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Article content Hannah Konschuh, a grain farmer growing wheat, canola, barley and yellow peas in Albertaâs Wheatland County, has been fighting with oil and gas companies that either havenât paid or are aggressively trying to reduce their leases for the wells that dot her land. Sheâs not alone. Further south toward Medicine Hat, Ron Huvenaars, a farmer growing barley, wheat and quinoa, and who is also president of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation, says heâs been helping a growing number of Alberta farmers deal with energy companies looking to cut costs by withholding payments to farmers. ....
Photo provided by City of Farmington Hills Farmington Hills police welcome 10 new officers Advertisement FARMINGTON HILLS If you stop by the Farmington Hills Police Department or get pulled over while out on the road, you may be met with a new face you haven’t seen before. On Dec. 18, 10 new police officers were sworn into the department. Farmington Hills Police Chief Jeff King said the decision to onboard the new class of officers came from preparing for roughly five to six retirements that could take place this year. “We’ve always been trailing two to three officers behind our authorized staffing levels,” King said, adding that the department’s budgeted staffing level is 106 people. “It was easily established that anywhere from eight to 10 officers would bring us in the area of our full staffing when these pending retirements took place.” ....
âExceptional candidates, top recruits, very qualified.â Thatâs how Farmington Hills Police Chief Jeff King describes 10 new officers recently sworn in to his department. King credits an âaggressive recruitment strategyâ for the new hires, as law enforcement agencies in general experience what he calls a âhiring crisis.â - Advertisement - Many of them had multiple conditional offers from Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, he said. This is not about just getting bodies â we wanted exceptional candidates. The officers will fill spots created by retirements, both recent and anticipated in upcoming months, as well as bringing staffing levels up, King said. ....