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Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Vol. 48, No. 14
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Kurek on the ballot as election season launches
Lots of fun at Spaghetti Supper in Holden
Leslie Cholowsky Staff Reporter
It’s official. Battle River-Crowfoot incumbent Damien Kurek has registered as a candidate in the upcoming federal election. Elections Canada has confirmed Kurek’s candidacy as of April 1. Kurek represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He had been elected as the region’s Member of Parliament first in 2019, and was re-elected in the 2021 federal election. The Liberal Party, Green Party, and People’s Party of Canada are showing Battle River-Crowfoot candidates on their websites; as of Monday only the Liberal party candidate Brent Sutton had been officially added to the list of candidates, but with no contact information. The official list of candidates will be available on Wednesday, April 9. The 2021 election saw candidates from seven parties in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding: Conservative, NDP, People’s Party, Liberal, Maverick, Green Party, and the Veterans Coalition Party.
About 70 people attended the Holden Community Hall Association's spaghetti supper and family dance on Saturday, April 5. Children won stuffed animals at the carnival games corner, which included ring toss, target practice, fishing, and races. KARI JANZEN PHOTO
Viking and Beaver County IDP under review Patricia Harcourt Editor
The joint Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) between the Town of Viking and Beaver County is under review. The review is this and other joint agreements with towns and villages is being spearheaded by the county to meet provincial guidelines. Chief Administrative Officer Doug Lefsrud brought the review to the attention of Viking Council at their meeting in March.
“During the March IMC meeting, Beaver County requested Viking review the IDP plan document and request any changes or updates,” he said. “This is a standard practice as a periodic review of the document.” “We’ll have to go over this together,” said Councillor Cindy Lefsrud. A motion by Mayor Jamie Buttner to add this topic to the next round table meeting was passed by council. CAO Lefsrud also explained that any changes council may recommend upon reviewing the document would be made by updating the
original which formalized in November 2019. Joint IDPs cover topics like policy frameworks, land use policies, transportation systems, utilities, intermunicipal programs, plan adoption, amendment, review and appeal, administrative roles and responsibilities, annexation and dispute resolution process. The IDP and Municipal Development Plans were initiated originally by the province to foster intermunicipal cooperation and joint project development. The latter is
encouraged by grants if two or more municipalities come together to develop a project. The plans’ purpose is listed as: “The Municipal Government Act (MGA) requires all municipalities to adopt an intermunicipal development plan (lDP) and an intermunicipal collaboration framework (lCF) with each of its municipal neighbours. The IDP and ICF reflect mutual agreements on growth and shared services between two or more municipalities.”