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BY KARA KINNA very first time that I actu- Local pairs skaters Paige ally made it a goal to go to Lawrence and Rudi Swieg- the Olympics,” said Law- ers are going to the Olym- rence. “I made the goal pics. and believed that I could After years of hard work, do it. I was at a seminar. the pair—who hail from I think I was around 11 Kennedy and Kipling— years old. And I remember were selected at the na- listening to the Olympian tional championships in guest speaker talk, and she Ottawa on Saturday, Jan. was such a real person to 11 as one of three pairs to me. represent Canada at the “She was telling stories 2014 Winter Olympics in about how she was just a Sochi, Russia. regular little girl skating “It’s such a cliché an- and training, and she grew swer, but it’s a dream up to be an Olympian, and come true and right now it was like a light switch I honestly can’t wrap my went off in my head. I was head around the whole like ‘Oh my gosh, she’s concept of the Olympics,” just a regular person. If she said Lawrence. could do it, why can’t I?’ “But I just know that Ever since that moment it I’m really, really happy, has been a very prominent and I’m so thankful to be and realistic goal in my able to say that I have fi- head. Ever since then it’s nally reached my goal. I been ‘Okay, I want to go to am very excited and very the Olympics, that is why thankful.” I’m skating.’ ” “It’s a dream come true, The pair say their per- and excitement is really formances at the Canadian the only word you can use nationals did not reflect to describe it, if you are how well they can skate. going to even attempt it,” Lawrence says she wants said Swiegers. to show the world what Lawrence and Swiegers they can do. took bronze nationally at “We were very, very the Canadian Figure Skat- prepared coming into na- ing Championships with a tionals and we were very score of 176.31, behind fel- confident in the programs, low pairs skaters Meagan and we didn’t skate ei- Duhamel and Eric Radford The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick ther program to the ability who took gold with 213.62 Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers compete in the Senior Pair Program at the Canadian Figure and the potential that we points, and Kirsten Moore- have,” she said. Towers and Dylan Mosco- Skating Championships Friday, January 10 in Ottawa. “But there are also so vitch who took silver with many things about those 209.44 points. “We had such a tumul- conversation about it.” “When you are young, goal, and you realize how programs that we are When asked what went tuous day,” she said. “It “It has been such a big and especially in the sport much harder it becomes proud of. Despite the er- through their heads when was like a weight off your journey for us,” said the of figure skating, the on a daily basis. rors, there was our focus the announcement was shoulders. pair’s coach, Patty Hole, Olympics is definitely the “For us we had Patty and how we managed to made, Swiegers simply “At the moment of the from Virden. big show,” said Sweigers. push us every day, and hang on and fight through said “Woo-hoo!” with a announcement I just kind “At the end, when the “That’s kind of what you Patty has always held everything, and still earn laugh. of nodded my head and announcement did come, think of: ‘Okay, I’m going us at the highest level of our spot on this Olympic Lawrence said her emo- was like alright—at that it was like ‘Oh my god.’ to skate because I want to training. Some days you team. It leaves me feeling tions were mixed. The pair point in time I was so emo- We believed we could. I make it to the Olympics, I just don’t feel that you’re very proud. were not entirely happy with tionally drained. believed these kids could want to be an Olympian.’ there. And she pushes you But I’m also very hun- their short skate at nationals, “And ever since then I make it, so we just kept be- That’s kind of that goal in because she knows and be- gry, because I want to and after finding out they have kind of been slowly lieving in them and it hap- the back of your mind. And lieves that you are capable showcase what we can do placed third, they were still getting more and more pened.” as you get older, you see of that—that’s where you and what we’ve been do- left waiting until Sunday for used to the idea of go- Both Swiegers and Law- that goal come closer and should be. It’s totally, defi- ing. It’s a full circle. 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Giselle Limaya, Michael Roussow and Dennis Remot all immigrated to Canada for different reasons, but call Moosomin home for the same rea- son: it became home for them. Immigrating to Moosomin: ‘I feel sure that this is my place’ BY JULIA DIMA fi rst fi nding a love for Can- cleaning shelves at a Co- accounting, and we didn’t laughs, “I remember at the but you get over it.” Last year, 257,887 people ada in his history books, op. even pay taxes in Cuba. So beginning, I used to wear She adds that having co- became permanent Cana- Michael Roussow fulfi lled “It was very different everything was different,” ski pants all the time and it workers and bosses that dian residents. That num- his goal of both coming to for me, I had never done a Limaya says. took me a long time to stop trusted her and helped her ber has risen by 30,000 in Canada, and experiencing job like that in Cuba, so it “Everything was new for doing that.” made her feel at home. 10 years. full time parish work. was sometimes hard to do me, so I was very nervous Limaya says that her “My boss is my friend, While much of the Different paths led the physical work,” she says. about applying for jobs. nervousness about life in and he’s been really help- growth in citizenship has three to Moosomin, but “In Cuba, you fi nish uni- You do it because you have Canada helped her realize ful, taught me a lot, and occurred through the tem- all three say they’re happy versity before you have any no choice. You’re also com- her own potential. is supportive. My bosses porary foreign worker their journeys led them job, and here in Canada, peting against Canadians “Moosomin has allowed work around my sched- program in Saskatchewan, here. people can start working who have job experience so me to grow as a person. ules, and my co-workers some immigrants found In 2008, Giselle Limaya when they are 15.” that seemed scary too.” There were things in the are great,” Limaya says, their way here in the tradi- and her two sons left their Limaya now works at Limaya recalls it wasn’t past that I thought I could “and the small town life is tional sense. Giselle Limaya home, Camaguey, Cuba, to Adair Farm Supply and just the job hunting that never do, I just do them so friendly. I like that peo- came with her two sons in fi nd new opportunities in The Red Barn, and teaches was a shock for her. It was now. ple in Moosomin always tow from Cuba to provide Saskatchewan. Spanish at the Regional also the Saskatchewan “So it shows how strong want to help. That is how them with opportunities “We spent two months College occasionally. Aside snow that she had never you are even if you feel Latin people are, so it made they wouldn’t have had in in Cabri before a friend from the teaching, which seen before in her life. weak on the outside,” Li- me feel at home.” Cuba. Dennis Remot spent suggested we come to is her background, she “The fi rst time I saw maya explains, “you miss She says she misses some years as a missionary in the Moosomin because of more says every experience was snow, I was nervous, I home, and everything things about Cuba, but has south Philippines where job opportunities,” Limaya brand new to her. didn’t know what to do around you is so different, made home for her family the rebel Abu Sayyaf Group says. “In Cuba, we don’t have or wear. I thought the so inside you feel weak and in Moosomin. were kidnapping and kill- In Cuba, Limaya was an advertising of any sort, so snow might hurt me or scared, but you have to face “I still get homesick. But ing citizens before coming English school teacher, and that was a culture shock something, I don’t know it with a smile, and you I’ve built a life here.” to Canada. Decades after her fi rst Canadian job was for me. And now I work in what ideas I had,” Limaya have your sad moments, Continued on page 20 ☞ PRICED TO CLEAR 75 truckloads 29 gauge full hard 100,000 PSI high tensile roofing & siding. 16 colors to choose from. No. 1 coloured ¢ (in-stock) 80 /FT2
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BY KARA KINNA “The big question for Rocavnille from either Lanigan and explained about the subdivision with modular In a bid to reach out and talk jobs with laid-off min- or Cory is ‘are you willing to relocate?’ And if the an- homes being developed by Rise Developments. ers from the Cory and Lanigan mines, PotashCorp Ro- swer to that is yes, then we are interested in talking to “Lot prices in Rocanville, they may seem high, but canville held a number of meetings with those miners you.” the guys in Cory were looking at them like wow, this is recently, in hopes of fi lling a number of job vacancies at Pask says the meetings were positive. an incredibly cheap place to live. There was defi nitely the Rocanville mine site. “It was good to talk to some of those people, and I a lot of interest in the prices.” The meetings were held on December 9 and 10 at think they were happy to talk to us here—to actually He says he hopes a few of the miners make Rocan- both Cory and Lanigan. get a chance to sort of talk to us face-to-face and dis- ville a permanent home. “We’ve got some vacancies here we need to fi ll at cuss the vacancies and the spots we are looking to fi ll. “We’ve got pretty much everything you need here,” Rocanville, and obviously they have some employees I think they were very appreciative of it. And from our he says. “It’s small town living and we’re fairly close to who are going to be looking for spots,” says Oliver perspective, it was great to talk to these people, they everything we need. We do have doctor service, a K-12 Pask, PotashCorp Rocanville’s human resources man- are experienced. They know the kind of work we do school, a golf course and a library. ager. “We thought we would prefer to talk to people and are already working for PotashCorp, just at a dif- “Personally I would like to see them move to Rocan- who are already within the PotashCorp family versus ferent site.” ville just to see the town grow.” people who aren’t, so we went up there to talk to them Ron Reed, who works at PotashCorp Rocanville, also Reed says he directed some of the workers to the about it and to see if people are interested in relocat- attended the meetings on behalf of Rocanville town town’s website, where both rental accommodations ing.” council after PotashCorp asked to have a representa- and properties for sale are listed. He says he is hoping Pask says there are about nine salaried positions tive from the town at the meetings. more people let the town know what is available so available in Rocanville right now, plus a number mine He said some miners were interested in picking up that the town can list it online for anyone interested. operations positions. He says job opportunities will and moving, while others were simply looking for In the end, he says the meetings were a bit of an eye continue to be available at the mine into 2014. rental accommodations for the time being. opener. “We are going to be continuing to ramp our man- “It was defi nitely a mix of people. Some were look- “I kind of got the realization that if it was different power up for the expansion as we move through 2014 ing at renting somewhere, being able to work, and then situation and I had chosen a different place to go to so, yes there will be some opportunity. There are some going back home when they are not working, and oth- work when I was settling down with a family, it very opportunities now and there will be opportunities as er people were interested in lot prices, houses for sale, well could have been me sitting down in that room we move through our budget in Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4.” that kind of stuff. wondering why my future held.” He says there has been some response form the Cory “Personally I was thinking there would be more in- and Lanigan miners already. terest from Lanigan than Cory, but as it turned out, “We’ve had some people send us resumes. In fact we there was defi nitely more interest in relocation coming are in the process of setting up some interviews, and from the Cory mine, probably just because they are in then hopefully we will get some more interviews early a lot better situation in being able to resell their houses. COMMERCIAL • OILFIELD • FARM • PERSONAL in the new year. 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