Medstead named Group of the Year

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VOL. 82 NO. 12 PMR #40007604
Spiritwood, Saskatchewan Friday, March 20, 2015
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Medstead named Group of the Year
Medstead was named the Group of the Year. Gerald Boyd and Shannon Englot accepted the award presented by Dallas Schwartz, Co-ordinator of the First Responder Program, and Devon Beauchesne, Manager of Operations for Spiritwood-Big River Ambulance care Ltd.
Down Syndrome Society celebrates local hero
Spirtwood’s
Megan
Allard named a Canadian Down
Syndrome Hero Calgary, AB.
March 21, 2015. Megan Allard,
a 17-year-old from Spiritwood,
Saskatchewan has been named
a Canadian Down Syndrome
Hero. The Heroes, announced
to commemorate World Down
Syndrome Day (March 21), are
five individuals from around
Canada who teach others to “See
the Ability.”
Megan is an avid volunteer
who has lead many successful
fundraising campaigns for Saskatchewan’s disability community.
The Heroes are awarded
$500.00 to put toward their education, a special goal or project
or to donate to another organization of their choice. Megan wishes to donate her Heroes prize to
the Saskatchewan Association
of Community Living (SACL)
to support the Fusion Inclusion
program.
“Megan has been a huge part
of the success of our programs
in her community of Spiritwood.
She has taken a leadership role
with our Fusion Inclusion program, which promotes inclusion,” said Carolyn Ganes of
SACL in her nomination letter.
The other 2015 Heroes are Andrew Banar from Windsor, Ontario, Emily Boycott from Acton,
Ontario, Michael Meehan from
Stittsville, Ontario and Angel
Magnussen from Port Alberni,
British Columbia.
World Down Syndrome Day
gives people around the world
the opportunity to recognize and
celebrate the contributions made
by people with Down syndrome.
More information on World
Down Syndrome Day and the
Canadian Down Syndrome Heroes is available at www.cdss.ca.
Megan Allard, daughter of Colin and Shelley Allard of Spiritwood,
has been named one of five Down Syndrome Heroes. She is seen
here (middle) during a recent project she headed, whereby donations of clothing were received and given to the Sask Association
For Community Living (SACL).
The Medstead group was named the
First Responder Group of the Year at
the First Responder Appreciation Night
March 14.
The group, which consists of Shannon
Englot and Gerald Boyd, was presented
with a plaque commemorating the honor.
Dana Prystupa of the Hafford/Speers
group was named First Responder of the
Year. That group responded to 36 total
calls, 34 of them medical, and Dana responded to 24 of them on her own.
The Appreciation Night was held at the
Pioneer Centre in Spiritwood, with First
Responders and guests treated to a delicious meal provided by Marion’s Catering.
Dallas Schwartz, Co-ordinator of the
First Responder program for SpiritwoodBig River Ambulance care, welcomed all
and presided over the evening.
Devon Beauchesne, Manager of Operations for Spiritwood-Big River Ambulance, congratulated the first Responders on their activities over the course of
the year.
“We do this for a living,” he said. “You
do it as a volunteer. There is a difference.”
“Even the public doesn’t realize what
you do,” he said. “But we know who you
are. We know what you do. We understand what you do.”
A number of Responders were recognized for long service to the program.
Among those receiving 20 year-plaques
were: Chad Dunn (Big River), Gladys
Henri and Kathleen Sawatsky (Leoville),
Allison Irvine (Shellbrook).
Fifteen-year awards were presented to
Sheila Reimer (Ahtahkakoop) and Gerald Boyd (Medstead)
Many local and area sponsors contributed to the evening. Among them were
Home Building Centre, Spiritwood Shop
easy, Martodam Motors, Spiritwood Scotiabank, R&L Feeds, Spiritwood RCMP,
Marion’s Burger Bar, Rabbit Lake, Hotel, RM of Meeting Lake, Cavalier Agrow
(Medstead), Shellbrook Flower Shop,
Naber Ford, Shellbrook Chevrolet, Shellbrook Pharmacy, Amanda Pizza, Debden
Credit Union, Lorna Benson Pampered
Chef, of Canwood, Blaine Lake Ambulance, Demers, Crestline, Ahtahkakoop
First Nation.
Thatnks to those sponsors, each First
Responder received a door prize.
Ardel Boese of Leoville was the winner
of the VISA gift card.
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CD release show to raise money for Alzheimer’s
With less than a week to
go until she takes the stage
at the Shellbrook Theatre,
Saskatchewan-born violinist
Keitha Clark is ready to pay
tribute to a fellow musician
and craftsman of instruments through her music.
Her upcoming concert,
which is scheduled for March
26 at 7:30 p.m., also marks
the culmination of a project
she holds close to her heart,
and the release of her latest
CD, Memories for Harold.
The Harold for whom the
album is named is Harold
Routledge, a renowned fiddle maker and aviator who
battled Alzheimer’s in the
final years of his life while
living in a care home in the
Yukon.
Clark came to know Harold through his wife Maureen.
“A group of us would
play once a week at Macaulay Lodge, a care home in
Whitehorse, and there was
a woman there named Maureen Routledge. She would
call out the most obscure
fiddle tunes when it was my
turn to choose the music,”
she explained.
“I always wondered why
she knew such obscure
tunes. She told me about her
husband Harold, and how he
had been a fiddle maker in
Keitha Clark and Kate Weekes will play at the Shellbrook Theatre March 26.
Atlin B.C.”
After this chance encounter, Clark then had the opportunity to meet Harold,
and play music for him on
the instruments he had
made. After Harold passed
away a couple falls ago, the
idea to create a CD playing his instruments and the
songs his wife loved was
born.
“We wanted to do something to celebrate his music
and the fact that he made
violins. But we also wanted
to include Maureen, who had
Parkinsons and was transitioning to a wheelchair at
that point,” she said.
With the idea in mind,
Clark set out in pursuit of
funding for the project.
Again, chance was on her
side. A friend of hers who
hosted a local summer music series agreed to make her
project the beneficiary of its
year-end fundraise. The fundraiser made $600. Then,
MicMac Toyota stepped up
to provide her with the outstanding $500, and it was
time to record.
“We did a live recording at
the lodge. We didn’t want it
to be overly fancy, or overpolished. It was meant to
capture the pioneer spirit
of the lives that Harold and
Maureen lived. I knew the
studio wouldn’t give us that
kind of feel, and we wanted
to be able to do it with the
residents,” she said, adding that the final product
includes the clapping of
residents, and even the occasional sound of a dropped
eating utensil.
Clark says the idea for the
CD came to her because witnessing Harold’s struggle
Alzheimer’s brought back
memories she had of visiting
and playing for her grandmother, Pat Edquist, who
lived in Shellbrook’s care
home and battled dementia
until the end of her life.
“She knew that she knew
me, but she didn’t always
know the connection. But
right until the end she could
remember the words to
‘Waltz of the Wind’ and ‘Tennessee Waltz,’” she said.
“It always amazes me what
a deep connection music has
for people who have dementia or Alzheimer’s.”
Clark’s love of playing music started at a young age.
When she was a child, her
mother would drive her from
their home in Shell Lake all
the way to Prince Albert for
music lessons.
Later on, her family moved
to Saskatoon and she joined
an orchestra. Her eventual pursuit of a journalism
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degree led her to Halifax,
where she frequently played
at local Irish Sessions.
Set on pursuing a career
in journalism and enjoying
music as a pastime, Clark
moved back to Shellbrook
and worked briefly for the
Prince Albert Daily Herald. But as luck would have
it, she ended up moving to
Whitehorse, where she became a violin teacher.
“When I got here, there
was a shortage of violin
teachers in the community. So I turned my focus to
teaching and that morphed
into doing a lot of playing,”
she said.
Since then, her career has
included playing with the
Juno-nominated roots band
Annie Lou, and touring China with an orchestra led by
fellow Yukon resident, Grant
Simpson.
Though Clark didn’t fall
in love with the violin until
she started playing it at age
15, she spent a lot of time at
the Shellbrook care home
with her grandma. Clark
would often visit and play
for the residents, while her
grandma danced at the care
home until she was well into
her 80s.
“Having those memories
of playing in the care home –
both with my grandma when
she was able to dance there
and for her when she was
in the nursing homes – really had an emotional impact
on me during this process. I
wanted to bring this back to
Shellbrook in memory of my
grandma and those connections we made,” she said of
her decision to release her
CD here.
To further honour Harold,
Maureen and her grandmother, proceeds from the
show and CD sales will go
to support the Alzheimer’s
Society of Canada. Tickets
for the show are $10, and the
Shellbrook Grandmothers to
Grandmothers chapter will
be running a canteen.
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Report from the Legislature
Highway 7 Twinning
Coming Soon
The twinning of one of
Saskatchewan’s most important highways is getting
a boost with a major funding commitment from the
federal government. Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
and Premier Brad Wall
have announced that the
Government of Canada will
fund half the eligible costs
to twin 25 km of Highway 7
from Saskatoon to Delisle,
to a maximum of $32 million.
Highway 7 is an important route that connects
our largest city to growing
communities like Delisle,
Rosetown and Kindersley,
as well as to export markets. Traffic on this part
of Highway 7 has increased
by 50 per cent in the last
decade and twinning will
address the safety and congestion concerns that have
resulted from our remarkable economic and population growth.
This project is an example of our government’s
commitment to ensuring
growth improves everyone’s quality of life.Other
major highway projects that
improve safety include:
• Recently completed
twinning of Highway 11
from Saskatoon to Prince
Albert and passing lanes on
Highway 10 between Balgonie and Fort Qu’Appelle;
• Ongoing work on twinning Highway 16 from
Saskatoon to Clavet, passing lanes on Highway 7
between Delisle and Rosetown; and
• Planning for the future
twinning of Highway 6 and
39 from Regina to the US
border.
Twinning Highway 7
is expected to begin this
spring with grading work
between Saskatoon to an
area east of Vanscoy. Additional work will be scheduled as planning work is
completed. Work on the
entire 25 km could be completed as soon as fall of
2018.
Saskatchewan’s Economy is Strong, Diversi-
SCOTT MOE
MLA
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Rosthern Shellbrook
Toll Free:
1-855-793-3422
www.scott-moe.com
fied and Growing
When an economy is
strong and diversified, a
downturn in one sector
can be offset by growth in
others. According to a new
RBC Provincial Outlook,
that’s exactly what we can
expect in Saskatchewan.
Economists are forecasting “real economic growth
to accelerate despite lower
oil prices” in 2015 thanks
to “strength in non-energy
sectors” – mainly potash
and agriculture.
On
Monday,
March
9,The Mosaic Company announced an additional $1.7
billion investment into further developing its K3 potash mine project at Esterhazy. We thank The Mosaic
Company for its vision and
continued commitment to
Saskatchewan.
This latest investment a
vote of confidence in Saskatchewan’s future.
It
speaks to the importance of
competitive royalties and
of balancing the interests of
the owners of the resource
– the people of the province
– with our plan to also have
an attractive investment
climate.
Strong Economy Building Better Long-Term
Care
Residents of Radville and
area recently celebrated the
grand opening of the Radville Marian Health Centre,
a new long-term care facility in the community.It is
our government’s priority
to ensure long-term care
residents have a safe and
comfortable place to live.
This modern facility will
create a better work environment for health providers to provide patient-centred care.
Our
government
is
pleased to support this
type of key infrastructure
renewal. In fact, we have
made it a priority to invest
approximately $200 million toward the replacement of 13 long-term care
facilities across the province. To date, eight of the
13 projects have been completed, four are currently
under construction and the
final project is in the planning phase.
20 New Doctors Now
Practising in
Saskatchewan
Twenty new doctors are
practising in Saskatchewan, thanks to the most
recent results of the Saskatchewan International
Physician Practice Assessment (SIPPA) program.SIPPA is a made-in-Saskatchewan program that assesses
International
Medical
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Grads on their medical
education and clinical ability before allowing them
to practise medicine in the
province.
Since the program began in 2011, more than 160
new family physicians have
completed the assessment
and have fulfi lled or are
fulfi lling their service commitment to the province.
Sixteen other International
Medical Grads are currently completing their clinical
field assessments. If successful, these physicians
will begin practising across
the province this spring.
People across Saskatchewan are benefiting from
better access to doctors.
In addition to attracting International Medical
Grads, Saskatchewan has
been successful in keeping
more locally-trained family medicine graduates in
the province. The retention
rate of those trained at the
U of S has jumped by 17 per
cent over the past two years
– from 58 per cent to 75 per
cent.
March spring runoff forecast
The Water Security Agency released the March Spring Runoff Forecast. The central part of the grain belt is expected to
be in the above normal range and could see some flows exceed the natural channel capacity in certain areas but should
not cause significant issues. The rest of the province is looking at a normal to below normal spring runoff.
“We’ve had more snow than we would have liked in February and some of the surveys are showing more water in the
snow which is impacting the forecast,” Minister responsible
for the Water Security Agency Scott Moe said. “So far, the
conditions seem to be fairly positive and the Water Security
Agency will continue to monitor this closely as the temperatures rise and the snow begins to melt.”
The central part of the grain belt was upgraded to the above
normal range due to the above normal snowfall in February
which added to an already wet landscape. An above normal
water equivalent within the snowpack was verified during
snow surveys conducted by the Water Security Agency across
the southern half of Saskatchewan in late February.
In the southwestern corner of the province, below normal
snowfall and several melt events have resulted in the forecast being downgraded from near normal to below normal.
Spring runoff potential north of Buffalo Narrows, La Ronge,
and Creighton continues to be below normal.
Terminal lakes and wetlands that have no natural outlet to
drain will continue to remain high for the foreseeable future
and with a normal spring runoff could see some flooding issues. Many of these areas remain at higher than normal levels following several years of high runoff with little to no net
evaporation.
The Water Security Agency will continue to monitor the
2015 spring runoff conditions across Saskatchewan and may
Rob Clarke Report
Our Government recently introduced
liability limit.
amendments to the Railway Safety Act and
These proposed amendments to the Railway Safethe Canada Transportation Act which will
ty Act will improve safety by strengthening Transenhance insurance requirements for federport Canada’s oversight of federally-regulated railally regulated railways and establish a supways through the increased sharing of information,
plementary compensation mechanism for
empowering the Minister to order implementation
incidents involving dangerous goods.
of safety issues and granting the Minister the ability
These enhancements are designed to ento stop any activity deemed unsafe for railway opsure that shippers and railways are held acerations.
ROB
countable to citizens and communities in the
“The Government of Canada continues to make
event of an accident. This “polluter pays”
the safety and security of Canadians a top priority,”
CLARKE
policy will protect taxpayers and communisaid the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada’s Minister of
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ties by ensuring that adequate resources are
Transport, “This new legislation will improve railavailable in the event of an accidental spillway safety and strengthen oversight while protectDesnethé
age or other catastrophic event.
ing taxpayers and making industry more accountMississippi
Amendments to the Railway Safety Act
able to communities.”
Churchill River
would address municipal railway safety conAs always, I look forward to your letters, e-mails
cerns by requiring companies to share inforand calls. Write me at: Rob Clarke MP,
mation with third parties, including municiHouse of Commons, 502 Justice Building, Ottawa,
palities.
Ontario, K1A 0A6. I hope you will find time to visit
The Supplemental Fund for Dangerous Goods will pro- my website http://www.robclarkemp.ca To contact me via
vide additional resources for incidents in which the damag- e-mail use [email protected] Call my constituency office,
es from an accident involving crude oil exceed the railway’s toll-free, at 1-866-400-2334.
complete further targeted snow surveys to verify snow accumulation. If the spring runoff has not started by April the
Water Security Agency will release another forecast to update
the situation.
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Fax: 306-747-3472
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OPINION
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March 20, 2015
‘A name by any
other ...’
When I was a kid, I would religiously cut out any articles from the local paper in which I was fortunate to be
named. There weren’t many of them, to be sure, and most
of them were not taken from the field of sports. I wasn’t
much of an athlete, so if a sports-related reference was
published, it was always a race between my father and I to
get the paper. If he won, I usually
had to wait until much later after
he would have had a chance to
read every single word and every
single ad, and then later I’d have
to rummage through the garbage
to find it. That part was usually
easy, since, as the oldest, I was in
charge of taking out the garbage,
although my mother would have
been more appreciative of my efforts if she wouldn’t have had to
remind me almost every time.
DAVE
OK, every time.
HYNDMAN
But when I found an article
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with my name in it, I would fish
News Editor
my mother’s good sewing scissors
out of her basket and carefully cut
it out, making sure to leave a little
white space all around it. Then
I would carefully glue it into my small scrapbook using
a bottle of mucilage -- older folks will know what this is.
This liquid glue pre-dated the ubiquitous glue stick that
is now the gold standard for sticking stuff together. Paper
stuff, that is. Also, it didn’t taste that bad.
This didn’t happen all that frequently. Having something to cut out of the paper, that is. Not like my younger
brother, who scored goals like crazy and who was in every
weekly minor hockey write-up there was. Even so, it was
not really in his nature to search through the paper to find
where he had been named. It was a matter of priorities,
and if there was daylight left he’d likely be outside with
his hockey stick, and if there wasn’t, he’d be at the outdoor
rink where there were lights. Having his name in the paper was nothing new to him.
Well, can you imagine the chagrin the week I knew I
should be in the paper because I had achieved a minor accomplishment. I had scored a goal. But when I checked the
paper, it wasn’t my name mentioned, but rather the name
of my brother.
Now, if you have read this far and can feel some pangs of
sympathy for or empathy with me, then you have to wonder what went through the mind of young Dyllan Franson
a couple of issues ago.
Here he was, member of the team that had just curled
their way to the championship of the Spiritwood Curling
Club, and it’s not his name in the article and under the
picture. Instead, it’s the name of his younger brother.
Dyllan, I’ve been there. My sincere apologies.
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Reading the descriptions of the championship victory
by the Novice Timberwolves brought back memories, particularly memories of being a parent in the stands watching our kids struggling hard to do the right thing on the
ice.
People who have been there before will insist that these
days of getting up early to get your kids to the rink or to
their next tournament town are the best days, and they
are gone all too soon.
When our boys were playing, it always seemed that we
always got the 8:00 am game in Meadow Lake. Morning
came early, and the convoy would set off from the gathering spot at the Arena and arrive in Meadow well before
sun-up.
It always seemed, to, that they ended up in the “C” event
of the tournament, which meant their final game was the
last one on the Sunday night, and we wouldn’t get home
until very late, with school the next day.
However, looking back, would we trade those days? Not
on your life.
Paul Martin Commentary
What goes around comes around.
consumer confidence levels.
The old adage that history repeats itself is the key theme of
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the latest issue of SaskTrends Monitor, the province’s
A couple more voices have been added to the chorus
leading economic journal. In its most recent edition,
that Saskatchewan is not headed for a recession this
the editor reflected on the recent decline in oil prices
year.
and compared it to the last time we saw a big comFalling oil prices have left many people feeling a
modity price drop – 2009 – to see if we could draw
bit skittish about our economic prospects, especially
some parallels.
with all the news flowing out of Alberta about the imThe similarities are quite striking and beg the
pact they expect to see. Nonetheless, two forecasters
question…is what happened five years ago repeating
have suggested Saskatchewan will not see a recession.
itself?
Both the Conference Board and CIBC say this provIf it is, and the publication thinks there are signifiince will experience real GDP growth of about eightPAUL
cant similarities, then we should expect oil prices to
tenths of a percentage point this year. CIBC says we
regain about half their losses by the end of this year
will bounce back to 2.5 percent next year.
MARTIN
and return to what we would consider normal prices
But here’s where it gets interesting. Alberta, they
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in 24 months.
say, will likely experience a recession as will NewBack in 2009 – when we had the banking crisis in
foundland but of all the provinces Alberta, offers
the US – a few things were different. First, the US
CIBC’s economists, has the most ability to sustain
economy was sputtering and China was strong. Now it’s the itself through a down cycle. It would take years of government
other way around as America, our biggest market, is firing on deficits, according to the bank, to approach the debt levels Onall cylinders. And in 2010, Saskatchewan rebounded quickly as tario is carrying.
employment remained strong and so did investment.
And things are reversed right now according to CIBC which
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has Ontario as leading the pack this year followed by Manitoba.
Perhaps the most confusing month to track retail sales num***
bers is December.
When making an investment we need a couple key answers
On the surface you’d think it’s the other way around…after before making any decision. First…is there something worth
all, this is harvest time for retailers with the big rush at Christ- investing in? Second, will I be able to predict the rules won’t
mas. But they’ve been innovative, resulting in some significant change before I see a return on that investment?
changes in spending patterns.
It was questions of this nature that the Fraser Institute put
First is Black Friday. An American phenomenon where the to mining executives around the world. Nearly 500 responded,
day after Thanksgiving has long been billed as the start to the ranking jurisdictions around the world as a place to invest. SasChristmas retail season with massive discounts to spur the katchewan, it turns out, was the best place in Canada and secspending fever has now spilled into Canada. That makes No- ond best globally, behind Finland.
vember a much bigger month, taking away some of December’s
The reasons? First, we have good geology. After all, no matter
thunder.
how good everything else is….if you don’t have minerals, there’s
And then there are gift cards. Increasingly popular these are no way investors will come.
counted when they’re spent, rather than when they are purSecond, we have a predictable set of rules that govern inchased. Consequently, sales in January are disproportionately dustry. Investors – regardless of size – look for certainty. They
large and December is smaller.
want to know that once they’ve made their investment, the goalSo when we saw the December 2014 retail sales figures on posts won’t be moved. If Brad Wall and his government can lay
Friday they were 3.5 per cent lower in Saskatchewan when com- claim to anything, it’s that they have not tinkered with royalty
pared to a robust November level. Yet they were higher than De- regimes, giving industry confidence that this is a jurisdiction
cember a year earlier suggesting there is still some vitality in worth investing in.
VIEWPOINT
March 20, 2015
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More doctors isn’t the whole story
Perhaps you live in one of the Saskatchewan communities fortunate enough to
have recently received one of 20 new doctors that came to our province.
If you do, you’ve likely to know about
it already. News like that travels fast in
smaller communities … although perhaps
not quite as fast as it does through government communications that was rather intent last week on ensuring that everyone
in the province knew about it.
And while many might not see much
wrong with the Saskatchewan Party government doing this, it does speak to a
problem of priorities.
Much to the amusement of newsrooms
across the province last week, they were
greeted Monday morning with a barrage
of news releases on the doctors’ hiring.
It all started innocuously enough with
one government news release proudly announcing that 20 new doctors would be
practising in Saskatchewan.
That first news release explained that
the hirings were a result of the new Saskatchewan International Physician Prac-
tice
Assessment
(SIPPA)
program,
which has been rather effective in sorting
through the ample
red tape in the world
of medical accreditation that sometimes
makes it difficult for
foreign doctors to
MURRAY
practice here.
Again, there is
MANDRYK
nothing wrong with
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making the public
aware of this program
or its successes. The spoils of power mean
that you get to use the resources of the
taxpayers to toot your own horn a little.
The problem, however, is that that when
you toot your own horn to excess, it isn’t
just loud and obnoxious. Sometimes, it
truly is an abuse of power. And at the very
least, 10 separate news releases basically
saying the same thing is excessive.
Yes, you read that correctly. The government issued ten news release, heralding
TB is alive and
well in Canada
Dear Editor:
Thousands of years old and still a killer in 2015, tuberculosis is one awesome disease. Ask a younger person and they probably could not tell you much about
it, but it still strikes fear in the heart of anyone over
50 as they remember the stories of people being sent
to sanatoriums, away from loved ones for months at
a time, and for some, never to return. At age 80, my
mother in law still wept for her mother who died of
TB when she was only 13 years of age. Can it still be
fatal? Yes it can, and it can lay dormant and display
no symptoms. Babies and Grandmas and everyone in
between can be infected. TB does not discriminate.
Worldwide has the disease and 1.3 million die of it
annually and unecesasrily. Yep, that’s scary. The good
news for us is that it is also iagnosable, curable, and
best of all, preventable.
Keep that scary feeling in your belly for a moment
and consider the mother in a region of the world
where diagnosis, cure and prevention is not a given.
Picture yourself holding a dying child, maybe your
son or your grandchild. This is still the reality for too
many people. But what can you do? Plenty! Contact
your MP and ask him or her to please encourage the
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the arrival of the doctors in every single
health region in the province that received
at least one doctor.
Of course, new doctors in Arcola, Lloydminster, Swift Current, Porcupine Plain,
Leader, Kamsack, Fort Qu’Appelle and Estevan are good news. But there happens to
be a lot of doctors in this province. And
doctors tend to come and go. For the provincial government to spend this much effort announcing the arrival of handful is a
more than a little suspicious.
In fact, it’s quite suspicious, given all
this came a week after the legislature saw
about 70 protestors from Craik offering
serious concerns that their doctor is being
forced out of town by the Five Hills Health
Region. The Craik protestors were joined
by others as far away as Coronach and as
close as Central Butte suggests so perhaps the government isn’t quite telling the
whole story when it comes to its success in
finding rural doctors.
Moreover, the government has been under fire for a lot of other health issues.
First, there has been the money and re-
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sources spent on “lean” training that has
included sending regional and provincial
health officials to the U.S. to tour an airbag factory in Utah.
And then there is the problem of seniors’
care that the government would have us
believe is confined to a few nursing homes
in the cities. Well, according to the Provincial Ombudsman Mary McFadyen, the
complaints she is getting after being assigned to look into the matter are “widespread” across the province.
Finally, the Sask. Party government has
most recently found itself under siege over
the cost of ambulance fees that are much
higher than other provinces and certainly
much higher for rural people forced to pay
more for mileage and for inter-hospital
transfers.
Rural and Remote Health Minister Greg
Ottenbreit’s explanation that there have
been other priorities is not good enough.
Delivering good health care to rural
Saskatchewan requires more than tooting your own horn over the hiring of a few
doctors.
YOUR TWO CENTS
government to recommit to an astoundingly successful program, TB Reach, which is under threat of cancellation. This program was initiated in 2009 by the
Canadian government - something of which we can be
proud. The program is about innovation and reaching the hardest to reach people who have TB. I was
thrilled when my MP, Murray Rankin, personally canvassed the honourable Christian Paradis in this regard. I am going to ask him to do this again as time is
running out and we need this to be funded to the tune
of $120 million over five years. TB can be eradicated,
not just in Canada, but around the world. Please do
your part, pick up a pen, write a quick email or phone
or tweet your MP. Do it *before* World TB Day on
March 24th. Remember, it is an election year!
Connie Lebeau
Victoria, BC
Lester Pearson’s
Challenge
Dear Editor:
I would like to congratulate the House of Lords in
London for passing historic legislation which requires
the British government to allocate 0.7% of their GDP
to Overseas Development Assistance.
Why this is of such interest to Canadians is that
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was our Prime Minister, Lester Pearson, who in 1969,
challenged the developed countries to achieve this
level of funding to those countries less fortunate than
us. Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Luxemburg and now Britain have achieved that target.
Unfortunately, despite promises by several governments, Canada is still below 0.3%.
Perhaps it is time for us to pass such a law in Ottawa
and honour the memory of a great man.
Yours Truly,
Sam Weller
Victoria BC
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Medstead news
Spring is here, we think
Spiritwood residents might
have had reason to curse last
week, but their invective might
well have been misplaced.
As temperatures hit double
figures for several days in a
row, people might well have
been wondering if they were
facing a tax increase for having a backyard – or front yard
– swimming pool. Or even
one in their basement.
They might have been
thinking that somebody ought
to be doing something about
it.
The truth of the matter,
somebody was. The town
crew was busy using whatever equipment they had at
their disposal to clear ditches,
drain low spots, trench, grade
the ruts off the streets, whatever, to get the water running
away where it was supposed to
go. And as quickly as possible,
too. The difficulty in keeping
up to Mother Nature was com-
Slush, snow piles down the middle of the street, water everywhere. The town
works crew has been busy, but it was tough keeping up last week.
pounded by problems with the
east side lift station, a water
main break, and an injury to a
key employee.
The best advice that could
be given was if you were at the
end of your rope, tie a knot
and hang on.
Thankfully, most did, and
by the beginning of this week,
things don’t look too bad
around town, relatively speaking of course.
Mother Nature has eased,
too. The weather forecast for
the next couple of weeks shows
daytime highs in the low numbers. While still on the positive side for daytime highs,
the melt should be somewhat
slower for the week with temperatures not forecast to rise
to double digits until the 29th.
With the amount of snow
gone, and reports of geese
flying northward, it’s safe to
assume that Spring is here –
knock wood – barring a return to some storms to round
out the month. Besides, on
Feb 2 the groundhogs said we
had six more weeks of winter.
Well, they’re up.
Medstead Leisure Life held their March meeting on March 2 with 14 people in attendance. The
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Moen & Louise Casson & standing Pauline Bovair.
The cake was made by Gladys Jesse. Submitted by
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AGRICULTURE
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Students learn that Agriculture matters
There are few initiatives in agriculture which make more sense
than Agriculture in the Classroom.
An initiative Canada wide here in Saskatchewan it provides
innovative, curriculum-based programs and resources to help
increase students' awareness and understanding of agriculture.
What that really means is students are taught that agriculture
matters.
On Agriculture
With the recent Agriculture Literacy Week in Saskatchewan
(March 1-7), I was afforded an opportunity to see the efforts of
Ag in the Classroom first hand.
Grade 4 students at Columbia School in Yorkton were among
students in 161 classrooms to take part in the launch of a new
school resource with presenters reading ‘The Adventures of Michael & Mia: Stewards of the Land’ a new book geared toward
teaching students more about where their food comes from The
book, by author Edward Willet and illustrated by Val Lawton,
touched on some technical aspects of agriculture, from the use of
global positioning systems for precision farming, to how a riparian area protects natural water ways.
When Michael and Mia accidentally cause a run-off of fertilizer dad is quick to point out; “Fortunately,” Dad said, “the farmer
who owned this land before us maintained these bushes along
the creek and let native grasses grow between the garden and
the creek bed too. That will have trapped most of the fertilizer
and prevented it from getting into the water. It’s called ‘riparian
management’ and it’s something I’m working really hard to keep
doing well.”
And in another spot mom asks; “GPS units,” Mom said. “Do
you know what GPS stands for?” “Global Positioning System,”
Mia said proudly. “We learned that in school.” Mom smiled.
Calvin
Daniels
“Very good! Using GPS and other technology, we’re doing what’s called ‘precision farming.’ That’s where you break
your fields down into smaller zones and
manage each one a little differently. It
helps us conserve fuel, ensures we put
just the right amount of nutrients and
crop protection products in just the right
places, and it’s good for the environment.
It will also leave the land in better shape
CALVIN
for whoever farms it after us.”
It might sound a bit more technical
DANIELS
than Grade 4, but most times as adults
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we underestimate the ability of children
to understand and grasp new ideas.
In this case the book even references
the idea of using Google to learn things, something young students know better than old writers like myself.
In a release on Agriculture Literacy Week, Ag in the Classroom
AITC Executive Director Sara Shymko hit the nail rather surely
in terms of the importance of the initiative.
“Agriculture plays a vital role in our lives, and it’s important
that our youth understand that,” she said in a prepared release.
“Students often learn best when they are able to connect with
their subject matter. By introducing them to people directly involved in the agriculture industry, we’re able to help them understand the role agriculture plays in their lives and in the world.”
And that was what was so compelling in Joelle Carlson’s reading of the book to Columbia School students.
“We eat every day,” said the agrologist from Melville, SK.
Winter weights on Sask. Highways ends
Weather permitting, winter weights will remain in effect for much of central and
northern Saskatchewan until
March 15 when they are removed by legislation.
“At this time of year, we
need to strike a balance between maximizing efficiency
for shippers and protecting
our highways from damage,”
Highways and Infrastructure
Minister Nancy Heppner
said. “Crews monitor road
Province proclaims
Ag Safety Week
The Government of
Saskatchewan has proclaimed March 15 to 21,
2015, as Agricultural
Safety Week in Saskatchewan.
“We consider on-farm
health and safety to be a
high priority,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. “Whether you’re
living on, working in, or
visiting a farm, we want
you to be safe. I encourage all farm owners to
take proactive steps in
the health and safety of
everyone on their farms,
including proper equipment usage.”
Agricultural
Safety
Week in Saskatchewan is
recognized each year in
conjunction with Canadian Agricultural Safety
Week, a partnership between the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association and the Canadian
Federation of Agricul-
ture, as a way of raising
awareness of on-farm
safety issues. By making
safety a priority, farmers
can greatly reduce the
chance of an injury or fatality.
conditions regularly and will
remove winter weights as
conditions require. Shippers
can check restriction orders
and the Highway Hotline for
the latest information.”
Winter weights have already been removed for
southern and west-central
Saskatchewan. Weight restriction orders around winter weights are published
online at www.highways.
gov.sk.ca/restrictions/ under the "New Winter Order"
link. Updates of the winter
restriction orders will be
provided today and Friday
by 12:30 p.m.
Truckers can also find restriction orders on the High-
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Sat., March 21 Sale: 1 pm
Spiritwood Stockyards
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way Hotline at http://hotline.
gov.sk.ca/restrictions/
or
by calling 1-888-335-7623.
Technical and regulatory information is also available
from Commercial Vehicle
Enforcement at 1-866-9335290, weekdays from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except
statutory holidays.
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Carlson pointed to a large 365 she had placed on the chalkboard, and told the students we eat every day of the year “because we need food to fuel our bodies.”
Carlson then asked, “Every day we eat what should we think
about?”
The answer was farmers. Referring to the book, and how it ties
into food production, Carlson said, “see how everybody is connect to agriculture in this room,” although not one student lived
on a farm.
“So 365 days-a-year, lets thank the farmers,” she said.
That is something we all should do, whether it is the canola
producer thanking beef farmers for their steak, or vice versa for
cooking oil.
And certainly for those of us who do not toil directly on the
farm, our grocery carts would be empty without agricultural
producers.
While it is important an organization such as Agriculture in
the Classroom start the education process with young students,
it is something we all need to remember. Supporting farmers in
their efforts to produce food and earn a reasonable living means
we all end up with food to eat 365.
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Leoville Health Care Auxiliary bake sale
The Leoville Golden Ring
Center was a sign of hustle
and bustle, on March 13,
2015, when the Leoville
Health Care Auxiliary held
their annual Spring Bake
Sale. It was a beautiful day
for people of Leoville and
surrounding area to purchase some delicious home
baked items and to enjoy
a lunch. There was much
laughter and socializing.
Each member had sold tick-
ets and eleven lucky winners
were drawn for Food Hampers and other food items.
There were also two lucky
winners of a door prize and
a 50/50 draw.
The Leoville Health Care
Auxiliary is a non-profit organization that donates to
the Leoville Evergreen Center and various charities.
They also fund some bursaries for graduates from the
Leoville Central School who
register and are accepted in
post-secondary education in
the medical field. The Auxiliary appreciates all support
and donations, as do the recipients. The members also
appreciate each other, are
enthusiastic and work well
together to achieve their
fund raising goals. Their
next fund raisers will be the
Strawberry Tea held in May,
followed by their Pie Sale
held in October.
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Several Leoville residents display their artistic work
Shown are the works of many of the local artists. What wonderful local talent
by the people of Leoville. We had a Art
Show on March 18th. Art work by Dennis Warkentin, Olive Christopherson,
Allan Kuzyk, Denise Kuzyk, Marlene
Lemieux, Andrea Tetreault and Diane
Tetreault. Plus the Grade 5/6 and Grade
3/4’s. The little story time children even
had a display! Thanks Leoville for sharing.
First Responder Appreciation Night
20-year service awards were presented by Devon Beauchesne to Kathleen Sawatsky, and by Dallas
Schwartz to Gladys Henri. Both are from the Leoville group.
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Novice Timberwolves STEP champs
Unable to wrap up the series on home ice on Saturday, the Spiritwood Timberwolves beat
the Edam Three Stars 9-3 in Turtleford on Sunday to win the STEP League Novice championship two games to one.
Home ice advantage didn’t do either team any good, as it was the visitor who claimed the
win each time. Edam hosted the first game, yet Spiritwood came away with a 10-5 win.
Game two was in Spiritwood, resulting in a 7-6 win for Edam on the strength of a pair of
third period goals that put them ahead.
Game three was held in Turtleford due to poor ice conditions in Edam. There, the game
was close for the first two periods, with the teams tied 1-1 after one and the Timberwolves
holding a 4-3 second period lead.
However, the floodgates opened in the final, and the Wolves emerged with a 9-3 win.
They were presented with the league championship trophy.
The entire series held plenty of excitement, game three especially. Parents and fans were
on the edge of their seats going into the game but were excited to be entertained once again
by this great group of young hockey players. The kids were happy to have another game to
play in the season and sure showed the arena what a great talent they are. This final series
could have gone either way. Edam Three Stars is also one great organization with a wellrounded novice team. It’s amazing at the ages of 7 and 8 what these kids can do on the ice.
“All fourteen kids were at all practices through the season and made every game,” said an
appreciative parent. “This is the first step to a successful hockey team and season. They
listen to their coaches, work hard and each individual improved their skills through the year
with this formula.”
The STEP League Novice championship trophy has been awarded 23 times, with a western division team winning it 15 times. Of those, Edam has won it five times.
This is Spiritwood’s first Novice championship.
March 20, 2015
The Timberwolves had chances, but they couldn’t get the puck past the Edam
goalie in the dying moments of the game.
The Spiritwood Timberwolves are STEP League Novice Champs for 2014-15. Team personnel includes: Back Row: Kesia Newton, Darrell Tipewan, Tyler Fisher,
Konnor Watson, Linken Fisher, Jabari Amadi, Max Ross, Brandsten Moore. Front Row: Jaylynn Giroux, Samson Thomas, Rylan McClean, Bronson Parker, Alex
Tkachuk, Corvan Stewart, Dalton Sanders, Jace Olson
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Dessert of the Month
The winners of the Dessert of the Month for March were Deb Patenaude and
Brenda Tipton. Brenda was unavailable for the presentation. Deb is seen
here receiving the dessert from Susan Siegel, who was the creator.
PRAISE & WORSHIP
Regular services, Sunday school and special services will be listed.
PARTNERS IN FAITH
Lutheran/United/Anglican
Christchurch Anglican,
137-2nd St. W. Spiritwood
Sun. Worship 11 am Worship
Rev. Brock Shaver
306-883-3400
----------------------Bethel - Medstead
1st Sunday 10 am - Worship
Intern Pastor
3rd Sunday - 1 p.m. Worship
Pastor David Jensen
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Mont Nebo
Wed., 7:30 pm
- Bible Study & Prayer
Sun., 10:30 am - Worship
Pastor Bill Klumpenhower
----------------------LAKELAND
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Spiritwood
Sun., 11 am
- Worship Service
Pastor Gerry Zak
----------------------BELBUTTE FULL GOSPEL
11 am Worship Service
1st Sun., 7:30 pm
- Hymn Sing
Pastor Floyd Berg
----------------------UNITED /ANGLICAN
Worship Services
Glaslyn
Time is on the sign
Rev. Kun Kim
Rev. Don Skinner
----------------------MENNONITE BRETHREN
Glenbush
10:00 am - Sunday School
Worship 10:50 am
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MENNONITE CHURCH
Glenbush
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Worship 11:00 a.m.
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Glaslyn
Pre-service Prayer Sunday
10:30am
Sunday Service 11:00am
Kids Club Tuesday
3:30pm -5 p.m
Wednesday Prayer
7 p.m-8 p.m
Pastor Ruth Phillips
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CATHOLIC
Saturday
Medstead: Mass 6 pm
Shell Lake: & Chitek Lake
(Closed)
Spiritwood:
Sunday Mass 11:15 am
Leoville:
Sunday Mass 9:30 am
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Shell Lake - Sun. 10 am
(Worship & Sunday School
in Lutheran-United Church)
Pastor David Jensen
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Battlefords Camp
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407-2nd Ave E, Shellbrook
Sat., 9:45 a.m. Sabbath School
Sat., 11:00 am -Worship
Broadcast on
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Pastor Dan Guiboche
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Government invests in students
The Ministry of Education
has allocated $2.4 million in
2014-15 funding for 11 school
divisions to support 16 Invitational Shared Services Initiative (ISSI) partnerships. Of
this funding, $1.5 million is
to continue the ten partnerships already in place, while
the remaining $900,000 is
to expand the ISSI to an additional six partnerships. The
ISSI partnerships form part
of the government’s ongoing
commitment to improving
education outcomes for First
Nations and Métis students,
as outlined in both the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth
and the Education Sector
Strategic Plan (ESSP).
“Through the ISSI agreements, all Saskatchewan students will be able to use these
supports to pursue their education and career goals,” Education Minister Don Morgan
said. “We are committed to
improving education and employment outcomes for First
Nations and Métis people,
in response to the Joint Task
Force recommendations, and
this is one way we’re delivering on that promise.”
These partnerships bring
together the provincial education system and First Nations
education organizations to
provide students and teach-
ers living on-reserve with
the same supports available
in provincial schools, such
as speech language pathologists, community liaisons
and literacy and graduation
coaches. The initial focus is to
align partnership goals with
the ESSP in the areas of First
Nations and Métis student
success, focusing on reading,
literacy, early learning and
improved graduation rates.
To form each ISSI partnership, the ministry asked First
Nations education organizations to identify what types of
shared services they required
and which school divisions
they would be interested in
partnering with. The partners jointly developed a plan
with clear outcomes, deliverables and metrics for the
partnerships.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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SPIRITWOOD: Wapiti Regional Library - Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 :30 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m.
LEOVILLE: Wapiti Regional Library - Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. Plus evening
hours 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Storytime from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.); Thurs. 10:00
a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
SHELL LAKE: Wapiti Regional Library - Tues. 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Wed. 1:00 p.m.
- 4:00 p.m.
SPIRITWOOD: SARCS - TEXAS HOLDEM WALT TIPTON Night on Friday, March 13,
2015 at the Spiritwood Rec Center Mezzanine. Registration 7:00 pm - Cards Dealt 7:30
pm. Door Prize Draws. Lunch Sponsored by Spiritwood Paint & Body. $50.00 Buy In –
Lotto License #TH14-0024.
SPIRITWOOD: DROP IN YOGA CLASSES - Beginner Yoga, Tuesday & Thursday 5:006:00 pm Jan. 6 to May 28, 2015. For more info call Laura @ 306-883-2981. Assisted Chair
Yoga Mondays 3:30-4:30 Jan. 5 to May 25, 2015. For more info call Donell @ 306-8832632. Supported by Sask. Lotteries.
SPIRITWOOD: Spiritwood Skating Club is proud to present “Just . . . Dance!!” Sunday,
March 22, 2015 2:00 p.m. @ Spiritwood HJR Arena featuring guest skater performances
Adults $5.00, Students $3.00, children 4 and under free. A Skate Canada Sanctioned
Event
SPIRITWOOD: Spiritwood Co-ed Draft Rec Hockey Tournament on Friday & Saturday,
March 20, 21; Player Draft Thursday, March 19 - 7:30 pm. Mezzanine Spiritwood Rec
Centre. $35/player, must be 16 years and up. Registration deadline Tuesday, March 17 - 5
pm. Registration forms available at Rec Director Office/Bowling Alley/Arena. For more
information call Tera 306-883-2176.
SHELL LAKE: Shell Lake & District Lions Club 12th Annual Spring Fling & Silent
Auction Saturday, April 18, 2015. Doors Open 5 pm – Supper 6:30 pm. Entertainment
Featuring: Brenda Lee Cottrell & the Legends. Proceeds in support of Local, Provincial
& Regional Projects. Tickets $25. Call Corrie at 306-427-4922.
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Robert Allchurch receives SWF award
Robert Allchurch was unable to attend the recent Saskatchewan wildlife Federation annual meeting in Weyburn,
so members of the Witchekan club in attendance brought
home the award which was presented at that convention.
Robert received the Clayton Young Memorial award for
Region 2, which is presented to individuals whose lifetime
volunteerism has had a profound positive influence towards
fulfilling the Federation’s mission statement which is “to ensure the wildlife legacy we leave to our children surpasses
that which we inherited.” These activities would include
branch and membership support, wildlife and habitat conservation, and education.
Members of the WWF presented the award to Robert at
Marians Burger Bar during a luncheon held following the
convention.
WWF members attending the luncheon at which Robert Allchurch received
the Clayton Young Memorial Award for Region 2.
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ever before, exports are at
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a challenging budget, but
the good news is Saskatchewan has never been in a
better position to meet this
challenge,” said Krawetz.
“Our economy is more diversified than ever before,
more people live here than
MMER
Turn to the Classifieds
to find your next
get, Ministry of Agriculture spending is expected
to be $362.4 million, a 2.5
per cent decrease from last
year. This includes $240
million to fully fund business risk management programs, and $71.2 million
for strategic initiatives,
including $26.7 million for
agricultural research and
innovation.
The Wall government is
also introducing two new
tax credits for primary
steel producers and manufacturing and processing
exporters, and making a
number of investments to
help build a more skilled
workforce in the province.
“There is no doubt this is
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and the Leader Integrated
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Moose Jaw and continued
work on the Kelvington Integrated Care Facility.
Elsewhere, investment
in education will climb to
$2 billion, a 14 per cent increase over last year. The
Wall government has also
earmarked $1.87 for operating funding for school
divisions, and $661.2 million in operating funding for post-secondary
schools.
Social Services spending
is pegged at just over $1
billion, with $26.5 million
going to increase the Seniors Income Plan monthly benefit, $7.7 million invested in programs to help
at-risk children, youth
and families, and $200.4
million going towards the
Saskatchewan
Assured
Income for Disability program.
This year’s Highways
and Infrastructure budget comes with a price tag
of $842, while the budget
for core infrastructure
is pegged at $1.3 billion.
Highlights include $581
million for transportation infrastructure, $256.4
million for health capital,
$248.5 million in capital
for K-12 schools, and $74.5
million for municipal infrastructure.
The 2015-2016 budget
also marks the beginning
of a four-year $5.8 billion
commitment to the Saskatchewan Builds Capital
Plan, which will maintain
schools, healthcare facilities, roads, highways,
bridges and municipal infrastructure.
Rounding out the bud-
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All told, the budget itself
includes $14.28 billion in
revenue, and $14.17 billion
in spending, an increase of
1.2 per cent over last year
for both categories.
“This budget is about
keeping our economy
strong and keeping our
province strong,” said
Finance Minister Ken
Krawetz in a statement.
“We will do that by controlling operating spending,
not raising taxes, and continuing to make record investments in much-needed
infrastructure
projects
like highways, schools and
health facilities.”
What’s clear in the 20152016 budget is that healthcare, education and social
services continue to be
priorities for the Wall government, accounting for
nearly 75 per cent of all
government spending. The
overall price tag for these
three sectors is pegged at
$10.4 billion, marking a 2
per cent spending increase
over last year.
Meanwhile, spending in
other government sectors
is expected to decline, on
average, just 0.6 per cent
this year.
In healthcare, the government anticipates investing $5.2 billion, $3.3
billion of which will go to
regional health authorities. Other investments
include $10 million to improve seniors care, $3.5
million to enhance the
Home First Program, and
$4.7 million on programs
to help reduce wait times.
Capital funding for the
healthcare sector will support the construction of
the 220 bed Swift Current
Long-Term Care Facility
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With declining oil prices
expected to create a $600
to $800 million hole in
this year’s provincial budget, Premier Brad Wall has
been very tight-lipped over
the past few months about
how his government would
handle the shortfall.
He did, however, make a
few things clear. First, he
was adamant that his government was committed
to delivering a balanced
budget. Secondly, he made
it clear that everything, including revenue sharing,
was on the cutting block
to ensure that the budget
was balanced. Lastly, he
frequently reminded us
that the 2015-2016 budget
was the hardest his government has ever had to
cobble together.
With such drama laid
out ahead of Wednesday’s
budget unveiling, the people of Saskatchewan would
be justified in being surprised at the positive outlook the budget provides
for the province.
Not only is the budget
balanced, but it also boasts
a $107 million surplus.
And even better for the average Saskatchewan resident, the government was
able to achieve this without implementing any tax
increases.
The
municipalities,
which have been awaiting the budget with bated
breath since February’s
SUMA Conference, are
no doubt equally pleased
to see the revenue sharing remained on the table.
In fact, revenue sharing
will increase to its highest
level yet at $265.3 million,
marking an $8.3 million
increase over last year.
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March 20, 2015
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Meats now has ham
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sells our sausage.
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size, reverse and forward. Also option to
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FOR SALE - 2010
Lode King Prestige
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tires, alum. wheels,
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lift axles. Some
rust. Will sell with
new Sask. Safety.
$48,500. Scott 306747-9322. 4-13CH
FOR SALE - 1997
Chev 2500, 6.5
Diesel, good body,
motor, power train,
$4,200 obo. 1984
Ford F150 ½ ton,
6 cyl, standard, over-
hauled motor, good
body. $2,500 obo.
306-747-2775 2-12
FOR SALE - 2006
Freightliner Classic.
550 Cat engine, 18
spd. trans, 46,000
lb. rear end with 4
way lock-ups, asking
$46,000 obo. 306724-4549 2-12CH
DIRT BIKE
FOR SALE
FOR SALE - 2009
CRF 150 R Honda
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decent shape. Fast
bike. $2,750 OBO.
Scott 306-747-9322.
4-13CH
MACHINERY
FOR SALE
FOR SALE - 1991
Ford Versatile 976,
approx. 6200 hrs,
std trans, 20.8x42 @
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& ready. $40,000,
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9370 Case IH 4480
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Raven GPS. Ph: 306747-3449 2-13CH
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old and yearling
Red, Traditional and
Black Simmental
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Also wheat straw
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3-13CH
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JEWEL OF THE
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Christopher Lake
Saskatchewan
Food Service &
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Duties include:
supervise, coordinate
and schedule the
activities of staff;
estimate and order
ingredients and supplies required; establish methods to meet
work schedules;
maintain records of
stock, repairs, sales
and wastage; train
staff in job duties,
sanitation and safety
procedures; ensure
that food and service
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of food service and
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menus. Wage $16.00
per hour. Grade
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experience as a food
service supervisor.
Please send resumes
to: Jewel of the
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Box 111, Christopher
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4-15H
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This position offers a health
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COMING EVENTS
or call John @
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Village and Museum
38th antique collectible
sale and vehicle parts
sale Friday, March 27
noon to 8 pm, Saturday
March 28, 9 am to
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Peter’ s Bros. Paving,
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reporter/photographer
to cover community
events, write news,
sports and feature
stories. Must have own
vehicle. To apply, email
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