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THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2024

RM of Griffin hears residents concerns

Photo – Greg Nikkel, SaskToday.ca

The RM of Griffin council heard the concerns and comments of RM residents about the proposed wind turbines by Enbridge, as they held their meeting at the Griffin Rec Centre to allow for a bigger crowd on Tuesday evening. The RM of Weyburn held their council on Wednesday morning, and allowed some delegations to make presentations to them about the proposed project.

Concerned citizens give views on turbines to RM councils

By Greg Nikkel, SaskToday.ca The councils for the RMs of Griffin and Weyburn both had large crowds of ratepayers and citizens in attendance on Tuesday and Wednesday, voicing their opposition to Enbridge’s proposed wind turbines. The RM of Griffin met Tuesday evening in the Griffin Rec Centre, to accommodate the large number of residents who spoke or asked questions about the turbines. This followed a statement by the council saying they will be seeking a setback of at least 1500 metres from a turbine to a residence. Reeve Stacey Lund noted that Enbridge wanted to have a meeting with the Griffin council, but they put off that meeting until after they heard from the ratepayers at the council meeting. He said their position is that if this project goes ahead, they do not want

it to cost the ratepayers anything, such as for road building, and noted the setback will have to be negotiated with Enbridge in conjunction with the RM of Weyburn. In some parts of the RM where turbines are proposed to go, there are no good roads to accommodate the construction crews, and Enbridge will have to build a lot of roads to make it happen, he said. “It’s disappointing the province doesn’t have more guidelines in place,” he said, noting the turbines seem to be getting bigger all the time. The RM heard from Enbridge in June and met them on July 9, but “none of us know much about it. … There will be lots more discussion on this for sure.” The RM of Weyburn will be sending their zoning bylaw to SARM to help them word it before it comes back for a first reading, then a public hearing will be held.

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council works for the ratepayers, not for Enbridge. “The fact you want to be fair to Enbridge and not protect your ratepayers worries me,” said one resident.

The residents were told once the bylaw is scheduled for first reading, the public hearing will be advertised for two weeks and held. If there are any amendments to be made

to the bylaw as a result of that, another public hearing would be needed before it’s given second and third reading, a process that could take months to complete, said the reeve.

The City of Estevan announced hiring a new police chief on Aug. 13 during a meeting of the Estevan board of police commissioners. The city said they are pleased to welcome Jamie Blunden, who’s been a police chief in Weyburn since 2020. Blunden will start in October. The current Estevan Police Chief, Richard Lowen, is leaving on Aug. 31 to take on the Saskatchewan deputy chief marshal’s role. Before accepting the job in Weyburn, Blunden resided in Cooks Creek,

Man., where he served with the City of Winnipeg Police Force for the previous 29 years in multiple different roles. His roles included being the Inspector of Specialized Investigations Division where he commanded the following units: Child Abuse, Sex Crimes, Internet Child Exploitation, Counter Exploitation, Missing Persons, Domestic Violence, Vu l n e r a b l e P e r s o n s , Viclas and the Manitoba Integrated High Risk Sex Offender Unit. Blunden has a BA degree with a major in crim-

inology and a minor in psychology. As chief of police, Blunden will oversee management of the EPS activities including law enforcement, crime prevention and education/ awareness programs. “He [Blunden] brings a wealth of experience to the job. We’re all looking forward to him taking over, at the same time we feel sad about Chief Lowen leaving, he’s done a great job for us,” said Estevan Mayor and chair of the board of police commissioners Roy Ludwig during the meeting.

Weyburn police chief leaving for Estevan Police Service

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At the Wednesday morning council meeting, they allowed three delegations to speak and present their views, but they were not allowed to ask the council questions, as this would occur at a public hearing. No time line was given by Weyburn on when the amended bylaw will be introduced, as Reeve Norm McFadden noted it’s a process that will take months. For these presentations, Coun. Dan Cugnet declared a conflict and left the room, as he is a landowner who has agreed to have wind turbines on his property. Reeve McFadden acknowledged that they are in a tough situation as councillors, but he commented they will have to be fair to everybody, both those who oppose it and those who are for it, “even to Enbridge.” The residents in the room disagreed with this last comment, noting the

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