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‘A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named ‘Amal.’ The other goes to a family in Spain, they name him Juan’. Years later; Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, “But they are twins. If you’ve seen Juan, you’ve seen Amal.”‘
‘I said to the Gym instructor “Can you teach me to do the splits?” He said, “How flexible are you?” I said, “I can’t make Tuesdays”’
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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.
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‘A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. “But why?” they asked, as they moved off. “because,” he said “I can’t stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer.” ‘
1. Black Adam (PG-13) Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge
2. Ticket to Paradise (PG-13) George Clooney, Julia Roberts
3. Prey for the Devil (PG-13) Jacqueline Byers, Virginia Madsen
4. Smile (R) Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher
5. Halloween Ends (R) Jamie Lee Curtis, Andi Matichak
6. Till (PG-13) Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall
7. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (PG) Constance Wu, Scoot McNairy
8. Terrifier 2 (NR) David Howard Thornton, Jenna Kanell
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* On Nov. 21, 1941, Tweety Bird debuted in the Warner Bros. cartoon “A Tale of Two Kitties.” Originally a wild, naked chick with rather malicious tendencies, the character evolved over the decades into a wide-eyed canary with a far more genial demeanor that increased (and retained) his audience popularity.
* On Nov. 22, 2005, Angela Merkel became a prime example of “smashing the glass ceiling” and an inspiration to a rising generation of young girls when she was elected the first female chancellor of Germany.
* On Nov. 23, 1910, Johan Alfred Ander was convicted of murdering Victoria Hellsten during a robbery he conducted in an effort to solve his ongoing financial problems. He was the last person to be executed in Sweden and the only one in Swedish history to be executed by guillotine.
* On Nov. 24, 1877, Anna Sewell’s novel about a horse named Black Beauty was published. Alternately scribbled on scraps of paper and dictated to the author’s mother, the book would go on to become not just a beloved classic and adapted for cinema, but play an important part in the animal rights movement.
* On Nov. 25, 1950, the “Appalachian Storm” dropped nearly 60 inches of snow in that area, carrying with it unseasonal temperatures and causing widespread property damage. About 150 people were believed to have died as a result of the storm.
* On Nov. 26, 2018 the robotic probe InSight, designed to study the deep interior of Mars, landed on Elysium Planitia on the red planet. Data collected from it could bring a new understanding of how Mars, as well as other terrestrial planets, formed and evolved.
* On Nov. 27, 1968, Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels, in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars. At just 5’3” tall and 112 pounds, she was also the smallest pro basketball player ever to compete.
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When will the new season of “Virgin River” be available on Netflix? Also, what is the diagnosis that Denny received last season? I hope they don’t kill him off! — L.K.
A:“Virgin River” premiered on Netflix in 2019 and is currently filming its fifth season. The romantic drama series is filmed in British Columbia but is set in Northern California. Mel, the lead character, who is played by Alexandra Breckenridge, is a nurse practitioner who relocates from Los Angeles to the small, picturesque town of Virgin River.
At the end of season four, Denny (Kai Bradbury) revealed to Lizzie (Sarah Dugdale) that he has Huntington’s disease, which is a degenerative neurological disorder. According to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America, the genetic disease “causes deterioration in a person’s physical, mental and emotional abilities.” While Denny has told Lizzie they don’t have a future together because of his health issues, “it doesn’t look like she’s giving up on him in season five,” according to TVLine.com.
Showrunner Patrick Sean Smith told TVLine that he doesn’t want to focus on “the dark and the sadness,” but instead wants to “take a story that has the potential to go into a dark place and find a way around it.”
“Virgin River” will return with new episodes on Netflix some time in 2023, but newcomers can binge the first four seasons in the meantime.
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Why are they changing lead actors for “The Witcher”?
Handsome Henry Cavill is the season we watch. — A.I.
A:Henry
Cavill recently announced on social media that he’s vacating the role of monster hunter Geralt of Rivia after three seasons. He has nothing but praise for the character and wishes his successor nothing but the best. Liam Hemsworth (“The Hunger Games”) will be taking over the role in the eventual fourth season, but Cavill fans can still see him as Geralt in the upcoming third season in the summer of 2023 on Netflix.
The only thing that could probably lure Cavill away from “The Witcher” is his love of the character that put him on the map: Superman. The DC Universe has big plans for the actor with plans for another movie centered around the iconic character, the role he first inhabited 10 years ago in “Man of Steel.”
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I just saw a photo of Sheryl Underwood of “The Talk,” and she has lost a lot of weight. How did she do it? — A.R.
A:Sheryl Underwood told People magazine that she worked “really, really hard” to lose 95 pounds, which is no easy feat at the age of 59. She did it with the help of a dietitian and personal trainer. She also had the help of a weekly injection of Wegovy, which helped “suppress her appetite and jump-start her weight loss program.”
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* You’ve no doubt heard of shattering a glass with your voice, but how about singing at a pitch so low only an elephant can hear it? That feat belongs to Tim Storms, who possesses a 10-octave vocal range and holds the Guinness World Record for lowest note produced by a human and widest vocal range.
* In some parts of the world, tarantulas have “pet” frogs, which they protect from predators.
* At the Harvard-Yale annual college football matchup in 2004, Yale students played quite the trick on their opponents by dressing as Harvard pep squad members and handing out crimson and gold placards to the crowd. While told their cards would spell out “Go Harvard” when raised, the actual message read “We Suck.”
* Two of the most common paint colors at Walt Disney World are “Go Away Green” and “Blending Blue.” Their curious monikers attest to the fact that Disney Imagineers created them to make your eyes ignore them.
* The first known dental filling dates to the Neolithic period and was made of beeswax.
* You don’t need a body to play video games - just a mind! Lab-grown human and mouse brain cells inhabiting a petri dish became sentient enough to learn how to play Pong.
* Billy Joel’s song “Only the Good Die Young” was banned by some radio stations for being “anti-Catholic.” Joel hardly minded, however, as the resulting publicity made the tune so popular that he wrote to the president of Seton Hall College in New Jersey (the first entity to forbid it) requesting a ban on his next record as well.
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Twice last week, SaskEnergy set new daily natural gas usage records, and we can thank Alberta for most of our supply
Young asks if the Saskatchewan First Act constitutional? Is it window dressing?
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and report on impacts of federal policies on Saskatchewan, and Saskatchewan’s economy in particular.
These are questions NDP Regina University MLA Aleana Young is asking. She’s critic for both Energy and Resources and SaskPower. Both of those areas are key considerations specifically listed within the Saskatchewan First Act.
Not only was Saskatchewan setting electrical consumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too.
According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week resulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province. On December 28 and 29, natural gas consumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.
That act was introduced by introduced by Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre on Nov. 1, with the intention of “reasserting” Saskatchewan’s jurisdiction on resources, environmental regulation, power production and fertilizer usage. It’s the Saskatchewan Party government’s response to what it believes has been overreach by the federal government into nine different areas, all in the name of climate change.
“A new daily record of 1.62 PJ was set on December 28 and broken again on December 29 with total system delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery numbers for December 30 and 31 are not yet finalized, but are also expected to exceed 1.6 PJ.”
The natural gas records coincided with record power consumption. On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and businesses reached 3,868 megawatts (MW) in power use, according to the Crown corporation. The previous record of 3,792 MW was reached four years ago to the day, on Dec. 29, 2017.
Asked of her thoughts on the act, Young said on Nov. 7, “The bill itself has essentially three key points, by my reading.
Saskatchewan’s power production has increasingly shifted from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. In December, Boundary Dam Unit 4, a coal-fired generating unit, was retired, reducing the Boundary Dam Power Station to 672 megawatts capacity. On the natural gas side, Saskatchewan has seen the construction of several new natural gas-fired power plants. They include the baseload North Battleford Power Station (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking plant (also at North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the baseload Chinook Power Station at Swift Current (353 megawatts) and peaking plant Spy Hill Power Station (89 megawatts). Another 353 megawatt baseload
“It reasserts that Saskatchewan has exclusive jurisdiction over exploration development, management of natural resources, forestry, power generation, and fertilizer. What the bill does, again, is it amends the Saskatchewan Act and the Constitution Act to add these provisions, essentially reasserting that exclusive legislative jurisdiction. And the last point is it establishes this Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal, which in my understanding, is going to examine
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plant, very similar to Chinook, is under construction at Moose Jaw.
All of this added natural gas-fired power generation has, in turn, driven higher usage of natural gas during times of high electrical consumption.
The Crown noted that increased demand from SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural gas use for power production, was the main driver of this week’s record-setting consumption.
SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural gas consumption for the 24-hour period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one million gigajoules (GJ) of natural gas. An average Saskatchewan home consumes about 100 GJ of natural gas each year.
She said, “I suppose my take thus far, is two-fold. We need to stand up for Saskatchewan. We need to be the adults in the room. We need to be serious decision makers at the table, in the media, in investment meetings, making the case for Saskatchewan. And as I’ve stated previously, this province needs this all-of-the-above approach to energy development and, of course, that needs to include renewables. That needs to include innovations like lithium and helium and things like that. But this bill, in essence, does nothing new to actually help Saskatchewan people, workers or investors.”
“SaskEnergy’s natural gas system design can accommodate additional capacity to manage increased consumption even on peak days,” SaskEnergy president and CEO Ken From said in a release. “Throughout the year, SaskEnergy employees inspect, maintain and enhance the system to support safe and reliable natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In addition, employees monitor the system 24 hours a day to ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer demand across the province.”
This province is now largely dependent on neighbouring Alberta to fulfill roughly two-thirds of our natural gas needs.
Young heard Eyre’s second reading speech earlier in the day, and noted the minister was careful to stress what the bill cannot change, such as the federal constitution, or things considered already in the constitution.
Young said she’s brought back to a place of genuine frustration with the federal government. There’s a real openness and desire to have a strong economy and to have a federal government that understands what that means in Saskatchewan and Western Canada, but it seems to be lacking.
When natural gas prices took a tumble roughly 14 years ago, Saskatchewan’s domestic gas production fell off a cliff. Targeted gas drilling went essentially extinct, with next to no gas-specific wells being drilled in this province for most of the past decade. Our domestic gas production is now largely based on associated gas production that comes with oil production. As a result, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas exporter for the period of 1988 to 2009 to a net importer that year.
“This bill, if it sought to move beyond what is already in the constitution, it would be unconstitutional, and therefore useless and irrelevant,” she said.
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And that’s where Young struggled a great deal with the Act, frequently bringing up the question of if it would actually be constitutional?
“It’s a nice PR exercise at this put, but it doesn’t do anything new or practical to industries, to actually impact the areas of concern that the minister is talking about,” she said.
Asked if the bill would allow Saskatchewan to set up its own carbon offset credit market, allowing industrial greenhouse gas emitters to buy carbon credits from farmers, Young replied, “There’s nothing preventing this premier, this government, from introducing a carbon market or something like it. Other jurisdictions have had it for decades. The government doesn’t need this legislation to act in those ways. If that is the will of the Saskatchewan Party government, that’s part of their legislative agenda, that’s part of how they’re governing this province. This bill does not help or hinder that.”
But it does create these economic tribunals. She wanted to examine it in committee and debate, fleshing out what the tribunals will actually do, and what will they be empowered to do. Young said constitutional experts have called them into question. “This could be essentially a version of the much-maligned Alberta ‘war room,’ by another name,” she said.
The legislation talks about using tribunal reports as evidence in legal proceedings.
She can’t figure out why the government is restating constitutional items, which, she notes, were established by former NDP premier Allen Blakeney and his attorney general, Roy Romanow.
“If this tribunal is essentially going to lay out economic cases that the government of Saskatchewan is already making, is already fully empowered to make, why would we, as a province, spend unknown millions of dollars, setting up an additional level of bureaucracy to essentially issue quarterly press releases?”
She said the NDP is talking with constitutional law experts.
“Whether or not this would be considered as evidence is questionable. Certainly, the government could submit it. I mean, you can submit, with relative restrictions, whatever you want. Whether or not it is considered relevant or taken is a question. I don’t know. And I think it’s an important question to be answered, whether rulings or statements from the tribunal would be counted as expert testimony by the courts. And that is a big question mark, alongside the cost and the efficacy of having a tribunal which in worst case scenario, but also very real possibility, may exist for no other reason … to be rubber stamping and championing issues that we already have a government talking about.”
She said the doesn’t know if the bill, or part of it, is constitutional, but “No matter what legislation a provincial government introduces at a provincial level, if it’s unconstitutional, it’s unconstitutional.”
A province does have jurisdiction over those things being reasserted, she noted, but that’s pre-existing.
“If they wanted to address a real substantive way to stand up for Saskatchewan, again, I would encourage them to renew the equalization lawsuit that they dropped once (Stephen) Harper came into power.
“I said, and I continue to say that energy security, the security of our power generation is fundamentally the most important challenge that we have in this province. Yes. Does this bill do anything to address that? Unfortunately, no.”
As critic, she wants to see progress, “some movement and some real decisions made.
“But this bill, and a lot of the rhetoric around it just feels like window dressing, as opposed to real action on economic issues, which, yes, are about money, but also about people’s lives,” she said.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re eager to “Ram” headfirst into that new project. But before you do, find out why some of your colleagues might not appear to be as gung-ho about it as you are.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) All that dedicated hard work you’ve been putting in pays off better than you expected. So go ahead, reward yourself with something befitting a beauty-loving Bovine.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Someone might try to take advantage of your generosity. But before your sensitivity toward others overwhelms your good sense, check their story out carefully.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your strong Scorpian sense of fairness lets you see all sides of a dispute. Continue to remain impartial as you help each person work through their particular grievance.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Trust your keen Sagittarian insight to help you see through an offer that might not be all it claims to be. A closer look could reveal disturbing elements.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) It’s a good time to take on that new challenge. And if your self-confidence is lacking, instead of telling yourself why you can’t do it, list all the reasons why you can.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is one time when you might want to put some distance between you and the job at hand. It will give you a better perspective on what you’ve done and what you still need to do.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Resist that occasional lapse into Leonine laziness that sometimes overtakes the Big Cat. Don’t cut corners. Do the job right at this time, or you might have to redo it later.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You know how you like to do things. And that’s fine. But watch that you don’t impose your methods on others. A current financial crunch soon eases.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) With the Goat exhibiting a more dominant aspect these days, you could find it easier to make your case in front of even the most skeptical audience.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Take things nice and easy as you continue to build up your energy reserves for a big upcoming change. You’ll need your strength for what lies ahead.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Recent news from someone you trust could help you make an important decision. Also, be prepared to confront an upcoming change in a personal situation.
BORN THIS WEEK: You can be firm in your own views, but also flexible enough to welcome the views of others.