Kerrobert Food bank is preparing Christmas hampers
cember hampers.
Everyone wants their Christmas season to be merry and bright, and the folks at the Kerrobert Food Bank are helping make it possible. Every year, the local food bank provides Christmas hampers for those needing a little extra help at this festive time.
Carol Grosskopf from the Kerrobert Food Bank said the food bank handed out food vouchers last year instead of hampers. “I think it was popular because that way people get to choose what they bought. We haven’t decided if we’ll do it this year or not, but we may,” Carol said. On average, the food bank hands out sixteen hampers each year.
These are made possible through monetary donations and people dropping off donations in a box located at the local food store. The school also did a food drive earlier this month, which will be used for the De-
“We usually hand out hampers the week before Christmas. We haven’t set a date because we’re waiting to see how many we have,” Carol explained. “They have to phone and let us know by December 6th.”
To help with Christmas meal preparations, the hampers include a choice of a turkey or ham, vegetables, cranberry sauce, stovetop stuffing, bread, buns and a dessert. Each hamper also consists of the usual canned goods, fresh or frozen vegetables, fruit, cereal and other items, which will provide for the month.
“We keep in contact with the food banks in Unity, Kerrobert, Kindersley and Luseland,” Carol said. Hamper recipients choose one of these food banks from which to receive a hamper. “We provide a list of families and ages of kids, and then the United Church purchases the gifts which we hand out with the hampers.”
Kerrobert United Church provides the free use of a room for the food bank, along with a deep freeze, without having to pay for utilities. The local food bank also serves Dodsland and area, which includes both families and singles.
“We have a very supportive community. We’re also fortunate that we live in a community that has oil companies that definitely help out,” Carol said.
When asked how long she has been volunteering at the food bank, Carol chuckled, “Oh gosh! I don’t remember, probably 25 years. Right now, most of the volunteers aren’t getting any younger. It would be nice to have some young couples and have some men involved.” It’s something to keep in mind for anyone interested in giving back to the community. Carol would love to hear from any interested volunteers, and anyone who wants to receive a hamper can also call her at 306-834-2376.
The members of the Luseland Guiding Family joined together for the annual enrolment ceremony. Using a campfire theme, the evening began with the Sparks singing their opening song, followed by the Spark promise. The new Sparks repeated their promise and were given their enrolment pin, after which each girl was excited to add the first pieces of tinder to the fire.
The Brownies followed and danced around the toadstool in the age-old tradition. The new Brownies were then taken to the pond where they repeated the verse – “Twist me and turn me and show me an elf. I looked in the water and there saw myself”. Each girl then added their small logs to the fire as they introduced themselves and told the parents what their favourite part of being a Brownie is.
As the fire grew, the Guides joined the circle and repeated their promise as they were enrolled. They added the logs to the fire and spoke about the values they learn in Guides, including honesty, care for the environment and concern for others.
Finally, the Pathfinders were enrolled and added the flames to the fire. With the circle complete everyone settled in for a time of campfire singing and a story. The girls heard the story of the Magic Necklace, which tells how Girl Guides grew from a small group of girls to a worldwide organization. As the campfire came to a close, the 30 girls enrolled in the Guiding Family in Luseland repeated their promise again, aware that they are now a part of that magic necklace that circles the globe.
JOAN JANZEN
Your Southwest Media Group
Luseland Guiding Family holds annual enrolment ceremony
Kerrobert gets ready to celebrate 10th anniversary of Festival of Trees
JOAN JANZEN
Southwest Media Group
For the past decade, the community of Kerrobert has been enjoying the Festival of Trees, presented by the Kerrobert Courthouse Restoration Society. This year’s festival will take place Thursday, December 2nd.
Seventeen decorated trees will be on display in the art gallery, where
people are invited to look and vote for their favourite tree. Whoever receives the most votes wins a tree, and all the funds raised go towards courthouse restorations.
There are also two trees in the main foyer, which are beautifully decorated; funds raised from these trees go towards the local cemetery, the food bank and
seniors. Participants pay $50 to enter a tree, and donations are also welcome. A tax receipt is issued for any donation over $20. The trees are on display from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. on December 2nd; following that date, viewing takes place during Town office hours.
The library is also open from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m., where Take and
Make Kits are available for anyone. The Tralapa group will be running a hot dog stand, which the Chamber of Commerce sponsors, for anyone who is hungry, and treat bags will be handed out, compliments of Bick’s Drugs. Masking, proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 72 hours, along with ID, are required to enter the
courtroom gallery.
Meanwhile, the courtyard outside will be glistening with decorations and lights. If the weather cooperates, tobogganing is scheduled from 3:15 to 5:30. If the snow melts, coordinators are looking into the possibility of hayrides. There’s also public skating running from 2:00 - 4:15 p.m.
with free admission.
More fun is scheduled for the following day, Friday, December 3rd, with a Good Old Fashioned Dance, catered supper and silent auction. Music will be supplied by The Romantics, who play 60’s music, swing and big band music.
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Flare gas-to-power facility coming to Coleville area
JOAN JANZEN Your Southwest Media Group
A new project called the Kopahawakenum Flare to Power Facility (KFP Facility) is coming to the Coleville area. KFP Facility is the largest of its kind in Saskatchewan and is expected to open in 2023. With an investment of $30 million, it is estimated that the project will create 50 jobs during construction, with 95 workers on-site during the peak of construction. After completion, it will create twenty jobs to operate the facility, complete gas gathering, and transport fuel.
Kowahawakenum means “kicking up the dust.” The Flying Dust First Nation (FDFN) is a Cree reserve located in northwest Saskatchewan. The First Nation Power Authority (FNPA) is partnering with Genalta Power Corp., the Government of Saskatchewan, and SaskPower. FNPA is a not-for-profit organization that works to include Indigenous people in Saskatchewan’s power sector and achieve sustainable economic development and community benefits.
SaskPower, FDFN, and Genalta signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the 15-megawatt flare gas-to-power facility. Genalta and FDFN will build, own and manage the project while selling SaskPower the power produced. The project will provide much-needed revenue to the FDFN community for years to come.
The facility is estimated to generate power for 9,000 Saskatchewan homes, reduce emissions, and is an example of Saskatchewan’s world-class innovation. The KCF Facility will require about 4 million cubic ft of gas per day, resulting in the reduction of approx. 100,000 tones of carbon dioxide.
The compressed natural gas virtual pipeline utilized by the project will allow for the removal of flaring and venting across a broader area in the province, using as much of the energy from a barrel of oil as possible. A virtual pipeline is a substitute for a physical pipeline, serving as a solution where a pipeline is not yet available.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum Unveils New Fossil Find
An exciting fossil find in southwest Saskatchewan - a Prognathodon - is creating quite a stir in the lab at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM).
Often called the ‘T.rex of the sea’ because of their massive skulls and teeth adapted for a mixture of cutting and crushing - Prognathodons are mosasaurs, related to the RSM’s famous Tylosaurus specimen.
“This is a very significant find and we are very excited about the prospects of this specimen,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Laura Ross said. “This is another example of the excellent work being done by the RSM’s research staff - and that there is always something new happening at the RSM.”
To date, RSM staff have collected the majority of the skull, most of the neck, and a few bones from further back in the skeleton. It appears as though this specimen had a skull approximately 130 centimetres in length, compared to the three known specimens collected in Alberta, which are roughly 80 to 90 centimetres in length.
Like many fossil discoveries, this specimen is taking a number of years to unearth. Originally found by an area resident, Parks Canada was contacted to investigate the discovery in Grasslands National Park in 2012.
Parks Canada and RSM staff visited the site in November 2012 and collected small fragments of the skull. Additional surface material
was collected in 2013.
RSM staff secured a permit in 2019 to dig at the site and recovered some material just under the surface. Parks Canada staff, RSM palaeontologists and graduate students went back in September 2021 to expand the dig and trace the surface material.
“Some of the world’s most exciting fossil finds have been unearthed in Western Canada and this giant Prognathodon, found in Grasslands National Park, adds to our knowledge of the ancient sea life that once covered Saskatchewan,” said Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada. “Parks Canada is proud to work with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum to expand our scientific knowledge, fire our imagination, and share these discoveries with the public for years to come.”
Prognathodon lived in the Western Interior Seaway, which was a shallow continental sea that extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean throughout much of the Cretaceous period, about 75 million years ago.
“We were pleasantly surprised to find most of the front of the skull was preserved, and additional bones are running into the hillside,” RSM Palaeontologist Dr. Ryan McKellar said. “This new find is going to add another incredible piece to the Saskatchewan’s provincial collection held at the
RSM and we want to thank Parks Canada for their assistance in this amazing discovery.”
In Saskatchewan, Bearpaw Shale was deposited by this seaway across much of southern Saskatchewan. Grasslands National Park West Block is one of the best places to find fossils in this rock layer because of the park’s extensive badlands exposures. It is hoped that more of the body can be recovered in the coming summer and could add another marine reptile more than 10 metres in total body length to the provincial collection.
The specimen will be housed at the RSM and is expected to be part of new fossil exhibits planned for the museum in three or four years.
To learn more about the Royal Saskatchewan Museum’s programming and world class research, visit https://royalsaskmuseum. ca/, Facebook (@RoyalSaskMuseum), Twitter (@ royalsaskmuseum), Instagram (@royalsaskmuseum), and YouTube https://www. youtube.com/royalsaskmuseum.
Visit. Donate. Discover. Note: Visitors 12 and older must be fully vaccinated or have a negative Covid-19 test to visit the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Visit the Government of Saskatchewan website for further information about how to obtain proof of vaccination and the latest COVID-19 information.
The virtual pipeline is a natural gas supply process in which natural gas is sourced from a transmission pipeline, dried, chilled, and compressed. The compressed gas is then loaded into high-tech carbon fibre tubes housed within a trailer. The compressed natural gas is then transported to a customer site where it is offloaded from the trailer, warmed, and decompressed, thus reducing the psi to accommodate a customer’s specific requirements.
Don Morgan, minister responsible for SaskPower, had noted the facility would use flare gas which would otherwise have been emitted into the atmosphere to create low-carbon baseload electricity. He also explained that the facility would enable the oil and gas operation to generate revenue and reduce its exposure to the carbon tax while contributing to the Province of Saskatchewan and SaskPower’s efforts to reduce emissions.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Town of Kerrobert Public Notice – Fire Levy Bylaw Repeal
Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Kerrobert (Town) intends to adopt Bylaw 1077-21 A Bylaw to Authorize a Special Tax for the Provision of Fire Services and Fire Call Out Services within the Town of Kerrobert Limits
INTENT: The bylaw is intended to clarify what is covered and not covered with the Fire Levy Bylaw that was established in 2014 known as Bylaw 997-14. The Fire Levy will still remain in effect the Bylaw will just be more detailed to situations covered.
REASON: The Town wishes to clarify directly in the bylaw what situations are exactly covered with this levy so that there is clear direction to our Fire Department and the public as to what will be billed to the Town and paid for with the Fire Levy Reserve Fund and what will be the responsibility of the individual who used the fire department services. Clarification directly in the Bylaw will achieve consistency when there is a change in Fire Personnel, office staff or council
PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the Town office between 8:30 AM and noon, and 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM, Tuesday through Thursday, excluding statutory holidays. Draft copies of the proposed bylaw are available from the Town office (hard copy at cost). The Town office is located at 433 Manitoba Ave., Kerrobert, SK, S0L 1R0.
PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on Dec 15th, 2021, at 6:30 in the Town office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received by the undersigned by December 10th, 2021. For additional information, please contact Tara Neumeier, Administrator at (306) 834-2361 or kerrobert@sasktel.net.
Issued at the Town of Kerrobert this November 22nd, 2021 Tara Neumeier Chief Administration Officer -Town of Kerrobert
PUBLIC NOTICE
Town of Kerrobert Public Notice Zoning Bylaw Amendments
Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Kerrobert (Town) intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007, to amend Bylaw No. 995-14, known as The Zoning Bylaw (ZB).
INTENT: The proposed amendment would rezone from LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT – IND1 to RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT – R2, all but one site on the lands fronting and flanking Railway Ave. from approximately Bulling St. to Bosworth St.
AFFECTED LAND: All of Lots 1-6, Block 21, Plan G162 Ext. 0; Lots 1-6 and 9-16, Block 4, Plan G64 Ext. 0; and, Lots 7-28, Block 3, Plan G64 Ext. 0 are proposed for rezoning; Lots 7 and 8, Block 4, Plan G64 Ext. 0, are not proposed for rezoning. Copies of the draft bylaw with the related map showing the affected land is available for public viewing here: https://www.kerrobertsk.com/town_office/public_notices.html
REASON: The affected lands are currently occupied by residential uses or could be considered as being part of a residential site. The existing uses and sites are considered “existing non-conforming”, and can remain, but any modification to the use or buildings may be subject to legislative restrictions (eg. no allowance for development of a garage or other accessory residential building). In addition, owners of these lands are subject to potential deferential treatment from lending and insurance institutions.
PUBLIC INSPECTION: Any person may inspect the bylaws at the Town office during regular office hours, excluding statutory holidays. Draft copies of the proposed bylaws are available from the Town office (hard copy at cost). The Town office is located at 433 Manitoba Avenue, PO Box 558, Kerrobert, SK S0L 1R0.
PUBLIC HEARING: Council will hold a public hearing on December 15, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers in the Town office to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaws. If intending to make in person representation, please contact the Town office. Council will also consider written comments received by the undersigned by December 13, 2021. For additional information, please contact (306) 834-2361 or kerrobert.admin@sasktel.net.
Issued at the Town of Kerrobert this 15th day of November, 2021. Tara Neumeier – CAO – Town of Kerrobert
OPINION
CHECK IT OUT with Joan Janzen
Suggestions for news consumption
The cartoon has one turkey saying to another, “Dude, I have a lot of people following me online and they’re all inviting me to dinner!”
While it’s easy to find a joke about social media, jokes about mainstream media appear to be omitted. The majority of our society obtains their daily news consumption from mainstream media, including legacy media and network news media which is consumed every morning and/or evening. Although it’s been happening for decades, the daily consumption of news has become more of a challenge.
As president of Canada Family Action, Doug Sharp’s objective is to inform citizens of Canada. In that regard he made three suggestions for those who are daily consumers of mainstream news.
The first suggestion is to brace yourself to receive something that is intended to influence you. Just by acknowledging that you are being influenced to see things a certain way, will give you the
advantage to view your daily intake in a more analytical way.
While listening to each story, consumers should pay attention to the language being used, and the inferences being made about a position or an opposing position. Brace yourself knowing that it’s designed to alter your perception or change your mind.
This has become apparent as many have followed the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in the US. Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all counts by the jury, after he fatally shot two men and wounded another during three confrontations at Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020.
Immediately after that date the media aired comments voiced by various individuals, including the US president, who said Kyle was a white supremicist mass shooter. Others labeled Kyle as a school shooter, a 17-year-old vigilante, a domestic terrorist who murdered a couple of people, and a deeply racist 17-year-old radicalized by Trumpism who became a killer with the intent to shoot people. He was reported to have crossed state lines with
illegal firearms, which was not true, and the riot was called a “mostly peaceful protest” in spite of fires and shooting.
You’re always going to be seeing political views being expressed in legacy and network news media; it will be inseparable from daily news. When you are receiving daily information, be aware that it is being constructed very carefully, every single word in its place, designed to move you down a path of believing and seeing things a certain way.
Be aware that the anchors behind the desk have very carefully scripted language tracts that they are using, and they are walking you towards an understanding that is from their perspective.
For example, Rittenhouse’s attorney said he regularly watches CNN, who wrongly reported that Kyle had shot his gun 60 times. “They can’t take the time to get the basic facts correct because it didn’t fit into the story they wanted to tell,” he noted, which illustrates the relevance of the second suggestion for media consumers.
The second suggestion is to actively seek out balancing views which give another perspective on the issue. If you’re going to accept the information that’s been presented, try to obtain a balance by seeking out an additional perspective.
The third suggestion was to pursue issues and topics that are not presented that might be of interest to you. Many things are not being reported, or are misrepresented or omitted, which is of even greater concern.
In the case of the August, 2020 incident with Rittenhouse, nothing was mentioned about his motive to be at the riot to give medical aid and assist people. Neither was anything mentioned about Rittenhouse being chased and threatened by men who had criminal records. This proves to be a disadvantage for those who only receive information from one source.
In Canada, we are repeatedly told that the inflation we’re experiencing is transitory. We’re told it’s a minor set of circumstances taking place, resulting from people coming out of lock downs, spending more
on goods and services which is driving up demand. Since there isn’t enough supply to meet the demand, the inflationary trend is driving up the price of goods. Although it’s an encouraging narrative, it gives the false impression that inflation is temporary, when in fact we’ll be experiencing it in the future at increasing levels.
In the case of the aftermath of the Rittenhouse trial, even after the jury delivered the not guilty verdict, the media delivered an alternative perspective. A headline by MSNBC stated, “The Kyle Rittenhouse trial was designed to protect white conservatives who kill”. The US president noted the verdict needed to be accepted, but added that he was angry. And on the Canadian front, the NDP leader described the verdict as painful, and “feels like another failure by a broken system”.
As we digest news in 2021 and beyond, we realize the days of anchormen like Walter Cronkite are gone. He served as anchorman for the CBS evening news for 19 years, and was often called “the most trusted man in America”.
Government losing focus on what it should be doing
If it seems to you that the Saskatchewan legislature hasn’t been working all that well of late, it’s probably because it hasn’t.
Even at the best of times, it’s tough to make this place work.
We are a jurisdiction just slightly physically smaller than Texas with, at last count, 1,179,906 people.
Texas has 29,360,757 people - the second-most
populated state with 10 million fewer people than California, but 8 million more than Florida. Saskatchewan can be better compared with Montana (1,080,577) or North Dakota (766,309)only much, much bigger. Having a small population scattered over a vast area only magnifies our problems. A Saskatchewan government must ensure everyone has heat, light, power, water and telephone and Internet,
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plus good roads to travel upon. Our government must see to it that everyone has decent and affordable access to schools and hospitals, plus ensure that people are safe and secure.
At any time in the history of Saskatchewan, this is a pretty formidable to-do list. Still, it’s that much more formidable amidst what’s now the fourth wave of a global pandemic that’s, unfortunately, killing more people. At the top of the government’s “todo” list is getting reluctant people vaccinated.
Unfortunately, the Saskatchewan Party government’s inability to properly focus on immediate problems or long-term ones is where it seems to have gone awry this fall.
The above population numbers tell the tale of why Premier Scott Moe’s talk this fall sitting of land-locked Saskatchewan being a “nation within a nation”
is especially silly.
One fully gets the frustration with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberal government that views Saskatchewan as insignificant and doesn’t seriously consider the challenges we face as an agriculture/natural resource-based economy servicing a sparse population over a vast area.
One even gets why Moe and the Sask. Party might think this is a good tactically approach with Ottawa or at least, why a governing might say this to appease equally frustrated voters.
But to be talking about being “more independent” from Ottawa or the rest of Canada at a time when you are signing provincial/federal agriculture deals or when you have to send your ICU patients to other provinces because your own ICUs are filled to capacity is more than a little troubling.
The reality is that even if Moe was just talking about taking charge of more things that normally fall under federal jurisdiction — policing, tax collection and even immigration — he is talking about things that add costs to a province that was cash-strapped long before this pandemic came along.
In what way is what Moe is now promoting helpful to the average Saskatchewan voter in a place where we already have to deal with enough problems?
One gets that in a province of a million people, there are a million problems.
The story during this fall sitting of fiveyear-old Conner Finn — whose rare disease required his parents to take him to the University of Minnesota for an $832,000 bone marrow transplant — should make you sympathize with the tough daily
choices. Sometimes, the government even makes the right ones. But given the million problems a government must face on any given day, does it make sense for the government to make even more problems for itself at the Saskatchewan legislature? For example, was it all that important or even necessary to move a bill for what seems to be another security detail at the Saskatchewan legislature that already has top-notch security provided by ex-RCMP officers in the SargeantAt-Arms office? Wouldn’t that money be better spent on policing in rural Saskatchewan that likely has a great crime problem than the Marble Palace?
It’s hard enough for the Saskatchewan government to deal with the problems we have. We don’t need to create new ones.
MURRAY MANDRYK Political Columnist
JOAN JANZEN
Your Southwest Media Group
To be Sane, or not to be Sane
• Deja Moo: The feeling that you’ve heard this bull before.
• Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
• If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.
• Money can’t buy happiness. But it sure makes misery easier to live with.
• Nothing in the known universe travels faster than a bad check.
• Always remember to pillage BEFORE you burn.
• Ray’s Law: You can’t fall off the floor.
• Eagles may soar, but weasels aren’t sucked into jet engines.
• If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
• A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
Mobile Testing for SARS-CoV-2
(Covid 19) December 1st at Kerrobert Prairieland Community Center from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
For your convenience, if not fully vaccinated for Festival of Trees, Dec. 2nd or the Christmas Party, Dec. 3rd, there will be mobile Covid 19 testing by a government approved third party lab on Wednesday, December 1st at the Prairieland Community Center meeting room from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
No appointment necessary.
Their cost is discounted at $60.00/test. Cash or credit card accepted.
Please go to back door of PCC for entrance to meeting room.
*At home self-tests cannot be accepted as proof of negative Covid19 test.
RM of Prairiedale No. 321 TENDER for Cultivated FARM and PASTURE LAND 5 YEAR LEASE
Sealed tenders addressed to the RM of Prairiedale No. 321, Box 160, Major, SK S0L 2H0, and plainly marked on the envelope “Tender for Five Year Cultivated Farm Land or Pasture Land Lease” will be received until 4:00 p.m. CST on Monday, December 13, 2021, for the following property:
LEGAL DESCRIPTION - CULTIVATED LAND AREA
NW 7-31-25-W3
PT SE 7-31-25-W3
LEGAL
Bidder is responsible to familiarize themselves with the land prior to submitting bid.
The highest or any bid will not necessarily be accepted. For information please contact the RM office at 306-834-1201 or email: administrator@rmofprairiedale.ca
Charlotte Helfrich Administrator
Parents or Grandparents ...
If your child or grandchild was born in 2020 or 2021, don’t miss this opportunity to include their cute little “baby face” in our BABY
REGISTRY
To be published in the The Chronicle on Dec. 20, 2021 It will be a wonderful keepsake for your child!
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Childhood Educator (E.C.E)
MAJOR PLAY PALS PLAY SCHOOL GROUP is Seeking Part-time Employment for an Early
The Major preschool program (Major Play Pals) is seeking a part-time E.C.E. to assist the current E.C.E. and provide substitute relief during the school session periods.
The ideal candidate enjoys working with young children, collaboration and creative problem-solving. Must be willing to obtain a Vulnerable Sector and Criminal Occurance Security check and have access to reliable transportation to and from Major and be comfortable with winter travel.
Our play school program runs Wednesday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for 15 weeks beginning January and ending in April. Successful Candidates may be considered for the ECE position in the 2022-2023 program year.
Devin Charteris
Salary will be based on experience and education.
Jon Shepherd
Dylan MacKinnon
Dustin Oikor
David
Travis Turnbull
James Semilet
Dylan Beaudoin
To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume, including 3 employment and/or volunteer references by December 4, 2021 to majorplaypals@gmail.com
Wyatt Knorr
FREE groceries through the
Back row (Left to Right)
Program
Garrett Flueny, Jayden Olfert
Matthew Siwak (Lieutenant)
We are excited to tell you about a new program in Kindersley called FoodMesh, a collaboration between Kindersley Christian Fellowship and Buy-Low Foods. This program makes free groceries available to individuals in need by collecting surplus food and groceries from local stores.
Steven Meissner, Brenden Obrigewitch
Devon Townsend
Front Row (Left to Right)
Nick Anderson Brad Galbraith (Captain)
Matthew Rumohr (Chief)
Please see the details below on how you can access this program and get free groceries. Everyone is welcome and this program is operating every week.
Missing:
When: Every week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
Randy Gottfried, Brian Gottfried
Matthew Thrun, Garret Walford
Christopher Brost, Kevin Sloboda
Location: Christian Fellowship Church (East Door) 800 - 12th Ave. E., Kindersley, SK
Austin Gleave, Adam Franko
Neil Kennedy, Koby Reiber
Please bring a grocery bag or box with you.
Keagan Bazylinski , Kirk Meyer
Shane Bardick
For more information, please contact Kindersley Christian Fellowship at 306-463-6146 or Barb at 306-460-9304.
From left to right
Fire Chief Vic Sittler, Shane Kruesel, Jarret Johnson, Deputy Chief Grant Sittler, Deputy Chief Grant Christison, Michael Bowden.
Missing:
Steven McMillan, Caleb MacDonald, Cory Turk, Dean Ellis, Devon Lovenuk, Jordan Halter, Kaid Hoffman, Patrick McGrath, Ryan Neumeier, Trent Nienaber, Travis Kennon
Tyler Srigley, Ryan Webber
Classifieds
The Kerrobert Courthouse Restoration Society presents
2021 FESTIVAL OF TREES LIGHTING IT UP
Thursday, December 2 nd
Trees on Display from 2:00-8:00 PM (can view after this date during Town Office hours)
Library Open from 2:00 - 8:00 PM for Take and Make Kits for Kids/Teens/Adults. There will also be treats.
FREE Public Skating from 2:00 - 4:15 PM
TOBOGGANING (weather permitting) from 3:15 - 5:30 PM
Beside Courtyard and Rink.
Hot Dog Sale from 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Courtyard Will Be Lit Up at 6:00 PM
Covid protocols: Masking and proof of full vaccination or a negative covid test within 72 hrs. along with ID are required to enter the Courtroom Gallery. This is subject to change as per our governing government mandates.
FOR SALE BY TENDER
the following properties:
CARDS OF THANKS
THE FAMILY OF the late ROSE KNORR WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL of OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO REACHED OUT TO US DURING OUR TIME OF SORROW.
Thank you for the food, flowers, cards, masses and donation to the LTC activities fund. Thank you to the staff of the Kerrobert hospital for the wonderful care mom received during her stay and a special thank you to the activities department for always doing their best to keep our seniors active and happy in their LTC home. Thank you, Father Dan, for the wonderful service and your dedication to your parishioners. Our last thank you is to Rose’s grandchildren without your love and strength this time of loss would have been unbearable.
CONDO FOR SALE
FOR SALE: Completely furnished one bedroom condo, second floor Caleb Village. For inquiries contact Bob at 306-4639708.
COMING EVENTS
The Kindersley District Music Festival Association is excited to once again be able to host the Christmas Carol Festival. However, due to COVID restrictions it will be a recorded event & will be publicly shared on our Facebook page. Anyone interested in taking part is asked to send live landscape orientation videos of their performance to kindersleyfestival@gmail. com by 10:00 p. m. December 3. For further information please call or text Glenda Giles at 306460-8031.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Village of Prelate is currently seeking a Class 2 Certified Water Operator. Please submit your resume to: villageofprelate@sasktel.net
NOTICES
Obituaries
KNORR - Rose Marie (Stolz) Knorr
1974 where she then began her career as a cook at the Buena Vista Lodge until she retired. Residents and staff would enjoy the best homemade soups and buns, baking and meals.
Town Council is permitted by legislation to reject any bid that
than the amounts shown above. Sealed tenders will be accepted until Friday, December 10th, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Tenders can be delivered to the Kerrobert Town Office (located in the Courthouse) at 433 Manitoba Avenue. Tenders can also be mailed to: Town of Kerrobert - TENDER Box 558, Kerrobert, SK S0L 1R0
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Once again the Kerrobert Food Bank will be providing Christmas hampers for those who need some extra help this time of year. If you would like a hamper, please call Carol at 306-834-2376 and leave a message. Deadline is Dec. 6. Emergency number for the Food Bank is 306-834-2376.
In the Estate of Helen Elizabeth McGinnis, deceased, late of Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, who died on July 28, 2021.
Take notice that ALL CLAIMS upon the Estate of the above named must be sent to the undersigned Estate Trustee by the 31st day of DECEMBER, A.D. 2021, with a full statement of Claims and of securities held by them.
KELLY McGINNIS 571 Parkridge Drive SE Calgary, AB T2J 5C5 403-465-0202
It is with great sorrow that the family of Rose Knorr announces her passing on Sept 21, 2021 at the age of 90 in LTC at the Kerrobert Hospital. Rose was born in the Kerrobert, Sask at the local hospital on May 26, 1931 to Joe and Regina (Yochim) Stolz. She was the 6th out of 10 children. Rose married Adam D. Knorr in 1950 and they began farming between Kerrobert and Luseland where they raised 9 children and any child in need. We could always find our Mom by using our ears as she was always singing while she did her chores like milking cows, gardening and cooking for family and friends.
Adam and Rose moved to Kerrobert in
After Adam’s passing, early in life, Rose met up with her a childhood friend Casper Schell and spent many years together enjoying family, friends, and great food.
Rose is predeceased by her husband Adam D. Knorr, daughter Debra Ann, son-in-law Edmund Martin and companion Casper Schell. Survived by her children Eugene (Victoria), Shirley Martin (Bill), Lyall (Gloria), Sharon Huckabay (Ron), Danny (Carol), Kevin (Laurie), Jackie McNichol (Rick), Regan (Char), chosen brother Melfort (Linda) Weinmeyer and 24 grandchildren, 45 great grandchildren. She is survived by three sisters, two brothers and numerous nephews and nieces.
The family would like to thank Dr. Wentzel, Kerrobert nursing staff and the wondrous care staff for the heartwarming diligent care for our mom.
SNOW REMOVAL
Streets will not be ploughed until we have a base established on them due to the street replacements. Please do not remove snow from the streets and avenues as we are wanting to ensure we are able to do proper snow removal without damaging the base prior to paving in the spring.
Pacific Avenue and the 400 - 600 Blocks of Atlantic will be cleaned regularly
Staff will be sanding as needed but will be doing so sparingly until the base has been established.
Time to Take A Break ...
Posting Date November 29, 2021
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307 days from Biden cancelling Keystone XL until he opened up the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
BRIAN ZINCHUK www.pipelineonline.ca
307 days. That’s not even a year. That’s precisely how long it took from the day President Joe Biden was sworn in, when he cancelled Keystone XL, until the day he opened up the United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
What the heck is that?
The U.S. Gulf Coast near the Texas/ Louisiana border is home to the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (USSPR). It was set up in the mid-1970s after the Yom Kippur War led OPEC nations to use the “oil weapon” and embargo exports to nations which supported Israel in that war. That was likely the largest shock to work oil markets since the Second World War until the COVID-19 crisis hit.
The USSPR is stored in underground caverns in large salt formations. There, it is safe from pretty much everything, including nuclear attack, which used to be a significant consideration.
The USSPR is hosted in just four locations, all of which use salt caverns to store a combined total of 714 million barrels of oil. As of Nov. 19, it held 604.5 million barrels. They are releasing 50 million barrels into the market.
This reserve is very much an “Armageddon”-type reserve, able to sustain the U.S. economy during times of crisis like embargos, war, or hurricanes.
This is one of four sites of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, at Iberville Parish, Louisiana. It has six caverns with 71.8 million barrels of cavern storage. Source: US DOE
But are the drumbeats of war beating? Is there a massive hurricane about to shut down Gulf Coast production? Are nuclear warheads about to rain down over the North Pole?
Nope. Americans are pumping gasoline into their gas-guzzling SUVs and pickups that’s just a little more expensive these days. That, apparently, accounts for world-ending measures.
And it’s not just the U.S, either. China, India, Japan, South Korea and the United Kingdom are also making releases from their respective strategic reserves.
Again, is there a war I didn’t know about? Isn’t the pandemic just about over?
CNN on Nov. 23 swooned about how “gas prices are at a seven-year high.”
But what are those gas prices?
According to AAA, on Nov. 23, the state average for California was US$4.705 per US gallon. (Note, a U.S. gallon is 3.785 litres, where as an Imperial gallon is 4.54 litres. I’m going to use US gallons here.) It’s $4.352 in Hawaii, $3.974 in Nevada, and $3.877 in Washington. You can see them all in this pdf. AAA Gas Prices Nov 23 2021.
That level is significant, because at $3.783, gasoline in Oregon is less than
$1.00 per litre. That means gasoline, in every other state – all 46, is less than a buck a litre.
Now, there is a dollar conversion here, so that works out to $1.27 Canadian. Boo hoo, my heart bleeds. The last time I filled up, it was $1.429 per litre.
So what we, today, would consider a relative bargain for gasoline in Canada, the Biden administration considers serious enough to open up war reserves.
Let’s not forget gasoline taxes. California, with the highest price, also has the highest gasoline tax. On July 1 of this year, it raised gasoline taxes to 51.1 cents per gallon (13.5 cents per litre). Federal gas taxes in California are 18.4 cents per gallon (4.9 cents per litre).
In Canada, in addition to every tax under the sun applied to gasoline, we pay a carbon tax, and Gouging and Screwing Tax on top of that. For 2021, that carbon tax is 8.8 cents per litre, based on a $40 per tonne of CO2 equivalent carbon tax. If the U.S. had a carbon tax at that level, it would add 33.3 cents (Canadian) per US gallon, or 26.2 US cents per US gallon.
This tells me one thing very clearly.
While Canadians will suffer under the increasingly inflationary carbon tax, there will never be a carbon tax in the U.S. Most certainly, they will not have one that will reach $170 per tonne in 2030. At current exchange rates of 1 CAD = 0.786525 USD, that would mean a US$1.114 per US gallon carbon tax in 2030. The U.S. Army would be calling up the reserves and invading Saudi Arabia or Venezeula (which is closer and easier to attack, but harder to develop its oil) before letting that happen.
Now, let’s be clear – if Biden had not cancelled TC Energy Keystone XL as one of his very first acts in office, before he even attended his first inaugural ball, that pipeline would not have been completed and gone online by now. And in the interim, the Enbridge Line 3 Replacement has gone online, substantially increasing our ability to ship oil to the U.S.
But it isn’t lost on anyone in the Canadian energy industry that Biden has been calling for OPEC to increase production by almost exactly the capacity of Keystone XL. And OPEC basically told him to pump it himself. Apparently, they’ve found religion with regards to higher oil prices means more revenue. After seven years of shooting themselves in the foot with low prices, they need to refill the piggybank.
And what about US oil production? Arguably one of the most significant achievements of the Donald Trump administration was the ability to declare the U.S. was now energy independent – a dream ever since the necessity of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve became evident in the first place.
Does anyone remember the heady
days of Texas oil production surging? Do you remember hearing about how the Wolfcamp formation in the Permian Basin was going to change everything?
Well, a funny thing happened. The ESG (environment, social and governance) zealots in the investor community grabbed it by the throat, and put its knee on U.S. production.
Don’t get me wrong – the business model of drilling like crazy with the sole goal of increasing production numbers, spending every cent on drilling instead of investor returns – was unsustainable and foolhardy. The markets finally snapped back and said they want oil producers to show them the money, in dividends and share buybacks.
But the ESG movement has also been focused on starving oil and gas development of lifeblood capital. No capital means no new drilling, or at least dramatically reduced drilling, and fracking.
This past spring I took part, virtually, in the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, an event I’ve been covering in excruciating detail since 2009. This time it was the North Dakota’s turn, and they held it in person in Bismarck. During the last Bismarck event, I might have heard “ESG” mentioned in one or two presentations. Now, it was in nearly every single one. You couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting someone talking about ESG.
ESG is, in many ways, an evolution of “social license.”
Depending on who was speaking, the term was either referred to with derision, grudging acceptance, or something in between. Wade Hutchings, chief operating officer with Calgary-based Enerplus, said, “Now that five-year plan and, in fact, our entire corporate strategy is informed, and in fact a guided by our ESG program. So in 2019, the company converted its past efforts in corporate social responsibility programs into an ESG framework.”
“I know I got pretty cheeky with that ESG slide, but that is that is the world we’re in right now you have to have a very robust ESG program and be able to have a lot of transparency around it, and reporting around it in order to be considered for capital. But I do see things improving,” said Dave Keanini, president & CEO, Outrigger Energy II LLC, a midstream gas processing company.
Bob Phillips, CEO and chair of midstream operator Crestwood, said, “The one thing that I’ll probably hammer home more than anything else is the
importance of ESG competitiveness, to keep the Bakken in a competitive basin with other basins out there. And all the speakers, as I’ve observed them, have had different forms of ESG policies and practices. But we, as an industry, need to embrace this on a formal and institutional level and really put out to our investors and to the market and to regulators, all the things that we’re doing from an environmental, social and governance standpoint to improve their view of our industry and that’s the real reason for doing that.”
So, everyone in the business is on bended knee before the altar in the Church of ESG.
But what as been ultimate result?
On March 13, 2020 when COVID-19 hit, and Trump was president the United States was producing 13.1 million barrels per day. Now, on Nov. 12, 2021, with Biden as president, its production is 11.4 million barrels per day, a drop of 1.7 million barrels per day.
In June 2018, the U.S. had 503 frac spreads at work. But when the Permian lost its lustre in the eyes of investors, as mentioned above, huge numbers of frac fleets were parked. Some companies started cutting up large portions of their iron, hoping to improve pricing by reducing the size of the overall fleet. Well, those chickens have come home to roost in several ways. Now. As of Nov. 19, the US had 270 frac spreads at work.
Biden’s crying for more oil. But is there the industrial capacity to ramp up American production? It might be hard, with all those frac pumpers cut up and melted down. And will the Church of ESG allow its adherents to pump capital back into American oil production again?
If candidate Biden was willing to “transition away from the oil industry,” now President Biden is getting it.
How’s that working out for you, man?
Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online. He can be reached at