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Friends of the Lodge kickoff fall canvas The Friends of the Lodge Committee has planned a door-to-door canvas of the Diamond Lodge catchment area for November 14 to 30. The purpose of the canvas is to raise the necessary funds to furnish and equip the new long-term care facility slated for construction in Biggar. The group will be distributing information and accepting donations
toward the $2-million fund raising goal. The catchment area includes the Town of Biggar, the RM’s of Biggar, Grandview, Rosemount, Glenside, Perdue and Eagle Creek, and the villages of Landis, Perdue, Kinley and Ruthilda. All donations will receive a tax-deductible receipt and all donors will be recognized for their contribution, at the new
facility. Generous support is anticipated for this much needed long-term care facility for the residents of this area. More canvassers are welcome. Anyone interested in helping out is asked to contact Jo Angelopoulos at 948-3429, Patti Turk at 932-4911, or Gene Motruk at 9482584.
Lingenfelter risks billions of taxpayers’ dollars based on watching BNN: Wall “Potash rally to slow: experts.” - StarPhoenix, November 2, 2011 Dwain Lingenfelter is basing his billions of dollars in election promises on watching the Business News Network (BNN), the Sask Party accuses. November 1, Lingenfelter tried to explain how he was going to pay for his billions of dollars in election promises by saying: “I watch BNN very often and nobody is predicting a decline in potash prices.” The problem is, says the Sask Party, not everyone agrees. In a story in the November 2 StarPhoenix entitled “Potash rally to slow: experts,” ScotiaCapital analyst Ben Isaacson says: “The potash bull run may be over.”
Premier Brad Wall said it is reckless and irresponsible for Lingenfelter to make billions of dollars of promises based entirely on potash revenues. “I watch BNN too and the main thing I learn is that there are a lot of different experts with a lot of different opinions, especially when it comes to resource prices,” Wall said. “Mr. Lingenfelter wa n t s t o g a m b l e o u r province’s finances on raising resource royalties and then hopes potash prices stay high, when we know from experience that resource prices are extremely volatile.” Wall has said Lingenfelter’s potash royalty hike will also kill investment and jobs. Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison agrees.
In last week’s StarPhoenix, Atchison raises serious concerns about the impact L i n g e n f e l t e r ’s p o t a s h review will have on jobs in his city. “Saskatoon’s mayor says a potash royalty review could stall economic growth and risk job losses in the province’s largest city,” the StarPhoenix article says. “Such a review could hurt job growth in the Saskatoon area, Atchison said, especially the industries that support potash companies such as steel fabrication.” “Mr. Lingenfelter’s plan is a reckless and irresponsible gamble with taxpayers’ m o n e y, i t w i l l d r i v e Saskatchewan into huge deficits and it will kill jobs,” Wall said. “We can’t afford to go down that path.”
Local Christmas shopping season begins . . . Shoppers have started to fill their annual holiday lists with the Kayette Craft Show, last Tuesday at the Biggar Community Hall. A sure sign of the impending Christmas season, at least the crush of shopping crowds hasn’t yet reached mayhem status. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
Wonder of Ghoulish Wonders . . . Biggar Central School’s Jason Heimbecker is all agape as the finishing touches are put on his pumpkin by Katelynn Zagoruy and Rayel Martin, right. The kids held a Harvest Soup Lunch, October 28, followed by a little pumpkin carving. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
NDP announces $100 million to fix crumbling municipal infrastructure The NDP will invest an additional $100 million over the next four years towards fixing Saskatchewan’s municipal infrastructure, helping communities repair water and sewer plants along with other municipal services. “Our long-term prosperity depends upon our ability to create the right conditions to capture growth. Those right conditions are growing communities with sustainable infrastructure in place,” said NDP Leader D w a i n L i n g e n f e l t e r, October 29. Lingenfelter said the NDP’s Revitalizing
Communities Fund provides stable, sustainable increases over existing funding. The program’s funds will be used to repair water and sewer systems, streets and municipal facilities. He said the money is in addition to the $20 million already announced to help bring better recycling to Saskatchewan communities. “The Sask Party hasn’t shown the commitment needed to invest in our communities,” said Lingenfelter. “Over the past four years capital transfers to municipalities have remained mostly stagnant
and unpredictable. Municipalities need sufficient and stable funding mechanisms to upgrade the public facilities we all rely on.” The NDP plan will provide incremental increases on top of existing funding every year, growing from $10 million in 2012 to $40 million by 2015. “Investing in our future means ensuring we have high quality public services in our communities,” said Lingenfelter. “The NDP’s Revitalizing Communities Fund will make our communities flourish.”