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Premier Notley announces $440 million investment for Heartland project reboot BY JOHN MATHER Just days after Alberta Premier Rachel Notley reported she expected to announce new projects for the Alberta Industrial Heartland, she did just that. Notley said Jan. 22, Calgary-based Value Creation planned to build a 77,500 barrel-per-day partial upgrading facility near Edmonton. Notley had reported at the Alberta Industrial Heartland stakeholders meeting Jan. 17, she expected to make some announcements of projects in the coming weeks. The Creation Value site is the former BA Upgrader project in the Industrial Heartland. The government offered Value Creation a $440-million loan guarantee for the $2-billion facility and Notley added Jan. 28, that more announcements are expected soon. Columba Yeung, chair and CEO of Value Creation, stated $700-million had
already been spent on the facility. Notley stated the loan guarantee is part of the province’s made in Alberta strategy to diversify the province’s reliance on exporting raw resources and create some value added products in the province. Value Creation said the project will create more than 2,000 construction jobs and then 200 full time positions when the project is completed. It will be expected to generate nearly $2.5 billion in rev-
enue to the province over the 30-year life of the project and Strathcona County is projected to receive upwards of $280 million in taxes at the same time. Bruderheim Mayor Karl Hauch stated he was cautiously optimistic about the project. “They’re the same guys who pushed the BA project in the first place,” he said. “We don’t know where Value Creation is at. All we know is the province has approached people to invest in projects and the province
would assist in funding.” The Alberta Liberal Party issued a release last week stating the provincial NDP were “gambling with taxpayers money to shamelessly promote its chances for re-election. The NDP government should not be playing the part of an investor in a political theatre stage show.” Liberal leader David Khan said in the release, “Alberta taxpayers should not have to pay to create jobs for themselves and boost our economy. Every single Albertan is now on the hook for $110 per person with the $440 million loan guarantee by the NDP government for this project.” He added if the government had the extra $440 million, it should have been allocated to pay down debt, end overcrowded classrooms or invest in further mental health supports.
Backlash starts Alberta Government oil production cuts to begin temporarily BY JOHN MATHER The UCP is backtracking on its support of the Notley government’s plan to curtail oil production temporarily. Lac La Biche–St. Paul–Two Hills MLA Dave Hanson and Bonnyville– Cold Lake MLA Scott Cyr came out against the policy after learning 500 to 1,000 jobs may be lost in the oil patch this week. Canada Natural Resources Ltd. stated Jan. 28, the company was “extremely concerned” by revisions to the NDP strategy set to come into effect in February, warning the changes “will hurt jobs” if carried through. While CNRL had originally supported the government’s call for cutbacks, in a letter to suppliers last week, it stat-
ed it felt amendments to the formula would see the company burdened with “unreasonable and discriminatory” share of the curtailment. “The revised methodology is flawed and clearly discriminatory to Canadian Natural Resources and as a result impacts the heavy oil regions of Alberta,” read the letter. CNRL said it would cut back production by more than a third in February. The two UCP MLAs, whose constituencies contain CNRL properties said, “The NDP minister needs to come to our community to explain the changes.” “It is simply not acceptable for the government to hide from a decision
that stands to cost hundreds of Albertans in our community their jobs.” “United Conservatives called for and supported temporary curtailment as a measure that prevented wider job losses from the low price of oil at the end of 2108. We recognize that a persistent massive price differential would have almost certainly resulted in major job losses, not just in our region, but across Alberta.” “That said,” the MLAs release went on, ”our support for curtailment as a temporary measure was never meant as a blank cheque for the government, and today, we are calling on the NDP government to explain this formula change.”
Earlier this month, Husky Energy, also blamed the government cuts for crude curtailment as unfair. The company said its expected contributions to the cuts in January were “considerably higher” than the 8.7 industry wide target announced by the NDP. Other integrated companies like Suncor and Imperial Oil Ltd also oppose the cuts. Suncor said the cuts had created “winners and losers” and could cause problems with safety and operational reliability at its oilsands projects that normally operate flat out during the coldest months of the year.
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Opinion Details of Humboldt crash finally surfacing at sentencing Anger is being vented this week in Melfort, as the truck driver who ran a flashing stop sign on a Saskatchewan highway April 6, 2018 with his double-load semi-trailer truck causing the Humboldt Broncos Jr. A hockey team bus to hit his load head-on killing or injuring all 29 passengers, is having his sentencing hearing. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu plead guilty earlier this month to 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death, and 13 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Because of the scope of the tragedy and the size of public interest, the Melfort event centre has been made into a massive courthouse. Sidhu showed up Monday in Melfort for what is expected to be a five day hearing complete with family and friends of the deceased, spectators, media, and 75 victim impact statements - 40 of which were read in court on the first day alone. On Monday the Crown stated its case, and the facts of the case were learned and agreed to by the guilty party. • Sidhu’s semi carrying peat moss was going between 86 and 96 km/hr. He had an oversized stop sign (1.2 metres across) and a blinking light at the intersection. The bus had the right away. There was nothing to obstruct Sidhu’s view on a clear day and he even passed signs warning him of the upcoming intersection requiring him to stop. • The bus driver slammed on the brakes and skidded 24 metres hitting the truck which was fully into the intersection across all lanes of traffic at between 96 and 107 km/h. The truck did not attempt to stop. The bus driver had applied brakes merely one second before the collision. • RCMP found no evidence that Sidhu had used drugs or alcohol or was distracted by a cell phone. • Weather and road conditions were clear but a safety review was released by the Saskatchewan government which said the sight lines at the intersection are a safety concern. It recommended removing a strand of trees obstructing the view of drivers approaching from the south and east which was the exact same direction of the two vehicles involved in the collision. However in the agreed statement Sidhu’s ability to see the bus would not have been obstructed had he stopped at the intersection. • The bus collided with the truck’s front trailer just before the wheels. A vehicle was waiting for the bus to pass through on the west side at its stop sign as the truck blew past its sign, while two vehicles were behind the bus but at a safe enough distance not to have been involved in the collision. So what happened that Sidhu didn’t stop at the intersection? If he wasn’t impaired by drugs or alcohol, was he sleep impaired? Did he nod off? Was he trying to make up time by purposely not stopping? He had dozens of log book entries missing and if pulled over by police would have been suspended. Truckers are only allowed to be on the road 70 hours in a seven day period in Canada, and no more than 13 in a single day. Sidhu hasn’t yet spoke of the incident, but his lawyer said he is racked with guilt and sorrow and not making victim families suffer more was the main reason for his guilty plea and avoidance of a trial. More will be learned daily. Kerry Anderson
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Canada’s Food Guide plant-based diet is, for the most part, elitist Dear Editor: When the prestigious medical journal The Lancet published a 51-page report recently laying out a plan for a sustainable “planetary diet” that transforms how we eat and live, it made a big splash. The group of 37 experts, all members of the EAT-Lancet Commission, were keen to recognize the urgent need to change our diets to protect the Earth. The commission was brought together by the Stockholm-based non-profit EAT, which works to change our global food system through science. By 2050, the global population is expected to be roughly 10 billion and the commission argues that we will need to feed ourselves differently. The report, which took three years to prepare, presents the ideal diet for the 21st
century. For meat eaters, it offers no reason to jump for joy. It suggests that one burger a week would be everyone’s red-meat quota. Some fish and chicken would also be part of the weekly intake of animal proteins. Plant-based proteins fill out the rest of the prescribed diet. The report recommends nuts and a good helping of legumes every day in lieu of meat. The diet has room for one glass of milk a day, 31 grams of sugar and about 50 grams of oils, such as olive oil. These recommendations align with the approach to proteins in the newly-released Canada’s Food Guide. The guide sets out a new umbrella category that combines and de-emphasizes dairy and meat, while recommending more plant-based proteins.
But while the EAT-Lancet Commission report underscores the importance of global food security, it falls short on a few fronts. It doesn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know. Numerous studies have already pointed to the value of plant-based dieting and the reduction of food waste, another noble recommendation from the report. And while the report is full of good intentions, the clinical fingerprints of the medical doctors, environmental scientists and nutritionists who put it together are all over the report. There’s nothing wrong with like-minded individuals writing a dietary road map like a tedious monograph, but it makes their approach feel inauthentic to the layperson. Continued on Page 5
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Minor Hockey: Dylan Onushko has 7-point game KERRY ANDERSON These are some of the results from the Northern Alberta Interlock Minor Hockey League games held recently. (Please note that scores and scoring is taken from the website, and some game scores and scoring is dependent on proper league entries. Deadline is typically Sunday evenings, so if scores are not noted they may have been entered after this time (nainterlock.com).
Lamont Tier 4 Novice (5-4-1) downed Fort Saskatchewan on Saturday 8-5 at Lamont Arena. Lamont fought back, down 2-1 early in the second frame but took control with three to take a 4-2 lead. Cole Chudyk scored 6g in the contest. Other scorers were; Chael Whaling (2g 1a), Jackson Able (2a), Finley Cossey (1a), Lochlan McCormick (1a), Drew Bortnick (1a), Madden Cossey (1a), Wael Alaeddine (1a) and
Landon Dagg (1a). Bruderheim Tier 4 Novice (5-7-0) lost a home game against Holden on Sunday 8-5. Holden gained a 2-0 first period lead before Bruderheim fought back with three straight second period goals to take the lead six minutes into the middle frame. The teams were tied after two 4-4 but Holden got hot in the third period. Maxim Dach had a hat trick for Bruderheim (3g 1a), while Degan Ryer and
Carter Winslow also scored. Lamont Tier 4 Peewees (6-6-1) beat Leduc 9-4 on Sunday at Lamont Arena, fighting back from a 3-1 first period deficit. Down 4-3 over halfway through the game, Lamont scored the final six goals of the contest led by Dylan Onushko’s 7-point game (5g 2a). Other scorers were; Alex Andruchow (3g), Rowan Young (1g 1a), Jacob Shiach (1a), Teagan Stetsko (1a),
Cayden Albert (1a), and Camryn Fossum (1a). Sandy McDonald stopped 35 of 39 for the win. Lamont Tier 3 Midgets (9-6-1) lost a 7-6 game at home on Friday against New Sarepta. The game was close despite Lamont being badly outshot. Lamont led 4-1 with eight minutes remaining in the second period before NS connected on the next four. Lamont tied the game midway through the
third 5-5 but NS scored two powerplay goals within a few minutes to take a two goal lead. Max Farrell completed his hat trick with only 35 seconds remaining. Max had a 4-point game (3g 1a), while Tyler Couillard (1g 1a), Connor Kardash and Dietrich Derkson also scored. Assists went to; Evan Shields (2a) and Ty Chabillon (2a).
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wants. We all know we need to eat veggies and adopt healthy lifestyles, but many don’t for a variety of reasons, including access, affordability and convenience. While vegetarian and vegan options have been declining in price, their still-high costs make them inaccessible to many. Regardless of whether it’s true, plantbased dieting is often seen as elitist. This needs to change but the report makes no mention of how. Food diversity defines us all. Civilizations have been built on agricultural traditions that forge our varying tastes and kitchen talents. The report, however, shows little respect for communities where meat plays
an integral part in the way of life. It also doesn’t recognize that meat can be grown more sustainably, through efforts such as the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and the emergence of cultured meat. Science is also pushing industry to think differently about how to produce meat. Notably, of the report’s 37 authors, few have backgrounds in economics, policy, or animal, plant or soil sciences. In the past year alone, countless studies have beat the same plantbased drum. This report just adds to the noise. Reminding the world that our habits ought to change has merit but it can be overdone. The
plant-based diet narrative is overpowering everything else, including remembering where we came from. As we progress as a society and understand
how we can feed more people on the planet, it’s critical that we also value our food heritage. If we don’t, reports like this will be dismissed as haughty advo-
cacy, even if they shouldn’t be. Sylvain Charlebois Scientific director of the Canadian Agrifood Foresight Institute
Continued from Page 4 The report fails to recognize the human nature of society – and there’s nothing more human than food. Culinary traditions have influenced nations, clans and families for thousands of years. Food is intrinsically powerful – it can bring us together through meals and celebrations, or it can tear us apart through embargoes on foodstuffs. It’s a precious construct influenced by organizations, money, policies and all citizens of the world. For those of us in the non-elite masses, there’s a significant difference between needs and
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A night of wild game and trophies in Lamont
The youth members of the Lamont Fish and Game were big winners at the annual Wildlife Dinner and Trophy night
MAUREEN SULLIVAN The Annual Dinner and Trophy Night for the Lamont Fish and Game was on Jan. 26. Known for the wild game dinner as well as the trophies given out to members, it was a full room at the Lamont Hall. With appetizers made with lynx, moose and deer, the meal featured a variety of meat donated by the club members.
Supper included dishes made from beef, bear, moose, elk, deer, goose, duck, venison, rabbit and fish. Prizes were awarded to the members for the largest fish, bird and deer, moose, elk and antelope caught this year as well as for wildlife photography. The George Kuzyk Memorial Master Trophy Award was pre-
sented to Mike Horton for his pronghorn antelope. The Paul Nychka Memorial Service and Dedication Award was presented to Joan Dey. Of course the members of the youth group were recognized for their hard work, winning plaques and medals for their efforts at fishing, hunting and photography.
Lamont High School preparing for international travel importing and exporting. It is also home to two UNESCO sites. After arriving in Helsinki, the five schools from Alberta met with their exchange schools and representatives from the Ministry of Education to discuss what they hoped to achieve from the three year exchange program. "The people we met were very excited and welcoming to us. Very open to sharing and learning from us, as we were from them. They made us feel very welcome," said Starko. Finland like Canada is one of the top education systems in the world. Most people there speak at least three lang u a g e s , E n g l i s h , Finnish or Swedish and some people speak five, according to Students of Raumen Lyseon Lukio from Rauma, Finland will be Mali. So there visiting Lamont High School this May on an exchange program were no comthat will see Lamont's student going to Finland in October of munication bar2019 and 2020.
MAUREEN SULLIVAN Interested parents and students attended an information night at Lamont Secondary School on Jan. 15 to learn about the opportunity for four to five students to travel to Rauma, Finland in October of 2019 and 2020. Parents of students who are interested need to contact the school by Feb. 1. This past summer while sitting on the beach, Principal Amit Mali saw the opportunity to take part in an exchange program with Finland to answer the question "What makes a
great school for all." Sponsored entirely by the Alberta Teachers Association, he contacted Vice Principal Curtis Starko and they decided to take part. Mali and Starko went to Finland this past October after finding out in September that they were one of five chosen schools to participate and spent a week with the students in Rauma. The town of 40,000, almost twice the size of Fort Saskatchewan, is a three hour drive from Helsinki on the coast. Its main industries are a paper mill, shipping,
riers. The exchange school Raumen Lyseon Lukio, is a high level academic school. In Finland at the age of 16 the students either decide to peruse academics or go off into the trades, or leave school. "The first 90 seconds in a school will tell you a lot about the school. Unlike our school, there is nothing on the walls, we struggled to find the school name. There was no interaction between the teachers and the students in the hallways. No sports teams or clubs, and very low school spirit," said Starko "We have a more holistic approach to education in Alberta, offering academics but also options, as well as having extracurricular activities like athletics and clubs," said Mali. The experiences in Rauma such as a boat trip, scavenger hunt, dinner and a sauna experience were all planned by the students. The biggest difference in the students at both
schools is the maturity level. The students in Finland are like University students in their independence levels, according to Mali. "We hope to begin activities that allow our students The teachers were big new to develop s in the Finland newspaper. more independence. We also plan transportation. to have basic Finnish lan- While in Rauma the stuguage lessons, to help dents will be billeted prepare the students with host families. who wish to take part in This May the students the exchange." and the teachers who Students who wish to hosted Mali and Starko take part in this opportu- in October will be arrivnity must demonstrate a ing in Lamont for a commitment to academic week. Activities are success, be well behaved being planned in partand demonstrate an nership with the Fort open and respectful atti- Saskatchewan High tude. All expenses will School which also took be paid for by the stu- part in the exchange. dent and their families. Those interested in The approximate cost being a host family of the trip is about $2,000 should contact the which includes the cost school. of the flight, hotel costs in Helsinki, food and
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Lamont Chamber learns about Community Futures helping rural businesses JOHN MATHER Lamont and District Chamber of Commerce members heard, Jan. 28, about a lending program designed to help small start-up businesses get going. Brad Gara is the general manager of Community Futures for the Elk Island Region located in Vegreville. He told the small Chamber members meeting Community Futures was started in 1985 as part of the Canada Job Strategy. It’s now run under the auspices of the Western Diversification program. The Elk Island Region, he told the Chamber, covers the Counties of Minburn, Two Hills, Lamont and the rural part of Strathcona County. “We’ve been funding strong diversified rural economies for more than 30 years’” he said, adding there were 27 Community Futures locations across the province.
“We’re actively involved in helping rural entrepreneurship through communitybased economic development.” Community Futures, he explained, can provide small business loans up to $150,000, one on one business counselling, training sessions, and assistance with community projects with local economic development departments. He added financing can be made for a variety of businesses designed for “when time is of the essence.” “The staff believe in the entrepreneurs’ vision,” he said. He added in today’s economy, major banks are getting “tight belted“ in their financing. “Some banks are saying no to specific industries, while others are burying small entrepreneurs under mountains of paperwork.” Community Futures wants to see a business plan and a client infor-
mation package, Gara explained. “We want to see past financials, collateral, and projected cash flows,” he said. “Last year more than $21 million in loans was approved for 377 applicants. In the Elk Island Region, the current loans portfolio has 103 loans for just over $5-million. Gara said on some occasions, Community Futures could partner with the Business Development Bank of Canada. In Lamont County, there are 19 loans valued at just over a million, Gara reported. For agriculture loans he said most loans go for value-added processing. Small farmers seeking funding for livestock or crop operations would generally find other sources of funding such as farm credit and specialized farm loan organizations. When asked if there were any specific trend in the area, he said not
really. “It really depends on what’s happening in any region,” he added. Gara said the applications for funding are vetted by a volunteer board of directors and through the help of the Community Futures business analyst Lynette Bucek. “They do have to meet
the five C of lending,” he said. “Which are Character, Capacity, Conditions, Capital and Collateral.” The Board does look at each application individually because circumstances vary. “If it’s a business which is leading edge and could help the region, the collateral may
Brad Gara, general manager of Community Futures for the Elk Island Region, poses next to a Lamont Chamber of Commerce banner after giving a talk on the Community Futures program and services it offers to start up and fund small businesses. He addressed the Chamber at their monthly meeting held Jan. 28.
not have to be as firm as in some other situations.” The interest rate on Community Futures is three per cent above prime. He added that rate was fairly moderate. Terms could run from three to five years, but if a mortgage was offered as collateral it could go up to ten years. Gara added there were no penalties for paying off any loans prior to the expiry term. He added all applicants coming to Community Futures would have to be refused funding by a conventional bank. In a rural setting, Bucek said, the best road to success was to have a good management team and review the company’s cash flow every couple of months. She added character was a huge factor in how well they paid personal loans and what their current credit rating was.
Lamont Peewees outscore Leduc JOHN MATHER The Lamont Peewee played the Leduc 3F girls team Jan. 27, peppering the girls’ squad with 54 shots on their way to a 94 win. Dylan Onusko scored Lamont’s opening goal, but Leduc rallied to notch a pair of goals on power plays. Just before the end of the period, Leduc added another goal to take a 3-1 lead to the dressing room after one. Lamont started the
second period strong with Alex Andruchow scoring early in the frame and then Onusko notching his second of the game from Camryn Fossum. After Leduc scored to take the lead 4-3 at the 8:43 mark of the period, Lamont added another pair to take a 50-4 lead after 40-minutes. Onusko had both goals with assists going to Cayden Albert and Rowan Young. The third period
belonged to the Hawks as they scored four unanswered goals to seal the win. Andruchow added a pair of markers with Onusko picking up two assists and Jacob Shiach and Teagan Stetsko also having assists. Onusko picked up his fifth goal of the game at 13:08 of the period unassisted. Rowan Young rounded out the Hawks scoring with the assist going to Onusko.
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Feast of Jordan celebrated at Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village MAUREEN SULLIVAN The Feast of Jordan, brought the end to the Ukrainian Christmas Season for those who celebrate according to the Julian calendar. A smaller crowd than normal attended the annual event at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village (UCHV) on Jan. 19. Providing a look back on the cultural and religious traditions celebrat-
ed by Alberta's early Ukrainian pioneers, the crowd of about 40 braved the -26 degree wind chill to attend church services, a water blessing at an ice cross, tasty Ukrainian food and wagon rides. The Feast of Iordan (or Jordan), also known as the Feast of the Epiphany, is observed annually to celebrate the baptism of Christ in the
Jordan River. At the UCHV this is commemorated with divine liturgies in the churches, the blessing of water (vodokhreshchennia) and the sprinkling of the water over the participants and then clergy visiting pioneers to bless their home with holy water. Later the didukh a ceremonial sheaf of grain was burnt to bring luck
to whoever jumped through its smoke. On Christmas Eve the sheaf of wheat, oats and barley or buckwheat is placed in the corner of the room where it stays until Jordan. It symbolizes the spirits of the ancestors visiting the family over the Christmas holidays and the burning of the didukh then releases them back to heaven.
A small but happy crowd came out to celebrate the Feast of Jordan and the blessing of the water on Jan. 19 at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village.
BC wildfires responsible for increase in dirty air BY JOHN MATHER The Lamont clean air station recorded the most low risk readings recorded the majority of the time in 2018 according to the annual figures released by the Fort Air Partnership, the organization that monitors air quality in the Industrial Heartland area. The partnership operates seven monitoring stations in the region including one in Bruderheim, one in Lamont County, and one near Elk Island Park. The report stated the overall Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) was significantly higher
than in 2017. In 2017 there 57 hours of high or very high risk hours, while that ballooned to 849 hours in 2018. Wildfires across the western provinces and states were the main culprit in the rise in numbers, according to the report. It goes on to say most of the wildfire smoke came from B.C. The number of hours the FAP collected readings increased by 31 per cent in 2018 due to the addition of a portable monitoring station in Bon Accord and full time monitoring in Redwater. During the year there were 987 occurrences
where the air quality exceeded the Alberta Ambient Air Quality Objectives. About 97 per cent of these occurrences were blamed on wildfire smoke. Smaller amounts of particulate matter exceedences were caused by wintertime inversions, grass fires or summer smog. While Lamont‘s station had the lowest risk readings at 91 per cent of the time, the highest recordings were in Fort Saskatchewan with the least low risk readings at 83 per cent of the time. Residents can always check the air quality by
going to the organization’s web site at fortair.org. The figures supplied by Fort Air Partnership showed Lamont County had one day in August where wildfire smoke caused seven hours of very high risk. That was from wildfire smoke. There were 98 highrisk hours recorded at the station from August 10 to Aug. 29. All were attributed to wildfire smoke.
Jumping through the smoke of the didukh brings the jumper good luck for the year at the Feast of Jordan at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village on Jan 19.
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You’ll be entered in a draw for a Gift Basket from Lamont Value Drug Mart. Your baby’s photo will appear in a February 2019 Lamont Leader issue. Babies not judged on appearance, but by random draw
Bruderheim resident Lorne Miller mixes up some pancake batter, as some flapjacks cook on the grill, during the first monthly Seniors pancake breakfast, Jan. 5. While snow kept the gathering smaller than usual, breakfast guests still came from Edmonton, Lamont and Bruderheim for the monthly morning feast.
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Bruderheim council was all smiles Jan. 16, when Enbridge Pipelines employees Deryck Hegedus and Cody Hokkinen, in safety jackets, presented a $10,000 Safe Community Grant cheque. The money will used for the town’s emergency operations centre.
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After a life spent among flowers Jean Stacey is buzzing off to retirement MAUREEN SULLIVAN The Flower Pot, the last remaining flower store in Lamont County, is closing its doors soon. Jean Stacey is retiring from a successful business after 30 years in the flowers. Stacey opened the doors to the Flower Pot in the Town of Lamont in March 2000 and the successful business has been flowering ever since. Before opening her store in Lamont, she worked as a florist in other stores. Learning her trade from her mother, who was also a florist, Stacey says, "It's a passion not a job." When asked what her favourite memory was, she answered that they were all good memories because of the people. "The whole 19 years is a favorite memory." Although Stacey will miss the people and flower design, she is
looking forward to spending time with her family and catching up on favourite hobbies. A trip to Alaska is also in the works. "Where are you moving?" she is constantly asked by the customers in her store. While she will miss them, and is
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Yellow Vest Rally draws smaller convoy starting and ending in Lamont MAUREEN SULLIVAN Just north of Lamont was the starting point of what was expected to be a 2,200 vehicle convoy on Jan. 22. The Stand Up Canada - Yellow Vest Pipeline Rally was travelled from return from Lamont to Edmonton. With messages such as "Build the pipe!" plastered on the side of their rigs, a group of two dozen vehicles assembled in Lamont, AB., before gathering more members en route to Edmonton. By the time it wrapped up its tour of the Henday, the convoy was up to about 60 trucks. The convoy was significantly smaller than the contingent of more than 1,000 trucks that rolled through the streets of Nisku last month. The Jan. 22 event was the latest in a series of truck rallies, convoys and protests held across Canada, organized by separate groups. It’s not clear if there’s a connection between the rallies, but they gathered in Lamont in support of the oil and gas industry, and against legislation designed to harm the industry, like the pipeline blocking bill C-
69 and oil tanker ban bill C-48. While this protest was dubbed the "Stand Up Canada Yellow Vest Pipeline Rally." Several participants said they wanted to highlight issues beyond pipeline capacity, including immigration policy and the carbon tax. Organizer Jack Graham said he had heard from about 1,000 people who were interested in attending the convoy and because of that the numbers were estimated to be about 2,200. When asked what the convoy represented he said, "Our goal is to put Western Canada’s oil field workers back to work, end the useless and redundant carbon tax, end the dependency on foreign oil and stop shipments from Saudi Arabia, see pipelines constructed to tidal water to increase Canada’s ability to get our resources to new and existing markets, see pipelines approved and built from both east and western oil fields and a host of other issues voiced by Canadians; and to document the event for historic pur-
poses." “The ultimate goal is to have Justin Trudeau resign and let someone lead Canada that can make Canada a country to be proud of. The citizens of Canada are finished with being laughed at by the rest of the world for our PM’s reckless and uneducated decisions. Our stand on such issues as ‘Illegal Immigration’ is not about race, Canada welcomes all immigrants who come to Canada legally. “We stand for the Yellow Vest manifesto,� said co-organizer Roberta Graham. “Our first stand is on immigration. We want to put an end to illegal immigration and we want legal immigrants at a rate that they can come into Canada and get the help they need and get integrated into Canada,� she said. “We really need to get our message out and let people know what we stand for and that we’re not racist.� This group has also organized a convoy to Ottawa starting on Feb. 14 from Red Deer to Parliament Hill. Eastern Co-ordinator Angie Reid and Graham are taking
their message to Ottawa. “It’s going great,� Jack Graham said, adding more than $100,000 has already been donated. Also at the Lamont gathering spot was Glen Carritt, the event organizer for the “Yellow Vest (Official) Convoy to Ottawa 2019.� He made the trip from Innisfail to show support for the Lamont Yellow Vests led by Jack Graham. Carritt, who runs a fire and medical safety serv-
ice company operating in Alberta's oilpatch, says they are not doing this to frustrate Canadians. "We're doing this because we're tired of the slowdown in the oil and gas industry," he said. "People have to realize we're fighting for Canada. We need to get that message out there. "They need to realize we're standing behind the issues we believe in," said Carritt. “One is pipelines, one is the UN
[migration pact] and the other is the carbon tax, and Bill C-48 and Bill C69." Bill C-48 would prohibit tankers carrying crude oil from loading or unloading at ports in northern British Columbia, formalizing a similar, voluntary ban that has been in place in the region for the last 20 years. Bill C-69 is a proposal to overhaul how energy projects are approved in Canada.
Bear Bags encourage literacy MAUREEN SULLIVAN Some teddy bears in Lamont County have been going on adventures this month, through a program run by the Community Association for Lasting Success, out of Vegreville. The Bear Bags, an initiative of the CALS Family Literacy program, runs from Jan. 11 to Mar. 8, on Friday mornings at the Lamont Alliance Church. It is facilitated by Erika Trufyn and Rachel McTavish Family Literacy Coordinators. The pre-schoolers have fun learning and developing literacy skills. through a program filled with songs, stories,
crafts and activities related to bears. Each week the families take home an activity to do with their teddy. It could be visiting the library or going for a walk. The families journal about their activity and send in pictures. At the end of the program families receive a Bear Bag Journal where all the journal entries, recipes, songs and pictures that they took at home or at the program are combined. Kelly Vanderzen and daughter Emily attend each week. Discovering the program on Facebook, Vanderzen said it sounded like a fun activity. Trufyn, says, "Bear
Bag’s goal is to create different opportunities for early literacy while strengthening the parents skills as well. Family Literacy is all about the family as a ‘whole’ and that families should encourage and participate in literacy activities together."
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FROM WHERE I SIT: That’s It
BY HAZEL ANAKA Some days a mind simply goes blank and there doesn’t seem to be any idea under the sun worth writing about. There’s a belief that writers keep circling back to the same topics and themes that they need to explore and understand. Some believe a writer should be writing for herself; others believe you write for your readers. I’ve been down both roads. Most of the time I write whatever moves me, grabs me by the heart, reflects what’s happening in my life. By the time I send the column to the editor I’ve surrendered it. When people mention the latest column, I’m usually
stumped because I can’t remember what I wrote. Or why. There’s a selfconsciousness that comes from the knowledge that people are reading what I write. Considering that From Where I Sit is seventeen years old, I should have made that connection before now! Sometimes a topic remains endlessly interesting to me but I force myself onto something different lest readers think I’m a one-trick pony. Then sometimes (like now) I wonder if I’ll ever have an original thought again. That’s when snippets and orphan ideas end in a mash-up column. So, here goes in no particular order: • Liberal Ambassador to China, John McCallum got fired, finally, after not one but two colossal lapses in judgment. In his first apology, he claimed to have misspoken. For
forty-five minutes. Uh huh. Since Trudeau didn’t have the gonads to fire him immediately, he struck again a few days later. He managed to anger the US, give hope (and legal advice) to the jailed millionaire daughter of the Huawei founder, disprove the assertion that there is no political interference in the extradition process, undermine the government’s virtue signaling around the rule of law, and boggle everyone’s minds all in one fell swoop. Thanks, John. • I bought The Bullet Journal Method book by Ryder Carroll, creator of the bullet journal that promises to “track the past, order the present, and design the future.” Hilary and others around the globe have been using and adapting it for their own purposes for years. Naturally, I had to buy a bullet journal too. I’d heard of them a few years back
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but frankly, couldn’t understand the point. As someone who has post its, scraps of paper, journals, planners, paper calendars and still can’t find what I need when I need it, this may be the answer. It can capture whatever you want or need to capture, be it quotes, a habit tracker, a budget, project specifics, drawings, more. The thing that appeals to me is the Index which means that not only will I write something down, I’ll be able to find it now or years from now. February first will be my day one. Whether it’s big enough to handle a project the size of the festival is debatable and certainly not something this beginner will tackle. Yet. • I tried the Marie Kondo method of folding and it works. It’s surprisingly easy, effective, and calming. That, my lovelies is it, from where I sit.
Duck tunnels for Mundare area Maureen Sullivan The Lamont Fish and Game Youth Group were out in the Mundare area on Jan. 20, providing some new homes for returning ducks and geese this spring. They built and installed duck tunnels on the Cindy site, approximately 110 of the 150 acres of the conservation property is wetlands. Lamont Fish and Game are stewards of this land in partnership with Ducks Unlimited. Building and installing Delta Duck Tunnels, straw filled cages raised up on posts
on wetlands increases the success rate of duck eggs hatching from 10% to 90%. It provides protection from predators like foxes and skunks and the tunnel is completely closed over so that it is safe from aerial attack. It also saves the eggs from being flooded out when the water level rises. Doug Butler the president of the Alberta Fish and Game Association, who was out at the site said, "Kids are sometimes hard to get outside but once you get them out, they love it and it's hard to get them inside, so its great for our kids."
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