April 12, 2024

Train cranes, backhoes, and bucket bull dozers were all needed to put the cars back on track after train cars derailed on April 7.

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

The crews were hard at work along the tracks beside the Rivers train station setting the cars back on the rails on Monday, April 8. There were cranes, backhoes, bucket bulldozers and workers lining both sides of the tracks to clean up the situation from the car derailment on Sunday April 7. The Riverdale Municipality was notified of a train derailment. This occurred behind the future

site of the Train Museum inside town. The train was not carrying hazardous materials, only sand.

A statement was issued from CN. CN has confirmed that a derailment occurred Sunday evening within the Rivers Yard, in the Town of Rivers. Approximately 13 cars carrying sand derailed and local emergency services were advised. CN’s mainline track in and out of the rail yard was not affected. CN is investigating the cause of this derailment.

Spring Break Day Camp Community development planning meeting

Communicating to revitalize the community

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

Ahuge brainstorming session took place at the Rivers Legion Hall on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, hosted by HTFC Planning and Design. This was a great opportunity for community members to express their ideas on how to revitalize the Rivers community.

Riverdale Community Development Corporation (CDC) decided to bring in the experts to help organize a plan for Rivers to move forward with improvements.

HTFC Planning and Design has been helping the Riverdale Community since 2014 and is very much looking forward to reviewing all the notes given to them on Tuesday. A superb cross section of twenty community members were selected to partake in the discussion. There were different age groups represented from mid twenties to seniors, different community group leaders, people who have been living in Rivers a long time, and new people to the community.

A great group kids participated in the Riverdale Recreation Centre Spring Break Day camp. They spent the week of March 25 to 28 playing games and creating art at the rec centre.

The goal of the evening was to tell Maureen Krauss, partner at HTFC and Kaili Brown, Landscape Architect at HTFC, all the ideas the community has to improve different areas of the town. Each improvement’s goal is to help grow Rivers businesses, attract new businesses, increase tourism, encourage more families to move to Rivers and aesthetically improve the town.

Some of the ideas and topics discussed included but were not limited to:

For families: The new Daycare, upgrades to the kids parks, a second kids park, upgrades to walking trails and bike trails, and new trails. Senior friendly handicap accessibility was also reviewed.

For businesses: Signs, signs, everywhere a sign, new cohesive signs along the main business sections to help new visitors know what is available in Rivers. Improvements to the streetscape on second avenue including bump outs for shade trees, extended sidewalks, increased pedestrian lighting, attractive fencing, and new murals.

For tourism: A town mascot was discussed similar to those found in other towns. Wayfinding signs that are shape and or colour coded to help visitors find the town attractions such as the shooting range, the health centre, the parks, the hiking and biking trails, museums and more.

Along with the ideas, it was discussed how to financial support all these projects and most of the projects are covered in some way by different grant options.

Thank-you to the Rivers Ladies Auxiliary for the delicious soup, sandwiches and desserts they served the group. The food helped fuel the group to express all their ideas. Maureen and Kaili of the HTFC have a lot of information to help build Rivers a development plan.

The groups worked together to identify different areas to improve around the town of Rivers. Rivers and Area Lions Club Fish Fry Riverdale Community Complex In the Curling Rink

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FAITHFULLY YOURS

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DoN’t loSe hope

Iwill never forget those monthly visits as long as I live. They happened on a Thursday night. My destination was the Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Center in Prince George, BC. It was a residential treatment center for people struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction.

But it was also “church home” for many of those who lived in PG’s inner city. Services were held three nights a week, followed by a lunch that featured huge bowls of some of the thickest and heartiest soups I have ever eaten.

Those who attended the services loved to sing. Their favorite song was “One day at a time.” Judging by the passion in their singing and the looks on their faces, I knew they were making powerful statements of faith. “One day at a time, sweet Jesus,” they sang. “That’s all I’m asking from you.” That was all they wanted-one more day of life and the courage and strength to get through it.

After one of those visits, a member of my family (visiting from out of province), asked me if there was any hope that those in treatment could break free of their addictions. I had never been asked that question before; so I didn’t have an instant answer. After thinking for a few moments, I replied: “As long as there is a God in heaven who works miracles, there is hope for everyone.” My belief in the truth of those words is far stronger today than it’s ever been.

The dictionary defines hope as: “a feeling of expectation

and desire for a certain thing to happen.” “Many mental health professionals hold hope to be an indispensable key to happiness and believe people cannot be happy without hope.” (Wikipedia quote)

In my lifetime, I have known periods of intense loneliness. I know how it feels to be alone-a small island in a sea of humanity. I know how it feels to be helpless-to have my world fall to pieces around me and be unable to do anything about it. I know of many others who have felt the same way. But as bad as things were, none of us ever lost hope.

We knew we were in good company. The list of people with whom we shared similar experiences includes the prophets Elijah and Jeremiah, and one of ancient Israel’s greatest leaders, King David. David knew how it felt to be caught in a scandal of his own making. He knew how it felt to be rejected by his own family and to be forced to run for his life while his son took over as king and tried to have his father arrested and killed.

In one of the lowest periods of his life, he wrote these words: “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.” (Psalm 42:5-6)

In a world where everything is constantly changing, our God remains forever the same. “I am the Lord,” he says. “I change not.” (Malachi 3:6)

God is not subject to human whims or wishes. He governs the universe using laws that he put in place long before humans ever set foot on this planet. Our hope for a better world with a better future for all can only be realized as we put our faith in him.

A good place to begin is to start living like my friends from Harbor Light, Prince George lived-take life one day at a time.

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Kenton Legion Ladies Auxiliary

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

The regular meeting of the Kenton Legion Ladies Auxiliary was held April 3, 2024, at the Kenton Legion.

The ladies will be attending Kenton Legion #118 mem ber Mary ‘Boots’ Curtis’s funeral on April 17 in uniform to honour her.

Marilyn Brazeau, Kenton Legion Ladies Aux President, attended the district meeting. She relayed the details of the district meeting to the group.

The group confirmed all donations that will be sent to Harding Ag Society.

Vice President, Marianne Whyte suggested a Ladies Auxiliary Spring Supper. The plans were made for April 26 to host a Roast Beef supper with 5 different desserts.

The next regular meeting of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary will be held May 1, 2024.

Westman Canadian Reformed Church

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“Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together.” Psalm 98:8

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Riverdale Harvest Food Bank

would like to invite everyone to our Annual General Meeting

April 22nd , 7 pm

At Rivers

Zion Church

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By Chad Carpenter

Optimistic but longing for change

As spring bursts forth with bright, sunny days and fast running creeks, it’s easier to become optimistic. That is in spite of all the problems we face.

There is no doubt we have problems and some pretty big ones. Be it worldly in nature or personal, there are always problems.

In Canada, we definitely have a problem and that is with the attitude of our current federal government. I find it incredible that the federal Liberals can be so deaf and blind to the needs and mood of Canadians. The deafness and blindness regarding the carbon tax and then the whole climate change scenario seem puzzling to me. It can certainly be argued that the climate is changing but I still doubt that curbing Canadians activities will help.

But there are bigger problems in my view. I think everyone knows we have a drug, crime and violence problem in Canada. The police know it, property and business owners know it, farmers know it too. The politicians know it, everybody knows there’s a problem. But what to do about it? That should be reasonably simple. We need more mental health help, for sure we do. We also need more policing, maybe even more jails and we need a lot more courage in our leadership. It’s all too common to read that offences are being foisted on an innocent population by criminals who have records as long as your arm. Can anybody defend releasing known violent sex offenders back into the general public? They actually

Ken Waddell Right in the Centre

post notices that person B is being released into Community C and is “likely to re-offend”.

The re-offending may be murder or rape or other brutal actions. Are we out of our minds? Why is a known, convicted person who is likely to re-offend, ever being allowed to go free? They can be in custody, they can take college courses, they can become a writer or musician or whatever, but they should never be out in the general public, ever.

I have long been opposed to capital punishment, and I still am, but the way some criminals don’t respond to treatment or jail time is enough to make a person question bringing back the death penalty.

I am still opposed to the death penalty for two reasons. One, there is always the chance of wrongful conviction and that has happened all too often. The second reason is that the Bible clearly says. “Thou shalt not murder”. To me, murder is taking another human’s life and and capital punishment is just that, taking another person’s life. In my mind, as tempting as capital punishment is, the death penalty, because of the above two stated reasons,

make it incumbent on a society to put convicted killers away forever but not kill them.

The federal government, as well as provincial and some municipal governments are also having an awful time coping with housing. It’s not much wonder. Housing is so expensive, land acquisition is expensive. To fill all the jobs, we have welcomed many thousands of immigrants. To fill our colleges and universities, we have brought in many thousands of international students. In response to the refugee crisis, we have brought in thousands of refugees.

Those moves are all well and good, but where on earth did the governments ever figure where they were going to house all the extra people? It’s not like you can live in a tent (at least not safely) in Canada.

So all of the above are problems, but they can be solved. I am optimisti,c but to remain so will require a lot of changes.

Travel memories…

It was a casual conversation about the value of a smile, a gift so easily given even to strangers, followed by the gift of a smile used in a homily, that caused me to reflect on a morning in Moscow (2009). My younger sister and I were filling in time while our elder sister was at work, and chose to wander a market place with which we were already familiar. Our heritage is European and so we did not look unlike the others filling the market square, their apparel was much like ours, and we felt like we fit right in. A young woman working a kiosk asked us where we were from. A little surprised, we asked why she would ask. Her reply remains with me today-‘because you’re smiling. Nobody smiles around here.’ And that was years ago…. How fortunate to live a life with reasons to smile, and to smile openly and freely.

We have all kinds of signs; on hiking paths, on highways, on public and private buildings, ‘sign, sign, everywhere a sign’. I’m actually old enough to remember the Burma Shave signs lining the US highways. For those not as old as me- these where a series of signs, each with a phrase, that one could easily read while driving by, that were advertisements. One of my favourites– “CATTLE CROSSING PLEASE DRIVE SLOW THAT OLD BULL IS SOME COW’S BEAU”. Or, “MY JOB IS KEEPING FACES CLEAN AND NOBODY KNOWS DE STUBBLE I’VE SEEN”. As you drove the distance you were entertained and informed about the wonders of Burma Shave! First trip to Australia we were hiking, and the warning sign, with the image, was snake crossing! Once again, I give thanks that I live in an area that has no need to post such a sign!

Iceland, 2017. We had spent time in the fabled Blue Lagoon, worth every penny! We joined the Golden Circle Tour of glaciers, geysers, falls and lava fields. At one of the geysers there was a sign reminding us that the temperature of the water, up to 100 degrees Celsius, and the distance to the nearest hospital, approximately forty minutes, and the recommendation to stay well back from the eruption. The geyser, Strokkur, erupts blasting water to heights of around fifteen to twenty meters every five to ten minutes, although it is known to reach up to forty meters. Again, lovely to look at, don’t need it in my backyard!

Malaysia, 2004; a small tour boat on a canal, near a city. The canal was crowded with market boats, selling fruits, vegetables, prepared foods and merchandise. The water appeared to be dark, murky and unclean and yet people were causally bathing in it, brushing their teeth with it, washing their clothes and dishes in it. It was a bit disquieting for me, so accustomed to privacy for personal hygiene and clean, safe, water for washing clothes and dishes, not to mention myself. So thankful for the many things I take for granted…

Travel is a wonderful opportunity to learn more of life and living. For me, travel provides the opportunity to be doubly thankful for all that I already have.

Spring thaw brings flooding to Road 67

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner

The Riverdale Municipality Operations Manager and staff have been driving and inspecting rural roads in the area to make sure that all roads in the Riverdale are safe. That is how the flooding on Road 67 was discovered.

Road 67 was patrolled on Thursday April 4, and was deemed to be fine. The very next day, April 5, while on patrol again, Municipal Operations Manager, Darrel Link, discovered the road was damaged due to flooding from Sibbald Creek.

As soon as the problem was discovered it was posted on social media and road closed signs were put in place to protect residents from travelling from either direction. Darryl has been paying close attention to the flooding and had his crew ready to repair the damage as soon as they are able. “We had to wait for the water to go down in order to properly repair the road,” says Darryl.

While they waited, they hauled in Abase gravel to the site and they stationed a backhoe in place ready to go to work. They checked the water levels a couple times each day.

Once the water receded it only took one day to repair the damage. They built the road back up and packed the gravel down. Road 67 is now open and safe for travel.

Slow Cooker Pork Roast

This pork sirloin roast in the slow cooker is a very popular dish, and it couldn’t be easier!

Ingredients:

1 pkg dry onion soup mix

1 3lbs pork sirloin roast

1 can whole berry cranberry sauce

2 tbsps butter, or to taste

2 tbsps all-purpose flour salt and ground black pepper to taste

Directions:

1) Rub soup mix all over pork roast. Place roast in a slow cooker and pour cranberry sauce over top. Cover and cook on Low until pork is slightly pink in the centre, about 8 to 10 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the centre should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C). Transfer roast to a platter, reserving juices in the slow cooker.

2) Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Whisk in flour to form a paste. Pour in reserved juices from the slow cooker; cook, whisking constantly, until gravy lightens in colour and thickens, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve alongside roast.

PHOTO BY JESSICA COULTER

The backhoe was ready to repair the road as soon as the water levels dropped.

MB government restores 1:1 apprenticeship ratio to keep workers safe

The Manitoba government is restoring the apprenticeship ratio to 1:1, a move that will increase safety and proper training for Manitobans in the trades, Economic Development, Investment, Trade and Natural Resources Minister Jamie Moses announced today.

“We are proud to restore the 1:1 apprenticeship ratio,” said Moses. “High-quality training, with the highest possible safety standards, is good for industry, good for our province and it means more Manitobans coming home safely at the end of a shift.”

The previous government removed the 1:1 ratio requirement, which had been in place for many years. The ratio was in response to the 1999 death of Michael Skanderberg, who was killed on the job while working unsupervised.

“Premier Kinew promised our family he would restore the 1:1 ratio and we’re delighted that he has kept this promise,” said Cindy Skanderberg, Michael’s mother. “Our family vowed there would never be another story like Michael’s and when the 1:1 ratio was removed we fought to keep working people safe. It feels good to know Premier Kinew’s government values the lives of workers.”

“For someone training to be an electrician, proper supervision can be a matter of life and death,” said Dave McPhail, business manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) 2085. “It is a breath of fresh air to have a government that has the courage to listen to workers. Moving back to 1:1 will help keep all electricians safe and we are grateful.”

“Apprenticeship is the training program, Red Seal is the career,” said Tanya Palson, executive director, Manitoba Building Trades. “We know the current apprenticeship

program is overwhelmed, and we owe it to Manitobans to make sure that when they enter the training program, they are supported to completion. We’ve seen jurisdictions like Ontario under the Ford government move to a 1:1 ratio recently and that’s because it’s the fiscally responsible thing to do, it’s the right thing to do, and the industry will be better served long-term for having done it.”

The apprenticeship ratio is established in the Apprenticeship and Certification – General Regulation for all apprenticeship trades in Manitoba. In addition, there is a trade-specific regulation for each of the 55 trades. The Manitoba government will target regulation changes and implementation, in consultation with the Apprenticeship and Certification Board, noted the minister. Special considerations will be given for required circumstances, like those in northern and rural Manitoba, added Moses.

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Letter to the Editor

RE: Thank-you for keeping speech free

We live near Rivers and so we read the Banner every week. I just wanted to reach out to Ken and say that your column is our favourite part of the paper! As a critical thinker myself, I have been pleased to see you follow the evidence on the important issues and land on the side of truth, like any good journalist does. Unfortunately those seem to be few and far between these days.

This week’s column on climate change was spot on, my husband and I had just watched the film as well. Us “overalled folk” who work for a living do seem to have a better grasp on reality than those making the rules in Ottawa.

I’ve also appreciated past columns where you discuss the importance of local papers and how those are best supported. It has inspired me to shift as much of our business’s small advertising budget to the Banner as possible. Local journalism and papers are so critical in this world of groupthink and narrative pushing.

We very much appreciate your stance for truth and that you are not afraid of being controversial. It is very important! Thank you for all that you do to support our community and keep speech free.

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.” — Albert Einstein

Teri Jenkins Rivers, MB

Manitoba budget will implement plastic health cards

Government clears backlog, cuts wait time for new cards in half

Submitted By Premier Wab Kinew

Budget 2024 will set aside funding to scope and implement a new plastic health card to replace existing paper health cards, Premier Wab Kinew announced today.

“It’s 2024 – your health coverage shouldn’t rely on a torn, ripped-up health card,” said Kinew. “Our budget will bring Manitoba into the 21st century with a plastic card and a digital option. It just makes sense. Manitobans have been very vocal about the need to make improvements and we have heard them. Work is already underway and we will deliver the first cards by this time next year.”

The Manitoba government is actively working to develop and launch a new, modernized card, including plastic and digital options, to replace the existing paper health card. The province expects to be able to deliver on these by next year, noted the premier. The work will be part of a broader investment to move the health-care system away from paper and fax machines and towards electronic patient records.

After years of stories from Manitobans waiting months and months for a health card to arrive, in October 2023 the government more than doubled staffing capacity to speed-up processing times and eliminate a backlog of more than 24,000 applications, noted the premier. Applicants were waiting several months, despite a provincial service standard of four weeks. The government has committed to a two-week service standard for new health card applications.

More detail on the material and design of the new plastic card will be shared in the coming months, the premier noted. Part of the

Letter to the Editor

RE: Council Public Hearing

After attending the Public Hearing on April 2, I felt it was important to commend and thank Council for holding this hearing, and to voice my support for a well trained and well armed Police Force. I’m sure it is tough to be a Police Officer in a small community, and to uphold the law equally to everyone. At the last two public meetings, the vocal opinion I heard went from “we are being over policed” to now hearing “our officers aren’t generating enough ticket revenue”. I hope there is a balance which will allow a professional officer to do their job effectively.

I can only speak for myself, but I feel our Police Dept can be a huge drawing card to Riverdale, just like our Fire Dept, Community Centre, Schools, Hospital etc. The question was asked “if we need a Police Force”. A similar question would be “if we need a Doctor when we are healthy”. We likely don’t know till there is crime or emergencies. Possibly criminals don’t feel welcome in a community that is well policed, and that can be why it feels peaceful. Recruiting and retaining the correct people who enjoy policing in a small town is key, and watching our finances closely. But if we want a Police Force we can be proud of, it will take our support.

I am not in favour of our Police enforcing the laws outside our municipality, except in emergency situations and when reciprocal services are rendered, similar to Mutual Aid District on the Fire Dept. I know various departments must work together to uphold the law. But it’s important to me to see the dollars we spend on our Police Force be used primarily in our community.

Al Lepp Rivers, MB

development plan will include an option to digitize the card to make it easier for Manitobans to securely carry and use the card they need to access health-care services.

As part of its effort to make it easier for Manitobans to get a health card, officials will be reviewing the application form to streamline it and make it easier for Manitobans to apply for their first card or make a change to an existing card. The department has opened a hotline and added support staff to help Manitobans work through incomplete applications or ones with errors, and urges anyone who may not have received a card to check for letters, emails or voicemails prompting them to provide a correction.

Manitobans looking for information about their health card application can call 204-786-7101 or 1-800-392-1207 (toll-free).

Rapid City spring tune-up

Rivers Curling Club Celebrates League Champions

By Jessica Coulter Rivers Banner Submitted

There was a great turn out for the 3rd Annual Golf Rapid City Spring Tune-up Tournament with a total of 12 participants. The tournament took place on April 6, 2024, at the Queens Hotel. It was an 18-hole, low score to win virtual golf game.

This was the first tournament held at the new golf simulator at the Queens Hotel in Rapid City. The room required some help to get it ready for the tournament. The construction was done by volunteers from the golf club. Hugh Weitman, Pete Cronkrite, and Bobby Cooper offered their time. This is now a permanent feature at the hotel and can be booked for by anyone to use. It will be $30 per hour to rent the room.

For the tournament The Queens provided lunch for the golfers, bacon cheeseburger and pork schnitzel. Top three scores were: Justin Usunier took first with a score of 84, Shayden Cooper and Rudy Cronkrite tied for second with a score of 87, and Bryce Cronkrite took third with a score of 89.

The tournament ended in time for the Rapid City and District Wildlife Chase the Ace, so participants could join the fun after their round. The Chase the Ace is every Saturday starting at 6pm.

In the fall, the Rapid City Golf Course completed construction on new greens for all nine holes. The course now has a whole new look. Be sure to message Golf Rapid City on Facebook to book tee times, ladies’ night on Wednesdays and Men’s night on Thursdays.

The Rivers Men’s League hosted a league windup on Friday April 5. Approximately 40 people attended for a steak supper and visiting before the summer takes everyone different directions. The Championship trophy was won by the Derwyn Hammond team while the Sworyk Memorial trophy was won by the Jeff White team. We, the Rivers Curling Club, are all looking forward to getting back together this Fall to battle for supremacy once again. Until then, have a great summer everyone.

Brian English (right) Men’s league rep., presents the Raymond Sworyk Memorial trophy to the Jeff White Team. Jeff White skip, Scott Beever 3rd, John Christiansen 2nd, and Brendan Brown lead.

Vice President of the Rivers Curling Club, Justin Gerrard, presents the men’s League Championship trophy to skip Derwyn Hammond, 3rd, Brian English, 2nd Ron Taylor and lead Gordon Hammond.

Shayden Cooper tied for second with a score of 87.

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