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By Darci SemeschukLong-term exposure to

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Mark Ryckman owns and operates Ryckman Plumbing and Heating in Souris, Manitoba and he is certified for Radon Test-ing and Radon Mitigation by CNRPP (Canadian Na-tional Radon Proficiency Program). Those numbers astound him, when, in his words, it is so unnecessary.

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High levels of radon gas aconcern in Manitoba & Saskatchewan

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“It is so easy to fix the problem of radon gas in the home,” he stated. “I just don’t understand, when the facts are there, why more people don’t take action on this. I think it’s just a mat-ter of getting people edu-cated on the dangers here.”

Ryckman is referring to a radon gas test that is

done to determine the lev-els of radon in the home. “It’s a relatively simple test that involves leaving a radon gas measuring device in the home for a minimum of three months and then sending the de-vice to a registered labo-ratory to be analyzed,” he explained. “Once the re-

sults are back, I meet with the home owner to discuss the results and if they are higher than Health Canada recommends, we discuss mitigation.”

Radon gas is in the soil and comes from the decay of uranium. The radon gas can enter your house at any opening where the house is in contact with the soil. This applies to both old and new houses. This radioac-tive gas cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted, allow-ing it to enter the home un-detected. Health Canada’s acceptable measurement level is 200Bq/m3 (bec-querels per cubic metre.) In Ryckman’s three-year-old home for example, the long-term measurement level was 353Bq/m3.

There are two kinds of tests that can be done to test radon levels, a short term 2-7 days, and a long term 91-365 days. Health Canada recommends the long-term test for most ac-curate results. If test results

are above the recommend-ed level of 200Bq/m3 then mitigation is recommend-ed. If the World Health Or-ganization had its way, that number would be reduced to 100Bq/m3.

While there are kits that homeowners can use to test their own radon levels, using a certified inspec-tor will ensure an accurate reading. “As a certified ra-don tester and mitigator, I can test the levels in your home and discuss options with you,” remarked Ryck-man. “Currently we have 11 tests going on in homes in the Souris area.”

The initial test is $119.00 and includes consultation, placement of the device, shipping, and a follow-up consultation. If test results come back with higher than acceptable radon lev-els, Ryckman can help you decide the best options for mitigation. Costs for that cannot be determined until a course of action is planned, as every situation

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Despite existing test results in your neighbour-hood, radon levels can vary from house to house. Health Canada recom-mends that all Canadians test their homes.

According to the Cana-dian Home Owners Build-ing Association, anyone preparing to buy a brand new house should be aware of new measures to deal with radon. The lat-est version of the National Building Code of Canada incorporates a number of measures to reduce radon in newly built homes. As provincial building codes adopt these, and they be-come law, all new homes in that province must meet these requirements.

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the best properties and ac-commodations often get booked up far in advance. Right away, a couple must ask themselves: What are our must-have priorities? What time of year do we want to marry? How many guests are we expecting? What is our budget includ-ing travel expenses? Then it’s time to call in planning help from an expert.

2. Work with a destina-tion wedding travel expert: A successful destination wedding takes more than just a beautiful location and skilled on-site wed-ding planner, it takes the

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3. Purchase your wed-ding/travel package as a bundle: Most often it is less expensive to purchase air and hotel as a pack-age rather than buying the components separately. If you get married on the same property as where you are staying, several re-sorts will offer free rooms, upgrades and wedding

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4. Send out save-the-dates and create a wedding website: Save-the-dates should go out eight months to a year before the wed-ding. This allows your guests to arrange time off work and time to save up for the occasion. Include your wedding website link on the invite. The web-site should contain details about the destination, cli-mate, appropriate dress, activities and your sched-ule of events. Your offi cial invitations should go out six weeks before the wed-

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By Brandi PollockEveryone wants to go

somewhere warm for a week or even two weeks; clear their head, sit on the beach sipping on a drink, sounds pretty perfect. What sounds better than get-ting away from the dreary cold prairie winters? Not a whole lot. Let’s take a look

at the good and the bad for travelers this year.

The bad - Currently the Canadian dollar is sitting at 0.71 USD, which is the lowest it has been in 12 years. With our Canadian dollar in a downward spi-ral, when going on vaca-tions be careful with where you choose to go, as it can

end up being costly. There seems almost little reason to go on vacation to a warmer destination, as it would cost an arm and a leg to afford it with today’s weak dollar.

The good - With the crashing dollar there seems to be a lot of nega-tive around that for travel, but there are also a lot of positives. This is an op-portunity to experience the wonders of Canada itself. It seems a lot more feasi-ble for Canadians to travel within their own country. Not only is this going to help travelers save money and experience the beauty

within their own country, it will help our country retain money in its own economy.

The bad - No longer can we just slip across the bor-der to the United States for the weekend; stay in a ho-tel for a getaway. The low Canadian dollar has veered shoppers away from trav-eling to the United States. It is no longer cheaper for Canadians to have a week-end getaway and do their shopping in the States.

The good - The low Ca-nadian dollar is steering people away from certain destinations, but it is also encouraging more people to travel to Canada. The

low Canadian dollar makes our country an attractive destination for foreign travelers.

The really good – Al-though, for some, it is al-most impossible to afford to go to warmer destina-tions, the good news is the federal government is go-ing to provide free entry into national parks in 2017. The hope being that people will take the oppor-tunity to travel within Canada and see its parks and historic sites. More really good news: there is a new

airline that begins opera-tion in February and will be offering extremely low airfares between seven Ca-nadian cities for as low as $89 for a one-way fl ight. February 12, 2016, fl ights will be available from Ab-botsford, BC; Halifax, NS; Hamilton, ON; Kelowna,

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New Zealand has a little bit of everything for ev-erybody: mountains and beaches are within a short distance of one another; glaciers and rain forest are side by side; golf courses are everywhere; and of course there are the fa-mous sheep.

On my previous tours, I have included a three day stop at my hometown where my parents have ev-eryone for a barbeque; my sister, who owns a kiwi-fruit orchard invites every-one for lunch and a tour of the orchard; good friends who live at Ohope Beach invites everyone for morn-ing tea and a chance to swim in the Pacific Ocean; and other friends of my parents show off their new rotary cow shed while the cows are being milked.

Travel in New Zealand does not usually necessi-tate long days in the bus: for the most part a couple of hours in the morn-ing will take visitors to a whole new region. And of course, that also means no early start each morning. After much consultation with travelers on my tours, I have come to the conclu-sions that most people like to stay in one location for two or three days before moving on. While that is not always possible, for the most part I try to make that happen.

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Continued from page 8 I also try to have a

“free” day every six or seven days so that travel-ers can do something in-dependently. Golfers can use this time to play some of New Zealand’s chal-lenging 18 hole courses; nature enthusiasts can walk some awesome trails; shoppers can check out shops; or if a beach happens to be handy, you can just hang out and watch the waves, which just happens to be one of my favorite things to do.

At the moment, I do not have anything written in

stone, so if anyone is in-terested in joining me and wants something in par-ticular, I would certainly work hard to make that happen. A tentative sched-ule would read something along these lines: Depart Winnipeg, cross the in-ternational date line, ar-rive Auckland to clear customs and immigration then back on a plane for Christchurch in the South Island.

This would probably be the fi rst place for a three-night stopover to get over jet lag, then on board the TranzAlpine Train to

Greymouth on the west coast. Attractions on the west coast include Punak-aiki or the Pancake Rocks, Fox and Franz Josef Gla-ciers, stretches of rugged seashore, towering moun-tains and rainforest. After crossing over Haast Pass, Queenstown is the next three night stop over on the trip. There’s no short-age of things to see and do in this bustling com-munity and for those who dare, Kawarau River and its bungee platform is available. From Queen-stown, the tour will head to Te Anau, the gateway

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would be Dunedin, home to the mighty Albatross, little penguins and fur seals. It’s also the head of the Dunedin Rail-ways which offers one of the world’s most scenic train journeys through-out Central Otago, into the famous Taieri Gorge. Once back in Christ-church, it would be in time to board the Coast-al Pacifi c train north to Picton and then take the ferry across to Welling-ton in the North Island.My hometown, Whaka-

tane is on the North Is-land, so after a stop in Ro-torua, home of bubbling mud and geothermal ac-tivity, we would make our way to the beautiful east coast of the Bay of Plenty. Whakatane is right on the Pacifi c Ocean, and there is an opportunity here to visit an active volcanic island about 50 miles off the coast. It’s also where we will visit my moth-er’s, sister’s and friend’s homes. According to one of the bus driver’s on a previous trip, this was probably the most relax-ing time he’d had driving

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From Whakatane, the trip would head north toward Auckland and on to the Bay of Islands, so named of course due to its many islands scattered throughout the region. It’s also where the Hole in the Rock cruise takes place, along with a bus trip to the very northern tip of the country, Cape Reinga, then back down along Ninety Mile Beach.

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In the army, rolling shirts is known as the “ranger roll”. It keeps items compact, allowing you to pack more in the same amount of space, and it eliminates the chance at wrinkles. In contrast, fold-ing creates (and then seals) creases, and leaves clothes just a stray fi nger away from coming completely undone. Rolling clothes is certainly a technique to be mastered, but even ama-teur versions create more space in any size of suit-case.

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2. DownsizeBefore putting it into

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In the fi rst 10 months of 2015, wholesale trade was a record $24.2 billion, up by 9.4 per cent when compared to the same time period in 2014. Saskatch-ewan had the highest per-centage increase among the provinces.

Building permits were a record $2.6 billion in the fi rst 10 months of 2015, up 9.0 per cent from the

same period last year, the second highest percentage among the provinces.

“There is no doubt that the slowdown in the re-source sector is causing some challenges for our economy, but Saskatch-ewan continues to attract people, jobs and invest-ment and I expect that to continue in 2016,” Wall said. “Our diversifi ed economy is keeping Sas-katchewan strong.”

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dor’s medical journey be-gan when he was a toddler, and although he is now a healthy grade one student at Carlyle Elementary School, his experience with Montreal’s Shriners Hos-pital for Children has left a lasting impression on his family.

“It’s not only our experi-ence at Shriners Hospital,” says Tayo’s mom, Jenn. “It’s the other families we saw there. For example, on

the hospital shuttle, there was a young mom from Toronto whose baby had already undergone 21 sur-geries. We got our happy ending, but a lot of families don’t. As a result of what we’ve seen and learned during our experience with Shriners Hospital, we’ve decided to help the Shriners help other families like us.”

The Sedors encountered the Shriners after Tayo had been diagnosed with both scoliosis of the spine and a Chiari 1 malformation of

the brain. “Basically, his back

looked like a big ‘S’,” says Jenn. After he was diag-nosed, he was fitted with a body brace that he had to wear for 23 hours a day. It only came off when he bathed.”

By placing Tayo in the brace between the ages of two and three, doctors in Saskatoon (where the family had intially been re-ferred) were attempting to mold the bones in Tayo’s back from their crooked position into a straight line.

However, an even more alarming prospect for the family was Tayo’s diagno-sis of a Chiari 1 malfor-mation of the brain, which came when he was 18 months old. “He was un-able to walk or talk,” says Jenn. “And a piece of his brain was compressed from his upper neck into his spinal cord, which forced his little bones into an ‘S’ shape.”

“The orthopedic surgeon called us from Saskatoon, and she gave us the diag-nosis over the phone,” says Jenn. “She told us Tayo would need brain surgery.”

“We were completely overwhelmed with the idea of brain surgery,” adds Jenn. “We’d had our dif-ficulties with Sask Health and we wanted a second opinion.”

“A friend saw an ad in the paper from the Shri-ners and phoned them. We

were actually on our way back from a doctor’s ap-pointment in Saskatoon for Tayo, and the Shriners were in Regina, holding their pa-tient reviews. They told us to ‘Bring him and his file.’”

“Because we were re-turning from an appoint-ment in Saskatoon, we had Tayo with us, we had his file with us, so we were ready.”

“We had breakfast with the Shriners in their hall and they were so welcom-ing and warm, she says. “After a few weeks went by, we heard from them and they let us know that they had accepted Tayo condi-tionally.”

Soon the Sedors were on their way to Shriners Hos-pital for Children in Mon-treal for the second opinion they had hoped for.

“We had a really good appointment,” says Jenn. “We didn’t have to wait, and of course, best of all Tayo was out of his brace.”

Jenn says the Shriners do a seamless job of allaying much of the stress for fami-lies who are already dealing with the significant strain of having a sick child.

“What they do is amaz-ing,” she says. “They pay for airfare for one parent and their child, as well as picking up the cost of the hotel stay. They even have a shuttle bus from the ho-tel to the hospital, which is where I saw many children who were sicker than my

own.”“The hospital itself is in-

credible. It’s Canada’s only Shriners Hospital for Chil-dren and it provides state-of-the-art highly-special-ized pediatric orthopaedic care for kids from all across Canada and parts of North America.”

Tayo’s dad, Tim Sedor was inspired to become a Shriner as a direct result of his family’s experience with Shriner’s Hospital. As a member of the Este-van & District Shrine Club, Shriner Noble Tim says, “The hospital is an amaz-ing place, and it really is a hospital for all Canadian children who need it.”

“I decided to become a Shriner-which takes a while-because I wanted to be part of a group that cares more than anything about getting the best possible outcome for children, no matter what the cost.”

“For the Shriners, cost is no object when people are in a tight spot. It’s just our

way of paying it forward. And I’d like to say that anyone who who thinks they might need help from the Shriners for their child to talk to Jenn or I. ”

“We are so grateful to the Shriners and for Tayo’s health,” adds Jenn. “But what we saw there really changed us,” she adds. “We saw some kids who had conditions that were far more serious than Tayo’s and we saw some kids that didn’t come home.”

“I saw kids that were much sicker than my own,” she adds. “When we got home, Tim made the com-mitment to become a Shri-ner and I knew I wanted to join him because of what the Shriners have done for us.”

“We’re committed now as a family to fundraising for the Shriners and getting the word out to families who may need their help like we did,” says Jenn.

“It’s our way of paying it forward.”

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