Thursday, 24 September 2020

National Forest Week - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 24th, 2020 8:35 am

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Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 24th, 2020 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-Wallebeck

This week we focus on: National Forest Week 

Saskatchewan Celebrates National Forest Week

Released on September 21, 2020

More Than 500 Million Trees Planted On Provincial Forest Lands

"National Forest Week is being recognized this year from September 20-26, marking its 100th anniversary and highlighting the important role that forests play, both for the environment and our economy.  Saskatchewan recently reached a historic forestry milestone, as the 500-millionth tree was planted on provincial forest lands.

“Forest land covers 34 million hectares, over half our province, and forestry is northern Saskatchewan’s largest economic sector,” Energy and Resources Minister Bronwyn Eyre said.  “The provincial forestry sector, which generates nearly $1 billion in forest product sales annually and supports nearly 8,000 direct and indirect jobs, is showing strong signs of economic recovery.”


Saskatchewan’s forestry industry includes seven large manufacturing facilities, which produce lumber, pulp and panels, and more than  210 small businesses that produce a variety of forest products.  Prices for many products are currently at record highs, due to low inventories and record repair and renovation retail sales.


Saskatchewan is home to the largest 100 per cent First Nations-owned sawmill in Canada, and Indigenous people comprise over 27 per cent of the province’s total forestry sector workforce—by far the highest of any province.

Each spring, some seven million trees are planted across the province, and National Forest Week is a good time to remember the importance of sustainable forest management for both government and the forestry sector, which ensures the continued renewal of one of Saskatchewan’s most important natural resources.

“Sustainable forest management promotes healthy forests into the future,” Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said.  “Harvested areas in the province are renewed through natural regeneration, tree planting or a combination of the two.  Because forests and the forestry industry are so important for Saskatchewan, this is an exciting milestone to celebrate during National Forest Week.”

The theme for National Forest Week’s 100th anniversary is ‘Healthy Forests - Healthy Future’, recognizing the importance healthy forests have on everyone.

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For more information, contact:

Robin Speer, Energy and Resources, Regina
Phone: 306-787-8360    Email: robin.speer@gov.sk.ca



Canadian Institute of Forestry     https://www.cif-ifc.org/

Forest Education   https://www.cif-ifc.org/forest-education/

The Institute strives to provide engaging and informative resources to assist in bringing awareness to and learning more about one of Canada's most valuable resources - forests!

Infographics

Check out our infographics on a variety of topics including wood fibre characteristics, genomics and enhanced forest inventory.

Canada's Forests Teaching Kit Series

Get the tools to educate the value of forests and the importance of protecting and conserving them.

National Forest Week

Each year NFW is celebrated across Canada inviting individuals to learn more about Canada’s forest heritage and to raise awareness about this valuable and renewable resource.

Other Resources


Saskatchewan Forests

 https://www.saskatchewan.ca/business/agriculture-natural-resources-and-industry/forestry

How well do you know Saskatchewan’s forests? This infographic answers common questions, along with some interesting facts, about our province’s forests.

Prune, Store, Use, Market or Transport Elm Trees

Reduce the risk of spreading Dutch elm disease. Apply for a permit to prune, store, use, sell or transport elm trees, including seedlings.  

Forest Ecosystems

Learn about the forest ecosystems of Saskatchewan and get the ecosite guide.

Forest Health

Learn about insects and diseases affecting Saskatchewan’s forests.

Forest Licensing

Find out about the different types of licences that forest product harvesters need and check current timber dues rates.

Forest Product Permit

Request this permit to harvest any wood from provincial Crown forests for commercial purposes, including Christmas trees and transplants.

Forestry Development

Learn about Saskatchewan's forest resources.

Harvesting Morel Mushrooms

Find useful tips for morel mushroom harvesters, along with maps of road-accessible recent wildfires in northern Saskatchewan.

Forestry Term Supply Licence

Email the Ministry of Environment to receive a licence with a term of up to 10 years, granting rights to harvest specified forest volumes as well as responsibilities for forest management.

Forest Planning

Learn how planning supports good forest management decisions and long-term forest health.

Forest Renewal

Learn how forest renewal happens, how successful reforestation has been and why it’s important.

 Check out our forest


"All this in little but not so little Saskatchewan. Leading not only Canada but the World." Mayor Harris"

 Events:

Preeceville & District Lions Club Chase the Ace -  Jack-Pot is at a $475.

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The Town Newsletter for September/October has information about upcoming events.

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Thursday, 17 September 2020

eTick - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 17th, 2020 8:35 am

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Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 17th, 2020 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-Wallebeck

This week we focus on: eTick

Be Aware Of Ticks This Fall

Released on September 11, 2020

“The Ministry of Health is reminding Saskatchewan residents to be vigilant for ticks on themselves and pets during the fall season.
Blacklegged ticks, which can cause Lyme disease, are rare in Saskatchewan. Introduced by migratory birds in early spring, blacklegged ticks mature into adults and remain active throughout fall, particularly in tall grass, brush or wooded areas.

As of April 1st, 2020, the Government of Saskatchewan in collaboration with researchers at the University of Saskatchewan launched eTick (www.etick.ca), an image-based tick identification platform.  Now, you can simply submit photographs of ticks found on humans or animals using the new eTick online system in order to receive timely information about the type of tick that bit you (or your pets and livestock animals) and your risk of exposure to tick-borne diseases.

“Data received through the eTick platform will allow us to monitor the distribution and level of establishment of ticks, specifically blacklegged tick populations, and assist in monitoring the risk of Lyme disease across the province,” Consulting Medical Health Officer Dr. Denise Werker said.  “While the risk of Lyme disease is low in Saskatchewan, it is still important for people to take precautions against ticks.”


Precautionary measures include:

  • Wear pants, long-sleeved shirts and shoes that don’t expose your feet.
  • Pull socks over your pant legs to prevent ticks from crawling up your legs.
  • Wear light-coloured clothes so ticks can be seen easily.
  • Use insect repellents that contain DEET or Icaridin. Apply repellent to clothes as well as your skin. Always read and follow the directions.
  • In Canada, clothing that has been treated with the insecticide permethrin has been approved for use by people over the age of 16. 
  • Shower or bathe as soon as possible after being outside to wash off loose ticks and inspect for attached ticks.
  • Do “full body” tick checks after being outside on yourself, your children and your pets.

If you find a tick attached to your skin or on your pet:

  • Carefully remove it with fine-tipped tweezers and grasp the mouth parts of the tick as close to the skin as possible.
  • Pull slowly upward and out with a firm steady pressure.
  • Be careful not to squeeze, crush or puncture the body after removal as this may also contain infectious fluids.
  • Do not put Vaseline, gasoline, or other noxious substances on an attached tick which may cause it to regurgitate.
  • Submit photos of your tick using the eTick system and hang onto your tick in case we request it for further testing.  Ticks can be euthanized by placing it in a bag and storing it in the freezer for 24 hours.
  • In Saskatchewan, any ticks found in the fall are likely to be ticks of interest, such as the blacklegged tick.

Most ticks found in Saskatchewan are the American dog tick.  This species is active from mid-April to the end of July and is not capable of transmitting Lyme disease to people.

In Saskatchewan, 3022 ticks have been submitted between April and July, 2020.  Only 11 were blacklegged ticks and of the six tested to date, three were positive for the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. “

For more information on ticks and Lyme disease, including how to submit a tick for Lyme disease testing, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/lyme or https://research-groups.usask.ca/ticks/#Passivesurveillance.

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For more information, contact:

Health, Regina
Phone: 306-787-4083
Email: media@health.gov.sk.ca

 https://research-groups.usask.ca/ticks/#Passivesurveillance

Western College of Veterinary Medicine Tick Surveillance in Saskatchewan

Reporting ticks

If you or your pet has been bitten by a tick, follow these easy steps: 

1. Take a photo of the tick using your smart phone or digital camera

2. As of April 1, 2020, submit your photo using the eTick online system

University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers will use these photos to determine the tick species.

Once the species is confirmed, you will receive timely public health information about you or your pet's risk of exposure to tick-borne diseases.

Please keep any ticks in question in a secure container. If researchers identify them as among the targeted species, they will ask you to submit the ticks by mail. 

https://www.etick.ca/




"All this in little but not so little Saskatchewan. Leading not only Canada but the World." Mayor Harris"

 Events:

Preeceville & District Lions Club Chase the Ace -  Jack-Pot was won at a $23,114.

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The Town Newsletter for September/October has information about upcoming events.

Previous newsletters can be found on the Recreation page.


Non Events:




- And as always if you wish to have an event promoted visit and post it to our Community Events  Calendar at www.townofPreeceville.ca

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Thursday, 10 September 2020

A Strong Safety Culture - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 10th, 2020 8:35 am

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Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 10th, 2020 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-Wallebeck

This week we focus on: A Strong Safety Culture 

 Newsletter:


How to create a strong safety culture

Key takeaways from WOHSS and eCompliance hosted webinar 
By Maia Foulis


01 Sep 2020


“The Women in Occupational Health and Safety Society (WOHSS) and eCompliance hosted a webinar last week on August 27, featuring speaker Stacey Silva – Enterprise Customer Success Coach at eCompliance. The webinar was focused on safety culture, and how safety leaders can create and reinforce safety culture within their organization.


With COVID-19, the concept of safety culture has shifted due to teams adjusting to new workplace guidelines, increased stress factors and employees working from home. Operational concerns have also arisen for many businesses and organizations, who are wondering ‘how to do more, with less?’

Safety leaders may be feeling overwhelmed by all these new demands and issues, as Silva said during the webinar, “even safety heroes need to take a bit of a break.”

During the webinar, Silva led key discussions around issues facing safety leaders in our current landscape.

Here are four key takeaways from the talk:


1. High participation is the key to a strong safety culture. Participation encourages employees to envision change and see actions as a result of their participation. If they’re not seeing actions, they’re not going to feel included and may not want to take part in company culture (and, by extension, the company’s safety culture).

Employees need to feel valued, “a thank you goes so far, and sometimes that's all that they're looking for,” says Silva. “It's those little things, and recognizing that we all need that extra support right now.”

But this not only means strong participation on behalf of employees, it also means solid commitment on behalf of the CEO and upper level management. Safety culture is an extension of company culture, and company culture is top-down.


2. Collating data is also a key part to successful participation. Data creates visibility to what hasn’t be done, what is lacking, so you can see what needs to be done. Oftentimes, safety leaders may struggle to get engagement from their CEO. Silva says that CEOs need data, data can help safety leaders successfully make their case to upper level management and in turn create more engagement which leads to a more successful safety culture.


3. Communicate with, and understand your employees. There needs to be a level of transparency with employees, “people really value transparency,” says Silva. It is important to speak to your frontline workforce to understand stress factors they may be experiencing – this could be COVID-19, mental health, etc. It is essential to understand that high levels of stress have a negative impact on total worker health.

“Don't leave anything off the table,” says Silva, “have those difficult conversations with your team.”

Smaller teams may be experiencing additional financial or operational concerns, as they are forced to move at the same pace with fewer employees but additional stressors.


4. Strengthen safety culture now for a solid foundation in a post-pandemic future. Safety leaders and employees should be developing safety reflexes now. This means encouraging teams to proactively report hazards; ensuring that your organization in driving towards a strong safety culture by practising safety every day; taking the time to analyze how their team is impacted by COVID-19 to be able to come up with a long-term plan.

An interesting point raised during the Q&A portion of the webinar was that every company has a culture, but does that culture match what you want to accomplish?

Finally, it is important to remember, Silva says, that “any real change takes time – keep being persistent.” ”


https://www.thesafetymag.com/ca/topics/leadership-and-culture/how-to-create-a-strong-safety-culture/232225?utm_source=GA&utm_medium=20200908&utm_campaign=COSW-Newsletter-20200908&utm_content=004F7919-2626-4E25-9832-2D7AF66E7AAC&tu=004F7919-2626-4E25-9832-2D7AF66E7AAC

"Thank you to all the front line workers out there"

"All this in little but not so little Saskatchewan. Leading not only Canada but the World." Mayor Harris"

 Events:

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Thursday, 3 September 2020

Rare Earth Processing Facility - Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 3rd, 2020 8:35 am

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Preeceville's Main Street with the Mayor Garth Harris for Sept 3rd, 2020 8:35 am

With GX94's Craig Wallebeck > see him @ http://www.gx94radio.com/craig-Wallebeck

This week we focus on: Rare Earth Processing Facility  

Saskatchewan To Create Canada’s First Rare Earth Processing Facility At SRC
Released on August 27, 2020
“Today, the Government of Saskatchewan announced $31 million in funding for a Rare Earth Processing Facility in Saskatchewan – delivering on a key element of the 2030 Growth Plan.

The facility will be owned and operated by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC).  It will be the first-of-its-kind in Canada and will begin to establish a Rare Earth Element (REE) supply chain in Saskatchewan, forming an industry model for future commercial REE resource expansion in the province.  REE metals are naturally occurring minerals that are essential to the modern global economy and economic development.

Global demand for REEs will increase significantly in the coming decade as demand for electric vehicles, renewable power generation and all forms of electronics increases.


“Saskatchewan’s new Rare Earth Processing Facility will be a catalyst to stimulate the resource sector in Saskatchewan and across Canada, providing the early-stage supply chain needed to generate cash-flow, investment and industrial growth of the sector,” Premier Scott Moe said.  “It will also help ensure the competitiveness of Saskatchewan as we focus on our economic recovery and grow our province over the next decade.”

“Saskatchewan has a globally recognized mining industry, workforce and culture with local companies already beginning to explore REE deposits both in Saskatchewan, and in surrounding provinces and territories,” Minister Responsible for SRC Jeremy Harrison said.  “This facility will allow the REE industry to grow and create both immediate and long-term jobs.”

The conversion of REE ore to individual REE products is done in two main stages.  The first is the concentration of ore to mixed REE Carbonate.  The second is the more complex separation stage that converts the mixed REE Carbonate to commercial pure-grade REEs.  The facility will address both stages of REE processing.

The facility is expected to be fully operational in late 2022 with construction beginning this fall.

SRC is Canada’s second largest research and technology organization.  With more than 290 employees, $91 million in annual revenue and nearly 75 years of experience, SRC provides services and products to its 1,500 clients in 27 countries around the world.  More information at http://www.src.sk.ca/REE.”

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For more information, contact:

Rebecca Gotto, Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon
Phone: 306-385-4199  Email: rebecca.gotto@src.sk.ca  Cell: 306-371-2127

 https://www.src.sk.ca/campaigns/rare-earth-processing-facility
Canada's First Rare Earth Processing Facility
The Government of Saskatchewan and SRC are excited to announce the development of the SRC Rare Earth Processing Facility - the first-of-its-kind in Canada - laying the foundation for a Rare Earth Element (REE) supply chain in Saskatchewan and forming an industry model for future commercial REE resource expansion in the province.
The Facility will be able to process both main hard rock ores (Bastnaesite and Monazite) and in the future, will also be capable of processing Uranium Raffinate concentrate, a rich source of REE from Saskatchewan’s uranium industry.
The Facility is expected to be fully operational in late 2022 with construction beginning this fall.
SRC employs world-class REE experts and is a leader in the development of processing technologies. We are working closely with mining companies in Saskatchewan, Canada and globally on the concentration of REE ore.
 Learn more about our REE services.
Read the News Release.
View the Media Kit.
In the news
  • Rare earth element processing facility to be built in Sask. - CBC
  • Sask. to build Canada's first REE plant - Mining Magazine
  • Saskatchewan gov’t commits to rare earth processing plant by 2022 - The Northern Miner
  • Linking the REE supply chain - Resource Clips

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https://geology.com/articles/rare-earth-elements/

What Are Rare Earth Elements (REEs)?
"Rare earth elements are a group of seventeen chemical elements that occur together in the periodic table (see image). The group consists of yttrium and the 15 lanthanide elements (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium). Scandium is found in most rare earth element deposits and is sometimes classified as a rare earth element. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry includes scandium in their rare earth element definition.
The rare earth elements are all metals, and the group is often referred to as the "rare earth metals." These metals have many similar properties, and that often causes them to be found together in geologic deposits. They are also referred to as "rare earth oxides" because many of them are typically sold as oxide compounds.



Are These Elements Really "Rare"?

 Rare earth elements are not as "rare" as their name implies. Thulium and lutetium are the two least abundant rare earth elements - but they each have an average crustal abundance that is nearly 200 times greater than the crustal abundance of gold [1]. However, these metals are very difficult to mine because it is unusual to find them in concentrations high enough for economical extraction.
The most abundant rare earth elements are cerium, yttrium, lanthanum and neodymium [2]. They have average crustal abundances that are similar to commonly used industrial metals such as chromium, nickel, zinc, molybdenum, tin, tungsten, and lead [1]. Again, they are rarely found in extractable concentrations.
Did You Know?
 Rare earth magnets are used in wind turbines. Some large turbines require two TONS of rare earth magnets. These magnets are very strong and make the turbines highly efficient. Rare earth magnets are used in turbines and generators in many alternative energy applications.
The Chinese dominance may have peaked in 2010 when they controlled about 95% of the world's rare earth production, and prices for many rare earth oxides had risen over 500% in just a few years. That was an awakening for rare earth consumers and miners throughout the world. Mining companies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and other countries began to reevaluate old rare earth prospects and explore for new ones.
High prices also caused manufacturers to do three things: 1) seek ways to reduce the amount of rare earth elements needed to produce each of their products; 2) seek alternative materials to use in place of rare earth elements; and, 3) develop alternative products that do not require rare earth elements.
This effort has resulted in a decline in the amounts of rare earth materials used in some types of magnets and a shift from rare earth lighting products to light-emitting diode technology. In the United States, the average consumption of rare earths per unit of manufactured product has decreased, but the demand for more products manufactured with rare earth elements has increased. The result has been higher consumption."

"With rare earth elements, the time between a mining company's decision to acquire a property and the start of production can be several years or longer. There is no fast way to open a new mining property."

"All this in little but not so little Saskatchewan. Leading not only Canada but the World." Mayor Harris"

 Events:

Preeceville & District Lions Club Chase the Ace - Minimum Jack-Pot is now at a $18,801.
down to 23 cards 
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- Construction is well under way on the towns $5.1 Million Wastewater Project
Upgrades funded by the federal, provincial and municipal governments
Town of Preeceville news release - Issued May 20,2020
​Click HERE to read the News Release



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