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VOLUME 8 EDITION 23 THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 2021 [email protected] www.expressweeklynews.ca SERVING LUNDAR, ASHERN, ERIKSDALE, MOOSEHORN, FISHER BRANCH, RIVERTON, ARBORG, GIMLI, WINNIPEG BEACH, ARNES, MELEB, FRASERWOOD WB20XT Water Pump 2” Easy Start 3 year warranty $45900 EU3000is Inverter Generator Electric Start 3 year warranty $244900 WB30XT Water Pump 3” Easy Start 3 year warranty $73900 EU2200i Inverter Generator 2200 watts Quiet 3 year warranty $134900 Stand strong SHACHTAY SALES & SERVICE EXPRESS PHOTO BY ANDREW MARSH Arborg, MB Pearl Henry from Roseau River Anishinaabe First Nation performed a healing Jingle Dress Dance on June 4 at the 204-376-5233 People’s Medicine Garden in Selkirk with hand drum singer, Mike Esquash Sr., a knowledge keeper from Swan Lake First Nation and lead singer with Spirit Sands Singers. > everything you need to know in your locally owned and operated community newspaper Step out of the heat and into the fi re!!! Enjoy this BBQ season with a new Barbeque. Sterling Broil-King Huntington 2 Burner Huntington 3 Burner Crown 390 SQ IN 3 Burner 625 SQ IN 25000 BTU 40000 BTU 420 Propane Black Lot 1, Hwy 17 S, Fisher Branch, MB Black Propane Propane Barbecue BBQ Propane BBQ 204-372-8501 BBQ Cart Cart 2 The Express Weekly News Thursday, June 10, 2021 Children lost to residential schools remembered By Nicole Brownlee nized anything, I just did Over two hundred pairs of shoes line the stone what I felt in my heart, path near the Anishnaabe Mashkiki Gitigaan (The and this amazing com- People’s Medicine Garden) in Selkirk. munity showed what Each empty pair contributes to the memorial site was in their hearts as for the 215 children whose remains were found at well.” the former residential school in Tk’emlúps te Sec- The shoes will be do- wépemc near Kamloops, B.C., also known as the nated around June 7 af- Kamloops Indian Residential School. ter the sacred medicines Julie St. Croix felt the need to create the demon- of tobacco, sage, sweet- stration on the evening of May 29. grass and cedar, will be “I had an incredible urge suddenly come over me placed in the medicine to follow suit with the demonstration at The Forks,” garden. said Julie St. Croix. St. Croix said she of- She was heartbroken to hear how the children’s fers sincere condolences remains were found and disregarded, she added. to the families of all the Michelle Faith and Shelby Sinclair placed chil- children lost to the resi- dren’s shoes at the Oodena Circle at The Forks on dential school system. A memorial site May 29. The shoes were moved to the Manitoba The Mashkawigaaba- remembering the Legislature building the following day. wid Abinoojiiyag- Stand 215 children whose St. Croix reached out to the community by posting Strong Children mural remains were found at on the Buy Nothing Project Selkirk Facebook page on 260 Superior Ave., the former residential to fi nd the best location. She was met with immedi- which commemorates school in Tk’emlúps ate support from some group members and within the history and legacy of te Secwépemc near hours picked up 38 pairs of shoes, said St. Croix. residential schools, will Kamloops, B.C., After placing the shoes with fl owers, St. Croix and be added to this month also known as the her friend encouraged people to visit the space to to include an element Kamloops Indian add additional pairs quietly. about the uncovering Residential School “[Also, to] take a moment to remember the lost of the 215 children’s re- has been set up at little ones, as well as the ones who came home with mains, said Jeannie Red the People’s Medicine horrifi c traumas which have been unintentionally Eagle, who contributed Garden in Selkirk. passed down through generations,” said St. Croix. to the artwork. By the following day, 80 pairs of shoes lined the “These are historical path. By late afternoon, there were 203. times in that the truth has been uncovered through Elder Wally Richard smudged and performed a evidence of what we as Indigenous people have al- small Pipe Ceremony at the site on May 30. ways been saying regarding our horrifi c experienc- “It has grown so much,” said St. Croix. “That es of the residential school system,” said Red Eagle. [sheds] a small amount of light for the people af- A National Indian Residential School Crisis Line EXPRESS PHOTO BY ANDREW MARSH fected and people who did not know or understand has been set up to support former residential school Pearl Henry from Roseau River Anishinaabe before.” students and those affected. To access this help, call First Nation performed a healing Jingle Dress “I’m truly amazed at how quickly and effi ciently 1-866-925-4419. Dance to honour the 215 children whose Selkirk made this happen. I don’t feel like I orga- remains were found earlier this month. Upgrades to Gimli Recreation Centre, new businesses approved in Gimli By Patricia Barrett will include parking lot safety repairs, HVAC up- -Gimli council approved a home business opera- The province is paying for upgrades to the Gimli grades and accessibility upgrades. tion called Boomer’s Funny Farm during a May 26 Recreation Centre in exchange for the municipality The spokesperson didn’t say exactly how much public hearing. The farm is located at 18064 Gimli letting it use the building as a COVID-19 vaccina- the upgrades will cost. Park Road, near the Industrial Park. Owners Janet tion super site. “Additionally, these upgrades will greatly benefi t and Jon Thordarson will be offering tours of their Council had passed a resolution last month enter- the residents of Gimli and area for decades,” the hobby farm, which includes chickens, ponies and a ing into an agreement with the provincial govern- spokesperson told the Express by email. “The costs donkey named Boomer. Reservations can be made ment. of supersite upgrades are funded by the province as via Facebook. Revenues for the recreation department for the part of the fi ght against COVID-19.” -Gimli council approved the set-up of a home fi scal period ending April 30 were $14,973.83, ac- The government entered into “various leases” with hairstyling business in the Odin Green residential cording to a summary the RM posted online. There landlords across the province to set up vaccination subdivision, south of Gimli, despite an objection were no funds generated by the outdoor pool, the super sites, the spokesperson said. from neighbouring homeowners about a commer- pub above the ice rink and from sports fi elds. The “Each site was unique and some required modi- cial enterprise in a residential area and a potential RM spent $138,402.65, the majority of that on main- fi cations for use as a fi xed vaccination clinic which for increased traffi c. taining the arena and the indoor ice which was pe- may have included electrical, mechanical, IT and in- Loretta Penner will set up a year-round hairstyling riodically shut down because of high COVID case terior fi t-up work,” said the spokesperson. “This was service at 277 Waterfront Drive. Her hours will be numbers. The overall loss was $123,428.82. in order to ensure the site would function well as a Monday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. In a submission A provincial government spokesperson said two clinic and meet Public Health requirements.” to council, Penner said the increase in traffi c will be weeks ago the government will be spending more “negligible” and that there’s plenty of parking at than $123,000 for the rec centre’s upgrades, which Other council news: the residence. The Express Weekly News Thursday, June 10, 2021 3 ‘It gave me hope’: Grand Beach rescue a display of humanity By Iris Dyck ond daughter, also on an infl atable Blake Morden was gardening at his ring, out of her father’s reach and into cabin when a man approached him, the deep water. panicked. The father could only watch as his He told Morden he’d just run from little girl was swept away. Grand Beach where two children on Lefort could hear him screaming, infl atables were drifting off into Lake “‘I’m sorry! I’m sorry! Someone help Winnipeg. The wind was strong, the me!’” water was cold, and no one had a boat Lefort ran into the water and swam to save them. toward the girl. Another bystander Morden, a nurse in his 50s and for- (Jason Cherewayko) down the beach mer lifeguard, scanned the water did the same. After about 15 minutes, from his lakefront lot. the man reached the girl, and Lefort “I could see, oh yeah, there’s trou- swam back to the beach. But when ble,” he said. she looked back at them, something An avid paddler, Morden’s kayak didn’t feel right. was on its wheeled cart outside. He’d “We’re looking, and he’s going fur- gone on a three-hour excursion ear- ther with her,” she said.

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