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By Alison Sandstrom

Controversial mail-out

Local organization not connected to anonymous pamphlet: president

Nov 2, 2020 | 5:42 PM

The president of a local non-profit is denying he or his organization had any involvement with an anonymous pamphlet that caused much controversy in Prince Albert last week.

The document, written by an entity calling itself “The Concerned Residents and Taxpayers of Prince Albert,” alleges city council overpaid for a piece of land purchased for the city’s new recreation centre and completed the deal without properly consulting the public.

In a media release Sunday, Kin Enterprises Inc. President Kerry Receveur said the organization’s board and management have no involvement with the anonymous group who created the pamphlet.

Receveur told paNOW he received around 20 phone calls last week from residents asking if Kin were the authors of the mail-out.

“Emphatically, no we are not,” he said.

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Receveur said he asked callers what had led them to suspect Kin and was told suspicion stemmed from a separate matter – a media release the organization put out in October detailing difficulty they were having purchasing a piece of land from the city.

“We were just drawing attention to the fact that we had made an offer on land and it never went to city council,” Receveur said regarding the issue.

Asked if people may have linked Kin to the pamphlet based on posts by the anonymous group Receveur shared on his personal public Facebook page, Receveur said it was possible and he planned to delete the posts.

“I regret those posts,” he said. “They will be deleted. Do I think that there’s some valid questions that were raised in that pamphlet? Yes, but like I said, it has nothing to do with our organization.”

Receveur continued that Kin Enterprises is in favour of the new recreation centre no matter where it is in the city.

“It is going to be a benefit for our organization and our participants,” he said.

Mayoral candidate Darryl Hickie has also deleted a social media post he made about the pamphlet. In a message posted on Facebook he said he believed things had gotten out of hand and no longer wanted to support that type of platform.

“I have and always will put my name to comments and posts and never hide behind a fake profile,” Hickie continued, in part.

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