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. I travelled to Empress, a forgotten community of about one hundred people near the Saskatchewan border to cover the public municipal election debate. When I arrived to film, the hall manager told me to leave — because he didn’t like my reporting on the missing taxpayer funds. A physical altercation ensued. WHERE IS THE