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Ghosthunters return to valley for investigation reveal, séance

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    The Calgary Association of Paranormal Investigations (CAPI) were back in the valley for a spooky night at the Johnston house.
 The Association has been busy over the last few months. Readers will recall in the October 10, 2018 edition of the Mail, the group was at the Johnston house on 3rd Avenue in Drumheller doing an investigation of the home now owned by Justin Bolin.
    That was just some of the work they completed over the last 12 months. In September they led the World’s Largest Ghost Hunt at Heritage Park in Calgary.
    “We had CAPI participating in the World’s Largest Ghost Hunt on September 28 and they asked us if they could investigate some of the buildings around heritage park, and we said yes,” said Barb Munro of Heritage Park.
    Last Saturday Night October 26, they revealed their findings. They also hosted a séance.
    “Last year we held our investigation at the Johnston house and my entire team just fell in love with the home, so we are excited to go back in to see if we can communicate further with Dr. Johnston,” said Melissa Wilton of CAPI. She adds the goal of the event was to connect with Dr. Johnston while teaching the general public about seances and how they work.
    Unfortunately, technical issues prevented CAPI from live streaming the event, however, there are videos from the evening on CAPI’s Facebook page.
    “The event went well, though we had a ton of issues with our electronic equipment, including the videographer from CBC having multiple issues with his camera, lights, and his batteries dying several times, the wifi and data on our phones wouldn’t work near the parlour,” said Wilton. “The video footage we took had issues with focus, etc. So it was very interesting for sure! We will be reviewing the audio we recorded over the coming weeks as well as going through the videos and live feeds to see if we captured anything there.”


Encana plans US move, change name

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Encana announced this morning it would be moving the company’s headquarters to the United States from Calgary and changing its name.

The company will be rebranded as Ovintiv Inc, and the move is subject to approval from shareholders, stock exchange, and courts. The change is expected early in the new year. 

           “A domicile in the United States will expose our company to increasingly larger pools of investment in U.S. index funds and passively managed accounts, as well as better align us with our U.S. peers,” said Encana CEO Doug Suttles.

It was reported the change will not affect Canadian staffing or result in layoffs or divert investment strategies in oil and gas formations in Alberta and B.C. 

“The change in corporate domicile will not change how we run our day-to-day activities. However, our actions show that we will leave no stone unturned to capture the value we deeply believe exists within our equity."

Encana had a long history in the Drumheller Valley, forming with the merger of PanCanadian Energy and Alberta Energy Company in 2002. It had a thriving established local office. In 2009, the company split to create Cenovus to focus on its oil holdings and Encana to develop its natural gas business. 

In 2014, Encana sold much of its Clearwater assets to Ember Resources, while its office in Drumheller remained intact.

In December 2017 it sold its remaining local holdings to Lynx Energy, which now operates out of the Drumheller facility.

Enter… if you dare

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Some take Halloween a little bit more seriously than others. And this is the case of Lyn Langstaff. She and her partner Keith Seitz have been working for a month to create an elaborate haunted house with 13 spooky themed rooms at their home at 706 2nd Street Southwest in Drumheller. Langstaff is crazy about Halloween and has been collecting and creating displays for 30 years. Last year she created a haunted house near Rowley, and this year’s display will certainly not disappoint. She will be open to brave kids, teens and adults on Halloween from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and then Friday, November 1 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.


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