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By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer
While most people spend cold nights in their homes with the heat turned up, some people have no homes to stay in. The Coldest Night of the Year is a Canada-wide event to raise funds and aware-ness for homeless peo-ple, and Yorkton is host-ing its first event to raise funds for Yorkton Transitional Homes for Youth.
Peg Beaton with Yorkton Transitional Homes for Youth (YTHY) says it’s a way to remind people what it’s like for people with-out homes to live out-side on the coldest night of the year. Teams walk outdoors at night to give a sense of what people go through. People will meet at 5:00 p.m., and walk through the city, before meeting back to have something to eat and warm up.
The advantage of joining up with a national fundraising
campaign, Beaton says, is that a small organi-zation like YTHY can afford to have a fund-raiser. With a bigger campaign, more of the work is done already, which is important when you have a limit-ed staff.
“To operate what we’re operating, we don’t have enough dol-lars, so desperately we need money as an asso-ciation to address the needs of homeless youth in Yorkton... We don’t have any time, and we have had to reduce staff because we do not have enough dollars.”
Beaton says that raising awareness is part of the challenge for the walk, because homelessness is a prob-lem that people do not see in the city, but one that definitely exists
“For us here in Yorkton, one of the chal-lenges we find is that people do not believe we have homelessness,” Beaton says.
“We’ve had youth who were sleeping in
Tim Horton’s, going to the bathroom, pulling their feet up and lock-ing the door so they could have a couple hours of sleep in warmth. We’ve had kids where the ATM machines in banks, sleeping in post offices, wherever they could find a warm place to be.”
Since opening on April 1, 2011, 55 young people aged 16 or 17 have gone to the two homes YTHY operates for help, all from Yorkton and surround-ing area.
“People say “Where were they? We never saw them, they’re not pushing carts on the street.” And they’re not. They are couch surfing, they are staying with friends, they are burn-ing bridges, they are not attending school. For our focus, what kind of community members are they becoming?”
Beaton says that their goal is to help kids in planning years adapt
to adulthood. All youth in the home come to YTHY for help, referred by the Ministry of Social Services, whether a ward or what is called a “section 10,” someone who finds it difficult to stay in school due to the situation in their homes. While many people associate places like YTHY with group homes, Beaton explains they are very different.
“Those group homes are what we refer to as the protected model. The protected model has very strict rules and regulations, if a youth doesn’t do some-thing there are punish-ments for it, and there are consequences in the punishment. The youth coming to our homes we operate very differently. We don’t have two peo-ple on staff every shift, we have one person called a mentor who lives in the home with the youth. That mentor is basically showing them what it’s like to be independent.”
The goal is to provide
support to kids who otherwise would not have it, and that drives how they run their pro-gramming. Beaton notes that a new pro-gram, run with the Painted Hand Community Develop-ment Corporation, is an independent living pro-gram to help kids tran-sition into being inde-pendent, which helped 13 young people last year. The program helps kids find housing, helps them with bud-geting and finding employment, and living independently. They are also working to buy a rooming house in order to have a “second stage” after young peo-ple no longer fall into the age range of YTHY.
“I know I’m a parent, grandparent, and great-grandparent, and wouldn’t we take our kids back when they get out in the world, find out what life is really about, and say “oh my goodness, I am not ready for this” and go back home. These
young 16 and 17 year olds don’t have that option without our independent living pro-gram.”
Youth are the focus, but Beaton knows thatit’s more than youth that are affected by homelessness in the city, and says there are plans to address that in the future as well. Anemergency shelter is being planned, which Beaton hopes to see ground breaking in January 2017, which will be for people of all ages, single adults, youth and families.
“We’ve got to get peo-ple to realize there ishomelessness here. Statistically, for every thousand people in a community, there is one homeless person... How many people have wegot in Yorkton?”
The Coldest Night of the Year will take place on Feburary 20, 2016.People can sign up either online at https://coldestnightoftheyear.org/yorkton or by call-ing 306-783-2340.
Coldest night about local homeless
By CALVIN DANIELSStaff Writer
Yorkton Council unanimously approved its Capital and Operating Budgets for 2016 at its regular meeting Monday. “At the December 14, 2015 Committee of the Whole Council meeting the 2016 Capital & Operating Budgets were presented for adoption. The Committee of the Whole Council recom-mended to Council to table the adoption of the 2016 Capital & Operating Budgets until the January 11, Council meeting,” explained Shannon Bell, Director of Finance with the City.
Tabling the docu-
ments did not spur com-munity input though.
“As of the date of this report we have not received any comments or concerns regarding the 2016 Capital & Operating Budgets,” said Bell.
The budgets which were approved show an overall 3.90 per cent increase; with 0.90 per cent going towards the day to day operations and 3.00 per cent would go towards large capital infrastructure projects.
“There will be a 3.9 per cent increase in property taxes in 2016, with a 0.9 per cent going to fund ongoing city operations,” said Mayor Bob Maloney in a release. “The remaining
three per cent will go towards capital infra-structure improvement projects,” he said. “This has been one of the most challenging budgets the city has seen in decades and reflects the more difficult economic times,” said the Mayor. Previous years have seen annual tax increas-es in the six per cent range.
On the operations side revenues from sev-eral sources are expect-ed to decline in 2016 including;
• Municipal Revenue Sharing from the Province – amount is not known at this time but an increase is not forecasted
• Court fine revenue
is down $65,000• Building permit
revenue is down $38,000• Business license
revenue is down $10,000• Bylaw ticket reve-
nue is down $14,000And there are con-
tractual cost increases to deal with as well, including an additional $138,000 for janitorial at City Hall.
The majority of this is for the RCMP offices as there are time restric-tions of when cleaning can be done and the con-tractors must be screened under Federal security provisions to be
in the area, detailed material circulated to Council.
Other service con-tract increases are $60,000 in the Parkland Regional Library Levy and $70,000 for the transit services con-tract.
Another unknown moving forward are new contracts with the City’s two unions.
As of Dec. 31, 2015 both the CUPE and the IAFF Union contracts expired.
Staffing increases for 2016 are limited to one additional seasonal
Parks Department employee, necessary to maintain an additional 90 acres of property throughout the city.
Continued on Page 3A
City of Yorkton approves 2016 budget
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CORE DONATES – The Health Foundation’s campaign for a new CT Scan is in its final stretch, and CORE Real Estate has made a major contribution to that goal. The money was raised thanks to new homeowners in the city, as CORE donated $200 from each house sold in April and May to the CT Scan campaign, raising a total of $3,400. Corey Werner, owner CORE Real Estate (left) says they wanted to donate because it’s important to keep care local and tests within the community. Ross Fisher, executive director of the Health Foundation says that the new CT Scan will be here within the next couple months.
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By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer
Yorkton. The city was named the co-winner of SnoRiders West Magazine’s SledTown Showdown competition with Houston, B.C. Problems with the online voting system meant that the competition ended in a tie for the two cities.
Jason Popowich, presi-dent of the Yorkton SnoRiders, says that the title is a reflection of the work the club has put into building a trail net-work in the region.
“It’s a credit to the good job our club mem-bers do fundraising to make sure our trails and shelters are in tip top shape.”
While the club’s work
is what got the city noticed, Popowich says it’s the community sup-port that made the title happen.
“It was really fantastic support. The whole com-munity got involved, it was really the talk of the town. Our residents of Yorkton and surrounding area, our local tourism, our local Chamber of Commerce, our commu-nity leaders, our mayor, our local MLA Greg Ottenbreit, of course the local media. It was just fantastic how everyone got behind our club in this promotion and voted. There were over 40,000 votes cast in this compe-tition, and we wouldn’t have gotten near as many votes if it wasn’t for the great support of Yorkton
and area.”The community will
also benefit from the competition, because it’s a way to drive winter tourism into the city. A competition like this is a way to call attention to how much Yorkton has to offer, Popowich says.
“The next time some-one is planning their snowmobile vacation, which many do in the winter time, from Alberta or Manitoba or B.C., they’re going to flip through the magazine and see that Yorkton was in the final.”
Popowich also gives credit to the other 16 towns from the province in the competition. While
Yorkton won, he says it’s a strong province overall.
“Just to be named pro-vincial champion was certainly very rewarding, because there are so many great destinations. That has to do with the entire trail system orga-nized by the Saskatchewan Snow-mobile Associa tion. If the other clubs in the prov-ince didn’t do a good job, our trails wouldn’t con-nect to nobody. It’s a hat’s off to the entire prov-ince.”
Popowich also extends his congratulations to Houston, B.C., the co-winner in the competi-tion. While it ended in a tie due to technical prob-
lems, he says the sheer amount of support from both towns pushing the polling system to the limit is what did it, and he says that they also did lots of hard work in the competition, and hopes the friendly rivalry can continue.
“I hope we’re in the same position next year.”
It wasn’t the only good news for snowmobile enthusiasts in the area. More snow finally arrived, and cold weather came to freeze some of the creeks that have caused trouble in the past month.
“2016 is a great way to start off the season.”
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By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer
The plight of refugees around the world drives peo-ple to want to help out and sponsor refugees in their community. The New Arrivals Network was recently established to give area residents information on what they can do to help and what services are avail-able. They recently hosted a meeting to get people within the community to meet and talk about the process and challenges of sponsoring ref-ugees, with around thirty people coming together to get information on the issue.
Tom Seeley with the New Arrivals Network says that they had a suspicion that there were people interested in the subject.
“Dick DeRyk and myself wondered if there was an interest in the community in doing more about refugee sponsorship, and couldn’t really find any other group that was bringing people together, so we thought we would create one to do that. Be a conduit for information and a place to network.”
One of the groups at the event was St. Andrew’s
United Church, which is sponsoring a woman and her young daughter from Eretria to come to the city, with the family’s arrival expected in January or February. Chelsea Grunert with the church says that she’s impressed to see the amount of people coming together who are open and willing to help.
“Some of the bigger cities are taking in a lot of Syrian refugees, and we’re not one of those cities, but we can still do our part in Yorkton by helping other refugees from other parts of the world.”
Grunert says their church was inspired to sponsor a refugee family after hearing stories of refugees through the news, and seeing what other people are doing in refugee sponsorship. While this is the first family St. Andrew’s is sponsoring, she says that the larger United Church has made it easier because they sponsor refu-gees across the country.
“We are doing this spon-sorship as a church, but there are a lot of members of our group who are helping with the sponsorship who are not members of the church. We have about 40
people in our group that are a mix of community mem-bers... People who just want to help in any way they can.”
Grunert says that the eve-ning was helpful as they pre-pare for the family’s arrival. One of the other attendees worked in settling refugees in Australia, so Grunert says that they were able to learn many things from her already.
“We can work as a cohe-sive group in Yorkton, and have resources and other people who can help.”
Seeley sees the group as continuing to make Yorkton a welcoming place for immi-grants and refugees, and that people sharing their experiences can help make the process easier.
“Our suspicion was that there are a lot of caring peo-ple in Yorkton and area, and our suspicion was proved correct.”
Those who would like to know more about what the New Arrivals Network is doing and find information on refugee sponsorship can visit goodthingshappen.ca.
Information about St. Andrews’ program can be found at www.standrews yorkton.ca/refugee.
Sponsoring refugees in the Yorkton area
HELPING REFUGEES in Yorkton is one of the goals of the New Arrivals Network, which recently hosted an information meeting about refugee sponsorship in the Yorkton area. Chelsea Grunert speaks about St. Andrew’s United Church’s sponsorship of a small family from Eretria, which will be coming to Yorkton in the next couple of months.
Cont’ from Page 2A
The Capital Budget includes multi-year proj-ects, such as the Main Sanitary Sewer Truck Main Outfall, the Rehabilitation of the Existing Sanitary Sewer, the Drainage Channel Improvements and the Culverts under Highway #9 have been adjusted to only include the prelimi-nary work of the project in 2016. The actual con-struction of the projects will not be completed
until 2017 at the earliest. If it is determined that these projects are to pro-ceed then they will require long term financ-ing in 2017.
In addition, after dis-cussions with Council the document includes proj-ects which may not pro-ceed in 2016 until after the review of operations has been complete.
These include the City Transit Bus, Drake Field Spray Pad, Gloria Hayden Court Walls and the Farrell Agencies
Arena Expansion. The estimated costs of these projects have been removed, however if Council wishes to add any of them back to bud-get we would just need to update the long term financing that is required to fund the 2016 Capital Budget.
The 2016 Capital Budget will be $19,786,355, which would require long term financing to carry out. The amount to be bor-rowed would be approxi-
mately $6,200,000.“Our increase of just
3.9 per cent compares favourably when you look at increases in Regina (3.3 per cent) and Saskatoon (3.96 per cent), said the city’s Director of Finance, Shannon Bell in the same release. “This budget focuses on providing the same services more effec-tively and at a reduced cost,” she said. “These are challenging times as all cities face the large gap in funding to replace
aging infrastructure. We recognize that large prop-erty tax increases cannot continue year after year, and Council and adminis-tration have worked hard to find new efficiencies in the way we do business to hold increases to a minimum,” she said.
I n f r a s t r u c t u r e replacement and renewal are becoming the most pressing issues across Canada. As an example, Yorkton has approxi-mately 150 kilometres of paved roadways, with 88
per cent in either poor or fair condition. All will need to be resurfaced soon or they will deterio-rate to the point where they must be completelyrebuilt at a greatly increased cost. “Yorktonhas made good progressin directing a significant-ly larger portion of ourtax dollars to the Capital budget for projects likethis,” said Bell. In 2012 Capital allocations were $2,044,000, while in 2016 they will reach $4,667,600.
City of Yorkton approves 2016 budget
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There is this idea that prison should be the worst place in the world. That much is clear when-ever you see someone complain about inmates hav-ing leisure activities or, in the case of the province’s own premier recently, the belief that they should have decent food. The idea is that prison is punish-ment, so people within prison should expect noth-ing, and get nothing in return. The question is whether that view of prison is the most effective way of actually running a prison.
To be clear, prison should be punishment to an extent, but then taking away freedom is inherently punishing. The main goal of prisons should be to ensure that the inmates within their walls, once their sentences are complete, do not return. If someone leaves the prison only to commit another crime and come back, then that prison is a failure, because it was not a deterrent, but it also wasn’t rehabilitation. It was a pause between crimes, rather than a way to actually do something about it. When inmates at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre protested food quality with a hunger strike, some argued that the bad food was part of the punishment. However, it seems like the bad food is an opportunity to look at a way to run the kitchen within the prison differently.
One of the ways to reduce recidivism is to pre-pare inmates for re-entry into society, and here we have an example of how to use the quality of food at the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre as a chance to actually try to build those skills. We have a kitchen, a bunch of people who do not think the food coming out of it is very good, and an opportu-nity. Turn the kitchen over to inmates themselves, or at least inmates with good behavior who can be trusted with the responsibility.
It’s a plan that’s already often used in minimum security facilities. It’s a smart idea, it’s preparation for life outside of prison, because it sets inmates up for careers in the food industry. Inmates can’t really complain too much about food quality because they’re making it and they’re ultimately responsi-ble for how good or bad it tastes. Cost-wise, wheth-er it’s more or less expensive than bringing in a contractor it is more effective at serving the pur-pose of the prison itself, which is to get people who are incarcerated to be more productive. While it might not be appropriate for all inmates in a facil-ity like Regina to work in the kitchen, it still seems like something that can be kept within the prison system itself, and since it’s being handled by con-tractors anyway then just contract it to those mini-mum security prisons which handle food produc-tion training.
It’s a thought, at least, an alternate way of look-
ing at a potential problem within the prison sys-tem. It’s an approach to look at just because every problem within the prison system should be approached as a way to promote rehabilitation within the population. If we can use this to find a way to prevent people from returning to prison after their release then we should, and if prisoners are complaining at least we should find a way to take their complaints into account in a way that would benefit society at large.
Which makes it more disappointing that the response from Premier Brad Wall was to just dis-miss the complaints completely. Yes, being in prison means you’re giving up freedom, including freedom over what you get to eat at any given point. But the response of just ignoring inmate complaints doesn’t actually solve anything, even if the goal of such comments actually was not about solving anything.
The purpose of his comments was about appeal-ing to the streak of prairie populism that has lead to his high poll numbers, rather than actually responding to what the complaints actually were. He knows as well as anyone that he has supporters who are all about prisoners getting punished for crimes, even if his government has at least pub-licly recognized the value of rehabilitation and building job skills in inmates – Minister Responsible for Corrections and Policing Christine Tell has told me that they want to take approaches that make inmates productive members of society.
And to paraphrase Brad Wall again, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is foolish, so feeding prisoners the same food and expecting much to change within the walls of the Regina Provincial Correctional Centre is not going to work either. It’s going to make problems for guards and inmates, as it already has, so clear-ly there needs to be a new approach. While there’s plenty of obstacles to overcome, having the correc-tions system be the primary contractor for their own food, whether with inmates within Regina or from other facilities, is at least a way to use the food service for the primary purpose of the prison system, preventing people from ever coming back.
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Responding to climate change
Prisoners can make prison food
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So far, this winter has been the warmest for Yorkton in 63 years. The hero in this story, or villain depending on your perspective, is a warm mass of surface water in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean that occurs periodically and has been dubbed El Nino.
On average, for Yorkton, the average tem-perature in October-November-December was approximately five degrees warmer than nor-mal. This is how an El Nino year usually affects the Canadian prairies, with milder and drier winters.
While this year El Nino is responsible for the balmy conditions, the current week not-withstanding, within the next few decades, this could become the norm for Saskatchewan.
Nobody knows precisely how climate change will play out is specific parts of the world, but the best science suggests we’re looking at a global average temperature rise of approxi-mately two degrees Celcius. Researchers believe that will not be distributed evenly across the planet with northern regions, including the Yorkton area, warming signifi-cantly more than southern regions, perhaps as much as six degrees on average according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
We will have to adapt. For many people that sounds like an easy task, but adapting means a lot more than simply getting used to being more comfortable in the dark days of winter.
For years, Canada has thrown up its hands and said, “but what can we do?” Although we are one of the most intense users of energy per capita, our small population means we con-tribute significantly less than many other countries to the overall climate change pic-ture.
Locally, efforts to stem climate change can seem even more futile, but we have to stop thinking like that if not for noble reasons then for economic ones.
Economic adaptation means moving away from the boom and bust cycle of fossil fuels.
Unlike the United States, Canada gets slammed hard whenever there is a slump in oil prices. The U.S. is actually benefitting from current economic conditions while the TSX is setting records for losses and the dollar is in the toilet flirting with all time lows.
The Yorkton region is still primarily agri-cultural. Climate change could present both opportunities and challenges for producers and we should be getting ready now to take advantage of benefits such as longer growing seasons and lower input costs and to mitigate potential hazards such as more severe droughts and increased crop pests and disease.
There are other things we should be doing locally, such as contributing to a shift toward the renewables economy. We live in a windy place with more sunshine than almost any-where else in Canada. There are opportunities here.
Saskatchewan has at least a dozen pro-grams to help businesses and individuals exploit those opportunities. The federal gov-ernment has many others and all indications are it plans to introduce more.
Climate change is happening and there will be winners and losers. Every person should be asking himself, what can I do to ensure my family, my community, my city, my province and my country is among the former.
Things I do with words...
Devin WilgerColumn
THE NEWS REVIEW - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - Page 5A
LETTERS PAGEto the editor
With temperatures more like we’re used to seeing in January, most star gazing will be brief even for the dedicated. However, because I know Saskatchewan people are hardy, and laugh in the face of winter, I would be remiss in not pointing out a few events for the week; just a couple, though, so you’ll have plenty of time in between to get that frostbite looked after.
After giving us a chance to find it by buzz-ing Arcturus on New Year’s Day, Comet Catalina is now rapidly working its way along
the handle of the Big Dipper (currently found low in the northern sky with its handle pointed downward). On the 14th, the comet passes a degree (thumb width) to the left of the end star in the handle, and on the 17th, about three degrees to the left of the handle’s middle star.
It will continue to move northward about three degrees per day, and by January 30th will lie seven degrees to the east of the North Star. Someone with good vision might be able to spot Catalina from the country with their eyes
alone, but it’s generally considered a binocular object. Catalina was formed in our solar sys-tem roughly the same time as the Earth, and is now leaving. While not spectacular, it’s nice that it paid us a brief visit before beginning its bil-lion year journey to
nowhere in particular. Unless you occasion-
ally pop out to see how Catalina’s doing, you’re good indoors until the night of the 19th. On this Tuesday, the Moon will occult (eclipse) the bright star Aldebaran, an orange giant 44 times the Earth’s diameter,
lying 65 light years away in the constellation Taurus.
At about 7:45 p.m., the Moon’s dark left limb will slide over Aldebaran and the star will wink out, emerging again out the other side of the Moon just before 9 p.m. That’s it. Not Earth-shattering, but less com-mon than you’d think. Unfortunately, because the Moon is only four days short of full, it will wash out most of the southern sky, making it difficult, without binocu-lars or a telescope, to see Aldebaran near the Moon.
The two events above are not spectacular in themselves, and would normally have passed without notice. Most star stuff does, becausethe universe is a very busy place, I have less than five hundred wordsa week, and you have a life. However, be it thebright constellations of winter in the evening sky or the planet tricks cur-rently playing out beforesunrise, the universe is always doing something, and I just feel compelled to point it out.
When the feeling returns to your finger tips, you’ll thank me.
An Occultation, and That Comet Again
The arrival of Syrian refugees to Canada will be a humanitarian tri-umph and, like with previous refugees, a benefit to the economy
Canada has always had a soft spot
for refugees who have shaped our nation’s history, fuelled its economic growth, defined its social fabric and influenced its political direction.
This tradition began most signifi-cantly in 1783 with the arrival of United Empire Loyalists seeking safe haven from the American Revolution. About 33,000 settled in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, with another 2,000 to Prince Edward Island and 10,000 or so more to modern day Quebec and Ontario. They were followed in the 19th century by, among others, Poles, Ukrainians and Jews who fled from oppression and persecution and wound up building Canada into the great nation it is today.
Canadians have long been known and recognized not only for humanitar-ian actions but also for understanding the passion and value refugees bring.
In 1986, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees conferred the Nansen Medal upon the people of Canada in recognition of that tradition which since the Second World War has welcomed waves of refugees from Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Uganda, Chile, China and Vietnam, to say noth-ing of the many displaced Europeans who sought a better post war life here. The Syrians are but the most recent manifestation and there is no reason to expect they will not, like those who came before, work hard to build a bet-ter life and a richer, stronger Canada.
In what has become the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in close to 70 years, more than four million people have fled Syria since the conflicts there began. In 2015, more than one million crossed into Europe and Canada has committed to accepting 25,000, close to 7,000 of whom have already arrived, over the next few months.
By chance and while on a weeklong working visit to Greece last month, I encountered two busloads of these people and they were not what one
would assume to be typical refugees. Most were well nourished and part of healthy young families. They were elegantly dressed, articulate and had money. They doted on their children, buying them sweets, chocolate bars and pop. Clearly, they were a segment of the Syrian middle class fleeing their war torn country in search of political stability and economic opportunity.
There was nothing about them to justify the mythical rhetoric that refu-gees are a security risk, a drain on the public treasury and a burden on our health care system. Canada screens diligently and carefully for security and health risks. In fact, coming to Canada as a refugee is twice as difficult as being admitted as an economic migrant. This is because admission as a refugee in Canada requires United Nations cer-tification. Further, applicants need to possess the human capital and work skills that will lead to successful inte-gration in our society and economy.
The arrival of the latest wave of Syrians in the past few weeks is more than an act of collective Canadian com-
passion. It is an investment - a tool for addressing our population challenges which in turn gives us the manpower necessary to fuel our economic growth.
Expect this wave of refugees, just as those who came before have done, to empower us with their entrepreneurial talents, start new businesses, invest, spend on homes, cars and other items, join our workforce and enroll in our schools. All of this will grow our econ-omy. In short, the Syrian movement will, similar to the influx of previous waves of refugees throughout our his-tory, become a driver of population growth and economic activity.
The arrival of Syrian refugees to Canada will be both a humanitarian triumph and an economic lift off
Dr. Constantine Passaris is a Professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick and a national research affiliate of the Prentice Institute for Global Economy and Population at the University of Lethbridge (Canada).
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nly.
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er o
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or t
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may
be
requ
ired.
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fer v
alid
to e
ligib
le re
tail
less
ees
in C
anad
a w
ho h
ave
ente
red
into
a le
ase
agre
emen
t with
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and
acce
pt d
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etw
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d Fe
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paym
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as
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n th
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ount
nor
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ly du
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liver
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def
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on
the
leas
e ag
reem
ent).
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r the
firs
t tw
o bi
-wee
kly
paym
ents
, les
see
will
be re
quire
d to
mak
e al
l rem
aini
ng s
ched
uled
pay
men
ts o
ver t
he re
mai
ning
term
of t
he le
ase
agre
emen
t. PP
SA/R
DPRM
is n
ot d
ue. C
onsu
mer
may
be
requ
ired
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ay D
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r Fee
s. In
sura
nce,
lice
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and
app
licab
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nclu
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ition
al c
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fer a
t any
tim
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ice.
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ss. O
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mbi
ned
with
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er c
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mer
ince
ntive
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ada
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xten
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inat
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is of
fer,
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hole
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n pa
rt, a
t any
tim
e w
ithou
t not
ice.
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n a
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pric
e of
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ludi
ng $
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nd $
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ase
cash
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ited
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curit
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posit
is
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ired.
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men
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y de
pend
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on d
own
paym
ent o
r tra
de. T
otal
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igat
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is $3
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, plu
s ap
plic
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taxe
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to p
urch
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ase
end
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ipm
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ns a
re a
vaila
ble.
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lers
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et in
divid
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rices
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time
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r, w
hich
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not
be
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bine
d w
ith o
ther
offe
rs. S
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r for
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ditio
ns
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otor
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right
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men
d or
term
inat
e th
is of
fer,
in w
hole
or i
n pa
rt, a
t any
tim
e w
ithou
t prio
r not
ice.
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ffer a
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ble
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ualif
ied
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il cu
stom
ers
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r veh
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nuar
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ight
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uran
ce, r
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n, P
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licab
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clude
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ee to
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ondi
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and
lim
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pply.
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adem
ark
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ks o
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ank
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edit
cons
istin
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nd a
n $1
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o de
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h cr
edit
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for a
201
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with
gas
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ept W
T 2W
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hich
is
avai
labl
e fo
r cas
h pu
rcha
ses
only
and
cann
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
spe
cial
leas
e an
d fin
ance
rate
s. By
sel
ectin
g le
ase
or fi
nanc
e of
fers
, con
sum
ers
are
fore
goin
g th
is $1
1,00
0 cr
edit
whi
ch w
ill re
sult
in h
ighe
r effe
ctive
inte
rest
rate
s. D
iscou
nts
vary
by
mod
el. †
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fer a
pplie
s to
elig
ible
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rent
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ners
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esse
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el y
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me
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he
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secu
tive
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ths.
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war
ds th
e re
tail
purc
hase
or l
ease
of o
ne e
ligib
le 2
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c, Tr
ax o
r Silv
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r 201
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odel
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r Che
vrol
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ross
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and
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mod
els
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ered
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anad
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n Ja
nuar
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and
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uary
1, 2
016.
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dit i
s a
man
ufac
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r to
cons
umer
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dit v
alue
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ased
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avai
labl
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park
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alib
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olt,
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edit
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labl
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oth
er C
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orad
o 2S
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ilver
ado
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t Dut
y an
d He
avy
Duty
); $1
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dit a
vaila
ble
on C
hevr
olet
all
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rado
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ffer i
s tra
nsfe
rabl
e to
a fa
mily
mem
ber l
iving
with
in th
e sa
me
hous
ehol
d (p
roof
of a
ddre
ss re
quire
d). A
s pa
rt of
the
trans
actio
n, d
eale
r may
requ
est d
ocum
enta
tion
and
cont
act G
ener
al M
otor
s of
Can
ada
Com
pany
to v
erify
elig
ibilit
y. Th
is of
fer m
ay
not b
e re
deem
ed fo
r cas
h an
d m
ay n
ot b
e co
mbi
ned
with
cer
tain
oth
er c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
s. Ce
rtain
lim
itatio
ns o
r con
ditio
ns a
pply.
Voi
d w
here
pro
hibi
ted.
See
you
r GM
Can
ada
deal
er fo
r det
ails.
GM
Can
ada
rese
rves
the
right
to a
men
d or
term
inat
e of
fers
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ny re
ason
in w
hole
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n pa
rt at
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r not
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vides
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tom
ers
in C
anad
a, w
ho h
ave
purc
hase
d or
leas
ed a
new
elig
ible
201
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evro
let (
exclu
ding
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rk E
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ith a
n AC
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il an
d fil
ter c
hang
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acc
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with
the
oil l
ife m
onito
ring
syst
em a
nd th
e Ow
ner’s
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ual,
for 2
yea
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r 40,
000
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hich
ever
occ
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mit
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ur (4
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e-Oi
l-Filt
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ervic
es in
tota
l, pe
rform
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t par
ticip
atin
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lers
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id to
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nspe
ctio
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ire ro
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ts a
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alan
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onsu
mer
inc
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on G
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ehicl
es.
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ral
Mot
ors
of C
anad
a Co
mpa
ny r
eser
ves
the
right
to
amen
d or
ter
min
ate
this
offe
r, in
who
le o
r in
par
t, at
any
tim
e w
ithou
t pr
ior
notic
e. A
dditi
onal
con
ditio
ns a
nd l
imita
tions
app
ly. S
ee d
eale
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tails
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I have always said that one of my favourite things about being a Chef is that I get to play with knives. Although this may sound very adventurous in a James Bond fashion, knife skills and proper/safe cutting practices are a very serious subject in the kitchen. With some basic knowledge, you can start to overcome any cutting intimidation you may have.
In this column I will focus on the tools them-selves - knives. This will be the first of three install-ments on cutting. My next column will focus on cut-ting boards, and the third
column will focus on cutting techniques.
There are many choices when trying to decide on which knives will adorn the collection of cutting tools in your kitchen. The market-place is saturated with everything from mail-order deals to high-end special-ties. First and foremost, I have to stress that one usu-ally gets what they pay for. Before you reach for your credit card when you see the full collection of ginsu knives for only $19.99 on TV, think about it realistic-ally. How well are these knives manufactured? Once the twenty dollars is
divided between the TV air-time costs, the production of the commercial, and any middle-men that may be in between (such as mar-keters, etc.), how much is actually going toward the manufacturing of these knives? Remember, from this amount, a profit must be made as well.
If you are looking to start a good quality knife collection, you should pur-chase knives that are made from high-carbon stainless steel. The high-carbon con-tent in stainless steel is what ensures the steel is strong. This is very import-ant for keeping a sharp edge. Any knife can be
made from stainless steel, but unless it is has a high-carbon content as well, it will lose its sharpness very quickly in comparison.
Start with a standard “Chef’s” knife. Other than for bread cutting, this is the most versatile knife one can have in the kitchen, and can be used for almost any application. It offers a rounded top edge of the blade that facilitates a rock-ing motion to ease most cut-ting/slicing preparations.
The next knife one should purchase for their collection is a good qual-ity serrated knife for bread cutting. The serrated edge
will not only produce per-fect slices of bread without squashing the bread; it also brings relief to producing extremely thin cuts of fruits and vegetables.
One should also pur-chase a paring knife because a chef ’s knife might be overkill for those small jobs. These are the three main knives that should grace the starting foundation of your knife collection. From this point on, you can proceed to add-ing other knives such as a carving knife, filet knife, cleaver, vegetable knife, etc.
Continued on Page 7A
Using Knives in the Kitchen - Part 1
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by Gordon Desormeaux
Chef Dez on Cooking
THE NEWS REVIEW - Thursday, January 14, 2016 - Page 7A
As is our habit in this country, we will analyze any result in hockey to death.
And who am I to not fol-low that pattern.
In this case it’s the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship just com-pleted in Finland.
Canada struggled mightily at this edition of the championships manag-ing only two wins in five games 6-1 over Denmark, and a 2-1 shoot-out win against Switzerland, a teams which would end up in the best-of-three against Belarus to avoid demotion next year. The Swiss would win, salvaging what for them had to be viewed as a year of disappointment too.
Canada managed only 13 goals in pool play, third in the group behind Sweden with 19 and the United States with 18.
And the young Canucks allowed a whopping 12 goals, while the US and Swedes gave up but five apiece. The Danes allowed 16.
In the end Canada fin-
ished sixth, which by any standards you might want to hold the team to as a failure.
There are some obvious reasons, including suspect defence and the fact the team took too many ill-timed penalties against highly skilled teams aided by the larger ice surface to work with.
However, in isolation one bad championship should not send a shud-der of worry through the Canadian hockey system. But alas, this is not exactly a bad year in isolation.
Yes, Canada won the gold medal a year ago, on Canadian ice, but that was the first gold since 2009, when the championships were also held in Canada.
In 2010 in Canada the team ended up with silver, losing to the US, and a year later again on North American ice, this time stateside, lost to Russia to again bring home silver.
The event was in Canada in 2012 too, and that year we took the bronze.
You have to go back to 2008 to find Canada managing a medal on European-sized ice.
So the first trend we see is that our teams are not at home on larger ice. Since Junior players here aspire to the National Hockey League and its North American size ice surfaces maybe we need to simply understand that when these championships are in Europe we will struggle as often as not.
And frankly we should be fortunate the map in Europe has changed dra-matically post the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
The teams in the cham-
pionships today are far more fragmented because of the changed map of Europe.
In the most recent championship players from Belarus would have not so long ago been available to the team from the USSR (with Russia at its heart).
Latvia, which won the next pool down and will thus join the tournament in 2017 was also part of the USSR, as was Kazakhstan, also a ‘Group A’ country.
The current Czech Republic and Slovakia were not so long ago a sin-gle entity as well.
There is also another factor at work here.
Hockey today, at least at
the elite level, is increas-ingly a sport for the rich. The cost of equipment, fees, travel, hockey schools and elite team events, are frankly taking the game away from many families these days. Yes, there are programs to help kids play, but once you take that commitment to the elite level it becomes a burden many cannot afford.
The situation is not like-ly so different in Europe, but Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and Denmark are all among the top-20 countries in terms of average annual incomes.
That factor should not be under-played when con-sidering why those coun-tries seem to be making gains on the hockey ice.
Canada is in that top-20 too, but it does show that the top teams in Europe have the money to create top hockey players.
It comes down to Canada, at the Junior level at least, no longer being the dominant team des-tined for gold just by turn-ing up at the champion-
ships. In fact, on larger ice, we are likely a long shot to win most years.
But is that a bad thing?Certainly not.The international game
having a more competi-tive field is great. Since Canada’s gold in 2009 five different countries have won the Junior crown. In my mind that is a good thing.
And Canada ultimately can still focus on producing North American pro play-ers, and this country still excels at that too.
On a positive inter-national note Canada did win the Spengler Cup over the holidays defeat-ing HC Lugano 4-3 in the gold medal game. Matt D’Agostini (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Genève-Servette HC, SUI) broke open a tie game with 11:47 to go for the title.
It was Canada’s first win since 2012, and fifth title since 2000. They were silver medalists a half dozen times over the same period.
International sized ice not to Canadians liking
by Calvin Daniels
SportsView
From the Couch
Each year, the All-American Selections (AAS) organization (www.all-americanselec-tions.org) tests several new, yet-to-be released vegetable and flower varieties in trial gardens across North America including Canada. Varieties are evaluated for earliness to bloom or harvest, disease or pest tolerance, novel colors or flavors, novel flower forms, total yield, length of flowering or harvest and overall performance. To be recognized as an All-American Selection winner, a variety must have at least two signifi-cantly improved quali-ties over similar, existing varieties.
This year, AAS announced 3 winners in the flower category: ‘Brocade Cherry Night’ geranium, ‘Brocade Fire’ geranium and ‘Summer Jewel™ Lavender’ sal-via.
‘Brocade Cherry Night’ geranium: The green-rimmed, dark bronze leaves are strik-ing on their own but are brought to life by the semi-double, bright cher-ry pink blooms. A com-pact mound, 20 to 60 cm
tall, this sturdy variety is heat tolerant, has low to medium water require-ments (allow to dry out between watering), is rain and wind tolerant and performs well in all light conditions, from full sun to partial shade. Flowering continues through to frost; dead-heading will keep the appearance looking neat and promote even more blooms. Apply a balanced fertilizer (e.g. 20-20-20) bi-weekly to get the most out of this winner. Great for containers, hanging baskets and in the gar-den (space 40 cm apart).
‘Brocade Fire’ gerani-um: Large semi-double orange blooms comple-ment the bold bicoloured leaves (a broad green edge surrounds an orang-ey-red centre). Outside of leaf and flower colour,
‘Brocade Fire’ is similar in all other respects to its sister, ‘Brocade Cherry Night’, above.
‘Summer Jewel™ Lavender’ salvia: Salvias are extremely popular and were one of my mother’s favourite flow-ers in the garden. And with good reason: they are dependable and flow-er throughout the sum-mer requiring little care. This new variety, ‘Summer Jewel™ Lavender’, is sure to please with its unique dusty lavender-purple blooms standing tall above green foliage.
Flowering continuously from spring to fall, it does well in containers and the garden (space 20 to 30 cm apart). Heat, rain and wind tolerant, this sturdy variety grows from 20 to 60 cm in height. And it’s not just us humans that think it’s
good-looking: bees, but-terflies and even hum-ming birds find this stunning plant attrac-tive. Plant in full sun and keep soil evenly moist. A bonus: dead-heading not required. By the way, this is not the first in the Summer Jewel™ series to be a recognized – Summer Jewel™ White (2015), Pink (2012) and Red (2011) are past AAS win-ners.
This column is pro-vided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperen-nial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.
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Using knives in the kitchenCont’ from Page 6A
Most good quality knives will offer a full tang, meaning that the steel blade will run through the full length of the handle as well. This will offer more balance and control. Most importantly, ask questions and ask to handle the knives to ensure they offer a comfortable companion-ship with your unique hand. If a retail store is not informative about their products, and will not allow you to handle them, then take your business to one that will.
Dear Chef Dez: I am already assuming
that you will not recom-mend buying those full sets of knives for a really low
price from TV, but they must be good if they offer a lifetime guarantee that they will never need sharp-ening. How can they do this? Is there a catch?
Doris B.Burnaby, BC Dear Doris:
I am assuming that the knives you are referring to are the same that I have seen. Although they are stainless steel, they offer a very low carbon content which makes them very soft steel in comparison, and thus less expensive to manufacture.
Since all of the edges on these knives are serrated, they will keep their sharp-ness for a longer period of time than a straight edged
knife, because the cutting is achieved by tearing at the food rather than slicing through it.
They can offer a “life-time guarantee” because they play on normal human behavior. Chances are if they ever do need sharpening/replacing, one is not going to spend the money to ship them back to the manufacturer.
Chef Dez is a Food
Columnist, Culinary Travel Host & Cookbook Author. Visit him at www.chefdez.com
Write to him at [email protected] or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6R4
Next “Chef Dez on Cooking” column will appear approximately January 29/16
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Join the Yorkton & District Scottish
Society to celebrate the 257th Anniversary of the
birth of Robbie Burns with their 38th Annual
Dinner & Dance. The eve-ning includes a tradition-
al supper and Scottish entertainment, followed
by dancing to the music of Ron and Sandra Rudoski. Sat., Jan. 23, 2016 at the Royal Canadian Legion,
West Broadway, Yorkton. Advance Tickets Only - available from members of the Scottish Society.
For more info and tickets, call 306-782-5000, 306-
783-3989, 306-783-6741 or 306-782-1312.
St. John TrainingCentre - YorktonUpcoming Courses:Pet First Aid Course
Saturday, Feb. 6,9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Babysitting CourseThurs., Feb. 18,
9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.For more information or to register for a training session call 306-783-4544
or email: [email protected].
Computer Basics for Seniors – Winter 2016
The Yorkton New Horizons Seniors Centre
is sponsoring an introductory course which will be presented by the
Parkland College in Yorkton. Six three-hour sessions will cover the
most common elements of computer operating
knowledge and efforts will be made to address your particular interests and needs. The cost will be
approx. $300 per student or less, depending on
enrolment.Contact Elaine Wintonyk
at 306-782-3312 for more details.
This program can only go ahead when a suffi cient
number of persons signify their interest to enroll.
Co-Ed Pool League Every Monday at 7 p.m.
until the end of April 2016. Downstairs at the
Yorkton Legion.380 Broadway St. W.
Come out and have some fun. No partner required.Everyone welcome. Cash prizes every week! For
more information contact Wayne at 306-783-7785
New Horizons Friday Night Dance
78 First Ave. NorthYorkton, SK.
Great night of dancingEveryone is welcome
Time: 8:00 pm - 12:00 amJanuary 15
Music byRon & Sandra Rudoski For more information
Call Peter: 306-782-1846
Al-AnonAl-Anon meets Mondays,
8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and
Wednesdays at the Westview United Church.
Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club
Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on BroadwayMon., Tues., Thurs., &
Fri., 9 a.m. to noon.Tues., Wed., Thurs.,
2-4 p.m. Free to participate!
Crossroads – a support group for
women who are experiencing or have experienced violence.
Group is held Thursdays from
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more information
contact 306-782-0673 or 306-782-5181.
St. John Ambulance First Aid Classes
OHS Standard First Aid/CPR classes. Personalized courses and online train-
ing also available.For more info. or to register call Judy at 783-4544 or email:
The Travelling MabelsA “Stars For
Saskatchewan” performance presented by the Yorkton Arts Council,
Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anne Portnuff Theatre, Yorkton Regional High
School. The Travelling Mabels,
voted ACMA 2011 “Group of the Year,” are a folk/
country female trio full of spirit, spunk and laugh-ter. Collectively, their
songs bring a wealth of life experience to the
stage. Singularly, each woman can vocally stand alone, but once you hear the combined harmony
blend, you will know why these three women came together. The beauty of the Mabels is that they represent three genera-
tions of women. This has opened the door to a dynamic energy both
musically and in the rap-port with the audiences
that most wouldn’t experi-ence every day. With
musical influences from Dolly Parton & Bob Dylan
to Sheryl Crow, along with their comedic, yet often heart-felt take on
life, they more than meet a wide range of audience expectations. www.thet-
ravellingmabels.comTickets are available at
the Yorkton Arts Council, 306-783-8722, online at www.ticketpro.ca or at
the door.www.yorktonarts.ca
Volunteers Needed!The Canadian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Friendly Visiting Program
for Seniors. Volunteers will be trained to provide weekly visits or phone calls to socially or
geographically isolated seniors in Yorkton
and surrounding area. One hour every other week
is all that is required to provide social interaction
with a senior and peace of mind for family and
caregivers. For more information
contact 306-620-3281 or email michelleb.smith@
redcross.ca
The Yorkton Legion Track Club
The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.
Coaches also needed.To register or learn more contact Club Manager, Marcel Porte at [email protected] or call
Cell: 306-621-7716.
Parkland Right to Life Meetings
Meets every third Wednesday of the month
@ St. Gerard’s Hall basement @ 7.30 p.m. For
info. call 306-783-6240.
Habitat for HumanityVolunteers Wanted
To get your name on thevolunteer list for a build
or to be part of a committee, go to
www.habitatyorkton.ca and click on
“Volunteer Now”
Dart League Attention dart players,
steel-tip action is underway at Gunner’s
Lounge at Royal Canadian Legion. This is a fun league for all ages, so beginners are encour-
aged to come out. For more information call
782-1783.
Community Adult Band
Rehearsals Tuesdays 7 p.m. at Yorkton Regional High School Band Room. Two bands – Community
Concert Band and Yorkton’s ALL THAT
JAZZ Big Band New members welcome! For more information, contact Larry Pearen,
Director 786-2582 (days) 782-4182 (evenings).
Grief ShareThe Grief Share support
group is sponsored by peo-ple who understand what you are experiencing and want to offer you comfort and encouragement dur-
ing this difficult time. Every Tuesday at St.
Peter’s Hospital MelvilleIn the McLeod Conference
Room at 10:00 a.m.ALL ARE WELCOME! Register with either:
Margaret Yost 306-728-4744 Ralph E. Hale 306-
728-9205.
Cribbage & PoolThe Yorkton Retired
Citizens Inc. group invites interested cribbage and
pool players to come out to St. Gerard’s Church – lower level – Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 1:15 to 4 p.m. $1 for the after-
noon for crib, $1.25 for the afternoon for pool,
price includes light lunch.For info. call Helen at
783-0802 or Angie at 783-7838.
The Caring ClosetLower level of Safire
Clothing & AccessoriesQuality, free used
clothing for women who require outfits for career or educational purposes.Donations are accepted.
Fittings are done by appointment. Call 306-
521-0332, 306-783-0026 or 306-786-1570.
Save the Yorkton Brick Mill
Become a member and be a part of a great historical venture.Learn more or get
involved by visiting: www.yorktonbrickmill.org
Interested parties can also call 783-0290 or 783-
6211.
Yorkton Creators 4-H Club
Welcomes new members ages 6-21. Projects include
cooking, sewing, wood-working and cloverbud. For more info. call Vi at
306-782-4721.
Singers Unite!Yorkton Community
Concert Choir Practices every Monday
at 7:30 p.m.in the choir room
at the YRHS (use parking lot entrance)
Contact Laurene at 782-0460, Shanni at 783-9145 or Anna at 744-2729 for details.
Club DJHeritage Baptist Church
Thursday evenings 6:30-7:45 p.m.
• for children Grades K-6• a mid week program
designed to engage local children with church • Bible stories, crafts,
games, music and more...Call 783-7912 for details.
Yorkton and District United Way
• looking for dedicated people interested in tak-
ing part of a growing organization that helps
agencies and crucial ser-vices in and around the Yorkton area. To learn
more call Kristin Parsons at 782-9389 or
email yorktonunited [email protected].
Yorkton Prostate Group Meeting
• meets every 3rd Thurs. of the month in the meet-ing room at the hospital• promotes early detec-
tion and speedy recoveryCall 782-5748 for info.
The Torch Club– leadership, growth and
empowerment program for youth
ages 10-13Call Erin at 783-2582
Calling all Bridge Players!
The Yorkton Duplicate Bridge Club has started
up. The club meets weekly on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. Call 783-
4220 for more details.
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