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Vol. 13 No. 42 | Thursday, January 22, 2015

Erin Gobeil, Global Market coordinator, has played a key role in beginning the Warm Hands, Warm Heads, Warm Hearts donation drive, which helps the less fortunate stay warm.

Journal photo by Lanny Stewart

Warm Hands, Warm Heads, Warm Hearts

If you’re cold, help yourself. If you’re warm, help oth-ers.

That’s the phrase the Global Market has used to de-scribe its Warm Hands, Warm Heads, Warm Hearts dona-tion drive which has gone a long way to keeping the less fortunate in Brandon warm during the winter.

Last month, clotheslines were hung up at the Global Market booths in downtown Brandon for folks to donate used mitts, toques and scarves for those in need of staying warm during the cold months.

“It’s pretty simple and it helps those in need,” said Erin Gobeil, Global Market coordinator and a key person re-sponsible for starting the initiative.

She says the clotheslines are continually being re-stocked with donated winter wear items because there are many homeless people in need in the area.

“I just wanted to help out with the community – I mean, when you have a bunch of homeless people downtown and low-income families and you see them walking around and they don’t have scarves or mitts, you want to do something to help out.

“If somebody doesn’t have a toque or mitts or scarf, then they can go and grab something off the clothesline and they can be a bit warmer this winter,” she added.

This is the first year the Global Market has been in-volved in this initiative and Gobeil says doing something as simple as hanging up some clotheslines can make a big difference in someone’s life.

“It’s very rewarding, that’s for sure. Seeing a mom walk by with a kid and she puts a toque on or a scarf. It’s pretty darn amazing to see that. I know it’s just a scarf or a toque, but it’s going to someone who needs it and to stay warm.”

To donate, simply head to the booths located at 12th and Rosser and hang up the used winter wear or you can drop off donations at the Global Market office.

The clotheslines are expected to stay hung all winter.

Lanny [email protected]

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Fontaine hired as Brandon business development specialist

The City of Brandon has hired a new economic development specialist.

Dan Fontaine, who was raised in the Brandon and Souris areas, will take over the role previously held by Gerald Cathcart, who stepped down from the position last August to pursue other opportu-nities.

Fontaine comes to Brandon after working as a development officer in the area of land use plan-ning in Alberta. Fontaine

also has strong ties to the military.

“We’re very fortunate with the fact that he’s bringing a really strong familiarity with the area but his years in land plan-ning are going to be a real asset for us as we work through projects because he understands that full continuum of develop-ment,” City of Brandon director of economic de-velopment Sandy Trudel told the Journal.

After a vacancy man-agement review process, the City of Brandon of-fered Fontaine the job in November and it was ac-

cepted shortly thereafter. Fontaine’s job will be

to focus on “Prosperity by Design” which is the eco-nomic growth strategy put forth by the city last year. The strategy, outlined by Trudel, “serves as the foundation/blueprint for future growth. Its intent is to focus human and fi-nancial resources in order to maximize economic growth.”

“Some time ago, my wife, Charlette, and I re-alized that we belong in Brandon,” Fontaine said in a City of Brandon re-lease. “We were keen to return home to Brandon

to be closer to family and friends. For many years, I have been interested in moving my career from the regulatory side of de-velopment into the field of economic develop-ment, which is better suit-ed to my personal inter-ests, education, and work experience. This opportu-nity gave us the chance to do both.”

Fontaine started the job late December. The full Prosperity by Design economic growth strategy can be found online at www.economicdevelop-mentbrandon.com.


BRHC Foundation gala raises more than $58K for Room for

Renewal campaign

The Brandon Regional Health Centre Foundation recently an-nounced that its annual gala din-ner and dance fundraiser held in September raised $58,448 in sup-port of the foundation’s “Room for Renewal” patient ward reno-vation campaign.

A presentation was recently made by gala committee chair Brenda Burgess to board chair Derrick Stewart. The BRHC Foundation Room for Renew-al campaign was launched in

September with a goal to raise $600,000 in support of the up-coming creation, renovation and rejuvenation of patient wards at the Brandon Regional Health Centre.

The gala dinner began in 1991 and has become one of the sig-nature fundraisers for the BRHC Foundation since that time, rais-ing more than $630,000 since its inception.

Joining chair Brenda Burgess on the 2014 gala committee were

committee members Brett Ken-nedy, Jodi Fawcett, Kerri Lynn Gudz, Kelly Lumbard, Sally Mott, Cheryl Nelson, Jill Stewart, Peggy Turnbull, Barb Webber, Terry Leech-Atkinson and Kelby Treloar.

Planning has begun for the foundation’s 25th anniversary gala to be held Sept. 26 at the Victoria Inn.

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Journal Q and A with GM of Browns Socialhouse

Browns Socialhouse is scheduled to open in the Wheat City in late March. General manager Darcy Paton spent a few minutes answering some questions regarding the new establishment…

Journal: Describe Browns Socialhouse to readers if you could…

Paton: We see ourselves as a hybrid concept – bridg-ing the gap between a typical formula of casual dining and a neighbourhood pub. Because we’re a smaller footprint, it’s an intimate atmosphere. It’s a little noisi-er. It’s an active, social, stimulating environment.

Journal: What differentiates your establishment from others in the city?

Paton: Our building is definitely unique to Bran-don’s dining options. Every aspect of it promotes so-cializing. The Socialhouse features a large all-season patio with a fire pit lounge and can be heated or air conditioned dependant on the season. There is a fold-ing glass wall that opens to expose the kitchen area to the fire pit lounge on the patio as well as a large glass wall that opens to combine the dining area with the patio. The interior features a very modern décor with a design and layout that will deliver an amazing guest experience. We feel that we have numerous qualities that differentiates us from other establishments within the city, but we’ll leave it up to our guests to determine just what they are.

Journal: What does the restaurant specialize in? Paton: Browns sole purpose is to provide simple

foods, using the freshest ingredients possible. We offer a great selection of appetizers, full sized main courses and fun desserts. Our menu is loaded with a variety of options that are made fresh in house and we are always looking for new menu items to keep our guests coming back. The menu also features a brunch section that is served on Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

Journal: Explain the decision behind bringing a Browns Socialhouse to Brandon?

Paton: The decision to bring a Browns Socialhouse [to Brandon] was an easy decision. The Socialhouse concept is something that will be very much welcomed in Brandon. It’s a gathering place where people can enjoy great food in an environment that makes them feel comfortable.

Other tidbits of information on Browns Social-house...• Browns Socialhouse is located at 1847 Queens Ave.• Construction delays have moved the estimated open-

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nearly as secure as it was in December.

The premier enjoyed a clear advantage when his only rival was Oswald, but Steve Ashton’s entry into the leadership race has altered the calculations signifi cantly. Ashton re-ceived 34 per cent of votes cast in the 2009 leader-ship convention and, if endorsements and huge membership sales are an indicator, his popularity among party members is even higher than fi ve years ago. He will take votes away from both Selinger and Oswald.

Secondly, there is the fact that Selinger has kept a surprisingly low profi le over the past four weeks. He fi led his nomination papers shortly before the deadline and is yet to make a substantive cam-paign announcement. He is receiving far less media attention than Oswald and Ashton, who have each made several pledges, causing many to wonder if the premier still wants his job.

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When former Mani-toba premier Gary Doer stepped down to become Canada’s ambassador to the United States, he said that “if you ever get a chance in this job to go out on your own timing, you’d better take advantage of it.”

He then added “I think it’s important that you go out on your own terms as an individual, but you also go in a way that allows your party to renew and the government to renew.”

It’s good advice that Greg Selinger would be wise to heed.

A month ago, it appeared that the NDP leadership contest was Selinger’s to lose. A Probe Research

poll had found that two-thirds of NDP supporters thought he was doing a good job as premier, while just one-third of support-ers felt the MLAs who had criticized his leadership had made the correct deci-sion.

Given that Selinger re-ceived 66 per cent of votes cast at the 2009 NDP leadership convention, it appeared that his support was holding steady and was suffi cient to hold off his likely challenger, The-resa Oswald.

A lot has changed over the past month, how-ever, and there are sev-eral reasons to believe that Selinger’s grip on the party’s leadership is not

Thirdly, just 12 mem-bers of the NDP caucus have endorsed Selinger so far, and 11 of them owe their cabinet positions to him. The fact roughly two-thirds of the premier’s caucus isn’t standing be-side him is an ominous sign, and has tangible con-sequences.

MLAs carry huge sway over their riding associa-tions, and can infl uence the delegate selection process in favor of the candidate they support. If two-thirds of NDP MLAs aren’t pushing for Selinger, his grip on the NDP leader-ship may be far less se-cure than perceived before Christmas.

In order for Selinger to retain his leadership, he must receive more than 50 per cent of votes on the fi rst ballot. If he doesn’t, and the contest goes to a second ballot, the bulk of the anti-Selinger votes

will likely go to the other candidate (Ashton or Os-wald, depending on who received more votes on the fi rst ballot) and the pre-mier will likely lose.

Even if he does win on the fi rst ballot, his victory will be both temporary and pyrrhic. That is be-cause winning with a slim majority of votes -- it is inconceivable that he will exceed his 2009 percent-age -- will not heal the deep, visceral divide with-in the party. It will further alienate a large percentage of volunteers, who will refuse to campaign for a leader they don’t respect.

In short, a Selinger win in March will ensure the NDP’s defeat a year later in the provincial election and will guarantee another leadership contest in 2016.

Selinger and his advi-sors must know this. They must have done the math, played out the scenarios,

and know that they are in a “lose now or lose later” predicament. That may ex-plain why Selinger waited so long to enter the race and why he is campaign-ing so unenthusiastically. It doesn’t explain, how-ever, why he would pursue a Nero-like strategy that could take his party down with him.

Common sense must prevail over hubris. If Selinger cares more about his party than himself; if he honestly believes that a Progressive Conservative government would cause lasting harm to Manito-bans, he knows what he must do.

He should follow his former boss’s advice. He must withdraw from this leadership race, making room for a leader capable of repairing the divisions within the NDP.

COMMENTARYCOMMENTARYWith defeat inevitable, time for Selinger to withdraw

Did you know that beautiful children in Africa, indeed the ‘future’ of that vast continent, are going deaf due to the use of archaic drugs used to fi ght tubercu-losis and MDR-TB (multiple drug resis-tant) TB? Well of course that is far away from here and doesn’t affect you, so why would you know.

This is inexcusable at a time when there are new technologies available to fi ght TB. Here’s hoping that we get the message sometime soon, however, otherwise the MDR-TB or XDR (Extra drug resistant) TB will come a-knock-in’, right on our back door, and that itchy and scratchy vaccine you received as a

child (and hopefully obtained for yours) will be of no use.

Canada is a leader in the fi ght against TB. Yes, though our reputation is suffer-ing when it comes to the environment, Canada established TB REACH in 2009 and has helped to save countless lives as a result. Of this we should be proud. It is time to replenish our pledge to TB REACH. Mere pennies to us: $120 mil-lion, will help to prevent the horrible side effects of 40 year old drugs used to combat TB in the poorer nations.

C’mon Canada, we are up to bat and it’s time to hit a home run!Connie Lebeau

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with local flooring business Sunset Creek Hardwood Flooring. Springfield is a Hutterite colony located east of Winnipeg, near Anola. It is one of Manitoba’s larg-est and fastest growing manufacturers of kitchen and bath cabinetry. Springfield combines old world craftsmanship with modern technology and equipment. Its new manufacturing plant can now produce up to 150 cabinets a day. Springfield Woodworking had been sold at Inspired Comfort at 34th Street, but their lease was ending at the end of November, and that’s when Springfield and Sunset Creek came together. Starting in November, the staff at Sunset Creek started renovating their owner showroom to accommodate the kitchen and the bath displays. “We had to completely revamp our showroom, by moving doors and building walls, in a short period of time”.

As of early December, 10 kitchen and bath displays were set up, and then the granite and quartz tops were installed. The showroom, located at 1003 13th Street, is now is a one-stop shop, featuring new Springfield cabinetry along with brand new flooring options.

Flood protection very importantDear Editor,The story entitled “Flood protection

among topics discussed at open house” by Lanny Stewart which was published in the Dec. 19 issue outlines the high degree of importance both our Mani-toba NDP government and the people of Brandon place upon fl ood preparation.

Building upon the multi-million dol-lar provincial investment made in fl ood protection for Brandon in 2011, and the completion of the 18th Street North dike in 2013 - a dike which literally saved the north end of the city and the Corral Cen-tre from massive fl ooding last summer - the open house sought important citizen

feedback on how best to address future needs in Brandon.

I would like to thank both the Journal and those many citizens who participat-ed for their keen interest in this matter. All of us have a stake in ensuring that our city is developed in the best way possible and my commitment to the community is

to continue to deliver infrastructure re-sources to Brandon. Those who oppose such critical infrastructure investments, and there are many in opposition at the Manitoba Legislature, put both our city and our future at risk.

Drew CaldwellMLA Brandon East

Data Privacy Day coming soonBusinesses that don’t

have strong privacy con-trols risk losing their com-petitive advantage in to-day’s increasingly privacy conscious marketplace, privacy commissioner of Canada, Daniel Therrien warns as countries around the world mark Data Pri-vacy Day, Jan. 28.

But it’s a message that isn’t just for major compa-nies. It’s for the thousands of smaller businesses op-erating across Canada in tiny towns and bustling metropolises from coast, to coast, to coast. In fact, 98 per cent of companies in Canada employ fewer than 100 people.

“I understand that small-er businesses face many compliance pressures on top of day-to-day opera-

tional demands, but strong privacy practices are not just good for customers; they’re good for the bot-tom line,” commissioner Therrien said in a release.

“Canadians are telling us that they prefer to do busi-ness with companies that have good privacy prac-tices.”

About a third of all pri-vate sector privacy com-plaints under Canada’s federal private sector pri-vacy law, the Personal In-formation Protection and Electronic Documents Act, appear to involve smaller businesses.

Landlords, hotels, real estate agencies, collection agencies, travel agencies, independent local retail-ers and fi nancial planners are among the types of

businesses in the commu-nity that are at the centre of these complaints.

Commissioner Therrien says businesses often don’t realize that what they’re doing could create unnec-essary risks for privacy.

Many grievances about smaller businesses involve things such as the improper use or sharing of a person’s information. This can be as simple as a misdirected let-ter, he says, and as serious as an employee snooping into a client’s personal fi le.

“Smaller businesses need to ask themselves what proactive measures they are taking to safe-guard the privacy of their customers and to mitigate data breaches,” Therrien added.

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HUMOURHUMOURRandom musings from the keyboard

I don’t have much fash-ion sense when it comes to matching clothes and colours. My fashion mot-to is if it’s comfortable, wear it.

I think most guys live by that credo. I can’t speak for the female population, but judging by the amount of cloth-ing stores that cater to the fairer sex, fashion is a concern with them.

Most of us aren’t go-ing to make the fashion pages of ‘major’ maga-zines. The only fashion critique I have received recently is, “You actually wear that?” I interpret it as, “Hey, nice looking duds!”

Armani, Dior and Dol-ce Gabana don’t mean

anything to most of us. We’re more in tune with name brands like Molson, Coors and those exotics Heineken and Foster.

Wearing your favourite beer T-shirt which costs less than 20 bucks seems more ‘appropo’ (some-thing they might say in the fashion biz maybe?) than shelling out a few hundred bucks for a shirt made by Armani. How many of us can tell whose brand you are wearing if there is no tell tale logo on it?

I along with several other fashion addled types couldn’t tell you what make and model of jeans we wear other than they were bought years ago and still fi t. That in it-

friendship. This is a topic for another day). Seeing the turtleneck brought back memories of those days and he wanted to keep it - under protest from the signifi cant other.

That smell by the way wasn’t cologne. It came from year-old mothballs and lack of air circulation from being in a closed

drawer for a few years. It didn’t smell any worse than some of the fra-grances you could inhale stranding in line at a gro-cery store.

That prompted other fashion questions…

Would high-heeled shoes for guys make a comeback?

Will the fanny pack be-

come an accessory again?Why don’t wives and

girlfriends like what we wear?

Does a tie go with a fl annel shirt?

Does the colour of your socks really matter?

Thought for the week: wear sweat pants.

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self, is a fashion miracle.Is it a fashion industry

conspiracy like car mak-ers have every year when it comes to new designs and colours?

What prompted this interest in fashion? Well, one of the guys wore a turtle neck to a recent gathering of players and was promptly subjected to those probing ques-tions that ‘fashionistas’ ask. What are you hiding? Is there a hickey under that? How old is that shirt ’cuz it stinks or is that your cologne? It turns out the gentleman in question was asked to go through his closet and drawers and clean out what he doesn’t use anymore.

In his words, it was like a fl ashback. The tur-tleneck was from a few years ago (just how many he wouldn’t say) and rep-resented his ‘semi cool’ days when he would wear it with a matching jacket to go “around town.” (A nice way to say he ‘hit the local pubs’ in search of

The store in Brandon is among the 133 Target outlets in Canada that will be closing.

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Target closing in Canada; Brandon location among 133 stores shutting down

The Target Corporation announced late last week that it plans to discontinue operating stores in Canada – this includes the Brandon location.

“After a thorough re-view of our Canadian performance and careful consideration of the im-plications of all options, we were unable to find a realistic scenario that would get Target Canada to profitability until at least 2021,” Brian Cornell, Tar-get Corporation chairman and CEO, said in a release. “Personally, this was a very difficult decision, but it was the right decision for our company.”

Target Canada currently has 133 stores across the

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country and employs ap-proximately 17,600 people. To ensure fair treatment of Target Canada employ-ees, Target Corporation is seeking the court’s ap-proval to voluntarily make cash contributions of $70 million into an employee trust. Upon approval by the court, the proposed trust would provide that nearly all Target Canada-based employees receive a minimum of 16 weeks of compensation, including wages and benefits cover-age for employees who are not required for the full wind-down period.

Target Canada stores will remain open during a “liquidation process” states the release.

“The Target Canada team has worked tirelessly to improve the fundamen-tals, fix operations and

build a deeper relationship with our guests. We hoped that these efforts in Canada would lead to a successful holiday season, but we did not see the required step-change in our holiday per-formance,” said Cornell. “There is no doubt that the next several weeks will be difficult, but we will make every effort to handle our exit in an appropriate and orderly way.”

The release goes on to state that Target Corp. ex-pects to report approxi-mately US$5.4 billion in pre-tax losses in its fourth-quarter, most of the losses related to the Canadian op-eration.

The Target store in Bran-don opened in May, 2013 replacing what used to be Zellers in the Shoppers Mall.

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A free family skate party will be taking place at the Brandon Skating Oval on Satur-day, Feb. 7.

The event will include free sleigh rides, free skates for your use, as well as a photo booth, snow fort building and door prizes.

“It’s going to be an action packed, fun-fi lled day with some-thing for everyone,” Melanie Hellyer, chair of Healthy Brandon in motion, said in a re-lease. “This year we’ve incorporated a snow fort building area, as well as a fun photo booth.”

There will be hot chocolate, hot dogs, sleigh rides and great door prizes. The event gets underway at 1 p.m. and wraps up at 4 p.m.

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Obesity is a global epi-demic affecting people of all ages. According to The Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, more than one-third of Ameri-cans are considered obese, while Statistics Canada notes about 25 percent of Canadians are obese. Be-ing overweight or obese has been linked to cardio-vascular disease, diabetes and some forms of can-cer, and children who are overweight are likely to be overweight or obese adults.

While eating a diet that is low in fat and high in whole-grain fi ber, veg-etables and lean proteins is important, exercise re-mains one of the key factors in maintaining a healthy weight. However, many adults and children simply do not get enough exercise during the day. An active lifestyle is often hampered by the prevalence of digital

devices or sedentary jobs that encourage more screen time than fi tness time. But there are ways for the en-tire family to get fi t. Exer-cising together is not just a great way for families to get healthy, but also a great opportunity to spend time together. The following are a handful of ways families can work together to incor-porate more exercise into their daily lives.• Tackle chores. Yes, tasks

around the house can count as exercise. Work-ing together not only gets you moving but also cuts down on the time it takes to tackle tasks around the house. Mowing the lawn, vacuuming the rugs, sweeping the fl oor -- all of these activities can get the heart pumping. Make it fun by setting chores to music or competing against one another to see who gets their task done

fi rst or the best.• Compete in the pool.

Swimming is a low-im-pact activity that works many muscles in the body. Taking a dip in the pool can be both relax-ing and benefi cial to your health. Compete with family members to make the most of the time spent in the water. Host relay swimming races, see how long each member of the family can tread water or create any other competi-tions that keep everyone in the pool moving.

• Create an outdoor obstacle course. Set up a series of obstacles in your yard and host your own triathlon. You can jump through tires, climb through tubes and scale trees. Make it fun by having adults try to ride tricycles or pair up an adult with a child for sack races. The opportunities for fun are only hampered

by your imagination.• Go for family bicycle

rides. Traverse your neighborhood or blaze new trails by riding bikes together. Young children can be strapped into trail-ers that are pulled behind the bike or ride in seats attached to the bike itself. This gives everyone a chance to enjoy the great outdoors and hone their cycling skills.

• Go hiking. Hiking is an-other fun family activity that also happens to make for great exercise. Choose a trail that may not be level and push everyone’s endurance to the test.

• Stroll the beach. Walking or running on sand of-fers more resistance than walking on pavement. Take a stroll at the seaside. Break up the walk by col-lecting shells or stopping by the water to observe marine wildlife.

• Hit the dance fl oor. If you’ve been invited to a wedding or a Sweet 16 party, cut a rug and take advantage of the DJ and

dance fl oor. When enjoy-ing yourselves, you prob-ably won’t even realize how much you’re exer-cising.

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Fishing enthusiasts will have the opportunity to win $10,000 while sup-porting the Oak Lake - Sifton Fire Department on Jan. 31. For the fi fth year in a row, the department is hosting an ice fi shing der-by on the local lake that is sure to attract a lot of atten-tion. Up for grabs are some great prizes for the top fi sh, including a $10,000 award to anyone who catches the specialty tagged fi sh.

Deputy chief Rick Chorney explained that a biologist from Manitoba Fisheries will visit the lake leading up to the event, tagging three fi sh which will be released back into the lake. The number on the tag of one of these fi sh will be drawn to be the designated fi sh for the tournament at the end of the month. If someone catches that particular fi sh during the derby, that per-son would win the $10,000 prize.

“We have tagged three fi sh each year so there are a few fi sh in the lake with tags, but you have to catch the right one,” Chorney said.

Adding to the excite-ment of the day are prizes for top measurements for Walleye, Perch and North-ern Pike. First place for

each of these varieties of fi sh is worth $500, second prize is worth $300 and third prize is worth $200. During the derby, fi sh are caught and brought to two registration points on the lake. Each fi sh is measured by length and must be re-leased alive to qualify for the prize money. Any ties based on length are award-ed to the individual whose fi sh was registered with of-fi cials fi rst.

In addition to the derby prizes, the coveted Master Angler fi sh is also sought after by fi shermen. These fi sh must exceed a desig-nated length as described in the Manitoba Fisheries Guide and Chorney said that they have had such fi sh caught in the lake in the past.

Chorney said the event is a great event for the en-tire family. More than 400 people came out last year and the fi re fi ghters are ex-pecting a similar turnout.

“We’ve had winners that are nine years old,” he said. “People come out for the day and have a great time.”

A 50/50 draw will also take place with last year’s winner taking home $1,000.

The entire event is held in support of the local fi re department and will be put toward renovations to the local fi re hall. The Oak

Lake - Sifton Fire Depart-ment is made up of 12 paid on-call members and has three response units. Chorney explained that the department attends an average of 40-50 calls each year with the major-ity of those calls being in response to motor vehicle accidents due to the prox-imity of the Trans-Canada Highway. The local de-partment is equipped to respond to all types of situ-ations including house and business fi res, water res-cues, search and rescues, confi ned space and col-lapsed building situations. They have trained para-medics and EMTs on staff

and fi ll a variety of rolls to assist the public.

Registration begins at the lake at 9:30 a.m. with

the fi rst measurements be-ing accepted at 10 a.m.

“The weather is sup-posed to be good and we

are hoping for a big crowd once again in support of the department,” Chorney concluded.

A guided snowshoe hike will be taking place this Saturday from 1-3:30 p.m. at at the Yellow Quill Trail at Spruce Woods Provincial Park.

Join a park interpreter on snow-shoes in search of signs of animal life in the snow. You will discover the active animals in the winter by identifying tracks and scat they leave behind.

Your destination is a log shelter where you’ll warm up with a cup

of hot chocolate. Be sure to dress warmly with snow boots for this three kilometre hike.

Spruce Woods will provide the snowshoes. You can also bring your own.

Interpretive events at Spruce Woods are free for everyone to at-tend. For more information, contact the Spruce Woods park interpreter at 204-827-8850, email [email protected] or go online at manitobaparks.com.

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It’s not every day you’ll see an NHL player score four goals – and then promptly apologize to the camera while being inter-viewed minutes later.

That’s exactly what happened last Tuesday night after Mathieu Per-reault netted four tallies en route to an 8-2 win by

the Winnipeg Jets over the Florida Panthers at MTS Centre. If the Jets forward had scored one more goal, Gail McDon-ald of Brandon would’ve won Safeway’s $1 mil-lion Score and Win Chal-lenge.

Perreault told TSN’s Sara Orlesky after the game that he was un-aware that if he had scored one more goal that

McDonald, the principal of Goerge Fitton School, would’ve came away with a cool million.

“No idea. No one told me,” Perreault told TSN’s Sara Orlesky after the game. “I wish I knew. Crazy.”

Perreault came close to scoring the elusive fi fth goal on a breakaway in the game but was unable to slip the puck past Pan-

thers netminder Al Mon-toya.

“Sorry Gail,” he told Orlesky. “I feel bad now.”

McDonald was inter-viewed by TSN 1290 ra-dio following the game and says she spent the latter part of the game fi elding phone calls from family and friends fi lling her in on the situation at hand.

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and then a lot of people from work and even people that I had no idea who they were,” she said. “Every time I got back to watch the game, the phone would ring again and I had to go and an-swer it. I think I was kind of short with a few people because I wanted to get back to the game.”

McDonald says she ac-cepts Perreault’s apology

and won’t forget No. 85 (Perreault’s jersey num-ber) for a very long time.

She won’t come away empty handed however. According to CTV News in Winnipeg, McDon-ald will receive a $5,000 prize consisting of Safe-way gift cards, a watch and several assorted small appliances.

The Western Financial Group in Brandon awarded two students each with a $500 ex-ceptional achievement citation bursary from the Western Communities Foundation, which is Western Financial Group’s charitable arm.In photo: Lauren Hiltner, managing partner of Western Financial Group presents a cheque for $500 to Brett Skibo in his fi rst year of post secondary school. The Western Communities Foundation awarded 93 student bursaries across Western Canada, each $500, for a to-tal of $46,500.

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We all know that the sad fact is that most resolutions lose steam within a month. Even the most well-intend-ed diets can crash abys-mally. Three weeks in, plates loaded with steamed broccoli and kale salad be-

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The level of commit-ment by those wanting to check out the annual event has stood the test of time.

Richard Bruce, chair of the 12th annual event, agrees.

“The festival has al-ways been successful, even if it’s minus -40 out-side,” Bruce said. “Peo-ple are prepared to line up and stand in that weather to get in.”

This year, 10 pavilions will be located around the

city and big crowds are expected for the festival, slated to take place Jan. 29-31. Bruce says the fes-tival has grown since its inception.

“When it started, it was to fairly modest be-ginnings. I mean, they [pavilions] were in com-munity centres and all over the place. Some pa-vilions grew so that they were using the Vic Inn or Royal Oak Inn or larger venues because there was demand and they needed the space,” he said.

“We get to experience a number of different cultures,” he added. “It’s a window into the cul-tures and we often do that through food and music and other cultural things.

A lot of them will have some sort of performance show and we wouldn’t normally get to see that. From my perspective, and I have friends who are living here from different countries, and they fi nd the city of Brandon very welcoming. I would agree with that.”

Along with a dedicated group of volunteers – ap-proximately 1,000 are needed for the event - the City remains a “strategic partner” of the Winter Festival, along with the LGWF committee, which includes Bruce.

“At some point in time, the [LGWF] com-mittee will be responsi-ble, but that doesn’t mean the city is walking away

from it,” he said. “The city has a vested interest in it as much as the rest of the community.”

He says a lot of work goes into an event of this magnitude – this includes food preparation, which is of vital importance. Bruce took time to refl ect on a recent conversation he had with a pavilion volunteer regarding the fi rst ever Winter Festival.

“He thought when they started on the fi rst day that they had lots of food. On Saturday morning, as early as they could get food, they were out buy-ing it again because they used all their food on Fri-day night.”

This year’s event will see a noticeable change

as the German pavil-ion has pulled out of the 2015 LGWF. Bruce says the German pavilion was very popular and will be missed.

“It’s a hole that is get-ting fi lled because others are fi lling it in, but it’s not the same,” he said.

Because of the change, the English pavilion, which used to be at the A.N.A.F., has moved to the Victoria Inn (used to be German location). The English pavilion will also serve as host for the event for the fi rst time.

The nine other pa-vilions that will join the English include the Hon-duran, Chinese, Brazil-ian, Scottish, Irish, First Nations, Ukrainian and

Métis Pavilion, while the Philippines and Mauritius will be in the Global Vil-lage.

Bruce says there have been discussions in the past to move the pavil-ions to two or three big-ger venues instead of each located at different locations.

“It’s been resisted be-cause part of this is you get to move around the city and go to different places,” he said. “I think it’s part of what makes it successful.”

Bruce says each pa-vilion is always looking for more volunteers. For more information on how to sign up, go online to www.lgwf.ca.

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The following is a brief look at each of the 10 pa-vilions at the Lieutenant Governor’s Winter Festi-val. Information below is courtesy of www.lgwf.ca.

The Brazilian PavilionLocation: Ukrainian

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The Brazilian pavilion is once again heating up Brandon with an incredible cultural experience. Don’t miss our exciting show, including a high energy capoeira performance as well as traditional Brazil-ian dances including mac-ulelê, jongo, and the world famous samba. While you enjoy our show, try one of our brand new menu items,

such as the feijao tropeiro, which is a typical dish from the Southeast of Brazil, or a delicious piece of lime cake. Quench your thirst with a caipirinha, made with a sugar cane alco-hol called cachaça, a Sul Americana beer, or try a Guarana, a famous Brazil-ian soft-drink. Don’t forget to stop by our souvenir ta-ble so you can take a piece of Brazil home with you. We can’t wait to see you there.

English PavilionLocation: Victoria Inn,

Grand Salon, 3550 Victo-ria Avenue

The English pavilion is delighted to welcome some of our best and brightest who will be rockin’ their best brand of British In-vasion. And of course, be

ready to dance all night to our own tribute to the Fab 4, “The Beetles.” On Saturday afternoon, take a walk down memory lane with classic war-time tunes. Make sure to sing along. You know the words. We are also thrilled to host the Village Green Morris Dancers, a tradi-tional English folk dance troupe on Saturday after-noon and early evening. This year’s menu includes our famous pies, pastries, bangers and mash, accom-panied of course, by a pint. Choose Old Speckled Hen or Strongbow Cider. The legendary ‘007 Martini Bar’ will be back in action - shaken, not stirred. Be sure to sample an authentic pub lunch on Saturday af-ternoon. A hearty English welcome to you.

Chinese PavilionLocation: Knox United

Church, 451 18th StreetAfter a four-year break,

we are back with passion. This year’s Chinese pavil-ion is hosted by the Bran-don Chinese Lion Dance Group. The group was organized in Jan. 2013 to devote themselves to the preservation and promo-tion of our Chinese culture and customs. China is one of the four ancient civiliza-tions (alongside Babylon, India and Egypt). The Xia Dynasty is the fi rst dynasty in China that dates to about the 21st Century B.C. More than 5,000 years of history and development of civi-lization makes China rich in tradition. Additional parking available located at Earl Oxford School and BU parking lot, west of Knox Church.

Honduran PavilionLocation: A.N.A.F., Unit

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you to our Honduran pavil-ion to share our culture and history. Honduras is very rich in dance, foods and other cultural expressions. Come join us and enjoy our entertainment, such as the Garifuna dances or check out our traditional foods: Honduran tacos, baleadas and pastelitos.

Global VillageLocation: St. Matthews

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vilion features food, en-tertainment and cultural presentations from The Philippines and Mauritius. Filipinos love to celebrate and the Filipino commu-nity has prepared an excit-

ing program with cultural displays, food, and spec-tacular dance demonstra-tions. They will be set to introduce their tropical and Asian culture through traditional clothing. Fili-pino culture is fi lled with colour. From the beauty of our traditional dressing to our food and fi estas. We’re bright, happy people and it shows!

Scottish PavilionLocation: Victoria Inn,

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Brandon’s much beloved winter event, The Lieutenant Governor’s Winter Festival, will return this year for its 12th edition, January 29, 30 & 31, 2015. This three-day, city-wide celebration of culture will take place at a variety of locations around the city. Ten outstanding pavilions will be showcasing cultural foods, dance, music and more – English, Chinese, Honduran, Global Village featuring Phillippines and Mauritius, Brazil, Irish, Scottish, Ukrainian, First Nations and Métis.

This year the festival weekend will kick off on Thursday, January 29th with Opening Ceremonies hosted by the English pavilion, at the GrandSalon of the Victoria Inn. Welcoming you with great food, a cold pint and an enthusiastic celebration of culture. Join them and various special guests, including the Honourable Philip S. Lee, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, who will offi cially open the event.

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This year the festival weekend will kick off on Thursday, January 29th with Opening Ceremonies hosted by the English pavilion, at the GrandSalon of the Victoria Inn. Welcoming you with great food, a cold pint and an enthusiastic celebration of culture. Join them and various special guests, including the Honourable Philip S. Lee, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, who will offi cially open the event.

Pavilions will be open for the following minimum hours: Thursday from 6-10pm, Friday from 6-11pm and Saturday 1-11pm (with the excep-

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Thanks to the commitment of over one thousand volunteers, not to mention their incredible skills and hard work, The Lieutenant Governor’s Winter Festival remains an entirely free event, with no admission charged for entry into pavilions. The shuttle service is also provided free of charge, courtesy of Brandon Transit and Manitoba Public Insurance.

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Our evening program will contain two main shows where you can sit back and listen to the skirl of the pipes, enjoy some highland dancing, tap your toes to the lively tunes of the fi ddle, and sing along to some old fa-vourites. Come and party the night away with Brandon’s own Celtic band “Reel Brew” who will take the stage on Thursday from 10:00 p.m. to closing and then the rock band “Nuthin’ But Trouble” who will play on Fri-day from 10:30 p.m. to closing.

The Scotch Corner Bar will be sure to keep you refreshed

with a great selection of refresh-ments. Bring your appetite to the “Haggis Hoose” which will be serving traditional Scottish food including haggis pies (hag-gis, turnip and potato), meat pies, delicious shortbread and Scotland’s famous soft drink “Irn Bru.” Afternoon tea will be served on Saturday from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Irish PavilionLocation: Royal Oak Inn,

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Irish stew, soda bread, barm-brack, as well as “The Drink.” The McConnell School of Dance will be dazzling everyone with their footwork and traditional full dress regalia. Other enter-tainment includes The New Celtic String Band, Shamus O’jibway featuring Larry Rou-lette, Celtic Knot and several

other bands. “May The Best Day Of Your

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First NationsLocation: Little Teaching

Lodge, 205 College AvenueWe are excited to give the

residents of Brandon and visi-tors from surrounding areas the opportunity to experience the varied traditions and cultures of the tribes. Various performers, teachers, elders, dancers and helpers from all the First Na-tions tribes will be present to make your experience the best it can be. You can look forward to a traditional pipe ceremony with our elders, powwow dancers in their regalia and the teachings and meanings of their dance, tra-ditional songs by drum groups from various tribes, songs by the women of these tribes, and the stories behind these songs.

Please enjoy traditional foods, arts and crafts for sale, a chil-dren’s craft area with face paint-ing.

Ukrainian PavilionLocation: Ukrainian Reading

Assoc. Hall, 1005 Assiniboine Avenue

The traditional Ukrainian food will feature the ever popu-lar perogies garnished with a new recipe sauce, world’s best cabbage rolls, Ukrainian sau-sage (Kolbasa) , borscht (beet/vegetable soup) and poppy seed cake for dessert. Besides the regular coffee, soft drinks and domestic liquor (we will offer two imported beers from the Ukraine – Lvivske Premium and Slavutych). Vodka imports from the Ukraine will be available as well.

The Brandon Troyanda School of Ukrainian Dance and

Teren Ukrainian Dancers from Oakburn will offer dances in their colorful costumes that rep-resent the different regions of the Ukraine. To start every show, the dancers will do the Pryvit, a welcome dance represented by all regions, where they present bread, salt and wheat signifying prosperity and health for their guests.

Metis PavilionLocation: Western Centen-

nial Auditorium, 205, 20th StreetThe Métis Pavilion offers a

variety of Métis culture through the sharing of traditional mu-sic, dance, food and laughter with festival patrons. There are knowledgeable and passionate exhibitors and entertainers as well as interactive exhibits for all ages to enjoy. We encourage everyone to come and join us for a great experience at the Métis

With an eye toward increasing capac-ity to build more homes for low-income working families to purchase, Habi-tat for Humanity Manitoba’s Brandon Chapter launched a signature not-for-profi t home improvement store, called the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

The ReStore, located at 630 Rosser Avenue, celebrated its offi cial grand opening this past Saturday, and is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 12-5:00 p.m.

The ReStore is a not-for profi t home improvement retail store and donation centre that sells new and gently used home improvement and building materi-als, furniture, home accessories and ap-pliances for a fraction of the retail price. Some of the items that can be found at the ReStore include windows, interior and exterior doors, paint, hardware, lighting fi xtures and appliances.

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free curb side pickup.Habitat for Humanity believes that

everyone should have access to the con-fi dence, security and hope that a home provides. Affordable housing is an in-tegral part to building strong, equitable and thriving communities. By mobiliz-ing volunteers and community partners, we can build safe, affordable housing for low-income working families to pur-chase and promote the pride of home ownership as a means of breaking the

cycle of poverty.“We see the ReStore as providing

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Listen….can you hear the drums? Can you smell the bannock? Can you feel the spirit?

If you come to the Me-tis pavilion at Winter Fest, your senses will be fi lled as you immerse yourself in the Metis culture.

The pavilion is being or-ganized by the Manitoba Metis Federation at the Western Manitoba Centen-nial Auditorium, located at 205, 20th Street in Bran-don, as part of the Lieu-

tenant Governor’s Winter Festival.

During the festival, the history and culture of the Metis people will be brought to life through the displays planned for this year’s Winter Festival run-ning Jan. 29-31.

“We have a very interac-tive, hands-on display,” pa-vilion coordinator Steven Demontigny explained.

A number of displays are being planned to give visi-tors to the pavilion a full experience. A cultural dis-play will be set up showing the lodging, transportation,

clothing and weapons used by trappers. The Louis Riel Exhibit consists of clothing, beadwork and other educational mate-rial. Finger weaving and sash weaving demonstra-tions will take place and a full range of furs will be on display that visitors are invited to touch.

An aboriginal author is scheduled to be at the pa-vilion telling stories and the history of the people. A trading post will be open for business complete with moccasins, sashes and in-fi nity patches to name a

few. In the event that pavil-ion visitors can’t fi nd ex-actly what they are looking for, Demontigny explained that the trading post items are normally on display at the main offi ce located at 656 – 6th Street in Bran-don.

Throughout the event the main stage will be fi lled with music and danc-ing. Fiddlers include Gary Lepine, Ryan Ceplin and Jason Lepine as well as the local dance group the Metis Prairie Steppers who will perform on Friday and Saturday. Demontigny

said that new acts will take the stage every half hour throughout the event with Johnny Dietriech acting as master of ceremonies.

In between live perfor-mances, visitors are invited to head downstairs to the Bannock Bar were buffalo stew, bison and elk burgers and rice pudding will be served.

“The pavilion is a great way to showcase Metis culture and each year we have about 4,000 visitors,” he said.

Demontigny said the entire Winter Festival is a

great way to meet people and learn about the differ-ent cultures that are found in the area.

“We are able to show-case our culture while be-ing part of something big-ger,” he said. “It’s a great event.”

The pavilion will be open at the WMCA on Thursday, Jan. 29 and Friday, Jan. 30 from 6-11 p.m., as well as Saturday, Jan. 31 from 1-11 p.m.

More than $10K donated to Women’s Resource CentreThanks to the support of

generous donors, The Wom-en’s Resource Centre has re-ceived a cheque for $10,666 from the Shoppers Drug Mart Tree of Life program. The cheque was presented by Kevin Lussier and Brittany Aube on Tuesday, Jan. 13 to Jodi Wyman and Stephanie Doerksen of The Women’s Resource Centre.

“We have such a small bud-get, so this is greatly help-ful,” said Wyman, chair of the board of directors, in a release.

The funds will be used to support and expand the well-

ness program, which is an on-going program that offers free workshops on topics related to women’s health and well-ness.

Currently, the wellness program offers free yoga classes on the fi rst and third Wednesday of every month. The funds from Shoppers Drug Mart will be used to fund these classes and add additional workshops to the program.

“A lot of women want to improve their health and wellness, so these funds will be really wonderful for the women of Westman,” said

Doerksen, program coordina-tor.

The Shoppers Drug Mart Tree of Life program receives funds through generous do-nations by staff and commu-nity members and uses those funds to support initiatives related to women’s health.

For more information about The Women’s Resource Cen-tre, visit the offi cial website at www.thewomenscentrebran-don.com, call them at (204) 726-8632, or visit the offi ce at 731 Princess Avenue.

With fi les from releaseKevin Lussier (far right) and Brittany Aube (centre right) of Shop-pers Drug Mart present a cheque to Jodi Wyman (centre left) and Stephanie Doerksen of The Women’s Resource Centre.

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Brendan White, a 6-foot-9 middle, is one of the Brandon Bobcats men’s volleyball team leaders. Photos by Matt Packwood, BU Athletics

A look at who the leadersare with the BU Bobcats

Captains can come in all shapes and sizes and play various positions, but most importantly, they are leaders for their respective sports teams.

“They must be your hardest workers, but not necessarily your best players,” Brandon Uni-versity Bobcats women’s basketball head coach Novell Thomas said. “Captains must be an ex-tension of the coach and understand the coaches’ expectations. Captains should keep players ac-countable; give positive encouragement and con-structive feedback when necessary.”

This year’s BU basket-ball and volleyball teams are captained by groups of players who bring their own unique personalities, backgrounds and leader-ship skills to the position. Thomas’ squad is led by a pair of fourth-year guards from different countries. Stephanie Haynes is a 5-foot-7 guard from Lo-rette, while Aleah Bridg-es is 5-foot-3 and from Berkley, Calif.

Thomas said that Bridges is a vocal leader who has lots of on-court experience. Meanwhile, Haynes leads by ex-ample, trains hard and is a competitor, the head coach explained.

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“Both are great lead-ers,” BU men’s volley-ball head coach Grant Wilson said. “Whitey is very vocal and great at communicating with all players and coaches. Sam is a more ‘lead by example’ type of guy. Both have tons of experi-ence and are able to help the players and staff in a number of ways both on and off the court.

“Our captains need to be approachable and they need to have the respect

of teammates and staff both on and off the court, which both Sam and Whitey have,” he added.

The BU women’s vol-leyball team features three captains. Tori Dakin is a fifth-year, 6-foot right side player from Calgary, while Shanlee McLen-nan, a 5-foot-11 left side, who is in her fourth sea-son out of Winnipeg. Fel-low captain Donata Hue-bert is a 5-foot-9 libero from Minden, Germany, who is in her third year with the team, but played two years professionally in France in between her first and second Bobcats seasons.

“Tori is very structured and organized. She has been around the game

and knows it,” head coach Lee Carter said.

He noted that Dakin is the one who communi-cates with officials on the court.

“(Donata) is our lead-er by example,” Carter added. “She’s definitely a hard worker and shows everyone what it’s like to be a pro.”

He says McLennan is the “glue” of the team, is fun loving and gets along with everyone.

Captains can especially be important leaders for younger players. The BU men’s basketball team is led by a pair of veter-ans in Kenote Ramsey and Ali-Mounir Bena-bdelhak. A fifth-year, 6-foot-1 guard, Ramsey

is from Richmond, Calif. Benabdelhak is a fourth-year, 6-foot-7 forward who was born in Algeria, but lists Montreal as his hometown. What makes them good leaders for the ‘Cats?

“Their experience and ability to communicate with their teammates,” BU head men’s basket-ball coach Gil Cheung, a former Bobcats captain himself, said. “They’ve taken the opportunity to show the younger play-ers what our team stan-dards are on the court, in the classroom and in our community. They know what it’s like to be a freshman, etc. and can relate to what some of the young players are go-ing through.”

While captains often set the tone, BU coaches pointed out that other players can also be lead-ers. Wilson said that other veterans on the men’s volleyball team also help push everyone to be their best. Carter’s squad works with former BU hockey coach Tom Skinner on being a good teammate and each play-er leading in their own way.

Stephanie Haynes and Aleah Bridges of the BU women’s basketball team.

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Deadline nears for anchored putter banAnchors away, boys.

Put those anchored put-ters away.

Twenty or 30 of the world’s best golfers have a deadline of about 11 ½ months from now to wean themselves off their an-chored — in their chest or belly — putters before they are officially banned on Jan. 1, 2016.

World-class athletes such as Tim Clark, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Adam Scott, Bernhard Langer, Ernie Els, Carl Petterson being forced to suddenly play with a non-anchored put-ting stroke is akin to tell-ing a Major League Base-ball player he has to start batting from the other side of the plate.

Some pros have already started experimenting with short, conventional putters and will go all-in during the latter stages of 2015. Still others, such as Bradley, are starting immediately so that the shock of such a change won’t be too great when the 2016 season starts.

The USGA and the Royal and Ancient of Great Britain, two of the world’s major golf bodies, announced the anchored-putting ban two years ago, saying the putting stroke should be a free-wheeling

movement. Many of to-day’s top pros use a long putter and stuff the end of the club into their chest or stomach, “anchoring” it to their body and using a pendulum stroke from there. Many majors have been won by players with anchored-putting styles, such as world No. 3 Adam Scott, Simpson and Brad-ley.

“I’ve played a few rounds with a regulation-length putter,” Bradley told SI.com, “but I haven’t put in the hours that other guys have with it. All my hours of putting and prac-tising with the belly the last six or seven years — those are gone. I’m a little behind, but I look forward to the challenge of making the putting change.”

For some players, the change may become a career-ender. Clark, the South African, says he has a physical disability that makes it impossible for him to use a regulation-

length putter. He may challenge the rule in court, just as Casey Martin did in 2001 to earn the right to use a motorized cart in PGA Tour events.

“You feel the same nerves and pressure with the long putter,” Clark told SI.com “At the end of the day, putting comes down to confidence and mindset.”

Meanwhile, long putters will be front and centre most of the year, but wait for the conclusion of the final major of the year, the PGA in Wisconsin in Au-gust, and watch them be-ing tossed away, like boat anchors into the water.• It’s so darn easy to

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— “Any fan of a Native American-themed team who intends to perform a tomahawk chop and/or war chant is now re-quired to provide proof of Native American heritage.”

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• Seattle Times desk edi-tor Scott Hanson, after the Devils’ 42-year-old

Jaromir Jagr became the eldest player in NHL history to score three goals in a game: “That’s what you call old hat.”

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Following the WHL trade deadline last week, the league has emerged with two top con-tenders set for the push to the playoffs as the Brandon Wheat Kings and Kelowna Rockets ap-pear to be the clubs with the best odds of reaching the league final out of their respective confer-ences.

With both teams adding talent at the trade deadline and hav-ing a stranglehold on home-ice advantage should the regular season end today, it’s quite clear that the favourites to represent the ‘Dub at the 2015 Memo-rial Cup will come out of either Westman or the Okanagan bar-ring some sort of upset.

The Wheat Kings have caught up with the Rockets in the race for the regular season title of late, earning back-to-back wins this past weekend over the Le-thbridge Hurricanes and the Swift Current Broncos to pull themselves within a point of Kelowna despite the Western Conference club taking most of the trade deadline hype with the acquisition of Leon Draisaitl as well as Winnipeg Jets prospect Josh Morrissey from the Prince

Albert Raiders. Bringing in two NHL Draft

first rounders at the deadline looked to have cemented the Rockets hold on the regular sea-son title, but two recent losses has now made things interest-ing as the red hot Brandon boys have made it a race again for home ice advantage in the play-offs.

Brandon also bought during the deadline themselves as the acquisition of Morgan Klim-chuk from the Regina Pats has already paid dividends. The vet-eran forward scored some big goals in the weekend win over the Hurricanes.

Wheat Kings GM and head coach Kelly McCrimmon also acquired some more depth on the backend by adding former Spokane Chiefs blueliner Reid Gow, who was playing with the University of Manitoba before deciding to return to the WHL. Gow had 62 points with the Chiefs last season so his addi-tion will be welcome on a blue-line that has been strong this season as McCrimmon did his best to match the Rockets big moves while giving up less fu-

ture draft picks down the road in doing so.

Klimchuk is the headline grabber as the two-time 30 goal scorer brings his experience from Regina over to Manitoba where he was one of the WHL’s top scorers. If not for missing a chunk of games in 2013-14 Klimchuk would have been a potential 100-point man, scor-ing 30 goals and 74 points in just 57 games for the Pats last year in what was his second straight season with 70-plus points. On a team that is already well-stocked with offensive talent, the move to bring in Klimchuk adds a vet-eran edge to a team that has been relying on younger talents that have arrived early to WHL dom-inance. Adding scoring depth and his veteran presence, Klim-chuk will certainly be a player to watch as McCrimmon’s theme of bringing in players to provide some extra experience could pay off as the season gets deeper and deeper into the big stage.

What the Wheat Kings will have to deal with in the final run to the postseason and run to an Eastern Conference regular season title is the presence of

the Medicine Hat Tigers, who also bought at the deadline with a move with the Regina Pats to add some firepower themselves.

The leaders of the Central Division sit eight points back of Brandon (as of Jan. 19) for first in the Eastern Conference, but with two games in hand. The Tigers are a team that could pro-vide a roadblock come playoff time as the second favourite in the conference.

Kelowna’s path in the West appears to be a bit easier as the Rockets lack a second team to deal with in their half of the playoffs with no true second contender emerging out of a conference that is in a down year after typically being the stron-gest part of the league in recent seasons.

Of course it’s far too early to be looking at postseason sce-narios, but with the deadline in the rearview mirror, it appears that at the very least, the Rock-ets could expect to be in the Western Conference final based on their successes in the regular season compared to their com-petition in the conference.

With two months left, fans

can get geared up for the most exciting time of the regular sea-son as the wheeling and dealing of roster building is done. It’s time to play hockey in the race for division/conference titles. Wheat Kings fans can feel ex-cited knowing that their club has brought in the firepower needed to make a deep push this spring, one that could perhaps put them on course to a potential cham-pionship run. It’s early, but the acquisitions of Klimchuk and Gow to an already loaded roster of young talent that is making a name for themselves makes the Wheat Kings true contenders in a WHL landscape that appears to be dominated by two teams.

Going into the final weeks of January, you won’t see the team taking a look at the standings with a focus on a game-by-game approach, but it’s certainly ex-citing to know that the home-town club will be in the mix as a favourite to make a Memorial Cup run in 2015.

Chase Ruttig is the editor of the Neepawa Press.

Biggest Loser Challenge cancelled

The Biggest Loser Challenge has been can-celled due to not enough entries.

The annual event, which is put on by the As-siniboine Kiwanis Club, received only six team entries this year.

“There wasn’t much of a response [from the pub-lic],” event coordinator Dick McCallum said.

He says numbers to the event began to de-cline last year when only 42 teams took part in the

challenge.“We need at least 60

[teams] to make it work,” he added.

The 10-week challenge consists of teams of four taking part in bi-weekly weight checks. The top teams that ended up with the most total percent-age of weight lost won a percentage of the total funds raised. The rest of the funds went to the As-siniboine Kiwanis Club, which in turn, went back into the community.

“It’s really disappoint-ing,” McCallum contin-ued. “We did a survey

after last year and people seemed to like it and that they’d do it again.”

The Assiniboine Ki-wanis Club has since taken part in other fund-raising events, including a raffl e for two West-Jet tickets to anywhere around the world. Janice Lowe of Brandon wound up winning the tickets.

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One of the pieces of artwork which is cur-rently on display at the Art Gallery of South-western Manitoba.

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This is Conlin’s first exhibition in more than 10 years, showcasing a completely new body of work alongside pieces from the artist’s extensive fossil collection.

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“I’ve liked fossils ever since a third grade school trip to the Manitoba Mu-seum of Man and Nature, and used my lunch money to buy a trilobite. Since then, I’ve had a strong fascination with fossils; a fascination with the past, evolution and change. The planet is a big breath-ing mechanism, always growing and changing,” says Conlin about his first inspiration to study the earth’s ancient history.

Every year, Conlin spends his summer week-ends on the Manitoba escarpment in search of fossils. During these ex-peditions, he is inspired by the images, patterns, and textures created through erosion and forc-es of nature. These ele-ments come alive in his work as reminders that we are only transient resi-dents in this ancient and changing world. Project-ing into the future, Con-lin’s most recent pieces pose questions of what will remain millions of years after human civili-zation is gone.

The exhibition will re-main open until Feb. 28 in the main gallery. The Art Gallery of Southwest-ern Manitoba is located at

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The Westman Scottish As-sociation is getting ready to toast the haggis as part of the annual Burns Supper on Saturday, Jan. 24. In honour of Robbie Burns’ Day, the lo-cal group is once again plan-ning a traditional meal and entertainment celebrating all things Scottish.

The evening will open with cocktails at 6 p.m. with

supper beginning at 7 p.m. followed by live entertain-ment.

Barb Andrew, treasurer of the group, says supper will include roast beef, mashed potatoes, turnip and, of course, haggis.

Highland dancers have been booked for the evening and are sure to please the crowd as they have in the past.

“This year we even have a group of people who are going to put on a Scottish

Ceilie,” Andrew said. Those in attendance will be enter-tained by the musicians from Scotland playing fiddles and the accordion while they dance the night away.

“It’s really a fun event that we put on every year,” An-drew continued.

The Burns Supper will take place at the Sokol Hall located at 33 – 11th Street North in Brandon. Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for children ages 5 – 12 and those under 5 are free. Tick-

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Scottish pavilion part of Winter Fest

The Westman Scottish As-sociation consists of approxi-mately 100 people of Scottish decent who work to promote their heritage. Each year the group puts on several family events including a potluck dinner for St. Andrews Day and the Caledonian Games.

The group is currently or-ganizing the Scottish pavil-ion planned for this year’s

Lieutenant Governor’s Win-ter Festival, taking place Jan. 29-31 in Brandon.

The pavilion will be open to the public in the Imperial Ballroom of the Victoria Inn starting at 6 p.m. on Thurs-day and Friday and from 1-11 p.m. on Saturday.

Scottish music will fill the air and those in attendance will be entertained by sev-eral different Highland dance groups from the area. A high-light of the event will be per-formances by the 26th Field

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An array of food is being prepared including a tradi-tional tea on Saturday after-noon complete with scones and jams. Each evening Scotch and haggis pies will be served alongside other tra-ditional Scottish dishes. The group is also playing host to Hint of Heather from Stone-wall which will have items for sale such as kilts, jackets, sporrans and pins.

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Planning and building safety staff are currently conducting the fi rst signifi cant review of the zoning bylaw in a decade, with a number of updates in the works.

The public open house is set for the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 27, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. within the

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CNIB would like to thank more than 120 volunteers, the Shoppers Mall in Brandon and the people of Brandon for helping to make its holiday gift wrap centre a big success. The centre, which was open at the Shoppers Mall from Dec. 5-24, raised $13,520. The money raised will go to support CNIB pro-grams and services. In photo (left to right): Ruth Baker, CNIB administrative assistant; Sandra Pierson, CNIB volunteer; Joyce Gardiner, CNIB volunteer; Bob McMillan, CNIB volunteer; Lin McMillian, CNIB volunteer; Candace McK-enzie, Shoppers Mall marketing director; Samantha Wells, Shoppers Mall guest services supervisor.CNIB is a registered charity, passionately providing community-based sup-port, knowledge and a national voice to ensure Canadians who are blind or partially sighted have the confi dence, skills and opportunities to fully partici-pate in life. To learn more, visit cnib.ca or call the toll-free CNIB helpline at 1-800-563-2642.

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Battle River implements Ltd. is a progressive John Deere dealership in East Central Alberta. We sell and service large agricultural, lawn and garden and several support-ing lines of equipment. Battle River Implements employs a diverse team of individuals dedicated to serving our Customer’s needs. Battle River Implements offers competitive wages, an extensive benefi ts package, retirement plan, as well as many opportunitiesfor career growth and advancement from within.

Our organization is currently seeking an individual for the position of Service Manager for our Camrose location. If you are an energetic, self-motivated team player, this could be the career opportunity for you!

Responsibilities:• Communicates, enforces, and monitors effective Service Department processes to

ensure internal and external customer satisfaction• Works closely with Corporate Service Manager to set and meet annual Service

Department goals and budgets, in alignment with the organization’s fi nancial and operational objectives

• Submits all service warranty and Product Improvement Program claims within the required timeframe to receive maximum credit

• Schedules and assigns jobs and work areas to employees in the Service Department according to their skills and knowledge• Reviews work orders for completeness and accuracy prior to customer billing• Works closely with Corporate Service Manager to develop and execute Service

Department marketing plan and monitor monthly to ensure achievement ofdepartmental goals

• Ensures all departmental tools and equipment are in good working order• Follows all safety rules and regulations in performing work assignments

Experience, Education, Skills and Knowledge:• 3+ years experience in Service Department operations• Ability to use standard desktop load applications such as Microsoft Offi ce and

internet functions• Ability to write and speak effectively to individuals and groups• Familiar with John Deere Agriculture Equipment as well as competitive equipment• Basic understanding of fi nancial principles relative to Service Department operations• Ability to analyze and interpret internal reports• Ability to work fl exible hours and weekends• Excellent customer service skills and time management skills

We thank all interested applicants, however only selected candidates will be contacted

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POSITIONS: Industrial Meat Cutter (Permanent Full Time)

LOCATION: 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba

STARTING WAGE: $13.50-$18.60/hour Plus Production Bonus of up to $1.00/hour and Attendance Bonus of $1.00/hour. Further increases as per Collective Agreement. Relocation Assistance of up to $5,000 available.

Maple Leaf Foods is a leading Canadian food processing company committed to delivering quality food products to consumers around the world. We are looking for Industrial Meat Cutters to join us at our Brandon, Manitoba plant.

POSITION SUMMARY:Positions include slaughtering livestock and removing viscera and other inedible parts from carcasses, cutting pork for further cutting, processing and packaging. Positions are available in a variety of departments including Barn, Dressing, Cut, and Packaging areas.One hundred percent company paid Benefits package provided including Major Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, as well as enrollment in the Maple Leaf Pension Plan.

RESPONSIBILITIES:Participate as part of a team in the processing of hogs to produce fresh and frozen productAssist with various tasks in the department assignedKeep up to production line speedMost jobs in the Barn, Dressing, Cut and Packaging floors include assembly line workKnife and other equipment use may be required

REQUIRED SKILLS:Previous industrial / manufacturing plant experience is considered an assetAbility to work in a wide range of environmental conditions from cool to warm and wet to dryAbility to perform repetitive physical tasks and stand for long periods of timeExperience working with and committed to Good Manufacturing Practices is considered an assetExperience in food manufacturing within a fast paced environment is an assetComfortable being part of a multi-cultural, unionized environmentMust be committed to safe work practicesMust have good communication and interpersonal skills and be focused on continuous improvementUse knives and other equipment to disassemble hog product for further processingEnsure safe and hygienic practices are applied to all tasks performed as per Company policies

APPLICATION PROCESS:If you’re willing to step into a new and exciting career, please complete an application and submit via:

Mail: Maple Leaf Foods Human Resources 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba R7A 7M5

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Maple Leaf FoodsEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Maple Leaf FoodsEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

POSITIONS: Production Worker (Permanent Full Time)

LOCATION: 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba

STARTING WAGE: $13.50-$18.60/hour Plus Production Bonus of up to $1.00/hour and Attendance Bonus of $1.00/hour. Further increases as per Collective Agreement. Relocation Assistance of up to $5,000 available.

Maple Leaf Foods is a leading Canadian food processing company committed to delivering quality food products to consumers around the world. We are looking for Industrial Meat Cutters to join us at our Brandon, Manitoba plant.

POSITION SUMMARY:Entry-level production work starts with packaging/wrapping non-knife type work.The employee’s primary tasks include receiving live hogs, and or kill (evisceration, hide removal, by-product processing) trimming, de-boning and other cut related activities/ packaging and/ or visual inspection, sorting, grading, scale weighing, truck loading, cleaning, operating equipment as related to above process.One hundred percent company paid Benefits package provided including Major Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, as well as enrollment in the Maple Leaf Pension Plan.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Participate as part of a team in the processing of hogs to produce fresh and frozen productAssist with various tasks in the dept. assignedKeep up to production line speedMost jobs in the Barn, Dressing, Cut and Packaging floors include assembly line work

Be willing to adhere to all hygienic and food safety requirements in the plant

REQUIRED SKILLS:Previous industrial / manufacturing plant experience is considered an assetAbility to work in a wide range of environmental conditions from cool to warm and wet to dryPhysically fit and able to lift, push, and/or pull, weight of up to 27kg (60 lbs)Experience working with and committed to Good Manufacturing Practices is considered an assetExperience in food manufacturing within a fast paced environment is an assetComfortable being part of a multi-cultural, unionized environmentMust be committed to safe work practicesMust have good communication and interpersonal skills and be focused on continuous improvementEnsure safe and hygienic practices are applied to all tasks performed as per Company policies

APPLICATION PROCESS:If you’re willing to step into a new and exciting career, please complete an application and submit via:

Mail: Maple Leaf Foods Human Resources 6355 Richmond Avenue East Brandon, Manitoba R7A 7M5

Fax: (204) 571-2655

Email: [email protected]

Online: www.mapleleafcareers.com

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The new stamp commemorating the 200th anni-versary of Sir John A. MacDonald in Kingston. In the photo, the honourable Lisa Raitt, minister of transport, responsible for Canada Post corpora-tion, unveils the image with Canada Post presi-dent and CEO Deepak Chopra.

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Maguire applauds creation of stamp to celebrate Sir John A. Macdonald on the 200th anniversary of his

On the 200th anniver-sary of Sir John A. Mac-donald’s birth, Canada Post issued a stamp to cel-ebrate the country’s first prime minister, a nation builder whose achieve-ments shaped the nation. The stamp mixes a tradi-tional photo with modern design to create a fresh look at a subject who has appeared on stamps many times over the past 100 years.

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said in a release. “As we approach the 150th an-niversary of Canada, our government is proud to celebrate many of the actions that Sir John A. Macdonald took to make our country great.”

Macdonald took a lead-ing role during the Char-lottetown and Québec conferences that laid the foundation for Confed-eration and the creation of Canada in 1867. Enor-mously popular, he won six out of seven post-Con-federation elections. This made him prime minister for 19 of Canada’s first 24 years and the second-lon-gest serving prime minis-

ter in Canadian history.Macdonald expanded

the country by including the provinces of Mani-toba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Is-land, as well as securing land that became today’s Northwest Territories and Nunavut. From building a transcontinental railway, founding the forerunner of the RCMP and creating the country’s first nation-al park, to adopting Brit-ish spelling rather than American, Macdonald had an enormous legacy.

His death in office in 1891 was marked by tributes from political al-lies and opponents alike.

Thousands of people paid their respects when he lay in state in Parliament, and mourners lined the tracks as a train carried him to his resting place in his hometown of Kingston, Ontario.

“Sir John A. Mac-donald not only led ne-gotiations that created our country, but he also guided a growing and ma-turing Canada,” says the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, responsible for Canada Post Corporation. “On the 200th anniversary of his birth, we remember that enduring legacy.”

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The 2014 Operation Red Nose cam-paign in Manitoba was deemed a suc-cess.

More than 3,700 free of charge rides were given to folks all across the prov-ince during the nights the organization was running late last year.

“Operation Red Nose - together with its sponsors, hosts and volunteers - seeks to reduce the impact of impaired driving during the holiday season,” said Judy Murphy, president and CEO of Safety Services Manitoba in a release. “Over the program’s past 20 years in the province, thousands and thousands of Manitobans have arrived home safe-ly after their holiday gatherings.”

Numbers released recently stated that 422 rides were given in Brandon, while 188 local volunteers helped out the pro-gram. There was more than $1,000 in donations given to the organization.

The mission of Operation Red Nose is to encourage responsible behavior (in a non-judgmental manner) with regard to impaired driving by enabling com-munities to provide a free and confi den-

tial chauffeur service to their members, the fi nancial benefi ts of which are re-distributed to local organizations dedi-cated to youth.

The Operation Red Nose service be-gan in 1984. There are more than a mil-lion volunteers nationwide who have taken part in the ride-home service, taking home nearly two million people over the years.

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