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On Wednesday, July 18, Last Mountain Times owner-publisher-editor Dave Degenstien presented a bound volume of the forty-eight 2017 issues of the weekly newspaper to Shelly
Gauley, President of the Nokomis and District Museum and Heritage Co-op. The newspaper has been donating bound volumes each year since 2011 when the Degenstien family
purchased the newspaper. The photo was taken in the ‘Nokomis Times Room’ at the museum. Two of the paper’s old printing presses are shown in the background. 2018 marks the
110th birthday of the local newspaper. -photo by James Stephen, summer student at the Museum
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A Walk on the Land in Kinookimaw
A
walk
on the land with a well-known Saskatchewan naturalist
and a well-respected Indigenous Elder ensures
one outcome for sure - you will never see just trees and
grass ever again.
That’s the general consensus of a group of about 30 Regina Beach/
Buena Vista and Kinookimaw residents who eagerly took advantage
of the knowledge shared by Trevor Herriot and Lorna Standingready,
one windy Saturday morning in mid-July.
The group trekked through the valley area of Kinookimaw, as
both Herriot and Standingready shared stories about what grows
on the land, how to identify plants and know their use - from edible
to medicinal. Kinookimaw is an area rich in Indigenous history
and the wild space is under the jurisdiction of seven First Nation
Bands here in Saskatchewan. Kinookimaw is uniquely undeveloped
and rich with Indigenous plant life and stories.
Participant Linda Lyster couldn’t help but record almost every
word spoken by the two guides, “I have been waiting for someone to
lead this type of expedition for some time now. We live right next
door to one of the most amazing areas in the province. It’s great to
have people like Trevor and Lorna explain the significance of the
plant life right in our own back yard.”
Lyster’s fascination for learning about the land comes honestly.
She’s been reading about Indigenous plants for years and she has
an app on her cell phone which also helps to identify species and
their potential remedies, “But to hear it first hand and have someone
demonstrate uses goes beyond anything else that’s available.”
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Sask Party deficit
lower than
forecast
Crop Insurance and PST main
factors
The Sask Party government late last week
revealed that its 2017-18 budget deficit was about
$393 million less than the government predicted
it would be at year end. When the government
released the ‘year-end actual” figures, the numbers
showed revenue of $14.02 billion, and expenses of
$14.32 billion.
Provincial finance minister Donna Harpauer
said the lower deficit can be directly attributed to
lower Crop Insurance payouts due the good crop
weather last year. However, NDP Opposition critic
Trent Wotherspoon noted that the lower deficit can
also be attributed to $808 million in revenue from
the increased provincial sales tax …from 5 per cent
to six per cent.
“Driving up the costs for everyone in Saskatchewan
is really hard at a time when the economy isn’t
performing as well as it could,” Wotherspoon said.

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NEWS BRIEFS
Sask. and Ontario premiers join
forces
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Two companies fined for OHS
Violations
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Saskatchewan
Premier Scott Moe released
a joint statement last week about their
discussions at the summer meeting of
the Council of the Federation in New
Brunswick/
“We agreed today to join forces and
use every single tool at our disposal
to challenge the federal government’s
authority to arbitrarily impose a carbon
tax on the people of Ontario and Saskatchewan,”
the two premiers said in
their statement. “Carbon taxes make life
unaffordable for families, and put thousands
of jobs at risk. This type of taxation
does nothing for the environment
and hits people in the wallet in order to
fund big government initiatives.”
“We agreed that, in a time of economic
uncertainty, we need to put more money
back in the pockets of families and
businesses. A climate change strategy is
critical, but a carbon tax would increase
the price of virtually every product and
service people need on a daily basis.
We will do everything in our power,
including going to court, to prevent the
federal government from imposing this
punishing tax on hard-working people.
That is why Ontario will be supporting
Saskatchewan and intervening in
the reference case Saskatchewan has
launched with its Court of Appeal. Ontario
and Saskatchewan agree that the
federal government should not be able to
impose a carbon tax on provinces. The
federation needs to work more collaboratively.”
The statement failed to acknowledge
the federal government’s earlier commitment
to return all carbon taxes
collected to the provinces in which the
taxes are collected, for distribution as
the provinces see fit.
Carmont Construction Ltd. has been
fined a total of $80,000 for violating one
count under Occupational Health and
Safety legislation resulting in a workplace
fatality. The Saskatoon company
pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial
Court on July 12, 2018, to contravening
clause 12(b) of the regulations (being
an employer at a place of employment,
fail to make arrangements for the use,
handling, and transport of sound barrier
panels in a manner that protects the
health and safety of workers, resulting
in the death of a worker). The company
was fined $57,143 with a $22,857
surcharge.
The worksite fatality occurred on
November 30, 2016, in Saskatoon, when
a worker was struck on the head by a
sound panel when it gave way and slid
off the deck of a trailer.
In an unrelated matter, Esterhazy
Ford Sales Ltd. has been fined a total of
$35,000 for violating one count under
Occupational Health and Safety legislation.
The Carlyle company, which was
operating in Esterhazy at the time of the
incident, pleaded guilty in Esterhazy
Provincial Court on July 10, 2018, to
contravening clause 12(a) of the regulations
(being an employer at a place of
employment, fail to ensure the provision
and maintenance of plant, systems of
work and working environments that
ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable,
the health, safety and welfare at
work of the employer’s workers, resulting
in a serious injury to a worker). The
company was fined $25,000 with a
$10,000 surcharge.
The incident occurred on August 4,
2017, when a worker was attempting to
close the bay door of the shop.
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EDITORIALS, LETTERS & OPINIONS
Canada wins if the globe warms but we must be ready
If the Earth warmed as much as models say, the increase in Canada’s arable land would
be an area two times the size of Quebec
“Why can’t Al Gore be right?” asked
my friend as we suffered another bitter
Canadian winter. Intolerable Januaries
aside, global warming alarmists suggest
we should be happy if global warming
doesn’t occur. But that may not be the
case, especially for Canadians. A recent
scientific analysis says that if climate
models are correct, Canada could claim
enormous amounts of new cropland
before the end of the century. The implications
are transformational, not only
for the millions of square kilometres that
could grow crops for the first time, but
also for the direction of scientific research
and government policy.
In May 2018, Nature.com published a
study entitled ‘Northward shift of the agricultural
climate zone under 21st-century
global climate change’. It represented
the collaborative work of six academics,
including some from Newfoundland’s
Memorial University. The idea was to
use models to anticipate what new lands
could support crops due to climate
change increasing the number of growing
degree days (GDD). This represents the
degrees Celsius above a base temperature
(+5C for most crops) for each day within
the frost-free growing season. The GDD
required by small cereals such as oats
and barley was the threshold to map out
the future frontiers of agricultural land.
Averages were taken for seven climate
models to mark out a map of what areas,
on average, passed, met or surpassed the
base GDD by 2099.
The results are, well, Earth-changing.
Worldwide, just one-quarter of boreal
areas now grow crops but, by the end
of the century, it could look more like
three-quarters. In this scenario, the
reach of arable land could extend north
another 400 to 600 kilometres in Russia,
Finland and western Asia; 900 kilometres
in Alberta; and 1,200 kilometres in
eastern Siberia. This means an additional
10 million square kilometres could turn
to farmland, with 5.1 million of them in
Russia and 3.1 million in Canada.
The authors also predict “transformational”
effects on local land use in Finland,
Sweden and Kyrgyzstan. Cropland
north of the 70th parallel could become a
reality. But the idea of farming far above
the Arctic Circle might be far-fetched.
Two peer-reviewed studies released in
2017 suggest the models have it wrong
when it comes to the effects of greenhouse
gases on temperatures.
John Christy and Richard McNider’s
Satellite Bulk Tropospheric Temperatures
as a Metric for Climate Sensitivity,
published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of
Atmospheric Sciences, demonstrated
that global warming since 1979 was only
half of what models suggested it should
be. Similarly, Nature Geoscience published
Causes of differences in model and
satellite tropospheric warming rates to
show that the post-2000 global warming
predicted by climate models just wasn’t
there. Together, these studies challenge
Canada’s prevailing perception of climate
change and our approach to tackling it.
The science is neither as settled in
its assessment nor as cataclysmic in its
implications as many Canadians have
been led to believe. Policy-makers and
researchers have been too narrow in
their focus on predicting climate change’s
effects and its emphasis on prevention of
those effects by limiting fossil fuels. Billions
of dollars spent on solar and wind
energy, carbon taxation, and regulatory
burdens on the production, transportation,
and consumption of fossil fuels slow
economic growth far more than world
temperatures.
If Canada stopped all industry, had
zero agriculture, produced no oil and no
fires ever burned, 98.4 per cent of annual
global greenhouse gas emissions would
still be there. Yet if the globe warmed as
much as the climate models suggest, the
increase in Canadian arable land would
be an area two times the size of Quebec.
So why does Canada look at climate
change with fear and trepidation instead
of hope and preparation?
The Nature.com study on the northward
shift says if northern regions like
Canada want to be ready, there’s work to
be done. Seasonal precipitation could be
less than ideal in many areas, so winter
water storage, summer irrigation and
further development of drought-adapted
plants will be necessary to seize the
opportunities in many areas. By contrast,
on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts, Canada’s
boreal regions will get more rain
during the growing season than they currently
do. This is generally helpful, but
it will require more measures to control
erosion and drainage.
If climate change does wipe out agricultural
lands in some places, it will
make land conversions and food security
more important than ever. In this regard,
Newfoundland and Labrador provided
the study’s sole example of a government
“pursuing a food security policy that
includes expansion of agriculture on its
territory, currently mainly covered by
boreal forests.” In 2017, the province
announced a five-year plan to double its
farmland and increase its food security
by at least 20 per cent.
Commentator Rex Murphy once
quipped, “Vegetables require two things:
soil and sunshine and Newfoundland
has neither!” Yet Newfoundland expects
a brighter future and is ready to pursue
practical changes to get there.
Hopefully, the rest of Canada will soon
follow.
-Lee Harding is a research associate
with the Frontier Centre of Public
Policy. www.troymedia.com
Disclaimer: opinions expressed
are those of the writer
Rewriting history won’t make it go away
Historical revisionists want to rename buildings,
pull down statues and rename paintings.
Leave our history alone, warts and all
The modern fashion of attempting to rewrite
history appears to be gaining ground. Hector-Louis
Langevin’s name no longer adorns
his building in Ottawa, the statue of Edward
Cornwallis in Halifax has been toppled. And
now, the history rewriters are busily taking dead
aim at the most famous Canadian of all - John
A. Macdonald. The three men stand accused of
thinking like men of their time.
Now there’s a new twist. The history rewriters
are going after one of Canada’s most famous
artists. The Art Gallery of Ontario has decided,
in its wisdom, to rename a painting by iconic
Canadian artist Emily Carr. The painting is of
a simple white church set in the lush forests
of Vancouver Island. Carr titled the painting
Indian Church. The gallery worthies seem to be
offended by the word ‘Indian’. Perhaps they’re
unaware that Canada still has an act called the
Indian Act. The fact that the outdated statute
would have been gone long ago if not for the
privileged people who benefit monetarily from it
is beside the point.
Or what about the description of a few days of
beautiful weather in fall as “Indian summer”?
That’s a lovely phrase - there is nothing offensive
about it at all. Or maybe we should tell Pauline
Johnson, the much-loved Canadian poet - and
an Indigenous person herself - that her sensitive
and thoughtful poem Cry of an Indian Wife is
somehow deemed by these outraged historical
revisionists to be a racist poem?
The fact is that although Columbus got it a bit
wrong, the word “Indian” has been part of our
language and history for more than 500 years.
That’s not about to go away.
But for reasons that appear to make sense to
these people only, they have removed the title
given to the work by the artist and replaced it
with an Indigenous geographical term associated
with one of the nearby Indigenous groups, in
order to remove what they call a racial insult.
But just a minute here! When one examines
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Canada must maximize
its oil profit potential
Enbridge pipeline approval is good news for Canada’s oil profit
potential, but our oil still remains largely confined to U.S.
market
Regulators in Minnesota recently approved Enbridge’s $9-billion
Line 3 replacement pipeline project. The project will add
much-needed export capacity for Canadian oil producers in Alberta
who continue to face costly transportation constraints.
When it comes on stream in late 2019 or early 2020, the project
will add 375,000 barrels per day of export capacity from Canada
to the United States. This will likely increase Canadian oil prices,
easing the substantial losses imposed on the energy sector due to
the lack of adequate pipeline capacity. And more capacity is sorely
needed.
Despite increased oil production, Canada has been unable to
build any new major pipelines due to the Liberal government’s
cancellation of the Northern Gateway pipeline, the withdrawal of
the Energy East project by TransCanada Corp. due to uneconomic
conditions, and excessive delays in the Trans Mountain expansion,
Line 3 replacement project and Keystone XL.
Canada’s lack of sufficient pipeline capacity has imposed a num-
CONTINUES on PAGE 10

Responding to collision leads to drug seizure
On July 18, 2018 at approximately 10 a.m., Lumsden
RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle
collision on Highway #11 near Bethune, Saskatchewan.
While attending the accident scene, officers
learned that the driver of the vehicle had a current
warrant for his arrest under the Controlled Drugs
and Substances Act.
22 year-old Liam McLeod was arrested on scene
and a search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of
approximately 461 grams (approximately 1 pound)
of suspected cocaine. McLeod was subsequently
charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose
of trafficking. McLeod appeared in Regina Provincial
Court on Thursday, July 19, 2018. He will make
his next court appearance in Regina Provincial
Court on July 24, 2018.
Horses spooked
At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July
19th, Esterhazy RCMP responded to a report of an
incident involving a horse-drawn cart on a grid
road just off of Hwy #247 in the Round Lake area.
Two horses pulling a wagon carrying approximately
20 youth were spooked and broke into a gallop
resulting in the wagon crossing a ditch and coming
to a stop in some trees. The wagon did not overturn,
however the sudden stop resulted in a number of
injuries among the passengers. STARS air ambulance
responded for one potentially serious injury.
15 youth were treated in hospital, and as of Friday
noon, nine of them had been released. There is no
word on the nature or extent of their injuries.
Country Thunder wrap-up – July 16, 2018
The Country Thunder Music Festival has wrapped
up for another year. Festival guests will be packing
SPORTS
RCMP REPORT
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up and moving out of the site today. Traffic will be
the primary focus for members - getting all campers
out of the site and onto the highway safely.
A total of 43 calls for service were received since
7 a.m. yesterday and a total of 10 prisoners were
held in custody overnight. Of those calls for service,
police responded to several assaults including one
assault with weapon, nine cause disturbance calls,
seven medical assistance files, and one impaired
driving charge. Of note, the impaired driving
charge was related to a male driving a golf cart on
the festival site highly intoxicated.
Over the course of the festival, RCMP dealt with:
145 calls for service, 19 Criminal Code charges, and
39 prisoners held in custody.
Fatal MVC on Highway 17
More NBA power in the west
after James joins Lakers
Just call him LA-Bron. A wise newspaper headline
writer coined that title and it’s a good one,
because LeBron James is now Mr. L.A. and it probably
won’t be long before he owns much of Southern
California, Hollywood included.
The planet’s best basketball player took advantage
of his free agent status to decide he wanted to play
out his National Basketball Association career in
the Hollywood Hills, where average people become
stars overnight and arriving superstars become …
well, what? Megastars? Megasuperstars? Galacticstars?
They might just replace that iconic Hollywood
sign with a picture of LeBron and get it over with.
Whether James can do in L.A. with the Lakers
what he did with the Cleveland Cavaliers — that is,
carry a cast of journeymen and unknowns on his
back all the way to the NBA Finals — remains to be
seen. The Lakers are a team on the rise, to be sure,
but the league’s powerhouses reside in the Western
Conference and it would take extraordinarily
spectacular play for James to duplicate in L.A what
he did when he went to Miami during his first free
agent foray. He joined Chris Bosh and Dwyane
Wade with the Heat and they captured two NBA
titles before his conscience brought him back home
to Cleveland, near where he grew up in Akron.
Teams led by James have made it to an astonishing
eight consecutive NBA Finals. Yes, he’s the
reason. But if he can drag or carry the Lakers past
the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets
to make it nine in a row, his brilliance will be
cemented in NBA lore.
A day or two after James agreed to join the
Lakers, Golden State went out and signed all-star
centre DeMarcus Cousins from New Orleans,
giving the reigning NBA champs yet another allstar
starter, joining Steph Curry, Kevin Durant,
Klay Thompson and Draymond Green on what is
arguably the best starting five in the history of the
league.
At approximately 4:25 p.m. on Sunday, July 15,
Maidstone RCMP responded to a serious motor
vehicle collision on Highway #17 north of Lloydminster.
A pick-up truck and a mini-van had collided
head-on in the shoulder of the north-bound lane.
The 34-year-old female driver of the mini-van was
declared deceased at the scene. An 11-year-old
female passenger in the van was transported to
hospital for observation and then released. The
81-year-old driver of the truck was taken to hospital
with undetermined injuries. All those involved were
from the Lloydminster area. The investigation into
this collision is ongoing with assistance from Traffic
Reconstruction and the Provincial Coroner’s Office.
FROM THE
SIDELINES
BRUCE PENTON
But can the concentration
of power in the NBA’s West be
good for the league in the long
run? Theoretically, the Warriors
should romp to about 75 wins
in 82 starts next year. Houston
games will be fun to watch
because of James Harden and Chris Paul, and the
Lakers will be must-see TV just to see how high
James can carry the Lakers, who finished 35-47 last
year. But the rest of the teams have no chance.
Play in the East — sorry, Raptors fans — will be
ho-hum with Philly, Boston and Toronto vying to
determine which team will almost assuredly be the
lamb in the NBA Finals slaughter.
Bob Molinaro on pilotonline.com (Hampton,
Va.), on reports that the Dodgers are very interested
in trading for the Orioles’ Manny Machado: “That
is, if the Warriors don’t sign him first.”
Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@
yahoo.ca
- Bruce Penton
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MINISTERIAL MESSAGES
Wants and needs
When I was growing up, my family moved around the United States every
few years. When we moved to Austin, Texas, my parents found a nice
house in one of the suburbs.
With five bedrooms, four bathrooms, kitchen,
dining room, dinette, living room and games room
with various other rooms we actually had more
than enough space. In fact the most common
thing to do in some rooms was to clean the dust
that piled up, especially in the dining room. It was
in some ways a good house, and occasionally the
spare rooms did get used, but in many ways it was a
waste. I remembered this as I looked at two articles
recently.
One was the Bank of Canada governor asking
about people not being able to afford mortgages due
to increased interest rates. His reply was to buy a
smaller house. The second was pointing out a study
that indicates most people who have formal rooms
rarely use them. Really the second story fits my experience
- usually most people eat in a little dining
area attached to the kitchen. Furthermore, a formal
living room is used far less than the informal one.
Which is just to say that we live real lives in a more
immediate fashion, rather than in a formal organized
way.
Yet, people want the bigger houses and fancy
dining rooms. There are shows on TV which inspire
people to want a bigger home. Always wanting more
and the extra work it requires. The facebook posts
and staged pictures on instagram or pinterest, or
both. It says success in a simple way, yet it comes
up hollow. Always seeking to say something, yet,
unable to make a complete statement. It lacks something
significant, a meaningful use. Unused rooms
make a house, but not a home. This reminded me
of a proverb: Remove far from me falsehood and
lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me
with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full
and deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I
be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.
Proverbs 30:8-9 (ESV)
Finding that right amount. Never too much and
not to little. It applies to all aspects of life. Going
to big leads to envy and the never ending struggle
to get more. The key to life is to find contentment
in all that we do. To ensure that we look at what
we need, not what we dream about. We cannot live
in dreams, eventually we must wake up. It can be
hard to find the way through the myriad of options
we have in life. That is why we pray, not crassly for
what we want, but for what we need and to understand
the truth about our wants and needs.
God is not a cosmic vending machine, but the loving
Father who cares for us and wants the best for
us. This is why he sent his son, which is worth more
than any house.
-Rev. Rick Shott, Nokomis Baptist Church
KINOOKIMAW Continued FROM PAGE 1
“I spent time with family today - from all walks of life. They are here because they love nature and are hungry
for knowledge,” says Elder Standingready who is originally from Peepeekisis First Nation. “It’s like how I learned
from my Kohkum. Walking on the land and always learning.” Elder Standingready, 74, says she was only too happy
to share with the group. She called it an enjoyable morning with Mother Earth.
Standingready said an opening and closing prayer - “That we be able to see all the gifts Creator and Mother
Earth give to us.” In a way, it was a trip down memory lane for the Elder, who spent a great deal of time in Kinookimaw
with her Kohkum and Mooshum (Grandmother and Grandfather in the Cree language). “They are the ones
who taught me about how to properly dr y Saskatoon ber r ies, w ithout processing them, so the ber r ies can be soaked
and re-hydrated months later, like a freshly-picked berry.”
“I remember when I was a child,” participant Stacey Fayant recalled as Herriot pointed out wild turnip which is
also known as Indian Breadroot. “My Dad used to eat that when his family lived on the road allowance.” That is a
period of Canadian history when Metis became homeless after the Riel Rebellion in 1885. The road allowance people
lived illegally (according to the Government) on strips of land which were owned by the government. The Metis
were given nothing and relied on the land for sustenance. “I remember my Dad telling us stories about this plant.
And when I was a kid, we ate those same roots.” She thanked Herriot for identifying the plant from which part of
her own family history had been sustained and found food. In addition to the story, learning to identify the actual
plant is something tangible which can now be taught to her 10-year old daughter Lilla, who was also on the walk.
“It’s been one of the best moments of my summer for sure,” says Herriot, “Just loved it. Lorna was such a blessing
with her presence and her words. And there was magic when we came across that young owl.”
Even though the intention of the walk on the land was to identify Indigenous plant life, the group came across a
baby long-eared owl, a species dangerously close to being added to the endangered list. “It’s good to know that a family
of owls is flourishing here in Kinookimaw,” said Herriot. He has since reported the sighting of that baby long-eared
to the Saskatchewan Breeding Bird Atlas.
Although this particular walk on the land can be considered impromptu and not organized in any official way, it
seems likely that, given the response of participants and others who expressed interest, it isn’t likely to be last.
-article and photos by Carol Daniels, Regina Beach
REWRITING history CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
anyone’s history, one is bound to find warts. For
instance, virtually all Indigenous tribes practised
slavery. On the West Coast, slavery was a particularly
important part of the culture of most tribes.
Ocean trips would be made up and down the coast -
as far as California - to forcibly capture slaves. This
was part of their history. No one would deny that
slavery is one of the most egregious types of racism.
Does it really make sense to substitute one allegedly
racist name for another?
During the discussion over renaming the Langevin
Block, Sen. Murray Sinclair made a very
important point when he suggested that rather than
tearing down existing statues and renaming buildings,
we should consider using the names of important
Indigenous people from the past when we build
new ones. Then we will be adding to our history, as
opposed to trying to revise it after the fact.
Let’s do that. And if it turns out that some of those
important people are judged to be less than perfect
by the standards of today, let us also remember
that we will surely be judged to have been less than
perfect by the standards of tomorrow.
In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 he has
the Ministry of Truth rewriting history to coincide
with the fascist regime’s current propaganda needs.
The Ontario Art Gallery is not this kind of evil entity.
I think these are well-intentioned people who are
trying to do the right thing. But they are not. Leave
Carr’s beautiful painting as it is. And leave our history
alone, warts and all.
-Brian Giesbrecht is a retired judge and a senior fellow with
the Frontier Center for Public Policy. www.troymedia.com
Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer

Processed foods
It is rather obvious what we eat, and where we
access our food has changed significantly over the
past few decades. In many ways I suppose my own
experience is a textbook example of the change.
Growing up on a Saskatchewan farm through the
1960s and ‘70s the food on the kitchen table came
primarily from the farm itself. The small farm was
a mixed operation –most were -- and that meant
a barn full of pigs, which in turn meant pork was
on the table almost daily. When it wasn’t pork, the
meat of the day was usually chicken, as my mother
always had a boxful of chicks purchased in the
spring to be butchered in the fall, a day long event I
vividly remember as one of those things which very
directly connected the family to the process of filling
the deep freeze. And it was a huge deep freeze,
one that needed to be large because in addition to
a butchered hog, and flock of chickens added to it
each fall, there had to be room for carrots, peas,
beans and other vegetables from a huge garden. If
the deep freeze filled, there was always a root cellar,
or canning to preserve more veggies for the winter.
Of course in that era everyone had a garden, as I
recall helping my grandparents weed their rather
large garden when they retired to town. People,
at least those in rural Saskatchewan, raised and
processed much of the food they ate. Fast forward
to today and mixed farms are largely a thing of the
past. Most grain farms are massive with no time to
raise a few chickens, or a pig or two for the freezer.
Gardens even are increasingly rare. A drive
around Yorkton, a midsize rural city, quickly shows
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AG NOTES
CALVIN DANIELS
backyard vegetable gardens
are few and far between. And,
you can find more and more
homes without a deep freeze
to store food. It is much more
common to make more trips to
the grocery store, and to rely
on commercially canned and
preserved foods.
It would be interesting to study how many families
today preserve their own fruits, freeze their
own vegetables, or raise their own meat? Anecdotally,
I am confident to suggest it is a fraction of
what there would have been through my teen years
(1973-’79).
There are a couple of things we can draw from
the significant change. The first is that people today
have a huge confidence in the food they find in
stores. At times we hear of ripples of discontent in
regards to food safety, but the majority recognize
our food supple in generally safe. The reliance on
store-bought food also suggests we recognize our
food is relatively cheap. Toss the non-food items out
of the store cart, and food is reasonably priced.
But, there is a cloud over our change in pattern
regarding where we get food, and that is if our processed
foods are as healthy as what they should be?
That is a question I will look at in more depth in
next week’s column.
- Calvin Daniels
Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer.
7
June storm caused more than
$90 million in damages
Edmonton-based Insurance Bureau of
Canada (IBC) is reporting that the mid-
June storm affecting parts of Saskatchewan
and Manitoba resulted in more than
$90 million in insured damage. Weather-related
insured losses in those two
provinces have now surpassed a quarter
of a billion dollars since the beginning of
2017.
In Saskatchewan, strong winds and
large hail, in some cases as big as baseballs,
caused significant damage to
property. In Estevan, the storm damaged
vehicles, windows and siding, crops and
industrial equipment. In North Portal, toonie-sized hail broke windshields, and in Bienfait, strong winds
toppled saltwater storage tanks.
In Estevan, and also in Hartney and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, the storm downed power lines, and
caused road flooding. In addition, 42 mm of rain was reported at The Forks in Winnipeg, and 25 mm was
reported at the Winnipeg airport.
“Insured losses from storms are only part of the picture. Taxpayers are also footing the bill for this damage,
since many losses that are uninsured are paid through provincial disaster financial arrangements.
We are witnessing more frequent, intense storms, consistent with the results of a changing climate,” said
Bill Adams, Vice-President, Western, IBC. “These losses show that urgent action is needed on adaptation
as well as mitigation. There are concrete things that can be done by provinces and communities right now
such as better land use planning and changes to building codes.”
Over the past year, a series of severe weather events have hit parts of the prairies and resulting in more
than $250 million in damage. The events included:a windstorm in October 2017 in Winnipeg and Dauphin,
Manitoba, and in parts of Alberta, resulting in damage of over $100 million; wind and water damage
in July 2017 in Yorkton and Melville, and in parts of Alberta, resulting in damage of over $50 million; a
hailstorm in June 2017 in Saskatoon, resulting in damage of over $46 million; and wind, water and flood
damage in May 2017 near Lacombe, Alberta, resulting in $68 million in damage.
Crown Investments
Corporation Tables 2017-18
Annual Report
-media release
Saskatchewan’s Crown corporations recorded net earnings of $503 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018,
an increase of $104 million from the previous year.
According to its current annual report, Crown Investments Corporation delivered $205 million
in dividends to the General Revenue Fund (GRF) in 2017-18 on behalf of the Crown sector, surpassing the
Overheard at the coffee shop
Some people who take long vacations should
be worried that while they’re gone, their
employers will finally figure out they don’t
really need them...
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From Foundation
to Finishing
Wheat sales to Japan resume
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The federal government issued a statement last Friday, announcing that Japan’s
agricultural ministry has lifted the temporary suspension of trade in Canadian
wheat. The Japanese announcement follows the move by South Korea on June 26 to
resume imports of Canadian wheat.
This marks an end to all international trade actions arising from Canada’s announcement
of an isolated discovery of unauthorized genetically modified wheat in
southern Alberta on June 14, 2018.
Based on extensive scientific testing at that time, the Government of Canada
concluded that this unauthorized wheat is not present in the food or animal feed
system, or anywhere other than the isolated site where it was discovered. Officials
worked quickly and collaboratively with Japanese authorities to provide the necessary
information to secure this positive outcome.
Canadian wheat production in 2017 was 30 million tonnes across an area of 22
million acres, making it one of the largest field crops in Canada. Canadian exports
of wheat globally are valued at approximately $6.6 billion annually.
-media release
Canadian Canola Growers
Association donates to STARS
Ad Sponsored in part by Last Mountain TImes
The Canadian Canola Growers Association (CCGA) last week announced it is joining
STARS fight for life. CCGA Vice-President Bernie McClean presented STARS
CEO Andrea Robertson with a cheque for $100,000 during the inaugural Field of
STARS gala event north of Saskatoon.
“I am honoured to present this gift to the STARS organization. By partnering with
STARS, CCGA is supporting the health and well-being of farmers, their communities
and their farming operations,” said McClean, who farms near Glaslyn, Saskatchewan.
“Many members of our agricultural community live on farms or in rural
communities that do not have immediate access to specialized medical services. The
services provided by STARS are vitally important to farmers and to the well-being
of the rural communities where farm families live and work.”
“Since the beginning of this month, STARS has responded to emergencies in rural
communities such as Val Marie, Wynyard and Kipling in Saskatchewan; Russell
and Portage la Prairie in Manitoba; and Stettler, Manning and Grande Prairie in
Alberta.
Robertson said STARS truly appreciates the generous gift from the CCGA, noting
that it bolsters the already strong connection between STARS and the agricultural
community.
“Despite all of the best intentions and planning, we know that incidents can, and
do, happen on the farm,” Robertson said. “The support from the CCGA helps to keep
STARS on the cutting edge of critical care and ensures that when farmers across the
prairies need specialized critical care, they receive it quickly.”
-media release

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Open house at Bird Sanctuary
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Last Mountain Lake viewed from the new walking trail in front of the headquarters building for the National
Wildlife Area (NWA).
Last Mountain Lake saw more than
just birds passing through its borders on
Friday July 13th. Located 27 km southwest
of Nokomis, the National Wildlife
Area (NWA) and the Migratory Bird
Sanctuary (MBS) held an Open House
event for all members of the public to
attend.
The event was planned and organized
by Alex Dunleavy, interpreter at the
NWA. Dunleavy explained her job in this
way, “The idea of an interpreter is that
we work with a lot of scientists here, and
so for the general public, to talk to a scientist,
without having the same knowledge
base, it is very hard time bringing
that knowledge down to the public’s level.
So my job is to interpret the science
for everybody and make it applicable to
everybody - a farmer, a child, a family,
it really doesn’t matter who. I can gauge
what their level of experience is and I
can give them that knowledge and that
experience.”
Some of the activities during the Open
House included guided tours, games and
activities for people who brought their
children, bird watching, and refreshments
for those who had attended.
The Open House also saw the debut
of a brand new walking path, which is
one of several walking paths that exist
The entrance to Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area. The
NWA is one of the oldest in North America, being over 130 years
old.
A small bird nest on the ground at the Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
The nest contains four eggs which could easily be mistaken for
stones.
within the NWA. The new trail is fairly short, beginning out in front of the NWA and MBS headquarters,
and leading down to the lake before looping back around and returning to the headquarters building. The
trail ends with a small display showing some unique artwork with bronzed cattle bones, donated by a local
artist.
“I want people to come and be like, ‘OK, I can bring my family here’. They’ll keep an eye out for events
more often and they’ll see that we’re not just a park with some trails, we have actual things for them to
do out here, and birds to see, and just to see the amount of wildlife we actually do have around the area,”
Dunleavy added.
The National Wildlife Area is 10,906 hectares (ha) in size (approximately 109 square km) with 2,289 ha
being wetlands, 6,213 ha being grasslands, 400 ha is cultivated land, and 1,962 ha being used as hay land.
The Migratory Bird Sancturaty is 4,843 ha in size (approximately 48 square km), and is comprised of 3264
ha of open water and marsh; 1,440 ha of native grasslands, and 48 ha of both cultivated land and park
area.
-article and photos by Alec Konkel, reporter for Last Mountain Times
Classical Music recital coming
On July 30th, the St. John Lutheran Church of Strasbourg will open its doors for a summer evening recital
of some of the finest classical music being performed today, including works by Bach, Mozart, and Brahms.
The concert will be performed by three internationally-recognized Saskatchewan musicians: Maria Fuller,
piano, currently pursuing a third Masters degree in Cincinnati; Sam Milner, violin, currently a member of
the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra; and Ryan Davis, viola, currently finishing an Artist Diploma in viola
in Los Angeles. All three musicians received their Bachelors of Music together at the McGill University in
Montrèal.
The July 30th recital, titled, “Classical Homecoming,” will also be performed with the Shurniak Recital
Series in Assiniboia the following evening. A free will offering will be taken at the Strasbourg Recital.
Maria
Ryan
Sam
-info and photos submitted by Carol Schultz

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here’s that picture.
-photo taken at LMRP on the evening of July 18 by Lynn Gettis
CONTINUED from PAGE 7
budgeted goal of $180 million. Over the past five years, the sector has contributed
$1.3 billion in dividends to the GRF.
The report says Crowns continued to address infrastructure renewal and improvement
in 2017-18, investing $1.6 billion in capital projects, and have forecast
an average $1.4 billion per year over the next five years to meet the province’s
demand for safety, growth and renewal. The Saskatchewan Transportation Company
(STC) also tabled its 2017-18 annual report last week. The report reflects
the final period of vehicular operations and the results of wind-up activities for
the period ended March 31, 2018. Total net proceeds from the sale of vehicles,
equipment, land and buildings up to March 31, 2018 were $27.6 million, resulting
in a dividend payment of $22 million. Negotiations on one final property sale are
ongoing. The balance of net proceeds will be provided as a dividend upon dissolution.
-media release
OBITUARY
PANKO - Avril Susan
(nee Cardiff)
May 24, 1947 - July 19, 2018
Avril Panko passed away peaceful on July 19, 2018 with
her family by her side. Avril was born in Nokomis, SK. She
grew up in Govan, SK and later settled in Regina. Avril is
predeceased by her parents, Jim and Vera Cardiff, and her
brother, Bruce. Avril’s memory will be carried on by her
husband Gary and her four children; Kyla (Mike) Kelly, Brad
(Saffron) Panko, Bree (Phil) Panko McDermott and Jeff Epp.
She will be lovingly remembered by her grandchildren: Andrew
and Carter Kelly; Jacob, Ethan and Mason Panko; Gus
and Judd McDermott; and Kendall and Delaney Epp. Avril
will be forever missed by her sister Edie (Lorne) Tarasoff
and their children Nathan Tarasoff and Avril Skolney.
Through all of her community service and social activities she leaves a number of
friends and great memories. She will be remembered for her creative endeavours in
life and her unwavering support for her family.
A special thanks to Jodi, manager of 5A General Hospital, and the staff for their
care and thoughtfulness. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Alzheimer’s
Society.
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ber of costly constraints on the energy sector, including an overdependence on the
U.S. market and increased reliance on more costly modes of energy transportation.
These constraints have contributed to depressed prices for Canadian heavy
crude (Western Canada Select or WCS) relative to U.S. crude (West Texas Intermediate
or WTI), and other international benchmarks.
Because of Canada’s lack of pipeline capacity, oil producers have been shipping
their crude by rail, a more costly mode of transportation. So oil producers absorb
higher transportation costs, leading to lower prices for Canadian crude.
Depressed prices for Canadian crude result in lost revenues for Canada’s energy
sector and the economy more broadly. According to a recent study, between 2013
and 2017, insufficient pipeline capacity - and the associated depressed price for
Canadian heavy oil - resulted in $20.7 billion of foregone revenues for the sector.
This significant loss equals almost one per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product.
Canadian heavy oil producers are estimated to lose another $15.8 billion this
year in revenues compared to what other producers of similar products receive.
That’s roughly another 0.7 per cent of our national economy lost because we can’t
deliver our product to international markets and secure better prices.
This loss of revenue has far-reaching effects for Canadians. It means less investment
and less opportunity, with lower levels of job creation and ultimately less
overall prosperity.
The approval of the Line 3 replacement project is, therefore, a step in the right
direction. It will allow Canadian oil producers to increase export capacity to the
U.S. and mitigate costly transportation constraints.
However, Canadian crude oil producers will still export their products to the
United States, which will further exacerbate overdependence on the U.S. market.
Nearly 99 per cent of Canadian heavy crude is exported to the U.S., meaning the
U.S. is essentially Canada’s only export market.
Given soaring U.S. oil production in recent years and competition from American
producers, finding new customers for Canadian heavy crude is critical. To do
this, Canada clearly needs to build pipelines to tidewater - the Trans Mountain
expansion - to deliver oil to Asian markets.
The Enbridge Line 3 pipeline approval will help relieve the transportation bottlenecks
and raise the price of Canadian heavy oil.
However, Canada really needs to reduce reliance on the U.S. by accessing new
markets, and building the Trans Mountain expansion is key to achieving that goal.
-Elmira Aliakbari is associate director of Natural Resource Studies and Ashley
Stedman is a senior policy analyst at the Fraser Institute. www.troymedia.com
Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer

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SERVICES DIRECTORY – BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
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CROSSWORD SOLUTION
SERVICES
CONSTRUCTION
REQUEST FOR QUOTES: Nokomis Catholic
Church is requesting quotes on re-roofing the
Church. Quotes must be all-inclusive and for
tin or asphalt roofing. Contact Dennis Simpson
306-528-4542 or 306-528-7565 for details of
roof size, etc. Quotes required by July 28 at latest.
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YOUR LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS & NOTICES
SUDOKU PUZZLE SOLUTION
SPONSORED BY LANIGAN, NOKOMIS &
STRASBOURG PHARMACIES
COMING EVENTS
Come to the Strasbourg Farmers Market in
Wildlife Hall on August 11 from 9:00 to 12
noon. Phone Roberta at 725-4570 to book a table.
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Come & Go Tea for Hazel Chute’s 95th Birthday.
Sunday, August 5 from 2PM to 4PM at
the Nokomis Centennial Hall. Your presence is
your gift. 35
July 24th – Strasbourg Museum are hosting
Saskatchewan Archaeological Society Archaeo
caravan and Artifact Roadshow. If you have
artifacts and would like them looked at and given
a report, please bring along. There will be
hands on digging and searching stations as well
lots to see and learn. Strasbourg Museum 12
noon to 7pm. All ages welcome.
July 25th – Strasbourg Recreation Board garden
Tours. Meet at the Last Mountain Pioneer
Home at 5pm and tour 8-10 yards in the Town
of Strasbourg.
July 28th – Bridal Shower for Katlyn Small
daughter of Vicki Cornwell at 2pm at St John
Lutheran Church. Gift Box at Every Little
Thing in Strasbourg. Everyone welcome.
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HOUSE FOR SALE TO MOVE
2014 Friendship Mobile home to be moved.
Purchased new in summer of 2015. 1520 sq.
ft., three bedrooms, two full bathrooms (one
with jet tub and his and her sinks). Comes with
five stainless steel appliances, island with range
hood, entertainment center, walk in pantry. Includes
14x 50 deck, insulated skirting, pads,
plumbing and canature water softener. Higher
end home with drywall interior not panel board.
Reason for selling is we bought farmland with
house. Raymore, Sask. Asking $145,000 obo.
Phone 306-706-8882 or 306-554-2029
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Ads Starting At
$6
HALL FOR RENT
NEWLY RENOVATED -REGINA BEACH
MEMORIAL HALL, air conditioned, full kitchen
including dishwasher. Great for Birthday
Parties, Baby Showers, Anniversaries, Group
Meetings, Memorials, Family Reunions. Seats
130. Reasonable rates, Call 306-729-2877.
031
CRAVEN COMMUNITY HALL, air conditioned,
seats 200, fully equipped kitchen includes
dishwasher, cooler & freezer. Call (306)
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FOR SALE
Spare tire. 8-bolt black steel rim and tire for
Ford F250 or F350. Rim code: F2647. General
Tire Grabber HTS M&S tire, size LT245
75R/17. Like new. Asking $350. Will consider
offers. Call 306-528-2020
Farmers, are you tired of paying contract fees
on your oxygen and acetylene tanks? You can
own your own tanks. We have oxygen, acetylene
and welding gas tanks for sale. Give us a
call for a price and see if owning a tank suits
you better. Call 306-746-7662 Semans, SK.
GARAGE SALE
Glen Harbour is having their First Annual Community
Garage Sale, Saturday, July 28 from 10
AM to 4 PM. Maps will be available. 35
CARD OF THANKS
A sincere thank you to all those who attended
Vince Henry’s Graveside Service and Memorial
Reception on July 11, 2018. We also very much
appreciate those who sent cards and flowers
and expressed their sympathies during this sad
time for our family. We will be forever grateful
for your thoughts, actions, and kind words.
-the Henry Families
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Roger and Wanda Digney would like to thank
the following Semans firefighters for their
prompt response to our recent house fire. Jeff
Digney, Brett Hillis, Stan Larson, Duane Linford,
Evan Mann, Lindsey Mann, Ian Richardson,
Billy Warriner and Joyce Warriner. Thankfully,
everything worked out alright, and I’m
proud to say we have a very dedicated Fire Department
willing to drop everything voluntarily
at the drop of a hat to selflessly help out others
in the time of need. Keep up the good ...work it
is greatly appreciated.
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On This Day In History
July 23, 1962
Saskatchewan Doctors’
strike ends after 23 days.
Deal settles Medical Care
Insurance Act dispute. 90%
of doctors had closed their
offices in protest.

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Nokomis Seniors news
Bus tour to Rosthern
On Wednesday, July 18th, Winston Felske, Lylie Herman, Marvin Gilbertson, Dave
and Susan Smith, Carol Wright, Anne Fines, Theresa Lakness, Shirley Kirk, Irene
Proseilo, Shirley Birtles, Ross Reynolds, and I boarded the Nokomis Legion Bus for a
trip to Rosthern. Winston did a very capable job of piloting the bus.
In Rosthern, we enjoyed a live performance of “Prairie Nurses”, a play about two
Filipino nurses arriving in 1960’s small-town Saskatchewan, and the ensuing confusion,
comedy, and romance. The show was held at the Station Art Centre. They hold a
different show every July, and their last show this year is on August 5th.
On the return trip we stopped for supper at the Wagon Wheel restaurant in
Warman, SK. It was great day trip and everyone had an enjoyable time.
-Ilene Harding, Nokomis
Emotional Growth in
Mid-Life Not Unusual
for Women
It is quite common for women to
experience an emotional growth spurt
in the mid-life years. There may be
many reasons for this. It might be that
the children are a little older, and she
has time to think again. Or it might be
that she feels a little more independent.
Perhaps, once the childbearing is done,
she has a burst of creative energy.
Whatever the reason, she is often in a
learning mode that may seem insatiable.
She may begin to do a lot of reading,
writing, or perhaps she takes some classes.
This is all very exciting for her. She
keeps thinking of more things that she
wants to do. Her partner, however, may
not share her excitement. He may feel
a little threatened, for it may seem like
she is turning into someone else, right
before his eyes. She may seem to have
less time for him. Other things seem
more important.
At some point she may begin to worry
that she might be leaving her partner
behind. He must start to grow too, she
reasons. Thus, begins her attempt to
interest him in her newfound path. She
may share what she is learning, and that
sharing may slowly begin appearing as a
thinly veiled attempt to teach.
The partner, sensing this, may begin
to resist. He might argue with the points
she is making; put down or discredit
what she is learning, or simply refuse
to discuss it. If he won’t participate in
discussions, she decides that she will
give him some books to read. Perhaps
an “expert” will have more credibility.
He might be interested, but he also may
leave the books right where she left
them on the coffee table. She interprets
his refusal to join in her journey as an
unwillingness to work together to make
the relationship better. She is so excited
by her own growth and thinks how
wonderful it would be if they could share
in the growing process. Instead, they
seem to be drifting
farther apart. What
now? Well, she is
right about one
thing. If one partner
is growing and the
other is not, that
can certainly create
problems in the relationship.
However,
not growing is not an
option once the urge
is there. You cannot
discourage someone
from new learning
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FOR LIVING
GWEN
RANDALL-YOUNG
when their heart is pulling them in that
direction.
If you try, they will only become
depressed and resentful. The only
way to keep pace with someone who
is having a growth spurt is to do some
growing yourself. The key is to grow in
an area that excites YOU. You do not
have to become an expert in everything
she is learning. In fact, if you are both
learning different things, then there is
more to share. Conversations are more
stimulating. The relationship becomes
more passionate. It is important that you
each have respect for the other’s area
of growth. A partner may feel that it is
unfair to be nudged towards growth.
He may feel that she married him the
way he was, and he shouldn’t have to
change. The important point is that she
wouldn’t put the effort into encouraging
his growth if she didn’t really love him
and want to be with him. You stagnate
at your own risk. Instead of fighting her
push towards growth, embrace it as a
wake-up call. It is all too easy to sleepwalk
through life, but if you fall asleep in
the middle, you’ll miss the best part.
-Gwen Randall‐Young is an author and
award‐winning Psychotherapist. To obtain
books, cds or MP3’s, visit www.gwen.ca

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A Lamborghini, a paper airplane, and
a VW Beetle roll Into a wind tunnel...
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Sounds like the start of the worst joke ever, right? Trust me, it makes sense.
Anyways, I was watching an eighties movie the other day, and a couple of cocaine
dealers stepped out a Lamborghini Countach. The epitome of the eighties, what
the Lamborghini Countach lacked in practically and rear visibility, it more than made
up for in style and stigma. In reality, the Countach is a terrible choice for a drug dealer,
as nothing draws more attention. Why not a Chrysler Magic Wagon, or a little station
wagon? They’re affordable, blend into traffic, and don’t scream out “I’m so expensive
that you have to be doing something illegal to afford me”. Alas, the eighties were all
about drug dealers in exotic cars. That, and aerodynamics. The wedge shape was
strong in the eighties. The third-gen Camaro/Firebird was a wedge, as was the fourthgen
Corvette. The Mustang was a sharp-edged box, but the Dodge Daytona certainly
had that wedge shape to it. It made perfect sense, really, as wedges are aerodynamic,
CAMSHAFT
CORNER
KELLY KIRK
NOKOMIS
and cars that are aerodynamic are fast. The Plymouth Superbird was just a Roadrunner that came to a
point, and it was fast. A piece of paper is just a wobbly mess, but fold it into the correct wedge shape, and it
becomes an airplane capable of flying across a classroom, or into an eyeball. Aerodynamics really caught
on in the eighties, but it wasn’t a new idea, as Tatra was focussing on them half a century earlier.
Who are Tatra? I thought I could tell you, but honestly, I hardly know myself. They’ve been around well
over a century, and they’re still going strong in Czechoslovakia today. They’ve built trucks, military equipment,
civilian automobiles, and some really cool aerodynamic streamliners. Pictured is the 1934 Tatra
77. It may not look like much, but even as early as 1934, they were focussing on aerodynamics as a way to
increase performance. From the front, the 77 resembled a Volkswagen Beetle, before one actually existed
as a basis for comparison. One might say the Beetle in fact resembles the 77... From the rear, the 77 has a
long, flowing fastback design, more like a blimp or a submarine than an car. With a tiny little three litre
engine mounted in the rear, and the liberal usage of magnesium for weight reduction, the 77 had a lot of
the right ingredients for speed. By 1938, the Tatra T77A was equipped with a larger three-point-four litre
engine, and a more aerodynamic body yet, featuring a giant shark fin on the back. The changes seem minor,
but this made for a top speed of over one hundred and fifty kilometres per hour, and I would imagine
some decent fuel economy. Imagine what your daily pickup could do with the four hundred and some odd
horsepower it has, if it weren’t a big heavy brick with the aerodynamics of the garage door that it hardly
fits through.
Have a question or comment for Kelly?
Email it to: inbox@lastmountaintimes.ca and we’ll print Kelly’s response in an upcoming issue
Crop Report
For the Period July 10 to 16, 2018
Crops across the province are advancing quickly,
according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly
Crop Report. Eighty per cent of the fall cereals, 78
per cent of the spring cereals, 76 per cent of the
oilseeds and 78 per cent of the pulse crops are at
their normal stages of development for this time of
year. Crop conditions vary widely based on moisture
levels but the majority of crops range from fair
to excellent in condition.
Many areas of the province have seen another
week of wild weather that brought hail, severe wind
and crop damage; however, it also brought some
much-needed moisture. Rainfall ranged from trace
amounts to 103 mm in the Glaslyn area. The Turtleford
area reported 61 mm of rain, the Broadview
area reported 18 mm, the Shaunavon area 48 mm,
the Lumsden area 10 mm and the Saskatoon area
52 mm. Some areas in the west-central and southwestern
regions are still in need of a significant
rainfall to help crops fill pods and heads.
Despite this week’s weather, livestock producers
have continued with haying and now have 22 per
cent of the hay crop cut and 47
per cent baled or put into silage.
Hay quality is rated as seven per
cent excellent, 65 per cent good,
25 per cent fair and three per
cent poor. Many swaths are smaller than normal
and hay yields are below average overall.
Estimated average dryland hay yields at this time
are one ton per acre for alfalfa and alfalfa/bromegrass;
0.8 ton per acre for other tame hay and 1.5
tons per acre for greenfeed. Estimated average irrigated
hay yields are 2.1 tons per acre for alfalfa; 2.2
tons per acre for alfalfa/bromegrass and 2.7 tons
per acre for greenfeed. Pasture growth is limited
in some areas and a significant rainfall would be
beneficial.
Across the province, topsoil moisture conditions
on cropland are rated as two per cent surplus, 57
per cent adequate, 30 per cent short and 11 per cent
very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is
rated as two per cent surplus, 45 per cent adequate,
35 per cent short and 18 per cent very short.
Producers have seen crop damage this week from
a variety of sources. High temperatures and strong
winds throughout the province continued to stress
crops. Storms brought localized flooding, hail and
strong wind. There have been some reports of high
numbers of grasshoppers in areas, along with some
disease issues caused by fusarium head blight, root
rots and leaf spot diseases. Due to recent high temperatures,
there has been some damage due to heat
blasting in flowering canola crops.

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Pitcher Plant
If you are a regular reader of this column then you know that the School
of Horticulture was involved in the landscaping of the brand new mini
golf course in Waskesiu in the very lovely Prince Albert National Park.
Busses
going bust
CURRIE’S
CORNER
ROGER CURRIE
What do you think, can the first Canadian
to travel in space find a solution
to our problem of finding a way to travel
from town to town on the ground? Justin
Trudeau shook up his cabinet a little this
week, but former astronaut Marc Garneau
is still the Minister of Transport.
The Prime Minister has handed him the Greyhound file.
The bus company which has been moving us for decades,
has served notice that those bus rides will no longer be offered
on the prairies when Halloween rolls around. They say
it’s a business that is no longer ‘sustainable’, and it’s a blow
that will make life difficult for lots of people who don’t drive
cars. There used to be a pretty good option in Saskatchewan.
It was a publicly-owned bus company started decades ago by
Tommy Douglas. Before he walked away from the Premier’s
office in Regina, Brad Wall killed off STC, saying it no longer
made sense to subsidize rides for people. By that measurement,
we should probably stop providing water and electricity
to small neighbourhoods where the money coming in is
no where near what’s needed to cover the costs. Maybe we
should shut down police departments that don’t write enough
tickets to pay for themselves.
In addition to ending passenger service before the snow
flies, Greyhound is also scrapping its freight service on the
prairies. They have presented very little in the way of detailed
evidence to justify either move and it really makes you
wonder.
Led by Manitoba, all four western provinces are asking the
American-owned company to extend service by at least two
more months while possible solutions are explored. That’s appropriate
because Manitoba manufactures more buses than
just about any other jurisdiction in North America. Buses are
part of the ‘green energy’ solution to climate change. Were the
folks at Greyhound just not paying attention?
Go for it spaceman ! We’re counting on you.
Rights
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In the later part of June, we took a little bit of time
out to hike the Boundary Bog trail. I have many fond
memories of this trail over the years as while hiking,
you can view many of our terrestrial orchids that
are native to Saskatchewan. This hike was amazing
because the pitcher plants were in full bloom and
what a beautiful thing it was to see them in their full
glory!
The pitcher plant is one of the most mysterious
plants in the whole world and it has inspired multitudes
to reshape their concept on how nature really
works. It was declared the flower of Newfoundland
and Labrador in 1954 but actually appeared on the
new Newfoundland penny in the late 1880’s. More
than 100 years ago, Queen Victoria chose the pitcher
plant to be engraved on a newly minted Newfoundland
penny.
It is commonly found in bogs and marshland
areas throughout the province. It is an attractive
plant with a wine-red flower boasting a red and gold
center and hollow pitcher-shaped leaves which are
attached to the base of the stem.
There is something rather suspenseful about
watching a pitcher plant. This amazing plant stores
up a sweet-smelling juice which lures unsuspecting
insects into the mouth of the plant. When the insect
is about to take a sip the insect falls into the fluid
and flails helplessly until it loses energy and submits
to the fate of becoming food. The fluid is actually not
an ordinary nectar but contains chemicals similar to
what would be found in the stomach and slowly dissolves
the prey into a liquid fertilizer like compound.
During the summer months, pitchers quickly fill up
with prey such as flies, ants, spider and even moths.
It took millions of years before these simple leaves
became carnivorous and gradually over time developed
deeper dents and evolved
to having the ability to dissolve
insects to provide proteins,
nitrogen and other minerals
that compensate for what is not
available through the soil.
Sarracenia purpurea commonly
known as the purple
pitcher plant, northern pitcher
plant or side-saddle flower, is a
carnivorous plant in the family
Sarraceniaceae. The range in
which this plant grows is almost
the entire eastern seaboard of
HORTICULTURE
PAT HANBIDGE
SASKATOON, SK
the United States, the Great Lakes and south eastern
Canada which makes it the most common and most
broadly distributed pitcher plant. It is also the only
member of this genus that inhabits colder temperate
climates. This species has also been introduced into
bogs in parts of Ireland, where it has proliferated.
There are many other carnivorous plants equally
as fascinating as even when they are not trapping
insects, their unusual forms are intriguing. Please do
not collect plants such as these from the wild as they
are in the most part relatively rare due to habitat
destruction and over collection. They are readily
available through reputable growers who generally
use tissue culture or other vegetative propagation
means to grow the plants.
-Patricia Hanbidge is a horticulturist with
the Saskatoon School of Horticulture and
can be reached at 306‐931‐GROW(4769); by
email at growyourfuture@gmail.com
or check out their website at www.saskhort.com
There is a bizarre story out there right now about the Holocaust.
Does everyone understand that the term refers to the
murder of millions of Jews and others by Hitler’s Nazis ? I
ask what might seem to be a simple-minded question because
of an Alberta woman named Monika Schaefer who is behind
bars in Germany, awaiting trial for “denying the Holocaust”.
Specifically, she is accused of inciting people by producing or
distributing several videos that basically dismiss the horrifying
history as ‘fake news’, to put things in the vernacular of
the 45th American President.
An interesting sidebar to all this is the fact that Monika ran
for Parliament as a Green Party candidate, not once but three
times, in the western Alberta riding of Yellowhead. How soon
we forget. That was Joe Clark’s riding for several years, including
the 27 minutes that he served as Conservative Prime
Minister in 1979. There was never much of a chance that
Monika would ever be elected but she did finish ahead of the
Liberal candidate in 2008 and 2011.
Her video can still be found quite easily on YouTube. In
it, she echoes the familiar views of other more notorious
Holocaust Deniers . They says places like Bergen-Belsen and
Buchenwald were ‘work camps’, not ‘death camps’. Despite
a large body of documentary evidence, including testimony
from thousands of survivors who were children in the camps,
the Holocaust Denial folks, also known as ‘Truthers’ are not
going away. In fact the internet seems to be helping them
grow in numbers as the years go by.
Many of their highly disturbing views are spread on Facebook,
whose Jewish creator, Mark Zuckerberg, insists that the
content should not be banned.
Back to Monika Schaefer. The civil liberties types are suggesting
that the Canadian government has abandoned her,
and thrown her ‘under the bus’.
It’s hard to know for sure, but I sincerely hope not. Her
right to freedom of speech and protection of person should be
the same as the rest of us.
I’m Roger Currie
- Roger Currie
Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer.