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Publishing date: Feb 16, 2021 • February 16, 2021 • 13 minute read • Paul McLauchlin, Reeve for Ponoka County and President of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta, is seen with his family s horses on their farm near Pigeon Lake on Monday, Jan. 18. The county has seen high rural crime rates and rising unemployment due to the oil price crash and the COVID-19 pandemic. McLauchlin feels a provincial police force would be expensive and complicated to replace existing RCMP policing in the area. IAN KUCERAK/Postmedia
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“I’m 30 minutes from a police officer.”
This is the day-to-day reality for thousands of rural and small-town Albertans, including Paul McLauchlin, a county councillor and reeve for Ponoka County in central Alberta, which boasts a population of just over 9,000.
Posted: Feb 13, 2021 11:55 AM NT | Last Updated: February 14
Photos on social media Saturday morning showed heavy damage to a Marie s Mini Mart in Conception Bay South.(Submitted)
The latest public health orders locking down the province made for a relatively quiet night for the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary until 3:30 a.m. Saturday, when an alarm was tripped at a store in Conception Bay South.
On arrival, police discovered what they described as extensive damage to the front of the building. There was an abandoned front-end loader nearby.
The RNC did not identify the business in this latest incident, but pictures on social media showed heavy damage at a Marie s Mini Mart in Manuels in C.B.S.
Sherry Gambin-Walsh is fighting for political survival. The Tories sense an opportunity
Placentia-St. Mary s is one of 40 districts up for grabs in the Feb. 13 provincial election, but it has more subplots than most, with the controversial Liberal incumbent seeking her third election victory.
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Posted: Feb 03, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: February 3
Liberal incumbent Sherry Gambin-Walsh, left, is being challenged by PC candidate Calvin Manning in the district of Placentia-St. Mary s. A third candidate, Clem Whittle, representing the NL Alliance, has had his campaign interrupted by illness.(Sherry Vivian/CBC)
Sherry Gambin-Walsh is counting on a little magnetism to get her re-elected in Placentia-St. Mary s.
Vandals strike building intended to be new mosque in Conception Bay SouthÂ
Plans for a much-needed mosque near St. John s have come to light through an act of vandalism at the work site.
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Posted: Feb 02, 2021 2:22 PM NT | Last Updated: February 2
The National Council of Canadian Muslims posted this photo of vandalism at Baitul Ehsaan, a mosque under renovation in Conception Bay South. (National Council of Canadian Muslims/Facebook)
Plans for a much-needed mosque near St. John s have come to light through an act of vandalism at the work site.
Safwan Choudhry of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama at Canada says local members of his organization discovered smashed windows, shattered light bulbs and a kicked-in fireplace in a building in Conception Bay South on Thursday.