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Wednesday, July July 10, 2024 ss Wednesday, 17, 2024
Raising Raising funds funds for for swim swim club club with with lemonade lemonade and and honey honey Nathan and Natalie Sieben of Lougheed had a lemonade and honey stand set up in front of the Lougheed Post Office on Monday, July 15, where they were doing a fairly brisk business. The pair said that they were raising money for their swim club, the Killam Cyclones.
Flagstaff Council passes Environment Canada new bylaw enforcement Heat warnings out for officer motion next eight to 10 days Leslie Cholowsky Editor
Flagstaff County Council passed a Bylaw Enforcement Officer bylaw during its last regular meeting in June, which specifies the powers and duties of bylaw enforcement officers, and also establishes disciplinary procedures applicable to bylaw enforcement officers. Under the new bylaw, the County can appoint one or more Bylaw Enforcement Officers. After a third reading of the bylaw was unanimously approved, Council passed bylaw #05/24, repealing Bylaw 03/15. The bylaw outlines the powers and duties of appointed Bylaw Enforcement Officers. This inludes: preserving and maintaining the public peace; enforcing all bylaws within the county; conducting
routine patrols to ensure compliance with bylaws; reporting to and carrying out the directions of the Community Services Director and/or CAO; responding to and investigating complaints and alleged breaches of bylaws; issuing and serving orders, notces, tickest, summonses, subpoenas, and laying information as required; assisting in the prosecution of breaches of bylaws including gathering evidence, ensuring the attendance of witnesses, attending court, and providing evidence as required, carrying upon his or her person at all such times as he or she is acting as a bylaw endorsement officer evidence of his or her appointment to the role; and performing all such other duties as may from time to time be assigned. Flagstaff’s newest Peace Officer, Aaron Young, was also appointed as a Bylaw Enforcement Officer.
Leslie Cholowsky Editor
Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for all parts of the Flagstaff County region including the surrounding areas. In fact, the heat warning covers most of Alberta and even parts of BC and Saskatchewan. A “prolonged heat event” is expected to continue, as a large and slowmoving area of warm air from BC, with highs in the low- to mid-30s, which started on Tuesday, July 16, is expected to continue until at least Thursday, July 25, when The Weather Network is predicting that temperatures will fall to the high 20s. Predicted night-time lows will also start to increase, from 17 degress to a minimum of 21 degrees.
The length of the predicted heat wave is fairly unique, meteorologists say, and the biggest impacts of the heat will come from that. CTV Meteorologist Josh Klassen says he doesn’t expect that temperatures will go higher than 35 degrees, but still expects that the forecasted temperatures over the next week will either hit or exceed record temperatures for areas in the province. AESO hit just one grid alert during the last heat wave, on July 8 for a onehour period during the evening. That was also the day a couple of heat records were set around the province, in Lacombe and Rocky Mountain House. See inside for tips on how to beat the heat and stay safe during this extended heat wave.