Last week, Public Safety Minister the Honourable Vic Toews, asked me, as our local Member of Parliament, to make the formal announcement that Correctional Service of Canada is investing in increased capacity within the Drumheller Institution and Bowden Institution, both federal penitentiaries.  This additional capacity is part of our Conservative Government's plan to help ensure that criminals serve sentences that reflect the severity of their crimes.
In my speech, I emphasized that our governme

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Kneehill County residents turned out to voice their opinions on Integrated Community Sustainability Plan meetings held in Huxley and Swalwell last week.
An Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) is a Federal and Provincial initiative that encourages municipalities to indentify long-term community objectives and goals. Those goals and objectives would then be evaluated using five factors or "pillars". The five pillars are Environmental, Economical, Social, Cultural and Governance.
"This

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PCAAT Student Ministry Teams return
Three leaders, one question, same answer.
Would you go back?
Kevin Peters said, "Tomorrow." Shannon Weiss said, "Today!" Annette Maningas grinned and said, "When do we leave?"
These Prairie leaders took student ministry teams to Mozambique and the Philippines this summer and, like their students, now face the dauntingly impossible task of trying to compress intense cross-cultural experiences into an emotional package North Americans can understand.
But they would go back, despite the disconnect

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Three Hills welcomes Cst. Bart Warner

 

Three Hills RCMP Detachment welcomes Constable, Bart Warner, accompanied by his wife and three children. Originally from Calgary, Cst. Warner started his career three years ago in Ste Rose Du Lac, Manitoba, as a School Resource Officer. He taught Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), dealt with bullying, and aboriginal policing.
Cst. Warner will be the new School Resource Officer for Delburne, Elnora and Trochu schools during the school year. He will be teaching the D.A.R.E. program to

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