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First baby of the New Year
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John and Heather Hayes, along with their two daughters Hannah and Holly, welcomed Johnny into the family as the first baby of the new year in the Crowsnest Pass. In conjunction with the Pass Herald, Copy Magic, Ben Wong Restaurant, Blairmore IDA, Coleman Remedy’s RX, Crockets Trading Co, Side Street Stylz’s and Allied Ace Hardware are providing the family with gifts.
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2 – Crowsnest PAss HerALD – Wednesday, March 6, 2019
A home for gymnastics and other recration programs DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter
A new location for the gymnastics program was
discussed at the council meeting on February 25th. Administration brought forward two dif-
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ferent options to council during the meeting. The first option is trying to utilize space in the municipality and the other option is to rent a private space. During the meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Patrick Thomas said it was determined finding a space the municipality wouldn’t have to rent was going to be difficult because it would most likely lead to displacing another group. Council was presented with a private property in Blairmore but isn’t releasing the exact location at this time. The location would provide the gymnastics program adequate space to continue classes without decreasing what the program offers. Council will have to put approximately $30,000 a year into renting the space with more needed the first year due to some renovations being needed in the building. Thomas said during the meeting that most of the cost will fall within the Albert Stella budget and that administration isn’t looking for more funds at this time. Some questions were brought up by council regarding what kind of space the new location would provide. Councillor Anctil asked whether the space could be used for more than just gymnastics and Thomas said there is an opportunity for that. “We are looking to see if our martial arts could utilize some of that space. On the other side, we were looking at trying to expand and see if we can grow the program as it will be more
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visible along Main Street.” Some members of council would still prefer to spend money in a municipal facility rather than renting a private one but at this time that option doesn’t seem feasible. Councillor Sygutek said during the meeting that renting this space would benefit the community in the long run for multiple reasons. “I think it's a great space. I think that we can add different programs in there. I think it's fantastic to have young people on main street Blairmore and families that can go down and have coffees. It might open up our businesses when families are in the area and we'll have a busy main street Blairmore. I'm all for it.”
“I think it's a great space. I think that we can add different programs in there. I think it's fantastic to have young people on main street Blairmore and families that can go down and have coffees. It might open up our businesses when families are in the area and we'll have a busy main street Blairmore. I'm all for it.” - Councillor Lisa Sygutek Councillor Sygutek also added that if this proposal does go through, parents and users of the building would need to park behind it in order to keep parking readily available for business customers on Main Street. After hearing the information brought to them, council carried a motion to allow administration to move ahead with renting a
commercial facility within the community to house recreation programs for a minimum of three years. There is currently no agreement finalized yet but administration is in talks with the property owner at this time. If an agreement is reached, the plan is currently to have the building ready for the start of the spring program.
Council talks cannibas DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter
The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass is getting closer to having a new bylaw in place regarding cannabis consumption. At a council meeting on Tuesday, February 25th, council spent time discussing the proposed bylaw. The proposed Cannabis Consumption Bylaw 1022 would prohibit anyone from smoking or vaping cannabis on recreational purposes in any public place. This essentially limits consumption to private homes and yards. This bylaw won’t restrict residents from using other products of cannabis such as oils or edibles. Medicinal use will also be allowed under this bylaw but people in need of it will be required to have a medical document proving their need for cannabis if required by a Peace Officer. The largest discussion based around the bylaw was whether or not a business owner should be held responsible if an employee is caught smoking cannabis. When the bylaw was presented to council, a section of it said that local business owners would also face a fine if one of their employee’s were smoking illegally. Mayor Painter said that with the bylaw currently including that section, he simply couldn’t support it. “I have a real concern with that. If that comes out of this document I will support it. But with that being in this document I cannot support this.” Mayor Painter added that having this in the bylaw isn’t fair to business owners who simply can’t be fully aware of what their employees are doing at every moment. Not all of council agreed on this topic. Councillor Glavin showed concerns about what may happen if this section is removed from the bylaw. Her main worry is that some locations in the Crowsnest Pass may end up as smoking areas if the owners aren’t held responsible for their employees’ actions. "What about a business owner that rents out to five or six different people and continues to allow it to happen and they are getting fined left and right. How do you prevent that kind of situation from happening? It becomes like a drug use zone." After further discussion, the majority of council approved a motion to remove the section of the bylaw that regarded disciplining other members of a business if one employee were to be caught. Council then carried motions for first and second readings of the bylaw and Councillor Sygutek made a motion for consideration for third reading. In order for this motion to go through, all of council would have to vote in favour but the motion was defeated after Councillor Lundy voted against it. Council then decided that the bylaw will come back to council and they will discuss it at the next council meeting. After the discussion they will vote on it and then the public will have an opportunity for input after the fact.
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In the lIne of fIre Between February 25 and March 4, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 27 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Two (2) fraud/forgery, one (1) threat/harassment, one (1) mischief (vandalism), one (1) thefts, one (1) disturbing the peace, three (3) other criminal code, six (6) driving complaints, three (3) motor vehicle collisions, three (3) assistance to general public, two (2) suspicious occurrences, three (3) assistance to other agencies and one (1) 911 call (invalid). Lost Camera On February 24th, 2019 a Lethbridge resident reported a lost cam-
era at Lundbreck Falls. The camera was left at the falls and when the person returned to retrieve it, the camera was gone. Anyone who found a Canon camera can turn it into the RCMP detachment. Truck Theft On February 25th, 2019 a complaint was received of a stolen Dodge Ram truck from a shop in the Lundbreck area. The vehicle was located later that day by the Piikani RCMP. The theft is under investigation to identify the suspect. Suspicious Activity On March 1st, 2019 there was a complaint of suspicious activity regarding a bank account. The activity caused the
The Simple Raven’s Post by Avner Perl
I know who I want for Prime Minister Until three years ago I never heard about her, but now I wish she was the Prime Minister of Canada. She was born in Vancouver in 1971 daughter of a hereditary chief of the We Wai Kai Nation and received top-notch Canadian education. If you look up her history, you see a record of what a Canadian woman can do. She devoted herself to improving the lives of first nations and branched out to work on improvements for international indigenous people’s rights. She applied herself equally to becoming a true advocate of law being above politics and showing integrity. In 2015 Jody Wilson-Raybould became Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. She has a good record of achievements which ended in 2019 when she was shuffled out. Jody Wilson-Raybould has proven to me, and millions of other Canadians, that not all politicians are crooked. She was placed under persistent strong pressure to bow to political pressure and abdicate her judicial duties and did not cave in, paying a heavy personal price for her actions. I feel like my faith in people has been restored. I expect the main political parties to be removed from principles and free of morals to the point of voting for the least evil amongst them, which is not right. I have been watching how we Albertans are demanding that the government will ignore a court decision and build a pipeline. In the depths of my heart, I was hoping that we would win, not with Trans Mountain Pipeline but with the Energy East, but that’s another matter. This week we are dealing with a brave, principled person of a kind which I thought no longer existed. Our courts are judging a multinational giant Quebec based Corporation for using bribes (and sex) to get contracts. The government applies pressure to sway the courts, and it upsets Canadians. At the same time, we are demanding of the government to use its political power to build an export pipeline which is delayed by the courts. Complicated situation and caught in the middle is an honest politician who is unwilling to act against the oath of office even if it may cause her own party to lose the next elections, which it shouldn’t. Both major parties do that. Governments of all political persuasions routinely caved to big corporations in the past in consideration for economic needs and suffered no criticism. What is different this time? Jody Wilson-Raybould made it clear to all who are watching that businesses who are “too big to fail,” are subject to a law that is different from what the rest of us are
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bank account to be locked. FOUND PROPERTY Recovered tires, gas cans and bike were located on McGillivray Flats in early December Found bikes turned into Municipal Bylaw. A walking cane was turned into the RCMP. The owner can come and claim it. Anyone with information regarding any crime is urged to contact the Crowsnest Pass RCMP Detachment at 403-562-2867, or Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800-422TIPS. Reminder to residents of computer scams, credit cards scams, Grandparent scams, Revenue Canada scams asking for money or cash
cards and saying warrants out for arrest, do not give out personal information to persons you don't know. DO NOT OPEN EMAILS if you are suspicious of its origin. do NOT purchase gift cards for payment to Revenue Canada. Do not send monies to person claiming you have won a prize and need to send money for delivery. Crime mapping is available online to residents who are interested can login online at Municipality of Crowsnest Pass website (RCMP crime map for Crowsnest Pass) . Crime mapping shows property crimes that occurred within the past two weeks in our area.
forced to obey because they have the power to pressure governments. When you or I break the law, we pay, but when a big company does, the law is circumvented because Corporations provide jobs. I say this is a problem that must be dealt with sooner or later. If a large company can hold the rest of us for ransom, they should be allowed to fail, and other smaller businesses will spring up, provide the same services and take their place, jobs and all. This is the way of our capitalist economy. At question here is who is running the country. Are we in the hands of lawless group of massive corporations, or does an elected government govern us? Are those corporations being responsible to Canadian voters or are they using the power of ill-gotten profits to build more strength? Like the rest of you, I cringe when I see my government finding ways around the judicial system and using it. After all, we look up to our leaders, the lawmakers for a good example. If the people who we pay to lead us with integrity fail, we all fail. During my lifetime I never viewed the government as a good example which we should expect. As a matter of fact, I remember older people telling me before I was old enough to vote that “they were all crooks.” I lived and worked, never missing an election, never having faith in the political system. One aspect I noticed a very long time ago. That is; that political parties varied in their level of deception. Some told lies boldly and very openly hid their actions, while others attempted to buy my vote by being more transparent. There was a race between them, and they kept switching places. Democracy, as Sir Winston Churchill said, is not perfect, but it’s the best system we have. I wouldn’t want to live in an undemocratic country, but I know that many countries claim to be democratic while they are not. Even Egypt and Saudia Arabia are “democratic.“ The system only works if there are active, principled people in it who are willing to make it fair and are concerned mostly with the well being of the majority, while not jeopardizing the minorities. We have not yet discovered a law or regulations that can make people treat each other properly without risking a need to fight. Consequently, the prospect of peace, equality, and fairness is treated like a fairy tale. Perhaps the closest we ever came was with the old statement, “love each other as yourself.” This is so old and has been ignored for so long that no-one even considers it as a real possibility. In a world where everyone is for themselves and three-quarter of the people don’t have hope, I see a ray of light. Liberals, if you are listening, I hope that your next leadership convention will include Christia Freeland and Jody Wilson-Raybould. I want to see the female spirit used to repair our ailing society — no-one fights as fiercely as a mother protecting her children. This is my opinion anyway. Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.
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MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS NOTICE OF DEVELOPMENT PERMIT LAND USE BYLAW No. 868-2013 The Development Authority of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass recently approved the following development application(s): 1. DP2018-005: Lot 1, Block 37, Plan 971130; 8617 – 16 Avenue, Coleman Discretionary Use: Portable Sign (2-year time-period) 2. DP2019-006: Lot 32-33, Block 18, Plan 2347BS; 11757 – 21 Avenue, Blairmore Discretionary Use: Home Occupation Class 2 – Acupuncture Services 3. DP2019-007: SE & SW 17-7-3 W5M; 1601 East Hillcrest Drive, Hillcrest Mines Discretionary Use: Commerical Logging (< 10 Acres) 4. DP2019-012 and DP2019-013: Lot 1, Block 1, Plan 941 0823; 10801 – 20 Avenue, Blairmore Discretionary Use: Brew Pub; Permanent Shipping Container Any persons claiming to be adversely affected by the above development may file an appeal in writing by March 20, 2019 to the MUNICIPALITY OF CROWSNEST PASS, SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD, BOX 600, CROWSNEST PASS, ALBERTA T0K 0E0. A fee of $400.00 must be included with the appeal. Lisa Kinnear Development Officer 403-563-2218 lisa.kinnear@crowsnestpass.com