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The Government of Saskatchewan announced the approval of $3 million for the North Central Rail Line Ltd. (NCR) under the guidelines of the Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) last week in Meadow Lake.

“This is an excellent development that will support our mills and hundreds of jobs in our communities,” Enterprise Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “Improving the rail transportation system will make sure we can continue to deliver our products to markets around the world and make sure our economy in Northwest Saskatchewan continues to move forward.”

The funding will be used by the NCR to assist with the improvements and maintenance of the rail line pending the purchase of the Meadow Lake to Speers rail line from the Carlton Trail Railway Company (CTR). The Meadow Lake to Speers rail line will make transporting products to the main CPR rail line more cost-effective.

“Once the ownership transaction of the rail line is completed, refurbishment will be our number one priority,” North Central Rail Line Ltd. Chairperson Ray Wilfing said. “This funding, with other funding sources, will help to ensure that the necessary improvements can be made to the rail line.”

NCR was established in 2008 with the support of the 55 West Enterprise Region and the North Central Transportation Planning Committee - Rail Subcommittee, to negotiate the rail line’s purchase after papers were filed by the CTR to officially discontinue the line.

“This project is a great example of what we can accomplish when we work together to keep Saskatchewan moving forward,” Harrison said.

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The Voice Of The Parkland Since 1912VOLUME 100 No. 39SHELLBROOK, SASKATCHEWAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

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NCRapproved for

$3 million grant to

rebuild rail

Rural Municipal elections set for October 26October 26 will be a busy night in

rural municipalities across the province as voters will head to the polls to determine the even seated members of their RM councils.

Few will be busier than the RM of Canwood as four of seven council seats will be up for grabs.

In all, there will be 11 candidates vying for the position of reeve and coun-cilors for Divisions 2, 4 and 6.

The seat, vacated by former reeve Jason Bischler, will be contested by Sharon Banks and former councilors Colin Hughes and Morley Rudolph. The term for this seat will be for one year.

Rudolph, opted not to run again in

Division 2 while Hughes resigned his Division 1 seat in order to run for reeve.

A by-election for the Division 1 seat will take place at a later date.

Divisions 2 and 4 will have new councilors as newcomers Robert (Roy) Crawford and Dave O’Bertos are on the ballot in Division 2 and Arnold Berscheid and Louise Grimard are vying for the seat in Division 4.

In Division 6 it will be a race between incumbent Ivan Beaulac, former Division 4 councilor Benoit Duret and newcomers Eva Larsen and Patrick Wutzke.

There will be one election in the RM of Leask as incumbent Division 2 coun-cilor Real Diehl faces opposition from

Tom Mayer. Myles Robin will be new to the council

table as he was acclaimed to the Division 4 seat while incumbent Victor Unyi was elected by acclamation in Division 6.

There will be no election in the RM of Blaine Lake as two incumbents and one newcomer have won their seats by acclamation.

John Serhienko and Gerald Strelioff will return to their council seats in Divisions 2 and 4 while Glenn Lamontagne is the newly elected coun-cilor for Division 6.

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TERRY FOX RUN -- Students from Shellbrook Elementary and W.P. Sandin High School took to the streets Wednesday afternoon for the community’s Terry Fox Run. Though some donations were received, the bulk of the money raised for the event came from the hamburger sale at W.P. Sandin following the walk/run.

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It has been a busy cou-ple of years of improve-ments at the Shellbrook Senior’s Centre.

Over the course of the last two years the club has spent upwards of $14,000 on improvements.

It started with the ren-ovation of the facility’s kitchen two years ago.

According to club sec-retary Adeline Fossey, the kitchen was cramped for space and really just an accident ready to happen.

The club used money from raised through the Shellbrook Tourist Booth and reserves to replace the wall and doorway with an island creating two entrances to the kitchen.

“It was really ineffi-cient before... now you can put through a lot of people in a hurry,” said Fossey, referring to meal service at functions.

For the past num-ber of years, the Senior’s Association has provided personnel to operate the Tourist Booth two days a week and have received a donation from the Town for their efforts.

Fossey designed the

island and the work was completed by Bruce Moe.

The club’s monthly kaiser games prompted the installation of Roxul sound dampening insula-tion to improve the build-ing’s acoustics.

The building’s dry-wall finish allowed sound to bounce throughout the hall making it rather loud when there were a crowd of people there.

The Roxul absorbs the sound to reduce noise travel.

To make the insulation a little easier on the eyes, the club installed fire proof carpeting over top of the insulation.

To go along with the new acoustics the club also installed a new sound sys-tem in the hall. The sys-tem, installed by Blayne Smith and donated by the Groenen family features multiple speakers around the room so it can be heard everywhere in the building even at lower volumes.

Also adding to the sound department was the donation of a Kawai elec-tric organ to the club by Elaine Mitchell.

In addition, the club just updated their heating system with the instal-lation of a pair of High Efficiency furnaces.

Fossey said they had looked at the possibility of grants but with the condi-tion of the old furnaces they could not take a wait and see approach to the situation.

According to Fossey, the club is always looking to add to its’ membership though all of their events are open to the public.

In addition to rent-ing the hall for activities and events the club also hosts a number of activi-ties through the month. Senior’s exercise and line dancing begin November 10 and run Thursdays at 9:30 and 10 a.m., respec-tively.

Whist takes place at 2 p.m. on Mondays, car-pet bowling takes place Thursdays at 2 p.m. while Kaiser is the sec-ond Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. with proceeds going to the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project. Canasta is set for the

first Wednesday of every month at 1:30 p.m.

The club’s regular meetings take place the sec-

ond and fourth Wednesday of every month. The first monthly meeting is the combined birthday party

while the second meeting of the month is the club’s business meeting.

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Shellbrook Seniors complete hall upgrades

John Groenen, Pius Senger and Blake Jones fasten carpet to the wall of the Shellbrook Seniors’ Centre. Groenen designed and built a device to allow them to roll the carpeting onto the wall while remaining level and preventing the need for seams.

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Can a team hit rock bottom twice in one sea-son?

That appears to be the case with the Saskatchewan Roughriders who, accord-ing to “new” head coach Ken Miller, hit rock bot-tom in August in Toronto with a 24-18 loss to the Argos which dropped their record to a league-worst 1-7. That prompted the firings of head coach Greg Marshall and offen-sive coordinator Doug Berry and Miller replaced them both with himself. In their next game the Riders routed Winnipeg 27-7 in the Labour Day Classic after which Miller said “we’ve hit rock bottom and bounced back up”.

Things were click-ing along tickety-boo for the Green Giants in the weeks afterwards as they followed up the Labour Day victory with a 45-23 win at Winnipeg and a 30-20 home triumph over the Argos. At 4-7, things were lining up nicely for a run to the playoffs as the Riders hosted 5-6 BC this

past Saturday, and a fourth straight victory would pull them even with the Lions for third in the West.

But disaster struck. At least, disaster as it pertains to football, as the Riders got absolutely pulverized 42-5 by their western rivals. It was Saskatchewan’s most lopsided loss of the season and possibly their most woeful effort as well. The Lions built up a 30-0 lead in the second quarter and were allowed to put it on cruise control the rest of the way.

Thud. Pffffffffft.Rock bottom? Again?

Perhaps.“We got beat in every

area,” huffed Rider line-man Gene Makowsky.

“Turnovers, 2-and-outs. You won’t beat many teams doing that. It just didn’t go our way. We tried and it didn’t work. It was going upfield both ways. It feels like the end of the world but we’ll come back ready tomor-row.”

It was a devastating blow to the Riders’ playoff chances. Absolutely dev-astating. The victory for the Lions not only moved them four points up on the Riders for the final playoff spot but it also clinched them the season series. This means the Riders have to overtake BC to make the playoffs in the West because ending up tied with them won’t do

any good.But what gives? An

18th consecutive sellout crowd at Mosaic Stadium showed up for what they felt was a must-win game, and expected their team to play like it. The Rider Nation did its part. However what they saw was an unacceptable per-formance by an offense which committed six turn-overs to BC’s none. They saw a team which took a whopping 16 penalties for 145 yards including a first half ejection of Rider cornerback Nick Graham.

“It is a disappointing loss and really we lost our discipline out there today,” Miller said. “We didn’t play with emotion, enthu-siasm and effort which hasn’t been our character-istic lately. We have to play a more disciplined game.”

No kidding. The 1-7 start to the season pro-vided a razor thing margin for error the rest of the way. Miller’s crew is 3-1 since his return with six games remaining in the

regular season. Predicting how many wins it will take to make the playoffs is a waste of time if the club doesn’t take care of busi-ness on a weekly basis. They’re very close to hav-ing to run the table which very rarely ever happens. Although it has.

“We can’t stub our

toe again the rest of the way,” Miller advised after Saturday’s game.

They can’t shoot them-selves in the foot again either. Those feet are tak-ing a beating in 2011.

(Rod Pedersen is the voice of the Riders on CKRM radio)

September 30, 2011 Shellbrook Chronicle

Riders hit bottom again with loss to LionsRider

InsiderWith the Voice of The Riders, Rod Pedersen

The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) celebrated two important student housing milestones today: the opening of the College Quarter undergraduate residence, and the $6.5 million donation from U of S alumnus Dr. Russell Morrison and his wife, Dr. Katherine Morrison, to-ward the construction of a new grad-uate residence, “Graduate House.”

“We are pleased to open new housing for students, welcoming them to campus not only to study, but also to experience all that university life has to offer,” said U of S Presi-dent Peter MacKinnon. “The gener-ous donation from the Morrisons ensures that our next new residence will not be far behind. The contri-

butions from the Morrisons and our other partners on both projects show what is possible through partner-ships.”

“We wanted to make a productive contribution and felt that this would be the most valuable donation we could make to the U of S,” said Rus-sell Morrison. “A place for graduate students to live together as a commu-nity is of utmost importance.”

The undergraduate residence welcomed 360 students this fall, of a total 800 students when phase one and two are both complete in fall 2012. The new graduate residence, currently in the initial stages of con-struction, will house 262 students and is scheduled for completion in

early 2013.When complete, the projects will

add room for a combined total of 1,062 students in on-campus student housing, bringing the total number of students housed on campus to 2,275, or about 12 per cent of the student population.

Funding for phase one of the un-dergraduate project was contributed by the Ministry of Social Services through Saskatchewan housing ($15 million), and the City of Saskatoon through its affordable housing grant ($575,000). The City of Saskatoon also contributed just over $800,000 toward the construction of the gradu-ate residence.

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TOWN OF SHELLBROOK CLEAN-UP WEEKS

The Town of Shellbrook has declared the weeks of October 2nd to October 15th, 2011

as Clean-Up Weeks. The Town’s landfi ll site will be open on Wednesday, October 5th and Wednesday, October 12th from Noon to 8:00 pm and Saturday, October 8th and Sat-urday, October 15th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm to receive only the following: clean wood, and compostables such as leaves, grass clippings, garden refuse and tree trimmings. Residents of the Town of Shellbrook will not be charged the regular landfi ll access fee during these fi ve days. Should residents of the Town not be able to get their excess materials to the landfi ll with their own resources, the Town is prepared to pick it up for a fee. Please phone 747-4900 for pickup arrangements. Tara Kerber, Administrator

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A local group’s goal of bringing shortline rail back to the area may be coming closer to becoming a reality with a recent funding announcement.

North Central Rail Line Inc., a group made up of various municipalities and business interests scattered across the region, was recently awarded a $3 million grant through the Community Development Trust Fund.

The corporation was formed a few years ago in hopes of purchasing the rail line between Meadow Lake and Speers from the Omnitrax owned Carlton Trail Railway.

Since its’ formation, the corporation has been work-ing toward setting a fair price for the closed rail line and getting some provincial and federal funding approved to purchase and bring the line back into useable condition.

From a taxpayer’s standpoint, this only makes sense if the shortline can be made to be revenue neutral and if the group can find the right people to operate it from the ground up.

I don’t see this scenario playing out successfully if it has to be fully backed by the municipalities and busi-ness interests that make up the corporation. There will be large costs to buying, fixing, maintaining and operating the shortline and those costs are not likely to be made up on billings or user fees.

To get off the ground this will require government involvement from the bottom up.

Having a train running once again in the area would help pull some trucks off of the roads which would reduce traffic and help preserve the province’s roads. Less traffic and less road maintenance has to be worth something to the government. A true balance could be struck between truck and rail in hauling commodities rather than being dependant upon one mode of transpor-tation. .

This is one of the few areas where subsidy wouldn’t be a dirty word. The government would be spending money in one area in order to cut costs elsewhere.

* * *Society’s tendency to push rules to the limit for their

own gain makes for some absurd law.In the months leading up to the provincial election,

government departments are to stop advertising unless the situation is emergent or if it would put them at a disadvantage in competing for business (crown corpo-rations). The same rules apply to communications and news releases.

I understand the idea behind it but two recent instances that have an effect on our publication lead me to believe it is a bit of overkill.

First the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region had to resort to sending out a flyer to advertise changes at the Shellbrook Hospital and the community’s medical clinics rather than taking out a newspaper ad. Because the situation was not deemed an emergency it could have been in contravention of the Elections Act.

This week, I received word from the Ministry of Agriculture that we would need to halt any use of agri-culture columns we may have received from them until after the election. These columns provide farmers with tips on how to make their operations better.

These rules are in place to ensure that the governing party doesn’t receive any extra momentum from govern-ment publications.

But unless it says “Brought to you by your friendly neighbourhood (insert party name here)” I don’t see it influencing the vote nor do I see the value in restricting these messages.

BradDupuisNews Editor

Opinions

The return of shortline rail?

It took roughly three-quarters of the year but the American dollar is now worth more than a Canadian buck.

It was early this year when the Canadian currency surpassed its American counterpart, rising as high as $1.06 earlier this summer. But yesterday it fell below the par-ity mark for the first time in months. That’s good news for the country’s exporters.

Most companies that sell to foreign customers price their goods in American dollars. That remains the global reserve cur-rency, the valuation for the bulk of pricing in international trade. So when the Canadian dollar falls, it makes our exporters more competitive because it takes fewer US dollars to buy a Canuck buck’s worth of product.

It is not so good news for anyone planning a holiday in the US but the sharp drop – roughly five or six per cent in a matter of weeks – will help boost both revenues and margins for companies in this province. And given that Saskatchewan is the most trade dependent province in Canada, this will be particularly good news here.

Our small but productive population means we have excess inventory to sell abroad and the last couple of weeks have given us a gift of five per cent in additional margin. That’s the kind of thing that creates and sustains jobs and encourages investment.

* * *This is a Golden Age for Saskatchewan’s economy.Optimistic words but they highlight the updated fore-

cast of the province’s economic outlook issued by the Royal Bank. And it was agriculture that resulted in the biggest changes in this quarterly report.

The bank revised its 2011 outlook upward because this year’s grain crop is turning out better than they expected when the last assessment was prepared three

months ago. Back then the issue was flooding, particu-larly in the southeast but growing conditions improved all summer and now we’re looking at yields that will more than offset the lost acreage. On top of that grain prices are roughly 50 per cent higher than they were at

this time a year ago.Further, potash production and

prices are favorable as well. So, all of this has prompted them

to revise their 2011 growth forecast to 4.3 per cent compared to 3.7 three months ago. And the improvement in agriculture was not expected until next year so they’ve had to trim back next year’s outlook to 4.5 per cent which is still tops in the country.

* * *When most of us think of about the economy, the

thing that comes to mind first is the retail sector. After all it is where many of us interact with the world of com-merce – we go to the local store or mall and engage in a commercial transaction.

But the economy is much deeper than that, even if most of us don’t encounter it on a daily basis. There’s the world of investment and raising capital to fund enter-prises. There’s also the wholesale segment, the next step in the chain for the retailers.

A quick look at the wholesale numbers offers a fairly clear picture of how strong our economy has been in the past year. The latest data we have are from July and sales volumes stood roughly 30 per cent higher than they did a year ago. It was down slightly from June – largely because the volume of farm supplies and fertilizer had dropped after seeding – but the real important measure is the year-over-year move.

It was the largest increase in Canada, double the gain seen in Alberta and six times larger than British Columbia’s improvement.

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ViewpointWhere NDP and rural Sask. parted ways

It’s tough to pinpoint exactly when the NDP and rural Saskatchewan parted ways.

Some suggest it was a gradual process that had much to do with economic trans-formation.

As rural Saskatchewan became more economically dependent on the oil and gas sector, entrepreneurial small imple-ment manufacturers and large-scale farm-ing operations, it slowly became less en-twined with the philosophies that made CCF-NDP governments from Tommy Douglas on so successful. In other words, as grain elevators run by a co-operative like the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool van-ished, so did NDP support.

Others argue it was death by a 1,000 cuts from successive NDP governments largely dominated by urban lawyers: The Allan Blakeney government’s tax on larg-er capacity grain trucks and its opposition to progressive innovation like inland ter-minals; the Roy Romanow government’s cancellation of the General Revenue In-surance Program (GRIP) contracts with farmers in 1992 and its contemplation of turning paved roads back to gravel, and: the Lorne Calvert government’s ill-advised musing of forced rural municipal

amalgamation and its failure to properly address things like education tax on agri-cultural land.

But if you ask many people in ru-ral Saskatchewan about this issue, they tend to men-tion one of two spe-cifi c events during the Romanow era. While there may be tendency of kind-hearted rural people to forgive and for-get, they seem less willing to do so on these issues. And they may be in an even less-forgiving mood, given that they have just been subjected to a couple recent re-minders.

The fi rst issue isn’t the most egregious cut that rural Saskatchewan has faced, but ii has evidently left a deep scar. We’re talking about the 1999 election _ or, more specifi cally, the timing thereof. The elec-tion was called in early August for a Sept. 16 vote date. A more inconvenient time for farmers dealing with harvest could hardly have been imagined.

The NDP government offered a pleth-

ora of excuses as to why this was the only time that the election could have been called, but the immediate and lasting sus-

picion is that it was a cynical strategy aimed at keeping farm-ers from get-ting out and voting for the then-young and hard-charging Saskatchewan Party. Whether a horribly insen-

siitve oversight or a crass political move, it produced a near NDP wipeout in rural Saskatchewan.

And while the much-beleageured current NDP leader Dwain Lingenfelter clearly hopes rural Saskatchewan will for-get the timing of the 1999 vote, the emer-gence of Brian Topp as the frontrunner to replaced departed federal NDP leader Jack Layton has given the story new legs. Topp, then a key Romanow strategist, was one of those blamed for the strategy.

There again, it’s quite likely the NDP wouldn’t have done very well in 1999 anyway, given rural Saskatchewan’s an-

ger at time over closing 52 rural hospitals six years earlier. The NDP government in the 1995 election weathered rural Sas-katchewan’s initial wrath over the hos-pital closures, largely because it could rightly blame the decision on the fi nancial mess left behind by the former Progres-sive Conservatives. But they didn’t forget the hospital closures in 1999 and really haven’t forgotten about them in elections since.

In the coming Nov. 7 vote, they just received another reminder in the form of a new book by former NDP Assiniboia-Gravelbourg MLA Dr. Lewis Draper. An ardent opponent of the closures even then, Draper takes no prisoners in his book, Health Care Deform in Saskatchewan: How not to improve health care. He lam-bastes his former colleagues and their decision-making process and ridicules the “wellness model” cited by the govern-ment as the replacement strategy. “I de-veloped a deep loathing for the hypocrites I had fallen amongst,” Draper writes.

Rural Saskatchewan has had plenty of reasons not to support the NDP.

Of late, they’ve also been given a cou-ple reminders.

Murray Mandryk

Your Two CentsYour Two CentsDear Editor:After the Crop

Insurance strike we now have a SIAST strike. These are but a few groups of human beings who are trying to exist in this cruel world of dog eat dog. We have people hitting out at Unions like it was a conta-gious disease.

Many of these peo-ple would love to see all compassion and orga-nized people movement to disintegrate so that they could enjoy the freedom of

walking over and enjoying power over all those weak-er than they are. We can’t, nor is it natural, to be total-ly self sufficient any more than we can sustain ourself in feeding, clothing, and living a productive life in absentia of all other human beings.

Why were unions formed? Were they orga-nized, planned by imbe-ciles in the absence of the other party? Is there a paper trail to indicate what procedures were followed

and if anyone reneged in their part of the process.

Perhaps if we went back in time (history) we may find that managers and owners found benefits in dealing with a represen-tative in things like qualifi-cations, wages, education-al need and the myriads of problems arising from an owner - worker associa-tion.

I find it impossible to believe that only workers found benefit in organized representation - isn’t that

what governments are all about?

An organized union is not a dictatorship any more than a government. Perhaps there are those who would like to push their power - this only happens if the electorate allows it.

The lack of an orga-nized body of workers is like a town, city without a council or mayor.

Emmanuel Oystreck,Yorkton.

Do unions only benefi t the worker?

To the editor:Recently in an ex-

change in the House of Commons, opposition MP’s were asking that the Conservatives respect the CWB farmer plebiscite vote. This vote resulted in the majority of farmers voting to retain the single desk for wheat and barley. Harper’s response was:

“In this so-called pleb-iscite not only did a signif-icant portion vote against the wheat board, it did not include those tens of thou-sands of farmers who have walked away from that in-

stitution.”That is a very interest-

ing statement for Harper to make because in the last federal election only 39 percent voted for the Con-servatives. So if one wants to talk about voters walk-ing away from Harper, simple math tells us that over 60% “walked” away from him and his party! Millions of voters!!

It looks like the whole CWB single desk issue from Harper’s perspec-tive has nothing to do with democracy or voting, but rather removing any

power farmers have in the grain trade and their abil-ity to determine their own fate. Farmers have spoken consistently and clearly to

support the single desk and Harper is ignoring them.

Kyle KorneychukPelly Sask

Harper ignoring CWB voters wishes

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The Harper Government gave final approval for tough new warning labels on ciga-rettes and little cigar packages, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister

of Health, and the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, announced today. Tobacco manufacturers and importers have been given until March 21, 2012

to transition to the new labels, while retailers will have until June 19, 2012 to ensure all packages on their shelves feature these new labels.

“Our Government has followed through on its commitment to intro-duce new, stronger label-ling requirements on key tobacco products,” said Minister Aglukkaq. “The new Tobacco Act regula-tions will put new, updated health warnings and infor-mation into the hands of millions of smokers.”

The new health warn-ings are part of new Tobacco Act regulations, now in force, that set out new labelling require-ments for cigarettes and

little cigars.“The messages intro-

duced today reflect recent research on the health haz-ards associated with tobac-co use and the benefits of quitting,” said Minister Blaney. “This is an impor-tant initiative for the health of Canadians.”

The new health warn-ings feature, for the first time, compelling stories from people affected by tobacco use, such as the late anti-smoking activist Barb Tarbox. Two of the messages feature imag-es of Ms. Tarbox, taken while she was dying of lung cancer. Pat Tarbox, her husband at the time, and Mackenzie Tarbox, their daughter, joined

Minister Aglukkaq for the announcement.

“I applaud the courage and commitment of those who are sharing their expe-rience with tobacco use through these messages,” said Minister Aglukkaq. “I’m especially proud to welcome the family of Ms. Tarbox. Her unforget-table image has become a symbol of the hazards of smoking.”

“The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada com-mends Minister Aglukkaq on this important initiative aimed at reducing death and disability caused by tobacco industry products, including heart disease and stroke, and other chron-

ic diseases,” says Bobbe Wood, President, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. “We’ve learned that when it comes to tobacco control, we must be comprehensive - a key component of this approach includes strong, graphic and prominent warnings on tobacco pack-aging.”

The regulations will be published soon in Canada Gazette, Part II. Also now in force are new regula-tions prohibiting the terms “light” and “mild”, and variations thereof, on ciga-rettes, little cigars and var-ious other tobacco prod-ucts and accessories.


Visits the Imperial War Museum

Destiny Franco poses with the quilt.

AUCTION SALEBill & Marilyn Robertson

Wed., October 19/11 - 10:30 a.m. Location: From Canwood, SK 3 miles North on Moose Valley Road.

Watch for signs. Tractors: Case 2670 4WD, PS,18.4x34 duals, rebuilt motor 7000 hrs, serial #8794190; John Deere 4640 c/w duals & Degelman 12 ft. blade. 12000 hrs (Good shape) Rear tires-20.8 x38; 1070 Case tractor for parts; Combine: John Deere combine -7721 fi eld ready S#513533 New pick-up belts, new hammers in chopper; Swather: John Deere -25 ft. pull type swather (new canvas) #590; Hay Equipment: New Holland round baler #851; Tillage: John Deere 32 ft. deep tiller, c/w Degelman harrows #656; Morris Challenger 39’ #2, Degelman harrows, knock on shovels; Morris tyne harrows - 68 feet; Vehicles: 1965 Chevy 3 ton, new motor (227); 1984 Chevy 3 ton C65, 14 ft steel box, 366 motor 5x2 trans. 6600 km, 10H x 20 rubber; Old cars and ½ ton trucks; Grain/Grain Equipment: Westfi eld grain auger 41x8 c/w13 HP Honda motor; Grain Chief grain dryer—250 bush.; 5000 bush grain ring; Tay-lor 1400 bush hopper fert. bin; 4 x 2000 bush. Steel bins; 3 x 1300 bush. But-ler’s; 900 bush. Oats & barley mix; 150 bush. Oats; Yard Equipment: John Deere #212 riding tractor c/w rototiller (new motor.); Crown rock picker-ground driven; John Deere wagon; Flexicoil #1110 air tank; Flexicoil #1100 air tank for parts; 3Flexicoil11 run manifolds - new; John Deere riding mower - 38” cut -12.5 H.P. no hood; Old cultivators for scrap; Leon loader fi ts all #70 Case tractors; Lots of used car, truck, & tractor tires; high hog cattle gate—self catch; Taylor hopper fert. Bin—1400 bush.; Yard/Shop/Recre-ational: 1985-24ft. Prowler 5th Wheel, c/w air; 12 x 16 car coverall-brand new in box; 500 diesel tank, 300 gas tank-steel stands; 2 slip tanks--100 gal--1 electric; Husquvarna chain saws; 14 ft. canoe-good shape; wood burning stoves (heaters); old style post drill; jig-saw; dewalt cut off saw; electric drill press; bench grinder; vice; fence tighteners; electric fencer; grease guns, gas cans; hammers & crowbars; skill saws; air compressor; fl oor jack, jack-alls; tool boxes; belts & chains; wheel barrels; lots of sockets & wrenches; House-hold: Pool table, shuffl eboard; -chrome table and chairs; -Acme wood cook stove. Plus lots of household items to numerous to mention. Comments: Bill and Marilyn have retired and would like to invite all of their friends and Neighbors to come out, and bid on all their fi ne items.

Schmalz Auctionswww.schmalzauctions.com or auctionbill.comHwy #2 South, Prince Albert, SK - PL 911509

Gerald Fillmore 1-306-922-7907 or 1-306-940-8720Phone (306) 922-2300 or 763-2172

On a recent visit to the Imperial War Museum, in London, England, Destiny Franco was able to see the Marchant Grove Quilt. This quilt was made dur-ing the Second World War by the Ladies Aid for the Canadian Red Cross. Destiny is related to four servicemen on the quilt, and to one of the

ladies who helped make it. Her great grandmother, Florence Walter) Person of Canwood, Sask., made one of the patches, still vibrant red and blue.

Destiny was the first person to view the quilt with such a connection to it.

A new thread has been added to this piece of

Canadian, and local his-tory. Information is still being collected relating to the gentlemen named and the ladies who helped make it in an effort to patch together this intri-cate story. If you have any anecdotes or bits of history to share, please contact Doris 468-2652 or Carol 468-2645

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The Town of Big River - CDTF is seeking a tender/con-tractor to provide for, supply and construction of the Ness Creek Road, located in the R. M of Big River, Saskatche-wan in accordance with the terms of the tender documents.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Only the successful bidder will be contacted.The closing date of this tender is Tuesday, October 11, 2011Interested bidders may obtain tender documents from:

The Town of Big RiverBox 220, 606 1st St. North, Big River, Sask. S0J 0E0

tel: (306)469-2112 fax: (306)469-4856email: [email protected]

DEER RIDGE LANDFILLThe Deer Ridge landfi ll will be open

Saturday, October 8, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

To receive COMPOSTABLE MATERIALS ONLY, such as:

branches, tree trimmings, leaves, grass, and garden refuse.

There will be no charge for this service.

Continued from page 1There will be one

election in the RM of Spiritwood as four candi-dates will be vying for the councilor seat in Division 2.

Incumbent Gary Robinson faces opposi-tion from Jim Wingerter, Debbie Torgerson and Chad Smith for the seat.

Meanwhile two incum-bents were acclaimed to their seats in Division 4 and 6 as Stan Hare and Ervin Matzner let their names stand for re-elec-tion.

In the RM of Big River incumbents Sharon Hodgeson and Robert Zinovich were acclaimed in Divisions 2 and 4, respectively.

The RM of Shellbrook is standing pat with three councilors returning to their seats. Incumbents Earl Stewart (Division 2), Larry Ferster (Division 4) and Andy Larsen (Division 6) have all let their names stand for re-election.

RM elections

MEN AT WORK -- Brad Helm, Tyson Kasner and Shaun Ker-ber work on the roof of the newly constructed gazebo at the Hidden Hills Golf Course in Shellbrook earlier this month. The new rain shelter at the fi fth hole was constructed over a weekend with volunteer labour.

Four area students have been recognized with General Proficiency awards issued by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education.

Nicholas Allard, of Spiritwood High School, Linda Huard of Medstead Central and Stephanie Shuh and Kelsey Wintonyk of Hafford Central School each received a $400 award from the province for outstand-ing academic achievement.

In all, 14 students from Living Sky School Division were awarded the 2011 General Proficiency Awards. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Education provides a number of awards across the province to Grade 12 students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement andare continuing on with post-secondary education.

The students who received the awards are studying at various universities and colleges in Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba.

Area students receive provincial bursary

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It would be more than a decade ago now that I listened to speaker Dr. Lowell Catlett, a futurist and economist from New Mexico State University.

It was one of those pre-sentations which left a last-ing mark with a then much younger journalist.

Catlett tagged his pre-sentation, ‘The Future is So Bright You’re Going to Need Shades’. That was heady stuff coming from anyone in an era in farming not many years removed from tractor cara-vans slowing highway traf-fi c in support of calls for more money to save farms, and neighbours rallying to farmgate protests to pre-

vent foreclosure auctions.Catlett saw a brighter

future for farming based in large part on biotechnolo-gy. He foresaw technology adding attributes to many farm crops which would create exciting, higher val-ue markets.

Certainly we have seen

some of that occur. Bio-tech canola has certainly changed that sector in terms of production, and opened some markets, but that is only the tip of the iceberg.

The futurist talked about the potential to com-pletely push the bound-

aries of biotechnology. While many might cringe at the thought, Catlett spoke of the possibility of goats altered on the genetic level in order to have what would essentially be chee-tah skin. The endangered big cats were hunted to near extinction for their fur skins, and farmers could cash in on that demand without further threatening the cats.

That may scare some, and excite some, but at that time it was a rather amazing vision of the pos-sibilities, and even today while remaining more sci-ence fi ction than fact, the growth of biotech science suggests it could still be re-

ality, probably sooner that we expect.

Perhaps less Franken-stein-esque than cheetah-goats is the idea farm crops can be utilized in ways not related to feeding people or livestock.

Here in Saskatchewan farmers are aware of some of those efforts. A few years ago agriculture pub-lications covered efforts to use oats in the make-up sector.

More recently a Uni-versity of Saskatchewan associate professor at the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition; Ed Krol, has been looking at the po-tential of using fl avonoids found in apples, onions and various other plants in sunscreen.

The idea of compo-nents within farm crops having higher value that the whole grain for food

is hardly a new thought, but as populations con-tinue to balloon it becomes a scarier concept as food pressures are only going to grow until the world some-how comes to grips with how to put the brakes on population expansion.

No one wants to be-grudge farmers mar-kets which pay more, but whether it’s Catlett’s goats, or apples for sun-screen, it could take food out of the reach of more people. The poorest of the world already struggle to afford food and that situ-ation could easily worsen if farm produce heads to non-traditional, non-food markets.

Catlett’s vision and the research taking place to-day are going to eventually foster a very interesting debate, the value of food for all.

Agriculture Future of Biotech source of healthy debate


Calvin Daniels

On Agriculture

By Dave Cubbon, P AgCavalier Agrow Ltd.

It seems that producers are being asked every year to select their canola variet-ies earlier. To get the best varieties available, this is a must. Canola varieties should be selected by the data that they generate. Selecting a canola variety early in the year is diffi cult because not all the data is available. This makes talking to your local seed supplier a critical step in selecting the appropriate variety.Yield and agronomic data for a specifi c is critical in

selecting the variety that is appropriate for your farm. At Cavalier Agrow, we run numerous trials at our various locations and this information is available to our customers shortly af-ter the plots are harvested. This is a start to looking at what may be the best vari-ety for our area and your farm. The Canola Coun-cil of Canada does a good job of summarizing data from various trials across western Canada. This is an excellent source of un-biased data. The various seed companies run nu-merous trials and include

this data on their websites. Local growers will have comments on existing va-rieties. All these sources of information must be checked out to insure that the right canola variety is selected for your farm.Yield is a critical factor in canola variety selection, but other factors must also be looked at. The closer the yield data is to home, the better it will be for your farm. Try and get out in the summer to see these fi elds and look at the vari-eties that may have poten-tial for your farm.Agronomics of the specifi c

variety must be looked at. The variety must stand. If straight cutting of canola is an issue, the variety must have a slight lean to it. It also must be shatter resis-tant if this management practice is to be consid-ered. Disease resistance is important. Know what diseases are present in your area and look at how resistance to the specifi c diseases will impact the varieties on your farm. For any variety that has specif-ic disease resistance, look at what you are giving up in yield potential on your farm for this resistance. This must be considered as a cost to the gain from the disease resistance. The most important con-sideration for variety selec-tion in our area is maturity. In general, as we bring varieties north, the early maturing varieties yield closer to the top yielding varieties. This is why it is important to look at local area data when examin-ing yield. Trials north of the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) are more ap-propriate for our area than the trials that are south of this line. They give a bet-ter picture of what the po-tential of a variety for our area is.Selecting a canola vari-ety for any farm is a ma-jor decision that must be made every season. Mak-ing this decision requires sound advice and diligence in seeking the appropriate information. Spend some time reading. Talk to your neighbors and your trusted advisors. Make the deci-sion early. Selecting the right variety will increase the yield of canola on your farm.

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Oilseed producers can look forward to tap-ping into a new emerging industry with a study that will assess the feasibil-ity of producing renew-able bio-based jet fuel. Saskatoon - Humboldt Member of Parliament Brad Trost announced an investment of more than $150,000 to determine the economic feasibility of developing this industry in Saskatchewan, as part of National Biotechnology Week celebrations.

“With major airlines aiming for the increased use of renewable fuels, it is important that farmers have the opportunity to be involved in meeting this demand,” said MP Trost on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “This project will determine the potential benefit to pro-ducers and processors as well as Saskatchewan’s economy, while helping to develop an emerging enviro-friendly industry.”

The project, led by

S a s k a t c h e w a n - b a s e d Ag-West Bio Inc., will assess the feasibility of using dedicated industrial oilseed crops Camelina sativa and Brassica carina-ta to produce renewable jet fuel. The study will look at feedstock production, pro-cessing requirements and potential commercial part-ners, as well as logistics and infrastructure.

The bio-based jet fuel industry is a very special-ized field and Ag-West Bio will use external ser-vice providers with exper-tise in each of the criti-cal activities to interview industry experts and pro-spective customers, and review research informa-tion to complete the three components of the feasi-bility report.

“With the aviation industry committed to developing sustainable biofuels, there appears to be huge potential in this area, both for producers, and for the province as a whole in downstream pro-

cessing,” said Mike Cey, VP Corporate & Business Development for Ag-West Bio. “This study will allow us to make informed decisions in order to map out the best path forward in further developing this exciting opportunity in Saskatchewan.”

Organized by BIOTECanada, National Biotechnology Week cel-ebrates the work of bio-technology scientists, researchers and entrepre-neurs across Canada.

The Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action Plan, coupled with other Government of Canada programs and initiatives such as CAAP, continues to help farmers by focusing on creating jobs and strengthening the economy. Investments in new and emerging mar-ket opportunities will help build an even stronger agriculture industry and Canadian economy for the future.

Feds invest in study for Bio-based jet fuel

Spot Check Services Ltd., an internet based consulting company headquartered in Regina has advised the Better Business Bureau (BBB) that their company name is being used in a scam regarding secret shoppers. Spot Check Services Ltd. is an accredited mem-ber of the of the BBB of Saskatchewan and does not operate in any manner similar to that described below.

Here is how the scam is

happening currently:A respondent replies to

an email or classified ad recruiting secret shoppers or survey participants. The ad or offer seeks people to survey how Western Union Outlets deliver ser-vices. Money is sent to the respondent as a cashier’s cheque in some attrac-tive amount, for example $1,500, via postal service. The victimized individual is to deposit this cheque at their bank. The cheque will look official but have

no real value.Respondents are

instructed to retain an amount like $300 (20 per cent) as a fee for service, and additional funds to cover costs, but to imme-diately withdraw some significant amount of cash from the funds deposited. This cash is to be taken to a Western Union office and sent as a wire transfer. to another alleged secret shopper who will pick it up at a Western Union Office destination.

The Western Union offices will be legitimate but the cheque sent to the victim will have no value.

Anyone responding to such ads will be pro-vided a list of questions to evaluate the Western Union office. Such ques-tions might include: How fast and efficient was your Western Union Money Transfer Service? or How long does it take you to have the funds wired?

The list of questions adds legitimacy to the request as they will be customer service focused. You are expected to email

your results back to the email address containing your assigned instructions.

The Better Business Bureau advises that this is an enduring scam, and is currently active in Saskatchewan. The use of legitimate Saskatchewan businesses is deliber-ate to entice responses. The scam is targeting the unwary citizen with the lure of easy money. The BBB recommends that the Saskatchewan public ignore any such opportuni-ties. Spot Check Services Ltd. has reported the unauthorized use of their

business name to regula-tory authorities and law enforcement agencies.

For further infor-mation you may con-tact the Better Business Bureau of Saskatchewan at (306)352-7601, or toll free at 1-(888) 352-7601 or online at www.sask.bbb.org or email at [email protected]. The Better Business Bureau of Saskatchewan Inc. is a non-profit organiza-tion funded by accredited businesses throughout the province.


Mystery shopper scam now active in Saskatchewan

RM of Canwood No. 494PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given pursuant to The Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the R. M. of Canwood No. 494 intends to pass a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 2003-7 as hereinafter provided.It is proposed to amend the said Zoning Bylaw by:1. Amending the following section to the R-Residential District Regulations:“Section 8.3.1 (4) Site Densities - Maximum of 16 - one (1) acre sites per quarter section for a total of 20- one (1) acre sites.”RationaleThe reason for the amendment is to make our zoning bylaw consistent with existing subdivisions within our municipality while allowing for growth.Bylaw inspectionThe bylaw may be inspected by an interested person at the RM Offi ce on any judicial day from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Copies are available in person at a cost of $1.00.Public HearingRepresentations respecting the amendment will be considered by Council on the 13th day of Octo-ber, 2011, in the R. M. of Canwood No. 494 Council Chambers at 10:00 a.m. Council shall hear any person or group of persons or person acting on their behalf who wishes to make a representation. Written submissions received by the Administrator prior to that date will be considered by Council as well.Issued at the R.M. of Canwood No. 494 this 23rd date of September, 2011.Lorna Benson, Administrator


Public Notice is hereby given pursuant to The Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the R. M. of Canwood No. 494 intends to pass a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 2003-7 as hereinafter provided.It is proposed to amend the said Zoning Bylaw as follows:1. The Zoning District Map referred to in Section 4.1 of Bylaw No. 2003-7 is to be amended to rezone from the AR-Agricultural Residential District to LD-Lakeshore Development District all that portion of NW & SW 15-52-4 W3 as shown within the bold lines on the plan of proposed Subdivision as prepared by Meridian Surveys Ltd. dated May 6th, 2011, which appears as part of this notice.RationaleThe intent of the bylaw is as follows:1. To provide for a lakeshore development in an area which is currently zoned as agricul-ture, and to provide for addi-tional seasonal development at the request of the land-owner.Bylaw inspectionThe bylaw may be inspected by an interested person at the RM Offi ce on any judicial day from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Copies are available in person at a cost of $1.00.Public HearingRepresentations respecting the amendment will be con-sidered by Council on the 13th day of October, 2011, in the R. M. of Canwood No. 494 Council Chambers at 2:00 p.m. Council shall hear any person or group of per-sons or person acting on their behalf who wishes to make a representation. Written sub-missions received by the Ad-ministrator prior to that date will be considered by Council as well.Issued at the Offi ce of the R.M. of Canwood No. 494 this 23rd date of September, 2011.Lorna Benson, Administrator


Public Notice is hereby given pursuant to The Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the R. M. of Canwood No. 494 intends to pass a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 2003-7 as hereinafter provided.It is proposed to amend the said Zoning Bylaw as follows:1. The Zoning District Map referred to in Section 4.1 of Bylaw No. 2003-7 is to be amended to rezone from the AR-Agricultural Residential District to LD-Lakeshore Development District all that portion of SE 19-50-6 W3 as shown within the bold lines on the plan of proposed Subdivision as prepared by CITYTREND and dated January 2011, which appears as part of this notice.Rationale - The in-tent of the bylaw is as follows:1. To provide for a lakeshore devel-opment in an area which is currently zoned as agricul-ture, and to provide for additional sea-sonal development at the request of the landowner.Bylaw inspection - The bylaw may be inspected by any interested person at the RM Offi ce on any judicial day from Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Cop-ies are available in person at a cost of $1.00.Public Hearing - Representations respecting the amendment will be considered by Council on the 13th day of October, 2011, in the R. M. of Canwood No. 494 Council Chambers at 11:00 a.m. Council shall hear any person or group of persons or person acting on their behalf who wishes to make a representation. Written submissions received by the Administrator prior to that date will be considered by Council as well.Issued at the Offi ce of the R.M. of Canwood No. 494 this 23rd date of September, 2011.Lorna Benson, Administrator

Saskatchewan people have once again embraced the opportunity to cele-brate culture in their com-munities during Culture Days, which takes place September 30-October 2, 2011 across Canada, and all week long, September 26- October 2, in Sas-katchewan.

Culture Days features free, hands-on interac-tive activities that invite the public to discover and participate in the cultural life of their communities. Over 165 activities have already been registered, from over 35 different Saskatchewan communi-ties spread throughout the province, from Prince Al-

bert to Gravelbourg, from Estevan to Creighton and many places in between.

“There is a wealth of cultural activity in this province and Culture Days is the perfect opportunity for residents to get out and explore what their commu-nity has to offer,” said Rose Gilks, SaskCulture Gen-eral Manager and Chair, Culture Days in Saskatch-ewan. “We are pleased that so many community leaders and cultural groups have taken the opportunity to get involved. Together, we are able to highlight our culturally vibrant province both to residents and be-yond.”

Four Culture Days

Animateurs have been in-strumental in getting the Culture Days message to communities. The four artists, unique to Culture Days in Saskatchewan, were hired by SaskCulture to visit with community leaders, teachers, cultural groups and others to ex-plain the Culture Days concept and brainstorm potential interactive cul-tural activities that would appeal to their communi-ties. The artists – Darlene Williams, Johanna Bun-don, Mindy Yan Miller, and Paul Wilson – spread the Culture Days word to over 40 different commu-nities in the province.

Culture Days in Saskatchewan keeps on growing!

by Sara WilliamsThe Latin genus name

for tulip, Tulipa, comes from the Turkish tulbend, meaning turban, in refer-ence to the flower shape. Native to the Near East, they were cultivated and hybridized in Turkish gar-dens for centuries prior to their introduction to Holland in the 1500s.

Nothing is more entic-ing than garden-centre shelves full of plump tulip bulbs in September with their implied promise of spring bloom. While tulips are true perennials in more temperate climes, prairie winters may be too much of a challenge for long-term survival for many

varieties. My experience is that you’ll probably get a good bloom in the spring following plant-ing but then over time, vigor declines year after year. Besides cold winters stressing out the bulbs, another reason for poor performance in subsequent years is because many gar-deners remove the entire aboveground plant right after flowering, not allow-ing it to rebuild energy reserves in the bulb.

Of the approximately five thousand tulip variet-ies available, the species and cultivars listed below are among your best bets for reliable spring colour on the prairies. They com-

bine drought tolerance, hardiness and a more perennial habit than most. Purchase them as soon as they become available in the fall, choose the largest bulbs you can find, and plant them immediately. Choose a site in full sun with good drainagel. Plant in clumps of 5 or more, about 15 cm (6 in.) apart, in holes 20 cm (8 in.) deep, and pointy side up. A sprinkle of bone-meal in the bottom of the hole before planting helps sup-ply important slow-release nutrients. Cover with soil, water well, mulch, and hope for an early and con-tinuous snow cover – their best insulation! In spring, allow plants to die down naturally before removing.

Tulips add spring color to a perennial or mixed border and are often used in annual beds. The spe-cies are shorter and well adapted to rock garden plantings.

Darwin hybrids - tall plants of good size and colour:

‘Apeldoorn’ - red with orange edges and interior, 55 cm/22 in.

‘Apeldoorn Elite’ – cherry red with buttercup-yellow edges, 50 – 60 cm / 20 – 24 in.

‘Beauty of Apeldoorn’ – yellow washed with orange, 50 cm/20 in.

‘Golden Apeldoorn’- golden yellow, 55 cm/22 in.

‘Golden Oxford’ – golden yellow, black inte-rior base, 55 cm/22 in.

‘Oxford’ – scarlet flushed red, 55 cm/22 in.

‘Parade’ – red, large black interior base edged with yellow, 45 cm/18 in.

‘Pink Impression’ (‘Spring Pearl’) large pink-rose flower, 55 cm/22 in.

T. fosteriana hybrids – From central Asia, these have large wide petals and shiny foliage, early flow-ering

‘Orange Emperor’ – large, dark orange, early, 45 cm/18 in.

‘Pink Emperor’ – pink with pearl sheen, 35 cm/14 in.

‘Red Emperor’ (‘Madam Lefeber’) – red with black centre, 40 cm/16 in.

‘White Emperor’ (‘Purissima’) – white with yellow interior, 40 cm/16 in.

‘Yellow Emperor’ – yellow, 40 cm/16 in.

T. greigii hybrids – From central Asia, spe-cies is red-orange and the distinctive foliage is char-acterized by purple and

green striping or mottling. They are short with large, cup-shaped blooms, multi-stemmed and early.

‘Red Riding Hood’ – carmine red and scarlet, 35 cm/14 in.

Kaufmann hybrids (T. kaufmanniana), com-monly known as waterlily tulips, are in my opinion, the most reliable tulips there are. The waterlily moniker is in reference to the flower shape, where the flowers open up to the point that the petals form a round flat star. Otherwise, unlike waterlilies, they do not grow in water, prefer-ring like all tulips well-drained and not overly wet soil. Generally short (15 - 20 cm / 6 – 8 in.), they flower much earlier than any other varieties, barely waiting for the snow to disappear.

‘Gold Coin’ – exterior: each petal is bright red edged with golden yellow edge on each; interior is deep golden yellow.

‘Heart’s Delight’ – creamy yellow with rosy blush on outer edge.

‘Quebec’ – creamy yel-low with a bold swatch of pink down the middle of each petal.

T. praestans From cen-tral Asia and Turkestan, 20-30 cm/8-12 inches in height with multiple flow-ers

‘Fusilier’- vermillion red -dark orange, glaucous grey-green foliage, 25-30 cm/10-12 in.

‘Van Tubergen’ – large, orange-scarlet flow-ers, 25 cm/10 in.

Other species:T. tarda, from central

Asia, is 10 to 15 cm (4–6 in.) in height, with yel-low, white-tipped petals. It very quickly forms low colonies and is truly peren-nial. No garden should be without it!

T. urumiensis native to Lake Urumia in Iran, is also a low colonizer, 12 cm (5 in.) in height with yellow petals.

Sara, along with Hugh Skinner, is co-author of Gardening Naturally, A Chemical-free handbook

for the Prairies.This column is offered

by the Saskatchewan

Perennial Society (www14.brinkster.com

It’s time to plant... tulipsSeptember 30, 2011 Shellbrook Chronicle

Notice of Abandonment of PollThe Rural Municipality of Blaine Lake No. 434

Municipal Elections 2011Whereas Glenn Lamontagne, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor in Div. No. 6, is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the offi ce will take place on October 26, 2011.Dated this 23rd day of September, 2011Tony ObrigewitchReturning Offi cer


Municipal Elections 2011Whereas W. John Serhienko, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor in Div. No. 2, is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the offi ce will take place on October 26, 2011.Dated this 23rd day of September, 2011Tony ObrigewitchReturning Offi cer


Municipal Elections 2011Whereas Gerald Strelioff, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor in Div. No. 4, is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the offi ce will take place on October 26, 2011.Dated this 23rd day of September, 2011Tony ObrigewitchReturning Offi cer

Notice of Abandonment of PollThe Rural Municipality of Big River No. 555

Municipal Elections 2011Whereas Sharon Hodgson, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor for Div. No. 2, is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the offi ce will take place on October 26, 2011.Dated this 22nd day of September, 2011Donna TymiakReturning Offi cer

Notice of Abandonment of PollThe Rural Municipality of Big River No. 555

Municipal Elections 2011Whereas Robert Zinovich, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor for Div. No. 4, is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the offi ce will take place on October 26, 2011.Dated this 22nd day of September, 2011Donna TymiakReturning Offi cer

NOTICE OF ADVANCE VOTINGThe Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494

Municipal Elections 2011. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the council has made provision for advance voting for the benefi t of qualifi ed voters who have reason to believe that they will be necessarily absent from their places of resi-dence on election day.Advance voting will take place on Saturday, the 22nd day of October, 2011, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at the R.M. Offi ce, Canwood, Sask. Dated at Canwood, this 23rd day September, 2011.Lorna BensonReturning Offi cer

NOTICE OF VOTEThe Rural Municipality of Canwood No. 494

Municipal Elections 2011 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that:(1) A vote will be held for the election of a Reeve for the Rural Municipality and of a Councillor for Division Nos. 2, 4 and 6.(2) The vote will take place on Wednesday, the 26th day of October, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at:DIVISION No. 1, POLL AT R.M. Offi ce, Canwood, Sask.DIVISION No. 2, POLL AT Community Hall, Mont Nebo, Sask.DIVISION No. 3, POLL AT R.M. Offi ce, Canwood, Sask.DIVISION No. 4, POLL AT Comite Culturel Building, 204-2nd Ave. E., Debden, Sask.DIVISION No. 5, POLL AT L. Jonasson Residence – NW 29-53-5-3DIVISION No. 6, POLL AT Comite Culturel Building, 204-2nd Ave. E., Debden, Sask.(3) I will declare the result of the voting at the R.M. Of-fi ce on Thursday, the 27th day of October, 2011, at the hour of 9:00 a.m.Dated at Canwood, this 23rd day of September, 2011,Lorna BensonReturning Offi cerNOTICE OF ABANDONMENT OF POLL

The Rural Municipality of Shellbrook No. 493 Municipal Elections 2011

WHEREAS: Earl Stewart , nominated for the offi ce of Councillor for Division No. 2 is the only candidate

andLarry Ferster, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor for Division No. 4 is the only candidate

andAndy Larsen, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor for Division No. 6 is the only candidate

I hereby give notice that no voting for these offi ces will take place on Wednesday, October 26, 2011.Dated this 30th day of September, 2011Karen Beauchesne Returning Offi cer

September 25. Annual Harvest 3 Course Supper presented by the Friends of the Forestry Farm House in the historic Superintendent’s Residence at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo. Seatings at 5:00 and 7:00. $25 per person, pre-purchase only. Call 373-1787 or email [email protected] to reserve now.

September 30 & October 1, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. Canadian Prairie Lily Society’s annual fall lily bulb sale at the Mall at Lawson Heights in Saskatoon. Available for sale: Asiatic, martagon, orientpet, trumpet, LA and species lilies of many colours, heights and blooming times for sale. Money raised supports 3 horticulture scholarships and a bursary.

Visit the Robin Smith Memorial Garden and the adjoining Heritage Rose Garden, now in full bloom, at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo. Both are maintained by the Saskatchewan Perennial Society. Parking is only $2, but visiting the gardens are free.

GARDENLINE is back for the season. 966-5865. Have a question about your lawn? about trans-planting? about anything green that grows? or is dying on you? Give the friendly folks at Gardenline a call.

Sask Perennial Society coming events

Carrier Lumber has been looking to open a saw and planer mill in the Big River area as early as 2009, according to company president Bill Kordyban.

The company announced the purchase of the Big River Lumber Mill early last week after months of negotiation with then owner Eacom Timber Corporation.

Kordyban said the company’s interest in the area goes all the way back to the government’s re-allocation of timber rights in the Prince Albert Forest Management Agreement (FMA) in November 2009.

At that time, Carrier received 175,000 cubic metres of softwood saw log

allocation while another 200,000 cubic metres was set aside for future projects in the Big River area.

However, without a buyer for the wood chips and hogfuel milling by-products, a saw and planer mill in the area didn’t make much financial sense.

That all changed with Paper Excellence’s pur-chase of the Prince Albert Pulp Mill which is now set to begin operation in fall of 2012.

“Nowadays, for a mill to be economically viable, it needs to have an outlet or sale for its by-product chips and pulp mills are a very important consum-er of those chips,” said Kordyban.

In addition to the

375,000 in allocation held directly by Carrier, Kordyban said they have access to an additional 175,000 cubic metres but would not elaborate on the source.

He said that they are also in discussion with other licence holders in hopes of receiving access to more timber.

Once open, the mill is expected to employ upwards of 110 people.

Kordyban cred-its the Saskatchewan Government and the for-mation of the Sakaw Askiy Management Inc to man-age the FMA as major rea-sons why Carrier was in a position to re-establish a mill presence in Big River.

“The people have to

know that there was a lot of work done in the back-ground and I give the gov-ernment credit for putting into place the reallocation process and getting every-thing lined up so it would make sense for this to hap-pen,” said Kordyban.

Sakaw was formed in 2010 by eight sharehold-ers to manage the Prince Albert FMA which was previously managed by Weyerhaeuser and later Domtar.

Lumber produced at the Big River Mill will be sold into domestic and foreign markets. Kordyban said that they have a loyal Saskatchewan follow-ing for their stud lumber produced at their Prince Albert plant and expects to

maintain and expand that market.

He also anticipates some sales into Japan as the Big River Mill is capa-ble of producing the very top grade lumber that the Japanese market expects.

“We think Big River should be able to produce a certain amount of G grade for the Japanese market,” said Kordyban.

The company also has a mill in Prince George, which ships much of its product to China.

The planer in Big River has Machine Stress Rated lumber capability, which is new for the company.

MSR is stress rated by direct machine testing to ensure a minimum strength performance in engineered

applications.Since it has been moth-

balled for five years he expects there to be con-siderable work to be done before it is up and running at capacity.

The company has also recognized a few poten-tial production bottlenecks at the mill that they may be looking to change to improve productivity but the plan is to be up and running by fall of 2012.

Another step that needs to be taken is to finalize the actual footprint of the where these wood alloca-tions will be. Though the volumes were determined nearly two years ago some of the locations have not.


Pulp mill key to Big River mill opening

On September 7, Chief Norma Johnstone, council, dignitaries and band mem-bers celebrated the grand opening of the Mistawasis Health Centre.

Acting Health Director and community nurse Lyn-don Tieszen, noted during the opening speech that

the new facility should be a constant reminder that residents should do the best that they can with in maintaining their health.

“Keeping in mind that each one of us has to be the change we want to see when building healthy life-styles. Yesterday’s hope,

today’s vision and tomor-row’s future. Life is pre-cious, health is a gift from the Creator. This will daily remind us to do the best we can,” said Tieszen.

World War II veteran Virginia Pechawis cut the ribbon to officially open the Health Centre during

the ceremony. The 2,000 square foot

clinic is one of many that have operated in the com-munity over the years but population and program-ing growth have always eventually outpaced the venue size.

Most recently the clinic was added to the Chief Mistawasis School in 1995 but eventually services outgrew that space lead-ing to the construction of the new Mistawasis Health Centre.

Services available through the newly opened facility include addiction workers, prevention work-ers, maternal child work-ers, living well workers, wellness worker, homec-are team, medical trans-portation team, the com-munity health team and recently the Dental Health initiative

Mistawasis opens new Health Centre

CHN Lyndon Tieszen and Virginia Pechawis cut the cake to open the Mistawasis Health Centre.

Lyle Whitefi sh-2nd vice chief, FSIN, Youth, Tyrone B. Head, Seline Mckenzie, Virginia Pechawis cutting the ribbon, Councillor Chris Pechawis, Randall Strongarm Jr., Chief Norma Johnstone and CHN Lyndon Tieszen.

S a s k a t c h e w a n ’ s Children’s Hospital Foundation could be getting a boost from a Saskatchewan Stanley Cup

winner. Saskatchewan native

Curtis Leschyshyn, has teamed up with figures-kater Elena Berezhnaya on

season 3 of the CBC show Battle of the Blades.

The show matches up retired professional hockey players and pro-fessional figure skaters together to compete in a figure skating competition with the winners receiving $100,000 for a charity of their choice.

Leschyshyn and Berezhnaya have cho-sen the Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital Foundation as their charity of choice.

Leschyshyn was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the first round of the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He played eight seasons with the Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise, win-ning a Stanley Cup with Colorado in 1996.

He went on to play with the Washington Capitals and the Hartford Whalers in 1996-1997, then the Carolina Hurricanes from 1997-2000, the Minnesota Wild in 2000-2001 and the Ottawa Senators from 2001-2004.

To vote for to vote for Elena Berezhnaya and Curtis Leschyshyn Dial 877-844-8153.

Battle of the Blades airs on CBC Sunday and Monday nights at 8 p.m.

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It’s so not you Wheth-er the information you source is correct or not (and most of the time, it’s tough to tell) one thing you can count on is this: That information may not prop-erly take you into account. You’re getting wallpaper info not personal advice. You are you – an indi-vidual with a unique life, characteristics and goals that change and evolve over time. So even if you manage to hit on reliable

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Back in the early 1900s, top labour issues in Canada included things like; safe workplaces, a fi ve-day work week and decent wages.

Through government legislation and voluntary business decisions, the aforementioned issues are no longer problems in most workplaces.

However, a new sig-nifi cant labour issue in Canada has emerged – the growing gap between gov-ernment employee pay and private sector pay. In plain English, the typical government employee is getting a much better deal than everyone else.

Consider Statistics Canada data obtained by the Canadian Taxpay-ers Federation that shows from 2001 to 2011, the average government em-ployee’s pay increased from $756.01 per week to $1,023.20; a 35.3 per cent increase. Over the same period, the average private sector worker saw their pay increase from $598.81 per week to $777.69; a 29.9 per cent increase.

And it doesn’t end there.

From 1977 to 2009, the number of government employees with workplace pensions increased from 75.5 per cent to 86.2 per cent. Over the same peri-od, private sector employ-ees saw their workplace pension coverage decrease from 35.2 per cent to just 25.3 per cent.

In terms of defi ned

benefi t pensions plans (the better type as it guarantees a cash payout for life even if the fund has run dry), 81 per cent of government employees have them compared with just 14 per cent in the private sector.

Now let’s be clear. No one expects a teacher, fi re-fi ghter or any other gov-ernment employee to get paid peanuts for an honest day’s work. And no one expects a requirement for the average government employee’s pay to equal the average private sector employee’s pay; this isn’t 1990’s Cuba.

But government jobs shouldn’t have pay levels that are much higher than private sector positions that are providing simi-lar work. For example, a government accountant shouldn’t make 25 per cent more in pay and benefi ts than a private sector ac-countant performing simi-lar duties.

Sure, you’re going to fi nd the odd government position that currently comes with lower pay than in the private sector. But on the whole, government employees in Canada are getting a much better deal than employees doing similar work in the private sector. Study after study by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Fraser Insti-tute and Canadian Federa-tion of Independent Busi-ness have all come to this same conclusion.

Beyond pay and ben-efi ts, there are many other

perks such as unprecedent-ed job security that comes with a government job.

For instance, a fed-eral bureaucrat was fi red in 2009 for spending 50 per cent to 75 per cent of the work day looking at news, sports and yes, por-nography. He appealed, arguing he was ‘bored’ and that it was the govern-ment’s fault. Incredibly, the employee in question has since been hired back and is making between $76,010 - $104,026 a year (his pay range is known, but exact pay level is not disclosed.)

To correct the over-all pay and benefi t gap, most government services should be opened up to competition. That would

not only ensure competi-tive costs and effi ciencies are achieved, it would give everyone a fair shot at bid-ding to provide govern-ment services.

For services that can’t be easily put out to com-petition, the government should ensure it isn’t offer-ing increases to unions that are far higher than what taxpayers are receiving. In terms of pensions, switch-ing from defi ned benefi t to defi ned contribution plans would also be a good fi rst step in closing the gap.

One thing is for certain, the gap cannot continue to grow. Taxpayers are get-ting tapped out.

Colin Craig is the Prai-rie Director for the Cana-dian Taxpayers Federation

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Mrs. Vasti Elisa Anderson late of Deer Ridge, Saskatchewan passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at the age of 88 years. Vasti was born on September 25, 1923 in Alvsby, Sweden. She

came to Canada with her family in 1927. Vasti mar-ried Wilfred A. Anderson on December 15, 1950. They had one son, Arnold, in 1951. Vasti lived on the farm in Deer Ridge until 2008 when she moved to the Nelson Home in Prince Albert and later into the Mont St. Joseph Care Home in 2009. Vasti took part in all of the activities at the home but especially loved the music. She also found her love for bowling where her competitive side seemed to show. Vasti cooked for lumber crews in her early years and owned the general store in Holbein through the 1950s where she scooped the largest ice cream cones around. While on the farm, she enjoyed curling, bingo, gardening, and bak-ing. She managed to make some of the best buns and bread in the country which were commonly referred to as “Vasti Buns” and were enjoyed by many people around the community.

In 1976, Arnold mar-ried Patricia (Morris) and Vasti finally had her daugh-ter. Vasti had two grand-children, Trevor (Sundi) in 1977, and Lindsey (Scott) in 1983. Vasti was very proud of her family.

Vasti was predeceased by her husband Wilfred Anderson, her brothers Bertil Sjogren and Elis (Jean) Sjogren, her sister Annie (Andrew) Stene, and brother in laws Marvin (Helen) Anderson, Fred (Jean) Anderson, and Alex (Esther) Anderson. Vasti is survived by her brother Andrew (Shirley) Sjogren, sister-in-law Joan Sjogren, and brother in law Jim (Annette) Szell.

Thank you to all fam-ily, friends, and neighbours who spent time with Vasti over the years whether it was stopping in for a cup of tea at the farm, or being by her side when she was in the home.

There will be a private family service for Vasti at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions can be made to the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project are encouraged.


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Saskatchewan is cel-ebrating the addition of more than 900 nurses now working in the province than in 2007-08. This rep-resents more than 80 nurs-es than last October when the provincial government met and exceeded its com-mitment to hire 800 more registered nurses and reg-istered psychiatric nurses.

The majority of these nurses have been hired as part of the work under the

partnership agreement be-tween the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the provincial govern-ment, signed in February 2008. Additional posi-tions have been created by health regions.

“This great recruitment success is above and be-yond our election commit-ment, and it goes a long way toward addressing the nursing shortage in Sas-katchewan,” Health Min-

ister Don McMorris said today at SUN’s Innovators Conference in Regina.

While the SUN/gov-ernment partnership agree-ment has met its goal for nursing recruitment tar-gets, work continues on a number of important areas including:

•fi nding ways to keep nurses in the workplace longer;

•improving nurse/pa-tient ratios and increasing the use of nurse practitio-ners;

•establishing a mecha-nism to make it easier for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses;

•focusing on preven-tion and promoting well-ness by using nurses in new roles;

•ensuring new gradu-ates are offered full-time permanent employment; and

•expanding profes-sional development and conducting patient exit surveys.

In addition, the govern-ment’s physician recruit-ment strategy is showing results with nearly 200 more doctors now calling Saskatchewan home, rep-resenting an increase of 11 per cent over the past four years.

More nurses and doctors working in Saskatchewan

Big jump in population

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Saskatchewan’s popu-lation has hit a new all-time high of 1,057,884 people following the larg-est quarterly population jump ever recorded since Statistics Canada starting keeping quarterly popula-tion estimates.

Between April 1, 2011 and July 1, 2011, Sas-katchewan grew by 5,444 people. This growth con-sisted of a natural increase (births minus deaths) of 1,524, net inter-provincial migration of 1,239 and net international migration of 2,681. Saskatchewan saw net in-migration from most other provinces includ-ing Ontario (641 people), Alberta (423 people) and Manitoba (147 people).

Premier Brad Wall said the new population num-bers show the continued strength of the Saskatch-ewan’s economy.

“People move where the opportunities are and right now, there are a lot more people moving into Saskatchewan than mov-ing out,” Wall said. “It

wasn’t too long ago that the situation was com-pletely reversed and more people were moving away. Today, Saskatchewan is on the right track and our government is working hard to make sure it stays that way.”

Since the current gov-ernment took offi ce, Sas-katchewan has grown by over 50,000 people - from 1,007,614 in January 1, 2008 to 1,057,884 on July 1, 2011. That is the largest population growth dur-ing a single term of offi ce for any government since 1925 to 1929.

“There were those who said it would be impossible for Saskatchewan to grow by 100,000 people in 10 years, which is really only growing at the national average,” Wall said. “The fact is - Saskatchewan has been growing by far more than the national aver-age for several years now. We’re up 50,000 people in just three and a half years, so hitting 1.1 million peo-ple by 2015 is well within

reach.” Saskatchewan’s popu-

lation is also bucking the national trend by getting younger. The median age in Saskatchewan is now 37.3 years. That’s the second-lowest among the provinces and Saskatch-ewan is one of only two provinces to see its median age get younger in the past year. In fact, since 2007, Saskatchewan’s median age has dropped from 38.0 to 37.3.

Wall said this refl ects the fact that more young people and young families are choosing to stay in Sas-katchewan or are moving back to Saskatchewan.

“That means good things for our province’s future,” Wall said. “A growing population and economy provides a grow-ing tax base which al-lows government to lower taxes and fund important government services like health care, highways and education.”

Darrel Delaronde and Saskia will be in Shellbrook to launch their new CD Songbirds at the Shellbrook Seniors’ Centre October 29.

Although they call Saskatchewan home, these gifted folk/roots song-crafters live mostly on the road, performing to an ever-widening fan base. They are skilled and ver-satile musicians; consid-ered by their peers to be in the “journeyman” class of their trade.

Saskia hails from The Netherlands and Darrel was born on the Great Plains, so prairie culture runs through their veins. Their years of living in Saskatchewan became huge creative landscape for their songwriting. They write about Canadian life

& culture; stories of Louis Riel, war brides, prairie towns, voyageurs & rode-os; all set to intriguing melodies and backed by some of Canada’s finest musicians.

They have toured extensively with Gary Fjellgaard for the last 10 years, performed with Valdy, opened up for Roy Forbes, Emerson Drive and The Stampeders, and have notables like Daniel Powter, Darby Mills, Steve Dawson, Ken Hamm, Bill Hicks, and Nolan Murray (Tiller’s Folly) appearing on their 9 CD’s.

They were awarded Top Folk /Roots Album in Holland; Artist, Album, and Male Vocalist of the year from SCMA, received Top 5 People’s choice awards, and have enjoyed many years air-play on the Top Indie folk/roots charts in Europe.

Currently touring to support their latest CD “Songbirds” on their 4th trip across Canada, they also have a 3rd European tour booked in Holland, Germany, Belgium and Switzerland. They are so happy and grateful to be able to stop in for a concert at home to touch base with family friends and fans.

Show time is at 7p.m. and advance tickets are available at Woodland Pharmacy or through Adeline Fossey at 747-4704. Tickets are $15 per person or $12 for seniors.


LUTHERAN CHURCHZion - CanwoodSunday School,

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Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 11 a.m.Pastor Doug SchmirlerParkside, Immanuel10 a.m. - Worship &

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ShellbrookSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Sun., 11:00 a.m. - WorshipPastor David Bodvarson

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11 a.m. - WorshipPastor Glenn Blazosek

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Fr. Bernabe Millan Sajonas

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9 a.m. Holy CommunionCanwood - Christ Church2 p.m. 1st & 3rd Sundays

Evening Prayer 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy

CommunionMont Nebo - St. Luke’s

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2nd and 4th Sundays Evening Prayer St. Andrew’s -

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Last time I wrote this column I spoke of “putting on the brakes and backing up” in the context of not going as fast through life so that you miss the important assign-ments and God planned adventures intended for you to enjoy and be enriched by. This time I feel like I want to address another type of ‘backing up’ that ultimately al-lows you to go full speed ahead and truly succeed in your life in every circumstance and relationship ... AFTER you have done the ‘backing up’ process properly.

Matthew 5:23 says “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there member that your brother has some-thing against you; leave your gift there at the altar, go your way; fi rst be reconciled to your brother (or sister) and then come and offer your gift.” The context that this scripture verse is written in is in reference to an “angry brother or sister” either you are angry with them, they are angry with you or you are both angry with each other. Basically the scripture verse is saying if you want your relationship to go well with God you must do your part to make sure you make peace and forgive or ask forgiveness in relationships that you have where hurt or offense has taken place.

Jesus Christ set the example of this throughout His life and ultimately as He was dieing on the cross when He said, “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing”. Jesus Christ set the example of offering forgiveness before it was asked for and we are encour-aged to follow His example. It also is implied by this that if we are the offender we must offer a sincere apology without it being asked for if we are in the wrong.

In conclusion Jesus when teaching His disciples to pray said “forgive us our debts (sins) as we forgive our debtors (those who have sinned against us), and then add-ed at the end of the prayer as if to make sure His disciples would not miss the point He added “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also for-give you: BUT if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Mat-thew 6: 12, 14 and 15.

Today my friend it would be good if you asked God to remind you of anything in any relationship that you need to ask forgiveness for and apologize for or maybe take the fi rst step like Jesus did on the cross and offer forgiveness even though there has been no apology. I encourage you, set yourself free and forgive or ask forgiveness wherever necessary in your life.

Serving the Lord with Gladness

Notice of Abandonment of PollThe Rural Municipality of Leask No. 464

Municipal Elections 2011Whereas Myles Robin, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor for Division 4, is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the offi ce will take place on October 26, 2011.Whereas Victor Unyi, nominated for the offi ce of Councillor for Division 6, is the only candidate, I hereby give notice that no voting for the offi ce will take place on October 26, 2011.Dated this 21st day of September, 2011.Sheri McHansonReturning Offi cer

1½ storey 3 bedroom & 3 bath house in Laird complemented by char-acter of former years, sitting on landscaped lot. MLS #412231

$179,900

LairdWell Maintained

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Box 1260 S9X 1Y9

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Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill MP Rob Clarke

Please contact my office if you are having problems with EI, CPP, Passports, CEP, Status cards, CRA,

Agriculture Canada or any other Federal Government programs or departments.

“Check out my website at www.RobClarkeMP.ca for important information.” - MP Rob Clarke

Delaronde and Saskia show coming to Shellbrook

Darrel Delaronde and Saskia will be at the Shellbrook Seniors’ Centre October 29 introducing their newest CD, Songbirds, the Shellbrook audience.

So much is new on the eve of the 2011-12 National Hockey League season that the league should consider adding an initial: The NNHL — the New National Hockey League.

There’s a new defend-ing Stanley Cup champion after the Boston Bruins stunned Vancouver in a riotous finish to the old season last June. There’s a new sheriff in town as the retired Brendan Shanahan, a great player and a great thinker, has been given the task of meting out punish-ment this season. There’s a new emphasis on reduc-ing concussion-related injuries, especially since the NHL brass gnashes its teeth every time it watch-es the Pittburgh Penguins and sees superstar Sidney Crosby sitting in the press-box, wondering if he’ll ever be the same again. Wondering if he’ll ever play again.

There are new uni-forms and new rookie flashes (hey, there, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins . . . you’ve already got more than enough names, but Oilers fans will probably find a new flashy nick-

name for you fairly soon) and new coaches and new TV deals.

But the biggest of the ‘new’ is really bringing back the old: The Jets are back in Winnipeg.

If this NHL season is remembered for only one thing, it will be the Atlanta Thrashers moving to Winnipeg and assuming the late, great name from the city’s World Hockey Association days of 1972-78 and the NHL version from 1979-96. Economics of the day forced the Jets to move to Phoenix, where they became the Coyotes, but Jets fans never gave up hope.

Many were ridiculed for that fantasy (“yeah, the Jets will come back to Winnipeg when I win the lottery three times in a row”) but in the spring and early summer of 2011, it all came together.

CBC kicks off the new season with a TV dou-bleheader Thursday, Oct. 6, with a couple of clas-sics: Montreal vs. Toronto and then the Crosbyless Penguins at Vancouver.

TSN will do the major-ity of TV hockey again this year. A regional Jets

network will beam almost all their games to fans in Manitoba, Saskatchewan

and northwest Ontario. Ratings, if preseason num-bers carry through to the season, will be spectacu-lar.

The Jets are not a Cup contender, but they may lead the league in mer-chandise sales. The new, military look to the Jets’ logo has been controver-sial — but extremely pop-ular.

It all may lead to the NHL doing something else new: Dumping a few sad-sack southern franchises and bringing the NHL to where it belongs: Quebec City, Hamilton . . . perhaps even Saskatoon.

The Jets will show the NHL that ‘new’ makes a lot of sense.

• NBC’s Jay Leno:

“Since Rick Perry has been governor of Texas, 234 criminals have been

executed. That’s the dif-ference between Texas and California: In California, those criminals would have been given tryouts for the Raiders.”

• Comedy writer Jerry Perisho: Philadelphia Eagles backup quarterback Vince Young says he has an imposter who is pos-ing in the community as him. If you suspect you see a Vince Young impos-ter, ask him the throw a pass; if it’s accurate, he’s a fake.”

• Perisho again: “The NFL sent a memo to all teams warning of fines if players fake injuries dur-ing a game. The memo was prompted by a legal threat from professional wrestling.”

• R.J. Currie of sports-deke.com: “Two dozen players from the 2010 Fresno State football team have been linked to wel-fare fraud. There are simi-lar stories on CFL teams, except without the fraud.”

• Currie again: “The Cleveland Browns have started 12 of the last 13 seasons with a loss. There haven’t been this many failed openers since I was dating.”

• Reader Don Dellinger, in a question to Washington Post.com columnist Norman Chad: “Now that Tiger Woods appears to be a non-enti-ty on the weekends of majors, do you think he’ll start wearing his signa-ture power-red shirts on Fridays next year in an effort to make the cut?”

• Ex-Ravens corner-back Chris McAlister says he’s living in his parents’ basement and can’t make his child-support pay-ments, despite playing five seasons into a sev-en-year, $55 million con-tract he signed in 2004. Quipped Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Just guessing here, but he prob-ably wasn’t an economics

major at Arizona.”• Perry again: “Leo

Nunez, the Marlins’ 28-year-old closer, it was discovered, is actually 29-year-old Juan Carlos Oviedo. In other words, he was already a player to be named later.”

• Comedy writer Tim Hunter, on the oddity of an entire country setting aside a season to celebrate with drinking: “Germany calls it ‘Octoberfest.’ We refer to it as ‘football season.’ “

• Blue Jays pitcher Brett Cecil, to Canadian Press, after seriously cut-ting a finger and a thumb in separate kitchen acci-dents barely 18 months apart: “I’m scared of a but-ter knife right now.”

• Perry, to wrap up: “Police in Los Angeles caught four people bur-glarizing the home of Manny Pacquiao while the champion was in his native Philippines preparing for a fight. Possible sentences range from 15 months in prison to 15 rounds with Pacquiao.”

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Central Optometric GroupOPTOMETRISTS3 - 210 - 15th Street East,

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DIRECTORY... ...THE PULSE OF THE REGION

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ACCOUNTING

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VACUUM SALES

WELDINGFUNERAL SERVICES

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LAWYER

PLUMBING

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Bronze cemetery plaquesmade at Mont Nebo, Sask.

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AUTO ACCESSORIES

• Complete Autobody Repair• Lifetime Warranty• Auto Glass Repair

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AUTOBODY REPAIR

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Building Futures Together

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PLUMBING

LAWYER

Wilcox-Zuk-ChovinLaw OfficeKimble Bradley

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• CONSTRUCTION •• CONSTRUCTION •AUTETAUTET

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Phone 747-4332Shellbrook, Sask.

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Northern Funeral Service

Brian & Bev Stobbs

Prince Albert ShellbrookBirch Hills

Claude Tucker

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FOR SALE - Tak-ing orders for Cor-nish giant roasting chickens for de-livery in October. Ph: 466-4428, Cell 466-7817 4-40CH

FOR SALE - Band sawn lumber, spruce 2x4 to 2x10 from 8 ft. to 20 ft.; 1x6, 1x8, 2nd cuts, and bull rails also timbers from 4x4 to 12x12. Phone 306-469-2490, Big River. TFCH

FOR SALE: 2003 Dodge 3500 SLT Laramie, crew-cab, 4X4. 5.9 Cummins diesel,

Auto. Loaded, incl heated leather seats. 285,000 km, $14,000. 468-2807, Canwood. 2-40CH

FOR SALE: 2007 Pontiac G5, 2 door, 1 owner, lady driv-en, excellent shape, 85,946 kms, 2 sets of tires. Ph: 747-2669 2-40CH

M A C H I N E R Y ESTATE SALE - Tractors, JD 4020, FEL, 6725 hrs. V.G; JD620, gas, JD 4440, 6108 hrs. Hatford area. Ph: 306-480-7428, leave message. 4-41CH

FOR SALE - Ford 2N/8N, 3 pt. hitch PTO, runs well.

$1,500. May be seen at DNA Tire, Shellbrook. 747-3142 2-39CH

WANTED - Round hay bales. Call Mike 469-7741 8-42CH

WANTED - Feed barley, call Mike 469-7741 8-42CH

WANTING to con-tact Phyllis Schli-chemeyer, former-ly of Leask. Call Tom 780-918-1277 2-39CH

LIVE THE GOOD LIFE! Quality Built Park Models ready for delivery to your location. 2 New Homes avail-able now. 500 sq ft, Fully furnished, Full size appli-ances, central heat & air with lots of options. $51,900 and $55,900 deliv-ered and set up. Or custom order from over 40 fl oor plans of park model homes, loft homes, offi ces, laundro-mats, guest suites & employee hous-ing etc. Call for

an appointment to view 306-468-2224 or visit us at www.smartcottagelife.com 5-39CH

HOUSE FOR SALE - Older char-acter house for sale in Parkside, 1,300 sq. ft. 3 bedrooms, huge backyard on 3 lots, fenced in area. Serious inqui-ries only 747-2369 2-39CH

FOR SALE: Beau-tiful family home 725 Cardinal Cre-sent Shellbrook 3 bedrooms upstairs, 2 downstairs, ja-cuzzi tub, 3 way gas fi replace, laun-dry on main fl oor, maple cupboards and cabinets, central vacuum, large backyard. $319,000 Contact Dean at 883-2992 2-40CH

HOUSE FOR SALE in Debden Beautiful bi-level home, 1200 sq feet, 2.5 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms. Large yard and covered deck. Built in 1978 and well main-tained. Asking $125,000.00 Call Alfred 724-4525 or Celine 724-2271 TFCH

ACREAGE FOR SALE - Minutes from the thriv-ing community of Shellbrook: Beautiful 1,800 sq. ft. home on 10 acres. 1 mile from pavement. 3+1 bedrooms, 4 bath-rooms, fi nished

basement. Lots of good water plus much more. 747-2376, Parkside. TFCH

FOR SALE - 40 acres with 30 x 40 house, 42 x 72 shop, all steel in and out, 12” in-sulation, 22 x 32 fuel shed for stor-age with 16’ walls, 2 wells, 2 water bowls, good cor-rals, also ¼ pas-ture and hay, cross fenced, big dug out. Will sell 40 acres separate. Ph: 824-4908, 841-7337 (Cell) Spirit-wood 4-40CH

FOR SALE: West 1/2 of 19-46-3w3, near Wingard Ferry which is 18 miles south of Shell-brook. 200 acres of seeded pasture, balance is native grass and bush in the river hills. Nat-ural springs on the land. Contact Mur-ray at 306-223-4276. 5-41CH

WELDING, gen-eral repair, fabri-cating shop servic-ing a large area. Wholesale distrib-utor, all equipment included. 6.944 sq. ft. building, excellent volume. $159,000. Also a 1,180 sq. ft. home in very good shape. $137,000, Marce-lin, SK Call Del Rue 306-242-8221, Royal Lepage, Sas-katoon 4-40CH

FOR RENT - Park-side Housing Au-thority is accepting applications for a 1 and 2 bedroom

unit. Contact Col-leen at 747-2369 for more infor 2-39CH

FOR RENT - Chi-tek Lake, Per-manent or casual reasonable rates. Dog ok. 984-2451 2-39CH

HELP WANTED - Shellbrook Mo-tel is looking for 1 position, full time laundry, 5 morn-ings/week, part time fi ll in front desk, evenings/weekends. Call or drop in 747-2631. TFCH

SERVICES - Let us inspect before you remodel, buy or build a new home. We check for heat loss, elec-trical problems, water damage and mold. Call today to avoid future prob-lems. Biotherm Inspections, Stan, P.A. 306-961-6499 TFCH

SERVICES: Stieb Custom Combin-ing for the 2011 harvest Contact Angus 747-7070 2-40CH

HUGE GARAGE/E S TAT E / M O V-ING SALE - Some-thing for everyone,

Antiques, kids stuff, household, doll collection, Anne Geddes Col-lection, to many items to list. Sat., Oct. 1, Parkside Heritage Center. 9 to 3 p.m. 2-39CN

YARD SALE - 209 1st Ave. West, Shellbrook, 10 a.m. to 7 pm., Oct. 1

YARD SALE - Clothes, potatoes, carrots, pumpkins, lots of miscella-neous. Sept 31, Oct 1 and 2, 9 am to 5 pm. 220 2nd Street W., Shellbrook

We were so touched by the cards, gifts of food, and words of sym-pathy in the death of our Mom. We would like to thank the staff of Wheat-land Lodge for the love and care shown to our Mom. Thank you to the friends of Honey-wood and the St. Andrew’s A.C.W. for the lovely lunch provided. Thank you to Rev. Rob Stringer and Terry Martin; thanks to Beau “Lac” Fu-neral Home, we ap-preciated your help and guidance at this diffi cult time. A special thanks to Mom’s friends for the memories and kind words you shared with us. God bless each of you. - The family of Rhoda Aug.

PEAKE - In loving memory of Ernest (Bud) who passed away October 5, 2005. As time unfolds an-other year,Memories keep you ever near.In our hearts you will always stay,Loved and remem-bered every day. - Greatly missed by loving wife, Lily and family


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WANTEDAll kinds of feed grain, including

heated canola. Now distributors of feed pellets with up to

36% protein. Bulk Fertilizer

For SaleMarcel Seeds

Debden Ph: 306-724-4461

Great Family Home For Sale

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Call 747-7545 for viewing

For Sale 1997 Mitsubishi 3000 GT

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In MemoryW A R R I N E R , Thomas Robert, March 3, 1986 - October 3, 2006

A heart of gold stopped beating,

Two shining eyes at rest.

Heaven became even better ‘cause

Tom was one of the best.

It is very hard to believe fi ve years has passed since tragedy struck...your dreams, and ours, shattered in an instant. To hon-our you, we speak your name often as we continue to share who you were for 20 years and not just what happened to you in your last nine days of suffering on this earth. Five years is too long without your words of wis-dom and bear hugs. - OXO Mom, Chuck and Talia XOX

Prayers of peace for families who know our pain and prayers of protec-tion for others.

LANDE - Maurice, January 13, 1957 - September 30, 1986

It’s been 25 years since you’ve been gone

And there isn’t a day we don’t think about you.

We all really miss you!- Love Todd, Darcy, Chelsea, Braden, Sydney and Kirkland.

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Well it’s a done deal. Of-fi cially declared by the Federal Government that October 1st is to be recognized as Seniors Day. Now the question is what will the Government do on that day to recognize seniors?. Is that the day when all our pensions will re-ceive the boost necessary to catch up with the real cost of living or is it going to be another day when seniors will be expected to do something special for other people?.

I can imagine that in the scramble for MP’s to pass this legislation they must have trod

on a large number of seniors who are impoverished, needy, hungry and homeless. Is the government planning to set aside large sums of money on that day to help those seniors in need living in Canada. That would be welcome news. for there are thousands and thousands of Canadian seniors who, if they are not already on the streets, are facing that pros-pect with the ever escalating cost of housing. Along with that is the not so small problem of the cost of food, which despite the fi ne words we hear from the Prime Minister, has risen astronomi-

cally. Which fabulist thought up the 4.4% increase in the cost of living?. Where are they living?.A monthly food bill for two people just 6 years ago was about $260 but that food bill has now risen to nearly $400. More and more seniors are being forced to stand in line at the food banks in order to ensure that they have suffi cient food to last them till the next pen-sion check. The Canada Pension Plan was increased over the last year by one percent and OAS re-ceived even less of an increase if you can believe it. Rent for a two bed roomed apartment has steadi-ly increased every 6 months over the last few years so that the rent is now close to $900 or more and the same level of increases ap-plies for a one bed roomed apart-ment. When is all this going to end, because if it doesn’t, there’s going to be a lot more seniors liv-ing on our streets and crowding into the few shelters that already exist, and they’re going to be tak-ing up a large number of seats in the food kitchens. What price se-niors day then?.

Seniors know a great deal about hard times because they have gone through them, but those hard times were the prod-uct of ‘mother nature’ and they led to recessions and depressions. The so called hard times we hear so much about now appear to be

the result of Governments over spending and Banks over lend-ing, leading to the collapse of entire countries. Our own Cana-dian government cautions us on the perils of over spending or over saving, take your choice, but just how does that affect those people who only have minimum incomes now to live on.

Surely to goodness if the government can afford to donate large sums of money to the poor and needy in other countries it surely must be able to help those Canadians who are in need in this country. If the truth be told we don’t need a ‘seniors day’, we need a ‘Canadians in need’ year. Politicians and bureaucrats in Ot-tawa need to learn that the term ‘Canadians in need’ includes veterans, seniors, single parents, young folk and those people suf-fering from social, physical and mental illnesses. We allocate huge sums of money for a space program in the hope that we learn something about Mars or some other distant planet and while we are focusing on those far away places we ignore what is under our own nose. How does learn-ing or knowing there is life on another planet affect people who are having diffi culty living right here on earth?..

SSAI will again this year be presenting a position paper to the

government which will contain items of concern to all seniors in this province. This year though we will be doing it in tandem with the Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism, an organization that represents well over a 100,000 members. They have similar con-cerns with housing, health and pensions, so together when we meet with the government rep-resentatives we should be able to get their attention. At least it will not be regarded as a laughing matter.

I know that a large number of seniors are not, and never will be, interested in furthering their electronic communication skills, but for those who are and do possess a computer a great deal of good information on seniors concerns is always available by going on line. SSAI does have a web site where we are endeavor-ing to upgrade our communica-tions to members and to any one who wants to access it.. It’s a lot cheaper and quicker than surface mail.. The web site address is and there you can not only get updat-ed information on SSAI but you can also express your opinions, good or bad, on anything and ev-erything directly to the President.

Enjoy the beautiful weather we are having and stay active and stay healthy.

Len Fallows. President SSAI.


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A youth with ties to the Leask area embarked on a journey described as a cross between Survivor and the Amazing Race this summer.

Sydney Reynolds, the granddaughter of Robert (Bob) and the late Frieda Peake of Leask, and daughter of Janice Peake-Reynolds and Darryl Reynolds of Nokomis was selected as one of 18 con-testants on season 3 “In Real Life” on YTV.

The show pits con-testants between the ages of 12 and 14 against one another in challenges that take them across North

America over the course of 10 episodes.

The first, which airs on YTV October 3, sends the contestants to bootcamp to perform as army recruits.

“They’ll soldier their way to the top as army recruits, try to avoid the sting of elimination as beekeepers, work on Broadway with the cast and crew of the hit musical Stomp, and perform gravi-tydefying aerobatics as stunt pilots as they strive to cross the finish line as quickly and correctly as possible,” according to a YTV news release.

Reynolds heard about

the opportunity from her cousins and promptly put together an application package.

“I like to do big things and I thought it would something really interest-ing,” said Reynolds, who is an accomplished dancer who once took the stage with the Moscow Ballet during a Saskatoon perfor-mance.

She submitted an appli-cation, including a three minute video, to YTV. She was later contacted by the network for a face to face interview. Only 50 kids out of 1,200 applications were selected for in person

interviews.The 14 year old didn’t

know what to expect while going on set for the first time earlier this summer but she quickly got the hang of it.

“At first I thought it was going to be sort of bothersome. You weren’t sure how you were going to react to the cameras always being up in your face but by the end of the day you kind of learn to ignore it,” said Reynolds.

Her favorite part about the experience was seeing all of the things that hap-pen behind the scenes that make a TV show happen.

One important aspect of the show is its’ inter-activity. In Real Life fea-tures an online mobile game “Race to the Finish” in which players can earn points for their favorite show contestant. At the end of the show’s run, points will be tallied up and two of those contes-tants will be flown out to a new location, along with two lucky fans -- to film one more episode to be aired online.

The game can be found

at http://inreallife.ytv. com.

Reynolds was one of two Saskatchewan con-testants on the show. The second was Chase Martin of Coronach.

In Real Life airs Monday nights on YTV with rebroadcasts on Fridays and Sundays. Check out www.ytv.com for more details.


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Girl with local ties competes on YTV reality show

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SARM has launched a new real-time, online reporting tool for rural municipali-ties to publicly post their election candi-dates and results of the 2011 Municipal Election, located at http://elections.sarm.ca/.

Following the nomination deadline, rural municipalities have been posting their candidates’ names on the SARM website for ratepayers and the general public to view ahead of the polls. More than 75 per cent of rural municipali-ties have posted their candidates’ names online.

On the election night, October 26, rural administrators will be able to post results that will be visible to the public

immediately. SARM staff will be on hand to assist if necessary.

“This new election reporting tool will provide Administrators a fast and effi-cient way to make results available to their ratepayers, as well as to rural munic-ipalities, the media, and other stakehold-ers,” said Dave Marit, SARM President. “We are excited to see how this site is used as rural municipal elections online headquarters.”

Election results can be viewed by vis-iting the SARM website at www.sarm.ca and clicking the “2011 Unofficial Rural Municipal Elections Results” link, or by visiting http://elections.sarm.ca/. The Canada Revenue

Agency reminds Canadians to beware of phishing schemes

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) warns all Canadians to beware of telephone calls, mail, or email that claim to be from the CRA but are not. These are phishing scams that could result in identity thefts.

Canadians should espe-cially beware of phishing scams asking for their per-sonal information, such as a social insurance, credit card, bank account, and passport numbers. Some of these scams ask for this personal information directly, and others refer the taxpayer to a Web site

resembling the CRA’s where the person is asked to verify their identity by entering personal informa-tion.

An email scam that has been recently circulat-ing notifies taxpayers that a complaint containing evidence of involvement in tax evasion has been filed against them and the company with which they are affiliated by using the Informant Leads Program. This email is not from the CRA. The CRA’s Informant Leads Program Web page warns taxpayers about this scam.

The CRA has well-established practices to protect the confidential-ity of taxpayer informa-

tion. For more information about security of taxpayer information and examples of fraudulent communi-cations, go to www.cra.gc.ca/security. nyone who receives a suspicious com-munication should imme-diately report it to [email protected] or to the institution that it appears to be from.

For information on scams, to report deceptive telemarketing, and if per-sonal or financial informa-tion has been unwittingly provided, go to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Web page at: www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/phishing-eng.htm.

CRA reminds Canadians to beware of phishing scams

Shellbrook Town Council opted to increase their funding of the Shellbrook Library at their regular meeting Monday night.

Council passed a motion to provide funding one additional hour a week at the library in light of recent cutbacks by Wapiti Library. Wapiti, the body that operates libraries in north cen-tral Saskatchewan, cut the Shellbrook Library’s funding by two hours.

Council passed a motion to allow the Shellbrook Kinsmen Club to use the for-mer Scout Hall at the Kinsmen Park for the sorting and storage of bottles and cans through the winter months.

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set for Tuesday October 11 and Monday October 24.

Shellbrook Town Council highlights

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