
Censorship Failed: Missing ~$3 Million+ Dominates the Election Debate in Empress, Alberta
Millions of dollars’ worth of gravel has left the municipal pit of this small Alberta village — but the money is nowhere to be found, and taxes keep climbing.
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Alberta Environment and Protected Areas inspection confirms that “the pit was operating outside the approved boundary,” contradicting the earlier “cover-up” by former Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver, who essentially accepted the village’s explanation for the missing taxpayer funds as…

Millions of dollars’ worth of gravel has left the municipal pit of this small Alberta village — but the money is nowhere to be found, and taxes keep climbing.

In the mountain community of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, one family’s call for accountability has exposed what residents describe as a troubling mix of environmental neglect, questionable land dealings, and taxpayer-funded retaliation.

This is the story of a rural Alberta community left to confront a rogue council—and a province that, residents say, looks the other way.

"If we are as bad as I think we are, we could go bankrupt and be absorbed by the county," said Amber Harris, the longest-serving councillor in the Town of Gibbons since 2013.
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