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dvocateWinnipeg RiverAVolume 2, No. 24 December 1, 2017Lac du Bonnet, Great Falls, St. Georges, Powerview-Pine Falls, Sagkeeng, Traverse Bay, Victoria Beach, Belair, Grand Marais, Patricia Beach and Brokenhead, Little Black River, Manigotagan, Hollow Water & Bissett

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A dead body can be so inconvenient…especially when it is the corpse of the meeting’s guest of honor, who drops dead after eating the pasta salad at the potluck lunch! This year’s drama pro-duction is a mystery comedy with all the lead roles performed by our grade 12 students. The play will run three nights: Wednesday December 6, Thursday December 7 and Friday December 8. Doors open at 5:30 with dinner being served at 6:00 and the play will begin promptly at 6:30. This fast-paced farce is packed with suspense and laughter. With comedic characters, and lots of stage action, this delicious murder mystery serves more than deadly salads! Tickets can be purchased at Powerview School for $15.

An Inconvenient Corpse

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News

A Side Winners, (l-r) Lead – Linda MacLellan, Second – Wendy Cyr, Third – Patty St. Goddard, Skip – Fay Berthelette.

B Side Winners (l-r) Skip – Susan Lazaruk, Third – Monique Hawranik, Second – Nicole Hynes, Lead – Norma Dupont.

C Side Winners (l-r) Skip – Lynn Chevrefils, Second - Kendra Osis, Lead - Dorinda Watson & Linda Desrochers, Third - Lynn Osis

Pine Falls Ladies Curling Bonspiel Winners


NewsPowerview Drama Class

Presents

An Inconvenient Corpse

A comedy mystery by Pat Cook

When:Doors open: 5:30 p.m.Wed., Thurs., Fri., December 6, 7, 8th.

Supper Service: 6:00 p.m.Curtain call: 6:30 p.m.

Where: M.P.R. Powerview School

Tickets: Available at school office 367-2296

Cost: $15.00 / ticket

Also: 50/50 DRAW each night

Curling’s Bright Fu-ture in the CommunityOn the opposite page,

we have covered the results of the Pine Falls

Ladies Bonspiel. But some-times it’s not all about who wins or loses. At this particu-lar Bonspiel a team of young women took to the ice and while they didn’t take home a prize, it’s just good to know that young people in the com-munity are carrying on the tradition. They were they only team with members 18 years and younger. Three of the girls (Julie Osis, Isabella Johnson, and Kennedy McMullen) are students at Ecole Powerview School (EPS) and the fourth (Brittany Boulette - the only member over 18), graduated from there last year.

The three who are still at-tending EPS curl on the high school team. They practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with Lynne Chevrefils as their coach. The reason they entered the tournament was because they wanted to do more than just practice. They wanted to challenge themselves in a more competitive setting. They will soon be going to a tournament in Beausejour, which could be a stepping stone (if they are in the top three) to zone finals and then, if things go really well, to the provincials. Getting some tournament experience behind them is crucial if they want to have success at these Bon-spiels.

The other teams at the Bonspiel were very helpful and supportive. But that being said, there is a perception with some young people that the curling club feels a little closed off to younger curlers. Most of the team come from curling families. They have spent time at the Curling Club, but kids who don’t have that kind of background might feel less in-clined to participate. The girls say they would like the Curling Club to reach out to those kids. It’s the type of thing that will snowball. The girls said they

think a lot more young people would come out to curl, if the club made some small efforts to encourage youth to come out and to promote the Club and the sport in the school.

The theme at this year’s Pine Falls Ladies Bonspiel was “Sisterhood of the Wild Women Curlers” and as is customary at the Ladies Bonspiel, they dressed in costumes related to the theme. These young ladies dressed as a “tequila party”. One dressed as a lime, one as José Cuervo, one was salt and the last was a bartender. While it might be considered“wildly” age-inappropriate, it might not have been the intent of the orga-nizers, they can’t be faulted for getting in the spirit of things.

They all said that they love playing the sport and in-tend to continue with it. And that includes a date at the Pine Falls Mixed Bonspiel in the New Year!

Isabella Johnson, Julie Osis, Brittany Boulette, and Kennedy McMullen


Opinion

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By: Vince Clark

Cannabis sativa is one of the world’s oldest cultivated plants. Al-

though the earliest written records of the human use of cannabis date from the 6th century B.C, existing evi-dence suggests that its use in Europe and East Asia started in the early Holocene. Many 19th-century practitioners as-cribed medicinal properties to cannabis after the drug found its way to Europe during a pe-riod of colonial expansion into Africa and Asia. For example, William B. O’Shaughnessy, an Irish physician working at the Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta, first in-troduced cannabis to Western medicine as a treatment for tetanus and other convulsive diseases. At approximately the same time, French physi-cian Jean-Jacques Moreau de Tours experimented with the use of cannabis preparations for the treatment of mental disorders. Soon after, in 1851, cannabis was included in the 3rd edition of the Pharmaco-poeia of the United States. Subsequent revisions of the USP described in detail how to prepare extracts and tinc-tures of dried cannabis flow-ers to be used as analgesic, hypnotic, and anticonvulsant.

Marijuana was officially made illegal in Canada on April 23, 1923. While recre-ational use of cannabis in the Western hemisphere had been growing since the 1800s, it re-mained almost unheard of in Canada until the 1930s, and it was not until the 1960s that cannabis surged in popular-ity as a drug. Initially in the 1960s the drug was popular among middle-class college students, only later expanding to other demographics. The maximum penalty for posses-sion of small quantities was six months in prison and a $1,000 fine for a first offence. Convictions for cannabis sky-rocketed, from 25 convictions between 1930 and 1946, to 20

cases in 1962, to 2,300 cases in 1968, to 12,000 in 1972.

In response to the in-creased popularization of marijuana and the increase in criminal charges against middle class citizens, the government formed the Royal Commission of Inquiry in the Non-Medical Use of Drugs, usually referred to as the Le Dain Commission in 1969 to investigate the non-medical cannabis use in Canada. The commission’s 1972 report recommended removing criminal penalties for can-nabis possession, though not legalization, per se. While the subsequent two federal gov-ernments discussed the rec-ommendation, no steps were actually taken to change leg-islation.

In the year 2000, the new millennium finally brought cannabis reform to Canada, when the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that cannabis prohibition was unconstitu-tional. This ground-breaking decision came after an appeal from an epileptic cannabis patient, Terrance Parker, who had been arrested for can-nabis possession, cultivation and trafficking back in 1996. Parker had been using and cultivating cannabis after he discovered that it was the only thing that seemed to help his epileptic seizures, but Cana-da’s laws at the time did not recognize medical use of can-nabis. Parker was arrested on multiple occasions. After his 1996 arrest, he appealed his case to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the judge agreed. Limiting his rights to use this medicine was a violation of his right to life, liberty and the security of his person.

With this ruling, the Ca-nadian government was given a strong mandate to reform their current cannabis laws. Only a year later, in 2001, Canada enacted its first med-ical marijuana laws, the Mar-ihuana for Medical Access

Regulations, which would allow qualified and licensed patients to use cannabis for medical reasons. It also al-lowed patients and licensed growers to cultivate the plant.

Then, in 2003, Canada introduced its first measure to decriminalize cannabis nationwide. This measure reduced the penalties for pos-session of cannabis (for up to 15 grams) to a civil fine. Unfortunately, pressure from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration cause this bill to die, along with a second identical measure introduced in 2004.

In 2006, Canada saw some setbacks to legaliza-tion, as Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper brought on new mandatory prison sentences for cannabis dealers and cul-tivators. Anyone convicted of growing 500 plants or more had a mandatory two-year prison sentence, with maxi-mum sentences increased to 14 years. This was double from the previous maximum of only 7 years.

Still, by 2011, the court had once again reaffirmed the unconstitutionality of pro-hibiting cannabis possession and cultivation. Justice Don-ald Taliano ruled that these prohibitions went against the constitution and the Canadian government was ordered to shift their policies yet again. After this, the government

worked to create the Mari-huana for Medical Purposes Regulation or MMPR, which included provisions for a legal and commercially licensed distributions and produc-tion of cannabis. Since then MMPR has been revised to allow for the production of cannabis oils and other forms beyond just the cannabis flower (as of 2015), and to al-low patients to produce their own cannabis (as of 2016).

In 2017, the Canadian government took things to a new level, proposing the Can-nabis Act, which would allow adults to legally purchase, possess, use, and cultivate small amounts of cannabis, whether for medical OR rec-reational purposes.

One very divisive part of the cannabis act, is the notion of allowing each province to set their own distribution plans. The Ontario provin-cial governments plan in par-ticular, has been universally panned. Their distribution model is comprised of 150 fully government run stores, to serve the entire province. Manitoba, on the other hand, has taken a much more ami-cable approach.

The government will have a monopoly on the wholesale market, while the private sector will handle dis-tribution, with each store be-ing allowed to set their own prices. The ideal scenario is

to have a dispensary available within a half hour drive of all rural communities. However, rural municipal governments will be able to ban dispen-saries in their region, should they see fit.

Another major issue with the cannabis act, is the polic-ing of driving while under the influence. Currently, there is no accurate way of determin-ing marijuana intoxication. The issue is that everyone reacts to marijuana differ-ently, thus, there is no defini-tive way to know how much of an effect a specific amount of pot would have on a par-ticular individual. The fed-eral government has recently proposed that 5ng/100ml of blood, or 2ng/100 ml of blood in combination with 50ng of alcohol per 100 milliliters of blood as the definition of criminal impairment, How-ever, these numbers have yet to be tested. The main issue with this proposal is that ev-eryday smokers could be per-petually above 5ng/100ml of blood, even if they haven’t smoked on the day of testing, meaning they would never le-gally be able to drive.

In short, there still a few proverbial kinks to iron out, however every day more piec-es fall into place, and , bar-ring any setbacks, the Canna-bis Act will go into effect on July 1st, 2018.

Marijuana Legalization: It’s High Time!

After being illegal for nearly a century, recreational marijuana will once again become legal in July 2018.


Op EdView from the LegislatureBy Wayne Ewasko, MLA for Lac du Bonnet - Government Caucus Chairperson

The Manitoba government is reviewing three proposed new plans for the recycling and collection of designated products.

Under the Waste Reduction and Prevention Act regulations, Producer Responsibility Organizations have submitted three product stewardship plans for recycling and safe disposal of designated materials.

We Want to Hear from YouManitoba Sustainable Development wants to hear what you have to say about the stewardship plans for the following programs:

• Recycle Everywhere (empty beverage containers recycling program)• Used Oil and Antifreeze Products Stewardship Program• Recycle My Cell (cellular phones recycling program)

You can review the plans at: www.manitoba.ca/sd/wastewise/stewardship‑plans.html or www.manitoba.ca/sd/eal/registries/index.html. You may request printed copies by calling 204-945-0331 or sending a fax to 204-945-4552.

The deadline for providing comments on the plans is January 20, 2018.

Please provide feedback via email to stewardship‑[email protected], or in writing to:

Stewardship Plans FeedbackAttention: Barbara Isaacs Manitoba Sustainable DevelopmentBox 38, 200 Saulteaux CrescentWinnipeg, MB R3J 3W3

Share your viewsconcerning three stewardship program plans

RECYCLING IN MANITOBA

MB Sustainable Dev. – Recycing Program ConsultationPublication: Winnipeg River AdvocateAd size: 5.83" (3 col) x 113Insertion dates: Fri, Dec 1, 2017Position: WFN

Climate change is real, and Manitoba is feeling the impact

– whether it is flooding to extreme weather to melting ice roads, doing nothing on climate change is not an op-tion. AND doing nothing in the face of a Federal threat to impose a $50 carbon tax on Manitobans is not an option either.

Our government, under Premier Brian Pallister, has introduced the Manitoba Cli-mate and Green Plan, which results in a much lower cost to Manitobans. The Manitoba Climate and Green Plan is a Made-in-Manitoba plan that will support our province’s economy and sustain our en-vironment for future genera-tions. Built on the strategic pillars of climate, jobs, water and nature, it supports our vision to make Manitoba the cleanest, greenest and most climate-resilient province in Canada.

Our plan has a Manitoba made carbon price of $25 per tonne beginning in 2018 – a low and level price that re-spects our province’s clean energy investments, supports our economy, and actually re-duces emissions. Under our plan, Manitoba’s carbon price will be half the $50 per tonne tax mandated by Ottawa and will give our province the second-lowest carbon price in Canada by 2022.

Over the next 5 years our price will save Manitoba families and businesses more than $260 Million compared to the Federal carbon tax

while also saving the aver-age Manitoba household $245 during the same period. As well, our plan sees that car-bon revenues will be recycled back to households and fami-lies through direct rebates and tax relief.

If we say no to our Made-in-Manitoba plan, we will get Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s much higher car-bon tax.

The Federal govern-ment’s carbon tax plan does not respect the massive hydro investments Manitobans have made, decade after decade, to build one of the world’s clean-est electricity systems. Our Manitoba Climate and Green Plan was developed based on more than a year of consul-tations with environmental, business and other expert stakeholders, plus it under-stands our province is already a leader in clean energy.

Our Climate and Green Plan is based on Manitoba’s needs and priorities. It proj-ects cumulative emissions to drop by more than one mega-tonne over the next five years – 80,000 tonnes more than through the federal carbon tax. It also encourages low-carbon economy jobs through green infrastructure, clean technology, innovation fi-nancing, and skills and train-ing.

Our Manitoba plan in-cludes further exemptions for agricultural emissions, while the carbon levy will not ap-ply to farmers’ marked fuels. Moreover, it sets out initia-tives to protect wetlands and

watersheds, water quality, wild species and habitats.

Manitobans are invited to give their views on our Cli-mate and Green Plan through an online survey at www.ManitobaClimateGreenPlan.ca until Nov. 30.

The Manitoba Climate and Green Plan costs less and reduces more than Ottawa’s carbon tax, and builds a pros-perous low-carbon economy while putting Manitoba first. It’s better for the environ-ment, better for the economy and will make a difference today for a better Manitoba tomorrow.

If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me at [email protected], visit my website www.wayneewasko.com or call me 204-268-3282. Also, you can now follow me on twitter @wayneewaskomla.

Climate change is real, and Manitoba is feeling the impact


Community

The Great Falls Hall had its annual craft sale on Saturday, November

25. All told, it was once again a successful event. But there was one table that seemed to be getting a lot of attention this year.

Ten year old Kaisee Wit-nicki has not only proved her-self to be a talented artisan, but she has also become quite the philanthropist.

The Lac du Bonnet Cen-

community are also donating toys to match Kaisee’s gener-osity. She would also like to donate to the local food bank for families in need. Her goal was to cook a meal for peo-ple, but it was too big of an undertaking.

The most successful of Kaisee’s crafts is her candy sleigh. It is built of candy and sits upon two candy-cane ‘skis’. She has received 47 or-ders for these sweet sleds. At $7 a pop, these orders alone account for more than half her goal. Kaisee’s mother, Kim said that Kaisee has en-listed the whole Witnicki clan to work on getting those or-ders out.

Kaisee has certainly has generated a lot of attention, but for the shy young lady that she is, that certainly wasn’t her intention. “I just wanted to help families in need at Christmas,” she said

tennial School student set a goal for herself that for every $100 she sells at her table she will donate a toy to a child in need. Her generosity inspired people to jump on board her initiative. To encourage more participation, Pat Houston, the organizer at the Great Falls Community Hall, got her family to donate two (2) Manitoba Moose game tick-ets… So anyone who donated cash or a new toy or $10 cash, was entered to win the tickets.

Also, Tiffany Andrelunas a direct seller of Sentsy prod-ucts, agreed that for every $100 Kaisee raises, she will donate one “Scentsy Buddy.” A Scentsy Buddy is a scented, stuffed animal that normally sells for around $40. Based on her goal chart, if Kaisee reaches her goal, she could get as many as six Scentsy Buddies.

Some of the people in the

Kaisee Witnicky’s table at the Great Falls Hall Annual Craft Sale

Young artisan inspires the Christmas Spirit in others

Hello/Bonjour/Anniin,

St.Croix Cycle’s Tire-craft Auto and Offroad Centre is finally set to

open the doors to its new fa-cility located at Lot 3 Power Drive near the corner of Hwy’s 304 and 11 with a soft opening on Friday, December 1st, 2017.

With over 1000 sq feet of showroom space including a customer lounge and over 4000 sq feet of work space, St. Croix’s is well placed to

take care of your automotive, off road and power equip-ment needs...All under one Big Red Roof!

Call 204-367-2219, email [email protected], check out stcroixcycle.com, Like the St.Croix Cycle’s Tirecraft page on Facebook or Come on down for a free coffee and check out the place!

Thank you/Merci/Migwetch

St. Croix Cycle open their new location

St. Croix Cycle new location.


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Skate with Santa

2018 Christmas calendarChristmas ConcertsDecember 13th :• Walter Whyte School- 7 pmDecember 18th :• Sagkeeng Junior High

Nursery, Kindergarten, Grd. 1,December 19th:• Sagkeeng Junior High

Grades 2,3,4 - 6 pmDecember 20th :• Sagkeeng Junior High

Grades 5-8 - 6 pm• Wanipigow School – 6 pm• Lac du Bonnet School 1 pm & 630 pm• École Powerview School – 6 pmDecember 21st :• Black River School – 3 pm• École Communautaire

St-Georges - 6 pm

Christmas DinnersDecember 8 :

• Sagkeeng Community Christmas Feast. Sagkeeng Band Hall 12pm - 2pm

December 12th :• École Powerview School - 5pm

Tickets available at the School Office

December 13th :• Lac du Bonnet Lions Club Seniors Dinner 4 pm - 8 pm LDB Community HallDecember 25th :• LDB Legion

Christmas Craft ShowsDecember 2nd -• Pinawa Community Centre10 am - 3 pmDecember 9th• Hollow Water10 am – 3 pm

Other Events

December 1st• Lac du Bonnet Historical Society

Cultural Celebration: The Annici-nabe 7pm

Tickets available @ Ingham Phar-macy or call 345-6329

December 2nd• Whitemouth CP Holiday TrainCOLIN JAMES PERFORMINGDecember 14th :• 10th Annual Breakfast with Santa

Sagkeeng Family Treatment Centre 9:30-11:30 am.

December 17th• Skate with Santa & Pancake Breakfast Sunova Arena 9 am - 12 pm

November 25 &26 was bursting with activities at the Victoria Beach Community Centre hosting the Annual Christmas Market, Curl MB Regional Travellers Cup & Grey Cup Party. Congratulations to the Men’s Eastman Competition- 1st Steinbach 2nd Victoria Beach 3rd Lorette and Ladies Interlake Competition- 1st E.St Paul 2nd Petersfield. Thank you to all the event organizers, volunteers and participants who helped make the weekend a great success!

Vic Beach Annual Christmas Market

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By: Vince Clark

Pyrography, derived from the Greek pur (fire) and graphos

(writing), has been around

Amber Curé(Née La-douceur) Pyrography, AKA Wood Burning

as long as fire itself. While there isn’t hard evidence, it’s quite likely that cavemen etched the walls of their caves with fire sticks. It is achieved through the controlled appli-cation of a heated object onto a “canvas”. While today it’s primarily done on wood with a heated pen, it’s been done (and continues to be done) on leather, clay, and even gourds.

Historically, it was used to decorate and brand vari-ous tools and musical instru-ments. Kitchenware or folk guitars were marked with a little bit of art both to convey the owner’s personality, and to distinguish their stuff from other people’s. It wasn’t really until the late Victorian era that the art form was taken up in earnest, and done on blank “canvasses” of wood and oth-er materials rather than being a decorative embellishment.

Amber is an artist origi-nally from Matheson Island,

currently residing in Win-nipeg. While she’s dabbled in various art mediums over the years, pyrography was the one that stuck. It all started one day when she was walk-ing around Canadian Tire with her husband Fred. She noticed a wood burning pen, and mentioned in passing that would be interested in giving pyrography a try. Lo and Be-hold, her husband surprised her with it as a gift, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Amber estimates that in the approximately three

years since then, she’s created over 200 pieces. The pieces vary drastically in size, with the largest being a photo of a man’s original homestead from the early 1900s, done on the last piece of wood from the home. “That is definitely the one I’m most proud of”, she said.

Amber was recently commissioned by Les Amis de la Crèche, to create a Na-tivity scene. “From the initial sketch to the finished prod-uct took around 6 hours”, she stated. She then went on to

explain that the time required to create a piece varies drasti-cally, depending on a number of factors, including canvas size, detail of the image, and wood type used.

In the future, Amber stat-ed that she would like to take pyrography classes, to further her self-taught knowledge. She also wants to experiment with different materials, in-cluding Buffalo Skulls, and Moose Antlers.

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Being born into a French catholic home Noël has always been

a magical time of the year for Trisha and her two sisters, Candace & Jolene. Mémère Vincent, their inspiration and mentor was always there enlisting their help in mak-ing special crafts for local Christmas Bazaars and later of course for their homes and trees. Trisha started taking watercolor painting classes with Mrs Myrtle Lalor when she was 10 yrs old and has developed into an accom-plished artist over the years experimenting with many mediums. One of her paint-ings depicting early harvest methods used by first nations can be found @ McDougall Place. Trisha created many cards for family and friends while card making with her many trusty & crafty friends when it became very popular for crafters in this region. She was therefore quickly enlist-ed to become an Amis de la crèche by her mother and has become an avid participant and collector for the festival.

Minuit Chrétien! O Holy Night!Even though Trisha

works full-time as the princi-pal of École Communautaire Saint-Georges, she had long thought about making some-thing special for the annual Crèche Festival held each year in which she participates in as the artistic layout direc-tor. She has also helped cre-ate many crèches with her father Edgar since its incep-tion and has added finishing touches when asked to do so. This year she decided to bite the bullet and clearly she out-did herself in this spectacular mixed media painting of the nativity that she called “Min-iut Chrétien O Holy Night!”. The idea of mixed media art is really quite simple. Rather than create a work in only one material such as oils or water colors for painting or clay for sculpture, a mixed media artist combines mate-rials to make a visual work. A collage may sometimes in-clude magazine and newspa-per clippings, ribbons, paint, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other art artwork or texts, photographs

and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas. One of the strengths of paint-ing with mixed media is the sheer number of techniques it demonstrates, including: painting, drawing, layering, collaging, texturizing, sgraf-fito, create peeled paint ef-fect, monoprinting, frottage, rubbing, slicing, weaving and more! By using these tech-niques, you can make col-lages, scrapbook pages, deco-rations, greeting cards - any type of artwork you can think of, really.

Every year on Christmas Eve this traditional song is anticipated by many con-gregrations as it sets the tone for the rest of the Christmas services attended by many in this region. For Trisha, Min-uit Chrétien! says it all about what Christmas is for her and her family. Joyeux Noël!

The Festival runs from November 28th to January 6th 2018. Although admis-sion is free and personal tours can be arranged donations are gratefully accepted by les amis de la crèche who use the

funds to purchase or commis-sion new nativity sets to add to the collection. We invite you to take in this wonder-ful exhibit @ Bibliothèque

Allard Library and make it an annual Christmas event to share with your family and friends. That’s what Christ-mas is all about!

Trisha Dubé and her mixed media nativity


CRUISES ARE IN AGAIN, and not just for the senior market.

Everyone travels to SEE new things but many travel to DO new things....this could be a 4000K passenger ship to reposition in Europe sail-ing across the Atlantic and circumventing Europe from Portugal, Spain France Italy and Greece, as well as North-ern Europe without seeing any of he airports and You unpack only once as you relax from 10-20 nights or more, a popular way to visit Europe is cruise on a repositioning cruise one way and fly back to North America...and spend either pre or post cruise time in Europe.. , most cruises in-

clude gratuities and all your meals and some even wine and beer with your lunch and dinner, So your costs don’t add up as you sail. Many even include a few shore ex-cursions, there is always a cruise to suit you, and there is a lot to choose.

Of course, travellers have a chance to get their hearts pumping on every cruise, from the Gyms on the larger ships to the hiking, walk-ing and biking on the smaller more intimate river cruises.

You can hike or bike and explore your way thru the sce-nic rivers of Europe, winding your way thru small villages and immerse yourself in their culture and cuisine. Many

river boats have equipped themselves with bicycles for those who wish to pedal their way thru the villages and vineyards of Europe.

All cruises can be ex-

tended pre or post from your port of departure, and one way cruises save you back tracking time and you cover more ground...

Sometimes you will nev-

er know the value of a mo-ment... Until it becomes a memory...

I am no doctor but maybe you need more Vitamin SEA!

A cruise could be just what the doctor ordered!

Art and Life

For this month, the Winnipeg River Arts Council features one

of Pinawa’s “pioneers,” Fay Campbell. In 1963, she moved from Chalk River and fell in love with the lively spirit of the town and its wilderness surroundings. After her arriv-al, she met Joyce Hampton, a landscape specialist, who was already finding success as an artist. Campbell signed up as Hampton’s pupil and imme-diately started to develop her own artistic skills. In subse-quent years, Rose Drynan and Vivian Thomson have also mentored her.

In the town’s growing art community, Campbell found further support and encouragement, especially after the formation of the artists’ collective, Pinawa Art 211, and later, the Pina-wa Art Gallery.

She is now a “snow-bird” and lives part of the

year in Texas with her hus-band Wilf. During her time away from Pinawa, she takes art classes, and teaches and mentors other aspiring art-ists, completing the circle of instruction.

When Pinawa friends and neighbours move to new jobs, her art often show up in their luggage, as reminders of their former homeland’s beauty.

She said, “My paintings have gone international. They are now hanging in Indone-sia, Jakarta, and England, to name a few countries.”

Campbell has found an-other outlet to display her work, with the many recent Eastman Judged Art Exhibi-tions in our region. In 2013, she won a third place prize in water colour for her painting “Poppies,” and an Honour-able Mention for her acrylic painting of still life hydran-geas. In the 2017, the EJAE

judges awarded a first place to her acrylic painting, “Win-ter Trail.” After a short view-ing interlude at the Pinawa

Art gallery, this piece found a home in a private collection.

Campbell said, “I regret that there is not enough time

for all the paintings I’d like to create but I definitely plan to continue my journey as an artist in Eastern Manitoba.”

WRAC Featured Artist, Fay Campbell

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The first time I heard about “Paws-n-Taws” was when the Square

Dance group was entertain-ing in Winnipeg at the Taché Nursing Home (Actionmar-guerite). I liked what I saw so inquired about learning. I was told it was too late in the year to start classes and would have to wait until Sep-tember of the following year. I love to dance and Square Dancing was something I had been pondering about learn-ing for a while.

In August of this year I phoned Dale and Michel of Paws-n-Taws, and inquired about the start date. On Sep-tember 7, I went to my first class. I was well received at the Norwood Legion on Marion Street with a hug by Dale, the President of the

club. The first 3 classes are free for new dancers. Af-ter that it’s $4.00 per class if you purchase a $10.00 mem-bership, or $5.00 per class if you do not. Classes run from September to May; 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm on Thursdays. This club has been active for 59 years. There are many other Square Dance clubs in and around Winnpeg and a couple join us from as far away as Otterburne.

At my second class I met Paul Gervais. We chatted and I discoverd he is from Power-view. He is quite the dancer! I saw him Round Dance as well at another club and you can tell he’s been doing this for quite a while.

Paul tells me he’s been Old Time Dancing since he was a child when his par-ents took him to socials. He

started Square Dancing in 1971 and Round Dancing in 1972. He and his wife Lor-raine Boulet were involved in the Eastern Manitoba Square and Round Dance Asso-ciation as Historians. They started this in 1995. Together with group members they did demonstration dances at spe-cial events and Personal Care Homes. Lorraine passed away in 2012. Paul continues to dance wherever there are dances. He says it’s lots of fun and he meets all kinds of people. Dancing is obviously his passion!

A square dance is a dance in which four couples are ar-ranged in a square, with one couple on each side facing the middle of the square. The dancers are prompted through a series of steps by a caller. Modern Western Square Dance is danced to a variety of music types; every-thing from pop to traditional country, even rock, Motown, techno, and hip-hop. Square Dancing is good for the body, mind and spirit. This activ-ity improves lung capacity, muscle tone, bone density, joint flexability, as well as balance and coordination, to say nothing of developing new motor skills. This group activity is a great way to meet people and make new friends. You can enjoy a sense of ac-complishment while learning

Who wants to come dancing?

something new, which im-proves memory. It is so much fun that you will leave all your stress and wories at the door! This wonderful activ-ity is for all ages. It is helpful that there are websites with videos and apps that can help you learn the moves.

I spend a lot of time in the Stead/St-Georges area. It

would be wonderful if there was a Square Dance group here. Who wants to come dancing? Both singles and couples would be welcome. Any Callers / Teachers out there?

Call 204-367-9970 if you are interested or e-mail us at the [email protected]

Paul Gervais and Carole Grier at a weekly square dance in Winnipeg

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UNDER THE PLANNING ACTNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

REGARDING BY-LAW 08/17The Council of the Rural Municipality of Alexander under the authority of The Planning Act will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at the office of the Municipality at St. Georges, Manitoba on the 12th day of December, 2017 at 10:45 a.m., at which time and place the Council will receive representations and objections from any persons who wish to make them in respect of By-law No. 08/17 to amend the R.M. of Alexander Zoning By-Law No. 08/98 as amended.

A copy of the above noted By-Law of the Rural Municipality of Alexander and supporting material may be inspected by any person during regular office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday at the office of the Munici-pality at St. Georges, Manitoba.

(1) That Section 4.3.2 Table III “RG” General Residential Zone Use and Bulk Table is hereby amended removing Mobile Homes as a permitted use through the deletion of the following wording as identified as Mobile Homes

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(2) That Section 8.3.2 Table XIII “HD” Hamlet Development Zone Use and Bulk Table is hereby amended removing Mobile Homes as a permitted use through the deletion of the following wording as identified as Mobile Homes

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The business opportunity is for a company or persons to operate cafeteria type service within the hospital. Interlake-Eastern RHA will lease the current cafete-ria space to a company or individual that provides a proposal to best meet the long term requirements for the PHC/THC.

DESCRIPTION: The scope will include onsite cooking and serving of food and providing ready to eat snacks and beverages to retail consumers in the hospital; and excludes providing meals to patients.

The Interlake-Eastern RHA is directing this Request for Proposal (RFP) to qualified/licensed food service operators to provide retail food services for the cafeteria at Pine Falls Primary Care and Giigewigamig Traditional Healing Centre.

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DAVID BULLMAN1949-2017

After a valiant battle with can-cer it is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, papa, brother, uncle and friend, David Bullman on Saturday, November 25, 2017.

He is survived by his devot-ed, loving wife Linda and his two sons Shawn (Marny) and Derek, grandchildren Rhyan, Rhys, Nohva and Nash, sister Eleanor (Eugene) Stefaniuk, brother Raymond, sister in-law Jean (Jim) Revill, nieces Deb-bie Langkamp and boys, Donna (Andy) Lentz, Lorene (Mike) Carlisle and countless cousins and friends. David was prede-ceased by his parents Alex and Dorothy Bullman and in-laws Jim and Ann Ellison, sister in-law and brother in-law Pat and Len Marynewich, brother in-law Larry Frank and niece Carol Ar-timowich.

David was raised on a dairy farm in Lydiatt, MB along with his two siblings. After high school, David attended MIT where he studied for masonry trade. Later David, along with Linda, started David Bullman General Contracting which their two sons later joined. He loved and took great pride in his work which he continued till his sick-ness forced him to stop.

A special thanks to Dr. Szwajc-er and Sherese of CancerCare Manitoba, staff of GD6 and Sel-kirk Cancer Care Staff, Dr. Par-tyka and wonderful supportive home care staff, especially Jen-ille, and palliative care team that made it possible to grant David’s wishes to remain home during his illness. A special thanks to Zenda and Alvin for all the ad-vice and late-night calls.

A celebration of Dave’s life will be held on Friday, Decem-ber 1 at 1:00 p.m. at the Broken-head River Community Hall, 320 Veterans Lane, Beausejour.

In lieu of flowers, if friends and family so desire, donations in Dave’s memory may be made to CancerCare Manitoba, 675 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0V9.

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