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A Coffee with Becky Oxton, Owner of Sunrise Estate Services! · Coffee In The Park with Jennifer and Cam

• 0:01
  Hi, I'm Becky Oxton, and you're listening to Coffee In The Park with Jennifer and Cam.
• 0:27
  Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to another edition of Coffee In The Park with Jennifer and Cam, and we are coming to you today.
• 0:36
  I should have done my tongue-twisting exercises.
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  Yeah, I know, your little rhymes there.
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  But once again, I'm too lazy to edit, so we're not stopping and starting over.
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  But we are coming to you live from the Wall Coffee Roasters in the heart of beautiful downtown Acheson.
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  That's right, so if you hear some noises in the background, some coffee machines whirring, people talking, kids screaming, there are some children.
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  Are there children in there today?
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  There's one children right there.
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  One children? I like that.
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  And there's other children's, potentially.
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  And so if you hear them screaming in the background, that's because we're at the coffee shop.
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  Because this is where we love to do the podcast from, in the back corner of the Wall Coffee Roaster.
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  It really is, and you know, people have said, I'm just gonna, I just want to say this, because people have said, why don't you guys like go into a studio and be all professional, nah, nah, nah.
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  No, we like the organic feel of the coffee shop.
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  And who are they kidding, professional?
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  You and I.
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  Can you imagine us in a studio? No! Hello, welcome to the Coffee In The Park podcast today with Jennifer and Cam.
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  That would never happen.
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  So, no, so we're here, and we're doing this, and this is really great.
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  And we want to let everybody know that we are coming to you because of some very important people at Wing Snob Canada.
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  That's right, where the wings are fresh, never frozen, with 16 different flavors, four different rubs.
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  Hey, I have a question.
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  Yes.
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  The last Oilers game, did you order Wing Snob?
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  No, I know.
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  I said I was going to.
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  Sorry, Mike, I didn't.
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  No.
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  What did I eat?
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  Oh, Kraft Dinner.
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  But it's not because the wings are bad.
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  No, it had nothing to do with the wings.
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  It had everything to do with that I was just too lazy.
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  That's fair.
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  And I just wanted Kraft Dinner.
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  I get that.
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  I like Kraft Dinner.
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  Do you like Kraft Dinner?
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  I love Kraft Dinner.
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  You know, I told you this.
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  I'm going to let the secret out of the bag about Kraft Dinner.
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  Here's the deal.
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  If you go to the Bulk Barn, have you ever been to Bulk Barn?
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  Yes.
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  Bulk Barn is where they sell everything in bulk, hence Bulk Barn.
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  And they sell like lots of raisins and nuts and spices and everything.
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  If you go down one aisle, tucked in one aisle, they have a full bin of, you know, the cheese in the package that comes with the Kraft Dinner?
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  The Kraft Cheese, yeah.
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  They have bulk Kraft Cheese.
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  And you buy, you put it in a bag and you take it to the lady and she weighs it.
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  She goes, that'll be $4.95.
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  And you take it home and you add extra Kraft Cheese.
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  Unbelievable.
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  So you add a full package.
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  Plus extra.
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  Plus extra.
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  Plus more butter, plus more milk.
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  And I'm telling you right now, anyway, we digress.
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  Back to Wing Snob.
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  Wing Snob.
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  Best wings you've ever had.
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  Best wings you are ever gonna have.
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  I'm telling you right now, Mike makes, well, he doesn't personally make them.
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  His staff does.
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  The people who own the Wing Snob's do.
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  And they're incredible.
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  Like Jennifer said, 16 flavors, four rubs, cornbread, parm fries, they got it all.
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  They do.
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  So if you are hungry, you should definitely check out a Wing Snob.
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  I think you should.
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  10 locations, eight in Edmonton, one in Grande Prairie, one in Calgary.
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  And all you gotta do is go to www.wingsnob.ca.
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  And I think you can get them on the Skip The Dishes, people.
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  You can.
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  Skip The Dishes.
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  You don't even have to leave your house.
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  Nope, just Skip The Dish, or is, or whatever that is.
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  We won't get into that.
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  No, we're not gonna.
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  That's a whole other.
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  No, that's a whole other Skip The Dishes.
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  Anyway, I'm very excited about today's podcast.
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  I'm super excited about it because I'm super excited about our guest.
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  So Jennifer, let's get started.
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  Let's get into it.
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  Okay.
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  I am also super excited about this guest today.
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  And Cam, this guest is going to be on the panel at my upcoming Women in Leadership event next week.
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  That's upcoming.
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  Next week.
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  Next Thursday.
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  That's right, because we'll drop this on Thursday.
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  So it's upcoming.
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  Next Thursday, yeah.
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  I got to remember that.
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  Well, yeah.
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  I know I'm not invited.
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  No.
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  But I come set up your sound system for you.
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  And then I get kicked out.
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  And it gets out.
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  I tell you, let's just talk about that for a second.
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  This is unfair because the food looks so good.
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  And I just have to walk by and I'm like, don't touch it.
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  Don't touch the charcuterie.
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  Listen, I'll make you a doggy bag.
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  A doggy bag.
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  Inside joke, I'll bring you Tupperware.
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  Yeah.
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  Anyways, back to our guest because she's a guest at your Women In Leadership.
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  She is.
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  Is that sold out by the way?
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  Yes, it is.
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  Totally sold out.
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  Totally sold out.
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  Totally sold out.
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  I'm sorry, women, if you're listening and you want to come, I'm sorry.
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  You snooze, you lose.
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  Next year.
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  Next year.
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  Anyway.
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  Okay.
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  Are we ready now?
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  Okay.
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  We're ready.
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  Our guest today is Becky Oxton, who is the owner of Sunrise Estate Services.
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  Yay.
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  Welcome, Becky.
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  Good to have you.
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  Thanks for having me.
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  Yeah, it's good.
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  How fun is this?
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  Yeah.
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  Well, and we know you're Sunrise because you're wearing Sunrise on your hoodie.
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  That's kind of cool.
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  It's a bright orange hoodie.
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  It's a bright hoo- I like that.
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  It's her merch.
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  We'll get into her merch a little bit later, but yes.
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  We'll give you all the info where to buy the merch.
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  I know.
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  If they sell the merch, I don't know if they will be able to. Oh we sell it.
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  We'll get into that later.
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  We'll get into that later.
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  Okay.
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  Okay.
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  We have to start off.
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  Becky, tell us about young Becky.
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  Oh, young Becky.
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  Well, she's young now.
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  No, but growing up, Becky.
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  Younger Becky.
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  Younger Becky, yes.
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  Younger Becky growing up, like jazz dance?
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  Oh, well, if you did- Where were you born?
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  I was born in Edmonton.
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  Here in the city?
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  In the city, but only because they airlifted my mom from Lloydminster.
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  Really?
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  Yeah.
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  So grew up, my dad was oil and gas.
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  Yeah.
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  So I lived anywhere there was a Husky.
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  Yeah.
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  Including Rainbow Lake, Alberta.
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  Rainbow Lake?
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  Rainbow Lake.
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  I think I've been to Rainbow- I don't know.
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  You've never been to Rainbow Lake.
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  Tell, where is- Where is Rainbow Lake?
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  North, North, North, right?
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  North, North, North.
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  Yeah.
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  So it is northwest of High Level.
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  Oh, yeah.
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  Oh, yeah.
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  I was born in Grande Prairie.
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  That's, yeah, maybe.
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  I might have gone further up.
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  You might have gone further up.
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  I left there when I was two. You absolutely did not.
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  So there's a good chance they threw me in the car and threw me up to Rainbow Lake, and then I didn't even know.
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  But anyway, okay.
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  Rainbow Lake.
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  Rainbow Lake.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  And then- I very much loved it.
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  I will always claim to be a small town girl.
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  Yeah.
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  You know, living in a lonely world.
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  It's a thing.
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  But yeah, moving- I really want to sing that now.
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  I know. Now it's in your head.
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  I know.
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  Anyways, yeah.
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  From there, like Rocky Mountain House.
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  Oh, come on.
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  We moved a lot for my dad's work.
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  Ended up ultimately living the longest in, just outside of St.
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  Albert, actually right by Villeneuve.
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  Okay.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah, Villeneuve.
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  So did the school triangle in St.
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  Albert.
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  It was Sam for the elementary school, Lauren Aikens, Paul Kane.
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  Yeah.
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  Paul Kane.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  And then, yeah, right after high school, moved to Manning, Alberta.
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  Manning.
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  So continued following my dad around.
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  I have been to Manning, yeah.
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  Best Chinese food, by the way.
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  Singhs, shout out to Singhs in Manning, if you ever want.
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  No, because every small town Alberta has a Chinese restaurant.
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  But the thing is, I've lived in these small towns.
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  Right.
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  But they were the best.
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  And Manning is the best.
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  Yeah, but where I was going was, every small town has a Chinese restaurant.
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  Right.
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  So now Manning is the best.
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  Manning is the best.
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  In my humble opinion.
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  Is it still there?
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  It is still there.
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  Is Mr.
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  Singh still running it?
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  They sold.
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  They sold?
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  They did.
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  Do you know the new owners?
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  I don't know the new owners.
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  Because we could shout out them.
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  But I heard they got new carpet, which is.
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  Yeah, that's a good thing, actually.
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  That's a good thing, right?
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  No, seriously.
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  In a buffet.
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  Because if the buffet carpet has been there for a long time, you can see where the sweet and sour and the chow mein and the.
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  Yeah, it's inbed.
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  Anyways, okay, so Manning.
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  So Manning.
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  Yeah.
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  And then, yeah, kind of carried on my nomad ways that my parents taught me.
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  Came back to Edmonton.
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  I went to Grant MacEwan for police studies.
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  Police studies? of all places, police studies.
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  Okay, and why?
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  Why did you decide to go into police studies?
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  Well, I was going to be a police officer, don't you know?
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  I had big plans, Jennifer.
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  She wasn't going into sanitation, okay?
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  She was going into police work.
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  But why?
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  Like what?
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  Yeah, why did you want to be a police person?
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  Was there something that drew you to it?
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  Like in high school?
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  Did you know somebody?
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  Yeah, so I grew up.
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  Were you arrested when you were young age and you thought this is it?
• 8:53
  These cuffs feel real good.
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  I want to put them on somebody else.
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  I'm sure I asked you not to bring that up.
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  Yeah.
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  Sorry, Becky, sorry.
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  We're not just, once again, we are not editing.
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  I'm just saying.
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  Okay, so.
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  It's out there now.
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  That's right.
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  I was let go.
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  No.
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  I grew up and my mom actually was a special constable.
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  So for years and years.
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  My mom worked for the Lloydminster Police Service.
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  Okay.
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  As a special constable.
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  Okay.
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  Then with moving around for my dad's oil and gas work, she worked numerous places.
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  But then when we came back to St.
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  Albert, she actually got back into law enforcement and worked as a special constable.
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  Right.
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  So growing up, I always saw my mom in uniform.
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  Cool.
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  Always got to see that side of the world, and so from the get-go, Becky was going to be a police officer.
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  Okay.
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  Then as often happens, Becky did not become a police officer.
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  But you went to Grant MacEwan.
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  But I went to Grant MacEwan.
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  And you took Police 101 or whatever?
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  I took the Police Studies.
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  Yes.
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  Yeah.
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  So I took their two-year program.
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  Graduated and?
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  Graduated and became a special constable, just like my mom.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah.
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  Well, you better tell everybody what a special constable is.
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  Sure.
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  Because why are they special and the other constables aren't?
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  Because I edited myself right there.
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  My filter just came.
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  Feel free.
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  My filter came slamming down.
• 10:26
  No, no.
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  Feel free.
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  Feel free.
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  So currently right now, there are, everybody knows police officers, Edmonton Police, RCMP, right?
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  But then there's peace officers.
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  Peace officers.
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  So peace officers, there's sheriffs.
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  Sheriffs.
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  Those are Alberta peace officers.
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  But then there's community peace officers who work for like Parkland County, Town of Stony Plain.
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  So municipalities have community peace officers.
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  We do?
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  Yes, we do.
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  Have you ever seen one?
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  Of course.
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  You know some of them.
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  I know some of them.
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  You will see them all the time.
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  They weigh trucks in Parkland County.
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  They do.
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  They're in Acheson all the time.
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  Is that the lady?
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  Is that the one who stopped me?
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  Yes.
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  That was her?
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  That would be a peace officer.
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  I don't think I did.
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  But anyway, that's another story.
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  We could go.
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  That's a whole other podcast.
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  I said to Jennifer, we could talk about this, but we best not.
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  But we best not.
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  We best not.
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  Anyway.
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  Okay.
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  So that's a special constable.
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  So that's a community peace officer.
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  Years and years ago, they used to be called special constables.
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  Then the government changed the names and it was that sort of thing.
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  So same premise just different municipalities.
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  Here's my question.
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  What's the difference between a sheriff and a peace officer?
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  So a sheriff works for the province as an Alberta peace officer.
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  A community peace officer will work for the municipality or a hospital.
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  Okay.
• 11:49
  That's good.
• 11:49
  Thank you for clearing that up because I didn't know what they did.
• 11:52
  Yeah.
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  They all do law enforcement and they all deserve our utmost respect.
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  So you were a special constable.
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  I was a special constable and then I was there through the program change and became a community peace officer.
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  Okay.
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  For which community?
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  I worked in Slave Lake.
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  And then I worked in the town of Stony Plain.
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  Slave Lake.
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  Don't send us mail.
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  We're going to have to talk after this, Cam.
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  You and I.
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  Once the mics are off.
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  We love Slave Lake.
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  We do.
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  We really do.
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  Okay.
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  No, we do.
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  No, we do.
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  But I...
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  Okay.
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  So, young Becky.
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  Young Becky in my jazz leotard.
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  Yeah.
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  You in your jazz leotard.
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  I really glossed over that.
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  How old was the jazz leotard?
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  Like, how old were you?
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  When you went to Slave Lake.
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  I was at Slave Lake when I was 21.
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  No, I was 5.
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  She was on the Special Constable Police Dance Force.
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  Sorry, just kidding. We did ballet and jazz.
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  I'm totally kidding.
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  Anyway, yeah.
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  Yeah, so how old were...
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  What is the police...
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  Where are we?
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  Oh, yeah, the dance thing.
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  How old were you when...
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  I was 5.
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  It was a very short stint.
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  But there's a photo in my scrapbook that always pops up on me.
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  So I was 5 years old.
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  5 years old?
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  Yeah.
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  For the people that know me, they will absolutely be floored that I had any dance skills at any time in my life.
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  Maybe we could fangle, dangle and get that photo and put it up on our website just for people to know.
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  Man, I was such a cute kid.
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  I would totally give you that.
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  Absolutely.
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  I'll email you.
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  Oh, we were all cute kids.
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  And then what happened?
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  Anyway, so that's what my family says.
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  So 21.
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  What happened to you?
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  Slave Lake.
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  What was that like?
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  Terrifying and exciting.
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  And I don't even know.
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  Yeah.
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  So at 21, it was when I moved out of my parents' house, who were living in Beaumont at the time.
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  Okay.
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  And so moved away, bought my first home, which was a beautiful mobile home in Slave Lake.
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  Yeah.
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  I grew up in Rainbow Lake.
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  So for those who are listening again from Alberta, because we have listeners all over the world, Slave Lake is north of where we are here in Acheson, very north.
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  Well, like two and a half hours.
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  Yeah.
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  Okay.
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  It's not as north as I thought, but it's very north.
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  Like Rainbow Lake is very north.
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  Very north like 12-14 hours.
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  Okay.
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  Slave Lake.
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  Yeah.
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  So how long were you in Slave Lake?
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  I was only there for a little over a year.
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  Yeah.
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  But it was such a cool experience.
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  As a special constable there, I got to work with the RCMP closely.
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  Oh yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  And when you're in a municipality that's northern and a little secluded.
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  Yeah.
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  You have to find your people.
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  Right.
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  And so that's what Slave Lake taught me.
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  Okay.
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  Is to find your people.
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  Yeah.
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  And so you can't be people with the people you're arresting.
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  And so you end up being people with the people who help you out.
• 15:01
  Hey, when you're out, you want to go hang out?
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  Want to go get a beer?
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  Yeah.
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  Exactly.
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  Right.
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  So it can be very lonely.
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  Yes.
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  And it really kind of started me on this journey of really, I guess, networking, building my team, that sort of thing.
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  That's always stuck with me from, well, 20 years later.
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  Yeah.
• 15:23
  Sure.
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  So it was great.
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  It was a great learning experience.
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  I had to learn how to do all sorts of things from, you know, living on my own and owning a mobile home to getting a realtor to selling it to all the crazy stuff.
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  That's a lot of life experiences at 21.
• 15:40
  That's like, you know, most that in today's day and age.
• 15:43
  That doesn't happen.
• 15:43
  No, it doesn't happen until you're like 47. Not at 21.
• 15:45
  So it's like, you know, like most people have no clue.
• 15:48
  Oh, for sure.
• 15:49
  And then be the one driving the car with lights on.
• 15:51
  Right.
• 15:52
  And then when something happens and they stop and look at you.
• 15:54
  That's right.
• 15:54
  And arresting people and people getting ticked off at you and all that.
• 15:58
  But you probably built good relationships.
• 15:59
  Oh, absolutely.
• 16:00
  Yeah.
• 16:01
  Yeah, for sure.
• 16:01
  And it's always it's interesting when you think like, why is everybody looking at me?
• 16:05
  Yeah.
• 16:06
  Right.
• 16:07
  I'm in uniform.
• 16:09
  Oh, they want me to do something.
• 16:10
  Stop staring at the lights.
• 16:12
  Why is everybody staring at me?
• 16:13
  I can guarantee if we put lights on our car, people would stare, but that's why.
• 16:18
  I mean, yeah.
• 16:20
  So, interesting.
• 16:21
  And how long were you Slave Lake?
• 16:23
  Just over a year.
• 16:24
  Just over a year.
• 16:25
  And then I moved to the town of Stony Plain.
• 16:27
  Oh, yeah.
• 16:28
  So, moved to Stony Plain.
• 16:29
  Kind of jumped around a lot.
• 16:31
  I was really- Still doing police work.
• 16:33
  Yeah.
• 16:33
  Still a peace officer.
• 16:34
  Yeah.
• 16:34
  I was really looking for opportunities for more education.
• 16:39
  Right.
• 16:39
  Less enforcement.
• 16:40
  Right.
• 16:40
  I wanted to be the one to contribute to make a difference.
• 16:44
  And Stony Plain gave me that opportunity.
• 16:47
  Yeah.
• 16:47
  So, I was able to take over from the Special Constable who had been there for a very long time.
• 16:54
  Right.
• 16:54
  I believe it was only the Special Constable at the time that the town of Stony Plain knew.
• 16:58
  Yeah.
• 16:58
  And then they got like 22, 23 year old Becky coming in ready to take on the world.
• 17:04
  Take on Stony Plain.
• 17:05
  Here we come.
• 17:05
  Yeah.
• 17:06
  Exactly.
• 17:06
  Yeah.
• 17:07
  Was Mayor Choy the mayor then?
• 17:08
  No.
• 17:09
  Because he's been the mayor forever.
• 17:10
  Yeah.
• 17:10
  Forever.
• 17:11
  Not that long?
• 17:12
  Not that long.
• 17:13
  I'm not that young anymore.
• 17:14
  No.
• 17:14
  Shout out to Mayor Choy.
• 17:16
  He's a good guy.
• 17:16
  I love him.
• 17:17
  Yeah.
• 17:17
  He's an awesome guy.
• 17:17
  Yeah.
• 17:18
  I agree.
• 17:18
  Yeah.
• 17:19
  Then from there, went to the town of Beaumont.
• 17:22
  Oh, yeah.
• 17:23
  Beaumont.
• 17:24
  Yeah.
• 17:24
  Beaumont was incredible.
• 17:26
  I had one of the best bosses I've ever had.
• 17:30
  Right.
• 17:30
  Who really gave me the reign on education, and told me to go make connections, build programs.
• 17:39
  I did dog bite prevention for kids.
• 17:42
  Dog bite prevention?
• 17:43
  Yeah.
• 17:43
  I did bike rodeos.
• 17:45
  Oh, the bike rodeos.
• 17:47
  I did that when I was a kid. You guys remember the bike rodeos?
• 17:49
  I did that.
• 17:50
  With pedal pushers.
• 17:52
  Oh, easy now.
• 17:52
  At Westmount, we did the bike rodeo.
• 17:55
  I think I got a badge that said bike rodeo.
• 17:57
  That is fantastic.
• 17:58
  Yeah.
• 17:58
  I loved the bike rodeo.
• 17:59
  But the one that's intriguing me here is the dog bite.
• 18:03
  Yeah, there's a full program.
• 18:04
  You do dog bite clinic?
• 18:05
  I did.
• 18:06
  I don't do it anymore, but there's a full course.
• 18:09
  I got it out of the States, and it was like a PowerPoint, and it had...
• 18:13
  Oh, it was fantastic.
• 18:14
  Really?
• 18:15
  Yeah, absolutely.
• 18:15
  And you taught?
• 18:17
  I went out to the schools.
• 18:18
  How to bite a dog?
• 18:19
  I did.
• 18:20
  Yes.
• 18:20
  How to bite a dog?
• 18:23
  It's a dog bite course.
• 18:24
  How to not get bit by a dog?
• 18:26
  How to not get bit by a dog.
• 18:28
  This is...
• 18:29
  Where was I?
• 18:30
  I needed you.
• 18:31
  When I was young, I got bit really bad by a dog.
• 18:33
  Oh, see?
• 18:34
  I wish I had taken that course.
• 18:36
  Do they still offer that course?
• 18:37
  I don't know who offers it, but they're certainly still available.
• 18:41
  I didn't know you could do a course.
• 18:43
  You can do all sorts of things.
• 18:44
  Well, I know I can't let a dog bite course.
• 18:46
  That one's like up there.
• 18:48
  That's cool.
• 18:49
  Yeah.
• 18:49
  Okay.
• 18:49
  We should do that in Acheson sometime.
• 18:51
  Well, we don't have a lot of dogs.
• 18:52
  But just for something to do.
• 18:54
  I bet it would fill up.
• 18:55
  I bet if you offered that, it would fill up.
• 18:57
  I bet you.
• 18:57
  We'll talk to Becky offline and see what can happen.
• 19:00
  Okay.
• 19:01
  So you're in Beaumont.
• 19:02
  So then from Beaumont, I ended my career in Westlock County as Manager of Enforcement Services.
• 19:10
  Oh, okay.
• 19:11
  And started a new career as a Regional Traffic Safety Consultant with Alberta Transportation Office of Traffic Safety.
• 19:19
  Regional Traffic Safety Consultant.
• 19:21
  Nailed it.
• 19:22
  Yeah.
• 19:23
  Alberta Transportation.
• 19:25
  Our friends.
• 19:26
  Yes.
• 19:27
  Our friends at Alberta Transportation.
• 19:29
  Yes.
• 19:32
  We're just all pausing here for a moment.
• 19:34
  I don't know why, but we're pausing because Alberta, we, Highway 60 overpass.
• 19:42
  That's all I was going to say.
• 19:44
  I am saying nothing. Let the record show.
• 19:45
  Yeah, you're saying.
• 19:46
  We're being very silent.
• 19:47
  That's right.
• 19:48
  Becky is saying nothing.
• 19:50
  Okay.
• 19:51
  So, what did you do at Alberta Transportation?
• 19:53
  Alberta Transportation person.
• 19:55
  With Alberta Transportation, at one point, there was a department called the Office of Traffic Safety.
• 20:01
  So, the whole premise behind the Office of Traffic Safety and the Regional Traffic Safety Consultants was to decrease serious injuries and fatalities on Alberta's roads.
• 20:11
  Right.
• 20:12
  So, we were given the chance to work with municipalities, stakeholders, industry partners to really empower them and have them work towards local solutions.
• 20:24
  Right.
• 20:24
  Because I'm not...
• 20:25
  Sometimes, the government is slow.
• 20:29
  Yeah.
• 20:30
  And municipalities and local industries and individuals could sometimes do things a lot faster.
• 20:37
  Right.
• 20:38
  And so, we built community around traffic safety.
• 20:42
  We worked with a ton of not-for-profits, worked a lot with MADD.
• 20:45
  Okay.
• 20:46
  Okay.
• 20:47
  Have you folks ever seen the crashed car?
• 20:50
  Yes.
• 20:50
  Yes.
• 20:51
  I've seen the crashed car.
• 20:52
  So, that was one of my initiatives.
• 20:53
  Oh.
• 20:55
  Tell everybody what the crashed car is, because this is really cool.
• 20:57
  This is really cool.
• 20:58
  I agree.
• 20:59
  So, I worked a lot with MADD, so Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, specifically in the Parkland chapter.
• 21:05
  And at one point, in the Office of Traffic Safety, there was an Alberta Traffic Safety Fund, where not-for-profits and community groups could apply for funding for traffic safety initiatives.
• 21:16
  So, in working with MADD and working with community groups, we applied for this fund.
• 21:20
  I assisted them, and we partnered with Tuber Towing.
• 21:24
  Shout out to Tuber Towing of course, they are fantastic.
• 21:26
  Another Edmonton area tow truck driving company.
• 21:31
  And they got us a car that had been in a collision, and they decalled the car for us with Don't Drive Impaired.
• 21:40
  And we worked with Alberta Transportation, and that car, this was probably 10 years ago now, when we first did this, and that car is still out and about.
• 21:50
  It should be coming out for May long weekend.
• 21:52
  Yes.
• 21:53
  And it's also, Grande Prairie MADD has it.
• 21:56
  Uh-huh, okay.
• 21:57
  And so the car went national, and we developed a how-to guide.
• 22:02
  Right, and you take it to schools and all kinds of...
• 22:05
  The car can be requested from MADD.
• 22:07
  Right, and I hear you take it to schools a lot before prom, right before proms.
• 22:14
  That's what I heard.
• 22:15
  Because big proms...
• 22:16
  Well, I'm no longer traffic safety consultant, but I know the cars are out there.
• 22:18
  Okay, yeah, but I was reading that they take it to high schools and stuff, because you're going into prom season, and you know what, prom season is...
• 22:26
  It's not just about getting a diploma.
• 22:28
  Anyway, it's about the prom party. Safe Grad. Safe Grad.
• 22:31
  So you started this, this is really cool.
• 22:33
  It is really cool.
• 22:34
  Yeah, it was really cool.
• 22:36
  Yeah, I was given a chance with transportation to do unbelievable things.
• 22:42
  It took the whole, it really tied in the enforcement piece.
• 22:45
  Right, right.
• 22:46
  Because in enforcement, I loved the education.
• 22:48
  Like I was a DARE officer.
• 22:50
  I loved going into the schools.
• 22:51
  I loved working with communities to try to take ownership.
• 22:54
  Right.
• 22:54
  And what can we do?
• 22:55
  Because we can all sit here and complain about everything.
• 22:57
  That's really cool.
• 22:58
  But if you're able to take action, then do something.
• 23:01
  Exactly, 100%.
• 23:03
  So it was really great.
• 23:04
  I met amazing coworkers and incredible people within the government, incredible community groups that I'm still friends with.
• 23:11
  Right.
• 23:12
  And who 100% years later still support me in my new endeavors with Sunrise Estate Services.
• 23:19
  That's cool.
• 23:19
  That's really cool.
• 23:20
  Yeah, it was really good.
• 23:21
  Wow.
• 23:22
  And how long you were there for?
• 23:23
  How long?
• 23:23
  13 years.
• 23:24
  13 years.
• 23:25
  Wow, that is a long time.
• 23:27
  It was the longest I have ever worked anywhere.
• 23:29
  Yeah.
• 23:31
  So I don't know if that says something not so good about me or.
• 23:34
  No, no, no.
• 23:35
  No, no, no, no.
• 23:36
  Or it just says I'm just in my place.
• 23:37
  No, I think it's what it says is you loved it and you just loved doing it.
• 23:41
  Yeah, exactly.
• 23:42
  Exactly.
• 23:43
  You found your niche for a while.
• 23:45
  Oh, absolutely.
• 23:45
  Yeah.
• 23:46
  100%.
• 23:46
  So that's kind of cool.
• 23:48
  Okay.
• 23:48
  So then after 13 years, what made you decide it's time for a change?
• 23:54
  Well, I didn't decide.
• 23:55
  Oh, okay.
• 23:56
  The funding for the program decided.
• 23:59
  The government stopped funding you.
• 24:00
  Yes.
• 24:01
  So.
• 24:01
  That happens.
• 24:02
  It does happen.
• 24:03
  I got nothing to say.
• 24:04
  I know.
• 24:05
  Really?
• 24:06
  Pregnant cause of silence.
• 24:07
  Yes.
• 24:08
  Actually, I do have lots to say, but I'm not going to say.
• 24:10
  Okay.
• 24:10
  Anyway.
• 24:11
  So actually, we started Sunrise Estate Services in 2015.
• 24:16
  When I say we, I mean, my husband and myself.
• 24:18
  Okay.
• 24:18
  So you're married now?
• 24:19
  I am married.
• 24:20
  Been married 15 years.
• 24:21
  Oh, okay.
• 24:22
  Yeah.
• 24:23
  So is that right?
• 24:26
  Wait.
• 24:27
  Were you married when you were the traffic safety person?
• 24:31
  No, I was married when I was the peace officer.
• 24:33
  Oh yeah.
• 24:34
  That'd be 15 years.
• 24:35
  15 years.
• 24:36
  Wow.
• 24:36
  If your husband is listening, she's just doing math.
• 24:40
  There's a lot going on here. I for sure know when I was married.
• 24:41
  So it's a very busy place.
• 24:44
  It's hard to, it's loud.
• 24:46
  It's hard to, just so you know.
• 24:47
  It's distracting.
• 24:48
  Yeah.
• 24:48
  It's very distracting.
• 24:49
  Thanks for having my back, Cam.
• 24:50
  I appreciate you.
• 24:50
  Because I experience these things all the time.
• 24:52
  But anyways, yes.
• 24:53
  Okay.
• 24:54
  So you're married now?
• 24:56
  Yeah.
• 24:57
  So been married.
• 24:57
  He was with me when I was a peace officer and then through the whole time with transportation.
• 25:03
  Right.
• 25:03
  And actually while I was working as a traffic safety consultant, we started Sunrise Estate Services.
• 25:09
  Okay.
• 25:10
  So I did both.
• 25:11
  So tell us what it is.
• 25:13
  What Sunrise Estate Services is?
• 25:15
  It's not self-explanatory.
• 25:18
  Well, when I first heard it, I'm not even going to say what I thought.
• 25:24
  You have to say it now.
• 25:26
  Well, Sunrise Estate, I thought, oh, you find plots for people to be buried in.
• 25:30
  That's what I did.
• 25:32
  No, that's what I thought.
• 25:33
  I thought, well, I need a plot.
• 25:36
  I'm dying or I'm dead and I need a plot. She reserved your cemetary plot.
• 25:38
  So I phoned Sunrise and I said, can you got a nice spot?
• 25:41
  Is it real estate for Blitz?
• 25:43
  I'm really sorry.
• 25:45
  But then that shows you where I'm at.
• 25:47
  So don't go home and go, is there a marketing way off base?
• 25:52
  No, it's just Cam.
• 25:54
  It's just Cam.
• 25:55
  It's all it is.
• 25:55
  I appreciate the insight, Cam.
• 25:57
  But I think that will, I've never heard that before.
• 26:02
  We do definitely get, we get the real estate questions of, oh, so you do real estate.
• 26:08
  So we can help with that, but no, we don't do real estate.
• 26:11
  So what do you do?
• 26:13
  We are a compassionate, full service estate company, which really should answer all of your questions, Cam.
• 26:20
  I'm not sure why you're staring at me.
• 26:26
  So we- It's like I, I'm going back to the burial plot.
• 26:33
  No, let's not go back to the burial plot.
• 26:34
  No, let's not.
• 26:34
  Okay.
• 26:35
  So.
• 26:35
  Let me expand.
• 26:36
  Yeah, please.
• 26:36
  So we work with executors.
• 26:39
  Yeah.
• 26:39
  We work with family members.
• 26:40
  We work with clients for any major transition in their life.
• 26:44
  Oh.
• 26:45
  To help them liquidate the contents of estates.
• 26:48
  Okay.
• 26:49
  So when we use the term estate, we're not referring to only passing away.
• 26:54
  Right.
• 26:55
  We're referring to a large quantity of items.
• 26:58
  So that could even be, we've done business liquidation, asset sales, things like that.
• 27:03
  So when people are looking and need an option.
• 27:06
  This is really cool.
• 27:07
  It is really cool.
• 27:08
  So as family members get older, and maybe they own this gigantic house, and they need to downsize, health reasons.
• 27:16
  Absolutely.
• 27:16
  All of those kinds of things.
• 27:17
  The family looks at it, and I know this, because I've just gone through it in the past couple of years with an aunt and uncle, and you look at it and go, where do we start?
• 27:25
  Where do we begin?
• 27:27
  A hundred percent.
• 27:28
  You, we should have gone to you.
• 27:30
  You should have.
• 27:30
  And you should have helped us.
• 27:32
  Why didn't you call me?
• 27:33
  Because we already had a plot.
• 27:36
  They were already good that way.
• 27:38
  I didn't know.
• 27:39
  I must say thank you for the opportunity for clearing this up.
• 27:41
  Yes, because otherwise we probably wouldn't have called.
• 27:44
  It was a pain in the, anyway, I loved my aunt and uncle, but it was like, okay.
• 27:49
  But it's hard.
• 27:50
  Yes.
• 27:51
  Yes.
• 27:51
  People live in...
• 27:52
  It's overwhelming.
• 27:53
  It's incredibly overwhelming.
• 27:55
  And where do you even start?
• 27:56
  Well, this is it.
• 27:56
  And how do you protect yourself so that...
• 27:59
  Because we all know that there's not so nice folks out there who will take advantage.
• 28:03
  Yes, they will.
• 28:04
  And how do you protect yourself from that?
• 28:06
  Especially in those hours and moments of when it's just tough times.
• 28:11
  Elderly people leaving their home is...
• 28:15
  Well, many have gone through it for sure, but it is a traumatic thing.
• 28:20
  And I have to be honest, going through it, you don't always think clearly.
• 28:26
  Maybe that's a good way to put it.
• 28:27
  Because you're wrapped up in just them not wanting to leave, but they have to leave.
• 28:33
  And you miss a whole bunch of stuff that you probably shouldn't miss because you're wrapped up with that.
• 28:39
  Well, for sure.
• 28:40
  And the big part is, again, going back to the whole thing of finding your people.
• 28:44
  Yeah.
• 28:45
  Find your team.
• 28:46
  Find a support system who would actually be there to help you.
• 28:50
  Right.
• 28:50
  Whether that's even just advice, guidance.
• 28:53
  Yeah.
• 28:53
  Whether that's hiring a company like ours to come in and provide assistance.
• 28:59
  And we will, 100 percent, we will do as much or as little as is required.
• 29:03
  And each client is different.
• 29:06
  Each house is different.
• 29:07
  Each set of circumstances is different.
• 29:09
  And like, oh, the stories.
• 29:13
  I bet.
• 29:14
  Oh, I bet.
• 29:15
  It's a lot from finding.
• 29:17
  You need to write a book.
• 29:18
  I know.
• 29:19
  Seriously, I'm serious about that.
• 29:21
  Because that would be a good book for people to pick up and read and go, okay, this is why we need you.
• 29:26
  This is why we need to prepare in life for you.
• 29:28
  Oh, absolutely.
• 29:29
  Yeah.
• 29:30
  Not leave it till the last minute, but plan ahead.
• 29:32
  She's got a planner.
• 29:33
  She can talk about that.
• 29:35
  Okay.
• 29:35
  She has a planner.
• 29:36
  Yeah.
• 29:36
  So we did come up with what we call an end of life planner.
• 29:40
  Really?
• 29:41
  Which is to prepare just for that.
• 29:43
  And so how do you find all this information?
• 29:47
  Oh, that's it.
• 29:48
  Because you're right in the midst of grief because somebody has passed away.
• 29:52
  You find out you're their executor, and you're like, wait, what?
• 29:56
  I don't even know what that word means.
• 29:58
  And what do you mean?
• 29:59
  I'm on the hook financially if things go awry.
• 30:02
  It's a huge responsibility.
• 30:04
  It is.
• 30:05
  And then you think, well, where do they bank?
• 30:09
  Do they have an accountant?
• 30:11
  And how many banks?
• 30:13
  What about their bills?
• 30:14
  Do they have a car parked on the street that I have to move?
• 30:17
  Because it's going to get towed if I don't move it?
• 30:19
  Yeah.
• 30:20
  All of these things start coming into question.
• 30:22
  And so we put together a planner that you can fill out, that you can put copies of your important documents.
• 30:29
  That is absolutely brilliant.
• 30:31
  Right?
• 30:32
  And you can give it to your executor.
• 30:34
  So then you tell them, you tell them, hey, I named you executor because you should always give them the heads up.
• 30:40
  That's a big heads up.
• 30:41
  Yeah.
• 30:42
  But then you can prepare them.
• 30:43
  Yes.
• 30:43
  Look, if anything happens, here's what you need to know.
• 30:47
  At least to get started.
• 30:49
  Nobody can cover everything.
• 30:50
  No, of course.
• 30:51
  Passwords change.
• 30:52
  But like you say, to get started, because if you leave it all to the last minute, it's overwhelming.
• 30:57
  Well, and then it's like, you walk into a house and you're like, okay, so I'm looking for passwords.
• 31:02
  Yes.
• 31:04
  Where are they?
• 31:05
  Where are they?
• 31:05
  Like, you know all the crazy stuff about social media and legacy planning?
• 31:10
  Yes.
• 31:10
  Who owns these photos?
• 31:11
  Yes.
• 31:12
  Oh, man.
• 31:12
  You guys.
• 31:14
  I've been there, done that.
• 31:15
  It's a couple of times and it's, yeah.
• 31:17
  Yeah.
• 31:18
  So we do have a planner.
• 31:20
  Where have you been?
• 31:21
  Where have you been the past five years of my life?
• 31:23
  Can you not this excited when I first came in?
• 31:26
  Now that you know who I am and what I do, you're like, wow.
• 31:29
  Well, two things, we've cleared up what you do.
• 31:32
  That was a big thing for me.
• 31:33
  That is a big thing.
• 31:34
  Secondly, everybody needs this.
• 31:37
  Everybody needs this.
• 31:38
  Everybody.
• 31:41
  So is it a physical planner?
• 31:43
  It's a piece, it's a document?
• 31:44
  Both.
• 31:44
  So it's a physical planner.
• 31:46
  It's also a PDF fillable version and it's all available on our website.
• 31:51
  So in a few minutes, we'll get to where people can get one of these.
• 31:53
  Sure.
• 31:54
  So I kind of need to know though, this is amazing, but why did you and your husband, why did you start this?
• 32:03
  Why?
• 32:04
  So as I talked previously before, with my mom being a special constable and following the path of my mom, unfortunately, I lost my mom when she was 51, she passed away and I was 25.
• 32:17
  Yeah.
• 32:18
  It was an awful time.
• 32:19
  Yes.
• 32:20
  It's still really hard to talk about.
• 32:21
  Yeah.
• 32:21
  My mom was like my person.
• 32:24
  Yeah, of course.
• 32:26
  As life takes you wherever it's going to take you, we ended up meeting a woman who worked for a bank as a trust officer.
• 32:35
  We ended up learning that these services were not out there.
• 32:39
  Right.
• 32:41
  My husband worked in oil and gas, oil prices dropped, he was in health and safety, so that's got to go.
• 32:48
  First one to be cut.
• 32:49
  I thought you were going to say health and safety dropped.
• 32:52
  It was just like that one.
• 32:53
  Don't need those people anymore, that's right.
• 32:55
  Kind of what happened.
• 32:56
  Yeah, exactly, right?
• 32:57
  Yeah, kind of, right?
• 32:58
  Yeah.
• 32:58
  Like a little bit what happened.
• 33:00
  And so it was just a matter of when I was a traffic safety consultant, I owned my own business because it was a contract.
• 33:07
  Yeah.
• 33:08
  And then it became a conversation of, isn't that weird that there's nobody who does this service?
• 33:13
  No, it's true.
• 33:14
  No, you're right.
• 33:15
  That's incredible.
• 33:17
  Like the true story is that we were sitting around a fire pit with said friend, maybe in the summer.
• 33:25
  And what does one do in Alberta, sitting around a fire pit?
• 33:28
  Maybe we had a drink.
• 33:29
  I was going to say a beverage, a beverage of choice, yeah.
• 33:32
  And all of a sudden my husband said, you know, we should do this.
• 33:35
  Yeah.
• 33:35
  And we're like, do what?
• 33:36
  I love this.
• 33:37
  And Sunrise Estate Services was born.
• 33:40
  These are the stories I absolutely, we should just do this.
• 33:44
  We should do this.
• 33:45
  I love this.
• 33:47
  Because that's my, that's where I live.
• 33:49
  We should just do this.
• 33:50
  Right?
• 33:51
  How come nobody's doing this?
• 33:52
  I don't know.
• 33:53
  We should do it.
• 33:53
  Exactly.
• 33:54
  And here we go.
• 33:55
  And 11 years later.
• 33:57
  11 years.
• 33:58
  Here we are.
• 33:59
  And so just real briefly, just real brief.
• 34:03
  Cam, I need you.
• 34:05
  I'm getting old.
• 34:07
  They call you in.
• 34:08
  What do you do for Cam?
• 34:10
  So we show up at Cam's house.
• 34:12
  We offer free no obligation estimates where you can walk us around.
• 34:17
  You can tell us your story.
• 34:18
  Because here's what we actually care about.
• 34:21
  People's stories.
• 34:21
  Yeah.
• 34:22
  Right?
• 34:22
  Yeah.
• 34:23
  I don't, nobody really cares about this coffee cup.
• 34:26
  Even though it is a Coffee In The Park, I'm sorry to break it to you, but nobody will care about the coffee cup.
• 34:31
  But I care how the coffee cup got to be here.
• 34:33
  Right.
• 34:34
  And your guys.
• 34:34
  That's right.
• 34:35
  The story.
• 34:35
  That's right.
• 34:35
  The story.
• 34:36
  Not the object.
• 34:36
  Not the object.
• 34:37
  No, yeah.
• 34:38
  Yeah.
• 34:38
  The story behind the story.
• 34:40
  Exactly.
• 34:40
  But those objects mean something to somebody.
• 34:42
  Right.
• 34:43
  And we want to be able to be respectful, be compassionate and be able to let that content carry on.
• 34:49
  Right.
• 34:50
  So we come in, we meet Cam.
• 34:52
  Cam tells us what he needs.
• 34:53
  Cam tells us he's moving.
• 34:55
  He tells us he needs some assistance moving.
• 34:58
  Absolutely.
• 34:59
  We have partners.
• 35:00
  We can work with you on that.
• 35:02
  We help Cam move into maybe assisted living, get them all set up.
• 35:06
  Right.
• 35:07
  Then we go into the house.
• 35:08
  That right there.
• 35:10
  Right.
• 35:11
  Oh, that.
• 35:13
  Wow.
• 35:13
  We could do a whole podcast on that.
• 35:15
  Oh, I know.
• 35:16
  Because been there, done that.
• 35:18
  And okay.
• 35:20
  And it's hard.
• 35:21
  And from there, in a real quick nutshell, we sort, we organize, we can value where I'm a licensed auctioneer, we're certified. I just blew Cam's mind.
• 35:35
  Lots of backstory here.
• 35:36
  Okay.
• 35:36
  You're an auctioneer.
• 35:38
  Yes.
• 35:38
  I'm a licensed auctioneer.
• 35:41
  I don't do live auctions.
• 35:43
  Because it was during COVID.
• 35:44
  Have you ever done a live auction?
• 35:45
  I have never done a live auction.
• 35:47
  In and out of 545, in and out of 455, in and out of 745, you ever do that?
• 35:50
  No.
• 35:51
  Auction this cup off right now.
• 35:53
  She's like, I can't, I can't.
• 35:55
  No.
• 35:55
  So I took the course.
• 35:56
  So it was during COVID.
• 35:57
  We used to do in-person estate sales.
• 36:01
  So we would go into a house and we would set it all up.
• 36:03
  We would price everything and then people would come.
• 36:06
  Then COVID happened.
• 36:07
  Yes.
• 36:07
  What do you do?
• 36:08
  You go online.
• 36:08
  Can I just say, and again, I know this is a little off track.
• 36:12
  Can I just say the day of the live auctioneers coming to a close, we're having in a couple of weeks, we're having Ben Kellert on our podcast, who was a national auctioneering champion.
• 36:25
  But anyway, that's a whole other thing.
• 36:26
  Anyway, okay, so you do auctions, online auctions.
• 36:29
  Online auctions.
• 36:29
  Yeah, which is becoming the thing.
• 36:31
  It is.
• 36:31
  It is.
• 36:32
  It is, and it's okay, it's good.
• 36:34
  It's different.
• 36:35
  Yeah.
• 36:35
  Live auctions, I love live auctions.
• 36:37
  Yeah, me too, but they're, you know.
• 36:39
  When you're auctioning off a bull, that's a whole different thing, but you know, yeah.
• 36:42
  Anyway, okay.
• 36:43
  It has its place.
• 36:44
  Yeah, it has its place, yeah.
• 36:44
  And now, as we know, COVID changed everything.
• 36:47
  Yeah, it sure did.
• 36:48
  So, you don't need to be an auctioneer, you don't need to have a license to do online auctions.
• 36:53
  Right.
• 36:53
  It's a bit of the Wild West.
• 36:54
  Right.
• 36:55
  Online auctions.
• 36:56
  My husband and I are, well, I'm very much the rule follower.
• 36:59
  Right.
• 37:00
  And we like to ensure that we have covered all of our bases.
• 37:04
  Right, for sure.
• 37:05
  Yeah.
• 37:05
  So, if you want to sell liquor on an online auction, you need a liquor license.
• 37:09
  Right.
• 37:09
  To get a liquor license, you need to be a licensed auctioneer.
• 37:12
  Right.
• 37:12
  Hence, Becky took a course through the Auctioneers Association, through training, became a licensed auctioneer.
• 37:19
  I will never do a live auction.
• 37:21
  I had to do my spiel.
• 37:24
  Yeah.
• 37:24
  I had to send it in, and that was the one and only. One and done, that was it.
• 37:28
  I made sure like my husband was in bed.
• 37:29
  I stayed up late so I could record it by myself.
• 37:32
  I was like, as much as I can joke.
• 37:36
  Man, I hate being the center of attention.
• 37:38
  Like I just hate it.
• 37:39
  So it's not my shtick, Cam.
• 37:43
  It could be your shtick.
• 37:44
  No.
• 37:46
  I'll tell you honestly, Jennifer, it's not really my shtick either.
• 37:50
  I know, isn't it funny?
• 37:52
  You turn it on when you need it.
• 37:53
  Yeah, I turn it on.
• 37:56
  Two peas in a pod, you and I, Cam.
• 37:57
  Well, I just, yeah, you do what you got to do.
• 37:59
  You put it out there and then after that, I'm happy to don't just hide.
• 38:02
  Just I'm happy to hide.
• 38:04
  But that's a whole other podcast.
• 38:05
  Anyway.
• 38:06
  Yeah.
• 38:06
  All right.
• 38:07
  So you're doing okay.
• 38:08
  This is great.
• 38:09
  So you do it all.
• 38:11
  We do it all.
• 38:11
  We take care of the, we remove the debris because every house has debris.
• 38:16
  Isn't that true?
• 38:17
  It's just how it works.
• 38:18
  We do donations.
• 38:20
  We certainly like to keep things out of landfills.
• 38:23
  And then we do the organizing for the online auction.
• 38:26
  We take the photos.
• 38:27
  We do the advertising.
• 38:28
  We do the pickups.
• 38:30
  We do the money collection.
• 38:32
  We do the disbursement of funds.
• 38:33
  Can I pre-hire her now?
• 38:35
  Like down the road?
• 38:35
  I know.
• 38:36
  No, but seriously.
• 38:37
  No, I was going to say.
• 38:38
  Honestly.
• 38:39
  Do you like pre-estate planning?
• 38:40
  We can.
• 38:41
  Absolutely.
• 38:42
  Yes.
• 38:42
  We got a call.
• 38:43
  We're about seven years into the company.
• 38:46
  And we got a call saying, hey, what are your plans for the next 10 years?
• 38:49
  Are you going to be in business?
• 38:50
  Oh, well, we're aiming to.
• 38:53
  Yes.
• 38:54
  Why do you ask?
• 38:55
  I'm putting your company in my will.
• 38:58
  So that my executor is to hire you.
• 39:00
  That's right.
• 39:01
  And we're like, what?
• 39:02
  It should be part of the pre-estate planning.
• 39:05
  Unreal.
• 39:05
  It's incredible.
• 39:06
  I've never felt more privileged in my life.
• 39:08
  I was blown away that somebody would think of our company.
• 39:11
  Do you work with banks?
• 39:12
  Do banks know about you?
• 39:14
  Banks do know about us.
• 39:15
  Yeah, we work with their trust departments.
• 39:17
  Do you work with trustee and insolvency people and all that kind of stuff?
• 39:23
  You know the insolvency people?
• 39:25
  Different ball game?
• 39:26
  It is different, but those are people I would love an introduction to.
• 39:29
  Absolutely.
• 39:32
  Bank foreclosures?
• 39:33
  Absolutely.
• 39:34
  We can liquidate content.
• 39:36
  We can make some money back.
• 39:38
  And then again, it's the world we all live in, but divorce.
• 39:42
  Divorce.
• 39:44
  Divorce.
• 39:44
  No, but when you have to split assets and who gets what and appraisals.
• 39:48
  Totally.
• 39:48
  And appraisals.
• 39:49
  We're certified personal property appraisers as well.
• 39:52
  Absolutely.
• 39:53
  This, so again, coming into the podcast thinking plots.
• 39:59
  Burial plots.
• 40:00
  Way off.
• 40:01
  Way off.
• 40:02
  Just to be clear, we do nothing with burial plots, just so you know.
• 40:07
  I'll tell you a story about, I was doing a funeral once and the guy fell in anyway, fell in the hole.
• 40:12
  But anyways, that's a whole other thing.
• 40:14
  But anyways, this is just amazing to me.
• 40:19
  I really do wish I had known you two years ago, because it's crazy.
• 40:27
  It is crazy.
• 40:28
  Time's flying by here.
• 40:31
  We got to talk about Becky's merch though, because look at her orange hoodie.
• 40:38
  She's got full merch.
• 40:39
  You got full merch.
• 40:41
  Online?
• 40:41
  I can buy your merch?
• 40:42
  You can buy all the merch.
• 40:43
  Hoodies, hats?
• 40:44
  Hoodies, hats, Converse shoes.
• 40:49
  What color?
• 40:50
  Any color.
• 40:52
  Oh, seriously?
• 40:52
  And you can put either my dogs on it or your dog on it.
• 40:57
  We got coffee cups.
• 40:58
  You guys, you have no idea what you're in for, Cam.
• 41:01
  This is, I'm telling you, man.
• 41:02
  These are Converse, but I wear white runners.
• 41:04
  That's my thing.
• 41:05
  I got white runners.
• 41:06
  Okay.
• 41:06
  Oh yes.
• 41:07
  When we're done, this is- This just like changed your whole world, didn't it?
• 41:10
  This podcast.
• 41:11
  This podcast.
• 41:12
  Again, I walk into some of these podcasts with these pre-conceived.
• 41:17
  I'm the king of preconceived notions, and I build them up till their firm and their, this is what it is, and this is what it's going to be, and then boom, and I love it.
• 41:28
  It's just like blowing me away.
• 41:30
  That's perfect.
• 41:31
  I feel like I want to be one of you.
• 41:33
  This is my other problem.
• 41:34
  I feel like I want to be one of your biggest champions now.
• 41:37
  Please do.
• 41:38
  Because I say that to a lot of people, I get in trouble because I'm like everybody's champion.
• 41:43
  But this is...
• 41:44
  This service is something everybody can use.
• 41:47
  Listen folks, I know you're listening to us everywhere, but this is amazing.
• 41:52
  You got to get...
• 41:53
  Some of you are older.
• 41:54
  Listen to me.
• 41:55
  Some of you listening to us are a little aged.
• 41:57
  You know who I'm talking to.
• 41:59
  You're listening right now.
• 42:00
  You need to phone Becky today, not tomorrow.
• 42:04
  Well, Thursday, Friday.
• 42:05
  You need to phone Becky Friday.
• 42:07
  Oh, I have a question.
• 42:08
  Becky, only Alberta or do you do...
• 42:10
  Yeah, do you go outside of Alberta?
• 42:12
  We do Western Canada.
• 42:13
  Western Canada.
• 42:15
  Okay.
• 42:15
  Okay, so all my BC friends, and again, you know who you are.
• 42:20
  You've been shopping for plots.
• 42:21
  This is not it.
• 42:23
  You should be talking to Becky.
• 42:24
  Agreed.
• 42:25
  Because this...
• 42:26
  And now I'm just being serious.
• 42:28
  This is really something because how many people do we know?
• 42:31
  How many families do we know?
• 42:33
  And here's the thing.
• 42:35
  Because of what I did for many years, I watched it very closely.
• 42:38
  How many families get ripped apart over, well, that's mine or that's mine or this is my...
• 42:45
  Or you don't even know where to start.
• 42:47
  Or you don't even know where to start.
• 42:49
  Some family members just throw up their hands and walk away.
• 42:52
  And I'll tell you a story.
• 42:53
  I'm gonna tell you a story about this because having gone through this, we went through it where basically it was just, we're gonna get rid of this.
• 43:01
  Yeah.
• 43:01
  And then it comes up a couple weeks ago, oh, I think we might want that.
• 43:09
  We already disposed of that.
• 43:12
  But I really want it.
• 43:13
  But at the time, you didn't say.
• 43:14
  You didn't want it.
• 43:15
  I know.
• 43:15
  Or yeah, you said you didn't want it.
• 43:18
  So.
• 43:19
  And to be an unbiased middle person.
• 43:22
  Yes.
• 43:23
  Yes.
• 43:23
  Sometimes that's what you need.
• 43:24
  You're an arbitrator, a mediator is what you are.
• 43:27
  And like, people on the podcast can't see my shoulders, like I got broad shoulders, like I can carry the weight of the world.
• 43:34
  Yeah.
• 43:35
  And to be that middle person, Becky.
• 43:37
  Who's just not involved sentimentally and can approach it in a logistic manner, it helps.
• 43:43
  And then someone who will go in and do the physical work.
• 43:46
  Yes.
• 43:47
  Someone who is certified and trained, and has 11 years experience, can make the decisions.
• 43:50
  And you know, you said something at the very beginning that stuck with me for these last 35 minutes, 40 minutes.
• 43:57
  Somebody you can trust.
• 43:58
  Who's not going to take advantage of you.
• 44:01
  It's all we aim.
• 44:02
  That's all we aim for.
• 44:03
  Is to be someone people can trust, and someone people can call for the truth.
• 44:08
  You might not like what we have to say, but I guarantee you, we will tell it to you straight.
• 44:12
  Yeah.
• 44:13
  And at that time, that's what you need.
• 44:15
  You need somebody to tell you straight.
• 44:17
  You need someone to look out for you.
• 44:18
  Because somebody can come in, and I won't use the word in German, ich bin ein, anyways, they'll take advantage of you, and then you'll be like, what happened?
• 44:29
  Exactly.
• 44:30
  Oh, okay.
• 44:31
  Well, before we get into the last question, Becky, where can they find you?
• 44:35
  Where, if somebody needs your service, and listen, everybody could use this service, where can they find you?
• 44:40
  What's your website?
• 44:40
  How do we get ahold of you?
• 44:41
  Website is SunriseEstateServices.ca.
• 44:45
  SunriseEstateServices.ca.
• 44:48
  On all the socials.
• 44:49
  On the socials, okay.
• 44:50
  On the website, you will also find our merch shop, where you can buy those cool converse.
• 44:55
  We're going right after this to look.
• 44:56
  I will be checking out, there's no doubt about that.
• 44:59
  Our dogs are our mascots, so you can buy KC and Finnegan sweaters and t-shirts.
• 45:04
  KC and Finnegan, come on.
• 45:06
  Mr.
• 45:06
  Dress Up was my hero.
• 45:08
  Mr.
• 45:08
  Dress Up, I love it.
• 45:10
  See, Cam normally goes on the tangent, but I'm going to go on a tangent.
• 45:13
  Okay, go.
• 45:14
  No big deal.
• 45:15
  I accidentally bumped in to Mr.
• 45:17
  Dress Up at the Edmonton International Airport.
• 45:20
  Come on.
• 45:21
  And I 100% fangirled.
• 45:23
  I was, it was, like my wedding was great, but it was not meeting Mr.
• 45:28
  Dress Up at YEG.
• 45:29
  Okay, and how was Mr.
• 45:31
  Dress Up?
• 45:31
  Was he like, authentic?
• 45:32
  Was he like he was on TV? Yes! No.
• 45:34
  He was so nice.
• 45:35
  I turned, I bumped him.
• 45:36
  I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm so sorry.
• 45:37
  Oh my god, it's Mr.
• 45:38
  Dress Up.
• 45:39
  I lost it.
• 45:41
  He was wonderful.
• 45:42
  I love that story.
• 45:43
  It's like the time I met- For those not listening in Canada, they might not know who Mr.
• 45:46
  Dress Up is, but if you grew up in Canada, and you watched him on TV, the kids who watched him.
• 45:51
  It was the Canadian book, Mr.
• 45:53
  Ross.
• 45:53
  That's a bit.
• 45:54
  It's like the time I met Don Cherry at the Toronto Airport at the Urinal, and he was just like he was on TV.
• 45:59
  I'm not even kidding.
• 46:01
  I was so impressed.
• 46:01
  Anyway, Casey and Finnegan were on Mr.
• 46:05
  Dress Up.
• 46:05
  Casey was a little, I'm not sure boy or girl, but it was a puppet.
• 46:11
  Finnegan was a dog puppet.
• 46:12
  The only thing Finnegan never talk.
• 46:14
  Once, I remember sitting there just say one thing, one thing, but he never did.
• 46:18
  But that was the mystique of Finnegan.
• 46:19
  He never talked.
• 46:20
  But his dad would be like.
• 46:21
  Anyway, it was really cool.
• 46:22
  I loved it.
• 46:23
  Okay.
• 46:24
  So those are my dogs, KC and Finnegan.
• 46:26
  They're two Bernese Newfie crosses.
• 46:29
  And so yes, they are our company mascots.
• 46:32
  You can call our number and you can talk to Finnegan.
• 46:35
  It's fantastic.
• 46:36
  I'm calling.
• 46:38
  Call our number and press 5.
• 46:39
  Finnegan doesn't talk though.
• 46:40
  No, but he barks at you.
• 46:41
  He barks.
• 46:42
  I'm calling just to hear Finnegan.
• 46:45
  Because of all these years.
• 46:46
  I know.
• 46:46
  And while we're serious, we also are light-hearted people.
• 46:50
  We are trying to bring joy in really awful, stressful, terrible times.
• 46:55
  Yes.
• 46:55
  Stressful.
• 46:56
  Absolutely.
• 46:56
  Stressful, stressful situation.
• 46:58
  And sometimes you just need to see a 120-pound Bernese Mountain Dog to give you a hug.
• 47:03
  That's all you need in life somedays.
• 47:03
  I just need Finnegan.
• 47:05
  You need Finnegan.
• 47:06
  I know.
• 47:06
  Or KC.
• 47:07
  Okay.
• 47:07
  Well, he's still young.
• 47:08
  Yeah.
• 47:09
  Yeah.
• 47:10
  Choose Finnegan.
• 47:10
  Becky, final question.
• 47:12
  Final question.
• 47:13
  What is the best piece of advice you've been given either personally or professionally that you carry with you to this day?
• 47:20
  Oh, geez.
• 47:21
  So the best advice, I took a course as a peace officer one time at a conference and it was about perspective.
• 47:30
  And so really the takeaway was this, embrace the suck.
• 47:35
  So it's actually coined by the US military, specifically the Navy SEALs to embrace the suck.
• 47:42
  It's where you take a really hard time, challenging times and you make the best of it.
• 47:48
  I love it.
• 47:48
  Yeah.
• 47:49
  So embrace the suck.
• 47:50
  I love it.
• 47:51
  That could be our motto for the week.
• 47:55
  To be fair, it could be the motto for Alberta winters.
• 47:58
  There's so many things.
• 48:00
  It's a lot.
• 48:01
  I'm getting a plaque made in my office with this.
• 48:04
  Embrace the suck.
• 48:05
  Yeah.
• 48:06
  Wow.
• 48:06
  That's the best.
• 48:07
  Yeah.
• 48:09
  SunriseEstateServices.ca.
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  Check it out.
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  Unbelievable.
• 48:17
  It's blown me away today because in reality, 90% of the population will go through this.
• 48:26
  Actually, 100% will go through it, but 90% will need this without a shadow of a doubt.
• 48:32
  Some people are keeners and can do it on their own, but.
• 48:34
  But why?
• 48:36
  Exactly.
• 48:36
  Why?
• 48:37
  Why?
• 48:37
  Call Becky.
• 48:38
  Call Becky.
• 48:39
  I like that.
• 48:40
  Call Becky.
• 48:40
  Talk to Finnegan.
• 48:41
  Listen, if you missed out on getting your ticket for the Women In Leadership event, which Becky is a panelist, I'm telling you, it's going to be phenomenal.
• 48:51
  Yeah.
• 48:52
  I won't be there.
• 48:53
  No.
• 48:53
  I'll set up the sound system, but then again, I'm just going to say it again.
• 48:56
  I have to leave, but you got to check this out because folks, I'm overwhelmed by this because it just is blowing me away.
• 49:07
  I think this is so needed.
• 49:09
  I'm going to tell everybody about you and this.
• 49:12
  Thank you.
• 49:13
  Listen folks, you need to spread the word.
• 49:15
  Spread the word to everybody and thank you, Wing Snob, for making this all happen.
• 49:21
  Mike Chadi, I'm going to introduce you to Becky.
• 49:23
  You need to meet Becky.
• 49:25
  I love Wing Snob and she loves wings.
• 49:28
  Oh, best wings you'll ever have.
• 49:30
  I might stop there on my way back.
• 49:31
  Should the Oilers win tonight, there'll be a game, the next game will be Thursday night and we'll have dropped this on Thursday, so get wings.
• 49:39
  If they don't win tonight, get wings anyway.
• 49:42
  To drown your sorrows.
• 49:44
  If you're an Edmonton fan because ugh.
• 49:47
  Anyhow, anyway, thanks for listening everybody.
• 49:50
  Hey, this is what you need to do.
• 49:51
  You need to tell everybody about the podcast.
• 49:53
  Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell your coworkers, tell your enemies.
• 49:57
  If you don't have any friends, make one.
• 50:00
  And I'm dead serious about this today.
• 50:02
  Make one so you can tell them about this podcast because you will be their best friend if they need this service.
• 50:10
  So tell everybody about it and you need to.
• 50:12
  Subscribe.
• 50:13
  Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe.
• 50:15
  Oh, I said that pretty good three times.
• 50:17
  Didn't even mess up.
• 50:17
  And then you won't miss a new episode.
• 50:19
  Thanks everybody for listening.
• 50:21
  Thank you, Becky.
• 50:21
  And see you next week everyone.
• 50:23
  See you next week.