The Biggar Independent Volume115 Issue27

And like that, 12 years have passed ... Biggar Central School Grads, Annika Hadden, left, and Althea San Pascual, make their final march in to the gymnasium, June 27, all part of the final act in a play that has been ongoing for 12 years. No fear, the grads move to their next role, and no doubt, they have been prepared well.

This year’s theme, “Our Future Acts Are Still Unwritten” was appropriate, and the send-off, one of joy and satisfaction. See Page 2 and 10 for more on the Class of 2024.

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Annika Hadden Althea San Pascual

Alara Trotchie Aliesha Sneddon

Jordan Painchaud Claire Mantyka

Sherame Gallardo Isabella Baroni

Kenzie Harrabek Elizabeth Dhil-Stevenot

Cody Doering Jeremy Tebb Tyler Keller

Biggar Central School 2000 bid Grade 12 students a fond farewell, June 27, honouring them with the annual gala, Graduation. There best dress and suit, smiles on bright, and laughs shared, graduates received a send-off from Guest Speaker, Margaret Blakely (left), parents, Jill Barber and Andrea Harrabek (below), teachers Derek Argue and Mark Tollefson (below right), and Principal Sean Lockwood (bottom), seen here congratulating Valedictorian, Althea San Pascual. Congratulations Grads! The keys to the world are now in your hands! (Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

Ava Barber Emily Molberg

Jayden Silbernagel Alexzender Smith-Gerard

Avery Anderson Annica Evanisky

Colton Neufeld Hayden Hoogeveen

Jenna Vos Harmony Downton

Graduates photos missing from Processional: James Domes, Michael Domes, Michael Falcon, Sara Williams

Kayler Gidluck Hayden Meszaros

Wilks Aman Minjun Kim

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Neil McLeod receives Forage Innovation Award

Saskatchewan Forage Council (SFC) has presented the Forage Industry Innovation Award to Neil McLeod The Council recently held their annual general meeting in conjunction with the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence field day.

Participants had the opportunity to learn about the SFC’s current projects and initiatives and enjoyed a presentation on one project that investigated the use of grazing management software for improving range productivity.

The SFC was pleased to present the Forage Industry Innovation Award for 2024 to Neil McLeod.

Neil has been a for-

age seed representative and dealer for 25 years.

He initially started with Prairie Seeds in 1999 and then Northstar Seeds in 2006. Neil has been a strong supporter of the Saskatchewan Forage Council and forage industry innovation.

Research and Neil’s nominator noted that, “Neil is always quick to promote learning opportunities (such as field days) where producers can advance their knowledge and skills of forage production and management. An example of his leadership is that Neil has often gathered a group of local producers and provided transport for the group to attend industry events such as the Ag Canada field

day or Foraging Into the Future in Swift Current.”

Neil is known to be knowledgeable and thoughtful when assisting in selection of forage seed blends. He is a useful resource for his customers and others in the forage industry.

Neil was a founding member of the Southern Eagle Creek Watershed group in 2008, as well as a long-time board member of this group. He was also an active member of the Herschel Grazing Club and helped organize many events for this organization. The SFC thanks Neil for his dedication to the forage industry in Saskatchewan.

In honour of Neil, the

SFC will make a contribution in his name to the Alicia Hargrave

Memorial Bursary, College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the Uni-

versity of Saskatchewan.

Jeremy Brown presents the Forage Industry Innovation Award to Neil McLeod. (Submitted Photo)

Biggarites perform in Saskatoon

Familiar to Biggar audiences, Tanya and Graham Lehnert performed with the Saskatoon Summer Players in this year’s offering of Meredith Willson’s, “The Music Man”, June 14-23 at the Remai Arts Centre.

The wife/husband duo were joined by another wife/husband combo with Biggar ties, Chelsea and Marc Holt, both taking their place in the

orchestra pit.

By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.

The Music Man follows fast-talking travelling

salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize - this, despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian, the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.

Graham will be in the role of Marcellus Washburn, Harold’s chummy old friend and former con man, who now lives in River City and is trying to settle down. Tanya will be in the Ensemble, playing “Pick-a-Little” Lady, as well as being a featured dancer, and assisting with costuming by designing and creating

Biggar Fire Report

by Erroll Horst, Biggar Fire Department Wow, June came at us fast. Our first call was on June 2 and by the 13th, we where on call number seven.

Thankfully it slowed

down a bit and we finished the month with 10 calls. These included, two false alarms, three Motor Vehicle Collisions (MVCs), three STARS landings, a water rescue and a structure fire. This

Fire Department members keep their skill sharp as they take to the training grounds. (Submitted Photo)

would bring our year to date total to 32 calls.

Practices over the month included some vehicle extrication work, review of some Standard Operating Procedures of what to do under different circumstances. On the 17th we built a large bonfire and covered nozzle techniques and hose operations, and finally we also trained with our air tools and the inflatable rescue craft.

We had a couple of newcomers join our ranks this month, Hudson Anderson and Bohdan Mariukhnich from BCS2000 are our newest Junior Firefighters.

Hopefully July finds everyone with time to enjoy some holidays, drive safe and remember to watch out for the other driver who might not be.

As always, if you’re interested we are at the Firehall, Mondays at 7 p.m.

the hats, belts, and bows to complete the Edwardian costume design by Gwenda MacPherson of Saskatoon.

“It is an experience we will treasure for a lifetime. Being on stage at Persephone with so many of our province’s most talented performers is a dream come true for both of us,” Tanya and Graham explained.

“We’ve made so many new friends and connections in the arts community in Saskatoon and we hope to bring our newfound knowledge and skills to the work we do here in Biggar.

We hope to be invited to return to SSP for next summer’s production of Legally Blonde.”

A massive show, The Music Man’s success was down to the talent

of the cast.

“I was thrilled when Graham and Tanya auditioned,” said director, Ron Knoll, who is originally from Landis.

“Casting Graham as Marcellus Washburn, the sidekick of the lead character, Harold Hill, was a no-brainer. His stage experience, honed in Biggar, was obvious as he brought Marcellus to life. Tanya, a great singer, was cast in the adult ensemble and was an invaluable resource assisting with costumes.

Their dedication to our show was so appreciated, especially their willingness to drive to/from Saskatoon several times a week. The Biggar community is so fortunate to have the Lehnert’s in their midst.”

Ron has been an avid

by Sgt. Dereck Crozier, Biggar Detachment Happy Canada Day! This past week we had 32 calls for service.

There were a few traffic tips provided, citing three drivers and providing warnings to another four. A 17-year-old missed a road curve during a foggy 2 a.m. morning and overturned their 2000 grey Mustang off Highway 4 down to the rodeo grounds. Thankfully the driver was okay and learned the value in a seatbelt.

Canadian Pacific reported a couple of males sitting on a rail car north of town, and Canadian National police reported pigs on the tracks near Kinley.

A three-inch water pump and hose was stolen from the Biggar Airport. Police are looking for possible leads to

where it may have disappeared to. A debit card was reported lost around a business in Perdue but not before the found and then stolen card was involved in transactions in North Battleford.

A couple of e-mail hacking frauds reported with money being taken, were also reported and investigated.

Multiple calls received last week - while a disgruntled 78-year-old male staged his protest on the service road in Perdue, disrupting traf-

member and supporter of Saskatoon Summer Players since 1983 as dancer, choreographer, director and board member. Besides The Music Man, he also directed Grease, The Producers, Cinderella, The Pajama Game, the award winning The World of Beauty and the Beast, and eight of 10 Broadway Bash revues. He choreographed nine SSP shows and danced in three. He also worked with Saskatoon Gateway Players (choreographer, accompanist, stage manager) and Off-Broadway Dinner Theatre (director).

He was Chief Instructor of the U of S Ballroom Dancing Club (19752001) and past accompanist and director for local choral groups.

Biggar RCMP Report

fic flow around Full Line Ag. Two females were fighting in a parking lot in Biggar, resulting in 24-year-old Tami Falcon being arrested, charged and placed on no contact conditions for assault.

She will appear in Biggar Provincial Court on September 4.

Congratulations to all our graduates, enjoy your summer as you start on your next adventures.

Take care out there!

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Letter to the Editor:

Opinions

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2024

To the Editor of the Biggar Independent: I am writing to say what a wonderful job the Town of Biggar employees do for the upkeep of the public grounds and buildings.

This town stands out above many other towns of the same size and visitors have commented to us on that fact. People do not have to drive down Main Street to see how well the town is cared for by looking at the walking paths, ball diamonds, North Entrance, Schmirler Park and the list goes on. So thank you to your staff and any volunteers involved.

I am also happy to see the installation of the new automatic opening door at the swimming pool. I stopped at the Town Office last year to say that the old door wedges shut and small children and older people have great difficulty opening it. I am sure that I was not the first person to express this but the result of this new door reflects a Town Council and Administration responsive to public concerns. Keep up the good work.

Thank you!

Crystal Craig Biggar

Why is Trudeau sticking to the unmarked graves hoax?

by Brian Giesbrecht, retired judge, Frontier Centre for Public Policy Chief Rosanne Casimir has finally confessed that her claim that the remains of 215 children, former students of the Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS), had been found in unmarked graves on the school grounds was false.

She has finally admitted that a radar device detected only soil anomalies, which could be attributed to tree roots, past excavations, or a variety of other factors.

Subsequent research indicates that these anomalies are almost

certainly trenches from a septic field installed in 1924 to manage the school’s sewage.

No “unmarked graves,” “human remains,” “bodies,” or “mass graves” were found.

So, everyone in Canada now knows that her May 27, 2021, claim of unmarked graves containing human remains was untrue - everybody except Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his former Indigenous Affairs Minister and now Immigration Minister, Marc Miller.

On June 17, 2024, Prime Minister Trudeau - instead of taking

the opportunity to set the record straight repeated the whopper at an Indigenous event that “unmarked graves” have been found. He has been spreading that misinformation for three years.

You might expect that, since the person who originally made the false claim has admitted that no graves were found, only soil anomalies, Trudeau would take this opportunity to clarify the situation and tell the truth. Instead, on June 17, 2024, he repeated the original falsehood.

It is impossible that Trudeau was unaware

that by June 17, 2024, he was spreading misinformation when he claimed that unmarked graves were found.

So, why would he do such a thing? Doesn’t a prime minister have a duty to avoid deliberately misleading Canadians? By now, most Canadians know there were no graves of residential school children at Kamloops.

The only plausible explanation is that the Prime Minister was not addressing all Canadians at that June 17 event. He was specifically speaking to Indigenous Canadians. He was reiterating a falsehood

they believed, largely because he and Miller were actively working to perpetuate the hoax.

Everything that Trudeau and his colleagues have done since May 27, 2021 - lowering flags, kneeling with a teddy bear in a regular community cemetery, and providing funds for Indigenous communities to search for missing children he knows were never “missing” - has been to pander to an Indigenous community that essentially believes these false stories about evil priests and secret burials. They believe this anti-Catholic bilge largely because

the Trudeau Liberals have encouraged them to do so.

What Trudeau is doing, by deliberately lying to an already marginalized demographic with a history of being lied to by both Indigenous and nonIndigenous politicians, is reprehensible. These people will be outraged when they realize they have been deceived.

While we do not know exactly why Trudeau continues to practice this deception, we do know his actions will have serious and negative consequences in the years ahead.

Electrical regulation fight both politics and principle

Provincial Viewpoint Murray Mandryk

The Saskatchewan Party government is in another fight with the federal government - this time, over the Clean Electricity Regulation (CER).

After a study by the Saskatchewan Economic Impact Assessment determining that “federal regulations could cost the province economy $7.1 billion and 4,200 jobs” and that “it will not be complying with the regulations when they

come into effect”.

Yes, the Sask. Party government is again defying the federal law.

While not taking the feds to court, it says the “onus on federal government to prove CER’s constitutionality”.

Given the national polls and the recent results of a federal byelection in Toronto in which the Liberals lost one of its safest seats, one doubts we will ever see this played out in court.

Of course, we have been down this road before.

In fact, since vowing after his 2018 Saskatchewan Party leadership win to “just watch me” battle the federal government, Premier Scott Moe and the Sask. Party have made such fights their brand.

This has included challenging the constitutionality of the entire carbon tax to the Supreme Court of Canada - the

first big battle. They lost in the courts, but surely won in the court of public opinion.

The skirmishes have been constant. Often they have been over petty matters that could be easily resolved in a system of cooperative federalism where provinces and the national government recognize they have overlapping responsibilities.

Consider their challenge that “non-decomposable, single-use plastics can be safely landfilled” or the regulation changes pushed forward on a weekend to harass federal health inspectors from checking slough and ditch water on or near farms. Consider the hyperbolic white paper that federal policies will cost Saskatchewan $111 billion.

This government has had penchant to both exaggerate and be petty.

It also can’t be lost that we are in an election and that Moe’s government has been taking a battering over problems of its own making like the fight with Speaker Randy Weekes or the Premier’s own meeting in Speers that was surely dominated by a lot of Internet conspiracists.

Coincidental or not, this tribunal report and latest government seems a well-time distraction.

But does that mean there aren’t valid provincial concerns on the CER issue? Of course there are.

The government news release last week further talked about “an $8.1 billion negative effect on Saskatchewan’s export sector under the CER”.

“This report offers irrefutable, independent evidence that these federal regulations will have a substantial impact on the cost of electricity in

Saskatchewan and, as a consequence, our economy and way of life,” said Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre.

Irrefutable? Maybe not totally irrefutable.

The office of much-reviled Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault responded with a statement accusing the Moe government of using its tribunal for “underlying ideological agenda” with “results wildly out of sync” in order to build a political fight with the federal government.

It is no small irony that the Saskatchewan government also announced last week that it was putting up $100 million for windpower in the Weyburn area.

It is also no small irony, both sides actually agree that fossil-fuel generated electricity is not our future - something former prime minister Ste-

phen Harper recognized when he passed federal legislation to phase out coal-fired electrical generation by 2030.

But for that reason, Saskatchewan does need the flexibility of naturalgas generated electricity as a bridge.

Were it not for the federal government’s poor response on the 2035 deal, we likely wouldn’t be having this CER fight at all.

It’s realistic that by 2035 we each be paying $241 more for electricity and $630 more by 2050, as per the tribunal report.

But one way or another, such costs are going up anyway.

More cooperation is needed to address such issues.

Regardless who is right, more squabbling isn’t helpful.

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The formula, H-W=P (Humans minus Weapons equals Peace)

Notable Notes Bob Mason

I have no idea what Mr. Shakespeare had in mind when years ago, he wrote “Much ado about nothing!” But a bit of translation starts a fellow thinking that maybe it was about some of our world governments!

We don’t have Shakespeare around anymore but there are quite a few critics - maybe I’m one - who profess to know what the practical score is all about! The main mistake in their attitude, however, is that to many of us, governments aren’t that practical nowadays!

I’m sure glad ... probably you too ... that Y.T. (Yours Truly) isn’t the prime minister of anything because, besides considering the plight of a peasant, a P.M.’s decisions must include the solvency of the bigmoney boys too! As the

bronco said when it kicked the gate down, “That lets me out!”

If there is anything that really turns me off, it is when two political types start out shouting at each other, trying to get their “practical” points across, thereby, by there own over-displayed intolerance of the other persons opinion, shown anything but practicality themselves!

And we are expected to look up to these guys?

It is very true that although Y.T. writes like he does, he really doesn’t know that answers to most of the world’s problems. But he does, along with a lot of other people, feel that he has a different method of solving them!

There is sure to be a lot of criticism about claims like that, and in defence of it, one must point out that if “force” is the way to handle worldly tensions, how come after thousands of years of using force, do we still have a problem?

The pages of history are full of the violence of the past. The heroics of the winning nations since long before Samson pulled down the Temple of Dagon, have been gazed on with awe and recorded over and over and over, and sometimes I think that

this very advertising of violence has been why many of us think that it is the way to go! The martyrs of one cause are often the brainwashed villains of another! What would happen if only the non-violent exploits of our society were honoured as being worthy of intelligent life.

Can it be true that this philosophy that Y.T. draws attention to was held up for man to see thousands of years ago, and was often ignored for much of our lives and seems to be even more ignored right now!

Over a game of crib I was talking to a fellow the other night who, in all sincerity, said that it was the nature of man to be violent. I don’t think that I argued much, but it started me thinking (sometimes that word “thinking” is an over statement in my case!) that if a person can be trained to be violent, surely they can be trained to be passive!

And this means turning the other cheek!

Any scholar would be mistaken if they thought that this attitude is only mentioned in the Bible!

The attitude of “Love they neighbour” is a universal thing that in the name of greed can almost be translated to “Take advantage of him

any way you can!”

I’m sure that Y.T. doesn’t have any idea how much of the world’s wealth is spent to try and show some tolerance of others, but I’ll bet that is quite a bit short of our so-called “defence” budgets!

If all of our worlds economies were placeoriented instead of based on war production, and most of their energy, enthusiasm and resources channelled toward our human welfare, how different it would be!

After I went to bed that night, the thought came into my mind again and

again. How can civilization hope to claim even a small part of this “passive” policy while world lobbyists clamour for more and more of our wealth in order to produce guns and ships and tanks and mines and ever more lethal bombs and planes? And as mentioned before, if guns, ships, tanks, mines and bombs are so effective, how come there is more violence in the world than ever?

Of course Y.T. - for all this grand philosophy doesn’t know what our worldly ambitions would be in the perfect world he mentions, but as of

right now, it appears to this humble scribbler that dominance of world economies is the goal of many a “First World” country!

Ho hum! So I guess I’ll just sit back until our next gab session on coffee row, and then over a few brews, pretend that those in charge must be blind not to have found a solution to this worldly wrestling stuff long ago!

Maybe they are blind!

Maybe they have been trying to find a solution! Maybe they have!

I dunno!

But it does make a good subject at tax time!

Pass the sugar, please!

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A Word or Two From The Mayor of Biggar - Jim Rickwood

Mayor Jim Rickwood

It seems so hard to believe that it is the end of June/start of July already and, as of writing this, the week that the school year ends.

We have had soccer tournaments in town, rodeo events, concert events, ball tournaments, Town and Country Fair Days, Show ‘N’ Shine car show and just so many things going on that it’s no wonder the time has passed so quickly.

The Grade 12 graduation ceremony took place at BCS 2000, June 27, and I, along with Council of the Town of Biggar pass on the best of wishes and successes to all the Graduates

of 2024. As you go out into the world to make your mark in life, wherever your journey takes you please remember that Biggar is home.

Rely on your family and cling to your friends - we are always here!

Although we have had a rough time in the past few weeks, our community came together to support one another in times of need. It is the Prairie way. We must always hold onto our memories, honour our past, live in the present and prepare for the future... Our thoughts and prayers are always with those close to our hearts who have touched our lives in some way.

As we move forward with the summer season, we will see some projects happening around our town. Work has already begun on a water main extension along First Avenue West and will continue on towards the intersection of First Avenue and Highway 4.

This project will provide water service for present projects and new developments.

Recently, a tender was awarded to replace some

of the oldest water and sewer lines in Biggar on Second Avenue West from the alley behind the west side of Main Street all the way west to Quebec Street. This project has been discussed and considered by council for many years as it has been somewhat problematic, so the time has come to get at it as inflation has a way of hindering much needed projects.

We still have our CN Rail grounds on the Revitalization radar as well as the Gateway project.

Hopefully we will be able to share more details on those developments in the near future and proceed to the next steps.

Many questions have been asked of the future of our curling rink.

Council has chosen to form a committee made up of representatives from The Town of Biggar, The RM of Biggar, The RM of Glenside, the Biggar Curling Club, and the Town of Biggar Recreation Director. The mandate of the committee will be to develop and explore options for the future of curling in our town. We have, most

probably, the curling rink with the most success stories in Canada and I am sure that the committee members will bring well thought out recommendations forward for consideration.

We will keep everyone posted on this matter.

Seemingly, Mother Nature has thrown us a curve ball on our weather, from a forecast of a hot and dry summer to our cool and surprisingly welcome rainfalls. We are witness to luscious growth in our grass and gardens - although some heat would be a nice addition. Our town crews have been out cutting seemingly non-stop with no immediate end in sight. I would ask that everyone to take pride in their property by cutting their lawn and keep things looking good. Not only does it create a visually appealing display, it also gives us exercise and a sense of satisfaction. Our green compost bins will be emptied every Wednesday until fall and additional bins can be arranged for upon request at the town office.

Without doubt, Biggar

has the best volunteers.

As events take place in town, they do not come by a naturally occurring force but by a group of hard working and dedicated people who are the planners, movers and shakers, and leaders that fit into that category of volunteers. These are genuine, giving, and caring people who don’t look for congratulations or accolades for a job well done, and to them I pay my deepest respect and admiration.

The Town of Biggar website is an evolving reference for almost anything town related. It is a window into all things Biggar. Provincial, civic, and municipal elections will be held in Saskatchewan in the autumn of 2024 and the town website will be posting information for people who may be interested in learning more about elected civic positions. I encourage everyone to check it out.

Our website also has a

listing of our local bylaws available for public access. Bylaws have been developed over many years for public safety and provide guidelines for respectful coexistence within our town.

Bylaws are also evolving documents and updates are posted to the website when developed. Our website truly provides a window into our operations and functions.

Please take the opportunity to familiarize yourself with our website - it contains lots of interesting information.

In closing, I wish everyone a great summer and I look forward to seeing our seasonal facilities used often.

We have an awesome gem of a regional park, golf course, and a huge amount of recreation opportunities without even starting a vehicle.

The season is here enjoy, be safe, and support local business - it all makes us Biggar and better!

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Ask The Money Lady Christine Ibbotson

Dear Money Lady Readers: I have been asked many times about the best times to invest - so today, I want to share with you the top four mistakes Canadians make when deciding to save for the future.

In our current economic environment, most are feeling the pinch of higher prices on the essentials and the higher lending rates when consolidating debt or renewing their mortgages.

So, it’s not surprising that saving continues to take a back seat for most middle-class Canadians. There simply is not enough money in the budget to do it all ... right?

Life has a way of never making it the optimal time to save or invest and here are the top four reasons why many avoid it all together.

1.) The emotional roller coaster ride. Watching your investments go up and down every day in the market is a recipe for insanity and will guarantee to make you reluctant to invest additional funds. Investing requires a well thought

out plan, often done with the help of a professional advisor, who knows your goals and risk tolerance and can recommend the right products versus investment ideas you may have been given by friends or family. You must understand your investment strategy so that you can remove the emotional component and make your decisions with a clear head, based on your long-term financial goals.

2.) Waiting too long to get started. Time is your biggest ally when it comes to investing.

You want to start early and take advantage of compounded growth.

Most Canadians wait far too long to get started.

I know there are a lot of pulls on your wallet: kids, cars, mortgages, the list is long and endless.

Investing early, allows your money to grow and earn more, just as you do through your career.

This is called monetization (the movement of money). You can’t be expected to purchase and pay for everything you need over the course of your lifetime, so you must choose investments that will grow over time to provide you with the savings or lifestyle you want. This could be investing in real estate as a primary residence or rental property, or it could be investing in a stock portfolio that takes advantage of compounded interest and dividends to grow and increase your wealth over time.

3.) Trying to time the

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2024 market. This is a fool’s endeavour for most. Trying to time the market of when to buy in and cash out is a difficult task, even for the most experienced day trader. Your focus should be on saving consistently (monthly if you can) and using that money to pay off your mortgage or to contribute to a well-thought out financial plan and investment strategy.

4.)

Underestimating the tax benefits to investing. Many Canadians are leaving a lot of money on the table not choosing registered accounts. RRSPs (registered retirement savings plans) make it so easy to save and reduce your annual income tax. Have you checked with your employer to see if they will match your RRSP savings - many offer a percentage based matching program as a perk to incentivize employees to save. TFSAs (tax free savings accounts) also provide a beneficial savings vehicle making your entire investment and growth, tax free.

I know saving is tough.

Thinking that you shouldn’t save because you don’t have enough money is the total opposite of what you should do.

It is because you don’t have enough money, that you should be saving.

You need your money to have the time to grow.

Remember, this is a long term strategy.

Good luck and best wishes!

Written by Christine Ibbotson, author,

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Pea processor adds value to growing market

Agriculture Calvin Daniels

by Calvin Daniels It was certainly a day to remember in particular for the Louis Dreyfus Company, the city of Yorkton and for Saskatchewan pea producers as LDC officially marked the upcoming construction in the city with a sod turning recently.

Company officials and other dignitaries gathered on the site of LDC’s existing canola crushing plant to celebrate the start of construction of a new pea protein isolate production plant.

The new production plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2025 and will employ approximately 60 people once completed.

With the new plant LDC will bring significant economic benefits to the Yorkton community through the construction phase and beyond, similar to that already experienced since the company opened its

existing canola crushing facility in 2009.

The canola plant was one of two - the other

by Richardson Oilseeds - announced for the city on the same day - two separate announcements which collectively created what I would mark as likely the biggest news story for Yorkton in my near 35 years at the newspaper.

When the releases hit that day I admit the consensus in the newsroom was that one of the two companies would blink - withdrawing plans because they would not want to establish a plant right next door to a competitor. We were wrong.

Not only did both canola plants move forward, both have undergone significant plant growth since making Yorkton the destinations for huge amounts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba produced canola. That has been huge in terms of the local economy of the city, and perhaps even more significant for producers in terms of competitive market access.

And now LDC is adding pea processing to the Yorkton industrial complex.

The new plant is a pea protein isolate production plant, which basically means taking peas and creating a product that is destined for the food processing sector for things such as veggie burgers and a host of other products with more emerging all the time.

There is already a huge demand for veggie protein, and there is no reason to doubt that will continue, so the plant, a first for LDC makes a lot of sense.

Notably too is that if the plant is successful an expansion would seem a logical expectation give the company’s history in Yorkton in terms of its canola crush facility.

Certainly the pea processor is great news for the city and province in terms of economic stimulus, and locally builds on a significant agriculture value-added infrastructure base which includes TA Foods processing flax, Grain Millers with its oat processor, and the aforementioned canola crushing facilities.

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Teale Awards

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Biggar Central School 2000

Band Awards ~ Presented by Ms. Tremblay

Grade 7 Most Valuable: Skye Moore

Grade 8 Most Valuable: Abigail Dowson

Grade 8 Most Improved: Joshua Smith

Grade 9 Most Valuable: Adriana Alzate Sanchez

Grade 9 Most Improved: Emily Hatzel

Football Awards Presented by Derek Argue

Grades 10-12 Most Valuable: Roberto Ramos

Grades 10-12 Most Improved: Noah Park

Band Master: Claire Mantyka

Most Improved: Colton Neufeld

Junior Girls Volleyball Awards Presented by Mrs. Zagoruy

Rookie of the Year: Isabelle Hoffman

Most Improved: Emily Hatzel

MVP: Chloe Bartusek & Lara Meszaros

Cross Country Award Presented by Ms. Derks

Rookie of the Year Danica Evanisky & Merit Derks

Most Improved Noah Park

Track And Field Awards Presented by Miss. Minish

Rookie of the Year: Hayden Meszaros

Most Improved: Minjun Kim

Most Valuable Athlete: Division III

Corrine Herzberg Memorial:

Rei James Dalisay

Most Dedicated: Tyler Keller

MVP: Cody Doering

Senior Boys Volleyball Awards Presented by Ms. Arnal

Rookie of the Year: Noah Park

MVP: Minjun Kim

Senior Girls Volleyball Awards Presented by Miss. Minish

Rookie of the Year: Mya Danychuk

Most Improved: Kori Owens-Nahorney

MVP: Kenzie Harrabek

Senior Boys Basketball Awards Presented by Mr. Johnson

Rookie of the Year: Corbin Neugebauer

Most Improved: Noah Park

MVP: RJ Dalisay

Presented by Mr. Argue & Miss. Minish

Junior Boys Basketball Awards Presented by Mr. Lockwood

Caleb Hardenne

Rookie of the Year: Xander Hebert

Chloe Bartusek

Most Improved Jared San Pascual

MVP: Ty Roy

Congratulations to the BCS 2000 Teale Award recipients for 2023-2024 school year

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Senior Girls Basketball Awards Presented by Mrs. Johnson

Rookie of the Year: Valeria Alzate Sanchez

Most Improved: Kori Owens-Nahorney

MVP: Kenzie Harrabek & Emma Genis

Senior Badminton Awards Presented by Mr. Johnson

Rookie of the Year: Noah Park

Most Improved: Minjun Kim

MVP: Kori Owens-Nahorney & Rei James Dalisay

Junior Badminton Awards Presented by Miss. Minish

Rookie of the Year: Myles Danychuk

Most Improved: Connor Singer

MVP: Jaryn Doell

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Junior Girls Basketball Awards Presented by Miss. Minish

Rookie of the Year: Emily Hatzel

MVP: Chloe Bartusek

Most Improved: Adriana Sanchez & Isabelle Hoffman

Shirley Rennie Award Presented by: Mr. Johnson

Barry Kennedy Memorial Award Presented by: Miss Minish

Corey & Brad Bachman Award

RJ Dalisay

Kenzie Harrabek

Hayden Hoogeveen

Presented by: Mr. Tollefson

Golden Hammer Award

John Sag0n Memorial Award: Presented by: Mr. Tollefson

Carson Mair

Colton Neufeld

(co-winner w/Kenzie Harrabek)

Congratulations to the BCS2000 2024 Graduating Scholarship Recipients

Missing Award Recipients

BCS2000 School Community Council Pursuit of Personal Fulfillment&Engagement Scholarship

Biggar Central School 2000 Staff Scholarship

St.Gabriel’s Catholic Women’s League Scholarship

Douglas Schmeiser Memorial Scholarship

Annika Hadden

Royal Canandian Legion #138 Biggar Branch Scholarship

Town of Biggar Outstanding Community Service Scholarship

Independent Communications Scholarship

Prairie Malt Limited Scholarship

Annica Evanisky

Emily Molberg

Cross Country Brad Westman: Aiden Fecht Most Improved Sr Volleyball: Curtis BenhegyCook Band Award Grade 7- Most Improved: Carlene Labuca Jr Boys Volleyball: Rookie of the Year- Parker Schweder, MVP- Caleb Hardenne & Nick Nelson

Althea San Pascual

Ava Barber

Claire Mantyka

SYA Scholarship

Hayden Meszaros & Tyler Keller

Ava Barber

Bella Baroni

Biggar & District Credit Union Scholarships

Annika Haden & Bella Baroni

S.U.N. Local 53.1 Scholarship

Althea San Pascual

William & Esther Covey Scholarship

Bella Baroni

NCCP Scholarship

Annika Hadden & Claire Mantyka

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Biggar Central School 2000

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2024

“Our Future Acts Are Still Unwritten”

Althea San Pascual - Valedictorian

Kenzie Harrabek - Shirley Rennie Award

Annika Hadden - Mabel Donahue Award

Claire Mantyka - Class of ‘42 Award

Althea San Pascual - George Lund Memorial Trophy

Emily Molberg - Avalon-Gagenville Trophy

Minjun Kim - Dale Fogelberg Trophy

Annika Hadden - Linda Beckett Memorial Trophy

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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2024

Stanley Cup drought: Thirty years and counting Penton On Sports Bruce Penton

When the Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 to win this year’s Stanley Cup, it marked the 30th consecutive season that a team based in the United States has paraded around the ice holding Lord Stanley’s mug.

When will this Canadian national nightmare come to an end?

It wasn’t always like this, you know. For a period in the 1980s and early 1990s, the opposite was true. Canadian teams exhibited domination of the Stanley Cup final, winning eight titles in the space of 10 years.

The Oilers won twice to kick off the streak in 1984 and 1985, and Montreal followed by hoisting the Cup in 1986. The Oilers then won in 1987 and 1988, with Calgary Flames winning the Cup in 1989. After Edmonton won for the fifth time in 1990, Pittsburgh Penguins snapped the Canadian streak by winning two in a row in 1991 and 1992 before the Canadiens brought the Cup back north of the 49th parallel in 1993.

Since then, zip. Nada.

Nothing. No cups. It’s been a championship drought which many thought might end this

year with the McDavidand Draisaitl-led Oilers.

But it wasn’t to be, and now we’re looking at the possibility of 31 years in a row without a Cup as the 2024-25 season gets underway in October.

Since the Habs won the cup in 1993, Canada has experienced two professional sports’ titles - the 1993 Blue Jays won the World Series a few months after the Canadiens’ victory parade, and the 2019 Toronto Raptors captured the National Basketball Association championship.

But hockey?

Our national sport? Nothing for 30 years.

Some of our country’s teams have come close in that 30-year window.

Calgary Flames won three rounds in 2003-04 before losing to Tampa Bay Lightning in the final. Vancouver Canucks almost got to the finish line in the spring of 2011, losing Game 7 on home ice to the Boston Bruins, leading to post-game municipal unrest that created more headlines than the hockey itself.

The Canadiens got back to the Cup final in the 2020-21 season, but lost to Tampa Bay. Even the Ottawa Senators, generally regarded as Canada’s weak link, advanced to the Stanley Cup final in 2006-07 but lost to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

Not so lucky in the playoffs have been the Toronto Maple Leafs, who made it to the conference final a couple of times but still hang on to the glory year of 1967, the last time they won the cup. In that same boat are the Winnipeg Jets, whose best playoff

result was 2017-18 when they beat Minnesota and Nashville before losing to Vegas in the West final.

The Oilers are certainly Canada’s best hope in the immediate future, but with rumblings of major personnel changes (can they keep both McDavid and Draisaitl?), perhaps Edmonton’s best chance at Cup success has passed them by.

Oh, for the glory days of the six-team NHL. Canadian teams’ odds were much more favourable back then.

• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.): “Scott Boras, agent of Yankees free agent Juan Soto, said that no price is too high for the next team that signs his client because they’ll be getting a ‘centurion.’

Yeah, I don’t know what that’s supposed to mean either.”

• Canadian parody website The Beaverton: “Oilers fans not sure what’s worse: Losing Cup or realizing Leafs fans were right about how good Atlantic Division is.”

• Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, on players not necessarily loving their coaches: “Steve Shutt once said it best when he said players on the Montreal Canadiens hated Scotty Bowman 364 days a year but loved him on the day they got their Stanley Cup rings.”

• Daniel NugentBowman, on Leon Draisaitl’s future in Edmonton (sign extension or depart): “As much as he and McDavid are good friends, he could feel like it’s time to stop being the Sergei Fedorov to McDavid’s

Steve Yzerman or the Evgeni Malkin to No. 97’s Sidney Crosby.”

• Comedy guy Torben Rolfsen of Vancouver: “Lots of American friends asking me tonight how hard it is to get Canadian citizenship. Learn the hockey rule book and name three Stompin’ Tom Connors’ songs.”

• Vancouver humorist Steve Burgess: “Great series, Oilers. If you’d like us to break a few

Vancouver windows for you, just say the word.”

• Super 70s Sports: “I bought an autographed Warren Spahn baseball at 3 a.m. last night.

My bad decisions after midnight are a lot better now than they were when I was in my 20s.”

• Headline at TheBeaverton.com: “‘You should root for the Oilers because they’re Canadian’, says man who has confused this

with the Olympics.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Just wondering: Why aren’t right-handed pitchers called northpaws?”

• Headline at fark.com: “The Lakers pick Bronny in the second round, plan to change from the Lakers to The James Gang.”

• Care to comment?

E-mail brucepenton2003@ yahoo.ca.

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Pursuant with clause 4.1(3)(c) of the Public Libraries Act, 1996 (c.

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After some time, a difficult situation is beginning to settle down, Aries. Enjoy this well-earned peace and consider how a new perspective can help going forward.

Taurus, a new plan can be just what you need to make notable progress. Finding a mentor or someone who has forged a path already can be a useful step.

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Gemini, you have a lot going on in your life right now to keep you busy. With so much going on, try not to worry about what is going on with others. Stay in your lane.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

Libra, you may be feeling introspective and philosophical, so much so that people may catch you staring into space and lost in thought. Now is not the time to make heavy decisions.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, this might not be the week for parties or large social events. You are experiencing some introverted feelings right now and are best in situations that have only a few people.

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Life isn’t always fair, Sagittarius. Recognize that sometimes things won’t go your way. Your resolve could be tested this week so be aware.

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CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Capricorn, it may be tempting to let someone else take over when the going gets tough. That likely will not be best for you, so continue to make decisions and let things play out.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, you are due for a big break after going through a lot of emotional ups and downs. Your positive attitude has paved the way for some brighter skies ahead.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

No one else is going to do a tough job for you, Pisces.

You have to dig in your heels and make a plan. You are ready for this kind of assignment and the pressure that comes with it.

It is a fine week to really Mobility scooters, Lift think about your future, chairs, walkers Cancer. If you have goals to start a business, start & more.

Brett… hashing out plans and give thought to seeking a partNow in stock ner.

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Leo, this week you start out with a lot of energy, Please back through to me with but likely get will burn it changes/corrections early on. If you want by to return reach your goal, you are email this morning. going to have to learn how to pace yourself.

Thanks Urla VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

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by Pastor Dale Worrell, Biggar United Church Words of encouragement and a blessing for all students graduating from high school and university.

As you take the next step, remember this: to achieve greatness, you must embrace boldness and daring.

Graduation marks the beginning of an exciting journey where risks and challenges await. It’s a time to step out of your comfort zone, to dream big, and to pursue your passions with fearless determination. As Jeremiah 29:11 reminds us, God has plans to prosper us and give us hope.

This promise should encourage you to take calculated risks, knowing that the Holy Spirit is guiding your steps.

Being bold doesn’t mean being reckless.

It means having the courage to pursue your dreams despite uncertainty and fear. It means

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standing up for what you believe in, even when it’s not popular. It means pushing beyond the boundaries of what’s comfortable to discover your true potential. In your pursuit of boldness, remember the support systems that have brought you this far family, friends, teachers and mentors - who believe in your abilities and encourage you.

Surround yourself with positive influences who challenge you to grow, and who celebrate your victories.

As you navigate the path ahead, remember that each step you take, however daunting, is a step closer to realizing your hopes and dreams. Embrace challenges as opportunities for growth, and let your spirituality steady you in uncertain times. Dare to be bold, and you will discover the wonderful possibilities that await you.

We celebrate what you have become at this moment in time and so we pray: “God, we thank you for the gifts of our graduates; their excitement, their wonderment and curiosity, their open speech and encouraging words. Their contributions have blessed and challenged us, and we have become a richer and more diverse community because of them.

As they step forward into the world that awaits, comfort them with your presence. Strengthen

Everyone Welcome! them to walk in a world that needs their Spirit.

Guide them as they move through life. Surround them with the love of our community. We ask this blessing upon each graduate, in the name of Jesus Christ, teacher of the way, companion on life’s journey, Amen.”

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by Trudy and Dale of around 34,000 Buxton people, and has all the 1/4 Page We continue our trip in amenities of a big city Leduc, Alberta. without being a big city.

Leduc has population Leduc’s economy has long been oil and gas.

More recently, the city is a founding member of the Leduc-Nisku Economic Development which is a partnership that markets “The International Region” in proximity to the Edmonton International Airport. If We’ve been working with Fred & Patsy at you like shopping, there is a business park in the Spyder Autobody for the past 3 years, north end of the city that has more than 1,400 and will continue servicing the Biggar community businesses of all kinds.

Leduc also has a large with mobile SGI appraisals arts following in the I-Car Gold Class and OEM Certified Technicians community featuring a 460-seat theatre.

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the Leduc Heritage Grain Elevator, one of the last wood crib elevators. This facility offers tours of a working grain elevator.

Next up we head into Edmonton with a population over a million people, making it the fifth largest city in Canada.

The name Edmonton was first used at Fort Edmonton, which was a trading post for the Hudson’s Bay Company on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River way back in 1795.

It was named after a community based in England.

Edmonton in England was the birthplace of Sir James Winter Lake, who was at the important meeting of governors of the Hudson’s Bay Company when Fort Edmonton was established. The area where Edmonton now sits is believed to have been inhabited by the First Nations People going back centuries.

The first known European to explore this area was a fellow

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The first railway arrived in 1891 and Edmonton became a city in 1904, later capital city of the new province of Alberta in 1906. The rich fertile land and cheap land prices brought in many settlers from all over the world and firmly establishing Edmonton as the major economic and agriculture centre in Northern Alberta.

Edmonton had experienced rapid growth in the early 1900’s and amalgamated with the City of Strathcona in 1912 which controlled both sides of the North Saskatchewan River.

Did you know that there is a small airport within the city, and it was the first licensed airfield in Canada? The small airport was used in the transportation of mail, food and medicines to northern communities, hence the slogan for Edmonton, “Gateway to the North”.

How big is Edmonton?

Did you know that the Edmonton River Valley is 22 times the size of New York’s Central Park and that Edmonton is one of the sunniest cities in Canada with an average of 2,299 hours of sunlight per year.

Stay tuned as we do more exploring in Edmonton before our trip home.

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