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Large water leak at Carena shuts down facility Patricia Harcourt Editor
The Town of Viking dealt with a waterline leak that started late Saturday night and shut down the Viking Carena Complex until late Monday. The leak occurred at a hydrant on the northeast side of the complex and has since been resolved. But Sunday morning the Carena was shut down in the middle of a hockey tournament, and several houses nearby went without service until Monday evening. The break occurred sometime later Saturday night or early Sunday morning, said Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Doug Lefsrud. He said that many residents would have noticed low water pressure on their own waterlines Sunday morning. “The leak was not detected until Highway 14 Regional Water Commission called our public works at 6 a.m. and indicated there must be an issue because their monitoring had alarmed low pressure,” he said. The leak was detected by the commission but he said town weekend staff would also have discovered it during their own monitoring process, he said. “On Sunday we have an operator on standby,” he said, adding: “We do routine checks every day and we would have noticed it. “If the pressure falls below a certain point an alarm would have gone off,” he explained. “The alarm didn’t happen because the water commission guy noticed it before the (town) alarm sounded.” Town residents would have noticed lower water pressure that morning “because we had lost 70% of our water tower water volume,” explained the CAO. Once the HCL Site Services Ltd. crew working for the town got to work on repairs, the cause was pinpointed to an underground valve failure. Lefsrud said the top of the valve separated due to older metal bolts breaking apart. “A new valve is going in with proper bolts made of stainless steel,” he said.
The water leak was repaired by 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The next day crews were busy filling in the pit they had dug and doing a site cleanup. The areas within the Carena that had been closed are now reopened, including the fitness centre, play centre, walking track, and ice surface. Lefsrud commented on the cooperation of those involved in the cancelled tournament. “I want to say how pleased I was with the response from the hockey teams and families. They were disappointed but understood why we had to close the building. They were very respectful to me and my staff,” he said. Since the completed repair Monday night, the water tower has since refilled. But its use is now restricted as a water use restriction has been imposed as of Monday for residents on the entire waterline going through Beaver County. Now that the water is flowing through the pipes the people of Viking and other areas along the line are on a Level ‘B’ water restriction called by Epcor which took effect Monday of this week.
This means the water tower’s water supplies must be held in reserve and two businesses that provide car wash services are not allowed to do so for the time being. Lefsrud said anything that is non-essential use of water is currently forbidden by the restrictions. The leak provided an opportunity for the town to unofficially test out its updated stormwater drainage system. Culverts in the drainage system were widened last year to accommodate larger influxes of water to try and prevent flooding in town. Lefsrud reported that all the leaked water went through the drainage system and out to the collection pond at the golf course, “which is what it is supposed to do.” HCL out of Vegreville also did the stormwater update last year. Lefsrud expressed his appreciation for that work and the current water leak repair. Now that the crisis is over, he also paid tribute the Viking residents: “The people have been fantastic. The community seems to appreciate the fact we were trying to be transparent.”
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Town of Viking and Nutec work to increase client support base Patricia Harcourt Editor
Nutec Electro Tel, the Internet service provider partnering with the Town of Viking, has proposed an advertising campaign to attract new customers and help solidify their base of users in town. Viking Council passed a motion at the meeting on Jan. 15 to support the partnership with Nutec by helping to advertise the service. “Council has directed administration to ask Nutec for an updated advertisement brochure with new and existing client offers,” confirmed Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Doug Lefsrud.
“Once received, we would support by posting on the website, and inserting in water bills. We would consider running an ad in the paper as well,” he said. CAO Lefsrud added: “I have asked Nutec to send monthly reports with updates once we send out the brochures to see if this increases clients.” Council passed its motion in a split vote 31, with Deputy Mayor Cindy Lefsrud signalling beforehand that she did not support it. “I’m not in favour,” she said, reminding council that an alternative provider, MSCNet, had made a presentation to council in December and offered to set up free Internet hubs in non-profit
spaces to get residents interested in their service. DM Lefsrud had brought the Internet service issue to the fore in November by making a motion to cancel the town’s Internet provider as of the end of the year (2023). Council was caught off guard and both Dana Ewashko and Clint Nearing expressed concern that there was not enough information to proceed with that motion. Then Councillor Nearing (who resigned the next month) tabled the motion pending more information. The next month MSCNet, sent a delegation to council to explain their services. Then in January, Nutec
countered by offering to provide upgraded services and equipment, and advertise some new deals to entice clients to join. Clr. Lefsrud had stated at the time of her motion in November her frustration with the Nutec service, which was her reason for wanting the town to pull out. However, other councillors were against this as there are penalties for leaving a contract early. Mayor Jamie Buttner said at the January meeting: “With Nutec we’re still ahead of the game,” he said, noting the town would pay the same amount for their service going forward. Buttner said that, in
his opinion, “we should make a trial run, advertise it and see where it goes.” Buttner said the town should give it 180 days “and see what happens.” “The new equipment is far superior to the old stuff,” said Ewashko, calling the difference “fabulous.” He also noted DM Lefsrud’s objection that MSCNet had offered to provide free Internet sites in town. “That’s fine, it’s a free enterprise world,” he said, and staying with Nutec now “…won’t cost us a whole bunch.” CAO Lefsrud said: “There’s no additional effort to promote it,” referring to Nutec’s advertising promotion.
“Because of the broadband contract the town has ties to them.” But he noted that Nutec “needs to step it up on the service (aspect),” adding he “appreciates Clr. Ewashko’s comments about upgraded equipment.” He added, however, that many residents need their Internet for business and other reasons and can’t afford to have the service off for two days at a time. “We’ll give it a shot,” said Buttner, and advertise it on the social sites. But he wasn’t discounting MSCNet either, adding: “They are doing what a presenter should and may eventually overrun Nutec.”
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JOHN’S RANT How far will the Feds go in their abuse of Canadians? So the Federal Court has ruled Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act to quash the Freedom Convoy two years ago was not justified. Well it happened when you have Trudeau and his cabinet behaving and running this country like a third world banana republic dictatorship. This is the third court decision to go against a Trudeau decision. How much more gibberish do we have to take from this Grade School government. Smarmy Sikh Singh (Jagmeet) should reassess his ill-advised decision to prop up this excuse for a government. As his love affair continues, his party’s esteem in the eyes of the Canadian voters dims. He was in Edmonton last week and if he didn’t get an earful about the stupid deal then his sycophants are truly missing their mark. And Jagmeet, don't forget Rachel Notley is now waiting in the wings and if she decided to run for your job she would hammer you in a heartbeat. She is at least smart and credible. Now she has said she has no interest in Federal politics, but after a devastating loss in the next election which could easily see Singh lose his seat
as a result of propping up the Liberals well-past their best-before date could change her mind. So what does this decision by Justice Richard Mosley mean? He emphasized that the Emergencies Act should be viewed as a last resort, deployed only when all other options have been exhausted. He found that the evidence indicated most provinces were capable of managing the situation using existing laws, such is the Criminal Code, as argued by Alberta. “It is declared that the decision to issue the Proclamation and the association Regulations and Order was unreasonable and ultra vires the Emergencies Act,” the Federal Court ruled. “It is declared that the decision that the Regulations infringed section 2 (b) of the Charter and declared that the Order infringed section 8 of the Charter and that neither infringement was justified under section 1.” Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre addresses the ruling on X, accusing the Prime Minister of breaking “the highest law in the land” by resorting to emergency powers. Disagreeing with the result of the Rouleau report which supported the use of the Emergencies
Act but had no legal standing, Justice Mosley actually said he overcame his own biases stating in his conclusion, “At the outset of these proceedings, while I had not reached a decision on any of the four applications, I was leaning to the view that the decision to invoke the EA was reasonable. “My preliminary view of the reasonableness of the decision may have prevailed following the hearing due to excellent advocacy on the part of counsel for the Attorney General of Canada had I not taken the time to carefully deliberate about the evidence and submissions, particularly those of the CCLA and CCF. Their participation in these proceedings has demonstrated again the value of public interest litigants.” Trudeau’s deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland quickly said in Montreal the government would appeal the court decision. “We respect very much Canada’s independent judiciary. However, we do not agree with this decision, and respectfully, we will be appealing it,” Freeland said.. “I was convinced at the time it was the right thing to do, it was the necessary thing to do. I remain and
we remain convinced of that,”she said. In Alberta, Premier Danielle Smith praised former Premier Jason Kenney for taking the Feds to court over their use of the Emergencies Act. She said, “Today is another example of the Federal Court ruling against the federal government’s unconstitutional practices. Whether it’s today’s court decision, or their defeat on plastics or the Impact Assessment Act, it is clear the Trudeau Liberal Government simply does not understand or respect the Constitution
of Canada.” “We are disappointed that the federal government has indicated they will be appealing the decision. The unnecessary use of the Emergencies Act set a dark and dangerous precedent.” Now if the Feds appeal the ruling it could drag on until the next election if they can’t find a favourable court justice ready to rule in their favour. But in the meantime, the cases against Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich and Chris Barber should be thrown out immediately. If the
use of the Emergencies Act wasn’t legal why should their charges of mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation even be considered? And as for the four men wilting away in jail, denied bail at Coutts since the convoy ended, they should probably be freed. Although the charges against them are more serious and are not directly related to the Freedom Convoy but rather a border blockade, they should be allowed to post bail. JOHN MATHER
Breaking: Critical Air Quality Alert declared late Tuesday as a result of out of control fire at oil lease site A critical emergency Air Quality Alert was issued late afternoon Tuesday, January 30 by the Province of Alberta’s Emergency Alert system. The County of Minburn declared an Air Quality Alert after reporting that an out of control fire at an oil lease site located 23 km southeast of Mannville was creating hazardous breathing conditions. In particular, the alert stated that “crude oil is burning, and toxic smoke is being produced. The smoke is dangerous if inhaled.” The alert was in effect for “everyone
in the area between Hwy 41 and Hwy 870; South of Vermilion and Innisfree, and North of Wainwright. The affected areas included the northern tip of Flagstaff County, Kinsella and rural Beaver County, Irma, Wainwright, MD of Wainwright, Innisfree, Vermilion, Mannville, and Minburn County. Residents were advised to shelter in place, closing all doors and windows. No evacuation order was declared at press time Tuesday early evening, but residents were told to “prepare for a possible evacuation later tonight.”
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300 litres of diesel stolen from dozer Barb Chrystian 780-385-0631 On January 22, while on patrol, police located an abandoned vehicle on Highway 14. Police were able to make contact with the driver of the vehicle who advised it had broken down the previous night and arrangements were being made to have it removed. On January 23, police received a request for assistance in retrieving property from an individual who had just been fired and was refusing to return items that belonged to the employer. Police spoke with the person in question and the items were provided and returned to the rightful owner. That afternoon, a citizen attended the detachment wanting to lay a complaint against a peace officer at a facility in Ponoka. Police are continuing to follow up on this matter. Also that day, police were dispatched to an
alarm at a business in Viking. The alarm was canceled soon after and it was determined to be operator error and a false alarm. That night, police received a complaint of an impaired driver westbound on Highway 14. Patrols were made and Tofield RCMP were also advised; however, the vehicle in question was not located. On January 24, a youth attended the detachment to advise his grandmother, who was his caregiver, was refusing to give him his personal documents like his health care card and birth certificate. He was advised that this was a civil issue and there was nothing police could do to assist him. Also that day, police received a complaint of a theft of fuel from a rural location northeast of Viking. The complainant advised approximately 300 litres of diesel had been
stolen from his dozer sometime over the previous 48 hours. Police have no suspects at this time. That same morning while on patrol, police located a suspicious vehicle parked and idling at an oil lease site northeast of Viking. The police member spoke with two minors in the vehicle who advised they didn’t have school as it was exam week and they were just hanging out together. They departed the scene. During the early morning hours of January 26, police received a complaint of a vehicle trespassing at a rural location north of Viking. The complainant advised he woke up to let his dog out when he observed a white pickup pull into his yard. The vehicle sat in his yard for approximately five minutes, then departed after driving over his lawn and striking a tree. Police have no
suspects at this time. That evening, police received a request for assistance to transport a minor to the Vegreville Health Centre for assessment. The person in question was eventually located at the Viking Health Centre and transported back to Vegreville where she had already been admitted. That night, police received a complaint of a domestic dispute that had occurred earlier in the day. Police spoke with the complainant who advised the dispute had been verbal only and no assault had taken place so no charges will be pursued in this matter. On January 27, police received a complaint of trespassing in Bruce. The complainant requested the subject be spoken to and warned not to enter his property in the future. Police spoke with the person in question and provided the warning.
Town supports hockey summer camp at Carena Patricia Harcourt Editor
A new event is in the process of being organized for the coming summer in Viking. Whitney Meiklejohn, Recreation, Culture, and Facility Director for the Town of Viking, sought approval from town council Jan. 15 at council’s regular meeting. “I am writing to formally request to continue the planning process for a summer hockey camp in Viking,” Meiklejohn stated. “The camp aims to provide a positive and engaging experience for local and visiting youth.”
The aim of the camp was “fostering their love for the sport and promoting physical activity during the summer months,” she explained. “I think it’s great, personally,” said Mayor Jamie Buttner. He also said that keeping staff on year-round would be better than the current seasonal method of hiring. A motion to support Meiklejohn’s proposal was passed. The summer camp would cater to players from U7 to U18, with 20 players per group for a total of 120 per session. The camp would offer skill development, team building
activities and a “fun, inclusive environment for all involved.” Meiklejohn says she has been consulting with Darryl Sutter and Denton Quattek to help her plan the camp. “We are currently planning for the week of July 15-19 and hoping to be able to fill July 22-26 as well,” she said, adding: Our goal is to contribute to the overall well being of our community by providing an opportunity for children to stay active, learn new skills and build friendships in a supportive environment, as well as providing an additional revenue stream for
the town and Carena facility. “We believe that a summer hockey camp is crucial for the development of our youth and will greatly contribute to the revenue of the Carena as well as the overall community,” she concluded. And she offered “to work collaboratively” along with her volunteer help to address all concerns and to ensure all necessary permissions and requirements will be met. She concluded: “We look forward to the opportunity to contribute positively to our community through this summer hockey camp.”
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Holden Council decides to Employment Ads Work! vikingreview@gmail.com implement green light bylaw Kari Janzen Staff Reporter
The Village of Holden held their first monthly council meeting of the new year on Monday, Jan. 15, at the Village Office. Following a presentation with an electric vehicle charger representative, council talked about the letter from the Minister of Environment regarding the potential of a 2024 drought. “They want a decision on whether we ask Highway 14 Regional Water Services Commission to discuss this issue and impress upon the commission the need to devise a plan, or should we direct administration to communicate with the residents to impress upon the need to conserve water during the next year due to an impending drought situation,” said Mayor Tyler Beckett. Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Rosemary Offrey suggested both motions be made, which council did. “Highway 14 is responsible for supplying our water, but we are responsible for using our water. If council makes the first motion, I'll write a letter to Highway 14 requesting that Highway 14, along with our representatives that sit on the commission, should come up with a plan,” Offrey said. Council then looked at the ground water monitoring report for 2023 from Nichols Environmental, and moved to continue with them in 2024. When the question of how long the monitoring will need to continue for, Councillor Milt MacGregor said until the wells are clean. “It will be in perpetuity until such time as there will be no more indication of pollution. The colour maps indicate that there are wells in the area that are cleaning up,” he
said. CAO Offrey said the summary provided on the report says two of the wells look good, and one is still a concern. “They want to monitor that again this coming year. The other thing that was noted is that when Highway 14 did the water line on 51st Avenue, they destroyed one of our wells, so it can't be used. They may need to drill another well to be able to monitor that area,” said Offrey. Council accepted the notice of Beaver Emer-
gency Services Commission’s (BESC) approved operational budget for 2024 as information, and discussed implementing the green light bylaw in the village. “This is the vehicle equipment regulations that allow volunteer firefighters, only when responding to an emergency, to turn on a green strobe light on their vehicle to allow others to know that they are responding to an emergency,” Beckett said. “This bylaw is required Continued on Page 9
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Smith slams Feds on energy policies during Camrose rally speech John Mather Staff Reporter
Camrose MLA Jackie Lovely hosted a full house at the Camrose Exhibition Centre on Jan. 27 to welcome Premier Danielle Smith who used the platform to outline her plans moving the province ahead. “I believe our Alberta movement is stronger than it has ever been,” stated Smith at the beginning of her remarks. “And it's growing faster than it ever has and we’re united as a party more than we have ever been.” She pointed out when she met with US commentator Tucker Carlson, there had been 4,000 people in Calgary and 8,000 in attendance in Edmonton. In addition, she drew a crowd of 700 people in Bonnyville and in Lloydminster earlier in the day had drawn a crowd of more than 1,000. The Camrose event had 350 in attendance. “Canada needs Alberta to be a national leader,” Smith stated. “We are the beating heart of this country.” “The entire world, in particular, is looking to
us right now to demonstrate that reducing emissions and developing our natural resources are not in conflict with one another. “In fact the only way the world is going to reduce emissions while avoiding energy poverty is to develop our energy re sources using new and emerging technologies being funded by that very resource development.” On that note she added Alberta should double its energy output as other world sources fall under the spell of dictators and other regimes not favourable to North American or European democracies. Economic growth and technology are the key to solving global poverty and environmental challenges’ she said. “It is the ecoextreme dogma of people like Stephen Guilbeault (Canada’s Federal environment minister) policies like limiting economic growth, energy scarcity and centralized control of people’s activities.” “These are the failed policies that lead to extreme poverty, soaring crime and addiction and the loss of personal freedoms.”
She added the Federal government is worried about Alberta because it represents a threat to “their world view and their claim to power.” They enforce this belief, she added by capping production on the province’s natural energy sector. “If they succeed it would cost Albertans hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars of investments.” “These same individuals are trying to enforce that our power grid be net zero within ten years, which is dangerously risky to the viability of Alberta’s power grid.” She said Albertans saw this in actuality on the weekend of Jan. 12 when the province had to issue a power warning asking Albertans to cut back usage or face rolling brownouts because of the severe cold. She added the Federal government “seeks to impose these policies on our province knowing full well the Canadian constitution grants our province the exclusive jurisdiction over the development of our natural resources and operation of our provincial electrical power grid.” She said despite the
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IRMA NEWS By Marjorie Lawson
Our community was shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Dwight MacKay on January 22 at the age of 60. We extend our condolences to his wife Jo-Anne, sons
Clark (Janeece), Jarvis (Andrea), and Reece, his grandchildren, his parents Jack and Irene MacKay and the extended MacKay and Armitage families. A service to remember his life will take place Wednesday, January 31, from the Irma School at 1 p.m. The Irma 4-H Beef Club will hold their annual Valentine’s Day Supper on February 14 at the Irma School beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available from any 4-H member or at the door. The first semester of
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fact the Federal courts have struck down several Liberal laws the government still is trying to impose the policies on Alberta and that’s what she and her government are fighting back against. She added all three of the actions the courts had struck down were started by former premier Jason Kenney and she thanked him for doing that. She added she felt they would be coming after the agriculture sector next not only with fertilizer restrictions but with restrictions on methane releases from cattle. “We have to make sure we stand with our producers to ensure that doesn’t happen as well,” she stated. “We will never waiver on defending the rights of the people of Alberta and we will thwart every effort of the current Federal government to do so until we have a Federal government in Ottawa that understands the concepts of nation building.”
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith addresses a crowd of more than 300 on Jan. 27 at the Camrose Exhibition Centre.
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Canadian insurance plans leave millions without drug coverage Brett McKay Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new study from Statistics Canada has found that one in five Canadians don't have prescription drug coverage, and many more lack adequate coverage and skip filling medications because of cost. "Despite Canadians’ need for prescription medications, Canada remains the only country that offers universal health care without universal coverage for prescription drugs," the report said. Women, racialized groups, immigrants, seniors, low-income groups, and those with chronic health conditions were more likely to have gaps in coverage and face barriers to getting prescription medications. About 7.5 million Canadians have to pay out-of-pocket because they are uninsured and
may cover these costs by "borrowing money or trading off food, heat, rent or other health care expenses." Chris Gallaway, executive director of Friends of Medicare, said he has heard stories from Albertans, and especially seniors, about skipping taking their medications because they can't afford it. "Stories of skipping a dose to get through the month or cutting things in half or looking at ways to try to get by because of the cost of living. And we're hearing that so much more in the last year or so, of people making choices where they have their rent, they have groceries, they have kids to feed, and medication is the thing that starts to fall down the list," Gallaway said. With Canada's patchwork of thousands of different public and private insurance plans, and their different levels of
coverage and cost, "there are all these different barriers of why people may or may not access the medication they need, even with coverage, because coverage isn't universal, and it isn't free for everyone." he said. The federal Liberals and NDP were expected to deliver a universal pharmacare bill by the end of 2023. But in December, the two parties agreed to extend that deadline to March 1, 2024. "We know that many people are not taking the medication they need because they can't afford to, and this is getting worse as Canadians are struggling with the high cost of living. Given that context, continuing progress towards a universal national pharmacare program is more important than ever. We must get this right," MP and NDP heath critic Don Davies said in a media statement.
Since the "supply-andconfidence" agreement between the Liberals and NDP was signed in 2022, which includes the commitment to work on a "universal national pharmacare program," insurance industry and others opposed to the plan have significantly stepped up lobbying efforts, accord-
ing to a coalition of patient advocates, unions, and health professionals. Many of the claims of made by drug and insurance industry lobbyists, such as over 90 per cent of Canadians already having some form of drug coverage, are called into questions by the data released by StatCan, Gall-
away said. "It's very clear in the Stats Canada data that that's untrue. You know, 97 per cent of Canadians don't have drug coverage, and the industry should be questioned on some of the things they're saying as they're fighting against the proposed Continued on Page 14
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Beaver County municipalities all under severe water restriction Patricia Harcourt
The most severe water use restrictions have been imposed on residents of Beaver County, including its town, villages, hamlets, and rural areas. The Highway 14 Regional Water Services Commission has posted on its website that a Water Demand Advisory Condition ‘C’ is in place as of Jan. 29. The commission falls under the auspices of Strathcona County from where it gets its water. From there, a pipeline adjacent to Highway 14 to delivers water to local municipalities and county residents. Some residents locally may have missed the proclamation since it came from Epcor in Strathcona County, not
realizing Beaver County falls under its mandate. “This means there is a ban on nonessential potable water use for all users and mandatory water restrictions for the general public,” states the notice. “The ban is expected to last until Epcor is able to complete repairs at the EL Smith Water Treatment Plant and restore normal operations.” All truck fills in Beaver County will be out of operation until the ban is lifted. A Condition ‘C’ order means a ban on all municipal operations, and a water ban prohibiting the general public from non-essential use. The notice states: “Epcor is still working on the repair and so does not have a timeline at this point. They are
issuing the Condition ‘C’ to be conservative at least until timelines can be established.” In the meantime, the Regional Water Services Commission is asking that people remain patient while Epcor tries to repair the problem with its water treatment plant. “We understand that the ban is inconvenient and appreciate your cooperation in adjusting your operations for the duration of the Water Demand Management Condition. This restriction will help reduce our demand on the water supply,” while repairs are being undertaken. The commission states that water restriction measures can be put in place by Epcor, Strathcona County or the Highway 14 Regional Water Services
Commission due to any situation that prevents the water supply from meting the current water demand such as prolonged hot weather or a failure in the water treatment or distribution systems. A Demand Measure ‘C’ category means that regional reservoirs are forecasted to be below 35 per cent of capacity within the next five days.
Open house at Holden Lodge to discuss vacancies, facility’s future Patricia Harcourt Beaver Foundation is holding an open house and information session Feb. 6 at the Holden Lodge to discuss high vacancies and the future of the lodge. “Beaver Foundation is facing real struggles with funding due to inflation, carbon tax, and, in general, costs across the board,” said the Foundation Chairman Gene Hrabec. “We have been advocating for our residents to try and find a balance on the level of service we provide as well as strategies to fill all of our facilities.” It started in late November last year when the foundation board voted to defeat a motion by former board member Clint Nearing to close the facility (as reported in the Chronicle on Nov. 29, 2023). The vote was two in favour of closure, including Nearing and current Tofield Mayor Deb Dueck, but the rest opposed the motion. “I will say that as the chair and a board member I have put my heart and soul into advocating for all of our facilities, staff, and especially the seniors
who utilize our great facilities,” said Hrabec, after the vote. He also noted that, “Beaver Foundation is critical to employment and viability in all of the municipalities.” Since then, the issue has grown with a CBC-TV Edmonton crew travelling to Holden to interview foundation Chair Gene Hrabec and residents, and take a tour of the facility. Hrabec stated at the time that closure could be an option if the situation doesn’t change. “There’s going to be a line in the sand and, unfortunately, we’re getting to that,” said Hrabec, in the CBC interview. Seven residents currently reside at the lodge which has room for 33 seniors, an occupancy rate of about 20%. In Central Alberta as a whole more than 25% of spaces in lodges are vacant. Beaver Foundation has tried attracting people to live in the lodge, including lowering rent by $200 a month, allowing pets, holding a monthly medical clinic, and having a room set aside for the use of marijuana.
But it doesn’t seem to have worked or to have countered the problems that appear to be preventing people in general from moving into lodges - including rural depopulation, especially in smaller communities like Holden. With the lack of seniors in the lodge and the costs for utilities and other expenses rising, Hrabec said the building may have to be closed and given back to the province. Hrabec, who is Deputy Reeve and county councillor for Division 3, reported the visit to Holden Lodge at the Jan. 17 regular county council meet-
ing. Calling it a “good news, bad news” kind of situation, Hrabec said the publicity succeeded in “getting that word out,” about the lodge’s plight. He expressed a wish that “people would reach out and take a look at Holden Lodge,” because of this coverage. The public information session on Feb. 6 is hopefully going to be another way to get the word out. There will be a tour and speakers, a visit from local MLA Jackie Lovely, and is an event that will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Gene Hrabec, Deputy Reeve of Beaver County (far right) is shown at the recent Provincial Agricultural Service Board convention in Lethbridge alongside Agriculture Minister R.J. Sigurdson (centre) and Reeve of Two Hills Murray Phillips.
2 - Beaver County Chronicle, January 31, 2024
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Beaver Foundation speaks out about Holden Lodge Editor’s Note: The following is a general response from Foundation Chair Gene Hrabec and CAO Owen Lisgard to questions posed by the Chronicle on the issues at Holden Lodge and other senior facilities in Beaver County. Beaver Foundation was approached for an interview by CBC as they were completing a story about the increase in vacancies in Supportive Living Level 2 lodge facilities in rural Alberta. They just happened to pick Holden Lodge from the ASCHA Housing Directory as the vacancies are very high. Currently Beaver Foundation is experiencing 68 vacancies out of 203 units in our SL2 lodges. Beaver Foundation held a meeting on October 24, 2023, where a motion was presented for administration to look into beginning the closing process of Holden Lodge. This motion was defeated. Following the vote, Beaver Foundation felt that it would be in the best interest of ratepayers to have the opportunity to voice concerns about Holden Lodge and
to research the possible interest in supporting Holden Lodge. Also, to let the fact be known that we need more seniors to move in or show intent they will move in before the facility reverts back to the Alberta Social Housing Corporation as a surplus building. The Holden Lodge is a very important facility to the Village of Holden and the seniors that call it home. The current situation at Holden Lodge is definitely not optimal with 7 residents and employing approximately 13 employees. This may seem like a lot of employees although the lodge must follow the Alberta Accommodation Standards for SL2 facilities which includes a manager, kitchen staff, housekeeping staff, activity staff, and facility maintenance staff. The site must also have staff on duty 24 hours per day to ensure the safety of the residents. The Holden Lodge currently has 26 vacancies out of 33 units, Vialta Lodge has 27 vacancies out of 64 units, Sunshine Villa in Tofield has nine vacancies out of
Beaver County now included in drought recovery support program Patricia Harcourt Beaver County officials lobbied and helped achieve success in the expansion of a livestock drought relief program to help their local producers after last year’s drought. The result is that the county is now included, along with 22 other municipalities, in the program after previously being excluded. Beaver County was not initially eligible for the relief, but officials from the region were able to persuade Agriculture and Irrigation Minister S.J. Sigurdson that this part of the province needed to be included in the aid package. Beaver County’s Deputy Reeve Gene Hrabec confirmed a meeting with Sigurdson at the Provincial ASB Conference in Lethbridge, which was held from Jan. 22-24. After that meeting, Sigurdson issued a statement on social media: “We’re expanding the 2023 Canada-Alberta Drought Livestock Assistance program. Starting Jan. 29, producers in 23 additional regions can apply for financial support to maintain breeding herds.” The support is in the nature of up to $150 per head of breeding animals for producers affected by last year’s drought. Local municipal officials lobbied for the expansion and got results, said Hrabec, calling it “a great news story for advocating to have our counties included in the Ag Drought Assistance program after (initial) exclusion. “This was excellent work by all of the municipalities working together,” he said. Hrabec said a case for inclusion was also made to the minister at an ASB meeting last November. “In early November the Alberta Ag Service Board, which I attended as the alternate, presented to R.J. and one of our topics was parity for the program where there is significant drought in our area.”
The program is designed to help livestock producers who were forced to alter their usual grazing practices due to drought conditions for more than 21 days this past season. Producers who fit that description in Beaver County can now apply for financial support to cover losses incurred to manage and maintain female breeding animals including: cattle, bison, horses, elk, sheep, goats, alpacas, yak, musk ox, deer, water buffalo, and llamas. A minimum of 15 animals per type of livestock are required to qualify. “I’m pleased the Alberta government was able to work with the federal government to expand this financial support to additional regions impacted by severe drought and extreme heat conditions,” stated Sigurdson. “I will continue to look out for the interests of our hard working livestock producers. And Lawrence MacAulay, federal minister of Agriculture and Agi-Food, added: “We’re also updating the designated regions for the 2023 Livestock Tax Deferral to give more producers access to the support they need.” Funding for the 23 new regions opens on Jan. 29 with payments of up to $150 per head possible. The application deadline is Feb. 22, “and extraordinary costs can be incurred until March 31,” stated the expansion announcement. “This expansion also gives producers who were already eligible another opportunity to apply.” The program will be administered by the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC), and producers can get more information and apply through the AFSC website. “Going into 2024 AFSC is ready to help producers manage their risks and support Alberta’s agriculture industry,” said AFSC CEO Darryl Kay, calling last year “a tough one for Alberta’s livestock producers.”
46 and Tofield Lodge has six vacancies out of 60 units. Beaver Foundation has also created a promotion to attract new seniors contemplating moving to Holden Lodge by discounting the rent portion by $200 per month. Rent packages at our lodges consist of two portions, one is the actual rent of the unit and the other portion is the service package that includes meals, housekeeping and activates. The Board has decided to reduce the unit rent portion as transportation is also another hurdle in the Village of Holden and it costs more to have seniors access forms of transportation. This reduction in rent also now aligns Holden Lodge with the rent amounts for the small inside rooms at Vialta Lodge in Viking. Unit sizes average 222 square feet in Holden Lodge and the inside rooms at Vialta Lodge are 224 square feet. We hear that many seniors are reluctant to move to Holden Lodge as the Village of Holden does not have a hospital - although we would like to remind local seniors and families that Primary Care has opened a clinic in the Holden Lodge and is accepting patients. Currently the PCN organizes a doctor and staff to Holden Lodge every second month and would increase the schedule as demand is warranted. For further information on the Holden Lodge Primary Care Remote Clinic please call 780-336-4780. The open house and information session to be held at the Holden Lodge on February 6 will entail a short speech from the Chairman of Beaver Foundation with a question and answer period to follow
with the chairman, attending board members and CAO of Beaver Foundation. MLA Jackie Lovely will also be in attendance. It has not been confirmed she will be providing a speech but the MLA will be available to take questions in regards to seniors housing. The goal of this information session is to determine the potential future demand for Holden Lodge. Another topic to be discussed at the information session is a hope of initiating creative ideas on how to improve the current SL2 housing framework as today’s seniors are moving in at a later age and now have increased needs and wants. Beaver Foundation is lobbying for support to increase the Alberta Health assistance to seniors living in SL2 facilities so they can age in place longer before being reassessed to higher levels of care and end up being placed in a hospital waiting area as long-term care space is tight in Alberta. A lot of seniors are reassessed to higher levels of care due to light cueing, personal health assistance and mild mental health issues. Currently Homecare assists residents in our lodges on a scheduled basis for required needs and, unfortunately, do not have the means to help seniors on an unscheduled basis, such as for unscheduled wound care and unscheduled personal hygiene assistance. With a team approach between Alberta Health and Beaver Foundation, we feel we could keep seniors in our SL2 lodges longer and free up space in our hospitals and Long Term Care facilities.
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Smith considering early leadership review John Mather Staff Reporter
Speaking at the Camrose UCP fundraising dinner which featured Premier Danielle Smith Jan 27, UCP president Rob Smith said the premier was considering an earlier than usual leadership review from the party faithful. “A lot of you are aware that back in November we held the largest annual convention this country has ever seen,” he told the crowd of 350. “This
year’s AGM will be held in Red Deer in November. “We have there has to be a leadership review held between elections, but with the type of leader we have, she’s pushing to have the leadership review at this year’s AGM. “Now let me ask you, how many of you would support Premier Danielle Smith,” he asked to loud applause. He then outlined several methods people could become delegates to the Red Deer convention.
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in order for them to use it within our village boundaries. BESC allows it, Beaver County allows it, and we need to enable it otherwise anyone using it within the town limits is technically breaking the law,” said Beckett. Mayor Beckett further explained that the green light does not require other road users to move, and does not permit the volunteer firefighters to break any laws. “It is just simply allowing them to turn it on to let others know that they are trying to respond to a call where seconds could matter,
and it must only be used during an emergency.” Council directed administration to create the green light bylaw for review at February’s meeting. Councillor MacGregor introduced discussion on the village website, indicating that at a museum meeting it was understood that the organization did not have its own page. However, the website was pulled up and displayed the contrary. “As far as I know, there's not an organization in the village that isn't mentioned on our website, with a write up. If any of those organizations that you're involved with are concerned about what they can't find on a website, send them to see me so that I can show them
and walk them through it,” Offrey said. Councillor MacGregor suggested that each councillor, when they attend their meeting with their groups, mention the website and see if any changes need to be made. Council also decided to allow administration to move forward with the idea of offering salt and sand to village residents for the safety maintenance of public sidewalks, as there has been significant ice buildup. “Ice melt, apparently the price has gone through the roof, is very expensive. Amber (Kostyk, administrative assistant), Dave (Marko, public works foreman) and I came up with the idea of offering residents the potential use
Battling isolation and stigma, groups bring harm reduction to rural Alberta Brett McKay Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
With an average of five Albertans dying of drug poisoning each day, the toxic drug crisis has touched every corner of the province. Owing to sprawling distances, stigma, and a dearth of data, however, the impact of the crisis is often far less visible in rural Alberta. Alberta's substance use surveillance system recorded 1508 drug poisoning deaths between January and September, 2023. Sixteen per cent of those deaths occurred outside of the province's seven major cities – Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary Lethbridge, and Medicine Hat – an amount proportional to the estimated 15–22 per cent of Albertans who live in rural areas. Since 2016, the number of drug poisoning
deaths outside of urban centres have accounted for between 16 and 23 per cent of the provincial total. Though the harms experienced by communities may be commensurate with population size, the harm reduction resources available for those grappling with this crisis in rural areas are not. Enormous distances and inadequate budgets Red Deer-based Turning Point is one of the only organizations in Alberta with a dedicated rural outreach program, which delivers programming on health, harm reduction, and overdose prevention, including providing harm reduction and sexually transmitted and blood borne infection (STBBI) prevention supplies. The organization says harm reduction "refers to policies, programs and practices that aim primarily to reduce the adverse health, social, Continued on Page 14
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of free salt and sand. Obviously, that’s going to affect the budget a little bit, but we don't expect it to affect a lot. I need council’s permission to be able to implement a free salt and sand idea for sidewalk use,” Offrey said. Council also approved the change of the Village’s slogan from ‘Share the charm of country living’ to ‘Holden has heart.’ “When we did our strategic plan, we came up with a new tagline, ‘Holden has heart.’ The Economic Development Committee (EDC) wants to do some advertising and we're suggesting that we need a new logo that incorporates this new tagline. We will try to get the kids involved at the school for a logo contest,” said Offrey.
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Harm reduction Continued from Page 9 and economic consequences of risk-taking behaviours such as drug use." Turning Point's rural outreach covers the entire central zone – from Rocky Mountain House to Wainwright, Drumheller to Two Hills. But because of chronic underfunding, just two rural outreach workers are responsible for that area, and only one is full-time. "Even if we do have a staff member that's funded to specifically go into those communities, we aren't funded enough travel money to get to all of the communities. So we have to be very selective about where we're going and how many times we're going there," said Aisley Miles, hard reduction team lead at Turning Point. Communities are normally identified because someone from that community has recognized issues with substance use in their area and reached out to Turning Point to do a presentation or provide resources, they said. Greater risks in rural communities Finding harm reduction programs and policies that address the present toxic drug problem is harder for people in rural
Insurance Gaps Continued from Page 8 universal coverage for drugs," he said. As of 2019, the StatCan report shows a little over 80 per cent of Canadians have some form of prescription drug coverage. The report used data from 2015, 2016 and 2019 national health surveys, and shows a slight increase in coverage during that period, largely driven by the expansion of government-sponsored plans in Alberta, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island. In 2020, Alberta's government reduced the coverage available through its
communities, Miles said. "And they're at a significantly greater risk, I would say, due to the stigma and the isolated nature of where they live." "There is a huge lack of funding for this work. And there's a lot of people that are going under-service or unserviced in rural communities, which is putting them at greater risk as well." Changes to Alberta STBBI funding, which is what supports harm reduction programs in the province, have further limited how many people have access to this funding in recent years, Miles said. Now, only one agency or group from each zone can apply for this funding, they said. Using drugs alone is one of the biggest risk factors for overdose or poisoning deaths. While some major centres have supervised consumption sites and street-level outreach teams that can intervene and reverse an accidental overdose, the geography of rural Alberta makes these approaches unfeasible. Instead, Turning Point tries to connect with community service providers like medical clinics and pharmacies to train staff and give them supplies to distribute in their communities. "Our goal is never to have to be in a community forever if we can get a satellite site set up,"
Seniors Drug Benefit Program, meaning these gains in coverage were likely short lived, Gallaway said. "One of the major changes that UCP made to drug coverage when they came into power was cutting tens of thousands of Albertans off of the seniors drug plan, putting a new restrictions on that public seniors drug plan. And you see in these stats, that seniors are the most likely to need public job coverage, because they're not on employer plans anymore. "So I suspect when we see future data, we won't see that increase maintained from 2015 until now."
Miles said. But the work to get a satellite site up and running can be "extremely slow." "It's slow moving once you enter into a community because you have to establish rapport with service providers and do community capacity building around why the work that we're doing is important. And then eventually, those people begin to trust you and they may encounter people who they think fit the services and they all refer clients to you." There are currently 14 of these satellite sites throughout central Alberta, which had 2188 contacts in 2022. The total number of people served is likely much higher, because "due to the stigma and shame around sub-
stance use in rural communities, it's often that one person is contacting for supplies and then they're distributing to their peers," Miles explained. Grassroots response to resource gap Rural Harm Reduction (RHR) is a grassroots organization that is only beginning the slow work of increasing access to harm reduction resources in Brazeau County, which is home to just over 7,000 people. "We think that drug use is a big city problem because it's much more prevalent, right? Because people are concentrated and centralized, there are services available and populations tend to flock around those services. And you can see them.
They're visible," said RHR member K. Steele. In rural areas, rates of drug use are high relative to population, but "what we're actually seeing is most of that drug use happening indoors, at home, out of the visible eye. So people don't think it's a problem." So far, RHR has focused on talking with members of the community and chiselling away at the stigma that runs deep in rural areas, "to crack open people's preconceptions around what harm reduction is – AKA enabling people, AKA causing less safe communities – and going to a very humanistic point of everyone deserves love, dignity, and respect," she said. "I always go off the assumption that generally
people are good. People have lots of care and compassion for their neighbours. This is just a misunderstood, very deadly, very serious crisis." "But in my professional career, I am a business major," she said. "I also can hit people with the argument for money. Harm reduction saves people money, let's be very clear. In health care costs alone, treating someone with HIV in Canada costs over $12,000 a year. Needle disposal and exchange programs cost less than $1 per needle." In time, RHR hopes to have a drop off program for safer use supplies to rural residents, as well as a place paraphernalia can be securely deposited and properly disposed of.
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Minor Hockey Report: Rhett Pfisterer with three assists Kerry Anderson These are some of the results from Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the websites, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries.) Irma U11 Female Aces (0-12-2) were scheduled to play at Wainwright on Sunday. Irma U13 Female Aces (10-7-0) dropped a 6-3 game at Fort McMurray on Saturday after building a 2-1 first period lead on two goals from Runa Erickson. Runa scored all three goals unassisted in the contest. On Sunday at Fort McMurray, Aces dropped a 40 game. Irma U15 Female Aces (5-4-5) skated to a 2-2 tie at home on Friday against Lloydminster. Aces had a 2-1 lead late in the game when Lloyd scored with 5:28 remaining. Irma goals were scored by ella Gulbraa and Charlie Broadhead, with assists going to Charlie, Calista Boe and Rhyan Fraser. Jaxi Farrish made 22 saves in the Irma net. Irma U11 Aces (12-6-1) dropped a 7-4 game on Jan. 24 at home against Lloydminster. Jeremiah Beer scored a hat trick, while Anson Banks scored the other goal. Jayden Meeuws and Beau Fenton picked up assists. On Saturday at Irma, Aces defeated visiting Provost 9-5. Jeremiah Beer had a fivepoint game, scoring four times. Other scorers were; Anson Banks (1g 2a), Rhett Pfisterer (3a), Sawyer Newton (1g 1a), Macoy Tomlinson (1g), Ethan Verreth (1g), Calder Oracheski (1g), Jayden Meeuws (1a), Beau Fenton (1a), and William Newton (1a). Irma U13 Aces (16-5-1) lost a 6-3 game on Friday at Elk Point and then beat Marwayne/Dewberry 9-2 on Saturday at Irma. Scoring for Aces over the weekend were; Gauge Petersen (4g 1a), Parker Leskow (4g 2a), Kohlten Anquist (1g 4a), Knox Smith (1g 2a), Matthias Beer (1g 3a), Jeremiah Beer (1a), Lex Anderson (4a), Trey Gulbraa (1g 2a), and Levi Larson (3a). Conall Rue got the win on Saturday. Irma U15 Aces (5-13-4)
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Fenton assisting. On Sunday at Irma, Onion Lake skated away with a 6-4 win. Jax Mackay and Hudson Clark both scored two
goals, while Trace Fuder got an assist. Irma/Mannville U18 (310-3) lost a 7-6 home game against Mallaig on Satur-
day. I/M had a 6-4 lead in the third period before Mallaig connected three times late in the game. Scoring for I/M were;
Riley Gulbraa (1g 2a), Dominic Whidden (1g 2a), Korben Siebold (1g 2a), Evan Allen (2g), and Blake Fuder (1g 1a).
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