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PRAY FOR UKRAINE Молись за Україну Cradle of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada, Lamont County residents worry for Eastern European friends, relatives and twin town Nebyliv Timeline leading up to events in Ukraine

BY JOHN MATHER The situation between Ukraine and Russia has been building up for a number of years, but has now reached a fever pitch as large numbers of Russian troops and equipment have parked along Ukraine’s border from the north, east and south. This has prompted reactions from the West to the point where Canada and other NATO countries have ordered their diplomatic corps to send family members home and asked their citizens to leave the country if they aren’t there on essential business.

Below is a short timeline of the Ukrainian/Russian conflict.

• Feb: 2014: Russian troops move to takeover Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula seizing the regional parliament and government buildings; • April 2014: Pro Russian militants take control of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The militants are believed to be supported by Russia, but Moscow denies this; • Mar. /Dec. 2014: Canada under PM Stephen Harper announces sanctions against Russia as a result of the incursions leading Russia to ban entry to 13 Canadian lawmakers and officials including Chrystia Freeland, now Canada’s deputy prime minister; • Sept. 2015: Canada sends troops to Ukraine to help Ukraine Security

Forces with training. Those troops are still in-country; • July 2016: Canada Ukraine Free Trade Agreement signed; • Nov. 2021: Military satellite photos show a military build up along the Ukraine border creating fears of an invasion. Reports say the build up numbers 100,000 troops; • Dec. 2021: U.S. president Joe Biden warns of “harsh” economic sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine; • Jan. 2, 2022: Biden, in a call with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky, promise U.S. and allies will “act decisively” if Russia invades Ukraine.

• Jan. 23, 2022: Negotiations for Russian withdrawl stall and more Russian military machines are brought into the area; • Jan. 24, 2022: After conference call with allies, Biden puts 8,500 troops on heightened alert for potential deployment to Europe; NATO moves to reinforce eastern parts of the alliance moving planes and ships; diplomats and their families from several countries ordered by their governments to leave Ukraine capital of Kyiv; Britain also reports allegations of a Russian plan to install a pro-Moscow regime in Ukraine, a claim Moscow denies.

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2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Severe vandalism damage at Canada Post in Bruderheim

BY JANA SEMENIUK Bruderheim’s Post Office suffered vandalism over the weekend resulting in heavy damage to the lobby where post office boxes are accessed.

A resident notified one of the postal workers by text on the morning of

Jan. 23 that the post office had been broken into and Fort Saskatchewan RCMP were notified immediately.

“This is why we tell people to pick up their mail often and not to leave it too long in their mailbox,” said one postal

worker.

Fort Saskatchewan police were tight-lipped only confirming this was one of four break-ins that occurred over the weekend but would not confirm where the others were as they are under investigation.

A resident looks on at the extensive damage to post office boxes in the lobby caused by vandalism Jan. 22. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

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TOURNAMENT GOLD Bruderheim U11 Bruins, winners of the Bonnyville hockey tourney. Team members (l to r) Tyson Jonker #2, Clara Holt #3, Declan Morgan #6, Bryson Lewis #11, Austin Klita #7, Madden Cossey #15, Jace Zanatta #17, Jonas Wytrykush #9, Wyatt Dalziel #18, Max Maschmeyer #4, Mary Sobkow #10, Sawyer Hanson #5. Goalie: Zachary Vandelannoite.

Coaches: Wade Cossey, Mark Lewis , Kathryn Klita , Lisa Holt.

MINOR HOCKEY Bruderheim U11 wins Bonnyville tourney KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from Minor Hockey League games held recently.

(Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the websites, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries).

Bruderheim U11 Bruins travelled to Bonnyville Jan. 14-16 and skated home with the gold medal at the tournament.

Bruins dropped the opening game 8-2 against Red Deer but regrouped and swept the rest of the tourney with wins over Bonnyville (9-2), CR Knights (11-3) and then defeating Barrhead 4-3 in the final for the gold medal.

Lamont U15 (12-3-2) beat Athabasca 3-2 on Sunday on the road, leading the entire game.

Rowan Young, Andrew Svitich and Kayden Winslow scored for Lamont, while Cameron Olechow picked up the game’s only assist.

Zandon Tanner made 25 saves for the win.

Super League games at Mundare over the weekend resulted in 2011 Red Wings beating Mafia 6-2 on Friday, Grizzlies 7-1 over Red Wings on Saturday, Stars 10 Red Wings 2 on Saturday, Stars 6 Riggers 4, Stars 6 Mafia 1 on Sunday, Ace Academy 6 Red Wings 3 on Sunday, Grizzlies 9 Stars 1 on Sunday.

TOWN OF BRUDERHEIM NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Land Use Bylaw Amendment Pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, Sections 230, 606 and 692, the Council of the Town of Bruderheim hereby gives notice of its intention to adopt: Bylaw No. 02-2022, a bylaw to amend the Town of Bruderheim Land Use Bylaw.

The purpose of Bylaw 02-2022 is to amend the existing Land Use Bylaw 33-2015 by redistricting Pt. Lot 1, Block 1, Plan 072-5539 from R3 – High Density Residential District to C3 – Mixed Use District 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: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Bruderheim Fire Hall 5112 Queen Street Bruderheim, Alberta T0B 0S0 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 Sherry Cote, Director of Planning and Legislative Services, before 12:00 p.m. on Friday, February 11, 2022. It would be beneficial for individuals to provide advance notice to the Town of Bruderheim at (780) 796-3731 of their intention to make a presentation at the hearing.

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: Kyle Miller, Planner Patty Podoborozny, Chief Administrative Officer or Municipal Planning Services Sherry Cote, Director of Planning and Phone (780) 486-1991 Legislative Services Town of Bruderheim Phone (780) 796-3731

The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, January 26 2022 - 3

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A new young skater gets a hand up from an instructor with Centennial Figure Skating during skating lessons at the Lamont Arena Jan. 13.

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EIPS plans kits to introduce students to race, gender and sexual equality

BY JANA SEMENIUK Elk Island Public Schools may soon be using an interactive training kit in classrooms that will focus on Indigenous education, sexual orientation, gender identity and intercultural education.

Elk Island Local 28 President Deneen Zielke presented EIPS School Board with news of the project during their board meeting Jan. 20.

“They (Diversity Equity and Human Rights Committee) recently completed a wonderful project to support Indigenous education, intercultural education, sexual orientation and gender identity and gender equity.

“As a committee, they have produced an interactive diversity and inclusion training kit for use in classrooms, as well as for teacher support within the class-

room. They have developed four educational hubs that, pending vetting by Supports for Students director Marcus Reed, can be circulated through EIPS for teachers to utilize for their own professional development, as well as materials for classroom use,” she said.

EIPS Communication Director Laura McNabb could not offer specifics on how the kits might be implemented into the current curriculum or when it might be vetted.

“The kits themselves

are physical, not virtual—and until we see one, we can’t know when or whether we’ll be able to incorporate it into learning. Also, we teach inclusion in all its forms, at grade appropriate levels but we do not know what kind of content the kits include and whether it would align with what is currently in the curriculum,” she said by email.

The ATA’s DEHR committee, formerly the Gender Equity committee, formed in April of 2000.

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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Opinion Ukraine situation should have everyone worried

BY JOHN MATHER The situation taking shape in the Ukraine bothers me quite a bit.

This potential military conflict currently being posed by Russia along the Ukraine border could kick start a war which easily could get the numerals III after World War. Now Canada, military power that it is, isn’t in much of a position to do anything to stop this situation.

What we have done to date is send some military units to Ukraine to train Ukrainian soldiers.

If Russia goes full blast into attacking Ukraine, it opens the door for China to quickly launch an invasion of Taiwan, creating a second front.

And of course it will fall on the United States, as defenders of the free world, to try and deal with this mess.

In Europe they will be able to rely on help from the NATO pact countries, but in the Pacific, getting help will be more limited.

Mind you, the newly built gas pipeline running from Russia to supply Germany and Western Europe will come into play.

Germany is split on how much support it might provide the Ukraine because its new chancellor is aware that in a cold winter, gas heats the homes of millions of Germans. While they’re trying to move away from fossil fuels, windmills and solar panels just aren’t going to cut it yet.

Warfare isn’t ready to endorse the green dream just yet.

And with a person who’s well past his best before date holding on to the office of the president, you have to wonder who is going to be pulling the strings of the U.S. military machine.

Keep in mind it also runs on gas and diesel. No electric powered tanks yet, or planes powered by solar panels.

And Joe Biden killed the Keystone XL pipeline to pacify the lefties of his Democratic party. He has asked OPEC to expand its production so the American stockpiles don’t run low.

Then let’s throw in a couple of wild cards on the potential battlefront conflict.

CONTINUED

CONTINUED North Korea has been firing missiles off for the past few weeks and the Middle East is always ripe for an uptick in its regional conflict.

On top of this, in North America and possibly more widespread around the globe, there are commodity and food shortages. There’s a pandemic raging with no one able to give truthful answers on how to deal with it.

And we have social media… one of the greatest ways to spread disinformation ever developed. And there are those who are brilliant practitioners of disinformation.

Finally, we have political regimes in democratic countries that are creating divisiveness across their nations.

We only need to look at Canada or the U.S to see this, but the same thing is happening in countries across Europe.

The world is ripe for major conflict.

What could Canada do? Build the Canada east pipeline!

We have massive amounts of natural gas and oil in Alberta and we could supply Europe thus easing the reliance on gas imports from Russia. This would make support for Ukraine easier and also push Russia to back off from an economic standpoint.

Have Sleepy Joe restart Keystone XL so the U.S. can have a secure source of oil and gas from its friends?

But of course that won’t happen. We have a leader in Ottawa who wants to eliminate oil and gas. He’s a greenie.

And in Quebec they don’t want a pipeline transporting clean, ethically sourced and collected fuel crossing their province.

They’d rather rely on using imported oil.

They’re just so clean and green.

Hypocrites!

So, I’ll sit back and watch and worry.

Canada can play a pivotal role but our leadership will once again fail Canadians, just as Ottawa’s green dream will fail the country.

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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 5

FROM WHERE I SIT: Can’t Win

BY HAZEL ANAKA Everyone has an opinion about Walmart. If you don’t remember when Walmart was entering the marketplace, especially in rural Alberta, you’re probably very young. Or didn’t have a vested interest in this corporate encroachment into the pocketbooks of small business owners everywhere.

There was much hand wringing and predictions of doom and gloom. Whether you operated a small mom and daughter business in Andrew, as I did, or had a business on Main Street, Camrose the fear was the same.

Independent businesses would become extinct, the end was nigh, no little guy would be left standing. Maybe that didn’t exactly happen as forecast. But it surely forced more business owners into early retirement or career changes sooner than planned. As one of first big box

stores, Walmart forever changed the downtown core even in cities like Fort Saskatchewan. As Walmart proposes building stores in new more affluent sub-divisions, locals object because a Walmart shopper is not the crème de la crème.

By necessity, these big guys need lots of land for buildings and parking lots so they located at the edge of town and took the customers and traffic with them. Communities became less walkable.

Shoppers no longer had a first-name relationship with the local baker or candlestick maker.

Loyalty to the risk-takers who invested everything into the community eroded as chasing the lowest price became the end goal. Need someone to sponsor uniforms or buy the team’s trophies?

It was the little guy who got asked first even as SUVs were being loaded with the great deals from Walmart.

With their unparalleled global buying power, Walmart was poised to eat everyone’s lunch just like the local schoolyard bully. And maybe give you a shiner to boot. Stories of how Walmart grinds down their suppliers to pro-

vide ever-cheaper products at ever-cheaper wholesale prices are legend. Those ‘price rollbacks’ dotting the store are possible because of suppliers desperate to make the sale. And the notoriously crappy wages they pay their employees. In the US, the hourly wage for employees is now $12 an hour.

As the “largest private sector employer in the world, Walmart has over 2.2 million staff in the United States and selected countries worldwide.

The family-owned retail giant is also the planet’s biggest company based on revenue, with an annual turnover of $559 billion in 2020-21.”

Clearly, those low, low prices we’ve all taken advantage of didn’t come through any sacrifice of the family.

So, your opinion of Walmart may be one of loathing and a real reluctance to darken their doorway because of who they are and what they stand for. You know they have few ‘house brands’ so what you want is probably not exclusive to them and readily available elsewhere. You may be turned off by the customer service or the state of their fresh produce.

Wildfire smoke affected air quality in 2021

BY JOHN MATHER When the Fort Air Partnership released their annual results this past week, they reported that across the area covered by them, there were 97 hours of high risk and 84 hours of very high risk Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) ratings.

These hours were spread relatively evenly across FAP’s continuous monitoring stations.

The majority of the readings were caused by regional wildfires and spread across the months from July until October.

In a press release, FAP stated the there were 473 occurrences across the

Partnership’s 10 monitoring stations where air quality measurements exceeded Alberta’s

Ambient Air Quality Objectives. This is compared to 33 exceedances in 2020.

Ninety-four per cent of the exceedances that occurred in 2021 were due to increased levels of fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke. It was further reported the

airshed experienced low risk AQHI ratings an average of 95 per cent of the time in 2021, a one per cent decrease from 2020.

Across its permanent stations Elk Island had the most low risk ratings at 96.3 per cent of the time , while Fort Saskatchewan had the least low risk ratings at 92.9 per cent of the time.

In the Lamont County area FSP operates permanent stations in Bruderheim, Elk Island and in Lamont County.

During 2021, they also had a portable monitoring station in the Town of Lamont from Aug. 20 until the end of the year.

You may hate the crowds and not want to prolong your shopping experience. You know they sell ‘fast fashion’…clothes that are poorly made of cheap fabrics and aren’t intended to last more than a season or so.

Though, I will say I bought several identical cotton t-shirts in a range of colours on clearance for three dollars each. I consider them farm clothes and my at-home uniform. Because they are short-sleeved and made of a breathable fibre, I can paint, garden,

clean, craft, combine in them no problemo and have for probably ten years now. Did I get my money’s worth or what?

Or maybe, like me, you go there when there are no other options, when there is an irresistible sale price, or because you can hit your dog’s breakfast of a shopping list in one fell swoop. Much like the department stores of old.

Sears sold everything from tires to appliances, from furniture to Christmas trees, from clothing to candy, from

makeup to watches.

The other day, I went to Walmart because of a sale on Secret deodorant.

I ended up spending over a hundred dollars on a few groceries and four boxes of K-cups in flavours I can’t find elsewhere. When I checked my receipt, two of the three deodorants I got were double the sale price I assumed I was paying. With inflation, stock shortages, and rising prices we all better pay closer attention at the checkout. These day consumers can’t seem to win for losing, from where I sit.

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6 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Chipman Ag. Society to send members to conference, McGregor new president

BY JANA SEMENIUK The Chipman AG Society met with a full agenda on Jan. 22 from electing new leadership to nailing down dates for events to be held throughout the year.

Bruce McGregor is the new president, taking over from acting president Kent Klassen, Jessie Robinson stepped into the role of vice president, Lisa Thrower is taking a second term as treasurer and the secretary position is being assumed by Tracy Child, with help from Trudy Smith and Brian MaynardConnolly.

The group reflected on their annual Coyote Christmas turkey dinner which took place Nov. 20. They fed 250 people, as well as collected food for the foodbank. It was

noted that they ran out of turkey this year.

The annual Cutter Rally will take place in conjunction with Family Day activities set for Feb. 21. An outdoor ice rink will be created for skating in addition to hotdogs and hot chocolate available.

The Coyote Country Classic, second largest farrier competition in Canada, will be taking place July 8 and 9. Vice President Jessie Robinson explained that North 49 Farriers, a nonprofit he created with two other people, will be running the event.

“Three of us started a non-profit called North 49 Farriers for running competitions for farriers in Canada. We started it here because it’s so hard pressed to get down to

The newest member of the Chipman AG Society is 18- year old Derrek Dimmock who joined at their Jan. 22 meeting. Dimmock, born and raised in the Chipman area, is hoping to lend his horse skills to the group and help out where he can. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

the States (to compete) and it costs a pile of money. Chipman will be the second stop on the five-competition tour, in Carstairs, Chipman, Waskatenau, Saskatoon, and the finals will be in Regina,” he said.

“We have big international sponsors and Chipman Coyote Country Classic is their main stay. We’ll have to talk about this down the road because nothing will go through the AG society, it will just be an event the AG society has here. You won’t have to run entry fees, or any of that stuff, it will all go through North 49.”

Robinson added that the AG society will still open their concession to make money during the event.

Meanwhile, decisions were also made around funding board members to attend the annual AAAS conference (Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies) taking place at the River Cree in Feb. The group decided to fund the hotel costs for three of the four nights for members wanting to go to the conference, with the condition they present to the rest of the group all that they have learned at the event when they get back. In addition, any costs incurred for negative COVID tests to attend the conference will not be covered by the society.

The next meeting for the Chipman AG Society will be Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Jessie Robinson and his wife Stacy at the Chipman AG Society meeting Jan. 22.

See farrier story page 15. Photo: Jana Semeniuk

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8 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Lamont County ponders a third day for Babas and Borshch festival

BY JOHN MATHER Lamont County Council held a special meeting, Jan. 24, to discuss the addition of a third day to the annual Babas and Borshch weekend.

Reeve David Diduck reported that when the Babas and Borshch committee had recently met with council, in camera, they wondered whether the County would be willing to host a third day for the weekend, to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement in the area.

“Does council want to do anything in recognition of this 130th anniversary?” he asked.

“I’m just looking for council’s opinion on whether we’d support a third day of the weekend from a financial perspective.”

He said it would probably be an in kind ask, where staff would provide assistance.

He further suggested it could be an evening event where dignitaries from the community, province and possibly even a delegation from the Ukraine could attend.

“It would be held in conjunction with Babas and Borshch but still a separate event,” he said.

He added there could be Ukrainian dancers and singers invited to attend the event. Further, Diduck suggested family members from the first Ukrainian families to move into the area also

be invited.

He hoped to present this to the administration and get some ideas for the Jan. 25 regular council meeting.

Diduck said the budget for the previous event had been $6,000.

Interim CAO Peter Tarnawsky stated it indeed was $6,000, but there had also been a grant involved and there was no guarantee that grant would be forthcoming again.

“If the stakeholder wants to take this on in conjunction with the County, I expect that budget number would be a bit low for what you have described here today,” he said.

Councillor Roy Anaka thought the budget had been around $10,000 the previous year.

FCSS manager Sara Rindero said the budget for 2021 had been $6,000 but it, “was augmented with a grant from the Ukrainian Canadian Pioneers Association which covered the videographer’s costs, so the total amount would have been around $10,000.”

Anaka then agreed administration pursue the matter and provide some details for the Jan. 25 meeting.

Diduck suggested he would like to see a dollar amount for the meeting, but Tarnawsky told council that wouldn’t be possible in such a short time.

“The committee, when they were here a few

weeks ago, was prepared to take on the leadership of the primary event,” he explained. “It’s very difficult for staff to come up with a funding amount in 24-hours.”

Diduck said he wanted to ensure council wanted to host a third day of the Baba’s and Borshch event.

Councillors Aaron Wick and Neil Woitas both wanted to see some cost estimates before proceeding with the event.

Anaka said he was in favour of pursuing the three-day event and getting administration working on figuring out costs.

Councillor Daniel Warawa wondered if the County had the staff and wanted to know costs.

“Maybe there’s possibly more grants possible,” he said. “But if we keep taking staff away for other work we may find ourselves without enough staff.”

Tarnawsky agreed staff would be questionable, but that the original stakeholders’ group had indicated they just wanted funding from the County and they would organize the event.

Economic Development Officer Tom Koep told council for 2022, $6,000 had been budgeted for the Babas and Borshch Festival but Diduck wasn’t sure $6,000 would cover the costs of the event as council was now envisioning it.

“I’d almost say that amount would have to be doubled,” he said.

Council moved a motion “that Lamont County Council ask the stakeholders of the Babas and Borsch to develop a proposal that addresses council’s desires with estimated costs, estimated grants and expectation of staffing in kind support of the daytime protocol event and the evening stand up reception with council prepared to contribute.”

Before it passed, Warawa pointed out, he hoped the Babas and Borsch committee didn’t think the County would be giving a lot of money to the project.

“We’re cutting services, we’re cutting this and cutting that and then we’ll be adding to something else.”

Diduck said when the costs come in, council may decide not to proceed with the third day.

Warawa agreed and then made the motion with a suggested amendment saying “council contribute financially.”

Warawa argued that the amendment wouldn’t work because council may not contribute.

Diduck suggested an amendment, “with council prepared to give the matter further consideration once cost estimates are known.” and that met with the council’s approval and the motion carried.

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Mundare may hire contractor to help with snow removal

By John Mather Mundare is going to rent some additional equipment for public works, to help clear the snow from the town streets.

Public Works Director Dave MacDonald reported to council, the department had just got a sanding truck back from repairs and the next day a grader went down.

“I think the solenoid and float valve is down,” he said. “I’ve called our regular repair shop and they’re having some trouble getting parts, but I expect we’ll have it repaired soon.”

He further reported there were also hydraulic hoses that had to be replaced.

“We’re just going hard trying to keep up with what we’ve got,” he said.

Deputy Mayor Rick Patrie asked if the repairs were going to take any length of time?

“Should we be hiring a grader and operator?,” he asked.

“Chief Administrative Officer Colin Zyla said he had a person come into the town office recently offering grading services to the town.

“If this is going to be down for a while maybe we could contact him,” he said.

MacDonald said public works was currently using a truck and loader to load the windrows.

“With all the piles we have around town,” he said. “We’re doing what we can and just keep moving forward.”

Councillor Eddie Shepel wondered who the private operator was.

“We have to vet them pretty carefully,” he said.

“They have to carry insurance and that’s expensive.”

He said his contracting company had received requests from three municipalities for contracting for snow removal.

“With the current cold snap everyone’s equipment is breaking down right now,” he said.

“Getting a contractor in to help in the clean up is a good idea,” he added. “Just to help us

get caught up.”

Shepel said with the snow and rain that has been occurring the town has to keep up with the snow clearing or “we’ll get buried and won’t be able to do anything.”

He felt getting outside help was a good option to look at and MacDonald agreed.

In the meantime, public works will keep going to get windrows picked up with a front end loader.

Councillor Irene Talaga asked if the windrow on 52 Ave. could be picked up because she had seen a couple of vehicles hung up on it.

“Because of the boulevard it really makes it hard to drive along the road,” she said. “I’m wondering if we could put a pylon or marker at the end of the windrow so people can stay clear of it,?” she asked.

Shepel suggested if

public works knows a windrow will be on the street for more than 24hours it should be flagged somehow.

Shepel then wondered if a piece of equipment broke down, were they getting the best response time for equipment repairs.

“I know with my equipment if something breaks down I have an emergency call number and they respond right away.”

MacDonald said he had no problems with response times stating the biggest problem currently was a backlog in getting parts from the U.S., but they could look at other firms if there was a delay in getting timely repairs.

Zyla said if Shepel had some other firms, he could provide them at the office so the town could have them on file.

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Canadian diplomats ordered out of Ukraine

BY JOHN MATHER Canada has ordered family members of diplomatic staff to leave the Ukraine as the possibility of a Russian incursion escalates.

On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government was “following the situation in Ukraine extremely closely.”

“There are many contingency plans in place.

The safety of Canadian diplomats and families is, of course, paramount,” he told the Globe and Mail.

Locally, Tina Warawa, office manager for Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs, reports the local riding office has received several calls from resi-

dents of Ukrainian background asking for an update of the situation.

“They are essentially concerned with what’s going on over there and the lack of response from the government,” said Warawa.

“We haven’t had a lot of people reaching out about family members who may still live in Ukraine. They want to hear us continue to speak out in support of Ukraine.”

She said Stubbs would continue to push for support for the country and expects the issue will gain traction next week when Parliament resumes.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson in Fort

Saskatchewan-Vegreville MLA Jackie ArmstrongHomeniuk’s office also said there haven’t been a lot of calls regarding family members who may still live in Ukraine.

“We have had several calls voicing support with the MLA in her letter she has written to the Prime Minister,” the spokesperson said.

Just last fall, Lamont County recognized 130 years of Ukraine settlement in this area and signed a twinning agreement with the Village of Nebyliv in the western part of Ukraine. The twining ceremony was done with both communities witnessing the signing agreement virtually.

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Chipman farrier competing against the world

BY JANA SEMENIUK Chipman AG Society Vice President Jessie Robinson is a full time Farrier who also enjoys competitions, although he recently shared with the Lamont Leader, he did not always love shoeing horses.

“I was a heavy-duty mechanic by 21, but I always wanted to cowboy just because we grew up ranching and running cows. So, I went out to the Gang Ranch in BC and had four years there. While I was there, I had to shoe my own string (of horses) and I hated it. I really disliked it, but I had to do it because I had to keep my string of horses shod,” he said.

When Robinson returned home from the ranch, word got around that he could shoe horses and trim their hooves.

“I was shoeing horses on the side while I went back to International

Trucks as a heavy-duty mechanic. I just got engaged and we needed the money to build our house,” he said.

Robinson explained how the tables turned and his love for farrier work grew.

“Eventually it became too much. I started hating mechanic work and loved shoeing horses. It went from me hating it to loving it. So, I decided to pull the pin, put an ad out and go full time shoeing horses,” he said.

“It was terrifying!”

Once Robinson put his ad out, he received an unexpected call.

“A journeyman farrier in Sherwood Park reached out to me. He told me my prices were too low,” he said. “I reached out to him to see if we could have a conversation about this. I ended up apprenticing under him for two years and we are great friends to this day.”

Although he is now a certified farrier through the American Farrier’s Association, Robinson missed out on an opportunity to write his journeyman’s due to the COVID pandemic. While farrier schools do exist in Alberta, Robinson feels strongly that apprenticeship is the way to go for new farriers.

“There is no way you can go to school in Canada to be a farrier.

You will come out dangerous. It’s terrifying.

You must do an apprenticeship, but they don’t stress that,” he said.

Today, Robinson enjoys competing with his craft as well as earning a living.

“I competed in 2018 at my first contest in Barrhead, and by 2020, I was competing on the world stage. Competing against the top farriers in the world. It was just mind blowing,” he said.

Lamont town employees were busy late last week removing windrows that had been plowed up along the town’s main street. Front end loaders scooped up the windrows and dumped it into waiting trucks for transportation to the town’s snow dump. Photo by Crystal Moren.

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Family Resource Network Programs (February)

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Check out two programs offered by the Kalyna Family Resource Network (FRN) during the month of February: Valentine Cards for Seniors, and the Connection Cafe. More details on these programs (larger posters) and how to receive the Connection Cafe kit, is available on the Kalyna Family Resource Network – Lamont County Region’s Facebook page, or contact: erin.t@ lamontcounty.ca.

Apply today for the 2022 Young Agrarians Apprenticeship Program (https://youngagrarians.org/apprenticeship-program).

Deadline is January 31.

There are a variety of farming ng opportunities including including: x microgreens x market gardening x florals x beekeeping x and more! x livestock x grain The program is fully immersive. Each farm is guided by a holistic framework that recognizes the connectedness of the land and people.

Although farm activities will be different for each farm, the core activities involve care of soil, pasture and livestock, farm direct marketing, and using sustainable practices for cereal, grain, and vegetable production.

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The next Regular Council Meeting and Committee of the Whole Meeting is on Tuesday, February 8, starting at 9 a.m.

The public is welcome to attend at the Lamont County Administration Building or virtually through Microsoft Teams. COVID protocols and requirements are in place.

Please note: for health and safety precautions, it is recommended to attend the February 8 meeting virtually using the Teams invitation (accessible via the Lamont County website).

If you would like to present or speak at a meeting, please contact Legislative Services.

The meeting agenda, previous meeting minutes, and a link to Microsoft Teams so you can attend virtually is found at: www.lamontcounty.ca/governance/ agendas-minutes.

Discretionary Permits Issued – Discretionary tionary Use: Appeal by February 4, 2022 App Take notice that the following permit for proposed development as described below has been issued in accordance with the Lamont County Land Use Bylaw No. 675/07: 1.

Legal Description: Plan 0521003, Block 1, Lot 1 (NNE 7-53-18-W4) Land Use: Agricultural District (A) Proposal: For a staging area for online auction/auction sales activities Permit No.: DP 052/21 Additional Information For additional information regarding these permits, please contact the Planning and Development Department at (780) 895-2233.

Foundations in Agricultural Management - Free Course If you are looking for an opportunity for farm business and marketing training, a new online course presented by the University of Guelph, in partnership with RBC and Farm Credit Canada, is providing tools for Canadian farmers to help them be successful.

The Foundations in Agricultural Management course is a free set of e-learning modules focused on business planning and strategy, farm management, succession planning, financial fundamentals and mental health—including ways to build resilience. The program is offered four times per year (January, April, July and October).

Appeal The Land Use Bylaw provides that the person applying for the permit or affected by the order, or any other person affected by an order, decision or development permit of a Development Authority may appeal to the Land and Property Rights Learn more: https://www https://www.guelphagriculturalmanagement.com/. guelphagriculturalmanagement com/ Tribunal (LPRT) whose address is 2nd Floor, Summerside Business Centre, 1229 – 91 Street SW, Edmonton Alberta, T6X 1E9 within twenty-one (21) days after the date of notice.

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: If you submit comments, either orally or in writing, the information you provide may be recorded, or otherwise made public, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.