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Recycling in Alberta options The Alberta government is partnering for pilot projects DaviD SelleS Pass Herald Reporter
The Alberta government and Alberta Recycling are partnering on a new pilot project at Alberta landfills. Jean Waldner, Office Supervisor for the Crowsnest Pincher Creek Landfill, says the project involved recycling new electronics. "It's an electronics expanded program through Alberta Recycling and previously, we would take things like computer equipment, monitors and TV’s and bigger electronics. We've always taken those items. With this new program, it's a two year pilot program that the government has provided the funds for and Alberta recycling is working with all the different landfills and we'll be collecting smaller appliances separately." The list of new acceptable recyclables has a broad range. "Things like an old drills or other tools, toasters, microwaves or satellite dishes, things that
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normally wouldn't be recycled. Other things like irons and curling irons as well are included in this program. Before they just went into the waste. Now they are trying to keep all those smaller items out of the waste stream.” Waldner says the landfills are working in conjunction with Alberta Recycling. "We are working with Alberta Recycling. We have different bins and bags that when people come to our recycling building, they can keep all that separate, give it to us and we'll make sure that it gets taken to our recycling facility and make sure it stays out of the waste stream. That's the whole idea of this." Due to it being a pilot project, Waldner says keeping track of everything is important. "It's a two-year pilot program. That's why we have to do counts and keep everything separate. The government will do a study and will find out exactly how much of this waste stream has been
kept out of the landfill and if it's worth it." As for other recyclables, Waldner says their new facility allows them to recycle many different items. “We built a new recycling building in 2017. We always have taken used oil, oil filters, oil containers, cooking oil, paint, household waste, batteries and those types of items. That's why we built this new building so that we could expand it and take more quantities of items like those. That's also where we store bigger electronics and we bale cardboard. We will take clean tin cans. Unfortunately we don't take plastic. We have no place to sell plastic or glass so unfortunately that is still being landfilled. We are working and trying to find some different venues for that." The Alberta government will re-assess the expanded electronics recycling program in two years to see if it is something worth continuing.
Stairway to Heaven Construction of the St. Theresa Catholic Church in Hillcrest circa 1925. The church was demolished in 1963. Gordon Ulrich photo
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - Crowsnest PAss herAlD - 3
In the lIne of fIre Between October 5 and October 12, Crowsnest Pass RCMP responded to a total of 52 calls for service including the following reported incidents. Two (2) assaults, one (1) break and enter (other), four (4) t h re a t s / h a r a s s m e n t s , three (3) mischief (vandalism), two (2) thefts, three (3) disturbing the peace, two (2) other criminal codes, six (6) other provincial statutes, four (4) driving complaints, three (3) motor vehicle collisions, six (6) assistance to general public, five (5) suspicious occurrences, four (4) 911 calls (invalid), four (4) animal calls, one (1) municipal bylaws and two (2) lost and found. Theft On October 4th, 2020, there was a complaint of theft from work trucks parked on main street Blairmore. There was theft of power line tools and an orange Stihl chainsaw. The total ap-
proximate value is $4000. MVC On October 5th, 2020, at approximately 4:30 PM, there was a report of motor vehicle collision on highway 3 near Lundbreck, police attended. A 66-year-old male from BC showed signs of alcohol consumption. He provided samples of his breath resulting in charges of impaired driving. He was released on documents for Court. Break and Enter On October 5th, 2020, there was a complaint of a break and enter of a bar in Bellevue. Damage was done to the property and theft of liquor in amount of approximately $1000. The break and enter occurred sometime within the past week. Suspicious Persons On October 7th 2020, there was a report of suspicious persons in east Coleman area. Police attended and found a male and female with out-
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standing warrants. Stolen property was recovered which had owner’s serial number on it. The female was arrested and the male fled the scene. Theft On October 7th, 2020, there was a complaint of theft from a work site at Burton Creek area. Theft of cable and cable reels of approximately $5000 in value were taken. The cable has Dynamysk and a large N painted on it. Mischief On October 8th, 2020, there was a complaint of mischief to a vehicle parked on 21st Avenue in Blairmore. Found Items RCMP have two found bikes, which were found in Blairmore area in the past couple of months. There is also one found ladies gym bag with clothes in it and a laptop that was found on 27 Avenue in Bellevue. Reminder to property owners to lock your
The Simple Raven’s Post by Avner Perl
When to step on the brake? I was so tired as I have never been before. Another great effort and a few thrusts with my great big black wings raised me up into another air stream where I could coast for a while, but the air stream highways were not behaving in a normal way. Again I plunged in a downward vortex, speeding towards the scorched earth below. There was nothing green and familiar. There were no other ravens in sight or any other living birds. Pain… burning my lungs, hurting my muscles, eyes dry and my cry was raspier than normal. I must have left the river I was following and now I was flying above a human city all black and dead. Nothing moved. My long fall was going to crush me to the ground, I didn’t care, but I heard the familiar swish of my wings and I was again rising to where the air was not so poisonous. A tall metal frame rose to meet me. It used to be one of the human skyscrapers once shiny with glass. I grabbed onto a beam and rested. There was nothing around that I could eat. A strange way to end life, even for an old raven. I had a thought that persisted and I hung on to it. It’s a dream. Only a dream. I moved and felt my familiar bed and blinked. On the opposite wall, I could see the door frame and through it the hallway night light. Thank you, Lord, I heard my human mouth whisper. It was only a dream. I know that we always dream, but since that night I never had another dream that I can remember. I never realized how important this blue water world is to a human, or even a to a raven, until I had that dream of the end of it. There was a strong emotional reaction in my brain. Before this, I believed that we would not be stupid enough to destroy our only planet, but now I believe it. Humans began existence as a single cell organism around four billion years ago according to science. Some religious scholars estimated Adam and Eve starting “life as we know it” at creation less than twenty thousand years ago. It doesn’t matter when, what matters is until when. In both cases, we were given intellect, consciousness, and free will. Each of us can choose to end life at any point and figure out how to do it. Nature is built around “natural” selection. The fittest reproduces and others disappear. The old testament glorified those who won wars, but we see some hints of compassion and cooperation in some ancient books. Still, competition is the driving force. Also, the idea of ethics and morality has seeped in. Cities and countries
doors and vehicles. Also mark your belongings and record serial numbers of tools and other important items. 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. 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.
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took advantage of the weak and were told to repent or be destroyed. Two thousand years ago a powerful religion was created advocating sharing and cooperation as the solution for human misery. It was named Christianity and took over the world, gaining more followers than any other theory of governing. In recent history, people harnessed competition to be the driver of growth. It worked like a charm and soon altered Christianity, but the basics remained in human consciousness. We are the product of the conflict between two fundamental theories. Co-operation and empathy versus predatory competition. Do we starve people into working for our benefit or do we care for the least amongst us, trusting that all human life is beneficial? So far, our drive towards populating the earth and conquering nature to serve humans excelled. The competition proved to be a substantial driving force useful in many ways. Where there is no competition there is stagnation. The problem is that we did not set a high limit shutoff safety device. The race towards power derived from winning drove most of the benefits from human’s work and world resources into a few hands who have no sympathy for the majority of less competitive people. Hunger and sickness are used as a driving force. When a pandemic hit, the world was thrown into a backspin. The few who own most wealth (1%) naturally devastated the many with no consideration for their wellbeing, and everyone took sides. President George Bush summarized the situation preemptively. “You are either with us or against us.” Those who struggle to survive realized that being with “them” means the looming end of many lives of people whose labour is no longer needed while forgetting that they are also the consumers. The rich countries failed to win wars against poor countries. All we can do is keep people sick to sell medicines, keep people poor, and use trillions of dollars to bomb them, and destroy the environment, settling our future generations with paying to fix it. We are also good at pretending that we are not, but COVID exposed our weaknesses. Right at this moment, authoritarian regimes are using the rich private sector players against our liberal democracies to their advantage with China and Russia at the top of the list. We need to restrict private greed’s reach and power over governments. In the post COVID era, the “free world” must take charge, unite efforts and work towards shaping our world to be the haven of humanity that it was designed by God or nature to be. It is too late to always play the assumingly safe center position. I see two shadows passing on the ground and lift my gaze to the sky above. Two ravens are dancing the mating game above the green mountains. They trust that we humans will keep this gift we call world safe for their hatchlings, and ours. Will we have the guts to do it or will we sell out to selfish, greedy short-term profits. Will we build a better Christian world or avoid conflict and lose the world? Here is a link to my blog: https://thesimpleravenspost.blogspot.ca/ Feel free to check other articles and comment.