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Last week saw the end of a historic apartment complex in the city. Yorkton Manor, built in the old hospital building, was a total loss after catching fire on Tuesday evening. All 50 residents were safely evacuated.

The fire began shortly after 9:00 p.m. in the south west corner of the building before quickly spreading to an entire section. Some residents had to be rescued using the ladder truck.

One of the people who lost everything in the fire was Dean Samborski, who says that the only

things he owned after the fire were the clothes he was wearing at the time.

“I was sitting at home at around 9:00 and the fire alarm went off and a guy was running down the hallway going ‘Fire! Fire! Fire!’ so I got out of the building.”

The big loss for him is a medical scooter, needed because he only has the use of one arm and one leg, after a motorcycle accident left one side unusable. While he has insurance on his belong-ings, until he gets the equipment replaced it’s difficult to get around.

The big concern is finding a place to live. Samborski lived in the

building for two years, and it was a struggle just to find that apartment. It is also more difficult for him to find a place to live due to his mobility prob-lems, he needs something ground floor where he can store and charge his scooter.

“That’s what I’m real-ly worried about, because I’ve got no place to live... There’s nothing available to rent in Yorkton, and if there is they want thou-sands of dollars for it, and it’s garbage.”

Samborski says while there are some practical worries that come along with replacing every-thing, he’s already moved on.

“It doesn’t bother me, it’s gone so it’s gone, you can’t live for yesterday you have to live for tomor-row.”

Melanie Horton, Outreach Coordinator with the Canadian Red Cross says that dona-tions were coming in fast for the former residents, with the Salvation Army handling clothes and fur-niture.

Just as Samborski predicts, the most diffi-cult part is finding new accommodations has been the hardest part so far, though Horton says they are collaborating with Avenue Living, which managed the building, as well as the

City of Yorkton, to find new accommodations for residents. The Howard Johnson Inn provided accommodations until the residents could have a more permanent resi-dence.

“It’s a tricky market, it’s pretty busy right now and there’s not a whole lot of availability, so we’re really scrambling to find accommodations for everybody. But, we’re hoping to have everybody relocated by the end of the week.”

Horton says that the community has quickly put their support behind the people who lost their homes.

“There’s been a lot of

people who want to help, my phone has been ring-ing off the hook from people who want to donate anything, from couches to rides and that sort of thing. It has been really great to see the community come togeth-er and help.”

The Salvation Army is currently accepting dona-tions of clothes, small appliances and furniture for the fire victims at their thrift store at 20 Betts Ave.

Those who wish to donate money can do so through the Red Cross. Wal Mart is also accept-ing donations of toys and food hampers.

Update on the fire at Yorkton Manor


Violence occurs every day in our community, and a vigil hosted at Dr. Brass aims to bring awareness to how violence affects people, whether within the community or the world as a whole.

Lavern Dumka, direc-tor of Shelwin House, says the vigil is held to com-memorate the senseless death of 14 female engi-neering students at a uni-versity in Montreal in 1989, but it also exists to remind people that vio-lence is still occurring.

Part of the reason for bringing the vigil into the school is to confront issues facing students, Dumka says. For them, the most relevant issue is going to be bullying, and that was reflected in the theme of the day, with guest speak-er Rachel Ashley speaking of her experiences with bullying and how she over-came the abuse she expe-rienced in school. With bullying leading to the sui-cides of young people nation wide, Dumka be lie-ves that a positive mes s-age is something kids need to hear so they can over-come their own struggles.

Beyond responding to the difficulties students

have in their daily lives now, Dumka believes that educating youth in the community is the best way to reduce violence in the future.

“I really believe that we can plant the seed that violence is not acceptable and there are alternatives. Everyone gets angry, that’s a normal emotion, it’s what you do with that anger.”

The annual vigil is a reminder of the violence that is still prevalent in the community, Dumka says. Shelwin House and similar transitional homes continue to be needed as the rate of violence is not decreasing.

“According to Stats Canada, one in four women are abused, so if you walk down any street in Yorkton while we’re celebrating Christmas, if you did a count of every fourth house, that’s how preva-lent it is in our communi-ty.”

While this is Violence Awareness Week, Dumka says that at Shelwin House they work every day to prevent violence, and they hope that kids like those in attendance at Dr. Brass will be an inte-gral part of reducing the rates of violence in the future.

Vigil aims to prevent violence in Yorkton

CANDLES ARE LIT in memory of the victims of violence during the vigil at Dr. Brass School. The event was part of Violence Awareness Week, with the goal of preventing violence within the community.

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Near-record atten-dance and a sold-out trade show were among the indications of the positive climate in the province’s mining sec-tor at the 45th annual S a s k a t c h e w a n Geological Open House held in Saskatoon on December 1-3.

The wealth of infor-mation and data offered at the event, held through the joint efforts of the Ministry of the Economy and the non-profit Saskatchewan Geological Society, attracted international attent ion to Saskatchewan’s miner-

al potential and will be utilized by mining com-panies to carry out exploration operations within Saskatchewan.

More than 700 dele-gates were in atten-dance for the open house, including repre-sentatives from nearly every mining and min-

eral exploration com-pany active in Saskatchewan, service providers to the miner-al exploration industry, and students and fac-ulty from the geology departments at the University of Regina and the University of Sask atchewan as well

as the mineral technol-ogy programs at Northlands College (La Ronge). The student technical poster compe-tition saw a record 24 posters summarizing thesis research proj-ects, with 16 submitted by graduate students and eight by under-graduate students. The sold-out trade show comprised 61 booths.

In addition to pro-viding access to data and research on Saskat-chewan’s mineral opportunities, the event also enables consulta-tions between the gov-ernment and industry associations and relat-ed organizations such as the Saskatchewan

Mining Association, the Geological Survey of Canada and universi-ties.

According to the Fraser Institute’s 2013 Survey of MiningCompanies, Saskatche-wan’s mineral potential and investment attrac-tiveness both ranked second in Canada, and the value of Saskatchewan’s miner-al sales in that year was approximately $7.1 billion. The mineral industry provides about 30,000 direct and indi-rect jobs in the prov-ince, including direct employment for more than 2,000 people in northern Saskat-chewan.

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Chalk up a major internal trade win for Saskatchewan, as the province’s oilseed pro-ducers and processors now have access to the large Quebec market.

Last week, the Government of Quebec made changes to its Food Products Act removing barriers to the production and sale of vegetable oil-based dairy products. Those barriers were successfully chal-lenged this spring by the Saskatchewan government under the p a n - C a n a d i a n Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT).

The Saskatchewan government had also successfully chal-lenged Quebec label-ling laws that prohibit the use of terms like ‘milk’, ‘butter’ and ‘cheese’ for dairy sub-stitute products. While those rules remain in place for now, last week’s changes mean that Saskatchewan edible oil products can now be freely sold in Quebec.

“This is a welcome and overdue develop-ment for our produc-ers,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. “They now have more market access opportunities for the many products that use Saskatchewan edible oil ingredients, such as certain mar-garines, coffee whit-eners and dessert top-pings.”

S a s k a t c h e w a n ’ s Minister responsible for Trade Jeremy Harrison noted that there is still a formal appeal underway by the Quebec govern-ment of the earlier ruling of the AIT dis-pute resolution panel, but said he is confi-d e n t t h a t Saskatchewan’s suc-cessful challenge will be upheld.

“Quebec may have appealed the earlier AIT panel ruling on this issue, but we’re hopeful that its legis-lative actions last week reflect a genuine commitment to finally tackle these unfair barriers to trade,” Harrison said. “We view this as a positive sign as provinces, ter-ritories and the feder-al government begin negotiations to improve internal trade in Canada.

“The AIT appeal panel’s final ruling is yet to come, but we believe the panel will confirm that Quebec’s amendments to its Act were indeed necessary to address unfair trade barriers. We hope the ruling will also ensure that Quebec addresses the outstanding barriers to marketing oil-based dairy products within its borders.”

“This is a good first step on Quebec’s part under the Agreement on Internal Trade,” Vegetable Oil Industry of Canada President

Sean McPhee said. “We’re looking for-ward to the publica-tion of the appeal panel’s report and Quebec’s full compli-ance with those find-

ings.”A final ruling by

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For 37 years snow-mobile enthusiasts have gathered in York ton f o r Snowarama, raising money for Camp Easter Seals in the province. In 2014, those riders raised $160,000, and a total of $1.7 million since the inception of the event. In 2015, the event will be held on February 7.

This year’s event will see riders begin at the Gallagher Centre on Saturday morning, ride out to Good Spirit Lake for lunch and to refill the sleds, with fuel supplied by Yorkton Co-op, and then back to the Gallagher Centre again for the banquet Saturday night. Barry Bradshaw, chair of the event, says there will be a few different trails for riders,

depending on how long they want to ride and

what route they want to take, and says that

given that the trail system is well docu-mented and groomed it’s easy for riders to find an entertaining route to Good Spirit and back.

Bradshaw has been involved with the event since its incep-tion, and says that it’s something he is proud to be involved with.

“I just enjoy doing it, I like seeing where that money goes to help kids.”

Deana Jesmer, Community Relations Coordinator for the

S a s k a t c h e w a n Abilities Council says that the ride is all about kids like Brooke Perpeluk, the Easter Seals Ambassador for the event. Money raised goes to sending kids who have disabil-ities to the fully wheel-chair accessible camp, giving them the oppor-tunity to do things most kids take for granted, and have a full camp experience, with activities like horseback riding and swimming that other kids might take for

granted.“It increases partic-

ipation and self confi-dence for kids. In the end that is the main goal of community inclusion and extreme-ly important... Kids with disabilities can’t just sign up for any summer camp and go ahead and join.”

This year riders will have the opportunity to win a 2015 Arctic Cat Lynx, with each $150 raised going towards an entry on the snowmobile.

Anyone who would like to ride in the event is invited to call 306-782-2463 or visit www.snowarama.ca.

Snowarama 2015 campaign kicks off

SNOWARAMA kicks off again at the Yorkton Co-op Agri Centre. The 2015 event will see riders once again raise money for Camp Easter Seals in the Province. Brooke Perpeluk, above left, is the Easter Seals Ambassador for the event, and says going to camp is a highlight of her summer. She receives a certificate from Deana Jesmer, Community Relations Coordinator for the Saskatchewan Abilities Council Yorkton Branch.

The Government of Saskatchewan is intro-ducing major changes that will modernize the insurance industry and strengthen consumer protection.

The Insurance Act replaces The Saskatchewan Insur-ance Act and is the first major revision to insur-ance regulation in the province in five decades.

“A lot has changed in the industry since revi-sions were last made to the Act, especially when it comes to technology,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant said. “The new Act will give the insurance sector the flexibility it needs to evolve in a rapidly changing environment, strengthen consumer protection, and move toward harmonizing insurance legislation with Alberta and BC.”

Changes proposed in The Insurance Act include:

Better protection for consumers through market conduct stan-dards, which identify unfair practices;

Streamlining the appeal process;

Restructuring the Saskatchewan Insur-ance Councils and allowing them to con-duct audits and investi-gations;

Requiring insurance companies to recom-mend and screen those applying to be interme-diaries as well as super-vise them once approved;

Updating licensing categories and require-ments including licens-ing employees that sell insurance as insurer’s representatives, which requires the same level of training as insurance agents;

Permitting insur-ance agents to adjust insurance claims to a prescribed amount; and

Requiring insurers to point to specific

clauses in a policy where there are limits on the amount pay-able.

Work to develop the new Act involved inter-provincial comparisons and review of other pro-vincial and national projects on insurance and financial services, but the model used in Alberta was deemed to best fit Saskatchewan’s needs. Alberta’s legis-lation is similar to that in BC, meaning Saskatchewan will share similar insurance regulation with all provinces in the New West Partnership Trade Agreement.

A number of indus-try associations were consulted, including the Insurance Brokers Association of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Insur-ance Councils and they have expressed their support for moderniza-tion of the Act.

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The December sale of petroleum and natu-ral gas rights raised $18.3 million in reve-nue for the province, bringing final land sale revenues for the 2014 calendar year to $197.9 million.

The average of $988 per hectare for land sales in 2014 ranks third highest all-time, behind the $1,461 per hectare averaged in 2008 and the $1,029 per hectare averaged in 2010.

“Saskatchewan has worked hard to develop a positive investment climate for the oil and gas industry, so it was reassuring when the recently released Fraser Institute’s annu-al Global Petroleum Survey once again ranked Saskatchewan as the number one place in Canada and third globally for oil

and gas investment,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “Record drilling and impressive land sale revenues over the past few years sug-gest that industry is pleased with our poli-cies and regulatory regime, and given that we are competing on a global level for invest-ment, the Institute’s report is something we take very seriously.”

The December sale saw the Weyburn-Estevan area receive the most bids with sales of $11.9 million. The Kindersley-Kerrobert area was next at $4.5 million, followed by the Lloydminster area at $973,220 and the Swift Current area at $864,218. The highest price paid for a single parcel was $1.3 million. Ranger Land Services Ltd. acquired the 1,165-hectare exploration

licence north of Arcola. The highest price on a per-hectare basis was $9,319. Northend Resources Ltd. bid $603,404 for a 64.75-hectare lease southeast of Estevan.

The next sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights will be held on February 2, 2015.

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During the Christmas season in previous years, I would often write a silly column about all of the dumb things I really wished someone would buy me. It would contain things like movie box sets and expen-sive electronics, all stuff I couldn’t really justify buy-ing but liked to act as though were great gifts to buy some guy you don’t know. I did it for the fun of it all, I could justify going around the internet looking for goofy, overpriced presents and try to make a gift guide that was sort of transparently silly. It was fun to write, even though it was probably something that was much more fun for me than it was for anyone reading it.

I tried to bring it back this year actually, you’re looking at the end result of several attempts to try to convince people that buying an elaborate box set of samurai movies for a man you’ve never met would be an excellent way to start the Christmas season. It was all very silly but this time it wasn’t actually very entertaining, I kept running into a wall with it and had to start from scratch several times. This year, it’s actually not very fun to write an extended riff on all the stupid things I can’t justify buying this year. It’s not as though I don’t enjoy looking up silly presents and pretending they’re great ideas, it’s that it just seems rude this time around.

I discovered I can’t even joke about people buying me something extravagant, useless and kind of stu-pid in a year where a lot of people lost their homes and everything in it. Even as the community does rally together to support the people who lost their homes in the fire at Yorkton Manor, it’s still a diffi-cult time for all the residents, and while stuff like clothes can and will be replaced, other things in their life are gone for good. It’s not like it’s the first time people have lost things in town, I’ve been here for more than one flood and more than one fire, but it feels a bit raw to explore the folly of our most elabo-rate attempts at consumerism when faced with a potent reminder of how irrelevant it actually is.

Things aren’t terribly important. We surround ourselves with them, they can easily get wiped out. No matter how much you pay for your various things, they can disappear entirely in the span of an eve-ning, without warning. It’s just that this year we have a potent reminder of the fragility of these things, though luckily we do not have a reminder of the fragility of life itself, given that everyone sur-vived. It becomes incredibly difficult to do my regular jokes about Christmas gifts when I kept thinking about the people who lost everything, both trivial objects and those that are incredibly important in their lives.

So this year, I don’t want things. I can’t even pre-tend I do for the sake of a joke, given what has hap-pened. I have my house, I have my stupid cat that I still like for some reason, I have my friends and fam-ily who I care about even if I don’t talk to them as much as I should. I have had great experiences I can remember fondly, and I have plans to have more great experiences in the future. I have some creative projects that are going well, some of which will show up in the near future. Things could always be better, but they can’t be improved by any silly gift I would suggest. So if you want to give stuff to a stranger, give it to someone who needs it more than me.

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Transparency good for everyone

Christmas is about giving to people who aren’t me

ED I TOR I A L

I N S I GHT S

Chief health officer needs a voice

PUBLISHER: Neil Thom

OFFICE MANAGER: Diane St. Marie

WRITER: Devin Wilger

SALES MANAGER: Renée Haas

SALES: Penny Pearce

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Carol Melnechenko

CIRCULATION/ADMIN: Richelle Lerat

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has responded to the federal govern-ment’s First Nations Financial Transparency Act deadline with both praise and disap-pointment.

The federal government has indicated that majority of the nation’s 582 bands cov-ered by the new transparency law have disclosed their pay and financial statements to their residents and the public – some-thing municipal and provincial govern-ments, as well as the federal government, have done for years.

“We started calling for this disclosure law back in 2009 so we’re glad the vast majority of aboriginal reserves are abiding by the new law,” said CTF Prairie Director Colin Craig. “The disclosure of chief and council pay information and band financial statements will help band members hold their elected officials accountable and com-pare their community’s results with oth-ers.”

“It’s unfortunate that some chiefs and councillors are holding out and putting their desire to keep their pay details hidden ahead of the well-being of the people living in their communities,” added Craig. “We would like the federal government to indi-cate which bands have refused to disclose their information versus bands that are dis-organized. And we expect appropriate action to be taken.”

So far, the new law has already proved its importance. A couple examples include:

The discovery of Chief Ron Giesbrecht’s $800,000 “special deal.” Not only were band members aghast after learning about the chief’s pay, fellow council member Marvin Joe told media that even he wouldn’t have known about the chief’s pay “if it wasn’t for this new transparency act.”

The defeat of a husband-and-ex-wife (chief and councillor) duo from the Shuswap First Nation after band members learned the tiny reserve’s politicians had been mak-ing over $200,000 tax-free; more than Prime Minister Harper.

CTF Prairie Director Colin Craig.

Column

Things I do with words...

Devin Wilger

Buried in the current omnibus budget bill currently being studied by Parliament is a plan to demote the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada. He will no longer hold a deputy minister rank, he will have no direct line to the fed-eral minister of health, he will be subservient to a bureau-cratic agency president and he will have no secure public funding.

The new Chief Public Health Officer has said he is in favour of this plan, as shrugging off managerial oversight for the Public Health Agency will free him to provide scientific advice. That may be so, but will anybody be listening? Will he even be allowed to speak?

We seem to have forgotten the harsh lessons of SARS. It was just 11 years ago when the World Health Organization slapped Toronto with a travel advisory, costing the city $2 billion and 28,000 jobs. This was not because of the number of SARS cases (similar in number to Singapore, which had no such advisory) but because Ottawa did not have a public health leader who could effectively coordinate with the prov-inces and communicate the outbreak’s status to other coun-tries.

SARS shone a light on the enormous hurdles that Canada’s version of federalism - with provinces largely in charge of their own health dollars and direction - poses to effective country-wide pandemic responses. Significant change was needed and proposed, including the establish-ment of the Chief Public Health Officer and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The idea was that new structures and an empowered Chief Public Health Officer could forge a new vision for Canadian public health, ensuring collabora-

tion and cooperation across provinces and territories.The key was building trust: provinces and their public

health departments needed a guarantee that the federal government’s public health pronouncements were based on scientific principles rather than political talking points.

Science has never actually been allowed to trump gov-ernment politicking; the Chief Public Health Officer was made an officer of government instead of an officer of Parliament, thereby preventing him from exercising full independence like our Auditor General, the Official Languages Commissioner and the Privacy Commissioner. That was a mistake.

But at least he was given some independent powers to speak to Canadians and a mandate to engage in public activities and citizen dialogue.

More than likely the omnibus budget bill will go ahead and we will be left to regret its folly in the wake of another harsh public health lesson - which may play out on the inter-national stage, as in the case of SARS. After some hand-wringing - and undoubtedly several Commissions and reports - we will return to this inevitable conclusion: the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada needs to be indepen-dent of federal and provincial governments.

Someone needs to speak public health truth to power on behalf of all Canadians. We are all less safe without it.

Colleen Flood is a Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa and an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca. Steven Hoffman is an Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Global Strategy Lab at the University of Ottawa www.troymedia.com


To the Editor:

Stephen Harper’s former Finance Minister, the late Jim Flaherty, laid out a devastating critique of Mr. Harper’s ill-conceived Income Splitting scheme. He panned it as too expensive and unfair.

The unfairness comes from the undis-puted fact that Income Splitting benefits only a small fraction of Canadians - fewer than 15%. More than 85% of households gain nothing at all.

It’s a telling point that Conservatives no longer talk directly and specifically about “Income Splitting”. It’s been their sole defining policy since Mr. Harper first com-mitted to it during the 2011 election. But now, those two words rarely cross their lips.

Knowing that Mr. Flaherty’s criticisms w e r e r i g h t , Conservatives now

drown Income Splitting in an alpha-bet-soup of other poli-cy pronouncements. The camouflage strongly suggests they’re embarrassed to defend it on its own.

The scheme will cost at least $2.4-bil-lion in its first year - that is, this year. S i n c e t h e Conservatives remain in deficit this year, every penny of that $2.4-billion will be borrowed money, add-ing to the federal debt. The future annual cost of Income Splitting is projected at about $2-billion per year.

But many other real costs have already been incurred.

They’re in the fed-eral programs and services that have been sacrificed to pre-condition the govern-ment’s books for Income Splitting to be imposed. Here’s a small sampling:

Services to Veterans

top the list. Remember the $1.1-

billion of approved funding that disgraced Minister Fantino has failed to deliver to veterans over the past several years . Remember the nine offices providing spe-cialized veterans ser-vices that this govern-ment c l osed . Remember the recent Auditor General’s report that chronicled Conservative neglect of mental health needs.

Public health and safety are next on the list.

The Transportation Safety Board has just reported on the gov-ernment’s serious fail-ings in rail, marine and air safety. Deficiencies in food inspections have put lives at risk. Environmental pro-tections have been slashed. Marine search and rescue, forensic labs, emer-gency preparedness, even supervision of

Canada’s spy agency have all been victims of Conservative cuts.

Then there ’s C o m m u n i t y Infrastruc ture.

The Conservatives have specifically carved a huge hole in their Building Canada Fund this year. It’s down by 87%. They say it will be replen-ished at a later date. But even at best, three-quarters of this funding has been post-poned until after 2019.

Cuts to Veterans. Public health and safety. And C o m m u n i t y Infrastructure. These are some of the tangi-ble losses imposed on Canadians to position Mr. Harper to imple-ment Income Splitting.

Is it worth it? Is it fair?

Ralph Goodale Member of

Parliament for Wascana

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Carbon taxes are back on centre stage in Canada, after a new “bipartisan” Ecofiscal Commission came out in favour of the idea. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is also talking about carbon taxes, as is Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard. That makes this an oppor tune time to review some of the problems with the idea of Canada engaging in unilateral carbon pric-ing.

Since proponents of carbon taxes justify the tax primarily on the grounds that it will protect the envi-ronment, we should consider that argument first. According to Environment Canada, Canada emitted about 1.8 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emis-sions in 2012 and emissions are expected to continue to decline. Given that Canada is such a small emitter (in a global context), Canadian emission reductions - even if they were dramatic - would have no measur-able impact on the trajectory of the future climate. With regard to conventional air pollutants, Canada’s air quality has been improving for decades, and will continue to do so. Thus carbon taxes in Canada are not about achieving environmental improvements.

So if it isn’t about environmental protection, what is a carbon tax about? Essentially, it is about changing people’s behaviours in ways that drive them away from activities that produce greenhouse gas emis-sions, activities that are, overwhelmingly, related to how we consume energy - energy in our homes, in our cars, in our workplace, in our schools, hospitals, and in our diet. And given that we are all quite different in our preferences, we will all be affected differently.

Do you prefer a free-standing home to a small apartment? Sorry, you’ll have to pay up - you almost certainly emit more “carbon” than the urbanite in the micro-condo (and that doesn’t include your com-mute).

Do you have health issues that require you to maintain a particularly cool home in summer, and warm in winter? Sorry, you’ll have to pay the tax or pay more for insulation.

Is your family spread across Canada, requiring travel to visit? Sorry, but you’ll pay more for all forms of transportation when you go to visit Grandma.

Do you take a lot of prescription drugs, or use a lot of medical procedures? Sorry, get out your wallet; energy costs are a significant component on the final health care bill.

Do you like meat? Sorry, expect the price of your meat to go up more than other foods that produce less greenhouse gas emissions.

Do you like fashionable clothing and buy new clothes annually? Expect the price of those new threads to increase under the new carbon price.

The list of people who’ll be hit by the carbon tax is pretty much endless. Do you want to have, or want to build, a gourmet kitchen? Handicapped and need a car? Need a large car for your family’s hockey gear? Want that big-screen TV to display your DVD collec-tion? Like bottled water? Wash your clothes in hot water? Prefer a heated dishwasher to lukewarm hand washing? Sorry, but all these choices are going to cost you more under a carbon tax.

Now, not everyone will feel the pain. Generally, when carbon taxes have been implemented, as in BC, some of the tax is rebated to those in lower-income brackets. And in still other versions, such as Alberta’s, carbon taxes generate some winners in the form of those research groups or companies that the govern-ment pays to conduct research into greenhouse gas emission control.

Some economists support carbon pricing because they’re primarily concerned with matters of economic efficiency, rather than considering the question of whether or not one ought to engage in an activity in the first place. .

Carbon pricing tends to be one of those favoured options when governments (or NGOs) declare the road to greenhouse gas emission reduction. And yes, carbon taxes are theoretically “more efficient” eco-nomically than regulations or emission trading sys-tems might be, but unless they’re global, they are not efficient at producing environmental benefits. They’re most efficient at expanding governmental influence over people’s lifestyle preferences.

Kenneth P. Green is Senior Director, Natural Resource Studies at The Fraser Institute.

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Activist groups across the country are pushing for higher provincial minimum wages, framing them as a way to help Canadians escape poverty. The aim of helping poor fami-lies is something we all want, but increasing the minimum wage isn’t the right policy.

It sounds straightforward: get the government to legis-late a higher wage so low-wage workers earn more. This oversimplification fails to account for a number of facts including who actually earns the minimum wage and the unintended consequences min-imum wage hikes.

The vast majority of mini-mum wage earners are not part of poor households. (Poor in this sense is defined by Statistics Canada’s low income measure which is not a mea-sure of absolute poverty but rather relative low-income.) According to a major report for the Ontario government, 81.5 per cent of minimum wage earners in Ontario in 2012 did not live in poverty. This surely presents a conun-drum for those advocating minimum wage increases as a way to fight poverty.

What explains the counter-intuitive reality about mini-mum wage earners? Most are not the sole income earner in their household but in fact young people starting out in the labour force while in school. The same Ontario gov-ernment report indicates that 61.8 per cent of minimum wage earners are between the ages of 15 and 24 and that 56.3 per cent of minimum wage earners are living at home with their parents.

17.4 per cent of the remain-ing have working spouses, meaning their household income is higher than what a single minimum wage would

provide. Thankfully, the image of a single parent struggling on minimum wage to make ends meet is a rarity as single parents make up only 2.6 per cent of minimum wage work-ers.

This basic data on mini-mum wage earners helps to explain why academic studies consistently find that mini-mum wage increases do not reduce poverty. At best, Canadian researchers find no statistically significant effect. At worse, they find minimum wage increases can actually increase relative poverty. Poverty can increase when minimum wage hikes make some low income households worse off by reducing employ-ment opportunities for young workers in the family.

The tendency for young and low-skilled workers to be neg-atively affected by minimum wage hikes is clearly high-lighted in a comprehensive review of over 100 academic studies on the subject by Professor David Neumark, the foremost expert on minimum wages.

The over dozen Canadian studies examining provincial minimum wage hikes are more conclusive and show larger negative effects than in the United States. On average, the Canadian evidence finds that a 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage decreases youth employment by between 3 and 6 per cent.

The economics of these find-ings are as follows. When gov-ernments impose a minimum wage higher than what would otherwise prevail and without corresponding productivity increases, employers find ways to operate with fewer workers. While the more productive workers gain through a higher wage, their gain comes at the expense of others who lose as a result of fewer employment

opportunities. Young and low-skilled workers are most adversely affected because they possess less job qualifica-tions and experience.

Minimum wage hikes ulti-mately rob young people of the opportunity to gain work expe-rience that helps them develop basic skills and earn higher levels of income. Indeed, research finds that earning the minimum wage is often a stepping stone to higher paid work.

But focusing solely on the employment numbers misses other negative effects from minimum wage hikes. Employers also respond by cutting back on hours, provid-ing less on-the-job training and giving employment prior-ity to the most productive workers.

Minimum wage activists also ignore the policies cur-rently in place that help aug-ment the income of low-wage workers. For instance, the Working Income Tax Benefit (WITB) provides a subsidy to workers, depending on their family circumstances and where they live. Unlike the blunt minimum wage instru-ment, WITB actually targets benefits and imposes almost none of the negative side-ef-fects noted above.

If we are genuinely inter-ested in helping the poor, we first need to know who they are and what makes them poor to begin with. Hiking the min-imum wage will impose large costs and do nothing to reduce poverty in a meaningful way.

Charles Lammam is associ-ate director of tax and fiscal policy and Hugh MacIntyre is policy analyst at the Fraser Institute. Links to the aca-demic research cited in this article are available upon request. Email: [email protected]

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With an entire wing of the high school in Langenburg closed because of air quality issues, the need is greater than ever for the new building. That came one major step closer to fruition December 5 with the official groundbreaking for the new K-12 facili-ty. “It’s a great day for our community, we’ve been waiting a long time,” said Don Fogg, Langenburg mayor. “This sets up our com-munity for the next 50 years and it’s a great day.” In addition to serving the current population, he said it is an important issue for many prospective resi-dents. “One of the big things when anybody is looking is education and health care and stuff like that and with a brand new school like this I think it’s going to be a draw for our com-munity.” Lois Smandych explained it will not just be a place for kids to get an education, but a focal point for the community with two gyms that can be opened up to create a large auditorium and a fitness centre for all residents. The town raised funds to include the fitness centre. The mayor said they also factored into the design the future possibility of

tying the building into a community pool the town is considering building. “It is so rewarding for all the hard work and for what everyone wanted to do,” Smandych said. “Quite often you have a dream and you hope every-thing will come togeth-er, but when it actually starts to come together, it’s just an awesome feeling. ”It is coming together largely because of the $23 million com-mitment by the provin-cial government. Local MLA Bob Bjornerud represented Education Minister Don Morgan and the Province at the groundbreaking cere-mony. “When you see something like this come together, it’s just a great day,” Bjornerud said. “The next best day is going to be the day we open the doors and I hope I’m going to be around to take part in that. ”If all goes to plan that day will be the first day of school in September 2016. Crews will be working through the winter to make that happen. As the ceremo-nial shovels went into the ground Premier Brad Wall was tweet-ing about 15,300 new jobs in Saskatchewan in the past year. With all that activity, enrol-ment in the province’s schools is projected to grow. Bjornerud said the government is

working on making sure the infrastructure is there. “We’ve got a number of new schools on the go right now and some of them are being renovated, but you see what happened to this school here, it just shows the need that we have,” he said. “We have an infrastructure problem right across the province along with the growing population,

which is one of the best things we’ve had hap-pen to the province for years. When we see more young families moving into places like Langenburg, it just bodes well for the future of the province. ”He said it is a challenge that the government will be looking to the private sector and com-munities to help solve. We’re going to be using

triple-P partnerships to make some of this hap-pen,” he said. “There’s no way we can afford

this ourselves at the present time all at once to get them as we need them.”

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The Salvation Army is looking for some help in its effort to supply 300 children in the city and area with a toy for Christmas this year.

“We hit a lull because of the fire hap-pening,” explained Captain Glen Fraser, who noted after focus-ing attention on help-ing those left in need after the apartments in old hospital in the city was destroyed “we got ourselves together and realized our toy supply is short.”

Fraser said while they have a need for toys for all ages, the biggest need is for chil-dren aged 10-13. He said people seem to like shopping for younger children, and that leaves suitable toys for older family

members in shorter supply.

The toys are needed by the middle of next week (Dec. 17) in order to be packaged and distributed, said Fraser, adding people can most easily drop toys off at the Thrift Store on Betts Ave.

In terms of need, Fraser said it is grow-ing.

Last year the Salvation Army pro-vided 200 family ham-pers. This year requests have come from 250 families.

“That’s a 25 per cent increase,” said Fraser.

And there is a need for toys for 300 chil-dren, up 75 from 2014.

Fraser said even when an economy is good some people suf-fer, especially those earning the lowest

wages as they are squeezed by home rentals climbing and similar increases. Then a car breaks down, or someone in the family needs dental work, and money for the holidays is stretched too tight to cover everything.

As for donations in the Salvation Army kettles, while Fraser

termed them a bit slow, he added he remains optimistic people will be giving.

“I tend to think of it as a snowball, it starts off rolling down the hill slowly, but it gets going faster,” he said, adding he hopes as the season rolls on the ket-tle donations will climb.

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GRADE 10 Langenburg High School students Alanna Decorby and Breanna Popp represent the class of 2017, the first that will graduate from the new K-12 facility, at the ground-breaking ceremony December 5 while the school’s screaming eagle mascot clowns around in the background.


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Monitoring and appropriate manage-ment of stored grain (especially tough grain) is essential to ensur-ing that grain will not spoil and will remain in good shape during storage. Grain needs to be monitored while in storage, as no moni-toring can lead to dras-tic losses, especially when a good portion of grain was harvested as marginally dry!

Grain moisture con-tent and temperature are two important fac-tors that affect grain storage. Dry grain can spoil if the seed tem-perature is too high and grain initially within safe moisture and temperature lev-els can still spoil due to hot spots forming and moisture migra-tion within the grain bin. Grain acts like an insulator and can hold temperatures for a fair amount of time if left undisturbed. Actually, it is not uncommon for larger bins to have grain temperatures in the centre that have not changed much since harvest, though it is close to freezing outside the bin.

Moisture migration occurs when warm and or moist grain in the bin is at a warmer temperature than the temperature outside the bin, as a result cold air moves down the interior of the bin to the bottom of the grain mass and is drawn to the centre of the bin by an upward flow of warmer air. As the cold air is drawn up the grain, it warms and flows to the sur-face of the grain. The warm air is cooled as it reaches the surface,

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Ask for what you want for Christmas, but don’t expect to get it!

Ed, my neighbor next door, has decided that there is a big prob lem with Christmas today. According to my neighbor, when he was a kid you never knew what you would get as a Christmas gift. Yes, he did make a list of what he want-ed for Christmas, but he knew that what he wanted didn’t mean he would get it.

There was no sense of entitlement that he would get what he requested. His par-ents decided what gifts were too expen-

sive, and what pres-ents he should or shouldn’t have. In spite of these circum-stances, Christmas never failed to bring great excitement and joy. Christmas pres-ents were truly a sur-prise and a celebra-tion of what you got, rather than, caring about what you want-ed to get. He claims that they didn’t often get what they asked to get as a gift. It sad-dened Ed that his grandchildren only know of getting the gifts they have requested.

I challenged Ed that probably kids today don’t always get the presents that they

ask to receive. I said that likely parents still set a limit on what is too expensive for a gift, but Ed said that I was out of touch with today. I conceded that I had heard that before about other things. I think that Ed had a wonderful Christmas in his childhood, because his Christmas was a cele-

bration of what he got rather than caring about the gifts he had asked to receive.

The Christmas Season does spotlight who is grateful and who isn’t. From a Christian perspective, we celebrate God’s gift to us, His Son. God’s Son, Jesus Christ was born among us to accomplish the for-giveness of our sins and our reconciliation with God. Thanks to Jesus, we do have for-giveness of our sins, and reconciliation with God. It was a gift that cost Jesus every-thing, his life and

death and resurrec-tion for our benefit. Christian gratitude at Christmas is, ‘happi-ness doubled by won-der,’ in the words of G. K. Chesterton.

For many , Christmas is about giving and receiving gifts. Gifts given and received do not neces-sarily bring about happiness or joy. Frank A. Clark has wisely said, “If a fel-low isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he gets.” Being grateful does not come to people naturally or easily. Aldous Huxley points out, “Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.”

Researchers have proven an attitude of gratitude or consis-tent gratefulness, can achieve powerful physical change in a

person’s body; by amplifying one’s ener-gy, increasing intelli-gence and decreasing depression and anxi-ety. An attitude of gratitude reflects God’s word in the Bible that instructs us to give thanks in all circumstances. Can you always be thankful for every-thing that happens? Yes, bad, sad, ugly and awful stuff hap-pens to everyone. There are no short-cuts or easy answers to having an attitude of gratitude when life stinks.

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Winder, Commission-er of the Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan, recently submitted her report to Health Minister Dustin Duncan, rec-ommending improve-ments to how the province responds to people with mental health and addictions issues.

“This report is the culmination of exten-sive public consulta-tions across the prov-ince with a particular emphasis on the voic-es of people with lived experience of mental health and addictions issues and their fami-ly members, service providers across the human service sec-tors, and concerned citizens,” Stockdale Winder said. “These collective voices were powerful in the call for change and this report reflects our process of careful lis-tening and responding to this call for change.”

The Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan outlines 16 rec-ommendations that fall into seven catego-ries:

Enhance access and capacity and support recovery in the com-munity;

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Transform the sys-tem and sustain the change.

Minister Duncan received and endorsed the commissioner’s report, emphasizing the government’s com-mitment to improving its response to people with mental health or addictions issues.

“I want to thank Dr. Stockdale Winder and the participants for all of their hard work in creating this report,” Duncan said. “The recommenda-tions in the Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan will guide our efforts to improve mental health and addictions services over the next 10 years.”

In 2013, Minister Duncan appointed Dr. Stockdale Winder as commissioner to develop a 10-year i n t e r - m i n i s t e r i a l action plan to address the complex and often connected issues of mental health and addictions. Lead by

the Ministry of Health, partner ministries include Social Services, Education, J u s t i c e a n d Corrections and Policing.

Public consulta-tions began in August 2013 and concluded in April 2014. Dr. Stockdale Winder and her team travelled the province learning from clients and stakeholders in more than 150 meetings, and heard from more than 4,000 individu-als through a variety of ways, including an online questionnaire.

“The response to the consultation pro-cess is a reminder of just how important this work is to Saskatchewan fami-lies,” Duncan said. “We are already mak-ing improvements across the system, and the recommendations in this plan affirm that direction.”

Since 2007, funding for mental health ser-vices has increased 34 per cent.

Working Together for Change: A 10-Year Mental Health and Addictions Action Plan for Saskatchewan is available online at www.saskatchewan.ca / l ive /heal th-and-healthy-living/men-tal-health-and-addic-tions-action-plan.

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“Green is the colour,” Minister responsible

for SGI Don McMorris said. “It’s the colour of our province, the colour of our pride, and now the colour of two new specialty licence plates Saskatchewan resi-dents can display proudly on their vehi-cles. We’re going back to our roots and draw-ing on Saskatchewan’s

heritage with the new Collector and Vintage Rider licence plates.”

The retro licence plates are modeled after the 1965 Saskatchewan licence plate. They have a green background with embossed white num-bers, border, and letter-ing along the top and

bottom. The Collector plate says “Collector” along the bottom, while the Vintage Rider plate says “Rider Nation” and fea-tures a vintage S a s k a t c h e w a n Roughrider team logo on the left.

“ I n S a s k a t c h e w a n , people are passion-ate about their clas-sic cars,” Rural and Remote Health Minister and MLA for Yorkton Greg Ottenbreit said. “The new Collector plate is a way for car enthusiasts, myself included, to showcase that pas-sion. It’s the final touch of authentic-ity to your classic car.”

”The history of our football team is ingrained in Saskatchewan culture,” S a s k a t c h e w a n Roughrider Football Club President and CEO Jim Hopson said. “We all know the S a s k a t c h e w a n Roughriders have the world’s greatest fans, so it’s exciting to be able to provide fans the opportunity to display their pride with the new Vintage Rider plate.”

Customers can pre-order the plates start-ing December 3 at 9 a.m., by completing an order form that will be available on SGI’s web-site at www.sgi.sk.ca. The cost for the Collector plate is $75 plus GST, while the Vintage Rider plate is $100 plus GST. Both plates can be personal-ized for an additional fee of $75 plus GST.

In addition to the new retro plates, SGI offers four other types of specialty plates: per-sonalized, Veteran, Rider Pride and Memorial Cross.

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The Heart and Stroke Foundation launched a new national campaign to raise awareness of the signs of stroke based on FAST, a simple and effec-tive educational approach that is being used in many countries with suc-cess. Ability to recognize the signs of stroke and take quick action can mean the difference between life and death, or between a full recov-ery and lasting disabili-ty.

FAST stands for: Face – is it drooping? Arms – can you raise both? Speech – is it slurred or jumbled? And Time, to call 9-1-1 or your local emergency service right away. As a public aware-ness approach, FAST has been translated into sev-eral other languages around the world. In Quebec, the campaign will use VITE, for Visage, Incapacité, Trouble de la parole and Extrême urgence. FAST and VITE are short words that pro-vide an easy way to remember the major signs of stroke, and

remind people to take action as quickly as pos-sible.

Toronto resident Stacey Yepes, 49, knows too well the importance of recognizing the signs of stroke. Last spring, Stacey made internation-al headlines after record-ing herself on her mobile phone while experienc-ing a stroke, in order to show physicians her signs.

“The first time I had a stroke I immediately went to the emergency department. Having no visible symptoms and being in good health, I was told it was stress,” said Yepes. “I didn’t think it was stress, and within a few days I had two more strokes. The third time, when I felt my left side going numb, I grabbed my phone and hit record, so that I could show doctors exactly what I was experienc-ing.”

A subsequent MRI revealed Yepes had suf-fered a transient isch-emic attack (TIA), also called a mini-stroke,

resulting from athero-sclerosis (a buildup in plaque in the arteries). “I now take a blood-thinner and a cholesterol-lower-ing medication as a pre-ventive measure, and I have made lifestyle changes by exercising regularly and eating a healthier diet,” added Yepes.

Although stroke is most common in people over the age of 70, the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Stroke Report 2014, published in June, revealed an alarming escalation in the incidence of stroke among those under 70. Over the past decade, strokes in people in their 50s have increased by 24 per cent and for those in their 60s, by 13 per cent. Even more alarming, recent international studies predict that stroke rates among younger people (ages 24-64) will double in the next 15 years.

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Saturday, December 6th , 2014 at approxi-mately 4:30 PM, Canora RCMP, Preeceville and Sturgis Fire Departments and Preeceville EMS were dispatched to a sin-gle motor vehicle rollover on highway #49 approxi-mately 5 KM west of Preeceville, Sask. A black Ford F150 was located in a ditch and one 50 year old male subject was located deceased in the snow near the vehicle. The highway was reduced to one lane for a couple hours, but both lanes have been re-opened.

The family notifica-

tions are being completed at this time, the name of the deceased Will not be released at this time.

Canora RCMP are continuing the investiga-tion with the assistance of the Provincial Coroner’s Office.

Monday December 8, 2014 at 5:36 p.m. mem-bers of the Yorkton Municipal RCMP, Yorkton Fire and EMS responded to a two vehi-cle collision that occurred at the intersection of Highway 16 and York Road. A Ford Windstar van and a Dodge Ram truck collided in the

intersection causing the van to go into the ditch. The three occupants of the van were transported to Yorkton Regional Hospital. One of the pas-sengers in the van has died as a result of the injuries sustained in the collision. A second pas-senger in the van has been transported to a Regina hospital in criti-cal condition while the driver of the van is in stable condition. The driver of the truck was not injured as a result of the collision. No names are being released at this time.

RCMP accident report


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Canada’s prosperity and quality of life depend on a vast net-work of public infra-structure which must be continually devel-oped and maintained.

Along with the rest of Canada, villages, towns and cities with-in the federal constitu-ency of Yorkton-Melville rely on the support of federal infrastructure invest-ment to assist with major infrastructure-related costs associat-ed with everything

from roads and high-ways to bridges, tran-sit systems, water and wastewater infrastruc-ture, ports, airports and recreational and cultural facilities.

Investments in infrastructure not only improve productivity and quality of life. They create jobs, growth and long-term prosperity from coast to coast to coast.

The New Building Canada Plan, which applies to provincial, territorial and munici-

pal infrastructure, is the largest and longest federal infrastructure investment in our nation’s history. Recently, building on

our government’s his-toric infrastructure investments, including under the New Building Canada Plan, Prime Minister

Stephen Harper announced new invest-ments that will con-tinue to build and renew infrastructure – ensuring Canada’s future economic growth for years to come.

Our government’s unprecedented invest-ments in infrastruc-ture, the most signifi-cant in our country’s history, have already yielded significant results for hard-work-ing Canadians and their families, ensur-ing the resilience of our economy and cre-ating jobs.

The government will invest in infra-structure across the country in areas such as heritage,

First Nations’ edu-cation, defence, bor-ders, research facili-ties, harbours, trans-portation and search and rescue to create jobs across the coun-try.

Canada has the resources necessary to make this crucial investment because of the bold measures our government has taken to return to balanced budgets. Commenting on these investments, Prime Minister Harper noted, “The new infra-structure support builds on the founda-tion necessary to pro-mote future growth and prosperity in our great country, gener-ating increased job opportunities, health and environmental benefits, and reduced commuting times. The investment will also help ensure that our cultural and natural heritage are preserved, promoted and enhanced.”

For more informa-tion on specific infra-structure investments, visit www.infrastruc-ture.gc.ca

New infrastructure investments set

by Garry Breitkreuz

ParliamentaryReport

Op-Ed Column

The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport has entered into a 10 year agreement with Weyerhaeuser Saskat chewan Ltd. to renew the forest at Duck Mountain Provincial Park. The ecologically responsi-ble logging operation will emulate the natu-ral growth patterns of the forest and is one of the first of its kind in Saskatchewan.

“The protection and conservation of Saskatchewan’s natu-ral environment is incredibly important,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Mark Docherty said. “This forest renewal project will ensure that the forest at Duck Mountain Provincial Park will remain healthy for many years to come.”

The forest at Duck Mountain Provincial Park is approximately

120 years old and is primarily made up of trembling aspen. Trembling aspen for-ests require a large scale disturbance such as wildfire to regener-ate naturally. Without a large disturbance, the trembling aspen forest will die and the area will convert to shrubland. As people have settled in the areas in and around the forests, natural wildfires have been suppressed and the forest has become uncommonly old.

Beginning in mid-D e c e m b e r , Weyerhaeuser will begin logging opera-tions in Duck Mountain Provincial Park. Over the next ten winters, approxi-mately 10,000 hect-ares of forest in the north half of the park will be renewed.

Logging throughout the winter months

while the ground is frozen minimizes the impact of the machin-ery on the environ-ment. In addition, the removal of the trees while they are dor-mant will prompt new suckering from their roots in the following spring. In this way, the forest will regen-erate using its own natural patterns and processes and it will remain as natural, diverse and healthy as possible. This is the first time that an ecologically responsi-ble logging process of this type has been used in a S a s k a t c h e w a n Provincial Park.

The Government of Saskatchewan recog-nizes the value and importance o f Saskatchewan’s pro-vincial parks and con-tinues to invest in them. The 2014-15 Budget increased

funding to provincial parks by 4.6 per cent and capital invest-ments will total a record $14.9 million this year.

Forest renewal underway at Duck Mountain Park


Friday, December 19

YORKTON TERRIERS vsNOTRE DAME HOUNDS

Game Time 7:30 p.m. at the Farrell Agencies Arena

Upcoming Yorkton Terrier Home GamesFriday, January 2

YORKTON TERRIERS vsMELVILLE MILLIONAIRES

Game Time 7:30 p.m. at the Farrell Agencies Arena

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EclipseA “Stars For

Saskatchewan” performance presented by the Yorkton Arts Council,

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anne Portnuff Theatre, Yorkton Regional High

School. Eclipse is an exciting and vibrant musical experi-ence that showcases the very best of Saskatoon’s

musicians, arrangers and performers. Eclipse pres-ents a stunning 30 voice

ensemble, accompanied by some of Saskatoon’s finest

musicians and led by artistic director Roy

Sydiaha with Wes Froese on keyboard. Vocalists are drawn from the communi-ty with a broad and var-

ied background in musical training. From shimmer-ing jazz harmonies and

grooving rhythm to inspir-ing gospel, Eclipse creates a joyful musical spectacu-lar. It’s a musical event you won’t want to miss!

The fusion of band, choral and swinging arrange-

ments brings energy and life to the choral music

scene. Entertaining with classics from blues, soul, swing and pop, we bring

our own twist to the music with arrangements by Saskatchewan musi-cians. Audiences leave

with a lift to their spirits and a spring in their step.

www.eclipsechorus.comTickets are available at

the Yorkton Arts Council, 306-783-8722, online at www.ticketpro.ca or at

the door.

Yorkton Public Library Upcoming programs at

the Yorkton Public Library.

Gingerbread Showcase!Bring your gingerbread

creations to Yorkton Public Library between December 10 and 22 to

have them displayed. All ages and skill levels are

welcome! Houses…Gingerbread people… let

your imagination run wild! Everyone who

enters the showcase will have their name entered

into a draw to win!Christmas Crafts

Monday, December 15 4:00 p.m. Ages 6-12

Please pre-register by calling the Yorkton Public Library at 306-783-3523.

Local artist, CAROL BOLT, expresses her

fascination with pottery in POTS & PAINTS, our

current show at communi-ty pARTners gallery.

Diverse and decorative wares, hand-built as well as wheel-thrown, punctu-ated with cheerful paint-ings, are sure to refresh

your day. POTS & PAINTS can be enjoyed during regular hours at Yorkton Public Library

from now till Christmas.

New Horizons Friday Night Dances

78 First Ave. NorthYorkton, SK

Great night of dancingEveryone is welcomeAdmission only $8.00

Lunch is included Time: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Music by: Don & Friends December 12

Old Country Lads December 19

Country SunshineDecember 26

For more information contact Peter at:

306-782-1846.

The Yorkton Legion Track Club

The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.

Coaches also needed.To register or learn more contact Club Manager, Marcel Porte at [email protected] or call

Cell: 306-621-7716.

Co-Ed Pool League Every Monday at 7 p.m. from October until April. Downstairs at the Legion.

380 Broadway St. W.Come out and have some fun. No partner required.Everyone welcome. Cash prizes every week! For

more information contact Wayne at 306-783-7785

Singers Unite!Yorkton Community

Concert Choir Practices every Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the choir

room at the YRHS (use parking lot entrance)

Contact Laurene at 782-0460, Shanni at 783-9145 or Anna at 744-2729 for details.

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

Yorkton Public LibrarySecond Tuesday of

every month @ 6:30 p.m.• overview of Shelwin

House, domestic violence info., healthy/unhealthy

relationships, dating violence, bullying

No cost, all are welcome!For details call Shannon

at 306-782-5181.

Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club

Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on BroadwayMon., Tues.,

Thurs., & Fri., 9 a.m. to noon.

Tues., Wed., Thurs., 2-4 p.m.

Free to participate!

The Caring ClosetLower level of Safire

Clothing & AccessoriesQuality, free used

clothing for women who require outfits for career or educational purposes.Donations are accepted.

Fittings are done by appointment. Call 306-

521-0332, 306-783-0026 or 306-786-1570.

2014/15 Stars For Saskatchewan Concert

Series Line UpEclipse, January 13, 2015; Prairie Debut: Ensemble Caprice Baroque Quintet, January 27, 2015; Royal

Wood, February 22, 2015; Ballet Jorgen presenting

Cinderella, March 10, 2015; The Barra

MacNeils, April 8, 2015; and Lone Tree Road with

JJ Guy and Scott Cornelius, April 26, 2015.

New pricing!For details call the

Yorkton Arts Council at 306-783-8722. Tickets are

also available online at Ticketpro.

Parkland Right to Life Meetings

Meets every third Wednesday of the month

@ St. Gerard’s Hall basement @ 7.30 p.m. For

info. call 306-783-6240.

Habitat for HumanityVolunteers Wanted

To get your name on thevolunteer list for a build

or to be part of a committee, go to

www.habitatyorkton.ca and click on

“Volunteer Now”

Dart League Attention dart players,

steel-tip action is underway at Gunner’s

Lounge at Royal Canadian Legion. This is a fun league for all ages, so beginners are encour-

aged to come out. For more information

call 782-1783.

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

Grayson Conference Room, St. Peters Hospital, Melville the first Tuesday

of every month at 6:30 p.m. Also in Preeceville at

the Preeceville Library the third Tuesday of every

month and Langenburg the fourth Tuesday at the

Town Office.• overview of Shelwin

House, domestic violence info., healthy/unhealthy

relationships, dating violence, bullying

No cost, all are welcome!For details call Shannon

at 306-782-5181.

Yorkton and District United Way

• looking for dedicated people interested in tak-

ing part of a growing organization that helps

agencies and crucial ser-vices in and around the Yorkton area. To learn

more call Kristin Parsons at 782-9389 or

email yorktonunited [email protected].

Cribbage & PoolThe Yorkton Retired

Citizens Inc. group invites interested

cribbage and pool players to come out to St.

Gerard’s Church – lower level – Tuesdays and

Thursdays from 1:15 to 4 p.m. $1 for the afternoon

for crib, $1.25 for the afternoon for pool, price

includes light lunch.For info. call Helen at

783-0802 or Angie at 783-7838.

St. John Ambulance First Aid Classes

OHS Standard First Aid/CPR classes. Personalized

courses andonline training also

available.For more info. or to register call Judy at 783-4544 or email:

[email protected].

Crossroads – a support group for

women who are experiencing or have experienced violence.

Group is held at SIGN on Broadway every Thursday

from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more informa-tion contact 782-0673 or

782-5181.

Community Adult Band

Rehearsals Tuesdays 7 p.m. at Yorkton Regional High School Band Room. Two bands – Community

Concert Band and Yorkton’s ALL THAT

JAZZ Big Band New members welcome! For more information, contact Larry Pearen,

Director 786-2582 (days) 782-4182 (evenings).

Yorkton Creators 4-H Club

Welcoming new members ages 6-21. Projects include

cooking, sewing, wood-working and

cloverbud. For more info. call Vi at 782-4721.

Community Events

COOL CAT – Hey there, I’m Milo. I’m an adult male neutered cat, and I know I’d be a great addition to a loving, responsible family. So if your family wants a new member this winter, be sure to come down to meet me. To learn more come visit the SPCA or call 306-783-4080.

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Newsletter Submitted by Carol Olson

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

We got a good snow-fall last weekend, so now the ground is covered and the snow SPARKLES with the sun shining on it.

Kevin Coleridge has volunteered to make the cross-country ski trails ...so everyone will be able to get their exercise this winter.

Chris Leis will be making the ice on the rink over at Spilchen Meadows. Volunteers will be greatfully accept-ed!!

The Christmas greet-ing board at the Good Spirit Market is filling up with nice messages for the holiday season! You still have time to add messages for $10 each, the money is used for Community Assoc. activities.

Our Christmas in November supper was a great success!! Our cater-ers, “3 G’friends” from Canora are highly rec-ommended!! The Good Spirit Park hall was dec-orated in a Christmas theme, and everyone there enjoyed the eve-ning. Door prizes made and donated by Jeanne Anderson were won by Ed Achtemichuk and Kevin Coleridge. A pret-ty bouquet, from the Comm. Assoc was won by 5 year old Thor Steiner, who promptly gave it to his mom Lana. So cute!!

The Comm. Assoc. is planning an afternoon of bowling in late January. The lottery grant covers the cost of bowling and shoe rental. (It is also the lottery grant that is paying for the tickets for the Arts Council tickets and the Gallagher Centre pool and flexihall gift cards.)

The Hamlet Board wants to welcome our newest member, Lana Steiner who will fill the recently vacated Board position. The notice for the nomination was posted for the required period of time and she was named to the Board by acclamation at a meeting on Nov. 12, 2014.

You may have noticed

surveyors in the commu-nity as they are doing a detailed layout of our community. Once this is completed the Hamlet Board expects to have suggestions from an engineering company as how to solve some of the water problems in the community. The commu-nity can expect to hear about these improve-ments at the Spring

Information meeting in May of 2015. The Board hopes to implement some of the changes starting next summer.

Thanks to the com-munity members who assisted Barry Bradshaw and Terry Konkel install the winter fence along Capalano Drive. Thanks to Alf Dittrick, Sandy Konkel, Ed Park and Don Thompson.

Good Spirit Market winter hours are Sun to Thurs 9 AM to 6 PM and Fri and Sat. 9 AM to 7 PM. Pizza is available on Fri and Sat. Please order by 4 PM and pick up by 6 PM.

They will also be serv-ing a variety menu this fall and winter. PLEASE call in advance to let them know you are com-ing! That’s 306-792-4663. Fern would like to thank the Federowich construction company for having their lunches at the Market this fall.

Thanks also to Elaine and Lynn for helping out at this busy time! It was much appreciated! Fern mentioned that she will be serving hot lunches to snowmobilers this win-ter...so pray for snow!

The Comm. Assoc. would like to thank the staff at the Market for all they do for our com-munity. They are the hub of this Hamlet, where you can stop for a coffee and visit, pick up your mail or a few gro-ceries, fill up with gaso-line or buy lottery tick-ets. They sell tickets for our community functions and allow us to advertise our upcoming events on their board. Always a smiling face at the Market!!

The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they MAKE the best of everything!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year every-one!

With kids off school and parents home from work, the winter holidays are perfect for creating family time to play and learn together! ABC Life Literacy Canada offers these holiday family literacy tips to warm your heart—and feed your mind!

• Family book snuggle: Gather the family together with a favourite holiday or winter book. Get cozy blankets and comfy chairs, then snuggle in and take turns reading aloud to one another.

• Make your own cards and gift tags: Even young children can write or draw on a card to send to friends and family or on a gift tag for someone spe-

cial.• Bake-off: Get the

whole family involved in baking! Following a recipe is a great way to practice reading and comprehension skills. Measuring ingredients and fol-lowing baking times are practical (and delicious!) applica-tions of math skills.

• Out and About: Take in a holiday show or visit a muse-um. Family outings offer fun learning opportunit ies—and make sure to read the theatre program and the exhibit descrip-tions together.

• Make a list and check it twice: Grocery shopping can be a fun family literacy activi-ty. Your child can write the holiday

shopping list, read signs and labels as you make your way through the aisles, and count items as they go into the shop-ping cart.

• Give the gift of literacy: Encourage literacy by giving books, games, draw-ing materials, maga-zine subscriptions and bookstore gift cards—gifts to enjoy all year long!

When you include fun learning activities in your family’s holi-day time, everyone stays sharp and ready for the New Year. Find more family lit-eracy tips and activi-ties at www.FamilyLiteracyDay.ca.

Give the gift of literacy

THE YORKTON ANTIQUE AUTO ASSOCIATION presented a cheque in the amount of $2000.00 to Captain Glen Fraser of the Salvation Army. Pictured above from left to right is Tom Cursons, Captain Glen Fraser and Harvey Litvanyi.

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