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By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer
As people age and begin to be affected by the problems of old age, family members and caregivers might be unprepared for what they are about to face. Yorkton Crossing Retirement Community has begun a series of seminars to discuss issues surrounding old age and caring for elder-ly people. The first con-cerned dementia, and some of the things that need to be kept in mind as someone cares for someone who has it.
The program is called C o m m u n i t y Connections, and each month it will focus on a different aspect of care, though it will have a primary focus on memo-ry care. Sandi Barrie, Resident Care Manager
at Arbor Memory Care at Yorkton Crossing, says that they wanted reach out to the commu-nity and help people learn more.
“There are so many people with loved ones out there who have dementia, and they don’t have the skills to communicate with them. It’s just some-thing we would like to offer the community.”
Part of the problem with dealing with dementia is that many people do not have any experience with demen-tia and some of the things they have to do when communicating with someone who has memory problems. The presentation had things like what to keep in mind when communi-cating, such as speaking clearly and not chang-ing subjects frequently,
as well as unexpected things to be aware of, such as how people with dementia often have a compromised sense of smell and won’t notice things other people do.
“There is so much lack of knowledge out there. When these kinds of diagnosis happen, especially if it’s a trau-ma from a car accident or an injury, and it’s a sudden thing, there is not a lot out there to tell you how to communi-cate with these people and learn the skills you need. It’s a whole differ-ent world.”
The opportunity to add a teaching compo-nent to the job is one of the reasons why Barrie decided to work at Yorkton Crossing, because she has a “pas-sion for teaching” and a diverse background in memory care that she
wanted to put to use to help the wider commu-nity.
For Barrie, getting education out to the community is important on a personal level as well. While a her back-ground was in dementia care and education, she also had to experience it on a personal level, car-ing for her mother who suffered a stroke.
“I had been doing this kind of education for a long time and when it hits home and happens to your loved one, it’s a whole differ-ent story... That really showed me the impor-tance of reaching out to others, who had been experiencing what I experienced.”
The next seminar will be on July 27, and will be focused on cop-ing mechanisms for the caregiver.
Reaching out to talk about dementia care
SANDI BARRIE Resident Care Manager at Arbor Memory Care at Yorkton Crossing, speaks to the crowd about car-ing for people with dementia. Photo by Devin Wilger.
The Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair has begun for another year, with the four days of fun kicking off on Wednesday.
Returning favorites include the West Coast Amusements Midway and the petting zoo. The excitement of the Chuckwagon and Chariot races are anoth-er tradition that is going
to continue this year.Throughout the week-
end kids will have the chance to meet their favorite princesses or superheroes, and there will be performances by the Westcoast Lumberjacks, i-Flip Acrobatic Team and the Hockey Circus Show.
Different entertain-ment will grace the main stage each day, with Big
Daddy Tazz on Thursday and Holly Wood and Toronto on Friday. Young kids will want to take in the Backyardigans Musical Playdate, with two shows on Saturday after-noon.
The entire thing ends with the GX94 Star Search finale and fire-works to cap off the weekend.
KIDS ENJOY the sights and sounds of the Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair in 2015. This year’s fair began on Wednesday and promises a mix of old favorites and new experi-ences. Photo by Devin Wilger.
This July, Kaitlyn Kitzan, 17 year old, Sacred Heart High School gradu-ate, will join forty of Canada’s top young leaders on a Trade Mission to China. She and her fellow young Canadians will rep-resent their communities and country this August on a delegation which will take them to one of Canada’s priority trading markets: China. This sum-mer’s mission will focus on building connections between Canadian and
Chinese business, govern-ment, community, and cul-tural organizations.
A key part of Kitzan’s experience is obtaining mandates, or objectives from organizations in the Yorkton community. Partners will make a finan-cial contribution toward the mission in exchange for information, research, con-tacts, and connections in the Chinese marketplace.
“I think the most impor-tant role of being a Junior Team Canada Ambassador
is to represent my commu-nity and province,” said Kitzan. “I also look forward to representing the Saskatchewan Agriculture Industry as Saskatchewan’s farmers are growing food for the growing world.”
Kitzan and the other young leaders were select-ed from hundreds of eligi-ble participants who were a part of Global Vision’s national recruitment and outreach campaign. The mission will take place July 27th – August 15th,
2016. Global Vision is a
national not-for-profit charitable organization, founded in 1991 by former Member of Parliament, Terry Clifford C.M. Global Vision provides young Canadian leaders aged 16-25 hands-on interna-tional experience repre-senting Canadian culture and industry abroad
through its flagship pro-gram Junior Team Canada. Since its inception, Junior Team Canada has traveled to over 35 different coun-tries on 6 continents.
For more information on Global Vision and its pro-grams, or to find out how you can become a partner please visit www.globalvi-sion.ca.
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FRONT PAGE PHOTO – The Western Development Museum’s Canada Day celebrations brought out peo-ple of all ages to celebrate the country’s 149th birth-day. This girl brought out her most patriotic attire to celebrate with Yorkton and the country as a whole. Photo by Michaela Miller.
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A summer vacation is often littered with bored children looking for something to do once the rush of freedom from school finally wears off. The Boys and Girls Club in Yorkton is starting an evening drop-in program to give kids the chance to participate in fun activi-ties and give parents a break for the evening.
On Monday and Tuesday evenings this summer kids between 6 and 12 can go to The Outlet at 54c Smith Street East from 6-8 p.m. Waiting for them will be a wide variety of activi-ties, from art to cooking, as well as different chal-lenges and games.
Brittany Ayers and Karlyn Neal are running the program, and Ayers has big plans for the pro-gram over the summer. The goal was to have crafts that parents can display with pride as well as cooking activities that end up with good food. Each week also has a theme, with the coming evenings being focused around a beach theme for different activities. Ayers hopes that they see a lot of kids take advantage of
the program, because she has plans for a lot of cool activities for the kids.
The program is a bit of an experiment, Ayers says, since it’s the first time they have offered an evening program in the summer. While they have popular evening programs during the school year, as well as a day camp during the summer months, this is a new venture for the Boys and Girls Club, and they want to see if there is a demand for evening pro-gramming. Ayers says they want to make a pro-gram that kids like as much as other evening programs the club has ran at other times in the year.
“Our evening pro-grams did really well in the past school years, the kids really loved it and you would get regulars every single day.”
If the experiment suc-ceeds, they plan to make the evening program a regular feature in the summer months. Whether or not that hap-pens depends on how many kids they get in the program and how much demand there is from families to have evening programming for their younger members.
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SUMMER FUN – Kids in Yorkton have the chance to take in some summer evening activities thanks to the Boys and Girls Club, which has begun an evening drop-in Summer Fun Program for the summer months. Tahlia and Makayla Winters try out an art project on its first day. Photo by Devin Wilger.
By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer
The Community Initiatives Fund has released a list of the groups receiving funding from the summer grant. Of the over 400 grants and $7,665,369 in funds given out to community organizations, those within the city of Yorkton received $70,000 from the grants.
The local groups that benefitted were the Boys and Girls Club, which received $5,000 for 2016 summer programming and $25,000 for annual programs, Big Brothers
Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area which received $20,000 for Big Buddy for Me and $5,000 for Free to Be Me, $5,000 to the City of Yorkton for Summer Recreation Programming, $5,000 to the Parkland Early Childhood Intervention Program for their Early Childhood Summer Program, and $5,000 for the Saskatchewan Ability Council’s Positive Transitions Summer Program in Yorkton.
The money distribut-ed by the CIF comes from funds raised through a portion of the net reve-nues Casino Regina and
Casino Moose Jaw. The funding supports a wide range of community pro-grams through the prov-ince.
“Generally, annually we award through this program in the range of $6-7 million each year, and that goes to support all kinds of projects to hundreds of groups throughout the prov-ince,” says Tracey Mann, Executive Director of the CIF.
The grants support community based organi-zations through their dif-ferent programs. Mann says when they look at applications, they want
to see that the program-ming will have benefits for the community.
“We like to see com-munity partnerships, we like to see support from other community organi-zations. Sometimes that’s volunteers, some-times that’s in-kind con-tributions or dollars from other partners as well.”
In Yorkton, the major-ity of the funding will be going to support kids programming, which Mann says is fairly typi-cal for the CIF grants in general. While the fund is designed to support programming for all ages, they find that well
over half of the projects they support goes to chil-dren and youth.
“One of the things that we know is that if you support the develop-ment of children and youth that has long term benefits. There is a lot that they gain through participating in pro-grams that helps carry them through and helps them become successful in life, school and work.”
One of the reasons for announcing who is being funded is to get the good ideas of Saskatchewan’s community based orga-nizations spread out through the province. The fund supports a wide range of program-ming, and some of those programs might be appli-cable to other communi-
ties.“We hope that com-
munities look at the list and the kind of programs we are supporting...They might see some-thing on the list and say ‘we could do somethinglike that in our commu-nity.’ They might reach out to these organiza-tions to learn more about the different programs and how they’re running. I think announcing these programs does help inspire other communi-ties.”
Where the dollars go depends on where the applications come from,Mann says, but they have supported a num-ber of different projects in Yorkton and area in the past and hope to do more in the future.
CIF contributes $70,000 to Yorkton groups
Yorkton’s tourism director wants resi-dents to get out and enjoy their own city on foot along with tour-ists.
Randy Goulden has planned several tours that showcase some of the city’s best amen-ities.
Randy’s Summer Tours of Yorkton kicks off July 10 at 7 p.m. from the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre with an historical walk
around downtown led by Kathy Morrell.
“Tread through downtown streets and learn about Yorkton’s most important cit-izens: the Patrick boys and the Bronfman family,” stated a press release. “Learn about the tunnels and the buildings considered heritage properties. Look, listen and mar-
vel at the city’s captiv-ating history.”
On July 14, it is St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church that will be on display, with a special lec-ture about the dome painting of the heav-enly coronation of the Virgin Mary starting at 2 p.m.
The other tours include Relaxation in
Sonja’s Healing and Meditation Garden (July 20, 12 p.m.), Ravine Ecological Preserve Nature Walk (July 27, 10 a.m.), and Promise and Potential: Yorkton in the early 1900s (August 10, 5 p.m.).
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This summer, if you are in Yorkton, you are going to be inconvenienced by construction. This is espe-cially true for me, as my standard routes to find food and toiletries have been blocked by big construction projects and roads that have been completely dug up. It is somewhat inconvenient, and it’s tempting to get irate at the sheer amount of construction I am confronted with on a daily basis. I will, as a result, use this column to tell everyone else the things I tell myself when I have to take a complicated path just to buy myself the ingredients for dinner.
One, it needed to be done. The streets that are currently no longer streets were often rough, they often required creative paths to get to the place you needed to be. They had underlying infrastructure that was going to either burst or implode, and they were not able to sustain the traffic that frequently used those streets. Every street being dug up right now is a street that was under heavy use, which we know because all of them are near businesses and commercial development. It might have been nice if we didn’t have Dracup and Mayhew simultaneously under the backhoe, especially for me since I live on the north end of the city, but Mayhew was a workout for a car’s suspension and turning off Dracup onto Smith tended to result in me double checking to see that I didn’t crack a wheel. They were not going to get better if they didn’t get pretty thoroughly redone.
I’ll also give credit to the city for actually giving clear instructions for motorists who might want to use the different businesses which are on the torn up streets. It’s not a perfect system by any means, it often requires going down alleys or making unortho-dox turns, but at least they’re all well marked and easy to understand. I know that it’s still not a great time for any of the businesses affected, anything that might prevent a customer from coming into your store is something you very much do not want, but at least they’re trying to account for this and are giving a clear indication of where people need to go in order to access the goods and services on offer. The giant signs are quite handy at least, and might even be a good reminder that these businesses exist and are still ready to serve, even if the road to get there is torn up.
Besides, honestly, it could be worse. My mother lives in a very small town and the curve where her house lives has been torn up and down several times in the past year, without that clear indication of the best way to even get to her house, which is kind of a problem when you’re trying to reach an elderly woman who can’t exactly walk down the block. Even in terms of Yorkton itself the city is getting a bit bet-ter at actually communicating when and where they
are doing things and what exactly they are doing. I remember a few years ago where my street was torn up to replace a water main, and I didn’t know until I narrowly avoided having my car trapped in my driveway by leaving the house at the right time. This go around there seemed to be much better com-munication around exactly what was going on – at a bare minimum, I knew there was a construction project starting before it happened, which is a big improvement and should be applauded. We might not like the construction, but I do like that commu-nication has been significantly improved. The city has learned from some of its mistakes in my eyes, and I appreciate that.
The project isn’t perfect, this will see millions of dollars spent, but if it has to be done in order to avoid spending a much larger number of millions – not to mention the damage to vehicles caused by unmaintained roadways – it’s something that I can get behind in theory. I hope it finishes on schedule, though the scale of the work and a past littered with other overdue construction makes me suspect it’ll go over. But if it’s necessary, and this construction means it’ll be a very long time before it has to hap-pen again, I’m all for the construction actually hap-pening now. This is what I tell myself in order to stop swearing at things every time I have to take a circuitous route to get the essentials of life. Even if I’m not entirely sure I agree with myself some days, especially days on which I’m significantly inconve-nienced, I am going to stay aggressively positive in order to maintain sanity.
In theory, this is going to mean that once these streets are done we are going to have much nicer, happier roads that don’t illustrate every flaw in our cars’ suspension design. That’s something I think is going to be quite nice for all of us, so I’m all for it. That we have to wait a few months to actually see this happen is not really comforting, whether you’re a commuter like myself or a business owner who would prefer it if their customers had an easier time actually accessing their business, but at least there is a light at the end of the tunnel, one that isn’t com-pletely blocked by construction equipment.
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GTH land deal
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Construction is good in the end
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I N S I GHT S PUBLISHER: Neil Thom
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Just because the provincial auditor could not find any actual “wrongdoing” in the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) land deals, does not mean taxpayers did not get screwed.
The much-anticipated report by Judy Ferguson released last week said the government did a poor job of acquiring land and paid too much for it, but did not find evidence of fraud or conflict of inter-est.
The report must be both a relief and a kick in the gut for Premier Brad Wall because it also con-tains the stunning revelation that a mysterious land appraisal the Saskatchewan Party has been using as justification for the overpayment was not relevant to the negotiations, if it ever even existed.
Just as a reminder, way back in 2010 and 2011, the Ministry of Highways bought some land west of Regina for a bypass from a group of nuns and a company called McNally Enterprises for $9,000 and $11,000 per acre respectively. They did so under threat of expropriation.
According to a CBC iTeam report, with the threat of further expropriation looming over their heads, the Sisters and McNally sought to sell the rest of their land, listing it closer to the market value, which at the time was somewhere around $38,000 per acre.
An Alberta business man, Robert Taupauf, who claims he didn’t know about the bypass, closed the deal on February 26, 2013 for $45,000 per acre on McNally’s property and $55,000 on the Sisters’. That same day, he turned around and sold it for $71,000 and $85,000 respectively to a numbered Regina company owned by Regina developers Anthony Marquart and Harold Rotstien.
One would have to conclude that these guys are terrible businessmen for overpaying that much for land except, later, the Government of Saskatchewan would buy that land for $103,000 per acre, two to three times the appraised value. Both Taupauf and the Regina duo made millions just for flipping real estate under what can still only be considered some very shady circumstances.
None of it made any sense. If the government is capable of expropriating land below value, why would it ever pay more? It didn’t add up. It stunk to high heaven. It still does.
CBC also turned up a connection between then-finance minister Bill Boyd and Taupauf. The min-ister rented land from a Taupauf company and one of Taupauf’s companies donated directly to the minister’s 2011 election campaign. Boyd and the premier were indignant anyone would suggest conflict of interest.
As it turns out, Marquart is also a big Saskatchewan Party financial supporter. As an aside, that is not a smoking gun, but it is a good argument for why we need to get corporate money out of politics.
Despite the putrid stink surrounding this affair, Wall doubled down on the excuse that the seller had an appraisal for $129,000 while the govern-ment’s own high end appraisal was around $60,000. They paid $103,000, a good deal except when you consider they could have gotten it for one-tenth of that. And except when you consider the auditor’s report says the government negotia-tor considered the seller’s appraisal irrelevant and it wasn’t even provided until after the sale was closed.
Finally, the GTH (a Crown corporation) turned around and sold the land to the Ministry of Highways for less than half the original purchase price.
In responding to the auditor’s report, Wall con-tinued to cling to the elusive seller’s appraisal calling for it to be made public, as if that somehow matters at this point as it was not part of the nego-tiation to begin with.
He admitted that mistakes were made and said he takes responsibility for the overpayment, but that he believes the land deal will be still be a net win for the province. Whether the government makes money on the land in the long run, is also totally irrelevant.
Ultimately, some rich guys got richer, the pub-lic got screwed and no politician was harmed in the making of this scandal.
We honestly do not expect governments, MLAs or even premiers to be perfect, but this particular boondoggle is beyond acceptable.
To stand up now and say mistakes were made and we will make the money back in the future is simply not good enough, Mr. Wall.
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To the Editor:
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on the Saskatchewan government to trim spending in the wake of a credit rating downgrade. Saskatchewan lost its AAA credit rating after bond rating agency Standard and Poor’s lowered its rating to AA+ with a negative outlook on June 24.
“This credit rating downgrade is pointing out the obvious: when we have less money we need to spend less money,” said Todd MacKay, Prairie Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. “Other provinces such as
Alberta and Ontario are ignoring warn-ings from credit rating agencies and keep on racking up reckless deficits. Saskatchewan needs take this credit rat-ing downgrade seriously and trim spend-ing immediately.”
Saskatchewan is currently running an operational deficit of $434 million and it’s increasing the provincial debt by another $1 billion with borrowing for infrastructure projects.
Standard and Poor’s states that Saskatchewan financial picture is better than other resource-dependent provinces such as Alberta and Newfoundland due to a more diversified economy. However,
low commodity prices remain an issue.“The downgrade reflects the impact
that persistently low natural resource prices, in particular oil and potash, have had and are expected to continue having on Saskatchewan’s budgetary perform-ance,” wrote Standard and Poor’s in its release.
In addition to announcing a down-grade, Standard and Poor’s warned of further downgrades with a negative out-look on the rating.
“The negative outlook reflects our expectation that, in the next two years, there is a one-in-three chance that the province will not be able to meet its
budget targets of low or no growth in operating expenditures,” wrote Standard and Poor’s.
The Saskatchewan government has committed to transformational change to reduce spending prior to the next budget.
“The government’s commitment to transformational change is good, but it needs to be followed with real actions to trim spending,” said MacKay. “Saskatchewan people know we can’t continually spend more than we have and they expect their provincial govern-ment to live within its means.”
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
To the Editor:
Is this the beginning of the end for globalization?That’s what some commentators hinted at last
week after the stunning result of the United Kingdom European Union membership referen-dum, or Brexit. The Leave campaign earned 51.89 per cent support (17,410,742 votes), while Remain finished at 48.11 per cent (16,141,241 votes).
This led to an eruption on a scale that few demo-cratic nations have ever witnessed.
Tory Prime Minister David Cameron immedi-ately announced his resignation by October. There’s a palace coup involving Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, and it just might topple him. UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage is crowing about his role in Brexit, too.
Scotland, the only member of the sovereign state
that supported Remain, wants to hold another independence vote by year’s end - and stay in the EU. Northern Ireland is piping up about indepen-dence yet again. The Netherlands and France are both mumbling about holding Brexit-style referen-dums.
Meanwhile, the short-term financial fallout has been awful - and rather predictable.
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Brexit places globalization on the line
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Unlike the dark, moonless skies we’ve had the last few weeks, the Moon shows itself promi-nently for the next four-teen days or so; weather permitting of course.
Of all the objects in the night sky, the most dominant by far is the Moon. Long before we had a written history, it was among the first rec-ognizable symbols when caveman began writing on stone.
It has been only recently that we’ve dis-covered its true nature. Only four hundred years ago when Galileo first turned his telescope on it, the religious philoso-
phy of the day stated that the Moon, being in the heavens, could be nothing other than a per-fect sphere. When he wrote that it appeared ‘uneven’ and ‘rough’, things did not go well for him.
Luckily for us, we cur-rently have more flexible ideas and far better optics; even the most inexpensive of telescopes will show the ‘uneven & rough’ terrain of our nat-ural satellite. Like the Earth, the Moon is cov-ered in mountains and valleys; however, the Moon’s lack of atmo-sphere means it’s entire 4.5 billion year history of
meteor impacts show as clearly today as at the moment they occurred.
Astronomers in gen-eral ignore the Moon, actually despising it because it washes out the sky and makes other things harder to see. However, that does not mean it isn’t interesting. Although the Moon is so
common a sight that we too tend to ignore it, someone’s first view of it through a telescope is guaranteed to solicit a “Wow”. The perfect tar-get for a child’s new scope, it never fails to impress.
The best views are a few days on either side of its First Quarter, the
time when it appears half lit and half dark. The shadows along the terminator, the dividing line between light and darkness, make the cra-ters, mountains and val-leys stand out in great relief, giving it a very three-dimensional look. It truly does look like you can reach out and touch it. First Quarter this month happens on the 11th (when, incidentally, the Moon lies five degrees above Spica, the bright-est star in the constella-tion Virgo).
But the view through a telescope is just a bonus.
The universe that we
travel through is a vast, cold place. Our moon was born when a Mars-sized piece of rock gave our young, molten Eartha whack, knocking off a sizable chunk which would eventually be cap-tured by our gravity and end up in orbit around us. No freak collision, no Moon.
Just being able to look up at our bright compan-ion travelling alongside us makes the journey somehow far less scary. Let the astronomy elitecomplain all they want;the comfort that its light brings, simply by beingthere, is worth any pos-sible inconvenience.
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Globalization at risk thanks to Brexit
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The British pound hit a 35-year-low against the U.S. dollar on June 24, and has continued to decrease. The Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) 100 Index dropped eight per cent the morning after Brexit, although it recovered and ended down three per cent by the close of trading. (It fell another 2.55 per cent on June 27.)
World economies are also suffering because of Brexit. In particular, inter-national equities markets had the highest recorded one-day sell-off of more than US$2 trillion. The Dow Jones has dropped several hundred points, as did the Toronto Stock Exchange.
While there’s no question these political and economic situations will eventually settle down, the future of globalization remains unclear.
It will take two years for the UK to formally withdraw from the EU. As a member state, it has to initiate Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union to get the process rolling. (The recent referendum is non-binding.) Cameron appears unwilling to do it, which means his successor will ultimately have to pull the plug.
During this time, the UK will have to sign various trade arrangements to make up for potential lost revenue. While there are available options, including North America and (inter-estingly) the EU, these take time to set in stone. Some countries also may not have an interest in dealing with the UK based on bad feelings toward Brexit.
Two years may therefore not be enough time. If the EU doesn’t grant an extension, what happens next?
Here’s something else to keep in mind.
There were reasons why some small “c” conservatives, including me, sup-
ported Remain. Yes, the EU was an ineffective, bureaucratic and state-centric institution. Yes, the European Parliament had become far too power-ful on a political scale, as the late UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher predicted in Oct. 1990. And yes, there was a growing concern the European economy was suffering under this eco-nomic model.
Nevertheless, trade blocs like the EU represent an important component in the push toward a global economy. The rash decision to leave the EU, both in the short term and long term, didn’t seem worth the potential politi-cal and economic risk.
Hence, I and others would have preferred to remain in the imperfect EU, and improve the mechanism, than take our chances outside of it. This would have helped ensure the free market remained a viable entity - and globalization continued as a means of benefitting individual economies, as well as maintaining a competitive marketplace.
That’s not what the UK voted for on June 23, however.
Sure, it will continue to trade with other countries, and promote capital-ist virtues, trade liberalization, and so on. At the same time, a high degree of anti-globalization sentiments now exist, financial insecurity and eco-nomic uncertainty will linger for a while, and protectionism and national-ism are a bit more visible.
It may not be the end of globaliza-tion, but I’m not sure what it’s the beginning of, either.
Troy Media columnist and political commentator Michael Taube was a speechwriter for former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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While I am aware the Canadian Football League season has begun, and we tend to bleed green at this time of the year, I have to start in Toronto with the Blue Jays.
The Jays are solidly above .500, but remain in a battle with Boston for second place in the American League East, bobbing between three and five-games back of Baltimore.
That puts the Jays in the hunt for a wild card spot as of today, but we are a long way from the playoffs yet.
To chase down the Orioles the Jays are going to need some help.
That help could be Jose Bautista coming back, and going on a hit-ting tear, something he is capable of doing.
It would help too if the Jays as a team could perform better at the plate against top pitch-ing. That was an issue last season too and with players such as Troy Tulowitzki and Russell Martin hitting .230 and .215 respectively, the Jays sputter when another team’s ace is on the mound.
Of course bullpen help is always good. The successful teams these days have the deepest bullpens.
And now for another
meal of crow in regards to J.A. Happ. I had thought his signing a blunder, but he has 11-wins and a chance at 12 before the All-Star break, which would equal his career best for wins in a season. If he does nothing post All-Star game he has still exceeded my expecta-tions.
‘Rider timeNow on to the CFL
and the Roughriders.To start with Shawn
Lemon, who was seen only a few months ago as a masterstroke replacement for released John Chick, made bare-ly a ripple as a ‘Rider.
And now Lemon is gone, shipped east to Toronto for offensive lineman Matt Sewell, and quarterback Mitchell Gale.
Sewell adds depth with Chris Best side-lined.
Gale has been on the sidelines for 33-games, but has completed just nine CFL passes for 100-yards, so he’s not a tried-and-true back-up to add security should Darian Durant falter.
The trade suggests issues with Lemon which are not necessar-ily related to on-field skills.
In terms of the Roughies’ defensive line Jonathan Newsome and
A.C. Leonard look solid enough at least in game one that we need not lament Lemon’s depar-ture too much.
As for that first game against Toronto, it’s a bit difficult to ascertain exactly where the ‘Riders are as a team.
Overall they looked very much like a team that is an amalgam of new faces, with mis-takes large and small spotted throughout the game.
There were early game jitters which gave the Argonauts a 14-point lead, but the rest of the way the ‘Riders settled some-what, actually outscor-ing TO the rest of the way. That however, is not anything to be too excited about. Toronto, Winnipeg and Saskatchewan are the teams which face the most scrutiny as the season launched, and none of the three have showed anything through two weeks to
change that.Durant was solid,
and he’ll have to be. The ‘Riders have five QBs around, and the four not-named Durant are all huge question marks in terms of their value.
Curtis Steel was all right rushing the ball, but showed spurts of that with Toronto in the past too. His issue has been consistency.
Naaman Roosevelt might be the deep threat receiver the team needs, but again time will tell.
The Roughriders are clearly a work-in-prog-ress, and more will be learned Friday as they head into Edmonton, a team some see declin-ing, although I’m not
convinced of that just yet.
NHL movesThe National Hockey
League free agent fren-zy began Canada Day with a lot of players shuffling teams on the long weekend, although few moves had that ‘will change’ the order of things in the NHL.
Milan Lucic signing with Edmonton is good news if you are an Oiler fan. He brings some toughness up front.
Add that to the trade to acquire a much-need-ed defence man in Adam Larsson, the Oilers might actually be on the move upwards. Yes they gave up Taylor Hall, so they over paid, but it is simply the price they were left with always drafting forwards and forgetting you need a team, not always the ‘best player available’.
At least the Edmonton trade was made for a reason.
Apparently the front office in Montreal sim-ply went brain dead and
made a trade to spitetheir fans.
P.K. Subban, gifted offensive defence man,supporter of communityinitiatives in Montreal, only 27, and a six year contract is sent to Nashville, a team in need of offence, so Preds fans are rejoicing.
The Canadiens get Shea Weber back, 30, and showing signs he might be slower afoot these days, and a con-tract that will drag on Montreal for a decade.
This was maybe as bad a deal as there isfrom Montreal’s per-spective. The team struggles to score goals with Subban in the line-up. That issue grows with Weber.
And, Montreal didn’t address their scoring woes through free agen-cy either.
Among the remain-der of Canadian teamsin the NHL no signingon the weekend is going to have fans dreaming playoffs in the season ahead.
Happ performance exceeds expectations
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Living on the prairies can be a challenge, espe-cially for trees: extreme cold, blistering heat, with-ering drought and overpow-ering winds. Plant breeders develop new tree varieties with new flower colours flowers, interesting leaves or sweeter fruit; that are taller or wider; or have greater disease or insect tolerance. Some of these are relatively easy traits to evaluate. But determining whether a new introduction will survive our variable prairie climate and soils takes several years of patience and careful obser-vation. And with clear threats to the two most planted tree species (i.e. elm vs. Dutch elm disease and ash vs. emerald ash borer), there is an ongoing need for new shade tree options on the prairies.
In the past, federal, pro-vincial and university orga-nizations across the prairie region collaborated to eval-uate new introductions for hardiness and disease & insect tolerance. The work
of tree evaluation benefits not just homeowners but also municipalities (think of the urban forest that sur-rounds you), landscape architects and the horticul-ture industry. But as man-dates, interests and fund-ing availability changed over time, these groups have mostly stepped away (one exception is the University of Saskatchewan’s Patterson Garden [http://patterson-arboretum.usask.ca]). The majority of the effort has now fallen to the nursery industry.
Eight years ago, they stepped up to the challenge with the founding of the Prairie T.R.U.S.T. (Trial of Rural and Urban Shade Trees). This project received broad support from several government and industry groups with funding and donation of time and plant material. Members of the Western Nursery Growers Group came up with a list of 150 shade trees that were new to the region or were underused but worthy of consideration. Four test sites were established at commercial nurseries in Canada climate zones 2 and 3 in Alberta (Eagle Lake Nurseries; [Strathmore], Old Man Creek Nursery [Edmonton]), Saskatchewan (Lakeshore Tree Farms [Saskatoon]) and Manitoba (Jeffries Nurseries [Portage la Prairie]).
Tree genera tested included several species,
cultivars and hybrids of maple (Acer), birch (Betula), ash (Fraxinus), ornamental crab (Malus), poplar (Populus), cherry (Prunus, including Amur, pin, may-day, choke), oak (Quercus), willow (Salix), linden (Tilia), elm (Ulmus) and others. I am particularly interested in some of the new Japanese tree lilac (Syringa reticulata) culti-vars that are available. Trees received one of three ratings:
•Recommended: less than 10% winter damage, high to complete disease and insect resistance, good adaptation to prairie soils, superior ornamental value and commercially available.
•Collector: sustained 10 – 50% winter damage but otherwise had high to complete disease and insect resistance, good adaptation to prairie soils, superior ornamental value and com-mercially available. [author note: may perform better in protected microclimates]
•Not Recommended: had unacceptable winter damage (greater than 50% winter kill) and/or had high disease or insect suscepti-bility. Knowing what variet-ies to stay away from is sel-dom reported but is as valu-able knowing as what vari-eties perform well.
The results are now in and can be found at the project website: www.prai-rietrees.ca.
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LAUREL’SMobile Hair Service
Tues., Wed., Thurs., & Fri.For Appointments
306-783-2558
391 Ball Road
306-782-9600
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FARMLAND WANTED
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SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES
Central - 219 1/4’sSouth - 100 1/4’s
South East - 46 1/4’sSouth West - 65 1/4’s
North - 10 1/4’sNorth East - 14 1/4’sNorth West - 12 1/4’s
East - 57 1/4’sWest - 50 1/4’s
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PAYMENT.
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Call DOUG 306-955-2266
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SECOND FLOOR OFFICE SPACE
FOR RENTSIGN on Broadway St. W.
(formerly Travelodge)Call Marlene @
306-783-9425Meeting space and conference space
available
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Visit our website @www.westerncommodities.ca
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STEEL BUILDINGS / GRANARIES
STEEL BUILDING SALE...”MAD-NESS SALE-CRAZY PRICES ON NOW!” 20x19 $5,645, 25x27 $6,424, 28x29 $7,558, 32x33 $10,297, 42x47 $15,590. One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneer-steel.ca.
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New Horizons Friday Night Dance
78 First Ave. NorthYorkton, SK.
Great night of dancingEveryone is welcome
Time: 8:00 pm - 12:00 amAdmission: $9.00
Ron & Sandra Rudoski- July 8th.
Gerry’s Boys - July 15th. The Zayshleys
- July 22nd. Memory Lane
- July 29th.For more information
Call Peter: 306-782-1846
Yorkton FamilyResource Centre
Drop In Centre @ SIGNon Broadway.
Monday to Saturday – 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday – 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.www.yorktonfrc.caFree to participate!
Yorkton Lake Golf & Country Ladies Club
is looking for new and exist-ing members to golf in their Fun Golf every Monday and
Wednesday mornings at9:00 a.m.
This is a beautiful 9 hole golf course and we welcome all
ages as well as any inexperi-enced golfers.
CrossroadsA support group for women
experiencing or who have ex-perienced domestic violence.
Thursdays 1:15-2:30 p.m. Family Resource Center -
SIGN on Broadway*Free childcare and
transportation available* & Thursdays 630 - 8:30 p.m.
Shelwin House (please call for address)
*Adults (women) only*Group is open to all women
who feel a need for support on their journey. Please contact
306-782-5181 or 306-783-7233 for more information.
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 1:00 to 4 p.m. for the afternoon for pool and crib,
light lunch included.For info. call Helen at 306-783-0802 or Joan
at 306-783-6042.
Volunteers Needed!The Canadian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Friendly Visiting Program for Seniors. Volunteers will be trained to provide weekly
visits or phone calls to socially or geographically
isolated seniors in Yorkton and surrounding area. One hour every other week is all that is required to provide social interaction with a
senior and peace of mind for family and caregivers. For more information con-tact 306-620-3281 or email
The Yorkton LegionTrack Club
The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.
Coaches also needed.To register or learn more con-
tact Club Manager,Marcel Porte at
[email protected] call cell: 306-621-7716.
Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club
Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on Broadway
Mon., 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 appoint-ment. Call 306-521-0332,
306-783-0026 or306-786-1570.
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.
St. John Ambulance
First Aid ClassesOHS Standard First Aid/CPR classes. Personalized courses
and online training also available.
For more info. or to register call Judy at
306-783-4544 or email: [email protected].
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 under way at Gunner’s
Lounge at Royal Canadian Legion. This is a fun league for all ages, so beginners are encouraged to come out. For
more information call 306-782-1783.
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, con-tact Larry Pearen, Director
306-786-2582 (days)306-782-4182 (evenings).
Grief ShareThe Grief Share support
group is sponsored by people who understand what you
are experiencing and want to offer you comfort and encour-agement during this difficult
time. For more information call:
Margaret Yost 306-728-4744 or St. Paul Lutheran Church
at 306-783-4266.
Save the Yorkton Brick Mill
Become a member and be a part of a great historical venture.
Learn more or get involved by visiting: www.yorkton-
brickmill.orgInterested parties can also
call 306-783-0290or 306-783-6211.
Yorkton Creators 4-H Club
Welcomes new members ages 6-21. Projects include cook-ing, sewing, woodworking
and cloverbud. For more info. call Vi at 306-782-4721.
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 306-782-0460, Shanni at 306-783-9145 or Anna at 306-744-2729 for details.
Calling all Bridge Players!The Yorkton Duplicate
Bridge Club has started up. The club meets
weekly on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. Call Del
Lubiniecki at 306-548-5518 for more details.
Yorkton and District United Way
• looking for dedicated people interested in taking part of a
growing organization that helps agencies and crucial services in and around the
Yorkton area. To learn more call Kristin Parsons at306-782-9389 or email
yorktonunited [email protected].
Yorkton Prostate Group Meeting
• meets every 3rd Thurs. of the month in the meeting
room at the hospital• promotes early detection
and speedy recoveryCall 306-782-5748 for infor-
mation.
Al-AnonAl-Anon meets Mondays,
8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and Wednesdays at
the Westview United Church.
Club DJHeritage Baptist Church
Thursday evenings 6:30-7:45 p.m.
• for children Grades K-6• a mid week program
designed to engage local chil-dren with church
• Bible stories, crafts, games, music and more...
Call 306-783-7912 for details.
Kinette Club of Yorkton• Meets the second
Wednesday of every monthat 7 p.m.
To learn more or to attend, contact Club President –
Melissa Kirwan at306-730-7733
The Torch Club– leadership, growth and
empowerment program for youth
ages 10-13Call Erin at 306-783-2582
for details.
Treasure Chest Toastmasters Club • meets weekly on
Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at
SIGN on Broadway. Impact your world by enhancing your
communication and leader-ship skills. Guests and new
members welcome. For more information contact: Faye - 306-782-2994; or Joanne -
306-783-3034.
Yorkton Branch of the Saskatchewan
Genealogical SocietyMonthly Meetings
Yorkton Public LibraryFor info. call Sharon Lindsay
at 306-783-7054.
Adult Dance Group(Troyanda Ukrainian Dance
Ensemble)Ukrainian Orthodox
AuditoriumWednesdays,
6:15 to 7:15 p.m.Call John Denysek at
306-782-1559 or email: [email protected] to join or to
learn more.
Parkland Therapeutic Riding Association
Horseback riding and other activities for
children and adults with physical and intellectual dis-
abilities.Meets Tuesdays at noon
Shadow Stables. For more info call 306-782-
7930 or 306-782-7782 or email [email protected].
Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School Mentoring
Be a Mentor – spend one hour a week. Play games, do crafts,
read books...Make a difference in
the life of a child.For info. call 306-782-3471.
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KITTEL’S KITTENS – On May 4, our mom Kittel had four kittens, three boys and one girl. We’ve been growing up at the SPCA and are now ready to find a new fam-ily! If you’ve got a loving responsible home and want a brand new tiny family mem-ber, be sure to come and meet us! To learn more come visit the SPCA or call 306-783-4080. Photo by Devin Wilger.
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