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LAST MOUNTAIN<br />

LM LM<br />

NOKOMIS, STRASBOURG, DRAKE, LOCKWOOD, SEMANS, RAYMORE, GOVAN, DUVAL, BULYEA, EARL GREY, SILTON, LUMSDEN, CRAVEN, REGINA BEACH, BUENA VISTA, FINDLATER,BETHUNE & SOUTHEY<br />

VOLUME <strong>116</strong>, NO. <strong>17</strong> ESTABLISHED IN 1908 MONDAY, APRIL <strong>17</strong>, 2023<br />

Spring runoff on<br />

Qu'Appelle River<br />

Water Security Agency Workers adjusting flow at Craven Dam<br />

- BY JENNIFER ARGUE, Local<br />

Journalism Initiative Reporter<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 13th, 2023<br />

On <strong>Apr</strong>il 10th, Saskatchewan’s Water Security<br />

Advisorty put out an advisory that<br />

there was the potential for ice jamming<br />

for several rivers in the province, including the<br />

Qu’Appelle River, “..following recent rapid melting<br />

and runoff. Ice jams increase the risk for potential<br />

localized flooding as they disrupt normal flows and<br />

can cause water to breach embankments.”<br />

“While ice jams are not uncommon at this time<br />

of year, higher than previously predicted water<br />

flows have been recorded or are expected on Swift<br />

Current creek, the Moose Jaw river, the Qu’Appelle<br />

river and the Wood river and ice is still present on<br />

these watercourses.”<br />

The WSA said they would manage flows, “ however,<br />

this will not reduce the risk of ice jamming.”<br />

They warned the public to be aware there could<br />

be possible flooding upstream due to ice jamming<br />

and the exercise caution, “as ice jams can be highly<br />

dynamic resulting in rapid changes in water levels<br />

— under no circumstances should anyone venture<br />

out onto an ice jam.”<br />

“... this will not reduce the risk of ice jamming.”<br />

This time of year, fluctuations in weather can give<br />

a person thermo-whiplash. Last week this area was<br />

snow-covered, with nighttime temperatures dipping<br />

down to -25, followed by daytime temps over<br />

+15 in less than a week. Today it’s a balmy +8, and<br />

a mix of rain and snow is expected tomorrow.<br />

Following the river, we drove along the valley floor,<br />

starting East on Highway 6 and heading west along<br />

Highway 99. In 2011, postdiluvian, the valley floor<br />

looked like a giant lake. Today, you can see the river<br />

and the different water levels as it winds across the<br />

valley.<br />

CONTINUES ON PAGE 12<br />

Disc Golf a success in Buena Vista<br />

Players can play 365 days a year<br />

- BY JENNIFER ARGUE, Local<br />

Journalism Initiative Reporter<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 13, 2023<br />

After what seems like the longest winter<br />

ever, it’s finally a decent spring day in the<br />

lakeside Village of Buena Vista. The snow<br />

is finally receding on the community’s 9-basket<br />

disc golf course. Not that it really matters when it<br />

comes to the popular game of disc golf that can be<br />

played year-round.<br />

The website discsportshistory.com says, “According<br />

to The Complete Book of Frisbee, disc golf’s<br />

earliest recorded history was in Bladworth, Saskatchewan,<br />

Canada in 1926. Ronald Gibson and a<br />

group of his Bladworth Elementary School buddies<br />

played a game of throwing tin lids into 4-foot wide<br />

circles drawn into sandy patches on their school<br />

grounds. They called the game Tin Lid Golf and<br />

played fairly regularly. However, after they grew<br />

older and went their separate ways, the game<br />

ended.” Fast forwarding to 2023, according to the<br />

udisc.com website, there are more than 14,000<br />

courses worldwide. In <strong>2022</strong>, 4.3 courses were<br />

being installed daily.<br />

“...well, why don’t we give this a try.”<br />

CONTINUES ON PAGE 9<br />

Tues:5°C<br />

Wed:-1°C<br />

Thur:-1°C<br />

Fri:0°C<br />

Sat:1°C<br />

Sun:3°C<br />

Mon:5°C<br />

Celebrating 15<br />

years and over<br />

1,100 indoor<br />

school gardens<br />

growing across<br />

Canada<br />

Are You Doing<br />

Too Much for<br />

Your Teen?<br />

More housing Records<br />

was built in fall during<br />

Canada during Summer’s great<br />

the 1970s than spring<br />

8<br />

now<br />

Everything gets<br />

a shot at being<br />

cool<br />

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Canadian oil<br />

11

2 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>17</strong>, 2023<br />

Overheard at the coffee shop<br />

Southey RCMP seeks<br />

public assistance to locate<br />

missing man<br />

For his well-being, Southey RCMP is seeking<br />

the public’s assistance to help locate 35-yearold<br />

Joel Campbell of Standing Buffalo First<br />

Nation.<br />

-BY, Media Release <strong>Apr</strong>il 11, 2023<br />

Joel has not been in contact<br />

with family since the evening<br />

of Wednesday, <strong>Apr</strong>il 5, when he<br />

advised he was in the Southey<br />

area. It is uncommon for him to<br />

be out of contact with family for<br />

so long.<br />

Joel is described as being 5’<br />

8” tall, <strong>17</strong>0 pounds, with dark<br />

brown hair and brown eyes. It<br />

is unknown what he was last<br />

wearing.<br />

Joel also has connections to Fort<br />

Qu’Appelle, but it is unknown if<br />

he is in the community.<br />

Joel is wanted for being unlawfully<br />

at large, but the purpose<br />

of this news release is to locate<br />

him and confirm his well-being,<br />

particularly given he has not<br />

been seen/spoken to for several<br />

days. We ask the public not to<br />

approach him and contact the<br />

police if you see him or know of<br />

his whereabouts.<br />

Police have been in contact<br />

with the individual who provided<br />

Joel with a ride on <strong>Apr</strong>il<br />

5, 2023. He was last seen near<br />

the intersection of Highway<br />

#22 and Highway #6 on <strong>Apr</strong>il 5<br />

around 7:30 p.m., walking eastbound<br />

on Highway #22. We now<br />

know he was last seen wearing a<br />

grey hooded sweater, toque and<br />

sweatpants. Joel has not been<br />

located and is still considered<br />

missing.<br />

Southey RCMP have received<br />

new information via video surveillance<br />

from a local business<br />

which depicts a male, matching<br />

the description of Joel Campbell,<br />

who may have been seen<br />

walking south on Highway 6<br />

south of Southey, SK, toward<br />

Regina, on <strong>Apr</strong>il 5th, 2023.<br />

At approximately 7:20 p.m., a<br />

black Dodge Charger was seen<br />

stopping next to the male, who<br />

then appeared to enter the vehicle<br />

before continuing to travel<br />

south. They looking for any information<br />

from the public who<br />

may have seen this interaction<br />

to report it to Southey RCMP by<br />

calling 306-726-5230 or their<br />

local police service.<br />

Southey RCMP are also looking<br />

to speak to the driver or the<br />

occupants of the black Dodge<br />

Charger for information on<br />

Joel’s whereabouts.<br />

If anyone has information on<br />

the whereabouts of Joel, please<br />

contact Southey RCMP at 306-<br />

726-5230, 911 or 310-RCMP.<br />

“...Reactine isn’t strong enough for my<br />

allergies. I have to use ‘Over-reactine’...”<br />

Home Plan of the Week<br />

Funny things<br />

Reading the other day that<br />

the governor-general, our<br />

regal representative to the<br />

nation, flew to Germany on an<br />

apparently official function.<br />

-BY PETER FOSTER, Craven<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 13, 2023<br />

Now I read yesterday that 24 Sussex Drive<br />

is full of rats, insert liberal joke here, broken<br />

pipes, leaky roofs, and in general is a health<br />

hazard for anyone to consider living there.<br />

Renovations to the crumbling old girl, insert<br />

gender joke here, which involve stripping the<br />

building down to the bare walls, replumbing<br />

and rewiring the structure, come to somewhere<br />

around 26 million dollars.<br />

Now, could you possibly think of a better use<br />

for 700 thousand dollars other than sipping<br />

on 100$ glasses of orange juice and munching<br />

on foie gras at 30 thousand feet? Well, if<br />

you are unable to, I can! Now that is such an<br />

obscene waste of money it is not even funny.<br />

Reading here this morning, the Calgary<br />

police have instituted a novel policy of clearly<br />

marking traffic enforcement vehicles with<br />

high visibility banners when they set up photo<br />

radar locations.<br />

Initial results have been interesting, to say the<br />

least. A 68% decrease in traffic violations as a<br />

result of the clearly visible enforcement vehicles.<br />

However, now we have a situation where<br />

municipalities are suffering a lack of funding<br />

in their budgets because of the reduction of<br />

convictions. Yet, in almost the same breath,<br />

reassure the public that they were never used<br />

as cash cows!<br />

One wonders as to the accuracy of that statement.<br />

Funny thing, I always thought that<br />

the inception of photo radar was, first and<br />

foremost, a safety <strong>issue</strong> never to be used as a<br />

retroactively punishing revenue producer.<br />

To that statement, I can only reply. You B.S.<br />

your friends, and I will B.S. mine, but let us<br />

not bother B.Sing each other!<br />

-Ideas and opinions expressed here are those of the author<br />

and not necessarilly those of <strong>LMT</strong><br />

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Her and 32 others. Friends, family, photographers,<br />

security, hotel rooms, food, booze, and<br />

transportation all came to a grand total to the<br />

taxpayer of a little over 700 thousand dollars.<br />

The 35-dollar wreath she laid is part of that<br />

total.<br />

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-BY, media release, Brit MacDonald, National Director, LGT<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 11, 2023<br />

In the last 15 years, more than 150,000 students across Canada have<br />

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knowledge and understanding.<br />

Little Green Thumbs, a program managed by Agriculture in the Classroom<br />

Saskatchewan (AITC-SK), provides teachers with the equipment,<br />

training, and ongoing support to grow food right in their own classrooms<br />

and to harvest the learning opportunities it presents. Students actively<br />

participate in planting and caring for their garden, growing a variety of<br />

vegetables such as lettuce, beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes. Classroom<br />

gardens become living laboratories, a tool for students to apply real-life<br />

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) skills and bring learning<br />

to life. An LGT garden becomes an extension of a traditional classroom,<br />

naturally inspiring inquiry-based, cross-curricular, and experiential<br />

learning.<br />

“We know that our communities need informed and inspired leaders,”<br />

said Brit MacDonald, LGT National Program Director. “We need to equip<br />

the next generation with the skills, knowledge, and motivation to work<br />

for the health of our food system, environment, and each other. A garden<br />

is a great place to grow such leaders.”<br />

The impact of a classroom garden on students extends beyond learning<br />

how to grow food. There is a growing recognition in our country that<br />

food and farming lie at the heart of some of our most pressing social and<br />

environmental <strong>issue</strong>s. More importantly, they lie at the heart of the solutions.<br />

Because of this, food and farming present some of our most current<br />

and engaging educational opportunities, and Little Green Thumbs is<br />

a model example. Students truly get their hands dirty growing classroom<br />

crops, harvesting food, skills, and knowledge, and then sharing that<br />

experience with their school, family, and greater community.<br />

Leanne Schappert, a Little Green Thumbs teacher who has been growing<br />

a Little Green Thumbs garden for 15 years says, “Having a garden in the<br />

classroom is the opportunity to have hands-on learning for my students.<br />

Being a part of the garden, planting and taking care of it, and having a<br />

vested interest really makes learning happen. I see they’re excited about<br />

learning. They’re passionate about learning. They walk in the classroom<br />

every day to see what's happening. I can’t imagine teaching without [the<br />

garden].”<br />

The Little Green Thumbs program began with four teachers in Saskatchewan<br />

in 2007. Over 15 years it has expanded into Alberta, Newfoundland,<br />

Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia,<br />

Nunavut, and Quebec, and has over 1,100 teachers and 26,000 students<br />

‘dig in’ each year across Canada. In Saskatchewan alone, 38,303 students<br />

have participated in the program in a decade and a half.<br />

On this day in history<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>17</strong><br />

1907 – The Ellis Island<br />

immigration center<br />

processes 11,747 people,<br />

more than on any other<br />

day.<br />

1986 – An alleged<br />

state of war lasting<br />

335 years between the<br />

Netherlands and the<br />

Isles of Scilly declared<br />

peace bringing an end<br />

to any hypothetical war<br />

that may have been<br />

legally considered to<br />

exist.<br />

St. Andrew’s United Church<br />

115 King St., Lumsden, SK<br />

Worship and Children’s Time<br />

10:00am Sunday mornings<br />

Office: 306-731-2633<br />

st.andrewslumsden@sasktel.net<br />

Everyone is welcome!<br />

Nokomis Anglican Church<br />

Service Times: 11:00 in Nokomis<br />

with Rev. Deacon Jack Robson - unless otherwise stated<br />

No Service on the<br />

Last Sunday of each<br />

Month!<br />

COME and WORSHIP with US<br />

Contemporary Christian Worship<br />

Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at<br />

10 Short Street Lumsden<br />

Children’s Ministry Provided<br />

Pastor: Carl Dixon<br />

Ph: 306-731-2222<br />

rockofthevalleycommunitychurch.com

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6 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>17</strong>, 2023<br />

Are You Doing Too Much for Your Teen?<br />

There was a time when eighteen-year-olds left home to pursue post-secondary education or to work. They were<br />

not considered adults because they were eighteen, but rather because they were living as adults.<br />

-BY, Gwen Randall-Young<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 10, 2023<br />

Things have changed and many young<br />

people live at home well into their<br />

twenties. There can be many reasons<br />

for this, but one is that it is simply too<br />

comfortable to leave.<br />

It seems easy for parents to still feel a<br />

need to do so much for their children as<br />

they may not have noticed they are not<br />

“children” anymore. That or the parents<br />

are clinging too tightly to their young<br />

adult children as they are not ready to<br />

give up the parenting role.<br />

I have worked with parents who still do<br />

their teens laundry, do all the grocery<br />

shopping and preparing meals, even<br />

making the kid’s lunches. Often the<br />

parents may pay for the child’s gas and<br />

give spending money. Who would want<br />

to leave?<br />

This is not so much about getting<br />

young adults out of the house, as it<br />

is about helping them learn to do the<br />

things adults do to care for themselves.<br />

Learning to clean the house, empty<br />

the garbage, deal with the recycling,<br />

grocery shopping, preparing meals and,<br />

of course, doing their own laundry. It<br />

is also an important life experience to<br />

have a part time job if still in school.<br />

My son started doing his own laundry<br />

when he was nine as his non “Suzy<br />

homemaker” mom turned all of his underwear<br />

pink! In our house the expectations<br />

were according to age and ability.<br />

From an early age they had chores, even<br />

if it was simply putting toys away when<br />

very young.<br />

By age eleven they were each making<br />

one meal a week, and it was understood<br />

that once they had a driver’s license,<br />

grocery shopping was on their list. This<br />

included checking to see what was needed,<br />

making a list, getting the groceries<br />

and putting them away.<br />

By the time they went off to university,<br />

they were fully functional adults, and<br />

when home, we all got groceries together<br />

and they kept pointing out when I<br />

was not making the most economical<br />

choice. As students they became very<br />

good at spending wisely.<br />

Not allowing young adults to take these<br />

responsibilities is enabling, even though<br />

it often comes from a place of love and<br />

wanting to make life easier for them. It<br />

can even be handicapping, especially<br />

when they are still at home in their late<br />

twenties. At that age it can be very hard<br />

to start being an adult, when they could<br />

have had ten years of practice by then.<br />

Twenties quickly turn into thirties!<br />

If we wait too long to give them adult responsibilities,<br />

there is a good chance we<br />

will get pushback. Remember, a family<br />

is a team, and everyone should contribute<br />

to the wellbeing of the whole.<br />

Gwen Randall-Young is an author<br />

and award-winning psychologist. For<br />

permission to reprint this article, or to<br />

obtain books, CDs or MP3s, visit www.<br />

gwen.ca. Follow Gwen on Facebook for<br />

inspiration.<br />

The Rural Municipality of Last Mountain Valley No. 250<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Public Notice is hereby given that the Rural Municipality of Last Mountain Valley No. 250<br />

pursuant to Section 207 of The Planning and Development Act 2007, intends to adopt a<br />

bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw No. 219/2001.<br />

It is proposed to amend the Zoning Bylaw 219/2001 as follows:<br />

1. By amending Zoning District Map #1 to rezone the NE of Section 11 Township 25 Range<br />

22 West of the 2nd Meridian from “Agricultural” (A) to “Commercial District” (C); and<br />

identify it as “Insert 7”.<br />

2. Insert 7 will include all the land shown within the bold line on the map forming a part of<br />

this notice.<br />

The reason for the proposed amendment is to permit the construction and operation of a<br />

Fertilizer plant.<br />

The Bylaw may be inspected by any interested person at the Municipal Office in Govan<br />

during regular office hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 pm. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30<br />

p.m. excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available at cost.<br />

Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at the Municipal Office Council<br />

Chambers at 10:00 a.m. to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the<br />

proposed bylaw. Council will also consider any written submissions received at the hearing,<br />

or delivered to the undersigned before the hearing.<br />

Issued at Govan this <strong>17</strong>th day of <strong>Apr</strong>il, 2023.<br />

Kelly Walker, Administrator<br />

RM OF DUFFERIN 190<br />

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY<br />

FULL TIME GRADER OPERATOR<br />

RM of Dufferin 190 is accepting applications for a full time Grader Operator.<br />

QUALIFICATIONS:<br />

• Must poses a valid driver’s licence and have<br />

their own transportation.<br />

• Have knowledge of grader operation and<br />

service.<br />

• Have a working knowledge of road building<br />

and maintenance.<br />

• Have a full working knowledge of grading<br />

techniques.<br />

• Must be capable of working with a minimum<br />

or without supervision.<br />

DUTIES:<br />

• Operate equipment and work in compliance<br />

with the Saskatchewan Employment Act<br />

and the Occupational Health and Safety<br />

Regulations.<br />

• Maintain and repair all roads on a priority basis<br />

as required by road conditions.<br />

• Blade all roads in a professional and safe<br />

manner.<br />

• Service machinery and assist in repairs as the<br />

case may be.<br />

• Do work as per the road maintenance<br />

schedule or as directed by the Foreman.<br />

• Work hours as per schedule and additional<br />

hours as per Policy 400-2.1.1.<br />

• Road maintenance personnel are required to<br />

work 10 hour per day during certain seasons.<br />

The RM of Dufferin 190 offers a<br />

competitive salary to be paid in accordance<br />

with qualifications and experience.<br />

Applications are currently being accepted<br />

at the Municipal office in person, or by<br />

e-mail to: rm190@bethunesk.ca, or<br />

mailed to:<br />

RM of Dufferin 190<br />

101 Railway Avenue,<br />

Bethune, SK, S0G 0H0<br />

Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.<br />

Applications will be accepted until a suitable candidate is hired.

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Pollination<br />

In order to understand the complexities of growing fruit we need to understand a bit more about the<br />

birds and the bees or more scientifically.<br />

-BY, Patricia Hanbidge<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 16 th , 2023<br />

It is sometimes hard to believe that there<br />

is more to the beauty and scent of a flower<br />

than our own personal enjoyment. However,<br />

the primary purpose of a flower is to seduce<br />

insects to pay a visit and in that process pollinate<br />

the flower so it is possible to continue life<br />

and allow the flower to produce seeds. Take the<br />

apple tree as an example – if not for the bees<br />

our efforts to grow these fruit would in fact be<br />

“fruitless”.<br />

This process of pollination that occurs with<br />

the visit of a bee or other insect is the actual<br />

transfer of pollen grains from the stamen (male<br />

part of the flower) to the stigma (female part of<br />

the flower). If this results in a successful fertilization,<br />

then the wonder of life continues. The<br />

previously undeveloped seeds that are present<br />

in the ovary of the flower will start the development<br />

into viable seeds. Again using apple trees<br />

as an example, this development of viable seeds<br />

also begins the development of the apple itself.<br />

Some plants will also be pollinated by things<br />

other than bees. For example, most of the trees<br />

we commonly use for our urban forests rely on<br />

the wind for that wondrous transfer of pollen.<br />

Interestingly enough, these trees do not have<br />

very showy flowers as the wind is not enticed by<br />

beauty and scent like an insect would be.<br />

Now that we have simplified the process of pollination<br />

– let’s make it more realistic as Mother<br />

Nature is of course in reality more complex.<br />

Some flowers are what we call “perfect” and<br />

contain both male and female parts. But, there<br />

are flowers that contain only one sexual part so<br />

are distinctly either male or female. Those containing<br />

only pistils are considered female while<br />

those containing only stamens are considered<br />

male.<br />

Some plants will have both male and female<br />

flowers on the same plant. This is termed a<br />

monoecious plant and a good example of this<br />

would be the pumpkin. A plant that has only<br />

male or female flowers is termed dioecious. At<br />

this point you may be wondering why it matters<br />

who is monoecious and who is dioecious – but<br />

it actually is quite important. Take the poplar<br />

tree as a great example of why this does indeed<br />

Cherry Blossoms<br />

matter. It is usually in June when the female<br />

cottonwoods (a type of poplar) produce a veritable<br />

blizzard of fluff (which actually contains<br />

the seed) – a large problem when enjoying the<br />

outdoor patio, especially if allergic! A simple<br />

way to solve this problem is to grow only he<br />

male clones which of course do not produce seed<br />

and voila – no fluff.<br />

Just to add one more complexity, some plants<br />

require cross-pollination (like apples) while<br />

others are able to be self-pollinated. In order for<br />

an apple (blueberry, hazelnut and most plums)<br />

to be produced they require the pollen of a<br />

genetically different but closely related plant for<br />

fertilization to occur. Hence, the directive you<br />

have likely heard often says that you need two<br />

different apple trees to get fruit!<br />

The circle of life is complex regardless of the<br />

species involved. I hope you have enjoyed this<br />

brief foray into the wonders of renewal in the<br />

life of a plant! Watch for the next articles on<br />

more fruit you can grow successfully! Happy<br />

gardening this summer…..and may you question<br />

“why” just a little bit more often!<br />

More housing was built in Canada<br />

during the 1970s than now<br />

Despite rising population and growing demand, more housing was constructed in Canadian cities<br />

during the 1970s than what is presently being built, according to a new study released today by the<br />

Fraser Institute.<br />

-BY, Media Release, Fraser Institute<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 13, 2023<br />

“The reality is simple: Canada is not building<br />

enough homes to keep up with population<br />

growth or basic demand,” said Steve Lafleur,<br />

senior fellow with the Fraser Institute and<br />

co-author of Canada’s Housing Mismatch: Canadians<br />

want ground-oriented homes, but not<br />

enough are being built.<br />

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,<br />

many of Canada’s real estate markets have<br />

experienced significant price increases.<br />

The study finds that, Canada-wide home prices<br />

were 28 per cent higher in February 2023 than<br />

in March 2020, despite falling from record<br />

high appreciation in early <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

Critically, “ground-oriented” single-family<br />

homes and townhouse prices increased by 31<br />

per cent, compared with a <strong>17</strong> per cent increase<br />

among apartments over the same period.<br />

Despite strong demand, ground-oriented housing<br />

completions declined during the 2010s,<br />

alongside a general national decline in housing<br />

completions compared to the 1970s.<br />

“Not only is there a widespread shortage of<br />

housing, but there is a growing mismatch between<br />

the housing types being built and those<br />

preferred by Canadians,” said Josef Filipowicz,<br />

senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and study<br />

co-author.<br />

“Clearly we should focus on the causes and<br />

consequences of this mismatch, as well as solutions<br />

for Canadians now and in the future.”<br />

FRASER INSTITUTE IS AN INDEPENDENT, nonpartisan<br />

Canadian public policy think-tank.

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Records fall during Summer’s<br />

great spring<br />

In water-related parlance, let’s just say it’s unlikely that Toronto<br />

swimmer Summer McIntosh is a splash in the pan.<br />

The 16-year-old swimming sensation made<br />

headlines around the world in late March by<br />

setting two women’s world records within<br />

the space of five days at the Canadian swimming<br />

trials. It marked the first time a Canadian female<br />

swimmer had been No. 1 in the world in two longcourse<br />

events since Elaine Tanner (Mighty Mouse,<br />

as you old-timers might recall) in 1967.<br />

Swim watchers can hardly wait for the 2024 Olympic<br />

Games in Paris, where the then-<strong>17</strong>-year-old<br />

McIntosh will compete against U.S. swim<br />

legend Katie Ledecky and Australia’s<br />

Ariadne Titmus, the 2020 Olympic<br />

From<br />

the<br />

Sidelines<br />

BRUCE<br />

PENTON<br />

champion, in the 400-metre freestyle.<br />

The 400 freestyle at the Canadian<br />

swimming trials was McIntosh’s first<br />

world record — 3:56.08. Titmus was<br />

the previous record holder, at 3:56.40.<br />

Five days later, the Canadian teen stunned<br />

the swimming world by setting a world record in the<br />

400-metre individual medley (butterfly, backstroke,<br />

breaststroke, freestyle) with a time of 4:25.87. The<br />

former record, held by Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú<br />

(4:26.36) had been untouched for seven years.<br />

While swimming is not a high-profile sport in<br />

Canada, McIntosh was hardly an unknown name<br />

in the world’s swimming community. She made a<br />

big splash at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, finishing<br />

fourth as a 14-year-old in the 400-metre freestyle.<br />

She began collecting medals galore in <strong>2022</strong>,<br />

winning four at the world aquatics championship,<br />

and then six medals at the <strong>2022</strong> Commonwealth<br />

Games. But there were no world records until this<br />

year in Toronto and evidently, one wasn’t enough for<br />

McIntosh.<br />

So what’s to come for the young swimming prodigy?<br />

The Paris Olympics next year will offer a chance for<br />

Summer’s fame to expand even more around the<br />

world and Canadian media have until then to develop<br />

a nickname for our country’s latest superstar,<br />

like Tanner’s ‘Mighty Mouse’ moniker more than 50<br />

years ago.<br />

McIntosh, whose mother swam at the 1984 Olympics<br />

in Los Angeles, still has a number of years of<br />

top competitive swimming ahead of her. A website<br />

called RealClearScience says female athletes in<br />

speed swimming events don’t hit their peak until<br />

age 22.<br />

That gives McIntosh six years to possibly become<br />

the most famous swimmer in the world. It’s safe<br />

to say she’s already got a good headstart on that<br />

mission.<br />

Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca<br />

Sports Quips<br />

• Eamon Lynch of golfweek.com. on Bubba<br />

Watson’s statement that there is no bad blood<br />

between PGA Tour and LIV players, that it was<br />

merely ‘media mischief’: “ … ignoring the fact<br />

that LIV has been scattering subpoenas like<br />

confetti at one of Greg Norman’s weddings.”<br />

• Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun, on the gritty<br />

style of the Calgary Flames: “Playing Darryl Sutter’s<br />

Flames is like trying to eat a cactus salad,<br />

with motor oil for dressing.”<br />

• Eamon Lynch again, on Brooks Koepka: “(He)<br />

fancies himself an NBA-style stud but finds<br />

himself in little-watched exhibition games with<br />

the Riyadh Globetrotters.”<br />

• Comedy guy Torben Rolfsen of Vancouver:<br />

“What have the (underachieving) Angels been<br />

doing the last few years with (Shohei) Ohtani<br />

and (Mike) Trout? Connor McDavid and Leon<br />

Draisaitl can’t even believe it.”<br />

• Kaseberg again: 'At the Masters, there were<br />

feuds between Phil Mickelson and Freddie<br />

Couples, Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed and the<br />

PGA players versus the new LIV Tour. When did<br />

golf turn into ‘The Real Housewives of Augusta,<br />

Georgia?’”<br />

• Comedy writer Brad Dickson of Omaha, prior to<br />

the NCAA men’s basketball final: "If San Diego<br />

State wins I’ll bet the powers that be follow the<br />

lead of the Chargers and Clippers and move<br />

the entire university to Los Angeles.”<br />

• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: “Before<br />

Jim Nantz broadcast his last Final Four in his<br />

hometown of Houston Monday, the city named<br />

a street after him — ‘Hello Friends Boulevard.’<br />

In related news, NFL Draft guru Mel Kiper Jr.’s<br />

hometown is considering naming a street after<br />

him as well – ‘Tremendous Upside Avenue.’”<br />

• Columnist Gregg Drinnan of Kamloops, on the<br />

Connor Bedard frenzy “Oh for the days of 'Wild'<br />

Bill Hunter, Ben Hatskin, Scotty Munro et al.<br />

They would have turned this Regina-Saskatoon<br />

series into a best-of-nine by now. Maybe even<br />

best-of-11.”<br />

• Comedy writer Gary Bachman: “There were no<br />

injuries when three trees fell into the gallery<br />

during the Masters tournament. Instead of<br />

‘FORE,’ a golfer yelled ‘TIMBER’!”<br />

• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, on<br />

criticism against First Lady Dr. Jill Biden for suggesting<br />

women’s NCAA basketball runner-up<br />

Iowa should be extended an invitation to the<br />

White House: “Dr. Biden is clueless to sports<br />

traditions. It's like me telling my mechanic how<br />

to fix my transmission.”<br />

• Headline at fark.com: “Entire Mavericks team<br />

forgets which basket it’s defending, team owner<br />

goes into Cuban whistle crisis mode.”<br />

• Columnist Phil Mushnick of the New York Post:<br />

“Not that we’re surprised but attention-starved<br />

Paige Spiranac, playing out of Cleavage Valley,<br />

is now seen in TV commercials selling a sports<br />

betting operation as she operates on a golf<br />

course. It’s symptomatic of the marketing belief<br />

that boobs attract boobs.”<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Village of Buena Vista intends to adopt<br />

a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 7/16 known as<br />

the Zoning Bylaw.<br />

INTENT<br />

The proposed bylaw will clarify setbacks<br />

and Permitted and Discretionary Uses in<br />

all Zoning Districts. To consolidate Zoning<br />

Bylaw and all previous amendments into<br />

one cohesive document.<br />

AREA AFFECTED<br />

Setbacks and Permitted and Discretionary<br />

Uses, all districts.<br />

REASON<br />

To clarify setbacks and define regulations<br />

for using vacation rental properties and<br />

sea cans of any classification within the<br />

Village of Buena Vista boundary.<br />

PUBLIC INSPECTION<br />

Any person may inspect the Bylaw at the<br />

Village of Buena Vista office between<br />

9:00 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm,<br />

Mondays to Fridays, excluding statutory<br />

holidays. Copies are available at a cost.<br />

PUBLIC HEAVRING<br />

Council will hold a public hearing on <strong>Apr</strong>il<br />

25, 2023, at 6:30 pm at 1050 Grand Ave,<br />

Buena Vista, to hear any person or group<br />

that wants to comment on the proposed<br />

bylaw. Council will consider written<br />

submissions received by email or mail by<br />

3:00 pm Friday <strong>Apr</strong>il 21, 2023.<br />

Issued at the Village of Buena Vista this 14th day of <strong>Apr</strong>il 2023<br />

Signed: Lorna Davies, CAO<br />

Village of Bulyea<br />

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY<br />

Part-time Maintenance/Water Treatment Plant<br />

Operator for the Village of Bulyea<br />

Will report to Chief Administrative Officer.<br />

DUTIES INCLUDE:<br />

• Maintenance of infrastructure, streets and<br />

sidewalks, various municipal buildings and<br />

equipment.<br />

• Daily water testing at the Water Treatment<br />

Plant.<br />

• Provide support in event of critical upset.<br />

• Understand and adhere to policies and<br />

procedures.<br />

• Maintain accurate legible records of work<br />

performed.<br />

• Keep regular contact with supervisor.<br />

Small System Water Certification, heavy<br />

equipment operating and maintenance<br />

experience would be an asset.<br />

All applications should include a cover<br />

letter, resume with wage expectations.<br />

References and background check<br />

required upon interview. Applications will<br />

remain open until the position is filled.<br />

Submit Applications to:<br />

Sherry Beatty-Henfrey, Chief<br />

Administrative Officer<br />

Village of Bulyea, Box 37, Bulyea, SK.<br />

S0G 0L0<br />

Fax: (306)725-4942 - Email:<br />

villageofbulyea@sasktel.net

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DISC GOLF - CONTINUES FROM PAGE 1<br />

“You are<br />

The community of Buena Vista<br />

has jumped on the disc golf<br />

game. President of the Buena<br />

Vista Parks and Rec Committee,<br />

Donna Hall, said, “We had<br />

this park, and no one would<br />

ever go there because no one<br />

ever knew it was there. A big<br />

open space where nothing<br />

happened. I knew disc golf<br />

was becoming popular in the<br />

province so I thought well,<br />

why don’t we give this a try.”<br />

In 2019 after researching the<br />

viability and consultation<br />

with people knowledgeable<br />

about disc golf, the area was<br />

designed in 2020 they got<br />

going. “We said ok, let’s do it.”<br />

They ordered the baskets, and<br />

in 2021 the course took shape.<br />

Community donations came in to help them put it<br />

together. By the end of July, they had their grand<br />

opening. “And it’s taken off ever since. It’s really<br />

popular.” The game is free to play, and the Udisc<br />

website offers an app that keeps score and lists all<br />

of the disc courses in the world.<br />

basically<br />

going for<br />

a walk<br />

just like<br />

on a golf<br />

course.”<br />

The game is played like golf and takes around<br />

45 minutes. Frisbee-like discs are used instead<br />

of golf balls. The discs are smaller than a child’s<br />

frisbee. “You can get a long-range disc, you can get<br />

a putter, you can get a short-range, you can get all<br />

kinds of different variations of discs.” Discs can be<br />

relatively inexpensive and purchased online and<br />

in some sporting stores. Players “tee off” from a<br />

cement pad to get their disc into the basket at the<br />

end of each “hole.” The course is considered a par<br />

three, so it should take approximately three tosses<br />

of the disc to get to the basket. After each player<br />

has gone, whoever is furthest from the basket goes<br />

next, and so on, until every player’s disc has made<br />

it into the basket. Whoever finishes the course<br />

with the least amount of throws wins.<br />

The game can be played with as little as one disc,<br />

with some players utilizing various discs. “There<br />

are people that come out here to play, and they<br />

carry a backpack of discs. They have probably 20<br />

to 30 discs in their bag,” said Hall. “It’s for all ages.<br />

Little kids, four year olds can play it, 90 year olds<br />

can play it. You are basically going for a walk just<br />

like on a golf course.”<br />

In <strong>2022</strong> Buena Vista hosted a family disc golf<br />

tournament with fun variations on each hole, such<br />

as throwing with the opposite hand and the closest<br />

to the basket and furthest from it. They will hold<br />

another tournament this summer on July 15th and<br />

will be advertised on the Udisc app.<br />

Hall encourages people to come out and have a<br />

good time. “It’s a fun thing…It’s a family event,<br />

that’s the main thing…and if it’s a really hot day<br />

you just take a little short walk down to the beach.”<br />

MINISTERIAL MESSAGES<br />

A Call Back<br />

When you start a job, you are trained and left alone.<br />

What is the first thing you do? Usually, there are<br />

options, so priorities must be set.<br />

-BY REV. RICK SHOTT,<br />

Nokomis Baptist Church<br />

<strong>Apr</strong>il 10, 2023<br />

You can tell a lot about someone from<br />

how they begin. Sometimes people get<br />

so overwhelmed they do not know how<br />

to begin. I think we can see this in the<br />

disciples after the resurrection.<br />

In the gospel of John 21, we see some<br />

disciples go fishing. Not a pole and rod<br />

affair, but using a boat and net, a commercial<br />

setup. Peter was overwhelmed,<br />

and he went back to his prior profession.<br />

The past few days were so amazing.<br />

He had seen Jesus tried, crucified<br />

and buried. He then had met him alive<br />

and well. It would be a bit too much for<br />

many people. So he went fishing. Then<br />

he meets Jesus again.<br />

The patience of Jesus is beyond compare.<br />

After working for years training<br />

Peter, here he is, wandering from his<br />

calling. Yet there was no shouting<br />

match. No berating. No exasperation.<br />

What we see is Jesus patiently showing<br />

Peter there is a better way. Helping<br />

Peter to stay true to his calling.<br />

This is no less true for any of us. I write<br />

this with Easter freshly gone by. As a<br />

holiday, it becomes a reminder of Christ<br />

for all people. Perhaps you have been<br />

reminded of the need to be at church.<br />

Do not overlook such feelings, they<br />

are the call of God. In the fellowship<br />

of church, we can grow more than on<br />

our own. We will become better people<br />

because we are with fellow believers.<br />

The world wants us fishing. slipping<br />

away from our call to follow Jesus. It is<br />

a temptation for everyone.<br />

It is together that we are at our best.<br />

Even in individual sports, without<br />

coaches and others to train with, we do<br />

not reach our peak performance. So it<br />

is in the faith. We need others to help us<br />

and for us to help them. We are meant<br />

for community, that is why Jesus had<br />

12 disciples and why Christians form<br />

churches.<br />

I know that many people will say that<br />

the church has flaws. This is true. Even<br />

Jesus had a disciple betray him, but<br />

that did not deter him or his disciples.<br />

Truly, it is a reason to continue on in<br />

the church. This is to help the church<br />

carry on. To help her to cope, fix <strong>issue</strong>s<br />

and become better. Anyone church may<br />

have significant <strong>issue</strong>s such that you<br />

may need to walk away, but there are<br />

others. Many Christians are trying every<br />

day to be faithful. Join them in that<br />

daily struggle.<br />

Let this Easter be a call to live for the<br />

Lord like no other. As you have received<br />

grace by the cross, graciously join<br />

together. Be part of a church and let<br />

the grace of God flow even more freely<br />

through you today.<br />

Town of Southey<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Public Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 207 of the Planning and Development Act,<br />

2007, that the Town of Southey intends to adopt Bylaw No. 02-2023, to amend the Zoning<br />

Bylaw No. 01-2019 as hereinafter provided.<br />

INTENT<br />

The proposed amendment would by<br />

rezoning a portion of the NEl/4 Sec.<br />

7-TWP.23-RGE.18-W.2Mer (shown on<br />

map below) from FUD - Future Urban<br />

Development District to C2 - Highway<br />

Commercial District.<br />

REASON<br />

To rezone Lots 3-7, Block D of the NEl/4<br />

Sec. 7-TWP.23-RGE.18-W.2Mer (shown<br />

on map below), to accommodate the<br />

subdivision application.<br />

PUBLIC INSPECTION<br />

Any person may inspect the Bylaw at the<br />

town office between the hours of 8:00<br />

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (open through the noon<br />

hour) excluding statutory holidays.<br />

PUBLIC HEARING<br />

Council will hold a public hearing on<br />

Monday, May 1, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the<br />

Council Chambers to hear any person<br />

or group that wants to comment on the<br />

proposed bylaw. Council will also consider<br />

written comments received at the hearing<br />

or delivered to the Town CAO at the town<br />

office before the hearing. The town office<br />

is located at 260 Keats Street (Box 248),<br />

Southey, SK S0G 4P0. The town office<br />

can also be contacted at 306-726-2202<br />

or townofsouthey@sasktel.net with<br />

questions.<br />

Issued at the Town of Southey<br />

This 30th day of March 2023<br />

Cindy Baumgartner, CAO

10 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>Apr</strong>il <strong>17</strong>, 2023<br />

Everything gets a<br />

shot at being cool<br />

Chrysler seemingly owned the minivan market forever.<br />

The Magic Wagon started it, quickly becoming known as the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager.<br />

I<br />

even<br />

remember seeing some basic utility<br />

models with the big RAM badges that<br />

the pickups had. Ford had the big, clunky<br />

Aerostar, and GM had the boxy Astro and Safari<br />

vans based on the Chevy S10 pickup platform,<br />

but no one else had a minivan as early as<br />

Chrysler.<br />

In 1990, GM decided to step into<br />

the ring with a trifecta of minivans<br />

so wild and futuristic<br />

Camshaft<br />

Corner that they, unfortunately, didn’t<br />

KELLY KIRK<br />

catch on. The Pontiac Trans<br />

Sport, Oldsmobile Silhouette,<br />

and Chevy Lumina APV were<br />

three of the oddest minivans that<br />

ever debuted. Chrysler did what they<br />

always did back in the day; they drew a vehicle<br />

with a ruler, marked out some corners, and sold<br />

a bunch of them. The Caravan and Voyager were<br />

both as boxy as the Ram, and they had decent<br />

seating for seven, which is all they needed to do.<br />

All GM had to do was take the lines of the Chevette<br />

and expand it into a van, but instead, they<br />

went full Jetson. To their credit, the Trans Sport<br />

looked almost exactly like the concept that came<br />

before it, aside from the gullwing rear doors<br />

and on-board Nintendo NES, of course. The<br />

unfortunate part of a production vehicle looking<br />

like a concept is that the concept usually favours<br />

form over function. The windshield of the Trans<br />

Sport, for example, cost a small fortune to replace<br />

and was apparently a nightmare with dash<br />

glare in certain driving conditions.<br />

Over the course of seven model years, the Trans<br />

Sport was available with a great variety of V6<br />

engines to choose from. Honestly, there wasn’t<br />

I never liked these vans when they were new. The huge windshield with the big corner windows and the flat hood was just too<br />

much of one line. This one looks great on C4 Corvette saw blade wheels with a hard lowered stance. The photo has randomly<br />

been shared online, origin unknown.<br />

much of anything wrong with the 3.1, 3.4, or 3.8<br />

V6, all three of which were widely used in many<br />

GM cars, the same platform of cars that these<br />

vans were based on. I haven’t seen a Trans Sport<br />

in years, but any that I’ve ever seen have been<br />

white, which I think helped to earn them the<br />

nickname “Pontiac Dustbuster.” The long snout<br />

mixed with the white paint job, you can’t un-see<br />

it. I recall seeing a red Oldsmobile Silhouette<br />

years ago, but I have never seen a Lumina APV<br />

in real life. After 1996, GM took all the creativity<br />

out of their vans, and actually sold quite a few<br />

units.<br />

Seeing this surviving Trans Sport on saw blade<br />

mags makes me glad that they did exist briefly,<br />

and it proves that with the right wheels and<br />

stance, anything can be at least a little bit cool.<br />

Town of Southey<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Public Notice is hereby given pursuant<br />

to Section 207 of the Planning and<br />

Development Act, 2007, that the Town<br />

of Southey intends to adopt Bylaw No.<br />

01-2023, to amend the Zoning Bylaw No.<br />

01-2019 as hereinafter provided.<br />

INTENT<br />

The proposed amendment would by<br />

rezoning a portion of the NEl/4 Sec.<br />

7-lWP.23-RGE.18-W.2Mer (shown on<br />

map below) from FUD - Future Urban<br />

Development District to Rl - Residential<br />

District.<br />

REASON<br />

To rezone a portion of MB1 (shown<br />

on map below), to accommodate the<br />

subdivision application of an existing yard<br />

site.<br />

PUBLIC INSPECTION<br />

Any person may inspect the Bylaw at the<br />

town office between the hours of 8:00<br />

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (open through the noon<br />

hour) excluding statutory holidays.<br />

PUBLIC HEARING<br />

Council will hold a public hearing on<br />

Monday, May 1, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the<br />

Council Chambers to hear any person<br />

or group that wants to comment on the<br />

proposed bylaw. Council will also consider<br />

written comments received at the hearing<br />

or delivered to the Town CAO at the town<br />

office before the hearing. The town office<br />

is located at 260 Keats Street (Box 248),<br />

Southey, SK S0G 4P0. The town office<br />

can also be contacted at 306-726-2202<br />

or townofsouthey@sasktel.net with<br />

questions.<br />

RM of Mount Hope<br />

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE BY TENDER<br />

Introduction<br />

The R.M. of Mount Hope No. 279 (RM 279)<br />

will be accepting bids from interested parties<br />

for the sale of various pieces of equipment as<br />

listed below. All equipment will be sold as is,<br />

where is, and all bids will be subject to PST and/<br />

or GST (exemptions may apply). We will be<br />

accepting bids until Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023, at the Municipal Office, 119 Main Street,<br />

Semans, SK. Bidders shall provide their bids on or before the time and date noted. RM 279<br />

reserves the right to reject any or all bids received.<br />

EQUIPMENT<br />

• 2010 Dodge Ram 2500<br />

• 2011 John Deere 7230 Tractor<br />

• 2015 Schulte FLX-1510 Flex Arm<br />

• 2001 Mack Heavy Vehicle<br />

• 2008 Midland Belly Dump<br />

• Sheepsfoot Pull Behind Packer<br />

• Hydraulic gravel spreader (hooks up to box)<br />

SPECIFICATIONS<br />

For specifications and further information<br />

regarding equipment (including photos),<br />

please contact the Municipal Office.<br />

CONTACT INFORMATION<br />

Jamie Schachtel, Administrator<br />

R.M. of Mount Hope No. 279<br />

PO Box 190, Semans, SK S0A 3S0<br />

Ph: (306) 524-2055 | rm279@sasktel.net<br />

Issued at the Town of Southey<br />

This 30th day of March 2023,<br />

Cindy Baumgartner, CAO<br />

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PISCES VIRGO<br />

There’s lots of action ahead! You’ll<br />

or confused around you. You may<br />

succeed new that in could lightening take you the to mood the other at<br />

You You’ll must enjoy take beautiful time to rest moments to shake with<br />

You’ll You’ll be finally entitled spend to a time promotion with those at<br />

stand out for your zeal and determination.<br />

You’ll also enjoy a conside­<br />

side of the world. The position you’ve<br />

you love. You must make a few changes<br />

in your relationship and spend<br />

need to withdraw and isolate yourself.<br />

You’ll also be inspired to start<br />

work or home by making people<br />

things your family off. You this might week. consider You’ll have taking<br />

work a holiday on a project to recuperate with your and sort loved<br />

land one with good prospects and<br />

rable increase in income, which you’ll<br />

to<br />

work. If you’re looking for a job, you’ll<br />

been coveting at work will finally<br />

laugh. You’ll earn warm applause.<br />

open up.<br />

ones, such as moving homes because<br />

more time together to solve problems<br />

plaguing you for a long time.<br />

a spiritual practice.<br />

You could also receive a reward.<br />

out your overwhelming emotions.<br />

quick advancement.<br />

celebrate.<br />

of a new job. You may also be told<br />

LIBRA<br />

LIBRA<br />

about a birth.<br />

You’ll achieve a greater sense of wellbeing<br />

by exploring your spirituality.<br />

LIBRA<br />

You’ll hear about a job opening at<br />

LIBRA<br />

Time is precious, and it’s not always<br />

easy to manage. You must pull out<br />

You could also become involved in<br />

Spring is in the air, and you’re ready<br />

work that matches your career goals.<br />

all the stops at work to get everything<br />

done on time.<br />

a movement that will answer your<br />

to spoil yourself, especially with a new<br />

You must put in the effort and be<br />

sudoku ANSWER IN CLASSIFIED SECTION<br />

existential questions.<br />

wardrobe. Your social life will be in<br />

patient to integrate yourself into your<br />

full bloom. You have several outings<br />

new role fully.<br />

We<br />

SCORPIO<br />

You’ll arrange to<br />

grew<br />

go on a<br />

a<br />

trip<br />

lot<br />

abroad<br />

of hard<br />

or explore your spring region with wheat your part­anner or friends. You’ll make changes<br />

did<br />

at home, even it very if it’s only well. rearranging<br />

furniture. that when buying<br />

There was<br />

an expectation<br />

wheat SAGITTARIUS from Canada, it was of the<br />

highest You may quality have to and shake a that few people<br />

up to achieve professional suc­<br />

earned<br />

market cess. access Abundance and awaits sales after beating<br />

out the competition lasts forever, the job and<br />

for years.<br />

But, nothing<br />

you want.<br />

when plant breeders in Saskatchewan<br />

CAPRICORN and Manitoba during the<br />

You’ll have to make a few compromises<br />

and to reach 1970s, an amicable through agree­<br />

tra-<br />

1960s<br />

ditional ment. cross-breeding You’ll have justice on your experiments,<br />

it gets minimized out of hand. the undesirable<br />

side as you settle a dispute before<br />

compounds in rapeseed and<br />

AQUARIUS<br />

You’ll have developed a lot of work to do. varieties A competitor<br />

will try yielded to entice you food-grade<br />

with a<br />

that<br />

more interesting position. Your si gnifi<br />

cant other or someone oil, creating who’s trac ­ canola<br />

ted to you will make (an you feel abbreviation special. of<br />

Ag Notes<br />

PISCES ‘Canadian oil’), developed<br />

by plant, it<br />

CALVIN You’ll distinguish yourself when you<br />

DANIELS<br />

succeed in lightening the mood at<br />

work or home by signalled making people a change<br />

laugh. You’ll earn in warm what applause. the Prairies<br />

You could also receive a reward.<br />

would be known for.<br />

By the 1980s, canola had<br />

replaced rapeseed in Canadian<br />

oilseed production, and today the<br />

acres produced are massive, and<br />

the crop’s value forms the foundation<br />

of most farm incomes.<br />

While there certainly are few indications<br />

that will change anytime<br />

soon, one has to wonder what may<br />

one day unseat canola as the major<br />

Prairie crop? The answer might not<br />

be a single crop as much as a rather<br />

diverse basket of crops, all of which<br />

fall under the umbrella of being<br />

pulse crops. Lentils, peas, and various<br />

beans are not something new<br />

for the Prairies. My Dad used to<br />

add some field peas into the barley<br />

he seeded for pig feed, essentially<br />

adding a protein source to the feed<br />

in the field. That was in the early<br />

1970s.<br />

So farmers here can grow pulse<br />

crops, but the markets have never<br />

been particularly stable, typically<br />

relying on production <strong>issue</strong>s<br />

elsewhere in the world for major<br />

pulse-eating countries such as<br />

India and Pakistan to look for<br />

alternate sources.<br />

In Canada, while we have production,<br />

it isn’t necessarily as diverse<br />

to fill the varied and often very<br />

specific markets in countries such<br />

your children are, they’ll be a handful<br />

this week. If you’re single, many<br />

grow from home.<br />

as SCORPIO India. We might think lentils are<br />

planned.<br />

You’ll be overflowing with creative<br />

simply ideas that will identified prompt you to by create colour, but the SCORPIO<br />

a work of art. You’ll perform an You have to look at home renovations<br />

size and other factors are important<br />

in many markets too. It’s a case is essential to a harmonious married<br />

of generosity for a loved one.<br />

as an investment. Emotional sharing<br />

SAGITTARIUS<br />

life. Don’t lend money to a friend to<br />

where perhaps, at this point, our<br />

You’ll be under a lot of pressure at<br />

keep the relationship cordial.<br />

‘sophistication’ work and need to take time in to terms see of growing<br />

your friends and escape from it all.<br />

SAGITTARIUS<br />

pulses is a tad lacking. But Canadian<br />

that brings farmers together the are people a you rather adaptive you to undertake several initiatives.<br />

You’ll be thrilled to oversee an event<br />

You’ll have a burst of energy, allowing<br />

Each one will be more exciting than<br />

lot,<br />

like most.<br />

and they could adapt if the the last, despite certain time restrictions<br />

or a particular financial situation.<br />

market CAPRICORN was consistent.<br />

You’ll find clarity that sets you on a<br />

Therein lies the hint of the potentiabitions.<br />

A form of of pulses. learning will The guide populations<br />

CAPRICORN<br />

career path that aligns with your am­<br />

If you don’t take the time to relax,<br />

you may find yourself under a lot of<br />

you in the right direction or at least<br />

in countries such as India are stress. Try to adopt a more spiritual<br />

help you identify your goals.<br />

lifestyle that aligns with your values<br />

still growing. That’s simply more to regain your sense of well­being.<br />

AQUARIUS<br />

mouths<br />

Let your dreams<br />

to<br />

take<br />

feed,<br />

you on<br />

mouths<br />

a journey<br />

that gives have you some a taste ideas for pulse crops, Although you tend to be shy and dis­<br />

who culturally<br />

AQUARIUS<br />

a holiday next summer. It’s essential<br />

to plan we to can’t enjoy an discount adventure in the interest<br />

and<br />

creet, you’ll be in good company this<br />

week. You could be in charge of an<br />

in good fake company. meat concoctions that have important meeting at work or a fa mily<br />

get­together.<br />

an PISCES element of plant protein from<br />

pulses.<br />

You’re particularly sensitive this week.<br />

PISCES<br />

You must take time to rest to shake<br />

You’ll be entitled to a promotion at<br />

Whether things off. You that might market consider taking<br />

a holiday people to recuperate turn and to sort such offerings land one with good prospects and<br />

grows because<br />

work. If you’re looking for a job, you’ll<br />

out your overwhelming emotions.<br />

quick advancement.<br />

out of choice or whether cattle, in<br />

particular, come under scrutiny<br />

and regulation as methane producers,<br />

we are going to see pulses<br />

become a bigger part of diets here<br />

too. It’s just a matter of how far<br />

into the future it happens.<br />

Editors note: Canola was originally<br />

a condensation of "Can" from Canada<br />

and "OLA " meaning "Oil, Low<br />

Acid" but is now a generic term for<br />

edible varieties of rapeseed oil in<br />

North America and Australasia.<br />

around you.<br />

Coffee VIRGO Break<br />

VIRGO<br />

SCORPIO<br />

You’ll find yourself in the spotlight<br />

despite yourself. You’ll shake things<br />

up and receive applause after a brilliant<br />

feat. Your do­gooder spirit will<br />

lead you to do something heroic.<br />

SAGITTARIUS<br />

You may have to spend part of the<br />

week at home to deal with family matters.<br />

Even if the move is only a few<br />

months away, you should start taking<br />

steps now.<br />

CAPRICORN<br />

You’ll have a silver tongue this week.<br />

Your words will have a long­term impact<br />

and reach many people worldwide<br />

via social networks. Travel is on<br />

the horizon.<br />

AQUARIUS<br />

You deserve to spoil yourself. You’ll<br />

spend time in shops and businesses.<br />

You’ll buy some practical things as<br />

well as some morale­boosting ones.<br />

form of learning will make you see<br />

the future differently.<br />

PISCES<br />

There’s lots of action ahead! You’ll<br />

stand out for your zeal and determination.<br />

You’ll also enjoy a considerable<br />

increase in income, which you’ll<br />

celebrate.<br />

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ACROSS<br />

1. Come again?<br />

5. Santa’s<br />

staffer<br />

8. Bird’s “arm”<br />

12. Comic Bob<br />

____<br />

13. Bogey beater<br />

14. Aroma<br />

15. Chooses<br />

16. Wintry<br />

<strong>17</strong>. Only<br />

18. Nip and ____<br />

20. Soared<br />

21. Discolor<br />

24. Female sheep<br />

27. Ships’<br />

bottoms<br />

28. River barrier<br />

29. Sow’s home<br />

32. Heeded<br />

34. Urge<br />

36. Mas’ mates<br />

37. Eternity<br />

39. Secondhand<br />

TV fare<br />

40. Informed of<br />

41. Helium and<br />

nitrogen, e.g.<br />

42. Peddle<br />

45. Gusted<br />

47. Recompensed<br />

48. Dove’s call<br />

49. Cracked open<br />

53. Teen skin<br />

problem<br />

54. Unusual<br />

55. Ire<br />

56. Formerly<br />

57. Adios!<br />

58. Tinted<br />

DOWN<br />

1. Which<br />

person?<br />

2. Bunny’s step<br />

3. Prone<br />

4. Grumpily<br />

5. Long tale<br />

6. Was without<br />

7. Cook in lard<br />

8. ____ down<br />

(devours)<br />

9. Fan favorite<br />

10. Naught<br />

11. Increased<br />

19. Concealed<br />

21. Store<br />

22. Large brass<br />

horn<br />

23. Pub orders<br />

25. Lump<br />

26. Come forth<br />

29. Gentlemen<br />

30. Faithful<br />

31. Hankerings<br />

33. Dash’s<br />

partner<br />

35. Facing the<br />

ocean<br />

38. Nary a soul<br />

40. Of the past<br />

42. Petty<br />

argument<br />

43. To ____ his<br />

own<br />

44. Succession<br />

46. Mother ____<br />

48. Corn core<br />

50. Host Leno<br />

51. ____ of<br />

Aquarius<br />

52. Like Rudolph’s<br />

nose

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In the east, the water appears lower, becoming noticeably<br />

higher the further west you travel. Under<br />

the old Highway 6 bridge, water flows around and<br />

over what looks like an iceberg mass beneath. The<br />

ice is in various degrees of erosion.<br />

When I get to the Craven Dam, I luck out, and<br />

Water Security Agency staff are out making adjustments<br />

to the flow by raising the dam's gates slowly.<br />

When extreme flooding occurred in 2011, these<br />

gates were wide open. One of the people out today<br />

is Water Security Manager of Operations & Maintenance,<br />

Brad McClinton.<br />

The sound of the rushing water, as it passes<br />

through the gates, is surprisingly loud. It’s a sound<br />

one doesn’t normally equate to southern Saskatchewan<br />

life. If you close your eyes, you can almost<br />

imagine being at a waterfall on Vancouver Island.<br />

Instead, it’s run-of-the-mill springtime along the<br />

Qu’Appelle River at the Craven Dam. Beautiful in<br />

its own right. The dam regulates water flow along<br />

the river as it heads west towards the next dam at<br />

Echo Lake.<br />

McClinton said that it came in fast overnight, and<br />

they were there to open the gate “to naturalize the<br />

flow,” The flow rate was normal for the temperature<br />

changes that occurred. Sask Water Security Agency<br />

has a forecasting group monitoring the runoff and<br />

balancing the flows through the Qu’Appelle system.<br />

There will likely be several peaks. McClinton said<br />

the water was quite low the day before. “We saw<br />

this morning that it had come up substantially.<br />

So we got out here to open it up to let it naturally<br />

work.” They regularly return to the dam to gradually<br />

open the gates at an even pace so the flow erodes<br />

the ice instead of shattering it. He said it’s better<br />

when the ice breaks up into smaller pieces. McClinton<br />

tells me, “So it’s weakened deteriorated ice, so<br />

when it does break up, its smaller pieces. It basically<br />

breaks itself up as it touches another piece of ice,<br />

going smaller and smaller.”<br />

“We try to do everything we need to to make sure<br />

the flows are where we need them.”<br />

It will take a while for the water to migrate downstream<br />

to the next dam in the chain at Echo. The<br />

flow forecasters will monitor it for the right time<br />

when they can set the water at the recreational<br />

levels we all enjoy without causing flooding.<br />

We contacted Sask Water to see if there has been<br />

any new information and will update this story if<br />

more information becomes available.<br />

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