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The seven come opted on April 13, is the component of years are further broken down into By Katelyn Boulanger also took into considerations from a the plan that lays out how everything The RM of East St. Paul has passed survey that had 163 responses from will get done. It creates a set of actions Continued on page 7 a milestone with its climate change people expressing their worries about plan having approved and released what would affect them the most. the fi nal of three reports that outline Some of the main concerns that how they will handle climate change were identifi ed by the RM in this re- to come and what they will do to miti- port was the changing of overall tem- gate its effects ahead of time. perature with more days of +30 de- Celebrating Earth Day The plan has been many years in the grees Celsius weather and fewer days making with East St. Paul Mayor Shel- that will drop below -30 degrees Cel- ley Hart saying that it started before sius which could have an impact on her time in offi ce with previous coun- pest and virus spread, increased pre- cils recognizing that there was a need cipitation overall but with changes in to prepare for what was to come. weather patterns that result in more “It’ll take us years and many small larger precipitation events that occur actions to change our trajectory. So less frequently which means there is it’s important to understand them, increased likelihood of more drought address them, identify them, and then and longer periods without rain in the put money and commitment behind,” summer months. The combination said Hart. of the previous two fi ndings is also Though the seeds of the climate a concern resulting in the develop- change plan occurred many years ment of extreme weather events such before, the initial steps towards this as fl ash fl oods, destructive winds, and particular plan started with Climate ice storms. Change Local Action Plan For Green- The fi ndings from this fi rst report house Gas Reduction, which was re- were used in the development of the leased in 2017. This initial plan was in- second report which is The Resiliency strumental in the RM getting a grant Plan which was adopted on March 23 from the Federation of Canadian Mu- of this year. nicipalities to hire help in creating “It’s built on the fi rst report and it this new plan, which goes more in- proposes some short and long term depth about tackling climate change actions that our RM staff can do to than the initial 2017 plan did. undertake to better prepare our com- The fi rst document that was pro- munity and so some of the proposed duced as part of this new plan was actions in that plan, were develop- The Risk and Vulnerability Assess- ing new design standards for the RM RECORD PHOTO SUBMITTED ment, which was adopted by council infrastructure, land drainage study The RM of East St. Paul is one of fi ve Canadian municipalities invited on December 15, 2020. [plans], to develop plans [for] up- to launch Earth Day Canada’s Tree Planting Relay this year. Mayor This assesment identifi ed the areas grading building components for our Shelley Hart virtually joined leaders from Mississauga, Ont., Ville de of concern with regards to climate buildings and maintaining our tree Brossard, Que., Ville de Varennes, Que, and New Glasgow, Nova Sco- change impacts in the community and, maintenance programs,” said Hart. tia to show their commitment addressing climate change and pur- though all parts of the plan included The second report also contains a suing sustainability by planting at least 50 trees as part of the relay. input from residents, RM employees, timeline of methods and responsible To see the video that the RM made about this project visit http:// council, and business owners, this one parties associated with these actions, www.eaststpaul.com/notices_detail.asp?notice_ID=1947. Special Gifts for MOM 439 MAIN ST.,ST SELKIRKSELKIRRKK HOURS MON - SAT 10-6 North of Manitoba Ave. FRI 10-9 SUN 12-5 BiG DOLLAR 4 The Selkirk Record Thursday, April 29, 2021 May brings new art to Gwen Fox Gallery Artists Brenda Hedberg, Pat Findlay, Pat Johnson, and Mia Fournier bring variety of new art to gallery By Katelyn Boulanger isolation in the country, and so has The artists of the region have come used her time to continue to create together once again to create a space and has focused on experimenting where people can fi nd inspiration and with art. take a break to look at some art cre- One of her most recent experiments ated by our talented residents. This has been allowing herself to be in- month the gallery has gotten more va- fl uenced by some of the old masters riety with fi bre, woodcarving, acrylic, particularly Monet and Vincent van watercolour, and many mixed media Gogh. pieces created by the exhibiting art- One of her paintings that will be up ists. this month is a portrait painted in a Brenda Hedberg similar style to van Gogh and another Hedberg has been painting since is an image that she took at the Imag- she picked up her brushes in 2012 and ine Van Gogh exhibition which she RECORD PHOTOS BY KATELYN BOULANGER began to take art classes in Teulon’s chose to paint on fabric to stretch her Above: Brenda Hedberg with her latest lilypad piece. Below: Pat John- Green Acres Art Centre. Living just creativity. son with her carves mermaid and angels. outside the community, she takes a “At fi rst, I did it on fabric thinking, great deal of her inspiration from the ‘Okay, I’m going to make masks out region specializing in bringing beauty of it,’ Once I spent all that time on it, to impressionistic renderings of the there was no way I’m going to cut it area’s ditches and fi nding the fun in up,” said Hedberg. many painting of clotheslines which Hedberg, who is also the Volunteer she is well known for. Coordinator, is glad to be exhibiting “You start putting paint on paper this month as she has missed not be- and it gives you a really good feeling. ing able to take art classes or partici- Colour does that for me. So, from then pate in the gallery like she has been on, I’ve been painting it was like a to- able to in previous years. tally brand new experience for me,” Pat Findlay said Hedberg. Findlay is a mixed media fi bre art- She feels that she hasn’t been im- ists and has been playing with textiles pacted as badly as other people by the since she was about four years old but effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as has really started to give it her full at- she is used to living and working in tention in the past 20 years.