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By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The most recent edition of Yorkton’s Sidewalk Concert Series took place last Wednesday evening.

Jackie Guy took to the sidewalk to headline the performance.

Guy, from Yorkton, is a five-time Saskatchewan Country Music association award nominee, who grew up with music as part of her life.

“Guy’s father was instrumental in encouraging her passion for music, purchasing a bass guitar for her in the fifth grade. Her humble beginnings with the family band led to stints with Young Country and Long Shot, and then to a solo career that continues to present her with song writing and

performing opportunities that have not only surprised her at times but also have developed and challenged her as an artist,” notes her website bio.

The series, arranged by the Yorkton Arts Council (YAC), features 13 halfhour performances at private driveways around the city through July and August.

The concerts have been organized in-part to replace the park parties which have usually been organized by the Community Development, Parks & Recreation Department City of Yorkton for summer entertainment.

Previous concerts have included Saltcoat’s Katie Morgan and Yorkton’s Angus Vincent.

Bridge work near Duck Mountain Bridge work on Highway 5 near Duck Mountain Provincial Park is part of more than $50 million worth of highway construction underway near provincial parks heading into this August long weekend.

“Saskatchewan has so much natural beauty at our parks and lakes, it is important that we maintain the infrastructure near these provincial gems,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Greg Ottenbreit said in a release. “With this investment, as part of our Saskatchewan 2020

growth plan, we will maintain the quality and experience of going to our parks for years to come.”

Other highway construction projects near Saskatchewan’s parks include: • Bridge work on Highway 1 north of the Cypress Hills InterProvincial Park; • Culvert installations on Highway 2 near Prince Albert National Park; • Intersection improvements on Highway 4 near the Battlefords Provincial

Park; • Construction on Highway 219 near Danielson Provincial Park; • Paving on Highway 255 near Tobin Lake; • Paving on Highway 265 near Candle Lake; and • Resurfacing on Highway 355 near Sturgeon Lake.

“This is great news for all of the people who love to visit our incredible provincial parks,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky said.

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ity will go a long way to enhancing safety and the experience for our visitors year-round.”

With many residents visiting Saskatchewan’s lakes, rivers and parks the August long weekend, travellers were reminded to plan ahead by checking the Highway Hotline at www.saskatchewan.ca/highwayhotline.

Travellers need to stay alert, obey signs and slow to 60 km/hr through the work zone in order to keep our highway workers safe.

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you are required to slow down when workers are not present in the work zone. A sharp pavement drop-off or loose stones during a seal coat are examples of hazards that warrant a slower posted speed. Report a highway work zone signing problem by calling 306244-5535.

A weekly highway construction update is also published on www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/ transportation/highwayconstruction-projects/ weekly-highway-construction-update to provide the travelling pub-

lic with the latest details on projects underway to help plan safe and efficient travel. You can also report a highway work zone signing problem by calling 306-244-5535.

The Government of Saskatchewan has invested more than $9.8 billion in highways infrastructure since 2008, improving more than 15,800 km of Saskatchewan highways.

Another $300 million in highways stimulus funds will be invested over the next two years to stimulate Saskatchewan’s economic recovery.

RCMP resume limited counter service

Saskatchewan RCMP has advised the public that detachments across the province resumed limited front counter services Tuesday, Aug. 4.

Members of the public are asked to only attend the detachment in person when it is absolutely necessary and only if you are not showing any signs or symptoms of illness.

Signage at detachment entrances will be posted to inform all visitors of the limited hours of operation, limits on the number of people permitted

to wait in the lobby, sanitation and physical distancing and directing the flow of foot traffic.

Three priorities have been identified for Saskatchewan RCMP detachment front counter services, all of which will be offered in compliance with public health guidelines and protocols.

The priority services are as follows: • Taking complaints • Criminal Record Checks •Collision reports

If you require urgent fingerprinting (eg., for persons who require VS/CRC as part of their employment), you will be asked several screening questions to identify any signs or symptoms of sickness. If your urgent request proceeds after the screening, you will be required to wear a surgical mask throughout the process.

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EDITORIAL The scare COVID-19 can cause Last Tuesday, my 13-year-old daughter woke up with a headache and complained of symptoms that appeared to be that of a fever. I wasn’t in the mood to spend $100 on a thermometer but I didn’t have one in the house and with Covid19’s number one symptom being a fever I figured I needed to pony up the money and do my due diligence. Over the course of the day the temperature did go up to 37.8 and by evening she was also complaining of chest pains. A decision was made to call 811 and book her in for a Covid test.

Little did I realize but this very simple act caused a tremendous amount of anxiety for her. There are videos all over the internet about how this test is conducted and the most scary of which involves a swab going so far up your nose it bypasses your eye socket and rubs against the outside of your brain.

Who wouldn’t be afraid of something like that?

Then there was the issue of ‘what if she’s positive’.

She feared what would happen to her? Will she be okay? What will happen in the house? Is she banished to the basement or have to eat all of her meals in her room?

The negative mental anguish and impact cannot be explained here.

But it’s significant.

To help try and ease her mind a little bit, I said I’d also schedule myself for a test and go first just to show her there is nothing to be afraid of. I didn’t have any knowledge about how it’s done but if the internet fear mongering videos were true, nobody would ever go for a test.

I’m also in very good health, despite the fact I eat too many chicken wings and I don’t always know when enough is enough when I eat pizza.

So, I informed her any amount of self-isolating that needs to be done will also include me as I’m not going to do what health experts tell you to do, and that’s basically treat your loved one as though they are toxic or

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Stackhouse Soapbox poisonous. I’m not afraid of the virus one bit, in fact I would welcome getting it at this point so I could share with all of you what the process is like and to not be scared like the media says. In the event I’m wrong and pass away, well it would be important for everyone to know that too but I’d rather die younger and happier than older and miserable in the fashion that has become quite normal for most of us over the last five months.

The test was scheduled for Thursday instead of Wednesday because a health official told me over the phone they don’t like to do symptoms too soon after symptoms start to show because that’s when they tend to get inaccurate results.

On Thursday, we pulled into the Gallagher Centre parking lot and were told to put cell phones on the dash and take keys out of the ignition. We never left the truck. This is where a video would be helpful because the test was not at all like the nightmare that has been portrayed. I was swabbed in the back of my mouth for less than five seconds and then that same swab went in both nostrils.

Guaranteed we’ve all picked our noses deeper than where the swab went. It actually tickled a little. Nevertheless, the anxiety had still taken over for my daughter and she was battling tears at the thought of what it may feel like. I said there was a much greater chance of gagging changing cat litter than there would be taking this test and I was right.

She passed with flying colors. I noticed, almost instantly, an improvement in her health. Was the Covid worry preventing a speedy recov-

ery? This virus has done a lot of nasty things with everyone’s mental well being. I can’t disregard that as a possibility.

By Saturday, she was without any symptoms at all. I should mention the 37.8 was as high as the fever ever got and aside from a headache and runny nose, there wasn’t anything else wrong with her. If this was 2019, I think the symptoms wouldn’t have even been paid attention to.

I should also mention I never had symptoms at any time.

Sunday, shortly after lunch (we were told 48-72 hours later the results would be phoned in) the call came in that both of us were, in fact, negative.

It should also be noted here that we did our own contact tracing just to be on the safe side and people our daughter had come into contact with were all feeling healthy.

Thankfully, with me not having symptoms, my contact tracing would be a bit more challenging. I’d have to just post something on social media and send out a mass email that said ‘if you have been around me, self-monitor for Covid’. I don’t know how else I’d do it and I’m not about to add the government’s tracking device to my phone to help that process along either.

If one of us were positive, I’d start buying lotto tickets. Saskatchewan has tested over 100,000 people (maybe some more than once) and we’ve still only found positive cases in 1.3% of them and most of those 100,000 are people who exhibited symptoms. So, remember, even if you feel sick it’s probably still not Covid. Keeping that in mind, enjoy your week worry-free.

Language shapes our relationship with nature As natural environments and geographies shape language, so too does language shape the way we see nature and, subsequently, the impacts we have on the lands and waters that surround us.

Western culture and the English language primarily view nature as something owned by humans that can be exploited. That’s why Canadian agencies tasked with governing nature are referred to as departments or ministries of natural “resources.”

It’s not uncommon even for those who appreciate nature beyond its exploitative value to reduce it to a thing with monetary worth through language. For example, we refer to protected areas in Canada as “our” “national treasures,” “jewels” and “gems.”

Western science has also shaped the way we employ language to describe nature by advancing the reduction of living, functioning ecosystems to things best studied under a microscope. Recall Jane Goodall, admonished by her male academic compatriots for naming instead of numbering the chimpanzees she studied.

As Indigenous botanist and writer Robin Wall Kimmerer notes, “the English language

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Science Matters is made up primarily of nouns, somehow appropriate for a culture so obsessed with things….

English encodes human exceptionalism, which privileges the needs and wants of humans above all others and understands us as detached from the commonwealth of life.”

Industry’s use of language brings the point home. Operators use words in novel ways to describe natural impediments to profit. Loggers call old growth trees that aren’t as profitable when logged as younger trees “decadent” — even though they provide habitat to at-risk species and have critical ecological functions. In oil and gas, vegetation above oil-shot rock — no matter how diverse or life-supporting — is called “overburden.” Some developers refer to off-limit conservation areas as “sterile.”

Nature’s vital life force is, to some extent, like Voldemort: that which cannot be named. As Nature Institute senior

researcher Steve Talbot writes in “The Language of Nature,” words inevitably diminish nature

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Local Sports Hall of Fame needs help Personnel interested in continuing the reorganizational process of the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame recently held a meeting whereby the official appointment of an Interim Board of Directors took place.

A permanent Board of Officials will be elected at the upcoming AGM that will be scheduled within the next few months.

Interim Board members include Don Pfeifer (Temporary Chair), Dave Spelay (Vice Chair), Ryan Kitchen (Sec./ Treas.), Ron Balacko, Randy Goulden, Dick DeRyk, Jennifer Ingham, Becky Dutchak, Taylor Morrison (ex-officio member).

The appointment of an Advisory sub-committee consisting of eight volunteer members also took place.

Members of this committee include: Gene Krepakevich, Barry Sharpe, Dave Baron, Don Szabo, Vern Pachal, Ed Magis, and Lynda Ziglo.

Although there is a display area available for artifacts at the Gallagher Center most of the inventory of the YSHF is presently stored in a room that must soon be vacated.

The organization believes it may no longer be feasible to con-

tinue with a permanent physical environment involving a museum.

With this in mind a working space is needed to pursue the initiative of developing a website for the YSHF. This space is also required to conduct meetings, and to review and reorganize all of the Hall’s inventory which includes artifacts, sport memorabilia, historical records, portraits and pictures.

If anyone is willing to provide such a ‘working space’ or knows of other options that might allow the YSHF to pursue their mandate it would be greatly appreciated if they would talk to one of the board members.

As a community based non-profit organization it would be great to find a secure space to use free of charge.

However if that is not possible we would look for a space with a minimum rental fee.

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The Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame moved from the old Land Titles Building to the Gallagher Centre but now is in limbo regarding a home for its displays.

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How can we change the ways in which our language abets destruction of nature?

Let’s start by investing more in our relationships with nature — and recognizing the role of language. (One way we wield language is to blanch at the notion that we humans are “animals,” when we’re just as much an animal as the raccoon digging in our garbage.) We can pay more attention to nature. We can stop talking for a moment and listen.

According to Talbot, “If we took the fact of the world’s speech seriously — the world speaks! — there would be none

of the usual talk about a mechanistic and deterministic science, about a cold, soulless universe, or about an unavoidable conflict between science and the spirit.

Confronting the many voices of nature, we would inquire about their individual qualities and character, we would look for the direction of their expressive striving, and we would struggle to grasp the aesthetic unity of their various utterances — all of which is to say: we would listen for their meanings.… The trouble, however, is that we often fail to pay attention; we never learn the language of the world we inhabit. We try to master nature while becoming

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increasingly deaf to her complex symphony.”

As Kimmerer notes, in her traditional language, Potawatomi, “There is no it for nature. Living beings are referred to as subjects, never as objects, and personhood is extended to all who breathe and some who don’t. I greet the silent boulder people with the same respect as I do the talkative chickadees.”

She continues, “Beyond the renaming of places, I think the most profound act of linguistic imperialism was the replacement of a language of animacy with one of objectification of nature, which renders the beloved land as lifeless object, the forest as board feet of timber.”

We can create new language. Language is always evolving. (For example, our use of pronouns has recently expanded to recognize those who identify as non-binary and gender neutral.)

It’s our job as global citizens to continually reimagine a better world. We can also undertake the challenge of reimagining new ways to describe the world, using language to craft stories that recognize and honour the myriad living and nonliving entities with which we share the planet.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Boreal Project Manager Rachel Plotkin.

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Knock on wood: Dismantling old barns boon for new business

By Evan Radford, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Regina Leader-Post) Now in his third year of business, Tyler Slowski has permanent proof he made it through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic almost unscathed.

A rough, long, maroon scar runs between his right thumb and index finger, ending near his wrist in a snake’s headtype mark. “That was a miter saw, right before COVID-19 hit,� he says while on site at his current barndeconstruction project, at the northwest tip of Regina. “I was rushing an order ... I thought, ‘OK, the whole country is going to shut down, I gotta get these guys their wood,’ right?�

He cut a piece, started lifting the still-spinning circular blade and reached under to clear the extra pieces. “The saw didn’t fully come up yet. Not thinking, I put my hand in there and I almost lost my whole hand. “It’s a good safety toolbox talk,� he says, serious with a touch of humour.

Neither the injury nor the pandemic has slowed Slowski’s business, Prairie Barn Brothers, based in the Yorkton area.

Originally started in January 2018 by Tyler and his brother Nathan, the company sees western Canada’s rustic,

abandoned barns as still holding value; a value that’s better realized when the barns aren’t dotting the landscape while getting battered by wind and rain.

Slowski and his crew deconstruct the barns, refurbish any salvageable wood, then sell it to buyers. Demand, he says, has been constant since the company’s early days, and especially halfway through 2020, pandemic be damned. “The months of March and April were our busiest months of the year,� he says. “Last year I was offered 100 barns; I had to turn down 90 per cent of them because I just don’t have the capacity.�

He and his crew regularly scout areas; they’ve worked from Manitoba all the way to Vancouver.

Along with 13 barns, they’ve reclaimed old wood from 15 smaller outbuildings, plus two house demolitions. In 2020 they’ve finished five jobs so far.

A large chunk of the work comes from referrals — word of mouth or online through social media.

That’s how Slowski came across the current project, his biggest one yet, the Harle family barn at the corner of Pinkie Road and Armour Road.

It was a 110-year-old behemoth with a second storey and a loft on top; it measured 126 feet by 68 feet (about the length of two bowling lanes by the width of one).

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Tyler Slowski, owner of Prairie Barn Brothers, sits on a stack of reclaimed lumber from an old barn dismantled by the company on a worksite at the edge of Regina, Sask. on July 29 it was built in 1910 using 300-year-old wood from British Columbia’s old growth forests — Douglas fir.

Slowski had just bought some lumber from Ken Harle, a son in the family whose own property is about a mile away, when Ken mentioned his family barn. “He says, ‘I’ve got to show you this,’� recalls Slowski. “When I saw it, my jaw dropped. I didn’t even know there were timber-frame barns in Saskatchewan.�

He says the family was well past using it for farming. “They were going to burn it, because it was already becoming a hazard. Kids were coming and partying in there, and they could light the barn on fire.�

He drew up a contract with the family, got insurance, filed the necessary paperwork with the Workers’ Compensation Board, filled his staff to eight people and went to work in June.

No longer a building, it’s now thousands upon thousands of pieces sorted, stacked and piled on the Harle property, resembling something akin to a lumber yard.

Such a scene explains Slowski’s busy schedule and the scale of his work.

Pieces include timbers, dimensional lumber, wall board, shiplap, joints, braces, splinters, nails, 12-by-12s, 10-by-10s, eight-by-eights and other sizes. All of it needs to be measured and quantified in a variety of units: Linear feet, inches, quar-

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ter inches, half inches, square feet, board feet, dollars and cents. “It’s going to take me a week just to get all of the numbers,� he says, functioning as the de facto inventory and sales guy. “When I first started in the business, I didn’t come from a carpentry background. I was like, ‘what are you talking about man? Can we just use linear feet and come up with a price?’ Once you get at it and keep going more and more, it becomes a little easier.�

One board foot, for example, is a measurement of volume, equal to 12 inches by 12 inches by one inch; 12 board feet equal one cubic foot.

Slowski says the price per unit for a board foot depends on market demand. He’s now selling his wood at wholesale costs, putting away money for equipment purchases later; the lowest he’ll go is $2.50 per board foot. That means a 10-foot long, eight-inch by eight-inch piece of wood is 53.33 board feet, selling for $133.33.

He’s seen prices go as high as $15 per board foot, depending on

demand and the wood’s value, which is based on structural strength and its longevity; Douglas fir holds more weight with less wood and staves off rot longer than spruce or pine, Slowski cites as an example.

The Douglas fir beams from the Harle barn fetched the highest value.

Companies in Oregon and Montana were quick to buy them. They’ll be used to build homes and as accent pieces in businesses’ interiors.

Quantity-wise, wall board (what was siding on the outside of the barn) sees the highest demand in Western Canada, according to Slowski. “We’ve got about 7,000 square feet just off this building.� Homeowners, contractors and home builders buy it to design walls, cabinets and decorative pieces.

As the summer months roll into the fall and winter, Slowski and his crew will move back to Yorkton and start up the other side of the business, building and selling customized home products out of the leftover lumber that doesn’t sell straight out of the current Regina project.

Such pieces can be something as small as a chopping board, or bigger items like an entire cabinet set for a kitchen or a bathroom.

For his part, Slowski is glad to be turning a profit while extending the life of some very old wood, some which has origins hundreds of kilometres away. “(B.C.) sold us all these timbers and all this wood from B.C. on the railway in the 1930s and 40s ‌ There’s a lot of barns built in the 30s and 40s in Saskatchewan and even the 50s ‌ And now we’re selling it back to B.C. “They sold us the wood for a fairly decent price, we’re selling it back for a little bit more,â€? he says.

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By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer Summer student Talia Fawcett is back for a second season with the Yellowhead Flyway Birding Trail Association.

In her first summer, 2019, Fawcett was instrumental in doubling the number of people the program typically has contact with in a term.

This summer she has brought to the program exceptional online content and now that it is again allowed to have face-to-face programming that is an option depending on what groups are comfortable with doing.

“This summer I have been in the Yorkton area

for the month of July,” said Fawcett. “I have been visiting different daycares, the Boys and Girls Club of Yorkton, Yorkton Family Resource Centre, Yorkton Parks and Recreation, and a few different libraries delivering outdoor children’s programming about Saskatchewan plants and animals.

“These events have been pre-recorded, through Zoom, or face-toface - depending on the need of each group.”

Much of the programming has been youthoriented but Fawcett has had other responsibilities too.

“Along with these children’s programs, I am also sending out a weekly activity through

our blog and Facebook page that focuses on one theme; a Saskatchewan plant or animal each time.

“I have also been delivering videos each Monday in July to three different care homes in the area. These videos centre around Saskatchewan birds, plants, and animals.”

While Fawcett is only with the group until Aug. 11, she will remain active in her educational role.

From Aug. 4-to7 Fawcett will be at the Yorkton Family Resource Center for Nature Exploration Camps at 3 p.m. daily.

Also on Aug. 4 Fawcett did a Colour Scavenger Hunt at the Springside Public Library.

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Why do you Keep it Clean on your Farm?

Keep it Clean is a joint initiative of the Canola Council of Canada, Pulse Canada, Cereals Canada, Barley Council of Canada and Prairie Oat Growers Association, providing growers with tips and tools for growing crops that meet the requirements of our domestic and export customers.

We talked to farmers and asked them a simple question “Why do you keep it clean on your farm?� Here are their responses.

Corey Loessin, Radisson, SK - Canola, lentils, oats, peas and wheat

Fiona Jochum, St. François Xavier, MB - Canola, oats, soybeans and wheat

Photo by Fiona Jochum

It’s important because across Canada we are known for our quality products. That standard is what people look for when they buy from us, so that’s what we have to deliver. Exporting is so important for Canadian agriculture; we don’t want to jeopardize any of our markets or our relationships with our customers. Even beyond that, if you think about it, we’re all consumers here too, we’re consuming the food that we grow and we all want a safe, nutritious food supply.

As a young farmer, I’m still learning.

That’s why I like using the Keep it Clean staging guides, in particular for canola.

You can’t tell how the crop is doing by just looking at it from a distance, you actually have to go in, break open pods and whatnot. The staging guide is really easy, so it helps to take a quick look at it, so I know exactly what I’m supposed to look for when I go out to judge the timing. Then when I go out and check for seed colour change, I can make sure it’s at that 50, 60 percent color change before we head out there to spray preharvest glyphosate.

We all know what it’s like to be on a team, and market access is a team effort. Everybody needs to be on board, follow the rules and work together to keep it clean.

Find pre-harvest glyphosate crop staging guides, resources and videos at https://keepingitclean.ca/glyphosate.

Photo by Corey Loessin

The primary driver is to produce the highest quality product we can. In addition, export markets that either have tighter tolerances, or no tolerance, established for crop protection products, is something we certainly need to pay attention to. We need to be aware of which products may have special concerns around them.

Before we do anything as far as application of a product, we would check out Keep it Clean’s advisories to make sure what we’re going to do is all okay. That may involve also checking with exporters where we intend to sell the products.

We need to pay attention on an ongoing basis, not just once a year, but regularly to see what the Keep it Clean advisories have highlighted as products to pay particular attention to.

Everyone needs to take responsibility. Because everyone depends on the same markets, essentially right? We’re producing food, so it has to be clean.

Learn more about the use of acceptable pesticides at https://keepingitclean. ca/acceptable-pesticides.

Henry Van Ankum, Alma, ON - Corn, soybeans and wheat

tion of growing, producing and selling quality grain and I feel good to be a part of that.

I see a few parts that go into keeping crops market ready: we try to make sure we’re using the right products, we’re applying them at the right rate and using them at the right time. Another part is good, solid crop rotation which helps keep some of the disease pressures down. The last part of it is communicating with the buyers and understanding what their rules and requirements are.

Market access isn’t something we can take for granted. We have to all do our part to make sure this value chain works. If the grain handlers can’t sell the product, they aren’t going to be too interested in buying it.

Learn more about Keep it Clean at https://keepingitclean.ca/about.

Jocelyn Velestuk, Broadview, SK Barley, canola, cover crops (clovers, alfalfa, ryegrass, triticale), flax, oats, peas, peola, perennial forage and wheat

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We keep it clean because we want to make sure the grain we are selling is grain that we would want to consume as well. And we want to be absolutely sure that we did everything we could in our best interest, and in the consumers best interest, to make sure that it is safe.

Keep it Clean is a campaign that is proactive, anticipating what’s coming

Jason Lenz, Bentley, AB - Barley, canola, faba beans and wheat

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Well, that’s a pretty easy question.

It’s really important to me at the end of the day, at the end of harvest, that I have a crop or a commodity that is marketable and is safe and healthy as a food type. It’s really just about doing the right thing as far as best management practices.

In particular, the last three years or so, we’ve had so many different trade barriers that came our way; everything from the dockage issue in canola to glyphosate and malt barley. The use of glyphosate at harvest, I think, is probably the issue that has the biggest spotlight right now, for sure. As growers, we really don’t want to lose that tool because if you do have a weed problem in your fields, glyphosate can be a very effective way of getting it under control.

Learn more and find resources to grow market-ready crops at https:// keepingitclean.ca/ This program is funded through the AgriMarketing Program through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a federal, provincial, territorial initiative.

NFU: Is a $4 Billion Irrigation Expansion a Good Investment for Saskatchewan Farms?

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projects a global average temperature increase of 3.2 degrees this century (Emissions Gap Report 2019), which would mean 6.4 degrees for Saskatchewan (because warming is proceeding twice as fast at higher latitudes and in continental interiors). That much warming will be devastating, if we allow it to happen. A top priority for farmers must be to ensure that Canada and all nations rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid catastrophic temperature increases.

Thus, we should ask: should the Saskatchewan and federal governments spend $4 billion on irrigation infrastructure? Can this investment really protect a significant number of farms or acres from climate change? Or could the money be better spent on other projects or in other ways? How should we spend taxpayers’ limited dollars?

A $4 billion investment could bring irrigation water to perhaps 500 farms over the next 50 years. It could help farmers irrigate perhaps 500,000 acres—just over

one percent of the province’s cropland.

But no matter how much we spend on irrigation, the vast majority of Saskatchewan farmland (more than 95 percent) will remain unirrigated—“dryland� acres, vulnerable to climate change and drought.

Alternatively, that same $4 billion could pay for rooftop and ground-mount solarpanel arrays for 100,000 farms and urban homes.

Or it could be used to subsidize half the cost for 200,000 installations. Seen this way, the choice is between protecting one percent of Saskatchewan cropland from drought or going a long way toward installing a low-emission, climate-compatible electricity system for the entire province. Given how vulnerable farmers are to climate change, and given the urgent need to electrify everything possible and rapidly move away from coal and other fossil fuels, it seems in farmers’ interests to support broadbased emission reduction rather than irrigation for a tiny fraction of

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Continued from Page 8 cropland.

Aside from the question of opportunity cost (“what other things could we do with $4 billion?”) there are questions of feasibility. Will a multibillion-dollar expenditure really trigger a rapid expansion in irrigated acreage?

Saskatchewan has significant unused irrigation capacity now, especially around Lake Diefenbaker.

This unused capacity exists because farmers have been slow to invest in irrigation. According to data from Saskatchewan’s Department of Agriculture, in the half-century since the com-

pletion of Lake Diefenbaker and associated canals and reservoirs, farmers added about 300,000 acres to the province’s irrigated area—an average of just 6,000 acres per year. And rates have been even lower in the past 20 years—around 2,700 acres per year. At such rates it would take decades to fully utilize irrigation potential from Lake Diefenbaker and other existing infrastructure. Moreover, the recently announced $4 billion project would expand irrigation capacity by 500,000 acres. At the rates of recent decades, it would take more than a century to fully utilize that added

capacity. “Build it and they will come” may not be good policy.

There are more questions: will the project go over budget, as megaprojects often do?

What about interest payments on the $4 billion in government debt? How will low-emission hydroelectricity production in Saskatchewan and Manitoba be affected?

What about environmental issues such as downstream flows, effects on the Saskatchewan River Delta, or farmland salination? How much of this project is focused on providing water for potash mines or oil and gas production? Have farmers, commun-

ities, and First Nations been appropriately consulted?

Some farmers would like to expand irrigation. But all farmers are highly vulnerable if climate change is not rapidly brought under control and emissions slashed.

The question is not whether irrigation expansion is good or bad, but rather how best to responsibly expand irrigation and how best to spend billions of dollars so that farmers and all citizens receive maximum benefit. The best public policy may be to spend tens- or hundreds-of-millions of dollars to help farmers expand

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irrigation along existing reservoirs and canals and to spend the bulk of any available billions of dollars on rapid emissions reduction, climate stabilization, and the protection of all Saskatchewan farms and acres from the ravages of climate chaos.

Darrin Qualman is Director of Climate Crisis Policy and Action with the NFU. In November 2019, the NFU published a detailed report on how to reduce agricultural emissions and increase net farm income. See “Tackling the Farm Crisis and the Climate Crisis” at www.nfu.ca .

Research into converting CO2 into ethanol Researchers used the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to improve their technique to convert CO2 into ethanol, a valuable chemical that can be used in a variety of industrial applications. Ethanol is also an attractive alternative fuel.

Ethanol has been proven to reduce emissions when compared to gasoline, but the renewable fuel is most often made of corn and wheat so there is a strong interest in non-food production methods. By capturing and converting carbon emissions to ethanol, the fuel’s environmental benefits could be multi-

plied.

The research team led

by Prof. Ted Sargent at the University of Toronto focused on producing chemicals through CO2 conversion—such as ethanol, ethylene and methane—helping to transform harmful greenhouse gases into useful products. The group aims to produce the target chemicals, in this case ethanol, with high outputs and minimal energy inputs.

This ethanol project is sponsored by the Canadian energy company Suncor, which invests in cleaner, renewable fuel sources, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research

Council (NSERC) of Canada, and the CIFAR Bio-Inspired Solar Energy program. If successful, more Canadian renewable fuel like ethanol could be created from greenhouse gases and less from farmed food.

The science In a recent paper published in Nature Energy, the team studied ethanol production by developing catalysts through overcoating copper with nitrogen-doped carbon (N-C/Cu). To understand how the catalysts work and provide valuable information for fine-tuning its efficiency, they studied the structure and chemistry of catalysts using the SXRMB beam-

line at the CLS. They discovered that gaps below 1 nm between the Cu and N-C layers may act as a reactor during CO2 to ethanol conversion, a property that could be harnessed to maximize output.

“We also found that the nitrogen-doped carbon layer is very important for producing ethanol because it can promote the reaction’s selectivity to ethanol,” said Xue Wang, a researcher in Prof. Ted Sargent’s group.

Wang explained that ethylene and ethanol, two valuable chemicals that can be created from CO2, are derived from a shared key intermediate (HOCCH*) in the conver-

sion reaction, but the end result depends on whether C-O bond-breaks from HOCCH*, which results in ethylene, or stay stable, which results in the desired product ethanol.

“Our goal is to suppress the C-O bond breaking from HOCCH* so less ethylene will be produced. We found that this catalyst is very efficient for creating ethanol,” Wang said.

The researchers also discovered that the N-C/ Cu catalyst is a strong and stable system, which is necessary for potential commercialization.

In their experiments, they achieved 15 hours of stability at 52 percent

Faradaic efficiency (FE) with a full cell energy efficiency (EE) of 16% in creating ethanol. The researchers aim to further improve the selectivity to ethanol, production rate, EE, concentration of ethanol and operational stability in order for the system to be used successfully in industrial applications.

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT APPROVAL

Did you experience gender or sexual orientation-based harassment or discrimination while working or volunteering with the RCMP? You may be eligible for compensation.

On March 10, 2020, the Federal Court approved a settlement of the class action Tiller v. Her Majesty the Queen. The class action concerns allegations of gender and sexual orientation-based harassment and discrimination of women working or volunteering with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”).

Who is Eligible for the Settlement?

Women who experienced gender or sexual orientation-based harassment or discrimination while working or volunteering with the RCMP during the Class Period (September 16, 1974 to July 5, 2019).

“Primary Class Members” means current and former living Municipal Employees, Regional District Employees, employees of non-profit organizations, volunteers, Commissionaires, Supernumerary Special Constables, consultants, contractors, public service employees, students, members of integrated policing units and persons from outside agencies and police forces who are female or publicly identify as female and who were supervised or managed by the RCMP or who worked in an RCMP controlled workplace during the Class Period, excluding individuals who are primary class members in Merlo and Davidson v. Her Majesty the Queen, Federal Court Action Number T-1685-16 and class members in Ross, Roy, and Satalic v. Her Majesty the Queen, Federal Court Action Number T-370-17 or Association des membres de la police montée du Québec inc., Gaétan Delisle, Dupuis, Paul, Lachance, Marc v. HMTQ, Quebec Superior Court Number 500-06-000820-163.

What are the Terms of the Settlement?

The settlement provides six levels of compensation ranging from $10,000 to $220,000 for Primary Class Members. The settlement claims process is confidential and non-adversarial. Claimants with higher level claims will be interviewed by a female assessor.

How do I make a Claim?

Primary Class Members must submit a claim form on or before January 12, 2021. Claim forms may be obtained and submitted online at www.rcmpsettlement.ca or mailed to the address on the form. Primary Class Members whose claims are approved at either of the two highest levels will be provided with a Secondary Class Member claim form.

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Halirewich Farm Ltd and the Estate of Loren Halirewich Farm Auction- Online ONLY Auction *No Buyers Fee* Ukrainetz Auctioneering PL# 915851 Location: near Roblin, MB Opens 9am (MB time) Sat., Aug. 8, 2020 Closes 1pm (MB time) Sat., Aug. 15, 2020 Previewing 9-4pm Aug. 8th and 9th Pickup 10-6pm Mon Aug 17th (ONE DAY PICKUP)

Directions: From Roblin, MB: 17 miles north on Hwy. 83 to Togo turnoff for 4 miles west, 3 miles north.

From Togo, SK: 1.5 miles east, 3 miles north.

Contact George 204-937-3424

Featuring:

FIVE 4WD TRACTORS- 4 Versatile and 1 John Deere FIVE 2WD TRACTORS- 3 IHC, 1 JD 2WD AND 1 JD FWA FIVE IHC AXIAL FLOW COMBINES AND HEADERS, SEEDHAWK 54FT AIRSEEDER, BOURGAULT 40FT AIRSEEDER, WILMAR HIGH CLEARANCE SPRAYER, HIGHWAY TRACTORS & GRAIN TRAILERS, LOW BED TRAILERS, HEAVY TRUCKS WITH B&H, FOUR SELF-PROPELLED SWATHERS, CATERPILLAR; PAYLOADER; JD SKID STEER LAND LEVELER; SCRAPER; SKIDDER, FERTILIZER EQUIPMENT AND FLOATERS TILLAGE AND HEAVY HARROWS, MISC TOOLS AND MUCH MORE Auctioneer’s Note: Everything runs, and the family stated new batteries have been replaced in most items. If you need this size of equipment, do not miss this sale, *PLEASE REMEMBER TO SOCIAL DISTANCE ON THE PREVIEW AND PICKUP DATES* Please signup early so you are ready to bid. PLEASE review our terms and conditions before you bid and make your purchases.

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as a viable alternative to pain medications. While chiropractic manipulations are most often associated with back and neck pain, there are many different benefits — some of which may surprise those unfamiliar with chiropractic care — for this type of care.

• Migraines and headaches: Research shows that spinal manipulation can be an effective way to treat migraines, tension headaches and headaches that begin in the neck. In clinical trials conducted at Macquarie University, 72 percent of migraine sufferers had noticeable or substantial improvement after a period of chiropractic treatment.

• Accident injuries: Chiropractors can assess musculoskeletal anom-

alies caused by motor vehicle accidents as well as slips and falls.

Whiplash is a common issue in car crashes, and this may be addressed by a chiropractor.

• Anxiety and stress: The fight or flight mechanism that is activated when a person experiences stress and anxiety can take its toll on various parts of the body.

Because stress involves nerve impulses, chiropractors may be able to work primarily with the spine where these impulses originate to help release tension and nerve irritation. In addition, adjustments can improve blood circulation, which may help signal the brain to turn off its “rally to action” response to stressful situations.

• Fibromyalgia:

Fibromyalgia is marked by widespread musculoskeletal pain in the joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues. It can be combined with temporomandibular joint syndrome, or TMJ, as well as irritable bowel syndrome, among other illnesses. Chiropractors can remove subluxations, which are misalignments of the vertebrae in the spine and joints that lead to pain responses. A Florida State University study found that those with fibromyalgia who combined resistance training with chiropractic treatment two times a week saw improvements in their symptoms.

Chiropractic care may be an asset for pain management, as well as a way to improve overall health.

6 ways to keep an active puppy out of trouble It is hard to resist the beckoning big eyes, soft fur and lovable kisses of a puppy. When that tail begins wagging, it can be easy to forget how much attention and work puppies require.

Puppies love to learn about the world and are naturally curious and energetic. Puppies also can become easily bored and mischievous if not given chances to expend their energy.

Puppies do not know what is right and wrong in their new environments and have to learn such lessons through trial and error, often getting into trouble along the way. However, puppy owners can take steps to curb potentially troublesome behaviors.

1. Provide a lot of exercise. A tired dog is a wellbehaved dog, offer many experts. The American Kennel Club says that puppy parents should speak with their vets and/ or trainers about what is a reasonable amount of physical activity for their dogs. Activity to burn off

excess energy is vital.

2. Offer mentally stimulating activities.

Problem-solving toys and challenges can keep puppies focused on healthy skills that build cognition to exercise the brain.

Hide-and-seek, fetch and food-reward games can be great ways to exercise puppies’ brains.

3. Keep an eye out.

Puppies like to explore the world around them, and that can mean chewing, digging, soiling, and other negative behaviors.

The advice site Daily Puppy recommends that owners watch their puppies and keep them in their sight as much as possible. Crating is an effective way to keep puppies out of trouble when owners cannot offer constant supervision. Crates can be safe havens when treated in the right manner.

4. Puppy-proof the home. Look around the house for possible hazards. Move trash into hard-to-reach areas, erect gates to block restricted spaces,

address cords and other electrical hazards, and clear counters or tables of easy-to-reach food scraps.

5.

Use positive reinforcement.

Rewarding dogs when they do the right thing rather than punishing them when they behave badly helps puppies learn manners and how to become good members of the family, offers the AKC. Teaching is also a way to offer exercise and stimulate dogs’ minds.

6. Understand the breed. Some dogs are bred for their unique behaviors. For example, a bird dog like an English setter may seek out prey in the yard. Certain concessions may need to be made to keep puppies comfortable. Offering alternative activities that tie into this natural instinct also can work.

Keeping puppies out of trouble can take work, but as they become full-grown dogs, they will learn and negative behaviors will be abandoned.

Do you know how to use your fire extinguisher?

(NC) Most people know the basics of fire safety at home, and that a fire extinguisher may be the first line of defense in case of a fire. But it’s not enough to just have a fire extinguisher – knowing how to use it is a critical part of keeping you and your family safe.

In as little as 30 seconds, a small flame can become a major fire, so being prepared to fight small fires is crucial. All adults should learn how to operate a fire extinguisher, all you have to remember is the word P.A.S.S.: • Pull the pin. Hold the extinguisher with the nozzle pointing away from you and release the locking mechanism.

• Aim the nozzle low toward the base of the fire.

• Squeeze the lever slowly and evenly.

• Sweep the nozzle from side to side.

In the event of an emergency, being able to quickly access and use your fire extinguisher is key. Place extinguishers in convenient locations throughout the home, including on every floor and in key areas where there is a higher risk for fires, such as the kitchen and the garage. Make things simple and stock your home with multiuse, lightweight extinguishers like the First Alert Multi-Purpose Fire Extinguisher which can handle fires in any household location.

The rapid protection offered by fire extinguishers can make the difference between minor or major damage. But remember, combating small fires with an extinguisher is just one component of a fire response plan. The primary goal is always a safe escape for you and your family.

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For the young Burrowing Owls, it’s now time to leave the nest!

Regina, SK – August 4, 2020 – The beginning of August marks the end of an important milestone in the life cycle of a Burrowing Owl and the beginning of another.

Young Burrowing Owls are now starting to leave the nest and forage for themselves after weeks of being fed by their parents. The young owls are practicing their

hunting and flying skills and venturing out on their own to other burrows nearby. They are a bit like teenagers now and are becoming more independent as they begin to prepare for their fall migration to southern Texas and Mexico.

For people travelling in rural Saskatchewan, this is an especially good time to spot Burrowing Owls. However, it can also be a dangerous time for inexperienced young Burrowing Owls.

Owls will often forage in roadside ditches, looking for insects and rodents. “At dusk the road surface tends to be warmer than the surrounding area, attracting many small insects and rodents,” explains Kaytlyn Burrows, Habitat Stewardship Coordinator with Nature Saskatchewan, “as a result, young owls are also attracted to the road and ditch when they begin searching for prey.”

Every year, young Burrowing Owls are injured or killed by vehicle collisions while they forage along the road. The Burrowing Owl population has

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