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More police presence for Lamont Town switches peace officer services to Vegreville

BY JANA SEMENIUK Lamont residents will start seeing a bigger police presence in town as of Mar. 1.

Lamont town council, during their Feb. 25 council meeting, unanimously approved an agreement for the town of Vegreville to provide peace officer services to the Town of Lamont. The contract will be up for renewal each year.

Lamont mayor, Bill Skinner, explained that peace officer services were previously provided by Fort Saskatchewan but did not include administrative duties.

“We have been looking into this since last fall. When we were using the Fort Saskatchewan peace officer services, our town staff had to manage a lot of the administrative duties including paperwork. In the new agreement, the whole spectrum of services will be

managed by the agency,” he said.

“Plus, any revenue generated by fines will be directed to the Town of Lamont.”

Skinner went on to add that while the previous arrangement took care of mostly animal control violations, the current agreement will see a bit more.

“We compared our level of bylaw services with other communities and felt that our services were not at the level of others,” said Skinner. “We looked at what was available to us and what would give us the best service for our tax dollars. They (peace officers) can give traffic violation tickets, make arrests, conduct animal control as well as enforce all other town bylaws.”

Skinner added that the peace officers will also provide regular reports to the town chief administrative officer Christine Beverage.

Vegreville Corporal Ray Stack (L) with peace officer Ken Podobrozny (R) on the streets of Vegreville in Dec.

Training grant cut upsets Lamont County fire chief

BY JOHN MATHER The province’s cut of a $500,000 province-wide training grant for provincial firefighters has “not impressed” Lamont County Fire Department officials.

“We have always budgeted for training and the grant funding helps us offset costs, and it will be noticeable in the future,” said Lamont County Regional Fire Chief David Zayonce in an email.

“We collaborate with Two Hills County and Vermilion River County when applying for the firefighter training grant.”

Municipal Affairs minister Kaycee Madu announced the cut to the entire amount of funding for firefighter training in a letter.

According to a statement from the

Alberta Association of Fire Chiefs, the letter stated the move was an effort to reduce operating costs and administrative burden.

Zayonce stated the reason Lamont works with Two Hills and Vermilion River is to maximize the contribution of the training grant money to conduct our training programs.

“The ironic part of this, a large percentage of firefighters in Alberta are ‘volunteers’ and perhaps the provincial government has severely lost sight of that fact,” stated Zayonce.

“Most can understand some of the cuts maybe need to occur, but underfunding critical areas is not good at all.”

Some smaller departments around the province rely on the training grants

dollars to help them train their volunteer firefighters. Some places do not have the luxury of allocating precious budget funding to such municipal department activities.”

AFCA executive director Fred Tyrrell said fire service is based on two elements: getting training and maintaining competency and certification in training. Their concern is firefighters who receive training won’t be able to be re-certified.

A government spokesman said the delivery of fire services was a municipal responsibility, meaning the fire departments and their training were funded by local governments.

“Given this, we have dissolved a small training grant that was developed in better economic times,” said

municipal affairs spokesman Timothy Gerwing. “We value the tremendous work firefighters do and continue to work with municipalities across the province to ensure public safety is protected.”

“The further irony, a statement by Municipal affairs deeming this grant was created when times were good, well that may be the case, however it also remained in place when things were not so good economically as well,” added Zayonce.

“Our services from all of our Lamont County Emergency Services Stations will not be affected by this cut, but we will be even more prudent in stretching and maximize our training funding going forward,” said Zayonce.

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A CN freight train kicks up clouds of snow as it slows coming into Mundare on Feb. 16.

Multimillion expansion connects railway terminal with both CN and CP mainlines

BY JOHN MATHER Alberta Midland Railway Terminal, a 950car storage yard for chemical rail cars in Lamont County, has announced expansion plans set to get underway by June of this year.

Alberta Midland currently sits along the CN line and can service industrial customers in the Alberta Industrial Heartland, said company president Darcy Heggie during an information session Feb. 27.

The new expansion, costing between $11 and $12 million will create nine new tracks and connect with the CP rail north of the ALRT existing site.

“Subject to all the proper permitting and approvals we expect to get started sometime between April and June, subject to runoff and all that stuff,” said Heggie.

“We’d like to have it in service by June of 2021.”

Heggie said there would be nine new tracks that connect the existing yard along with the CP line. The south lands connecting with the CN have a loop track and the nine additional track will connect with the loop.

“It allows more opportunities for the industrial and petrochemical customers to smooth out their supply chain.

The announcement of Alberta Midland will have a positive impact in Lamont County, said manager of economic development Jim Newman.

“It’s huge impact,” he stated. “We’ve been working with Alberta Midland for the past five years.

“This is an infrastructure piece that’s a good

fit for any other industry in our area,” he added.

“Whether it be a service industry or heavy industrial the fact it connects both rails is huge for our County. It gives us an advantage over other municipalities that potential investors might be looking at.”

“It something potential investors are always looking for.”

He added CN offers services to the west coast and to Asia, while CP can offer service to the west coast and the gulf coast.

“Both rails offer so much for shippers in this area,” he said.

Newman said he missed the announcement due to being in Calgary meeting with prospective customers who may want to locate in the County.

“I am in contact with the industry on a regular basis,” he said. “I always advise them on what’s happening with Alberta Midland because it is such a beneficial infrastructure piece.”

Heggie said in conjunction with the additional construction connecting the CP track, the company may put in a trans modal facility which would allow shippers with more conventional freight access both mainlines of rail.

“We haven’t got that in our permitting right now,” he said. “But we’re looking at a multi commodity transload facility,” “I’d say it could come on stream sooner rather than later,” added Heggie.

“We’ve contemplated accompanying storage and warehousing,” he said. “It would be a mixture of us and third party

businesses.”

He said he had no timeline, “but it could coincide with existing contraction. We’d just have to add to our permitting.”

Heggie added, the announcement recently

by CANDO rail services to construct a rail yard across the North Saskatchewan River in Sturgeon County won’t have any impact on the Alberta Midland operations.

“We won’t be working against each other,” he said.

“This will assist in debottlenecking the Alberta Industrial Heartland region and give shippers an option to do what they do best.

It’s all about helping the shippers get their product to market in a safe and efficient manner.”

Heggie said there are always windows where third parties come in and clean the chemical cars that are stored in the AMRT yard, but there was none going on at the present.

He did add the company would move into steam-cleaning cars, stencilling the cars and even removing graffiti from the cars.

“People don’t like seeing the profanity on the cars,” said Heggie. “In our yard the chemical cars are secure and remain relatively graffiti free, but the grain cars are stored on open sidings and that’s where a lot of the graffiti is done.”

The expansion should add three to five new long term positions to the facility which operates 24-hours a day and seven days a week.

“We’re creating great infrastructure for future

petrochemical, energy and agribusiness projects.”

While the company stores empty tank cars right now, he said they hoped to get some business from the two new plastic plants coming online that use rail hoppers to move their pellet products.

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Opinion Independent schools may be the answer The Battle River School Division is looking to shut down schools in Hardisty, Round Hill, and Holden to save money, as the viability of public schools seems dependent solely on enrollment in this day and age. Just last year, Elk Island Public Schools shut down the Andrew High School, leaving the older students with long bus rides, and to arrive as strangers at new schools in Vegreville or Lamont.

It’s a story told in rural Alberta, over and over again. But should it be? I guess that depends if our educational system is considered an essential service like health care, policing, or emergency rescue personnel.

Certainly in a society with the wealth we enjoy, there is give and take so that no matter where you live there is an entitlement to essential services. In some places, massive revenues can be enjoyed, while in others sometimes losses. It averages out. That’s what we do in a society, and we do it because of compassion.

Closing schools doesn’t mean children aren’t still provided with their education. They are. In fact, the children and teachers are sent to larger schools, usually with better facilities and opportunities.

But the move isn’t all for the children’s betterment. If it were, would we have public meetings filled with angry parents and community leaders trying to change the mind of school boards?

There doesn’t seem to be the same compassion as in other essential services when the school board bean-counters decide to board up rural schools. In that sense it isn’t treated essential at all.

Rural schools are public gathering places. They’re where parents go to cheer on their children playing sports. It’s the first place where people develop a sense of pride in their rural community.

Rural schools are where teachers and parents know one another.

They are places where parents recognize other parents’ children, and watch out for them. Quiet, shy, unassuming children don’t get lost and engulfed in the mass of student bodies in rural schools.

Rural schools are where friends are made, sometimes lifelong friends. In rural schools, often the same children have been clinging to one another for friendship and support since the days when they had to get on their tiptoes to take a drink from the water fountain.

Suddenly separating these children from the tight bond and convenience of their local rural schools, and subjecting them to sometimes a couple of hours a day riding the yellow shaker seems contrary to the productive routines we otherwise implore upon children.

Most people realize that when a school board has announced possible closures and have set up public meetings, it is just to appease the critics. They have no intention to reverse their course of action.

Ultimately, independent schooling might be best direction for rurals as public schools continue to centralize to larger cities.

In BC, a third of independent schools are located rurally. In Ontario, almost half of independent schools have less than 50 students and 75 percent have less than 150.

In Alberta, charter schools which operate independently of local school districts receive the same funding on a per-student-basis that is granted to local public schools. Is it the answer? Not sure.

Are small rural schools essential? Darn tootin’.

Kerry Anderson

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Letter for Religion meeting confiscated Dear Editor This is a copy of the letter which was confiscated from the Religion Students. It was hand printed by our Religion Coordinator.

To the Parents Dear Parents, as you know the religion classes,

Bible Studies and Catholic, are possibly going to be offered as a lunch and learn (during the lunch hour) or an extracurricular activity.

We want to know if you are willing to support us by meeting on Tuesday, March 10 at 6:30 pm at the

Alliance Church. We would like to keep classes during school time.

Fr. Kris, our Catholic pastor, will be there as well as leaders from the Alliance Church.

Yours Truly Bible Study and Catholic Teachers

Quit submitting letters to the editor, or they won’t negotiate Dear Editor: Our support is with letters in your paper regarding Lamont Elementary school’s agenda, to remove religious studies from school. We have been told that if we continue voicing our opinion in this way, the school administration will not co-operate with us to negotiate their options.

The two options they offered are teaching dur-

ing lunch break or after school. Neither of the options are in the students’ best interests, because they need a lunch break for a balance of work/rest/play; nor is it financially practical to pay staff to stay after school or add travel costs to families, etc.

Unfortunately, the initial decision to remove the religious studies during class time was non-nego-

tiable from the beginning.

The religion instructors are volunteers. For the majority of the time, teachers’ aids provide support in the classroom while teachers can use the time for other preparations.

We wish to tell our community the truth of what happened on Thursday February 27, 2020.

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Letter to the editor: Why doesn’t school have time for God Dear Editor: (This is a letter I submitted to Lamont Elementary School administration).

We have received the letter about the changes the school has made involving the removal of the religion options (Catholic education and Bible studies), along with the health living option from class time.

First, we have not been alloted any say in regards to such an important topic. It’s our belief that any changes in an optional studies should be discussed first amontg the parents, students and school council.

The critical fiscal realities that the school is facing is not caused nor is it affected entirely by just 30 minutes per week of

Christian and Catholic religious instruction that is being offered to the students by volunteers.

In addition it is our primary right to introduce such optional studies (section 17 the School Ordinance, 1901, c.29(NWT)-137,138).

Teaching Bible studies and Catholic education is very important to the growing mind of young students. They spend more time in school rather than with their parents at home. To disregard the teaching about God, as an irrelevant is a pitfall of all destruction, in every sector of human society.

Although it is not compulsory, it is still the most important of all studies.

These kinds of issues seem to be a chain of continuous arguments that cause dissension, leaving the parents and students with the question of who made the decision to remove this option without consensus, while other options are remaining.

The students need their lunch break to clear their heads and fill up their hunger. As we know, that food supports the functions of all body organs expecially the brain which they really need during the learning hours in school, we shouldn’t replace it for optional Christian studies. We have to be the real, ideal, and total example of doing the right decision when it

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from the teacher. It was confusing and frightening for them.

Religion classes teach our children to love their parents and to respect their teachers. It teaches peace, compassion and empathy. Unfortunately, the behaviors of that day showed discrimination to them. It was disrespectful to both the volunteers and students.

We do not want Christian students to be further hurt by restricting freedom of speech and freedom of religious culture. It was a difficult day to hear of those growing in their faith to be already singled out.

At this point, the religion instructors are waiting for further direction.

There are petitions in circulation and letters to MLA and Minister of Education being written, but we also need the community, parents and

faith leaders to express their concerns. The mission statement for Lamont Elementary School is: "To provide the best possible quality instruction to students, and to support the values of the community it serves." Please continue to voice your opinion as this is your community.

Regarding the note we sent out, we will still have the meeting, at Lamont Alliance Church, Tuesday, March 10 at 6:30 pm. All parents, grandparents, community members and Faith Leader, wishing to support this cause are welcome to attend.

The Christian Religious Studies Instructors; Mae Adamyk, Tom Adamyk, Darlene Kloster, Tim Kloster, Dennis Budney, Elaine Budney, Rose Twardowski, Deanna Kroeker, Michael Barter.

Continued from Page 4 That day, the Religion Instructors gave their students a note to invite parents to a meeting to discuss the future of the Religious Studies in the school. It was given only to those enrolled in the program. Because we have not previously been censored to handouts or invitations, we did not ask the principal for approval. After the notes were handed out, the teachers were instructed to confiscate them because the parents were not allowed to see them.

This unfortunate incident was intimidating to children enrolled in religious studies. We heard of the emotional distress caused, when some students did not want to disobey their teacher but also wanted their parent to have the note. We heard of some children being unsure of which person to obey, or frightened of consequences

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comes to what is beneficial and important to the total well-being of these children. These children are our future. It’s our duty to help them become well-rounded and productive citizens of this country. A good citizen starts with a good teaching.

First, for a small few there were sensitivities towards Christmas decorations in our school, now the religious studies are being removed from class time. What is next?

Why is it, when it comes to anything related to educating about God they don’t have time for that, but when it comes

to anything evil they have all the laws and time to impose that? We are on the way to total

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Baby Yoda inspiration for art fundraiser

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Bruderheim Fire Dept. continues quest to be top fundraiser

BY JANA SEMENIUK The Bruderheim Fire department held an Art After Dark event, Feb. 28, to further their efforts in becoming the top fundraisers for their annual Stair Climb event happening this May in Calgary.

The event allowed participants to learn how to paint a 12 x 16-inch picture of Baby Yoda while enjoying drinks and conversation at the Victoria Hotel in Bruderheim.

The painting lesson was guided by artist Tyler Dianocky, and tickets were sold through Eventbrite.

“Anything that involves people doing an activity is great for fundraising,” said Dianocky. “And at the end they get to take something home and share with friends and family.”

Correen Hosack, the Bruderheim firefighter who is also the team captain for the Stair Climb event, joined the participants to paint Baby Yoda for the Art After Dark event.

“We sold 17 tickets and raised $255,” said Hosack. “Every little bit helps.”

Not to be confused with the local Stair Climb event in Sept. which honours fallen first responders of 9-11, the Calgary Stair Climb event, which has taken place each May for the past six years, supports people living with cancer and was first inspired by Kathy Blas who lost her brother, firefighter Gord Paul, to occupational cancer in 2007.

Firefighters will ascend the BOW building, which is 775 vertical feet or 1,204 steps, in full firefighting gear. The climb starts at 3,400 feet above sea level and will be timed.

Hosack added that currently there are 22 firefighters, from Bruderheim, Lamont, Chipman and Andrew, who are signed up to participate in the Stair Climb.

“Last year we only had

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Bruderheim firefighter Ashley Ruest (L) and Nakita Foster (R) at Bruderheim Feb. 28 participating in the Art After Dark fundraiser in support of the Firefighter's Stair Climb Challenge happening in Calgary in May. The Stair Climb is to support people with cancer.

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Burger sale raises breakfast funds at LHS

BY JANA SEMENIUK The Lamont High School held a successful Burgers for Breakfast fundraiser at the cafeteria on Mar. 2.

The fundraiser, which sold hamburgers for $5 each in support of the school’s breakfast program, sold out the 96 hamburgers available after 45 minutes of sales.

“I was the one grilling back there. We sold out of all 96 burgers. I just kept grilling,” said math teacher Allan Hope with a laugh.

The school’s breakfast program was facing hard times after their chief supplier of bread and baked goods, Cobbs, in Fort Saskatchewan shut their doors this past Jan. “We used to pick up bread every Monday from Cobbs,” said Lamont High School principal Amit Mali.

Mali noted that the program uses between

eight and ten loaves of bread daily and feeds 120 – 130 kids per day during the 40-minute flex time after the first period.

Mali added that there was huge concern for the future of the program once Cobbs closed their doors.

“Because the bread was being donated, it allowed us to take care of the butter and jam. There was a point when we

first found out about it (Cobb’s closure) that we were concerned we wouldn’t be able to continue (the program),” he said. “We figured out we would need about $8,000 - $9,000 a year to maintain the breakfast program.”

Mali reached out to the community for help.

“The community has really come together to help us. I’m confident we can make it through to

June, but I’m not sure how we will continue next September,” he said.

Mali added that if anyone would like to help contribute to the breakfast program please contact him at Lamont High School.

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Chipman dinner theatre marks 10 years with four sold out shows

BY JOHN MATHER Ten years ago, Bruce McGregor had a vision to do something to provide some entertainment for the Village of Chipman.

“He wanted to undertake the project,” said Kieron Willis, president, director and actress with the Chipman Players Community Dinner Theatre group. “So he approached the Village to see if they could use the hall. The village was willing and then he went seeking some actors and away it went.”

All the proceeds from the performances go to provide upgrades to the hall which have included new floors and dishes during the past 10 years.

She said there were about 15 players who came out in the first year

to perform “Pony Expresso” a play by Rachel Davidson.

“We now have about 15 actors and actresses” said Willis. “Plus another 12 or 13 volunteering to cook the dinner.”

She said for the volunteers it’s the same people who always come out.

This year, the players will present “Millie Monka and the Salmon Cannery” a play written

by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus.

The play will be presented to four sold out shows beginning this Saturday, Mar. 7, with additional performances Mar. 13, 14, and 21. The evening performance on March 13 will see doors open at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. and the play beginning at 8:30 p.m.

The other three performances will have doors open at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. and the performance beginning at 7:30 p.m.

And the dinners for the event vary also.

For this year, organizers had hoped to have salmon but the cost was prohibitive.

So on Mar 7 and 13, there will be meat balls and fried chicken with pyrogies, creamed potatoes, salad, cornmeal, vegetables and a nice dessert. The Mar. 14 event will feature baked ham and sweet and sour meatballs with all the trimmings. The final performance will see patrons enjoying roast beef with all the fixings.

Performers in this year’s production include: Terry Andriuk,

Carol Stribling, Joyce Dobirsten, Don McBride, Rick Rafuse, Caren Cossey-Kwasnycia, Bruce McGregor, Jo-Ann Fontaine, Tania Davis, Keiron Willis, Tom Hrehorets, Stephanie Harrold, and June Lambkin.

While not an audience participation performance, Willis says it’s designed for maximum audience entertainment with lots of local flavour.

“It’s always a fun production for us,” said Willis. “We make sure we include a few sur-

prise twists and the play is always changed to include local place names and some local individuals.”

The play will be hosted at the Chipman National Hall at 4715 50 St.

Chipman players Terry Andriuk, left, Bruce McGregor, centre, and Don McBride, right, rehearse their roles for the upcoming play “Molly Monka and the Salmon Cannery,” or there’s something fishy going on, which has its debut this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The will be three additional performances of the play Mar. 13, 14 and 21 at the Chipman National Hall.

Town of Bruderheim

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AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw is posted at www.bruderheim.ca for review and may be inspected at the Town of Bruderheim office during normal business hours.

To obtain more information regarding the proposed changes, please contact:

To obtain more information regarding the proposed changes, please contact:

Sherry Cote Director of Planning and Legislative Services Town of Bruderheim Phone (780) 796-3731

Sherry Cote Director of Planning and Legislative Services Town of Bruderheim Phone (780) 796-3731

Director of Planning

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12 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Mundare’s Whitetail Crossing Golf Course sold as season approaches Country Club Tour courses. After Mar.1, the pass doubled to $200.

“The new owners will be able to put some money into the course if the need arises,” he added.

LeBlanc said it will pretty much be status quo when the course opens later this spring.

“I’ll be staying on as general manager and Trevor our superintendent for the past several years is also staying on,” said LeBlanc. “It will be a lot of the same staff. If anything we’ll be adding staff because we’re expecting to see more rounds played this year.”

He said there are no immediate changes planned for the course, but “we have had some drainage issues over the years and that’s one of the first things we talked to them about. They’re willing to share equipment between the other courses and that will allow us more ability to mow down our fescue.”

He said there was more budget money available with the new owners so there would

BY JOHN MATHER The change of ownership of Mundare’s Whitetail Golf Course should have nothing but positives for the local track, according to general manager Laurent LeBlanc.

The course, originally designed by the Puddiecombe Golf Group, was sold to Edmonton’s Country Club Tour with the sale being finalized Mar. 1.

“We always said the course could be sold if the right buyer came along,” said LeBlanc, who was a part owner of Whitetail.

“When Country Club Tour came along, it was the perfect fit for us.”

The Country Club Tour owns and operates Edmonton’s Raven Crest, Sandpiper and River Ridge Golf Courses, along with Montgomery Glen in Wetaskiwin.

Prior to Mar.1, Country Club Tour was promoting a special pass card that if purchased for $100 would give golfers discounts on green fees at any of the now five

be additional fertilizer and other supplies available.

“We definitely expect the course to step up a notch this year.”

LeBlanc said Whitetail has always struggled with leagues because of its distance from a population centre.

“Our men’s league has struggled the past few years but we’ll still have it this year on Wednesday night. I think we’ll also be trying to get a ladies league going on Thursday nights.”

LeBlanc added he’d like to see more events at the course to involve the community.

“We’d like to maybe try some special meal events on Friday nights and get more people out sitting on the patio.”

He added the number of tournaments will increase.

“Country Club Tours, has always had a lot of tournaments, but they also have a huge amount of walk in traffic,” he said. “So I told them I’d take any tournaments they could throw our way, so I’m expecting

Town of Lamont NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, as amended, Sections 230, 606 and 692, the Council of the Town of Lamont hereby gives notice of its intention to adopt: Bylaw No. 03/20 Town of Lamont and Lamont County Intermunicipal Development Plan The purpose of Bylaw 03/20 is to approve a new intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) for the Town of Lamont and Lamont County.

The IDP is a high-level planning document that guides the long-term land use planning for the community and will provide direction for other land management and development policies created for land adjacent to the Town boundary.

The IDP: 1. includes information about the community history and current demographics; 2. includes updated mapping information to reflect the IDP area boundary, and identify areas with development constraints; 3. identifies preferred future land use areas for residential, public, commercial and industrial land uses; 4. establishes high level land use and land management goals and objectives; 5. establishes triggers for when the County will require the preparation and approval of an Area Structure Plan or Outline Plan/Development Concept Plan; 6. establishes policies affecting: Municipal Reserve allocation; development in environmentally sensitive areas; development of infrastructure and transportation systems; 7. establishes a policy which will require developers to be responsible for infrastructure costs associated with new development.

THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Sections 606 and 692 of the Municipal Government Act a public hearing to consider the proposed Bylaw will be held: Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Council Chambers, Town of Lamont Office; 5307 50 Avenue, Lamont, Alberta AND FURTHUR TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a verbal or written representation may do so at the hearing, or by providing the representation to Christine Beveridge, Chief Administrative Officer, before 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2020.

It would be beneficial for individuals to provide advance notice to the Town of Lamont at (780) 895-2010 of their intention to make a presentation at the hearing.

business to Country Club Tours because of their golf pass,” he said.

“There aren’t the golfers around anymore who will pay $70 to $100 for a round of golf right now with our economy the way it is.”

He said green fees will remain the same at the course for this year.

There will be no special rates such as seniors or

we’ll see a lot more tournaments.”

LeBlanc has been associated as both owner and manager at Whitetail Crossing since 2009 a few years after the course opened.

For the value conscious golfer, LeBlanc says the price point is what brings the golfers out.

“We had lost a lot of

two for one rates.

“We want to push everyone towards the card pass,” he said.

He added Country Club Tour also has a golf centre near the Kingsway Airport in Edmonton where a weekend duffer can go and practice on golf simulators before the season begins.

The Whitetail Golf Course clubhouse, in Mundare, sits quietly surrounded by deep snow. While duffers are anxious to see play begin in a couple of months, the championship course has been sold to the Country Club Tour Group from Edmonton. The new owners took over Mar. 1

Town of Mundare NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)

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Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 Time: RTHER 7:00 TAKE pm NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw is posted at AND FU inspecof tedMundare at the TowOffice; n of Mundare office during undare.caCouncil for review and may beTown www.mPlace: Chambers, ours. 50 Street, Mundare, Alberta normal business h5128 AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a verbal or in more informatiomay n regado rdinso To obtarepresentation g tat he the prophearing, osed changor es,by pleproviding ase contact: the written representation to Colin Zyla, Chief Administrative Officer, before 12:00 p.m. on Colin ZyMarch la Friday, 13, 2020.

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own of M dare It Twould beunbeneficial for individuals to provide advance notice to the Town of Phone (780) 7at 64-(780) 3929 796-3731 of their intention to make a presentation at the Bruderheim hearing.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw is posted at www.lamont.ca for review and may be inspected at the Town of Lamont office during normal business hours.

AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw is posted at www.mundare.ca for review and may be inspected at the Town of Bruderheim office during normal business hours.

To obtain more information regarding the proposed Bylaw, please contact:

To obtain more information regarding the proposed changes, please contact:

Christine Beveridge Chief Administrative Officer Town of Lamont Phone (780) 895-2010

Colin Zyla Chief Administrative Officer Town of Mundare Phone (780) 764-3929

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Teck Frontier cancellation worries Lakeland MP Stubbs

BY JOHN MATHER Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs is both infuriated and very worried as a result of Teck Frontier cancelling their plans for a mega project in Northern Alberta.

The Teck Frontier mine in northern Alberta had met all the environmental approvals required and had the support of indigenous bands in the area. It would have created 7,000 jobs, and been a world leader in environmental responsibility.

“This (approval) should be a no brainer,” said Stubbs, during 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.”

In a letter, the president of Teck Frontier said the company had decided to shelve the project one week before the Liberal government was expected to make a decision to approve or reject the project.

Stubbs, the Conservative Natural Resources critic, stood up in the House of Commons in the past week calling for an emergency debate to discuss the cancelation of the Teck Frontier project.

“I asked for it first on the Monday following Teck’s withdrawal, and then I asked again on the Tuesday and it was finally granted.

“The letter clearly confirms it is policy uncertainty and a lack of clarity on behalf of the government that has caused this cancellation.”

“Another thing was public safety,” she added. “It’s been three weeks of the prime minister doing basically nothing about the blockades acoss the country.

“Teck, I’m sure, was worried that all hell could break loose with

protests and they don’t know if the government is going to have their backs,” she fumed. “It was totally approved in July and should have been given the go ahead in August.”

She said the Liberals were looking at new ways to delay the project as they heard from central Canadian MPs in their party who were worried about climate change and emissions.

“Some of the things they were looking for aren’t found in any Canadian legislation,” explained Stubbs. “Yet Teck said they would meet net zero emissions by 2050, something not required. You’d be hard pressed to find another company that would make this commitment.”

She also blamed the Liberals for trying to deflect the blame to the Alberta government.

“But Alberta did agree to a cap,” she said. “But there were Liberal MPs pushing an e-petition against Teck. The majority of Liberal caucus members were against it.”

“They said they need to consider new information, but what information,” she asked?

“There was no new information that was required in the regulatory filings.” she stated.

“The Liberals were trying to defeat the project by death by delay.”

“What’s happening here should alarm every single Canadian,” Stubbs went on. “The Liberals are destroying Canada’s reputation as a place to do business.

“Companies are leaving Canada and ramping up energy projects elsewhere in the world,” she stated.

The Teck Frontier project is the 11th mega project to be cancelled since the Liberals come to office, she added.

Stubbs said she is deeply concerned about Western separation with the cancellation.

“Pundits dismiss this and say it won’t happen, but I take this very seriously. The people outside of the west really have no idea how strong these sentiments are.”

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Minor Hockey: Bruderheim Tier 2 Peewees down Barrhead in playoff action KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from the Northern Alberta Interlock Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the website, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries.

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Chipman 4-H members speak out with communication event Abigail Goy wins in Senior Speech Division Submitted By Hayden Childs, Chipman 4-H Club Reporter The Chipman 4-H Beef and Multi Club held their annual Communications Event in Bruderheim Community Hall, Feb. 29.

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Chipman firefighters honour their own at ball

BY JANA SEMENIUK The Chipman National Hall was bustling with activity, Feb. 29, as the seventh annual Firefighters Ball got underway.

In spite of icy highway conditions, more than 80 people made their way to enjoy a roast beef din-

Teck Continued from Page 13 Stubbs offers the opinion that if western separatists got together and had a credible party leader, separation would become very real, very quickly.

“I know some of my closer friends and some of my volunteers would then strongly consider the movement,” she said.

“I’m trying to fight for Alberta and Canada and I am doing that not only yelling in the House of Commons but quietly with diplomacy behind the scenes.”

“Albertan’s don’t fall for the Liberal rhetoric,” she stated.

“I know most Albertans know the prime minister wants to phase out the oilsands.

What he’s done through every policy and message is try to achieve this goal.”

Stubbs got reprimanded when she asked Justin Trudeau whether he wanted to see Alberta separate in the House of Commons.

“Teck is just the latest flashpoint in a national unity crisis,” she said.

“It just inflames the situation,” she added.

She added she is aware there are some longtime Liberal members who recognize Alberta has a good reputation, but they can’t get their message heard within their caucus.

ner and support their local firefighters.

“We had a pretty good turnout,” said Collette McBride, secretary/treasurer for the Chipman Fire Brigade. “We had a few people that cancelled due to the road conditions, but otherwise it was pretty good.”

Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk, MLA for Vegreville-Fort Saskatchewan, was scheduled to deliver a speech at the event, however was not able to attend due to the weather.

“Her assistant called me in the afternoon to let me know she was out visiting constituents and having trouble travelling due to the weather,” said McBride.

As the Firefighter’s

Ball occurred on Feb. 29, a leap day theme of leaping frogs was included in the decor.

“We had plastic leaping frogs and instructions for people to make origami frogs on all of the tables,” said McBride. “Everyone had a lot of fun with those.”

In addition to the fun with frogs, guests enjoyed having a beautiful carved roast beef dinner, silent auction, 50/50 draw as well as a live band.

“The 50/50 draw ended up with $233 going to the winner,” McBride added.

Regional Fire Chief David Zayonce was also on hand to present two peer-voted awards for firefighters on the

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Officer of the Year went to Theo Wallace for his work and dedication to the fire team over the past 10 years. McBride added that Wallace was appreciated for the ‘little, behind-the-scenes’ things he does, such as organize fire fighter training sessions.

Firefighter of the Year was awarded to Kattilyna Keohane who has been a part of the

Chipman Firefighters for the past three years. She was awarded for her outstanding effort during

training and responding to calls.

The event raised a total of $1,273

(L-R) Chipman firefighters Thea Wallace, Theo Wallace with Bruderheim firefighter Zoe Wallace hamming it up at last years Firefighter's Ball.

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