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back to the community became Christmas in October for the Three

Hills Food Bank. Nyman’s idea saw Lincoln, 9, and Lynnea, 7,

Tuckwell helping to load a police truck during an all-day food drive

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ECA Review/D. Nadeau

Village of Cereal dissolving

Terri Huxley

ECA Review

After a near split decision, Village of

Cereal residents have made their

decision.

Locals chose to dissolve in a 42 – 37

vote.

There were two days of voting given

on whether to dissolve or remain a village

on Wed. Sept. 30 and Thurs. Oct. 1.

Now that the people have spoken,

they will move forward with becoming

a hamlet within Special Areas.

Cereal’s viability review report that

was last updated on Sept. 9. gave an indepth

view of both pros and cons of

choosing to stay a village or dissolving

into Special Areas.

Residents will participate in the election

of an individual from Area 3 to

represent them on the Special Areas

Advisory Council.

The municipal office in Cereal will

eventually close and administrative

functions would be provided through

the Special Areas office in Oyen.

Special Areas has indicated it would

sell the CJ Peacock Centre (formerly

the local school), community hall, and

arena/curling rink, to a community

group or private purchaser.

Funding from the Special Areas

would be available to subsidize recreation

in Cereal.

Special Areas has also indicated in

this report that a general expectation

that service levels for infrastructure

and utilities would be kept the same.

Turn to Could, Pg 11

Targeting

East

Central

Alberta

Thursday,

October 8, 2020

Volume 109

No. 41

www.ECAreview.com

COVID-19

case in

Coronation

Rumour about a case of COVID-19

entering the community of Coronation

has proven truthful after confirmation

was made on Thurs. Oct. 5.

In an exclusive statement to the ECA

Review, Alberta Health Services (AHS)

stated “one positive COVID-19 case in

a member of the healthcare team at

the Coronation Hospital & Care

Centre. There are no cases in any

residents.”

It is said that normal operations

resumed as of 3 p.m. Sun. Oct. 4 after

visitor restrictions were temporarily

implemented in Supportive Living.

Normal operations resumed following

discussions with the Medical

Officer of Health, Workplace Health

and Safety and Infection Prevention

and Control.

“We are confident there is no

increased risk of transmission posed

to residents, staff or visitors at this

time.”

Additional measures previously

implemented, including quarantining

residents deemed at highest risk of

exposure and restricting visitors, have

been lifted.

Recreational activities are

resuming, with appropriate precautions

in place as before.

When asked what is being done to

prevent a potential spread of the virus,

it was noted staff and visitors will continue

to be screened for COVID-19

symptoms and required to wear

masks before admittance to the

facility.

“We will continue to monitor residents

and staff regularly to ensure

that, if necessary, precautions can be

reinstated in the event of illness.”

INDEX

Delburne council ................ 2

Clive council ....................... 3

Castor council ..................... 3

Coronation council ............. 3

Hanna area news ................ 4

Wheel of a Deal .................. 4

Big Valley council ............... 5

Hughenden school ............. 5

Obituaries .......................... 7

Fire Prevention Week ...... 8-9

Agriculture ..................11-12

Kneehill council ............... 12

Valley

Ski Hill

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RCMP say

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Cat bylaw coming to Delburne this winter

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism Initiative reporter

ECA Review

The Village of Delburne council

decided to move ahead with combining

cat control into their Animal Control

bylaw. The decision was made at the

sept. 22 regular meeting of council.

The meetings are being held in the

community centre to meet pandemic

guidelines.

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Karen Fagan stated in an interview

Oct. 5 that councillors agreed to move

ahead on including cats in the village’s

Animal Control bylaw.

Fagan stated cats are controversial

and the village receives a number of

complaints about them every year.

Councillors are planning to consider

first reading of the updated Animal

Control bylaw at their Oct. 13 regular

meeting and Fagan stated it’s expected

it will be fully passed sometime this

winter.

She stated councillors voiced

interest in holding an open house so

village residents can learn more about

the cat control measures. More information

will be forthcoming.

Typically, cat control measures

under a municipal bylaw include the

village having access to traps which

residents can use to contain a problematic

feline.

An animal control officer will then

RCMP say cases not

thrown out due to Covid-19

Stu Salkeld


ECA Review

An RCMP investigation into fraud at

the Village of Big Valley is ongoing

stated the non-commissioned officer in

charge of Stettler RCMP detachment,

responding to comments made at a

recent council meeting.

Sgt. Tim Gaultois, in an interview

Oct. 2, confirmed an allegation was

made regarding fraud within the village

government and Gaultois also

confirmed the investigation was

ongoing and was being treated just like

any other investigation the detachment

is involved with.

“We treat them all the same,” said

Gaultois at the Stettler RCMP

detachment.

At the Sept. 24 meeting of Big Valley

council, Coun. Harry Nibourg told the

rest of council he spoke to RCMP who

stated they investigated allegations of

fraud at the village and that they found

crimes had been committed but no

charges would be laid because complications

arising from the coronavirus

pandemic would simply result in the

charges being thrown out of court.

Gaultois disputed that statement and

said that was not the case.

The sergeant stated the COVID-19

epidemic has slowed down the court

system considerably but no charges

take possession of the animal. This is

only done in warm months to ensure

the safety of the animal.

Ambulance dispatch

Fagan stated the councillors agreed

to write a letter supporting the City of

Red Deer’s concerns about Alberta

Health Service’s plan to change 911

emergency dispatch for certain communities

in Alberta, including Red

Deer.

Plans call for certain 911 call centres

to be closed and one central centre

opened.

Fagan stated councillors were concerned

these changes would affect the

quality of 911 emergency dispatch service

in and around Delburne.

Water billing

Village resident Edward White

appeared before council to discuss concerns

about is water bill, which was

noticeably high.

Fagan stated the village subsequently

changed out his water meter

for a replacement and the village staff

will check the new meter in December.

Fagan said staff suspected that if

there’s a problem it’s very likely with

the old meter. She stated White was

agreeable to the solution.

Golf ball netting

Councillors approved investigating

the installation of some netting to

are being thrown out for that reason.

Gaultois stated if the RCMP found

evidence that crimes were committed

charges would be laid and COVID-19

would have nothing to do with it.

Gaultois stated fraud investigations

are very complex and can take years to

conduct, including search warrants,

which can be very complicated to

obtain.

“There is so much documentation

that we have to have just to lay a

charge,” said Gaultois, who also noted

the status of an investigation is largely

based on the evidence that police have

collected up to that point.

Gaultois stated, RCMP, when they’ve

completed an investigation, forward

the evidence package to the crown

prosecutor’s office where a decision is

made whether to proceed with charges

or not.

Correction

In the Sept. 17 issue of the ECA

Review under the Elnora Council story

titled ‘Lawyer bill payment ruffle

feathers’, Coun. Rob Aellen was misquoted

as saying “We had a complete

conversation about her not being in

favour of it,” said Dep. Mayor Rob

Aellen. It should be quoted as being

from Mayor Leah Nelson. The Review

apologizes for this error.

protect buildings near the golf course.

According to Fagan, apparently there

are some shots that are breaking windows

or damaging siding.

She stated the solution will be

addressed as soon as possible, while

the netting requires skilled staff to

install. A decision on the netting will

be made at the next council meeting.

PUBLIC NOTICE

PROPOSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLOSING TO PUBLIC TRAVEL AND

DISPOSING OF PORTIONS OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH

SECTION 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

Bylaw No. 1330/20

Lacombe County Council has given first reading to Bylaw No. 1330/20 for the

purpose of closing to public travel and disposing of a portion of a public highway

in accordance with Section 22 of the Municipal Government Act, Being Chapter

M26.1 of the revised statutes of the Alberta 2000 and amendments thereto:

WHEREAS the lands hereafter described are no longer required for public travel,

and

WHEREAS application has been made to the County Council to have the highway

closed for consolidation purposes, and

WHEREAS the Council of Lacombe County deems it expedient to provide for a

bylaw for the purpose of closing to public travel certain roads, or portions thereof,

situated in the said municipality, and thereafter consolidating same with the title

for the Pt. NE 32-38-24 W4M.

WHEREAS notice of the intention to close for consolidation purposes has been

given in accordance with section 606 of the Municipal Government Act, and

A copy of Bylaw No. 1330/20 describing the proposed closure may be obtained

from the County’s Administration Department or by visiting the County’s website

at www.lacombecounty.com.

Anyone wishing to comment on the proposed amendments will have an

opportunity to do so at a public hearing which has been arranged for:

Date: October 22, 2020

Time:

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Lot for sale

The CAO reported on a lot acquired

by the village for tax recovery purposes.

Plan 7464AJ, Block 2, Lot 23 – 25

was discussed by council and they set

the sale price based on market value.

Fagan stated the property was

acquired by the village some time ago

and is on the market right now.

Valley Ski Hill gets facelift

before start of season

Submitted

The Valley Ski Hill,

aided by joint funding

from both the County of

Paintearth and Flagstaff

County, have engaged an

alpine terrain contractor

to remediate the

drainage and instability

issues of the ski hill’s

runs and terrain.

The work involves contouring,

better drainage

routes and methodology

along with other

improvements to the

existing snowmaking

and lift line runs.

After a couple years of

extensive reviewing of

options, engineering

reports and various consultants

and their

methods, the ski hill has

found a suitable and reputable

contractor to

perform the work.

The contractor has

done similar to work on

other ski areas ranging

from Fort McMurray to

Lake Louise.

The work is expected

to wrap up in mid

October in time for the

upcoming winter season.

Valley Ski Hill has

also applied for provincial

grant funding to help

alleviate the project’s

expenses.

The total project has

amounted to $600,000. A

progress payment was

also issued for $70,000.

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Spruceville Road and Highway 12

If you are unable to attend the hearing, written submissions can be made to the

County. You will, however, need to ensure that your comments are received by

the County prior to the date of the hearing. Your comments can be sent by email

to ttimmons@lacombecounty.com, by fax to 403-782-3820 or by mail to RR 3,

Lacombe AB T4L 2N3. All submissions will be public information.

For more information, please contact the County Manager’s Office.

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ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB OCTOBER 8'20 3

Clive will host holiday Frost Fest this December

Stu Salkeld


ECA Review

The Village of Clive will move ahead

this year with a popular holiday celebration

this December. The decision

was made at the Sept. 28 regular

meeting of council.

Village Chief Administrative Officer

(CAO) Carla Kenney reported that

Frost Fest will go ahead this

December. The event will feature

sleigh rides, a bonfire and hot

chocolate.

Council decided to cancel Fall Fest,

however.

Online conference

Kenney reported village council

recently took part in the Alberta

Urban Municipalities Association

annual conference which was offered

online to meet pandemic guidelines.

While Kenney stated councillors

missed the face to face interaction, the

village was able to save some money

because travel costs and other

expenses weren’t necessary.

New house

Village council was happy to hear

the village office issued a development

permit for a new single family house

with garage. The CAO said it’s pleasing

to see the village is growing.

Grant funds

The village received notice it was

approved for Municipal Operating

Support Transfer funding to the tune

of $77,000, to be used for operating

costs due to COVID-19.

Kenney stated more information on

this grant will be available soon.

CLIVE COUNCIL

Family Resource Network

Councillors heard a presentation

from Family Resource Network representatives

Karen White and Tammy

Corsiatto who provided program

information.

Village councillors have been

looking into what programs are available

in the region.

During the upcoming budget process

councillors will decide which programs,

if any, they will allocate funds

to.

CASTOR COUNCIL

Urban bees

Councillors directed Kenney to

gather public input on what interest

exists in the village for urban bee

keeping.

Kenney stated urban chickens seem

to have gone over quite well., and the

main purpose of the bees would be for

residents to harvest their own honey.

Kenney stated the village will

Castor & District Museum planning

on gas heat for machine shop

Stu Salkeld


ECA Review

The Town of Castor is looking for a

bit more information after a local

group requested help installing heat

into a building the group uses for

projects.

Two representatives of the Castor &

District Museum, John Wright and

Mike Bain, appeared before Castor

town council at their regular meeting

Sept. 28 to request the town’s help with

installing a natural gas line to a

workshop.

Wright stated the museum volunteers

have little space for working on

projects and the machine shop is the

only real option they have. However,

it’s not heated.

He stated the museum would like to

install heat in the machine shop.

Bain stated the Town of Castor pays

the museum’s utilities, which the

museum appreciates because without

this help the museum may not be able

to operate.

Because, of this help, Wright stated

the museum tries to be very frugal and

careful with its utilities to keep utility

bills as low as possible. Also, the

museum tries to be as energy efficient

as possible and have installed items

such as a high efficiency furnace and

an on-demand water heater.

He stated the museum would like to

install gas heating in the machine

shop. Otherwise, the shop is too cold

for people to use in the winter which

would be a shame because the museum

has lots of volunteers who would be

willing to pitch in this winter if the

shop was habitable.

Bain stated a gas line would have to

be run to the shop and would require

some trenching.

He also stated the museum volunteers

though a second-hand heating

unit might work, which is about 20

years old, but it runs at about 60 per

cent efficiency.

The museum instead decided to buy

a new heater which was also capable of

venting out the side of the building

which would be much easier for installation

and operation.

Bain also stated the museum’s fundraising

activities have been affected by

the COVID-19 pandemic, as two events

had to be cancelled.

Bain explained the museum was

planning on purchasing the heater and

have it installed, while they were

requesting the town handle the gas

line installation and, eventually, the

gas bill.

Later after the volunteers left the

CORONATION COUNCIL

First reading of utility rates

bylaw passed, increased

charges expected

Terri Huxley

ECA Review

Council went through the Utility

Rates Bylaw during their regular

meeting on Mon. Sept. 28.

Of most concern was the need for

change in the areas of enforcement as

the current bylaw does not explicitly

outline the required steps needed to

enforce the nonpayment of unpaid utilities

or the need to enforce long term

nonpayment.

Bylaw 2020-675, along with the guidance

of the Municipal Affairs Act

(MGA), has been restructured to provide

avenues of enforcement, while

still being fair to all utility users

within the municipality.

Turn to Increased, Pg 7

council meeting, councillors debated

the request.

Several councillors noted they

would need a reliable quote for the

trenching the gas line installation

before making a decision.

Councillors decided town staff

would return at a future meeting

with information about what it

would cost to have town staff install

the gas line plus what a private company

would charge to do the work.

include an urban bee question with

budget consultation efforts this fall.

The budget consultation will be

available on the village website with

some hard copies available at the village

office.

Hydrant maintenance

The CAO reported councillors

approved $19,031.41 for fire hydrant

maintenance to be split over two

years.

Kenney stated contractors able to

examine the hydrants were available

and after looking at ones in Clive, it

was found about 18 needed some preventative

maintenance, mostly

gaskets.

Kenney’s advice was to perform the

maintenance over two years to keep

the budget hit to a minimum.

Upcoming budget

Councillors talked about developing

their 2021 budget, the beginning of

which will be done with strategic planning

in October and budget planning

in November followed by tentative

budget approval in December.

ORGANIZATIONAL

MEETING

Town Of Coronation

Organizational Meeting of Council

will be held on

Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at

7:00 p.m. followed by the

Regular Meeting of Council.

Village of Donalda

Franchise Fee Increase Notice

Please be advised the Village of Donalda is proposing to increase the local franchise

fee, which is charged to AltaGas Utilities Inc. effective January 1, 2021 as per

Council Resolution 196-20. The Village of Donalda can revise the franchise fee on

an annual basis pursuant to Clause 5(b) of the Standard Natural Gas Distribution

System Franchise Agreement as per Alberta Utilities Commission Decision 2476-D01-2019. The fee is

recovered by AltaGas from its customers that receive natural gas service in the Village of Donalda.

The franchise fee will be increased from 13.5% to 15% on the delivery charge of AltaGas. The average

residential increase has been estimated at $1.06 per month.

Residents of the Village of Donalda will have until October 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m., to make their concerns

known to the Village of Donalda. Please contact Kristie Vallet, Chief Administrative Officer at:

Village of Donalda

PO Box 160 Donalda, AB T0B 1H0 Ph: 403-883-2345 Email: cao@village.donalda.ab.ca

Village of Donalda

Franchise Fee Increase Notice

Please be advised the Village of Donalda is proposing to increase the local

franchise fee, which is charged to ATCO Electric for use of the municipal lands for

its power lines effective January 1, 2021 as per Council Resolution 195-20. The fee

is recovered by ATCO Electric from its customers that receive electric service in the

Village of Donalda.

The franchise fee will be increased from 5% to 9% on the delivery charge of ATCO Electric excluding energy

related riders. The average residential increase has been estimated at $4.91 per month based on the

average consumption of 625kWh.

Residents of the Village of Donalda will have until October 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m., to make their concerns

known to the Village of Donalda. Please contact Kristie Vallet, Chief Administrative Officer at:

Village of Donalda

PO Box 160 Donalda, AB T0B 1H0

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4 OO ctober 8'20 HANNA/CORONATION/StettLer, AB. WHEEL OF A DEAL ECA REVIEW

Hanna area gets $1.5 million

Submitted

Through Western Economic

Diversification Canada (WD), the

Government of Canada is investing to

strengthen communities affected by

coal transition, enabling these communities

to diversify their current

economic development endeavours.

Southeast Saskatchewan and

Alberta’s Cactus Corridor region are

benefitting from $5.8 million to

attract investment, expand local

businesses and create jobs to support

12 economic development, training

and career support initiatives in

Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Mark Nikota, Economic

Development Manager for Cactus

Corridor, stated this is only the first

amount being allocated to Special

Areas with more to be expected in

the future.

The funding for this particular $1.5

million is going towards economic

development support such as salaries,

planning support and admin

support like bookkeeping and so on

as well as economic development

readiness assessments (labour force,

land inventory, water, power and

logistics information gathering and

red tape reduction) which is essentially

the gathering of information to

be ready to attract new business.

The money is also going towards

two irrigation studies for Special

Areas to build on existing irrigation

work and the potential for an agricultural

hub project to identify

ag-related projects

that may be

viable for the

region.

Lastly, starting

an education hub

project to identify

educational

projects that may

be viable for the

region.

Budget 2018

earmarked $35

million over five

years for the

CCTI to support

skills development

and

economic diversification

activities to help

workers and

communities

adapt to Canada’s

transition to a

low-carbon

economy.

Western

Diversification

received $25 million in Budget 2018 to

establish the Coal Transition which

helps impacted communities in

Alberta and Saskatchewan transition

their economies away from coal-fired

electricity generation.

Budget 2019 announced a further

$105 million for WD to help address

infrastructure needs in coal-affected

communities.

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Village of Big Valley looking at bridge repairs

Stu Salkeld


ECA Review

The Village of Big Valley council is

looking seriously at repairs for the

“north bridge” into town. The discussion

took place at the Sept. 24 regular

meeting of council.

Village chief administrative officer

Sandra Schell presented councillors

with a letter from the County of

Stettler, which maintains the access

bridge located on Twp Rd #355 on the

northeast corner of the village and

which connects to Hwy. #56.

Schell said the letter from the county

stated the bridge belongs to the provincial

government but the county has

been maintaining it for them.

The bridge is currently under a 10

tonne weight restriction and, technically,

is outside the village’s

boundaries although it is considered a

major access to Big valley.

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The County of Stettler stated they’re

concerned about the bridge’s condition

and submitted inspection information

to the provincial government and

Alberta Transportation responded by

stating any work on the bridge is considered

“low priority.”

Coun. Harry Nibourg stated since

the village has multiple entrances, this

one probably won’t be considered

urgent by Alberta Transportation.

However, the county suggested

applying for a STIP grant to pay for

repairs, with Schell noting the grant is

75 per cent province, 25 per cent

municipal with the bridge project estimated

at about $1 million.

Schell stated there is no money budgeted

for this project.

“I don’t want to see it go out of there

myself,” said Coun. Art Tizzard. If the

bridge degraded so badly it was closed

it would be a headache for people to use

other accesses.

Deputy Mayor Clark German

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Terry Fox run crushes goal

by Dante Fletcher and

Dillan Dambrowsky

Hughenden Public School hosted a

Terry Fox Run and had a convivial

time, raising a whopping $3,745 to go

towards cancer research, crushing the

school’s goal of $3,000.

The incentive to raise money wasn’t

just the prospect of saving people suffering

from cancer; there was a twist

this year.

Student Sadie Hunter who raised the

most money, a soaring $390, got to

throw a pie in Principal Ryan Duffett’s

face.

Every student who raised at least $20

had their name put in a draw to throw

a pie in the face of either Mr. Paul,

Mrs. Paul or Mr. Beatty.

The Grade 10 Leadership class are

the ones who worked hard to make the

Terry Fox run possible this year.

They decided to award a $15

Walmart gift card as the prize for first

place in each division.

Alex Ference crossed the finish line

first in elementary with a time of 26:29

for the 4.9 km course.

Bryden Laing was the fastest

finisher in junior high and was also

the first student to finish overall with

an astonishing time of 22:39, and

Layne Motley was the recipient of the

senior high honour with a time of

25:23.

“It felt like Christmas,” said Bryden

Laing when asked about how he felt

about getting first

overall.

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years, Mother

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with the Terry

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been cold, wet or

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This year was

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morning,

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enough in the

afternoon; perfect

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responded, “Where do we get the

quarter of a million for it?” However,

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to keep the bridge open.

Councillors unanimously agreed to

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for a STIP grant to repair the bridge.


OPINION

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Brenda Schimke

ECA Review

Sixty-nine counties, 264 urban

municipalities, 74 rural municipalities,

six specialized municipalities, eight

improvement districts and three special

areas to provide services to four

million people, half of whom reside in

two urban municipalities. That’s the

reality of today’s local governance—a

structure developed 120 years ago

when horse travel defined municipal

boundaries.

Alberta has a

“

problem, simply

slashing local

municipal budgets

and revenue sources

is not a viable option

moving forward.

Today, ‘local’ is a circumference

of

hundreds of kilometres,

not 20 miles,

markets and competition

are global,

world-wide communication

is

instantaneous, and

visiting the farthest

corners of the world

can be done in less

than a day.

Competition

works for businesses—it spurs innovation,

brings down costs and improves

quality and quantity for consumers.

On the other hand, competition

amongst local governments has the

opposite effect—it becomes a race to

the bottom, at a time where more than

ever, cooperation is essential to keep

local regions viable.

The Village of Cereal, in a close vote,

approved moving to an unincorporated

hamlet under Special Areas. As

reported in this issue of the ECA

Review, two issues were paramount,

financially it had become unsustainable.

Second, the village had a

consistent history of tardiness in completing

financial information reporting

and submitting audited financial

statements.

The nine local municipalities within

the County of Flagstaff set up a task

force to look at the feasibility and

advantages of governing as one, rather

than nine competing bodies. Debra

Moffatt, former chief administrative

officer (CAO) of Forestburg, who was

heavily involved in the process, said,

“it failed for two reasons—it took too

long—over five years—and allowed

fears to grow about it becoming a political

hot potato”. Sedgewick pulled out

early, then others followed. Only three

communities held public forums—

Forestburg, Daysland and Hardisty to

inform and seek community input.

If it had gone ahead, nine local governments,

nine CAO’s and nine

municipal plans would have been

replaced by one, and competition

between so many multiple, tiny local

governments would have been

curtailed.

Part of the amalgamation agreement

between the Village of Cereal and

Special Areas was if the residents of

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the newly-formed hamlet spent more

than what it collected from Special

Areas’ tax assessments and utility fees,

residents of the hamlet would be

assessed a special levy or a differential

tax to cover these excess costs.

This example is precisely why

Moffatt argued a cooperative approach,

as attempted by the County of

Flagstaff, should be the preferred

vehicle of amalgamation. In that way,

every existing municipality becomes

part of the whole, rather than, in the

case of Cereal residents, subservient to

Special Areas

dictates.

Brenda

Knight, representative

for

the hamlet of

Mirror on the

Lacombe

County

Council, is

very positive

about the

move to an

unincorporated

hamlet.

“The hamlet

of Mirror has

been treated

very well (by

Lacombe

County), its

population has grown, there are new

businesses and recreation areas, such

as baseball diamonds, have been

improved”. It takes a while for people to

wrap their heads around the change

and a few will never”, said Knight, “but

the name hamlet or village doesn’t

make the community, it’s the people.”

The hamlet of Mirror thrives

because of a strong and active volunteer

community group and its engaged

residents. Botha, Gadsby and Erskine

are other examples of villages

becoming unincorporated hamlets. Yet

the process of one village at a time

folding into county governance is very

inefficient.

Growing competition between rural

and urban municipalities to attract

businesses, the loss of regional economies

of scale when big ticket items

such as fire, garbage and water services

are delivered through multiple

players in a region, and the trend of

local governments building themselves

“Taj Mahals” are all threatening fiscal

sustainability of local governments.

The County of Paintearth’s move to

invest ratepayer’s money into Crowfoot

Crossing and compete head-to-head

with the Town of Castor clearly highlights

why the current local

governance structure is so out of touch

with today’s global reality.

The proliferation of businesses just

outside the Town of Stettler’s boundary

is another example. Yet it’s towns and

cities that support the high cost services

that all citizens, rural and urban,

use — government facilities (police,

schools, hospitals, libraries, agencies);

recreation facilities (pools, gyms,

hockey arenas, curling rinks, golf

courses, skateboard parks, baseball

diamonds); and community services

(seniors’ homes, social services and

Competition

amongst local

governments becomes a

race to the bottom, at a

time where more than

ever, cooperation is

essential to keep local

regions viable.

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community halls). Recreation is most

often the largest budget for smaller

urban municipalities and we all know,

it’s just not their ratepayers using these

facilities.

Destructive competition between

local governments isn’t restricted to

smaller centers. The City of Red Deer

is facing aggressive competition from

the County of Red Deer as they grow

and expand Gasoline Alley with ‘tax

deals’ that have encouraged many professional

services, retail, hospitality,

housing and entertainment facilities to

abandon the City. Another example of

destructive competition was the City of

Calgary paying Parkland Industries of

Red Deer millions of dollars to relocate

to downtown Calgary.

The three Special Areas, as well, are

an out-dated form of governance.

Enacted in 1938 to handle the hardships

in south-eastern Alberta because

of the 1930 droughts and administered

by a provincial Special Areas Board.

They operate essentially outside the

public eye with citizens only having

the opportunity to attend four quarterly

Advisory Council meetings. It’s a

great political gig if you can get it but

so unaccountable in an age demanding

transparency.

We’ve all lived through these grandiose

plans where rural regions get

provincial dollars to work together and

promote regional economic development.

“Regional agreements are easily

broken”, said Moffat, “councillors and

priorities change every four years,

power struggles and jealousy issues

arise, and there is often little stomach

for the hard work of compromise and

collaboration.” It’s just so much easier

to activate the exit clause and move

back into

comfortable

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It’s time to move local

governance into the 21st

century and the facility to

make these changes exists

within the MGA—specialized

municipalities.

silos.

Finally,

there is the

petty politics

and

financial

malfeasance

that

ECA Review

reporters

witness far

too often.

Power trips

and personality tiffs between and

among chief administrative officers

(CAOs), the mayor/reeve and various

councillors waste so much time and

resources and accomplish so little.

Today, The ECA Review continues to

report on the soap opera unfolding in

Morrin, previously it was Alix and

Coronation.

There are many hard-working and

competent CAO’s in smaller rural

towns and villages, but these communities

often can’t attract candidates

with a Public Administration or

Business degree and the necessary

experience required to wade through

and meet the multitude of accounting

and legal obligations under the

Municipal Governance Act (MGA). For

example, the Review has been

reporting on the Village of Morrin for

successive years with the same

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story—the CAO has been unable, or

unwilling, to keep up with Morrin’s

financial and reporting obligations,

and although aware, Municipal Affairs

has done next to nothing to correct

what appears to be another financial

mess unfolding.

The smaller the size, the more

impossible it is to maintain robust cash

handling procedures which is critical

given the large amount of financial

transactions that flow in and out of

municipal offices. With only one staff

member, the CAO does both receipts

and disbursements. Ratepayers must

rely on elected officials for oversight

even though many do not have the

time, interest or expertise to catch

fraud and mismanagement on a timely

basis. Today, allegations of fraud are

swirling around the Village of Big

Valley.

Finally, there is the engagement of

external accountants who provide

audited financial statements. From our

reporter’s perspective, it often appears

that significant financial anomalies

are missed as external accountants are

over-reliant on information provided

by CAO’s, rather than doing independent

verification.

It’s time to move local governance

into the 21st century and the facility to

make these changes exists within the

MGA—specialized municipalities.

There are six specialized municipalities

in Alberta today—Wood Buffalo

which includes the unincorporated

hamlet of Fort McMurray (75,009 residents);

Strathcona County with the

unincorporated hamlet of Sherwood

Park (71,332 residents), the

Municipality of Jasper, Mackenzie

County, Municipality of Crowsnest

Pass and Lac La Biche

County. Rocky View

County, bordering

Calgary, is also considering

this option.

If all towns, villages

and cities, except

Calgary and

Edmonton, were amalgamated

under their

respective rural

municipality or

county, and the three

special areas were

split amongst their

neighbouring counties—Paintearth,

Provost, Starland, Acadia, Cypress or

Newell—in a common sense way,

Alberta could operate with two metropolitan

areas, 149 specialized

municipalities and eight improvement

districts for a total of 159 local governments,

instead of 424.

Twenty-first century structural

changes to local governance is the

starting catalyst for Alberta to substantially

reduce local government

costs, maintain reasonable property

tax increases, stimulate regional

growth and cooperation, downsize

Municipal Affairs, and reduce red tape.

Schimke is a graduate of the UofA

with a B. Com. degree. While working

for the ECA Review, she has covered and

reported on village, town, county and

school board meetings.

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Increased flat rate hopes to recoup funds

Cont’d from Pg 3

It will enforce that if a resident’s

utilities are in arrears more than

three consecutive months, then

administrative actions can be taken

to ensure cost recovery efforts.

If funds are not received, the

administration can issue a 90-day

notice letter to ensure compliance.

After notice period, the utility

would then be ordered to be shut off at

the direction of the administration

and the expense of the property

owner.

If a resident wished to have a utility

reconnected, it would be a mandatory

requirement that the resident (property

owner/renter) pay the full

outstanding amount on the utility bill

before receiving the reconnection of

utilities.

This would also include full payment

for the service fees to reconnect

the utilities as well.

If the utilities and the tax roll are

not paid within a one-year period, it

would be recommended to allow the

administration to send the accounts

to a collections agency to attempt to

recoup the costs.

However, this section has not been

included yet and would require some

discussion within the council, due to

COVID -19 at this time.

Currently, administration rolls any

outstanding utility bills for utilities

into the registered property owner’s

taxes if full payment is not received

by Dec. 3t, 2020.

This practice would be kept the

same, except that if a renter did not

pay their utility, the property owner

would assume the costs and roll the

outstanding into the tax roll for that

property.

For the 2021 utility consumption

rates, it would be recommended to do a

slight increase in the flat rate charge

from $25 to $30 and to increase the

cubic meter charge to $3/PCM from

$2.70/PCM for cost recovery.

One thing pointed out by Dep. Mayor

Ron Checkel was how the water meter

transmitter section could be interpreted,

saying it should be reworded to

clarify that the flat rate total will be

$120 if a person’s water meter (MUX or

LTE unit) stops sending data.

This temporary charge will only be

removed from utilities if the property

owner or utility account holder provides

access to have the meter and

MXU or LTE units inspected for possible

replacement of faulty parts in a

timely manner, or if the name on the

account or property owner fails to

respond within the agreed upon time

frame.

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Quinton Flint said he would change

this section by putting it into two parts

to speak to when this charge will be

applied and how communication will

be delivered since many don’t know

when their meter is having issues.

“We thought it was a good enough

number to make people pay attention

at $120.

CAO Flint noted that the average is

$110 for these types of charges.

Council carried first reading with

this amendment. One councillor

opposed.

Water line request

Ryan Ramsay came to council and

OBITUARIES

made a short presentation on his experience

finding the connection to the

town’s water line.

Location of the hydrovacing was at

Ramsay’s Stockman Center LTD. 4510

Victoria Ave.

Ramsay had contacted the town

office and staff for assistance in

locating the underground water lines

required to provide water to his trailer

on the property.

The waterline was roughly located

by public works, and the line was

deeper and off the mark, where the

public works staff had anticipated it to

be.

This then cost Mr. Ramsay three

days’ worth of hydrovacing to locate

the waterline and what was expected

to be a bill for $1,500 to $1,800 turned

into $6,300.

“We drilled a whole bunch of holes in

the ground we didn’t need to but we

didn’t know where [the line] went

because of the age of the facility,” he

said.

“If we had known which direction it

would have been much easier,” he said.

Council chose to decline the request

to provide support for Ramsay’s efforts

to connect to the municipal water line

as the town is not required to know

where the connection is once it enters

onto a property owner’s land, making

it the owner’s responsibility to know.

In Bylaw 2014 - Utility Servicing

Section 7.7.4, it states “The Town of

Coronation or developers shall install

that portion of the utility service connection

that is on Town of Coronation

property and runs from the Town of

Coronation utility main to the property

line of the street, lane, or

Family meant the most

boundary of an easement or right-ofway

granted to the Town of

Coronation for its utility system. The

owner of a property is responsible for

all costs related to servicing on a

property.”

The motion was carried with two

opposed.

Financial audit

Jeff Faupel of Endeavor Chartered

Accountants went over the 2019 financial

audit for the Town of Coronation

at the meeting.

He started out by saying they, as a

company, were satisfied the financials

are within Canadian Public Standards

and their own internal standards.

A recent upgrade to the system has

allowed Endeavor to access numbers

by viewing them remotely rather than

creating an email chain.

The audit was delayed due to the

financial system crash in December

2019/January 2020 and, according to

CAO Flint, a new system had to be

built before a full rollover from the old

system into a new system could be

implemented, pushing the audit back

three months as a result.

The 2020 audit will be occurring

right away.

Mervin Jones

Dec.1,1948 – Oct. 9, 2019

- From the

family

with love

Oct. 6, 1919 –

Sept. 21, 2020

Rita was born the

youngest daughter to

Almanzor and Ida Desilets

on Oct. 6, 1919 near

Sunnynook, Alta.

She attended

Connersville, Pollockville,

and Castor schools.

At the age of 19, she married

the love of her life,

Albert Galarneau on April

19, 1937. They were married

for 68 years.

Rita kept busy with her

family and she always

cooked for hired men on the

ranch.

Albert and Rita went to

many

rodeos

where

Albert

took part

in.

After

Albert

passed

away,

Galarneau

Rita lived

in the

Acadia

Lodge until her health deteriorated

and she was moved

to Long Term Care where

she resided until the time of

her death.

Rita is survived by her

sons: Jack (Rapheala),

David; daughter Mary Lou

(Jim); seven grandchildren;

seven great-grandchildren;

and two

great-great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by

her husband Albert in 2006,

and sons: Terry in 1973, and

Raymond in 2016.

In lieu of flowers, donations

can be made to St.

George’s Catholic Church,

or to the Hanna Food Bank.

Rita was blessed with

many friends, but her family

meant more to her than anything

else.

She will be missed by her

family and all who knew

her.

A funeral mass was held

on Sat., Oct. 3, 2020, at St.

George’s Catholic Church in

Hanna, Alta.

Hanna Funeral Services

Ltd. entrusted with the care

and arrangements, 403-854-

5956, www.hannafuneral.ca.

Card of Thanks

The family of Rita

Galarneau would like to

send a heartfelt thank you to

the staff at Long Term Care,

Hanna for the great care

and compassion given to

Gramma over the last five

years.

Also, a big thank you to

Laurie for making a hard

time a little easier. Laurie,

you are great at what you do.

Thank you, Father

Newton, for the beautiful

mass and Michele for the

music. You made many of us

teary-eyed.

Thank you, Sandy and

Terri, for doing the

readings.

Thank you everyone for

the flowers, cards and the

many expressions of sympathy.

We appreciated every

one of them. People are

great, especially when you

Sudden passing

It is with sadness we

announce the passing of our

Dad (Bill) William Leonard

Warner. Dad passed away

suddenly Sept. 23, 2020 in

Red Deer, Alta.

Dad was predeceased by

the love of his life Joyce

after 50 years of marriage.

Dad is survived

by his loving “big”

sister Louise, his

three children,

Perry and Sheryl

Warner, Daphne

Warner and John

Moore, Rob and

Sharon Warner.

Also his grandchildren

Erin and

Duncan McKay, Warner

Trevor L. Jones Sept 9, 1970 - Oct 15, 2011

need a lift.

Rita Galarneau’s Family.

Staci and Bart Patton, Brett

and Carole Warner, Kurt

O’Neill, Tessa O’Neill,

Ariana Warner and Caryssa

Warner.

And his great-grandchildren

Claire, Fletcher,

Sullivan, Berkley, Carson

and Ellie, as well as many

nieces and

nephews who all

held a special

place within his

heart.

In lieu of

flowers, donations

can be made to

Delburne Minor

Hockey or

Delburne Minor

Ball.

They say there is a reason,

They say that time will heal,

But neither time nor reason,

Will change the way I feel,

For no-one knows the heartache,

That lies behind our smiles,

No-one knows how many times,

We have broken down and cried,

We want to tell you something,

So there won’t be any doubt,

You’re so wonderful to think of,

But so hard to be without.

Forever in our hearts, Loreen, Brant, Courtney & Mazie, Reegan & Jayden, Mattea,

Jim, Renee, Lloyd & Family, Andrea, Allen & Family,

Cindy, Gord & Family, Deb & Family.

Professional Directory

DENTIST

Dr.McIver

In Coronation

MONDAYS

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Call Anytime

for Appointments

578-3811

Located in Coronation Mall

East Central Chiropractic & Rehab

Dr. Craig Larson,

Dr. Carissa Kimpinski,

Chad Brummund, Patrick May,

Theresa Chute

Hanna, Castor, Consort, Forestburg

(403) 854-2110

410 2nd Avenue West,

Hanna, AB

JEFF M.FAUPEL,

CPA, CA

MONICA N. FAUPEL,

CPA, CA

Three Hills - Tues.

Coronation - Wed.

Oyen - Mon. (by Appt)

Canmore - Mon-Fri

800-267-5601

RWA

Chartered Professional

Accountants LLP

Naomi Roth, CPA, CGA

Kendra Walgenbach, CPA, CA

Chris Annand, CPA, CA

Kamron Kossowan, CPA

P.O. Box 1328

4702 - 51 Ave., Stettler

Tel: 403-742-3438

chapmanandco.ca

E.Roger Spady

Professional

Corporation

Barrister & Solicitor

Coronation Mall

Coronation, AB

403-578-3131

Office Hours:

Tuesday to Friday

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.


Ben Van Haga

Trucking

Specializing in Hauling

• Grains • Fertilizer • Hay

Cell: (403) 323-0060 • Fax: (403) 742-8215

Box 1899 Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

4410-48st. Stettler 403.742.0409

www.Auto-Trust.ca

Family Owned and Operated

4606-40 St, Stettler, AB

403.742.2869

www.jtautobody.ca

October 5-9, 2020

5004 50 St. Forestburg, AB

(780) 582-2411

Mon-Thurs 12:00-1:00 am

Fri-Sat 12:00-3:00 am

Sun 12:00 - 1:00 am

403-578-3299

ph. 403-882-3244

403-882-2334

fax. 403-882-2714

Super B Grain Hauling & Gravel Hauling

Peter Office: 403.742.6450 Boys - Advisor

• 866.219.7366

Cell: 403.740.4835

Peter@BoysFinancial.com

4910A - 51 Street

Office: 403.742.6450 · 4910A 866.219.7366

- 51 Street • Stettler, Box AB 2089

Cell: 403.740.4835 www.BoysFinancial.com • Peter@BoysFinancial.com Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

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Valley

Green

LANDSCAPING

The County of

Paintearth No. 18

www.countypaintearth.ca

1-888-882-3156

Castor, AB

• RETAINING WALLS

• PAVING STONES

• IRRIGATION

• SNOW REMOVAL

• BOBCAT SERVICES

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High Speed Internet Provider

105 - 2nd Ave. W. Hanna, AB

403-854-4600

4

Woody’s Automotive Ltd.

4902 - 43 Ave . Stettler , AB

Ph: 403-742-6272 Cell: 403-916-4412

dpetersen@napacanada.com

www.napacanada.com

Owner: Don Petersen

Proud Board member Meetings/Retreats

of the community.

Group Accommodations

Board Meetings/Retreats • Group Accommodations

Booking Office: 780-469-0579

Booking Office: 780-469-0579

Lodge: 403-578-2910

Lodge: 403-578-2910

www.battleriverlodge.com

Fire Chief Durand commended Mr. Grant Veno for his well-maintained fire guard as he has

ensured it is anchored to an access road and extends around his yard site as seen above.

ECA Review/Submitted

FireSmart program

limits grassfire impact

Glen Durand,

Special Areas Fire Chief

Since 1923, the Governor General

has proclaimed the week of October 9

as Fire Prevention Week. This week

gives us a chance to proactively reduce

our risks and lessen the impact of wildfires

in our communities.

This year we are focusing on the

FireSmart program and some of the

things you can do to reduce risks from

wildfires.

Wildfires have risks which can be

easily dismissed

when things are

going well, but

those same risks

will catch us off

guard when we

do not prepare.

FireSmart

offers rural residents,

farms and

ranches specific

tools and recommendations

to

reduce those

risks.

Residential & Commercial Drafting And Design

PH 403.742.4101 • FX 866.305.5686

admin@railsidedesign.com

Bay 2, 4905-44 Ave, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0

www.railsidedesign.com

Thank You for your

Bravery &

Dedicated

Service

Nate Horner, MLA

Drumheller-Stettler Constituency

587-774-0306 Office

Drumheller.Stettler@assembly.ab.ca

These proven practices minimize

the chance of wildfires starting, and

spreading into our homes, yards, and

communities.

Rural living, especially in remote

regions like the Special Areas, means

accepting some inherent risks,

including grass fires.

Are you protected? One approach is

ensuring your assets are adequately

insured, and to trust insurance will

cover any damages or costs.

Turn to Reducing, Pg 9

Greg’s

Automotive

Repair

• Full Automotive Repair Service

• Tire Repairs & Sales • A/C Repairs & Service

Greg Laverty, Journeyman Technician

Hwy 12 - Castor, AB

Shop 403-882-3541 Res. 403-882-2616

Lamontagne & Son Holdings Ltd.

403-575-5468 Coronation

403 742-0258

Stettler Mall

www.sneakersplus.ca

Village of

Lougheed

5004 - 50 St

780-386-3970

Shoes, Clothing & Accessories

Open 7 days a week

Savings in Every Aisle!

Stettler

4607-50 St., Stettler, AB 403-742-5025

Open 7 days/week 8am-9pm Holidays 9am-6pm

Scott Kruk Trucking

Erskine, AB

For all your Grain and Fertilizer Needs

Cell: 403-740-5094 Res: 403-742-0001

Castor

5106 - 50th ave. Castor, aB ph. 403.882.3055


OK Tire - Castor

5501 - 50 Ave., Castor, AB

403-882-4040

Coronation

Vision Clinic

Dr. Marc Kallal

Dr. Ward ZoBell

Tues & Thurs 10 - 4

403-578-3221

L & C

Bookkeeping

5005 Royal St.

Coronation AB

403-578-3838

Hanna

Vision Centre

Dr. Dennis A. Heimdahl

Dr. Ward ZoBell

Tuesdays, Wednesdays 9-5

Thursdays, Fridays 9-4

403-854-3003

Reinbold Petroleum Ltd.

Agents: Fred & Denise Reinbold • Stettler, Hanna and Delia

1.866.742.2647

Life insurance • Mortgage protection • Critical illness insurance • RRSPs • Mutual funds *

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK

We can help with your goals. Let’s talk about Money for Life. TM

Reducing grassfire risks

Cont’d from Pg 8

likely present a lower risk of being

Darrel Baltimore

A more active approach is to take *

Kayla Yaschuk

a impacted.

*

closer look at our homes, farms and Beyond the characteristics of a site

Baltimore Financial Services Inc.

ranches to help understand and mitigate

hazards. Bus: 705-252-9010 Cell: 403-741-4440 site assessment include distance to fire

itself, other factors considered in the

FireSmart Life’s brighter is a program under which the sun services and ease of access to the site.

understands we can’t always prevent A FireSmart assessment is the best

•Mutual funds offered by Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc

fires; © however, Sun Life Assurance it can Company help of us Canada, live 2013. with way to help you prioritize what you

and manage the risks they pose. need to do to reduce wildfire risks.

FireSmart helps minimize the risks When doing a FireSmart site assessment,

all structures are assessed, from

wildfires pose by increasing wildfire

resistance and applying fire prevention grain bins and cattle sheds to houses

concepts.

and shops.

FireSmart looks at two components FireSmart priority zones outline

when assessing fire probability: four zones that surround structures

structure assessment and site and highlight the different levels of fire

assessment.

control activities recommended for

The structural assessment is based each area.

on buildings, their materials and their If you would like more information

corresponding resistance to heat and on the FireSmart program, or to

flame.

request a free FireSmart Assessment

For example, a structure built out of for your property or operation, please

cement or brick, with metal roofing contact us.

would provide significant resistance to In closing, I want to take a moment to

a wildfire.

recognize the good work being done

A structure constructed out of wood throughout our community to reduce

with limited metal or cement materials fire risks.

and asphalt shingles would provide Fire services are seeing great examples

of simple preventative measures,

much less resistance to wildfire.

The site assessment portion looks at from having water trucks on site when

location. For example, a farm site built haying to getting neighbours connected

on a single text group to fan out

on a slope, or adjacent to wooded areas,

would present a higher risk of being messages in case of a grassfire.

impacted by a wildfire.

As always, remember to “Check your

A farm site built on flat ground surrounded

by cultivated land would 72-hour emergency

smoke detector, CO detector and have a

kit.

Baltimore Financial Services Inc.

Bus: 403-742-1199 Cell: 403-741-4440

Stettler, AB

Darrel Baltimore, Advisor

www.sunlife.ca/darrel.baltimore

Stettler Building Supplies Ltd.

Stettler Building Supplies Ltd.

www.stettlerbuildingsupplies.ca

4201 - 49th Ave Office: 403-743-0684

Stettler, AB TOC 2LO

sales@stettlerbuildingsupplies.ca

Town of Coronation

403-578-3679

Winning Smiles START HERE

Veteran Fire Dept., from the left, back row: Rob Howe, Paul Lafontaine, Mike Watson,

Darryl Tkach (Chief), Deryk Thulien (Captain) and Addison Tkach (Lieutenant). Front row,

Tracey Caseley, Tammy Brigley, Pauline Howe, Tracy Nelson, and Jamie Glazier. Missing:

Jason Bishell and Mikayla Resch (Jr. firefighter).

Your Full-Service Family Dentistry Team

| Preventative Care & Cleanings | Digital X-Rays

| Fillings & Crowns | Gum Disease Treatment

| Child Friendly | Wheelchair Access Available

| Direct Bill to Insurance | Financing Offered

Mon- Fri 8 am - 4 pm

Dr. Viral Patel,

General Dentist

4906-51 Street Stettler, Ab

t:403 742 6741 • f:403-742-2391

e: stettlerfamilydental@gmail.com

w: drpatelfamilydental.com

Accepting

New

Patients

Thank you to all

who answer the call.

Big Stone

Veteran

Youngstown

Consort

Altario

Jenner

Bindloss

Oyen

Hanna

Cereal

Homestead

Cessford

Empress

Buffalo


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70, Coronation, AB T0C

1C0.

REAL ESTATE

LAND for sale,

Brownfield area. Two

quarters, 230 acres

cultivated, 90 acres

pastureland, 2 dugouts.

Perimeter

fenced and crossfenced.

Seller motivated.

Offers. Call

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or 403-335-8854.

FOR RENT

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check us out online

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5’ average $50.

Installation only $19.

Includes: hole

augered. Wurzel Dip

enzyme injection,

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staking.

Minimum order 20.

One-time fuel

charge: $125-150.

Crystal Springs. 403-

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FEED AND SEED

HEATED Canola

buying Green,

Heated or

Springthrashed

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barley, wheat & peas

for feed. Buying

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COMING EVENTS

CASTOR CURLING

Club Annual Meeting

Wed. Oct. 14, 7 p.m.

at the curling rink.

Everyone welcome.

PUBLIC NOTICE

East Central Alberta

Heritage Society

ANNUAL

MEETING

Monday, October 26,

7pm at Stettler United

Church - C.E. Wing

Everyone Welcome

Please Note: Due to COVID

19 protocols all attendees

must social distance and

must wear a mask. Those

who don’t want to attend in

person can join in by ZOOM.

Please pre-register by

October 23,2020 at:

info@albertarailheritage.com

indicating if you will attend

IN PERSON or by ZOOM.

FIREARMS wanted

for October 17th,

2020 live & online

auction: rifles, shotguns,

handguns, militaria.

Auction or purchase:

collections,

estates, individual

items. Contact Paul,

Switzer’s Auction:

Toll-Free 1-800-694-

2609, sales@switzersauction.com

or

www.switzersauction.com.

THE TOWN of

Coronation Library

Board Annual

Meeting, Tues. Oct.

13, 2020, 5:30 p.m.

at the Golden Age

Drop-In Centre.

Everyone is welcome

to attend.

Should you have

concerns or ideas

that you wish to

present to the board

at any time, please

phone and leave a

message with the

librarian: 403-578-

3445.

County of Stettler No. 6

6602 - 44 Ave., Box 1270

Phone: 403-742-4441 Fax: 403-742-1277

www.stettlercounty.ca

PUBLIC NOTICE

Dispersal Sale

for the following pieces of equipment:

• Canvas tent - approx. 25’W x 30’L x 16’H

• Frame/Metal Clad cold storage building - approx. 50’W x 75’L

• 6’ x 12’ x 8’ unclaimed/abandoned ice shack with trailer

• LS MTron Tractor model U5030, 55hp with 48hp PTO, 3 point hitch

mower & 3 point hitch blade

• 2011 Dodge Ram SLT 1500 4wd

• 2013 Load Trail 26’ pintle hook trailer

• Small trailer

• V-plow

• Grader mower

• John Deere 20’ disc (unclaimed/abandoned)

• Floating dock

• Canon copier, printer, scanner

• Ricoh copier, printer, scanner

• Exposed aggregate plant pots - 4 lots

Full details and photos for each unit are available on the County of

Stettler website www.stettlercounty.ca

Sealed bids will close on

Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 2:00 pm local time at the

County Administration Office, 6602-44 Avenue, Stettler, AB, T0C 2L0.

CANCELLED EVENTS

The annual

Gadsby Omega

Circle Bazaar

has been regretfully

CANCELLED

for 2020 due to Covid-19.

This being the only

fundraiser of the year,

CASH DONATIONS

are gratefully

accepted.

Any questions call

Paulette at 403.574.2442

or email

pauletteheer@gmail.com

We look forward to

seeing everyone

in 2021

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WANTED

DEAD OR ALIVE

Canadian Prairie Pickers

are once again touring the area!

Paying Cash For Coin Collections,

Silver & Gold Coins,

Royal Can. Mint Sets.

Also Buying Gold Jewelry

$$ $

SERVICES

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you own your own

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We purchase rolls, bags

or boxes of silver coins

PAYING HIGHEST PRICES

To arrange a free, discrete in-home visit

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Bonded since 1967

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Tracey 1-403-578-8278

Marty 1-403-578-8277

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Bill’s Waterwell

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Ltd.

Well Drilling

Pumps & Repairs

403-747-2120

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mortgage insurance,

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SOCIAL EVENTS

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• Meetings and Holiday Silver Parties& Gold Coins,

• Serving up to 50 people Royal Can. Mint Sets.

• Sanitized Function Also Rooms Buying Gold Jewel

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We purchase rolls, bags

• Full Service, No Contact or boxes Buffets of silver coins

$$ $

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dressing? The

Disability Tax Credit

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REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB OCTOBER 8'20 11

Could see a special levy over taxes

Cont’d from Pg 1

As for essential services, the Special

Areas will continue water, wastewater,

and roadway maintenance services.

If operational costs of the hamlet

exceed revenue from property taxes at

the Special Areas tax rate and utility

fees, a special levy or differential tax

rate may be assessed.

The combination of property taxes

and potential special levies would

likely be less than the current level of

property taxes paid to the village.

Utility fees would be reviewed to

ensure they recover the full cost of the

service and consumption.

Bylaw enforcement will be provided

by Special Areas officers on staff.

The Cereal fire hall will continue to

function as long as there is an operating

volunteer fire department.

This viability process began roughly

two years ago when a large negative

financial position of the village and its

performance on key municipal indicators

which initiated a need for the

minister to take action.

When the review was initiated in

2018, the village’s 2017 audited financial

statements showed an

accumulated municipal operating deficit

of $390,000.

This included $352,000 in grant

funding that was provided to the village

for capital projects, but may have

been used for village operating

expenses.

The village is also said to have a consistent

history of tardiness in

completing financial information

reporting and submitting audited

financial statements.

This has further compounded the

difficulty in determining the state of

the village’s financial position and the

potential solutions

to address

it.

A viability

screening of the

Village of Cereal

was conducted in

April 2018, following

assessment of the

‘Key Measures

for Success’.

The Minister

approved on June

13, 2018 that a viability

review will be undertaken.

The village was approved for

Alberta Community Partnership

funding for the infrastructure study

on Sept. 25, 2018.

A Viability Review Team (VRT)

assembled by Alberta Municipal

Affairs, following the collection and

analysis of information from both the

Village of Cereal and the Special Areas

as part of the ministry’s viability

review process.

The VRT included elected officials

and administration of the village and

the Special Areas, as well as officials

representing the Alberta Urban

Municipalities Association, Rural

Municipalities of Alberta, Local

Government Administration

Association, and Alberta Rural

Administrators’ Association.

In this executive summary supplied

by the VRT, they stated the village is

unfit in its current state to survive on

its own.

“The viability review demonstrated

that the Village of Cereal is likely not

viable in its present condition, and will

require considerable financial

resources and community effort to

ensure its viability.

Specifically, operational costs

exceed revenue, and it appears some

requirements of the Municipal

Government Act (MGA) have not been

followed consistently.

“At the time of the report, the village

has a significant accumulated bank

debt. In addition, the 2019 financial

statements show ‘unexpended reserve

fund accounts related to eligible capital

projects are underfunded by $475,625’.

“In simple terms, it appears that provincial

funding which was to be used

for capital items (e.g. infrastructure,

Jeff & Alison Southworth, bringing 17 years of experience

• Water well drilling & servicing • Well pump installation

and servicing • Pressure systems • Cost effective solar

pasture watering system • Backhoe services for water

lines and septic systems • Water well Chlorination

• Ritchie waters

Emergency services • 24 hr on call

Serving the east central Alberta region

Legacy Drilling Ltd

403-854-0172 • Hanna, AB legacydrillingltd@outlook.com

403-396-2254 • Delburne, AB

LANDS FOR SALE BY TENDER

The registered owner hereby offers for sale by tender the following briefly described

property subject to the reservations, exceptions and encumbrances contained in

the existing certificates of title, but free and clear of any financial liens:

NE 24-40-19 W4, containing 143.18 acres more or less

(hereinafter called the “Lands”).

FEATURES: Scenic quarter near Red Willow; mix of native pasture with approx.

75 cultivated acres seeded to hay; two dugouts; fenced and cross fenced in 2019.

The sale of the Lands is subject to the following terms and conditions:

1. Seller makes no warranties or representations about the property’s size/

measurement, condition or environmental status.

2. Buyer to be responsible for all costs associated with registration. Tender price

shall be excluding G.S.T.

3. Tenders will be received by the lawyer noted below up to but not after 12:00

o’clock noon on Friday, November 13th, 2020. Tenders should be forwarded to

Simonin Law in a sealed envelope marked “Talon Tender”. A certified cheque

or draft equal to 10% of the purchase price payable to Simonin Law must be

received by Simonin Law within 3 business days of the Buyer being notified of

acceptance of their tender bid. If the successful bidder does not complete the

purchase after acceptance of their bid, the deposit shall be forfeited to the Seller.

4. The balance of the purchase price to be paid by solicitor’s trust cheque or

certified funds on or before Friday, December 18th, 2020 (“Possession Date”).

5. Property taxes to be adjusted as of Possession Date.

6. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Please provide contact information, including a phone number, with the tender.

SIMONIN LAW

Lori R. Reule Barrister & Solicitor

Suite A, 4819 - 51 Street, Box 1630

Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0

403-742-3411

equipment) may have been

used for other expenses.

This means that the village

likely needs to plan for repayment

of provincial funds used

for these other expenses.”

Special Areas comprise

over five million acres of land

in southeastern Alberta, and

a population of approximately

4,200 residents.

For the full report, view it

here: https://open.alberta.ca/

publications/village -ofcereal

-viability -review

-report.

Land Offering

Rick and Janet Yarham

Strome, Ab

Land: SW-9-43-15-W4 ACRES: 66.26

Acres Arable Dugout/Creek/Trees Price/Acre Well/Power $/yr

66.26ac (60approx.) (6.26approx.) ($5000/ac) ($4024/yr)

A very good piece of land with a large dugout, small creek in corner,

nice treed area, good arable cropland or use for animal grazing or good

hay production. Hillside gravel seams used by the owner, perfect for

farm gravel use or possible commercial crushing sale. Additional well

and powerline revenue.

Market Price: $330,000 (gst applicable on land if not gst registered)

Annual 2019 Revenue: Well revenue $3300, Powerline revenue $724.50

➣ There are no “First Right of Refusals” or ongoing lease agreements.

➣ Opening 11am October 23, 2020

➣ Second round if necessary, by 8pm October 23, 2020

➣ Buyer notified by 9pm October 23, 2020

➣ Possession date planned for Oct 30, 2020

➣ Exclusively listed contact Realtor below.

Call Jeff Golka 780 888 4030

for further details

or viewing of the land.

Making changes

to your farm?

• Expanding farmable

land

• Fixing drainage issues

• Land use changes

• Fencing

You may not think you

live near a pipeline,

but are you 100% sure?

Prevent pipeline incidents

by finding out what’s

below, BEFORE you start

your work. Visit www.

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request a locate at least

3 days prior. Safety can be

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LANDS FOR SALE BY TENDER

Jeff Golka | Agent

RE/MAX River City

Direct: 780.888.4030

Fax: 780.888.3754

Jeffgolka@remax.net

www.jeffgolka.ca

Direct: Box 171

Hardisty, Ab T0B 1V0

The registered owners hereby offer for sale by tender the following briefly described

property subject to the reservations, exceptions and encumbrances contained in

the existing certificates of title, but free and clear of any financial liens:

All of Section 16-38-16-W4; NE 15-38-16-W4; SE 15-38-16-W4; SW 14-38-16-W4

(hereinafter called the “Lands”).

The sale of the Lands is subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned:

1. Seller makes no warranties or representations about the property’s size/

measurement, condition or environmental status.

2. Seller will consider bids for all or any of the individual parcels.

3. Buyer to be responsible for all costs associated with registration. Tender price

shall be excluding G.S.T.

4. Tenders will be received by the lawyer noted below up to but not after 12:00

o’clock noon on Thursday, November 12th, 2020. Tenders should be forwarded

to Simonin Law in a sealed envelope marked “Boulding Tender”. A certified

cheque or draft equal to 10% of the purchase price payable to Simonin Law must

be received by Simonin Law within 3 business days of the Buyer being notified

of acceptance of their tender bid. If the successful bidder does not complete the

purchase after acceptance of their bid, the deposit shall be forfeited to the Seller.

5. The balance of the purchase price to be paid by solicitor’s trust cheque or

certified funds on or before Monday, December 21st, 2020 (“Possession Date”).

6. Property taxes to be adjusted as of Possession Date.

7. Any surface leases will be assigned to the Buyer and adjusted as at Possession

Date.

8. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Detailed features of the Lands, including surface lease revenue and exact acreage,

will be provided upon request - contact office below.

Please provide contact information, including a phone number, with the tender.

SIMONIN LAW

Lori R. Reule Barrister & Solicitor

Suite A, 4819 - 51 Street, Box 1630

Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0

403-742-3411


RANCH

FOR SALE

45 Minutes East of Drumheller 1425 Acres of Tame

and Native grass, good corrals, grass & water.

Not grazed in 2020. Mostly new fences. New steel posts

and barb wire available. Water Pipeline with riser.

Barry Lowe 403-854-4456

Barrylowe48@gmail.com

AGRICULTURE

KNEEHILL COUNTY

Subdivisions cut from five to three in revised LUB

Stu Salkeld


ECA Review

Kneehill County’s amended

Land-Use Bylaw (LUB) will drop the

number of subdivisions allowed on a

quarter section of land from five to

three, at their regular Sept. 22 council

meeting, and elicited debate among

council.

Council was considering third

reading of the amended Land-Use

Bylaw that went through a public

hearing Sept. 8, stated manager of

Planning and Development Barb

Hazelton.

“On Sept. 17, 2019, administration

brought the Land Use Bylaw to the

Committee of the Whole, to outline the

changes that would be necessary if we

were to allow hens in urban areas,”

stated Hazelton in her memo to

council.

“Since the Land Use Bylaw should

coincide with the Strategic Plan, this

was also an opportunity for council to

ensure this Land Use Bylaw is in fact a

reflection of this council’s vision for

our county.”

Hazelton stated amendments to the

LUB included some information from

the Municipal Government Act (MGA)

and some new uses to increase opportunities

to county residents, plus

suggestions from councillors had also

been included in the proposed

amendments.

Coun. Jim Hugo asked if a section

describing solar panels also applied to

wind towers.

Hazelton replied that a wind tower

has to be sited at least half a mile from

a residence that doesn’t belong to the

owner.

Reeve Jerry Whittstock stated he

felt obligated to bring up this concern,

later than usual, but assumed it would

come up during the public consultation

process. Apparently, it did not.

Whittstock

stated he was

concerned about

the proposal to

reduce the

number of subdivisions

off of a

quarter section

from five to three.

Whittstock

stated he’d heard

from some residents

that they

were not aware of

this change.

The reeve

stated he felt cutting

it back from

five to three is

perhaps going too

far. He also stated

he felt the

demand for parcels won’t be met.

Whittstock stated he felt this change

Lot subdivisions off agricultural would significantly affect landowners

quarters are usually sold to developers throughout Kneehill County.

for acreages.

Councillors waited for a few minutes

Hazelton stated that, since 2016, 14 but no one spoke in support of the

people have done four or five parcels

in Kneehill County.

Coun. Ken King asked where in the

county that was done, and Hazelton

responded it was a “pretty good

spread.”

Coun. Glen Keiver stated his personal

preference was for three lots and

suggested if people want to subdivide,

they could look at purchasing quarter

sections that have no lots taken out.

Keiver said he was concerned about

quarter sections that have four or five

lots taken out of them because, “...it’s

starting to look like cluster housing.”

King stated he understands that

subdivision is profitable for landowners

but some of the subsequent

acreage owners don’t always know a

lot of about life in an agricultural area

and can cause issues for farmers.

“I don’t mind the idea of having

some acreages, but I’m not a huge fan

of increasing the number...,” said King.

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