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Nickerson guilty of manslaughter Chipman man acquitted of second degree murder charges in double killing BY JOHN MATHER A Chipman man was acquitted of second degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of two neighbours in Chipman in 2017. Ray Nickerson was instead found
guilty of manslaughter in the death of Jason Williams, and then not guilty in the death of Terrance Sutton by the jury Jan. 27 in an Edmonton courtroom. Facing two charges of second degree murder, Nickerson’s lawyer Akram
Attia argued his client had shot the men in self defence. Justice Eric Macklin allowed Nickerson to remain on bail pending sentencing after Attia had reported to court his client had been under condi-
tions for four years with no breaches. Attia further added he will argue against the mandatory four-year minimum sentence for manslaughter. Sentencing is scheduled for April 20.
Fire training centre a boost for Lamont County BY JOHN MATHER After nearly five years of construction by volunteer labour, the Lamont Fire Department training centre is just about ready to become operational. Regional Fire Chief Shayne Milliken updated Lamont Council on Jan. 26 on the status of the long-running project, while explaining how the last $100,000 budgeted will be used to complete the centre. Located at the Chipman Public Works yard, the centre has several modules which will not only save the County in training of fire members, but it will also be able to be rented out to other first response agencies for training such as RCMP, and industrial first responders. Milliken told council that there were a few problems in the area which had to be overcome prior to going fully operational. He said the project began with placing 13 C-cans at the works yard. “We began putting the C-cans into the final positions, but things got held up by the Bruderheim wildfires of 2108,” he said. He added during 2018 the County had acquired a couple of portable buildings which were designated to be used as classrooms and so the planning got spread between working on the portable structures and the C-can
A total of 13 C-cans have been built to form the main centrepiece of the Lamont County fire departments’ new fire training centre at the public works yard near Chipman. Fire chief Shayne Milliken is excited about the possibilities of the centre which is nearing completion after nearly six years of development. structure resulting in less work getting done. He said they also acquired a washroom and shower facility which was added at the site. He said work has been concentrated on classroom and shower trailers and they are now just about ready for use by emergency services and for other County departments who may wish to use them since there is an area in one of the portables which can be used as a
small boardroom/meeting room. This year, he said priority will more be back to the live fire training facility which is the C-can structure. Using the budgeted $100,000 he said there were three components to the project. “The first is to stabilize the ground around the facility,” he said. “The second is to make the facility accessible and the third is to make the facility useable.”
He said the challenge now was getting to the site. The ground is wet around the structure, but he told council he had had conversations with public works that this work could be done to solve the issue. He added some areas around the structure would have to have concrete or asphalt pads because of the amount of water that would be used during training sessions. MORE PAGE 2
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Fire Training Centre Continued from front When questioned by council on the total cost, he responded the final costs for the projects would amount to close to $500,000. “That seems like a large sum and it is ,” he said. “But to get preengineered sets of three C-cans could costs upwards of $250,000 and our site is three times bigger than that.” When asked if there was going to be any revenue streams from the finished centre, he told council the potential was great. If we go to Edmonton, or to Vermillion to Lakeland College for training, it can cost $8,000 to $15,000 for the weekend rental,” he said. “We can offer the facility to small departments for training, but know we’ll be saving those rental fees just by training for ourselves.” “If we rent it out we could be looking at upwards of $30,000 per year if we included our own savings,” he reported. “There is a market for this sort of training facility.” He addd there was a market in the industrial community because they do similar training and the facility is designed to meet any requirements they might have. When asked if industry would contribute to the building of the facility, he said there had been donations in kind for industry but no direct cash contributions. “We are leaning to industry for some in kind donations,” he said. "I’ve had discussions with industrial partners in the heartland and they can’t use some of the equipment like a propane tree on their site anymore, so they will want to come and train at our site.” Milliken said he expected to add a rail car at the site which would be a benefit for training both for his department and industry. When asked if there was any competition for this type of facility, Milliken replied he was-
n’t sure. He said Vegreville was building a similar site but it was much smaller than what Lamont had. “Our site is second to none in size outside Edmonton and Lakeland College. “If we take the time to market it properly we’ll have a constant stream of organizations wanting to use it.” “I’m truly excited about this,” he said. “I’m really excited about getting it completed and going.” “Last year we really got close to finishing the classroom, washrooms, lunch room and shower facility,” he said. “I’m pretty confident that within two to four weeks, we’ll have fire departments out there doing training.” The centre when finished will consist of a Ccan structure all configured to be used for live fire training. “All of our training has to be done at an accredited live fire training centre and with this facility we’ll have one here in the County,” he said. “The centre will be accredited by the office
of the fire commissioner through Alberta Municipal Affairs and will be accredited to professional firefighting standards.” In addition there will be a confined space training module for self contained breathing apparatus practice. “It’s essentially a maze where firefighters will have to crawl though a small area within a C-can while virtually blinded from smoke,” said Milliken. He added there will be pipes and other obstacles in the confined space units to simulate crawl spaces in homes or industrial areas. There is also a entire section devoted to essentially simulations not using live fire. “It will be one of the only year-around operational facilities in Alberta. Milliken said the RCMP have expressed an interest in using the area not using live fire, because it is set up very similar to an apartment of multiple units and it’s about three stories tall. He added there is an area for roof ventilation and some engineered
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areas with rope anchors that could be used by industrial trainees. There is also a propane tree and a pressurized cylinder prop which could be used by people who work as first responders in industrial sites. He said the training centre can actually let the department or industry partners train in simulations similar to what made Red Adair of Texas famous. But, adds Milliken, the Chipman site is smaller in scope.
Lamont County Regional Fire Chief Shayne Milliken stands in front of cages which form the confined spaces training section at the department's new training centre near Chipman. Inside a smoke-filled Ccan, firefighters will wear air packs as they work their way around the maze starting at the bottom right.
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Opinion Messin’ with Texas no way to start the Biden administration BY JOHN MATHER There are very strange happenings in the country of our friends south of the border. After spending four years, condemning, ostracizing, and vilifying Donald Trump, everyone looked for the the freshness of the new Biden administration. Well towards the end of his first couple of weeks, not much appears to have changed except the oldest president in U.S. history hasn’t mastered Twitter yet. But he has signed more presidential executive orders than any previous U.S. president, including of course his infamous one to kill the Keystone XL pipeline. This is, of course after campaigning, saying there “are things you can’t do by executive order unless you’re a dictator.” That was after stating you couldn’t use an executive order to raise taxes on corporations and wealthy people. Now an executive order as defined by Wikipedia, is a means of issuing federal directives in the United States, used by the President, that manages operations of the federal government. As the head of state and head of government of the United States, as well as commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces, only the President of the United States can issue an executive order. At any time, the president may revoke, modify, or make exceptions from any executive order, whether the order was made by the current president or a predecessor. Typically, a new president reviews in-force executive orders in the first few weeks in office. To date Biden has issued 42 executive orders. He’s on a roll. But in the process of moving forward with his green policies he’s kicked open a hornet’s nest in Texas. While he can openly sneer at the large number of displaced workers, upset indigenous bands and other industries hurt by his cancellation of the Keystone project in Canada, his full speed ahead programs designed to pacify the extreme left of his Democratic Party have infuriated Texans. That rather huge state has a massive investment in the energy industry. To the extent that the governor has ordered by executive order of his own to “direct every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action that threatens the continued strength, vitality, and independence of the energy industry. Each state agency should work to identify potential litigation, notice-and-comment opportunities, and any other means of preventing federal overreach within the law. Continued
CONTINUED This executive order supersedes all previous orders in conflict or inconsistent with its terms and shall remain in effect and in full force unless it is modified, amended, rescinded, or superseded by the governor.” In fact, one Texan Republican Representative, Kyle Biedermann, has filed a House Bill calling for the state to separate from the U.S. Now for those who are history buffs, Texas did use to be an independent country before it joined the U.S. And that was before oil was discovered. While sone call the idea of separation of Texas “a complete fantasy,” Biedermann feels the Texan economy is strong enough to stand on its own and that Texas is a “bastion of freedom.” The mayors of Midland, Texas and Pittsburgh discussed Biden’s climate change on PBS recently. The Midland mayor said while executive orders had “been traded back and forth”
for years, more than 200,000 people would get up the next day and work in the Permian Basin oil patch. He stated there would be a demand for the wind and solar industry as society moves forward but the energy industry of oil and gas would still be be needed for a number of years. “While China will burn more coal today than the rest of the world, we out here know what it takes to create a robust energy economy.” “For you to have the necessary power to plug in your electric car, it’s going to take the oil and gas industry.” “They (the Feds) have to stop demonizing the oil and gas industry as we move towards a newer model for the energy industry.” The Pittsburgh mayor acknowledged the world is moving to the use of solar and wind power, but “should we be buying buses from China and wind turbines from Germany?” or should the U.S. move to manufacturing these items in areas of the depressed
Ohio Valley and Appalachia where the coal industry and steelmaking used to rule supreme, but has been ruined by moves to buy offshore and move away from a national reliance on coal fired energy. Biden is hell bent on moving green yet he is facing opposition in both the Senate and House of Representatives because the party has only the narrowest of majorities and even some Democratic legislators look at their home constituencies and worry about how energy cancellation translates into votes to keep them on the fat Washington payroll. Only time will tell if Biden is an astute Joe able to read and rationalize subtle changes rather than being a stupid Joe who will take a sledgehammer to major employers and economies in his own country to appease left wing greenies ranting from the bleachers of Los Angeles and New York, as opposed to the middle of the country where Democratic support isn’t as strong.
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Get Your Mojo Going
BY HAZEL ANAKA This week’s column will be a mixed bag of announcements that could positively impact your life if you act on the ideas. At least one is time sensitive. • The Vegreville Care Coalition is presenting a virtual Rural Women’s Conference on the evening of February 12th from 7 to 9 pm. It’s called Our Nature to Nurture and features speaker Lesley Kelly of High Heels & Canola Fields, the What the Farm podcast, and Do More Agriculture Foundation. The cost is $10. If you register at www.ournaturetonurture.ca before February 5th you get a free activity and self-care kit. You had me at self-care and gift
with purchase! I happened to catch an interview with Lesley and her husband on CTV. They dared to share on social media the depression and mental anguish they were feeling as farmers. We know that farmers pretend to be tough, independent, resilient, self-sufficient. We’ve all done it. Those qualities are great and essential to succeed in this tough vocation. But farmers are people too… and vulnerable to all the mental and physical ailments affecting humans. Testosterone can only take you so far. This conference and the recent Bell Let’s Talk campaign hopefully will make it easier for everyone suffering to get brave enough to seek help. • For the political wonks out there, you know we are living with a minority federal government. Typically, minority governments fall in about eighteen months when they lose the confidence of the
house. The timing for precipitating the fall (by either the governing party or coalition of opposition parties) is always based on gauging the approval ratings in the polls, lack of current scandals, and whether they’re wearing their lucky socks. All of that is compounded by coronavirus. Provincially, no governing party was punished by the electorate for calling an election during a pandemic. In fact, if I remember correctly, several of them went from minority status to majority territory. That’s all background info to my real point. Elections Canada has been working virtually non-stop since the last election. They need to crank up the enormous election machine at the dissolution of parliament and dropping of the writ plus develop all the Covid protocols. Because I worked the last federal election, I’ve gotten a few update emails in the last several months. It was also an opportunity
Two Hills RCMP seeking input from public BY JOHN MATHER Two Hills RCMP_ have reached out online to seek input from citizens regarding policing issues within their detachment area. In a post on Facebook, Sergeant Robert Daisley asked anyone in the Village of Andrew, Lamont County (east of Range Road 190 and north of Township Rod 550), the Town of Two hIlls, County of Two hIlls, and the Village of Myrnam. In his post, he said normally the detachment would host a townhall meeting to discuss policing concerns, but this year because of the pandemic restriction it wasn’t possible. So instead, Daisley said he would accept input from the public for a two-week period from Jan. 27 until Feb. 10. He suggested input could be sent by regular mail, email, or on social media. Interested participants are asked to reach out to Daisley at Two Hills RCMP, Box 100, Two Hills, AB, T0B 4K0; or email KTwoHillsDetach
ment@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or via Facebook: @TwoHillsRCMP Daisley said he would review all the sugges-
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to express interest in working again. The new unofficial guess is a March election. I’ve secured a position at the electoral office in Vegreville for whoknows-when. My point, and I do have one, is that if you’re interested in working for the election and can commit to it without knowing the actual days of employment, the call is out. New positions to accommodate the physical distancing requirements and avoid lineups have been created. That plus an extension of advance polls and voting days mean more jobs for more people. Training is
a combination of online and classroom. There is something patriotic-feeling in playing even a small part in our basic right to a free and fair election. In Alberta, there’s less suspense in seeing the actual results as they roll in because our voting behaviour is so predictable and entrenched. But, if you love a challenge and need an important short-term job sometime in 2021, contact your local electoral division office. For the Lakeland riding, the number for Returning Officer, Maureen Sullivan is 780-630-2920. Canada will thank you.
• The final one is the class action lawsuit for people who’ve used Microsoft software. You may have seen the TV commercials. It promises $250 without the need to provide proof of purchase. For full details visit www.thatsuitemoney.ca I seem to recall a very generous deadline for submitting one’s claim. I will be pursuing this because over that ten or so years I‘m sure I bought software more than once for more than one computer. Hopefully, one or more of these ideas will get your mojo going, from where I sit.
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Town assumes financial support after Lamont Curling Club season shuts down BY JANA SEMENIUK The Lamont Curling Club is feeling the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. As a result, they have abandoned their 20/21 curling season and requested for the Town of Lamont to assume the financial support of the rink. "They have had a huge impact with all of the pandemic restrictions," said Lamont Mayor Bill Skinner during the Jan. 26 council meeting. "At the end of November (2020) they decided to end their activity for the season." The LCC submitted a letter to Lamont Town Council requesting the Town cover the financial costs of the rink beginning Dec. 1. The club removed the ice and vacated the rink as of Dec. 13. "They are asking that the operation of that facility revert to the Town as of Dec. 1 (2020)," said Skinner. Bob Starko, President of the LCC, said the decision was a first for the club. “We’ve had later starts, but this is the first time we have had to shut down early,” he said. “It was a difficult decision. It was pretty much regulated by the province. Through their restrictions we couldn’t operate the way we wanted to so we decided to take the ice out. The longer the facility stayed open, the bills will start to mount and we wouldn’t be able to operate.” In their council package for the Jan. 26 meeting, information stated that most LCC members
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A conductor riding on a CN freight eastbound out of the Scotford Yard, has the train stopped as he has to throw the mainline switch in -20 weather, Jan 30. The switch had been set so the westbound train, right, could enter and stop in the Chipman siding to wait for the eastbound freight to pass.
Lamont Covid cases drop then jump over weekend BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County Human Resources coordinator Nichole Schreiber updated Lamont County Council on the Civid crisis during the Committee of the Whole meeting Jan. 26. During January the Covid numbers in Lamont have dropped to eight active cases as of Jan. 26. By the end of the week those cases had dropped to four, but jumped back to seven by Feb. 1 On Jan. 26, she told council, mandatory
restrictions would remain in place until further notice. She said the County was complying with all restrictions as outlined by the province. “We are conducting a poll survey of our staff,” she added. “Asking how our responses to the Covid 19 outbreak have been handled within the County and if the measures have made them feel safe in the workplace.” When asked by Reeve David Diduck how the County was doing with
any Covid outbreaks among County employees, Schreiber said there had only been one incident very early in the pandemic. “Since then we had no other outbreaks.” “Well I think our staff has to be commended then,” said Diduck. “Obviously with the measures we have taken as a County we are protecting not only our fellow workers, but also our neighbours and friends.”
Arenas shut down for remainder of season BY JANA SEMENIUK Arenas in Lamont and Bruderheim have made the difficult decision to close for the remainder of the 20/21 season. The Town of Lamont made the unanimous decision during their Jan. 26 council meeting. “This decision is due to many factors, including the cost of running the arena without any revenue source, and the risk to residents of keeping the arena open,” said the Director of Operations and Infrastructure Tyler Edgeworthy. Councillor Dave Taylor expressed sympathy for families that
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FEATURED LISTINGS PROPERTIES LAMONT COUNTY Modern Industrial Shop • 15,000 sq ft Industrial Shop built on 42.8 acres in Lamont County adjacent to the town of Lamont. Shop was built in 2006 with drive thru bays and has 24ʼ clear ceilings, 16ʼ by 16ʼ doors, floor sumps, exhaust fans, tool crib, 5-ton bridge crane, 600 amp power and 1,500 sq ft of office space. Site has access to highways 29, 15, 831. There is 15 acres of gravelled yard with chain link fencing. located at 195043 HWY 29 Lamont County. Price: $3,175,000 • 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: $575,000 • W4-18-53-29-NE, Plan 0321318 Block 1 Lot 1, Plan 0321318 Block 1 Lot 2, 314.45 acres total. 2 miles from highway 16 fenced and cross fenced pasture. Total Price $675,000 FARM LAND IN CHIPMAN • SE ¼ 29-54-18-W4 121.45 acres 80 acres cultivated with some trees. • S ½ of SW ¼ -20-54-18-W4 80 acres all in hay and trees near Highway 15. Price $150,000 • NW ¼, 20-54-18-W4 158.3 acres 90 acres cultivated with power, a nice building site and trees. • SW ¼, 29-54-18-W4 127 acres 102 acres cultivated along Highway 15. • SW ¼ 30-54-18-W4 (North ½) 78.83 acres fenced pasture land Price $140,000 • SW ¼, 30-54-18-W4 (South ½)- 72.12 acres Fenced pasture land Price $130,000 BEAVER COUNTY • W4-16-4836-SW 160 acres near Holden. Small house, power, gas, and septic system well treed yard. Price: $419,000
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• W4-19-51-15-SE ¼ 155.9 acres usable for pasture of hay near Tofield. Fenced and cross fenced with multiple water sources. RR 192 and TWP Rd 512. Price: $519,000 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 $350,000 STRATHCONA COUNTY HOBBY FARM • 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 $1,595,000.
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Covid-19 forces cancellation of birkebeiner events BY JOHN MATHER Covid-19 restrictions have led to the cancellation of this year’s Canadian Birkebeiner Ski event slated to be held at the Blackfoot Provincial Recreation area from Feb. 12 to 15. “This is so hard for the skiers and volunteers,” said Birkie President Dave Cooper. “We have worked at planning a safe event since early fall, with thousands of hours invested in designing a Birkie that would have been possible with outdoor sports gatherings of up to 100 people.” He said the ongoing Covid-19 situation and health restrictions would not allow the limit to be in place by the time the event was scheduled to start.
Those participants who had already signed up for the sold out event can have their registrations carried forward to the Birkie Festival scheduled for Feb 11-13, 2022. This year’s modifications had the birkie being skied over two sites at the recreation area. It would have featured individually spaced starts over a looped trail system of 55, 31, and 13 km. With a registration cap of only 640 skiers the event sold out within days of registration openings. Registrants will now also receive free entry into a virtual birkie taking place between Feb. 12 and 21. The Virtual Birkie is a 10-day event that offers cross country skiers worldwide an opportu-
nity to participate in the Canadian Birkie at their own pace, at their own place. Participants can sign up to ski, roller-ski, run, walk or cycle one of the Birkie distances: 4, 8, 13, 31 or 55 kilometres. After the event, registrants upload their distance and a photo of their event. The participants get a chance to then compare themselves with other Virtual Birkie skiers. Family, clubs and organizations can take part in the “Most KM Skied” Award allowing people to set a goal as a group. Since the event started in 1985, the event has been cancelled four times. Most recently it was called off in 2019 due to extreme cold, and in 2016 it was cancelled due to a lack of snow.
From the Files of The Lamont Leader 2006 Lamont Leader
Atom Central Cities brings home banner
Lamont Atom Central Cities hockey team capped off an undefeated season by bringing home the banner. Several players have been scouted. The Lamont team won the first game of the best of three final against Vegreville and won the title with a game two OT winner by Cameron Bernicki.
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