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Government announces common sense Àrearms measures for law-abiding owners Saskatoon-RosetownBiggar MP Kelly Block highlighted the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act, a bill that meets the government’s objective to cut red tape for law-

Performance season kicks off on high note . . .

The Midnight Roses Paula McGuigan, left, Eliza Doyle, centre, and Liza Holder with Myshel Pajuaar (not pictured) were an impressive beginning to the Biggar and District Arts Council concert season at the Majestic

abiding firearms owners and provide safe and simple firearms policies.

“Our government has always stood up for lawabiding hunters, farmers and sport-shooters,” Block

stressed. “This legislation will simplify and provide clarity to the firearms regime and reduce administrative burdens for law abiding firearms owners while protecting

Theatre, Thursday. The Roses tight, melodic artistry was a heaven-sent start to an magnificent season. Catch the biggarindependent.ca this Friday for a video of the Roses.

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Significant advances for 2014 harvest Great strides were made this past week as Saskatchewan producers now have 68 per cent of the crop combined and 22 per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report for the period September 23 to 29.

Warm and dry weather allowed producers to close the gap on the five-year (2009-2013) average of 72 per cent combined and 18 per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut.

Harvest is most advanced in the southwestern

region, where 78 per cent of the crop is now combined. Seventy-seven per cent is combined in the northwestern region; 75 per cent in the northeastern region; 72 per cent in the west-central region; 62 per cent in the southeastern region; and 53 per cent in the east-central region.

Rainfall this week ranged from trace amounts to 20 mm in the Carnduff area. Across the province, topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as 17 per cent surplus, 78 per cent adequate and five per cent short. Hay

land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as eight per cent surplus, 85 per cent adequate and seven per cent short.

Strong winds caused some damage this week.

Quality continues to be a concern for many producers as higher-thannormal levels of fusarium head blight have been reported in many cereal crops. Moisture, frost and disease have also caused quality issues.

Fa r m e r s a r e b u s y harvesting and hauling bales.

the safety of Canadians.”

• Provide for the Changes to the Criminal discretionary authority Code and the classification of Chief Firearms Officers regime would enable the to be subject to limit by government to take steps regulation; to ensure the • Authorize rights of lawful firearms firearms owners i m p o r t are respected. information The amendments sharing when to the Firearms Act restricted and and Criminal Code prohibited would: firearms are • Create a siximported into month grace period Canada by Kelly Block at the end of the businesses; five-year licence and, period to stop people from • Allow the government immediately becoming to have the final say on criminalized for paperwork classification decisions, delays around license following the receipt of renewals; independent expert • Streamline the licensing advice. system by eliminating the “The Harper government Possession Only Licence c o n t i n u e s t o a d d r e s s (POL) and converting all t h e i n a d e q u a c i e s i n existing POLs to Possession the existing firearms and Acquisition Licences legislation that only serve (PALs); to punish the law-abiding • M a k e c l a s s r o o m firearms community,” said participation in firearms the Saskatchewan Wildlife safety training mandatory Federation. “This initiative f o r f i r s t - t i m e l i c e n c e will smooth out some of the applicants; bumps and make it easier • Amend the Criminal for Canadians without Code to strengthen the c o m p r o m i s i n g p u b l i c provisions relating to safety.” orders prohibiting the “We are pleased that possession of firearms Public Safety Minister where a person is convicted S t e v e n B l a n e y i s of an offence involving moving towards fairer domestic violence; firearms laws,” added the • End needless paperwork Canadian Shooting Sports around Authorizations to Association. “Cutting red Transport by making them tape for sport shooters a condition of a licence for and hunters does not certain routine and lawful compromise public safety activities; one iota.”

Celebrating the people who make a difference . . . Hilda Dielsen, left, and Joyce Colbert, second from right, are treated at the Senior’s Volunteer Reception at the Biggar Community Hall, Thursday. Thirteen members of our community - people who make this place we call home, richer and more vibrant - were honoured for their contributions.

See Page 11 for those honoured. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Continuing the grand tradition of writers from our area, some very special Àrst-time authors put quill to paper, coming up with their own special tomes.

Area author Merle Massie, joined the newly minted authors at the Biggar Lionel A. Jones Wheatland Regional Library, October 2 to help debut their work. The authors used ‘Storybird’, a writing Web site from the Provincial Library. Used this past summer as a learning tool, the Àrst-time authors wrote their book, then “published” with help from Provincial Library, Central, in Saskatoon. The very, very proud authors now join the likes of Massie, Jean Marie de Moissac, Alice Ellis, Shannon Selin, and a host of others who have pondered words, ideas and thoughts, and let Áy their imagination!

The junior authors, Averi Weekes, Brody Winsor, Callie Poletz, Danica Evanisky, Jay Maudsley, Jyles Poletz and Seamus Winsor should be proud!

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Seasonal Influenza Immunization to begin this month Influenza season is approaching and the Heartland Health Region is encouraging the public to get their influenza immunization this fall and to do so early in the season to ensure they have access to vaccine.

Getting your flu shot has never been easier.

The Heartland Health Region is providing many influenza immunization clinics in many different communities this season.

Immunizations are free to the general public (those 6 months of age and older) and protect against influenza virus which is easily spread through coughing, sneezing, and direct contact with nose and throat secretions.

Influenza can result in hospitalization and death, especially in very young children, the elderly, and those with serious underlying health conditions.

Symptoms include sudden onset of fever and chills, a cough, muscle aches, a headache, fatigue, and a runny or stuffy nose.

Infected people can spread the virus on to others before they show any symptoms.

Influenza is a serious virus and is important to protect yourself against.

This year, an immunizeor-mask policy will be followed in all health facilities throughout the province during flu season, which usually starts in late November.

It will require all nonimmunized staff to wear

protective respiratory masks in patient care areas.

Saskatchewan is the second province in Canada to implement such a policy (British Columbia did in 2013), placing utmost emphasis on patient safety. The policy could also impact visitors to facilities who may be asked to wear a mask if they have chosen not to receive an influenza immunization.

This year, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health will be making a limited quantity of FluMist nasal vaccinations available.

Those aged 2-17 years of age may be eligible to receive this type of vaccine, which does

not require a needle.

The FluMst will not be available when the influenza immunization clinics begin on October 14, but it is expected to arrive in early to mid-November.

More information on FluMist can be found at health. g o v. s k . c a / F l u M i s t .

Details specific to the Heartland Health Region will be released once we know more.

Clinics will begin on Oct. 14 and will mainly run through to December.

Some clinic have also been planned for later in the season. The clinics will also be advertised in local newspapers, posters and grocery bag stuffers around the region in the next two weeks.

Saskatchewan’s Minimum Wage now $10.20 Effective October 1, 2014, Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase to $10.20 from $10 per hour.

Since 2007, Saskatchewan’s minimum wage has increased by 28.3 per cent, with six increases from $7.95 to $10.20 over the past seven years.

“Saskatchewan’s economy has been growing and it is important that the minimum wage increases as well,”Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan

said. “By increasing the minimum wage, youth, students and other minimum wage

Tear it up . . . Crews have Seventh Avenue West blocked off at Main Street as they begin to tear up the pavement. By midweek, crews were toiling away in a very deep hole, working on water mains. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

earners will have more disposable income and improve their standards of living.”

This spring, the Government of Saskatchewan passed regulations to index the minimum wage following Cabinet consideration.

The indexation formula will be calculated using changes in the Consumer Price Index and the Average Hourly Wage in Saskatchewan for the previous year.

personal, spousal and child benefit and creating the Saskatchewan Low Income Tax Credit.

Individual taxpayers now pay no Saskatchewan income tax on their first $18,650 of income.

Saskatchewan also has the highest taxfree income threshold in Canada for a family of four who pay no Saskatchewan income tax on their first $48,320 of income.

Changes to the minimum wage must be announced on or before June 30 of each year and will take effect October 1 of the same year to give business owners the ability to plan for the change.

Along with the increase to minimum wage, the Government of Saskatchewan has also significantly reduced the tax burden on minimum wage earners by increasing the basic

New passing lanes open between Delisle and Rosetown The signs are up and the pavement lines have been marked for the first set of passing lanes on Highway 7 between Delisle and Rosetown.

“The first lanes opened to traffic today,”Highways and Infrastructure Minister Nancy Heppner said.

“The passing lanes increase traffic capacity and improve safety by providing

more opportunities to pass slower moving vehicles. This project is one more example of our government investing in infrastructure to address a growing province and expanding economy.”

The Highway 7 passing lane project will ultimately consist of four sets of passing lanes for a total of 16 kilometres.

The project is scheduled

million under the New Building Canada Fund.

The government has invested a record $4.3 billion in transportation infrastructure since 2008.

to be complete during the 2015 construction season.

The cost of the project is $8.9 million with the Government of Canada contributing approximately $3.8

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Arr, Matey! . . . Missoula Children’s Theatre held their production of ‘Blackbeard The Pirate’ Friday (school performance) and Saturday at the Majestic

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Young, underpaid and angry: The coming clash over the income gap

by David Stewart-Patterson, Vice-President, Corporate and Public Affairs, Conference Board of Canada The growing income divide and 54 with that of 25-to- real incomes of younger between younger and old- 29 year olds. In the mid- workers have stagnated er workers adds a new di- 1980s, the after-tax income for three decades — even mension to policy debates gap was 47 per cent. By the as unemployment rates on key issues like pensions, second half of the last de- have dropped. health care and deficits — cade, the gap had risen to In the meantime, the inand to the campaign calcu- 64 per cent. creasing generational dilus for political parties.

At the very least, this cre- vide on income is also chalA just-published report ates an economic problem. lenging our social values. from the Conference As the baby-boom genera- The generation at the top Board of Canada shows tion moves into retirement, of the income heap today that younger workers have Canadians will be relying fought long and hard for been the losers in a three- on a smaller share of the principles like equal pay decade rise in income in- population to drive eco- for work of equal value — equality between genera- nomic growth and sustain and yet their children face tions. No matter how we the tax base that supports two-tier workplaces where sliced the data — men and public services. We need they get paid less for the women, individuals and average employment in- same work for the same couples, before and after comes in the years ahead employer. tax — the trend has been to go up — and yet young- How long will it be before consistent. er Canadians are falling younger Canadians start Experience matters, and behind. to push back? How long older workers usually The economic problem may will they continue to supmake more money than eventually solve itself. A port spending more public younger ones, but the gap growing scarcity of labour money on health care — has grown significantly. as baby boomers retire money that primarily benWe compared the aver- should push incomes up efits the elderly but comes age income of Canadians for today’s younger work- out of working-age pockbetween the ages of 50 ers. On the other hand, the ets? How long will they ac-

cept getting lower pay and leaner pension plans while being told to work longer, save more and maybe pay higher taxes for that health care?

Most importantly from the political perspective, what happens if and when the younger generations dig in their heels?

On one side of the intergenerational income divide, political parties count on younger Canadians for the energy, enthusiasm and fresh ideas they bring to the table. They represent voters and potential partisans who will be around for a long time.

On the other side, older Canadians have a growing edge in numbers — and are much more likely to vote. Elections Canada says only 45 per cent of those between the ages of 25 and 34 voted in the last

federal election, compared with 75 per cent of those aged 65-74.

The combined weight of numbers and degree of engagement suggests that seniors will continue to hold sway in the short term. However, if the trend in income inequality persists and drives younger adults from angst to anger, each party will have to assess when and how to shift policy gears.

Those decisions will be driven in part by where each party gets its existing support. According to Nanos Research, the Conservative Party garnered only 35 per cent support from those under 30 in the 2011 election, less than its 39.6 per cent share of the total vote. Under-30 support for the New Democrats was right in line with its national total, while both the Liberals and Greens attracted significantly higher support from younger voters.

Interestingly, though, the Conservatives have been the most visible proponents of policies friendly to the next generation. They have been adamant about the need to eliminate deficit financing (which transfers the cost of current public services to future taxpayers) and about limiting the growth of federal transfers for health care.

Since the late 1990s, meanwhile, income tax cuts launched under the Liberals have disproportionately benefited older and higher-income workers and account for much of the increase in inequality between generations in the most recent decade.

Our report suggests the potential for a growing clash of economic interests between younger and old-

er Canadians — one that sooner or later may force each party to choose sides.

At the very least, the growing generational income divide suggests all parties will need to think carefully about how they position their platforms and communicate their intent to younger voters.

David Stewart-Patterson took charge of the newly created Corporate and Public Affairs division in July 2014 after three years as Vice-President, Public Policy. In his earlier role, he was responsible for 13 research centres and executive networks addressing issues ranging from national security, emergency management, health care, and innovation to energy, environment, infrastructure, and Northern and Aboriginal policy.

A graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism, David has written three books and worked as a reporter, editor, and senior manager in print and broadcast media, with positions including Parliamentary correspondent for The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business and business anchor for CTV’s “Canada AM.” A bilingual native of Montréal, David is a passionate volunteer, currently ViceChair of Futurpreneur Canada (formerly the Canadian Youth Business Foundation), which last year provided experienced mentors and no-collateral financing that enabled young Canadians to launch 800 new businesses. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Youth Business International, the U.K.-based global network of charities supporting young entrepreneurs.

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Dear October, I’m ready for Halloween candy, carving pumpkins, beautiful fall colours, cuddling, pumpkins bread, hoodies and so much more.

“Oh, Marilla,” she exclaimed one Saturday morning, coming dancing in with her arms full of gorgeous boughs, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn’t it? Look at these maple branches. Don’t they give you a thrill--several thrills?”

L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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October truly is a wonderful month. While some may not agree saying that “winter is just around the corner”, October can sport great weather. In fact, when we visited San Francisco earlier this year we were constantly told that the month of October was the best time to visit this coastal city as this was the hottest month.

October plays host to two much loved celebrations.

Thanksgiving and Halloween.

The second Monday in October Canadians give thanks for their good fortunes. Every time I hear about a bombing or about political unrest or a war I really am glad to

live in Canada. Likewise when I travel, I do take time to reflect and realize I live in a great corner of the world.

Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed on January 31, 1957 at which time the Parliament of Canada declared a day of general thanksgiving to be observed the second Monday in October for the “bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed.” So, most jurisdications across the country celebrate with a statutory holiday, the exceptions being Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia where it is an optional holiday.

This date corresponds with the harvest festivals celebrated in Europe where the churches were decorated with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves. Selections from scriptures were read and harvest hymns were sung.

Halloween is every kids dream. Dressing up in costumes and going door to door collecting candy (which, of course, will have to be eaten).

There are other foods associated with the celebration - candy apples, candy corn, popcorn balls. Pumpkins are carved into scary faces and ghosts are likely to appear.

Again this holiday has ties to Christianity as October 31 is All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints Eve. This was a time when saints, martyrs and those who had departed this world were remembered. This

There is always something happening at the museum . . .

by Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery Culture Day has come and gone, but the excitement generated by it still lingers.

It was wonderful to see the gallery full of people on Saturday, September 27. They were there to see the Military Exhibit that our volunteers put together to honour the men and women from Biggar who sacrificed their comfort, and some of them their lives, to fight in the First and Second World Wars.

But, if you missed it on Saturday (it was rather chilly that day, and harvest is in full swing) do not fear! The Military Exhibit will continue until the end of October! Please come to honour these fine people, one could have been your neighbour!

Our Toonie Draw winners for August and September were Vera McNeil and Dinah Kegler.

They each won $74.50.

Take your chances to win our half and half Toonie Draw. Enter at the museum or at several businesses in town.

Yes, seems time just whizzes by, and already it is time to start thinking about Christmas!

The Annual Christmas Magic will be occupying the days for our volunteers.

Every

year the Credit Union Gallery is turned into a Christmas Fairy Tale room and becomes the place to bid on all your Christmas presents! This event draws hundreds to bid on all the beautiful

gifts donated by our very supportive donators.

Donation requests will be sent out, and our volunteers will be asking businesses and individuals for donations for Christmas Magic

Silent Auction coming to Biggar Museum and Gallery in November. All proceeds go to supporting the Biggar Museum and Gallery, where there is always something happening!

Arts Council helps Digital Projector fund . . . The Majestic Theatre Digital Projector Fund’s Daryl Hasein, left, receives a cheque from Biggar and District Arts Council’s Marc Holt. The $410 donation was raised at the Arts Council’s ‘Toonie Bar’ from the previous performance season. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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feast is also influenced by harvest festivals.

Halloween rivals Christmas in terms of decorations. Many people get right into the spirit by decorating homes and yards.

Some are extravagant turning their yards into a full size replica of a graveyard or pumpkin patches. Themed costumes parties for both adults and children are likely to be held.

This day is not a public holiday but there is no shortage of people getting into the spirit.

Very often the staff members at businesses will dress up in costume and a bowl of candy may sit out for customers to partake in.

Many, like Anne, feel October is truly a month to be thankful for.

Just imagine the year without it.

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by Bob Mason

Gimme a light, eh?

I suppose that a person could sit up here all night and write about light!

Pretty poetic, eh?

Even “man-made” light such as candles, coal oil, lamps, gas and electric, et cetera, but almost any encyclopedia tells how “man” has used it from way, way back!

Mebbe it is a good thing that “light” has been part of our universe since the begining of time!

Otherwise it would have been patented by some U.S. type long ago!

A person could look though a lot of the above mentioned encyclopedias that have pages and pages about “The Wizard of Menlo Park” (Thomas Edison) and his contribution to the world of light, before they found

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even one word about how it affected Yours Truly!

Some of Y.T.’s memories of light mebbe don’t mean very much to most people, and mebbe some of them have been mentioned before! After all, as Mr. Plato said: “Nothing can be said now, that hasn’t been said before!”

But here some of them are anyway!

When we were just small boys on our folks’ farm up in Great Bend, our Dad always referred to one of our neighbours south-sloping quarters of land as “The Moonlight!”

And because the long east-west road running through it had been surveyed through solid bush, that long avenue of dark shadows scared

the living Dickens out of us! Even the name “The Moonlight” added to the eerie feeling we always had whenever we had to pass that way!

Mebbe we were only young kids afraid of the dark, I dunno, but we always took the other, more open road when we had to go across “The Moonlight”! And mebbe it was that “young and afraid of the dark” thing, that made us appreciate light so much, for the rest of our lives!

We never did get rid of that fear of the dark though, not even on the darkest nights of WWII when we knew that in the darkness was the safest place to be!

All of our young lives we kept looking into the shadows and fearing some terrible fate that awaited there!

Years later, as Y.T.’s cousin and he were driving down a winding road by a deep ravine, far below us, in the darkness of the huge spruce trees, was a swirling mass of light! Just seeing it was almost enough to make me run, but when Howard said nonchalantly, “Let’s go down there and see what it is!”, Y.T. started to shake all over!

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We tied our horses to a nearby tree and down into the shadows we went . . .

That was almost 80 years ago, but the memory of that eerie, swirling light in that ravine still scares me!

Actually, we figured that a swarm of flies had gotten some phosphorus on their wings from a rotten stump!

Light is a great thing, eh? A lot of our world wouldn’t be able to function without it!

Another one of Y.T.’s more ghoulish memories concerning light was when Mother asked us to bring up a few spuds from the potato bin. Down Y.T. went, flashlight in hand and shone it on the potato pile just as a couple of “darknessloving” salamanders waddled underneath the steps!

In those times we often heard coyotes howling, and were afraid every time we heard them.

We often saw skunks scooting under the bins and were afraid that some day we would be sprayed by one – but sleek, slimy (if harmless) salamanders? I’ll be that the folks wondered why we left a lot of potatoes on our plates that night!

The advice is: “If you must get some vegetables from

the basement, leave your flashlight upstairs!”

As one of the many army issues of WWII was an item called “Lamp Electric, Soldiers for the use of!” (commonly called a flashlight!), and when we were clearing a town in Holland, always suspicious, one cloudy evening Y.T. heard a rustling noise coming through an open hole in the busted up attic of an old house we were in and a couple of guys volunteered to leave me to take a look.

Who wants to be a hero? Especially a dead hero! Y.T. had no choice.

Grasping me by the legs, they lifted me up, “lamp electric” in mouth, to have a look-see!

Boy was Y.T. scared as he stuck his head through that hole and the light reflected from a couple of beady eyes looking back at him. Had it been a couple of enemy soldiers hiding there, the army would at least have mentioned Y.T. in “Dispatches”, but no!

Those beady eyes were on a small bunny rabbit chewing the bark of a few branches someone had put in!

That bunny looked at Y.T. as though it wanted to know what all the fuss outside was, but I’m glad that it didn’t!

We were laughing so hard that we couldn’t speak!

Like everybody else, Y.T. could sit up here all night and write about how much “light” has meant to him! During the war he always carried a three inch candle in the hip pocket of his battledress, leading to a few lines like this: “So I covered by truck with a house door, and stuck my knife in the wall. I melted the butt of a candle, the light was meager and small.”

Or the searchlights on the clouds (called “ M o n t g o m e r y Moonlight”) that gave the battlefield a kind of eerie colour.

I’m not sure whether that extra light did the “state of man” very much good, but at times is did help us to kill each other!

Se we came home at last, and Phyllis became my wife a couple of years later.

We had some tough times over the years – and also a fine family – and now we can see a light at the end of the tunnel . . .

This should be a plus for us, I think, but a lot of people think we are looking down that tunnel from the wrong end!

Oh well!

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CRTC works with small business to stop malicious spam from being sent to Canadians The Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced October 7 that by working with a small Saskatchewan business, it has stopped malicious spam messages from being sent to Canadians.

Millions of spam messages were unknowingly being sent from a server owned by a Saskatchewan-based computer reseller.

In July 2014, the Spam Reporting Centre received reports of spam messages routed through Access Communications, an Internet service provider (ISP).

During its investigation, the CRTC discovered that the spam messages were actually coming from a small business’s server, which used Access Communications as its ISP. This business’s server had become infected with malware, which had caused it to join the botnet “Ebury.”

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Once alerted to the situation by the CRTC, the small business and Access Communications fully cooperated and removed all traces of the malware.

“We have a number of tools at our disposal to protect Canadians from online threats such as spam,” explained Manon Bombardier, Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer, Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission.” This investigation illustrates how we can tailor our enforcement actions to the situation at hand. By working together, we were able to stop this malicious spam from continuing to be sent to Canadians. We are committed to collaborating with Canadian businesses, large and small, to ensure they comply with the rules and we will continue to alert them when we suspect that their servers have become compromised.”

According to spamrankings.net, the Autonomous Systems (AS21804) for Access Communications, which includes the small business in question, topped the charts for spam activity in Canada in June and July 2014, peaking at approximately 24 million e-mails sent in June and 73 million in July.

After notification from the CRTC and the action taken by the small business and Access Communication, the activity dropped down to the 36th spot on the spamrankings.net list. The Spam Reporting Centre also stopped receiving spam reports regarding this matter.

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Canadians are encouraged to report spam to the Spam Reporting Centre. The information sent to the Centre is used by the CRTC, the Competition Bureau, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner to enforce Canada’s anti-spam law.

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Municipal Elections 2014 Whereas the following is the only candidate: Phil Ulrich nominated for the ofÀce of Councillor for Division No. Two; Greg Sutherland nominated for the ofÀce of Councillor for Division No. Six. I hereby give notice that no voting for these ofÀces will take place on the 22nd day of October, 2014.

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From the: “Ain’t that odd?” column

by Calvin Daniels

For a moment this week I was pretty sure I had somehow slipped back a year, or two in time.

I was browsing a farm newspaper Web site and there was an article about Canadian durum producers lamenting the lack of competition for their grain in Canada, and how prices south of the border were often double those here.

It sounded very much like the complaint often pointed toward the Canadian Wheat Board when it was the single desk seller for wheat, durum and export barley

in this country.

The CWB was the great barrier to competition.

The CWB was the reason Canadian prices were often cited as lower than in the United States, because again there was no competition.

Now, more than a year out from the federal government ending the CWB’s single-desk selling authority, durum producers seem to be exactly in the same place.

The Western Producer noted in an article “Larry Weber, an analyst with Weber Commodities,

said the price for No. 1 CWAD 13 per cent durum was as high as $14.80 in Montana and North Dakota last week, which was $7 per bu. higher than the Canadian price.”

Now that is a huge discrepancy to be sure, and in a post-CWB world there is no hope for a final payment down the road based on pooling the sale of durum over the crop year to bring the two prices more into line.

Of course there are added costs for producers too eyeing the U.S. market, particularly trucking fees for added highway miles depending on location, although they will not equal a $7 bulge.

So there is a question to be asked here, why has the end of the CWB single desk power not translated into the competition the federal government and openmarket proponents long

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Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart has proclaimed October as Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan.

The month will focus on profiling opportunities in agriculture to youth.

“Agriculture is one of the largest economic engines in Saskatchewan, accounting for about 10 per cent of the provincial gross domestic product and generating more than 50,000 jobs in the province,” Stewart said.

“As harvest continues and school gets underway, October is an ideal time to share with youth the

opportunities that this thriving industry has to offer.”

With a growing global demand for food comes high demand for welltrained individuals to work in the agriculture industry. To attract youth to a rewarding career in agriculture, the ministry has launched a new Web presence at saskatchewan.ca/ thinkag that profiles real Saskatchewan people employed in the industry. In addition to interactive career features, this site offers scholarship information

and teacher resources.

In addition to the Web site, a thinkAG Facebook page has also been launched to give current and potential ag employees a forum to discuss careers in agriculture and what the industry has to offer.

During the month of October, teachers, career counsellors, producers and industry are encouraged to get involved in spreading the message that a job in agriculture can lead to a challenging, rewarding career.

October is Agriculture Month in Saskatchewan

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for a product such as durum, then it has to be worrisome.

It might be reasoned the answer is a simple as not growing durum moving forward if local buyers won’t pay for it.

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It is not to suggest here that the CWB was the wonderful and great entity its staunchest supporters may have suggested.

And, it is not to suggest a government which believes in a policy change should not proceed with it.

But if the change is failing to produce what was expected

NOTICE OF MEETING Please be advised that a Special Meeting for Feudal Co-op members, will be held on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Perdue Complex in Perdue, Sask. for the purpose of voting on the merger of the Central Plains Co-operative Ltd. and the Feudal Co-operative Association Limited.

The Special Meeting for Central Plains Co-op members will be held on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. in the Elks Hall in Rosetown, Sask.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

by Rod Pedersen, Voice of the Riders It’s tough to tell exactly why Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Corey Chamblin was so furious after Friday’s 31-24 home loss to the Calgary Stampeders.

That’s simply because he was very guarded and measured in his postgame comments as his club fell to 9-5 with four games remaining in the 2014 CFL regular season.

There’s plenty to be upset about, but there’s plenty to be encouraged by as well. The Roughriders’ offensive woes continued going into the Calgary game, one week after the team was shutout 24-0 in Edmonton for their first blanking in 28 years. Chamblin said he was going with his “gut” in starting rookie Seth Doege at quarterback, his first pro start. That move didn’t pay off, as the Texas Tech grad fired three first half interceptions and was replaced by sophomore Tino Sunseri.

Perhaps he was upset about that.

The Riders were down 9-0 at halftime against Calgary on Friday and sunk to 24-0 in the third quarter. Quite frankly things were looking grim for the rest of the game at that point, and maybe even for the rest of this season, with injured quarterback Darian Durant helplessly looking on from the sidelines.

But somewhere along the way, the Rider offense caught a spark. Sunseri hooked up with rookie wideout Dan DePalma for a 66-yard catch-andrun touchdown late in the third quarter which ended the Riders’ shutout streak at 103:48.

You likely saw the game, but the Riders went on a tear from that point on, tying the game 24-24 but with 4:00 remaining, they were facing a 3rd-and-2 situation at the Calgary 50-yard line. Despite having momentum on their side, Chamblin elected to yank his offense off the field and punt.

The Stamps took over at their 25 and marched the

length of the field to score the winning points.

That decision to punt seemed to be one of the main reasons for Chamblin’s anger after the game.

“We should’ve gone for it on 3rd-and-1,” Chamblin fumed. “We have to have confidence we can do that.

My biggest regret is that.

Whether we win or lose, we have to be aggressive.

We can’t be soft there.

I’d rather be damned by doing. I live my life to be aggressive and that’s the way we’re going to play for the rest of the season.”

Yeah, that might be the reason why he was so ticked off. But in the final minute, the Riders held the Stampeders to a field goal and reasonably had a chance to win the game but a penalty on that field goal gave Calgary a first down and quarterback Drew Tate promptly put it in the endzone to significantly hinder the Riders’ chance at a comeback.

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the playoffs and they’re just a week or two away from nailing down a berth as it is. They may not even have to win another game, given the pace at which B.C. and Winnipeg are losing games behind them.

A loss stinks but I walked out of that energetic stadium Friday evening with a renewed sense of optimism around this football club. Depending on who you believe, Darian Durant may or may not be coming back this season but at least we now know this team can score points without him. Sunseri seems to have found his mojo and against any other CFL team, they probably win that game Friday night. If they want to win back-to-back Grey Cups, they’re going to have to go through Calgary and Friday’s game served notice the Riders won’t fade away.

Chamblin can see it too, however the Riders’ sideline boss just wishes it was coming around a little more quickly.

“We’re not looking for moral victories,” Chamblin continued.

“You want to make sure each and every night that we’re able to win. We did some good things in there.

I’m very encouraged and I thought guys stepped up and improved their play.

There’s a chance we can get it going in the right

direction.”

Next up it’s a visit to Montreal for a Turkey Day meeting with the Alouettes on an

afternoon where they’ll retire Anthony Calvillo’s number 13.

Let’s see how far the Riders have come by

then.

(For daily Rider news, follow Rod on Twitter at @sportscage).

Bowling Scores Biggar Bowl Bowling Centre Monday Mixed League: MHS – Byron Bodnarchuk, 226; WHS – Leisha Desrosiers, 245; MHT – Byron Bodnarchuk, 543; WHT – Leisha Desrosiers, 561.

Tuesday New Horizons: MHS – Glen Shockey, 279; MHS – N/A; MHT – Glen Shockey, 686; WHT – N/A. Thursday Senior’s League: MHS – Glen Shockey, 202; WHS – Dianna Meger, 217; MHT – Glen Shockey, 557; WHT – Dianna Meger, 516.

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Perdue Community Bowl Scores for the week of September 29 – October 3 Club 55: MHS – Jim Brown, 197; LHS – Joey Levitt, 259; MHT – Jim Brown, 494; LHT – Joey Levitt, 616; THS – Zero’s, 1,071; THT – Zero’s, 3,094; MHA – Dennis Notschke, 168; LHA – Joey Levitt, 178.

Ladies League: LHS – Marilyn Moon, 206; LHT – Marilyn Moon, 505; THS – Dolls with Balls, 1,036; THT – Dolls with Balls, 2,961; LHA – Joey Levitt, 179.

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Week of September 15-19: Bowlasaurus: Ayden Moody – 51 Single.

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Juniors: Emmett Hamilton – 128 Single, 253 Double; Rylee Moody – 113 Single, 218 Double; Adam Munro – 133 Single, 247 Double.

Week of September 22-26: Bowlasaurus: Ayden Moody – 9 Single.

Bantams: Kierra Moody – 52 Single, 99 Double; Trystyn Wegwitzs – 92 Single, 161 Double.

Juniors: Emmett Hamilton – 111 Single, 220 Double; Rylee Moody – 95 Single, 180 Double; Adam Munro – 148 Single, 273 Double.

Week of September 29 - October 3: Bowlasaurus: Ayden Moody – 71 Single.

Bantams: Kierra Moody – 92 Single, 92 Double; Trystyn Wegwitz – 97 Single, 189 Double.

Juniors: Emmett Hamilton – 110 Single, 198 Double; Rylee Moody – 99 Single, 189 Double; Adam Munro – 143 Single, 279 Double.

Senior National’s Hockey Schedule is set for the season

by Debra Austin Sask West Hockey League has set the schedule for the up coming hockey season.

The opening game of the season for the Nationals is a home game against the Wilkie Outlaws on October 31 at 8:30 p.m. With the later start time, it gives all the kids time to do their “Trick of Treating” before coming to the game to have a Spooktacular time cheering on the home team.

We encourage kids of all ages to come in their very best Halloween attire for the game!

The HOME SCHEDULE for the Nationals is as follows…

Friday, Nov. 7 against Unity at 8:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 21 against Kindersley at 8:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 28 against Wilkie at 8:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 5 against Macklin at 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 13 against Kerrobert at 8 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 9 against Macklin at 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 10 against Luseland at 8 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 24 against Unity at 8:30 p.m.

There are also many away game that the team will be playing and your attendance at those games would be appreciated!

Everyone is buzzing about “Hockey Night in Canada” coming on the 24th-25th of October. Watch for posters and in the next Independent for details of their visit and how you can get involved. There will be an exhibition game on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. against the Battleford Beaver Blues that the film crew will be attending so we want to see the rink packed to the rafters for the game.

The Nationals are looking for help for their home games. We need score keepers, ticket takers, 50/50 sellers, merchandise sellers. The list is long! If you can help out in anyway, please contact one of the executive members, managers or myself at 306-9485262.

I am still looking for any pictures or other items anyone would like to share about the Nat’s history. Give me a call if you have something of interest that we could put into one of the articles.

Until next time . . . keep it between the posts!

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The Sky This Month - October 2014

by Gary Boyle, The Royal Astronomical 7309. This is a low surface magnitude Society of Canada 12.9 galaxy and a peculiar object as the A Month of Eclipses galaxy possesses three distinct arms.

This month we bid farewell to the The galaxy is presently not too far from constellation Scorpius and quite soon – the planet Neptune. It takes Neptune Sagittarius. some 165 years to orbit once around the Both were the focal point of every star Sun, so this gas giant will be stuck in party this past summer. To witness the Aquarius until May of the year 2022. middle our home galaxy on a moonless A majority of the galaxies in this night is beyond words. I hope you had the constellation are elliptical and round in opportunity to see the beauty of the night nature without arm structure. However and all it has to offer. But even though NGC 7378 is a type 2 Seyfert galaxy 106 these two are sliding into the southwest million light years away. Type 2 Seyferts skies, all is not lost. The summer triangle possess strong emission lines and appear is still overhead and is prime for hunting normal in regular images but are strong the objects I wrote about the past two sources of infrared radiation and are months. powerful sources of radio energy and We now look at a different constellation, X-rays as well.

Aquarius the Water Bearer.

Eclipses only occur when the sun, moon At a little less than 1,000 square degrees, and Earth line up. Because of variations Aquarius rank 10th in area out of the 88 in the Earth and moon’s orbit, this does boundaries that make up the entire sky. not occur every month.

Our feature constellation is home to a bit But on occasion things line up and with of everything including globular clusters, that said we will be treated to a couple of a planetary nebula, many galaxies and eclipses – one lunar and the other solar. even a planet.

First on the morning of October 8, the Let’s start with the brightest celestial full Hunter’s Moon slid into the Earth’s target which happens to be M2. This shadow. Eastern North American saw highly resolved magnitude 6.3 globular totality (darkest part) as the moon set cluster also known as NGC 7089 is just in the west. Central and Mountain Time at visual limits from dark sites. It lays zones witnessed most of the eclipse 47,000 light years away and is 175 light whereas the west coast was favoured to years wide. Its population is around the see it all.

100,000 mark.

This is a very safe eclipse as the full To locate this gem, first find the right moon turns a reddish orange due to most star of the asterism – its name is sunlight refracting through Earth’s Sadalsuud and is 540 light years from us. atmosphere. In fact if you were on the Then move almost five degrees north. moon, you would see this reddish orange Next we fish out the planetary nebula. ring around the Earth.

From Sadalsuud move eight degrees Our next moonset total eclipse will south west to magnitude 4.5 Nu Aquarii. occur on April 4, 2015.

This star is 164 light years from us and Two weeks later during new moon a luminosity 42 times that of our Sun and (lunation 1136) when the same three a radii of 8.9 times. From here nudge your celestial bodies are still lined up to a scope one and a third degrees west till certain point; we will witness a partial you catch the Saturn Nebula. Catalogued solar eclipse. Here is where the danger as NGC 7009, its irregular shape takes exists as special filters are essential on the appearance of our famous planet. to observe and photograph the event.

With an estimated distance of 5,200 light Never look at the sun without a filter. years, the central hot bluish dwarf star is The bad news is the eclipse starts a few still at 55,000 Kelvin. minutes before sunset for those in the Close by are two other Messier objects east. Again, central and western parts of namely M72 and M73. With values of the continent will see more of the event.

55,000 light years from us and glowing Again this month for a two week at magnitude 9.3, M72 is considered on period commencing October 20 you have the faintest and smaller globulars in the opportunity to observe the zodiacal the Messier catalogue. M73 on the other lights in the eastern sky an hour before hand only consists of four stars in a ‘Y’ sunrise. It just so happens Jupiter is pattern. Maybe Charles Messier thought embedded in its faint glow. You will need he saw some nebulosity amongst these country skies without moonlight. suns but none exist.

Until next month, clear skies A challenge object would be NGC everyone.

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2008 Dodge Niro RT, silver, 119,286km, Stk T14720A .................................................. $16,900 2008 Chev Equinox LT AWD, black, 112,543km, StkR5079B ........................................ $14,505 SOLD $27,900 2009 GMC Yukon Denali, 6.2L, silver, 159,303km, StkT14817B ....................................

SOLD $33,578 2009 GMC ¾ crew 6.6T black, 133,474km, Stk T15124A ..............................................

2009 Chev Silverado ½ crew LTZ, white diamond, 119,063km, StkT14774A ................. $29,525 2009 Pontiac G5 SE, red, only 24,271km, StkR5126 ....................................................... $ 9,995 2009 Chev Suburban LT 4x4, white, 184,000km, StkT1561A......................................... $18,900 2010 Chev Impala LT, silver, 75,537km, StkT14819A .....................................................

SOLD $13,900 2010 Chev Silverado ½ ext. 4x4 LTZ, white, 90,131km, StkT14677A ............................ $26,325 2010 GMC ½ crew SLT 4x4, black, 93,000km, StkT14670A .......................................... $26,875 2011 GMC ¾ crew SLE 4x4, white, 59,124km, StkT14794A .......................................... $40,200 SOLD $31,325 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4, black, 36,000km, Stk14570A ...........................

2012 GMC Terrain SLE AWD, silver, 58,900km, StkT14821A ....................................... $23,900 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SE, gray, 94,149km, StkT1435A......................................... $18,900 2012 Chev Silverado ½ crew LT, black, 43,052km, StkT14753A .................................... $28,275 2012 GMC ¾ crew Denali, 6.6T, black, 122,994km, StkT1593A .................................... $48,700 2014 Chev Silverado one ton, 6.6T SRW LTZ, white, 7,630km, Stk T14170A ............... $65,900

If we don’t have the vehicle you want, we will FIND one for YOU!

Rosetown Mainline Motor Products Hwy #7 West, Rosetown, Sask.

Toll free:1-877-979-7999 or 306-882-2691 Dealer License #311284

Central Plains Co-op Wants You To

DRINK PINK On Wed, October 15, 2014 stop by our Food Store locations in Eston, Landis and Rosetown and enjoy a complimentary coffee to help celebrate Co-op Week!

We will be collecting donations that day at these locations to support the Drink Pink campaign with all proceeds being donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation!

Thank you for your continued support & Happy Co-op Week!

You’re at home here.

Central Plains Co-operative Ltd. Locations in: Eston, Landis, Plenty/Dodsland & Rosetown

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Chef Dez on cooking

Chef Dez on Cooking Cookbooks: Inspiration at our fingertips

One of the oddest couples I have ever met was after one of my live cooking performances at a local fair.

A woman in the distant crowd was watching the tail end of my show and approached me afterwards.

“I can see by watching you that you love to cook.”

She said. “I can see that the crowd was inspired by your show, but my husband and I, we never cook. You could even go as far as saying that we hate to cook, so we never do it. You may think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not. We never cook. We eat in restaurants, get take-out, fast food, and buy microwave prepared dinners.”

I was shocked, to say the least. My first thought was “why are you telling me this?”

Then she went on and asked me “I bet you can’t guess what we use our oven for?” I shrugged my shoulders and she said “to store cookbooks. It’s wasted space for us, so we use it as a bookshelf.”

This was the oddest thing I have ever heard.

“Why do you even own cookbooks, if you don’t cook?”

I asked.

“Doesn’t everybody?” she replied.

Good point. She’s right. Everyone has a collection of cookbooks, either large or small, and apparently even people that don’t cook. I am assuming that they must have received them as gifts?

We all get into cooking ruts at times in our lives and our meals in the meantime suffer from lack of stimulation - you’re not alone. However, right there in your own home, you have an assortment of cookbooks just waiting to be opened, pondered through and used.

I have a challenge for you. At some point over the next seven days from reading this column, I challenge you to open up one of those cookbooks.

Not one that you received as a gift, but one that you purchased yourself with your hard earned money.

I want you to relive the moment when you bought it. The moment when you are flipping through the pages with excitement and motivation, saying to yourself “I gotta have this book” as you lay your cold hard cash down on the counter. Find those recipes again, and this time, make them.

Motivation can easily be stimulated from outside sources (such as cookbook recipes in this case), but true motivation comes from within you. You have to take that first step, the steps that follow, and the final step to make something happen. If you are truly discouraged with the same old meals you are making, you will find a way to make this happen.

Many cookbooks simply just gather dust because we either forget about them, or more likely find that there is too much emotional pain to learn new recipes and we stick with what we know . . . it’s easier.

I guarantee you this however, if you take the steps,

and keep trying (even through times of possible mistakes or failures), you will succeed. Your meals will become new again and with any luck you will find happiness in your new found inspiration that has been there with you, waiting for you, all along. Take this success and let it inspire you to keep learning new recipes. Chances are you have a kitchen and plan to continue to eat the rest of your life, so this will not be a waste of your time.

I could at this time also make the suggestion of searching the Internet for recipe ideas, but I think that with your vested interest in the cookbooks you have already purchased, you will be more driven (and in the end, more fulfilled) to create this victory yourself.

Please feel free to e-mail me (dez@chefdez.com) to tell me about your cooking adventures in this challenge. I would love to hear from you. Happy Cooking!

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

by Kim Fick We have now settled nicely into our routines at school.

Our elementary students were able to go watch their classmates in the performance of “Blackbeard the Pirate” last week, and it really highlighted how lucky we are to have these opportunities for our kids.

Thank you to those that organize these opportunities.

A reminder as we head into this long weekend that there is no school for students on Friday, October 10 as teachers are spending another day working on professional development.

As I mentioned in a previous write-up, our school is working towards getting students more engaged in their own learning, and helping parents play an active role in their children’s education, and that good schools become even better schools when parents are involved.

We are a great school working towards being even

better!

Parent engagement is a key factor in the enhancement of student achievement and wellbeing. Students are more likely to be motivated, to earn higher grades, to have better behaviour and social skills, and to continue their education to a higher level when their parents are actively engaged in supporting their success at school.

For all of these reasons, our staff and School Community Council are working to help parents become involved in their child’s schooling.

With that being said, we know there are many factors which makes it difficult for parents to become as involved as they may like to be. Many of today’s parents are very busy, many families are singleparent families with limited time, and others would love to become more involved but aren’t sure how or what to do.

It is important to recognize that parent involvement takes many forms, and some can be done right in the home with limited time invested.

Ways to become engaged in your child’s learning: • Serving on the School Community Council; • Volunteering for field trips and school activities; • Making sure there is a quiet place set aside to do homework; • Helping with homework; • Meeting with teachers; • Talking to your child about their day at school.

Have a great week everyone!

BCS Principal’s Report

LMG is looking for team members to join our crew in a new, state of the art, steel tank fabrication plant.

Early Deadline!

Thursday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for ads, news, and classiÀeds.

HIRING FAIR Saturday, October 18, 2014 LMG FABRICATION PLANT BATTLEFORD, Sask.

601 - 18 Street, Battleford, Sask.

9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Welders -- Journeymen and Apprentice Labourers Shipper/Receiver Painters/Blasters/Insulators Q.C. Inspector Crane Operator Maintenance Personnel Competetive Wages -- BeneÀts, Day and Night shifts available.

Interviews will be held on site, please bring resume.

If you are unable to attend, please email your resume to debbie.hudson@lmginc.ca

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Garry and Sharon Faye

Biggar Accounting Services

After 27 years of providing professional accounting services to the Biggar and district community, Garry and Sharon would like to announce that over the next two years, we have made an arrangement with a new firm of Chartered Accountants, Buckberger Baerg & Partners LLP. Buckberger Baerg & Partners LLP is based in Saskatoon, but they will be keeping the office in Biggar open with regular office hours. This firm has many years of experience in tax, estate planning, restructuring and small business accounting.

Two of the eight partners, Tyler Kachur (Garry’s cousin) and Alan Koop, are both Chartered Accountants and small business tax specialists. We are looking forward to working with them to help you get to know and trust them for years to come.

Garry will be in the office during that time to help our clients meet and develop a working relationship with these two professionals by discussing tax, business and professional accounting needs with them.

They also will be taking new business clients to add to the base that Biggar Accounting has established over the years. Over the past five to ten years, our area of the province has seen a huge reduction of locally based accountants; and therefore, this arrangement should benefit our community for years to come.

Garry and Sharon would like to thank all of our clients and friends for trusting us with their business needs and supporting us for the past 27 years. We are looking forward to spending our retirement years in this community.

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Employment Opportunity

GRAIN COORDINATOR Louis Dreyfus is among the world’s leading commodity merchants, trading and transporting grain and oil seeds. Established in 1851, Louis Dreyfus ranks among the world’s most effective and reliable private corporations with approximately 34,000 employees in locations in 53 countries. Our international presence and our evolutionary history make Louis Dreyfus a unique career destination.

Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd. has an opening for a Grain Coordinator in Wilkie, Saskatchewan location. In this position, you will develop and maintain a customer base and producer relationship, procure grain, assist in grain deliveries in coordination with the Operations Manager, and monitor regional crop quality and quantity.

The ideal candidate should have good communication and computer skills. Experience in agricultural sales and marketing or a University degree in agriculture would be an asset. In this position you will develop and maintain a customer base and producer relationship, assist in grain deliveries in coordination with Operations Manager, grade grain using CGC standards and monitor regional crop quality and quantity plus attend Producer meetings. Training is available for the successful candidate.

If you would like to work for a company that will always rise to meet new opportunities, Louis Dreyfus is the place for you. We offer competitive wages, health and retirement beneÀts. Submit resume to P.O. Box 689, Wilkie, SK, S0K 4W0, or email jason.delainey@ldcom.com or fax to 306-843-2360, Attn: Jason Delainey.

Louis Dreyfus is an equal opportunity/afÀrmative action employer and strongly supports workplace diversity.

Employment Opportunity EMPLOYMENTY OPPORTUNITY

Caretaker Manager Biggar Housing Authority Responsibilities: • Daily operations of 88 unit portfolio -- 24 units in each building -- 10 Family Units -- 6 Duplexes • Grounds Maintenance • Mechanical Systems Maintenance • General Maintenance • Janitorial Maintenance QualiÀcations: • Knowledge of Hot Water Systems, Yard Equipment/Power Tools/Locks-Keys and Carpentry Skills • Self-motivated • Able to meet deadlines • Good public relation skills an asset Resumes accepted until October 30, 2014 to…

Chairman, Biggar Housing Authority Box 241, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 Further information, call: John 306-948-5251 or Terri 306-948-2101

~ EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ~ New Home Hardware store in Biggar opening in December… we are looking for full-time and part-time staff. Please forward resumé to Box 1808, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 or email murple99@me.com

JOB POSTING: Cook Position, FullTime Biggar and District Daycare require an energetic and enthusiastic person who enjoys cooking for children.

Applicants must have, or be willing to obtain the following:

Biggar Pharmasave is currently accepting resumes for the position of Receiver. The Receiver oversees all incoming orders, and manages inventory through a POS system, and other duties as required. Applicants should possess superior communication and organization skills, a strong work ethic, and blend well as part of a team. Only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

For a detailed job description, visit: www.rubiconpharmacies.com For more information or to apply please contact: Scott McMahon Phone: 306-948-3315 Fax: 306-948-3360 Email: smcmahon@rubiconpharmacies.com Nanny to come to our acreage Monday through Friday from 2:30 - 6:30 p.m. Three children aged 11 yrs; 9 yrs; and 5 yrs.

Duties include making meals, tidying up house, help children with homework and play, etc.

Wages negotiable. Phone 306948-5453.

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Action Supply Incc: Finance manager wanted urgently. Any work experience can apply, must be accurate, computer literate, have good typing skills and have a good sense of communication. Will earn $3040 monthly. For more details email sanford.cline@ actionsupplyincc.ca 38p4

“Almost Home” Care Home is hiring care aides. Submit resume to Box 1135, Biggar, S0K 0M0 or drop off at 114 4th Ave. West, Biggar.

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• CPR C and First Aid • Criminal Record Check with vulnerable sector check • Food Safe Course • TB Test

Please send your applications…

Attention: Susan Evans Biggar and District Daycare Inc. Box 128 Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0

JOB DESCRIPTION Child Care Worker Part-time approx 15 hrs. per week Biggar and District Daycare require an energetic and enthusiastic person who enjoys working with children.

Responsibilities will include supervision of children, daily cleaning duties for closing of the centre and various other responsibilities as needed.

Applicants must have, or be willing to obtain the following: • CPR C and First Aid • Criminal Record Check with vulnerable sector check • TB Test

Please send your resume, complete with references, to the following…

Attention: Susan Evans Biggar and District Daycare Inc. Box 128 Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0

HELP WANTED… E-Kay Enterprises in Biggar, Sask. has a current opening for a Maintenance Mechanic. This position would be ideal for a semi-retired individual with a strong maintenance mechanic background. This position would begin as Part-time with flexible hours but could lead to Full-time if the successful applicant is interested.

Please email your resume to george@e-kay.ca or drop off your resume with George at E-Kay Enterprises at our 101 Turnbull Ave. location in Biggar.

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THE BIGGAR INDEPENDENT on NEWSSTANDS @ • Biggar Esso • Leslie’s Drugstore • Pharmasave • Quick Stop • Super A Foods • Shop Easy Food • Weasie’s Gourmet Blends • Feudal Co-op, Perdue • The Store, Perdue

For FAX service, see us at The Independent, 122 Main Street, Biggar

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Obituaries

Coming

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

Memoriams

Invitations

Doris Wilderman

William John Forrest March 4, 1932 - September 20, 2014 In Loving Memory Of William John Forrest who was born March 4, 1932 at Biggar, Sask. and passed away September 20, 2014 at North Battleford, Sask.

Survived by his loving companion, Freda Chambers; his loving children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren… Edward “Buddy” and Karen Forrest and their son, Jamie; Brenda Hamm and her family, Tara ( Jeff ), Jade and Mason Kroeker; John (Carla) Kroeker and their sons, Isaac and Aven; and by the mother of his children, Muriel Forrest; aunts, Clara Henne and Phyllis Rindero and their families; also remembering Bill will be Freda’s family, Gail (Garry) Wright, Douglas (Colleen) Sharpe, Wayne (Diane) Chambers and their families.

Predeceased by his parents, Robert and Viola Forrest; daughter, Jennifer Forrest; son-in-law, Ted Hamm; brother, Neil Forrest.

Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving was held Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. from Third Avenue United Church, North Battleford, Sask. with Rev. Frances Patterson officiating. The Scripture Reader was Tara Kroeker and Shared Memories were given by Garry Wright. Music Ministry was provided by organist, Glenn Goodman, Third Avenue Sanctuary Choir and Hymn selections “Rock of Ages”, “Abide With Me” and “Amazing Grace”.

An Honour Guard and Tribute were present with Branch 70, Royal Canadian Legion, North Battleford, Sask. The Honourary Pallbearers were Rod and Elaine Lane and family, Theresa Whitfield and family, Ed and Marion Smith, Joe and Sandra Schmidt; and the Urn Bearer was John Kroeker.

Memorials are requested to The Humane Society, P.O. Box 645, North Battleford, SK, S9A 2S7. Interment took place at Garden of Christus, Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, North Battleford, Sask. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service (306)446-4200.

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who passed away October 12, 2013 “The moment that you left us, our hearts were split in two; one side was Ålled with memories; the other side died with you.

We often lay awake at night when the world is fast asleep; and take a walk down memory lane with tears upon our cheeks.

Remembering you is easy, we do it everyday; but missing you is a heartache that never goes away.

We hold you tightly within our hearts and there you will remain; you see life has gone on without you, but will never be the same.” …Lovingly remembered by her family

Cards Of Thanks The family of William J. Forrest want to thank all who participated in the Service; special thank you to Rev. Frances Paterson, Glenn Goodman, and the Third Avenue Sanctuary Choir, Tara Kroeger and Garry Wright; to the staff at Royal Canadian Legion Br 70 for your Tribute at the Service and the lunch following the Service; thank you to the nurses and doctors on Palliative Care

Unit at Battlefords Union Hospital for your compassionate care of our father and grandfather; thankyou to Bob MacKay and staff at Battlefords Funeral Service for your care of the family to prepare for the Service; special thank you to all family and friends who sent cards, flowers, phone calls, words of comfort and your stories of memories in our time of sorrow.

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DEADLINE Thursday, October 9 5 p.m.

Coming Events

Coming Events

Coming Events

SUNDAYS in OCTOBER: Presbyterians, Anglicans and Lutherans (PALs) will be worshipping at REDEEMER LUTHERAN Church at 10:30 a.m. Potluck after church on the 26th. Everyone is welcome. For more information or pastoral services, phone Pastor Mark Kleiner at 306948-3731 or 306-9517122.

48/10tfn SUNDAYS… You are invited to the weekly services of Biggar Associated Gospel Church, corner of 8th and Quebec Street @ 10:50 a.m. June 29 September 7. Worship will be at 10:50 a.m.

Adult Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. The church office number is 306-948-3424, Terry Wicks, Pastor.

36tfn FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10: Landis Fun Tyme Dance Club begins with “The Hamps” in attendance. Dancing from 8 p.m. to midnight with lunch to follow in the Landis Community Complex.

Season membership, (five dances), $75 per couple; Guests, $25 per couple per dance.

Everyone welcome!

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19: Perdue United Church Fowl Supper, Perdue Community Complex. Doors open 4:30 p.m.; supper 5 p.m. Adults $12; 6-12 $6; preschoolers, Free.

36c3 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25: St. Gabriel Clothing Drive in church basement.

Drop off… Thursday, 9 a.m. to Friday, 8:30 p.m.

Shopping…

Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 4 p.m., 7 to 9 p.m.

Saturday, 9 to 10:30 p.m.

40c4 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24: Tea and Bake Sale at Biggar Diamond Lodge, 2 3:30 p.m. All proceeds to Resident Activity Fund. Thank you for your support.

41c3 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 4 - 6 p.m. and MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 6 - 8 p.m.: Auditions for New Creation Community Players production of “The Addams Family” at The Majestic Theatre, Biggar. Enter through the Bielby Hall. Ages 15 and up.

Accompanist provided.

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S U N D A Y , OCTOBER 26: Biggar United Church Fall Supper, 5 - 7 p.m. at Biggar Community Hall. Adults, $15; children 6 - 11, $8; 5 and under FREE. Take-Out meals, $15… to order, until Sunday noon call 306948-2280 and leave message; after Sunday noon call Community Hall, 306-948-3703.

39c5 SATUR DAY, NOVEMBER 8: Biggar & District Arts Council presents…

“Prairie Debut presents, FUNGCHIU PIANO DUO, ONE PIANO/FOUR HANDS”, 7:30 p.m. at The Majestic Theatre, Biggar.

Adults/ Seniors, $25 (advance, $20); students, 13 and older, $15; children, 12 and under, $5.

Advance and Season tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar, 306-9482452.

40c6 SATUR DAY, NOVEMBER 22: Upcoming Trade Fair Event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Biggar Community Hall.

Biggar home-based businesses features 20 vendors.

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Biggar Museum & Gallery invites you to donate any new or handmade gifts, toys, certificates for food items or services for the Annual Christmas Magic fundraiser event. Any donation that sells for $10 or more is issued a tax receipt. Call 306948-3451 by Friday, October 24. Thank you for your support!

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Wanted Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar Landfill OR contact Quentin Sittler at 306-6582132 tfn Main Street Garage Sale is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition.

Please phone 306-948-1773 or 306-948-5393.

Pickup available. tfn

Vehicles 2010 Chrysler 300 Touring, immaculate condition, 78,000 km, metallic gold with black interior, loaded, 4 winter tires included, $13,000.

Phone 306-948-2216 40p3 AU TOMOTIVE SHOP RENTAL! Do your own work, 4-post truck lift with roller jack, 7,000 lb. capacity. Hourly or Daily rates. Phone: 306-948-3670 or 306948-4212.

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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Real Estate A newly upgraded 1500 sq. ft; two plus bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Includes 2500 sq ft area with unlimited potential, use it as an events centre and catering hall included are 3 fridges, 2 stoves, dishwasher, front load washer and dryer, 60 gal hot water tank, water softener, RO unit (water purifier), tables and chairs to seat 100. New landscaping, new fence in back, cabinets and counter. Monthly.

306-948-4633.

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Land for Rent Pasture land for rent in R.M. of Eagle Creek.

Call for details. 306948-9186 22tfn

Houses for Rent Two and Threebedroom houses for rent. Close to downtown and school.

Fridge and stove included. For viewing call 306-948-3674 or 306-948-9517 or 306948-7022.

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Contact US for professional printing of office supplies, forms and services.

306-948-3344

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For Rent Charter/ Sherwood Apartments 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cable TV and satellite systems, laundr y facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwasher s, air conditioning, parking with plugins.

For more information call: Karen/Kevin 948-9115 302 - 8th Ave. W. Biggar

Services

WELCOME WSINCE AGON 1930 If YOU are…

• NEW to our communities of Biggar/Landis/Perdue • Have a new baby Call WELCOME

WAGON at 306-948-3837

Sheila Itterman We have gifts and information www.welcomewagon.ca

Biggar & District Arts Council are available for bar tending services at your f u n c t i o n s / eve n t s.

Contact Denise at 306-948-2452.

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Employment Opportunity Integrity Oilfield Hauling is looking for Class 1 Winch, Picker operators and Mechanics. Operating out of Carnduff, SK. Competitive wages and health/dental package. Please forward resume to iohl@ sasktel.net or fax 306482-3030.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an in-demand career in Canada! Employers have work-at-home positions available.

Get the online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-888-528-0809 to start training for your work-at-home career today!

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All subscriptions expire December 31, 2014

Employment Employment Opportunity Opportunity Heavy Equipment operators for late model CAT equip: motor scrapers (cushion ride), dozers, excavators, rock trucks, graders (trim operators).

Camp job. Competitive wages plus R & B. Valid drivers license req’d.

Send resume and work references to: Bryden Construction and Transport Co. Inc. Box 100, Arborfield, Sk. S0E 0A0; Fax: 306-769-8844 Email: brydenconstruct@ xplornet.ca www.brydenconstruction andtransport.ca

ROADEX SERVICES requires O/O 3/4 tons, 1 tons and 3 tons for our RV division and O/O Semis and drivers for our RV and general freight deck division to haul throughout North America. Paid by direct deposit, benefits and company fuel cards. Border crossing required with valid passport and clean criminal record.

1-800-867-6233; www.roadexservices. com.

JOIN US NOW!!!

GRIMSHAW TRUCKING IS LOOKING FOR

--------------EXPERIENCED

OWNER OPERATORS We are taking applications for this upcoming winter road season.

Work is already commencing.

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30 EXPERIENCED OWNER OPERATORS We have secured a project to move a large number of loads from edmonton to yellowknife commencing in november 2014.

--------------JOIN US THIS WINTER ROAD SEASON!!

GRIMSHAW TRUCKING IS LOOKING FOR

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EXPERIENCED SUB CONTRACTOR FLEETS WITH OR WITHOUT TRAILERS

The season has already begun with loads moving from Edmonton, AB and Yellowknife NT and we need trucks NOW!!

--------------Grimshaw offers competitive rates, safety bonuses and capped insurance.

--------------Interested and qualified applicants should forward resumes along with current driver’s abstract to: Brazy Lirazan – Human Resources Fax: 780-452-5023 E-mail: hr@gtlp.ca Phone 780-414-2835 or see us at 11510-151 Street NW, Edmonton, AB

PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Troyer Ventures Ltd. is a privately owned energy services company servicing Western Canada. All job opportunities include competitive wages, comprehensive benefits package and room for advancement. We are accepting applications at multiple branches for: Professional Drivers (Class 1, 3), and Mechanics.

Successful candidates will be self-motivated and eager to learn.

Experience is preferred, but training is available. Valid safety tickets, clean drug test, references and a drivers abstract are required. For more information and to apply, please visit our website at: Troyer.ca.

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A new training year begins with the Cadet program of the Department of National nights cadets are offered a number With fall arriving, this Defence and the Air Cadet League of of optional activities throughout the brings about the start of Canada. year, such as: camp-outs learning many winter activities, To date the cadets have participated survival skills, marksman ship, for the cadet program, it in a senior leadership weekend biathlon, model building, band, drill is the renewal of another and most recently they attended a team, flag party at Rider games, new training year. survival weekend at Argo Bush where gliding and power flights, tours and The Cadet program they learned about shelter building, travelling to new places. is the largest youth survival, fire making skills, snares, Other opportunities for the cadets organizations in Canada compass and GPS navigation as well come in the form of summer training and offers youth a as environmental accountability. scholarships. This past summer diverse range of unique The next few weeks are filled with we had cadets travel to camps that opportunities year amazing activities such as gliding, offered general training, physical round. The Canadian fitness, survival, music, basic aviation, marksmanship and biathlon training, Cadet Organization Rider Flag Party at Mosaic Stadium, aerospace and we even had one very consists of the Sea and an exciting trip to Camp fortunate cadet selected for a gliding Cadets, Army Cadets Coye Kelliher getting ready for his Àrst glider Áight.

Saskadet near Round Lake at the end scholarship! and Air Cadets, right of October.

FStg Geoffrey Massie was selected across Canada.

Department of National The cadets will also be going house Biggar has been home to No. 300 Defence, but cadets to house on the evening of October Fisher Royal Canadian Air Cadet are not members of the 29 to collect for the Biggar Food Squadron for more than 70 years.

Canadian Armed Forces, Bank in our annual Halloween for Cadets is a national leadership nor are they expected to Hunger campaign and will once program for young Canadians 12join the military. They are again be selling cookie crumbles as a 18 years of age who are interested introduced to activities fundraiser. We always appreciate the in participating in a variety of fun, of the Armed Forces and support of the community in these challenging, and rewarding activities certain traditions, and are endeavours. while learning about the Sea, Army, also introduced to a variety No. 300 Fisher Squadron is excited and Air activities of the Canadian of career choices available to start a new training year with Armed Forces. to them. lots of great opportunities and a full Cadets are encouraged to become The cadet program is staff compliment to deliver them. active, responsible members of their community-based. The We are always open to community communities. program volunteers who want to help out with FSgt Geoffrey Massie, right, receives his glider wings They make succeeds our program delivery so if you are valuable through interested or know others who may to spend his summer earning a contributions strong community want to get involved please send them Transport Canada Glider Pilots to Canadian support and our way!

Licence in Gimli, Manitoba! FStg society on a involvement. In Regular Massie was selected from daily basis Biggar we are parades are a number of applicants in terms of fortunate to have Wednesday from the Northwest environmental, the support of evening at the Region based on a ground citizenship and Legions from Mark Edwards school exam, interview community Biggar, Rosetown Hall (above the and Commanding activities and Perdue who skating rink).

Officer’s recommendation. such as help fund our We welcome He plans to continue Remembrance programming new members developing his career Day ceremonies, and building at anytime and interest in aviation poppy drives, rental. We are throughout the by applying for a power and community also very fortunate year. Come and scholarship next summer. fundraisers. to have fantastic check it out!

If he is chosen he will The cadet community support For spend seven weeks training Cadets learn about GPS navigation through a variety of information training to obtain a program is from OCdt Josh Sittler fund raisers! contact Capt private pilot’s licence federally Besides our Lt David Dram instructs the cadets Melanie Sittler – a scholarship that is funded through regular training on how to build a signal Àre at 306-948-8021. covered in full through the assistance a division of the

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

Phone:306.882.2123 Emergency (after hours) 306.882.2006

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Financial Advice to make a positive difference

by Kim Inglis, BCom, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP, Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager Canaccord Wealth Management A BMO Psychology of Investing report revealed some worrisome data on investor emotions that included; two-thirds of those polled have not been in total control of their emotions when investing and; a majority of Canadians have invested on impulse at least once.

That’s bad news for portfolios because investor emotions are 180 degrees out of sync with market cycles. At the peak of market cycles, when investors are happiest, they are at maximum risk. Conversely it is at the bottom of the cycles, when investors are most despondent, that they have the greatest opportunities.

According to a Gerstein Fisher Research Center analytical paper, the average investor’s performance in an asset class lagged the average performance of the asset class itself by an average of one per cent per year over the previous 15 years, based on net investor mutual fund cash flows.

Undoubtedly, some of that poor performance would have been due to irrational extremes of hope and fear.

Warren Buffett said it best: “Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behaviour.” In other words, if investors do their research, and don’t let market exuberance rattle them, they are more likely to make sensible investment decisions.

The good news is that investor emotions are quite predictable, which means that managing them should be possible.

It requires two things: a set of rules to guide investment decisions, and the discipline to stick to those rules.

Emotions can be removed from the equation by creating an Investment Policy Statement that sets parameters for making

Early Deadline!

Thursday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for ads, news, and classiÀeds.

investment decisions, and encourages the discipline required to stick to the rules. Clear rules facilitate a calm assessment of hard facts and ensure proper reactions to new or changing information.

Investors remain emotionally neutral, ultimately making them

more likely to buy low and sell high.

Rules allow the proper assessment of data and ensure rational responses to new information, such as changes in net assets, revenues, profit margins, debt, dividends and cash flow. Along with expectations for each of these factors, rules should

include a margin of safety to allow for unpredictable variables like company earnings. Sticking to to selection standards should be accompanied by continuous scrutiny. A company’s fundamentals can change negatively which requires stop-loss rules to exit positions.

Investors who fight

their impulses, and stick to their rules, will not be chasing prices upward in bull markets or be afraid to buy when the bear is about. Those who can’t master their emotions are destined to do the opposite and, as a consequence, lose money by entering before losses and exiting before gains.

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Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP is an Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager with Canaccord Wealth Management, a division of Canaccord Genuity Corp., Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund, reynoldsinglis.ca.

The views in this column are solely those of the author.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

Safe driving tips for the Thanksgiving long weekend The Thanksgiving long weekend is fast approaching. CAA Saskatchewan reminds all motorists to plan ahead for their long weekend travels to visit family and friends.

“We know that there will be an increase of motorists on our roadways travelling to be with their loved ones,” said Christine Niemczyk, Director of Communication with CAA Saskatchewan. “That’s why it’s important to plan ahead and ensure your vehicle is roadworthy. We know that in Saskatchewan the weather can change quickly which can impact driving conditions.

Be prepared: adjust your driving behaviour to the changing environments,” she added.

Here are a few more

safe driving tips: • Ensure your vehicle is in top working condition with a full tank of gas and properly inflated tires to help with fuel efficiency. A poorly maintained vehicle can use up to 50 per cent more fuel.

Under-inflated tires also reduce safety and fuel efficiency.

• Check your vehicle’s belts and hoses. Just a little attention to these vital components can ensure your car is operating at it’s best.

• Also check the brakes, fluid levels and battery.

Today’s vehicles have more electrical demands than ever and batteries play an essential role in meeting those demands.

• Allow extra time for travel and let others know your route and expected time of arrival.

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• Check weather and travel conditions before heading out. If conditions are poor, delay travel if possible.

• All occupants must wear seat belts. Ensure children are properly secured and that car seats and booster seats are installed correctly.

• Don’t speed.

It’s dangerous, and driving above 90km/h decreases your fuel efficiency exponentially.

• Slow to 60km/h in construction zones and when passing tow trucks and emergency vehicles on Saskatchewan highways. Failing to do so is not only unsafe, but could also cost you a fine.

• Remember; the use of hand-held communication devices behind the wheel is banned in Saskatchewan as well as in all Canadian provinces.

It’s unsafe and monetary penalties can be steep.

• Eliminate driver distractions such as eating, drinking, adjusting radio dials and smoking.

• Don’t drive if you’re overtired. Stop for regular breaks.

• Appoint passengers to be the navigator and cell phone user and let them check for directions and make phone calls or texting so the driver can focus on driving and not become distracted.

• Don’t drink and drive.

Appoint a designated driver.