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The Borch Brothers (L-R) Garnet (Keyboard), Marten (guitar), Rigel (fiddle), and Forest (fiddle), play their catchy East Coast music for the residents of the Father Filas Manor in an outdoor, masked up afternoon concert in Mundare on May 25.

Borch Brothers’ music brings joy to Mundare seniors

BY JANA SEMENIUK Music was in the air at Father Filas Manor in Mundare on May 25.

Approximately 27 seniors gathered with their masks on in front of their residence to enjoy some fiddle music performed by the Borch Brothers: Garnet, 25, on the keyboard; Marten, 26, on the guitar; plus Rigel, 17, and Forest, 28, on the fiddles.

The brothers had toes tapping and hands clapping to favourites such as the Four String Polka, the Tennessee Waltz, and even rocked out with Born to Be Wild.

“The harmonica was my first instrument,” laughed Marten. “But it wasn’t cool enough so I learned guitar. Now I play old country music like all the cool kids do!”

The four brothers, who are actually brothers, have been playing together

since they were 2-10 years old.

“Rigel, the youngest, has had a fiddle in his hands since he was 13 months old,” said Marten.

When the brothers are not making beautiful music together, Garnet and Marten work together for a non profit organization that distributes food.

Forest works as an engineer in Vancouver, while Rigel recently graduated high school.

“Forest isn’t usually with us because he lives in Vancouver,” said Marten.

“And Rigel just graduated last week from New Serepta High School.”

The COVID pandemic has upended many people’s lives, including the brothers.

“We were supposed to be recording a CD right now,” said Marten. “It was supposed to be a pretty big summer.

We had a bunch of festivals booked

which are of course cancelled now.”

The brothers performed for approximately an hour for the residents of the Father Filas facility, and earlier in the day performed for the Tofield senior’s residence. Both performances were done for free.

“The two places are special to us.

Our great grandfather lived here at the residence in Mundare,” said Marten, “and one of our earliest mentors lived

at the residence in Tofield. So we felt it was a way we could give back a little bit to do the performances for free.”

Marten also expressed the joy the brothers feel when performing for others.

“We have a posting on our facebook page, if you pay for our gas to come we will perform for free,” he said with a smile.

Residents of the Father Filas Manor in Mundare enjoyed an outdoor, socially distanced and masked up performance by the Borch Brothers family music group on May 25.

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Town office, playgrounds reopen in Mundare

BY JOHN MATHER Mundare is reopened for business Council, after listening to a report from Chief Administrative Officer Colin Zyla, agreed to reopen the town office for all services.

It had been closed because of the Covid-19 crisis.

“The province has outlined rules for reopening,” he told council May 19. “And we have people coming into the office for faxing, we have seniors coming into the office and we’re opening for them, people coming from the Viterra site and we’re opening for them … so I’m recommending we just reopen the office for good.”

He said while he had two staff in the office, he had measured and if it’s limited to one employee, then all social distancing rules can safely be met.

He added all surfaces would be wiped down on a regular basis and sanitizer would be placed outside the office for people to use before entering.

“We do have masks available for staff if they choose to wear them,” he added.

He said Vegreville was opening up with a number of rules, so he felt Mundare should follow suit.

“With regards to playgrounds,” he said.

“There has been a guide

for outdoor recreation that was issued today.”

He reported social gatherings were limited to a maximum of 50 people, physical distancing and unrelated groups should stay apart from one another.

“We can choose to open up soccer pitches and ball diamonds for public use,” he said. “But league play is not permitted.”

He told council other communities in the area hadn’t decided whether to open playgrounds but with the new guidelines he felt the town could move ahead with it.

“As it starts getting hot, people are going to want to use the spray park,” he said. “I’m recommending the playgrounds be reopened.

I’m not really sure about reopening Ukrainia Park, because while the rules say recreation areas can be opened you still have to maintain social distancing so I’m not sure how that works. I will get more information regarding that.”

Councillor Jason

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Kowal said his interpretation was people could use the green spaces, but they couldn’t play games.

“I look at it saying social distance should be maintained but how is there any enforcement,” he asked. “If one kids starts playing on the monkey bars, pretty soon several more follow.”

“I see this as we may as well be at Stage 3 because kids being kids are going to play together.”

Councillor Jaime Burghardt agreed.

“But if you’re a parent concerned about Covid then it’s up to you to keep your children off the playgrounds,” she added. “If the government is saying we can open then it’s up to parents whether to use the area or not.

“We’re okay to open them for those families that want to use them.”

Zyla said police could issue fines for not social distancing but he added if they did or not was up to the discretion of the

officer.

“We can’t enforce the distancing rules,” he said. “If someone gets sick does it come back to us?”

Burghardt added the town could post warning signs stating the rules and adding residents use at their own risk. Kowal wondered how it could be different from a few years ago where if a child at the playground had a cold, then other children playing at the same park might catch it.

Mayor Mike Saric pointed out the rules stated regular cleaning of park equipment should be done.

It was pointed out that a section of the rules referred to private park operators and councillors didn’t think it applied to the municipality.

Zyla said public works could regularly clean the equipment, and he said

he would get more information on those sanitation rules.

Councillors didn’t feel public works had the time to do the cleaning.

Burghardt suggested getting more information on cleaning regulations.

Zyla added another issue with Ukrainia Park was that while the rules said public washrooms could be reopened, they had to be regularly cleaned and there was no staff at the park to do that.

Playgrounds in that type of park, he added,

weren’t designated a priority for cleaning.

Council felt putting up signage warning to use at your own risk in the playgrounds would allow the playgrounds to reopen.

Saric said he wasn’t uncomfortable with opening playgrounds and council agreed as long as signage was put up.

Council passed a motion to reopen the town office and then reopen playgrounds with appropriate signage.

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Task force to study setting up a hydrogen economy in Heartland

BY JOHN MATHER A task force has been set up to study the development of a hydrogen economy in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.

The task force is an independent body created by the Alberta Industrial Heartland Association municipal members and the Transition Accelerator.

The purpose of the task force is to develop a strategy detailing the approach and steps necessary for advancing a zero-emission fuel economy in the Industrial Heartland.

Lamont CAO Stephen Hill will be part of the task force and he explained more about it to Lamont council, May 19.

“The AIHA membership wanted to be able to ensure hydrogen production is funded and supported as an industry here in the AHIA region,” he said.

“The aim of the hydrogen initiative was to create awareness of hydrogen as the next cycle of petrochemical production within the AIHA region. Hydrogen production is becoming a global economic reality.”

Currently, hydrogen is used in industrial and manufacturing processes in the region instead of as a fuel, since distribution and fuelling infrastructure are not currently in place. Using hydrogen as a zero-emission fuel, and as a feedstock for other products, would provide a major long-term economic opportunity for domestic use and export to international markets.

Hydrogen fuel has the potential to be used in a myriad of ways, including to decarbonize natural gas distribution systems, industrial processes, thermal power generation, heavy and longdistance transportation and more.

“The initiative within the Heartland is to start a commercial scale production of hydrogen, first to convert heavy transport and transit fleets, second to produce electrical generation and regional heat,” Hill

reported. “As technology develops it is believed that hydrogen consumption would be available to heat our homes.”

Hydrogen when combusted produces heat and water vapour.

Hill pointed out many countries that used to be heavily entrenched in petroleum or coal based energy usage are moving towards an exclusive use of hydrogen. Australia, he added, one of the world’s largest exporters of coal is now turning their coal reserves over to the production of hydrogen and exporting to the Indo Pacific Region. Hydrogen much like natural gas can be liquified and transported in much the same manner as natural gas.

“Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Hydrogen Task Force is the result of government, industry and academia coming together to champion real change so Alberta can win economically and environmentally in a changing world,” said Dan Wicklum, CEO, The Transition Accelerator.

“Picture Alberta using and supplying the world with zero-emission fuel made by upgrading natural gas. This could be a part of a very strong future for Alberta and Canada.”

“Alberta's abundant, low-cost feedstock, skilled labour, and extensive infrastructure can make us a leader in the production, use and export of zero-emission hydrogen,” said Alanna Hnatiw, mayor of Sturgeon County and Chair of the Alberta Industrial Hydrogen Association.

“The Mayors of the five municipalities of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland are playing a key role in developing a framework that will power our economy and build our national and global reputation as innovators.”

Lamont Reeve David Diduck said the Mayors and Reeves were appointed to the committee because they are the heads of their communities, but in a couple of meetings that have been held the group will

be looking at using hydrogen as an alternative source of fuel.

“We want to take a leading edge here to develop hydrogen. We have lots of material here in the Heartland and we want to look at ways to develop it,” he stated, adding beside the Reeves and Mayors there were many technical people also on board.

“We want to be the first out of the starting blocks on this.”

The demand for hydrogen in the global energy system is dramatically increasing, with projections indicating at least a tenfold increase in demand in the coming decades. The unique strengths of Alberta’s Industrial Heartland make it among the world’s lowest cost producers of hydrogen – at approximately half the wholesale cost of diesel.

Alberta blue hydrogen is made with ultra-low emissions by upgrading natural gas. The carbon by-product generated from this process can then be captured and permanently sequestered underground or used for another purpose.

Organized by The Transition Accelerator in tandem with Sturgeon County Mayor, Alanna Hnatiw; Edmonton Mayor, Don Iveson; Fort Saskatchewan Mayor, Gale Katchur; Strathcona County Mayor, Rod Frank; and Lamont County Reeve, David Diduck, the Task Force will produce a public report detailing the approach and steps needed to advance a zero-emission fuel economy in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland.

“Hydrogen is already being produced in small quantities within the Heartland district for industrial needs,” added Hill. “It is believed that this will become the largest long term use of Alberta’s energy supply chain and will set new benchmarks on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.”

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Opinion Toronto the real reason for gun ban Although I am not a gun owner, I have gone hunting on occasion and know many hunters. Over the years we have done stories on gun ranges and their members (including police) who use the facilities for target practice and for sport. Never can I remember any of these hunters or legal gun owners, and/or range members, shooting someone.

So why has PM Justin Trudeau come out against gun ownership in a country where we already have strict gun control, and homicides have been decreasing in practically every part of Canada?

Simple: to appease Toronto and Ontario, our prodigal sons... er, people.

The Liberal Party voters in Ontario, and in particular Toronto, are feeling unsafe. There were 490 people shot in Toronto last year with 44 of the142 murders reported in the most recent stats using guns. Toronto was the location for nearly a quarter of all the murders in Canada. Ontario itself was responsible for over 40 percent of Canadian homicides.

Canada’s most populated city and province have been booming, and not coincidentally the Liberal Party secured over half of its seats in Parliament in that province - so they want it to stay that way. If PM Trudeau can’t really protect his voters, he has to give them the word salad they have been gleefully gnawing on for five years now. And he did.

“It is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military grade assault weapons in this country,” said the PM. “Today we are closing the market for military grade assault weapons in Canada. We are banning 1,500 models and variants of these models by way of regulations.

“These weapons were designed for one purpose, and one purpose only.

To kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time.”

If he was speaking of the nasty looks of an AR-15, he was really just blowing smoke. Let’s face it most Canadians, especially in Toronto, haven’t a clue what a AR-15 does other than look like a military assault weapon. True military rifles are capable of firing fully automatic continuously, dozens of rounds at up to three shots a second. The AR-15 is semiautomatic, meaning you have to pull the trigger multiple times. Get this, its magazine only holds five shots in Canada. It’s more powerful than a handgun, but it isn’t even considered a high-powered rifle.

The AR-15 is already a restricted weapon in Canada and a potential purchaser has to pass a higher threshold of screening to own one. This rifle has been used in shootings in the past, but certainly not frequently.

According to Toronto police chief, Mark Saunders, gun activity in Canada’s largest city has mostly been gang related. “There is a thriving gang culture in Toronto centred on the illegal drug trade, largely in the city's poorer outer suburbs.”

As Canada’s financial hub, Toronto has seen a growing gap between rich and poor which has increased along with the gang activity. The average price of a home in Toronto has nearly doubled in the past decade to almost $1 million.

Divisions in Toronto are getting cavernous due to the division in prosperity, opportunities, fairness and justice - either real or perceived.

This gun ban will cost Canadians between $1.6 and $4.92 billion when all is said and done, according to the Fraser Institute.

Criminals don’t use registered legal guns, so the only people losing their freedoms will be registered, legal gun owners.

Why not put these billions into more gang policing, border guards and security to keep illegal weapons away from criminals instead of taking property and rights away from law abiding citizens.

Kerry Anderson

COMMENTARY Is this program designed to kill the oil and gas industry?

BY JOHN MATHER I wasn’t going to write about this because I don’t want to encourage copy cats, but I know I can’t stop them, so if I don’t contemplate this, others will.

By now everyone knows that the political parties in this country and in this province are greedily applying to get those emergency wage subsidy program grants the Liberals are tossing out like candy from a parade float on Canada Day. As I sit outside on a sunny, Sunday afternoon, social distancing, while watching young people bicycling and cavorting in the park throwing all caution to the wind, several things about this grant process strikes me as bizarre.

Why would the Liberals grant a process their enemies can benefit from?

That’s question one.

Personally I find it repulsive that any political party be it Conservative, Liberal, NDP, Green, or provincially the UCP apply for these funds.

I get it … you say you’re eligible and don’t want to lay off staff.

But, if your fundraising comes from the pockets of idealistic supporters then maybe your staff have to do a better job of convincing those supporters of the need to continue their support or dig deeper into their pockets to help out during a pandemic.

Why should the Canadian taxpayer be funding any of you?

The Bloc Quebecois spokesmen had it right when he stated he felt it was unethical and immoral.

I never thought I’d agree with that party but there you go. He’s right!

The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) was designed to cover 75 per cent of employee prepandemic wages for up to 24 weeks, retroactive from March 15, 2020, to August 29, 2020.

Political parties as non-profit entities are eligible to apply for the subsidy.

More than one commentator wearing a variety of hats have stated unequivocally that this is wrong.

I know I’ll be asking any politician who shows up at my door during the next election to justify it.

But whoa right there!

See that line non-profit entities.

So as I sit in the sunshine I ponder who else is cashing in on this money giveaway by Justin and his cohorts.

Now keep in mind, he leads the cabal against oil and gas. Remember “oil is dead.”

Now I’m sure there are more sophisticated organizations researching this and I’ll be very curious to see what they come out with as we find out how much federal funding under this pro-

gram is being paid to organizations out to continue trying to destroy Alberta’s economic engine.

• the 3% Project whose mission is “mobilizing 1,000,000 Canadian youth (that’s 3% of Canada) with one goal: to educate and empower us to plan and take action towards climate change solutions in local communities.”

• the David Suzuki Foundation; • Ecojustice Canada; •Environmental Defence Canada; • Nature Canada; • Tides Canada; • Green peace – “We not only challenge fossil fuel producers and polluters but actively support renewable energy solutions;” and other nonprofits that raise funds to ruin the oil and gas industry without a thought to the jobs that would be destroyed along with it.

I wonder if they, among others, are cashing in here under this program.

Now why does this bother me? Do I want to see these hard working staffers plying their trade for causes they believe in to be out on the street.

No, although if they were laid off they would, in almost all cases, qualify for the $2,000 monthly stipend Justin has thrown out there for people who have been laid off from their jobs.

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FROM WHERE I SIT: Plants and animals

BY HAZEL ANAKA “Spring is sprung, the grass is ris; I wonder where the birdies is?” is an old line from deep in my memory and seems apropos right now.

Unfortunately, spring has stumbled a bit, the grass is abloom with dandelions, and the birdies are flocks of magpies and their young. Yet, it feels good to have something normal-ish

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happening.

I managed to acquire and plant three raised plastic garden beds.

Hilary chased down the planters at Costco. Then, we began mission impossible of buying potting soil. Naturally, the fifty litre bags are the most affordable and desirable. No wonder most of the stores in Vegreville were sold out.

We finally scored the last five bags (at two dollars more a bag), despite there being fourteen when we called that store from across town.

In the words of one young store clerk, ‘gardening is tough this year; everyone’s getting into it.’ And, she’s right.

Whether it’s because people have more time and less money, or worry about the reliability (and

safety) of the food chain, or want to embrace simpler home-based family activities, more people are gardening. Apparently, that includes millennials who are investing in expensive, imported, quality hand tools like secateurs that will last them a lifetime.

Hilary is among them.

She brought six or seven pots to the farm so we could plant them.

Because her backyard is far too shady, they will be on her third-floor west exposure balcony.

It’s hardly convenient but that’s the reality of city living. Improvise or do without. She’s got a collection of healthy house plants so hopefully this gardening experiment yields results and gets her hooked.

One thing that’s not

other measures to disrupt any pipeline construction that may take place after this health crisis is over … get their cash resources topped up without question by our Federal Liberal government.

BUT and this is a big BUT, the Federal government has to date not yet

provided any supplemental funding to our oil and gas industry, like they have to retail, manufacturing and fisheries, to help them stay afloat through this very same crisis.

Is it just me or is there something very wrong with this picture?

normal-ish is the way animals are retaking the streets and national parks since humans are in captivity now. Some will say it’s about damn time; that we were the intruders. During a recent walk down our country road, I was reminded how darn smart even the lowliest creatures are. I’m innocently, quietly walking down the middle of the county’s sixty-six-foot right-of-way and ‘they’ know I’m there. Frogs either stop or start their croaky melody depending on what they were doing as I approached. I

lost track of how many pairs of ducks took startled flight even though I didn’t know they were there and was no threat to them. Several redwinged black birds circled overhead squawking. While I’m no threat to them or their nests this warning system must communicate something about impending danger.

The presence of beaver huts, deer and moose tracks, and coyote scat tell us these larger mammals are there. Out of sight. Waiting for just the right moment to move, feed, breed, give birth,

die. At times like this I wish I’d paid more attention in school during science. I could do some research to refresh my knowledge but there are so many other pulls on my attention, this goes undone. Though with the beaver issues plaguing many parts of the county, I’ve learned they do their work in the evenings and can grow as heavy as eighty or ninety pounds.

So, whether we’re talking plants or animals, most of us have much to learn about how to coexist in this world, from where I sit.

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Mundare flowers brighten town

BY JANA SEMENIUK COVID 19 has put a damper on many community events, but not the annual planting of flowers in the town of Mundare by the Communities in Bloom volunteers and their board chair, Mundare councillor Irene Talaga.

Talaga spent the May 25 afternoon with volunteers organizing over 125 pots of flowers, donated from Darvonda Nurseries in Mundare, to be planted throughout

the town.

“We started doing this around 2007 or 2009,” said Talaga. “I think it’s just marvellous! We get such great volunteers.

Even rural people! It’s amazing.”

To keep within social distancing guidelines, Talaga and her team of volunteers are delivering the flowers at each station to be planted and then planting the next day. Teams will be assigned designated areas for planting.

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Lamont traffic stop leads to drug arrest

BY JANA SEMENIUK While conducting rural patrols, Fort Saskatchewan RCMP arrested the lone driver of a suspicious vehicle after an investigation led to charges.

The vehicle was seen by officers tucked in a roadside turnabout in Lamont on May 20 which prompted their investigation. They discovered that the license plate attached to the vehicle was reported stolen from Slave Lake.

A search then resulted

in the seizure of over 30 grams of Cannabis, Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms), and a stun gun.

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He was released from custody with conditions and is schedule to appear in Fort Saskatchewan Provincial Court on August 13, 2020.

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In keeping within the guidelines for phase one of the provincial relaunch plan, EIPS will slowly re-open their playgrounds over the next two weeks. EIPS stated in a public service announcement on May 21, that schoolowned playgrounds outside of Strathcona county will re-open by June 5.

Prior to re-opening, EIPS will have informational signage installed at each playground as well as have all warning tape removed.

EIPS is warning parents that the playground equipment will not be sanitized. In addition, children may forget to avoid touching their faces or maintaining social distancing. EIPS would like to remind the public of Alberta Health Services restrictions.

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Mundare council concerned about state of bottle depot building He said he wanted to get an opinion from the town’s solicitor on how to proceecd, but said he felt the town had to take some action.

“Well I’m more concerned about the building falling apart and if it hit someone in the process of coming down,” stated Councillor Jaime Burghardt. “If someone got hit by a piece of brick falling from so many feet up … who’s liable?”

Mayor Mike Saric feels the town would be liable because it is aware of the condition of the building.

“That’s why I want to talk to the lawyer,” said Zyla. “I know there have been similar situations in others communities in our area.”

“This has become a public hazzard,” said Saric.

“The building is structurally Bottle depot in Mundare

BY JOHN MATHER Mundare council will be consulting with its lawyer regarding what they can do following a “chunk” of the facade on the main street bottle depot building crashing to the sidewalk last week.

“I talked to the owners and he took a shovel and knocked some loose material off and he seems to think that’s taken care of the situation,” Chief Administrative Officer, Colin Zyla told council May 19.

“We put barriers around the front of the building on the sidewalk and I’m not taking them down.”

unsound,” he said.

“There is no water, no sewer, and it is literally falling apart.”

He felt the town had to have some inspections done on the building and have it deemed unsafe.

Burghardt added she was concerned it was still operating as the bottle depot, even though that isn’t happening with regular hours.

“What if the roof collapsed while someone was inside,” she asked.

“It’s a total disaster,” added Saric.

Zyla said there were things the town could do, but he wanted to wait to get proper legal advice.

“I have an idea, but I want to make sure we’re following the proper procedures.”

Saric added there was a vacant lot the depot owners had committed to build on, but they just received a deferral of one year because of the Covid-19 crisis saying they couldn’t meet the town’s timelines because they couldn’t get a con-

struction company in time.

“How long are we, as a munciapality, going to wait and now we’re talking real risk to the public,” said Saric.

“We’ve given them an extension and now the building is for sale,” added Burghardt. “I think we’ve been played.”

Saric said if it is for sale then, “why would we want to see a new buyer purchase that building in the condition it’s in.

“It’s time for that to stop.”

Zyla said once they had a conversation with the lawyer they could start the process.

Councillor Jason Kowal said, “With a piece of that building falling down it’s now a safety concern. Someone other than the owner needs to take a look at it and let us and the owner know what has to be done to fix it. I want someone who is certified signing off on an inspection.”

Councillor Irene

Talaga asked if it fell under the town’s nuisance by-law.

Zyla said it was a nuisance but he wasn’t willing to move ahead without the lawyers comments.

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Mundare receives complaints of unsightly properties

BY JOHN MATHER With the snow gone, the annual concern over unsightly properties in Mundare came up at council again, May 19.

Councillor Jaime Burghardt initiated the discussion stating there were people in the Whitetail area storing material on properties that wasn’t theirs.

“People are storing piles of dirt and gravel behind their property and using it like it’s their own storage facility, but it’s municipal property,” she said. “They’re also using town property to access their backyard.”

Chief Administrative Officer Colin Zyla said he would walk the area to get an understanding of the situation.

Burghardt said it was an issue because it “wasn’t their property to use.”

She added grass has to be cut in the area and the town should get control of it.

Councillor Jason Kowal said the municipality could talk to the people to straighten the situation out.

But the Whitetail area wasn’t the only area of

concern with unsightly properties.

A letter was received from a resident about multiple vehicles on properties and other issues.

Councillor Cheryl Callinoiu said she had also received complaints of unsightly properties.

She said people knew of properties where people worked in their yards until early in the morning.

Councillor Jason Kowal said residents should call the RCMP and register a complaint because the town does have a noise bylaw.

“A lot of people won’t call because the police take too long to arrive,” said Burghardt.

Mayor Mike Saric also stated residents complain to the councillors because they can take action and the residents then remain anonymous.

Kowal said tickets have to be witnessed, they can’t be issued on hearsay.

“I hope if they’re in town and patrolling around they may look at areas where there have been noise complaints to

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Other concerns were about trucks and trailers parked in town.

“Semis can’t be parked in town,” said Zyla. But then it was asked if the semi cabs could be parked and there was confusion.

“Highway tractors haven’t been allowed to park in town forever,” said Saric.

“But we’ve got people saying they have been told they can bring their truck, just not the trailer,” said Burghardt.

Zyla added trailers such as a flat deck or travel trailer can only be on the street if they are hooked to a vehicle and then only for 72-hours.

He added a bylaw stated there could only be four vehicles on a property.

Councillor Irene Talaga said it would be a good idea to put the information in the town newsletter to let ratepayers know about it, even if it’s only an update.

Kowal asked if the town’s bylaw officer didn’t drive around town looking for the infrac-

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Zyla said that Vegreville, which contracts the bylaw enforcement officer to Mundare, had stopped during the crisis but he hoped that order would be lifted soon .

Saric pointed out any nuisance bylaw had to be enforced correctly across the board.

“It has to be applied to everyone,” he said.

“Often we hear, ‘how come I’m getting a ticket but so and so can do the same thing without getting ticketed’.”

Burghardt added whenever they asked the community for input on how to deal with these issues they get no response, but people always would still complain.

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Saric admitted it was a ”never ending battle.”

“It’s one of the issues of living in a small town.

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