2020
Vol. LXIX, No. 9 City Edition – 32 pages Country Edition – 40 pages January 26, 2021
ALWAYS BETTER – ALWAYS BETTER READ
Bridges Travel & Tours owner, Trevor Hildebrand, and Tina Myles, travel consultant, say it best, on behalf of fellow small business owners.
Select small business owners have been severely impacted in negative fashion...
Inside Seniors’ Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Who Can I Count On? . . . . . . . . 8 Out and About . . . . . . . 12 and 13 City of Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 On the Road . . . . . . . . . 19 to 21 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 to 26 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . 28 to 30 Central Agencies Realty Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31 and 32
This Week's Flyers T o Camrose Homes To Rural Homes *partial coverage Tuesday With Booster Brick Warehouse ✔ Canada Safeway ✔ ✔* Canadian Tire ✔ ✔* City of Camrose Budget Summary ✔ M & M Food Market ✔ ✔* Save-On-Foods ✔ ✔* Shoppers Drug Mart ✔ ✔* Walmart ✔ ✔* Wild Rose Co-op ✔ ✔
Photo by Ron Pilger
through no fault of their own, by policy makers’ decisions pertaining to COVID-19. Whether it’s listening to experts advising consumers to shop online, or being forced by law to close their doors while competitors are allowed to operate, or spending countless hours trying to sort out government loan or program paperwork as their only option for current economic survival, it’s been a highly stressful, expensive and time-consuming period of time. COVID-era laws, being made by well-meaning people who will never miss a pay period, have devastated many small businesses, while other competitors have been inadvertently positioned to enjoy record sales. What a strange and unfortunate period of time! Consumers are still able to buy commercial or industrial product requirements, choose real estate, do home renovations, have most medical or dental procedures, buy a boat, snowmobile, automobile, or recreation vehicle or any piece of farm equipment one may need, visit a financial institution or carry on with similar “normal” consumer decisions and spending pattens. Meanwhile, singled out small businesses cannot wait for the day that the playing field is level, hoping that business will once again come their way.
News Features Residential, business property values decline in Camrose . . . . . . . . 4 CRE welcomes changes to board . . 6 Just Sayin’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 and 10 Reflections by Bonnie Hutchinson . 10 Homespun by Laurel Nadon. . . . . . 15 Ask the Chief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hesje Observatory opens virtually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Hospice collaborating with community partners. . . . . . . . 26
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