A Sparwood resident who is running for district council in the upcoming municipal election wants to create a better community for his kids.
Sam Atwal is a delivery specialist with Teck, he’s seeking a seat at Sparwood District Council table in the 2022 municipal election.
Atwal wants to make Sparwood more appealing place for youth to work and live if he’s elected
“We have a lot of youth that grow up here and enjoy all we have, but then with a lack of amenities and the whole bit that we have around town, they struggle to have the want come back,” Atwal says. “So, just trying to build that, because we don’t want to be the kind of community where we keep losing all our youth.”
He wants to increase staffing at the Sparwood Health Care Centre to ensure it open 24/7 if he’s elected.
“That’s a big thing is to recruit and retain those healthcare professionals,” he says. “Maybe increase what we have here for addictions counselling and kind of building off of that for having community services for youth and families. We have a fairly high number of students in the area…. who would need our support, so trying to increase that of what we can kind of have available for people in town.
Voting begins October 15.
– Sam Atwal, Sparwood District Council candidate
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