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Stubbs crushes opponents - returns as Lakeland MP Conservatives dominate Alberta, while Liberals win Canada and Trudeau returned as Prime Minister
Re-elected Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs
Stubbs hopes to revive rural crime motion BY JOHN MATHER With a minority government and support from the New Democrats, Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs hopes she may be able to revive a rural crime bill that was killed by the Liberal majority in the last government. They will do another draw for private members bills after this election so I’m going to go and talk to my colleagues,” said Stubbs. Oct. 21. “There might be an opportunity because the NDP actually worked with me on my rural crime motion 167.” she said. “They helped add some clauses and I went back and forth with them to arrive at a motion both our parties could support. “I think it was that pressure and the outcry from more than 100 organizations across the country that put the Liberals in a box and forced them to support it to second reading.” She said it was unfortunate they then used their majority to “totally punt” the report after that. “There may be opportunities here because I’ve worked with the NDP before and now they can make some headway trying to prioritize it federally.” Stubbs, who served as the shadow minister for Natural Resources, said she hadn’t heard whether there would be an opening for her in the new shadow cabinet the Conservatives from. “I’ll be happy to play whatever role is assigned to me,” she said.
BY JOHN MATHER Lakeland Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs cruised to an easy victory in the Oct.21 federal election. “I’m thankful the majority of voters in Lakeland trusted me and the work I have been doing for them in Ottawa,” she said. Surprisingly, the NDP candidate Jeffrey Swanson finished second in the riding even though he didn’t attend any of the election forums. Stubbs won with 47,551 votes while Swanson received 3,634 votes. Liberal Mark Watson finished third with 2,492 votes and Peoples Party of Canada candidate Alain Houle tallied 1,440 votes. In other area ridings, Garnett Genuis was easily returned for a second term in the Sherwood ParkFort Saskatchewan Riding with 52,950 votes. Second place went to the NDP candidate, Aidan Theroux with 8,667 votes and the Liberal, Ron Thiering, finished third with 7,167. Conservative Damien Kurek won in Battle RiverCrowfoot with 52,497 votes against 3,089 votes for second place finisher Natasha Fryzuk of the NDP. Liberal Dianne Clarke was third in the riding with 2,485. Stubbs explained the second place finish by the NDP as progressive voters in the riding who may have voted for Prime Minister Trudeau last time, shifting their votes to the NDP because, “they realized they can’t trust him.” Stubbs admits in a minority government where Alberta is primarily Conservative blue the days ahead will be “challenging and complex.” “It’s more important than ever, that Conservatives continue what we’ve been doing for the past four years and that is being the voice for Alberta, Western Canada and rural Canadians.” “With the anti-private sector, anti-oil and gas, antiAlberta left holding the balance of power … we know that we have our work cut out for us.” Stubbs said she was surprised by the rise of the separatist, nationalist sentiments in Quebec where the Bloc Quebecois made major gains in seats to form
the balance of power in the minority government. Across the country the Liberals won 157 seats to hold the government, with Conservatives won 121 seats, including all of Saskatchewan and Alberta with the exception of the Edmonton Strathcona riding won by the NDP. The Bloc won 31 seats in Quebec, and the NDP finished fourth with 24 seats. The Green party upped its count to three seats with two wins in BC and one in New Brunswick. “What is so stark here is the regional alienation and division across the country and that is a direct result of Trudeau’s divisive, cynical politicking of the past four years,” said Stubbs. “He’s set Canadians against one another, rural Canadians against urban Canadians, and provinces against one another. This is the consequences … a divided house of commons and deep divisions across the country that in my lifetime is unprecedented. “I’ve got the message loud and clear from the people in Lakeland that they want me to continue what I’ve been doing for he last four years in Ottawa and that’s kicking butt.” “From the results tonight that fight has never been more important.”
A voter cats his ballot under the watchful eyes of Elections Canada officials during the Oct. 21 federal election in Lakeland. Incumbent Conservative Shannon Stubbs swept to her second term with a margin of more than 40,000 votes over the second place finisher.
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Jason Kowal new deputy mayor in Mundare BY JOHN MATHER When Mundare did its annual organizational meeting during the regular Oct. 15 council meeting the biggest change was Councillor Jason Kowal swearing the oath of office to step in as the deputy mayor. He takes over from Cheryl Calinoiu who held the job for the past year. The town agreed to retain JMD group as the town auditors, while Reynolds, Mirth, Richard and Farmer were kept on the the town solicitors. ISL Engineering and
resentative on the Lamont County Housing Foundation. The John S. Batiuk Regional Water Commission has Saric as the prime member and Councillor Jaime Burghardt as the alternate. Kowal remains the member on the Mary Immaculate Housing Foundation. The Family and Community Social Services board has Talaga as the main member and Calinoiu as the alternate.
Land Services will remain the town’s engineers. Another change is the appointment of Lillian Sabo to the Northern Lights Library System for a term ending in October of 2021. Most of the town committee members and alternates remained the same. Mayor Mike Saric remains the main member of the St. Micheal Regional Landfill Commission with Jason Kowal as the alternate. Irene Talaga is the rep-
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Calinoiu did drop from the Community Adult Learning Council and Kowal, who is the alternate will take her place as the prime representative. “They’ve changed their meetings to the early afternoon,” explained
Calinoiu. “And I just can’t make them with my work schedule.” She added the council only met a few times per year. Burghardt remains on the Regional Recreation and Culture Master Plan group with Kowal as the
alternate. Talaga holds her post on the Communities in Bloom committee and Burghardt will remain the lead on the Vegreville Tourism Advisory Board with Calinoiu as the alternate.
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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 3
More area residents upset with feedlot operations - Council to take action BY JOHN MATHER Another couple from the St. Michael area came before Lamont County council, Oct. 9, to complain about the traffic, in particular trucks going to the nearby feedlot, abusing their road agreement privileges. Brian Dziwenko and his wife, Lorraine, came following a presentation a month earlier by Shelley Andruchow, who was concerned about traffic in the areas. Dziwenko lives a mile and half south of St. Michael on Rge Rd 184 near township road 560. “We’re here about the ongoing problems concerning the feedlot,” he stated. “Every year we have to phone to get the roads watered or get something down. When they start hauling silage there 10 -14 trucks going back and forth every day.” “There were times there was so much dust it was just a brown haze,” he fumed. “We would phone the County and say 560 needs to be watered, but now they say it’s not our responsibility it’s the feedlot’s. So we call the feedlot and they say it’s the County’s responsibility.” He said now with the road use agreements the feedlot is responsible for dust control. “There’s dust flying up behind the trucks and they don’t care. So the peace officer comes out, and then they come and put a sprinkle on the road and then traffic beats it down and there’s more dust.” He feels the road
should be watered in the morning, afternoon and while the trucks are hauling past his home. “The road should be maintained and watered throughout the entire haul system.” Councillor Daniel Warawa again suggested the County start pulling the road use agreements to solve the problems. Dziwenko said there are some people who haul for the feedlot and they won’t complain about the dust. He added he was upset with the use of the engine retarder brakes in his area. “We’ve had truckers hauling silage and one in particular and he puts his jake brake on from three eighths of a mile before the stop sign. Why is he riding the jake brakes? He’s got regular brakes and he could gear down.” Dziweknko suggested a new road use agreement be written and that drivers on certain routes be told they can’t use the jake brakes. “These guys should have respect for the residents,” he stated. “Use your regular brakes. Only use jake brakes to avoid an accident.” He said he’s talked to the peace officer about it but it difficult to enforce it because its not in the road use agreement. “It’s just maddening … that’s what it is,” said Dziwenko. He also argued truckers aren’t necessarily securing their loads properly. “We see stuff flying off the trucks,” he said.
Warawa said the owners of the feedlot have to be told. “That’s where we have to get the message through,” he said. “The truckers need to know, but the management has to tell them any fines are coming out of the drivers’ pocket.” “Do we have to go through this every year?” asked Lorraine. “Every year we phone and the next year we have to start all over again.” “We’re not here to eliminate people from working, but please drive in a respectful way,” said Dziwenko. “Well,” said Warawa. “With the amount of money they make off that feedlot, they should be maintaining the road.”
Reeve David Diduck said he had heard concern from other residents, including the two delegations that had come to council. “We have made a commitment to look into this and we will make some changes,” he said. Chief Administrative Officer Stephen Hill said there was a new manager coming to the feedlot and he would talk to him about the problems. Dziwenko said the managers “don’t seem to care.” He added the flies create a problem when they start spreading manure. “They should be spraying the flies with insecticide to kill the larvae,” he said. “It’s crazy and it gets worse every year. “It’s an ongoing battle with the feedlot.”
He added the Natural Resources Conservation Board had regulation about fly control around feedlots, but the feedlots operation didn’t appear to be adhering to those at all. Warawa suggested council move to cancel the road use agreements and even go so far to put roads bans in the area. “These guys don’t seem to listen at all,” he said. Councillor Wayne Woldanski said council should look at this for next year and really put some teeth into the road use agreement. Council also asked administration to have the NRCB come to a meeting to hear from council about the complaints and see if they will act on them.
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Councillor Roy Anaka said they have to adhere to the road use agreement and if they don’t water the road, then they should be shut down for a day. “If that doesn’t work, then let’s shut them down for longer periods than just a day,” he said. He added in general you should have about three water trucks putting regular applications on the road. Council directed CAO Hill to write a letter to the NRCB and then invite them to a future council meeting. Council further tossed around the idea of putting a head tax on the livestock to help offset the cost of road maintenance. It was suggested this was being done in the Lethbridge area.
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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Opinion No pity for Alberta in Canada As Canadians in a democratic nation, the majority of us in Alberta may not be happy with the results of Monday’s federal election but we have to respect and acknowledge that somehow Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won again. The man is Teflon, and despite all the controversies surrounding him will incredibly remain our PM for another four years. But will Alberta stick around for his term? This election was terrible for Alberta. The Liberals have outright said that they plan to shut down the Alberta oil sands, the world’s third largest oil deposit, and leave trillions of dollars under the ground. They also bought the Trans Mountain Pipeline for what seems like the sole purpose of having control of the ability to do absolutely nothing with the $4.5 billion purchase using Canadian taxpayer money. But according to the election results, Canadians couldn’t care less about leaving trillions of dollars in the ground. Oil reserves are finite. Oil usage will also be finite. It seems to me that if you have a finite product - and a changing market away from your product - you would want to sell as much of that commodity as quickly as possible while there is still a demand. The world wants to change away from oil usage, there is no question about that despite not having the technology to do so. But instead of selling off their much sought after oil reserves, Canadians want to leave the island with an idol in their pocket. They want to leave the ship even though it isn’t really sinking. They also want to turn the key to “off” on the engine of Canada’s economy. Shutting down the oil sands will eliminate $330 billion annually from Canada’s gross domestic product (GDP). Canada’s oil industry accounts for roughly 10 percent of our country’s GDP. There are trillions of dollars in Alberta’s oil sands ready to be ethically sold to the rest of the world. Environmentalists want it shut down despite humans continuing to purchase oil products from the rest of the world at a rate greater than ever in history. Environmental terrorists continue to spread only Alberta oil hate - and nothing from other oil producing countries on the planet. If Albertans feel ganged up on, it is for very good reason. In the past 10 years Canada has spent over $21 billion buying Saudi crude. It would seem that the same people yelling about progressive politics would rather spend money with a country which executes homosexuals and non-conforming journalists, flogs dissidents and funds Islamic extremism rather than buy oil in its own country. The defunct Energy East Pipeline would have allowed Canada to be energy self-sufficient, which is important in a world of volatile political climate change. But, Canadians did not want that either. It is difficult for Albertans to understand the thinking of much of Canada. We are a divided country, each part only concerned about itself. Our Prime Minister has done little to ebb that tide of thought. Ten minutes after the election results showed the re-election of Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, a separatist movement in Alberta called voteWexit.com went from 4,000 members to 42,000 in just 10 minutes. Maybe the results of the election was a message that Canada doesn’t need Alberta. Now we’ll begin to find out of Albertans think they need Canada. Kerry Anderson
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Scare tactics of the past, a warning not to believe them in the future From 1950 to 1951 I came to school and the teacher dumped all the milk in a pail. The children were told, “don’t drink milk because there is Strontium 90 in that milk. I am saving your lives.” In either 1952 or 1953 I went to a movie in Wainwright and there was a Walter Cronkite newsreel that told us the Russians are coming and a mad bomber was going to bomb Camp Wainwright army camp, the Edmonton army base and all the refineries.
The Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line was built and the radar station was 50 miles (80 km) apart. The last radar station left standing is in Tuktoyaktuk. I saw it in 1985 when I went up there. The John Defenbaker bunker was also built and today you can tour it outside of Ottawa. Remember 1999, (because of the new millennium) they told us planes will fall from the sky. Our cars will not run, they said, and the furnace must have a
computer chip replaced in the motor (a furnace motor does not even have a computer chip). We were once told when the planets line up we will all die and that was every 250 years. Also when the Mayan Calendar ends we will all die. One person made over $50 million because of that. How to save our planet is simple; shut off the power, stop the gas flow to your house, and do not drink the water. James Marko
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6 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Leader readers to fill the tree to help food bank JOHN MATHER This year The Lamont Leader is again running its ‘Fill the Tree’ campaign. “The campaign runs from mid-October to Christmas,” said Leader sales rep. and graphic designer, Crystal Inverarity. “All proceeds will go to the County of Lamont Food Bank.” She added anyone wishing to donate could either drop off a donation or mail it in. Along with the donation include any names the donor would like to see published on the ‘Fill the Tree’ poster. The minimum donation is $5 and the poster is updated weekly right up to Christmas. The Food Bank Christmas hampers will be handed out Dec. 22.
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The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 23, 2019 - 7
FROM WHERE I SIT: HARVEST 2019
BY HAZEL ANAKA Is anyone, is everyone as sick of farming as I am? We all know farming isn’t for the faint of heart but come on, this is getting ridiculous. We all know most farmers have more resilience and resourcefulness than money, but there is a limit to how much anyone can take…..year after year after year. What is especially difficult is coping with those things outside of our direct control. That scenario creates a feeling of powerlessness. Most of us don’t ‘do powerless’ very well. We need to feel that our actions, our efforts, our decisions are moving us in the direction of better. What those decisions and actions are, will differ from family to family. In our case, we are so grateful we gave up a quarter section of rent this spring. It was the piece of land furthest from home and always involved an epic under-
taking of planning, recruiting my sister or brother-in-law as a shuttle service, and so much time. Inevitably, something would break down that required a service truck, boatload of tools and a couple more trips. We used to call the neighbours of that farm to see if it rained there. No point in making the trek if the weather was different there than at home. Other farm families may choose to secure (more) off-farm income. Others may have that tough talk with their banker to re-write their loans. Still others may hang it up altogether by booking a farm auction. I suspect most farmers would delay replacing or upgrading equipment with so much market and weather uncertainty. So, what happens when you’ve done everything within your control? Some turn to their religious beliefs for reassurance that none of us are tested by more than we can handle or that we will be provided for. There is the encouragement to surrender, to accept our powerlessness: Let go, and let God. Some old-timers will conjure up stories of the year things were even
worse. Others will take their own lives when they don’t see a way out. Others will take out their frustration, anger, worry on those closest to them. Or crawl into a bottle for relief. One of the things I do every chance I get is try to educate non-farm people about the reality of the situation. Not in a whining, poor farmer way that annoys and turns off the listener but in a fact-based way. I usually begin by asking the person if they are a farm kid. Inevitably the answer is no, but my parents or grandparents were. I talk about the fact that every crop needs a certain number of days from germination to maturity---a straight-forward immutable fact. I point out that a day or two of sunny, windy, warm weather is nice but not nearly enough to do much good. That the longer harvest drags on, the more we fight both the clock and the calendar. That dewy or frosty mornings are the enemy of a full day’s work. That running a grain dryer or aeration heaters add immeasurably to the cost and workload of already overworked farmers. That filling a large propane bottle fifty kilo-
than ever to sell product, if and when you can get some grain they actually want to buy. While there is much to be said for being a landowner with all the space, freedom, and romantic notions that conjures up, there are some harsh realities non-
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8 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Andrew residents dab the night away BY JANA SEMENIUK Andrew Servus Credit Union held their annual charity bingo on Oct. 17 at the Rainbow Centre. All proceeds are being donated to the United Way campaign. “We’ve been doing this bingo (in Andrew) for about 10 years,” said Cheryl Bodnarek, bingo organizer and employee at Andrew Servus Credit
Union. “It’s me and three other employees that put this together. Myself, Erica Sumner, Charlene Shulko, and Marianne Levicki. A four-man band!” Bodnarek added that Servus Credit Union has an annual fundraiser the entire month of October for United Way. “Every branch can do whatever they want for
the fundraiser, so every year we do the bingo, a 50/50 and a raffle,” she said. “The 50/50 is drawn at the bingo and the raffle is drawn on Oct 31.” Bodnarek explained that tickets were sold beforehand to the bingo event. Participants, upon winning a bingo, were able to choose a prize from the prize table. All
prizes were generously donated from local businesses. Sheree Chomsky, another Andrew resident, has graciously donated her time for the past 10 years to calling bingo for the annual event. Bodnarek went on to explain that there used to be a Monday night bingo in Andrew that eventually ended, leaving residents without bingo at all. “Everybody likes to play bingo, so we thought for a fundraiser
we can do a bingo,” she said. “Everyone looks forward to it every year.” Linda Jorgensen is a four-year resident of Andrew who definitely looks forward to the annual bingo. “Last year I won the 50/50,” she said. “I won $400! I was so happy.” Jorgensen explained that she moved to Andrew from Waskatenau four years ago. “I moved into town about four years ago and I absolutely love it here,” she said. This year’s raffle con-
sists of $500 in gift cards including $200 from Costco, $200 from Walmart, $100 from Pampas and two tickets to the Nov 4 Oiler’s game. “Last year we raised $3,100,” added Bodnarek. “It was our biggest year yet.” Bodnarek added that this year 71 people attended the bingo. The final amount raised won’t be available until after the raffle is drawn at the end of the month.
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Food Bank chair updates County Council on operations “Our client distribution,” said McBride, “was 684 adults (64.5 percent) and 276 children ( 35.5 per cent). Our 2019 numbers are looking very similar.” She further told council the food bank followed the Canada Food Bank guidelines and was a member of the Alberta Food Banks. “We serve the members of the County,” she stated. “We serve all areas of the County not just the town of Lamont and that’s why we have kept the word county in our name.” She explained the food bank was housed in the Lamont Alliance Church and they hand out hampers every Thursday morning. Hampers are picked up by appointment only. “We have just recently had FCSS partner with us,” added McBride. “They come when pick ups are happening and do an intake with clients confirming all the information and helping with other needs that the clients might have. We act as a conduit to help the clients talk to these
Bruderheim town employee, Willard, drains water from a fire hydrant. The draining is part of the town’s regular fall maintenance program. The hydrants are drained to prevent freezing and cracking during the soon to come cold days and nights.
organization and get out the need to have food all the time.” She added they have started talks with County Adult Learning Council (CALC) to have them also meet with clients to help with their needs. McBride said ideally they would like to have all the services under one roof. “We like the idea of working with other organizations,” she said. “And if we could cost share on a common facility it would be ideal for us.” “We know from time to time the County is aware of space we might not know about so hopefully you can keep us in your thoughts.” “We’re moving in November from one section of the church into a portable building on the grounds.” She said the church doesn’t charge rent and the food bank budget is primarily spent on food for their clients. Campbell added it was wonderful how all the organizations in the County worked together. She said they were constantly working to make people aware of the food bank and what it can supply. The food bank currently has two fridges and two freezers to save perishable goods, but a common building would have to be set up so there would be privacy for client interviews and updates; privacy for picking up hampers and a separate area for volunteers putting the ham-
pers together. She added a commercial kitchen for repackaging food would be ideal. Councillor Neil Woitas asked how big as space the food bank would need. “Right now we’re all over the place,” McBride. She added the portable had about 800 square feet but it would be mostly storage and small offices, and the kitchen in the church would still be utilized. She said the kitchen is regularly inspected and it had to be a commercial kitchen. The church has a commercial kitchen that they currently use. Reeve David Diduck asked if it was feasible to split the facility suggesting Lamont Hall and St. Michael had commercial kitchens. “Having it separate would add several steps,” said McBride. “It would create issues in transporting food back and forth.” Diduck commended the food bank on behalf of council for the service they provide. “Thank you for coming out,” he said. “I don’t believe we have the type of facility you’re asking for but we can put the word out and something might come along.” “Obviously the food bank is very needed in the community. Everyone would wish it wasn’t but it’s one of those things we can’t avoid.”
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BY JOHN MATHER The County of Lamont Food Bank received a pleasant surprise when they came before Lamont County council, Oct. 8 to give an update. The Food Bank received a cheque for $12,000, some of the proceeds from the Reeve’s Golf Tournament held in August. Board chair Colette McBride and vice chair Susan Campbell updated council on how the food bank was doing and what they were looking for in future needs. Council was told the food bank had started out as the Lamont Hamper committee in November 1985 primarily with the goal of providing Christmas hampers to the needy in the County. Approximately 10 years ago, said McBride, the committee morphed into the food bank as the need to provide support for families with food insecurities became apparent. In 2018 the food bank handed out 415 hampers with an average of 35 hampers a month.
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10 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, October 23, 2019
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Please be advised that the Town of Lamont is proposing to increase the local access fee, which is charged to FortisAlberta Inc. (FortisAlberta) for use of municipal lands for its power lines effective January 1, 2020. The fee is recovered by FortisAlberta from its customers as the local municipal access fee on electric billings of all customers that receive electric service in the Town of Lamont. This local access fee will be increased from $3.23 (5%) to $4.85 (7.5%) of the delivery charge of FortisAlberta, excluding energy related riders. This calculation is based on 640 kWh consumption in 30 days.
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BY JANA SEMENIUK Lamont County Agriculture Service Board staff and Family Community Support Services partnered up to support farmers this harvest season by delivering lunch on Oct 11. Ten farm families enjoyed having lunch brought out to their fields by County staff. Each meal kit was prepared by staff members of the organizations and included sandwiches, snacks, vegetables and drinks. In addition, each kit contained mental
health cards with information on who farmers can call for help if they feel overwhelmed. The cards also contained statistics on farmers suicide and additional information to let them know they aren’t alone. “Farmers don’t usually like to take the seminars we offer so giving information is a way for us to reach out,” said Darlene Onushko, program assistant for FCSS. “It’s our way of saying if you are feeling under stress these are the ways
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Lamont County Agricultural Service Board staffer Bonnie Chudyk, brought lunch time meals to local County farmers Zolton Yarmie, Corey Yarmie and Colby Yarmie Oct. 11. The County program is designed to give farmers a break during the busy harvest season and provide some information about various mental health programs available through the County’s Family and Community Support Services.
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Upgrades to the Vinca Bridge on hold BY JOHN MATHER A planned 90-million upgrade to the Vinca
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Members of the Andrew Fire Department visited students at Andrew School Oct. 18, to give talks and demonstrations about fire safety in the home. In this photo a firefighter shows the proper way to extinguish a grease fire on a stove.
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hold by the provincial government. Sturgeon County mayor Alanna Hnatiw said a number of new projects have been put on hold while the budget is reviewed. The Vinca Bridge upgrade had been announced by the previous NDP government. “We certainly hope the province understands the importance of upgrading that bridge because it is imperative commodities are kept moving safely and that is part of the heavy haul corridor.” At the time the upgrades were announced Bruderheim mayor Karl Hauch spoke in favour of the project. “Each load costs a lot of money going east to move to Fort McMurray, “he said. “It will provide access for trucks to get to Fort McMurray in a more cost-efficient manner and I believe for our area that will be a good thing.” He added he felt the upgrade could help the province move up the
ranking for the twinning of Highway 15 from the Scotford turnoff to Lamont or Mundare. Lamont County councillor Wayne Woldanski, who was Reeve when the announcement was made, explained most of the heavy traffic going to Fort McMurray has been traveling routes east of the County. “Still Secondary Highway 831 is a heavy haul route so we’ve been getting quite a bit of traffic. It’s good for the Heartland region,” he
added. “If a company bids on a project and locates in Lamont County it would be a huge savings in transportation costs going over the Vinca Bridge.” Once the provincial budget comes out, Hnatiw said Sturgeon would know for sure if the investment into bridge upgrades had the green light. “This government has talked about the importance of job creation and having a healthy econo-
my. Investing in infrastructure is one of the cornerstones of a strong economy, so I would be surprised to not see that happen,” added Hnatiw. “It's logical to me that they would understand that and would follow through.” About 2,000 vehicles cross the bridge on a daily basis. The government had stated heavy haul carriers would save about $10,000 per trip compared to the existing route once the bridge upgrade was completed.
A pair of large combines take up more than their share of the road as they travel along Highway 45, past the Moravian Church in Bruderheim. The large pieces of machinery were being taken from one field to another as farmers took advantage of good weather last week to work on the harvest.
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