- 1999

  News from the North

Here is some coverage of the problem from the Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune - June 8, 1999

  News from the South

• Calgary Herald - August 21, 1999: BUYERS CAUTIOUS ABOUT PINE SHAKES

• Calgary Herald - July 24, 1999: Shakes meet withy disfavour in Calgary areas

• Calgary Herald - July 16, 1999: Province says $300M lawsuit improper

• Calgary Herald - Jun. 12, 1999: Homeowners await answer from province in $300M suit

• High River Times - Jun. 15, 1999: Residents hit the roof over rotting shingles

• Calgary Herald - Mar. 28, 1999: Albertans go to war with province over rotting pine shakes. (Read about some of the documentation we've reviewed on this subject!)

• Calgary Herald - Mar. 20, 1999: Pine shake problem not as severe in Calgary

• Calgary Herald - Aug. 1, 1998: Homeowners worried over rot in pine shakes

  Central Alberta News

Here are some updates from the St. Albert Gazette:

• July 24, 1999

• May 22, 1999

Here's some of the news - courtesy of the Edmonton Journal:

• July 16, 1999 - Association has no legal status to sue, gov't says

• June 4, 1999 - Homeowners with pine roofing sue province for $300 million

• March 26, 1999 - Tax Re-Assessment Facilitated by Membership in APSHA (Flat fee for appeals designed to fight frivolous beefs)

• March 23, 1999 - Homeowners expecting the worst relieved by property tax estimates

• March 11, 1999 - Courts may be flooded with pine shakes suits

• March 10, 1999 - Bank Offers Loans for Leaky Roofs

• February 20, 1999 - Senior officials ignored expert's warnings

• February 18, 1999 - The Government has made up its mind

• February 17, 1999 - APSHA RALLY DRAWS 2000

• December 22, 1998 - Liberals charge gov't knew about pine shake rot in 1994

• December 16, 1998 - Minister wants aid for people with pine shakes

• December 15, 1998 - Pine shingle OK 'tantamount to fraud,' said U.S.

• November 10, 1998 - Alberta gov't paid for tests on shakes

• July 13, 1998 - GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL: "Shakes expected to last only seven years"

  Loans for some

• Capital City Savings has recognized the problem and set up a Loan Program for pine shake homeowners.

  PQ57 Spray

Read the latest info.

  Support for Our Cause

"OUR OPINION" by St. Albert Gazette, Feb. 20, 1999

  Background

Here are some 'background' documents for your review:

• The Alberta Labour 'official' position on this issue is here.

• The Handsard transcripts from the Legislature are a good source of information on which MLAs are trying to help, and which are not. Just do a search in the 1999 session for "pine shakes".

• Read a significant amount of information still kept at our archives site.

• Here's a current "position paper" on this problem - from the Executive of the APSHA.

• Here's our original "white paper" on this issue; and here's our updated version. If you want to support our side of this issue in discussions with friends and neighbours, use one or both of these papers.

 - 2000