Description: News from Red Deer and area - RD 6 NF 29700:00 - Hobemma [Maskwacis] Day 2 - Protesters - 2 local MPs came to listen to the Samson Cree Nation concerns. Will continue to occupy - want to know where money is being spent. Local MP says meeting with band and council is needed01:05 - Hobemma [Maskwacis] Day 3 - Samson Cree protesting outside council. Accusing council of misusing funds. Chief Buffalo would not comment04:02 - United Way Fund - apartment building in Lower Fairview destroyed by fire. United Way helping. [Scott Cameron] interviewed05:43 - Curly horses - Sandy Hinksler interviewed. Near Bowden07:15 - Hobemma [Maskwacis] meeting - emotional reunion for Samson men forced out. Agreed to an open Band meeting09:00 - Samson Cree meeting - Chief should be fired - Samson Band - Chief Florence Buffalo says this is uncalled for. Protesters say council is corrupt10:40 - Bear Picket - Michener Centre dietary workers picketing outside Bear Security - its employees are scabs. Union members confronted Bear manager12:15 - Grimm Autism - Aaron Grimm not in class - his mother would not let him attend Clear Vista School's special needs program - not what is right for Aaron. Wetaskiwin13:54 - Dan Cornish tribute. Former Red Deer College president passed away one month ago. Lynne Mulder - RDC president, Keith Mann, music instructor, Curtis Van Hyfte, past student president, Rene Cornish, wife speak at tribute15:57 - Private Doctor - Dr. Linda Witham - opting out of healthcare and charging patients privately. Dr. McCauley, husband, respects her position18:00 - Gas prices - 47.9 cents per litre - Save-on-Gas, Superstore.19:00 - Sylvan Lake ambulances - may need to hire another service as well20:24 - School closures - less funding for education. Red Deer Public School Board has endorsed closure of 3 schools including G.H. Dawe Middle School, Central Elementary, Piper Creek Elementary. Recommendations only at this point. Bill Stuebing interviewed22:27 - Hobemma [Maskwacis]back - Warriors are meeting - want accountability. Council agrees change is needed but not through stepping down24:05 - Home school - Liz Whitten home schools her children. Brings family together Christian Home Educators Association - help find activities25:47 - Hope foundation - healthcare workers using hope as part of their work27:15 - Nursing program - nursing student assisting with pregnancy. Purpose to gain first hand knowledge of pregnancy through delivery28:46 - Hobemma [Maskwacis] presser - Cree council wants a task force to address issues. Vern Saddleback speaks. Protesters - band-aid solution30:23 - Acid leak - Red Deer Industrial Park. [?] Neilsen practicing with Central Alberta Rescue Service when a call came in to survey the cloud. Described vapour cloud to Red Deer EMS, evacuations. EMS interviewed. NOWSO searching for cause of leak32:00 - Golden Circle Maintenance - program aimed at keeping seniors in their home - lawn care, snow removal.33:16 - Throne reactions - MP Bob Mills - Liberals are a worn out government. Colleen Jensen - Social Planning interviewed. Youth services interviewed. RCMP Dan Doyle interviewed34:46 - 911 - Dispatch centre in Red Deer will serve all of surrounding counties. Pre assigned ambulance company will bee sent to the scene36:32 - Sylvan Lake VLTs - VLTs to be pulled from Sylvan. Players say it is unfair to remove from one community and not others. Stockwell Day - will honour the VLT vote38:10 - Bikers - RDTV show Viewpoint - panel discusses outlaw bike gangs in Alberta. RCMP Dan Doyle, MP Bob Mills and Gerald Weldon, Calgary Police Detective. Weldon would not appear with a gang member without permission, so biker was not part of the panel. The local Hells Angels member interviewed - show suffered from one sided view of club40:04 - Hobemma follow up - Maskwacis protesters released from jail for damage of band office. Council say there is no proof of band mismanagement41:59 - Transit budget - new subdivisions may not have adequate service. City staff interviewed - Transit asking for $57,000 for 1998, plus more for Action Bus and Sunday bussing43:34 - Buzz Hargrove - striking Michener food service workers. Buzz Hargrove, Canadian autoworkers leader - government needs to protect workers. Criticized province for not passing anti-replacement worker legislation45:03 - Daycare funding - parents and staff opposed to government changes to subsidies. Give money directly to low income families will mean less funding into the daycare (day care, child care, childcare)46:38 - Native blockade - picketing high unemployment, high welfare. Targeting general public to inform. Concern with use of funds by council. Maskwacis48:06 - Lacombe VLTs - Lacombe plebiscite - pass bylaw to request province to remove VLTs. Sylvan Lake and Rocky Mountain House have removed them already49:50 - Midwives rally - lack of funding for midwives51:28 - Lacombe VLT vote - people interviewed about VLTs. Mayor interviewed53:21 - Lacombe VLT vote folio - machines will be removed by a 6 vote difference. People interviewed55:08 - Bosnia relief - Man sponsoring his sister from Bosnia to come to Canada. Suffering continues - refugees cannot find work. Near Innisfail56:43 - Business Awards - 1997 Business of the year - T.A. Murphy Petroleum. Murphy's are interviewed. Small business of the year - Hi-Tech Radiator58:47 - Michener - Union members in support of Marriot Strike - holding up entrance to site. CAW members came in support. RCMP called to open road1:00:32 - Satellite rip off - channels cut off. Satellite provider changed and want subscribers to pay again. Heaven Sent Satellite would not commen

Contributor: DelFrari, Rhona

Date: 1997 - Creation Date

Date: 2019-05-04- Digitization Date

Type: MovingImage

Format: 1 videocassette (1:02:19) : Betacam SP

Format: 1 video file (1:02:19) : col., .mov

Identifier: VC334

Source: MG 574 CHCA Television fonds

Source: 2011-007

Language: en

Relation: Created by CHCA TV in Red Deer and stored at the station until its closure in the fall 2009.

Coverage: Red Deer, Alberta

Coverage: Samson Cree Nation

Coverage: Lacombe, Alberta

Coverage: Maskwacis, Alberta

Coverage: Sylvan Lake, Alberta

Rights: Copyright assigned to Archives

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