Frog Lake elects Chief, Council
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The Frog Lake First Nation has picked its next Chief and Council.
The nation held an election on April 27th that saw 760 total votes cast. Gregory Desjarlais will remain as chief while the council will be made up of Clifton Cross, Stoney Dion, Preston Faithful, Collin Quinney and Jason Quinney.
44 people were in the running for a position along with 8 in the running for chief.
Advanced polling for nation members began the day before.
Written by Mike Marshall, mylakelandnow.com
EDMONTON Five people were charged when they allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop and pointed a firearm at an Alberta Mountie. Police on patrol on April 29 in a rural area about two hours east of Edmonton say a driver did not stop and later, a person inside pointed a firearm at an officer. During the incident, the vehicle was driven in reverse over the Heinsburg Bridge on Secondary Highway 893 and was rolled into a ditch. Police seized a shotgun, ammunition and methamphetamine, and laid several charges against: Aaron Evan Nathan Smith, 33, from Frog Lake Marina Dawn Smith, 32, from Frog Lake
Five charged after firearm pointed at RCMP member
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Mounties with the Eastern Alberta District RCMP Crime Reduction Unit say five people were arrested after a firearm was allegedly pointed at an officer.
The RCMP says on April 29th they were on patrol between Elk Point and Kitsctoty when they tried to pull a car over but it fled. Another RCMP officer spotted the car driving on Highway 893 near the Heinsburg bridge.
The RCMP officer says when they turned on their emergency lights, one passenger in the car pointed a gun at them. The car then reportedly backed over the bridge and went into a ditch.
Frog Lake elects Chief and Council
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The Frog Lake First Nation has picked its next Chief and Council.
The nation held an election on April 27th that saw 760 total votes cast. Gregory Desjarlais will remain as chief while the council will be made up of Clifton Cross, Stoney Dion, Preston Faithful, Collin Quinney and Jason Quinney.
44 people were in the running for a position along with 8 in the running for chief.
Advanced polling for nation members began the day before.
Frog Lake to receive $27 million loan guarantee towards ownership of the Lindbergh Cogeneration Facility
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Written by Dan Soul, MyLloydminsterNow.com
The Frog Lake First Nation is receiving a $27 million loan guarantee towards sustaining their ownership of the Lindbergh Cogeneration Facility.
The loan guarantee will come from the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, and will go towards the cost of ownership of the Lindbergh cogeneration facility at Strathcona Resource Ltd.’s Lindbergh Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage operation.
The AIOC says this program, in place for the next 15 years, supports the long-term, sustainable business partnership between Frog Lake and Strathcona, avoiding any divestment of Frog Lake’s 100 percent ownership stake.