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Vol. 13 No. 40 | Thursday, January 8, 2015

This year’s New Year’s baby in Brandon is Lily Rose Fraser, who was born at 2:11 a.m. on Jan. 1 at the Brandon Regional Health Cen-tre. She weighed six pounds, eight ounces and is 19 and a half inches long.

The proud mother is Payton Rogers-Magiera of Cypress River.Baby Lily and her mother were pre-sented with a gift basket donated by the BRHC Auxiliary Gift Shop.

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Mayor has high hopes for 2015

Brandon Mayor Rick Chrest says 2015 is going to be a busy year – one that will begin in earnest early January as the city budget becomes a major priority.

After a public forum on Wednesday, Chrest and coun-cillors are scheduled for budget deliberations later this week. Chrest says the proposed 2.22 per cent tax in-crease means work remains for those involved in set-tling on a budget that works for Brandon.

“It’s certainly not where I’d like us to end off,” Chrest said regarding the proposed tax increase. “I want to bring that under inflation. So we have a little bit of work to do but I think most of council will have a similar point of view, so we have some work among us just set-ting priorities and tweaking to get us to where I think we need to be.”

Other priorities for 2015 include a greenspace master plan which will play a key role in shaping Wheat City’s greenspaces now and in years to come, several aspects of recreation, potential upgrades to the Sportsplex Pool as well as how to deal with the perennially flooded Wheat City Golf Course.

Chrest and councillors will also be involved in a study on summer field sports – this includes the Optimist Soc-cer Park which has had issues with flooding in recent years as well.

“We’ll be doing something in a fairly expedient fash-ion to get a plan that is the right plan for Brandon and can be affordable and sustainable to deal with that,” Chrest said.

Economic development, which was a major part of Chrest’s platform during his mayoral campaign, will also come to the forefront in 2015.

“That’s really going to be the life blood of our com-munity and the growth of it and the way that we can keep taxes under control is by attracting new develop-ment and more taxpayers to Brandon,” he said. “That’s what we have to do, so we have to really get rolling on

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that.” Chrest says the latter part of 2014 saw things come to-

gether nicely for the mayor after he defeated incumbent Shari Decter Hirst in the election last October.

“I think it was really hectic at first if you will [after being elected]. You sort of go really hard during a cam-paign to get elected and then when you get to the finish line, you don’t really get to catch your breath. If you’re elected, the very next morning you start and you just have to find an even higher gear and go even faster. So, it’s pretty much the way I expected would go.”

Chrest was asked if he had a New Years resolution,

to which he replied, “I don’t really do resolutions. I’m more of the proactive [type]. If something needs to be done or if I even have a personal project, I don’t wait until New Years to do that, I usually kind of get at it.

“I’ve never been someone who focuses on New Years resolutions. The resolutions can occur any day of the year for me,” he concluded.

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Brandon Wheat Kings Duncan Campbell and Quintin Lisoway made a special delivery of stuffed animals to the pediatrics ward at the Brandon Regional Health Centre late last month. Morgan Dereniwski (13 months old) and 15-month-old Bailey Phillips received a stuffed animal thanks to the annual Wheat Kings Teddy Bear Toss. Brandonite Duncan Campbell scored the fi rst goal which kicked off the fl urry of animals onto the ice. This year, more than 2,450 animals were collected. In picture left to right: Morgan Dereniwski, Quintin Lisoway, Duncan Campbell and Bailey Phillips.

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A recent outbreak of the fl u in Westman caused a recent spike in attendance numbers at the BRHC emergency room.

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Flu outbreak causes higher attendance numbers at ER

A nasty case of the flu has hit Westman recently and it’s caused a spike in attendance numbers at the Brandon Regional Health Centre.

Brian Schoonbaert, chief operating officer of Prairie Mountain Health, says there has been an in-crease in activity related to the flu, particularly at the BRHC. He says there was an approximately 20 per cent increase in the amount of folks attending BRHC emergency between Dec. 25-28 – this includes 20 patients who were hospi-talized due to the flu.

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“There’s always a spike in admissions during flu season,” Schoonbaert said. “Mind you, flu season isn’t always predictable when exactly it will spike. This seemed to spike immedi-ately after Christmas. It could be later on, earlier on. It’s impossible to pre-dict. Definitely this one, I think, a lot of folks are be-ing affected by it.

“Most people are able to manage the flu OK at home, but there are those that can’t and that’s when we see visits to the ER,” he added.

As of late, the numbers at Brandon emergency have decreased however, he says, pointing to the

fact that many of the walk-in clinics have re-opened after the holiday season.

“It’s eased off now. We don’t know what’s ahead,” he said.

He says hygiene plays a big role in helping fight the flu bug.

“Cough etiquette is also very important and always will be,” Schoonbaert said.

“If you have flu-like symptoms, please don’t come visit anyone in the hospital because if they’re already compromised, we don’t want them to get the flu.”

Other areas in Westman who have reported to have influenza-like symptoms include Deloraine, Car-berry, Glenboro and Bois-sevain.

Behlen Industries ‘raises the bar’ on United Way campaignBehlen Industries LP, one of

the largest employers in West-man, recently made a push for donations in support of the Unit-ed Way in Brandon.

Since 2006, Behlen employ-ees have rallied together to raise money for the United Way. Af-ter seeing the success of the fi rst year, the Edwards family, who own and operate Behlen’s parent company WGI Westman Group, realized an excellent opportunity to give back to the community. What started with the Edward’s family contributing a $2,000 do-nation each year has now moved to them matching the employee donations for the past two years. Together, Behlen Industries and WGI Westman Group have raised more than $63,000 for the United Way in the last eight years.

The United Way markets themselves as a “Funder, not a charity,” as most of the money

they raise goes towards social and health support services in Brandon. Because the money goes directly back into the com-munity, with one-in-three people taking advantage of a United Way funded service, it is the perfect opportunity for a busi-ness to give back to the entire community.

Behlen raised the money this year with a series of exciting and fun events held in the steel fab-rication plant. Kicking the cam-paign off late November, plant workers competed in a forklift rodeo – maneuvering the ma-chinery through a complicated obstacle course, while onlookers placed bets and cheered on their favourites. One week later, a gingerbread house welding com-petition took place, giving com-peting teams 10 minutes to fuse together pre-cut steel into the most festive abode they could imagine. The welding compe-

tition showed some amazing holiday talent, and the fi nished products are being auctioned off within the company to raise ad-ditional funds for the campaign.

Behlen’s staff rounded out the campaign with a hugely suc-cessful bake sale, and a fun and funny game of “Family Feud” between the managers and plant staff. Over the course of the campaign, prize baskets, 50/50 draws, and a contest encourag-ing Behlen workers to donate to United Way through payroll de-ductions were ongoing.

“The United Way Campaign is an annual event at Behlen and accomplishes a couple of goals,” said Sean Lepper, Behlen Indus-tries vice president and general manager in a release. “Firstly it is a great cause and the money goes to those who need the ser-vices. Secondly it’s a very good way to bring our people together and have some fun with a pur-

A look at some of the gingerbread welded houses that were made by Behlen workers. The houses were just part of a series of exciting and fun events put on by Behlen. The money raised went to the United Way of Brandon.

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pose. It is successful for us on both counts.”

Last year, Behlen Industries raised $6,200, and was matched by the Edwards family for a total of $12,400. This year, the com-pany raised more than $6,500,

being matched by the Edwards family, for a record-smashing total donation of more than $13,000.

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Ashton’s referendum pledge is a smart move, for several reasons.

First, it positions him as the only leadership candi-date with a plan to address the issue that has caused much of the NDP’s slide in popular support. Selinger is permanently linked to the mess he created, while Oswald appears to be argu-ing that the new PST mon-ey should be used to fund a range of government spending.

If attacked for having previously supported and defended the PST hike, Ashton has an easy re-sponse -- unlike Oswald, he understood and respect-ed his responsibility to maintain cabinet solidarity. It is an argument that will resonate with many NDP leadership delegates who value loyalty over personal ambition.

Second, the upside of Ashton’s plan far out-weighs any risks. If the referendum is defeated, he can take credit for having given Manitobans the op-portunity to kill the tax in-

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His critics have slammed his plan as a fl ip-fl op, but Steve Ashton’s promise to hold a referendum regard-ing the controversial PST hike is a solid political strategy that has the po-tential to lift the NDP from its polling doldrums and cause problems for the op-position Progressive Con-servatives and Liberals.

Ashton promises that, if elected as leader of Mani-toba’s New Democratic Party, he will give Manito-bans the opportunity to de-cide whether to keep, scrap or revise the PST increase. “If I’m elected premier, one of the fi rst moves that I will make is to allow Mani-tobans to have their voice through a referendum on

the PST,” he said. “I believe it was the right

thing to do to bring in the PST increase”, he added, “but it’s also the right thing to do to allow Manitobans to have their say.” He an-ticipates the referendum would be held by no later than June 30th.

While premier Greg Selinger refused to respond to Ashton’s referendum promise, the other leader-ship challenger, Theresa Oswald, complained that “a referendum after the fact is not the kind of public consultation I’m propos-ing. . . he needs to explain where he would fi nd the funding for infrastructure renewal, health care and education.”

crease. If it passes, he can take credit for delivering the referendum that was re-quired by law, legitimizing the tax hike and defusing the controversy.

Third, he knows that a large portion of the public likely agrees with him. In-deed, a poll conducted in 2011 revealed that almost two-thirds of Manitobans supported the idea of a one-percentage-point PST increase dedicated entirely to infrastructure.

That same year, a PST hike to support infrastruc-ture improvements was advocated by the Business Council of Manitoba, the Association of Manitoba Municipalities, the Infra-structure Funding Coun-cil and a number of other organizations that play key roles in the provincial economy. Many of those groups would likely cam-paign with Ashton as part of the “Yes” campaign.

Fourth, such a referen-dum would represent a tactical trap for both op-position parties. For the Liberals, it would be all but impossible to oppose a plan that closely mirrors the proposal unveiled by party leader Rana Bokhari three months ago.

For the Tories, an infra-structure referendum could cause a split within their party, pitting municipal and business leaders who support and benefi t from infrastructure spending against those in the party, including leader Brian Pal-lister, who insist such a tax increase is unnecessary.

Even more signifi cantly, a referendum on the PST hike in advance of the next provincial election would take Pallister’s strongest electoral weapon out of his hands, especially if the ref-erendum passes. It would necessitate a complete re-calibration of the Tories’

election strategy, forcing them to fi ght the campaign on issues the NDP are far more comfortable with -- the future of health care, education and Manitoba Hydro being the most no-table examples.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly for the NDP, Ashton’s referen-dum pledge may signal a willingness to admit and correct the mistakes of the past few years, and to de-liver a more transparent and accountable approach to governing. If viewed as sincere, the strategy could woo back many disaffected voters who are currently parking their votes with other parties.

Ashton still has a lot of work to do in order to be-come NDP leader, but last week’s referendum pledge is a credible start in the right direction.

COMMENTARYCOMMENTARYAshton referendum pledge a good start to leadership campaign

The drop in the world price of oil is making life diffi cult for oil producing countries.

The reason for the price drop, we are told, is because OPEC could not agree to cut production in order to keep prices from falling. Those of us who surf the alternate press will know there is anoth-er explanation for this.

The mainstream media ether doesn’t know about it or doesn’t want us to know. A report titled, “The Secret Stu-pid Saudi-US Deal/on Syria” reveals a plan for Saudi Arabia to reduce the price of oil with the goal of effecting regime changes in Russia, Iran and Syria.

To complement this plan, a group of mostly NATO countries has imposed sanctions on Russia. The ostensible rea-son for this is because of Russia annex-

ing crime but suspicious minds believe it’s just another way to hasten the ruin of the Russian economy. Now Vladi-mir Putin has signed a military doctrine that names NATO as Russia’s top ex-ternal threat. Here is a question for all of us who live in these NATO countries: How has ruining the economies of other countries worked for us so far?

It’s worked out just ducky in Afghani-stan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, hasn’t it? If we like what we’ve done to those four countries, we’re going to love what we’re doing to Russia.

If this weren’t so serious it would be funny. But then again, there isn’t much that’s funny about a nuclear war is there?

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OPINIONOPINIONOswald’s plan is dangerous

Recently NDP leader-ship candidate Theresa Oswald suggested it was a “dangerous” idea to bal-ance the provincial budget by 2016-17.

Her claim may play well with NDP leadership voters, bankers and bond salesman in the short term, but her approach is the most dangerous for Mani-tobans in the long term.

As a former health min-ister, Ms. Oswald of all people must be familiar with the financial time bomb that awaits our health care system as our population ages.

It’s no secret that as people age, they tend to require more expensive health procedures such as 24-hour nursing care, hip replacements and triple-bypass surgery. Procedures that younger people tend to require are generally less expensive; for example, an annual check-up or an x-ray after a soccer injury.

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the magnitude an aging population will have on the health care system, con-sider a figure calculated by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries in late 2013. They concluded that un-less provincial govern-ments proceeded with se-rious health reform, over 100 per cent of provincial budgets would be solely dedicated to health spend-ing by 2037.

That either means gov-ernments will have to hike taxes tremendously or there won’t be any funds available for K-12 educa-tion, universities, fixing highways, social assis-tance and running jails to name a few services.

So how much money did Ms. Oswald’s government put aside over the years to plan for this enormous fi-nancial challenge? Not a single cent. In fact, while she sat at the cabinet table, the NDP government dou-bled the province’s debt – we just passed the $32 bil-

lion debt mark.The Canadian Taxpay-

ers Federation asked the provincial government for copies of any financial analysis they’ve conducted on the impact of our prov-ince’s aging population. Sadly, they haven’t gotten around to it.

However, they did find time to hold a contest to determine our province’s official fish. (Insert joke here about politicians only being concerned with mat-ters up until the next elec-tion).

As it stands right now, Ms. Oswald and her NDP government have our province headed straight towards a tax iceberg. Un-less things change, their decision to raise the sales tax from seven to eight per cent will look like a pic-nic compared to what’s in store for us.

Instead of shrugging her shoulders at “dangerous” concepts like balancing the budget and worrying

about debt, Ms. Oswald should be the one leading the charge for spending re-straint. If her government doesn’t get spending under control now, services we actually care about will be put on the chopping block.

Recall that due to run-ning into debt problems, Greece had no choice but to cut back on health care

services. Yes, things were that bad. Closer to home, when the City of Saint John had budget problems a couple years ago, they had no choice but to look at laying off police and firefighters.

It’s bad enough that Ms. Oswald sat silent as her government spent like drunken sailors over the

past decade and a half. It’s worse that she’s now run-ning for leader and com-mitting to do even more damage.

Colin Craig is the Prai-rie Director for the Cana-dian Taxpayers Federa-tion

This is my generation. Did you know that today, for the fi rst time in his-tory, we have the power to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria? When The Who fi rst sang the afore-mentioned song, no one had heard of AIDS, but tuberculosis, on the other hand, had been around for thousands of years. TB is woven into the fabric of our humanity, from the bi-ble to opera to those both-ersome ads on TV that do not allow us to forget that some of our brothers and sisters still live in abject

poverty and cannot fi ght this scourge on their own. Canada is actually one of the darlings of the world when it comes to TB. We stand alone as the only country, thus far funding TB REACH, a proven initiative for diagnosing the hardest to reach and the hardest to diagnose cases of TB and even DR-TB (drug-resistant TB). Over the past fi ve years, TB REACH has provided grants to 145 projects across 36 coun-tries, with a number of these projects working to

implement new, innova-tive ways of integrating TB and HIV healthcare in order to tackle both dis-eases together. It’s time to renew our support to the fi ght against TB by pledg-ing $120 million over fi ve years to TB REACH. Let’s make this a historic generation - the genera-tion that fi nally eradicates TB.

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HUMOURHUMOURRandom musings from the keyboard

Most of us have survived the holidays, maybe not as sane, but we did manage to make it through the season of ‘to be jolly, falalalala la-lalaa” (translation: I can’t wait until the family leaves and the Christmas bills ar-rive).

Now we are waiting for the warm weather to arrive or the fi rst big happening of the year, whichever comes fi rst.

I thought I would take the time and speculate based on events that took us into the New Year…

Premier Greg Selinger, riding an all-time low in popularity both personally and as the leader of the NDP government, decides that something must be done to

stop the downward spiral. After all, he and some of his MLAs have been poli-ticians so long they really have no marketable skills that the workforce needs. That is unless you har-ness their experience going door-to-door and talking to total strangers; they would make excellent greeters at a big box store.

So what can the NDP do to boost their popular-ity after spending hundreds of millions of dollars and buying our votes? My ill-informed sources tell me the Premier is looking to-wards Saskatchewan where pride can be seen wearing a watermelon hat. What bet-ter way to rally the masses than give them something

to call their own, where we can wear our feelings on our head or other limbs.

If Gainer the gopher and those Saskatchewanians can do it, so can Mani-toba… land of high taxes and somewhat low expecta-tions.

The only question is, what is there that would ral-ly Manitobans with the fer-vour of seeing a green Rid-ers jersey do to our brethren to the west?

The polar bear comes to mind, but wearing polar bear hats, even artifi cial fur, would get PETA mad and the government doesn’t need another group against it.

There are the two profes-sional teams in Winnipeg, the Jets and Bombers, but that would only promote ‘perimeteritis’ since they don’t have Manitoba in their names.

What is something that is found in most of the prov-ince, and could be some sort of symbol of Manitoba that residents would rally around?

Suggestions I have re-

ceived include manure, mosquitos and anything ag-ricultural.

So how about this: a crest that features a mosquito on manure in a farm fi eld?

It could represent the “we won’t take any of your crap” mentality.

Come banjo bowl day, we could all wear the crest with pride as we send those

melonheads from the west home with their football de-fl ated.

Another anticipated event is spring fl ooding. Here is how to stop it in Brandon...

If the provincial govern-ment can dig a $300 mil-lion ditch to take water out of a lake, why can’t it build a ditch around Brandon? It can be kind of like Duffs’

Ditch that has saved Win-nipeg basements on more than one occasion.

If built, we could nick-name it after the Premier: Greg’s Gulch or Selinger’s Slough. We could even name it after an MLA. That I will leave to you.

Thought for the week: broken any New Years reso-lutions yet?

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Detox after a Christmas of excess

This year, Christmas nearly killed me! The sugar, the fl our, the tur-key, the eggnog. Oh! The excess! I felt like Hunter S. Thompson in his fa-mously lucid and hal-lucinogenic Las Vegas adventure except instead of illegal drug trips, my stimulants were entirely above board. I frequently tripped out to the goodie trays. Overdosing on the white stuff (sugar, I mean) sent me soaring high. I felt such a rush of power and confi dence. I could do anything as long

as I had sugar! An hour or two later, I would crash so low I was almost im-possible to carry on with the day. My mind was foggy, my body bloated and everything happened really s-l-o-w-l-y. Break-ing up post christmas kid squabbles, tackling the mound of dishes, enjoy-ing head clearing walks out in beautiful nature be-came utterly unattainable without the additional stimulation of that other over-the-counter pick-me-up, caffein. And so a pattern began to emerge; sugar ups followed by sugar lows which were then curbed by a neces-sary caffein pick me up and rounded out with a terrible night’s sleep.

Christmas is over and now it’s time to break the cycle of insanity. It’s time to detoxify and fi nd my-self again – buried some-where beneath the extra baggage accumulated along my belly, hips and thighs (sigh) and deep beneath a sugary mind fog. The remedy demands

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of the stomach to be used nutritionally. However, when the polyphenolic polymers meet lactic acid and microbes that inhab-it the human colon, the polymers ferment and can be broken down further. These smaller molecules are then used by the body. The resulting material is anti-inflammatory and can prevent certain conditions, including cardiovascular disease, from developing.

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can be mixed into drinks, sprinkled over oatmeal and consumed in many other ways. Full-sugar, full-fat dark chocolate bars and pieces should be enjoyed sparingly, although they are better for your health than milk or white choco-late.

Interest in dark choco-late for its medical ben-efits has led researchers to study the efficacy of its anti-inflammatory com-pounds. A big study is al-ready underway to see if pills containing the nutri-ents in dark chocolate can replicate the many health benefits, including help-ing to prevent heart attack and stroke. The pills are so concentrated they would be the equivalent of eating numerous dark chocolate bars, but without the nega-tive side effects. The goal of the study is to see if chocolate can provide sig-

nificant medical benefits without forcing consum-ers to eat so much sugar and fat. The study will be sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood In-stitute and Mars Inc., mak-er of M&M’s and Snickers bars. The candy company has patented a way to ex-tract flavonols from cocoa in high concentration and put them in capsules. Mars and some other companies sell cocoa extract cap-sules, but with less active ingredients than those that will be tested in the study. Some participants will get flavorless, coated pills that contain the cocoa flavo-nols, while others will be given a placebo. Eighteen thousand men and women nationwide are expected to participate.

In addition to anti-in-flammatory properties, dark chocolate contains several chemical com-

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The spirit of giving and fellowship was alive and well during the Tradition-al Christmas Dinner in Brandon this year. Put on each year by a dedicated group of volunteers, the meal is held for anyone who would be alone or is unable to put together a

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ing for the countdown for Christmas. Then when the doors opened and the music started playing it was an intense, emotional feeling.”

Volunteers, who are led by a board of directors, work for months to pre-pare for the event, which consists of a full Christ-mas dinner with all the trimmings. Live music

and Santa Claus complete with presents make for an enjoyable day for all.

The number of volun-teers assisting with this year’s event was up from other years which orga-nizers were thankful for. Another positive for this year was the fact that the number of attendees was down. While most events want to increase num-bers, having fewer people attend this event isn’t a bad thing according to Waterfield.

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and delivered about 3,600 meals and this year’s to-tal was about 3,000,” she noted.

“We don’t really know why the numbers were down but maybe people had a good year this year or maybe they had other places to go,” she added.

The dinner was held at the Victoria Inn on Christ-mas day, marking the 30th year for the event. With a new venue and primarily new board of directors, those involved were re-lieved that the event went

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“It’s a great day of fel-lowship. People who don’t even know each other are all sitting at the tables together and en-joying the day,” she said. “Everyone was so thank-ful and we had lots of positive comments.”

The Brandon East/West PC Associations held its annual Christmas Cheer breakfast last month. The event raised more than $1,000 for the Brandon and Westman Christmas Cheer registry. The stuffed animals were do-nated by Manitoba PC MLAs. In photo: Reg Helwer, MLA for Brandon West, Myrna Lane, board chairperson for Christmas Cheer and Len Isleifson, candidate for nomination for Brandon East.

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ing to make the program successful while increasing their own knowledge and experience.

In the past year, 117 peo-ple were trained through the program, 42 of which found full-time employ-ment outside of the orga-nization, 11 went on to further their education pri-marily as apprentices and 20 folks are continuing with the program.

“They gained self-con-fidence, skills and were trained and ready to work,” said Snelling.

BNRC is also dedicated to helping youth, especial-ly those who have moved to the city from rural and northern areas.

“They’re often running away from problems. We provide safety nets to help people get education and start contributing to soci-ety,” he said.

In cooperation with other organizations, the BNRC helps youth find a safe place to stay and get back on their feet.

The community garden program implemented by

the BNRC has seen a large increase in the number of community garden plots in the city. When the group began focussing on com-munity gardens there was only one in the city. Today, there are 15 such gardens with a total of 600 plots in-volving 2,500 people. The program is very successful as well as popular with a current waiting list of more than 100 people wanting to join.

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The top fi ve MPI frauds of 2014

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Manitoba Public Insur-ance recently released its annual list of top five frauds, highlighted by a man who burned and de-stroyed his vehicle for no reason other than being ‘really mad’. No. 1 – Mad at the world

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No. 3 – A hail of a tall tale Thanks to the keen eyes

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A Winnipeg driver was fined $1,000 and agreed to repay $12,000 back to MPI after pleading guilty to making a false state-ment – all the result of an anonymous call to MPI’s tips line. The man was in-volved in a minor, single-vehicle collision and was told by police at the scene that he was uninjured. However, only a few days later he opened an injury claim with MPI and was told by the case manager that he had regular bouts of dizziness, trouble walk-ing and limited physical abilities and that he was also seeing several doc-

tors. Soon after the crash, he began receiving income replacement cheques from the corporation. A call to the MPI tips line about the man resulted in the SIU opening an investigation, which quickly revealed the man was doing a variety of activities � snowmobiling, running, shoveling snow and working in his ga-rage refurbishing a trailer. Based on this information the man was subsequently criminally charged.

No. 5 – Sins of the son A Winnipeg man, who

was driving his father’s vehicle, claimed he was doing the speed limit when he inexplicably lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a light standard. Dam-age to the vehicle was nearly $20,000, in addition to costs associated with a destroyed city of Win-nipeg light standard. Dur-ing MPI’s investigation, it was learned that the driver was racing another vehicle at extremely high speeds, which ultimately caused the vehicle to crash. After hearing the real facts, the father decided to withdraw the claim, while the son signed a promissory note to the City of Winnipeg for the damage to the light standard.

Anyone knowing some-one who is involved in auto insurance fraud is encour-aged to call the MPI tips line at 204-985-8477 or toll-free 1-877-985-8477. All calls are anonymous.

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Recreation programs at Brandon University a hit

The main goal of the Brandon University rec-reation program is to get people moving. The great facilities at the university are open to the general public at reasonable rates with numerous classes and events being held to keep people active according to campus recreation director Gil Cheung.

“Our biggest goal is to get people moving and get them into our facilities,” said Cheung, who started his position in June, adding to his role as head coach of the men’s basketball team.

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teach similar classes in other facilities around the city at higher rates.

“You really can’t get classes cheaper than ours and we are using the same qualified instructors,” he said.

Many classes run at less than a dollar each, offering great value to students and the general public. In addi-tion, classes will be offered for free during the week of Jan. 5-9 giving people to opportunity to see exactly what is being offered.

“If you haven’t ever tak-en a tabata or TRX class, now’s your chance. Come out and try it and see for yourself,” he said.

The winter fitness and wellness programs are of-fered to the students, staff and general public. Classes included Zumba, yoga, TRX and the recently added kickboxing, Pilates,

and tabata classes and are held in the Healthy Living Centre.

Kickboxing is a high intensity boxing workout where you’ll learn com-binations of punches and kicks training as a fighter would. No past boxing ex-perience is required. The class runs on Tuesday from 5-6 p.m.

Pilates is a body weight exercise for all fitness lev-els. This full body exer-cise emphasizes sculpting a strong core, improving your range of motion, flex-ibility, circulation, posture and abdominal strength. The class runs on Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. under the in-struction of Louisa Garbo.

Tabata is high inten-sity interval training. Each class includes four exer-cises where participants will work at their personal high level of intensity for

20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest in eight rounds. This style of train-ing is great for burning cal-ories and runs Wednesdays from noon – 12:30 p.m. led by Stacy Dittmer.

Zumba takes place Mon-days and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. with Aliah Nelson in-struction. Zumba is a Latin and salsa inspired fitness class that involves dance and aerobic elements. The choreography incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, sal-sa, merengue, mambo and martial arts into one fun

and exciting program.Yoga flow is a twist on

the traditional exercise, balance and strength pro-gram by adding a fast-paced, fitness approach. Shawna Philpott leads this class on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 a.m.

TRX Suspension Train-ing was created by the Navy SEALs and is train-ing that leverages gravity and the user’s bodyweight to enable hundreds of ex-ercises for every fitness goal. These exercises de-velop strength, balance,

flexibility and core stabil-ity simultaneously. Classes run Mondays at noon with Stacy Dittmer instructing.

Beginning in January, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to get a group of friends together and join an intramurals team. Co-ed leagues for soccer, basketball and vol-leyball will all begin in early January taking place at the HLC.

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Co-ed soccer runs Sundays at 5 p.m., co-ed basketball takes place Mondays at 7 p.m. and co-ed volleyball is Thursdays at 6:15 p.m. giving you lots of options to choose from.

While playing varsity level sports isn’t an option for everyone, the BU rec de-partment has developed a number of dif-ferent activities and clubs to accommo-date everyone. The recreation and sports clubs are gearing up for a new season and

include badminton, table tennis, lindy hop/jive dance and pickleball.

Badminton takes place on Sundays at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 8 p.m. with table tennis scheduled for Sundays at 8:30 p.m. The Lindy Hop/Jive dance is a dance class that is sure to get you mov-ing. In this class you will begin by learn-ing the basic swing out. By the end of the session you will know how to read your dance partner and you will be able to lead/follow many playful combinations of moves on the dance floor. This class takes place in the Elephant Room of the Knowles-Douglas Centre running Thurs-days at 7 p.m.

Pickleball is a sport in which two or four players use solid paddles made of

wood or composite material to hit a per-forated polymer ball, similar to a waffle ball, over a net. The sport shares features of other racquet sports, the dimensions and layout of a badminton court and a net and rules similar to tennis with a few modifications. Pickleball takes place Wednesdays from 7-9:30 p.m.

Cheung attended Brandon University from 1999 – 2014 as a student and mem-ber of the BU Bobcats men’s basketball team. He went home to British Columbia for a few years and returned to his wife’s home town in 2010 to take over the lead-ership of the team.

“I’m lucky to be able to coach here,” he said of his position at BU.

Cheung and his wife have two young

boys and are happy to call Brandon home. He is enjoying his new position as campus recreation director and says a new logo and some increased promotion through social media are catching peo-ple’s attention and increasing attendance.

“It’s a lot of fun and I’m learning a lot,” he said.

While the main reason for attending university is for academics, Cheung said that BU offers a lot more to its students.

“There is a chance to participate in so many other things,” he said. “Intramurals and fitness classes are a great way to get active and to meet new people and the prices are great too.”

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Cassie Hawrysh

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Skeleton taking Hawrysh all over the world

Fast, thrill ride, adrena-line rush are just some of the words often used to describe the sport of skel-eton.

The word ‘focus’ is also important in order for someone to have success in the sport and Brandon native Cassie Hawrysh is doing her best in doing just that, flying down an icy track in excess of 120 kilo-metres an hour in what she describes as a “steel and fi-breglass tea-tray of a sled.”

“Anyone that spends time with me is quick to learn that I’m a fast mov-ing, fast talking, fast living individual,” said Hawrysh. “That being said, the rea-son I fell in love with skel-eton wasn’t the speed or the adrenaline – like you might guess.

“Sliding, for me, is the only time when I can fo-cus on one thing only,” she added. In the rest of my life, I can multi-task and analyze and make lists, all while taking to a friend or driving my car. But when I’m on my sled, it’s just us, the ice, and the ticking clock.”

The daughter of Ray and Kathy Hawrysh got her start in the sport in 2009. Now making Calgary her training base, Cassie travels all over the world to take part in skeleton events. Hawrysh is firmly focused on pursuing her goals.

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year of the four-year Win-ter Olympic cycle, Haw-rysh had set her goals with a focus on “Dream big. Work small.” Her short term goal is to represent

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“Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton took a huge hit on the skeleton side this year in funding and all around support,” Hawrysh said. “The criteria changed, and the weight is being placed much more on the 50-me-tre push start time. With that on the board, and de-spite dealing with a cur-rent foot injury, my long term goals are, as they’ve always been, to be as strong and fast as possible - with the best equipment I can get - on the route to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.”

Season so farAt the Canadian skeleton

team trials, the 2013 co-national champion showed her determination. Fight-ing through an injury, she bounced back from a sixth-place finish in the first race to place second on the final

day. Hawrysh, the only fe-male slider at the competi-tion with World Cup expe-rience, was assigned to the Intercontinental Cup Tour.

In November, she placed 13th in Lillehammer, Nor-way. Hawrysh was 14th and 11th in Konigssee, Germany. On Dec. 6, she posted a personal best push on her second run and placed ninth in Winterberg, Germany.

Hometown supportHawrysh now calls Cal-

gary and Vancouver’s her home tracks. However, she is immensely proud of being from Brandon. The Wheat City is important to her and played a role in her development into a world class athlete.

“From Day 1, my parents have been my five-point harness along this roller-coaster ride. If you were to ask to see the outline of my career, they would happily show you the newspaper clippings from the instant I hit the ice,” Hawrysh said. “My path to international competition was a quick one, and that meant lots of adjustments, financial de-mands, and excitement. As you can imagine, as with most amateur sports, the financial strain is a tough one – and ultimately as sponsorships have come and gone, they [parents] have always been the heart of ‘Team Cassie.’”

In order for Hawrysh to be successful, she requires continued support.

“Skeleton took a mas-sive blow this season, ev-erything in terms of fund-ing, coaching, support, therapy, etc. has changed or been cut – but my ul-timate goals have not. I will continue to battle my way through equipment

costs, injuries, time-trials and athletic standards,” said Hawrysh, who noted that Team Cassie is always looking for support. “I sin-cerely love what I do, and I will do whatever it takes to make it to the top of those podiums.”

The journeyGrowing up in Brandon,

Hawrysh participated in various sports. She was involved with gymnastics, soccer, track and field, dance, basketball and vol-leyball.

“I have to thank every single coach I’ve ever had throughout my en-tire career as an athlete in general,” Hawrysh said. “Whether they benched me, or knew they could count on me - in the long run, each one played a part in building the strong, mindful, coachable, dedi-cated, and sometimes stubborn competitor I am today.”

After graduating from Neelin, Hawrysh started her post-secondary career playing volleyball for the University of Windsor Lancers. Family circum-stances prompted her to return to the prairies. She enrolled at the University of Regina. Carla Nicholls, who now coaches with Athletics Canada, encour-aged Hawrysh to join her track and field team.

While the Brandonite had not competed in the sport since middle school, she developed into a suc-cessful heptathlete, hurdler and relay team member. Among her teammates was future Olympian Jessica Zelinka. Hawrysh was a team captain and four-time all-Canadian.

After graduating, she ran two more years competi-

tively with a focus on the 400-metre hurdles. It was at that time, she decided to move to Calgary.

“When I moved in 2009 I was asked to train through the summer with some ath-letes who were on pace for the Vancouver Olympics – and would subsequently get to try skeleton for the first time in October of that same year. And I’ve never looked back.”

Thrill rideWhen asked about the

thrill of a skeleton run, Hawrysh said that it’s hard to describe as everyone ex-periences it a bit different-ly. She said one of the best descriptions she has heard is “controlled chaos.”

“When I push my sled, jump on and stare down corner one I can feel the ice under the runners. I can feel the wind whip-ping around my speed suit and sometimes even up my helmet. The ripples on the ice, the curve of a corner; but most of all, you feel the G-forces multiply-ing your own bodyweight by anywhere from one to five times depending on the speed. It’s intense and amazing. It’s in those pressures when we do our steers, and when you time things just right, you can actually feel the sled ac-celerate and that’s when you’re on the edge and it’s like you’re flying.”

The lifeSkeleton has taken Haw-

rysh all over the world. She said she has been to more than 15 countries. Although Hawrysh has not raced in every one of them, all the traveling she’s done has taken her all over the map.

“It’s funny when you spend more time in a year

on the road than you do at home. I find myself very comfortable in airports, on airplanes and in hotels,” she said. “What do I enjoy the most though? That’s easy. The people. This in-credible life allows me to meet people I would have never otherwise had the opportunity to. No mat-ter where we go, I always meet the locals and do my best to connect with new friends.”

When the skeleton schedule brings Hawrysh back to Canada, she cer-tainly enjoys it.

“Competing in Calgary or in Whistler is always a blast,” Hawrysh said. “Certainly a little more pressure, but it’s the good kind and I love being able to have friends and fam-ily be trackside to cheer me on. That energy is like nothing else – I feed off it.”

With skeleton as her fo-cus, Hawrysh has taken various jobs to support her-self and her pursuits. She has done everything from working retail to promo-tions. A journalism school graduate, she has had con-tracts with the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition, and the Cerebral Palsy As-sociation in Alberta as well as freelance gigs.

“It’s all about flexibility in that area – and I’ve been fortunate in the past to find employers who allow me to complete my work and still focus on training.”

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quips and quotes from 2014, July through December:• Josh Sens of Golf Maga-

zine, during an SI.com discussion about an age limit for the U.S. Open after 11-year-old Lucy Li qualified to compete: “She played respectably and seemed roughly as mature as Bubba Wat-son.”

• Brad Dickson of the Omaha World-Herald: “Uruguay’s Luis Su-arez was suspended nine games for biting an op-ponent in the World Cup. You thought soccer was becoming popular in the U.S. before; now, it’s got the hockey fans.”

• NHL goalie Roberto Lu-ongo on Twitter, after the 8-1 German win over Brazil in the World Cup: “For most of my Twitter followers asking, NO, I was not in goal for Brazil today.”

• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle: “The government of Qa-tar is still questioning the need to sell beer at World Cup matches in 2022. Isn’t Qatar in the desert? Yo, vendor, gimme a hot

chocolate!”• ESPY’s host Drake, in

his opening monologue: “Tonight a man told me that Richard Sherman is the best defensive player he’s ever seen. And that man’s name is Richard Sherman.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Free-agent receiver Arland Bruce is suing the CFL over adverse effects from a 2012 concussion. Trying to get money from the CFL proves he needs his head examined.”

• Padres outfielder Jeff Francoeur, to MLB.com, on getting hit on the head by a 99-mph fastball earlier this season while playing for the PCL’s El Paso Chihuahuas: “Ever since, I’ve hit .360, .370. I say he knocked the stupid out of me.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kas-eberg: “The NFL an-nounced they are placing tracking chips in players’ shoulder pads to measure

how far and fast they run in a game. This from the league that still measures first downs with three guys, two sticks and a chain.”

• Comedian Argus Hamil-ton, with the latest from Browns training camp: “Yesterday afternoon, Johnny Manziel got blitzed, but then he got up, left the strip club and came straight to practice.”

• Randy Turner of the Win-nipeg Free Press, on Twitter, in pre-game chat about Bombers-Riders and Saskatchewan sack-master John Chick: “ I’m guessing this is one of the few nights of the year that (Bomber QB) Drew Willy doesn’t want to be a Chick magnet.”

• Brad Dickson again: “Ac-cording to a new book, Texas was prepared to give Nick Saban $100 million to coach the Longhorns. The gover-nor of Texas has a salary of about $133,000. Yeah, that sounds about right.”

• Sunmedia’s Steve Sim-mons on Twitter, recol-lecting his favourite line from boxing promoter Bob Arum: “Yesterday I

was lying but today I am telling the truth.”

• Jeff Ritter of SI Golf Group, on whether the PGA Tour should allow its players to wear shorts: “Shorts wouldn’t be any more embarrassing than John Daly’s pants.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kas-eberg: “It is hot. I’m sweating like Donald Sterling trying to start an NBA team in Ferguson, Missouri.”

• Headline at AOL.com: “ ‘Johnny Football’ to be-gin season as ‘Johnny Bench.’ ”

• Another one from Dickson: “A 91-year-old soccer fan left about $636,000 in cash and his house to the Norwegian club FL Fart. I might suggest using $635,000 of that to find a new name.”

• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “The arrival of Johnny Manziel and re-turn of (LeBron) James have made it a wonderful time to be a sports fan in Cleveland. It could only be better if being a sports fan in Cleveland did not entail having to, you

know, live in Cleveland.”• Steve Schrader of the De-

troit Free Press, about overweight defensive tackle Nick Fairly’s job prospects with the Lions: “You are what you eat. Second helpings, second string.”

• Former PGA Tour player Dan Halldorson on how he lost 20 pounds while teaching golf to juniors in China for three months: “I was using two sticks to eat instead of a shovel.”

• Bob Molinaro of the Hampton (Va.) Piloton-line: “It’s not surprising that the Cowboys aren’t worried that having Mi-chael Sam on their prac-tice squad will create a circus atmosphere. The franchise is always a three-ring circus, with owner Jerry Jones han-dling the dual roles of ringmaster and featured clown.”

• Scott Ostler again: “Johnny Manziel has filed for his 10th nick-name trademark, for Johnny Cleveland. I’m jumping off Johnny Nick-name’s bandwagon if he

tries to trademark Johnny Unitas.”

• Dickson again, on the NFL’s Ray Rice scandal: “In a new slow motion video, you can actually see Roger Goodell’s nose growing.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Reuters reports a Chinese farmer has in-vented a zipline so his pigs literally fly from one truck to another. In a related item, the Maple Leafs might win this year’s Stanley Cup.”

• Another one from Dick-son: “A German named Oliver Struempfel set a new world record for beer carrying by toting 27 full one-litre mugs at the same time. He looked like a Wisconsin fan at happy hour.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com again: “A parachutist delivering the game ball for the Central Florida-Penn State game missed the stadium completely. The rumours must be true: Tim Tebow has tak-en up skydiving.”

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Maple Leaf FoodsEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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

For further information on the above position, please visit our website at www.briltd.com

Please submit all resumes to: Annette Lohner at [email protected] or fax them to (780) 679-2246

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

Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.


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