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Fighting back against rural crime New pens securely identify stolen property, limited number available only to Rural Crime Watch members BY JANA SEMENIUK Jennifer Kee, the divisional crime prevention coordinator of Alberta,
introduced the trace pen during the Andrew Willingdon St. Michael Rural Crime Watch information evening on
Andrew Willingdon St. Michael Crime Watch vice president Al Ropchan demonstrates the new trace pens available for residents to purchase during information night on Feb 12. The pens enable users to invisibly mark their items in hopes of having those items returned should they be recovered by police after being stolen.
Feb. 12 at the St. Michael Recreation Centre. Following a presentation by Trevor Tychkowsky on preventing crime with proper environmental design, Kee explained how the trace pen works and answered questions. Kee described the trace pen as unique to the owner of the pen which can be used to invisibly mark almost any surface including jewelry. The goal is to prove that property is stolen, if it is recovered by police, and who it belongs to. “One pen can mark up to 50 pieces of property,” said Kee. “It is clear adhesive with little grains of sand in it.” Kee went on to explain that if an officer found suspicious items, he or she will be able to use a special uv light that will detect, with a blue glow, where the trace pen mark is. “Once you buy your pen, you will go online and register it to you,” she said. “Once that mark is detected on a suspicious item, the officer will be able to use a special reader on the mark which will identify a number that is specific to the pen that marked it. In the database, that number will be registered to you. That’s how it will be identified as belonging to you.” Kee added that it takes about three minutes to register your pen online and it also gives you the option to add inventory. The database that holds your information is accessible only by you and the police.
“You will have the opportunity to list, the 50 pieces of property you mark, in your online inventory,” she said. Some questions from the crowd included concerns that criminals may acquire a reader. “These readers are very expensive,” she said. “And even if they did get one, it would be of no use to them because they have no access to the database.” At the conclusion of her presentation, Kee gifted one trace pen to a young boy who had been sitting very quietly with his family during the entire evening. Seven-year-old Kai Sereda was excited to receive the gift. “In our audience we have a pretty young participant,” she said. “Because you have been sitting there so patiently and listening so well, the RCMP would like to give you your own trace pen so you can mark all of your toys and property. I want to commend you for coming out to this and I strongly encourage everyone else that if you have young people bring them out to these. This is their community too.” Al Ropchan, vice president of the Andrew Willingdon St. Michael Rural Crime Watch group, explained that for the time being the trace pens will only be available to rural crime watch members. “Everyone will be able to purchase a trace pen eventually,” said Ropchan. “but right now, we have a limited number of pens so we are only selling them to crime watch members.”
Bruderheim man gets jail time for dangerous driving causing death KERRY ANDERSON Bruderheim’s Todd Lambert was sentenced to two years less a day on Friday, after pleading guilty to killing Natalie Hawkins in a motor vehicle collision in Fort Saskatchewan on May 20, 2016. Lambert was driving a Mercedes
sedan when he crashed into the mother of two’s SUV at approximately 200 km/hr., killing her instantly. Court heard that he was having a seizure at the time of the crash. The Bruderheim man was on orders from his doctor not to drive, due to the seizures, and also had traces of mari-
juana in his system at the time of the accident. He also had two grams of marijuana in his possession. Lambert pled guilty on Nov. 27, 2018 to dangerous driving but just in January tried to have the plea withdrawn. The request was denied by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice James
Nielson, who also handed down the sentencing. Nielson, meanwhile, said he did take into consideration that Lambert attempted to plead not guilty when handing down his sentencing for dangerous driving causing death. He is banned from driving five years.
2 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Mundare seniors serve up fine Ukrainian fare Almost half of the senior members who are able, come out to help prepare dinners BY JANA SEMENIUK Members of the Mundare Senior’s Centre cooked up a storm during their monthly perogy dinner on Feb 21. Adults were able to partake for $15 and children six and under cost $6. “The food leans toward a Ukrainian menu,” said senior’s club president Marrien Chudyk. “We change it up a bit sometimes so it doesn’t get boring.” Friday’s menu included cheddar or cottage cheese perogies in cornmeal, potatoes and gravy, chicken, borscht, salad, and dessert of white cake with strawberries and whipped
cream. Chudyk added that approximately 20 of the 50 seniors club members take part in preparing the monthly dinners. “We are quite fortunate to have so many that are willing to help,” he said. Chudyk said that in addition to preparing the meal on the day of the dinner, members also get together once a month to make perogies for the upcoming dinners. Fifty bags each containing 60 perogies are usually made. At the Feb dinner, 24 bags were used to feed 97 people. He added that the monthly Perogy Dinners
are evenings where residents like to get together. “We usually have around 100 – 170 people come out to the dinners,” he said. “Although the most we have ever had was 180.” In addition to the monthly perogy dinners, Chudyk said the group also holds floor curling tournaments as well as helping the community during events such as Family Day and Canada Day. “We held a pancake breakfast for Family Day,” he said. “For Canada Day, we made all the muffins and cakes.”
Mundare Senior's Club members Judy Shaw, left, and Terry Jacula, right, are ready to serve at the Senior Club's monthly perogy dinner on Feb. 21. The club hosts the perogy dinner at the Mundare Drop In Centre on the third Friday of every month except Dec, Jan and Aug.
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Stubbs won’t seek Conservative leadership changes, then Alberta tries like the Netherlands would always be held or Singapore as having hostage to the whims of better fiscal environa government that ments than those in “treats us indifferently or Canada, saying they one that all out attacks us should be used as examlike the government we ples of ways to change Canada. have now.” On social “I want to issues, Stubbs see a bold said the CPC economic Alberta can’t be needs to be a and fiscal proposal held hostage to party where fundafrom our a government the mental princileadership that “treats us pal is freec a n d i dates,” she indifferently or dom. “I think added. “I one that all out we’re the understand attacks us like only party why we’ve the government that will fight promoted for that,” she policies in we have now.” added. “I the past, but don’t believe we now we should be need to change those. We’ve got a party that insist the a serious problem in leadership candidates or Canada with productivi- party members hold the ty and competitiveness.” exact same views as She said the country has everybody else or can fallen behind in the only express certain views out loud. world. “I’m concerned when “I would like to see the say others CPC leadership consid- people ering things like a flat shouldn’t be allowed to tax, or real transforma- run because they express tive changes in our fiscal certain views. I’m very concerned about that.” structure.” She also doesn’t She pointed to coun-
BY JOHN MATHER Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs is very concerned about the state of the Conservative Party of Canada leadership campaign right now. Interviewed at the Alberta Industrial Heartland stakeholders meeting Jan. 30, Stubbs said she hadn’t given very much thought to running for the leadership of the party despite making history in the Oct. 2019 election and having held high profile responsibilities in the past two parliamentary sessions. “What I’m hoping to see from leadership candidates is a really ambitious proposal that demonstrates they understand the alienation and frustrations in Alberta,” she said. “We as a conservative party have to be talking about the fundamental changes to confederation that are required for permanent fairness and equality for Alberta and for all of Canada.” She said if no party steps up to make those
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Town of Lamont NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) Pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. M-26, as amended, Sections 230, 606 and 692, the Council of the Town of Lamont hereby gives notice of its intention to adopt: Bylaw No. 03/20 Town of Lamont and Lamont County Intermunicipal Development Plan The purpose of Bylaw 03/20 is to approve a new intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) for the Town of Lamont and Lamont County. The IDP is a high-level planning document that guides the long-term land use planning for the community and will provide direction for other land management and development policies created for land adjacent to the Town boundary. The IDP: 1. includes information about the community history and current demographics; 2. includes updated mapping information to reflect the IDP area boundary, and identify areas with development constraints; 3. identifies preferred future land use areas for residential, public, commercial and industrial land uses; 4. establishes high level land use and land management goals and objectives; 5. establishes triggers for when the County will require the preparation and approval of an Area Structure Plan or Outline Plan/Development Concept Plan; 6. establishes policies affecting: Municipal Reserve allocation; development in environmentally sensitive areas; development of infrastructure and transportation systems; 7. establishes a policy which will require developers to be responsible for infrastructure costs associated with new development. THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Sections 606 and 692 of the Municipal Government Act a public hearing to consider the proposed Bylaw will be held: Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Council Chambers, Town of Lamont Office; 5307 50 Avenue, Lamont, Alberta AND FURTHUR TAKE NOTICE THAT anyone wishing to make a verbal or written representation may do so at the hearing, or by providing the representation to Christine Beveridge, Chief Administrative Officer, before 12:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, 2020. It would be beneficial for individuals to provide advance notice to the Town of Lamont at (780) 895-2010 of their intention to make a presentation at the hearing. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE THAT a copy of the proposed Bylaw is posted at www.lamont.ca for review and may be inspected at the Town of Lamont office during normal business hours. To obtain more information regarding the proposed Bylaw, please contact: Christine Beveridge Chief Administrative Officer Town of Lamont Phone (780) 895-2010
believe the leadership candidates must be fluently bilingual. “I spoke out about this issue,” she said. “It’s discriminatory and to take that position means we’re telling about 90 per cent of Canadians they can’t run for national politics.” “I’m concerned with the discussion that you must be fluently bilingual or you don’t stand a chance. That’s just not the reality for the vast majority of Canadians.” Stubbs added the financial costs, and timelines were potential barriers for people getting into the leadership race. “On one hand I can understand why this is done,” she said. “In the last race we had many candidates, but it does present a barrier to people getting into the race.” Stubbs was very disappointed when Rona Ambrose decided not to
run. “I worked very hard to encourage her to run for the leadership,” said Stubbs. “Up until 24hours before she declared she was out I was in contact with her pushing her to get in. “I and a number of others were calling on
her to run. I think she would have been the best person to keep our legacy parties together.” Stubbs said she wanted to see a Western Canadian in the leadership race and “was very disappointed when she decided not to run.”
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4 - The Lamont Leader (Lamont, Alberta), Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Opinion Is Ottawa at war against Alberta? A week before the Trudeau Government was likely to turn down the project, and after years of jumping through environmental hoops, Teck Resources out of Vancouver cancelled plans this week to construct a $20.6 billion oil sands project north of Fort McMurray which would have employed up to 7,000 people. Teck’s reasoning, one we have already discussed here, was Canada’s ongoing debate over climate change policies. This Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project had received federal-provincial approval from the bureaucratic panel which stated it was in the public’s interest for it to proceed. As well 14 different Aboriginal bands around the mine were looking forward to the work, revenue and prosperity it would have provided them. Besides the thousands of jobs lost, the government itself will lose up to $70 billion in tax revenue. But apparently this is all okay for the Federal Liberals, as it is just one of many such projects which have collapsed under their watch as they pander to the Climate Change Cult. Let’s not forget the Malaysia’s Petronas Bhd. which in 2017 scrapped its $36 billion liquefied natural gas export project because of low prices and environmental problems with British Columbia. The same year under Liberal rule, TransCanada Corp decided to drop its $15.7 billion Energy East pipeline mostly because of Quebec’s opposition and the Prime Minister’s lack of leadership in finding a way to get it done. The pipeline would have brought petroleum from Alberta to New Brunswick. In 2016, PM Justin Trudeau himself cancelled the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal by Enbridge, worth over $7 billion. All told, the Trudeau Liberals have had a hand in destroying around $79 billion just in mega projects and in less than five years. The hostile business environment they have created has led to an exodus of oil companies relocating to the US, as well as countless bankruptcies and closures to satellite businesses. C.D. Howe Institute reported a year ago that from 2017 to 2019 alone, Canada’s regulations and environmental issues have led to the cancellation of over $100 billion in energy projects which were in the works. There were also handfuls of companies which did not even bother to apply for projects because of the hostile environment toward business development. Enter the Buffalo Declaration: Federal Conservative MPs Michelle Rempel Garner, Arnold Viersen, Glen Motz and Blake Richards have put together a 13 page manifesto pointing out the many historical ways Alberta has been excluded as an equal partner in Canadian Confederation. The paper demands several changes in Confederation that Alberta requires, mostly having to do with its own independence within Canada and recognizing Alberta has its own unique culture. Albertans continue to look for ways to remain in Canada, while Wexit and separatists lick their chops as Trudeau’s failures toward our province mount. It’s starting to just look like a war by Ottawa to kill Alberta financially. Kerry Anderson
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Reader horrified by cancellation of Religion Dear Editor, Community Members, A note to Mrs. Anderson, Principal/LES Program Decision Makers My husband and I are horrified at the unilateral decision to no longer allow religion classes to be offered during class time. The rational for this comes as a complete surprise to us as there have been religion classes offered at Lamont Elementary School for the past 50 plus years. There are no religious based schools in Lamont County, making this is the main structured program for our children. My husband went through the six-year program as did our 4 children and now potentially 8 grandchildren. Mark and two of our sons are members of the Knights of Columbus who sponsor all costs incurred in the program. I started teaching 40
years ago with Strathcona County/EIPS and have recently retired. I am now one of a dozen regular and substitute teachers who volunteer to provide the religion program to the children in our community. In a letter to parents, the reason cited for discontinuing the program is to focus on core academic competencies, particularly in the areas of numeracy and literacy. I invite any and all decision makers to drop by my Grade 3 classroom to witness methods I use to incorporate the KLOs (Key Learner Outcomes) outlined by Alberta Education. This time of year, we are focusing on Lent and Easter. The children are learning to read and write related words as well as find and count dates on the calendar. We engage in discussions of forgiveness and charity works which also
meet KLOs of elementary education. Literacy and numeracy should not be taught in isolation. They are best learned in real life scenarios. Religious education is a wonderful avenue for passing along knowledge and values to encourage our children to become productive citizens in our society. One of our fondest memories of our children attending LES is when our youngest son, Kevin, made a cross as an assignment for Tom Adamyk’s Grade 5 religion class. He put his skills to work cutting and welding iron rods together then spray painting his project. A month later, my mother passed away. Kevin asked if we could some how use the cross to honour Oma. The florist incorporated the cross as a focal point in the casket spray. Continued on Page 5
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Police representatives are presented with trace pen readers and uv flashlights from the Andrew Willingdon St. Michael Rural Crime Watch group. L-R: Sergeant Robert Daisley, Two Hills detachment, Corporal Jennifer Brown, Fort Saskatchewan detachment, Corporal Fred De Billy, Vegreville detachment, Al Ropchan and Jennifer Kee. Missing: police representative from the Smoky Lake detachment.
Detachments get new tools to fight crime thanks to Andrew Willingdon St. Michael RCW dinner raising $7,500 BY JANA SEMENIUK Four police detachments received new trace pen readers and uv flashlights thanks to proceeds raised during the Andrew Willingdon St. Michael Rural Crime Watch perogy dinner held in St. Michael this past November. The presentation was made Feb 12. at the Association’s information evening. “We raised $7,500 that night,” said rural crime watch vice president Al Ropchan. “That helped
us purchase four trace pen readers and 27 uv flashlights.” The trace pens, available for purchase to rural crime watch members for $35, are used to invisibly mark personal items. If the items are recovered by police and suspected of being stolen, the uv flashlight shone over them will uncover a bright blue glow where the trace pen mark was made. The trace pen reader will then be used over the blue glow to identify
a number that will have been registered to the owner of that particular trace pen. The four trace pen readers, costing approximately $500 each, were presented to a representative from each of the following four police detachments; Fort Saskatchewan, Two Hills, Smokey Lake and Vegreville. In addition, the uv flashlights were also distributed to police members within these detachments.
Fast forward 20 some years, his silver iron cross remains at the cemetery on Oma’s tombstone. The religion program at LES has been structured to fail in recent times as it is scheduled as a choice opposite gym time. That’s like asking a child if they would like broccoli or ice cream. The alternatives given for religion classes as before school, during lunch break or after school are doomed for failure. Ours is a rural community and this generation of families live busy lives. A more sensible solu-
tion would be to offer religion classes during a Health period as Christian Ethics / Character Education. We’re talking one 30minute period out of 45 periods in a week. In fact, I believe there is so much value in our program, it may be a better idea to ask for two 30minute periods in a week. As our daughter-inlaw, Jennifer expressed one day, she didn’t feel competent enough to teach her own children religious studies. She values the words of wisdom the volunteers share with her children. How do you feel? I believe the real reason for cutting the religion program is indifference as there were no
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Elk Island to burn areas to promote new growth BY JOHN MATHER Staff at Elk Island National Park plan to burn more than 200 hectares of brush and deadfall this spring in an effort to enhance new growth and keep the park safe. “We have written plans for the prescribed fires,” said James Cook, Fire and Visitor Safety Co-ordinator for the national park. Three burns are planned for the next several years in the park including one 900hectare parcel, a 400hectares parcel and a third parcel of 600 hectares. Of the those areas, the burn planned for this spring will be along the western boundary of the park in the Shirley Lake area near Range Road 205 and will be 219 hectares. Cook said the area contains a wide representation of the park’s terrain with Aspen stands, small kettle lakes and areas of open grasses and shrubs. “We are only going to have a prescribed fire if we can meet the weather conditions that we want for the fire including wind direction, wind speed, fuel conditions and temperature.” He said there would be about 16 staff on site during the burn to control the blaze. Equipment would be standard firefighting equipment and staff would be on all terrain vehicles. He added the Park does have a fire truck intended for wildfires and it would be on site. A local helicopter firm that supports forestry operations has also be hired and they will be on standby. “The burn itself should be conducted within a day,” he said. “There will be an operational period after that when we establish a 50foot perimeter to ensure there’s no hotspots or active areas of the fire.” He aded a perimeter would be cleared along the park boundary prior to the burn. “We’ll remove the potential fuel for about three kilometres to a width of 10-metres or around the border of the park in the area of the
burn so prior to commencing the fire.” While there was an open house to discuss the burn at the Park on Feb. 20, Cook added all residents had been contacted earlier in the year by staff going door-todoor, and there had also been a mail out and further reachout on the EINP website. “We want to make sure everyone feels comfortable about the burn and to make sure they can contact us if the have any questions about the it.” He added the fire departments of Strathcona, Lamont and Beaver Counties, all which border the park, have been contacted and told about the burn. “We told them all about our plan and there’s a standing invite out to their emergency departments to come out and watch the fire.” Cook said it’s the first prescribed fire at the Park since 2001. “Parks Canada has about 30 years experience with prescribed fires and depending on conditions, we conduct them every year as part of a country-wide program.” He adds the animals are protected because they have their own strategies for dealing with fire. “The large animals are mobile and they will leave the area,” explained Cook. “Their senses are better than ours so the moment there’s an indication of fire to them, they’ll leave. The less mobile critters will seek burrows or water bodies to protect themselves.” The planning for this event dates back to 2008 when the park had its fire management plan renewed. “Since then we’ve worked on our prescribed burn plans.” Cook adds that over the course of the next several years they will clean out certain area of the park via prescribed fires. “We’ve use the the fires to ensure a healthy eco-system,” he said. “We want to have a series of plans waiting when we hit the desirable conditions for a
burn.” “Some area may end up getting burned more often than others to help achieve our ecological goals,” explained Cook. “It may require more burns to open up areas to reestablish a grassland ecosystem. “Grassland has a quicker return interval than the forested areas,” he added. “If grassland is burned it is still less than five years before you see shrubs or trees returning.” The timing of the fire, he said, in March or April is the best time to
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Bruderheim Public Works shop targeted again CERTIFIED SEED FOR SALE
BY JANA SEMENIUK The Bruderheim Public Works yard has once again become the target of thieves, in spite of a new solar powered security gate installed last year. During the early morning hours on Feb. 12, three people in a vehicle were captured on security camera footage approaching the new security gate that guards the front entrance. The thieves attached a chain to the gate, and their vehicle, then yanked the gate open. Once inside, they pried the door open to the public works shed where a loud security alarm immediately began to blare.
“I guess they got scared once the alarm sounded,” said Bruderheim Chief Adminstrative Officer, Patty Podoborozny. “They just grabbed our $80 coffee maker and ran.” Podoborozny added that the thieves were eventually apprehended by police. She included that the total bill for the town in the aftermath of the break-in is $8,000. “Our gate was not covered by insurance because it is not attached to any buildings,” she said. “it cost $6,000 to repair. The door they pried open cost us $3,000 and the insurance deductible on that was
$1,000.” In June, after at least four break-ins over the course of five years, the solar powered security gate was installed.
Residents can register for a code to use at the entrance on a pin pad in order to access the bulk water supply kept in the yard.
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Helicopter used to track break-in suspects BY JOHN MATHER Fort Saskatchewan RCMP have arrested three people following the report of a suspicious vehicle around the Aldon Salvage Yard in Lamont, Feb. 13. Police, who had been patrolling the area, were able to locate the suspect vehicle and identify the driver. During the course of
the investigation the suspect vehicle fled the scene, however police located two sets of footprints leading into Aldon’s Auto Salvage yard and were quickly able to set up containment. With the assistance of Edmonton Police Service Air One Helicopter and RCMP Police Dog Services, members of the
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP were able to locate and arrest two suspects. Michael McIntosh, 38, of Edmonton and Dan Thuro, 34, of Vilna were each charged with one count of Break and Enter with intent. Michael Christenson, 36, of Westlock was later arrested with the assistance of the Edmonton
Local patrolling nabs three impaired drivers BY JOHN MATHER The Fort Saskatchewan RCMP have been busy in Lamont County patrolling and being on the look-out for suspicious activity, that includes impaired driving. And those increased patrols are showing positive results. To date this month there have been three rural residents arrested for impaired driving. A 61-year-old woman was stopped in a routine check in Bruderheim Feb. 7, and a mandatory alcohol screening
demand was issued to the driver. Subsequent to the demand a roadside screening device was administered and after a failed result was received the driver was arrested for Impaired Operation of a Motor Vehicle. The driver was transported to the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Detachment and two breath samples found to be over the legal limit of .08 were obtained. The woman will appear in court in Fort Saskatchewan, Mar. 5. In Lamont on Feb. 19, a 34-year-old male was
stopped during a routine check by RCMP. After failing a roadside breathalyzer test he was taken to the Fort Saskatchewan detachment where two more breath samples found to be three times the legal limit of .08 The man has a March 19, date in Fort Saskatchewan. The next evening, Feb. 20, a 33-year-old female was arrested after failing a roadside breathalyzer and two more tests at the Fort Saskatchewan detachment. She’ll appear in court on Mar. 12 in Fort Saskatchewan.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of Jason Colin Hennig, who died February 3, 2020. If you have a claim against this Estate, you must file your claim by April 3, 2020. With At
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Police Service. He is charged with the following: Flight from a Peace Officer; Resist/Obstruct a Peace Officer; and Break and Enter with intent. All three will appear in Fort Saskatchewan court, Mar. 5.
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Hemp workshop at Lamont, an explosion of information BY JOHN MATHER “We’ve got some of the most knowledgeable people in Canada at this session and we’re really pleased with that.” With that statement Lamont County economic development officer, Jim Newman kicked off a day-long hemp seminar at Lamont Community Hall, Feb. 13. A crowd of nearly 100 farmers and interested people turned out to listen as several speakers talked of growing hemp, breaking down the fibre and how to create finished products and marketing the resilient product. “Lamont has become one of the centres of hemp production in the country,” added Newman. “There’s an opportunity in this region to grow hemp and we have a facility in Vegreville to learn all about the product.” “As we start this workshop we want to focus on the farmer. 'It starts with the farmer' is our tag line and it really does. We’re here to provide information for you on how to grow and develop the crop and then what can be done with it after it’s harvested.” Jan Slaski, of Innotech Alberta has been studying hemp for years and is one of the drivers behind the provincial hemp facility in Vegreville. “We’ll be talking about industrial hemp because that is what most of the hemp grown in Alberta is. And it is low in THC.” He pointed out the differences between hemp and marijuana is the height of the plant in the field, it’s grown outside using no power, and the size of the crop. Hemp, he told the crowd, first came to Canada at the end of the 17th century. Seeds were distributed for free because it was such a durable crop and it had so many uses from food to ropes to paper to oil. “Farmers back then were penalized for not growing hemp.” he said. It lasted until different products such as jute, cotton, and then even later plastics took over the markets. With a the surge in marijuana use in the late 1920 and into the 30s, hemp was outlawed. Hemp was reinstated
as a legal agricultural crop in 1978 for food and fibre because of its low THC content. With the legalization of marijuana within the last year, the whole plant can now be utilized, he added. He said the acreage of hemp in Alberta had grown in a linear fashion during the past ten years because new producers such as Canadian Rockies Hemp are building facilities that can deal with the hemp fibre. “For years hemp acres were driven by grain production for food, but now it has expanded to be grown for fibre,” said Slaski. He said the big difference between Canadian and American producers is the Americans produce most of the their hemp for the medical ingredients, where in Canada there are multiple uses for the crop. “In Vegreville we support and move the industry forward,” said Slaski. “Initially we started working on the cultivation of the plant. Over the years we’ve experimented with various fertilizers and manures, soil types and light conditions.” The site offers field crop tours in the later summer so farmers can see the results of the research. Aaron Barr of Canadian Rockies Hemp explained how his operation will work, once operational later this year, and the benefit it offered for farmers growing hemp in the province. We’re hoping to get into value added processes so not only can we process the fibre, but we can create some finished products. We’re the first facility of its kind in North America, he said. “This is not a new market,” he explained. “It’s only new to Canada and North America.” He pointed out the majority of hemp currently grown is for grain, and the rest of the plant is plowed under. Now he can take the stalks and break down the fibre and produce a variety of other products from it. “There is a great support system for growing hemp products in this
area through the provincial government and the Alberta HUB.” Unlike other raw materials, we want to make finished products here as well rather than ship it away.” “If we don’t have the input materials none of the other sections in the manufacturing chain work.” As the times are tougher in Alberta, hemp provides a diversified crop that can be grown as an accessary to a main crop. Hemp fibres, he told the crowd, can replace many plastics.” “The need for growing plant-based fibres is on the rise,” he said. “Hemp can be used in building materials, animal bedding, 3-D printing as well as the hemp food market. Hemp hearts have been sold in grocery stores for years.” He stated a large variety of other uses of the hemp plants adding there is very little of the plant that will ever be wasted. “It’s really cool to see how many products can be made from this crop,” he stated. “And the Alberta government is fully behind this.” In Canada, hemp is still illegal to be used as animal feed. He said about 90 per cent of the hemp usage in Canada is for food products, but that is rapidly starting to change. He said the rural development opportunity is substantial. It creates taxes and investment dollars in rural areas, he said. At the Bruderheim facility, he said, there is a storage area for a lot of bales of hemp. “This northern Alberta advantage is a real thing. We have a distinct environment for growing hemp and we have to take advantage of it. We have more light and a short growing season which allows us to harvest a very good crop, process it here and use it in our every day lives.” “It’s really a miracle crop and we can grow it right here.” Spencer Tighe of Canadian Rockies hemp told of the advantages of growing hemp in Alberta.
“It the last crop you’ll put in each year and the first you’ll harvest,” he aid. He added for Canadian Rockies purposes the hemp crop doesn’t have to be combined but can be cut and brought in for decortation. He added how the company can aid the farmers interested in getting into the crop run from hemp cultivation consulting to show how it might fit in with their crop rotation, in season agronomy support, free soil samples, and assistance with the harvesting. He added the company could help with hauling bales to the Bruderheim facility if necessary. He further explained the process hemp production would go through. “The biggest thing,” he said.” Is to get an industrial hemp licence. It has to be done online and it costs $10. If you don’t use it you’re out ten bucks, but you have to
Brenda Madlung of Drayton Valley’s Biocomposite Group explains some of the finished uses for hemp to an attendee of the workshop. have it before you plant a crop.” He said Canadian Rockies would sit down with each farmer to see how they could benefit each other. He added farmers could grow seed for Manitoba Harvest and then Canadian Rockies would still be interested in the stalks of the plants. Dan Madlung from Drayton Valley, told of how his plant Biocomposite Group produces a variety of finished hemp products. “We do something a little different and we do it very well,” he said. “We can mix a lot of fibres and make a lot of products. We can mix fibreglass or flax in with the hemp. We use all organic resins and fibres … everything is natural.”
The company produces a variety of mats used in gardening from pot liners to complete liners of gardens which absorb and retain moisture to promote growth. His talk offered a lot of new information to the group about just what could be done in the value-added sector for hemp and the opportunities for farmers. “The draw back is every product might use a different fibre and a different piece of equipment to create it. So don’t think there’s only one type of processing equipment. There are lots, but no matter what the finished product is, we have to have the initial crop of hemp to produce it.” “And that starts with you … the farmer.”
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Minor Hockey: Playoffs underway for teams in Lamont County 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. Lamont Tier 3 Atoms won its first playoff game on Saturday at Bruderheim Arena 5-4 over Millet. The teams traded leads four different times, with Lamont tying the contest 4-4 late in the middle period and then scored the winner 7:58 into the third when Aiden Switzer connected. Cole Chudyk scored four goals for Lamont. Assists went to; Aiden Switzer, Keelan Cartagena (2a), Reid
Chudyk, Madden Cossey, and Chael Whaling. Liam Ellis got the win in goal. Bruderheim Tier 6 Atoms lost a two game playoff series against Thorsby over the weekend, 7-3 at Lamont on Saturday and 7-2 on Sunday at Thorsby. Scoring for Bruderheim over the weekend were; Maxim Dach (2g 3a), Nicklas Mehlenbacher (3g 1a), and Ethan Mehlenbacher (2a). Bruderheim Tier 2 Peewees split two playoff games over the past week, winning 10-6 at home on Feb 19, then losing 9-3 on Friday at Wetaskiwin. Wetaskiwin outscored Bruderheim 15-13 in the two game series. Scoring in the two games for Bruderheim were; Rowan Young (4g
2a), Emerson Hauch (3g 2a), Ryan Carstairs (1g 4a), Kayden Winslow (4g 2a), Camryn Fossum (2a), Ashlynn Dickinson (2a), Andrew Svitich (1g 1a), Ashton Strickland (1a), and Alex Andruchow (1a). Lamont Tier 6 Peewees began their playoff round with a 15-3 win over Maskwacis on Saturday at Lamont Arena. William Furey had a 6-point game (3g 3a), Richard Ayres scored four times, and Wyatt Bartz scored a hat trick for Lamont. Other scorers were; Xavier Storr (2g 1a), Cameron Atkinson (2g), Teagan Stetsko (1g), and Lily Able (1a). Ethan Stetsko got the win in net. On Sunday at Pembina, Lamont dropped a 6-4 contest. Pembina got the lead
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BY HAZEL ANAKA Since this is a topic I revisit quite often, I really hope you find it as interesting and useful as I do. Actually, getting interested in useful info about aging well is a wise decision since none of us are getting out of here alive. It’s probably not unexpected that the thorny issue of quality of life takes on a new sense of urgency the older we get. Most young people can’t fathom themselves as anything but young, strong, healthy, immortal. Most are unencumbered by worries about blood pressure or insulin levels or if the cholesterol
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COMMENTARY Stopping bullying has to begin with the adults BY JOHN MATHER Today (Feb 26) a large number of young people from the Fort Saskatchewan Boys and Girls Club will don pink t-shirts and march down the main street to a celebration at the local Co-op store. The march is to raise awareness of the problem of bullying in our communities and originally came about because a young man was being bullied at school, in Nova Scotia. A couple of schoolmates saw this, sympathized with him being bullied for wearing a pink shirt to class, so they, too, donned pink shirts to show support and the concept took off. Across Canada, including our own Lamont County, young people wear pink shirts to show solidarity against bullying. And bullying is one of the most insidious forms of behaviour there is. Whether it is confrontational, physical, or done via social media, making fun of others is an abhorrent form of behaviour. Yet, we all do it. Tell a joke, the punch line is always making some person, race or physical attribute the butt of the joke. It’s mild bullying. We want to let our youth know bullying is deplorable, but our leaders are some of the worst bullies and the young people see them and try to emulate them. If it’s OK to stand on the side of the road and yell, “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho (insert name of who you want to bully here), has to go!” what does that tell our impressionable youth. Watch question period in either our Federal or provincial government. Grown men and women shouting each other down calling one another names and generally making asses of themselves. Now, we know (most of us) nothing is accomplished during question period. It’s a sound bite - a chance for a lacklustre backbench MP or MLA to get their face in front of the camera so they rail in the worst form of communications hurling names and insults to their opposition across the aisles. Look at the blockades on our national railways. A legal pipeline project supported by the majority and opposed by a few has led to some indigenous groups closing down stretches of CN Rail holding parts of he country to economic ransom. The majority of these protestors are bullies. Shouting epithets, carrying signs condemning a legal project and when courts rule to remove them, the police do nothing but stand around and watch. If one group is in fear of another, that’s bullying. This is what our kids see day and night on television, and social media or, those who do, read in the newspapers or magazines. Media loves to take the sensational side of the story. Why? Because it sells papers and the more sales the more advertisers want their products there. Even gossip in the local pub or coffee shop is a mild form of bullying. Talking about someone who isn’t around to defend themselves is bullying. “Did you see her in that dress,”; or “Wow was so and so ever under the influence when he danced on the table last night.” How can we expect our children to trend towards stopping the bullying, when the adults continue to unintentionally and intentionally do it everyday of their lives. It takes a conscious effort to not pick on one another, but in this day and age it’s trendy to protest because we don’t like something, or to yell and scream at each other to get our photos in the media. There is just so much more work to be done.
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