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A1 PRICE DECREASED $275,000 MLS® #:SK728048 1121 Bothwell DR This home is tucked away on a quiet friendly street and just a block away from the schools. Recent upgrades to this already solid home include new insulation in roof, new shingles on house and the garage. 4 Beds, 2 Bath Thursday, June 21, 2018 swbooster.com Serving Southwest Saskatchewan ERIN FUCHS 306-773-7527 306-741-5160 royallepage.ca/formula1 Soapbox Sunday STEVEN MAH/SOUTHWEST BOOSTER A Swift Current Father’s Day tradition continued on June 17 when members of the Swift Current Soapbox Racing Association held their 36th annual race day. SOUTHWEST Saturn Power building 10 megawatt solar power project in Southwest The RM of Coulee will be the home for a 10 mega- Saturn Power is a renewable energy company, head- commitment.” watt utility-scale solar power project to be built by quartered in Baden, Ontario. It has over 100 MWs of The competitive process for this project got under- Saturn Power. solar, wind, and energy storage projects in operation way in 2016. During the request for proposals process, In a press announcement on Tuesday, Saturn Power and construction worldwide. The company prides it- SaskPower evaluated 16 proposals from 12 of the 34 announced they have signed a 20 year power purchase self on its mission in striving for a sustainable world, pre-qualified proponents. All proposals were evalu- agreement with SaskPower for power production through both environmental stewardship and com- ated equally through an open and transparent pro- from what will be known as the Highfield Solar Pro- munity collaboration. cess. SaskPower will now start preparing for the next ject. Electricity from the site is anticipated to be on “This is an important project for SaskPower and the competitive process for an additional 10 MW project, line as early as the end of 2019. people of this province and I’d like to congratulate which we hope to launch in early 2019. “We look forward to helping Saskatchewan meet everyone at Saturn Power on their successful pro- In 2015, SaskPower announced it would reduce its carbon emission targets, in order to progress the posal,” said Mike Marsh, President and CEO of Sask- emissions by 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, use of clean energy and, most importantly, build a Power. “SaskPower has set a goal of greatly increasing which will involve increasing the percentage of renew- sustainable environment for future generations,” our renewable generation capacity by 2030. Saskatch- able electricity from 25 per cent of overall capacity to stated Ray Roth, co-founder and COO of Saturn ewan people can expect to see more announcements as much as 50 per cent. SaskPower plans to have 60 Power Inc. like this in the years to come as we work towards that MW of solar generation by 2021. A2 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY JUNE 21, 2018 A2 CLIMATE 2 Continued adaption will occur because of THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2018 water availability in Western Canada SCOTT ANDERSON SOUTHWEST BOOSTER Both agriculture producers and governments should be prepared to make wide scale changes in the future in re- sponse to the continuing contact us climate changes which are oc- curring in Saskatchewan and • Phone: 306-773-9321 around the world. • Fax: 306-773-9136 Dr. John Pomeroy, the Can- • 30 4th Avenue NW ada Research Chair in Water Swift Current, SK, S9H 0T5 Resources and Climate Change at the University of Saskatch- • www.swbooster.com ewan, was in Swift Current on June 13 for a presentation on advertising sales Saskatchewan’s water future. He points out there have been Kara Stephanson, signi cant changes to temper- sales manager, ature, precipitation and snow 306-770-2223 cover across Western Canada [email protected] since the 1950s. “Temperatures have already Melissa Richardson, sales, gone up quite a bit, especially 306-770-2226 in winter. A lot of that’s asso- [email protected] ciated with Chinooks being somewhat more powerful, Jerry Butterworth, sales, more frequent. And a general 306-770-2227 [email protected] increase in precipitation, but an increase in the variability of it as well,” he said during an SCOTT ANDERSON/SOUTHWEST BOOSTER newsroom interview before his presenta- Dr. John Pomeroy, the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change at the University of tion. Saskatchewan, was in Swift Current on June 13 for a presentation on Saskatchewan’s water future. Scott Anderson, editor, “So while there might be 306-770-2224 [email protected] some very wet years, periodic- soy beans and pulse crops. tering of storms and precipi- both move north and south ally some extreme droughts as “Partly they’re being bred tation now. Where we used more easily than before. And Steven Mah, sports reporter, well. And that’s kind of what to handle the latitude and the to get a rain storm, and then the ow from west to east is 306-770-2225 we’ll see more of with more in- sunlight hours that we have a few weeks of dry, and an- weaker. And so we’ll see warm [email protected] tense, more winter warming.” to take advantage of that. But other rain storm. Now we’re air in winter occurring quite He said with producers pot- we’ll have to sort out whether seeing storms cluster together far north in parts of Canada, commercial print entially facing ground that’s there’s really enough mois- over three or four days, and a like we did in mid-January not always frozen, combined ture to grow these crops here greater frequency of that. And where the whole country was Kara Stephanson, with a snowpack that’s more on a regular basis. We can get they tend to occur in May and above freezing coast to coast. 306-770-2223, irregular and where some win- fooled by a few wet years and June much more than before.” And then also periods of polar [email protected] ter rains will occur instead of say ‘this works’. But it might He noted these multiple day air being far south of the polar snow, these factors will com- work for a few years, but not events can be problematic. In region, sitting for weeks in classi eds bine to have a signi cant im- in others.” 2014, much of the province parts of Canada at a time. And pact on crops. He explained “Flexibility and adaptability was too wet to seed for an ex- Classifi eds April of this year is a good ex- 1-306-773-9321 that the annual air temper- is always going to have to con- tended period. He also points ample of that.” Fax: 306-773-9136 ature average in Western Can- tinue to be the hallmark of a to mid July ooding in Eastern “But the variability is incred- ada has increased 6.5 Celsius Saskatchewan farmers.” Saskatchewan which resulted ible. We’ve slipped from a near classifi [email protected] from 1950 to 2012. Dr. Pomeroy said his e orts completely from rainfall over record cold April to a near re- “Summer warming will be are also being directed to- a large area, on occurrence cord hot May,” he said. “ at’s circulation somewhat muted. ere will wards an attempt to improve which had never happened indicative of what we should 306-773-9321 be warmer summers for sure, both climate and precipita- before. expect more of in the future but not to the extent that win- tion predictions. He would Dr. Pomeroy said govern- and what we have to cope regional ter will and has warmed up like to develop better flood ments should be looking with.” managers already.” forecasting models, plus im- closer as taking action to con- Improved weather, climate Michael J. Hertz, Senior Vice “And we’re looking at how proved seasonal forecasting trolling greenhouse gases. and hydrological models President & Group Publisher this plays out with soil mois- of droughts on a more longer “Yes. Reduce the greenhouse would clearly be useful for ture and water supply. The term. gases in the atmosphere. And governments in planning com- mid-winter melting and in- “We’d love to get to a point that has to be a major project munity water supplies, provid- creasing of that, if the soils where we could say with six for governments and soci- ing advice to producers what are thawed, will recharge soil months, and some credibil- ety at large,” he said, noting crops might be suitable for an moisture in mid-winter. So ity, whether we’re looking carbon dioxide levels have area, and how to manage res- Funded by the Government of Canada that’s potentially good. But at drought or not. We’re not reached over 400 parts per ervoirs if areas are planning the evaporation will start ear- there yet, but there’s progress million, compared to only 270 for irrigation expansion. lier and start to dry out those however.” parts per million when our “These changes are world soils earlier. So it might be By having a multiple year grandparents were alive. wide. So the implications for challenging for some crops in forecast, the prairies would be “It’s a dramatic increase in Saskatchewan are more than the area.” better prepared for what to ex- the gas concentration. So the just local. There are many Dr. Pomeroy sees more pro- pect from the climate and the atmosphere is behaving di er- parts of the world that won’t ducers trying to irrigate if they resulting water supply. at ently,” he said.