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Winter has arrived in Saskatchewan. With the cold weather set-tling in over the prov-

ince, the SPCA reminds people to keep the ani-mals of the community safe and secure.

Joan Kobylko with the SPCA says the most important thing

to remember is that cold affects animals just as much as it affects people.

“If you’re cold when you’re outside, your dog is cold when it’s

outside.”Animals that have

to be outside for extended periods require an insulated dog house, Kobylko says, this is the law in Saskatchewan.

“Whether you do that with a bale house, by surrounding a regu-lar house with bales, or actually make an insu-lated dog house that has a dual compart-ment, that is required under the law for basic animal shelter.”

Just as people need to wear extra clothing for the outdoors, so too do dogs. Kobylko says that the pads of the feet are one of the areas that most need protec-tion with cold streets. As well, just as people run the risk of freezing their ears in cold tem-peratures, ears on ani-mals are also sensitive to cold.

It’s not just the cold that can harm animals in the winter months, however. Kobylko says one of the things that is incredibly dangerous to pets is anti-freeze, as it is highly toxic which kills animals but a substance that ani-mals like to taste. As it becomes more neces-sary to use in winter, proper storage and just being aware of it drip-ping off vehicles is important. Salt, used to de-ice surfaces, is another thing that harms pets, being bad for their skin, bad for their feet, and unhealthy if they lick it and ingest it.

One thing everyone should be aware of is the need to “think and thump,” to hit the hood of your vehicle before setting off in the morn-ing. The reason why you need to do this, Kobylko explains, is that engines are a source of heat and the city’s stray animals will climb into a car in order to get shelter in the cold and some warmth. The moving parts of an engine can be fatal to an animal which has climbed into a car, so it’s important to ensure they are not using your car as weather protection.

The cold weather is also the most danger-ous time for animals to go missing, and Kobylko says that con-tacting the SPCA should always be the first step. Things like social media and con-tacting other rescues are also helpful, wheth-er someone has found a pet or one has gone missing, but she says that the first step needs to be the SPCA because they are local pound, so animals go through their doors and as the first call will be the ones who have helpful informa-tion. While they don’t have an after-hours emergency, Kobylko says they’re easy to get in touch with and know the steps someone needs to take.

“The more you get it out there, the more likely you are to get your animal home,

quickly and safely. But always, always start with your local pound.”

If people find ani-mals who they believe are not being provided with what they need in the winter months, it is recommended that people contact their local SPCA, animal control officer, or local RCMP.

“That is not for the average Joe to decide upon, because you don’t know the conditions and you don’t know the situation under which it’s fallen, and nobody does on first glance. Should you be involved? Yes, as in phoning pro-fessionals who know how to follow the steps.”

The final recommen-dation is one thatapplies through the year, and that is to spay and neuter your pets. Kobylko says that she can never empha-size enough how impor-tant this is, because across the country res-cues and shelters are over capacity and the only way to stop it is to spay and neuter.

“I can’t repeat it enough... There are only so many homes available, and if you think of our tiny little area and how many animal rescues have popped up, every ani-mal rescue, every shel-ter, every SPCA, every humane society is full, all the time... The pub-lic needs to be smarter, be more responsible, and spay and neuter.”

Keep the dangers of cold away from pets

THE FIRST ADOPTION at the Yorkton SPCA for 2015, Shamrock, is pictured with Joan Kobylko. The Yorkton SPCA is reminding people that with winter in the province, people need to be aware of the dangers for pets that come with the freezing weather.

By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer

The love of singing is what defines Eclipse Chorus. The forty member choir, backed by a full band, will be in Yorkton on January 13 to perform as part of the Yorkton Arts Council’s Stars for Saskatchewan series.

Director Roy Sydiaha says that the

group has a wide range of content, focused largely on pop and gos-pel but also featuring jazz and original music. While a varied repertoire, Sydiaha says it’s about every-one in the room hav-ing as much fun as possible.

“The members of our choir love to sing, some of them have been singing their

whole lives. What an Eclipse concert is, is a really good time. We have lots of fun on stage and make it impossible for the audience not to join in and have fun with us.”

Yorkton will have a full-band performance with Eclipse, with gui-tar, bass, drums and keyboard, which Sydiaha says makes

the concert another layer of exciting.

“It really allows us to widen the variety of music that we do. It’s one thing to sing a song with a piano player that is a rock and roll number, it’s a whole different thing to actually be a rock and roll band... When Elvis comes out to sing his rock and roll num-bers, it’s an extra

kick.”The January perfor-

mance comes after a busy December for Eclipse, as they have had their annual Christmas program as well as performing at the Mother Son Gala at the Festival of Trees. Sydiaha says there will be a song or two as a nod to Ukrainian Christmas, including Elvis’ Blue

Christmas, and a med-ley of winter songs.

“We felt like since we had all thisChristmas repertoire we had to pull out some at least.”

Eclipse exists to support Canadian art-ists, and is actually registered as a charity with a mandate to find Canadian artists and

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composers and com-mission work from them, Sydiaha explains, whether that means original music or arrangements for a choral group.

“That’s a big part of what the choir does, we foster that Canadian talent... For us to say outright that this is one of the rea-sons we exist, that’s something unique.”

The choir has been around for 11 years as Eclipse, and started performing together after a previous choir, the Refiners Choir.

Sydiaha says it’s a great feeling to have seen the chorus sur-vive for over a decade, something which many choirs can’t claim.

“It feels like we’ve got a lot of strength behind us, a lot of his-tory and a lot of drive.”

Eclipse Chorus will perform as part of the Yorkton Arts Council’s S t a r s f o r Saskatchewan series on January 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ann Portnuff Theatre. Tickets are available at ticketpro.ca or at Welcome Home Gifts.

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SUNRISE HEALTH REGION is pleased to announce the arrival of the first baby born at Yorkton Regional Health Centre in 2015, Mackenzie Grace Ward. Proud parents Charlotte and Warren Ward and older siblings Lily and James welcomed Mackenzie into their happy family on New Year’s Day. Mackenzie was assisted into the world by the physicians and staff of the Yorkton Regional Health Centre on January 1, 2015 at 11:06 am. The Ward family resides in the Saltcoats area.

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The Pipe Flow Technology Centre™ at the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is now one of Canada’s first research facilities equipped to test condi-tions with volatile mate-rials such as crude oil in a high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) physical model.

SRC expanded an existing specially-de-signed building at the centre to accommodate research on light and heavy crude oils and refined petroleum prod-ucts, all of which are flammable and require special equipment for safe storage and han-

dling. The facility has been equipped with a 100 millimetre diameter pipe flow loop designed to simulate industrial conditions. The loop will be used to research the flow of complex mixtures in pipes under HPHT conditions.

“Congratulations to the Saskatchewan Research Council on the completion of the expan-sion of the Pipe Flow Technology Centre,” said Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification. “Our government’s invest-ment in the upgraded centre will result in eco-

nomic benefits through job creation, increased productivity, and tech-nological advancements in the oil and gas indus-try.”

“SRC is committed to benefiting Sask-atchewan through its products and services and this project is no dif-ferent,” Minister of Innovation and Minister responsible for SRC Jeremy Harrison said. “We expect the expan-sion will facilitate sev-eral research projects to improve efficiency and business productivity for oil, gas and mining companies in our prov-ince and around the

world.”With the new research

capabilities that the expansion has provided, the centre can now test a wider range of sub-stances and help the provincial and national oil and gas industry enhance oil recovery, reduce operating costs and improve processes.

“The expansion to SRC’s Pipe Flow Technology Centre will enable industry to test new ideas and solve cur-rent problems with effec-tively designed solu-tions,” SRC President and CEO Dr. Laurier Schramm said. “The centre has been in busi-

ness for more than 55 years now and it’s well-known for providing world-class service offer-ings. This expansion has increased the cen-tre’s capabilities even further.”

The expansion will formally be known as the Shook-Gillies HPHT Test Facility in honour of two pioneers in the area of slurry testing and research who were cornerstone contributors to SRC’s Pipe Flow Technology Centre over the past 55 years, Dr. Clifton Shook and Dr. Randall Gillies.

The federal and pro-vincial governments

jointly invested $1,730,000 through the Canada-Saskatchewan Western Economic Partnership Agreement for this project. SRC contributed a further $1,460,000.

SRC is one of Canada’s leading providers of applied research, devel-opment and demonstra-tion (RD&D) and tech-nology commercializa-tion. With more than 350 employees, $59 mil-lion in annual revenue and 67 years of RD&D experience, SRC pro-vides services and prod-ucts to its 1,400 clients in 20 countries around the world.

Technology will make pipes safer

As 2014 comes to an end, Saskatchewan’s economy will likely set records for population growth, jobs created, manufacturing sales and wholesale trade.

“There were major forces at work in 2014 that impacted econo-mies all over the world,” Economy Minister Bill

Boyd said. “In spite of those pressures, sever-al economic indicators surpassed 2013 levels as a result of our diver-sified and resilient economy.”

Saskatchewan’s pop-ulation hit a record 1,129,899 on October 1, 2014, up 1.63 per cent over October 2013,

which is the second highest growth rate among the provinces.

The unemployment rate in the province remained low at 3.4 per cent in November 2014. Saskatchewan has had the lowest unemploy-ment rate among the provinces for 24 con-secutive months. In

the January-November period, Regina had the lowest unemployment rate (3.4 per cent) among major Canadian cities, while Saskatoon had the second lowest rate (4.1 per cent).

Saskatchewan’s job growth remains posi-tive, with November 2014 recording 15,300 new jobs held when compared to November 2013, an increase of 2.8 per cent – more than triple the national aver-age. This was the trend for the year with the first 11 months of 2014 recording an increase in employment of 10,500 people in the

province, up 1.9 per cent over the same time period in 2013. Saskatchewan had the second fastest rate of job growth among the provinces.

“Job growth contin-ued to be strong in 2014,” Minister respon-sible for Immigration, Jobs, Skills and Training Jeremy Harrison said. “We made significant invest-ment into Adult Basic Education program-ming as well as train-ing and apprenticeships to ensure our work force remains strong.”

Manufacturing sales totalled a record $14.0

billion in the first 10 months of 2014, a 5.9 per cent increase over the same period last year. Wholesale trade totals for the first 10 months of 2014 were a record $21.6 billion, up by 4.0 per cent over the first 10 months of 2013.

“Looking back at2014, it was a fairly good year for Saskatchewan,” Boyd said. “As for 2015, fore-casters predict the price of oil and our economy will bounce back – and we’ll return as one of the top economic per-forming provinces in Canada.”

Diverse economy helpful in 2014

COMMUNITY SUPPORT – The Harvest Meats Staff Association had a surplus in 2014, and decided to use that money to support a new hospital. The association has donated $2,500 to the cause. Ross Fisher, Executive Director of the Health Foundation, pictured above with Brent Brown, Sherry Vranai and Kevin Manovich with the Harvest Meats Staff Association, says that donations like this are key to showing that the hospital is something the community supports.

More than 700 groups and organiza-tions across the prov-ince are receiving approximately $1.5 mil-lion through the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA)’s charitable gaming grant program.

“Volunteers in our communities are the people that coach minor sports, the local resi-dents who work to raise funds for a new commu-nity facility or the indi-viduals that tirelessly give their time to a ser-vice club,” Minister

responsible for SLGA Don McMorris said. “We’re grateful to have such generous people in our communities and our government is pleased to recognize those efforts by provid-ing additional dollars through the charitable gaming grant program to help organizations continue their good work.”

Among the grants provided by SLGA this quarter: Melville and surrounding area received $97,524; Swift Current and surround-

ing area: $62,789; North Battleford and sur-rounding area: $59,690; Humboldt and sur-rounding area: $39,698 and Lloydminster and surrounding area: $34,320.

Groups that receive funds through licensed charitable gaming (bingo, raffles, breako-pen ticket sales, Texas Hold ‘em poker and Monte Carlo events) receive a quarterly grant equal to 25 per cent of net proceeds raised through these activities.

Charitable grants being dispersed

The Saskatchewan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Saskatchewan SPCA) announced they will not renew their con-tract with the Ministry of Agriculture for enforcement of The Animal Protection Act, 1999.

The Saskatchewan SPCA will be focusing on programs and ser-vices related to educa-tion and the prevention of animal cruelty.

“We want to thank the Saskatchewan SPCA for their many years of work in enforc-ing The Animal Protection Act,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. “We wish them the best as they enter this new chapter focusing on education and preven-tion.”

The Saskatchewan SPCA has been enforc-ing The Animal Protection Act, 1999 for 40 years. The current two-year contract expires on March 31,

2015. “Animal welfare is

and always will be a priority for us,” Saskatchewan SPCA Board of Directors President Constance Roussel said. “However, after much discussion our board felt that we can better serve the animals and the public by focusing on educa-tion and prevention. We thank the ministry for working with us through this transition and look forward to continuing to work with them under our new focus.”

The Ministry of Agriculture is explor-ing other options for delivery of investiga-tive services.

“The humane treat-ment and well-being of animals continues to be a priority for us,” Stewart said. “Our min-istry will continue to work with all parties involved to ensure a smooth transition.”

“We will now be able to focus our resources on the prevention of

animal cruelty,” Roussel said. “We are confident that this is the best decision for our organization and the welfare of animals.”

The Saskatchewan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a chari-table organization dedi-cated to animal welfare. Established in 1928, the Saskatchewan SPCA is governed by a volunteer board of directors, with the head office located in Saskatoon.

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I have managed to lose weight. I am not saying this to brag, because I don’t view it as a major accom-plishment on my part. In fact, the entire experience is making me hope I never change weight again in my life, and stick firmly to the low 200s where I have wound up. The worst part of losing weight, for me, is that people actually notice.

It’s likely that most people who are setting out to lose weight are confused by the above statement, because they want to look better. That’s one of the presumed goals, you shed pounds to be healthier sure, but you’re also doing it because people will find you more attractive if you’re in a smaller size. That might be the case for a lot of people, but it has never really been any concern of mine. I didn’t go through a big, concentrated crash diet, I didn’t set goals for weight loss or any of that stuff. I just decided to eat less food that made me feel fat and gross after, which apparently has resulted in less weight overall. I don’t think that’s particularly notable or worthy of compli-ments, it’s basically the result of being less willfully stupid in my choice of snacks and meal preparation.

I don’t think I’ve done anything of note here, which can make it difficult to know what to say when people react as though I’ve accomplished something. Someone at one point asked what my “secret” was, a

question which really didn’t have an answer. I stop myself from eating Cheetos now? Given that a lot of people have genuine difficulty losing weight and keeping it off, I feel as though my minor weight loss through a minimum of effort is hardly worth fretting over.

As well, in spite of losing weight, I can’t honestly say that I’m thin. I’m not going to complain about where I’m at right now, I am perfectly happy being on the big side, but while people think they might be complimentary when they say I’ve lost weight, it does implicitly say that I was a massive whale before hand. Even if that’s accurate, it’s hardly a pick me up to know that I’ve lost what is, apparently, a very

noticeable amount of poundage without actually crossing the border into thin. The intended message is a compliment, good for you for making what are presumably healthier choices. It’s still very easy to interpret it as a dig as your former, bulkier self.

I know people who are more active than me, eat healthier than me and are much more conscious of their overall health than me, and they have a lot more difficulty losing weight. I know I should exer-cise more, for example, though knowing this and actually doing it have not quite connected into a real effort at physical fitness. So it always feels a bit awkward when people notice what is, to me, a minor weight loss when I’m not actually doing anything I feel is particularly special, just a bunch of little things and minor dietary changes that have appeared to add up. Other people are struggling more, doing more and seeing fewer results, so my efforts really feel as though they don’t deserve any recognition.

Perhaps I’m just overly modest, but now that I’m thinner than I used to be I’m hoping that I stick firmly to my current weight, solely so nobody can actually point out any weight change at all. The only thing worse than people saying that you’ve lost weight is when someone else says they think you’ve become noticeably heavier.

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PUBLISHER: Neil Thom

OFFICE MANAGER: Diane St. Marie

WRITER: Devin Wilger

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has crunched the numbers and the federal government’s Family Tax Cut (FTC) along with enhancements to the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) will give many Canadian families a con-siderable tax break this taxation year.

As part of its annual New Year’s Tax Changes report, the CTF has calculated the tax savings for families from the ret-roactive implementation of the FTC com-bined with the UCCB enhancement.

“The range is wide, from a few hun-dred to over $2,500, but there’s no doubt Canadian families will have more money in their pockets as a result of these changes. “Single-income, two parent households, and two-income households where earnings are most unequal, will benefit most.”

It should also be noted that for all the good news, bracket creep will continue to punish taxpayers in Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Further, individuals with no children do not ben-efit from the Family Tax Cut and will see small increases due to higher EI and CPP income thresholds.

While most provinces adjust their tax brackets for inflation, ensuring that sal-ary increases that match inflation don’t push earners into a higher income tax bracket, provinces that don’t index pun-ish workers and leave them worse off. It’s shameful a province like Manitoba will squeeze an additional $21 from those who only make $15,000 a year with this hidden tax hike.”

You can check out the 26 different income and family scenarios tax changes that will be occurring on January 1st on the CTF website.

Aaron Wudrick,is the Federal Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Association.

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Devin Wilger

Eliminating the long form census was a costly mistake and it’s high time Parliament fix it and restore it by pass-ing Bill C-626.

In 2011, Stephen Harper replaced the traditional long form census with a vol-untary survey that cost taxpayers more—$22 million more—and produced inferior data. Its numbers were unusable for 25 per cent of our towns and weren’t compa-rable to past surveys.

Worse still, groups like rural residents, the poor and youth were undercounted because of low response rates. That bias not only compromised the census, but it damaged other surveys which rely on census data to correct their sampling.

These errors make it harder for busi-nesses to understand markets, govern-ments to deliver services and researchers to get facts.

The census is used to design better public transit through its data on com-muting patterns. It helps determine where religious groups, minorities and immigrants live, which tells us what ser-

vices and businesses could succeed in their neighbourhood. It is the only source of data on small communities’ skill needs and labour shortages.

Groups like the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Federation of Independent Business and the Canadian Medical Association have been calling for a fix.

That’s why I proposed C-626 to restore the long form census. It would save money and produce better data for every-one. This bill also ensures the census produces quality data that is comparable over time, and empowers the Chief Statistician to protect the integrity of the survey design and data collection pro-cess.

Canadians need the basic data that is essential to good planning. I hope Members of Parliament will vote to pass C-626 this winter so that we can stop paying more for less.

Ted Hsu, MP

Liberal Party of Canada Science Critic

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To the Editor:

The new era of U.S. energy self-sufficiency and its impact on Middle Eastern oil producers as their market position erodes is a major inter-national development. Yet any assumption that Saudi Arabia and its Gulf oil-producing allies would simply take America’s new energy position sitting down is misplaced.

What is Saudi Arabia up to? Economic analysis suggests that Saudi Arabia is using its domi-nant market share and price leadership role to reduce oil prices and take out the competition, thereby preparing the way for steep prices increase down the road. If anything, taking steps now to curtail produc-tion to keep prices high would only encourage even more investment in alternate oil sources.

OPEC’s inability to reach agreement on out-put shares is often a tra-ditional economics les-son on the failure of car-tels to maintain long-run price stability, but such a conclusion is myopic. The reality is that Saudi Arabia, because of its large share of global oil production, can influence prices on its own in the

absence of cartel action.Saudi Arabia has

again demonstrated a key characteristic of an energy superpower - the ability to use its superior market share and com-petitive energy produc-ing cost structure to set prices. Contrast this with Canada, which is a price taker in interna-tional energy markets and is seeing the price of oil fall below what it needs for profitable development of its ener-gy resources.

While the United States now imports much less oil because of its greater production, Saudi Arabia has decid-ed not to reduce output to maintain price level but to continue their cur-rent production levels and let the excess supply bring down prices. From a price of $115 a barrel in June (all prices in U.S. dollars), prices have dropped about 50 per cent and now sit below $60 a barrel. Even at such low prices, Saudi Arabia can still compete, as it is a low cost pro-ducer with its cost of production estimated as low as $5 to $6 a barrel. It can tolerate even lower prices than what oil is currently at.

Despite the short-term benefits to consum-

ers of lower energy prices and its stimulating effect on China and the North American and European economies, Saudi Arabia is not specifically inter-ested in their economic welfare. If anything, keeping prices low for a year or two would be useful in derailing con-servation efforts and get-ting consumers addicted once again to cheap oil. Consumers have short memories and six months to a year of ultra low oil prices will encourage purchases of larger and less fuel-efficient vehi-cles.

The political destabi-lization of the drop in oil revenues on competing oil producers such as Iran, Iraq, Russia and Venezuela will also fur-ther disrupt oil produc-tion and supplies, mak-ing Saudi Arabia even more important as a sta-ble and reliable source of oil.

Finally, low oil prices allow Saudi Arabia and its Gulf oil producing allies the ability to cur-tail future North American oil production from shale oil and the oil sands. As oil prices drop, oil companies will keep producing from already active wells but future exploration and invest-ment may dry up. Many

investments decisions in places like the Alberta oil sands or the North Dakota Bakken Formation assumed pric-es in the $60 to $80 a barrel range. With prices below $60 a barrel, some plans may be put on hold, curtailing oil pro-duction and supplies down the road.

Saudi Arabia is trying to ensure long-term secu-rity of its oil industry at the price of a short-term revenue sacrifice designed to erode the competition. By increas-ing supply now, Saudi Arabia may be paving the way for more lucra-tive supply curtailment and price increases sev-eral years down the road. However, the one wild card is continued techno-logical innovation in the oil sands and shale oil industry that reduces costs and allows extrac-tion to remain profitable - even with falling oil prices. Saudi Arabia may be making a big gamble but not responding at all to the increased competi-tion it faces is even risk-ier.

Livio Di Matteo is Professor of Economics at Lakehead University.

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There are three primary ways to generate new wealth in an economy: You can grow it, you can extract it, or you can manufacture it.

For decades, Saskatchewan has been syn-onymous with the first two: An agricultural frontier, rich with both fertile ground and an abundance of natural resources, from potash to diamonds to uranium.

With softened commodity prices, however, and a return to a more ‘normalized’ farm sea-son, 2014 may very well go down as the year that manufacturing finally pushed its way to prominence and onto the provincial map — as a core driver of economic prosperity, job cre-ation and investment.

That’s not to say 2014 was without chal-lenge. Softened commodity prices also brought on diminished demand for many industrial goods, particularly fabricated metal and machinery. Pair that with ongoing uncer-tainty in Eastern Europe, and continued pro-tectionist rhetoric in the United States, and it would be easy to spot reason for apprehen-sion.

But as famed American author, Norman Vincent Peale, once said: “In every difficult situation, there is potential value.” And to realize that value, one must simply turn to the numbers for inspiration.

When the final StatsCan data for the year is released in February, Saskatchewan manu-facturing sales are expected to tally around $16.5 billion through 2014. This will be the third consecutive record year for output in the province, growing by more than 50 per cent since the depth of the recession.

In fact, since 2000 — assuming the trends hold true in November and December — sales will have soared by more than 130 per cent (compared to roughly 10 per cent nationally), while productivity will have jumped by more than 125 per cent. Saskatchewan manufac-turers will also sustain more jobs than the forestry, mining, and oil and gas sectors com-bined.

We quietly innovate — that’s what manu-facturers here have always done. We build ambulances and pressure vessels, we help land spacecraft on speeding comets, we feed the world with the latest advancements in technology, and we provide the customized solutions to attract some of the largest capital projects in the nation.

It is an industry easily overlooked, simply because of how entrenched it is into the fabric of our province. Frontier, Annaheim, St. Brieux, Englefeld, Langbank: Take a tour through any one of these communities and you’ll quickly see the very real impact of manufacturing — thriving schools, bustling grocery stores and banks, and new recreation facilities.

Go for a drive in north Saskatoon or north-east Regina, and marvel at the investments being made in our own backyard (every dollar in manufacturing sales generates up to $3.50 in total economic activity).

Yes, we are, and will be for quite some time yet, a province built around farming and resource development. But Saskatchewan is also a province of manufacturers — some of the best in the world. So it’s important we all take a moment to reflect on the influence the sector had in 2014, and ponder how we can all support this vital part of our economy in the year ahead.

Derek Lothian is the Vice President of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters — Canada’s largest and oldest trade and indus-try association — as well as Executive Director of the Sask atchewan Manufac turing Council.

Manufacturing key economic driver

Competition for oil producers fierce

To the Editor:

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has crunched the numbers and the federal gov-ernment’s Family Tax Cut (FTC) along with enhancements to the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) will give many Canadian families a considerable tax break this year.

As part of its annual New Year’s Tax Changes report, the CTF has calculated the tax sav-ings for families from the retroac-tive implementation of the FTC combined with the UCCB enhance-ment. Some examples include:“The

range is wide, from a few hundred to over $2,500, but there’s no doubt Canadian families will have more money in their pockets as a result of these changes,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick. “Single-income, two parent house-holds, and two-income households where earnings are most unequal, will benefit most.”

Wudrick also noted that for all the good news, bracket creep will continue to punish taxpayers in Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Further, indi-viduals with no children do not benefit from the Family Tax Cut and will see small increases due

to higher EI and CPP income thresholds.

“While most provinces adjust their tax brackets for inflation, ensuring that salary increases that match inflation don’t push earners into a higher income tax bracket, provinces that don’t index punish workers and leave them worse off,” said Wudrick. “It’s shameful a province like Manitoba will squeeze an additional $21 from those who only make $15,000 a year with this hidden tax hike.”

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To the Editor:

Seasons Greetings to all those farmers who voted for the Harper Government!

Harper, Ritz and Anderson stole the farm-er-owned Canadian Wheat Board which was run by farmers, paid for by farmers and returned all profits to farmers. It is now in the process of being given to its largest competitor

Harper reduced the role of the Canadian Grain Commission which protected farmers from unscrupulous grading by multi-national grain companies.

He cut funding and eliminated the Canadian Food inspection Agency’s role in protecting con-sumers from unsafe drugs and food products, false advertising and enforced labeling.

He cut the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration which operated 85 Community Pastures, water man-agement, grants for wells & dugouts and pro-vided trees for farms, community develop-ment, municipal govern-ments etc. affecting not only those employed at Indian Head but those that benefited from the nursery. In the spring of 2011 the shelterbelt pro-gram shipped nearly 3 million seedlings to 7,500 rural people to cre-ate 1200 km of field shel-terbelts, 2218 km of yard and 134km of riparian shelterbelts. These shel-terbelts not only provide habitat for wildlife but also combat pollution.

Then Ritz announced that the government was setting up a 25 million dollar (taxpayer) grant to boost grain shipping

through the Port of Churchill – a real wind-fall for OmniTrax Rail and multi-national grain corporations.

In 2011-12 Harper announced $418 million was being cut from Agriculture and Agri-Food budget.

And now, the federal government has issued a call for proposals to transfer and possibly sell off Agriculture Canada cereal crop research and plant breeding germplasm related to the devastat-ing plant disease fusari-um. Can the fate of our Public Research Stations be far behind?

The federal govern-ment has already stopped funding public plant breeding beyond the development of ger-mplasm, which must then be sold to private breeders to develop vari-

eties for commercializa-tion. The new varieties so developed are private-ly owned and subject to plant breeders’ rights. Farmers, whose check-off dollars support this research, will pay yet again through the increased royalties that would be granted under UPOV ’91. This system of private interests ben-efitting twice – first by using public research funding and then by col-lecting royalties on seed and production – is unjust and against the public interest. Already world renowned scien-tists are being given the “Harper boot”.

In the words of Winnipeg MP Pat Martin, “Has the Minister lost his freak-ing mind?”

Joyce NeufeldWaldeck, Sask.

Reader concerned over federal budget cuts

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For better or for worse, Canadians have tradi-tionally not done a very good job in honouring our heroes, particularly past political leaders.

Unlike our American and British cousins, and peoples in many other nations, we have been collectively hesitant to do so. Until now that is.

With the bicentennial of the birth of Canada’s Father of Confederation, Sir John A. Macdonald, being marked across Canada and in his home Canadian community of Kingston this month, the tide is turning.

From Prime Minister Stephen Harper on through historians, play-wrights, historical soci-eties, students and so many others, Canadian are, uncharacteristically, pausing to consider the life and legacy of an immigrant to our shores who went on to found and then transform a great nation.

And that is good thing. Because in considering the story of Sir John A. Macdonald Canadians are realizing that in our first prime minister we were very fortunate to have such a skilled man on the scene when our young nation needed leadership most. And in Sir John A. Macdonald we had a leader who would have ranked as front bench material anywhere in the world.

Before Macdonald, joined by Cartier, Brown, McGee and select others, got to work, what was to become Canada, to use a modern phrase, was a failed state. So rife with

division was it that we could not even pick a capital city. Divided by race, religion, geography and so much more, no betting person back then would have laid down serious money and backed our future.

But Macdonald of Kingston did.

“We are a great coun-try, and shall become one of the greatest in the universe if we preserve it,” he said. “We shall sink into insignificance and adversity if we suf-fer it to be broken.”

This wily politician, a man who reeked of humanity and all its juices, played the key role in bringing the Fathers of Confederation to the table. Once he had them in his pocket, he went on to extend his vision for Canada all the way to the Pacific coast.

By the time he died in 1891, in office still as prime minister after 19 years, Canada was a transcontinental reality, united by a band of steel. The CPR was a feat of engineering and raw political will that still boggles the mind and continues to spark the Canadian imagination.

By advancing his vision Macdonald – through six majority vic-tories and while experi-encing political ups and downs that would have crushed a lesser man and leader – forever ensured the existence of a distinct nation, sepa-rate from the United States, on the northern half of our continent.

If that isn’t greatness I don’t know what is.

Were there mistakes made on the road to cementing the Canadian nation? Absolutely. Building the CPR came at great cost to Chinese labourers and Aboriginal peoples. The execution of Louis Riel left divisions that still haven’t fully healed. The Pacific Scandal makes the Watergate break-in, by comparison, seem like an amateur sideshow.

And on the personal front, our Father of Confederation’s drinking would not be tolerated in today’s less forgiving times. But historians and commentators large-ly agree that Sir John A. had it right when he told the Canadians of his day that “this country pre-fers John A. drunk to George Brown sober.”

Indeed it did. Upon his death it was

his most worthy political opponent, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who summed Macdonald’s continuing challenge to Canadians best. It is one we still must rise to in our own time.

“Before the grave of him who, above all, was the Father of Confederation,” Laurier told a hushed House of Commons in June of 1891, “let not grief be barren grief; but let grief be coupled with the reso-lution, the determination that the work in which the Liberals and Conservatives, in which (George) Brown and Macdonald united, shall not perish, but that though (a) United Canada may be deprived of the services of her

greatest men, still Canada shall and will live.”

Perhaps Canadians are turning a more mature page in taking time to pay tribute to Sir John A. Macdonald. We are debating, discussing him in our schools and finally, and most impor-tantly, embracing the Macdonald legacy.

It is very hard to sep-arate the Macdonald story from that of the Canadian community that defined him most, as he in turn he defined it. I speak, of course, about Kingston, Ontario.

That is why so many of the celebrations and commemorations of the

Father of Confederation’s bicentennial are centred in Kingston. The com-munity, in fact, is invit-ing all Canadians to come “home” to Kingston in 2015. An impressive suite of activities and events are planned for all of 2015. You can learn more at www.canadaco-meshome.ca.

Until then, and as we mark Sir John A.’s bicen-tennial in communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast this month, let us, together, celebrate what matters most:

Canada itself. Sir John A. Macdonald

would most heartily agree – probably even hoisting one (or more) in

our nation’s honour as we approach the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

Happy 200th birthday Sir John A.

Thank you for the country you bequeathed us.

Veteran journalist and political speechwrit-er Arthur Milnes is the City of Kingston’s Sir John A. Macdonald B i c e n t e n n i a l Ambassador and the co-editor, with Dr. Sarah Gibson, of CanadaTransformed: The Speeches of Sir John A. Macdonald, A Bicen-tennial Celebration, pub-lished by McClelland and Stewart.

Confederation’s father birthdate marked

According to the American Heritage Dictionary the phrase “waste not, want not” was first recorded in 1772, but was derived from an earlier version: “wilful waste makes woeful want” recorded in 1576. In today’s world of credit cards, debit cards, and lines of credit, these terms take on a whole new urgency as bills roll in from our holiday spending sprees. One of the most easily influ-enced home expenses is our food budgets and a few tips in reducing food waste, and thus saving money, is most appropri-ate in a January food column.

What if I told you that you could have free veg-etable broth? Currently whenever you work with vegetables (onions, car-rots, celery, etc.) the end trimmings are going into the compost, garburator or garbage. Dedicate a large food storage bag in the freezer for these end cuts and peelings instead, and keep add-ing to this frozen mix until the bag is full. Empty the contents into a large pot, cover with cold water to the top of the vegetables, bring to a boil, and then turn the heat to low and simmer for 1 hour uncovered. Strain and season to taste with salt & pepper and you have vegetable stock from ingredients

that would have previ-ously been discarded. A great addition to this bag would be fresh herb stems. There is a ton of flavour in the inedible woody stems that will create complexity in your homemade vegeta-ble stock.

Make a soup from scratch with your broth, or pour it into ice cube trays and create a sec-ond freezer bag of cubed stock: this is perfect when you need a small amount of broth to make or finish a sauce.

The rinds from hard cheeses also tend to see the garbage bin as their demise, but they can, however, bring extra essence to soups. For example, whenever mak-ing Minestrone (Italian vegetable soup) we always toss a chunk of parmesan rind into the broth. At the end of the cooking process, the rind is simply removed and discarded.

Leftover bacon fat, although not particular-ly healthy, can also be put to use in the kitchen. Moderation of this inte-grated into your diet needs to be practiced here, but on occasion a warm bacon dressing on spinach greens is amaz-ingly delicious. Add the following to the rendered bacon fat from a half pound (227g) of bacon, but make sure that the bacon fat is not too hot

or the fat will splatter when you add these ingredients: 3 table-spoons apple cider vine-gar, 1 to 2 tablespoons maple syrup, 2 teaspoons Dijon or grainy mustard, one half teaspoon dried thyme leaves, and a sprinkle of fresh cracked pepper. Heat over medi-um heat, while stirring together, until very warm, and then serve

immediately.Basically what I want

you to become is a con-scientious cook. Pay attention to everything that is being discarded in the kitchen and attempt to find new and innovative uses for them. The Internet makes a great resource when investigating ideas and answers any questions you may have about food

safety, which also needs to be emphasized here. Happy new year to you... and happy cooking.

Dear Chef Dez:

I have a lot of fresh rosemary. Can I freeze it to keep it fresh?

Wilma S.Calgary, AB

Dear Wilma,

Yes, freezing is prob-ably the best option to preserve the essential oils, but try to use it up within 3 to 6 months if possible. Remove the herb from the woody stems and freeze them both, but separately from each other. The

thin stems are a great addition to making veg-etable broth, but the thicker, hardier stems make great flavour infused skewers forcubes of chicken breast... just be sure to soak them in water for a few hours first, to help prevent them from burning up on the grill.

Chef Dez is a Food Columnist, Culinary Instructor & Cookbook Author. Visit him at www.chefdez.com Write to him at dez@chefdez.com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6R4 The next “Chef Dez on Cooking” column will appear in approximately two weeks.

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Did you know that women represent 72 per cent of Canadians living with Alzheimer’s disease? They could be your mothers, wives, sisters, grandmothers or friends – even you.

The Alzheimer Society is kicking off Alzheimer’s Awareness Month with a nation-wide campaign called The 72%. It aims to inform women in their 40’s and older about the warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease and how the Alzheimer Society can help.

Why women?Women live longer

than men and age is a significant risk factor. This is one reason why there are more women living with Alzheimer’s disease than men.

Yet the impact on women is twofold. They also account for 70 per cent of family caregiv-ers, which takes a tre-mendous toll on these women who eventually provide round-the-clock care. The burden is especially high for women raising families and holding down jobs.

“With this cam-paign, we want women to be aware of the impact dementia has on them,” says Joanne Bracken, CEO, Alzheimer Society of S a s k a t c h e w a n . “Women lead busy, hectic lives, often pay-ing the price with their own health and well-being. We’re asking them to invest time in understanding the warning signs. Whether they’re concerned about getting Alzheimer’s, have just been diagnosed or are a caregiver, we want women to reach out to us.”

Know the signsWarning signs, often

misunderstood or ignored, are critical in recognizing dementias like Alzheimer’s. In absence of a cure, early diagnosis often allows available treatments and support to be more effective, so people can

live as well as possible and start planning for their future needs.

“Before my diagno-sis, I struggled at a couple of jobs, as I couldn’t seem to retain new information. I was asking for instructions to be repeated and I misunderstood direc-tions,” says Roxanne Varey, who was diag-nosed last year with early on-set Alzheimer’s disease at age 51.

“I told my husband, who is a computer guy that I felt like my hard-drive was full. ” Unsure of the warning signs, Roxanne visited her doctor – Alzheimer’s wasn’t even on her radar.

“Ultimately, we hope this campaign will help people recognize the warning signs when they begin and contact the Alzheimer Society, so we can help them to get a diagnosis and to provide the support throughout the dis-ease,” adds Bracken.

Starting January 6, the Alzheimer Society invites everyone, including women, to visit www.alzheimer.ca/sk/the72 percent to take a moment and learn the warning signs and share them with friends and fami-lies on Facebook and Twitter. They can also read the stories of oth-ers living with Alzheimer’s disease and post their own experiences.

Visitors will also be able to access other helpful resources about risk factors, getting a diagnosis, as well as caregiver tips and strategies. They will also be able to find their local Alzheimer Society Resource Centre.

About the Alzheimer Society of SaskatchewanThe Alzheimer

S o c i e t y o f Saskatchewan is the province’s leading dementia care and research charity. We provide support and

education to people with dementia as well as their families and caregivers through peer group, telephone and individual sup-port. We fund Saskatchewan-based and Canada-wide research focused on discovering a cause, a cure and improving the quality of life for those currently living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia.

For more informa-tion about the Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan, please visit www.alzheimer.ca/sk.

Alzheimer warning signs

Municipal govern-ments, First Nations councils and other eli-gible applicants have until Monday, January 12 at 12 p.m. to apply for the first intake of project funding under the Provincial-Territorial In fra-structure Com ponent program (PTIC) of the federal New Building Canada Fund (NBCF).

Providing funding for projects of national, regional and local sig-nificance, the PTIC focuses on projects that support economic growth, a clean envi-

ronment, stronger com-munities, growth in export and trade, as well as those that meet the opportunities and challenges of growth. There are two applica-tion categories: the National and Regional Projects and the Small Communities Fund. Eligible recipients can apply to both funds using the same appli-cation form.

Further intakes will be initiated over the course of this 10 year program to allow for additional applica-tions.

Over the next ten years, Saskatchewan will receive $436.7 mil-lion from the Government of Canada through PTIC, with $196.5 million for pro-vincial projects and $240.2 million for all other eligible PTIC applicants. Projects will be funded one-third each by the fed-eral government, the provincial government and eligible recipients. The total federal/pro-vincial funding that will be invested in Saskatchewan infra-structure will be more

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HYUNDAI FOR HABITAT – On Monday, December 29, Mayor Bob Maloney and Ken Atkinson with Habitat for Humanity announced the winner of the third annual Hyundai for Habitat draw, Eddie Mushumanski from Russell, MB. He will be receiving a 2014 Hyundai Accent GL Sedan donated by the Yorkton Hyundai. All ticket purchases and other proceeds go towards Habitat for Humanity.

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S a s k a t c h e w a n reached a new record for power use on Sunday evening. Colder tem-peratures and shorter daylight hours com-bined to push Saskatchewan’s new record peak load to 3,583 megawatts (MW) at 6:20 p.m. on Jan. 4. Last winter’s peak of 3,543 MW was set on Dec. 6, 2013.

“We continue to set new records for power consumption, the result of more people living and working in our province than ever before,” said Mike Marsh, SaskPower Acting President and CEO. “We are working hard to make sure our infrastructure can sup-port this trend by

renewing our equip-ment and looking to innovative options to supply power.”

Since the end of 2013, SaskPower has added approximately 7,800 new residential, commercial, and indus-trial customers.

To lighten the load and curb their power bills this winter, SaskPower’s customers have the power to save:

✔ Turn down the thermostat. Changing the temperature of your home by even a few degrees can make a big difference. For every degree you lower your thermostat overnight for an eight-hour peri-od, you can save up to two per cent on your

heating costs.✔ Plug in your car

with a timer. Your car only needs to be plugged in for four hours. Use a block heater timer to save around $25 a year.

✔ Turn out the lights. Shorter days and longer nights mean interior lights in your home are on longer. Remember to turn out the lights when you leave a room. Better yet, cut down the power they use by about three quarters by using LED light bulbs.

✔ Customers on equalized payments should keep an eye on their bills and any bal-ance being carried, to avoid one large bill at the end of the year.

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Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS. The selection is based on: Demonstrating Christian Values, School work, School Involvement, Leadership, and Community Involve ment.

Ashley is a kind and generous person who is always willing to help a friend. She is quick to share what she has and then to give even more. Ashley is a very cheerful person whose smile brightens a gloomy day and whose laughter is contagious. Her giving spirit and positive attitude make her an excellent addition to the Sacred Heart family. Ashley is an excellent student. She is responsible, willing to work and is diligent in her studies. As a result of her dedication and deter-mination, she achieves marks in the nineties and high eighties. She has been on the honour roll

with distinction for her duration of her time in high school. Ashley is also an AP English stu-dent. In the school, you can find her involved in drama, being Madam Betina Bayouhou in Death Aboard the Duchess last year, play-ing junior girls volleyball and basketball. She is in music ministry, band, choir and jazz band. Ashley participates in several volunteer activi-ties arranged by groups at Sacred Heart. She demonstrates leadership in the way she works and in the way she treats oth-ers. She works indepen-dently and is not afraid to stand up for her beliefs or to share her opinions with others. Ashley is also quite willing to spear-head projects, whether they are related to school or not. She attends the Yorkton Seventh-Day Adventist Church weekly, helps younger children in the church and serves as deaconess. Ashley is also quite involved with the church’s social com-

mittee.Tanner is always help-

ing others and will never say no when someone asks him to do some-thing. He is very kind and considerate. Tanner is more of a quiet person, but shows his love for others through his actions. He tries his hardest in all his classes, hands in his work on time and is on the honour roll with distinction. Tanner is male president of the SRC, curls and is leader of the curling club. He is a retreat leader and he also works at Sport Check. Tanner’s leader-ship shows as SRC pres-ident, as a retreat leader and in his willingness to help others. He always walks around with a posi-tive attitude and is never in a grumpy mood. He attends St. Gerard’s par-ish, speaks at school masses and is an altar server.

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Ed, my neighbor next door, heard I’m trying to improve my brain health, and he is certain that it’s too little, too late on my part. My neighbor learned that I had signed on to Luminosity. It is a website where you play games that are improving your brain health as you play their games. The games are designed to improve your brain’s level of attention, memory, flexibility, problem-solving, and speed. The games c o m e f r o m Neuroscience research that encourages stim-ulation games/activi-ties to challenge the brain to create new neural pathways or reorganize existing ones. These games, hopefully, result in improved health and cognitive training in your brain.

Ed said it this way, “You’re playing silly games on your com-puter to keep yourself from becoming more and more brain dead.” I said that is pretty much it; growing older

doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be smart-er than you have ever been. It is pretty com-mon for brains to slow down and backfire as we get older.

Of course, Ed had to ask if my wife has found that I’m bright-er since doing Luminosity games. I said that neither of us has noticed a big leap forward so far. We do both believe in mira-cles, so we aren’t count ing the Luminosity games out yet. Ed thought that I might have paid to try Luminosity to find out it makes me dumber instead of brighter. He wanted to know if that has occurred with others. I just couldn’t give him an answer because I don’t know. Ed’s final comment

was, “This Luminosity thing is a waste of your money, as it’s too late for swimming les-sons when you’re drowning!”

When it comes to brain health, it seems that, Herod the Great, lacked flexibility in his problem-solving skills. Herod was ruler in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Herod proved that he had a powerful accuracy at killing anyone who could threaten him as the ruler. History indicates that Herod spent his entire rule eliminating any per-son that he considered a threat. He had three of his sons executed and a host of other folks.

Herod sent soldiers to Bethlehem to kill

all male children two years old and under, to snuff out the baby born King of the Jews there. Herod had been alerted to a baby born king of the Jews, by Magi from the east who were searching for the baby to pay him honor. Herod asked them to come back and tell him where the child was in Bethlehem so that he could also worship

him. Herod intended to kill the baby, and when the Magi did not return to tell him where the baby was in Jerusalem, he had all the babies there killed. Thankfully, Joseph had already taken the baby and his mother to Egypt. God alerted Joseph about the slaughter of babies that Herod was plan-ning. The slaughter of innocent children is

part of the Christmas story. Herod used his power and position to murder without regret. God sent his Son born of Mary at Bethlehem to help people, by giving his life for them. God showed flexibility with Jesus to solve the problem of our sinfulness, instead of our execution as guilty sinners.

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Employment and Social Development Canada has announced the benefit amounts for the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) effective January 1, 2015.

CPP benefits will increase by 1.8 per-cent for those already receiving CPP bene-fits. For 2015, the maximum CPP retire-ment benefit for new recipients age 65 will be $1,065.00 per month. This increase is calculated on the average yearly maxi-mum pensionable earnings for the last five years. The new CPP rates will be in effect until December 31, 2015. CPP benefits are revised once a year, in January, based on changes over

the 12-month period (November 2013 to October 2014) in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the cost-of-living measure used by Statistics Canada.

OAS benefits, which consist of the basic OAS pension, the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) and the Allowances, will remain the same for the first quarter of 2015 (January to March). As of January 1, 2015, the basic OAS pension will stay at $563.74 per month. OAS benefits are also based on the CPI, but are reviewed quarter-ly (in January, April, July and October) and revised as required to reflect increases in the cost of living as measured by the CPI.

Although OAS and CPP benefits are not indexed at the same time, they are both adjusted with the cost of living over a given year.

The Old Age Security (OAS) pro-gram and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) enhance the quality of life of Canadian seniors by providing a modest base upon which to build addi-tional income for retirement.

The OAS is funded through general tax revenues and provides a basic monthly income for Canadian seniors. In 2013–14, approximately $41.8 billion in OAS bene-fits were provided to 5.4 million individu-als.

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Folic Acid Awareness Week is from January 5-9, 2015. Consumption of folic acid by the pregnant woman can reduce the risk of hav-ing a child with a neural tube defect by 70 per cent. It is recommended that women eat a diet rich in folate. Folate can be found in liver, raw leafy vegeta-bles, beans, peas, and len-tils. In addition, it is recom-mended that women take folic acid supplements prior to and during pregnancy.

The first four weeks of pregnancy are critical for the healthy development of the spinal cord, brain, and skull. By the 4th week of pregnancy, the neural tube should be closed. If the neu-ral tube does not close prop-erly, the health of the baby is impacted. This results in a Neural Tube Defect.

When the top of the cord does not close, Anencephaly occurs. A baby with Anencephaly is born with an underdeveloped brain and skull. This is a fatal condition.

When the bottom of the cord fails to close, Spina Bifida occurs. Spina Bifida involves a malformation of the vertebrae and possible damage to the nervous sys-tem. The spinal cord and its coverings protrude through the openings between the individual bones that make up the back bones, resulting in a bulge or “sac”. The term Spina Bifida can apply to a variety of conditions that range from relatively minor

problems that can be surgi-cally corrected, to severe physical disabilities and developmental delays.

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Women with low health risks should begin taking a folic acid fortified multivi-tamin containing 0.4 – 1.0mg of folic acid starting at least 2-3 months before conception and continue taking for at least the first 3 months of pregnancy. Women with compromised health or particular health conditions should eat a diet rich in folate and begin tak-ing a daily vitamin contain-ing 5.0mg of folic acid at least 3 months before becoming pregnant and continue this level of sup-plementation throughout the entire pregnancy and breastfeeding. Currently, this level of folic acid is only available with a doc-tor’s prescription.

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Wayne Whitehead of the Pelican Lake First Nation was convicted on charges of illegal outfit-ting and unlawful posses-sion of wildlife in North Battleford provincial court on December 23, 2014, resulting in fines totalling $4,900 under The Wildlife Act and The Outfitter and Guide Regulations.

The charges were laid as the result of two public complaints received by the Ministry of Environment in November 2012 and February 2013. The first complaint was investigat-ed and conservation offi-cers determined that Whitehead, a First Nations outfitter, was unlawfully outfitting by providing a hunt outside of his autho-rized hunting area on First Nations land.

The second complaint was also investigated and it was determined that Whitehead was in unlaw-ful possession of a moose.

“Illegal outfitting and hunting robs the people of Saskatchewan and the provincial government is committed to ensuring those who abuse our wild-life resources are prosecut-ed,” Ministry of Environment Compliance and Enforcement Director Ken Aube said. “The courts have recognized the negative impacts of these activities and imposed this significant penalty. I am

confident that it sends the message that Saskatchewan’s fish and wildlife resources are val-ued and will be protect-ed.”

This case is a prime example of how the public can assist in solving crimes through the Turn In Poachers (TIP) program, which is strongly support-ed by the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation (SWF).

“Our province is blessed with tremendous hunting opportunities and it is important that we care-fully manage these wild-life resources,” SWF Executive Director Darrell C r a b b e s a i d . “Saskatchewan’s wildlife laws exist to protect and preserve healthy game populations. This is why the Ministry of Environment sets seasons and requires licences to prevent over-harvesting.”

If you suspect wildlife, fisheries, forestry or envi-ronmental violations, please call your local Ministry of Environment office, Saskatchewan’s toll-free Turn In Poachers TIP line at 1-800-667-7561 or #5555 for SaskTel cell phone subscribers, or report a violation online at www.saskatchewan.ca/conservation. You may be eligible for cash rewards from the SaskTip Reward Program.

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FAMILY READING – St. Paul’s School has begun its Sixth One School, One Book family reading journey and will be exploring the world of silverback gorillas in The One and Only Ivan. We would like to thank our sponsors for generously providing funds for this year’s books! Our book sponsors this year include The Brayden Ottenbreit Memorial Book Fund, the Leader-Post Raise-a-Reader program and SIGA. We would also like to thank our book bag sponsors, SecurTek Pioneers for their support. Finally we would like to thank all our school families for supporting literacy in their homes and creating memories for their children for as Ivan tells us “Memories are precious... they help tell us who we are.” Happy Reading St. Paul’s!

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SGI and its law enforcement partners are continuing with month-long traffic safe-ty focuses for 2015. In January, the province-wide focus is on inter-section safety.

“Intersection colli-sions have increased year-over-year. Too many people are being hurt and killed on Saskatchewan roads and it needs to stop,” said Andrew Cartmell, President and CEO of SGI. “For the New Year, resolve to drive better. Drive safer. For you, your family, and everyone else on the

road.” Nearly 40 per cent of

Saskatchewan crashes happen at intersec-tions.* The most com-mon contributing fac-tors are inattentive-ness, failing to yield, driving too fast for road conditions, following too closely and disobey-ing traffic lights.

“SGI encourages drivers to plan ahead, and build in a bit more travel time to avoid that temptation to rush through an intersec-tion,” Cartmell said.

Collisions at inter-sections have a high risk of serious injuries

or even death, making intersection safety a priority for enforce-ment. The collisions at intersections that can be most dangerous are a result of a driver turning left into on-coming traffic, or colli-sions at a right angle. Vehicles travelling in the same direction can also collide when one is following too closely and rear-ends the vehi-cle in front of them, or a driver doesn’t see a vehicle next to them and side-swipes it.

In 2013, there were more than 11,000 colli-sions at intersections

across the province, resulting in 47 deaths and injuring more than 3,500 people.

Road users can pre-vent collisions at inter-sections by following the basic steps of IPDE:

• Identify real and potential hazards when approaching an inter-section by scanning the intersection well in advance, checking crosswalks, checking your blind spots and keeping an eye out for traffic that may be com-ing from blocks ahead.

• Predict what will happen should you

encounter a real or potential hazard. If a vehicle suddenly stopped in front of you, could you stop without rear-ending it? Could you quickly change lanes without side-swiping another vehi-cle?

• Decide exactly what you would do to drive safely and deal with the hazard.

• Execute that deci-sion – follow through.

During the winter months, remember to slow down as you approach intersections, even if you have the right of way, in case

other vehicles aren’t able to stop. Keep a safe following distance and give yourself extra time to stop so you have some leeway when driv-ing conditions are slip-pery.

Read more about IPDE and winter driv-ing on SGI’s website at www.sgi.sk.ca.

In consultation with its law enforcementpartners, SGI has developed a calendar outlining the traffic safety focus for each month in 2015, avail-able online at www.sgi.sk.ca.

Intersection safety January focus

The annual index-ation of the provincial income tax system will save Saskatchewan people an estimated $10.6 million in 2015.

“All Saskatchewan income tax brackets and tax credit amounts will go up 1.7 per cent in 2015, matching the national rate of infla-tion,” Finance Minister Ken Krawetz said. “Indexation helps pro-tect Saskatchewan tax-payers from ‘bracket creep’ and is part of our government’s commit-ment to fairness and

competitiveness in tax-ation.”

Individual taxpayers now pay no Saskatchewan income tax on their first $18,960 of income while a family of four pays no Saskatchewan income tax on their first $49,155 of income –- the highest tax-free income threshold for a family of four in Canada. A family of four with $50,000 annu-al income has now seen their provincial income tax cut by more than 95 per cent since 2007 –-

from about $2,300 in income tax to less than $100 in income tax in 2015 – a savings of more than $2,200 a year.

“By the end of 2015, a family of four with $50,000 income will have saved about $19,000 through our government’s various tax reductions,” Krawetz said. “Overall, Saskatchewan resi-dents have saved approximately $490 million through lower personal income taxes.”

Since 2008, about 112,000 low-income Saskatchewan resi-dents have been removed from the tax rolls, and various mea-sures to reduce person-al income taxes in Saskatchewan have been introduced, includ-ing:

Increasing personal, spousal and child exemption amounts and introducing a new Low Income Tax Credit in 2008;

Introducing a new Active Families Benefit of $150 per child for

cultural and sports activities in 2009;

Raising personal, spousal and child exemption amounts again in 2011; and

Introducing a new First-Time Home-buyers’ Tax Credit in 2012 as well as expand-ing the Active Families Benefit to include all children 17 and under (previously, it only cov-ered ages 6 to 14).

When income tax savings are combined with new tax reduction programs introduced since 2007 (including

the refundable Low-Income Tax Credit and the Active Families Benefit), a single per-son with $25,000 annu-al income will benefit from $888 in lower pro-vincial tax in 2015 than in 2007. A family of four with $50,000 com-bined income will see tax savings of $2,894 and a family of four with $75,000 combined income will see tax sav-ings of $2,636, when comparing 2015 to2007.

Tax rate lowered for Saskatchewan

NEW FRIEND – Hey, my name’s Micah, I’m a six month old pug terrier cross. I’m a spayed female too. If there’s one thing I want in the new year, it’s a new family! One that’s loving and responsible, and I know that there’s someone out there who wants a dog like me to join their home. To learn more come visit the SPCA or call 306-783-4080.

Like many others at this time of year, the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure is reflecting on the chal-lenges and successes of another year gone.

“Our government rec-ognizes the importance of safe and efficient high-ways to the people of the province,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Nancy Heppner said. “A

solid transportation sys-tem is the foundation of our plan to grow Saskatchewan’s economy and improve the quality of life for all our citi-zens.”

The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure’s work in 2014 focused on improv-ing the condition and sustainability of Saskatchewan’s 26,000

km highway system. The ministry also started, completed and continued the planning for a num-ber of major projects that support the province’s continued population growth. And once again, ministry crews respond-ed to extreme weather and natural disasters.

Highlights of 2014 include:

Building and Main-taining Saskatchewan’s Highways – more than 430 km of major highway upgrades, 425 km of repaving, 38 bridge proj-ects and 323 culvert proj-ects were completed or underway in 2014.

Ministry crews were challenged to maintain Saskatchewan’s high-ways during one of the worst winters on record.

Flooding - serious flooding hit large parts of

central, east central and southeastern Saskat-chewan in early July. Roads and bridges were washed away and as many as 25 sections of highway were closed dur-ing the worst of the flood-ing.

Attracting federal funding – over the next few years, federal fund-ing announced in 2014 will see more than $225 million go toward proj-ects that reduce conges-tion and improve safety on some of our busiest highways including Highway 7, Highway 16 and the Regina Bypass.

St. Louis Bridge - the new St. Louis Bridge opened to traffic in October, creating a 683 km primary weight cor-ridor from Assiniboia to La Ronge.

Highway improvements highlights for 2014

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So just how do our wild-life counterparts make it through winter using just their natural instincts and biological adaptations? Here are three of Canada’s iconic species with a few tricks up their sleeves (or rather, fur)!

Padded paws – Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

The Canada lynx is one of Canada’s big cats. The main distinction from the bobcat is the lynx’s thick grey fur, longer ear tufts and black-tipped tail. Despite their size, with males weighing up to 17 kilograms, Canada lynxes have no problem trekking on deep snow thanks to their large furred paws that act like snowshoes. This feature makes them well adapted for stalking and ambushing prey (like the snowshoe hare).

Grow a coat, and more – the moose (Alces alces)

The majestic moose (which comes from the Algonquian First Nations “moosh” meaning stripper and eater of bark) is the largest member of the deer family. Several key adapta-tions help to keep the 450-kilogram (on average) veg-etarian comfy throughout winter. Both sexes are out-fitted with a thick coat of hollow guard hairs that provides insulation and buoyancy on land and in water. Their cloven hooves also keep them from sink-ing in deep snow and soft mud. In the winter, male moose also shed those mas-sive antlers to conserve energy and nutrients.

Sleep it out - grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

When food is scarce and weather is frightful, per-haps inactivity rather than activity is the way to go. For the grizzly bear, one of the strongest and most impres-sive mammals in North America, winter is a time of dormancy. To prepare for the season, grizzlies fill up their energy reserves by eating an omnivorous (meat and plant-based) diet and dig dens with their power-ful muscles and sharp claws. Contrary to common belief, grizzlies are not true hibernators because their body temperatures only drop a few degrees and res-piration rate slows to slight-ly below normal. In fact,

Wildlife knows how to keep warm

Jenay Werle PAg, Farm Business Management Specialist

As 2014 draws to a close, many of us are giving thought to our New Year’s resolutions and the goals we are setting for ourselves in 2015. As a farmer or rancher, having a set of goals provides the power to steer farm business activi-ties in the same direction as hopes and intentions. Farm managers need to have a clear view of the future to create a business that is in line with their strategic goals. Here are some steps that can help in this planning process:

Know where you have been

The successes and fail-ures of the past provide valuable knowledge to help plan the future. Many of us are not aware of the things we do right simply because we do not consistently evaluate past activities.

Know where you areGood things have been

done in the past to get the business where it is today. Knowing what strengths of your business are will help you to build on them and shape the way moving for-ward.

Know where you want to be – your business goals!

Take the time to look forward. Figure out what the business goal is. Is it to expand the business, change the focus, increase value-added activities, or make more money?

Know how to get thereHaving an understand-

ing of how the business is going to achieve its goals is as important as having the goal in the first place. Figure out what is known or can be seen, evaluate whether it is likely to be a success, start on the path towards this goal, build in

flexibility, and re-evaluate as information about the path to the business goal becomes clear.

Know how to tell when you get there

It is entirely possible to pass business goals with-out knowing they have been achieved. Each goal must have at least one clear objective so that it can be recognized when and if it is a success. A business goal to improve efficiency is a good target, but without a defined objec-tive such as reducing the number of labour hours per acre farmed from one hour per acre to half an hour per acre, there is no way to show how the goal was achieved.

Business Strategy, sometimes referred to as strategic planning, is the building block for many other farm management practices.

Implementing this farm management practice will lead to a farm or ranch business that has a vision and purpose. It should include a formal written business strategy that is reviewed annually. All members of the manage-ment team agree to the short and long-term goals for the farm business and those goals align with fam-ily goals.

The farm’s day-to-day actions are directed by the agreed upon goals.

Jenay Werle PAg, Farm Business Management Specialist

For more information on Farm Business Strategy, or the FBDI program, please contact our Yorkton Regional Office (306-786-1531), the Agriculture Knowledge Centre (1-866-457-2377), or visit the Ministry of Agriculture website at http://www.agri-culture.gov.sk.ca. )

What’s your farm business strategy?

nature’s ingenuity. Although Canadian wildlife species are amazing climate adapters, they are undergo-ing stresses that threaten their long-term viability. According to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), there are 693

PLANT PROVIDES FATTY ACIDS – An attractive shrub bearing fingers of golden fruits, Seabuckthorn has been grown in Canada primar-ily for its esthetic purpos-es and ability to block wind and help conserve soil. After almost 30 years of research and develop-ment at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), this shrub is looking to come out of the field and into the supermarket.Bi l l Schroeder, Researcher at AAFC’s Agroforestry Develop-ment Centre in Indian Head, Saskatchewan is the recognized North American expert on this budding bush and the first scientist to initiate a comprehensive seabuck-thorn research program. The Agroforestry Development Centre has the only North American bred cultivars available, which has been instru-mental in the develop-ment of the Canadian seabuckthorn industry.

Special to the seabuck-thorn is the suite of fatty acids found in fruit and seed oils, at concentra-tions as high as 35 per cent. This is one of the few plants to provide bal-anced concentrations of essential fatty acids and oils which are good for human health.

The peel of the stem and berries contains 5-hy-droxytryptamine (sero-tonin), which is rare amongst plants. Seabuckthorn holds some of the highest antioxidant activity among medicinal plants.Canada, and particularly the prairies, is seen to

have enormous potential for a seabuckthorn indus-try because of processing industry interest, the plant’s ability to thrive in prairie growing condi-tions, the North American demand for the fruit that exceeds the supply, and the expanding health and nutrition market.

bears can wake up and even become active if weather turns uncharacteristically warm!

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You see, these animals are their own one-stop-shop to wilderness survival, and one can’t help but marvel at

species declared at risk, 22 extirpated species (those no longer found in the wild in Canada) and 15 species that have gone extinct.

As the height of the holi-day shopping season ap -proa ches, you can make a mean ingful contribution by helping to secure habitat

for our iconic species. The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Gifts of Canadian Nature program is a conve-nient way people can make a difference, conserve the beautiful wilderness in this country, save time and resources and give gifts unique and memorable.

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Friday, January 9

YORKTON TERRIERS vsHUMBOLDT BRONCOS

Game Time 7:30 p.m. at the Farrell Agencies Arena

Upcoming Yorkton Terrier Home GamesThursday, January 15

YORKTON TERRIERS vsWEYBURN RED WINGS

Game Time 7:30 p.m. at the Farrell Agencies Arena

The Yorkton branch of the Saskatchewan Genealogy Society

wishes you Happy New Year and invites interest-ed genealogists to their first regular meeting of

2015 on Tuesday, January 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the

Yorkton Public Library. Whether you are just get-

ting started with your family tree or have been researching for a while,

everyone is welcome!

New Horizons Friday Night Dances

78 First Ave. N., Yorkton, SK Great night of dancing

Every one is welcomeTime: 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Admission: $8.00

Lunch is includedMusic by: Ed Hicki

January 9. 2015Old Country Lads

January 16.The ZayshleysJanuary 23.

Andrew Mariniuk & Boys January 30.

For more info phone Peter: 306-782-1846

Prairie Debut Presents Ensemble Caprice, Baroque Quintet

A “Stars For Saskatchewan”

performance presented by the Yorkton Arts Council,Tues., Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. Anne Portnuff Theatre, Yorkton Regional High

School. Under the artistic direction of Matthias

Maute & Sophie Lanviére, Ensemble Caprice is

renowned for its innova-tive interpretation of baroque music & has

received national & inter-national acclaim for more than twenty years. The

New York Times featured them in a lengthy article praising them as “imagi-native even powerful, & the playing is top flight,” Ensemble Caprice per-

forms regularly in Europe, the USA, & also

toured in Israel & Taiwan. In Canada, they are invited regularly in

most prestigious festivals & concert series across the country. Their CD, Gloria! Vivaldi’s Angels

won Canada’s prestigious 2009 JUNO Award. It is Salsa Baroque (Analekta, 2010), the most popular of

all their CDs, the pro-gram they will be bring-ing to your communities

this season. Salsa baroque is the music of Latin

America & Spain in the sixteenth & seventeenth

centuries. Gems from this spectacular musical era

will be performed on instruments that were common at the time: flutes and recorders,

baroque guitar, violoncello & various percussion

instruments. www.prai-riedebut.com Tickets are available at the Yorkton Arts Council, 306-783-

8722, online at www.tick-etpro.ca or at the door.

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 728-4744Ralph E. Hale 728-9205.

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 marcel.porte@bayer.com or call

Cell: 306-621-7716.

Co-Ed Pool League Every Monday at 7 p.m. from October until April. Downstairs at the 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

EclipseA “Stars For

Saskatchewan” performance presented by the Yorkton Arts Council,

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anne Portnuff Theatre, Yorkton Regional High

School. Eclipse is an exciting and

vibrant musical experience that showcases

the very best of Saskatoon’s musicians,

arrangers and performers. Eclipse presents a stun-ning 30 voice ensemble, accompanied by some of Saskatoon’s finest musi-cians and led by artistic

director Roy Sydiaha with Wes Froese on keyboard. Vocalists are drawn from

the community with a broad and varied back-ground in musical train-ing. From shimmering

jazz harmonies and groov-ing rhythm to inspiring gospel, Eclipse creates a joyful musical spectacu-lar. It’s a musical event you won’t want to miss!

The fusion of band, choral and swinging arrange-

ments brings energy and life to the choral music

scene. Entertaining with classics from blues, soul, swing and pop, we bring

our own twist to the music with arrangements by Saskatchewan musi-cians. Audiences leave

with a lift to their spirits and a spring in their step.

www.eclipsechorus.comTickets are available at

the Yorkton Arts Council, 306-783-8722, online at www.ticketpro.ca or at

the door.

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

YorktonYorkton Public Library

Second Tuesday of every month @ 6:30 p.m.

• overview of Shelwin House, domestic violence info., healthy/unhealthy

relationships, dating violence, bullying

No cost, all are welcome!For details call Shannon

at 306-782-5181.

Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club

Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on Broadway Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Fri., 9 a.m. to

noon. Tues., Wed., Thurs., 2-4 p.m.

Free to participate!

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.

2014/15 Stars For Saskatchewan Concert

Series Line UpEclipse, January 13, 2015; Prairie Debut: Ensemble Caprice Baroque Quintet, January 27, 2015; Royal

Wood, February 22, 2015; Ballet Jorgen presenting

Cinderella, March 10, 2015; The Barra

MacNeils, April 8, 2015; and Lone Tree Road with

JJ Guy and Scott Cornelius, April 26, 2015.

For details call the Yorkton Arts Council at

306-783-8722. Tickets are also available online at

Ticketpro.

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.

St. John Ambulance First Aid Classes

OHS Standard First Aid/CPR classes. Personalized

courses andonline training also

available.For more info. or to register call Judy at 783-4544 or email:

sjayyorkton@sk.sja.ca.

Habitat for HumanityVolunteers Wanted

To get your name on thevolunteer list for a build or to be part of a commit-

tee, go to www.habitat yorkton.ca and click on

“Volunteer Now”

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

Grayson Conference Room, St. Peters Hospital, Melville the first Tuesday

of every month at 6:30 p.m. Also in Preeceville at

the Preeceville Library the third Tuesday of

every month and Langenburg the fourth

Tuesday at the Town Office.

• overview of Shelwin House, domestic violence info., healthy/unhealthy

relationships, dating violence, bullying

No cost, all are welcome!For details call Shannon

at 306-782-5181.

Community Events

WINTER WONDERLAND – A round or two at Deer Park in the winter? Yorkton Cross Country Ski Club is seeing plenty of activity day and night at the golf course. Pictured above starting from the top is Toby and Nadine Frisk Yorkton Cross Country Ski mem-bers who appreciate the skate trails set at Deer Park. “They are the best! and with them just minutes from our doorstep it’s easy to get out for a round at any time day or night.” Margret Graham long time ski enthusiast heads out for a quick loop. “84 years old and I still love getting out on the skis” Candice Stupak “My 2nd year and just getting the hang of it, and I am loving it.” A group of enthusiasts take in Deer Park Cross country ski trails over the holidays. Submitted

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BIRTHS

BOYCHUK - Born to Bryan & Lind- sey Boychuk of Yorkton, SK, a daughter, Emma Rose, December 9, 2014.

DUDLEY - Born to Steven & Britta- ny Dudley of Yorkton, SK, a son, Steven Ace Jr., December 18, 2014.

FAVEL- Born to Curt Favel & Tri- na Brass of Yorkton, SK, a daugh- ter, Braelyn Rose, December 19, 2014.

LOMENDA - Born to Tearra Neu- dorf & Bretten Lomenda of York- ton, SK, a daughter, Valeria Lee Mae, December 22, 2014.

PRYCHAK - Born to Darcy & Jen- nifer Prychak of Yorkton, SK, a son, Jacob John Jack, December 15, 2014.

RUSHTON - Born to Jori & Bran- don Rushton of Yorkton, SK, a daughter, Asia Jenesis, December 15, 2014.

SCOTT - Born to Chantelle Pelleti- er & James Scott of Yorkton, SK, a son, Corwyn George, December 26, 2014.

STEPHEN - Born to Shawn Ste- phen & Brandy Gibley of Yorkton, SK, a daughter, Julianna Ashley Nicole, December 13, 2014.

WYCHOPEN - Born to Dwight Wy- chopen & Christine Wilson of Salt- coats, SK, a daughter, Hailey An- na, December 13, 2014.

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RESIDENTIAL AREAS• 83 Tupper (across)• Westshore Greens• Government Road• Darlington (Across St. Mikes)• 119 Collacott• 2nd Ave. & Collacott• Henderson St. W. & Maple• Betts & Duncan• Bradbrooke Dr. E.• Bradbrooke Dr. W.• 302 Independent• Elizabeth & Independent• Newfi eld Bay & Northview• Corner of Allanbrooke & Riverview• 29 Cedarwood• Mountview & Mossfi eld• Glenbrooke (back alley)• 269 Circlebrooke (back yard)• 550 Circlebrooke & Parkview Road

(Old Church)• 520 Circlebrooke (across by bus stop)• Darlington & Ross Dr.• 320 Morrison• Morrison Park• Poplar Gate• Russell Drive (by apartments)• 305 Fietz St.

• 41 Blackwell• 68 Appleton Dr.• 144 Matheson Cres.• McBurney & McNeil• 17 Victor Place (across back alley)• 1 Deerwood Cres. (across back alley)• 204 - 5th Ave. N.• Henderson St. & Henderson Dr.• McFarline & North St.• Green St. & Lincoln• Ontario Behind Avalon Studios on Broadway• Laurier & Logan• Logan & 3rd Ave. S.• Peaker & King St.• 67 Centennial• Calwood & Circlebrooke (by alley)• Betts & Dunlop• 215 Sunset Dr. S.• 6 Sunset Dr. S.• Whitesand Superboxes• Riverside Drive Superboxes

BUSINESSES• Broadway Fas Gas• Superstore• Great Canadian Oil Change• Kahkewistahaw Gas• Yorkton Co-op Food Centre

• Yorkton Co-op C-Store (West Broadway)• Yorkton Co-op C-Store (Palliser Way)• Yorkton Regional Health Centre• Loaf n’ Jug• Mac’s (Smith St. E.)• Yorkton Vitamin Centre• Canadian Tire• Saddles & Steel• Super C• Small Engine & Repair• Bus Depot• The News Review (18 - 1st Ave. N.)• Howard Johnson• Ramada Inn• Days Inn• Yorke Inn• Redwood Motel

APARTMENTS• Heritage Manor• Queen Elizabeth Court• Victoria Court• Fisher Court• Fairview Arms• Dalebrooke Apartments

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