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FRIDAY, March 1, 2019
Future Gold Wing takes a shot
Photo 7299 — April Zielke
A future hockey player took a shot while playing one of the many carnival games at the Stir Crazy Family Carnival on Saturday. This was a hockey game where the children had to shoot a ball into one of the open spaces on the net in order to get a prize. The Family Fun Day was run by the Weyburn Young Fellows to raise funds for Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation. Families spent the day at Knox Hall playing games, watching balloon making, eating junk food and playing in the bouncy castles. More photos from the event are on the Weyburn Review website.
‘My Farmland’ documentary focuses on three farm families
Chinese ownership of farmland is affecting ag sector The impact of Chinese investment in Canada’s cities has been well-publicized, and now a new documentary on CBC-TV, entitle “My Farmland”, will explore how it’s affecting the agricultural sector also. The documentary will focus on three fam-
ilies, including farmers in Ogema and Coronach, along with a family in Niagara’s wine-making region in Ontario. The film tells a very human story of how communities react to the influx of people from a different culture who hope for a better life by
working the land. It’s also about what these newcomers must face. “My Farmland” is by Canadian-Chinese filmmaker Diana Dai, and it will be shown on CBC Docs POV on Friday, March 15, at 9 p.m. The documentary looks at Stuart Leonard, a
fourth-generation farmer in Ogema, who has seen much of the land in the area being bought by Chinese investors. Without the same access to investment capital, farmers like Stuart can no longer compete for land. A major change is taking place in close-knit farming communities like Ogema, and producers are facing questions like whether there will be a fifth generation of the Leonard family farming the land. David Fu is a newcomer to the Coronach area. He once worked a tiny farm in China, and after 12 years in Vancouver, he was able to realize his dream and bought a farm. Now he must learn how to farm, battle resent-
ment, and make a living as he hopes there will be generations of Fu family farmers in Canada. When Simon Zhang’s wealthy uncle in China bought a small Niagara winery, he never dreamed that he would be managing it one day. He and his family have to confront resistance to the new ownership, a language barrier, and undertake a huge learning curve. It’s a very risky venture. “My Farmland” looks at both sides of this complex unfolding transition, made more complicated by recent developments that threaten Canada’s once great relationship with China. Some of the issues the documentary raises
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Fun on the sledding hill
Photo 5546 — Greg Nikkel
Friends Amy Roemer and Ella Schenher felt their tobaggan start to go sideways as they slid down the hill at Confederation Drive on Friday afternoon. The girls were enjoying their last afternoon of freedom during the February break before they returned to school on Monday.
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include whether foreign investment is good for Canada, whether two very different cultures can find a common ground to work side-by-side, and how the families shown in “My Farmland” are doing now. Filmmaker Dai is an immigrant from China who has lived in Canada for 24 years, and said she feels the struggles of both cultures. “I know firsthand how difficult it can be to uproot yourself and start a new life in a country with very different cultural and socio-economics. I also understand the other side, how hard it can be when your comfort zone is suddenly changed when something new comes and threatens your status quo,” she said.
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