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Promoting physical activity

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Kathryn McKenzie
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Confessions of a Fitness Trainer… National Health & Fitness Day will be different this year

Traditionally, National Health & Fitness Day provides a great opportunity to check out a fitness facility for the first time or try a new fitness class.

Started as part of an initiative to make Canada the fittest nation on earth, a law was passed in 2014 and since then, the first Saturday in June is officially recognized as National Health & Fitness Day. The idea was to promote physical activity as a way to better physical and mental well being for all Canadians. 

In the past, gyms across the country would open their doors and invite the community to try out their classes and facilities free of charge. The day is an opportunity to move and explore, oftentimes, in the company of family or friends.

Last year, given the different restrictions across Canada due to the pandemic, a virtual National Health & Fitness Day was launched. It was a full day event featuring interviews with government officials, Olympic icons, TV celebrities, and some of Canada’s top fitness instructors leading a variety of different classes for people from coast to coast throughout the day. 

Everyone made the assumption a year ago that National Health & Fitness Day would return to a larger scale in-person collection of events in 2021, yet, once again, this year’s National Health & Fitness Day initiatives will need to be adjusted. 

Here in Manitoba, no one really knows what restrictions or health orders will be in place on June 5 making it nearly impossible for fitness facilities to plan National Health & Fitness Day events. It is highly unlikely that gyms will be open to resume regular operations so some fitness leaders are planning to lead a live virtual workout you can do from home while others are creating workouts for people to do on their own at any time throughout the day. 

While it may not be the National Health & Fitness Day that we envisioned, it will still be celebrated. 

Find a space in your home or yard or balcony or at the park to move. Make it fun. Keep it light. Try something new. If you want to connect with others, do a live virtual class. If health regulations allow, get out with a friend for a walk, run, or a bike ride. The most important thing is to take the opportunity to move.

Tips of the day

  • Use National Health & Fitness Day as an opportunity to try something new. 

* Get outside if you can – explore a new park or trail on foot or by bike.

* Just move…it doesn’t matter what you do or for how long. Register for the Surefire Fitness free virtual class, check GymPass.ca for a listing of community workouts to try, or download the National Health & Fitness Day app for ideas. 

Kathryn McKenzie – B.H.Kin, B.Ed

Certified Kinesiologist, Sport Conditioning Specialist & Personal Trainer

Author, Pizza Lover & Owner of Surefire Fitness

COVID-19 and the Second Coming of Christ

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Henry Ozirney
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Henry Ozirney was the founding pastor of New Life Church in Stonewall Man.,, where he served from 1970 until he retired in 2014. Ozirney is currently the Interim Pastor at New Life Church in Teulon, Man. He writes a weekly column for the Selkirk Settler Times. (Brook Jones/Selkirk Settler Times)

Time and time again over the years, there have been Christians who have attempted to predict when the end of the world is going to take place. This is happening even right now, with the Coronavirus Pandemic. There are Christians who are claiming these are the “End Times”. I heard one fellow boldly state that the return of Christ will be in 2021 (he still has about seven months for that to come to pass…) But just Google the phrases like, “COVID-19 and the second coming” and “Coronavirus and return of Christ” and you will see what I mean.

Let me state right at the start: I do firmly believe Jesus’ promise to return, as He said He would: “At that time…they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory” Matthew 24:30. And, I also believe what Jesus stated about the date of that return: “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” Matthew 24:36.

Yet, in spite of that very clear injunction of Jesus’, Christians have persisted in setting dates and times for His return and the end of the world.

For example, back in the 19th century, a man by the name of William Miller who after “studying” the Scriptures concluded the world would end in 1843 began broadcasting those predictions.  When 1843 came and went, he changed the date to 1844. In 1844, convinced of the soon return of Christ, Miller’s followers sold all their possessions, dressed in white and ascended to the roofs of their houses to await the return of Christ. When that didn’t happen, many believers were greatly disillusioned. That led to what then became known as “The Great Disappointment of 1844”. Many of these believers then had to repair their shattered faith but sadly, others simply walked away from the faith entirely as result.

A few years ago, a pastor by the name Harold Camping predicted the world would end on May 21, 2011. His followers began an aggressive advertizing campaign proclaiming that date as the return of Christ. When May 21st came and went, Camping said he was out by five months and began proclaiming October 21 as the new date. Well, as we all know, October 21, 2011 also came and went… The day after, one Christian group responded with an ad saying, “That was awkward.” and with it, the verse “No one knows the day or the hour…” Matthew 24:36 on it.

Unfortunately, Camping’s mistake also led many non-Christians to mock: one man put a sign up, “The end was nigh” and another wrote, “I don’t want to brag or anything, but this is like the fifth end of the world I’ve survived.”

There’s a lot at stake when we venture into predicting the future or even interpreting present day events as being fulfillment of prophecy. That’s because of what happens if we make those claims about the current events being the end of the world and then they turn out to be wrong? So now, non-Christians who have heard us make these predictions see us as having led them on a prophetic wild goose chase. What if, after all is said and done, it is indisputably proven that this Coronavirus Pandemic was not a conspiracy at all? What if what we have been seeing has simply been people responding to a crisis who just wanted to get us through it? What then? Will they still believe us when we tell them Jesus is the only One who can save us from our sins and give us eternal life?

I am reminded of what Nathan told David after his affair with Bathsheba, “However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme” (2 Samuel 12:14.)

Let’s keep our eyes open for the Second Coming of Christ, but lets not tie any current day events to it. If He returns, great! If not, we’ll still be able, without apology, to preach His imminent return.

Winnipeg sweeps Edmonton

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Jim Bender
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The Winnipeg Jets celebrate the series clinching victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth game of the best of seven first round series of the Stanley Cup playoffs at BellMTS Place, in Winnipeg, Man., on Monday, May 24, 2021. The Jets needed triple overtime to secure the win. (Brook Jones/Selkirk Settler Times/St. Paul Press & Springfield Times.)

Kyle Connor sunk the Edmonton Oilers season with a snipe at 6:52 of the third overtime to give the Jets a 4-3 victory at Bell MTS Place in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. 

Winnipeg swept the best-of-seven Stanley Cup series 4-0. It was the first time that the Jets have ever beaten Edmonton in the NHL playoffs and the first time they had ever swept an opponent in the playoffs. It was the longest game in Jets franchise history. 

The Jets will advance to play against the winner of the Toronto-Montreal series. 

Connor took a long pass from defenceman Neil Pionk, who had checked Edmonton’s ever-dangerous Connor McDavid on the boards. 

“I was pretty tired on the backcheck,” Connor admitted to CBC/Sportsnet. “I didn’t want to change there. I was trying as hard as I can to get back. (Poolman) made a great play there on McDavid and chopped it up the wall. I turned back and nobody was around. I was just trying to get it on net. I was pretty tired at the end of the shift … That one feels pretty good.” 

It was the third straight OT game in the series. 

Winnipeg centre Mark Scheifele had forced overtime with his second goal of the game. After forward Blake Wheeler intercepted a pass, he sent the puck to Connor, who tipped it over to Scheifele for a one-timer that beat Edmonton netminder Mike Smith at the 6:01 mark of the third period to knot the score at 3-3. 

“That was a hard-fought series,” Scheifele said. “It was 4-0 but it sure didn’t feel like that, that’s for sure. We’re obviously happy we got the win. Lot of resilience from our team … It was just a fantastic team effort.” 

The Oilers blew a lead for the second straight game. 

“It’s the little mistakes,” McDavid told reporters. “We had leads in these last two games, we just didn’t find a way to close them out.  

The Oilers had taken advantage of Winnipeg’s parade to the penalty box in the second period to take a 3-2 lead. With Pierre-Luc Dubois off for holding, Edmonton forward Alex Chiasson scored on the ensuing power play with Leon Draisaitl setting him up. Earlier, Edmonton forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made Jets defenceman Neil Pionk look bad, then beat Winnipeg goaltender Connor Hellebuyck with a backhand to tie the score 2-2. 

The Jets had taken a 2-1 lead into the second period. Winnipeg forward Mason Appleton snapped a 1-1 tie when he deflected a point shot by defenceman Josh Morrissey past Smith. Adam Lowry also assisted. 

Scheifele had opened the scoring on the powerplay by firing a one-timer on a great pass from Wheeler at the 6:16 mark. Morrissey also assisted. 

McDavid tied the score 1-1 just 1:17 later when he surprised Hellebuyck with a wraparound. Forwards Draisaitl and Jesse Puljujarvi assisted. 

QUOTABLE 

Blake Wheeler blocked a shot with his groin near the end of one of the periods and left the ice. But he was back out for the next period. 

“I’ve got three beautiful kids, we’re not having any more so, what the hell,” Wheeler said. 

Jets win series

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Brook Jones
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Winnipeg Jets Kyle Connor watches his game winning shot go into the net to clinch the series for Winnipeg against the Edmonton Oilers at BellMTS Place in Winnipeg, Man., on May 24, 2021. (Brook Jones/Selkirk Settler Times/St. Paul Press & Springfield Times)

The Winnipeg Jets are moving on the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in dramatic fashion.

Sights from Jets, Oilers game 4

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Brook Jones
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Photos from the fourth game of the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Winnipeg Jets and the visiting Edmonton Oilers at BellMTS Place on May 24 and 25.

Photo gallery coming soon.

Happy Victoria Day

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Brook Jones
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The Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg, Man., shines bright on Manitoba Day on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (Brook Jones/Selkirk Settler Times/St. Paul Press & Springfield Times)

The Selkirk Settler Times wishes you a very happy and relaxing Victoria Day.

Jets soar at home, take game 3

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Jim Bender
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The Winnipeg Jets host the visiting Edmonton Oilers in the third game of the best of seven National Hockey League playoff series at BellMTS Place in Winnipeg, Man., on Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Brook Jones/Selkirk Settler Times/St. Paul Press & Springfield Times)

Winnipeg forward Nikolaj Ehlers returned from injury to cap one of the most incredible comebacks of Jets 2.0 history. 

Ehlers, who had missed about a month of action with a shoulder injury, scored his second goal of the game at 9:13 of overtime to give Winnipeg a hard-fought 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers at Bell MTS Place on Sunday night. 

The Jets took a commanding 3-0 lead on Edmonton in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup series. 

Ehlers scored when centre Paul Stastny drew a faceoff draw back to the winger, who fired a screened shot past Oilers netminder Mike Smith. 

“We just literally talked about it before that faceoff,” Ehlers told CBC/Sportsnet. “I asked him if I should be behind him for a shot and I guess it couldn’t have worked out better.” 

The Jets had rebounded from a three-goal deficit by scoring three goals in 3:03 of the third period to tie the score 4-4 and force the OT. 

Jets forward Mathieu Perreault had scored a power-play goal at 11:45 of the third. Forward Blake Wheeler then pulled Winnipeg to within 4-3 at 14:28. Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey tied the game just 16 seconds later. 

“This team just kept battling hard,” Ehlers said. “This team is incredible. This team is just so much fun to be a part of. 

“Being back with the boys and having this ending, it doesn’t get any better than that.” 

Edmonton had taken a 4-1 lead after ever-dangerous forwards Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid broke out. Draisaitl scored two goals and an assist while McDavid added three helpers. Zack Kassian and Jujhar Khaira, who had given the Oilers a 4-1 lead in the third period, also scored. 

But the Oilers then blew it. 

“Lots went wrong, I guess,” McDavid told reporters. “We were in a good spot up 4-1, then we couldn’t get a kill on the powerplay. They kinda took a lifeline there and went on from there. 

“Obviously, it’s unfortunate. We’ve built ourselves a really big hole, but we’re not gonna roll over and play dead against these guys.” 

Ehlers had also scored on the powerplay to pull Winnipeg to within 2-1 in the second period, only to watch Kassian up the score to 3-1 heading into the third period. 

“It was just mistakes and maybe we panicked a little bit,” Draisaitl said. “We’ve got to find a way to get back into it.” 

Winnipeg can wrap up the series when it plays host to the Oilers on Monday at 8:45 p.m. 

“We also know that we’ve got a pretty important game tomorrow night,” Ehlers said. 

Sights from Jets, Oilers at BellMTS Place

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Brook Jones
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Members of the Winnipeg Jets surround team goaltender Gonnor Hellebuyck after Winnipeg earned a 5-4 overtime victory against the Edmonton Oilers in the third game of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs at BellMTS Place in Winnipeg, Man., on Sunday, May 23, 2021. (Brook Jones/Selkirk Settler Times/St. Paul Press & Springfield Times)

Photos from the third game of the National Hockey League playoffs between the Winnipeg Jets and the visiting Edmonton Oilers at BellMTS Place in Winnipeg.

Photo gallery coming soon.

Great curling season for Einarson

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Jim Bender
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For the latest in sports check out the Selkirk Settler Times. (Brook Jones/Selkirk Settler Times)

By Jim Bender 

One of the most successful seasons any Canadian curler has ever accomplished may have ended in slight disappointment, but it is one that will be celebrated for years. 

Gimli’s ‘Golden Girl’ Kerri Einarson and her partner, Newfoundland’s Brad Gushue, just barely failed to medal at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland on Sunday. 

Sweden’s Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson defeated the Canadian reps 7-4 in the bronze medal game. 

“It’s been an honour to represent Canada on the world stage,” Einarson told Curling Canada. “We gave it our absolute all this week and I couldn’t be more proud of us for earning Canada the Olympic spot. We fought hard every game. We may not have played our best at times, but we also never gave up.” 

Einarson and Gushue needed to finish in the top seven to capture a mixed doubles berth for Canada in the 2022 Winter Olympics, which they did by making it to the qualification round. 

“There was no doubt we were tired and not at our best,” Gushue said. “But we left it all on the ice and that’s all you can ask for. We’re disappointed not to earn a medal, but we are proud to have earned an Olympic spot for Canada.” 

Scotland, which had beaten Canada in a semifinal, won the world championship. 

To sum up her season, Einarson won her second straight gold medal at the Canadian women’s championship, a gold medal in the national mixed doubles with Gushue, the Grand Slam Players’ Championship, and also earned an Olympic berth for Canada at the world women’s championship, despite failing to medal there. 

That success compares favourably to both Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones, who won Olympic gold in 2014, and Saskatchewan’s Sandra Schmirler, who won gold at the 1998 Olympics, then returned home to come close to winning her fourth national women’s championship. 

BITER – Shannon Birchard, the second for Kerri Einarson, won her third national women’s championship earlier this year, which puts her in rather elite company. Birchard, who won the 2018 Scotties as a replacement third for Jennifer Jones, is already in the top 10 of Manitoba women’s curlers. Only Jones (six), Jill Officer (six), Cathy Overton-Clapham (five) and Dawn Askin (five) have more. Connie Laliberte, Janet Arnott and Cathy Gauthier have three each. 

Jets take commanding lead

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Brook Jones
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The Winnipeg Jets now have a commanding 2-0 series lead in the first round of the National Hockey League Stanley Cup playoffs.

The second game of the best of seven series proved to be just as close as the first game between Winnipeg and Edmonton, which needed overtime to decide a winner.

After regulation both teams were unable to find the back of each other’s net, which sent the second game of the series into overtime. Winnipeg Jets forward Paul Stastny proved to be the hero for Winnipeg as he beat Edmonton’s goaltender Mike Smith early on in overtime.

Winnipeg’s goaltender Connor Hellebuyck stopped 34 shots in the shutout victory and Edmonton’s Smith stopped 31 of 32 shots he faced.

The series continues and heads to BellMTS Place in Winnipeg for the third and fourth games of the series.

The third game is slated for May 23 with puck drop at 6:30 p.m. CDT. The fourth game goes May 24 at 8:45 CDT.

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