Big River hosts first Pride Festival - Shellbrook Chronicle

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At 33, and a year removed from coming out to her fam-ily and social circle, Britney Kuchirka of Big River says kids were her inspiration to finally embrace and proudly be who she’s always been.

“Me coming out was seeing nieces and nephews growing up, and realizing I never want-ed them to ever feel like they couldn’t be themselves,” she said. “And if I don’t want that for them, I shouldn’t be hold-ing that against myself.”

Growing up, Kuchirka al-ways knew she was a lesbian, but held back out of fear of be-ing herself. On the outside, she was a bubbly, outgoing person and few, except those who knew her deeply, would have been aware of her struggle.

But on the inside, she says she was always in a mental battle with herself, feeling like she was alone and unable to pursue many things she want-ed in life.

“Growing up in a small com-munity, there just wasn’t a lot of the background or support, or anyone to look up to grow-ing up,” she said.

“I was just always being somebody I wasn’t.”

Now that she’s found the courage to be her authentic self, alongside her partner Sara, Kuchirka’s hope is to bring LGBTQ pride to life in small communities like Big River.

Acknowledging that it’s a little easier today, given how LGBTQ issues are more out in the open, Kuchirka says she wants to do her part to give others in the LGBTQ commu-nity (especially young people) a platform and the support they need to be their true selves, so they don’t have to experience what she did.

To this end, Kuchirka helped organize and host Big Riv-er’s inaugural Pride Festival on Saturday. And though the crowd of about 60 people that came throughout the day and into the evening may be con-sidered small by some, she

considers the event a success and says she’s pleased with the support it received from the community.

“Honestly, it was an over-whelming feeling. There were a lot of emotions that day [but] mostly just joy and love,” she said. “We had a couple youth who were at our event who are out and proud. It was very in-spiring to see that.”

Among the Big River Pride Festival’s many supporters were the Town of Big River, which allowed 1st Avenue to be blocked off for the event, and those who helped lead the many activities on offer throughout the day.

Malinda Krawetz provided rock painting, while Serenity Bird painted faces, and Liza Holder and her partner Mi-chelle Voisin hosted an open mic, which was enjoyed by the young and old alike.

Elsewhere, Matthew White-fish made a bouncy castle available, Sarackle Monks pro-vided equipment for disc golf, Karen Peters, Jay Olyniuk, and L. and Danya Hiebert of Pier 55 popped up some fresh popcorn, Deuce Vodka sup-plied frisbees, Mary McMahon contributed a Pride flag, and the Whitefish Fancy Dancers from Big River First Nation infused some Indigenous cul-ture into the day (Pride has been expanded to encompass Black, Indigenous, and people of colour).

Finally, Conrad Bendig sponsored the event, and Sask-Music sponsored an evening performance by LJ Tyson, an Indigenous and LGBTQ folk/pop musician from Prince Al-bert, at the Big River Hotel & Bar, of which Kuchirka is the manager.

“I just hope that this grows into something that’s cele-brated more than just one day during pride month, an ongo-ing thing throughout the year celebrating [the LGBTQ com-munity] in Big River for years to come,” Kuchirka said.

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An estimated 1,500 people descended on the Shell-brook Sports Grounds on Saturday, as the Shellbrook Kinettes, the Shellbrook Knights, and Shellbrook Mi-nor Sports played host to their first-ever Ballapalooza.

While the event’s name puts baseball and softball front and centre, and teams came from as far away as Meadow Lake, La Ronge, and Saskatoon to compete against the local squads, ball was just the beginning of what was on offer throughout the day.

“We wanted an event that would bring some nor-mal back, and get us all out having fun and hanging out,” said Kinette Tasha Cyr of the vision behind the day. “We wanted a community event that would bring smiles to everyone, no matter your age.”

To this end, a canteen and beer gardens were made available from the opening of the gates at 9 a.m. until closing time, allowing guests to fill up on all their fa-vourite treats. For the youngsters, Kidzville made a tri-umphant return to the Sports Grounds, offering laser tag, mini putt, an assortment of inflatables, bumper boats, axe throwing, the always popular petting zoo,

and a whole host of other games and attractions.Meanwhile, to add a counterpoint to the ping of the

aluminum bats, a beach volleyball tournament was held throughout the day. After some fierce competi-tion, “You’ve Been Served” topped “The Ball Smash-ers” in the final to earn the tournament trophy.

As day gave way to evening, everyone was invited to partake in a rib supper with all the fixings, while watching the Saskatchewan Roughriders trample the Hamilton Tiger Cats. And once they were all full up, it was time for the headliner of the night: a magic show by Hadlen that mystified and perplexed kids and adults alike.

Last but not least, the night ended on a musical note with some karaoke in the beer gardens.

With perfect weather, strong attendance, a well-sup-ported prize table, and a 50/50 that earned La Ronge’s Trevor Campbell an impressive $1,240 pay day, Cyr calls the first-ever Ballapalooza a resounding success — and the feedback she’s heard from the community, and the smiles on people’s faces throughout the day, suggest she’s not the only one who feels that way.

While all the bills haven’t come in yet, meaning she has no idea how much might have been made on the day, Cyr is confident the event will break even, which was really the goal.

Adding that the hope is to make Ballapalooza an an-nual event, Cyr says any money that may have been made will be put towards future events.

In the meantime, she feels everyone who played a

role in Ballapalooza’s success, including her fellow Kinettes, the Shellbrook Knights, Shellbrook Minor Sports, the volunteers who worked throughout the day, and the businesses and local organizations that sponsored the event, deserve a big pat on the back.

“We have this wonderful group of community mem-bers that make up our Ballapalooza Group. They genu-inely are doing this for our community and the people in it. We came together [on short notice] and said, lets do this… and we did,” she said.

“We couldn’t have done it without our wonderful sponsors. And we really couldn’t have done it without all the volunteers that gave us an hour, or two, or five, or eight hours of their time to make it a spectacular time,” she added.

Looking ahead, Cyr says she hopes the idea of hold-ing a slo-pitch tourney will take off with next year’s Ballapalooza. In the meantime, the organizers of the event will be meeting to discuss and plan how to make the event even better next year.

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A mysteriously appearing ring leaves a young as-sistant mystified during Hadlen’s magic show.

Headliner Hadlen put on a magic show in the evening. Here, he somehow makes an assistant’s phone pass through a balloon.

A young one gets up close and personal with a don-key at the petting zoo in Kidzville.

“You’ve Been Served” topped the beach volleyball tournament, besting “The Ball Smashers” in the final to claim the trophy.

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There was a good crowd for the evening’s rib supper and Roughriders game.

Infinity Face Painting was at Ballapa-looza, giving kids ways to express themselves.

Boy’s and girl’s baseball and softball kept the diamonds at the Shellbrook Sports Grounds busy all day, with teams coming from as far away as Meadow Lake, La Ronge, and Saskatoon.

Axe throwing, offered by Little Chicago Entertain-ment, was one of the many attractions available in Kidzville at Shellbrook’s first Ballapalooza.

Though we may have differ-ing opinions on the minutiae of what constitutes good gov-ernance, most of us can like-ly agree that we expect our governments to set the laws of the land, enact policies to better our lives, and keep the gears of our economy turning in the most unobtrusive way possible.

It’s a difficult task to run a country, a province, or even a municipality, and even the most savvy and well-inten-tioned politician will never manage to please everyone all at once.

Unfortunately for Canadians, as gas prices surge past $2 per litre and fami-lies are left with hard choices between shelter and groceries, our governments of nearly all levels – and their opposi-tions – are far from the savviest (and, at times, one must wonder about their intentions).

Indeed, rather than debating or enacting policy to help Canadians through these challenging and unprec-edented times, our elected leaders are content to pass the buck until there’s no one left to pass it to.

And as our own history has shown us, debating endlessly over who’s more re-sponsible can have deadly consequenc-es – just ask the family of Jordan River Anderson (the namesake of Jordan’s Principle), who died while provincial and federal governments bickered over who should pay for life-saving medical treatment for Indigenous children.

In Saskatchewan, few have done more buck passing than Premier Scott Moe. Since inflation and gas prices began their meteoric ascent, Mr. Moe has had just one solution in mind: sus-pending the federal carbon tax.

If Mr. Moe truly believed taxes were to blame for the price at the pumps, he would have been the first to suspend or rebate at least some of the province’s 15-cent per litre tax on fuel. Instead, he was one of the first provincial leaders to rule out the idea entirely.

Showing at least some consistency on his opposition to taxes, Mr. Moe also shot down a proposal from the Sask. NDP to impose a 1 per cent Windfall

Profits Surcharge to the pro-vincial resource surcharge when WTI oil prices exceed $90 (US) per barrel and/or potash prices exceed $700 (CAD) per K20 tonne.

Mr. Moe called the pro-posal a threat to investment in the province and said his government isn’t interested in raising taxes (apparently forgetting that his govern-ment had just done exactly that by expanding the PST for the third time since it was in-creased to 6 per cent in 2017).

In the weeks since his initial state-ments on the matter, Mr. Moe has softened his stance by saying his gov-ernment will consider giving Saskatch-ewan taxpayers relief at the pumps, if resource revenues remain strong and the province’s books return to balance.

In the meantime, the rest of us will just have to continue doing some diffi-cult arithmetic to keep our own books balanced.

The buck passing isn’t any better when we move up to the federal gov-ernment.

Last week in the House of Commons, both the Conservative Party and the NDP put pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to take action to mitigate the impact of infla-tion.

The Conservatives introduced a motion calling on the government to freeze the goods and services tax on gasoline and diesel, suspend the car-bon tax, and lift tariffs on fertilizer im-ports, among other requests.

Conversely, the NDP proposed taxing “excess profits” large companies have earned during the COVID-19 pandem-ic and redistributing the revenue to low-income families through increas-es to the GST credit and Canada Child Benefit. (In a truly grotesque display, MPs laughed while NDP leader Jag-meet Singh introduced his proposal, citing the reality that nearly a quarter of Canadians are reporting going hun-gry or eating less than they should be-cause they can’t afford food).

Whether you agree with their ideas or not, both the Conservatives and the

NDP deserve credit for bringing solu-tions to the table.

So which proposal did the Liberals side with?

Well, neither, of course, because why would it take action when it can just pass the buck again?

As it’s done since inflation began to take off, the Liberal government once again shrugged off any responsibility on its part, arguing that inflation is a global phenomenon caused by pan-demic-related disruptions in supply chains and, more recently, a commod-ity price shock due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Liberal ministers have also pointed to initiatives, such as subsidized child-care and an expansion of the Canada Workers Benefit, which goes to low-in-come earners, to argue that the govern-ment has been proactive on cost-of-liv-ing issues.

True or not, Mr. Trudeau’s govern-ment has still done far less to help Canadians offset rising costs than the governments of other advanced econo-mies have done.

In March, Germany’s coalition gov-ernment proactively introduced a relief package that included a three-month cut to the tax on gasoline. The cut was said to lower the cost of fuel by about

30 cents.More recently, the United Kingdom

introduced a “windfall tax” on energy company profits similar to what was proposed by Mr. Singh’s NDP. As of the end of May, energy companies face an additional 25 per cent levy on earn-ings, with the funds being earmarked for measures to further alleviate cost-of-living challenges.

For Mr. Trudeau and his government to point to the scant relief it’s provided and pat itself on the back is insulting to Canadians who are struggling to make ends meet.

It’s true a government can’t do much to change the current global situation.

It’s true the Bank of Canada is the entity best equipped to bring down in-flation.

But not being able to do much should never become an excuse for a govern-ment to wash its hands of all responsi-bility and do nothing, while the people it’s meant to serve are left to decide which necessities they’ll do without.

After three long, difficult months for Canadians, and with more challeng-ing times still to come, it’s time for our elected officials to get together, put aside their partisanship, and come up with real solutions.

The buck must stop here.


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New reports from the Conference Board of Canada and RBC Eco-nomics project Saskatch-ewan will lead the coun-try in economic growth this year. Increased pri-vate sector investment will ensure the growth of our exports and our industries, while helping secure better programs, services, and opportuni-ties for all Saskatchewan people.

Nutrien has just an-nounced a major ramp-up of production with a target to increase potash production to 18 million tonnes by 2025. This ac-celeration in potash pro-duction is an increase of 40 per cent from 2020 and supports the hir-ing of roughly 350 new employees. It’s also a major step in ensuring Saskatchewan can be a solution to ongoing food security challenges while helping to put food on the table for families around the world.

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growth plan which will see operations at the Bethune mine double as they move toward pro-ducing 4 million tonnes of potash per year. Sas-katchewan can play a vi-tal role in continuing to supply sustainably pro-duced potash to global economies for decades to come. This announce-ment is welcome news as increased production at the Bethune mine direct-ly translates to more jobs and opportunities for communities and fami-lies in Saskatchewan.

Protein Industries Canada, alongside AGT Foods and Lucent, an-nounced a $19 million fertilizer facility in Rose-town that will be opera-tional this fall. The new facility will aim to pro-duce 6,500 tonnes of fer-tilizer while creating new jobs and opportunities to increase the value of

low-value by-products in Saskatchewan.

UFA has announced two new petroleum sites in Weyburn and Yorkton, as part of a multi-year strategy that will support agribusiness, oil and gas, and industrial centres throughout Saskatche-wan.

With an expanding and diversified economy, our government continues to look for ways to create a Saskatchewan that works for everyone.

A new project by the Ministry of Environ-ment will help us pro-vide critical information about our forests and the industries that rely on them. The ministry is working to develop a forest resource inven-tory for the commercial forest zone that includes approximately 15 million hectares of forest south of Churchill River.

This information will

allow for the develop-ment of ecologically sus-tainable long-term har-vesting plans. Remote sensing data and the lat-est technology allow for faster mapping of forests, providing more accurate information for plan-ning.

Forestry is northern Saskatchewan’s largest sector, employing nearly 8,000 people and sup-porting communities. Another 2,600 jobs are on the way following $1 billion in planned capi-tal investments. Indige-nous people account for more than 27 per cent of the forestry workforce, with 30 per cent of the provincial timber supply allocated to Indigenous businesses.

We would like to see those numbers increase even more and are sup-porting further Indig-enous investment. Ap-plications from First

Nations and Métis orga-nizations interested in the natural resource and value-added agriculture sectors are now being accepted. The Saskatch-ewan Indigenous Invest-ment Finance Corpora-tion will offer up to $75 million in loan guaran-tees to eligible applicants.

The loan guarantees will support Indigenous-eq-uity ownership of major projects in forestry, min-ing, energy, oil and gas or value-added agriculture. A new website has been launched with details on applications and the pro-cess. Information can be found at www.siifc.ca.

Companies from abroad and right next door recognize the po-tential in Saskatchewan. With over $14 billion in recent private sector in-vestment, communities across Saskatchewan will benefit from more jobs, better opportunities, and a growing economy. We will continue to fos-ter growth here at home while Saskatchewan businesses provide the products that a growing world needs.


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The third annual beer survivor fundraiser was held via live stream by the Spiritwood Area and Recreation Center (SARCS) Committee at the curling mezzanine of the recreation centre on June 4.

There were 52 teams of six players entered into this year’s Beer Survi-vor contest, meaning a total of 312 participating and hoping to be the last name drawn.

The game is pretty simple. A team of six participants come up with a creative team name and each member contributes $50 to the fundraiser. $20 goes to-wards SARCS while the remaining $30 goes in the pot to purchase beer.

An elimination draw is held where individu-al names with the cor-responding team are

drawn from a bucket. The team is still consid-ered active until the final member is pulled. Priz-es are won based on the position that the team is eliminated in.

This year, with the 312 participants, SARCS was able to raise ap-proximately $8,000 and award a total of 312 cases of beer.

Turning to the winners, “Tipping a Few” was the 49th team eliminated, meaning they ended in fourth place and were

able to bring home 18 12-packs of beer.

In third place was “Crazy Cozy Creek”. As the 50th team eliminat-ed, they were awarded 36 twelve-packs of beer.

In second place, and taking home a hefty prize of 60 12-packs, was the team called “GaBeery”.

Finally, the first place team was the “Echo Bay Beer Bombers,” who took home the grand prize haul of 132 12-packs of beer. The team consisted of Don and JoAnne Wal-

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Other than that, there were also six other teams that were award-ed beers in various stages of the draw. This included the first name drawn, which earned Gail Forester’s team a single 12-pack. The other lucky teams were “The Six Packs”, “GaBeery Genuine Draft”, “Beery Alive”, “Brew Crew”, “The Schooners”, and the “Clear Water Bound”.


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SARCS’ Beer Survivor first place winners, the “Echo Bay Beer Bombers”. From left: Don and JoAnne Walter, Debra Taylor, Randy Barwick, and Terry and Joe Gilewicz, toast their beer winnings.

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Triston Marquis wins gymnastics gold

The Western Canada Gymnastics competition was held in Winnipeg, Man. from April 20 to 24, 2022. Pictured here is Triston Marquis, the 14-year-old son of SusanLynn and Chris Marquis, and grand-son of Lori and Ross Poppel and Janet and Calvin Harris. Triston won the gold medal for vaults and his team won the bronze team medal. The pro-vincials were held in Yorkton on May 14, 2022, and Triston won gold on high bar and bronze in all-combined scores. He also qualified to attend special training courses in Toronto in August.

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In a recent interview, things veered off topic somewhat (as often hap-pens), arriving at a point where we were talking about whether the people sitting at the table could field dress a deer if they had too.

There were four of us, and two said it was not a skill they had.

A third was confident in her ability, and yours truly was pretty sure he

could manage to get meat to a freezer, but probably the steaks wouldn’t be all that neat given the years since I last dressed a car-cass.

I’d wage it is a skill that is held by a far smaller percentage of the public – even in a largely rural area of Saskatchewan - than would have been the case when I was a youth.

As I considered the con-versation afterwards, it

came to me that it was yet another indication of how completely most people

have handed over the source of their food and its security to others, and in most cases the ‘others’ are producers, proces-sors, and transportation companies thousands of miles from their kitchen tables.

It followed a recent so-cial media post by a friend about early produce from her garden. I realized at the time that the friend was increasingly a ‘uni-corn’ in the sense people with a garden in which they produce more than a few tomatoes and a bit of lettuce for a salad or two are increasingly rare.

Drive around a city like Yorkton and head down the back alleys, and you’ll notice few backyards are full vegetable gardens these days. My grandpar-ents and their neighbours in Tisdale, most retired

from farms, had most of their yards committed to producing food.

In the fall, my grand-parents’ home, and that of my parents, was a place where I shelled pails of peas, cut beans to freeze, diced tomatoes to can, and carried bags of potatoes to the cellar for winter meals.

Today, it’s a reliance on a store.

Farmers used to have a few hens for eggs, too, but not so today.

While there are those who have chickens in ur-ban settings, with many cities allowing residents the ability to produce eggs, Yorkton is not one of those. Twice the Pro-tective Services Com-mittee has squashed the idea, fearing I suppose a rogue hen charging down the street, or, as was most

recently suggested, that hens would attract coy-otes and foxes looking for a chicken dinner on the hoof. Of course, foxes have given birth to litters in the city and coyotes have visited sans chicken.

It’s all part of a continu-ing trend toward total reliance on others for our food.

But when you consider the spectre of a broader war arising out of Rus-sia invading Ukraine, or what $2/litre fuel does to the cost of delivering eggs from hundreds of miles away, you have to wonder if we shouldn’t be taking back some food security directly.


Food security seems more important than ever

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Over the past week, producers across the Saskatchewan grain belt took advan-tage of dry weather that allowed for sub-stantial progress with their seeding op-erations. Ninety-one per cent of the 2022 crop has been seeded to date across all regions of the province, up from 76 per cent last week and just behind the five-year average (2017-21) of 97 per cent. While seeding is being reported as 91 per cent complete across the province, it is important to note that there are many acres in east Saskatchewan that may not be seeded this year due to excess mois-ture and standing water. Some fields in the southwest and west central are be-ing reseeded due to poor emergence and heavy insect damage.

The southwest and west-central are virtually complete with 99 per cent of their crop now seeded, 97 per cent in the northwest, 92 per cent in the northeast, 86 per cent in the southeast and 77 per cent in the east-central.

It was a relatively dry week for most of the province, however the southwest finally received some rain showers that were greatly appreciated and will hope-fully improve their crop and pasture conditions. The Consul area received the most rain with 58 mm, the Maple Creek area 20 mm and the Shaunavon and Admiral areas 16 mm. More rain is desperately needed in the west-cen-tral and southwest regions. Producers in these regions are becoming anxious about how much longer their crops can survive without moisture. Dry weather allowed for many fields in the east to dry out enough to allow seeding and produc-

ers are hopeful that weather will contin-ue to be favourable enough for them to go back out and seed low areas before the seeding window closes.

Cropland topsoil moisture is rated as six per cent surplus, 56 per cent ade-quate, 24 per cent short and 14 per cent very short. Hay and pastureland topsoil moisture is rated as three per cent sur-plus, 57 per cent adequate, 27 per cent short and 13 per cent very short. Dry conditions in the west are severely de-teriorating crops in those regions and moisture is needed soon for both crop and pastureland.

Forty-five per cent of the fall cereal crops are reported as being in the joint-ing stage and 19 per cent are in the short blade stage, while 49 per cent of the spring cereals are emerging and 20 per cent are tillering. Thirty-eight per cent of the canola is emerging and 15 per cent is in the seedling stage, along with nine per cent of flax being in the seedling stage. Forty-nine per cent of pulse crops are emerging and 29 per cent are in the vegetative stage.

The majority of crop damage this week was due to strong winds, frost, drought, insects (including flea beetles, grass-hoppers and cutworms); some farmers are reseeding due to flea beetle and cut-worm damage.

Farmers have been busy spraying for weed and insect control, picking rocks, rolling lentil and moving cattle to pas-ture.

A complete, printable version of the Crop Report is available online at https://www.saskatchewan.ca/crop-report.

Crop Report: May 31 to June 6

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École Debden Public School held its graduation ceremony on Friday, June 10. It was excit-ing to finally have a public cer-emony to celebrate our gradu-ates. The ceremony began with our Emcees, Gracie Cyr and Derian Demers, who welcomed our guests. Then Mr. Prosser introduced our 13 graduates. Next, greetings were given by Superintendent Mr. Michaud, and virtual greetings from Minister of Education, the Honourable Dustin Duncan, and Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty, were heard.

The principal, Mrs. Schwehr, and vice-principal, Mr. Te-treault, handed out scrolls to all our graduates as well as ac-knowledged the students who received honours and high honours.

Kyra Johnson graduated with high honours and re-ceived the Biology, Chemistry, History, Mathematics, Physics and Most Proficient awards. Kyra was also the Valedictori-an and the co-recipient of the PAATA Scholarship.

Anthony Jean graduated with high honours and re-ceived the Calculus, Industrial

Arts, PAA and Sportsmanship awards. Anthony was also the co-recipient of the Saskatch-ewan Youth Apprenticeship Scholarship along with his classmate Jaxson Saam.

Teanne Couture graduated with high honours and re-ceived the Home Economics, PAA, Greatest Improvement, Congeniality and Outstanding School Involvement awards. Teanne was also the recipient of the Diamond North Credit Union Member Scholarship, and the co-winner of the PAA-TA Scholarship and the Shaye Amundson Cheering You On Memorial Scholarship.

Elsewhere, Jennifer Clark graduated with high hon-ours and received the English award, Karson Aarrestad grad-uated with honours and re-ceived the Français and Phys-ical Education awards, Janelle Watrin graduated with high honours, and Jesse Gaudry and Faith LaMotte graduated with honours.

The Governor General award for the 2020-2021 school year was presented to Rhea Peter-son.

Following the awards was the Grand March of the grads and their escorts in their for-mal attire. The graduates then thanked the staff and parents. Next was the heartfelt rose cer-emony, followed by the always amusing “Most Likely To”/Predictions and the personal slideshow of our graduates.

After the ceremony finished, the grads paraded through Debden on golf carts, with the procession being led by the

Debden Village Fire Truck. The community came out to show their support by cheering on our graduates and giving

waves and honks as they went by.

Congratulations Class of 2022.


École Debden Public School fêtes grads

Back row, L-R: Jaxson Saam, Konner Bailey, Brayden Shepperd, Gunnar Nelson, Karson Aarrestad, Anthony Jean, and Sir Santos. Front row, L-R: Jennifer Clark, Faith LaMotte, Te-anne Couture, Jesse Gaudry, Kyra Johnson, and Janelle Watrin.

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Military service runs in Gordon Joyes’ family.

His father was a World War I vet, several of his un-cles served in World War II, and his brother served in the military during peace time.

Joyes says he would have been a veteran as well, if he hadn’t sustained a farm inju-ry as a child that prevented him from enlisting.

Instead of serving his country, Joyes has spent the past decade working with the Wounded Warriors Weekend Foundation to sup-port veterans, police officers, firefighters, and other first responders who suffer from PTSD or physical injuries re-lated to their service, by buy-ing them service dogs and giving them access to thera-py services at an annual two-week camp on Tobin Lake.

The Codette resident had been a long-time member of his local Royal Canadi-an Legion branch, when he was approached by Blake Emmons in 2012. Emmons was instrumental in the cre-ation of Telemiracle, and was looking to start the Wound-ed Warriors Weekend Foun-dation.

Getting involved was a no-brainer for Joyes, who wanted to honour the service

of his family members, and also had plenty of free time to fill in his retirement.

In its early days, the Wounded Warriors Week-end Foundation hosted weekend events for veter-ans, bringing them in from across Canada, the United States, the UK, and Austra-lia. It’s since cut this back to its annual two-week camp, which this year will be split into two one-week sessions on Tobin Lake and Green Lake (near Meadow Lake) and will bring in about 40 veterans for horse therapy and other therapies.

Since the year after he joined the cause, Joyes has been spending his summers travelling across the prov-ince to raise funds for the charitable organization by selling tickets for its boat raffle.

This year, at 83, he’s doing it once again (perhaps for the last time). And last Tues-day, his tour brought him to Shellbrook, where he spent the day at the Co-op gas sta-tion along Highway 3 selling raffle tickets.

“Our biggest success is that a couple of people we’ve bought service dogs for, that were hidden away in their basement and wouldn’t go

out, their dogs brought them back into the workforce, and back to almost normal liv-ing,” he said.

“Over 10 years, we have affidavits from people, who either we saved them, or through our network they saved each other from sui-cide,” he added, guessing the number sits at about 50 people.

In addition to providing service dogs and a camp for veterans, Joyes says the Wounded Warriors Week-end Foundation is starting a workshop in White Fox, Sask. that will aim to help return veterans to the work-force. It’s also exploring the idea of building tiny homes, with the hope of having one up by the fall if all goes ac-cording to plan.

Even with all the support Wounded Warriors, and or-ganizations like it, are able to provide, Joyes says more needs to be done for veter-ans, and he believes all levels of government need to step up to the plate.

“It’s not new. My dad was a first world war vet, and he went through the same thing these veterans are go-ing through right now to get help,” he said, noting Veter-ans Affairs hasn’t changed in

70 years and that “you darn near have to be a liar to get help.”

Joyes says veterans are looking for a hand up, not a hand out. He believes the government should stop cut-ting off the benefits of veter-ans who are able to re-enter the workforce, as it leaves many of them unable to af-ford medical and dental care

and incentivizes them not to work.

“There’s bandaids out there, where we need big bandages,” he said. “They send these guys off to Af-ghanistan and all over. When they come home, they might look okay, but they’re not; they need help.”

The grand prize in this year’s raffle is a Lund boat

and trailer, donated by Lund through Nipawin Chrysler Dodge. Nipawin Chrysler Dodge also provided Joyes with a truck to use for the summer.

The draw will be held Sept. 13, at the Wounded Warriors workshop in White Fox.

For tickets or more in-formation, contact Joyes at 306-812-7176.


Wounded Warriors helps veterans heal

Gordon Joyes stopped in Shellbrook last Tuesday to drum up support for the Wounded Warriors Weekend Foundation’s annual raffle fundraiser.

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SPIRITWOOD: Wapiti Regional Library - Tuesday 9 am - 5 pm; Wednesday 9 am - 5 pm; Friday 9 am - 5 pmLEOVILLE: Wapiti Regional Library - Wednesday 10 am - 4 pm; Thursday 10 am - 3 pm SHELL LAKE: Wapiti Regional Library - Tuesday 12:30 pm - 4 pm; Wednesday 12:30 pm - 4 pm

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Local athletes claim track & field hardware

Competition was fierce at the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA) Provincial Track and Field Championships, which were hosted at Regina’s Canada Games Athletics Complex June 3 and 4, and local athletes were in the running for some of the hardware.

No stranger to success on the court and the field, WP Sandin High School student Maris-sa Skavlebo added a provincial silver medal in senior girls discus to her growing collection of accolades. Skavlebo threw a solid 30.82 me-tres, but was well behind gold medallist Ali-yah Block of MJ Cornerstone, who managed a whopping 38.15 metres.

In senior girls javelin, meanwhile, Shaylin Knot of Medstead Central School claimed a silver medal with 34.04 metres (nearly two metres behind gold medallist Jillian Lemaire of Martensville). Skavlebo ended up in fourth place in the javelin competition with a throw of 31.9 metres. This was just a metre behind bronze medallist Kaelyn Larre of St. Walburg.

In the senior boys action, Lucas Klassen found himself on the podium in the dis-cus contest, scoring a bronze medal with a throw of 35.23 metres. This was two metres back from a silver medal, but nowhere close to the unbeatable 51.44 metre throw by Jake McEachern of Lloydminster. Just behind Klassen was fellow Big River High School ath-lete Miko Pisz, who finished fifth with a 32.38 metre toss.

Moving to the junior girls, Anna Shers-tobetoff of Blaine Lake Composite School

zoomed her way to a bronze medal in the 100 metre dash with a time of 13.22 seconds.

Though they didn’t end up on the podium, a number of local athletes did have strong days and finished in the top 10 of their respective categories.

Competing with the North Central District team in the junior boys 4x100 relay, WP San-din High School’s Brandon Dingwall ran his way to a fourth place finish. He also hopped, skipped, and jumped his way to a seventh place finish in the junior boys triple jump, ending just half a metre back of third place.

Kara Bergen of Big River High School fin-ished fourth in intermediate girls javelin, while fellow Big River athlete Presley Neufeldt managed a fifth place finish in the senior girls shotput contest and seventh place finishes in discus and javelin.

Elsewhere, WP Sandin’s Austin Helm fin-ished fifth in the intermediate boys triple jump, ending just a third of a metre away from a podium spot, and came in 10th in the long jump championship.

Rounding out the top 10 finishes, Debden’s Kyra Johnson placed eighth in the senior girls high jump.

Around the same time the older athletes were competing at provincials, the 14-and-un-der athletes were taking part in the P4A track and field meet at the Harry Jerome Track in Prince Albert. Following a strong day of competition, athletes from WP Sandin High School brought home a plethora of hardware.

Continued on page 10

Continued from 9In the novice (10 and un-

der) age group, Julia Shin-dle went the distance to take first place in the 1,000 metre, and second place in the 600 metre race. Adyson Wallin sprinted her way to a third place finish in the 60 metre dash.

The novice girls relay team, consisting of Kayla Klaassen, Julia Shindle, Jaylynn Helm, and Adyson Wallin, ran its way to a second place finish.

On the novice boys side, Canden Olsen ran his way to first place finishes in both the 600 metre and 1,000 metre races, earning him-self the aggregate award in his age group for scoring the most points. Meanwhile, Will Kasner dashed to a pair

of second place finishes in the 60 metre and 150 metre races, and Caleb Philp fin-ished third in the 1,000 me-tre race.

The novice boys relay team, including Canden Ol-sen, Carson Nordin, Caleb Philp, and Will Kasner, also earned itself a first place fin-ish.

On the field side, Jaylynn Helm and Adyson Wallin earned second place finish-es in the long jump and ball throw, respectively, while Caleb Philp came in second in the high jump, and Carson Nordin finished second in the long jump.

Thanks to a strong show-ing, the novice boys got to hoist the team banner for scoring the most points

across the board.Moving up to atom (11

and under), Reagan Collins dashed to first place in the boys 60 metre, while Brielle Nahorniak earned a sec-ond place finish in the girls 600 metre, and June Robin came in third in the girls 150 metre race. The atom girls relay team, featuring Paige Herndier, Brielle Nahorniak, Jordyn Musgrave, and June Robin, also earned a first place finish.

In field events, Thora Lenz finished second in the ball throw, while June Robin came in second in the tri-ple jump and long jump. On the boys side, Reagan Col-lins finished second in tri-ple jump, and Hunter Smith took third in shotput.

In the peewee (12 and under) age group, the track events saw Ayli Schatkoske earn a second place finish in the 800 metre race, and a third place finish in the 80 metre dash, while Pres-ley Low ended up third in the 150 metre race. The girls relay team, including Ken-dall Skauge, Sam Kennedy, Presley Low, and Ayli Schat-koske, finished in first.

Among the boys, Cashian Sandry came in second in the 150 metre, and finished third in the 80 metre dash, while Dalen Thiel earned second place honours in the 800 metre race. The relay team, consisting of Kroft Stieb, Dalen Thiel, Arland Anderson, and Cashian San-dry finished in third.

In field activities, Aylie Schatkoske earned first place in triple jump, while Cashian Sandry topped the field in long jump. Elsewhere, Kalle Smith finished second in discus, Kendall Skauge came in second in the girls triple jump, and Arland Anderson finished second in the boys triple jump.

With numerous top or high placing competitors, the pee-wee girls brought home the team banner.

Finally, in the bantam (13 and under) competition, the track events saw Marcail Philp take the top spot in the 1,200 metre race, and sec-ond place in the 800 metre. Elsewhere, Brooklyn Klaas-sen placed second in the girls quad, Reese Galloway

finished third in the girls 80 metre dash, and Emersyn Nahorniak came in third in the girls 800 metre race. The girls relay team of Adison Kyliuk, Brooklyn Klaassen, Emersyn Nahorniak, and Reese Galloway topped the competition.

In field events, Marcail Philp earned first in discus, Emersyn Nahorniak came first in triple jump, and Re-ese Galloway took second in long jump.

With their strong perfor-mances, the bantam girls also brought home the team banners.

Among the bantam boys, Davin Schmitz finished sec-ond in the 150 metre race, while Matt Muller claimed first place in discus.


Local athletes claim track & field hardware

Brooklyn Klaassen receives her silver medal in the P4A track and field bantam girls quad from Ron Stewart.

Canden Olsen receives the P4A track and field nov-ice boys aggregate award from Ron Stewart for scoring the most individual points.

Marissa Skavlebo added more hardware to her collection, claiming silver in the senior girls dis-cus at the Provincial Track And Field Champion-ship in Regina.

Minutes of a Spiritwood Town Council meeting(Where necessary, the following minutes

may have been edited for clarity or brevity)The regular meeting of the Council of the

Town of Spiritwood was held in the Council Chambers at the Spiritwood Town Office, 212 Main Street, on May 10, 2022, at 7 p.m.

In attendance were Mayor Gary von Hol-wede, Councillor Bryan Wingerter, Council-lor Ragnar Latus, Councillor George Pretli, Councillor Kiera Andres, Councillor James Bedi, Councillor Brad Nemish, and Acting Administrator Hugh Otterson.

A quorum being present, Mayor Von Hol-wede called the meeting to order at 7 p.m.

Pretli: That the agenda be adopted as pre-sented to form part of the minutes. Carried

Wingerter: That the minutes of the April 26, 2022, council meeting be adopted as present-ed. Carried

Wingerter: That we accept the Light of Christ Roman Catholic Separate School Divi-sion No.16 2022 education property tax mill rates as below:

• Agriculture Property 1.42• Commercial/Industrial Properties 6.86• Resource Properties 9.88• Residential Properties 4.54. Carried

Latus: That administration book a team from the Town of Spiritwood to attend the 2022 SUMA Golf Tournament July 8, 2022. Furthermore, the Town will cover the golf reg-istration expense for the four golfers. Carried

Wingerter: That we approve the funding request from SARCS of $35,000 for general operation expenses. Carried

Nemish: That the correspondence be filed as presented. Carried

Bedi: That we approval the Accounts for Ratification, Cheque No. 32007-32011 & Pay-ments #762-789 in the amount of $54,446.85. Carried

Wingerter: That we approve the accounts for payment, Cheque No. 32012-32026 in the amount of $46,454.06. Carried

Bedi: That we approve the Accounts for pay-ment, Cheque No. 32027-32040 & payment #790 in the amount of $21,790.70 as present-ed. Carried

Nemish: That the Bank Reconciliation for the month of April 2022 be filed as presented. Carried

Wingerter: That the Financial Statement for the month of April 2022 be approved as pre-sented. Carried

Delegations: P. Patel – 7:13 p.m.S. Haggarty – 8 p.m.N. Gaboury – Foreman – 8:20 p.m.Bedi: That the verbal reports be accepted as

presented. CarriedWingerter: That we accept the quote of Tri-

ple M Daylighting for the fire hydrant repair on Hwy 378 as a hydrovac is required. Carried

Wingerter: That we accept the estimate from HJR Asphalt for 20T of QPR cold mix at a delivered price of $215/T plus taxes per load and that we order 2 loads. Carried

Bedi: That effective May 1, 2022, Hugh Ot-terson be removed as a signing officer and furthermore, Kristen Klassen, Office Clerk will be added to the signing authorities for the Town of Spiritwood, which includes but is not limited to all accounts at Prairie Centre Credit Union, and that the change is as follows:

Either of the following council members to sign: Mayor – Gary von Holwede or Deputy Mayor – James Bedi, along with: Chief Ad-ministrative Officer - Rhonda Saam or Acting Administrator/Assist Admin – Brenda Beau-lac or Office Clerk – Kristen Klassen. Carried

Wingerter: That we approve the develop-

ment permit for 232 1st Street East pending the approval of compliance to the Town of Spiritwood Zoning Bylaw and the building permit pending authorization from the Build-ing Inspector. Carried

Wingerter: That we approve the develop-ment permit for 204 3rd Street West pend-ing the approval of compliance to the Town of Spiritwood Zoning Bylaw and the building permit pending authorization from the Build-ing Inspector. Carried

Nemish: That we accept the quote from La-voie’s Machining and Welding quote to repair the Sterling Truck dump box. Carried

Bedi: That we approve the audited draft financial statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021, that were completed by Sensus Chartered Professional Accountants Ltd., and recognize that no subsequent events have occurred since Jan. 1, 2022, that could have a significant impact on the municipality’s op-erations or on these financial statements as approved. Carried

Andres: That this meeting be adjourned at 9:02 p.m. and that the next meeting of Spirit-wood Town Council be held at 7 p.m. on May 24, 2022.

He’s already clear-ly in the lead for golf’s Comeback of the Year award. Now Tiger Woods is hunting even bigger game.

After nearly demol-ishing his right leg in a February 2021 car crash in California, Woods’ career as a professional golfer appeared to finally be over. ‘Finally,’ because the numerous scandals, the surgeries and ad-vancing age, and the car crash, and the severe injuries it caused, would have been career-ending to most.

Not to Woods, howev-er. With his right leg held together by metal rods, screws, and pins, the 46-year-old winner of 15 major championships was hitting balls nine months later, competing in a casual father-and-son tournament with-in 10 months, and then shocking the golf world by playing in the Mas-ters this past April, 14 months after nearly kill-ing himself with risky and dangerous driving.

That he made the cut at

the Masters was aston-ishing, considering what led up to it. That he com-pleted all four rounds was further testament to his competitive na-ture. That he made the cut four weeks later at the PGA Championship led many to suggest that the Greatest Golfer of All Time (G.O.A.T.) might be able to come all the way back and continue his march toward Jack Nicklaus’s record of 18 major tournament victo-ries.

This week, the season’s third major, the U.S. Open, is being played in Massachusetts and Woods has filed an en-try to take part. ‘Filing an entry’ and ‘actually playing’ are two differ-ent things and Woods may or may not decide he can handle the leg pain and discomfort to walk 36 (or 72) holes and actually challenge for the Open title. He wasn’t able to handle the pain at the PGA, making the 36-hole cut but withdrawing after 54 holes following a limping-filled third-

round 79.Nicklaus won his final

major, the 1986 Masters, at the age of 46. Woods is chronologically the same age, but far older in terms of physicality. Winning a major is almost certain-ly impossible this year (he’s announced he will play in the Open Cham-pionship at St. Andrews, Scotland, in July), but merely competing, and making the cut, makes him an obvious winner of Comeback Player of the Year.

Whether Woods will ever again walk pain-free or without a limp remains to be seen, but what is certain is that

he still has the skills to manoeuvre the golf ball better than almost any-one in the world. Golf fans everywhere are captivated by Woods’ comeback efforts and it won’t be long before he finally drives off into the sunset (at a safe speed, we hope). While the car crash and leg injuries weren’t enough to finish Woods’ career, advanc-ing age eventually will. Sports fans should enjoy what’s left of this amaz-ing athlete’s career while he’s still able to offer glimpses of it.

• RJ Currie of sports-deke.com “Scientists at MIT claimed to have successfully removed painful memories from the minds of mice. Their next big challenge: To-ronto Maple Leafs fans.”

• Steve Simmons of Sunmedia, on Germa-ny’s Leon Drsaitl having no hockey countrymen to emulate growing up: “There were no neigh-bourhood role models to follow. Unless you think you’re going to become the next Uwe Krupp.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Bor-der-hugging Aroostook Valley Country Club is a golf anomaly, with its parking lot and pro shop in the U.S. (Maine) and its course and clubhouse in Canada (New Bruns-wick). Wouldn’t that make it a two-country club?”

• CBC Manitoba re-porter Bartley Kives: “The sources of Manito-ba weather misery face each other in the NHL western final. Colorado Low vs. Alberta Clip-pers.”

• Golf writer Geoff Shackleford, on the sur-prising announcement that Dustin Johnson was playing in the Saudi Ara-bian LIV Tour opening event: “Guess the wed-ding was more expensive than we thought!”

• Bob Molinaro of pi-lotonline.com (Hamp-ton, Va.): ”The Stanley Cup conference finals have just begun, with the NHL title round po-tentially dragging into the final hours of June. Doesn’t that make hock-

ey players the Boys of Summer?”

• Columnist Norman Chad, on Twitter: “In the darkness of Red Rock Casino lanes last night, I believe my un-storied bowling career came to an end. I have been a 140 bowler over two centu-ries -- last night I bowled 120 and 93. NINE-TY-THREE. Unlike Tiger Woods, I know when it’s time to hang up my rent-al bowling shoes.”

• Headline at theon-ion.com: “Babe Ruth Comparisons Grow After Hammered Sho-hei Ohtani Eats 53 Hot Dogs”

• Dwight Perry again: “The Phillies have fired manager Joe Girardi af-ter a 22-29 start. Or as they call it anyplace but Philadelphia, commut-ing his sentence.”

• Tim Hunter of Ever-ett’s KRKO Radio, feel-ing proud after doing 100 pullups in a day: “But I was told that pants don’t count.”

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Spiritwood hockey players drafted to SJHLLast Friday, two local boys heard

their names called in the first round in this year’s SJHL Bantam Draft. The draft consisted of six rounds of 2006 born players and two rounds of 2007 born.

Spiritwood’s Konnor Watson went in first round, fifth overall, to the Ni-pawin Hawks in the 2006 draft. As a forward, Watson played his 2021/22 season with the Indigenous Sports Academy, tallying 17 goals and 14 as-

sists in 34 games. He is signed with the Prince Albert Mintos of the Saskatche-wan Male AAA Hockey League for the upcoming season.

Watson said, “I want to have a big im-pact on my hometown. I want to help inspire kids and help them to know that nothing is impossible if you give it your all.”

Linken Fisher, also from Spiritwood, went in the first round, ninth overall, to the Battlefords North Stars in the

2007 draft. As a defenceman, Fisher played his 2021/22 season with the U15 AA North West Stars, tallying 18 goals and 18 assists in 31 games. He is signed with the Battlefords Stars of the Sas-katchewan Male AAA Hockey League for the upcoming season.

Fisher said, “It was very cool to be drafted by the Stars. When I heard, I

was pretty excited, especially since it was to this great organization. I have played all my AA hockey in Battleford, and it feels like a second home.”

The pair had grown up most of their lives playing together for the Spirit-wood Timberwolves. Now, they will soon be rivals on the ice for many years to come.

Spiritwood’s Linken Fisher (left) is headed to the SJHL, after being drafted by the Battlefords Stars in the SJHL Bantam Draft.

Spiritwood’s Konnor Watson is SJHL-bound, after being drafted by the Nipawin Hawks in the SJHL Ban-tam Draft.

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Beverley Dawn Brettle (née Belanger) born to Bruno and Kathleen Be-langer on July 5, 1968. She was the eldest of three girls. Bev attended

school in Spiritwood and remained there through-out her life.

In 1987 Bev give birth to her first child, Da-mon and in 1989, she had her first daughter, Melissa. She met her love Bev, (aka: Boy Bev and Girl Bev) in 1995. In 1999 they had their third child, Charlene. Bev and Bev celebrated 25 years of marriage in 2021. In 2010 and 2011, Bev was blessed with two grand-children Jenissa and Brodyn. She was a proud grandmother and en-joyed spending time with them.

Bev enjoyed her job at The Teddy Bears Den. She often shared stories during her morning cof-fee at home about the people she met and dealt with. She made special friendships and connec-tions during her time there.

Bev fought a short but courageous, battle with cancer. She will be remembered for her strength and optimism during this time. She will be forever missed by her family and the people whose lives she touched.

Beverley is lovingly remembered by: her

loving husband: Beverly Brettle of Spiritwood, her children and grandchildren: Damon Belanger of Spiritwood, SK and his daughter: Jenissa Belanger Sakebow, Melissa Belanger of Spiritwood, SK and her son: Brodyn Belanger Ebach, Charlene Brettle of Spiritwood, SK, her mother: Kathleen Belanger of Spiritwood, SK, her sisters: Marlene (Ed) Rumak of The Pas, MB, Shirley Belanger of Spiritwood, SK, her mother in law: Edith Brettle of Shell Lake, SK, her brothers-in-law:

Glenn (Dora) Brettle of Shell Lake, SK, Victor Brettle of Shell Lake, SK and many other loving aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. She was predeceased by her father: Bruno Belanger, her grandparents: Bruno and Irene Belanger and Walter and Cornelia Pearson, her father in law: Russell Brettle, her aunt and uncles: Paul Belanger, Daniel Chalifour, Andrew and Joyce Turgeon.

A graveside service cel-ebrating Bev’s life was held on Friday June 3, 2022 at 11:00 am in the

Spiritwood Cemetery with Delores Beaulac of-ficiating.

Friends so wishing may make donations to the Canadian Cancer Society in memory of Beverley Dawn Brettle as tokens of remembrance.

Family and friends wishing to send online condolences are welcome to visit www.beaulac-funeralhome.com. Ar-rangements have been entrusted to the care of Beau “Lac” Funeral Home and Crematorium, R. Mark Muir Funeral Director, Spiritwood, SK (306) 883-3500.

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Minutes of an R.M. of Leask meeting(Where necessary, the following min-

utes may have been edited for clarity or brevity)

The Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Council of the Rural Municipal-ity of Leask No. 464 held in the Leask Community Hall on Wednesday, May 11, 2022.

Council Meeting was called to order by Reeve Craig Hamilton at 8:58 a.m.

Present were Acting Reeve Craig Hamilton, Administrator Riannon Nel-son and the following Council members: Real Diehl - Division No. 2, Joan San-ftleben - Division 4, and Clarke Gossen - Division No. 6.

Absent: Keith Junk - Division No. 1, and Gordon Stieb - Division No. 3.

Vacant: Division No. 5.Gossen: That the minutes of the April

13, 2022, Regular Council Meeting be approved as presented. Carried

Diehl: That Council Indemnity be ap-proved for payment as presented. Car-ried

Delegation – Jim & John Loran 9:14 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Sanftleben: That we approve the pay-ments as listed on the attached “List of Accounts for Approval” for a total of $84,085.17, Council Indemnity for May, Fire Chief Direct Deposit for May and Payroll Direct Deposit for Pay Periods 8 & 9 for 2022. Carried

Gossen: That we receive the Bank Rec-

onciliation for April 2022. CarriedDiehl: That we approve the Statement

of Financial Activities for April 2022. Carried

Delegation – Jeff Paziuk by telephone 10:04 a.m. to 10:24 a.m.

Sanftleben: That the Rural Munici-pality of Leask No. 464 sell Blk MR2, Plan 94B03105 Ext 0 and authorizes the Rural Municipality of Leask No. 464 administration to prepare the required documentation, pursuant to Section 199 of The Planning and Development Act, 2007. Carried

Gossen: That Bylaw 2 – 2022 attached hereto and forming a part of these min-utes, being a bylaw of the Rural Munic-ipality of Leask No. 464 to remove the Municipal Reserve designation, now be read the first time. Carried

Diehl: That Bylaw 3 – 2022 attached hereto and forming a part of these min-utes, being a bylaw of the Rural Munici-pality of Leask No. 464 to amend Zoning Map 2B of the zoning bylaw, now be read the first time. Carried

Superintendent of Public Works John Martin arrived at the meeting at 11 a.m.

Sanftleben: That we approve the Dock Policy as attached. Carried

Gossen: That we accept Superinten-dent of Public Works John Martin’s written and verbal reports as presented. Carried

Diehl: That we hire a surveyor to stake

the road allowance on the south side of S 27-48-07 W3 and place the fence on the property line. Carried

Sanftleben: That we approach the landowner of SW 27-48-07 W3 to pur-chase the road deviation so the road can be registered with ISC. Carried

Gossen: That the administrator report be accepted as presented. Carried

Diehl: That the Budget for 2022 be ap-proved as attached and forming a part of these minutes. Carried

Sanftleben: That we set the Mill Rate for 2022 as 9.3 Mills. Carried

Gossen: That we acknowledge the sea-sonal employees return to work date of May 2, 2022. Carried

Diehl: That as the District 33 RAT Board has dissolved we appoint Tanner Paslowski as our Pest Control Officer for 2022. Carried

Sanftleben: That we notify the Canada Revenue Agency Business Number Ser-vice Unit to add Administrator Riannon Nelson as an authorized person to all RM of Leask accounts. Carried

Gossen: That we authorize Reeve Hamilton and Administrator Nelson to sign the Redberry Maintenance Agree-ment with the RM of Redberry No. 435. Carried

Diehl: That we accept the Audited Fi-nancial Statements for the year ended Dec. 31, 2021, and authorize the Reeve and Administrator to sign the Manage-

ment Responsibilities and representa-tion letters. Carried

Sanftleben: That the Organized Ham-let of Pelican Cove surplus for the year 2021 in the amount of $18,205.31, be transferred to the OHPC bank account. Carried

Gossen: That we agree with the [Doc-tor Recruitment] committee’s recom-mendation to increase the levy to $7/capita for 2022. Carried

Gossen: That we write off AR invoice number 2021-00063 as it was billed in duplicate with payment already being received. Carried

Sanftleben: That we write off invoice 2021-00087 billed to Sask Power as the tree that created the fire was outside of their 5 meter right of way. Carried

Gossen: That we acknowledge de-struction of the following municipal documents as per the Retention Records Retention Bylaw 3-2006 Schedule “A”:

• 2008 – 2010 – Cheque Stubs • 2007 – 2009 Accounts Payable • 2008 and 2011 Accounts Payable • 2011 Receipts • 2008 – 2013 Gravel Tickets • 2008 – Motion Forms • 2001 – 2002 Tax Certificate Copies.

CarriedDiehl: That the correspondence be re-

ceived and filed. CarriedSanftleben: That this meeting be ad-

journed at 3:59 p.m.

More people working in Sask. than ever beforeJob numbers released by

Statistics Canada for May 2022 show Saskatchewan add-ed 19,800 jobs, an increase of 3.5 per cent, compared to May 2021. All of the growth was in full-time jobs.

The seasonally adjusted un-employment rate fell to 4.8 per cent in May 2022. It was down from 6.1 per cent a year ago, down from 5.5 per cent a month ago, and below the na-tional average of 5.1 per cent.

“Saskatchewan’s economy is

on the right track with signifi-cant job gains and a low unem-ployment rate,” Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “Our government will continue to provide a competitive envi-ronment to accelerate our eco-nomic growth in communities across the province.”

A number of all-time em-ployment records were hit in May 2022, including overall employment (587,000), female employment (272,300), off-re-

serve Indigenous employment (65,800), and off-reserve In-digenous full-time employ-ment (54,100).

Major year-over-year gains were reported for accommoda-tion and food services up 6,400 jobs, construction up 5,400 jobs, healthcare and social as-sistance up 4,700 jobs. Over the same period, the private sector was up 8,100 jobs (+2.5 per cent), female employment increased by 9,000 jobs (+3.4 per cent), and youth (aged 15-

24) employment was up by 4,700 jobs (+5.9 per cent).

In May 2022, Saskatche-wan’s seasonally adjusted em-ployment of 578,100 exceeded its pre-COVID February 2020 employment level of 574,100.

A recent report from the Conference Board of Canada projects that Saskatchewan’s economy will lead the country with real GDP growth of 7.9 per cent in 2022, well above the national average of 4.0 per cent.

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By Franco TerrazzanoCTF Director

As far as Canadian politicians are concerned, the soaring cost of living is like winter slush, summer mosquitos and other unfortunate forces of nature. They would love to help, but what can they do?

Here’s an idea: our politicians just need to follow the lead of other coun-tries and cut the stack of hidden taxes they charge at the gas pumps.

Canadian drivers pay six different taxes in some major cities. For exam-ple, Montreal drivers pay provincial and federal gas taxes, provincial and federal sales taxes, a transit tax and a carbon tax. Drivers in Vancouver, where taxes account for 38 per cent of the pump price, also pay six different taxes.

With taxes accounting for more than 55 cents per litre of gasoline on aver-age, a family pays about $40 in taxes to fill their minivan. That’s a lot of money that could help pay for groceries or baseball cleats for the kids.

The federal government and some provinces charge sales tax on top of other taxes. That means politicians tax the fuel you need to drive, then they tax those taxes. This tax-on-tax adds more than four cents to the average pump price.

Provincial politicians can provide relief today by following Alberta’s ex-ample, which cut its 13 cent per litre fuel tax.

“While the inflation rate nationally rose in April, the rate declined in Al-berta,” said University of Calgary econ-omist Trevor Tombe. “Falling gasoline prices because of the tax holiday is the reason.”

The feds could immediately provide similar relief.

Conservative Party leadership can-didate Pierre Poilievre’s proposal to scrap the carbon tax, and suspend the federal fuel and sales taxes on gasoline would save an Ontario family $20 ev-ery time they fill their minivan.

The big tax bill Canadians pay at the pumps is about to get worse.

The federal carbon tax has increased three times during the pandemic, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he

will keep cranking-up the carbon tax until it reaches nearly 40 cents per litre in 2030.

While the Trudeau government claims that “families are going to be better off” due to its carbon tax and re-bate, the Parliamentary Budget Officer shows these politicians are using mag-ic math. Even at the low end, including the rebate, the PBO’s analysis shows that Trudeau’s carbon tax will cost an average family $300 this year, rising to $1,145 in 2030.

The Trudeau government is also im-posing a second carbon tax through fuel regulations that could add an ex-tra 11 cents per litre of gas by 2030. But even that’s likely a low ball estimate of the true cost. British Columbia has a second carbon tax that currently costs about 17 cents per litre of gas, helping to make B.C. one of the least affordable places on the planet. And there’s no re-bates coming with the second carbon tax.

While Ottawa sticks Canadians with higher tax bills, there’s a laundry list of other countries that are doing the right thing.

The United Kingdom announced $8 billion of fuel tax relief. South Korea cut its gas tax by 30 per cent. Germany is cutting taxes on motor fuels. The Netherlands cut its gas tax by 21 per cent. Italy, Ireland, Israel, India, Peru, Poland, 25 Indian states and union ter-ritories, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Jersey and Florida are also cut-ting gas taxes.

Other jurisdictions are cutting more than gas taxes.

Italy cut income and business taxes. Spain, France and Austria cut electric-ity taxes. Sri Lanka is cutting food and medicine taxes. Brazil and Colombia are cutting import taxes. Turkey is cut-ting taxes on food. South Africa cut business taxes. Croatia cut taxes on energy, sanitation products and food. Greece, Algeria and Albania have also announced tax relief.

Other countries are showing it’s pos-sible to cut taxes to help ease the ris-ing cost of living. There is no reason why our politicians can’t cut gas taxes to help Canadians afford their daily needs.

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Big River hosts first Pride Festival

The Whitefish Fancy Dancers from Big River First Nation helped infuse Big River’s first Pride Festival with Indigenous culture.

An open mic, made possible by Liza Holder and her partner Michelle Voisin, was enjoyed by kids and adults alike.

Face painting at Big River’s first Pride Festival was done by Serenity Bird.

How to choose and grow the best perennials – Part IIBy Patricia Hanbidge

This is the second article in the series on my choice of some of the best perennials to plant in your garden. I have received my order of peren-nials that are showing colour for a long season of bloom, are well-behaved in the garden and are extremely attractive to butterflies and bees. Lucki-ly for you, I also bought a few extra to share with other gar-deners!

A selection of Chrysanthe-mums (Mums) is one of the best perennials to provide lots of great colour late in the sea-son. However, there is a great difference between the type of chrysanthemum that will bloom in areas that have short seasons as Mums are a type of flower that is triggered by the daylength. It is actually the night length that is important but for some silly reason when plants need a certain amount of dark hours to trigger the bloom we call it “daylength”. The confusing world of horti-culture and gardening contin-ues! At any rate, Mums are a perennial that blooms late in

the season when our nights are getting much longer than the day. Unfortunately, when you live in an area whose growing season is short and it is also a cooler climate, those short days (long nights) are of-ten after we get a killing frost and daytime temperatures are not very hospitable either to growing outdoors. Thus, the Morden series of Mums be-gan, and these Mums use not only the length of night but also the temperature to trig-ger the bloom. So, in order to get Mums to bloom prior to the temperature becoming too cold outside, it is necessary to grow “Morden Mums”.

I chose a selection of Mums that will successfully give us colour in September most years when most of the oth-er perennials are long past blooming. Unless otherwise stated, they are all about 18 inches (45cm) in height and will spread to about 30 inch-es (75cm). Read on for what is available and be sure to jump on this opportunity as Morden Mums are not always readily available. These Mums have

an upright spreading habit of growth with a very fine tex-ture. This is truly a low-main-tenance herbaceous perennial.

Chrysanthemum x mori-folium ‘Jefbiz’ which is also known as the Showbiz Mum was developed with a cross between Morden Fiesta and Morden Canary and has an abundance of lovely light pur-ple pompom like flowers.

Chrysanthemum x morifoli-um ‘Jefdream’ or Dreamweav-er Mum is a bit larger Mum with a height of 30 inches (75cm) and spreads 48 inch-es (120cm). It has lovely soft mauve-coloured flowers with flared trumpet-shaped petals on the margins and an attrac-tive yellow centre.

Chrysanthemum x morifoli-um ‘Jefdust’ or Stardust Mum produces an abundance of dusty rose flowers with fluted petals.

Chrysanthemum x morifo-lium ‘Jefstorm’ or Firestorm Mum is about 22 inches (55cm) in height and spreads 40 inches (100 cm) with out-stands deep red petals with and attractive yellow centre.

Chrysanthemum x morifoli-um ‘Jefsurge’ or Power Surge Mum has fully double red flowers.

Chrysanthemum x morifoli-um ‘Jeftail’ is about 30 inches high (75cm) and spreads about 48 inches (120 cm) and has outstanding peachy-orange flower buds that open to dou-ble blossoms of tangerine that fade to light yellow.

Chrysanthemum x morifoli-

um ‘Morden Fiesta’ has stun-ning purple flowers with a yel-low centre.

Chrysanthemum x morifoli-um ‘Prairie Lavender’ has soft pink to lavender blooms.

Hanbidge is the Lead Hor-ticulturist with Orchid Hor-ticulture. Find us at www.orchidhort.com; by email at [email protected]; on facebook @orchidhort and on instagram at #orchidhort.

Dreamweaver Mum.

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