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Woman previously convicted in death of horses pleads not guilty to new animal cruelty charges
Woman previously convicted in death of horses pleads not guilty to new animal cruelty charges

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Woman previously convicted in death of horses pleads not guilty to new animal cruelty charges

A Parkland County woman who has been convicted multiple times of starving and mistreating horses has pleaded not guilty to new charges of animal cruelty. Patricia Moore's lawyer entered the plea on her behalf in an Evansburg, Alta. courtroom on Monday. In April, Moore was charged with possessing stolen property, two counts of causing unnecessary pain and suffering or injury to an animal, breaching a court order, and breaching a probation order. Police seized several horses from Moore's property at the time the charges were laid. Moore has a court-ordered lifetime ban from owning horses. The ban was imposed in 2022 after Moore was found guilty under the Animal Protection Act on four charges in relation to the deaths of seven horses in 2018. A total of 65 horses and six dogs were seized from her property in that case. She was also convicted of permitting horses to be in distress in 2012. Moore was released on conditions after her arrest in April, including rehoming any horses still on her property. A trial date will be set next month. With files from CTV News Edmonton's Jeremy Thompson

‘Tomorrow never really seems to come': What waiting through Jasper rebuild approval process feels like for some residents
‘Tomorrow never really seems to come': What waiting through Jasper rebuild approval process feels like for some residents

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time6 days ago

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‘Tomorrow never really seems to come': What waiting through Jasper rebuild approval process feels like for some residents

Some Jasper residents are frustrated about how look it's taking to rebuild after a wildfire destroyed a third of the town last summer. (Jeremy Thompson/CTV News Edmonton) Although Jason Stockfish's house in Jasper's Cabin Creek neighbourhood was one of many that was burned down by a wildfire on July 24, 2024, he recognizes the situation has provided his family an opportunity to rebuild their beloved home newer and better – eventually. 'We've got drawings. We've got our paint picked out. We got our appliances picked out. We know exactly what it's going to look like,' he told CTV News Edmonton in a recent interview. 'I spend half my days just dreaming about being in my new home and wishing that the future would come faster.' Although his family is ahead of most others in the rebuild process – their lot has been clear of debris for about two months now and design work is finished – they find themselves in a painful limbo waiting for development and building permits, all the while living in a camp trailer. Stockfish chalks the delay up to bureaucracy. There are many approvals needed to build in Jasper National Park. One of the first was aesthetics. The latest has been soil samples, which suggest too-high copper levels in his yard. 'I don't know,' he said after trying to explain this recent hiccup. 'It's a little confusing.' Jason Stockfish CTV News Edmonton's Jeremy Thompson interviews Jason Stockfish in Jasper. Another is that the Cabin Creek neighbourhood doesn't have standardized zoning, nor does the municipality recognize zero lot lines, where a house is built on one property line and only has one side yard. Instead, each lot is zoned differently, according to Stockfish's builder. 'To rebuild on this scale, a lot of the zoning isn't necessarily up to date on new construction zoning and methodology, so that's a little bit tricky to navigate when you're using, you know, motifs from the 70s,' said Kevin Read, president of Encore Master Builder in Edmonton. 'We started going for permits in March. So I figured, OK, March, give a couple months, we'll be (starting construction in) May,' he added. 'Right now, we're pushing for the end of August.' Jasper rebuilding update The town has much building to do. The fire destroyed about one third of Jasper's structures, around 300 buildings. As of Wednesday, nine properties in Cabin Creek had received a development permit and just two had received a building permit, according to a permit progress map on the municipality's website. Throughout the town, Parks Canada has approved 204 development permits and 65 building permits since May, with dozens more applications under review, for various kinds of projects. Construction has started at Alpine Village Cabin Resort, affordable housing project Caribou Creek Co-op and Sunwapta Apartments on Geiki Street. The municipality and Parks Canada have both quadrupled their development office staff levels, at least. 'In addition to adding more staff members, Parks Canada has also streamlined development review and approvals by updating land use policies, expediting approvals for variances, establishing new mechanisms to contact the development team, and eliminating steps in the development application and review process,' Parks Canada says on its website. 'We recognize that the process of rebuilding a home lost to the wildfire is complex and can lead to frustration,' a spokesperson from the Jasper Recovery Coordination Centre (JRCC) told CTV News Edmonton in a statement. 'The JRCC remains committed to working with all parties to expedite a safe and efficient rebuild, and to supporting Jasper residents throughout this process.' Read called his conversations with both the municipality and Parks Canada 'very good,' noting both seem open to change. 'Every municipality has their own strengths and weaknesses,' he said. 'Edmonton versus St. Albert versus Leduc versus Spruce Grove versus Strathcona County. They all have their differences that you have to work with. That's no different than Jasper. 'The main difference in Jasper is they're just not used to building very many homes in a year.' Waiting is getting harder and harder, Stockfish said. 'We've just been looking at this lot that's been cleared for a couple months now, thinking, 'Tomorrow we can get started.' But tomorrow never really seems to come.' With files from CTV News Edmonton's Jeremy Thompson

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