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Proposed Andrew area grow-op hosts open house BY JOHN MATHER It was a small group that came to hear about a proposed cannabis growing facility for near Andrew, Oct. 31. Nicole Mozel and Khaled Youssef have proposed building a micro cultivation cannabis production facility on their land in the Whitford Lake area. Hosting a public meeting at the Andrew community meeting room at the town office, only seven people came out to hear about the proposal. “We’d probably only grow about 200 to 400 kg per year,” Youssef told the group. The footprint would be 2,150 square feet. “We’re basically like a small winery growing grapes,” explained Mozel. “We’ll be selling product to any licenced producer like Aurora. We’d be selling in bulk to the larger growers.” She said they hadn’t signed any contracts for the sale of product yet, because they want to get production started first. She hopes to start construction on the facility on Range Road 163 north of Highway 45 next spring. The couple own 85 acres of land in the area. Twenty five acres of the land is wooded and much of the rest is in agricultural production, which Mozel
adds they plan to keep. When asked about any smells coming from the facility, Youssef told the gathering the building would have to be fully approved by Health Canada and there would charcoal filters controlling any smells from reaching the outside. The facility would be fully fenced and totally sealed. The couple said they were holding the meeting as part of their process of meeting with all the neighbours who may be impacted by the business, so they knew what was happening in the area before the pair applied for any development p[permits. “We’ve talked to consultants and brokers about selling the product,” added Mozel. “We’re using about five acres for the actually investment.” She stated they were putting a lot of money into the project using their existing Edmonton-based painting business as part of the collateral. Mozel said once operational they would have 10 to 15 staff. She said most of the staff would be used during the harvest period, but administrative and cleaning staff would also be hired. “Health Canada has very rigorous rules regarding cleanliness of the facili-
ty. She said harvest would occur in a cycle of every three weeks. She said they had been working with the County on the process. “We’ve visited all of our neighbours,” she said. “But this meeting allows us to meet with anyone we may have missed.” She said the feedback had been good and they had had people asking about jobs and also met a Nicole Mozel, left, who with partner, Khaled Youssef, couple of contractors who wants to start a marijuana cultivation facility near wanted to help with the Andrew, converses with Diane Luchko, right, during an open house in Andrew on Oct. 31. The few resiconstruction. “Some people said it’s dents who attended the meeting were favourably an older neighbourhood impressed with the proposed development. and this would be good Neighbour Jay Lachuk, who farms in for keeping some younger people in the area, attended the meeting with his the area.” She said land surveys, geotechnical wife Breane and is supportive of the surveys and all drawings had been project. “I think it’s good for the communisubmitted to the County and she was hoping to get a development permit ty,” he said. “It brings jobs to the area. They’re going up everywhere so if within a couple of months. “We’re only looking at having a these folks don’t build it someone else micro licence because we’re a very will.” small operation,” she said.
Tempers flare at Bruderheim special council meeting Councillors prepare for winter snow removal services - following recent maintenance policy BY JANA SEMENIUK Discussions became heated around the subject of snow removal at a recent special council budget meeting Nov. 2 in Bruderheim. In the public meeting, held at the Bruderheim Fire Hall, Councillor Len Falardeau suggested more snow removal be performed by Bruderheim town employees instead of contracting the services out to snow removal companies in an effort to save money. Falardeau went onto explain he felt residents would understand a longer wait time for snow removal if necessary. “I beg to differ,” said Bruderheim
Mayor Karl Hauch. “Comments made on social media tell me otherwise.” A heated discussion erupted which resulted in a comfort break being called. Once the meeting reconvened, Councillor George Campbell had a request. “I think we should have a comparability done to see what contract services cost verses doing the job ourselves,” said Campbell. “The reason I ask for this is it costs money for us to run our equipment and have our staff do it as well as hiring somebody else.” “Council just passed the winter maintenance policy which tells us that we have to do things in a certain time
frame,” said Chief Administrative Officer, Patty Podoborozny. “Which isn’t possible if we get a huge snow storm. If you remember in the policy it said if at all possible, it will be done in house and if it’s not possible it will be sent to contract services. Just wanted to remind council we did pass that policy that we have to have it done within a certain timeframe.” Podoborozny referred to the Winter Maintenance Policy which states, “In the event town resources cannot manage service levels for snow removal, the Chief Administrative Officer or designate may hire contractors to assist until such time that staff is once again
self-sufficient and capable of sustaining operations.” The updated policy, passed at the last council meeting Oct. 23, states that areas designated as priority one, arterial roadways and fire hall, must be plowed within 12 hours of a 10 cm snow fall. Priority two, collector roadways, must be cleared within 24 hours of a 10–15 cm snow accumulation following completion of the most recent priority one clearing. The complete, most recent, Winter Maintenance Policy can be viewed in its entirety at Bruderheim.ca.
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Boisterous crowd at rural crime townhall with Minister
BY JOHN MATHER It was a boisterous crowd who came to air their grievances about rural crime to Alberta Minister of Justice and Solicitor General, and Deputy House Leader Doug Schweitzer at Two Hills, Oct. 23. Schweitzer, accompanied by local Fort Saskatchewan Vegreville MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk was making one of several stops around the province as he listens and tries to come to grips with the ever increasing problem of rural crime. A crowd of more than 100 was at the local curling club to hear Schweitzer – including Lamont town councillors Kirk Perrin and Al Harvey, town of Lamont chief administrative officer Christine Beveridge, and Lamont County Peace Officer, Derek Wright. “It truly is a crisis point. It’s the number one issue in my ministry at the moment,” he said. “Every community we go to we hear your stories. “We’re going to look at every leverage point … every tool we have to fight back and make sure Albertans can feel safe in their communities.” He told the crowd Alberta had a broken justice system, but it was more than the police and the courts. “We have people out in
24 hours, we can’t get addicts treatment, property rights aren’t being respected. “We have interpretations of the law written for downtown Toronto’ but they don’t reflect what’s happening rural Alberta.” He added the townhall meetings he had been holding across Alberta were very beneficial in providing him with background of what was going on in the rural communities. He said his office was actively filling crown prosecutor positions and once it was up to standard, there was a plan to hire 50 more. “Our crown prosecutors are unable to keep up right now and we plan to have the right numbers of prosecutors in Alberta.” He also gave kudos to the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team that had been set up. He further mentioned the addiction crisis which is fuelling much of the rural crime. “These people will steal a truck in southern Alberta and work their way north wreaking havoc town to town as a they go.” He said the province would make a strategic investment so those who wanted treatment could get it. “We’re also going to enhance property rights
for farmers,’ he said, referring a trespassing incident in southern Alberta around Thanksgiving. “We’re bringing in a bill so if people trespass on private property there’s real consequences for doing it.” This comment drew large applause. Schweitzer added the agriculture ministry was looking to increase punishment for bio issues when people trespass on farms. “And that came out of these town halls,” he said. “I’m a MLA out of Calgary but I didn’t realize how large the theft of copper wire was. I’m amazed by what we’re hearing.” He said through the town halls it’s moved the government to find different ways to move forward to prevent an increase in rural crime. When the microphone was turned over to the crowd, he heard stories of trespassing and thefts from rural properties. The lack of punishment and slow police response to the crimes were hot topics, that Schweitzer heard. “I’ve heard an immense amount of frustration about how cases are being handled,” said Schweitzer. “We’ve heard that loud and clear and we’re going to look at what we can do as a province.” One resident said to Schweitzer that if they
were going to put more money into fighting crime, then put it into rural crime rather than giving it to the major cities. The resident pointed out how there had been three RCMP detachments in his area, but it had since been consolidated into one at Two Hills, but the area that had to be covered had tripled. Residents spoke of having the government create a rural fanout system so people could quickly relay information of suspicious vehicles in the area. Schweitzer said the government was going to continue to work with the rural crime watch organizations across the province. He went on to say the province would be investing more money into policing.
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Lamont residents hear about crime prevention BY JOHN MATHER About 30 to 40 Lamont area residents gathered, Nov. 4, to listen as members of the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP and the Insurance Bureau of Canada gave talks on how to ensure their homes and vehicles are protected against theft. “I’m very pleased with the turnout,” said Lamont town Chief Administrative Officer, Christine Beveridge, who organized the evening along with the Lamont and District Chamber of Commerce. “We talked to all our local businesses and put the word out every way we could think of,” she added. “While we weren’t getting a lot of commitment prior to the event, I’m really happy with this turnout. It does show people are concerned.” Sid Kingma, a director with the Investigative Services Division of the Insurance Bureau of Canada, spoke about how to best prevent cars and homes from being illegally entered, along with a brief video on
shared the microphone in telling residents how to protect their valuables and they also took questions from the group. They provided crime statistics from the town for the past four years. Several questions from the audience went unanswered because the two stated the answers would have to come from the Inspector in charge of the detachment. When asked about the number of officers covering the area at any given time, Brown couldn’t provide an answer. She said it wasn’t the same every night and a totally accurate answer would have to come from the detachment commander. “We generally have about six members on a good day on our watch,” she said. “But that doesn’t include if members are on training or sick. Of those six, there could only be four members. The number will vary.” She stressed there were always members coming out to patrol in the rural areas. One resident ques-
how to spot insurance fraud. “The most common things to do is lock your vehicle and don’t leave your vehicle unattended with the engine running,” he said. He added residents should keep their garage doors closed and make sure all valuables are marked in some way so they can easily and quickly be identified. He told the group people should remove garage door openers from their vehicles whenever they leave it. “The garage makes for a very easy way into the home,” he said. “Thieves will steal openers and then, at their leisure travel around trying to find what garage it opens. Then they can come back, when they have ensured the owners aren’t home and break in.” Two members of the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP took part in the open house and their message was also about how best to protect home and vehicles from theft. Corporal Brown and Constable Kenney
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tioned whether if smaller communities have to start paying for policing costs as has been discussed by the province, would it mean more local police coverage. Chamber president Cathy Goulet suggested this was probably best answered by the politicians, but Brown did state they would always like to see more police officers. “I would welcome there being more positions,” said Brown. She did say the police are frustrated that people caught in criminal acts are not heavily sentenced. “Manpower is an obstacle to us doing more,” she said. “We do want to do the job and if we had more people we could do more.” They emphasized that it didn’t matter what time the members were on watch they would always respond to complaints coming in from the County as well as dealing with patrols in the Fort Saskatchewan area..
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Students from Grades 7 - 12 were recognized as Lamont School held its annual awards evening Oct. 23. Above, Liam Zabel receives an award for Grade 9 honours from teacher Breanna Sorotsky.
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Opinion Bloc Redneckois meeting On Saturday I attended the Wexit meeting in Edmonton, not because I am necessarily a western separatist but because I wanted to find out what all the excitement was about with this political movement which has attracted hundreds of thousands of Albertans since the Oct. 21 election. When I first heard of the meeting, I had to do a doubletake regarding the location. For a group already being nicknamed Bloc Redneckois, they decided to have the meeting at the Boot Scootin’ Boogie Hall. The place was packed. My buddy and I arrived right on time and close to 700 people were already in the facility. We had to stand at the back and could barely hear the first few speakers, but if you listened closely you could make out talk of Alberta unemployment, western alienation, and the slow but sure leakage of socialism into Canada. I wasn’t impressed by the Canadian flag hung upside down by two hockey sticks at the front, or leader Peter Downing dressed in an Eskimos jersey and ball cap, drinking a beer (made in Alberta) while he talked. I think you can decide that separation is best for our province and agree that we are being pushed out of confederation without being disrespectful to Canada and the brave men and women who fought for our freedom. We could only stay for an hour and a half, and if Wexit had a precise plan, we never heard it. Instead, Bloc Redneckois spent that time preaching to the choir. People are ticked off because of Alberta’s place in Canada. Albertans are frustrated. They want something new, something different to restore our once great economy. Wexit wants that too, but instead of offering up a plan of just how to do that, the meeting was more about just revving up everyone’s engines which were already running on premium Alberta oil and gas. Although Wexit is still very young, a step by step plan to wade though all the incredible details involved in separation would be helpful for the more analytical and less emotional. I like Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s approach of forcing a better deal in Canada for Albertans. I like Danielle Smith’s ideas of forcing change by Albertans becoming more like Quebec and less dependent on the federal government; our own pensions, our own police, our own nation within a nation. What I didn’t like from the Wexit meeting were speakers running down Conservative politicians like Andrew Scheer, Stephen Harper, and Jason Kenney. They are not part of a conspiracy to hurt Alberta, despite not being perfect people. If Wexit is to continue gaining traction, they have to remove the tinfoil hats and start appealing to the average Albertan instead of the fringe element. Hopefully upcoming meetings will be more formal and more detailed rather than being reminiscent of an extremely tame, rather Canadian, Beer Hall Putsch. Kerry Anderson
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Want to save the world? Embrace Canadian energy What will happen in Alberta’s energy sector in the aftermath of the federal election is anyone’s guess. But we need to change what we have been doing. We do know that there are many reasons a Canadian voter would be attracted to the Liberal or NDP platforms, and we know that concerns for the environment and climate change was a major factor in many votes. Unfortunately, those with a genuine desire to reduce the effects of climate change are usually also those who are vehemently anti-pipelines and anti-Canadian energy industry. However, I refuse to believe these people are out to get the Western provinces that rely on this economic sector, so I have to believe that they are simply grossly misinformed as to the environmental practices and
implications of using Canadian energy. What does a vote against Canadian energy really mean? It means the refusal to accept, or the inability to see, that Canada’s energy products offer enormous advantages from environmental, social and security perspectives. Canada is responsible for only 1.6 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the oil sands accounting for 0.15 per cent. For perspective, consider that China’s and India’s emissions in 2018 would be equal to 150 Canadian oil sands. In addition, Canadian energy leaders have made great progress in decreasing per-barrel emissions. Since 2000 in Canada, emissions per barrel are down 29 per cent, with another 20 per cent expected through to 2030. We are also a world leader in reducing
methane levels associated with flaring/venting and with carbon capture technology. Our social record is also outstanding. Among the world’s top 10 leading oil exporters, Canada repeatedly ranks #1 in the Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) index. Among the elements that contribute to this ranking we find sustainable development, rule of law, minimal levels of corruption, democratic values and peace and security as evaluated by well-established international organs and instruments such as the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the World Justice Project, Transparency International, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Continued on Page 5
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Letter: Oil and gas demand grows while Canada slits its own wrists Continued from Page 4 Yet, Quebecers shun Canadian energy and import oil from, and effectively support, the economies of countries where all women are under male “guardianship” (women are required to obtain permission to marry, divorce, get a job, drive a car, etc.) and there are few, if any, environmental standards. Again, for some perspective, Saudi Arabia’s energy industry currently ranks 99th in Women, Security and Peace and 86th in Environmental Performance. Where are the feminists on this? And where are the self-described defenders of Indigenous/First Nations people? The overwhelming majority of them support pipelines, recognizing the huge economic advantage in supporting the energy industry. Pipelines typically bring millions of dollars to First Nations communities and provide thousands of jobs in areas typically afflicted with poverty. What is worse is that many Liberal and NDP policies would not and
do not change the hard reality of hydrocarbon consumption in the world. As global demand for oil and gas continues to grow and Canada continues to slit its own economic throat through ineffective policies that amount to not much more than a virtue signal, countries around the world are increasingly turning to oil producers with a lesser ESG record than Canada. From the environmental security point of view, the opposition to pipelines is illogical. Spills are very rare. Canada moves approximately 1.3 billion barrels of oil per year. According to the NEB, these pipelines spilled an average of about 1,084 barrels per year between 2011 and 2014. Killing pipelines in Canada and protesting the energy industry does not impact the growing demand for oil globally. On the contrary, it handicaps our energy industry by not allowing us to effectively export our products at a fair price. Meanwhile, demand is filled by producers who have comparatively few environ-
mental standards and are severely lagging in social progress, democracy and transparency. Canada is currently losing $80 million daily without TMX. We have the 3rd largest reserve of oil in the world but political policies and regulations are preventing us from capitalizing on them. With no cost-effective alternatives in sight, a true climate activist would recognize that oil and gas is not going anywhere anytime soon, so we may as well source production from those industries with the best social and environmental standards. If Canada was unimpeded in exporting its remarkably clean and ethical oil and gas across the world, the world would reduce GHG emissions. Ironically, those who support abolishing Canada’s energy industry are inadvertently damaging the environment. What kind of environmentalists do this? What other country does this to itself? Jillian Lazic is Land Manager at Anova Resources Inc.
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Hockey results: Mundare’s Brandon Kowal scores for Rangers AAA Midgets 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. Bruderheim Novice were scheduled to play Athabasca on Sunday but no score was posted. Lamont Tier 3 Atoms (0-2-0) dropped a 7-3 game against CNN on Sunday at home. The Lamont team scored first and had a 2-2 tie closing in on the midway point of the game before every-
thing went wrong for them. Keelan Cartagena, Cole Chudyk and Aiden Switzer scored the Lamont goals. Bruderheim Tier 6 Atoms (0-2-0) lost a 6-1 home game on Saturday against Tofield. Maxim Dach scored for Bruderheim, with Micah Daku picking up an assist. Thomas Purdy had a strong game in goal, making 40 saves for Bruderheim. Bruderheim Tier 2 Peewees (0-1-2) travelled to Fort Saskatchewan on Sunday, dropping the road game 10-4 and being outshot 64-16. The teams scored nine times
in the third period, seven by Fort. Alex Andruchow (2g), Rowan Young (1g 1a), Emerson Hauch (1g), and Kayden Winslow (1a) got on the scoresheet for Bruderheim. Zandon Tanner was peppered with shots, saving 52 for Bruderheim. Lamont and Pembina Tier 6 Peewees were scheduled to play on Sunday at Bruderheim Arena but no score was posted. Mundare’s Brandon Kowal got a goal in Fort Saskatchewan Rangers AAA Midget win over Sherwood Park on Saturday.
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Scrabble is a way of life for Lamont resident Erin Kinsella BY JANA SEMENIUK Lamont resident Erin Kinsella knows her way around a scrabble board. “I’ve been playing my whole life but really hard core for the past six years,” she said. Hard core means not only engaging in online scrabble or with family and friends but also partaking in international scrabble tournaments, the most recent being the five-day Canadian Open Scrabble Championships held in Calgary this past Oct. 14 – 19. “The first days (of the tournament) are early birds with prizes for highest word score, highest J word, most outrageous phoney word, and so on,” said Kinsella. “The winning phoney word that someone got away with was ‘titless’.” She added that players
are placed into divisions according to their results in previous tournaments. Each player starts at a ranking of 400 and after a successful tournament may get moved up to 500. She is currently ranked at 1,080 but says players in first division can be ranked at 2,500 or more. “Everyone is placed into one of three divisions with three being the least competitive and one being the most competitive,” explained Kinsella. “This was the first time I was ranked too high to play in the third division and was moved up to second.” She added that each player has 25 minutes to complete the game. “As soon as you play a word, you announce your score and hit your buzzer, just like in
chess,” said Kinsella. “If you end up going over time, you lose 10 points for every minute.” Kinsella has never gone over time in a tournament. She shared that another element to the game is the ‘bingo’. Using all of the letters on your rack at one time earns you a ‘bingo’ as well as 50 extra points added to your score. Kinsella explained that players in the first division will sometimes have four or five bingos in one game. In tournament scrabble, eight games a day are played, four in the morning, break for lunch and four in the afternoon. Kinsella’s affinity for words comes honestly. Her father was the late W.P. Kinsella, author of the novel, ‘Shoeless Joe’
which was later adapted to the 1989 movie ‘Field of Dreams’ starring Kevin Costner. Kinsella’s favourite book written by her father is ‘The Fencepost Chronicles’ which won him the Stephen Leacock award for humour in 1987. “Every time (as a child) I wanted to know what a word meant my dad would make me look it up in the dictionary,” Kinsella said. “It felt then like facebook feels today, just takes you down a rabbit hole of information.” In terms of her father’s scrabble life, Kinsella says her dad was king of the third division and master of the phoney. “Dad won five ‘horses’ ass’ trophies in his life for using the best phoney,” she said.
Too early to gauge budget impact on municipalities BY JOHN MATHER The provincial budget released Oct. 24, will have a definite impact on local municipalities in the coming years. Lamont County chief financial officer, Roberta Malysh put together some preliminary figures of what will be affected in the County in coming years. Beginning with the Municipal Sustainability Initiative for 2019-2020 the County will receive $2,288,590. This will drop nine percent in 2020-2021 to 2,082,617 a decrease of $205,973. The following year the MSI will decrease by 15 per cent or $312,393, with the County receiving an estimated $1,810,971. In 2022-2023, the program concludes and there will be no money coming from the province. The education requisition is expected to increase in 2019 to $3,432,219 up $57,089 from 2018 representing a two per cent hike. The increase, she said, is based on freezing the education tax mill rate to remain at the previous year’s levels and deducting approximately $30 million from revenue to support two credit programs. The provincial budget does provide an increase from the Federal Gas Tax
and in Lamont County that will be a 105% increase in 2019 from $215,046 in 2018 to $440,589 for this year. In 2020 it is estimated to decrease 51% back to the 2018 levels. In Mundare, Chief Administrative Officer, Colin Zyla reported he hadn’t had time to go through all the budget documents yet. “I haven’t had a chance to assess it yet,” he said. “I do expect our grant numbers to go down, but I haven’t read through the entire document.” Zyla said he doubted he would have a report on the budget implications for the next council meeting, but rather it would come up as the town moves through its budget deliberations. In Bruderheim, Chief Administrative Officer, Patty Podoborozny was pretty upbeat about the document. “You know actually it looks pretty positive,” she said Oct,. 28. “One of my councillors is at an elected official meeting right now going through the budget.” She said it appears economic growth and long term stability were on the province’s radar when they brought down the budget. “They’re replacing the MSI with the Local
Government Fiscal Framework and that’s good news because we’ve used the MSI for all our capital projects.” She added putting the gas tax together with the MSI made things more simple and they have streamlined the reporting process for MSI funds. She added the town’s plans for the reservoir were still on hold as the town has to look for grants for that project, so it isn’t affected by the budget right now.
“The only thing they haven’t really talked about is rural policing,” she said. “That could really hurt us depending on how that comes down.” “We had set our education levy at 1.5 per cent and its coming in at 2 per cent, so that pretty close,” she added. “And they didn’t touch either FCSS or library funding which is really great.” Meanwhile, Fort Saskatchewan MLA Jackie Armstrong Homeniuk issued a press
Kinsella Sr. took Erin to her first scrabble tournament in Edmonton in 2011. Kinsella admits by the end of the fifth day of a tournament she is ready to get home and see her dogs, and then catch up with her online scrabble activity where she has between 75 and 100 games going at one time. She completed the Calgary tournament this year by winning 11 games and losing 10. As it was expected that she would only win 8, she also won a trophy for most improved. She laughed it off with ‘everyone gets a trophy’. Kinsella admits to not being a very social person but really loves the tournaments. “It’s great to see people again,” she said. “You only ever see them
at tournaments but it’s wonderful to get connected again.” When Kinsella Sr’s wife passed away suddenly on Christmas eve 2012, Erin decided to move in with him at his home in Yale, B.C. to help with his care. From 2013 to 2016, they toured B.C. attending scrabble tournaments together as well as playing scrabble in their home. Kinsella said these were the best three years of her life. She toured with him until he was no longer well enough to travel. Years of suffering with diabetes had resulted in kidney failure for Kinsella Sr. He passed away on Sep 16, 2016 in Hope B.C. by assisted suicide.
release commenting on the budget. She indicated she was pleased with the budget stating it outlines numerous initiatives to fulfill the UCP promises to bring back jobs to Alberta and revitalize the economy. “I was also happy to see $10 million for Women Building Futures to encourage women to enter trades, an initiative
I was proud to advocate for along with Minister of Advanced Education, Demetrios Nicolaides. “Our government will also be allocating more than $2 million over four years for Skills Canada Alberta to help young Albertans build their technology skills and make connections on the national and world stage.”
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FROM WHERE I SIT: Decisions for all
BY HAZEL ANAKA It looks like some of our crop will overwinter again this year. To say year four of the ‘harvests from hell’ has left us unscathed would be a lie. To think we are worse off than others would be dishonest. To say we aren’t feeling beaten up would be stretching the truth. So, what is true? We heard through the Twitter grapevine that someone’s grain dryer caught fire. That’s bad. We learned through an email that a friend’s wife has stage II/III ovarian cancer after having beaten breast cancer twelve years ago. That’s devastating. We learned that a son and brother has totally cut off contact with his sister and parents. That’s sad. Also true: We had (most of) our bacon saved by a custom combining crew that showed up like knights astride John Deere steeds one evening and worked until the canola was harvested. We had a father /son duo save more of our bacon by custom drying said canola. Without wanting to jinx anything, it appears a grain company will buy it and a trucking company will haul it in. (This is a BIG deal when you calculate the man hours spent handling and ‘turning’ and cycling grain done in the last few years.) We had relatives praying for a complete and successful harvest. We had immeasurable help from Hilary. For all this and more we are grateful. Roy has a good head for numbers. I suggested that after this is all over, he sit down and add up all the additional, out-ofpocket expenses associ-
ated with this year’s harvest. That’ll include the umpteen trips to Vegreville to refill five hundred-pound propane bottles needed for the aeration heaters. And the two new fans ($4,500) from St. Paul and the new heater also from St Paul but on a different trip, of course. The increased power bill. The more than $500 spent on regulators, gauges and fittings for all those propane bottles. The cost for all the custom work needed this year beginning with weed spraying and desiccating. Followed by combining, drying, and trucking. Then there is the cost of the intangibles. The countless, frustrating, contradictory, asinine, and outright dumb trouble shooting phone calls with the companies and sales reps who sell aeration heaters and fans. When you’re at the end of your rope with malfunctioning equipment the last thing you need is some numbskull saying you should only have a bin one-third full to ensure everything works. But maybe things are changing. Someone told me they’re not interested in buying anymore land because “we already farm enough.” Someone else questioned his sanity in working so hard. Rumour has it that there are no cash rent takers on some land that’s come available. We also heard that a guy who combined 8,500 acres last year spent the entire year since drying that grain. I don’t know if any or all of these four confessions and rumours are true. But if they are, maybe these last four years are helping move the crazy “it’s never enough” farming practices pendulum back to something approaching normalcy. That may be the lesson for the big guys. But what’s the lesson for us teeny weeny guys? Get out completely? Decisions for all, from where I sit.
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Services throughout county to honour the brave BY JOHN MATHER At 11 a.m. November 11, Canadians will pause for a minute to remember those who perished defending our freedom during the First World War. Across Lamont County several events are scheduled to mark this day. In Mundare there will be a ceremony at the cenotaph at 11 a.m., said Colin Zyla, the town’s chief administrative officer. “We have some cadets come out and some members of the Princess Patricia Light Infantry.” He said prior to meeting at the cenotaph there is a church service starting at 10:30 a.m. After the cenotaph service people are invited to the seniors centre for a light lunch. “If it is really cold, we’ll have the cenotaph
ceremony at the seniors centre also,” he said. “That generally happens if it’s -15 C or less.” In Bruderheim, there will be an assembly held in the school gymnasium on Nov. 8, beginning at 10:15 when the students have a procession into the gym. At 10:45, the Grade 6 students will recite In Flanders Fields, followed by a speech from a member of Canada’s Armed Services. Following the minute of silence at 11 a.m., there will be the laying of wreaths followed by a Commitment to Remember from the Grade 5 students and a slide show produced by the Grade 4 students at 11:10. Following that students will return to their classes. At Lamont High School the Remembrance
Assembly will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 8. with a piper marching in the dignitaries from Lamont County, Town of Lamont and Bruderheim. Also included in the guests are local service club representatives and the fire chief. At the service, both the high school and Lamont Elementary students take part. The choir from the Elementary School will perform In Flanders Fields following the moment of silence and the laying of wreaths. Members of the local cadets provide the colour party for the event. The public is welcome to attend the service. In Fort Saskatchewan, a large assembly will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion on 93 Ave. The Legion serves a good portion of Lamont
County including Bruderheim and Lamont. The day begins with a parade from the fire hall to the cenotaph beginning at 10:45. At 11 a.m. there will be the Act of Remembrance followed by wreath laying. This will be followed by a Remembrance Service in the Normandy Room at the Legion with Rev. Paul Walfall presiding. Hot chocolate, coffee and donuts will be served throughout the day. The Legion will host an open house all day where anyone can come and visit. At 12:30 beef on a bun will be served. At 1 p.m. there will be a performance by the RCMP Pipes and Drum and then at 2 p.m. the Panache band will play. – with files from Jana Semeniuk
Strathcona County and the Town of Bruderheim Intermunicipal Development Plan Strathcona County and the Town of Bruderheim are working on a draft Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) to ensure that land use decisions are coordinated between the two municipalities. An IDP is a high-level statutory plan jointly developed by two or more neighbouring municipalities, and where at least one member is not part of a growth management region. An IDP ensures that potential land use conflicts are minimized and that a framework is established for communication and coordination between municipalities. Open house and Comment Sheet Learn more about the project, attend an open house or complete the comment sheet. The comment sheet is available on both of the municipalities project webpages and will also be available at the open house. Please feel free to complete the comment sheet and submit it at the open house, or else email it or mail it in by December 2, 2019. November 18; 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Drop in any time Bruderheim Fire Station 5112 Queen Street, Bruderheim Strathcona.ca/IDPs Bruderheim.ca/government/intermunicipal-development-plan Brooke Hoeven Strathcona County Planning and Development Services 2001 Sherwood Drive Sherwood Park, AB T8A 3W7 780-464-8073 Brooke.hoeven@strathcona.ca Sherry Cote The Town of Bruderheim Planning and Legislative Services Box 280 Bruderheim, AB T0B 0S0 780-796-3731 Sherry.cote@bruderheim.ca
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Living in Killam but willing to travel. Hand taper by trade but have experience with boxes, roller/flusher, taping tube. No bazooka experience. Have own tools (10-12" boxes, pump, angle box, roller, flusher, hand tools, etc.) Also do ceiling texture. Non-drinker/partier, just want to get the work done. Willing to work with existing building or taping crew. Contact me if interested. 780-385-2106 / 780-385-1251. tfnp _____________________ PHIL’S CLEANING AND JANITORIAL SERVICES Residential and Commercial Cleaning •Strip and Wax Floors •Steam Cleaning •Window and Wall Washing •Move Out Clean •Yard Work - Grass Cutting •Tree Cutting & Trimming Great references and flexible hours. Your Home is Safe with Me! Contact Naz 780-385-4869 or Criselda 780-385-8976 tfnc _____________________ Carpet and upholstery cleaning - residential and commercial. Truck mount unit, sewer back-up, and flood cleaning. Auto and RV cleaning. Call Glenn and Cindi Poyser, Fancy Shine Auto and Carpet Care at (780) 384-3087 _____________________ Roy's Handyman Services. Flooring, trim work, basement finishing, decks, fences, kitchen cabinet installs and carpentry work. Call 780-662-0146 or 780232-3097. TM33tfnc _____________________ Painting Quality Residential and Commercial Painting Betty Tkaczyk 780-632-8749 or 780-688-3564
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Bruderheim Church gets an early start on Christmas charity BY JANA SEMENIUK The Bruderheim Community Church held their annual shoebox stuffing day Nov. 3 for Operation Christmas Child. For at least the past 24 years, the congregation has participated in Operation Christmas Child; a campaign where volunteers fill shoeboxes with needed items. The filled shoeboxes will be distributed to children living in desperate situations around the world. The campaign is facilitated through the Christian organization Samaritan’s Purse in their Operation Christmas Child campaign. “Shoeboxes go to countries where kids have very little, sometimes they have never received a gift,” said church secretary Janice Vitt. “It’s very well organized.” Vitt explained that some organizations, such as schools or churches, send empty shoeboxes home with participants
and ask them to bring it of a community coming back full of the listed together, purchasing this items. After noticing stuff over a period of many people wanted to months and then getting help but were unsure of to pack boxes together lunch,” said what to pack into the over box, church organizers Bruderheim Community decided to host a pack- Church Pastor Wayne Larson. “I think it’s a ing party. “We made this up wonderful project. There according to suggestions are many ways to do it, from the organization but I like the way we do (Samaritan’s Purse) of it.” Once filled, the boxes what is and isn’t allowed in the box. No food, no will be taken to a particiliquids, etc,” said Vitt. pating church in Fort where “We decided how many Saskatchewan boxes we wanted to fill, they will await national this year it is 50, and then pick up week, Nov 18 – asked church members 25. to sign up to donate 50 bars of soap, 50 toothbrushes, etc.” The past few years the church has included a lunch that takes place after services and before packing begins. Emily Bartz, 19, and Caleb Cooper, “I like what 20, help fill shoeboxes in support we do in this of Operation Christmas Child at project because the Bruderheim Community it’s celebrative Church, Nov. 3
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