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Your Independent Local Newspaper Established in 1918 VOLUME 103: ISSUE 32
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 2021
TOFIELD RESIDENTS START NEW VENTURE AMIDST COVID.
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PROVINCE MOVES TO STEP 1 OF COVID19 RESTRICTIONS.
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Lindbrook shopkeeper fights on, will appeal charges MOUSH JOHN Editor
Lindbrook shopkeeper, Hemla Wilson was recently charged regarding mask bylaw enforcement, but she is not willing to accept them, and is scheduled to appeal all counts when due for court. There’s been an ensuing tug-of-war between Wilson, Tofield RCMP, and AHS officials. “They have given us these tickets under the guise of education,” she said. “What they have been engaging in is malicious trespass; when we have asked for evidence around these measures that they’re trying to enforce, they have been unable to provide us with any semblance of evidence!” Upon doing their own research, Wilson and her sons have discovered that “there has been a patent for COVID-19 for quite sometime that disallows
anyone to have a sample of it hence it can’t be isolated.” For Wilson, the mask bylaw is a mere guideline, and not a law or policy. “This is not a law and we are being persecuted like we’ve done something unlawful!” she added. “If this is a true pandemic, then why is there so much controversy surrounding it; and if the bylaws are really about protecting our health, why do we hear all the time that people who are declared sick had underlying conditions!” According to Wilson, it is unlawful for any man or woman to force medical intervention on their fellow beings, referring to masking. “It is against the Nuremberg Code; for instance, the fact that a person acted pursuant to the order of his government or of a superior does not relieve him from his re-
What’s Inside Letter to the Editor: Provincial Police Force PAGE 4
Loose Ends: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly PAGE 5
Tofield RCMP Sgt. Lee Knelsen, left, and AHS official at the Lindbrook Store. SUBMITTED PHOTO sponsibility under international law, if a moral choice was in fact available to him,” she explained. “In Nuremberg Code Article 6: Section 3 states that in no case should a collective agreement or the consent of a community leader or any other authority, substitute for an individual’s informed consent. Leaders should be aware that mandating masks on the
citizens of a nation and preventing their access to food, healthcare, transport or education if they don’t comply, is a war crime. Masks or any or other medical intervention must remain voluntary. “It seems to us that the RCMP are just following orders. However, how can they in good conscience reign this tyranny upon the people who are
just trying to take care of their families.” Adamant to appeal all charges, Wilson said that she believed that these draconian measures are completely unlawful and furthermore harmful because the RCMP are partnering with Alberta Health Services (AHS), a private organization. “They are trying to imContinued on Page 9
Editorial: Five Point Plan for Recovery by MP Damien Kurek PAGE 6
What’s On Tofield Curling Club AGM virtually, via Zoom PAGE 5
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