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Stephen Khan gestures while making his victory speech Tuesday at the St. Albert Inn and Suites. Khan was voted in as the PC party’s candidate in the riding of St. Albert for the next provincial election. Story, page 3.

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(L-R) Jacquie Hansen, Jeff Wedman and Stephen Khan address supporters after the results were announced Tuesday.

Khan prevails in PC race GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

It will be Stephen Khan who carries the torch for the Progressive Conservative party into the next provincial election in the riding of St. Albert. Khan, a local businessman, defeated Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools trustee Jacquie Hansen and former Canadian Forces helicopter pilot Jeff Wedman to win the PC nomination Tuesday evening at the St. Albert Inn and Suites. “We were thrilled, but there’s also a deep sense of honour to be able to represent the constituency,” Khan said. “We’re excited; we know what’s ahead, and we’re really looking forward to the election.” Khan and his team watched all evening as voters filed through the doors, and thanks to the support of those around him, he said he managed to keep a pretty even keel emotionally. “I had just a phenomenal team; we worked really hard and were confident coming in,” he said. “The best way to describe it is like the most surreal wedding reception

you’ve ever been to — all the faces, all the friends, all the support. Just an overwhelming and fabulous experience.” For Wedman and Hansen, though, coming up short was a hard pill to swallow. “It was disappointing; we’ve been working at this for months,” Wedman said. “I think we ran a great campaign,” Hansen said. “I don’t live in the riding for starters, and I don’t have family here to help me out, so we knew we were coming in with a few challenges, but I think at the end of the day, we learned a lot about the community as a team of people, and I really learned to respect both Steve and Jeff.” The results were announced about half an hour after the polls closed at 9 p.m. Tuesday. No specific vote results were given by St. Albert PC Association president Colin Reichle or the returning officer, although Reichle did say that there were just under 1,000 votes cast. “I think that’s great news for the PC party,” Hansen said of the turnout. “I think that we’re seeing in Alison Redford a shift where more people are open to seeing

what this party is about, and I think that’s very apparent in all the nomination meetings going on in the province.” In nomination races such as this, it’s often said that getting people out to vote for a given candidate is the key to success, and Wedman felt that rang true Tuesday night. “That’s what nomination races are about, no matter what party you are, no matter which country you’re in,” he said. Now, Khan goes out of the frying pan and into the fire, heading pretty much straight into a provincial election sometime this spring. “But we know the lay of the land,” Khan said. “We’ll have a little bit of a rest, and we’ve got campaign college coming up, and I’m really excited to work with this exciting, dynamic group of people.” And both Wedman and Hansen said they’ll be there to support their fellow PC party member. “Absolutely, the party will be well served with Steve,” Hansen said. “We saw at the [Jan. 19] forum that we’re all pretty similar on policy; we’re all singing from pretty close to the same songsheet,” Wedman added.

A pair of St. Albert girls are facing charges after two ATMs were set on fire about six weeks ago. At about midnight on Saturday, Dec. 17, St. Albert RCMP were called to the Scotiabank branch in Grandin Park Plaza to investigate after St. Albert Fire Services responded to call of the machines being set ablaze. Police used video surveillance footage to identify and charge the two girls, aged 13 and 15, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Damage to the ATMs was estimated at more than $24,000. Both girls are scheduled to appear in St. Albert provincial court on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Meanwhile, another local resident is charged with distracted driving after it is believed she was texting behind the wheel when she hit a pedestrian, sending him to hospital with a broken leg. The 28-year-old woman was travelling west on Bellerose Drive around 10:40 p.m. when she hit the 27-year-old male pedestrian in a marked crosswalk near Ironwood Point. Neither weather nor road conditions were factors in the crash. The driver has also been charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.

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Monday, February 6 | 3 p.m. Council Chambers, St. Albert Place 5 St. Anne Street

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READY CALL FOR APPLICANTS SET GO EVENTS HOSTING STRATEGY TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

The City of St. Albert is seeking four community members to work on a multidepartment committee that will develop tools to support community events, assist and participate in event hosting forums, and will discuss creating a new signature event for St. Albert. Committee details, qualifications and application process at stalbert.ca/advisory-committees Deadline: February 10 For information contact Roy Bedford at 780-459-1595 or rbedford@st-albert.net.

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Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

Council gets first look at master plans on culture, recreation GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Two major documents guiding the future of St. Albert were presented to city council this week. Councillors got their first look at completed draft copies of both the City of St. Albert’s cultural and recreation master plans Monday. Acting city manager Chris Jardine told council that the reports before them Monday were the culmination of almost two years’

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worth of work by staff in both departments. “These are not action plans that say tomorrow we’re going to build X, Y and Z,” Jardine said. “These master plans establish a vision and a process for moving forward toward that vision.” Cultural services director Kelly Jarrott said that sometimes cultural assets are not celebrated enough in St. Albert, and she hoped the plan would help change that. “[We need to] broadcast a strong message to the community, highlight our cultural assets

and what we do, and integrate culture into citywide efforts,” she said. Meanwhile, recreation director Monique St. Louis said the reasons for a master plan in that area were many. “It gives us the impetus to ensure longrange planning, to ensure that citizens are involved and engaged, and it provides the checkpoints along the way to make sure we’re accomplishing what we’re trying to accomplish,” she said. The City has gathered a lot of public

feedback on the plans during their development, ranging from open houses and surveys to meetings with specific stakeholders. Council voted to receive both plans as information, and each will be back before council later for full debate — the recreation plan on Feb. 21 and the culture plan March 5. “If and when you adopt this, this does not mean you’ve given carte blanche to spend millions of dollars,” Jardine said. “This sets the parameters and guidelines of a vision moving forward.”

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Kyle Scaber of the St. Albert Steel reads a book to children gathered in Forsyth Hall at the St. Albert Public Library on Friday to celebrate Family Literacy Day. The day also included storytime with Shrek, as well as games like Scrabble for adults.

Report calls for transparency

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Greater transparency is needed when it comes to how St. Albert city councillors report expenses and are reimbursed, according to a report presented to council this week. The Council Remuneration Review Committee (CRRC), which has been meeting since June 2011, presented its final report to council Monday afternoon, which called the reporting of both expense and training budgets “inadequate” and recommended that administrative procedures be amended to make such reporting more transparent in the future. The report — the first such report done in four years — also recommended that per diems not be paid to councillors “except for special circumstances as may be determined by a resolution of council” and that councillors not be reimbursed for attending events that are primarily social or political in nature. “The committee urges greater clarity in the application of [the remuneration and expense reimbursement] policy,” said Rick Sloan, who co-chaired the CRRC along with Nancy Bochard, as he addressed council. “We offer some guidance to council about per diem payments, professional development and improving reporting expenditures [in the report].” The CRRC arrived at their conclusions after comparing St. Albert’s remuneration figures to those of other similar-sized cities in Alberta, like Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Red Deer and Grande Prairie. They also conducted

an online survey of interested stakeholders, such as current and former councillors, the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce and the St. Albert Taxpayers Association. However, some councillors bristled Monday at the fact that the committee did not conduct face-to-face interviews with current council members. “To my knowledge, there was no member of city council ever approached for an interview, to get our [take] on how many hours we put in,” Coun. Roger Lemieux said. But Sloan defended the committee’s methodology, saying the decision to use a survey rather than personal interviews was a conscious one, and the increased workload was taken into account. “We believe the methodology we put together ... would be the best way to gather the data we needed,” he said. The CRRC recommended that the mayor’s full-time salary be increased from $84,742 to $90,000 a year, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2011, but no longer receive a separate vehicle allowance. The committee also recommended that councillor positions remain part-time, with a salary of $31,500 a year, up from $29,560. Councillors currently receive extra pay while they serve as deputy mayor, but since all six councillors perform this duty equally for two months out of the year, the CRRC said it didn’t make sense to vary their base remuneration for that particular role. In the future, the CRRC recommended that base remunerations should be adjusted in accordance with the Average Weekly Earnings Alberta, and that salaries should be reviewed by an independent committee every second term.

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

Scarves warm hearts of athletes, volunteers

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A project originally designed to warm the necks of Special Olympics athletes has wound up warming the hearts of many more people who participated in it. In conjunction with the 2012 Special Olympics National Winter Games, to be held in St. Albert from Feb. 28 to March 3, volunteers from as far away as Ontario have been busy knitting and crocheting scarves for athletes, family members, officials and games volunteers. Hundreds of the scarves were on display Saturday as one of the principal organizers, Diane Gagnon, hosted a gettogether for many of the knitters at her home in southwest Edmonton. The display left officials from the games organizing committee virtually speechless. “I just want to say thank you, thank you for helping to make my dream a reality,” said Kathy Manchak, director of events and hospitality for the games. “Every one of these scarves is as unique and special as the athletes, the individuals who are going to wear them.” Manchak said the project was a dream of hers ever since she saw a similar one at the 2010 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Boise, Idaho, where the call was put out

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Kathy Manchak (left), director of events and hospitality for the 2012 Special Olympics National Winter Games, and Diane Gagnon check out some scarves on display in Gagnon’s home Saturday. for 5,000 scarves, but they ended up with 50,000. “I was a possessed woman; I was like a dog with a bone with this project,” she said. “I so wanted it to turn out like this. It has been a wild success, and I am having so much fun with it.” Manchak is hoping to collect 2,500 scarves for the St. Albert games, and adding

in Saturday’s donation, the tally is now at around 1,500. The games website (www. stalbert2012.ca) says the deadline to drop off scarves is Feb. 1, but Manchak assured the ladies at Gagnon’s house Saturday that they would be accepted right up until Feb. 27. For Gagnon, getting involved in the project was an easy decision. Her granddaughter, Katie Saunders, is one of the Team Alberta

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athletes who will be competing in St. Albert in speed skating. And her daughter, Karen Saunders, is the board of directors chair for Special Olympics Alberta. She sent the word out to relatives, friends and former co-workers with Alberta Education, and the scarves began pouring in. “It kind of just grew ... Everyone I talked to seemed to talk to somebody else, and somebody else started knitting,” she said. “It really is the little project that grew.” Each scarf is unique, with different patterns and the games colours of red, white and blue used in different proportions and different ways. “All the poster said was, ‘in the colours of the Special Olympics logo’ — and there are several shades of blue — seven inches wide and six feet long. Then it was kind of, ‘go for it; do whatever,’” she said, adding that the amount of time each scarf would take to make would depend on the pattern and “how fast a knitter you are.” Each scarf from Gagnon’s group also has a handwritten note attached to it. “It’s just a nice little touch,” she said. Scarves can be dropped off at the games office (25 Sir Winston Churchill Ave.), the provincial Special Olympics office (11759 Groat Rd., Edmonton) or at either Edmonton location of River City Yarns (#107, 10106 111 Ave. or 3438 99 St.).

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Condition of 3rd-party items irks council GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Infrastructure on City of St. Albert property that is not owned by the City is falling into disrepair, and city council wants something done about it. Council received a report from City staff at their regular meeting Monday on the condition of various pieces of infrastructure located through the city, including those owned by electricity, natural gas, cable and telecommunication companies, which are typically located on City-owned land such as road and utility right-of-ways,

easements and trails. The report found that, while some of this infrastructure is in good shape, some of it was showing significant damage from rust, vehicle and equipment strikes, malfunction and vandalism. “Some of these pose unsightly or unsafe conditions,” said Brian Brost, business manager for the City’s planning and engineering division. “If there are exposed electrical wires or sharp edges or other components like that, they are dangerous to the travelling public.” However, Brost said that,

despite the City’s best efforts to nudge these third parties into action, there isn’t much they can do right now. “Enforcement is a difficult component for the City due to the fact that, under existing bylaws, the infrastructure is not covered as part of the City’s enforcement components,” Brost said. “And, as the City grows, there is more and more infrastructure going in our ground and our right-of-ways that is not being looked at.” That’s why City staff advocated Monday for a number of solutions, the most important of which being a new policy that

clearly sets out expectations. “The City needs to establish a policy that pulls in the information that would be gained from [other] strategies into a strong policy to be upheld,” Brost said. Councillors were fully on board with the idea, with Mayor Nolan Crouse emphasizing that a policy would be needed to make sure change is affected. “Anything we can do to embed things into change, into the future, is what breathes life into it long-term, as opposed to taking a can of spray paint out and painting it,” he said.

Crouse also said that he’d like to see a public campaign set up to report infrastructure in poor condition, much like the ReportA-Pothole program the City has had in place for several years. “[If we] can get 60,000 eyes to report something in some fashion ... if we get there, we can make a real difference in this over a period of five to 10 years,” the mayor said. Originally, a progress report was recommended to come back before council in January 2013, but councillors voted to speed that up and have the issue back before them this June.

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Thieves in St. Albert are back on the prowl for some precious metals. On Friday, the St. Albert RCMP issued a press release asking the public for tips in the theft of about $1,000 worth of copper wire from a building under construction at 315 Carleton Dr., which occured sometime between Jan. 7 and the morning of Jan. 9. This, however, was the second time in about three weeks that local RCMP had alerted the public about a copper wire theft. The previous incident occurred sometime between Dec. 31 and Jan. 3, where thieves cut the fence at CEC Technologies on Rayborn Crescent and stole three reels of copper wire with an estimated value of $19,000. Const. M.J. Burroughs of the St. Albert RCMP said it’s a problem that is growing, and not just in St. Albert. “I think the whole Capital Region is seeing more and more of that,” she said. “Copper wire can be sold for a good amount of money for trade, and with all the different crimes people are doing in town, it’s an easy way to get money.” Thefts of copper wire first sprang to the surface a few years ago, but had subsided

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The scene at CEC Technologies in Riel Park after three spools of copper wire worth $19,000 were stolen in early January. somewhat before flaring up again recently. According to report from Citytv Toronto last week, $800,000 worth of copper wire was stolen recently from a business in Markham, Ont. And B.C. Hydro told the Vancouver Sun earlier this month that they have suffered four copper wire thefts near Victoria since the New Year. Copper prices have fluctuated greatly over the past five years, starting at about $2.50 US a pound in January 2007, then dipping to a low of about $1.20 US a pound in December 2008. It then shot up to a high of about $4.50 US at the beginning of 2011, and is currently hovering around the $4 US mark. “Copper is sought after and is expensive to buy, so it is something a lot of thieves tend to utilize and

market,” Burroughs said. “A lot of it goes hand-in-hand with the drug trade, people looking to get quick money for supporting their drug habits.” But, as they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and Burroughs said there are simple steps businesses can take to make sure they’re not targets for thieves. “Lighting up the vicinity of your property, if you’re a business owner, and video surveillance and lighting are always positive. And alarm systems, of course, that are monitored through to the police,” she said. If you have any information on either of these copper wire thefts, please call the St. Albert RCMP detachment at 780458-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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OPINION

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Council, mayor earn their pay

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hen it comes to touchy subjects in municipal politics, perhaps the touchiest of all is how much councillors and mayors get paid. After all, any taxpayer will tell you that it is him or her paying their salary. That subject cropped up in St. by Glenn Cook Albert this week with a report to city council from the Council Remuneration Review Committee. The report recommended that the mayor’s salary be upped to $90,000 a year, and councillors to $31,500 a year. Overall, this seems fair. You can’t say with a clear conscience that Mayor Nolan Crouse doesn’t earn his salary; his work ethic is well above par, and he is visible in the community. It’s much the same for councillors. Some are more visible in the community than others, but that all depends on the situations in their personal lives and how those are balanced with the part-time demands of council. Compare those figures to a City of St. Albert payroll technician who earns $43,000 — according to the City’s website — or the financial services manager, who earns $100,000 a year alone. Some councillors, though, seemed annoyed Monday that the CRRC did not ask them in for a face-to-face interview during the process, perhaps hoping to detail how demanding the job is. If they wanted to be involved in the process, though, they should have made sure they were from the start. It’s a fine balancing act to determine council salaries, though, as the CRRC noted on Monday. Salaries can’t be set too low, or else good candidates may be driven away. They can’t be too high, either, and give the impression that it is a full-time job, scaring off candidates who can’t sacrifice their careers. When the CRRC talks about amending some of the City’s expense reporting procedures to be more transparent, the City should embrace that with open arms. With so much talk of business being done behind closed doors in the recent past, this is a great chance to set a better example. That way, all of St. Albert can be sure they are truly earning their paycheques.

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Bring back name bars, for community’s sake

ou want to go where everybody knows your name” was a line from the theme song of the famous show Cheers. That was a bar of a different variety. Today, I’d like to talk about some other bars — specifically, the name bars you might find on the back of a hockey jersey. A few years back, the good folks at the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association made the decision that they would no longer allow name bars on the backs of the jerseys of the 2,000plus kids in the local minor hockey system. The reason was simple: There were many overzealous seamstresses in certain households that

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LeLACHEUR Leader Publisher My City made sure that name bar was not going anywhere. A thousand stitches did a great job of keeping it attached to the jersey the whole season, but proved to be a nightmare when the time came to remove it. Jerseys were being ruined and, when they rely on using them over and over each year, they felt it was easier to not allow them at all. This has resulted in nameless kids skating all around our city rinks. Who cares? I do. And judging by many conversations I’ve

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had, many others do as well. It has an effect on community. A lot of time is spent at the rinks. You end up watching games happening before and after your own child’s. You are hard-pressed to know that your good friend’s child is playing — let alone your own nephew. But if you see the last name, you know their parents are close by and the engagement of community begins. So how can this be overcome? Buttons, snaps or velcro might be the answer. Velcro would be my personal choice. If there are geniuses out there who can figure out how to dress a man in a velcro suit so he can hurl himself at a velcro wall and stick, I have full

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confidence that they can find a way to get a little piece of material with a name on it to adhere the whole season. Everyone will have their own name bar to keep for years to come. It will work for most. We might have to make the odd “quick fix” for the kids with an elbow-shoulder-shoulderelbow last name like “Wollypolychronopolous,” but those will be few and far between. So please SAMHA, for the sake of us all getting to know each other a bit better, bring back the name bars. Maybe if they had name bars in Cheers, everyone would have yelled “Peterson!” as Norm made his way into the bar. Owned and operated by

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Women’s Day noms open education, health, motherhood and science. “We always want to have a youth [winner], because they are on the front line of the future,” As they have done each year for the past 16 Taef said, adding that the awards are open to years, the St. Albert Baha’i Community is looking both residents of St. Albert and Sturgeon County, for a few good women. including Morinville. The organization is once again accepting Last year’s recipients included: Elke Blodgett nominations for their annual International (environmentalist); Sheila Chisholm (unsung Women’s Day awards ceremony, which will be heroine/education); Therese Gervais (health/ handed out at a ceremony on multiculturalism); Pauline Saturday, March 10. Vaugeois (youth empowerment); Baha’i spokesperson Mitra Taef and Lenora Lemay (health). said that it’s a lot of work to put Taef said it’s incredibly on the annual awards ceremony, important that, even though but it’s always worth it. International Women’s Day is a “It’s a good event. It’s a lot worldwide event decreed by the of work, but after the event, United Nations, contributions Mitra Taef you feel so good and positive women make are recognized on a St. Albert Baha’i because you’re amongst so many local level. wonderful ladies who have made “We understand there are such a great contribution to our society,” she said. women who are making a difference in our “We just take time to appreciate them and be society, and the changes they make really impact inspired by them.” the lives of their family and their community. For the awards, the Baha’is are looking for And, in St. Albert, it makes it a better place,” she women who “demonstrate generosity of spirit, said. courage, creativity, determination, steadfastness, Nomination forms must be submitted by leadership, enthusiasm, love, caring, and other Wednesday, Feb. 8, and can be downloaded attributes enrich our community,” according to from the Baha’i Community website at www. the nomination forms. stalbertbahai.org. These attributes can be applied to a wide For more information, contact Taef at 780-458range of categories, including the arts, business, 5214.

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Family Day fun on tap Community nominations open

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Families looking for some frosty fun this February need not look beyond St. Albert’s city limits. That’s because the City of St. Albert is putting the final touches on the Family Day Frostival, which is set for Feb. 19 and 20 at various locations around the city. The festival was first held last year as part of St. Albert’s 150th anniversary celebrations, and Micah Seon-King, community recreation co-ordinator for the City of St. Albert and chair of the Family Day Frostival organizing committee said it was very important to not let the event fade away, and to give St. Albertans a chance to celebrate at home. “[We want to] showcase what we’ve got,” she said. “We’ve got great parks and facilities, so we’re tying it into how our community is a gem and how, as a family and a community, we can get together and experience those.” Plus, she added, it’s a great way to keep spirits up in the middle of the winter months. “It helps us strengthen our family ties and also helps build the sense of community and community pride, just helping families enjoy winter and revitalizing their winter spirit,” Seon-King said. And the feedback from last year was encouraging enough to make sure it kept on.

“There was tons of really good feedback,” she said, “and I think that kind of helps promote and show the need and the desire in the community to keep it going.” This year, the festival has been expanded to two days, but Seon-King said she can’t see it stopping there for long. “I foresee it building, and I’d like to have it, maybe in three years, [last] the whole four-day weekend,” she said. “Just having celebrations all throughout different parts of St. Albert.” Sunday’s activities are highlighted by a Family Fun Night at Grosvenor Park, featuring ice skating, shinny hockey, free hot dogs, hot chocolate and a fire juggler. On Monday, there will be lots of activities in the afternoon both at Lacombe Lake Park and École La Mission in Heritage Lakes, plus crafts and storytelling at St. Albert Place and the St. Albert Public Library. As well, there will be dropoff boxes for the St. Albert Food Bank at several events. Next year, the City is slated to turn over the organization of the event to the Spirit of St. Albert Society, which is also taking forward other events from the 150th anniversary celebrations like the family picnic, the Father’s Day soapbox derby, and expanded Canada Day celebrations. For a full schedule of Family Day Frostival events, visit www.stalbert.ca/family-day.

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Last year was a banner year for the City of St. Albert’s Community Recognition Program, and even though the number of nominations is expected to drop off sharply this year, City officials say there are still plenty of people worthy of recognition out there. “Last year being the first year, we did quite a bit of catch-up. We actually had the St. Albert Historical Society help us, too ... just because we wanted, for the first year, to recognize as many as possible, right back to Father Lacombe,” said Anna Royer, division business manager with the City’s community and protective services department. “This year now, we’re more into what I would call the regular process.” In 2011, there were 114 people recognized through the program, with additions and deletions made along the way by the Community Services Advisory Board and St. Albert city council. Going forward, the City only expects to honour between 10 and 15 people each year. But Royer said that, even with the dropoff, the program still serves a very

important service in the community. “It’s really important, historically, that we recognize the people that have built St. Albert, and I think moving ahead, for the young people too, it’s important they understand the value of contribution to the community,” she said. Citizens can be nominated in one of five categories: arts and culture; citizenship, which includes community service, volunteerism or acts of bravery; professional achievement; sport excellence; and business. The business category is managed by the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce. “It’s anybody who has shown a really strong commitment to the city of St. Albert or demonstrated excellence,” Royer said. Those who are selected have their name permanently displayed at the community recognition garden, located on the northwest corner of Perron Street and Sir Winston Churchill Avenue. The deadline for nominations for the Community Recognition Program is Wednesday, Feb. 15. An awards ceremony should occur in June or July. Nomination forms can be downloaded at www.stalbert.ca/communityrecognition-program.

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Airport expansion gets good reviews in dry run ALLISON SALZ Sun Media News Services

It looked and felt like a real day at the Edmonton International Airport, complete with hundreds of passengers and airport staff. But Saturday morning served as a test run before northern Alberta’s biggest airport opens its doors to its brand new U.S. departures terminal Feb. 11. Over 900 volunteers pretended to be passengers going through the full boarding process — everything from checking in to claiming baggage. “It’s the culmination of over three months of training, and testing, and breaking in this facility,” said Diane Trenn, vicepresident of airport operations. “We bring it all together — and throw over [900] passengers in the mix — so we really understand where the areas for improvement are.”

The look of the new terminal is sleek and sophisticated, with many volunteers noting that it took on the feeling of a major U.S. airport. Several distinct art projects add colour to the space facility, including a textured wall mural of the city. Big windows also line the entire exterior wall, giving passengers a direct view of the tarmac. The new lay out also allows passengers to drop their bags off directly after check-in. Currently, travellers have to lug their bags through security, before dropping them off. Volunteers arrived in waves, and each were given a scenario, like being late for their flight or being held back for secondary security checks. Airport president Reg Milley also took on the role of passenger, boarding a mock flight to experience it for himself.

“There is absolutely no comparison,” he said. “Coming through as a passenger, being able to drop your bags off before security, was amazing. The flow went amazingly well, and to go through as a passenger was an absolute delight.” Yu-Min Mac, having a coffee and checking his email, sat as he waited to board his “flight.” He travels about three or four times a year, including some trips to his native Hong Kong. “The airport is very open now — you can see the entire tarmac from here,” he said. “Compared to a lot of the airports I’ve been to in the States, it seems more cheerful.” It almost makes me want to travel more, he said. This is the second phase of the expansion, which will span 44,500 square metres. Domestic and international

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Congratulations to our Elementary Report Card Working Committee, recipients of St. Albert Protestant Schools’ Certificate of Recognition. The award was presented on January 25th, 2012 for the committee’s outstanding dedication to our district. The members of this committee receiving this award are Betty Coyne, Catherine Coyne, Bruce Fawcett, Peter Fenton, Ken Fisher, Derek Herman, Malcolm Landry, Richard Pawsey and Melissa Zawaduk. In September of 2007, this small group of representatives from across the district set out on an

Along the way, the group faced numerous challenges, from deciding on the service provider to determining the personal growth, work habits and achievement scales. One of the committee’s roles was to act as liaisons, taking ideas back to the schools and then bringing colleagues’ feedback to the next committee meeting. A great deal of time away from their students and their classrooms was required. The committee met these challenges head on, with professionalism and a commitment to creating an end product that would serve the district and its students well. And the benefits – to both our students and our teachers – were obvious when the new report card was rolled out in the 2009-2010 school year. This initiative has enriched the assessment practices of our teachers and has provided a consistency in reporting across the district. Thank you, Elementary Report Card Working Committee!

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Painters go beyond landscapes at AGSA GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A trio of local artists is putting its own spin on the tried-and-true genre of landscape paintings this month at the Art Gallery of St. Albert. Tonight (Thursday) marks the opening of On Location, a new exhibit featuring the works of painters Mike Dendy, Tom Yurko and Christine Elmgren. Each takes a different approach to recreating the places that stick in their memories. For Elmgren, the opening of the show marks something of a new beginning. Having just moved from Canmore, where she lived for 10 years, to St. Albert about a year and a half ago, the works in this exhibit demonstrate how she has moved on from painting mountain landscapes to subjects more urban in nature. “Living in the mountains for 10 years, I painted primarily mountains. Then, after moving here, I continued painting a lot of mountain landscapes in my studio. It started feeling like I hadn’t really broken away from the mountains; I felt like, in my mind, I was still living [in Canmore],” she said. “So I thought exploring something new artistically would help me switch gears to the new community.” So Elmgren set out to capture

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Painters (L-R) Mike Dendy, Christine Elmgren and Tom Yurko prepare their works to go up on the walls at the Art Gallery of St. Albert as part of the new exhibit, On Location.

scenes of urban life and succeeded, turning them into paintings showing slices of life in St. Albert in the winter. While some landscapes can be drab in their earth tones, Elmgren’s work has a tendency to leap off the canvas with her use of bright colour, especially in her vibrant skies. “I really like colour and the emotion it creates, the connection with the viewer,” she said. “With the bright colours, warm colours, yellows and reds, it gives you a

happy, excited feeling to look at it.” Unlike the mountain landscapes she used to paint, her new works tend to have people in them as well. “The people just kind of started appearing in the work naturally — and that really caught my interest as well,” she said. “These people, I don’t even know who they are; it’s your neighbour walking to work or a fellow out shovelling his driveway. I got interested how these forms and activities of people n their neighbourhoods could look like so many people you know.”

Meanwhile, Yurko’s work, which fills the void of mountain landscapes, also jumps off the wall, but not due to colour. His work tends to have more of an abstract element to it that sets it apart. “I studied in Calgary at the time when the abstract expressionists were becoming very [popular],” he said. “I think that was my main influence.” Some of that, he conceded, may be due to impatience on his part, though. “I usually start working off the

photograph, but that lasts about five minutes and I change. The painting can probably get changed 20 times from the original concept,” he said. Dendy might be the most traditional landscape painter in the show, snapping scenes both near and far on his digital camera before immortalizing them on canvas. But, he said, the inspiration doesn’t come while taking photos; it happens much later. “I’ll take pictures of anything that attracts my attention, anything at all,” he said. “Then I’ll put them on my computer and leave them there for two weeks, maybe months. Then I’ll take a look back at them and see if I can figure out why I took the picture. If I know why I took the picture, I figure it might make a good painting. Then the point of the painting is to try and recreate what captured my attention.” While his work has been featured in St. Albert Painters’ Guild shows in the past, this is Dendy’s first time being part of a juried exhibit in a gallery, and he’s excited to see how people react to his work. “This is a plateau for me, a level above where I’ve been before, and I’m really excited for it,” he said. The opening reception for On Location takes place tonight (Thursday) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Art Gallery of St. Albert (19 Perron St.). The exhibit runs until Feb. 25.

Local garden club blossoming in 30th year GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Like the flowers and vegetables its members painstakingly tend to, the St. Albert and District Garden Club is blossoming as it heads into its milestone 30th year. Club president Derrick Harrison has been a member of club for about half that time, and said he is glad to see how much it has grown while still remaining true to its roots. “We’re still sticking to the original mission statement and the objectives, and we’re very much continuing the tradition of what was established [30 years ago],” he said. In the past few years, Harrison said that the club has managed to find stable footing, with membership numbers consistently in the range of 60 to 70 families.

Each August, the club puts on their annual show in the foyer of St. Albert Place, with flowers, photographs and produce up for prizes and on display for people to come take a look at. “[The show] has grown quite a bit, both in terms of the number of exhibits, the number of entries and the number of classes,” Harrison said. “We try to tweak it and keep it fresh.” He added that they hope to add a few special features to this year’s show to mark the club’s 30th anniversary, but are still very early in the planning stages. In fact, it was the annual show that first brought Harrison into the garden club fold. “I went to the show, saw the exhibits and, like most gardeners would do, said, ‘I can do much better than that,’” he said with a laugh. “Unfortunately somebody overheard me and said, ‘OK, we’ll take up the challenge. Come and show us;

come and join the club.’” The club also designates a special flower each year in advance of the show, but Harrison said there are no plans yet for anything special to coincide with the 30th anniversary. As part of the anniversary celebrations, the club is also hosting the Alberta Horticultural Association’s annual conference on May 4 and 5 — the first time it has been held in St. Albert. “I’m led to expect it’s in the area of 80 to 100 delegates that come out,” Harrison said. “We’re hoping to have more, but we’ll see.” But the club is excited to show just what St. Albert has to offer green thumbs. “We want to make this the best ever,” Harrison said. For more information on the St. Albert and District Garden Club, visit www. stalbertgardenclub.info.

Photo courtesy Derrick Harrison

Bouquets like this are part of what the St. Albert and District Garden Club have become known for for 30 years.

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012

Heigl lands ‘Plum’ role in new film LIZ BRAUN

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A lot of Stephanie Plum fans are worried about their favourite fictitious bounty hunter jumping from the page to the silver screen. Chief among the worriers is Katherine Heigl, who just so happens to be playing Stephanie Plum in One For The Money, a film based on the first of Janet Evanovich’s bestselling novels. The film, which Heigl also produced, opened Friday. Playing the beloved heroine “is very nerve-wracking” says Heigl over the phone from New York, “because I became a big fan of Janet’s, and it was in me not to disappoint her, or her fans, or myself! Because I’ve become such a big fan of the books. You never know how people are imagining Stephanie, but I feel we’ve done the characters and the story justice.” Heigl, 33, grew up in New Canaan, Conn., the youngest of five children. Her family was devastated by the death of her older brother Jason, who was killed in a car accident at 15; as Heigl has said in the past, this changed the family dynamic forever. Heigl became a model and actress

when she was still a child, and she was in her first movie, That Night, by the time she was 14. Being a child actor and model, she says, was a great experience. “I know that always surprises people because you assume it’s a lot to ask a kid, to be a professional at such a young age, but for some reason it just suited me, and I had a knack for it. I had a knack for memorizing quickly, I could take direction, and the mechanical aspect of it just worked for me. It was my thing,” she says, “and it gave me a sense of purpose.” And a working childhood, says Heigl, was still totally normal. “I’m blessed and happy and secure and I don’t have any Toddlers & Tiaras nightmares, or anything,” she says, laughing. The actress made her TV series debut at age 20 (in Roswell), made a few more forgettable movies and then found herself, in 2005, on the most successful TV medical drama since ER. Grey’s Anatomy made Heigl an overnight success, not counting the 15 years it took her to get there. The actress’s movie career since then has made her a queen bee of the romantic comedy genre, though she’s had some misses in there (Killers; The Ugly Truth) among the hits. She has done big box office in such crowd

pleasers as Knocked Up, 27 Dresses and Life As We Know It; The Big Wedding, a comedy about a family event that stars Diane Keaton and Robert De Niro, is up next. Heigl has several other films in development. She loves her work, “and being able to do something I’m driven and passionate about,” but says she has a wider perspective now, courtesy of motherhood. The passionate animal activist and her musician husband Josh Kelley have a three-year-old daughter, Naleigh, and their lives have changed focus. “I’m trying to define it for myself,” says Heigl, who is currently a celebrity blogger on iVillage, where she writes about balancing work and motherhood. “There’s this safety, this groundedness in it, in being a wife and a mother, and those moments that are so gratifying, frustrating and joyful, they put the work in perspective. Before, I put everything on the work.” She continues, “I said to my husband, when we talked about starting a family, ‘I’m tired of everything being about me. I want to make it about someone else now. I’ve focused on my career long enough. Now I want to broaden my scope for love and joy and laughter and everything in between.’”

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Aerosmith ready to rock, says guitarist DARRYL STERDAN Sun Media News Services

Aerosmith are climbing back in the saddle. The Boston rockers are finally putting the finishing touches on their first studio album in seven years, and preparing to return to the road this summer, says guitarist Joe Perry. “We’re in the middle of a bunch of stuff,” says the 60-year-old rocker from a Hollywood hotel. “I’m out here finishing up the Aerosmith record that we started last summer. Hopefully we’ll have it done in the next month or so. “And we’re definitely touring this summer. We’re gonna put tickets on sale in February or March and we’re going on the road in June. Everybody’s lined up. We’re ready.” That’s a big improvement over the past couple of years, when a lengthy string of bad breaks and ill will left the 40-year-old group’s future in serious doubt. The trouble began when flamboyant frontman Steven Tyler tumbled from a Sturgis, S.D., stage in 2009 — eventually landing back in rehab for a painkiller addiction — and continued when the singer signed on to be an American Idol judge without consulting his bandmates. At one point, Perry told me Aerosmith planned to replace Tyler temporarily to tour, a move the singer later took legal steps to prevent. But now, he says that’s all water under the bridge — “bands just go through ups and downs, like any other family” — and everybody is happy, healthy and on the same page. Speaking of pages, Perry is also working on his memoirs. And he’s one of about 75 musical artists who leaf through Bob Dylan’s back catalog on the new Amnesty International tribute set Chimes of Freedom. Perry contributed a blues-rock version of the Infidels track “Man of Peace” to the set, and performed the song live on The Tonight Show on Monday. Here’s what he had to say about getting

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Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith play in Bogota, Colombia, this past November. Perry says the legendary group is ready to hit the road to support a new studio album. back their wings, grappling with evil and his first live performance. Q: Tell me about the new album. How does it sound? A: It definitely has a feel like some of the early stuff. We’ve tried to bring that back. People are always asking for something that sounds like the old stuff, but you can’t rewrite “Mama Kin” or “Same Old Song and Dance.” All you can do is go in and start from the same place you started when you made those records. So we just went in with (producer) Jack Douglas and we all worked on the record. There’s a song or two that the band helped write, and Tom (Hamilton) wrote and Brad (Whitford) has a track on there. So from that point of view, it’s a lot more like an early Aerosmith record. We were all in the room when we were pulling these songs together and recording them. Every way that we used to make our records, that’s what we did to get this to where it is. Right down to what we’re doing now, which

is going over the tracks and bringing them up to speed. Steven is finishing up the lyrics and we’re just going to put the finishing touches on it. Q: So he’s able to balance this with his Idol commitments? A: The amount of time that he spends doing it is definitely a commitment, but it’s a pretty set-in-stone schedule so it’s easy to work around. The only thing we really can’t do is tour during the time he’s doing the show live. But we wouldn’t be touring now anyway. So the way we’ve set our schedule up, it works out. We have plenty of time to work while he’s doing this. Q: And you had time to cover Dylan’s “Man of Peace.” What does Bob Dylan mean to you? A: Dylan has been around as long as I’ve known about rock ’n’ roll. He’s obviously iconic. His songs and the way he interprets his songs are incredible. Put it this way: The first song I ever performed in front of

another person was at a party when I was 14 years old. The name of my band was Chimes of Freedom. And I sang “Mr. Tambourine Man.” So that goes back. Q: Was there anything special about “Man of Peace,” or was it just a random choice? A: Infidels is one of my favourite Dylan records. So when they called and asked, “Man of Peace” was the first one I asked for. I was kind of surprised no one else picked it. It seems like such an appropriate song for this Amnesty International project. I think it’s a really important song for these times. Well, for all times. These times obviously are most important because we’re living in them. But I don’t think things change much, unfortunately. Grappling with good and evil is a constant battle. And it’s a matter of recognizing evil for what it is. Q: What makes Infidels your favourite Dylan album? A: It seems like every song on there speaks to the human condition in a direct way. Some of his other songs might be a little vaguer and more analogous. But that one spells things out. It says a lot. Plus it’s a great rock record. Dylan’s at the top of his game. Q: I doubt people would think of him as an influence on you. A: I know, it’s funny. There’s a lot people don’t know. It turns out I’ve got a lot more to write about in my (autobiography) than I thought. That’s another thing I’m working on right now. It’s going pretty well. My memory is pretty good. I’m writing some of the stuff myself and working with an author to pull it together. (The 1997 band autobiography) Walk This Way was from the Aerosmith point of view. This is going to be from inside my reality of what went on. But it’s not just about Aerosmith, though that’s a big part of my life. I like to think it will encompass more than that. Q: Will you be making any big revelations? A: Probably not. But there will be a lot of stuff that makes people go, ‘Oh, really?’

Canine Artist star hangs up his collar SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Say it isn’t so, Uggie! The trainer of The Artist pooch says Uggie is retiring after the biggest year in his bigscreen career. “I’m retiring him,” Omar von Muller, Uggie’s trainer, tells Life & Style magazine. “He may do a couple of little things here and there because he enjoys them, but I don’t want to put him through long hours anymore. He’s getting tired.” Uggie, who is nominated for two Golden Collar Awards, did not immediately respond to Sun

Media’s request for a woof. His trainers also did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Uggie is a scene stealer in the Oscar-nominated The Artist, and also starred in the 2011 Reese Witherspoon/Robert Pattinson drama Water for Elephants. He earned Best Dog in a Theatrical Film nominations for both movies for the Golden Collar Awards. Meanwhile, though Uggie is about to start living the life of doggie leisure, his trainer is keeping the family business going with Uggie’s little brother,

Dash. Dash has already worked as Uggie’s stand-in. “I think he will be fine with Dash stepping in,” von Muller says. “Uggie is 10 years old and has done a lot of work; he wants to relax at home. If somebody wants to do a movie with Uggie, they’ll just have to deal with Dash!” Von Muller also says Uggie is hoping to close out his Hollywood days with an appearance at the Oscars. “I hope he gets to go. They should give him an envelope to bring to Billy Crystal.”

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Uggie, the scene-stealing star of The Artist, is retiring from the Hollywood spotlight, according to his trainer.

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Author challenges medical wisdom Sun Media News Services

Take a daily aspirin, not a daily vitamin. Trade the heels for sensible shoes. Throw away the juicer and buy frozen vegetables. And take complete charge of your health. Doing these and other simple things like moving around more and getting a flu shot will help you to live longer. Or so says Dr. David Agus, whose new book The End of Illness offers a different twist on the prevention message. It argues that although medicine has failed in the battle against illnesses like cancer, we have at our disposal the tools, tests and know-how to delay our demise — if we challenge long-held wisdoms of what health means. The book is already a bestseller for Agus, who heads the University of Southern California Westside Cancer Center. While not a cancer book, it’s his view that cancer is “a metaphor for the basket of the world’s illnesses.” Cancer isn’t something that happens outside of you, he writes.

You don’t “get” cancer, you “do” cancer. “It’s self-generated in the sense that it’s our own cells gone awry.” That’s why he uses cancer as a verb, as in “the patient is cancering.” Medicine has won the war against infectious diseases, he writes, but the germ theory doesn’t apply to today’s chronic diseases. For them, we need a new strategy, one that focuses on the body as a complex whole system. Agus, who co-founded two health care technology companies and received the 2009 GQ Magazine Rock Star of Science Award, says that when the body is stressed through drugs, supplements, poor schedules, or excessive exercising, eating and drinking, we interrupt the body’s homeostasis — its inclination to seek balance. When our system is thrown off balance, we’re vulnerable to illness. Prevention is key, of course, but early diagnosis can also save you. So the knowledge you carry into that doctor’s office is more essential than your doctor’s knowledge, he writes. Know your family medical history

and be aware of everything from your loss of hair to the changing colour of your fingernails. Ask for medical records and digitize them so you can have them on hand, stored on a USB stick. Agus says many patients ask him if they got sick because of a genetic predisposition. He says that while DNA governs possibilities, there is much you can do to shift your fate and live longer than what your DNA seemingly dictates. As for Agus’s health tips, they’re unconventional, even controversial, and based on the idea that inflammation is the root of all evil. Yet in many ways, they’re reassuringly old-fashioned: • Be regular — at mealtimes, at bedtimes, when you wake and when you exercise. Straying from your schedule, even on weekends, stresses your body. A regular schedule, he writes, is like a “wonder drug.” • If you’re over the age of 40, ask your doctor to put you on a statin. These cholesterol-lowering drugs lower bad cholesterol, but maybe more importantly they impede

inflammation — the cause of chronic diseases, including cancer — and are credited for reducing heart disease deaths by 60 per cent since 1950. • If you’re over 40, take a daily 81 mg “baby” aspirin. Doing so prevents blood clots which can cause heart attacks and strokes. The blood thinner is also a powerful anti-inflammatory that reduces the incidence of cancer by 20 per cent. • Ditch the supplements, including vitamin D. Unless you have a diagnosed deficiency or are pregnant, it’s unlikely you need vitamins: Results of studies on them don’t live up to their hype; and they can disrupt the body’s ability to control what it needs. “Just as we cannot explain why some men taking selenium were at a higher risk of developing diabetes, we cannot expound on the complex network of how vitamins affect and alter our systems — for better or worse,” he writes. • If vegetables aren’t market fresh, buy frozen. Fresh isn’t as fresh as you think, he writes. Food begins to degrade as soon as it falls from the

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Author Dr. David Agus. tree or has been picked. Many fresh foods are nutrient-poor whereas freezing fruits and vegetables locks in their nutrients. • Have a flu shot: The flu gives you more than aches and pains: It causes “an inflammatory storm” that can damage your body’s defenses even 10 years hence. • Move around more. Sitting all day is as bad as smoking! But when you move around, wear the right shoes as ill-fitting shoes cause chronic inflammation which can increase the risk of everything from Alzheimer’s disease to cancer.

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Face up to winter by moisturizing HEATHER TOSKAN Sun Media News Services

If your skin is feeling as papery dry and flaky as onion skin, and your lines and wrinkles are suddenly all the more apparent, it’s a good time to break into the many remedies to help improve the look and feel of your winter-parched skin. The skin is the body’s largest organ and is intended to protect you from the elements, but it suffers both indoors and out come winter. “Skin is much affected by the abrupt change in temperature that typically occurs in winter, as well as by the dry air that accompanies excessive indoor heating,” says Julie Chamoun, a Montreal-based medical and scientific expert for Vichy Canada. “The results are both objective and subjective.” Objective results include thinner, flaking skin accompanied by rough, red areas, dullness and a loss of skin elasticity. All of these factors combine to create the subjective feelings of tightness, dryness and discomfort that you’ll likely

experience on both your face and body during the winter. Solutions to winter skin issues can be as easy and inexpensive as turning down your thermometer to help prevent the drying effects of indoor heating from sapping moisture from your skin. “Drink lots of water and eat water-abundant foods such as fruits and vegetables to help moisturize your skin from the inside out,” says Holly Sherrard, a Toronto-based education manager for high-end skin care line Dermalogica. “Eating good oils such as those found in flax and fish can help your skin to seal in its natural moisture.” If you don’t already have one, invest in a humidifier and keep it pumping moisture into the air to help your skin maintain a healthy moisture content, elasticity and glow. Changing your skin care products to include thicker, more protective moisturizing creams and lotions will also help seal in the moisture or water content of your skin. As the skin’s natural exfoliation

process goes into near-hybernation mode in the winter, moisturizers may not absorb as well unless you give your skin some gentle help in sloughing off the buildup of flakes and dead surface skin cells. “The skin’s natural exfoliation process slows, contributing to a dull look as well as the skin’s inability to fully absorb the moisturizing, nourishing and anti-aging products that are so important to keeping your skin healthy and moisturized,” says Sherrard. Use a gentle buffing cloth to slough dead skin cells off your body and use a salicylic or lactic acidbased cream on your face two or three times weekly. Be sure to use a light hand to avoid damaging your skin and be aware that you may not be able to use exfoliants if your skin is inflamed or overly sensitive. Dull and uneven skin tone including brown spots can also be addressed in other ways. “A product called Luminaze Catalytic Skin Tone Illuminator, which contains a natural, patented protein enzyme called Luminaze, gives

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Punxsutawney who? How much do you know about groundhog day? Try our quiz, and learn a few things about our furry, weather-predicting friends a. Feb. 2 b. Feb. 4 c. Feb. 5 d. March 2

If the groundhog sees his shadow this means? a. Four more weeks of winter b. Six more weeks of winter c. Spring will come early d. A hot spring

Where does Punxsutawney Phil make his prediction? a. Wiarton, Ont. b. Edmonton, Alta. c. Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania d. Knobbler’s Gob, Pennsylvania

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a. 12 b. 16 c. 22 d. 24

Who starred in the movie Groundhog Day?

a. Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell b. Adam Sandler and Andie MacDowell c. Bill Murray and Adam Sandler d. Steve Carell and Jamie Lee Curtis

What television channel did Phil work for? a. NBC b. ABC c. Channel 9 from Pittsburgh d. WXYZ Detroit

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What is the song that plays on the radio every morning? a. It’s a Beautiful Morning b. The Beat Goes On c. Here Comes Kathy’s Clown d. I’ve Got You Babe

What is the name of the groundhog in Ontario? a. Balzac Billy b. Wiarton Willie c. Buckeye Chuck d. Walter Wally

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a. Balzac Billy b. Buckeye Chuck c. Smith Lake Jake d. Shubenacadie Sam

Groundhogs usually live two to three years in the wild. The original Wiarton Willie was 22 years old when he died in 1999.

Another name for a groundhog? a. Woodchuck b. Gopher c. Weasel d. Marmot

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(For the past 30 years in 13 Canadian cities) a. 10% of the time b. 37% of the time c. 50% of the time d. 72% of the time

Groundhog day began in the 18th century, introduced by German settlers in Pennsylvania.

Groundhogs are ﬁerce ﬁghters if cornered, but they prefer to duck into their burrows if endangered.

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FOOD

Eating your way back on track RITA DeMONTIS Sun Media News Services

It’s great making New Year resolutions while basking in the glow of the recent party season. Don’t those same resolutions make a horrible sound when broken in the cold grey of the morning after? Every year, thousands of us have good intentions to start the new year on a healthy foot. But for whatever reason there are just as many of us who fail. Why? Could it be human nature? Placing goals too high? Craving the very foods we gave up so quickly? All of the above and more, as research shows most New Year’s food-related resolutions are based on cutting out the calories, carbs and fat over a short time without thinking of the long-term ramifications. But don’t despair. Just climb back on the bandwagon. This time around, talk to your doctor and make changes that can easily be incorporated into your particular lifestyle. And if that includes a glass of chocolate milk, well, go for it. So says McMaster University professor Dr. Stuart Phillips, a nutrition and exercise specialist who says the key is not only eating properly, but getting in exercise, too. “Exercise is only part of the equation,” said Phillips, also known as The Jock Doc. “My research clearly shows the foods you

choose throughout the day, particularly before and after workouts, are key to attaining maximum benefits.” Phillips came to this after years of research and working with athletes, which had him hone in on a handful of “super foods” — including chocolate milk, “for post-workout water, protein, electrolytes and carbohydrates.” Along with the chocolate milk, Phillips also recommends oatmeal, “for carbohydrates, fibre and B vitamins,” salmon, “for protein, iron, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids,” and blueberries, sweet potatoes and yogurt “because of their nutritional profiles.” These particular foods, adds Phillips, play key roles in how they interact with your body: Foods that help your muscles get ready for a workout, foods that help rehydrate, replenish and repair, and the role protein plays in healthy eating, “which, in addition to helping you feel full, has been shown to be particularly advantageous in helping to achieve and maintain a healthy weightloss while on diets.” Whether you are a professional athlete, a weekend warrior, or just trying to get back on track with your New Year’s resolutions, Phillips suggests you take it one step at a time. And enjoy that glass of chocolate milk. After your workout, of course! For additional info, check out rechargewithmilk.ca.

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TECHNOLOGY

Programmers race against clock MATT DYKSTRA Sun Media News Services

Racing against the clock, almost 100 tech savvy Edmontonians frantically formed and finished apps and games they developed in only 54 hours. The first Startup Hackathon and Global Game Jam held over the weekend inside the University of Alberta’s Computing Science building was a success as every single team completed a working version of their idea. “We’re pretty blown away with how much was actually built over the weekend,” said Cam Linke, co-founder of the event’s organizing company, Startup Edmonton. The event unites Edmonton’s emerging tech community in a 54-hour speed run to turn a neat idea into a fully formed computer application or video game. By the end of the exhaustive programming marathon on Sunday, 16 new applications and games were ready for demonstration. Nobody on Hilton Patton and David Ravnsborg’s team knew each other before the event. After an all-night programming session to finish their Super Nintendo-era side-scrolling game, they found the experience “enlightening, frustrating and sleepdepriving.” “It’s just been cool to come together,” Ravnsborg said. “You get all these different

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St. Albert’s Nicole Pearson works on the Giving Elf video game, while taking part in the Startup Hackathon and Global Game Jam at the University of Alberta on Saturday. personalities and skill sets.” “Personally, I’ve ever only programmed by myself,” Patton admitted. “But then to have a group and a whole bunch of people contributing ideas ... it becomes a very creative process and it’s so cool and so different.” Ashley Reddy and his team produced an eight-bit classic arcade game in the vein of the original Castle Wolfenstein while Reg Cheramy used Apple’s new iBook author platform to make a choose-your-own-adventure style ebook. “It’s been great because I’ve found some talent in this city that

I didn’t know existed,” Cheramy said. “Two designers made all this original art from scratch and they’ve just been pumping it out in 54 hours — it’s almost unbelievable.” Former teacher Nicole Pearson — who now works at Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert — was happy with her team’s iOS game for children, based on her Giving Elf website. They designed a game where kids learn about donating to charity by raking leaves around a digital community and using the proceeds to buy canned goods for the food bank. “There’s teams already talking about what they want to do next,” Linke said. “That’s exciting for us as some people got inspired to keep building and expanding their projects.” Organizers at Startup Edmonton and GameCamp Edmonton are already planning another event for late this year.

Nintendo posts first annual loss SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Nintendo Co. Ltd. posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit and forecast a bigger-than-expected full-year loss, its first at an operating level, as it battles a strong yen and its games devices lose ground to gadgets such as Apple’s iPhone. The creator of the Super Mario franchise dominated the video games industry for years with its DS handheld players and Wii home consoles, but is now struggling to keep up as more versatile smartphone and tablet sales boom. “To say that [the days of consoles] are over is likely an overstatement, but social network and Internet delivered games are growing and structurally changing the future of the industry, which is a strong wind against Nintendo,” said Shigeo Sugawara, senior investment manager at Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Asset Management. Nintendo (7974.OS) now expects an annual operating loss of 45 billion yen ($575 million), dwarfing expectations of a 4.2 billion yen loss, based on the average of 21 analyst forecasts. “Their time of growth [from consoles] is over, and, while I don’t think the company will cease to exist, if they don’t move into new categories, they will no doubt lose the great scale they’ve amassed,” said Mitsushige Akino, chief fund manager at Ichiyoshi Investment Management in Tokyo. Nintendo cut its forecast for annual sales of its ageing Wii console to 10 million devices from 12 million, and for the 3DS handheld games device to 14 million from 16 million. “We had higher expectations for the year-end season, but failed to meet them,” president Satoru Iwata told reporters in Osaka.

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BUSINESS

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Target Corp will look for franchise owners to operate pharmacies in as many of its Canadian stores as possible, the U.S. discount retailer said on Monday. Minneapolis-based Target aims to open 125 to 135 stores in Canada starting in March or April 2013, taking over leases from Hudson’s Bay Co.’s Zellers discount unit, which has its own prescription business. Target said Zellers will keep its prescription files. Target’s renovation plans and the laws that govern pharmacies may be keeping it from buying the files for itself, said Alex Arifuzzaman, a partner with retail consultants InterStratics Consultants Inc. “It all has to do with whether a pharmacy remains open during the construction period, because the consumers need to have access to a pharmacist,” he said. Target has said it will spend about

$10 million renovating each Zellers outlet. Arifuzzaman said some lists will likely be sold to competitors during construction. That could mean a short-term gain for Canadian pharmacists like Shoppers Drug Mart and Jean Coutu Group. On a November conference call, Shoppers chief executive Domenic Pilla said his company would try to benefit from Target’s entry by taking customers as Zellers stores shut down for remodeling. But as Target outlets start to open, the renewed competition may hurt Shoppers and its peers, which are already struggling to adapt to government regulations that have brought down prices for generic drugs. “If there is higher traffic in Target than there has been in Zellers, which is definitely going to be the case, then more prescriptions may be filled at Target,” said Arifuzzaman.

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Finding a niche key to Canadian success SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Coat maker Canada Goose found its niche by shunning the make-itoffshore phenomenon, producing its heavy duty down parkas on Canadian soil. Even as Canada’s clothing industry crumbles, with employment down 60 per cent in just over a decade, the 55-year old family-run shop bucked the broader trend of moving production to low-cost locales such as China by keeping manufacturing at home. “Pretty much everybody at some point touches the jacket,” Paul Riddlestone, vice-president of manufacturing and supply chain at Canada Goose, said amid the hum of sewing machines on the factory floor in an industrial part of Toronto’s west end. “We are rebuilding a manufacturing infrastructure that disappeared years ago.” The company is one of a growing number of Canadian manufacturers focusing on specialized, high-value products because it knows it cannot compete on price against goods made in emerging economies with far lower costs. The emphasis is on the craftsmanship and functionality of the gear, which is used in some of the coldest, driest and windiest corners of the globe. The puffy Canada Goose jacket with its distinctive logo costs from $500 to more than $1,000, compared to $100 and up for a made-in-China down coat. Laurie Skreslet, the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest, has one. So does Lance Mackey, fourtime Iditarod and Yukon Quest dogsledding champion, along with oil riggers, police officers and Antarctica researchers. “We have a country that is known globally to be very cold and people see Mounties and polar bears and igloos, and they hear about the Great White North,”

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“Today ... the holy grail is authenticity and quality.” Kevin Spreekmeester VP, Canada Goose “Manufacturing is a tough industry to be in if you’re a higher cost country with a relatively strong currency. Where you maintain an advantage and still grow you’re going to have to look at specific markets,” said Adrienne Warren, a senior economist at Scotiabank and author of a recent report on Canada’s “maturing” manufacturing sector. The high Canadian dollar has lifted the price of exports and lowered the costs of imports, while globalization and the removal of trade barriers have boosted international competition,

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Paulina Botelho, a seamstress for Canada Goose, pieces together outerwear on the manufacturing floor of the company’s facility in Toronto. especially from lower-cost emerging nations. But Warren noted some firms have excelled, reporting strong gains in production, employment and exports by targeting highgrowth markets both domestically and internationally. Leading examples include medical devices such as surgical equipment, prosthetics and diagnostic kits, as well as agricultural, construction and mining machinery manufacturing. Peter Brown, a partner at financial advisory firm Deloitte with an expertise in private company services, said the trend can be seen across manufacturing, with examples like Woodbridge, Ont.-based Summer Fresh Salads, a supplier of prepared foods such as hummus, and Steam Whistle Brewery, which is based in an old railroad roundhouse just minutes from Toronto’s financial district. Public companies that have found a niche include Martinrea International, an auto parts

manufacturer specializing in fluid systems and metal forming, and Patheon, which contracts manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. “We’re seeing a focus on innovation amongst manufacturers almost throughout the entire organization,” said Brown. “Where do we take out costs? How can we be more green? Where do we apply new markets? How do we change our product to be more relevant? They’re basically questioning everything.” Experts say Canada could look to Germany as a model where medium-sized firms that are strong exporters have thrived. “As the world gets smaller, anything that is happening in those modern economies is also happening in Canada,” said Sandra Pupatello, a former minister of economic development in the manufacturing stronghold of Ontario, now a director of business development

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HOMES

Three’s never a crowd in décor CHERYLL GILLESPIE Sun Media News Services

Three is never a crowd at home. Decorators understand the seduction of a threesome, a fabulous grouping of three urns on a countertop, a grouping of three exotic potted tropicals in a sunny corner, a collection of three framed pieces of wall art hung as one on a coveted wall, the allure of three toss cushions jeweled and bedazzled in the centre of a bed or three silver pillar candles attractively arranged on the foyer table to welcome you into the house. The list of possible threesomes on horizontal and vertical surfaces is endless. While symmetrical pairings certainly have a place in designing a fabulous room, so does a well-placed threesome. Your homework is to look for examples of exceptional threesomes in this month’s designer home magazines. These found photographs will serve not only as inspiration but also as a template to

use as you’re redesigning and rethinking your own rooms. Numerologists know three is the number of creativity often associated with artists, designers, architects and actors. But more than simply signifying creativity within, three is the magic number of visual display, playing an important role in the designing of great spaces. Designers know that you take three items — a small, medium and large — and link them together (overlap them) on a horizontal surface to create visual magic. The key is to always vary the height, maintain good proportions and arrange each one of the three creatively on the intended surface, be it a floor, table top, counter top or fireplace mantel. Proportion is as much a key to a successful threesome as the selections of the three items themselves. You may find yourself needing to reposition one or two of the elements. For example, I often use a simply acrylic block, old wood blocks, a stack of books or even a marble box to

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Overused buzzwords will be a definite buzzkill for potential employers. Don’t let hunger for a job have you gobbling up descriptors like “creative,” “effective” and “motivated” to sprinkle throughout your resumé and online profile. Meaningless words abound in the cutthroat professional arena, and you’ll likely be cutting your own throat. LinkedIn, social networking site for business professionals, recently released its second annual study on overused professional buzzwords — if you’re “results-oriented,” have “extensive experience,” and are “innovative,” consider yourself at the back of the pack. These tedious words and phrases came up over and over again when LinkedIn analyzed 135 million member profiles. A list of 76 buzzwords used ad nauseam worldwide was compiled. Standing out means banning lackluster lingo, and spreading your word and worth with a viral vengeance.

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