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(Lef t) The convoy rolling down the Trans Canada, through Grand Valley west of Brandon en route to the north hill b e f o r e m a k i n g its way to Ot tawa in protest of the mandates and lockdowns put in place by the federal government. The portion of the convoy here is only a fraction of the trucks and pas senger vehicles involved in the Photo by Sheila Runions movement with the full length of group to be rumoured at over 100 kilometers long.

Back row L/R: Meghan Knelsen, Erich Schmidt, Thom Heijmans, Heather Gray, Liliane Dupuis. Front row L/R: Minami Kijima, Haile Hubbard, Chassidy Payette, Morgan Ramsay, Bryce Summers, Quinn Hrabok.

Can collections for canoes

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(Below) One of the more trucks and Chimo Beach areas for conput decorated away in the proper place on tributions from the community. the shelving They were in the fleet, units. the large When all was said and done, fantastic! are back very, very signage onWethe the scales at Riverdale Harvest pleased.” on the truck states their noted a total of 434 pounds, “a Elementary school staff memintent and purpose. ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne fabulous amount,” says Heather.

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By Micah Waddell Rivers Banner A sight to see on Tuesday Jan. 25, hundreds of truckers (vaxxed and u nva x xed a l i ke) rol ling through Brandon, MB starting around 11 a.m. with an apparent thousands more to follow. The driving force behind the movement?

- an end to the mandates and lockdowns set out by the federal government of Canada. The convoy tr uckers decided t hat t he proposed vaccine mandate on the Canada/ US border would be the

cans from the school foyer into s r e p or t e d i n t he tion to the schools.

Pupils co-ordinated the entire the church basement the afterMarch 9 edition, the Grade 12 Interdisci- month-long promotion, which noon of March 21, where the plinary Studies in Science class culminated in a ceremonious food was weighed and sorted. at Rivers Collegiate planned a presentation on March 20 to Although the project was a senproject for Riverdale Harvest. Riverdale Harvest president ior students brainstorm, the entire high school was encouraged “We are so pleased they decided Crouch initiated a similar camDubbed the Boat Load of Food, Heather Gray and Liliane.

Because the snow had melted to participate. The collegiate to help those we serve. A lot paign in her school. That threestudents secured a canoe from Rolling River School Division so much, the canoe could not hosted a poor boy floor hockey of times kids don’t get enough week effort simply encouraged with an intent to f ill it with be portaged across the street to tournament in which to play, credit but this group of students students to leave product in non-perishables. Although the Zion Church (home of River- athletes had to pay with food for certainly deserves some praise. the canoe; 87 pounds of food dale Harvest). Rather, the teens the canoe. Some students also All students stayed behind to was collected from the younger campaign was fully organized fund was reportedly susfinal straw. Unconfirmed by that class, the original idea carried bags, boxes and garbage canvassed Rivers, Oak River help check expiry dates, sort and group on Thursday, March 22. pended earlier this month reports indicate that over came from a suggestion made GoFundMe reprewithLiliane 10,000 semi-trucks along by harvest volunteer Dupuis.num- sentatives citing a lack of with an unknown heard the idea at a meetber of passenger“Ivehicles regarding the orproof ing in Brandon. St. Augustine are making their way to ganization and intent for School had tried Fill a Canoe money. The convoy the Ottawa. in conjunction withthe the 10-day and T he movement ha s Festival du Voyaguer in its Win-representatives nipeg inlarge February.have It was since very gathered ingained a rather and whenever I hear to prove intent dividuals following on successful the social food bank, my ears always perk media platform known as and distribution of the up!” money in such a way that TikTok, with those She on thenthe brought the sugThe at RiversTuesday near Brandon, will support thecanoe truckers app showing their displing them at a pit stop coming from the east gestion to Riverdale Harvest, Elementary School was which supported the idea andmeals leasure with mainstream through and care at number 1 and num- coast as well as up from waiting to get a glimpse adequately filled.

Photo by Heather Gray her and to presentthroughout the promothem media failingasked the stay in of the trucks, plugging ber 10 highways. The the states have been com-

under representing the movement. A GoFundMe account, set up to support the truckers on the journey, has reached an excess of $5 million. The

Ottawa, the length of which is undetermined.

Hundreds of supporter s of t he movement gathered along the Trans C a n a d a h i g hw ay on

the service roads on both the north and south sides.

A group of Brandon and area locals got together to make 1000 meals for the truckers, distribut-

group is one of six across Manitoba providing the convoy with the things they need to travel the distance.

Reports of more trucks

ing in through various channels. The convoy is set to start arriving in Ottawa on January 29, 2022.

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Can we not learn from our mistakes?

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anitoba has had its share of mistakes and it wouldn’t be so bad if we would learn from them.

Scanning through the decades, we can easily see where we went wrong.

Often, the blame can be laid at the feet of our governments. That said, we shouldn’t get too smug, as it is us, we the people, who elected our governments.

We get the governments we deserve.

At the very beginning, the Canadian government decided in 1869 to carve out a tiny version of Manitoba from the then Northwest Territories. Having bought a big chunk of land from the Hudson Bay Company, which had pretty much run the place since 1670, the new (1867) Canadian government determined a new province was needed.

Great idea! Problem was, they forgot tell the Metis, the First Nations or the other residents. When the survey party showed up, the intrusion and perceived threat to land ownership and way of life was not received well. What ensued has been called many things, but Louis Riel was right to put a halt to the government’s incursion. Manitoba still lives under, and suffers from, the scars that were inf licted in 1870.

How much better it would have been if the government had consulted and actually listened. That’s a lesson that we seem to have to keep learning over and over again.

In the early 2000s, Manitoba Hydro

decided they needed a third line to bring power from northern Manitoba to southern Manitoba, to the United States and to other provinces. Good idea! The engineers drew up a Bi-Pole III line route to go down the east side of Lake Manitoba. The line would go through or near about a dozen First Nations communities. It would have provided employment, a right of way for a permanent highway, and to take an alternating current power line back up the road to the communities. The highway alone would have been a huge boon to the eastern side of the province.

The line received some opposition, but mostly failed because then premier Gary Doer would not or could not get agreements from all the FN communities. Not having the courage to face down the opposition, he turtled and opted for the ill-fated and hugely more expensive west line. That was likely the biggest and most expensive mistake our province has ever made.

The extra cost was reported to be a billion dollars. I was talking to an intelligent man who spoke plainly, saying it was worth it to save the forests, a billion well spent. But it didn’t save any forest, it chewed through many miles of forest and farmland. Biggest mistake we ever made and we will be paying for it for 50 years or more and gained nothing from it and lost a lot of opportunity.

The next biggest mistake we made

RIGHT IN THE CENTRE

Ken Waddell was not looking seriously at funding our care homes. The Long Term Care Association of Manitoba says we have been underfunding care homes for 20 years. I bet it’s longer than that.

Care homes have become essential to our Canadian way of life. We often don’t look after our elderly in our own homes in a multi-generational fashion that many countries and cultures do.

Governments of all stripes have shortchanged the homes for a long time.

COVID-19 has brought that funding shortfall and lack of attention to a tragic spot in our history. Had we had proper funding, maybe people wouldn’t have had to die so soon from neglect, loneliness, from absence of family and friends. There are many questions that need to be asked, such as why care homes don’t do more medical interventions? Why aren’t care homes attached to or located near hospitals?

Are the nutrition levels where they should be? Do care homes have proper vitamin and mineral supplementation in the diets? Lots of questions, but if

you expect answers from government, don’t hold your breath. The employees all say “we can’t comment and we just have to obey the rules.”

Obey the rules? Even when we know the rules are wrong? And I don’t just mean a little bit of wrong, but a lot wrong. I, for one, will continue to question every rule they put out there.

Bi-pole was a bad deal, the 1869 survey was botched, the care homes have been badly treated by government. Three different eras and three bad decisions. And yet, we sit here and take it, again and again. A day hardly goes by that we don’t get another bad decision.

It’s no wonder people are talking about civil disobedience, trucker convoys and other protests.

Governments better start listening and consulting or we will eventually see anarchy.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the Banner & Press staff.

Freedom Convoy arrives in Brandon

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convoy to Ottawa to end mandates, vaccine passports, and lockdowns will arrive in Ottawa on Jan. 29. Major routes include a West route from BC, an East route from Newfoundland, and a South route from southern Ontario. The convoy has come together in protest of new rules that came into effect January 15th that require all travellers, including essential workers like truck drivers, to be fully vaccinated in order to cross the Canada/US border.

Thousands of truck drivers have come together in a massive community effort and thousands more people have come out to stand in solidarity as the trucks roll by, or to join the convoy to Ottawa.

Trucks started rolling into Brandon around 11 am on Tuesday Jan. 25. The Brandon pit stop included over 1,000 much-appreciated donated lunches for the truck drivers.

I am trying as hard as I can to remain neutral while writing this article. I am not going to argue statistics related to the vaccine. I do have a statistical background and will simply say that statistics can be manipulated one way or the other.

I will however mention two truck drivers whom I met years ago. Several years ago I met a young truck

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driver driving from Winnipeg to Brandon. He had just finished a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Unfortunately, the only jobs available to someone with no experience were entry-level, and he had student loans to pay and was saving up to buy a home and start a family with his then-girlfriend.

So, he got a job as a truck driver to pay off his debt and start saving. He regretted buying into the “you must get a university education in order to succeed” narrative that is being pushed on young people these days, as he would now have to spend years trying to claw his way out of debt, which would delay his dream of starting a family.

Another truck driver I met while travelling to Winnipeg by way of Greyhound bus (this must have been five or more years ago now). He was First Nation and used to be a social worker. However, in his work he felt he was acting more as a hand of the government, often working against First Nations’ interests; e.g., taking kids away from their parents on the Reserve and putting them in non-Indigenous foster families, away from their family, friends, and culture (almost like the government keeps repeating this same mistake…) He got to a wall mentally and completely switched career paths to become a truck driver. He

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These are good people, trying to support themselves and their loved ones, keep a roof over their head and food on the table, in a time when a dollar doesn’t stretch the way it used to. I hope these stories provide some sense that, regardless of how you may feel about vaccine mandates and The newest member lockdow ns, t hese a re of the Rivers Banner human beings who are team, Sarah Plosker standing up for somet h i n g t he y fe e l ver y strongly about.

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garden seeds. That began a wonderful ramble. I know that my small fruit trees are safely sleeping under mounds of snow! I wander through the gardens I have known and loved. My mother had a large, practical garden. No broccoli or caulif lower or brussels sprouts.

Lots of peas, corn, carrots, potatoes and beans. Rose enjoyed trying new plants; popping corn, peanuts, and she was ever proud of the apricot tree that bore fruit. I did not appreciate the care and maintenance of that garden, saving the fun of the weed hunt for a time when the garden was mine! I have had many gardens since and each one has produced products and pleasure.

Travelling across much of Canada and the United States as well as several across the water trips has filled my memory bank with images and sounds and scents. The picture of a brave, twisted evergreen growing from a crevice on a steep mountain side still encourages me to grow where I am planted. It may not be the optimum location, it may be lacking in nutrients, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t give it my best. I recall clearly my first reaction to seeing this tree– ‘how dare you assume you can grow there!’

That rapidly turned to admiration for the tenacity and courage to grow there!

I have marvelled at the tiny penguins that live off the shore of Australia, wondered at the Stone Henge and Hadrian’s Wall, temples and synagogues and cathedrals and little stone chapels, grave yards around North America and in foreign lands, palaces and castles, museums and art galleries. So many times I retrace my steps and marvel at the wonders.

I wonder as I wander, all from the comfort of my home.

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sn’t it marvellous that one can wander over all creation and never have to leave the comfort of a warm bed or the padded recliner? I have been blessed with an adequate memory and enough life experiences to fill many books.

It isn’t only the white nights that get me remembering, it is quiet moments at work, the lilt of a familiar voice, the cadence of a particular selection of music.

This week, I have been quilting. Again. Making great progress on the scrap bin. I thought of the many quilts I have created. There was the year I made five full size quilts and gave them to a camp director; a personal gift to their family to be used or given away.

There was the winter I sewed seven quilts and two of the granddaughters swept in and swept them up and out. The top I crafted that my then faith family quilted for a Bible School graduate, the one I donated as a raff le for a school fundraiser, the ones I assembled in our first lock down and gave to anyone one who wanted one, the one I made from heavy, sturdy fabric to add warmth to a young lad’s sleep– not a thing of beauty, but serviceable. Throws, lap quilts, crib size to king size, colours and patterns and lots of love.

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he first month of this new year is almost finished. It will be remembered for the snow, the cold and the freezing rain. Since I was not raised on the Prairies, I am fearful to drive and falling and breaking something is my biggest fear.

I feel happy to be at home and work on my knitting and to crochet and keep up with my articles.

My daughter is willing to drive me to the long term places, where I can praise God playing some of the people’s favourite hymns.

One of my resolutions, ha-ha, was to go through my many plants (another hobby?) and sort, discard and start new ones. A month is gone and I have much to do yet. However, I gave someone a pair of home made booties and a teddy bear for their newborn baby. It gave me and them much pleasure. The plants will still be there tomorrow.

It also seems that my prayer list gets longer and I have plenty of time to pray. What a blessing.

Colossians 4:2 tells us to “devote yourselves to prayers, being watchful and thankful.” Jesus is coming back.

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During the week of January 17th – January 23rd, Spruce Plains RCMP dealt with 34 police activities.

Jan. 20 - RCMP received a call that a motorist was stuck in a snow drift in the RM of Oakview. A tow truck was called on the driver’s behalf who attended to provide tow service. Police responded to a disturbance at a motel in Minnedosa where they assisted an intoxicated individual return to their room.

Jan. 21 – RCMP were dispatched to a report of a group of youths walking on the frozen river in Minnedosa where ice cracks were said to have been. Police attended and the youth were gone on arrival. Police responded to a motor vehicle collision in the RM of Minto-Odanah where a driver hit a guard rail. Road conditions were hazardous at the time of collision but fortunately the driver sustained no injuries.

CMP conducted 10 traffic enforcement actions during this reporting period.

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Local Minor Hockey Update

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The Under-7 Rivers Jets played Souris on Jan. 15 in Rivers. It was a great game and the kids had a lot of fun. All the kids have been working very hard all year and their skills continue to improve every game. Congratulations to our goal scorers Mason, Rilyn, and Griff in! This past weekend their game was cancelled due to road conditions. Next weekend the U7 team will travel to Virden to take on Virden’s U7 Oil Caps.

The U9 Peters team has been practicing a lot in the last two weeks waiting to get healthy bodies back as a number of players were sick. This past weekend they traveled to Strathclair to play the Strathclair/Shoal Lake U9 team on Sunday Jan. 23. Both teams played hard with Rivers coming out on top with a final score of 10-7. Drayson Elliott was our goalie and made many key saves for the win.

The U9 Smith team played bot h Brandon and Melita the weekend of the 15th. They played hard in both games but had tough losses. They will play Brandon East Side Mario team this coming week in another ex h ibit ion ga me. For those unfamiliar with minor hockey, all teams, other than U7, play in a league. You can organize extra games against teams in your leag ue or even outside of your

league but these games do not count against the standings in your league.

The U11 Brown team played Shoal Lake/Birtle this past week and squeaked out the win, winning 2-1. They also played the other Rivers Jets team, Team Marvin, in an exhibition game and won 11-6. For Team Marvin this has been their only game recently as they have been fighting to get healthy then had games cancelled due to road conditions this past weekend.

The U13 Lepp team played Virden on Jan. 20. It was a close game but they ended up coming up short in a 4-3 loss. Goals were scored

by Winston Lepp and Dunclan Mclean. Last week, they played the other U13 Rivers Jets team, Team Richmond, and came out with a 7-2 win. U13 Richmond also played Mcreary at home and lost a tight game 4-3.

In Rivers we have certain age groups that have enough players to make t wo equa l teams (the two U9 teams discussed above, for example, as wel l a s t he t wo U13 teams). This year the U13 teams have made a t h ird team pick ing players from both teams and entering a few extra tournaments and games ag a i nst rea l ly st rong

teams. The third roster U13 team played their play-in series this weekend against Minnedosa to go to Provincials. Rivers took both games, 17-3 at Minnedosa, and 22-3 at home to win the series and get ready to represent Yellowhead at A Provincials in Virden March 11-13. Yellowhead is the region roughly encompassing anything north of the number 1 highway, west of Neepawa, south of Foxwarren to the MB/ SK border.

The U15 Rivers/Neepawa tea m cont i nues their strong season, beating Mcrar y/Ste Rose 3-0. This coming week they will play the Hamiota Huskies twice.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for all Rivers Jets teams, with some busy weeks coming up, and all teams having to play some make-up games due to Covid or weather.

This week is also Buddy Check for Jess week. This is a program through Hockey MB relating to Mental Health and what to watch for and for kids to know that their coaches and managers are there for them. You will notice some of the older teams with green tape on their sticks representing this program.

That’s all for now. Go Jets Go!

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Ashton Anderson makes pro debut in Huntsville

Banner Staff Rivers Banner Ashton Anderson has taken his game to the next level. The 24-year-old from Rivers made his professional hockey debut on Jan. 21, after recently signing a contract with the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Anderson just completed a four

year stint at Dalhousie University. Prior to his university days, he also played four seasons for Neepawa Natives in the MJHL, posting 136 points in 204 games. In two games with Huntsville over the weekend, Anderson was held scoreless, though he did register four shots on goal in the second game.

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Sarah’s Science Corner

We are continuing our “recipes with a story” column, with this week’s featured recipe coming from Donna Falkevitch who lives at Chimo with her husband Dave. If you have a recipe (and a story) you would like to be featured, please email me at sarah. plosker@gmail.com.

Grandma Rose’s buns from Donna Falkevitch My Mom, Rose Madder, grew up in the dirty ’30’s, came from a farm family of 11 children and raised 2 daughters by herself for 6 years while my Dad was overseas in WWII, so she really knew how to stretch the grocery dollar. She could literally make delicious meals out of the bare basics, so no one at our table went away hungry.

This turned out to be a very desired trait as she became the head cook (volunteer of course) at Prairie Spirit Church Camp on Rossman Lake. She would pack up all her favourite pots, pans, cookie sheets and ice

3 cups lukewarm water 4 eggs ½ cup white sugar ½ cup oil 2 Tbsp dry yeast 10 cups flour 2 tsp salt

minutes. When baked, remove from oven and brush tops with melted butter or margarine.

Donna inherited a trophy from her Mom: the Rivers White Bread Award from Rivers Agricultural Fair, 1972.

Donna is sure that her Mom won first prize for bread and buns many years at the fair but this is the only time that she remembers her receiving a trophy for it. This trophy bears the name of Morris McGregor who was MLA for the area at the time. Besides being a great memento, the trophy has openings in the top and can be used as a flower vase. The trophy is a great reminder of Rose’s delicious bread and buns that she was well-known for.

Combine first 4 ingredients together. When yeast has risen, add the next 3 ingredients.

Mix and knead well. Let rise until double in size, about 1 ½ hours. Punch down and let rise about 10 minutes more. Form into buns. Put on greased cookie sheets. Let rise for 1 hour. Bake at 350 F for 20

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1. Have your child “chew” the graham cracker by placing it in their hand and squishing it. They should keep the cracker bits in their hand just as they would their real mouth. As they are doing this, pour a bit of water (with no food colouring; this represents saliva) into each of their hands as they are “chewing”. They should end up with a ball of food (bolus) when they are done, just like we do in our mouths. (Because this is normally a classroom activity, it is likely done this way to prevent the spread of germs. If you’re just doing this at home, you could just have your child actually chew and spit out the graham cracker, depending on your tolerance for grossness.) Note that carbohydrates are the one food type that starts to break

let them know that most of the digestion takes place here.

5. Have them squeeze t he food t hrough t he pantyhose. The pantyhose represents the small intestines; the liquid coming out of the pantyhose represents the nutrients going to the rest of the body. It’s messy.

6. Have your child cut a hole at t he bottom of the pantyhose (this represents the ileocecal sphincter, pronounced i· l e e· o w· s e e· k l ) , a n d squeeze the food into the large intestine (cup with the hole in it, representing the large intestine).

7. Have your child pinch the top of the cup closed and squeeze their waste through the hole at the bottom of the cup. This hole represents the anus/ anal sphincter, and this action represents pooping out the undigested food (right onto the table cloth—what fun!)

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The following recipe can be found in “Prairie Spirit Camps Cookbook” which features 6 pages of camp favourites from someone who certainly knew how to cook for a crowd. And she loved every minute of it!

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Since we’ve been featuring recipes in recent issues of the Banner, I think it’s f itting to do a L et ’s Ta l k S c ience hands-on activity on the digestive system. In this activity, kids will make a model of the digestive system and see it in action. This activity is best suited for grades 4 - 6.

I personally think it’s a little gross, but I can see how a 9-12 year-old would think it’s fun.

You will need: a table cloth, one graham cracker, 1/3 of a banana, one Dixie-type cup (3 oz, cut a hole in the bottom), two cups of any k ind for water, green or yellow food colouring, one plastic ziplock bag, one leg of a pair of pantyhose (open at one end and closed at the toe end).

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down in the mouth.

2. Have them put the banana, their chewedup graham cracker, and some water (with no food colouring; this represents stomach acid) into the bag (stomach). Have them seal the bag tightly without much air in the bag.

3. Have them smush up the food and water in the stomach until it’s fairly liquid and no big chunks.

Remind them to be careful not to break the bag.

4. Have them cut a hole in t he bot tom of t he bag (this represents the valve called the pyloric sphincter, pronounced pai·law·ruhk), and pour it into only the top 1/3 of the panty hose leg.

They may need your help holding the panty hose while they pour. Be sure to keep the food from going through the whole leg. When they have the food in the top 1/3 of the panty hose leg, add the bile (green food coloured water). You can let them know that the bile helps to break down fats, like dish washing detergent does on our dishes. Also

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Manitoba Ag Days cancelled Submitted MB Ag Days It is with heavy hearts that we have to announce the cancellation of the Manitoba Ag Days 2022 show. Our team wanted to put this show on for the agriculture industry.

We wanted to see the industry gather together again, reunite, showcase innovation and share knowledge. We were looking forward to hearing the buzz in the building of optimism and gratitude for another crop and the future crop year ahead of us.

On Dec. 27 when the Government of Manitoba announced the new public health orders for Manitoba limiting indoor events to 50 per cent capacity to a maximum of 250 people per event; we knew we could not move forward with our event that draws 10 - 18,000 people per day to the Keystone Centre.

These orders were set to expire on Jan. 11, 2022 so we announced the postponement of our 2022 show. On Jan. 10, the government announced that these restrictions would remain in place until Feb.

1, 2022 further limiting our options for a February postponement date. We have been in constant communication with public health and had the opportunity to talk directly with the Minister of Health’s team and as we have all learned there is no guaranteed reopening plan in a pandemic.

We have worked with the Keystone Centre to try to reschedule our show for later this spring but we do not want to inhibit the ability of other events to move forward that are able to do so within the current restrictions. With the uncertainty of the reopening plan in Manitoba and given the current state of the pandemic we have no option but to cancel our show in 2022.

We are very aware of the timeliness of our January event and we took this into consideration as we explored all of the options. Unfortunately, there are no possible dates available to schedule our “traditional 3 day” show in February or March without impacting other events already scheduled at the Keystone Centre.

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The Keystone Centre is the premier location in Canada to host an event, especially an agricultural one and we thank the Keystone Centre for all of their hard work and willingness to work with the other vendors to look at dates for our show but sometimes the stars just do not align. For now, we will continue to create a healthier society so that when it is safe to do so we can gather together again to celebrate our incredible industry.

Stay tuned for announcements about our Innovation Showcase Program for 2022; we have 33 entries that we will highlight and showcase over the next couple of months as we crown our champions.

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The Canadian Constitution Part 2 Contradicted and Ignored Although there are many critics of our Constitution, few have read it, and fewer still understand it.

The primary culprits are our political parties. They ignore provisions of the Constitution because they inhibit their actions and focus on political partisanship and power struggles. They have no intention of serving Canadians or our society. Each party is fixated on acquiring and wielding power.

We do not currently exist in a lawful democracy. Our governance is much closer to a third-world nation where powerful warlords fight bloody battles to achieve supremacy.

We have not gotten to a shooting war, but we are treated as obedient followers, not individuals with rights and freedoms.

Our Senate must be politically neutral and styled following the Constitution: In relation to the Constitution of the Senate, Canada shall be deemed to consist of Four Divisions: 1. Ontario; 2. Quebec; 3. The Maritime Provinces,

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island; 4. The Western Provinces of Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta; which Four Divisions shall (subject to the Provisions of this Act) be equally represented in the Senate as follows: Ontario by twenty-four senators; Quebec by twentyfour senators; the Maritime Provinces and Prince Edward Island by twenty-four senators, ten thereof representing Nova Scotia, ten thereof representing New Brunswick, and four thereof representing Prince Edward Island; the Western Provinces by twenty-four senators, six thereof representing Manitoba, six thereof representing British Columbia, six thereof representing Saskatchewan, and six thereof representing Alberta; Newfoundland shall be entitled to be represented in the Senate by six members; the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut shall be entitled to be represented in the Senate by one member each.

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Despite the loss, King retained his grasp on power with support from the Progressive party, which had 24 seats.

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BANNER CLASSIFIEDS Thank You I would like to thank the Rivers Police for their assistance and for alerting me that my insurance had expired on my vehicle while on hwy 25. During my move I had forgotten to renew my insurance. I was very fortunate that I had not been in an accident. ~Angela Lau

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The Vickery family would like to thank the Hamiota hospital, Doctors, Nurses and staff for their efforts to help Nadine, also thanks to neighbours, friends and family for food, cards and donations in her name and the phone calls in the sudden passing of my wife, mother, grandmother Nadine.

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Obituary WAYNE BROWN BROWN: Wayne Lionel Brown passed away suddenly at his residence in Rivers on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at the age of 79 years.

Wayne will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Florence; two children and five grandchildren.

A service will be held at a later date. Donations in memory of Wayne may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 1379 Kenaston Blvd., Winnipeg, MB, R3P 2T5. Complete obituary information to follow. Arrangements are in care of Brockie Donovan Funeral & Cremation Services, Brandon, MB, (204) 727-0694.

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More from page 6 King announced Bureau was stepping down because of ill health and immediately appointed him to the Senate.

King was losing the support of the Progressives and facing a non-conf idence vote that accused his government of corruption. To avoid that vote, King asked the governor general, Lord Byng, to dissolve Parliament. The Conservative government established at Byng’s invitation lasted only five days before falling on a non-confidence vote.

K ing accused Byng, the Queen’s representative, of interfering in Canadian politics in the resulting election campaign. Voters agreed and, ignoring the Customs scandal that sparked the row, elected 128 Liberals and Liberal-Progressives, compared to 91 Conservatives. King remained prime minister until 1930, was voted out and then back into office from 1935 to 1948.

The politician who sparked the crisis,

Jacques Bureau, remained a senator until he died in 1933.

King’s contention that the Governor General (Executive Branch) ought not to interfere with the power of politicians is spurious nonsense supported by every political party and government since.

While the exercise of executive powers has always been and should continue to be rare, the GG’s power to rescind any political appointment provides Canada with the equivalent of an impeachment process.

PM King held a grudge and, in 1940, seized an opportunity to weaken the Executive Branch.

Canada was at war.

The Secretary to the Cabinet had retired. King passed an Order in Council merging the Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet into one office reporting to the Prime Minister.

Government operations since violate our Constitution. The Constitution states: 11. There shall be a Council to aid

and advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada; and the Persons who are to be Members of that Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and summoned by the Governor General and sworn in as Privy Councillors, and Members thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the Governor General.

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Cabinet affairs are also considered secret but can be reviewed by the courts on application. If a judge deems that the release of the documents is in the public interest, they must be made public.

Current governments strive to apply Privy Council secrecy to Cabinet affairs, opposite of the transparency political parties promise but never deliver.

More to come in Part 3.

John Feldsted Political commentator, consultant & strategist Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Counting birds

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A bird count was held on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 during daylight hours. The undertaking was spurred

by Eleanor Beever who contacted Gillian Richards of Westman Naturalists to see if Rivers could be included, and Gillian put a plan into action.

A radius of seven miles from the centre of Rivers was the target area. Once an area is decided upon it is recorded by its latitude and longtitude position.

This area to be counted was drawn up with reference to work that Norman and Donna Short did over 30 years ago. Norman organized the count in the area

from 1986 to 1992. He would also participate in an owl count. This meant going out all night, driving and stopping after so many kilometres, and listening for owl calls. His wife Donna, along with Eleanor, would travel around together in certain designated areas and visit places where there were reports of interesting sightings.

The count this year involved close to 19 hours and 500 km of driving. This scientific survey included 1,946 birds counted by field parties and 387 birds counted by feeder watchers, for a total of 2,333 birds, and 29 species of birds. There were nine local volunteers and 23 from Westman Naturalists.

Birds sighted ranged from

common to rare. Of course, bird watchers love a rare find. Rivers local Donna Hoyak has a Sharp Shinned Hawk at her feeder this year.

Eleanor and her husband Marlin have a Western Meadowlark living in and around their bale stacks; an unusual find as they don't overwinter here.

SUBMITTED PHOTOS The data collected goes A bluejay seen in the Rivers area appears to have found something to eat. into a central database at Birds Canada for scientific and conservation purposes.

Besides the research merit to this exercise, the count was a lot of fun, with bird watchers honing their skills and enjoying the many sightings. Eleanor is very grateful for the help from Gillian and all those who agreed to participate in the count.

I thought our truckers were essential?

Have you been to the grocery store lately?

The shelves are emptier, and the prices are higher after each visit. Canada is currently experiencing a supply chain crisis, and industry experts have warned that it will only worsen.

Remember when the government valued our truckers as the essential workers who kept our economy going? They were our frontline heroes (they still are to me and many Canadians). However, Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have kicked them to the curb without much thought, and as a result, you will pay the price.

When the Liberals announced a vaccine mandate for truckers entering Canada from the United States, there were immediate and credible concerns expressed by industry experts, including transportation and retail associations. The government was warned that any plan that did not include a reasonable accommodation to allow the import of goods and services to move freely into our country would have a devasting impact to Canadian consumers.

The information was so clear that the government actually backed down from their plan on January 12th but surprisingly enough, the politics of division overruled the politics of common sense. The Trudeau Liberal’s reversed their reversal. Consequently, an estimated 6,000 fewer trucks will not be driving across the border every day to deliver the essential goods to the shelves that Canadians shop from.

I have spoken to many constituents and have seen many photos of empty shelves at local stores. However, one conversation I had in particular amplified in effect. I spoke to a single mother recently. She mentioned a perspective that I had not pondered yet. She watches the supply of baby formula slowly deplete each time she visits her local grocery store. She now must wrestle with the startling thought of not having enough baby formula to feed her child. This is not the Canada I know.

Common sense requires common thinking.

Unfortunately, this attribute appears to be our current government’s greatest weakness. When making decisions that impact all Canadians, one would think that a cost-benefit analysis would be applied. Clearly not.

Do I believe there should be public health requirements for international travellers entering our nation? Absolutely. Rapid tests, vaccine encouragement, and screening requirements are all effective ways of reducing the spread of Covid-19. But when you shut down the movement of goods because divisive politics overrides a commonsense proposal that allows us to go on with our lives, all Canadians lose.

The bedrock principle of economics is supply and demand. The demand for everyday essentials such as groceries and gas has remained the same, but the supply has been significantly reduced due to supply chain constraints created by our own government. When there is not enough supply to meet demand, not only are retail shelves not stocked, but the price of everyday goods increase too.

The reality is that Canadians are not only facing a supply chain crisis, but they are also facing an affordability crisis. I should note that the impacts of inflation caused by massive government spending with no targets has only fueled this crisis.

When Justin Trudeau finally returns to Parliament, I will be holding him accountable for the crisis’s that he has created.

Ironically, as I write this, Trudeau’s Minister of Transport announced that he will be hosting a ‘summit’ with stakeholders to discuss the supply chain constraints in our country. I would suggest he start his summit by looking in the mirror.

Dan Mazier Member of Parliament Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa

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