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Holden storage yard broken into, but no access gained

Victim Services worried about raid on funding to expand police services

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Alberta ready for Stage 2 on June 12 ahead of time Moush John Tofield Mercury

What has seemed like a long wait since stage one of the province’s relaunch has suddenly picked up momentum with Premier Jason Kenney announcing on Tuesday, June 9 that Alberta will be ahead of its stage two relaunch.

The province is expected to get into its stage two mode as early as Fri-

day, June 12, instead of June 19, a week ahead.

A press release by the Government of Alberta released yesterday stated: ‘Strong testing data shows active COVID-19 cases in Alberta are lower than expected, meaning stage two of the relaunch strategy can safely begin on June 12, a week sooner than expected. Albertans can enjoy additional activities in their daily lives while the province con-

tinues to open up the economy.’

“Albertans have demonstrated the care and common sense needed to move forward with our relaunch earlier than initially planned,” Kenney said. “Our data tells us our active cases are low, hospitalizations are trending downward and people are taking action to protect those most vulnerable and prevent the spread of the virus.

We will continue to move forward together to overcome any tough times ahead, but responsible Albertans should be proud of the vigilance they have shown to date.”

Current data from June 8 show only 355 active cases and 44 people in hospital across Alberta.

This is a decrease of almost 70 per cent in active cases since May 14 – when the province began stage one of the Alberta

Relaunch Strategy. With its robust approach to testing, Alberta has performed more COVID-19 tests per capita than most other jurisdictions in the world.

The government document further elaborated that as the province enters stage two of relaunch, safety remains the top priority. More businesses, sport and recreation services can open if they are ready.

Some larger gatherings for seated audience events will be permitted.

In all cases, public health guidance must be followed.

A new interactive map will help Albertans understand the level of risk in their community and learn about any enhanced health measures at the local level, giving additional information on Continued on Page 8

Alberta historian hosts Beaver Place Tales contest Moush John Tofield Mercury

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Alberta’s historian, Rob Lennard or ‘History Wrangler’ as he is known in the province has launched the Beaver Place Tales contest to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the critter.

Launched on Monday, June 1, he hopes to raise more awareness about the national emblem, and also one of the national

animals.

“I was inspired to create the contest and song about places named after the beaver in Alberta to educate Albertans of all ages that there are 15 places named after the critter in the province!” said Lennard. “This includes the Beaver County hamlets, villages, and towns of Bruce, Holden, Kinsella, Riley, Tofield and Viking; Beaver Crossing; Beaverdam;

Beaver First Nation; Beaver Lake Cree First Nation; Beaver Lake; Beaver Lodge; Beaver Mines; Amisk which is Cree for beaver; and Castor, which is French for beaver!”

He said the reason for this was that in all likelihood very few Albertans are aware of this fact.

“Given our fondness of the beloved beaver, which was featured Continued on Page 2

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Beaver Place Tales Continued from Front Page

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is important for us to know more about our national animal.”

Lennard shares his love for Alberta history through his award-winning books and a song he had written that few Albertans are aware of.

He comes from the historic Bow Valley Ranche in Fish Creek Provincial Park, which is the home of BillyBow-Burns The Beaver, and invites all those who live in the places named after the beaver, including folks who live in places in Beaver County, to participate in the 2020 Beaver Tales Contest.

Speaking to the time when the critter became the national emblem in 1975, he said, “The Continued on Page 3

Historian Rob Lennard, who is also known as the ‘History Wrangler’ is instrumental in hosting the 2020 Beaver Place Tales Contest launched on June 1.

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Beaver Place Tales Continued from Page 2

beloved beaver became a national emblem in 1975, with the help of the 16th prime minister of Canada, Honourable Joe Clark of Alberta, who seconded the motion when the bill was brought forward in the House of Commons in Ottawa.”

“How the contest works is that Beaver County residents can submit a poem, short story, drawing, sketch, or even a painting of the place of where they live up until June 26, with the winners being announced on Canada Day by "Nickel The Beaver", the official

Canada Day mascot in Lethbridge.”

There are three prizes to be awarded, with the first prize being 2,000 Canadian nickels; a vintage Canadian stamp;

and a bottle of maple syrup. The judges include Senator Simons, one of the senators from Alberta and Governor General of Canada medal recipients.

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Council Corner Town of Tofield has NIL tax increase, extends payment deadline, cuts penalty Friends, recently, Council passed the motion of the Town of Tofield’s 2020 Budget.

Council voted unanimously to implement a NIL increase to the Municipal portion, equating to a 0% increase for 2020.

Now, it is important to note that there are other requirements built into the taxes which will receive their own mill rate. These further requirements being; Beaver Emergency Services Commission (BESC), Beaver Foundation, the School Foundation Fund, and the newly imposed Police Funding.

Beaver Emergency Services (BESC) may be an unknown service to many. Therefore, Council felt it important to provide a descriptor. BESC provides fire protection services to Tofield and Beaver County on a whole. These services include the operation of fire halls, as well as the maintenance, upkeep and purchasing of

buildings and equipment, such as firetrucks and tankers to provide this essential service to the communities they support.

Also, the Police Funding is a new requisition imposed by the Province. This will now require funding for municipalities who were formerly not required to put monies forward. This now includes both the Town of Tofield as well as our friends at the County of Beaver.

Friends, please note: requisitions from these other agencies will contribute to an increase outside of the Town’s control. Therefore, overall, the Total Mill Rate (Municipal, School, Seniors Foundation, BESC and Police Funding) will see varying increases on individual properties. Council

felt it important for property owners to be aware of these pieces which are required outside of simply the municipal component.

Council remains committed to the citizens of Tofield, especially during the continued global pandemic. Therefore, it was a strong, unanimous decision to move forward with a motion for a 0% increase for Municipal Taxes.

Your voices have been heard and Council will continue to remain fiscally prudent.

Also, given the constraints that many have felt due to the global pandemic, Council, through Administration’s guidance has extended the date for taxation payment. The date has been extended from August 31st,

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2020, to October 1st, 2020. Council has also provided a motion to lessen the penalty of unpaid taxes for 2020. Penalties will be applied on October 2nd, 2020 at a 3% rate and then further for unpaid accounts to 6% on November 1st, 2020.

Council remains unanimous in their obligation to the electorate of Tofield, especially during these difficult unprecedented times. Friends, stay well, stay healthy and be kind to one another.

Respectfully submitted, Tofield Mayor and Council Respectfully submitted, Mayor and Council Town of Tofield

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF TOFIELD (the “Municipality”) IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA PROPOSED RESOLUTION REGARDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES To be held June 22, 2020, 10:00 a.m. Tofield, Alberta PURSUANT to sections 75.1, 75.5, 230 and 606 of the Municipal Government Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000, Chapter M-26, as amended and Section 3 of the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation, A.R. 112/2019, the Council of Town of Tofield, in the Province of Alberta hereby gives notice of its intention to incorporate and control a corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act. THE PURPOSE of proposed Resolution is: A.

Beaver County, Town of Tofield, Town of Viking, Village of Ryley and Village of Holden are the sole members of the Beaver Regional Waste Management Services Commission also known as “Beaver Municipal Solutions”, (the “Commission”);

B.

The Commission and the five municipal members, including the Municipality, wish to corporately reorganize the Commission, by transferring operations over to the proposed Claystone Waste Limited Partnership (the “New Waste Provider”), with these five municipalities being the sole partners in the New Waste Provider;

C.

As the New Waste Provider is a limited partnership, a new municipally controlled corporation shall be created pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (“BCA”) to act as the General Partner of the New Waste Provider, to be called Claystone Waste Ltd. (the “MCC”). The same five municipalities will also be the only shareholders of the MCC;

D.

The Municipality wishes to be a shareholder and jointly create and control the MCC under the BCA;

E.

Pursuant to both the terms of Division 9 of Part 3 of the Municipal Government Act (the “MGA”) and the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation (the “MCC Reg”), a municipality may only incorporate and control a corporation incorporated pursuant to the BCA if certain preliminary steps are taken, which include, but is not limited, to holding a public hearing as stated hereof;

F.

The Council of the Municipality wishes to comply with all obligations under the MGA and the MCC Reg to cause the MCC to be incorporated.

DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, the Government of Alberta has enacted the Meeting Procedures (COVID-19 Suppression) Regulation pursuant to Order in Council 099/2020 (the “COVID Regulation”) to permit for electronic hearings to be held instead of in person hearings, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic; THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION will be disclosed at the public hearing: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

the services the corporation and the New Waste Provider intends to provide; the names of the five municipalities who will be the shareholders of the MCC; the geographic locations in and outside Alberta in which the corporation intends to provide services; the projected rate structure for the cost of service; and the market impact analysis of the New Waste Provider’s provision of services.

TAKE NOTICE THAT due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Council has elected to hold the public hearing via an electronic procedure. The following rules shall apply: (1)

Hearing Deliberations - The electronic public hearing will be structured such that all who choose to participate, shall have the right to hear all discussions and those who have pre-registered, can make oral submissions;

(2)

Making Written Submissions – Written submissions will only be considered at the public hearing if they are emailed to cneufeld@tofieldalberta.ca before the 18th day of June, 2020 at 4:00 pm. Any written submissions emailed or submitted after this date will not be considered;

(3)

Pre-registration for speaking – due to the challenges imposed on conducting hearing virtually, we would ask that anyone who intends to make oral submission at the hearing, pre-register to speak by sending an email to cneufeld@tofieldalberta.ca on or before the 18th day of June, 2020 at 4:00 pm. For those who will join the meeting via Zoom, you will be asked for your e-mail address so that we may send you the link to the meeting. Anyone who fails to preregister prior to this, will not be permitted to speak.

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Speaking/procedure at hearing – We ask that: • All attendees are to mute their microphones so the hearing will not pick up any ambient or distracting sounds from your location; • The only attendees who shall be permitted to provide oral submissions or speak at the hearing are: • those who have either pre-registered with the Municipality to speak and have been provided a passcode to permit them speak; or • if the chair of the hearing has invited people to speak at the hearing.

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Improper Speaking/Disruption of hearing – In the event that someone speaks out of turn or is otherwise disruptive, the chair of the hearing reserves the right to remove that participant from the Zoom meeting.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT in order to participate at the Zoom meeting electronically, the following shall be the manner of accessing it: (1) (2)

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Call into Hearing – instead of participating via the Zoom platform, you have the right to call the following number and enter the meeting ID and password as follows: • Phone Number: 1-587-328-1099 • Meeting ID: 861 6339 7187 • Password: 031756 Joining Hearing – If you choose not to telephone into the Zoom meeting, you can participate (regardless if it is on a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone) as follows: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89060359813?pwd=Ky9PalRabHVkMS9vMW9qQ2NTcWQzUT09

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT the materials to be discussed at the Public Hearing are accessible at the following link: http://tofieldalberta.ca/. Additionally, pursuant to the COVID Regulation, anyone may instead request that these materials may be mailed, emailed or faxed to them. Please contact Cindy Neufeld at (780) 662-3269 or cneufeld@tofieldalberta.ca to make this request.

DATED at the Town of Tofield in the Province of Alberta this 15th day of May, 2020.

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Loose Ends: Thunder rolls

Carol Livingstone Tofield Mercury Columnist

Spring is full of firsts.

First robin. First tree leafing out. First barbecue.

And our first thunder storm happened just last

week. It was loud and proud even though it lacked those last claps of thunder that always have me checking to see if the top branches of our elm are no more, on my way to slithering under the bed with hands over my ears.

Next day our neighbour’s rain gauge said we’d had two inches (5 cm. to anyone under 30) and Hubby measured three inches in his wheelbarrow. Judging by the river that was our front

street at the height of the torrent there were a lot more inches rushing into the sewer.

The wind bothered me; even after we retired for the night it was banging against the house, loud thumps and slaps that had me wondering if morning would show our siding stripped off, maybe wrapped around some farmer’s cow outside the Town limits.

The lights stayed on but of course the TV went dark. All we got

grass, making us look like the neighbourhood rednecks. All we needed was a truck on blocks and an old wringer washer on the front porch. (front stoop, actually; we don’t have a porch).

But all that rain made that grass grow faster than a teenager in a growth spurt. A neighbour even asked if we’d like him to mow it since it was ‘looking kind of shabby’ and out back the little birds hunting for birdseed at the foot of the

was that annoying message on a blue screen telling us that the dish was searching for a tower but not finding one.

Thank goodness for Netflix and Amazon Prime or we would have taken to our beds right after supper. Not a happy option for this night owl.

Just before the storm our front lawn was cut.

For a day we weren’t ashamed to claim ownership of our lot; our neighbours’ had been less lazy about trimming their

tree holding the feeder looked like they were lost in the jungle of deep grass.

And the dandelions!

Who named them anyhow? There’s nothing dandy about them. In the blink of an eye that field of bright yellow becomes seed-filled puffballs headed straight for our lawns and gardens.

That’s okay if you’re into plucking their tender leaves for a salad. Me – I’m checking Google for wine recipes.

Holden storage yard broken into, no access was gained Cpl. Sheryl Cody Tofield RCMP

Tofield RCMP responded to a total of 30 calls for service in the last week.

On June 1, during the evening hours, the Holden Storage Yard was reported as being broken into. Unknown persons cut through the fence and attempted to cut a lock on a storage compartment. Access was not gained and nothing appeared to have been taken.

Also on June 1, a report of found explosives was received the night of. Homeowners were renovating a basement and located a metal canister that appeared to have dynamite in it.

Tofield Fire Department responded and determined that the canister contained safety flares only.

During the early morning hours of June 2, a report of a Ford truck was received. The Ford F250 was parked in the homeowners’ driveway on 57 Ave. in Tofield

occupants of the vehicle were target shooting in the Blackfoot Park. The owner of the rifles had a valid PAL and both firearms were properly stored and locked in

helped move them into a neighbouring pasture.

CN notified and train service was not disrupted.

cases. No charges laid.

On the morning of June 6, members were dispatched to cattle on the train tracks near Ryley. The owners of the cattle were located and

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Diggin’ the new slang EDITORIAL Kerry Anderson Tofield Mercury Publisher

The world is a heavy place these days, man. If you want to dig what drift the young people’s vibes are on, you have to brush up on the mod slang of today. If you want to freak them out, just learn and then spill some of these phrases on them and watch them freak out. 10-4 good buddy? You copy?

Big Off: Replaces “My Bad,” or I made a mistake.

Big Yikes: Something super embarrassing or unfortunate.

BTO: “Bathroom Time Out” is when people go to the bathroom at work just so they can search the web, or play video games on their phone. “I had a lot of BTOs today.”

Cap: To lie about things. “All you do is cap.”

Choosey Beggar: When you try to give away something online and people want to negotiate an even better deal.

Cringey: Seeing something that makes you feel awkward or embarrassed.

When something happens that is weird.

D List: People who are famous online only.

Sometimes called an “Influencer.”

Facepalm: Making a mistake.

Flex: Brag about yourself. “Flexing in their new car.”

Good Vibes Only: Taking a break from online negativity.

Go Off: Ranting about something, or telling someone off.

Heart Horny: Someone looking for a deeper, more loving, or romantic relationship.

Mewd: A picture that evokes a powerful or relatable feeling.

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Okay Boomer: When you make a snide remark about what a Baby Boomer thinks or does.

Okay Zoomer: A sarcastic remark about something a Generation Z person thinks or does.

Periodt: Ending a conversation, or something that’s final.

Purity Spiral: When people on social media try to out virtue everyone else

to prove how good a person they are.

Shade: Ignoring someone. “Throwing shade on someone.”

Snappin’: Someone is looking good or wearing clothes that makes them look very put together.

Spilling the tea: gossiping about what somebody else said, or about what happened.

Spun: Referring to someone high on drugs.

Straight Fire: Someone who is looking very attractive.

Stan: People who admire someone famous to grandiose heights. “They stan them.”

That’s A Choice: Acknowledging something you don’t necessarily agree with.

Thirsty: Someone who is dying for attention or trying too hard to be noticed.

You Problem: Some issue only

pertaining to the person talking about it. “That’s a You Problem.”

Now that you have the lowdown, I think some of these new terms are pretty far out, groovy, and maybe even fab. Getting the skinny on them gives me good vibes if you catch my drift.

Some young people might give you the hairy eyeball, but keep on truckin’.

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Alberta to relaunch Stage 2 early Continued from Front Page what they need to do to keep themselves and their loved ones safe and protected. Currently, no communities in Alberta need locally targeted enhanced measures.

“More Albertans can now return to work and to the activities so many of us enjoy. However, I encour-

age you to do it safely,” Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Chief Medical Officer of Health said. “Think of the people in your life who may be at high risk from COVID-19 and protect all those around you as you would want your loved ones protected. Stay home if you are sick. Stay two metres apart and wear a nonmedical mask if you can’t.

Consider downloading the ABTraceTogether app, and wash your hands often.”

The 50 per cent capacity limit for provincial campgrounds is also being lifted.

Over the coming days, the online reservation system will be updated and sites will come online in phases.

By July 1, all camping

sites will be open for reservations. First-come, first-served sites may open sooner. Information on additional sites will be added to alberta.parks.ca when they become available.

Events and gatherings can be larger in stage two, with maximum 50 people in indoor social gatherings such as weddings,

funerals, and birthday parties.

While there can be a maximum of 100 people at outdoor events and indoor seated/audience events – including weddings and funeral ceremonies.

There will be no cap on the number of people – with public health measures and physical distancing in place – for

worship gatherings, restaurants, cafés, lounges and bars, casinos and bingo halls.

The success of stage two will determine when Alberta relaunches stage three. Factors are active cases, healthcare system capacity, hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) cases, and infection rates.

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Sometime between June 6 and June 7, unknown persons entered a rural property near Twp. Rd. 520 and Rge. Rd. 190. They cut the lock on the gate to get access to the yard and then attempted to steal two Ford trucks. Both had damage to the ignitions but were still on the property. A search of the property did not locate any suspects.

There was a report of a rural break and enter to a property located on Twp. Rd. 525 near Rge. Rd. 190 on June 7. The property contains a large machine shed, from where various tools and gas containers were taken.

Access was gained by cutting the locks off of the gate and the door to the shed.

This file is still under investigation.

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Oil/gas companies ask county for tax reduction, get payment agreement proposal Patricia Harcourt Beaver County has offered to enter into a one-year tax payment agreement with three oil and gas companies asking for a reduction in taxes due to the economic downturn in the industry.

A similar arrangement was made with another company last year which included the waiving of late payment penalties.

“There is no tax waiver,” explained Assistant CAO Margaret Jones. “The company still has to pay 100 per cent of the taxes owed, but they will have one year to pay, and if not paid by October 31 or January 16, the usual late payment penalties will be waived.”

In her synopsis prior to a decision, Jones had pointed out that the county has already given general breaks to all its taxpayers by not increasing the general municipal rate. Also late payment penalty rates have been reduced by half for every county taxpayer.

The province has deferred payment on education taxes for six months to further alleviate the burden for taxpayers.

The three companies asking for a reduction in their taxes for the June 3 regular council meeting included: • Outlier Resources Ltd. wanting a deferral of all or some of their municipal taxes; • Insignia Energy Ltd. wanting a 25 per cent reduction; • Westland Energy Corporation wanting the municipal mill rate to be reduced by 10 mills.

“With the decline in the economy over the past few years, the financial viability of oil and gas industries in the county has become uncertain,” stated Jones.

“Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating financial challenges for other businesses.

“We expect more requests once tax notices are issued,” she added. The tax notices were expected to be mailed out by early June.

The county is experiencing issues with tax collection as are most jurisdictions in the province.

One of the main ways of recovering taxes, through seizure of property, will not work in the case of oil and gas companies.

“The seizure of property (well sites, pipelines) is

impossible,” Jones noted. Other methods include providing incentives for early payment of taxes, implementing an instalment payment plan and imposing penalties for late payment.

Under the Municipal Government Act, council could also cancel, reduce, refund or defer tax “if it is equitable to do so.”

The final option is to “permit a municipality to enter into an agreement for payment of taxes over time.

“Administration cautions against any tax reductions without a long-range plan for service level adjustments,” stated Jones.

“However, in the event that council wishes to approve tax reductions, it may be prudent to begin with tax payment agreements.

“A tax payment agreement can have a term of a maximum of three years; therefore, this option gives a business owner some time to recover.”

After discussion, council passed a motion to offer a tax payment agreement for one year to the three companies, while waiving the tax penalties for the applicants.

Issues concerning road conditions in county discussed Patricia Harcourt Road conditions in three different areas were part of the discussions at county council’s June 3 meeting.

Jim Kallal, Division 2 councillor and reeve, made a motion at the June 3 regular meeting of County Council that administration investigate the costs to rebuild the subdivision road in Carey Ridge Estates in 2020.

The condition of the road was brought forward by subdivision resident Bobby Hryniw in a May 26 letter complaining that the road “is rough, full of holes and some of the ‘crush’ is large enough to cause ankle bitters,” creating safety concerns.

When the resident moved in 2008, the road was “paved and maintained diligently by the county through many electoral changes. Just within the last few years the county has taken a perfectly pave road which required repairs, to destroying. The pavement has been recycled and turned into…road crush.

“The road makes it hazardous for children to transverse with their bikes,” stated the resident, with the result that people are using the paved R.R. 205 instead but which is an 80 km/hr zone.

After Kallal moved to investigate the costs of rebuilding the subdivision road, council agreed to table that motion in favour of administration first bringing back a report on the history of the road that would also include costs. After hearing the road report at another meeting, council will reconsider Kallal’s motion.

Council also heard a road complaint about a sink hole and other problems on Range Road 192, located south of Highway 14 at Tofield. Patty Halter has her

business Countryside Storage at Tofield’s west entrance, just south of Highway 14.

“I started noticing a few years ago that on the R.R. to the east of our property, I was having a hard time getting my car into our storage site because the road was developing a sink hole in the middle of it just as you exit off Highway 14 south after the small amount of pavement that is there,” she said. “But each week or so the county would have a grader come and scrap the road and it seemed to help for a bit.”

Halter said the problem “is getting progressively worse,” and she no longer bothers to have dust control applied at her entrance because the grader comes and scrapes it off in an attempt to help with the sinkhole issue on the road.

She told the county that part of the road needed to be dug up and filled in with a substance like rock or a culvert to try and keep the water out.

Halter blamed the water gathering on the county removing trees on both sides of the road “so the water has nowhere to stop.”

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Halter said upwards of 100 vehicles use the road daily, mainly semi trucks, and asked for a road count that might convince the county to get the road paved.

She referred to Twp. Rd. 492 stating she couldn’t understand why that road was paved because “very few” vehicles use that road.

“What should matter is that my business is now being affected by your road and my taxes,” she said.

“I’m not sure what I am paying for. Hope to hear from you with a solution and a plan.”

Halter also supplied photos of R.R. 192, pointing out the area of the sinkhole in the middle of it.

Council discussed the road’s condition. A motion was passed “to investigate the reasons for the poor condition of Range Road 192 for the first 400 metres south of Highway 14.

A resident from Division 3 attended council as a delegation to discuss concerns about the condition of Range Road 173. The division councillor Gene Hrabec also spoke to the issue but no motions were made or passed.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF HOLDEN (the “Municipality”) IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA PROPOSED RESOLUTION REGARDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES To be held on July 20, 2020 at 7:00 pm in Holden, Alberta.

PURSUANT to sections 75.1, 75.5, 230 and 606 of the Municipal Government Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000, Chapter M-26, as amended and Section 3 of the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation, A.R. 112/2019, the Council of Village of Holden in the Province of Alberta hereby gives notice of its intention to incorporate and control a corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act. THE PURPOSE of proposed Resolution is: A. Beaver County, Town of Tofield, Town of Viking, Village of Ryley and Village of Holden are the sole members of the Beaver Regional Waste Management Services Commission also known as “Beaver Municipal Solutions”, (the “Commission”); B. The Commission and the five municipal members, including the Municipality, wish to corporately reorganize the Commission, by transferring operations over to the proposed Claystone Waste Limited Partnership (the “New Waste Provider”), with these five municipalities being the sole partners in the New Waste Provider; C. As the New Waste Provider is a limited partnership, a new municipally controlled corporation shall be created pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (“BCA”) to act as the General Partner of the New Waste Provider, to be called Claystone Waste Ltd. (the “MCC”). The same five municipalities will also be the only shareholders of the MCC; D. The Municipality wishes to be a shareholder and jointly create and control the MCC under the BCA; E. Pursuant to both the terms of Division 9 of Part 3 of the Municipal Government Act (the “MGA”) and the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation (the “MCC Reg”), a municipality may only incorporate and control a corporation incorpo rated pursuant to the BCA if certain preliminary steps are taken, which include, but is not limited, to holding a public hearing as stated hereof; F. The Council of the Municipality wishes to comply with all obligations under the MGA and the MCC Reg to cause the MCC to be incorporated.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION will be disclosed at the public hearing: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

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services the corporation and the New Waste Provider intends to provide; names of the five municipalities who will be the shareholders of the MCC; geographic locations in and outside Alberta in which the corporation intends to provide services; projected rate structure for the cost of service; and market impact analysis of the New Waste Providerʼs provision of services.

TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing to consider proposed resolution will be held in Holden. AB on July 20, 2020 at 7:00 pm.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a presentation regarding the proposed resolution must, in writing, notify the Chief Administrative Officer by email to vholden@telusplanet.net of their intention prior to the 15th day of July, 2020 at 1:00 pm. Anyone who fails to pre-register prior to this deadline will not be permitted to speak.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT both written and verbal presentations may be made to Council at the public hearing.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT the materials to be discussed at the Public Hearing are accessible at the following link: https://village.holden.ab.ca/. Additionally, pursuant to the COVID Regulation, anyone may instead request that these materials may be mailed, emailed or faxed to them. Please contact vholden@telusplanet.net to make this request.

DATED at the Village of Holden in the Province of Alberta this 19th day of May, 2020.

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Notice of Public Hearing

Employment Opportunity

June 17, 2020, 9:00 a.m.

Beaver County Service Centre in Ryley Beaver County is considering the following Road Closure: Road Allowance West of SW 7-50-20-W4 (RR 210) Beaver County Bylaw 20-1087

(Pursuant to the I.U.O.E. Collective Agreement, Local Union No. 955) AGRICULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Roadside Mower Operator – Casual CLASS: Equipment Operator II RATE OF PAY: $25.95 - $31.57 per hour TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: • As per Beaver County’s policies and the Collective Agreement with the I.U.O.E. Local 955 • Works under the Agricultural Fieldman as a roadside mower operator and may be required to perform other duties • Regular workdays will be 8 hours/day- 40 hours/week, overtime may be required • Collective Agreement with I.U.O.E. local 955 • This position is anticipated to last a term of approximately 4-6 weeks.

A Public Hearing has been scheduled by Beaver County for Council to consider arguments for and against the proposed road closure. The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at 9:00 am.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Government of Alberta has enacted the Meeting Procedures (COVID-19 Suppression) Regulation pursuant to Order in Council 50/2020 to permit the hearing to be conducted electronically rather than in person.

The hearing has been structured so that all who wish to participate will have the right to hear all discussions and speak for or against the road closure. For information regarding the public participation process and how to provide input on this matter, go to www.beaver.ab.ca/council/public-hearings.

The information you provide may be made public, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Bob Beck, Chief Administrative Officer Beaver County Box 140, Ryley, AB T0B 4A0 For questions, please contact the County Development Officer Kim Vana, at kvana@beaver.ab.ca.

QUALIFICATIONS: • Minimum Grade 12 or G.E.D. • Previous experience would be an asset • Valid Class 5 Drivers License required • Knowledge of Beaver County • Ability to work independently and assume responsibility for maintenance of equipment • Knowledge of tractors and PTO driven implements • Ability to work effectively with other employees and the public COMPETITION CLOSING DATE/TIME: Open until suitable candidate selected EFFECTIVE START DATE: July 6, 2020 APPROXIMATE END DATE: August 14, 2020 Interested applicants are requested to submit their resume to: Mike Bates Agricultural Fieldman Box 140 Ryley, AB T0B 4A0 Or by e-mail to: mbates@beaver.ab.ca Note: Beaver County is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to a nonsmoking policy in its working environment. Beaver County has a comprehensive and active safety program. Drivers abstract will be required for successful applicant.

Beaver County thanks all applicants for their interest, however advises that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Beaver County Service Centre 5120 - 50 Street Box 140 Ryley, Alberta T0B 4A0 Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Phone: (780) 663-3730 Fax: (780) 663-3602 Toll Free: 1-866-663-1333 www.beaver.ab.ca Email: administration@beaver.ab.ca

Notice of Public Hearing NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEAVER COUNTY (the “Municipality”) IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA PROPOSED RESOLUTION REGARDING BEAVER MUNICIPAL SERVICES To be held June 17, 2020 at 6:00 pm in Ryley, Alberta PURSUANT to sections 75.1, 75.5, 230 and 606 of the Municipal Government Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000, Chapter M-26, as amended and Section 3 of the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation, A.R. 112/2019, the Council of Beaver County, in the Province of Alberta hereby gives notice of its intention to incorporate and control a corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act.

(1) the services the corporation and the New Waste Provider intends to provide; (2) the names of the five municipalities who will be the shareholders of the MCC; (3) the geographic locations in and outside Alberta in which the corporation intends to provide services; (4) the projected rate structure for the cost of service; and (5) the market impact analysis of the New Waste Provider’s provision of services.

THE PURPOSE of the proposed Resolution is: A. Beaver County, Town of Tofield, Town of Viking, Village of Ryley and Village of Holden are the sole members of the Beaver Regional Waste Management Services Commission, also known as “Beaver Municipal Solutions”, (the “Commission”); B. The Commission and the five municipal members, including the Municipality, wish to corporately reorganize the Commission, by transferring operations over to the proposed Claystone Waste Limited Partnership (the “New Waste Provider”), with these five municipalities being the sole partners in the New Waste Provider; C. As the New Waste Provider is a limited partnership, a new municipally controlled corporation shall be created pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (“BCA”) to act as the General Partner of the New Waste Provider, to be called Claystone Waste Ltd. (the “MCC”). The same five municipalities will also be the only shareholders of the MCC; D. The Municipality wishes to be a shareholder and jointly create and control the MCC under the BCA; E. Pursuant to both the terms of Division 9 of Part 3 of the Municipal Government Act (the “MGA”) and the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation (the “MCC Reg”), a municipality may only incorporate and control a corporation incorporated pursuant to the BCA if certain preliminary steps are taken, which include, but is not limited to, holding a public hearing as stated hereof; F. The Council of the Municipality wishes to comply with all obligations under the MGA and the MCC Reg to cause the MCC to be incorporated.

DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, the Government of Alberta has enacted the Meeting Procedures (COVID-19 Suppression) Regulation pursuant to Order in Council 099/2020 (the “COVID Regulation”) to permit electronic hearings to be held instead of in person hearings.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION will be disclosed at the public hearing:

TAKE NOTICE THAT due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Council has elected to hold the public hearing via an electronic procedure. The following rules shall apply: (1) To Observe or Listen to the Public Hearing Only - If you wish to observe and listen to the proceedings ONLY, the hearing will be livestreamed on YouTube. 10 minutes prior to the scheduled time of the hearing, please connect to the following address: youtube.com/channel/UCJelgBIzpUup4GDeMECLHcQ. This address is available ONLY during the scheduled Council meeting and is not available for viewing after the Council meeting has concluded. You will not be able to address Council via this communication method.

Alternatively, you may listen to the proceedings by calling on your telephone to the following number, and entering the Meeting ID and password: • Phone Number: 1-587-328-1099 • Meeting ID: 867 5246 9067 • Password: 388334 If you choose to listen or watch the meeting in this manner, you will not be able to speak or provide input during the hearing. To register or otherwise present information during the hearing, please read the following sections.

(2) Hearing Deliberations - The electronic public hearing will be structured such that all who choose to participate, shall have the right to hear all discussions, and those who have pre-registered, can make oral submissions; (3) Making Written Submissions – Written submissions will only be considered at the public hearing if they are emailed to administration@beaver.ab.ca before the 16th day of June, 2020 at 3:00 pm. Any written submissions emailed or submitted after this date will not be considered; (4) Pre-registration for Speaking – due to the challenges imposed on conducting hearing virtually, we would ask that anyone who intends to make oral submissions at the hearing, pre-register to speak by sending an email to Cindy Cox, Executive Assistant, at cindy@beaver.ab.ca, or calling Cindy Cox at the Beaver County

Office at 780-663-3730 no later than 3:00 pm on June 16th, 2020. For those who will join the meeting via Zoom, you will be asked for your e-mail address so that we may send you the link to the meeting.

Anyone who fails to pre-register prior to this deadline (June 16th, 2020, 3:00 pm), will not be permitted to speak.

(5) Speaking/Procedure at Hearing – We ask that: • All attendees mute their microphones so the hearing will not pick up any ambient or distracting sounds from your location; • The only attendees who shall be permitted to provide oral submissions or speak at the hearing are: • those who have either pre-registered with the Municipality to speak and have been provided a link to permit them to speak; or • if the chair of the hearing has invited people to speak at the hearing.

(6) Improper Speaking/Disruption of Hearing – In the event that someone speaks out of turn or is otherwise disruptive, the chair of the hearing reserves the right to remove that participant from the Zoom meeting.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT in order to participate at the Zoom meeting electronically, the following shall be the manner of accessing it: (1) Download Zoom Application – Please download it at https://zoom.us/download.

(2) Call into Hearing – instead of participating via the Zoom platform, you may call the following number and enter the meeting ID and password as follows: • Phone Number: 1-587-328-1099 • Meeting ID: 867 5246 9067 • Password: 388334 (3) Joining Hearing via Zoom – If you choose not to telephone into the Zoom meeting, you can participate (regardless if it is on a computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone), by following the Zoom meeting link sent to you when you pre-register.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT the materials to be discussed at the Public Hearing are accessible at the following link: www.beaver.ab.ca. Additionally, pursuant to the COVID Regulation, anyone may instead request that these materials be mailed, emailed, or faxed to them. Please contact Cindy Cox at cindy@beaver.ab.ca to make this request. DATED at the Village of Ryley in the Province of Alberta this 14th day of May, 2020.

Student Employment Opportunity

Audited Financial Statements

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (STUDENT)

Audited Financial Statements

Full-Time, Summer (July – August, 2020) Beaver County is seeking a temporary, full-time (student) Administrative Assistant to support our team. This position will be located in the Beaver County Services Centre in Ryley.

Duties will include receptionist duties at the front counter, cash receipts, mail pick-up, sorting, and delivery, assisting with County communications (e.g. newspaper, website, etc.), filing and document management, and providing assistance to other staff as required.

Hours of work will be 7.75 hours per day, Monday to Friday. The position may commence prior to July 1 if the successful candidate is available.

For more information and qualifications, go to www.beaver.ab.ca. A cover letter with resume (including references) will be accepted until 4:30 pm, June 12, 2020.

Margaret Jones, Assistant CAO Beaver County Box 140 Ryley, AB T0B 4A0 T: (780) 663-3730 F: (780) 663-3602 E: mjones@beaver.ab.ca Beaver County is committed to a healthy and safe workplace. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Beaver County Council approved the Audited Financial Statements as at December 31, 2019 at the May 6, 2020 council meeting.

Copies of these statements can be found on Beaver County’s website @ beaver.ab.ca

The Tofield Mercury, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - Page 9

A “raid” on funding to expand police services in province has Victim Services worried Moush John and Patricia Harcourt Tofield Mercury

Victim Services is putting out the word that a funding diversion of surplus monies will go towards hiring police officers and increase police programs instead of helping victims of crime as intended.

Victim Services Alberta states that services to victims of crime will be impacted by the UCP government’s Victim of Crime Act amendments now being considered.

The Victims of Crime Amendment Act, or Bill 16, “will see the tearing down of the fundamental principles entrenched in the original Victims of Crime Act created in 1990,” states Alf Rudd, President of the Alberta Police Based Victim Services Association in a June 1 news release.

“A ploy such as this does a great disservice to them (victims), and those dedicated to supporting them,” said Rudd. “Association members have already felt impacts of victim funds being redirected for public

safety initiatives as requests for operating funds have been reduced and training dollars all but eliminated.

“This is the wrong move for this province,” he added. “Funds need to first address the needs of victim services while any expanded use be judiciously considered after consultations with the victim serving community.”

At present, there is a $74 million surplus fund the province is eyeing to help with its enhanced policing initiative. Rudd said the surplus is due to “frugal use” of funds collected by community organizations under the original act’s mandate to collect a surcharge on fines assessed for various offences.

“If this legislation is successful,” he said, referring to Bill 16, “the Solicitor General will arbitrarily have unfettered access to the fund to provide more police, more prosecutors and fund other undefined public safety initiatives.

“This amounts to a raid on a fund that for 30 years has carefully and prudently provided a safe landing for those criminally and brutally treated.”

However, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Doug Schweitzer defended the move, stating the expansion in scope of the Victims of Crime Fund to include public safety initiatives would deter crime and prevent victimization.

The government plans to use the Victims of Crime Fund to fund the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT), the Rural Alberta Provincial Integrated Defence (RAPID) Force, drug treatment courts and the hiring of more Crown prosecutors.

Instead of being used for the victim services for which the funds were collected, the monies will go towards organized and other serious crimes like llegal drug and gun trafficking, and online child exploitation. Funds will also go towards breaking addiction cycles related to crime, and more Crown prosecutors to keep perpetrators off the streets.

“Our government has heard loud and clear from Albertans that they are frustrated with a justice system Continued on Page 15

Obituary

Obituary

Edith Aletha Regehr

Susanna “Susie” Warkentin

March 20, 1927 – June 3, 2020

Sept. 12, 1926 – June 2, 2020

Sawyer & Devyn; grandson Danny; granddaughter Rebecca (Tavis), great-grandchildren Cohen, Daxton, Declan and Maylo; grandson James (Heidi), great-grandIt is with much children Helayna love that we mourn and Ruth; her son the loss of our dear Barry; her daughterMarion; mother, grandmother, in-law and great-grand- g r a n d d a u g h t e r greatmother, Edith Regehr. Candace, g r a n d c h i l d ren She will be remembered for her strong Ronan, Bodi, and faith, love of family, Emily; and grandson friends, music and Severan (Michelle).

She also leaves to life!

Edith was prede- mourn her sisters ceased by her hus- Erica and Elsbeth band Edward; son (Werner); sisters-inReginald; brothers law Verna and Alice Oscar & Herbert; and (Irwin); brothers-insisters Melita & Judy. law Walter, Gerry She will be lovingly (Eula) and Art missed by her (Paula); along with daughter Kathy many family and (Bill); granddaughter friends.

With special gratiJessica(Stefan), great-grandchildren tude we thank the

Tofield Health Centre staff and Doctor Jallad for their compassionate care during her last weeks. The past ten years in the Tofield Lodge, with Jan and her kind staff’s TLC, were always appreciated.

In accordance to Edith's wishes a private family service will be held on a later date. Cremation has taken place and inurnment will take place at the Tofield Cemetery on a later date. Donations in her memory can be sent to MCC, 2102946 32 ST. NE., Calgary, AB T1Y 9Z9 or charity of your choice.

Weber Funeral Home 780-662-3959 www.weberfuneralhome.ca

It is with much love that we mourn the peaceful passing of Susie Warkentin (née Buhler) on June 2, 2020 with family at her side.

Susie was born in southern Manitoba and after her marriage to Corney Warkentin, moved to the Tofield area in 1952 where they farmed and raised their family.

Left to cherish her memory are her children Harold (Natalie) of Tofield, Lawrence (Joyce) of DeBolt, Vi (Fatima) of Edmonton, Marv

(Gwen) of Lethbridge and Roland (Gayle) of Grande Prairie; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and siblings Mary, Tina, George, Rita, and Harry.

She was predeceased by her husband Corney, her brother Jake Buhler, and her sisters Annie Sawatzky and Helen Goertz.

Due to Covid19 and Alberta Health restrictions, a private celebration with only immediate family has been held.

If family, relatives and friends desire, memorial contributions in Susie’s memory may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee.

The family would like to extend the

opportunity to relatives and friends to celebrate in her life through the memorial page we have created. This is a place for us all to share stories, poems, thoughts and photos of Susie – a mother, a grandmother, a greatgrandmother, a sister, an aunt, a friend. susiewarkentin.forevermissed.com To send condolences, please visit www.burgarfuneralhome.com.

Burgar Funeral Home Camrose & Daysland (4817 51 Ave, Camrose, Alberta T4V 0V4) in care of arrangements. 780-672-2121.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF RYLEY (the “Municipality”) IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA PROPOSED RESOLUTION REGARDING BEAVER MUNICIPAL SERVICES (BMS): • That the Village of Ryley has considered on May 5, 2020 the business plan adopted

by Beaver Municipal Services (the “Business Plan”) and has approved the contents of it, in consideration of the decision in order to cause a corporation, to be called “Claystone Waste Ltd.”, (the “General Partner Corporation”) to be incorporated pursuant to the Business Corporations Act, which General Partner Corporation will act as the corporate entity to operate the registry office, and • That the Village of Ryley provides its notice of intention to hold a public hearing on Tuesday 16 June 2020, as required by Sections 75.1, 75.5, 230 and 606 of the Municipal Government Act and Section 3 of the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation, prior to causing the General Partner Corporation to be incorporated. To be held June 16, 2020 at 7:00 pm in Ryley, Alberta PURSUANT to sections 75.1, 75.5, 230 and 606 of the Municipal Government Act, Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000, Chapter M-26, as amended and Section 3 of the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation, A.R. 112/2019, the Council of the Municipality, in the Province of Alberta hereby gives notice of its intention to incorporate and control a corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act. THE PURPOSE of the proposed Resolution is: 1. Beaver County, Town of Tofield, Town of Viking, Village of Ryley and Village of Holden are the sole members of the Beaver Regional Waste Management Services Commission also known as “Beaver Municipal Solutions”, (the “Commission”); 2. The Commission and the five municipal members, including the Municipality, wish to corporately reorganize the Commission, by transferring operations over to the proposed Claystone Waste Limited Partnership (the “New Waste Provider”), with these five municipalities being the sole partners in the New Waste Provider; 3. As the New Waste Provider is a limited partnership, a new municipally controlled corporation shall be created pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (“BCA”) to act as the General Partner of the New Waste Provider, to be called Claystone Waste Ltd. (the “MCC”). The same five municipalities will also be the only shareholders of the MCC; 4. The Municipality wishes to be a shareholder and jointly create and control the MCC under the BCA; 5. Pursuant to both the terms of Division 9 of Part 3 of the Municipal Government Act (the “MGA”) and the Municipally Controlled Corporation Regulation (the “MCC Reg”), a municipality may only incorporate and control a corporation incorporated pursuant to the BCA if certain preliminary steps are taken, which include, but is not limited, to holding a public hearing as stated hereof; 6. The Council of the Municipality wishes to comply with all obligations under the MGA and the MCC Reg to cause the MCC to be incorporated.

DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, the Government of Alberta has enacted the Meeting Procedures (COVID-19 Suppression) Regulation pursuant to Order in Council 099/2020 (the “COVID Regulation”) to permit for electronic hearings to be held instead of in person hearings, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic; THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION will be disclosed at the public hearing: 1. the services the corporation and the New Waste Provider intends to provide; 2. the names of the five municipalities who will be the shareholders of the MCC; 3. the geographic locations in and outside Alberta in which the corporation intends to provide services; 4. the projected rate structure for the cost of service; and 5. the market impact analysis of the New Waste Providerʼs provision of services.

TAKE NOTICE THAT due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Council has elected to hold the public hearing via an electronic procedure. The following rules shall apply: 1. Hearing Deliberation: The electronic public hearing will be structured such that all who choose to participate, shall have the right to hear all discussions and those who have pre-registered, can make oral submissions; 2. Making Written Submissions: Written submissions will only be considered at the public hearing if they are emailed to info@Ryley.ca before the 15th day of June, 2020 at 3:00 pm. Any written submissions emailed or submitted after this date will not be considered; 3. Pre-registration for speaking: Due to additional challenges imposed on conducting the hearing via electronic procedure (virtually), anyone who desires to make oral submissions at the hearing must preregister via email to CAO@Ryley.ca no later than the 15th day of June, 2020 at 1:00 pm. Anyone who fails to pre-register prior to this deadline will not be permitted to speak.

4. Speaking/procedure at hearing: We ask that: • All attendees mute their microphones in the video conference so the hearing will not pick up any ambient or distracting sounds from your location; • The only attendees who shall be permitted to provide oral submissions or speak at the hearing are: • those who have either pre-registered with the Municipality to speak; or • if the chair of the hearing has invited people to speak at the hearing.

5. Improper Speaking/Disruption of hearing: In the event that someone speaks out of turn or is otherwise disruptive, the chair of the hearing reserves the right to remove that participant from the video conference meeting.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT in order to participate at the video conference meeting, the following options shall be the manner of accessing it: 1. Participate through a Link in a Webpage: https://zoom.us/j/97548743791?pwd=TzBRUTNYUy9WT2VqaTd3TVpyTTFKQT09; 2. Participate through the ZOOM Application: Prior to the video conference, download the app at https://zoom.us/download. When itʼs time to join the video conference, enter Meeting ID 975 4874 3791 and Password 612200; 3. Participate via Telephone (Audio Only): You may participate in the video conference by audio (no video) by joining via telephone at (778) 907-2071 and entering the Meeting ID and Password (same as above); 4. Watch the Hearing via Facebook (Livestream): If you choose not to participate in the Video Conference, you may observe the hearing through internet livestream via the open Facebook Group – Village of Ryley.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT the materials to be discussed at the Public Hearing are accessible at the following link: www.ryley.ca/document-category/a-public-hearing/ Additionally, pursuant to the COVID Regulation, anyone may instead request that these materials may be mailed, emailed or faxed to them. Please contact info@ryley.ca to make this request.

DATED at the Village of Ryley in the Province of Alberta this 16th day of May, 2020.

Please note information and all links can be found on the Ryley website at www.ryley.ca/notices/public-hearing-municipally-controlled-corporation-mcc/

BRSD to have 70 fewer EAs and support staff next year Moush John and Patricia Harcourt Tofield Mercury

Despite promises that educational assistants (EAs) and other support staff would be back in the fall, the school district now says 70 of them will not be returning.

The drop in EAs and support staff was blamed on Alberta Education’s funding decreases and program changes made this spring.

In fact, Battle River School Division and school districts across Alberta let go their support staff as of May 1 after the province reallocated education funds to COVID-19.

Included in the layoffs were two dozen EAs and most of the learning commons facilitators. Each of CW Sears, Tofield School, and Ryley School had a support staff member temporarily laid off this spring and there were two other school support staff – one at CW Sears and one at Tofield School – who had hours temporarily reduced.

“For next year we can’t yet say how many positions will be reduced at each school because staffing is not yet finalized,” Communications Director Diane Hutchinson commented. “But we do know every school will be different next year than it was this year.”

She said that overall, BRSD expects to have about 70 to 75 fewer school support staff positions next year.

“Most of the positions being reduced are Educational Assistants,” Hutchinson added.

“Much of this is due to the changes in program parameters and funding for Inclusive Education and PUF.” Also receiving a temporary layoff were 78 school bus drivers effective April 1, due to the shut-

down of classes in the province.

CUPE President Rory Gill said the loss of these support staff will affect special needs students most particularly.

“Special needs kids will have to do with less support as they readjust to in-class learning,” he said, at the time of the layoffs in April.

About $128 million was funnelled away from school authorities to address COVID-19 needs.

The explanation that since funds were no longer needed for transportation and in class services held water this spring. However, with classes expected to return in the fall in some form the funds would be needed again, except now the EAs and support staff has been cut by 70 people.

Gill said the promise to restore funding once students return to the classroom is “false and misleading,” adding that cuts in the March provincial budget ensured that staff won’t be brought back.

He said the province “is picking on the youngest and most vulnerable in our population.”

Meanwhile the school division has experienced a drop in spending, especially in instruction and transportation, due to COVID-19 virus. This has been offset by provincial budget cuts and layoffs of support staff and bus drivers this spring.

BRSD is also placing an “even greater emphasis on relationships and supporting students,” said Assistant Superintendent Shan Jorgeson-Adam, calling it “part of the need to make some Continued on Page 15

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Victim Services that does not make them feel safe, secure and protected in their communities,” said Schweitzer.

Rudd noted that “these are not tax dollars,” but meant to support victim serving organizations in providing services directly to victims of crime and other tragedy.

“The money supports a cohort of volunteers in every corner of Alberta to be there in times of crisis to support and assist when tragedy strikes,” said Rudd.

These include Beaver County Victim Services volunteers who operate out of both the Tofield and Viking police detachments and provide this support for victims.

The surplus funds “guarantee sustainable support for victims for many years and, therefore, no reliance on tax dollars, an achievement unlike no other in Canada,” Rudd asserted.

He explained that the impact of this will defi-

nitely trickle down to smaller communities like Tofield and Viking, where all training will have to be cancelled.

“We run these units with volunteers who receive specific training to deal with our clients,” Rudd added. “The bigger picture here is why are funds being used for other public safety initiatives such as policing, when the vulnerable and victims of our communities need support. We hope our program managers are able to reach out to the local MPs in order to mitigate this, and carry word to the government.”

He also pointed out that last year 500 additional positions were created in the RCMP. The Association expressed concern that their front line operations which provides in person crisis support through police detachments across the province will not receive equitable funding.

Right after a tragedy,

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adjustments in planning.” That will include relying more on diagnostic assessments instead of getting the help from support staff assessing student progress.

The BRSD June newsletter was unable to be specific about returning to school in the fall means for all involved.

“There continue to be many unknowns about ‘back to school’ will mean for the fall of 2020,” states the newsletter. Alberta Education is preparing three separate scenarios of how that might play out with how classes will be offered. The status of the coronavirus pandemic will determine these answers.

The school division is gathering information on several fronts, such as what personal protective

equipment would be needed for a fall session, and what constitutes safe school bus transportation.

Alberta Education is expected to make an announcement about how schooling will be offered in September by the beginning of August, allowing time for schools to prepare for the decision given.

The school board has decided that all students in Battle River will finish school this year as of Friday, June 19 due to the changes in the exam schedule and the shutdown of in-school classes.

As a reward for school staff making “extraordinary efforts” during this time, school based staff would finish on Friday, June 19 instead of the originally scheduled day of Monday, June 29.

Bill 16 proposes changes to focus on victims of serious crime. An interim victims assistance program will provide new areas of support including providing out of pocket expenses, speeding up access to counselling and providing court support for victims of severe crime.

“We are ensuring that we provide the system with the tools and resources it needs to prevent Albertans from being victimized and provide victims with timely support and the assurance that the perpetrators of crime will be brought to justice,” said Schweitzer.

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the volunteer advocates are there for the victims and witnesses during the police investigation, he said, noting that, currently, annual grants are $600,000 for large municipal centres, $300,000 for mid-sized municipal centres and a cap of$150,000 everywhere else.

Meanwhile, there will be further changes in the victim services mandate.

The province plans to scrap the old victim services model and unveil a new victims assistance model in 2021. This will be after a review of the financial benefits program and consultation with stakeholders and other Albertans this year to get their input.

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THANK YOU! Battle River 4-H Beef Club would like to thank all the supporters of our sale day.

• Barry Little • Grainland Ltd. • Carmen & Laura Rachel • Wallace Enterprises Ltd. • Trademark Welding Ltd. • Younger’s Inspection Services Ltd. • Guardian Drugs Killam • Brent & Jeanette Forster and Kevin & Tammie Anderson • Johnson Farm Simmentals • Creekview Farm and Jeff & Becky McClements • Danval Stock Farm • Brad Lewis • Terry and Ellie Hamilton • Wallace Vac • Brad Bunting • Glen and Sherry Bullee • Fringe Benefits • Wyatt & Vera Hinkey

• Jayco Mechanics Ltd. • RMK Inspections • Mike & Betty Smith • Wallace Oilfield Services Ltd. • Elmer & Doreen Bullee • Todd and Tyrion Rosiechuk • Brian Golka • Dean and Tannis Zimmel • Viking Veterinary Clinic • Ploc Electric & Danny Suddaby • Kreska Young • Campbell-McLennan Chrysler • Larson Water Well Services & KL Agency • And to all of our bidders!

We also would like to thank all who have supported our flower fundraiser, including the Village of Lougheed and the Town of Sedgewick who have purchased flowers through our 4-H club to beautify the streets!

SPRING IS ALLERGY SEASON Seasonal allergies are common during the spring and summer months. Common signs of seasonal allergies are sneezing, itching, nasal congestion, coughing and of course itchy and irritated eyes.

Oral antihistamines (Claritin, Reactine, Benadryl) can help treat many of the symptoms of seasonal allergies.

When it comes to treating itchy and irritated eyes the oral medications may help BUT they can also make our eyes more dry thus leading to more eye irritation and itching. Using over the counter lubricating drops (such as Systane, Refresh, Hyabak, Thealoz and I Drop Pur) can help in mild allergic cases.

Dr. Marc Kallal

When the over the counter drops do not work prescription eye drops are usually recommended. Pataday is a prescription antihistamine eye drop that is prescribed regularly to patients with itchy eyes.

Dr. Marc Kallal & Dr. Tiffany Lim

Alrex and Bepreve are two prescription eye drops that work very well for allergy relief and have fast and long lasting effects. Pazeo and Lotemax gel are newer prescription drops that have come out in the last few years that are even stronger and work in more severe cases. Some people will take the drops for a week, while others will take the drops for a longer period of time.

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Visits to our office for allergy related eye issues are covered by Alberta Healthcare. If you have a concern about your itchy eyes and want to know the best solution for them you can book an appointment anytime with myself or Dr Lim. We can look at your eyes and determine which is the best option for you.

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