Monthly Archives: June 2012

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CP Rail trains start rolling

Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway trains were expected to start rolling Friday afternoon after striking CP Rail workers were legislated back to work.

Legislation ordering about 4,800 members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference back to work passed the Senate Thursday afternoon and received royal assent.

The House of Commons, early Wednesday morning, passed the Restoring Rail Service Act, legislation that ended the work stoppage.

“With no prospect of resolution in sight, the government acted to resume rail services,” federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt said in a news release Wednesday.

Besides restoring CP Railway services, the legislation sends all unresolved issues to interest-based binding arbitration.

The Teamsters Union went on strike May 23, shutting down all CP Rail freight traffic.

Many industries were affected including grain companies such as Gardiner Dam Terminal at Strongfield where 112 railcars loaded with grain were stranded due to the strike.

Although the trains were expected to be up and running again sometime Friday, it will likely take weeks for the CP to clear the backlog of freight.

Davidson, featured

Davidson makes debut on Dimestore Fishermen

Thanks to television show, The Dimestore Fishermen the fishing holes of Jim Percy and Stu Moskaluke may no longer be a secret.

The fishing prowess of two of Davidson’s most determined, perhaps even intrepid anglers, was on display last weekend with the premiere of the episode filmed at Lake Diefenbaker.

The crew behind The Dimestore Fishermen was in Davidson last fishing season, first from May 26 to 28 and then from July 21 to 25 to make an episode that featured fishing hot spots in the Davidson area.

To help them get the footage, Percy and Moskaluke took the TV crew to Lake Diefenbaker and had them fishing from their boats.

It will be interesting to see what they used to make the television episode due to the fact that when The Dimestore Fishermen were in the area, fishing conditions on Diefenbaker were less than ideal.

In fact, says Percy, “I’ve been fishing Diefenbaker for 22 years and we probably had the worst conditions we could have had in all those years.”

He said the water levels on the lake were high, and the water was very turbid. Then, the days that the crew was filming were windy and cool.

“We were very limited to where we could fish because of the weather,” Percy said.

Still, they caught some fish including walleye and perch.

Percy said they did some fly fishing and landed a goldeye on his line.

For full story, please read the June 4 edition of The Davidson Leader.

Obituary

Cruise

Edward Isaac (Ike) September 17, 1910 to May 22, 2012.

Born in Craik, Saskatchewan to Sam and Annie Cruise, Ike was the first in a family of four boys. After attending Cullyton school which was situated on the Cruise homestead quarter, Ike worked on the farm with his dad and on community threshing crews. He was interested in carpentry from an early age and his mother used her scarce resources to buy him tools. The combination of his enquiring mind and the resourcefulness required to survive early days on the prairies meant Ike could turn his hand to almost everything but he was attracted to carpentry. He farmed throughout the thirties working carpentry jobs during the off seasons. This trade took him to construction work on many local homes and businesses as well as projects like the Balcarres Hospital and the special needs Training School in Moose Jaw. The promise of long-term work on a large project took him to BC where he spent four years working on the construction of the hydro dam at Brilliant. Known widely for the quality of his work, the sharpness of his wit and his unbelievable memory, a visit with Ike always left you with some hearty chuckles, a fresh perspective on the world’s problems and, more than likely, a reminder of some foible in your past that you wish he had forgotten! He will be fondly remembered as he left a rich legacy of strong families, good work, favourite stories and many personal quips that never fail to bring a smile. Until his heart problems the first week of March, 2012, at the age of 101, Ike was living on his own in his home in Imperial, driving his truck (legally) and amazing everyone with his witty commentary and his genuine philosophy of life – genuine because he lived it. After 65 years of marriage, Ike was predeceased by his wife Lyda in 1996, two brothers George (2001) and Fred (2009) and sister-in-law Mildred (2010). He is lovingly remembered by his three children, son Larry (Elaine), daughters Anne (Terry) Harrison and Sharon (Bert) Reeves; ten grandchildren, Teresa (Melvin) Strachan, Les (Glenda) Reeves, Lori (Blair) Crawford, Rhonda (Steve) Petryk, Cheryl (Vern) Archibald, Myrna (Dean) Bittner, Michele (Dennis) Pratchler, Heather (Bill) Detwiller, Charles (Janelle) Cruise, Dwayne (Daphne) Cruise; twenty-four great-grandchildren, Tracy (Jason) Federspiel, Kathleen (Chad) MacLellan, Mitch Strachan, Zachary and Jared Reeves, Rylan, Tyler and Liam Crawford, Jordan and Nicholas Petryk, Deidre Harrison, Kemp Archibald, Rory and Emma Bittner, Bethany and Nathan Pratchler, Marci, Dawson, Daphne and Brayden Detwiller, Breanna and Tannis Cruise and three great-great-granddaughters, Chloe Federspiel and Siara and Paisley MacLellan. Also remembering Ike is his brother Ben and wife Isabel and sister-in-law Ruth Cruise, nieces, nephews and many cousins.

The funeral service for Edward Isaac (Ike) Cruise, aged 101, was held Saturday, May 26 at 2 p.m. at Imperial Community Centre, Imperial, Sask.

Officiant was Rev. Marilyn Keerak with Terry and Anne Harrison giving the eulogy. Pallbearers were Rylan Crawford, Tyler Crawford, Liam Crawford, Rory Bittner, Dawson Detwilller, Brayden Detwiller, Mitch Strachan and Jared Reeves. Ushers were Bill Lewis and Harvey McLane. Register attendants were Shirley Kelly and Cheryl Huebner. Sharon Crittenden was the pianist with the quartet of Mel McGifford, Craig Burgess, Ken Williams and Don Emde. Interment was at Imperial Cemetery.