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School Christmas concerts cancelled Respiratory illness outbreak across county ends public school plans parents instructed to keep sick kids at home - Andrew Rural Acadamy okay BY JANA SEMENIUK Schools across the County were forced to cancel Christmas plans this year because of an outbreak of respiratory illness. Elk Island Public Schools (EIPS) notified families by email of the decision which affected schools in Lamont, Mundare and Bruderheim. Cancelled activities included Christmas concerts, visits to the local
senior centre, luncheons and field trips. According to reports, at least 10 percent of a school’s staff and student population must be considered sick to be under outbreak status by Alberta Health Authorities. Exact numbers for school absenteeism were not available. The email sent to Bruderheim School families stated they were on outbreak status as of Dec. 10 and
expected to last until Dec. 25. Symptoms of the respiratory illness listed in the notices include cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, loss or altered sense of taste/smell, runny nose/nasal congestion, fever, and may also include fatigue (significant and unusual), muscle ache/joint pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. Families were instructed to keep
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their children home if they are sick and not to return to school until they are 24 hours symptom free. In addition to schools in Lamont County, dozens of other schools in Fort Saskatchewan, the Edmonton region and St. Albert have also been affected. So far, the Andrew Rural Academy charter school has not been affected by an outbreak.
Bruderheim German Christmas market charms hundreds BY JANA SEMENIUK An estimated 500 Christmas shoppers poured into Bruderheim’s first ever Glashaus Christmas Market, a German inspired yuletide experience, held inside a large glass greenhouse at Theil’s Greenhouse and Naked Greens. The market began as an idea among local business owners Nadine Stielow of Thiel’s Greenhouse and Naked Greens, and Andrea Hinken of Old Country Sausage. The ladies said the idea was an instant hit among market vendors and exceeded all expectations on market day, Dec. 14. “The day was beyond all of our wildest dreams. I cannot believe the number of people that came,” said Stielow. “I saw people hugging each other and smiling and saying, ‘We haven't seen you in years’, and what a great feeling that was. We're really trying to create a feeling, and I think that's what we did here today.” Lights twinkled along the ceiling while shoppers drifted among the brilliant displays of handmade products from at least 30 different vendors. All the while, live music filled the air courtesy of several different local musicians, each taking a turn at the micro-
A young girl shows her new stuffed toy to Santa. Jana Semeniuk photo. phone and delivering their own take on holiday favourites. A smiling Santa greeted guests near the entrance and graciously posed for several photos and videos throughout the day while the enticing scent of cinnamon buns and homemade soup drew people to a café set up near the
back of the greenhouse, by local Ironwood Catering. Additionally, Bruderheim’s newly elected mayor, Ron Ewasiuk, was on hand to draw for the hourly door prizes and greet guests as they came through the market. “I think today was a complete suc-
cess,” said Ewasiuk. “This is the start of what we are envisioning with the new council. We have underutilized facilities and (we want) to embrace activities like this and expand on events like this, spring, summer and fall. Nadine opened the doors to this type of activity, which kind of allows people to see what Bruderheim has to offer.” Local vendor Rose Mullin, who sells handmade jewelry through her business ‘A Little Bit of Sparkle’, said it was the best market she has been to all year. “I have a lot of work ahead of me to make stock for next year. They did a marvelous job. I felt energized by just everything they have going on here, with the Santa Claus and with the draws, and with the live music and the food, absolutely beautiful,” she said. In terms of next year, Stielow said the Glashaus Market will be bigger and better. “I think for next year we still want to continue with this nice hometown country feel, and a very much European market,” she said. “We want to keep this amazing feeling of community coming together. It was awesome.”
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Fort Saskatchewan Wild Rangers held a U15 hockey tournament at Lamont Arena over the weekend, and came out as the winners. Besides the players who played great, from left to right: Ross Richards (Assistant Coach), Scott Hennig ( Assistant Coach ), Cody Jonker ( Assistant Coach ), Steve Hanson (Head Coach), Darren Zanatta (Manager), Richard Tapley (Assistant Coach), and Wade Osicki (Manager)
Elk Island U11 has Wild win at Viking KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the websites, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries). If any players or teams are missing from the report please notify me at
kamcjm@gmail.com with the player name, team and website. Elk Island U11 (6–7-0) played a Wild game with Viking Gas Kings on Sunday at the Carena. Wild were down 4-1 after the first period, but took a 7-6 lead after two. Viking scored the opening three goals of the
third to take a 9-7 lead only to have Elk Island score three goals in the final five minutes for the win. Alex Holt scored five times for the Wild, while Marcus MacDonell had a hat trick. Other scorers were; Enzo Francis Bouzane (1g 1a), Colbin King (1g), and Bennett Holt (1a).
Stratton Robinson got the win in net. Elk Island U13 Wild dropped an 8-1 game at Cold Lake on Sunday when Sawyer Wytrykush scored with 4:02 remaining to break the home team’s shutout bid. Carter Graham picked up an assist on the goal.
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Bruderheim goalie plays for Canada in loss to USA BY JOHN MATHER During a break in the Professional Women’s Hockey League action, Bruderheim’s Emerance Maschmeyer donned her skates to participate in the final two games of the Canada U.S. Rivalry series played last Wednesday and Saturday at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The U.S. won the series on Dec. 11 when they downed Canada 10-4. Maschmeyer’s former Ottawa teammate Gwyneth Phipps picked up the win for the Americans stopping 30 shots in the process. Sophie Jaques scored a
pair of goals, with Sarah Fillier and Julia Gosling adding the other two in Canada’s losing effort. Ann-Renee Desbiens started in goal for Canada but after allowing five goals on 17 shots, she was replaced by Maschmeyer. She took over in net midway through the second frame and stopped seven of the 12 shots she faced. On Dec. 13, the U.S. completed their sweep of the four game series downing the Canadian women 4-1. Brianne Jenner scored Canada’ only goal while Desbiens took the loss
despite making 28 saves. The reigning world champion United States won the first two games 4-1 in Cleveland and 6-1 in Buffalo, N.Y., in November. Canada will next face the U.S. when the two teams compete in the Olympics in Italy in February. Maschmeyer will return to her goaltending duties for the Vancouver Goldeneyes Dec. 16 when she faces her former team Ottawa Charge in Vancouver. Montreal will make a visit to Vancouver on Dec.20 before the team takes a break for
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Opinion Liberals play Albertans for suckers … again BY JOHN MATHER I don’t want to be a separatist. I don’t want to be called a separatist. But… When the Federal Liberals vote against their own pipeline Memorandum of Understanding which they signed with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith … well I might have to rethink my stance. While I stated a few weeks ago after it was initialed, it was just a piece of paper and that much action had to occur. And I cheered when it resulted in the despised Steven Guilbeault stepping down from the Liberal cabinet. But when this past week the Conservatives put forth a motion asking that the government not just hold up a piece of paper in which the MOU was written, but rather put a plan-of-action in place, all of the House of Commons except the Conservatives voted against it. Now, you could expect the silly Green Elizabeth May, the sad sack NDP, and the we don’t support anything that backs Canada instead of Quebec Bloc, to oppose it, but the Liberals voted against their own Memorandum of Understanding. That shows me there was never any real support to build a pipeline to tidewater in northern BC. Alberta could have negotiated with the BC twit Premier David Eby. Alberta could have worked with all indigenous communities involved. The province even agreed to hike its industrial carbon tax to accommodate the Liberal support. But now it’s not there! Premier Smith, step back from raising that industrial tax. Continue to huddle in boardrooms to find an industrial investor for a pipeline project. The oil and gas industry isn’t going anywhere. There’s still strong demand for this commodity worldwide. Even Mark Carney knows this but he’s hamstrung by the tree hugging leftovers from the Trudeau era. First Carney, call a by-election in University-Rosedale to replace Chrystia Freeland. She still holds a seat in Commons but has accepted a new post outside the country. Is she really serving her constituents or just propping up your knife edge minority government?
CONTINUED Late last week you welcomed a floor crosser from the Conservatives. This rookie MP thinks he’s going to be rewarded but he’s only going to be a pawn to inch the Liberals closer to a slim majority. If Carney gets that majority (the Liberals claim there will be more floor crossings), would he clean the detritus from the Trudeau era right out of caucus or would the Liberal backroom boys allow him to? Who’s party is this current Liberal party? Looking at it, the entire Federal government seems to be in a state of total dysfunction. And that unfortunately helps the groups that want Alberta to separate. And most of these ridiculous recall petitions aren’t helping the Provincial government’s cause.
Rank and file Albertans had their chances to vote for whom they wanted representing them at the last election. Now, because people don’t understand how government works, they have fallen under the spell of bleating teachers’ unions and a union movement that would do anything to disrupt the UCP in order to further promote their leftist NDP comrades, and show there are all sorts of provincial distractions. Our province should be focussed on building our provincial economy but these distractions take away from it. The Liberals promised to help build our economy, but they voted last week proving it wasn’t worth the paper it’s written on. It’s hard to be a separatist but it's also hard to be a supporter of a united Canada with the total turmoil that’s happening in our provinces and at the federal level. And a MOU signed with our province which means nothing!
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Life Inventory
BY HAZEL ANAKA Losing someone is never easy even when it is the result of a long and lingering illness and you’ve had time to prepare and accept the reality. A death that is sudden and /or catastrophic adds layers of angst to the situation. Losing a child at any time is unspeakably hard. Losing someone close to a significant date or important holiday is made even harder, I think. Often the ones grieving will say that baba died just a few days before her milestone birthday or dad died on Father’s Day. Or they were just about to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Or they had a big trip planned. Perhaps, losing someone around Christmas is the hardest. The cold weather makes everything harder including the
practicalities of a ceme- and lack understanding Often, how the adults are closely following anothtery internment. But it is of concepts like death. dealing with or denying er because of a broken the overall atmosphere Teens who are often the reality will set the heart. Or multiple deaths of busyness and hustle credited with more stage for how everyone following a motor vehicle crash. Or the expresand bustle that seems so maturity than they pos- else falls into line. Sometimes life will sion that death come in incongruous with this sess and are under-estimated when it comes to double the shock and threes. heart-breaking event. The people left behind Carols are playing and the depth of emotional heartbreak survivors are Santa is ho-ho-hoing. hurt they feel, might fall feeling. We’ve all heard will survive, one way or Expectations about every through the cracks. the stories of one deat- the other. They will seek comfort through little thing are in their faith and the stratosphere. church family. Or The house must be they will turn their cleaner than ever, backs on a God the menu must be who can inflict more extravagant such pain. They than usual, the decwill grieve for as orating should dazlong and as hard as zle, gifts need to that may be. Or delight and awe. they will avoid that Whether it’s a process and suffer Norman Rockwell the consequences. Christmas scene or Some will eventustop frames from a ally come to underHallmark movie, stand that life and we all have visions death are interof what a happy twined. And the intact family best we can hope should look and act for is a life welllike. And this ain’t lived, regardless of it. No doubt some its length. Eightyfamily traditions five years of misery will end completeversus twenty-five ly or need to be reof joy and advenimagined in the ture is no contest. future. We can all aim How death for a life well-lived. affects any children A life that gave will largely depend more than it took; on their ages. that made a differBabies are cute but November 25, 2014 issue of the Lamont Leader: The St. Michael Post ence to others; a life oblivious. Toddlers Office will be closing on Friday, Nov. 28 and it will also be the last day are hyped about for Postmistress Helen Rich, who will be retiring from the position she of awe and gratitude; that helped the prospect of gifts began on June 2, 1986. Mail boxes will replace the Post Office.
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more than it hurt; a life of humour and joy. It needn’t be a life of fame, riches, and acclaim. Some of the most impactful and beloved among us were common, simple, Godfearing people who did more good than harm to everyone they encountered. That is not an unreachable goal for any of us. Some of us are naturally inclined to reflect as one year ends and another awaits us. If we set goals, we may measure our progress against said goals. Or maybe, we’ve hit bottom and know that without changing course, 2026 will be just as bad or worse than 2025. However formal or informal this process of reflection and measurement is, we can add one more factor to the calculations. We can ask, point blank, if we loved more than we hated, if we helped more than we hurt, if we acted or looked away, if we said a kind word or repeated a hateful one? The answers give us a hint about how much we’ll be missed when we’re gone, how many lives we impacted for the better, how much our own humanity shone or suffered. Let the life inventory begin, from where I sit.
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Bruderheim seniors announced winner of Maschmeyer jersey draw
Bruderheim Senior's Club President Ed Lawrence and his wife Lorna manned a table at the Bruderheim Glashaus German Christmas market on Dec. 14 and sold raffle tickets for the handmade wooden red vintage truck. Jana Semeniuk photo.
The winner of the Emerence Maschmeyer jersey draw for the Bruderheim Senior's Club is David McRae from Redwater (L). Club president Ed Lawrence is on the right.
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Hundreds raised with Glashaus raffle BY JANA SEMENIUK Bruderheim Senior’s Club recently announced the winner of a hockey jersey raffle they have been selling tickets for since Sept. The jersey, donated by local female hockey legend Emerence Maschmeyer, brought in over $3,400 for the seniors who are trying to raise at least $15,000 by the end of 2026. “The winner of the Bruderheim Seniors raffle is David McRae of Redwater,” said club President Ed Lawrence. The seniors club also holds pancake breakfasts and crib tournaments to help their fundraising. Lawrence and his wife Lorna also manned a
table at the Glashaus Christmas market in Bruderheim on Dec. 14 where the couple spent the day selling raffle tickets for the top prize of a homemade red wooden vintage truck, made by Cynthia Bartz, which was won by Stephanie Sawchuk. In the end, the seniors made $720 which Lawrence felt was a great result. “We received $720 and that will bring our total so far in our efforts to raise $15,000 to about $8,000,” he said. “We still have $7,000 to go.” Lawrence said the money will go towards keeping the senior’s center open in Bruderheim.
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Poor RCMP response says victim of truck heist Jacobs’ Chevy Duramax three-quarter ton stolen for the second time in a year BY JANA SEMENIUK Bruderheim resident Jason Jacobs said he has given up trying to own his truck after having his 2007 Chevy Duramax ¾ ton stolen for the second time this year in the early hours of Dec. 5. Jacob’s truck was first stolen in Jan and later recovered near Viking. He said after getting his truck back and putting thousands into repairs,
he was heartbroken to lose it to thieves once again. Jacobs said he was also disappointed that the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP would not respond to his most recent report of the theft. “I said when are you going to come out and do an investigation? I have to work this morning but I’ll wait around for you.
“(They said) I don’t think so. With this snow what are we going to see? He told me it was pointless and just to come into the detachment and make a statement so I did,” said Jacobs, who added that the RCMP eventually came out after his exwife complained. “They just drove down the street. What kind of investigation is that? He
only talked to me to tell me he drove past my house and didn’t see anything,” said Jacobs. “I thought I did all my due diligence. The last time it was stolen it was out of my backyard.” The Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Public Information Officer Cpl. Jolee Marianicz said by phone there could be several reasons for not responding to a report of
Man Van coming to Lamont Local communities to share cost of prostate cancer awareness BY JANA SEMENIUK The Town of Lamont council passed a motion during their Dec. 9 meeting to help bring the mobile prostate screening program, known as the Man Van, to town in 2026. Chief Administrative Officer Tyler Edworthy said the program costs would fit within the operational budget and that details would still
need to be worked out. “This is an initiative that brings prostate cancer testing to communities and work sites, reducing barriers and the stigma around testing for prostate cancer,” he said. “We ask that council approve this directive based on it fitting within the operational budget.” A letter from County of Lamont Chief Administrative Officer
PROKOPIW, Matt Peter
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our adored father, Matt Prokopiw. He passed away peacefully in the early hours of Sunday, December 7 th , 2025. Matt leaves behind his children, Della (Maurice), Daryld (Colleen) and Dawn (Miles); grandchildren, Melissa, Brett, Jared (Amanda), Jonathan (Andrea), Amber (Stuart) and Jesse (Ode); and great-grandchildren, Jacob, Charlie, Hailey,
Peter Tarnawsky, included in the Town of Lamont agenda package, said that the idea was discussed during the Nov 27 CEO/CAO committee meeting in Chipman with location to be the town of Lamont and costs to be shared among participating municipalities. Tarnawsky requested municipalities confirm their contribution to the
Harper, Bell and Mehta. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Marion; eldest son, Dale; and parents, John and Annie. Matt was a kind and humble man. Very generous and full of love. He leaves a big hole in the hearts of those who loved him. Special thanks to the staff of the Lamont Health Care Centre for their compassionate care of our father. A Divine Liturgy was held at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church, Star-Peno, AB and Matt was laid to rest in the Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lamont Heath Care Centre, PO Box 479, Lamont, AB, T0B 2R0. Vichnaya Pamyiat Photos, memories, and condolences may be shared through www.parkmemorial.com. Park Memorial Lamont 780-895-2157 Family-Owned Funeral Home And Crematorium
funding of the Man Van. Meanwhile, Edworthy confirmed the total cost to bring the Man Van to town would be $4,931 split among participating municipalities. According to the Prostate Cancer Centre, one in six Alberta men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
theft. She requested an email with questions regarding this incident but has not responded to the email by press time.
Jacobs said as of Dec. 16 he has not been contacted with any updates to his truck or any arrests made in the case.
CHOLAK, Sheree
December 8, 2025 We are sad to announce the passing of our mother, at the age of 69 years. She is survived by her 4 children, Shawn, Christy, Wayne, and Kai, her 4 grandchildren, Mackenzie, Zachary, Jana, and Erika, and 1 great grandchild Isabel, daughters in law Giovanna and Linda, son in law Darryl, brothers Stan and Sam, Sisters in law Sally and Judith, 1 niece Connie, and 1 nephew Keith, nephew in law Kelly, and niece in law Erin. As per Sheree's wishes, there will be no service. Cremation has taken place. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to your local animal shelter. The Family of Sheree Cholak.
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Letter to the Editor BLCHS - where’s the money? location where a one room school once existed in the rural area of the county. The Society received a very large government grant as well as raised an enormous amount of money from generous donors and fundraising programs/activities. The project was completed September 2006. After completing the project no other major work or activity took place requiring large expenditures. After the project was completed an additional large grant, but for a lesser amount than the first grant, was received by BLCHS. A large portion of this grant was used for the erection of a fence at a nearby cemetary which
Dear Editor I am a former member of the dissolved BEAVER LAKE CAIRN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (BLCHS), and was a serving executive member as Treasurer, resigning after suspecting mis-doings within the organization. I, along with many other former members are concerned as to what has happened to the money in the now dissolved society. In 2005 former students of Beaver Lake School District 222 in Lamont County formed the Beaver Lake Cairn Historical Society with a Board of Directors (BOD) and Executive (EXC). The purpose was to erect a school marker (cairn) recognizing the
had no relationship nor association with Beaver Lake S.D. 222 nor BLCHS. After financial issues had been taken care of the society became inactive. A large sum of money remained in the society bank account. As per the 2014 year-end (October) audit, $8,878 remained in the society bank account. What happened to the money? During the inactive period from 2007 to 2015, the serving members of the EXC and BOD basically remained the same. These members, in October 2014 scheduled a dissolution meeting, with only a selected few (members and non members) being notified,
Lamont acts on new bylaw focused on derelict properties BY JANA SEMENIUK Three properties in the town of Lamont have been deemed to have met the criteria of derelict, according to a new bylaw passed in Sept. by the town council. Chief Administrative Officer Tyler Edworthy said, at the Dec. 9 town council meeting, that eight properties were originally identified as possibly derelict with three definitely meeting the criteria. Another three were noted as “prospective for future review”. The three derelict properties, as determined by the Town’s assessor Tanmar Consulting, will now be under review for possible changes affecting their property taxes. According to information provided in the Dec. 9 agenda package, coun-
cil will have the option of increasing, decreasing or leaving the mill rate as is. The bylaw itself states that a derelict property is defined as “a building or land that has been abandoned, neglected, is in a state of significant disrepair and deteriorated to the point where it is no longer habitable or usable.” The definition included eight criteria such as structural damage, graffiti, and pet infestations to determine its inclusion. “(These three properties) require further review. Under the Residential Sub Class by law, council will have the ability to set a different mill rate on any property deemed derelict under the bylaw conditions,” he said. “Mill rate options will be brought back to council as part of the operational budget deliberation in the
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spring.” Councilor Linda Seiker asked Edworthy whether property owners are given the opportunity to clean up their properties before drastic measures, such as being deemed derelict, are taken. Edworthy said the owners are given many opportunities. “These properties are usually years in arrears, with many notices given to rectify issues,” he said. Council voted in favour of accepting the update as information with mill rate options to be brought back for deliberation in the spring.
although all members should have been notified (I was not notified). A motion was passed to dissolve the society (with non members voting?). Another meeting was held later to proceed with the dissolution. Again, no notification to the members. In late 2014 or early 2015, the Beaver Lake Cairn Historical Society was dissolved. Members
of the society were not notified. I and other donating members were concerned as to what happened to the money. I corresponded with the last serving members of the executive issuing letters, making request for meeting minutes, etc. No replies, no results. Hoping to get some results I issued a letter, January 12, 2016 to the editors of two local com-
munity newspapers. Again, no results. My last attempt was contacting Revenue Canada and the Federal Law Enforcement. I believe and want a large amount of money to be accounted for! D.S. Frebrowski, Chairman Friends of Beaver Lake S.D. 222
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10 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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As part of the Alberta Refinery site purchase, JFSL will have a license to continue using the site and facilities for up to 18 months, subject to Fortune’s right to terminate this license after one year and on 60 days prior notice. The NICO Project is comprised of a planned open pit and underground mine and concentrator in the NWT and a dedicated hydrometallurgical facility in Alberta where concentrates from the mine, and other feed sources, will be processed to value-added products. Development of the vertically integrated NICO Project will strengthen North American critical mineral supply chain resilience and security, a priority for western governments that need to reduce their dependence on the current supply sources in foreign entities of concern. The NICO Project will be a reliable producer of critical mineral products in a Tier 1 jurisdiction with supply chain transparency and custody control of the contained metals from ores through to the production of value-added critical mineral products, the company stated in a news release.
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MLA Armstrong Homeniuk recall petition approved but not yet official BY JOHN MATHER A petition to have Fort Saskatchewan/ Vegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk, recalled has apparently been certified by Elections Alberta but confusion exists because it is not yet listed as certified on the Elections Alberta website. Yet the organizers of the campaign have said it has been certified and are actively seeking canvassers. After reaching out to the recalljackie website, one of the administrators Christy Fjord replied by sending out an email to clarify the situation. “On December 5, the Chief Electoral Officer reviewed the recall application and issued a formal written notice confirming that the application meets the statutory requirements for approval under Section 2 of the Recall Act,,” Fjord wrote. “That letter also confirms that no disqualifying circumstances were identified and that notice was served to all required parties, including the MLA named in the application. “What appears to be causing confusion is the timing of website posting, not the approval itself. Under the Act, the MLA has up to seven days to submit a response statement, and Elections Alberta posts the recall petition publicly only after that response window closes or a statement is received. “Until that procedural step is complete, the petition may not yet appear on the website despite having been formally approved.” Monday marked seven days, and to date no notice had been posted on the Election Alberta website. But the recall group led by Edwin Laarz, a Lamont County resident, is now actively seeking canvassers online so they can get the petition off the ground. But Fjord points out in her email no signatures
can be collected until the petition is officially issued and posted on the Elections Alberta website. A spokesman for Elections Alberta did tell the Leader, Dec. 15, the petition had not yet been issued if it wasn’t
on the website. In the letter from Elections Alberta Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure issued Dec. 8, he states, “As Chief Elections Officer, I am satisfied the requirements of section two have been met and here-
by notify you the application meets the requirements for approval of a recall petition. In considering section 2(6) of the Recall Act, I am not aware of any circumstances that would disqualify this application.” So the recall organizers
are busy doing administrative preparation, such as recruiting volunteers, training canvassers, and identifying potential signing locations, which is permitted and does not require petition issuance. They said the lack of
official recognition hasn’t slowed down their process of organizing and the campaign timeline will begin once the official petition is issued. The group will need 14,688 signatures to succeed once official
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