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With 271 polls out of 272 polls reporting in Lakeland, the numbers show incumbent MP Shannon Stubbs with 35,510 votes, well ahead of second place finisher Peoples Party of Canada candidate Ann McCormack at 5,716 votes.

NDP candidate Des Bissonette won 5,518 votes for third place, with Liberal John Turvey in fourth with 2,487. Maverick candidate Fred Sirett garnered 1,629 for fifth place, while Green candidate Kira Brunner finished in sixth place with 457 votes.

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Surprise nominations for upcoming municipal elections

BY JOHN MATHER Across Lamont County, candidates seeking mayoral, or councillor seats in five municipalities and the County had to have their nomination sheets in by Monday, Sept. 20 at noon. All candidates had until 12 noon Tuesday to remain in the running for a seat.

An interesting municipal election is shaping up in at least two municipalities in Lamont County come Oct. 18.

In the town of Lamont, Councillor Kirk Perrin has given up his councillor’s seat in a bid to become mayor, taking on long-time Mayor Bill Skinner who is seeking another term.

On the council side in Lamont, incumbent councillors Jody Foulds, Allen Harvey, Perry Koroluk, and Dave Taylor are seeking re-election.

They will be challenged by newcomers Colleen Holowaychuk, Matthew Levicki, and Linda Sieker.

Holowaychuk also is the current Elk Island Public School Board trustee.

Apparently because the two jurisdictions don’t overlap, Holowaychuk is allowed to run for both seats at the same time.

In Bruderheim, a most interesting situation has arisen because while Mayor Karl Hauch has been acclaimed for another term, there aren’t enough councillors to fill the seats.

Two councillors, Dan Skousbol and Pat Lee, have decided to call it quits, leaving two seats up for grabs in the upcoming election.

Incumbent councillors George Campbell, Len Falardeau, Wayne Olechow, and Judy Schueler are all retaining their seats and newcomer Dayna Jacobs will also fill a seat.

According to Chief Administrative Officer Patty Podoborozny nominations will be open for the last council

seat alone for six days until one or more nominations are received. Any nominations for that seat will be received between the hours of 10 a.m to 12 noon only during the six-day period.

She added the mayor’s seat is already acclaimed and if more than one candidate puts their name forward for election then there would be one. If no one steps up to fill the seat, Podoborozny said Alberta Municipal Affairs would step in to help the town, but she wasn’t sure if a person would be appointed to fill the vacant council seat.

In Lamont County, Neil Woitas has been acclaimed as the Councillor for Division Five, which is the western area of the county around the Bruderheim area. In Division One, incumbent Daniel Warawa will face off for the council seat against Kevin

Andrychuk. Division Two incumbent Wayne Woldanski will go up against Aaron Wick for the council seat in the area from Chipman to Elk Island Park and the populated acreage areas along Highway 16. In the central Division Three area which includes St. Michael, current Reeve David Diduck will have a former councillor Christopher Klita running against him. In the northeast Division Four which also takes in the Andrew area, incumbent councillor Roy Anaka will face off against Bonnie Lynn Fawcett.

In Chipman, four candidates will battle it out for the village’s three council seats. Incumbents Graham Godlien and Morris Langevin are seeking another term and they are being challenged by newcomers Shana McIntyre and Trudy Smith.

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2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021

Ukrainian settlement in area celebrated in Mundare

BY JOHN MATHER A wet, gloomy Saturday put a damper on the Hands on History festival in Mundare, Sept. 11.

Yet while it was wet outside, the meeting room at the Basilian

Dressed in traditional Ukrainian costume, Vegreville’s Tanya Bombak was on hand at the Hands on History festival in Mundare, Sept.

13 to sing both the Canadian and Ukrainian national anthems.

Fathers Museum was packed as 130 years of Ukrainian settlement in the area was celebrated.

The occasion also marked the 30th anniversary of the Basilian Fathers Museum being in its current location.

A short program that had been scheduled for outside at the historic Sawchuk house was moved inside and the mudding of the walls of the building had to be postponed.

The main event began at 11 a.m. when Vegreville’s Tanya Bombak sang the national anthems of both Canada and the Ukraine in full Ukrainian national costume.

In marking the 130th anniversary, Mundare Mayor Mike Saric said it was “the fact the Ukrainian people came to this region with literally nothing and created the community that we now live in and share is

amazing.

“They’ve left us a legacy that will be remembered forever.

“What they created here in our community is something newcomers can look at today and see how they were successful, and see the culture that has been left for the next generations.”

“These are the things they brought to Mundare and this region, so we are very grateful to be able to welcome you all today.”

Fort SaskatchewanVegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk brought greetings from the province and told of her family roots going back to one of the original settlers in the area, Ivan Pylypow.

The Consul General of the Ukraine in Edmonton, Oleksandr Danyleiko, also brought greetings to the event.

“These days are full of celebrations,” he said. “A

few days ago we celebrated Canadian Ukrainian Heritage Day, the twinning of Lamont County and the village of Perehinske, and now we celebrate 130 years of Ukrainian settlement in this area.

“Since the first settlers arrived, many thousands

of Ukrainians have come to Canada and found their new homes here,” he said.

“The Ukrainians’ colourful culture, language and centuries old traditions have already become common to the Ukrainian Canadian heritage. This heritage helps

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He said it was his first time visiting Mundare and he was very much looking forward to touring the museum.

“I see the museum is just, just beautiful.”

The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 - 3

Lamont adds to its fundraising during Terry Fox Run

BY JANA SEMENIUK The annual Terry Fox Run, in Lamont Sept. 19, brought people of all ages out to honour a Canadian hero while raising money for cancer in his name.

Organizer Curt Malica, who has been involved with the annual event in conjunction with the Knights of Columbus for the past 15 years, said he feels very committed to the cause.

“It’s basically all volunteer with very little overhead so most of the money actually goes directly to cancer research,” he said. “I really believe it’s making a difference.”

While last year’s event was virtual due to COVID restrictions, Malica said it was still very successful.

“People still raised money doing their own things. The event raised $1,300 last year,” he said.

This year, however, Malica said he was very satisfied with the results.

“We had 22 participants today and raised

$3,985,” he said.

This year’s route map included options where participants can choose a two, five or a 10-kilometer run.

Malica added that

been involved since 2000 but organizing for the past 15 years,” he said.

“Everyone knows someone who has been affected by cancer.”

While Malica was

coming since he was a baby,” said Malica smiling down at his son. “I don’t think he has missed one year.”

Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope began after he

lost his right leg to cancer in 1977 at the age of 18. After Fox ran more than 5,000 kilometres over 143 days in 1980, his cancer returned and eventually took his life

on June 28, 1981 at the age of 22.

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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021

Opinion $610 million not well spent

BY JOHN MATHER So what would you do with $610 million bucks? Buy a new house? Help your family through tough times? Go on a trip?

There’s a lot we could have done as average Canadians with money left over.

But our Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wanted to get a majority government. He spent the money and lost.

He’s got a minority. AGAIN! So what does that mean to the west?

Some of the pieces have all been moved around and we have a new game on the Canadian Politics Board.

And where do we go from here? Same old same old.

The results of the Sept. 20 general election were what was to be expected.

By 8 p.m. Mountain Time, we knew it was going to be a Liberal minority government.

That’s a disappointment to Western Canada.

Once again our voice will be one of someone suffering laryngitis, as we try to get our requests across to Ottawa.

It’s another case of recognizing the disparity of an electoral system that really allows the west to be ignored because the voters in Atlantic Canada, Montreal and Toronto decided the outcome of who will govern us.

Now if I recall, Justin Trudeau, speaking moistly, in the last days of the campaign hinted once again at election reform.

He did this in 2015, but when he found out it could result in a balanced government which would cut into his power base the idea was quickly discarded.

In the hopes of winning a small majority government he trotted it out in the dying days of this year’s campaign.

Believe me it is a dead horse.

Election reform is as likely to happen as the Toronto Maple Leafs winning this year’s Stanley Cup (and I’m a Leaf fan).

No, we have to keep a serious watch on what the Trudeau Liberals’ version 3.0 does as prime minister on this watch.

Will he bring in a tax on selling your primary residence? He says no and I don’t believe him. Will he increase the carbon tax?

Probably.

It depends on whether his previous paramour Jagmeet Singh continues to support him as in the past. And with a minority government Jagmeet and his followers (NDP socialists wearing bespoke suits and wearing Rolex watches… common folk indeed) actually has more power than before. Woe is us? Taxes on the rich…., pharmcare… enforced low cost daycare.

Those aren’t bad things, but look at Alberta and what it could do if the province went alone. We could easily afford free daycare and free pharmacare, if we weren’t sending so much of our resource wealth to Ottawa.

And what will that support cost the west?

No matter how you look at it, not much good will come for the west from this election result.

Continued

CONTINUED And should Erin O’Toole take the fall for his campaign.

In this case I don’t think so. Even though he did alienate western voters by switching messages on carbon tax and gun registration. After all, he is beholden to that eastern vote and the financial support it brings… and the western support is taken for granted.

This was an election no one wanted and O’Toole, an unknown quantity going into the election, built up his profile and increased the CPC poll numbers right from the get go.

Those were cut into by the rise of the People’s Party of Canada, based on getting support from those people who want to defy

public health safety regulations and not get vaccinated. The PPC caters to the disenfranchised and chaotic streams of society. Now it will be interesting to see where they go from here since they had a large increase in popular vote.

But now we have to give the subject of western separation a much more serious review.

Does Jason Kenney have any credibility to go cap in hand to Ottawa and demand changes to national transfer payments? Does he have any credibility to demand a provincial police force versus the RCMP? Heck, he’s likely to get run out of his own party so I doubt the folks in Ottawa will treat him as much more than a country bumpkin from a far-away colony.

No, unfortunately it’s time to make an independence

stand for the western provinces.

For more than 100 years Alberta has tried to be a good partner in Confederation and for what?

The definition of Alberta as preached by the folks in Ottawa, Toronto and Montre - a land to be seen and not heard, the supplier of resources and foodstuffs for the main breadwinners of the country Eastern Canada - is not realistic.

It’s time for Alberta leaders to step up and make a stand.

It’s time to recognize our own destiny. We can supply the world with clean energy, green energy, a bread basket to combat world hunger, and an education system featuring world class universities developing world class minds.

Let’s go.

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From Where I Sit: Here’s a Plan

BY HAZEL ANAKA By the time you read this we’ll all know how the federal election ended. If the polls are right, it will be another minority government.

The unknown as I write this on Sunday morning is which of the two major parties will edge out the other. So, expect the political drama in Ottawa to continue for the foreseeable future. If the Liberals end up where they started, in minority territory, the anger and finger pointing will intensify.

I think we can agree that the pervasive anger across society will flare.

Most people I know are angry about something; and the majority of them are angry about several things. All of us are sick and tired of the coronavirus and its variants.

None of us believed that it would go on so long and devastate so many from patients to healthcare workers to kids to business owners. None of us believed we’d still be afraid for our personal safety and so much more nearly two years later. The woman who does my nails is a Vietnamese refugee who’s a Canadian citizen. Despite being in Canada for more than twenty years she still watches Chinese TV. A couple weeks ago, she told me that a new vari-

ant called Mu has appeared in China. What you want to bet it reaches our shores?

Then, there’s the anger at the Liberal government for calling an “unnecessary” election during the fourth wave of Covid-19 that’s going to cost well over 600 million dollars. The shelf life for most minority governments is between eighteen months and two years. Most fall during a non-confidence vote in the house. In this case, the governing party which saw a majority within their grasp triggered the election. Can you seriously imagine doing this all over again that soon if the pollsters are right? And at that cost?

It has been incredibly difficult to fill all the positions for poll work-

ers. That’s true for most elections but doubly so this time. Because of Covid protocols the sheer number of bodies required has increased.

Some workers fear the pandemic risk and are sitting this one out. If you didn’t vote by mail or during the four days of advance polls, you likely found voting this time like no other. Or maybe you decided to show your disgust by staying home confident in your belief that none of those bums deserve your vote. I heard a phone-in program on the

radio and people from across the country are turned off. Maybe the best quote of all time is this one: “Normal people are now angry; angry people are now crazy.”

Then, we barely recover from this campaign before we’re plunged into municipal elections across Alberta in October. This, of course is the government closest to the people. This is the one where you’ve got the cell phone number of your councillor and aren’t afraid to use it.

And at every level of politics, it’s incredibly hard

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Mundare School won’t be renamed for famed psychologist

BY JOHN MATHER Mundare Mayor Mike Saric updated council, Sept. 7, on his efforts to see if the Mundare School could be renamed after Dr. Albert Bandura, a world renowned academic originally from Mundare who passed away at age 95 in late July.

Bandura revolutionized social psychology. A 2002 analysis by the Review of General Psychology determined Bandura was the fourth most-cited psychologist of all time, one spot behind Sigmund Freud.

In early August, council had discussed how they could honour the man who had attended elementary school at Mundare.

Saric at the time had said he would reach out to Elk Island School trustee Colleen Holowaychuk to see if possibly the Mundare School could be renamed.

“I did have a conversation with our trustee Colleen, and she said the board isn’t too keen on renaming schools after individuals for two rea-

sons: one, after a number of years the person could become somewhat forgotten; and two, in our society today you don’t want to name a school after a person and later find out they may have had a somewhat chequered past.

Dr. Bandura

“Now, I doubt that would happen in this case.”

Saric also added he was told the town would have to gather strong support from the school and town communities backing the name change.

“It would fall on us to drum that support up and it would be an onerous task. So the question is do we want to go

down that road or look at an alternative.”

Councillor Frank Rosypal said to leave the name alone.

“I’ve been here since the late ‘70s and it has always been Mundare School. Its history is that its name is Mundare School.”

Saric agreed stating he had had a few phone calls from residents asking to leave it as Mundare School.

But he added he still would like to honour Bandura in some way.

“He was from our town. Do we want to consider a plaque on main street or what?” he asked.

Saric suggested a stone monument as opposed to a plaque.

Councillor Cheryl Calinoiu asked if the family had any recommendations.

Councillor Irene Talaga, whose husband was related to Bandura, said most of the family was in California so recognition in Mundare wasn’t high on their priority list.

Zyla added that any recognition should have some background so

people would be able to recognize why Bandura was being honoured.

Further suggestions were possibly a spot in the Basilian Fathers Museum.

Talaga said she like the idea of a plaque and Saric suggested a plaque or monument on main street was more visible.

It was then suggested maybe putting a small monument beside a park bench.

Zyla will look into getting a small biography prepared and would seek pricing on a small monument.

Council tabled any final decisions until Zyla can report back to them at a future council meeting.

Mundare Town Council gave second and third readings to the Mundare Parks Society bylaw to provide an interest free loan of $40,000 to help offset the

costs of the town’s pickle ball courts.

At the time of first reading in August, Chief Administrative Officer, Colin Zyla had told council the three-year loan was a temporary measure designed to provide funding until grants came in to fund the $70,000 project.

The Society had raised $30,000 to date for the courts.

On Sept. 7, he said the Society hadn’t heard back on the grants yet, but the bylaw had been advertised and no feedback had been received.

The second and third readings of the bylaw were passed.

Council had a discussion on how to recognize the national Truth and Reconciliation Day scheduled for Sept. 30.

“It has not been adapted in Alberta,” said Zyla.

“But a few counties have decided to recognize it in

some form including Strathcona County.”

“There are a few other municipalities that are taking it to their councils to see whether to acknowledge it.”

Saric said individual school boards were making decisions with some staying open and some closing for the day.

Zyla said the Sept. 30 date had been recognized unofficially for some time and that is why that date had been picked for the holiday.

Saric suggested for this year at least it should be an unpaid day off.

“We have a policy that sets holidays for the year,” said Zyla. “So I would suggest we hold off and accept it as information for now.”

Council made the motion and tabled any decision for the time being.

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Mundare ponders a new firehall

BY JOHN MATHER A new fire agreement between Lamont County fire departments is leading to Mundare considering building a new building to house its fire department.

Mundare Fire and Emergency Department Chief Glenda Dales appeared before council, Sept. 7, to discuss the idea with council.

“This discussion has come out of discussions we had with the Regional Fire Chief,” Mayor Mike Saric told council, providing some background for the presentation. “With the new agreement there are requirements expected in a fire hall, which our current hall doesn’t have.

Now we have been talking about improvements of this existing hall, but before we get too deep into that we should also look at having a conversation about what other options there are.”

Chief Administrative Officer Colin Zyla reported to council that in discussions with Dales, they had narrowed potential locations for a new firehall down to five sites in the community.

“The first area is on the south side of the Esso station, while a second potential site could be on the north side of the Esso station,” he reported.

“The third place I noticed was at the MRC campground and the fourth spot was at the end of 51st Ave. The fifth was potentially across the road on CN lands.”

“We went through a lot to date,” said Dales.

“I’ve researched a lot of different fire halls to see the requirements we have to have. Under the new fire agreement one of the requirements we have to have is air exchangers within the firehall. To put four of them in the existing hall is $38,000. Now those can be removed so I’ve talked to Colin and he’ll talk to the regional fire chief to see if we can put in one because of our hall’s smaller size.”

She stated a new firehall wouldn’t be built anytime soon.

“You’re looking at a minimum of five years down the road and a

new hall would have a 20 year lifespan. The new hall would have to meet new codes and it would have to house some new equipment. I doubt it would be built for 10 years.”

She told council it looked like the department was asking for a lot but much of the ask was mandatory in new fire halls.

She added the new firehall would have six bays with doors that opened outwards rather than up and down. She added she had found this was more efficient.

It would also feature sleeping and shower accommodations.

She added the new hall would have sleeping quarters and showers to accommodate that many, but she didn’t anticipate having the bays filled immediately, so there would be room for ambulance services at the new hall.

“With the new duty crews that are coming up in the next couple of years they need to be housed somewhere.”

She pointed out the Regional Chief had assigned an on-call duty crew housed at one department in the County and they provided an immediate response across the County. The crew rotates between the five fire halls in the County.

“That saved our butts,” said Dales. “It means there is always a crew ready to rock and roll.”

She added it brought the firefighters from the different departments together because the duty crew was made up of members from all the departments put together to act as the duty crew.

“The duty crew proved to be very beneficial and we’re hoping to have it back again next spring,” she added.

The duty crew was put together as a pilot program in the busy spring fire season and Dales said it was well received by everybody.

In discussing the location Dales said the current firehall location wouldn’t work, but she did like the MRC campground location. The two Esso locations would

depend on what the lots cost.

“We also looked at a Whitetail location but ruled it out because we don’t want our firefighters stopped by a train on the railway.”

“The one at the MRC is the most logical.”

Saric commented that would mean giving up the revenue from the campground. Zyla said the services were all currently available at the MRC location and council could look at the costs of servicing the other location if they wanted.

He said it might cost $3,000 to do an initial study on servicing costs.

Then the discussion began over which should be done first, the design and rough costs of the firehall or getting the land first, and designing the firehall to fit the land.

“We’ve identified an area about 120 by 70 for the size of the firehall,” said Zyla. “My feeling is we identify an area and then design that parcel, but it's up to council to decide how they want to proceed. If you want to design a building, then we could go looking for a piece of property that fits the design.”

“It’s how do you guys want to proceed.”

Dales said the costs for the firehall would have to be borne by the town.

But she added there are quite a few grant programs available for emergency buildings.

It was pointed out that while the county was supportive of the idea there wasn’t likely any funding available from them.

“We’ll leave no stone unturned in finding funding for a firehall,” said Saric.

Councillor Jason Kowal asked if they could get architectural drawings from another fire department that had built a new hall.

Dales had stated Leduc had opened a new firehall in the past few weeks.

“I don’t want to see us spending a lot of money on drawings,” said Kowal. “Until we’re sure we’re moving ahead with this.”

Kowal then wondered if a shared use agreement could come into

play to help fund the hall.

“Could we partner up with possibly an ambulance service or a joint project where other community groups could use part of the hall space for meeting rooms or conferences?”

Dales said from what she’d seen that type of arrangement didn’t work out too well.

“Vegreville had the ambulance service with the firehall, but that arrangement didn’t last very long.”

She added Bruderheim had a multipurpose room, but the firehall couldn’t be directly accessed from that room.

“They built it specifically to have that multipurpose room,” she said.

“Obviously there is no fire equipment in that area.”

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Lamont County to write Province for changes of local polling stations

BY JOHN MATHER For years Lamont County has had multiple voting stations in Division Two and Division five.

But because of changing staff issues in the County, an administration letter requesting to have more than one municipal polling station which had to been submitted to Alberta Municipal Affairs by July 30, wasn’t written, leaving the County with only one polling station in each division.

At the Sept. 14 council meeting Reeve David Diduck brought the subject up and said council had to petition the province to get additional polling stations in Divisions 2 and 5.

It turns out Division 5 won’t be necessary in this October 18 Municipal, because Councillor Neil Woitas has been acclaimed in the division.

But in Division Two, Councillor Wayne Woldanski explained it was problematic having only one polling place.

“Actually at one time we had three polling stations in Hilliard, Chipman and the Ross Creek Hall,” he said.

“Because the Hilliard location couldn’t provide washrooms, we closed that location and the Ross Creek location was moved to the Red Barn in Ukrainian Village.”

He point out many of the residents in the southern part of the riding commute to Nisku, Edmonton and Fort Saskatchewan and the station at the Red Barn was convenient for them as they went to or from work. He added it was out of their way to travel

to Chipman to vote.

“There was never any discussion with our previous returning officer about changing to only a single polling location nor was there any discussion about needing a bylaw to have more than one polling station.”

“This was missed by administration and not by council,” Woldanski said. “So I think that we need to ask for forgiveness and get special dispensation so we can get the extra poll in Division 2 and I’m assuming Division 5.”

Diduck added that Chipman was in the northeast of the division and Tagore Estates, with about 31 residences in that area so potentially 70 votes are far away.

Woldanski added north and south of Highway 16 there were a lot of 11-acre parcels of land.

“Most of those people go west to work.”

Woitas agreed.

“Most of our voter turnout is in the Skaro area,” he said. “They are elderly ratepayers and they are used to going to the same voting station.

We also have people voting in Bruderheim.”

Diduck said to have the polling station at the Lamont High School it was in the far southwest corner of the division.

“You’re looking at over 20 miles to go and vote,” added Woitas, agreeing Lamont was too far away.

Diduck said the County could apply to the Minister of Municipal Affairs for extra polling places.

Newly appointed returning officer Debbie McCann had told Diduck it could take

some time to get such approval.

Diduck said he reached out to local MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk and she had told him it would be fairly quick if they were to email Municipal Affairs as soon as they could.

In Division 1, Diduck said Councillor Daniel Warawa, who was absent from the council meeting, had concerns with the location of the polling station at Mundare School.

“Councillor Warawa had concerns that Division 1 was going to be located at Mundare School while the Town of Mundare election held at the same time would be at the Mundare Recreation Centre.”

He felt both polling locations should be at the same site for convenience.

Executive Assistant Jessica Post said Mundare School was chosen because it was the polling place for the Elk Island School Trustee election, again held at the same time.

“Since we are providing staff for that election it would reduce our costs to just have the one polling location for both elections.”

Diduck and council agreed administration should write the letter to Municipal affairs to get additional polling locations.

“This is just a convenience to get the general public to vote,” said Diduck.

Woldanski made the motion to petition municipal affairs for the additional polling stations and it was carried.

Firehall

Kowal argued for the design first but he suggested looking at something someone had already built, so Mundare could get some close to finalized designs at a lower price.

“We have to consider the size of the hall.”

Zyla said he could contact some architectural companies and some other communities to see whether he could get

some design costs.

He added they should look at land costs as well so they could start figuring out how to fund such a project.

Council decided to hold off any decisions until the next budget cycle, but Zyla said he would start doing preliminary research into some design and land costs.

Continued from Page 8 Zyla added when looking at a location, parking and an area for outside training had to be taken into consideration.

After the presentation council debated whether the land should be purchased or designs for the firehall be prepared.

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Candidates Continued from Front The mayor of Chipman is decided after the council is elected by a vote among councillors.

Meanwhile in Andrew, seven are vying for the village’s five council seats.

Incumbents Osama Hamed and Gary Leppek are seeking fresh terms along with new-

comers Angela Diedrich, Benny Dubitz, Barry Goertz, Merwin Haight and Tammy Ann Pickett.

As with Chipman, Andrew selects its mayor once the council has been determined.

In Mundare, councillor Cheryl Calinoiu will give up her seat to run for mayor against incumbent Mike Saric.

Councillor Jason Kowal didn’t put any

Stubbs steamrolls but frustrated

BY JOHN MATHER The Shannon Stubbs re-election team steamrolled her opposition as she was returned to Ottawa in a landslide in the Lakeland riding.

While the outlook for Stubbs was bright, the Conservative Party of Canada was again on the losing side of a minority government headed up by the Justin Trudeau led Liberals.

“I’m frustrated with the results federally, but I want to thank the people of Lakeland for putting their trust in me once again, to keep fighting for our values and for our communities in Ottawa,” she said in a post election statement.

“I never take it for granted,” she added.

“Since being elected in 2015, I have door knocked throughout the 52 towns and visited the nine First Nations and Metis communities

across Lakeland every single summer. My volunteers and I knocked on almost 10,000 doors and travelled almost 7,000 kms across Lakeland in the past 36 days alone.”

Stubbs with the majority of the polls reporting had accumulated a 25,000 vote lead over her nearest opponent, People Party of Canada candidate Ann McCormack.

“I am so grateful to the volunteers and supporters who helped put out signs and deliver pamphlets, and donated generously, so that we could run our campaign in every part of our large rural riding,” Stubbs added.

“My number one focus is always to represent my constituents, unapologetically and at every opportunity. I will keep working to advocate for Lakeland and for Alberta.”

papers in, giving up his council chair.

Electing four councillors, incumbents Frank Rosypal and Irene Talaga are seeking reelection.

They will be joined in the council seat race by John Bruyere, Doug Kleen, Rick Petrie, Glen Rozumniak and Eddie Shepel.

As previously stated all the names are unofficial until the final dead-

line for remaining on the ballot closes at noon on Sept. 21.

Colleen Holawaychuk was acclaimed as the Elk Island Public School Trustee for the Lamont County area.

In addition to electing mayors and councillors on Oct. 18, voters will also be asked to answer two referendum questions.

They are: One) Should

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Tempers flare in Bruderheim, Councillor asks Mayor to “step down”

BY JANA SEMENIUK Tempers flared during Bruderheim’s Sept. 15 council meeting after Councillor Len Falardeau accused Mayor Karl Hauch of introducing his own political agenda to the Sept. 1 meeting in which Senate candidate Pam Davidson made a presentation.

“We are not allowed to bring in any private electoral stuff into a council meeting,” he said. “We don't allow anybody to bring in their personal agendas to our council chambers; religion, politics or anything else. And that was a personal agenda.”

Hauch responded to Falardeau’s accusation.

“Thank you for that feedback, Councillor Len,” he said. “I would remind you that, no, I did not meet (prior) with that person.”

“Now you are lying,” said Counselor Len. “You broke the MGA (Municipal Governance Act). I believe you should be punished and

you should step down.”

Councilor Wayne Olechow interjected, attempting to calm the scene but Falardeau would have none of it.

“Can this be a discussion later on?,” Olechow asked.

“No!” Falardeau stated. “No! I want the public to know about this!”

Hauch then attempted to bring the situation under control.

“You are out of order, Councillor Len. You are not being respectful,” he said.

Councillor George Campbell then stepped in.

“Mr. Mayor, I would like to call for a recess. I think this meeting has gotten out of order,” said Campbell. “I do feel that some people need an apology or reprimand.

But this is a total disgrace to our council and to our residents who are watching this display of ignorance.”

The situation Falardeau was referring to occurred during the Sept. 1 council meeting

in which Senate candidate Pam Davidson made a presentation to Bruderheim council.

P o d o b o r o z n y explained how Davidson was invited to the meeting.

“Pam emailed all of the CAOs in the county and invited us to request a council visit so I asked Sherry Cote to set it up with her campaign manager,” she said. To date, Davidson has visited 52 municipalities.

Meanwhile, during Davidson’s presentation, Hauch asked her why she chose to visit Bruderheim.

“Living in rural Alberta is important to me. I don’t think enough politicians really understand who we are as Albertans and what makes us tick. I came because you invited me and I appreciate that. I want to get out to as many town councils as I can,” she said.

At the end of Davidson’s presentation, she asked the council members if they would

be willing to sign her nomination papers.

“Is this breaking any protocol?”

Hauch asked C h i e f Administrative Officer Patty Podoborozny.

After confirming that no protocols would be broken, Podoborozny had a simple suggestion.

“Mr. Mayor, why don’t we take a five-minute comfort break and then council members can decide individually if they would like to support or not support?” she said.

The motion to move to a break was carried with Falardeau the only one opposed.

Podoborozny confirmed that no MGA rules were broken in having Davidson visit the council meeting.

Sherry Cote and CAO Patty Podoborozny with Bruderheim Town Council on the computer screen in the background.

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COMING EVENTS COMING EVENTS HELP US PUT A LID ON IT Please support our efforts to fix the roof on the CN train station Tea House and Art Guild in Viking, AB Donations can be made by: -e-transfer to vikingstationgallery @gmail.com -Cheques payable to Station Gallery and Art Centre Guild, P.O. Box 997, Viking, Alta T0B 4N0 -Donation box at Station Tea House Tax receipts are available for donations exceeding $10. Requests for receipts made to Betty Klein. ____________________________ Viking School Parent Council Annual General Meeting Tuesday, Oct 5th at 5:30 pm.

It will be a Google Meet format online.

Please contact current Chair Erin Hollar for more info 780-336-6377 _______________________

FEED SEED FEED AND AND SEED HEATED CANOLA buying Green, Heated or Springthrashed Canola.

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SERVICES SERVICES Town & Country Guardian Drugs - Killam We have: •a Kodak picture maker.

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•plastic gift cards •vitamins, minerals, and herbals.

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REAL REAL ESTATE ESTATE 810 s.f. House on 1 ½ lots in Viking. Main fl.: 1bedrm, great modern bathrm, large living room w/ oak floors, newer kitchen, triple pane windows & well insulated.

Full basement: Bedrms, Bath & laundry. Well maintained w/ lots of upgrades. 350 s.f Detached Studio w/ in-floor heating, large windows, newer construction. Large garden Shed. Call Karen @ 780-909-3827. $89,000 ____________________________ FARM LAND FOR SALE 160 ACRES TOTAL, SE21-56-164 ANDREW INCLUDES 80 ACRES OF HAY READY TO CUT AND 80 ACRES TO CULTIVATE. FENCED WITH DUGOUT. OFFERS, CALL 780907-0144 ____________________________ Great Commercial lot for sale on Main Street in Viking, AB. Only one like it. Asking $19,999 OBO. Serviced. Large attractive location, would be perfect for constructing a new building. Build yourself an office, rent an upstairs apartment.

Or vice versa. Pays for itself! Or place a pre-built on the property.

Located next to bottle depot and restaurant, near Food Bank/FCSS, across from bank and financial advisors, near liquor stores and school. Or just buy the lot now and wait for values to go up once COVID is over. Email vikingreview@gmail.com if interested ____________________________ DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA has for sale 4 project lands in Beaver County. Land locations are: SW27-50-16-W4, SE18-49-14 W4M, S½3-46-11 W4M and NW32-47-13 W4M. Call Brent Thygesen, b_thygesen@ducks.ca or 780 678-0150.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 - 15

EIPS forced to deal with wild swings in projected enrollments

BY JANA SEMENIUK Elk Island Public Schools has launched a campaign to highlight the value of public education amid declining enrolment numbers.

During a special board meeting Sept 20, the drop in numbers by 49 students was discussed.

“In looking at Sept 9. enrolment, we are seeing a decrease of 49 students from the spring budget (excluding Home Education and Next Step Outreach).

“Experience from last year has shown there will likely be a further decrease from now to September 30,” stated information in the board package.

EIPS is one of Alberta’s largest school divisions with approximately 17, 000 students in 43 schools.

Candace Cole, secretary treasurer of business services, explained during the meeting why the decrease was significant.

“Typically (enrollment) projections are done in the spring, and then we would chew them up on September 30,” she said. “However, because of COVID, there was a lot of uncertainty about the enrollment.

Typically, we might see a swing of five students at a school. Here we saw a swing of 44 at one school and 22 at another, and then the biggest decrease was 17 students. So, 17 students times an allocation rate of $5,000 is a significant amount for a school to reduce in September.”

While some schools had significant decreases, others had significant increases.

Ardrossan Elementary School, for example, saw an increase of 44 students.

Final enrollment numbers will not be known until Sept. 30.

Meanwhile, the Education for Everyone campaign highlighting the benefits of public education began on Sept.

14. Each month, over the course of this school

year, EIPS will share the story of an individual speaking to the importance of public education and how their learning journey helped shape the trajectory of their life.

The first story shared was that of Sara Canning who graduated from Bev Facey High in 2005, went on to attain a degree from Vancouver Film School and became an actress. To date Canning, 34, has racked up more than 50 film and television credits to her name including roles in The Vampire Diaries, Smallville and Nancy Drew.

Lamont Alliance Church has fun fall festival

Nine-year-old Issa Wishloff of Lamont aims her nerf rifle at some small stuffed animals on a table at the Lamont Alliance Church fall festival Sept. 11. By hitting a certain number of targets, competitors received a treat. Despite cool, fall weather, a good sized crowd attended the afternoon event.

Attendees at the Lamont Alliance Church fall festival on Sept. 11, got to play, bounce, run and jump on a large selection of inflatables. Here kids jump four to five feet onto inflatable cushions. The attraction drew a large crowd throughout the afternoon.

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16 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021

Attention Producers!

AgriRecovery Program

With the current drought and crop conditions and many looking for feed, Alberta Forage Industry Network has launched a new online classified site Farming the Web (IB https://farmingtheweb.ca/). This site has replaced Rope in The Web that was run through the Alberta Government. This site helps producers with buying and selling products such as feed. Current search categories are Hay, Feed, Straw & Crop; Livestock, Animals & Products; Land & Property; Equipment & Vehicles; Services & Contracting and Other. It also provides producers with Upcoming Events. If you are in the need for feed and other items, check out the site.

The AgriRecovery Program is support for Livestock Producers and Beekeepers to help address the extraordinary costs due to reduced grazing capacity impacted by the long dry weather and extreme high temperatures for breeding females only. AFSC link for more information https://afsc.ca/income-stabilization/agrirecovery/ Applications will be online through AFSC Connect and should be available in early September. AFSC staff is ready to help you access what you need to do your business, your way. Call 1.877.899.2372 or email info@afsc.ca

Phone: (587) 678-2346 . Email: info@farmingtheweb.ca

Voting Locations for 2021 Municipal Election Monday, October 18, 2021 Election Day (10:00 a.m.- 8:00 p.m.)

Friday, October 8 & Saturday, October 9, 2021 Advance Voting Days

Division 1 - Mundare School Division 2 - Chipman Drop-In Centre Division 3 - St. Michael Seniors Lodge Division 4 - Andrew School Division 5 - Lamont Highschool

Friday, October 8, 2021 2:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Lamont County Admin Building 5303 - 50 Ave Lamont, AB T0B 2R0 Saturday, October 9, 2021 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

Lamont County Admin Building 5303 - 50 Ave Lamont, AB T0B 2R0

Notice No tice of Nomination Day ffor 2 2021 Municipal Election

COVID-19 Vaccinations All Albertans 12+ can book now to protect yourself and those around you. Once vaccinated, find out how to get your proof of vaccination record. Call 811 or visit www.alberta.ca/covid19-vaccine.aspx to book.

Lamont County pharmacies administering COVID-19 vaccines: Lamont County Pharmacy 5122 - 50 Ave NW Lamont, AB T0B 0R0 780-579-0017

Bruderheim Pharmacy 4901 Queen Street Bruderheim, AB T0B 0S0 780-575-3000

Lamont Value Drug Mart 5030 - 50 Ave Lamont, AB T0B 0R0 780-895-2411

Guardian - Royal Care Mundare Pharmacy 5119 - 50 Street Mundare, AB T0B 3H0 780-764-3036

Andrew Pharmacy & Home Health Care 5022 - 51 St Andrew, AB T0B 0C0 780-365-3832

Current Employment Opportunities x x x x

Labourer Communications Coordinator Legislative Services Officer Election Workers: Deputy Returning Officer, Presiding Deputy Returning Officer, and Floater

For more information, please call 780-895-2233 or visit our website at: https://www.lamontcounty.ca/departments/human-resources

Rail Safety Week September 20 to 26, 2021