Crowsnest Pass Herald

June 16, 2021 ~ Vol. 91

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A group of volunteers helped clean up the Roxy Theatre. Revive the Roxy is currently in it’s second stage of fundraising and planning. Organizers of Revive the Roxy hope to be able to fully refurbish and open the Roxy Theatre to host many performances in the future. From Left to Right: Rebecca Dewey, Pat Rypien, Kevin Smith, Nichole Rigby, Kate Lockhart. Not pictured: Brielle Smith, Howard Vandenhoef, Don Budgen, Carol Budgen.

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RatePayeRs assoCiation General MeetinG

Wednesday, June 23rd @ 7 pm Hillcrest Miners Club Topics: • Election of Officers EvERyonE WElcomE

THAnk You Special thanks to Dr. Maritz for his professional and caring ways of his patient Rudy Busato. Thank you to the staff at CNP Hospital for caring for his needs which we are grateful for. Thank you to the staff at Fantin’s Funeral Home who make this difficult time as east as possible.

We can be thankful for their expertise.

~ The family of Rudy Busato

Holy Trinity R C Parish Blairmore, AB Dear parish members, It is with excitement that we announce our new rules Stage 2 Restrictions, coming forward from the Diocese Office. We can now have 100 parishioners attend Mass. Please share this news with our sisters and brothers of the parish.

Regular Holy Mass schedule: On Saturdays evening Mass at 5.00 pm On Sundays at 10.00 am On weekdays Tuesdays at 7.00 pm Wednesday to Friday at 9.00 am Since the number has increased there will be no more Zoom Masses.

Contact tracing is still in place. Social distancing only from different households.

Masks are still required. Communion on the tongue is still temporarily not allowed God Bless you.

Attainable housing or green space Community Comes Together to Voice opinion over possible changes to Bellevue Green Space DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Over 30 residents attended the Regular Council meeting at the MDM Community Centre in Bellevue on Tuesday, June 8th to voice their opinion on a proposed Bylaw amendment.

The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass began the process of amending the Land Use Bylaw 1078, 2021 that would allow for multi-family residential units to be built on the open green space in Bellevue.

This particular piece of land was identified in the Municipal Development Plan as a prime location for a higher density residential development.

The green space in question is on the old dairy road and local residents came out in full force to voice their opinions against this change.

The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council passed first reading of this bylaw on Tuesday, May 18th.

Following the passing of first reading in May, a public hearing was advertised and scheduled for Tuesday, June 8th at 1:00pm.

The public hearing provided an opportunity for residents to speak for or against the proposed amendment to this bylaw.

One resident that spoke against the proposed changes to the bylaw was Angela Spearman.

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Spearman questioned the methods the municipality used to make the public aware of this proposed change.

"I heard about this proposed plan by a neighbour knocking on my door at 4:22pm last night.

Why is it that the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass using archaic methods of communication? If I was to put in a garage for instance, in my property, all my neighbours get letters asking if it’s okay. Why is it so difficult for you guys to propose a letter and generally put this information out into the population of east Bellevue and let them know that this is even being considered and allow us to have that opportunity to find out more information."

Spearman says it's not the idea of what Council is trying to do that is the problem but how Council went about it.

"You're proposing that this is attainable housing or affordable housing that you're putting in. Not one of us in this room has a problem with affordable or attainable housing. What we have a problem with is not being transparent with information of how this is going to work. What we have a problem with is why is it that this particular location is being considered for that when there are multiple areas of land use that are being overlooked. How many lots do we have empty in the Crowsnest Pass? Do you have that number?

Secondly, how many homes under 300,000 do we have in this community? Do you have that number?"

Spearman also asked why other areas of the community haven't been considered.

"Why are we not rezoning areas that maybe were put up for industrial areas such as between Sentinel, I know, it's not the ideal place but it's a place where there's not a neighbourhood.

Why can't we put a neighbourhood there? "Why can't we look at other property areas that other people potentially own? Why are we not getting investors that are looking to build these properties and en-

couraging them to look at the dilapidated properties to improve our communities? Why are we not encouraging them to buy out empty lots and improving our communities in that aspect? Why are we going into one community or another and completely destroying the way that community functions in order to put in what you call attainable or affordable housing?"

Spearman also questioned how it could be guaranteed local residents would be the ones buying these houses.

"How do we know that these houses aren't going to be bought out by weekenders? We have no assurances and neither do you.”

Many other residents also took the chance to speak during the public hearing and echoed what Spearman said.

One resident who spoke was Rachel Newrick.

"We, along with everyone here, understand everyone has valid concerns with the loss of green space. There's a lack of process and communication. I know of no one within the adjoining area that was notified. Certainly we received nothing. I saw it in an online edition of the Herald and part of that notification stated that we could connect with the municipal office to get further information about the development. We approached the municipal office and were told there was nothing available so we ended up having a phone call with the development officer on Friday, where we got most of the information."

Many other residents echoed the same concerns and stated to Council that information about this change was not easily accessible and that the Municipality did not do enough to inform the public of this bylaw.

Some residents were also upset that the public hearing was taking place in an afternoon meeting where a large majority of people who would like to speak on the matter couldn't attend due to work schedules.

The other side of concern for residents is the

mental health aspect of losing this green space.

Resident Dean Bennett said it could be harmful to lose that space.

In Bellevue this is one of the only green spaces left. This has been here for over a hundred years. I've watched kids play there, I've played there myself."

Bennett also mentioned that researchers have correlated residential green spaces with positive effects on mental health.

"Green Spaces provide health benefits across the population. They can encourage exercise, provide spaces for socialization and decrease noise and air pollution. Green space most strongly protects against mood disorders, depression and stress related issues.

Green spaces offers one of the best things for mental health and in this community we are giving up way to much lately. I think it's important that we re-evaluate green space not just in Bellevue but in our whole community."

One other resident that spoke at the hearing was the potential developer, Stephen Amonson.

"I empathize and understand the concerns. I wanted to come provide a little bit of my perspective and background as to how we came to this place today so you can understand what are intentions were.

Amonson also mentioned that there is an openness to listen to the concerns and see if there is a happy medium for the project or not.

"If there is not a happy medium, I'm certainly not prepared to fight a whole neighbourhood about a development. I have plenty of opportunities to invest in."

Amonson continued to explain his process.

"We saw a piece of property advertised on the municipal website along with five other pieces of property. We looked at them, we made some initial designs, we asked questions about them and we came forward with a proposal to purchase them. What we are really trying to do is build some product for Cont’d on page 5

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In the lIne of fIre Between June 7 and June 14, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 45 calls for service including the following reported incidents.

Two (2) assault, one (1) break and enter (residential), two (2) fraud/forgery, three (3) threats/harassment, one (1) mischief/vandalism, one (1) theft, two (2) other provincial statutes, ten (10) driving complaints, nine (9) motor vehicle collisions, two (2) assistance to general public, five (5) suspicious occurrences, three (3) assistance to other agencies, one (1) false alarm, one (1) animal calls, one (1) municipal bylaw and one (1) lost and found.

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Suspicious Person On June 11th, 2021, there was a complaint of a suspicious person that stayed overnight in a building that was under construction. Nothing appeared damaged or taken.

Suspicious Male On June 11th, 2021, there was a complaint of a suspicious male wandering around property in Coleman. A 54-year-old male was located and arrested on outstanding warrants. He was released on documents for

Court.

Quad Accidents On June 13th, 2021, at approximately 2:35pm, there was a report of a single quad rollover at Dutch Creek Campground area, north of Coleman.

A second single quad rollover was reported the same day at 5:30pm at Knowles Flats west of Coleman. A 53-year-old male from Redcliff was transported to hospital for his injuries.

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The Simple Raven’s Post

by Avner Perl

A Canadian kid, Yumma made Canada search for its soul The Canadian nation is going through what Catholics call an examination of conscience. Jewish people also do the exercise and others also set time to ask, have I done what I should, or do I need forgiveness. Show me a human that has never done something he or she is sorry for. There was one clean from sin, but they crucified him.

Two weeks ago, we were mourning the poor First Nations children who were taken from their families, stripped of identity, and “made better.” As we were talking, a new act of violence arrested the media’s attention. A Canadian family was mowed down by a truck driven by a young man. His co-worker, who knew him well, said, I can’t believe that Nathaniel (Veltman) did that. He was such a good home-schooled Christian.

Nathaniel admitted his guilt at intentionally killing the family who came here from Pakistan years ago. He singled them out by what they were wearing. Others were passed by because they stripped themselves from national identities and wore regular attire. Canada faced another shock, and it forced us to face reality. We hurt others by not doing enough to rid ourselves of prejudice. It is we who need forgiveness.

One victim, dead on the scene, was fifteen-year-old Yumna Afzaal. She came to Canada as a one-year-old and was a regular Canadian kid. One minute she was going for a walk with Mom, Dad, Grandma, and a nine-year-old brother, and the next they were all broken bleeding on the sidewalk a short distance from home. She could see that they were all irreparable and knew that death was here.

Dying mostly is not instant. I know. The body fights and minutes can feel like hours as they do in a dream. Probably the girl had a chance to see before tears filled her eyes and they glazed over forever.

She was at the age when a girl turns into a woman. From the picture, we can tell that she was pretty and on her school wall she left a mural that includes her image.

Now she faced finding out if a dying person really sees their whole life flash before their eyes. A dream sometimes lasts less than a minute but you wake up realizing that your mind covered a complete story.

She may have seen her brother’s broken body trying to move and people rushing out to help. She knew that most Canadians are good, peace-loving people, but she was

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the one who babysat him all his life. Trying to move… her body would not obey. Who will look after him now?

An old Jewish prayer, “shma Israel” says that when the heart stops the soul is screaming. Yumna’s soul was hollering to God, Allah, they call him. She realized she would not hold her brother again or her own children. She had a tender feeling towards some young man in school. In some corner of her mind, she dreamt of a wedding dress and her parents happy at her future wedding, but never. She wandered how they will dress her for the funeral.

The terrible pain was giving way to numbness. She was a young woman now and remembered that she never had her first kiss. They didn’t talk about sex at home, but she was a Canadian kid and knew what it was. There will be no awkward loving boy and girl exploring each other and no grand moment of ecstatic joy. God is calling over a dark chasm, and she trusts him, but she is so scared. He always favoured boys, she knew. Or was it people did? There was no chance to run away. What if He is like the driver and doesn’t like people like her? She didn’t wear a hijab, her mother did, but God knows everything. What if He is like the people in Quebec? Every human wears something that forms their identity.

Yumna wasn’t sure if her heart is still beating but felt that it was silently crying.

God can do all things and Allah is great, she remembered. She felt alone. Time stopped all together. She didn’t want to go. She saw the white young man who killed her holding the steering wheel aiming for her and didn’t feel hate, only sorrow. Her arm jerked and her legs trashed, like an animal that a hunter has shot, and her beautiful long black curls were soaking up the blood from the pavement.

Let it be over, a whisper in her mind, and ”I am so tired.” Sirens came closer, but she didn’t hear. Dead on the scene said the news. Yumna felt, not heard, the voice of God. “Be at peace angel, all is within.”

So many people, like me, left life somewhere else to emigrate to Canada, since it’s known as a place of peace. The USA is the melting pot and Canada is the mosaic. It’s not the oil or wheat and minerals that draw people to Canada, it’s the image of good kind peace-loving people that attract newcomers. Humans who want to compete, hoard, and win go further south. Here is where the runaway slaves came for shelter.

Here is where the young soldiers who liberated the Netherlands and kept the British Empire free came from. We are polite but we are not pushovers. All of us coloured little pieces make the great mosaic.

Our heaven is now under assault by far-right ideologies we fought against. Our sins of the past are being exposed and there are a new kind of people here wanting to change us into the place we run away from. It is tempting but we must resist.

The day after Yumna’s murder, thousands from all faiths came out to march. The next day her coffin draped in the maple leaf flag was wheeled with the coffins of her beloved family to be buried. Did she change our beliefs?

Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.

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Attainable housing vs. greenspace cont’d from page 2 people who work here, reside here and can do so at a price point that for us makes sense. We agreed to give up some of our profit on this in order to meet those targets. We have agreed that we would build a product type that is sustainable in the long run. It has appliances, it comes with landscaping it comes with fences so when people move in, they don't have a whole bunch of projects on their list. This is targeted towards people who live and work here who can not find a home under $300,000."

The Pass Herald talked to a mortgage specialist at a bank who gave us the following information.

For someone looking to purchase a house with an insured mortgage of five per cent down, for 25 years, which is easier to get than a 30 year, assuming other qualifying factors are met would require a gross yearly income of $54,558.60 for a $260,000 home and $60,696.96 for a $290,000 home.

Amonson says they have multiple different possible ideas for the area.

"We also have sat at our meetings and discussed if we could take two thirds of the area and leave one third as an actual dedicated park with actual play equipment, with an area for gathering, a gazebo or ideas like that. We are open to all of that."

The public hearing lasted just under one hour.

Following the public hearing, Mayor Painter addressed some of the comments that were made.

"About three or four years ago, our FCSS board did a social needs assessment on our community. The key point on the assessment was the dire need for attainable housing. We spent over two years developing our Municipal Development Plan. This consisted of several public open houses. This was all dis-

cussed in the MDP. It's not something that was just thrown out there spur of the moment. The last thing I want to bring to the attention is that we follow the provincial rules and regulations around public hearings.

This is not a development appeal or a development process, this is a public hearing for a bylaw, which follows all those guidelines. It does not ask that every one of the residents in the area are consulted. That comes down the road. This was the first step."

Council then discussed the bylaw again later in the meeting.

Multiple members of Council said they were pleased to see the community come out and fight for what they believe in and will take what residents said before making a final decision.

Councillor Sygutek also spoke to how Council came to this decision and acknowledged there are some areas Council could improve in moving forward.

"We have a demographic of our population who are living beyond 30 per cent of their income.

They have nowhere to live. We have people who are living in trailers. We have people who can't afford rent because the rent in this community is through the roof. Those people are vulnerable people. This Council realized we have growth in this community. We have bigger growth than we anticipated. That's how we came to the idea of how do we get attainable housing.

What we wanted on that site is something for people to live in so they could afford to live in the community. Our job is to advertise it, which we did. Maybe we can do that a bit better by posting it on our Facebook page but we did nothing wrong. We followed the procedures set out in the Municipal Government Act. We did everything we were supposed to do."

Councillor Ward also spoke about Council's

reasoning for this project.

"We have a serious housing shortage here.

We are elected as Councillors to do what we consider best for this municipality. I can appreciate where people are coming from I really can.

That's why I totally support pushing this out for a few weeks and taking everyone's input. I will talk to anyone who respects me. Our phone numbers and emails are on the municipal website.

We're not hard to get a hold of."

Mayor Painter was the last to speak.

"I really appreciate everyone coming out for this hearing. That's your opportunity to come and express your concerns to Council. We need your input and we're thankful for that. What brought this to light for me was people are renting a home that is bigger than what they need, paying upwards of $1,600 a month for rent, which is more than 30 per cent of their income. I was really shocked that this describes 15 per cent of our residents. That's just about 900 people in our community. That's something we have to sit up and take notice of. We have to work towards minimizing that. It's not something we take lightly.

We paid good dollars for these studies we put out there. What I don't want to see is we do a study and put it on the shelf and forget it ever happened.

It's something we need to address and it's something very real. We're trying to give people a place to live and it's not taking 30 per cent of their income to live there. It's very important that everybody in our community has a place to live."

Mayor Painter also addressed that during the creation of the Municipal Development Plan, the municipality held open houses that laid out what these plans were and what Council was hoping to achieve.

"This plan took a little over two years to put into place.

During that

process, it included several open houses. Several evening and some day times as well. 25 people showed up. It was very discouraging but the information is out there. All of this stuff we were talking about today was all a part of that plan. We've been trying to get this out to everybody. I am really disappointed when peo-

ple say we're not being transparent and we're trying to ram it down people's throats. It's anything but."

After hearing the concerns brought up by residents during the public hearing, Administration recommended to Council they hold a second public during an hearing evening meeting to gather

further information from residents.

This also provides Council a chance to take in what was said at this meeting.

A motion was then passed to hold a second public hearing on Tuesday, July 13th at 7:00pm.

The motion was carried.

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Editorial This week I want to talk about kindness. I know it seems like kindness is a foreign concept lately, but to me I think as this world progresses, kindness seems to be a lost art.

A long time ago a local resident started an awesome site called Crowsnest Network. I think the site was done to help promote events, business and good will in the community. What started as an altruistic site has in many situations turned into an ugly, mean, hateful venue where I see people reach their basest level of human dignity and kindness.

I get tagged on this site as a councillor and it is awful the things people say. It is as if they are empowered, clicking on their phones or computers to tell me what a piece of crap I am as a councillor, and in some cases, a human being. I guarantee you none of these people would have the guts to say it to my face. Unlike many I can guarantee you that anything I say when you are not around is something I would, and most likely have said, to your face.

Last week I saw a post about a volunteer group that the writer thought was a venue controlled by the municipality. What started as a rant by the writer turned into a free for all about how crappy council is, the taxes in the community are and how terrible the facility is. I got tagged in the post and as I read through the comments was once again taken back by the ruthlessness of people. So I responded to the reader with the following: “Instead of putting you grievances on a Facebook site that obviously allows people to bitch and complain my guess is your could do the following; call the town office on Monday and ask who is in charge and who to call and then pick up a phone and call them. These are volunteers who spend their time trying to provide you a service you obviously don’t like.

Once you talk to the chairperson of the board and lodge your complaint then it can be discussed at a board level. Also, I’m sure the board might need volunteers so there is that avenue as well. My point being this is a contentious site and if your thought was to air your grievance there perhaps taking the time to find out who is on the board and calling them might have shown a bit of kindness. The remarks on this feed just reiterate my earlier comments on this site and what it has degraded to. I have forwarded your comments to the board chairperson and I’m sure you can find the number through directory”.

The writer's response was that I was condescending. This leads to my original point that social media breed’s contempt. I find it interesting how people would rather vent on Facebook than actually call and talk to someone. Perhaps it is insecurity about actually talking to someone, perhaps it’s a power trip to see how many people get on the bandwagon to humiliate and cut people down.

For the life of me I can’t figure it out. I have an issue, I talk to people, I have an opinion, and I use my words. If I’m not comfortable telling someone to their face what I think, I certainly wouldn't downgrade myself by hiding behind my computer and putting it on social media.

So thank you to all volunteers who help keep this community moving forward. I’m sorry about the Facebook post, which degraded your hard work. We all can do things better, we can always learn from what we do wrong and then we implement and move forward. It’s called growth.

Last week I lost a bit of faith in humanity with the attainable housing issue and then that needless post reinforced it. I feel like we have lost our sense of decency and humanity. So to mitigate the negativity I removed myself from the site. What was originally a great site about community information has, in some instances, just become a place for people to bitch, complain and vent grievances they would never do in person.

It actually felt a bit freeing to leave it. I rarely read the site but am often tagged as a councillor in the negative posts. Now I don’t have to worry about it. You never win an argument on Facebook, so why try. Isn’t the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result? By leaving the site I proved to myself I’m not insane!

Despite last week I had many people come into the office and text me thanking council for trying to help the vulnerable in our community. It reinforced a lot for me. The best thing said to me was this, “Lisa, remember that you may not be doing what is popular for some, but you are doing what is right for all”. That statement rocked me to the core and was powerful. Remember to be kind, if you are you win every time.

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Simply Selles Musings from your local reporter Last week Friday, The Euro 2020 Finals began.

After being delayed a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the top 24 European nations were finally able to lace up their cleats and take to the pitch.

The opening ceremonies of these soccer tournaments are always extravagant and honestly, most can be over the top.

This year’s tournament is different than every other in its history due to games being played across the continent instead of one single host nation.

This year’s opening game took place in Rome.

For me, Rome did it right with their opening ceremonies by having all time great Andrea Bocelli open with Nessun Dorma.

It was the perfect opening to one of the biggest tournaments in the sport.

The tournament then got off to a great start with the host Italians winning 3-0 over Turkey in the opening match.

Saturday’s three game schedule got off to a good start as well with an entertaining 1-1 draw between Wales and Switzerland but then everything came crashing to a sudden halt in the second game between Denmark and Finland.

With just two minutes to go before the end of the first half, Danish superstar Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field without any warning and with no contact from any players.

He suffered a cardiac arrest on the field during open play.

When he first collapsed, no one knew exactly what was going on.

Danish captain Simon Kjaer was quick to react and was credited with opening Eriksen’s airways and ensuring Eriksen didn’t choke on his tongue while unconscious, The medical staff was quick to reach Eriksen and began immediate CPR when they got to him. The rest of the Danish players built a wall around Eriksen to ensure cameras in the stadium couldn’t see what was happening with Eriksen.

After medics were able to resuscitate Eriksen he was taken off the field on a stretcher and taken to hospital for further evaluation.

At that time, no one knew what condition Eriksen was in so the game was suspended until a decision could be made on whether or not to finish the game that day.

The game of soccer is often called the beautiful game due to the smooth passing and general flow of the game but after Eriksen was taken to hospital and the match was suspended, fans of Denmark and Finland showed another reason why the game has that title.

All fans and anyone watching the game at the moment Eriksen collapsed could do was hope and pray he was okay.

The Finnish fans in the stadium decided to show their support by chanting Christian” to which the Danish fans responded with a chant of their own “Eriksen”.

This chant continued on for about a minute before a loud applause rang out in the stadium showing their support for Eriksen and his family.

The fans at that stadium recognized that this life, the life of one of soccer’s brightest stars was far more important than the game itself.

After about an hour and a half, word came out that Eriksen was stable and feeling better.

It was also reported that he reached out to his teammates via FaceTime and recommended they move forward with the game.

The game was then back on and ended in a 1-0 victory for Finland on a day that the score didn’t matter at all.

The third game of the day ended up going ahead as well and saw Belgium win 3-0 over Russia.

Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku, and teammate of Eriksen on their domestic league team Inter Milan, scored twice in the match and dedicated his performance Eriksen.

More word has since come out that Eriksen continues to improve but that his career is likely over.

While that may be the case, it is still a massive positive that he is alive and able to continue living his life with his wife and family.

Some things are far bigger than the sports we watch.

Unfortunately it’s only in times like this where we remember that.

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Creative Writing NEVER Poem by Sam Dyck

You’ll never be famous Never be happy Never find that person NEVER

EXCERPT FROM “GENESIS” Nonfiction by Matthew Gil How lucky is Matthew that his family chose to live near the legendary Frank slide? With just a five-minute drive, he can witness the brutality of nature. His parents start a fried chicken place. It is not the perfect job for an anxious, shy person like Matthew. He often feels like a punching bag, enduring the side glares and the hostile eyebrow raises and grunts from customers. It’s overwhelming most of the time, but he owes it to his family.

The Crowsnest Pass is a place where Matthew matures, figuring out what he loves and what he hates. He falls in love with art, becoming infatuated with the idea of creation, it’s all he can think about. He falls in love with science: he has way too many unanswered questions.

He climbs Turtle Mountain, sitting on the edge of the slide looking down at the world. He kisses his first girlfriend--- although he’s in for a rude awakening. He spends late nights driving around the town with his best friends and walking to 711 with his brother. He makes lots of friends, people that teach him so much and makes him experience so much--- he watches them grow up. He spends his summers working and the winters studying. It will be like this from now on, and this is an idea that he must begrudgingly accept.

Time feels so fast, but it also feels so slow. Time has swept Matthew from underneath his feet and now he will graduate soon. Where has all the time gone? Soon he’ll stand in a suit beside a beautiful girl in a gym full of their classmates. They’ll cheer and party, and they’ll move onto university and forget about each other.

They’ll get jobs and become leaders, innovators, tyrants, criminals, saviors, healers, lovers, creators, teachers--they’ll live all across the world and Matthew will be standing in front of a mirror.

He’ll stand in front of the mirror, wondering about the moment where there was nothing and the moment where there is suddenly everything at once. He’ll think about the rapid expansion from a singularity and how it made all things possible. He will recount his life over, and over again. Will he be happy? I don’t think so.

But he won’t be unhappy either. He’ll just be Matthew.

Seunghyun.

You’ll never graduate Never get your dream job Never be successful NEVER And I’ll NEVER listen to you To your broken lies To the thoughts you try to fill my mind with I WILL be famous Happy I will find that person WILL And I will graduate Get my dream job And be successful Because I have the WILL POWER And I have a way And nothing you say will beat that So don’t tell me I never will Because I’ll ALWAYS prove you wrong

SORRY Poem by Hunter Warnock Wishes come true Maybe not right away The universe needs time So relax; please stay I'm sorry I'm not always there I'm sorry the colour faded I'm sorry that one day My care appeared shaded I hope one day I see your smile And no, not through my screen The beautiful girl who made The best art I've ever seen The one who deserves the world Not just for what she's done But for what she wishes she could do To make sure her friends have won The heart that wiped my tears away The mind that set me free The one who showed me Who I could really be

TRUE LOVE Poem by Joe You Sunsets Sunrises Moonsets Light-minded

Thinking with the heart and not with the brain Being together and catching every train That brings us to wonderland Where we can be our definition of a man You were not my brother neither just my friend You were my all in one You were kind And nice And loving and caring And all we had was what we were sharing In the river I can still hear your laugh And in the moon I see your face And even if it's getting really dark in my heart I can still feel your mark and your shine And you're keeping me alive, because even though you’re gone You're still mine When I smell the flowers I smell your hair And when I feel my jacket I feel your hugs right there Beside me, standing when I'm day dreaming And with me dancing in the rain When I'm night dreaming When I have those nightmares again I can feel your heart rate that's playing within my mind As if you were standing just behind me When I'm feeling him on my skin And all the hate that went within it I still know that you look down And protect me from the worst before I drown You're the wind that pushes clouds away from the sun And when I'm just running from all the depression You're the one that keeps me up-headed You were not my brother neither just my friend You were my all in one You were kind And nice And loving and caring And all we had was what we were sharing True Love

Again, I'm sorry; I wish I was right there To prove that I'm still here To show That I still care

HIDING PLACE Poem by Hailey Yoner

Deep in the forest far from civilization that’s where I go.

Somewhere hard to find Somewhere out of sight The deeper you go the more you’ll find If you have the power for sight Then you shall see That life is never as it seems It's dark and cruel Full of hate But it also has lovers Fighters and knights

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Looking Back

By John Kinnear

A Matter of Moral Courage – Peter Henderson Bryce

More than a few years ago, in Fernie, I came to know a man by the name of Andy Bryce. He worked at the local radio station and at the cable company there and mentored me for a time in the art of videography. He eventually wound up in Victoria, BC teaching his craft at Camosun College.

Andy is none other than the great-grandson of Peter Henderson Bryce, an important name that is surfacing once again as the horrific revelations of what was found at the Kamloops residential school plays out. Much is being said about this discovery and there is a lot of soul-searching and

heartache going on as we contemplate, more deeply, the significance of the residential school story.

In 2011 Andy returned to his roots in the Hamilton, Ontario area after his mother had passed and discovered some articles on his great-grandfather Peter, in her belongings.

Andy had been vaguely aware of Peter’s story and subsequent to this discovery spent a couple of years researching articles and major works like Adam Green’s 1999 thesis on residential schools and John Milloy’s book entitled, A National Crime - The Canadian Government and the Residential School System. He was driven to fully understand the significance of who Peter was and what had happened.

Peter Henderson Bryce was a pioneer in public health and sanitation policy in Canada, renowned for his attempts to improve the health and living conditions of Indigenous Peoples in this country. In 2013 Andy went back to Bracebridge, Ontario for a family reunion where his encounters with relatives led to a profound realization. What he recognized was that there were five generations in the Bryce family who had worked or were working in public health and that this was a remarkable chain of family commitment and also an important story. It was a story that he, as a researcher and film maker, felt needed to be told in a documentary.

Sharing Peter Henderson Bryce’s legacy became his principle focus. After completing his own Master’s thesis in 2014 he began working with award-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Campbell of Gumboot Productions to eventually produce two important offerings. In 2016 the release of Finding Heart was announced by the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), a 14-minute video specifically designed to enlighten students about Peter Henderson Bryce, the early whistleblower on health conditions inside Residential Schools.

Then in 2018 the 23-minute film, Finding Peter Bryce – Story of a National Crime, was officially released. It is a very moving work that follows great grandson Andy through his investigations into Peter’s story. His in-depth research takes Peter’s story back to his birth in 1853, as one of seven children of Scottish immigrants George Bryce and his wife Catherine Henderson. George was a prosperous blacksmith-owner in Mount Pleasant, Ontario at the time of Peter’s birth. Four of the Bryce’s seven children went to university.

Peter Bryce’s education was completed at University College in Toronto where he achieved his bachelor’s, then his master’s and ultimately his doctor’s degree. In 1880 he was granted his qualification as a surgeon in Edinburgh, Scotland and went on to study in Paris where he worked with the leading neurologists of the time.

He had been practicing medicine in Guelph since 1882 when he was appointed secretary of Ontario’s Board of Health. It was there that he co-authored this country’s very first official health code, one that was eventually adopted by all provinces and many states in the United States. Andy states that, “We have clean drinking water, septic systems and mandated vaccination programs because of my great-grandfather and the people he worked with.”

I found a fascinating bit of Bryce history in a Canadian Public Health Association publication which has a rather interesting parallel to recent events in our country. A deadly small pox epidemic hit eastern Ontario in 1884 and it gave their provincial health board its first opportunity to manage a serious infectious disease threat. Secretary Bryce recognized this needed to be contained and ordered schools and churches closed, banned public gatherings and “posted constables on the roads and railway stations to control the movement of anyone who might be carrying the disease. He also brought in medical students to conduct house-to-house vaccinations, disinfected and fumigated all infected houses, and issued a pamphlet that attacked the anti-vaccination views of a local practitioner.” By January of 1885 they had shut down that outbreak and kept it from spreading outside of that township.”

In 1904 Peter Bryce became chief medical officer in the Federal Department of the Interior and Indian Affairs.

The health of immigrants and Indigenous peoples became his responsibility. His moral conscience, bound by the social gospel that he was raised in, drove him to try and improve conditions wherever he could. Bryce’s name has come up a lot in the last couple years as the Truth and Reconciliation Committee wrapped up and presented no less than 94 recommendations to parliament. His story has been revisited recently in hundreds of columns available on line.

In brief, in 1907 Bryce toured 35 residential schools in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. His report talked about terribly crowded conditions and poor ventilation at these schools, conditions that fostered a horrific spread of tuberculosis. We all view so many statistics these days and I worry that numbers don’t have any impact on us anymore. Everything is boiled down to a percent. In one case he surveyed, that of the Saskatchewan’s File Hill Colony School, they reported that 69 percent of its former students had died from TB. My God, these were all kids.

Look how we reacted during COVID-19 times to protect our children in schools. But for Bryce the battle went on with more heart breaking findings. An assessment of 243 students in seven Alberta residential schools revealed TB was widespread and the death rate was 20 times higher than the national average for children.

Bryce recommended treating every student as a probable TB patient and that they be given better food, milk, clothing and medical treatment. That is exactly what the Frank Sanatorium did for its patients here in the Crowsnest Pass. Bryce wanted the church-run schools turned into sanatoriums with medical officers and nursing care to stop the spread of TB. His 1907 report was rejected by the now infamous Duncan Campbell Scott, Superintendent of Education with the Department of Indian Affairs. At that time there were 70 residential schools across Canada with over 10,000 students! Scott felt that TB was a fact of life for Indigenous children and was dismissive of Bryce’s report for the most part. Peter Bryce continued to press for reform for years but eventually was removed from his position in 1913 by Scott who was by then Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs.

Peter Henderson Bryce continued with the Department of the Interior but was shut out of Indian Affairs altogether. At every turn when he pressed his case he was outmaneuvered. He eventually published a booklet in 1922, after his retirement, in which he attacked the government for its failures to address this residential school issue. The government refused to spend $10,000 a year to control TB amongst the 105,000 Indigenous peoples while spending $30,000 in Ottawa alone for its TB patients.

Peter Bryce passed in 1932 at the age of 67. He booked a trip to the West Indies that year on the Empress of Australia and was found dead in his cabin. In the nine months prior to his passing he had lost his brother George, his wife Kate and his son Henderson Lynde Bryce.

Henderson was the former head of surgery at Vancouver General Hospital. In what could only be viewed as a terrible irony, Henderson passed from TB at the age of 42.

Andy Bryce worked with some remarkable people in crafting his grandfather’s video biography. He utilized his considerable media skills in helping to make this important film. Andy followed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission closely and learned they were using his great-grandfather’s painful statistics. He was present at the ceremony at his great-grandfather’s gravesite at Beechwood, Canada’s National Cemetery in Ottawa, where in 2015 he read aloud the wording he had helped craft for a special bronze plaque acknowledging Peter.

At the gravesite that day were a collection of hearts on sticks put there previously by survivors, dignitaries and children at the closing ceremonies of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Andy recognized full well that his great-grandfather was a principled man who stood up for what was right and it had cost him his career. Would that there were more uncompromisable men in this world like Peter Henderson Bryce. Prepared to stand up for what is right at all costs. At the close of the video Andy states, “My great-grandfather was a remarkable man, not just because of the residential school From top: Andy Bryce- Greatstory. In many many ways he had a lot of impact. He left a legacy in my family of education obviously, but he also left a legacy of people grandson of Peter Henderson Bryce - courtesy Andy Bryce, Reswho are forthright and speak their minds and always stand up for what is right.” ident school children - not one single smile - wikipedia, The harsh Author’s Note: Finding Heart can be found on YouTube. Every child should see this film. The Beechwood Cemetery Foundation also realities of an indifferent system chose to place a plaque at Duncan Campbell Scott’s marker that reads in part, “He is also notorious for his 52-year career in the Department National Archives of Canada, Peter of Indian Affairs…. Scott oversaw the assimilationist Indian residential school system for aboriginal children, stating his goal was “to get Henderson Bryce in later years rid of the Indian problem. In its 2015 report, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said that the Indian residential school system wikipedia, Bryce's last plea to save amounted to cultural genocide.” the children - wikipedia.

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021 - CrOwSneSt PASS HerALD - 15

Crowsnest Community Support Services partners with Adaptable Outdoors DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

The Crowsnest Community Support Society is providing more resources to its clients.

Over the last few months, CCSS has been working on creating partnerships with local resources and one of those partnerships is with Adaptable Outdoors.

Adaptable Outdoors is an organization that specializes in providing outdoor recreation opportunities to individuals with varying disabilities.

Executive Director for CCSS, Dianne Gray, says these partnerships are a big step in the right direction for CCSS. “Here at Crowsnest Community Support Society, we're building partnerships with local resources.

Adaptable Outdoors is one of them because of our clientele base and for community members.”

Gray also says there are more partnerships in the works with other local resources to help maximize all CCSS can offer.

On Monday, June 7th, Adaptable Outdoors provided a demonstration of some of the equipment they have at CCSS. One main piece of equipment is a one of a kind canoe.

The custom canoe has two sets of outriggers for extra stability.

"You can stand up and fly fish in this canoe and it won't tip," said Steve Holly, President and CoFounder of Adaptable Outdoors.

The canoe also comes with a special seat that has four lateral supports to help keep someone who may lean upright.

Adaptable Outdoors also has a kayak with similar outriggers to provide stability for anyone who uses it.

Holly says one of the

programs they will run this year due to demand is a fishing program.

A major help with the fishing program will come from an electric fishing rod.

The rod allows for anyone who otherwise wouldn't be able to catch a fish to do so by simply pushing a button.

When the switch is activated the rod will reel in the fish electronically.

Adaptable Outdoors showcased many of their other pieces of equipment that will be available for use.

"We have an all terrain buggy. It can go over rocks and on trails that regular wheelchairs just couldn't go. The other nice thing about it is that it can go right into the water as well.

We found that when we do paddling experiences where we teach people to paddle, they want to get into the lakes. This will be perfect to give them that chance. We can have them

go in the buggy and take them right into the water with the equipment safely.

It's also great for shore fishing experiences. If people want to access specific spots on the river or around the shore of a lake, we've used it for that in the past as well," said Holly.

The next piece of equipment is the TrailRider that is owned by Alberta Parks but Adaptable Outdoors has access to.

"It is an amazing piece of equipment because of where it can go. We can take someone with a disability to the top of a mountain in it. This has been used in the past to provide someone the opportunity to climb HaLing Peak in Canmore, which is an extremely steep hike. It took a team of 30 volunteers but they managed to give someone that experience who would've never had it otherwise," said Holly.

The TrailRider is a

$9,000 piece of equipment and is very specialized.

Holly says that's where an organization like Adaptable Outdoors comes in.

"People can't afford to buy an adaptive kayak, a buggy or a TrailRider because they're all thousands and thousands of dollars.

We try and get the equipment and then give the experiences to people looking for them. If someone loves kayaking or biking or any activity, then they can look into getting their own equipment.”

Holly adds that fundraising has been a big reason they’ve been able to attain the equipment they have so far.

"Most of the fundraising that we've done so far has just been to get the equipment. Some of our supporters have been fantastic for us."

For Adaptable Outdoors, a partnership with CCSS was an easy deci-

sion.

“These guys do incredible work for people living with disabilities so it seemed like a no brainer that we would connect and partner in some way.

They have people living with cognitive disabilities that we can get outside on hikes, we're looking to do a program for people that are ambulatory but maybe have a cognitive disability.”

The big thing for Adaptable Outdoors is creating larger impacts across the experiences they provide.

"Our impacts don't just impact the client or the participant, they also impact the family members and the caregivers who care for them day in and day out in a situation sometimes where life is very difficult. So for caregivers to see their clients out enjoying these activities, it's quite profound for them as well."

~ OBITUARIES ~ RUDY BUSATO

With great sadness, we announce the passing of Rudy Busato of Hillcrest Mines, AB. He passed away peacefully at the Crowsnest Pass Health Care Centre on June 9, 2021 at the age of 82 years.

Rudy was born in Michel, BC on April 16, 1939 to loving parents, Angelo and Victoria Busato. Rudy was a hardworking man, who worked hard to provide for his family. He worked with the Teamsters Union and Emil Anderson Construction, building the roads through the Rogers Pass and Salmo Creston. Rudy loved spending quality time with his family, especially his grandchildren and great grandchildren. His favorite pastime was riding and caring for his horses. He was a member of the Coleman Legion where he enjoyed spending time with his friends. Some of his fondest memories were days spent at the Pincher Creek Colony; he said they were very kind and giving people. Rudy will be missed by his family and all who knew him.

Left to mourn his passing is his loving partner, Helen Ehlert; his children, Robert “Buzz” (Denise) Busato and Chris (Kelly) Murphy; his grandchildren, Nicole (Graedy), Jared (Paige) and Brendan (Hailey); his great grandchildren, Lacey and Jaxon; as well as numerous nephews, nieces and many friends he has made over the years.

He was predeceased by his parents, Angelo and Victoria, and his siblings, Gino and Dinora.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be gratefully accepted by the Crowsnest Pass Health Care Foundation (PO Box 455 Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0). At Rudy’s request, no funeral service will be held. Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

1939 ~ 2021

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GWENDALYN AMBER TAGGART February 16, 1976 ~ June 3, 2021

With broken hearts we announce the passing of Gwendalyn Amber Taggart of Coleman, AB on June 3, 2021. She was taken from us too soon at the age of 45 years.

Gwen was born in Blairmore, AB on February 16, 1976 and she was a shining light right from the start. Filled with spirit, she brought joy to everyone she met. Along with her brothers, she was raised in Bellevue, AB in a home filled with un-

conditional love and acceptance – traits she exuded throughout her entire life.

Gwen was an incredibly artistic person and she channeled her talents into a wide variety of mediums. She created countless beautiful knitting, sewing and crocheting projects, as well as many wonderful paintings. Gwen’s eye for balance and composition was also evident in every photograph she took. Among many other topics, she was very knowledgeable about art and antiquities, and she could expertly refinish furniture, bringing the pieces back to their original glory. In her quieter moments, Gwen could often be found enveloped in a good book, and she enjoyed getting in the car and driving to anywhere the road took her. She had a deep love for all animals and was a passionate member of the World Wildlife Fund. Gwen’s warm, compassionate, sometimes quirky, always loving disposition will be deeply missed. She may be gone from our sight, but she will never be gone from our hearts.

Left to mourn her passing and celebrate her life are her parents, Raymund and Marjorie Taggart of Coleman, AB; her brothers, Rick Taggart of High River, AB and David (Amanda) Taggart of Coleman, AB; her nieces, Stephanie and Elizabeth Brown; her nephew, Spencer Taggart; her best friend, Linda Dalman; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

The Funeral Service will be live-streamed on June 18, 2021 at 11:00am. Please visit the Fantin’s Funeral Chapel website to access video link. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations will be gratefully accepted by the Crowsnest Pass SPCA (PO Box 725, Blairmore, AB T0K 0E0). Condolences may be registered at www.fantinsfuneralchapel.ca.

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16 – Crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Canada Day Parade planned and ready to go ahead DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter

Residents of the Crowsnest Pass will have a Canada Day parade to look forward to this year.

After a much smaller scale

and different looking parade last year, President of the Coleman Community Society, Jane Ann Reimer, says this year will be a larger scale event than last year’s.

This year’s parade will be a

stationary or reverse parade where floats and groups that are part of the parade will be stationary along the parade route while parade goers drive past.

Currently, there is no plan

to allow for pedestrian traffic.

Anyone attending the parade will be asked to stay in their vehicles and drive the parade route.

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“People can start the route at 11 am. It will be open until noon or so, depending on how many people wish to drive thru.”

Anyone attending the parade is asked to start from the north end of Coleman, using the west entrance by the overpass into downtown or from Flumerfelt Park.

Reimer says this year’s parade will also have limited space for floats and people are asked to pre-register and the spots are open to any group.

"I'm asking everyone to pre-register. The way we are looking at it right now would probably be about 30 floats or groups. We're hoping to have a group of the local symphony members to come and play and we're also looking into seeing if any of the Turning Point dancers would like to do a dance routine as part of it as well. We say floats but it's really all groups."

There will be no candy thrown but bags of wrapped candy will be handed out at the end of the parade.

This year’s parade theme is Canada and “Celebrate the Wind”.

Currently, the Legion is hoping to have burgers and hotdogs available but they are currently unable to confirm that until they know whether or not Stage 3 of Alberta’s Open for Summer Plan will begin by Canada Day. Reimer says even if Stage 3 begins on or before Canada Day, the parade will follow this format for this year before returning to it’s regular format next year.

"It's easier at this point for us to just know that this is what we're going to do because who knows what will happen. I'd rather be safe than sorry."

Anyone interested in registering for one of the float spots in the parade must do so by June 27.

Registration can be completed by contacting Jane Ann Reimer through email at reimcons@telus.net or by phone at 403-563-0265.

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