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STC BUS DEPOT
Have you heard the news?
The Miner-Journal is very proud to be the new STC bus depot in Esterhazy.
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The Miner-Journal is a Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper published at the office of Koskie Publication, 606 Veterans Avenue in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada – Potash Capital of the World.
The Miner-Journal is proud to serve the Potashville area. This area includes the communities of: Esterhazy, Stockholm, Dubuc, Atwater, Bangor, Spy Hill, Tantallon, Yarbo, Gerald, Rocanville, Churchbridge, Langenburg and Bredenbury.
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Prejudiced comments devastating
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Here in Esterhazy
2009 June 22
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Above: Raymond Mei with his sun-dried fish used in Cantonese cuisine. On June 16 two minors posted a photo and their take on what they were seeing on the back roof of Mei’s restaurant, a local Chinese and Western cuisine restaurant in Esterhazy. What they suggested they saw and what they actually saw has caused immeasurable hurt to Raymond and Annie Mei, the type that cuts to the heart and shakes the foundations of what they have worked hard to build.
The Meis are of Cantonese origin. They came to Esterhazy 11 years ago and with the support of their good and steady customers, they have built a viable business for themselves. Today they are questioning their decision.
What in fact the Meis had hanging on the roof of their restaurant was the makings of some of their personal Cantonese dishes. They had set out a rack of fish that they had caught near Tantallon and strips of pork that had been marinated in wine and soy sauce, to dry in the sun, as is the preferred method. In Canada, as Annie explained, people smoke fish and meat. In Cantonese culture, the fish and meat is sun-dried, then frozen.
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Former school now open for room and board guests
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2009 June 22
by Helen Solmes
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The halls of the former Spy Hill School have been relatively quiet in the past decade, compared to the days when the school accommodated Grades K-9. All that is about to change. The days of elementary school children combing the hallways in sneakers is gone. Instead, it is now contract labourers in work boots coming and going.
Owner Morley Clarke has converted the classrooms and library into 30 single rooms to ease the pressure for accommodations in the area during the expansion of the two potash mines. PotashCorp Rocanville is in the midst of expanding its holding ponds and mill and constructing a service shaft. Mosaic Potash Esterhazy is expanding its K2 mill and building a new power substation.
An 82-bed camp is set up and operating on site at the Scissor Creek shaft site and a larger camp to accommodate from 450-900 labourers, staff, and management is under construction for the PotashCorp Rocanville expansion project.
Accommodations in Esterhazy, Rocanville, and Moosomin and area are at a premium, and Clarke is looking at a five-year horizon and expects that his room-and-board facility will be “very much needed,” he said. “I heard that the guys are having a hard time getting accommodations and an early breakfast before starting their shifts.”
Clarke purchased the former Spy Hill School eight years ago and created Moe’s Place that now includes a coffee shop, bakery, hair salon and a meat cutting shop.
On June 11, Clarke was given the official go-ahead and was in the process of adding the finishing touches to the 30 rooms that include a single bed, a chest of drawers, chair and television set each. The student washrooms have been refurbished and outfitted with showers. Coin washing machines and dryers have been installed, the coffee shop hours have been extended to serve an early breakfast (beginning at 5 a.m.), and to prepare bag lunches and an evening meal for what Clarke anticipates will be “husky tired” labourers.
“Some of the guys are coming from Fort St. John and Vancouver and many are from Ontario,” he said. “I charge $75 a day for room and board and I suspect that the guys will book for extended stays, to guarantee a room to come back to after their days off.”
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