Matters of public health are the responsibility of a committee of public health, which is headed by a state medical officer. Liechtenstein’s small medical institutions are supplemented by the excellent neighbouring Swiss facilities, to which the principality contributes support. Social security is sustained by a variety of compulsory insurance schemes; the financing of these comprehensive plans is shared by employers, employees, and the government.

The climate of Liechtenstein is mild and is greatly affected by the warm southerly wind known as the foehn. Annual precipitation ranges, according to location, from about 35 to 47 inches (900 to 1,200 mm), though some areas in the mountains can receive as much as 75 inches (1,900 mm). In winter the temperature rarely falls below 5 °F (−15 °C), while in summer the average daily maximum temperature varies from the high 60s to the low 80s F (about 20 to 28 °C). These conditions allow for the cultivation of grapes and corn (maize), which is unusual in a mountainous area.

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Thus did the couple come to Ponteix for a year until, as Drake — lively and fun at 75 — puts it, his wife was “head-hunted” by the school in Hodgeville, southeast of Swift Current. There was also a position for him and enough time to do things like design flags.

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In the spring of 1969, Joan became pregnant with their first child and they reasoned they’d be better off back in Britain, with two sets of grandparents to help.

She and husband Mirek moved from Calgary to Hodgeville, bought the town’s former school and renovated it into a hotel, the Hodgeville Inn. She wanted to give it a gimmick, a personality, so she started researching it — and learned it was the place in which Drake had worked while he designed Saskatchewan’s flag.

There, he entered teachers college and had married when he noticed an advertisement: Saskatchewan needed teachers and would even pay their way to Canada — and provide a house.

Anthony Drake chuckles as he remembers his “lucky 13.”Through the winter of 1968-69, he worked away with coloured paper, green and yellow. Yellow for Saskatchewan’s wheat fields; green for the northern forests — the western red lily and the provincial crest.Thirteen designs he sent to the Government of Saskatchewan, which had announced in 1968 it was holding a competition for a provincial flag.And Drake was a Saskatchewanian by choice, at least for a while.When he was a boy, his family had emigrated from postwar Britain to Preston, Ont., now part of Cambridge. But he was homesick and, after high school, went back to the U.K.There, he entered teachers college and had married when he noticed an advertisement: Saskatchewan needed teachers and would even pay their way to Canada — and provide a house.Thus did the couple come to Ponteix for a year until, as Drake — lively and fun at 75 — puts it, his wife was “head-hunted” by the school in Hodgeville, southeast of Swift Current. There was also a position for him and enough time to do things like design flags.By no means was he the only designer. Contemporary news accounts say over 4,000 designs were sent to Regina before one morning in the spring of 1969, when the young Yorkshireman was having his morning coffee break as a phone call arrived.It was CKSW Radio in Swift Current. 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Activate your Online Access NowArticle content Anthony Drake Photo by BRYAN SCHLOSSER /Regina Leader-Post“I didn’t think Canadians hoaxed,” he says. “It took quite a long time for it to register — and then it all came out and I was very pleased.”And here’s where this story takes one of those peculiar Saskatchewan-style twists.Drake had never seen the flag flying in Saskatchewan — until Tuesday night, when he and his wife Joan arrived in Regina after 16 hours flying from United Kingdom.In the spring of 1969, Joan became pregnant with their first child and they reasoned they’d be better off back in Britain, with two sets of grandparents to help.He found a teaching job in the U.K. — and that’s where the family was when Saskatchewan officially unveiled his flag and ran it up a flagpole in the autumn of 1969.Since then, the Drakes had no reason to visit Saskatchewan, and he was “totally unaware” the flag was on flagpoles, mugs, baseballs, watches, cellphone cases, lapel pins, T-shirts, belt buckles and what looks, on the web, like a bikini.Enter Gail Hapanowicz.She and husband Mirek moved from Calgary to Hodgeville, bought the town’s former school and renovated it into a hotel, the Hodgeville Inn. She wanted to give it a gimmick, a personality, so she started researching it — and learned it was the place in which Drake had worked while he designed Saskatchewan’s flag.Finding Drake was challenging, as he had no online presence. But she found a teacher who knew him and had his address plus his phone number. The Drakes accepted her invitation to return to Saskatchewan. Based in The Hodgeville Inn, they’ll tour the province over the next three weeks and meet folks like the lieutenant governor.And thus did the Drakes arrive in Regina, greeted by reporters and TV cameras, the Hapanowiczes, and even some women who’d known them back in Hodgeville. “It makes me feel as though I don’t deserve it,” Drake said shyly. “It should be a Canadian who has it.”wchabun@postmedia.comArticle contentShare this article in your social network Share this Story : The weird and wonderful story of Saskatchewan's provincial flag Copy Link Email X Reddit Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr CommentsYou must be logged in to join the discussion or read more comments.Create an AccountSign in Join the Conversation Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion. Please keep comments relevant and respectful. Comments may take up to an hour to appear on the site. 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Few workers are employed in agriculture, but the average farming unit is fairly large, and the biggest concerns concentrate on livestock and dairying. Crops include corn, potatoes, and cereals. Vineyards are few and are split into small units. The Alpine slopes are used for grazing during the summer.

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The eastern two-thirds of the country is composed of the rugged foothills of the Rhätikon Mountains, part of the central Alps. The highest peak is Grauspitz, which rises to 8,527 feet (2,599 metres), and much of the principality is at an elevation above 6,000 feet (1,800 metres). The lower slopes of the mountains are covered by evergreen forests and alpine flowers, while their bare peaks are blanketed by snow. The mountains contain three major valleys and are drained by the Samina River. The western section of the principality is occupied by the Rhine River floodplain, which, together with the valley of the Ill River, forms a triangular lowland widening northward. The river valley was once marshy, but a drainage channel built in the 1930s has made its rich soils highly suitable for agriculture.

“I didn’t think Canadians hoaxed,” he says. “It took quite a long time for it to register — and then it all came out and I was very pleased.”

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Since then, the Drakes had no reason to visit Saskatchewan, and he was “totally unaware” the flag was on flagpoles, mugs, baseballs, watches, cellphone cases, lapel pins, T-shirts, belt buckles and what looks, on the web, like a bikini.

Liechtenstein is a constitutional monarchy. Its head of state is the prince, who succeeds to the throne by heredity through the male line as determined by the regulations of the princely house. The constitution of 1921 provides for a unicameral Landtag (Diet), which consists of 25 members elected to four-year terms. The traditional regions of Vaduz and Schellenberg are still recognized as unique regions—the Upper Country (Oberland) and the Lower Country (Unterland), respectively—and they form separate electoral districts. All citizens age 18 or older who live in the principality are eligible to vote in national elections.

The government consists of a prime minister and four other cabinet officials (with at least two officials from each of the two electoral districts), who are appointed by the prince on the recommendation of the Landtag. The 11 Gemeinden (communes) are governed autonomously—but under government supervision—by mayors and city councils, elected every three years. To the south, the more industrial Upper Country contains the communes of Vaduz, Balzers, Triesen, Triesenberg, Schaan, and Planken. The Lower Country, to the north, is divided into the communes of Eschen, Mauren, Gamprin, Ruggell, and Schellenberg. The government maintains a nominal police force, but the standing army was abolished and neutrality proclaimed in 1868 (defense of the principality is the responsibility of Switzerland).

Liechtenstein has no natural resources of commercial value, and virtually all raw materials, including wood, have to be imported. All of the principality’s forested areas are protected in order to maintain the ecology of the mountain slopes and to guard against erosion. There is no heavy industry, but small manufacturing concerns are spread throughout the principality. Production includes metalworking, pharmaceuticals, precision instruments, electronic equipment, food processing, and the manufacture of consumer goods. In 1921 Liechtenstein adopted the Swiss franc as its currency, and in 1923 it joined a customs union with Switzerland.

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Through the winter of 1968-69, he worked away with coloured paper, green and yellow. Yellow for Saskatchewan’s wheat fields; green for the northern forests — the western red lily and the provincial crest.

Drake had never seen the flag flying in Saskatchewan — until Tuesday night, when he and his wife Joan arrived in Regina after 16 hours flying from United Kingdom.

Thirteen designs he sent to the Government of Saskatchewan, which had announced in 1968 it was holding a competition for a provincial flag.

Finding Drake was challenging, as he had no online presence. But she found a teacher who knew him and had his address plus his phone number. The Drakes accepted her invitation to return to Saskatchewan. Based in The Hodgeville Inn, they’ll tour the province over the next three weeks and meet folks like the lieutenant governor.

Tourism is a leading sector of Liechtenstein’s economy and is sponsored by the government. Most visitors come from the surrounding European countries and centre their activities on Vaduz. The registration of tens of thousands of foreign firms in Liechtenstein provides a source of tax income. The principality has also become a centre of banking because of its stable political situation and its laws providing absolute bank secrecy. In the late 20th century, however, Liechtenstein became a centre for money laundering, and its laws were subsequently altered to prohibit the opening of accounts anonymously. Pressure from the United States and the European Union (EU) led to the reform of the banking sector in the early 21st century, and the country worked to shed its image as a tax haven.

Education is supervised by the National Board of Education and is compulsory beginning at age 7. The school system consists of primary schools, secondary schools, a vocational school, grammar school, commercial high school, music school, and a technical college. The University of Liechtenstein offers degrees in architecture and business administration.

Liechtenstein has a remarkable variety of vegetation. Water milfoil and mare’s-tail as well as reeds, bulrush, bird’s eye primrose, and orchids can be found. The forests comprise a mixed woodland with copper beeches, common and Norway maple, sycamore, linden, elm, and ash. Liechtenstein is also rich in wildlife, including red deer, roe deer, chamois, hares, marmots, blackcocks, pheasants, hazel grouse, partridges, foxes, badgers, martens, polecats, stoats, and weasels.

He found a teaching job in the U.K. — and that’s where the family was when Saskatchewan officially unveiled his flag and ran it up a flagpole in the autumn of 1969.

Post-World War II industrialization resulted in a shift of people to the larger communes. The most populous communes are Vaduz, the administrative and commercial centre, and Schaan, the principal industrial community. Nevertheless, almost nine-tenths of the population is classified as rural.

Ethnic Liechtensteiners, who compose about two-thirds of the population, are descended from the Alemanni tribe that came into the region after 500 ce. Although the official language is German, most of the population still speaks an Alemanni dialect containing local variations in pronunciation and vocabulary. Walsers, descendants of immigrants from the Swiss canton of Valais, settled in Triesenberg at the end of the 13th century and continue to speak a particularly distinctive form of the language. About four-fifths of the population is Christian (with about three-fourths of the total population identifying as Roman Catholic).

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“I didn’t think Canadians hoaxed,” he says. “It took quite a long time for it to register — and then it all came out and I was very pleased.”And here’s where this story takes one of those peculiar Saskatchewan-style twists.Drake had never seen the flag flying in Saskatchewan — until Tuesday night, when he and his wife Joan arrived in Regina after 16 hours flying from United Kingdom.In the spring of 1969, Joan became pregnant with their first child and they reasoned they’d be better off back in Britain, with two sets of grandparents to help.He found a teaching job in the U.K. — and that’s where the family was when Saskatchewan officially unveiled his flag and ran it up a flagpole in the autumn of 1969.Since then, the Drakes had no reason to visit Saskatchewan, and he was “totally unaware” the flag was on flagpoles, mugs, baseballs, watches, cellphone cases, lapel pins, T-shirts, belt buckles and what looks, on the web, like a bikini.Enter Gail Hapanowicz.She and husband Mirek moved from Calgary to Hodgeville, bought the town’s former school and renovated it into a hotel, the Hodgeville Inn. She wanted to give it a gimmick, a personality, so she started researching it — and learned it was the place in which Drake had worked while he designed Saskatchewan’s flag.Finding Drake was challenging, as he had no online presence. But she found a teacher who knew him and had his address plus his phone number. The Drakes accepted her invitation to return to Saskatchewan. Based in The Hodgeville Inn, they’ll tour the province over the next three weeks and meet folks like the lieutenant governor.And thus did the Drakes arrive in Regina, greeted by reporters and TV cameras, the Hapanowiczes, and even some women who’d known them back in Hodgeville. “It makes me feel as though I don’t deserve it,” Drake said shyly. “It should be a Canadian who has it.”wchabun@postmedia.com

The world-famous art collections of the princes of Liechtenstein, exhibited in the Engländerhaus in the centre of Vaduz, include outstanding works of many 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painters. There is also a State Art Collection (1969). The Liechtenstein Treasure Chamber (2015) housed a collection that included the world’s largest Fabergé egg, the crown jewels of the royal family, and lunar rocks gifted to the principality by NASA. The Liechtenstein Postal Museum (founded in 1930) exhibits a large stock of stamps, including national issues since 1912. The Liechtenstein National Museum in Vaduz houses primarily early and Roman artifacts. The Hilti Art Foundation building (2015) served as a showcase for one of the most important privately held collections in Liechtenstein. The Liechtenstein National Library was established in 1961 as a public foundation. A large personal art collection of the Liechtenstein family also is displayed at the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna (which reopened in 2004 after having been closed since 1938). The Liechtenstein Institute conducts research on topics relating to the country, especially in the sciences, economics, and history.

Liechtenstein, western European principality located between Switzerland and Austria. It is one of the smallest countries of Europe; its capital is Vaduz.

There is a network of excellent roads connecting Liechtenstein with its neighbours. The railway, part of the Paris-Vienna express route, passes through the northern sections of the country. There is no airport.

When he was a boy, his family had emigrated from postwar Britain to Preston, Ont., now part of Cambridge. But he was homesick and, after high school, went back to the U.K.

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By no means was he the only designer. Contemporary news accounts say over 4,000 designs were sent to Regina before one morning in the spring of 1969, when the young Yorkshireman was having his morning coffee break as a phone call arrived.

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And thus did the Drakes arrive in Regina, greeted by reporters and TV cameras, the Hapanowiczes, and even some women who’d known them back in Hodgeville. “It makes me feel as though I don’t deserve it,” Drake said shyly. “It should be a Canadian who has it.”