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Snow Fever festivities

CLIFF KENYON

Hundreds turned out Monday at Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre at 4 Wing to take in Snow Fever festivities.

The entire community was invited for Family Day events held inside on Monday. Outdoor activities, including plans for a scavenger hunt and sleigh ride on the base, were cancelled as the temperature dropped to about minus 18 with a wind chill touching minus 30.

Monday’s events at the Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre, mostly in

the main gymnasium, were put on by PSP (Personnel Support Programs). Organizers heeded warnings of frost bite in deciding to cancel outdoor plans.

Inside at the gymnasium there was Robert Young, a magician from Calgary, who entertained children with his tricks. There were patient children lined up for glitter and face painting. They waited for balloons made by a balloon artists or to play on huge inflatable structures. They looked up in fascination at a man wearing stilts and another with his own crystal

ball.Monday’s events were part

of the city-wide Snow Fever fun weekend. On Saturday, family events were held at Kinosoo Ridge Snow Resort. They included live entertainment at the Snow Stage, fireworks and a torchlight parade. Events Sunday were at the Cold Lake Energy Centre. Events including giant ice slides, sleigh rides and an indoor carnival with an animatronic dinosaur. There was a reptile petting zoo plus crafts.

See photos inside of weekend events.

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A child watches an entertainer during Snow Fever festivities held at the Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre at 4 Wing. See more photos inside.

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4 Wing invites youths to base

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Have you ever thought of a life in the Royal Canadian Air Force?

4 Wing Cold Lake is offering students 12 to 18, female and male in the Cold Lake community, a unique opportunity to get a taste of life on the base with one-day job shadowing opportunities on March 9, 2020.

It’s all part of International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrations promoting equality in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).

The IWD event is organized by the Defence Women’s Advisory Organization (DWAO) and will focus on giving students the opportunity to spend a day with a 4 Wing member from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The schedule of events will kick off at Club 41 with an incredible keynote guest speaker at 9 a.m. followed by job shadowing one of the many skilled job positions at the Wing. Participants will have the opportunity to be matched with a mentor that represents a trade of their interest. Not only will students be exposed to military trades, civilian positions will also be offered. There will be opportunities for unit tours and, weather permitting, helicopter rides from 417 Combat Support (CS) Squadron.

For interested students between 12 and 18 years of age contact Corporal Jessica Girard at [email protected]

For day mentors, 4 Wing’s military and civilian personnel are to contact Aviator Thomas Hillock at [email protected]

The DWAO is looking forward to welcoming the boys and girls from Cold Lake’s primary and secondary schools to help celebrate IWD. The event will be open to all 4 Wing Defence Team members.

Established in 1977 by the United Nations, March 8 marks International Women’s Day. Commemorated each year in Canada, it recognizes and celebrates the contributions and great achievements of women throughout the world.

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4 Wing joins in city-wide event fun-for-all

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Inflatable structures were a hit for youngsters at Snow Fever at Col J.J. Sports Centre.

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Magician Richard Young gets help from a spectator during his show at Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre gymnasium.

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Participants at Snow Fever at Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre make maple syrup ice treats.

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Visitors to Snow Fever at Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre line up for balloons.

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Visitors at Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre gymnasium enjoyed having their faces painted.

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Snow bowling kept participants busy at the Energy Centre during Snow Fever.


Harvey Bodnar from Cowboy Town took people on sleigh rides at the Energy Centre.


The torch relay was held at Kinosoo Ridge on Saturday.


The reptile and animatronic dinosaur show entertained visitors during Snow Fever at the Energy Centre.


Naturalist spinning on stage on the weekend.


Fireworks light up the sky during Snow Fever at Kinosoo Ridge.


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LISA FISHER, HEALTH PROMOTION SPECIALIST

It may seem strange to be talking about hearts after Valentine’s Day has come and gone. After all, it’s more comfortable to discuss the typical cartoon like shape and how it either bursts with love or breaks with distress, rather than have a real discussion on the organ that pumps in our chest. Heart health and disease awareness is important throughout the entire year and we pay special attention to it in February which is Heart Month.

Did you know that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women over the age of 35 worldwide? Heart disease and stroke kill 31,000 Canadian women per year. Even more worrisome than the number is that many women are unaware that, as a woman, the threat on their lives is high. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, most Canadian women have at least one risk factor

and those risk factors increase when a woman has diabetes, comes from certain ethnic backgrounds and/or are menopausal.

Prior to menopause, many women are actually protected from heart disease as a result of estrogen which naturally occurs throughout the reproductive life cycle, between the ages of 12 and 50 approximately. Diabetic women who are pre-menopausal do not benefit from this protective effect and are at the same risk as men in the same age bracket. Women are more likely to develop risk factors after menopause, such as high blood pressure, weight gain and diabetes. Therefore, the risk of cardiovascular disease dramatically increases for women after the age of 65. Although many risk factors are the same for women as they are for men, certain ones are specifically troublesome for women. These include smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and family history of heart disease.

Women’s hearts are also different.

They will generally have smaller hearts and arteries with higher heart rates than men and have less build-up of plaque. Not only that, but the symptoms are different in women. A classic symptom of a heart attack is angina, which is that sharp crushing chest pain that most people have likely heard of. This is experienced by both men and women. In addition, women can also experience shortness of breath, extreme fatigue and an ache across the upper back and stomach. These symptoms in and of themselves can be difficult for women to recognize as signs of a heart attack.

There is a lack of research on heart disease in women and often women can be misdiagnosed when discussing their concerns with their medical practitioner. It is important to be an advocate for your own health and ensure that your practitioner is hearing your concerns loud and clear. If you are experiencing symptoms, visit a doctor. To reduce your controllable risk factors, make healthy lifestyle changes

including increasing physical activity, having a nutritionally balanced eating pattern, achieving and maintaining a healthy weight, limiting alcohol intake and quitting tobacco.

If you would like to learn more about how to make healthy lifestyle changes, contact your medical practitioner or contact the Health Promotion Department ([email protected] or 780-840-8000 ext. 6958) for courses and workshops.

References• Canadian Women’s Heart Health

Centre. (n.d.). What makes women different? Retrieved from https://cwhhc.ottawaheart.ca/education/what-makes-women-different

• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. (2020). A fighting chance: 2020 spotlight on women. Retrieved from https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/media/pdf-files/canada/2020-hear t-month-repor t/hs-2020-spotlight-on-women-en.ashx?rev=981a16792c7c47a3a10c1fec5c3ccdb2&hash=52B8683C4AB200B1B75DAD523A469E6E

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Zumba February 19, 5:30pm - 6:30pm Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre

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Drawing Workshop February 19, Ages 10-17, 6:30pm - 8:30pm MFRCS Youth Centre

Open Play February 19 & 20, 9am - 11am MACC

Aquafit February 20, 6:30pm - 7:30pm Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre

Deployment Dinner February 20, Balloon Artist, Prizes and Face Painting 5:00pm - 7:00pm

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Texas Hold ‘ Em Poker Tournament February 22, Ages 18+, 5:00pm MFRCS Assembly Hall

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Adult February 20, 5:45pm - 7:45pm Col J.J. Parr Sports Centre

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Doug Button (centre) of Cold Lake Commissionaires gives a donation cheque to Floyd Perras, director of Military Family Resource Centre Society (MFRCS) at 4 Wing. The Commissionaires, a national not-for profit privately-operated organization, supports efforts by MFRCS to help military families.


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B.R.A.V.I.N.G. the seven elements of trust

First of all, what is trust? It’s a word we all know and use but what does it mean in tangible terms?

Dr. Brené Brown quotes Charles Feltman, author of The Thin Book of Trust, who describes trust as “choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person’s actions.” Meanwhile, distrust is deciding that “what is important to me is not safe with this person in this situation (or any situation).”

How can we, especially in a relationship, build trust? How do we do it exactly? Dr. Brené Brown’s research and the result of people whom she interviewed showed the seven “ingredients” of trust.

Caring for them does not require daily work and is a process that takes place throughout the relationship. To help you remember these seven factors, Dr. Brené Brown created the acronym BRAVING.

So what characterizes a person we can trust?Boundaries - You respect my boundaries, and

when you’re not clear about what’s OK and not OK, you ask. You’re willing to say no. Boundaries

are HUGE. In a nutshell, they help us let the good stuff in and keep the bad stuff out — “stuff” being people, experiences, information, emotional states, and more.

Reliability - You do what you say you’ll do. At work, this means staying aware of your competencies and limitations so you don’t over promise and are able to deliver on commitments and balance competing priorities.

Accountability - You own your mistakes, apologize, and make amends.

Vault - You don’t share information or experiences that are not yours to share. I need to know that my confidences are kept, and that you’re not sharing with me any information about other people that should be confidential.

Integrity - You choose courage over comfort. You choose what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy. And you choose to practice your values rather than simply professing them.

Non-judgment - I can ask for what I need, and you

can ask for what you need. We can talk about how we feel without judgment.

Generosity - You extend the most generous interpretation possible to the intentions, words, and actions of others.

How to cultivate self-trust using B.R.A.V.I.N.GAs Dr. Brown explains, we can also apply these

ingredients to ourselves to get a measure of our self-trust.

“B Did I respect my own boundaries? Was I clear about what’s OK and what’s not OK?

R - Was I reliable? Did I do what I said I was going to do?

A - Did I hold myself accountable? V - Did I respect the vault and share accordingly? I - Did I act from my integrity? N - Did I ask for what I needed? Was I

nonjudgmental about needing help? G - Was I generous towards myself?”

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Alexander remembered during Black History MonthJOANNA CALDER

“The air force experience taught me the value of self-respect, discipline, and confidence, and those are elements that have served me well throughout my life. They apply to all areas, whether the air force, the law, or politics,” said Lincoln Alexander in his 2006 memoir Go to School, You’re a Little Black Boy.

Alexander, Canada’s first black person elected to the House of Commons, first black federal cabinet minister, and first black person to serve as lieutenant governor of Ontario, died October 19, 2012, at the age of 90.This is Black History Month throughout Canada and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) has been focusing on stories about black Canadians who have achieved great things.

He was born in Toronto, Ont., on January 21, 1922. His father, Lincoln MacCauley Alexander Sr., was from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and his mother, Mae Rose Royale, was from Jamaica. Job options for blacks were limited in those days so his father, who was a carpenter, worked as a railway porter; his mother worked as a maid. Alexander’s first job was in a laundry in Harlem, New York, where his mother had moved after she left her husband in the 1930s.

In 1942, Alexander joined the RCAF. “None of the three services – army, navy and air force – were interested in having Blacks,” he said. “I opted for the air force. Besides, I thought I looked best in their uniform.”

In fact, 13 Black-Canadians were able to enlist between 1936 and the lifting of the colour barrier on March 31, 1942. Major Mathias Joost, of National Defence’s Directorate of History and Heritage, has been able to identify only 59 Black Canadians who served in the RCAF during the Second World War; one of those was a woman.

Alexander had poor eyesight and thus was not deployed overseas. He trained as a wireless operator in places such as Guelph, Ont., and

Lachine, Que.. He then served at Number Seven Air Observer School, in Portage La Prairie, Man. which was a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) establishment. He was discharged at the end of the war, with the rank of corporal.

“I have a special bond with the people who serve in the Canadian Forces and for those I served with during the war,” he said. “It troubles me deeply to hear the debates that arise annually over whether Remembrance Day is still relevant, or to hear people disparage what our soldiers have done for us. It’s incredibly naïve… We live in a country rich in freedom and democracy, and it is important that we pause annually to recognize those people who have sacrificed so that we can enjoy such privileges.”

Alexander’s connections with the

Air Force continued in his later years. He served as honorary colonel of 2 Tactical Aviation Wing (later 2 Air Wing) from November 1985 to December 1996. A Royal Air Cadet squadron – 876 Lincoln Alexander Squadron, in Scarborough, Ont. – is named in his honour and he was an honorary director of the Air Cadet League of Canada.

Alexander was educated at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., and later studied law at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. Elected as a Member of Parliament for Hamilton West in 1968, he was Canada’s first Black person elected to the House of Commons, where he served for 12 years.

He made history again in his final year in Parliament when he was appointed Minister of Labour, and thus Canada’s first Black cabinet minister.

In 1985, Alexander was appointed

Ontario’s 24th lieutenant governor, the first member of a visible minority to hold this post anywhere in Canada.

During his more than six years as lieutenant governor, he focused on youth and education; an awards program for young people who demonstrate leadership in combatting discrimination and racism within their schools or communities was established in his name.

He then accepted a position as chancellor of the University of Guelph. In 1996, he was chair of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and was also made honorary commissioner for the Ontario celebrations of the International Year of Older Persons.

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada, and to the Order of Ontario, in 1992, and in June 2006, he was named the “Greatest Hamiltonian of All Time.”

“Mr. Alexander will always be remembered for breaking down racial barriers in Canadian politics, and his concern for social justice, his compassion and his humanity were evident and prominent throughout his life,” said then-Minister of National Defence, Peter MacKay in a statement following .Alexander’s death. “He left an indelible imprint on Canada and the Canadian political system.

“His enormous heart and compassion, leadership and love of life matched his physical size. He was a role model for all and will be missed by all who knew him.”

A state funeral was held for Lieutenant-Governor Alexander on October 26, 2012, in his hometown of Hamilton, Ont. He lay in state at the Ontario Legislature in the lobby of the main legislative building until the evening of October 22, and then lay in repose at Hamilton City Hall until Thursday, October 25.

Alexander’s quotations are from “Go to School, You’re a Little Black Boy: The Honorable Lincoln M. Alexander: A Memoir,” published in 2006 by Dundurn Press.

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Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander, wearing the uniform of an honorary colonel of the Royal Canadian Air Force, speaks with a veteran.


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ACROSS 1. Expression of disgust 4. A place to unwind 7. A type of cooking range 8. Grasp tightly10. Sea eagles12. Carb dish13. Late-night host14. Revolutions per minute16. Indicates odd or erroneous17. FDR’s military chief of staff19. Swiss river20. Norwegian district and river21. A form of motivation25. Car mechanics group26. Once a must-have home theater accessory27. Broken branch29. Apple and pumpkin are two30. Skeletal muscle31. Small Eurasian deer32. Tight-lipped fellow39. Comes after a cut41. A place one lives42. Cognizant of43. Albanian monetary unit44. Carrot’s partner

45. Famed garden46. Chilean seaport48. Days (Spanish)49. Sudden anxiety50. 100 square meters51. A type of beer52. French/Belgian river

DOWN 1. Spanish dish 2. Concurs 3. __and her sisters 4. Patti Hearst’s captors 5. Used to refer to cited works 6. A state of excited movement 8. Advertising term (abbr.) 9. Nocturnal S. American rodent11. New York art district14. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!15. Pre-release viewing18. Northwestern Canadian territory (abbr.)19. Consumed20. Falters22. Radioactive form of an element23. Catch a wrongdoer24. Breeze through

27. Thick piece of something28. Yellowish-brown color29. ‘The Raven’ poet31. Rural free delivery (abbr.)32. Creating33. Supervises flying34. Northwestern state35. Was obligated to repay36. Diverging in lines from

a common center37. Bleak38. We all have them39. Hit with the palm of one’s hand40. Sea that’s part of the western Pacific44. Political action committee47. Famed Spanish soldier El __

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Out of province inspections for all makes and models with free wash

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DND favors sustainabilityNATIONAL DEFENCE

The Department of National Defence (DND) is moving to achieve sustainable operations to minimize the impact on the environment.

DND faces the unique challenge of achieving environmentally sustainable operations as one of Canada’s largest federal organizations while defending Canada and meeting international military obligations.

Over the last several years, significant gains have been made.

As of 2018-19, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were lowered by 32 per cent from 2005 levels on the way to reach 40 per cent by 2030 and the new federal target of 80

per cent by 2050.In terms of powering the

military fleet, reliable low-carbon and renewable fuels are not yet broadly available. Fighter jets and other aircraft, ships, and armoured vehicles rely on carbon-intense fuels for power, and using those fuels produces a significant amount of greenhouse gases.

National Defence is tracking fleet emissions, and will be reporting them for the first time this fall.

DND is also testing sustainable energy solutions and new technologies.

Like DND, many of Canada’s NATO allies are already diversifying their energy sources to achieve higher levels of energy independence.

October 2019 marked two years since the launch of the Defence Energy and Environment Strategy (DEES), a plan to improve energy efficiency and environmental management across Defence.

There have been positive results. Last year, 100 per cent of new and upgraded defence buildings were built to meet the latest industry standards for excellence in green building design, construction and maintenance; 75 per cent of all electricity used at bases and wings in provinces with carbon-intensive electrical grids came from clean sources; and 27 per cent of the light-duty vehicle fleet now runs on hybrid, plug-in hybrid and/or electric technology.

4 OSS promotion

Avr Avery Philpott

In recognition of Capt Tobechukwu Nwachukwu’s excellent performance within 4 Wg Cold Lake CIS Flight as the Radar & Communications Systems Manager, his commitment to professional development, Silver physical fitness prowess, and extensive volunteerism, Capt Nwachukwu was given an accelerated promotion to his present rank to Captain as of Jan 9, 2020.

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