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December 31, 2020

Volume 109

No. 53

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DELIA

Council

allocating

funds to

technical

support,

training

Terri Huxley

ECA Review

In a short meeting on Tues. Dec. 8,

council chose to move some funds

around in support of tech related help

and training hours.

ISDAB bylaw

The Palliser Regional Municipal

Services has been moving forward

with an Intermunicipal Subdivision

and Development Appeal Board

(ISDAB) to assist municipalities by

providing a pool of trained clerks and

panellists in the one to two hearings

that take place per year.

Delia council passed second and

third reading of this bylaw to join.

The Elnora Fire Department drove a special holiday guest around the village on Mon. Dec. 21 to bring a little Christmas cheer as families

celebrate at home.

Photo courtesy of Marilyn Mose

Historial grant

The Delia and District Dawson

Historical Society are applying for a

grant application and have been

asking municipalities including the

Village of Delia and Starland County.

Council passed a motion to provide a

letter of support in their quest for

funding towards the solidification of

Canada’s first female mayor, Violet

Barss of Delia.

INDEX

Kneehill council ................. 2

Starland council ................. 2

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

Morrin council .................... 3

Bashaw council .................. 4

Special Areas board ............ 4

Stettler county council ........ 5

Letters ................................ 7

Clive council ....................... 8

Festival of Lights ................ 8

Classifieds/Careers ........... 10

Obituaries ........................ 11

Gaming

developers of

‘Ragin’ Bull

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Editorial:

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forward

Page 6

Feature:

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ranchers

memorialize

victims of

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KNEEHILL COUNCIL

Green space idea now on back burner

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism

Initiative reporter

ECA Review

An idea to make the green

space outside the Kneehill

County office available for community

groups to use didn’t

work out quite the way the

municipality may have hoped,

and the idea has been tabled

until further notice. The topic

was discussed at the regular

meeting of council Dec. 8.

Kneehill County Economic

Development Officer Jacqueline

Buchanan presented councillors

with an update on the idea

of allowing groups to use the

large green space which surrounds

the county office,

originally brought up at a

council meeting last July.

“Council was presented with

a request to place two disc golf

nets on the Kneehill County

land located directly north of

the Kneehill County administration

building,” stated

Buchanan’s report to council.

“This request resulted in further

discussion as to how the

currently vacant space can benefit

multiple organizations in

the area. As such, council

directed administration to

reach out to local organizations

to determine if there were additional

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Buchanan explained over the

next four months staff discussed

the idea with various

community groups.

“Administration reviewed the

responses with council at the

(Nov. 17) Committee of the

Whole meeting, noting that no

projects came forward that met

council’s criteria of being substantially

completed and funded

by the organization proposing

the project.”

During discussion Buchanan

noted the original group

requesting space for disc golf

nets changed their mind and no

longer needed space near the

county office. Also, she

explained some requirements

Interim budgets

almost squared away

Terri Huxley

ECA Review

Judy Fazekas, financial manager for

Starland County gave council an indepth

look into the interim operating

and capital budgets for the 2021 year at

their regular meeting on Dec. 16 via

video conferencing.

Two scenarios were created for

council to choose upon including one

scenario which maintains the 2020 tax

rates into 2021, but limits the projects

that could be completed.

The other scenario incorporates a

tax increase of four per cent levied at

$10,410,729.45, which helps to bring the

tax revenue back up to 2020 levels and

allows for additional dollars to help

complete some of the projects which we

had tabled previously.

This scenario also contains reduced

oil and gas assessments and includes

debt financing for two new gravel

trucks and trailers in order to fully

operate the re-gravel program using

county forces.

Essentially for every one per cent

increase to the municipal tax rate,

municipal taxes levied will increase by

approximately $100,000 but as a

reminder, this is contingent on assessment

values.

After the presentation and discussion,

council chose to go with the

second option, noting that ratepayers

should be shown all the projects completed

recently to help justify the

increase.

Fazekas will prepare the final

STARLAND COUNCIL

interim budget for the next council

meeting in January to make things

official.

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Shirley Bremer shared in her report

that all heads of each department met

a couple of weeks ago to discuss various

projects and expenses proposed

for the 2021 budget.

They were tasked with providing a

list of all projects that might possibly

get done or that they hoped to accomplish,

depending on the funding

available.

From this information, Fazekas

worked on a preliminary budget to be

put forth for council’s approval to

operate under in the new year until the

official budget is passed in May.

CAO Bremer said, “Judy tried to

include as many of these projects as

possible and has a couple different scenarios

for your consideration.

“We have been very frugal with our

limited funding, but hopefully some of

the services can be restored to 2019

levels and a few more projects will be

completed.”

Estimated revenue for both scenarios

are the same. This includes

$200,000 from the Federal Gas Tax

(FGT) fund that will be recognized in

2021 for a bridge repair completed in

2020-2021.

The county did not receive 2019 or

2020 FGT funds equalling $351,639 but

do expect to receive them once they

submit a large enough project to get

the full amount of the grant.

Water revenues were expected to be

underestimated

as a rate increase

was not factored

into the budget

and camping revenues

have been

increased due to

the high interest

in activity since

the pandemic

began.

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Councillors unanimously

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ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB DECEmBER 31'20 3

“Official administrator”

introduces himself Dec. 16

Innovation Strategy

We will be leaders and partners acting as catalysts for transformation

in order to meet the needs of those we serve.

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism

Initiative reporter

ECA Review

The Village of Morrin community

got an introduction to

their new “official administrator”

(OA) at his first regular

council meeting Dec. 16. The

meeting was held via teleconference

to meet pandemic rules.

Harold Johnsrude was

appointed a few weeks ago by

Minister of Municipal Affairs

Tracy Allard to act as council

for the village, and he introduced

himself and described a

bit about what his role as

council will be.

“These are interesting days,”

said Johnsrude after he called

the council meeting to order.

Johnsrude stated he regretted

the fact he couldn’t meet the

community in person because

of the pandemic rules.

To begin with, Johnsrude

noted the village’s procedural

bylaw states council meetings

are not allowed to be recorded,

but he himself has no problem

with being recorded.

He stated that all he asks is

that if recordings of the council

meeting are going to be used for

anything other than personal

use, that he be notified of such.

The OA noted he has well

over two decades of experience

working in municipal

CORONATION COUNCIL

Outdoor rink rules tightened

Terri Huxley

ECA Review

During councillor reports at

Coronation’s regular council meeting

on Mon. Dec. 21 Deputy Mayor Mark

Stannard shared his concern for

having the outdoor rink

unsupervised.

He alongside Coun. Keith Griffiths

have noticed many (approximately 20)

children playing shinny hockey on the

local rink when the province has mandated

no informal games be played on

the ice, limiting the usage to skating

by yourself or within your cohort only.

Council directed administration to

have the nets taken down while signage

be put up to alert potential users

of the rules.

Tree project research

The highlight of Chief

Administrative Officer (CAO) Quinton

Flint’s report was a possible tree

project involving the town and the federal

government.

After a three-hour conversation

between CAO Flint, Mayor Ron

Checkel and the federal government

researchers, it was said this could be

‘a benefit for them as much as it is for

us.’

The research team has plenty of

knowledge of how willow trees grow in

the western side of Alberta including

the Rocky Mountains, Calgary and

Edmonton but little knowledge in the

eastern prairies.

CAO Flint was excited to see this

project lead into university and college

research making the community a hot

spot for this activity and help diversify

the town from nearby centres.

If the research spot were to begin,

the researchers would plant the trees

using one acre of land in or around

Coronation and then look after the plot

for a couple of years to create a thesis

on which strand of plant works best in

this climate.

Council will review an official

report on this project when more

information is given.

SMRWSC budget

The Shirley McClellan Regional

Water Services Commission

(SMRWSC) has provided a draft to all

16 municipalities having requested

their water allocations and reflecting

the change to the system rates set at

their last meeting.

Council approved the proposed

budget which needs approval for the

2021 year to allow operations to

continue.

CAO Flint mentioned the rates to be

the same as last year which were fairly

accurate in terms of water

consumption.

The number has gone down a bit as

previous water leaks have been fixed

over time.

Palliser grant

Palliser Regional Municipal

Services is currently requesting support

to apply for an Alberta

Community Partnership Opportunity

(ACPO) Grant to hire a consultant

with the expertise to complete a

MORRIN COUNCIL

government in various capacities

and in 2006 started his own

consultancy specializing in

local government.

The OA also stated that his

appointment came straight

from Minister Allard with the

ability to act as council.

“Most of you are aware there

is no quorum of council,” said

Johnsrude. He was referring to

the resignation of Mayor

Howard Helton and Coun.

Melissa Wilton this fall.

The OA noted the Minister

has granted him the authority

to act as council, which

includes making and passing

resolutions with a mandate

until Dec. 17, 2021.

The OA noted that according

to the orders of Minister

Allard the services of

remaining councillor, M’Liss

Edwards, will no longer be

required.

Johnsrude stated he was

pleasantly surprised to visit

the Morrin village office and

meet the two municipal staff,

Chief Administrative Officer

(CAO) Annette Plachner and

Public Works Foreman Dave

Benci, as some of the municipal

situations he’s arrived in

included few or even no staff at

all in some instances.

Johnsrude stated he believes

in clarity and openness and

will do his best to give as much

background information as

strategic plan and review their

funding model.

In order to receive grant funding,

the application needs to be sent from

the managing municipality on behalf

of a partnership of two or more

municipalities.

“We need as many municipalities

as possible to pass a motion from

council to be a partner in the grant

opportunity.

The more municipalities that we

can show on the application as being

a partner, the better chances we have

at being successful in the application,”

stated the letter to council.

Council agreed to send a letter of

support.

Coronation will be undergoing an

Municipal Development Plan review

next year as part of their natural

review cycle with Palliser.

Support denied

The Red Deer River Watershed

Alliance (RDWA) sent a letter asking

council for financial support towards

their programming focused on

research and sustainability projects.

They requested 50 cents per capita

which is equal to $437.

Council chose to not pay this as

they have not been directly involved

with this alliance for quite some

time, saying they are a part of the

SMRWSC and Municipal Water

Usage Group which supports RDWA.

Catholic possible Leadership for Strategy council meeting

We will leverage the legacy and strength of Catholic healthcare

nationally business.

and internationally to be of greater service.

He also noted he will work

Strategic Objectives

with CAO Plachner to make

decisions, but also noted he

hopes to avoid long-ranging

decisions.

The OA MISSION stated that members

of the We public are called may to continue notice that on

the the agenda healing ministry there will of Jesus no longer

by serving with compassion,

be items such as disbursement

upholding the sacredness of

of accounts

life in all stages,

or accounts

and caring

payable.

He for explained the whole person those – items are

the responsibility body, mind and soul. of the signing

authority, including the CAO,

and don’t need to be discussed

at a council meeting.

Strategic

Johnsrude

Objectives

also noted a

member of the public had

requested the entire agenda

Acute Care Optimization and Expansion Strategy

We will transform and expand care and service in acute care to

respond package to growing prior populations to and the changing meeting, demographics.

Community

including

Care Integration

all memos

and Expansion

and

Strategy

We will expand our community care capacity to transform care

delivery, information.

and address gaps in service, growing populations and

changing demographics.

The OA noted he was not able

to grant that request but noted

that the village’s website is

going to be upgraded soon and

such information will be available

there.

Johnsrude noted he planned

to offer a special question and

answer session after the council

meeting for the community’s

benefit but no questions were

forthcoming other than the

ECA Review newspaper reporter

clarifying , Coun. Edwards’

position that Minister Allard

had relieved Edwards of her

duties as a councillor.

WEEKEND

ON-CALL HOURS

For medical emergencies and life-threatening

conditions, call 911.

January 2021

January 1, 2 & 3 ....................... Castor Hospital

January 9 & 10 ...................

SERVE

Coronation Hospital

We will strengthen our mission and live our

values meet the needs of those we serve

January 16 & 17 .........................Castor

through excellence in care, an engaged team,

Hospital

and wise use of our resources.

January 23 & 24 ................. Coronation Hospital

January 30 & 31 ................. Coronation Hospital

VISION

Inspired by our mission of

For Urgent Medical Problems call:

service, we will be leaders

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We will leverage our

legacy nurse to maximize 24/7 the

strategic contribution of

Catholic health care.

Invitational Tenders for a

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• G.S.T. will be added to all tenders

• Tenders will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on

Friday, January 8th, 2021.

• Not necessarily will just any tender be accepted

• Please deliver tenders in a sealed envelope

marked “Tender for 2015 Truck” directly to

East Central Gas Co-op office located at 406

5th Street East or mail to East Central Gas at

Box 190 Hanna AB T0J 1P0.

For more information regarding

the tender or the truck, please contact

East Central Gas Co-op Ltd. at 403-854-4411.

Thank You

Our family would like to thank the

Coronation Fire Dept. for their

quick response time, professionalism

and caring in their response to our

shop fire on Dec. 9. Thanks to their

immediate response, the fire was

contained to just the shop.

We truly appreciate all the fire

personnel who were able to respond to

control and put out this fire.

We would also like to thank our family

and friends for their support.

- Mark & Lea Zimmer and Family

health care and creating

vibrant communities

of health and

healing.

For Routine or Ongoing Medical Issues:

• Schedule an appointment with your

family physician

Important: Patients

communities,

are

especially

advised

those

to

most vulnerable.

telephone the hospital on-call prior to going

there.

Coronation (403) 578-3803

Castor (403) 882-3434

Visit ahs.ca/knowyouroptions

Sept 2019

TRANSFORM

AND GROW

We will transform the health

system and grow through

integration, innovation, and

shared learnings to respond to

the strengths and needs of our

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BASHAW COUNCIL

The Town of Bashaw

have upgraded their

lighting system in

the arena thanks to a

climate change grant

estimating energy

savings of 48,723

kWh hours/year and

emission reductions of

27 tonnes/year.

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Town of Bashaw

lightens up arena,

old lights recycled

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism Initiative reporter

ECA Review

Town of Bashaw arena complex

users will enjoy a lighter, brighter

experience after the municipality took

advantage of grant programs to install

new light-emitting diode technology.

According to a press release from

the town, “As part of the Municipal

Climate Change Action Centre’s

(MCCAC) Recreation Energy

Conservation (REC) program, the

Town of Bashaw completed a lighting

retrofit of the Bashaw arena and

curling rink with around 173 fixtures

converted to LED.

“The Town of Bashaw arena and

curling rink lighting retrofit project

was funded through the Recreation

Energy Conservation Program and

Federal Gas Tax Funding.

“The total project cost was $40,789,

with MCCAC funding of $29,334.75 and

federal gas tax funding of $11,454.25.

The LED lamps will provide similar

lumen levels at much lower wattage,

thereby reducing electricity consumption

of lighting equipment under the

system boundary.

“The Town of Bashaw has a priority

of reducing annual recreation facility

costs and planning for environmentally

responsible infrastructure,” said

Mayor Penny Shantz.

The town estimates electrical energy

savings of 48,723 kilowatt hours per

year and greenhouse gas emissions

reductions of 27 tonnes per year.

Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Theresa Fuller stated in an interview

Dec. 21, the town recycled 35 old lamps

from the arenas, diverting glass, metal

and other materials from the landfill.

She estimated the lifespan of the

new lights at roughly five years.

2021 curling season cancelled

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the

Bashaw arena is currently closed to

the public.

It was noted the Bashaw Curling

Club is taking the ice out of the curling

rink and cancelling the rest of the

2020-21 season.

Fuller stated no decision has been

whether the arena will close, as the

provincial government’s enhanced

pandemic rules will be in place until

Jan. 12.

Typically, skating ice stays in the

arena until the end of March.

Special Areas council

wraps up 2020 year

Submitted

With the new year soon upon us, the

Special Areas Board is getting key

pieces moving for the year ahead.

The Advisory Council has reviewed

the 2021 budget and the board has recommended

it for approval.

2021 marks a departure from the

revised budget put in place in April

2020, with a return to expenditure

levels more consistent with pre-COVID

years.

In 2021, the board is planning a

small deficit budget which is a result of

significant reductions in revenues for

the upcoming year.

Fiscal pressures resulting from

declining grant funding, increasing

levels of bad debt, and downward pressures

on assessment continue to create

challenging financial conditions.

This spring the board will review

the 2021 budget to establish municipal

mill rates once provincial assessment

information is released, including

expected changes to industrial

assessment.

The board’s focus remains on delivering

a budget that protects

investments made in municipal infrastructure

while focusing on key

ratepayer services.

At the last advisory council meeting

in December, the road recrowning program

was approved for the 2021

season.

This program, investigated in-depth

in 2019, allows internal forces to rehabilitate

appropriate gravel roads by

re-establishing crown and road width.

From now until March, administration

will be working with local road

committees and foremen to develop the

formal 2021 road recrowning program

for review this spring and make formal

recommendations for upcoming projects

to the board.

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Our good friends and customers!

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A toast to our valued

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at the New Year!

We wish you

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STETTLER COUNTY COUNCIL

Electoral wards

to change for

2021 election

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism

Initiative reporter

ECA Review

County of Stettler council

approved changing the

boundaries of its electoral

wards for next fall’s municipal

election.

The decision, along with

other election verdicts, was

made at the Dec. 9 regular

council meeting.

Director of Municipal

Services Andrew Brysiuk

Gaming developers

of ‘Ragin’ Bull

Submitted

Silicon Hanna Inc. moved

in Hanna in 2018, after their

co-founders Ricardo and

Joanne Hoar sought a rural

community to raise their

kids and build their games.

Ragin’ Bull is Ricardo and

Joanne Hoar’s first 3D game

built using the Unreal

Engine, a tool used by top

game studios and taught at

campuses worldwide.

When asked how they

came up with the theme,

lead game developer Joanne

Hoar replies “growing up in

southern Alberta, Ricardo

and I are both heavily

inspired by cowboy culture,

and one day a few summers

Ragin’ Bull

a mobile 3-D game

of 11 unique levels

of destruction and

battles without the

need for violence

and blood.

Silicon Hanna

Games, Education, Experiences

info@siliconhanna.com

website: www.siliconhanna.com

presented the report on proposed

ward boundary

changes, and noted these

changes come about

because of growth.

He stated the county gathered

information through a

survey to see what county

residents thought of the proposed

changes.

“Surveys were distributed

and 55 responses were

collected by the deadline.

Seventy-five per cent of

respondents preferred the

proposal presented today, 22

Ricardo and Joanne Hoar, founders of Silicon Hanna Inc.


ago we came up with the

idea: wouldn’t it be awesome

if you could be the bull,

escape the rodeo and smash

the town?

“We wanted a game that

would bring fun and a

feeling of being out in the

open. To allow people to let

loose, you know, blow off

some steam.

“It was time to make

Ragin’ Bull!”

Hanna’s reputation for art

and community, coupled

with it’s high speed internet

and small town values have

been a perfect and productive

environment for Silicon

Hanna Inc., stated in a press

release.

Bull

Council met in council chambers on Wed. Dec. 9 using social distancing and masks, necessary due to the CoVID-19

pandemic restrictions set out by the Alberta government.


per cent preferred the proposal

with six wards and an elected

mayor and 3 per cent had no

preference,” stated Brysiuk.

Noting the bylaw to change

the wards had passed first

reading then been publicly

advertised, Brysiuk noted the

response was sparse.

“The bylaw was advertised

and no comments or petitions

were received,” he stated.


approved second and third

reading of the ward boundary

change which will take effect

for the next municipal election

in fall of 2021.

Returning officer

Councillors appointed a

returning officer, Doreen

Nixon, and deputy returning

officer, Tammy Walker, for

next fall’s election after

reading a staff report.

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“The Local Authorities

Election Act now requires we

also appoint a substitute

returning officer, in case the

returning officer should be

unable to perform their duties

for any reason.

“We typically do not involve

county staff in the election, to

keep administration at armslength

from the process. One

exception to this will be needed

starting this year, as some staff

will need to be appointed

deputy returning officers by

the returning officer to receive

nominations starting Jan. 1,

2021.”

Brysiuk noted the deputies

will be especially handy now as

the nomination period will run

for nine months.

He also noted that having the

election overseen by non-staff

helps with public perception, as

in the past if there is a

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the staff sometimes get

accused of giving preferential

treatment to one candidate.

Coun. Wayne Nixon, examining

the budgeted amount of

$17,500 for the municipal election,

stated he felt that sounded

a bit high.

Chief Administrative Officer

(CAO) Yvette Cassidy

responded that number is a bit

low, as the municipal election

will probably cost closer to

$30,000.

Coun. James Nibourg stated

increasing the nomination

period from two hours to nine

months has driven costs up.

“It’s borderline insane,” said

Nibourg. “It’s not even crazy,

it’s stupid.”


approved the returning and

deputy returning officer’s

appointments.

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Brenda Schimke

ECA Review

Today, we baby boomers, myself

included, need to recognize our generation’s

many privileges, focus less on

our own grievances and seriously

worry more about our grandchildren

and future generations.

In our day, all boats were being lifted

up, today the only boats being lifted

are those who

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dominate the

stock market,

chief executives,

financial institutions

and the ‘one

per cent’.

When we left

high school, there

were a multitude

of high-paying,

full-time jobs. It

mattered not

whether one was

a high school

dropout or graduate,

a trades

journeyman or

held a college

diploma or university

degree. Our options were

many—lose a job today, start a new job

tomorrow. Baby boomers, starting

their careers, didn’t face globalization

and the crushing blow it has had on

good paying jobs.

When we baby boomers went to post

secondary institutions, 75 per cent of

tuition fees were covered by governments.

Beginning in 1990, post

secondary tuition fees have risen

roughly three times the rate of inflation

and today government funding is

22 per cent of the total and shrinking.

Registered Education Savings Plans

(RESP) help those with discretionary

income and taxable income but not the

vast majority, and grant programs for

those in need are severely limited. For

baby boomers, student loan programs

were run by governments, not selfserving

banks.

When we baby boomers were in the

market for housing, costs in comparison

to household income was half

what it is today. In 2016 dollars,

Statistics Canada reported an average

house in 1976 was $210,000 versus

$490,000 in 2016. In sharp contrast,

average wages peaked in 1975 and have

been all but stagnant since.

We baby boomers made comparatively

low CPP contributions than

today’s workers, yet as a group we will

benefit the most.

In constant dollars, Statistics

Canada reports the average value of an

acre of crop-producing land was $544

in 1980 rising to $2,941 in 2019.

Revenues have gone up, but so have

input costs. Between 2008 and 2018,

commercial seed costs doubled, fertilizer

costs grew by 36 per cent, the cost

of machinery and equipment depreciation

rose 54 per cent, commercial feed

Subscriptions:

$50.00 in Canada; $94.00 in US;

$175.00 Overseas. (All prices plus GST)

increased 27 per cent and debt servicing

became a significant cost

burden for young farmers.

We baby boomers gained our wealth

through appreciation of land and

assets and generous job compensation

packages, whereas today’s generations

are often gaining their lifestyle

through debt.

Well-respected, Canadian economist,

Jeff Rubin in his latest book “The

Expendables”

sums it up well.

“If you’re a millennial

or

Generation Z

worker you are

most likely

struggling with

several minimum

wage jobs

in the booming

gig economy to

make ends meet.

And with that

tenuous income

stream, you are

likely paying off

the student

loans you

racked up getting

a university education in the hope

that you could earn a decent living

after you graduated.”

What a stark contrast to we baby

boomers.

All the above examples are intended

to remind us that younger millennials

and generation Z workers are facing

significantly harder circumstances

than we baby boomers ever did.

Today’s generations are much more

constrained to find work in big cities

with higher costs of living. For many,

two working parents has become a

necessity, not a choice.

Baby boomers must stop the delusion

that we ‘made it’ on our own. We

didn’t! We benefited greatly from generous

government policies and

programs.

Today and future generations

deserve the same hand up from the

government we enjoyed, starting with

affordable childcare, reduced barriers

to education, re-training programs,

affordable housing, tax reform and student

debt forgiveness.

It is incumbent on baby boomers to

lift up today’s younger generations just

as our forefathers sacrificially lifted us

up.

Baby boomers

must stop the delusion

that we ‘made it’ on our

own. We didn’t! We

benefited greatly from

generous government

policies and programs.

Correction

In a photo caption in the ECA

Review, Dec. 24, pg. 5 it was stated the

firearms in the photo were prohibited

when in fact they are legal to own with

a valid unexpired Possession and

Acquisition License (PAL).

It was the 28-year-old male who was

prohibited from owning firearms.

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Joyce Webster

ECA Review

Another year has come and gone. A

year we’re all pretty happy to see

Gone!

When COVID-19 hit in March, I

thought it might be the last year of my

40-year newspaper career. After all, I

was not about to go back into debt and I

have been hankering for retirement

for a few years.

I received a rather blunt suggestion

the other

day that I may

have reached

my ‘retirement

age’ when my

new driver’s

license came

in the mail!

Even they

think I’m getting

old – it’s

got my birth date scrolled across the

back of a dinosaur skeleton!

But alas, newspapers are an essential

service and as easy as it would

have been to lock the door and retire, I

still enjoy going to work. I had lots of

staff to think about as well! They don’t

have dinosaur skeletons on their

licenses yet!!

So, we all buckled down and tried to

figure out ways of maintaining our

regular publishing schedule as much

as possible. With lots of ideas and assistance,

we are still here!

What was most encouraging is the

way the staff and the press eased some

of the financial burdens. It was much

appreciated and we were able to bring

other staff back on board later in the

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and we wish them the best.

If it wasn’t for the federal government’s

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but dried up over night. I also spent a

great deal of time applying for various

grants, although they weren’t substantial,

every little bit helped.

We came up with ideas for replacing

our regular advertising revenue and

our faithful clients helped. For

example, those who could supported

our Kid’s page for the couple of months

when our small readers were confined

to their homes in the spring.

A few municipalities got on board

with the sponsor page and supportrequest

and I must

thank especially the

Village of Alix and

Stettler Board of Trade.

Other municipalities,

when the opportunity

arose, did and still do

support the Review with

advertising.

Then there were 52 of

our readers who got on

board with the ‘symbolic subscription’

and some just sent us a cheque telling

us how much they enjoyed getting the

ECA Review and they did not want to

see it go by the wayside.

The warm feelings of encouragement

brought from the response to

these two initiatives was overwhelming!

Thank you. Thank you. I

hope everyone who helped in anyway

knows how much we appreciated every

little effort.

All in all, 2020 turned out to be a

year of encouragement – to keep

moving forward! So, here’s to 2021 and

the desire to have the ECA Review

reaching homes in east central Alberta

even through this publisher’s “dinosaur

era”!!

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many, many clients and readers. We

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MAIL BAG

Hard to believe Canada has so much poverty

Dear Editor,

Canada has always been known as

the Food Basket of the World.

Something awful wrong has happened

this year. We are seeing

thousands of people having to get their

Christmas dinner from the Food

Banks.

The big corporations and banks are

‘Not easy to go against the grain’

Dear Editor,

This is an open letter to the mayor

and council of Forestburg.

When you passed the masking mandate

for the Village of Forestburg

without first consulting your constituents

you not only acted in a cowardly

fashion, you stepped over the line into

criminal behaviour.

No government institution following

the “narrative” has shown scientific

evidence justifying their actions to

limit Constitutional Rights and

Freedoms.

They, as you have, jumped onto a

medical tyranny without any consideration

of the consequences.

History will show this year as a

catastrophe of blind aquiescence to a

manufactured “pandemic” for the furtherance

of a global agenda.

The science is clear and has been for

several years that masks are actually

harmful to those wearing them for

any length of time.

With this bylaw you are willfully

forcing people to do themselves harm.

You are violating their right to be

secure in their person.

We can start with Dr. Fauci’s own

NIH study in 2009 on masks and the

H1N1, through the following: https://

www.climatedepot.com/2020/05/23/

physicists-new-study-why-masks-dontwork-how-.

governments-are-operating-a-sciencevacuum/

and many in between and

since.

Look up Denis Rancourt, Dr.

Dolores Cahill and Dr. Roger

Hodkinson.

It’s all out there. Rather than being

spoon fed, do your job and your own

research.

Even the WHO that started this

fiasco has reversed its position and

agrees that masks and lockdowns are

harmful.

There is a reckoning coming for all

that participated in this crime against

humanity, there always is.

My question is, are you willing to

actually follow common sense and real

science to rectify an egregious wrong?

Two heroic councils that already

have are Sylvan Lake and Bashaw.

It’s not easy to go against the grain;

doing the right thing requires courage

and conviction.

I urge you to study this issue with an

open mind and quash this bylaw.

Marc Presseau,

Forestburg, Alta.

Taxpayers release Naughty and Nice list

Submitted

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tops

the Naughty List compiled by the

Canadian Taxpayers Federation this

year.

“Lying to Canadians and hiking the

cost of heating our homes is a sure-fire

way to land you on the Naughty List

and the prime minister has achieved

that in spectacular fashion,” said

Aaron Wudrick, Federal Director of

the CTF.

“Some politicians and bureaucrats

did manage to land on the Nice List

this year, so let’s hope Trudeau aims

for that in 2021!”

After promising not to increase

taxes, Trudeau is more than tripling

the carbon tax to $170 per tonne by 2030

and he’s also announced a second

carbon tax.

Alberta’s United Conservative Party

Magicians smoke show of greener energy

Dear Editor,

The destruction of oil and gas (O&G)

industries is for now a misconception!

We all need oil and gas to go to and

from work, build industries, mine for

raw materials to get the “Magicians

smoke show of greener energy”; it is

costing millions to mine for raw material

which some are non-renewable

such as lithium for batteries, aluminum

for solar panels...etc.

Yes, it is a smoke show because it

takes more to put into getting green

energy and on the backside the “end of

life/decommissioning of ‘Green’ of

some parts has no place in the

sitting on billions or trillions that they

don’t know what to do with, in my

opinion, and the ordinary people are

trying to live on handouts.

Something is wrong with this picture,

Eh! And it’s not just caused by the

pandemic because most people were

just a half a paycheque away from a

catastrophe before this happened.

recycling industry so a giant pit somewhere

is used!

Most governments are always putting

the cart in front of the horse: any

government entity that gets into some

sort of adjusting business or industry

just causes the taxpayer more money!

As long as taxpayers keep voting in

fools and children as leaders who are

on a whim from previous generation

teachings, we as a nation will all get

our hard-earned dollars picked from

our pockets!

O&G is here for a long while yet!

There is no substitute for long energy

storage as of present, the wind does not

How has the country been allowed to

get so far out of balance, and what is

the answer?

Well, for one thing, I believe the first

step would be a guaranteed minimum

wage.

We are working over half a year just

to pay our taxes. It’s time us bottom

feeders were elevated a bit higher up

blow wind turbines 24/7/365, and the

sun does not shine 24/7/365 on snow

covered solar panel six months out of

the year.

So when government passes foolish

nutball ideas to the country it will

come from the working mans pocket!!!

“If I do a job in 30 minutes,

It’s because I spent 10 years or more

Learning how to do that in 30

minutes.

You owe me for the years, not the

minutes.”

Adam Badzioch

Hanna, Alta.

Monopoly campaigning against local news

Dear Editor,

What Google and Facebook don’t

want you to know about their campaign

against local news.

Canada’s local news publishers, big

and small, came together this fall to

urge the federal government – and

MPs of all parties – to join with democracies

around the world in fighting

Google and Facebook’s relentless

attacks against local news.

inked its spot on the Taxpayers’

Naughty List for taking the federal

wage subsidy, a payment meant for

struggling businesses. Ontario

Premier Doug Ford made the Naughty

List cut by breaking an election

promise and handing out corporate

welfare to Ford Motor Company.

Politicians who cut their own pay

and bureaucrats who quickly slashed

import taxes on masks and gloves to

help fight COVID-19 made the

Taxpayers’ Nice List.

“We spend all year taking politicians

and bureaucrats to task for wasting

taxpayers’ money and moving at a

snail’s pace when they need to fix

something, so it’s nice to be able to give

kudos to those who voluntarily

reduced their own pay and moved

quickly to reduce costs,” said Franco

Terrazzano, the CTF’s Alberta

The two web giants use their

monopoly positions to deny local newspapers

the revenues – primarily from

advertising – that pays for real

journalism.

We outlined a comprehensive actions

needed to loosen this unfair market

stranglehold in an aptly-named report:,

Levelling the Digital Playing Field.

Since that moment, Google and

Facebook, already in hot water for

Director. “B.C. Premier John Horgan

squeaked on to the Nice List this year

because he paused his scheduled hike

to his provincial carbon tax, we hope

he goes all the way and scraps it soon!”

The entire Naughty and Nice List

can be found at taxpayer.com.

Naughty List:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Alberta UCP

Ontario Premier Doug Ford

Politician hiking own pay

City halls wasting money

Nice List:

B.C. Premier John Horgan

Finance Canada bureaucrats

Politicians who cut their own pay

Saskatchewan Finance Minister

Donna Harpauer for scrapping bracket

creep tax hikes

their problems with spreading disinformation

have doubled down,

manufacturing some tailor-made disinformation

of their own.

Just this month, as part of their

high-priced global lobby campaign to

fight any restraints on their wealth

and power, Google wrote to every MP

in Ottawa.

Turn to We will, Pg 11

on the food chain.

The Food Banks can’t keep trying to

do the job of the grocery stores forever.

I would say this is one disgraceful

situation for a country like Canada to

be in.

If we don’t get a guaranteed minimum

wage soon, there will be more

people out in the streets begging or

maybe even looting the stores. It might

make the Dirty Thirties look pretty

good.

We can’t blame this on any one government

because we’ve had many

different governments and they have

all screwed the country up because

they have never worked for the ordinary

person.

They have always looked after the

banks and the corporations who

donated the most money to their political

party!

Maybe it’s time the poor people of

the world filed a “Class Action

Lawsuit” against the Government,

Banks and the Corporations to get a

fair share of the wealth in our great

country.

It’s hard to believe in a country like

Canada that has an abundance of

almost everything, that we have so

much poverty.

Robert Blagen

Youngstown, Alta.

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Utility fee relief for residents suffering COVID-19 shock

Stu Salkeld

Local Journalism Initiative reporter

ECA Review

The Village of Clive will leave a

bylaw amendment in place to ease

financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

after a discussion at their Dec.

14 regular meeting of council.

Village Chief Administrative Officer

(CAO) Carla Kenney presented councillors

with an agenda item on

rescinding Bylaw #541-20 which was

approved earlier this year to amend

Master Rates and Fees Bylaw #541-20 –

to waive the Utility Transfer fee.

Encouraged by the provincial government

earlier this year, many

municipalities across Alberta adopted

measures to ease the burden of the

COVID-19 pandemic on their residents,

including the waiving of late penalties

on unpaid property taxes and utility

bills, and regular readers of the ECA

Review would have noticed a number

of requests coming from residents

requesting relief from taxes and fees,

usually attributed to financial difficulties

caused, directly or indirectly, by

the pandemic.

Kenney noted in a typical year the

village, when facing unpaid utility

bills, moves that unpaid debt over to a

property owner’s tax roll. She also

noted the village charges a $40 fee to do

so.

Bylaw #541-20 waives this fee.

Kenney pointed out the Dec. 14 regular

meeting would be the last regular

meeting of council before the new year

and on Jan. 1, 2021, an 18 per cent penalty

would be applied.

She stated councillors had to decide

whether they would keep the bylaw

Over $90,000 raised

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Submitted

Amy Roberts, chairperson of the

Festival of Lights committee,

announced Dec.21 that the annual

event raised just over $90,000 to purchase

Emergency Room (ER)

equipment at the Stettler Hospital.

“This was a very different year,”

commented Roberts.

“Donations were even better than

last year and nothing short of incredible.

I am constantly amazed at the

generosity of Stettler and surrounding

areas.

“Thank you to the committee for

being able to change plans at the last

minute. We look forward to seeing

everyone next year.”

The annual Festival of Lights event

had to change plans at the last minute

Auction items were given to help support

the Stettler Hospital in fundraising efforts.


CLIVE COUNCIL

due to COVID-19 restrictions and no

events were held at the Stettler

Community Hall.

An online auction and art and food

events that were non-contact were

implemented.

There is still time to donate to this

fundraiser for the Stettler Hospital.

To donate visit https://www.stettlerhealthfoundation.com/donate-now/.

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and customers like you!

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May 2021 be a

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As we celebrate the birth of our Savior,

we give thanks for the many blessings and

good fortune he has bestowed upon us.

amendment in pace or rescind it and

go back to charging the fee.

In her report the CAO noted the

same number of accounts in Clive

would be affected by this change in

2020 as would have been affected one

year ago, that number being 24.

Coun. Susan Russell stated waiving

the fee again would set a precedent, but

at the same time she understood that

many residents continue to suffer due

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to the pandemic.

Kenney pointed out the utility

transfer fee doesn’t involve a huge

amount of staff time and would add up

to about $1,000 if it was applied to all 24

accounts.

Councillors eventually decided to

leave the amended bylaw in place

which waives the $40 utility transfer

fee.

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Scapa area ranchers memorialize

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by Mark Kihn

I hope the locals can forgive me, but

there just isn’t much to this hamlet.

Located 28 km north of

Hanna, the heyday of Scapa,

Alta., came and went a long

time ago.

Scapa’s only claim to

fame is one of tragedy. On

Jan. 29, 1907 a fierce blizzard

struck. When it ended

a few days later, two men

were dead, about 550 head of

beef cattle and horses perished,

and only one man

barely survived. Montana

rancher Lee Brainard took

too many risks in an

unknown country in a

harsh winter.

The result was inevitable.

“He was a little reckless, but he had a

lot of determination,” analyzed Scapa

farmer Leo Erion, 74.

In 2007, a retired RCMP officer from

Stettler, Alta., came out and visited a

few local ranchers.

The officer’s purpose was to ascertain

where the blizzard had struck,

where the men and beasts died, and

where Brainard began his walk for

survival.

The officer met with rancher Gus

Mattheis, now deceased (tragically, in

a farm tractor rollover accident, Sept.,

2015). Mattheis began the idea of a

memorial site almost exactly where the

tragedy had unfolded 100 years earlier.

“It’s within half a mile of the memorial

site,” Erion suggested. He lives

close by. The site is about two km.

south of Scapa on Range Rd 150, which

connects Scapa to Hanna.

Erion remembers Mattheis organizing

meetings of area farmers and

ranchers.

“A few of us in the community got

behind it,” Erion said. The plaque was

cast in nearby Alliance, Alta. It cost

only $120. “We all chipped in,” he

noted.

Leo Erion helped

with the Scapa

blizzard memorial.

He lives nearby.

“We got the wording from the

Glenbow Museum (Calgary) archives,”

Erion said. The humble site is road

allowance land.

Local planners chose a huge

rock “because it resembles a

saddle or a sway-backed horse,”

Erion said. The old Maple log at

the top is from the area – any

around were grown for shelterbelts,

he added.

Death Rode the Blast

The tragic tale, headlined

“Death Rode the Blast,” is

recounted exhaustively in the

August 1951 edition of

Canadian Cattlemen. And a

decade or so ago, area rancher,

Helen Brunner Standing, retold

the sad tale in a 3-page poem

entitled “Death in the Blizzard’s

Wake.”

She grew up on a ranch three miles

south of the tragedy site, a ranch now

owned and operated by Standing’s

niece, Shawna Brunner, and her husband,

Lowell Johnston.

Dreamy ‘chinook’ belt

Both accounts tell of Brainard

seeking more open space from his confines

at Bozeman, Montana.

His wife had died and so he took his

teenage son, elderly hired man and

livestock, and in mid-summer of 1906

he struck out for this dreamy “chinook

belt” nirvana in East Central Alberta.

At Medicine Hat, the RCMP had

warned Brainard of the perils of the

raw frontier in winter. He ignored

them. He settled briefly in the fall

about three miles north of Richdale,

Alta., alongside Berry Creek.

However, one October morning

Brainard awoke to snow on the

ground. And to his dismay, it never

melted. No chinook arrived.

In fact, more snow piled up. Their

only shelter was a covered wagon. The

cattle and horses had to rustle their

own food. The temperatures soon hovered

at 30 to 40F below zero. Cattle

began to die.

On Jan. 29, 1907, a warm chinook

finally blew in and caressed the cowboys.

They worked in shirtsleeves.

Brainard decided to move northwards,

maybe 12 miles, likely towards

the southwestern edge of Sullivan

Lake. He used the horses to break the

trail. They were headed to Hunts’

ranch and feedlot about five miles

southeast of Endiang, Alta.

Brainard had met the Hunt brothers

a few months back and they had urged

him to bring his stock there for the

winter.

A fall prairie fire had burned much

of the standing grass. He had refused

until now.

In late afternoon, the wind died

down and a mild calm settled in. The

group ate supper.

Grey wall descends

Young Albert suddenly jumped up

and yelled “For God’s sake! Look

what’s coming!” the 1951 Cattlemen

account states. A grey wall descended

upon them from the northwest.

In the space of maybe two days,

White and the boy were dead, along

with most of the livestock.

Brainard had warmer winter clothes

and so he stumbled off towards the

Hunt place, sometimes crawling on all

fours.

He followed a fence-line and incredibly,

he found the Hunt shack and

collapsed against the door. He had

survived.

“It puzzles me to this day as to “How

did he find the Hunt ranch?’” Erion

asks. “It must have been an eight mile

walk in the blizzard.”

His other question is “Where are the

two bodies buried?”

Brainard went on to lose nine toes.

However, he recovered and rebounded.

He and his new wife had two daughters.

He ranched in the Fort St. John,

B.C., area until his death in 1938 at age

79.

In 2019, Brainard’s grandson, Merle

Keddie of Hythe, Alta., came out on a

goose-hunting trip. He met with several

ranchers and sought answers to a

few questions.

Keddie met with Maureen (nee Hunt)

Wasdal, Endiang, Alta. Her grandfather,

Harold, was one of the three Hunt

brothers who had been in the farm

shack when Brainard had banged on

the door that blizzard evening in 1907.

Wasdal noted that her family still

has a saddle from the Brainard horses.

She is unsure if it is Lee Brainard’s

actual saddle.

Wasdal and Erion both mentioned

that locals and Keddie had planned a

get-together for this past summer at

the Scapa Hall to re-visit the tragedy

and perhaps fill in a few gaps of information.

The COVID 19 pandemic put a

halt to that idea.

“Perhaps next year,” Wasdal

suggested.

Mark Kihn grew up on a mixed farm

at Basswood, Man. He writes out of

Calgary.

The inscription on the Scapa

Memorial reads:

End of a Dream

The Brainard Tragedy Site

“In the winter of 1907 Lee

Brainard and his son, Albert Day

Brainard, and his hired man,

Hampson White, were moving

450 head of cattle and 100 horses

to the Hunt Ranch when they

were caught in a winter blizzard.

Albert and Hampson and most of

the cattle and some of the horses

perished in the storm at this

approximate site.”

The late Gus

Mattheis began

the idea for a

memorial for the Brainard Tragedy that is located

about 2 kms. south of Scapa, Alta. The huge rock

was chosen because it resembles a saddle or a

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OBITUARIES

Really enjoyed working, talking with people

Sid Parker passed away on

Dec. 26 at the age of 86 after a

short stay in hospital.

He lived at Rutherford

Heights Seniors Residence in

Edmonton.

Sid, the youngest of five

brothers, was born on the

family homestead at Loon Lake,

Sask.

His family moved to

Vancouver when he was in

Grade 2. He met Kathleen (Kay)

Jones from Major, Sask. who

had also moved with her family

to Vancouver.

They married and had two

daughters: Elisebeth and Judy.

In 1964, the family moved to

Coronation where they were the

proud owners of Parker’s

Variety Store in Coronation,

with a second store in Consort

for a few years.

Sid loved his work at the

store, talking to people and

working to make the store in

“beautiful downtown

Coronation” the best place to

shop anywhere.

He was on town council for

many years and filled in as

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He was active in the Kinsmen

Club and was part of the crew

that built the rodeo grounds in

the 1970’s. He was also a

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He really enjoyed working

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No formal service to be held

Murney

Cont’d from Pg 7

We won’t dwell on the most

egregious misrepresentations

in the letter; for example, we

have never accused Google of

“stealing” content, as they

claim.

They also state “not all publishers

agree with News Media

Canada”; in fact, we represent

the publishers of the daily,

regional, community and ethnocultural

news publications

that account for more than 90

per cent of news media

readership in Canada.

Instead, we will focus on

the substantive claims

made by Google. They are

as important for what they

omit, as what they

purport.

Google claims that they

did not cause “the disruption

of the newspaper

business model,” implying

that what they dismissively

refer to as “legacy

media” has not kept up

with changing technology.

In fact, Canadian newspaper

publishers, large and small,

have been in the forefront of

adapting to the digital world

since the introduction of the

Internet in the 1990s.

In smaller, non-urban markets,

independent publishers

like the Neepawa Banner &

Press (MB) and Island Press

Inc. (PEI), have developed podcasts

and digital video series to

complement print editions in

addition to pdf replicas, website

e-editions and mobile apps.

Google also claims that “it

does not earn meaningful revenues

from news.” We will leave

it to you to decide what

quantum constitutes “meaningful

revenues” for a company

that earned more than CD$200

billion in revenues last year,

and is setting new revenue

records this year: raking in

almost CD$60 billion in revenues

in Q3 alone this year.

Google also neglects to

acknowledge in its letter that it

and its fellow Internet

monopoly, Facebook, combined

collect 80 per cent of all online

Stuart Howard Murney

1933 ~ 2020

Stuart Howard Murney, age 87,

passed away at the Hanna Hospital on

Dec. 23, 2020.

He was born on June 18, 1933 in

Millbrook, Ont.

Stuart is survived by his wife Ann;

daughters: Shannon Beaudoin and

family of Red Deer, Alta. and Nancy

advertising revenues in

Canada.

Google’s omissions of facts

and context are deliberate – and

deliberately misleading. So are

claims such as “Google does not

set ad prices… (they) are driven

by real time auctions”. Google

uses its immense size and

wealth and its uncontested

market domination to lay claim

to the lion’s share of all advertising.

By any measure, this is

an abuse of power.

Google has a monopoly over

every step of buying and selling

digital advertising.

Since 2001 Google has aggressively

acquired digital display

advertising technology companies

that posed any threat.

Former competitors have

been integrated into their global

ecosystem.

Google now controls and

derives revenue from every

aspect of the digital advertising

supply chain for publishers and

advertisers.

Google technology powers the

ad systems used to display ads

on publisher websites; is used to

offer those placements to the

market for purchase (bidding);

is the base for the systems used

in bidding on the placement of

those ads; is used for targeting

consumers, and tracking how

those ads perform; and is used

to verify the deliverability of

those ads.

There is no aspect of digital

advertising that Google does not

touch. This, coupled with their

dominance as a search engine,

where people routinely go to

Pritchard and family of Belleville, Ont.

No formal funeral service will be

held.

If one desires, donations in his

memory can be made directly to the

Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Hanna Funeral Services Ltd.,

entrusted with the care and arrangements;

403-854-5956, www.

hannafuneral.ca.

find news stories, makes them a

clear monopoly.

Google is the auction, the

auctioneer, the product, the

buyer and the seller.

The letter MPs received from

Google is part of a stepped-up

effort on their part to fight back

against what is a growing rejection

of their abuse of power in

democracies around the world.

The alarm we raised in our

report, Levelling the Digital

Playing Field, has been subsequently

echoed in even

more recent reports in the

United States Senate (Local

Journalism: America’s

Most Trusted News

Sources Threatened) and

the British House of Lords

(Breaking News? The

Future of UK Journalism).

Google would have you

believe that not only is

News Media Canada

wrong, but so too are our

country’s closest allies –

the United States and the

United Kingdom.

Another close ally, Australia,

is taking decisive action to

ensure a fair online market for

media in their country.

We believe – given our similar

legal and federal political

systems, and our similar cultures

and economies – that

same approach would work

here in Canada.

We believe this solution

would work well in Canada

because it requires no government

funding or new or

increased taxes or user fees.

All it requires is for our MPs

to exercise their responsibility

to protect Canadians and

Canadian businesses of all sizes

from the predatory and

destructive practices of a powerful

monopoly, and to ensure

fair competition.

Interests as powerful as

Google and Facebook won’t

allow this to happen without a

fight. Based on their behaviour

in other jurisdictions, we

can expect bare-knuckled lobbying

and outright threats will

follow.

That has certainly been the

main street) where the town

could come together.

Sid and Kay sold the store

in 1991 and retired in

the Okanagan.

Sadly, Kay passed

away in 1992.

People who

remember Sid and

Kay together will

remember how close

and loving they

were, and he never

fully got over her

loss.

Parker

However, he had

many happy years in

Kelowna and then Vernon.

He was a very active volunteer

for the Okanagan

Symphony and that’s where

he met Patricia Corbet who

was his loving partner for

many years.

In 2016 he moved to

Edmonton to be with his

family: Elisebeth and David

Checkel and grandsons

Ryan Checkel and Patrick

OBITUARY

Checkel (Caitlyn Vliet); and

Judy and Richard Laslo.

Because of the pandemic

there will not be

a public memorial

service, but

if you remember

Sid (and Kay)

please take a

minute to think

of them and

maybe raise a

glass in their

memory.

Donations to

the Okanagan

Symphony

Orchestra would be gratefully

received.

Card of Thanks

The family would like to

thank the staff at

Rutherford Heights Seniors

Residence for their amazing

kindness to him, especially

during these challenging

pandemic times.

We will continue to champion the interests of local news

“

We also believe this

solution would work well

in Canada because it

requires no government

funding or new or

increased taxes or

user fees.

“

case in Australia and

Europe, for example.

and the communities that

we serve across Canada.

We agree with one sentence

in the Google letter:

“No, the news business is

not the same as it was two

decades ago. Innovative

Canadians are making it

better.”

These are the women and

men in newsrooms across

Canada. Real journalists,

reporting real news and

using new, innovative ways

of reaching Canadians.

We will continue to fight

for them and their communities,

even in the face of

powerful multinationals

who produce no journalism

and seek to strip the profits

from the work of others.

We hope that, by taking

the legislative action we outline

in our report, MPs from

all parties and all regions in

Canada will stand with us.

John Hinds

President and CEO

News Media Canada

JOY MARLENE PERRY

August 20,1965- November 19,2020

With heavy hearts we

announce the passing of

Joy Perry at the age of 55.

Joy was pre-deceased by

her mother Gail Perry. She

is survived by her father

John Perry of Delburne,

and her sisters Lisa Scott,

Shelly Perry, and Sandra

Ferguson. Read full obituary

at Red Deer

Advocate: Obituary. To

view a recording of the

service: https://youtu.be/

KAWs-WOFW1Y.

Donations: www.andychurch.com

The family of Regina Marshall (nee Hintz)

would like to thank everyone who supported us with the

care of our mom over the last couple of years.

We would especially like to thank Dr Francois DuToit, staff

of IDA Pharmacy, the management and staff of Points West

Living Stettler and the caring nursing staff at the Stettler

Health Centre acute care.

We also very much appreciated all

the countless visits and support by

Pastor Jonathan Aicken,

St. Peter Lutheran Church.


Bad debt has been

estimated at $2,500,000

Cont’d from Pg 2

The Provincial Education

Requisition Credit (PERC) credit is

estimated at $225,000 for writing off

Trident’s 2020 taxes.

Under the second option, they

expect $14,595,133 in total revenue.

As for expenses, Fazekas tried to

restore 2019 levels for some budgeted

expenses.

Wages have been increased to

accommodate hiring more seasonal

staff and training and convention

expenses have also gone up across all

departments to address specific needs

in the hopes of returning to normal

soon.

There are no increase to salaries or

wages but the health and wellness

benefit has been included unlike other

years.

Financial system training is

required for staff in order to implement

cost-saving measures such as

direct deposit for accounts payable and

tax collection.

Starland has financial commitments

to Delia School Enhancement

Society for $50,000 and to Prairie Land

School Division for the new Morrin

School for $100,000.

An estimated $150,000 for interest in

short term debt is suspected.

Bad debt has been estimated at

$2,500,000 from Trident which is equal

to the 2020 bad debt expense recorded.

Fazekas noted this figure is high as

Trident has since sold some assets

which will allow the county to continue

collecting linear taxes in 2021.

Requisitions are estimated to be

similar to the 2020 rates using current

assessment values.

Police costs are being absorbed by

the general municipal tax levy at

$61,000.

Water rate changes

In early 2019, council introduced a

new bylaw that governs water utility

services within the county.

Council agreed to update the bylaw

to reflect current prices and help with

cost recovery and water

infrastructure.

Treated to the door represents the

majority of users from urban and

rural areas excluding Rumsey and the

truckfills.

Rumsey lacks water metres which

necessitates a flat rate based on

average use by village residents.

The current rate for most users was

at $3.56 but has now been upped to

$3.97 with an increase to $4.38 in 2022.

Truckfills non-coin operated were

set at the same rates.

Coin truckfills are staying the same

at $1.65.

Rumsey’s flat water rate is set at

$35.20 but has now increased to $42.80

for this year.

By 2022, it is estimated to cost $50.40

and then $58 in 2023.

Public participation policy

Council has accepted the public participation

policy as amended.

Initial changes regarding how the

county will engage with the community

whether it be through town halls

or online surveys suggested by the

Municipal Accountability Program

committee.

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From All of Us toAll of You!

At the grand opening of a brand-new year, we’re filled with

gratitude for the support and friendship this community has

shown us, and we look forward to sharing more good times with

all of you in 2021 and beyond. We hope the coming year brings

nothing but the best to you and yours. Thank you for your

patronage and your trust in us.

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Delburne

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Generations

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403-742-5667

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Welding

403-742-3906

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403-742-8082

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Hauling Services

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Dental

780-374-3833

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