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FOREVER YOUNG - From left, Diane Stewart and her husband Bill Stewart competed in the Lacombe Curling Club’s Seniors’ Open Bonspiel at the Lacombe Curling Club last week. The tournament featured 24 rinks competing in four different categories.

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MULTIPLE THEFTS OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

Between June 22nd and Nov. 8th, there have been several break enter and thefts of high val-ue holiday trailers and off road vehicles from Affordable RV Storage located off of Hwy. 2A between Blackfalds and Lacombe.

Items that have been stolen or attempted to be stolen have been a 2010 Legend Trailmaster motorhome - attempted theft with signifi cant damage in June, a Forest River Cargo Trailer, white in colour - stolen in October, a 2015 Po-laris Sportsman Quad 570 - stolen in October, a red 2015 Polaris Sportsman Quad 570 - stolen in October, a white 2014 Polaris Ace 325 - sto-len in October, a red 2012 Polaris Sportsman 500 - stolen in October, a 2011 Forest River XLR fi fth wheel toyhauler - stolen in October, a 2015 Keystone Fuzion toyhauler - stolen in November and a white/red 2011 Keystone Fuz-ion fi fth wheel toyhauler - stolen in November.

Anyone with information on the where-abouts of these trailers and vehicles or any information on the person(s) responsible for these thefts is asked to contact the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3300. Those wanting to re-main anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 or at tipsubmit.com.

BLACKFALDS RCMP INVESTIGATE RURAL BREAK-IN

Blackfalds RCMP were called to a rural prop-erty at approximately 4:19 p.m. on Nov. 22nd

about a residential break and enter.The suspects were seen leaving the residence

in a truck which was then involved in a single vehicle collision a short distance away. There were reports of possible gun shots heard in the area. The suspects fl ed from the vehicle into an area around Hwy. 11 and RR 26-5, which was contained for a period of time afterwards.

No one was seriously injured in the collision and the RCMP have three suspects in custody. The RCMP continue to investigate the matter and more information will be released as is be-comes available.

The investigators are asking anyone who may have information regarding this occurrence to contact the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3300. Those wishing to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers by phone 1-800-222-8477, or at www.tipsubmit.com.

RCMP INVESTIGATE FATAL COLLISION ALONG HWY. 2

On Nov. 23rd around 2:20 p.m. the Innisfail Integrated Traffi c Unit responded to a report of a serious motor vehicle collision on Hwy. 2 near the Blindman River hill, north of Red Deer.

Investigation thus far indicates that a north-bound vehicle lost control and rolled into the median on the southside of the Blindman Riv-er hill. Two northbound vehicles then stopped on the left shoulder of the highway to assist. A semi-truck that was also northbound and de-scending the hill, appears to have lost control, striking the rear of the fi rst vehicle that had stopped to assist, then continued into the me-dian out of control and struck the driver and sole occupant of the second vehicle, who was outside his vehicle on foot in the median.

The driver, a 35-year-old male of Calgary, was seriously injured and taken to hospital by ambulance. He has since died of the injuries sustained. The family of the deceased has been advised. There were no other injuries in this col-lision.

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Festival of Wreaths runs in Blackfalds and LacombeBig Brothers Big Sisters recently launch annual holiday fundraiser

BY ZACHARY CORMIERLACOMBE EXPRESS

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lacombe and District (BBBS) will once again hold their annu-

al Festival of Wreaths fundraiser at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (LMC) and at the Abbey Centre in Blackfalds this year.

The annual fundraiser sees local busi-nesses decorate wreaths with gifts and prizes, such as Edmonton Oilers box seats or Johnny Reid tickets. The wreaths are then put up for auction, with all proceeds going to support BBBS programs and ser-vices.

“It’s quite amazing, not only how beau-tiful they are, but how much product and gift certifi cates are actually included on them,” said BBBS Executive Director Crystal Zens.

This year’s silent auction is already underway and bids can be placed either in person at the LMC or Abbey Centre or online.

“The goal for our wreath campaign is usually $5,000 but this year we doubled in size. The expansion of Blackfalds has been phenomenal,” Zens said.

Last year was the fi rst time BBBS held an auction in Blackfalds and they had a total of eight wreaths donated.

This year, that number has more than tripled.

“With the community support we went to 29. It’s been really awesome, we’ve had a really good response from the com-munity,” said Erica Wilkinson, who is in charge of the Blackfalds auction.

All of the wreaths that are auctioned off are decorated by businesses in Lacombe and Blackfalds using a wreath provided by BBBS.

“Their teams usually work on them and they’re very creative. A lot of businesses say that it’s a really fun team project. They have a lot of creativity, plus they get to splash their business fl air on them,” Zens said, adding many businesses like to use the wreath making as a sort of team building exercise.

Each wreath contains at least $150 worth of gift certifi cates, toys and gifts, with the highest, Zens said, being worth around $2,000.

“They’re a great gift to give at Christmas. They’re like a different type of gift bas-ket,” she said.

While there aren’t really any rules to the wreath building, Zens said there is a contest for the top three wreaths, which will be determined through a public vote.

“We do try to auction off the top couple of wreaths at live auctions throughout Christmas. That’s not determined yet, but in the past we have auctioned them off

at the Fireman’s Ball and AFSC Christmas Party and if we can fi nd a venue to do that we will do that,” she said.

Zens said BBBS is happy with the amount of support both the communities of Blackfalds and Lacombe have shown the program. “We had an outstanding turnout and an amazing amount of ef-fort and love and generosity put into the wreaths this year.”

The wreaths at the LMC may be all the same shape and size, but they vary widely when it comes to style and decorations.

One, for example, is decked out entirely in Coca Cola colours, including having been spraypainted silver to match the

theme. Another is decorated entirely with plastic toy tools.

“I like seeing all of the creativity that people can come up with. Just different themes and seeing how creative these people can actually get, and seeing how excited and how proud they are when you go to pick them up,” Wilkinson said.

And that support is a big deal for a non-profi t like BBBS.

“It’s our entire being. We are complete-ly operated off the support from the community and it will help sustain our programs and help fund our work help-ing kids get mentors and mentoring pro-grams in our community,” Zens said.

“Being a not for profi t agency, if we didn’t have people who would support fundraisers we would have no money to help the kids so it’s virtually what creates us,” Wilkinson added.

This year’s event features 31 wreaths in Lacombe and 29 in Blackfalds to bring the total to 60 wreaths that will be auctioned off.

Bidding is open now and runs through Dec. 16th. Bids can be made either in per-son at the LMC or Abbey Centre or online. To bid online, visit the Big Brothers Big Sisters Lacombe Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bigbrothers.lacombe/.

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HOLIDAY SPIRIT - Erica Wilkinson, left, and Crystal Zens are the organizers of the Festival of Wreaths, a fundraiser run by Big Brothers Big Sisters. The festival features over 60 wreaths that will be auctioned off in Lacombe and Blackfalds over the next few weeks.

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New events highlight Light Up the Night Festival

Light Up the Night, Lacombe’s premiere winter festival, has expanded to fi ve days and is wel-coming some new events.

This year, the community fes-tival spans from Thursday to Sunday and includes Holly Jolly Geocaching, the Jingle Bell Run and a Christmas brunch.

“Our goal is to have some events that last beyond the fes-tival itself,” said Community and Economic Development Manager Guy Lapointe.

It is with this intent that events like the Holly Jolly Geocache, the lights and display contest or the ice slide will continue on past the fes-tival, well into the holiday season.

Holly Jolly Geocache will be launched during the festival al-though it will run all throughout December. For those who are not familiar with the activity, geocaching is a treasure hunting game where participants use GPS coordinates to fi nd hidden treasures.

Holly Jolly Geocache is a fami-ly-friendly activity aimed at those who are new to the skill. All of the ‘treasures’ can be found within the City and some may require the fi nders to do an activity or take a picture, along with signing the log. To participate in the holiday

themed activity, visit the Lacombe Tourism web site to download the geocaching app.

As part of the festival, the City has also planned to create, de-pendant on the weather, a dual ice-slide. Lapointe said the slide will be constructed sometime soon by City crews, but it might not be quite ready for the festival. An ice slide was constructed last year in January by the City at the LMC park, which was intended to be a part of last year’s Light Up the Night festivities, but the weather did not allow for the construction at the time.

New this year and in partner-ship with the Bill Nielsen Trail Society is the Jingle Bell Run on Nov. 28th from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Cranna Lake.

For a small donation to the soci-ety, attendees will get some type of festive headgear and then can run around the lake once or twice at their leisure. The winter activity is designed to get people active and outdoors for a fun run or walk.

“This festival has grown to fi ve days from four last year and is better than ever, and I want to thank all the festival sponsors and volunteers for their amazing community spirit,” said City of Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie. “I am also looking forward to partic-ipating in another Guinness World Record attempt, this time for the

world’s largest human snowman. I encourage everyone to come down to help put Lacombe on the map again.”

The largest human snowman attempt will take place on Nov. 28th at 6 p.m. at ME Global Athletic Park.

Also new to the festival is the Christmas Brunch, hosted at Best

Western Lacombe Inn and Suites on Nov. 29th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“Sunday is the day that offi cially makes the festival fi ve days,” said Lapointe. “The Christmas Bunch is an opportunity to sit down with Santa and also check out two new businesses in Lacombe.”

Cilantro and Chive will be ca-tering the meal. Tickets are $5 a

person or $10 for a family of four (two adults, two children).

Visit http://www.lacombetour-ism.com/lacombe-regional-tour-ism-events/light-night for a de-tailed listing of all events or look in the Festival Guide published in the Nov. 19th edition of the Lacombe Express.

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BY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS

It was a program that was built in the name of safety, but ended up costing Lacombians over the past two years. Citizens and those who drive through the city will no longer be receiving pesky photo radar tickets.

During their meeting earlier this week, Lacombe City council moved to abolish the Automated Traffi c Enforcement Program (ATEP), also known as photo radar.

ATEP was initiated in 2012 by council and began in October of 2013. The program was adminis-tered by an independent third party contractor, Independent Traffi c Services Ltd.

Twenty-eight locations in the city were approved for enforcement, chosen for high pedestrian vol-umes, school zones, high collision areas and other locations that are frequent for speeders.

In November 2014 council approved the use of the ATEP for one further year, intending to review it for a second time in 2015. A total of 10,427 tickets were issued from November 2014 to November 2015, noting a drop of 101 tickets from the fi rst year.

Although it was recommended by City admin-istration, the Traffi c Safety Committee and the Lacombe Police Commission for the program to continue, council based their decision on different considerations.

Councillor Wayne Armishaw said the program has affected thousands of people.

“We’ve had our time with this and it’s time to move on without the revenue,” he said.

Councillor Bill McQuesten echoed his statement and questioned if the program should proceed just because of the revenue it generates (an estimated $325,000 in the proposed 2016 budget).

“We are not seeing anyone drive slower because of this,” he said.

Councillor Peter Bouwsema, who sits on the Lacombe Police Commission, said he still sees merit in the program if it is adjusted.

Armishaw made the motion recommended by administration for council to approve the renewal of the program. The motion was defeated as three councillors, Councillor Reuben Konnik, Armishaw and McQuesten, were in opposition.

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City council axes photo radar programBY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS

Remembrance Tea to honour someone who

has passed away.

2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

at St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226 – 51 Avenue, Lacombe.

May bring a personalized ornament to add to hospital Christmas Tree. Everyone welcome.

Hosted by Lacombe Palliative Care Society.

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World Town Planning Day

Students, staff, planners and special guests gath-ered at Clive School on Nov. 19th to celebrate World Town Planning Day.

Through a series of hands on activities, the students learned all about what it takes to be a planner - from determining where to build schools, churches or parks, to dictating land use and creating maps, the students were brimming full of ideas and designs throughout the afternoon.

Community planners from Lacombe County, the City of Lacombe and Parkland Community Planning Services were all in attendance to interact with the students.

Celebrated internationally, World Town Planning Day is a day set aside to promote a better understanding and awareness of Canadian planners and planning to communities at all levels of government. The day was fi rst initiated in 1949 by Carlos Maria della Paolera in Argentina to create aware-ness within the public and professionals in planning, not only on the local level, but also abroad.

The greater purpose of the Clive event was to launch the Village’s sus-tainability plan process for the greater community of Clive, including both urban and rural.

The students fi rst started off the celebration in the gym where they danced and learned about what exactly a planner does.

Then, for the afternoon, each classroom was vis-ited by a planner who led the students in a planning activity such as designing their own town, building houses or looking at land use zones within Clive or Lacombe County.

Mayor of the Village of Clive Anita Gillard visited the Grade 9 classroom to guide the students through a mock public hearing on three issues.

The classroom was transformed into a council chamber and the students, acting as citizens of Clive, voiced their opinions for or against amending the land use bylaw to allow arcades in the village, amending the land use bylaw to per-mit citizens to raise chick-ens within the municipal-ity and amending a bylaw to ban laptops in schools.

The students prepared for the public hearings before-hand and each had state-ments to read out loud, just as a citizen would in a real public hearing.

To round off the after-noon, the students returned to the gym for a fi nal cele-bration, where the Grade 3’s showed the school what they created - their town called Imaginetown. The Kindergarten class built the structures in the town, but the Grade 3 class gave the town a name and its own mayor.

Students at the school will continue to be in-volved in the Clive plan-ning and consultation pro-cess throughout the next six months.

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COMMUNITY PLANNING - City of Lacombe planners Lyla Peter and Jennifer Kirchner visited the Grade 6 class at Clive School on Nov. 19th to help celebrate World Town Planning Day. Sarah Maetche/Lacombe Express

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Amnesty International “Write

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13th from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at

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Bring paper and pen. Coffee

provided. Contact Therese

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Day of Remembrance Tea to

honour someone who has

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6th 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. at St.

Andrew’s United Church,

5226 – 51 Ave. May bring a

personalized ornament to add

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Everyone welcome. Hosted by

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The Red Deer River Naturalists are

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vember 26th meeting. Dr Carbyn

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Through aerial photo interpre-

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period. RDRN meetings are held

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at 7:30 PM. No charge and the

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The Tees Christmas Concert and

Carol Festival will be held on

Thursday, Dec. 10th from 7 p.m.

until 8:30 p.m. at the Tees Hall.

Please join us for an evening

of Christmas entertainment.

Participants welcome, contact

Carla Kenney at 784-3055 to be

included in the program. Santa

will be attending for the children.

Beverages and potluck lunch

which will follow the program.

The Lacombe Christmas Farmers’

Markets will be held every Friday

morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

starting Nov. 13th to Dec. 11th at

the Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Also there is a special Moonlight

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great chance to do your Christ-

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vendors are proud to make it,

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Friends of the Library are pleased to

announce that we will be hosting

a semi-annual book and craft

sale on Nov. 26th from 4 p.m.

to 9 p.m. at the Lacombe Public

Library. Donated books and

crafts would be much appreci-

ated. Come and bring friends.

The Arrogant Worms in concert,

Saturday, Dec. 5th, 7 p.m. at

St. Andrew’s United Church,

5226 - 51 Ave. in Lacombe. The

Arrogant Worms are a Canadian

musical comedy trio that parodies

many musical genres. They are

well known for their humorous

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their music. Tickets are $35 and

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Lacombe Lions Community Band

invites you to our annual Christ-

mas concert on Nov. 30th at

7:30 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial

Centre. Flat Iron Jazz Band will

also be performing. Admission by

donation. Snacks and refresh-

ments available after the concert.

For more information, contact

Mark Kenney at 403-784-3055.

Elnora Christmas Market, Satur-

day, Dec. 5th from 11 a.m. to 4

p.m. at the Elnora Community

Hall. Table rent $10. For more

information or to book tables

call Lynne at 403-773-2269 or

Gwen at 403-773-2270. Lunch

available all day. Items for the

food bank will be appreciated.

The Pine Lake Singers Christmas

Concert will be held Sunday,

Dec. 13th at 2:30 p.m. at the

“Hub” Community Centre.

Admission $5. Lunch and

visiting. Everyone welcome.

The Lacombe Legion is hosting

a tour for adults of Canadian

battlefi elds in Holland, Belgium

and France from March 25th to

April 3rd, 2016. Highlights will

include tours of Amsterdam,

Brussels, and Paris as well as

Vimy Ridge, The Juno Beach

Center, the Normandy beaches,

the home of Anne Frank, Ypres,

Passchendaele, Flanders Field and

much more. A detailed itinerary

including cost is available at the

Lacombe Branch of the Legion

or you can request one to be

e-mailed to you at the e-mail that

follows. For more information

phone Corvin at 403 357-0377

or email [email protected].

The Parkland Classical Singers,

a community choir based in

Lacombe, is looking for more

members. If you like to sing,

please join us. Rehearsals are

held on Thursdays from 6:30

p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wolf Creek

Community Church, beginning

Oct. 15th. Two performances:

Christmas 2015 and Spring

2016. For more information,

call Carolyn 403-782-7365.

The Red Deer Legion Pipe Band is

actively recruiting experienced

and inexperienced people from

the Central Alberta area, who

are interested in joining the pipe

band. Anyone with piping or

drumming experience, or if you

would like to learn piping or

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St. Andrew’s United Church

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Meets Thursdays 5:30-6:30 p.m.

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help, as well as suggestions from

other participants on how to re-

duce the impact of vision loss on

their daily lives. There is no cost

to participate in the program

which will meet once per month.

The group meets at the Spruce

Terrace located at 5002 – 51 Ave.

Lacombe Walking Group

Wednesdays from 12-12:30

at Medcombe Walk-In-Clinic.

No Registration required.

Kozy Korner — Tuesday Dinners

every week at noon. The hot

meal includes dessert and

coffee at the Senior Centre.

Lacombe Dance Lessons – social

and choreographed ballroom

dancing. Traditional Two-step

or Cha Cha/Jive. For details

phone Cliff at 403-782-4094.

Quilting and crafts held at Black-

falds United Church on Mon-

days at 9:30 a.m. Help make

quilts or bring your own quilt/

craft to work on. Check out

our website at blackfaldsunit-

edchurch.com or call 403-885-

4780 for more information.

The Lacombe Legion has bingo

on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the

upstairs hall. Coffee time runs

Wednesdays from 9:30-11 a.m.

($2 for coffee, tea and cookies).

On Fridays, there are four meat

draws and tickets are $2/set

of three tickets. Draw starts at

6:30 p.m. On Saturdays, there

are four meat draws which

start at 4:30 p.m. Chase the

ace starts after meat draws.

Parkinson Alberta Education offers

supports groups for persons

with Parkinson disease, family

members and caregivers at

the following Central Alberta

locations: Red Deer, Lacombe,

Innisfail, Olds, Three Hills and

Castor. Visit www.parkinsonal-

berta.ca for more information.

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Taking action with Alberta’s Climate Leadership PlanWhile most of us were enjoying

the CFL playoff game between the Edmonton Eskimos and the Calgary Stampeders, which paves the path to the Grey Cup, the Alberta Government released their climate change strategy this past Sunday.

Called ‘Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan’, it will, “Accelerate the transition from coal to renewable electricity sources, put a price on carbon pollution for everyone and sets emission limits for the oil sands.”

Premier Rachel Notley said re-sponding to climate change is what’s right for the future, work-ing towards protecting jobs, health and of course, the environment.

“It will help us access new mar-

kets for our energy products and diversify our economy with re-newable energy and energy effi -ciency technology,” she said. “We are going to do our part to ad-dress one of the world’s greatest problems. We are going to put capital to work, investing in new technologies, better effi ciency, and job creating investments in green infrastructure. We are going to write a made in Alberta policy that works for our province and our industries, and keeps our cap-ital here in Alberta.”

The plan is based off the advice gathered by the Climate Change Advisory Panel, formed this past fall. The government plans to phase out coal emissions by 2030 by replacing the existing coal elec-

tricity with renewable energy.At face value, this plan sounds

positive - an attempt to show that Alberta does have it together in the environmental department on the heels of the UN climate change summit to be held in Paris in the coming week. But with it comes a new carbon tax, that may end costing Albertans for heating their homes, for power and for gasoline.

At a fi rst look, the Wildrose Opposition said the new tax will cost Albertans jobs and more money in their pocket.

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said the new tax will hit families the hardest by making the average family pay thousands of dollars in new taxes.

“This new carbon tax will make

almost every single Alberta family poorer, while accelerated plans to shut down coal plants will lead to higher power prices and further jobs losses,” said Jean. “With at least 65,000 jobs lost and count-ing, this new carbon tax will raise the price of everything, and put jobs at risk across the province.”

Wildrose estimates the carbon tax will raise the cost of heating per household by $230 per year, that it will raise the power bills for homeowners and businesses and that households will be around $365 more for gasoline.

According to the provincial gov-ernment, whether we like it or not, all of us have to pay the price to protect the environment and repairing our global image.

Liberal plan to raise top earners’ taxes will hurt economyThe new Liberal govern-

ment plans to raise per-sonal income taxes on the top Canadian income earners to fund a tax de-crease for the middle class.

According to Statistics Canada, to be in the top 1% in 2013, a tax-fi ler needed to have a total income of at least $222,000. To be in the top 10%, they required $89,200. The Liberal plan calls for a new 33% federal tax rate on Canadians who earn more than $200,000 - up from the previous top rate of 29%. The plan also maps out a reduction in the rate from 22% to 20.5% for those earning between $44,702 and $89,401.

There are two reasons why this strategy should be revisited.

First, while the top 1% earn about 10% of the Canadian income distribu-tion, they provide about 20% of personal income

tax revenue. This suggests that the income tax sys-tem is already quite pro-gressive in terms of the top 1% paying more than their share. Raising this rate is not about greater fairness, it is simply about getting the top 1% to pay more.

In 2014, of 25,453,210 Canadian tax-filers, 16,792,270 (two-thirds of the total) reported a total income of less than $45,000. So the bottom two-thirds of Canadian tax-fi lers will see no tax relief from this tax cut.

It would be fairer (and effi ciency enhancing) if the government simply brought in reductions for all income tax-fi lers.

Second, there is no guar-antee that raising taxes on the top 1% will generate the money necessary to replace the revenue de-cline from middle-class incomes.

Economist Jack Mintz has noted that, with the Liberals’ four-point tax hike, Canada will go from having the seventh high-est to the third highest tax rate for the top income bracket in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The supply-side econom-ics theory demonstrated by the Laffer Curve shows the relationship between tax rates and government revenue. According to the theory, raising tax rates in-creases revenues at lower

rates - as rates rise, a work disincentive effect kicks in as well as a stronger incentive to avoid tax, eroding revenues. In other words, there is rate of tax-ation that maximizes rev-enues. With the seventh highest rate in the OECD, Canada is likely already at the revenue maximizing rate range.

Moreover, higher rates may encourage entrepre-neurial high income earn-ers to migrate to lower tax jurisdictions, depriv-ing the economy of their skills. As a case in point, in 2012 Quebec created a new top tax bracket for people earning at least $100,000, raising their rate to 25.75 from 24%. It’s like-ly no coincidence that in Statistics Canada’s recent report on high income tax fi lers, Quebec was the only province to show a decline in the number of

top 1% of tax-fi lers, from 43,360 in 2012 to 40,825 in 2013.

In the end, tax systems and rates are important ingredients in internation-al economic competitive-ness. It would be a shame if Canada’s recent prog-ress on more internation-ally competitive corporate tax rates was neutered by poorly conceived per-sonal income tax changes that resulted in the loss of more entrepreneurial high income earners while doing little to ease taxes for the vast majority of Canadians.

This tax plan is not geared to enhancing equi-ty or effi ciency.

Livio Di Matteo is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and a professor of econom-ics at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay. His column is distributed through Troy Media.

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DI MATTEO


Letters to the editorAlberta reader condemns Paris attacksI am an Imam (Missionary) of

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Alberta. I follow the Holy Quran in letter and spirit and I categorically condemn the attacks in Paris. The holy Quran states, “Whoever killed an innocent person, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind” (3:111). Therefore, acts of terrorism cannot be justifi ed under the name of Islam in any way.

I express my deepest condolences and sympathies to the French nation. I pray that God may grant patience to all those who suffered in any way

through these attacks.According to my faith, the actions

of ISIS are completely contrary to the teachings of Islam. Terrorists have no religion, as all religions promote peace. Terrorists only try to strike fear in people’s hearts and divide them. But humanity must not play into their hands. We need to remain united to defeat extremism. I pray the perpetra-tors behind these attacks are swiftly brought to justice.

Tariq AzeemCalgary

Author thanks contributors to history bookAt the book launch

hosted Nov. 6th by the Lacombe and District Historical Society I ne-glected to give adequate credit to all of the key people involved in pro-duction of the history Lacombe, County, City, Community.

Members of the ed-itorial committee I chaired, Georgia Blackmore, Edith Fitch, Sylvia Gillespie, Denise Herr and Rick Pallister contributed much more than editorial oversight. Each contributed the text for specifi c chap-ters – Georgia for edu-cation, Edith and Denise for CUC (now Burman University), Sylvia for health and Rick for the business community of Lacombe city. Their names and their pic-tures are attached to those chapters. They also provided the edi-torial oversight that curbed excessive repe-tition. Particular thanks

is due to Denise Herr for her insightful critique of the manuscript.

Sandy Douglas and Gayle Pickett contrib-uted text material for sports and Dr. Zobell was most helpful in identifying historical references for optome-try.

I was delighted to see representatives of two pioneer fami-lies at the event. One was Pearl Johnson. Her great grandfather was Robert McNaughton who homesteaded at the northwest corner of Barnett Lake in 1893. He was also a carriage builder and cabinet-maker and built the fi rst frame buildings in the hamlet that became Lacombe.

The other was Lawrence Henderson, member and for-mer president of the Lacombe and District Historical Society. He was recently presented

with the County sign honouring his family as owners and custodians of the farm since the day its sod was broken a century ago.

The quality of the fi nal product is a direct result of the proof reading. A proof reader must pos-sess exceptional stami-na and powers of con-centration. Typos, spell-ing errors and errors of fact are the primary, but not the only, items of concern.

Myrtle Pallister under-took this role perform-ing the task numerous tines as the manuscript passed through suc-cessive draft phases. It was done to perfection. To Rick Pallister, much thanks for the time and effort he spent shep-herding the manuscript through the tortuous path from my computer to the designer and fi -nally to the printer.

Howard FredeenLacombe

Universal HIV testing could help end HIVHave you received your regular health check-

up and did it include an HIV test?Scientists are telling us we need to change

how we think about HIV. If we don’t, thousands of cases could remain undiagnosed and un-treated. About one quarter of Canadians living with HIV are unaware of their HIV-positive status, reinforcing the need for a paradigm shift in our national approach to testing.

Routine, universal HIV testing could be a key to halting the spread of the disease. Diagnosing HIV early in the course of infection is important. Early initiation of highly effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces the risk of illness, promotes longevity and signifi cantly reduces onward HIV transmission. Today, a person living with HIV on sustained treatment can have a life expectancy approaching that of the general population.

A recent study from the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CFE), published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, found that 48% of participants initiating ART between 2000 and 2012 already had a weak-ened immune system.

Delaying treatment costs lives and money. Direct health care costs in the year following HIV diagnosis can be in excess of 200% higher for patients with weakened immune systems.

Stereotypical assumptions about who is at risk of acquiring HIV could hinder efforts to combat the disease. Over the last 15 years there has been a signifi cant and notable in-cidence escalation among Canadian women. Females accounted for 24% of new HIV-positive diagnoses among adults in 2011 - double the proportion observed between 1985 and 1998.

A growing body of research also shows women and older adults are among those more likely to initiate treatment late. This supports a previous Canada-wide BC-CFE study that found that young adults had relatively high rates of late ART initiation, were less likely than older adults to be retained in HIV care and achieve viral suppression.

In addition to helping to get those who need HIV treatment into care, universal HIV testing could reduce stigma and stereotypes through normalizing the testing process. By reframing HIV testing as a routine part of health care, misconceptions could be eliminated and barriers reduced.

While testing is a key component in the response to HIV, treatment must also be

provided. Treatment as Prevention (TAP), the provision of full and universal access to antiretroviral therapy following an HIV diag-nosis, will allow us to work toward a goal of ending AIDS by 2030.

The Canadian government has not formally endorsed TAP domestically, although it is now the globally-recognized standard of care. During the recent federal election campaign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau endorsed the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target to end AIDS by 2030. The goals, based on principles of TAP, include diagnosing 90% of all those living with HIV/AIDS. Once diagnosed, 90% must have access to treatment and 90% of those on treatment must reach viral suppression by 2020. Then we will have set the pace to reach an AIDS-free generation.

B.C. is the only Canadian province to implement the lifesaving TAP strategy. B.C. is also the only province to implement a universal testing approach. And it is the only province to see a consistent decline in new HIV cases.

Internationally, TAP has been adopted by China, France, Spain, Panama, Brazil and Sierra Leone, plus several major U.S. cities — among others. Even Pope Francis has endorsed the strategy as an important tool in the global fi ght against HIV.

If we are to reach an AIDS-free generation in Canada, the federal, provincial and territorial governments must invest in greatly expanding access to testing and treatment. We need a national strategy to end AIDS that includes a testing approach not limited to those con-sidered at risk of acquiring HIV.

Of course, there are important factors to be considered if universal testing is expanded across Canada. First and foremost, patient-in-formed consent must remain central to the testing process.

The benefi ts of universal HIV testing are clear. A shift in practice could change out-dated misconceptions around HIV. And it could dramatically alter the course of this devastating disease.

So, have you been tested?

Julio Montaner is the director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. World AIDS Day is on Dec. 1st. This column is distributed through Troy

Media.

Intention versus outcome for moving gas and oilThere are times when the

outcomes fall well short of intentions that peo-ple are anticipating. How they react to those short-comings speaks volumes about their ability to adapt. Governments are often vic-tims of failed or fl awed ide-ologies that result in varying degrees of shortcomings. They too must have the ability to adapt.

Government decisions that have created substan-tial barriers to building new pipelines are the continua-tion of policies that result in a higher risk method of transportation. The un-intended consequence of shipping crude oil by rail is the substantially higher risk factor and a substantially higher carbon footprint that goes along with that.

It is 4.5 times safer to move oil and gas by pipeline than it is to move the same volume the same distance by rail in Canada accord-ing to a study released this past summer by the Fraser Institute. The study’s conclusions are based on data compiled over a de-cade from the Canadian Transportation Safety Board and Transport Canada.

New regulations in North America are mandating that the DOT-111s railcars that were at the centre of the Lac-Mégantic be replaced. The DOT-111s railcars that were at the centre of one of the worst derailments in Canadian history, that resulted in the deaths of 47 people and destroyed half of their downtown area, must be re-

placed with a safer version by May of 2017. This does little to deal with the human error that was ultimately determined to be the cause of the disaster.

The fl eet of designated crude oil transportation railcars in North America is estimated to be 87,500 by the end of 2015, which will bear a huge capital cost to rail companies to upgrade the entire fl eet. The cost will be passed on to you, the consumer, as the cost of transportation rises ac-cordingly.

The reported reasoning behind the rejection of the Keystone pipeline applica-tion claims it was done for environmental protection reasons. That was the in-tent, however, the data tells a different story. The U.S.

State department’s own environmental impact study shows that emissions are 40% higher moving oil by rail as opposed to pipeline.

Along with an increase in emissions the state de-partment’s study found that costs are substantially higher (three times) with rail transportation versus pipelines. These addition-al costs associated with the rejection of pipelines are a major contributor as to whether projects are economically viable, and that directly translates into unemployment numbers.

The intentions of those that oppose the building of more cost effi cient and envi-ronmentally safer pipelines have not been bolstered by the undesired outcomes based on the actual data.

Regardless of how gen-uine the intentions are, sometimes the outcomes can have unintended but overshadowing conse-quences.

Alberta’s premier has fun-damentally opposed the approval and construction of pipelines based on en-vironmentally ideological beliefs that just don’t deliver the desired results of her intentions. The data also shows time and again that the outcomes of shipping by rail will have a far worse impact on the environment versus those of a pipeline.

Even with good intentions by the premier, it will be an all around appalling out-come for Albertans.

If you would like to discuss this or any other issues please call 403-782-7725,

or email [email protected]. The constit-uency offi ce is located at #101 4892 46th St., Lacombe, AB T4L 2B4.

This article was co-compiled by a small group of offi cial op-position MLAs who each week get together to talk through a legislative policy issue. As part of the process, a short com-mentary is compiled and then edited. The editorial committee members include Grant Hunter, Cardston-Taber-Warner; Rick Strankman, Drumheller-Stettler; Dave Schneider, Little Bow; Wes Taylor, Battle River-Wainwright; Ron Orr, Lacombe-Ponoka: Mark Smith, Devon-Drayton Valley and Don MacIntyre, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake.

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Library staff welcomes the Christmas seasonSo the children are get-

ting a little antsy since the weather has been colder. One mother told me that her daughter had rushed out last week and was trying to gather enough snow for a snowman. She only suc-ceeded in gathering a pile the size of a ping pong ball.

Our theme last week was space and I explained to my three- to fi ve-year-olds that I was going to read them a non-fi ction book about the moon. One little boy cheered and then exclaimed, “Thank goodness. It’s about time I learned something in this class!” I was suitably hum-bled and promised to do better in the future. I love the honesty of children.

With Christmas just around the corner please remember that we are hav-ing a book drive for the local Santa’s Anonymous. We will be accepting new books for children of all ages until Dec. 10th. If you would like to donate cash then we will go purchase the books for you and bring you a receipt. We also have gift cards for a library membership. For $20 you can give the gift of reading to a whole family.

The MCM Public Library Book Club will be meeting to

discuss the novel Under the Wide and Starry Sky by Nancy Horan on Dec. 1st at 7 p.m. in the Read and Relax area of the library. Everyone is welcome. We will be picking a new book list so please bring your suggestions.

We are fortunate to be raffl ing off a beautiful chil-dren’s playhouse with all proceeds going to the li-brary. This playhouse is on display in the foyer of the LMC, is valued at $3,500 and was generously donated by Ridge Stone Homes. Tickets are available at the library until Dec. 18th. The cost of tickets is $5 each or three for $10. The draw will take place on Dec. 18th at 5 p.m.

The Friends of the Library Armchair Traveler Series will resume Jan. 12th at 7 p.m. in the North County room in the LMC. The lec-ture is entitled ‘Bits of Japan’, and will be presented by Eadie Jones.

The Local Colour Series that has special topic pre-sentations by members of the community will resume Jan. 28th at 7 p.m. in the North County room in the LMC. The topic of this lec-ture is ‘Ukraine: Our 2015 Medical Mission’, presented by Dr. Leighton Nischuk. Mark your calendars now for these very interesting talks.

I am giving you a lot of ad-

vanced warning for the next event so that you can clear your calendar and plan on joining us for our next fund-raiser ‘Books and Bevies’. On Jan. 30th from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. the MCM Public Library Board will be hosting a gala evening of beer sampling from Blindman Brewing, wine sampling from Chateau Wine and Spirits, appetizers from HT Catering, a silent

auction and live music. (I have not been asked to entertain so I’m assuming the live music means real musicians.) Tickets are $25 per person and available at the library. Get over your winter blues, come support the library and have a great time.

Our featured book this week is Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith. This is the

third in this series featuring Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott and is by far the most intense. It’s not for the squeamish but, as usual, J.K. Rowling’s strength as an author is creating characters that make you care what happens in their lives.

Mary Poole is the children’s library programmer at the Mary C. Moore Public Library in Lacombe.

Mary

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Lacombe Rotary Christmas Carol Festival returns

The Lacombe Rotary Christmas Carol Festival is returning this year.

The popular family holiday tradi-tion is celebrating its 60th anniver-sary, a signifi cant milestone in the community.

This year, the annual festival is set for Dec. 1st and Dec. 2nd at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (LMC), starting at 7 p.m. both nights.

Lacombe Rotary Member Shealagh MaClelland said the long-standing tradition in Lacombe is one of the ways the Rotary Club helps enhance the community’s Christmas spirit.

“It’s a tradition in Lacombe,” she said. “It’s really impressive the fes-tival has been running for 60 years.”

Only four years after forming, the

Lacombe Rotary Club began hosting the festival in 1955. It was created as a way to provide an opportunity for local music groups and choirs to perform for the public. At the time, all the churches in the area had choirs. Today, there are fewer church choirs and fewer school con-certs, so the festival is a much wel-comed holiday tradition.

MaClelland said seven local groups will perform each evening - some from churches, schools and even the local band.

The festival will include Christmas carols and holiday songs, with book-lets for attendees to follow along with each song being sung and which group is performing. A brief sing-a-along will also be held each night for those who want to join in in the Christmas spirit.

“There will be just enough sing-ing to get them in the mood,” said MaClelland.

Last year the festival was can-celled due to poor weather, so or-ganizers are very happy it is rolling ahead this year.

The festival is still popular today with a great turnout each year, orga-nizers said. Each showing is expected to be a full house so attendees are en-couraged to arrive early to get a seat.

The Rotary Christmas Carol Festival will be held at the Lacombe Memorial Centre on Dec. 1st and 2nd starting 7 p.m. Admission is free but food bank items and/or monetary donations to the Lacombe Food Bank will be accepted to help meet the increased demands of the Christmas season.

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Aries, things go well this

week, but expect a few

bumps along the way as

well. Learn how to clear

these hurdles and you

will stay on track.

Taurus, keep your eye on the prize, resisting the

temptation to get swept up in distractions. The longer

you can maintain your focus this week, the more likely you are to be successful.

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Luck puts you in the path

of someone you have been

anxious to meet, Gemini.

Use this oppor tunity

this week to ask all the

questions you have been

wanting to ask.

Persistence is your best

ally this week, Cancer.

When others give up early,

you have the tenacity

to continue. Don’t be

surprised if others notice

your hard work.

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Other people appreciate

your ability to put a

positive spin on things,

Leo. Use that talent to help

two friends overcome their

differences in the

next week.

Keep an open mind when

someone comes to you

with a suggestion, Virgo.

Even though you are quick

to dismiss it outright, give

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lighten your load by asking

family to help. They are

more than willing.

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ARTS & LEISUREThe Arrogant Worms to play Lacombe next weekend

It’s rare that a musical group lasts on the scene more than fi ve years, let alone 25 years, but that’s the reality for the Arrogant Worms.

The Canadian comedic music pioneers will be visiting Lacombe on Dec. 5th. The group will be bringing their family-friend-ly show to St. Andrew’s United Church, and due to the time of the year, will also be performing some tunes off their Christmas album.

Another reality for the long-time group is the acceptance of their name, the Arrogant Worms - a supposed puzzler to the passing listener but a well-kept secret to longtime fans.

“Back when we started out we were just a bunch of guys doing some stuff like cam-pus radio,” said lead vocalist Trevor Strong. “We sent a song to CBC and they said, ‘Yeah, we will play this song. What is the group’s name?’ And we didn’t have one.”

It was 1991 and due to the popularity of other Canadian band names at the time, like the Barenaked Ladies, Blue Rodeo and the Tragically Hip, the group decided their name should also have an adjective/noun concept.

“We just sat down with a list of ad-jectives and a list of nouns and crossed them off,” explained Strong. “Somehow we ended up with Arrogant Worms on the list. We tried to change it once but we never actually took to it.”

Although it’s morphed several times over the past 25 years, the current line up of the worms features Strong, Mike McCormick on guitar and vocals and Chris Patterson on bass and vocals.

Humour is a large part of the Arrogant Worms’ shows and music in general.

“It’s everything,” noted Strong. “We started out as a comedy crew, but we ended up as a musical group.”

The group, to put it lightly, dabbles with political topics, but Strong is quick to note they are not political satirists.

“When we started, before you could make a song and suddenly it was on the Internet, we decided that it was not worthwhile to make fun of current events or current politicians because the songs are funny for sometimes only a week,” he said. “We are too lazy to be writing a song a week. That’s not practical.”

So the group took to working long last-ing jokes into their material, leaving po-litical statements and jokes for their on stage banter.

Due to the content of their songs, the Arrogant Worms are often pegged as the ‘comedic relief’ at most festivals, but their music goes deeper than just bringing the laughs. They are true genre benders, not afraid of taking on a country ballad followed by a children’s song and then a tune that gently pokes fun at former Toronto mayor Rob Ford.

“Anytime you do a different genre, you can make kind of different musical jokes about something, so that’s one reason why we play around with it,” said Strong. “Another reason is if you play everything in the same kind of style, it’s kind of bor-ing, so we try to do different genres. We also don’t do direct parodies like Weird Al does, so instead we like to do genre parodies. It gives you a little more to play with and it gets fun if you play in other styles.”

The group recently released a new album title SPACE in 2014. The new album was a long overdue project for the trio, after releasing a greatest hits compilation in 2010.

SPACE was mainly the product of just

scheduling a time to get into the studio.“We came up with that when we were

going to release it and then booked a stu-dio, so we all had to have songs ready by the time we got there,” said Strong. “We pitched the songs to each other and then we just recorded it. It was pretty much that we decided that it was time to put something new out.”

Even with a large song catalogue to draw from, the group does not shy away from playing the hits, what the fans want to hear.

“There’s fi ve or six songs we play every single show no matter what - the stan-dards,” said Strong. “We make sure we have time to play the ones people actual-ly want to hear.”

So what keeps the Worms laughing, singing and jesting their way through each decade?

For Strong, it’s a puzzle, but it’s also something he’s very thankful for.

“I really have no idea,” he said of the Worms’ recipe for long lasting success. “But I think part of it is because of our humour. We’ve always been focused on

fun and catchy and I think that never goes out of style.

“A lot of kids like our stuff too, which is always good because if a kid likes it, parents will usually do anything to make their kid happy. That means we always have young people coming up who listen to our music, so I think that kind of helps too, that we have a broad appeal.”

As for the future, hopefully in the next quarter century, Strong said the Worms are likely to, “Keep on keeping on.

“We will probably put out another album in about a year or so if we get our act to-gether, which I think we will,” he said.

The Arrogant Worms will be playing at St. Andrew’s United Church (5226-51st Ave.) on Dec. 5th.

Tickets are available at Sunny94 at 403-786-0194 and St. Andrew’s United Church 403-782-3148. For more information con-tact Tom at 403-341-9348 or Donna at 403-782-2032.

The concert is sponsored by Friends of Guatemala, with funds gathered to help fund humanitarian projects in Guatemala.

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HINDSIGHT - Canadian comedic music pioneers the Arrogant Worms are coming to Lacombe next weekend. The group will be playing at St. Andrew’s United Church on Dec. 5th. photo submitted


16 LACOMBE EXPRESS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2015ARTS & LEISURE

Cow Patti Theatre heads down heartfelt holiday roadBY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS

As usual and nothing short of what we have come to expect, Cow Patti Theatre Company heads straight down the mira-cle road towards a playful and touchingly heartfelt comedy. Where they lead the audience in the latest production, Ethan Claymore, is nothing short of that path.

Ethan Claymore, written by renowned

playwright Norm Foster, plays at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club now through to mid-December.

As the very fi rst show of the season on Nov. 19th and my second viewing of a Cow Patti Dinner Theatre production, I was yet again encouraged by the acces-sible content, which came through under the commanding direction of AnnaMarie Lea.

The story is a heartwarming holiday tale,

fi lled with many sentimental moments that remind you what the Christmas sea-son is really about – family and friends.

Ethan Claymore tells the tale of a strug-gling egg farmer who has given up look-ing for love and laughter just a few days before Christmas. Much to his surprise, Ethan is visited by the spirit, or ‘shadow being’ of his late brother, and along with the assistance of a high energy neighbour and a new woman in his life, will bring back the zest in his life.

Set in the ’70s, the play fl ashed back to when Ethan and his brother were chil-dren in the ’40s.

As Ethan goes through his fi ve day transformation, he learns a few lessons and sees a few miracles that are a lot more exciting than the humble farmer has seen over the past fi ve years. Brian Young plays the part of Ethan, Edward Chaplin as Douglas McClaren, Susan Greenfi eld as Teresa Pike, Allan Cooke as Martin Claymore, Ryan Scheltus as young Martin and for this showing, Tristan Hanrahan as young Ethan.

To begin, the acting from the cast mem-bers was no less than powerful. The audi-ence wasn’t sure whether to laugh or cry all throughout the production. By the end of the production, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.

Young is excellent as the humble egg farmer, reluctant to accept change into his life, but eventually relenting and wel-coming the seemingly unbelievable mir-acles into his life. It was interesting to watch him evolve throughout the play and really come out of his shell.

As Douglas, Chaplin was a bustling bun-dle of energy. He is the typical meddling

neighbour - loud, boisterous, yet with the purest intentions. The audience was always brought to life each time he came on stage.

Then there is the shadow being, the enigmatic Martin played by Cooke. For the most part, this shoe-less ghost is Ethan’s true guide towards change. He also goes through an unexpected transformation himself and is the true catalyst in igniting the holiday spirit in the production.

This was also Cow Patti’s fi rst produc-tion featuring younger cast members and Hanrahan and Scheltus were defi nitely up to the task and brought energy onto the stage.

For those who are looking for a light-hearted holiday comedy with some substance, this is an enchanting story for you. Be prepared to laugh and leave the show with a smile on your face. For Lea and her entire team, it is very evident they have put a lot of hard work into all aspects of the production, with a commit-ment to detail and showcasing the depth of the human condition.

Ethan Claymore runs now to Dec. 19th at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club. Performances are on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday eve-nings. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday afternoons are brunch shows. The theatre is also hosting six benefi t shows for var-ious local community groups throughout the run of the show.

For more information about Ethan Claymore or Cow Patti Theatre, visit www.cowpatti.com. For tickets, contact the box offi ce at 403-782-3956 or 403-304-6329.

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Does Justin Trudeau wear short or long pants?Congratulations to

Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada. He’s young, handsome, carries a famous name, demon-strated he has an ear for what the public is clam-oring for, and now has the most vital weapon of all, power. But will he deny democracy to the majority of Canadians who elected him? Or ignore the will of the Supreme Court of Canada?

Soon we will know whether Trudeau wears knickers or long pants. Trudeau, in his victory speech, fi red a salvo when he uttered the words Abraham Lincoln deliv-ered on the eve of the U.S. Civil War. Lincoln worried that leaders needed to ap-peal to the, “Better angels of our nature.”

But will Trudeau, on the contrary, use devilish po-litical tactics that appeal

to a vocal minority, the very thing he allegedly op-poses? In the largest sur-vey of its kind in Canada to determine if Canadians should be granted the con-stitutional right to assisted death, the result was over-whelming.

Eighty per cent of those who said they were Christians and 83% of Catholics believe that doctors should be permit-ted to help terminally ill patients end their lives. Equally important, 57% of those surveyed said they had watched someone suffer a terrible death. Of

this group, 85% supported assisted dying. And 85% of disabled people were in favour of assisted death.

A lawyer citing these sta-tistics would convince a jury the case is closed. So would Trudeau’sm “Better angels of our nature.” I have a deep, personal in-terest in this matter, so I hope Trudeau’s angels win the day.

Years ago, the Gifford-Jones Foundation donated $500,000 to the University of Toronto Medical School to establish the W. Gifford-Jones Professorship in Pain Control and Palliative care. In the interim, more doctors have been trained to relieve suffering. But I and the angels know that there comes a time when even the best of pallia-tive care cannot ease all agony.

In February, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada

ruled that assisted death should be an option for those grievously and terminally ill and who wished to end their suf-fering with the help of a physician.

So what did the Harper government do?

The consulting panel for implementation was stacked with members who oppose assisted death. It’s like putting the fox in charge of the hens, an inhumane despicable act for those crying out for help to end their suffer-ing. Good sense should tell Trudeau that the majority of those who elected him have already given him an overpowering mandate to allow assisted death. And that there is no need to waste millions of dollars of tax payers dollars on more time-consuming surveys while people die in misery.

Hopefully, Trudeau and his good angels will also realize that surveys reveal a highly vocal minority, paid administrators (who don’t want to lose their jobs), who continue to shout to High Heaven that the devil will take over and innocent people will be killed by overzealous phy-sicians. What a lie, when the majority of doctors, to their eternal shame, have declared they oppose as-sisted death. Their role is to end suffering.

So, will the prime min-ister begin the day by putting on short knick-ers or long pants? If it’s long pants, he’ll quickly disband Harper’s fox-lad-en committee, and tell his fellow parliamentarians to immediately enact the law allowing assisted death. This would bring Canada into line with the many nations who allow this hu-

manitarian act.Studies from the United

States and other countries that allow assisted death show that relatively few with terminal illness ask for it. But it is comfort-ing to know it’s available. I have stated repeatedly that those who oppose assisted death have every right to end or prolong their lives in whatever way they wish. A study should be done to see how many cry for help when excruci-ating pain strikes.

But I have always be-lieved it irrational and in-humane to allow human suffering when none of us would allow a beloved dog to die in agony.

It’s high time for Trudeau and his good angels to end this great injustice.

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January 1, 2016 will see increased fees for City of Lacombe Planning and Development Services

The fee increase is to ensure that the City is competitive with surrounding

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2016 for consideration under the old fee schedule. Any permit applied for PRIOR

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City Council is exploring an increase to the Safety Codes Fees (building, electrical,

plumbing and gas permits). Proposed changes can also be viewed at the website

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The Bentley Generals have continued their winning ways so far this season.

The Generals are currently sitting atop the Chinook Hockey League standings with a 6-0-1 record thanks in part to the strength of their goaltending.

“Our goal tending has been a strength since the start of the season, even going back to the pre-season,” said Coach Ryan Tobler.

Thomas Heemskirk and Dustin Butler have been outstanding through the fi rst seven games of the season. The tandem has combined for 215 saves on 227 shots thus for a combined save percentage of .947 to set them fi rmly atop the league’s goaltender leaderboard for goalies who have played more than two games.

“They give us a chance every night and that’s all you can ask for from a goalie. They seem to have some nice chemistry and push each other in a good way and that’s great for our hockey club,” Tobler said.

On Saturday night, Heemskirk became the fi rst goalie in the league to record a shut out this season during the club’s 4-0 win over the Innisfail Eagles at the Bentley Arena.

It was a tough, hard-fought game that saw the Generals surge out of the gates for the fi rst period to score two goals in the fi rst 10 minutes of regulation, thanks to a quick marker by Mike Kneeland and a power play goal by Colten Hayes.

The Generals followed that up with an-other pair of goals in the second period off the sticks of Jesse Todd and Chance Lund. Kneeland had an assist on the Lund goal to give him two points on the evening.

Heemskirk was completely untouchable throughout the rest of the game, espe-cially in the third period when Innisfail’s offence threw a total of 10 shots his way while his own team managed only two.

They managed to hold on to their lead through the entire third period and man-aged to win the game 4-0 despite being out shot 30-28 in the game.

“I felt it was a good 60 minute effort. (The Eagles) had a good lineup and we played tight, limited their chances and were disciplined in our systems. I thought we played a good hockey game,” Tobler said after the game.

The Generals, however, did let the Eagles put a total of 30 shots towards their goal, despite allowing just eight chances in the fi rst period.

That defensive consistency, Tobler said, is something the team is really going to focus on throughout the rest of the season.

“We’ve struggled with consistency at times, you know. I’m happy with the record but we still need to clean some things up,” Tobler said.

“We’ve got time to take care of the puck in key situations and play the time and the score and that kind of thing.”

But, according to the coach, those are normal growing pains for the beginning of a new season.

“When you get new guys and you try to get everybody to buy in and get on the same page you go through those growing pains so you hope to kind of go through and fi ne tune them now and prep them

for bigger games,” Tobler said.In addition to the team’s excellent goal-

tending, they’ve also benefi ted from some good offensive support.

They are tied with the Stony Plain Eagles (5-2-1) for the most goals for in the CHL at 38 and easily have the highest goal differ-ential at +25. The next highest goal dif-ferential in the league is the Eagles at +6.

Bentley also benefi ts from having three of the top 10 scorers in the league on their roster in Teegan Moore, who is in third place with 12 points, Colten Hayes, sixth with 10 points, and Scott Doucet, eighth place with nine.

Now, as we near the Christmas break, Tobler said his expectation of the team is two-fold.

“I expect us to get better and keep working. There are four teams and you play each team six times so it’s tough, you know, there’s some good rivalries being built. I think the teams are better this year, especially Stony Plain with what they did adding players and stuff. I just expect us to get better as we go, keep working on things and get ready for the second half push here,” he said.

The Generals are in action again this Saturday night when they head out on the road to take on the Ft. Saskatchewan Chiefs. They won’t be back at home until Dec. 9th when they take on the Innisfail Eagles for a bit of Wednesday night action in Lacombe.

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SUPER SAVE - From left, Thomas Heemskirk of the Bentley Generals made a stop on a shot by Justin Cox of the Innisfail Eagles during regular season Chinook Hockey League action at the Bentley Arena last weekend. The Generals shut out the Eagles 4-0. Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express

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The Lacombe Viking Edge U16B win tourneyBY ZACHARY CORMIERLACOMBE EXPRESS

The Lacombe Viking Edge U16B team are the Lacombe Ringette Icebreaker tourna-ment champions.

The U16B Edge went un-defeated throughout the tournament, which was held last weekend at the Barnett Arenas in Lacombe, to claim the top prize in their category with an 8-1 win over the Edmonton Ice Devils in the fi nal game.

“It went good. We’ve played most of those teams in league so the girls played well,” said Coach Larry Litwin.

The Viking Edge swept through pool play, handily defeating both Beaumont and Saskatoon before en-countering their fi rst real challenge of the weekend in their third pool game against Edmonton, which ended in a 3-3 tie.

The tie meant the two teams would meet again in the fi nal on Sunday.

“We didn’t what to really expect since they tied us,” Litwin said.

The Viking Edge perse-vered, though, and surged to an 8-1 romp of the Ice Devils on Sunday morning to clinch the gold medal.

“The girls didn’t play very good in the tie. We’re one of the top teams in the league and Edmonton is one of the weaker teams so they kind of shocked us with the tie,” said the coach.

Litwin added part of the team’s success comes from the girls’ familiarity with each other.

“The girls really started playing like we want them to. Passing, scoring, they’re really starting to gel right now. It’s actually the same group of girls that we had a year and a half ago when we won provincials in U14 so they’re a really good group.”

And provincials, he said, is the goal for the U16B girls this season.

The home ice win comes on the heels of a tough over-time loss in the gold medal game of the Brass Ring Tournament in Beaumont in October.

“That was kind of tough for the girls. They’ve never actually lost a tournament, so this felt pretty good.”

Also taking home a medal from this weekend are the Lacombe U14A Edge, who claimed the silver medal

after a tough 6-1 loss to the Strathmore Ice in the fi nal.

The tournament itself took place through the en-tire weekend and featured 32 teams in six divisions competing on three ice sur-faces in Lacombe and Clive.

They also had one team from Saskatoon come into town to compete.

“It went really well. I think the kids had a lot of fun,” said Tarina Hampton, who was on the organizing com-mittee and was in charge of the on-ice side of the tournament.

Overall, Hampton said everything went smoothly.

“It takes a lot of planning and there’s a lot of people involved. Thankfully we had a lot of volunteers to help get it all organized and it ended up turning out really well. The weather helped, when it doesn’t snow and teams can get there, that always helps,” she said.

And things went smoothly off the ice too, according to Chantal Romanow, who was in charge of the raffl e part of the tourney.

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Lacombe the response of the donors and sponsors was awesome,” Romanow said, adding sometimes sponsors can be diffi cult to fi nd around the Christmas season.

This is the fi rst of two Icebreaker tournaments the Association holds in the year and featured teams in U12B and C, U14A and B, U16B, and U19B.

The next Icebreaker tour-nament, for teams in U10 and the open category, is set for Jan. 8th-10th.

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STRONG PLAY - Lauren Zajdlik, centre, of the Calgary Ice Breakers tries to keep the ring away from Maya Callihoo of the Hinton Fighting Flames during U12B action at the Lacombe Ringette Association’s Icebreaker Tournament at the Barnett Arenas last week. Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express

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nice and I may eventually decide to put doors on it as I can’t seem to make it look any better than just a closet. She said ‘the fi rst thing you need to do is get rid of those ugly plastic hangers’ – I didn’t even SEE that as a design element.

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