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We asked our members and guests to tell us “How Servus Place gets them moving.” Over the next few weeks, we will profile the stories we received from people just like you.

Ian Rudland When Ian Rudland retired three and a half years ago, he knew he wanted to stay active. Taking out a membership at Servus Place, he started going to the drop in classes most mornings of the week but he also uses the pool, the ice surfaces and the gymnasium. “I like the variety of classes at Servus Place,” says Ian. “Doing something different each day keeps me motivated.” Fast-forward three years and there is hardly a drop in class Ian hasn’t tried. “I like to keep it fresh,” laughs Ian. “I’m looking forward to Thursday morning when I take ‘Chiseled’, a new program that focuses on weight lifting.”

Ian can practically recite the drop-in program guide and the results are clear: “I’m 64 years old and I don’t feel it,” he says. “I’m close to being in the best shape of my life.” In addition to the fitness benefits Ian gets from working out at Servus Place, there is also a great social side. He has developed friendships with the other regulars and the trainers at Servus Place. “You get to know the other people in the classes,” he points out. “There’s a real camaraderie amongst the regulars.” Working out four or five times a week has become routine for Ian: “For me, it’s not a matter of going or not going,” explains Ian. “It’s a matter of choosing what class to go to.”

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Captain Hook (played by David Wilson) and Peter Pan (Luc Tellier) get ready for an epic encounter in the St. Albert Children’s Theatre production of Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure, starting Nov. 24 at the Arden Theatre.

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Ray Gibbon Dr. hot topic at town hall GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The biggest bone of contention at the City of St. Albert’s Budget 2012 town hall meeting Monday evening had nothing to do with the cost of a project, but with its planning and design. More than 20 people showed up to the lunchroom at Sir George Simpson Junior High School on Grosvenor Boulevard to have their say on the City’s $119-million operating budget, as well as the capital and utility plans for the upcoming year. The hottest topic was Stage 3 of Ray Gibbon Drive, which is slated to start construction in 2012. But it wasn’t the cost of the project that speakers were worried about; it was how close it would come to residential lots in the North Ridge subdivision. “Your alignment ... calls for that road to come within 56 metres, at the closest point, to family dwellings,” North Ridge resident Rick VanGrinsven told councillors, adding that provincial statutes say a highway — which Ray Gibbon Drive is slated to become in the future — should be a minimum of 800 metres away from residential lots. “With posted limits in excess of 80 km/h, how can you call yourselves responsible to the residents of North Ridge?” he added. “There are no noise barriers planned. We live there; I don’t think you would.” Grandin resident Stuart Loomis added his voice to VanGrinsven’s calls, noting there was

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a similar situation with the northwest leg of Anthony Henday Drive and the Akinsdale subdivision that was eventually solved by the Alberta government’s purchase and demolition of Newman Theological College and the realignment of the road further south. “We’re now repeating ourselves, but now the primary costs would be on the shoulders of St. Albert residents,” Loomis said. City officials said that Ray Gibbon Drive is exempt from the 800-metre provincial standard because it is currently a municipal arterial road, and there have been studies done on noise

attenuation in the area that have been submitted to the province. But VanGrinsven called that a “disguise” and said the City was “trying to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes.” Other residents who came out were unhappy with the proposed increases in the budget, including a 2.9 per cent property tax hike, a 9.5 per cent increase in utility fees and a three per cent spike in user fees, and suggested areas that could be cut to bring the tax increase down. Resident Mike Killick asked council to do a “real thorough scrub” of the capital budget, questioning if expenditures like $175,000 for a mountain bike skills park or $500,000 for entrance beautification were real priorities in the current economic situation. Killick was also critical of the City’s plans to get started on a transit park-and-ride facility south of St. Albert in the Transportation Utility Corridor. “It just seems to me to be a huge, massive project to build 1,650 parking stalls so that people who can afford a car, that can afford gas, that can afford insurance, can drive to a parkand-ride station, park for free and take a bus that essentially loses money. ... That seems to me to be the most bizarre use of taxpayer money I could ever think of,” he said. Mayor Nolan Crouse admitted there’s “not much meat around the bones” on that project, but said the details should be fleshed out soon. Budget deliberations are scheduled to take place Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting at 3 p.m., for the next four weeks.

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St. Albert city council got its first look at options for future industrial lands in the city, but they’ll have to bite their tongues on debating those options. Councillors received the future study areas report prepared by administration at their regular meeting Monday afternoon, but they will have to wait until Dec. 5 — after feedback has been solicited from concerned stakeholders, landowners and the public at large — to really sink their teeth into it. “I’m quite happy to see that

we’ve made another step forward. ... I think we’re moving ahead and I look forward to Dec. 5 when we can get into some more detail and hopefully make some decisions,” Coun. Malcolm Parker said. The report was designed to look at short-, medium- and long-term solutions for industrial land needs in the city, especially in areas annexed from Sturgeon County in 2007. Criteria like access to transportation, the availability of a variety of lot sizes, topographic obstacles, and any commitments made regarding the land either before or after annexation were taken into account.

The short-term option proposed would provide the city with five years worth of industrial land using areas in the South Riel and South Campbell business parks that is easily serviceable and already designated or zoned as industrial. Three medium-term options were also put forward. The first two would provide 14 years and 17 years worth of land respectively and would both be contiguous with existing developed lands; however, the first would be subject to commitments made postannexation, while the second would pose challenges in servicing. The third medium-term

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option would give 12 years worth of industrial land, but is not contiguous with other lands and would pose major challenges. City staff could not find any lands that could satisfy long-term needs, however. “In order to provide industrial land for the longer term, a more comprehensive process would be required, potentially looking beyond St. Albert’s current boundaries,” senior planner Carol Bergum said. The report is available online at www.stalbert.ca/future-industrial. Feedback can be submitted via email to industriallands@st-albert. net until Friday, Nov. 25.

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Brand guru gives report card GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The City of St. Albert got a report card on its new brand Friday, and while it received top marks in one subject, there are other areas staff will have to study up on. Branding guru Roger Brooks of Destination Development International was at the Enjoy Centre Friday morning to meet with city council, senior City staff and others involved in the branding process to give an update on progress so far and the next steps that have to be taken. “When it comes to brand promotion and the way you did your brand, you get an A-plus, flat out,” Brooks said, noting that he believes St. Albert is slowly rising above its previous high-tax reputation. “But brands are built on product, not just marketing,” he added. Brooks first began working with the City of St. Albert in 2008 to develop its brand, which eventually evolved into the Botanical Arts City concept, the new logo and the “Cultivate Life” slogan that was adopted by St. Albert city council in February 2010. St. Albert’s case is one that Brooks has used as an example as he worked with other Alberta communities.

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Roger Brooks of Destination Development International was in St. Albert Friday morning to give a progress report on the city’s branding efforts.

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stalbertleader.com “Everywhere I go, I show off St. Albert,” he said. But, as quickly as St. Albert has taken to its new brand and using it to market itself, there are still steps

that need to be taken before the ultimate vision is realized. Brooks stressed that more businesses are needed — particularly in the downtown core — to reinforce and support the brand, specifically suggesting a year-round public market inside a permanent structure. He also said that the city needs to be aggressive in recruiting businesses that would fit into the brand, rather than waiting for those businesses to come calling. “The way you do recruitment is knocking on doors,” he said. “You go find a [business] you want and you knock on their doors.”

Bagged leaves going to dump — City

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Participants at a town hall meeting in St. Albert Monday were surprised to learn that bags of leaves left by the curb are being carted to landfills, not

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to the City of St. Albert’s compost facility. The topic came up at the Budget 2012 town hall at Sir George Simpson Junior High Monday evening, where general manager of planning and engineering Guy Boston said leaves not

left in compost bins were going to the dump. “I believe that they end up as part of the landfill [loads] because of the plastic bags that are being picked up,” Boston said. The leaf pickup had been touted in City

advertising for several weeks, asking residents to put excess leaves in clear plastic bags. Mayor Nolan Crouse said it might be too late to solve the problem for this year, but staff would take a look at for 2012.

A local community group is hoping the latest edition of one of their biggest annual events will make raising money easy — or rather, overeasy. The St. Albert Housing Society and its supporters are setting their alarm clocks nice and early for the third annual HomeStyle Breakfast, which will be held Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the St. Albert Inn and Suites. SAHS executive director Doris Vandersteen said the support for the event has been strong in the past, and she hopes that will continue. “I think last year we sold over 270 tickets, and we had over 250 people show up both of the last two years,” she said. “The room has been pretty full.” The guest speaker for the breakfast is Larry Pollock, president and CEO of Canadian Western Bank, who will give attendees a local perspective on the global economy. Vandersteen is very excited to bring him in. “We’re really excited. ... He’s noted as being an excellent speaker, also for his insight into the debt crisis in Greece,” she said. As well, the master of ceremonies will be John Farlinger, and Mayor Nolan Crouse will serve as auctioneer for the At Your Service live auction, featuring items donated by local politicians.

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“Some of the things that have happened in the past have been dinner or lunch with the mayor, the MP or the MLA,” Vandersteen said. “There were some amazing school artworks that were put forward, like paintings. But one of the really cool ones last year was a shop student created this great big truck, carved it. It was amazing. You never know what’s going to come from that.” The money raised through the breakfast will go toward the housing society’s family support program. This program provides housing and supportive services for single parent families in St. Albert, allowing them to stay in the community. While affordable housing has faded out of the spotlight over the past few months after the resolution of issues around the Habitat for Humanity development at 70 Arlington Dr., Vandersteen said it is still a huge need in St. Albert. “It’s always a community concern and a community need,” she said. “When it comes to media attention, it’s about events, it’s about actions, it’s about opportunities. When there’s a news item, we talk about it. But it’s always there.” Tickets for the HomeStyle Breakfast are $30 each, and are available by contacting the Northern Alberta Business Incubator by phone at 780-4601000 or by email at admin@ nabi.ca before Nov. 16.

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CIVC expects strong turnout for 4th annual Volunteer Fair GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

There’s no Ferris wheel or cotton candy — a different kind of fair is returning to St. Albert. The fourth annual Volunteer Fair, put on by the City of St. Albert and the St. Albert Community Information and Volunteer Centre (CIVC), is coming back to Servus Credit Union Place on Saturday, Nov 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. With more than 50 organizations registered and always a strong volunteer turnout, CIVC director of volunteer services Pat Phelan said

this should be the biggest fair yet in its fouryear history. “I’ve seen more exhibitors come out, but more importantly, more volunteers coming out,” she said. “It’s known now in the community, and so often new residents to the community or even new residents to our country want to come out and find out how to they can contribute.” Some of the events and organizations that will take part this year are the 2012 Special Olympics National Winter Games, the Red Cross and the St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village.

Phelan added that the purpose of the fair is twofold: To let the residents of St. Albert have an opportunity to see what various groups do in the community and to give volunteers an opportunity to “shop around.” “I find often that we have heard of the Lions Club or we have heard of the Optimist Club, but we’re not sure what they do,” she said. “I believe that, when a volunteer understands the contribution a group makes to the community, they’re more motivated to want to participate with that group.” And having organizations and volunteers together all in one place makes that a lot easier.

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“So often I get calls from people saying, ‘I’d really like to volunteer, but I don’t know what I want to do.’ This goes from very skilled professionals who’d like to lend their expertise — they may be lawyers or accountants — through to moms who want to volunteer with their four-year-olds,” Phelan said. “The feedback we get from both the public and the exhibitors every year has been so excellent that we just keep working to keep it alive,” she added. For more information on the fair or on other volunteer opportunities in St. Albert, visit www.stalbertcivc.com.

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ere in Canada, Remembrance Day always seems to be something we do right. Cities and towns big and small all have cenotaphs, and on Nov. 11, people flock to those memorials to pay their respects to those who fought and died for our freedom. It’s a poignant tribute that by Glenn Cook we hold dear to our hearts and would never dream of giving up. This year, though, Remembrance Day has become even more poignant, especially in the St. Albert area. It was only a couple of weeks ago that Master Cpl. Byron Greff of the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, who lived in Morinville, lost his life in a suicide bomb attack near Kabul, Afghanistan. Seeing the heartwrenching photos of Greff’s young son, Kellar, saluting outside a memorial for his father and reading about his newborn daughter Brielle, whom he only held in his arms a handful of times before answering the call of duty, definitely puts a new perspective on Remembrance Day and its importance. In the past few decades, with the Second World War and the Korean War behind us, our tendency has been to focus on veterans of those wars and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and for freedom there. But, with Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan drawing to a close, it is important now — and will continue to be important well into the future — to not forget about the brave men and women who have fought there. They are humble, for the most part staying out of the limelight and keeping their medals tucked away in drawers, and you could easily pass one in the aisles of a grocery store without ever knowing it, but that doesn’t mean they are any less worthy of our recognition and praise. Here in Canada, Remembrance Day is something that we must continue to do right, and when we flock to those cenotaphs every Nov. 11, we have to make certain that none of our veterans are forgotten.

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Poppy as city flower would mean so much

In Flanders Field the poppies grow . . . ov. 11 is Remembrance Day or, as it is often called, Poppy Day. The poppy is a recognizable symbol in Canada during the first half of November and all year round on the license plates of veterans. During the past 10 years, the poppy has become more recognizable to Canadians and especially to St. Albertans, with many of our military residents and members from the nearby military base being involved in the conflict in Afghanistan. The role of our troops in Afghanistan has been unlike Canada’s role in any conflict since the Korean War, where our troops wore the steel helmets of open conflict

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ALLRED MLA, St. Albert My City rather than the blue berets of the peacekeeping forces. That is not to say that our peacekeeping forces were not important and did not experience the dangers of conflict, but Afghanistan was a real war, where our men and women were on the front lines dodging bullets, improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers every day. Afghanistan is also poppy country, and the opium trade is part of the reason for the Taliban’s existence. The Taliban and the nature of the hidden war in Afghanistan make combat difficult when you cannot identify your

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enemy, who remain hidden amongst the population. Telling friend from foe by the look in their eyes is sometimes the only way our troops can discern whether they are in real danger or not. In fact, they are always in real danger. Residents of St. Albert have always been strong supporters of the annual Remembrance Day ceremony organized by the St. Albert Legion. Thousands of our patriotic citizens crowd around the cenotaph every year, regardless of the weather, to honour our departed veterans. The wreath laying ceremony is particularly warming as dignitaries, youth and individuals come forward to pay their respective tributes. The petunia is the floral emblem of St. Albert, but what unique characteristics does

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the petunia symbolize? It is a colourful flower and looks great on our streetscape, but does it represent something unique to St. Albert? Perhaps it is time to rethink our city flower or add a second one to the bouquet. The poppy would be a very deserving symbol of our close attachment to the troops and the recognition of the price they have paid in defending a poppy state. Poppies come in all shapes, sizes and shades, and could add colour to flower boxes around the city. But, above all, they would symbolize the dedication of so many of St. Albert’s residents and neighbours to preserving the peace and security of our nation and the world we live in. Along St. Albert streets, the poppies grow ... Owned and operated by

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REMEMBRANCE DAY 2011

Remembering the courageous men and women who have been forever changed by the experience of service in defence of our freedom.

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As St. Albertans pause to remember those who gave their lives for our freedom this Remembrance Day, the Musée Héritage Museum is giving people a chance to step into their boots. For the first time in a long time, the museum will be open on Remembrance Day, and staff there created a special exhibit in their Discovery Room just for the day that will feature artifacts from local military units that fought in the Second World War. “We were able to work with the Loyal Edmonton Regiment to get some of their dress uniforms that kids can actually try on, as well as helmets, just to see how heavy they were and what they felt like,” said Shari Strachan, program manager at the Musée Héritage Museum, adding that they hope those who are downtown for the ceremony at the cenotaph on St. Anne Street will stop in and check out the exhibit. The museum has also partnered with St. Albert’s Michif Institute to bring in the uniform of Dorothy Chartrand, a local woman who served in England during the Second World War. Chartrand’s story has been made into a documentary by filmmaker and niece Judy Iseke, who will be on hand to show the film after an aboriginal Remembrance Day ceremony in the atrium of St. Albert Place at 11:30 a.m. “She was one of many women from

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Roy Toomey, education programmer at the Musée Héritage Museum, sets up an exhibit for Remembrance Day. The museum will be open Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. out there, we really have things in Alberta who served in the Second the collection — which is the city’s World War,” Strachan said. collection — that we can share for Also on display will be an honour this particular day, that tell the stories roll with the names of all the local of our citizens men and women through the different who have served in wars,” she said. “It’s overseas conflicts as important that we far back as the Boer share that. It’s an War, not just those opportunity for us to who died. share some of those Strachan said Shari Strachan pieces that don’t that, although the Musée Héritage Museum come out often.” museum hasn’t So far, museum been open on staff has spent about three months Remembrance Day in the past, staff getting everything together for the members felt it would be the most Remembrance Day exhibit. appropriate holiday to open their The Musée Héritage Museum will be doors. open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday. “Of all the holidays there are

“It’s important that we share [these pieces].”

To the men and women in uniform, and their families, who have and who continue to put their lives on the line to protect our lives and rights as free citizens of Canada, thank you! Mayor Nolan Crouse and City Council

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ENTERTAINMENT

SACT’s new take on classic tale

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Actors often face challenges in learning lines or getting into character. But, for Luc Tellier, who plays the title character in the St. Albert Children’s Theatre production of Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure at the Arden Theatre later this month, the biggest challenge had nothing to do with the script. “This is take three of the auburn hair,” said the 18-year-old University of Alberta drama major with a laugh, pointing to his head of reddish-brown hair. Hair issues aside, there have been many challenges for the actors involved, as the SACT production will be the Canadian premiere of this new musical adaptation of the classic tale of Peter Pan from renowned writers George Stiles and Anthony Drewe. “I love Stiles and Drewe with a passion. I think they’re amazing,” said Karina Cox, 16, a Grade 11 student at St. Albert Catholic High School who plays Wendy. “And to be doing the Canadian premiere, it’s such an honour. It’s so exciting.” Cox added that what sets the new version apart from those many people grew up

with is the music. “The lyrics are a lot more conversational. There’s just something about it; it has so much spirit,” she said. For Tellier, the chance to play Peter Pan is a thrill of a lifetime, one he thought he may never get because it usually is written to be played by a woman. “It has been my dream role my whole life, but I always knew I wouldn’t be able to play Peter in the musical,” he said. “But then they came out with this new adaptation, and it’s written for a tenor, so I’m good to go.” Still, Tellier is trying to find ways to inject some of his own personality into a very well-known character. “He’s such an iconic character; everyone you talk to knows him,” he said. “I want to please the crowd; I want to be the Peter Pan they know and love. But at the same time, I want to dissect the script like I normally do and bring my own quirks to the table.” Meanwhile, 26-year-old David Wilson returns for his seventh SACT production, playing the role of Captain Hook. “I love playing villains,” Wilson exclaimed. “I got my first taste of playing a villain last year, and that character was

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evil incarnate. But this one is toned down a little bit, more of a crazy evil. It’s a lot of fun.” But he admits it’s tough striking the right balance with the character. “It’s a challenge to find the line between almost comic-bookish cartoony and a real person,” he said. “The story has a fantasy feel to it, but you need a real person in there, not just a caricature of, ‘Yarr, I’m a pirate.’” The entire cast includes 38 children, some as young as 10 years old, and Tellier said it’s great to pass on his knowledge to the next group coming up. “It’s fun to lead the younger kids and show them, on stage and off, this is how we do things here, and welcome to the family,” he said. “It’s such a great place, a great environment — you look forward to going to rehearsals,” Cox added. The SACT production of Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure runs at the Arden Theatre from Nov. 24 to Dec. 4. Tickets are $22.50 for adults, $16.50 for children and seniors, and are available through the Arden box office (780-459-1542) or Ticketmaster.

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Harold & Kumar actors long way from roles LIZ BRAUN Sun Media News Services

This week, we spoke to a couple of serious young men about politics, fatherhood and the exigencies of fame. You know these guys as Harold and Kumar. Do the fans know how serious/political/ well-educated their stoner heroes are in real life? “Generally, people are surprised to find out we’re basically the opposite of our characters,” says John Cho, 39, the actor and musician known to millions of fans as Harold. “There are fans who yell to us on the street, ‘Yo Harold, Kumar,’ and it’s nice to know they enjoyed the movie, but there are other fans who maybe want to learn more about the actors, or who maybe read some of the op-eds I wrote on the President or whatever,” adds Kalpen Suresh Modi, 34 (stage name Kal Penn), otherwise known as the weed monster, Kumar. The two actors were in Toronto recently to promote A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, third in their manic comedies about stoners on the loose in the world. In their Christmas movie, even Santa has a bong. At the start of A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, which opened Friday, Harold and Kumar are somewhat estranged. Harold

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John Cho (left) and Kal Penn — better known as Harold and Kumar — are a long way from their characters philosophically, but say they still find their alter egos endearing in a special way. has become a serious family man with responsibilities and a father-in-law he wants to impress, while Kumar is still a massive stoner and a complete slob with no adult life to speak of. They must eventually join forces to save Christmas, re-establishing their friendship even as they come up against Eastern European killers, turn into claymation characters, inadvertently get a toddler stoned and almost kill Santa Claus. Toss in Rosenberg and Goldstein (Harold and

Kumar’s pair of nerdy friends, played by Eddie Kaye Thomas and David Krumholtz) and Neil Patrick Harris, and the political incorrectness is pretty much off the charts. In real life, things go more like this: Between acting, music and being dad to his three-year-old son, John Cho found time last month to attend a state dinner honouring the president of South Korea. Kal Penn, of course, recently returned to acting after dropping out of his own career for two years to work on President Obama’s staff.

Surely these guys must be role models in the Korean and South Asian communities? Ah, no, thanks, says Penn. “We love the fact that when (screenwriters) John Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg wrote Harold and Kumar, they broke a mold and did something that hasn’t been done before. But cultural ambassadorship kind of gets into dangerous territory,” he adds, “because who are we, as actors, to suggest that something is or isn’t —” “I love that these characters,” interjects Cho, “rather than fight stereotypes by being perfect, well, there’s a kind of freedom in being ridiculous and goofy and explicitly irresponsible. In a way, that’s what we want, representation-wise in film and television: To be able to be whoever we want, and play whoever we want. The silliness is somehow more effective than trying to create seriously correct characters.” Adds Penn, “Sometimes you get into this weird moral dilemma of saying a character is either positive or negative. Both are ridiculous. Humans are flawed, that’s what makes us interesting. It’s a treat to play characters like Harold and Kumar, because they are flawed. They have the same moral dilemmas the rest of us have. That’s what I love about Kumar, because he has a good heart, but he has such a filthy way of expressing it.”

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Flu prevention ends with you MARILYN LINTON Sun Media News Services

Like many Canadians, I make sure I get my annual flu shot. But this year, I got both my flu shot and the flu. This happened before I read about the recent report published in The Lancet that noted current flu vaccines might not be as effective as once believed. The report called for the future development of “more highly effective and cross-protective vaccines.” In the meantime, flu experts responded to the report with reassurances: Some protection is better than none, they said. And I totally agree. Every year, between 2,000 and 8,000 Canadians die of the flu and its complications. So roll up your sleeve and get the vaccine. Nonetheless, my getting sick and the recent report have taught me that I shouldn’t depend entirely on the flu shot. The vaccine is but one tool to fight the flu. Yet, if you’re like me, you may have thought the flu shot would protect you even as your co-workers cough in your face and sneeze on your reports. It won’t. If you work in a large setting, travel in crowded subways and planes or have contact with kids who have runny noses, you will run into zillions of cold and flu viruses from now through to March — our typical flu season. So along with getting your flu shot, protect yourself further:

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Organ recipients at risk for cancer SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Patients who receive organ transplants have double the risk of developing cancer than that of the general population, according to a study to be published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Eric A. Engels of the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Md., and his colleagues looked at data from more than 175,000 transplants in the U.S. between 1987 and 2008. The researchers found 10,656 malignancy diagnoses in transplant patients and identified 32 different malignancies for which the risk was elevated by organ transplant. The most common cancers diagnosed were non-Hodgkin lymphoma and cancers of the lung, liver and kidney, which together comprised 43 per cent of all cancer cases in transplant recipients, compared to 21 per cent in the general population. The risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma was elevated for recipients of all organ types, the study found. For lung cancer, the elevated risk was greatest among lung recipients but also was present for recipients of other organs (kidney, liver, heart). Kidney cancer risk was highest in kidney recipients, but was also elevated among liver and heart recipients. Liver cancer risk was only elevated for liver recipients. “This large-scale registry linkage study documents a wide spectrum of cancer risk among transplant recipients,” the authors said. They speculate on a number of possible factors and urge research into the “carcinogenic mechanisms” related to organ transplants. “The elevated risk for a broad range of malignancies among transplant recipients, coupled with improvements in longterm survival, should encourage further development of approaches to prevention and early detection of cancer targeted to this population,” they concluded.

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“Most people stop because they get injured [or] bored.” Tony Horton Fitness trainer These concepts also help make fitness fun. And if it’s fun, it’s easier to do on a consistent basis. And consistency is crucial to making progress, explains Horton, who took that message to The Dr. Oz Show last month. “When you exercise six days a week, you release norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin and something known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF),” he says. “These are (feel-good) chemicals inside of your head that change the

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$13,900

$23,900

Leather, All Wheel Drive

2011 NISSaN MaXIMa Se Leather

$16,500

Leather

$27,500

2008 INFINItI FX35 4x4, Leather

2011 Chev tRaveRSe 4X4 Factory Warranty

Loaded

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2011 SuzukI SwIFt Auto, Air, 28,000 Kms

2011 NISSaN veRSa Auto, 29,000 Kms

2011 hYuNDaI SoNata Auto, Loaded

$19,750

2008 FoRD eDge Sel 4x4, 67,000 Kms

Factory Warranty

$11,750

2008 FoRD F350 laRIat C/C 4x4, Power, Roof, Leather

$13,900

2011 bMw 323i 24,000 Kms

$16,750

$19,888

2007 Jeep lIbeRtY 4X4 30,000 Kms

$14,500

2011 FoRD RaNgeR Xlt

S/C, 4x4, Auto, 59,000 Kms

$17,500

20007 lINColN MkX 4X4 Leather

$19,900

Factory Warranty

$25,500

2007 laNDRoveR lR3 4x4, Leather

$25,500

Dually Diesel

$28,888

2011 DoDge 1500 Slt Q/C

4x4, Loaded

$11,950

Factory Warranty

$24,900

Auto, 39,000 Kms

Factory Warranty

PoWer rooF

$28,500

2010 DoDge CalIbeR SXt

Factory Warranty

Dually Diesel

$25,500

$19,500

6 Passenger

Factory Warranty

PoWer rooF

2008 laNDRoveR lR3 4X4

$18,500

Factory Warranty

PoWer rooF

2008 auDI a4 QuatRo

Factory Warranty

4x4, 49,000 Kms

$21,900

$11,500

Factory Warranty

Auto, 31,000 Kms

Factory Warranty

$19,900

$13,750

2011 MazDa 3

2011 Jeep lIbeRtY 4X4

2010 ChRYSleR SebRINg

2012 MazDa 5

Factory Warranty

PoWer rooF

2008 vw touaReg 4X4

2011 SuzukI gRaND vItaRa

$10,500

Auto, Loaded

PoWer rooF

2008 INFINItI g35X awD

Factory Warranty

2008 FoRD FuSIoN

PoWer rooF

2007 NISSaN MuRaNo 4X4

PoWer rooF

4x4 28,000 Kms

$13,750

Auto, Loaded

Factory Warranty

2010 DoDge gRaND CaRavaN

Factory Warranty

$16,900

Factory Warranty

stoW n’ go

2010 FoRD FuSIoN

4x4, 33,000 Kms

$8,950

Auto, Air, 49,000Kms

PoWer rooF

Loaded

2011 toYota CaMRY le Factory Warranty

Factory Warranty

suPer sPecial

Factory Warranty

2011 NISSaN pathFINDeR

$13,750

V6, Loaded

Factory Warranty

4x4, Navigation

Factory Warranty

Hail Special 21,000 Kms

2011 NISSaN altIMa 2.5 S

2008 FoRD F450 laRIat C/C Power Roof, Leather

$29,500

2011 FoRD eXpeDItIoN 4X4 Factory Warranty

$26,900

Leather, 34,000 Kms

$34,900

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