Public, Private Property Sprayed With Paint During Night
Approximately 10 places in Provost were hit by vandals spraying blue paint late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, May 1 before 4 a.m.

The Town Office appeared to have the most paint on it with obscenities and other graffiti on the west side and some on the north end of the building. Recently the building had a window smashed on purpose.

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RCMP officer Jacques Constantin slowly drove up the back alley behind The Provost News along with town employee Al Dorman in the passenger's seat assessing damage after vandals went on a rampage in Provost. The police cruiser is shown as it approaches the side of the town office building showing blue paint sprayed onto it. ©Provost News Photo.
268 Deer Being Shot to Test for Brain Disease Near Here
Alberta fish and wildlife officers have begun shooting up to 268 deer so that they can be tested for a fatal brain wasting disease in the Provost area and north towards the North Saskatchewan river.

It was reported that the move was done after a wild mule deer shot in Saskatchewan last fall tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).

The infected deer was shot east of Provost just inside the Saskatchewan border, according to Dave Ealey who is a spokesman for Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. He told The News in an interview that this was the first case of CWD found in the wild in Canada.

The deer are being shot in roughly a two township area (an 18 km wide strip along the border) to examine the brain tissue to see if there is CWD present.

Conservation officers are using aircraft to look for deer, with 15 two-person teams doing the shooting, that began on Thursday, April 26. They hope to have the shooting completed by this Saturday.

Ealey says that the tests, to be done by labs staffed by Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development will determine what steps, if any are required. “We want to do the right thing and prevent it from spreading.”

The disease is restricted to the deer family which includes elk and moose. Ealey says there is no concern with the disease being transmitted to humans.

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