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PASSPORT PHOTOS & MORE continued from front “We need this pipeline, yesterday!”
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photos ready continued from front For three hours, semi-trucks, pickup government sat by quietly while homelessness and suicide rates. “We stood up and did something for them;
in minutes continued from front trucks, small cars, and even a tractor events transpired that harmed need this pipeline, yesterday!,” he maybe we said something for them.”
“I'm hoping people go home today
drove through town, honking their Alberta's economy, such as the said. “This is just the ignition of a very
while you wait... continued from front horns in support of Edson's hard cancellation of the Northern Gateway raging fire that's about to come.” after being here and are a little more
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Th continued from front working men and women in the oil and pipeline, and extension of the After the rally, Goodwin noticed the enthused that 'maybe we are going to
gas sector. Participants also attached equalization formula. “Why, three smiling faces of community members get back to work'. 'Maybe we are
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5040 3rd Avenue, Edson continued from front signs to their vehicles with sayings days before Christmas, are we at a and convoy participants. “There's a lot going to save my house, save my
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such as 'No Carbon Tax' and 'Fuel isn't pipeline rally? Why are we so of smiling faces that weren't smiling truck, save my family',” said
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continued from front today how passionate Edson is about happening in our province? We can't
what's going on in our province,” said afford to sit by quietly anymore. In
continued from front UCP candidate Martin Long, who was Alberta we just want to work,” Long
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continued from front convoy. Town of Edson Mayor Kevin
Local community members also Zahara opened up his speech by
continued from front came out to support the rally from the saying how proud he is to be Mayor of
continued from front streets by holding up signs with the Edson, a town who has shown
continued from front saying 'Build that Pipeline' and tremendous support for the oil and gas
cheering for their local oilfield industry in Alberta. “When the
workers who passed by in the convoy. announcement came that the [Trans
To prove how important this issue is Mountain Expansion] project was not
to those across Canada, people as far going to be moving forward, it was
a s B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a a n d like a light switch went off in our
Saskatchewan made the journey out to community,” he said. “Just before
support Alberta in Edson's rally. then everybody was looking forward
Goodwin mentioned how Alberta's to work. We actually saw the light at
struggling oil and gas industry has the end of the tunnel after the
even affected people as far as New recession. Then that announcement
Brunswick, “I have 20 people in my came on and everything changed.”
family that do fly-in jobs. They're not “Edson really is the centerpiece for
doing them anymore because there's the Trans Mountain expansion
no work.” project,” Mayor Zahara continued.
Many people came out to the rally in “We had the Trans Mountain pipeline
support of pipeline expansion projects through our community for decades,
that have been cancelled, such as the and we had not one single incident on
Trans Mountain Expansion project. that pipeline in our community. We
The Trans Mountain Pipeline runs care deeply about the environment in With signs reading “We Love Canadian Oil & Gas” and “Build that Pipeline”
through nearly one third of the this province, but we also want to -community members lined the streets of Edson to support the pro-pipeline
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30,000 to 40,000 people back to work give that money back to us so we can
if that were to happen.” support our province.” Foothills Memorial Chapel and Crematorium
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Following the convoy, community That's the thing we need to start
photos ready members gathered at Centennial Park looking at; supporting our industry
in minutes to hear messages from several local because we need the industry.”
Alberta Party candidate Kristie
dignitaries.
Before the speeches, the dignitaries Gomuwka thanked the men and
while you wait... gathered together to sing a rendition of women who work hard in the oil and
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where they instead sang about community.
Alberta's oil and gas industry. The Edson and District Chamber of
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unite to make a change. “We need to Darlene Chouinard with the Chamber.
get that message across to our “We have to find a solution—today's on site in Edson.
neighbors in Eastern Canada,” he said. demonstration shows us standing Cemetery Monuments.
“The Government of Canada is not together as Alberta.”
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sure that we get pipelines built.”
UCP candidate Martin Long then losing their homes and families, and
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