The Biggar Independent Volume 115 Issue 33

Vol. 115 No. 33

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024

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Get ready! ... Farmers are about to begin harvest for the area, taking in the crop and, we hope, get rewarded for the hard work put in this year. Here is hoping our farmers have a safe, productive and bountiful year. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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While school for Biggar students is still a wee bit away, the Aquatic Centre is bustling with swim lessons, making sure the learning never stops. Next week, kids will be going through Bronze Star, Medallion and Cross examinations.

Good Luck to all, and continue to have a safe summer!

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Crop advances; harvest nears

Farmers will soon be in the field for what we hope will be a big payoff this year. They will be transporting equipment, field to field, so be patient while on our roads. Have a safe harvest! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Crops continue to rapidly advance with the increased temperatures and lack of moisture experienced throughout much of the province this past week, according to the weekly crop report for July 30 to August 5.

Conditions have led to a further decline in yield potential for some crops.

Although any moisture received would be too late for advanced crops, producers indicate moisture would still be beneficial for later seeded crops to help with grain fill along with supporting pasture conditions.

The heat and dry conditions have brought harvest on quickly in some regions of the province. Provincially, harvest is now two per cent complete. This is aligned with the fiveyear and 10-year averages of two per cent.

Harvest progress is led by the southwest region

with four per cent complete, followed by one per cent complete for the southeast and eastcentral regions. All other producers are preparing for harvest by getting equipment ready, cleaning out bins and hauling grain.

In areas that have started harvest, producers have been working on taking off their winter cereals and pulse crops. Provincially, fall rye is 15 per cent harvested followed by winter wheat at 12 per cent harvested. Nine per cent of field peas have been harvested and eight per cent of lentils have been harvested.

Many producers are wrapping up their haying and silage operations.

Provincially, dryland alfalfa yields are estimated to be 2.13 tonnes per acre, while greenfeed is estimated to be 2.63 tonnes per acre. Irrigated alfalfa yields are esti-

mated to be 2.79 tonnes per acre, with greenfeed yield estimated at 3.34 tonnes per acre. Silage yields are estimated to be 5.67 tonnes per acre provincially.

Rainfall was variable over the past week with many areas receiving little to no rainfall. The highest rainfall recorded fell in the Christopher Lake area at 42 millimetres, followed by the Foam Lake area at 36 millimetres. The Marengo area received 32 millimetres and the Prince Albert area received 30 millimetres over the past week.

Topsoil moisture continued to decline this week. Provincially, cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 29 per cent adequate, 53 per cent short and 18 per cent very short. Hayland topsoil moisture is reported at 27 per cent adequate, 51 per cent short and 22 per cent very short.

Pasture topsoil moisture is 20 per cent adequate, 50 per cent short and 30 per cent very short.

The lack of moisture and heat continues to be the main cause of crop damage across the province. Wind, aphids and grasshoppers also caused crop damage over the past week with varying degrees of damage reported. As canola continues to mature, producers are observing sclerotinia stem rot emerging in their fields.

Harvest is a stressful time for producers, and they are reminded to take safety precautions and fire prevention measures in all the work they do. The public is also reminded to give machinery extra space and time when travelling on roadways. The Farm Stress Line is available to provide support to producers toll free at 1-800-667-4442.

Biggar RCMP Report

by Cst. Chad Mehl, Acting Biggar Detachment Commander Since the end of the long weekend, the Biggar RCMP were busy with 24 occurrences investigated. Traffic Services were in the area with several speeding tickets issued.

On August 6, there was a report of a suspicious black truck in Perdue which was gone on police arrival. A wellbeing check on an individual who was found to be safe, but however, home sick. A road rage incident took between a caller and semi from the United States with the caller unhappy with the semi throwing rocks and damaging the caller’s windshield. Police attended and dispensed advice to the caller.

On August 7, there was another report of a suspicious truck in Perdue. The vehicle was again gone on arrival.

A black semi pulling an empty flat deck with an unknown plate passed when unsafe on a hill near on Highway 14.

Biggar RCMP were not in a position to intercept. There was report that was later deemed a civil dispute regarding a pickup truck. A report of

a suspicious car parked outside of Biggar on Highway 4 came into the detachment. Biggar RCMP learned that the car’s occupants appeared sober and the vehicle had broken down. There was a report of a semi truck texting while driving on Highway 14 and was all over the road heading towards Saskatoon. Saskatoon Police Service were advised of the call, but the semi was unable to be intercepted.

On August 9, there a caller who sent “Publisher’s Clearing House $1,000” to claim a prize that didn’t arrive. Biggar RCMP is reminding the public that if you have to give any amount of money to claim a prize, it is always a scam.

Another suspicious person’s report came in from Perdue where four teens with a flashlight were reported to be on the train tracks.

On August 10, there was a report of a yearling bull going missing in the RM of Rosemount. The owner was to advise if they recovered the missing bull. There was a report of two individuals walking around with a construction sign and a pylon. Biggar RCMP followed up and recovered the sign and pylon, returning them to their proper locations. A white pickup truck lost its wheel while travelling southbound on Highway 4 south of Biggar,

which was the subject of a later suspicious vehicle complaint on August 12.

Another complaint came in from Perdue over suspicious engine noise, yelling, and screaming out in Perdue in the early hours of the morning.

On August 11, Biggar RCMP received a report of harassing communications by phone where name calling was involved. The recipient of the name calling blocked the caller’s number. Two reports of an abandoned red Dodge Ram truck were received

by Biggar RCMP east of Ranger Lake Bible Camp north of Lizard Lake Road. The truck had its windows smashed and there was evidence on scene of attempts to unsuccessfully light the truck on fire. The truck was later reported stolen out of North Battleford RCMP’s area. The truck was recovered and towed back North Battleford for further investigation.

A bailer started on fire east of Biggar while the operator was working in his field. Biggar Fire Department attended to put out the fire and investigation deemed the fire not to be suspicious.

On August 12, a harassment complaint came in stemming from an old dispute resulting in one individual being warned for their behaviour.

Duck navy ... Waterfowl putter about in a slough east of Biggar, plying their home for the next meal. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Opinions

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Self-serving politicians are undermining our long-term prosperity

by Dr. Roslyn Kunin, public speaker and consulting economist Many political leaders around the world do not prioritize improving their citizens’ lives.

Some are outright autocrats only interested in maximizing their own power and glory.

Putin in Russia comes to mind. Others are kleptocrats, maximizing the amounts they can steal for themselves and their cabals. Some limit their care to their extended family, tribe, or place of origin, a common issue in parts of Africa, to the detriment of the people of that continent.

In Canada, we often elect politicians who believe their primary responsibility is to serve their party and those who voted for them.

Some may even focus primarily on those who provided financial support. How many of these elected officials consider the well-being of the entire nation and work toward its longterm prosperity? Too few.

Although it is not the only measure of our well-being, our material

standard of living is an important component.

We desire a comfortable lifestyle with prices low enough to make it affordable. Rising prices prevent us from achieving this goal.

When it comes to trade, politicians often overlook Canadians’ cost of living. They introduce tariffs and other trade barriers, making essential goods scarcer and more expensive. The most common justification is to protect Canadian jobs, but at what cost?

For example, a bicycle manufacturer saw his business threatened by cheaper imported bicycles. He asked a member of parliament to introduce a tariff on imported bicycles to protect his operation and its jobs. However, the MP looked at the big picture and decided that saving a few hundred jobs in one area was not worth adding $72 to the cost of each bicycle for all Canadian bike riders.

To keep his factory and its jobs, the bike manufacturer would have to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of his operation.

Another example is the dairy industry, which provides essential nutrients that contribute significantly to our health and well-being, especially for children. However, politicians have allowed the interests of fewer than 10,000 dairy farms in Canada to drive up the cost of these vital products for 40 million Canadians.

Our restrictive dairy import policies not only limit our meal options but also affect other sectors. Trading partners often use our dairy import restrictions as a reason to impose limitations on our exports of other products.

Yet another. Electric vehicles (EVs) are currently making headlines. They are considered beneficial, and their purchase has been heavily subsidized to encourage adoption.

EVs help reduce our dependence on gas-guzzling, but cheaper, cars that contribute to global warming. EVs are seen to play a role in achieving our often-stated goal of a cleaner, cooler environment.

China currently pro-

duces electric vehicles (EVs) at a significantly lower cost than anywhere else. However, instead of recognizing these low-cost vehicles as a significant step toward our environmental goals, Canada and the U.S. are both considering imposing punitive tariffs on them, which would raise the cost of these cars for consumers by thousands of dollars. Delaying the adoption of EVs will reduce our standard of living and hinder our ability to meet our environmental goals. There is also no guarantee that the EVs replacing

the Chinese ones will be manufactured in Canada rather than in the U.S., Mexico, or other countries.

To secure a prosperous and sustainable future for Canada, we must demand more from our political leaders. The current trend of prioritizing short-term gains and special interests over the nation’s long-term well-being is unacceptable. We need leaders willing to look beyond immediate electoral cycles and consider the broader impacts of their decisions on all Canadians. This includes addressing

the high cost of living, removing trade barriers that harm consumers, and making informed, forward-thinking choices about our economic and environmental policies.

Only by holding our politicians accountable to these higher standards can we ensure a better quality of life for ourselves and future generations. It’s time for a shift in focus from self-serving politics to genuine public service that benefits all Canadians, both now and in the future.

Canadians want to cut Ottawa’s bureaucracy

by Franco Terrazzano, Canadian Taxpayers Federation Taxpayers know we’re paying for too many paper pushers in the federal government.

A Leger poll commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation shows a plurality of Canadians want to shrink Ottawa’s bureaucracy.

The poll shows 47 per cent of Canadians want to reduce the number of federal bureaucrats. Less than three-in-ten Canadians want to maintain the current number of federal employees.

Only seven per cent of Canadians think the federal government should hire more bureaucrats.

The rest were unsure.

Canadians are right, the federal government is bloated under

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Since Trudeau took office in 2015, his government added 108,793 bureaucrats, bringing the total up to 367,772 federal employees. That’s a 42 per cent increase in less than a decade.

Canada’s population only grew by 14 per cent during that time.

There would be 72,491 fewer federal paper pushers had Trudeau kept growth in the bureaucracy in line with population growth.

The average annual compensation for fulltime federal bureaucrats is $125,300, when pay, pension, and other perks are accounted for, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

That means 72,000 excess bureaucrats cost

taxpayers roughly $9 billion per year. That’s the same amount of money as cutting the first two income tax rates by a percentage point.

The Leger poll also broke down results based on Canadians’ voting intentions.

Seventy-one per cent of Conservative voters want to shrink the federal bureaucracy.

This has big implications.

Polls show the Conservatives are poised to form the next government. Their supporters expect them to shrink Ottawa’s bureaucracy.

“The government does not have a revenue problem, they have a spending problem,” Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre said. “They have nearly doubled

government spending in a decade [and they’ve] added about 50 per cent more bureaucrats.”

Poilievre promises to “fix the budget and bring Canadians the relief they desperately need.” His ability to deliver on that promise will be directly tied to his ability to shrink the bureaucracy.

That’s because the bureaucracy consumes more than half of the federal government’s day-to-day spending.

There is no fixing the budget without cutting the cost of the bureaucracy.

Along with reducing the number of federal paper pushers, Poilievre should also rein in pay and perks.

Trudeau handed out more than one million pay raises in the

last four years alone. If Poilievre is going to end bureaucrat pay raises, he should first commit to ending the pay raises MPs give themselves every year.

Before going on strike last year, federal government unions pointed to “the yearly salary increases of senators and member of Parliament” as a reason bureaucrats should be given more taxpayer cash.

Showing leadership and a willingness to rein in MP pay will go a long way in helping politicians rein in the bureaucracy. In fact, the Harper government showed it would “lead by example” as it froze MP pay between 2010 and 2013.

The government must also stop rewarding

failure with taxpayerfunded bonuses. The feds rubber-stamped more than $1.5 billion in bonuses since 2015.

Ottawa’s bonuses keep flowing despite the PBO finding “less than 50 per cent of [performance] targets are consistently met.”

Poilievre knows this is a problem. He said he would “cancel bonuses for failing government authorities and that would include, for example, the Bank of Canada and the CBC.” Here’s the bottom line: taxpayers pay for too many federal paper pushers. Any politician that wants to fix the budget and cut taxes must shrink the federal bureaucracy.

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Notable Notes Bob Mason

For all the hard feelings between many of the world’s people, one hopes that if that sohated neighbour yelled, “Help!”, many of us would be hard pressed not to rush out and do something.

One reason that I claim to know this stuff is because I remember that guy in the “Forest” the night of February 28, 1945.

We had moved up fairly close to where they were as they moved back toward the Wesel bridge on the Rhine, and in doing so, had lost quite a few men. In a low wooded spot just this side of a ridge that ran right across the “gap”, we dug in and waited for the counterattack that we knew was coming.

A couple of their tanks and an 88 [the Flak 18, 36, 37 and 41, 88 millimetre anti-tank, antiaircraft artillery gun] were firing over the ridge, having a hard time lowering their barrels to get a good shot at us. So, they kept popping away at the big tree trunks 10-feet or so above the ground - with H.E. (High Explosive ammunition) which blew shrapnel all over the place, making things pretty uncomfortable.

Thankfully, night came along and more or less shut down their visual

stuff, but we still knew they were there.

Tanks always have some infantry types with them and these guys tried quite a few things to draw our fire and find out where we were, but one of our sergeants (I think we had two) had told us not to fire back.

They must have had a rough idea where we were though because all of a sudden mortar bombs started falling all around us. We sure stayed pretty low!

It seems silly when I think about it now, but because Y.T. (Yours Truly) didn’t want to get hit on the head by one of them, he dug a hole at the end of his slit trench to stick his neck in when he heard one coming!

Quite a bit of stuff fell, some pretty close, but finally the mortaring stopped and the whole countryside seemed strangely quiet. Then, a very strained plead-

They came from Germany

by Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery This month the Town of Biggar is recognizing the influence in our community by the people who came from Germany, Russia, the Ukraine and other parts of Europe who spoke German.

In the Royden Donahue Gallery, there is our Cultural Mosaic display.

This exhibit represents the people living in Biggar the year it became a town in 1911. Each set of dolls is in the national dress of the countries these people came from.

There is a pair of dolls dressed in German style costumes. Dirndl dress on the female doll and lederhosen (leather shorts) on the male. A good indication that people arrived from Germany sometime in the history of Biggar.

I found a photo in the museum’s photo inventory of Bavarian Days being celebrated in 1979 right here in Biggar.

Bavaria is a state in the southeast of Germany.

There could have been people here from that German state who wanted to celebrate their heritage and culture.

I have been reading through the Biggar history books, A Harvest of

Memories, and I came across a few people who were born in Germany and eventually made their way to farm here in Biggar.

I also went online to discover some interesting things about the people who came here who spoke German.

“It is well known that the majority of Germans who immigrated to Saskatchewan during the homestead era did not emigrate from Germany.

Rather they came from eastern European countries...”, read Mervin Weiss’ “German Immigration to Saskatchewan, a statistical perspective”.

From “An interview with Dr. Alan B. Anderson” (//saskgermancouncil. org).

And its beginning to make sense, if you know your history. Religious persecution, two world wars, a global financial crisis, invasions et cetera, et cetera, displaced thousands, if not millions of people during the major emigration years from Europe to Canada.

The names of families I discovered in the Harvest of Memories were Kolbergs, and Kopps. I know there will be more, but that is all I have seen so far. Please do

not be offended if your family originated from Germany and I haven’t mentioned you. I lived in Germany for a few years, in the Schwartzwald in West Germany.

Yes, I am so old when I was there it was two separate Germanys. Thank goodness that wall went down. I have very fond memories of Bratwurst stands; hot pretzels dipped in mustard and coffee houses.

Some references for understanding the influence of German culture in Canada and the UK. Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband and father of her nine children came from the Coburg, Germany. Many of our Christmas traditions are German in origin. Many of our fairy tales also are German in origin. And we cannot forget about German engineering, known for precision and expertise in the automotive and technology worlds.

Let us celebrate the inclusiveness of our community and maybe dance the polka and enjoy a beer and hot dog to remind ourselves of the influence of the people who came from Germany originally.

In 1979 Biggar celebrated Bavarian Days. Munich is the major city in Bavaria, have you heard of the Hofbrauhuse? Did they re-enact that building here in Biggar at that time? (Photo for The Independent by the Biggar Museum and Gal-

lery)

“Help!”

ing voice came from the dark ... and in perfect English, too!

“H-e-e-e-l-p! I’ve been hit... Somebody please help me!”

It was the cry of a fellow man!

Y.T. was half out of his slit trench when “Bing” pulled him back.

“It’s a trick,” he whispered hoarsely. “Wait ... wait!”

We waited.

“H-e-e-e-l-p!” says the much fainter voice, “I’m hit!”

Suddenly, not too far away, we heard another voice - “Pringlemeir,” I think, “I’m coming! I’m coming!”

Sorry! “Bang” went the grenade! Then silence ... no more strangling voice, no more pleading call for help. As a matter of fact, no more Pringlemeir!

If a call for help will work in a situation like that, surely it will work anywhere in the world!

The pages of history are full of these self-sacrificing deeds that people have done. Part of our human - and I don’t mean “partisan,” I mean “human” - makeup is that “Samaritan” feeling is something we all understand and appreciate. And is it ever confusing to realize that it is man himself who has crawled up beside us in the dark and abused it!

Here’s a thought: Because over and over in our past history, people have been influenced to die as a protest or for a

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cause - and society never seems to run out of volunteers. How much different would it be if they were influenced to die for each other?

And if the troublespots of the world were suddenly to be attacked by some huge natural disaster, surely they would forget their little bickering, and help each other out!

So why not now?

I might be wrong, but it seems to me that for far too long, man has counted on some faroutside opinion to settle his disputes instead of counting on his own knowledgeable self!

All over the world, voices are calling for help, and then taking advantage of our builtin instinct to give it!

I feel sorry for those parts of the world-society that have seemingly “progressed” so far and yet got so used to relegating their troubles to some other side of the world, that they appear almost incapable of governing themselves.

Yet, for all of our faults and confusing plans to take advantage of a human’s basic instinct to help his fellow man, I’ll bet that it a voice in the night called “H-e-ee-l-p!” right now - grenades or not - Pringlemeir would still get up and rush over...

An entry on page 384 of the Regimental history says, “Pringlemeir, Pt. Leo” and 18 others were K.A. (Killed) and a

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further 91 wounded!

Believe it or not! Or, what would you do? I don’t really want to write about this next little bit but I will anyway!

“B” company was off to our left and took an awful beating in the Hochwald Forest.

There were only a few guys left, and some of them were in awful shape. But they stayed, when - quote from page 383 of “Black Yesterdays”, an interview with Acting Major O.C. “B” Coy. “I looked down the slope and there were four of the enemy approaching our position carrying stretchers. They had Red Cross vests on but they walked right by some wounded men and paid no attention whatsoever.

“I said to myself, ‘I don’t like this, there might be Schmeissers (type of German submachine gun, usually the MP 38, 40 and 41) in those stretchers, so I said to the machine gunner (who was killed at Veen a week later) ‘Let them have it!’

“But he said he couldn’t because they were Red Cross men, and If I wanted them shot, to do it myself ... so I did!

“Ten seconds later, a terrible crump of mortars fell right on our position! Oh, they had a plan all right!”

But using Red Crosses?!

6 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK IPSOS says: “more will travel, but many will try to spend less.”

Inflation has been trending down month over month and we all seem to be doing our part to reign in the spending which will help to lower the Canadian Prime Rate - a welcome reprieve to those still holding a variable rate mortgage. The BOC (Bank of Canada) will Christine Ibbotson have three more opportunities to lower the rate Dear Money Lady Read- from 4.5 per cent (Sepers: tember 4, October 23, Most people are tak- and December 11). If all ing summer vacation goes well and they drop this year and actually a quarter point each going somewhere - YES, time, that could bring us according to a Cana- down to 3.75 per cent. dian IPSOS Study (May But if the BOC rate 2024), eight out of 10 is currently at 4.5 per Canadians say they real- cent, why is the Canaly need a holiday this dian Prime rate at 6.7 year. per cent (July 2024)?

While many Canadians Well, the BOC rate feel the urge to travel manipulates the outthis summer, more are come of the rates, but also scaling back their it does so through its vacation plans due involvement with our to inflation. In short, financial institutions. It

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is the Canadian Banks that set the Prime lending rate and here’s how it’s done.

The Prime Rate has always been influenced by the policy interest rate set by the BOC which is also known as the target overnight rate. You see, the Canadian banks process their daily transactions overnight and borrow, trade and transact with each other during closed business hours.

This is called the overnight market that operates much like an automated clearing house, transferring debits and credits between banks nationwide. All financial institutions operate this way during the night cycle to process all money transactions in Canada and around the world. The overnight rate is very important to financial institutions who will aggregate funds and borrow as needed to process and settle internal bank transactions.

In order to process the large number of payments and transactions simultaneously, most institutions will run into issues clearing at the end of each day. Banks may not have enough deposits in a day to cover what needs to go out. Some financial institutions may have sent out more in payments than they received, while others may have received more than they sent out.

This is why the BOC rate is so important.

Evaery night while we sleep, the Canadian banks borrow money from each other in the overnight market at a centralized cost (the BOC overnight lending rate). A financial institution doesn’t always have to borrow or lend to other banks, they can also use the BOC for one night.

These rates vary overnight for deposits and loans to the banks based on the BOC operating

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024 band. raise the rates to force us So why the “banking to spend less and slow financial lesson?” down the economy.

Well, knowing how the We’re almost there. banks transact with one At the end of July, another helps us under- inflation sat at 2.70 per stand why the BOC rate cent. With three more is so important. When potential drops, we are our Canadian banks bor- all hoping Prime will row and lend together, come down to 5.95 per they basically keep our cent by December (the Prime Rate consistent BOC has eight fixed among all financial insti- dates per year where it tutions across the coun- will either raise, lower try. This ensures the or maintain the rate). loan and mortgage rates Most economists predict we pay are based on a we will be under six per unilaterally agreed upon cent by 2025, so fingers Prime Rate (currently crossed, they’re right! at 6.7 per cent) and the Good luck and best interest rates paid on wishes!

GICs are generally the Written by Chrissame across all Cana- tine Ibbotson, author, dian markets. The two finance writer, national per cent BOC threshold radio host, and now on remind us “to keep infla- CTV Morning Live, and tion at two per cent” and CTV News @6, syndithis has always been the cated across Canada.

BOC’s magic number.

Send your money quesBelow two per cent tions (answered free) means they will lower through her website at rates to increase spend- askthemoneylady.ca. ing and increase the economy, above two per cent and they will

Chef Dez on Cooking Getting Back to Basics

CHEF DEZ ON COOKING Chef Dez

Have you ever come across a recipe with an ingredient you didn’t recognize?

What did you do then?

Did you then go on a wild goose chase or just passed on the recipe altogether and moved onto a different one? I guess it would depend on how obscure the ingredient was.

I understand the

answer on Internet is only a few clicks away, but one of my pet peeves is when I come across a recipe that doesn’t lend itself to the average home Chef.

The culinary landscape has changed over the last number of years and will continue to do so, and I also understand the desire for chefs writing these recipes to fill a niche in the market.

However, even more so, I believe that these recipes should be meant to inspire the average home chef by providing descriptions or alternative ingredient suggestions. As a recipe writer myself, I want to make sure that my recipes are approachable by people of all levels of culinary skills.

Before I continue, let me give you an example.

I came across a recipe in a magazine recently for a side dish with one

of the ingredients listed as “haricots vert”. Now because of my experience as a chef, and since I know a bit of French, I realize that these are green beans. Why don’t they just list these as Green Beans? Is it because it sounds fancier, more gourmet perhaps, by listing them as “Haricots Vert?”

The answer is not that simple: Haricots Vert are French Green Beans.

They are longer and thinner than their North American counterpart.

I myself have never seen the label “haricots vert” at my local grocery store or even at specialty produce markets where I live. I have seen however, green beans that were very thin and long, but still labelled as green beans on the bin. Were these actually green beans or haricots vert in disguise due to inept personnel in the produce section? I don’t

think the problem lies with the markets, but with the recipe creators.

The one writing the recipe should include an explanation of any ingredient that may not be recognizable by the average person, and in this specific case also maybe suggest a substitution of North American green beans.

Another view is the marketing aspect of recipes. A recipe may sound more gourmet if the title of the recipe is called “a Bisque” instead of a soup, “a Demiglaze” instead of a gravy, or even “Haricots Vert Almondine” instead of green beans with almonds.

This doesn’t excuse however that the actual ingredient list or the instructions of the recipe can’t be easy to understand.

What would be the harm in that? If anything, it would make the recipe more approach-

able and more people would make it, and if the recipe was any good they would then share it with others. Passing the culinary success of a chef’s recipe onto others is never a bad thing ... in fact one could say it was good marketing.

I chose to focus on haricots vert in this column because it is something that can be easily substituted for. Green beans are definitely not as obscure as other ingredients I have seen such as: sweetbreads (animal glands), foie gras (duck or goose liver), or veal cheeks (self explanatory, but not of the gluteus maximus variety).

Let’s get back to basics and just make recipes and food that tastes good.

By this I don’t mean that we should all be subject to making meatloaf, chicken breasts, and macaroni and cheese the rest of our lives. I think we should all expand

our culinary horizons and boundaries within our means as, to borrow an old cliché, variety is the spice of life. I think we, as chefs and recipe creators, should have it in our visions to include people from all walks of culinary skills in the process of our recipe writing to make it easier for everyone to delve further into the culinary arts.

Lastly, I feel compelled to mention that this is just my opinion, and opinions are like taste buds - everybody has them. Now excuse me as I am off to make some “Macaroni au Fromage” for my children.

Send your food/cooking questions to dez@ chefdez.com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, B.C., V2T 6R4. Chef Dez is a Food Columnist, Culinary Travel Host and Cookbook Author. Visit him at chefdez.com.

Saskatchewan adds nearly 23,000 jobs, leads nation in growth Statistics Canada’s latest labour force numbers show that Saskatchewan added 22,900 new jobs year-over-year in the month of July, ranking second among provinces in terms of percentage change at 3.9 per cent.

This is the largest number of jobs added year-over-year since July 2022.

Saskatchewan has the lowest unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, among provinces at 5.4 per cent, well below the national average of 6.4 per cent.

“Saskatchewan’s lowest in the nation unemployment rate and record job growth continues to demonstrate the strength of our provincial economy,” Immigration and Career Training Minister

Jeremy Harrison said.

“Our government will continue working alongside our job creators and making targeted investments to ensure we are filling the thousands of jobs being created across the province.”

The province led the nation in month-tomonth labour force growth, with seasonally adjusted employment increasing by 6,700 from June 2024, ranking first among provinces in terms of percentage change at 1.1 per cent.

Saskatchewan was the only Western province to see employment growth with only one other province in the country adding jobs.

July 2024 saw alltime historical highs (aged 15 and over), with:

Saskatchewan’s labour force reaching 652,800; Saskatchewan’s full-time employment reaching 514,700; Saskatchewan’s male employment reaching 335,500; and the off-reserve Indigenous population reaching 113,900.

Off-reserve Indigenous employment was up 2,400, an increase of 3.7 per cent and Indigenous youth employment was up 500, an increase of 4.3 per cent compared to July 2023.

Year-over-year, fulltime employment increased by 16,600, an increase of 3.3 per cent, and part-time employment increased by 6,300, an increase of 6.7 per cent. Female employment is up 10,200, an increase of 3.8 per cent, and male

employment up 12,600, an increase of 3.9 per cent.

“These remarkable job numbers translate into opportunity and prosperity for people here in Saskatchewan and a bright future for our young people,” said Harrison. “As government we have worked very hard with our job creators and entrepreneurs to create the conditions for economic growth and success. And it’s worked.

The population has grown by nearly 250,000 people since 2007 and 100,000 new jobs have been created. People can build their lives, their businesses, and raise their families right here in Saskatchewan with confidence about their future.”

Saskatchewan’s two biggest cities also saw major year-over-year growth. Compared to July 2023, Regina’s employment was up 2,700, an increase of 1.8 per cent, and Saskatoon’s employment was up 7,900, an increase of 3.9 per cent.

Major year-over-year gains were reported in wholesale and retail trade, up 7,200, an increase of 7.5 per cent; educational services, up 5,200, an increase of 13.3 per cent; and healthcare and social assistance, up 3,900, an increase of 4.2 per cent.

Saskatchewan’s economy continues to see growth across several other categories. The province’s retail trade sales value and building construction investment

for May 2024 (seasonally adjusted) increased by 6.1 per cent and 12.9 per cent, respectively, when compared to May 2023.

Saskatchewan currently has the lowest rate of inflation according to the June 2024 Consumer Price Index release, at 1.4 per cent.

The strong labour force numbers are supported by the province’s recently released Building the Workforce for a Growing Economy: The Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy, which outlines how the province will ensure Saskatchewan people benefit from the jobs our economy is creating, and that Saskatchewan employers have access to the workforce needed to succeed.

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Where’s the food come from?

Agriculture Calvin Daniels

by Calvin Daniels It is of course a wellunderstood reality that increasingly the consumers of food have little direct connection to the farms and farmers that produce the food.

It’s a situation which was not so long ago a situation involving those living in large urban centres; Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, but today you would find many in smaller cities; Yorkton,

Prince Albert, Weyburn, who have no connection to a farm, have never set foot on one.

It’s a situation written about in this space before, and will be again, because it is a concerning evolution of a disconnect between food producers and many food consumers.

So anytime there are efforts to bridge that growing chasm of separation those involved need to be applauded.

Efforts such as student tours at Harvest Showdown in Yorkton, or Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, or ‘Pizza Farm’ projects that have students learning where the ingredients of pizza come from, are excellent examples of trying to educate youngsters about where food originates.

That brings us to Saskatchewan Open Farm Days, a program launched by Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan in partnership

with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and Tourism Saskatchewan, which saw producers across the province invite people to tour their operations to learn a bit more about how farmers farm.

“This event is designed to foster a deeper connection between Saskatchewan’s residents, its vibrant agricultural sector and agritourism,” detailed an early release on the effort.

The event, held this past weekend promised “an immersive experience, offering a unique blend of educational, culinary, and hands-on agricultural engagements.

Bill Prybylski and family farm near Willowbrook, raising a variety of field crops on more than 10,000 acres, and calving near 200 cows.

They were one of the farms involved, because Bill Prybylski said it’s important to build connections which tell the

August Oil and Gas public offering generates $7.2 Million The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown petroleum and natural gas public offering, held on Tuesday, August 6, raised $7,208,879.51 for the province, with the Estevan area generating the most revenue.

One hundred and eight parcels were posted for this offering, and 96 parcels received acceptable bids. These bids covered 14,374.288 hectares.

The Estevan area generated the most revenue, bringing in $4,716,387.14 for 68 leases totalling 5,709.704 hectares.

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The Lloydminster area generated the next-highest amount of revenue, generating $1,678,241.23 for 19 leases totalling 3,803.133 hectares.

Bids in the Kindersley area brought in $814,251.14 in revenue for nine leases totalling 4,861.451 hectares.

The highest bonus bid went to Saturn Oil and Gas Inc., which offered $895,408.90 for a 441.778 hectare lease located north of Stoughton. The bid works out to $2,026.83 per hectare.

Millennium Land (444) Ltd. made the highest dollars-per-hectare bid, offering $7,217.54 per hectare for a 32.410 hectare lease located west of the village of Frobisher and bidding a total of $233,920.47 for the lease.

After three public offerings this fiscal year, government has raised $30,077,586.23 in revenue. There are six scheduled public offerings each fiscal year. The next scheduled offering in Saskatchewan is October 1, 2024.

real story of farming. He said there are unfortunately a lot of misinformation these days, and producers need to take the time to tell the real story of how they do their best to provide safe and nutritious food for all. If that effort means hosting a weekend where people could climb on a wagon and visit crops in the field, and cows and calves on pasture, he said it is an effort he was glad to make, and will again.

The Prybylski family, and all the other produc-

ers involved with Open Farm Days are deserving of a huge pat on the back for their efforts.

Hopefully the effort

will be undertaken again in 2025, with more people taking advantage of a chance to reconnect with those who feed us all.

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by Trudy and Dale Buxton We continue our final leg of what is proving to be a great Alberta trip.

We have just left Irma and are now heading into the Town of Wainwright.

Did you know that the town of Wainwright was originally called

Denwood? Denwood was settled by settler James Dawson in 1905.

When the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway came through, they didn’t like the placement of Denwood, and started a new community three miles northwest of Denwood naming this new community,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024 Wainwright after General William Wainwright who was the second vice-president of the railway at the time.

Denwood opened a post office and a hotel in 1907 and later relocated to Wainwright in 1908.

From that point on, Wainwright became the location of choice.

What was once the townsite of Denwood would later become CFB Wainwright.

Wainwright soon became a bustling community and is still growing today, with a population of a little over 6,600 people.

The railroad has played a very important part of this community and is the divisional point for

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the Canadian National Railway mainline that connects the railway with Edmonton in the West and points to the East. The railway station is also served by Via Rail.

After the decline of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, Wainwright continued to be an important stopping point for the railway which spurred a quick growth of the community. The railroad serves as the major hub for agriculture in the community and surrounding area. If you are looking for a great photo opportunity there is a fantastic railroad trestle that is 2,775-feet long and 195-feet high.

It overlooks the nearby Battle River Valley.

Wainwright was incorporated as a town in 1910. Along with agriculture, oil and gas, which were discovered in 1921, have become a very important industry for Wainwright.

Buffalo feature prominently on Wainwright’s town sign, and Buffalo National Park, which was established in 1907 on a 160-acre piece of property, is south of the community. This park was established to preserve the now endangered buffalo.

The area was fenced and stocked with buffalo from Montana. The buffalo grew to great numbers and in 1921 there was a round-up where excess buffalo were shipped 1/4 Page to different parts of the country, while others were slaughtered to keep the herd’s bloodline strong.

The annual round-ups continued until 1939, upon which the park was turned over to the Department of National Defence. The buffalo were then transferred to other locations. By this time the park had

Wainwright Memorial Clock Tower produced nearly 40,000 head of Buffalo.

Today, Wainwright is known as the Buffalo Capital of Canada, and has the largest North American bison statue in Canada.

The park, because of its rugged landscape, was converted into a military training camp, and became known as Camp Wainwright.

Did you know that this camp was used as a Prisoner of War facility during the Second World War? It “hosted” as many as 1,000 German Officers.

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Wainwright Hotel is always a good place to eat and have a rest, and while you are downtown, take a picture of the Memorial Clock Tower, which is always a favourite.

Wainwright also plays host to the third largest rodeo in Canada, which happens in June annually.

Glen Sather, former NHL player, coach, general manager, and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, calls Wainwright home.

Stay tuned for more of the Saskatchewan Traveller.

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Working without a net ... Biggar Fire Department members practice their high-ladder rescue techniques with their ladder truck at the Rack’s new facility, Monday. The “rescue” was a surprise for most of the members as a scenario was done in conjunction with Biggar EMS members.

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SARM announces President changeover will take place this month

Rachael Marie deHaan convocated from U. of S. with a degree in Bioinformatics, with Great Distinction. She also received an award for having the highest average in every class she took. She is the daughter of Michael and Lisa (Brown) deHaan, and oldest grandchild of Adrian and BarbaraAnn deHaan.

The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) confirms that Ray Orb will be stepping down from his role as President at the end of August 2024. The Acting President will be William (Bill) Huber, SARM’s current Vice President.

Orb, elected to the SARM board in 2004, says the decision not to finish out his term comes after 20 years of dedicated service, good timing, and a desire to start experiencing life in a different way.

“After 20 years of proudly serving SARM, the timing just feels right,” says Orb. “Since announcing back in March that I wouldn’t be seeking re-election, the transition has gone so smoothly that there wasn’t any real reason

to delay stepping down.

SARM is in incredibly capable hands with Bill Huber as Acting President, and I’m looking forward to more family time, so it just makes sense.”

The official search for an elected President will begin in January 2025 and conclude with an election during the SARM Annual Convention in March 2025. All nominees for President must be elected officials in a rural municipality. Until then, Bill Huber is confident stepping into the role and is looking forward to the challenge.

“My passions in life are people, rural Saskatchewan, and farming,” says Huber, “so I couldn’t be more honoured to step into this acting position.

Ray Orb Having held the role of Vice President for the last four years, I know firsthand what a great leader Ray Orb is and how significant his contributions have been. It’s my privilege to continue that work.”

As for Orb, he’s looking back - and forward - with immense gratitude.

“It’s been a tremendous privilege to listen to and learn from all the people I’ve worked with and represented.

That strength of community and pride in rural Saskatchewan is something I took with me everywhere I went.

That’s something that will never change.”

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United 4-H celebrates one year

by United 4-H Beef Club Reporter, Christopher Bomok The United 4-H Beef Club had an incredible first year together.

Lots of laughs were shared, new friendships created, friends reunited, and lasting childhood memories were made.

The members wrapped up the year with their Achievement Day on June 2 in Perdue with judge Kurtis Reid attending.

Starting off the day was the 4-H pledge, a group photo then right into the judging class with all members judging three cows that were projects this year. Winning the judging class in the Intermediate division was Davin Dehr, and Junior winner was Evelyn Custer.

Our next class was the Grooming competition.

Weston Scott won the Cloverbud award, Junior winner 1st place was Evelyn Custer, 2nd place was Jase Kolenosky.

1st place Intermediate grooming was awarded to Katie Kolenosky, 2nd place to Davin Dehr.

Heifer class had a beautiful group or females that the judge commented was an extremely strong set as a group. Grand Champion

went to Katie Kolenosky with her heifer, Lulu, and Reserve Champion went to Christopher Bomok with his heifer, Davis.

Two-year old cow/calf pair: 1st place went to Christopher Bomok with his cow, Bridget and her bull calf, Magnum; 2nd in class went to Davin Dehr with his cow, Bessie and her heifer calf, Jessie.

Three-year old cow/ calf pair: 1st place went to Davin Dehr with his cow, Fringe and her heifer calf Teeny.

Judge Kurtis Reid then called in all the Champion females from the heifer class and cow/calf classes to declare his Overall Female Champions of the day. The Overall Grand Champion female of our club went to Katie Kolenosky with her stunning heifer, Lulu, and Reserve Champion went to Davin Dehr with his tremendous cow, Fringe and big heifer calf at side, Teeny.

We then went right into our Steer Division starting with the lightweight class. 1st place went to Katie Kolenosky with her steer, Stewie. 2nd place went to Jase Kolenosky with his steer, Little Mac. Heavy Weight Class: 1st Place went to Morgan

Fyson with her steer, Teddy, and 2nd place went to Christopher Bomok with his steer, Moose.

Top two steers in both classes then came back for Overall Champion and Reserve Champion where Morgan Fyson and Teddy were slapped Grand Champion Market steer of the club, and Reserve Champion Market Steer went to Christopher Bomok and Moose.

All the members with Home Grown Steers came back in to compete against one another and Chloe Dehr was awarded 1st place with her steer, Goose.

Grand Aggregate of our Achievement Day with the highest points of the day was awarded to Davin Dehr. High Point Cloverbud was awarded to Weston Scott.

Record Book winners were: Weston Scott in the Clover Bud age group. Evelyn Custer was 1st place for Juniors, and Chloe Dehr won 1st place in the Intermediate age group.

Following our show was an incredible potluck shared with friends and family followed by awards and a water fight.

The members had a

day off before heading down to Kerrobert, June 4-5 where they would attend their Regional Show against 56 club members in seven other beef clubs: Kerrobert, Major, Ridpath, Handel, Unity, Crystal Springs and Bea Bank.

Record Book Winners at Club level took their books to represent their club and competed Regional level where Evelyn Custer won 1st place Junior with her first year record book.

First class of the day was the Junior Team Grooming competition.

Jase Kolenosky, Weston Scott and Evelyn Custer placed 1st in their class.

Intermediate Team Grooming: 1st place went to Katie Kolenosky, Chloe Dehr and Morgan Fyson; 2nd place went to Davin Dehr and Christopher Bomok.

Intermediate Judging: 1st place, Katie Kolenoksy.

After our grooming classes, the members all took care of their chores and fancied up for the Banquet and Awards night. We had a lovely supper, followed by a guest speaker on farm safety, and a dance.

Everyone had a great time.

Our second day at

Regionals started off with our Heifer Classes.

In the Charolais class, Christopher Bomok was 1st in class. All other breeds: 1st place went to Katie Kolenosky; 2nd place to Evelyn Custer.

Best pair of heifers: 1st place went to Christopher Bomok and Evelyn Custer.

Grand Champion Heifer was awarded to Katie Kolenosky with Lulu and Reserve Champion Heifer was awarded to Christopher Bomok and Davis.

Next we had the 2-year-old cow/calf pairs compete against one another.

Christopher Bomok took Reserve Champion pair with Bridget and Magnum.

The 3-year-old cow/calf pairs then competed where Davin Dehr took Grand Champion 3-year-old cow/calf pair with Fringe and Teeny.

Grand Champion Supreme Female of the entire show went to Katie Kolenosky with her heifer, Lulu, and Reserve Supreme Champion of the day went to Davin Dehr with his 3-yearold cow/calf pair, Fringe and Teeny.

Junior Showmanship: 1st Evelyn Custer.

Intermediate Showmanship: 1st (split)

Katie Kolenosky.

I n t e r m e d i a t e Showmanship: 1st place in the 2nd split, Chloe Dehr.

Market Steer classes.

Class 2: Katie Kolenoksy 1st. Class 5: Jase Kolenosky 2nd. Class 6: Morgan Fyson 1st; Christopher Bomok 2nd.

Best Pair of Market steers: Morgan Fyson and Christopher Bomok 1st.

Grand Champion Market steer was awarded to Morgan Fyson and Teddy.

Reserve Champion Market Steer went to Christopher Bomok and Moose.

The Steer sale followed the show where our members all found buyers for their projects and got them sold averaging a great price to finish off their day. The Kerrobert Ag Society did a wonderful job putting on such a great show and we would like to thank them for a job well done.

Also Thank you to all our friends, families, and Sponsors who helped make this 1st year such a great success. We can’t wait to get back at it in the fall!

Have a safe and fun filled summer everyone!

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Canada: Small population, big medal haul

Penton On Sports Bruce Penton

It’s no surprise that the world’s athletic powers, the United States and China, stood atop the medal standings when the Paris Olympic Games concluded August 11.

But Canada’s bestever medal haul of 27, based on population, was sixth for per-capita medals behind New Zealand (20 medals from a country with 5.3 million people ... one medal for every 265,000 people), Australia (53 medals, 27 million population (one medal per 500,000 citizens), the Netherlands, which finished sixth overall with 34 total medals (one medal per 529,000 people), Great Britain

(one medal per one million people) and Italy (one per approximately 1.4 million).

Disappointingly for our friends to the south, the United States was well back, winning one medal per approximately 2.66 million people.

Canada’s athletes were outstanding, with our country’s 27 medals, including nine golds, working out to one medal per 1.5 million people.

That’s nearly twice as good as the Americans’ total.

They say statistics are for losers, but numbers don’t lie. A country with a huge population like the United States, 342 million, can’t help but pile up the medals because it has so many more athletes from which to choose. China, which finished second in total medals with 91, has a population of about 1.4 billion, so its per-capital medal haul - one per 15.3 million people - was miserable.

The bulk of Canada’s medal success came in the pool, with Summer McIntosh the individual leader with three golds and one silver. Our

country’s top hammer throw athletes - Camryn Rogers and Ethan Katzberg - both won gold and transformed Canada into the Hammer Throw Capital of the World. Canada’s other gold medals came from Christa Deguchi in women’s 57 kg judo, the 4x100-metre relay team, Phil (Wizard) Kim in breaking, and Katie Vincent in women’s sprint canoe.

Other Canadian silver medals were won by the women’s rugby sevens team, the women’s eight rowing team, weightlifter Maude Charron, Marco Arop in the men’s 800-metres, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson in beach volleyball, and swimmer Josh Liendo.

Eleven bronze medals also came back to Canada - in fencing, synchronized diving, swimming (three bronze medals), trampoline, mixed doubles tennis, boxing, pole vault, women’s canoeing and women’s taekwondo (57 kilograms).

Canada didn’t really start to make its mark as a solid Olympic threat

until the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, the Games that were boycotted by many of the world’s Communist countries in retaliation for the 1980 boycott of the Moscow Games by the West. Canadian athletes won 44 medals (asterisk) that year but had racked up between 10 and 24 every year since. This year’s 27 sets a new benchmark.

The Montreal Olympics of 1976 was painful for the Maple Leaf athletes, getting blanked in the gold medal category and emerging as the only host country in history to not win a single gold.

Not counting 1984, Canada’s previous best gold-medal years came in 1992 and 2021 (the 2020 Games that were pushed back a year because of COVID-19), with seven.

Our overall medal total of 27 is impressive - 12th overall.

Per-capita, though, we’re sixth. Even more impressive.

• Jon Greenberg of The Athletic, during the Chicago White Sox historic losing streak: “The White Sox lose and lose and lose, and they’ve

Biggar U13 take Provincial title

Biggar U13 baseball team made the long trek to Estevan to compete in Tier 5 Provincials.

They were unstoppable all weekend, defensively and offensively, going undefeated all weekend long. Coaches throughout the weekend would ask who Biggar picked up and if there were tryouts.

The answer was “No.” Most teams we played either picked up from other communities or had tryouts. The small but mighty Biggar squad just went with the 11 that said they wanted to go. This is all thanks to an incredible coaching staff who has been on a mission for the past few years with these hard

working fellas.

Game 1: Biggar 10 versus Ballcarres 4.

Game 2: Biggar 14 versus Estevan 3. Game 3: Biggar 16 versus Carrot River 9. Game 4: Biggar 12 versus Gravelburg 2.

Game 5 (final): Biggar 12 versus Prince Albert 1.

Congratulations to Dryden Harrabek, Callan Ireland, Mason Poitras,

Bryson Dearing, Seamus Winsor, Rowan Taylor, Yadin Scott, Gavin Dorosh, Jyles Poletz, Levi Barber, Xander Hebert, Hayden Didyk, Brayden McKinley, Wyatt Redlich. Coaches: Matt Poitras, Dion Harrabek, Kelly Dorosh, Heath Trayhorne, Mike Scott.

gotten so much practice, they now might be the best to ever do it.”

• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.): “Jim Harbaugh’s vigorous public denial of knowing anything about Michigan’s sign-stealing scheme would have impressed Sgt. Schultz.”

• Another one from Molinaro: “Another twist in the further monetization of college sports has Miami recording star Pitbull purchasing the naming rights to Florida International’s football stadium for $6 million.

For the next five years, FIU will play in Pitbull Stadium.”

• Headline at the Beaverton, in recognition of Canada’s two gold medals in the hammer throw: “Canadian tradition of giving children hammers at birth pays off.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “In Dante’s Inferno, Satan is quoted as saying ‘It is better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.’

Would someone please pass that on to Nathan Rourke?”

• Headline at fark.com: “You’d think they’d stop the Swim the Paris Sewer event at the Olympics by now after another athlete falls ill.”

• Another one from fark. com: “Following recordtying losing streak, White Sox close the barn door, fire Pedro GrifLOL” • Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: “There’s nothing wrong with 3X3 basketball as a sport. It’s something you should play in the park with your friends. It’s just not an Olympic sport.”

• Another one from Simmons: ”Every Olympics, in my view, should have women’s softball and men’s baseball. How those rank below break dancing, pairs race walking, rock climbing and surfing is beyond me.”

• A third Olympic crack from Simmons, after Canada won gold in both men’s and women’s hammer throw: “For the record, have you ever known anyone who threw hammers? Other than at IKEA instructions?”

• Care to comment?

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Be Bear Aware This Summer Summer is a great time for people to be outdoors, enjoying the weather and all that nature has to offer in our beautiful province.

However, it’s also an important time for black bears to maintain and build their fat stores in preparation for winter.

Black bears are common across much of Saskatchewan, and it is normal to see black bears in the wild.

They are intelligent and ruled by their stomachs; if they cannot find food in one area, they will move along to another. You can reduce the likelihood of humanbear conflict by keeping spaces such as yards and campsites free of attractants like garbage, un-cleaned barbecues, bird feeders and pet food.

If you come across a bear, stay calm and enjoy your sneak peek of nature at work. In most cases the bear will already be moving on. However, keep yourself and bears safe by remembering these important tips: • Hike in groups and let bears know you are in the area by talking, singing or carrying a bell when you are hiking.

• Never feed or approach a bear or cubs.

• Stay calm - don’t run!

• If you must pass a bear, make a wide detour, back away - speaking firmly and calmly - and don’t look directly at the bear.

• Move toward a vehicle, building, tree, rock or other cover.

• Do not climb a tree; black bears are excellent climbers.

• If the bear continues to approach, drop an article of clothing such as a jacket or hat to distract the bear.

• Get out your bear spray and prepare to use it.

• In most cases, black bears will threaten but not attack. If attacked, defend yourself; do not play dead.

If a bear or any other wildlife poses an immediate risk to people’s safety, call 911.

To report an encounter with aggressive wildlife, call the Turn in Poachers and Polluters (TIPP) line at 1-800-667-7561.

Concerns regarding bears or other nuisance wildlife can be reported to the Ministry of Environment by calling 1-800-567-4224 or e-mail center.inquiry@ gov.sk.ca.

Further information about bears and bear safety is available at saskatchewan.ca/ wildlife-issues.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23/Dec 21

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aries, you hold the key to success right now, so everyone wants to be in your corner. Take things in stride and maintain your focus while accepting all the support.

Taurus, it is important that you streamline your workflow this week; otherwise, you may not meet the deadlines imposed upon you. Start implementing a new strategy.

This is the week to take the road less traveled, Gemini.

Blaze your own trail, get out into the wilderness and possibly expand your horizons. A spontaneous idea like this can pay dividends.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

An important relationship could be coming to an end for you, Leo. You could try to salvage things, but you have to look at the bigger picture and determine if it is good to move on.

Virgo, you have been coasting along without a firm direction for too long at this point. While it may have been working for you, you will soon fare better with a more concrete plan.

Be mindful of other people’s situations before you engage with them, Libra.

What may be a good time for you will not necessarily be ideal for those around you.

2 col/6 SCORPIO –

Oct 24/Nov 22

Cancer, someone in your Scorpio, someone in your social circle could be shield- life has proven worthy of ing the truth and it may more attention. Give this Brett… frustrate you. But you can’t person a little extra love in come out and accuse this the days to come, and diperson without proof. Step rect your focus to having a Price…

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commitment.

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Social activities seemingly bloom around you this week, Sagittarius. There could be so much going on that you don’t know where to get started. Perhaps let friends lead the festivities.

Remember, Capricorn, others are not just listening to what you say, they are reading into your actions.

Make sure you are genuine in both your words and gestures this week.

This week you may have to take the first step in rekindling an important relationship, Aquarius. Are you ready to be the catalyst?

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

There is not much you can do about financial issues, Pisces. Make an effort to start spending less, which may be the catalyst for a real examination of your budget.

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Hi Leah Kenneth Reid Covey…

July 29, 1918 - Aug.13, 2004

Alma Dorothy Covey…

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Everyone Welcome!

Price: $$75.97 plus $3.80 gst = $79.77 for publication on St. Gabriel roman CatholiC ChurCh Thursday, August 14.

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“At the rising sun and at its going down we remember them At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of the winter we remember them.

At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring we remember them.

At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of the summer we remember them.

At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of the autumn we remember them.

At the beginning of the year and when it ends we remember them.

As long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us. As we remember them.

When we are weary and in need of strength we remember them.

When we are lost and sick at heart we remember them.

When we have decisions that are difficult to make we remember them.

When we have joy we crave to share we remember them.

When we have achievements that are based on theirs we remember them.

For as long as we live, they too will live, for they are now a part of us.

As we remember them.

“We all miss you so much.” …Love always, Leah

MAIN STREET MARKET 115 Main Street Biggar, SK 306-948-3337

St.Pauls Anglican 205 4th Ave. E

Redeemer Lutheran 319 7th Ave. E

Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Holidays AUGUST 25, ST.PAULS ANGLICAN

Rev. Daphne Bender Pastor’s cellular Phone: 1-306-621-9559 Office Phone: 306-948-3731 (Messages are forwarded to Pastor’s phone immediately)

Biggar associated gospel church 312 - 8th Ave.W. and corner of Quebec St., Biggar Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

All are welcome to come and join us

Biggar United ChUrCh

The Howard Powell Reunion Committee would like to thank Regal Motors of Rosetown for the kind donation to the reunion

BIGGAR MUSEUM

How is your gardening growing this year?

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Will you be making relishes, jams, jellies, chutneys, pickles, etc. and homemade crafts.

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Tired of running out of ink.?

REGULAR SERVICES SUNDAY 11:00 am Minister Dale Worrall Inquires Call Church Office 306-948-2280 Leave Message

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SATURDAY SERVICES BIBLE STUDY 10:00a.m.

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McPhee (117pt) 15-17 Boys - Kieran Massie (107pt) 18t Boys - Cody Doering (212pt) Dedicated Junior Girls - Heidi Kramer Boys- Emmett Reddekopp

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