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North West Redwater (NWR) Partner-ship’s Sturgeon Refinery busing programended after more than three years of opera-tion and enough kilometers to go around theworld 350 times. The bus ride home on Fri-day, Dec. 22 was the final ride for workersusing the busing program.

NWR External Relations manager Vanes-sa Goodman said that of the 2,500 peoplepresently working at the refinery site, about1,700 are trades construction workers. Thenumber of workers will continue todecrease.

“A large percentage of people travellingto site now carpool,” Goodman reported.“We strongly encourage carpooling toreduce traffic volumes on area highways.”

She advised that there has been anincrease in traffic congestion since the bus-ing program ended, so NWR will be imple-menting the following measures in theimmediate future: staggered shift for specif-ic work groups, a few changes at brass alleysto make exiting at the end of shift more effi-cient, working with Sturgeon County andAlberta Transportation to address the timingof the lights at the intersection of 825 and643 to improve traffic flow, ongoing educa-tion and reminder of proper driving habitsand continued enhanced RCMP enforcementto help ensure driver safety. Brass Alley is atraditional construction term for a perimetersecurity and access control system. In theprevious century construction workers wereassigned brass tags, typically numbered,which they would place on a peg boardwhen they came on the job site. They wouldretrieve their tags when they left for the day.Today workers swipe their ID cards at secu-rity checkpoints.

Goodman described the off-site busingprogram as a success. During the peak con-struction when over 8,000 people worked atthe site, more than100 buses ran for the dayshift and16 at night shift. Peak ridership wasin October 2016. When the busing programended just before Christmas, there were 34bus routes transporting workers to and fromthe refinery site for the day shift.

“We’d like to thank all employees andcontractors for utilizing the busing program,the community for sharing the road with ourbuses, and Diversified for their safe and pro-fessional service for the past several years,”said Goodman.

The busing program was established in

September 2014 to safely and efficientlytransport thousands of employees to sitefrom across the capital region. The majorityof riders came from Edmonton and sur-rounding cities (Sherwood Park, FortSaskatchewan, Spruce Grove, St. Albert,Leduc), but some travelled from as far asVegreville and Westlock.

“The program was highly successful,achieving a ridership of greater than 77 per-cent throughout its existence,” Goodmanreported. “This greatly reduced the numberof passenger vehicles travelling to site everyday, making area highways safer and allevi-ating the challenge of traffic congestion. Inaddition, it eliminated the emissions thatwould have come from each of those passen-ger vehicles.”

Office Services co-ordinator CarolDiederich used the busingprogram from its start toend. “It took the stress offof having the daily com-mute to/from site, not tomention the wear and tearof my vehicle and themoney saved on fuel,” shesaid. “Since the start ofthe busing program, I hadmoved twice. I alwaysfound a route that wasvery accommodating tomy home in the city with ashort three to five minutewalk. Knowing that once Igot on the bus I couldrelax and get safely to andfrom work was a greatperk to working on theNWR Sturgeon RefinerySite.”

Heavy Lift Construc-tion manager Steve Koppsaid, “I personally sup-ported NWR’s busing pro-gram from the first day inSeptember 2014 to its lasttrip more than three yearslater. Having such a pro-gram in place not onlyspared me the cost andexpense, but the ability totravel stress free, safe andsound. Meeting numerousmembers of our work-force from all levels of

experience and management also con-tributed to successful relationships on site.Most of all, I will always appreciate theservice and professionalism of Diversifiedand their ability to bring me home safe to myfamily.”

All totalled, the kilometres logged by thebuses equal over 350 trips around the earth –that’s one per day for nearly a year. Thebuses made a total of 54,339 trips, carriedmore than 3.6 million riders over 14 millionkilometers (the equivalent of more than 18trips to the moon and back).

Reasons that contributed to ending theprogram included a decrease in workforcenumbers, variation in shifts resulting inreduced ridership and a significant rise inthe interface onsite between busing trafficand the workforce caused by multiple shifts

times. That was a safety concern thatrequired mitigation.

With the busing program concluded, con-struction and operations employees nowtravel by passenger vehicle. Goodman notedthat NWR continues to contribute funding,along with several other industrial compa-nies, to enhanced traffic enforcement byRCMP. Enhanced policing on local high-ways will help ensure driver safety. Asworkforce numbers continue to decrease,traffic volumes will be reduced throughoutFebruary and March.

Asked if the Town of Redwater is going todo any “come live in Redwater” promotionsto people who are now driving themselves,mayor Mel Smith said, “We have never quit.There will be a sign going back up ASAP.We will review our options.”

After 350 times around the world, NWR busing ends

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Residents of Thorhild Lodge will soonagain have a doctor attending the lodge tosee patients.

Dr. Stephanie Frigon advised ThorhildCounty Jan. 8 that she will start to see thoseresidents at the lodge who were previously

seen by a Smoky Lake based doctor (whowithdrew that service Jan. 1). Frigon prac-tises out of The Associate Medical Clinic inWestlock.

When reeve Kevin Grumetza was askedif Frigon will be at the lodge on an interim

basis or if she intends to open a clinicin Thorhild, he said, “I can’t answerthat right now. We are working very,very hard to have some form of med-

ical service in place very soon.”During its organizational meeting held in

October Thorhild County council did notappoint a representative to sit on theSmoky Lake region Doctor Recruitmentand Retention Committee (DRRC) becausethere appeared to be no terms of referencefor the committee and no agreement thatbinds Thorhild County to the DRRC.Council did not pass a resolution to with-

draw from theDRRC and hasincluded fundingfor it in the 2018Operating Bud-get. Thorhild’sportion of theDRRC annual$24,000 budget is$3,600. DRRCmembers areThorhild County,the town and

county of Smoky Lake, and the villages ofVilna and Waskatenau

CAO Wayne Franklin said the countyhas not been in contact with the doctor whopreviously worked part time at theThorhild Clinic and Thorhild Lodge andnever asked him to stop his practice in thecounty. He noted that no physician hasexclusive rights to practise in the county.

Radway Continuing Care Centre(RCCC) staff member Enid DesRochesadvised Jan. 11 that the Smoky Lake baseddoctor continues to see residents at theRCCC.

Frigon did not respond to requests forinformation before press time.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) NorthZone director of Communications LisaLaferriere was unable to provide informa-tion before press time regarding whetherAHS is working with the county on doctorrecruitment.

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Rather than considering approval of anArea Structure Plan (ASP) specific to a pro-posed gravel extraction site east of LongLake, Thorhild County council wants thatproposed ASP combined with the county’sdraft Long Lake ASP to have one ASP forthe entire lake area.

During the Jan. 8 council meeting VernonTorstensen of Tor Land Resource Inc., JLGBall Enterprises president Lisa Ball andElaine Leeuw presented their proposed LongLake East (LLE) ASP which addressedaggregate extraction within the the northhalf of Sect 12 and the south half of Sect. 13of 63-19W4. The ASP is required before anapplication for a development permit can bemade.

Council accepted the LLE ASP as infor-mation but did not consider giving it firstreading. Instead, reeve Kevin Grumetzamade a motion to incorporate it into the draftLong Lake ASP along with comments fromthe Aug. 22 public hearing on that draft ASP.

His motion passed unanimously, althoughcoun. Cheryl Pasay noted that the length oftime that process will take may impactJLG’s stated hope of beginning work thisspring. CAO Wayne Franklin said adminis-tration will work to bring the combined ASPto council for consideration of first readingon Feb. 13. He advised it is about a threemonth process to approve an ASP.

The LLE ASP applies to crown land onthe east side of Long Lake, immediatelysouth of a Thorhild County gravel pit. It isseparated from the lake, and all develop-ments (Hamlet of Long Lake, provincialpark, ski hill) on the west side of the lake bya treed ridge which blocks line of sight andnoise. Ball pointed out the noise from thegravel site would be no higher than 40 deci-bels at the nearby lake shore (equivalent to aquiet residential neighborhood), the groundwater level is six to nine meters below thedeepest proposed excavation (the gravel is aglacial till deposit), and JLG would like topartner with the county to construct an all-weather road to access its development andthe county gravel pit from the south.

Ball also advised that this proposed devel-opment will provide huge stimulus to thelocal economy with jobs and through theaggregate levy, which would be around $2.5million from the two JLG operations in thearea.

This LLE ASP contains informationTorstensen presented during the draft LongLake ASP public hearing Aug. 22. At thattime he requested the information be incor-porated into the draft ASP. Doing so wouldsave on the expense of creating a separateASP for JLG’s proposed gravel extraction

site and would have the entire area underone statutory document.

The previous county council chose not toinclude any information presented at thepublic hearing into the draft ASP. Many ofthe comments during the public hearing hadquestioned the 800 m setback for develop-ment contained in the draft ASP. Theprovince has a 100 m setback around lakes.Other concerns included under-estimation ofpopulation numbers, ability of RV parks toincrease density without increasing site area,the impracticality of having propane tankslarger than 20 lbs at least 10 m from resi-dences, the drainage basin into the lake isonly four times the size of the lake, soimpacts to it affect the lake more than if thedrainage area were larger, if the ASP wouldaffect hunting in the area and the importanceof maintaining and improving the waterquality of the lake so it supports swimming,fish and water fowl.

In split votes during its Aug. 29 and Sept.19 meetings, motions to include informationfrom the public hearing into the Long LakeASP were defeated while second and thirdreadings of the draft ASP were passed withno changes made to it. The split votes werecarried by the three councillors who hadbeen dismissed by the Minister of MunicipalAffairs but remained on council as theirappeals worked through the courts. In Octo-ber 2017 their dismissal was quashed by thecourt due to process—the judge determinedMunicipal Affairs had not provided the threewith sufficient reasons for firing them andhad not afforded them any right to be heard.

The three dismissed councillors wereWayne Croswell, who was re-elected in theOctober general election in a three-way racethat saw him win with 43 percent of thevotes, Dan Buryn, who did not get re-elect-ed and Larry Sisson, who did not run for asecond term on council.

Grumetza and former councillor ShellyHanasyk (who did not run for re-election)voted in favor of including information fromthe public hearing in the ASP and againstpassing the draft ASP without amendments.

The resolutions passing second and thirdreadings of the Long Lake ASP were notapproved by the Official Administrators thatMunicipal Affairs had appointed to overseecouncil’s actions from December 2015 toNovember 2017. Because second and thirdreadings of a bylaw may only be voted on bycouncillors who were present at the publichearing and the present council does nothave a quorum of members who were oncouncil Aug. 22, a new public hearing mustbe held.

First reading of the Long Lake ASP was

passed July 25, 2017. When all readings arepassed, the ASP will not impact existingdevelopments. It will apply to future devel-opment permit applications.

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During the Jan. 9 regular Council meetingLyle Quintal was appointed to the CalahooVilleneuve Sand and Gravel Extraction

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All Thorhild County staff now receive thesame pension contribution benefits andannual salary increases and all councillorsreceive the same retirement benefits.

“All county employees should be treatedfairly,” said CAO Wayne Franklin when hepresented the proposed policies to councilJan. 9. “It would be appropriate to considerincreasing the contribution rate for non-unionized employees to 8.25 percent andremoving the restriction that only first termcouncillors receive retirement benefits.”

During its Jan. 9 meeting councilapproved amendments to the Pension Bene-fits policies so all employees receive thesame retirement benefits and all councillorsdo as well. The council policy was changedfrom providing an employer contribution of$300 per month in retirement benefits forcouncillors during their first term on councilto providing that amount to all councillors aslong as they receive councillor salaries. Thatis approximately 10 percent of the monthlycouncillor salary. The change will cost thecounty $7,200 per year.

Coun. Cheryl Pasay asked if that amountis in the 2018 budget. CAO Wayne Franklinreplied it is a small enough amount that itdoes not materially impact the budget so abudget revision is not required.

The change to employee pension benefitsincreased the non-union staffs’ employerpension contribution from eight percent ofregular earnings to 8.25 percent, making itthe same as the benefits paid to unionizedemployees. That increased the total pensionbenefits paid to employees by $3,100 peryear.

During its Dec. 12 meeting council

approved a policy stating that non-unionizedemployees will automatically receive thesame annual cost of living allowance asunionized employees receive. The unioncollective agreement for Jan. 1, 2018, toDec. 31, 2021, was ratified in December2017. It has not yet been signed. That agree-ment gave a 1.25 COLA or the 2017 annualconsumer price index for Alberta, whichev-er is greater.

Effective Jan. 1 council received a 1.25COLA or the 2017 annual consumer priceindex for Alberta, whichever is greater.

In 2017 council passed a resolution togive itself and non-unionized staff a one per-cent COLA to match what unionized staffreceived.

In 2016 union employees received a twopercent COLA while council and non-unionstaff received zero percent. It would havecost $52,200 to give non-union employees acost of living allowance to match the twopercent given to unionized employees. Dur-ing that same four year term that it refused toaward the COLA, council spent a total of$263,000 in legal fees to challenge the Min-ister of Municipal Affairs, Ministerial direc-tives and the municipal inspection report.

The CAO contract is separate from otheremployees.

Franklin advised that no considerationwas given to having some pension benefitsback-paid to councillors for previous terms.Reeve Kevin Grumetza was first elected in1998 and Wayne Croswell in 2007, so theyhave served a number of years withoutreceiving pension benefits. The other threecouncillors, Pasay, Joyce Pierce and RichardFilipchuk, are all in their first terms.

Students at H. A. Kostash School in Smoky Lake provided some outstandingcommunity help during the snowstorm. On Jan. 9, the HAK Snow Angels shoveledsidewalks and driveways for those in need of assistance. These are students fromour junior high and senior high leadership programs.

Thorhild County employees now allreceive the same per cent changesin benefits and salary increases

The Hamlet of Long Lake potable waterline alignment study is done. Once a route ischosen by the province, Thorhild Countycouncil must decide whether or not to buildthe line and what to put at the end of it.

Alberta’s provincial government willdecide which direction the water may bebrought in from: whether to build a 10 km,$10.6 million water line from Boyle or a 26km, $15.9 million water line from New-brook (includes twinning the line betweenEgremont and Thorhild).

This water line project was approved forAlberta’s Water For Life grant under whichthe province would pay 90 percent of thecost for the water line and reservoir and thecounty the remaining 10 percent. The grantdoes not cover land for the reservoir or awater distribution system in the hamlet.Thorhild has $100,000 in its 2018 budget for10 percent of the preliminary design costs.

Coun. Joyce Pierce pointed out during theJan. 9 council meeting that the county haslooked at options for potable water and adistribution system at Long Lake before andnever acted upon them. CAO WayneFranklin said that this time the difference isthe grant funding for the water line.

“I agree we’ve done this many times,”said coun. Cheryl Pasay. “But we need toaddress the public safety of the boil waterorder.” Long Lake properties tied into theblock wells have been under a boil wateradvisory since July 13, 2011.

Council briefly discussed the county’s lia-bility regarding the water service at the ham-let. The hamlet has 14 block wells servingthe 195 properties; 182 of the propertieshave a residence. Some residents attachedpipes to the wells to directly service theirhomes. This created a distribution systemwhich is not owned by the municipality andis believed to be not up to municipal code.

Pierce said all residents must agree tohave a municipal water distribution systemif it is to be built. “If they decline, we’vedone our due diligence and can take thewells out or ensure they’re disconnected,”she said.

Franklin said he would have to check withthe county lawyer about that. Such a legalopinion has not yet been sought. If it was, itwould only be an opinion and any finaldetermination would have to be made by acourt.

Associated Engineering representativesBlaine Sherman and Alan Lui presented thetwo water line routes to council Jan. 9. Boththe north alignment (from Boyle) and thesouth alignment (from Newbrook) weredeemed suitable from environmental, geot-echnical and constructability overviews. Thesouth route needs twinning between Egre-mont and Thorhild to have enough capacity.

The north route would be constructed onprimarily treed crown land paralleling Hwy831. The south route would follow countyright of ways along Range Road and Town-ship roads. The north route requires PublicLand Dispositions and Indigenous consulta-tion.

Both routes require inter-basin transferapproval which takes six months to a year.Permitting and Act approvals also taking sixmonths to a year are required for the Fish-eries Act, Water Act, Public Lands Act, His-torical Resources Act and EnvironmentalProtection and Enhancement Act.

The Long Lake block wells were drilled afew decades ago to provide water to the res-

idents of Long Lake. In 2010 the countyattempted to discontinue operation of thewells because it was felt they posed a liabil-ity risk to the county. A judicial review ruledthe county cannot stop operation of the wellsuntil a viable alternative to supply water isplanned.

The boil water advisory was set in 2011after Alberta Health Services determined thewells have conditions which are or maybecome injurious or dangerous to the publichealth or which might hinder the preventionor suppression of disease.

Those conditions were described as beingat high risk for ground water that is directlyunder the influence of surface water.

The county maintains and operates thewells, and the cost of doing so is collectedfrom Long Lake residents through a specialtax levy. The total was $75,200 for 2017.There are two different tax levy rates: lotsthat have a service connection to a blockwell pay $613 per assessable lot and lots thatdo not have a service connection to a blockwell pay $183 per assessable lot.

In 2014 a study estimated the cost of awater distribution system and service linesup to the private property boundaries at $6.5million. The current cost is estimated to bebetween $7 and $7.5 million. While theremay be different design options for a distri-bution system, all have essentially the samecharacteristics.

Director of Corporate Services JanelleCornelius explained that to fund a distribu-tion system the county could pay for it fromthe general municipal levy, it could be fund-ed by a “rate rider” imposing a special addi-tional cost on users of water from the sys-tem, or it could be funded by a LocalImprovement Tax which is focused only onthe beneficiaries of the distribution system.Of these options, both the rate rider and thegeneral municipal levy would need to bereviewed and reconfirmed annually. A LocalImprovement Tax, once established, wouldrun the life of the funding recovery.

An Off Site Levy is also an option but thisrequires either a subdivision of land or adevelopment on a parcel to trigger collec-tion. Cornelius said that in this situation thatlikely wouldn’t be a recommended alterna-tive.

Long Lake treated water line cost is $10.6 million from Boyle or $15.9 million from Newbrook

Dylan Wilkinson,takes the face-off for theThorhild TitansFun hockeyMiddle agegroup (darkuniforms). Leftwinger MyaJamieson, andright wingerMackenzieStevens getready for thepuck drop. --photo byJessica Stevens

Walter Fredericksen from Terrapro accepts a thank you card from the students andstaff of Thorhild Central School. Terrapro graciously donated money that provideda Christmas feast for the whole school. The Christmas feast was prepared by Mrs.Freddy, Mrs. Tobias and their elves.

Guests enjoy performances from the Love Your Dance dancers. On Dec. 20th, thedancers of Love Your Dance performed their current dance routines for anaudience of 200 plus friends and family members in Radway. Dancers aged 3-44took their turn on the stage, proudly displaying the work they have accomplished

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WELL KEPT 3 BEDROOM HOME IN NEWBROOK Great opportunity here for an affordable home that hasbeen extremely well kept & upgraded over the years.Original home was built in approximately 1968 & moved toa new foundation in the late 90s. Since then the basementhas been completely developed with a large FR with woodstove, 3 pce bath with great large shower, 3rd bedroom &large laundry area. Upgrades in the past 10 years or so arenew flooring, paint, shingles, furnace & HWT. Main floorhas a nice kitchen with original mahogany cabinets in greatcondition, four piece bath & 2 good sized bedrooms. Frontdoor leads to a large back deck with a great view of thecountryside. 24'x20' garage was built in 2005 and iscompletely finished inside, has 220 power, and has a greatcovered storage area attached (perfect for storing yourwood). Great location in Newbrook, just off highway 63 witheasy access to Redwater, Edmonton or Fort McMurray.$144,900. Call Heather to view.

DOUBLE LOT WITH HOUSE AND GARAGEFOR ONLY $70,000

Great opportunity here to own a 2 bedroom home on adouble lot in the Hamlet of Thorhild at a very affordable price.The house does need some work like flooring and paint;however, it appears structurally sound and has lots ofpotential. The basement is framed in for two additionalbedrooms. Shingles are newer and there is a built in vacuumroughed in. The large lot is fenced and has lots of trees andshrubs. There is an older single detached garage withcarport as well and lots of room to park an RV. Only$70,000. Call Heather to view.

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6.74 ACRE HOBBY FARM 6.74 acres nicely set up as a hobby farm with pastures and shelters for animals. 1340 sq ft1½ storey home features 1 bedroom on the main floor and a second bedroom on the upperfloor. The home has vinyl siding and recently had a new metal roof installed. Good sizedkitchen with a handy laundry area, large living room with vaulted cedar ceilings, bedroom andfull 4 piece bath complete the main floor living area. Upper floor has a good sized bedroomwith attached den and overlooking the living room is a small library. Nice ceramic tile andlaminate flooring, patio doors to deck, and wood stove are some of the features this home hasto offer. There is access to the basement from outside and it is used for storage. Outbuildings

include an older double detached garage, pole sheds and storage sheds. Less than a mile to pavement and only about half hour to FortSaskatchewan and North Edmonton make for a great location. $265,000. Call Heather to view.

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COUNCILLOR NUMBERSDivision 1 FILIPCHUK, Richard [email protected] 2GRUMETZA, Kevin [email protected] 3PIERCE, Joyce [email protected] 4PASAY, Cheryl [email protected] 5CROSWELL, Wayne [email protected]

AnnouncementDr. Stephanie FrigonThorhild County is pleased to announce that

Dr. Stephanie Frigon will see Thorhild Seniors Lodge Facilityresidents, who had been previous patients of

Dr. Raubenheimer. At this time the service is for Lodgeresidents only. Dr. Frigon practices out of the Associate

Medical Clinic in Westlock. Thorhild County Council continues to work on a long-term

solution to improve medical services for all Thorhild County residents.

STANDARD FIRST AID RE-CERTIFICATION FEBRUARY 3Standard First Aid and CPR-Coffers First Aid and CPR skillsfor those who need training dueto work requirementsor who want more knowledge torespond to emergencies.Includes AED and CPR level C training.*This is a RE-CERTIFICATION and requiresparticipants to have a current, NON-EXPIRED First Aid certification.

Location: County Council Chambers Fee: $115 Minimum: 5Time: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Instructor: John Smart

UPCOMING COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMSZUMBA MONDAYS

This 7-weekprogram is back bypopular demand!Ralayne Goodbrings you anexhilarating Latininspired dance fitness Zumba class. Get your friends together andcome get your sweat on!

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Location: Thorhild School GymFee: $100 Minimum: 15Time: 7:00 to 8:00 PM Instructor: Ralayne GoodDates: January 29 to March 19

SETTING UP YOUR IPADTUESDAY/THURSDAYBring your new Apple device* andlearn how to set itup for yourself. Thissession will teachyou how to set upyour iPad, email,and Apple ID, as wellas how to download applications,and use FaceTime.*If you do not have a device,iPad’s will be supplied for useduring the programLocation: Thorhild Library Fee: $10 Maximum: 6Time: 2:00 to 3:30 PM Instructor: Pam RockDates: January 23, 25, 30 &February 1

LET’S READ TOGETHERBOOK CLUBTUESDAY/THURSDAYThis book club is for anyone whowants to improvetheir reading butneeds some support alongthe way.

All you need to do is register and be eager to learn, no pre-reading necessary!

Location: Newbrook Library Fee: $10 Minimum: 3Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PMInstructor: Pam RockDates: February 6, 8 & 13

BLUE BAG RECYCLING

Next Collection is January 19, 2018

Curbside Blue Bag Recycling will be available inthe following hamlets;• Thorhild • Newbrook• Radway • EgremontBlue bags are to be placed on the curbside withwaste collection on Fridays.Recycling must be bagged.

ACCEPTABLE ITEMS• Newsprint/Mixed paper – gift wrap, office paper, newspapers• Light Cardboard – collapsed cereal boxes, toy boxes• Heavy cardboard – broken down, flattened, folded and tied• Metal cans and plastic household containers #1-7. Food and

beverage containers.

The recycle symbol is on the bottom the plasticcontainers.All containers are to be rinsed.

UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS• Glass, clear or colored • Electronics• Ceramics • Food scraps• Aerosol cans • Plastics bags and toys• Aluminum containers, foil and pie plates • Scrap metal and wood• Plastic film, bubble wrap • Small appliances• Soiled paper, used paper towels/tissues, dirty food boxes• Diapers• Yard waste• Hazardous waste, paint, oils, batteries

Thorhild County is inviting interested County residents toapply for the following position:

ALTERNATE MEMBERSTO PARTICIPATE ON THE COUNTY’SSUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT

APPEAL BOARDAPPLICATION FORMS ALONG WITH BYLAW 1211-2015,

A BYLAW TO ESTABLISH A SUBDIVISION ANDDEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD,

WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE:PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THORHILD COUNTY

ADMINISTRATION OFFICELOCATED AT 801 – 1ST STREET, THORHILD, ALBERTA

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACTEDWARD LeBLANC, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AT 780-398-2820 orEMAIL: [email protected]

A COPY OF THE APPLICATION FORM AND BYLAW NO. 1211-2015 IS AVAILABLE ON

THE COUNTY’S WEBSITE UNDER “PUBLIC NOTICES.”DEADLINE DATE FOR APPLICATIONS:

Friday, February 2, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.

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Local municipalities are considering poli-cies and permits for production and process-ing of marijuana when it is legalized in lessthan six months.

“We have had a few very general inquirieswhich we will pursue, but to date we havenot had any serious inquiries and no devel-opment applications,” said Thorhild County

CAO Wayne Franklin. “At present, thecounty would consider this type of develop-ment to be in the same category as a green-house or other intensive agricultural opera-tion.”

That would make it a discretionary use onall agriculturally zoned lands, so any appli-cation would go to the county’s MunicipalPlanning Commission (MPC). Extra condi-tions on development permits could be putin place if the MPC feels such are warranted.

Smoky Lake County has also not receivedany applications for marijuana based devel-opments. CAO Cory Ollikka said discus-sions on which Land Use Districts mightallow these operations will take place whencouncil next discusses the Land Use Bylaw.Currently no date is set for such discussions.

“If we get an application before then, wewill consider it in relation to the existingrules and possibly hold it in abeyance if weneed new Bylaw provisions,” said Ollikka.“Other than that, I suspect any provisions/requirements for their construction andoperation will reference any federal orprovincial regulations for same, as it nowdoes with other kinds of commercial orindustrial operations.”

While any bylaw provisions can beenforced by Bylaw and Peace Officers,Ollikka noted that he suspects impairmentfrom using marijuana will follow similarguidelines as current impairment enforce-ment in the province. It is done by theRCMP and city police forces becauseimpaired driving is a criminal matter.

Redwater Mel Smith said the town had aninquiry regarding a marijuana business butno formal applications have been filed. “Wewill be reviewing our land use bylawsregarding marijuana grow operations,” hesaid.

Redwater CAO Deb Hamilton said thetown has engaged a planning consultant thathas provided some preliminary information.It will be reviewed at a council Planningorientation workshop.

“Provincial legislation will likely dictateto what extent our Land Use Bylaw mustaddress this,” she said.

Cannabis is the botanical word for a hempplant used to produce hemp fiber and as apsychotropic drug. It has many names, themost popular being marijuana.

Police prepare to enforce unknown regu-lations pertaining to the legalization of mar-ijuana while some local councillors worrythe provincial government will not be readywhen marijuana is legalized July first.

Thorhild County councillor Joyce Piercesaid her biggest concerns are about wheremarijuana will be allowed: if it will be likealcohol and restricted to private homes andlicensed businesses or like cigarettes and besmoked in public areas such as arena park-ing lots.

When asked about regulations on the useof marijuana Redwater RCMP detachment

commander Sgt. Ed Bourque said, “That’s agood question. It’s not something they’veanswered for us yet.”

Athabasca-Sturgeon-Redwater MLAColin Piquette said the province will haveeverything in place for July first. It hopes tobreak even, not lose money at the change inmarijuana’s legal status. Steps already takeninclude new laws around impaired drivingand limits on how much marijuana a personmay possess. The legalization of it is expect-ed to reduce court and police costs.

Piquette said the province is as ready asthey can be, but are aware that with new

activities there is always something that wasnot anticipated. “We’re doing the best wecan,” Piquette concluded, noting that thedate of legalization is not going to change,so the province has to get everything rightfor July first.

Thorhild CAO Wayne Franklin said thatin regard to specific concerns regardingimpairment and use in public areas, hebelieves his council shares the concerns ofmany Albertans that the Province is notready for the July legalization of marijuanaand that the provincial government shouldstrongly lobby the federal government to

allow more time to get regulations and infra-structure in place to deal with the inevitableconsequences the legalization of marijuanawill bring.

“You only have one attempt to be ready,”reeve Kevin Grumetza said, adding that ifthe province is not ready, the “premier has tostand up and say so” to the higher level ofgovernment.

“It’s wrong that people don’t have clearcut direction,” declared Grumetza. “It’sgoing to be chaos.”

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With recreational use of Cannabis on thehorizon, Sturgeon County Council will beconsidering an application for a rezoningamendment under the Land Use Bylaw toaccommodate a proposed facility for pro-cessing medical cannabis.

The applicant, Pure Selections Inc, rep-resented by Brandon McBride and ReidSmith and lawyer Gordon Putnam outlinedtheir development proposal at the Jan. 9regular Council meeting. The companywas founded in 2013 with a goal of becom-ing licensed to provide medical cannabisto registered patients authorized underHealth Canada’s Access to Cannabis forMedical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR)and are currently proceeding through thelicensing process.

“We are a small, locally owned compa-ny, dedicated to growing our business hereand nationwide,” the presentation stated.“Our company will be vigorously regulat-ed by Health Canada.” The ACMP Regula-tions are very detailed with major sectionson the regulatory requirements for securityand storage, testing, quality assurance, airquality and record keeping coupled withregular and surprise inspections.

Security requirements are regulated byHealth Canada and include security cam-eras, motion detectors, storage require-ments and monitoring 24/7. Coun. PatrickTighe said he would imagine they are “notgoing to have flashing neon signs there.”

The proposal for the rezoning on Town-ship Rd 554 includes the construction of a10,000 sq. ft. steel building for operations,which represents approximately ten per-cent of the total parcel size. A fence isplanned to be added around the property.

The proponent noted there would be nocultivation on site. Operations wouldinclude processing wholesale products intoconsumer-ready goods, packaging, prepar-ing and shipping orders. “The buildingwhen complete will look similar to othersin the area,” they stated.

With no cultivation at the facility therewould be low traffic volumes to and fromthe site, the applicants contended. Process-ing requirements have low power andwater requirements, they stated, whichensures no negative impact in the area.“No use of dangerous chemicals ensures alow environmental impact,” they conclud-ed.

The information package presented toCouncil noted as of May 2017, 1,665applications had been received by HealthCanada with 52 granted licenses, 428 arebeing processed and the remainder wererefused or returned as incomplete.

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Students at H. A. Kostash School in Smoky Lake provided some outstanding community help during thesnowstorm. On Jan. 9, the HAK Snow Angels shoveled sidewalks and driveways for those in need ofassistance. These are students from the junior high and senior high leadership programs.

Redwater Health Center Auxiliary hascashed in there cantabs collection. Over athree year period 835 pounds was collectedand sold to Maple leaf Recycling 45 centsper pound.Thankyou to all who helpedcollect the cantabs and keep on collecting.Every dollar collected goes towardequipment purchases at the RedwaterHealth Center.

Letter to the EditorThanks for printing MP Dane Lloyd’s pow-

erful letter in the January 9th Review. It goes toshow that the NDP’s war on coal is a scheme tofunnel money into their green projects whilemaking voters think they’re getting “freemoney.”

From the report by the Government of Alber-ta, printed in the same edition of the Review,one would think that our elite leaders wereactually doing something good for the averageworker. This is obviously not so.

NDP ideologues live in their own wealthbubble. They only step out of it when they wantto convince us that their cash distributionschemes are for the good of humanity. Aswe’ve seen in other provinces whose citizenswere foolish enough to elect the NDP, all theirplots are designed to benefit their green friendsand themselves. They also leave a huge finan-cial mess behind which takes years to sort out.

We must always remember that tax money isour money. There’s no such thing as govern-ment money since they produce no revenue oftheir own.

When they mismanage our money, we havethe right to take them to task.

Let’s remember this and other facts at thenext election.

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Resident commendsMP Dane Lloyd,condemns provincialgoverment actions


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The Love Your Dance Adult Variety Class took their opportunity to perform"Blackbird". Left to Right are: Lisa Boykiw, Kim Hale, Rhonda McKerracher,Amanda Young, Melinda Kaminsky, and Sandi Dolson. On Dec. 20th, thedancers of Love Your Dance performed their current dance routines for anaudience of 200 plus friends and family members in Radway. Dancers aged 3-44 took their turn on the stage, proudly displaying the work they haveaccomplished so far this season. --photo by As Scene Photography

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On Friday, January 5th residents from the Radway Continuing Care Centretraveled to Pembina Place to cheer on the Redwater Rush Atom Team who wereplaying their first game of their home tournament.

Dominic Rideout loved his pancakebreakfast. All students and staff at ThorhildCentral School were treated to a freepancake breakfast in December sponsoredby their parent group TEAM.

Letter to the editor,We were saddened to read the article

dated Jan. 2, with the headline reading,‘Thorhild County no longer has a doctorproviding medical service at local clinic.’

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Thorhild and we are concerned that they arelosing a valuable, necessary service to thecommunity. There are those who are in avulnerable position, where they are unableto drive to another clinic, live at the lodge, orperhaps would like to choose to support the

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Both the Waskatenau and Vilna post officeswere broken into over the Christmas season, butno mail was taken.

Smoky Lake RCMP detachment commanderSgt. Al Baird reported that on Dec. 24 culpritsbroke into the Waskatenau Post Office and pulledout a large safe. Because this incident is still underinvestigation he could not give any further details.

The Vilna Post Office was broken into betweenDec. 24 and the early morning of Dec. 27. RCMPCst. Chris Mckerraher said the suspect or suspectsgained entry into the building and took someoffice supplies. This event is under investigation,so no further details were released.

Anyone with information on these incidents isasked to contact the Smoky Lake RCMP detach-ment office or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).

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The Vilna Municipal Library announced the2018 Winter Reading Program “Snow is Falling,Books are Calling!” Starting Jan. 1, it will rununtil Feb. 28, and is available for all ages.

There are four age categories, each eligible towin one of the six grand prizes of Galaxy Tab A’sfrom Northern Lights Library System. Childrenunder 9 will gain one entry per three hours ofreading, five hours per entry for children between10 and 13, and seven hours per entry for adultsand seniors.

Although participants require a library mem-bership (from any Alberta public library), readingfrom your own personal books, comics, graphicnovels, ebooks or audio books is perfectly accept-able. For young children, being read to by a fami-ly member is also encouraged – don’t be shy tosign up!

All reading logs must be handed in no later thanMarch 1, so that they may be sent in for the draw.

The Vilna Municipal Library is extending aspecial, discounted membership to Vilna SchoolStudents at the yearly rate of $5 to help them par-ticipate in this year’s reading program. A familyrate of $15 and a senior rate of $10 are also avail-able. The memberships extend well beyond Vilnalibrary’s collection, with the ability to borrow, freeof charge, from any Alberta public library, as wellas digital content through Apps such as Libby,Overdrive, RB Digital (previously Zinio), andmore!

Mugshots is coming back also, beginning Jan.16, at 1 p.m. for six weeks. A New HorizonsSeniors project, the Vilna Municipal Library ishosting a free Senior’s Photography Course.Seniors, 60 years and older, have preference forclass seating, however, if there is space, thelibrary may be able to accommodate non-seniorsat $60 for the course.

The library will run a parallel program, Sharp-en Up Thursdays, starting Jan. 18, at 2pm for 6weeks. This time will be available for members ofthe community to come and practice the skillsthey have learned over past workshops held at thelibrary. Someone will be available to help throughproblems and answer questions they may have.

If you would like more information about thesetopics, or to sign up for Mugshots, please contactJulie Richard at 780-636-2077 or email at [email protected].

Lee Todd instructs the participants during the fall session at the Vilna Library.

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Thorhild County may get $6,750 under the newProvincial Education Requisition Credit (PERC)program to cover Education taxes the county paidto the province but could not collect from oil andgas tax accounts.

PERC covers the previous three years and canonly be applied to uncollectible oil and gas taxaccounts. Thorhild had seven oil company taxaccounts totalling $67,700 which were not col-lectible. Just under 10 percent of that amount,($6,750) was designated for the Alberta SchoolFoundation Fund.

The PERC program requires the uncollectibletax accounts be written off by resolution of coun-cil before the county can apply for the Educationtax refund. Council approved writing off the sevenaccounts during its Jan. 9 meeting.

Thorhild applies to bereimbursed $6,750 foruncollectible educationtax it paid the province

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Jared and Julia Serben offer productsfrom their farm and other local producers intheir Farm Store west of Smoky Lake.

“Part of the impetus was that people werestopping in, and we couldn’t properly servethem,” explained Julia. “We weren’t set upfor sales. It was hard for people to accessour products here.”

Like Serben’s neighbor to the north, IanTreuer of Winding Road Cheese, unlessthey were able to staff a stall at the seasonalFarmers’ Market, there was no place forlocal people to get their products. Most oftheir sales were to Edmonton region con-sumers.

“We love direct marketing, love to knowthe people eating our food and having themsee what we produce,” said Serben.Through the on-farm store they try to sup-port local agriculture and food producers.

In the store are Serben free range pork,eggs, and home canning, Winding Roadcheeses, Tower Farms (Becky and JacobBoychuk) beef, Noel Simpson’s soups, JudyMakowichuk’s Ukrainian foods, Pat Flinn’sBear Lake Honey, local and regional vegeta-bles, and regional jerky and smokedsausage. Since the store opened Dec. 19 ithas received good customer support.

“We thought we’d get highway traffic,but the local support has been really impres-sive,” Serben said. “I’ve known everyonewho came in. That’s a really awesome feel-ing.”

At the back of the store is Serben’s newand larger butcher shop. The seacan thatused to house the butcher shop may one daybecome a smoker. Serben also dreams ofhaving a small restaurant.

Jared and Julia and their three children,Jedd, Jacob and June, live on the farm onthe north side of Hwy 28 which was settledby Jared’s family in 1912. Part of their homeis the original house built by Jared’s grand-parents.

Their farming operation includes freerange, antibiotic-free pigs, laying hens, andseasonal chickens grown for meat. They areraised only in summer so they can pastureoutside. New in 2017 was a half acre of veg-etables they sold at the Farmer Boys stall inthe Smoky Lake Farmers’ Market and beehives.

Young Jacob saw Sturgeon County’s PattiMilligan’s beekeeping display at Edmon-ton’s Farm Fair in 2016 and became veryinterested in bees and honey production. In

2017 Serben’s purchased a couple of beehives and began producing their own honey.

“It’s been a good journey,” Serben said.“We’ve built a lot of things, learned a lot.We’re looking forward to a busy summer.”

At present the store is open from 10:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. Serbenis tracking sales to learn when the shoppingpatterns are and store hours may be adjustedto better serve them.

The freezers at Serben Farms’ store are filled with Serben’s free range pork plus a wide variety of locally prepared pre-made products such as soups and Ukrainian foods. In the photo are Jedd (L-R), Jacob, June and Julia Serben.

Farm store features local products

Jedd (L-R), Jacob, June and JuliaSerben stand beside a display of Serbenhome canning and Bear Lake Honey inthe new Serben Farms’ store west ofSmoky Lake.

Jan 10th was Disney Day at Thorhild Central School. HereDesiree Gabbey stands with Mya Jamieson (Mini Mouse)and Katy Howard (Disney Princess) dressed for the daystheme.

On Jan. 5, HA Kostash School principalDick Richards donated items of clothing toHope Mission in downtown Edmonton.Students, families, friends and staff of theSmoky Lake school collected items andplaced them on Giving Trees during themonth of December.

Thorhild ‘little team’ left winger Wyatt Holt and centre TristanTurenne (dark uniforms) get ready to take the face-off againstBarrhead. The team lost but worked really hard. --photo byJessica Stevens


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