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A refuge for homeless HIV/AIDS patients Katelyn Roberts and Dr. Morris Markentin founded Sanctum. Now Sanctum 1.5 is being constructed near St. Paul’s Hospital. (Photo by Joanne Paulson) Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express atelyn Roberts remembers the first HIV-positive woman she encountered when she was a social worker in child protection. The woman, 27, had children in care and all her file read was “HIV-positive addict.” “It was all I could find about her,” said Roberts. “I pulled her child case file; she started working in the sex trade when she was eight years old. The only difference between me and her is I grew up on the east side of town and I had a loving, caring family. “Before she was six, she had been in 25 foster homes. When we see her as

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an adult, people are like, ‘she made a choice.’ That girl never had a choice.” It was one among hundreds of experiences that led Roberts, who became a front-line HIV case manager, and Dr. Morris Markentin, a physician at the west-side Community Clinic, to found Sanctum. Sanctum Care Home opened its doors to people desperately ill with HIV/AIDS in November 2015. The 10-bed facility has already served 60 people; and now, Sanctum 1.5 is being constructed across the street on Avenue O, near St. Paul’s Hospital, to treat and support pregnant women with HIV/AIDS. Sanctum became reality because Rob-

erts and Markentin identified a dire need, and had the determination and passion to do something about it. Both of them saw the need every working day. Saskatchewan has the highest rates of HIV in Canada — four times the national average — and the Community Clinic serves about 600 HIV-positive people. Roberts provided outreach to those living with HIV but not engaged in the health care system. She and Markentin worked together all the time. “I would bring patients in to see him, and vice versa. What we started to notice was that a lot of our patients were falling through the cracks. Many of them were living in dire circumstances; they weren’t

getting the care they needed,” she said. “Every week we’d meet and talk about the worst cases and how do we help them,” said Markentin. “Every other week someone would say, man, we need somewhere for these people to stay, because they didn’t stay in the hospital. “You wouldn’t stay in the hospital for six weeks, would you? No. Well, they wouldn’t either. They’re coming from a background of homelessness with zero boundaries and now we put them in a hospital bed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, (tell them to) listen to what we have to say and be nice, when their mode was to survive on the street. (Continued on page 9)

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ou’d think it would be Let’s turn, Captain Obvious, safe to forget to lock to eHow.com for the answer. your car once in a while. “In the early days of the I got up on a recent Sunday automobile the use of gloves morning and looked outside to was considered essential, not see the car’s trunk open. Not only as a style statement for the good, I thought. discriminating, often wealthy The glove compartment was driver wearing a pair of white, also open and papers — and lots gauntlet gloves, but also for of stuff — were tossed everyutility reasons to keep the hands where. It was the same in the warm. Many early automostorage area between the two biles didn’t come with heaters, Editor front seats. This is pretty much and driver and occupants were standard procedure for those rifforced to don heavy gloves to fling through vehicles. protect their hands. I couldn’t tell if anything was missing. “Many early vehicles did not have The golf balls were still there. A comenclosed cabs and driving to church with puter mouse I had to return was there. My the family on those cold Sunday mornings unchecked lottery tickets were there. Turns required everyone to wear a pair of gloves. out one was a $2 winner and two others It just makes sense to keep the gloves in had free plays. (Tip for crooks: Take the a special compartment in the car so they lottery tickets; you might be leaving $1 would always be handy.” million behind.) ***** They didn’t take my sunglasses, which I’m not a fan of cyclists — collectively. tells you how uncool I am. And they didn’t I get annoyed when a cyclist takes a lane take a bat from the trunk. It is one Jay on a main artery, oblivious — or enjoying Buhner used when he played for the Seattle — the line of vehicles behind him. GenerMariners. Long-time Saskatoon baseball ally speaking, the more cycling bling they booster Rye Pothakos gave it to my sons are wearing the more selfish they are and years ago. It went from here to Phoenix the more male they are. and then back. My sons had hoped to get I saw a new bit of cycling annoyance the Buhner to sign it during spring training one other day. A woman was riding slowly in year. a lane of traffic. I wondered what the heck I thought the person who searched the she was doing when she so easily could car had left me a gift. On the passenger seat have moved slightly to the right to let cars was a packaged Toronto Blue Jays T-shirt. past. Turns out the shirt belongs to a member of Turns out two children were riding bikes my family, but it wasn’t on the seat the night near the curb and she was bringing up the before. That tells you how bad your team is rear to slow traffic in case these munchkins when a crook won’t take a new shirt. took a sharp left turn into traffic. That was ***** my best guess. Why are they called glove compartI fear those kids go home and are put ments or glove boxes? into bubble wrap. That’s none of my busi-

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ness, of course. I don’t recall winning Dad of the Year awards, but I don’t recall blocking a lane of traffic while my sons biked. Anyway, will adding bike lanes downtown be a case of “build them and cyclists will come?” I doubt it. I really wish I could figure out council’s logic on bike lanes and, to a lesser extent, rapid transit. I just don’t get it. ***** During a debate on Twitter about the cost of business licences for pot stores, Coun. Darren Hill got a little testy. Vancouver charges $30,000 for a business licence, while Saskatoon will charge $20,000 for some convoluted reason. Some thought Saskatoon’s rate was too high, given Regina isn’t charging anything and Edmonton will charge about $8,000. “Vancouver has two years experience in this field,” Coun. Hill tweeted. “These numbers were not pulled from somebody’s ass . . . they are industry practice.” ***** Will giving people the right to grow four marijuana plants per household lead to mini cartels being formed in neighbourhoods? If you have a green thumb and get these little puppies to produce close to a pound per plant, you’re looking in the ballpark of $1,500 worth of weed per plant. ***** I chuckled when TSN announcer Glen Suitor told CKOM’s Green Zone listeners that a B.C. Lions player acted in self-defence when a streaker was running toward him. Self defence? Where was the guy hiding his weapon? ***** The CTV newsroom in Saskatoon has a pet fish, unless it has died in the time since I read about it and now. The name of the fish? Water Cronkite. That’s really good.

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Charlie Musselwhite (left) and Ben Harper will play on June 29, fresh off a festival in Denmark. (Photo Supplied)

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evin Tobin, artistic Bessborough Gardens where director of the SaskTel other festivals may have a Saskatchewan Jazz maximum of 2,700. That Festival, says this year’s main makes us a unique festival in event lineup is the most balterms of brand and identity.” anced from start to finish that Harper, the vocalist, guitarhe’s ever seen. ist and multi-instrumentalist, The Flaming Lips, a highand Musselwhite, the harly-produced touring group; monica specialist, have Tom Cochrane, the Canadian amassed Grammy awards for icon; and Matt Andersen, their work, including a 2014 another returning favourite, victory for best blues album. were scheduled for this past On this trip, they are introducPeople weekend. Next came two new ing an album called No Mercy imports, Kamasi Washington in This Land. If there are any and Bonobo. doubts about their appeal, consider the “Everything depends upon the avail- fact that Harper and Musselwhite are ability of the acts,” said Tobin, “but for coming to Saskatoon directly after playmany years, we were building top-heavy ing a festival in Copenhagen, Denmark. on the front end. It was all about build- Then after a gig at the Montreal festival, ing momentum and building it for the they are heading for six dates in Austrauniqueness of a 10-day festival. This lia. year, we have some of our best acts on Dallas Green is the innovative leader closing weekend.” of City and Colour. Green works on the Still to come are jazz traditionalists theory that Dallas is a city and green is Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite a colour. Favourites for at least three on June 29, frequent favourite City and previous Saskatoon festivals, City and Colour on June 30, and the John Butler Colour comes with credentials like the Trio from Australia on July 1. album, If I Should Go Before You, the “Only Halifax and ourselves, among fifth of their studio albums. City and Canadian jazz festivals, have the outdoor Colour has also enjoyed the luxury of main stage availability and splendour producing seven albums in front of live and that certainly means flexibility in audiences. booking acts for a downtown location. Butler was born in the United States We can accommodate 3,500 in the Delta but achieved primary success as a singer,

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songwriter and producer in Australia. His trio has recorded six studio albums and four solos as well. “As a promoter, you have to be patient. I have been waiting for about four years to get Butler while he’s on a Canadian tour. Edmonton runs its festival at the same time as ours. We try networking but every festival is different and the economics really come into play. You have to consider the artist fees, the production fees and certainly the current exchange rate,” said Tobin. Saskatoon festival officials estimate 75,000 attended in 2017, a festival plagued by rain on four of its days, and the happiest of targets would be to be near 85,000, when they had four Gardens sell-outs in 2014. ***** Bob Eaton, a festival organizer since 1994, and Ross Ulmer, a long-time

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Saskatchewan trombonist, are sharing the joys this week of being the festival’s main award winners. Eaton is being honoured as the winner of the Jim Hill builder award, while Ulmer is the recipient of the special recognition award. “I was standing in a lineup for a Jane Siberry concert at the Broadway Theatre in 1994 when someone asked if I’d like to join the festival team,” Eaton said. “I didn’t know it was going to last for 24 years.” He has met hundreds of entertainers in his roles in transportation and hosting; he also served on the board of directors and was president. He calls the festival “my annual music binge.” Ulmer began his music career with the North Battleford City Kinsmen band, earned a music degree at the University of Saskatchewan and later received his masters at Texas State University. After being a soloist with the RCMP Band for two years, he resettled in Saskatchewan and now lives in Lloydminster. He has been a festival regular for years. ***** A festival recognition award winner in in 2015, Al Muirhead, a Regina trumpeter, arranger and recording artist, is returning to Saskatoon and will lead a quartet on June 29 at The Bassment. Now 82, Muirhead is still an innovative force. In February, he chose a select group of musicians to record Undertones, a product which will have a street date in September. Joining him in the process were Kelly Jefferson on sax, Reg Schwager on guitar, Neil Swainson on bass and Ted Warren on drums. It is Muirhead’s fourth release in three years. ***** Alan Kellogg, the entertainment director for the Students’ Union at the University of Saskatchewan in the early 1970s, is also making a homecoming at this year’s festival. His role with the U of S was the first of its kind on campus. He will be the featured vocalist with the Skip Kutz Quartet at the Nutrien Free Stage on July 1 at 4 p.m. While living previously in Saskatoon, Kellogg often joined Lyall Steel, a guitarist, and also took turns with Kutz in performances at the Park Town Hotel. He moved to Edmonton where he became manager for Paul Hand, later worked at CKUA Radio and has been a long-time columnist and editorial writer for the Edmonton Journal, ending his career there in 2010. #14 - 2345 Avenue C North Saskatoon, SK S7L 5Z5 306-934-2847 g.wyant.mla@sasktel.net

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f you think fire pits were a day at a special meeting on the nightmare for city council, city’s transportation future, try bus rapid transit (BRT). both at city hall and on social Yes, people either love their media. Point one that I would fire pits or hate their neighlike to weigh in on is whether bours’ fire pits, a scenario there should be a dedicated which created an amazing BRT lane (or really any BRT amount of hoohaw in chamlane) on Broadway Avenue. bers. And sure, we have to Some Broadway business throw a few bucks at enforcing owners adamantly said no way, the new bylaw. and I am with them. What’s Fire pits, however, are really weird about this topic Columnist extremely easy to understand. arising now, at least for me, is You put wood in them (or that my husband and I were in other materials, which is verboten), strike Lloydminster two days earlier for an arts a match, and sit around them drinking and fest, wandering down a wide Prairie street chatting. They create smoke and someand commenting that it would still not be times parties. City council (er, the taxquite expansive enough for a beautiful payer) does not have to pay for them, apart boulevard, if you wanted, say, a turning from the aforementioned bylaw enforcelane. Or a bus lane. Right? ment. So if ‘we’ decide to have a BRT lane on Bus rapid transit is an investment and Broadway . . . is there really room for one, policy debate rather on the scale of a moon without totally messing up the character shot. Well, at least a downtown arena, but I and the flow of this unique street? Or like to exaggerate when making points. would we (*sob*) dispense with the bouQuite seriously, though, it involves levard? I’m serious. I would actually cry. millions of dollars, endless repurposed ki- I’m betting I wouldn’t be the only one. Or, lometres, probably a complete overhaul of and also importantly, would it completely the entire transit system and its schedule, mess with the parking? I’m thinking so. reworked streets (see: expensive asphalt Another very interesting and thoughtand concrete) and, in certain places, a provoking discussion that came up on whole new traffic flow (see: possible con- Twitter, sparked by the coverage of the fused citizens.) StarPhoenix’s Phil Tank, was whether AS062512 Aaronheated up last Wednes- autonomous (no driver needed) vehicles The BRT debate

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would affect the future of the transit system and therefore reduce the need for a BRT. Coun. Cynthia Block asked the question to a considerable amount of eye-rolling; but I think that was because most of us see autonomous vehicles (henceforth AVs) as our very own, single-family vehicles with the added attraction of not having to pay attention to traffic. However, a few folks who are much smarter than I am pointed out that, at least in their early days, AVs are more likely to be parts of fleets. Think Uber and Lyft. Think various models where the AVs are stored in their own parking lots and scheduled to pick up people on routes, delivering them to places of work, play, study or shopping. The very first big use, argue some, will be selfdriving buses. Nope, said I on Twitter. Specifically, nope, AVs will not make a BRT system redundant. I cannot see a future where smaller AVs will replace big, fast-tracked buses. AV technology may make BRT buses better or cheaper in the long run, but it’s still BRT. And AV fleets may be part of the solution to, for example, getting folks downtown to concerts at our shiny new arena which will never ever have enough parking. But a BRT system will still be the best bet, transporting the most people the most

efficiently to and from the most outlying points of the city. I think. Having said that, Block brought up an interesting and thought-provoking point that actually leads us even further into the complexity of this issue. What will Saskatoon’s future look like, as affected by the future of technology? Will we ever get to a population of 500,000? By then, should we have city trains instead, overhead? I don’t know. It’s a tough one. (We sure as heck should have a train to Regina. But of course, that’s another column.) Now, we have to figure out where the heck a BRT is going to go, without messing up the character of the city too much. We have to figure out if we can afford it, or if we simply can’t afford not to build it. I rather think it would be a good idea. On a personal note, which affects my view: my car recently died. I didn’t want to spend the money on cabs and rentals. But the half hour bus service, considering all the stuff I had to do, was completely useless to me on those days. It was not only too slow, but took me nowhere near where I had to go on a tight schedule. I had to hire cabs and ultimately did rent a car until my baby was fixed. If we want people to drive less, we have to make it possible for them to get from point A to point B in a reasonable amount of time. That’s not happening, in my experience. So let’s do something.

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t’s been a while, but I’ve have to do this for four days been trying to keep up without food and water. with what we, in the Cree The man from Sweden, Nation, and many other First however, started jumping as Nations, call the Medicine high as he could. I was thinkTrail. ing he’d be lucky to make Many of the ceremonies the first day, never mind four practised by First Nations straight days. have evolved through the Never underestimate what centuries. These traditional a person can achieve if they ceremonies demand endurance stay focused and have the and strength. mindset of never giving up. Columnist A person doesn’t jump into The dude from Sweden was these ceremonies. Some take still jumping on the fourth day years of preparation. It takes an incredand when the sun went down, he comible amount of focus with all senses of pleted what he set out to do. It takes an the human body working together — not incredible amount of physical strength to just the five senses, but also the physical achieve what he accomplished. body and brain coming together to take Strength also can be found in the on the next step of the ceremony. human spirit. A friend of mine from SasA good example is the Sun Dance. katchewan had passed away in Alberta. The ceremony is practised in differHe wanted to be buried back on his ent ways by First Nations across North reserve in Saskatchewan. America. Regardless, it takes years of The timing couldn’t be worse because preparation and endurance and strength. his wife was about to give birth to their One of the most beautiful Sun Dances baby. Because of provincial laws, a huI’ve attended was at a Cree ceremony. man body, transported by plane, has to be An arbour of trees and branches is built. in the air at a set time. It’s oval and about the size of an average The clock was ticking when we house. The ceremony starts just before heard my friend’s wife had given birth. sunrise. There were many people at a country In the Cree language we call this hall where my friend’s body rested. His Wapun, which basically means that silver casket was still open and people were lining just before the genesis of the risgetting ready to pay their final respects. ing sun. Women and men are separated, Word got out the baby was born dancing with both groups facing each healthy, but the mother and child were other within the arbour. Women dance nowhere to be found. Of course everyone facing west and the men dance facing became worried. Some even suggested east. sending out a search party to check the The drummers and singers start when many grid roads in the countryside. the sun brings its first light. From there, What we didn’t know was the mother non-stop, the dancers will slowly dance had explained her situation about transin sync with the beat of Mother Earth. porting her husband’s body. The doctor The Sun Dance is not exclusive to allowed her, with the escort of an ambuFirst Nations people because I’ve met lance, to take the baby to the hall. people from Germany, Japan and many People were lining up when the door other places around the world at ceremo- swung open. It was the mother and child. nies. Tears flowed when she said there was They, too, have prepared to test the no way on Earth the baby wouldn’t be human limit. At one Cree ceremony there with the father before he was flown back was a huge man from Sweden. He stood home to be buried. Now that took an around six-foot-six and weighed at least incredible amount of strength of the hu250 pounds. man spirit. At the start of the ceremony the The Medicine Trail has many chaldancers slowly bounce to the beat of the lenges. At the end of the trail I will face drum. They start slowly because they my greatest enemy — myself.

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Sports Hall of Fame honours diverse group

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SASKATOONEXPRESS - June 25-July 1, 2018 - Page 6 with free equipment and instruction, to introduce children from lower-income families to tennis. “That’s where Kay’s passion is . . . And then that sort of morphed into the tennis tournament, to inspire kids to play,” AltingMees said. The Futures circuit is the first opportunity for players to get ATP ranking points, Alting-Mees notes. (It’s the ITF’s entry level of professional tournaments. Canadian tennis star Denis Shapovalov earned his first ATP point at Riverside. Fellow Canadian Vasek Pospisil won at Riverside in the tournament’s first year there.) “(Developing players) can test their mettle against the pros and find out ‘how much better do I need to get to be competing?’ So it really, really ups the level of our junior tennis program (in Saskatchewan). Even if they lose it’s a huge motivator for them to work harder,” she explained. Riverside was the first Canadian club outside Ontario and Quebec to join the Futures. The club’s courts had not been fixed in years, Alting-Mees said. Money raised for the tournament paid for an upgrade, which made hosting the event possible. “The tennis tournament really helped Kay Nasser helped kickstart International Tennis Federation Futures in Saskatoon. (Photo by Kathy Fitzpatrick) bring that club back to life,” said Ryan BorcKathy Fitzpatrick a high level,” said club manager and former Saskatoon boasts plenty of players in their zon, Tennis Canada’s manager of professionSaskatoon Express board chair Bruce Garman. “He immediately 70s and older, Nasser among them. He shies al and national events. He has seen spectators ocal entrepreneur and philanthropist stepped up to make a contribution without away from discussing his exact age — “I feel at the final swell from around 200 in its first Kay Nasser can take pride in watching blinking an eye.” every day is a new birthday . . . you live day year to more than 500, with bleachers filled something he helped launch become Nasser put in $5,000 that first year, and by day” — but confirms he is in his 90s. to capacity. firmly rooted on Saskatoon’s riverbank. has contributed the same amount every year These days, due to his limited mobility, Since that first year, the Riverside event Oh yes, there’s the multi-million dollar since. Local contributions have helped lever- he gets a few special breaks on the court — has reached the $25,000 tier in prize money hotel-condo-office tower complex under age financial support from Tennis Canada for two bounces before returning the ball, for and welcomes around 60 players from construction at River Landing as well. the tournament. example. around the world. Corporate sponsorship has But further upriver, the International TenNasser’s sponsorship is a continuation of It’s the same inclusive spirit in which grown from around $10,000 to more than nis Federation Futures men’s tournament is his long-running support for tennis, a game Nasser has encouraged other players to join $40,000, Garman said. about to begin. (This is the eighth annual at he loves. in. Former Riverside manager Michelle It’s now called the Houghton Boston Riverside, running this year from June 30 to He says he wanted to make it a viable Alting-Mees describes him as a “warm, Tennis Classic, named for the company that July 8.) sport in Saskatchewan, like football and friendly and inspiring person.” became a top sponsor. But the tournament Call it “seed” money. When the Riverside hockey. And one in which people not only More than a decade ago, with a $100,000 trophy is named for Nasser. Badminton and Tennis Club decided to join compete but play for the joy of it, “for the donation, Nasser set up a fund through the “Kay Nasser has represented the sport the Futures circuit, Nasser was among the joy of being healthy.” Saskatoon Community Foundation which better than anybody in the community,” says first supporters. Tennis, he notes, is a sport people can Riverside could draw on to help support the Ted Mitchell, a fellow tennis player and “He saw the value of seeing the sport at play all through their lives. club’s operations — including workshops Houghton Boston’s CEO.

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We all suffer and we all need support

’ve been working as a Strength, because my God, communications consultant do people ever have it. That for the Humboldt Broncos people who have seen and since the morning after that endured unspeakable things, fateful April 6, 2018 night. and endured unspeakable pain I don’t write or talk about it and injury, both inside and much because it’s not a story out, is the result of a tremento tell using my voice; it’s my dous strength that they have job to help the Broncos tell it called upon, a strength they in theirs. didn’t even know they had in However, I’m sitting here the first place. in a Las Vegas Dunkin Donuts, I guarantee we all possess Columnist reflecting on the last whirlthat strength. Surrounded wind week, which included backstage by victims and their an unforgettable experience at the 2018 families of the Las Vegas and Parkland NHL Awards, and I’ve realized there are school shootings, as well as the survivdefinitely musings from this experience ing Broncos and their families, I’m that I can share. struck by the sheer ordinariness of their If you had told me two months ago lives and appearances. You’d never know that I would be in Las Vegas with 10 by looking at them the depths of trauma of the 13 survivors of that bus crash I they’ve experienced. There’s no visible would have laughed in your face. And evidence of the strength they have musthen probably would have punched it. tered to keep going, one foot after the Yet here we are, and it is a testimony other, because they’re no different than to the two words that have been rolling you and I. through my mind consistently since we We all have that kind of strength, but landed in Sin City: strength and supin the vast majority of us it lies dormant, port. which is a shame, really. Not that any

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of us want to endure suffering, but since that strength is sitting there within us anyway, why not tap in to it to accomplish something else? I don’t believe it’s a finite resource, so it will be there when you absolutely need it regardless. The other theme I’ve reflected heavily upon this week is support. Not just parents supporting their children, and families supporting each other, both of which are a given. It’s the support from outside the family unit that really creates the network required for victims of trauma to move forward. It may be monetary, it may be in kind, it may be the backing of a massive corporation, or it may simply be a hand-drawn card from a five-yearold stranger. All of it has a deep impact. A quote, which has been incorrectly attributed to Plato but is nonethelesss still incredibly wise, sums up how I feel about support today: “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.” Sometimes, terrible, awful things happen to good people on a scale that reverberates not just through their own lives, but ours as well, which creates a mass outpouring of support for those

good people, which is awesome. But look around you: it’s likely every single person you see has experienced pain and great loss, but privately, without fanfare, which is how most of us experience it. Yet grief, anger, pain and frustration feels exactly the same for everyone else, as it does for those who experience it publicly. I’m not saying that Air Canada should fly us all around for free all the time (but a huge thank you to Air Canada and its amazing people for getting the Broncos to Las Vegas). But as individuals, why wouldn’t we support each other all the time? In the way we support the few who experience the same emotions and heartache as everyone else, but in the spotlight? When it comes right down to it, human beings are all the same. We are all strong, caring and capable of supporting those around us, and we are all battling our way through life, and in need of support. Let’s stop waiting for extraordinary circumstances to have an excuse to be human beings, because they already exist, all around you, every day.

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comment about things taking time to work through when there is a loss. I wanted to jump through my phone and scream. I actually responded by saying, “whatever”. We are in our fifties and I don’t think partying all night with the boys in Europe is right when your grieving girlfriend is at home. He runs a company here and looks forward to the trip. They’ve done this trip every June for the past eight years. What do you think? – Rachel

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(Continued from page 1) eople say, ‘oh you did this to yourself. You’re just an addict.’ So they wouldn’t go to the hospital.” Until a care worker would find them unresponsive in an alley. “They would get admitted to the ICU and they would die within 24 hours with nobody around them,” said Markentin. “They were that sick. They wouldn’t go to the hospital until they were dead.” Enough was enough. Roberts and Markentin founded the not-for-profit Sanctum Care Group in 2013. “It was Katelyn’s idea. It was her dream to make it happen,” said Markentin. But what followed was two years of meetings and doors being slammed in their faces. Finally, they wrote a proposal and took it to St. Paul’s Hospital, which owns the house that is now Sanctum. “We were lucky enough to have huge support from (St. Paul’s board members) Bill Edwards and Jean Morrison, who said if you guys can find the funding to operate, we’ll allow you to use the building. For nothing,” said Roberts. With the building in place, they found another advocate in Corey Miller, a vicepresident with Saskatoon Health Region at the time, who worked with them to create a business case. The case said Sanctum could improve patient outcomes and reduce acute care bed use, while saving the health authority a lot of money. And it worked. The health region agreed to fund the home. “In our first year evaluation, we exceeded all of those outcomes and were able to prove we can provide not only more appropriate care, but we can do it for less dollars and have better patient outcomes,” said Roberts. A complex disease requiring holistic care HIV-AIDS is not a simple condition. It’s driven by homelessness, poverty, addictions and mental illness, so just treating the medical aspects of the disease doesn’t work, say Roberts and Markentin. Therefore, Sanctum provides a holistic environment addressing all the related issues. “They can come into our facility for up to three months. About 92 per cent of our admissions are homeless. We know someone living in this community who is HIV positive and homeless without support will die within about five years,” said Roberts. It doesn’t have to be that way, added Markentin, because treatment today is very good. “If you get them on the right medication and you feed them and you house them, they can move from someone dying of AIDS to someone living with HIV. That’s what we do here.” In terms of treating HIV, it could be as simple as taking one pill once per day: once the viral load is zero, it can’t be transmitted. “But the average Canadian is 50 per cent compliant on any prescription they get. And we’re asking a population struggling with homelessness, chronic disease, addiction and mental illness to be 98 per cent compliant for the meds to be effective,” said Roberts. “You’re trying to survive, right? You can’t think I might die in six months when you’re worried about where I’m going to sleep tonight and what I’m going to eat today,” said Markentin. By the time they are discharged, patients have a network of support and hopefully can avoid acute hospitalization, said Roberts. But patients were having a hard time leaving Sanctum. “We also opened up the Beehive, a transition home (with 11 units) for people living with HIV,” said Roberts. “What we found in our first year was the vast majority of the patients we were bringing in to Sanctum, when it was

time to discharge them, they didn’t want to leave.” Saving babies, helping mothers Now, phase two — Sanctum 1.5 — is slated to open in September, supported in part by funds raised through the Sanctum Survivor event which sees local leaders learn about homelessness by spending 36 hours on the streets. It will be Canada’s first HIV pre-natal care home. For pregnant mothers with HIV who are on medication, the chances of transmission to the baby are less than two per cent, said Markentin. That rises considerably if a woman is not on medication. Most pregnant women with HIV have had children apprehended, often right out of hospital. Indeed, 98 per cent of women caught in this cycle were fostered themselves, said Roberts. Sanctum 1.5, also with 10 beds, will offer not just treatment, but a home, parenting classes and other supports to keep some of the babies out of the foster care cycle. “When a baby gets apprehended and goes into the foster care system, the ministry has 18 months to have a permanent home for that baby,” Roberts said. “They bounce through foster homes and develop attachment disorders. Once you have an attachment disorder it sets you up for all sorts of failure down the road.” Roberts knows not every mother at Sanctum 1.5 will be able to parent, but they may be able to make good plans for their babies by locating good families, she said. Sanctum is working with the Ministries of Health and Social Services to create a long-term sustainable plan for the mother-baby home. “We’re trying to pitch the cost avoidance,” said Markentin. “One baby with HIV’s life-time cost of medication alone is $1.3 million. One baby. Could live to be 80 with HIV, on medication. If we could avoid that, that’s two years of funding.” And the social costs of foster care are huge. “Sanctum 1.5 is not just about saving money. It’s about doing the right thing, making a difference and changing the current cycle. We have more children in foster care right now than we did in residential schools,” added Roberts. Why Sanctum? With so many issues out there, why did the two founders decide on creating Sanctum for people struggling with HIV/ AIDS? “They’re IV drug users, addicts, junkies. They have HIV . . . They cannot advocate for themselves because they have secrets the public is not ready to hear,” said Markentin. “So if we don’t advocate for them, then no one will. It is our duty. We can all be one step away from this life. We need to advocate for those who can’t advocate for themselves. For me, that’s what it is. “I truly believe the people of Saskatchewan care, but they just don’t know.” It was much the same for Roberts. “We do live in a society where we’re OK with certain people living in circumstances they shouldn’t be living in,” she said. “You don’t see people with cancer living in back alleys but you do see people dying of addiction in back alleys every day. “People don’t realize the conditions in which people are living in this community. They are Third World and it is appalling when you live in a province with the best health infrastructure in the world that we’re OK with people dying of a chronic disease. “Addiction is a disease,” said Robert. “But nobody wants to see it that way.” Learn more about Sanctum and how to donate or volunteer at sanctumcaregroup.com.

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What brought me to Saskatoon? Jigang Zhou, PhD Scientist, Industrial Science at CLS n the first morning of my recent workshop attendance at London, Ont., I walked around the university campus to visit the student apartment where I stayed during my first winter in Canada. Outside the apartment, a Canada goose got my attention and I wondered “Why do some geese select London to stay and some select Saskatoon?” Since I could not get the answer from the goose, I thought about similar things in human beings, and asked myself, “What brought me to Saskatoon?” I was born in a small city in northern China named Da’an (close to North Korea, Russia and Mongolia). My father wanted me to leave the small city and get a good education, so he took me travelling whenever he had the opportunity. The strategy was to inspire me to get used to and enjoy the exploration of an unknown and wonderful world outside of my small home town. He believed that this would drive me to study hard just by myself. It worked very well and then I entered in a top engineering university without too much pushing from my parents. Even though chemical engineering was not my selection, since chemistry was one of my worst classes in high school, I studied hard when I was an undergrad and I entered grad school without examination, a privilege just for students in the top five per cent. Unlike other top students who always planned to study abroad, I claimed that I would not leave China until all of my classmates left too. This logic seemed reasonable since English was my other worst class from high school to grad

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school. After university graduation, I tried different companies and quickly realized that my real interest is in research, rather than being an engineer. At this point a PhD from a developed country would be better on a faculty application in a Chinese university. So I had to change my mind and prepare for an English exam. Listening skills was the first thing I needed to improve, so I started to listen to English programs by radio. When my wife came home from work she would ask me “What are you doing?” I would answer, “English radio programs; I am going to sharpen my listening skills.” She paused and said, “It is weird to hear French from an English radio station!” You can imagine how much struggle I had during that period. My hard work paid off again and I got very good results in my English exam. Unfortunately, the high scores didn’t bring me good luck because the U.S. universities thought the high scores were a result of students cheating, so they redesigned the test and required another exam, which I thought was ridiculous. Therefore, I decided to look further north and got an offer from the University of Western Ontario. One of my grad school courses was on the synchrotron. I complained at that time as to why an electrochemist needs a course on the synchrotron. Funny thing was that in my last year, a world famous synchrotron expert became my joint supervisor and it turned out the synchrotron was very useful in my project. In the same year, our national synchrotron, the Canadian Light Source

Jigang Zhou has a following of Canada geese. (Photo by Cam Hutchinson) at Saskatoon, had a job opening looking for people who had both synchrotron and industry experience, so I applied just before the job deadline, and I was fortunate to get the job. This is the reason I ended up in Saskatoon. We bought our first house here, and our son was born here. I have had my first professional career well-developed here. In the last 10 years I worked with Stanford, MIT, national labs and famous companies on thrilling research projects and got 100 high impact papers published, most of them focusing on sustainable clean energy. I named my researches

as BatteryX, which hints of using synchrotron X-ray to explore unknown mysteries inside batteries for future energy freedom. As you can see, the ambition of leaving the comfortable zone rooted by my father is the reason why I am now here in Saskatoon. Learning better English and listening to a French radio station predicted my life path to Canada. When I think back to all the places I have been, and all the accomplishments I have made, I am happy and thankful that like a Canada goose, I have landed here in Saskatoon.

Historical association recognizes book on Weyburn Mental Hospital

By Shannon Boklaschuk University of Saskatchewan history professor and a U of S graduate have been honoured by the Canadian Historical Association for their book about the Weyburn Mental Hospital. Professor Erika Dyck and College of Arts and Science alumnus Alex Deighton (BA’13, MA’16) recently received the Clio Prize for the Prairies for their book Managing Madness: Weyburn Mental Hospital and the Transformation of Psychiatric Care in Canada. Published by University of Manitoba Press in 2017, Managing Madness traces the history of the Saskatchewan institution from a large Victorian-styled asylum to its focus on care in the community. The Canadian Historical Association is a not-for-profit and charitable association devoted to fostering the scholarly study and communication of history in Canada. The annual Clio Prizes are given for meritorious publications or for exceptional contributions by individuals or organizations to regional history. Dyck said Managing Madness was a product of community engagement— there were six other contributors to the book—and she was proud to share news of the award with all involved. “This book was an experiment in historical writing. With eight authors, we attempted to write as a team—perhaps like a care team, even,” she said. “Our authors had a wide variety of experiences with mental health services— from superintendent of the Sask. Mental Hospital, to civil servant in the Saskatchewan government, to peer-support coun-

sellor, psychiatry resident, psychologists and historians. We wanted to honour our differences of opinion while harmonizing our professional strengths to help draw critical attention to different parts of this past. “Everyone played an important role in guiding this historical process and I am very proud of this approach to community-engaged scholarship.” Dyck said Managing Madness asks the questions “why did we historically put people in large institutions when they were considered mentally ill, and what changed to allow for a completely different system of care in the second half of the 20th century?” Weyburn Mental Hospital, which opened in 1921, was allegedly one of the last Victorian-styled asylums built in the British Commonwealth and it soon became overcrowded and caught up in political corruption, she said. “We look at conditions for patients during the first three decades as the mental hospital became an important economic driver in the local community, while patients languished behind the walls,” said Dyck. “In 1963, that same facility became one of the first mental hospitals on the continent to close its doors and embrace ‘care in the community.’ We asked, however, what had changed to make the community care? Tracing this significant shift in medical as well as public policy, we then considered how patients and staff experienced this transition into out-patient care, through emergency room visits, and into a new era of psychopharmaceutical management.

Professor Erika Dyck and College of Arts and Science alumnus Alex Deighton (BA’13, MA’16) recently received the Clio Prize for the Prairies for their book Managing Madness: Weyburn Mental Hospital and the Transformation of Psychiatric Care in Canada. (Photo Supplied) “Overall, we found a very consistent and overwhelming relationship between poverty and mental illness that took on new meanings in the era of deinstitutionalization and care in the community.” Dyck said the feedback to Managing Madness has been positive, both in Saskatchewan and beyond. While the book was written for the local community, Dyck noted the themes are universal and connect with broader studies elsewhere in North America. “We wanted to write about this topic because it represents a fundamental shift in how we imagine caring for people with mental illnesses. The mental hospital has since disappeared from the physical landscape, as it has in many places, and we wanted to write something that would help us remember the hospital and what it represented, but also to critically assess the state of mental health services,” she said. “People celebrated the dismantling of the asylum, and we understand why. But

transferring responsibility to an amorphous set of community services has not happened smoothly; we might argue it has not happened at all. So-called ‘care’ in the community has provided opportunities to de-fund mental health services and to transfer responsibility back to families and under-funded services that are not designed to support people with mental illnesses, per se. Further cuts to public libraries, bus service and public infrastructure more generally continues to degrade the notion of a ‘caring community.’ “By studying this transition over the past 100 years in Saskatchewan, we aimed to bring attention to the experiences of people who encountered these changes directly, and to emphasise that despite the rhetoric of progress, people with mental illnesses continue to be treated as sub-citizens.” (Shannon Boklaschuk is a communications coordinator with the College of Arts and Science at the University of Saskatchewan.)


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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express oseph Anderson’s artistic practice draws from his interest in literature, illustration and childhood memories. It’s fitting, then, that four new paintings created by the Saskatoon resident allude to Lewis Carroll’s classic book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – specifically the introductory scene where the title character tumbles down the rabbit hole. “Like Alice, my figures also witness curious objects as they fall to an unknown fate. The title of one of the paintings – Down, Down, Down! – is a direct quote from the book,” said Anderson, who has a master of fine arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Anderson aims to reveal connections between fairy tales, cautionary stories and religious parables through his work. He said he tries to be a storyteller by using subject matter, narrative elements and a medium – watercolour – that is reminiscent of the pictures in children’s books. “I always try to combine a sense of fun and humour with an element of danger,” he said. “A common presence in my work are snakes. I think they have an interesting symbolic connection to both the religious and secular world. I actually have a bad phobia of snakes, but I usually let the viewer decide if these reptiles are deadly or helpful. The rather small size of my work again alludes to the size of an image in a book for children.” Anderson’s unique paintings are part of a new group exhibition of figurative work called figureground. The show is currently on view at Art Placement, a commercial art gallery located in the city’s downtown. The work of the 12 artists featured in figureground – many are current or former Saskatoon residents with ties to the U of S – highlight numerous ways of working with the human form. “We decided to mount this exhibition looking at local JW062509 artists workingJames in the figurative tradition for a few reasons.

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As a student of art and even now as a gallerist and collector, I have always been drawn to figurative work,” Levi Nicholat, Art Placement’s gallery director, said in an email sent to the Saskatoon Express. “The human form is a dynamic subject that can communicate on so many levels – personally, psychologically, socially, metaphorically and symbolically,” he said. “From an evolutionary perspective, we are pre-programmed to identify the human form in our environment; it’s why people have a tendency to ‘find’ faces or representations of the human form in nature – in clouds or rock formations, for instance.” When studying the history of art, it is striking how prevalent the human figure is throughout, from prehistoric times to the present, said Nicholat. Some of the earliest examples of art are figurative, such as the Venus of Willendorf, while Renaissance painting was dominated by the figure. Even some of the best-known modern painters, such as Picasso, were “figurative artists through and through,” noted Nicholat, who also completed his master of fine arts degree at the U of S. “Bringing that back to the local context, Art Placement has been known primarily for showcasing landscapes and abstract painting, which is what a lot of the notable painters from this region have focused on and are known for. All the while, however, the figurative tradition has carried on, sustained by a relatively small but dedicated group of painters,” he said. “The University of Saskatchewan has played an important role in that, turning out some very significant figurative artists. Often those artists leave the city following their studies, as is the case with a few who are included in the exhibition. But a connection to the university art department is certainly common to the majority. We thought it was time to give it a little more focus and public presence to some of the artists working with that tradition.” Anderson said he had never thought of himself as a

A Curious Tea Time by Joseph Anderson. figurative artist, but he recognizes that the majority of his work has a connection to the body. In some cases, however, it may only be a portion of the figure, such as a floating head, he said. “When I do paint the human form, my interest lies in how it relates to the narrative of the image. I like to focus on how and why the figure became entangled in their unusual environments,” said Anderson. “When working on the figure, I like to include the irregularities of our skin – flushed cheeks and spotty flesh. I also tend to be somewhat flexible with proper anatomical proportions.” In addition to Anderson, the group exhibition includes pieces by Kristin Bjornerud, Riisa Gundesen, Iris Hauser, (Continued on page 13)

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Theatre in the Park explores themes of ability, disability Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express ne of Saskatoon’s annual artistic traditions, Theatre in the Park, is back for another summer — and organizers are promising the “most groundbreaking production yet.” Sum Theatre’s Theatre in the Park offers family-friendly shows featuring music, puppetry and audience participation in public parks throughout the city. During the last five years, more than 30,000 people have come out to see the Sum Theatre productions — including more than 7,500 in 2017 alone, said artistic director Joel Bernbaum. “It vastly exceeded our expectations,” he said. “I am completely moved by the fact that not only is there a desire for our work, but that there’s a desire for people to come together in the summer in our public parks and celebrate community through art.” Theatre in the Park is Saskatoon’s first free live professional outdoor theatre. This year, with support from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission and the Concentus Citizenship Education Foundation, a newly-commissioned work will be produced: Queen Seraphina and The Land of Vertebraat. Written by author Adam Pottle, who is deaf, and adapted by the Sum Theatre ensemble, the show explores themes of ability and disability. “We always are looking for new ways to put our values on the stage, and we believe in the power of community and the power of theatre — and inclusion is such a huge part of community,” said Bernbaum. Bernbaum said Pottle was interested in writing something “epic” and “grand,” as well as something that would contribute to the disability folklore. Queen Seraphina and The Land of Vertebraat is a story about a place “where everyone, of all abilities, lives in harmony,” said Bernbaum. “These are very interesting times right now that we’re living in and there’s a lot of darkness in the world,” he said. “We need examples of hope and examples of togetherness in order for us to move out of the dark period that we’re in and embrace each other in community.” The show features elaborate staging, as the Land of Vertebraat is a series of ramps from which Queen Seraphina (played by Haley Brown, a wheelchair user) navigates the world. The set is completely wheelchair accessible, said Bernbaum. “I think people will be very surprised when they show up to their neighbourhood park and see this massive structure dropped into their neighbourhood park,” he said. The show’s cast and crew includes Chris Dodd, a deaf artist and playwright who is the creator of SOUND OFF: A Deaf Theatre Festival. Michael Martin is an actor with Erb’s palsy who is currently

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(Continued from page 12) Dane More, Dawna Rose, Betsy Rosenwald, Paul Sisetski and Carol Wylie. Like Anderson, many of the artists are U of S alumni and most live in Saskatoon. There is also a small selection of historical works featured in the exhibition, including paintings by the late Dmytro Stryjek and a drawing by the late Ernest Lindner. As well, a rare, early work by Lorna Russell – who, like Lindner, is best known as a landscape painter – is on display. Nicholat noted that the exhibition highlights the diversity that exists in terms of artistic approaches to representing the figure. Each artist has a different intention

Joel Bernbaum is the artistic director for Theatre in the Park. (Photo Supplied) studying at the University of Saskatchewan. The production also features Indigenous artists Krystle Pederson and Lancelot Knight, as well as the musical talents of singer-songwriter Josh Palmer. The show will have sign language integrated with original music. “It’s challenging and exciting to work with a diversity of performers because everyone has so much to offer from their perspective,” said Bernbaum. “And that’s one thing Adam says that I really appreciate, and I give him credit for sharing this with me. He says not only is it good to be inclusive because it’s the right thing to do, but being inclusive of people with different perspectives and abilities gives us a whole new richness and wealth of stories. And that’s basically what we’re doing, is exploring stories that we haven’t heard before.” Sum Theatre’s production of Queen Seraphina and The Land of Vertebraat is a world premiere and Bernbaum is curious to see how audience members will respond to it. He said the show is “totally family friendly,” since Theatre in the Park’s audience members typically range in age from six months old to 96 years old. “I hope people walk away feeling moved,” he said. “There’s parts of the play that are a little darker than we’ve usually done with our Theatre in the Park show, because, as I said, it’s dark times. So I hope people will be a little bit disturbed but also enlightened and motivated to not only see, but feel, things in a different way.” Queen Seraphina and The Land of Vertebraat begins on July 2 at Chief Darcy Bear Park at 7 p.m. It will run in more than 25 local parks until July 31. Evening shows are at 7 p.m., while Sunday matinees start at 2 p.m. The show is suitable for all ages and attendees are welcome to come an hour early to do a free craft with the Children’s Discovery Museum. For the full schedule and performance locations, go to sumtheatre.com. for his or her work, and the decisions that each artist makes in terms of how they choose to represent the figure produces a unique result. “These works demonstrate that the figurative tradition is something that has always been there, sometimes quietly in the background – but something that most artists at least dabble in at one time or another,” he said. The group exhibition runs until Aug. 2 at Art Placement, which is located at 238 Third Ave. South. The gallery’s hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. For more information, go to artplacement.com.

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GREATE.R. Campaign exceeds goal by $8 million

Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express he Royal University Hospital (RUH) Foundation had reason to celebrate. And what better way than with a picnic on a beautiful summer day? The foundation turned 35 this year and recently completed its most successful initiative ever, raising $28 million in its three-year GREATE.R. Campaign. In total, the foundation has raised $131 million since 1983. The GREATE.R. Campaign was launched with the goal of raising $20 million. More than 4,600 donors later, it exceeded its goal by $8 million. That’s Saskatchewan generosity at its finest. More than half of that money has been put to use already. The picnic crowd, comprised mainly of donors and hospital staff, was told donations to the campaign helped those injured in the Humboldt bus crash to receive better care. “The fact the RUH foundation raised $28 million through the GREATE.R. Campaign is absolutely amazing,” said Dr. Mark Wahba, an RUH Emergency Department doctor and Saskatchewan Health Authority physician executive for integrated urban health. “These donations will help save lives.” Dr. Wahba cited the Humboldt bus accident as an example of the quality of health care that is delivered in Saskatchewan. “When our provincial health care team was called into the action the night of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash tragedy, it was people at this hospital and St. Paul’s and our facilities and colleagues, most importantly in Tisdale, Melfort and Nipawin, that were at the front line.

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(Continued from page 14) Thank you to the doctors, nurses and other staff at Royal University Hospital for bringing him back to life. It is because of you that our family can celebrate each day together and participate in special occasions with family and friends.” Arla Gustafson, CEO of the RUH Foundation, said the foundation is “humbled by this generosity and confidence bestowed on the foundation and Royal University Hospital. The impact of this support will continue to generate faster response times, create stronger teams and purchase new equipment that not only benefits patients and staff today but will be there for decades to come.” She said $16 million of the $28 million raised in the GREATE.R. Campaign has been spent. Among the uses have been a seven-bed emergency mental health assessment unit; the pilot of a dedicated trauma program for RUH’s Emergency Department that now responds to the 1,000-plus traumas that arrive at Saskatchewan’s provincial trauma centre, the purchase of 30 Code Blue carts and training for critical incidents, supporting remote presence technology for ultrasound in the

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U.S. treatment of children upsets Express writer

Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express COMMENTARY When I was a little girl, maybe around seven, I believed I could fly. I would jump off the end of our old brown couch, flapping my arms wildly, and for a few brief moments I actually thought I was taking off. “Why didn’t I know before that I could fly?” I wondered. For a while one evening, I just kept jumping off the couch, relishing those brief moments as the breeze encircled my arms and hands and I actually thought I was going somewhere. It was an exhilarating feeling, to believe that something completely new and unfamiliar was possible. I had never felt so free. As we get older, though, our wings are clipped and our feathers are plucked. The weight of the world brings you back to the earth. Obligations, the heaviness of social expectations and the judgment of others, AS062504 the cruelty ofAaron the world around us and its

shallow emphasis on money and appearance, the stark reality that you need to work to live — slowly, but surely, you realize that no, you could never fly, and it was probably silly to think so. Being a parent to my two little boys, however, is helping me take flight once again. I see the world in a new way, through their young eyes, and I love that their natural tendency is to love, to explore everything and to be open to the world around them. They are curious. They are unstoppable. They think anything is possible. Who am I to tell them otherwise? That is why I am hurt so deeply when I see what is happening in the U.S. That is why I am absolutely crushed when people tell me to worry about what’s happening in my own country or that migrant families should just follow the rules. To this, I respond that these are children we are talking about. These are children. These are children. These are children. And I believe that all children should fly.

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Eat together for health and companionship: dietician Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express any Canadians — too many — are eating alone for their own good. For some it’s by choice and for others it’s a matter of circumstances. It’s not healthy in either situation. Sophia Khan, the in-store dietician for Independent Grocers in Saskatoon, said breaking the tendency for a senior to eat alone can start with people in a social circle. “I would encourage seniors to think about who they are interacting with and ask those people if they want to grab lunch one day. That’s a good start.” That good start can lead to regular meals with a group of people who might otherwise be eating alone. “Sometimes potlucks are really great for that, because it is hard for one person to cook a whole meal for a large group. If you have a group of people that like to eat together, sometimes it is easier to ask each person to bring a different food item,” said Khan. She didn’t say what those foods items should be. “That is very individualized. I would sit down with a person one-on-one and discuss their whole diet and their likes and dislikes, and see if they have any health TA062517 conditions andTammy that sort of thing. You can

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She said people want to be uninterrupted when doing personal business and they want to spend time on social media. “We’re looking at screens and not focusing on what we’re eating. We’re eating while we are distracted which definitely affects the mood of the meal.” Khan stressed that eating with others is healthy. “It helps you form healthy eating habits and make better food choices. It helps you maintain a healthy body weight and it encourages healthy eating practices and family traditions about food that can be passed on to children. It makes you more accountable about what you eat because you are surrounded by people.” She said eating alone and Sophia Khan is the in-store dietician while distracted can affect the for Independent Grocers in Saskatoon. portion size. (Photo Supplied) “Whereas, when you are in a group you are mindful about what you are (Sophia Khan offers one-on-one eating but also the meal tends to be a little nutritional counselling, group tours and longer so it allows you to listen to your answers questions about nutrition. She can hunger cues a bit more. You might be less be reached at 306-914-6192 or emailed at AS062511 Aaron your time more.” rushed and enjoying Sophia.Khan@loblaw.ca.)


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ou’ve probably heard of the Lumosity, the online Brain Game subscription service that offers a variety of memory and cognition games for a price. What you probably haven’t heard is that in early 2016, Lumosity was fined $2 million for making false or unsubstantiated claims. They asserted that playing their brain games improved cognitive function and memory and helped stave off dementia. But science doesn’t back them up. Most research indicates that such “brain training” has no effect on cognitive performance except for performance on the tests themselves. In other words, playing brain games only makes one better at playing brain games. If only we could play video games to stay sharp and keep dementia at bay! However, science is showing that there is another way. A growing body of research suggests that physical fitness is related to cognitive function. Staying in shape benefits the body, yes, but it can also boost brain power! It was once thought that after a certain age, it was impossible to form new brain cells. In fact, there is evidence that even well into late adulthood, the brain has the ability to continue to grow and change. Exercise has been proven to: Produce new brain cells in the hippo-

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Icon Interiors provides Senior Downsizing and Relocation services. We can help with the entire process! This will relieve you and your family from dealing with the many decisions and actions required to relocate you to your new home. We will sort through what to keep and what to donate to charity, pack everything, hire the movers, hire the real estate agents, cleaners and more if required and then unpack in the new location and place everything where it needs to go. Call us at 306-381-5141 for a complimentary consultation. We are here for you!


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FUN SUMMER CLASSES

Modelling Agency

BLOSSOMING BEAUTY (Age 7-11) • Personal Hygiene • Posture and Walk • Grooming • Skin Care

• Poise • Etiquette & Manners • Modelling • TV Commercials

BLOSSOMING BEAUTY $350/1week/20 hrs (1-5pm) TOTALLY TEEN $385/1week/25 hrs (1-6pm) ❐ July 9-13 ❐ July 23-27

TOTALLY TEEN (Age 12-19) • Skin Care • Posture and Walk • Hair • Poise • Etiquette & Manners

• Makeup • Manicures • Wardrobe • Personality & Self Image

PROFESSIONAL MODELLING (Age 12+) • Posture and Model Walk • Photo Movement • TV Commercials • Mannequin • Runway & Photography Make-up

Modelling Agency

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• Runway • Group Runway • Tearoom • Portfolios ❐ Aug 6-11 ❐ Aug 20-25 $575/1week/30 hrs (1-6pm)

To register call 306-652-7484 or email: shemodelling@shaw.ca

Cherry Insurance donates matching gift of $100,000

Saskatoon’s Cherry Insurance donated $100,000 for a new Automated Breast Ultrasound at the Breast Health Centre in Saskatoon City Hospital.

When principals at Cherry Insurance read about the Breast Health Centre’s need for an Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS), they acted. “Given our family history, it struck a chord,” says Robyn Cherry, whose mom is a breast cancer survivor. “That’s why we decided to have genetic testing and discovered we were BRCA2 positive, extremely high risk for cancer. I go for annual screenings now.” Cherry Insurance offered to match funds up to $100,000 for the ABUS. They asked Stealth Media to create a specific ad as part of the company’s family brand campaign. This generous support was one reason why ABUS funds were raised in a very short time. Robyn is the fourth generation of her family involved in the 75-year old business. “My great-grandfather started selling insurance door-to-door in 1945, shortly after SGI was created. We now have six locations in the province. “We supported the Foundation before,” she adds. “But, given the nature of this, it’s the first time we’ve encouraged community involvement. We’re glad we did.” The Foundation thanks the family and Cherry Insurance, your SGI CANADA broker, for their awesome generosity!

306-655-8489/1-800-603-4464 701 Queen St. Saskatoon SK S7K 0M7 SCHFgo.com

Cam Hutchinson & Friends: Views of the World

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U.S. already has a space force

ou wait all week for the Roughriders game, and that’s what you get? Horrible. • From Torben Rolfsen: “Worse summer job: White House communications intern or Ottawa Senators season-ticket salesperson?” • From Janice Hough: “Argentina and Messi would like to thank Melania Trump and her jacket for making sure they weren’t last Thursday’s most embarrassing story.” • Is it just me, or do the Roughriders need a bigger Canadian flag for pre-game ceremonies? The current one looks like a Band-Aid on Dan Clark. • A question from Rolfsen: “Will the NFL honour the Space Force before games?” • Another question from Rolfsen: “Does Barry Trotz get to re-join the Capitals for their Kremlin visit?” • From Hough: “Even in tough times, we’ll always have Darwin awards – Tourists on the Big Island of Hawaii are getting arrested for taking selfies near lava from Mt. Kilauea.” • Former Saskatoon CTV and Global sports announcer Roger Millions failed in his attempt to win the nomination for the United Conservative Party in Airdrie-East. Which proves Roger is no Kevin Waugh, politically speaking. • Rolfsen, on Montreal not looking very good in their season-opening loss to the BC Lions: “I think they’re tanking for the draft.” • From Hough: “How have Republicans

in the U.S. gone from ‘Mr. Gorbachev, tear down that wall’ to holding children hostage to build our own wall?” • Ex-New England mafia boss Francis (Cadillac Frank) Salemme was convicted last week for the 1993 murder of a nightclub owner. I’ve always thought mobsters have the best nicknames. • I’m not a fan of Kate Beirness as the host for Thursday Night Football. If TSN wanted to go younger and female, I think there are better choices on their staff. • There aren’t any voices better than Rod Smith’s in Canadian sports broadcasting. • Please count me among the few that thought defensive back Marcell Young used excessive force when stopping a streaker. There was no need to hurt the guy. • From Hough: “Can someone tell Trump we already have a Space Force? It’s called Space Balls, and it’s led by Michael Jordan.” • A survey found 50 per cent of Internet users will quit waiting for a video to load after 10 seconds. I wait five — tops. • Hough, on Tiger-Cats coach June Jones thinking Johnny Manziel should be playing in the NFL: “Uh, first can we see if Johnny can play in the CFL?” • A tweet from former Global TV news director and station manager Lisa Ford: “I’ve had my Fitbit for one day, and I’m already tired of it nagging me. TIME TO MOVE! To the fridge? OK!” I hope retirement is treating Lisa well.

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By RJ Currie British Columbia lawyer who sued a client for a negative online review has been awarded damages of just one dollar. No, wait — that was Johnny Manziel’s CFL signing bonus. • The Winnipeg Blue Bombers secondary still looks full of holes. When the rest of the team sat for this years’s calendar, the DBs posed for a colander. • Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, chosen 11th in the NBA draft, says he gets basketball tips from Steve Nash. And judging by his suits, fashion tips from Don Cherry. • Female wrestlers Brie Bella, Nikki Bella and Natalie Neidhart are in Miami filming their hit show Total Divas. It’s reality TV and therefore unscripted — unlike wrestling. • Ex-NFLer Cory Redding’s financial adviser was sentenced to 84 months in jail for stealing $4.5 million from the defensive tackle’s portfolio. In short: he got seven years for holdings. • Brewers pitcher Adrian Houser vomited on the mound during an inning of relief against the Phillies. He gave up two hits, one run and what looked like peas and carrots. • Ex-NFL QB Brett Favre, who played football with a disregard for his body, wants a federal ban on tackling for kids under 12. Yes, Brett Favre. The pivot calling the kettle black. • Just wondering: If Angels outfielder Mike Trout is so good, why hasn’t he made the cover of Field and Stream?

• According to the NY Post, Argentina’s World Cup loss to Croatia was because their star Lionel Messi “fell flat.” Can’t see that ever happening to Kate Upton. • The Milwaukee Brewers have promised their famous racing sausages will compete “beyond 2018” with new sponsor Johnsonville. It reassured fans who had feared for the wursts. • TMZ reports ex-Calgary Stampeder and Seattle Seahawk Brandon Browner served only two days of a recent 60-day sentence due to jail overcrowding. And that’s just from NFL players. • The Phillie Phanatic fired a hot dog cannon into the stands and the flying frankfurter hit a fan in the face, giving her a shiner. Anyone else thinks mascots are an eyesore? • Yale beat Duke to win the NCAA lacrosse title. As part of a side bet, the Yalies get two chauffers and a valet to be named later. • San Francisco Giants reliever Hunter Strickland broke his hand striking a door. He’s a good closer but a lousy opener. • Scientists say in a maximum of 10 years they’ll be able to recreate dinosaurs. At which time, experts predict, they’ll join the few other beings on earth watching MLB baseball. RJ’s Groaner of the Week Kansas sits second-to-last in the American League and is reportedly clearing out big-salary players to rebuild from the ground up. Call it the Royal weeding.

Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority - Liquor Permit Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997, Notice is hereby given that Imbibe Wine Kit Sales Inc. has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a U-Brew/U-Vin to sell alcohol in the premises known as: Wine Kitz at 415 115th Street East Saskatoon, SK S7N 2X9. Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice. Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address, and telephonenumber in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds, and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competition based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing. Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 REGINA SK S4P 3M3


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FEATURE EVENT

FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH

JULY 8

Pets in the Park. The 12th annual Saskatoon Pets in the Park will take place in Kiwanis Memorial Park North on July 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pets in the Park is a fundraising organization whose goal is to raise funds for the medical needs of homeless, sick, and injured companion animals under the care of the three founding charities: New Hope Dog Rescue, Saskatoon SPCA, and SCAT Street Cat Rescue. This year’s goal is to raise over $75,000 for animals in need. Visit petsinthepark.ca or the Pets in the Park Facebook page for more information.

EVENTS JUNE 28

Come on out to the Cheer on Your Team geocaching event at Jerrys on 51st Street from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Coming wearing your favourite team jersey, a team hat or whatever you want to cheer on your team. Everyone is welcome to attend.

JULY 6-8

Saskatoon Mood Disorder Support Group The Saskatoon mood disorder support group for people with bi-polar, depression and other related mental health problem meets at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church at 323 Fourth Ave. South (south entrance) at 7:30 p.m. For more information call Al at 306-716-0836 or Lindi at 306-491-9398.

EVERY MONDAY

Be Courageous Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. July 6 and July 7 from 9:20 a.m. to 4:20 p.m., and July 8 from 9:20 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. Doors open at 8:15 a.m. daily. For more information, visit jw.org.

Modern square dance beginner class, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. All Saints Anglican Church Hall (1801 Lorne Ave.) Friends, fun and fantastic exercise for your body and your brain. For more information, contact Eldon at 306-253-4453 or Carol at 306-978-0970.

JULY 7

COSMO SENIORS CENTRE

A supervised IQ testing session is being held at 2 p.m. The cost is $90, or $70 for students. For more information, call Tim at 306-242-7408 or e-mail trf674@campus. usask.ca.

ONGOING

SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH

Bridge City Needlearts Guild meets at Mayfair United Church at 7:30 p.m. for our monthly meetings. We also have a stitching day at Sobey’s Stonebridge the first Saturday of each month. Come join us and have fun stitching with fellow stitchers. For further information, contact Glenda at 306-343-1882.

FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH: The Classic Dance Club hosts ballroom and Latin dancing at the Royal Canadian Legion (606 Spadina Cres. West). An informal lesson starts at 7:30 and dancing from 8:30 to midnight. Snacks provided. Join us for a fun evening on the best dance floor in town. For more info, visit www. classicdanceclub.ca

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) This is a support group those wanting to shed some of their extra weight. There are various chapters in Saskatoon and surrounding area. We can help you start a TOPS chapter in your work place or in the area that you live in. To find out more, visit tops.org or telephone Bev at 306-242-7180.

EVERY THURSDAY Prairie Sky Farmers’ Market is open every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at St. Paul’s United Church in Sutherland (454 Egbert Ave.) New vendors may phone

EVERY SECOND SATURDAY The MindFULL Café, part of the international Alzheimer Café movement, provides an opportunity to meet in a relaxed social setting for persons with dementia, family, care partners and other interested people. The Café is a two-hour get together with refreshments, entertainment and information. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Sherbrooke Community Centre.

TABLE TENNIS The Saskatoon Table Tennis Club plays on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30, Friday evening from 7 to 9 and Saturday morning from 10 to 12. The location is the Zion Lutheran Church, 323 4th Ave. S. Entrance through the side door off the parking lot on the North side of the building and down to the gym. Drop in and have a look, no charge for the first visit. For more information, call 306-242-7580 or 306-975-0835.

Daily activities for seniors during the week, beginning in September and running through May. Monday - Yoga: 8:45 a.m; Kaiser and Whist: 1:30 p.m.; Tuesday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m.; Wednesday Yoga 10 a.m.; Whist:1:30 p.m. Thursday - Exercises: 9:30 and 10:30 a.m.; Bridge: 1 p.m. (partners); Friday - Yoga: 930; Cribbage and Kaiser: 1:30 p.m. Light refreshments provided. Drop-in fee for cards is $2. The fee for the exercise classes and yoga are $4-$5. New members welcome. Annual membership is $5. For more information, call Lois at 306-260-1878 or email Imgrylls@ hotmail.com.

Renters of Saskatoon and area meeting. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. St Thomas Wesley United Church, Lower Hall (808 20th St. West). ROSA supports renters and shares information to work towards better, affordable, and safe rental housing for all. Child-minding available. Ring doorbell for NEWCOMERS’ CLUB elevator access. For further information contact: 306-657- The Saskatoon Newcomers’ Club welcomes new female 6100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca. residents in the Saskatoon area, as well as those who have recently undergone a significant change in lifestyle TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, SATURDAYS (such as relationship status, retirement, or becoming a Free art drop-in at the SCYAP Art Centre. All ages are welcome, all materials supplied, no registration required. new parent). A new resident is defined as one who has not resided in Saskatoon and/or surrounding area for Tuesdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursdays 5:30 p.m. - 9 more than three years. The club holds monthly dinner p.m., and Saturdays 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. outings, coffee gatherings, book club and other planned THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH activities. If interested, please reply by email to saskaThe Saskatoon Prostate Cancer Support Group meets toonnewcomersclub@gmail.com. every month except July and August at 7:30 p.m. in the W. A. Edwards Family Centre, across from the Saskatoon LAST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH The Compassionate Friends is a non-profit self-help beFuneral Home. For more information, call Murray Hill at reavement organization offering friendship, understanding 306-242-5893 or email murraydhill@me.com. and hope to parents that have experienced the death of a SECOND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH child at any age. TCF Saskatoon meets the last Tuesday Friendship Force International, Saskatoon and Area Club of every month (except December) from 7:30 p.m. to is an organization of more than 360 clubs in more than 9:30 p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre (333 Fourth Ave. 50 countries throughout the world. FFI allows you to enjoy North). economical travel while forging new friendships with club LAST SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH members from around the world. For more information, Epilepsy Saskatoon Support Group meets the last visit www.thefriendshipforce.org. To attend a meeting contact Bev at 306-291-4411 or bevy-49@hotmail.com. Saturday of every month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre at 333, Fourth Ave. North. Family, FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAY children, caregivers and friends are all welcome! This is a OF THE MONTH safe, friendly place to share, discuss ideas, answer quesResporados support group for people with breathing diftions, and support one another. You can follow Epilepsy ficulties takes place at 1 p.m. at Jerry’s on Eighth Street Saskatoon on Facebook. for a lunch meeting. For more information, call Dave at FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH 306-665-6937 or Susan at 306-373-4264. Saskatoon Ostomy Association meetings at 7 p.m. at ***** Depression Support Group from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Preston Park 1 (114 Armistice Way). Meetings are held the CMHA building (1301 Avenue P North). This is open to on the first Monday of the month except when there is a holiday. If so, meetings are on the second Monday. There anyone struggling with depression and family members are no meetings in January, July and August. wanting to support them. For more info, call Marilyn at 306-270-9181 or email mle2003_2@yahoo.com. SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAY EVERY TUESDAY, SATURDAY AND SASKATOON KETO CLUB for people following or conSUNDAY sidering a LCHF/Keto lifestyle for Body Building/Weight Overeaters Anonymous: Is food a problem for you? Do Management/Reversing: Auto Immune Illnesses ,Diabetes, you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you binge, purge Cancer or any other reason are invited to join our meetor restrict? Is your weight affecting your life? We are a ings to learn, share ideas, support or get support. There non-profit 12-step group that meets on Tuesdays at noon, is no cost to attend. For more info, call Carol at 306-280Saturdays at 9:30 a.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. For more 2160 or email cadithompson@hotmail.com. information including locations visit www.oa.org.

Please be advised The Saskatoon Express will be closed

Monday, July 2, 2018 to observe

July 1, 2018 Canada Day! Regular Business Hours will resume Tuesday, July 3, 2018

SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH

Community Senior’s Games Group meets at St. Martin’s Bridge City Senioraction Inc: Classes every Tuesday and United Church – corner of Clarence Avenue and Wilson Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Registration is Crescent – on the second Tuesday of the month at 1:30 $20, drop-in fee is $2. For information, call Sheila at 306PM from September to May. Enjoy fellowship of others 931-8053 or Kathy at 306-244-0587. while playing Scrabble, Cribbage or other games. For more information call Maureen at 306-373-0087 or Elaine SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH at 306-374-3269. Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain Support Group meetings at 1:30 p.m. at the Edwards Family Centre (338 FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH - Fourth Ave. North). For more information, contact Gail at Left Behind by Suicide is a drop-in support group for 306-382-1578 or email saskatoon@catna2.ca. individuals who have lost a loved one to suicide. Located at W.A. Edwards Family Centre, 333 4th Ave. North, 7:30 EVERY THIRD SATURDAY p.m. to 9 p.m. There is no cost to attend. For more inforSaskatoon Oldtimers’ Association’s monthly meeting. mation, email leftbehind@sasktel.net. Parkville Manor (625 25th Street East), Reception at the main door between 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The association AL-ANON MEETINGS looks after the Log Cabin at the Exhibition. New members Weekly group meetings open to anyone who has been afneeded. For more information, contact Lloyd at 306-382fected by someone else’s drinking. For more information, 4915 or Laura at 306-373-1861. call 306-655-3838.

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TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS

or text Kathy at 306-222-2740 or email saphire1515@ hotmail.com. ***** The Saskatoon International Folkdance Club meets at 7 p.m. in Albert Community Centre (Room 13, 610 Clarence Ave. South). Learn dances from many countries. The first night is free. The group is also available for performances. For more information, call 306-374-0005 or visit www. sifc.awardspace.com.


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2015–2018

THE NUMBERS AT A GLANCE

4,625

made

donors over the past 3 years totaling

$11.1 million from donations

11,112

$28 million

$8.1 million in commitments

$2.3 million from investments

donations

raised

$6.5 million

from events, Hospital Home Lottery and other

Thank You! Giving is at the heart of our Saskatchewan community and thanks to the overwhelming generosity of thousands of donors from across Saskatchewan and beyond, The GREATE.R. Campaign raised $28 million over the three-year campaign in support of trauma, emergency and critical care priorities at Royal University Hospital. Through The GREATE.R. Campaign we are pleased to report that $15.9 million has already been granted and committed to support the launch of the Trauma Program, update the pneumatic tube system, build and furnish the new 7-bed Emergency Mental Health Assessment Unit, purchase 30 new Code Blue Carts and many more important priorities at RUH. FASTE.R. response times. STRONGE.R. teams. NEWE.R. equipment. Dads, moms, brothers, sisters, grandparents and friends will return home to their loved ones because our donors chose to give so generously to RUH. Discover how donors, physicians and medical teams had an impact on patients from across the province. Read the highlights in our Annual Report available online at ruhf.org or by calling 306.655.1984.

Your suppor t saves lives. Donate today.

ruhf.org Charitable Business Number: 11927 9131 RR0001


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