Seasonal rise in break ins prompts caution in Brooks
Brooks RCMP officer Staff Sgt. Ray Noble notes holiday crime uptick as school youths commit several break and enters. A church and a Eastbrook home were hit on Dec 1 with valuables stolen, while homeowners are urged to safeguard doors, lighting and walks and report suspicious visitors. Police plan higher impaired driving enforcement during winter conditions.
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Whoville
Ray Noble
Brooks Rcmp
Noble
Brooks Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Epson
Eastbrook
Canada Mint
Snow Rangers program in Medicine Hat at risk
Medicine Hat seniors rely on Snow Rangers to clear steps and sidewalks as a Red Cross volunteer program. With 30 to 40 seniors needing help and only 12 to 15 volunteers, outreach coordinator Donovan Hoggan warns the service could be canceled this winter if volunteer numbers don’t improve.
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Medicine Hat
Canadian Red Cross
Snow Rangers
Medicine Hat Red Cross Outreach
Donovan Hoggan
Snow Rangers volunteer drive to aid seniors
Hoggan leads a Red Cross Snow Ranger effort to recruit 25 to 30 volunteers to shovel walks after their own, helping seniors stay safe and outdoors in winter. A Palliser Health Authority study tied winter injuries to shoveling costs, urging community support. Call 526-3048 to volunteer.
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Hoggan
Red Cross
Palliser Health Authority
Snow Rangers
Simro
Teens charged in carwash and liquor store thefts
Two 18 year old men from Vauxhall and Taber face three charges each after break in at the Highway 36 Beer and Liquor Store and a nearby Vauxhall Carwash on November 25. They allegedly stole liquor worth 500 dollars and caused 1400 dollars in damage while attempting theft with a cutting torch. Both will appear in Taber provincial court on December 18 at 10 am.
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Vauxhall
Heinrich Fehr Martins
Johan Friesen
Taber
Highway 36
RCMP
Rick Davis
Packwell Foods
Dunmore truck stop project moves to third reading
Cypress County council advanced a bylaw designating land for a truck stop and related lots in a 35.3 hectare parcel near the Trans-Canada Highway and Township Road 120. An area structure plan includes highway commercial and industrial zones with a third reading in January after consultant input. Public hearing had no objections. Off site levy rises to 20 901 per hectare from 14 591, boosting costs for Dunmore waterline twin, new reservoir, and pumphouse at 312000.
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Don Alberts
Dunmore
Cypress County Council
Coun
George Russil
Jack Osadczuk
Medicine Hat
Wildlife habitat plan blocked by Cypress County council
Medicine Hat Fish and Game Association sought county support to buy or lease land for a wildlife habitat in southern Alberta irrigation districts. The group planned to apply for Community Facility Enhancement Program funds and asked for a support letter, but councillors opposed land purchase and no letter was issued.
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Medicine Hat
Osadczuk
Cypress County to Fight for Rights of Way Defense Fund
Cypress County council votes to join the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Rights of Way Defence Fund with about 1100 dollars planned over three years after contributing 170 dollars to an initial hearing. The issue centers on municipal control of public lands and potential liability concerns. Meetings in January shift to the second and fourth Tuesdays due to holidays.
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Cypress County
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Rights of Way Defence Fund
Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Coun
Ken Graumans
Cypress County Council
Leah Prestayko
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