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Monday, March 23, 2020 • Volume 136 Number 25 • Moosomin, Saskatchewan

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regarding safe social distancingWe thank everyone for their understanding

and a big thank you to all the volunteers and movie attendees that helped to make this season great!

Covid-19precautions lead

to sweepingclosures

BY KARA KINNA

businesses, precautions against COVID-19 have led to closures

classes were suspended, sending thousands of children home

have child care options, however there can be no more than

prohibited except where two metre distancing between peo-

people are distributed into multiple rooms or buildings; and

• Visitors to long-term care homes, hospitals, personal care

food courts, cafeterias, cafes, bistros and similar facilities;

pools, galleries, theatres, museums and similar facilities; all personal service facilities including tattooists, hairdressers, barbers, acupuncturists, acupressurists, cosmetologists, elec-trologists, estheticians, manicurists, pedicurists, suntanning

Parents feelingeffects ofCOVID-19Page 21

Battle of the BladesAedyn Pangracs and Vivian Vaughn were one of the teams competing in Esterhazy’s Battle

of the Blades on Sunday, March 15. The event was a mix of hockey and figure skating, and was the last event held by Skate Esterhazy before the rest of the season was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. Turn to pages 10-11 for more photos from the event.

Kim Poole photo

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LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER

As COVID-19 continues to spread through Canada and worldwide, prepara-tion for the virus has become increasingly important and action is being taken every-

The World Health Organization (WHO)

some countries have taken major precau-

banned travel to Europe for 30 days and declared a national emergency, and Ire-

Prime Minster Justin Trudeau addressed the country last week announcing the Ca-nadian border will be closed for all non-

In Canada it’s beginning to have a major impact, federal Health Minister Patty Haj-du said, between 30 and 70 per cent of Ca-

-berta, British Columbia, and New Bruns-

It’s now mandatory that Canadians who have been out of the country have to go into 14 day self-isolation from the date of

With the virus spreading in Canada it’s

-lumbia have announced all schools will be

-ed schools in Ontario will be closed for two weeks after March break, universities throughout Canada, like the University of

Worldwide the death rate of COVID-19

10 to 19 and there are no fatalities for any

Even though COVID-19 symptoms don’t have the same severity for younger people, it’s been suggested school closures can help delay the peak of the outbreak

-

Deena Hinshaw sent a letter two weeks ago to school superintendents and parents warning them despite the low number of cases in the province that it could change

-ewan and Manitoba remain low, but the

Towns and businesses in the provinces are making provisions and to stop the po-

-

transmission what has happened now in -

For the students, current grades will be

advance to the next grade and eligible

-

cation Lynn Little says in such unique situ-ation, it’s hard to put a timeline on when

“At the direction of our chief medical --

preparing for the remainder of the year, although that doesn’t necessarily mean it

-

“We’re putting plans in place to put to-gether educational continuity plans for the students, to support student learning moving forward and ensure students for advancement in the fall and that they can attain credits for the courses they’re en-

“There’s been a provincial education and response planning team that has been developed by the government and they’re

“They’ve been tasked with providing an overall and overarching framework for the province so that we’re all working within a common framework and as systems we are able to begin to develop programs and procedures to support students going for-

“We want to prepare our students so that they are prepared as possible moving

education, for example, we’ve been told can resume March 30 so we’ll be looking at ways we can access our distant educa-tion programming to provide further sup-

With students staying home because of COVID-19, Little says their health should

“Right now, they need to ensure that the

“Really working to understand the ex-treme importance of social distancing, to stay home, stay away from public gather-

“Higher grade levels can be working on outstanding assignments or upgrading

-tary students, we’ll be working on some

“In the meantime, we would encourage reading with the children, playing games, card games are really good for mathemat-

“It’s really a week pause and then we’ll

For students who were set to graduate this year, Little hopes they can still cel-

“It’s too early to say, but we know it’s

have advanced through the system, it’s al-most a bit of a right of passage and it’s a

something we can do for schools and com-munities? It’s too early to say, but I’m

Despite, the uncertainty around the

“There was direction from the province that all employees of the system will be paid as they were scheduled to be paid at

The school system had a pandemic spe-

“We have had a pandemic preparedness plan in place, most of them were designed

got through about half of that plan before things got to a normal place and we could

“Once the state of emergency is declared we absolutely take our direction now from

“This is unprecedented, I’ve never seen

As for licensed daycares outside of schools, they will remain open until told otherwise as long as they limit it to eight

to wait for the government to tell us that we have to close because if we were just to

The general feeling around the daycare in Moosomin right now is unease with ev-

worried about being out of work too for awhile and how we’re going to be com-

Even though the children are too young to grasp the situation around COVID-19, Low says they’re spending more time than ever teaching them proper hygiene and

-

“The teachers here talk to them about

done extra cleaning, as much as we pos-

right now the remainder of college classes will be running and all campus locations will be open as they work through every

“We are working with both the chief

as the Ministry of Advanced Education, we will be following and implementing what they suggest for the regional colleg-

-ager, Marketing and Communications

-east College were suspended last week and moved to online this week to stay on

“As of right now there hasn’t been any concrete information on closures other than our University of Regina classes are suspended for this week and then those will be turning into online classes after this

-east College as they continue to gather in-

“We’re kind of in a business as usual holding pattern until we know more and

With the constant changes around CO-

“We’re monitoring what’s happening and of course everything gets posted to our website twice daily so that’s where

-

Parkland College has announced they will be suspending classes as a part of

will be shifting to online classes or alter-

“We appreciate that this is a challenging

“Our management team is working --

cus is on the health and safety of our en-

evolving situation, and we will continue to share information as soon as it becomes

Parkland College campuses will remain open, but services on campus will be lim-ited and they ask anybody looking for up-dates to visit their website (parklandcol-

COVID-19 has impacted the school and daycare system as much as any other area in Canada and has changed millions of

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BY KEVIN WEEDMARKThe town of Moosomin is applying for a grant under the

Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) to expand the town’s water treatment plant.

The project would include expanding the plant to the west, over the existing reservoir, and would expand the capacity of the water treatment plant, would include generators at the plant and at the wells in the Pipestone Valley where the town’s water comes from, a new water line from the wells to the water treatment plant, and new remote-read electronic water meters throughout the town, allowing the town to download information on water usage automatically—and would allow for remote shutoff of water services for overdue accounts.

The total cost of the project will be between $9.4 million and $10.9 million.

KGS Group has done the preliminary engineering on the water plant.

KGS made a presentation to Moosomin town council at the last meeting.

The plant would be 50 per cent reverse osmosis treatment

accommodate 100 per cent reverse osmosis without expand-ing the lagoon system because of the volume of waste water produced by reverse osmosis.

The 50 per cent reverse osmosis is expected to make a sig-

Under ICIP, the federal government will contribute at least 40 per cent of the cost of each approved project, and the pro-vincial government will contribute up to 33.3 per cent of the cost.

The deadline to apply for funding under ICIP is March 31, and the town of Moosomin has a leg up because the prelimi-nary engineering has been done on the project.

If the grant is approved, councillors discussed scheduling construction so the town’s portion of the cost that needs to

-jor projects in 2022. The town has been paying more than $300,000 per year on two past projects—$219,942.75 on the town’s portion of the capital cost of the Southeast Integrated Care Centre and $83,660.65 for the expansion of the town’s lagoon system.

Councillor Greg Nosterud noted at the meeting that the new meters will allow the town to keep better tabs on water usage.

The town will be able to download water usage stats to the town computer system for billing, and to reconcile with water plant output. If there is a discrepancy between water plant output and water usage, the town will be able to detect water breaks earlier.

If approved, the project would go to detailed design this coming fall and winter, and go to tender in the spring of 2021.

Council voted to apply for the grant.“We better get some money before they spend it all,” coun-

cillor Chris Davidson quipped.

Town orders Prairie Prideowner to clean up site

The town of Moosomin has sent a letter to Prairie Pride motel owner Raj Verma ordering him to clean up the motel

The town had asked SGI, the insurer of the motel owner, about the site. “SGI Canada has previously advised our in-sured that they can remove the debris at the loss site, which would be at their own cost,” SGI wrote to the town. Council discussed the issue at the March 11 meeting and decided to give Verma a deadline of June 15 to clean up the site.

the town has been waiting for the cleanup of the debris from this incident and do understand that this process does take some time,” the town wrote to Verma on March 13.

the town wrote a letter to SGI Canada on February 27, 2020, requesting that cleanup of this site begin immediately. How-ever, per March 3, 2020 response from SGI Canada, the town was advised that they had previously advised the insured that they can remove the debris at the loss site, which would be at their own cost . . . please proceed to clean up this site at your earliest opportunity, with a deadline of June 15, 2020.”

Strong interest in swimming lessons Recreation director Mike Schwean told council that there

have already been two calls from people interested in operat-ing the concession at Bradley Park in the summer of 2020 and there are already more than 150 swimming lessons booked at the Borderland Co-op Aquaplex. He told council he has never had this many registrations this early.

There is a registration form for swimming lessons on page 14 of this week’s World-Spectator.

Slow down aroundemployees trimming trees

Councillor Garry Towler said it is important that the pub-lic remember to slow down when going around town em-ployees when they are out trimming trees.

He said the issue was raised at an Occupational Health and Safety meeting.

“We’re asking people to slow down around town crew when they are trimming trees,” he said. “If it continues to be a problem we may have to close down a whole block to traf-

Planning proceeding on bypass Saskatchewan Highways, the town of Moosomin, and the

RM of Moosomin will proceed with a study on the functional design of a Highway 8 bypass around Moosomin.

The town and RM of Moosomin will each contribute $10,000 to the study.

The idea is to create a Highway 8 bypass around town to

Little libraries The town of Moosomin will pay $185.50 each to purchase

two Little Libraries to be put up around town. The Little Li-braries will be placed by the Borderland Co-op Aquaplex and the Tim Hortons Eventplex. They will be small units from which people can take or leave a book.

The town crew will provide the labor to put them up. Councillor Garry Towler said if the town crew is too busy he will volunteer to put them up.

Questions on customer parkingTown council considered a request from Borderland Co-op

to add paved visitor parking in front of the Co-op’s new of-

The parking would be in place of grassed boulevard and sidewalk areas in front of the building, on the site of the for-mer Drop-In Centre.

Councillors expressed concern over the loss of the side-walk, and council decided to ask for more details from Bor-derland Co-op before making a decision.

The town is asking for dimensions of the proposed cus-tomer parking area, a schematic and diagram.

The town has also asked Borderland Co-op if they have discussed the proposal with neighboring property owners.

Building permits for two new homes in

Moosomin

Building permits were recently submitted in

Moosomin for new homes on Windover Avenue, left, and on Wright Road, right.

Total value of the per-mits is $1.1 million. Both homes are designed by South Prairie Residential

Design.

Total cost would be $9.4 million to $10.9 million

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Moosomin RCMP ReportBY SGT SCOTT FEFCHAK

It has been an . . . interesting week as the world has been going through some grow-ing pains.

Thankfully amidst the uncertainty and chaos things managed to stay on an even keel. Here’s what I’ve got for you this week.

Traffic actionor charged for speeding x2 and that was about it. Obviously there was more law-lessness than that, but I guess everyone was better at hiding it than we were at

the wrong way on Highway 1, but it was

highway people!

Well being check We were asked to assist an individual

doing a well being check on someone. No criminal act took place.

Requested lookout We had a request to be on the lookout

for someone who may be in the area that is originally from New Brunswick. The per-son is not considered to be missing as she left a note saying she was leaving, and no laws were broken.

Even if we encountered this person, it’s a free country and she doesn’t have to con-tact family or friends if she doesn’t want to, and we certainly wouldn’t be arresting her unless we had a legit reason for doing so.

Stolen licence plate in Moosomin and will be on the system as stolen. Possessing a stolen licence plate is a criminal offence, and if caught with it, someone is going to get arrested.

Driver speeding and impaired by drugs a vehicle that was speeding through the 80

zone on Highway 1 at not warp speed, but ludicrous speed. He clocked the vehicle at 134 km/hr. Upon speaking with the lone occupant, it became apparent to Cst Berkshire that the driver was impaired by drugs.

and assisted Cst Berkshire in determining the driver’s impairment. The driver was arrested and the vehicle was towed and impounded and his driver’s licence was suspended.

He also received a $834 ticket for the

bad decisions at play there. The accused is from out of province and is scheduled to appear at Moosomin court in June. Good work by Cst Berkshire.

False alarms We had three false alarms, all of which

did not require a police response.

Events cancelled—social distancing

The past week has been a bit of a gong show dealing with the organization’s re-sponse to the new reality of the world.

Most events have been cancelled and I’m hoping people will be observing social distancing for the betterment of all.

On duty andavailable to public

Moosomin RCMP will be there should a

we’ll still be on duty and available to do

our jobs. However, for the most part our adminis-

matters will be dealt with over the phone unless circumstances dictate otherwise.

I’m required to provide daily reports in relation to the staff here, as well as keeping mindful of preventing a possible infection. Most of us are healthy, but it’s possible for healthy people to give it to others, which we don’t want to do.

Unless required for people needing it for work in the healthcare system, crimi-nal record checks are not going to be done. Unless there’s an emergency where face

closed.I’m not anticipating this to be resolved

by next week, and how long it’s going to be a problem remains to be seen.

I’ve received a copy of a Public Health Order which essentially shuts everything down for recreational activities and limits businesses. This is unprecedented in my career, and I’m hoping for all of us things settle down and let us get back to life.

Make sure to bookmark www.world-spectator.com and follow the World-Spectator on Facebook in case we have any new local developments to share—we will be sharing them through the World-Spectator.

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Mosaic implements COVID-19 planROB PAUL

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTERWith the COVID-19 pandemic hitting Canada, Mosaic

has implemented plans to allow its miners to continue operating while also keeping their employees safe.

“We have a variety of business continuity plans in place,” said Mosaic’s VP, Public Affairs and Government Relations Sarah Fedorchuk.

“At our sites all non-essential work has been post-poned. We’re saying no visitors, no external meetings, any employee who can work from home we’re asking them to work from home and for teams to have rotat-

certain days.”Mosaic has also increased their cleaning services and

sanitization process for equipment as well as informing employees on the importance of staying hygienic.

“We have established extra cleaning by our janitorial staff and implemented hand sanitizers in many locations and an extra sanitization program for equipment,” said Fedorchuk.

For the last few days Mosaic had been preparing a plan and decision surrounding the COVID-19 situation.

“We’ve been talking about a response for about the past week and Friday morning (March 13) we decided a course of action and announced it Saturday morning to our employees,” said Fedorchuk

Mosaic believes the plan is working so far and they’ll continue to be thorough on making adjustments as need-ed with such a rapidly changing situation.

ing, but we’re continually working on our plan and re-

vising based on things happening with different govern-ment protocols and recommendations and our different areas we operate because we operate globally,” said Fe-dorchuk.

If a Mosaic employee shows symptoms of COVID-19, Fedorchuk says Mosaic has a contingency plan on how to keep every employee safe and have taken precautions with employees who have left the country.

“They’d be self-isolating and getting medical treatment if needed and we’d map out who they’d come in contact with the last few weeks and notify those employees and if it was direct contact they’d self-isolate as well,” said Fedorchuk.

“We’ve asked all employees who have travelled out-side of Canada to self-isolate for two weeks.”

Mosaic is making it a priority to keep all their employ-ees in the loop with their current plans surrounding CO-VID-19.

“We’ve had multiple communications, obviously when you have an underground hourly workforce that doesn’t have access to emails or digital communication it makes it trickier,” said Fedorchuk.

“We’ve been really diligent about trying to get supervi-sors informed for those employees as much as possible and also limit the size of those groups for communication purposes so that we’re not increasing peoples risk.”

With the importance of education on COVID-19, Mosa-ic is working to make sure their employees are informed about the virus and how to stay safe.

“For the last two weeks we’ve had lots of communica-tion on COVID-19 about prevention, techniques, things that they can do to protect themselves so this has been an ongoing discussion with our work force and community partners,” said Fedorchuk.

Mosaic doesn’t believe in their current situation that COVID-19 will have a major impact on their operations.

“Right now people are working from home and on-site because we’re doing rotated shifts, it’s not how we would

ticipate production impacts right now,” said Fedorchuk.“It’s not ideal, but we are still running and just hoping

to defer non-essential work so we can both protect our employees, but still ensure we’re making our targets.”

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Westman RCMP ReportBY CPL MICHAEL EADY

During the week of March 9 to March 15, the Westman RCMP dealt with 62 police activities.

Disqualified driver Mar 9 - RCMP were conducting traffic enforcement in

the RM of Wallace-Woodworth and pulled over a vehicle associated to a disqualified driver. The driver was identi-fied and received a $672 ticket as well as a 30-day vehicle impoundment.

Failing to comply with recognizance Mar 9 - RCMP conducted a curfew check on a female

in the RM of Wallace-Woodworth. She was found to be in breach of her court ordered release conditions. A war-rant was sought and has since been executed. A 31-year-old female will be appearing in court on a later date for charges of failing to comply with her recognizance.

Warrent of arrestMar 9 - RCMP received a report of a domestic assault in

Virden. Upon attendance, the suspect had fled the scene. A warrant of arrest is being sought in the matter.

Intoxicated individual arrested Mar 10 - RCMP responded to a report of an intoxicated

individual in Sioux Valley causing a disturbance and un-able to care for himself. The suspect was located, arrested and lodged in cells to prevent the continuation of the of-fence and for his own well being.

Domestic assault Mar 11 - RCMP responded to a domestic assault in

Sioux Valley. Upon investigation, it was determined that a 32-year-old male had assaulted his partner. He was re-manded into custody.

Several tickets issuedand vehicle seized

Mar 11 - RCMP were on patrol in Virden and observed a person operating a vehicle known to be disqualified from driving. A traffic stop was not able to be conducted,

however police attended his residence later, issued sev-eral tickets and seized his vehicle for 30 days.

Man breaches release conditionsMar 13 - RCMP received a report of a male breach-

ing his court imposed release conditions in Virden. The matter is still under investigation and a warrant is being sought for the arrest of the suspect.

Uttering threatsMar 15 - RCMP responded to a report of uttering threats

in Sioux Valley. The matter is still under investigation, with a warrant being sought for the arrest of the suspect.

There were 20 traffic enforcement actions taken by

RCMP during this reporting period.

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tion many small businesses are now in.Many small business owners face an agoniz-

ing decision. They want to do everything pos-sible to keep their employees, their customers and themselves safe.

But if they shut down completely they risk be-coming insolvent, and they harm their employ-ees by laying them off and harm their customers by ending important services that people rely on.

I spoke with several business owners last week who were contemplating layoff who have never, ever, ever had to lay off an employee be-fore.

to keep operating and providing needed ser-vices while keeping their employees and their customers safe.

But they need your help.Small communities have a history of pulling

together. When someone is in need, the whole community is there for them.

We understand in small communities how much we rely on one another because we see it every day.

We understand how jobs in the community are dependent on the community support of employers, because we have seen what happens when a business has to close its doors. We have seen the effects on our friends and neighbors.

We understand just how important every per-son is in the community. I can’t tell you how many times people have told me they didn’t realize how important a certain person was in their community, how much they contributed, until that person moved away or passed on.

We understand that when we move forward as a community it’s because we have found

Our communities are about to be tested in ways they haven’t been in almost 100 years, since The Great Depression and the Second World War challenged our communities.

We came through those years, and grew and built and prospered.

We can get through this, and we can grow and build and prosper once more, if we work together.

We’re about to realize—again—just how im-portant every single member of our community is.

We are fortunate to have medical facilities staffed by true professionals and it looks like we are going to rely heavily on them in the next few months.

And they will rely on the businesses in the community to keep operating. For the medical facilities to keep operating, people in the trades

are sometimes needed to keep things running.

technological problems or replace a cell phone are needed.

The wonderful people who operate our am-

the front line of health care, but they rely on the people who can provide tires for the ambulance, or make the necessary repairs.

Our local doctors and nurses and all of the other staff in our medical facilities are the people we are relying on to save lives as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads. And they will rely on our well-run pharmacies to get the medications to people who need them.

And all of us will rely on our local grocery

we need.And the grocery stores, the pharmacies, and

the other businesses that we will rely on to get us through this will rely on truckers being able to get the goods we need to our communities.

And if those truckers are going to get the goods from the warehouses to our communities, we need our oil and gas workers.

And if we are going to have food to go in those trucks to our grocery stores, we need our farm-ers and all the businesses in the area that sup-port the farmers in what they do.

We have an agriculture section coming out in next week’s World-Spectator. I can tell you as this section comes together that agriculture and its supporting businesses are not shutting down—and they cannot shut down if our farm-ers are going to keep feeding the world. Fortu-nately, social distancing is fairly easy on a typi-cal farm operation in our area.

There are countless more examples to illus-trate my point.

None of the activities above will be possible if town employees can’t keep the water on. And they depend on the administrators in town of-

all of us paying our property taxes. We are all in this together.And now, more than ever, we need to realize

that we rely on one another. Now, more than ever, we need to support one another in our lo-cal communities.

And working together, we can get through this!

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Here are some dos and don’ts for dealing with coronavirus. First the don’ts:

Don’t panic. That is always good advice. If you, like the world’s econ-omy, operate on just-in-time inventories, and did not take advice to stock up three weeks ago, do not join a mob at a big-box store once the panic buying sets in. Somebody there is no doubt infected. Plus, there’s the

paper. If you have no rice or beans or pasta in the pantry, that is more serious, but you should still avoid mobs if possible.

Don’t treat fever without a doctor’s advice. Fever is not a disease. It is an important defense mechanism. Very high fevers (say 105 degrees) can cause brain damage, and children can have seizures. But don’t pop Ty-

1918 pandemic might have been caused by heavy use of aspirin. High doses of aspirin, given to patients in amounts considered unsafe today, were commonly used to treat the illness, and the symptoms of aspirin

especially among those who died soon after they became ill. Like aspirin,

also have detrimental effects on blood clotting. Try lukewarm sponge baths for comfort.

Don’t go to the emergency room or urgent care unless you are se-verely ill and have been directed to a health facility after calling your provincial health line. There will be sick people there, and you might

Call your provincial health line. In Saskatchewan that’s 811. In Mani-toba you can contact Health Links at 204-788-8200 or 1-888-315-9257.

Don’t touch your face or your eyes. That is very hard to do—prevent-ing you from touching them is one function of a mask and eye protection.

Don’t fall for internet scams, or malware. Hucksters will always be -

bedded malware in sites that come up on a search for information. (If

deaths, go to the university’s website, don’t Google “coronavirus map.”)

Now for some dos:

Do prepare to take care of yourself and your family. Be sure you have a fever thermometer, disposable gloves, plastic garbage bags, and clean-ing supplies. A pulse oximeter is good to have to check oxygen levels.

Do clean and disinfect surfaces such as doorknobs, telephones, com-puter keyboards, toilets, and countertops often. The virus can persist there for days.

Do wash your hands often and use hand sanitizer. With SARS-CoV-2,

Do put a mask on people ill with the virus if you can. For protecting yourself you need a minimum of an N95 mask and eye protection.

Do take your vitaminsthis time of year due to lack of sunshine over the winter. Your need for vi-tamin C escalates with infection. Some 50 tons of vitamin C was shipped to Wuhan, and studies of effectiveness are underway.

– the supply chain depends on China, and there could be disruptions to supply in North America as the pandemic progresses.

Do protect your immune system, with adequate sleep, exercise, fresh air, and diet, especially avoiding sugar if you feel ill.

Do help your neighbours, and be responsible about protecting others as well as yourself from contagion.

This editorial was written by Dr. Jane Orient. She has been in solo private practice since 1981 and has served as Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) since 1989.

She is currently president of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness.

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MNP says businesses need plan for COVID-19ROB PAUL

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTERWith COVID-19 impacting Canada

more and more each day, businesses are starting to feel the fallout.

Many businesses have taken precau--

ployees working from home, and some have temporarily had to shut down.

With such unpredictability surrounding the situation and the circumstances being extreme, many businesses are having to prepare for disruption from COVID-19.

To help businesses in a tough time, MNP has put together a guideline for dealing with COVID-19.

“We’ve got a whole team that takes care -

keting team, thousands of professionals that deal with this stuff and put business plans together,” said MNP Partner Mark O’Rourke.

During this time MNP recommends four main focusses for businesses, peo-ple, technology, business operations, and brand and reputation.

MNP says staff need to be educated on smart health habits as well work-from-home policies.

When it comes to technology, MNP says to watch out for cyber attackers trying to take advantage of people’s fears using the COVID-19 scare.

MNP says it’s vital to establish both a Response Plan and a Business Continuity Plan for business operations.

The Response Plan needs to assess po-tential disruptions and implement re-sponse strategies while also monitoring COVID-19 updates to adapt as new infor-mation comes out.

The Business Continuity Plan is for looking at what could go wrong and de-veloping strategies to address the affects.

They recommend looking at business operations from every angle when it comes to the impact of COVID-19.

businesses should refer to travel advi-sories from the Public Health Agency of Canada and consider the impact of poten-

tially needing to quarantine employees upon their return.

MNP also says when it comes to busi-ness interruptions insurance covering pandemics that it depends on a business-es policy and the circumstance of the loss.

In terms of brand and reputation, MNP says businesses should consider commu-nicating with employees and customers about any plans that are in place and to be

crisis communication ready.The economic landscape for businesses

is constantly changing, even more so now with the uncertainty surrounding COV-ID-19 and O’Rourke says it’s imperative to be as prepared as possible.

“We’re handling this step-by-step,” said O’Rourke. “Just kind of wait and see what comes out on the news, make decisions when we can, we have a full-scale plan for

worst-case scenarios and can implement them when we need to.”

O’Rourke says MNP began preparing when they saw the global impact COV-ID-19 was having.

“Knowing what happened around the

level on what ifs,” said O’Rourke. There’s no way of knowing if a business

is prepared enough with an unknown like COVID-19 says O’Rourke.

“From clients of mine I’ve been getting constant calls and emails, saying ‘we’ve done this much of a plan, have we done enough? Do we need to go further?’ It’s an incredibly tough question to answer be-cause you don’t know how far you need to go,” said O’Rourke.

“I have had clients that have been in constant communication with me discuss-ing the matter and how they should pro-ceed and just running plans and asking for some general advice.”

Now that COVID-19 is here, O’Rourke says there’s nothing more important for a business than to have a plan and be con-stantly adjusting as more information be-comes available.

“It’s the most important thing out there,” said O’Rourke. “Businesses need to have a plan and guidance for them-selves and their employees to fall on.”

“Given the rapid evolution of this, with-out a plan it’s going to be tough. You’re going to need a plan in place.”

The overall long-term economic impact is impossible to know says O’Rourke and businesses need to be more prepared than ever.

“I think the economic impact of this is completely unknown at this time,” said O’Rourke. “I expect it is going to be big enough, the longer something like this carries on, the bigger the impact is.”

“There’s an immediate impact for sure, people can quantify the immediate im-pact, but I don’t think anybody under-stands what the long-term impact of this may be or how long it may last, I think there’s a lot of unknowns at this point in time.”

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Esterhazy prepares for COVID-19ROB PAUL

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTERThe rapid impact of COVID-19 in Canada continues as it

begins to hit towns in Saskatchewan.The Town of Esterhazy has announced they have closed

-ther notice as a precautionary measure.

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For those wishing to be contacted by phone they can

member will contact them.Esterhazy will also be closing the S.N. Boreen Centre

and Dana Antal Arena Centre until further notice and any questions surrounding that can be directed to the town of-

The Town of Esterhazy says they will continue to moni-tor the COVID-19 situation and keep the public informed as decisions that impact the community are made.

With the restrictions around COVID-19 increasing the council of the Town of Esterhazy recognized they needed to make a change to adjust to the pandemic.

“We said all along that we were going to take our in-structions from what Saskatchewan Health’s direction was,” said Esterhazy Mayor Grant Forster. “It came down to when the province announced they were closing the schools.”

we have to do something now, this is real.”

Seeing how quickly things were changing in Canada and

Forster said they had to do their part.“Essentially the two things were Sask. Health putting

out their recommendations on the social distancing and limiting the size of gatherings and then the schools clos-ing,” said Forster. “No point in all of these people doing these preventive measures and us not falling in line.”

Making the decision to close public buildings in the town was tough says Forster, but it was the smart move and the community understands the decision.

“It wasn’t an easy decision because there are people who had things planned, but for the better good of the commu-nity we had to react as we did,” said Forster.

“I’m not getting the sense that people are upset with us, they know that this has to be done and it’s the best way to control the spread and they’re doing what they have to.”

With the spread of COVID-19 in Canada, Forster says local businesses in Esterhazy are starting to feel the impact.

“What we’re seeing now is a few businesses have closed their doors for the time being,” said Forster.

Forster says you can see the town starting to prepare for a potential long-term situation as COVID-19 grows in Can-ada, but he doesn’t believe there’s hysteria about it around town.

“We’re starting to see store shelves being empty, so I’m assuming people are getting prepared for a required quar-antine for everyone, but I don’t think there’s any sense of panic,” said Forster.

“People are going about their business trying as best they can to limit their exposure.”

Right now Forster thinks people in Esterhazy are more worried about how to deal with school closures, but says the community is stepping up and working together.

“There’s concern with the schools closing about child-care and that kind of stuff, but I’m seeing lots of notices about high school students offering up babysitting services because school is out,” said Forster.

“Lots of people are taking it in stride and doing things that they need to do to help out the community and help themselves get through this,” said Forster. “So far I’m im-pressed with what I’m seeing and proud of the way that people are reacting to this.”

Forster is happy to see the town focussed on getting pre-pared for the dire situation that is COVID-19.

“People are doing what they can to get prepared and ready to survive this,” said Forster.

“It’s impressive how well people are getting themselves prepared. I’m very happy with how things are going.”

Canada hasn’t had to deal with something unknown like this in decades says Forster and it’s a learning experience for the town.

“We’ve never been through this in any form,” said For-ster. “We’ve never had the whole world shutdown like it has been.“

“We’re fortunate we’ve never gone through the war time measure that our parents and grandparents had to go through and this is probably as close as we’ll see it.”

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Allan Holloway, right, presented a cheque in the amount of $8,036.54 to the town of Wapella on Tuesday. The cheque was the proceeds from the Dakota Holloway Memorial Hockey Tourna-ment held on Jan. 24 and will be used for the Wapella Rink. Deputy Mayor Brian Schinke, left, accepted the cheque.

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The sixth annual Dakota Holloway Memorial Hockey Tournament held on Jan. 24 and 25 has raised over $8,000 for the Wapella Rink.

Each year the tournament is held in memory of the late Dakota Holloway, with all proceeds from the tournament going toward Wapella rink upgrades and renovations, as well as an annual scholarship to a local high school stu-dent.

The tournament consists of eight teams playing three-on-three hockey, as well as a silent auction, shootout calcutta, pancake breakfast and roast beef supper.

While the tournament is a fundraiser each year, Brandon Munro, who helps organize the tournament, says it’s also about remembering Dakota, who passed away at age 20.

“I think it’s important to get together every year with people from the area and remember Dakota and do some-thing fun that he would have enjoyed,” Munro.

“He was fun, really caring, he’d give you the shirt off his back,” says Munro.

“Growing up I always played hockey against Dakota, that was how I got to know him to start with, and then he started dating my sister. Hockey was something that we shared. He was passionate about hockey. He was a big Cal-gary Flames fan and the town of Wapella is pretty small but it’s a pretty big hockey town so this tournament something that can get everyone together.

“We just wanted to do something in his memory, we didn’t want to let him be forgotten. We wanted to get ev-eryone together because this is really the only time of year that you get all the people that knew Dakota in one place.”

Munro says he hopes to see the Dakota Holloway Memo-rial Hockey Tournament continue to be an annual event for many years to come.

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INITIATIVE REPORTERThe hysteria around the

spread of COVID-19 in Canada continues to grow

cases and deaths related to the virus continue to rise.

Saskatchewan, Ontario, Alberta, and British Co-lumbia have declared states of emergency while Canada has shut its border to non-essential travel.

The panic has been re--

cery stores across Cana-da, empty shelves, lines out the door, and people hoarding certain products as they prepare for long-term quarantine.

Stores have had to im-plement systems to limit certain products sales to customers to ensure there’s enough for everybody and adding special shopping hours for seniors, the dis-abled, and more suscep-tible people.

Premiers across Canada have addressed the hoard-ing of products including Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

“We don’t believe coro-navirus will cause short-ages in our grocery stores. But hoarding most cer-tainly will,” said Moe. “We need to remain calm.”

“Buy what you need. There is no need for us to hoard. So don’t do it.”

Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu also talked about unnecessary hoard-ing at a press conference last week.

“Remember your neigh-bours, those people who buy just in time. Buy what you need. Be kind to one another,” said Hajdu.

Borderland Co-op loca-tions will be dedicating some hours to those who need it most.

All Borderland Co-op Food Stores will be open-ing one hour earlier on Tuesdays and Thursdays (8 a.m. to 9 a.m) to ac-commodate seniors (ages 65+), those with mobility concerns, and vulnerable members of the commu-nity.

Borderland Co-op Food Stores will also be provid-ing a delivery option if cus-tomers call their local store before 2 p.m. and they will accept a cheque from mem-bers, or cash.

Borderland Co-op Gen-eral Manager Jason Schenn says although there is hoarding going on, it’s not something he’s too worried about going forward.

“We’re doing our best to keep product on the shelves and in the store,” said Schenn.

Even with the rapidness of the situation, Schenn says despite it being tough-er than normal, his loca-tions are doing as well as they can given the circum-stances.

“In all of our sites we’re generally well prepared and well stocked for any member that might need something at any time,” said Schenn. “Situations like this are a little more of a challenge.”

“The pandemic itself is a concern because of public safety, but in terms of big picture things I think we’re as prepared as we can ever be for the situation.”

Schenn says they’re try-ing their best to keep up

with demand during these times.

“For the most part we buy what we can, when we can,” said Schenn. “Hope-fully we can keep enough products on the shelves to

-cations than just us picking up a phone and making a phone call and ordering product and it arrives.”

“You start having the panic buying that’s been happening globally so it’s creating supply issues along the supply chain,” said Schenn.

“There are some prod-ucts that start going into allocation or that you just don’t get at all.”

With potential hoard-ing of products going on, Schenn wants customers to understand there’s enough to go around as long as they don’t panic buy and stockpile.

of people that are your panic buyers that are buy-ing strictly on the impulse of the panic that’s created right now,” said Schenn.

“Then you’ve got the next wave of people who are making sure they don’t run out too because of the people motivated by the panic and they go out and buy even though they feel silly about it.”

“Then you have the other people who are just not buying into the panic and they’re going to be on their regular shopping pat-terns.”

Even though it’s a stress-ful time for shoppers, they need to buy appropriate amounts of product so there’s enough for others during an urgent time.

“You’ve got some people who are trying to stockpile a years supply of toilet pa-per or sanitizers, any of those kind of items,” said Schenn.

“We’re going through everything we can, we had to go to allocation and say, ‘you know what we can’t have one person buying a year’s supply of toilet pa-per when someone else is going to have none.’”

Even with the panic buy-ing so far, Schenn thinks it’s starting to tail off and he hasn’t had to make too many adjustments because of it.

“You anticipate once the panic starts there’s going to be a rise in demand and then not too long following it will peak and come back down to regular levels,” said Schenn.

“I think most of the panic buying is starting to come to an end,” said Schenn. “We haven’t had to make any major changes, the worst we’ve done is had to put a limit of two on things like toilet paper. That’s about as far as we’ve had to go.”

Schenn just hopes people grasp the impact that panic buying can have during a severe situation in Canada.

“Different things happen in different situations, pan-ic buying isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon,” said Schenn.

“I’ve seen it before in other products, but it’s a little different because it’s a global pandemic and that hasn’t happened on this scale before so every-body is learning as we go through this.”

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Skate Esterhazy hosted Battle of the Blades on Sunday, March 15. This fun event featured competitors from Skate Esterhazy and Esterhazy Minor Hockey, along with special guests and Junior National Competitors Shallen Bear and Marty Haubrich. The event was a mix of hockey and figure skating where one figure skater teams up with one hockey player and the figure skater has to do their best to teach the hockey player how to figure skate, and then they compete against each other. The audience then voted for their favorite before the pair had to compete for a second time. A panel of judges chose the champions at the end.

Sara Heise Brielle Fuhr

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Skylar Pangracs Tanner Neyedly &Mallory Lomenda

Erin & Zenovia Casey Cairns & Cayleigh Banga

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The A Event was won by the Tyler Hartung rink from Langenburg. The B Event was won by the Mark Weiss rink from Esterhazy.

The C Event was won by the Gerry Schwitzer rink from Esterhazy.

Esterhazy Men’s Curling BonspielThe Esterhazy Curling Club hosted the men’s bonspiel recently with

14 rinks participating. Eight rinks were from Esterhazy, two from Church-bridge, two from Whitewood, and two from Langenburg.

A fun weekend was had by all, there were lots of raffl e prize winners, and all enjoyed a Chicken Chef supper on the Saturday brought in by the Esterhazy Curling Club.

The winner of the A event in the spiel was the Tyler Hartung rink from Langenburg.

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Whitewood Ice Whitewood held their annual Ice Car-nival on Saturday, March 14. The theme of this year’s carnival was “Around the World” with skaters featuring different countries with their performances.

These girls brought brought Spain to life in their skating performanceFrom left: Leah Outhwaite, Jade Payot, Charlie Restau, and Ayress Moorhead

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Swimming Pool Lesson Rates & Schedule2019 SWIMMING LESSON RATES

(2019 Lesson rates apply until March 16 2020)

Levels With Without Season Pass Season PassParent & Tot 1 $65 $75Parent & Tot 2 $65 $75Parent & Tot 3 $65 $75Preschool 1 $65 $75Preschool 2 $65 $75Preschool 3 $65 $75Swimmer 1 $75 $90Swimmer 2 $75 $90Swimmer 3 $75 $90Swimmer 4 $75 $90Swimmer 5 $75 $90Rookie Patrol $75 $90Ranger Patrol $75 $90Star Patrol $75 $90

SET RATESAdult Lesson: $25 per 1/2 Hour per Swimmer

Private Lesson: $25 per 1/2 Hour per Swimmer

2020 SWIMMING LESSON SCHEDULESet 1 June 1 - June 12 2 Week PublicSet 2 June 15 - June 19 1 Week PrivateSet 3 June 22 - June 26 1 Week PublicSet 4 June 29 - July 10 2 Week PublicSet 5 July 13 - July 17 1 Week PrivateSet 6 July 20 - July 24 1 Week Public Set 7 July 27 - July 31 1 Week Private Set 8 August 3 - August 14 2 Week Public

Private lessons will be offered! Call 306-435-2346 or e-mail

[email protected] or message the Moosomin Swimming Pool Facebook page for other inquiries

OTHER PROGRAMS OFFEREDBronze Medallion: $150

Bronze Cross: $150Bronze Medallion & Bronze Cross: $250

Swimming Pool Lesson RegistrationParticpant's Name: _______________________________________________________________________

Participant's Age: ________________________________________________________________________

Level of Enrolment: ______________________________________________________________________

Lesson Set Date: _________________________________________________________________________

Parent/Guardian Name ___________________________________________________________________

Parent/Guardian Signature ________________________________________________________________

CONTACT NUMBERSPhone: _________________________________________________________________________________

Cell: ____________________________________________________________________________________

E-mail: _________________________________________________________________________________

EARLY BIRD PRICING FOR 2020 SWIMMING LESSONS ON UNTIL APRIL 15, 2020Registration forms along with post-dated cheques must be received at the Town Offi ce on or before March 16, 2020 to be entitled to the 2019 Lesson Rate. Cheques must be post-dated for no later than May 15, 2020. Please drop off at the Town Offi ce or Mail to: Moosomin Parks & Recreation Department, Box 430, Moosomin, SK S0G 3N0.For more information regarding lessons or programs offered please contact [email protected] or phone 306-435-3622 or AFTER MAY 1, 2020 contact Pool Staff at 306-435-2346; e-mail [email protected] or check the Moosomin Swimming Pool Facebook page.

To submit an application please contact us by email or mail to:

MOOSOMIN PARKS & RECREATIONBox 430 - Moosomin, SK - S0G 3N0

Fax: 306-435-3343E-mail: [email protected]

If you have any question please contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 306-435-3622.

Employment OpportunityBORDERLAND

CO-OP AQUAPLEX

ONE WAY RIDE is from your Home, Lodges or Hospital/Long Term Care Lodge to the Downtown Area OR from Downtown Area to Home, Lodges or Hospital/Long Term Care Lodge.

CALL 306-435-9777 FOR PICKUP

BUS PASS: $40 10 RIDES ONE WAY

SINGLE RIDE: $5 ONE WAY RIDE

MOTOHMOOSOMIN ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE HANDICAPPED

HOURS OF OPERATION: 8:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. MONDAY TO FRIDAY

We are now accepting Early Bird Registration. Anyone who registers prior to April 15th will receive the early bird advantages!

Those include: Guaranteed 2019 Pricing & Guaranteed to be included in set of choicePLEASE MAKE POST DATED CHEQUES TO MAY 15TH, 2020

Early Bird Swimming Lesson DealExtended to April 15th!!

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ALL TOWN RECREATION FACILITIES ARE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. The town offi ce is closed to the public but you can contact town

employees by: email at [email protected] or by phone 306-435-2988

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Bonk says COVID-19 is unprecedentedROB PAUL

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTERSteven Bonk, the MLA for Moosomin,

never expected to live through some-thing like the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit Canada.

“This is one of the few times where you can actually use the word surreal,” said Bonk. “It’s really a strange turn of events we’ve had lately.”

With connections overseas, Bonk says he knew how devastating COVID-19 could be in Canada and people need

curve. “We have friends and family in Eu-

rope that are in quarantine and they told

me, ‘take this seriously because this is a very serious health problem.’ What it’s done to the health system in those other countries has brought the system to its knees,” said Bonk.

It’s an unknown situation that nobody could have been prepared for, says Bonk.

“No one saw this coming and it’s just unprecedented, we’ve never had to deal with this before,” said Bonk.

With the recommendation of self-isolation and social distancing to stop the spread of COVID-19, Bonk says he’s been working from home.

“Currently I’m working from home and reaching out to many of the reeves, mayors, councillors, and chiefs, just try-

they have and if we can alleviate some of those concerns,” said Bonk.

“We’re still having some committee meetings and we can do that remotely,” said Bonk.

“Basically we’re trying to be there for our constituents if they have any ques-tions and do anything we’re asked to do.”

Even though it’s a grim situation right now, Bonk says Canada is in a better place to handle what’s coming as long as people educate themselves and fol-low the ways to stop the spread of CO-VID-19.

“We have a silver lining in the fact that

we have hindsight with other countries being further in this pandemic than we are,” said Bonk.

“If people heed the call of the provin-cial health authorities, listen to the rec-ommendations, stay home, self-isolate, and do their part, we’re not going to get rid of this virus, but we are going to be

the spread and it will take the pressure off of our healthcare system.”

Bonk emphasized the importance of doing everything possible to stop the spread of COVID-19.

“By listening to the advice and pay-ing attention to it, people can really help protect their fellow citizens,” said Bonk.


Moosomin Rec ReportMike Schwean, Recreation Director

306-435-3622 • [email protected]

COVID-19Now in effect, in an effort to slow the

spread of COVID-19 all Parks and Rec-reation Facilities have been closed to the public.

The Town of Moosomin is actively monitoring the situation and will continue to evaluate and inform the public of any changes.

Friends are familyWe at Parks and Rec are so fortunate to

have so many great friends in the com-munity. It seems at this time of need for many it would be a time to say thank you to those who may be in need. If you are one of those shut in your home with no one to ask for help, allow us to do what we can to help.

You are more than welcome to contact me at 435-7578. It would be my pleasure to help you as best I can.

Borderland Co-op Aquaplex–2020

applicationsWe are now taking applications for sum-

mer employment at the Borderland Co-op Aquaplex. We will be losing a couple se-nior staff members this year as Alli will be staying in Calgary while Jevon moves over to a different position within Parks and Rec and Kamen will be working on his Co-op program. As such there will be room for new staff members.

We believe we have a tremendous at-mosphere in which to work in, and above average salary.

Also note we ask all previous employ-ees also submit a resume so we can keep up with any changes on their resume.

To submit an application please email [email protected] or fax to 306-435-3343.

If you have any questions feel free to contact us at 306-435-3622.

Borderland Co-op Aquaplex–2020 lesson sets

year inquiring about 2020 lesson sets. We know so many families plan well in ad-vance with regards to lesson sets. As such we have scheduled the dates for 2020:

June 1-12: Two week publicJune 15-19: One week privateJune 22-26: One week publicJune 29-July 10: Two week publicJuly 13-17: One week privateJuly 20-24: One week publicJuly 27-31: One week privateAugust 3-14: Two week public

Early bird swimminglesson deal

extended to April 15!We are now accepting early bird reg-

istration. Anyone who registers prior to April 15 will receive the early bird advan-tages. Those include:

• Guaranteed 2019 pricing• Guaranteed to be included in set of

choice• Post-dated cheques to May 15, 2020Please check this week’s Town of Moo-

somin ad for a registration form.

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When Disney released Frozen 2 this past November, I am sure they expected millions of kids to sing along with its upbeat anthem, “Into the Unknown.” I am equally sure they did not expect that short months later millions of adults—many of them extremely well educated—would be echoing the refrain with feelings much less joyful. The coro-navirus pandemic (COVID-19) has affected every corner of the world. Nobody is immune, and the strain is present in every part of the Canadian healthcare system—including the training of future doctors like me.

To understand how the current state of emergency and school cancellations affect medical training, one has to un-derstand a bit about how that training is provided. I am currently a third-year medical student in the middle of clerkship. What this means is my colleagues and I are con-sidered the most junior “doctors” patients will come across in hospitals. We have completed two years of in-classroom studies on every bodily system from heart and lungs to

we get involved in clinical training—putting the knowl-

supervision. Our third year consists of core rotations—six-week blocks of clinical exposure running from July to the following August. I have personally completed training in the areas of women’s’ health, specialized hospital medi-cine, pediatric medicine, mental health, and 4/6 weeks of general surgery with six-weeks each training in emergency,

year we explore our interests further, “match” to an area of

gain the title of “Doctor.”The cancellations due to Covid-19 mean that all remain-

of the program—will be delivered online. The clinical skills component of the training in these years has been cancelled as well. Also all 17 schools have removed clinical rotation students as of March 18 and will be approaching re-integra-tion of rotations and modifying curriculae uniformly.

The qualifying exam for fourth year students has also been postponed, but the Medical Council of Canada has decided that not completing the MCC licensing exam on schedule will not restrict fourth years from entering resi-dency and beginning practice.

Taken together, these measures have greatly altered the training and contributions of around 400 knowledgeable learners in our province, and over 4,000 medical students across the country. We do not know when these changes will end. We do not know the effects they will have on grad-uation or our futures. The restrictions are unprecedented and harsh. They are also unavoidable—entirely reasonable in the present moment given what we know about this vi-rus.

Covid-19 is a novel coronavirus. Simply put, this means it is a virus that targets the lungs and it was originally passed to humans from animals and has since passed from human to human. It hits older folks and those with

lung diseases like asthma hardest, but it appears that it is most easily passed on by younger people who have gener-ally mild symptoms. It is generally not a death sentence, but like other viruses, treatments are essentially limited to managing the symptoms. These treatments, however, can be expensive in terms of resources. I am young and healthy and would likely stay reasonably healthy regardless of whether I become infected, which incidentally makes a hos-pital of older and sicker people the last place I should be. I am also, however, somewhat intelligent/knowledgeable and capable of diagnosing, managing, and explaining com-mon diagnoses to patients with some supervision courtesy of training subsidized to the tune of some $200,000 by Sas-katchewan taxpayers. Do I, therefore, have an obligation to help however I can?

From a legal standpoint, the answer is no. I have no more -

erage World-Spectator reader, nor am I a Saskatchewan healthcare employee. Were I to get sick due to workplace

-ing time off. Would I, as a student, have a right to seek dam-ages from my school for putting me in that position? If I were to inadvertently infect someone by performing clini-cal duties, could a patient sue me? One can see how it gets complicated very quickly.

From a personal standpoint, I also should have no obli-gation. Again, without medical license or employee status, any services I provided would be voluntary and without

medical students coming out of training. Should I not, therefore, seek to get some tuition refunded as I am missing out on clinical experiences that I am essentially paying for? If I am asked to return to some form of duties in the com-ing days, should I ask for compensation? Should gradua-tions be postponed, and my colleagues held back from paid residency positions, are they not entitled to compensation? These, too, are complicated questions. I personally do not like thinking in these terms as I feel like they are the antith-esis of why my classmates and I chose to pursue this profes-sion. They are, nonetheless, salient.

From a moral standpoint, this is an impossible ques-tion. I have been showing that I could manage medi-

-nor complaints, thereby

relieving some of the workload from doctors and freeing them to attend to problems I do not yet have the training to solve. Italian medical students are already being asked to step up to such duties. But am I able? What if I do cause more infections and deaths? How big is the difference be-tween a third-year learner 5/8th of the way through core training and a graduated M.D. with as little as one year more experience? How many doctors and resident doctors will have to self-isolate before I become a necessity to keep basic healthcare running?

In a TedTalk four years ago, Bill Gates explained how the world’s health systems were unprepared for the next pandemic. He was talking big-picture and he was correct. For me, this is kind of a car analogy. It is like being given a learner’s licence. I sat through some classes learning about rules of the road and what signs mean. I have done some driving of my own in a number of places, all under supervi-sion. I have had no problems so far and have been a quick learner. But now it is two minutes to midnight in the dead of winter. I am on my cell phone with my aging parents who are stranded in need of a ride. Maybe they could call a taxi, but it is Christmas Eve and they will have to wait. A decision has to be made—my phone is only at 10% battery and they can walk me through the drive. Maybe I get in the car and get ready to go despite some clear risks to myself and others. But my car is now, until further notice, out of gas.

Thankfully, this is where the analogy ends and life goes on. There is a lot of uncertainty as to how these cancella-tions and social distancing measures will affect my current training. The effects downstream on the medical system are anyone’s guess. Personally, I trust those above me to make just decisions and hope that their thoughts are aligned with my own. In the meantime, medical students across the country have already begun to set up initiatives for volun-teer childcare for healthcare workers spending extra time at work. Students are taking social media by storm to spread information and correct misinformation. I will be volunteer-

health and epidemiology to relieve 811 workers and track transmissions. If in the coming days I am asked to pitch in however I can, I will do so. I will not ask for compensation. I signed up for this and I trust that if I can support the system when it needs it, it will support me if I need it.

In short, these are trying times. I chose to believe in the goodness of others and be positive.

Please, wash your hands, do not touch your face, and stay home.

Trevor Poole is from Moosomin and is studying medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.

On the front lines of COVID-19 as a med student

Trevor Poole


Rocanville Town Council:

Town switching to key fobs for bulk waterROB PAUL

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTERAt their regular meeting Wednesday, council carried a

system.

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Rocanville giving Golf Club $5,000

A motion was carried to give them $5,000 this year as

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Amendment to water and wastewater operations training policy

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training.

Councillor resignation

making him no longer eligible to be a councillor.

-til the election.

Council looking intoMaplewood Crescent expansion

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two lots to build on. The two lots are on the northwest

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Langley.

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council looks into more details on the area.

ASSESSMENT NOTICENOTICE is hereby given that the assessment

roll of the Rural Municipality of Rocanville No. 151 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following days, Monday to Friday, March 20th to April 20th, 2020.

A Bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor, Rural Municipality of Rocanville No. 151, Box 298, Rocanville, SK S0A 3L0, by the 20th day of April, 2020. Dated this 19th day of March, 2020.

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Rocanville Rec ReportAndrea Logan - Rec Director

Phone: 306-645-2164 • Website: rocanville.ca • Email: [email protected]

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Spectator Sports

BY TOM WITOSKYJohn Odgers knew at a

young age he wanted to work in the world of pro-fessional hockey.

After all, the 26-year-old native of Spy Hill, Sask., and son of NHL veteran Jeff Odgers is what one might call a “hockey brat.”

“I lived in locker rooms from September to April growing up and on the family farm from May through August,” the Iowa Wild’s strength and con-ditioning coach said. “We lived in San Jose, Boston, Colorado, almost in Min-

Atlanta.”Odgers’ experiences and

family travels with a father who played more than 800 games in the NHL speaks volumes about how some-one of his age could be-

strength and conditioning coach for Iowa.

“We got along right away when we met in de-velopment camp,” Iowa head coach Tim Army re-called. “He came highly recommended by the Min-nesota staff. It was an easy decision to make.”

Odgers, known as “Odg-ie” around the Wild weight room in the basement of Wells Fargo Arena, already has received a lot of credit for helping several Wild players, whether it was Mason Shaw’s rehabilita-tion of his third knee sur-gery or providing a weight loss regimen for forward Dmitry Sokolov and de-fenseman Matt Register.

“He’s been great for me,” said Shaw, who only recently returned to play-ing after an eight-month recovery from a knee inju-ry sustained in last year’s playoffs. “I’m really happy with the work he did with me to get where I am. He brings a great attitude ev-ery day. He’s very fun to be around and we’re very lucky to have him.”

Similarly, Register, who

standard AHL contract after seven seasons in the ECHL, gave a lot of credit to Odgers to get him to lose weight and improve his overall conditioning to land the contract.

“He helped me a lot,” Register said. “It’s a pro-cess and he worked with me to stay on it. He had my back throughout all of it and he helped me get to that level and goal where I wanted to be.”

While some players

came to the team in need of weight loss, others require Odgers’ services to keep weight on.

“With players like Reg-gie or Sokolov, we work hard at improving the abil-ity to move more quickly and to have better stamina by losing weight,” Odgers said. “Someone like Sam Anas, however, we are trying to get him to stay where is or gain weight.”

Odgers oversees the daily workout routines of each Wild player from his desk positioned right inside the weight room. Workout sessions differ throughout the season with more of an empha-sis on increasing strength in the offseason and early season to maintenance of strength and muscle recov-ery as the year progresses. He also works with Wild head athletic trainer Masa Takaiwa on all rehabilita-tion exercises for injured players.

He also monitors the players’ nutritional needs, including the ordering of food for breakfast and lunch for practices and morning skates.

Odgers’ interest in strength training and con-ditioning began when playing junior hockey for the Yorkton Terriers in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

“I was somebody who always enjoyed being in

the weight room and work-ing out during the season,” he said. “And then, as I got into it more, I discovered that I liked reading about it and learning more about it.”

As his junior hockey ca-reer ended, Odgers under-stood his playing career didn’t hold much promise, but a career combining hockey and strength train-ing and conditioning did.

“I wanted to have a ca-reer that combined the two things that I enjoyed the most, which is hockey. And then the other side of it was strength condition-ing, lifting weights, health

Odgers received a bach-elor’s degree in kinesiol-ogy from the University of Regina and just completed his master’s degree in No-vember at the same school.

Ironically, the biggest problem for Odgers in de-ciding to study kinesiol-ogy was having to explain to his grandfather that he didn’t want to work on the family farm—a nearly 2,500-acre spread that rais-es cattle and grows wheat

The farm is a century farm this year and has

Odgers family work and own it.

Odgers said his brother, Dakota, will be the one to take over the farm once he decides to stop playing

hockey. He currently plays for Carlton University lo-cated in Ottawa.

“I always joke that I’m lucky that he wanted to take over the farm because I would have to tell my grandpa that I didn’t want to farm,” Odgers laughed.

His decision to get a master’s degree came as a result of a four-month

internship with one of his father’s old teams, the San Jose Sharks, under the di-rection of Mike Potenza, the Sharks’ strength and conditioning coordinator.

The hiring of a full-time strength and conditioning

a part-time post until this season, was a “huge prior-ity” for Army, who empha-

sizes how the AHL team must replicate the Minne-sota Wild as much as pos-sible.

Army said he talked with Tom Kurvers, Iowa’s general manager, about establishing a full-time po-sition strength and condi-tioning position beginning in 2019-20.

“We needed to hire a full-time strength coach here; that was a huge pri-ority. It doesn’t matter who the player is. They all need this kind of attention,” Army said. “It’s an impor-tant piece of their ability to be able to play to their full strength.”

Army added young players are the ones who likely need it the most, making it even more im-portant to establish a full-time coach in Iowa.

“Our younger players need somebody because they don’t know this pro-cess,” he said. “They need some oversight on what they’re doing.”

Army said Odgers won the job while working with Minnesota Wild staff dur-ing last summer’s devel-opment camp. Ever since, he’s been a valuable part of the Wild staff.

“I just took to him right away. I really liked him,” Army said. “He worked well with all of the players and got a high recommen-dation from the Minnesota

John Odgers, 26, from Spy Hill, is the strength and conditioning coach for the Iowa Wild.

Addition of Odgers brings strength to Wild

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LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER

The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce and its partners asked businesses in a survey about how they expect COVID-19 to impact them and received over 1,000 responses.

“Businesses told us clearly that they are in a very, very troubled position with so many unknowns. The best

needs immediate attention and will take time to heal,” said Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce CEO Steve McLellan.

Some of the results of the survey:• 85 per cent of businesses that responded have felt

a negative impact already, and 87 per cent believe the challenges will continue for two months or longer.

• The greatest negative impacts include reduced

-tion protocols, or under-utilized labour while still at work; and the cancellation of important work-related travel events.

• 42 per cent of respondents believe they will see as much as a 50 per cent drop in revenue.

“We were heartened that almost half of the respon-dents had a plan in place to help mitigate the challeng-es,” said McLellan. “We have also seen many creative and impactful actions by businesses to show support for health of employees and the public, and for Canada’s

“From voluntary closures of public spaces, includ-ing restaurants and facilities, to donating excess food to food banks, businesses are still focused on doing the right thing for the community, employees, and custom-ers.”

Respondents to the survey recommend government implement the following:

• Immediate action on Federal Employment Insur-ance (EI)

• • Expand loan access• Extend tax windows• Ensure access of products across the border “Our businesspeople have dealt with this dramati-

cally changing economic landscape as well as could be expected given the circumstances so far,” said Chair of the SCC Board of Directors Valerie Sluth.

“But there needs to be co-ordinated action by the fed-eral and provincial governments or else we will see clo-sures on a level that we have not seen in this province for decades.”

“Most businesspeople are monitoring the govern-ment messages and are fully supportive of the level of inter-jurisdictional cooperation that has happened to date, quick action by these levels of government will be required in the next few days to retain a stronger hope of future success,” said Sluth.

Businesses are feeling the economic impact in devas-tating ways right now, McLellan says.

“The impact without question is a gash to our econ-omy and we heal from gashes, we will get through it,” said McLellan. “But there is some bleeding happening right now.”

“I’m shocked that the level of impact is so high and the impact will be at least a couple of months and of course in some cases it’s as much as a 50 per cent rev-enue drop and it could be even higher than that,” said McLellan.

-astating, businesses need to keep informed and can’t make rash decisions.

“The best advice I can give is to stay current with what the government is announcing in terms of employment insurance, those sorts of policies that are assisting busi-nesses and employees,” said McLellan.

“The second thing is, don’t make decisions that will have long-term impacts. For example, don’t decide you’re going to close down the business, this will at some point end and the business will become viable again.”

there’s reason to keep them and there’s potential for EI and provincial labour rules to change that makes that separation on a temporary basis a little more amenable for both the employee and the employer.”

McLellan says during the COVID-19 pandemic mak-ing sure your employees and customers are healthy is the top priority.

“The short-term thing to be sure of is to keep your

if you remain open to constantly disinfect and monitor both peoples physical and mental health,” said McLel-lan.

Businesses must have a plan in such a trying time and need to keep dialogue open with everyone in-volved, says McLellan.

“It’s hard to do a long-term plan, but a short-term plan is critical. Talk

customers, tell them what you know and what you’re doing. Tell them what it means to them as employees, what it means for them as suppliers or customers,” said McLel-lan. “Having that open and frank conversation is very important because without that there’s sim-

ply too many unknowns.”“The long-term plan is very hard to do right now be-

cause in the last week this whole situation has changed and may again within the next week.”

McLellan knows the economic fallout will be mas-sive, but still believes Saskatchewan will get back to where they were down the road.

“The economic impact will be in the billions of dollars. With some assumption we’ll be back to some semblance of normal within 90 days and businesses will start to springboard back,” said McLellan.

“Our GDP will be impacted no question, the second quarter of this year will be dramatically down from ear-

-ewan business community has weathered storms before and will get through this one too.”

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announced, McLellan says it’s a move in the right direc-tion towards recovery.

“The bottom line is without question the federal gov-ernment has stepped up in a big way,” said McLellan. “There’s still a lot of work to be done and a lot of details to still come out, but we’re happy with what we’ve seen so far.”


Thrift Store

Food Share

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609 Gordon Street • Moosomin, SK306-435-2633 • [email protected]

We are aware that the concern around COVID-19 is growing and it has everyone feeling uneasy. We at the Moosomin Thrift Store and Food Share feel it too, and like everyone we are taking further precautions. Based on the advice from Saskatche-wan’s Chief Medical Health Offi cer, and because the safety and health of our cus-tomers, clients, community and our incredible team of staff and volunteers are just too important to us, we have decided it best to suspend the acceptance of donations. This will be effective immediately and continue until further notice. Donations are extremely important to us (both food for the Food Share and clothing and household items for the Thrift Store) and we appreciate the donations we receive. We will pro-vide an update on when donations will resume as soon as we can.

Also, because the staff and volunteers handle multiple items that we are uncertain of any level of contamination of COVID-19 on the surfaces, and because it is ex-tremely diffi cult to ensure a thorough disinfecting of all of the donated items and not infect our staff, volunteers or customers, the Thrift Store will also be closed effective immediately and remain closed until further notice. We feel this is also our duty to encourage people to stay home as much as possible and exercise social distancing if anyone must leave their home, and as much as we all love our Treasure Store, it is not for the most part, essential to stay open through this pandemic. We will continue to monitor the situation and will provide an update on the hours of operation as soon as possible.

The Food Share will still be in operation. Should anyone be in need of assistance of the Food Share or the Thrift Store, they can call and leave a message at the Thrift Store at 306-435-2633, send a message to Moosomin Thrift Store Facebook page, or send an email to us at [email protected]. A staff member or board member will reply as soon as we can.

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Businesses feeling impact of COVID-19

STORE HOURS: 11 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday

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18.9L: $5.50 PICKUP OR [email protected]

We are open and continue to

PLEASE NOTE: We can do doorstep water delivery instead of pickups at our store!

DELIVERY IS FREEOur front entrance is being sanitized and

our water bottles are always sanitized.Contact-free payment options:

We can accept credit card or do monthly billing.

Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce CEO Steve McLellan.


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Saskatchewan tables spending estimatesROB PAUL

LOCAL JOURNALISMINITIATIVE REPORTER

The Saskatchewan gov-ernment tabled the 2020-21 spending estimates Wednes-day, the spending plan is $14.15 billion, a 3.1 per cent increase from 2019-20.

Due to the COVID-19 pan-demic in Canada right now, rather than table a budget the government decided to table spending estimates.

“We had a full budget com-plete and ready to go, but with the situation changing so fast we knew that we couldn’t table a full budget due to the fact that our revenue predic-tions would have been way off,” said Moosomin MLA Steven Bonk. “That’s why we came out with just the spend-ing estimate.”

“We have constant esti-mates, but they’re changing so quickly that we’re not sure where they’ll end up so we thought it would be prudent to just hang on for a little while and get a better idea where the economy will shakeout.”

With COVID-19 impacting Canada rapidly each day, Bonk says he’s never seen anything like this.

“This is unprecedented times, I never could have dreamed we’d be in this position,” said Bonk.

As for when Saskatchewan will table a budget, Bonk says it’s an unknown, but it’ll be as soon as they’re ca-pable of doing so accurately.

“I don’t think anybody really knows the severity on the pandemic we’re going through right now. Of course it’s

in the best interest of everyone that the sooner we can get a full budget tabled, the better,” said Bonk.

Given the COVID-19 situa-tion, Bonk says even though they couldn’t put together a budget, putting together a spending estimate was a pri-ority.

“It was important for us to come out with the spending estimates now so that a lot of our stakeholders and part-ners in the province can know where the spending will be at a baseline,” said Bonk. “It was very important to give that in-formation especially in a time of uncertainty.”

Bonk believes health care funding will increase given the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

“Absolutely, yes, everyone is expecting that, and that was another reason for pushing through the expenditure es-timate, now with cabinet ap-proval we can increase fund-ing to healthcare.”

“Spending across government is up, it’s up 3.1 per cent. A lot of it of course is going to health care, education, and social services,” said Bonk. “Those are three areas which I think are going to need some funding coming up here in the next little while until we can get a better handle on where we are at.”

The spending estimates show an increase in capital spending on projects, something Bonk says will be need-ed after COVID-19.

“With the way the economy was going before the pan-

demic there was a need for more capital spending on proj-ects in the province, and I think that’s a need even more so now,” said Bonk.

Despite the current situation, Bonk says the govern-ment will help Saskatchewan bounce back when it’s over.

“All I know is as a government we will do everything we can to make it as painless and as quick of a recovery as we can.”

MOOSOMIN MLA STEVEN BONK

346 King St • Virden, MB 204-748-3331

www.kullbergs.ca

To our valued customers:

To our valued customers:

We would like to assure all customers that Kullberg’s Furniture management and staff are taking extra measures for everyone’s well being during the Covid-19 pandemic. Your health and safety are our top concern.

Procedures are being followed in both Brandon and Virden store locations to ensure a clean and disinfected environment for all concerned.

We thank you for your continued support during this trying time.

Management & Staff KULLBERG’S FURNITURE & APPLIANCES

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