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Jessa Heatherington satisfied with international experience MOUSH SARA JOHN WEEKENDER REPORTER Jessa Heatherington was the first female archer to represent William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) World tournament in July 2015. But Heatherington remains grounded after the experience. “Honestly, I didn’t go to Worlds or All-Stars to win, I went for the experience and I met people from all around the world who love archery just as much as I do,” said Heatherington. “I now have amazing friends from not only across Canada, but across the world, and I made memories that I will remember for the rest of my life, such as international Duck Duck Goose started from Will Roberts’
uncanny ability to start a game of it in every situation, or finding out how many Canadians we can stuff in a tiny elevator, the answer of which is 26 by the way.” It has not been an easy road for the 11th grader with hours of practice every single day, leaving very little room for anything else. Speaking about how she remained motivated all through those weeks leading up to the competitions, Heatherington comes across as a self-assured, gritty 16-year-old. “At both provincials and nationals, my driving force was ‘I will make it on the All-Stars team’ I wanted it so bad,” said Heatherington. “While I was at Worlds and AllStars, I just kept thinking ‘I’m here to represent Stettler, Alberta. I’m the
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Jessa Heatherington with her bow and target board discusses her experience at the NASP All-Star World Championship 2015 and NASP world tournament.
first girl to ever represent William E. Hay at the NASP World tournament, I need to make my town proud.’ It was my way to stay focused.” Heatherington does not allow one arrow to influence the next, a philosophy she learnt from her coaches. “If I know I’m not doing as well as I would like, I usually try to stretch and then relax my muscles,” said Heatherington. “My coaches have told me to not let one arrow influence the next, and not to think about the past few rounds, so I try and distract myself.” Heatherington added, “There are days that I am really not good at it, but I still try.” Heatherington began taking archery lessons in 2013, a couple of years back, but she has already set targets for herself and is in love with the sport. “I do plan to continue with archery after I graduate,” said Heatherington. “I’ve always wanted to try using a recurve bow, maybe I’ll try Olympic archery. I’m really not sure right now. I just know that I won’t give it up. I love it too much.” Although archery is Heatherington’s sport, she has been dancing since she has been three, but as any professional she uses her lessons from each discipline to propel her forward. According to
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Stettler’s Jessa Heatherington of William E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus represented Canada in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) 2015 All-Star World Championship in July 2015. Heatherington, both archery and dance are very similar, and they work well together. “In both cases, you strive for improvement and to be the best of yourself,” said Heatherington. “Also, a lot of the things I have learned from dance have helped me in archery, and many of the things from archery have helped me in dance.” Discussing how, Heatherington explained, “My posture and strength to begin with helped me to have a bit of a foundation before I began archery, and the strength and attention to details that I have built
from archery has helped me in dance.” Next year will mark Heatherington’s 14 years in the world of dancing. “It’s what I love to do, just like archery, and I dance up to five hours a night, four nights a week, taking lessons in every genre offered in Stettler, including tap, jazz, ballet, highland, musical theatre, pointe, acro, hiphop, modern, contemporary, and lyrical at Rhonda McCulloch Danceology,” said Heatherington. “My dancing has taken me to amazing places; not only have I won talent shows, and awards at dance com-
petitions for solos, duets, trios, and group numbers, I have also travelled to Vancouver, New York, and Los Angeles with my dance studio (Rhonda McCulloch Danceology).” Not only is Heatherington a learner, but she also loves to help others with her skills. “While I love dancing, I love to help teach it too,” said Heatherington. “It makes me so happy to see younger kids at my studio grow up with their dancing, and I love having a positive influence on them.” continued on page 2
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Why it’s essential to understand risk: In order to plan for your financial future, you need to understand that risk and returns are intertwined, you can’t have one without the other. In general, taking on more risk can potentially provide both greater rewards and greater losses. It’s important to note too that investment risks go beyond the normal ups and downs related to market volatility. Some risks of low-risk investments: Low-risk doesn’t mean risk-free. Here are two examples of the risks associated with low-risk investments. The first is inflation; if your returns don’t keep up with it, the future purchasing power of your savings can be significantly reduced even if you don’t make any withdrawals. The second is the risk of longevity, the possibility that you could outlive your money if your investment growth doesn’t keep up with what you spend. Some risks of highrisk investments: Here are two examples of the
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risks associated with them. One is market risk – the chance that you could lose some or all of your money if the market value drops substantially. Investments outside Canada may also be subject to currency risk. For example, if you invest $100 CDN in a U.S. dollar denominated investment and the U.S. dollar declines by 10 per cent against the Canadian dollar, your investment will be worth $90 even though the U.S. investment value may not have changed. Risks with the wrong type of investment: An example of this is a 20 year old investing their RRSP contribution into a “safe” high interest savings account or a five year GIC paying 2 per
cent when they have 45 years or more of future growth potential. Why it’s important to work with an advisor: Risk affects people differently, so it’s important to discuss your personal feelings about risk with your advisor. Together, you can build a portfolio designed to achieve your goals that are within your comfort zone. Following are three strategies that can help you to manage risk, while alleviating the effects of market fluctuations. Dollar-cost averaging: Investing a small amount regularly lets you buy at different price points and average out the cost of your investments. Diversification is investing in different asset types (for example, stocks
and bonds), industries or countries to help reduce the impact of underperformance in any given category. Keeping pace with life’s changes by meeting regularly with your advisor and adjusting your portfolio as you move into different stages of life can help keep your investments aligned to your time horizon and tolerance for risk. Talk to your advisor if you have questions about fluctuations in the value of your investments. It’s important that you are comfortable with your portfolio, and that comfort comes when you have a better understanding of risk. Consider one of Warren Buffet’s favourite quotes: “Time in the market beats timing the market.” This is best illustrated by someone who invested just $100 in 1950 in the USA Small Cap Stock Index Fund and left it to grow, it would have a market value of close to half a million dollars today! This article courtesy of Manulife Financial’s Solutions Magazine
Jessa Heatherington satisfied with international experience continued from front page Jessa Heatherington was the first female archer to represent William E. Hay Stettler Unlike other teenagers, Heatherington plays a superb balancing act, which includes also doing well in academics.
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Heatherington was on the high school merit roll at the fourth annual Fall Honours Breakfast on Tuesday, Oct. 6. Looking back on her Worlds and All-Stars days, Heatherington said, “The experience was so meaningful for me, I was so sad when it was over, but I am grateful that I got to chance to take part in this experience.”
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A book to help you appreciate The extra chairs will never fit. Because of that, you’re not sure where you’ll squeeze ten guests at a table that holds four. You could move the TV, but the bathroom door’s in the way. Move the recliner to the bedroom, but that’s a pain. And yet, as you’ll see in “My Couch is Your Couch” by Gabriele Galimberti, at least you have those things to move. Five years ago, with wanderlust in his heart, Gabriele Galimberti decided to travel. He’d been “thinking for a long time about using couchsurfing as a way to do so” when an Italian magazine asked to follow his journey. “I was excited – and, at the same time, terrified,” he says. Couchsurfing, he explains, is a definite adventure. The good news: as a “basic rule,” overnight accommodations are free. The catch is that you sleep on strangers’ sofas, and you sometimes don’t know where you’ll spend the next night. Galimberti, for instance, says he’s slept in open-air lofts, and he’s spent his zzz’s “in a private room in a princely villa…” - spots chosen not for location or the look of a host’s home, but on the people “who inspired me the most on a human level…” In Botswana, he stayed with a spiritual man whose “humble but dignified” home sported a satellite dish but no indoor plumbing. In Jakarta, Indonesia, he bunked with a journalist who reported on the terrorist events in her country, though “fortunately, not all serious.” A Mexican couchsurfer put Galimberti up in a neighborhood that was iffy; he stayed with an Ethiopian host in a 100-squarefoot home; and in China, where language was an issue, he learned that
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER cleanliness “required… courage.” Galimberti couchsurfed in Thailand at the home of a transgender woman and, later, with two gay men. In Germany, he stayed with a couple in their castle. Five minutes after he met his Chilean host, the host went to work; that was “blind trust,” says Galimberti, but then again – “there was nothing there to steal…” In tropical Fiji, he stayed in a home made of metal sheeting with no AC, and in Colombia, he found love. At first blush, it appears that “My Couch is Your Couch” is more
of a travel book. Author Gabriele Galimberti went around the world for two years on a budget of some $45,000, and wrote about it. Yep: travel. But I saw this lavishly illustrated treat in a different way: it’s a book that will make you thankful. There are a lot of have-nots in the world, and Galimberti, in both illustration and anecdote, introduce them in a dignified way – just as he presents the people who have enviable lifestyles. The former definitely struck me more than the latter, however, and I couldn’t stop looking at those pictures. And so yes, this is a travel book but there’s something subtle in here that goes beyond globe-hopping, something you must see to understand. And if you need a reminder to be appreciative, reading “My Couch is Your Couch” definitely fits. Author Gabriele Galimbert 176 pages Potter Style $16.55 Hard Cover
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Visitors go through kitchen appliances at the 72nd annual rummage sale at the Stettler Agriplex on Saturday, Sept. 26.
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Bryce Leschert goes through a bunch of skiing poles to select his at the 72nd annual rummage sale at the Stettler Agriplex on Saturday, Sept. 26.
on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 25 and 26. With a huge line up on Friday going past the parking lot, it was easy to see the huge crowds that the sale had attracted from Stettler and neighbouring areas. “I believe that this year’s
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numbers were comparable with the past number of years,” said Cheryl Barros, co-chair of the rummage sale. “We were quite happy with this, considering we did not have the Town Pick-up this year.” The Stettler Agriplex held bigger items such as furniture, sports goods, kitchen appliances and a wide range of electronic goods, while the Curling Rink had clothes, shoes, tableware and other items. “This year a portion of the proceeds will go towards building our playground which will commence Oct. 1,” said Barros, also a member of the Stettler Kinette Club. “I think overall we are pretty happy with how the sale was run and won’t be making many changes to it.” For the rummage sale volunteers form the biggest support, acknowledging that, Barros said, “Most importantly we could not hold this event without the help of all our volunteers. The volunteers truly help make this event a success and we cannot thank them all enough.”
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Performing Arts Centre hosts final chapter of McCrackin trilogy MOUSH SARA JOHN WEEKENDER REPORTER The final chapter of the McCrackin trilogy ‘Release the McCrackin’ was hosted by the Accidental Humour Co. at the Performing Arts Centre on Tuesday, Sept. 22. Peals of laughter filled the auditorium as soon as the performance started. Opened at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, the production has been on its Alberta tour after a threeweek break following the gala performance, visiting Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Stettler, Calgary and Edson. The cast includes William Banfield, Clif Kelly, Kristin Johnston and Alex D. Mackie. “In 2010 we did Happy Whackin Jim Crackin a story of a hit man who wanted out of the game and then in 2013 we decided to bring that show back and make a trilogy as most action movies these days,” said Kimberlee Stadelmann, stage manager, Accidental Humour Co. “As for the comedy in the show, the writer brings us a lot of jokes in the script and then the Accidental core team
works on the show together adding ideas and jokes along the way, it is a group effort.” Planning for the production started in September 2014. “We started around September of last year working with our writer, work-shopping the show and coming up with ideas for screen and stage interactions,” said Stadelmann. “We cast the show in February and filmed from February to May and then rehearsed from May to August when we opened the show.” The core production team met at the University of Lethbridge in the early 2000s and made their first theatre show in 2009, ‘For the Love of a Zombie’, and since they have created five additional original productions over seven years, ‘Release the McCrackin’ being their sixth. “We are excited about next year. We are bringing back one of our favourite shows ‘Cowboy: A Cowboy Story’, a spaghetti western spoof, with a part of the film portion of this show was filmed on the Stettler Steam train,” said Stadelmann. “We are also working on some
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Kristin Johnston, Alex D. Mackie and Cliff Kelly (background) perform in Release the McCrackin, the final production of the McCrackin trilogy, presented by the Accidental Humour Co. on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the Performing Arts Centre (PAC) in Stettler. new scripts so hopefully one will be ready for next summer.” Having grown up in Stettler, Stadelmann likes to have smaller communities know their work. “I grew up in Stettler and Brent Felzien, our video director grew up
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William Banfield and Kristin Johnston in a funny scene in Release the McCrackin, the final production of the McCrackin trilogy, presented by the Accidental Humour Co. on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the Performing Arts Centre (PAC) in Stettler.
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United Tank Inspections Inc. is looking for a permanent full time Tank Inspector/Tester in Stettler, AB.
Buy & Sell #1500 - #1990 Aircraft ..............................1510 Antiques & Art ..................1520 Auctions ............................1530 Bicycles ............................1540 Building Supplies ..............1550 Business Machines ..........1560 Cameras & Accessories ..1570 Children’s Items ................1580 Clothing ............................1590 Computers ........................1600 Concert & Event Tickets ..1610 Equipment - Misc. ............1620 Equipment - Heavy ..........1630 Tools ................................1640 Farmers’ Market & Food Basket......................1650 Firewood ..........................1660 Lumber ............................1670 Garden Supplies ..............1680 Lawn Tractors ..................1690 Health, Dietary, Beauty ....1700 Household Appliances......1710 Household Furnishings ....1720 TV’s, Stereos, VCR’s ........1730 Hot Tubs & Accessories ..1740 Jewellery ..........................1750 Kid’s Deals........................1755 Misc. For Sale ..................1760 Musical Instruments..........1770 Music Lessons..................1780 Piano & Organs ................1790 Office Supplies ................1800 Pets & Supplies ................1810 Pet Services ....................1820 Cats ..................................1830 Dogs ................................1840 Sports Cards ....................1850 Sporting Goods ................1860 Collectors’ Items ..............1870 Swap, Barter & Trade ......1880 Travel Packages ..............1900 Wedding Supplies ............1910 Recycled Products............1920 Wanted to Buy ..................1930 Items to Give Away ..........1940
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UPCOMING SALES Wednesdays @ 6 pm. Oct. 14, Oct. 28 & Nov. 25
Reporting to the Quality Control Manager, this position is responsible NO SALE for inspecting commercial tanks and trailers and re-certifying them. Nov. 11Remembrance Day at The Moose Hall, 2 QualiÀcations & Skills: miles south of Ponoka on -Knowledgeable on CSA-B620-09 speciÀcations Hwy. 2A ~~~~~ - Experienced in the use of tank testing equipment TO BOOK YOUR SALE CALL 403-782-5693 - Strong mechanical aptitude & organizational skills Check website for full listings www.bigstrapperauctions.net - Be willing to work overtime and travel when needed We offer competitive wages, group health beneÀts and a group RSP plan. Misc. for Sale Please apply in person at 3811 - 46 Avenue, or by STEEL QUONSET, 40’ X 60’ Brand New fax (403)741-4741 or by email Still on Pallets, For Sale $15,000. or Best Offer jobs@unitedtank.ca 403-598-0728
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Agricultural #2000 - #2290 Farm Equipment ..............2010 Haying Equipment ............2020 Tractors ............................2030 Combines & Headers ......2040 Fertilizer Equipment..........2050 Misc. Farm Machinery ......2060 Equipment Wanted ..........2070 Farm Custom Work ..........2080 Farm Auctions ..................2090 Livestock ..........................2100 Livestock - Exotic..............2110 Sheep ..............................2120 Poultry ..............................2130 Horses ..............................2140 Horse Boarding ................2150 Riding Supplies ................2160 Horse/Stock Trailers ........2170 Pasture Wanted ................2180 Grain, Feed, Hay ..............2190 Seed Grain ......................2200 Seeding & Tillage ............2210
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FUTURE steel building, ready to be erected, 26’ x 25’ x 19’, located in Central AB, great for farm or small acreage, must sell, reduced $11,000 403-485-2532
For Rent #3000 - #3200 Acreages/Farms ..............3010 Houses/Duplexes ............3020 Condos/Townhouses........3030 Manufactured Homes ......3040 Four Plexes/Six Plexes ....3050 Suites ..............................3060 Cottages/Seasonal ..........3070 Roommates Wanted ........3080 Rooms for Rent................3090 Motels/Hotels ..................3100 Offices ..............................3110 Stores/Commercial ..........3120 Industrial ..........................3130 Warehouse Space............3140 Garage Space..................3150 Storage Space ................3160 Land ................................3170 Pasture ............................3180 Mobile Lot ........................3190 Misc. for Rent ..................3200
Wanted to Rent #3250 - #3390 Acreages/Farms ..............3255 Houses/Duplexes ............3260 Suites ..............................3270 Rooms..............................3280 Manufactured Homes ......3290 Housesitting Wanted ........3300 Garage Space..................3310 Storage Space ................3320 Stores/Commercial ..........3330 Office Space ....................3340 Industrial ..........................3350 Warehouse Space............3360 Resorts & Cottages..........3370 Pasture/Land....................3380 Mobile Lot ........................3390
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2 BDRM. house in Stettler near main street, $1100/mo. utils. included, DD same, ref’s req’d. Call Clint 403-742-9729 4 bedroom house for rent, it has 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms downstairs, 2 bedrooms upstairs, 6 appliances, 2 car garage & hot tub. Next door to Gus Wetter School in Castor. Great for family. It’s for $850/mo. plus utilities. Phone 403-882-2848. SMALL 1 bdrm. house in Bashaw walking distance to all amenities. Responsible renters only. n/s. Refs. req’d. avail. Nov. 1 Call 403-886-2238 STETTLER 3 bdrm. 2 bath split level house w/deck & fenced yard, ref’s. & SD 403-740-6782
3 BDRM., 1 bath, townhouse, near hospital and golf course, no pets, references. Call Norma at Sutton Realty, 403-742-7815.
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BUFFALO LAKE/ ROCHON SANDS LAKEFRONT, extensively renovated, 3 bdrm. 2 full baths, 5 new appls, extra large lakeside deck/backyard, no pets, n/s, SD, 20 minutes from Stettler, AB. Ref’s Req’d. Avail. now. 1-403-742-0024
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2 BDRM suite in tri-plex unit, rent/dd $800, ref. req., avail. Contact Clint at 403-742-9729 BEST RENTAL VALUE IN STETTLER 1 & 2 Bedroom, furnished kitchenette suites. All utilities, cable, internet. Avail. immediately Kimberly 403-690-5828
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Realtors & Services..........4010 Houses for Sale................4020 Houses Wanted ................4030 Condos/Townhouses ........4040 Acreages ..........................4050 Acreages Wanted ............4060 Farms/Land ......................4070 Farms/Land Wanted ........4080 Manufactured/ Mobile Homes ..................4090 Income Property ..............4100 Commercial Property ......4110 Industrial Property ............4120 Cottages/Resort Property ..4130 Businesses for Sale..........4140 Buildings for Sale ............4150 Lots for Sale ....................4160 Out of Town Property ......4170 Investment Opportunities ..4180 Mortgages Bought/Sold....4190
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HOUSE for sale. 4 bedroom home, 937 sq. ft., downstairs all developed, clean & well kept, Public Notice 4003-59A St. Close. Priced #6000 to sell. Only $187,500. Public Notices ..................6010 Phone 403-742-2232. Special Features ..............6050
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LAND FOR SALE NE 25-40-14 W4 - 150 Acres SE 25-40-14 W4 - 143 Acres N 1/2 23-40-14 W4 - 200 Acres N 1/2 15-40-14 W4 - 145 Acres brokes, 145 Acres pasture - $3900.00 Oil Revenue per year NE 1-41-13 W4 - 110 Acres broke, 40 Acres pasture Any or all bids not necessarily accepted. Please mail bids to: Allan Perreault Land Tenders, Box 126, Galahad, AB T0B 1R0 Please include a $10,000.00 deposit for each quarter. Cheques will be returned for unsuccessful bidders. Bids must be in by Octber 15, 2015. Any questions please call 780-583-2191
How the parties propose to help young Canadians save for retirement PAUL KERSHAW TROY NEDIA COLUMNIST With Statistics Canada showing that a smaller proportion of seniors currently fall below low-income cutoffs than any other age group, the concern is that younger Canadians may not be saving enough for their retirement, in part because younger Canadians have less access to generous pensions paid by employers than did workers who started out some decades ago. What does research tell us about this problem? Young Canadians can’t save money they don’t have because costs are higher than in the past. Research shows it’s harder for young adults to save today because they earn thousands less for full-time work than in the past, in jobs that less often pay pensions, and despite having more post-secondary, larger student debts and that they must pay hundreds of thousands more for housing. This means any plans to adapt Canada and Quebec Public Pension (CPP and QPP) plans must occur in tandem with policy changes that save young Canadians money when they are young adults. In other words, strong retirement security policy for Canadians in their 20s, 30s and 40s requires a two-prong approach: • Adapt policy related to postsecondary, child care, and housing to save young adults money, because these major costs are much higher now than in the past; and • Revise CPP and QPP rules so that young Canadians can efficiently put aside some of these savings for their own retirement in partnership with their employers. By focusing only on adapting CPP and QPP policy we risk tightening the squeeze by mandating that young Canadians find more money to put aside for their retirement amid their current
time, money and service squeeze. This is like trying to squeeze water from a stone, and implies that young Canadians are simply dumber than in the past when it comes to saving. They’re not. Research also cautions against accepting uncritically when banks and investment companies tell Canadians we should be aiming to replace 70 per cent of our annual income when retired. Evidence indicates that a replacement rate of between 40 to 70 per cent will result in many Canadians enjoying a better overall standard of living in retirement than what they experience as young adults, especially when they start their own families. How do the federal parties compare? All the parties are short on specifics for now. While the NDP, Liberals and Greens have all stated they are committed to revising CPP and QPP in ways that are consistent with having employees and employers contribute more, they would negotiate such details with the provinces shortly after being elected. The C o n s e r va t ive Party vision for CPP reform is different. The Conservatives would enable workers to top up their savings in the CPP in addition to, or instead of, putting money aside in an RRSP or a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA). They won’t ask employers without pen-
sion plans to contribute more for their workers. Like the other parties, the Conservative proposal would give Canadians greater access to the expert management of the CPP Investment Board and do so at fees that are far lower than what we pay in the private sector. This is good for maximizing our savings. However, if you are concerned about younger Canadians not saving enough for later retirement, the Conservative proposal does little to address the problem directly. There are already lots of other voluntary savings mechanisms like RRSPs and TFSAs that younger people aren’t using - typically because they don’t have the cash to put aside. There’s no obvious reason to believe they’ll start using a new optional CPP mechanism when they’re not using the other savings options that already exist. For example, Canadians under 45 only benefit from one third of the tax savings made available through RRSPs - the majority of the savings go to older Canadians. The same is true for Tax Free Savings Accounts. Canadians age 60+ are three to five times more likely to max out their TFSAs, compared to those age 18 to 49. Dr. Paul Kershaw is a policy professor in the UBC School of Population Health, and Founder of Generation Squeeze (gensqueeze.ca).
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New report advances the discussion around hydraulic fracturing and water issues in Canada FROM CNW Central to the vast majority of conversations about hydraulic fracturing is the issue of water – its use, its management and protection, and its ecological, social and economic importance. There are many unknowns, but this is a fast-paced and important area in which decisions being made should hinge upon scientific knowledge. A new report, Water and Hydraulic Fracturing: Where knowledge can best support decisions in Canada, issued by Canadian Water Network (CWN), provides a comprehensive and upto-date assessment of where effective access to research can lead to better decisions. The report summarizes what we know now, what we most need to know and what is reasonably obtainable through targeted research.
“The focus of the report is about helping to ensure decision makers get real value from existing knowledge to support their decisions on what to do now and where to go next,” says Bernadette Conant, chief executive officer of CWN. The report draws widely on the knowledge base; in particular, on five CWN-funded projects from 2014-2015 that focused on where the unknowns – the knowledge gaps – are most centrally connected to our needs and questions involving water, including:• Watershed governance and Aboriginal issues, • Groundwater and subsurface impacts, • Wastewater management, and • Impacts of hydraulic fracturing on surrounding water resources. These projects involved over 70 researchers from 18 universities across Canada, along with 20
partners, including Aboriginal organizations, government, industry and non-governmental organizations. The report also draws on the collective experience and expertise of federal, provincial and territorial government and industry representatives. “There is a huge need for scientific knowledge to help decision makers,” says Dr. Simon Courtenay, scientific director of CWN. “Ensuring that leading science underpins decisions being made in Canada about hydraulic fracturing is extremely important, not only for responsible resource development but for our collective health and the environment.” Falling oil and gas prices have recently slowed the pace of development, but continued development of unconventional reserves in Canada can be expected going
forward. This slowdown in pace is an excellent opportunity to focus on key priorities within the
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industry and undertake the research most needed to inform regulatory, best management and governance decisions, and to re-engage the public in discussions about Canada’s interrelated water and energy sectors. CWN’s next step will be to survey decision makers to determine which of the knowledge needs concerning water that are highlighted in the report are of highest priority for making future decisions regarding hy-
draulic fracturing. CWN will use these shared priorities as cornerstones in the development of a collaborative research agenda. About Canadian Water Network Canadian Water Network (CWN) is Canada’s premier water research management organization. CWN connects resources, people and knowledge to ensure that industry, government and NGOs can access and apply the right solutions to address their water challenges.
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