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Council to spend $50,000 to audit Abaco land salesBy Jason G. AntonioGrasslands News

Town council will pay Meyers Norris Penny (MNP) $50,000 to conduct an audit of the land sales between Abaco and the municipality, in response to a petition submitted in 2017.

Council approved a motion to award the audit tender to MNP during its Dec. 19 meeting. MNP was the only com-pany to submit a tender for the project.

What council could do is have its so-licitor review the audit agreement and review the caveats contained within it, said Mayor Jerry Whiting. However, the audit petition does contain dead-lines and council’s options are limited.

While MNP submitted a tender of $41,000, out of pocket expenses will likely increase that figure to $50,000, said Coun. Doug Blatter.

MNP did not provide council with any parameters of what actual costs would be, said Coun. Brian Casper. Council would have to pay travel fees

since the auditors are coming from Re-gina.

“What difference would it be? We have to do it,” said Coun. Rebecca Hill, adding this is typical based on her ex-periences in consulting contractors.

An initial meeting to define parame-ters and deadlines would likely be held in March, said CAO Larry Davidson. MNP would come back to gather infor-mation, before making a presentation to council. Town administration will gather the necessary documents before-hand and present them to MNP.

Some of those documents have al-ready been identified and should be ready by the first meeting, said Whit-ing. Being prepared could mitigate costs associated with this process.

“We are obligated to spend money (based on) the petition,” said Coun. Lee Finishen. CF Asphalt lease

The municipality and CF Asphalt have been attempting to negotiate an

agreeable lease for the company to use the Tertiary Plant building and prop-erty. The town and the company share the building.

As part of its counteroffer, council approved a motion to ask for $1,200 a month in rent plus 50 per cent of utili-ties, with the goal of increasing rent to $1,500 a month plus 50 per cent of util-ities after one year.

The motion has to be officially ap-proved at the next meeting.

Council initially suggested $1,500 a month plus all utilities, while CF As-phalt countered with $800 a month in rent with utilities, said Hill.

The company hasn’t considered all the free services it has received during the last few years, said Coun. Larry Schultz. Council’s proposed $1,500 per month in rent is not “an awful lot of money.”

The municipality has been charging below-market rent for that property for years, said Finishen. A survey of the

property indicated how much the landis worth. CF Asphalt has been paying less in rent for years, so increasing how much it pays is a “gesture of good faith.”

“We are not gouging,” he said. “Idon’t see why we should give a home-town discount or anything like that. We are in business to rent property at fair market value.”

Finishen recommended asking for $1,500 per month in rent plus 50 percent of utilities. Council defeated the motion 5-2, with Finishen and Schultzin favour.

Casper then suggested council ask for $1,200 a month in rent with 50 percent of utilities for the next year, before increasing rent to $1,500 a month with 50 per cent of utilities.

Whiting liked this motion, since it gives CF Asphalt time to either pay the rent increase or find an alternative lo-cation.

Council approved the motion unan-imously.

A young snowboarder catches some air while jumping off a ramp at Mission Ridge Winter Resort on Jan. 6. Many skiers and snowboard-ers hit the slopes during a warmer weekend compared to the previ-ous few weeks. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

QVEA wants council to right past wrongsBy Jason G. AntonioGrasslands News

The Qu’Appelle Val-ley Environmental As-sociation (QVEA) wants town council to act on a 619-name petition and provide easement access for residents affected by land sales to Abaco En-ergy Services.

“All of us should be thankful, the wider pub-lic knows an injustice when they see it,” QVEA spokesman Jim Harding told town council during its Dec. 19 meeting. “Do the right thing: provide equal access to people who need access to ease-ments.”

Besides Harding, 13 other QVEA mem-bers packed into coun-cil chambers for the presentation. The group provided a chronology of dates around the rezon-ing of certain land, sale of land to Abaco, and is-suance of construction permits for three condo buildings negatively af-fected.

See accompanying story on page 2 for the list of dates.

The group also distrib-uted an eight-page book-let looking at the history

of the Abaco land sales. Council later approved

a motion to spend up to $50,000 on an audit of the Abaco land sales. The motion has to be of-ficially approved at the next meeting.Council reaction

Council is just as anx-ious as residents to ad-dress this issue, while being fiscally responsibe, said Mayor Jerry Whit-ing.

Negotiations have to happen, said Harding. If that’s unsuccessful, then council must use expropriation to make up for past errors. But this should all be legal. Coun-cil can’t give conditional

access to Blue Bill Baywhile Willow Courts is not allowed to sell.

Coun. Rebecca Hillwondered what QVEA would do if the audit’sfindings don’t supportthe group’s position. She wondered if that wouldbe the end of discussions.She believed the audit is about the sale of property, while QVEA’s documentis about the “perceivedwrongdoings” of the saleof the property.

QVEA would dealwith the land sales as-pect separately by con-ducing another analysis,said Harding.

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... QVEA wants council to right past wrongsContinued from Page 1

Reading QVEA’s booklet, Hill was unclear how the lack of easements and sale of land were two separate things. She noted much of the booklet references the sale of property for $1 and provides that background.

There would be no problem if the land had been sold properly and with easements, said Harding. QVEA’s presentation is strictly about the petition for the easements.

“The facts make it quite clear how it happened and that it should be remediated in a just way … ,” he continued. “We will be open to what the audit

With Blue Bill Bay condos, Hill wondered why the town should be responsible to that condo building

She wondered if there was room on the property to build an access road.

Those condo residents would have to access the building crossing Block V to access the rear garages, said Harding. There were barriers placed there on Nov. 3, 2017 preventing that. There is also no access to the back of the property where the garages are.

Blue Bill Bay and Willow Court have discussed temporary access by sharing front access to the base-ment of Blue Bill Bay, but that wouldn’t work on the west side of Willow Court, he added. That is Block V.

Bay’s property for them to build their own access road, if that is what they so desire,” said Hill, since the west side is Block N.

That lot abuts Block V, said Harding. There is no way Blue Bill Bay could use its own property to ac-cess the rear. Based on the maps, V and N are adja-cent; V is how residents get into their condo units.

Harding added that QVEA “strongly discourages” council from wasting public money on a referendum when it already has 619 names on a petition. QVEA also discouraged council from taking a legal process since lawsuits against the town could cost council more than simply creating easements. QVEA presentation

Municipal, provincial and national democracy is only as good as the transparency and accountability

behind it, said Harding. Neither one works without freedom of information to back them up. However, it does not mean the public knows what’s happening even with transparency and accountability in place.

have to take responsibility to make this stuff hap-pen,” he remarked. “We’ve taken this quite seri-ously.”

QVEA believes it knows 75 per cent of what hap-pened with the Abaco land sales. In August, the group requested 33 municipal documents related to the land sales from 2013 to 2015. It had been ru-moured in 2015 that a marina was proposed for the Blue Bill Bay marsh area behind the old Indian Hos-pital. That is when QVEA created its marsh protec-tion working group.

In October, the town provided 136 pages of munic--

uments, the pages allowed QVEA to piece together some unknown or confusing things.Research results

From the research, QVEA knows Blocks V and Q were sold to Abaco without easements, for 50 cents each. Y was sold for $1. This is a problem, said Hard-

to Abaco. When Blue Bill Estates was built on Block N, the

access to the building — approved by council — wasoff the back of Block V.

“The town forgot its obligations,” Harding said.

Block N to residential is the same person who madethe motion to sell Block V to Abaco: former councillor Jeff Brown.

While everyone slips up, that shouldn’t happenif there is collective oversight and administrativememory, Harding continued. He believes collectivememory broke down for Block V.

Residents were living in Blue Bill Estates condos when Block Q was sold without easements. Thismeant the town didn’t consider its own access for drainage, or the need for a service entrance to the60-year-old provincial nursing home. The home usedthe rear entrance of Block Q.

“Somehow, they became invisible when the town sold Q to Abaco,” said Harding.

Town council approved the construction of BlueBill Bay Estates under the assumption that Block Vwould allow rear access to the property. Council alsoassumed Willow Court condos would access Q.

All applications for the Willow Court development were presented to town administration and council throughout 2014, Harding continued. However, the

-velopers until Aug. 7, 2014 — 11 months after BlockQ was sold to Abaco without easements — that Qwas not available for the Willow Court development.

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— to talk to then councillor and Abaco contact, Brian

some way to access the building off Broadway Av-enue, Harding said. The developers thought theyfound 11 extra feet; however, on July 16, 2015, theyfound the measurements were off.

“We know what happened (next),” said Harding.Neither residents nor developers knew the ease-ments had been sold to Abaco until it put up barri-cades blocking people from accessing Willow Court.

For more than a year now, Harding added, resi-dents have been blocked from accessing their prop-erty and the company has been unable to sell any condo units since there is no access.

The next council meeting was Jan. 11.

Residents living in Willow Court condos are also having trouble accessing their units due to the same problems being faced by residents in the adjacent Blue Bill Estates.

Photo by Jason G. Antonio

QVEA timeline of events for Abaco land saleBy Jason G. AntonioGrasslands News

The Qu’Appelle Valley Environmental Association put together its independent chronology of the import-ant dates relating to the sale of land to Abaco and the lack of easements for residents to access their condo units.Timeline:

-clude YY) as residential• Sept. 13, 2013: Town sells Blocks V and Q to Abaco for $1 without easements for town drainage, or access to Blue Bill Bay Estates residents, Echo Lodge Nursing Home or planned Willow Court condos• Jan. 16, 2014: Acting CAO Kelly Schill signs an agree-ment with Abaco for Blocks V and Q• June 4 to July 30, 2014: Blacktty submits plans for six Willow Court condos with access from Q• Aug. 7, 2014: Schill informs Blacktty that Q was sold to Abaco 11 months ago without easements; refers Larry

• Sept. 4 to 14, 2014: Blacktty submits new plans for four Willow court condos on YY• Sept. 23, 2014: PBI inspector reviews new plans• April 23, 2015: New CAO hired to replace Schill• July 16, 2015: Town issues building permit to Blacktty for Willow Court condos• Aug. 28, 2015: Town sells Block Y to Abaco for $1 with-out easements for Trans Canada Trail• Oct. 21, 2016: QVEA hosts municipal election forum;

Abaco sales raised but discussion of easements details diverted

councillor Jeff Brown lose seats• Nov. 3, 2016: Abaco physically blocks Q access to Wil-low court residents• July 22, 2017: Willow Court asks Blue Bill Estates to allow temporary access; the request is rejected• July 31, 2017: QVEA mails out its Justice in the Valley

• Aug. 9, 2017: 55 residents attend QVEA monthly meet-ing on these issues• Aug. 17, 2017: QVEA asks for 33 documents from town• Aug. 31, 2017: QVEA issues its 45-page Public Interest Working Paper• Sept. 29, 2017: Willow Court owners ask Blue Bill Bay Estates to relocate fence onto N-YY property line

petitions, one calling for easements on V and Q (619 names), the other for an independent audit (743 names)• Oct. 24, 2017: Town provides QVEA with all the docu-ments it can locate; 136 pages in total• Dec. 19, 2017: QVEA presents brief on easements to council.

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By Jason G. AntonioGrasslands News

An engineering assessment of the Rexentre could help council develop a multi-year plan to upgrade the

upgrading the heating system.

on the engineering company’s assessment, said Coun. Doug Blatter, during council’s Dec. 19 meeting. After

notch.”

us from the nuts to bolts what needs doing in the

last another 20-some years, otherwise, a new arena is $10 million.”

Council approved a motion to have additional in-

back to the next meeting.

building, said CAO Larry Davidson. Administration already knows the rink boards will last for 2018 but need to be replaced before 2019. Other needed up-grades include a compressor in the cooling room, the

building’s mechanics, and enhanced washrooms and change rooms.

funds available this year,” Davidson said. He recom-mended that $28,500 be transferred into the recre-ation reserve and then pulled out in the 2018 budget to begin working on this project.

It is appropriate for council to do this now, said Coun. Brian Casper. As it moves forward, it needs to ensure it has shared service agreements or non-user agreements in place for groups using the building.

surrounding areas. Initially this assessment project was a sole source

request, said Davidson. He thinks there are other consultants who can provide a similar service, but not at the same level as the consultant that Kelly Skotnitsky, buildings operations manager, is recom-mending.

Casper wondered if council had the budget to pur-sue this assessment. He noted the municipality had

only revenue from utilities.

segments, so council might not have received any rev-

look at the bottom line. I crunched the revenues fromutilities. I’m not totally comfortable that we’re head-ing for a balanced budget.”

He noted council had $57,000 in revenue as of Dec. 19, compared to $63,000 at the same time in 2016.

Davidson said he would bring additional informa-tion back to council about current revenues and theengineering assessment. 2018 interim operating budget

Council approved a motion authorizing adminis-tration to pay the town’s operating expenses, up to $2.5 million, to help the municipality get through the

Municipalities are required to approve a budget --

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Flu season is here, are you vaccinated?By Connie SchwalmSpecial to Grasslands News

So, how are you feeling?

heart. You’re not alone. Morag Granger, manager of public health, nurs-

is increasing.-

-spiratory infections in both urban and rural areas.

a good indication that it’s in the area.”

vaccination yet can still do so.-

member that it takes two weeks after you get the vaccination to develop full immunity. So, if you are going to get the vaccination, it would likely be wise to do so sooner rather than later.”

-fence against the virus.

Granted, it’s not 100-per-cent effective for every per-son, but some protection is better than none. And

that even if they do get sick, they don’t tend to get as sick.”

particularly important consideration for certain peo-ple who are vulnerable.

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adults and young children the hardest. So, anybody who is over 65 or who has a chronic condition that could put them at risk should consider getting the vaccination.

children who are six months and older vaccinated.

vaccine. Babies who are less than six months old can’t be vaccinated, but if their mother receives the vaccination, it may also provide some immunity to the baby as well. Also, anybody who is going to be in contact with newborn babies, young children, older adults or others considered to be at high risk from

that giving your body the rest and support it needs

some relief from headache, muscle pain or fever, you

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persist or seem to be getting worse.

you’re not feeling any better, you should go and see your doctor. As well, if you have a fever or are cough-ing up discharge that is green or yellow, you may have a secondary infection. And, if you are just not sure what you should do, you can always call theHealthline at 811, and get some advice.”

So, how long before it’s over?

-lar attention to what happens in the schools. If we see large numbers of kids home sick, then we knowthat the virus is still circulating through the com-munity.”

Until the season ends, Granger says that thosecommon-sense measures that many of us learned aschildren, are still the best policy.

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It’s been a tough couple of years for community newspapers and the year that was proved to be no exception.

Saskatchewan lost several stalwart journals in 2017 to merger or closure, including the venerable Moose Jaw Times-Herald. Others are poised to be sold or wound down as longtime owners retire, while others can’t con-tinue to absorb the steady reduction in advertising revenues as misguided governments at all levels continue to

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It’s no secret — although we may have done a poor job of explaining it — 2017 was a year of change for Grass-lands News newspapers, the Fort Times included. We made business

we have weathered both foreseen and unexpected change. We have no plans to close the newspaper, but we do plan

much larger than we need since pro-duction was centralized several years ago and box stores started beating our stationery prices. We plan to relocate to smaller premises.

Newspapers are just as relevant to their readers and to their communities as ever — it’s just that there are more options available. Our newspapers are seen by our readers as a record of their history, an extension of their lives: an eye into their children’s classroom, a seat in the gallery at a town council meeting or a look behind the scenes at community theatre. This is where our strength has been and where it will continue to be.

We have to be all things to all peo-ple in the community. Our strength is that our readers want the quality, au-thority and familiarity of their home-town newspaper to turn to.

attract a new reporter to Fort Qu’Ap-pelle. So in the meantime we will continue to assign staff from other branches, engage freelancers, and rely on your participation to provide us with community news.

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We will try hard to get to every newsworthy event we are aware of into the Fort Times coverage area. Until we can hire a reporter/photographer

we simply can’t get to all events in the community so we will need to rely on you to take a photo or send us a press release.

Some groups will want to give the newspaper notice of an event and we’ll then write a story about it. Some may want to submit a full-blown story. That’s OK too — as long as it meets the Fort Times guidelines for length and style. We need to know the Who, What, When, Why, Where, and the how many, how much of the story. Keep your releases to 200 to 300 words.

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Dear Editor:The continued assertion by our pro-

vincial government representatives that private operators will step in to

fake news item. After more than 20 applications

from potential operators to the High--

sure of STC, only three companies are offering a partial service with 15 pas-senger vans, but only between Regina, Saskatoon, Yorkton and Prince Albert. All applicants were approved by the HTB, which publically stated that it no longer considered its role to involve ap-proval of routes, fares, frequency and safety factors in a “competitive busi-ness environment.” A policy change

provincial government, which has now

legislature, via Minister Hargrave.This bill, which removes all of the

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tive authority for the already deregu-lated situation. In an ironic twist there is a certain logic to this legislation, as there no longer exists an integrated passenger and freight network. While other provinces such as Manitoba, Brit-ish Columbia and Ontario continue to strengthen and build their provincially supported networks our government has demolished an infrastructure that glued our province together for the sake of a perverse ideology and the ex-penditure of a modest $10 million per year.

As recently as Dec. 30, CBC reported

for citizens without personal transpor-tation. This CBC interview included comments from small town residents now planning to move to larger centres because of the loss of mobility. If this trend accelerates this will be another hit to the viability of smaller communi-ties — surely not an outcome that this government will want with its claim to be the voice of small town and rural residents. Ultimately the deceits of the fake news spin will become evident and translate into negative electoral consequences.

It is recommended that the Sas-katchewan Party, with new leadership by month-end, make efforts to restore

has been clouded in secrecy and intel-

of the sale value of each STC asset sold on behalf of its owners, the tax-payers of Saskatchewan, as well as the value of the commission paid to KPMG would be starting points for regaining some measure of credibility. And what assets still remain unsold?

Meanwhile the people of Saskatch-ewan, have to ask whether democracy safe in the hands of this government.

has illustrated threats to our expec-tations of how democracy should work by a combination of authoritarianism, failure to consult and adequately plan, plain ignorance of bus transport eco-nomics and a continued reliance on fake news spin.”

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By Jason G. AntonioGrasslands News

Security cameras could be installed in pocket park to deter vandalism and help the municipality prosecute indi-viduals who damage the area or en-gage in illegal activities.

During its Dec. 19 meeting, council instructed CAO Larry Davidson to de-termine what type of cameras and how many would be suitable for the down-town park, along with whether a pro-posed quote from an area technology company is suitable.

The motion has to be approved at the next meeting.

Based on the quote, Coun. Brian Casper wondered whether the town was installing one camera or two. Council initially discussed having cam-eras, but he didn’t know if two were re-quired to provide proper coverage for the park on Broadway Avenue.

“It’s more of a deterrent than any-thing else,” he added. “It might be a good reason we need two.”

Cameras might be required in pocket park due to vagrancy and people sitting on the benches late at night, said Davidson. The RCMP staff sergeant raised this issue with David-son during a recent conversation. The

benches altogether. Having residents sit on the benches

and enjoy the space is whole point of the park, said Coun. Rebecca Hill. When designing the park, the RCMP asked council not to block the park’s

-ily if necessary. The staff sergeant also noted the cameras should have high resolution to pick up faces and licence plates.

There are some good, inexpensive wildlife cameras that could serve this

purpose, said Davidson. He would look into this further.

“Identity is key for the RCMP,” said Mayor Jerry Whiting. RCMP wants to deter drinking and the potential sale of “many things that aren’t appropriate,” while ensuring public safety.

Council agreed that the cameras should have wireless connectivity if possible and withstand – 40 degree Celsius weather. Credit card spending

Council approved a motion that ad-ministrators’ credit cards would have

a total limit of $10,000, with a spend-ing limit of $7,500 for Davidson and $2,500 for buildings manager Kelly Skotnitsky. This would make paying

-proved at the next council meeting.

Similarly, signing authority for theprevious CAO, Gail Sloan, has beenrescinded. In turn, Davidson received

19. The next council meeting was Jan.

11.

Downtown pocket park could receive security cameras

Parkland prez stepping downSubmitted

The Parkland College board of governors an-nounced Jan. 9 that president Dwayne Reeve has tendered his resignation and will step down effective July 31.

Reeve, for-merly of White-wood, joined Parkland Col-lege in July 2015 after 30 years in the K-12 education system. During his tenure, the college set a new strategic direction, strength-

the Trades and Technology Centre in

Yorkton.“I am very thankful for the oppor-

tunity to have served as president of Parkland College. It has been a plea-sure working with a group of devoted Board members and staff,” Reeve said. “I look forward to following the con-tinued growth and development of the College as an interested community member.”

The board reluctantly accepted Reeve’s resignation, expressing its gratitude for his leadership and vision.

-ted from Mr. Reeve’s commitment to education and dedication to our staff and students,” said chairperson Lydia Cyr. “We wish him the best in the next stage of his journey.”

The board will immediately begin its search for a successor.

Council Meeting Dates The next Town of Fort Qu’Appelle council meeting will be held on Thursday, January 11 and January 25, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

Public Notice – Proposed Temporary Road Closure The public is hereby advised that at the request of the RCMP, council will be considering a temporary road closure of 4th St., between Neeping

p.m. The purpose of this closure is to protect the safety of the students during bus loading. Please note that council will be discussing this matter

Company Ave. S.

street or road over which the municipality has management, control and direction pursuant to this Act or The Highways and Transportation Act, 1977 at any time for any purpose considered necessary by the council

Comments or requests as a delegation may be directed to Larry

Snow Removal

place that you have you vehicles removed from the streets. This will allow our staff to clean the streets the best they can.

period exceeding 72 hours.

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St. John’s Anglican Church in Fort Qu’Appelle hosted the annual com-munity dinner on Christmas Day as a way to bring together residents who might have been alone that day. More than 50 people showed up for the potluck celebration. Here, James Wallis prepares some parts of the meal before the event began. Photo by David Sutherland

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Qu’Appelle Karate kids win medals in SaskatoonSubmitted

Seven members from the Qu’Ap-pelle Karate Club participated in the 2017 Saskatchewan Karate Associ-ation Fall Provincial Tournament in Saskatoon.

Those members were Dylan Dick-son, Danya Dickson, Ivan Baggett, Ayumi Sinclair, Koh Sinclair, Talon Manby and Doug Parker.

Danya Dickson won gold and Ayumi Sinclair won silver in the 10 and under female novice kata (patterns) division. Talon Manby took silver in the female 11 to 13 Intermediate kata division. Koh Sinclair won gold in the male 11

to 13 intermediate division.Dylan Dickson, Ivan Baggett and

Koh Sinclair placed third in the youth team kata 13 and under division.

Koh Sinclair placed bronze in the male 11 to 13 intermediate kumite (sparring ) division.

of the tournament.The Qu’Appelle Karate club is

proud of all of our competitors and a big thank you goes out to the athlete support staff.

For more information about the Qu’Appelle Karate Club, contact Doug Parker at 306-699-7134.

No mussels found in Sask.Submitted

The Government of Saskatchewan con-cluded its invasive mus-sel monitoring program for another year with no confirmed findings of invasive mussels in 90 waterbodies sampled throughout the province.

“Prevention is of the utmost importance,” Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said. “Our government fo-cuses on public aware-ness through education and targeted signage about our Clean, Drain, Dry program, roadside boat inspections, decon-taminations and regular monitoring of Saskatche-wan’s busy waterbodies.”

This year, conserva-tion officers completed 1,212 watercraft inspec-tions and provided inva-sive species information to 872 watercraft owners who entered Saskatch-ewan from the United States. Of those 2,084 watercraft, 307 received a detailed inspection and 119 required decontami-nation.

With help from Sask-Power and Saskatch-ewan Association of Watershed groups across the province, monitoring also occurs in several ways:• the University of Sas-katchewan uses envi-ronmental DNA as a surveillance tool to sam-ple waters for invasive zebra mussels, with 33 waters sampled in 2017;• ferries on the North and South Saskatchewan Riv-

ers were checked for inva-sive mussels; and• the Ministry of Agricul-ture, Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport, Sask-Water, watershed groups and the public use the Saskatchewan Adult In-vasive Mussel Monitoring Program (AIMM).

AIMM is a part-nership project with non-government organi-zations and other agen-cies to detect unwanted aquatic invasive mus-sels. AIMM is an easy to use and cost-effective monitoring program that provides a valuable tool for widespread early de-tection across many local waters in the province.

“Aquatic invasive spe-cies such as zebra and quagga mussels pose a serious threat to lakes and waterways in West-ern Canada,” Duncan

said. “They are small but destructive mussels and they are already in On-tario, Manitoba, Quebec and 34 states, including Minnesota, Montana and North Dakota.”

Species such as zebra and quagga mussels can be impossible to elim-inate if they become established in a water-body, and have the po-tential to severely affect

-ies, valuable recreational resources and water-re-lated infrastructure.

Amendments to pro-vincial regulations make it mandatory for individ-uals transporting boats to stop at an inspection station and submit to inspection. Failure to do so may result in a $500

aquatic invasive species

Entertainment on the hillSubmitted

The slopes at Mission Ridge were busy during the holidays once the weather warmed up. Many took advantage of the outdoor recre-ation and were able to sit out on the deck in the sun for a break.

A CASI level 1 Instructor course (Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors) was held on the weekend of Jan. 5. A CSIA Instruc-tors Course is scheduled for this weekend. If you have thought of passing on your skills in the sport of skiing, this is the course for you.

Downhill Divas, evenings of skiing and snowboarding for women taking place on Thursdays, will begin on Jan. 18.

This Friday evening, Jan. 12, come and enjoy the live entertainment of The Pickering Brothers. The lifts will be running until 9 p.m.

See you on the slopes.

Members of the Qu’Appelle Karate Club competed in the SaskatchewanKarate Association Fall Provincial Tournament in Saskatoon: Doug Park-er, Dylan Dickson, Danya Dickson, Ivan Baggett, Ayumi Sinclair, Koh Sin-clair and Talon Manby. Submitted

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By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

Candidates are calling this Sask. Party leadership change an opportunity for change and renewal. What has Brad Wall and the party done wrong that you, as premier, would change?

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Care home residents ring in the new yearBy JUDY HERSHMILLER

Balcarres Correspondent

Happy New Year from the residents and staff of the Balcarres Integrated Care Centre.

Bingo games were enjoyed on Jan. 1. Bill Gherasim, Don Hershmiller, and Debbie Bayerle (2 games) were winners of the straight-line game. Mary Vierling won the cross game and the picture frame game was won by Flo Gherasim and Maureen Selinger. The blackout was won by Mary Veirling, Nellie Simmonds, Don Hershmiller and Debbie Bayerle.

In-house games and activities kept the residents busy during the week.

On Friday, Jan. 5, some residents received hand massages and mani-cures in the morning and in the after-noon they played bingo. Straight-line winners were Viola Gall, Don Hersh-miller, Kay Walters and Bill Ghera-sim. Don Hershmiller won the L shape game and Debbie Bayerle won the letter T game. Kay Walters won the cross game. The picture frame game was won by Maureen Selinger. Don Hershmiller and Debbie Bayerle won the blackout.

Sincere sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Janet Zorena who died on Dec. 29. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Balcarres Extended CareCentre News

Happy New Year from the residents and staff of the BECH.

June Betham is home from the Fort

Qu’Appelle hospital. Her grandson visited on Dec. 30, and son Tim and grandson stopped in for a short visit on Jan 4.

Herman Block enjoyed a visit with his friends Len Dirkson of Indian Head on Jan. 1.

Welcome to newest resident, Barry Gorgichuk, who has moved to the cen-tre from Ituna. Barry’s sisters and friend, Joyce, and other friends visited over Christmas.

Vince Gyorfi has been enjoying visits and crib games with his friend Terry Van Dale.

Joe Hugyi went out with family to Fort Qu’Appelle during the holidays, which he enjoyed very much.

Nora Nakonechny felt under the weather for a few days so stayed home during the holiday time. Her niece, Monica, visited on Jan. 6.

Elsie Pekrul enjoyed visits with her brother Ervin and nephew Scott.

Around and About Town NewsCongratulations to Travis and

Sheila Keisig, winner of the Balcarres Lions and Lioness Trip of the month for November. They win a travel voucher for a trip of their choice. Rob and Val Derkach won of the trip of the month for December. They win a trip to To-ronto to a Raptors basketball game or a trip to Chicago to explore the city.

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Obituary Elizabeth (Betty) nee LowMarch 5, 1929 –

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will be held at a later date.

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MP Kitchen, leader Scheer hear from businessesSubmitted

Robert Kitchen, MP for Souris-Moose Mountain, recently hosted Andrew Scheer,

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in Weyburn.

their businesses and about the consequences -

ties in Souris-Moose Mountain, Kitchen said.

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local business owners in rural Canada and

-vatives, the Liberal government retreated

uncertainty faced by local businesses and

retirement. -

nities in communities across Canada, and so

living. That’s why our government needs to-

all Canadians: families, individuals and busi--

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Andrew Scheer, leader of the official Opposition, and Robert Kitchen, MP for Souris-Moose Mountain, recently hosted a roundtable discussion with business professionals in Wey-burn. Submitted photo

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