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Tis the season to be freezing: After a couple of days of thick fog gracing the eastern Alberta prairies, it left a beautiful reminder in its wake, hoarfrost. For Rowley, Alta., the frost clung to tree
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INDEX
Letters ............................ 2, 3
Morrin council .................... 3
Nana’s blog ........................ 3
Oilfield Directory ................ 4
Parliament ......................... 5
Classifieds/Careers ............. 6
Business Directory .............. 6
Professional Directory ........ 7
Obituary ............................. 7
Special Areas ...................... 8
Editorial:
Misplaced
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RCMP:
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Feature:
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OPINION
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EDITORIAL
Misplaced faith
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The common themes of all the great
religions, Christianity, Judaism,
Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam, is to
believe and honour God or Gods, love
your neighbour as yourself and don’t
do evil and selfish things. Yet we end
2019 with high levels of religious abuse
and persecution worldwide.
Prime Minister Modi of India has
taken a successful secular democracy
and has turned the majority Hindu
population into a political weapon.
Modi unilaterally took away the
Muslim dominated state of Kashmir’s
autonomy and then passed a new
Citizenship Act targeting the Muslim
minority. Because Hinduism worships
multiple Gods, India historically was a
republic of religious tolerance.
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His campaign of
terror, in fact, has little to
do with drugs or family
values but everything to
do with taking out rivals
and consolidating
dictatorial control.
President Erdogan of Turkey, a
largely Muslim country, has blamed
all his country’s economic woes on
minority religious groups.
Since his election, he has killed or
jailed thousands of political enemies,
journalists, Kurds and Christians to
solidify power and end democracy.
Every Iman, Emir or Prince in the
Middle East, except Jordan, uses the
teachings of the Prophet Mohammad
to stir up hatred between Shia and
Sunni sects and against Christians.
This division has, and continues to be
the perfect tool to justify untold terror
to civilians throughout the region and
to keep hatred high and control
secure.
Radical Muslims have taken over
many portions of countries in
northern Africa using extreme violence.
Today there are horrid acts of
persecution against Christians in the
Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan
and in at least five African countries.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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had to break its century old ties with
the Russian Orthodox Church after
Vladimir Putin’s invasion and seizure
of Ukraine’s sovereign territory. The
Russian church actively supports
Putin as he operates a reign of terror
against homosexuals, journalists,
Ukraine and all political opposition.
The massacre of Rohingya Muslims
in Myanmar was provoked and supported
by the rise of radical
Buddhism. Rather than stopping the
carnage, the country’s leader, Aung
San Suu Kyi, cemented her power by
siding with the powerful Buddhist
monks.
In the Philippines, President
Rodrigo Duterte has been on a reign of
terror since his election. Under the
guise of a war on drugs and saving
family values, he has brutally killed
millions of citizens.
His campaign of terror, in fact, has
little to do with drugs or family
values but everything to do with
taking out rivals and consolidating
dictatorial control. Both the wealthy
Christian cult, Iglesia ni Kristo, and
Muslims have justified and supported
Duterte’s acts of evil.
The FBI reported that Jews were
the most persecuted group in the USA
since 2011. The latest attack on
American soil was five Jews stabbed
in a Rabbi’s home while celebrating
Hanukkah. Anti-Semitism is growing
in Europe at a frightening speed.
It’s remarkable that Donald Trump,
whose actions before and since
becoming President, are completely
devoid of any Christian values of
charity, contrition or mercy has maintained
his hold over American
evangelicals even as he embraces
white supremacists who hate Jews and
he enacts legislation to harm other
religious groups.
There is a good reason why strong
men in power, with evil intentions,
want the majority religious group on
their side.
Church communities have a strong
sense of solidarity and brotherhood
based on faith of the unknown and
unseen. Because of the complexity and
mystery of all religious texts, they can
easily be misinterpreted to justify or
rationalize any behaviour.
Throughout history, religious hate
and sinister religious affiliations with
strong men never ends well.
When religions tie themselves to
man rather than God, as the Roman
Catholic Church did with Adolf Hitler
and as fundamentalist Iman did with
ISIS, it always ends up with some of
our greatest world tragedies.
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MAIL BAG
Found editorial
interesting
Dear Editor,
I found the editorial titled, Stoking
the anger, pg. 6, Dec. 26, 2019 issue of
the ECA Review interesting.
It was a classic example of “pot
calling the kettle black”.
The editorial accuses Jason Kenney
of deliberately stoking the anger of
everyday Albertan’s to achieve his
objectives. when in fact, it was Rachel
Notley who incited the anger of
Albertans with the radical socialist
agenda that she implemented when she
became the premier of Alberta.
What really upset Albertans was
that she did not campaign on the basis
of these radical policies. They came out
of the woodwork after she was elected.
Talk about a hidden agenda!
Had she governed on the basis of the
policies that she campaigned on,
Alberta would not be in the financial
mess that it is in now.
Examples of policies that angered
Albertans were Bill 6, the carbon tax
and the reckless deficit spending that
was primarily of benefit to government
unions.
Bill 6 imposed costs and regulations
on the farm and ranch industry that
just was not practical for the industry
and it was not done with consultation
before the legislation was passed.
The anger that this caused motivated
the largest protests in the history
of Alberta.
The UPC government has repealed
and revised this legislation so it makes
sense to the industry now without any
protests.
BRENDA SCHIMKE
Editorial Writer
TERRI HUXLEY
Reporter 587-321-0030
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The carbon tax is another example
of imposing additional costs on energy
consumption for purely ideological
reasons.
It does not cause people to use less
energy and if they would study real
science they would learn that C02
emissions are not the cause of climate
change anyway.
Turn to Not, Pg 3
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We enjoy your paper and never
agree with all letters! We read it to get
different opinions.
Sure miss it. We get one Rosedale
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Can’t even do that with the last four
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Suzanne Sands
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ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB January 2'20 3
MORRIN COUNCIL
Council exploring use of security cameras
J. Webster
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CAO Plachner was directed by
council at their Dec. 18, 2019 regular
meeting to provide two quotes for
installing security cameras for
recording outside the front entrance
to the village office, in the office and
in the shop area adjacent to the
office.
Council felt it was prudent for the
CAO to have this for protection purposes
as she mostly works alone.
NANA’S BLOG
Draft budget in the works at FCSS
Mayor Helton noted that at the
Community Futures meeting, Family
and Community Support Services
spent time going over the 2019 financial
reports and working on a draft
budget for 2020 as well as review the
manager’s report and the monthly
financial statements.
Coun. Wilton reported on several
things the Morrin Ag Society is doing
including hosting a Bullarama which
will be prior to the Homecoming in
2020.
Maybe people think it is ‘fake news’
by Lois Perepelitz
Stats Canada reports that in 2015
police reported 72,039 impaired driving
incidents, that is a
rate of 201 per
100,000 population.
It is good to see
that they are
reporting that is
four per cent lower
than 2014. I hope
that downward
trend continues.
Perepelitz
That does sound
good but we all
know that the
actual number of people who drink
and drive is much higher.
I don’t know why people still drink
MAIL BAG
Love OpEd writer’s columns
Dear Editor,
I love your OpEd writer’s columns.
Brenda Schimke has a way of presenting
facts in such a way that she
makes her point but doesn’t rile too
many feathers. I wait excitedly every
week for her article.
You have a gem working with you.
I subscribe to a magazine called
Alberta Views.
It comes out monthly. It contains
much commentary on social issues.
I would like to suggest that Ms.
Schimke or you on her behalf contact
the Alberta Views magazine to organize
the possibility of getting her
columns published in the Alberta
Views.
Many Albertans are caring, community-minded
individuals and not the
reactionary, flat earthers that we are
often portrayed as.
More Albertans need a chance to
read Schimke’s articles.
I have several friends who read
Schimke faithfully and they appreciate
her as much as I do. Her thoughts
would ring very sympathetically with
many Albertans.
Keep up the good work.
Ken Eshpeter
Daysland, Alta.
Not deliberately angering people
Cont’d from Pg 2
The other point I have referred to
that has angered Albertan’s is the
reckless spending.
Alberta was already running deficits
with the old PC government.
There was absolutely no effort made
by the NDP’ers to cut back spending in
any area.
There are too many top level
bureaucrats in Alberta and they are
way overpaid. Nobody needs to be paid
$600 to over $900 to provide government
service.
In just four short years the NDP government
ran up the largest debt in the
and drive. The information about why
it is dangerous has been out there over
and over again.
Maybe people think it is ‘fake news’.
Whatever the problem is, there are
still way too many people drinking and
driving.
One problem might be that they do
not realize how many other things
there are to factor in when drinking.
Things like how much you weigh, if
you ate enough, or how fast you drink,
are a few examples.
Maybe the big problem is that they
just don’t think at all when drinking.
I wonder what kind of excuses they
tell themselves to make it okay to
drive?
Let’s see… there is the coffee excuse.
history of Alberta.
In the last election Jason Kenney
and the UCP won 60 out of the 87 seats
in the legislature. That was because
almost 75 per cent of those voting were
so angry at how Notley and the NDP
were governing Alberta.
In fact, the people were so determined
to defeat the NDP government
that no one from another party other
than the NDP were elected for fear of
vote splitting.
When Jason Kenney and the UCP
were campaigning for the last election
they promised to repeal most of
Notley’s irresponsible legislation.
‘I drank a cup of coffee so I am now
good to drive.’
No, not really, you are just more
awake. The only thing that helps is
time, so if it took you about five hours
to drink that coffee you might be able
to go.
Another excuse, ‘I live out in the
boonies, no one else drives on my road.’
I guess these people have not heard of
the ‘one vehicle accident’. Maybe they
think that is ‘fake news’ too.
Or, ‘I can drive. I have done it many
times and nothing happened.’ There is
always the first time and even if you
don’t hit another car and kill someone
else, I refer back to the ‘single vehicle
accident’.
Then there is the ‘I won’t get caught.
Dianne Schmidt of
Family and Community
Support Services (FCSS)
received Brownfield
Community School’s
food bank donations
that were collected at the
Christmas Concert held
on Wed. Dec. 18. From
the left: Cloe Thomas,
Cody Cooper, Austin
Thomson, Diane Schmidt,
Sydney Richardson and
Cora Thomson holding
various donations for the
Coronation Food Bank.
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Cuts to government programs had
to be made in order to get Alberta’s
finances under control.
Of course, people will be upset when
their program is the one that was cut.
People are in favour of cutbacks until
it is their ox that is gored.
It was Notley who angered the
population.
Kenney is not deliberately angering
people. He has no choice but to clean
up the mess he was left with from the
former NDP government.
Herman Schwenk
Coronation, Alta.
The police are never around this time
of night.’
Well, sometimes they are. Can you
afford the big fine, or will it take away
Christmas for your family? What
about getting your licence taken away?
How will that affect your life? Will you
still be able to get to your job?
And finally, ‘My parents do it so I
can do it too.’
Wow! Just the thought of mixing
youth and inexperience with drinking
and driving is scary. What kind of
example are those parents giving their
children?
I do feel encouraged by the number
of young people who do make sure
they have a designated driver and do
not let friends drink and drive.
What a wonderful example their
children will have to follow. That gives
me hope for the future.
Don’t drink and drive.
Castor & District AG Society
would like to thank everyone for
supporting the raffle.
CASH Raffle Winners
1 st Prize - $5,000
Kerry Russel
2 nd Prize - $2,500
Gayle Haugen
3 rd Prize - $1,500
Barry Fletcher
4 th Prize - $1,000
Doug Robinson
County of Paintearth No. 18
COMMUNITY PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS
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public meetings to engage the residents in
a process to update our MDP and LUB in
2020. Letters were previously sent to all and
requested that an RSVP process be followed
for attending. Your LAST CHANCE to RSVP
will be on Monday January 6 - in order to
prepare our numbers for workbooks and catering.
For more information please check
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403-882-3211.
The locations and dates are as follows:
#1 Monday January 13 Brownfield Community Hall
5:30 – 9:30 pm - For residents north of 599 and east of
Range Rd 120
#2 Tuesday January 14 Coronation Community Center
5:30 – 9:30 pm - For residents south of 599 and east of
Range Rd 123
#3 Wednesday January 15 Halkirk Community Hall
5:30 – 9:30 pm - For residents in Ranges 15 and 16
#4 Thursday January 16 Castor Community Hall
5:30 – 9:30 pm - For residents in Ranges 14, 13, and 12
west of Range Rds 120/123
Dated: January 2, 2020
Todd Pawsey,
Development Officer

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Officer involved shooting during Hwy 13 closure
Submitted
The Killam RCMP, with the
assistance of Provost and
Wainwright RCMP and the
Eastern Alberta District Crime
Reduction Unit, were
attempting to apprehend a male
suspect when a confrontation
occurred.
It resulted in RCMP officers
discharging their service
weapons, at 5:20 p.m. on Sun.
Dec. 29.
Prior to this, the RCMP were
pursuing a suspect vehicle on
Highway 13 near Hardisty.
The vehicle was believed to be
the same vehicle involved in an
earlier incident with the Killam
RCMP.
Several tire deflation devices
were used in an attempt to stop
the vehicle.
The vehicle went into the
ditch and a male, the lone occupant,
got out of the vehicle.
The confrontation followed.
The adult male was treated on
scene by EMS and transported
to an Edmonton hospital in
serious condition.
The RCMP members involved
were not injured.
The Director of Law
Enforcement has been notified
and the Alberta Serious
Incident Response Team
(ASIRT) has been directed to
investigate the circumstances
surrounding the officerinvolved
shooting and the
actions of the police.
The RCMP will continue to
investigate the actions of the
man and the events leading up
to the confrontation with police.
An RCMP truck was
damaged while
in pursuit of a
suspicious vehicle
near Galahad, Alta.
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Submitted
The Alberta RCMP will not
be commenting further on this
incident.
Killam RCMP were patrolling
for a suspicious truck when they
located it, and while trying to
stop it, it rammed a police truck.
At about 3:15 a.m. on Sun.
Dec. 29, the RCMP received a
complaint about suspicious
vehicles in Galahad, Alta.
Patrols were made to locate
them and one of the vehicles
was located on Township Road
410 and Range Road 125.
The RCMP tried to effect a
traffic stop but the truck fled.
When the RCMP located the
truck again, an effort was made
to stop the truck and it rammed
the police truck twice.
The RCMP vehicle became
inoperable.
Alix snowmobile
robbery charges
The Bashaw RCMP launched
an investigation into an armed
robbery at the ATB Financial
Agency on Dec. 20, 2019.
The alleged robber fled on a
snowmobile.
On Dec. 23, a male who was in
custody at the Ponoka RCMP
Detachment on an unrelated
investigation was identified as
the suspect.
On Dec. 24, the Bashaw
RCMP with the assistance of
Ponoka RCMP General
Investigation Section obtained a
search warrant for the suspect’s
rural property which is east of
Ponoka, Alta.
The search warrant was executed
through the night into
RCMP
Dec. 25, 2019 by the Bashaw
RCMP with the assistance of
members from Ponoka and
Maskwacis Detachments.
Evidence linking the suspect
to the armed robbery was
collected.
Michael Allan Richter (40) of
Ponoka has been charged with
10 criminal offences in relation
to the armed robbery including;
robbery with a firearm, possession
of a weapon for a
dangerous purpose (x2), possession
of a firearm while
prohibited, fail to comply with a
Probation Order (x2).
At the time of his arrest,
Richter was wanted on outstanding
warrants for other
matters. Richter was remanded
into custody and is scheduled to
appear at Red Deer Provincial
Court on Jan. 2, 2020.
Drumheller vehicle theft
A truck was stolen from a residence
in Drumheller.
On Dec. 21, 2019 at 2 a.m., the
victim heard it being driven
away and followed it in another
vehicle.
The victim located the truck
with a suspect still inside and
confronted him.
A second stolen vehicle (silver
Volkswagen Jetta) pulled up
alongside the vehicles with two
more males inside.
It is alleged that one of the
males pulled out what was
believed to be a handgun and
pointed it at the victim before
all three males fled in the Jetta.
No one was injured.
The silver Volkswagen Jetta
with Alberta plate RKM593
had previously been
reported stolen from Red
Deer and has yet to be
recovered.
Drumheller RCMP are
asking anyone who has
information regarding this
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FEATURE
Jace Thorsteinson
smiles for the camera
outside at the Stettler
Agricultural Society
Grounds on Sat. Nov.
23 during a team
roping jackpot.
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Save the Date
2020 Hanna
Farmers Bonspiel
Gadsby youth makes
impact on rodeo scene
despite brain injury
Terri Huxley
ECA Review
Most have heard the phrase
“Fall down seven, get up eight”.
Well for Gadsby cowboy Jace
Thorsteinson he has done
exactly that - and then some.
Although most days are spent
in the classroom while he
attends Lakeland College, the
18-year-old’s weekends are typically
spent in the arena
announcing.
In October, he was named
Youth Citizen of the Year at the
Stettler Awards Banquet for his
determination and enthusiastic
character that was proven to
have the crowd laughing within
minutes of his speech.
Thorsteinson began roping
and joining rodeos at the age of
nine through 4-H in the Halkirk
club.
From there he went after
more competitive jackpots as
the years progressed and his
skills developed.
He was getting prepared for
his first high school rodeo four
years ago when he had a headhorse
fall down on
Thorsteinson.
After being sent to the hospital,
it was determined he had
severe brain damage called a
shearing.
This happens when the
person hits their head
extremely hard followed by an
immediate stop which the brain
is still moving inside the skull.
“It bounced off all the sides
and in the CAT scan, little white
dots mean that area is dead and
my whole brain was pretty
much white,” he said.
Thorsteinson was out for five
months in recovery time and
found the strength to continue
as he set a goal of being able to
ride again.
“My injury happened on
August 26 and the first time I
rode was December 26 in the
Stettler arena. It’s a pretty cool
place.
“It all snowballed from there.
I had been doing good to get up
to the point of me riding but
then as soon as I did ride it just
took off.”
Soon after he was back on his
feet, he attempted to rope again,
only to find “it just wasn’t the
same”.
“I loved who I was hanging
out with before so I wanted to
figure out a way how to stay
with those kinds of people,” said
Thorsteinson.
Stettler was hosting a junior
rodeo at the time so
Thorsteinson was initially
going to judge the event but
instead was given the mic as he
had hurt his knee.
He asked the producer of the
rodeo if he could announce and
they were on-board with the
idea.
“It all just took off from
there,” said Thorsteinson. “So
I’ve been announcing for about
2 1/2 years as of now and yeah, I
love every day of it. It’s so fun -
like getting paid to talk, yes
please!”
Since he started he has
seen some of the largest
rodeo arenas in Canada,
including the coveted
Canadian Finals Rodeo
(CFR) in November as an
announcer for the Rising
Stars afternoon.
“CFR was amazing, it
was my second year
doing it and it was a
great honour the first
time and it was even
more of an honour to do
it again this year to get
the call back to go.
“It kind of reinsured to
me that well ‘you’re obviously
doing something
right’ if the CFR calls
you back again so that
was a pretty good
feeling.”
He worked alongside
some of the best people
in the business like Brett
Gardner and Dave
Paulson, gaining valuable
insight when it
comes to large scale production
and speaking.
Before CFR,
Thorsteinson had
announced at any level
like junior high, high
school, and college
rodeos.
As a first-year student
at Lakeland College, he
has big dreams to establish his
own space in the Heart of
Alberta where he can conduct
announcing clinics and host
jackpots or even a full rodeo.
He is at school for
Agricultural Sciences with a
major in Equine.
In the meantime,
Thorsteinson is working
towards announcing his first
pro rodeo as his next step.
Rodeo is not a new thing to
the Thorsteinson family as both
of the young cowboy’s grandfathers
used to team rope.
His parents help with the
Stettler Ag Society often by
helping organize events.
“It’s awesome because no
matter what avenue you want to
get into with the sport of rodeo,
you can get into it here in
Stettler,” said Thorsteinson.
“Hire me!” he joked.
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Capital Power named one of the
world’s most ethical companies
Submitted
One of three companies in Canada,
and one of six Energy & Utilities companies
worldwide to receive this
honour for 2019.
Capital Power Corporation has been
recognized by the Ethisphere Institute,
a global leader in defining and
advancing the standards of ethical
business practices, as one of the 2019
World’s Most Ethical Companies.
“Capital Power is proud to foster a
company culture that values integrity,
hard work and devotion to doing
what’s right for our company, our
investors, our community partners
and all other stakeholders we engage
with,” said Brian Vaasjo, President and
CEO of Capital Power.
“The recognition by the
Ethisphere Institute is important
and affirms the high value we place
on our commitment to ethics across
all aspects of our business.”
Kate Chisholm, Senior Vice
President, Chief Legal and
Sustainability Officer of Capital Power
added, “This award marks an important
benchmark for our policies and
recognizes our commitment to sustainability,
disclosure and transparency.”
“Remaining future-focused, we will
continue to adapt our practices to meet
the evolving needs of our industry.”
The World’s Most Ethical Companies
award is administered by Ethisphere
Institute, an organization that brings
together leading global companies to
define and promote best practices for
ethics and compliance.
In 2019, 128 honourees were recognized
spanning 21 countries and 50
industries. The thirteenth class of honourees
profoundly illustrate how
companies continue to be the driving
force for improving communities,
PARLIAMENT
Throne Speech misses the
mark in minority Parliament
Damien C. Kurek, M.P., Battle
River-Crowfoot
The Liberal Goernment’s Throne
speech on Dec. 5, was heavy on platitudes
but light on details.
It did not explicitly
highlight how
the Liberal government
would resolve
the unity crisis;
particularly the
ongoing unease in
Alberta where tens
of thousands of oil
and gas industry
workers remain
unemployed due to
the economic
downturn.
Kurek
Agricultural producers are also
facing significant challenges in getting
their commodities to market,
increased cost imposed by the carbon
tax, and the need for supports during
what has been an especially trying
harvest.
Shortly after the throne speech, I
was able to press the Minister of
Agriculture on how her office forgot to
file for negligible risk status with the
World Organization for Animal
Health, a key part of the Canadian beef
industry’s ongoing recovery from the
BSE Crisis.
The Liberals continue to ignore all
13 premiers who have asked for a
change of course on the Liberal “No
More Pipelines” Bill C-69 as this continues
to target our energy sector.
This minority Government also
failed to mention rural crime concerns
being faced in Battle River-Crowfoot
and many other ridings.
Rural crime is one example, but
again instead of proposing solutions,
they insist on implementing measures
that will punish law abiding firearms
owners.
They failed to outline how their
infrastructure plan will be rolled out
to benefit the rural regions of our
country.
They failed to address their record of
out of control spending still without a
plan to get our budget to balanced.
As the Throne Speech was debated,
the Liberal Minority Government
faced several votes. In fact, the very
first vote was a Conservative motion
related to the need for Parliament to
examine Canada’s relationship with
China.
The motion was opposed by the
Government but passed with opposition
parties support.
Finally, I want to take a moment to
address Andrew Scheer’s recent
announcement of his intention to
resign as the Conservative Party
leader.
He has requested the process to
choose a new leader be initiated as
soon as possible. He will remain as
leader with full support of caucus.
I wish everyone a very merry
Christmas and a blessed New Year.
building capable and empowered
workforce, and fostering corporate cultures
focused on ethics and a strong
sense of purpose.
The World’s Most Ethical Companies
assessment is based upon the
Ethisphere Institute’s Ethics Quotient
framework, which offers a quantitative
way to assess a company’s performance
in an objective, consistent and
standardized manner.
The information collected provides a
comprehensive sampling of definitive
criteria of core competencies rather
than all aspects of corporate governance,
risk, sustainability, compliance
and ethics.
Scores are generated in five key categories:
ethics and compliance program
(35 per cent), culture of ethics (20 per
cent), corporate citizenship and
responsibility (20 per cent), governance
(15 per cent) and leadership and reputation
(10 per cent).
All companies that participate in
the assessment process receive their
scores, providing them with valuable
insights into how they stack up against
leading organizations.
Capital Power is a growth-oriented
North American power producer
headquartered in Edmonton.
The company develops, acquires,
owns, and operates power generation
facilities using a variety of energy
sources.
Capital Power owns approximately
5,100 megawatts (MW) of power generation
capacity at 25 facilities across
North America.
Approximately 900 MW of owned
generation capacity is in advanced
development in Alberta and Illinois.
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OBITUARY
Vigorously fought battle with ALS
Megan Denise LaRose
Jan. 25, 1969 - Nov. 28, 2019
Megan Denise LaRose passed away
peacefully on Nov. 28, 2019.
She vigorously fought a battle of ALS
for 2 1/2 years.
Megan courageously went through
her journey with pride, and her loved
ones beside her through it all.
Megan was born in Edmonton, Alta.
on Jan. 25, 1969 and grew up on a farm
five miles away from Stettler, Ab. with
her wonderful parents, Dale and Lorna
LaRose followed by her older siblings,
Glen, Ginger and her younger brother,
Gordon.
Megan was survived by her three
loving children, Chandel (Cody,
Tristyn, Trayden, Katalyha); Jordan;
Kayley and her partner, Rob.
Megan was full of love and smiles.
She had a heart of gold and no matter
the circumstances, she had the ability
to make everyone laugh and feel a bit
more loved.
One of her favourite things to do was
cook huge meals for family and
friends.
She enjoyed random road trips,
reading in a long warm bath, relaxing
by the fire and having a few drinks.
Megan always loved going on spontaneous
adventures or whatever
shenanigans she came up with.
A memorial service was held on Dec.
13, 2019.
Card of Thanks
We would like to give a huge thank
you to all the family and friends for
their support.
A huge thank you to the ALS clinic
in Calgary, all the people and support
that came with them. They have all
been truly amazing through this
entire process.
Thank you to the CBI home care and
Unit 32 palliative care and all the respiratory
team of the hospital as well as
the hospice.
Peavey Mart, thank you for all you
have done. You have been wonderful
through her journey. Megan truly
found her dream job with Peavey.
Thanks for all the cards, visits,
flowers, donations and food. It is
greatly appreciated.
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Jordan, Kayley,
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Hanna, AB
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AGRICULTURE
SPECIAL AREAS
Advisory council meetings wrap up 2019
Submitted
Special Areas Advisory Council finished
off their 2019 meetings last week
in Hanna.
Topics covered over the three days of
meetings included the proposed 2020
budget, performance of new road
recrowning projects, policy work
around a potential tax recovery land
sale, the new Provincial grazing lease
rental rate formula, and an update on
wildlife management initiatives for
Suffield elk.
The 13-member advisory council
began by reviewing motions made at
local ratepayer meetings this past
summer.
The group provided direction to the
Board and administration on a range
of ratepayer concerns, from repairing
the Dorothy elevator to discussing
strategies for managing reclamation
issues.
Patron concerns with the new community
pasture policy were also
discussed, and the advisory council
recognized some of the challenges
patrons were having with the new
policy.
Over the next three days, discussions
around changes to provincial
programs and funding models highlighted
challenges rural municipalities
are facing.
Decreasing revenues from provincial
grant funding, increasing levels of
bad debts from oil and gas, and downward
pressure on assessment are all
contributing to challenging financial
conditions for most municipalities,
including the Special Areas Board.
When combined with new expenditures
like provincial rural policing
costs, the advisory council recognized
the need to balance the budget by prioritizing
strategic investments in
critical services and programs ratepayers
rely on.
Advisory Council welcomed a group
of ratepayers supportive of renewable
energy projects in the region to listen
to their concerns with how renewable
energy projects have been presented in
the past.
The assembled group had a detailed
discussion on the roles and jurisdictions
of various parties in the
development process, talking about the
differences in the role of the Alberta
Utilities Commission versus the role of
Special Areas.
Kelsey Martin, Aggregates Manager,
presented findings on various 2019
road program initiatives including the
road recrowning work completed by
both internal and contractor forces.
Council recognized the value of road
recrowning as an additional tool in the
road program, and the proposed 2020
road program was recommended to
local road committees for review in
early 2020.
On the final day of the meeting, the
advisory council passed resolutions
related to improving
regional cell service,
investigating online payment options
and future water management at Little
Fish Lake, lobbying the Province
around reclamation standards, and
continuing to use the historical formula
to calculate grazing lease rental
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• Three Hills South: was a purebred cattle operation
for several years. Quarter sec beauty home, good
outbuildings, right on Hwy 21.
• Trochu East: half section, good producing 252 +/-
cultivated acres, coulees are usable pasture.
• Hanna Southwest: MAGNIFICENT industrial shop on
a half section. Shop is 9000 sq ft and includes 2000 sq
ft of office space. In addition to this shop, there are two
comfortable homes and two large cold storage buildings.
• Hanna Northwest: Just over 300 acres, on pavement.
Recently renovated 1700 sq ft home. A great place to
raise your family, this small farm can handle some cattle,
horses & your pets. $750,000
• Erskine South: half section available,(310 acre) some
slough area, 240 +/- acres pasture, perimeter and cross
fenced, 5’ and 6’ page wire. PENDING
Tim Arnold
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Three Hills - 403-443-0949
Don MacDonald
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Three Hills - 403-888-7775
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Areas Advisory Council will be held in
the spring in 2020.
The Special Areas Board meets bimonthly
throughout the Special Areas.
• Carbon East: half section 228 cultivated
acres, productive area SOLD
• Camrose East: Bawlf. 6 quarters with
approx. 800 acres cultivated. Opportunity
to rent adjoining land. Good out-buildings
including a custom built home with approx.
3600 sq ft of developed space.
• Handhills District: Delia South. 4425 acres.
Approx. 4000 acres back into hay. Good
support buildings (two yards). Abundance
of gravel.
• Edmonton Southeast: Ryley (about 1 hour
to Edmonton International). 600 cultivated
acres with approx. $18,000 annual surface
lease. Approx. 70,000 bushels grain storage.
Large quonset, heated shop, 1649 sq ft home.
John Thiessen
Capital Realty
Acme - 403-813-8006
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