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6 J a n u a r y 2 4 ' 1 9 H a n n a / C o r o n a t i o n / S t e t t l e r , A b . E C A r e v i e w Editorial History of symbols matter o p i n i o n A painting of hoarfrost and a cold mid-January day, Jan. 19, 2019, persuaded this horse east of Three Hills, Ab. to use a threshing machine as a temporary windbreak. ECA Review/D.Nadeau The opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of this newspaper. R R R R R Published by Coronation Review Limited B. Schimke ECA Review Symbols matter and the meaning behind a symbol may be quite different than what you’ve come to believe. There were two groups planning a convoy of trucks to Ottawa in February. The one group focused on the pipeline. The other group adopted the yellow vest movement. They promoted the pipeline but added issues that clearly were directed towards the two upcoming election campaigns. It’s rather ironic that Alberta, of all places, is using the French yellow vest symbol. “ It’s rather ironic that Alberta, of all places, is using the French yellow vest symbol. A bit of French history may give us pause as to whether this is a good idea. France is awash in red tape for small and medium sized businesses. It is one of the most unproductive countries in the G7 with chronic high unemployment and has the most pampered work force in the free world. President Macron showed strong leadership in announcing substantive labour reforms since his election and, yes, he is now in the implementation phase. The French labour policies have been built on the spirit of Karl Marx and France’s most powerful union is communist-linked and is behind many of the protests. They believe the top tax rate should be 100 per cent. Macron introduced significant labour reforms, and got lukewarm support from two of the three most powerful unions. The reforms included giving business more flexibility to negotiate working conditions, allowing small firms to by-pass union agreements, “ mail bag capping court-awarded redundancy payouts for unfair dismissals, and allowing firms to hire people shortterm for specific purposes. The introduction of a carbon levy on fuel was just the last straw that triggered the yellow vest riots and protests. Alas, violence begets more violence and now the weekend yellow vest events in France attract fascists, troublemakers and most likely Russian operatives. The history of symbols does matter. It’s like wearing a swastika pin and not knowing the hatred it represents. In Poland today, an All-Polish Youth movement, a radical, right-wing organization, is using fascist symbols and Adolf Hitler slogans such as ‘death to the enemies of the fatherland’. They interrupt public forums and threaten anyone who does not believe as they do. Using violence to get their point across is on the rise. The All- Polish youth cloak themselves in nationalism and the Catholic Church in the same way ISIS cloak themselves in the caliphate and Islam—each completely misrepresenting the teaching of either Jesus or Mohammad. The group organizing a convoy to Ottawa promoting only the pipeline has announced they have cancelled their trip saying there was too much confusion with two planned convoys. An organizer opined that all the extra issues attached to the yellow vest movement was diluting the core message—that a pipeline to coastal waters is economically important for all provinces. Unfortunately those in Alberta pushing the yellow vest movement are using this French symbol, ironically based in socialism, to incite anger, emotion and protest towards both levels of government and Eastern Canadians. How much more effective it would be if we collectively pull together and respectfully make our case for a pipeline, including the powerful visual of a single-focus pipeline convoy moving across the country without yellow vests. Hanna Mayor’s message Dear Editor, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. On behalf of Council and Town of Hanna staff I wish everyone the best for 2019. In December, Council adopted the Operating and Capital Budget for 2019. In this budget there is a proposed one per cent tax increase. As expenses inflate due to the increase in cost of living we have the hard choice of cutting services or slightly increasing taxes. Every municipality receives infrastructure funding from the provincial government through the Municipal Sustainability Initiative (MSI). Turn to Streets, Pg 12 72 pt East Central Alberta EVIEW 60 pt 48 pt 36 pt LETTERS POLICY • Letters to the Editor are welcomed • Must be signed and a phone number included so the writer’s identity can be verified. • ECA Review reserves the right to edit letters for legal considerations, taste and brevity. Letters and columns submitted are not necessarily the opinion of this newspaper. Member of: Office Hours Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 5 pm R 30 pt Subscriptions: 4921 - Victoria Avenue $42.00 in Canada; $74.20 in US; Tel. (403) 578-4111 R 24 pt $135.15 Overseas. (All prices include GST) Mail: Box 70, Coronation, AB Canada, T0C 1C0 Website ECAreview.com PrairieView Chickens home to roost? by Herman Schwenk Last week Rick Strankman announced that he was stepping down as a United Conservative (UCP) MLA to sit as an independent. His reason is that since the amalgamation of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservative parties the current party officials are not including the grassroots principles of strong conservative Alberta values. In everything that Mr. Strankman has been involved with, his integrity and conservative values always come to the forefront. For example: in 2014 when Danielle Smith and most of her caucus walked across the floor over to the Progressive Conservation (PC) party. Strankman and four other Wildrose MLA’S stayed with the party. They believed in grassroots conservative principles. Strankman sees the UCP party as abandoning those principles and going back to the top-down policies that serve the interests of party officials. It would appear that some people do not learn from history. They forget why the Wildrose Party was formed in the first place. It has become evident that true conservative members in the party were getting sick and tired of the top-down politics of a party that ignored the grassroots conservative values of the people they were supposed to serve. That was precisely the reason that the old party under the leadership of Jim Prentice was decimated in the last election by the NDP. People were so fed up with the selfserving top-down politics of the old PC party that they held their nose and voted socialist just to get rid of them. Now the expectation is that the UCP will do the same thing to the NDP in the coming election. Now current party officials, elected and unelected, are purging the Wildrose side of the united party out of the party to accommodate old political interests. Alberta Press Council Do you have a concern or complaint about a newspaper article or ad? If after bringing your concerns to the attention of this newspaper, you are not satisfied, you may contact the Alberta Press Council at www.albertapresscouncil.ca or toll free in Alberta at 1-888-580-4104 for information. Schwenk Joyce Webster Publisher/Editor publisher@ECAreview.com Bonny WilliaMS Circulation Manager The closer we get to an election the more apparent this deception will become because then people will be paying more attention. The grassroots Albertans are still there and once riled up they may not allow themselves to be ignored again. I think when they see that the united party that they agreed to is being systematically dismantled, there will be an angry backlash. It may take some time for the deception to manifest itself to the public. What form the backlash will take – only time will tell but people will not want to go back to the corrupt government we had prior to 2015. We are now beginning to see some pushback on the direction that the UCP Jason Kenney-led party is taking. Ian Donovan from Mossleigh, Ab. who was a Wildrose MLA from southern Alberta and crossed the floor to the PC Government in 2014, was defeated in the 2015 election, has now publicly resigned as a member of the party. Many of the UCP nominating contests were controversial in that it seems the party had their preferred candidate and they went to extraordinary efforts to make sure that candidate would win. Sometimes the popular candidate would be disqualified on a trumped up charge, or in the case of Drumheller- Stettler, by a one-sided irregular process that did not follow the constitution, in my opinion. I think the party will find that some of their chickens are going to come home to roost if they continue to thumb their nose at the party constitution. The best way to send a message to the party would be for people like Rick Strankman, Ian Donovan, Wayne Anderson from the Highwood constituency and Danny Hozack from Vermilion-Lloydminster to run as independents. These people are conservatives and it is conservatives that are being purged. brenda SCHimke Editorial Writer TERRI HUXley Reporter 587-321-0030 news1@ECAreview.com Yvonne tHulien Manager office@ECAreview.com Gayle Jaraway Marketing 403-578-4111 advertise@ECAreview.com Lisa Myers-sortland Graphic Artist Judy walGenbaCH Marketing 403-740-2492 marketing@ECAreview.com R 18 pt
A G r i c u L t u r e E C A r e v i e w H A N N A / C o r o N A t i o n / S t e t t l e r , A b J A N u a r y 2 4 ' 1 9 7 Coronation 4-H Beef Club members met at the Coronation school for their Christmas party and donated gifts for the food bank. From the left, back row: Layton Perry, Braxton Bussing, Easton Carfantan, Samantha Kuziw, Karly Ramsay, Caleb Carfantan and Koryn Duncan. Front row: Everett Beeching, Lynn Hewitt, Rayanna Ramsay, Payton Elliott, Lauryn Perry, Rebecca Kuziw and Elliott Beeching. ECA Review/Submited WILD FURS TK Ranch Custom Meat Processing Located south of Coronation, AB Coronation 4-H Beef Club well underway by Lauryn Perry The Coronation 4-H Beef Club started out the new 2018-2019 year in October with 15 members and a new club leader, Anita Hewitt. This year we continued with the carcass calf project and we have six members participating. Our club weigh-in was held at Perry Farms on Nov. 9, 2018. We held our 4-H Christmas party on Feed What You Need Mon, January 28 Spondin, AB Cost: FREE Calving Clinic Tues, February 19 Cereal, AB Cost: $30/ person Follow us on Social Media @CARAresearch for the latest details Dec. 14 at the Coronation School where we had a potluck supper, games and a gift donation to the food bank. We are looking forward to the upcoming events in the spring including mock achievement and our annual achievement day, hopefully all having fully finished calves for the Show and Sale in June. Our next main event is our public speaking at the Coronation School. Clubroot has been confirmed within Kneehill County. The County is encouraging producers to check their fields for any sign of this disease and to contact Agriculture Services. ECA Review/ Submitted Kneehill County confirms clubroot presence Submitted The first occurrence of clubroot was recently confirmed in Kneehill County. Clubroot is a serious soil-borne crop disease that affects canola and other cruciferous crops. Clubroot causes the formation of galls on the roots, which leads to premature death of the plant. Clubroot was first confirmed in Alberta in 2003 when it was found in a canola field northwest of Edmonton, and it was declared as a pest under the Alberta Agricultural Pests Act in 2007. It is spread mainly through the movement of soil containing clubroot spores, typically transported on equipment, vehicles and through erosion. Clubroot spores have a long halflife of approximately four years, however, spores have been shown to survive up to 20 years in soil. There is currently no treatment for this crop disease, however, it can be effectively managed to reduce the severity of its impact on crop yield. Best management practices for clubroot include: regular scouting of fields, appropriate crop rotation, seeding resistant canola varieties, and sanitizing/washing equipment. The Kneehill County Agricultural Services staff survey canola fields in the County for clubroot on an annual basis, and encourage all canola growers to scout their fields also. COMING EVENTS Annual Soil Health Mini-Conference Wed, February 13 Oyen, AB Cost: $100/ person Farm Succession Planning Seminar with MERLE GOOD Thurs, February 21 Youngstown, AB Cost: $25/1 person or $40/ Farm unit (2 people) For more information on events contact the CARA Center. 403-664-3777 • cara-3@telus.net www.ChinookAppliedResearch.ca Coyote, Fox, Shed Antlers Coming to Hanna AB Hanna Building Supply Yard at 1 pm Sat., Jan 19 and Sat., Feb 23 Contact Kim 780 755 3860 cell 780 842 7153 langco/KueBer anguS 1:00 PM Friday FeBruary 8, 2019 Sale BroadcaSt on MiKe & tyler KueBer P.o. Box 216, KillaM, alBerta t0B 2l0 780.385.2396 cell. 780-385.1546 Michael.KueBer@hotMail.coM KueBerFarMS.coM 9th Annual Rancher’s Bull Sale February 12, 2019 at 1:00pm HOLLOW 38B BIG JAKE 141E Selling: 60 Bulls 8 Bred Purebred Heifers 30 Commercial Heifers Les & Karen Holloway P: 403-882-3416 C: 403-740-0380 Online at DLMS Now Open! Low stress handling - Quality cutting and vacuum packaging - You’ll always get your own meat back & we won’t mix your trim with others Call 1-888-TK Ranch (1-888-857-2624) Bull Sale Steven & donna lang (780) 336-4928 colin & evelyn lang (780)336-2288 P.o. Box 604, viKing, aB t0B 4n0 langco@McSnet.ca langcocattle.coM Sale Barn at Holloway Farms 13215 HWY 599, Castor, AB
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