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Residents step up to support victims BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Bashaw residents are rallying around a local family whose hotel was destroyed in a weekend fire. By Tuesday afternoon, a GoFundMe. com campaign had raised more than $7,000 towards its $10,000 goal. “That was really wonderful to see,” said Jackie Northey, who organized the fundraising drive to help the Tiwana family, who lived in the hotel they owned. “They’ve lost their home and their business so we’re just stepping up to do what we can to support them,” said Northey.
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By Tuesday afternoon, a GoFundMe.com campaign for a family whose hotel was destroyed in a weekend fire had raised more than $7,000 towards its $10,000 goal.
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Security beefed up at council meetings after disturbance BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A security officer at city hall will now patrol council meetings following a brief disturbance at city council’s meeting on Sept. 26. A commissionaire popped in and out of Tuesday’s council meeting and
also stayed for a portion of meeting. Security was reviewed after a man who was angry about his taxes disrupted council’s meeting before leaving an envelope near one of the councillors and walking out of the chamber followed by city manager Craig Curtis and Coun. Buck Buchanan. Curtis said there has been no increase in security staff.
“We asked the security from downstairs to patrol here from time to time,” Curtis said on Tuesday. He said every year security adjustments are made and a security plan that looks at city facilities will be part of capital budget discussions. Mayor Tara Veer said corporate security measures were in place before Sept. 26 and were put to use at that
meeting. “Of course there are some areas where we can further enhance (security) and having the commissionaires present in council chambers was one of them,” Veer said.
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City crews mobilized to deal with early snowfall BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF
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Kal Tire employee Abdulahi Hamud tightens lug nuts on a wheel at the 67th Street Kal Tire store Tuesday afternoon. RED DEER WEATHER
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Winter driving conditions over Thanksgiving weekend saw the City of Red Deer’s snow and ice control program kick into action several weeks earlier than normal. Greg Sikora, public works manager, said Tuesday the snow that began on Friday was at least 20 days earlier than it has been in a few years. But
they were ready because it’s not uncommon for snow to fall in October. City crews were mobilized at 3 a.m. on the weekend, before most people were up, with de-icer applied to bridge decks, hills and major intersections, he said. As well, throughout the snowfall, the city applied a traction control product on roadways. Please see SNOW on Page A8
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