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HOME OF Available at OLD FASHION FOODS HEAD OFFICE PH: (306) 352-8623 VITA-MAN! September 8, 2015 VOLUME 4 • issUE 37 IT IS OUR MISSION TO SERVE OUR READERS IN WHITE CITY, EMERALD PARK, PILOT BUTTE, BALGONIE, ZEHNER, EDENWOLD & SURROUNDING AREAS WITH NEWS AND ADVERTISING OF HIGH INTEGRITY. Emerald Park Shoppers to open spring 2016 MICHELLE NICHOLSON he building is up and trades vehicles continue to come and go from the Dad Garrett and Mom 7,700 square foot space. The questions Lindsay posed with Tswirling around the community as to: “when their son Grady in front of Emerald Ridge is Shoppers opening in Emerald Park?” has Elementary school, come a step closer to being answered. September 1. The September 1, a news release from Shop- family had just dropped pers Drug Mart indicated the new store will First day off daughter Ryden be opening spring 2016. for her first day of “We don’t have an exact month as of Kindergarten. yet, because it’s a bit far out,” Lana Gogas, Photo Michelle Nicholson Manager of Communications and Corporate Affairs for Shoppers Drug Mart said. Gogas said 20 to 25 staff members will be needed for the store and the corporation wants to hire from the local community. The store will not have a large grocery of school area to provide “enhanced food offerings” as presented in some of the recently revamped Group rallies for lights at Pilot Butte access road Regina stores. Event serves as a plea for Minister of Highways to meet with grieving mother and community “But they will offer an enhanced conve- MICHELLE NICHOLSON nience and essentials section,” she said and It was at this intersection in 2013 that “We live in this community, we take pride indicated more details about the store will Lane Antosh lost his life. His mother Wanda in our community, our houses, our homes, be coming as the opening draws closer. n a bright, clear Sunday afternoon, a Campbell was one of the rally organizers. our businesses, we need to take pride in this Gogas had no information about delays rally was held at the Pilot Butte inter- Campbell and those gathered want lights highway. This highway is our access to our and said the company is aware that a section of Highway 1 and Highway put up at the intersections along Highway homes and I think we need to take a stand Sobeys/IGA is opening up behind their new O362 (a.k.a. Pilot Butte access road). During 1 for the communities of Balgonie, White and have something done about this and location. the rally it became clear the intersection is City/Emerald Park and Pilot Butte. have something done now.” hard to navigate. At one time five cars were Campbell and several others in the com- Campbell said there isn’t time to wait for in the intersection. munity have sent letters to Minister of High- the overpasses to be built. The Pilot Butte “I want lights here. It saves a life. I’m ways and Infrastructure, Nancy Heppner, overpass (part of the Regina Bypass project) on White Butte [Regional Planning Com- asking for intersection traffic lights and will not be completed until 2019, the last of mittee], I’ll probably get a little hack from have received similar signed form letters in the three after Balgonie’s and White City’s. there. But there should be lights. They have return. They find this dismissive. “I hope that she realizes that as a com- them in Alberta. They keep on telling me it’s Campbell confirmed she has never had a munity we’ve come together,” Campbell said going to cause accidents. Lights do not cause one-on-one visit with the Minister, nor has a of Minister Heppner of the Ministry of High- accidents,” Gerhardt Ernst said and made it meeting invite been received. She said she ways, “We’re not just a little group of people, clear he was there as a concerned private would be more than willing to take a meet- we are now more than one or two saying citizen and was not speaking as a councillor ing if offered. something needs to be done. We’ve lost far or on behalf of the Town of Pilot Butte. “For me, not only is it a personal thing, too many members of our community on “One of my friends died there...I’ve but for this community, I don’t want another this intersection alone.” known him for years,” Ernst added. person to go through this,” Campbell said. 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They assessment and trailer license fee collec- also asked for information about whom tion. the owners were collecting fees from and The previous owners of Copper Sands amounts collected. mobile home park, Noreen and Arlie Kor- McIvor asked the Saskatchewan Assess- num used to collect trailer license fees ment Management Agency (SAMA) to add 15092AX1 from residents. Those fees were then the development to the pick-up list in the passed along to the RM each year. fall and they have indicated they can. A bylaw on the books from 1993 indi- “I commend them for making those cated the Kornums were to pay the fees resources available for us to do it because monthly. we know it’s a big project,” said McIvor. “Council has decided we’ll put every- SAMA plans to have assessors out in body on the assessment roll. Everybody October. Assessments will take place over will be responsible for their own taxes. the course of a few weeks. But their building only, because they pay “One of the reasons we’re not [going for the land that this landowner owns,” out right away] is because we just got the Ready for the DEEP FREEZE? McIvor said. request and it takes us a few weeks to go Don’t forget to WINTERIZE your summer toys! Shorty after letters were sent out from out there anyway,” SAMA CEO Irwin Blank Packages from $139. See ffuncentreregina.com for details. the RM [which included information from said, “but in this case there is a meeting Saskatchewan Assessment Management between the Copper Sands property own- Agency (SAMA)], informing residents ers and the municipality that we under- of the change, Copper Sands residents stand will be set up for mid-September received a letter from a representative and we want to make sure that meeting from the ownership group. The letter occurs, and proper communication occurs, dated August 25, 2015 stated taxes and before we start our work.” fees have been paid to the RM, and that McIvor confirmed a representative from the RM is using the assessment as a means Copper Sands ownership has indicated to increase taxes. they will attend the September 22 council “The RM made a deal with the Kor- meeting. nums that they could just pay us at the An associate of Copper Sands new own- end of the year and it was always done,” ership team declined to comment. explained the RM’s Chief Administrative NOT JUSTReady for the DEEP FREEZE? Don’t forget to WINTERIZE your summer toys! ReadyPackages from for $139. the See ffuncentreregina.com DEEP FREEZE for details. ? PUBLIC NOTICE Don’t forget to WINTERIZE your summer toys! TOWN OF WHITE CITY Packages from $139. See ffuncentreregina.com for details. Public Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Section 207(1) of The Planning and Development Act, 2007 that the Council of the Town of White City intends to amend Bylaw No.