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Premier Kenney, MLA Armstrong-Homeniuk help at Fill a Plane for Ukraine

BY JANA SEMENIUK

Fort SaskatchewanVegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk, along with Premier Jason Kenney and Minister Kaycee Madu, toured a warehouse in west Edmonton March 6 during a media event where supplies and equipment are being housed and prepared for a journey to Ukraine, providing relief for those affected by Russia’s ongoing fullscale assault on the country.

The Fill a Plane for Ukraine event began March 3 and saw over 10,000 kilograms of items collected, with sorting and organizing taking place over four days. The event is a joint project by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Alberta Provincial Council and Firefighter Aid to Ukraine. Armstrong-Homeniuk, who also serves as chair to the Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations, said she felt emotional seeing the many pallets of stacked boxes and medical equipment ready to be shipped. “When I saw the donations, I couldn’t believe what I saw. This all came together so quick. I am overwhelmed with emotion,” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney she said. speaking on the invasion of Pallets upon palUkraine. Photo: Jana Semeniuk lets of stacked boxes with labels such as ‘army gear’ filled nearly a third of the warehouse along with bags of yet to be sorted firefighting gear. Arm-strongHomeniuk and Kenney took time to help with the remaining sorting efforts during the media event.

Volunteer Yuliia Marchinkowski was also emotional speaking about the collection efforts. Members of her family are currently struggling in Ukraine.

“My dad, sister, aunts and uncles are stuck there,” she said, tears springing to her eyes. “My sister is a mom of three and she is on the move. It’s been difficult.” Marchinkowski added that getting supplies to Ukraine has also been difficult with bottlenecking problems in Toronto.

“Firefighter Aid to Ukraine have an extensive network so we can address the bottle-necking from both sides of the border now,” she said. “We are also working through the department of emergency services in Ukraine.”

Marchinkowski said she was grateful for involvement from the provincial government on the project.

“Jackie has been amazing. She is such an advocate and always there to help,” she said. “They (the government) were able to step up when they heard about the project. We started working on the goods and pulling everything together.”

Premier Kenney also announced March 4 that the province will be providing over $10 million in humanitarian aide to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, large scale medical equipment, including an incubator, x-ray machine and two defibrillators, were also donated to the cause. In terms of the supplies getting safely into the hands of Ukrainians, Marchinkowski said she isn’t worried.

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Fort Sask.-Vegreville MLA Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk helps volunteers pack firefighting gear to include in a supply shipment to Ukraine. Photo: Jana

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Town of Lamont 2022 Tax Sale Public Auction

Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, the Town of Lamont will offer for sale, by public auction, at the Lamont Recreation Centre Meeting Room, 4844 – 48 Avenue, Lamont, Alberta on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., the following lands:

LINC Number Legal Description Title Number

0017 244 179 Plan 127HW; Block 8; Lot 4 122 375 796 1. The properties shall be offered for sale on an "as is, where is" basis and the Town of Lamont makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever including as to the adequacy of services, soil conditions, land use districting, building and development conditions, absence or presence of environmental contamination, or the developability of the subject land for any intended use by the

Purchaser. No bid will be accepted where the bidder attempts to attach conditions precedent to the sale of any parcel. No terms and conditions of sale will be considered other than those specified by the Town of Lamont.

2. The properties listed above shall be subject to the tax sale if the total outstanding property tax arrears remain outstanding prior to the tax sale.

3. The properties will be offered for sale by auction, subject to a reserve bid and to certain registrations shown on the existing certi- ficate of title as described in section 423(1) of the Municipal

Government Act.

4. Payments by certified cheque or bank draft only. The successful bidder must, at the time of sale, make a non-refundable ten percent (10%) deposit payable to the Town of Lamont, with the balance of the purchase price due within 30 days of the public auction. 5. Successful bidders agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Town of Lamont’s standard Tax Sale Agreement, a copy of which shall be made available to prospective bidders at the Town of

Lamont Office prior to the tax sale. Prospective bidders will be required to register in advance of the public auction. 6. Purchasers are responsible for obtaining vacant possession. 7. The Town of Lamont may, after the public auction, become the owner of any parcel of land not sold at the public auction. 8. All sales are subject to current taxes. 9. GST may apply on properties sold at the public auction.

10. Redemption may be effected by payment of all arrears of taxes and costs at any time prior to the date of the sale. Properties may be deleted from this sale as the tax arrears and costs are paid.