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The Chucks and Chariot Races were back in Viking at the Cloverlodge Stampede Grounds over the weekend. This event was organized by the Viking and District Agricultural Society, and sanctioned by the Alberta Professional Chuckwagon and Chariot Association (APCCA). Volunteers and organizers put on another succesful event this year, with the crowds packing the stands each night. Saturday afternoon saw the annual Rib Cookoff, with 11 competitors vying for the winning recipe. See more photos from the events inside.

Chucks and Chariots weekend another exhilarating event Ally Anderson Staff Reporter

From Friday, July 5, to Sunday, July 7, the Cloverlodge Stampede Grounds in Viking were the location of some intense action with the annual Chucks and Chariot races. Excited crowds filled the stands each day to amaze at the talent and speed of the teams racing. The event was sanctioned by the Alberta P r o f e s s i o n a l Chuckwagon and

Chariot Association (APCCA). The weather cooperated for the entire weekend, giving some beautiful sunny days for the event. Food with Flair had their busy food truck, along with an ice cream truck, and other vendors for those in attendance to purchase from. The annual rib cookoff took place on Saturday afternoon at the Multiplex, with brave groups entering their ribs, and a fantastic

showing of those wanting to try each and everyone. Winners were the Royal Purple group with 16 votes. During intermission, the popular mini-chuckwagon drivers take their turn to lap around the barrels, with the youngest contestant being under 6. The event was a huge success, with the Viking and District Agricultural Society and their many volunteers working hard to bring this event back each year.

ALLY ANDERSON PHOTOS

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Adrenaline inducing action at Viking Chucks and Chariot races

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Ontario leads the way on sustaining quality journalism; all levels of government should take similar approach tic news businesses by addressing the advertising revenue challenge through their own advertising spending and procurement policies. We were very encouraged by the recent news coming out of Premier Doug Ford’s government in Ontario that they are directing Crown corporations like the LCBO, the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation and Metrolinx to invest 25 per cent of their advertising spend to Ontario-based news businesses. This is forward-looking, smart policy that other provinces, municipalities and the federal government can follow, and it does not involve any additional taxpayer dollars. Ford recognizes the importance of journalism to Ontario’s economy. According to the Government of Canada’s Job Bank, there are 4,350 journalists working in Ontario. The impact of those journalists goes beyond the economy as they keep communities

Across Canada, governments have supported journalism for generations. Since the founding of Canada’s first newspaper, the Halifax Gazette, which dates to 1752, government advertising has been an important source of revenue for newspapers. Even prior to Confederation, direct supports, like the former Publications Assistance Program, which subsidized the postal delivery of nondaily newspapers, ensured that Canadians had access to high-quality Canadian news. Today, community, regional and national news publishers are struggling with declining advertising revenue. In 2012, Canadian newspaper advertising revenue stood at $3.55 billion. Today, it is under $1 billion. Yet, four out of five Canadians still read newspapers, regardless of format, at least once a week — essentially unchanged since 2012. While things will never go back to the way they were, governments can do a much better job supporting our domes-

across the province connected, informed and engaged. One of the most powerful tools in any government’s policy toolkit is procurement. Procurement can help governments advance socioeconomic policy objectives, including creating jobs and delivering better outcomes. When the Government of Canada spends more per year on advertising with China-based TikTok ($1.1 million) than it does on all of Canada’s print publications combined, something is seriously wrong with government advertising procurement policies. The same holds true for other orders of government. Ontario isn’t the first jurisdiction to adopt an “earmark” approach when it comes to government advertising. New York City’s Local Law 83 mandates the creation of an annual spending report on advertising, displaying each agency’s spending and compliance toward spending 50 per cent of advertising on ethnic and community media.

Subscription revenue alone may be enough to fund websites devoted to intelligent commentary, but fact-based, fact-checked coverage of schools, cops, courts, politicians and businesses — holding the powerful to account — costs real money and demands advertising revenue. We encourage governments at all levels, as well as our leading corporations like the large banks, telcos and retailers, to take a cue from the Government of Ontario and follow its lead in supporting our domestic news publishing industry by earmarking a good percentage of their advertising spend to news businesses. This will allow us to reinvest in high-quality Canadian journalistic content and in innovative techniques that harness the power of digital tools to engage audiences and sustain viable news businesses that serve the public interest for many years to come. Paul Deegan President and CEO, News Media Canada

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WORD ON THE STREET

Distribution of intimate images Police would like to remind the public that unfortunately, there are many fraudsters out there actively trying to scam both money and personal information from you. Never provide either to anyone you cannot positively identify. If you feel that you have been the victim of a fraud, please call your local RCMP at 780-336-3441 or the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-4958501. You can also go on the following website, www.antifraudcentre.c a, for information on some of the scams that are currently circulating. Police would like to remind the public, when reporting a crime or suspicious activity, it is recommended that

you either call 911 or the Viking RCMP Complaint Line at 780336-3434. This will ensure you get a timely response from the member who is currently on duty. Reporting a crime by leaving a message on the Viking RCMP Administrative Line is not recommend as it is not routinely checked by the members but is checked by the administrative staff during normal business hours only. Also, calling or messaging members directly on their personal phones is not recommended because if they are not currently on duty, they then in turn, have to contact the member on shift, which also delays the response time. Viking RCMP

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Federal prison escapee recaptured in Beaver County Kari Janzen

Staff Reporter

On Thursday morning, July 4, Kalum Christian Auger, 31, who had escaped Stan Daniels Healing Centre on May 30, which is a minimum-security federal prison in Edmonton, was arrested in Beaver County. Three RCMP detachments assisted the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) Targeted Response to Auto Theft Prevention (TRAP) Team, which included a helicopter, to stop a fleeing stolen vehicle. “At 11:55 a.m., RCMP were asked to assist the EPS TRAP Team who located a suspicious Mazda sedan leaving the area where a stolen truck was last seen in Beaver County. After an initial traffic stop was attempted, the vehicle fled the area. RCMP officers from Tofield, Fort Saskatchewan, and Strathcona County were dispatched to the area with coordination by the RCMP Real Time Oper-

ations Centre and EPS Air 1,” the Alberta RCMP Media Relations release said. Acting commander of the Tofield detachment Cpl. Kenneth Petruik said at the time of dispatch they did not realize an escaped convict was behind the wheel. “During the initial containment of the suspect’s vehicle, members were unaware the suspect was an escaped federal prisoner,” Cpl. Petruik said. A tire deflation device (TDD) was then used to stop the vehicle, and Auger got out and began running towards a property located at approximately Range Road 192 and Township Road 523, northwest of Tofield. “A TDD was deployed which successfully disabled the vehicle. The lone occupant fled on foot and attempted to steal a vehicle from a local farmyard, however was quickly arrested by police,” the media release said.

IRMA NEWS

IRMA NEWS By Marjorie Lawson

The U11 and U15 Irma Tigers hosted several teams for a tiering tournament on the weekend. This will determine placement for the upcoming provincials. Keith Firkus is now making his home in Camrose. Best wishes go out to Bill Lawson who had knee surgery in Lloydminster on Monday. Kate Green visited with family and friends in the

area last week. Gratton Coulee had great weather on Sunday for their annual car show. The hot conditions are expected to last throughout the coming week. The public library will be hosting the summer reading program for the next three Tuesdays from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Then the library will be closed from July 27-August 9.

“The effective coordination of assets between the RCMP Detachments as well as Edmonton Police Service was instrumental in effectively and safely arresting this wanted escapee. We are pleased to have this offender who was committing crime in our area back in jail,” Cpl. Petruik said. As reported by CTV News Edmonton, Auger was serving time for manslaughter and was the fourth Stan Daniels Healing Centre escape of the year. “He was sentenced to six years and nine months for manslaughter and has previously served sentences for breakand-enter with intent, pointing a firearm, and failure to comply with undertaking.” Auger has now also been charged with flight from a peace officer, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a controlled substance, illegal possession of government documents (x3), and operation of a motor vehicle while Prohibited. “Auger has been taken before a justice of the peace and remanded into custody with his next court date set for July 15, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice

in Vegreville,” the release said. As found on the Stan Daniels Healing Centre website, they are a 72-bed facility housing conditionally released and federally sentenced Indigenous inmates. “The centre is operated by Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA), a minimum-security facility located at a prison in the city's downtown called the Grierson Institution.” Details surrounding Auger’s escaped from Stan Daniels Healing Centre have not been released.

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Grand opening of Viking Gas Field exhibit great success Patricia Harcourt Editor

The grand opening of the Viking Gas Field Interpretive Centre was a great success last Saturday, July 6. Housed in the Annex of the historic St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, the newly opened centre tells the history of the area’s gas discovery and development. It is the project of the Viking Historical Society. It is designed to recognize the giant contribution that the gas companies and employees made to the Viking area over the years. Now that it has reached fruition, the result is being hailed as highly successful. “We are so happy to have had such a great turnout at the opening of the new Viking Gas Field Display,” said Kyla Lawes, of the society. “Atco provided lunch for about 200 people and

we had some very positive feedback on the display,” she said. The display was also open on Sunday for people who missed it or those attending the car show. Lawes added: “We will continue to add to the display, and hope to have made some more progress on it at our next event here to coincide with the 110th anniversary of striking gas in Viking this November.” The society was grateful for the “great show of support and interest in this endeavour,” she said, crediting the volunteers for their hard work. “Elehda Sevcik and Kaye Stewart have been researching, interviewing and collecting artifacts for the last couple of years, and the current and retired employees in the gas camp have been a wealth of knowledge and expertise,” she said. Northwestern Utilities Limited, established in

1923, was a successor to a corporation founded in 1914 to develop the resources of the Viking Gas Field, a deposit of natural gas in the Viking area. During the summer and fall of that year a pipeline was constructed from the Viking field to Edmonton under what was described as “tense conditions,” with the company racing to finish before the winter. As well as the new interpretive centre, the Viking Museum holds many photos of the buildings, items and events concerning this time. The museum is located at the north end of main street is also open for the summer from now until Labour Day. Everyone is invited to stop in and take a summer tour of the historic original hospital now turned museum building and the grounds, which also hold many other artifacts and buildings to explore.

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Volunteers who worked on the gas field project with research and gathering of momentos were, from left: Elehda Sevcik, Kaye Stewart and Kyla Lawes.

At the opening, there were two historic newspapers on display. The first (left) was the original “Gas Struck” extra of the Viking News announcing the discovery of the giant field. At right, is the special Centennial edition with the same words, “Gas Struck” done by The Weekly Review in June 2009.

Morgan and Healther Lawes spent a great deal of time working to help organize time lines and other project information for the historical society.

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Show’n Shine makes for festive main street Viking wieners again a hit with crowd Patricia Harcourt Editor

The Viking Historical Society’s annual Show ’n Shine Car Show gave the main street of Viking a festive air on Sunday. All manner of vehicles graced the curb across from the Viking Legion. People came in the morning to enjoy a pancake breakfast and stayed to look over all the vintage, antique, sport, muscle and other cars and trucks. Others came starting at 11 a.m. and went into the Legion to enjoy a Viking wiener for lunch before heading out to view the panoramic display of vehicles. The wieners are also vintage in nature, having started in Viking in 1936.

They used to be served on the passenger trains that passed through the town in the “good old days,” and became famous for their great original taste. “Stop by the Viking Legion to check out the vintage cars and trucks and taste the history of Viking,” said Kyla Lawes. The wieners, first served last year to rave reviews, were “back by popular demand,” she said. The Historical Society members served the wieners during the entire car show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “We’ve had people coming in and out on a steady basis all day,” said Lawes, who spent the day cooking and serving along with other volunteers of the society.

The Viking wiener was a giant hit at the Show’n Shine Sunday hosted by the Viking Historical Society. Especially popular was the mustard that many insisted was the garnish of choice for their wiener during the luncheon served at the Viking Legion.

Rib cook off at the races a huge hit for its second year

On Saturday, July 6, the second year for the rib cook off at the races took place with 11 teams vying for the winning spot. The crowd flowed through during the event, tasting and voting on their favourite rib. This year’s winner was the Royal Purple with 16 votes.

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Canola blooms make for scenic landscapes The historic buildings of churches and homes in the Viking Museum reflect the rural beginnings of the area. They are augmented by the blossoming canola plants in PATRICIA HARCOURT PHOTO a field on the east side of the museum.

Planting 1,000 trees in west end of county helps with protections The Global Foundation for Social Harmony and Sustainable Development has completed the most extensive tree planting in its history thanks to a record number of volunteers from across Alberta and Canada. “We planted over 1,000 trees this Spring, alone,” said President Winston Gereluk, “and we will reach nearly 18,000 by next year. “Our experience points to the urgency of supporting the wetlands and protecting watersheds in our region, all of which is within the UN-designated Beaver Hills Biosphere east of Edmonton, Canada,” said Gereluk. “However, our efforts to protect watersheds and

stem climate change will be to little avail unless other landowners in our wetland area join in with their own efforts.” This year’s planting by GFoundation (GF) spanned two different watersheds, focusing on wetland restoration sites, forested and open spaces, as well as pilot and experimental plots, with several nurseries. While GF’s tree planting was coordinated for the first time with surrounding landowners, a comprehensive watershed plan is needed for the region to save wetlands or restore them. “Because we also care for the planted trees during their first years of growth, we are keenly aware

of the large number of challenges that are involved in protecting our watersheds through such plantings,” said Gereluk. Earlier this year GFoundation created a special committee to focus on watershed-related activities in the southern portion of the Biosphere. A consultation meeting is planned this Fall with key groups to shape the committee’s activities, especially with landowners. Gereluk thanked the volunteers for this year’s planting and urged them to continue taking part in GF efforts by attending GF’s annual meeting on Sunday next August 25 in Edmonton. For details go to gfoundation.ca.

Experts address ever-evolving risks of social media on youth Brenda Sawatzky Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

It should come as no surprise to anyone that the years following the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed a lot of difficult things about human nature. Not the least of these insights is the negative role social media now plays in the lives of many young people. Driven to physical isolation during the first two years of the pandemic, youth naturally turned to social media to maintain relationships and stay connected.

But experts say that this screentime obsession hasn’t tapered off much since the restrictions were lifted. “Emerging evidence published since the Canadian Paediatric Society’s 2019 position statement on digital media use by school-aged children and adolescents correlates social media use and adverse mental health impacts—effects that have magnified since the onset of the pandemic,” says the Canadian Paediatric Society’s (CPS) website. “Evidence gaps exist on the long-term impacts of social media use and overuse due to novel technologies, but there are enough red flags to warrant action. We are in the

midst of a youth mental health crisis that demands meaningful and conscientious mitigation measures.” Long before the pandemic, parents and experts alike were already recognizing the detrimental effect of social media on children in terms of broad content exposure and online behaviours such as sexting and cyberbullying. According to the CPS, though, screentime remains a defining factor in the research of healthy media use among kids. Based on a study of students across Ontario and Alberta, the CPS says that the average high school Continued on BCC4

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kƺƺȵ Ȓɖȸ ɯ kƺ ɯȒ ȒȸǸƺȸȸɀɀ ƏȇƳ ɵ ɵȒ Ȓɖȸ ɖȸɀɀƺǼǔ ɀƏǔǔƺ ƺ ‫ ډ‬ƳȒȇ‫ڗ‬Ɏ «X¨ ɎǝȸȒɖǕǝ ƬȒȇɀɎȸɖƬɎǣȒȇɀ ɿȒȇƺɀ٨

ƺ Ə ɮ ƺ ȸ ! Ȓ ɖ ȇ Ɏ ɵ ۴ ‫ ׎ ד ٮ ׎ א ׏ ד‬Ɏ ǝ ³ Ɏ ȸ ƺ ƺ Ɏ ً Ȓ ɴ ‫ « ً ׎ ג ׏‬ɵ Ǽ ƺ ɵ ً Á ‫ ׎ ג ׎‬۴ ‫ ׎ ב ו ב ٮ ב ה ה ٮ ׎ ז ו‬۴ ƫ ƺ Ə ɮ ƺ ȸ ِ Ə ƫ ِ Ƭ Ə

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Xx¨ «Á zÁ ( Á0³ hɖǼɵ ‫ו׏‬ ‫ ׎בيח‬x ‫¨ א׏ ٮ‬x‫ ي‬JȒɮƺȸȇƏȇƬƺ ۭ ¨ȸǣȒȸǣɎǣƺɀ !ȒȅȅǣɎɎƺƺ xƺƺɎǣȇǕ ‫¨ ׎׎ي׏‬x ‫¨ ׎בيג ٮ‬x‫« ي‬ƺǕɖǼƏȸ !ȒɖȇƬǣǼ xƺƺɎǣȇǕ ɖǕ ‫ד‬ ǔǔǣƬƺ !ǼȒɀƺƳ ǔǔ

ƺƏɮƺȸ !ȒɖȇɎɵ ǣɀ ƬɖȸȸƺȇɎǼɵ ƏƬƬƺȵɎǣȇǕ ɀɖƫȅǣɀɀǣȒȇɀ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ǔȒǼǼȒɯǣȇǕ‫ي‬ «Iª‫ד׏ٮגא׎א‬XzI« ÁȸƏȇɀȵȒȸɎƏɎǣȒȇ ³ǝȒȵ ٫ XȇƳɖɀɎȸǣƏǼ RƺƏɎǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ àƺȇɎǣǼƏɎǣȒȇ ³ɵɀɎƺȅ !ǼȒɀƺɀ ‫ ׎׏‬x ٢ǼȒƬƏǼ Áǣȅƺ٣ً hɖǼɵ ‫ِגא׎א ًבא‬ ¨ǼƺƏɀƺ ǔǔǣǣȇƳ ƬȒȅȵǼƺɎƺ ǣȇǔ ȇǔȒ ȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ ǔǔȒ Ȓȸ ƏǼǼ ȸƺȷɖƺɀɎɀ Ȓȇ Ȓɖȸ ɯƺƫɀǣɎƺ ‫ ڽ‬ɖɀǣȇƺɀɀ ‫« ڽ‬ƺȷɖƺɀɎɀ ǔǔȒ Ȓȸ ¨ȸȒȵȒɀƏǼɀ ۭ ªɖȒɎƺɀ

áƺ Əȸƺ ƬɖȸȸƺȇɎǼɵ ǼȒȒǸǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ ‫ي‬

!ȒȅȅɖȇǣɎɵ ¨ƺƏƬƺ ǔǔǣƬƺȸ ‫ ٮ‬nƺɮƺǼ ‫׏‬ IȒȸ ȅȒȸƺ ǣȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇً ƏȇƳ ƳƺɎƏǣǼɀ Ȓȇ ǝȒɯ ɎȒ ƏȵȵǼɵً ɮǣɀǣɎ Ȓɖȸ ɯƺƫɀǣɎƺ ‫ ڽ‬JȒɮƺȸȇȅƺȇɎ ‫! ڽ‬Əȸƺƺȸɀ

nƏƫȒɖȸƺȸ ƺƏɮƺȸ !ȒɖȇɎɵ ǣɀ ǼȒȒǸǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ nƏƫȒɖȸƺȸ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ¨ɖƫǼǣƬ áȒȸǸɀ ƏȇƳ XȇǔȸƏɀɎȸɖƬɎɖȸƺ (ƺȵƏȸɎȅƺȇɎ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ‫ גא׎א‬ȸȒƏƳ ȅƏǣȇɎƺȇƏȇƬƺ ƏȇƳ ƬȒȇɀɎȸɖƬɎǣȒȇ ɀƺƏɀȒȇِ (ɖɎǣƺɀ ȅƏɵ ǣȇƬǼɖƳƺ ƫɖɎ Əȸƺ ȇȒɎ ǼǣȅǣɎƺƳ ɎȒ‫ ي‬ɀǝȒȵ ǝƏȇƳً ƫȸɖɀǝǣȇǕً ȸȒƏƳ ȒǣǼ ȵƏɎƬǝǣȇǕً ȵƏƬǸƺȸ ȒȵƺȸƏɎȒȸً ƫȸǣƳǕƺ ȅƏǣȇɎƺȇƏȇƬƺً ƳȸƏǣȇƏǕƺ ǣȅȵȸȒɮƺȅƺȇɎً ƬɖǼɮƺȸɎ ȸƺȵǼƏƬƺȅƺȇɎً ƏȇƳ ƫƺƏɮƺȸ ƳƏȅ ȸƺȅȒɮƏǼِ

(0à0n ¨x0zÁ ¨0«xXÁ³ Áǝƺ ǔȒǼǼȒɯǣȇǕ (ƺɮƺǼȒȵȅƺȇɎ ȵȵǼǣƬƏɎǣȒȇɀ ǝƏɮƺ ƫƺƺȇ ¨¨« à0( ٢ƺɴƬƺȵɎ ɯǝƺȸƺ ȒɎǝƺȸɯǣɀƺ ȇȒɎƺƳ٣ ƫɵ Ɏǝƺ (ƺɮƺǼȒȵȅƺȇɎ ɖɎǝȒȸǣɎɵ ɖȇƳƺȸ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸȒɮǣɀǣȒȇɀ Ȓǔ nƏȇƳ Èɀƺ ɵǼƏɯ zȒِ ‫ ً׏׎זٮזח‬ɀɖƫ ƫǴǴƺƬɎ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ȸǣǕǝɎ Ȓǔ ƏȵȵƺƏǼ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ȸƺǼƺɮƏȇɎ ƏȵȵƺƏǼ ƫȒƳɵ ‫ ٮ‬³ɖƫƳǣɮǣɀǣȒȇ ƏȇƳ (ƺɮƺǼȒȵȅƺȇɎ ȵȵƺƏǼ ȒƏȸƳ ٢³( ٣ Ȓȸ nƏȇƳ ƏȇƳ ¨ȸȒȵƺȸɎɵ «ǣǕǝɎɀ ÁȸǣƫɖȇƏǼ ٢n¨«Á٣ِ ¨¨0 n (0 (nXz0 ȵȵƺƏǼ ȒƳɵ ȵȵǼǣƬƏɎǣȒȇ zȒِ ȵȵǼǣƬƏȇɎ nȒƬƏɎǣȒȇ (ƺɮƺǼȒȵȅƺȇɎ

ɖǕɖɀ ɀɎɎ ‫גא׎א ًו‬ n¨«Á ‫׏ג׎׎(ٮגאٮ׎א׎׎א׎‬ (ƏȇƳƺǼǣȒȇ «ƺȇƺɯƏƫǼƺɀ ¨ǼƏȇ ‫ ٕא׏׎׏ אחו‬nȒɎ ! ǣȇ zá ‫ٮ׏אٮ׎דٮב׏‬á‫ג‬ ³ȒǼƏȸ !ȒǼǼƺƬɎȒȸɀً JȸȒɖȇƳ xȒɖȇɎ ٢Ȓɮƺȸ ‫׎׏‬ȅ‫ א‬ǔǼȒȒȸ ƏȸƺƏ٣

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ÈJÈ³Á ‫גא׎א ًו‬ ³( ‫בג׎׎(ٮגאٮ׎א׎׎א׎‬ kɖȸɎǣɀ ۭ 0ȸǣƬƏ xƏɀȒȇ ¨ǼƏȇ ‫ ٕגוה׏ אחו‬nȒɎ ‫ ׏‬ǼȒƬƏɎƺƳ ǣȇ z0 ‫ٮח׏ٮאדٮדב‬á‫ג‬ (ǣɀƬȸƺɎǣȒȇƏȸȸɵ ɵ ٫ ³ƺƏ ƬƏȇ ٢ ɖǣǼƳǣȇǕɀ ƏȇƳ Èɀƺɀ ƬƬƺɀɀȒȸȸɵ ɵ ɎȒ ¨ƺȸȅǣɎɎƺƳ Èɀƺɀ٣ ɯǣɎǝ ³ƺɎƫƏƬǸ àƏȸǣƏȇƬƺ

¨¨0 n (0 (nXz0 ȵȵƺƏǼ ȒƳɵ ȵȵǼǣƬƏɎǣȒȇ zȒِ ȵȵǼǣƬƏȇɎ nȒƬƏɎǣȒȇ (ƺɮƺǼȒȵȅƺȇɎ

hÈn nç ç ‫גא׎א ًאא‬ ³( ‫בב׎׎(ٮגאٮ׎א׎׎א׎‬ ³ɎƏƬƺ ƺɵ ɵ ۭ zƺǣǼ ñƏƬǝƏȸǣƏɀ ¨ǼƏȇ ‫ ٕגחז׏ א׏ז‬nȒɎ ‫ ׏‬ǼȒƬƏɎƺƳ ǣȇ z0 ‫ٮח׏ٮאדٮדב‬á‫ג‬ (ǣɀƬȸƺɎǣȒȇƏȸȸɵ ɵ Èɀƺ ٫ RȒȅƺ ƬƬɖȵƏɎǣȒȇ Á Áɵ ɵȵƺ XX ٢ǝȒȅƺ‫ٮ‬ƫƏɀƺƳ ȅƏɀɀƏǕƺ ƫɖɀǣȇƺɀɀ٣

ȇɵ ȵƺȸɀȒȇ ɯǣɀǝǣȇǕ ɎȒ ƏȵȵƺƏǼ Əȇ ƏȵȵǼǣƬƏɎǣȒȇ ȅƏɵ ƳȒ ɀȒ ƫɵ ɀƺȸɮǣȇǕ ɯȸǣɎɎƺȇ ȇȒɎǣƬƺ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸƺɀƬȸǣƫƺƳ ǔȒȸȅ ٢ɀɎƏɎǣȇǕ ȸƺƏɀȒȇɀ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ƏȵȵƺƏǼ٣ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ȸƺǼƺɮƏȇɎ ƏȵȵƺƏǼ ƫȒƳɵِ IȒȸ ǣȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓȇ ǝȒɯ ɎȒ ƏȵȵƺƏǼ ƬƏȇ ƫƺ ǔȒɖȇƳ Ȓɖȸ Ȓɖȸ ɯƺƫɀǣɎƺ ɖȇƳƺȸ ³ƺȸɮǣƬƺɀ ‫¨ ڽ‬ǼƏȇȇǣȇǕ ۭ (ƺɮƺǼȒȵȅƺȇɎ ‫ ڽ‬ȵȵƺƏǼǣȇǕ ¨ǼƏȇȇǣȇǕ (ƺƬǣɀǣȒȇɀ IɖȸɎǝƺȸ ǣȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ ȸƺǕƏȸƳǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ƏƫȒɮƺ ƳƺƬǣɀǣȒȇɀ ȅƏɵ ƫƺ ȒƫɎƏǣȇƺƳ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ !ȒɖȇɎɵ ǔǔǔǔǣƬƺً «ɵǼƺɵً ǼƫƺȸɎƏِ

³ɎƏɵ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ǼȒȒȵٍ

Á0«x³ I 0x¨n çx0zÁ‫ي‬ ɀ ȵƺȸ ƫƺƏɮƺȸ ƬȒɖȇɎɵ‫ټ‬ɀ ȵȒǼǣƬǣƺɀ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒǼǼƺƬɎǣɮƺ ƏǕȸƺƺȅƺȇɎ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ǣِɖِȒِƺِ ǼȒƬƏǼ ‫דדח‬ áȒȸǸɀ ɖȇƳƺȸ ƏɀɀǣǕȇƺƳ ɀɖȵƺȸɮǣɀȒȸ Əɀ Ə ǼƏƫȒɖȸƺȸ ƏȇƳ ȅƏɵ ƫƺ ȸƺȷɖǣȸƺƳ ɎȒ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅ ȒɎǝƺȸ ƳɖɎǣƺɀِ ɮƏǣǼƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ɯȒȸǸ ȇȒȇ‫ٮ‬ȸƺǕɖǼƏȸ ǝȒɖȸɀ ǣǔ ȸƺȷɖǣȸƺƳً Əɀ ȵƺȸ ɀƺƬɎǣȒȇ ɀǣɴ ٢‫ה‬٣ ‫ٹ‬ǝȒɖȸɀ Ȓǔ ɯȒȸǸ‫ ٺ‬Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ !ȒǼǼƺƬɎǣɮƺ ƏǕȸƺƺȅƺȇɎ ɯǣɎǝ ǣِɖِȒِƺِ ǼȒƬƏǼ ‫דדח‬ ¨ȒɀǣɎǣȒȇ ƬȒɖǼƳ ƫƺ ƫƺɎɯƺƺȇ ‫ ג‬ƏȇƳ ‫ ה‬ȅȒȇɎǝɀ ªÈ nXIX! ÁX z³‫ي‬ àƏǼǣƳ !ǼƏɀɀ ‫( ד‬ȸǣɮƺȸɀ nǣƬƺȇɀƺ ɯǣɎǝ Əȇ ƏƬƬƺȵɎƏƫǼƺ ƳȸǣɮǣȇǕ ȸƺƬȒȸƳ áǣǼǼǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɎȸƏǣȇ ƏȇƳ ǼƺƏȸȇ ɎȒ ȒȵƺȸƏɎƺ ǼǣǕǝɎ ƏȇƳ ǝƺƏɮɵ ƳɖɎɵ ƺȷɖǣȵȅƺȇɎ ƏȇƳ ɯȒȸǸ ɯǣɎǝ Ƭȸƺɯɀ xƺƬǝƏȇǣƬƏǼǼɵ XȇƬǼǣȇƺƳ ƬȒȇɀǣƳƺȸƺƳ Əȇ ƏɀɀƺɎ ȵȵȒȸɎɖȇǣɎɵ ɎȒ ǕƏǣȇ ɮƏǼɖƏƫǼƺ ɯȒȸǸ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ xɖɀɎ ƫƺ ɯǣǼǼǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɯȒȸǸ ǣȇ ǔǼɖƬɎɖƏɎǣȇǕ ƬǼǣȅƏɎƺɀ ٢ǝȒɎً ƬȒǼƳً ɯƺɎ٣ ƏȇƳ ƺȇɮǣȸȒȇȅƺȇɎƏǼ ƬȒȇƳǣɎǣȒȇɀِ ƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ǼǣǔɎ ‫ ׎ד‬Ǽƫɀِ Ȓȸ ȅȒȸƺ ³ƏǔƺɎɵ ƬȒȇɀƬǣȒɖɀ ƏɎɎǣɎɖƳƺ ¨ ³XÁX z (0Á Xn³‫ي‬ ¨ȒɀǣɎǣȒȇ Áɵȵƺ‫ ي‬IɖǼǼ Áǣȅƺ ٫ ÁƺȅȵȒȸƏȸɵ ³ƏǼƏȸɵ‫ווِדאڟ ٮ ז׏ِ׏אڟ ي‬ Ƴȸǣɮƺȸ‫ټ‬ɀ ƏƫɀɎȸƏƬɎ ƬǝƺƬǸ ɯǣǼǼ ƫƺ ȸƺȷɖǣȸƺƳ ǔȒȸ ɀɖƬƬƺɀɀǔɖǼ ƏȵȵǼǣƬƏȇɎɀِ !ǼȒɀǣȇǕ ƳƏɎƺ‫ ي‬ÈȇɎǣǼ ɀɖǣɎƏƫǼƺ ƬƏȇƳǣƳƏɎƺ ǣɀ ǔȒɖȇƳِ Á ¨¨nç I « ÁRX³ ¨ ³XÁX z‫ي‬ ³ɖƫȅǣɎ Ə ƬȒɮƺȸ ǼƺɎɎƺȸ ƏȇƳ ȸƺɀɖȅƺً ȸƺǔƺȸƺȇƬǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ȇƏȅƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȵȒɀǣɎǣȒȇً ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ǔȒǼǼȒɯǣȇǕ ƺȅƏǣǼ‫ ي‬ƬƏȸƺƺȸɀ۬ƫƺƏɮƺȸِƏƫِƬƏ ȵȵǼǣƬƏɎǣȒȇɀ ƬƏȇ ƏǼɀȒ ƫƺ ɀɖƫȅǣɎɎƺƳ ǣȇ‫ٮ‬ȵƺȸɀȒȇ Ȓȸ ƫɵ ȅƏǣǼ ɎȒ‫ي‬ ¨ Ȓɴ ‫ ׎ד ׎א׏ד ً׎ג׏‬³ɎȸƺƺɎ «ɵǼƺɵً Á‫׎ ג ׎‬ ƺƏɮƺȸ !ȒɖȇɎɵ ɎǝƏȇǸɀ ƏǼǼ ƏȵȵǼǣƬƏȇɎɀ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ǣȇɎƺȸƺɀɎ ǝȒɯƺɮƺȸ ȒȇǼɵ ɎǝȒɀƺ ɀƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ ǔȒȸ ǣȇɎƺȸɮǣƺɯɀ ɯǣǼǼ ƫƺ ƬȒȇɎƏƬɎƺƳ٫

xƏǣǼǣȇǕ ǼǣɀɎ JƺɎ ȇƺɯɀً ȅƺƺɎǣȇǕ ǝǣǕǝǼǣǕǝɎɀً Ɏǝƺ ȸȒƏƳ ƬȒȇɀɎȸɖƬɎǣȒȇ ɀƬǝƺƳɖǼƺً Ɏǝƺ !ǝȸȒȇǣƬǼƺً ƏȇƳ ȅȒȸƺ ‫ ٮ‬ƳǣȸƺƬɎ ɎȒ ɵȒɖȸ ǣȇƫȒɴٍ

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IǣȇƳ ɖɀ Ȓȇ IƏƬƺƫȒȒǸً æ ٢ÁɯǣɎɎƺȸ٣ً XȇɀɎƏǕȸƏȅً çȒɖÁɖƫƺً ƏȇƳ nǣȇǸƺƳXȇِ

XȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓȇ !ȒɖȇɎɵ ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅɀ ƏȇƳ ɀƺȸɮǣƬƺɀ ƬƏȇ ƫƺ ǔȒɖȇƳ Ȓȇ Ȓɖȸ ɯƺƫɀǣɎƺً ƏǼȒȇǕ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ǼƏɎƺɀɎ ȇƺɯɀِ

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Youths on Social Media Continued from BCC1 student spends more than 7.5 hours per day on various screens. For a good many of them, much of that time is spent on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat. However, it’s not just older teens who are overly engaged in screentime. “Three-quarters of Canadian parents are concerned about how much time children spend using media, reporting that 36 percent of their 10- to 13-year-olds spent 3 hours or more per day using digital devices for reasons unrelated to school work,” says CPS. Emma Duerden, the Canada Research Chair in neuroscience and learning disorders at Western University, says that some of the statistics paint an even more dire picture. According to Duerden’s research, screentime today is down only slightly from what some parents were reporting as the norm during the early months of the pandemic. At that time, reports indicated that 13 hours a day on screens for six- to 12-year-olds was common. Using brain imaging to study the impacts of social media on children’s brains, Duerden has found that obsessive use is increasing the levels of childhood depression, anxiety, and aggression. “Absolutely, I think this is a public health issue,” Duerden told the CBC. In response, the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, put out a call in May recommending that social media platforms include health warnings on their sites and apps similar to those found on cigarette packs. Murthy has been said to criticize tech companies for unleashing powerful technology without providing adequate safety measures or accountability. Shortly after, Canada’s Minister of Health, Mark Holland, also went public on this subject—although he didn’t agree with Murthy’s conclusion. Warning labels wouldn’t be helpful, he said. Instead parents should be having these conversations with their kids. What Albertans Think One parent, Jennie Rempel, agrees with Holland. She has three children between the ages of 11 and 16. “Warning labels will do nothing,” Rempel says. “It’s up to parents to set limits.” It’s no easy task for any parent to manage, she admits, but it begins with open conversations with your kids. “As parents we have to be on top of it,” she says. “Blocking them, monitoring, checking their phones and laptops.” As well, Rempel believes that parents should be researching safer alternatives, such as Messenger Kids, which doesn’t require a Facebook profile and can be monitored by parents. Putting a shutoff timer on the Wi-Fi router, she adds, is a good way to manage screen use for the entire family. Another parents, Ricki Harms, agrees that there’s little benefit to a warning label on a social media site. “I’m very thankful I grew up without social media,” says Harms. “It’s terrible for kids. Added peer pressure, more opportunities for bullying… and ridicu-

lous beauty standards for girls to try and achieve. But a warning label wouldn’t really fix any of that. If you are on it, it will affect you.” Elizabeth Legault says that warning labels on social media may actually have the opposite effect of what they intend. “Warning labels just make kids want something more,” says Legault. “[Teaching] abstinence instead of sex education is a really good example of this. Lack of education causes kids to not understand what they need to do to prevent certain things and also to hide those things from their folks.” From Jazmin Dobson’s viewpoint, kids have no business being on social media at all. But since they are, warning labels may pose some benefit. “The warning labels on my cigarette packs don’t stop me from smoking,” Dobson says. “But at least I am fully informed about the choice that I’m making. Warning labels are a way to inform the general public of the dangers of something. Even adults should be aware and informed of the dangers of social media.” Insights from a Child Psychologist Dr. Jo Ann Unger is a Winnipeg-based child and family psychologist. She and a colleague have set out to write a book on the subject of the effects of social media and screentime on children. Almost more importantly, she says, the book will provide useful tools to help parents manage the healthy use of screens and apps. Unger says that research on the subject is certainly imperative in helping set standards that can protect kids. Parents need to understand, though, that the research is based on averages. Recognizing that, they should know that it is possible for them to develop healthy family practices which in turn create healthier kids. It’s all about context. How well are children being supported, how full is their life with other distractions, and what challenges are they facing that might make them more vulnerable? “When we’re looking at these different types of research studies, what we’re often seeing is the averages,” Unger says. “In that regard, having a warning that’s up to date is useful [on average]. There is reason to believe that we are not doing a good job of making the internet or social media platforms set up in such a way that it supports adolescent mental health.” While she doesn’t deny that social media screentime can have adverse affects on adults, too, without question youth and children are exponentially more vulnerable. This is due to their immaturity in terms of brain development, identity development, and social and emotional development. “All [adolescents] have these elements of really being sensitive to rejection, really being sensitive to the approval of others, and figuring out where they belong in terms of their friend groups,” says Unger. “They’re differentiating from their parents, appropriately so, and they’re looking to their peers more than they ever have before for information, for validation, and for support.” As well, she adds, the fear of missing out is much stronger in adolescents than in adults. “For adolescents it’s like, ‘If I’m not online, I’m going to miss something

that’s very important socially and that will have a negative impact on my relationships or my sense of belonging,’” Unger says. Another problem with extended screentime, she adds, is that it provides constant distraction from real life. While it’s an effective boredom prevention tool, she reminds parents that boredom breeds creativity, making it an essential part of life in terms of personal growth. But what is it that makes social media an obsession in the first place? According to Unger, it provides an instantaneous fix and it’s with you all the time. The reinforcement patterns which are built right into social media platforms—the use of symbols indicating “likes” and “loves”—are mechanisms for approval, something we all crave. “That, I think, is what we need to be addressing,” Unger says. “How these social media algorithms and reinforcement patterns are set up to actually keep people engaged. That’s where the changes and regulations need to come in. Right now, they’re set up to benefit the app and their advertisers. They’re there to make money, but the cost is coming at our children’s mental health.” The use of algorithms, Unger says, also adds to the addictive quality of social media. Designed to keep users engaged and scrolling longer, they can have a polarizing effect. “It’s tailored to you,” Unger says. “What you’ve clicked on before, it will give you more of that. And that’s actually influencing the polarization of our world right now. Because it pulls you more and

more in one direction, away from the average, toward one end of a pole.” Responsibility But where does the responsibility lie? Big tech, the regulators, or parents? In Unger’s mind, the onus falls on all three. “Even we as adults struggle with selfregulation,” she says. “There’s research to show that high use [of screens] in parents equals high use in kids,” Unger says. “And high use with parents affects the parent-child relationship as well.” Another question many parents struggle with an answer to is when their child is ready to own their own cellphone device. In Unger’s opinion, this shouldn’t happen before they turn 12. “For some parents, if the child is independently transporting themselves, like walking to school, they might want to have a cellphone for safety and that sort of thing,” says Unger. “But I would challenge parents to think about why their child would need their own device. So if there is a need that it meets, that’s what I would use as my parameter as opposed to, ‘Well, their friends have one.’” It’s a tricky dance, though, when parents don’t want to be the reason their child becomes socially ostracized. One strategy to address that, she says, would be to collaborate with the parents of your child’s friend group in order come to a mutual agreeable age in which the majority feels their kids will get cellphones. The prohibitive cost of giving every member of the family their own cellphone also needs to be considered for many families.

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A delegation brought questions to a regular meeting of Viking Council regarding transparency and other issues of concern. Council received the group’s written list of concerns as presented by resident and former mayor Jason Ritchie. Council did not directly respond at the time but Mayor Jamie Buttner promised a reply to Ritchie within two weeks. Buttner appeared to dismiss the delegation’s questions by commenting that there are people who complain rather than volunteer in the community. He also said that town council was a very transparent council citing recent town open houses held to provide information about council’s activities. He also blamed poor participation by the public as part of the problem with poor turnouts to these open houses as well as recent public hearings held on bylaw changes and other initiatives. Ritchie took exception to comments regarding the people in the delegation not participating or volunteering in the community. “The mayor also mentioned after the delegation (presented its questions) that none of the concerned residents volunteer for anything in town,” he said, adding that delegation members were business owners, a former councillor, taxpayers and seniors that he says donate to events and do volunteer of their time. “Not to mention the other concerned residents which also provided insight and questions that were asked and support the town in other various means,” he said. At the May 21 meeting, council ended the uploading of recorded meetings for people to watch after the fact. Buttner and Councillor Dana Ewashko both felt that if people want to view the meeting they should do so live when it is occurring. This decision, however, was quickly reversed at the next meeting in June. Deputy Mayor Cindy Lefsrud brought the issue back to council stating she had changed her mind from her previous vote, which had been in favour of stopping the postings. This time, the vote went 3-2 for posting a particular meeting on the town website until the next meeting is held. In May, council also agreed to add a closed session meeting the first Tuesday of each month so councillors could speak freely. This was explained as an attempt to increase understanding and communication between councillors, along with the CAO. Still, Buttner told Ritchie after the delegation submission was read out he felt council was already very transparent. He noted that council has started a “Council Coffee Talk” on the town website which will outline decisions made at the previous meeting of council. However, criticism from Ritchie was that the first Coffee Talk did not list everything that had gone on in the meeting being covered. At council’s May meeting, the delegation listed over 10 items of concern, but started with a greater need for transparency, saying the newsletter leaves decisions out, and “citizens have a right to ask questions.” The list questioned why the town is paying for fixing the drainage problem on the east side of Viking, when it is mainly the county’s water draining into town that caused the problem. Also, the new filtered raw water pump station was built at town expense but provides water mainly for county users, so the delegates say the county should also be contributing. “Did the town ask for funding from the county?” they asked. The town is also paying for the road maintenance of county residents hauling water that come into

town and use the main street to access the raw water site. And the delegation questioned the initiative regarding the building of a new town office and library on main street, stating there is potential for contamination as the site that was being considered was a former service station. There were questions regarding costs to build it, and if the library would also contribute if it is included. They questioned if this was a “want” rather than a “need” at this time. Also questioned was the use of Vialta Lodge residents included in a survey on a move of the town office as many of them they are, for the most part, not taxpayers. And there were many questions on the progress of compensation talks by the town with Suncor regarding the contamination around Secondary Highway 619 adjacent to Highway 36. Ritchie said he did receive responses from admin-

istration to the delegates’ questions, but not for all as some were blacked out to indicate they were not being answered. The 619 questions, for example, were blacked out citing Freedom of Information and Privacy (FOIP) Act concerns. FOIP was also cited for not answering questions concerning Councillor Code of Conduct issues. The presentation to council had stated that any dealings with councillors on this topic “should be open and the public aware of what has occurred.” This should include making public Highway 14 Water Service Commission expenses, said the presentation. The delegates called for town council meetings to be uploaded for the public to watch at its leisure, a move that council agreed to in June. Also in the interest of transparency, the delegation stated that councillor information sheets should be Continued on Page 15

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The Weekly Review, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - Page 13

OBITUARIES

Carol Elizabeth McKie

With sadness the family of Carol Elizabeth McKie announce her passing on July 2, 2024, in Camrose, Alberta at the age of 84 years. A Celebration of Life with be held at the Viking United Church, Viking, Alberta on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at 2

p.m. Interment will be at God’s Acre Cemetery, Kinsella, Alberta with a time of fellowship to follow at the Kinsella, Community Hall, Kinsella, Alberta. Donations in memory of Carol may be made to: God’s Acre Cemetery, Box 86,

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