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Publisher’s Desk West Yellowhead MLA
Dana McArthur
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by Cassie Kushniruk
Standing up to social media giants
GUEST EDITORIAL/COMMENT Letter to the Editor Policy:
Letter to the Editor

Facebook has changes that The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the Editor
continued to take an From the regulate major tech
aggressive posture Publisher’s Desk companies to pay All letters are published at the discretion of the editor-publisher
Dana McArthur
against paying for Member Canadian Association of Journalists news agencies for who reserves the right to edit for clarity, length and libel. All
news content it uses the use of their letters must bear the name of the writer —and must also include
online. Much of the content. “If the address and telephone number (which will not be published).
Letter to the Editor news Facebook uses and profits from is Facebook starts boycotting all these The publisher will consider withholding the writer’s name from
produced and paid for by newspapers countries, at some point their business print if there is a legitimate case for reprisals.
and media outlets. Facebook does not model is going to face some serious Letters published do not necessarily reflect the policies or beliefs
compensate these media outlets for the challenges,” he said. of this newspaper.
use of this content. The shocking part of this is that
Canada's Heritage Minister Steven instead of paying for the news content
Guilbeault is standing up to the social it uses, Facebook would rather choose
media giant as his office prepares to limit the reach of publishers and
policy changes to address concerns of even make news less accessible for the
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Guilbeault said he will continue to becomes so powerful as to restrict news
push back against what he calls access to an entire country, it speaks NEW
“bullying attitudes” by Facebook. This strongly for the case being made
WE HAVE RESUMED
Riding Update: was in regard to retaliatory actions the regarding antitrust. Letter to the Editor Policy WE HAVE RESUMED WEBDONUTS
foreign-owned social media behemoth
These social media giants pay no
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Open Letter: said it would take if the Australia taxes in Canada, suffer no The Weekly Anchor welcomes Letters to the Editor OUR PHOTO SERVICES
government regulated them to pay for
consequences for publishing illegal or
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Earlier this month Facebook pushed ads without compensating news content editor-publisher who reserves the right to edit for
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back by threatening to bar Australian producers. clarity, length and libel. All letters must bear the FIREARMS AND MORE
users from sharing news on their The simple fact is governments have name of the writer —and must also include the
platforms. allowed social media giants to write address and telephone number (which will not be
Guilbeault is considering introducing their own rules and it's time to bring published). The publisher will consider withholding
BY APPOINTMENT
similar rules to Australia's, in Canada. some balance and fairness to the news the writer’s name from print if there is a legitimate BY APPOINTMENT
He stated Facebook will need to 'get agencies who pay for this content. The concern of reprisals.
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—is the continued loss of quality
Jim Eglinski an international policy shift. journalism in Canada and around the policies or beliefs of this newspaper. US TO BOOK A TIME...
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France and Australia have introduced
world.
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6,300 Audited
ViewPoint Dear Editor: half the $4.0 million or so in infrastructure tied to real estate values not profitability it hits publisher will consider withholding the writer’s name from print if there is a legitimate
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Your
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case for reprisals.
spending in Hinton's approved capital budget
especially hard in a recession. Like the one
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It's bad enough that nobody in the Hinton
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existing or planned tax bills. Now that would
falling oil prices and the closing of coal mines.
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taxpayers, business owners and their customers. barely surviving and it's disturbing that a
Infrastructure grants available in the biggest
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infrastructure giveaway in a decade, as if we Tax relief is especially important in hard council and administration too sluggish to 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta
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proposing a 4% increase in property taxes and
of the worst recession of the decade by
FACT- $750,000 and all taxes by 4%because we are in an increase in business taxes of $750,000 (by but for everyone in Hinton. Member of the Edson & District Canadian Weekly Newspapers 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson
5040 3rd Avenue, Edson
Missing a major funding opportunity or hiking
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CHECKING such desperate need for extra money that these increasing the non-residential tax rate from 1.7 taxes would be bad enough. Doing both in the Chamber of Commerce Audit Association 780-723-5787 The Weekly Anchoreekly Anchor
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to 2.0 of the residential rate so a business would space of a couple of weeks is far worse. What,
tax increases were described by
THE HELP SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM CouncillorMaguhn as being merely “a pay twice as much per dollar of property value, if anything, are the administration and Council
helping destroy a competitive advantage our
thinking?
comfortable starting point”.
Comfortable for who? Remember that a
WORLD couple of weeks ago the Town missed out on businesses have over nearby towns). I suppose
governments think “businesses” don't vote. But
SINCE IT
CORRECTION
HELP SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM Apologies on my behalf to the Edson Cycling Association for a about $97 million of federal infrastructure their owners do, and so do their customers and Stuart Taylor Gerald Soroka Views & News
employees who pay the price of rising business
funds that were handed out to six nearby towns
WAS FLAT. misqoute of projected full cost build of the new Bike Park that is for things like wastewater and recreation costs. And remember, since business taxation is MP Yellowhead by Deanna Mitchener
going in out at Willmore. In the last issue my article incorrectly said
facilities. The Town administration eventually
FACT- $350,000 when actually it is a $624,000 projected cost for the full admitted that nothing was submitted, just as The Weekly Anchor Canadian Publication Mail Number - 40014221 Canadian Association
build. Please accept my apologies and I take full blame, not the
Alberta
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according to our local MLA Martin Long we
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opportunity.
THE property tax increase of 1% is equal to about 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson, Alberta 6,300 Audited
Let's do the math here. We know that a
P.O. Box 6870, T7E 1V2
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So a modest request for either Provincial or
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6,300 Audited SERVING: TOWN OF EDSON &
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