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Volume 113, Issue 9
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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The Lougheed Village Office was damaged on Saturday, Aug. 22, by an individual operating a piece of equipment. Killam RCMP arrived on scene and took one suspect into custody. See full story and more photos Page 22.
New CPC leader has clear support from local conservatives Leslie Cholowsky Editor
After an unscheduled delay caused by malfunctioning machinery, voting members of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) voted Erin O’Toole as their new party leader after the third round of ballots. In the first round, Battle River Crowfoot conservatives, with a total of 1,816 ballots returned, showed strong support for O’Toole and Leslyn Lewis, with 613 and 562 votes respectively. Candidate Derek Sloan received 384 votes, and dropped out of the race after round one, when his national support put him far behind the three other candidates, mirroring Battle River Crowfoot’s results. Peter Mackay received just 257 votes from Battle River Crowfoot conservatives in round one, but received the most overall votes nationally. The Conservative Party uses a system where individual votes are counted in each riding but then count to-
wards the points for that riding. Each riding in Canada is assigned 100 points. There are 338 ridings, and a total of 33,800 points available. In order to win, a candidate needs to gain 16,901 points. While every party member has a vote, ridings with fewer members end up with each voter having a larger percentage of that riding’s 100 points. For example, in Battle River Crowfoot, there were 1,816 ballots, so each voter had 0.05 of one point. Points for each riding are given based on the percentage of the vote each candidate gets in that riding. Fifty per cent of the votes means 50 points. Last-place candidates are dropped from the ballot after each round, and each voter’s second choice candidate receives their round two vote. If a voter doesn’t designate a second or third choice, their points are reallocated between the remaining voters who did. See CPC LEADERSHIP P14
Erin O’Toole was selected as the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada on Sunday, Aug. 23.
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AUMA weighs in on assessment review Leslie Cholowsky Editor The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA) recently weighed in on the proposed assessment review models from the province, and encouraged urban leaders to join their voices to rural municipalities in fighting the proposed changes. Members of the AUMA were also at the table with the Rural Municipalities Association and four Oil and Gas Industry members reviewing changes to the current methods used to assess the value of oil and gas properties. They estimated the total loss of tax revenues between rural and urban, between the four scenarios that came out of the review between $117 and $301 million across the province.
According to an Aug. 14 presentation from the AUMA, the proposed scenarios will not only see a shift of education property taxes to urban property owners, but it will see urban municipalities under 5,000 population responsible for a greater portion of the total costs of policing. Education requisitions could go up from two per cent to 10 per cent for towns, and one per cent to seven per cent for villages. The AUMA says they will be meeting with the multiple associations as well as the Minister of Energy, and the Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity to discuss the changes. It also asked members to send letters speaking out against the new assessment model, to meet with their local MLA, and to make statements to the media.
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Public Works Updates Council Council Meetings Meetings F lagstaff C ounty C ouncil M Flagstaff County Council Meetings eetings a re cconducted onducted the 2nd and 4th are W ednesday of each month Wednesday ccommencing ommencing at 9 a.m a.m.. unless otherwise planned. C ouncil and Committee Committee meeting Council agendas are are a vailable at the available C ounty ’s website website at: County’s flagstaff.ab.ca/council/meetings-andfl agstafff.a . b.ca/council/mee etings-andminutes minu tes
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Please refer to www.flagstaff.ab.ca for up-to-date road work happening throughout the County. Road Construction Road Closures The following road will be closed from July 29th, 2020 until approximately August 28th, 2020 for road construction: •
Range Road 124, for 1.5 miles from the Sedgewick Lake Park Campground to Township Road 444
Road Recovery Crews will continue working on the following road recovery project: • East of Daysland on Range Road 160, north from Highway 13 to Township Road 464 for 10.0 miles
Gravel Gravel is available for sale to a maximum of 150 tonnes/year per residential/farm/acreage site. Gravel is not available for sale to commercial users. Anyone wishing to purchase gravel must contact the Public Works Department to obtain a “Permission for Purchase of Gravel” form. Gravel will not be loaded out of a pit without this form. Gravel sales will be limited to the following dates in 2020: • September 9th and 23rd • October 7th and 21st Gravel sales are limited to the following gravel pits: Mazure Pit (NE 16-43-09 W4); Skori Pit #2 (N 1/2 09-46-11 W4); Barber Stockpile (NE 17-44-09 W4); and Daysland Stockpile (SE 13-45-17 W4), providing a loader is available at that gravel pit on that particular day. Please contact the Flagstaff County administration office at 780-384-4100 to make arrangements or to obtain information regarding a list of available aggregate products and pricing. Flagstaff County does not haul gravel for ratepayers. Hauling arrangements must be made by the ratepayer.
Once completed, crews will move to the following road recovery project: • East of Strome on Range Road 150, north from Township Road 450 to Township Road 452 for 2.0 miles Please keep in mind that our seasonal crews will be out working on our roadways and to use extreme caution while travelling on these roads while they are being maintained in any way. We thank you in advance for your cooperation during this season.
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