Shellbrook
Chronicle
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www.shellbrookchronicle.com VOLUME 100
SHELLBROOK, SASKATCHEWAN
PMR #40007604
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011
No. 50
RM of Shellbrook waiting on disaster relief funds
A green light on grants applied for this summer will make a rough year much more manageable for the RM of Shellbrook. Wet conditions caused by a high water table and spring flooding made for large increases in spending on road rebuilding and maintenance. According to Reeve Bob Ernst, a budget bursting $500,000 was spent on road repair, culvert replacement and regular road maintenance this year. The RM has applied for Provincial Disaster Assistance Program (PDAP) funding for the eligible portion of funding but has yet to hear how much would be covered if their application is approved at all. “We’ve spent all of this money but we are still waiting to see what is going to happen. Are they going to approve 60 per cent or 70 or 40,” said Ernst. The RM applied for $180,000 under the PDAP program of which $55,000 is the deductible. Ernst said that early indications were that, if approved, the RM would receive a grant for 60 per cent of the remaining $125,000. Frost boils and heaves in the road also caused significant problems and great expense but damage caused by those perils are not covered under the program because they are not caused by excess water. The municipality also spent $69,000 on the replacement of culverts this year with $25,000 of that covered by a grant through the Sask Watershed Authority. The RM’s gravel budget was also pushed well beyond its limit this year as $210,000 spent on gravel which has gone toward filling holes and graveling roads. In a typical year they budget $150,000 for gravel. Continued on page 2
HITTING THE TRAILS -- The Sturgeon River Nordic ski team had a solid showing at stages 1 and 2 of the Sask Cup in La Ronge over the weekend. The team, made up of skiers from Shellbrook, Spruce Home and Prince Albert had 26 placings through the weekend’s events. Pictured here are: Back row Reilly Pauliuk, of P.A., Matthew Gill and Adam Crosby of Spruce Home, Ryan Potts, Taryn Moe and Hannah Miller of Shellbrook), 2nd Row Michael Fraser, of PA, Miranda Crosby, Cassandra Crosby and Simon Crosby of Spruce Home, Jenna Beaulieu and Evan Beaulieu of Shellbrook; Bill Jeffery (Coach), Anna Sigurdson of PA, Amund Otterson of Shellbrook; Joan Jeffery (Coach) Front Row (foreground) Jaxson Carter, Alex Wilson, Milton Schinbein and Carly Fraser, of PA. Story on page 2.
Prince Albert man appeals drug sentence A Prince Albert man who received a seven year sentence for drug trafficking is appealing his conviction. Trevor Wayne Anderson, of Prince Albert, was sentenced December 7 to seven years in prison for a series of drug related offences in the Prince Albert Court of Queens Bench. Anderson was convicted of drug dealing, instructing the commission of an offence for a criminal organization and possession of property obtained by crime. According to the Notice of Appeal, the conviction is being appealed based on the grounds that “The decision is contrary
to the evidence, the weight of the evidence, and the law.” Anderson’s lawyer, Mark Brayford, also notes in the document that the rulings with respect to the Appellant’s Charter Rights were wrong in relation to late, lost missing and vetted disclosure, the format of that disclosure, deceased informant privilege, investigative technique privilege, work product privilege and unreasonable delay. Court heard that Anderson was responsible for the trafficking of at least 4 kilograms of cocaine and between 80 – 100 lbs of cannabis marijuana in and
around the city of Prince Albert between May and August of 2007. The judge ordered Anderson to forfeit four vehicles and $74,000 in cash. The Crown is also seeking forfeiture of a home located north of Prince Albert. Anderson was one of 18 originally charged following a yearlong drug sting conducted by the Prince Albert Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit in 2007, which is made up of members of the RCMP and Prince Albert City Police. No date for the appeal to be heard had been set at press time.
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