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Enhancements to Kamsack Swimming Pool progressing Courtesy of Kamsack Times With the enhancements to the Kamsack Swimming Pool nearly complete, the focus is now turning to raising nearly $67,000 to finish paying for it.

That fundraising continues on September 15 at the Co-op Fuel Good Day when 10 cents a litre of gasoline sold at all Legacy Co-op service station outlets that day will be shared among three projects: the Salvation Army, the Churchbridge curling rink and the Kamsack Swimming Pool.

Employees of Western Recreation and Development, a company that specializes in swimming pools, have only final touches to do before the work at the Kamsack pool is complete, Dayna Guertin, Kamsack’s recreation director, said last week when she and Mayor Nancy Brunt toured the new facility.

The pool’s liner had been repaired and patched a number of times so when a cost estimate for another repair was sought last year, Western Recreation and Development agreed to

do that as well as construct the zero entry, which is an expansion of 1,700 square feet, and add a separate toddlers’ pool and spray features, Guertin explained.

“They gave us a large discount because another customer had decided not to proceed with a pool and the company had the time,” Brunt explained.

The company began work in October with the expectation that the pool would be ready for opening in June, she said. Of course, when the pandemic arrived and pools were closed provincewide, there was no need for the company to complete the work prior to June.

Plans are to celebrate the opening of Kamsack’s enhanced public swimming pool next June, she said.

The work at the pool cost a total of $388,000, including about $5,000 for the concrete work and new fencing, Brunt said. Of that cost, $124,690 was raised through the recreation board and from various grants, while the provincial MEEP (Municipal Economic Enhancement Program) contributed

$196,750, leaving a balance of $66,560, which is to be raised by the recreation board.

Among the successful fundraising events held by the recreation board to help pay for the project was the February 14 Date Night when more than $15,000 was raised.

The Date Night was a fun night that included live entertainment, a four-course meal and silent auction, Brunt explained. “It was a huge success and people are still talking about it.”

The recreation board, which held a backyard raffle fundraiser in June, is still applying for various grants, Guertin said, adding that she is working on setting up a meeting for the board so that new options may be considered.

“With some members of the board having left the community, and others having resigned, there are seats available on the board,” the mayor said, encouraging persons wishing to contribute to the board’s work to notify Guertin.

“Ideally, every sporting or recreation group should have a representative on the board,” she said. “Also the board would look favourably

Last week Kamsack Mayor Nancy Brunt, right, and Dayna Guertin, Kamsack’s recreation director were at the Kamsack Swimming Pool looking at the enhancements of the facility which are nearly completed.

This is an architect’s drawing of the design and features of the new swimming pool. on a large donor wanting naming rights for the facility.”

“With a goal being pool accessibility for all, regardless of age

and ability level, we’d like to purchase at least one wheelchair specially made to go into the water for use by handicapped individuals or

seniors,” Guertin said, suggesting that a project to raise about $5,000 for such a chair might be taken on by some community group.

Former Canora resident suddenly receives new kidney Courtesy of Preeceville Progress After a lengthy wait filled with ups and downs, including “kidney failure, fatigue and dialysis,” John Kalmakoff of Regina has finally received a new kidney. The surgery took place on July 23 in Saskatoon.

Kalmakoff is originally from Canora, where his family has lived for many generations.

“I graduated from the Canora Composite High School in 1989 and attended the University of Saskatchewan where I received a B.A. and an L.L.B. in Law,” he said. “In 1998 I moved to Regina and have practiced law with the Saskatchewan Power Corporation Law Department since 2000 where I have served as a director, supervising five other lawyers.”

As an adult Kalmakoff discovered he had

polycystic kidney disease (PKD), an inherited kidney disease that slowly shuts down kidney function.

“Three years ago, in July of 2017, I was advised that I had reached Stage 5 kidney failure,” he recalled.

“Because of chronic fatigue associated with kidney failure, I was no longer able to work full time. For the next year and a half, I was able to perform peritoneal dialysis, a form of dialysis done at home on a daily basis. However, by early 2019, that form of dialysis ceased to work for me and I had to switch to hemodialysis, which was undertaken at the Regina General Hospital, three times a week for five hours each treatment for the next year and a half.

“Over the course of this three-year period, I also had to undergo several major surgeries related to my kidney

failure, including three major hernia repairs, a nephrectomy, the removal of an enlarged kidney to make room for an eventual replacement kidney, as well as several smaller procedures, such as the installation of a catheter for peritoneal dialysis and a different catheter for hemodialysis.”

Throughout the past three years, his daily life was spent around dialysis, which took up a significant portion of his schedule.

“I also cared for my three children, Kate aged 15, Emily aged 12 and Jake aged 4 as a single parent. However, while the dialysis was keeping me alive, it was no substitute for a healthy, functioning kidney. By January of 2019, I had already been placed on a waiting list for a deceased donor kidney. However, the waiting time for a deceased donor kidney

can range anywhere from days to (in most cases) three to five years or even longer.”

Kalmakoff began searching for a living kidney donor as well.

That search had just begun around the time the Canora Courier published its first article about his situation.

“What the Canora Courier staff and its readers would not be aware of, however, is that the publication of the original news story in January 2019 had a most incredible and unexpected outcome. A resident of Canora, who out of respect for their privacy shall remain anonymous, read the Canora Courier article about my situation and was personally moved to come forward as a potential living donor.

“Following an initial screening, where it was determined they had a compatible blood type,

they underwent nine months of very detailed testing through the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA), and by December of 2019, it was determined that they were a fully compatible match and were cleared by a panel of kidney specialists and surgeons for a transplant.

“We were advised at that time that a transplant would be scheduled for between April and June of 2020.”

Unfortunately, before that surgery could take place, the global COVID-19 pandemic occurred.

In mid-March of 2020, cases of the virus had reached Saskatchewan and the province was placed under lockdown.

As part of the lockdown, the SHA cancelled all surgeries and procedures deemed to be non-essential.

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“My living donor and I understood that we would not be able to have the transplant until such time as they were resumed by the province.

We assumed we would still be going forward; it was just a question of when.”

At that point, Kalmakoff’s story took an unexpected turn.

The province had begun a phased-in reopening of the economy and provincial programs beginning in May. By July, the SHA resumed deceased donor kidney transplants but not living donor transplants.

“I was informed on July 10 that I had been placed back on the provincial deceased donor list,” he said.

“Then just 12 days later, I got the call of a lifetime.

On the morning of July 22, I received a call from a nephrologist (kidney specialist) at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon.

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IN BRIEF NEW KIDNEY Continued from Page 2 to proceed immediately to Saskatoon for a transplant later that day. “After three years of my whole life being disrupted, it is difďŹ cult to put into words just how overwhelming it was to receive such a call, at long last. SufďŹ ce to say, three hours later, I was in Saskatoon and admitted to St. Paul’s Hospital for a kidney transplant.â€?

The actual transplant took place on July 23 in a ďŹ ve-hour operation. “The procedure went very well, and by the time I woke up mid-afternoon that day in the recovery room, the new kidney was already fully functioning within my body,â€? reported Kalmakoff. “It might sound hard to believe, but within a day of the surgery, I felt like a veil had been lifted, both physically and mentally. I felt stronger, more energetic and clearer than I had since I could remember, even as I was still recovering from a major surgery. I spent the next week after the surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital where I was very closely monitored on an hourly basis, and began a regimen of antirejection drugs to ensure that my body did not reject the new organ.

After one week, the surgeons, nephrologists and staff were sufďŹ ciently conďŹ dent with my posttransplant recovery that they released me to continue my recuperation at home; even though many kidney transplant patients remain in the hospital for longer, up to 12 to 14 days.â€?

Since then, his recovery has continued from his Regina home on multiple different fronts. “First, recovery has included healing from the 12-inch surgical incision through my abdomen. It is still a bit stiff and sore and I will continue to have lifting restrictions for another month, however it is healing very nicely. “Second, recovery has involved closely monitoring the new kidney’s function, which has required twice-

weekly blood work and weekly visits with the post-transplant team of doctors and nurses assigned to my case. For the ďŹ rst week or two, as the body and new kidney adjusted to each other, if there were any discrepancies in blood chemistry, they were immediately treated by medication prescriptions or changes. My doctors are very pleased with how well the new kidney is performing. “Third, recovery has involved taking large doses of the antirejection medications for the ďŹ rst three months after the transplant.

These medications have to be taken twice-daily without fail. “I have now completed the ďŹ rst month and have two more months to go. These anti-rejection drugs are vital immediately after the surgery to ensure the body does not reject the new organ.

Unfortunately, one of the side-effects of them is that they temporarily render the body’s immune system almost zero. Under normal times this can be managed, but in the middle of a global pandemic, it becomes absolutely critical to remain safe, as even a normally ‘minor’ infection can be lifethreatening under these circumstances. “Therefore the fourth aspect of my recovery has been being under lockdown at home by myself. I only go out when I absolutely have to, and then only wearing a surgical mask, having hand sanitizer on hand, maintaining social distancing and doing plenty of handwashing when possible.

I have friends who pick up groceries for me and deliver them on my front steps. My children are currently staying with their mother, since they are either in daycare or will soon be starting school and their interaction with other kids is currently a serious safety risk for me. We maintain daily contact through FaceTime, text and phone calls and

After being advised three years ago that he had reached Stage 5 kidney failure, Jon Kalmakoff, formerly of Canora, received a kidney donation on July 23 in Saskatoon. we have had outdoor, masked and sociallydistanced visits.�

At the end of three months, in approximately November or whenever he receives clearance from his nephrologist, the anti-rejection drugs Kalmakoff is currently taking will be signiďŹ cantly reduced; although he will have to continue taking a small dose for the rest of his life. “At this time, my immune system will bounce back and resume at full or near-full strength. By the end of the year, I should be able to start normal activities again, including returning to work at SaskPower. Of course, at that time, the only ‘wildcard’ will be the state of the coronavirus outbreak in the province, which my doctors and I will continue to closely monitor.â€?

Due to privacy regulations Kalmakoff may never know the identity of the deceased donor of his new kidney. “What was disclosed to me was that the person was a healthy male in his mid-twenties who died ‘tragically’ and unexpectedly.

Whoever he was, he had the foresight and wherewithal to sign his organ donation card and advise his family of his wishes. Although his unexpected death was

tragic, by signing his organ donation card and donating all of his organs, he saved the lives of up to eight other people, including myself. “The SHA has a process for allowing deceased kidney recipients to write to the deceased donor’s family on an anonymous basis.

I plan to use this process to write the family to let them know how profoundly receiving a new kidney has changed and saved my life, how grateful I am every day for the opportunity, and how it has given me a new lease on life for myself and my family going forward.�

After this life-changing experience, Kalmakoff plans to become more involved in advocating for and promoting organ donation. “This is possible both through living donations and/or by signing deceased organ donations cards at a provincial level.

Saskatchewan still has one of the lowest rates of organ donation in Canada, and although the well-published example of deceased Humboldt Broncos player Logan Boulet’s organ donation has greatly raised awareness in the province, we still have a considerable way to go. To this end, I have recently joined the board of directors of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Saskatchewan Branch and look forward to continuing advocacy through that organization as well as on a personal level.�

Kalmakoff has an urgent request for Canora Courier readers. “Please add an Organ and Tissue Donor sticker to your Saskatchewan Health Services card and sign the Intention to Donate card (available from eHealth Saskatchewan by calling 1-800-667-7551.) Talk to your family about your decision to be a donor, so they can support your wishes. Doing so can

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As someone who has received a deceased donor kidney, I can attest to just how profoundly life-changing, lifealtering and life-saving this has been for me. “Also, there may be some who may consider being living donors. The need for organs and tissue for transplants far outweighs the available supply in Saskatchewan.

Becoming a living organ donor is one way you can help alleviate this need, and it may be a decision that’s right for you. “Regarding my living donor, the fact that they were willing to come forward, donate a kidney and went through months of rigorous testing has been profoundly inspiring,â€? continued Kalmakoff. “And while circumstances prevented me from receiving their kidney, I am forever grateful for their selessness and willingness to donate one of their kidneys, and through the process I have made an incredible new friend and ‘honourary’ family member for life.â€?

After his recovery, he hopes to be able to continue assisting his mother, Oney Pollock of Canora, in any way possible. “She came to Regina to look after me after many of my surgeries and I hope to be able to repay that kindness and assistance. I inherited my kidney disease through her, a disease we both unexpectedly found out we have well into adulthood. Over the past year, Mom’s kidney function has also reduced to the point of requiring dialysis, and in the future she too will require a kidney transplant. “I have also received an incredible amount of support from my father Larry Kalmakoff, my sisters Carrie and Janna and my grandmother

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I have received a great deal of support, encouragement and prayers from extended family and a wide network of friends, near and far. Some of my friends living in Regina have, since the COVID outbreak, assisted me by picking up groceries and delivering them to my doorstep. Others have brought baked and cooked food items during my recovery from operations, or have reached out and offered assistance.�

Throughout the ordeal of waiting for a kidney, Kalmakoff said he learned to deeply value his family and friends. “It was difďŹ cult in the interim, trying to be an active single parent, but not having the energy levels I was used to having. But the whole experience brought my children and me closer together. We made the best of the situation and everybody pitched in to help. I remained positive and optimistic throughout the entire time through my own faith and perseverance, and through the kindness, support and prayers of a great many family and friends.â€?

Since his donor kidney was almost a 95 per cent match, Kalmakoff is optimistic regarding his health prospects for the future. “And it is inspiring to hear stories about Saskatchewan residents celebrating their 20th and 30th anniversaries as transplant recipients.

I hope to one day be able to celebrate the same!�

Kalmakoff is looking forward to returning to his career at SaskPower once his transplant recovery is complete. “I also plan to continue to write and publish local historical articles about Canora and the surrounding district as I am able to,� he concluded.

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EDITORIAL Old oil and gas wells find new life with renewable energy As part of its COVID19 response, Canada’s government is spending $1.7 billion to clean up “orphan” and inactive oil and gas wells in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

Industry should be footing the bill, but the work is critical and will keep people employed and, in some cases, help them upgrade skills.

Orphan wells are those with no known legal or financial owner, often because a company has gone bankrupt.

Finance Canada says Alberta has about 4,700, Saskatchewan 600 and B.C. 350, with another 91,000 inactive wells (no longer productive) in Alberta, 36,000 in Saskatchewan and 12,000 in B.C. Some have been “abandoned” — industryspeak for capped to prevent toxic leakage.

Subsidies that help workers are fine, but those that allow industry to continue business as usual while avoiding responsibility for repairing the damage it’s caused aren’t the way to recover from a pandemic or economic downturn.

That’s why some forwardthinking people are taking it a step further.

In most cases, it’s best to restore sites to more natural states. But, with roads, grid connections and infrastructure already in place, some can be converted to renewable energy operations, from geothermal to solar.

Around Taber, Alberta, the RenuWell project plans to employ fossil fuel industry workers to convert two to four inactive wells to solar energy installations that can generate 2,900 MWh and more than $224,000 in electricity sales a year to the area. It’s an idea that could easily be scaled up. As project originator Keith Hirsche explained, transforming 10 per cent of inactive wells to solar installations in Alberta alone would provide enough renewable energy to meet the government’s 2030 goals without removing additional land from agriculture.

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Science Matters The project is supported by funding from the Municipal Community Generation Challenge, an initiative of provincial and municipal agencies.

As part of the project, an organization of former oil workers called Iron & Earth is partnering with Medicine Hat College to develop a five-day “rapid upskilling program for fossil fuel industry and Indigenous workers to learn the basics of solar before working on transforming the well sites themselves.”

Seeing the need to diversify in the face of falling oil prices, increasing automation and climate disruption, oilsands workers started Iron & Earth in 2015. As executive director Lliam Hildebrand and board member Bruce Wilson wrote in an Edmonton Journal article, “It’s not a case of fossil-fuel industry workers versus the rest, or Alberta versus British Columbia. We are all in this together. The challenge now is how to move forward in a way that leaves no one behind.”

Geothermal energy also shows promise for transforming some wells.

In April, the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors, Petroleum Services Association of Canada and geothermal developers formed a partnership to promote geothermal development and create opportunities for displaced oil and gas drillers and service workers.

Some deeper wells can be used for exploration and monitoring for geothermal potential.

A Narwhal article details Fort Nelson First Nation’s efforts to turn 6,800 hectares of land in the Clarke Lake gas field in northeastern B.C. into a commercial-scale geo-

thermal project. It would reduce reliance on fossil fuels (and thus greenhouse gas emissions) and could provide heat for homes, businesses and greenhouses.

Although data from existing wells in the nearly depleted gas field show high enough underground temperatures for good geothermal potential, drilling is required to determine if water flows are adequate. That can be expensive, but preliminary studies show it will likely pay off.

Other uses for depleted wells include hydrogen production, lithium recovery (used in batteries) and carbon capture and storage.

Ideally, most former oil and gas wells and related infrastructure would be returned as close to natural states as possible, restoring habitat for animals like caribou and reversing some of the devastation to traditional Indigenous territories and ways of life.

But in many cases, old well sites provide opportunities to scale up renewable energy without building new roads and infrastructure and encroaching on valuable agricultural land. Some solar installations are also compatible with nature restoration and agriculture.

We must find better ways to hold industry accountable for the many oil and gas wells yet to be orphaned. Innovation for a transition to cleaner energy is something everyone can get behind.

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

Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington.

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Anti-mask brigade needs to grow up If you look at the streets of Japan, at any given moment, you will see people wearing masks. It’s a normal part of life, some people just going about their day with a mask on. It’s usually people who feel they have some kind of illness, and in general people are fine with it. This is not a new thing, and it’s common and accepted.

This is a healthy approach, because it’s a way to at least mitigate disease transmission. Is it perfect? Of course not.

But it’s still helpful, and more importantly, socially acceptable.

I bring this up because it’s an example of a country that has made the existence of masks normal. It’s useful, because it at least makes disease transmission a bit more difficult.

This isn’t normal in North America, which is probably why it has received so many outspoken, angry critics of the very existence of masks.

They will go all out, from claiming dubious health problems to some sort of vast conspiracy theory when trying to justify not wearing masks for several minutes. Their reasoning seems to boil down do the fact that they don’t particularly want to wear a mask and are spending a great deal of time and effort trying to justify it.

Masks are annoying, of course, especially for someone who wears glasses, who will see steam fog up their vision pretty quickly if they have a lesser quality version. But, on

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Thinking I do with words... the other hand, a few minutes of annoyance when you’re going to get some groceries isn’t a huge deal. Last time I had to wear one in a store I was much more annoyed by slow-moving lines than I was by the mask itself, it didn’t take long for it to just become a regular part of life. I don’t enjoy it, but it doesn’t ruin my day.

Frankly, if we’ve had the luxury of going through our day without any mask use at all, we’ve had it pretty good for a long time. Plenty of jobs require mask use, and I’m sure that surgeons, commercial painters, or even farmers cleaning grain bins are looking at these anti-mask people and shaking their heads.

I still remember the time I thought I didn’t need a mask to clean a grain bin, and spent an evening blowing something extremely gross out of my nose.

As more stores make mask use mandatory, especially national chains, it’s clear that they’re just going to be part of life for a while.

Potentially, they will be part of life permanently, as they are in other countries, where it just

becomes normalized to wear a mask if you have disease symptoms. Maybe not mandatory for all people in all situations once the current crisis passes, but something that people just do sometimes, for the sake of others.

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Some school divisions around the province are asking parents not to drop off their children directly in front of the school, with active transportation (walking, cycling, skateboarding, etc.) being encouraged. “Keeping our kids safe is top of mind for everyone right now,� said Penny McCune, Chief Operating Officer of the Auto Fund. “We expect more traffic – both vehicular and pedestrian --

near school zones so we’re giving drivers a refresher on what to do to help them navigate those bustling school zones safely.�

THE SGI STUDY GUIDE FOR SAFE #SCHOOL ZONES Slow down to the posted speed limit The most common school zone offence is speeding. Most school zones have reduced speed limits (you can tell by the big reflective signs) and the penalties for exceeding them are tougher than regular tickets. For example, going 20 km/h over the limit in a school zone

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will result in a $310 ticket and three demerit points.

The faster you’re going, the more the ticket will cost.

More importantly, though, slowing down keeps kids in school zones safe, because it gives drivers more time to react if something unexpected happens.

The faster a car is going, the less time a driver has to stop and avoid a collision. If a collision with a pedestrian or cyclist does occur, the chances of serious injury or death increases significantly if the vehicle is travelling at higher speeds.

Watch out for jaywalkers School zones are full of kids, and kids don’t always pay attention to crossing when and where they are supposed to.

This year, they are going to be extra excited to see their friends and teachers in a school setting for the first time since March.

Be careful around school buses that are unloading and loading Passing motorists are the single biggest threat to children as they enter or leave a school bus.

Avoid bus loading zones whenever possible. If you must drive in those areas, obey all signs and signals and watch for kids crossing the street to get to or from their bus.

Slow down as you approach a bus. If a bus is slowing, or is stopped with its amber lights flashing, motorists should reduce their speed and ensure it is safe before proceeding.

If a bus is stopped with its red lights flashing and stop arm extended, motorists following or approaching the bus must come to a complete stop and wait until the red lights stop flashing

and the stop arm is pulled in before proceeding. Drivers not obeying school bus safety lights can be issued a $360 ticket, and four demerits.

Obey crossing guards and pedestrian lights Obeying the crossing guard is not optional. All school crossing guards are legally permitted to stop traffic (with their stop sign) and assist school children crossing the street. Vehicles must come to a complete stop and remain stopped until the children, and the crossing guard, are safely off the road (watch out for stragglers). Failure to do so results in a $230 ticket.

Avoid distractions During drop-off and pick-up times school zones can become extremely congested and it may be difficult to identify hazards. Put down the coffee or cell phone, place your hands on the wheel and keep your eyes on the road.

Need any more motivation to take this lesson to heart? Tickets for distracted driving cost $580 for a first offence, plus four demerit points.

Don’t park in “No Stopping� zones No, not even for “just a minute.� Keeping these areas free of vehicles is the best way to maintain visibility for other motorists.

Drop your kids off on the same side of the street as the school This will reduce the chances of being struck by a passing vehicle.

No U-turns Many communities have by-laws prohibiting U-turns in school zones.

In any event, it’s best to avoid it. Drive around the block if you need to come back to where you just were.

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Marriage milestone in Maryfield Couple married in Canora in 1950 It’s not every day a couple celebrates their 70th wedding anniversary, but that’s the case on August 20 for Fred and Mariann Krukoff.

Fred and Mariann married on August 20, 1950 in Canora. Both were born—Fred on December 25, 1921 and Mariann on September 18, 1930—and raised in Canora.

They farmed for 15 years in the Good Spirit Lake Area before moving back to Canora where Mariann worked for Canada Post for 26 years and Fred barbered for more than 30.

In their 70 years together they’ve raised a large family. The couple have three children, Floyd (Lee) Krukoff,

Teresa Krukoff, and Lydia (Ward) Frazer, five grandchildren, Leslie, Janelle, Adrienne, Daniel, and Erica, and eight great grandchildren between the ages of four months and six years old.

Fred and Mariann’s children applaud them for leading by example, working hard, applying a lot of elbow grease, and doing their best with what they had.

The couple have always had a passion for gardening ensuring they always had a large garden and did a lot of canning and preserving. In their spare time they always enjoyed singing, dancing, fishing, and travelling.

In 2016 the couple

moved to the Maryfield Sunrise Villa and continue to enjoy gardening and singing, as well as a dance or two whenever possible.

Congratulatory letters have been received from Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty, Premier Scott Moe, MLA Dan D’Autremont, MP Dr. Robert Kitchen, Leader of the Opposition Ryan Meili, for the couples milestone as well as for Mariann’s upcoming 90th birthday.

According to Fred and Mariann the big secrets to a long and happy marriage are having the right attitude, enjoying activities together, and staying active.

“Like the saying goes,

‘don’t worry, be happy,’ we’re kind of easy-going people,” said Fred.

“We’ve done lots of singing in choirs, the singing helps. We always enjoy ourselves with dancing and stuff like that. To keep us good and healthy, we like to go for walks every once in awhile. Since we moved to the Villa, the walks are every day. We like to walk about half an hour every morning. In our younger years, hard manual work was our good exercise.

That really kept us going.

There’s just so much to do.”

Daughter Teresa points to strong genes playing a big role in the couple living such long happy lives together.

“My mother had aunts,

Fred and Mariann Krukoff recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary one that lived to 105 and one that lived to 98,” she said. “And my dad is by far the oldest person of his family, in history. He’s definitely the oldest that ever was in the Krukoff family and he’s still in

really good shape.”

Mariann likes to say love and care is the reason they’ve made it so long and jokingly says about Fred being in such good health, “look who takes care of him!”

Going nodal: Peepeekisis FN uses signal network for online learning during pandemic

By Evan Radford, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Regina Leader-Post PEEPEEKISIS CREE NATION — One node at a time, the Peepeekisis Cree Nation is getting all of its students online.

Thanks to a newly installed, self-contained signal relay network, the First Nation can now beam Internet signals into all of its students’ homes in the 38-squarekilometre reserve.

“This technology allows us to broadcast that beam a few kilometres away and pick it up with another node and then repeat it and keep amplifying the signal down the road,” Peepeekisis operations director Ernest Standingready said.

It’s the solution he, principal David Still and education director Joy Sapp chose to address physical distancing requirements brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thus far the technology is working: Kindergarten to Grade 9 students at the community’s Pesakastew School are now learning from home via their computers, after starting school this week. The band had already gone through a

trial run with Grade 12 students using the signalboosting node network last school year, when students were sent home in mid-March.

Calgary-based software and hardware company Mage Networks is providing Peepeekisis the parts for the network.

On its website, Mage says its modular nodes, slightly bigger than a 1980s-era brick cellphone, can send signals from behind and around obstacles and through foliage. Touting its technology’s ability to maintain data transfer consistency, the company says its modular networks are made to handle inconsistent, rural terrain.

“When the schools closed, a lot of the options were being explored” for back-to-school options, Standingready said.

“It makes it that much more difficult when we’re on a First Nation that doesn’t have the basic infrastructure for the Internet, or even reliable, fast internet: A lot of houses are a few kilometres away (from each other); they’re not even tied into public infrastructure … Trying to find a way to get a signal out there was the biggest hurdle, but we were on that early.”

ANTI-MASK

Continued from Page 4 Honestly, the entire mask “debate,” such as it is, reminds me of trying to convince a toddler to wear shoes. They don’t have a good reason not to wear shoes, and they’re not going to leave the house until they wear them, but they’re still going to fight tooth and nail to avoid doing it. And then, eventually, they grow up. They realize shoes protect their feet, they realize it’s normal to wear shoes. Then, eventually, they have toddlers of their own, who refuse to wear shoes, and they call their parents to complain, and those parents just laugh at them.

So, to the anti-mask brigade, all I have to say is follow the example of those former toddlers, and grow up.

As it’s now set up, Pesakastew School sends its SaskTel-provided Internet signal through the Mage Networks nodes, which are spaced out every few kilometres

throughout the community.

Standingready said some of Peepeekisis’ homes have the white, plastic nodal singlerelayers attached to

them.

He, Still and Sapp control the network by only allowing registered devices onto it and restricting what websites can be accessed.

Prior to the set-up, only 30 per cent of families registered through the school had any Internet access, Still said.

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Our 11th Annual Charity Golf For Kids Sake Fun Day was held at the Esterhazy Golf Course on August 22nd and raised a total of over$26,480. in support of mentoring. Our sincere thanks go out to all our sponsors, golfers and everyone who made a contribution, financial or otherwise, toward making this year’s event a huge success.

TITLE DIAMOND SPONSORS ($5,000 commitment)

TITANIUM SPONSORS ($2,500 Commitment)

PLATINUM SPONSORS ($1000 Commitment)

Photos by Brian Zinchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter (Estevan Mercury)

Passing lane work continues The passing lanes between Yorkton and Melville have officially opened.

South of the city, on Auctions Life time collection David Moe, Parkside General Store, 2 day auction, BID NOW. Sept. 19 & 20 live on line. Schmalz Auctions, PA, SK. PL 911509.

Highway 10 between Yorkton and Melville, the three sets of passing lanes have been completed, giving greater opportunity for safe passing between the two cities.

Construction on new passing lanes continues Auctions

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on Highways 9 north of Yorkton.

The lanes will extend to Canora, and are part of an overall project that included passing lanes being constructed on Highway 10 between Yorkton and Melville.

The project includes six sets of passing lanes, intersection improvements, access consolidation and 55 kilometres (km) of paving.

“Our government is committed to building strong communities by investing in highways and infrastructure,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Greg Ottenbreit said in a mid-July release. “The new passing lanes on Highways 9 and 10 will improve traffic flow and safety while helping transport our commodities from production to market.”

The cost of the project is about $39.4 million, with a scheduled completion date of October 2020.

It also includes upgrading approximately 4.4 km of Grain Millers Drive within the RM of Orkney, and paving on Highway 9 within the City of Yorkton under the Urban Highway Connector Program.

— YTW Staff

GOLD SPONSORS ($600+ Commitment) Iron Workers Local No. 771, Twin Valley Veterinary Health Services, Norenda ConstructionLtd/Norenda Farms

SILVER FLAG SPONSORS ($300 Commitment) Esterhazy Flower Bin, Labatt, MNP LLP, NAPA Auto Parts/E&M Farm Repair Parts Esterhazy, Maid Marien’s Catering, Rick’s Tech Shop, Thorsness Appliance, Towne Autobody 2014 Ltd., Pharmasave, Kleyson United Assoc. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local #179

BRONZE TEE SPONSORS ($200 Commitment) Sheet Metal Workers Local 296 Saskatchewan, Mark’s, BG Denture Clinic, Erin’s I.D.A. Pharmacy, CLR Saskatchewan, LIUNA Local 180, HUB International, Russel Metals, North Valley Credit Union, Sapara’s, Orenda Healing

HOLE IN ONE SPONSORS Yorkton Dodge, Ka-pa-chee Training Centre, Sundog Travel Plus many silent auction sponsors, raffle and door prize sponsors.

PEOPLE RAISING THE HIGHEST PLEDGES (Pledge Amounts) 1. James Bielka $1250.

2. Jerry Halyk $615.

3. Chris Haines $420.

FLIGHT WINNERS First Flight

Second Flight

Third Flight

Fourth Flight

Fifth Flight

James Bielka

Megan Martin

Dallas Norek

Derek Paidel

Kirk Oleson

Riley Sherring

Chris Martin

Grace Hyland

Kendra Paidel Karsten Loiesen

Mackenzie Shore

Chris Raiwet

Colin Hyland

Jayden Shore

Lesley Raiwet Michael Kaczmer

Rob Lissini Blair Lissini

Ken Laroc Tracy Powers

Funds raised at Golf For Kids Sake Fun Day support the Mentoring Programs in Esterhazy and area including Big Brothers Big Sisters matches, In-School Mentoring, and group activity programs. A special thank you to the Paidel Family for helping to host the tournament, providing the flight prizes and for their generous support making this tournament possible. Thank you to Esterhazy Regional Park and the members who loaned us golf carts, Esterhazy Curling Club (use of tables), to all the volunteers especially Jerry Halyk, Vick Paidel, the Esterhazy Lions members and everyone who helped make this a great event. We thank all of you for your contribution to expanding our mentoring services in this area making a difference in a child’s life. “CHANGING THE COURSE OF YOUNG LIVES”

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Travel restrictions worry Churchill’s tourism industry CHURCHILL — For weeks, the fear has been on the lips of tourist operators and hoteliers in this town: will the North be shut down from the world once again?

And if it is, what will it mean for the meat of the tourism season that begins in October and November, known locally as bear season?

Manitoba’s chief provincial public health officer Dr. Brent Roussin announced Monday that travel restrictions north of the 53rd parallel in the province would be reintroduced beginning Thursday, blocking travellers — even from within the province — heading north beyond Grand Rapids.

With a swell in the number of COVID-19 cases in southern regions of the province over the past few weeks, the travel restrictions that had been implemented earlier this year were reinstated. Churchill, however, did receive an exemption for visitors travelling directly into town by air. But people who may have planned trips by train are now cancelling.

Bill Fong owns the eight-room Iceberg Inn hotel and, in less than 24 hours, he’s had 15 cancellations for September and October, he told the Free Press. “We can’t control what the government does, we just hope there will be a way for the guests to come see the bears,� Fong said. While he has no plans to get rich running a small hotel in his retirement, he does want to be able to cover his costs.

Churchill’s tourism industry was rocked this year when virtually overnight all international bookings — which make up the bulk of business — dried up.

Fong said it meant that he went from steady bookings that were made months or even a year in advance, to reservations made by Manitobans and western Canadians in some cases only days or hours ahead of their arrivals. It’s changed the fundamental way business is conducted in the community of 900.

A Travel Manitoba study in 2017 valued Churchill’s tourism industry at $41.7 million, with the bulk of business being done during the roughly six weeks when polar bears move from the tundra landscape out onto Hudson Bay as it freezes. The industry generated $19.2 million in annual tax revenues to all three levels of government and created roughly 840 full-time jobs that year, according to the study.

Travel Manitoba has been running ad campaigns all summer trying

to encourage Canadians to visit Churchill. The agency declined to comment on the likely impact of the new restrictions until receiving further clarification from the province.

Alex de VriesMagnifico is a tour guide and owner of Discover Churchill, which principally offers photography tours. Contrary to what he was expecting, de Vries-Magnifico said he had one of the best summers he’s had since opening his business.

He attributed that to an influx of Canadian tourists looking for Ă la carte tours, instead of purchasing packages with bigger outfitters.

But most of those people who book with him are also looking to save some money and they take the train, he said. With the Churchill exemption applying only to direct travel, that business will likely dry up. “I’m getting tons of people asking me about what the travel restrictions mean and until we see exactly what it entails on Sept. 3, we’re not sure,� he said. “It’s a big question mark. And then even if Churchill is exempt, is that something I personally agree with? I don’t know yet.�

He’s considering cancelling his tours regardless. “I’m trying to think big picture,� he said. “I’m just not sure if I should run tours this season.�

The economic importance of bear season undoubtedly played a role in the decision to exempt Churchill from the public health order.

Dwight Allen owns the Polar Inn hotel in Churchill and said a tourist-free fall would be a “mighty blow� for the community. “(Tourism operators) that can weather the storm, are going to weather it. The ones that are newcomers and have heavy burdens and finance loads, they’re not going to do well,�

Allen said.

Both Allen and Fong acknowledge that COVID-19 has made this year unlike any other. “It is what it is,� said Fong, who has owned his business for a year-anda-half but said he says he feels like he’s seen it all already.

Allen said he understands the fear in some northern communities — especially First Nations — that cases will spread in what has otherwise been a safe area. But it’s also hard not to think about what the loss of tourism will mean longer term for the health of the town and its people. “I want to protect my community. And deep down that’s what I personally want to do,�

Allen said. “But it’s a very hard and tough decision to make.�

The normally-busy Churchill train station platform sits empty on Tuesday.

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Continued from Page 7 Seventy per cent had to previously rely on cellphone data to access the web or do any sort of online communication, a non-starter for a teaching set-up that requires consistent uninterrupted access to online tools, he said.

Last year approximately 130 students registered in the school.

Still said he doesn’t have this year’s enrolment number, because he’s expecting some Peepeekisis families to transfer their kids from nearby Balcarres Community School back to Pesakastew to use the online option.

As of Thursday, “the elementary kids (kindergarten to Grade 9) for the month of September are still running digitally,� he said.

Ensuring the nodal network works “is going to be our big test for this new connectivity project,� Still said.

The school has given each registered household a computer so kids don’t have any barriers accessing their education.

To account for homes with siblings in different grades but only one computer, Sapp helped organize blocked-off times throughout the day for each grade to plug in for hour-long lessons.

She confirmed Peepeekisis is paying for the program after accessing federal funding under the Indigenous Community Support Fund.

The community, with 643 registered members living on reserve, has not

Peepeekisis Cree Nation operations director Ernest Standingready holds a modular node from Mage Networks, used to relay an Internet signal from his community’s school to students’ homes on the First Nation on Sept. 3, 2020. specific entry and exit doors, body temperature checks, attendance at school for half-days, class cohorting of 12 students or fewer and PPE usage, Sapp said.

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Pesakastew School has also instituted other COVID-19-related measures, like touchless bathroom appliances,

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