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Bones fly for a cause in Rabbit Lake

From left: Jasen Lolhndorf, Ray Boldt, Trudy Boldt, and David Kowerchuk of Dead Bones being presented with their prize for winning the A finals by Marlene Martens. Story & more photos on page 2

As businesses in the Shellbrook and Spiritwood areas — and across Saskatch-ewan — begin to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, difficult decisions are being made.

To safeguard the health of their em-ployees and their customers, some busi-nesses are reducing hours or closing their doors to the public and offering curb-side pickup or delivery services. Other busi-nesses, meanwhile, have been left with no choice but to suspend operations and layoff staff.

During these challenging times, the team behind the Shellbrook Chronicle

and Spiritwood Herald will remain stead-fast in its commitment to delivering the news to the communities that it serves.

However, as small-town newspapers that rely on local advertisers and events to be able to publish every week, the Shell-brook Chronicle and Spiritwood Herald haven’t been immune to the economic hardships brought on by COVID-19.

To ensure that we can continue to bring you the news every week, we have closed our Shellbrook office to the public for the foreseeable future. This decision has been made to protect the health of our staff, as well as the health of our readers

and customers.Also, effective this week (with the

March 26 edition), the Shellbrook Chron-icle and Spiritwood Herald will be pub-lishing as a single newspaper. This deci-sion will allow us to reduce the cost of publishing the newspapers from week to week, making it easier for us to weather the financial challenges that COVID-19 is presenting to all Saskatchewanians.

While our readers and customers won’t be able to visit us in person, we remain open for business and only a phone call or an email away.

If you’ve got news to submit to us, call

us at 306-747-2442 or email chnews@sb-chron.com.

For advertising purposes, call us (same number) or email chads@sbchron.com.

A final reminder: if you’re self-isolat-ing, at risk, or uncomfortable coming to pick up the newspaper, both the Shell-brook Chronicle and Spiritwood Herald are published online. And, like the print editions, they’re free to access.

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Bones fly for a cause in Rabbit LakeContinued from 1

Rabbit Lake is home to a charming little retire-ment home commonly referred to as the Rose Gill Lodge. The town occasionally hosts fund-raisers to bring in some money to keep the place staffed and running.

On March 14 the town hosted their Bunnock tournament, which drew

10 teams out for a few games of bones.

The kitchen was run-ning, with burger and chili sales as well as some homebaked goodies. The atmosphere was light-hearted and fun as teams bumped elbows instead of shaking hands in light of concerns surrounding the Covid-19 outbreak. The bathrooms were

clean out of soap by the end of the day.

The bones started fly-ing around 10:30 a.m. and stopped just short of 4 a.m. The tournament had three pools with all teams starting in the A pool. Losing one game would send the team into the B pool, another loss into the C, and a third loss would mean elimi-nation. All ages were out playing and team names ranged, from straightfor-ward to creative.

Squaring up in the A side finals were Dead Bones, David Kower-chuk, Jasen Lolehndorf, Trudy Boldt, and Ray Boldt against the Troy Moore Team with Troy Moore, Duane Goller, Amanda Moore, and Jaeger Moore. The Dead Bones came out ahead and took the top prize of $60, while Troy’s team went home with $40.

The B side finals saw The Virus, Donny Wright, Jeff Hrynewich, and Raya Hrynewich take on Fred’s Team, Fred Walter, Marlene Walter, Sanale Andebor, and Ali Sullivan. Fred’s Team came out ahead and took the bragging rights, since the cash prize was the same even $40.

The C side finals had PRSS, Margaret Siegel, David Siegel, Ken Rog-ers, and Don Petersen matched up against the Bunnock Bunnies, Marc Vallee, Karen Vallee, Da-

vid Rodh, and Crystal Wright. The Bunnock Bunnies were victorious, taking home the $20 prize and sending PRSS home with nothing.

Marlene Martens pre-sented teams with their prize money to close out the day, before everyone went on their way.

From left: Ali Sullivan, Sanale Andebor, Marlene Walter, and Fred Walter of Fred’s Team being presented with their prize for winning the B finals by Marlene Martens.

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Public Notice – RM of LeaskPublic notice is hereby given that the Council of the RM of Leask intends to consider the adoption of two bylaws under The Planning and Development Act, 2007. The RM will establish a new Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw.Intent: The proposed Official Community Plan bylaw will establish municipal land use policies, goals and objectives for the RM. The proposed Zoning Bylaw will implement land use regulations, establish zoning districts, prescribe permitted and discretionary uses within each zoning district, establish a development permit process, prescribe a process for appeals and provide a provision for amendments.Affected Land: The proposed bylaws will affect all land within the incorporated area of the RM.Reason: The Official Community Plan will provide the RM with direction on development decisions and municipal goals. The Zoning Bylaw will help direct and manage growth and development within the RM.Public Inspection: Any person may inspect the proposed bylaws and associated maps at the RM office during normal office house. Copies of the bylaws are available at cost. The bylaws and associated maps are also posted on the RM’s website at www.rmleask.ca.Public Hearing: Council will hold a public hearing on May 6, 2020 at 1:00 pm. The public hearing will be held at the RM office. Any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaws is welcome to attend or to submit comments prior to the meeting. Council will consider all comments received.The RM will continue to monitor the challenges with the COVID-19 situation and provide notification if rescheduling is required.Issued at the RM of Leask 19/March/2020Judy DouglasChief Administrative Officer

TOWN OF SPIRITWOODPUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Spiritwood intends to adopt a bylaw under the Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw 486/13, known as the Zoning Bylaw.INTENTThe proposed Zoning Bylaw amendment will:

• Add crematoriums and associated development standards as a discretionary use in the M1 – Industrial District in the Town of Spiritwood.

REASONThe reason for the amendment is to:

• Facilitate crematoriums in the Town of Spiritwood.PUBLIC INSPECTIONAny person may inspect the bylaw at the Town Office, located at 212 Main Street, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM on Monday to Thursday, and 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM on Friday, excluding statutory holidays. Copies of the bylaw are available at the Town Office at a cost of $5.PUBLIC HEARINGCouncil will hold a public hearing on April 14th, 2020 at 6:30 pm at the Town Office by teleconference to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Please call 306-883-2161 to make arrangements. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing or delivered to the undersigned at the Town Office before the hearing.Issued at the Town of Spiritwood this 19th day of March, 2020.Rhonda Saam, Chief Administrative Officer

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From left: Karen Vallee, Marc Vallee, David Rodh, and Crystal Wright of the Bunnock Bunnies being presented with their prize for winning the C finals by Marlene Martens.

Many visited over coffee and homemade treats in between games.

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Town, R.M. offices close to public amidst COVID-19Ratepayers who live in

the Shellbrook Chronicle and Spiritwood Herald’s coverage area, and have questions for their munic-ipalities or rural munici-palities, will have to get those questions answered over the phone or through email for the foreseeable future.

With COVID-19 spread-ing across Saskatchewan, all village, town, and R.M. offices have closed to the general public. Some of those closures are slated to last two weeks, while others are indefinite .

Starting in Shellbrook, the town of Shellbrook closed all of its facilities throughout the week last week, including the town office. Though the town office is closed to the pub-lic, staff will be on-hand during regular business hours.

During this time, the town will not accept cash payments. Any pay-ments can be made via cheque sent through mail or dropped in the box at the front door, through

online banking, or via e-transfer to townoffice@townofshellbrook.ca.

Occupying the same building as the Town of Shellbrook, the R.M. of Shellbrook has also closed to the general public with staff still answering calls from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Payments can be made in the same manner, with e-transfers going to rm493@sasktel.net.

Through a special meeting of council on March 16, the town of Spiritwood closed down

all municipal facilities, in-cluding the town office, to the public. Staff will still be answering emails and phone calls during regu-lar business hours, and no essential services will be interrupted.

Similarly, the R.M. of Spiritwood has closed its office doors to the public. While most staff has been sent home to protect em-ployee health, municipal staff will still be in the of-fice during regular busi-ness hours. The R.M. also says that measures have

been taken to ensure that services aren’t adversely affected.

In the town and R.M. of Big River, all municipal buildings have been shut down indefinitely, includ-ing the arena, community centre, library, senior’s centre, centennial build-ing, and the town and R.M. offices. Both offices remain open during regu-lar business hours to an-swer questions via phone call or email.

Just a little ways south, the village of Debden has chosen to close all mu-nicipal buildings, includ-ing the village office, for a period of two weeks (from March 16 to March 30). Staff will remain in the office during regular business hours.

In the village of Can-wood, all recreational buildings have been

closed and any scheduled activities at the facilities have been postponed. The village office has also been closed to the public until further notice, with staff still working during regular business hours.

The R.M. of Canwood, meanwhile, closed its doors to the public ef-fective March 18. As with other offices, staff will still be available via phone or email during regular business hours.

Moving to the village of Leask, all municipal buildings, including the village office, have been closed for a minimum of two weeks. All services continue to operate as usual, and the adminis-trator will be in the vil-lage office during regular business hours.

The R.M. of Leask’s of-

fice closed as of March 18, with staff available during business hours to answer questions or con-cerns.

The village of Marcelin was scheduled to close its office to the public on Tuesday March 24, but will remain open for day-to-day operations during regular business hours.

Finally, the town and R.M. of Blaine Lake closed their offices and all local facilities to the public early last week. Both offices remain open during regular business hours to answer rate-payers’ phone calls and emails.

For more information about hat your commu-nity is doing, contact your municipality or R.M. via phone or email, or visit their website.

Though people are being encouraged to stay home, and some businesses have been ordered to close their doors, it was still pretty much business as usual on Shellbrook’s Main Street Monday afternoon.

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OPINIONOPINIONBudget estimates lack

COVID-19 relief measuresGiven the current

state of the world — and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the prov-ince — no one would have minded if the Sask. Party decided to delay tabling its 2020-2021 budget.

With COVID-19 fi-nally beginning to spread through Sas-katchewan, life is going to be unpredictable for the foreseeable future (some experts estimate that certain precautions against COVID-19 will have to be kept in place for more than a year, to pre-vent any rebounds in transmission of the virus from occurring before large stocks of vaccine are available to immunize the public).

And, as we all know, uncertainty and fiscal forecasting don’t mix well in the most stable of times.

So kudos to the Sask. Party government for sticking to its guns and providing a sense of normalcy in these tur-bulent circumstances, even if the rough bud-get estimates provided by Finance Minister Donna Harpauer end up being completely in-accurate.

Odds are the num-bers will need to be revisited and revised in the coming weeks to

address COVID-19, and they’ll look nothing like what actually appears in the full 2020-2021 budget docu-ment.

But they’re a starting point, and Harpauer says that was precisely the idea.

“If we didn’t proceed with ta-bling the estimates, we wouldn’t be able to move ahead with any of

these new spending initiatives or stimulus as we start the new fiscal year,” she said in a statement. “So we need to move forward with the estimates now.”

With spending roughly pegged at $14.15 billion (a 3.1 per cent in-crease over 2019-2020), the pro-vincial government’s 2020-2021 estimates call for spending in-creases in health care, education, social services and infrastructure.

Healthcare, of course, is top of everyone’s minds at the moment, and $5.77 billion of the govern-ment’s total expenditures will fall under that umbrella. That’s a re-cord investment, and an increase of $211 million, or 3.8 per cent, over last year.

Of that spending, $3.74 billion goes to the Saskatchewan Health Authority to fund the doctors, nurses and other healthcare pro-fessionals who are on the front lines of the province’s healthcare system.

“We have a very strong cash po-sition of $1.3 billion, so we are well positioned to manage through this challenging time, and are able to provide additional resources to address the health and economic challenges of COVID-19 as re-quired,” Harpauer said.

But Premier Scott Moe has al-ready signalled that his govern-ment is willing to do what it takes — yes, even go into a dreaded defi-cit — to help Saskatchewanians through the uncertainty they’re facing.

And it’s hard to interpret his government’s plan to invest an ad-ditional $400,000 into the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Organiza-tion (VIDO) as anything but a di-rect response to COVID-19.

Those funds will support the

construction of a new vaccine manufacturing facility, and, while that may not help halt the spread of COVID-19, it will most certainly prove invaluable whenever the next pandemic rears its ugly head.

Beyond healthcare, education spending receives a modest boost of $86 million to climb to $2.57 bil-lion for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. But with schools closed indefinite-ly, funds could perhaps be freed up from the budget to help address COVID-19.

Social Services spending is also forecast to increase this year, ris-ing by $50.6 million to $1.29 bil-lion. But behind healthcare, this portfolio is the most likely to ex-perience drastic changes as more COVID-19 cases crop up across the province.

And let’s not kid ourselves, more cases will keep cropping up in Sas-katchewan for as long as it takes people to start taking this virus, and the simple measures to pre-vent its spread, seriously.

Knowing this, and having seen how layoffs and job losses are start-ing to sweep across the country, it

was odd not to see any specific CO-VID-19 funds or relief measures in last Wednesday’s budget estimates.

Last week, Prime Minister Jus-tin Trudeau’s federal government introduced $82 billion worth of re-lief measures to assist Canadians who have been impacted by the pandemic.

Those measures, including a 10 per cent wage subsidy that pays out up to $25,000 to eligible small businesses (or $1,375 per employ-ees) and the removal of EI restric-tions, were applauded, but seen, even then, as too little too late.

The clock is ticking for Mr. Moe and his Sask. Party government to take decisive action, and introduce relief measures to match Ottawa’s.

The coming weeks will be a true test of Mr. Moe’s promise that his government would do “whatever it takes” to help Saskatchewanians through this pandemic.

But if the measures unveiled Friday, including a $900 Self-Iso-lation Support Program for people not covered by Ottawa’s supports, are anything to go by, we shouldn’t hold our breath.

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Dear editor,I thank those people who are taking the spread of COVID-19

seriously and are self isolating. As of last August I have been compromised with a rare disease. Even a common cold can be disastrous for me. Providing I

continue progress I will have 18 more months of isolation.It is important for people such as myself that you continue

your vigilance so my husband can continue to occasionally go for groceries.

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Medstead Leisure Life Club hosts March meeting

Wapiti’s Canwood Library Branch’s Friday afternoon Kids’ Club welcomed pilot, airplane mechanic, and Canwood resident Bill Adrian on March 6.

The kids heard Eleanor (Moline) Sin-clair’s recollection of her first airplane flight and emergency landing with Bill some 60 years ago, and read from Deana Driver, and contributors, newly published book Flight Stories of Cana-dian Aviation Volume 1.

Bill was impressed with the ques-

tions the students asked. When Elisha Johnson heard that Bill and his family loved to play music together, she picked up her violin, which she had brought from her music lesson, and played a tune for everyone.

Bill left with several handcrafted airplanes created by the students dur-ing the presentation. Students realized that they, too, could become authors or even airplane pilots, if that was their dream.

The Medstead Leisure Life club held their monthly meeting on March 2, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. Our birthday recipients for March were Fern Moen (left), and Louise Casson. Congratulations to both ladies, and a special congratulations to Louise Casson who has reached a milestone of 90 years. We hope she will celebrate many more with us.

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NDP calls for support for small businesses, self-employed people

NDP Finance Critic Trent Wother-spoon is calling on the provincial govern-ment to rapidly expand support for small businesses and self-employed individu-als affected by COVID-19 to assist them in doing what’s necessary to limit the spread.

“Small businesses are the heart of our communities and key drivers of our economy. These local leaders are faced with incredible hardship with this un-precedented situation,” said Wother-spoon. “We need to urgently act to sup-port entrepreneurs and local businesses to ensure that they and their employees can get through this terribly difficult time and so that they are in a position to rebuild when we come through this, not permanently shuttered.”

Specifically, Wotherspoon called for the government to immediately imple-ment the following:

• Introduce grants and interest-free loans to small businesses to help them deal with serious cash flow issues be-

cause of devastated revenues;• Introduce changes to the regula-

tion of business leases and mortgages, to allow lease and mortgage payments to be temporarily deferred for up to six months;

• Introduce temporary new protections for small businesses to allow for deferred payments on equipment, vehicle, and other term contracts for up to six months;

• Expand the support announced yesterday for self-employed people, in-cluding those in the creative and cul-tural economy such as performers, art-ists, photographers and musicians, by broadening the eligibility beyond those required to self-isolate to include those who have lost their income because their contracts and clients have cancelled.

Wotherspoon was joined by Regina small business owners Nicolette and Ni-cole Hunter, who want to see action from the government to relax lease and mort-gage obligations for small businesses.

“As business owners we are being

asked by our landlords to go on as ‘busi-ness as usual’ when it’s anything but business as usual,” said Nicolette Hunter. “All businesses want to help keep CO-VID-19 infections at a manageable level so that frontline healthcare workers are not overwhelmed. We can only do our part by minimizing hours, minimizing interactions with social distancing and staying home, but that means we are los-ing revenue.

“That’s why we are calling for a plan to reduce our overhead, including pay-ments to landlords, so that when we all come out of the thick of this, businesses are able to pick up where they left off without further harming Saskatchewan’s economy.”

Wotherspoon welcomed the govern-ment’s announcement that a business re-sponse unit would be established, as well as the ability to defer utilities and some remittances to government. These were measures that he, along with local busi-nesses, had been calling for.

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Ag sector keeps moving through COVID-19If there has ever been

any doubt that the mar-ketplace for agriculture products can change overnight, it has cer-tainly been reaffirmed over the last week or 10 days.

On March 11, the FCC Young Farmer Summit was held in Yorkton, where Craig Klemmer, Principal Agricultur-al Economist at Farm Credit Canada, gave some insights into what he saw in terms of the ag markets, which he admitted were volatile based on a number of factors.

That day COVID-19 was of course on the minds of people, the event host suggesting people not shake hands as a precaution.

Klemmer too, of course mentioned that the World Health Or-ganization had just la-belled COVID-19 a pan-demic. He also noted how the National Bas-ketball Association was talking about the poten-tial of playing games in empty arenas as a safety measure.

Within hours the im-pacts Klemmer might have imagined were

about as out-dated as the horse-drawn plow.

The NBA had put its season on hold, which was followed quickly by the National Hockey League and virtually every other professional

sport in Canada and the United States.

Then came junior and minor hockey seasons ,shut down for the sea-son in Canada.

And, around the world, most sport venues had turned off their lights in the face of concerns over the spread of COVID-19.

Sports of course are just a very visible exam-ple of the efforts being made to curb the spread of the disease. Travel has been restricted, schools closed, larger gather-ings banned, bars and theatres told to close, all moves from various ju-

risdictions in response to the continued spread.

How will this all play out for agriculture?

That is yet to be deter-mined for these are quite clearly unprecedented circumstances, but it will mean volatility.

Still, in the end through any large scale disaster a constant is a need for food.

There will be pres-sures on the system to safeguard against COV-ID-19, but food will need to flow from the farm gate to the people, and that will be a focus one hopes not just here, but

around the world mov-ing forward.

The current situation is of course uncharted for most of us, although I suspect it is not so un-like some of the pres-sures faced by people in the 1930s and post the great wars in terms of uncertainty, and fear that many of us feel.

But, we can expect farmers in the field within a few weeks, and ranchers tending to their calves, as they al-ways have, growing the food that we will need through and post CO-VID-19.

CALVIN

DANIELS

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Calvin Daniels

On Agriculture

AGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE

Canadian agriculture crucial during COVID-19 crisisThe Agricultural Producers Association

of Saskatchewan (APAS) is calling atten-tion to the role that Canadian agriculture can and must play during the economic dis-ruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Saskatchewan farmers are not shutting down,” said APAS President and farmer Todd Lewis.

“Farm families are hard at work every day to ensure a stable supply of quality food for Canadian and international customers. People around the world will continue to rely on our products, and we will continue to operate while other sectors slow down. However, as an industry that supports one

in every eight Canadian jobs, farmers need assistance from governments and industry partners to make sure we can continue to do our jobs.”

Lewis pointed out that producers are fac-ing considerable uncertainty about cash flow heading into spring seeding.

“Our members are about to invest bil-lions of dollars into this year’s crop, and recent weather, trade, and transportation disruptions have stretched our financial ca-pacity to the limit. We need the government and financial industry to assist us to make that investment possible,” Lewis explained.

He welcomed the federal government’s

announcement of relaxation of regulations on financial institutions to increase liquid-ity and called for banks and credit unions to work with producers on cash flow issues.

Lewis also highlighted that many em-ployment opportunities will be available in agriculture this year.

“Many producers have relied on interna-tional seasonal labour to do essential work on Canadian farms, but it appears that workers may not be available this season due to border closures. People that have lost their jobs during the COVID-19 crisis need to be connected to agricultural work that urgently needs to be done. APAS and

other agricultural groups need to engage with everyone that can help connect poten-tial workers with employment opportuni-ties.”

Lewis concluded that APAS is also fo-cused on supply chain issues in transporta-tion and food processing.

“Whether it is transport of products to ex-port markets, or availability of farm inputs or processing capacity, Canadian farmers depend on a fully functional transportation and supply chain. For the sake of maintain-ing a stable food supply globally, we all have to ensure there are no further disruptions to Canadian agriculture.”

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Sask. Party tables 2020-2021 spending estimatesThough COVID-19 is currently cast-

ing a long shadow over the global economy, the Sask. Party government decided to push ahead with tabling its spending estimates for the 2020-2021 fiscal year last Week.

The estimates, provided in lieu of the provincial government’s full budget for the year, outline the Sask. Party’s planned expenditures, pegging overall spending at $14.15 billion — a 3.1 per cent increase from 2019-2020. This includes planned spending increases for healthcare, education, and social services.

However, due to the ongoing CO-VID-19 pandemic and the unknown impacts it will have on the province’s economy, the estimates don’t include any forecasts for revenues.

“This is an unprecedented and chal-lenging time in our province, our country and the world,” Finance Min-ister Donna Harpauer said while ta-bling the estimates.

“We are all feeling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our govern-ment’s first priority is the safety and health of Saskatchewan people. That is precisely why we need to proceed with these expenditures now, provid-ing stability and much needed new spending at the start of the fiscal year. It is particularly important our health

care funding flows and our infrastruc-ture investment is in place to help our economy,” she added.

Though COVID-19 was the driver be-hind the delivery of the truncated bud-get, the virus isn’t explicitly mentioned in any of the Sask. Party government’s spending estimates.

That said, Harpauer did note that the province is in a good financial situa-tion to address the pandemic.

“We have a very strong cash posi-tion of $1.3 billion, so we are well po-sitioned to manage through this chal-lenging time, and are able to provide additional resources to address the health and economic challenges of CO-VID-19 as required,” she said.

As always, healthcare is the largest piece of the provincial budget esti-mates, with spending forecast at $5.77 billion — an increase of $211 million, or 3.8 per cent, over last year.

The Saskatchewan Health Author-ity will take the lion’s share of those funds, receiving a $3.74 billion grant this year. That’s up by $140.6 mil-lion over 2019-2020, and the Sask. Party government says it will fund the healthcare workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis.

Elsewhere, the healthcare budget included $434.5 million for mental health and addictions supports and

services, an increase of $12 million over last year.

Some of those funds will go towards a specialized crystal meth inpatient treatment service in Estevan, while others will increase access to mental health and addictions treatment beds and supports, and others, still, will provide intensive supports for chil-dren and youth.

Other healthcare highlights include $20 million to reduce surgical wait times, $18.4 million for the Saskatch-ewan Cancer Agency, and $4 million for diagnostic imaging equipment (in-cluding a promised $2 million for a new CT scanner in Melfort).

In the education portfolio, the Sask. Party is pegging spending at $2.57 bil-lion, an increase of $86 million, or 3.5 per cent, over last year. Of this budget, the province’s 27 school division will receive $1.94 billion.

The government is also planning seven new school projects and three major renovations, which carry a com-bined estimated cost of $130.4 million.

Post-secondary education, mean-while, sees its funding increase by $11.2 million to $739 million. This, the government says, will “strengthen supports for students and graduates, including maintaining the Graduate Retention Program.”

On the social services front, the gov-ernment is anticipating spending of $1.29 billion, up $50.6 million, or 4.1 per cent, from 2019-2020.

This includes an additional $10.9 million for third-party service provid-ers, a $6.8 million increase for those who work with people with intellectual disabilities, and a $2.5 million bump for service providers supporting at-risk children, youth, and families.

“The 2020-21 Estimates continues investments in programs and initia-tives to ensure Saskatchewan is the best place in Canada to live for peo-ple with disabilities,” the government said.

To this end, the social services bud-

get forecasts $613 million in spending for enhanced cross-government pro-gramming and support for people with disabilities.

The social services budget also in-cludes $3.4 million to launch the new Saskatchewan Housing Benefit, which will make housing more affordable for those who require rental support.

In other spending estimate high-lights, the Sask. Party is forecasting $2.7 billion in capital investment, which it says will serve as an impor-tant economic stimulus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On the virus front, the estimates also include a $400,000 increase in fund-ing to the Vaccine and Infectious Dis-eases Organization (VIDO) to support construction of a new vaccine manu-facturing facility.

As promised by Premier Scott Moe at this year’s Municipalities of Saskatch-ewan Convention, municipal revenue sharing remains intact for 2020-2021. This year it will total $278 million, an increase of $27 million, or 11 per cent, over last year.

The estimates also include $213 mil-lion in targeted investment to help meet the priorities of Indigenous com-munities, businesses and organiza-tions — up $6.1 million, or nearly 3.0 per cent, from last year.

And, finally, the highways and in-frastructure portfolio is projected to receive $648 million to improve the safety and increase the capacity of the province’s highways. The government is expecting that more than 1,000 kms of highways will be upgraded this year.

In response to the Sask. Party gov-ernment’s spending estimates, Sask. NDP finance critic Trent Wotherspoon called for urgent financial support for those affected by COVID-19.

“We are facing a global health pan-demic that’s threatening the lives, live-lihoods, and economic foundations of the people of our province,” he said. “We need a plan for today, and we’ve yet to see that from this government.”

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Sask. introduces new COVID-19 measures, supportsWith Saskatchewan’s

COVID-19 cases having climbed to 66 from just six in the span of a week, the provincial government has declared a state of emergen-cy and introduced further restrictions on businesses and public gatherings across the province.

The additional measures, introduced on Friday, pro-hibit public gatherings of no more than 25 people in a single room, except where a distance of two metres can be maintained. Workplace and meeting settings split between multiple rooms and buildings are exempted, as are retail locations such as grocery stores, pharmacies and gas stations.

The government also ordered the closure of all nightclubs, bars, lounges, and similar establishments. Take out of alcohol and food products is still permitted, so long as two-metre dis-tancing is maintained be-tween customers.

Friday also saw all pri-mary and secondary schools closed indefinitely, and vis-its to long-term care homes, hospitals, personal care homes, and group homes re-stricted to family visiting for

compassionate reasons.In addition to the imme-

diate restrictions put into place on Friday, the province also announced measures that would come into effect as of Monday, March 23.

First, the government or-dered the closure of restau-rants, food courts, and other dining establishments. Res-taurants can still offer take-out, so long as two-metre distancing between custom-ers can be maintained dur-ing pick-up, drive-through services, and deliveries.

While most municipali-ties had already made the decision to close their own facilities, the measures also call for the closure of all rec-reation and entertainment facilities.

In a hit to businesses, the government ordered the clo-sure of personal service fa-cilities, including hairdress-ers, barbers, cosmetologists, and relaxation masseuses to name just a few. Meanwhile, dental, optometrist, chiro-practic, registered massage therapy and podiatry clinics must close, except for non-elective procedures.

Finally, daycares that are co-located with long-term care or personal care facili-

ties have been mandated to have segregated or private entrances to prevent contact between children and resi-dents.

Apart from the new mea-sures, restrictions, and clo-sures, the Saskatchewan government has also made mandatory the 14-day self-isolation for persons who have travelled internation-ally.

Anyone found to be violat-ing the self-isolation proto-col could face a fine of up to $2,000.

Premier introduces financial support planAmidst growing public

concern about the economic impact of COVID-19, the provincial government and Premier Scott Moe also used Friday to introduce a finan-cial support plan for Sas-katchewan employers and employees.

“During this time of great uncertainty, it is of the ut-most importance that Sas-katchewan people know their government is here to provide support,” Moe said in a statement. “This plan supports businesses and em-ployees. Most importantly, it supports the opportunity to come back to work when we

emerge from the COVID-19 crisis.”

Up first, the Self-Isolation Support Program will pro-vide $450 per week, for a maximum of two weeks or $900, to residents who are forced to self-isolate and aren’t covered by federal employment insurance pro-grams and other supports.

“The program is designed to ensure that all Saskatche-wan residents are covered by either a federal or provincial program to ensure no one is faced with choosing to work instead of protecting their family and community from COVID-19 by self-isolating,” the government said.

To be eligible for the pro-gram, a person must have contracted COVID-19, been in contact with an infected individual, and/or been re-quired to self-isolate. Ad-ditionally, they can’t be eligible for other compen-sation, including sick leave or vacation leave from their employment, they must not

have private insurance, and can’t be covered by federal programs such as employ-ment insurance.

Elsewhere, the financial supports included a six-month moratorium on stu-dent loan repayments. This mirrors a similar federal provision.

Targeting employers, the support plan also includes a three-month PST remit-tance deferral and a sus-pension of audits. This is to ensure that businesses maintain their cash flow, and to provide them relief from penalties and interest charges

Additionally, the govern-ment has made amend-ments to The Employment Standard Regulations to remove the 14-day notice or pay in lieu of notice require-ment for employers before they lay off employees, if it’s for a period of 12 weeks or less in a 16-week period.

Should the layoffs last for more than 12 weeks the em-

ployees are considered ter-minated and entitled to pay instead of notice, which will be calculated from the date on which the employee was laid off.

“These amendments cre-ate a balance for employers and employees where the difficult decision may be made to lay-off employees due to public health emer-gencies,” the government said. “In this circumstance, employees would have im-mediate access to new fed-eral employment insurance programs, while keeping employers financially stable to ensure employees have a job to return to.

Finally, the government is establishing a Business Response Team, which will work with businesses to identify the available pro-grams and supports that can meet the specific needs of their businesses.

For the latest informa-tion, visit saskatchewan.ca/covid19.

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SPIRITWOOD: Wapiti Regional Library - Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Wednesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm & Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pmLEOVILLE: Wapiti Regional Library - Wednesday 10 am - 4 pm; Thurs. 10 am - 3 pm (Storytime from 10:30 am to 11:30 am) SHELL LAKE: Wapiti Regional Library - Tues. 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Wed. 1 pm - 4 pm.

~BLAINE LAKE: Wapiti Library - Books, Movies, Magazines, Children’s Section, Inter-net, Printing, Study/Meeting Space, Proctor Service, Community Programming. Hours: Wednesday 12 pm - 6 pm; Friday 1 pm - 5 pm; Saturday 12 pm - 4 pm. Contact us for more info 306-497-3130, www.wapitilibrary.ca.CANWOOD: Canwood Branch of Wapiti Regional Library. Regular Library Hours - Tues. 10 am - 3 pm, Thurs. 10:00 am - 4 pm & Friday 1 - 5 pm. Storytime: Fridays 2 pm. Play cards the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2 pm. Crafter’s Choice the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at 10 am.DEBDEN: Wapiti Library hours: Monday 3 pm - 7 pm; Tuesday 11 am - 4 pm. Librar-ian: Aline HannonLEASK: Wapiti Library & Legacy Gallery Hours: Tuesday 10:30 am - 5 pm; Friday 10:30 am - 5 pm; Saturday 1 pm - 5 pm.MARCELIN: Wapiti Library is open Tues. 2 pm - 7 pm; Thur. 2 pm - 8 pm; Sat. 9 am - 2 pm. For information on all your library needs, please contact 306-226-2110.SHELLBROOK: Shellbrook Branch of the Wapiti Library located at 105 Railway Ave., West (Provincial building). Library Hours: Mon. 2 - 6:30 pm; Tues. 12 - 8 pm; Wed. 2 - 8 pm; Thur. 12 - 6:30 pm; Fri. 9 - 4 pm. Children’s Story Time: Fri. 10:30 am (Sept - June). SHELLBROOK: Shellbrook Theatre Movie Night has been cancelled until further notice.SHELLBROOK & AREA: Shellbrook & Area Food Bank is looking for the following items: canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned meats, coffee, toilet paper, cereal & pea-nut butter. Contact David Bodvarson at 306-747-7235 or bodvarson@sasktel.net or Linda Lundy at 306-960-6879.

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JANTZ, DianeDiane Beverley Jantz

(Dafoe) left us peace-fully on March 6, 2020 surrounded by her fam-ily, after an extended ill-ness. Diane was born 76 years ago in Canwood, SK.Diane was born 76 years ago in Canwood, SK. Remaining to miss her are: her loving hus-band of 57 years Stan; her son Carey; daughter Kim Peterson; grandson Lukas Peterson and his partner Bryanne Labbe; her sister Joanne Clau-sen, bother-in-law Ove Clausen and nephew Guy; her brother Dan Dafoe, sister-in-law Kathy and nephews Na-than and Adam; her brother Brad Dafoe and wife Deb; her sister-in-law Nel MacIntyre, brother-in-law John and nephews Vince and Dar-rell; her sister-in-law Hazel Fraser, brother-in-law Peter, nieces Lau-ra and Heather, nephew Robert; her nephews Vince, Lyle, Russell, and Murray Goodkey and their families. And an extended, loving family and friends (especially Pauline Cadieu and Bet-ty Tanaka).

Predeceased by her parents, whom she loved so much, Calvin Bernell Dafoe and Agnes Viola Dafoe; parents-in-law Agnes and Henry Jantz; Ruth and George Good-key; her grandparents, special aunts, uncles and cousins; and her close friend Sharon Big-gar (Warren).

Diane chose cremation and, per her request, no formal service will be held. Her family and friends will gather for a reflection of our love and lives with her, in

summer 2020 in Sas-katchewan. We are com-forted knowing that she is now resting in peace, is in the loving care of her family gone before her, and God. We know that she is watching over us for the rest of our lives.

Stan (Husband): When it was just the two of us, I always called her “Babe”. She was dedi-cated to her family - she was a great wife, mother and grandmother. Rest well. I love you, and will miss you.

Carey (Son): “In the name of common sense.” Berry picking. Paint-ing the new house with Aunt Jo Jo. Mad walks to Woolco. Coloured hankies in the breast pocket. Always sing-ing. Christmas eve. The BEST cooking and bak-ing. Bedtime stories. “It’s quiet time now.” I love you, Mommy.

Kim (Daughter): My Mommy had the best sense of humour, she instilled her sense of hu-mour into Lukas from the moment he was born. Teaching him to laugh hard and to spit. After I had my baby Lukas, I understood the depth of the love my Mommy had for Carey and I. She was the best Gma ever, lov-ing my son, infinity and beyond, she called him the “King”. In the last months she fought hard to stay with us, saying I’m so snoopy I want to see what you are all do-ing, she said I just want to be a fly on the wall. She told us before she left us, “I will be a fly on the wall so don’t swat any flies”. She didn’t want to leave “Daddy” alone. I will miss her so

much, she called me Kim Doll and loved one. She loved us all with such in-tense love. She loved her music and had a song for us all. The song that is running through my mind constantly, “I can tell by your eyes you’ve been crying forever,I don’t want to talk about it, how you broke my heart, if I stay here just a little bit longer, won’t you listen to my heart”… by Rod Stewart & Amy Belle. Mommy you have broken my heart. Your passing was “ a walking contradiction”: so happy for you to be at peace, so sad for us. We love you forever Mommy. Bye for now. Love Kim Doll, Norton and Isla.

Luke (Grandson): My Grandma was not just my Grandma: she was my hero and someone I have and will always cherish in my heart. Now I have to be honest, if you ever heard us mak-ing the sound “CAW” (which in our heads re-sembled a crow) it was most likely because you were playing cards and made the mistake of letting us be on a team. That was our version of table talk, and I do apol-ogize, but we were, most likely, cheating and win-ning. This did not teach me to cheat in order to win at all, we did it be-cause that was as much fun as playing the game of cards.

Grandma taught me how to skate along with many other things. My Grandma always pushed me to try things I had never heard of. When-ever Mom and I would go over to Grandma and Pa’s house I was al-ways greeted with hugs at the start, followed by Grandma telling me she had something new for me to try. We would both laugh uncontrolla-bly until I either figured her new idea out, or we both agreed that it may get us in trouble from Mom and Pa.

We shared a passion for sports; growing up, she cheered me on at whatever sport I was playing, but her favou-

rite to watch was hockey. She wanted me to play like Sydney Crosby but, sadly, I wasn’t blessed with the same goal scor-ing ability. So as Mom was turning to look away while there was a scrum, Grandma would be cheering me on as hard as she could.

I could go on and on about my Grandma, she will always live in my heart. I cannot help but wonder what she will have ready for me to try when I get to see her again. I love you with all my heart and soul Gma and miss you more than you will ever know.

Bryanne (our girlie girl): Grandma Jantz not only welcomed me into her home, she wel-comed me into her heart and made me a part of her family. I will be eter-nally grateful for the love she gave me; all the card games played with her and Pa; our trip to Saskatchewan; going for car rides, and just be-ing able to share my life with hers. Grandma’s beauty lives on through the most amazing family that she created and I am blessed with in my life. Because of Grandma I always left their house full of love, laughter, sto-ries, wisdom, food and butter. May she continue to guide me through my future, share in my suc-cesses, and support me in my failures. I love you Diane (Gma) Jantz.

Aunty Joanne (Aunty Jo Jo), Ove (Ovid), and Guy (Gus): Jo and Diane were together constantly growing up, and had the same friends. Diane’s friend, Pauline, remem-bers all the times they would laugh together and go out at Halloween.

Jo and Diane had a playhouse made out of an apple box. They also had a 10 lb honey pail. They were about 4 - 5 years old. They loved to pretend they were bak-ing cakes with mud etc. Viola (mother) had some laying hens, and she sold the eggs to make extra money. For about 3 - 4 days, the hens were not laying eggs and Vi-

ola could not figure out why . . . until she found the honey pail filled with eggs. The girls had been collecting them and us-ing them to bake their “cakes”. She took it quite well and told the not to do that anymore.

The girls loved to go on trips to Waskesiu. They had such good times taking the kids to ride on horses and look for bears.

There was a big leg-horn rooster. He was mean and acted like king of the castle. One day he took after Diane, knocked her down and started pecking at her. Viola caught the rooster and dumped him in and out of the water trough, and twisted his neck. When she let him go, he walked like a drunk. Jo thinks he was supper a few days later.

Diane loved animals and had a pig called Hungry, a calf called Pride, and a dog named Toby. Toby loved Diane and, if Joanne pushed Diane, he would bite Joanne in the butt.

Ove remembers the time Diane picked cran-berries and baked a pie for him and Stan. Unfortunately, she for-got to add the sugar. When Ove took a bite, he wasn’t expecting it to taste so sour and was so surprised because Diane always made the best pies.

There was the time when Stan and Diane came for a visit and they all sat outside drink-ing coffee (or beer). Ove had set up a hammock for Guy, but he was very leery about using it. Di-ane decided to give it a try. She insisted that she wanted to get into it, and after a few attempts she did. Unfortunately, it started swinging and it tipped over and she fell out. She hurt her back, but didn’t want to say anything. Eventually, she admitted she was hurting and asked Stan to take her home.

Diane loved country music and her favou-rite singer was Webb Pierce. When they were

younger, she and Diane would go to barn dances together.

Uncle Dan & Aunt Kathy: Picking blueber-ries and cranberries near Shellbrook, and keeping an eye out for the bears. The beautiful garden on the acreage with all of the lilies.

Dan remembers a time in the 60’s in down-town Canwood when some bullies stole his hat. When Diane heard about it, she tracked them down and made them give it back! Al-ways the “mighty mite”.

Diane would sing the line, “Daniel my broth-er” by Elton John when she walked by every now and then when we vis-ited.

Kathy was referred to as the “sister who mar-ried my brother”J.

We both remember her good cooking, hospi-tality and great love for us all.

Aunty Nell: When my Daddy brought our Mommy home to meet his family, my Aunty Nell shared that she hoped Mommy would be “the one”. One of her greatest goals was to live up to Grandma Jantz as a Grandma and, with Lukas, she absolutely did.

Donna Dodge (other child): Diane, thank you for being my best friend’s mom Y. I have so many memories of our time spent together to cher-ish. You loved me and my children like family, and for that I have been forever blessed. I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND ALWAYS!!!

Nathalie Rockefeller (part of the family): Di-ane, you were a light that was always shining. I’m going to miss shar-ing a glass of wine and laughter with you. Rest in peace.

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Virus casts pall on world of sportsSportsnet’s Jim Hughson

will be reduced to play-by-play of his son playing on the backyard trampoline. In mid-April, Jim Nantz of CBS will say “Hello Friends” and the only responses will be from the medical-mask-wearing neighbourhood couple he’s invited over for a cocktail and cookout. TSN play-by-play man Rod Black’s surname represents the colour of today’s sports world.

The haunting news came quickly on Thursday, March 12 — news that might have been more appropriate 24 hours later, Friday the 13th. Utah Jazz forward Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19, the official name for the worldwide pandemic, coronavirus, and while the Jazz-Thunder game was im-mediately cancelled just pri-or to tipoff, NBA commis-sioner Adam Silver almost simultaneously announced the postponement of the en-tire schedule.

The first domino had fallen.The National Hock-ey League did the same

the next day, as did Major League Baseball with its spring training and regu-lar season schedules. The NCAA’s biggest event, March Madness, was another virus victim and while basketball fans across North America lamented the loss of their favourite tournament, op-erators of Las Vegas sports books wept. The PGA Tour was the only thing operat-ing on that fateful Thursday, but after one round of the Players Championship and a Tour statement that the final three rounds would be played without fans, com-missioner Jay Monahan changed course later that day and said the tourna-ment had been cancelled, as well as the next three events. Masters officials waited 24 hours to use Friday the 13th to say their tournament — the first major of the season — would be postponed.

It was an Apocalyptic pe-riod in the world of sports. Gatherings of people in large, or even semi-large groups was not only being discouraged, but the sports

world was prohibiting it.Billions of dollars is or

will be lost as the world of sports ground to a halt. TV networks have no live prod-uct for who knows how long. Players will still be paid, in most cases, but popcorn sellers or ushers likely won’t. Revenues from a multitude of ancillary avenues imme-diately stopped.

It’s unprecedented. The resumption of play is un-known. Will there be league champions declared? Or will the history books show the 2020 season to be a washout, just like the list of Masters’ winners jumps

from 1942 to 1946 — Second World War bringing a halt to three years of competition.

Sports fans will survive. Let’s just hope everyone who contracts the coronavirus does too.

• NFL Memes, on Twit-ter: “ALERT: CDC officials have advised that wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey could protect you from coro-navirus after noticing last season that players wearing Eagles jerseys couldn’t catch anything.”

• Alan Shipnuck of golf.com, on the debate sur-rounding the Players and whether it should be accord-ed ‘fifth-major’ status: “Alas, some things are immutable: There are four seasons, four Beatles, four horsemen of the apocalypse, and only four major championships.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, suggest-ing Tom Brady could do anything he wants in the world of commerce, or foot-ball: “He could make Ben from Ben & Jerry’s an offer he couldn’t refuse and recast the ice cream powerhouse as

Tom & Jerry’s. He could re-vive ‘The Brady Bunch’ on ABC, getting Gronk acting work as the crazy neighbour next door.”

• Reader Kim Hemphill, of Virginia, with a question for Norman Chad: “Do you think the Astros have devel-oped a way to tip their batter off that he’s about to be hit by a pitch?”

• NOT SportsCentre, on Twitter: BREAKING: The NFL has announced it is cancelling the Detroit Lions. Roger Goodell: “It’s nothing virus related, we just felt it was a good opportunity to put them out of their mis-ery.”

• Headline at TheOnion.com: “Orioles suggest that MLB maybe consider can-celling entire season just to be totally safe.”

• Janice Hough of left-coastsportsbabe.com: “Now March Madness is can-celled. No, let me rephrase that: The NCAA basketball tournaments are canceled. We’re LIVING in March Madness.”

• Comedian Argus Hamil-

ton, on Twitter, on why Tom Brady might as well keep playing football at age 42: “He’s 35 years too young to run for president.”

• Omaha comedy writer Brad Dickson: “I was watch-ing TV tonight and it was nothing but disease, virus-es, quarantines — and that was the sports news.”

• Comedy writer Jim Barach: “The NBA has sus-pended its season because of coronavirus. This would really be a bad time to bring back the old slogan ‘NBA fe-ver...catch it!’”

• Mr. Anonymous on Twit-ter: “The National Lacrosse League joins the shutdown party. Sports networks furi-ously looking for taped darts and bowling matches to fill time slots.”

• From the New York Post: “The Braves pulled off an epic troll on the Astros; when the Astros took the field for spring training, the Braves played Ace Of Base’s ‘I Saw The Sign’.”

Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca

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Edith Allison (Bibby) O’Brien, 86, died on March 18, 2020 at The Woodlands at Furman, a retirement residence in Greenville, SC, af-ter a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born to Edna (Stansfield) Bibby and John Bibby on April

14th, 1933 in Shellbrook, Saskatchewan. She was preceded in death by her older brother Robert Bibby, her husband John Thomas O’Brien, her in-fant sister Joan and her parents. She is survived by her four sons: John Bibby O’Brien of Green-ville, NC; Robert Byron O’Brien (wife Kathryn Dey) of Greenville, SC; David Allen O’Brien (wife Megumi Kasuga, daughters Alexa Tamae Kasuga O’Brien-20, and Eleanor Harue Kasuga O’Brien-14) of Bellevue, WA; and Dean Thom-as O’Brien (wife Joelle Welling and son Wesley David O’Brien-17) of Cal-gary, Alberta; her broth-ers, Thomas Bibby and Allen Bibby, and numer-ous nieces and nephews

all of Canada.Edith O’Brien taught

piano for more than 50 years. She graduated from the Toronto Royal Conservatory of Music and continued her stud-ies in Vienna, Austria at the Hochschule für Musik. There she was introduced to her future husband, John Thomas O’Brien from Waco Tex-as, by classmate Zubin Mehta. John and Edith married in 1956 in Shell-brook, SK and from 1956-1961 resided in Waco, TX where she taught piano at the Methodist Children’s Home. From 1961-63 they lived in Princeton, NJ where John complet-ed his MM in Piano Ped-agogy at the New School for Music Study at West-minster Choir College.

Edith and John oper-ated a highly successful private piano studio in Elkhart, IN from 1963 to 1978, with a brief return to The New School where John was the Director of Teacher Training from 1968-70. In 1978 they moved to Columbus, GA where John became Professor of Piano at Co-lumbus State University and Edith maintained a private studio for over 30 years at Brookstone School. Over her long teaching career, she touched the lives of over a thousand children.

In her later years, she enjoyed traveling to such places as Nepal, Kenya, Japan, Singapore, Syd-ney, Prague, Vienna, Moscow, Poland, Hun-gary, Czech Republic,

Wales and the Canadian Artic, often with either her daughter-in-law Kathryn “Katie” Dey, one of her sons, or her broth-ers and sisters-in-law. In 1954 on the way to study in Vienna, Edith became the first of her family to return to Wales since the emigration of her grandparents in 1907. She returned in 2008 to celebrate the 101st an-niversary of the Bibby family immigration to Canada.

In her spare time Edith was an avid seamstress and made or altered hun-dreds of garments for family and friends. Hav-ing no girls of her own, she immersed herself in dressmaking for her two granddaughters, and be-fore that for her nieces.

Always an exceptional cook, Edith became an avid and highly skilled amateur gourmet, a skill she and John fostered for many years as members of their own gourmet club.

Following her death, a private ceremony was held for the immediate family. An event for ex-tended family is planned for Christmas holiday 2020. Condolences and remembrances may be sent to John B. O’Brien, 408 West 5th Street, Greenville, NC 27834 (obrienj@ecu.edu). Gifts and memorials may be made to the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), https://www.itk.ca/, a national organization that ac-cepts donations for Inuit in Canada.

OBITUARY~

Edith Allison O’Brien (née Bibby)April 14, 1933 - March 18, 2020

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The importance of growing food

By Patricia HanbidgeEvery year that we live

brings us new happenings. In January of 2020, the Inter-national Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organiza-tion (WHO) declared the out-break of a new coronavirus which caused a public health emergency of international concern. This triggered strict measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 which has impacted all of us. For me personally, it has meant that my days now include home schooling of my granddaugh-ter who is in grade one. For me professionally it has truly reaffirmed the importance of simple living which includes growing food.

For those of us who like to garden, we get pleasure from gardening as well as the bo-nus of great home-grown food. We may be tired of gardening by fall and appre-ciate how nice it is once the

frost comes and our outdoor gardening is complete, but come March we are missing the garden and what it gives to us. Thus, living in a climate that does not allow twelve months of growing outside means that for many months we need to either rely on what we have preserved, go to the grocery store to ensure we have a balanced diet or grow your own food indoors!

Remembering what plants need to grow will help us to determine how difficult it might be to grow food in the winter indoors. Plants need light, water, warmth, oxygen and food to grow. As we are in the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is a long way away from us in March so supple-mental light would be nec-essary in order to get good growth once your seeds begin to grow. Thus, if we choose to grow most anything other than sprouts, we would need to invest in a grow light.

Light is one of the most important factors to consider when growing plants in-doors. When choosing plants to grow this time of year to supplement your diet, think about the light that they need to thrive and ensure it is ap-propriately situated under your grow light. Follow the directions on the seed packet and remember that generally a seed is planted to the depth of the diameter of the seed. It is important to keep the media moist to ensure even germination so covering the pot with a plastic wrap until most of the seeds germinate is a good idea.

Once the seeds have mostly germinated, they will need to be put directly under the grow light to ensure the seedlings develop into strong, healthy plants. If you notice that your seedlings are tall and spindly, it is likely because they are not getting enough light. As the seedlings grow, gradu-

ally raise the light to coincide with their rate of growth.

Be innovative in what you wish to grow. Some good ideas include a variety of types of lettuce. They germi-nate quite quickly and can be harvested before too long, ensuring that you and those who are close to you can en-joy fresh lettuce rather quick-ly. Other ideas will depend on your palette but arugula, corn salad, greens like ama-

ranth, atriplex, beet, chard, choho, claytonia, cress, mi-buna, mustard and kale are all fun to grow and great to eat!

Enjoy the time you have been granted to be less busy with some of the regular life things you might usually be doing. Grow some food, en-rich the life of children who now are not attending school with life skills that will serve them well for their entire life.

Teach them how to grow food and build our world into a better more sustainable place tomorrow and after COV-ID-19.

Hanbidge is the Lead Hor-ticulturist with Orchid Hor-ticulture. Find us at www.orchidhort.com; by phone at 306-931-4769; by email at info@orchidhort.com; on facebook @orchidhort and on instagram at #orchid-hort.

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