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OPPORTUNITY
TELEMIRACLE
School to house greens business
Teen makes her own miracles
Jessica R. Durling REPORTER
Thirteen-year-old McKenzie Squires raised $368.40 for Telemiracle on Feb. 15 by selling popcorn by donation at the Co-op C-Store in Tisdale. “I do this because I think every person deserves a chance at life, so I know that by doing this I’m always helping someone in need,” Squires said. Squires was made an honorary Kinette in 2016 because of her fundraising efforts. Since 2016 she has raised $7,159.40 for Telemiracle. PHOTO BY JESSICA R. DURLING
HUDSON BAY — The Town of Hudson Bay intends for the building that was the former Stewart Hawke School to be used to grow edible herbs and greens. The town announced on Feb. 13 that it has signed a letter of understanding regarding the former Stewart Hawke School with Letus-Grow Hydroponics, owned by Jan and June Nel. The letter approved in principle the development plan submitted by Let Us Grow and initiated the necessary rezoning and subdivision of the property. Let-us-Grow Hydroponics has been granted full access to the building and the town has agreed
in due course to transfer the buildings and a portion of the property to the Nels’, subject to meeting the conditions of the agreement. These include the establishment of an artificial growing and process environment for edible herbs and greens, along with future value-added processing. The new business will initially be focused on growing edible greens and herbs. “We had made that determination once we did an agreement with the North East School Division (NESD), last resort we would agree to or we would have to tear that building down or demolish it, and that wasn’t the desired case,” said Glen McCaffery, mayor of Hudson Bay. SEE SCHOOL PAGE 2
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Outgoing EDO encourages continued focus on growth Devan C. Tasa EDITOR
TISDALE — Tisdale’s economic development officer is moving on to a bigger community. Sean Wallace will be taking a new position as the
director of economic development in Drumheller, Alta. His last day was Feb. 15. “It has been my complete honour and privilege to serve the citizens of both the Town and RM of Tisdale,” he said. Wallace started in
November 2014. Since then, he was involved in changing the town’s slogan from “Land of Rape and Honey” to “Opportunity Grows Here,” attracting a second grocery store, and developing a foreign direct investment and agrivalue strategy.
“In small rural towns the position of economic developer is often not a priority,” Wallace said. “It’s a side venture where they wait for the phone to ring. In Tisdale we did things differently. It is my hope that same passion for ser-
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for Tisdale not to be complacent – the successes we have experienced will continue for a time, but eventually the waves communities ride from success will diminish if the hard work of economic development doesn’t continue,” he said.