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SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 2 2 COMMUNITY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 Syrian family thriving thanks to Ministerial Refugee Committee
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A warm initial welcome and continued support has allowed the Alrahhal family to contact us build a successful new life in Swift Current. The second Syrian refugee family to • Phone: 306-773-9321 come to Swift Current, and the rst spon- • Fax: 306-773-9136 sored by the Swift Current Area Ministerial • 30 4th Avenue NW Refugee Committee, continues to integrate Swift Current, SK, S9H 0T5 themselves into the community thanks to the helping hand rst provided by the • www.swbooster.com committee. e 13-member family had been living in advertising sales a refugee camp, with few sponsoring com- mittees willing to sponsor such a large Kara Stephanson, family, before Swift Current’s committee agreed to bring them to Canada. sales manager, 306-770-2223 And now that their formal year long - [email protected] nancial support from the committee is completed, the Alrahhal family continues Melissa Richardson, sales, to make progress in learning the prairie 306-770-2226 way of life. [email protected] “Yeah, we’re starting to feel that we’re Canadian. We de nitely felt we were from Jerry Butterworth, sales, Swift Current the rst month we arrived. If 306-770-2227 it wasn’t for the language we would have [email protected] felt it right away. So the only barrier is the language that we’re learning right now,” Swift Current Area Ministerial Refugee Committee chairperson Pastor Joell Haugan helps newsroom the Alrahhal family said through the assist- Mahmoud Alrahhal and Khadra Alrahhal show off their new addition Mariam. ance of interpreter Sammy Khalife. Scott Anderson, editor, Mahmoud and Khadra Alrahhal spoke family now.” sources together to bring a family of our 306-770-2224 [email protected] glowingly about the help the committee “Maybe the title of a sponsor committee size to Swift Current. We know what type provided them, right through to their in- doesn’t exist any more, but they’ve tran- of work it took to bring our family and Steven Mah, sports reporter, itial contact when they arrived in July 2016. sitioned to be friends and family,” Khalife we’re very appreciative of that.” 306-770-2225 “Swift Current and the community have explained. “Big thank you to Swift Current resi- [email protected] sure been extremely welcoming from day While many people were rst meeting dents that made us feel welcome and feel one when they arrived. Starting by check- them as the rst refugee family they have at home from day one.” commercial print ing on them, and they just made them feel known, the Alrahhal’s have also been tran- “We would like to thank the City Council they were part of the community from the sitioning to busy community members. and Mayor Denis (Perrault), he’s also been Kara Stephanson, day they arrived. ey never felt like stran- “ at trend has changed. People now a great support. When he sees the kids any- 306-770-2223, gers or refugees.” start to look at us as part of the com- where he checks on them…he takes the [email protected] ey had no idea there was a sponsoring munity, instead of ‘oh, this is the Alrah- time to talk to us and see how we’re doing. group awaiting their arrival in Canada hal refugee family’. Now its Alrahhal’s, our at’s something that we didn’t even ex- classi eds when they left their refugee camp. In fact, neighbours and friends.” perience in our own home country, so for after rst landing in Toronto, they did not When they learned a committee from us to experience it in Canada it’s above and Classifi eds 1-306-773-9321 know they had a further journey ahead. the Swift Current Ministerial Association beyond what we expected.” “Where are we going? What’s Regina? had sponsored them, they went around to “Lastly, a big thank you to Swift Current Fax: 306-773-9136 ey didn’t know anything about Saskatch- visit the various sponsoring churches to residents and the people of Swift Current classifi [email protected] ewan. e whole ight here they were wor- address the congregations and share their because if you didn’t make us feel wel- ried about where they were going. Is it an story and a bit of their culture with them. come, we probably wouldn’t have been circulation out of nowhere place? ey didn’t know.” e transition to Canadian life has been able to stay here.” 306-773-9321 “When the ight landed and they were easier for the children, who were quicker NOTE: e Swift Current Area Minister- going through the airport and they saw to pick up English, the parents are still ial Refugee Committee is hosting a fund- regional people waiting for them with signs for working to improve their language skills. raising evening on April 20. e evening managers them, they just couldn’t control them- When they rst arrived, Great Plains Col- includes a roast beef supper and entertain- Michael J. Hertz, Senior Vice selves and they all started crying. And they lege only had a two-day-a-week, part-time ment by awarding winning Keith Kitchen. President & Group Publisher felt the warmth of welcoming.” English class which provided instruction e program will also showcase the prog- e Swift Current Area Ministerial Refu- two hours an afternoon. Now there is a ress of refugee families who have settled in gee Committee did a lot of work to prepare four-day-a-week English class they attend, the community, and highlight the ongoing for their arrival, and worked closely with so they are steadily improving their ability need to keep resettling refugees. e even- the family during their one year sponsor- to communicate. ing will be hosted at East Side Church of ship period, but they still provide some as- Despite the adjustment to Canadian cul- God.
Funded by the Government of Canada sistance and friendship to the family. ture, the family is deeply “After that year was done it didn’t mean indebted to the work of the committee stopped helping. e com- the committee and the
mittee has stood by us as they stood since support of Swift Current 41308581 day one.” and area. Khalife, who serves as the healthcare “We just want to say coordinator for the committee, noted the thank you to the com- committee assisted with helping the chil- mittee. Because if the dren get set up at school, they ensured the committee did not pick Mail Registration Number: 005950104 parents were informed about their kids us up during the spon- BROADCASTING BRONCOS AWAY GAMES in school, and the healthcare committee sorship, we would still be SLGA LICENSED LIQUOR VENDOR helped follow up with physician and dental living in a refugee camp, The Southwest Booster is appointments. He notes that they are still and we would have no February Special published by Swift Current closely connected to the family. future or education.” Holdings Ltd. Partnership, an Bud Light 24 Cans $3.00 Off affi liated company to ALTA “ e committee didn’t just cut them o “ ank you to all the Newspaper Group LP relationship wise, the committee mem- churches, and the Swift All Permittees come talk to Steve bers became their family and really good Current Ministerial As- or Laci for your 10% savings on your friends. ey share occasions, they go to sociation, that did huge Beer or Liquor Products each others birthdays, so it’s like a bigger work in order to pull re- A3
SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 3 SOUTHWEST Southwest records a quiet start to Crown petroleum and natural gas rights sale year
Both Saskatchewan and the cence available in the province parcel situated within the Can- behind the $2.45 million in the $1 million in activity mark, Southwest had a quiet start was in the Southwest, with tuar East Cantuar Sand and activity recorded in Estevan, with the last time the region during the first 2018 Public Of- Prairie Land & Investment Roseray Sand Oil Pools, 20 kilo- but just finishing behind the went above the million dollar fering of Crown Petroleum and Services Ltd. paying $54,638 metres west of Swift Current. Kindersley area at $578,155. mark was $2.46 in activity in Natural Gas dispositions. for a 1,554 hectare parcel situ- The highest dollar per The slowest region in the October 2016. Saskatchewan generated ated adjacent to the Whitemud hectare in the Southwest province was the Lloydmin- For Saskatchewan’s fiscal just $3.4 million in activity Second White Specks Gas Pool, was received from Synergy ister area where only $50,298 year, which includes the six during the February 6 public approximately 15 kilometres Land Services Ltd., who paid was recorded, and just two of sales between April 2017 and offering, ranking as the prov- south of Eastend. $912.54/hectare for a 59.14 six available leases were pur- February 2018, the province ince’s quietest February sale The top purchaser of acre- hectare parcel located within chased. generated $65 million in activ- since February 1999 when only age in the Southwest was Elk the Gull Lake Basal Cantuar For the Southwest region, ity, a jump from the $50 million $2.9 million in activity was re- Run Resources Ltd. who ac- Sand and Gull Lake Central February’s total of $357,674 recorded during the previous corded. quired a pair of lease parcels Upper Shaunavon Oil Pools, 55 was slightly behind the fiscal year. The fiscal year in- In the Southwest, a total of for $150,906. They also paid kilometres southwest of Swift $403,000 recorded during the cluded a low of $1.3 million in $357,674 in bids were received, the top price for a single lease Current. December 2017 sale. The Swift April 2017, followed by a fiscal with six of eight available leases in the Southwest, spending Overall the Southwest placed Current region has now gone year high of $22.8 million in sold. In addition, the lone li- $90,543 for a 194.25 hectare third for activity, placing well eight sales without topping June 2017. 18024DE2
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PARK Eston The Sundrops shared their musical talents at a special Valentine’s Day Concert at the 567 45 21 840 848 DOUGLAS I.R. 142 17 570 Lyric Theatre on February 14. The family quartet of Hailey (15), Lara (12), Jesse (10), Lake 39 50 10 Kathyrn 56 1A Balzac Cabri Whitebear and Darian (14) are now gearing upP RforOV a. PnumberARK of dates in Arizona in March.Craik Minnewanka 143 144 Cochrane 566 Keoma 21 Coteau Luck L. ts e ley Ghost Lake 564 L. L. 38 65 ow 17 Park 28 or 30 Delacour Ardenode 42 373 Eyebr ts M 17 vie Heigh la is 564 Finnegan ville 30 Hills ’s F w Pollock Har Lyalta 21 Standard Seiu Lake L. an sha VALLEY 9 842 an d Aylesbury anmoExr ananask BOW Conrich Lemsfor CANMORE C K eebe 1 32 tchew ead M S PROV. 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PARK PARK Iron Springs 864 Grassy M 3099 m Nobleford Butte Purple dett 4 20 Lake Bur Rivers Granum 519 Springs 12 Thomson Teepee Mtn. 8 PARK LAKE TO Lake Shaughnessy 14 MEDICINE Newell 515 The Southwest L. 334 SAINT MARY’S 2797 m 43 Monarch PROV. PARK 3 17 TOP OF THE WORLD Mt. Secord 811 HAT 21 Ponteix r 20 Barnwell Cadillac ALPINE PROV. e R 2650 m 39 271 Cypress v i 19 i PROVINCIAL PARK v HEAD - SMASHED - IN 3 845 10 IR 160A R e Diamond Taber 13 PARK r 8 CENTRE 13 BUFFALO JUMP 887 Nekaneet Limerick Municipality of 26 City 14 Cranford 877 BLOCK Assiniboia 24 I.R. Deadlines gema Deadlines O ood Booster w Spar Crowsnest Pass 147B Coalhurst Creek 58 Fort 6 CYPRESS HILLS L 4 Coaldale 513 Hills Shaunavon yn Montague 93 FRANK SLIDE 22 509 33 thor Oldman acleod INTERPROVINCIAL WEST BLOCK CYPRESS HILLS 358 L. 6 Kimberley CENTRE eck 785 30 M 95 PARK o pe Mt. Fisher River Res. 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STEVEN MAH he is going to be part of our team. ey SOUTHWEST BOOSTER kind of rallied together with us and we wrote some papers for some grants e Swift Current Re/Max of Swift and we got some grants through Sask Current IceBreakers sledge hockey Wheelchair Sports for equipment and team played their only home game of our baby was born.” their inaugural season on Monday. “It is just really fun because it is dif- BLACK PANTHER 3D PG e IceBreakers hosted the Kinders- ferent. It’s not like any other hockey,” FRI SAT 6:40PM 8:40PM ley Klippers and lost 2-0 to an older said Ella Berg, 11, who got into sledge SUN-THURS and much bigger opponent. Goaltender hockey to play with her brother. 6:40PM 3D 8:30PM 2D Carter Woytowich was named the e IceBreakers have kids as young MON 2D 6:40PM 8:30PM Player of the Game for the IceBreakers. as four practicing with them. e play- MATINEE FRI, SUN 2D “I think we played great actually,” ers who attend tournaments range in SAT 3D 2:30PM said centre Ella Berg after the game. “I age from seven to 14. e team began DOORS OPEN 2:15PM think we kicked butt.” practicing together at the start of Octo- PETER RABBIT G “ e kids were so excited to play in ber. ey played their rst tournament FRI SAT 6:50pm 9:00pm front of all their friends and family. in Kindersley in November where they SUN-THURS 6:50PM Usually it is just their parents, so it was lost all of their games. “But we held our MATINEE FRI, SAT, SUN 3PM really good, there was a good turnout own, it wasn’t too terrible,” said Jenn DOORS OPEN 2:15PM here today,” added Icebreakers man- Berg. ager Jenn Berg. ey also attended a tournament in e Berg family have been one of the Regina in January and won all of their NEXT ATTRACTIONS driving forces behind bringing sledge round robin games before losing in the RED SPARROW•GAME NIGHT hockey to Swift Current. gold medal game to Kindersley. “ ey WRINKLE IN TIME “Our son, Hunter, number ve, he’s did awesome, we are so proud of them,” been playing for, this is his seventh said Jenn Berg. 101 1st Ave NE•Swift Current year,” explained Jenn Berg. “We played “I think it has been pretty good ac- Movie line 306-773-8031 $3.00/person charge for 3D technology three years in Kindersley and three tually. I think we are doing better,” Shows subject to change without notice years in Regina. We just kind of decided added Ella Berg of the season so far. that maybe we should try and start our e IceBreakers play in the Junior own team so we could stop driving Division for kids ages 15 and under. everywhere. We met Jenn and Tyler ey are in Regina this weekend for a Speir. ey have a little boy with cere- game and also have a return visit to face bral palsy as well. He is only four, but the Klippers in Kindersley in March.
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opinion Editor: Scott Anderson Group Publisher: Michael J. Hertz APAS calls for Transportation Bill C-49 to be passed Legislation has been delayed since before Christmas; Producers left holding product AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF SASKATCHEWAN APAS President Todd Lewis has asked the Senate to move quickly on passing Bill C-49, in order to amend the Transporta- tion Act. Addressing the Senate Standing Committee on Transport and Communications Wednesday night, Lewis described the cur- rent difficulties that agricultural producers are facing in moving their product to market. “Producers are heavily reliant on Canada’s railways,” Lewis said, noting that Saskatchewan grain sometimes has to travel a distance of 1900 km to reach a port. “The rail freight system for grain does not operate as a com- petitive marketplace. Nearly all our local delivery points are ser- viced by a single rail carrier. Data shows that the railway serving corridors in the northern grain belt has been consistently un- able to supply more than 70 per cent of car orders in the current shipping season.” Because Canada’s transportation system for grain begins at the farm-gate, when these service failures occur, it is agricul- tural producers who are left with increased costs. contact us The Southwest Booster welcomes letters on matters of public interest for publica- Bill C-49 would improve the situation, as it would enhance tion over the writer’s name. All letters must be accompanied by the author’s name, Email: [email protected] address and telephone number so that they can be verified. Letters are subject to producers’ ability to monitor the railways’ performance and of- Mail: editing and limited to 300 words. Copyright in letters and other materials submit- fers the ability to penalize railways should they not meet those 30 – 4th Ave. N.W. ted to the Publisher and accepted for publication remains with the author, but the Publisher and its licensees may freely reproduce them in print, The Booster, its obligations. Swift Current, SK Publisher or Publishers and Alberta Newspaper Group, LP do “Bill C-49 is a step in the right direction and provides a solid S9H 0T5 not necessarily endorse the views expressed therein. foundation for future reforms. There is an urgent need for gov- ernment regulation and policy to ensure our transportation system meets the current and future needs of our agricultural producers,” Lewis said. 79% of Saskatchewan small businesses oppose Lewis also called for additional legislation to address produ- cers’ shipping challenges in the long term, beyond what is in- new taxation powers for municipalities cluded in Bill C-49. CFIB ity to levy new taxes (e.g. fuel, the PST revenue for the past 10 LETTER TO THE EDITOR The Canadian Federation of income or sales taxes) a strong years. My team will not allow Independent Business (CFIB) majority (79 per cent) of Sas- increased taxation powers is responding to City of Regina katchewan business owners for municipalities, but we will Wall endorses Hindley Mayor Michael Fougere’s de- disagreed; only 15 per cent need to rework revenue sharing sire to begin discussions with agreed. “It is important for with municipalities to ensure the Government of Saskatch- everyone involved to remem- they are spending their money Editor: schedule was otherwise re- ewan on new taxation powers ber that while we have three efficiently and effectively. That I have worked alongside strictive. for municipalities. A CFIB sur- levels of government, there is means working together on Everett Hindley for the en- He is honest, hard-work- vey found 79 per cent of small only one level of taxpayer,” said procurement, shared services, tirety of my time as the MLA ing, smart, compassionate business owners are opposed Marilyn Braun-Pollon, CFIB’s and partnerships among mu- for Swift Current. and humble. He is a man of to Saskatchewan municipal- Vice-President, Prairie and nicipalities.” In the course of his duties strong character and an ef- ities having additional power Agri-business. Rather than asking the prov- he has tirelessly advocated fective communicator who to introduce new taxes. “While we recognize the fis- incial government for new for constituents, advanced will make Swift Current Last week, Mayor Fougere cal pressures Saskatchewan sources of revenue, CFIB be- local issues to the provincial proud. He would make an met with Government Rela- municipalities face, we fear giv- lieves municipalities need to government and engaged excellent MLA for Swift Cur- tions Minister Warren Kaeding ing them new taxation powers further contain their operating with local partners such as rent and I respectfully ask to get the ball rolling on dis- would put them on a collision costs to find additional cost- City Council and Chinook that you lend him your vote. cussing new revenue sources course with their local small savings by: School Division when my Brad Wall - Swift Current for the province’s municipal- business community that are · continuing to review pro- ities. The Mayor confirmed already struggling in a slower grams/services that can be LETTER TO THE EDITOR discussions through the Sas- economy,” added Braun-Pol- streamlined, eliminated, con- katchewan Urban Municipal- lon. “Given the number of chal- tracted out to the private sec- ities Association (SUMA) and lenges facing Saskatchewan tor, or sold; NDP better suited to lead the City Mayors’ Caucus in- businesses, the worst thing the · introducing a plan to reduce clude the whole issue of new provincial government could the size/cost of the municipal sources of revenue for muni- do is provide municipalities civil service (primarily through Editor: cipalities. Currently, The Cit- the authority to levy new taxes, attrition); Our great province and city has suffered enough under the ies Act outlines which taxes which would further jeopardize · developing a long-term SaskParty. It’s time for a change. municipalities can - or cannot our overall competitiveness.” strategy to narrow the compen- Thanking those who under the SaskParty created more - collect. Cities are allowed to We are pleased Premier sation disparity between public debt, deficits (against their own policy), more taxes, job collect property taxes, but are Scott Moe does not support and private sector employees. losses and wage cuts, wouldn’t be appropriate. restricted over what else they increased taxation powers to “Business owners work hard Municipalities, schools, businesses, the film industry and can tax (such as their ability municipalities. In response to to live within their means and individuals have all suffered by this heartless SaskParty. to implement an “amusement CFIB’s 2017 Leadership Can- expect their municipalities It’s time for a change and the great people of Saskatch- tax” on sports and entertain- didates’ survey, the Premier to do the same, without look- ewan are leading the way in voting for the New Democratic ment). said: “Our government com- ing for additional sources of Party. Become part of that change. When asked whether muni- mitted to deliver municipal- taxation,” concluded Braun- Shaynee Modien - Swift Current cipalities should have author- ities one percentage point of Pollon.
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