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‘Man Behind Handsome’ hits number 3 on Sask. Booksellers list You never write a book, dreaming of awards upon the mantelpiece. You write because it is in you, a part of who you are, a story that needs to be communicated.

For Pat Trask, ‘The Man Behind Handsome’, a deeply personal narrative of life with an abusive father, receiving recognition by hitting number 3 on the 2013 Saskatchewan

Mist Music . . . Jessi Gilchrist emerges from a cloud enveloping the Majestic Theatre stage, Saturday as the Mark Kleiner Songbook concert

Booksellers non-fiction list, has justified the personal expense of a very difficult period in her life.

“It was a really nice surprise when I got that e-mail,” Trask describes the

moment upon learning the recognition. The acclaim has come as a result of some serious soul-searching.

“When I finally decided, ‘Yes, I’m going to go ahead and write it’, was to expose

played to an enthusiastic full house. The concert raised money for the theatre. See Page 2 for more. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles coming to Biggar P rairie

Wo m e n o n Snowmobiles are making Biggar a stop on their 2014 tour in their efforts to find a cure for breast cancer.

This group of dedicated volunteers (and enthusiastic sledders!) will ride their snowmobiles into Biggar at noon on February 1, stopping for lunch at the Biggar United Church, taking an opportunity to invite anyone to join them in support of their ‘Ride for the Cure’.

The 1,800 kilometre tour, starting in Prince Albert and travelling through Martensville, Kindersley, Swift Current, Caronport, White City, Humboldt, Kelvington, concluding eight days later in Nipawin, with many other stops inbetween, promotes early detection of breast cancer and breast self-exams, and raises money for breast cancer research. Sledders

join the women at various communities along the route in support of this great cause and also to help them promote safe

snowmobiling.

On the stops, the ladies listen to stories from cancer survivors and families of breast cancer victims,

laughing a little, crying a lot, making lifelong friends along the way.

Join these ladies and their pit crew for lunch

at the Biggar United Church, share their stories, and support this great endeavour. See Coming Events for full details.

Icy conditions puts Sun West school bus in ditch, on its side - no injuries On

January 15 at 8:50 a.m. a Sun West School Division bus was travelling east on a rural gravel road approximately 10 kilometres north of Biggar.

Road conditions were extremely icy.

The 48 passenger bus had seven school aged children on it at the time and was en route to school in Biggar. The driver of the bus lost control on the icy road and slid into a ditch.

The bus then pitched on to its side.

Officials from Sun West School Division attended.

There were no injuries

sustained by the children or driver. No medical attention was required.

The parents of the children were notified by the school division and arrangements were made for another bus to transport the children to school. All children attended school.

The bus was travelling well below the speed limit.

Icy road conditions resulted in the collision. RCMP have been in contact with Sun West School Division officials.

The police investigation has concluded.

Sun West School officials suspended bus activities in

the Biggar and Landis area for the remainder of the day due to slippery road conditions and gusting winds. It was anticipated that buses in Biggar and Landis would be operating

the following day.

RCMP are reminding the public to be mindful of temperature fluctuations as this has a direct impact on all road surfaces.

t h o s e men or women w h o abuse t h e i r families.

Beyond that, I Pat Trask didn’t have any ambitions. The bonus for writing the book was how many people it has helped - I can’t believe the response in e-mails and letters I get from people,” Trask described.

“Some people even say ‘I don’t know how you and your sisters survived. But the main theme I get in the e-mails [and letters] is ‘thank God you had the courage to write the book’.”

Third in non-fiction is a justification for choosing to write the story, to consciously and deliberately delve back and air personal accounts that most people would sooner bury with denial and falsehoods.

The third place comes from total book sales. Trask quietly points out that it doesn’t include the books she has sold on her own at trade and craft fairs, personal appearances.

“It has really sold well.

I’m just delighted.”

“When I picked up my first printing and was driving home, had spent all that money and had all these books in my van, I thought ‘What if nobody buys one?’,” she explains, relieved laughter plainly evident.

“I’m selling the tail end of my third printing! I’m entering some categories and won’t know until the 17th of February if I receive any awards on that. But if I win, that will certainly will mean yes, you better order another printing!”

‘The Man Behind Handsome’ is still for sale at The Independent, and book sellers province-wide.

S’now big thing for these guys . . . Town of Biggar crews patrolled the streets, smoothing out the ruts and drifts - a seemingly never ending job. It’s one they do very well - give them a pat on the back for what they do other communities should be so lucky! (Independent Photo

by Kevin Brautigam)

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

‘Songbook’ raises bucks for Majestic Theatre The Mark Kleiner Songbook show hit the stage at the Majestic Theatre, Saturday to a packed house of eager supporters. No one was disappointed as people went away tapping toes, smiles abundant.

The concert’s namesake, Mark Kleiner (above, right) guitar in hand, took the audience on a musical journey of the songs he’s given life to and some favourites, all with help from performers in the community. The concert opened with local band Czar Bomba (top right) - the power foursome setting the stage and an evening musical voyage of hearty entertainment, fun and joy, with all proceeds going to the Majestic Theatre.

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Biggar & District Credit Union asks members to support current tax rates Biggar and District Credit Union announced it is requesting the support of its members in lobbying the provincial government to maintain the current tax level for Saskatchewan credit unions.

In April 2013 the federal government announced changes to the federal tax regime that will result in a four per cent increase in income tax over five years for Canadian credit unions. Currently, the provincial government is considering its options and could result in some credit unions paying approximately 10 per cent in additional income taxes. Changes to federal and provincial taxation for credit unions could result in credit unions being taxed at a higher effective rate than banks.

“Credit unions are fundamentally different from banks in a number of ways,” says Bill Hammel CEO for Biggar and District Credit Union.

“If you took all the credit unions in Canada, we are not even the size of the smallest of the big five banks. In Saskatchewan, credit unions raise capital through retained earnings and do not issue shares like banks. As cooperatives, we are owned and democratically controlled by our members and our focus is on our local communities.

Any profit made is used either to upgrade our ability to deliver services or contribute to our communities. Increased taxation or removal of tax credits would directly affect the ability of all credit unions to contribute to the

Flight for life . . . STARS Air Ambulance gets the go to land from a Biggar firefighter near the Biggar Hospital, Friday. The iconic red helo landed in the empty CN area just south of the hospital, prompting Biggar firefighters to direct traffic as STARS Saskatchewan economy and the well-being of their communities.”

Biggar and District Credit Union is asking its members to use their voices in requesting the provincial government to keep tax at current levels. Members can do

so through an online petition, postcards, letters and e-mails available at saskcu. com, or come in to the either the Biggar or Perdue branch and sign a petition.

The Biggar and

personnel readied a patient for a lifesaving flight.

Check out biggarindependent.ca this Friday for a sequence of pictures of the unique event. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

District Credit Union was founded in 1949 by members in the Biggar area to meet a need for affordable financial services. Since that time it has grown to have assets of $144,958,338 serving 4,654 members.

In 2013, it returned $94,012 in the form of charitable contributions to its local communities and $287,000 in the form of patronage contribution and dividends to its members.

for the Last Twenty and Headwaters, Prairieography is the earnest travelogue of a wandering troubadour, and the realization that creativity is rarely a bolt

of lightning.

Del Barber plays at the Biggar Majestic Theatre, Saturday, January 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available at de Moissac Jewellers.

Del Barber hits The Majestic, Saturday

Del Barber (submitted photo) Roots musician Del Barber brings a unique show to the Majestic Theatre this Saturday, all in support of his latest offering, ‘Prairieography’.

The fourth show in the Biggar and District Arts Council concert season, Barber will hit the stage at 7:30 p.m.

Barber grew up in the Canadian Prairies, and

the landscape is as much a part of him as the people he has met along the way.

From the fertile Red River Valley to the pastures of the West, straight into the factory floors and slaughter houses of the city, Barber’s fourth album, Prairieography, is born out of a love for his home, its people and their stories.

Recorded at Empire Recording in Winnipeg, the album is blanketed in warmth, subtle textures and true-to-life imperfections; the rhythm section was captured live to analogue tape and uses audio sounds from combines and augers.

In an effort to take his creative process to new heights, Barber undertook a painstaking approach to achieve an organic sound. The reverb was recorded inside a 150foot grain silo.

“We had to disassemble the studio, scale the

walls of the silo, hang microphones and a speaker,” Barber describes. “We amplified the instrument, like the pedal steel, into the silo and recorded again, then the track would have to be synched up with the song.”

Barber sings from the heart about his roots, telling tales from the road, and offering incredibly personal and sincere observations of the world around him.

There is an unexpected blend of old-time country and Cajun boogie on “Living With A Long Way to Go”, however Barber maintains his characteristic storytelling style with “Farewell, God Bless You, Goodbye,” a story about a young man trying to escape the hum of the city. “Walking In A Straight Line,” written in the present tense, chronicles a trip he took to the Yukon from Winnipeg via the Rockies.

Barber has emerged as one of the next wave in this country’s proud tradition of songwriting talent. The follow-up to his award-winning albums Love Songs

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

SK: Keep pushing Mr. Premier

by Colin Craig, Saskatchewan Taxpayers Federation Twenty-three year old Kristi Cunningham is ready to take on a whole new Saskatchewan – one that’s completely different than the Saskatchewan her parents grew up in.

You see, when Kristi was a youngster, her parents had to pay a seven per cent provincial sales tax on her Barbies, her school supplies and the ice cream she received on special occasions.

Now when Kristi goes to buy university supplies, clothes and ice cream, she only has to pay five per cent on those goods.

Even better, she can now earn over $15,000 a year before paying provincial income taxes. That means Kristi can work part-time and cover the cost of her tuition, a modest car and other incidentals without having to worry about the provincial taxman trying to take her money.

Without changes by the Saskatchewan government, she would have started to pay tax after her income hit $10,000 or so and racked up more student debt.

The average family in Saskatchewan is doing much

better than a decade years ago.

A lot of credit goes to the Brad Wall government for reducing taxes, paying off debt and encouraging investment in the province. Hands down, the Wall team is running one of the best governments in the country right now.

However, the former NDP government contributed to the “Saskaboom” as well – largely by bringing in more competitive rates that companies are charged when they pull resources like potash and oil out of the ground.

Reducing the sales tax was a nice touch too!

Alberta is still beating Sask taxpayers when it comes to income taxes, school taxes, debt levels and they don’t have a sales tax at all.

The Wall government has its sights set on reducing the business tax, which is good, but it should keep reducing the small business tax too. It also needs to reduce personal income tax rates and try and chip away at school taxes to close the gap with Alberta.

Fortunately, there is still plenty of areas where spending could be reduced.

First, the Wall government should address out of control pension costs for government employees. Taxpayers like Kristi’s father, who have no workplace pension plan, shouldn’t have to keep bailing out government employee plans that have promised too much.

Provincial MLAs have a less costly type of pension plan than many government employees, so they have the grounds to start putting newly hired government employees in more modest plans.

Premier Wall should also push health regions, universities, school boards and other provincially-funded bodies to weed out waste. For example, no one would expect Saskatoon hospitals to make a fortune by running cafeterias, but they shouldn’t be losing $600,000 per year either.

The government should also keep cutting subsidies for businesses and leave those dollars in taxpayers’ pockets instead.

Compared to a decade ago, Saskatchewan is a better place for young people like Kristi, but the Wall government must keep pushing to make it even better.

Ontario’s “have not” status sets up a divided Canada

by Mark Milke, Senior Fellow at Fraser Institute As anyone who has ever watched puppies tussle over a bone knows, nothing will lead to acrimony quicker than competition for an object everyone wants.

Keep the puppy image in mind. Replace it with provincial governments, many of whom now have a stake in the federal transfer program, equalization.

Equalization is the federal government program ostensibly designed to help provinces provide roughly equal government services. Last year, Ottawa transferred $15.4 billion in equalization payments to six “poor” provinces, known as “have-nots.”

Ontario’s entry into the equalization program back in 2009/10 —think of a big sumo wrestler at a soup kitchen—resulted in a massive shift in dependency in Canada, and that portends future divisive debates.

In 2008/09, the year before Ontario first received equalization money from the federal government, “have-not” provinces represented 32 per cent of the 10-province population, or about 10.8 million people.

However, in 2009/10, Ontario became eligible for equalization partly because of its relatively weakened economic state.

Now, 24.7 million people, or 71 per cent of the population live in a province that

receives an equalization cheque from the federal government (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba and Ontario).

This is a problem.

Equalization has long been defended by some as akin to a federal government “Robin Hood” scheme to help out “poor” provinces.

But any program that counts six of 10 provinces with 71 per cent of the population as relatively “poor” is an arrangement that should provoke a rethink.

Part of the re-think should take place in Ontario, where provincial policy has contributed to its relative economic weakness, with expensive green energy schemes that drove up the cost of power and drove out business; add to that a regulatory approach and labour legislation that has further made Ontario an uneconomical place to invest.

And then there is the Ontario government’s chronic budget deficits and weak public finances. People can look ahead and figure out that higher deficits equal higher debt interest payments, and then pressure

for higher taxes, even less investment, higher unemployment and eventually an exodus of wealth creators and others. (See Quebec as the most notable example of such folly in practice.)

The entry of Ontario into relative poor-province territory also sets up a potential for inter-provincial conflict.

Ontario has taken up an increasing share of the equalization cash available from Ottawa. In 2009/10, it received $347 million or 2.4 per cent of the $14.2 billion equalization pie; last year, Ontario garnered almost $3.3 billion or 21 per cent of the $15.4 billion available.

That might result in the have-not provinces demanding Ottawa increase the equalization payouts.

Another problem might arise for resource-rich provinces. The current equalization program calculates equalization eligibility and then payouts based on what’s known as “fiscal capacity,” basically the ability of a province to raise revenues.

The factors that go into such a calculation are not above the machinations of politics. In the past,

there have been efforts to include 100 per cent of resource revenues in that formula, this as opposed to 50 per cent at present.

The justification has been “more sharing,” to use the words from a 2006 report presented to Canada’s premiers.

Problematically, including all resource revenues would mean even more federal tax dollars (which on a net basis originate more in resource-rich provinces) transferred to have-nots— the explicit aim of those who back this idea.

Why does this matter?

Because all the resourcerich provinces— British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,andNewfoundland & Labrador—are now lined up on one side of the equalization divide. Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Manitoba—and now Ontario, are on the other.

That potential face-off means the resource-rich provinces should expect to see attempts made by the equalization-receiving provinces to get at their resource revenues via the federal government, either through dramatically higher equalization payouts, or through some

other federal program. It has happened before.

A long-time contributor to the Institute, having authored the Institute’s work on corporate welfare and B.C. treaties, as well as being a regular contributor to Fraser Forum, Milke has extensive experience analyzing and writing about public policy, particularly in the areas of government spending, land claims negotiations, and taxation. He is the former research director for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and former B.C. and Alberta director with the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation.

Mark Milke is the author of three books on Canadian politics and policy: Tax Me I’m Canadian, Barbarians in the Garden City, and A Nation of Serfs. In 2006, he co-wrote a series of columns with Preston Manning on the future of Alberta. Milke is also a Sunday columnist for the Calgary Herald and a monthly columnist for Business in Vancouver. His work has appeared in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Reader’s Digest, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, Victoria Times Colonist, and the Washington, D.C.–based magazine The Weekly Standard.

He has a Ph.D. in political science and is a lecturer at the University of Calgary.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

“There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter.

One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.”

- Hal Borland The January thaw is a special time that is welcomed each year.

The winter of 2013 was a particularly trying winter. There was no sun. There was no January thaw. There was no relief from the snow. It just wasn’t our

usual winter season. So, as we head into the end of January hopefully it will be different for the winter of 2014.

The January thaw usually appears somewhere around the 25th when temperatures rise and the snow may start to melt. Certainly the “thaw” brings hope for Prairie residents whether it be false or not. It leads us to think that spring is coming regardless of the fact that there may be

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six to eight weeks of winter left, and maybe some very blizzard like conditions. On the Prairies this weather anomaly is sometimes known as the Bonspiel thaw.

Temperatures may rise to 6˚C above normal although it varies from year to year and may fluctuate and last about a week. As is to be expected there are some theories as to the cause of this phenomenon often called a weather

singularity amongst some. A singularity is an annual weather episode, that reoccurs at roughly the same time every year in a majority of years.

One theorist E. G. Bowen called them “calendaricities” and explained the thaw as meteoric particles from cometary orbits acting as ice nudei in terrestrial clouds. Which is clear as mud to the ordinary person on the street. Others say

Vintage Motorcycle club lends support to the Majestic . . . John Bennett, right, on behalf of the Saskatchewan chapter of the Vintage Motorcycle Group, with a suitable Royal Enfield, hands Daryl Hasein of the Biggar Majestic Theatre a cheque for $500, the money to go to the Digital Projection Fund. The CVMG is a big supporter of the theatre, holding an annual motorcycle themed movie as part of their weekend activities in Biggar. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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there is a relationship between the thaws and sunspot activity. Still others says the warming spell is a readjustment of the atmosphere from an early winter stage to a late winter stage.

For the most part, there is no clear data to support the existence of the January thaw. Data gained while studying weather patterns and climate records do not account for the existence of the January thaw. Thus, for many scientists this is merely just a myth.

The thaw may not occur consistently throughout the country. Toronto typically experiences a thaw -- only once in 150 Januaries did Torontonians not experience a thaw whereas Halifax has never had a thawless January. As you move across the country to the West the thaws range from mid-January

to late in the month.

Winnipeg, for example, has experienced a thaw in slightly more than half of the years and a pronounced thaw in fewer than a quarter of them. As one might expect by the time you get to Vancouver it is a different story again.

Along the Pacific coast, the thaw may last for a month.

Don’t get too excited about the warmer temps though. Another characteristic of the January thaw is the tendency to start with an upsurge in temperatures over several days but ends with a sudden drop in temps to below normal readings. This is often accompanied by extremely cold air and gale force northerly winds followed by snow.

Even though the warmer temps are short lived, it is welcomed by all as it reminds us of warmer months to come.

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by Bob Mason

The Pen Wright right?

“If I retired to the hills, with pails of ink and piles of quills, Where all the world was censored out, Whatever would I write about?”

A few minutes ago Y.T. (Yours Truly!) sat down here at his ¿ne desk up in the warm solitude of Troy’s second story bedroom, picked up a pen from the drawer full Jim Brown had given him, and decided to scribble something.

Sorry – actually I think he was suffering from some

kind of “overload” syndrome, because, although he dreams, thinks and talks too much, he still hasn’t taken Mr. Kipling’s advice: “If you can dream and not make dreams your master. If you can think, and not make thoughts your aim. And yet don’t talk too much or look too wise.” He couldn’t think of one darn thing to write about!

So, feeling he had to put something down, in desperation he picked up the big dictionary that Richard had left us, and looked under

“W” for “write”. Write: OE (Old English) Writan, “to scratch” (much like my writing, eh Kevin?)

On the same page was another word “wright”, so I checked on it too!

“Wright”: N. OE wirhta < wyrcan (to work).

The book also says that “wright” is mostly used in compound words like “shipwright” or “millwright”, depending on what the person does. So, on account of I have a pen in my hand, Y.T. is a wrightwright – right?

Like mentioned at the start, when Y.T. sat down here he had no idea what he was going to do. But when he saw that word “wright” he started looking back . . .

Everybody has known of a few wrights, and Y.T. is no exception! From our earliest years up in Great Bend we heard of Willow and Orville Wright, and everytime someone build a house Frank Lloyd Wright was mentioned, too. Wrights, Wrights, Wrights. Some of them were very famous in the U.S.A., our schoolbook

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said so!. As a matter of fact for many years Y.T. thought that all Wrights came from the United States and were way better than he was – a Canadian!

Then I met Bert!

I have no doubt but what there are a lot of ¿ne successful Wrights all over the world, and I also have no doubt that many of them are really essential in what they do.

Possibly there are plaques and statues to notable Wrights everywhere, I dunno! But whenever I hear the name “Wright”, the ¿rst person I think of is Bert!

Quite a long time ago, up north, one of the local families didn’t have very much, and, as their school pony was kept in a kind of wigwam affair, the community people decided to raise a few dollars to ¿nance a small stable for it!

We had a darn nice party and old time dance (at 25¢ apiece), and I can still see Bert Wright standing there sawing away at his old ¿ddle far into the 1937 night.

We were young then, and Bert was one of the ¿rst Wrights I ever knew – but boy, do I remember him!

Some time later one of Bert’s daughters married a Mason!

I’m not exactly sure how much money we collected that night (about $10 or so!), but it was duly donated to the

hard up family, and everyone felt good.

Boards were delivered and for a few days we heard them hammering away over at their place.

About a week later, on our way up to get the mail from the rural post of¿ce, we went by to see how they were getting along, and were we ever surprised to see, sitting right there in their front yard, a nice new backhouse!

I met Bert years later. We remembered and had a good laugh! Mebbe this kind of memory doesn’t sound too digini¿ed, but it is one of the best that I have!

I’m sure there are a whole bunch of famous Wrights (hello Lex!) but there are a whole lot of ordinary runof-the-mill types, too. On looking through the nominal roll of my old army regiment, Y.T. ¿nds that there were 11 of them in the Argylls alone, and in the Saskatoon phonebook over 150, let alone all the other big cities!

They tell me that the world population has doubled since the 1960s, and the Wrights (obviously being very proli¿c) must have quite a few family members by now, eh? Not only is the name “Wright” a homonym of “write” and “right”, two of the best homonyms anyone could have, but, to quote W.C. Fields “I never met a Wright I didn’t like!”

(Actually I think Fields said “Anyone who hates children can’t be all bad!”) And every Wright I’ve ever met was a pretty “straight shooter” (no reference here to snipers!)

The etiquette book says that it isn’t polite to dissect (if dissect is the right word!) another person’s name, so, in defence, Y.T. looked up “mason” in the dictionary, too! “Mason: N. OF. (One who builds with stone.)

Aha! On account of the word “wright” means “someone who builds”, and “mason” means “someone who builds in stone”, I wonder if somewhere way back there we are related!

Like mentioned before in this bit, when Y.T. sat down and picked up his pen, he had no idea what he was going to write about, and yet here we are, almost done!

As long as we have memories of people, we will always have something to tell, eh?

Just to prove that he hasn’t forgotten the people around him, as soon as he writes PYM at the end of the piece, Y.T. is going to practice putting on this nice carpet up here, for a few minutes, then go downstairs and see if Phyllis has supper ready yet!

Moral (if any): read the ¿rst few lines again!

PYM

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Report from the Legislature

by Randy Weekes, MLA, Biggar (15 January, 2014) Saskatchewan is stronger today than perhaps it has ever been.

Our unemployment rate is the lowest in the country thanks to the creation of 18,000 new jobs and nearly 20,000 new people putting down roots in our province.

Drawing on the strengths of our people we are realizing record growth and opportunities that, not long ago, we only dreamed of. The hope and optimism we are seeing in Saskatchewan today now extends well beyond the football field. This new Saskatchewan is a province where graduates no longer receive luggage as a grad-

uation gift. This is now a place where students have opportunities to work and invest, to live and to play.

Our government remains focused on growth; not growth for the sake of it, but because of the benefits growth brings to the province and its people. But just as growth provides opportunities and renewed investment in schools, hospitals and vital infrastructure, it also presents challenges.

Our government has a plan for growth, for making those investments in new schools, new hospitals, upgraded roads, highways and infrastructure; we are reducing wait times for surgeries even as we welcome new people to our province to

work in the growing agriculture, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas and service sectors of our economy. These dividends also give us the ability to invest in new group homes and to provide support for Habitat for Humanity.

These are just some of the reasons growth is important and why we want to encourage it.

Focused on infrastructure, the labour shortage and making sure our economy is competitive in terms of taxes and regulations, our government’s plan for growth also includes a focus on international engagement, our innovation agenda, building the next economy on our resource base, as well as a firm

focus on fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets. We are committed to keeping taxes low and paying down debt when we can because it is the dividends of growth that will create a better quality of life for all Saskatchewan people.

Saskatchewan people can rest assured that our province remains the envy of most every other province in the country. An example of this would be the Government of Saskatchewan’s job listings Web site – SaskJobs.ca – which is a go-to Web site for both employers and job seekers. Our diversified and opportunity-rich economy is sustaining a highly active job market for our people and businesses.

We have a lot to offer and the Web traffic for all of 2013 certainly reflects this.

Visits to SaskJobs.ca were up nearly 10 per cent to 12,583,669. The majority of visits came from places like the Philippines, United Arab Emirates, Alberta, Quebec, the U.S., B.C. and P.E.I. The majority of the job vacancies required at least high school diploma and nearly half of them were oriented toward higher skill levels requiring at least some post-secondary education or management experience.

Both education and employment are key to the future growth of our province. To that end, just recently, our govern-

ment invested $3 million to fund on-reserve education programs. This was earmarked to address recommendations made by a joint task force on improving both education and employment outcomes.

This support is part of our Growth Plan goal to increase graduation rates and add 60,000 people to the workforce by 2020.

We’re training more workers, we’re keeping more of them and we have the most aggressive graduate retention program in Canada.

If you have a question about this Legislative report or any other matter, just contact Randy.

Burnt Orange - solutions for your computer Article submitted by Gareth McKee, your local certified Disaster Recovery expert, of Burnt Orange Solutions How buying a truck is so similar to buying a new PC

When purchasing a PC or server, the same questions always get asked of a sales person: what am I buying? What is RAM/ memory? What does the speed of the processor mean?

Over the next few minutes of your life I will try to explain in a way which will make sense to every Saskatchewanian.

Okay . . . let’s think trucks! We can’t drive 100 yards without seeing one, we all understand them, so now I am going to stretch the word analogy to its limits.

Engine – the power of the truck. Without it you are going nowhere. The more horses the better, the bigger the turbo the better! This is the PCs processor. Measured in gigahertz (Ghz), this is essentially how quickly it can make calculations and handle the work thrown at it. Therefore, the bigger number the better, at today’s range you are looking at 2.0 GHz to 3.6 GHz. Turbo – you want to be off the mark quickly, right? Look at the amount of cache on the processor, again the bigger the better. Current Intel processors run from 3 to 8 MB.

AWD or 4x4 – all the horses in the world are no good if you can’t get the power to the floor. Again looking at the processor, look at how many cores it has. This is actually how many processors on one piece of equipment. Think of it this way, when you are stuck in the mud, is four- or two-wheel drive better?

In today’s world where things are changing very quickly you want to buy a PC which you are not going to need to replace in 18 months’ time. Therefore, my recommendation is to ensure you buy an Intel i5 or i7 processor (Intel is a make (think Ford), i5 and i7 are models (think F250 and F350)), do not buy an i3 as you will be paying out more money very soon.

So . . . what are you carrying in your truck?Again stretching the analogy, this particular truck is going to be used for pulling a fifth wheel. How big is your truck - is it a half, three-quarter or a one-ton vehicle? This is

the RAM or Memory in the PC/server. How much can this computer actually carry at once, or how may programs can you have open (Word/Excel/ QuickBooks) or how does it handle the latest Web sites?

Again the bigger the better.

With today’s requirement I would recommend you do not purchase anything less than 4 Gigabytes (GB) of memory. This is the bare minimum to pull yourw fifth wheel on the flat Saskatchewan roads and with no extra kit inside. If you want the PC to handle the hills plus the additions like a microwave, a bed, a TV et cetera you had best put at least 6 GB in, if not 8 GB of memory!

Now let’s add your canoe trailer on the back of the fifth wheel, this is equivalent to watching streaming video on the Web, opening many Word documents at once, playing games on your PC. This is now moved to 8 GB being the minimum.

And remember, you will always want to add things to your fifth wheel – satellite dish, oven, upgraded microwave, better bed, drinks cabinet and the gun rack. Ensure the PC is upgradeable, most are these days to around 16 GB or greater, just ask the question.

The processor and the RAM/Memory are the two most important questions to be asked when buying a new PC. Other things you may come across which will have an effect on the PCs

performance are: 1.) Video memory – memory which takes the load off the onboard memory to look after video graphics alone, think of an extra axle on your truck to carry the weight of your 62-inch plasma screen alone.

2.)

Upgradeability – memory is the easiest thing to upgrade to improve performance, ensure it is upgradeable.

3.) PCI slots – the more the merrier. This is for adding PC cards at a later date, you may want to

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Fifth wheel or Winnebago? Laptop or PC? This is completely up to you. You will get better performance out of a PC (Winnebago) but then you can’t just unhook the truck (unplug the laptop) and go to the shops.

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by Calvin Daniels

We have heard a lot about the record crop harvested across the Canadian Prairies last fall.

But concerns that the Canadian rail system would not be up to getting the record crop to port for export appear to be playing out.

Analyst Mike Jubinville with Pro Farmer Canada broached the concern in November when he spoke at the Farrell Agencies Farmer Appreciation Night as part of the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown.

At the time Jubinville was suggesting the harvest had resulted in “the biggest crop in Canadian history. It’s a phenomenal level of production.”

His view has since been proven by the numbers.

The Canadian Wheat Board has estimated Canadian farmers grew 73 million tonnes of the six major crops plus peas and lentils in 2013-14, up from 53 million tonnes a year earlier, and indication of how large production was.

Marlene Boersch, Partner Mercantile Consulting Venture, told those attending Canola Day as part of the Harvest Showdown that the Canola Council had been predicting canola production in Canada would hit 15 million tonnes by 2015, but the 2014 crop was estimated at 16-16.4 MT “up 15-16 per cent from

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‘Efficient rail system’ really means network teetering on collapse with record crop last year,” adding Stats Canada has pegged the average canola yield at 39.4 bushels per acre.

“The growth in production has been impressive,” she said. “It’s twoand-a-half times bigger in terms of production than 10-years ago.”

All those bushels will take effort to market.

“It does present some challenges for us,” she said, adding “this year is not just about prices.”

An issue away from prices will be getting the record crop to market.

“The rail system will be challenged to move the largest crop in Canadian history,” said Jubinville.

Jubinville likened the rail system to a small “garden hose”, adding there “is only so much grain we can move, even at peak capacity . . .

“Any hiccup in the transportation system is going to be problematic.”

The constraints of the transportation system may make it difficult to “convert deliverable op-

portunities.”

“Last year we could deliver at will in most cases. . . This year is going to be a tight one.”

Jubinville said based on transportation capacity, and terminal capacity, “there’s going to be carryover” of the 2013 crop into the next crop year.

There have not exactly been what would be termed hiccups in the system, which is hauling grain at levels basically on par with the 2012-13 crop year.

But with much higher production in 2013, the previous year’s rail performance is simply not good enough.

We would expect the rail system to have the ability to handle just about anything since the system has been sculpted over the last 25-years to reflect what the grain elevator companies and railways have envisioned as the ultimate.

Gone are elevators in every rural community in favour of ‘more effi-

cient’, large-scale, inland terminals. The terminals were suggested to be better suited to segregating export crops based on volumes of grains of specific grade and other characteristics. They were also built to take larger farm trucks and to fill unit trains, all things which were supposed to create efficiencies and enhance the sales opportunities.

Miles and miles of track have been ripped from the Prairie landscape as branch lines were abandoned in what was said to be a modernization to create efficiencies in the system. It was a move which will ultimately cost provinces and municipalities millions in road costs as grids and highways are punched by larger farm trucks hauling grain longer distances to elevators, but in a year like this the greater efficiencies still seem lacking.

We should expect, given past rationalization of the grain handling sys-

tem, that it could now gear up to handle larger crops. In fact, it should have been the true motive for the changes.

Farming has been pushing toward producing more and more crop through continuous cropping, new varieties, broadened fertilizer regimes and chemical weed control. The infrastructure beyond the farmgate should have seen larger crops as a likelihood, and we should have expected the moves they have made were ones which would allow bumper crops to get to waiting markets in a timely fashion.

That this year the Canadian Prairie infrastructure seems unable to ramp up to meet the needs of a farmers when bins are overflowing suggests the system remains flawed even after it has forever changed the landscape in abandoning small towns across the region.

CWB buys interest in Prairie West Terminal CWB announced January 16 it has acquired 2,394 (approximately 10.02 per cent) Class C shares (PWT Shares) of Prairie WestTerminal Ltd (PWT), a farmer-owned grain handling organization located in west central Saskatchewan.

As a result: (i) CWB purchased and legally and beneficially owns and exercises control or direction over 2,394 PWT Shares, or approximately 10.02 per cent of the

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issued and outstanding PWT Shares; and (ii) CWB, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mission Terminal Inc. (which directly owns 500 PWT Shares), and which may be considered to be a joint actor of CWB, beneficially owns and exercises control and direction over an aggregate of 2,894 PWT Shares, or approximately 12.11% of the issued and outstanding PWT Shares.

To the knowledge of CWB, neither CWB nor any joint actor of CWB has beneficial ownership or exclusive or shared control over any other PWT Shares or securities

convertible into PWT Shares.

The PWT Shares were acquired by CWB pursuant to a private agreement.

“CWB has always valued and supported farmers,” said CWB president and CEO Ian White. “This investment is a great opportunity to participate in an innovative farmerowned organization that prioritizes farmers’ interests.”

CWB’s investment in PWT is part of an ongoing strategy to position CWB as a strong and viable Canadianfocused grain company that includes farmer

ownership. CWB’s plan for farmer ownership would allow farmers to have an equity interest in CWB after privatization, allowing farmers to benefit from CWB’s business activities.

“Creating value for farmers has always been at the core of CWB,” said White, “and we are always looking for new ways to do that. We value farmers as owners and partners. Both our farmer ownership plan and our investment in a farmer-oriented company like Prairie West Terminal are prime examples of that.

We believe our success is farmers’ success.”

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New Horizons Activities

by Karen Itterman The regular New Horizons activities are in full swing after the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

A card party was held on December 13.

The winners were Ken Pearce and Mildred Henne for Kaiser, and Richard Boisvert and Margaret Molberg for Cribbage.

Margaret Molberg was the host for the afternoon and Mildred Henne provided the lunch.

The December Jam Session was held on Dec. 18 with 45 people in attendance. The MC for the afternoon was Gord Besse with Gail Herzberg greeting people at the door. Barb Beirnes and Margaret Molberg provided the cookies for the lunch. The January Jam Session was held

on Jan. 13 with 47 in attendance. Gord Besse was once again in the MC with Jim Hoult being the door greeter. The cookies were provided by Pat Turner, Marj Wheaton and Betty Mundt. The entertainers were Gary Donahue, Dennis Cratty, Ken Freethy, Gordon Laycock, Mark Kleiner, Peggy L’Hoir, Gord Besse, Mel Deagnon, Carl Ross, Tom Caldwell, Norm Bows and Irwin Wuttunee.

Cribbage was played on Dec. 6 with five people in attendance.

Gord Besse was the host and Rita Besse provided the lunch. On Jan. 3 the host for cribbage was Joanne Kral and she also provided the lunch.

First place was Mildred Henne, second place Richard Boisvert, and third place Ann Muc.

Kaiser was played on Dec. 20 with eight people in attendance. Winners were Dick Sully, first, tied for second, Joanne Kral and Joyce Colbert, and third, Marie Roesch. Bill Fisher was the host and also provided the lunch.

On Jan. 17 there were 12 people in attendance to play Kaiser.

Ron Arnold was the host and also provided the lunch. First place to Pat Turner, second to Wayne McLean, and third to Marie Roesch.

Shuffleboard was played on Jan. 2 with four people in attendance: Marie Roesch, Aileen and Ed Smith, and Mildred Henne. Anyone interested in playing shuffleboard are invited to come out and join in.

The January potluck was held on Jan. 13 with 28 in attendance.

Jim Hoult sold the half-n-half tickets. Bob Wiseman was the winner of the half-n-half and graciously donated the funds back to the New Horizons.

Thank you Bob for the kind gesture.

The entertainment following the potluck was Jon Sloan and his band from Battleford.

Our Chirstmas Bingo was held on Dec. 19 with 13 in attendance. We had many prizes that were won and by all reports a great time was had by all. The caller for the afternoon was Chris Ogrodnick.

Margaret Molberg gave out the prizes and Marg Irven picked up the tickets.

The lunch was provided

by Florence Hammond.

The half-n-half winner was Marg Irven with Barb Swyryda winning the blackout bingo. The bingo held on Jan. 9 had 14 people in attendance.

Emily Liska was the caller with Jim Hoult giving out the prizes and Betty Mundt working the floor. Lunch was provided by Emily Liska. Laura Campbell and Betty Mundt split the half-n-half winnings.

Betty Mundt was also

the blackout winner.

Carpet bowling was played on Dec. 10 with four teams playing.

First place to the team of Marie Roesch, Mildred Henne and Ed Smith, second place to Pat Turner, Gail Herzberg and Jean Tweedle. On Dec. 17 the first place team was Aileen Smith, Agnes Small and Rose Clark, second place team Pat Turner, Dinah Kegler, Mildred Henne and Jean Tweedle.

On Jan. 7 the first place team was Marie Roesch, Emily Liska, Aileen Smith and Gail Herzberg, second place to Florence Hammond, Mildred Henne, June Hoppe and Ed Smith.

Jan. 14 the first place team was Dinah Kegler,

June Hoppe, Mildred Henne, Marie Roesche and Florence Hammond, the second place team was Aileen Smith, Barb Swyryda, Gail Herzberg, Emily Liska and Ed Smith.

The Monday afternoon Kaiser club played on Dec. 16 with six people in attendance.

First place to Wayne, second to Ken Pearce, third Helen Kanz, fourth was tied between Evelyn Potter and Howard Newton.

HSG Mildred Henne and Evelyn Potter with a tie score. On Jan. 6 the first place winner was Joyce Colbert, second Joanne Kral, third Marie Winsel, fourth Clarence Bender, HSG was tied between Joyce Colbert and Marie Roesch.

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Shop Easy supports digital at the Majestic . . . The Majestic Theatre’s Daryl Hasein is flanked by Shop Easy owners Naomi Van Berkom and Greg Pidwerbesky.

The Shop Easy donated a whopping $1,500 to the Biggar Majestic Theatre’s Digital Projection Fund - a big shot in the arm for keeping the theatre up and running. To date the fund sits at $27,826.09. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Diamond Lodge News

by Karen Kammer Another week has come and went. This past week at the Lodge we did some fun activities.

Monday was exercises and at 2:30 was Jeopardy.

The theme for Jeopardy was about winter.

Tuesday was current events and Blast from the Past. This game we talked about everything from our younger years and about our family.

Wednesday was curling.

Team Red won the tournament today. The score was 17-12. At 2:30 we had an extra special treat.

We had make your own ice cream sundaes. The residents got to choose what they wanted on top of their ice cream (eg.

Chocolate sauce, cookie crumbs, fruit, sprinkles

and much more!)

Thursday was exercises and bingo.

Friday was breakfast club, 1-1 time and to end the day we had sing along.

Saturday we played picture bingo and watched “Look Who’s Talking” in the

afternoon.

Sunday was cards and spa time.

The PAL’s church came and did a wonderful church service.

That is all from us today. Have a good day.

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Get geared up for the Great Backyard Bird Count!

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Bird watchers around the world needed to gather crucial data From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, bird watchers from more than 100 countries are expected to participate in the 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), February 14-17.

Anyone anywhere in the world can count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count and enter their sightings at BirdCount. org.

The information gathered by tens of thousands of volunteers help track the health of bird populations at a scale that would not otherwise be possible.

The GBBC is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society with partner Bird Studies Canada.

“People who care about birds can change the world,” said Audubon chief scientist Gary Langham.

“Technology has made it

possible for people everywhere to unite around a shared love of birds and a commitment to protecting them.”

In North America, GBBC participants will add their data to help define the magnitude of a dramatic irruption of magnificent Snowy Owls.

Bird watchers will also be on the lookout for the invasive Eurasian Collarded-Doce to see if it has expanded its range again.

GBBC observations may help show whether or not numbers of American Crows will continue to rebound after being hit hard by the West Nile virus and whether more insect-eating species are showing up in new areas, possibly because of changing climate.

Last year’s Great Backyard Bird Count shattered records after going global for the first time,

thanks to integration with the eBird online checklist program launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab and Audubon. Participants reported their bird sightings from all seven continents, including 111 countries and independent territories.

More than 34.5 million birds and 3,610 species were recorded – nearly onethird of the world’s total bird species documented in just four days.

“This is a milestone for citizen science in so many respects – number of species, diversity of countries involved, total participants, and number of individual birds recorded. We hope this is just the start of something far larger, engaging the whole world in creating a detailed annual snapshot of how all our planet’s birds are faring as the years go by,” said Cornell Lab director

Dr. John Fitzpatrick.

“Canadian participation in the Great Backyard Bird Count has increased tremendously in recent years, and it’s wonderful to see this program growing globally,” said Bird Studies Canada President Dr. George Finney.

“The count is introducing unprecedented number of people to the exciting field of bird watching.”

The Great Backyard Bird Count is a great way for people of all ages and backgrounds to connect with nature and make a difference for birds. It’s free and easy. To learn more about how to join the count visit birdcount. org and view the winning photos form the 2013 GBBC photo contest.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is made possible in part by sponsor Wild Birds Unlimited.

Principal’s Message

by Leanne Gruending As many know, there have been some changes in the way assessment and reporting is done in PSSD and across the province.

You may have seem some of these changes when you child brings home assignments and rubrics are used. You may have seen these changes on the new Grade 1-6 report card with codes rather than marks. You may have also seen these changes with how teacher comments have become much more descriptive and speci¿c for your child’s success

Do you have questions about Prairie Spirit School Division’s changes in assessment and reporting?

Were you not able to attend our LAS Assessment Night in November? Are you curious about what the “experts” actually have to say about it? Are you wondering how you can support your child at home?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, please consider attending the PSSD public forum and panel discussion on assessment and reporting to be help at the Warham Community Middle School on Monday, February 3, from 7-8:30 p.m.

We at LAS are always ready and willing to answer your questions, whatever they may be, but we also recognize sometimes parents and community members simply want to go straight to the source. Personally, I ¿nd

that knowledge is power, so feel free to empower yourself and develop your understanding of the changes happening within the education system.

LAS Web site LAS’s new website is up and running!

If you would like news updates in between newsletters, access to our school calendar, photos of what’s going on around the school, and an easy link of school bus cancellations, please check the site out. If you have any thoughts as to how the site can be made even better, please provide your feedback to Ms. Gruending.

You may access it by using our old website address, spiritsd.ca/las or http://blogs.spiritsd.ca/ lordasquithschool/. To make it easy to return to the site please bookmark/favourite it on your Web browser.

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For Health’s Sake!

by Carmen B.S.P., Pharmasave

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Helping patients with New Year’s resolutions to improve their health and lower cardiovascular risk

Sodium intake should be limited to less than 2,000 milligrams a day for all adults, based on new guidelines from Hypertension Canada.

Reducing sodium by 1,000 milligrams a day,

or about half a teaspoon of salt, can modestly lower blood pressure.

Cutting back on processed foods. There’s about 1,000 milligrams of sodium in some cans of soup or two slices of cheese pizza.

Diet consistent with the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) or Mediterranean diet works best to lower cardiac risk

Aim for more fruits and veggies, low-fat dairy, whole grains, poultry, and fish, and less red meat, sweets, and sugary drinks.

Don’t get too hung up on restricting total fats.

Limit saturated fats to less than six per cent of calories, and avoiding trans fats. Try using healthier oils: canola, olive, et cetera.

Weight loss of just five per cent can lower blood

pressure, lipids, and blood glucose.

Cutting 500 or more calories a day, to about 1,200 to 1,500 in women and 1,500 to 1,800 in men. Suggest using a food diary or app to keep track.

Making drastic diet and lifestyle changes can sometimes be overwhelming.

Try and focus on one change at a time!

Alley Katz Bowling scores (for the week of January 13-15) Tuesday Mixed League: MSH – Jason Raschke, 266; MHT – Jason Raschke, 638; WHS – Lindsay Hooper, 180; WHT – Lidsay Hooper, 408.

New Horizons League:

MHS – Geoff Cooke, 228; MHT – Bill Roach, 561; WHS – Donna Eckart, 136; WHT – June Hoppe, 383.

Thursday Senior’s League: MHS – Glen Shockey, 235; MHT – Jack Eckart, 570; WHS – Judy

Hammond, 197; WHT – Judy Hammond, 524.

Y.B.C. League: Bowlasaurus: High Score – Michael Sawatzky, 70. Pee Wee: High Score – Jared Little, 119; High Score Double – Jared Little, 226.

Bantam: High

Score – Jayla Boobyer, 188; High Score Triple – Jayla Boobyer, 406.

Juniors: High Score – Madison Genaille, 152; High Score Triple – Madison Genaille, 370.

Another lucky Travel Voucher winner . . . Town of Biggar Recreation Director Amanda Carruthers, right, congratulates the November Travel Voucher winner - worth $2,000 - Tammy Danychuk. Greg and Heather Love were the $100 winners. (Photo for The Independent by Kathy Sarvas)

Perdue bowling results Government must start taking health privacy seriously: NDP (week ending January 17) Club 55: MHS – Jim Brown, 182; MHT – Jim Brown, 470; LHS – Carol Lemon, 200; LHT – Elizabeth McMahon, 525; THS – Hopefulls, 1,076; THT – BeeGees, 3,114; MHA – John Latta, 159; LHA – Carol Lemon, 158.

Ladies League: LHS – Dorrie Laberswieler, 211; LHT

– Joey Levitt, 550; THS – High Rollers, 1,046; THT – High Rollers, 3,113; LHA – Dorrie Laberswieler, 188.

Mens League: MHS – George Bartley, 270; MHT – George Bartley, 664; THS – J.A.G., 768; THT – J.A.G., 2,202; MHA – Al Levitt, 192.

Mixed League: MHS – Al Levitt, 295; MHT – Al Levitt, 700; LHS

– Joyce Broeckel, 180; LHT – Joyce Broeckel, 451; THS – D.J.s, 1,121; THT – D.J.s, 3,170; MHA – Al Levitt, 194; LHA, Joey Levitt, 172.

Y.B.C.: Junior – Skylar Elliot, 175; Bantam Boys – Adam Munro, 127; Bantam Girls – Trystyn Wegwitz, 113; Bowlasaurus – Haydyn Wegwitz, 75.

November’s wholesale trade highest ever for Saskatchewan Saskatchewan’s growth in wholesale activity for November 2013 was the highest percentage growth in Canada and was also the highest record of trade value for the month of November in Saskatchewan’s history.

Saskatchewan ranked number one in monthto-month percentage change among the provinces on a seasonallyadjusted basis as wholesale trade increased by 1.7 per cent in November 2013, compared to October 2013, to more than $2 billion.

“Saskatchewan’s economy benefits from vigourous performance in a variety of sectors,

and dynamic wholesale trade growth is just one of the signposts of this activity,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “It reflects positively on our province and on an economy that is thriving and benefiting our people and businesses.”

Year-over-year, November 2013 wholesale trade increased by 16.8 per cent (seasonally-adjusted) compared to November 2012, which ranks Saskatchewan first in percentage growth among the provinces for this category.

With the release of another privacy commissioner report January 16, NDP health critic Danielle Chartier is asking the government to start taking the commissioner’s recommendations, and people’s private health information, seriously.

“In 2010, the independent privacy commissioner made a number of recommendations after revealing that people’s private health information just wasn’t secure in Saskatchewan,” said Chartier. “Four years later, this government hasn’t taken action and

we have even more cases of breached privacy, another report and more recommendations. This has got to stop.”

Chartier is calling on the government to take immediate action on all recommendations made by the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner in his 2010 and 2014 reports, and provide a progress report to the legislature when the Assembly convenes in the spring.

Breaches of privacy revealed in the commissioner’s report released January 16 include 1,000 new cases of per-

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OBITUARIES good sense of humour over all his escapades, of which there were many!!!

Alex was very proud of all his family. He also took great joy in seeing his son Rory compete in the Brier twice.

We will miss Alex and will cherish the many memories he has left for us.

Funeral Services were held on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. from St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, Biggar, Sask. with Father Michel Bedard as celebrant. Pianist was Karen Jiricka with St. Gabriel Choir.

Honourary Bearers were all those who shared in Alex’s life. Active Bearers were his children, Sharon Svitlekoff, Kim Golanowski, Fawnne Jordan, Bryan Golanowski, Dwayne Golanowski, Rory Golanowski.

Interment followed in Biggar Cemetery.

Tributes may be directed to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 279-3rd Ave. North, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2H8 or Biggar & District Health Services Foundation Inc., Box 1003, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 Grondin Funeral Services, Biggar entrusted with arrangements, “Our family serving your family for 50 years”. gfsc1

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OBITUARIES Alexander Golanowski April 24, 1931 - January 11, 2014 With love and sorrow the family of Alex Golanowski announces his sudden passing on January 11, 2014.

Alex left behind Lenora, his wife of 58 years; and their six children, daughter, Sharon (Alex) Svitlekoff and their children, Chelseay, Chantel (Ian and daughter Rose), Christian and Chibrie; daughter, Fawnne (Don) Jordan and daughter Carson; son, Kim Golanowski and his three sons, Cori, Jordan (Allyne and daughter Ocea), and Lyndon; son, Bryan (Brenda) Golanowski and their three children, Elise, Chad and Evan; son, Dwayne (Laurie) Golanowski and his son Christopher; son, Rory (Cathy) Golanowski and their two children, Jenna and Rylan. Also surviving Alex is his brother, Carl Golanowski; and his sister, Iris Burton; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, Joseph and Eugenia Golanowski; and his brother, Lyle Golanowski.

Alex was born on April 24, 1931 in Ruthilda, Sask. He lived in many small towns including Loverna because his father was a section man for the CNR. Alex had a special spot in his heart for the days and years he spent in Loverna. He started on the CNR section with his father when he was 17 years old and moved on to the running trade a few years later. Alex was known to have a very sharp pencil when he was calculating miles and meals away from home. After 38 years of service, Alex retired at the age of 57.

Alex had a strong work ethic. He worked very hard and would help with harvesting for friends and relatives to make a little extra to keep the family well provided for. He loved curling and was an avid fan. As well, he enjoyed gardening and took great pride in having more tomatoes on one plant than his friends had. He loved going ¿shing and attending family gatherings and get-togethers. His greatest pleasure was going downtown to join whoever was in the bar for a beer and some storytelling. His other enjoyment was taking trips to casinos. Alex loved to embellish his experiences and had a

Arthur Bergmann September 11, 1934 September 13, 2013 Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

A mighty heart stopped beating on Friday the 13th day of September, 2013. Arthur died of congestive heart failure two days after his 79th birthday in Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, in Trail, British Columbia.

Born on a rainy Tuesday as harvesters ate their noon meal in the room below, his mother “never let out a peep”. As the ¿rstborn son, Arthur had many responsibilities, from fetching cows with his horse, shucking peas with his sister Sue, hauling water to livestock, feeding pigs, hoeing potatoes, chopping wood and berry picking, to lugging rocks and fencing. As a young man, Arthur could ¿x or make most things. He built a windmill for electricity and kitchen cupboards for his mother. He rigged pipes from the well to the geese and duck pond. In 1966, when his parents sold their farm 14 miles north of Biggar, Sask. and moved to Lloydminster, Arthur built their house with the help of his father and brother Larry.

Arthur attended Kensmith, a one room school near their farm, and Biggar High School. Upon graduating, when his buddies asked him what he was going to do now, he replied, “I know one thing, I’m never crossing the threshold of another school again!” On a dare, his friends responded to a teacher wantad and handed him the phone.

Arthur was hired. Without any training, Arthur survived the year teaching multiple grades at West Plains country school near Consul south of Cypress Hills

OBITUARIES in Saskatchewan. After the next year gravelling roads, shovelling coal on a CNR locomotive and of¿ce duties for Banner (gas pipeline) Construction near Saskatoon, Arthur rolled his car.

The insurance money enabled him to attend Teachers’ College in Saskatoon with his ¿ancée, Evelene Noble. Married in 1957 after a summer selling Fuller Brush, Arthur taught in Kelstern and then Kincaid in southwest Saskatchewan. In 1959 he was hired to teach in Saskatchewan’s ¿rst junior high, E.S. Laird in Lloydminster. The school’s patriarch, Arthur taught physical education and science there 29 years. He had a special rapport with his students. The girls adored him and the boys thought he was “cool”, especially since he drove a 1968 Corvette.

Arthur counseled teachers and advocated for better salaries and teaching conditions while serving on numerous committees.

Enjoying poetry, Arthur could recite many by memory.

Possessing a ¿ne voice, he sang in several choirs and operettas.

He loved nature and raised his son to appreciate the outdoors, taking him boating and ¿shing from early spring to late autumn.

They golfed together. He learned to Ày a plane. But, mostly, Arthur was a car enthusiast and could keep his vehicles humming.

After a second marriage, Arthur ¿nally met his soul mate, Leona Ann Friesen, at their 40th anniversary of Teachers’ College in 1997. Three years later, they moved from Saskatoon to 10 acres on Kootenay Lake where he had always wanted to be, having travelled through the Kootenays on his way to UBC to earn his B.Sc. and B.Ed. Due to a heart attack in 1996, an accident and diabetes, they moved to Castlegar in 2005, closer to area hospitals.

Arthur was predeceased by his parents, Annie (Kleinsasser) and George Bergmann; his brother, Frank; and his brothers-in-law, Rod Bowman and Alfred Mantai.

Surviving him is his common law spouse, Leona Ann Friesen; and his son, Brent, of Calgary, Alta.; his siblings, Juanita Bowman of Guernsey, Sask., Susan Mantai of Hinton, Alta., George (Faye) of Spruce Grove, Alta., Lenora (Robert) Wiklun of Edmonton, Alta., Jake (Peggy) of St. Albert, Alta., Annie (Stan Dovich) Bergmann of Saskatoon, Sask., Larry (Cathy) of Lloydminster, Alta., and Marjorie Bergmann of Lloydminster, Sask.; and his sister-in-law, Marlene (Herman) Witt of Blairmore, Alta.

Arthur’s dynamic personality and good sense of humour drew people to him. He was generous and kind. With fortitude and determination he overcame many challenges. He is sorely missed. We have lost a good friend and a truly good man.

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COMING EVENTS SUNDAYS in January: Presbyterians, Anglicans, Lutherans (PALS) will be worshipping at St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 10:30 a.m.

Everyone is welcome. For more information or pastoral services, please phone Pastor Mark Kleiner @ 306-948-3731 or 306951-7122 48/10tfn

COMING EVENTS SUNDAYS… You are invited to the weekly services of Biggar Associated Gospel Church, corner of 8th and Quebec Street @ 10:50 a.m.; Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join us. Pastor Wicks can be reached in the of¿ce at 306948-3424, Tuesday through Thursday.

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2c3 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1: Prairie Women on Snowmobiles luncheon at Biggar United Church basement, 12:00 noon. Meet, greet, support the riders 2014 Mission for Breast Cancer Awareness and Safe Snowmobiling. Soup, Sandwich and dessert, $10.

4c1 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1: Perdue Snowmobile Rally, registration, 8 a.m. at Perdue Rec Complex.

4c2 Kelvington Trailblazers Poker Derby Feb. 1, 2014. Registration 10 a.m. - noon. 60-100 miles with lunch and gas 1/2 way. $1500 riders’ only prize. For more info contact: www.townofkelvington. com or call 306-327-4482 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6: Donors Choice Annual Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at New Horizons boardroom. Donors Choice Board Members and a Representative from local organizations supported by Donors Choice, please, please, attend. We need your support.

4c3 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8: Biggar & District Health Services Foundation Inc. presents “A Warm Winter Getaway” Dine, Dance and Auction at Biggar Community Hall. Live music by Rock Bottom. Tickets, $40 each @ de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar (includes entry into $2,000 travel voucher draw). Prizes for ‘best holiday attire’. PLUS… Grey Cup Champs Past and Presents, #34 George Reed and #62 Levi Steinhauer in attendance! Come and bid for the chance to share dinner with a Champ!

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ANNOUNCEMENT Attention Biggar & District Credit Union Teleservice users, changes are coming. Please note: the menu will change, but you will have access to all the same features. The number for all Teleservice calls, including local, will be (toll free) 1-877948-5001. More details coming soon.

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For greater information on advertising conditions, please consult the Association’s Blanket Advertising Conditions on our web site at www.swna.com. tfn Biggar & District Credit Union has the following fundraising opportunities available to local service groups and/or organizations: Cater supper for the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, March 19 at the Biggar Community Hall (approx.

170 people attend). If interested, please submit proposal to marketing@biggar.cu.sk.ca or for further details contact Diane/ Cathy at 306-948-3352.

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As of January 28th, the Biggar and District Family Centre will NO LONGER be ACCEPTING DONATIONS to the Clothing Exchange program.

We would like to thank everyone who has supported this program in the past.

MISCELLANEOUS For Sale… 4-piece bedroom suite, headboard, footboard, dresser with mirror and chest of drawers, good shape; hospital bed with mattress; shufÀe board and accessories; Jacklalane Juicer; and misc. items. Call 306-948-3676.

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WANTED Four Bourgault Titan II packer arms, 306-948-3474 40tfn Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar Land¿ll OR contact Quentin Sittler at 306-658-2132 3tfn Main Street Garage Sale is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition.

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CARS & TRUCKS Wrecking auto-trucks: Parts to ¿t over 500 trucks. Lots of Dodge, GMC, Ford, imports... We ship anywhere. Lots of Dodge, diesel, 4x4 stuff... Trucks up to 3 tons. North-East Recyclers 780875-0270 (Lloydminster).

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RECREATION 1985 Yamaha Virago, 1,000 cc, new rubber, carbs and forks redone. $2,000 obo. Phone 306948-7521. tfn 1985 Honda Goldwing, new rubber, shocks redone this spring, new battery, $3500 obo; phone 306-948-3344 tfn

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FARMLAND WANTED NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS! SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES Central - 66 1/4’s South Central - 18 1/4’s East Central - 74 1/4’s South - 70 1/4’s South East - 31 1/4’s South West - 63 1/4’s North - 6 1/4’s North West - 12 1/4’s East - 55 1/4’s FARM AND PASTURE LAND AVAILABLE TO RENT

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306.948.4141 - Sherry Thompson We have gifts and information www.welcomewagon.ca Biggar & District Arts Council are available for bar tending services at your functions/events. Contact Denise at 306-948-2452.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR SALE: Sask Valley News, a weekly paper operating out of Rosthern, SK for over 100 years.

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WINCH TRACTOR OPERATORS. Must have experience operating a winch.

To apply fax, email or drop off resume at the of¿ce. Phone 780842-6444. Fax 780-842-6581.

Email: rigmove@telus.net. Mail: H&E Oil¿eld Services Ltd., 2202 - 1 Ave., Wainwright, AB, T9W 1L7. For more employment information see our webpage: www.heoil.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

GREENHOUSE LABOUR Fernlea Flowers is a North American grower and supplier of garden and potted plants currently renting a greenhouse in Biggar, Sask. seeking an exceptionally reliable full-time seasonal person to provide assistance during the peak season.

Responsibilities include: _ Planting crops; _ Moving product; _ Pick product for shipping.

We are looking for people who will work day shift, afternoon shift and weekend shift. Availability to work weekends and holidays preferred. Tentative start date March 24, 2014.

This is a seasonal position with 40+ hours per week for a duration of approximately 10 weeks. This job is physically demanding in a fast-paced environment.

Send resume by email to: Biggarlabour@jobs.fernlea.com When applying please indicate what shift you would be interested in working. Interested applicants should apply

by February 1st, we will be holding interviews during the week of February 3rd or February 10th.

GREENHOUSE WATERPERSONS/SPRAYERS Fernlea Flowers is a North American grower and supplier of garden and potted plants currently renting a greenhouse in Biggar, Sask. seeking an exceptionally reliable full-time seasonal person to provide assistance during the peak season.

Responsibilities include: _ Watering crops; _ Some spraying of crops; _ Greenhouse work.

This is a seasonal position with 40+ hours per week for a duration of approximately 10 weeks. This job is physically demanding in a fast-paced environment. This job is expected to start March 3, 2014. Rotating shifts may be required. Interested applicants should apply by February 1st, we will be holding interviews during the week of February 3rd or February 10th.

Send resume by email to: sksprayers@jobs.fernlea.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

HOUSES for SALE House for sale in Landis, Sask.

Double corner lot, directly across from the school. Three bedrooms, full basement, good size kitchen with lots of cupboards; washer, dryer, fridge, stove, built in dishwasher and microwave included. Large shed with good garden spot; deck on back of house. REDUCED to $45,000.00 obo. Would make a great starter home or retirement home. For more information call (306) 948-7161.

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HOUSES for RENT Three-bedroom partially furnished house and garage for rent, near rink. Call 306-9483676 3p3 One bedroom house for rent in Biggar. Call 306-222-8216 2c3 Three-bedroom house for rent, close to downtown and school, Fridge and stove included. Twobedroom home available March 1st. For viewing call 306-9483674 or 306-948-9517 or 306948-7022.

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GENERAL UTILITY POSITION The Town of Biggar is accepting applications for an in scope general utility position.

Nature of Position: General Utility work includes garbage pickup for the Town plus other assigned duties.

QualiÀcations: Should have the ability and skill to operate a garbage truck and related equipment, gravel truck and other small equipment such as small tractors with front end loaders, utility trucks, and mowers of various kinds. The ability to carry out maintenance on the above equipment is required.

The applicant must possess a valid driver’s license with no restriction on license. Applicant must also possess a valid air brake ticket on license to be able to operate garbage truck and tandems. Special consideration may be given to qualiÀed applicants to obtain air brake endorsement within the probationary period if awarded the position.

Salary Rate: As per Union Agreement Further information can be obtained about this position from Barb or Marty at 306-948-3317.

Applications including resume and references can be dropped off at the Town OfÀce located at 202-3rd Avenue West, or mailed to, Town of Biggar, Box 489, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 or submitted by email to townofÀce@ townofbiggar.com no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, February 7, 2014.

The Town of Biggar would like to thank all who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

Saskatchewan expanding access to Áu vaccine A large segment of Saskatchewan’s population will again have access to influenza immunizations,following the arrival of a shipment of FluMist vaccine.

As of January 15, Saskatchewan is expanding availability of vaccine to all people between two and 59 years of age who are eligible to receive FluMist. The province has received a shipment of 107,000 doses of FluMist nasal vaccine, confirmed it is in good order, and begun the process of distributing it to health regions.

Saskatchewan’s remaining supplies of injectable vaccine are being reserved for infants, pregnant women and persons with compromised immune systems.

Injectable vaccine will also now be made available to residents 60 and over, supplies permitting.

More injectable vaccine is expected in early February, and will be used for persons who are unable to get vaccinated with FluMist.

“We encourage Saskatchewan people to be vaccinated to

protect themselves from illness due to influenza,” Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer Denise Werker said. “Our goal is to vaccinate as many people as possible, as quickly as possible.”

FluMist contains the same influenza strains as other flu vaccines used in the northern hemisphere this influenza season, including the H1N1 strain. It is licensed for use in Canada for people from two to 59 years of age.

It is not recommended for children under two, pregnant women and

people who are immunecompromised. FluMist is also not recommended for health care workers who provide care to patients with severe immune-compromised conditions who require hospitalization in a

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appointment or on a drop-in basis, depending on operational needs.

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Licensed For: • Residential • Acreage • Farm

protective environment.

Residents can check health region Web sites or call HealthLine 811 to find out when and where vaccinations will be available locally.

Health regions will offer vaccinations by

30

MORTGAGE BROKER

KEVIN KURULAK Mortgage Associate THE BIGGAR Broker License #316322 INDEPENDENT 403 Main St., Biggar direct. 306.948.5200 cell. 306.303.9025 NEWSSTANDS The Mortgage toll free phone. 1.877.734.3216 Group @ toll free fax. 1.877.734.3219 License #315872 • Esso email. kevin.tmgbroker.com

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¾ Farm Succession & Estate Planning ¾ Notary Publics Landis Of¿ce Hours: Biggar Of¿ce Hours…

Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

304 Main St., Biggar Phone: 306-948-2204 Toll Free: 1-855-948-2204 Website: www.biggarinsurance.ca Email: biggar@biggarinsurance.ca

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“We’ll getcha covered”

948-5052 (office) Cell 948-4478

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Social Tickets Draw Tickets Calendars and Day Planners Wedding and Anniversary INVITATIONS Presentations

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Helping you Help yourself

Bear Hills Rural Development Corporation

Phone:

Box 327 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

306-948-2295 Fax: 306-948-5050 ELECTRICAL

AURORA CONSTRUCTION & HAPPY AMPER SERVICES • Sewer • Water • Power • Drainage • Footings

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Nick Maguire 306-948-3325 (home) 306-948-4558 (cell)

Northland Foaming

Electrical Installation & Maintenance

Spray Foam

• Commercial • Industrial • Residential

Insulation

Electrical… 306-658-3004 Excavation… 306-951-7667 BIGGAR ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION SERVICES Authorized Appliance Depot Electrical Wiring Trenching Licensed Journeyman Adrian de Haan

306-948-5291

DMH ELECTRIC for all your electrical needs Construction, consulting and Maintenance Licensed Journeyman

Dion Harrabek 306-948-2657 cell: 306-948-9136

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MADGE CONTRACTING LTD. For all your rooÀng needs… ¬New Construction ¬Metal ¬Torch-on ¬Re-roofs ¬Tile ¬Asphalt ¬All repairs ¬Shakes We offer 10 Year Workmanship Warranty and Liability/Torch On Insurance Excellent Local References For a FREE estimate please call… 306-948-5453

306-717-2818 www.madgerooÀng.com Biggar, Sask.

306-948-2805 Cell: 306-948-6062 Email: northland83@yourlink.ca Want to insulate your quonset, farm/commercial buildings, house or cabin?

Lower your heating and cooling costs and add strength to your buildings!

HEALTH/WELLNESS

New Beginnings Wellness Centre “Putting PERSONAL back into fitness training!”

Wayne Baldwin, PFT, CPTA, CNHC

Specializing in Exclusive Seasonal Personal Training Sessions! …for weight loss, body sculpting, strength training.

Offering… One-on-One Rehab & Therapy Sessions * Limited Memberships available to fully equipped Private Fitness Studio & Cardio Room Gift Certificates available

Where you can feel right at home!

Phone… 306-948-2548

PHILLIPS ELECTRIC

Jacklin Andrews, MSW

• Residence • Commercial Wiring For free estimates Ph: 306-948-5393

jacklinandrews@ gmail.com

Family Therapist and Marriage Commissioner (Wilkie)

GEORGE STAHL (306) 948-3776 cell: (306) 260-6503 Ph:

PLUMBING HEATING ELECTRICAL

For all your home, business and rural needs Owners/Operators • Travis Young • Dallas Young • Claude Young

Biggar, Sask.

306-948-3389 Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

LAROCHELLE CONTRACTING Build fences and decks For all your fence and deck needs, give me a call…

306-948-7390

PRAIRIE BOYZ VINYL FENCING LTD.

• residential or acreage • FREE estimates and fence designing • full service or premade for the do-it-yourself handyman • tongue and groove style

306-951-7666, Murray; 306-948-2953, Walter (h)

306-948-4565 (c)

For FAX service, see us at The Independent, 102 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar

Fitness Centre Healthy Lifestyle Weight Loss 30-minute Circuit Personal Training Fitness Classes

…owned and operated by Brett Barber

(back entrance) 104 - 6th Ave. E., Biggar

306.948.2208

Perdue Massage Clinic Registered Massage Therapist (MTAS) Evenings and Saturday appointments available.

Michelle Spuzak, R.M.T. (NHPC member) Located @ New Beginnings Wellness Centre, 114 - 2nd Ave. W., BIGGAR

Services available…

• Shamanic Healing • Psychosomatic Therapy • Massage • Emotional Release Therapy

~ Gift CertiÅcates ~ Evening, Saturday and in-home appointments available.

306-948-2548 or 948-9710

Biggar

Weight Loss & Wellness Centre

• ‘Ideal Protein’ Weight Loss • ‘Slender You’ Figure Salon

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BUSSE LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors

115 - 1st Avenue West Rosetown, Sask.

Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Phone:306.882.2123 Emergency (after hours) 306.882.2006

BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC 1104 - 6 Ave. East, Biggar, Sask.

Southeast entrance of So N Nova Wood Bldg.

Hours…

Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Stuart A. Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B. Bonnie L. Reddekopp, JD 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK

306-948-3346 …serving your community since 1972

Roe & Peszko is a full service law office that practices… ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾

Criminal Law Commercial Law Real Estate Law Wills and Estate Law and our lawyers, William Roe, Q.C. Jason Peszko Lisa Watson look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:

306-948-3408

306-948-5352 or 306-244-9865

ACCOUNTING

Hair Salons

BIGGAR ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Christina Prpick of

Garry A. Faye

P. O. Box 1480 Biggar, Sask.

• Taking appointments Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays.

(Saturday and evenings on request) Contact Christina @

Phone: 306-948-5133

306-948-2712

Chartered Accountant Notary Public

Weightless Coach Anne G. Livingston 317 Main St., Biggar

Mane Essence Hair Salon

PHOTOGRAPHY

306-948-7274

Call Making Biggar Smaller!

223 Main Street Biggar Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO

OPTOMETRISTS

OPEN: Tues.-Fri. • 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

306-948-2183 Kirk Ewen Doctor of Optometry

Email: ddolack@sasktel.net Website: www.hrblock.ca

Photos by Jocelyn Portraits, Family, Weddings & Sports Photography Biggar, Sask.

www.photosbyjocelyn.com

306-948-2814 BOOKS Pat Wicks,

Living Books Distributor

Roderick B. Campbell, CMA

306-321-4991

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DR. GLENN RIEKMAN Dentist

201B-2nd Ave. West

Phone or Text: Website: www.perdue massageclinic.com www.facebook.com/ perduemassageclinic

LEGAL SERVICES

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306-918-7264 Wood and Steel Buildings Floor & Trusses

DENTAL

OFFICE HOURS

Visit us @ 114- 2 Ave. W., Biggar Cell… 306-948-8048

PLUMBING & HEATING

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Cell: 306-221-6888

HEALTH/WELLNESS

In Biggar Every Tuesday.

Biggar Professional Building, 223 Main Street, Biggar

For appointments…

1-855-651-3311

• Bookkeeping • Tax Returns • Financial Statements

Ph: 306-948-4430 or 306-948-4460 rod.campbell@sasktel.net Box 988, Biggar, SK

Please arrange to pick up your photos that have been submitted for publication. .…thanks, The Independent 122 Main St., Biggar

205-3rd Ave. East, Biggar Books, gifts, cards.

Shop at my home!

Call 306-948-3427 for appts.

This space in this directory is available for only $161.20 plus gst… one column x 2 inches for 26-week prepaid commitment (regular price is $19.88 per week = $516.88 plus gst)

Call 306-948-3344 CLASSIFIEDS WORK

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INVESTMENTS For all your investment needs, Visit…

COURIER/HAULING

COMPUTER SERVICES

BIGGAR COURIER • Biggar to Saskatoon • Same day Service • Monday to Friday • 24-hour Answering Service

• Computer Sales • Support and Consultancy • Backup and Disaster Recovery • Email • Wired/Wireless Networking

~Brian and Cathy Fick~ Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI

Lyndsey Sacher

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

Mutual Fund Investment Specialist, Wealth Consultant Credential Asset Management Inc.

Cell: 306-948-7524

222 Main St., Biggar

Tel: 306-986-2600

Located at the Biggar & District Credit Union 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK • 306-948-3352

Want a truly independent advisor who will find your unique solution?

Are you looking for Life, Living Benefits Insurance and/or Investment Strategies?

Do you just want to know if your premiums are fair with the right coverage?

222 Main Street 306 948 5377

info@twhÀnancial.ca www.twhÀnancial.ca

Kevin Kurulak Investment Rep Insurance Broker P. 306 948 5200 F. 306 948 5207 Appointments Preferred

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

M & N REPAIR 701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar

306.948.3996 Open Monday-Friday Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic

Service Truck Full Mechanical Service Mon - Fri • 8 a.m.-5 p.m. phone: George

306-948-3376

306.237.7671 Troy May, owner/operator Fax: 306.237.TROY email: tmay@hotmail.ca

Financial Planning Estate Planning Life Insurance

Heavy Truck Repair SGI Safety Inspection Auto Repair TIRES

Super B outÀts hauling grain and fertilizer in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Rockin D Trucking & Cattle

• Cattle hauling with 21 ft. gooseneck trailer • round and large square bale hauling with step-deck or highboy semi-trailers • also buying and selling straw and forage • also machinery hauling Home • 306-948-2037 Alex • 306-948-7291 Dan • 306-948-7843 Biggar, Sask.

HAULS TO THE DUMP Small moves and deliveries with ½ ton truck

Ph/fax: 306-948-3856 or cell: 306-948-7896 J. G. Smith

HAMM’S TRUCKING

after hours George: 948-4042 Corner of Main Street & 1st Avenue West, Biggar 1st Ave. West, Biggar

KRF Auto Centre 100% handwash “Where we do it all for you!!”

306.948.2700 Your Auto Parts and Accessories Dealer Open: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Sat. • 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Let Vortex protect your truck and your investment with the Vortex Seamless Sprayed on Liner System Prairieland Collision Rosetown, Sask.

• Detailing • Vortex Spray-In Box Liners • Granitex Baked-on Coatings for Decks and Cement Flooring • Auto Accessories • Trailer Rentals

FOR PROMPT FRIENDLY SERVICE …CALL US WITH YOUR GRAIN AND FERTIZER HAULING NEEDS.

Owned & operated by Kevin Fick

• WITH EXPERIENCED OPERATORS AND RELIABLE EQUIPMENT ‘WE WILL GET-R-DONE’

227 - 1st Ave. East, Biggar

MORSE & PERDUE, SK

306-948-1722

306-629-3332

YH Truck, Ag & Auto

SEED CLEANING

• Heavy truck parts • Agriculture parts • Automotive parts & accessories www.yhtruckagauto.com

Hwy 14 East, Biggar 306-948-2109

McNULTY’S MOBILE SEED CLEANING Custom Cleaning of H.R.S. & C.P. S. Wheat

Phone: 306-948-5678

Wylie Farms Ltd. SEED CLEANING

306-882-2289 Canadian Seed Institute Accredited Pedigree, Commercial & Custom Cleaning FULL line of Cleaning Equipment including Gravity Table

Contact 306-948-3344 to have your business listed here, ask for special rates and sizes

Excellent Quality at a Reasonable Price!

For all your Cereal and Pulse Cleaning

WHY NOT GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

BY PLACING YOUR CLASSIFIED AD, TODAY!

CALL 3069483344

Toll Free: 866-403-2298

Email: garethmckee@burntorangesolutions.com Website: www.burntorangesolutions.com

Mutual Fund Investment Specialist Credential Asset Management Inc.

403 Main Street, Biggar

BURNT ORANGE SOLUTIONS

Gareth McKee

Pamela Eaton

Mutual funds are offered through Credential Asset Management Inc., and mutual funds and other securities are offered through Credential Securities Inc. ®Credential is a registered mark owned

by Credential Financial Inc. and is used under license.

SERVICES

SERVICES

SERVICES

Call: Bill: Dale:

306- 948-2807 or 948-5609 948-5394

Plant located 8 miles south of Biggar on Hwy #4, ¼ mile west on Triumph Rd.

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THUR-O CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

Rebel Landscaping 306-948-2879, evenings 306-948-7207, daytime Ed Kolenosky

Cliff Forsyth Box 736, Biggar

Phone: 306-948-5600 A Sign of Qualilty!

• Driveways • Concrete • Garage Pads • Pruning • Planting

• Wood, metal, plastic signs • Vehicle & window graphics • Banners, stickers and Magnetic signs

Jerry Muc Phone: 306-948-2958 Fax:

306-948-5699

• photographs • paintings • art prints • memorabilia • collages, etc.

Call Anne @ 306-948-7274 greengables2@sasktel.net Battery Chargers Electric Fencers Repaired/Rebuilt/ Built

• Laser Engraving • Promotional products (mugs, mousepad, etc)

t Delivery

Ask Abou

109 Main St., Biggar Fax: 306-948-2484

MONARCH MEATS

Modern Licenced Abbatoir • custom slaughter, cut and wrapping • sausage making, curing and smoking

306-948-3312 sales@gvsigns.ca

Your authorized

Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Frigidaire, Shaw, Yamaha Audio Dealer; and Your authorized

SaskTel Mobility and High Speed Internet Dealer

BIGGAR LEISURE CENTRE 216 Main St., Biggar

306-

948-3955

Phillips Radio Shop Phone: 306-948-2442

• Snow Removal • Fences …and much more

“Your complete decal and signage shop”

Anne G. Livingston

CertiÀed Custom Picture Framer

• Topsoil • Lawn Care • Leveling • Sod • Patio Blocks

NORTHLAND PAINTING and SANDBLASTING •Texas Gates •Spray Foam Insulation •Sandblasting & Painting ing ing g •Internal Coatingss •Rock Guard Coatings tings

Mobile Units Office: 306-948-2805 306- 48 2805 Cell: 306-948-6062 306-948-6062 email: northland83@yourlink.ca

• sides of Beef available

Custom Embroidery Teams, Corporate and Personal Attire Judy Kahovec…

306-882-4313, cell 306-831-7935

The Country Clipper • All Breed Dog Grooming • Boarding Kennels (Bordetella Mandatory) • Natural health care for pets • Massage “Acupressure”

For appointments and inquiries, call

306-948-2091 Mon. - Thurs., 7 a.m. - 5 pm.

2 mi. N. on Hwy #4, 2-½ mi. E. on Golf Course Rd.

GAS STATIONS

306-948-3384

Perdue 5-Star Service - Under NEW Management

HONEYBEE SEPTIC TANK SERVICE

Esso Full Service Gas Bar & Restaurant 306-237-4363

306-658-4474, Landis

Contact US for OFFICE SUPPLIES, FORMS and SERVICES…

Bob Kobelsky

Biggar Sand & Gravel • trenching • trucking • water & sewer • sand & gravel • excavating OfÀce …

306-948-5455 SMALL ADS WORK You’re reading this one!

Open: Monday-Sunday • 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Holidays: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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Booklets

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Thursday and Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CLOSED: Sundays

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