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NOVEMBER 23 2012 CENTRAL ALBERTA’S INDEPENDENT FREE PRESS
* BY WAYNE McCOWAN - Ph. (403)342-5089 1112-4
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with train & STARS Edmonton was dispatched so I
thought it was an Edmonton area collision, but then
I thought why would the local paper carry it? The
only reference to where his vehicle hit the train was
Hwy 597 and Range Rd 393 so I looked it up.
Sure enough it happened here, 597 is the hwy that
runs East from the Blackfalds light to Joffre so the
accident was somewhere out by Ellis Bird Farm.
We always need to be on the lookout for trains.
The PCs changed the way they elect their leaders,
eliminating the second choice selections (of the
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third place finisher) going to a candidate. They
should also have eliminated candidates selling
memberships right up to the last vote for leader.
The premier got teachers to put her over the top,
but teachers usually join the NDP not PCs.
I can’t even imagine how much was spent in Red
Deer from Agri-Trade participants. Not only were
there 400 plus booths with all their staff eating and
sleeping here for 4-6 days but almost 100,000 producers came from all over, spending many $$$!
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According to research released from B.C. Health,
people are dying from prescription drug overdoses
at the same rate they are dying from alcohol related
traffic deaths. Doctors explained, that after a hard
day it’s easy to take an extra anti-pain pill along
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DALE wanted a ‘20% OFF BOOTS with authentication’ but I had no room in the Sportsmen’s Den
ad so just say wayne sent you, and you may get it.
I’m looking forward to the Dec 31st party at Bower
Ponds with 9pm fireworks, hot drinks and cake,
celebrating Red Deer’s 100 years.
Come and see the Christmas Decor!
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Hurry, book one of the Laugh Shop Dinner Shows
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Nov 30 and Dec 8 shows are already sold out!
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•Monday Night Football
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•Tues & Thurs Night Karoke 7pm
•Thursday Night Wing Night
Forget global warming for a minute & questions
posed by David Suzuki about Sandy. First we must
learn to waterproof our shoreline habitats because
storm or not, water will be rising & homes flooded.
A reason to move to Quebec is it will not proceed
with refurbishment of its lone nuclear reactor!
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What is worse...legalizing cigarette smoking or
marijuana? Colorado and Washington voted for
legalizing pot and so do former B.C. judges &
crown prosecutors. But the feds have passed a law,
with a min. 6 months in jail for growing 6 plants.
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Seems typical of Wall Street that 2 departing (because of several financial missteps)Citigroup executives were paid bonuses of $6.7 & $6.8 million!
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A reason not to move to the Maritimes is the
restarting of the Nuclear Power reactor in Fredricton, N.B. It was shut down for safety reasons in
2008 and it’s too close to P.E.I and Nova Scotia.
The Brick has been sold to Leon’s Furniture but I
can’t understand why this will help fend off U.S.
competition from Target stores. I don’t remember
Target being big in furniture, maybe TVs.
Supplying weapons to the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood may be as dangerous as arming Iran.
If there ever was a reason to buy a gas powered
electric generator, New York has given us one.
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How can the Alberta government declare open season
on Alberta’s wild horses? It’s not bad enough that there
are crazies out there shooting them but the province
issued 237 licenses from Dec to Feb (never more than
30 before) to send the poor beasts to slaughterhouses!
Environment Minister Diana McQueen 780-427-2391
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