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GOT QUESTIONS? How much home can I afford? Should I stay and renovate or move? How should I stage my home to sell? What fi nancing options do I have? What mistakes to avoid? What upgrades are worth it? What’s happening in our local real estate market? How do I begin investing? Should I purchase a fi xer-upper? What questions do you have about real estate? Call, text or email! Were here to help however we can! Town & Country mckillop.ca (204) 467-8000 Only a few units remain for lease. Don’t miss out! VOLUME 8 EDITION 34 THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 [email protected] www.expressweeklynews.ca SERVING LUNDAR, ASHERN, ERIKSDALE, MOOSEHORN, FISHER BRANCH, RIVERTON, ARBORG, GIMLI, WINNIPEG BEACH, ARNES, MELEB, FRASERWOOD Honda F501 Tiller Easy Start, 36"/24"/12". RENT ME Daily, Weekly, Monthly. Call for Details! $50 /day Stihl TS420 Cut off Saw RENT ME 14" Steel/Concrete $50 /day Ariens Trimmer Mower RENT ME 22” width, $ Easy Start 40 /day Kubota BX25 Tractor/Loader/ RENT ME Backhoe $250 /day The house that hemp built SHACHTAY SALES & SERVICE Arborg, MB EXPRESS PHOTO BY NICOLE BROWNLEE Sage Tozeland and Theo Vaarmeyer hold a block of hempcrete that will fi t between beams in the front foyer of their 204-376-5233 home. See full story on pg. 2. > everything you need to know in your locally owned and operated community newspaper !"# $!%& FISHER POWERSPORTS 2 The Express Weekly News Thursday, August 26, 2021 Locals calling a hemp house a home of their own By Nicole Brownlee Tucked off of Highway 417 near Lun- dar Provincial Park, Sage Tozeland is reimagining a place to call home. With the help of her husband Theo Vaarmeyer, Dion Lefebvre and the 8th Fire Innovations crew, Tozeland is constructing a house using hemp- crete. “I always wanted to build a new house using sustainable, natural ma- terials,” said Tozeland. “I know it’s not happening enough in the building industry, and I wanted to move it for- ward.” Tozeland, a teacher at Lundar School, bought the property around 10 years ago after moving from Win- nipeg. In June, she was fi nally able to start working on her dream home. Sage Tozeland is holding pieces Tozeland said she hopes to fi nish the of the inner woody core from EXPRESS PHOTO BY NICOLE BROWNLEE 1,534-square-foot home by the end of the hemp plant. These shards The 8th Fire Innovations crew poured the foundation for Tozeland and fall. combined with a lime-based Vaarmeyer’s home in June and started inserting the hempcrete blocks Hempcrete is a combination of the binder act as a primary material to in August. inner woody core of a hemp plant build her new home near Lundar and a lime-based binder. Mixing the Provincial Park. two creates a pliable material, which Lefebvre compares to playdough. The locals to construct and use the natural hempcrete can then be shaped into material. slabs and fi t into spaces in walls like “Similar to Sage, [I was] looking for Lego pieces. a better way of building homes,” said Lefebvre has travelled across the Lefebvre. “It’s low maintenance with a country building hempcrete struc- long lifespan using local materials … tures and hosting workshops to train our own local supply chains and [sup- Sage Tozeland and Theo Vaarmeyer are constructing a 1,534-square- foot house made with hempcrete. porting] local farmers.” charged processing it,” said Lefebvre. Like Lefebvre, the hemp used in In his home in Alberta, the hemp- Tozeland’s home is from Alberta. The crete keeps Lefebvre’s house at 21 C crew had trouble sourcing the hemp in the summer. To help heat the home from Manitoba because of this year’s in the winter, Tozeland is planning on record drought. installing a masonry Other than sup- stove. Baker Law porting the na- “This is really not tional economy, us- new. We’re re-explor- CORPORATION ing hempcrete also “THIS IS REALLY NOT ing traditional build- helps the homeown- ing methods … that Do you have a current will? ers’ pockets, said NEW. WE’RE RE- have already stood Lefebvre. EXPLORING TRADI- the test of time,” said Protect your family by having a current will, power of The material is Lefebvre. attorney and health care directive. Call us or stop in for more fi re, mold, pest and TIONAL BUILDING “There’s buildings information and fi nd out how we can help you. rot resistant, acts as and bridges I heard a natural insulator METHODS … THAT that’re still standing and removes carbon HAVE ALREADY from Roman times Grant D. Baker Providing full time legal dioxide from the at- made out of hemp,” service to families and STOOD THE TEST OF Barrister, Solicitor and Notary small businesses in mosphere. said Tozeland. Gimli and the Interlake. “It’s considered a TIME.” Romans used hemp carbon-neutral or fi bre to reinforce mor- GIMLI LOCATION RIVERTON LOCATION a carbon-negative tar during construc- 72 Centre Street, Gimli, MB 33 Main St. Riverton MB building material tion. Bridges built in Our offi ce is open 9-5 Mon to Fri Open Mon & Wed 9:30-4:30 204-378-5427 because it absorbs more carbon in the sixth-century France have also used a 204-642-8681 or 1-866-487-5688 atmosphere and wildlife than is dis- similar technique. The Express Weekly News Thursday, August 26, 2021 3 Dissent in democracy at issue in the RM of Armstrong By Patricia Barrett The Municipality of Armstrong council ta- bled two bylaws that will allow a majority of council to appoint a mu- nicipal spokesperson and determine what du- ties Reeve Susan Smer- chanski will be able to carry out. Organizational Bylaw 6-2021 and Procedures Bylaw 7-2021 were to have second and fi nal Former Teulon Mayor Armstrong Coun. Armstrong resident St. Andrews Mayor Armstrong Reeve reading at council’s reg- Debbie Kozyra Adam Krochenski Peter Nosaty Joy Sul Susan Smerchanski ular meeting on Aug. 10, resent residents. In ad- ing to CTV.’” this bylaw. I have noth- from council was for- whole council.” but the provincial de- dition, there have been The media is welcome ing to do with this bylaw mulated but didn’t get During the meeting, partment of Municipal a number of occasions at council meetings, he other than it was an out- sent to the media; only Nosaty asked how much Relations raised con- on which a majority of said, and is free to re- side source that did it.” the reeve’s response Way to Go Consulting cerns about some sec- council voted “one way port on differences of Krochenski told the was published. cost. tions that confl ict with and the reeve voted the opinion between coun- Express during break Krochenski said ev- Krochenski said it was Manitoba’s Municipal other way.” A majority cillors, but statements that not all of council eryone on council is $1,600. Act. vote has to be “accepted from council should be was afforded a response supposed to see ques- Smerchanski said the Armstrong residents, and that has not hap- subject to majority rule. in the media when an tions from the media reason the two bylaws current and former pened.” “All council meetings issue came up earlier and get their “fair turn” were put on hold was mayors, and other con- “Over the past three are open. If I or [another this year as to whether to answer them. “To me, that she had asked Mu- cerned Interlakers at- years, there has been councillor] say some- council would agree to there’s nothing wrong nicipal Affairs for clari- tended the meeting to numerous communica- thing different, you can clean out a municipally with that. You’re get- fi cation “to make sure defend the democratic tion breakdowns be- report that. I have no owned drain running ting the opinions of the everything is in good process, which they say tween the reeve, council problem with that,” Hu- through a private farm Continued on page 8 is threatened by the two and offi ce staff and that meny told the Express property. A response bylaws. has created a situation during lunch break. “But At heart is the ques- where our residents are if four or fi ve council- tion of whether dissent not well represented,” lors decide we’re doing or differing opinions said Humeny during something and we have will be tolerated in the meeting. “You guys our spokes[person] say what is supposed to be are not. After several we’re not doing that a democratic system of years of this, we’re 14 — that was the whole government. months away from an purpose of this bylaw, Armstrong resident election and we’ve been that’s what brought ev- Rent by HALF DAY, DAY, or WEEK Peter Nosaty, who was a dealing with this on so erything about.” delegation at the meet- many different issues. Humeny said the cre- ing, asked why a ma- This is unacceptable to ation of the bylaws jority of council (Adam you guys. We’re not rep- didn’t stem from one in- Krochenski, Ted Sum- resenting you well.” cident in particular be- !""#$ '()*+()* 0#*#$)-,$% ka, Paul Humeny and Humeny said Arm- ",%- ,.# "$#%%/$# cause “this has gone on % $#&&#$ )/0#$% 1)% #$% Ralph Hazelton) are at- strong council is “de- for several years.” tempting to suppress mocracy in its truest Coun. Adam Krochen- the reeve’s power with form” and that they’re ski said council did not %-/(" the bylaws.

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