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Left to right: Pilot Butte School pre-kindergarten students Grady Leake, Brody Muhr and Presley Oldfield skated with the Traveland RV Storm’s Junior B team at the Pilot Butte rink Feb. 10. For more information, please see page two. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

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Pre-K’s hit the ice with Traveland RV StormRobyn TockerReporter/Photographer

Pilot Butte School’s pre-kinder-garten class keeps busy with

community-based activities, like visits with RCMP officers. On Feb. 10, the children went skating with the Traveland RV Storm Junior B players from the Prairie Junior Hockey League.

Darla Verity, the pre-kindergar-ten teacher, said she decided to go with skating because it’s one of the many things her students are in-terested in.

“A lot of students were men-tioning how they love to skate and how some are in hockey. I thought, ‘what a great opportunity for our students to learn from some of the best players that we have in our own community.’ I’m really big into community,” she said.

When the students went skat-ing, it wasn’t the first time they had met the players. On Feb. 7,

Verity invited the players to the school where they spent time with the students.

“It all came together as I spoke to the head coach, Karl McNish, and I said it would be cool if we could have the Storm players come out and meet our pre-kindergarten students so they connect a face to the event and then they get excit-ed about coming to skate,” she said. “Then we thought, why don’t we have the players come to our phys-ical education class? Then they could teach the game of hockey.”

The Storm players taught the students how to properly hold a stick, how to pass the puck and other skills that the students can use in the future.

“Storm is part of the communi-ty and a lot of people don’t know what we have here,” she said.

On Feb. 10, seven pre-kindergar-ten students and six Storm players hit the ice for an hour. The players helped the students learn to skate and built their confidence. The

students visited the players’ locker room after their ice time.

“If you start them young to get that love of skating, it’s great. It’s a social skill you need. For some of these kids, it’s their first day skat-ing. What a great experience to have your first skating event with some amazing players,” she said.

Verity said it’s important to have these kids get on the ice at an early age not only because it’s a social skill they can continue until they are seniors, but the school also takes the students skating as they get older.

Verity gets her students out in the community often. They go to the local library, visit the RCMP detachment in Emerald Park and other activities. These events wouldn’t be possible without oth-er teachers, students, community members and parents assisting Verity either behind the scenes or by bringing the children to the events.

“I try to provide the best pos-

sible way to learn,” she said. “I'm not a good skater, so who better to introduce a three or four-year-old how to skate and play hockey than someone who is amazing on skates and is passionate about what they do?”

Karl McNish, coach of the Storm Junior B team, said it’s important the players get involved with the community and do events like these with the students.

“We want to be as involved as we possibly can with the com-munity and anything we can do to help encourage the young guys and keep them positive – we’re all about trying to do that,” he said.

“We like to be role models in our community. We’re not just here as hockey players,” he said. “It’s im-portant to us that we’re here not only to make (our players) better hockey players but better people and being part of the community and being involved with these lit-tle guys is a great thing for us to be part of.” STAR

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Pilot Butte pre-kindergarten student Brody Muhr went skating with the Prairie Junior Hock-ey League Traveland RV Storm Junior B player Taylor Hoedel on Feb. 10. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

This was Presley Oldfield’s first time skating and Josh Grimm helped him get started.Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Grady Leake raced around the rink as he and his classmates went skating Feb. 10. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Dante Weimer and Cameron Lavoie helped Xavier Bubnick learn how to skate. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Pre-kindergarten teacher Darla Verity took her class skating Feb. 10. Here she is pictured with her student Molly Moiruik. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Hockey player Josh Grimm encouraged Diamond-Lee Amyotte to skate with her friends at the Pilot Butte rink. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Pilot Butte School’s pre-kindergarten class went skating with some members of Storm’s Junior B team. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

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Business association discusses unified identity Robyn TockerReporter/Photographer

The White City Emerald Park Business Association met Feb. 8 and tackled

the topic of bringing more customers to the area in the midst of construction and other challenges.

Fred Mehl, vice-president of real es-tate and director of operations for All-Rite group of companies, discussed what the two communities should do to increase business.

The Town of White City, the RM of Edenwold and the business associa-tion should come together to develop a marketing plan for the area in order to increase business. Coming up with a unified identity will help businesses market themselves.

“Here historically, people in the RM do their own thing and in White City, housing has emerged … White City has grown,” he said. “Now is the time we need to figure out how to merge.”

Mehl said there is new businesses part of the community and businesses need to support each other.

“There is absolutely no reason that every one of these businesses shouldn’t thrive in this community,” he said.

Retail businesses along with the in-dustrial businesses need to be promoted.

“Donald Trump isn’t wrong when he says ‘Buy America, support America.’ Where he may be wrong is he wants to squash the rest of the world and exclude

the rest of the world. What I think we need to do is really promote our region and get an identity,” he said.

Mehl discussed the bypass and what strains it has put on local businesses.

“We’ve been at meetings for the last year and really focused on the highway and bypass. I know it’s been a conten-tious issue because the entrance that we have coming in will eventually be closed likely at the end of this year or early next year. It limits the immediate access that we’ve had the benefit of,” he said.

Signage will be critical as construction continues and concludes, Mehl said. Coming up with a unified brand for the area will help when the Ministry of Highways discusses sign options.

“I hear, ‘I’m surprised I can come to White City and get my groceries, get my drugs and get my hardware’ and there’s a whole series of other things. Those things will only continue to come if we give reasons for other businesses to come,” he said.

Mehl sees opportunity for other busi-nesses – such as dry cleaners, senior housing and affordable housing – to come to the area, but they won’t un-less they think there is enough traffic to make it worthwhile.

“If we shop within each other’s stores then we’re all going to benefit,” he said.

Businesses need to find reasons to give potential customers from Regina, Emer-ald Park, White City and other areas of the RM to come shops in their stores.

“All of us have businesses that have a reason for people to be there. How do we unite ourselves to give ourselves a better visibility? I think it starts with the business group here. We’re the ones that are going to identify where we move. I think we need to work with and set up a committee with White City and the RM at the table and if we’ve looking at branding and marketing ourselves, that we create that identity to start with,”

Mehl said. Another important topic related to the

businesses is a walking trail from the west end shopping district to the east end shopping district. It’s hazardous for pedestrians to travel from one end to the next because there is no sidewalk. The Minister of Highways attended the past two business meetings and said this was an issue being taken seriously by the ministry. STAR

Along with Fred Mehl, Paige Phillips, one of the RM of Edenwold’s planners, presented at the White City Emerald Park Business Association meeting. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

This sign has been displayed in Emerald Park just off Great Plains Indus-trial Road for a few weeks. If you know the identity of Susan, or the person who paid for the sign, please contact The Star at 306-352-3393 or [email protected]. We would love to do a feature on the happy couple! Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Correction:In the Feb. 14 issue of The Star on page

12, an error was made in the cutline for the Pilot Butte Early Learning Cen-tre. The address is 1505 Aaron Drive, not Aaron Road. The Star apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused.

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Deficit continues to rise as Regina Bypass costs didDear Editor

When will we Saskatch-ewan residents learn?

Our oh-so-wonderful Pre-mier, Mr. Brad Wall, has been continually supressing the truth on the real financial impacts on projects – and in turn, our deficit – for many years now.

Take for example the Re-gina Bypass. What began as a few simple overpasses along Highway 1 East, for the low, low price of $63 million in 2007 (Source: 2007 Stan-tec Study), then increased to $123.5 million in 2010 (Source: 2010 AECOM Study), then increased to $289.8 million in 2013 with the ad-dition of the Southern Leg (Source: 2013 MMM Group Study), then to $504.5 million in 2014 with the Tower Road reconfiguration (Source: 2014 MMM Group Study), and

then exploded to $800 mil-lion, $1.2 billion and finally $1.88 billion when the final P3 quoted price tag came in. It is very important to note that these figures do not in-clude the cost of land acquisi-tion, which will bring in the total price tag to well over $2 billion.

Believe it or not, this proj-ect alone has exploded in cost by nearly 4,000 per cent in just one decade.

Let’s take a look at the pro-vincial deficit projected for the 2016 fiscal year. It began as $434 million in the signifi-cantly delayed Provincial Budget in June 2016. It grew to $806 million in November 2016 with the again-delayed release of the mid-year finan-cial results. It grew again to $1.042 billion that same day when you factor in the WCB business repayment. Most recently, we’ve been told it

is now $1.2 billion, up to $1.5 billion as of February 2017.

Does anyone notice the similarity with these trends?

It is very important to keep in mind that these figures do not include the cost of any debt that has been created by these mystical P3 projects, including the $1.88B Regina Bypass, since they can ef-fectively be considered lease payments, at least in the pro-vincial books.

Let’s not sugar coat this – a half billion dollar lease pay-ment in each of the 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 years for the Bypass is not chump change, and can most cer-tainly have made a huge difference when trying to balance the books for each of these fiscal years.

If you think this is a new trend for the Wall Govern-ment, you need look no fur-ther than nearly every year

since the Wall Government took power, where expected surpluses magically disap-peared into deficits and mi-nor deficits exploded into major deficits due to what they claimed to be “unex-pected” commodity price de-creases.

The question is, when will we all wake up and realize that the Wall Government is simply lying to us when they try to paint a rosy – or not so bleak – picture at the begin-ning of the year – or worse yet, during election time? When will we all wake up and demand the true picture of our Provincial Govern-ment?Nestor Mryglod – www.whytowerroad.netThe Committee for An Alter-native Bypass Solution: Why Tower Road? Regina, Saskatchewan STAR

Department of Highways Whistleblower Helping To Expose Serious QuestionsDear Editor

With many thanks to a former senior Minis-

try of Highways and Infra-structure official, Jeff Grigg, we are once again learning about some very serious red flags that were raised within Highways when the deci-sion was made to purchase lands around the Global Transportation Hub (GTH) in 2013. The man who was in charge of making sure Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways followed its own land buying rules says it failed miserably three years ago, when it purchased property from the GTH.In early 2014, Grigg, then Director of Property Stan-dards with the Ministry, was alarmed that Highways was “under significant political pressure” to buy land from the GTH at a vastly inflated price.

This statement alone should confirm that there needs to be a full judicial public en-quiry, at the very least, into this and other questionable land transactions – consider-ing it fully contradicts any assertions made by the Wall Government that there was no wrongdoing. If Mr. Grigg was questioned by the Provincial Auditor, it would be obvious that his concerns would have raised more red flags than a high-way construction zone, and it would have been nearly impossible for the auditor to suggest there was no evi-dence of wrongdoing in this situation. I’m not sure if he was inter-viewed, but if he wasn’t then it certainly raises even more questions into the indepen-dence of the Provincial Au-ditor’s Office, as this should most certainly be considered important in the “Process

Audit” that was conducted. For those who might suggest that Grigg isn’t someone that can be trusted, I would sug-gest that a 35-year employee in that position doesn’t get there without at least a little bit of trust from senior offi-cials and confidence in his abilities within the key role he occupied in government. For those who might sug-gest that Grigg had some kind of vendetta against the government, I believe he said it all in this quote from his interview with the CBC: “He agreed to an interview with CBC News in order to set the record straight about this controversial land deal, which he believes needless-ly cost taxpayers millions more than it should have. ‘I’m a non-political individ-ual. I’m not trying to embar-rass the government,’ Grigg said.”Taxpayers deserve to know

what really transpired with-in the many questionable land transactions surround-ing the Regina Bypass proj-ect. Unfortunately, its be-come obvious that Mr. Wall doesn’t feel it is in our best interests, but thankfully we have individuals like Grigg who obviously has a con-science and will help set the record straight on behalf of Mr. Wall. We have a non-political organization like the RCMP that continues to actively investigate these transactions. Hopefully, one day Mr. Wall will come to his senses, but until then, I can’t wait to hear more from these whistleblowers who are be-coming more and more es-sential in what remains of this so-called democracy.

J. LomasRegina, SK306-527-1241 STAR

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Your downtown sure isn’t what it used to be. Let’s look at this from

first principles.Why is your municipality where

it is? Is that still valid? How do you stay current with all that’s changed?

Village sprang up around grain elevators where farmers could sell their crops. The grain elevator and the train station determined where the downtown emerged, because that’s where the action was.

The post office and local govern-ment offices sprung up nearby, along with banks, restaurants, and shops.

Grain elevators are mostly gone. Passenger rail is spotty. You don’t need to go to the post office or the bank as much anymore either.

New housing developments are automatically at the edges, outside walking distance to the core. Big-box retailers set up on cheap land at the edge of town, pulling traffic from the main drag.

The little shops are nice, but they are a little too far away for most peo-ple to walk there easily. The parking isn’t great, and since you’re getting in the car anyway, it’s not that much further to somewhere better.

For a downtown to thrive, it needs to be attractive enough to people liv-ing nearby that it becomes the out-door living room for people who live nearby, which provides the vibran-cy for people a little farther away to come to where the action is.

Placemaking is a slow process, but help your local planning officials recognize opportunities to help your downtown thrive. Get involved. It’s not just their job. It’s your job too.

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École students making headway in preparation for RSO concertRobyn TockerReporter/Photographer

Select schools from Prairie Valley School Division (PVSD) are sending

students to perform alongside the Regi-na Symphony Orchestra (RSO) in March and the budding musicians are hard at work to prepare for the event.

On Feb. 10, RSO principal flutist Ma-rie-Noelle Berthelet and PVSD arts edu-cation consultant Kristen Myers visited École White City School’s music club to see how the group of roughly 15 stu-dents was coming along with their rep-ertoire for the Link Up concert. Berthelet and Myers said the students were pro-gressing well.

“They were really well-prepared and they’ve obviously been practicing their music. They were very advanced at the recorder. We really had a fun time work-ing with them,” said Myers.

École participated last year and this year Balgonie Elementary School and Emerald Ridge Elementary School (ERES) are going to the concert for the first time. Balgonie and ERES are send-ing two classrooms each. Eleven other PVSD schools are also participating.

Link Up is a program initiated by Carnegie Hall in New York and its goal is to connect orchestras all over North America with their communities. It had never come to Saskatchewan before last year.

“The purpose is to connect orchestras

with their local school communities and to build music education skills for teachers and students and to inspire students and expose them to a live sym-phony orchestra performance,” said My-ers. “A lot of students may not have been to a concert hall or a live symphony per-formance.”

The program begins in the fall with teachers from PVSD attending an educa-tion day to go over techniques for teach-ing music. It focuses on playing the re-corder, singing and dancing.

“Teachers and students are provided with free learning resources through the RSO from Carnegie Hall. The teach-ers then work in their classrooms and work with the students over the next several months on their repertoire in the resources,” said Myers. “During that time, teachers receive support from not only myself but a RSO musician. That includes a visit to the classroom.”

This year the final concert to conclude the program is March 10. The perfor-mances will be divided into a morning and afternoon performance because of the amount of students participating in the program. There are about 3,000 stu-dents expected to perform this year.

“Students participate along with the symphony. They sing and they dance and they play the recorder and they get the chance to demonstrate the things they’ve learned about music over the course of the program.”

It’s important to have a program like

this available to students because it pro-vides a connection to their music cur-riculum in their arts education class.

“It gives all of our students a chance to be exposed to learn an instrument. It’s hands-on learning; it’s real life. They can go home and demonstrate for their par-ents,” Myers said. “It connects them to visit a concert hall and visit a live sym-phony performance during the school day which is something that some stu-dents may not have the opportunity to do otherwise.”

Flutist Marie-Noelle Berthelet began playing the flute at age nine through her school. She was born in Quebec and has lived in Saskatchewan for 13 years. She was proud of how well the École students were doing when she visited Feb. 10.

“It was wonderful,” she said. “The kids did a really good job. They were well-prepared.”

Berthelet said the teacher, Charnelle Crawford, had done a good job prepar-ing the students for the concert.

“I think they’re going to have a good time when they come to the show. They’re ready to go at this point,” she said.

Berthelet is just one member from the RSO going to schools and checking in on the students’ progress. She is also prac-ticing the music for the concert so she is ready to perform alongside the students.

For students who are just starting to explore their love of music, Berthelet

said not to be nervous.“Just go for it,” she said. “Go for the par-

ticipating factor. You’re there to partici-pate, play music with us and experience the whole symphony.”

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Regina Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Marie-Noelle Ber-thelet visited École White City School’s music club to see how they were coming with the ma-terial for the Link Up program’s final concert on March 10. Balg-onie Elementary School and Em-erald Ridge Elementary School are also participating in the program. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

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Pursuant to Section 46 of the Planning and Development Act 2007, the Council of the R.M. of Edenwold No.158

gives notice to amend Zoning Bylaw 2010-17 as follows:

The purpose of the proposed Bylaw 2017-06 text amendment to add a definition for driveway approach and will add

regulations for driveway approaches.

Intent: To add regulations for driveway approaches.

Reason: To clarify the driveway approach regulations in the Zoning Bylaw.

Bylaw Inspection: The proposed bylaw can be examined by any interested person from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00

p.m. to 5:00p.m. Monday to Friday, (excluding public holidays) at the Municipal Office of the R.M. of Edenwold No. 158

located at 100 Queen Street, Balgonie, Saskatchewan.

Bylaw Copies: Copies of the proposed bylaw are available at cost, to any interested person at the Municipal Office.

Submissions: Any person may make a written or verbal submission to Council regarding the proposed bylaw at the

Public hearing.

Public Hearing: Council will hold a public hearing to receive written and/or verbal submission from the public at 1:30

p.m. on Monday, March 13th, 2017 in the Council Chambers of the R.M. of Edenwold No. 158 located at 100 Queen

Street, Balgonie, Saskatchewan. For further information please call Paige Phillips, Municipal Planner/Development

Officer at (306) 771-2034 or the administration office at (306) 771-2522.

Dated at the Town of Balgonie, in the Province of Saskatchewan, on this 19th of

January, 2017

Kim McIvor, Administrator

PUBLIC NOTICER.M. of Edenwold No. 158

Notice of Intent to Amend the Zoning Bylaw

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Pursuant to Section 46 of the Planning and Development Act 2007, the Council of the R.M. of

Edenwold No.158 gives notice to amend Zoning Bylaw 2010-17 as follows:

The purpose of the proposed Bylaw 2017-07 text amendment to add parking regulations for recreational

vehicles. Also, this text amendment will add storage of recreational vehicles in the discretionary uses

sections of the following zones: General Commercial (COM1), General Industrial (IND1), Agriculture

Resource (AR), Country Residential (CR1) and Country Residential (CR2) and add discretionary use

standards for development for the storage of recreational vehicles.

Intent: To add regulations for recreational vehicles parking.

Reason: To add recreation vehicle parking to specific zones with discretionary use development standards.

Bylaw Inspection: The proposed bylaw can be examined by any interested person from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00

p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. Monday to Friday, (excluding public holidays) at the Municipal Office of the

R.M. of Edenwold No. 158 located at 100 Queen Street, Balgonie, Saskatchewan.

Bylaw Copies: Copies of the proposed bylaw are available at cost, to any interested person at the Municipal

Office. Submissions: Any person may make a written or verbal submission to Council regarding the

proposed bylaw at the Public hearing.

Public Hearing: Council will hold a public hearing to receive written and/or verbal submission from the

public at 1:35 p.m. on Monday, March 13th, 2017 in the Council Chambers of the R.M. of Edenwold No.

158 located at 100 Queen Street, Balgonie, Saskatchewan. For further information please call Paige Phillips,

Municipal Planner/Development Officer at (306) 771-2034 or the

administration office at (306) 771-2522.

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Pursuant to Section 207 of the Planning and Development Act 2007, the Council of the R.M. of

Edenwold No.158 gives notice to amend Zoning Bylaw 2010-17 as follows:

Bylaw No. 2017-08: Text Change:

Section 3.10 Discretionary Use Application Procedure

Add: d) In Development Overlay District, within 800 meters radius of the proposed development. Refer to future

land use map in the Official Community Plan 2010-10.

Intent: This text amendment will reduce the notification radius in the Development Overlay District.

Reason: To better target interested persons with respect to development proposals

Public Inspection: Any person may inspect the bylaw at the R.M. of Edenwold No.158’s office, 100 Queen Street,

Balgonie, Saskatchewan between 9:00 a.m. and 12 noon and 1:00 pm and 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday,

excluding statutory holidays. Copies are available at cost.

Public Hearing: Council will hold a public hearing to receive submissions on the proposed Bylaw at 1:40 p.m.

(local time) on Monday, March 13th, 2017 in the Council Chambers of the R.M. of Edenwold No.158, 100 Queen

Street, Balgonie, Saskatchewan. For further information, please call Paige Phillips, Municipal Planner/Develop-

ment Officer at (306) 771-2034 or the administration office at (306) 771-2522.

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Businesses educate public on fitness, nutrition and fashionRobyn TockerReporter/Photographer

Two Emerald Park businesses collaborated once again on a fitness, nutrition and

fashion expo that brought education and awareness to residents.

CrossFit C02 owner Clair Michel and Bella Chic owner Michelle Strawford held the Fit-ness, Fashion and Nutrition Event Feb. 12

at CrossFit C02. For two hours, businesses in the area educated the public on supple-ments, sugar waxing, spray tanning and flattering fitness fashion. Sinless Organic Tan, Michelle’s Sugar Lounge, Supplement King and Muscle Panda were on-site to an-swer questions from the public. Bella Chic also held a fashion show to display their fit-ness clothing fashion lines.

The first fitness event was held April 2016, but the format was different and the busi-nesses present this year were not last year. Although the turnout was higher last year, Strawford and Michel still thought it was a fun afternoon.

“I think it went amazing,” said Strawford. “We just want to keep spreading the word.”

“We wanted to share with our commu-nity what is here right at home,” said Straw-ford. “It’s important to support local and that’s what we’re all about.”

Strawford said they also wanted to “share the power of fitness.”

“All the things we had here, at the end of the day, equate to looking and feeling great. We wanted to bring it together under one roof for a quick, fun day, which we will do again,” Strawford said.

Strawford and Michel hope to have the next fitness event in April or May 2017. Sup-plement King and Muscle Panda expressed interest in returning.

Michel said it was important to have the event to keep bringing awareness.

“Awareness that health and fitness and looking good and feeling good makes for better all around people,” she said.

“There are endless opportunities in retail stores, fitness services, food and supple-ments – people can go anywhere. We just want to encourage them to shop at home and shop local first,” said Strawford. “That’s what it’s about – and to keep the businesses

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White City supporting fire education at Regina high schoolLaurie Schulz, WCS contributor

While Murray Wright was obtain-ing his education degree in the

military, a life-threatening incident oc-curred during training. A paramedic and firefighter were instrumental in saving his life. Since that traumatic event, he vowed to “pay it forward” somehow dur-ing his own life.

When his service was done with the military, he decided to go through Fire College and also became a certified para-medic to help others. After a couple years, it was time to start a family and, as his wife is a nurse, both of them were work-ing shift work at that time. They decided an adjustment had to be made for one of their careers and agreed Wright should use his education degree to pursue teach-ing. He became employed at Michael A. Riffel Catholic High School in Regina and had his subjects assigned to teach.

However, a new idea was blossom-ing in his mind, fuelled by his “pay it forward” mantra. Could he develop an

Emergency Services course that would expose students to the various services to help them make an informed career deci-sion?

With his education and experience, Wright was able to make it happen. The course, designed for grade 11 and 12 stu-dents within the Regina Catholic School Division, includes an introduction to firefighting, police sciences, emergency medical services (including first aid in-struction) and search and rescue. It is of-fered twice a year and provides students two credits towards graduation. As the course has been well received by the students and the value is recognized, the Ministry of Education recently officially approved it to continue going forward.

Wright believes high school should offer more than “reading, writing and arithmetic.” The Emergency Services course provides students with hands on training in many areas that, besides be-ing tangible life skills, can help them de-cide whether to pursue careers in Emer-gency Services or Health Sciences. For the training, Wright sourced firefighting

equipment from many fire departments, including White City, Emerald Park, Bal-gonie, Pilot Butte, McLean and Pense volunteer fire units, as well as Melville's Parkland Fire College where he had at-tended.

When Wright contacted Randy Schulz, the Volunteer Fire Chief of the White City and Emerald Park unit, he was pleased to learn that the unit had some older inven-tory to donate to the cause. It included three water hoses, four pants, eight jack-ets and five helmets. Schulz was happy the unit could help.

“I thought it was an amazing opportu-nity for kids to learn about fire service at the high school level and consider it as a career,” Schulz said.

Wright is very appreciative of the op-portunity to pay it forward to his students and hopes learning first aid and other emergency measures will help them pay it forward to others during their lives.

"Words cannot express how grateful I am to have the opportunity to teach a course like this," Wright said. "I can't thank the White City unit and the Regi-

na Catholic School Board enough, and all who donated. Without their support, the course would not be as effective as it is."

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Traveland RV Storm Junior B team prepares for playoffsRobyn TockerReporter/Photographer

The Prairie Junior Hockey League’s Traveland RV Storm Junior B team

has had a successful season so far and coach Karl McNish hopes his team continues to do well as they approach playoffs.

“We’ve had a good season, consider-ing we have nine rookies on our team this year,” he said.

As of Feb. 10, there were two regular season games left. Out of 38 games, the team has won 24, lost 11 with three ad-ditional overtime losses.

“We’re second in the south division in our league and third overall in the province,” said McNish. “We're in a good position. We’ll finish second go-ing into the playoffs, which starts Feb. 24 at home against the Assiniboine Rebels.”

McNish said the team is doing better this year than last.

“We had a slow start because we have these rookies, but we’re having a great finish. We’re in a great position to make what we hope to be our fourth run to the Keystone Cup, which is the West-ern Canadian Championship,” he said.

The increase in rookie players has not negatively impacted the team, but the team has run into challenges getting players to sign up.

“One of the challenges is getting play-ers and having the time to go find these guys. Kids are busy now, so as they get into this 18 to 21-year-old age group, there are a lot of things that can get in the way, whether it be work or school,” he said.

McNish said he enjoys being a coach of this team because he gets to see the

players’ progression.“You get to see them go from coming

out of their midget hockey to be young adults and grow into men,” he said. “It’s getting to see kids who have been do-ing this for 10 years now. I run into kids from 10 years ago and not only are they former players but they’re friends now. It’s a lot of fun.”

Some of the veteran players have stood out on the team this year, such as Cameron Lavoie.

“Our best player overall has been our 20-year-old goal tender, Cameron Lavoie from Regina. He has been out-standing. He’s in the running for Goal-ie of the Year award, so we’ll see how those last two games go.”

Team Captain Taylor Hoedel is an-other outstanding player.

“Not only is he a great player, he’s a great kid. He’s a great leader. We have a bunch of guys that we consider to be leaders. The rookies are no longer rook-ies in our mind. We’re all in this now for the long run.”

“The calibre of hockey is outstanding. This is as close to major junior hockey as you can get. We would love to have more fans come out and support it,” he said.

McNish said it’s important for the community to have a team like this so players can come out and enjoy the game.

“Not everyone can play in the NHL, but that doesn’t mean your hockey career is over and you can’t still have fun and be competitive and learn a lot of different things,” he said. “It’s a place to play before you go play senior hockey or go play recreation hockey as an adult. It’s a great bonding thing for these guys. They’ll have friends for the

rest of their lives – new friends because they’re from all over the province. It’s a

good experience. STAR

Cameron Lavoie (left) and Keegan Jacksteit (right), along with Taylor Hoedel, Andrew Belitski, Dante Weimer and Josh Grimm, spent time with Pilot Butte School’s pre-kindergarten class Feb. 10. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

After playing hockey with the pre-kindergarten class, the play-ers showed the students the team’s locker room. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Taylor Hoedel (left) and Cameron Lavoie were just two players who went skating with Pilot Butte’s pre-kindergarten class Feb. 10. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Coach Karl McNavish said Cam-eron Lavoie is one of the team’s best players. Photo by Robyn Tocker.

Members of Hall #6, Regina Fire & Protective Services, with Riffel students: R. Bellabono, G. Friess, D. Fry, D. Giraldo, C. Kozak, A. Kwasnitza, P. Liski, A. Patricio, J. Pierno, T. Puffalt, J. Salto, D. Schmidt, D. Schneider, N. Tabak, R. Tucker, R. Uleryk, D. Wagner-Duff and M. Wilker. Photo provided by Murray Wright.


First Sask. Equine AquaPacer comes to areaRobyn TockerReporter/Photographer

Keeping our four-legged companions in top physical health is essential,

especially when that companion hap-pens to be a horse in need of some ther-apy. A local business recently opened that will help improve horse health and brings an important piece of thera-py equipment to the province.

Charmaine Grad, owner of Coyotee Flats Equine Therapy, opened her ther-apy business Feb. 12, located nine kilo-meters north of Vibank, Sask. In it, they have the only Equine AquaPacer tread-mill in Saskatchewan or Manitoba. The Hudson Aquatic AquaPacer is used to increase the recovery time on injured horses by 40 to 60 per cent and increase the recovery success rate.

“The water buoyancy allows for re-duced impact on the joints and pro-vides a resistance to aid in muscle de-velopment. This machine is also used to condition horses to have them ready for competition,” said Grad.

The AquaPacer is a water contain-er with a treadmill on the bottom that can be filled with up to 3,400 litres of water. There is a console that controls the water depth and speed of the tread-mill.

In addition to the AquaPacer, Grad also purchased a Solarium – an over-head infrared light that provides heat to encourage circulation and warm up a horse’s muscles – and a TheraPlate. The plate is a vibrating pad horses stand on that can help with hoof growth and increase bone density.

“It’s pretty well-rounded between the three machines what we can do,” she said.

In the past, Grad has had horses she competes on become injured and this inspired her to buy the therapy equip-ment.

“You always want to get back to com-peting as soon as you can. Any piece of equipment that you can find to help the recovery process and get them feel-ing 100 per cent again, that’s always in our best interest – making sure they’re

feeling good before going back to com-peting,” she said.

Purchasing the AquaPacer proved to be one of the challenges Grad had to overcome.

“Doing all the financing and finan-cial planning on it,” she explained.

Grad also had to make sure her build-ing could properly house the equip-ment and make the necessary changes.

“My family helped out a lot with that,” she said.

Grad also did extensive research on what machine would best fit her needs.

“The biggest struggle was just trying to get everything lined up and get it here. It comes from Indiana so we had to order it and then wait impatiently for a few months until they get it built,” she said.

Sherwood Animal Clinic has offered their support and Grad said if they no-tice anything out of the ordinary with the horses, they can consult Sherwood for veterinary advice.

“Anything that’s injured, if they deal with that particular vet clinic, that

definitely helps,” Grad said. “If we see something that’s just not looking quite right, we know we can call that clinic and say, ‘this is what’s going on’ and they’ll be able to guide us in the right direction.”

To use the machines, Grad said she can be contacted through their website, Facebook page or by phone.

“I’m booked solid right now until the beginning of April, but they just have to give us a call. We have different packages.”

These packages include the horse staying at the facility for a week, two weeks or a month. There are also daily drop-in rates if customers don’t want to leave their horses for a long period of time.

Horses will be the main users of the machines, but the AquaPacer can also be used on dogs. Grad said they are ac-cepting dogs right now, but the dogs cannot be boarded at the facility.

“The owner will bring them out and we’ll swim them for a day or their ses-sion,” she said. STAR

Pilot Butte to have liquor storeRobyn TockerReporter/Photographer

The Town of Pilot Butte council voted to accept the discretionary use ap-

plication on Feb. 13 for a new business to open in the New Horizon Business Centre.

At the public hearing for the applica-tion, nine members of the community – mainly business owners in the New Horizon centre – came to show their support for the Happy Hour Beer, Wine and Spirits store. This would be Pilot Butte’s first liquor outlet store.

Attendees were asked what they thought of having a liquor store in the mall. Here are some of the responses:

“It would drastically reduce the drinking and driving. If people are hav-ing drinks at home and they want to get more alcohol, it will be in town. It keeps the money in our town and people from going across to White City. I think it would be a great edition,” said Kayla Dunsford, owner of Giggle Boutique.

“I think it’s a great idea,” said Mark Thomas, the owner of the Subway loca-tion in Pilot Butte. “I think it’s critical to the success of the mall. From a business owner’s perspective, after approximate-ly a year and a half, we’re almost profit-able and that’s important to us to have the traffic … We want to be able to stay here. I was really excited to come here but you can only go so long. A liquor board – we’ve been waiting for that anchor for a long time. I see it as some-thing that will bring a lot of traffic to the mall. We’re talking about keeping folks in town. I agree it would do that and I also think it would bring folks to town.”

Councillor Ed Sigmeth asked if it would impact the Blue Rooster Café

and Studio’s liquor business, but co-owner Kelly Haas said it would not.

“We’ve just got to keep getting bigger and busier,” said Haas.

Council ended the public hearing and went back into regular council. Coun-cillors voted to accept the discretionary use application. The liquor store will move into New Horizons in the near future.

Regina Bypass Design Builders attend meeting

Area 3 Project Manager Garrett Doyle, Steven Connolly (the senior project co-ordinator) and Mike Boan updated council on what they should expect to see from March to October 2017.

“We have to complete the upgrades at the right in and right out for Great Plains Industrial Road,” said Connolly. “Once those are complete, we will have new access for the off-ramp and the on-ramp. There will be construction there and service road tie-ins will also be done there. That will happen during the spring and summer 2017.”

Connolly reminded council of the repaving work that will go from Pilot Butte to Regina. It will look similar to last year where one side of the road will be closed and traffic diverted while its paved then switched so the other side can be paved.

“We will also be completing the wid-ening along Highway 1,” he said. This will start mid-March.

“It will be single lane to Regina from mid-March right through to mid- to late September,” said Doyle. “The lights will stay at Gravel Pit Road throughout that process. That should be the full extent of the disruption.”

The stretch they will repave this year is about half the length they did last year, and while that should mean it

will progress quicker, Connolly pointed out they have to widen this stretch, so the process will take about the same amount of time as it did last year.

Gravel Pit Road will be upgraded to include right-in and right-outs. The eastbound side will be closed first then the westbound side.

“Pilot Butte interchange works are going to continue throughout the sum-mer,” said Doyle. “Bridge girders are go-ing to be on Pilot Butte by the end of June. There will be arch works during the summer. We should get at least a

lane of traffic across there this year. Fi-nal completion is next year.”

Council made the bypass team aware of their rodeo weekend happening Fa-ther’s Day weekend. Traffic would dras-tically increase and the bypass workers would have to be aware, since access to Pilot Butte’s rodeo area will be dis-

turbed. The Area 3 team said they could provide the Town with access maps so people from out of town could figure out how to access the rodeo area. Extra signage may also be needed.

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Steven Connolly, the senior project co-ordinator for Area 3 of the Re-gina Bypass, updated Pilot Butte’s council on bypass works impacting the Town in 2017. Photo by Robyn Tocker.



FEBRUARY 201718 Blue Rooster Café & Studio second year anniversary sundae party, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.

25 Winter Warm-Up Cabaret, Pilot Butte and District Kinettes, White City Community Centre, 8 p.m.

MARCH 20174-5 Pamper Yourself Expo, Pilot Butte Rec Centre, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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RM of Edenwold growing according to censusRobyn TockerReporter/Photographer

When Census Canada re-leased their statistics for

the country, RM of Edenwold council members were happy to hear they are the 19th larg-est municipality in Saskatche-wan out of 953 and the second largest rural municipality in the province.

The municipalites included First Nations, cities and resort villages, to name a few.

Jana Jedic, one of the RM’s planners, said this was encour-aging to see. The RM’s popula-tion is just under 4,500. When

they reach 5,000, the RM could technically be considered a city.

“We’re not too far from that threshold,” she said.

“People are moving out. We must have something to offer them,” said Councillor Stan Capnerhurst.

“The interesting thing about that is we have a huge indus-trial sector in this municipal-ity but these numbers are just residents. You don’t see that re-flected in the growth numbers because the commercial and industrial side is not included in the census at all,” said Jedic.

Probation period ends for

new CSOCouncil voted to recognize

the end of the newest Commu-nity Safety Officer (CSO), Cst. Les Ferris’, three-month proba-tion period.

Councillor Dwayne Radm-acher asked council if there was too much overlap with three CSOs working in the community. Coun. Capner-hurst said Cst. Ron Roteliuk and Cst. Rod Ash were working part time and Cst. Ferris was the only full time CSO.

“I’ve seen the part time offi-cers out on the weekend,” Pub-lic Works Manager for Emerald Park, Wade Hoffman, said. “If

Ferris is working Monday to Friday, obviously you’re not going to have him out on the weekends unless you’re going to incur some overtime.”

Coun. Radmacher com-mented on the cost of paying for three officers, but Coun-cillor Tim Brodt said council knew about the increase in cost when they hired the third officer.

“I’d like to know what they've generated in the last little while,” Coun. Brodt said.

“I don’t think the intent here was for them to generate enough money,” said Council-lor Craig Strudwick. Coun. Rad-

macher and other members agree that wasn't the original intention for the CSOs.

“But at the same token, we’re trying to make it a self-sufficient program,” said Coun. Brodt.

“At some point, there’s going to have to be a clearer direction of where we want them to fo-cus their attention,” said Coun. Strudwick. “They’re getting pretty broad and in my mind it’s a little too much.”

“If you look at the amount of permits we have issued now, it’s definitely beneficial to have these guys on the road,” said Coun. Brodt. STAR

How to compare quotes: three tips for selecting a contractor for your new home or renovation Submitted by Alex WannerOwner/Operator, Wanner Construction

Whether you’re wanting to embark on a small bathroom reno or are

looking to build your dream home, finding the right builder or contractor typically means approaching a few companies and gathering quotes.

On the surface, that may not seem too difficult, but it’s extremely important to understand exactly what you’re getting (and paying for) with each company before signing a contract.

Here are three tips to help ensure your dream project doesn’t become a nightmare.

1. Get multiple quotesThis is pretty straightforward advice

and likely something you already knew, but it’s an important point to stress.

Depending on the complexity of your project, the quote process can tell you a lot more about a company than just how much they charge compared to someone else – it gives you a glimpse into what they’d be like to work with.

Do they get back to you quickly? Take this with a grain of salt as contractors are typically on job sites during the day and may not be able to answer emails or calls immediately, but they should

get back to you within a reasonable amount of time.

Are they knowledgeable and able to answer your questions? Do they ask you questions to fully understand your vision? How thorough are they? Do they bring any necessary trades or their design team to view your space to improve the quote’s accuracy? Do they have the proper insurance?

Can they provide you with referenc-es? Go a step further and ask if you can visit a past project to see it for yourself. Do you like them? Sounds basic but they’ll be in your home – rapport is def-initely a nice bonus!

2. Be strict on the criteriaIn order to compare apples to apples,

you must insist each quote contains ex-actly the same specifications and qual-ity of materials.

While one contractor might have a great idea to add on extra custom mill-work and another might insist on going with a different kitchen cabinet maker, those differences must be separated out from the original scope of the project.

It’s easy to tell when your comparing apples to oranges but not so easy to dis-tinguish between oranges and tanger-ines.

That being said, a contractor that presents well thought-out design sug-

gestions or additions is a great quality to look for – just ask for those differenc-es to be quoted out separately once you have picked your contractor.

3. Ask questions!Most of the time quotes from reputa-

ble contractors will be in the same ball-park but if you happen to get someone on the high end, or more worrisome, someone way out on the low end, ask them to explain the difference.

Was something not included in their quote that was included in the others? Do they simply lack the experience to quote properly? If so, hidden or unfore-seen costs will likely pop up during the project.

In this industry, you absolutely get what you pay for but that doesn’t mean

you have to put your dreams on hold if your quotes come back higher than you hoped. If you feel strongly a cer-tain company is the best qualified and best suited for you, let them know your budget and ask if they can make sug-gestions on how to get you what you want within that budget.

Great contractors are also great at de-sign and creative alternatives that can deliver an amazing space for just about any budget.

Don’t be afraid to ask to meet to go over the quote to make sure you’ve asked all your questions and under-stand all the details – your due dili-gence in the beginning will likely save you a headache down the road.

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The Canadian who gave Hollywood its voice Douglas Shearer is most remembered for his

sound technology. Over the span of his 40-year -

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were the development of a recording system able to eliminate unwanted background noise and the co-creation of MGM Camera 65, a wide-screen

of Raintree County (1957). He also made improve-ments to projection work, colour balance and background process photography. His trailblaz-ing work was met with high praise, including 21 Academy Award nominations and seven wins for

the most honoured Canadian by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Born in 1899 in Montreal, Douglas Shearer was drawn to the science and technology of light and sound from an early age. As a youngster he built an electrical lab in his basement, and by the age of fourteen quit high school to work for Northern Electric. He eventually returned to academia, studying physics and engineering at McGill

old job.

Douglas had two sisters, Norma and Athole, both of whom moved to New York with their mother in the early 1920s in hopes of becoming actresses. Of the two, Norma was the most successful—so much so, in fact, that she was brought to Hollywood to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and quickly became one of the studio’s big-gest stars. Douglas followed his younger sister to California and soon began working for MGM himself, starting as a prop handler. Shearer’s skills, which were far beyond those required by his entry-level position, quickly drew the attention of executives, and it wasn’t long before he was made head of the studio’s sound department. While

making “talkies,” and is credited as Recording Director in nearly all of the studio’s productions between 1930 and 1953.

In addition to the critical role he played in advancing sound and picture technology

his innovative mind to further the development of sonar radar technology.

Shearer passed away in 1971, only a few short years after he’d retired from MGM. He

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Photograph: Shearer at the 13th Academy Awards (1941). Photo: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Where are we from?THE 52 LARGEST GROUPS IN CANADA’S MULTICULTURAL MOSAIC

The Cree make up the most populous and widely distributed Indigenous group in Canada. They are dispersed from the subarctic region of Alberta all the way east to Quebec and spanning por-tions of the Plains regions in Alberta and Saskatchewan. As of 2015 more than 317,000 Canadians claimed to have Cree heritage and there are more than 130 registered Cree bands. According to the National Household Survey of 2011 there are over 95,000 speakers of Cree and it is the most widely spoken aboriginal language in Canada.

Europeans ever laid foot on North American soil. They first encountered Europeans in the 17th century and this contact eventually lead to the fur trade. The Cree nation transformed greatly upon contact with European colonizers and their culture deteriorated due to epidemics, the destruction

The Cree were ultimately relocated to reserves and were subjected to decades of systemic cultural demolition through abuses suffered within the residential school system. In 2008 the Government of Canada offered a formal apology to all former students of residential schools.

Today, self-government and economic development are major goals of the Cree communities in Canada. About half of the Cree population continues to live on reserves, while the remainder have made their homes in cities and towns across the country. Several Cree leaders have a national role in furthering the aims of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Additionally, the Cree have played an important role within United Nations negotiations, especially in regards to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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In 1977, after a prov-ince-wide vote, Prince Edward Island made the blue jay (Cyanocitta cri-stata) its avian emblem. This non-migratory bird makes its habi-tat all across Canada, and thrives on a varied, omnivorous diet. The handsome but noisy blue jay is highly adaptive, nesting in wild forests, city parks and suburban backyards.

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