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Writing Portfolio
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
― Ernest Hemingway
Features
 Cannabis Culture: What Alberta's Getting Right |  Alberta business owners on how minimum wage increases will impact their businesses. |  Surrey Biofuel Facility sets new bar in waste management |  Alberta based company focuses on technology that creates biochar through the use of biomatter and pyrolysis. |  A look at some of the important things optometry offices need to take into consideration when planning trunk shows. |
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 Children's Wish Foundation grants wish for young rock fan. |  A look at the responsibilities of oil companies and the processes necessary when it comes to reclamation. |  ESRD selects Lodgepole for third Rocky Mountain District wild fire base. |
Politics
 Town of Drayton Valley enters Memorandum of Understand with European facility. |  Brazeau County passes motion allowing use of off highway vehicles (OHV) in county ditches and right-of-ways. |  Provincial budget moves forward despite political upheaval; looks to operational surplus despite borrowing. |  Just more than 1 year after being elected Brazeau County Reeve steps down from position, officially handing in her resignation Nov. 10. |  Yellowhead MP Rob Merrifield leaves Ottawa to represent Alberta in the U.S. |
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 Diana McQueen named Minister of Municipal A airs and Government House Leader |  MP meets with area residents to talk about Foreign Worker Program |  Brazeau County communication project looks to improve connectivity for residents and businesses |
Breaking News
 An evacuation order for the Hamlet of Lodgepole remained in place Monday morning, but no structural damage had been reported, after residents were told to leave their homes Sunday afternoon when a wildfire threatened the community. |  A collision on Hwy. 22 and Hwy 621 on Feb. 28 sent three to hospital and diverted traffic for several hours. |  Wildfires, they have the power to displace communities, but what many don’t think about is the fact that those who fight them also leave behind their loved ones and their homes. |  With the fire now under control and residents back home, many in the community are counting their blessings and searching for the words to describe how much they appreciate what was done for them. |
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 More than a year after a pilot was killed when his helicopter crashed into a field near the Drayton Valley Municipal Airport the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has released the findings of its investigation into the incident. |  On May 12 at approximately 4:26 p.m., Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) received a wildfire report burning northeast of the town of Lodgepole. |
Columns
 A look at my future in my last column as a reporter for the Drayton Valley Western Review. |  A look at why it's important to reach for self improvement any time of the year and not just as a resolution. |  When tragedy strikes society tends to point fingers, lay blame and not address real issues. |  With stories of abuse comes the bullying of victims. |  A reflection on the importance of acknowledging Canada's treatment of Indigenous peoples. |
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 Body positivity is about more than weight, it's about creating environments of support,acceptance, and understanding. |  It's an annual debate, immigrants are trying to destroy Christmas and change Canada. But are they, after all, what is Canadian? |
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