Holiday events fill calendar
Special events to celebrate the holiday season ramp up this week and next.
A special concert at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church benefits people without homes in Saskatoon. The Choir for Kindness concert happens Friday night, starting at 7 p.m.
On Saturday, Santa Claus visits the Rosetown and District Museum, where Chantelle de Coninck Smith will take photos of youngsters on his lap, or family photos with a Christmas theme, from 1 to 4 p.m. Lunch will be available. Museum volunteers also present a Christmas tea on Dec. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m.
The Rosetown Senior Choral Group stages Home for Christmas on Sunday at the seniors centre, starting at 2:30 p.m. Admission will be charged.
The annual carol festival presented by the Rosetown and District Music Festival Association happened this past Monday night at the United Church, which is the scene of back-to-back events on Dec. 13.
First, young people 12 and under can buy presents for family members without their parents hovering over their shoulders at Santa’s Hut from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Then another photo shoot with Santa goes from 1 to 3 p.m.
The Lions Club takes seniors for a tour of residential Christmas displays on the evening of Dec. 17.
They’ll certainly pass by Lovett Park to see the cartoon and storybook characters dressed up in the glow of Winter Wonderland. Organizers turned on the lights Thursday evening.
Members of the Kinsmen Club began offering Christmas trees at Peggy D’s Greenhouse earlier in November, and youngsters could meet Santa for photos there on Saturday.
WINTER WONDERLAND: A menagerie of animals, cartoon characters and storybook people repopulated Winter Wonderland in Lovett Park last week. Organizers lit up the park surrounding the Centennial Library on Thursday. PHOTO BY IAN MACKAY
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Young talent shines at Rosetown’s Contemporary Showcase 2025
BY DAVID MCIVER
Fifty-eight music students and 61 speech arts students took part in Contemporary Showcase 2025 here on Nov. 21-22.
They came from Biggar, Plenty, Dodsland, Handel, Elrose, Kindersley, Eatonia, Kerrobert and Rosetown for the annual showcase of contemporary Canadian music and speech arts workshops.
Mya Nickel and Rebecca Nunweiler of Rosetown, along with Eliana and Mariah Bakanec of Kerrobert, were recommended for the competition for national awards.
The West Central Branch of the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association put it on in the Rosetown United Church upper hall.
Students performed piano, vocal, vi-
olin and cello selections, about which adjudicator Dianne Gryba of Saskatoon gave suggestions, technical tips, encouragement and even a printed joke of each student, said music teacher and west central branch member Clayton Braybrook of Kindersley.
Heather Macnab of Maple Creek conducted three speech arts workshops over the two days.
The association also had a daily pizza party, music trivia games and door prizes and gave opportunities for the students to mingle, said Braybrook.
Gryba, now president of the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association, spoke to the west central teachers about the merits and effects of the festival experience and the expansion of the syllabus, he said. Macnab gave them tools to incorporate speech arts into their regular teaching, said Braybrook.
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Huskies standout receiver
Daniel Wiebe to three-year rookie deal
BY DAVID MCIVER
The Roughriders signed Wiebe to a contract, the club announced on Thursday.
It’s a standard three-year rookie contract, said Wiebe that evening.
“I had a couple of (Roughrider) players and coaches reach out during the season,” he said.
They were just congratulating him on how the season was going for him and the Huskies, but the signing came after the Nov. 22 Vanier Cup game, said Wiebe.
“Obviously, I’ve still got to make the team,” he said.
He has played through a turf toe injury and now he’s just “focusing on recovery and getting ready for (the training) camp,” he said.
In 12 regular-season and playoff games this season, Wiebe caught 78 passes for 1,257 yards and 13 touchdowns.
In eight regular-season games, he led the country in touchdowns with 11 and finished second in receiving yards per game with 115.8.
Overall, individually, 2025 “definitely was my best year,” he said.
“Just as a group, I’m super proud of the guys. Couldn’t be more proud of how hard we fought. The guys went through a lot this year. It was a really close team, which is nice.”
Part of what the Huskies went through during the season was the loss of their starting quarterback. Anton Amundrud got a cancer diagnosis and had to start treatments.
Besides listing him as a wide receiver, the club hasn’t given him any indication of any specific role. As has been standard in the Huskie offence in recent
seasons, Wiebe and other receivers lined up in multiple positions.
“My focus is just go to camp and do my best and play wherever they need me to play, whether that be offence, special teams, just anywhere that I can stick. That’s the plan; just be as available as I can be.”
Adjudicator Dianne Gryba of Saskatoon talks to Eliana Bakanec of the Kerrobert area (third from left) about her performance during Contemporary Showcase 2025 on Nov. 22 at the Rosetown United Church upper hall. The annual showcase of Canadian contemporary music, held in only 12 places in Canada, also drew music and speech arts students from Eatonia, Handel, Kindersley, Biggar, Dodsland, Plenty, Elrose and Rosetown.
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For Herschel area native Daniel Wiebe, the sting of the University of Saskatchewan Huskies’ recent Vanier Cup loss may have been lessened last week by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
A worker in a bucket truck with Lee’s Tree Care of Swift Current trims off dead or problematic tree branches, surrounded by hoarfrost, while other workers send them through a chipper in the 900 block of Main Street on Thursday afternoon, during their annual fall visit to Rosetown. PHOTO BY IAN MACKAY.
Just a gal from Glidden
White Christmases, like the ones I used to know
BY KATE WINQUIST
I always feel a little melancholy at this time of year. I could blame it on the colder weather, I suppose, but the truth is simpler: I find myself dreaming of a White Christmas — the kind Bing Crosby sang about, the kind I used to know.
My fondest memories are rooted in the farm at Glidden, where Christmas always arrived wrapped in snow. I’m the youngest of six, and I can’t recall a single holiday without at least a dusting of white on the ground. Dad would plow the yard into towering drifts, and I’d be itching to bundle up, grab my bright red Super Saucer, and fly down the big hill. My sister Carrie and I would build snow forts, and when the older siblings came home, we’d play Fox and Geese until our cheeks were numb. Dad even made a mini skating rink on the garden spot. Mom wouldn’t allow us to have a skidoo, but we could all fit into a stainless steel tub and be pulled behind the tractor! Go figure… like that wasn’t dangerous at all.
Inside, the house always looked ready for Christmas. Reindeer lined the archway into the living room. The manger sat proudly atop the piano. Christmas cards filled the walls — and I sometimes wonder if people even send cards anymore.
Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Doug would make the drive from Elrose for Christmas dinner and games. Sometimes Aunt Peg and Uncle Dave arrived from Eatonia. We’d gather around the table for endless rounds of Hearts, Kaiser, or Stop the Bus. There might even
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be a crokinole tournament — though why we bothered, I’ll never know, since no one could ever beat Dad. And then there were rounds of Parchesi or Trivial Pursuit, where Mom’s mastery of literature and history left the rest of us shaking our heads.
Music filled the house too. We had a well-loved collection of Christmas records — my favourite was Jim Henson and the Muppets — but the real highlight was listening to my sisters play duets on the piano. Whoever felt brave enough would sing along. We always made time to watch Emmett Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, a tradition that has since carried on to the next generation.
And the food — there was never a shortage of that. We’d wake early for stockings and gifts (youngest to oldest, of course), then tuck into homemade egg McMuffins or, in later years, The Wife Saver, prepared the night before and baked in the morning. For the rest of the day, we grazed on cookies and chocolates. My sister Kristine made homemade peppermint patties, and my brother Garth devoted hours to delicate
hand-dipped chocolates and his famous antipasto. There was homemade Poppycock, Nuts & Bolts, and Grandpa’s brown sugar fudge. And then there was Grandma’s pudding and that unforgettable sauce — cooked all day in a double boiler, rich enough to stop your heart and warm your soul. The pudding itself was “fine,” but the sauce was legendary.
Of course, extra people meant only one bathroom to share, and sleeping space was a creative endeavour. More than once, I found myself tucked in beside a sister or relegated to the pullout cot in the rumpus room. Life felt so much simpler then.
Grandma and Grandpa have been gone for many years. Uncle Doug passed away in 2019. It’s been 15 years since we lost Dad — November 30, 2010 — and almost a year since Mom passed, on December 11. Perhaps that explains the ache I feel now. Still, when I hear Bing Crosby croon White Christmas, I can close my eyes and find myself back on that snow-covered farm, surrounded by family, love, and all the Christmases I used to know.
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Ukraine: Once more around the loop
If Ukrainians feel the time has come to surrender to Russia, they don’t need Donald Trump’s help. They can do that for themselves.
By Gwynne Dyer
The Russian “peace” offer that Trump is trying to push on Ukraine is almost identical to the one Russian President Vladimir Putin pitched to him in Alaska last summer. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will reject it again unless he believes Ukraine’s defences are about to collapse. But why have they been stuck in this loop for so long?
Putin’s goal is to reunite parts of the former Soviet Union where at least a minority of the population speaks Russian, with Ukraine the biggest of those parts. Other areas include Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and perhaps Kazakhstan. Beyond that, he likely has no territorial ambitions, but doing even this would involve conquering about 50 million people.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine can be seen as a heritage project to secure his historical position as one of Russia’s greats. But he would almost certainly not
have attacked in 2022 had he known it would turn into a four-year war instead of a four-week conflict.
Now, he must secure a significant win in Ukraine to justify the toll on Russian forces. Otherwise, he risks losing power—and perhaps his life. In this narrowly defined sense, his refusal to compromise is rational, even though there has never been a plausible military threat to Russia itself.
Zelensky’s position is equally rational and equally inflexible. Although he is an unlikely war leader—a Russian-speaking Jew from the entertainment world—he quickly realized his job is to hold as much Ukrainian territory as possible for as long as possible.
God may ultimately favour the bigger battalions, but recent technological changes, especially drones, have given Ukraine a defensive edge. Ukrainian forces occasionally retreat in small increments along the 1,250-kilometre front, but at Russia’s current pace, its army would not reach Kyiv’s eastern suburbs until 2030.
Losing slowly is therefore not necessarily futile. Each month brings a chance for political, economic or technological developments that could improve Ukraine’s position in eventual ceasefire negotiations.
Zelensky must judge when the morale of his army and the public begins to break. At that point, he would need to secure whatever deal he could. But the agreement Trump’s team has reportedly cooked up with
Putin’s people would already reduce Ukraine to a Russian colony. For now, Zelensky has nothing to lose by saying no.
Unless Ukraine is already at that breaking point, which seems unlikely.
Trump, by contrast, is in a hurry. He likely does not care what happens to Ukraine, but he could gain international prestige—and perhaps the Nobel Peace Prize—if he imposes a ceasefire before next year’s selection.
The ceasefire would need to satisfy Russia’s maximal demands, partly because of Trump’s unusual closeness with Putin and partly because Putin believes he is winning. A Ukrainian surrender would also end sanctions against Moscow and open up lucrative trade deals for Trump’s associates.
Trump’s leverage over Zelensky has waned, partly because he has monetized U.S. arms aid. Instead of direct transfers, aid is sold to NATO countries at full price, then passed on to Ukraine as interest-free loans or gifts.
The only direct pressure Trump can now exert is cutting off U.S. intelligence—a tactic he has already threatened. But history suggests he will likely be shamed into restoring the flow of intelligence before long.
The Ukrainians have not lost the war, and this is probably just another trip around the loop.
Royals, Wildcats and youth teams hit the ice, court and lanes
Curling
A Rosetown Central High junior girls curling team began practising on Nov. 5, said community coach Darby Freistadt. The team includes Kalli Bacon, Andrea Kahovec, Kathryn Claffey and Annabel Main. Bacon, Kahovec and Claffey also play on a Thursday night league team, with Janelle Kahovec and Freistadt alternating.
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When junior curling practice started, organizers had hoped to attract eight to 10 youths, but only four showed up, Freistadt said. The team practises every Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. If other junior teams in the area form, they plan to host a one-day fun spiel in the new year, he added.
Bowling
Four Rosetown youth bowlers advanced to the provincial round of the Youth Challenge tournament after qualifying at the zone round in Lashburn on Nov. 22. Three of them placed one-two-three in the six-bowler girls competition: London Lindridge won with an 872 score, Layla Vallely placed second with 828, and Hanna Brown Campbell finished third with 788.
Josh Heimbecker placed second among boys with a 908 score. The provincial Youth Challenge tournament will take place in Prince Albert in January.
In adult bowling, the house round of the High-Low Doubles tournament began last week and runs for four weeks. Brian Andersen won the Maniac Mania singles tournament on Nov. 21 with 259 pins over average. Dave Brigham placed second with 215 P.O.A., and Eric Kozakevich finished third with 163, among 21 bowlers including some from out of town.
Basketball
The Rosetown Central High senior boys team plays in Delisle today and hosts the Delisle Rebels on Dec. 9. They also participated in a tournament in Kindersley last Friday and Saturday.
The senior girls team hosts a tournament on Dec. 12-13, with teams expected from Biggar, Assiniboia, LCBI, Clavet, Wilkie and Unity. Team members include Madison Cordes, Willemina Heinrichs, Ella Kadler, Brenna Zummack, Rayna James, Evolet Welter, Collins Legge, Tess Kelly, Isabelle Sparks, Sydney Dessert and Angel Matro.
The junior boys play in a Davidson tournament on Saturday and host the Outlook Blues on Dec. 15 and St. Gabriel Saints on Dec. 17. Their roster is still being finalized, said head coach Melanie Nattrass.
The junior girls host a tournament this Friday and
Elrose Composite School currently has no organized sports but is trying to start curling, said athletics director Jeff Kingwell.
Saturday. They previously participated in a Langham tournament and attended a University of Saskatchewan Huskies game. Additional games are scheduled in Delisle on Dec. 11, Eston on Dec. 16, and a tournament in Outlook on Jan. 9-10. Possible home games are Jan. 15 and 22, and Feb. 5, with a playoff game on Feb. 7 and district playoffs on Feb. 11. They practise on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Sports at Other Schools
Elrose Composite School currently has no organized sports but is trying to start curling, said athletics director Jeff Kingwell. Wrestling is offered through Russell Fersch’s Elrose-based club, which includes students from Kyle and Rosetown.
North West Central School has no current sports and likely will not until badminton season, said athletics director Leah Anne Davis.
At Dinsmore Composite School, curling is expected to start after Christmas, said athletics director Lance Morrison. Morrison and Kelly Beattie will prepare the curling ice over the Christmas break, with badminton to follow after February break.
Fall sports awards were recently presented, recognizing golf, cross-country and volleyball achievements.
The senior boys volleyball team reached regional playoffs in Glaslyn on Nov. 15 but lost the third-place game to the co-op Kenaston-Loreburn team after earlier defeats to the host team and Medstead. They had opened with a win over Loon Lake.
The Wildcats won conference playoffs in Maymont on Nov. 8, defeating the host team in their final round-robin match. They had also beaten Borden, Kerrobert and Kenaston earlier in the tournament.
The senior girl Wildcats finished third at their conference playoffs on Nov. 1. The junior boys team placed third at district playoffs on Oct. 25, after winning sectionals. The junior girls finished third of five teams at sectional playoffs on Oct. 18, said Morrison.
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Would McKenna spark a Flames’ revival?
Should the Calgary Flames be gaggin’ for Gavin?
The big prize in next summer’s National Hockey League amateur draft is expected to be Gavin McKenna, the pride of Whitehorse, Yukon, a former Medicine Hat Tiger superstar and currently a high-profile winger with Penn State, a National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey power.
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Next year, when he’s 18, he’s probably going to be a member of an NHL team, with McDavid- and Bedard-like expectations. Flames’ fans hope he’ll be wearing the flaming ‘C’ when he steps onto an NHL ice surface.
Thanks to the draft’s lottery system, having the league’s worst record is no guarantee of picking No 1. But it certainly enhances the opportunity, and the Flames, currently languishing near the bottom of the 32-team NHL, may as well try to manoeuvre those odds in their favour. How? By losing as much as possible.
Drafting a franchise cornerstone like McKenna could be the beginning of a Flames’ turnaround. They are not only among the worst teams in the league, but also one of the oldest. Four offensive leaders, Nazem Kadri, Jonathan Huberdeau, Mikael Backlund and Blake Coleman, are all on the wrong side of 30. Their team logo should be a rocking chair, not a flaming ‘C’
A total rebuild is in order. A few younger pieces are already in place, such as goalies Devin Cooley and Dustin Wolf, who was a rookie-of-the-year finalist last season, Matt Coronato, Connor Zary, Morgan Frost, Joel Farrabee and recent draft picks Zayne Parekh and Sam Honzek. Adding a star like McKenna and dispatching some of the aging deadwood via trades for younger players or draft picks would go a long way to righting the Flames ship.
Tearing down and rebuilding has worked for other teams. The Oilers lucked out by getting McDavid in 2015 and they’ve been a Stanley Cup finalist two years in a row. Chicago Blackhawks and San Jose Sharks, after years in the doldrums, are now contenders after selecting Connor Bedard and Macklin Celebrini, respectively. Anaheim Ducks are one of the big surprises of the current NHL season thanks to some astute drafting of players such as Leo Carlsson, Mason McTavish and Jackson Lacombe. Montreal Canadiens are another example of a team that put its fans through years of suffering before building a young, solid roster through the draft. Cole Caufield, Lane Hutson, Ivan Demidov and Juraj Slafkovsky all came through the draft, as did captain Nick Suzuki, who was picked in the first round by Vegas but abruptly traded to Montreal in the Max Pacioretty deal.
Being bad and drafting high doesn’t work for everyone. Buffalo Sabres haven’t made the playoffs since 2010-11, despite twice having the No. 1 pick in the draft — Rasmus Dahlin in 2018 and Owen Power in 2021. They also got Jack Eichel at No. 2 after McDavid in
2015.
The Sabres situation proves there are no guarantees. But a rebuild has to start somewhere, so keep losing Calgary and hope those draft lottery ping pong balls bounce in your favour.
• Norman Chad, with another comment overheard from a competitor at the Westminster Dog Show: “By the way, you all eat at least three times a day and feed us just twice a day — what’s up with that?”
• fark.com headline: “The glorious mullet returns for a 38th season of professional hockey.”
• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: “Best line of the week about the NBA’s new convoluted, confusing ‘international’ format came from Orlando radio guru Marc Daniels: ‘I’d rather watch Chauncey Billups hosting a poker game.’”
• Another one from Bianchi: “I’m not saying the NBA’s new All-Star Game format is stupid, but even the Pro Bowl is sending its thoughts and prayers!”
• Cathal Kelly of the Globe and Mail, on the Maple Leafs’ woes: “On Saturday, they played a statement game in Chicago. Their statements was, ‘Is it bedtime yet?’”
• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “Miami Dolphins have won three of their past four to climb to 4-7 and are a slight betting favourite to also win the bye week.”
• Greg Cote again, on a preview of the recent Seahawks-Titans game: “This is NFL version of a hungry lion vs. a limping hyena in the wild.”
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime, got married after the U.S. Open. His wife, Nina, was game, Felix was set, and now they’re a match.”
• Another one from Currie: “I won’t say Riders’ QB Trevor Harris, 39, is old. But add five more years, and he’d be almost as old as the Kars4Kids commercial.”
• Headline at theonion.com: “Detroit Lions Rookie Asks For Thanksgiving Off”
• Another fark.com headline: “So, which one was a more painful experience for Bill Belichick? North Carolina losing to Wake Forest or attending his girlfriend’s cheerleading competition?”
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New lung cancer screening program
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A program to look for lung cancer in people deemed considered high risks began in Swift Current in July.
The program, LungCheck, provides information and support to help people aged 50 to 74, who haven’t shown any signs of the cancer, to quit smoking. They also receive “low-dose computed tomography” scans, said a provincial Health Department statement noting that November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.
Staff had decided that 24 of the 54 people referred to the pilot program were eligible for screening and 11 “have been engaged in supports for quitting smoking,” the statement said. Officials intend to extend the program from a clinic in Swift Current to other areas “in the future,” it said.
The Saskatchewan Cancer Agency program got $295,000 in the current year’s budge to enable it to hire three new staff members, a nurse practitioner, a “smoking cessation case manager” and a clerk, a Health Department media consultant said via e-mail.
In the 2024-25 budget, the program received $470,000 in “one-time capital funding” for information technology infrastructure, said Dale Hunter, the consultant.
“Evaluating this progress and hearing feedback from clients and providers will help to put us in a great position to expand the program over time,“ Karen Efthimiou, a Saskatchewan Health Authority vice-president, said in the statement.
Lung cancer causes the most deaths from cancer among Saskatchewan residents, “with death rates higher than breast, colorectal and prostate cancers combined,” the statement said. Physicians diagnose it in about 860 people each year in the province.
Rosetown Golf Club reports strong year, pays down debt
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The Rosetown Golf Club had “a pretty successful year,” president Ryan Wickett said during the group’s annual general meeting on Nov. 20.
“It was the most successful year we had in the last five (years),” Wickett said later. The club experienced steady advancement and is in “a stable position financially,” he said.
A 50-50 draw the club had late in the season had a profit, and the club paid down long-term debt for course renovations and golf carts by about $67,000, Wickett said.
Receipts from greens fees rose by over $28,000, but earnings from memberships fell by over $14,000, the financial report showed. This was the first year in some time without a membership drive incentive, Wickett said, adding that bad weather at the start of the season and less play by seniors could have been other factors.
The club registered large increases in liquor and food receipts, at close to $43,000 and over $35,000 respectively. It had an operating profit of just over $9,000 after a loss of almost $27,000 in 2024.
It also received donations worth over $53,500, grants of over $27,500, and paid almost $16,500 for its sod replacement program, completed last year. It got Canada Jobs grants totalling about $25,000 to help cover wages for six employees, Wickett said.
Its Rainmaker irrigation system became “fully operational” during the year, and 50 dead trees were removed from the grounds last winter, he said. About 35
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players took part in the junior program at the start of the season, and all three tournaments the club scheduled were “pretty well attended” and experienced good weather, he said.
A donation by the Stranraer Elks allowed the club to buy and install tarps to cover two greens, with two more to arrive next year. More fertilization, overseeding, irrigation repairs and disease control, along with efforts by the grounds crew, helped make the course “a true gem,” Wickett said.
He also expressed appreciation to clubhouse manager Ange Wingert, who, with her staff, “made for a welcoming clubhouse experience for the whole season,” as well as to board members for their help.
The financial report didn’t reflect the role of volunteers, Wickett noted.
“These small-town courses take a lot of help, and we’ve got a lot of people who do a lot of unsung things here, helping out,” he said, expressing appreciation to them plus the grounds crew and clubhouse staff “whose commitment has significantly elevated the quality of our facilities,” he said.
Members saw a survey of comparable fees from other courses before adopting a new fee schedule with increases of $101 for couples, $25 or $30 per year in some other categories, and a new membership rate for seniors.
They also returned Henry Pretorius, Jordie Johnston, Derek Cordes, Darren Shynkaruk and Blake Lefaivre to the board of directors, and added Colby Doetzel, Rio Mahon and Morgan Sparks.
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Golf Course prioritizes turf health, steers clear of town drainage water
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The Rosetown Golf Course would only again use contaminated water flowing past it in an “emergency,” club president Ryan Wickett said last week.
Board members returned Wickett as president, Keegan McAvoy as vice-president and Darren Shynkaruk as treasurer after the AGM on Nov. 20.
The club used water from the town’s drainage ditch to water the course during the drought three years ago but he hopes to never again do so, Wickett said.
“We want to make sure we don’t leach (contaminants) into the water table, so we want to stay away from that kind of stuff,” he said. Head groundskeeper Morgan Meyer has “put us in a pretty good spot agronomically now,” he said.
“I think that our turf health is a whole lot better than it’s ever been before, so I think we should be OK without ever having to worry about that stuff.”
He and Meyer are working on the course budget for next year and Wickett didn’t anticipate any major upgrades to the course next season.
“Nothing at the start of the season for sure, but we’ll see what we can look towards maybe later in the year,” if the club gets funding, he said.
The club had 50 dead trees removed from its grounds last year and Meyer has another 50 to take out this year, Wickett said. “He’s been busy with that the last few weeks and, in the spring, he’ll be busy again.”
Masum testifies about complainant’s movements and behaviour
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Prosecutors learned more about Mohammad Masum’s dealings with a woman he’s accused of raping three times in 2022 and 2023, but little that appeared to help their case, while finishing their cross-examination of the man last week.
The trial of Masum and Sohel Haider resumed on Nov. 24 after about a three-week break. They’re both charged with human trafficking. It’s scheduled to continue on Jan. 13 with another defence witness.
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Masum continued to maintain that the woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, wasn’t hired to work at his restaurant in Tisdale when he brought her to the town in November 2022 at Haider’s request.
She’d served coffee to a “friend” whom she’d told Masum would visit the restaurant one day in March 2023. He watched their table on a security monitor from the kitchen, where he was cooking, after another employee complained, Masum told Crown prosecutor Lesley Dunning.
He “could see everything,” he testified, including that the man, identified earlier in the trial as former Kelvington-Wadena MLA Hugh Nerlien, gave her something.
Masum later asked her what the man gave her, and the complainant denied receiving anything from him until he told her he’d watched the interaction on the monitor. It contained contact information for a Tisdale immigration settlement worker, who testified earlier in the trial that what the woman told her sounded like human trafficking—but the complainant told him she’d torn it up and flushed it down the toilet. He replied that he hadn’t seen her go to the washroom, Masum testified.
“Everything was changed” after the man’s visit, he said.
He started to drive her to Elrose, where she was supposed to work under a work permit she’d received in mid-January, the day after she’d attacked the other employee physically. She’d grabbed the man around the neck after an argument over teaching her to use the restaurant’s debit machine. Judge Miguel Martinez saw the episode in a video Masum recorded from his security system after the incident, which happened
Asked why he put up with behaviour that Masum admitted had annoyed him, he said that since Haider had asked him to take care of her, in Bengali culture, when someone asks that, “We have a responsibility to take care of everything.”
around Feb. 1, 2023, the accused recalled.
However, they left Tisdale before she’d apologized in person to the other employee, and she began screaming about going back to apologize to him and trying to jump out of the moving vehicle, so he turned around at Wakaw, he said.
He’d tried to take her to Elrose on the following “four or five” Mondays, the day the restaurant was closed, but she always had an excuse not to go, he indicated.
He testified that she also started “screaming” about not wanting to go to Elrose when they were almost at the town and complained to Haider when they arrived. Haider told her that he’d told Masum to bring her there, the accused testified.
Asked by Dunning why he put up with behaviour that Masum admitted had annoyed him, he said that since Haider had asked him to take care of her, in Bengali culture, when someone asks that, “We have a responsibility to take care of everything.”
Haider had no job or room for her in Gull Lake, her initial Saskatchewan destination after she applied for work as a cook at his restaurant while lacking cooking credentials or knowledge about preparing Canadian dishes, the trial has heard.
She spent a couple of days in Elrose, starting to spend the first night in a cold basement until she called Haider and he sent someone with a blanket and a portable heater, the woman testified, before an aide to Cypress Hills MLA Doug Steele arrived one morning to take her to a women’s shelter.
Royals football team celebrate season-end awards with standout players and retiring coach
BY DAVID MCIVER
Coaches don’t usually seek attention in amateur sports, but one coach got some of that—along with all 49 senior Rosetown Royals football players—at the season-end awards banquet on Tuesday.
Running back Boyd Anderson won the Outstanding Graduate Award. Linebacker-defensive back Rayna James won the Spirit of the Royals Award, the first female player to do so. Carson Fortin won the Offensive Player of the Year Award. Offensive end Jordan Bouclin won the Top Lineman Award. Twin brother and defensive lineman Joseph Bouclin won the Defensive Player of the Year Award. Running back Harper Willis won the Rookie of the Year Award.
Anderson, James, and quarterback Alex Nickel won Four-Year Dedication and Contribution Awards.
At the end of the school year, offensive co-ordinator Gary Paproski is retiring as a teacher at Rosetown Central High School and as a coach—alongside badminton— of Royals football for the last 28 years. Besides mentioning near the close that he was trying to persuade Paproski to return as a community coach, son Brendan Paproski, present Royals offensive coach and former Royals quarterback, had these words: “…you have shaped not only the program to what it is today but also so many athletes along the way.” A standing ovation followed.
Gary Paproski thanked the parents this season, the other coaches—particularly Wintonyk “who doesn’t get enough credit. The countless hours he spends for our senior football program are greatly appreciated. He’s built an incredible program here, a program which is the envy of many other teams. But that takes time and effort.” He also thanked the coaches’ wives and families and the players.
Anderson started in grades 11 and 12. Early this season, an injury kept him out of the lineup for the first month. When back, Anderson “quickly became a key to our offence,” said head coach Mitchell Wintonyk. He was “fun to watch,” as he preferred to run through opponents rather than around them, he said. Anderson gave back by volunteering, picking up batteries for the battery drive and building the new chain-link fence and the can-
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teen, said Wintonyk.
Before the second game against Unity, he came to practice with a brace on, “saying he was good to go,” said Brendan Paproski earlier. The dubious coaches checked with his parents. They said, “they were OK with it and he really wanted to play,” said Paproski. Anderson explained his limping in Maple Creek by saying, “It’s not my knee. Everything else is hurting… We know for sure it was your knee. But there’s no way he wasn’t playing.” Anderson improved and became “one of our more impactful players once again,” he said.
James’ joy and passion for football were evident, he said. Her striving to improve in her four years and maturation in Grade 12 were “amazing to see,” such as at football camps, U-18 female tryouts, and making that team in back-to-back summers; creating a rig to catch long snaps in the basement; learning to lime the field; and taking a distance-learning football class, said Wintonyk. “We’re excited to see where football will take her, should she choose to go that route.”
Offensive lineman Fortin made “huge holes” for the running backs, fought through double teams, and often ended up on top of multiple opponents, said
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Brendan Paproski. He took over relaying plays to the offensive players when Nickel got injured, and Fortin made sure the backs and the other linemen knew their assignments, said Paproski.
Besides being highly skilled, Jordan Bouclin has “a high football IQ, raw athletic ability, and a level of aggression that is just perfect for this game,” said offensive line coach Graham Montreuil.
The growth that Nickel showed “is nothing short of impressive, not to mention playing his Grade 9 and 10 years with a metal tube in your body to aid your health,” said Brendan Paproski. After three years of waiting, 2025 was Nickel’s opportunity to start. “It couldn’t have started any better. We were 2-0, and he was having a great start to the season.” Nickel broke a wrist bone in Unity. “But Alex kept coming out to practice, helping with drills and providing insight where possible,” said Paproski. On the last practice of the year, he was able to get his cast off and practise with his teammates one more time, he said. Nickel dressed for the bronze-medal game and got in one more series to finish out his high school career, said Paproski.
After playing on the offensive line for most of 2024, Malcolm Ledding moved
to running back and, when Anderson got injured, “stepped into a big leadership role,” said Brendan Paproski. In the game in Watrous, Ledding “found out his grandpa had passed away the night before, but he was determined to play.” He got hurt on the first series but “once again, there was no way he was coming off the field, giving us everything he had,” said Paproski. Ledding was only taken out “when he was no longer able to walk with three minutes left in the game,” he said.
Second-year Royal Harper Willis won the Rookie of the Year. He’s “shown a commitment to football, whether it’s going to camps or giving everything he has during games. He has high expectations for himself and is loaded with talent. We asked a lot of him at the start of the season and he responded with effort and a desire to get better,” said Gary Paproski, who admitted he forgot Willis was only in his second year of senior football. Willis tried to battle through a late-season injury but was unable to play in the bronze-medal game. The Royals will need him “to be a dominant force on offence next year, and if he continues to develop in the off-season, I believe he can be an exceptional player,” said Paproski. Joseph Bouclin switched to a new position this year “and made an immediate impact in the middle of the defence,” said defensive coach Ben Cressman. “Your ability to come up with the big plays this year—a blocked punt, interceptions, big tackles—contributed to your winning the award this year. You have great instincts, and we have high expectations for you next season,” said Cressman.
Community coaches Justin Haugen, Graham Montreuil, and Ben Cressman received West Central District volunteer recognition awards.
Speaking generally, the Royals made mistakes, and in the playoffs, while they got away with them against the Hague Panthers, they didn’t in Watrous and against Wakaw, said Wintonyk.
Whether the 49 players are a record for the size of the roster wasn’t something the head coach spoke of. But for James Friesen, a Grade 12 rookie—which is occasionally seen in high school football—had there not been so many players to accommodate this season, he might have had an opportunity to get on the field in a league game, said Wintonyk.
Graduating players Wyatt Perry (L, front) and Malcolm Ledding flank Boyd Anderson, winner of the outstanding graduate award; Rayna James, winner of the Spirit of the Royals award; and Alex Nickel pose after the senior Rosetown Royals football banquet on Tuesday; missing James Friesen.
Coach Wendy Wiens works with young Aubrey Keith on skating skills during the Rosetown Skating Club practice on Wednesday.
Jeremy Bides hits the bird while partner Clint Kennedy watches during badminton last Wednesday at the civic centre. PHOTO BY DAVID MCIVER
From Remembrance to Christmas Joy: Life at Orange Memories
BY BETH ROBERTSON
November has been a quieter month than October—a little breather before December arrives with its pre-Christmas and Christmas happenings.
Early in the month, Ernie Hamilton made an impromptu stop to entertain us with his vocals and guitar. Thank you for that, Ernie.
On Remembrance Day, a number of residents gathered to watch the local service on a large screen, livestreamed from the Rosetown United Church. Others observed the national broadcast from Ottawa on their personal TVs.
Remembrance Day is of special significance in Orange Memories. Some residents remember the beginning and ending of World War II. Most residents were born before or during the war years. We remember huddling around the radio or being “shushed up” so Mom and Dad could hear the evening news. We remember how we waited anxiously for the local newspaper to see war maps and read the news in detail. We recall families in our home communities receiving the dreaded “We regret to inform you” telegram. We remember celebrations that happened in even the smallest communities when the war ended. We remember the servicemen and women coming home. We remember how the world breathed a sigh of relief when armistice papers were signed and how people around the world worked together to peacefully rebuild a battered planet.
With uncertain times in so many parts of the world, our prayers for peace are deep and sincere. Wealth, greed, and power-seeking leaders seem to dominate the world stage while ordinary people collectively hold their breath and pray.
In keeping with Remembrance Day, we talked with one of our residents, Margaret Henderson. See a portion of her story elsewhere in the paper.
The Rosetown Senior Choral Group made their monthly appearance on November 19. They sang familiar songs from WWI, and many joined in the singing. We had a good laugh when Marcel Dubois enacted “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning.” Following the singing, we enjoyed “tea and crumpets” and good conversation.
We enjoyed a time of fellowship with the folks from the Wheatland Regional Centre at their regular gathering here on November 20.
Daily activities provide an opportunity for fellowship and fun. Cassidy leads us in table games and more active endeavours like curling, bocce ball, and corn hole.
We have a singalong each Thursday at 10:45. Come and join us as we welcome in the Christmas season. Singing has been proven to be good for your health and can even slow dementia. More about that later.
I would like to end this news article with a poem I wrote and set to music in 2009. It is something for each of us to think about this Christmas season.
Christmas Wish
My heart is aching this Christmas For the cold and lonely people on the street, For children torn apart by parents’ quarreling, For the empty staring eyes of those I meet. My heart is aching this Christmas For people torn apart by war’s deep strife,
For children near and far who are hungry, For those who struggle daily for their life. And so my wish this Christmas season Is not for gifts beneath the tree, I wish the lonely and the sick could find relief, And all imprisoned wrongly could be free.
My heart is aching this Christmas For the lost, the wandering, and abandoned, too, For grieving hearts who’ve said goodbye to loved ones, For all the things that make a Christmas blue.
My heart is aching this Christmas, For those whose eyes are blinded by their greed, For those who do not see God’s children in despair, For those who cannot see another’s need. And so my wish this Christmas season Is not for gifts beneath the tree, I wish the world around true community be found, And may that Christmas spirit start with me.
Merry Christmas
Words and music: Beth Robertson, 2009
Meet an Orange Memories Resident
Did you know that fewer than 2% of the people born in the 1930s are still living? Of those born in the 1920s, the number still living is negligible—less than 0.5%. Most residents in Orange Memories fit into those two categories. During the upcoming months, we hope to capture some of their stories before those stories are lost. This month, we talked with Margaret Henderson. Margaret, now 100 years old, resides in Orange Memories. She has lost her hearing. Thus, our “chat” was all via the written word.
Margaret Henderson was one of approximately 48,000 war brides who crossed the Atlantic Ocean to Canada. They came from France, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, the Netherlands, Italy, and England. Very few war brides are still alive; Margaret is one of them. She was born to Hilda and James Oakes on April 11, 1925, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, where she was raised along with her two brothers. At age 17½, she joined the WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force). One of her duties was to drive servicemen to their postings. It was during this time that she met Lloyd Henderson, an RAF pilot. Both were stationed at Squadron 10. They dated for three and a half months and were married in November 1944. Lloyd was discharged from the air force and returned to Canada. Margaret followed later, arriving in Canada on VE Day 1945. She arrived aboard the Synthia, along with 300 other war brides, docking at Pier 21 in Halifax. Lloyd was there to meet her. Then came the long train trip to Saskatchewan.
As difficult as it was to leave her home country, Margaret adapted to a new way of life on their farm at Herschel. Her “wait and see” attitude made adjustments easier, but she did find herself often asking, “Will I ever learn?” But learn she did. She adapted to the farm way of life and to living in a small community. She was soon taking part in her favourite activity—singing, both as a soloist and in choirs. Another
favourite activity was dancing, and there was much opportunity for that. They raised five children on their farm: Dawn, Grant, Laurie (deceased), Maureen, and Warren.
After many years on the farm, Lloyd and Margaret retired to Rosetown. Lloyd passed away in 2019. Margaret, at age 100, now resides in Orange Memories Care Home. She has lost her hearing but not her infectious smile, her sense of humour, or her ability to communicate through the written word. When recently asked how she felt about living in Saskatchewan, she replied, “I am 100% Canadian. Yippee!”
Just an interesting aside: Throughout their many years of marriage, Lloyd preferred to have her “behind the wheel.”
Rosetown and Kyle RCMP Report
The Rosetown/Kyle RCMP responded to a range of calls from Nov. 20 to 27, including assaults, fraud complaints and traffic enforcement.
On Nov. 20, members began investigating a theft at an auction near Kyle. The file remains open.
A dog bite complaint in Kyle on Nov. 21 required no further action after officers spoke with everyone involved. An assault in Rosetown is still under investigation, and police conducted a wellbeing check at a residence.
On Nov. 22, officers responded to a trespassing complaint in Wiseton, but the complainant chose not to pursue it. A possible impaired driver in Rosetown was also checked; no impairment was detected.
Nov. 23 involved the safe return of a loose dog found on Highway 44 near Wiseton.
On Nov. 24, members responded to a collision near Elrose caused by debris on Highway 4. The vehicle had to be towed. Police also received two fraud reports: one involving a supposed Powerball prize and another using an AI-generated voice claiming to be a family member in distress. The first investigation continues, while there wasn’t enough evidence to proceed in the second case.
On Nov. 25, charges were laid following an assault in Elrose. Officers also responded to a shoplifting complaint in Rosetown, which remains under investigation.
A reported structure fire in Kyle on Nov. 26 was found to be a pot left on a stove. A suspicious vehicle in Rosetown was deemed non-suspicious, and another wellbeing check was conducted in Elrose. Throughout the week, officers issued 43 traffic charges, responded to two false alarms and recorded no 911 misdials.
Anyone with information about these or other crimes is asked to contact Rosetown RCMP or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers.
Margaret Henderson
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Dec. 7, Sunday - Rosetown Senior Choir presents “Home for Christmas,” 2:30, Seniors Centre. Admission $10. Refreshments during Intermission.
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Looking Back
With David McIver
100 years ago - Dec. 3, 1925
Former settler George Ogle died of injuries after falling off of a building in Truckee, Calif. Ogle, 43 and unmarried, had been working on a construction crew on the Southern Pacific Railway. The impact fractured his ribs, which pierced his lungs. He died about four hours later.
Ogle was born in Pont Briand, Que., had gone west in 1909 and homesteaded south and a little west of Rosetown, near Gunworth, in 1910. Some of his brothers joined him that year and his other brothers and mother, in 1911.
In the fall of 1924, Ogle went to Trail, B.C., stayed the winter, then went to Washington state. In mid-November, he moved to California.
His mother, Mrs. Mary Ogle; sister Mrs. E. Fitzgerald, living south of town; and brothers James, Lewis, Henry, Stanley, Vincent and Michael, all of this district; Fr. F. J. Ogle of Spirit Lake, Idaho; and John Ogle of Darwin, Minn., survived him. The funeral and burial were here.
80 years ago - Nov. 29, 1945
Municipal voters sent Johnny Franklin, W. E. Innis and T. H. Smith to Rosetown council, favoured former reeve Joseph Evans over incumbent Oliver A. Brown as Pleasant Valley reeve and chose incumbent Marriott reeve J. H. Johnston instead of 13-term councillor William Wardrop.
The Rosetown Curling Club began its season with a large membership: 104 members.
Ridpath people held their last welcome-home gathering, the guest of honour being Pilot Officer David White.
Remember When
Gnr. Clifford Gee, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Gee of Rosetown, returned from overseas. He’d seen action with the 21st Battery of Saskatoon in France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
Bob Ogle won the district Bryant oratory contest, with Lorraine Westphal of Sovereign an extremely close second.
70 years ago - Dec. 1, 1955
Mr. and Mrs. George Sinclair celebrated their 50th anniversary. They’d wed in Shawville, Que., homesteaded in the Idaleen district and moved to town in 1950.
Dr. Lotta Hitschmanova, Unitarian Service Committee of Canada executive director, spoke here. Hitschmanova, of Ottawa, said Greece, devastated by earthquakes, needed the most help. About 75 per cent of Korean schools had been destroyed in the war, she said.
A photo showed D. A. Powell of Rosetown posing with the first white marlin of the season, which he’d caught near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It weighed 57 pounds and measured seven feet six inches.
Receiving 10-year plaques as Government Insurance agents were G. B. Oliphant of D’Arcy, R. A. Tyson of Feudal, Greenwood Agencies here and the Pym Co-op of Zealandia.
50 years ago - Dec. 3, 1975
Due to “the very poor turnout” at its Nov. 28 meeting, Ken Werner said he would continue to chair the United Appeal campaign until 1976.
A Saskatchewan Wheat Pool director presented a watch to George Ament for 25 years. Ament worked in his home town of Glidden for the first 11 years, at Pym and Malmgren for over a year and the remainder at Fortune and the north Rosetown elevator.
30 years ago - Nov. 27, 1995
Milton Lunney of Milden received a Zone 7 volunteer recognition award. Lunney, nominated by the Milden New Horizons Goldorama Club, had been United church treasurer while a teenager, Elks club treasurer, cemetery manager, village councillor, etc.
20 years ago - Nov. 28, 2005
A photo showed the Fiske centennial mural with organizers Tena Siemens, Charlene Siemens, Marianne Mahon and Joan Sinclair. Missing was Pat Siemens. Liza Gareau Tosh of Harris painted the mural which showed Mr. and Mrs. Ev McNeill, Sam Gidden and the first baby born in Fiske: Roy Olson.
We had a very mild November in our part of the province, all things considered. But vigilance is key! True winter can strike at any moment. Take this picture, for instance. As the writing on it suggests, these mounds of snow fell in March of 1927. Travellers fared better bringing out the big workhorses to traverse the snowpacked streets rather than attempt it in the cars of the decade. Businesses that can be seen in the background are, from left: The Bank of Toronto, C.W. Holmes Newspaper, Insurance, and Real Estate (Eagle Publishing Co.), Gledhill’s Drug Store, Mrs. Jamison Millinery and Beauty Parlour, Conlin & Evans, Mr. Higgins’ Harness and Leather Goods, and North West Land Company. PHOTO
Rosetown Library offers Letters to Santa kits
BY BRITTANY BOOTH Rosetown Librarian
It’s that time of year again when children send their wish lists to the North Pole. That means Letters to Santa kits are once again available at the Rosetown Library!
Each kit comes with a pre-addressed envelope, a Christmas letterhead, a hot chocolate packet, a candy cane, and stickers for decorating. Once the lists have been written and the envelope sealed, they can be taken to the Post Office and dropped in the special mailbox for Santa letters.
Friends and Liars by Kit Frick (thriller). It’s been five years since heiress Clare Monroe tragically died on New Year’s Eve. Since then, her college friends have harboured a dark secret: their lies and betrayals led to Clare’s untimely death. Now, the estranged friends are each the recipient of an invitation from the Monroes to return to the site of the death for a long-overdue memorial. Accepting the invitation means playing with fire, but they can hardly refuse.
Bluebird Gold by Devney Perry (romance). After a woman’s father suddenly dies, she uproots her life to move into his tiny lakeside cabin in Dalton, Montana. Cleaning the cabin should be simple, except the more she learns about her father’s life, the more questions she has about his death. The last thing she needs is a crush on Sheriff Cosi Raynes. Yet as she uncovers a trail of strange clues, staying away from Cosi is not an option. Neither is denying the attraction between them.
Fallen Gods by Rachel Van Dyken (fantasy). The gods aren’t dead—they’re only sleeping, locked in mortal bodies, waiting for the right spark to wake them. The worst one of all has honed their child into a blade, sending them to Endir University to steal back Mjolnir, the hammer of legend. But Aric Erikson, the enemy’s heir and the one person they can’t afford to fall for, gets in the way. There’s only a mission they never chose and the man they were never meant to love standing between them and a war that will decide the fate of the world.
Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L.M. Chilton (mystery). Kirby Cornell needs a break from everything: her dead-end job, her sleazy landlord, her messy roommates, and most of all, the terrible thing they did. Luckily, that hasn’t caught up with her yet. Until a new message on their old group chat pops up: Everyone in the group chat dies. It’s the first text her ex-roommate Esme has sent in ages, but the really weird thing is, Esme died twelve months ago.
The Time Hop Coffee Shop by Phaedra Patrick (adult fiction). Greta Parks was once the shining star of the iconic Maple Gold coffee commercials. Now fame has faded, her marriage is on the rocks, and Greta’s once-glittering career feels like a distant memory. When Greta stumbles upon a mysterious coffee shop serving a magical brew, she wishes for the perfect life in those past commercials. Next thing she knows, Greta wakes in the idyllic make-believe town of Mapleville. Given the opportunity to live the life she dreamed, Greta is determined to rewrite her own script.
Weekly Recipe
Roast Chicken Breasts with Olives and Honey Jus
Ingredients
1 tsp cumin, ground
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp canola oil
1 medium red onion, sliced
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 225g ea.) 1/4 cup honey, melted 1/4 cup olive medley, mixed green and black
Whole Grain Couscous Pilaf:
1 cup couscous, whole-grain
2 cups water, boiled
2 Tbsp currants, dried
1 cup carrot, grated
1 Tbsp butter, salted
1 tsp cumin, grated
1/4 cup lemon juice, fresh squeezed
1/2 cup fresh parsley, minced
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 F (175 C). In a bowl, mix cumin, salt, paprika and turmeric together and set aside. Lightly cover bottom of a two-litre baking pan with canola oil. Cut onion in half and slice vertically into thin strips. Sprinkle over bottom of baking dish and top with chicken breasts. Sprinkle breasts with spice mixture, flip over and sprinkle other side. Drizzle with melted honey.
Bake for 30 minutes. Turn over pieces, baste with honey jus and sprinkle olives over chicken. Continue to bake, uncovered, until chicken is tender, about 30 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted in each piece reads 165 F (74 C). Baste a few more times while finishing baking.
Serve with whole-grain couscous pilaf (recipe below). Divide couscous among four dinner plates. Arrange chicken over couscous and top with some olives and roast onions. Spoon honey jus over and serve. Place couscous in a bowl with cumin, dried currants, grated carrot and a small knob of butter. Pour over boiling water, cover bowl with plate and let stand for 10 minutes. Fluff with fork and stir in parsley and lemon juice.
Preparation time: 10 min.; total time: 1 hour, 10 min. Makes four servings, 452 calories each. — Canadian Food Focus
Family seeks return of missing Remembrance Day wreath
ROSETOWN — A local resident is asking for the public’s help after a wreath placed on her late husband’s grave went missing.
Louise Lafortune told The Eagle she has placed a Royal Canadian Legion wreath on the grave of her husband, veteran Ray Lafortune, each Remembrance Day since his death in 1983. She says the wreath she placed this year was removed and has not been found.
Anyone with information about the missing wreath is asked to contact Kate at The Rosetown Eagle at 306463-2211 so it can be returned to Louise.
Rosetown Seniors Centre
This week at the Rosetown Seniors Centre, members enjoyed whist, bingo, and crib.
Whist (Nov. 25): 1st – Lois Pich, 2nd – Terry MacDonald, 3rd – Cindy McRae, 4th – Joyce Morin Bingo (Nov. 25): Helga Berg, Lois Pich, Terry MacDonald, Laurie Carpenter Crib (Nov. 26): 1st – Jayne Labreque, 2nd – Ron Haye, 3rd – Marg Beckstead Games continue weekly. New players are always welcome.
Brynlee Wiens (L, front) of Plenty and the U-13AA Western Prairie Thunder stands in front of goaltender Jayla Sweet-Blumer. She, teammate Dillon Boisjoli (9) and Laken Heichert (19) of the Swift
another Wildcat, Vaeda Johnson with the puck, during the last game of the Female
on Nov. 21-22. The teams
Locals key in a showcase shutout
Seven games here on Nov. 21-22 made up Female Hockey Showcase ’25.
Local and area girls scored all of the goals when the U-18 A Western Prairie Redwings shut out the Saskatoon Comets 4-0 on Friday night.
Marisa Winny of Rosetown got two goals. Lindsey Campbell of Elrose scored the winning marker and Delaney Cruse of Rosetown also tallied. Shayla Aylward, Brooke Dobson, Taia Winny, Kaylee Adnam, Lillian Hayes, London Zacharias and Shayla Schmaltz, all of Rosetown, Addison Sawyer of Dinsmore and Jerrilee Shaw and Heimarie Strydom, both of Elrose, also played for the Redwings.
A U-13 AA game closed out Saturday: a 3-3 tie between the Western Prairie Thunder and the Swift Current Wildcats.
Jayla Cordes of Rosetown scored the second Thunder goal. Cammy Johnson assisted on their first marker. Jayla Foursha, Hailey Waite, Elyse Lefebvre, Kayla Hawken rounded out the Rosetown contingent on the home-team Thunder. Brynlee Wiens of Plenty and Vayda Leavins of Elrose also played for them.
A U-18 AAA game immediately preceded that.
The home-team Swift Current Wildcats got all of their goals in the first period when they edged the Weyburn Gold Wings 3-2. Piper Arntsen of Swift
Saskatchewan expands legal protections against cyberstalking and coercive control
People will have more ability to stop others from abusing them online after Saskatchewan MLAs passed a bill last week.
The Cyberstalking and Coercive Control Act “expands the definition of interpersonal violence” in the province’s Victims of Interpersonal Violence Act. That legislation now covers cyberstalking and online harassment,“ as well as coercive and controlling behaviour,” a statement said. The act is expected to take effect this week.
“This bill makes clear that victims and survivors of these types of abuse are entitled to protections under our laws, while increasing accountability for the perpetrators of such acts,” said Tim McLeod, the justice minister and attorney general.
The legislation allows victims and others “to apply for emergency orders against perpetrators or end leases to help escape circumstances where this form of abuse is occurring,” added Alana Ross, the cabinet’s minister responsible for the status of women.
The Victims of Interpersonal Violence Act already allowed people to get emergency orders that restrict perpetrators from contacting them and had “a process for ending long-term tenancies where a victim is at
risk of future violence,” the Justice Department statement said.
“Expanding the definition of interpersonal violence to include cyberstalking” improves Criminal Code provisions “and addresses instances where individuals use or attempt to use tracking devices to monitor an individual without their consent,” the statement explained.
Widening the interpersonal violence definition to include cyberstalking, online harassment, and coercive control “gives the legal system and law enforcement more tools to address this issue,” Ross said.
Coercive control is behaviour intended “to take away a person’s freedom and strip away their sense of self,” the statement said. “It can include behaviours like strictly controlling someone’s finances, depriving them of their basic needs, closely monitoring their activities, and isolating them from family and friends.”
The province designated about $32 million during its current fiscal year toward interpersonal violence programs and services. Community-based organizations, second-stage shelters, and more funding for Victims Services “and other important supports” receive $14.2 million of that, the statement said.
Current but with a Dinsmore connection scored the winning goal.
Jalaa Moore Jagow and Reese Kampen, both of Rosetown, also played for the Wildcats, who also had Stevie Christiaens of Eston in the lineup.
In a U-15 AA match-up, the Warman Wildcats shut out the Western Prairie Thunder 2-0. Harper Kampen and Rachel Dobson, both of Rosetown; and Eva Aitken of Brock and Taylor Christison of Dodsland played for the Thunder.
Madison Cordes of Rosetown scored all three of the U-18 AA Western Prairie Thunder goals, all unassisted, in a 5-3 loss to the Saskatoon Legends. Tess Kelly of Brock made 33 saves in the Thunder net. As well, Kya Kennedy and Collins Legge, both also of Rosetown; Addison Weese of Plenty and Sienna Kelly of Dodsland played for the Thunder.
In a U-11 A contest late on Saturday morning, the Western Prairie Redwings walloped the Western Prairie Stars 13-1. A scoring summary wasn’t available. Charlotte Waite, Audrey Aylward, Brooklyn Moore, Herschel Moore Jagow, Rebecca and Andrea Nunweiler and Andi Johnston, all of Rosetown, and Emree Blumer of Dinsmore were in the Redwing lineup. Johnston played goal.
Results aren’t available for the first Saturday game, an under-nine game between the Western Prairie Redwings and Western Prairie Huskies.
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tied 3-3.
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While giving wagon rides during the shopping night on Friday, Tammie McGonigal stopped the team to pose. PHOTO BY DAVID MCIVER