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6 January 13'22 Hanna/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB. ECA REVIEW OPINION The opinions expressed are not necessarily the opinions of this newspaper. EDITORIAL Confronting the truth brings healing R R R R R Published by Coronation Review Limited Brenda Schimke ECA Review “The parties must decide whether they will continue to sit beside the trail or move forward in a spirit of reconciliation”, words spoken by Justice Paul Favel of the Federal Court in 2019. He denied the government’s request to set aside the Human Rights Tribunal 2016 judgment compensating First Nations children who experienced lifelong hardships as a result of chronic underfunding of family and child services on reserve. “Negotiations”, he said, “could help realize the goal of reconciliation and would be the preferred outcome for both Indigenous people and Canada.” We will never know if Justice Favel’s wise words had an impact on the government’s decision to cease 14 years of litigation, but on January 4, the federal government, the Assembly of First Nations, and Chiefs of Ontario came to a negotiated settlement. We do know that trust is a key component for any negotiated settlement. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper never garnered that trust with First Nations and current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had the talk, but proved in his first six years in office that he had no substance. Recently Trudeau did one thing right. He appointed Marc Miller Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister, and Patty Hajdu Indigenous Services Minister two of the most sincere and humble politicians of our time. Their talk and their actions have always shown genuine love and respect for our Indigenous peoples. The quality of a democracy, our society and our collective souls is displayed by how we treat each other, our ability to acknowledge wrong and our commitment to try and right the wrong. After our shameful history with residential schools, we then subjected First Nations children living on reserves and in the Yukon territory to a family services system whose two main funding mechanisms incentivized removing First Nation’s children from their families and communities. It is estimated that there are 115,000 children who were separated from family and community because the previous and current federal governments wouldn’t accept the root cause was poverty—inadequate housing, food security and clothing. Not Subscriptions: $52.50 in Canada; $98.70 in US; $183.75 Overseas. “ Unlike most countries, Canadians seem much more willing to acknowledge the truth and commit to reconciliation. That should give us all hope for 2022. forgotten in the settlement are the parents and grandparents who had their children and grandchildren ripped away, some at the moment of birth. This settlement also covers an additional 100,000 children plus, who were discriminated against because the government did not provide timely health, education and social services, better known as Jordan’s Principle. Half of the $40B settlement will go to the children, parents and grandparents, a minimum of $40,000 each with more for those who spent longer time in the system. The other half, thankfully, will go to changing the system with First Nations and government officials working together. Hopefully this initiative will end wasteful and unsatisfactory lawsuits and class actions—the only recourse until now for Indigenous peoples to get the attention of the voting public and force the government’s hand. Unlike most countries, Canadians seem much more willing to acknowledge the truth and commit to reconciliation. That should give us all hope for 2022. The truth is hard to confront—murdered and missing women, over-representation of aboriginals in our justice system, decades-long boil water orders, residential schools, discovery of aboriginal children in unmarked graves, discriminatory funding for education and family and child services on reserves, the forced loss of culture and languages, industrial expansion without meaningful consultation and discriminatory policing. This negotiated settlement is an acknowledgement that our Indigenous children have always been treated differently than other Canadian children. It’s another small step forward to help cleanse our nation’s soul and restore our Indigenous peoples. 72 pt East Central Alberta EVIEW 60 pt 48 pt 36 pt Website ECAreview.com Office Hours Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 5 pm R 30 pt 4921 - Victoria Avenue Tel. (403) 578-4111 R 24 pt Mail: Box 70, Coronation, AB Canada, T0C 1C0 “ LETTERS POLICY • Letters to the Editor are welcomed • Must be signed and a phone number included so the writer’s identity can be verified. • ECA Review reserves the right to edit letters for legal considerations, taste and brevity. Letters and columns submitted are not necessarily the opinion of this newspaper. MEMBER OF: MAIL BAG Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada. JOYCE WEBSTER Publisher/Editor publisher@ECAreview.com YVONNE THULIEN Marketing/Digital 403-575-9474 digital@ECAreview.com MAIL BAG Demand return to democracy Dear Editor, This is an open letter for all Albertans regarding the state of public health emergency. I would like to acknowledge and thank Todd Loewen, MLA for Central Peace-Notley for bringing to light these issues and producing a very informative video on the subject. The following information is based on that video. I hope you find it helpful. In Alberta, the Public Health Act contains the authority to declare a public health emergency. Over the past two years, the Kenney government has enacted three public health emergencies by Orders in Council: the first on March 17, 2020, the second on Nov. 24, 2020 and the third on Sept. 15, 2021. These orders were declared for pandemic influenza, so they lasted for 90 days each. A resolution would have to be introduced into the Legislative Assembly for these orders to be extended. This has never occurred, so the emergency orders have simply lapsed after 90 days. Alberta’s most recent order declaring a public health emergency lapsed on Dec. 15, 2021. It was not extended and Alberta no longer has a public health emergency order. What happens then to the Restriction Exemption Program, and other public health orders that were introduced by the Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) since September? It turns out that while Jason Kenney was telling Albertans the province would be open for summer, he was ‘Sentinels of absurdity’ Dear Editor, It seems one characteristic of “Woke” Cancel Culture Political Correctness run amok and the cancelling of the fossil fuel industry in North America is, as long as it fits the radical leftist narrative and there are fortunes to be gleaned, it matters not how utterly impractical and unsubstantiated the scheme. As I write (Dec. 31-0530 hrs.) in Coronation the mercury sits at -34°C, wind speed is 10 km/hr. The monuments to ignorance otherwise known as wind turbines in the Paintearth Wind Farm are producing nothing. Most life long Albertans are aware that during prolonged extreme cold spells the wind tends to fall still. Turn to Seems, Pg 7 BRENDA SCHIMKE Editorial Writer JUDY WALGENBACH Marketing 403-740-2492 marketing@ECAreview.com also making sidebar amendments to the Public Health Act that he’d introduce at a later date. Most of these amendments were passed on June 17, 2021 by Bill 66. However, sections 29.1 (1), (2) and (3) were not passed on June 17. Rather, the government sat on those sections until Dec. 15, 2021 (the same day the emergency order lapsed) and passed them by Proclamation. Sections 29.1(1), (2) & (3) validate every CMOH order up until Dec. 15, 2021. These public health orders are written and signed by Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s CMOH. Therefore, even though Alberta is no longer in a state of public health emergency, orders that have been implemented by Deena Hinshaw up until Dec. 15 are still valid. An example of this is CMOH Order 54-2021 which revises the Restriction Exemption Program. This order was signed on Dec. 10, 2021 and is now declared valid through these sidebar amendments to the Public Health Act. Most importantly this Order states it will remain “in effect until rescinded by the Chief Medical Officer of Health.” In other words, there is no end to the public health restrictions until Deena Hinshaw says so. If this is not enough, Deena Hinshaw passed another order on Dec. 16, 2021 (CMOH Order 55- 2021). Alberta does not have an emergency order in place. Nonetheless, this Order was passed because the CMOH is able to carry out an investigation and confirm “the existence of a public health emergency” (Public Health Act, section 29(2.1)). This Order outlines the provincewide mandates for masking, physical distancing, private social gatherings, and restrictions for places of worship, businesses, restaurants, bars, gyms and schools. Order 59-2021 was signed by Deena Hinshaw on Dec. 24, 2021 and it limits event attendance to 50 per cent and cancels all food/beverage sales at events, among other things. Turn to Democracy, Pg 12 TERRI HUXLEY Reporter 587-321-0030 news1@ECAreview.com SHEREE BAILLIE Marketing 587-990-4818 contact@ECAreview.com NIAOMI DYCK Circulation STU SALKELD LJI Reporter 403-741-2615 reporter@ECAreview.com LISA MYERS-SORTLAND Graphic Artist R 18 pt
AGRICULTURAL REAL ESTATE ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB January 13'22 7 Seems most fitting that the buck stops here Cont’d from Pg 6 Same thing with hot spells. But the minds of the various Government Departmental Bureaucracies who give consent to wind projects are already made up so it’s not exactly kosher to confuse them with facts. Once the Quebec Drama Teacher succeeds in destroying the fossil fuel industry in Alberta and Saskatchewan including natural gas supposedly by 2030, how will home heating systems function on such mornings as this? How will ‘taxpayer subsidized’ Tesla cars get charged up? There is not a snowball’s chance in Hades that it can happen on stored electrical juice. The socialist, Notley, has already saddled Albertans with the enormous expense of killing the coal industry (including clean coal) so, having thrown the baby out with the bath water, don’t look for that alternative to return anytime soon. The real “inconvenient truth” is the only thing these ‘Sentinels of Absurdity’ can ever succeed at is the killing of protected, threatened, vulnerable or endangered bird species such as Snowy Owls, Bald Eagles, Raptors (Hawks), Whooping Cranes and others. In Alberta, anyone who intentionally or knowingly and negligently causes the death of a Bald Eagle is guilty of a Criminal Offence punishable by a $100,000 fine and/or two years in prison. So who among all the Profiteers and Bureaucratic Officials giving the nod to wind projects will accept the rap? Bet your keister that none will be jumping over each other to put up their hand. Yes, there’s safety in numbers. But considering the broad spectrum approval process it would seem most fitting that the buck stops here. Liability and culpability should necessarily rest with the Principal CROP LAND 2700 acres - south of Veteran 4500 acres - Chinook area 6000 acres - Cereal area 2400 acres - south of Hanna Call Dallas Ellerby Your Farm & Ranch Specialist 403.578.8105 LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER 15 miles north of Edgerton, Alberta 15 miles south of Paradise Valley, Alberta N 1/2 33-45-3-W4M 175 acres cultivated 143 acres pasture Slough on the said lands $1,961. 00 oil & gas (pipeline) revenue Rent from Lease will not be adjusted but all surface rent paid after the closing date will be assigned to the Purchaser Seller makes no warranties or representations about the property’s size/ measurement, condition or environmental status Mineral rights are not included in the sale. For further information, contact Wendy at 780-806-9377 Purchaser must be a GST Registrant and shalI be responsible for GST. No offers will be considered which are subject to financing. Bids will only be considered on the total package. Benefactor of wind projects within the county, that being The County of Paintearth and The Paintearth Municipal Planning Commission. Since when does the killing of birds become justifiable so long as it occurs in the name of the Climate Cult and “clean” energy? Blood on turbine rotor blades is not clean energy. Is anyone employed to go around and collect, identify and count the numbers of dead or maimed creatures? Were the results photographed and recorded for all to see? And if not, why not? Why do the RCMP turn a blind eye and allow this to be swept under the rug? What about the Fish and Wildlife Department? Surely they are aware. But what have they actually done about it besides paying casual lip service? Does the problem somehow hearken back to Government Officials such as our Grandiose Illustrious Leader being immune and above the law for committing a Criminal Offence such as Obstruction of Justice? Always enjoyed Dear Editor, Just a note to wish you a Happy and Healthy 2022. Thanks for your great weekly paper. We always enjoy it! Don & Rose Wesner Stettler, Alta. LAND FOR SALE The highest and/or any bid will not necessarily be accepted. If the successful bidder does not complete the purchase after the acceptance of the Tender the deposit shall be forfeited. Cheques of unsuccessful bidders shall be returned to them. Tenders in sealed envelopes noting the “Land Location” must be received by 12:00 p.m. on January 17, 2022 in the office of Nickerson Roberts Holinski & Mercer at 608-10 Street, Wainwright, AB T9W 1E2 and be accompanied by a certified cheques or bank draft in the amount of 5% of the value of the bid payable in trust to Nickerson Roberts Holinski & Mercer, Barristers and Solicitors. The sale and full payment are to be completed March 30, 2022. GRASS LAND 24 quarters - south of Veteran 16 quarters - south of Veteran 90 quarters - Youngstown area 117 quarters - south of Youngstown www.greaterpropertygroup.com GREATER PROPERTY GROUP cancow@ xplornet.com Does this state of affairs apply to all Government Officials anywhere in Canada and at every level? Here’s a question for Potential Renewables. Are you going to renew the Bald Eagles after they go extinct? After wind turbines are finally thrown on the scrap heap of the ‘History Of Man’s Folly’, I suspect that the only ones who will ultimately be made to pay the price will be the beautiful and majestic winged progeny of the dinosaurs themselves. Or at least those examples which may still remain, as God sees the Sparrow fall. That is unless others take a stand and speak up. Maybe read the back of the new vertical 10 dollar bill. Lee Hudson Calgary/County of Paintearth FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER NW 17-31-26-W4 (153 acres more or less) 120 acres more or less of No. 3t and 3m soil under cultivation and 33 acres more or less of lower wet lands along the south boundary located in MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY. The property has perimeter fencing and bordered to the west by a county gravel roadway. Property receives $2,676.00/yr surface lease revenue. Please contact Norman L. Tainsh Prof. Corp. at 403-443-2200 or by email (ntainsh@tainsh.ca) to obtain terms and conditions of the tender and a tender submission form. Submissions are due by 12:00 o’clock noon on Friday, the 4th day of February, A.D. 2022. FARM LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER SW 17-31-26-W4 (141 acres more or less) 116 acres more or less of No. 3m and No. 1 soil under cultivation and 25 acres more or less of lower wet lands along the north and west boundary located in MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY. The property has perimeter fencing, bordered to the west by a county gravel roadway and to the south by Highway 582. Property receives $2,040.00/yr surface lease revenue. Please contact Norman L. Tainsh Prof. Corp. at 403-443-2200 or by email (ntainsh@tainsh.ca) to obtain terms and conditions of the tender and a tender submission form. Submissions are due by 12:00 o’clock noon on Friday, the 4th day of February, A.D. 2022. CONSORT LAND FOR SALE BY TENDER Tenders will be received by Smith & Hersey Agribusiness Law until the deadline of 4:00 p.m. on March 16th, 2022, for the sale of the following Land: 7,616.14 total acres (48 1/4s) • 3,329.52 acres of Special Areas Grazing Lease • 4,289.62 acres of titled land – • 2,408.81 cultivated acres (includes 933 acres of hay and seeded grass) • Opportunity for additional acres to be converted to cultivated • Land located in one block • Annual surface lease income of $13,225.00 • Home 1/4 includes: • 2 homes – 350,000 sq ft of corrals – 26,650 bu bin space – numerous outbuildings including 4 pole sheds/Quonsets – 1,600 ft of fence line feeders • Additional information available at www.magillranch.ca Land is located SW of Consort, AB, 12 miles south on Hwy 884 and 2 miles east on Township Rd 33-4. Tenders on the Land must be accompanied by a certified cheque, bank draft, or electronic transfer to “Smith & Hersey Agribusiness Law” for 1.5% of the bid amount. The deposit will be returned if the tender is not accepted. If a tender is accepted and the bidder does not proceed with the sale, the deposit of the bidder will be forfeited to the owner. The balance of the tender price will be owed upon closing on April 27, 2022. The owner and the successful bidder will each be responsible for their own legal fees. Bidders must understand that a tender is an unconditional offer to purchase the Land and rely on their own research of the Lands. Any information provided is for reference sake alone. The Vendor requests bids for all or portions of the land. Any bid for the entire portion must include the home section. Should a potential purchaser have any questions regarding this tender, please contact the Vendor’s lawyer Reid Wilkie at the number below. The owner has complete discretion to accept the highest or any tender. Tenders shall be delivered via email, in person, or via mail in an envelope marked “Land Tender” to: Smith & Hersey Agribusiness Law Attention: Reid A. Wilkie Box 95 Consort, AB, T0C 1B0 Phone: 403.527.5506 Email: reid@smithhersey.com In person to Reid Wilkie in Consort every Wednesday Please contact Reid Wilkie to arrange for additional information tender package, property viewing, and deposit procedure.
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