Leqin (Joy) and daughter Yihan (Kelly) - immigrated to Canada and settled in Moose Jaw last February, and not long after founded their clothing business SUZA STYLE. And like most people who first arrive in Moose Jaw, they’re finding the city is living up to its former moniker.

“We’re hoping Moose Jaw will become our second home, not only because of the business but because it is so nice here, seeing everything new here and becoming part of the community,” Joy said through Kelly, who served as an interpreter for her parents.

“We want to see more beauty in the city and use our own ways to thank everyone for the friendliness that Moose Jaw has

shown us,” added Laosen.

The Liu family first visited Moose Jaw back in 2019 and soon after decided to make the move to Saskatchewan to set up their new business.

And to say things were a touch different right off the hop from their original home in Shenzhen - population 12 million, located just outside of Hong Kong - would be a bit of an understatement.

“When we first drove from Regina to Moose Jaw, there was a bunch of snow and it was weird not to see any buildings, it was so empty,” Laosen said with a laugh.

“I had my first birthday in Moose Jaw in March and I feel like I’m one years old in Canada. Everything is new, we need to study, we need to learn, we need to make friends, everything.

“The language barrier is the biggest problem, but weather is something else we’re getting used to. And we don’t know anyone around here; when we first came we Joy, Laosen and Kelly Liu pause for a photo in their SUZA STYLE storefront. didn’t have any connections (to the community). It hasn’t taken long for that to start to change, though.”

The Liu family decided to choose the city Church and Main Street, but also more “Everybody is very nice to us,” Joy said. with the weird name in the middle of the pastoral scenes from the open spaces “Our neighbours near us are really helpful Canadian prairies for a simple reason: lo- around the city. and everything, helping us fix our garden cation, location, location.

“This is a really quiet city, much differand things like that,” adding that the fami“They heard Moose Jaw is right in the ent than where we’re from in China,” ly also had help preparing their new home middle of west and east of Canada so it Kelly said. “When it gets to winter, he’s on Buttercup Crescent for winter - somewas a really good place for travelling, it not as frequently going out as before, so thing they hadn’t experienced before, givwas a really good location,” Kelly ex- he paints pictures of the memories he had en Shenzhen’s sub-tropical climate. plained. when it was nice, all the really beautiful “Sometimes our neighbours will help us And with that in mind, a really good place scenes.” clean the snow, and we feel really special, to set up business.

And then there’s the snow sculpture. it might be common in Moose Jaw, but for SUZA STYLE - with ‘SUZA’ standing Laosen put together an impressive carvus it’s really special, it nice to have our for Simple, Unique, Zealous and Amaz- ing of a cat in the front yard of their neighbours being so welcoming and helping - offers a selection of Chinese-style home shortly after the first heavy snowing us.” clothing as well as a host of t-shirt print- fall, drawing plenty of attention from the ing, team clothing and logo design ser- neighbourhood and passers-by, in addivices. Their Facebook page at facebook. tion to giving other folks in the city the com/suza2020 offers a look at some of the idea to attempt the same. designs and products they have to offer.

As for the future, naturally the plan is to The Liu family have also become a touch grow their business. But outside of that, famous in Moose Jaw for another reason: continue to enjoy the city they call home.

Laosen’s artwork.

“Even with the pandemic, I think you can A prolific painter, he’s created a series of explore and see a lot of new things still. canvasses depicting Moose Jaw scenery, It’s very beautiful here, in the summer products of his daily runs through the there are many flowers and it’s really, recommunity and neighbourhoods. These ally nice,” Joy said. “It really is a beautiful include impressively designed works that city.” feature famous sites like St. Andrew’s Laosen Liu’s snow sculpture in front of their Buttercup Crescent home.

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What if Canada Post was part of the postCOVID recovery?

On January 18, Canada Post Corporation (CPC) announced that 2020 was a record year for parcel delivery. Obviously, public health measures had something to do with it. But parcel delivery at CPC has been growing exponentially for the past five years, and it shows no sign of slowing down.

With this kind of growth, a corporation like Canada Post must roll up its sleeves and review its values, its commitment, and the service portfolio it offers to the population, including businesses. Canada Post already has the infrastructure and the network it needs to be an integral part of the post-COVID recovery and to become a leader in sustainable development. In doing so, it would create jobs across the country and be part of the government’s environmental plan, while also respecting its mandate to be financially self-sustaining.

To achieve this, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has launched a bold campaign called “Delivering Community Power.”

Whether in the city or in the country, in remote areas or in the

Thanks for publishing letters to the editor Thank you! As I opened up this past week’s Moose Jaw Express, there were so many letters printed from Moose Jaw folks, not one or two but like seven. That is amazing getting their letters out there heard in these hard times.

I recently emailed the mayor of Moose Jaw regarding his thoughts

suburbs, post offices are everywhere throughout Canada. CPC has more than 6,400 outlets, the largest retail network in the country.

CUPW proposes to accelerate the electrification of Canada Post’s vehicle fleet. CPC operates more than 20,000 vehicles, generating 65 kilotons of CO2 every year. The acquisition of electric vehicles would benefit the environment, stimulate the automotive sector and create decent jobs. Now, imagine if Canada Post installed charging stations at its facilities and made them available to all, creating the largest network of charging stations in Canada. Imagine you are driving on the highway or an isolated road, but the battery of your electric car is running low. No more worries, because you know you will find a charging station at the post office in the next village. COVID has brought to light the problem of high-speed Internet access in hundreds of communities.

With its extensive presence in those communities, Canada Post could play a central role perfectly in line with the government’s commitment to bring high-speed Internet access to all communities. This also fits with Canada Post’s mission, because it supports online shopping, and online shopping fuels parcel delivery.

In 62 countries, the post office also provides banking services.

Canada’s extensive postal network could also provide crucial

banking services, especially in remote, rural and Indigenous communities, which have been abandoned by major banks. Did you know that there are only 66 bank branches in all 700 First Nation communities? A postal bank would have the power to reinvest in communities through infrastructure or social housing, for instance. In addition, a more inclusive postal bank would reduce the dependence of thousands of workers on payday lenders and their usurious interest rates.

Finally, imagine letter carriers knocking at the door of someone who lives alone. They could offer this check-in service at the request of a family member who could receive a notification saying that everything is fine, or that help has been called in the case of an emergency. The postal service in France and Japan already offers this service.

My 56,000 brothers and sister from CUPW will not accept that Canada Post is sitting idly, refusing to change its old values and habits. I urge you to contact your Member of Parliament to demand a strong postal service for the future. It’s up to you!

on cleaning up Moose Jaw. I mean, yes, his heads in the right direction but as he wrote his little speech about it, it came across way too focused on the way Moose Jaw looks and not about the people, so I gave him some ideas on maybe focusing more on the people and how we as a big family can clean up Moose Jaw while still trying to cheer up families and businesses.

Some new steps into 2021 would be to put the Focus on the peo-

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Caronport man gets jail for possessing drugs, prohibited weapons Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Moose Jaw police were patrolling near the Lakeview Trailer Court on Aug. 3, 2020, when they spotted Randy Payton — a man with an outstanding warrant for assault causing bodily harm and choking — standing outside.

Police decided to conduct a vehicle stop, but watched as Payton, 29, from Caronport, drove away in a black Cadillac Escalade, so they followed at a distance until the vehicle stopped at the Dreamland Hotel, federal Crown prosecutor Suzanne Young explained.

Officers approached the vehicle and noticed two people inside, but not Payton since he had gone inside a hotel room, she continued. Police told the occupants to exit the vehicle, while they also noticed open alcohol throughout the Cadillac.

Payton eventually came to the hotel door, where police informed him he had missed a court appearance and was under arrest for the outstanding warrant.

Meanwhile, one officer opened the rear driver’s side door and noticed a shotgun barrel behind the seat, Young said recently during Payton’s sentencing at Moose Jaw provincial court.

Sentence details Payton pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamines) for trafficking, possession of property (proceeds of crime) under $5,000, and possession of ammunition while prohibited.

The Crown stayed several other charges.

As part of a joint submission, Payton received 600 days in jail for the trafficking, a lifetime ban on firearms, weapons or ex-

plosives, and must provide a DNA sample.

Since the Caronport resident spent 183 actual days on remand, the court credited him with time served, which means he has 325 days left.

Payton must also serve an extra 90 days in jail for possessing the prohibited ammunition and must serve 18 months on probation once released. He will also serve 120 days in jail concurrently — simultaneously as the main sentence — for the possession of property under $5,000.

Police find evidence After arresting Payton, officers towed the vehicle to the police station and acquired a warrant to search the Cadillac, Young continued.

Some items they found were bottles of alcohol, a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, dozens of rounds of 9-millimetre ammunition, a digital weigh scale, bear spray, and a black Naloxone-stencilled zipper case with 33.4 grams of crystal meth in small baggies, 2.4 grams of powdered cocaine, 2.5 grams of crack cocaine, 0.5 grams of an unknown powdered substance, and six prescription pills.

The estimated street value of the drugs was $3,900. Police also found $3,480 in cash on Payton after taking him to cells.

Police obtained another warrant to search Payton’s trailer, Young continued. Inside, some items they found included a gun safe, a Domino’s Pizza topper, a .303 British rifle, more baggies, another digital weigh scale, various ammo calibres, cash, cocaine, and a rifle scope.

“From the federal Crown’s perspective, the bulk of the TSA (Traffic Safety Act)

related evidence was found in the vehicle search under warrant. Also in that vehicle was a presence of a firearm. It’s not clear that it was used in the commission of the offence of the possession for the purpose of trafficking … ,” she said. “Obviously, the near presence of a firearm elevates the seriousness of the offence significantly.”

Although this was not a “sophisticated commercial enterprise,” the quantity of drugs, the packaging, and the cash found all suggest that profit was a motivator of these offences, Young stated. Overall, this joint submission is within the range of sentencing for a first-time trafficker and is also generous to Payton due to the

pandemic situation.

Defence comments Payton was born in British Columbia and now lives in Caronport with his mother, explained defence lawyer Susan Wurtz.

He has always had addiction issues with cocaine and meth. He has taken courses for anger and violence throughout his life, and he has been to an alcohol treatment centre twice.

The death of his father in 2018 sent him into a spiral, she added, but Payton has been sober the past six months.

Judge Brian Hendrickson accepted the joint submission and acknowledged that it was within the range for sentencing.

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The problem has been narrowed down to transducers in each humidifier that need to be replaced, the report continued. These devices regulate how much moisture is released in the air handling units and are rated for 10,000 to 15,000 hours.

There are 216 transducers that need to be replaced.

The department is investigating why the transducers have failed since they were installed in 2019 and haven’t reached the 10,000-hour rating yet, the report added.

Municipal officials are also speaking with the initial project engineer and manufacturer to see how the devices’ lifespan can be increased in the future.

Sportsplex situation There are $71,410.04 in change-order repairs that are required for the sportsplex change room renovations, with only $14,681 budgeted for contingency, the report said.

This means an extra $56,525 is needed from approved 2021 capital budget projects.

“Upon review of the project budget, it was determined that $12,795.54 in change orders were approved to pro-

The parks and recreation department needs an extra $101,525 to address funding shortfalls that have been encountered during the completion of projects at the Kinsmen Sportsplex and Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery.

During the Feb. 1 regular council meeting, city council voted 6-1 to provide $45,000 to the department to complete repairs to humidifiers at the art gallery, along with $56,525 to address additional renovations to change rooms at the sportsplex.

Funding for the museum project will come from the facilities building reserve, while funding for the change rooms will come from transferring $30,000 from a library floor replacement fund and $26,525 from savings in the YMCA building demolition project account.

Coun. Kim Robinson was opposed.

Art gallery situation Building staff at the museum and art gallery have had difficulty keeping the humidity in the acceptable ranges, which has led to many service calls for support since November, a council report explained.

Provincial and federal standards for humidity in museums and art galleries is 47 per cent, with acceptable minor fluctuations from 45 per cent to 55 per cent. However,

ceed without the sufficient budget in place,” Derek Blais, director of parks and recreation, said in the report. “This was an oversight by the parks and recreation department, and operational changes are underway to ensure that change orders are approved prior to the work being completed regardless of how necessary the work is considered.

“An additional $43,729.46 is also required to address the change orders outside the original scope, which are on hold until proper funding is allocated.”

These two numbers add up to $56,525.

Council discussion Coun. Heather Eby was pleased that savings were realized during the YMCA demolition project.

“It’s always good to know when something comes in under budget … so it’s a good news story,” she said, before wondering why the report said the adjacent Natatorium needed new windows.

Some windows were hidden or covered when the former YMCA building was beside the Nat, Blais explained.

Now that that side of the building is exposed, the department has to update the windows to strengthen the building’s exterior and prevent unauthorized entry.

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Council creates new deal with recycling company Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

City council overcame poor communication from city administration regarding a contract with a community business and managed to create a new deal that isn’t so financially burdensome on the company.

The City of Moose Jaw has had an agreement with Potters Canada for the recycling and disposal of glass dust, powder and debris at the landfill since 2009. However, a council report explained, in 2018, city hall determined that the glass powder was no longer a benefit at the landfill or for use in constructing temporary roads.

Since Potters was made aware of this only in December, city administration recommended that the company be charged a rate that scales up during the next 12 months, the report continued. This included charging the current $21 per tonne fee from January to March, followed by $69 per tonne from April to June and then $80 per tonne from July to December.

However, during the Feb. 1 regular meeting, council voted 6-1 to charge Potters Canada a landfill disposal rate of $21 per tonne this year, $40 per tonne in 2022 and the full in-town landfill fee of $80 per tonne in 2023.

Coun. Kim Robinson was opposed.

Business presentation Potters Canada would prefer to have no increase at all, especially since it would hike disposal costs by nearly 300 per cent, or an extra $78,000 in expenses, plant manager Gilles Lajoie said during a presentation.

In 2020, the company paid $36,666 in landfill fees.

The company recycles 12,000 tonnes of glass — 40 per

cent is clear glass bottles and 60 per cent is window panes — annually, with roughly 5,000 tonnes coming from SARCAN distribution centres across the province.

About 1,700 tonnes of glass dust is deposited at the landfill.

The Moose Jaw shop has 20 well-paid employees, Lajoie continued. Furthermore, the company has spent major money on capital projects in the last five years to increase its production.

The company plans its new budget at the end of August, and since it knew its landfill contract was expiring in December, officials reached out to city hall in late August, the plant manager said. It was around Dec. 2 when city hall emailed a response saying the contract wouldn’t be renewed, which was a surprise. “My ask would be to leave the fees as they are. I understand that’s not the most popular solution,� said LaJoie.

Phasing in the cost increase would give the Moose Jaw business the time to adopt new recycling technologies, he added, which could reduce, modify or change the dust so it’s usable and saleable as glass.

Council discussion “Potters is definitely one of the best-kept secrets in our city as far as what your industry is all about ‌ ,â€? said Coun. Crystal Froese. “I think people don’t quite realize how elite this area is as far as the industry (goes) and how lucky we are to have this company in our city.â€?

Council should work with the company to enhance recycling and economic development, she added. This could

include helping the business acquire grants related to recycling and green initiatives.

Most councillors expressed similar comments about their disappointment with the lack of information from city administration about this issue — including an email from Dec. 14, 2020 — while discussing this contract in private during the Jan. 25 executive committee meeting.

Forcing Potters Canada to absorb an almost $80,000 increase in expenses would be huge, Coun. Heather Eby said. Council talks about economic development and business retention, but this is not how to retain a longtime community business. She thought this issue should have been raised during budget talks in December.

The regular issue council faces is that city administration does not provide communications from residents and businesses promptly, said Coun. Dawn Luhning. She thought council needed to discuss this problem since it’s inappropriate to make decisions about businesses without having the letters and emails from them. “We surprised (Potters Canada) with the increase. And here we are trying to bring businesses in, but we’re not supporting the ones we have ‌ ,â€? said Coun. Jamey Logan. “Do they need to pay more? Absolutely. Do they need to pay tomorrow? No.â€?

This action was a disservice to a long-time company in Moose Jaw, agreed Robinson. However, his preference for increasing the company’s landfill fees was to phase in the full amount in 2024 instead of 2023.

Miscommunication mishap at city hall is forgivable, mayor says Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

Everyone makes mistakes, so the fact there was a miscommunication between city administration and city council about the Potters Canada deal is forgivable, the mayor says.

Several city councillors expressed their disappointment about city administration’s lack of clarity regarding a new landfill deal with glass recycler Potters Canada during the recent city council meeting. In particular, councillors called out city administration for not providing an email that could have cleared up the situation during a private debate at the Jan. 25 executive committee meeting.

Mayor Fraser Tolmie spoke about the situation during a media scrum after the Feb. 1 regular meeting. He explained that Potters Canada contacted his office before the meeting since it had information it wanted to share.

This was desirable since council wants information that looks at both sides of an issue before making a decision;

in this case, it appears an email was lost. “Those things happen. It just happened to me concerning a family member over in the U.K. (who) we’ve lost,�

Tolmie said. “You know what? I think the motion that was brought forward from Coun. (Dawn) Luhning is reflective of what our intention is to deal with businesses in the community,� he added, “so we’re going to put our best foot forward and contact Potters Canada and talk to them about their future and partnership with the city.�

No one likes to be caught by surprise, whether it’s council or city administration, but since a mistake has happened, the goal is to figure out how to fix that in the future, the mayor continued. With this issue, council addressed the situation during its meeting, it had a conversation with administration, and it will find solutions so this either doesn’t happen regularly or again.

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City administration acknowledges that a mistake happened, but council was able to make a decision and move forward, city manager Jim Puffalt said in a separate media scrum. He is “very concerned� when mistakes occur since city administration’s record shows this doesn’t happen very often. “Sometimes inadvertent mistakes happen. We’re striving for 100-per-cent perfection on this,� he added. “Our goal is full disclosure and provide full information to council so they can make a decision. On occasion, as the mayor (said), things get missed, and that’s what happened (Feb. 1).�

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City Hall Council Notes

City’s investment returns in fourth quarter a ‘nice surprise,’ councillor says Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express

The City of Moose Jaw’s investment portfolios produced surprisingly good returns in 2020, which has helped city council relieve some financial pressure on taxpayers, a city councillor says.

The municipality’s investment committee presented a report during the Feb. 1 regular council meeting that looked at how investments performed during the fourth quarter of 2020 and the year overall.

Council later voted unanimously to receive and file the report.

Long-term portfolio The long-term portfolio began the fourth quarter with a market value of $71.4 million, and by the end of December, had earned $5.5 million, to bring the total value to $77.02 million, the report showed. This represented an increase of 7.74 per cent.

From January to December 2020, the portfolio grew 9.92 per cent, or $7.042 million; since its inception in 2019, it has grown 9.42 per cent and provided $9.1 million in investment returns.

Moderate-term portfolio The moderate-term portfolio began the fourth quarter with a market value of $30.2 million. By the end of December, it had earned $1.4 million, to bring the total value to $31.6 million, the report said. This represented an

increase of 4.63 per cent.

From January to December 2020, the portfolio grew 6.46 per cent, or $1.925 million; since its inception in 2019, it has grown 6.10 per cent and provided $2.6 million in investment returns.

Numbers a nice suprise The annual rate objective in the moderate-term pool is 4.25 per cent, while the annual rate objective in the longterm pool is six per cent, so it was impressive that both portfolios performed well above those goals, said Coun.

Dawn Luhning. The total investment income earned last year was $8.967 million, equivalent to 30.38 percentage points of municipal taxation.

“The fourth quarter was certainly a nice surprise, after … we had bottoms falling out (in the industry) in March, April and May,” she said. “It turned out to be one of the best years the market has had.”

These investment funds are an important pillar of city council’s ability to fund various programs and services, while they also relieve the burden on taxpayers, Luhning continued. The investment committee — of which she is a member — has made prudent decisions and used a conservative approach during the transition to the new strategic asset allocations, which has produced benefits.

The City of Moose Jaw held bonds in its investment port-

folios in May 2019 before the committee reinvested that money into guaranteed investment certificates (GICs).

The committee then sold some of those GICs at a premium in 2020, which resulted in investment gains. The group later invested in global bonds and equities, which produced “significantly higher” returns on the GICs. Global investment outlook RBC Dominion Securities manages the City of Moose Jaw’s investment portfolios. As part of its report on how well the investments have done, RBC also summarized the global investment outlook.

The economic recovery during the pandemic has exceeded expectations, vaccine developments are promising, and markets have responded positively to the outcome of the United States presidential election, the report said. While economic hurdles are seen in the near-term, RBC’s growth forecasts for 2021 feature more upgrades than downgrades and are situated above the consensus.

“While we expect inflation to remain low, there is the potential for prices to rise faster than our forecasts, and an environment of too much inflation would be worse than not enough,” the report said, adding other uncertainties include the amount and timing of U.S. fiscal stimulus, a weak U.S. dollar, Brexit, and structural themes related to ageing populations, high debt loads and globalization.

City to receive provincial award for creation of customer service app Jason G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express The City of Moose Jaw created an app last year to make it easier for residents to report problems around the community and now, that app is receiving provincial praise.

The Municipalities of Saskatchewan (MOS) has announced that the City of Moose Jaw has won first place in the former’s annual Saskatchewan Municipal Awards for innovation and science.

The award is for the city’s request for service (RFS) app, which launched last February. It gives residents the abilVILLAGE OF EYEBROW NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT ROLL 2021 Notice is hereby given that the Assessment Roll for the Village of Eyebrow for the year 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the Assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday, February 3rd, 2021 to April 5th, 2021, except holidays.

A bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal in writing, accompanied by the fee; Residential $200.00, Agriculture $200.00, Railways $200.00 and Commercial and Indutrial $400.00 for each assessment being appealed, which will be returned if the appeal is successful with: The Assessor, Village of Eybrow, Box 159, Eyebrow, Sask S0H 1L0 by April 5th, 2021.

Dated this 2nd day of February, 2021.

ity to report issues and send pictures of the problem directly to the proper municipal department. Residents are notified when the request has been received and resolved.

The app also allows the city to send push notifications about programs and services.

MOS will present the award to city officials on Feb. 9 during its annual conference — held virtually this year — from Feb. 7 to 10.

CITY OF MOOSE JAW PUBLIC NOTICE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING City Council, at its Executive Committee meeting to be held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, will be considering a report authorizing the Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Corporation to enter into negotiations to borrow up to $60 million for the purpose of funding renewal of the City’s water treatment plant. A subsequent report, bylaw, and guarantee will be brought before Council at a later date to authorize the borrowing and guarantee.

Interested parties may obtain a copy of the proposed report from the Department of Financial Services at 228 Main St. N. or obtain information by contacting the Department of Financial Services at 694-4474. Citizens wanting to address Executive Committee respecting this matter must notify the City Clerk by email at cclerk@moosejaw.ca or call 306-694-4426 no later than 10:00 a.m. on February 16, 2021.

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City officials thought that the MOS would announce this award during the annual conference in early February, so it came as a surprise when the news came out on Feb. 1, Mayor Fraser Tolmie said during a media scrum after the recent council meeting.

“Obviously, we’re very happy,” he continued. Plenty of hard work went into this project — especially through the communications department and manager Craig Hemingway — to bring the app to fruition. City hall’s information technology department also deserves credit for the initiative.

This app was part of an overall project to upgrade the website, rebrand the community, make Moose Jaw better known and ensure it’s known for the right things, Tolmie said. City hall continues to encourage residents and users to get online with the app.

Residents asked for a more efficient way to communicate with city hall, so in 2018, city council decided to proceed with the RFS app project, he added later in a news release. Council is pleased with the results and appreciates city administration’s work to provide a user-friendly, award-winning project.

Not only does this app allow for the city to provide good customer service, but it also helps city hall since complaints are now sent directly to the correct department for completion, city manager Jim Puffalt said during another news scrum.

“It certainly is more expedient for customers, but also for staff,” he added. “It allows us to be a little bit quicker and faster at getting the job done.”

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Fish for FREE on Family Day Weekend

Early spring runoff report shows below normal snowmelt potential in southern Sask.

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No license needed to hit lakes throughout province from Feb. 13 through 15 Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

Get ready to grab your tackle box, pick up your ice drill and slide into your snowboots -- the annual winter free fishing weekend is this coming weekend.

Taking place on Family Day weekend from Saturday, Feb. 13 through Monday, Feb. 15 at lakes throughout the province, no licence is required to take part in one of Saskatchewan’s most popular winter activities.

“Every year, more than a quarter of a million anglers enjoy Saskatchewan’s worldclass fishery,” said Environment Minister Warren Kaeding. “Free fishing weekend is a great time to enjoy the outdoors and experience ice fishing, perhaps for the first time.”

Anyone who wants to take part can do so on any lake outside of national parks, those being Prince Albert National Park up north and Grasslands National Park in the southwest.

Other than that, lakes are open for business free of charge, including the wildly popular Buffalo Pound.

But don’t get too greedy out there - all other regulations remain in place, including possession limits and reduced limits on some lakes and rivers.

The provincial government also reminds ice fishermen to observe all physical distancing regulations and to put safety first

With some luck on your side, you could be seeing this on the Feb. 13 weekend! when heading out on the ice, including letting someone know where you’ll be fishing and when you plan to return.

One of the most important factors in winter fishing - outside of dressing for the weather - is knowing the thickness of the ice. For walking, that means at least 10 centimeters of good ice, and at least 30 cm for light vehicle travel including cars, and more than 30 cm if you plan to drive your half-ton out there.

For more information about fishing in Saskatchewan, including the 2020-21 Angler’s Guide, which includes all the possession and reduced limits, visit saskatchewan.ca/fishing.

The preliminary spring runoff outlook from the Water Security Agency (WSA) is showing most of southern Saskatchewan will have below to well-below normal snowmelt runoff potential in 2021.

Following very dry conditions throughout the region in the summer and fall last year, this winter’s snowpack is currently reported as below to near normal.

The area around Moose Jaw, Regina, Weyburn and Estevan is looking at a well-below normal runoff, while the areas of Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Melfort, Maple Creek and Val The preliminary spring runoff outlook from the SaskatcheMarie is looking at wan Water Security Agency. (supplied) below normal runoff.

Moving north in the province, runoff level projection levels are reported to increase.

Kindersley, Lloydminster, Meadow Lake and Nipawin are expected to see a near normal runoff, after slightly drier than normal fall conditions and an above-average winter snowfall in early November acting as compensating factors.

The southwest corner of the province, from Cypress Hills to the U.S. border, is also looking at a near-normal runoff.

The WSA’s projections could still change, according to the agency’s press release, as there are still several weeks of winter remaining. The first spring runoff forecast will be shared early in March.

City Hall Council Notes

Regina resident named as Jason Moose Jaw’s administrative review officer G. Antonio - Moose Jaw Express City council has appointed Saundra Arberry as the newest administrative review officer (ARO), a position designed to investigate public complaints about how city hall administrates the City of Moose Jaw. Council unanimously named Arberry to the post during the Feb. 1 regular council meeting. Her two-year term starts immediately and concludes on Dec. 31, 2022.

David Foley was the previous administrative review officer.

This position has received fewer than three complaints from residents each year since 2003. According to city administration, there were zero complaints last year, one in 2019 and two in 2018.

The position operates similar to an ombudsman who gives complainants an avenue to air their concerns when they feel that city administration has not managed their concern appropriately. This is a process followed when there are no other form of appeal available to the complainants.

The ARO position became available in the fall, and after advertising for the position, the city clerk’s office received three applications, a council report explained. On Jan. 6, the interview committee — consisting of councillors Dawn Luhning, Jamey Logan and Kim Robinson —

spoke with the applicants via video conferencing.

“All three candidates possessed excellent credentials. On conclusion of interviews, the interview committee unanimously recommends Ms. Saundra Arberry be appointed as the ARO,” the report said. “She has an intimate familiarity with the interview process; sensitivity to citizens; and extensive experience with government rules and regulations.”

Arberry is the deputy registrar with the provincial Office of the Registrar of Lobbyists and has worked there since its inception in 2015. In 2011, she moved to Regina to work as an electoral management consultant for Elections Saskatchewan after spending more than 20 years in the Northwest Territories (NWT). Before moving to Regina, Arberry worked in the Northwest Territories’ court system and then as the chief electoral officer for Elections NWT. For the work done, the ARO is paid a daily remuneration in the amount that is two times the daily per diem rate that members of city council receive. Since the current per diem rate is $161.30 per day, Arberry would receive $322.60 for her work.

Council discussion All the candidates who applied were great, and the three

finalists were also tremendous, Logan said. The decision of who to choose was tough, but Arberry was well-spoken and had plenty of experience, while her current job is similar to the ARO role.

Another quality Logan liked was how Arberry does not live in Moose Jaw. “(She’ll be) looking at each of these individual items from an outside point of view. In this particular instance, I do believe that’s important,” he said. “She’s going to look at it from an outside perspective and not have a formed opinion before hearing the story in the report. To me, that was also very important.

“I think she’s going to do a great job.”

Mayor Fraser Tolmie thanked Foley for his work during the past few years and noted that he would be missed.

However, the mayor looked forward to Arberry joining the team.

The next regular council meeting is Feb. 16.

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Where they are, how they’re doing: Miller Express spring baseball schedules

A quick look at when players signed by the WCBL squad kick off their 2021 college and university campaigns - and how to follow them Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

The NCAA and NAIA baseball seasons are currently kicking off throughout the United States and that means players who have signed with the Moose Jaw Miller Express are getting ready to take the field.

Pitcher Garrett Moltzan and Texas Wesleyan University were the first to hit the diamond, opening with a 20-6 win over Arlington Baptist University to kick off a dou-

bleheader; Moltzan didn’t see action in the opening contest.

Here’s a look at when other players who have signed with the local Western Canadian Baseball League franchise begin their spring baseball campaigns, and where you can follow their season before they make the trek to Moose Jaw. All start dates are contingent on ongoing

pandemic protocols.

This list will be updated at MooseJawToday.com as more player signings are announced.

The Moose Miller Express open their 2021 WCBL campaign on May 28 when they host the Medicine Hat Mavericks at Ross Wells Park.

Garrett Moltzan (P) - Texas Wesleyan University - Saturday, Jan. 30 vs. Arlington Baptist University https://ramsports.net/sports/baseball/schedule Nic Erickson (IF) - Kansas Wesleyan University - Thursday, Feb. 4 vs. Panhandle State (Oklahoma) www.kwucoyotes.com/schedule/22/3 Thomas Soto (IF) - Round Rock, Tex. Dragons high school - Saturday, Feb. 6 vs. Georgetown/Midway https://bit.ly/3oIKHLl Julian Zamora (P) - Washburn University - Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Northwest Missouri State University wusports.com/sports/baseball/schedule Jonathan Ellison (P) - McNeese State - Friday, Feb. 19 vs. University of Alabama mcneesesports.com/sports/baseball/schedule Chase Anderson (OF) - Metropolitan State University of Denver - Friday, Feb. 19 vs. Fort Hayes State (Kansas) roadrunnersathletics.com/sports/baseball/schedule Jeff Nicolosi (P), Anthony Diaz (IF), Jeremy Sagun (IF) - Mitchell College - Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. Immaculata University www.mitchellathletics.com/sports/bsb/2020-21/schedule Colby Greenhalgh (C) - Johnson and Wales University - Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. Salve Regina providence.jwuathletics.com/sports/bsb/2020-21/schedule Stephen Randazzo (IF), Wes Collins (OF) - Drury University - Saturday, Mar. 6 vs. Maryville University drurypanthers.com/sports/baseball/schedule Logan Gallina (C) - Golden West College - Saturday, Mar. 27 vs. El Camino College - https://www.gwcathletics.com/sports/bsb/2020-21/schedule Reece Helland (P) - Monterey Peninsula College - Saturday, Apr. 10 vs. Hartnell College www.cccaasports.org/sports/bsb/2020-21/schedule?teamId=d2d0qtl1wdwyx0n8

Moose Jaw’s Holland to play fifth for Anderson at Scotties Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

Amber Holland will once again be returning to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

Curling Canada announced the full team

list and draw for the 2021 tournament at the Markin McPhail Centre in Calgary Feb 19-28, with the former Moose Jaw

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standout landing as Sherry Anderson’s fifth for the tournament.

Anderson and her rink of third Nancy Martin, second Cahelynn Kitz and lead Breanne Knapp were named as Saskatchewan representatives for the national tournament by CurlSask a couple of weeks ago, with her selection based on Canadian Team Ranking System points after the provincial Scotties was cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic.

The choice seemed a natural one for Anderson, as Holland had played extremely well skipping her own rink this past season, finishing second in the provincial team standings and including a tournament win at the Moose Jaw Sask Women’s Curling Tour stop.

Then there’s Holland’s experience.

She’s twice represented Canada at World championships, first in 1992 when she won the Pepsi Junior women’s national title and again in the women’s ranks when she claimed the Scotties Tournament of Hearts national championship in 2011.

Holland also has coaching and administrative experience, having worked with CurlSask as the technical director and later executive director for nearly two decades.

The national Scotties tournament field was expanded to 18 teams for this season after teams were unable to play and earn points on the CTRS, which decides the two rinks that playoff for the Wild Card spot.

That led to two additional teams being added, with Manitoba squads landing all three Wild Card berths: Tracy Fleury who lost the Wild Card game to Jennifer Jones at the 2020 Scotties at Mosaic Place last winter - along with reigning women’s champion Mackenzie Zacharias and the third-ranked CRTS squad in Beth Peterson.

The rest of the field features a host of names familiar to those who followed the

Amber Holland will serve as the fifth player for the Sherry Anderson rink at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. competition in Moose Jaw: Kerri Einarson (Team Canada), Rachel Homan (Ontario) Laura Walker (Alberta) and Kerry Galusha (Northwest Territories) all return in Pool A, with Nova Scotia’s Jill Brothers, Northern Ontario’s Krysta Burns, Yukon’s Laura Eby, Zacharias and Peterson rounding out the pool.

Anderson will play in Pool B, which also features Jennifer Jones (Manitoba), Corryn Brown (B.C.), Suzanne Birt (P.E.I.) and Lori Eddy (Nunavut) from the 2020 Scotties. Laurie St. Georges (Quebec), Melissa Adams (New Brunswick), Sarah Hill (Newfoundland) and Fleury will be the new faces.

Teams will play a full round robin in their pool, after which the top four teams from each will advance to the Championship pool, playing four games against the rinks from the opposite pool.

There will be no Page playoff this year: the top three teams from each pool advance to the playoffs, with first place moving straight to the title game and second and third playing a semifinal.

The championship final is Feb. 28, with all draws being broadcast on TSN.

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Moose Jaw’s Coakwell caps solid bobsleigh World Cup season Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics set to begin a little over a year from today, now is a good time to start seeing results that might lead to a podium finish.

And with that in mind, Moose Jaw product and Team Canada four-man bobsleigh brakeman Ben Coakwell finds himself in a decent position.

Coakwell teamed up with driver Justin Kripps along with Ryan Summer and Cam Stones to finish in third at the fourth and final International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup meet in Innsbruck, Austria this past weekend. It marked the team’s third podium finish of the season and secured a third-place finish in the World Cup standings, with the 2020 campaign kicking off at the beginning of January due to the ongoing pandemic.

In Innsbruck, Coakwell finished third

overall, with the only major difference in times between them and first-place Friedrich Francesco from Germany coming from their starts - in the first run, Francesco put down a 4.97-second push compared to Kripps’ 5.12, with the margin of difference at the line 0.23 seconds. Run two saw Germany put down the best start of the meet at 4.95 seconds, with Kripps rolling out in 5.10. That race saw Canada finish 0.16 back of Francesco.

All told, Coakwell and crew would land 0.39 seconds back of Germany and 0.17 seconds back of second-place Austria.

Kripps was coming off a fifth-place finish in Konigsee, Germany after landing third during the Jan. 17 weekend in St. Moritz, Switzerland and second in Winterberg, Germany.

Kripps finished third in the World Cup

rankings with 794 points, 36 back of Austria’s Benjamin Maier and 106 back of Franchesco, who won all four races this season.

Coakwell, 33, was a former standout running back with the University of Saskatchewan before picking up his new sport in 2013. He quickly rose through the ranks and ended up cracking Team Canada’s roster for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, where he finished 12th overall as the brakeman for Nick Poloniato.

All told, Coakwell has won 11 medals on the World Cup scene, including four gold - three on the Lake Placid track in 2019, the other last year in St. Moritz - to go along with a pair of silver medals.

Next up for Coakwell and crew will be the World Championships in Altenberg, Germany on the Feb. 13-14 weekend.

Moose Jaw product and Team Canada bobsleigh brakeman Ben Coakwell won bronze at the World Cup meet in Innsbruck over the weekend.

Moose Jaw Little League taking registration as optimism high for upcoming season Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

The season might be a few months away, but Moose Jaw Little League already has an eye on the future - and plans for another successful spring and summer on the local diamonds.

That optimism is very well placed, too.

After the success they managed to put together last season, both in putting together a modified season for their 350plus players and avoiding the COVID-19 pandemic in the process, it’s pretty much a given that ball will be back this spring.

And that’s exactly what MJLL president Tony Dreger is looking forward to.

“With the winter we’re going through and without a lot going on, kids not able to play any games, I think the kids are going to be excited about ball this year,” Dreger said. “We’re open for registration, we’re planning on having a regular season within the restrictions and whatever the government is going to guideline us too. We had one last year and we’re confident we’ll have a season this year, so we’re rocking and rolling, we’re moving forward and we’re excited about it.”

The MJLL annual general meeting is next up on the docket and is slated to take place on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Like every event of its kind in these times, the meeting will be held over Zoom, with participants asked to send an e-mail to Mjll@mjlittleleague.

Moose Jaw Little League will be looking for more scenes like this this spring and summer. com to confirm their attendance and receive the meeting link.

In addition to going over the 2020 financials, a host of vacant positions will need to be filled, including Learn to Play Coordinator, Junior Rookie Coordinator, Senior Rookie Coordinator, Equipment

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When things do get going this spring, you can expect plenty of high hopes for local squads on the diamond, something that extends into the summer team program that famously ended up at the Little League Canada championships in 2019.

“If we could have had provincials last year, honestly, I think we could have been back to Canadians again, we could have had another good run at ‘er,” Dreger said.

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Upcoming online concussion workshops aim to educate parents, coaches and athletes Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

The provincial districts for Culture, Recreation and Sport will be continuing their series of educational sports workshops with a pair of concussion seminars at the end of February.

The event will take place over two days, with the first 60-minute workshop taking place on Feb. 23 for coaches, parents and sports administrators and the second seminar running Feb. 24 with an athlete-focussed approach.

“Both are pretty valuable, I think,” said Brennen Ronovsky with the South West District for Culture, Recreation and Sport. “It’s all about trying to better know about athletes when they’re competing and might have symptoms of a concussion. You want to make sure that those don’t get missed because it can cause some pretty significant situations later on in life, for sure.”

The coaches, parents and sports administrators’ event will be facilitated by Rhonda Shishkin, a certified athletic therapist and sports physiotherapist. It will cover what a concussion is, how to identify one and how to implement concussion management protocols and plans.

The athlete’s seminar will also cover concussion basics as well as preventing and managing a concussion, with an emphasis on the importance of reporting concussions

Educating parents, coaches and athletes on what to look for what it comes to concussions will be the goal of a pair of online workshops at the end of the month. and creating a supportive team dynamic. It will be facilitated by sports physiotherapist Michelle Keen.

Both sessions are free of charge and will take place in two timeslots: 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. or 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a question and answer period to follow. Participants are

asked to pre-register at least 48 hours prior to the event.

The workshops are part of an ongoing series of sports-focused seminars taking place throughout the year and hosted by the various Culture, Recreation and Sport districts, with the first occurring last week and featuring a look at sports injuries and prevention. Upcoming topics include: March - Sports nutrition; April - Sleep and performance; May - Drugs in sport education and awareness; June - Sport nutrition supplements; July - Mental performance; August - Mental performance; September - thinking patterns; October - Imagery and teams in culture; November - Routines; December - Ideal performance states.

Information for upcoming seminars, including dates and registration, will be released at the beginning of each month.

For more on the South West District for Culture, Recreation and Sport, be sure to check out their website at gosouthwest.ca.

Regina bubble for upcoming WHL season?

Recent report says that’s a distinct possibility Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

The Moose Jaw Warriors and the rest of the Western Hockey League’s East Division could find themselves converging on Regina for a bubble season starting as early as Mar. 4, according to a report by the Winnipeg Free Press on Wednesday.

Sports reporter Mike Sawatzky revealed that a plan is being put together that would see all seven East Division clubs -- the Warriors, Regina Pats, Saskatoon Blades, Prince Albert Raiders, Winnipeg Ice and Brandon Wheat Kings -- joined by the Central Division’s Swift Current Broncos for a 24-game regular season that would play their full campaign out of the Brandt Centre in the Queen City.

“It's been discussed and I would say there's a tentative plan in place but I know that there's no date established

yet," Regina Pats vice-president of hockey operations and general manager John Paddock told Sawatzky. “The province and medical people are in charge... It's been discussed about (Regina) being the hub here in some sort of

detail, but the dates - it would be premature to put down any date as far as I know.”

Under the proposed plan, teams would practice on the six-sheet Co-Operator’s Centre and players would be housed in the University of Regina dormitories.

Games would only be played between teams in the same division and no spectators would be allowed.

One question that’s outstanding is whether or not the Ice and Wheat Kings will be able to travel into Saskatchewan, as the current travel ban in Manitoba prevents that as a possibility.

“I guess they could get thrown a curveball all of a sudden and they can't come or something but that's not my understanding,” said Paddock. “We're a division and we're going to play together.”

Hockey Canada cancels all spring national championships Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express Hockey Canada has made its official announcement: all spring national championships will be cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

That includes the Esso Cup U18 AAA Female championship, which was to be held in Prince Albert and would have included Moose Jaw Minor Hockey product Jasmine Kohl as a member of the host Prince Albert Northern Bears.

It’s the second time Prince Albert has lost the event. They were to first host the tournament in April 2020, but that event was cancelled soon after the pandemic began in March of last year.

There has been no word if the Bears will have a third chance to host, as the 2022 Esso Cup has already been awarded to Lloydminster, Alta.

“During these unprecedented times, Hockey Canada has had to make changes to its season schedule to prioritize the health and safety of all participants at our national

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lease.

“We appreciate the support and dedication by our upcoming host committees to adjust our schedule for the next two hockey seasons, and we look forward to working with these communities to put on world-class events.”

Also cancelled was the Telus Cup U18 AAA Male championship, which was to have been played in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que. this spring. The 2022 tournament will be played in Cape Breton, N.S. The Centennial Cup Junior A tournament was to be played in Penticton, B.C. Estevan will host the 2022 championship, with 2020 host Portage la Prairie to potentially do so in 2023.

Finally, the Allan Cup Senior Men’s AAA tournament was to be held in Hamilton, Ont. after being also scheduled for there in 2020. There is no word on a host for the event next spring.

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A look at where the Moose Jaw Warriors who were in NHL camps are now Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

With the National Hockey League season in full swing, a host of former Moose Jaw Warriors are taking the ice for their respective clubs, with a handful having attended NHL training camps and preparing for their upcoming American Hockey League campaigns.

Fifteen former Warriors were looking to crack NHL rosters back in early January.

Here’s a look at where they are now and who they’ll be playing for in the near future. (all stats shown are as of Feb. 3) Dylan McIlrath - Detroit Red Wings, recently recalled from AHL Grand Rapids and on Red Wings taxi squad. Has yet to play an NHL game this season.

Joel Edmundson - Montreal Canadiens, 10 games played, one goal, two assists, three points, playing on second defensive pairing alongside Jeff Petry.

Brayden Point - Tampa Bay Lightning, 7 GP, 3-5-8, playing on first line with An-

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Brett Howden - New York Rangers, 9 GP, 0-0-1, playing on third line with Brendan Lemieux and Julien Gauthier.

Tanner Jeannot - Florida Everblades, ECHL, 5 GP, 3-3-6, likely to suit up for Chicago Wolves when AHL season starts

this week.

Brayden Tracey - attended Anaheim Ducks training camp, assigned to San Diego Gulls of the AHL, made unofficial pro debut on Jan. 20 in pre-season game with Gulls. Opens season against Bakersfield Condors on Feb. 5.

Morgan Rielly - Toronto Maple Leafs, 10 GP, 1-6-7, playing on top defensive pairing with T.J. Brodie, projected by TSN to land on 2022 Canadian Olympic team roster.

Dryden Hunt - Arizona Coyotes, 1 GP, 0-0-0, named to Arizona’s taxi squad to start season.

Brayden Burke - Arizona Coyotes, assigned to Tuscon Roadrunners AHL out of training camp, to begin season Feb. 7 against San Jose Barracuda.

Ryan Stanton - released from professional tryout (PTO) with Edmonton Oilers on Jan. 9, to start season with Bakersfield

Condors on Feb. 5 against San Diego Gulls.

Kale Clague - Los Angeles Kings, 7 GP, 0-2-2. Playing on second defence pairing with Kurtis MacDermid.

Noah Gregor - San Jose Sharks, 6 GP, 2-0-2, most recently played on third line with Dylan Gambrell and Timo Meier.

Jayden Halbgewachs - attended San Jose Sharks training camp, assigned to Barracuda, to play season opener Feb. 7 against Bakersfield Condors, expected to wear ‘A’ this season.

Travis Hamonic - Vancouver Canucks, 5 GP, 0-0-2, signed one-year, $1.25 million deal after PTO on Jan. 12, currently on injured reserve with upper body injury until Feb. 4.

Jett Woo - attended Vancouver Canucks training camp, assigned to Utica Comets, to open season Friday, Feb. 5 against Rochester Americans.

Veteran Jackson to return for new season with Miller Express Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

Matt Jackson and Michael Ross were the co Pitchers of the Year for the Moose Jaw Miller Express last season.

Throughout their series of signings this winter, the Moose Jaw Miller Express have brought on a host of new players who will be getting their first taste of Western Canadian Baseball League action when they arrive in the Friendly City.

That isn’t the case with their most recent

announcement, and as fans saw in 2019, this guy can deal.

The Express announced Friday that standout pitcher Matt Jackson would be returning to the team after putting together an impressive campaign the last time the local squad was on the field.

Jackson -- a 6-foot-5, 205-pound righthander -- emerged as one of the team’s top hurlers in his first year in the Millers’ line-up, taking the field for seven starts and pitching 44 innings, holding the opposition to a 2.86 earned run average while striking out 37 and walking 21.

Three of his outings were quality starts, including an eight-inning masterpiece against Regina where he held the Red Sox to a single earned run on six hits over eight innings on July 24 at Ross Wells Park.

Jackson didn’t give up more than three runs in an outing until mid-July, with another of his top showings coming on July 3 in Edmonton when he held the Prospects to a single unearned run over seven innings while taking the no-decision.

“As a returner, I enjoyed my experience in Moose

Latest Miller Express signee Gallina brings yet another proven bat to line-up Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express

You can add catcher Logan Gallina to the long list of Moose Jaw Miller Express signees who have shown an ability to put ball on grass in their baseball careers.

And that’s even when taking the field against college players right out of high school.

Gallina, a Laguna Niguel, Cal. product, played last season with Golden West College of the California Community College Athletic Association and picked up right where he left off the previous year with Dana Hills High School, putting together a .290 average to go along with a home run and 17 runs batted in through 20 games before the CCCAA season was called off due to the pandemic.

Gallina capped his freshman campaign with a .346 on-base percentage and .391 slugging percentage for

Logan Gallina is the latest Moose Jaw Miller Express signee. a solid .737 on-base plus slugging (OPS) total. His run at Golden West included a seven-game hitting streak and five games where he had two or more base hits.

Those numbers were similar to what the 6-foot-3, 190-pound left-handed

hitter put together in his senior year in 2019 at Dana Hills, where he hit .307 with two home runs, 10 RBIs, 16 runs scored and a .876 OPS. That included a season-ending streak that saw Gallina record hits in 14 of his team’s final 15 games.

And once again, if the CCCAA sounds familiar, it’s where Moose Jaw product Reece Helland is currently preparing to take the field as one of the ace pitchers for Monterey Peninsula College.

Golden West College opens its 2021 season on Saturday, Mar. 27 against El Camino.

The Miller Express kick off their Western Canadian Baseball League season on May 28 when they host the Medicine Hat Mavericks at Ross Wells Park.

Jaw and I felt very welcomed into such a unique place,” Jackson said in the team’s press release. “Seeing how genuine and supportive the community was made the games much more competitive and meaningful. Also, shoutout to the Lamey’s for being such an amazing (billet) host. I’m looking forward to chasing some hardware with the boys.”

Jackson was named the co-winner of the Miller Express Pitcher of the Year award in 2019 alongside Michael Ross.

The Moose Jaw Miller Express are back on the field on May 28 when they host the Medicine Hat Mavericks at Ross Wells Park.

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Grain Commission seeks feedback toByreform Grain act Ron Walter - For Agri-Mart Express The federal gove r n me nt EXPRESS is looking for feedback on how to reform the Grain Act, which has been mostly unchanged for about 50 years..

Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says a consultation phase has been launched into possible reforms of the act. The act sets out regulations to assure grain quality in Canada with the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) handling grain quality matters.

Consultation will obtain grain sector ideas on reform.

The feedback is online, which remains open for comment to April 30, and will be reviewed to determine what changes are needed.

Feedback may be submitted online at afc.cgareview. aac@canada.ca or by mailing comments to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 1341 Baseline Road, Ottawa, Ont. K1A OC5.

The Moose Jaw Express published an article Jan. 31 about the review. The article incorrectly quoted Ted Wakefield as grain commissioner with CGC. Wakefield has not been a commissioner for years. We apologize for the error.

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DELLA BENNETT (nee zucht) 1961 -2021 It is with sadness we announce the passing of Della on January 31, 2021 after a brief battle with cancer. Della worked for many years at 15 Wing Moose jaw Air Force Base.

She is survived by one daughter Stacy (Chris) Drager of Saskatoon; one brother Gerald (Jean); three sisters Judy, Joyce and Kathleen (Kirby); one sister-inlaw MaryAnn. For those wishing memorial donations may be made to Moose Jaw Transition House or St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Parish. In living memory of Della, a memorial planting will be made by Jones Parkview Funeral Services. Please sign the memorial register at website: www.wjjonesandson.com or www.parkviewfuneralchapel.ca (Obituaries). Dayna Chamberlain - Funeral Director

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MICHEL EUGENE ERICKSON March 12th, 1965 to January 30th, 2021 It is with profound sadness we announce the sudden passing of beloved son, brother, uncle, father, and friend Michel Eugene Erickson, aged 55 years of Moose Jaw, SK on Saturday, January 30th, 2021. He was born March 12th, 1965 to parents, Eugene Erickson and the late Marguerite (Erickson) Martin in Estevan, SK. There weren’t many people who didn’t know Michel (Mike). Whether or not they were close friends, coworkers or acquaintances, everyone will remember him fondly for his huge heart, that unmistakable smile, and chuckle. Mike was a hard worker and always found time to help others. He touched so many people. If you were lucky, you even got a good story or joke out of the deal. Mechanically inclined, there wasn’t anything that he couldn’t fix; he was our very own MacGyver. Most knew that he had a life-long passion for muscle cars, but his biggest pride and joy were his two beautiful daughters, Tess and Shelby (named after the Shelby Mustang). They were the light of his life. Mike was fortunate to spend this past Christmas with his beloved girls. His face would light up when he spoke about the time they spent together and their many shared adventures.

He was predeceased by his mother, Marguerite Martin; brother, Thaddeus Weber; and father-in-law, Gus Greening. Michel leaves to mourn: his wife, Arlene Erickson; daughters, Tess Erickson and Shelby Erickson; son, Kyle Bowler; father, Eugene (Connie) Erickson; sisters: Louise (Glenn - Desiree, Tyler) Thul, Jocelyne Martin, Giselle (Ricardo - Maxton, Isabella, Madelaine) Ysidron, and Robyn (Luke - Ben, Travis, Jennifer) Erickson; brother, Dean (Mariah) Erickson; sisters-in-law, Toni Weber (Dexter, Chloe, Zachary) and Anna Greening-Beckett (David - Sean, Tyler) Beckett; as well as many more extended family.

Due to the current Public Health restrictions, there will be no immediate Funeral Ceremony. We look forward to celebrating his life at a later date with all his family and friends. In memory of his loving mother and in lieu of flowers, donations made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, 150 Albert St, Regina, SK S5R 2N2 would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane. James Murdock, Funeral Director 306-693-4550 www.moosejawfuneralhome.com.

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Public health reminding residents to celebrate safely on Valentine’s Day Larissa Kurz

With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, the provincial government is asking residents to keep their plans for Feb. 14 safely within the current public health orders to avoid COVID-19.

“Show the people you love how much you care by keeping them safe from COVID-19,” said a press release last week from the provincial government, followed by a few suggestions for Valentine’s Day safety this year.

Public health is currently not recommending sharing gifts, chocolates or any kind of food items in schools or workplaces this year.

For close friends or loved ones exchanging gifts, public health officials are saying to give only individually wrapped and unopened store-bought treats and to isolate Valentine’s Day cards for at least 24 hours before handling.

Planning a Valentine’s date this year will also be different, said public health, with current restrictions on restaurant seating and multi-household contact.

For individuals who live in the same home, the recommendation is to plan a night in, perhaps featuring takeout or delivery from a favourite restaurant.

Plans outside the home are expected to follow the current restrictions placed on public spaces, including places like restaurants and movie theatres.

Restaurants, bars, pubs and nightclubs currently cannot seat tables large than four individuals and must take guest contact information from all patrons. Licensed establishments may not sell alcohol after 10 p.m.

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A gift and card for Valentine’s Day. (Shutterstock) Performance venues including theatres, performing arts venues and movie theatres are limited to a capacity of 30 people, and must keep food and beverage consumption away from the activity area.

Public health is also reminding residents that all gathering size restrictions, both inside and outside the home, are still in effect for the holiday.

People looking to spend time with their loved ones, especially those outside their home, are urged to instead organize a virtual connection — call, text or video chat with loved ones.

For more details on the current COVID-19 measures in place in Saskatchewan, visit saskatchewan.ca/ COVID19-measures.

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As a child, I spent a lot of time by myself. Since the school I attended was small, it didn’t offer me a whole lot of choices for a good friend. The only time I had a close friend was when I was in Grade 8 but she was in Grade 12 so after she graduated, I was on my own again. My parents had many good friends but all their kids were younger than me. I didn’t feel I had someone who was in my corner; and I just didn’t seem to fit in.

I was different. I thought differently than most of my peers; I was hungry for God and not interested in what most of the teens were interested in. I remember listening to my walkman on sports trips trying to drown out what was going on at the back of the bus. I was dedicated to my studies and was a diligent student. I yearned to fit in yet I didn’t want to sell myself short by compromising and giving in to peer pressure.

As I grew into my adult years, once again, I didn’t feel as though I fit in with mother groups, prayer groups, or ministry groups. I attributed a lot of the “not filling in” to my struggle with my weight. I thought I might fit in better if I was skinnier but, once again, I looked around the gym full of 20-somethings and I still didn’t feel like I fit in. It wasn’t until I took the “21st Century Game Changers” 13-week study in 2015 that I began to understand who I was on earth and how I am known in heaven.

I understood that I have a personal identity and when I know what that is and have the understanding to live it out, I don’t have to fit in; I can be confident just to be me.

The identity crisis that society is experiencing is due to the misunderstanding of who we really are and how God sees us. He has given each of us a unique destiny to fulfill with certain capabilities and qualities that set us apart from everyone else. Not one of us is a cookie cutter of another person. We are all very unique. You will also find that people will treat us differently when we begin to live out who we truly are by God’s design. Graham Cooke reassures us that “it does not matter how other people perceive you. It matters how you perceive yourself. Only you can live your life. ...We are not too old and we are not too young. We are just the right age for something brilliant to happen.”

Start the conversation with yourself and with God. Begin to express yourself through a journal. Ask Holy Spirit to give you some scriptures that you can claim as your own (these are called inheritance scriptures). Ask Him how heaven sees you and begin to start seeing yourself that way. Study Jesus and and ask Him what He has to say about you. If you have any personal prophetic words, those are also part of your identity. Ask others to pray and prophesy over you to bring further clarity. Become a student of yourself and attach importance to this identity journey you are on. “You are here by design because God wants you to know this is how you are known on earth.” You are on an amazing journey of discovery!

I am praying for revelation for you to discover your true identity! Let’s talk about this again next week!

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.

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COVID-19 restrictions & Upcoming Events in Moose Jaw

The following is a running list of groups, businesses, and organizations that have implemented COVID-19 precautions due to concerns about COVID-19. Moose Jaw Express staff will be updating this list as needed.

If you would like your notice or event added to this list, contact us at editor@mjvexpress.com.

For information about the status of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, or for more information on symptoms and preventative measures, visit saskatchewan.ca/ COVID19.

Current Public Health Orders:

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is currently recommending: • residents maintain a minimum of three meters distance when in public; • adhere to hand-washing protocols and sanitation measures in public spaces; • self-monitor for the development of COVID-19 symptoms and contact HealthLine 811 if any appear; • maintain a close household bubble to help reduce the spread of the virus and aid with contact tracing procedures.

Face masks are now mandatory in all indoor spaces across the province, including fitness facilities and workplace areas not accessible to the public.

Indoor private gatherings are now limited to household members only, no visitors. Single individuals who live alone may be in contact with one consistent household of less than five individuals.

Outdoor gatherings are now limited to a maximum of 10 people, with physical distancing in place. Nonessential interprovincial or international travel is strongly discouraged.

Public venues are limited to a max of 30 people and all sports activities are cancelled for all age groups. Retail stores and personal services like salons must limit their capacity to 50 per cent. Large stores must limit capacity to 25 per cent.

Visitors are also currently not allowed at SHA-operated facilities in the province, with the exception of compassionate care reasons, and masks are required in all areas of SHA facilities.

Vaccine delivery has begun, with Phase One for

vulnerable priority populations underway and Phase Two for the general public proceeding in April.

Changes in Businesses & Organizations:

Please be sure to check with individual businesses, organizations and public spaces about specific COVID-19 precautions that they may have in place.

Casinos and bingo halls are closed by the mandate of public health.

The Cosmo Senior Citizens’ Centre and Timothy Eaton Gardens are closed until further notice.

Upcoming Events: Grief Support groups from Jones-Parkview Funeral Services are moving to Zoom for the time being. For the link to attend any of these groups, contact Della Ferguson at dferguson@sasktel.net.

The Moose Jaw Public Library: is still offering virtual programming to the public. Teen events are hosted on Discord and adult events on Zoom, and the links to join events can be found on the library’s website. Upcoming events include: • MJPL Virtual Book Club on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.; • An Archives History Mystery on Feb. 11 at 2:30 p.m.; • Teen Digital Anime Club on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.; • Festival of Words Book Club on Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m.

Moose Jaw Legion: The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 59 Moose Jaw lounge hours are now listed as Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m.

Face masks are mandatory. Upcoming activities at the Legion include: • Veteran’s morning coffee: Monday to Friday at 10 a.m.; • curling, darts and shuffleboard currently suspended; • next meat draw fundraiser: February 13 at 3pm • Chase the Ace: Feb. 13 at 3 p.m.

• Tuesday 16 Feb - General Meeting (for members) 6:00pm • Saturday 20 Feb - Meat Draw/Chase the Ace Fundraisers 3:00pm • Saturday 27 Feb - Meat Draw/Chase the Ace Fundraisers 3:00pm The Legion holds Museum Mondays on Instragram highlighting a new artifact each Monday; Follow them on instagram (@Royalcanadianlegion59)

Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery: • the new Virtual Travel Series, an adaptation of the Noon Hour Slides program will be held over Zoom every Wednesday at noon until March.

• MJMAG staff are putting together a Pandemic Time Capsule and seeking photo submissions from residents showing interesting and creative ways the community adapted to COVID-19 this year. Photos will be included in both the capsule and a spring exhibition at the gallery.

Contact the MJMAG for more information.

• On Feb. 14, the MJMAG is hosting a Valentines Kids Art Workshop at 1:30 p.m. for children aged 5 and up.

The workshop will explore painting and mixed media work, and will be available both online and in-person.

Registration is available on the gallery’s website.

• new exhibition Fire in the Belly: SK Women in Art, featuring a collection of work from many different female prairie artists, is opening in the Norma Lang Gallery on Feb. 12, remaining on display until May 2.

Cornerstone Christian School: Charlotte’s Catering is serving a drive-through Valentine’s Day dinner on Feb. 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in support of the Cornerstone Christian School Student Aid Fund. The $20 roast beef meal will include a main course, salad and dessert, with the option to add an order of cabbage rolls. Meals must be pre-ordered by Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. by calling Cornerstone Christian School.

Big Country Toastmasters: is hosting an educational and informational open house meeting on how to use Zoom and how to practice public speaking skills on Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. Those interested can join by entering the meeting ID #994 4476 4964 in Zoom, followed by the meeting password: D42TM20Z5.

Moose Jaw Pride: is hosting a new Good Vibes Cafe event call Paint + Chill on Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. Open to students from ages 12 to 18, the workshop will take place at Rainbow Retro Gift Shop. All supplies will be provided, with participants asked to bring their own face mask. Participation is limited, so interested teens must call, text or Whatsapp (306) 692-3388 to register in advance.

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Real estate market has started off hot in 2021, data shows Moose Jaw Express staff

Building off the momentum in 2020, Saskatchewan’s real estate market started 2021 strong, as home sales throughout the province — including in Moose Jaw — were up compared to last January, data shows.

Across the province, sales were up more than 49 per cent from last January — increasing to 919 homes sold compared to 616 units — while new listings were down to 1,758 units from 1,855 units, according to a news release from the Saskatchewan Realtors Association.

“We haven’t seen a January like this since 2012,” said Chris Gbekorbu, SRA economic analyst.

With new listings down 10 per cent from their historical averages, fewer houses are being put on the market, he continued. Meanwhile, the rising number of sales combined with falling inventory suggests strong demand for housing. This could put upward pressure on prices and help to encourage potential sellers.

“Although it is only one month and another COVID-like event could slow things down again like it did last March and April, this strong start should help us be optimistic for 2021,” Gbekorbu said.

While some analysts have suggested that national housing numbers could suffer significantly this year, most analysts project that home prices will rise and that the economy will see strong growth while society recovers

from the pandemic, the news release added. Most consumers are also apparently optimistic about real estate and expect the market to continue to grow and be a good investment opportunity.

City of Moose Jaw data Sales of homes in Moose Jaw this past January increased to 35 units compared to 24 homes last January, which was an increase of 45.8 per cent, SRA’s data showed.

Sales volumes from those homes were $7.7 million, a jump from $4.9 million last January, or an increase of 55.2 per cent.

In comparison, the five-year average has been 26 houses sold for $5.5 million, and the 10-year average has been 27 houses sold for $6 million.

The average sale price of a home in January 2021 was $171,500, compared to $201,500 last January. This is a decrease of 14.9 per cent. The five-year average for sale prices is $189,880 and the 10-year average is $193,040.

According to the SRA data, the number of new listings this past January fell to 55 units from 77 units last January, for a decrease of 28.6 per cent. The five-year average for new listings is 69 houses and the 10-year average is 67 units.

Active listings in Moose Jaw fell to 155 in January, compared to 229 from the previous January, a decline of 32.3

per cent. In comparison, the five-year average for active listings has been 227 units and the 10-year average has been 210 units.

Inventory in the municipality stood at 4.4 months, which is below last year’s inventory of 9.5 months, while the sales to listing ratio was 63.6 per cent, which suggests that the market conditions favour sellers, the news release said.

Homes in the community stayed on the market an average of 73 days in January, down from 90 days last year.

In comparison, the five-year average for homes on the market has been 79 days and the 10-year average has been 70 days.

Moose Jaw region In the Moose Jaw area, 41 homes were sold this past January for $8.4 million, compared to 35 homes sold in January 2020 for $6.3 million, the data showed. The sale price of a home was $167,500, compared to $160,000 the year before.

The number of new listings in January was 88, compared to 108 the previous January. Meanwhile, the number of active listings was 335 units, compared to 444 units last January.

Homes stayed on the market an average of 97 days this past January, compared to 96 days the previous January.

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