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The Night Before Night Before Celebration in Stettler Dec. 23 drew shoppers to town from Stettler and 

the surrounding area. The event is hosted by Shop Stettler, which brought back ice carver Kelly Davies of 

Sherwood Park. Davies carves an ice sculptor in Main Street Park. Other events during the Night Before 

Night Before included train rides on the Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions, a free showing of Rise of the 

Guardian at the local theatre, visits with Santa and live sheep and hay rides. ECA Review/L. Joy 

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PrairieView ........................ 2 

PLRD ................................. 4 

Youngstown news ............. 4 

Coronation news ............... 5 

Classified/Careers .............. 6 

Sudoku .............................. 6 

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Operating 

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with tax 

increase 

Lisa Joy 

ECA Review 

The Town of 

Stettler passed its $18 

million 2018 interim 

operating budget and 

it means residents 

will pay two per cent 

more in property 

taxes in the New 

Year. 

The increase, 

approved during 

council’s regular 

meeting Dec. 19, 

translates into about 

$35.33 more a year 

for an average home 

assessed at $265,140. 

“The two per cent 

increase identified in 

the 2018 interim 

operating budget is 

more of a forecast 

that council considers,” 

said 

Assistant Chief 

Administrative 

officer (CAO) Steven 

Gerltiz. 

“The interim 

budget is not used to 

set definitive property 

tax rates, rather 

it is used as the 

authority to set 

utility rates for 

upcoming year and 

to provide services 

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the 2018 budget can 

be passed,” he added. 

Utility rates will 

increase in 2018 by 

1.41 per cent, with a 

$0.25 increase to 

sewer and garbage 

rates and a $0.01 

increase to the water 

rate, said Assistant 

CAO Gerlitz. 

This means the 

same homeowner 

(based on 17 cubic 

meters of water/ 

month) will see an 

increase of $43.37 per 

year. 

The $18 million 

operating budget 

includes $17 million 

in expenditures 

leaving about a $1 

million surplus, 

which will be rolled 

into the 2018 capital 

budget. 

“Every year 

council must balance 

what is required to 

maintain our current 

infrastructure and 

our high quality of 

services to our residents 

with growth, or 

lack of growth and 

current economic 

conditions,” said 

Assistant CAO 

Gertlitz. 

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Fireplace ban 

endangers lives 

during an emergency 

by Peter Shawn Taylor, contributor 

Troy Media 

Canadians for Affordable Energy 

Oh the weather outside is frightful, 

But the fire is so delightful. 

Since we’ve no place to go, 

Let it snow, let it snow, let it - ZAP! 

The power has suddenly gone out. 

Are you ready for such an emergency? 

According to the federal government’s 

Get Prepared website, “you 

need to be able to take care of your 

family for at least 72 hours” if the grid 

goes down and official help is unavailable. 

Could you survive at home alone 

without electricity, gas, cell service 

and water for three days? 

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An exemption during 

a power outage is of no 

value if your fireplace or 

wood stove has already 

been removed or 

rendered inoperable, as 

required by law. 

Stockpiling water, non-perishable 

food, batteries, medications and a firstaid 

kit are all necessities, of course. 

But what if there’s a blizzard − how 

will you stay warm? Then your only 

option, says Ottawa, is to use a “nonelectric 

stove or heater, or a 

wood-burning fireplace.” 

How strange, then, that some of 

Canada’s biggest cities are doing 

everything in their power to remove 

this option. 

By planning to ban fireplaces and 

wood stoves, Montreal and Vancouver 

are denying citizens the means to keep 

warm during a catastrophic ice storm 

or similar emergency. It’s apparently 

more important to protect the environment 

than it is to allow humans the 

tools to save themselves in a crisis. 

In Montreal, beginning in October 

2018, no traditional fireplace or wood 

stove “may be used or left to be used” 

by any resident, according to a new 

city bylaw. Only rigorously certified 

devices − properly registered with the 

authorities, of course − will be 

permitted. 

Similarly, Vancouver is in the midst 

of a public consultation regarding its 

proposed ban on fireplaces and wood 

stoves. If approved, Vancouver residents 

would be required to register all 

wood-burning devices by 2022 and, as 

in Montreal, traditional-style fireplaces 

and stoves would be ineligible 

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for registration. In 2025, it would 

become illegal to use any unregistered 

wood-burning system for warmth, 

cooking or aesthetics. 

Both pending bylaws claim to make 

exceptions for lengthy power outages, 

but the broader implication of these 

policies is clear. They will remove 

from existence the vast majority of 

legacy fireplaces and wood stoves and, 

given a hefty application of red tape, 

strongly discourage all new installations. 

The Vancouver proposal 

actually contemplates an annual fireplace 

registration renewal process, 

like a driver’s licence. 

And it’s a trend that may be 

spreading. The Canadian Council of 

Ministers of the Environment has distributed 

a draft bylaw that can be used 

by municipalities looking to ban fireplaces 

or wood stoves. 

What does all this mean? 

The next time a devastating winter 

storm hits Montreal or something similar 

is visited upon Vancouver, many 

homeowners won’t be able to heat their 

houses off-grid. In cases where official 

help is unavailable or misdirected, 

families will thus be deprived of this 

means of fending for themselves - this 

despite the explicit recommendation of 

Ottawa’s emergency preparedness 

program. 

And an exemption during a power 

outage is of no value if your fireplace 

or wood stove has already been 

removed or rendered inoperable, as 

required by law. 

The usefulness of fireplaces in an 

emergency remains real, even in big, 

modern cities. “My own house was 

without power for most of three days,” 

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said 

in January 2014 following a dramatic 

ice storm in Toronto, “but we have a 

working fireplace and could still cook 

on our gas stove.” By relying on heritage 

technology, Wynne was able to eat 

and her pipes didn’t freeze. 

(Vancouver, by the way, is also planning 

to eliminate gas stoves and 

furnaces.) 

Bans on fireplaces and wood stoves 

are driven by concerns over global 

warming, and the notion that heat 

from wood is inefficient and dirty. 

While it’s true that burning wood or 

other biomass such as plant matter can 

release a range of pollutants, “biomass 

is generally considered carbon neutral 

because the carbon dioxide (CO2) 

released from either burning or 

decomposing biomass approximately 

equals the CO2 that trees and plants 

take in from the atmosphere during 

their lives,” says the National Energy 

Board’s review of various energy 

sources. 

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by Herman Schwenk 

We are at the beginning of a new 

year 2018. It has been customary to 

make New Years resolutions to correct 

some bad habits at this time of year. 

I have always felt that these resolutions 

were mostly a waste of time 

because very few people stick with 

them for very long. However what I 

have decided to do is make a wish list 

for 2018. 

It probably won’t accomplish any 

more than New Years resolutions but it 

will document some objectives that the 

powers that be should consider. 

Let’s start with Justin Trudeau. I 

wish he would go and see a speech 

therapist. I really get sick and tired of 

him going ah, ah, ah, ah, every time 

that he speaks. 

Instead of spending Christmas with 

his billon air friends that cost the government 

[think taxpayers] over two 

hundred and fifty thousand dollars. I 

wish he would spend a week with a 

middle class family. Maybe he would 

discover that all the new taxes that he 

has imposed on them [about $860 a 

year so far] is creating a real hardship. 

When he was elected he said he 

would HELP the middle class. 

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Bloated 

bureaucracy that is 

the problem not the 

front line workers 

He might also understand that small 

business is not really using income 

sprinkling as a loop hole but that it is 

survival strategy in a business with 

very tight margins especially after his 

taxes. 

Another suggestion for a Christmas 

vacation would be for him and his 

family to spend a week in an indigenous 

community in either northern 

Manitoba or Ontario. 

He might learn that that it takes 

more than culture to maintain a viable 

and sustainable community. They 

need a reliable economic base. 

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information. 

The opinions expressed are not necessarily 

the opinions of this newspaper. 

PRAIRieVieW 

Wish list for 2018 

Throwing gobs of taxpayer money at 

these communities will not solve the 

problem. 

Last but not least I wish he would 

quit apologizing. Every time he apologizes 

for some thing that a previous 

government did like the Omar Kadar 

case or the residential schools, it costs 

us millions of dollars. As my wife has 

said many times, you cannot un-ring a 

bell. Those apologies will not change 

anything. 

I wish Rachel Notley would learn 

where to cut back expenses to balance 

her budget. She thinks the only place 

where you can cut back is to trim front 

line workers. 

It is her bloated bureaucracy that is 

the problem not the front line workers. 

Since becoming premier she has added 

over 40,000 jobs to the public sector 

work force. 

I wish she would study the real science 

on climate change. All her carbon 

tax will achieve is to increase the cost 

of everything for the residence of 

Alberta and it is increasing the cost of 

doing business for every business, big 

or small in the province. 

I wish I could believe her when she 

publically endorses pipelines. She says 

we need export pipelines and we do but 

almost every policy her government 

has implemented since she became 

premier has been to curtail the production 

of oil one way or another, the 

carbon tax being one. 

I wish that the media and the climate 

change environmental advocates 

would become honest and admit that 

C02 emissions do not contribute to 

global warming. 

Last week’s ECA Review had a 

column submitted by “The Friends of 

Science” that clearly stated the sun is 

the driver of climate change not C02. 

It has been proven that we need 

more carbon in the atmosphere not 

less. More carbon will increase agriculture 

and food production to feed an 

increasing world population. 

Finally I wish [you will hate me for 

this] the weather would stay real cold 

for the rest of the winter. Maybe the 

climate change zealots will learn that 

global cooling is also climate change! 

Have a happy new year everyone. 

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Clive Mayor seeks solutions to battle crime 

Lisa Joy 

ECA Review 

Violent crime has become a serious 

problem for rural communities and 

Red Deer-Lacombe Conservative MP 

Blaine Calkins wants citizens’ help to 

address the issue. 

MP Calkins, along with his colleagues 

MP Earl Dreeshen and MP 

Jim Eglinski, recently launched a 

Rural Crime Taskforce to work with 

communities and law enforcement. 

“In some parts of my riding crime is 

up 100 to 200 per cent,” said MP 

Calkins in a message to his constituents. 

“I’m talking property crime and 

violent crime. All crime is bad but the 

amount of rural crime happening 

lately is unprecedented.” 

MP Calkins said over the last few 

months he’s received a lot of emails, 

phone calls and visits from constituents 

about the rise in crime. 

Three public meetings, hosted by 

Red Deer-Lacombe MP Blaine Calkins, 

are set for January at Alix, Lacombe 

County and Bluffton. 

A closed door meeting for community 

leaders is planned for Jan. 9 in 

Blackfalds and Clive Mayor Luci 

Henry will attend. 

“I am hopeful that we will be able to 

come up with constructive solutions to 

address the crimes that are plaguing 

our communities,” said Mayor Henry. 

“I think we will see that there will be 

an increased need for mental health 

and social services funding among 

increased RCMP and police services.” 

Village of Clive Coun. Susan Russell 

hopes to use information from the 

meetings to form a Citizens on Patrol 

for Clive. 

“We are at a stand still right now 

with volunteers and finding the time to 

meet but there is a huge community 

interest,” said Coun. Russell. 

“Our residents have the right to feel 

safe and I believe this crime meeting 

will bring facts about the crime rate 

and will equip everyone with useful 

information on how to ensure we are 

safe and how to keep criminals from 

targeting us.” 

Blackfalds RCMP Detachment, 

which also polices Clive, is involved in 

the meetings. 

“We have been focusing on the rural 

crime issues and have been working 

very effectively with Red Deer and surrounding 

detachments on various 

projects,” said Blackfalds RCMP 

Detachment Commander S/Sgt. Ken 

Morrison. 

“As a detachment, we have been 

actively engaged with our community 

leaders and partner agencies in 

spreading the word throughout the 

rural areas.” 

S/Sgt Morrison said that Blackfalds 

RCMP detachment will have two new 

positions in 2018, which will be paid for 

by Red Deer County and Lacombe 

County. They will be plainclothes units 

focused on prolific crime in rural 

areas and will work with surrounding 

detachments. 

Citizens can help by becoming 

actively involved in programs such as 

Citizens on Patrol (COP), Rural Crime 

Watch and reporting all suspicious 

activity, said S/Sgt. Morrison. 

“Over the past year there have been 

efforts in communities to get COP 

operating, however, there have been 

few volunteers,” he said. “We need to 

work together as a community to 

combat crime. The police can not do it 

on their own. 

“Rural Crime Watch will be starting 

up patrols in the New Year. We are 

very excited about this and how it will 

work to be the eyes and ears out in the 

rural areas.” 

Professional Directory 

A necessary backup 

Cont’d from Pg 2 

In other words, there’s no 

difference between burning 

a tree and letting it rot on 

the forest floor. This is why 

biomass can be considered 

an environmentallyfriendly, 

cost-effective and 

renewable energy source. 

Further, the emissions 

released by wood stoves and 

fireplaces stay in the atmosphere 

for a very short time. 

Whereas CO2 can linger for 

decades or longer, the particulates 

released by a 

burning log disappear in 

days or weeks. And while 

this is still an issue, a balanced 

assessment of all 

available facts suggests an 

outright ban is the wrong 

policy solution. 

Given the proven usefulness 

of wood heat in 

emergencies, it would be 

better to declare 

no-burn days 

when air pollution 

is a factor, as 

is already the 

case in some 

North American 

jurisdictions, and 

let fireplaces and 

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wood stoves remain as a 

necessary backup in big 

cities. 

For most of Canada’s history, 

wood has been an 

important, affordable and 

practical source of heat and 

fuel. This remains true in 

many rural parts of the 

country. And in urban 

Canada, wood heat can still 

be very useful in a crisis. 

Canadians shouldn’t be 

denied the right to help 

themselves in an emergency. 

Or, for that matter, 

the right to a pleasant 

source of warmth and ambiance 

any time the mood 

might strike them. 

Peter Shawn Taylor is a 

journalist, policy research 

analyst and contributing 

writer to Canadians for 

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division and school culture, and 

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OBITUARY 

Enjoyed all aspects of his farming lifestyle 

Rayford James Johnston 

1926 ~ 2017 

Rayford was born on March 9, 1926 

at the Municipal Hospital in Hanna, 

Ab. He was the second of four children 

born to Fred and Blanche Johnston. 

Rayford’s parents lived in the 

Garden Plain district for four years 

and that’s where they began their 

family. They had two sons 

and two daughters: Fred Jr., 

Rayford, Eileen and then 

Edna. 

In the spring of 1930 the 

family moved south to the 

Alps District. On the day 

they moved, it rained cats 

and dogs, according to 

Rayford. 

Rayford’s schooling 

began in March 1932 a few 

Johnston 

days after his sixth birthday. 

He took all his schooling at Alps School 

to which there were good days and bad, 

as Rayford was quite the prankster in 

his younger years. 

The hours before and after school 

were no picnic either, with lots of 

chores to do. The one he dreaded most 

was churning the milk. He was also 

assigned the job of getting in the 

horses in the morning, giving them a 

feed of oats and harnessing 

them before school. 

Their horse, Brownie took all four of 

them to school from 1931 until the day 

the last of them quit in 1945. Rayford 

grew up working with his Dad and 

brother on the family farm. They 

farmed with only their horses up until 

1939, where they then acquired an old 

cross mounted Case tractor which was 

their initiation to power farming. 

As Rayford got older he did a lot of 

stooking hay for his Dad and for the 

neighbours. When Rayford was 14 

years of age he was given a bundle 

team to help thresh along with his 

Dad’s outfits. 

Other than working on the farm, he 

also did farm work for neighbours. In 

1944 his sister Edna sadly passed, she 

was just in her early teens. 

As a young man Rayford loved 

playing hockey, baseball and life in the 

country. Among his treasured vehicles, 

he loved driving his 1946 Ford 

truck and also enjoyed going to 

country dances. 

At one dance he 

attended in 

Spondin, he met 

Mavis Durand for 

the first time. 

On Nov. 23,1955 

Rayford married 

Mavis Durand 

who lived east of 

Spondin. They 

moved his folk’s 

first house from 

the Garden Plain 

area (the north 

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place), renovated it and lived in his 

parent’s yard. 

Rayford and Mavis purchased the 

James MacDonald Taylor place from 

Ben Taylor, built a house and moved 

there in the spring of 1961. In the 

Hanna North book his family story 

was submitted to which the end of it 

said in his words, “After living here 51 

years I guess I am getting to be 

an old timer myself. Life has 

been good to me and I’ve 

enjoyed it”, and he still echoed 

that sentiment at 91. 

Rayford had a busy life 

working on the farm and 

enjoyed socializing with his 

many relatives, friends and 

neighbours. The highlight of 

those years was certainly the 

addition of two children to the 

family. He along with Mavis 

raised their daughter, Shelley and 

their son Lee. 

Next came the marriage of Lee to 

Shawna (Irwin) and Shelley to Bryan 

Lee and the births of their four wonderful 

grandchildren. He took great 

joy in his grandsons, Dylan and Tyler 

(Lee and Shawna) and Brandon and 

Christopher (Shelley and Bryan). 

Seeing them always brightened his 

day. 

He was a devoted husband, a great 

Dad in the eyes of his wife and children 

and was proud to be a Grandpa 

too. Sadly, on Oct. 19, 2004 his beloved 

wife Mavis Johnston passed away. 

They had been married for almost 49 

years. 

Rayford followed in his Dad’s footsteps 

in farming and in many other 

aspects. He was actively involved in 

many projects and organizations for 

the betterment of the community such 

as the UFA and Garden Plain 

Community Club. When Sullivan Lake 

Rural Electrical Association formed in 

1952, Rayford’s Dad became the first 

secretary-treasurer to which Rayford 

later was also a part of. He was also a 

member of Hanna Co-op, Alberta 

Wheat Pool, Rural Crime Watch and 

served on the Hanna Hospital board 

for many years. 

Rayford enjoyed all aspects of 

farming and truly loved the lifestyle. 

He had a special connection and a love 

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for his farm and certainly his animals. 

Rayford also enjoying reading and 

watching sports, especially the good 

old hockey game and CFL football! 

Wilf Carter and Hank Snow were some 

of the favourite musical artists he 

loved listening to. He was a strong yet 

gentle man and lived a full life, independent 

until the end. He lived on his 

farm right up to 91 years of age. It was 

truly remarkable and his family was 

so proud of the man he was. 

Rayford James Johnston suddenly 

passed away on Dec. 8, 2017 at the 

Hanna Hospital. He will be sadly 

missed but never forgotten by his 

daughter Shelley, his son Lee (Shawna) 

and forever treasured by grandsons 

Dylan, Tyler, Brandon and 

Christopher. 

He will also be 

fondly remembered 

and greatly 

missed by his 

sister Eileen 

Heggen. His 

sister and 

brother-in-laws 

Cathie (Bill) 

Dacyshyn, Rose 

(Pat) Matsuoka, 

Laurie (Gerry) 

Luciani, (Shirley) 

Durand and his 

many nieces and 

nephews. 

He is predeceased 

by his 

parents Fred and 

Blanche 

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Big Valley’s ‘Christmas in the Village’ 

Linda Stillinger, 

ECA Review 

Christmas is a time best spent in the 

company of family and friends, and 

that is exactly what the Big Valley 

community did on Dec. 22. 

Village and rural residents came 

together to celebrate “Christmas in 

the Village” with a host of events reminiscent 

of days gone by. 

From humble beginnings seven 

years ago, the event has grown into a 

community wide celebration, with a 

dedicated ensemble of community 

groups, businesses and volunteers 

working together to make this special 

event happen. 

There definitely isn’t a shortage of 

holiday cheer in Big Valley. 

It’s all about giving back to the community 

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season in style. 

As the number and variety of activities 

has grown over the years, so has 

the attendance. 

For many, the event has become a 

‘must do’ during the Christmas season 

with something happening in every 

corner of the village. 

At the Community Hall there was 

free chili and holiday treats, a last 

minute Christmas shopping area and 

a children’s craft table. 

Throughout the evening, the Big 

Valley Ukulele Club, Rosco, and the 

Original Cowgirls serenaded the 

crowd with Christmas carols. 

Downtown businesses stayed open 

late, adding to the holiday atmosphere, 

while the Big Valley Inn hosted a customer 

appreciation night. 

Throughout the evening, horsedrawn 

hay wagons transported 

revellers around the village to view 

the wonderful holiday lights. 

After seven years, Big Valley continues 

to keep “Christmas in the 

Village” unique and entertaining. 

The Original Cowgirls, from the left, Linda Thurston, Lori Gordon, Dallas Gordon were part of the entertainment provided at the Big Valley 

‘Christmas in the Village’, Dec. 22. 

ECA Review/L.Stillinger 

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Cell: 

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Email: baritoilfield@xplornet.com 

Bus: (780) 753-8100 

Fax: (780) 753-8104 

ForallyourWELDINGneedsincluding: 

• Portable or in Shop Welding • Oilfield 

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• Agricultural • Bolt & Metal Supplies 

• ANDNOW Hydraulic Hose Fabrication 

cell (780) 753-0929 • shop (780) 753-4749 

4444-50th Ave. Provost, AB 

24 hour service • East of old Provost Arena 

Box 464, Provost, AB T0B 3S0 

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- Contaminant Hauling - 

Call/email today 

to place your ad 



Box 12159 

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Phone: (780) 875-4259 

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Fax: (780) 875-1930 

Toll Free: 1-877-341-3933 

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www.cwcenergyservices.com 

TSXV: CWC 

Lyndon Clark 

Cell: (780) 842-7997

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