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Save Andrew School committee ready to appear before council BY JANA SEMENIUK The Andrew Action Committee, a group that has come together to ensure Andrew School remains open in the village, has uncovered vital information as a result of their recent online survey that they intend to bring to the local council in hopes of achieving its support. "We have over 170 survey responses along with multiple one-on-one conversations so we believe we are well plugged into public sentiment at this point,” said committee chairperson Jodie Calfat. The committee was formed in response to two major closures of programming at Andrew School over the past year by Elk Island Public Schools. Once serving kindergarten to grade 12, Andrew School was reduced to serving kindergarten to grade six after first losing their high school program
in 2019, then their junior high program in 2020. “I fear Andrew school has the same future as Willingdon School (which closed in 1992) and it’s heartbreaking,” said Andrew resident and parent Janell Yaremie during an interview in May. “I am scared to think of what will happen in two to five years.” The committee has been meeting since mid-July to find a way to ensure the remaining elementary school program remains open. Part of its strategy included acquiring information from residents by way of an online survey to gauge its priority levels with regards to
schooling as well as where it felt changes could be made. Calfat indicated that results from the survey left no doubt about what needs to happen. “Prominent amongst these concerns was that the Village was not taking any concrete steps to stem its decline which was having an adverse affect on the school’s enrollment numbers,” she said. Calfat added that the committee is taking the information acquired from the survey to the upcoming village council meeting on Sept. 23 to attain its support.
“For our plans to come to fruition, we need a strong and stable community. That’s why this meeting with council on September 23rd is so important. We need them to work with us and we need plans that support each other,” she said. Calfat stated that community support is vital to the goal of keeping Andrew School open. “We need the community to come out and drive home the messages they have equipped us with. This is probably a tipping point for Andrew. If we don’t make progress at this meeting, it’s going to be very hard for the school to survive long term,” she said. The Village of Andrew council meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the village office on Sept. 23. The public is welcome to attend.
Long time residents want Pharmacist concerned for Andrew School to survive town’s future if school closes BY JANA SEMENIUK Long time village of Andrew residents Marlene and Harry Bidniak feel heartbroken at the thought of the village’s school possibly being permanently closed.
“I would hate to see it go. I’ve had 50 years with that school,” said Harry tapping his heart. “I’ve spent 12 years as a student and 32 years as a teacher here.” The Bidniaks have been proud residents of Andrew since 1968 and not only raised their two children here, but also attended Andrew School themselves as children. The Bidniaks are both staunch supporters of keeping Andrew School open in light of the closures over the past year of the high school program and the junior high program which left only the elementary school program.
Long time residents of Andrew, Harry and Marlene Bidniak.
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BY JANA SEMENIUK Andrew’s only pharmacist, Asif Majeed, has serious concerns for the future of the village of Andrew in light of a possible permanent closure of Andrew School. “I am very concerned with the school closing. That is the major factor with moving people here,” he said. “To maintain the population of the community we have to maintain the young families. It’s very important because the seniors have lived their lives and are enjoying their retirement. But what about the coming generation?” Majeed first began working as a pharmacist at Andrew Pharmacy Asif Majeed, of Andrew.
soon after it opened in 2016. “When the owners decided to sell in 2017, I decided to buy it,” he said. “I was already working here and knew the people.” Continued on Page 2
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Pharmacist in the midst of moving children to Andrew Continued from Front Majeed admits he fell in love with the picturesque little village. “It’s not a hustle and bustle environment,” he said. “It’s a beautiful village with lots of potential and the people here are nice. I love working here.” In addition to acquiring ownership of the pharmacy, Majeed has a few other items he is checking off of his list. “I just bought the
Long time residents love Andrew School Continued from Front “I don’t know how the town would survive. The school is the town,” added Harry. The Bidniaks have not only been proud residents, but they have also been active in the village non-profit organizations. “Marlene has spent the summer watering flowers for the Lions
building next door, so the pharmacy will move out of a rental space into its own space in the next week,” he said. “And my family is in the process of moving here.” Majeed’s family, which includes his wife and three children, currently live in Edmonton and are in the process of moving to the village of Andrew. “My oldest two children are in high school and junior high. My youngest is three years old and not yet in school,” he said. Majeed included that his hope for his youngest child is to be able to join Andrew School. “When you have to move children to Vegreville School you Club. Next year, it will be 50 years that I have been a Lion’s member,” Harry stated. Marlene further added that she was once a member of the village’s Lioness club, but joined Harry at the Lions’ Club once the Lioness disbanded 10 years ago. In terms of the village’s elementary school, Marlene didn’t like the thought of the school closing permanently. “We went to school here, our kids went to school here,” she said. “I would hate to see it go.”
have to move their brothers and sisters too. The bus ride is ok for high school and junior high but elementary is a sensitive age especially with winter coming,” he said. Majeed added that he did take part in the recent online survey put forth by the Andrew Action Committee dedicated to ensuring that Andrew School remain open. “I also attended a meeting by the officials when they were deciding to close the high school program,” he said. “Governments work with statistics but statistics are different from people’s feelings. Governments decide on statistics.” The possibility of a permanent closure of Andrew School has many residents worried for the future of the little village. After the kindergarten to grade 12 school lost their high school program in June 2019 to declining enrolment, their junior high program was next on the chopping block in May 2020 for the same reason, leaving the school serving kindergarten to Grade six. Residents have been left feeling vulnerable and anxious for what will lie ahead for the village of Andrew, population 425 as of 2016.
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Mixed feelings as Covid testing starts at local pharmacies Some all in, some opt out BY JANA SEMENIUK Asymptomatic COVID-19 testing is now available at participating Lamont County pharmacies, but not everyone is excited about it. Lamont Value Drug Mart Pharmacy manager Robert Bilan has reservations about the testing arrangements. “People don’t give regard to asymptomatic testing and will still come in with symptoms,” he said in a recent interview. “If we could safely incorporate it, I would consider it.” Bilan added that other factors influenced his decision to forego testing at his pharmacy for now. “We don’t have a private area to conduct the testing and we need to focus on other things for now,” he said. “I won’t close the door on it, but I’m mainly concerned with people coming in who are symptomatic.” Meanwhile, pharmacy owner/manager Ehab Mohamed at the Bruderheim Pharmacy began offering COVID19 testing on Sept. 10 amid his own concerns. “I was concerned at first when Blue Cross started approving sites for the testing. You will get people who might have symptoms and might not be aware of some symptoms. They get a fever for a couple of hours and think they are fine,” he said. “I think the awareness of people is getting way better and they know that if you have symptoms you can still get tested but you need to
It is with great sadness the family of Jan Pedersen announces his passing on Saturday, September 5th. Jan leaves behind his loving wife Judy, and five children; Jody Pedersen (Velma), Jamie Pedersen (Tracy), Adina Warring (Jeremy), Bill Pedersen (Traci) and Charles Pedersen (Dena); 14
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Bruderheim Pharmacy Owner/Manager, Ehab Mohamed, prepares an allergy injection for a customer on Sept. 10. Mohamed now includes asymptomatic COVID-19 testing on his list of pharmacy services. get tested with AHS. “They need to call 811 and get to the nearest testing place. But if you don’t have symptoms, we can do the testing for you. Why not? It will make things so much easier.” Mohamed added that the actual testing of the samples takes place in separate labs. “We don’t do the actual testing here. We take samples which are delivered to a Dynalife Lab and tested there,” he said. “I get the results and inform the patient myself whether it’s positive or negative. It usually takes four to five business days.”
Mohamed included that his reasons for deciding to include COVID testing in his list of services was a geographic one. “The good thing about Bruderheim is that I’m not getting people from everywhere,” he said. “It’s mainly just people from around here.” As well, Mohamed indicated he did not have to wait long to administer his first test. “We had 12 tests done on the first day,” he said. In addition, pharmacies in Mundare and Andrew will soon be set up to also begin asymptomatic COVID-19 testing.
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Opinion More diversity in Hollywood I don’t watch the Academy Awards, but I am a movie lover. In fact I have enjoyed watching some of the greatest movies of all time, giving little thought to whether they are deserving of an Oscar. Oddly, I have also watched them all giving little care about diversity. Shocking and shameful, I know. It seems that I care more about quality and entertainment. Yeah, I am looking at you “Mission to Mars.” Not so fast, “Doctor Sleep.” Wasting my hard earned, middle class dollars, on terrible movies really irritates me far more than wondering if there were enough parts for black or brown skinned people, or gay or transgender actors. I am so shallow that I just want to see a good movie. We all know Hollywood has a history of bowing down to the politically correct crowd, and that you have to be a Lefty to even get work in the entertainment industry. But have they now gone too far? Even for them? Have the politically correct now got their tentacles on the world of creativity. Will Kubrick movies soon be burned at the stake? According to the new Academy Awards Best Picture rules, films must meet at least two of four new standards that stipulate roles both onscreen and behind the scenes be filled by “underrepresented’ groups including race, sexuality (LGBTQ), disabled, and women. Of course, the only thing they aren’t concerned with is political diversity. And… let me get this straight. Women are underrepresented in the movie industry? (Woman in Red, Woman in Black, Woman in Green, Woman, The Other Woman, Woman in Trouble, Woman in Love, Woman is a Woman, The Woman, etc.). Maybe Hollywood should consider giving the best film Oscar to movies that are actually the best made and most entertaining like they once did, and just get out of the business of politics altogether. Just like most of their movies, Hollywood is pretty bad at it. I mean come on, the winner of the 2018 Best Picture award goes to: “The Shape of Water”. Please...
More diversity in sports? It occurred to me when I was watching the defending champion Raptors get eliminated from the NBA playoffs last week, just how ridiculous it seems for athletes to join the ranks of the social justice warriors. I mean, where is the diversity in sports? In the NBA, traditionally three-quarters of the multi-millionaire players are black and less than one percent are Asian. In Major League Baseball almost 90 percent are either white or Latino. In the NFL almost 70 percent of players are black, and in the NHL over 90 percent of players are white. If we have to force diversity into every nook and cranny of society like a square peg through a round hole, then why aren’t we doing that in sports? Gay athletes are harder to find than a Dodo bird. I am looking forward to the day when there is no age descrimination in sports and an old white guy who can’t jump is playing centre for the Celtics, or is the starting running back for the Patriots. Chosing players strictly due to skills and athletic ability alone doesn’t seem very diverse or fair. Kerry Anderson
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No Federal money no way, no how; WE gone BY JOHN MATHER So it’s bye bye WE. The Keilburger brothers gave a teary farewell to their home and native land during a CTV interview hosted by the equally teary-eyed and always sympathetic Lisa LaFlamme. They further said good bye through other numerous press releases and interviews. In a gut wrenching press release to announce their departure from Canada, it proclaimed it is with great sadness the WE charity and its board of directors announced they are winding down the organization’s operations in Canada. It went on to say it had been established 25 years earlier to serve children. But this summer, the Liberal government was eager to give the organization a Canada Student Services grant which was not only to reward students who “volunteered” through WE, but to supplement the bank accounts of WE quite well. Now, no money and the charity is gone. One has to wonder with this group gone, who is Trudeau going to find to give money to as long as they put some of his family members to work on the rubber chicken circuit. During the CTV interview, Craig and Marc Kielburger come across as totally untruthful. “We started the organization in our parents' basement in Thornhill (a toney Toronto suburb),” softly said Marc Kielburger. “And this is our 25 years as an organization. This is a truly sad day as an organization.” Craig blamed the Covid crisis and the “political freight train” that happened after the Liberal fiasco with the Canada Student Service grants program as the reasons for their bailout from the Great White North to Trump country. But apparently there were problems with fundraising for the group prior to the outbreak of Covid, serious enough for them to reach out to the Liberal
friends for a handout. Trudeau and his former finance minister Bill Morneau both apologized for voting on the WE decision in cabinet. But the ultimate sacrifice was paid by Morneau, who no longer has a cabinet portfolio or the hefty pay increase that accompanies it. Unfortunately for Canadians, the Trudeau government plans a new throne speech next week which is predicted to change the way Canadians’ think. It will emphasize green energy and environmental projects and possibly even a guaranteed national income. So on the green energy support, ask Medicine Hat how that turned out. The sunniest city in the country couldn’t make a solar power system work without it costing an arm and a leg. But then breaking even or even showing a profit has never bothered Trudeau. Yet, surprisingly his new counterpart, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole has stated he’ll support the Paris Climate Accord, which most countries are running quickly away from, including France, where the accord was hammered out. He’s also stated he will give a great deal of attention to Quebec to try and build up more support. Further, he won’t interfere with La Belle Province to get the energy east pipeline built. You see he knows Alberta and Saskatchewan will vote Conservative so he doesn’t need to pander to us. That may be a mistake. If an election is quickly called it will be a crap shoot. O’Toole is untested, Trudeau has so much baggage and scandals sticking to him and his party I don’t know how people could possibly vote for him. The NDP under Jagmeet Singh is going nowhere. In fact, if the Bloc Quebecois were to run a candidate in Alberta they would probably gather up some votes. With WE now gone, the proper icing on the cake would be for Trudeau to be gone as well.
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Rosypal captures open Mundare council seat BY JOHN MATHER Frank Rosypal is back on Mundare council after squeaking out a five vote win over Juanita Pesicka in the byelection held in Mundare Sept. 9. The byelection was held to fill the vacancy created when Jaime Burghardt resigned her seat earlier in the summer. A total of 143 votes were cast in the byelection.
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A house fire left major damage to a home on Lamont’s 50 Ave. last Feb. While the fire was contained to the interior of the home, it was deemed unsafe and on Sept. 11, a backhoe moved in to tear the home down. Above it seems hidden in the trees as it finishes clearing the debris. Photo by Crystal Moren.
Mundare chief administrative officer Colin Zyla said the turnout was very low considering there are about 600 registered voters in the town. Rosypal won with 66 votes to Pesicka’s 61. Third candidate Doug Kleen tallied 15 votes. Rosypal is no stranger to Mundare politics having sat on council for 16 years serving his first term from 1986 - 89. He
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For Lamont Elementary principal it’s returning home Former vice principal impressed with changes at the school since the nine years she has been gone BY JANA SEMENIUK Lamont Elementary School’s new principal, Kari Huk, is thrilled to be back at the school where she once served as viceprincipal. “Nine years ago, I was the vice-principal at Lamont Elementary,” she said. “I went to another assistant principal position in Sherwood Park and now I’m back as principal.” Huk added that she was pleased to see positive changes at the school.
“Jay and Judy (previous principals) did such a great job here at the school. It’s nice to see the wonderful changes they made. The school looks amazing,” she said. Huk included that school staff also helped to ensure a solid start up of the school year in light of the COVID measures that had to take place. “This year has not been the easiest of years and it’s definitely been a unique start up,” she said. “Staff did a great job setting it up and it's
so nice to have students in the school again.” Huk mentioned that a portion of families have chosen an at home learning option. “We have about 292 students enrolled and about 20 per cent of them are learning from home,” she said. “It was a difficult choice for all parents to make. We will support all of our families whether they are learning at home or if they have chosen to come to school.” Huk added that
although some parents have chosen to learn at home they are not locked into those choices. “They cannot choose to learn part time at home, but they do have choices around the natural breaks in school,” she said. “So, Christmas break, November break and spring break the parents will have the option of their children continuing at home or coming back to school.”
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Peace officer checks speeds in Lamont County school zones BY JANA SEMENIUK Vegreville Peace Officer Ken Podoborozny was policing in Lamont, for the first time, by conducting speed control in their local school zone on Sept. 9. “Usually my partner Garett Perepeluck patrols this community on a regular basis but he’s away on holiday right now,” he said. “So, this is my first day here in Lamont since the contract was signed.” The Town of Lamont entered into a contract last March for the town of Vegreville to provide police services. The move came after Lamont town council examined their policing arrangements as explained by Lamont Mayor Bill Skinner during an interview. “We have been looking into this since last fall (2019). When we were using the Fort Saskatchewan peace officer services, our town staff had to manage a lot of the administrative duties including paperwork. In the new agreement, the whole spectrum of services will be managed by the agency,” he said. “Plus, any revenue generated by fines will be directed to the town.” Podoborozny, whose career in law enforcement has spanned nearly 30 years, said he has seen a lot of changes in policing over the years.
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Mundare to use provincial money to build sidewalks BY JOHN MATHER Mundare has received $101,000 from the province’s Municipal Stimulus Plan and met Sept. 8 to determine how to spend the funds. “We’ve come up with two projects which we will direct the funds towards,” said Munare chief administrative officer Colin Zyla. The first project will be to put a new sidewalk on the east side of 50 St. between Highway 15 and 50 Ave. The second
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Podoborozny also mentioned that some changes were not as positive. “The types of clients we deal with has changed,” he said. “There is a lot more drugs and organized crime. When we pull someone over, we have no idea who we are pulling over. They could have outstanding warrants, be a police hater and have weapons in the vehicle. The recording equipment we have today along with the training we receive help to keep us safe.” Podoborozny referenced the dash cam in his patrol car along with a body voice recorder that is on whenever he pulls someone over. As far as how to avoid a speeding ticket while travelling through the school zones, Podoborozny said it is
easy. “Provincial guidelines for school zones are eight a.m. until 9:30 a.m. then 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. which means you must slow down in those zones to 30 kmh,” he said. “Also, some municipalities have designated their school zone hours to be continuous throughout the day. For example, Vegreville begins at 8:30 a.m. continuous until 4:30 p.m. When in doubt, just slow down.” Podoborozny also mentioned that getting a ticket in a school zone can become costly. “Anything over 50 km is a mandatory court appearance and an automatic one-month suspension as well as the fine can be in the thousands depending on a judge’s decision,” he said.
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Mundare Fire Department at your service Local firefighters prepare turkey dinner as fundraiser BY JOHN MATHER The Mundare Fire Department donned cooking aprons over their fire uniforms on Sept. 4 to prepare a turkey dinner for the community as a fundraiser for the department. “We served 136 meals,” said Mundare Fire Chief Glenda Dales. “It was a very successful project.” She said with the public gathering restrictions the meals could only be offered for pick up. The dinner consisted of turkey, dressing, potatoes, gravy and a vegetable. The dessert was homemade rhubarb and blueberry crisp or a brownie.
“It was so successful we had to start turning people down on the the Thursday before the dinner,” said Dales. She plans on offering the meal the first Friday of each month and the October meal will also serve as part of the department’s Fire Prevention Week activities. “ We can’t do our usual smoke detector checks,” she said. “So we’ll prepare a meal of roast pork tenderloin, with roasted baby potatoes.” She said the meals prepared for the September meal brought guests from Edmonton, Vegreville, Sherwood Park and Lamont as well as from Mundare.
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Council rejects solar panel power sources citing concerns of Medicine Hat failure By John Mather A pitch to install a solar array next to the Lamont Public Works building to provide a cost savings power source for the County had been dimmed by council. The County decided at their Sept. 8 meeting to put a stop to any plans to follow up on the presentation made in August by Dandelion Renewables because with the ongoing threat of the rural assessment review model and money being tight in general it wasn’t economically feasible at this time. At the August 11, council meeting Mikhail Ivanchikov pitched the Dandelion Renewables proposal to the council. “Our approach is to find the best approach and work with governments and find what works best for you,” he said. “Municipal solar projects in Alberta have the highest pay back
across three western provinces.” He told the council prior to joining Dandelion Renewables he had worked for Capital Power in Edmonton. Dandelion Renewables started in 2011, and has built many projects across Western Canada. He told council he had toured the area around the public works facility and what he was proposing was a 371kw ground mounted array north of the public works building on an old school site, where the solar system could be tied into an existing power service with a transformer upgraded to a new 300KVA three-phase transformer. “The project would cover about 93 per cent of your power consumption that would include everything in the County excluding the street lights,” he stated. “It would take about two acres of the ground for
the solar array.” He further told the council the project was eligible for funding under the Alberta Municipal Solar Program. He suggested the County quickly jump on a deal so they could quickly get the money, as out of the $1 million AMSP funding available only about 50 per cent was remaining and that was being snapped up quickly. The provincial funding he said would cover about 45 per cent of the cost of the $700,000 project, leaving the county with a cost of about $351,000. The County he said would see a return on their investment of about 10 per cent annually. With the extra savings from using solar, Ivanchikov said more money could be used on other County services. “What happens with solar projects with our long winters?” asked
Reeve David Diduck. “Winter production is taken into account,” said Ivanchikov. “In the winter time we take a balanced approach and in the winter time with a slow down in consumption, we’ve taken everything into consideration.” Councillor Wayne Woldanski asked about how far apart the panels had to be and what is their lifespan. Ivanchikov said the panel had to be far enough apart not to create shadows on each other. The life of the modules, he said, came with a 30 year performance guarantee. Annual maintenance he added would mean cutting the grass around the fields a few times a year. Dandelion Renewables would also maintain and service all modules and inverters connected to the system. He said the system would be similar to ones the company has
installed in Viking and Brooks. Diduck commented in closing that it seemed it was the way of the future, but he was concerned about the size of the footprint for the solar array. When asked if he had anything to do with the solar project in Medicine Hat, which has failed miserably, he said it was a different type of solar system and his company had nothing to do with it. Council discussed the proposal at its Sept. 8 meeting and accepted the proposal as information only. County manager Stephen Hill told council Dandelion Renewables would make an application on behalf of the County for the grant, but under the County’s financial restraints right now, it wasn’t feasible to move ahead with the project. “However we have been in communication
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Jan. 19, 2010: The Lamont Leader reported on Theresa Wells-Taylor’s Olympic Torch Run. Left a photo of her running and being cheered on by the crowd. Right, she wears her Olympic uniform to the school to show students the torch. Centre photo, Town of Lamont Development Officer Cevat Alisiroglu (left) and Town of Lamont CAO Tom Miller wave the town flag to cheer on Wells-Taylor.
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Stubbs gets new job with O’Toole shadow cabinet BY JOHN MATHER Lakeland MP Shannon Stubbs has been named the shadow minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
in the new caucus of Conservative leader Erin O’Toole. “I am excited to take on this new responsibility, to keep being a voice
Vinca Bridge project grows from upgrades to replacement BY JOHN MATHER Shelly Moulds, an engineer for ISL Engineering and working with Alberta Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n , appeared before Bruderheim council Sept. 2 to give an update on the realignment and possible replacement of the Vinca Bridge. Moulds gave an overview of the project stating the bridge, built in 1967 and connecting Highway 38 with Highway 830 at its east end is scheduled for upgrades which will make it a bridge designed to carry oversized and overweight loads. In a video presentation to council, she said currently the bridge carries 1,500 vehicles a day and 24 per cent of those are large trucks. She told council the bridge crossing should be perpendicular to the banks of the North Saskatchewan River, which is stable in the area of the bridge. There are some steep embankments in the area, she reported, which will have to have vegetation removed which could have possible effects on the bank stability during the construction phase of the project. She told the council that because of its age, the current Vinca Bridge is a historical structure but it could be demolished and totally replaced as long as the proper paperwork trail is maintained. The team looked at several options looking at keeping Highway 830 as it is now, and another with 830 carrying the traffic and becoming the bridge crossing. That route was rejected because the bridge
would be skewed to the flow of the river. A second option, she said, looked at moving the bridge about 30 metres north of the existing structure. “It had minimal impact on farmland and minimal highway impacts but it did impact some the historic sites and environmentally sensitive areas,” she told council. After examining all the options the province has decided to parallel the existing bridge about 30 metres south of the existing bridge. It can follow basically the same route for access and minimizes any impact on surrounding areas. A public information session will be held online on Oct. 5. Mayor Karl Hauch wondered when construction would be started and what would happen to the traffic. “Will traffic there, be shut down during construction or would the existing bridge remain open?” he asked. Moulds replied the bridge was not on the province’s three-year construction period but it would make it on to the list in the next couple of years. She said the existing bridge would remain open during the construction period. Hauch thanked her for the update adding, “It’s great to have the province investing in infrastructure in this area, which not only benefits our community but the entire area.” The project to upgrade the bridge was first announced by the NDP government in 2018 but then was put on hold last year.
working to get Canada back on track.” Stubbs is familiar with public safety issues having brought forward private members bill M-167 designed to seek additional action to combat rural crime issues across the country. In preparing to bring the bill forward, she travelled the country meeting with rural crime watches, frontline law enforcement, and community groups to get their input on the problems of rural crime.
for Canadians who are vulnerable and fed up with a lack of action on crime, and to advocate for law abiding firearms owners who the Liberals continue to target,” said Stubbs. “I am grateful to Erin for trusting me with this critical file, and at this time when public safety is especially crucial to our country's future and economic recovery, and for his efforts to unite Conservatives to focus on defeating Prime Minister Trudeau and
Lakeland MP and now shadow Public Safety Minister Shannon Stubbs
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