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MOMENTS IN TIME * On Jan. 9, 1859, Carrie Lane (later Catt) entered the world in Ripon, Wisconsin. A staunch women’s suffragist and peace advocate, she founded the League of Women Voters in 1920 and was highly instrumental in the passing of the Constitution’s 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote that same year. * On Jan. 15, 1870, a Harper’s Weekly cartoon criticizing former Secretary of War Edwin Stanton with the caption, “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” helped popularize the use of a donkey to symbolize America’s Democratic Party. * On Jan. 12, 1908, American inventor and electronics pioneer Lee de Forest, sometimes called the “Father of Radio,” transmitted a long-distance radio message from the top of the Eiffel Tower for the first time, heard by an audience of 50. * On Jan. 10, 1942, Mickey Rooney married Ava Gardner. Since both were under contract to MGM, they had to get permission from its

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CAOEC the industry: Finally, Twice laststate week,ofSaskEnergy set new dailya recognition of energy security natural gas usage records, and we can thank On Nov. 23, the Canadian Association of term, I still think there’s just so much under Energy Contractors supply across the globe, and the recogniAlberta for(CAOEC) mostannounced of our supply the release of its Q4 2022 and 2023 drilling tion, I think, finally, about energy security, forecast​ .

BY BRIAN ZINCHUK brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca The forecast included: Not only was2023 Saskatchewan setting electrical Projected wells drilled: 6,409 –conan sumption records the cold snap of last week increase of 827during from 2022 (5,582*) of December, we2023 also setoperating two consecutive gas Projected days:natural 70,495 consumption records, too.

– an increase of 9,091 from 2022 (61,404*) According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “ExTotal jobs expected: 42,350, an increase treme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week reof 5,437 year-over-year sulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the “The future of energy through our province. On December 28 andruns 29, natural gas conworkforce.

Our members have the technical sumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 innovation skills the world’s petajoules (PJ)and which was to set be in February 2021. most carbon-efficient energy sector,” “A new daily record of 1.62 PJservices was set on December 28 andCAOEC broken again on December 29 with total system said President & CEO Mark Scholz delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery is numbers for December 30 in a release.

“Canada well known for our and 31 are not yet finalized, but areand also expected to top-rated ESG standards, countries exceed 1.6the PJ.”world are asking for more Caaround The natural gas As records coincided with record pownadian energy. noted in a recent CAOEC er consumption. On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another white paper ‘Leading Collaboration Through record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At the Energy Transition,’ our members and 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and their employees critical asindevelbusinesses reached will 3,868remain megawatts (MW) power opment continues for oil, LNG, natural gas, use, according to the Crown corporation. The previous geothermal, helium, carbonfour capture utilizarecord of 3,792 MW was reached years ago to the tion and storage day, on Dec. 29, 2017.(CCUS), in-situ hydrogen, andSaskatchewan’s mineral extraction from brines.

In 2023, power production has increasingly shifted fromtocoal to natural gas as a fuel source.as In we expect lead the industry forward December, Boundary Unittransformation.”

4, a coal-fired generwe embark on the Dam energy ating unit, was reducingyear the Boundary “2022 wasretired, an exciting for the Dam CaPower Station to 672 megawatts capacity.

On the natnadian energy services sector following a ural gas side, Saskatchewan has seen theDrilling construction seven-year industry slowdown. acof several new natural gas-fired power plants. They tivity for oil and natural gas remained steady include the baseload North Battleford Power Station throughout the year with high commodity (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking prices andatmodest improvements in capital plant (also North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the markets,” Scholz added. baseload Chinook Power Station at Swift Current (353 Asked Pipeline Online 28 about megawatts) and peaking plant on SpyNov. Hill Power Stathe oil pricesAnother have fallen to below the tion fact (89 megawatts).

353 megawatt baseload levels at the start of the Ukraine war, and its impact on Canadian drilling, Scholz said, “I still think the fundamentals I think, are still very strong.

“I think these are, these are blips that certainly will come and go. But I think long

and affordability comingistounder the to the foreplant, very similar toisChinook, construction front of Jaw. energy policy. at Moose All of thisand added natural term, gas-fired power genera“Short medium I think the prostion has,look in turn, higher usageindustry. of naturalBut gasI pects verydriven strong for the during times of consumption. also think, ashigh weelectrical had kind of laid out in our Crown notedthat thatwe increased demandisfrom in The a white paper put together, that SaskEnergy’s customers, there is an industrial opportunity, I thinkincluding for younatural know, gas use for power production, was the main driver of for a pivot in the sector to start looking at this week’s record-setting consumption. other market options and I guess industries SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural gas confor our sector.

And that is things like sumption for the 24-hour period from 9:00 a.m.lithium, to 9:00 helium, into lesser extent, geothermal.” a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one Hegigajoules continued, “I natural think gas. the An sector finally million (GJ) of average Sasis startinghome to turn a corner. to katchewan consumes aboutWe’re 100 GJstarting of natural seeeach sustainability. kind of peek through on gas year.

“SaskEnergy’s naturalside. gas system canpeoacthe oilfield services I thinkdesign a lot of commodate additional capacity to manage ple are looking fairly bullish, I thinkincreased for our consumption evennext on peak SaskEnergy sector for the twodays,” to three years.presiOur dent and CEO Kenout, Fromwe’re said inprojecting a release. “Throughforecast came a 15 per out thelift year, employees inspect, cent in SaskEnergy activity, commodity pricesmaintain that we and enhance the system to support safe and reliable pegged at US$82 for WTI. And the natural natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In adgas, our assumption was $3.19 of gigajoule dition, employees monitor the system 24 hours a day Canadian AECO pricing.” to ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer “We’re still kind of faced with some infrademand across the province.” structure issues here in independent Western on Canada This province is now largely neighwith bottlenecks and trying optimize of some bouring Alberta to fulfill roughlytotwo-thirds our of those But the other thing I think natural gas pipelines. needs.

Whengoing naturaltogas prices really took a tumble roughlynat14 that’s really, high grade years ago, Saskatchewan’s gasbe production ural gas for Canada isdomestic going to Coastal fell off a cliff.nearing Targetedcompletion gas drilling went exGasLink andessentially LNG Cantinct, next is to no gas-specific in ada,with which just going towells be being suchdrilled a huge this province for most of Scholz the past decade. opportunity for us,” said. Our domestic gas production is now largely based on associated Canada’s energy services sector is an gas production that comes with oil production. As a integral part of the global energy producresult, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas extion supply chainof as against porter for the period 1988Russia’s to 2009 to awar net importer Ukraine threatens energy security abroad, that year. the association noted, addeding, “CAOEC is hopeful discipline from OPEC and civility with crude prices will help prevent the industry from potential recession impacts in 2023.”

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VOLUNTEERS If you can spare one or two nights a month to help protect our community, please call S/Sgt. Kevin Peterson 306.463.4642 Anyone interested in purchasing a C.O.P.P. sign to put in a window or to make a donation Please Call 306.463.9406 12” x 12” sign: $30 • 4” x 4” sign: $5 Activity Report for C.O.P.P. Jan. - June, 2022

Number of Patrols: 15 • Travel Distance: 128 kms Trouble calls to RCMP: 4 • Doors or Gates Unlocked or Open: 7

C.O.P.P. Wish to Thank:

RCMP, SGI, Your West Central Voice, The Bean, Town of Kindersley, Kindersley Social, 1210, Mix 104 and the business community for their support.

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Our Hours are: Thursday 11 AM - 7 PM Our Hours - 7 AM PM - 6 PM Monday 11Are: AM - 6 PM Thursday Friday 10 AM11 Monday 1110AM AM--66 PM PM Friday - 6 AM PM - 6 PM Tuesday Saturday10 AM11 Wednesday Tuesday 1110AM AM--66 PM PM Saturday - 6 PM Sunday 10 AMCLOSED Some differ in hours.

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The Tradition of the Angel on top of the Christmas Tree ... how it all began When four of Santa’s elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa that her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drunk all the cider and hidden the liquor.

In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor.

He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and an irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree.

The angel said very cheerfully, “Merry Christmas, Santa.

Isn’t this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?”

And thus began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

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www.leaderrealty.ca PAM BUSBY CALL 306.628.7542

DO YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEED FOOD?

Loaves and Fishes offers hearty soup and bread at no charge.

(Soup is packaged and frozen, just thaw & heat)

TEXT 306-460-9304 or CALL 306-463-6146 or email: info@kcfhope.com

DO YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEED FOOD?

Loaves and Fishes offers hearty soup and bread at no charge.

(Soup is packaged and frozen, just thaw & heat)

TEXT 306-460-9304 or CALL 306-463-6146 or email: info@kcfhope.com

FREE groceries through the

Program 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.

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.

When: Every week on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

Location: Christian Fellowship Church (East Door) 800 - 12th Ave. E., Kindersley, SK Please bring a grocery bag or box with you.

For more information, please contact Kindersley Christian Fellowship at 306-463-6146 or Barb at 306-460-9304.

Kindersley & District CO-OP

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www.lukplumbing.com jeanabaker@lukplumbing.com 807 - 9th St. W., Kindersley • 306-463-6707 EATONIA Saturday, December 24 • A Family Christmas Invitation. This Christmas Eve, share in a special service celebrating the birth of Jesus, in an outdoor setting at Eatonia Oasis Living. At 6:00 PM, the United Church will be enacting the oldage nativity story with the singing of carols. Everyone is welcome!

Saturday, December 31 • Eatonia Lions Club New Year’s Eve Dance. Special performance by Mitch Larock and the 4:54 Band. $35 per person; $60 per couple. Midnight Lunch. Tickets available at Eatonia Town Office or Eatonia Agencies starting December 1st.

ESTON Monday, December 26 • Annual Boxing Day Fun-Spiel. $40 per team. $10 for an individual (will build teams from individual names).

Call or text Sandy at 306-962-7572. 4 end games. Any and all ages. Loads of fun!

HOOSIER Sunday Service • Hoosier Community Church 10:30 am at the Community Hall. Contact Joel Hamm 306-460-7056 or Curtis Kornelson 306-460-7327.

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KERROBERT Tuesday, December 20 • KCS Christmas Concert at 6:00 PM Wednesday, December 28 • Parent & Tots at the Library 3:00 PM Saturday, December 31 • New Year Celebration at the Kinsmen Hall 8 PM 2 AM. $20 at the door. Performance by The Singles.

Midnight Lunch provided. Guaranteed $1000 50/50.

Fundraising efforts for Marty Huckabay. * Secret Santa for Seniors. Look for the “Santa for Seniors” Tree at the Kerrobert Courthouse Festival of Trees. Choose a tag, which will include a local senior and their wishlist. Please return wrapped and labelled gifts to D’Lux Hardware by December 17. Gifts will be delivered to the Hillside Lodge, Pioneers Haven and Kerrobert Long Term Care residents. For more information contact Lori Zerr 494-7172 or Kimberly Wack 494-8006. * Weekly Walk this Way at the P.C.C. 9:30 - 11:00 AM * Weekly Shuffle Club at the P.C.C. 1:30 PM * Weekly Open Curling at the Curling Rink 7:00 PM * A Christmas Village located at 432 Atlantic Avenue (Downtown in former pizza place building). Open until December 22nd. Thursdays 6-8; Saturdays 5-8; Sundays 1-4. $2 entrance fee (not for profit).

Saturday, January 21 • Kerrobert Wildlife Federation Annual Supper and Awards Night

SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE ONLY $52/YEAR - CALL 306-463-2211

Thanks for Reading!

We really appreciate the year-round support of our valued subscribers and advertisers, and we thank you for being an integral part of our continued success.

To all of our friends,neighbours and customers,we hope your holiday season is merry, bright and filled with community connection. Best wishes to you and yours!

KINDERSLEY * Prairie Crocus Quilt Guild meet 2nd Tuesday of the month September to May at the Pensioner’s Hall (3rd Ave. E.) 7:00 pm. Contact Donna 306-463-4785 for more info. * Kindersley Air Cadets meet every Thursday evening at 903 - 11th Avenue East. New recruits welcome. Call 306-430-7897 for more info. * Monday Night Jam Sessions 7:00 - 11:00 PM at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. All ages welcome.

Call Keith for more information.

LUSELAND Wednesday, January 11 • Luseland Arts Council presents Sheldon Casavant an evening of Magic, Intrigue and Illusion 7:30 PM at the Luseland Homecoming Hall.

DONATION DROP-OFF The Salvation Army is most grateful for your donations and support to the Kindersley Thrift Store.

Funds from your donations go back into the community, through our Family Services programs.

Unfortunately, many of the donations left after hours, are being vandalized and removed from the drop-off area.

In order to address this concern, we are requesting that all thrift store donations be made from:

Tuesday to Saturday, between the hours of 10 AM and 5 PM If donations cannot be made during these hours, please call 306-463-2191 to make alternative arrangements.