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August 26, 2020 ~ Vol. 90 No. 34 $1.00
Crowsnest Pass
Herald Serving the CnP SinCe 1930
Finance Minister comes to town
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Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews, far left, recently made a visit to Crowsnest Pass Golf Club promoting Alberta’s Recovery Plan. It’s a comprehensive plan to get Alberta’s economy moving again following the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the global financial crash. Alberta’s government is investing heavily into getting Albertans back to work, building essential infrastructure, and diversifying Alberta’s economy. The round table conversations focused on our investments in local communities through initiatives like the Municipal Stimulus Program, business recovery, and construction.
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CROWSNEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT SOCIETY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING September 15th, 2020 Location: 8102 19th Ave, Coleman • Time: 5:00 pm Everyone is welcome (social distancing measures will be in place at the location and masks will be required to be worn for the meeting). The Society is currently looking for new dedicated Board members to volunteer on our Board of Directors. If interested please contact James Woodall at 403-5633585 ext 22 for more information and to advise if you are planning to attend, as we will be limited on in person space due to COVID protocols.
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ALL NUMBERS ARE UP TO DATE AS OF MONDAY August 24. Province wide, there have been 13,006 cases to date. Of these cases, 1,172 are active. 234 people have died from the virus. The number of cases in the South Zone by area is as follows: South Zone total: To date, there have been 1, 721 total cases in the south zone. 1,677 people have recovered from Covid-19 in the south zone. There are currently 20 active cases in the south zone. Outbreaks in the south zone include Masterpiece Southland Meadows in Medicine Hat. Here is the community breakdown of cases in the south zone. Crowsnest Pass: 2 cases reported, 0 cases are active, 2 cases recovered. Pincher Creek: 26 cases reported, 1 is active, 24 cases recovered and 1 death. Fort Macleod: 33 cases reported, 0 cases active, 30 cases recovered and 3 deaths Claresholm: 16 cases reported, 0 cases active, 16 cases recovered. C a r d s t o n County/Kainai: 102 cases reported, 2 cases active, 95 cases recovered and 5 deaths. County of Warner: 59 cases reported, 5 cases active, 53 cases recovered and 1 death. Lethbridge: 143 cases reported, 0 cases are active, 141 cases recovered and 2 deaths. Lethbridge County: 30 cases reported, 2 cases active, 28 cases recovered MD of Taber: 38 cases reported, 2 cases active, 36 cases recovered City of Brooks: 1,127 cases reported, 3 cases active, 1,115 recovered and 9 deaths. County of Newell: 30 cases reported, 3 cases ac-
tive, 26 cases recovered and 1 death. County of Forty Mile: 20 cases reported, 0 cases active, 20 cases recovered Cypress County: 31 cases reported, 0 cases active, 31 cases recovered. Medicine Hat: 67 cases reported, 1 cases active, 64 cases recovered and 2 deaths. Oyen: 13 cases reported, 1 case active and 12 case recovered. Vulcan: 21 cases reported, 2 active, 18 recovered and 1 death. Albertans with symptoms • You are legally required to isolate for a minimum of 10 days if you have a cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose, or sore throat that is not related to a pre-existing illness or health condition. • The mandatory isolation period is 10 days from the start of symptoms, or until symptoms resolve, whichever takes longer. Tested positive for COVID-19 • You are legally required to isolate for a minimum of 10 days if you have tested positive for COVID-19. • Isolation period is for 10 days from the start of symptoms, or until symptoms resolve, whichever takes longer. Have symptoms but tested negative for COVID19 • If you tested negative and have known exposure to COVID-19, you are legally required to isolate for 14 days. • If you tested negative and have no known exposure to the virus, you are not legally required to isolate. However, it is important to stay home until your symptoms resolve so that you do not infect others. Close contacts of confirmed cases • You are legally re-
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Travellers • You are legally required to isolate for 14 days if you return to or enter Alberta from outside Canada. • If you become sick with cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose or sore throat during this time, you must isolate for an additional 10 days from the beginning of symptoms or until you are feeling well, whichever takes longer. How to isolate If you are in mandatory isolation: • Stay home – do not leave your home or attend work, school, social events or any other public gatherings. • Avoid close contact with people in your household, especially seniors and people with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems. • You are prohibited from taking public transportation like buses, taxis or ride-sharing. • Do not go outside for a walk through your neighbourhood or park. This includes children in mandatory isolation. • You can get fresh air in your backyard, if you have one, but you must remain on private property not accessible by others. • If you live in an apartment building or highrise, you must stay in-
side and cannot use the elevators or stairwells to go outside. If your balcony is private and at least 2 metres away from your closest neighbour's, you may go outside on the balcony. Exemption for testing and emergency care If you or a minor child is in mandatory isolation and need COVID-19 testing, critical care for pre-existing medical conditions or emergency care, carefully follow the rules in the exemption orders. • Pre-arrange your appointment and leaving your isolation area only on the date and at the time of your appointment. • Follow all instructions provided by 811 or health-care providers. • Use private transportation where practical. • Maintain physical distance from others when shared transportation is necessary – travel directly to your appointment with no stops. • Follow instructions provided by 911 if you require emergency care. Residents can also download the Covid-19 exposure tracing features on smart phones and apps like AB trace together, which can anonymously notify people that they may have been exposed utilizing Bluetooth. Many healthcare professionals feel this is of huge benefit to anyone and everyone that has a smart phone and will help slow the spread of the virus in our community. Albertans are encouraged to wear non-medical masks in public when it's difficult to maintain physical distancing of 2 metres at all times. Wearing a homemade or non-medical mask in public is another tool to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. It hasn’t been proven that masks protect the person wearing it, but it can help protect people from being exposed to your germs.
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quired to isolate for 14 days and monitor for symptoms if you are a close contact of a person who tested positive for COVID-19 (provides care, lives with or has close physical contact without appropriate use of personal protective equipment, or comes into direct contact with infectious body fluids) • If you become sick with cough, fever, shortness of breath, runny nose or sore throat during this time, you must isolate for an additional 10 days from the beginning of symptoms or until you are feeling well, whichever takes longer.
Edmonton, AB – Dr. Allan Garbutt, a Family Physician who previously practised in the Crowsnest Pass area, was found guilty of unprofessional conduct by a CPSA hearing tribunal. According to a joint submission, Dr. Garbutt engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a patient between 2002 and 2004 and failed to disclose this relationship to CPSA, falsely reporting he had not committed any boundary violations. Dr. Garbutt later acknowledged the relationship occurred and the hearing tribunal accepted his admission
of unprofessional conduct. The tribunal found Dr. Garbutt’s unprofessional conduct worthy of significant sanction. However, Dr. Garbutt chose to retire and cancel his permit to practise medicine effective Dec. 31, 2019. He also signed an agreement with CPSA not to seek reinstatement. The tribunal ordered Dr. Garbutt to pay two-thirds of the costs associated with the investigation and hearing (totaling $13,775.36), as well as a $5,000 fine, given the seriousness of the unprofessional conduct. Sanctions under Bill 21, An Act to Protect Patients, do not apply to this case as
the complaint predates the change in legislation. The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta is the regulator for all physicians and surgeons in the province and is governed by the Health Professions Act. Our role is to protect the public by issuing practice permits to those who meet educational and training criteria, hold Alberta physicians to ethical and medical practice standards, and investigate and resolve physician-related complaints. CPSA also ensures the safety and quality of medical and diagnostic testing services in Alberta through an independent accreditation program.
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In the lIne of fIre Between August 17 and August 24, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 77 calls for service including the following reported incidents. One (1) assaults, three (3) break and enter (residential), one (1) break and enter (other), three (3) threat/harassment, three (3) mischief (vandalism), one (1) theft, one (1) impaired driving, three (3) other criminal codes, five (5) other provincial statutes, nineteen (19) driving complaints, seven (7) motor vehicle collisions, eight (8) assistance to general public, four (4) suspicious occurrences, seven (7) assistance to other agencies, one (1) 911 call (invalid), two (2) animal calls, three (3) municipal bylaws and five (5) lost and found. Found Backpack On July 28th, 2020, a backpack containing various items was found at the Crowsnest Lake boat launch.
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Disturbance On August 17th, 2020, there was a complaint of disturbance at a residence in Blairmore. It is under investigation and charges are pending.
that the electrical room at Flumerfelt Park was entered and theft of the computer controlling spray for the spray park was stolen. It occurred sometime overnight.
Break and Enter On August 17th, 2020, there was a complaint of attempted break and enter into a dwelling unit in Blairmore. A 25-yearold male was arrested and charged for attempted break and enter and mischief. He was released on documents for Court.
Break and Enter On August 20th, 2020, there was a complaint of a break and enter at the Municipal water plant west of Coleman. The electrical panel was opened. There was no apparent damage to the building. The break-in occurred at approximately 3am.
Vehicle Damaged On August 20th, 2020, there was a complaint of damage to a parked vehicle while hiking at Gargantua Caves. A 2011 Toyota Sienna was scratched and dented. The damage occurred sometime between August 18 at 10:30 am to August 20 at 4pm. Vandalism On August 20th, 2020, there was a complaint
Found Mountain Bike On August 21st, 2020, there was a report of a found mountain bike in Blairmore by the pool. The bike was recovered. If anyone is missing a bike, they can contact the RCMP to identify it. Lost Cell Phone On August 22nd, 2020, there was a complaint of a lost cell phone on main street in Blair-
The Simple Raven’s Post by Avner Perl
Competition. Is it good or bad? I was living in Calgary. Almost every Friday I was motivated by the “need” to purchase something or other and to choose which mall to go to. I would choose a mall that had a few stores that sold my coveted item. Competition motivated me. I wanted to compare and contrast. Now I live in a little town. I try to shop locally, but I am deterred by the lack of competition. I know that I will pay more for my purchases if there is no competition, so I go to where there is competition, but with a heavy heart. I want to support my local merchants, but they often take advantage of being the only supplier of some things. A town without healthy competition is heading towards extinction. All my life I supported competition as a great motivator of humanity, and I still do for many things. I look at nature and see how the animals and even the plants thrive on it. Lately, however, a new idea began nagging at my mind. We are the elite species in this world, endowed with a mind and conscience by far surpassing primitive animals and plants. Took us millions of years to arrive at where we are now, mostly trusting the natural selection and we are thriving. The problem is that by being oriented to competition a select few do very well and the many who do not win must do the best they can with the leftovers. We accept it and shut up. If a mega-corporation wants to sell our oil for a huge profit, we are happy to have some jobs building the pipeline. This results from an education system based on ranking and selection system. You learn in your formative years, perhaps in kindergarten, that if you are not built to excel in something your life will be mediocre or drab and your mother tells you to learn to live with it. You also learn that if your family is not one of the top families, your chances of success are greatly diminished. It is not a fair world and there is nothing you can do about it so give it up. In nature, animals and plants have a way to deal with inequality. It is called strength by numbers. Smaller, weaker creatures can survive very well by using overwhelming numbers. Humans restrict the power of those who didn’t win in the competition. If people protest we out-law protests. Resentment builds up until violence erupts. President Kenedy famously said that silencing people by force is
more by the Stones Throw Café. Police Assist On August 23rd, 2020, assistance was provided to Taber Police. A 32-year-old male was arrested on a outstanding committal warrant for driving with no insurance. He was escorted to Lethbridge Jail until his fine was paid. 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 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.
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dangerous. That is how wars and revolutions start. The masses are educated to accept ranking by competition. Our education system is built upon finding the high achievers, often those with better memory and making others mimic them. Deep analytical minds or those who prefer quality ahead of quantity are shoved aside. They face a mediocre life or suicide. We celebrate good students with awards and forget the majority who do not do well with the stress that education places upon them. Yet their labor will keep the economy going. The average people are not recognized for their united efforts. The race for superior economic production is good for economic growth, but doesn’t factor the majority into the calculations. We produce a lot of garbage and destroy the planet in doing so. Size is more important than what you do with it is not a good argument. If you use our most advanced science to observe the universe, you witness a curious phenomenon. Everything exists in balance with everything else. The water on our planet seeks the same level., making the planet suitable for sustaining life. Moons planets and stars move in orbit while held in place by gravity. Males and females compete with each other in their own unique ways but can’t ensure future survival without each other. I call it God’s law. A competition that must end in balance. Like any other game, the game of life would be boring if there was no conflict to spice it up. People can regulate the game by using rules that most of the players can agree with. We need both competition and rules for the game, which will force some reasonable level of equality. Competition motivates us to move forward so we can’t do away with it. Many have tried and failed. Communism is a good example that now is practically gone. Useless rules are the same. We must always amend them to make things work. Politicians should be the hardest working amongst us and held accountable for the outcome of their actions. If the world is my aquarium, I don’t want the nicest fish always on top, the vicious in the middle, and millions of bottom feeders on the floor. I want an interesting changing display of fish of all kinds dancing all over the place. The fish inside can’t see the living-room since they only see a reflection of themselves. I believe that God designed the world as an aquarium and designed us to use our superior minds to make sure that it will work well if we do what we are predestined to do. He knew that we may try, self destructs, and try again. I look at the pyramids that now long gone civilizations left behind and try to figure out how we may do better. The only way is to learn from the past and apply the lessons. We must use our primitive competitive nature and moderate it with modern knowledge. We must use our appetite to feed our bodies and control it not to overeat. Use competition to move forward and minds to stop before destroying our paradise. Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.