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June 17, 2020 ~ Vol. 90 No. 24 $1.00
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On Monday, June 15 a demolition crew removed a wooden CPR building in west Blairmore. The building was erected by the CPR as a maintenance building in the late 1970’s when the original station was decommissioned in the late 50’s early 60’s. The building also housed the track buggies. By the end of the day, it was as if the building never was.
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Holy Trinity Parish, Blairmore Reintroducing of Public Holy Mass schedule: On Sundays at 10.00 am Public Mass and at 11.00 am on zoom On weekdays Tuesdays at 7.00 pm Wednesday to Friday at 9.00 am No Saturday evening Mass According to Alberta regulations we can only accommodate 50 people in the church. First come first served. Masks are required, please follow the instructions and guidelines of the special volunteers. You are encouraged to participate on weekdays or weekend masses. if you have any questions please call the office.
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DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter The Alberta Government has moved into Stage 2 of their relaunch strategy. This move into Stage 2 comes earlier than expected after low case counts across the province continued during Stage 1. Stage 2 allowed additional businesses and services to reopen and resume operations starting June 12 with physical distancing requirements and other public health guidelines in place. Business operators, sport and recreation services can determine if they are ready to open and ensure all guidance for workplaces are met. The following is a list of what is now able to open in Stage 2: • K-12 schools, for requested diploma exams and summer school, following guidance • libraries • more surgeries • wellness services such as massage, acupuncture and reflexology
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• personal services (esthetics, cosmetics skin and body treatments, manicures, pedicures, waxing, facial treatments, artificial tanning) • movie theatres and theatres • community halls • team sports • indoor recreation, fitness and sports, including gyms and arenas • pools for leisure swimming • VLTs in restaurants and bars • bingo halls and casinos (but not table games) • instrumental concerts • provincial campgrounds at full capacity The government also announced that gatherings in Stage 2 can be larger: • 50 people maximum: indoor social gatherings, including wedding and funeral receptions, and birthday parties • 100 people maximum: outdoor events and indoor seated/audience events, including wedding and funeral ceremonies
• No cap on the number of people (with public health measures in place): - worship gatherings - restaurant, cafes, lounges and bars - casinos - bingo halls • More flexibility for ‘cohort’ groups – small groups of people whose members do not always keep 2 metres apart: - households can increase their close interactions with other households to a maximum of 15 people - performers can have a cohort of up to 50 people (cast members or performers) - sports teams can play in region-only cohorts of up to 50 players (mini leagues) - people can be part of a sports/performing cohort and a household cohort at the same time This is the list of activities still not allowed under Stage 2: • social gatherings that exceed above listed maximums • regular in-school
classes for kindergarten to Grade 12 – classes will resume September 2020 • vocal concerts (as singing carries a higher risk of transmission) • major festivals and concerts, large conferences, trade shows and events (as these are nonseated social events and/or vocal concerts) • nightclubs • amusement parks • indoor children’s play places • hookah lounges (permitted for food and drink only) • major sporting events and tournaments • non-essential travel outside the province is not recommended – this won't be lifted until stage 3 of the relaunch strategy According to the government of Alberta website, the success of Stage 2 will determine when Alberta progresses to Stage 3. Factors for moving to the next stage are active cases, health-care system capacity, hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) cases, and infection rates.
Graduation Ceremonies planned across Southern Alberta
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DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter The time for graduation ceremonies is getting closer and with that, new ways to celebrate. Due to restrictions surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, high schools across southern Alberta and into BC are finding creative ways to celebrate their graduates. Here in the Crowsnest Pass, CCHS has planned many different activities to celebrate this year’s graduating class. “The day we would've had our may celebrations, we released a video with hashtags of congratulations with our staff. It got a lot of views which was nice. Our class president also did an address to his peers that day,” said Principal Christine McKie. CCHS will also have a special grad issue created by the Pass Herald featuring congratulations from many members of the community and will include all the things that
would normally occur at their graduation ceremony. Each grad will also get a box of surprises given to them on June 26th. On June 18th, CCHS will be doing their scholarship presentation via ZOOM. The class also had photos taken on Old Frank Road. Parents of this graduating class are also planning an alumni evening during Thanksgiving weekend. In Lethbridge, many different schools have planned different celebrations. At Chinook High School on June 19, there will be a drive-in style convocation in one of the schools parking lots. The 280 graduates will be split into five different groups and will rotate through a 30-munite ceremony. Staff of CHS also plan to provide custom graduation boxes of keepsakes
to each graduate. On June 20, Lethbridge Collegiate Institute will host a car processional around the school. One vehicle per family will have the chance to drive around LCI. Students there will also receive a commemorative grad booklet. Winston Churchill High School’s Virtual Graduation will be held June 25 with a grad video customized for the class of 2020. Churchill staff also plan to deliver grad-inbox packages to each graduate, which will include a cap and gown, grad pin, commemorative grad certificates and other keepsakes. Grad-in-a-box packages are set to be delivered sometime before June 19. On Friday, June 26, Immanuel Christian Secondary School is hosting a drive-in graduation in the Trinity Reformed Church parking lot. Graduates and their families will have as-
signed parking stalls, as the ceremony will include a speech by the principal and the valedictorian, which attendees can tune into via their vehicle stereos. Victoria Park High School staff will visit the front yards of each graduate, and will deliver graduate gift boxes, which will include a graduation certificate, cap and tassel and additional personalized notes and messaging. Each grad will also have a short tribute read to them by their advisor. In Elkford, graduates of Elkford Secondary School will be able to celebrate in special ceremonies. Four staff members will travel to each graduates home and do a brief ceremony and presentation of diploma and scholarships on June 25. In trying times like this, it’s nice to see many different celebrations taking place for graduates across southern Alberta and BC.
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In the lIne of fIre Between June 8 and June 15, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 46 calls for service including the following reported incidents. One (1) assault, three (3) threats/harassments, one (1) impaired driving, two (2) disturbing the peace, five (5) other criminal codes, three (3) other provincial statutes, nine (9) driving complaints, five (5) motor vehicle collisions, eight (8) assistance to general public, six (6) suspicious occurrences, one (1) assistance to other agencies, one (1) 911 calls (invalid) and one (1) false alarm Arrest On June 9th, 2020, a 29-year-old male from Lethbridge was arrested on breach of conditions from Lethbridge Police Service charges. A bail hearing was held and he was remanded in custody for next court date. Assault Arrest On June 9th, 2020 at approximately 1:00am, a
30-year-old male was arrested and charged as a result of an assault complaint. He was charged with assault, 2x uttering threats, 2x forcible confinement, point firearm and 2x breach of release conditions. A bail hearing was held and he was remanded in custody for his next court date. Traffic Stop On June 13th, 2020, there was a traffic stop of a vehicle for a possible impaired driver in Blairmore. The stop resulted in the arrest of a 52-year-old who was charged with impaired driving. The driver provided two breath samples over the legal limit. The vehicle was seized and towed and the driver was released on documents for Pincher Creek Court. Suspicious Female On June 14th, 2020, there was a complaint of a suspicious female gaining entry to vehicles parked on main street in Blairmore. The suspect was lo-
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cated, she refused to provide her name or identification. Her identity was confirmed through fingerprints. The 49-year-old female from Edmonton area had multiple warrants from the Edmonton Police Service and was arrested. She was also charged with obstruction. A bail hearing is being held for next court date. Effective immediately the RCMP office will be limited to persons attending detachment. If you need to attend the detachment, there will be limited persons at the detachment including front counter. Please call to make appointment at 403 562 2867. Be aware of a new scam. Victims get phone calls from someone pretending to be from Service Canada or another government agency, saying their social insurance number (SIN) has been blocked, compromised or suspended. The call might be one of the latest variations on caller ID in which
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Fear, hope and reaction. Social Rebirth. I feel privileged to be able to communicate with my chosen community in the Alberta Rockies once a week. I am blessed to have a limited space of half a page in a local newspaper and I hear comments from readers all the time. I don’t mind doing the work, it’s a pleasure, but I have a hard time choosing the most relevant topic. My favorite subject has always been something philosophical or spiritual, but events hijack my focus. Politics and economics are so important yet often ignored. The state of our world, be it peace or war or environmental justice must be dealt with or there will be an end to God’s creation as we know it. It may happen in the lifetime of my precious grandchildren. COVID attacks people, the economy is in ruins and politicians are demanding air time in the name of Democracy. My fingers holding the pen above the paper, or something like that, and I am ready to write about “towers and the holy spirit.” I have been preparing for that. NO! The hand of God waves back and forth, ordering me to change the subject. I am an obedient guy, so I switch my computer screen to news and see what the Lord may want. The world is up in arms about a well-publicized killing of a US citizen in the hands of police. The video is horrific. It shows a very tall, muscular African American submitting to police in every way, killed slowly. No mistake here. This is police brutality. Soon there are more videos surfacing and other cases are brought into focus. In the last few years, I watched a constant increase in civil unrest. People seem to have reached a point in which they say enough is enough. Personally, I interpret the impatience as discontent with the way things are, based largely on the obvious and ever-increasing inequalities in society. I could be wrong. The day after President Trump’s inauguration, we witnessed the largest women’s protest ever. The Black Lives Matter has been steadily growing. A “Me Too” movement sprung up when some very influential people were named for abusing girls and there is economy based unrest. People all over the world, especially in the US, are protesting measures designed to prevent or influence voting rights and the appointment of judges is being questioned. Here in our province, we saw a great reaction to the way the government treats education and health professionals. In Ontario, the Premier reversed course and now people are talking about the New Doug Ford and the Old Doug Ford as if they are
fraudsters disguises the number seen on the ID display in order to trick victims into answering phone. The person will ask for SIN and other personal info, such as date of birth, address, etc. Victims who provide personal info are at risk of identity fraud. Also, Do not say yes to any questions if you are unsure of who is calling as people can use voice recognition to access other information. Anyone with information regarding any crime is urged to contact the Crowsnest Pass RCMP Detachment at 403-5622867, or Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1800-422-TIPS. 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.
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two different people. It is obvious that people no longer believe that the regular methods of advancing social change are working for their needs. George Floyd’s funeral was televised everywhere. Many thousands of people in other parts of the world, including Canada and America, were protesting his killing, often facing police violence themselves. Some used the opportunity to create additional mayhem by burning and looting. George’s niece, a pretty girl who looks sixteen gave an emotional speech about the gentle giant who cried for his mother as they choked his life out of him. She said in a husky teen girl voice full of tears, “no justice, no peace.” The huge cathedral was full of silent Americans. They all looked human to me and I was thinking, their lives matter, as any human life. Later a golden casket was carried by a horse-drawn carriage through the streets of Houston lined with people. I found myself thinking, here is a man who died for $20.00. Will the billionaire now in the White House have as many people at his funeral? I remembered the words I heard on June 5th, 1970, from Apollo 13th. “Houston, we have a problem.” “When the US catches a Cold, Canada sneezes.” It looks as if people in both countries are ready to explode. I remember the sixties and the seventies very clearly. We had what became known as the Middle Class. Then something changed. No one event riled people up, only slow change. Here we had the usual switching over between Liberals and Conservatives every few years and so did the US, but life changed. One day my kids were grown and starting families and I noticed a significant difference. In the seventies, working folks could afford an education, keeping up with inflation, and even saved towards retirement. Some of us even managed to work a four-day workweek and most had delightful holidays. Slowly but surely the working class lost ground while earth-shattering profits of Corporations rose. Some people tried to protest, so they equipped the police with riot gear and ordered to fight the poor. We are a land of law and order, said those who purchased lawmaker’s positions. The laws favored the powerful, not us, in the name of “jobs.” People were ready to rebel as soon as they would find a just cause and now they do. What could be more just than systemic discrimination, first towards minorities but also against an entire class of people? Some educated people are predicting another vast setback for the working class after the COVID crisis. Together we who work make a majority and now can all see it. I feel sorry for the righteous people who have the job to police this mess. They are being hit from all sides. The left fights them, the far-right fight them, and they are often punished for following orders. In New York, a whole lot of officers resigned already. The way we do policing will change now by public demand. What we need is to bring those brave men and women back into the fold. They are like us, the lost middle class. We should all be working together to fix a system that no longer serves us. I urge people in my community to step over towards any of our police officers, even if he/she gave you a ticket, and say: thank you for what you do. Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.