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The Festival of Cultures and the Immigrant of Distinction Awards both celebrated diversity in the city over the weekend.

The weekend was all about getting to know your neighbors, and Edith Montesclaros of the Newcomer Welcome Center says that the weekend has met its goal of bringing people together to celebrate their cultures.

Whether it’s people are finding about differ-ent cultures, trying new foods or even just plan-ning a vacation destina-tion, Montesclaros says that she’s always glad to see crowds come out to enjoy the event and take part in the Festival of Cultures.

“People really would like to have the global experience, travelling without leaving Yorkton.”

The event is constant-ly changing, even with the groups that come out every year, and that’s one of the appeals.

The event is also a chance for newcomers to get engaged in their communities, and Montesclaros says she has seen people who oth-erwise are quiet proudly stand up to talk about their cultures. She says that the chance to open up has had a positive effect on many of the attendees.

“Newcomers are shy, and I think this is a

venue for them to talk to people freely without being shy to talk about their culture.”

She says that they want to see the event grow.

The Immigrant of Distinction Awards has been a project Montes-claros has wanted to see happen for a while, as she says that there are many new members of the community who are making a major contri-bution to the community and aren’t getting recog-nized. She claims that it is the first awards of its kind in the province.

“I thought that we should appreciate them, because they are helping not just the economy, but the diversity and multiculturalism in the community... They’re here to stay and make the community more diverse.”

The hope is to see more communities do a similar event to cele-brate their own newcom-ers to their communities, and she says that she’s proud that Yorkton is leading the province with the event.

Representing the win-ners of the Immigrant Group of the Year, Sherjan Maybantang and Bernard Arenas with the Saskatchewan-Melville and Area Happenings and Gathering (SaMAHanG) FiliCan, say that it is an honor to receive the award, and one they didn’t expect to win. Maybantang says they didn’t initially intend to

pursue the nomination, but are proud of the achievement. He says it is still a small group, and he’s proud to be rec-ognized for their contri-butions to the communi-ty.

“They believe in us,” adds Arenas.

The goal with the group is to be a part of

the community and work with others as part of the community as a whole, Maybantang explains.

“The most important thing to recognize in our group is who we are in our multi-cultural com-munity, how we can learn about other cul-tures and how they can

learn about us.”The winners at the

event were: Youth Scholarship

Award – Amitada “J.J.” Chogata

Arts and Culture – Parkland Filipino Cana-dian Association Inc.

Business Award – Mauricio Gomez

Distinguished Service

Award – Vivian QuanVolunteer Award –

Oksana BurbackOrganizational Diver-

sity Award – McDonalds Restaurant

Immigrant Group of the Year Award – SaMAHanG FiliCan.

Immigrant of the Year Award – Jobert del Rosario.

Multicultural weekend showcases diversity

By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer

It’s an early Christmas for residents of the Yorkton Nursing Home and clients of the Day Wellness program.

The gift is a bus, which will be used to transport residents and clients throughout the city and beyond. The $97,000 bus was purchased by the Health Foundation. The bus comes after the nurs-ing home’s old bus reached then end of its

service life a year ago, leaving residents without a vehicle to get around in.

Suzanne Beck, Director of Therapeutic Recreation and Day Wellness, says that the bus means life is full of possibilities now, and the purchase of the bus opens up the commu-nity for residents and cli-ents.

“When we didn’t have the bus, the residents were housebound, they had very little access to the community... For us,

it’s about getting resi-dents back in the com-munity and back enjoy-ing the things they like to do.”

Accessibility for those with disabilities was the priority for the bus, and the wheelchair positions are all window seats. Beck also says that one of the top priorities was a heater to keep residents warm as people in wheel-chairs are loaded into the vehicle.

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New bus for Yorkton’s long term care residents

A NEW BUS means that residents of the Yorkton Nursing Home as well as Day Wellness Program clients will now have greater mobility in the city. The bus is pictured with some of the people who made its purchase possible.

A TRADITIONAL DANCE is performed by members of the Parkland Filipino Canadian Association, part of the pro-gram at the Festival of Cultures. The event brought together food, fashion, dance and exhibits from a wide range of different cultures represented in the Yorkton area.

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One of the people who will be using the bus in the near future is Leslie J. McCandless, who is a client in the Day Wellness program. She describes the new bus is “just awe-some,” because it means that clients in the pro-gram can now go to more outings, and they can all go together in the same vehicle.

“The fact that it’s brand new, and it’s ours, is just amazing,” McCandless adds.

Mobility is a challenge for a lot of her fellow Day Wellness Clients, McCandless says, and it

makes it difficult for them to get out in the commu-nity and enjoy even sim-ple things like looking at gardens in the spring. The bus means mobility for not only herself, but all of the other clients in the program, as well as resi-dents in the nursing home.

The bus was purchased with contributions from the Yorkton Lions, Yorkton Elks Lodge, Kinsmen Telemiracle and Loucks Pharmacy.

“I want to say thanks to everyone who helped us raise this money, I’m so pleased that it happened so quickly,” McCandless says.

New bus arrives

FASHION SHOW – One of the highlights of the Festival of Cultures was the fashion show, which featured tradi-tional and modern fashion from around the world. Pictured are some of the traditional clothing from (l-r) Cameroon, the Philippines and Ukraine.

IMMIGRANTS OF DISTINCTION – The first Immigrants of Distinction awards recognized the contributions new-comers have made to Yorkton and area. The winner of this year’s group of the year was Saskatchewan-Melville and Area Happenings and Gathering (SaMAHanG) FiliCan, represented by Sherjan Maybantang (left) and Bernard Arenas (right), receiving the award from John Denysek with the Saskatchewan Abilities Council.

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As students reach the end of their high school career, they need to look at what their next steps are, and start making moves towards their future. Career Explorations 2014 brought area high school students to the Gallagher Centre to show some of the opportunities that are out there in post-secondary education.

The Canadian Welding Association (CWA) was at the show with a welding simula-tor, to encourage stu-dents to consider a career in welding for their future. The booth attracted large crowds of students who tried their hand at virtually weld-ing.

Ken McKen with the CWA says that the sim-ulator is something that sparks curiosity in stu-dents, but it’s also the best way to begin teach-ing, because it’s as close to welding as you can get without actually weld-ing. The simulator is the

first step in learning how to weld, with the goal of getting people basic skills before they’re introduced to a real world environment.

“It’s safe, we can take it into a classroom, we can take it into a library, we can take it anywhere. There are no sparks, no heat, and yet it does teach the aspects of welding and the muscle memory that ’s required.”

The simulator itself is also a fun way to raise a serious point, McKen says, that being there is going to be a need for more welders in the very near future, and those kids taking their first crack at the simulator are the people the indus-try needs.

“More people are real-izing the importance of trades. If you look in the facility here, pretty

much everything we see has been welded, wheth-er it’s the equipment in front of us, the building itself, the chairs we sit on... Welding is a huge profession that has been underlooked for many years.”

There’s a shortage of trades right now, McKen says, and it’s becoming more acute as the older generations begin to retire. That shortage in the trades in general, and welding in particu-lar, means that there needs to be a renewed focus on getting students to consider entering the trades as a career.

“It’s not just about welding either, here are so many opportunities after that, whether it’s engineering, welding inspectors, welding examiners, draftspeople, you could own your own business or own your

own rig. There are so many facets of welding from construction to repair work to shipbuild-ing... All kind of facets of welding to get into.”

While a male domi-nated trade at the moment, McKen also says that it’s a trade anyone can pick up and many of the highest scores on the simulator of the day were from young women. He says that the career is some-thing that has opportu-nities for anyone, and they hope that they reached out to a wide spectrum of potential welders.

“All facets of people can pick up welding. There are a lot of artistic abilities in welding and that’s another thing I’m really pushing, if you’ve got any artistic abilities at all you could make out to be a good welder.”

Exploring welding at Career Explorations

CAREER EXPLORATIONS 2014 featured a wide spec-trum of opportunities for the young people of the region. Pictured above, the CWA brought out their welding simu-lator, part of an effort to encourage young people to pick up the trade.

DICKENS VILLAGE FESTIVAL – The town of Carlyle will be hosting the Dickens Village Festival on December 5 and 6. The weekend will include craft sales, enter-tainment, food, a parade and a performance of a Christmas Carol. Organizers were in the city in full costume to get people excited about the event, and Shelley Slykhuis (r) gets The Rock’s Jordan Patzwald into the spirit of the occasion. A full agenda can be found at www.townofcarlyle.com.

Speak out against bullying

On November 16, 2014 at 7:43 am Kamsack RCMP responded to a report of a single vehicle rollover on Highway 8, through the Keeseekoose First Nation. Upon arriv-

al, officers located an SUV on it’s passenger side in the ditch with two male occupants nearby. One of the males was pronounced deceased at the scene and the second

male was transported by EMS to hospital in Regina with serious inju-ries.

At the time of the crash, that section of Highway 8 was and remains closed for road maintenance and a detour was set up to bypass a large amount of excavated earth on the highway. It appears that the proper detour and road closure signage was intact at the time of the crash. The investigation is ongoing with the assis-tance of the F Division Collision Reconstruction Unit and it is believed that alcohol was a factor in the crash. At this time, the names of the two occupants will not be released.

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November 16-21 is recognized as Bullying Awareness Week across the country. This year’s theme is “Stand Up!” and encourages youth to speak out against bully-ing.

“Each and every stu-dent deserves to feel safe and accepted in their school communities,” Education Minister Don Morgan said. “We will continue working with our partners, communi-ties, educators and most importantly, our stu-dents, to ensure that we address the issue of bul-lying and provide the supports and resources that students need.”

Through a partner-ship with SaskTel and

the “I Am Stronger” web-site, the ministry is also providing students, edu-cators and families with access to anti-bullying resources, an anonymous online reporting tool and the opportunity to be engaged in building a caring and respectful online community. When students participate in this online community through the website, they become eligible to apply for grants to support their local anti-bullying efforts.

To find out more about Saskatchewan’s Action Plan to Address Bullying and Cyberbullying, visit w w w . e d u c a t i o n . g o v .sk.ca/ /Anti-Bullying/campeau-report.pdf.

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I have never considered myself a fashionable guy. I wouldn’t say I’m indifferent to the clothes I wear so much as I don’t really pay much attention to trends, labels and that kind of thing. My hairstyle is gener-ally low-maintenance, and then given even less maintenance than that as I tend to forget to actually get it cut for months. But somehow, in spite of not really paying attention to fashion or really caring, I’m now apparently part of a larger fashion move-ment.

Someone has coined the rather unfortunate term “lumbersexual,” which sounds inappropriate but actually refers to men who have gone a more lumber-jack route in personal appearance. That could mean lots of things, especially if you recall a certain Monty Python song, but in this case it means beards and flannel, occasionally with big boots to go with them. It doesn’t mean the men in question actually do physical labor, but that they at least have a passing acquaintance with ruggedness. It’s the same reason people drive their kids to school in a pickup truck, and probably the same reason a car salesman once said to me “you look like the kind of guy who would buy a truck” in spite of the fact I was asking about a compact sedan. The look is spreading so far that it’s hitting trendy magazines.

As is probably obvious by now, my style is not at all determined by trends, and even if I’m now some-how part of a movement it still is not trend driven. The large amount of flannel in my wardrobe is pure-ly practical, because I live in Canada where it gets cold and flannel is quite warm. The beard popped up because I wanted to see if I could get away with not shaving anymore, and it stayed because I decided I quite liked having it. Plus, since it gets cold, letting it go a bit out of hand in the winter means I have a scarf permanently attached to my face, which is cool. I have relatively bulky boots because it’s much more practical to wear those when the snow flies. All of this is a matter of pure practicality.

That’s why I’ve been dressing like this for years, long before trend pieces were dedicated to how now the big trend is to look like you fell trees for a living. It simply is the easiest way to stay warm and com-fortable once the temperatures dip and everyone gets cold. It’s not the only way of staying somewhat warm, I’ve got a certain fondness for argyle sweaters that doesn’t really translate to anything lumber, and I’m sure it’s not for everyone. It is, apparently, for enough people that a terrible word has been coined to describe it.

So it stands to reason that this has become a trend in the month of November, when the tempera-tures begin to dip and people find a way to stay warmer than they used to. Maybe this entire trend is just practically-minded men like myself who have discovered the best way to stay warm all winter is to put on the flannel and grow as much hair as they can. They have realized, like I did many years ago, that lumberjacks were smart guys and their style was just sensible decision-making.

Since this has effectively been my personal style for years, I can confidently say I have accidentally become a fashion trendsetter. If this continues, I hope everyone likes orange, because that’s the other thing I wear all the time.

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Lean process can control costs

I am suddenly at the forefront of men’s fashion

ED I TOR I A L

I N S I GHT S

Think before changing alcohol rules

PUBLISHER: Neil Thom

OFFICE MANAGER: Diane St. Marie

WRITER: Devin Wilger

SALES MANAGER: Renée Haas

SALES: Penny Pearce

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Carol Melnechenko

CIRCULATION/ADMIN: Richelle Lerat

By now you’ve probably heard about some big bills paid by the Wall government on “lean” health care consultants.

Critics have taken some of the more questionable bills associated with the spending and suggested the project is a colossal waste of money. But how does the big picture look? Well, internal government doc-uments obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation suggest things actually look pretty good so far.

Before discussing what the documents revealed, it should be noted that the Wall government is doing the right thing by looking at ambitious ways to reform the health care system.

The bottom line is that unless the health care system undergoes serious reform, it will collapse in the long run as our population ages. A report by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries in late 2013 pre-dicted that unless there is significant health reform, health care spending will grow to represent “103 percent” of total provincial revenues by 2037. In other words, “yikes.”

Those complaining about the government’s lean consultants should know that “lean” process reform is not something dreamed up by the Wall govern-ment, it’s taught in management schools around the world. In fact, even Manitoba’s NDP government is busy implementing lean practices in health care.

The internal documents we obtained suggest things are actually heading in the right direction. As of February 2014, $26 million had been spent on lean consultants while $40 million had been saved due to their advice, assistance and workshops.

Further, lean process changes have not only reduced costs, they’ve improved service levels in many areas for patients.

Using new technology and redesigning workplac-es have led to many of these improvements. In one example, the analysis noted that “moving the loca-tion of patient chart and supplies closer to the patient room” led to a reduction in nurses’ walking distance from 300 to 132 feet. This resulted in “less time searching for supplies and increased opportu-nity for direct patient care.”

Similarly, the Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory was able to “cut turnaround time for test results by 26 hours; a 68% reduction (from approxi-mately 40 hours to 12 hours)” by redesigning their processes. This led to patients waiting shorter peri-ods of time to hear lab results.

The documents also note that prior to a workshop involving Saskatoon Cancer Clinic staff, a house-keeper was “able to clean 2.7 infection control rooms per hour.” After the workshops, things were restruc-tured so that productivity increased to “3.15 infec-tion control rooms” per hour.

Make no mistake, the Wall government’s ambi-tious lean project is probably not perfect; no massive reform ever is. But there are plenty of signs things are heading in the right direction. Even if the critics don’t want to admit it.

Colin Craig is the Prairie Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

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Things I do with words...

Devin Wilger

The provincial rule books governing the sale and dis-tribution of alcoholic beverages are changing.

Recently the B.C. Government announced details of which stores will be eligible to stock booze in 2015. The Saskatchewan Government is planning to implement similar changes. People in the province of Ontario are even suggesting ending the foreign-owned beer store dis-tribution joint venture.

This slow march towards a more liberalized distribu-tion system for alcohol may point to a broader societal change. While that change may be market-driven and fueled by our pursuit of convenience and accessibility, there may be more to it.

First, let’s be honest. When it comes to selling alcohol, there is no place like Quebec. La “Belle Province” has been, by far, the most progressive province in our nation. Private alcohol sales in Quebec have been a non-issue for decades.

But even in Quebec, things have changed dramatical-ly. There was a time when countless minors were able to purchase alcohol in convenience stores as if the legal drinking age were just a suggestion. It was a way of life back then. But today, minors are hard-pressed to find any businesses willing to sell to them without asking for proper identification. Effective marketing campaigns have made a point of it. Consumers are expecting pri-vately owned companies to behave differently - more responsibly.

All of the regulatory changes we are seeing across the country speak to how we are changing as a society. In an era in which social accountability and transparency have

gained tremendous currency, we may be reaching the limits of the moral state. More Canadians seem to be will-ing to trust businesses and citizens to do the right thing, even knowing full well that some may at times be irre-sponsible.

Some may argue that therein lies a paradox. Why would our society, obsessed with risk mitigation, allow more freedom when purchasing alcohol products? In fact, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, in a very detailed report, suggests that alcohol is one of the great-est public health threats in Canada. The report concludes by recommending more regulation, less advertising of alcoholic products, and more support for alcohol abusers. Some have hinted that Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec, where the legal drinking age is currently 18, should com-ply with other provinces and raise their legal drinking age to 19. Backed up with sound data, these arguments certainly have merit.

But Quebec, where beer, wine and spirits are extreme-ly accessible and the rapport between consumers and alcohol has arguably been unique, has one of the lowest rates of alcohol abuse in 2014, and the lowest number of police-reported drinking incidents in the country.

For industry, more access for consumers will indeed mean more accountability. It must put even greater emphasis on health issues and ensure that an awareness of these issues is embedded at the highest level of its busi-nesses.This should never be just about generating more revenues, but about making our lives more enjoyable.

Sylvain Charlebois is a professor of food distribution and policy at the University of Guelph in Ontario.

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To the Editor:

After seven years of budget deficits and over $160 billion in new debt, the federal gov-ernment confirmed in its financial update that it expects to record a surplus next year. With the deficit set for elimination, now is the time to shift focus on ways to lay the founda-tion for stronger eco-nomic growth and increased prosperity. Using the new fiscal room for pro-growth tax relief warrants serious consideration.

Starting in 2015/16 and up to 2019/20, the government expects to run cumulative sur-pluses of $31.2 billion. Its projections include an annual $3 billion contingency buffer, so the surpluses could actually total as much as $46.2 billion. That leaves substantial fis-cal room for enacting tax changes that improve Canada’s com-petitiveness and put the country on a stron-ger economic footing.

The expected sur-pluses would have been higher had the govern-ment not already used part of them on a series of initiatives announced last month including family income splitting for tax purposes (limit-ed by a cap), an expan-sion of the Universal Child Care Benefit, an increase in the Child Care Expense Deduction limit, a dou-bling of the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit, and

a new tax credit for small businesses. The cumulative price tag of these initiatives is $27.5 billion (from 2014/15 to 2019/20) or roughly $5 billion annu-ally once fully imple-mented.

If the government’s goal is to enact “pru-dent” new measures that encourage econom-ic growth and “boost job creation,” other options would generate greater economic bang for the buck.

Flash back to the late 1990s when the federal government last eliminated a deficit. The public debate about how best to use the so-called “fiscal dividend” led to the then Liberal government enacting an important series of tax reforms that helped usher in a period of strong economic perfor-mance.

The Liberals used the surpluses to reduce personal income taxes, lower capital gains taxes, and set in motion a multi-year reduction in the corporate tax rate that has made Canada’s business tax regime more competi-tive with the United States.

But the federal pro-growth tax reform agenda has since large-ly stalled. The major tax reductions enacted by the Conservatives have been limited to decreasing the GST rate, following through on scheduled reduc-tions to the corporate tax rate, and creating

several tax credits for particular individuals or activities that have complicated the tax code. The personal income tax rate struc-ture has essentially been unchanged.

Therein lies a major opportunity for maxi-mizing the economic impact of the fiscal div-idend today.

A recent study sur-veying the existing research on marginal tax rates clearly shows that high and increas-ing personal income tax rates discourage invest-ment and entrepre-neurship, which form the basis for a thriving economy. The same study shows that Canada is uncompeti-tive on personal income tax rates and the income levels at which they apply.

Consecutive federal governments, both Liberal (in 2005) and Conservative (in 2006), have identified the destructive effect of Canada’s personal income tax rates. Indeed , the Conservatives high-lighted the need to reduce personal income tax rates well before any mention of income splitting.

Broad-based tax relief in the form of lower personal income tax rates would improve Canada’s competitive-ness and strengthen our economy by encour-aging productive activ-ity like increased work effort, saving, invest-ment, and entrepre-

neurship.Another option is for

the Conservatives to take a page from the 1990s Liberal playbook and reduce capital gains taxes, which apply to the sale of assets when the selling price exceeds the origi-nal purchase price. This may not be the sexiest policy topic heading into an election year but the reality is that capital gains taxes impose enormous eco-nomic costs and bring in relatively little reve-nue in return (just 1.1 per cent of total federal revenues).

A wealth of research shows that eliminating or at least reducing capital gains taxes would increase the sup-ply and lower the cost of capital for new and expanding firms, lead-ing to higher levels of entrepreneurship, eco-nomic growth, and job creation.

The Conservatives should be commended for sticking to their commitment to the bal-ance budget. But bal-ancing the budget can-not become an end in itself or it can come to serve as a justification for spending increases with limited economic benefit. Reducing per-sonal income tax rates and capital gains taxes would be a productive use of future surplus-es.

Charles Lammam and Milagros Palacios are economists at the Fraser Institute.

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Eight in 10 Canadian adults want online access to their own health information yet fewer than one in 10 currently have it, according to a new study published in Healthcare Papers.

The gap is just as wide for other patient online services, such as booking appointments, e-visits, or requesting prescription renewals or refills online; Canadians want them all, but most aren’t getting them.

Why not, when it seems we can do virtually every-thing else online these days?

Take something as seemingly simple as e-visits. Email, even secure email, is a well-established tech-nology that is used by millions of people every day. But offering secure e-visits for patients has proven to be complex. For example, where in-person visits are required by fee schedules, law, or professional practice guidelines, adoption is likely to be slower. In settings where e-visits become common, they tend to be recog-nized as a clinical service, often with dedicated time allocated to them. This means changes to workflow and practice patterns. Likewise, updates may be needed to professional practices, patient education, and privacy policies to ensure that e-visits are safe, effective and used appropriately.

Canada is not without success stories, but they are in pockets, rather than widespread. For example, more than 360,000 British Columbians have signed up to access their lab results online. Thousands of patients at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto use the hospital’s MyChart system to access their records. And Nova Scotia’s personal health record demonstration project in Halifax was oversub-scribed by both patients and clinicians.

I can testify to some of the benefits of patient online services from personal experience. A few years ago I lived in Denmark where my ophthalmologist pre-scribed an antibiotic for an eye infection. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. When I called her office for follow up, I learned that she was away so I sent a secure email to my family doctor asking him to suggest an alterna-tive. He replied less than an hour later.

In that time, my doctor looked at my electronic health record, saw what his colleague had prescribed, and e-prescribed a different antibiotic that I could pick up at the local pharmacy. I don’t know how much this changed my long-term health outcome, but the speed and simplicity - plus the fact that I didn’t have to stumble blindly around the city trying to find a new doctor’s office - was priceless.

There is, in fact, a growing consensus on the value of digital health solutions for consumers and we are starting to see some traction. For example, at this summer’s General Council of the Canadian Medical Association, Canada’s doctors voted to support the creation and use of secure electronic communication between patients and healthcare providers.

The Conference Board of Canada drew on survey data to estimate that if Canadians had had the option to consult with their physicians, access test results and request prescriptions renewals electronically, they could have avoided nearly 47 million in-person healthcare visits and saved almost 70 million hours in 2011.

The right policy and regulatory environment needs to be in place. Implementation approaches need to take into account differences in patients served, care environments, the broader digital health infrastruc-ture and approaches to realize antici pated benefits.

The patient online services most in demand con-nect individuals with their healthcare teams. This means that they need to be user-centric, designed with patient safety and privacy in mind, integrated into clinicians’ workflows and workload, and made consistent with regulatory and legal frameworks.

It will take thoughtful, well-aligned efforts to close the gap between desire for and availability of patient online services, making benefits widely available not just for a lucky few served by early adopters. Individuals and organizations will have to hold hands in a collective, collaborative effort, not something at which the health system always excels. But the strong consensus on the importance of harnessing the power of digital solutions to improve health and healthcare suggests that progress is within reach.

Jennifer Zelmer is an advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca www.troymedia.com

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To the Editor:

Statistics Canada has released experimental estimates of gross domestic product for the period 2001 to 2009 for 33 census met-ropolitan areas. The results rein-force what we already know - that Canada’s economic activity is concentrated in its cities and half of our GDP is produced in just six cities - Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa-Gatineau. Of course, the Toronto CMA is the domi-nant centre with about 20 per cent of Canada’s GDP being pro-duced there.

Per capita GDP in 2009 ranged from a high of $65,404 in Regina to a low of $28,750 in Abbotsford. Aside from Regina, the other top 10 CMAs include Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa-Gatineau. St. John’s, Saskatoon, Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver and Guelph. Out of the top 10, six of them are in western Canada, three are in Ontario/Quebec and only one in Atlantic Canada. Of the bottom 10, only two are in western Canada, six are in Ontario, and two are in Quebec.

When it comes to per capita GDP growth, the greatest growth was for Regina, Saskatoon and St. John’s, while the lowest growth was for Guelph, Windsor and Oshawa. Between 2001 and 2009, Regina saw its nominal per capita GDP grow an astound-ing 69 per cent while Saskatoon

was close behind at 61 per cent. Interestingly enough, the top 10 also include Victoria, Edmonton, Sudbury, Moncton, Kingston, Quebec City and Saguenay - but not Calgary, which comes in 11th spot with growth of 38 per cent.

While Toronto contributes 20 per cent of Canada’s GDP, its rate of nominal per capita GDP growth was the fourth lowest in the country. Indeed, with infla-tion over this nine-year period at about 2 per cent per year, Toronto’s 17 per cent nominal per capita GDP growth means its real per capita GDP has essentially stood still for a decade.

Yet one needs to temper this analysis with the fact that the reason per capita GDP growth is as low as it is in some CMAs can be because of population change. Toronto’s poorer per capita GDP growth performance needs to be counterbalanced by the fact that it remains a magnet for migra-tion on par with western CMAs and without the benefit of a resource sector boom.

Of the 33 CMAs in the report, over the period 2001 to 2009, Toronto had the sixth fastest growing population while Barrie had the fifth fastest. Kelowna was fourth and Oshawa third in population growth. Calgary, which was not in the 10 highest CMAs for per capita GDP growth, nevertheless had the highest population growth rate of all the

CMAs at 25 per cent followed by Edmonton at 20 per cent. On the other hand, Regina, which had the highest per capita GDP growth, only had population growth of about 7 per cent.

Oshawa’s decline in per capita GDP is a function of its depressed auto sector manufacturing econ-omy as well as its role as a bed-room community for the GTA, which gave it the third fastest growing CMA population in the country. Thunder Bay and Saguenay - which fare relatively well in per capita GDP and per capita GDP growth, however had shrinking populations over this time period.

These urban GDP figures paint a complex picture of eco-nomic change in Canada as they combine economic output and growth with the effects of chang-ing populations and migration patterns. A dynamic economy is a combination of rising output, combined with growing employ-ment and population as migrants are attracted by economic oppor-tunity. Rapidly growing popula-tions in the pursuit of economic opportunity may understate per capita GDP growth in booming regions while population decline in economically slower regions may overstate their per capita GDP performance.

Livio Di Matteo is Professor of Economics at Lakehead University.

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Delivering a message of RemembranceThe Royal Canadian

Legion, Gen. Alexander Ross, Branch #77, execu-tive & members, wish to thank everyone that has supported and helped with the 2014 Poppy Campaign and Remembrance Day cere-mony at the Flexi Hall. Thank you to the City of Yorkton for allowing us use of this facility.

For those of you who were unable to attend our Remembrance Day, we had two students from Sacred Heart High School, Kennedy Gagne and Caleb Sutter, deliver the m e s s a g e o f Remembrance.

Last April, both Kennedy & Caleb were part of the Organized Sacred Heart High School tours, that visited the Battlefields of WWI & WWII in Europe.

Their message of Remembrance was very meaningful and well delivered. I would like to share their speeches with you, the reader.

At the Remembrance Day Ceremony, the names of the Veterans, who passed on since last Remembrance Day, were read. WWII Veterans that are still with us, were recognized and received certificates & pins from the Federal Government. These Veterans have vol-unteered and contributed so much to keep the prin-cipals & objectives of Legion alive and function-ing.

Volunteerism is what the Legion is all about. We all know what hap-pens when we run out of Volunteers!

Facts are the next gen-erations must step up and volunteer to take the torch from failing hands and carry on:

There will be an open house meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #77, 380 West Broadway, Yorkton at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 24, 2014. Everyone is welcome to come and find out more about the principals & objectives of the Legion.

Submitted by Peter Wyatt.

By Caleb Sutter

Today is Remembrance Day. Today we remember the brave men and women who sacrificed their lives for freedom, but what does it really mean to remember? For some, it is a day to remember the horrors of war, fallen comrades, and the thought they may have never returned home. For others, it is a day to remember past family members and to show respect for those who gave up their lives for our free-dom. And maybe to oth-ers it is a reminder of how terrible, destructive, and evil war really is.

Personally I never really knew what Remembrance Day meant to me until this past spring when I had the privilege to go on the Canadian Battlefields tour with Sacred Heart High School. Before I went on the trip, all that I knew about war I learnt through pictures or his-tory class. At Remembrance Day cere-monies I would pay my respects like everyone else, but I couldn’t make a real connection to what it really means to remem-ber.

While on the trip, we visited many war memo-rial sites including ceme-teries, Juno Beach, Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, and many more. The landscape there is beauti-ful, the cemeteries are clean and well kept, and it made me think, how could such a beautiful place be a muddy battle-field filled with death and destruction? Then I looked closer and saw that the rolling landscape wasn’t supposed to be rolling, it was made that way by years of artillery shelling, trenching, and underground bombing.

When we visited Juno Beach it was a very windy and rainy day and I remember our entire group was huddled in our rain coats and umbrellas. I thought of what it would have been like to land on that beach, exactly where I was standing, as a Canadian soldier 70 years ago. I tried to think how hard it would have been to jump out of the boats into rough waves, trying to avoid German machine gun fire from the pill boxes on the other side of the sand. After imagining all of this I realized it must have been a miracle that the Canadians took this beach because it was one of the most heavily defended beaches along the coast.

Even after seeing the war torn landscape and impossible odds the Canadian soldiers faced, I still didn’t quite under-stand what it meant to remember. That all changed once we visited the Canadian war ceme-teries. At each of the entrances to the cemeter-ies there was a huge stone slab that had the words “Their Name Liveth Forever More” inscribed on them. After looking at the gravestones I saw a couple that had the words “A Soldier of the Great War” instead of a name. That is what got me. If the slab at the front of the cemetery is saying that all of the soldiers will be remembered, how are we supposed to remember soldiers who were buried nameless?

At that point I realized that all soldiers may be forgotten. As time passes

on, so do our veterans from the First and Second World Wars. Once those veterans have passed on, who will be there to per-form the Remembrance Day services? Who will be there to volunteer their time to have poppies given out to raise money for veterans and their families? The answer is the next generation, my generation. We have to start stepping up and taking the initiative to keep Remembrance alive. If we think that since we were not alive during these wars they do not pertain to us, we could not be more wrong. We have to remember that most of the soldiers that went over were only a couple years older than us, maybe even the same age. We need to try and imagine how we would feel if we had to go to war. We need to think whether we would want to be remembered for our ser-vices and sacrifices, or left in the sands of time to be forgotten. It is the least that we can do to show respect to the men and women who sacrificed their lives and are still sacrificing them today. Even on home soil our veterans have had their lives lost due to acts of terrorism solely because they have served in the military. That should be reason enough to want and start acting to keep the memory of our valiant men and women alive after what they have done for us. Those man and women paid the ultimate price for us to have the free and privileged lives we live today, so it is the least we can do to keep their legacy going by sim-ply remembering who they were, the sacrifices they made, and freedom they died for.

By Kennedy Gagne

Good morning, Today, we, among

thousands of other Canadians stand united to honour those who have served and continue to serve our beloved coun-try.

In April of this last year, some of my class-mates and I had the opportunity to visit many of the battlefields in Europe, and pay our respects to the brave Canadian soldiers who sacrificed everything to keep our country free and safe. For me, the most moving experience was at the Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial. We placed two wreathes, and humbly witnessed the names of the 11 285 soldiers listed as “Missing, and Presumed Dead” from World War One. Much to the awe and respect of the other visi-tors, we joined in a circle to proudly sing our national anthem, as a powerful conclusion to our emotional visit.

It was a highly sober-ing experience, recogniz-ing that the soldiers bur-ied among the rows were hardly older than us, when they chose to give up their lives to ensure the protection of our gen-erations. While 2014 marks the 100th anniver-sary of the First World War, the recent tragedies in Quebec and our nation’s capital, provide a horrify-ing glimpse into the injus-tices the armed forces fought to protect us from. It is with this in mind that we express our immense gratitude for the safety and security we have been granted by our veterans, and the fall-en soldiers of our past.

As youth today, it is our duty to commemorate the brave men and women that provided us with the vast rights and freedoms we have today. In memo-ry of their service, we must appreciate what we have been given, embrace the opportunities we are provided and live our lives to the fullest for those who couldn’t. We must wear our poppies with pride, share our gratitude, and stand unit-ed for peace. And most of all, we must ensure “leur nom vit pour les genera-tions” – their name liveth for evermore.

Thank you.

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A series of improve-ments are being made to Saskatchewan’s Highway Hotline including a new travel planning route locator for frequently travelled highways, as well as an updated version of the mobile website.

The new version of the mobile website will offer motorists a more convenient way to check

highway conditions. When you go to www.saskatchewan.ca/high-wayhotline, the site recognizes you are on a smart phone or tablet and will automatically take you to the mobile version. It allows motorists to select inter-active maps of Saskatchewan areas and click on specific highway segments for

conditions. A bulletin ribbon for

notifications such as amber alerts has also been added and will appear during emer-

gency situations.The latest road con-

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h i g h w a y h o t l i n e . Recorded reports are also available by calling 306-787-7623 in Regina, 306-933-8333 in Saskatoon, the SaskTel cellular network at *ROAD, and toll-free across Canada at 1-888-335-7623.

The information for the Highway Hotline is compiled from observa-tions made by ministry

staff. Information is provided 24 hours a day. Service may be subject to rapidlychanging weather, flooding, forest fires or other events. Motorists need to be alert to these possible changes and operate their vehicles in a safe and responsi-ble manner based on the road conditions before them.

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There has never been a case of Ebola in Canada, and the federal government is doing its level best to ensure that Canadians are protected should this deadly virus reach our shores.

Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose and Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Dr. Gregory Taylor, have announced a $30.5 mil-lion investment to fur-ther strengthen Canada’s domestic preparedness and international response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Building on experi-ence with SARS and H1N1, Canadian hospi-tals have strong infec-tion control procedures in place. But Minister Ambrose noted that “We are continuing to invest

in research and develop-ment of vaccines and treatments that will assist in the global out-break response.”

“This new funding for research and develop-ment for Ebola medical countermeasures will complement other Canadian Ebola pre-paredness and response activities to ensure that Canada is ready to respond in the event there is a confirmed first case in Canada. The investments further demonstrate our com-mitment to ensuring that Canada continues to remain cautious and well prepared,” explained Dr. Taylor.

The Chief Public Health Officer of Canada is in regular contact with provincial and territorial

counterparts, helping ensure we are prepared in the event a case is identified in Canada.

The Government of Canada is ready to sup-port provincial and ter-ritorial health systems with emergency response teams, five of which are already prepared, to immediately deploy at the request of the prov-inces and territories in the event of a first case

of Ebola in Canada. They also will supply

lab expertise to confirm a diagnosis, emergency supplies such as masks, face shields and gloves, and doses of an experimental Ebola vac-cine.

In addition, the fed-eral government has contributed two diagnos-tic labs and significant funding to help combat Ebola and save lives in

West Africa. We have provided over $2.5 mil-lion worth of personal protective equipment to the World Health Organization for use in West Africa.

It is recommended that Canadians avoid non-essential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Travelers arriving in Canada from affected countries are subject to a mandatory health assessment, and Canadian visa officers have temporarily paused the processing of visa applications from foreign nationals who have been present in a country des-ignated by the World Health Organization as

having widespread cases of Ebola, unless essen-tial in exceptional cases. Our government is also posting additional inspectors at airports.

Canadians can rest assured that their feder-al, provincial and terri-torial governments are prepared to deal with threats to public health, and that our government is taking all necessary steps to help protect the health and safety of Canadians.

For more information on Canada’s response to Ebola, visit news.gc.ca or the Public Health Agency of Canada web-site at publichealth.gc.ca.

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On Monday, November 17, 2014, at approximately 2:00 p.m., a 61-year-old female from Yorkton was walking on the bike path in Patrick Park near Haultain Avenue in Yorkton, SK. when she was approached from behind by a male

suspect. The male sus-pect stole the victim’s purse, which contained a small amount of cash, and she was pushed to the ground, sustaining minor physical injuries. The victim was not taken to hospital.

The suspect is described as a male

with a fair complexion, approximately 5 to 6 feet tall, slim build, clean shaven with large, dark eye brows. At the time of the incident, the subject was wearing a black hoody under a dark coloured winter coat with some red on it.

The RCMP is looking for the public’s assis-tance in identifying the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Yorkton RCMP at 306-786-2400 or submit a tip anony-mously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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FOOD DRIVE – Remax Blue Chip Realty made a major contribution to the Salvation army food bank, donating $2,400 worth of food and toiletries to families in need in the Yorkton area. Captain Glen Fraser says that the dona-tion is greatly appreciated, because they believe that no family should go without a Christmas and the food raised will be a great help to keep them going. Right now, one of the most important donations people can make is their time, Fraser says, as it is the beginning of the Christmas Kettle campaign, the group’s main fundraiser, and volun-teers for the stations are a big need for the Christmas season. Pictured above are (front, r-l) Captains Glen and Rosanne Fraser, Doris Shank with Remax and the rest of the Remax Blue Chip staff (back).

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Submitted by Kaare Askildt, former Preeceville area farm-er in training. This one of a series on get-ting settled in Hazel Dell.

All those logs that Anne and Nels bucked up for us had to be split. However, I pro-crastinated and now I’m paying for it.

We have an electri-cal motor driven split-ter outside by the spruce trees, and it doesn’t work that well when the temperature drops below +2C. I was able to do a little bit the other afternoon in +4C and sunshine, but there are still a lot of logs to split!

First I thought that I would stretch a tarp over the splitter and plug in an indoor elec-tric heater under the tarp. I went over to the barn and found a tarp that was cover-ing some square hay bales. Marion is down with a cold and won’t notice that I borrowed the tarp, or so I thought. I got the tarp

over the splitter, but it was a matter of securing it in such a fashion that all the heat would be con-tained around the splitter. I couldn’t see that well under the tarp, and kept run-ning into bucked up logs and debris from previous splitting, and I had a hard time keeping my balance.

Add to that that our dog Lady thought that I was playing, and she would bark and attack the tarp every time she saw any move-ment.

Then Marion came out to see what all the commotion was about, and I got busted! Because it was snow-ing ever so lightly, the tarp had to go back and cover the hay bales or my quality of life would dramatical-ly change, or so I was told! I guess she has no sense of humour when she’s suffering through a cold! Oh well, perhaps my old wine carboy electric heat belts might do the trick. I have two

of them, so I’ll give that a try and wrap them around the split-ter, and perhaps I can start some serious splitting this after-noon!

The heat belts worked, the splitter decided to cooperate, and I got to work. The splitting station is right under a spruce tree, and the spruce tree is where a family of squirrels live, and gather feed by break-ing apart spruce cones to get at the seeds. The squirrels were not amused by all that noise and commotion right under their tree; they came down and more or less told me off in squirrel lan-guage. I was wearing a pair of sweat pants that were open at the bottom of the legs, and one squirrel got inside my right pant leg and started to climb up my leg on the inside! The sharp claws cut into my skin and hurt like hell. I tried to get rid of it by shaking my leg, but that only made the

animal climb up fast-er! I clamped my left hand down hard between my legs, in an effort to secure an important part of my anatomy, while trying to redirect the squir-rel with my right hand.

Lady came over and thought I was playing because of my waving arm; her front part went low to the ground, her rear end was sticking up and the tail was wagging faster that a rotating fan! Then she saw the squirrel moving in my pant leg and jumped at it knocking me on my butt! I had to let go of my protective left hand grip, in an effort to catch myself on the way down and before I ended up on my back!

The squirrel ran to the top of my pants, I hollered out loud and tried to shoo the squir-rel away with my right hand; and in doing so I managed to hit it! The squirrel turned around and ran out of my pant leg! Lady

chased the squirrel back up the tree, and gave a couple of barks for good measure! The other three squirrels had already run up the tree, and when the last one joined them, they all disappeared into their nest up there chatting away. Before I could get back on my feet, Lady came over and put her front paws on my chest while she proceeded to give me a facial!

I had forgotten my own “safety rules” from last time I oper-ated this gizmo, and while holding a small log in place with my left hand and operat-ing the “piston” with my right hand, my little finger sort of ended up in the groove between the log bed and the outside guide, and when the log split it expanded sideways and squeezed my little finger!

Man did that hurt! It was like deja vu as I did the same thing a few years back! I got a memory like a steel trap, but sometimes it

is rusted shut!The following is

supposedly a true story:

Two bowling teams, one Swedish, one Norwegian, charter a double-decker bus for a weekend bowling tournament. The Swedish team rides on the bottom level of the bus, the Norwegian team rides on the top level.

The Swedish team, down below, is whoop-ing it up and having a great time until one of them realizes he doesn’t hear anything from the Norwegians upstairs. So, he decides to investigate.When the Swede reaches the top, he finds the Norwegian team staring straight ahead at the road, fro-zen in fear, clutching the seats in front of them with white knuckles.

“What’s going on up here?” asks the Swede. “We’re having a great time downstairs!”

“Ya,” screams a ter-rified Norwegian, “but you’ve got a driver!”

Don’t forget about your safety rules

Cow herd reproduc-tion is the most impor-tant factor affecting the profitability of Saskatchewan Beef Producers. It is five times more important than growth rate and ten times more impor-tant than carcass quality when it comes to contributing income to the ranch. That is why the Saskatchewan M i n i s t r y o f Agriculture, Regional Services Branch, New Life Mills, Saltec – Ceres Industries, and Cargill are hosting a Saskatchewan 21 Day Calving Challenge Contest – to raise awareness surround-ing cow herd repro-duction and tracking reproductive success.

One of the simplest ways to track the reproductive success of a cow-calf herd is to graph a calving distri-bution. This is simply a calculation of how many calves are born in each 21 day period of the calving season. Calving distribution is important because it is the only easily accessible reproduc-

tive event in a cow-calf herd. In most herds, we don’t know the exact breeding dates for each cow unless we are using artificial insemina-tion. The only repro-ductive event that is easy to track is the cow’s calving date.

To create a calving distribution, count the cows that have calved during the first 21 days of the calving season. Divide this number by the total number of cows that calve in the season and multiply by 100 to get the percentage of cows calving in the first 21 days. Repeat this process for each of the next two 21 day periods. The goal is to have at least 60 per cent of the herd calv-ing in the first 21 day period of the season.

There are several reasons why achiev-ing the goal of 60 per cent of cows calving in the first 21 days of the calving season is important.

• Early calving cows stay on track. Cows that are cycling

and get bred in the first 21 days of the breeding season are more likely to be cycling and bred at the start of the next breeding season, pro-vided that they are in good body condition and receiving ade-quate nutrition.

• Cows that calve in the first 21 days will wean heavier calves. Every time a cow misses a 21 day breeding cycle it could reduce weaning weight by 50 pounds .

• Heifer calves born in the first 21 days that are retained as replacement heifers are heavier and more likely to be cycling as a yearling heifer.

• Having a large proportion of calves born in the first 21 day period also cre-ates a more even and uniform calf crop, sim-plifying management procedures and results in a marketing advan-tage.

Most cow-calf pro-ducers have a calving book in their pockets at calving time. This simple record keeping

system can tell you more than which calf belongs to which cow.

The Saskatchewan 21 Day Calving Challenge invites pro-ducers to record, mea-sure and evaluate their calving season to see how their herd stacks up on repro-duction and profit-ability. In taking the 21 Day Calving Challenge, producers will be provided with a calving book to record the coming calving season and guide them in calcu-lating their calving

distribution percent-ages. In addition to providing a place for record keeping, the calving book is full of great production, nutrition and repro-duction information. To participate in this contest, producers need to fill out the tear away entry form at the back of the offi-cial calving book and send it in to enter the draw for one of three $1,000 vouchers for mineral supplement for their cow herd.

The Saskatchewan 21 Day Calving

Challenge contest is sponsored by New Life Mills, Saltec – Ceres Industries and Cargill. The contest ends June 1, 2015.For more information, or to obtain your official contest calving book, contact your local Regional Livestock Specialist, call the A g r i c u l t u r a l Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377, or visit the Ministry of Agriculture booth at Canadian Western Agribition (November 24-29, 2014).

Time to take the 21 day calving challenge

All community members are invited to attend the Yorkton Regional High School Community Council Annual General Meeting scheduled for:

Yorkton Regional High School - Cafeteria7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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From November 17–21, 2014, the Saskatchewan Pre ven-tion Institute will join the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) to mark National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW), and Saskatchewan Addictions Awareness Week (SAAW). This year, the emphasis is on youth

substance abuse preven-tion.

Led nationally by CCSA, SAAW highlights issues and solutions to help address alcohol and other drug-related harms. It provides an opportunity to learn more about substance abuse prevention, to talk about treatment and recovery, and to bring forward

solutions for change.“Preventing youth

from misusing alcohol and other drugs is a pri-ority for the Saskatchewan Preven-tion Institute,” said Róisín Unsworth, Youth Action for Prevention Coordinator.

Youth 15 to 24 years old have the highest self-reported past-year use of

illicit substances com-pared to other Canadians. Alcohol remains the sub-stance with the most health, legal, and social harms. In Saskatchewan, binge drinking rates are among the highest in Canada. “We really need to be focusing our efforts on changing the culture of over-consumption of alcohol, and moving

towards a culture of mod-eration among all age groups, not just youth”, said Unsworth.

A substantial amount of change and growth—including significant brain growth and devel-opment—takes place during the adolescent years. Substance use and abuse during this critical time can have impacts that persist long after the high has worn off, including chronic dis-ease, addiction, and men-tal health disorders.

“SAAW is really important because it helps remove the stigma by creating awareness about addictions and spreads the message of hope that many people do recover. The younger a person is when they access services and break that pattern, the better. There are many great supports and services

throughout the province that are available”, explained Unsworth. These services are high-lighted on the Govern-ment of Saskatchewan treatment services direc-tory website: http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/treat-ment-services-directory

Saskatchewan Preven-tion Institute staff are traveling throughout Saskatchewan during SAAW delivering presen-tations and sharing resources. You can also join the dialogue over social media by following @SKPrevention1- Sask-at chewan Prevention Institute and nationally by using the hashtag #NAAWCanada.

For more information regarding the Institute, please go to their web-site: http://www.skpre-vention.ca/ or call 306-651-4300.

Addictions message all about awareness

Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Mark Docherty officially opened a new exhibit at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) called “A Roar of Wings.”

One hundred years ago, on September 1, 1914, the world’s last passenger pigeon, a captive 29 year-old bird named Martha, died. Her death marked the end of a species that once numbered in the billions. To commemorate the loss of the passenger pigeon, the RSM developed this new exhibit about extinct and threatened species.

In addition to the passenger pigeon, visitors will also view and learn about nine other extinct species, including the Tylosaur, an ancient marine reptile that once lived in Saskatchewan; as well as other famous birds such as the Dodo and the Great Auk. Additionally, the exhibit features sixteen currently threatened species including the Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer, the Burrowing Owl and the Macropis Cuckoo Bee, which have all been studied by RSM researchers.

“This new exhibit tells a fascinating story,” Docherty said. “I hope many teachers, students and families take the opportunity to learn about the pas-senger pigeon, as well as other extinct and threat-ened species by visiting this exhibit throughout the winter.”

“Passenger pigeons were amazing, almost unbe-lievable birds,” RSM Curator of Human Ecology Glenn Sutter said. “Their loss is part of a global extinction event that’s happening right now, due to human activity. This exhibit not only aims to raise awareness about recent extinctions, it also focuses on species that are currently at risk, and steps being taken to protect them and help their populations recover.”

Passenger pigeons were once a common sight in central and eastern parts of North America, includ-ing Saskatchewan. With an estimated population of three to five billion birds, they nested and travelled in enormous flocks that would darken the sky for hours, even days. Pressured by overharvesting and the loss of nesting habitat, their numbers went into steep decline in the late 1880s, leading to their eventual extinction in 1914.

The exhibit will be on display at the RSM until spring 2015. A new exhibit will replace it in summer 2015.

New exhibit all about birds

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Legislation to create the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of Saskatchewan (CPA Saskatchewan) was pro-claimed last week.

This means profes-sional accountants in Saskatchewan are now represented by a single, self-regulating body and share a new, common

des ignat ion—Char-tered Professional Accountant (CPA).

“The Accounting Profession Act is part of the broader initiative to merge provincial profes-sional accounting asso-ciations across Canada,” Finance Minister Ken Krawetz said. “This legislation strengthens and unifies the account-

ing profession in our province. The new CPA designation also lets Saskatchewan people know that they are deal-ing with professionally-trained and regulated accountants.”

“Today, the provin-cial government pro-claimed the CPA Saskatchewan legisla-tion, allowing the CAs,

CMAs and CGAs in Saskatchewan to legally merge, and establish CPA Saskatchewan—one of the largest pro-fessional organizations in the province,” CPA Saskatchewan Chair Martin McInnis said. “By establishing CPA Saskatchewan, we’ll be able to better protect the public’s interests as they now have one reg-ulatory body to refer to. We’ll also be to elimi-nate marketplace con-fusion about the differ-ent accounting designa-

tions.”The CPA designation

is Canada’s pre-eminent accounting and busi-ness designation. With more than 5,000 mem-bers and students in Saskatchewan, and more than 190,000 members across Canada, CPAs are pro-viding crucial financial expertise in businesses in every sector of the economy.

“We’re excited to have successfully arrived at this signifi-cant milestone, having

merged all three accounting designa-tions,” McInnis said. “It shows Saskatchewan’s leadership in account-ing and business.”

CPA Saskatchewan ensures the protection of the public and the visibility of the profes-sion.

It represents all areas of expertise of the accounting profession, including assurance, financial accounting, management and man-agement accounting, finance and taxation.

Single body to regulate accountants

CBC News and The Weather Network are pleased to announce a new content sharing agreement, bringing together Canada’s lead-ing sources of weather, news and information.

Beginning December 8, national weather forecasts on select CBC News television proper-ties will be provided by The Weather Network’s team of meteorologists and on-air personali-ties, while The Weather Network will gain access to CBC News weather-related stories, analy-sis, and video content for use across its plat-forms.

“CBC News is a trusted source for news and information, and we’re pleased to be join-ing forces with another trusted brand and reaching and engaging new audiences across the country,” said

Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor in Chief, CBC News and Centres. “CBC is always finding ways to deliver content to Canadians in more innovative and efficient ways, and this new partnership with The Weather Network is a reflection of that,” added Neil McEneaney, Chief Business Officer, CBC English Services.

The Weather Network will provide weather updates on CBC News Network throughout the day and at the end of The National on CBC-TV and CBC News Network, including expanded weather reports on CBC Toronto on weekends. The Weather Network, based out of its Oakville studios, will also supply weather reports to CBC News Express broad-casts in eight Canadian

airports.“The Weather

Network has always prided itself on being the place Canadians turn to for local, up-to-date, accurate weather information. We are excited to collaborate with CBC – a trusted source of news and information,” said Maureen Rogers, Managing Director, The Weather Network. “This agreement provides CBC with access to The Weather Network’s unparalleled weather expertise.”

As part of the agreement, The Weather Network also gains access to CBC News’ award winning reports and content, including all news weather-related stories and video for The Weather Network’s various plat-forms (TV, online, and mobile).

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Ed, my neighbor next door, is determined that it’s now time for the wise ones to head south to Arizona or Texas. Ed informed me last week that rather than waste his money going south that he is planning on becoming an entrepre-neur this winter. He feels that he will have plenty of time to plan for the startup of his own business if the win-ter is as long as usual. My neighbor is certain that if others have turned an idea into a profitable finished prod-uct that he should give it a try.

I asked Ed if he is willing to take risks, and if he has some inno-vative ideas for his

business that haven’t been tried before. He said that he was not disclosing any of his business secrets until he is rich and famous. I agreed with him that it was probably wise. I mentioned to Ed that Thomas Edison is reported to have said, “I find out what the world needs then I proceed to invent.”

I think that Edison was right in that the world needed the light bulb. I wished Ed, good luck, in finding and pro-ducing what we need. I’m not sure what Ed has in mind, but I did refuse to invest any capital in his business that still seems to be in the conception stage.

There are always a lot of opinions on what the world needs. Entrepreneurs want to produce products that serve people or are use-ful to them so that peo-ple will buy them. There are products made that promise that they are what people need, but turn out to be worth-less. Ed is all for me trying out products that

he might need some-day. He wants me to use a hair growth pro-cedure, the weight loss pills, the brain stimula-tor and the diabetes cure, even though; I do not have diabetes. According to all the advertisements I am missing out on count-less things that I need, and don’t know it.

Matthew speaks of

Jesus preaching that the world needs repen-tance. Jesus said, “Repent for the king-dom of heaven is near. ”Mark adds that Jesus preached, “The time has come. The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news.” It seems repen-tance was missing in Jesus’ world. The need to confess we have for-gotten to honor God and our neighbor gets ignored in every age. Turning or returning to God tends to get lost in the activities of life such as; eating and drinking, marrying, buying and selling, planting and building. Repentance is about both admitting that we have failed to

loved God and our neighbor fully and find-ing the good news that there is forgiveness for us through faith in Jesus God’s Son.

Jesus came into the world to save sinners for we are all sinners. Compared to the per-fectness of God we are all sinful. Many play the game of pointing out who is more sinful than themselves, which only proves the world needs a savior from our sinfulness. What does the world need most? Is it new and inventive ways to make money, or salvation already freely given by God to believ-ers in Christ Jesus, his Son? Repent because Jesus said to do so.

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SGI is asking the public to share their v i e w s o n Saskatchewan’s auto injury program. Feedback can be pro-vided online at www.sgi.sk.ca.

Earlier this year, SGI began a review of auto injury coverage by consulting with current and former auto injury customers and key stakeholders including representatives from the medical, legal, and insurance communi-ties.

Their input, as well as input from SGI employees who work with the program, has been used to compile

options for possible changes to the program. Now SGI would like to hear what the public thinks.

“Since 2003, Saskatchewan custom-ers have had the option to be covered under no-fault or tort injury cov-erage,” said President and CEO Andrew Cartmell. “Customers will continue to have that option, but certain aspects of coverage are being reviewed to mea-sure the effectiveness of each program so we can better meet cus-tomers’ needs.”

The consultation asks customers to con-sider current benefits

and limits, enhance-ments to coverage, exclusions and gaps in current coverage. The consultation will seek opinions about, for example:

No-fault injury cov-erage

• Benefit levels and limits (e.g. improving

living assistance bene-fits, adding a counsel-ling benefit for immedi-ate family members)

• Changes regarding the ability to sue an at-fault driver

• Possible other changes (e.g. improve how income benefits for self-employed custom-

ers)• A discount for

retirees• Options for injury

coverage for motorcy-clists

Tort injury coverage • Benefit levels (e.g.

enhancements to the Tort income benefit)

The feedback gath-

ered will be used to make recommendations to government early next year. The consul-tation will be available until Nov. 30, 2014 at www.sgi.sk.ca, or by calling 306-751-3554 or toll-free 1-800-667-8015 ext. 3554 to receive a paper copy.

Input wanted for SGI injury coverage

A two-year photo speed enforcement pilot kicks off Friday when the camera located at the intersection of Highway 1 and 9th Avenue in Moose Jaw begins operating. Signs are being installed today.

There will be a two-month warning period to give drivers a chance to adjust to the pro-gram. During this time, drivers exceeding the speed limit will be mailed a warning instead of a ticket. Large 1.2 m x 3 m (4’ by 10’) yellow signs with black lettering will inform motorists they are about to enter a photo-speed-enforced zone, and black and white regulatory signs will also be posted within the zone.

The intent of photo speed enforcement is to

calm traffic, since driv-ers reduce their speed to avoid a ticket,” Minister responsible for SGI Don McMorris said. Construction and installation is currently underway at the other photo speed enforce-ment locations. For more information about the photo speed enforce-ment pilot, visit SGI’s website at www.sgi.sk.ca.

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1987 Buick Lasabre limited. 3.8 V6. Fully loaded. New front breaks, tires, wheel alignment, and battery. Fully serviced. Origi- nal paint. Garage kept, never win- ter driven. Very clean inside and out. Must be seen to be appreciat- ed. Call 306-338-3369 or 306-491- 5420

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herbicide sales:

prices

Products:

306 477-4007 or info@gng.ag

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Three newspapers for sale in east central Saskatchewan. Interested parties may contact Bob Johnson 306-272-3262 or bob.john- son@sasktel.net. Have a look and make me an offer.

VCR and Camcorder tapes con- verted to DVD. Don't lose those precious memories. For prompt services call Yorkton Video at Dale 306-783-9648

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FARMLAND WANTED

PURCHASING:SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK

PAYMENT.

NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS!

RENT BACK AVAILABLE

FARMLAND WANTED

NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS!

SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES

Central - 206 1/4’sSouth - 75 1/4’s

South East - 40 1/4’sSouth West - 65 1/4’s

North - 6 1/4’sNorth East - 4 1/4’s

North West - 12 1/4’sEast - 51 1/4’sWest - 4 1/4’s

FARM AND PASTURE LAND AVAILABLE TO RENT

PURCHASING:SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK

PAYMENT.

RENT BACK AVAILABLE

Call DOUG 306-955-2266

saskfarms@shaw.ca

RM of Orkney #244. NW19-25-05- 02 near Phone Hill. Assessment $46,700. 90 Acres Cultivated, 70 acres other. $93,900 or offers. For more information call Clarence Hannotte 306-621-8079 or 306- 783-2956

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Buying/SellingFEED GRAINS

heated / damagedCANOLA/FLAXTop price paid

FOB FARMWestern

Commodities877-695-6461

Visit our website @www.westerncommodities.ca

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- BARLEY, OATS, WHT- LIGHT OR TOUGH

- SPRING THRASHEDHEATED FLAX

WANTED!!HEATED PEAS

HEATED LENTILS"ON FARM PICKUP"

Westcan Feed & Grain

1-877-250-5252

STEEL BUILDINGS... "GIFT- CARD GIVE-AWAY!" 20X22 $4,358. 25X24 $4,895. 30X30 $6,446. 32X32 $7,599. 40X46 $12,662. 47X72 $18,498. One End wall Included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneer- steel.ca

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FOR SALE - MISC

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BUSINESS SERVICES

DOMESTIC CARS

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THE NEWS REVIEW - Thursday, November 20, 2014 - Page 15A

Local artist, CAROL BOLT, expresses her

fascination with pottery in POTS & PAINTS, our current show at

community pARTners gallery. Diverse and

decorative wares, hand-built as well as

wheel-thrown, punctuated with cheerful paintings, are sure to refresh your

day. POTS & PAINTS can be enjoyed during regular hours at Yorkton Public

Library from now till Christmas.

The Yorkton and District Horticultural

Societywill be holding their

AGM and Supper Banquet on Wednesday,

November 26. This meet-ing is for members only and their guests. For

tickets or for more infor-mation please call Liz at

306-782-2830.

Yorkton Holy Trinity Anglican Church

Women (ACW)invite you to share in

their Christmas Tea and Bazaar

Saturday, November 292 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Holy Trinity Anglican Parish Hall, corner of 2nd

Ave. & DarlingtonBaking, White Elephant

Table and Christmas Turkey Raffle.

Cookie WalkSt. Andrew’s United

Church, YorktonSaturday, November 22

at 12:30 p.m.Use South Hall EntranceAll kinds of homemade

cookies $6.00 per pound. Stock up for Christmas,

Lunches, Parties.Everyone Welcome!

The Yorkton Legion Track Club

The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.

Coaches also needed.To register or learn more contact Club Manager, Marcel Porte at marcel.porte@bayer.com or call

Cell: 306-621-7716.

At the Godfrey Dean Gallery

VIOLINS: A Passion Revealed

Oct. 4 to Dec. 6, 2014Celebrating the hand-

crafted violins of Yorkton luthier James Alexander

Huziak. Mon. to Fri. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 1-4 p.m.

49 Smith St. E. Yorkton, SK

Admission is always free!

The Yorkton & District Horticultural Society

will be holding their AGM and Supper Banquet on

November 26. This meet-ing is for members only and their guests. For

tickets or for more infor-mation please call Liz at

306-782-2830.

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

YorktonYorkton Public Library

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

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

relationships, dating violence, bullying

No cost, all are welcome!For details call Shannon

at 306-782-5181.

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

380 Broadway St. W.Come out and have some fun. No partner required.Everyone welcome. Cash prizes every week! For

more information contact Wayne at 306-783-7785

The Caring ClosetLower level of Safire

Clothing & AccessoriesQuality, free used

clothing for women who require outfits for career or educational purposes.Donations are accepted.

Fittings are done by appointment. Call 306-

521-0332, 306-783-0026 or 306-786-1570.

New Horizons Friday Night Dances

78 First Ave. NorthYorkton, SK

Great night of dancingEveryone is welcome

Lunch is included Time: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Music by: Andrew Marinuck & Boys

November 21Ron & Sandra Rudoski

November 28 For more information

contact Peter at: 306-782-1846.

Grief Share

The Grief Share support group is sponsored by

people who understand what you are

experiencing and want to offer you comfort and encouragement during

this difficult time. Every Tuesday at St. Peter’s Hospital

MelvilleIn the McLeod Conference

Room at 10:00 a.m.ALL ARE WELCOME! Register with either:

Margaret Yost 728-4744Ralph E. Hale 728-9205.

2014/15 Stars For Saskatchewan Concert

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

Wood, February 22, 2015; Ballet Jorgen presenting

Cinderella, March 10, 2015; The Barra

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

JJ Guy and Scott Cornelius, April 26, 2015.

New pricing!For details call the

Yorkton Arts Council at 306-783-8722. Tickets are

also available online at Ticketpro.

Parkland Right to Life Meetings

Meets every third Wednesday of the month

@ St. Gerard’s Hall basement @ 7.30 p.m. For

info. call 306-783-6240.

St. John Ambulance First Aid Classes

OHS Standard First Aid/CPR classes. Personalized

courses andonline training also

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

sjayyorkton@sk.sja.ca.

Habitat for HumanityVolunteers Wanted

To get your name on thevolunteer list for a build

or to be part of a committee, go to

www.habitatyorkton.ca and click on

“Volunteer Now”

Shelwin House Informational Meetings

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

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

the Preeceville Library the third Tuesday of

every month and Langenburg the fourth

Tuesday at the Town Office.

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

relationships, dating violence, bullying

No cost, all are welcome!For details call Shannon

at 306-782-5181.

Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club

Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on BroadwayMon., Tues.,

Thurs., & Fri., 9 a.m. to noon.

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

Free to participate!

Sask Trigeminal Neuralgia Support

Group meeting Sat. Nov 29 10

a.m. Wascana Rehab Center Regina . All are welcome Yorkton contact

Marj.@306-783-7519

Dart League Attention dart players,

steel-tip action is underway at Gunner’s

Lounge at Royal Canadian Legion. This is a fun league for all ages, so beginners are encour-

aged to come out. For more information

call 782-1783.

Crossroads – a support group for

women who are experiencing or have experienced violence.

Group is held at SIGN on Broadway every Thursday

from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. For more informa-tion contact 782-0673 or

782-5181.

Community Adult Band

Rehearsals Tuesdays 7 p.m. at Yorkton Regional High School Band Room. Two bands – Community

Concert Band and Yorkton’s ALL THAT

JAZZ Big Band New members welcome! For more information, contact Larry Pearen, Director 786-2582 (day

time) 782-4182 (evenings).

Cribbage & PoolThe Yorkton Retired

Citizens Inc. group invites interested

cribbage and pool players to come out to St.

Gerard’s Church – lower level – Tuesdays and

Thursdays from 1:15 to 4 p.m. $1 for the afternoon

for crib, $1.25 for the afternoon for pool, price

includes light lunch.For info. call Helen at

783-0802 or Angie at 783-7838.

Save the Yorkton Brick Mill

Become a member and be a part of a great historical venture.Learn more or get

involved by visiting: www.yorktonbrickmill.org

call 783-0290 or 783-6211.

Singers Unite!Yorkton Community

Concert Choir Practices every Monday

at 7:30 p.m.in the choir room

at the YRHS (use parking lot entrance)

Contact Laurene at 782-0460, Shanni at 783-9145 or Anna at 744-2729 for details.

Calling all Bridge Players!

The Yorkton Duplicate Bridge Club has started

up. The club meets weekly on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. Call 783-

4220 for more details.

Community Events

YBID NEWSYBID NEWSA look at what is happening in the

Yorkton Business Improvement District

Garry Breitkreuz, M.P.

Constituency Office: 19 -1st Avenue North Yorkton, SK S3N 1J3 Phone: 306.782.3309

Toll Free: 1.800.667.6606 Email:

Garry.Breitkreuz.c1@parl.gc.ca www.garrybreitkreuz.com

Gloria HaydenGloria HaydenCommunity CentreCommunity Centre

REGULAR HOURSMonday to Friday8:30 a.m. to Noon

1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.CLOSED during the lunch hour

Saturday & SundayNoon to 5:00 p.m.

For bookings callFor bookings call306-786-1776306-786-1776

✦ Eavestrough ✦ Vinyl Siding ✦ Window/Door Capping ✦ PVC Windows ✦ Soffi t/Fascia

130 Livingstone St.Yorkton, SK

Ph: (306) 786-7055Cell: (306) 621-2236

everlasteavesandext@accesscomm.ca

107 Broadway St. W.Yorkton, SK

Phone

306-783-4212or

306-641-5224email:

s.chupa@remco-memorials.cawww.remco-memorials.ca

CrystalShore

Massagehas

relocated to60 - 5th Ave. N.

Yorkton

306.782.0417

MID CITYMID CITYSERVICESERVICE

65 Broadway St. E.Yorkton

306-783-3181

BG Denture Clinic Creating

Beautiful Smiles For Over35 Years

46 Broadway St. E.(Next to Cornerstone Credit Union)

Yorkton, Sask.306-783-6350

www.thecaringteam.com

MOONLIGHT MADNESSMOONLIGHT MADNESS

FRIDAY NOVEMEBER 28THFRIDAY NOVEMEBER 28TH 1010AM to AM to 1010PMPM

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Winter Wonderland Holiday Shopping

November 28th—Moonlight Madness November 29th—10-6pm, Treat Stations Thursdays, 6-8pm and Saturdays, 10-5pm, Treat Stations

DECEMBER’S CALENDAR

Winter Wonderland Holiday Shopping

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1 DAY 1 DAY ONLY!ONLY!Friday, Nov. 288 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Colette’s Colette’s Sewing Machines Sewing Machines PlusPlus206 Smith St. E., Yorkton, SK • 306-782-3520

Janome GemGold1 ONLY1 ONLY

$$1491490000

DOORDOORCRASHERCRASHER

Janome Felting Machine1 ONLY1 ONLY

$$89890000

DOORDOORCRASHERCRASHER

“NEW”“NEW” Janome Skyline S5 Janome Skyline S5• 170 stitches • Automatic thread tension• 9mm stitch width • Auto thread cutter• Large sewing surface • Much more!

MSRP $1799.00MSRP $1799.00

SALESALE$$129912990000

Janome SUV1122Janome SUV1122• 22 stitches includinga one-step buttonhole

MSRP $449.00MSRP $449.00

SALESALE$$2492490000

Janome DC6030Janome DC6030• Computerized sewing machine

• 30 built-in stitches• LCD display • Hard cover

• Large extension

MSRP $899.00MSRP $899.00

SALESALE$$5495490000

Babylock Unity Sewing & Babylock Unity Sewing & Embroidery MachineEmbroidery Machine

1 ONLY - Floor Model• LCD color touch screen • Sensor pen

• USD drive • 573 built-in stitches• 266 built-in embroidery designs

MSRP $8999.00MSRP $8999.00

SALESALE$$499949990000

Babylock Tiara Quilting MachineBabylock Tiara Quilting Machine1 ONLY - Floor Model

• 16” workspace• Adjustable table included

• LCD touch screen

MSRP $5499.00MSRP $5499.00

SALESALE$$459945990000

Janome 625EJanome 625E• 23 stitches includinga one-step buttonhole

MSRP $799.00MSRP $799.00

SALESALE$$3493490000

Janome EC30Janome EC30• Decor computerized sewing machine

• 30 built-in stitches

MSRP $849.00MSRP $849.00

SALESALE$$4694690000

Many More

Machine

Specials

All Quilting Cottons(excluding Basics and backings)Reg. $14.98 - $16.98 .........................SALE $9.98/mFlannellette Reg. $6.98m .............SALE $4.98/mQuilting Patterns ...........................50% OFFMettler Thread .............Buy 1 Get 1 FREESelected Store Samples ...............50% OFF

Books ............................................. $3.00 EachScarf Yarn .....................Buy 1 Get 1 FREEBatting 96” wide ....................................$9.98/mMarathon EmbroideryThread ............................Buy 1 Get 2 FREEFat Quarters ..................................$2.00 Each

AND MUCH MUCH MORE