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Weekend, May 20-23, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Bans on booze work: Official
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Temporary liquor bans in place at nine of 250 provincial parks Around 25,000 campers use Alberta campgrounds every year KATIE TURNER/METRO
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Long weekend
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Roman rider Fairland Ferguson warms up with Cavalia horses Criollo, left, and Amaretto. KATIE TURNER/METRO
Cavalia comes to Calgary
Cavalia features 39 artists including aerialists, acrobats, dancers and musicians, as well as 49 horses. The show premieres in Calgary on May 25 at Canada Olympic Park.
Campers may not appreciate longweekend liquor bans but according to the province, the bans are working. Since 2004 when the temporary liquor ban program was first implemented, unacceptable behaviours such as impaired driving, assaults and vandalism have decreased in these areas by an average of 90 per cent, according to a provincial spokesperson. “The reduction of about 90 per cent has shown us that it has been an effective way to still allow people to enjoy the parks over the long weekend, but still make it safe and friendly for everyone,” said Erin Larson of Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. Larson said the decision to enforce a ban is based on previous incidents at particular parks.
RCMP Sgt. Dave Hardy
“The sites selected are re-evaluated every year and we do look at those enforcement stats and see if it’s still required there or not,” she said, adding the ban was removed at one of the parks this year. Rather than deterring campers, Larson said the parks with bans tend to attract more families and those sites tend to remain popular. RCMP Sgt. Dave Hardy said they have scaled back enforcement slightly over the last few years as more Albertans are complying with rules, but he added there will still be plenty of officers out this weekend.
Charges Last May long weekend, traffic units laid more than 2,800 charges throughout the province — 2, 269 of which were speeding violations. Suspensions 154 impaired drivers were also charged and 14 were issued 24-hour suspensions. Campsites There are approximately 13,700 provincial campsites in Alberta. Bans For a full list of provincial campgrounds with liquor bans, visit www.tpr.alberta.ca.
“There will be check-stops out in locations that have historically had high volumes of campers and recreational users. We will be out just doing what we can to make sure people get to a destination safely.” More coverage {page 4-5}