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Provincial awards for Lamont Ag. President, daughter Two members of the Lamont and District Agricultural Society have won awards for their contributions to the industry both locally and throughout the province.

Presented at the Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies annual convention held in Edmonton Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, both Terry Eleniak and his daughter, Kelsey were honoured.

Ag. Society President, Terry was recognized for his professionalism and support for the Lamont Ag Society’s program on a local level. The award recognized his volunteerism with the Lamont & District Agricultural Society, and the efforts he makes on a provincial level for the agriculture industry through his work as Lamont County’s Agricultural Fieldman.

Volunteering to help set up the new rodeo grounds south of Lamont, plan and execute the Bullarama Supreme and Summer Sizzler Rodeo as well as serving on the Board of Directors are just a small list of the contributions

Ag. Society President Terry Eleniak

Scholarship winner Kelsey Eleniak

Eleniak has made through the ag societies program in Lamont. He was also instrumental in starting the Livestock Emergency Trailer program with Lamont County, and is a strong advocate for farm safety and leadership skills for youth through the 4-H program.

Kelsey Eleniak was recognized for her leadership quality, communications abilities and community involvement through the Agricultural Scholarship, which provides $1,500 to help offset tuition costs as she completes her Animal Science diploma at Lakeland College in Vermilion.

Kelsey has spent time coaching and teaching young athletes in both volleyball and skating, winning a coaches award from the Lamont Lakers, in addition to playing sports herself.

Volunteering is natural to Kelsey as she is always willing to help with event preparations and hosting during the society’s two major events each year.

Kelsey plans to continue her involvement in the agriculture industry through volunteering and a career in the animal science sector. Kelsey joins her older two siblings, Colby and Taryn, as recipients of the scholarship.

“It has been very exciting to see multiple recipients of Lamont Ag. Society be recognized through the scholarship program. It shows the strength of our society's ability to help build leaders for the future of our community and the ag industry.” stated Ag. Secretary, Rebecca Joseph. Six members of the local society have been honoured by the provincial organization with scholarships in the past 10 years.

Hemp workshop designed to encourage additional production

BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County will host a second Hemp Producer Workshop this year promising to showcase more information for farmers and delve into the value-added opportunities that come from producing the crop.

The workshop will be held at the Lamont Hall, Feb. 13, beginning at 9:30 and last most of the day.

“The whole premise is part of a regional hemp strategy,” said Lamont Economic Development Officer, Jim Newman. “We have a decortation facility in Bruderheim and another is planned for Vegreville, “So we see benefits for the County on both the agricultural and industrial side,” he explained.

“Last year,” said Agricultural Fieldman Terry Eleniak. “We had the workshop in St. Michael. The hemp business was unknown then and people were not enthusiastic, but now we have some decortation plants and there

is a much better opportunity.”

Newman said the Lamont County area is working to become the largest hemp producing area in the country.

Eleniak said producers didn’t have a great understanding of where the seed comes from, how they grew or marketed it last year.

“As a result there wasn’t hemp grown in the county last year,” he said.

“Now they’re seeing in other municipalities, there is hemp being grown and through the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance local farmers are finding that hemp is a good crop for diversification.”

Suddenly, he said, hemp is being produced and people are seeing opportunities.

Eleniak said one farm in Two Hills County had 4,000 acres of hemp under production last year.

“If we put a spotlight on this region with two decortation facilities,” said Newman. “Then we can make hemp a

value-added cluster in this region.”

He said there are opportunities then for both growing, but also for producing hemp products.

“That’s why this workshop is titled, ‘It all starts with the Farmer’.”

The pair said the workshop will key on growing hemp on the different varieties of seed available and then provide information on equipment available for harvesting, and different types of product manufacturing available.

Jan Slaski of InnoTech Alberta will present on the growing side of hemp.

His talk generally details different strains of hemp and what regions they are best suited for along with information on watering, fertilizing and harvesting.

Clarence Shwaluk, of Manitoba Harvest, said Newman, will present on the opportunities of hemp as a value added crop.

“Manitoba Harvest is huge,” said Newman. “They are to hemp what

Cargill and Bunge is to canola.”

Eleniak said hemp provides materials for clothing, construction in combines, and sound proofing in Mercedes Benz vehicles.

“If you look at combines,” said Eleniak. “There is a composite of hemp in each of them.”

“The sky’s the limit with hemp.”

Buy in from the local farmers is the hurdle the pair face and this workshop is designed to help with this.

Eleniak admits hemp production does appeal to young farmers.

“What we’re faced with to some degree is demographics that are changing,” said Eleniak. “Older farmers are saying we’re ready to retire … let my son or grandson explore this area. The young guys are looking at alternative crops and hemp is one of those.”

While the conference last year was introductory, this year will be much more detailed.

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FIRES! Above: Both Bruderheim and Lamont Fire Departments responded to a call during the early morning hours of Jan. 27 in the area of Highway 15 and Range Road 203.

Two RVs, that were being used as residences, were engulfed in flames along with a nearby shed and three 100 lb. propane tanks. One resident, one dog and one cat escaped injury by self evacuating. Right, A Lamont firefighter uses his axe to create a hole in the roof of a house that caught fire on 50 Ave. in Lamont early Feb. 3. The fire was contained but there was major damage. Cause of both fires are still under investigation. There were no injuries.

Hemp Continued from Front “We’re looking at this like the Canadian Wheat Council or Canadian Canola Council would,” stated Eleniak. “We’re

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going to give them all the information they need to get into hemp production.”

The County pair are excited about the potential of hemp.

“We can compare it with the rape/canola

production that started as something different in the 70s,” Newman said.

“It was a new industry and farmers were hesitant to get into it. But now it is one of the biggest crops in the province.”

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The County of Lamont Food Bank Board of Directors would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who made 2019 a banner year for our Food Bank in general and our annual Christmas Hamper event in particular. (This thank you is, in fact, somewhat belated because we spent much of January dating and sorting the more than 1600 kg of food donated over the holiday season.)

Your belief in the County of Lamont Food Bank as a valuable community asset helped the 2019 Weekly Hamper program to provide 1040 people – 648 adults and 392 children – with essential food provisions.

We distributed 403 hampers throughout the County and provided Christmas hampers (turkey with all the trimmings, toys for the children and gift cards for the teens) to 72 families in our County. This helped out 202 people: 124 adults and 78 children.

We are very grateful to everyone who supported us last year with purchased food, garden produce and money donations and who organized Food Bank fund-raising events: businesses, schools, municipalities, community and church groups and individuals all pitched in to make this year so special. Special thanks go to the County for its major donation from the 2019 Reeve’s Golf Tournament, as well as to the Town of Lamont – and Recreation Centre staff Colin and Leslie – for continued support building up to and on Christmas Hamper Day. Great big thanks go out as well to our incredible, dedicated volunteers, who give so cheerfully of their time throughout the year on Thursday Hamper Days and whenever we ask for help at community events, picking up and sorting donations and participating in the Christmas effort. Our volunteers logged a total of more than 2100 hours and 10,000 km in 2019 in all these various activities: when we say ‘we couldn’t do it without you’, we absolutely mean it!

Thank you again and best wishes from your County Food Bank’s Board of Directors for a safe and healthy 2020.

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Opinion Scammer vs. Scammer There is a Kijiji scam that seems to be so popular, that scammers are actually competing against scammers for the right to attempt to steal our money.

Last week I was trying to sell my Dad’s Louis L’Amour collection on Kijiji, and was astounded when I had five or six responses in about a half hour. I was naively thinking, is $800 enough?

The “buyer” asked me to please hold the books, and would even pay me an extra $90 if I would. The “buyer” also requested that I take the ad down. At the time I didn’t realize this was a scam, and that the “buyer” wasn’t really concerned about someone else buying the books - the scammer was concerned that some other scammer might get to me first.

A certified cheque was in the mail I was told, and it should be arriving in a day or two. Incredibly the next day FedEx delivered a cheque for $2,750 to the house and I received an email from the “buyer” asking if the cheque arrived. I didn’t think it had, because the total wasn’t the $890 I was expecting. Plus this cheque’s origin was from Wichita Falls, Texas instead of Edmonton. Huh? The bells and whistles were already going off, but when the scammer told me to go ahead and cash the cheque and they would send a company to pick up the eight boxes of books…

Ding… ding… ding…

I considered going to the bank to see if this cheque was even certified, but instead I went to the RCMP station to see if they knew of such a scam. They did. In fact it was the third report that day.

At that point I didn’t really know what the scam was, until they asked me if I had cashed the cheque yet. Sitting in the waiting area at the RCMP office, I emailed them back that I had, indeed, cashed it.

“Good,” the scammer said. “Now could you please place the difference between the $2,750 and the $890 into an online money transfer.”

Ah! It finally clicked. While waiting for the scammer’s cheque to clear (which it won’t), the “buyer” wants me to put the $1,860 from my account into their account electronically.

That wasn’t going to happen and while I was filling out my RCMP crime report, a guy came over and asked me about my complaint.

“Did I hear you say a person wanted you to sell them something on Kijiji and then they sent you a cheque for way more than what you wanted?”

Yeah, I said.

“That just happened to me,” he said. “I was selling a coat.”

When scammers waste my time, I waste theirs, so for several hours I played along that I had cashed the cheque. Then I told them that I had transferred them the money. When they said they didn’t get it yet, I reassurred them that I was trying to pay them.

Finally, I informed them that they had contacted a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and that I am working in conjunction with the Texas Department of Public Safety and that they should expect a visit very soon.

Consequently...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Alberta Municipalities facing a monumental challenge "You can't wring money from a stone".

That was the response Premier Kenney provided when asked by the Rural Municipalities Association for help with a massive shortfall facing their members. According to the RMA, oil and gas companies owe about $173 million in property taxes to rural municipalities.

This comes after the province sliced property tax assessments for shallow gas producers by 35% last year. That will continue this year.

This comes after the Alberta Government trumpeted the addition of 300 RCMP officers in a "partnership" between the province, Federal Government and rural municipalities. The problem is that the province isn't providing any money. Instead they are downloading the cost to municipalities.

It is unclear how many new officers will go to each detachment. More money

doesn't necessarily mean more boots on the ground.

Larger centres won't feel the pinch of additional policing costs, but they will be heavily impacted by a 48% increase in the amount of fine revenue the province takes (it was 27%, now 40%). It's estimated that this will cost the City of Camrose $250,000.

Plus the amount of money the province provides municipalities to assist with infrastructure has been reduced as the MSI program is phased out to be replaced by a long term funding framework. This change is being made despite the commitments many municipalities have already made to multiyear capital projects.

Alberta's two largest cities, Edmonton and Calgary signed City Charters with the previous government. Those Charters have both been canceled despite the promise by the UCP to keep them in place.

This is not how a province works.

Investors don't see a jurisdiction ripping up agreements as a stable investing environment.

Further, the financial challenges municipalities are facing may force some to throw in the towel and dissolve.

The UCP government vowed to work together with municipalities if they formed government.

Unfortunately, Municipal Affairs Minister Kaycee Madu has traded barbs in the media on a regular basis with the Mayors of Edmonton and Calgary.

There is a better way to make this relationship work. The Alberta Party would build bridges and strengthen relationships to help all Albertans get through the tough times ahead. Alberta needs a fresh approach.

Kevin Smook Alberta Party Critic for Municipal Affairs kevin.smook@albertaparty.ca

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FROM WHERE I SIT: Let’s Talk

BY HAZEL ANAKA Three years ago, I was speaking to a psychologist. I answered her questions in my usual direct, confident way.

She asked more questions. Eventually, she said, “You know not everyone thinks like you.” My flip first answer was ‘they’re probably not trying hard enough.’ My second response was one of anger and frustration.

“How the hell did I get this old without knowing that?” I asked.

You see, I was a worrier. I worried for myself and everyone I cared about. I worried about car trips and flights. I worried about performance. I worried about the Festival and my obligations to it. I set extremely high expectations for myself and everyone around me. I was often disappointed (by myself and everyone around me). Logically, I knew that worrying was counter-productive. What I didn’t yet know was the huge price I was paying in terms of time and energy as I proactively tried to anticipate and mitigate something bad from happening. “You know not everyone thinks like that….Well, aren’t they just irresponsible?” I asked.

My eyes and heart were opened. What now, I asked. You can see our clinic GP and I did.

When she suggested

medication could make my life easier, I said I hate taking pills and I didn’t want to be a zombie. She said the new drugs were highly sophisticated and not the ‘dirty drugs’ of yesterday. ‘Well, now that I’m aware, can’t I just adjust my thinking?’ The doctor said if you had diabetes, you wouldn’t try to white knuckle your way through, you’d use insulin. This was a physiological, wiring thing in my brain and there is no shame in needing pharmaceutical help.

Next came the visit with a psychiatrist.

Excessive worrying is a condition called Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and is typically inherited.

Serotonin (the feel-good hormone) is a neurotransmitter naturally

produced by the body.

For some reason, in people like me, our bodies either don’t produce enough or don’t hang onto it long enough.

Enter a prescription for an anti-depressant. ‘It may take a couple weeks for it to kick in, come back so we can see if and how it’s working.’

Well. On a return visit, I report life-altering results. I say that I’m chill and calm and serene. If anything, I worry that I’m losing my edge, my sense of urgency, my ambition.

“Ah, that sometimes happens in about ten percent of patients. This new medicine will help with the serotonin and your levels of norepinephrine, another neurotransmitter that regulates energy, alertness, the stress response.” Off I go

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When I return a few weeks later I report nothing but good news. I tell the shrink my energy and interest are back and I’m less bitchy. He says, ‘how about I write that you’re less irritable?’

And because I’m less bitchy, I laugh and happily agree!

So. Because of the stigma around mental illness, I’m reluctant to shout this from the roof tops. Soon after the diagnosis, I talk to my mom, sisters, my kids, some nieces and nephews because of the heredity thing. I do not want another soul to suffer a moment longer than they need to. In the past three years, I’ve confided in maybe three or four friends.

So, why now, dear reader, am I sharing this huge health thing that makes me vulnerable to your judgement or disdain? A few reasons. I’m always surprised, touched, humbled by the number of readers of FWIS from the County and far beyond its borders who enjoy my writing. Needing a drug for this anxiety disorder should be no bigger a deal than in 2008 when I shared the anguish of rotator cuff surgery with you. Health is health, illness is illness. I’ve always considered myself a straight shooter.

I like to believe I have the self-awareness and courage to take on the more difficult subjects.

How can I believe I’m being authentic (what

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Mundare puts a hold on drainage bylaw passage

BY JOHN MATHER A proposed drainage bylaw in Mundare was hotly contested before ultimately being tabled to a future meeting.

“The by-law looks at properties which could cause damage to adjoining properties because or poor ground cover or changed drainage courses; and what fines could be applied. It also looked at methods of enforcement.

“For the fines we’re looking at possibly $100 or $200,” Chief Administrative Officer, Colin Zyla told council when the issue came up Jan. 21.

He said the town could issue a municipal tag and people would come in and pay the fines. Or, he added, a second method was a violation ticket which would move the matter to court.

“If we go in and clean up a property all those fees are charged back on taxes,” he told council.

Second offences, if charged, would be double the first fine amount.

Mayor Mike Saric told council it was weedfilled undeveloped and unsightly properties which spurred the bylaw.

“We need to have a mechanism for people to clean up there properties,” he said.

Councillor Jason Kowal asked if this

applied to each individual lot.

“If there are more than 100 vacant lots could each one be fined under the bylaw?” he asked.

“Because if that’s the case, I’m going to vote no on it.”

Kowal owns several undeveloped properties in town.

Kowal has clay and natural grasses on the top of the properties and maintains them so they don’t cause drainage problems.

“I maintain my land and I know others that have weeds, but those are regularly cut,” he added. “Do they qualify as maintained lots?”

Mayor Saric said that was something they would have to determine.

“I don’t think anybody expects a manicured lawn, but they also don’t want bare dirt,” he said.

“You have some people who spray their lots and kill everything in sight and then it rains and the dirt washes away causing drainage issues.”

Zyla said he’d take the concerns back to the town’s lawyers to get more interpretations.

Kowal asked if there were timelines attached to the bylaw.

“It doesn’t matter if its been undeveloped for years prior,” said Zyla.

“It’s from when the

bylaw gets passed then the timeframe kicks in.”

Saric said he didn’t understand the bylaw to mean someone had to build something, but rather maintain the property with some sort of ground cover to prevent drainage issues.

“What we’re looking for out of this is some sort of vegetation cover to keep erosion and dust down,” said Saric.

“We’re not looking for people to build a home or completely landscape the property.”

Kowal asked if they wanted the wording to say there should be no spraying to kill vegetation.

“If you are spraying and killing everything then you’re not leaving any vegetation,” he said.

That presented a new problem said Zyla because if you had weeds growing then they would be sent a weed notices to clear them.

Kowal agreed saying that was his concern because he cuts the weeds on his lots sometimes up to five times a year.

Zyla wondered if people couldn’t spray the weeds, but Saric pointed out the town sprays weeds.

“At the end of the day are we trying to accommodate non resident

landowners, who spend as little as possible or the people that live here and do take care of the lots.” asked Saric.

“We have people who do complain that when it rains the dirt washed off those non vegetated lots and runs down the sides of the roads and causes drainage issues.”

Kowal said he wasn’t sure if the town could be selective knowing there were some lots causing the bulk of the problems, but people wouldn’t accept being called out for one bad lot knowing another further along the block could also cause the same issue.

Zyla said if there is just one lot causing problems for the neighbours, then the town should be able to approach them directly about the concerns and have them deal with it. But, he pointed out, if another lot is not creating any problems should the town have to go after its owners as well?

Kowal said a lot of bylaws are complaint driven and Saric agreed people have complained about selective enforcement in the past.

The bylaw was tabled to a future meeting as Zyla seeks further clarification before the bylaw is passed.

would pay based on their populations.

The various municipalities will decide whether to take part in the next couple of months.

The plan does intrigue Judy Schueler, the Bruderheim deputy mayor, who also serves as chair of the Lamont County Rural Transportation Committee.

“I don’t know how we will fit into to this plan,” she said. “I think it’s something we have to look at. If we can somehow piggy back on to this program then it would be a great opportunity for us.”

She said if they could get included into the Metro Edmonton Regional Transportation system, then it might allow the Lamont resi-

dents the opportunity to be dropped off at a satellite stop in Fort Saskatchewan or Strathcona County, but then have access to the entire Metro Edmonton area.

“That would really make a lot of sense.” she said. “I’d have to ask Strathcona how many people are coming out of their area into the plants.”

She said if Lamont County could run a bus just to the heartland and then have people transfer, “it would be fantastic.”

“I’ll have to follow up with them,” she said. “It could be a great opportunity.”

She said she has found a group that may want to set up a funding model for the transportation network her group pro-

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Regional transit plan could benefit Lamont

BY JOHN MATHER A report on a new regional transportation project for the greater Edmonton area could have ramifications for a public transit system extending into Lamont County in the future.

A Regional Transit Services Commission Transition Team issued a report, Jan. 22 recommending the combination of transit services for 13 municipalities surrounding and including Edmonton.

Participating in the study were: Beaumont, Devon, Edmonton, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc, Morinville, Spruce Grove, Stony Plain, St. Albert, along with the counties of Leduc, Strathcona, Sturgeon and Parkland.

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posed last year after a County-wide survey, but it’s very early to get into any detail yet.

She does want to meet with the local MLA, Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk to further discuss her project.

She added there is a person in the Vegreville area who is also considering trying to establish a bus route into Edmonton which would include a stop in Mundare.

“He getting a petition signed right now,” said Schueler. “But he may be looking at three trips a day into the city. He would drop of at one spot where riders could then connect with rides to other areas.

“As long as people are still talking about it that’s a good thing.”

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Together, we can keep the St. Michael Landfill a clean, environmentally friendly part of our planet!

The St Michael Landfill site, St. Michael Regional Solid Waste Commission is a Class II facility that accepts non-hazardous materials.

Every load brought to the landfill site is weighed and directed to the proper disposal area. Household garbage goes to the working face with separate areas for; antifreeze, batteries, concrete, electronic waste, household hazardous waste, metal, plastic fertilizer bottles, oil containers, paints, tires, waste oil, waste oil filters, and wood branches. The working face is compacted daily and covered.

We do not charge for household refuse generated during the routine operations of a family dwelling.

We want our Lamont County residents to be able to use the landfill safely and in an environmentally sustainable way for years to come so we require proof of residency. if you are new to the Lamont County Region, please bring a copy of your tax notice, power bill, natural gas or water bill with your municipal or civic address and/or legal description, as the land owners are listed in the computer. This will allow us to make sure people from out of our area arenʼt using your landfill as dumping grounds.

Recycling Itʼs good for the health of our earth!

The St Michael Landfill Site operates a basic recycling program which is being expanded.

There are designated areas that allow residents to drop off of recyclable items and keep these items from being landfilled.

Here are some of the things we can recycle for you Anti-freeze Batteries Concrete E-waste (anything that plugs in) Fertilizer & Pesticide Agricultural Chemical Bottles (triple rinsed caps and booklets removed)

780.702.9880

Metal Propane Tanks (up to 100 lbs.)

Tree Branches Tires Waste Oil Waste Oil Containers Waste Oil Filters

White Goods: freezers and refrigerators with the doors and lids removed If you have any questions about recyclable materials, please call the site at 780.702.9880

Weʼll help you identify and dispose of

Household Hazardous Waste before it contaminates our land and water.

Never pour household hazardous waste products down the drain and never mix with your regular trash The St. Michael Landfill operates a year round Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and Material Recovery program to ensure proper disposal of these potentially harmful chemicals and compounds from your home.

Bring it to us for proper and safe disposal. Any questions or tips about reducing your HHW, please phone 780-702-9880 or visit our website.

Loads coming to the Landfill must be Tarped & Secured Sorry, we are not registered to accept these items therefore they are prohibited • Animal Waste • Animal Carcasses Domestic • Explosives • Chemical Wastes • Hazardous Wastes (Outside of Residential Household Hazardous Waste Program)

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• Hot Loads • Human Wastes • Liquid Wastes • Radioactive Wastes • Sealed Drums • Sewage / Septic Wastes (Lagoon provided) • Toxic Materials

We are able to accept these items but under specific restrictions • Ashes** must be cold • CFC Units (Fridges, freezers) • E-waste • Impacted soil (By approval only) • Oil Filters • Creosote Contaminated Wood

• Tar • Paint • Propane bottles • Residential Household Hazardous Waste • Scrap Metals • Tires • Pesticide Containers • Waste Oil • Wire & Cable

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Non-Resident • Household Waste $80/metric tonne $25 minimum charge. *Must be bagged.

• Fridges/Freezers $10/ea • Box Springs & Mattresses $12/ea • Roofing Material $80/metric tonne • Construction & Demolition $80/metric tonne Resident • Household Waste no charge. *Must be bagged.

• Fridges/Freezers $10/ea • Box Springs & Mattresses $12/ea • Roofing Material $40/metric tonne • Construction & Demolition $40/metric tonne • Large Unsorted Loads $80/metric tonne in addition to the above charges

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Two community dances to set social pace in Mundare in February

BY JOHN MATHER With the holiday season fast receding in the distance, social activities are beginning to ramp up in Mundare again.

The fun starts this Saturday (Feb.8) with an evening of entertainment at the Mundare Curling Club.

The main entertainment will be the Comedy

Factory featuring Atomic Improv. This will be followed by DJ Dusk till Dawn.

There will be a fundraiser for the Mundare Fire and Rescue Service Feb. 22, at the Mundare Recreation Centre.

It will be a Flash Back Dinner and Dance and all participants are

encouraged to dress in their best throwback clothes to the 50s,60s, and 70s.

During the event, there will be raffles, silent auctions and a live auction. At 8 p.m there will be a special appearance by the Leduc Pipe and Drum Band.

MP Stubbs stunned by Liberal waffling on Teck Frontier

BY JOHN MATHER Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs is very concerned about the federal Liberals latest pronouncement that they could delay the approvals for the Teck Frontier mine in northern Alberta despite it having met all the environmental approval required and having the support of indigenous bands in the area.

“This should be a no brainer,” said Stubbs, speaking at the Alberta Industrial Heartland stakeholders day Jan. 30.

“This was approved by the regulators in July and should have been given the green light by the Liberals in August.

“They have until the

end of the month to approve it and now the minister has come out and said they (the Liberals) may delay it until May.” “I think this a very dangerous signal already and I’m wondering if they’re just delaying to try and find a reason or way to reject it.”

Stubbs is very concerned that any delays in the project will play right in the hands of Western separation.

“I think any delay will be an absolute eruption of rage,” she fumed.

“I think it will be a real test for the Liberal government about whether they’re being honest … whether they’ve heard any part of the message

Albertans sent them in the last election and whether they even want to work together with the rest of the country.”

Stubbs said in the House of Commons last week, in support of the project, it will create 7,000 jobs, is a world leader in environmental responsibility and has the full support of indigenous groups in the area.

“It will provide jobs across the country,” she said. “If the Liberals say no to this it will mean they absolutely don’t care about Alberta and even worse, they’ll be saying to the rest of the world that Canada is closed for business.”

TOWN OF BRUDERHEIM ____________________________________ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING- (Date Change) BYLAW 14-2019 BEING A BYLAW TO AMEND THE LAND USE BYLAW 33-2015 Pursuant to Sections 230, 606, and 692 of the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, as amended, the Council of the Town of Bruderheim hereby gives notice of its intention to adopt Bylaw 14-2019.

The purpose of Bylaw 14-2019 is to amend the land use district of: Pt. SW 33-55-20-W4 (LINC 0023 415 848) from the UR – Urban Reserve District to the M1 – Industrial District, as shown on the attached Schedule A. THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Sections 230, 606 and 692 of the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, as amended, a public hearing to consider the proposed Bylaw will be held: Date: Time: Place:

February 12, 2020 7:00 PM Bruderheim Fire Hall 5112 Queen Street Bruderheim, AB T0B 0S0

FURTHER, TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a verbal or written representation may do so at the hearing, or by providing the representation to the Town’s Chief Administrative Officer before 12:00 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2020. It would be beneficial for individuals to provide advance notice to the Town of Bruderheim at (780) 796-3731 of their intention to make a presentation at the hearing.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw may be inspected at the Town of Bruderheim office during normal business hours.

To obtain more information regarding the proposed Bylaw, please contact: Sherry Cote, Director of Planning and Legislative Services, Town of Bruderheim – Phone (780) 796-3731 OR Kyle Miller, Planner, Municipal Planning Services (2009) Ltd. – Phone (780) 486-1991

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FEATURED LISTINGS Farms Lamont County

Farm Land in Village of Chipman • 359.75 acres total consisting of: -SE ¼ 29-54-18-W4 121.45 acres 100± cultivated, -S ½ of SW ¼ -20-54-18-W4 80 acres Hay and trees.

-NW ¼, 20-54-18-W4 158.3 acres 80± cultivated Price: $700,000

Beaver County • N1/2 of NE ¼ -7-53-18-W4 71.80 acres 8.77 acres yard with chain link fence, partially gravelled, power, 4 yard lights, could be commercial use if proper permit is obtained. Balance of parcel is fenced with 5 wire and 4 wire. 35± acres of hay. Corner of HWY 16 and RR 185. Price: $399,000 Seller is a licensed Realtor™ in the province of Alberta • W4-18-54-10 SW ¼ 160 acres 110± cultivated acres. RR 183 between TWP RD 540 and 542. Price: $320,000 • Parcel #1 Plan: 0826846 Block 1 Lot 2 Parcel #2 Plan: 0826846 Block 1 Lot 3 156.60 acres total 145 combined cultivated acres RR 175 and TWP 544 Price: $599,000 • W4-16-4836-SW 160 acres near Holden. Small house,

power, gas, and septic system well treed yard.

Price: $439,000 • W4-19-51-15-SE ¼ 155.9 acres usable for pasture of hay near Tofeild. Fenced and cross fenced with multiple • W4-19-53-12 NW 136.27 acres. Property has 13,200 sq ft water sources. RR 192 and TWP Rd 512 Shop 8 acres of gravelled yard 1 usable metal storage shed, Price: $510,000 2 houses and a detached double car garage. House # is 130 m² 5-bedroom bungalow with a finished basement. House #2 is 61 m² 2-bedroom bungalow with no basement. 60 acres ± of arable land. Corner of HWY 16 and RR 191. Property is being sold “As is Where is” with no warranties. Price: $890,000

Two Hills County Recreation Land

• W4-12-55-27 NW 146 acres with 1/2-mile frontage on the North Saskatchewan river. HWY 29 and RR 123 50± acres of cultivation power at property Nicely treed lot for a building site. Price $425,000

Farms in Town of Lamont

Strathcona County Hobby Farm

• Plan: 1424641 Block 1 Lot 1 Town of Lamont Hwy 15 RR 193 77.96 acres fenced dugout 15 acres cultivated and the balance pasture. Price: $250,000 • W4-19-55-9-NE ¼ Town of Lamont Hwy 15 TWP 552 79.96 acres fenced 15 acres cultivated and the balance pasture. Price: $250,000

• 53142 RGE RD 224 40.03 acres with 35 ± cultivation.

1950 built 1000 sq ft bungalow on property with large shop and various other buildings. Future local industrial zoning on property and located in Bremner concept plan.

Price $1,795,000

Norman Hill Broker Call (780) 449-5622 email nhill01@telus.net www.hillrealty.ca

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Snow removal tackled in Bruderheim

BY JANA SEMENIUK Residential snow removal in Bruderheim will finally begin this week according to signage posted throughout the neighbourhoods.

Roadways are cleared of snow in sequence, according to the snow removal map located on the Bruderheim website.

The first priority is given to arterial roadways, with the second priority being collector

or secondary roadways, explained Dennis Tomuschat, director of public works and recreation. The third priority is sidewalks and pathways with the fourth priority being residential roadways. Finally, the fifth priority is sidewalks and alleys.

“We are following the bylaws for the snow removal schedule. The threshold for snow removal in priority four

(residential) is 15 – 20 centimetres packed. Not accumulated snow, but packed snow. There’s a difference,” he said.

“Priority one and two is accumulated snow.”

Tomuschat went on to describe ways in which residents can help when it comes time for large-scale

snow removal.

“One person leaving their vehicle on the road during snow removal can make it bad for everyone,” he said.

“When there is a vehicle in the way it means we cannot get the grader as close to the edge of the road as we c o u l d have.”

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last week when clearing the priority two roadways.

“When I was clearing the collector’s roadways last week, I saw one home that had cleared their snow onto the roadway in front of their house and it measured three feet tall. I kid you not,” he said.

Tomuschat anticipates the final phase of snow removal will be completed by Feb. 6.

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Tomuschat went on to describe other obstacles facing snow removal.

“We need to ask people not to shovel their snow from their sidewalks and driveways onto the road,” he said.

“Please use your front lawns. If you use the roadway then the next person parking on that roadway is going to get stuck.”

Tomuschat explained a situation he encountered

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Minor Hockey: Lamont Tier 6 Peewees win big at home against CNN KERRY ANDERSON Lamont Tier 3 Atoms (3-11-1) lost a 5-1 game against Fort Sask. at Bruderheim Arena on Saturday. Cole Chudyk scored Lamont’s only goal in the middle period.

Bruderheim Tier 2 Peewees (8-8-2) dropped a 12-5 game against Fort McMurray on Saturday at Lamont Arena. The score was close until midway through the second frame when FM scored six times in just over eight minutes.

Emerson Hauch (2g 1a) and Kayden Winslow (1g 2a) both had 3-point games. Other scorers were; Andrew Svitich (1g 1a), Ryan Carstairs (1g), Alex Andruchow (1a), and Rowan Young (1a).

On Sunday, Bruderheim was scheduled to play Leduc but no score was posted at deadline.

Lamont Tier 6 Peewees (13-3-0) skated to a 13-5

win at home against CNN at Bruderheim Arena on Sunday. Kyran Belcourt had a 6-point game (5g 1a). Richard Ayres scored four and William Furey got a hat trick. Other scorers were;

Cameron Olechow (1g), Xavier Storr (3a), Teagan Stetsko (3a), Camerson Atkinson (2a), Wyatt Bartz (1a), and Cayden Albert (1a). Liam Lewis got the win in goal for Lamont.

Happy Febru ary!

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