Wetaskiwin proposes liquor bylaw
On September 14, Bylaw 1753-09 was presented to Wetaskiwin City Council. If the bylaw is adopted by council, it will regulate 1) Pawn shop hours from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, 2) Liquor retail establishment hours from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, 3) Liquor off-sales hours from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm, and 4) Liquor...
Wetaskiwin, the good and the bad
"Good: People, awesome elementary schools, healthcare (physicians, hospital), Tea Shop, Body Logic, Nutters, movie theatre, reasonable taxes, Iron Boar, mail delivered to door, Reynolds museum, good sports for kids ..."
How about a soup kitchen?
"How about a soup kitchen, that offers a one way bus ride back to Hobbema? Send them home with a full belly at least"-- submitted at www.wetaskiwintomorrow.ca
Does Wetaskiwin need a soup kitchen? What about transportation to (and from) Hobbema?
What changes would you most like to see here? The Pierces
Tim and Lone Pierce answer the question "What changes would you most like to see here?"
More public art
Public art is often a controversial subject -- tastes, of course, vary and there is a valid debate on the use of public money. Yet, some will say that public art gives your community a sense of culture and personality.
What do you think: is public art worth the cost? What would you like to...
A permanent homeless shelter
What changes would you most like to see here?
"We need to take care of our less fortunate. We must have a shelter for the homeless. Just because you and I are doing well does not mean we can ignore the needs of others.
– Submitted on Wetaskiwin Tomorrow Survey
Blue box pickup
What changes would you most like to see here?
"I am a senior and can no longer lift recycling and cart it to the recycle bins. I would like to see "blue box" pickup."
– Submitted on Wetaskiwin Tomorrow Survey (City Voice)
To promote the city more
How could you make [the changes you would like to see] happen?
"Ask Mayor and Council to promote the city more."
– Submitted on Wetaskiwin Tomorrow Survey (City Voice)
To establish a civic fund-raising office
"Wetaskiwin has stayed a blue collar town. It does not look like that has been a winning strategy.
I doubt if the town can get an academically oriented college soon, so that source of leadership is probably not going to be available here. What the town does have is a very substantial wealth base. It badly...
More Industry
What changes would you most like to see here?
"More industry. To create more jobs. This town is going nowhere without it."
– Submitted on Wetaskiwin Tomorrow Survey (City Voice)
A vagrancy law
What changes would you most like to see here?
"Bring back the vagrancy law -- all persons need to have a min[imum] amount of money on them when wandering the town."
-- Submitted on Wetaskiwin Tomorrow Survey (City Voice)
A curfew
What changes would you most like to see here?
"A 9 pm curfew (9 or 10 pm). A siren heard around town so all minors need to go home or indoors."
-- Submitted on Wetaskiwin Tomorrow Survey (City Voice)