Vegreville News Advertiser - February 10, 2021

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RCMP files from February 1 - 7 Arthur Beaudette News Advertiser February 1 22:09 – Traffic stop conducted on Hwy 16a in Vegreville when the driver was observed using a cell phone.

During the investigation it was determined that the 31-year-old male driver from Two Hills was suspended. The driver received tickets for Driving while unauthorized (mandatory court) and driving while using a cell phone (VP of $300). The vehicle was towed and seized for 60 days as this was a second offence for driving while unauthorized.

February 2 12:44 – Traffic stop conducted in Vegreville on Hwy 16a. A 25-year-old male driver from Lloydminster was charged for driving without registration (VP of $324) as well as driving an uninsured vehicle on the highway (mandatory court). Vehicle was towed and seized.

15:25 – Traffic stop conducted on Hwy 16. A 45-year-old female from Vegreville was charged with operating without a drivers license (VP of $324).

February 3 11:51 – Complaint received about a person leaving their residence after having a positive COVID test. The subject of the complaint had gone to retrieve their mail. Members spoke with the subject and had confirmed that they had received an email from

AHS that their isolation period was over. The concerns were unfounded.

20:38 – Report of a suspicious male laying in the snow in residential area in Vegreville.

Members attended and found the male laying in the snow. The 18-year-old Vegreville male was intoxicated and resisted arrest. Upon arrest a search was conducted and members found approximately an ounce of methamphetamine packaged for sale. The subject was later released by a Justice for court and is set to appear in court March 1 on charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking and resisting arrest.

February 4 21:03 – Traffic stop conducted in Vegreville. The 46-year-old female from the County of Minburn was charged for operating a motor vehicle without registration. The driver was a provided a ticket with a voluntary penalty (VP) of $324.

21:34 – Call received from a regular caller who used to live in Vegreville but now lives in Saskatchewan. The caller indicated that a Vegreville resident has technology used to spy on her and harass her. The caller did not provide information for call back. This client has been calling for years on the same topics and her concerns to this point have been determined as unfounded.

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February 6 23:35 – Report of small amount of drugs located in a bathroom at a Vegreville business. Members attended and recovered a small amount of methamphetamine. Investigation is ongoing.

February 7 11:08 – Report received of found property at a rural Lamont County property.

Members attended and located a gun safe. It was confirmed that the property was related to a break and enter in the Mayerthorpe area.

Investigation in collaboration with the Mayerthorpe detachment is ongoing.

16:27 – Report received about a deceased animal located on private property in the rural area near Mundare. The caller indicated that she was concerned that her goat was the victim of foul play. Under investigation.

17:42 – Report of concerns with road on 43 Street in Vegreville (near hospital). There is ice and deep ruts in the snow near the bridge.

During the week there were 54 calls for service made in total including: 1 false alarm, 0 false 911s, 0 animal strikes, 1 Health Act (COVID), 2 wellbeing check, 3 calls under the Mental Health Act, and approximately 8 tickets from traffic enforcement.

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You’ll notice something different about the front page of today’s print edition: it is void of news It represents a very real phenomenon — local headlines and local newspapers are disappearing across Canada.

A large part of the reason is the dominance of global tech giants such as Google and Facebook, which refuse to pay a fair price for content created by Canadian news outlets.

They also drain off more than 80 per cent of all digital advertising revenue in Canada.

Our front page without the news is part of a nationwide campaign by News Media Canada to raise awareness of the danger this phenomenon poses not only to local media but to democracy itself.

Without reliable, trusted journalism that informs you and keeps governments accountable, our democracy and the ability of citizens to respond to local issues will suffer.

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fact-based news. Because of the virtual monopoly of Google and Facebook online, dozens of local newspapers across Canada have closed in recent years and hundreds of journalists have lost their jobs.

It’s time for Ottawa to act.

The best solution is for Ottawa to follow an Australian example and adopt legislation that allows newspapers to negotiate a fair price for use of their

content, with massive fines if Google and Facebook refuse to co-operate.

Importantly, no new government funding, taxes or fees are required for this solution.

We encourage you to read the Open Letter. It can be found at https://www. levellingthedigitalplayingfield.ca/

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We also encourage you to let your local MP know you want Ottawa to level the playing field.

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Raiding the Cookie Jar Arthur Beaudette News Advertiser - Opinion Canada is being criticized for drawing COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX program. COVAX was designed to have wealthier countries pool funds to buy vaccines for themselves, but more importantly for 92 low and middle-income countries that cannot afford to buy these vaccines on their own.

Should the draw be approved, Canada will receive 1.9 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine around the end of June. Not surprising, this is the one firm date Canadianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s have seen after continually lowered expectations. As Conservative health critic Michelle Rempel-Garner said during an interview with The West Blockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mercedes Stephenson, the federal government keeps â&#x20AC;&#x153;moving the goalpostsâ&#x20AC;? for their vaccine rollout amid news of further delays from vaccine manufacturers over the last several weeks.

This week Canada saw Moderna short a scheduled shipment of 230,000 doses by 50,000 at the same time that Pfizer only shipped one-fifth. Despite the current delays and abysmal performance of our vaccination program, PM Trudeau continues to tell Canadians that we are on track to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;six million doses or more by the end of Q1, and to have everyone who wants a vaccine vaccinated by September.â&#x20AC;? You heard it; September 30th, 2021 and we will all have our vaccines. Mark it on your calendar.

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According to data from Our World In Data, Canada is currently ranked 38th in the world for vaccination DOSES per capita with 2.76 percent of our population. Ranked ahead of Canada are countries like Serbia, Slovenia, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. One wonders how this happens when we have one of the largest on paper vaccine portfolios per capita in the world.

There has been talk that these shortages have more to do with politics than capacity. Canada started off our vaccine efforts by committing to CanSino Biologics Inc., a Chinese biotech company whose single shot vaccine is currently showing to be 65.7 percent effective. That deal fell through and Canada was playing catch up. Canada also has limited domestic capacity and has not been able to strike a deal with the pharmaceutical powerhouses who are in control of the world vaccine supplies. Additionally, canada also passed up the opportunity to work with at least one Canadian company developing a vaccine.

On the flip side of the debate is the argument of â&#x20AC;&#x153;why not?â&#x20AC;?

Why shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Canada tap COVAX for much needed supplies? With the current situation where our winter is seeing us get hammered by COVID, many warmer and often poorer countries seem to be having an easier time of things.

There is validity in the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look out for Number One.â&#x20AC;?

If parents didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take care of themselves, they would not be able to care for their children. When on a plane, in case of emergency you are told to put on your mask before helping others. Being selfless 100 percent of the time is not necessarily the best thing we can do. Trying to please everyone is a well-known formula for unhappiness.

While opposition parties attempt to skewer the governing Liberals over this move, they seem to forget that world powers such as the USA (ranked 5th in per capita vaccinations) and Russian (ranked 55th) opted out of COVAX completely.

They are also blind to the fact that many poor countries are in better shape than us. Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death rate is about 1/5th of ours, Pakistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1/10th and Nigeriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1/60th.

Locations without winter and rich, fat (and letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it obstinate) populations seem to be better off than Canada at this time. So, it seems logical to raid the cookie jar now. We are the ones who need the help now. Later, when we are better equipped to help more and the vaccines are being produced in the billions of doses we can load up the cookie jar many times what we removed. After all, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that what cookie jars are for?

If you have a cookie jar that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never raided, I can guarantee you that your cookies are old and stale anyhow.

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Plans for Agri-Food Industrial Park Taking Shape in Vegreville Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Plans for the multi-million agri-food industrial park in Vegreville are in the works and soon residents will be given the opportunity to participate in the naming of the parcel of land which is currently referred to as SE 17.

Elected officials stand on the future site of the agri-food industrial park. (Michelle Pinon/File Photo)

Dale Lefebvre, Director of Infrastructure, Planning & Development for the Town of Vegreville, said the project is being designed in three sections and construction is scheduled for this spring.

He explained, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;On-Siteâ&#x20AC;? servicing design encompasses the actual development of the Industrial lots totaling approximately 82 acres for a total of 19 lots varying in size from as large as 15 acres down to as small as 1.5 acres. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This includes managing a natural wetland on site as well as deep services, (water and sanitary), storm water flow and storage design, roads, electricity, natural gas, data lines, and street lighting. We are currently working with an environmental consultant to complete the wetland requirements.

Once completed, we can set the elevation for this portion of the development and complete the detailed design. We are estimating that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;On Siteâ&#x20AC;? design is just over 70 percent complete, and tender documents are at 50 percent complete.

The next one is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sanitary Lift Stationâ&#x20AC;? This lift station is being designed to manage the needs of this development as well as future expansions to the Industrial area. Included with the lift station facility will be an automated septic receiving station.

This lift station is being designed as a stand-alone building that will contain the required pumps, controls and communication systems that will provide future services for much more development than the current area.

This Lift station also has additional pump chambers and has been pre designed with the ability to increase the amount and size of pumps to easily achieve additional pumping capacity as needed. The Lift Station design is 85 percent complete and

the tender documents are at 80 percent complete.

Then there is the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Off Siteâ&#x20AC;? design that is focusing on the sanitary force main line that will take the effluent from the new lift station just over two kilometers to the primary cells of the Townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lagoon System where the treatment process begins.

This is the same lagoon that the Town is currently using.

It was constructed approximately forty years ago for a population of around 20,000. It is currently underutilized and definitely has the treatment capacity for this and future developments.

Off Site servicing also includes extending our municipal water supply to the industrial development, and providing water service upgrades to the existing businesses along 51 Avenue. We are estimating that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Off Siteâ&#x20AC;? design is just over 75 percent complete and tender documents are at 50 percent complete.â&#x20AC;?

In terms of financing of the development, it is a three way partnership between the Town of Vegreville, the Alberta Government, and the Government of Canada. The Town is providing $1.65 million while the Province is supplying $3.3 million and the Federal Government is investing $4.95 million into the project.

During the official announcement on September 2, 2020, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk said the investment would create approximately 200 jobs and diversify the provincial economy.

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COMPILED BY DAN BEAUDETTE

90 Years Ago â&#x20AC;&#x201C; February 11, 1931

Contrary to expectation, the municipal elections which had been extremely quiet during the campaign brought out the largest number of voters known in years, no less than 413 voters finding their way to the town hall and using up ballot papers. Henry L. Bender topped the poll, with Councillors Kieryluk and McLean slightly behind him. On the Separate School side of things 51 voters exercised their franchise.

Of the 50 good ballots Simeon Sysak and J.B> Tetreau made home runs, getting the whole 50.

Nick Makaranko of the Co-Operative Store here in Andrew, received word that on Saturday evening last his partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s store in Smoky Lake had been destroyed by fire.

The petition for the abolition of the beer parlors, which has been in circulation in the province for some months, was largely signed in this polling division of Andrew, receiving a much larger signature than had been asked for.

Excellent results are being obtained throughout the district by those farmers who are now carrying on with their delayed threshing and harvesting operations.

The enterprise and resource of our popular theatre manager has again been demonstrated by his re-opening of the theatre here.

75 Years Ago â&#x20AC;&#x201C; February 13, 1946

For 1946, the following personal represent the citizens on elected organizations: Town Council: Mayor Carroll B. McClure, mayor elect.

Councillors: H.L. Bender, Fred Muzyka, F.W. Laing, S.W. Pawliuk, and councillors elect Wallace Wade and Mike J. Zenko.

Public School Board: John Decore, James Fraser, and trustees elect Harry Olyan, Thos. Casson and W.N. Pidruchney.

St. Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Separate School Board: Mrs. Couillard, S. Sysak, and trustees elect George Bourget, Dr. Couillard and M.J. Zenko.

Hospital Board: Charles W. Brinton, Wm. D. Bruce, Damian Shyshlak and W.N. Pidruchney.

Proposed highway improvement program for Alberta this year includes hard surfacing of main highways. Hon. W.A. Fallow, minister of public works, has stated that the program includes hard surfacing to a considerable extent of the main highway from the international boundary north to Edmonton. He says this highway carried a big traffic load in the war years and now it must be put in proper shape to handle prospective peace time traffic, including a flood of tourists.

The program also contemplates improvements to the Trans-Canada highway between Calgary and Banff and the Jasper highway from Edmonton west.

50 Years Ago â&#x20AC;&#x201C; February 11, 1971

Mr. Fred Roddick, Sec. Treasurer of the Viking Branch Royal Canadian Legion, presented a cheque in the amount of 597.50 to Mrs. Isabel Boraas, Treasurer of the Dr. R.R. Cairns School as proceeds were derived from the Legion sponsored â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Lieu of Christmas Card Campaignâ&#x20AC;? for Viking and District.

Ed Sokalski was announced the winner of the Elan Ski-Doo by Dave Arychuk, Imperial Esso Agent in Vegreville. Mr. Sokalski won the Ski-Doo by entering his name in a contest that has been going on since October.

Jerry Klammer received an engraved plaque for outstanding achievement in range management from S. G. (Bud) Klumph, Chairman of the International Mountain Section of the American Society of Range Management.

John Misik skipped his rink to first prize in the annual County of Minburn teachers bonspiel held in Vegreville. The team was comprised of Skip John Misik, third L. Kusiek, second Wm. Smolak and lead Mrs. W. Smolak.

World Champion figure skater Petra Burka will be visiting Vegreville to meet the Figure Skating Clubs and Skaters from Northeastern Alberta. Miss Burka is a public relations officer for Canadian Figure Skating Association and her mission is to promote figure skating as well as assist member clubs.

25 Years Ago â&#x20AC;&#x201C; February 13, 1996

A second RCMP livestock investigator has been hired to further safeguard the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $2.2 billion cattle industry. Cpl. Tim Woods, a 22 year RCMP officer, will be responsible for criminal livestock investigation in the northern part of Alberta.

The Two Hills Agricultural Society donated $1000 to the Broken Spoke Dressage Club. This money will purchase eight standard jumps and six cavellety jumps.

Fran Anderson, secretary of the Myrnam Health Care Auxiliary, presented Matt Krawchuk, area representative for STARS, with a cheque for $100. She also presented Carol Kluchak, Myrnam Lodge, with a TV and VCR and New Myrnam School principal Nestor Saskiw with a microwave.

A drought meeting was held in Two Hills with 10 counties attending.

Discussions were concerning a new government program which would help producers with severe and uncontrollable reductions in income. This program is called FIST, Farm Income Stability Program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This new program will help meet the needs of drought stricken farmers,â&#x20AC;? said Chairman Bill Stewart.

Warm weather was a treat for participants in the Two Hills Lakeland Breakers rally. About 160 machines took part in the 50 mile ride which started in Two Hills, went up to the North Saskatchewan river and circled back through the community pastures.

Letters Welcomed

One role of the Vegreville News Advertiser is to promote dialogue on various issues of concern to area residents. We accomplish this by welcoming Letters to the Editor and allowing various issues to be debated through our pages. All letters must contain the writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name, address and phone number. Anonymous letters will not be printed, however the writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name may be withheld from publication in special circumstances deemed appropriate by the Publisher.

The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to edit letters for length, clarity, spelling and grammar, taste or for reasons of potential libel. A maximum of 150 words is preferred. The Vegreville News Advertiser reserves the right to withhold letters from publication.

Levelling the Digital Playing Field Jerry Dias UNIFOR National President High-quality news and information have rarely been more valued in communities across this country. During the first and second waves of the coronavirus pandemic, Canadians have turned to their local news outlets to find out what they need to know to stay safe in their towns or cities.

Paradoxically, those same local news organizations have never been so threatened with extinction.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because the sharp revenue drop resulting from COVID-19 has come on top of years of predation by Google and Facebook, which have a cornered the market ----in Canada and around the world--- on consumer data and the digital advertising it earns.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s years of journalism and local reporting bleeding revenue, laying off journalists and driving coverage down, down, down. Since the beginning of the Pandemic alone, 48 community newspapers have temporarily or permanently closed.

Over 300 have closed in the last ten years.

Facebook and Google are true monopoly destroying a public good, not the water or air this time, but our democracy. Together the web giant own 80% of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $6 Billion digital ad market, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay taxes, and employ less than 100 Canadians, none of them journalists.

News Media Canada, the umbrella group of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many publishers big and small, want something done before itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late. It released its report on the Levelling the Digital Playing Field, retelling the familiar story of a broken mo business model and the decline of co news coverage.

Yes another report, another call to action. Will it go anywhere at all? an To take Heritage Minister Steven

Guilbeault at his word, the Federal government may force Google and Facebook to recycle some of those monopoly dollars into journalism.

The solution News Media Canada wants, and the Minister has warmed to, comes from Australia, the boldest of all sovereign nations to take on the web giants.

The Australians have gone for the low hanging fruit: the undeniable fact that Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s search engine and Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s news feed are grabbing the publishersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; news content off the Internet, without paying for it, so they can attract everyday netizens like you and I to their platforms, while they make billions selling our eyeballs to their advertisers.

The publishers ----in Australia and around the globe---- want Google and Facebook to pay for their content.

The Australian model, on the verge of being implemented by their Competition Bureau over the vigorous objections of Google and Facebook, sets up a collective bargaining regime between publishers on one side and the web giants on the other.

A stand-alone publisher can use the model to negotiate directly with Google and Facebook (good luck) or combine as a group for more bargaining power.

Since alone or together the publishers have very little bargaining power ----it would be suicide for them to â&#x20AC;&#x153;strikeâ&#x20AC;? Facebook and Google by quitting those dominant platforms---- the Australian model offers binding arbitration in case the web giants stonewall the bargaining, something as a labour leader I have seen powerful companies do from time to time.

Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mark Zuckerberg has already responded by threatening to pull the plug on their Australian news feed altogether, something us labour leaders would call a lockout.

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County of Two Hills Council Discusses Property Tax Incentives

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Michelle Pinon News Advertiser The idea of offering ratepayers an incentive for early payment of taxes was bandied about at county councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s January 20 meeting.

Councillor Elroy Yakemchuk spoke in favour of the idea and suggested a March deadline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be nice to give some sort of incentive,â&#x20AC;? stated Yakemchuk. He also pointed out there is close to $230,000 worth of property taxes currently owing to the county.

Chief Administrative Officer, (CAO) Sally Dary said most municipalities have a tax deadline at the end of June, the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deadline is the end of October.

Reeve Don Gulayec said that maybe the incentive should apply to ratepayers who are on the payment plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be nice to do something,â&#x20AC;? added Dary, but they would have to budget for that. Council directed administration to look into the possibil-

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In the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s January newsletter it informed residents that it would accept any denomination of payment regardless of whether ratepayers were on a formal payment plan or not and outlined the various methods of payment that are available to ratepayers.

The notice also stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Property Tax may be made by credit card, processed online the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website through Option Pay. If you choose to make a payment with a credit card please be aware there is a three percent service fee that will be processed on the credit card at the time of transaction.

The county has a monthly pre-authorized debit for property taxes, and to be eligible property taxes must be in good standing with no taxes owing.â&#x20AC;?

Council went in closed session to discuss three separate items on the agenda. The first item pertained to a virtual presentation by Aaron Boucher, Senior Account Executive of Enterprise Fleet Management. CAO Dary said council went in camera because the discussion was monetary in nature. No motion was made following the presentation, added Dary.

The next item involved a telephone call from Sonny Raju of the Two Hills Chronicle who approached council about the possibility of the county submitting council highlights in its monthly print publication that would be circulated free of charge to county residents.

Councillor Soren Odegard wanted to know if he heard correctly. Ten Thousand dollars a year? Reeve Gulayec said $750 a month would include council highlights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seven hundred maybe a year, okay, but a month, you might as well give them employment here.â&#x20AC;?

Gulayec said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end there because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be Christmas and Easter and these other ones.â&#x20AC;? Dary told council they should go in camera. Following the in camera session a motion was made to support the request. Coun.

Odegard abstained from the vote.

Dary said the motion did not specify a particular amount of money because funds for advertising had already been set aside in the budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think our yearly advertising is $10,000.â&#x20AC;?

Dary asked Coun. Yakemchuk if the Eagle Hill Foundation is to be in camera, and he replied they might as well go in camera to discuss the item. Dary said the item involved personnel, which falls under the category of labour. There was no motion made following the in camera discussion.

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Beaver Harvest Incentive Program Underway in County of Minburn Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Flooding and beavers seem to go hand in hand and there were plenty of both in the summer of 2020 throughout the County of Minburn.

Darwin Ullery, Director of Agriculture and Utility Services, said the bulk of his time was spent cleaning out beaver dams from culverts and bridges to move water that was damaging those key pieces of infrastructure.

Ullery said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had to drop a number quite a few other things and focus on moving water, and it seemed to go on all summer long. We had a lot of significant rainfall last year as well. So, it was a field day for the beavers thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for sure.â&#x20AC;?

Even though they blew up a number of beaver dams and trapped many beavers, Ullery said he did not keep track of how many or how costly that was to do, but the bulk of his time was spent on that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unlike anything Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in my 30 years. It was a whole new experience. We had lots and lots of flooding problems, the most in my career for sure.â&#x20AC;?

As a result, council asked Ullery to look into the issue and the possibility of having a beaver harvest program in the county. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was researching it thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about four or five in the province with the closest one being Beavery County, which is right next to us.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last two, maybe three years, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been historically the wettest in my career. And so that brings with it a lot of beaver problems and a huge increase in the beaver population. So, we had a lot of infrastructure problems this year with flooded culverts and bridges; water coming over the top of the roads, and that kind of thing.â&#x20AC;?

With roughly 450,000 acres of land in the municipality and plenty of water bodies and drainage systems, Ullery said there is plenty of slowmoving water in the county which is what beavers prefer to inhabit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect a huge uptick, but hopefully, it will A beaver dam exploding north of Mannville in July of 2020. (County of Minburn/Submitted Photo) help with our efforts this summer. No doubt, this summer will hopefully, not be very bad. Our snow pack has been considerable the last two or three years. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lot of variables, beavers are part of the issue, but environmental conditions are a bigger part in my mind.â&#x20AC;?

Under the program, county ratepayers or residents are eligible to receive $20 for each beave tail within the municipal boundaries of the County of Minburn. The tails must be presented to the Agricultural Service Board office and the ratepayer/resident will be asked to complete an affidavit. The ratepayer/resident is responsible for disposal of the tails.

Hunters and trappers are also responsible to ensure landowner permissions have been received and that all applicable provincial regulations are being followed.

Since the program began, they have received a total of 24 beaver tails from two local landowners. The Beaver Harvest Incentive Program Policy was officially adopted at the December 21, 2020, Agricultural Service Board meeting.

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Google also wants to bicker over what “Publisher Content” is: whether a link to a news article counts, or whether their search engine AI-driven summaries of news content can even be traced to publishers’ content, or whether the news article is really worth paying for at all.

But here’s the problem with the Australian model: its focus on paying for content is missing the real abuse of Facebook and Google’s monopoly power which does just not come from poaching publisher content but from its cornering the digital advertising market around the globe, a monopoly that gets bigger every day by the Google search engine and Facebook newsfeed scraping our personal data which, in turn, allows them to provide paying advertisers with an unbeatable product.

Their monopoly won’t end any time soon: the web giants can only be reined in by American governments, and that effort has only just begun and will last a decade with an uncertain outcome.

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Three years ago the federal government asked an expert panel to advise how Canadian media might survive the onslaught of global digital giants like Netflix, Facebook, and Google.

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Vegreville Minor Hockey Cancels Remainder of the Season Michelle Pinon meant nothing to anyone.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; News Advertiser Drayden van der Torre, who spent The Provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent decision many years with Vegreville Minor not to allow team sports to be Hockey, tried out for the Fort played has caused resounding Saskatchewan AAA U-16 team this anger and bitter disappointment season and was selected to play there. from players and parents.

He said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;I think that it is maddening As far as the sport of hockey that and this will be an entire year of lost means around 150 kids from development and will impact many Vegreville and surrounding area peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skill levels. I think it will VMHA President Tina Warawa will no longer be able to play the impact future years because it will take game they love. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hard pill to swallow and one a while to get everyone back in shape, (especially that will have side effects now and in the future. with the inability to access training) and bring the Sixteen-year-old Colby Warawa, who played on pace of the game back to the normal level. This the U-18 team, was discouraged to hear the news will hopefully not have a lasting impact on my and reacted by stating, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I wish I would have future years in hockey and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping that this known that our season would not go ahead but I will all go under the rug and the world can feel like we waited and waited and now private unpause.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; training can happen but we still wait.

Tina Warawa, who serves as the President of the I know my friends and I would have followed any Vegreville Minor Hockey Association, said the safety regulations just to be able to play. Teenagers decision to cancel the rest of the season on January complain about things like masks but we did it just 31 was very difficult because many families were to get to play. One of our favorite things is talking holding our hope theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d still be able to play. to each other in the dressing rooms but we were â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand that the province has hard choices originally told we only had 20 minutes in the room to make and their top priority has to be safety, but so we did that, we just came in and changed and I believe we could have provided a safe program left. We followed all regulations and it is like that also. In our schools we see kids from many com-

munities in one school so I feel that hockey would not have provided higher exposure. They could have limited the game play it even allowed just practices so keeping little scrimmage games only within the team so no other teams coming in. Those kids are the same kids they see at school.

I understand that sports seems like a frivolous thing amid all the other serious issues we face during Covid, but I am personally worried for kids mental health overall. Sports is one tool in our toolbox we could have used to help them.â&#x20AC;?

She went on to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just want to see decisions be made on a fair basis that allows everyone access to the same things not where if you pay for one on one trainers you get access others do not. I also want to see them opening based on regional numbers overall like they did prior.â&#x20AC;?

Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk addressed the question as to why cohorts are allowed in school and not in team sports now, and why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s permissible for the NHL to operate, but not minor hockey.

Armstrong-Homeniuk stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sports have been under extensive research. The reason the NHL and specific leagues have been permitted to play is due to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;bubbleâ&#x20AC;? they must maintain in order to do so. For example, the players and support staff involved cannot leave their designated living arrangements, leave their facilities, or interact with others. If they all get covid it would be contained to their small group in their isolated location, who are all healthy adults and low risk for hospitalization.

Vegreville Jr. B Rangers Hockey Club put 2021-22 Season on Ice

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Michelle Pinon News Advertiser The President of the Vegreville Jr. B Rangers hockey club informed members of town council they would be taking a break on February 2.

Joe Budinski stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to take another sabbatical for the 2021-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;22 season.â&#x20AC;?

He went on to explain, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are going to take another sabbatical for the 2021-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;22 season. We need to re-address our coaching situation. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had no success this winter trying to recruit somebody to come in and do that job. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a bad point with us for the last four or five years with all the staff. We seem to have a weakness in recruiting. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what it is. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our area or minor hockey, but this year was even tougher with Covid and not being able to look at players.

We had a few coaches on the list to interview, but nobody wants to come in. So, for now, we are just going to bow out of the season. But weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to stay involved in the community and still actively pursue a coach and manager for the 2022-23 sea-

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Mayor Tim MacPhee asked if they were going to come back into the North East Jr. B Hockey League again.

Budinski replied, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a bone of contention too because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of on life support too. There are a couple other franchises in the same situation as we are. We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to get any correspondence back from the President who disappeared with the shutdown. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think they know what their future is either. We understand there are a couple other teams thinking about joining the WSHL, (Western States Hockey League). Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the talk right now, joining a central league, maybe Jr. B like we had or higher. So thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lots of things in the air; people talking, but nobody can commit until we get closer to the fall.â&#x20AC;?

Vice President Laine Stefan said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tough slugging right now trying to recruit talent as some of the communities that used to supply the club with

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Tributes MEMORIAM

TYMCHYSHYN, Jack August 4, 1936 - February 12, 2019 God has you in His arms We have you in our hearts We are thankful for our memories We cherish what you left behind Our hearts still ache with sadness Our silent tears still fall So hard to never hear your voice again and never see your smile With loving thoughts we leave you ‘Till someday we meet again, as God calls us one by one to His home We think of you everyday and are proud of what you left behind Vichnaya Pamyat All our love always; Iris, Tony, Gina, Doug, Barb, Melissa, TJ, Richard, Ellie, Richelle, Lucas, Kyle, Brittany, Zander, Damien, Vincent, Liam, and Tessa!!!

MEMORIAM

STEWART, Olga May 27, 1941 - February 15, 2015 We think about you always We talk about you still You have never been forgotten And you never will We hold you close within our hearts And there you will remain To walk with us through our lives Until we meet again.

Forever loved and sadly missed Marshall and family

OBITUARY

LANGEVIN, Gerald Joseph April 29, 1961 - January 24, 2021 Gerald Joseph Langevin of Andrew, Alberta leaves to mourn his passing, partner Marie Abma, numerous friends and family. Predeceased by his mother Georgina Shott.

Cremation was held. A gathering to celebrate Gerald Langevin’s life to come at a later day.

BRIMACOMBE, M. Elizabeth (Betty) 1927 – 2021 It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Betty Brimacombe at the age of 93 years.

Betty is survived by her daughter, Pat (Wolf) Buehler; and their sons, James (Katie) and Rob; son, Bruce (Judy) Brimacombe; and their children, Melanie (Andre), Alicia, Thomas, Andrew, and Scott (Mackenzie), and one special great grandson, Cole Buehler. She is also survived by her sister, Helen (George) Barlow and her brother, Jack Barr.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ed; parents Bill and Grace Barr; and her siblings, Margaret Lewis, Dorothy Crowell, Jim Barr and their spouses.

Cremation has taken place and a Celebration of Betty’s Life will be held once Covid restrictions ease.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Vegreville United Church or the charity of your choice.

To send condolences, please visit www.fostermcgarvey.com.

Foster & McGarvey Funeral Home, Downtown Chapel (780) 428-6666

BIRTHS

LEWIS, Christine Nicole April 14, 1976 - February 16, 2018 In loving memory of our daughter, sister Although it has been 3 years we still shed tears.

You’ll always be with us, You never really left, You just went on a journey Ahead of all the rest.

You walk with us in the sunlight You’re in our dreams at night, You never really left us You just went out of sight.

Your laughter rings within our hearts, Our eyes still see you smile, You never really left us You just stopped to rest awhile.

For those who really loved you, And think of you today, You never really left us You’re in our hearts to stay.

Forever loved and missed by your family.

Terry, Margaret & Jennifer

MULEK, Ernest Marshall October 11, 1939 – February 5, 2021 It is with deep sadness, that we announce the passing of Ernest Marshall Mulek of Vegreville, Alberta at the age of 81 years.

Ernest is survived by his loving family, his wife of 59 years, Olga; daughter Arlene (Brian) Ewaniuk and son Marshall (Cheryl); five grandchildren Danny (Kelsie), Jayleen (Cort), Jaclyn, Katie and Tyler; two greatgrandsons Theo and Kyler; two great-granddaughters Violet and Kyra; two brothers Max (Vivian) and Harry (Pat); along with numerous relatives and friends. Ernest was predeceased by his parents Peter and Irene Mulek and one brother Larry.

Cremation has taken place. Inurnment to follow at a later date in Riverside Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the “Alzheimer Society of Alberta and NWT c/o 10430 - 61 Ave NW #306, Edmonton, AB T6H 2J3.”

AUTUMN ROSE FUNERAL HOME LTD. VEGREVILLE, 780-603-5800

Mary Misanchuk Leonty (née Dolinsky) November 23, 1919 - February 4, 2021

TYMCHYSHYN, Jack August 4, 1936 - February 12, 2019 He is Gone You can shed tears that he is gone, Or you can smile because he has lived.

You can close your eyes and see all he’s left.

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him.

Or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday.

Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember him only that he is gone.

Or cherish his memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind.

Be empty and turn your back.

Or you can do what he’d want, Smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

David Harkins.

Forever missed, forever remembered, until we meet again as one whole family; Tony, Gina, Melissa, TJ, Richard, Ellie, Zander, Damien and Vincent

OBITUARY

TEBBUTT, Rose 1923 - 2020 “I am the wind in the trees and the song of a bird.

I am a rainbow after the storm.

I am morning dew and freshly fallen snow.

I am a butterfly flying overhead.

Listen to the wind for my message of love.

Watch the sun rise and set in the sky with me.

Feel my essence encircle you with warm memories.

Reach deep into your soul…..

You will find me I am with you…..

Always” Lovingly remembered and forever missed by her children, their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, extended family and friends.

On February 4, 2021, Mrs. Mary Leonty of Myrnam passed away at the age of 101 years. Left to grieve Mary’s loss are her sons, Earl Misanchuk, Rob (Sandy) Misanchuk & Rick Misanchuk; daughter-in-law, Joan Misanchuk; 5 grandchildren, Melanie (Deb), Ardeen (Scott), Brad, Sheena & Korley (Adam); 8 great-grandchildren, Milo, Roman, Griffin, Keira, Alivia, Tyson, Lauren & Andrew; sister-in-law, Lillian Tkachuk; numerous nieces & nephews. Mrs. Leonty was predeceased by her first husband, Mike Misanchuk; second husband, Alex Leonty; son, Darvin Misanchuk; daughter-in-law, Linda Misanchuk; grandson, Michael Scott Misanchuk; parents, William & Antonia Dolinsky; brothers, Alexander Dolinsky & Marshall (Betty) Dolinsky; sister, Vera (Nestor) Chorney. A Private Funeral Service will be held at Grace Gardens Funeral Chapel, St. Paul.

Pastor Gary Dupuis will be officiating with interment in Krasna Hora Cemetery, Beauvallon. If desired, donations may be made to a charity of one’s choice c/o 5626-51 Street, St. Paul, Alberta T0A 3A1. To send condolences online, please visit www.gracegardensfuneralchapel.com.

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BOWN, Chase Lachlan Barry and Diana Bown together with Grant and Debbie Durie are pleased to announce the arrival of their grandson born January 11, 2021. Proud parents are Todd and Danielle.

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Talk of the Town on Having a Good Relationship Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Having a good relationship or marriage takes time and effort but it enriches a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. When I asked local residents what they believed made their relationship or marriage work, I received various responses.

Rebeka-Lynn Harakal said her hubby and herself have been together going on 11 years this May. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We met as young teens, (13&11), at my first 4-H meeting. We have

been through thick and thin together; health scares, various jobs, being kicked out, losing family members, losing everything and starting over. You name it we have seen it. One of the main reasons I think we make it work is we always forgive before going to bed if we fought, we always hear the

other person out. And when one is having a rough day we always ask if they want comfort or solutions before they vent.

This helps to avoid so many fights and helps to aid the person where needed the first time. Support and communication is so important. And yet seems to be lost on so many occasions.â&#x20AC;?

Danita Ponte said she and her partner have been together for six years. She credited their good relationship to full communication, trust, and separate

ship to honesty, trust, and love.

Jaye Gladue said she has been with her spouse for almost 12 years, and believes loyalty, trust, communication, and honesty are key. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to focus on the future and make sacrifices when needed.â&#x20AC;?

Judy Pettigrew said she and her husband, Keith will be married for 52 years next month. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were high school sweethearts. I think the most important things are trust, being friends, and compromise.â&#x20AC;?

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Candice Williams said she and her spouse and have been together for 17 years. She believes communication, compromises, always saying I love you, and kissing before going to bed even if it follows any disagreements is their secret to a good relationship.

Jodie Conley said she has been with her spouse for 22 years and he works out of town.

Chris Bryson said he has been married for 13 years and he credits his good relation-

Bell Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talk Day Sparks Discussion Students at AL Horton School in Vegreville wore hats to mark the Bell Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Talk Day on January 28. Kathleen Pugh with the Mental Health Capacity Building conducted a number of presentations on the importance of mental health throughout the day for all of the students. In the photo are students from Mrs. Kuhnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grade 2 class. (Stephanie Kuhn/ Submitted Photo)

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Vegreville Centennial Library Continues to Offer Curb-Side Pick-up

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Ashley Olynyk drops off the books she The Vegreville Centennial Library has continued to offer accessed through the curb-side service curb-side pick-up of library materials throughout the pandemic the library currently offers. and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proving to be a popular service for patrons.

(Rosanne Fortier/Photo) Pauline Halina, Library Technician at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School explained the benefit of accessing this resource. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am so pleased that the Vegreville Centennial Library has been able to continue the curbside pick-up service. I personally have benefited greatly from the service and believe it is one of the few things left that people can enjoy as a community due to the current mandated restrictions.

As the Library Technician for St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Catholic School, it is tunate to be offered this service. It has wonderful to see students engaged in kept books in our hands during a time reading during these trying times and when it is very much well needed,â&#x20AC;? the curbside pickup service has pro- Halina said. vided many options for them. It has Donna Williams, Manager of proved to be an excellent resource for Vegreville Centennial Library, said our high school students, whether it they have had an increase in patrons be for school materials or for their using the curb-side pick-up service so own personal enjoyment. the library has gone from offering it Currently, I am serving as a Board two days a week to three days a week.

Member for the Vegreville Centennial â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been full every day.

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How to Have a Nice Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day During COVID-19

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent Love might look different this Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day due to the COVID-19 pandemic but this doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean couples canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t express their love in a meaningful and memorable way.

If a couple can afford it, there are many local restaurants where people can take their loved one to on Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day. But if people are on a budget, there is other just as heartwarming ways to express your love for your significant other.

Studies have proven that everyone looks at love differently and there are five love languages which are words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch.

You can reach your partner best when you express love according to their love language. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know them well, ask their parents or siblings or even a close friend of theirs what your partner

love language is.

Some economical ideas to do this Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day are write a list of all your partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good qualities and make a homemade card with these affirmations on it.

If their love language is acts of service, present them with a list of five errands you will do for them in the near future.

You can cook your partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite food and have a candlelight dinner at home with them.

Another idea if the person likes to spend quality time is to go for a drive to their favorite spot in town.

If gifts are what they like, find someone in town who creates homemade gifts and have one custom made for them.

Other ideas are to borrow a book of poetry from the library and read poems that are a reflection of your love for them or if you are poetic, write your own poem to them.

Create a scrapbook together which holds all the photos you captured of the time you were together.

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Upgrades to Vegreville Events Centre Underway Michelle Pinon News Advertiser Upgrades to the Vegreville Events Centre, formally known as the Vegreville Regional Museum, are currently underway.

Phil Rowe, Community Services Director for the Town of Vegreville, said demolition on a portion of the interior is 90 percent complete.

He explained, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve

grounds. It will be a nice place to take family pictures or individual photos.

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Rowe added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The front portion of the building is going to remain the museum. Believe the original building was from the sixties and there were several additions made to it over the years.â&#x20AC;?

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing bathroom renovations.

Basically, making the washrooms accessible from inside and outside, and wheelchair accessible, and making an open area to host small events and gatherings.

The assembly area will house up to 80 people. So, you could have meetings, you could have a small wedding, a family reunion, maybe a graduation. The concept behind the events centre was a more informal place to host small events rather than having to book the large social centre.

The kitchen facility would be a separate portion from the assembly area. It is not a commercial kitchen, but we had caterers come in and give feedback on the design. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to go have assembly line style meals. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have some regular household ovens, microwaves, food warmers, so a caterer could make food at their own facility and bring it and keep it warm.

There will be some landscaping outside for when people are using the facility that they can go out to the

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He went on to say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will be other phases, but we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decided what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to look like yet. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a plan and project in progress.â&#x20AC;?

Rowe said everything is going right according to plan, and the project is currently on budget. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once demo is complete construction will start. We are hoping to have it done and functional by the May long weekend.â&#x20AC;?

The upgrades are one of six projects that were selected by town council. The funds come directly under the Alberta Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Municipal Stimulus Program, and must be completed in 2021. A total of $200,000 has been allocated for the upgrades to the events centre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a government grant that was to stimulate the economy so it was all local contractors doing the work.

Vantage Builders is the general contractor for the project and of course theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using their people and subtrades as they need, plumbers and electricians.â&#x20AC;?

The Town is has been working with the Vegreville & Regional Museum Society which has turned over its assets to the Town.

They are in the process of applying for a formal name change.

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Will be talking to Â&#x192;& Â&#x192;& Â&#x192;& council and coming up with a plan as to how weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll roll this out to the community.â&#x20AC;?

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