The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, said Wednesday that Canada’s new government has listened, and will deliver, to Western Canadian barley producers who voted in favour of marketing choice.
Lower drug costs, lower taxes, incentives to keep young people in Saskatchewan and major new investments in highways and communities were a few of the highlights of the 2007-08 Budget delivered by Finance Minister Andrew Thomson.
PHOTO: Sara Fisher, left, and Kayla King’s project won gold in the Engineering category, best overall intermediate project, the Science Showcase Award (Science Centre in Regina) and Wheatland Accounting Award, placing them third overall and the Sask. Outdoor Environmental Ed. Assoc. Award. CITIZEN PHOTO
March 31 will mark the end of an era of sorts, and April 1 the beginning of a new one, for The Kipling Citizen.
Michael Kearns, managing editor, has announced that the newspaper has been sold.
This year’s Music Festival will be a full-week event, beginning on Monday, April 16 at 9:00 AM in the Kipling United Church. Don’t miss the future stars of the Festival, piano students as young as age 5, performing in their first festival.
• The rumours are true. The Citizen will have new owners and a new editor, beginning next week.
There’s not a whole lot to offer them by way of video arcades, play lands or pools. No big-screen movies, Imax theatres or waterslide adventures.
In fact, a quick glance may tell you that there is precious little for them to do out here in our humble little town.
This past week, after weeks of debate, we saw the government and the Premier admit that they had not been forthright with the people of Saskatchewan and the number of women who complained about harassment in the work place. On Thursday Mar. 15th, the Premier stood in the Assembly and gave a blatant “no” to a question asking him if he knew about allegations of sexual harassment against a senior government employee. About 2 hours later through a hastily arranged press conference, he admitted he hadn’t been truthful in the Assembly. Then on Wednesday, March 22nd, while refusing to apologize to the victims in the Assembly, the Minister Responsible for the Public Service went out to meet reporters in the rotunda and when pressed on the issue decided to apologize to the victims for not having a respectful workplace in which to work.
Harvey M. Dumonceaux, beloved husband of Marlene Dumonceaux, Kipling, Sask. died on Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at the age of 64 years. The funeral service was held in the Kipling Recreation Center, Kipling, Sask., on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 10:00 AM by Rev. Joseph Strohhofer. Cremation to follow with interment of cremated remains in St. Anne’s parish cemetery, Kipling at a later date. The casket bearers were: Ludger Poncelet, Joe Roque, Gary Shoemaker, Ivan Flick, Morris Schulz, Lloyd Rolufs, Maurice Dreger, John Maskerine and Marc Poncelet.
Harvey was predeceased by his parents Victor and Alice Dumonceaux and two brothers Paul and Emilien. He is survived by his loving wife Marlene; three children: Shauvonne (Michael) Hubik, and their children, Blake and Rhett, Stoney Plain, Alta., Shauna (Ryan) Toth, and their children, Austin, Sydney and Rochelle, Kipling, Sask. and Ryan (Julie) Dumonceaux, and their child, Brooke, Ottawa, Ont. and one sister Lillian Pare, Regina, Sask. Harvey will be deeply missed by his loving family as well as his many relatives and numerous friends.
The funeral arrangements were entrusted to Michael Rey of Tubman Cremation and Funeral Services.
Construction of a new Renal Dialysis Unit for residents of Sun Country Regional Health Authority (SCRHA) is on schedule, according to the chair of the Joint Renal Dialysis Fund-Raising Committee for the new service.
An extension of the moratorium on school closures at least until next year is one of the positions adopted by the new SUMA Board of Directors at their first full meeting last weekend in Regina. The Board will be asking the Minister of Learning to request that school boards consider the economic and demographic potential of the affected local school areas as criteria for evaluation potential school closures.
The provincial budget released Thursday provides little indication that K-12 education is a priority for the government, according to the President of the Saskat-chewan School Boards Association.
The Provincial Budget showed signs of progress toward a Municipal Sector Plan, but Saskatchewan’s cities, towns and villages are still looking for long-term increases to Revenue Sharing and infrastructure funding. The Province has been negotiating with SUMA representatives on a municipal funding plan. Today’s budget confirms progress, but mayors and councils view the new funds as just one piece of a broader plan.
On Thursday, March 15, Kipling School held its fifth annual local science fair. This year, there were 79 projects involving students from grades 7-12, from Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Bangsund, Mr. Harcourts, and Mr. Lesiuk’s science classes.
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