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Light the night . . . The Biggar Rec Valley was alive with fireworks, all celebrating Canada Day this past July 1. Socially distanced, the show still brought on a colourful, celebratory feeling of how lucky we all are to be living in this great nation.

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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While it isn’t a resort lake, Richmond Lake just south of Biggar does offer a reasonable amount of space to get lost, explore and find some unique vistas.

Following the shore with a trusty kayak, you can find areas that look like a bayou. Of course, there are no worries about alligators!

(Independent Photos

by Kevin Brautigam

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Safely expanding visitation guidelines during COVID-19 The Chief Medical Health Officer’s public health order will be amended to expand visitation guidelines to facilities including acute and long-term care, personal care and group home settings starting July 7.

This standard will be applied across all settings to ensure clarity for patients and residents, family and friends, and the health care staff to ensure that family and support presence can occur in a safe manner as the COVID-19 pandemic

event continues.

“We made several changes early in the pandemic event in order to protect our most at-risk populations, including visitation restrictions, staff and visitor health checks at point of entry, and continuous masking in health care settings,” Health Minister Jim Reiter said. “As we see more of our economy reopening and additional health services resuming, we will take the same careful, safe approach to expanding family presence guide-

lines and ensuring that our loved ones in care continue to be protected remains our number one priority, while supporting the mental and emotional well-being of those in care.”

Starting July 7: • Two family members or support persons can be identified to support patients and residents.

• Only one family member or support person can be present in the facility at a time.

• Two people can be present at one time if physical

Great Plains College has been engaged in a substantial operational review to manage the annual budget for the upcoming academic year.

Reduced operational funding combined with revenue decreases as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an environment requiring fiscal restraint.

The current pandemic situation has challenged the college to look at programming and services across all locations to ensure it continues to meet its fiscal responsibilities. After a thorough review of college operations, a number of programs and services will be impacted at Great Plains College for the 2020-21 academic year to address budget shortfalls: • Biggar Program Centre – due to multiyear declining enrolments in the electrician and adult basic education programs, these offerings have been suspended indefinitely.

With reduced programming at the centre,

administrative workloads and some instructional staff positions will be impacted.

• Whitecap Dakota First Nation – due to multiyear declining enrolments and the unavailability of a facility that would ensure health and safety in a pandemic environment, the adult basic education program has been suspended. Term staff positions at this location will not be renewed as a result.

• SunDogs athletics programming – challenges in offering an athletic season that ensures the health and safety of student athletes, combined with the need for fiscal restraint, has led to the suspension of the SunDogs athletics program for the 2020-21 academic year.

• Swift Current Campus – as a further measure in achieving financial savings, operational downsizing will occur at this location, resulting in staffing workload reductions in some areas.

Overall, across all campuses, the equivalent of roughly six full-time positions will be affected for the 2020-21 academic year.

“Our team was faced with some challenging scenarios as we head into the 2020-21 year which resulted in some difficult choices and decisions,” said David Keast, president and CEO of Great Plains College. “Although some downsizing was necessary to control the operational budget under the current conditions of fiscal restraint, the college moves forward with cautious optimism in meeting the education and training needs of our communities.”

The college continues to work with the Ministry of Advanced Education and Ministry of Health towards the release of detailed fall 2020 program plans and operational formats. Additional information is anticipated to be released prior to the end of July.

Great Plains reviews operations within COVID-19 environment

Knock, knock . . . Well, the Silvernagle’s really know how to bring down the house, and Monday, Silver Eagle Excavating’s Trent and Brant Silvernagle made quick work of this empty home on Fourth Avenue East. While it is complicated, many more derelict buildings around town need their “delicate” touch. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

distancing can be maintained for: Critical care/ intensive care patients; End of life/palliative care patients or residents; Maternal Services Units (Maternal and Postpartum Units, Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Units).

• Family members and support persons must follow safety requirements including the wearing of a medical grade mask, physical distancing, hand hygiene, limited movement within a facility or

home according to current public health orders.

• Additional family members or support persons may be identified for end of life, palliative and intensive/critical care, as outlined in the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) Family Presence Guidelines.

These guidelines will apply to patients, outpatients, clients and residents in SHA facilities, long-term care homes and affiliate organizations, personal care homes, and Ministry of

Social Services Group Homes.

Settings that require additional time to ensure adequate supplies of PPE, appropriate and safe visitation spaces, and health screening of visitors may take until July 13 to fully implement the new guidelines.

Before planning any visitation to a care or group home, call ahead to determine the requirements of that facility as they may require a scheduled appointment.

Day Camp begins . . . The Biggar Day Camp is once again underway, and with the reopening of the province, the campers were eager to see old friends and meet new buddies. Some restrictions are still in place with cleaning, distancing and breaking the camp into multiple groups. It runs weekdays 1-4 p.m. at the Jubilee Stadium for kids 5-12 years old (must have completed kindergarten), and you must be pre-registered (townofbiggar.com). It runs July and August. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Biggar RCMP Report

by Cpl. Dereck Crozier, Biggar Detachment, NCO IC This week we had 57 calls for service.

Within this mix 16 Traffic Safety Act incentives were distributed to unsuspecting motorists.

We had 13 other calls for various traffic related complaints, assisted with five bylaw style problems two firearm related calls along with a number of calls about fireworks.

There were four deer collisions reported and three mischief calls including one motorist who broke down in the evening on Highway 4 north only to return the next morning to find his Flex burnt roadside.

We had six suspicious person complaints, one involving a man carrying a baseball bat with a spike in the end, but not to worry, he was picking cans along the highway.

Another call revolved around a Nicaraguan man who found himself in Big-

gar after falling asleep on a train, with a Spanish translator, we were able to assist in providing him a ride to Saskatoon. Overall Canada Day celebrations were well behaved with one impaired driver being removed from the road and one other driver receiving a three day suspension.

On another note, my term has ended here in Biggar and I must move on. Thank-you to all those I have met in the community over the past nine months and I truly enjoyed my time here in and around Biggar. This will be my last police report for The Independent as I turn this Detach-

ment over to Sgt. Dean Kabaroff. Sgt. Kabaroff brings with him many years of police experience and will be calling Biggar home on a permeant basis for awhile. If you haven’t been over around Eighth Avenue West for some time, drop around for a meet and greet and welcome Sgt. Kabaroff to the community. While your over here, check out the towns new sidewalk improvements, our fresh look with new window screens for the detachment and a big thanks to our landscaping team helping us be that good neighbour and keeping our yard looking great.

Farewell all!

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Justin just doesn’t get it - Third time up should mean charges . . . but don’t hold your breath Justin has once again showed that rules apply to everyone except his perfectly coiffed, selfie-taking, arrogant personage.

This time around, Justin, along with wife, Sophie, and mommy Margaret, have had their hands caught in the taxpayer cookie-jar, supporting the WE Charity, all to the tune of $912-million.

WE is a student volunteer charity. It pays them to volunteer. Let me say that again: “Pays them” . . . for volunteering. Let’s not get into that bit of stupidity. We’ll stick with Justin.

The Federal Ethics Commissioner is investigating Justin for the third time in five years.

At no time was this government decision, using taxpayer money, ever debated in the House, no real attempt at investigating other organizations.

Sure, he announced it, that’s just how ignorant he is. He never understood how ugly and crooked this all would become, especially with the Trudeau ties to the WE Charity.

But it’s okay, Justin says, the deal has been cancelled, the cash returned . . . so, no harm, no foul. That’s kind of like a thief, once caught, returning said stolen goods, then expecting to walk off scot-free.

Nice logic. But this is from the same Justin that was investigated for a free family vacation on the Aga Khan’s private island and, of course, the SNCLavalin affair. In both cases, the Ethics Commissioner found Justin contravened ethics laws, but nothing was ever done. Justin walks, people out east think he’s doing a bang-up job.

Seems the only one to benefit from the current COVID-19 pandemic is Justin. No accountability, no need to go to work, just hold his daily puppet show outside of Rideau Cottage - well thankfully they pulled the plug on that sitcom.

Good old Justin has made a sweet deal with some buddies using taxpayer money. He’ll try to sweep it all under the rug, but with SNC-Lavalin, the Aga Khan vacation, it’s getting crowded under that soiled and stained mat.

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Restart Canada’s economic engine with oil and gas

by Tim McMillan, President and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) “The country isn’t going to recover unless the oil and gas sector recovers.”

These words from federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan made headlines and highlight the importance of Canada’s largest industry.

The reality is that natural gas and oil play an unarguable role in the national economy.

Natural gas and oil are Canada’s biggest source of international investment, and the country’s largest export commodities by value. According to Statistics Canada, exports of crude oil, bitumen, natural gas and natural gas liquids generated more than $102 billion in 2019.

Add refined petroleum products such as gasoline to those exports and the

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total came to more than $112 billion – or about 19 per cent of the revenue from all of Canada’s exports combined.

This export revenue is essential to keeping the national economy functioning. It keeps money flowing into our country so we can grow, expand our industries, create employment for Canadians and continue to import goods from other countries.

Canadians from British Columbia, to Ontario, to Newfoundland and Labrador are involved in the petroleum sector.

Natural gas and oil projects contribute to a multibillion-dollar supply chain associated with more than 10,000 businesses across the country.

In Atlantic Canada, the vital offshore industry supports about 600 supply and service companies.

In 2016-2017, nearly 1,200 companies in Ontario were part of the oil sands supply chain, providing jobs for about 63,000 Ontarians.

In 2015-2016, the oil and gas industry spent more than $3.3 billion on procurement from Indigenous-owned businesses.

Project development can bring valuable economic benefits for Indigenous communities, and can help build strong self-sustaining communities and economic reconciliation. That’s achieved when we work together to find productive ways to share the benefits of resource development.

Country-wide, in communities where natural gas and oil projects operate, the spinoffs benefit local businesses such as hotels, restaurants, services and retail outlets, which see increased consumer spending and can then afford to hire addi-

tional staff.

All of this translates into creating opportunity and building value for Canadians while shrinking the country’s deficit.

This becomes imminently important when you consider Canada’s recent credit downgrading from AAA to AA+ and the growth of Canada’s deficit and debt. Canada’s debt-to-gross-domesticproduct (GDP) ratio is expected to increase to 48 per cent this year.

These economic challenges were driven by the COVID-19 crisis but to avoid lasting negative effects, we need to leverage our economic strengths.

A strong recovery plan and competitive policy measures are essential to ensuring Canadian industries can attract investment. As restrictions ease off post-COVID-19 and world markets start to mend, Canada will be

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competing with every jurisdiction in the world for more limited investment dollars. Attracting global capital will be critical to growing our economy and getting Canadians back to work.

These objectives can be achieved while leveraging the sector’s leadership in emissions reduction, water protection, and land and species management research and practices.

Canada’s upstream natural gas and oil industry spends more on environmental protection than all other Canadian industries combined. Investing in technology is the backbone of improved environmental performance, and it’s working.

Since 2009, the oil sands industry has collectively reduced per-barrel greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 21 per cent and that’s expected to drop an additional 23

per cent by 2030.

Canada must enable new and continued investment in natural gas and oil to support the innovation needed for successful long-term emissions reduction and environmental performance improvements.

We can supply Canadian energy products to fill growing global demand, confident that we’re doing so with a lower greenhouse gas footprint than competing jurisdictions.

Whether you focus on immediate job and revenue creation, or on a long-term strategy aimed at growth and resiliency, the natural gas and oil industry has a crucial role to play in getting us there.

The job at hand – rebuilding our lives and economy post-pandemic – starts now.

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Chef Dez on cooking

Smoke gets in your eyes . . . again!

Having almost run the Chef Dez course and looked back the last few years, old Y.T. finally decided (note that “finally”, eh!) that he would look back and see if he had accomplished anything.

“Holly Annie!” I thought.

“Here I have run the last few years and haven’t accomplished Bob Mason much!”

My memory being not too good, I find that a lot of this column has been spent telling the readers what a great guy i am. And here I find that only a few very few! - of these little pieces are any good, so I looked them over and, at least, picked out a few that seem to be a “hit”.

There are only a few that entertain me, “The Great Critic” for more than a few minutes, so forgive

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Chef Dez me for presenting this one over again: “Smoke gets in your eyes!” Let’s go!

Smoke gets in your eyes, when a lovely flame dies.

Smoke gets in your eyes!

When Connie What’s Her Name first Bob Mason sang this on the radio, Y.T. almost cried, but apparently there is also another way . . . read on!

We were having a Mason family reunion on Murray Point at Emma Lake many - some would say, too many years ago!

And Y.T. got up early to light the fire in the outdoor camp site, and was bending down at the outdoor fireplace when a small boy sauntered up. He stood there for

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a moment or two, said Calvin Daniels almost respectfully: “Why does smoke always get in my eyes?”

We were all alone as it was fairly early in the morning. I usually don’t pay much attention to small boys but he seemed so inquisitive that I stopped what I was doing and asked “What is your name little boy?”

“Mason,” he replied, almost indignantly.

“This is a Mason family reunion. Didn’t you know that!”

This called for a different reply.

“That’s it! That’s it!”

I told him. “When your Calvin Daniels smoke name is ‘Mason’, always gets in your eyes.”

The kid was kind of quiet and I just kept on lighting the fire as I knew that, one by one, the family would be gathering.

There were family hugging and greeting, reliving old times and renewing acquaintances.

Finally, one tall fellow with hairy legs came up.

“Hello, Bob!” he sez.

“Long time, no see!”

The kid rushed over

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to him and asked, as though it were important, “Daddy. Why does smoke get in your eyes when your name is ‘Mason’?”

The tall fellow took one look at the gathering crowd and finally declared: “Sonny. When you are at a Mason reunion and you are near Bob Mason, you will find him so full of hot air that when he blows on the fire to make it go, that hot, hot air from the ashes brings the smoke into your eyes!”

“Oh,” sez the kid, as though he has just realized a basic truth of growing up.

Some Readers looking at this story may find a little smoke in their eyes . . . if not tears, eh!

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Biggar Fire Department report

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The Biggar Fire Department provides fire and rescue services to the members of the Biggar Rural District Fire Association which includes the rural municipalities of Biggar, Rosemount, Glenside, Grandview, and the Town of Biggar.

So far this year the Biggar Fire Department has responded to 49 calls, which includes seven motor vehicle collisions, one rescue, two STARS landings, seven investigation requests, 12 false alarms, five structure fires, 11 grass fires, and four vehicle fire incidents.

As you may notice, the Biggar Fire Department does much more than fight fires. The volunteers at the Fire Department respond to other emergency situations and provides preventa-

tive inspection services to keep our community and surrounding RM’s safe.

To the dedicated volunteers of the Biggar Fire Department: Thank you!

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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.

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Chef Dez on Cooking Nutrition and Flavour from Blueberries Summertime always offers a bountiful harvest of fresh fruit and berries; and blueberries, are by far, one of my favourite.

They are not only packed full of nutrition and flavour but are also a very versatile cooking ingredient.

Upon any investigation into foods that are rich in antioxidants, you will always find berries at the top of the list. Blueberries have most other berries beat when it comes to antioxidant levels. The health benefits that we gain from foods abundant in antioxidants are too numerous to list in complete detail but includes anti-aging, lower cholesterol, strong immune resistance to

flues and viruses, and reduction in risks of cancer and heart disease.

This being said, it is in our best interest to attempt to introduce blueberries into our meals whenever possible.

The first idea that crosses most people’s minds when considering blueberries as an ingredient is desserts, but blueberries also compliment many savoury dishes quite well. Here are two

suggestions for you to experiment with in the kitchen: Red Meat Since blueberries are very dark and intensely flavoured, they tend to stand up to meats that are also very bold. A red wine pan sauce on steaks, roast Chef Dez beef, or lamb for example, is always complimented by the rich intensity of a couple handfuls of blueberries

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cooked down in it.

Simply strain out the skins for a smooth syrupy sauce.

Many people who have cooked with me also know that I am a big fan of including a dark berry jam into ground meat dishes (chili, meatloaf, hamburgers, et cetera) based on this same principle.

Salads When dealing with acids in vinaigrettes, blueberries work well as added sweetness, either as a salad ingredient or pureed into the dressing.

This helps tone down the sharp notes of vinegars, lemon, and lime juices.

The result is a smoother more complex taste.

One last thing to remember is that blueberries are also enhanced

by the taste of balsamic vinegar. Try this at home tonight: take a handful of blueberries, wash and dry them, and toss with a teaspoon of balsamic, and a sprinkle of sugar, if desired. The blueberries and the balsamic are both bold flavours and match up quite well.

Dear Chef Dez: I love buying blueberries from our local farms in large quantities at a great price. What is the best way to freeze them?

How long should I keep them before using them up?

Joseph C. Mission, B.C. Dear Joseph: Blueberries are best frozen individually to make it easier to retrieve a certain measurement when they are frozen,

rather than defrosting a solid mass of them.

Line some baking sheets with parchment paper, and then wash and dry your blueberries. Scatter them all out on the lined baking sheets and freeze them completely.

Once completely frozen, easily transfer them to freezer bags by sliding them off the parchment.

I suggest keeping frozen blueberries for six to 12 months at the most for best results.

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Recovery after the Spanish Flu in 1918

By Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery As our province begins to open up after lockdown for COVID -19, I was wondering what was happening in Biggar as the 1918 lockdown for Spanish Flu was released.

First, I would like to remind readers why it was called Spanish Flu. The first report of an epidemic of killing influenza was reported in Spanish newspapers.

It was during the last days of World War one that the influenza began its killing spree. In the end, 20-50 million people died worldwide. Reports in the Biggar Independent were that five members of one family died overnight from Spanish Flu. The Allied and Central Powers nations did not report the flu for fear of lowering an already war-torn morale. But in Spain, who had remained relatively neutral during the war, their newspapers began reporting about the deaths, hence Spanish Flu. Actually, the first recorded case in March of 1918 was in Kansas, an army cook. As the troops from the United States entered Europe, the flu spread. By the beginning of summer, it was dying down, everyone thought, but by August, the virus had mutated.

The second wave was much more vicious than the first wave. Military ships that left Plymouth in the UK and went to Brest in France, Boston in the USA and Freetown

in South Africa spreading the flu like wildfire.

The overcrowded ships really contributing to the spread of the disease.

Let us keep this in mind, as we open our doors again, let us learn from history. Let us continue social distancing, washing our hands and avoid crowded places. Let us stay healthy and wiser for our choices. History teaches the good and the bad; the good we hope to continue, the bad we learn from it and do not do it again. The human race has proven we are pretty thick and have trouble letting go of war and conflict, even though we know better. Maybe one day.

In Biggar in August 1918, there were changes happening on Main Street. Mr. W.J. Lemon was erecting a new brick and veneer building and D.M. Randall was occupying this building.

Life seemed to just be going on; soldiers were returning and there were many receptions and honours for them. Booze was being confiscated by the provincial police, businesses were opening and a vote for electric lights was planned for June, which passed unanimously, and the crop was expected to be good.

By September 1919, the Eamon Block (now Garage Sale on Main Street) was built and forever changed the look of Main Street. It was considered Biggar’s first skyscraper! By January 1920, the population of Biggar had shown an increase, now 1,671 souls

occupied the homes. By April 1924, the popula-

tion had grown to 2,043.

Growth came after the

1918 Spanish Flu, our future will be growth as

well.

Saturday evening in Biggar 1916-1919.

(Photos courtesy of Biggar Museum and Gallery) DM Randall on the west side of Biggar’s Main Street in 1935, so much has changed! (Photo courtesy of Biggar Encyclopedia)

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Gov’t to focus on irrigation Last week Premier Scott 1967, the promise of the Moe announced a major project was never truly plan in terms of agricul- fulfilled. The last major ture in Saskatchewan; a irrigation infrastructure multi-year, multi-billion work was done in 1972,� dollar expansion of irri- detailed a Brian Zinchuk gation. story at Yorktonthisweek.

The focus com. on irrigation What the isn’t exactly announced a new idea project will in Saskatchdo over the ewan. next decade In fact the is irrigate up press release to 500,000 regarding the acres of land announcefrom Lake ment last Diefenbaker, week noted more than that the projdoubling ect “will fulthe irrigable fill the vision land in Sasof Prime katchewan.

Calvin Daniels Minister The projJohn Diefenect will start baker to ensure the pros- immediately with a $22.5 perity of Saskatchewan million investment in people.� preliminary engineering “The Lake Diefenbaker and initial construction. project was initiated by the While every journey Co-operative Common- starts with the proverbial wealth Federation gov- first step, the start here is ernment under Premier a modest one in terms of Tommy Douglas. Con- the overall project with struction on the Gardiner the complete construcDam and the Qu’Appelle tion expected to happen River Dam began in 1959, approximately over the but even though those next 10 years in three dams were completed in main phases at a cost

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estimated at $4 billion.

What is interesting is that this is a project that appears to have opposition support, something that is rare in a world where political parties are too often at odds on principles alone.

In the Zinchuk story NDP Finance Critic Trent Wotherspoon said on July 2, “This project has long held tremendous potential in value to the province. And I know this is a project that the federal government, and actually former minister, Ralph Goodale, have provided a lot of leadership on.�

Wotherspoon added, “It holds a lot of potential by way of climate change adaptation of working to drought-proof Saskatchewan, with flood management and water management.

He noted it “holds tremendous potential for value-added agriculture, of course, within the province, which could be, very meaningful to our province’s economy as we move forward.�

Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatch-

ewan (APAS) President Todd Lewis also likes what the project can do for the province.

Lewis said, “It’s very welcome. Lake Diefenbaker has been chronically underdeveloped, as a major infrastructure project that began in the 50s, sitting there. A lot of the water just flows through or evaporates.

It’s really important for that water to create economic activity.�

This is a project that does appear well-suited for the times. It puts people to work post COVID-

19, and builds on the pillar of agriculture in Saskatchewan’s economy moving forward.

One might question why it has taken the Saskatchewan Party so many years to launch the project. They have been in the driver’s seat since 2007, and the economy has been in stronger positions to take on a $4 billion project than it is today, but this is a project worth launching later than never as they say.

The government release detailed, “Phase 1 of the project is estimated to

cost $500 million and will include the rehabilitation and expansion of the existing Westside irrigation canal system.

This work will increase the amount of irrigable land by 80,000 acres in the area. It is considered one of the most shovel ready irrigation projects in the province with 90 per cent of the current canal already in place.�

Down the road the costs climb as phases 2 and 3 of the project are estimated to cost up to $3.5 billion.

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Study finds personality traits responsible for toilet paper hoarding In a surprise twist, a new study has discovered that diligent people with longterm planning ability and high emotional availability were responsible for hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus epidemic.

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When the COVID-19 lockdown measures began to kick in last March, practically every store in Canada, the US, Europe and in many other places in the world saw toilet paper fly off the shelves in the blink of an eye According ScienceDaily, some companies reported up to 700 per cent increase in demand for toilet paper, and stories soon started emerging of people making five-figure purchases of butt wiping materials.

The study, performed by a team of Swiss and German scientists, attempted to shed light on what kind of personality features contributed to people normally frugal about toilet paper sudden lashing out in a shopping frenzy.

“Despite the high relevance for public authorities to adequately address stockpiling behaviour, empirical studies on the psychological underpinnings of toilet paper stockpiling are still scarce,” the scientists said. “Results suggest that people who felt more threatened by COVID-19 stockpiled more toilet paper.”

The study used an online survey to gather data from 1,029 adults from 35 different countries, who were recruited through advertisements on mailing lists and social media.

The participants were asked to fill out the Brief HEXACO Inventory, a short questionnaire that maps an individual’s personality according to six different measurements.

They were also asked to define their current perceived threat level from COVID-19, and finally to describe their usual toilet paper purchasing and consumption habits.

The research team then evaluated the collected data according to a number of psychological principles and models and compared the results to established behavior models.

The scientists discovered that people were more likely to stockpile toilet paper if three personality traits came together just right. The same results held both in the US and in Europe.

First, the study found that people more worried about the coronavirus were more likely to start emptying out toilet paper shelves.

“People who feel more threatened by the pandemic stockpile more toilet paper,” the researchers summarized.

Second, the results indicated that people who scored higher on the “emotionality” scale of the personality test were much more likely to become concerned about the pandemic.

“Around 20 per cent of the differences in toilet paper consumption that were explained by feelings of threat were based on people’s dispositional tendency to worry a lot and generally feel anxious,” the researchers say.

While it makes sense that generally nervous people would also be more worried about the coronavirus, the study also found that the remaining 80 per cent of the toilet paper hoarding cases did not happen due to inherent anxiety.

Instead, in these cases the behaviour was fueled either by factors the scientists were not looking at in this particular research or on what they call “malleable external factors,” such as the effectiveness of preventive measures taken by the local governments.

“These findings highlight the potential of public communication to address individuals’ perceptions of threat and thereby alter their shopping behaviour . . .

Research on communication strategies suggests that clear communication aiming to increase awareness of a disease and providing simple behavioral instructions reduces people’s threat perception,” the researchers said.

In a nutshell, the better governments inform their citizens and provide guidance on how to deal with the disease, the less likely said citizens are to start buying toilet paper they don’t need. Makes sense.

The third major discovery indicated that people who scored high on the “conscientiousness” scale – those with a higher sense of diligence, prudence and a tendency to plan for the future – were more likely to start hoarding toilet paper.

Unlike what you might expect, orderly and longer-sighted people are not immune to panic buying and the study found that

their habitual tendency to plan ahead ultimately resulted in them hoarding toilet paper.

To combat these effects, the researchers suggest authorities should emphasize the ensured long-term availability of basic commodities in order to stop these otherwise well-meaning people from emptying out stores.

Unlike some earlier preliminary studies had indicated, lack of humility or solidarity with your fellow man was not an important factor when it came to buying excess toilet paper. Additional results showed that older people hoarded more toilet paper than young people, possibly due to harsher isolation measures imposed on them, and that Americans were more gung-ho for butt wipes than Europeans.

Putting it all together, it seems that the average toilet paper hoarder was not being intentionally malicious. Instead it was just someone concerned for themselves and their loved ones trying to make the best of a bad situation.

As stores and public places have begun to reopen, some of the hoarders appear to have realized just how ridiculous buying thousands of dollars’ worth of toilet paper was.

Some have swallowed their pride and accepted that they goofed up, but at least they now have a lifetime supply of toilet paper.

Others have been less accepting of their wasted money and have tried returning their purchases with varying in results. In the US, chains like Costco and Walmart immediately refused to accept returns on hoarded hygiene products. In Australia, a man who was trying to return $10,000 worth of toilet paper and hand sanitizer was famously denied a refund.

Unfortunately, reports are starting to come in that due to relaxed isolation measures, coronavirus cases are spiking again around the world.

This new scare has resulted in toilet paper hoarding making a return in places like Australia and Texas.

Will we ever learn?

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Loch Ness Monster Caught on New Photos Sparks Online Debate

Is there a monster lurking in Scotland’s famous Loch Ness?

New pictures of a strange creature swimming through the Loch’s waters snapped by a British tourist have reignited the debate over whether Nessie might be real.

The photos were taken

by Southampton resident Steve Challice, who was visiting Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch Ness with his brother in September 2019.

Wanting a break from a crowd of other tourists that had just arrived at the castle, Challice began taking pictures of the opposing shore of the Loch, when he noticed what he described to the Daily Record as a “sort of ripple in the water.â€? “I started taking a couple of shots and then this big fish came to the surface and then went back down again. It only appeared in one shot and to be honest that was something of a fluke. I watched for a while ‌ but didn’t see it again,â€? he said.

He described the gray, dark-spotted creature emerging from the waves as having been around 30 feet away and approximately eight feet long.

Once the coronavirus quarantines hit, Challice was going through his vacation photos and rediscovered the pictures among the hundreds of others he had taken during his trip. The pictures were uploaded onto the Anomalous Universe Facebook group, where they caught the attention of other cryptid enthusiasts.

Many in the group questioned the authenticity of the pictures and even suggested the use of photo-manipulation techniques, such as CGI, to which Challice responded that he “loves the idea of CGI� but is “not that good at it.�

Even the photographer himself does not believe he caught something otherworldly in the pictures. “Personally, I know there has been some interest and some people are saying it’s the monster but I don’t believe that.� “I have to say I don’t believe in the Loch Ness Monster and frankly I think if anything is there then there is a logical explanation for most of the sightings. My guess would be that what I captured was a catfish or something like that. As seals get in from the sea then I expect that’s what it is and that would explain why these sightings are so few and far between,� he told the Daily Record.

Some on the Internet began to make deeper inquiries into whether or not Challice’s pictures are genuine. Author Roland Watson, who runs the Loch Ness Mystery blog, began examining the photos in close detail.

He describes what he has found so far in his blog.

After looking into Challice’s history, Watson discovered that he does indeed make CGI artwork for a living. When Watson asked him about this, Challice explained that he “didn’t say he didn’t do CGI, just that he’s not that good� at it.

Then, Watson requested

for the original photos of the creature, but was instead delivered pictures that were quite clearly compressed. Additionally, the pictures’ internal data showed that they had been edited in the popular photo manipulation software Photoshop.

Watson asked Challice about this. “He replied that the image file had been opened by Photoshop and then saved as another file, as the original files were too big to send by email. That being said, a day or so later he sent links to download some larger files.�

But these new pictures posed another difficulty.

From the data of the earlier pictures, Watson had been able to discover the type and brand of the camera they were taken on. The new pictures were in a wrong file format for them to have been taken on Challice’s camera.

Watson contacted Challice again and in the meanwhile continued his investigation. He found out from the new picture’s internal data that they too had been processed in Photoshop.

In fact, Watson suspects that they are the same pictures sent to him earlier, only blown up in size and converted to a different format. “I could have performed further analysis, but at this stage, there are discrepancies which need to be answered first and which currently render this photograph unusable as evidence for a large creature in Loch Ness.

However, I am still in

communication with the photographer about the issues raised,� said Watson.

He told the Daily Record, however, that if the pictures prove genuine, they would “easily rank among the top three� Nessie pictures of all time.

Challice still defends his photos as authentic and unedited, even when he doesn’t actually believe the creature in them to be anything strange. “There are pics on Google showing large monsters with lots of loops like a snake or something and my image is nothing like that. I genuinely think, to this day, it’s just a big fish,� he said.

The oldest story of a monster living in Loch Ness dates all the way back to the 6th century, when the Irish monk AdomnĂĄn described a man having been attacked by an underwater beast while swimming.

One of the most famous photographs of the monster, knows as “the surgeon’s photograph,� was taken in 1934 and has been widely circulated, even though it has been proven to be a hoax.

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by Marjorie Fortney, Seventh-day Adventist Church I am somewhat troubled, and cautiously suspicious regarding the â&#x20AC;&#x153;parrotiveâ&#x20AC;? narrative (â&#x20AC;&#x153;parrotiveâ&#x20AC;? is my made-up word) that seems to prevail in the political and media world in our country.

Opinions that contradict this narrative are not welcome, and if expressed will be labeled as racist.

It really is difficult to have a trusting heart toward this type of attitude that seems to have no connection to honesty, integrity, peace on earth goodwill toward men kind of goodness. In fact, on a scale of one to 10, my factor of trust is falling very quickly; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m getting close to zero. So, who can we trust?

Well, there is good news for us. Proverbs 3: 5 and 6 states: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths (KJV).

We can trust the Lord 100 per cent. He will never let us down. We need to remember who is really in charge of things in this world, not politicians, not wealthy elites, not religious organizations. The great God of the Cosmos is in charge. One day, in His appointed time, He will pull the plug. All of this craziness with all its stress and anxiety will come to an end.

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Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee, yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness (KJV).

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Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me (KJV).

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Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alphonso Davies a soccer phenom The soccer world is waiting to see just how good Edmontonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alphonso Davies might become.

The 19-year-old phenom is already known as one of the best players in the world, but is he Gretzky good? Is he a Tiger Woods-level talent? Or will he level off and become a mid-size star in the realm of Steve Yzerman?

Davies wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be 20 years old until this November, but already his credentials on the world soccer stage are immense. In June, he was named Bundesliga (German Premier League) rookie of the year after making a big splash for league champion Bayern Munich. The German team was expecting big things from Davies after paying a Major League Soccer record $22 million transfer fee to secure his playing rights from Vancouver Whitecaps.

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Thanks to data that was 14 when the Whitebegan to be collected in caps added him to the 2011, Davies was clocked roster of their professionrunning with the ball at al feeder team and by the 36.51 km/h in a game this age of 16 he was playing season, breaking the for- for the Canadian menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mer record of 36.19. national team.

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