Schools
in Terry Fox Run
BY JOAN JANZEN
Rain clouds were swept away by a Saskatchewan breeze, creating clear skies for all the Kindersley students who participated in the Terry Fox Run on Thursday morning, September 19th.
Students from Westberry Elementary School and Elizabeth Middle School trekked down to Main Street where they met up with the band from Kindersley Composite High School. This annual fundraiser is a non-competitive event which welcomes everyone to join.
Canadian kids are always honoured to take part in this informal event which is named after a fellow Canadian. The emphasis is on participation, and in accordance with Terry’s wishes has never had corporate sponsorship or endorsement.
As the students walked down Main Street, they were helping to accomplish the founder’s intended goal of raising awareness, which began forty-three years ago in 1981. More importantly they also get to enjoy the outdoors, and have fun while they’re doing it.
PHOTOS BY KATE WINQUIST
Bea shares childhood memories from 1930s and 40s
BY JOAN JANZEN
A long-time Kindersley area resident shared her stories about growing up near Beadle, Saskatchewan. Bea Cooke celebrated her 90th birthday last month at Caleb Village, which became her new home on Easter weekend of this year. There, she finds herself surrounded by a family of familiar faces and enjoys the camaraderie amongst friends.
On August 7, 1934, Bea Cooke (nee Shea) was born at the old Kindersley Hospital, which was located behind the present Bank of Nova Scotia. She grew up on a farm a few miles south of Beadle with her two brothers and two sisters.
The children walked a mile and a half across two pastures to Mylrea School, a one-room school for grades 1-12. At its peak attendance, Bea estimated there were 27 students.
The school was equipped with a pot belly stove indoors and outdoor toilets. “Whoever did the janitorial work made sure there was a clear path through the snow to the outhouse,” she said. She also remembered the local doctor visiting the school to give the children their immunization shots.
“I loved sports!” Bea recalled. “I got a lot of ribbons from track and field day. I competed against the older kids, and I would beat them.”
Her brothers played hockey with other local boys at a pond on their family’s property. “Sometimes the girls would be on bob skates and play as well,” she said.
The kids would toboggan down the hills surrounding the pond. “We’d pour water down the hill to make it slippery,” Bea said. Her dad used his blacksmith skills to transform an old car fender into a toboggan, which his children enjoyed. “And our German Shepherd would pull us back up the hill,” she added.
“Dad made us skis out of wood and built a ski jump. Now, people wouldn’t believe it,” she fondly recalled. During the summer months, the pond became a swimming pool, and her dad made a ball diamond where all the kids played softball.
Bea was old enough to remember the years of drought, wind and dust. “I remember going down into the cellar when it got really windy,” she recalled. Their farm home was on the top of a hill and an open target for the wind and dust.
The house had very little insulation, so it was a big job to keep it warm and haul coal for the pot belly stove. The coal arrived on the railroad at Beadle, where the family picked it up with horse and wagon. Two kerosene lamps provided indoor light.
The 1930s was a devastating time. “Nobody knows what poor was until you lived in the 1930s. A lot of people didn’t have anything, and we didn’t waste anything ei-
ther,” she recalled. “At Christmas, we got one gift, and we were lucky to get that. Sometimes it was homemade, sometimes it was from the catalogue.”
Fortunately, the family’s large garden and farm animals provided all the food they needed. “We would take a load of wheat to the elevator and wait a week, and it would come back made into flour,” she said.
Bea’s four uncles served in WWII, and she vividly recalls the day her parents received a telegram informing them that her mom’s brother had been killed while walking on a land mine.
On Saturday evenings, her family gathered around the radio to listen to the news and old-time music. To make this possible, her dad took the battery out of the family car and hooked it up to the radio. After they were done listening, he put the battery back in the car.
“My grandparents lived with us,” Bea said, referring to her dad’s parents. “My mom’s parents lived at Springwater, near Herschel.” It was a huge family outing when they would pay them a visit, pick Saskatoons and stay overnight.
Besides their Springwater trips, the family didn’t venture very far from home. Beadle was the closest shopping area. At that time, it had a grocery store, lumber yard, gas station and post office.
“In the early 1940s, we had a car, and we’d go to Kindersley Saturday nights,” she said. “We’d make butter in one-pound packages and sell it to the grocery store in Kindersley.” Bea and her siblings were excited about buying five candies for a penny.
During that time period, a park was located where the former Peavey Mart building now stands. The park included a cenotaph, tennis courts, and a bandstand sur-
rounded by benches, where families could enjoy a picnic lunch.
Bea took grades 9 to 11 at Kindersley High School and boarded in town. Due to lower attendance, Mylrea School no longer taught Grades 9-12.
“When I was a teenager, I worked for a neighbour in the summer for $1 a day,” she said. There, she was required to do many household chores, including scrubbing the floor on her hands and knees.
Bea and her husband Ray got married in the early 1950s at the Anglican Church in Kindersley. It had rained on their wedding day, so wooden planks were placed along the entrance to the church to protect the guests from the muddy streets. There was no pavement at that time.
There was also construction along Highway 7. “When we left after the wedding, we got as far as Hanna because we had taken detours all the way, and it was muddy,” she said. The newlyweds were pulling a small trailer behind their car, which is where they spent their wedding night.
The couple took over the family farm located three miles east and a half mile north of Netherhill. They worked hard, but they also travelled extensively to Mexico, Arizona and California.
Bea’s husband passed away more than twenty years ago; however, she enjoys receiving visits from her son, two grandsons, and five great-grandchildren. During her past few months spent at Caleb, she observed, “It’s a happy family here.”
As for her many childhood memories, she concluded, “If kids went through half of what we did, they would never make it.”
Thanks for sharing all your memories with us, Bea. It was like taking a journey back in time.
Bea Cooke, who resides at Caleb Village, shared her childhood memories of growing up near Beadle in the 1930s and 40s.
PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN
Impaired driving charges laid against 23 year-old female
UNITY RCMP
• RCMP spoke to an individual regarding an employment concern.
• A 23-year-old female from Unity was charged with Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle during a traffic stop.
• Police received a complaint of a stolen truck but it was unfounded.
• A 59-year-old female from Unity was charged with Assault with a Weapon and Assault Causing Bodily Harm after Members received a complaint of assault.
• Members received a report of a two-vehicle collision in Unity. There were no injuries. This matter is still under investigation.
• Police assisted an individual who had been locked in a gated compound.
• RCMP are investigating a complaint of trespassing.
• Police received a complaint of fraud. This matter is still under investigation.
• Members spoke to an individual regarding a property concern.
• There was also one traffic complaint, one false alarm and one false 911 call.
WILKIE RCMP
• RCMP received a request to assist Child and Family Services at a residence.
• Police are investigating a single vehicle collision.
• There were also two traffic complaints and one false 911 call.
MACKLIN RCMP
• RCMP received a noise complaint. Members spoke to the subject of complaint and issued a verbal warning.
• Members received a complaint of fraud. This matter is still under investigation.
• Police received a complaint of an unwanted individual at a residence. Members transported the subject of complaint to Battlefords Union Hospital for assessment.
• RCMP received a complaint of uttering threats. This matter is still under investigation.
• Members spoke to an individual regarding a Mental Health Act complaint.
• Police received a request to keep the peace while an individual retrieved personal property from a residence.
• Members spoke to an individual regarding a family dispute.
• There was also one traffic complaint.
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NEVER TOO YOUNG TO BEGIN GARDENING! While gardeners are busy bringing in the bounty from their gardens, this little girl from Kindersley was busy helping out. After all, you’re never too young to begin gardening! SUBMITTED
HANGING OUT AT WEST CENTRAL ABILITIES! Lainey, Brad and Aaron were watching a One Direction documentary on Netflix on Sunday afternoon. Laney thinks Niall is the best singer. SUBMITTED
OPINION:
Are the provinces responsible for Quebec’s asylum seekers?
BY JOAN JANZEN
A grandma was writing in her journal at the kitchen table while her tenyear-old grandson sat beside her, eating his cereal. He carefully watched his grandma for several minutes as she wrote in cursive, and then said “You should learn how to print. Nobody’s ever going to be able to read that.”
However Canadians can easily read government documents that reveal the benefits received by foreigners who have claimed asylum in Canada but have not yet had their applications reviewed by immigration authorities. These individuals are often referred to as either illegal immigrants or irregular asylum seekers.
According to a Government of Canada document, the average daily accommodation cost per asylum seeker is $140/night plus $84/day for food, which comes to a grand total of $6,720/ month. That is more than most Canadians earn in a month. However, the amount doesn’t include any additional essential items, such as medication, which they also receive.
Asylum seekers receive more benefits than Canada’s seniors, who have paid taxes their entire lives. But yet another document reveals more benefits to which asylum seekers are entitled.
The Canada Child Benefit document
claims $7,787/year for each child under the age of 6, and $6,570/year for children 6-17 is available to parents who are temporary residents without a Social Insurance Number.
After digesting that information, Canadians may have read a recent National Post Headline: “Ottawa looks to relocate thousands of asylum seekers to provinces from Quebec.” Commentator David Krayden observed these are people who walked across the border and claimed to be refugees.
Now, Immigration Minister Mark Miller wants to relieve pressure on Quebec and Ontario, which have received this influx of asylum seekers. His plans for relocation in the west include 21,125 asylum seekers to BC, 18,113 to Alberta, and over 7,000 to Saskatchewan.
In a recent opinion piece, Western Standard journalist Shane Wenzel suggested immigration be reduced back to normal levels or put on hold for two years. He stated the obvious: Canada’s housing, schools, medical services and social programs have more than they can manage. And he asked a relevant question: “Why aren’t transferable skills a priority when considering applications for new Canadians?”
The premiers of Alberta and New Brunswick have issued statements saying they are not open to having ad-
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ditional asylum seekers settle in their province. They are already grappling to provide housing for their existing populations.
This is evident by the increasing number of tent encampments popping up in major cities in the provinces. An example of a homeless encampment was recorded by You Tuber KSquared. He walked the streets of East Hastings in Vancouver and said, “I’m talking thousands of people are in this one little radius.” He said the people weren’t there because of real estate or rent prices, but because of drugs.
The situation is serious enough that a nearby Tim Hortons removed all the furniture because people were coming inside and getting high. The YouTuber said, “Hundreds of millions get spent, but it still doesn’t get fixed. What’s the plan to get these people off the streets?”
Regardless of what caused this homeless district, the fact remains they all require shelter. According to the YouTuber, there are currently over 1400 encampments in Canada right now. CBC recently reported Canada as a whole has between 260,000 and 300,000 people experiencing homelessness in a year, as recorded by Alliance to End Homelessness estimates.
Let’s add to all these observations the expanding need for food banks and food distribution centres throughout Canada, before we once again consider the Minister of Immigration’s proposal.
In recent news broadcasts, Marc Miller was heard saying, “Right now, we could open up a hotel in any particular province and ship people there; that’s an option. It’s not a financially viable model, not an effective model. We need
coordination with other provinces.”
While making an assurance that these measures wouldn’t be imposed upon the provinces without their consent, he also said the following: “There’s only so far the federal government can actually be nice and say please, please. We also have levers we need to pull and push. And provinces do get the benefit from immigration.”
Should the Minister be asked to list the benefits of receiving asylum seekers in individual provinces? Should he also be asked to list the drawbacks of receiving asylum seekers, after which each province could judge if the negative outcomes exceed the positive?
“So it’s something we need to deal with in a responsible fashion, so we expect every single province to be responsible,” Marc Miller concluded.
But what is the most responsible approach? David Krayden from the “Stand on Guard” podcast summed up the situation by saying, “It’s not the province’s fault for saying no; it’s the Minister’s fault for saying yes to an open door policy. Stop the mass immigration problem.”
The complication of this issue continues, as Steven LeDrew reported on The LeDrew Three Minute podcast that government has decided to bring in 5,000 people from Gaza. He observed most people know that people from Gaza are brought up from childhood to not only hate Jews, but to encourage the killing of Jews.
At the end of the day, Canadians are still positive about immigration; they just want a system that makes common sense.
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Pop89: Twenty minute miracle
BY MADONNA HAMEL
I’m sitting in a parking lot, facing the Island highway that leads north to Parksville, where I’ll be taking my brother to his next appointment. Then we’ll drive another hour to Cumberland to spend the night at friends of his who have kindly given us rooms for these extended visits for treatments. In the evenings, they feed us, share a cup of tea, and tell stories about large chunks of my brother’s life that I’d never heard before. Stories about mountains climbed, rivers rafted, and the inevitable accidents and losses that come from living a life replete with risk.
Even after a long day my brother lights up as he recalls memories of his youth. This is what life is all about we all agree: Friendships. Solid bonds. And maintaining those friendships over the years, something my brother is good at. These days, I spend most of my time with siblings - checking in, dropping in, whining and wondering. But I realize that friends can help us be ourselves in ways our family can’t because, for far too long, we’ve each been pegged as and relied upon to be the reactionary, the worrier, the bossy one, the know-it-all. This is partly to do with our place in the family - once the youngest, always the youngest. Whether you’re 6 or 66. And, of course, as the youngest and only boy in a family of six kids, my brother has dealt with his share of expectations, assumptions and projections.
And now all that is coming up for review - how does the youngest and wildest one suddenly adapt to being driven around by a big sister? How does a big sister try not to take it all on yet still be supportive? How do we get through the unknowns together? With a sense of humour and taking it all one day at a time. “Stay in the day, Madonna. Just stay in the day!” A wise friend tells me. And the day is full of mysteries and surprises and questions.
Just before my brother goes in for his appointment he snaps open his white cane. “This is definitely a perfect prop for a private detective. No one would suspect you of anything”, he says. The cane gives him plenty of respect and compassionate looks. It’s an instant measure of human kindness. These are the things we talk about on drives back and forth between appointments.
We also talk about the shock of aging - how it’s happening all the time but we only realize it suddenly. In a moment, as in: “The day I got old.” We take turns sharing snippets of our lives from the years apartthe summer he worked building fences in Southern France. The night he snuck into Stonehedge so he could sleep under a standing stone. The day his friend, roommate and fellow alpine skier died in a helicopter accident.
We talk about being the children of parents each raised on farms, living in shared rooms in small farmhouses, persevering through harsh weather and freezing blizzards. Persevering through droughts and dust storms. Persevering through poverty and loss. Persevering meant not just sticking through the hardships but re-examining choices until they each, in their young lives, before meeting each other, left the prairie to work at different jobs and then met and married at an Easter dance in Dawson Creek. My mother was a young teacher, and my father worked in a garage, working his way up the accountant and car salesman at his own car lot. We are the products of resilient, persevering, uncomplaining, rural and working class people and God willing, despite the privilege and good fortune that was granted our generation, we hope we still carry those qualities inside us.
It’s been a year and a half since his stroke, and while those of us on the outside see only his piercing blue eyes, my brother still feels his eyeballs “spinning” in his head. It’s like looking through kaleidoscopes, he
Take a peek inside Westberry’s tipi
BY JOAN JANZEN
If you’re going by Westberry Elementary School, you probably spotted a tipi on the playground’s southwest corner. The structure was raised on Friday, September 13th, with the help of Lyndon Linklater, a traditional knowledge keeper and storyteller. Sun West staff and parents joined him in helping to set up the poles before they were encased
in canvas.
Families are welcome to check it out when they have an opportunity. Everyone is invited to enjoy it and be responsible for taking care of it. The staff and students look forward to playing and learning together in their new tipi.
You’ll see people drop by and peek inside to have a look, and children seem to enjoy having a new place to visit and have a snack.
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says. Imagine your day beginning and ending that way, even when your eyes are closed. And yet he continues to make jokes, comparing looking for the car in the parking lot to a game of “I spy with my little eye.” Imagine experiencing something as simple as walking down the sidewalk and stepping on pieces of styrofoam floating on water. Imagine being told today is Wednesday but not actually knowing what that means in relation to everything else - from what time it is to where you are standing to what direction you should turn.
An hour ago, we were sitting in a hyperbaric chamber (which I constantly refer to as a hyperbolic chamber, which, in both our cases, would be a redundant therapy.) The chamber resembles the giant head-gear deep sea divers used to screw onto their deep-sea suits back in the early 1900s. It’s a round metal chamber, like a teeny boxer camper, with a round glass window you can peek into after you get sealed in by the oxygen operator. Once everything is sealed up, he begins feeding us oxygen via a mask we each wear. The idea is to get oxygen to damaged tissue and increase stem cell circulation. Stroke survivors have reported positive results. That’s all we need to know.
After our session in the chamber we sat quietly as I drove down island to this next appointment. We were both feeling what I’d describe as “even”, though his brain is still making his eyes swirl. We hope this next therapist, the brain mapper, will help him with some of that.
An hour later, we are back on the road, headed back to his friends’ house for the night when it happens.“Maddy,” he says, “I’m stabilizing.” “Yes, you are,” I say encouragingly. “No, no, I mean, I can see! I see the road and the hills and trees!” And for a brief but glorious twenty minutes, my brother saw the world he’s been missing so much, for so long.
Dated this 12th day of September, 2024.
Brian Shauf, Treasurer
These girls and their friends were enjoying their snack and a visit inside the tipi on the Westberry Elementary School playground. PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN
Royal Montreal in golf world’s spotlight
BY BRUCE PENTON
Canadian flags will be flapping all over Montreal this week as 24 of the world’s best golfers descend on Royal Montreal Golf Club for the President’s Cup.
BY BRUCE PENTON Sports Columnist
Not only is our country represented by its hosting site, but the President’s Cup captain is Canadian Mike Weir, who has good memories of this event when it was held at this same location back in 2007. In Sunday singles that year, Weir defeated Tiger Woods, eliciting nationwide euphoria, but Weir’s International squad still lost the competition.
In fact, winning the competition has been almost impossible for the Internationals. In 14 biennial competitions, the U.S. has won 12 times, losing only once and tying once. An International victory in Montreal this week would be one of the biggest upsets — and stories — of the year on our soil.
Taking up three of the International team’s 12-golfer roster spots are Canadians Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners and Mackenzie Hughes. Conners is ranked 28th in the Official World Golf ranking while Pendrith is 34th. Two other Canadians — Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor — are ahead of Hughes in the world rankings, but captain Weir selected Hughes instead. His short-game prowess can be a powerful tool in match play, and the International squad will need every bit of around-the-green magic to keep pace with the powerful Americans.
Prior to 1994, the only major international golf event was the esteemed Ryder Cup, a competition between the United States and Europe that had been held every two years since 1927. The explosion of golf around the world — Australia, Asia, South Africa, Canada, South America — created an opportunity for another similar event. Thus was born the President’s Cup in 1994. U.S.
Winning the competition has been almost impossible for the Internationals. In 14 biennial competitions, the U.S. has won 12 times, losing only once and tying once.
presidents, current or former, generally serve as honorary chairs for the event when it is played in the U.S., and host country government leaders carry similar duties when the event is outside the U.S. In Canada in 2007, then Prime Minster Stephen Harper was honorary chair. This year, it will be Justin Trudeau.
The International team is laden with talent. Besides the three Canadians, others on the squad are Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, Australia’s Adam Scott, Min Woo Lee and Jason Day, South Koreans Sungjae Im, Byeong-Hun An, Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim, and South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
The Americans will be overwhelming favourites, led by captain Jim Furyk and the world’s No. 1 golfer, Scottie Scheffler. He’ll be backed by two-time major championship winner in 2024, Xander Schauffele, Colin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay, Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns, Tony Finau, Brian Harman, Max Homa and Russell Henley.
The crowds at Royal Montreal will be heavily pro-International and that fan support could make the difference down the stretch in a couple of close matches. Nothing will match Weir’s thrill of winning the 2003 Masters at Augusta, but captaining the International team to only its second victory in 15 matches in his home country would come close.
• Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun, on the Blue Jays’ president and CEO, Mark Shapiro. “He knows the World Series the way we do — from watching on television.”
• Comedy guy Alex Kaseberg, after someone on X
asked whether the NFL would survive a Colin Kaepernick boycott: “Apparently Colin Kaepernick is under the mistaken impression people still care about him.”
• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: “(University of Central Florida) Knights had wanted to honour the Lake Mary Little League World Series champions at the season opener last week, but were told that it might violate NCAA rules because the Little Leaguers could be considered prospective student athletes. And you wonder why the NCAA has jumped the shark?”
• Comedy writer Eric Stangel, on X during the Trump-Harris debate: “Wow, Trump just claimed if he were President the new NFL kickoff rules would never have happened.”
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Dolphins B Tua Tagovailoa suffers concussion. It is bad. Tua said he wants to play for the Carolina Panthers.”
• Another one from Kaseberg, after news that Angel Reese is out for the season with an injury: “It will be interesting to see how this low-class back-stabber blames Caitlin Clark for this.”
• Jack Finarelli in his sportscurmudgeon.com site, on Northern Illinois upsetting Notre Dame in “what was supposed to be a cupcake game for the Irish. For the record, Northern Illinois was paid $1.4M to come to South Bend to take their shellacking.”
• Headline at theonion.com: “Bengals Coaching Staff Holding Breath After Joe Burrow Endures Rough High-Five”
• Steve Simmons again: “George Springer is the sixth highest paid outfielder in the AL behind Aaron Judge, Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton, Jose Altuve and Juan Soto. Statistically he ranks somewhere between the 43rd and 53rd best hitter in the league. That’s not exactly value purchasing.”
• One more from Simmons: “First thing I thought about after Jamal Murray signed his four-year $208 million contact with the Denver Nuggets. Were the Nuggets watching the Olympics?”
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Ohtani and the Dodgers should be World Champs
BY GREG BUCHANAN
Major League Baseball’s 2024 postseason is just around the corner, and it was right to the end to clinch postseason spots for most of the playoff-bound clubs.
Keep in mind that Atlanta clinched in Game 142 last year, the Dodgers did so in Game 140 in 2022, and the Giants sealed the deal a little later in Game 144 the year before that. But in a testament to the lack of any dominant team this season, here we are at Game 150 with no one quite assured of a bid yet.
For the most part, though, the postseason picture hasn’t really changed in the past month.
The AL East race was a good one, and
the NL wild-card picture was a photo finish.
So, who will be the teams to watch?
In the American League East, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles battled for the AL’s No. 1 seed and the AL East crown. After spending much of the season comfortably ahead in the AL Central, the Cleveland Guardians had to battle to outlast the Royals and Twins for the division crown, while the Astros attempt to separate themselves from the Mariners in a two-team AL West race.
In the National League, five teams have separated themselves atop the standings. The Atlanta Braves and New York Mets battled for the final playoff spot. The Phillies and Brewers cruised to division titles. The L.A. Dodgers have
opened up a lead in the NL West race, with the D-backs and Padres both joining L.A. in the postseason field.
As for what Bucky’s crystal ball is thinking, I will make it clear - one team and one team only I’m picking. I love L.A.
The Dodgers had one of the best records in baseball due in large part to their unreal lineup. The good news is that many stars, especially in their pitching staff who have been on the injury list, will come back for the postseason. Michael Kopech magically improved once acquired and is now the closer, while Clayton Kershaw, Tyler Glasnow, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto are all back. The worst performing members of the rotation are Walker Buehler and Bobby Miller, who could revert to frontline
form at any point.
The Dodgers’ pitching might have flaws, but their midseason acquisitions of Jack Flaherty and Kopech have been pivotal. With Max Muncy healthy and Tommy Edman strengthening center field, this lineup is MLB’s deepest. This team’s chemistry, as well as the offense, is peaking at the right time, and Shohei Ohtani’s historic 50 HR/50 SB season seems almost inevitable.
The difference between the Dodgers and everyone else is the greatest ball player the spot has seen in a long, long time, Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani, after playing for the horrible Angels, moves across town and this spotlight has been waiting for him. He will not disappoint. Dodgers will be your world champs.
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Leader emergency room services supported by a virtual physician program
In August 2024, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) extended the virtual physician program to the emergency room (ER) at the Leader and District Integrated Health Care facility.
The virtual physician program is a temporary measure that helps sustain and support access to emergency health services while the SHA continues to stabilize health human resources, particularly in rural and remote communities. As part of the provincial government’s Health Human Resource (HHR) Action Plan, recruitment and retention of health-care workers remains a priority.
A new physician has been recruited to Leader and will arrive in the community this fall. The virtual physician program will support the health care team in addressing the emergent medical needs of patients presenting at the ER while recruitment efforts are underway to fill remaining provider vacancies.
The virtual physician program also maintains ER services when local physicians are providing primary health care services and are not available to provide coverage in the ER. Using the existing technology of HealthLine 811, the program provides the health-care team with remote access to a physician located elsewhere in the province to continue safely and effectively assessing, triaging, and providing treatment to patients in the ER.
Leader joins several other rural communities utilizing virtual physicians to enhance access to emergency room services.
Through the virtual physician program, residents in Leader continue to receive safe, high-quality, patient-centred emergency care as close to home as possible.
Individuals requiring emergency services should call 9-1-1. Non-urgent health-related questions may be directed to the 24/7 HealthLine service by calling 8-1-1.
The 365 Kindersley air Cadets had 2 promotions done last week. AC to LACCarnell, C (pictured). LAC to CPL - Rast, N
LAC - Leading Air Cadet is the first rank of the Air cadet Program and recognition of your involvement and hard work. You get to wear it proudly and it identifies you as someone who took his/her job as an air cadet seriously
CPL - Cadet Corporal
(1) hold the rank of LAC, (2) successfully complete year one of the Air Cadet Proficiency Level Training Program,
(3) be recommended by the appropriate level officer, and.
(4) having participated in the Cadet Fitness Assessment as part of Personal Fitness and Healthy Living.
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Are you seeking a career where your well-being and values are at the forefront? At Holman Farming Group, we’re dedicated to providing more than just a job –we’re offering a lifestyle that prioritizes family, health, and personal fulfillment. With competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, bonuses, and the “new” upcoming retirement savings plan, we ensure that your hard work is rewarded with security and peace of mind. We believe in long-term relationships built on honesty and integrity and value the unique strengths every individual brings to our team.
At Holman Farming Group, we understand the importance of time at work and with your loved ones. That’s why we focus on working smarter, not harder, constantly improving our processes to create safe and meaningful efficiencies. You’ll thrive in a culture of continuous learning, adapting to change, and innovating solutions. Join us in a role that supports your growth, values your time, and helps you return home safely and with a great sense of accomplishment.
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