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Thursday, April 26, 2012

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PROSPECTS OCCUPY TELUS FIELD FOR 2012 BASEBALL SEASON ANTV PRODUCES ACTIV8 WEEKLY SHOW FOR SHAW CABLE St. Albert Sports City is pleased to announce that beginning this June they will be producing and airing a weekly half hour show called ACTIV8 for Shaw Television. This new show will focus on all things active in the community and will feature eight separate segments. AN Producer Steve van Diest will head up the production team and looks forward to getting out into the community to feature upcoming sporting and recreation events, training, exercise, nutritional advice, and a host of other interesting and humorous stories. The show is based on the idea of educating, inspiring and entertaining the viewer and has adopted “a community in motion” as it’s slogan. The show will be airing every Tuesday starting June 5th at 7:30 pm, and will be repeated on Wednesday’s at 11 am, Fridays at 4:30 pm, and Saturday at 10 am. Activ8 has completed production of its first show and is currently seeking sponsors for upcoming episodes. In addition to sponsors, the show is looking to showcase experts in the sport, health and wellness industry and encourages anyone that would like to be involved to contact the shows producer, Steve van Diest at steve@athletesnation.tv.

St. Albert Sports City is pleased to announce that the Edmonton Prospects Baseball Club has completed a licensing agreement with the Edmonton Capitals Baseball Cub and the Katz Baseball Corporation for the use of Telus Field for the upcoming 2012 baseball season. The Edmonton Prospects are one of eleven teams currently playing in the Western Major Baseball League, Canada’s pre-eminent summer college circuit, which features top level college baseball players from both Canada and the US. The opportunity to play at Telus Field became available after the Edmonton Capitals announced earlier this year that they would be suspending the 2012 Capitals season because of issues relating to challenges faced within the North American Baseball League. “I am extremely excited about this opportunity to play at Telus Field this season,” said St. Albert Sports City CEO Patrick Cassidy, “it will give us a fighting chance at gaining some recognition and market share in the Edmonton region, and of challenging our southern rivals the Okotoks Dawgs both on the field and off. The three time league champion Dawgs have not only put a very competitive winning team on the field but back it up off the field with the leagues highest year-to-year average attendance which they were able to push to over 2400 fans per game in 2011.” The Prospects have also reached an agreement with Ticketmaster for ticket distribution and sales. Within the next two weeks tickets can be purchased at all Tickemaster outlets or at the box office at Telus on the day of the game..

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

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COVER

It was shaping up to be a nervous night Monday, but (left to right) Doug Horner, Premier Alison Redford and Stephen Khan all came away with comfortable wins in the provincial election. See story, page 3.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY APRIL 26, 1935

Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers is given permanent possession of the Lady Byng Trophy, given to the most sportsmanlike player in the National Hockey League, after winning it seven of the past 11 years. The league would buy a new trophy for the next season.

Tories take local ridings handily

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A night that had been set up to be dramatic and historic instead turned out to be somewhat anticlimactic as the Progressive Conservatives easily won both St. Albert ridings en route to a majority government in Monday’s provincial election. In the riding of St. Albert — where many expected the Tories to be in for a close fight to hang onto the seat — PC candidate Stephen Khan easily outpaced his competition, gathering nearly 10,500 votes, or 53.8 per cent, while his closest competitor, Wildrose candidate James Burrows, only mustered 4,130, or 21.2 per cent. When the checkmark appeared next to his photo just before 9 p.m. and he was declared the winner of the riding, Khan said the first thoughts through his mind were of the community that had just elected him. “I was really happy for St. Albert. It’s an affirmation for St. Albert, the vision people have for our city and for our province,” said Khan, who replaces outgoing PC MLA Ken Allred. “And I was so incredibly happy for my team and the people who worked so hard to make this happen. It’s a remarkable victory for them, and it’s their victory every bit as much as it is mine.” While the Wildrose and the Alberta Party seemed to make inroads in the riding as the campaign went along, Khan said the feeling he got on the campaign trail was positive. “The feedback [phoners and doorknockers] were getting was so positive and so constructive and so in line with our vision and our message that we’ve been buoyed by that the entire way,” he said. For Burrows’s part, he felt the final numbers didn’t exactly match up with what he saw while out knocking on doors in the riding. “Obviously I’m disappointed. Obviously the PCs got their vote out,

unlike us,” said the former St. Albert per cent of the vote, and 60 seats in terms of the provincial side of it, and city councillor. that’s pretty rewarding. I feel good “I thought I would have shown about that.” better than I did this evening. I was As of Wednesday, PCs were pretty sure I was at least going to leading or elected in 61 ridings get 5,000 votes,” he added. “But it across the province, while Wildrose is what it is; the people are never candidates held 17 seats. wrong. We’ll move forward; the sun Burrows was proud of his will come up.” party’s showing Meanwhile, province-wide. in the Spruce “I’m very Grove-St. Albert pleased that our riding, deputy party has won premier Doug [close to] 20 Horner cruised seats. I’m very to his fourth Stephen Khan pleased that term in office, St. Albert MLA-elect Danielle [Smith] gathering more is now leader of than 55 per the official opposition. The other cent of the vote. Television news thing I’m pleased with is how much networks declared him the winner of the riding a mere 45 minutes after money we’ve raised as a party over the past six to eight months. I think the polls closed at 8 p.m. that bodes really well for our future,” “I’m very humbled at the support he said. that I got,” Horner said. “When Both Khan and Horner conceded you look at some of the polls, and that the PCs had not faced an you figure those polls are correct, opposition this strong in some time, then we might be in a bit of trouble. but Khan hoped that they would But we came through at around 58

“It’s their victory every bit as much as it is mine.”

find ways to build bridges across the floor of the legislature. “People in the Wildrose are sort of the brethren of the PC party,” he said. “There are differences, but as much as there are differences, there are similarities. And I hope we can emphasize those similarities and be productive and constructive.” But Horner was preparing for more confrontation. “I expect them to be as negative as they’ve been in the past,” he said with a laugh. “I think they’re going to go hard on decisions we’re going to make about building a better Alberta. That’s what I see ... It’ll be a different dynamic because the opposition is from the right.” As Horner heads into his fourth term and Khan his first, Horner had a few words of wisdom to pass along to his fellow St. Albert representative. “Patience is a big one,” he said, “and making sure you always stay as MLA number one, regardless of other things you might be doing. It’s important that the constituents are heard and we can help them.”

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

YOUR COUNCIL NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, April 30, 3:00 p.m. Council Chambers St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street

To Do: complete the municipal census

Agenda Highlights

The complete agenda package is posted to www.stalbert.ca

Do the census online -- it is easy, convenient, secure and confidential.

• St. Albert Minor Hockey Association – Lease Agreement Approval • Community Events Grant Allocations (Grandfathered) • 2012 Budget Adjustments • Capital Recreation Approach • Future Study Area Report: Potential Industrial Land • Council Motions o Engineering Standards/Architectural Guidelines (Light Industrial/ Business Park Development) o Property Tax Increase 2013

You just need the Unique Access Code that was mailed to you to access the online census questionnaire.

Census data is valuable for planning community programs and services, and ensures that St. Albert receives maximum government funding.

Council meetings are televised on SHAW TV Channel 10 from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., webcast live and archived: stalbert.ca

Wednesday, May 2, 6:00 p.m. Council Chambers St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street

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Households that do not complete the census online will be visited by an enumerator starting May 7.

READY SET GO

You can address Council on these or any other issues. Public appointments are heard at the beginning and end of each Council meeting. Call 780-459-1500 to register.

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Did you lose the access code? Questions? Contact a City of St. Albert Census Official by email (census@st-albert.net) or by phone (780-459-1500), between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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stalbert.ca/fountain-parkrecreation-centre p: 780-459-1553 Pre-school Lessons Beginning May 8, Fountain Park Recreation Centre will be running a five-week session of pre-school lessons. These once per week classes will be run for Babes and Tots, Tots, Sea Cubs, Floating Frogs, Sting Rays and Cruising Crocodiles. Register today either in person, by phone or online at stalbert.ca/online-services.

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New schedules come into effect Sunday, April 29, 2012. Check for changes to your route and download Google Transit and NextBus to make trip planning quick and easy.

SUMMER SCHEDULE – ORGANICS

Starting Monday, April 30, 2012, the City of St. Albert will begin weekly collection of organic carts for the summer season. To view the collection schedule, please visit online: stalbert.ca/refuse-collection-schedule or call Public Works at 780-459-1557.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BYLAW 12/2012 MONDAY, MAY 7, 2012 – 5 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ST. ALBERT PLACE A Public Hearing has been scheduled for Bylaw 12/2012, being Amendment 87 to Land Use Bylaw 9/2005. Along with various related textural amendments, this Bylaw adds six (6) new discretionary land uses to the Commercial and Industrial Service (CIS) Land Use District, while retaining the existing land uses to expand non-residential development opportunities in this district. The proposed new discretionary uses to the CIS are: • grocery store • parking lot • farm vehicle and equipment sales and services • industrial, heavy vehicle and equipment sales and services • funeral home • general industrial (replacing medium industrial) A copy of this notice has been provided to the assessed property owners and businesses within CIS Land Use Districts. Details of the proposal may be obtained by phoning the Planning Department at 780459-1642. A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be examined between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays at the Legislative Services Department (3rd Floor) in St. Albert Place, St. Albert.

Speaking to City Council If you wish to speak to City Council, please phone Legislative Services (780-459-1500) before 12:00 noon on Monday, May 7, 2012. You may also be heard by City Council by responding when the Chair of the Hearing calls upon any person present to speak in favour of or in opposition to the proposed bylaw. Written Submissions If you prefer to write to City Council, send your written comments to the Legislative Officer, City of St. Albert, 5 St. Anne Street, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 3Z9, or e-mail hearings@st-albert.net before 12:00 noon, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. All written submissions received before the deadline will be available for public viewing at the Public Hearing and at the Legislative Services Office. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act If you submit comments on this bylaw, either orally or in writing, the information you provide may be recorded in the minutes of the Public Hearing, or otherwise made public, subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. DATES OF PUBLICATION: St. Albert Leader: April 19 & 26, 2012 St. Albert Gazette: April 21 & 28, 2012

COMPOST GIVEAWAY SPRING 2012 Each year the City of St. Albert collects about 4,000 tonnes of compostable material from our depot. In the spring and fall, the City is pleased to make available to our residents the finished compost material for free. The finished product is of the highest grade and suitable for all uses. Date: Saturday May 12, 2012 Time: 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. or while quantities last Location: 7 Chevigny St – Public Works Jack Kraft Facility Limit two bags per household (if you return bags from previous giveaways in good condition, you will get a third bag). You will be asked to provide proof of St. Albert residence. www.stalbert.ca/compost-giveaway

Thursday, April 26, 2012

SPRING ROAD CLEANING UNDERWAY The City of St. Albert has started the annual spring-cleaning of roads and boulevards.

allows crews to complete sweeping much earlier than day-time operations.

Daytime Operations

Night-time crews will be working between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Please note there may be some noise disruptions for those residents backing onto arterial roadways for a short period of time. Residents’ patience and understanding is greatly appreciated.

Residential Street cleaning will commence the week of April 16, 2012. Signs will be placed at the entrance to your neighbourhoods to advise you of this activity. The Public Works Department appreciates you removing your car from the street when they are in your neighbourhood, so that a thorough job can be done cleaning your street. All residential areas are scheduled to be completed by the week of May 7, weather permitting. Night Time Operations Arterial boulevard cleaning and street sweeping will start the week of April 10, 2012. All arterial roads are scheduled to be completed by the week of May 7, weather permitting. Night-time sweeping over the last two seasons has proven to be very successful on arterials, so we’ll be sweeping during the night this season as well. Night-time sweeping allows crews to operate more safely and efficiently when cleaning boulevards. Night-time sweeping operations encounter less traffic volume and are therefore safer and less disruptive to traffic flow. Night-time operations also

2012 Residential Street Sweeping Schedule 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Akinsdale Kingswood Forest Lawn Northridge Oakmont Erin Ridge Lacombe Estates Lacombe Park Ironwood Deer Ridge Sturgeon Woodlands Parkwood/Pineview Braeside Heritage Lakes Grandin Mission

For more information: Call Public Works 780-459-1557 or www.stalbert.ca/public-works.

2012 COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SURVEY April 30 – May 9 The City of St. Albert is conducting a survey of residents to ask their opinions and satisfaction with various aspects of living in the community, including about services provided by the City. Banister Research & Consulting will be conducting telephone interviews starting April 30 to seek feedback from 800 randomly selected adult residents, with about 200 residents selected from each quadrant of the city. Residents will be called at home between 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekends. The survey takes about 20 minutes. When contacted, residents can arrange for an appointment for a more suitable date and time to participate. Participation is confidential and anonymous. The survey results will be presented to Council in July. The results are used to track City performance and are important for consideration to make program or service changes. The last survey was done in 2010. For questions or concerns, please contact 780-459-1500 or email communitysurvey@st-albert.net.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Bracko’s Senate bid flops Fellow Tory candidate Scott Tannas was second with 347,954 votes, or 13 per St. Albert Leader cent. Len Bracko will have to wait before It was a close race for the third adding the next item to his political and final senator-in-waiting spot. PC resumé. candidate Mike Shaikh led the race for The former Liberal MLA that spot with 307,008 votes, and current St. Albert city but was closely followed by councillor saw his independent Wildrose candidates Raymond bid to become one of three Germain (298,438) and Rob Senate nominees in Alberta Gregory (298,345). fall short on Monday night, “I was hoping that, with garnering only 140,658 votes, the competition between the or five per cent of those cast Wildrose and the [PCs], I could across Alberta. come up the middle, at least Bracko said running as an come up close,” Bracko said. independent didn’t do him any Len “But it didn’t quite work out Bracko favours. like that.” City councillor “A pattern was set, and it Bracko did, however, have followed right through the the best showing out of all the election. And that was that the parties independent candidates in the race, had the support; people voted according and he also won his home riding of to party lines,” he said. St. Albert, which he represented in the As of Wednesday morning, there Alberta Legislature from 1993 to 1997. were still results outstanding from a few “We had a great campaign team right polls in the province, but Progressive across the province, and we ran a very Conservative candidate Doug Black was good campaign. It was exciting,” he leading the way with 16 per cent of the said, although he wouldn’t commit right vote, or 427,621 votes. away to running again in the future.

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Bret (right) and Mary-Ann McCann address the media at RCMP K Division headquarters Monday.

Murder charges laid

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Twenty months after being named a suspect, Travis Vader has been formally charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the case of missing St. Albert couple Lyle and Marie McCann. RCMP said in a press release issued Monday morning that Vader, 40, was charged over the weekend at the Edmonton Remand Centre, where he is serving time on unrelated convictions. Lyle and Marie’s son, Bret, told the media at K Division headquarters Monday afternoon that having charges finally laid was not a surprise, but a relief. “For a couple of years now, we’ve known that Travis Vader was a suspect. It’s been quite an ordeal, and it’s more of a relief to finally have the charges out there and we can turn the page on it,” Bret said. However, he added, there are still a lot of questions that remain unanswered. “We still don’t know what happened to my parents or where my parents are,” Bret said. “It’s always there. It’s a constant gnawing … It’s always in the back of our minds,” he added.

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K Division media relations officer Staff Sgt. Shawn LeMay said that RCMP were able to lay the charges after new evidence was found recently. “There is information that has surfaced through the course of the investigation that has brought us to the position where we could [lay charges],” LeMay said. The investigation has been led by RCMP K Division’s major crimes unit, with the support of several other support units, including Forensic Identification. Bret noted that the family met with police every four to six weeks or so, and the family was told on Friday that charges would be laid — news that was met with “exuberance” and “exhiliration.” “They didn’t let us into the details of the investigation, as that would compromise the court trial that’s coming up,” he said. “But every time we met with them, we felt, as a family, reassured.” Vader was remanded in custody until his first court appearance on Tuesday, May 15, in Edson. Bret and his wife would not be able to make it to that hearing, but once the matter goes to trial, they intend to be in the courtroom as much as possible. “We definitely plan to be there when the trial starts,” he said.

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

OPINION

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Leaders MIA in campaign

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o we’ve just gone through another provincial election campaign, this one a little more eventful than in the past. With all the mudslinging, fear-mongering and finger-pointing that has been taken place, it sure feels like the campaign has gone on for more than 28 days. However, there by Glenn Cook was one aspect of this campaign that was conspicuous by its absence here in St. Albert: Visits by any of the party leaders. It’s hard to say whether they didn’t have the time or just felt they didn’t need to make an appearance in the city, but the fact remains they did not. We know that most, if not all, of the five major party leaders did at least drive through St. Albert over the four weeks, making quick stops in the city limits. But not one stopped long enough to make a policy announcement or even have a quick public handshake photoop with the local candidate. Wildrose leader Danielle Smith did speak at a fundraising breakfast at the St. Albert Inn and Suites, but that was poorly publicized and happened before the writ was officially dropped. It’s bizarre for a city that still has the fifthlargest population in the province, and bizarre given that St. Albert wouldn’t have been a major detour from Edmonton, where the leaders spent a good chunk of the campaign. But it’s most bizarre considering the riding of St. Albert is one that was seemed to be up for grabs. With PC incumbent Ken Allred stepping aside and the riding’s history of swinging between parties, one would have thought the Tories, the Liberals or even the Wildrose would have brought in the big guns to try and seal the deal, much like the Tories did when Premier Ed Stelmach appeared in the riding several times prior to the 2008 vote. Even in Spruce Grove-St. Albert, where Doug Horner was carried to a comfortable victory, it couldn’t have hurt for Premier Alison Redford to stop by and lend some tangible support to her deputy premier. Anyway, whether a snub or not, it’s water under the bridge. What will be more important now is how Redford treats St. Albert and the rest of Alberta’s municipalities. But we can also hope to see a little more of her in person in the meantime.

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We need a food bank, and it needs support

t. Albert needs a Food Bank?” Throughout the years, we at the Food Bank have heard this question many times. The perception that St. Albert is an affluent community with few social issues is simply not the case, and the Food Bank, through your generosity, currently supplies nutritional support to over 700 families. Three years ago, the Food Bank moved to a much larger location and has since been able to provide a very exciting new addition to our services, called the St. Albert Community Village. It is here that the underlying issues that bring our clients to us are addressed through the diligent work of our Community Liaison, who is a Registered Social Worker. The purpose of the Community Village is to provide a “hand

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KRECSY Food Bank exec. dir. My City up” rather than a “handout.” Some of the underlying reasons that bring our clients in to see us include evictions and other housing issues, mental health issues, domestic violence, job loss, chronic economic issues and family break-up. The Community Liaison Worker (CLW) sits down with the clients to help them develop a Plan of Action that is unique to their particular situation, which will help them reach the highest level of independence possible. The CLW works closely with many City of St. Albert social agencies, which

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results in appropriate referrals for the clients, thus reducing duplication of both service and effort. The CLW has met with over 500 families since the Village opened in January 2010, and has already closed 200 files. What she is doing works! We have just begun building a second floor in the Community Village. This second floor will house an Advocacy Office, a Community Clinic with law students, and a classroom/wellness room. There will also be office space that can be used by other agencies to meet with our clients. Our clients are comfortable in asking for assistance at the Food Bank/ Village, but occasionally there are issues that hold them back from going to other places to access the services they need. Other programs that are

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already in place at the Village include the Community Kitchen, the financial literacy program and the Nurturing Opportunities for Wellness (N.O.W.) program. Like any not-for-profit organization, we are always fundraising, and our third annual Silent Auction is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, from 7 to 10 p.m. at the St. Albert Curling Club. We have a fantastic evening planned for all who attend. There will also be a live auction, with many fabulous items generously donated by local businesses. There will also be entertainment by Innovations Music and a wonderful array of food prepared by a professional chef, so please bring your appetite. Tickets are available at the Food Bank, Eye Health and Innovations Music. Owned and operated by

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Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel delivers his State of the City address during an Edmonton Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Shaw Conference Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Mandel: Edmonton focused on progress

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Mayor Stephen Mandel is using the Wildrose election shutout in Edmonton as proof the capital city is focused on progress. “Edmonton was the focal point of one party’s platform, and I’m pleased to be able to go forward with our vision and to deliver the kinds of things that our citizens asked us to do,” said Mandel during his State of the City address Tuesday. “I think Edmontonians spoke loud and clear that they want to see our city move forward, they want to see us continue with the vision we have and I’m very optimistic that we’re going to be able to work with the current provincial government and deliver the things that citizens expected like LRT.” While Wildrose leader Danielle Smith was promising the kind of change Mandel pushed against, the mayor knows that Edmonton, and Alberta as a whole, will indeed see change in the coming years. “Change is essential; we can’t resist it and shouldn’t even try. But strong leadership and good co-operative relationships can shape its outcomes,” he said. “So much change is coming to this province and it is clear that Albertans expect new thinking, new action and new ideas.” Mandel touted the current council’s push to expand LRT, build the new Royal Alberta Museum and move an NHL arena

into the downtown core. “I look back to a time when this city held itself back, arguing more about what we shouldn’t do, than what we should do,” said Mandel referring to overhauling Churchill Square. “The city is dramatically different. I think there’s much more confidence in the city. I think at some point in time we lost that confidence years ago, and I think it’s back now.” Despite that, Mandel said the city organization needs to become more “nimble,” and willing to “fix what hasn’t worked well enough.” “We have to compete with the world. We’ve lost a bunch of things lately that we shouldn’t have, or at least we should have had a chance to compete with,” he said. Mandel took the opportunity Tuesday to take a shot at the provincial tax collecting model, calling property taxes “unfair and regressive.” Mandel is also breathing a sigh of relief to work with Premier Alison Redford over Smith in part due to the arena project. While he declined to comment about what a PC majority means for the missing $100 million needed to construct the proposed arena, he said the city still has plans involving provincial dollars. “We have some ideas and we’ll approach the province in the next little while once they get settled in,” said Mandel. The Boyle Renaissance, YMCA Melcor Village and revamping of the Quarters were also touted in the speech.

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Clockwise from top: Ryan James, a 16-year-old second dan black belt, gets anything but a bad break during a demonstration at the Phoenix Taekwondo booth Sunday; Mishka, a six-month-old husky cross, struts her stuff during the Paradise Pet Centre pet fashion show Saturday morning; Finley Gilbert, 5, has a hare-raising experience at the petting zoo on Friday; painter Nicole Deibert puts brush to canvas at the City of St. Albert cultural services display on Saturday; Cory Christopher of First Choice Tree Nursery worked his horticultural handiwork as part of the St. Albert Chamber of Commerceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Artful Entrances contest; Lorne Akins Junior High Grade 7 student Carlee Krec sings her heart out at the finals of the St. Albert Idol competition on Sunday afternoon; Sgt. Jaden Kawahara of 533 Sabre Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets tries out a flight simulator Friday.

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Hockey and heritage come together at summer clinic that they can do something in their mother tongue, in their first language,” he said. “Growing up a Franco-Albertan, Hockey and heritage are set to come the French language was very important. together in a big way for students at a I think back at the opportunities my hockey camp to be held this summer in parents provided for myself and my St. Albert. brothers and sisters to see the importance L’Association Canadienne-Française de of having French and being bilingual and l’Alberta (ACFA) and La Fédération du go through activities in French.” Sport Francophone de l’Alberta (FSFA) He added that, as the game becomes are co-hosting their first-ever French more globalized at the higher levels, it’s hockey clinic at Servus Credit Union becoming easier and easier to lose one’s Place on July 14 and 15. There, students own unique culture and be assimilated will have the chance to learn and improve into speaking English. their hockey skills while receiving “Hockey has always been, for me, in instruction entirely in French. an English environment; it has always “A lot of people who are from other been done in English. I’m familiar provinces who come here, some of with French hockey terms because I them speak French watch the Montreal [first] and then learn Canadiens on RDS, English,” said ACFA and growing up, it Centralta development was on the French officer Cathy Pellerin. station watching “We would like to Montreal,” he said. give them ... the “We live in Alberta, Serge Lajoie opportunity to where the majority NAIT Ooks head coach practice a sport in is English; our daily their own language.” lives, everything is in “We would like to demonstrate to our English. ... You should be able to, if you’re youth that they can practice in their own bilingual, seek out opportunities to do language,” she added. “Even if they’re your activities in whatever language you playing any sport anywhere, they’ll be choose to.” able to use French or English.” Pellerin hopes to bring in hockey Pellerin said that the idea for the players from across the province for the hockey camp came about as a natural camp, which includes categories for kids extension of the other programming that five and six years old, seven to 10 years old the ACFA puts on to promote Frenchand 11 to 14 years old. Canadian heritage in Alberta. “We’ll send from Lethbridge to Fort “We plan usually some different kind of McMurray,” she said. “We’re hoping to activities to reach a lot of people. It could have about 100 kids who will come for the be for families or for adults,” she said. “So camp.” we tried to go into the sports area to see if Once there, Lajoie — who also helps the [response] would be good, especially out with the Greater St. Albert Sports for the francophone, and so far it’s good.” Academy at Albert Lacombe School — According to the 2006 federal census, will teach them as much as he can in the Alberta had a francophone population short two days they have together. of 65,485, or about two per cent of the “We are still going to look to touch entire province’s population at the time, on all the basic skills — the puck skills, more than one-third of which lived in the the skating skills,” he said. “We probably Edmonton area. Just over 225,000 people, won’t go too much into any tactical stuff. or seven per cent, across the province said But more skill development, and try to they have a knowledge of French. create an environment where the kids Among those lined up to help teach at will have fun, work hard, make some the clinic are former Edmonton Oilers friends and an opportunity to have a goalie Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers, who is fun experience and get them hooked on now in the Anaheim Ducks’ system, and hockey.” current NAIT Ooks men’s hockey head Registration forms and promotional coach Serge Lajoie. posters will be distributed to francophone Lajoie said it’s very important for kids and French immersion schools in St. to practice language skills in settings they Albert across Alberta this week. For more enjoy, like on the ice. details, visit www.acfa.ab.ca or www. “It’s another activity for them to see lafsfa.ca.

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Members of the novice St. Albert Raiders join SAMHA’s Mark Kay (holding cheque, left),Esso’s Karen Reiter-Stecyk (holding cheque, right) and their coaches to celebrate the $10,000 prize they won as part of the Esso Medals of Achievement program’s 30th anniversary.

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program within the association. “We have a lot of development for our coaches and players, which we do a very When Imperial Oil celebrated a birthday good job on, but we’ve trying for a few last week, it was the company that was years now to develop a goaltender program, giving out presents — one of which went to so hopefully this money will help fund that the St. Albert Minor Hockey Association. a bit,” he said. In recognition of the 30th anniversary of “Everything from on-ice to off-ice the Esso Medals of Achievement program, preparation, everything through the Imperial Oil gave out, via random draw, goaltending paradigm,” he added. “We three prizes of $10,000 each to minor have plenty of players who have come hockey associations across Canada. One of through SAMHA — the Messiers and the the winning entries came from the novice Iginlas — but maybe we can get a Patrick St. Albert Raiders, and they collected their Roy, a goaltender to come out of SAMHA. cheque at Akinsdale Arena on Wedenesday, That’d be great.” April 18. The Esso Medals of Acheivement Karen Reiter-Stecyk, program provides community relations Most Dedicated, advisor with Imperial Most Improved and Oil’s Strathcona refinery, Most Sportsmanlike told the Raiders she medals free of charge hoped the prize would to minor hockey teams be the first step to seeing across Canada, along Mark Kay another great hockey with certificates of St. Albert Minor Hockey player come out of St. participation. Over the Albert. program’s 30 years, “I think of all the nearly two million hockey greats that have passed through medals and 30 million certificates have here — Mark Messier and Jarome Iginla been distributed. — so it’s really neat to see, in an arena like “What I’ve always loved about this this, in a community in Canada, some program is its grassroots [nature],” person like — a minor hockey player — Reiter-Stecyk said. “Wherever you are someday might be watching you,” she said. in the country, if you’re playing hockey, The Raiders’ entry was submitted by your coach or somebody associated with coach Keith Waldbillig, and was one of your team can put in an application more than 18,000 received from across the to get those medals. And I love what it country. The other winning associations recognizes — the spirit, the leadership, the were from Turner Valley, Alta., and South sportsmanship, all these characteristics Delta, B.C. that are not only important on the ice but Mark Kay, development director for off the ice.” SAMHA, said the money will likely to go For more information, visit www. to starting up a goaltender development essomedals.com.

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City announces botanic awards GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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St. Albert Special Olympics floor hockey player Josh Petrone gets ready to snap a wrist shot during the Safeway Shootout for Special Olympics at the Oliver Square Safeway in Edmonton on Friday.

Council OKs affordable housing plan GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

St. Albert city council has adopted a blueprint for affordable housing in the future. Now it’s up to City of St. Albert staff to start filling in the details. At their regular meeting Monday afternoon, councillors unanimously voted to receive a report on the city’s affordable housing delivery model, and to have administration come back with recommendations on how to implement it by the end of May. The report, authored by the City’s planning and engineering department, outlines seven core strategies recommended for the next five years to raise the inventory of and accessibility to affordable housing in St. Albert, including: • creating a municipal affordable housing strategy; • ranking housing priorities and assigning City funding based on

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that prioritization; • establishing housing targets and objectives; • monitoring housing needs and updating plans on an ongoing basis; • supporting regional initiatives and implementation plans; • co-ordinating the efforts of various housing providers; and • providing funding and incentives toward housing initiatives through both existing sources and new ones like a revolving housing fund and a community housing grant program. “It will remain the City’s role to continue developing tools and resources that will improve affordability,” said Lory Scott, the City’s affordable housing liaison. “The ability to close gaps and develop solutions will be based on municipal priorities, available funding and local resources.” Scott cautioned, though, that the

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The City of St. Albert wants residents to let their green thumbs show, and to reward them for it. On Friday — just in time for the gardening season — the City announced the creation of the new Cultivating Front Yards program, through which awards will be handed out to skilled gardeners whose front yards excel in one of six categories: • Natural Front Yard; • Business Front Yard; • Edible Front Yard, which incorporates edible fruits and vegetables into the design; • Overall Front Yard; • Art in a Front Yard; and • Winter Front Yard. Joan Barber, the City’s interim director of business and tourism development, said the program is a natural extension of the new “Botanical Arts City” brand and the work the City has been doing to spruce up neighbourhoods and roadways. “We’ve been working really hard on beautification within the city for the last few years — putting the flower barrels on the intersections and the commercial cost share, where we cost share with businesses to do beautification,” Barber said. “We were making good progress on that part, so we thought it was time to basically encourage and reward our residents that already have beautiful yards.” The entries will be judged by a volunteer panel with

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Potters Guild fired up for show GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Members of the St. Albert Potters’ Guild are getting “fired up” for their annual show and sale. The potters take over the foyer of St. Albert Place from Thursday, May 3, to Saturday, May 5, with pieces ranging from functional to purely decorative and displaying a wide variety of styles and techniques. Mary Hutchings, a 10-year member of the guild who is in charge of publicity for this year’s sale, said that, in her time with the group, she has seen the sale continue to grow and thrive. “It grows, it changes; we’ve got people that love our stuff who come back year after year, and ... say, ‘You have to let me know when you’re doing another sale,’” she said. “And then there are other people who are coming and discovering us for the very first time. And they’re going, ‘Oh wow, this is here in St. Albert? I’ve lived here 15 years and didn’t know you people existed!’” This year, some of the potters are experimenting with new techniques like

slips to give their work more of a textured finish. “It gives a nice different texture; they’re not all smooth,” she said, noting that other members have been experimenting with spraying glaze onto their work before firing them in the kiln, and she herself has just started carving and etching some of her own works before they’re finished off. Pottery is a medium where techniques are constantly evolving, Hutchings said, and those involved never stop learning. “We’ve got a couple in our guild that have been potting for 63 years, and they say it never ceases to amaze them the new things that people try and pass along to each other and teach in courses,” she said. “I’ve been a member of the guild for 10 years, and I still can’t decide where I want to put my focus. ... Everybody is constantly trying to expand their horizons.” The guild itself is as strong as ever, with a full membership and kilns constantly firing in their St. Albert Place studio. “Our membership is full; there’s no two ways about that. We’ve always got a waiting list of people who’d like to become members,” Hutchings said, noting

that, in the past couple of years, the guild has started up a visiting membership program where potters from outside St. Albert can come in and use their studio for a couple of weeks at a time, and that has been quite successful. And it’s not hard to get young people involved in pottery and constantly have fresh faces in the guild. “The City of St. Albert is so good in putting out programs for teen classes and children’s classes,” Hutchings said. “And then there are all the school groups who come through for those programs. There are a lot of children that are growing up with pottery, and as they get older, they’re saying, ‘I don’t want to give this up.’” Hutchings started her pottery career by taking adult classes through the City for four years before become a guild member. Over her decade in the guild, she said she has received tremendous support from fellow members. “With pottery, it’s so good for the soul. It’s something that makes you feel good,” she said. “There’s some technical skill as well as artistic skill, but it’s a lot easier for a person like myself to come and give it a try.”

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St. Albert Potters’ Guild member Diane Gwilliam works away during a demonstration at the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce Lifestyle Expo and Sale on Sunday.

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said. “Even in our scenes, when she would work scenes with us, she was helping direct. She brings another energy to it, because she The St. Albert Theatre Troupe is back for like to bring all the exercises in from her seconds. education.” The group of local actors is getting ready Bedtime Stories revolves around radio to raise the curtain on their second dinner DJ Eddie “Nighthawk” Nichols, who, in an theatre production of 2012 as Bedtime attempt to get the attention of big-market Stories, written by Norm Foster, opens at the stations and move up in the radio world, Kinsmen Banquet Centre in Riel Park tonight decides to get a couple to have sex live on the (Thursday). air. That couple is Lou and Betsy Ballantyne, It’s a quick turnaround from their who are persuaded to go along with the stunt production of Opening Night, also penned thanks to the $5,000 and the night in a hotel by Foster, in February, room Eddie has promised but troupe member Mark them. McGarrigle said that’s not Meanwhile, those tuning necessarily a bad thing. in include a terminally ill “We’re trying to keep man and the old friend the ball rolling, keep the who pops in for one last momentum going,” he said. visit; two burglars in the Mark McGarrigle “We had a good show with middle of a heist; a clumsy St. Albert Theatre Troupe the last one; we sold about stripper; a teenage rock 60 per cent of our available groupie; and a pair of tickets. ... Everything’s just a little bit better, a home movers. The links between Eddie, the little bit more.” Ballantynes and all these listeners are revealed But, he added, that quick turnaround does as the play unfolds. also pose challenges. Although the premise sounds a bit risqué, “The actors from the last one, we had McGarrigle said the troupe isn’t worried about expended everything they had to offer. And it turning off any potential theatregoers. their spouses, their patience was running thin “The situations are a bit risqué, but the with all the time they were putting in, so a lot conversations really aren’t. ... They’re a middleof them opted out,” he said. aged couple, so it’s all very cutesy talk between However, that opened the door for five the two of them,” he said. troupe newcomers to take a turn in the With the last three shows the troupe has spotlight, including Graham Blackley, Rachael been done being written by Foster, McGarrigle Cheechoo, Allen Grant, Rhonda Kozuska and said they plan to branch out with the next one Andrea McHenry. in October. “This play, it feels like we’re all rehearsing “We’ve done three of his now, so that’s alone,” he said. “There are six scenes and one a season, I’d say,” he said, noting that their set ... so we’ve all been rehearsing on different next venture will be The Nun’s Trail by David nights.” Barrett. Returning to the cast are McGarrigle, Bedtime Stories runs on Thursdays, Fridays Trevor Lawless and Katie Elliott, who moves and Saturdays until May 12. Tickets are $45 from actor to director. each plus GST, including a roast beef dinner, “[Elliott]’s got a lot of experience; she’s and can be purchased by phone at 780-668educated in college for acting,” McGarrigle 9522 or online at www.stalberttheatre.com.

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Clint Hagel (left) and Ron Long of Edmonton group Il Duo take a duet from the musical Cats a little too literally during a performance at the St. Albert Community Information and Volunteer Centre’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on Wednesday, April 18, at the St. Albert Alliance Church.

Corb Lund hits Arden stage

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The Arden Theatre is set to go a little bit country next week for a special television taping. Edmonton native Corb Lund and his band, the Hurtin’ Albertans, take to the Arden stage on Tuesday, May 1, where they’ll tape a special to air later this year on CBC television. Fans of Lund are in for a special treat, as the set will include some material from his forthcoming new album, the name of which has yet to be released, but should hit

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Zac Efron comes of age in The Lucky One BRUCE KIRKLAND Sun Media News Services

It is now official: Former teen heartthrob Zac Efron is a man, both in life and in the movies. “He grew up in this role,” bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks says of Efron’s star turn in The Lucky One, the seventh Sparks book to be adapted into a Hollywood film. “He’s a young man in this role. I couldn’t be happier and his performance is incredible.” By playing a hardened U.S. Marine who is dealing with battle stress back home in the States, Efron completes the transition. It is a rite of passage that many young actors never make. As a brown-haired, blue-eyed, wholesome teen, Efron generated his early fame doing some high struttin’ as the leading man in

Disney’s High School Musical movies. In 2007, Rolling Stone magazine called the young Californian the “poster boy for tweenyboppers.” His pre-teen and teenaged fans screamed when Efron escorted his thengirlfriend and HSM co-star Vanessa Hudgens to the 2009 Oscars. But that kind of fame is ephemeral. Now 24 years old, Efron is a young adult with more worldly concerns in The Lucky One. Producer Denise Di Novi says she chose Efron because “Zac has tremendous goodness in his heart and he has a lot of integrity. He really does not have a mean bone in his body, this guy.” Di Novi and Sparks are not his only fans as an adult actor. Efron already has another serious role wrapped up in Lee Daniels’ dramatic thriller The Paperboy, co-starring Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey and John Cusack as a condemned murderer who is working for his freedom. Efron says this transition is part of a master plan he worked out with his manager years ago. “I think early on, when I was on the other end of it, we set out with a general philosophy,” Efron tells Sun Media in a rare oneon-one interview. “My philosophy was that I would rather take a slow, hard route and try to make this transition with some integrity.” For Efron, integrity means learning how to

act, choosing his roles carefully, working with almost instantly. The dogs were fun, too, especially because Efron bonded with Rowdy, interesting directors and not just exploiting the teen fame thing. Celebrity does not means the six-year-old German Shepherd who plays Zeus, his character’s closest friend. “Best actor he can avoid hard work, Efron says. on the set!” Efron enthuses. “Fate opened that door for me,” he says Even the tame sex scenes with Schilling of being “a musical theatre geek” who was were intriguing, contrary to the dread many chosen for his breakout in High School actors feel about getting raunchy: “I looked Musical after smaller roles in television. Any forward to those scenes number of other young in this one,” he confesses men with brown hair and playfully. “Magic scenes blue eyes could have scored get built up because that role as Troy Bolton there’s ‘something’ that’s instead, he says. “There coming up. They’re always is no accounting for the looming and other people ‘random-osity’ or the luck, Zac Efron don’t want to talk about whatever it was that got Actor them. Somehow, it’s me in that door. But, once got this weird awkward it was opened, I stepped perception.” through it. And I knew that wasn’t the end, it But playing a Marine truly was daunting, was the start of what potentially could be so Efron says. Director Scott Hicks took Efron much more. So it’s been fun. It’s turned into into arranged meetings with real U.S. so much more than I dreamed it could be, a Marines in North Carolina, Sparks’ home longer trip. And it just gets more interesting.” territory. Efron was intimidated and awed. The “so much more” has been a steady “A lot of them were my height and my build through 17 Again, Me and Orson build but they looked like superheroes. In my Welles, Charlie St. Cloud, voice work in The eyes at least, I was looking at real-life heroes. Lorax and now The Lucky One. It helps, of And I’m a musical theatre geek walking in course, that The Lucky One is another Sparks there and I knew there was so much work to project. There is a built-in audience for any be done. It was overwhelming at that point: movie made from one of his novels. Like the movie version of The Notebook, that audience ‘How am I going to do this?’ But, every time I get scared like that, that’s the sign that I’m on will be dominated by women, and not just the right track.” tweens and teens in love with a former Efron’s training routine was severe. He was heartthrob. up between 3 and 4 a.m. most mornings for The Lucky One, despite its early scenes five months, ready to train with Logan Hood, set in the Iraq war, is primarily a romance. a veteran of the U.S. Navy Seals. “That’s Efron’s character walks from Colorado crunch time, man!” he tells me. “When you’re to Louisiana in search of a woman in a working and you’ve got a cause, a specific photograph which he found in the dust after cause you’re working for, that’s when I shine. a deadly battle in Iraq. Taylor Schilling plays That’s when I enjoy it. The fact that I was up the woman he finds, a single mom running a at four in the morning for training, that’s a dog kennel. reason to hold my head up a little higher all The romance was fun for Efron, especially because he and Schilling became great friends day when I was on set.”

“Once [the door] was opened, I stepped through.”

Taking it to social media imposters

Thanks to his fight against imposters, Zac Efron has finally embraced social media, including Twitter. We were facing this every day,” he says of he and his management team members. People he calls “fake imposters” were posting on Twitter and in other social media pretending to be him. “And fans were following people who were ‘representing’ me and who were not in fact me. But they (the fans) didn’t know. It was real to them.”

Efron, who fights to keep his private life private, found the fake posts “incredibly misleading” and potentially damaging to his reputation. “At the end of the day, it wasn’t me they were communicating with, or people I approve of at the very least. You can take down as many fakers as you want but, unless you give people a real source that’s verified, they’re not going to know where to go (for authentic posts).” Now Efron realizes he can stay private and still post in public by being careful about what he gives up on Twitter. “The act of doing it is not giving that away, necessarily. You are in control at that point. You can make sure it maintains integrity. At least that’s what I am going to attempt here.”

Among his social media, Efron now has a verified Twitter account, @ZacEfron. He hired social media specialist LaQuishe Wright to supervise it for him, as she does for other celebrities including Channing Tatum. Efron has one message for his new friend: “Keep me safe, man, keep me safe!” Because his Twitter experience is still new, Efron is not pretending to be an expert. “I have virtually no perspective on it because I have not been involved. So I’m going to find out. For a while, I thought it was black and white, that you have to abstain completely to maintain your integrity as an artist. But I don’t think that works. It is part of our culture now and you can use it as a tool.” — Bruce KirKland

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Death spurs Lightfoot’s live CD JANE STEVENSON St. Albert Leader

A brush with death — just not his own — inspired Gordon Lightfoot’s latest album. “I was going to save it and have it released after my death,” says the Canadian folk legend of All Live, a collection of 19 hits recorded between 1998 and 2011 that arrives Tuesday. “But all of a sudden we lost our lead guitar player Terry Clements, wonderful guy, great friend, worked for me for 40 years in this band. I said, ‘There will be some confusion here (with Clements’ replacement), we better put this out now when we’ve got the band as it was then.” The result is his first live album since 1969. Lightfoot’s own status — alive or dead — was called into question in 2010 when news of his demise was reported, then retracted. Not imagined: the aortic aneurysm he suffered in 2002 and a minor stroke in 2006. Still, that’s not the reason 2004’s Harmony was his last original album. Instead, he’s said he finds songwriting too isolating and time consuming. “I consider what I do on stage to be every bit as creative as what I do in isolation. I lost a bit of the starch out of the top end of the vocal after the illness but it did not discourage me, it did not dissuade me in any way. I just have to do this. “I love the work. I have a passion for it. Until (the road) tells me otherwise, there’s no reason whatsoever to even entertain the thought of stopping. The only thing that can stop it is a health issue, that’s all,” Lightfoot says in his neo-

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Gordon Lightfoot says that the sudden death of a bandmate spurred him to release a collection of live recordings.

classical mansion, located in the same Toronto neighbourhood where Prince previously lived. The upscale surroundings aside, there still sits a rickety lawn chair where the 73-year-old singersongwriter likes to sit, have a smoke and contemplate life as he stares out at the trees, manicured lawn and winding driveway. In the living room, a wall is dedicated to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald paintings, drawings and even a foam model. A brief tour of the first floor reveals a major man cave - despite the fact the recently divorced (for a second time) musician has a girlfriend who lives in L.A. - with well-worn leather chairs,

open crates of shirts he never wears anymore, books by fellow Canadians like Dave Broadfoot, his Order of Canada medal and a study-slashmusic room. Still, the cluttered interior is more winter cabin in the woods than high society clubhouse. His favourite room? “Where I sleep,” says Lightfoot, who will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in June in New York City. “I like to hang out where I sleep and I keep a regular sked because I’m always preparing. I’m always wanting to stay prepared. Staying prepared is part of the challenge.”

Brand calls for new drug laws SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Funnyman Russell Brand has called for a drastic overhaul of drugs policy in the U.K., urging politicians to decriminalise illicit substances and help addicts become useful members of society. The former alcoholic and heroin addict was invited to share his experiences at a House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee hearing into Britain’s drug policies taking place in London on Tuesday. Russell He told the hearing his Brand drug demons had forced Actor/Comedian him to become a criminal in order to fund his habit, and insisted the scourge of addiction can only be tackled if sufferers are treated with “compassion”. Brand told the committee, “I became a drug addict, I think, because of emotional difficulties, psychological difficulties, and perhaps a spiritual malady. For me, taking drugs and excessive drinking were the result of a psychological, spiritual or mental condition.”

Thursday, April 26, 2012

HEALTH

Parkinson’s disease not just the ‘shakes’

all about movement,” says Dr. Ron Postuma, a neurologist with the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal. “Although that’s When Keith Goobie was diagnosed with true, the degenerative process occurs in Parkinson’s disease (PD), he and his partner many areas of the brain and in many ways. Roslyn Patrick did their homework to arm So although patients are aware of the motor themselves with as much knowledge as aspects of the disease, they are not as aware of possible about the movement disorder illness the non-motor symptoms or they don’t bring that they knew would increasingly become a them up with their doctors because they don’t challenge for Goobie. think they are related to PD.” The former IT manager These symptoms had already experienced include the kind of some stiffness and a brain freeze that Goobie tremor, but at work one noticed. But they may day he was also struck with also include constipation, a “brain freeze,” during insomnia, loss of smell, which he found himself nausea, restless leg zoning out for two or three syndrome, excessive Keith Goobie seconds at a time. sweating or a buildParkinson’s sufferer Because one of PD’s up of saliva, cognitive prime symptoms is a impairment, and feeling slowness of movement, the hands, legs, voice lightheaded when standing up. These nonand face are often slowed and there is less motor symptoms are not experienced by spontaneity expressed, even in the face or the every PD patient, but if and when they are, eyes. they often go unrecognized and untreated, “I found that, even if I were quite interested explains Postuma, who co-authored a free 50in what someone was saying, my face would page booklet for patients on the subject. tell a different story because it showed no That handbook, A Guide to the Non-Motor response,” says Goobie, who was diagnosed Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, is a joint 18 months ago in his early 50s. “But that type project of Parkinson Society Canada and the of information was not talked about by my Canadian Institutes of Health Research and doctors. It was all about the shakes.” is the first of its kind possibly in the world. It “Essentially, the stereotype of PD is that it’s can be easily downloaded at parkinson.ca and

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“You need someone with a holistic view of the disease.”

includes a questionnaire checklist so people with PD can track what they are experiencing and take those notes with them the next time they visit their doctor. Many of the symptoms are only recently described, says Postuma, who explained that much more is known now about PD. “Now that the motor symptoms are better controlled, we see these other nonmotor symptoms of which patients were not previously aware because they were so disabled from their motor symptoms. Also, patients today are living longer and better and as a result have been able to notice these things.” Because non-motor symptoms have recently come to light, not every doctor would be aware of them. “To some doctors educated even 20 years ago, it was just the shaking disease. You need someone with a holistic view of the disease,” says Goobie, adding that the Parkinson Society has a list of recommended physicians. Tracking nonmotor symptoms is important because today there are treatments available to help with almost every one of them. With PD a degenerative and progressive illness, so much is out of one’s control, says Goobie’s partner Roslyn. “This booklet allows those experiencing issues with the nonmotor aspects to have foresight. It alleviates additional stressors of having the symptoms either totally disregarded or marginalized.”

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Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky, is one of many high-profile cases of Parkinson’s disease to be diagnosed in recent years.

Autism study at Univ. of Alberta gives families new hope KEVIN MAIMANN Sun Media News Services

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U of A researcher Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum plays with Georges Bilodeau, 3, at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital. Bilodeau’s two older brothers are involved in a study on autism.

A local autism study has given Leanne Bilodeau new hope for her two oldest sons. University of Alberta medical researcher Dr. Lonnie Zwaigenbaum is the principal investigator for an ongoing study that links 15 scientists across North America. The scientists are trying to improve early diagnosis and treatment by examining DNA samples from children with autism and their infant siblings. Bilodeau has already seen immeasurable results with her six-year-old son Benjamin, a study participant. “He went from being a child that answered me in one or two words, didn’t share his thoughts with me, didn’t show me things in the environment, didn’t play well with toys,” Bilodeau says. After a year in the study, with additional intervention from

the Centre for Autism Services Alberta, Benjamin is a new person. “The intervention gave me my son back. He is capable of sharing, he is capable of talking to you, he is capable of having a full life in the world. It’s phenomenal.” Bilodeau has her hands full at home on a daily basis. Her second son Remy, age 5, has also been diagnosed with autism, though her two youngest — Georges, 3, and Jacques, 2 — have not. The diagnoses came as a shock, as her family has no history of autism or other developmental issues. Zwaigenbaum says one in five younger siblings of children with autism will be diagnosed. “We believe that studying the effects of these genes in the younger siblings, who are known to be a higher risk group, is going to give us important clinical information that will apply to the broader community,” he said. Sixty Edmonton families are involved in the research initiative.

Families visit Zwaigenbaum at the Glenrose’s Autism Research Centre every three months, starting when their kids are six months old. Zwaigenbaum and his team observe communication skills, temperament, and other behavioural characteristics that could determine the earliest manifestations of autism. He says he has learned to identify signs in children as young as 12 months of age, which include not smiling or making eye contact and being abnormally fixated on objects. Having seen the benefits of early intervention, Bilodeau will do whatever she can to help further the research. “I personally think (autism) is an epidemic. I don’t think it’s an increase in diagnosis,” Bilodeau said. “There is something going on, and we need answers.” The study is funded by Autism Speaks and the Simons Foundation.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

St. Albert Protestant Schools

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Bellerose Composite High School

49 Giroux Road 780-460-8490 Principal: George Mentz April 30: Final day of choir tour to Anaheim May 1: Rutherford Scholarship & U of A application deadline; Leadership at Flex May 2-22: IB exams May 3: Hi-5 Recognition at Flex; Faculty Council May 4: French 10 challenge exam

Elmer S. Gish School

75 Akins Drive 780-459-7766 Principal: Duncan Knoll April 30: Elementary spring concert and silent auction, Alliance Church 6:30–8:30 pm; U.S Neighbor Day April 30-May 4: Cultural Celebration Week May 1: First Nation and Metis Day May 2: Inuit Day May 2-5: Sr. band tour, Cranbrook, B.C. May 3: Cultural Celebration Day May 4: Ethnic dancing; ECS Global swimming, Fountain Park Pool, 9-10:30 am

Keenooshayo School

40 Woodlands Road 780-459-3114 Principal: Michael Erickson April 30-May 1: Gr. 6 camp at Birch Bay May 2: Spirit Day May 3: Read-in

10 Sycamore Avenue 780-459-4426 Principal: Kevin Jones April 30: Gr. 3 & 4 tennis tournament at Saville Centre; classroom door decorating May 1: Night at the Museum Canadian history project, 6-7 pm May 2: Spring schoolyard and Partners in the Parks clean-up, 11:15 am-12:15 pm May 3: Read-in, 10:30 am May 4: “May the Fourth Be With You” volunteer tea; assembly, 11:45 am; luncheon, 12:15 pm

Lorne Akins School

4 Fairview Boulevard 780-460-3728 Principal: Loretta Manning April 27: P.A.R.T.Y. Program (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) for Core, 9 am-5 pm at St. Albert Fire Hall No.3 April 30-May 4: Interschool badminton and rugby May 3: Career Day - students will learn about what it takes to become a chef, helicopter pilot, photographer and much more from over 20 presenters

Muriel Martin School

110 Deer Ridge Drive 780-458-0205 Principal: Peggy Bergmann April 30: Spell-a-thon begins; school yard cleanup; Gr. 6 French Immersion students to Legislature School; Vis-à-Vis workshops & presentation May 1: Vis-à-Vis workshops & presentation May 2: guest readers, 9:30-10:15 am; early dismissal May 3: Movin’ On Up; hot lunch; open house & volunteer appreciation evening opened by choir concert, 6:30-8 pm; Historica Fair & NGO Fair May 4: Dress-Alike Day

Outreach High School

50 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue 780-458-0839 Principal: Graham Jackson April 30: Education celebration assembly May 1: SAIF presentation May 3: Student recognition BBQ

Paul Kane High School

12 Cunningham Road 780-459-4405 Principal: Larry Dick May 3: Opening of “High Energy” Show at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, a show that features art from St. Albert high schools May 10-13: Envirothon May 7–10: Grad ticket sales May 23: Change for Africa fundraiser

Robert Rundle School

50A Grosvenor Boulevard 780-459-4475 Principal: John Osgood May 1: Community readers May 3: Class photos May 10: Kindergarten Mother’s Day tea May 10-11: Gr. 4 at Bennett Centre

Ronald Harvey School

15 Langley Avenue 780-459-5541 Principal: Janet Tripp April 30-May 4: “Leader in Me” Week; RHTV presentations by students each morning April 30-May 4: Spellathon May 1: Floor hockey tournament, Gr. 6 students vs. staff, 12:50 pm; Leaders as Readers (guest readers), 1:40 pm May 3: Gr. 5 Heritage Fair May 4: Pitch In Day

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61 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue 780-459-4467 Principal: John Strembitsky Mid April-mid May: SAM student art featured at St. Albert Public Library All Week: Schoolyard clean up April 30: Read-in - Division I students; author visit: Marion Brooker, Gr. 3 students May 1: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (Winspear Centre), Gr. 3 students; Swimming lessons, Gr. 2 May 2: Cupcake day May 3: Swimming lessons, Gr. 1; Hot lunch May 6: Run Wild – Gr. 2 (Grice) & Journal Games participants

Sir George Simpson School

50 Grosvenor Boulevard 780-459-4456 Principal: Pierre Rousseau Band Trip to Jasper and Banff Gr. 7 cleaning up local parks

Wild Rose School

58 Grenfell Avenue 780-460-3737 Principal: Les Kirchner April 30: principal & assistant principal for the morning; WRTV Education Edition May 1: Rock ‘n Read – community readers celebrate literacy by reading to classes, 10 am May 2: Division I Science Discovery morning May 3: Kindergarten at Profiles; Forest Lawn High School (Calgary) dance workshop May 4: Coins for Africa fundraiser; schoolyard clean-up

William D. Cuts School 149 Larose Drive 780-458-8585

Principal: Mike Tod Badminton finals; DRT rock concert; Leadership volunteering at seniors’ centre; Environmental Education cleanup

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Bribery probe sends Wal-Mart reeling SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Wal-Mart Stores Inc lost $10 billion of its market value on Monday on concerns that a bribery investigation in Mexico could be very costly and hinder its plans to grow. In a sign that the problem was widening for the world’s largest retailer, two U.S. lawmakers said they were launching their own investigation into allegations in a New York Times article that Wal-Mart de Mexico had engaged in a multi-year campaign of bribery to build its business. In Mexico, the front-running presidential candidate, Enrique Pena Nieto, and lawmakers also called on local authorities to investigate. If the allegations are true, Wal-Mart may have violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), which forbids bribes to foreign government officials, as well as run afoul of Sarbanes-Oxley rules that require corporate gatekeepers to report material violations of securities laws. Legal and retail experts also raised concerns about Wal-Mart chief

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Mike Duke Wal-Mart CEO The Times report “raises significant questions about the actions of top company officials in the United States who reportedly tried to disregard substantial evidence of abuse,” Cummings and Waxman said in a statement. Shares of Wal-Mart de Mexico, which is 69 per cent-owned by WalMart and known as Walmex, fell 12 per cent to 37.89 pesos ($2.88). The drop wiped out a 12 per cent year-todate gain in the second-most-weighted stock on Mexico’s IPC index. Shares of Wal-Mart fell 4.7 percent to $59.54, wiping some $10 billion off their market value and more than erasing this year’s gains. The stock is a component of the Dow Jones industrials index, which ended 0.8 per cent lower. The news raised concerns that Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, may have trouble expanding into new markets. “Entering additional countries is a cornerstone of Wal-Mart’s growth strategy,” Consumer Edge Research analyst Faye Landes wrote in a research note. “We can foresee the authorities in some key countries, notably India, becoming dramatically

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc lost $10 billion of its market value on Monday on concerns that a bribery investigation in Mexico could be very costly and hinder its plans to grow. less welcoming to Wal-Mart following the release of the allegations.” The New York Times reported on Saturday that a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an email from a former Walmex executive in September 2005 that described how the Mexican company had paid bribes to obtain permits to build stores in the country. According to the Times, WalMart sent investigators to Mexico City and found a paper trail of suspect payments totaling more than $24 million. But the company’s leaders shut down the probe and did not notify U.S. or Mexican law enforcement officials until after the newspaper informed Wal-Mart that it was looking into the issue, the Times reported. Wal-Mart said it was deeply concerned about the matter and

began an investigation into its FCPA compliance last fall. It said it disclosed the probe to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and declined to give any more details or to make executives available for comment. In a memo entitled “Integrity” sent to Wal-Mart employees on Monday, Duke said the company takes compliance with FCPA “very seriously, and we will not tolerate violations anywhere or at any level of the company.” The memo included a link to Wal-Mart’s global ethics office website and phone hotline. “My firm expectation is that Walmart will always follow the law, but my expectation also goes far beyond following the law. We will do what’s right — not just what is legal — and our actions will show the utmost integrity at all times,” he said.

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Lingnan’s lucky lions Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leader

Members of the Hung Mun Athletic Club perform a traditional Chinese lion dance at the grand opening of the new Lingnan Express restaurant in Village Landing on Saturday. The dance is believed to bring good luck and fortune to a business.

Debt could push interest rates up SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney repeated on Tuesday that the central bank might have to increase interest rates and he continued to fret about the high levels of debt that Canadians are taking on. Carney used an appearance at the House of Commons finance committee to stress the central bank’s recent message that rates could have to go up despite global economic uncertainty. “We have noted that given the state of the (Canadian) economy, the amount of slack, firmer underlying inflation, that it may become appropriate to withdraw some of the considerable monetary policy stimulus,” Carney told the committee.

“But any such decision would be taken with care and careful consideration of domestic and global risks. There’s a few clear messages there.” The central bank, which has kept rates at a near-record low of one per cent since September 2010, surprised markets last week when it explicitly mentioned that a rate increase might be needed because of a stronger economy and underlying inflationary pressures. The cheap money has encouraged Canadians to borrow more heavily, particularly against the equity in their homes, prompting repeated alerts from the bank about possible calamitous consequences once rates start to rise.

Carney — who says Canadians cannot keep borrowing so heavily against the value of their homes — said financial authorities were looking closely at levels of household debt and ways to contain the problem. He also made it clear that too tight a clampdown could hurt economic growth. “There’s always more that could potentially be done. But these measures, there has to be an element of prudence in balancing the pace of slowing of this phenomena with the underlying growth of the economy,” he said. Carney also noted that Canadians appeared to be listening to repeated warnings not to take on too much debt and to prepare for higher rates.

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How SWEET it is ... 1 in 4

Sugar content per 354 (12 oz) serving (Juices are unsweetened)

Canadians

Grape juice

54g

is clinically obese

Cranberry juice

46g

Pineapple juice

38g

Apple juice

36g

Grapefruit juice

Orange juice

Coca-Cola

40g

33g

30g

The Edmonton Sun n Friday, april 20, 2012

A recent study in the U.K. asked people to estimate how much sugar was in a range of drinks. While many overestimated the amount in soft drinks, they underestimated levels in so-called healthy drinks, such as smoothies and fruit juices. Some of these healthy drinks are very high in sugar and can contribute to obesity, especially when people aren’t fully aware about what they are consuming.

Other loaded drinks Rockstar Energy Drink (1 can, 480ml) Calories ... Sugars ...

280 62g

Nesquik Chocolate Milk (473ml bottle) Calories ... Sugars ...

220 58g

McDonald’s Oreo McFlurry (354ml) Calories ... Sugars ...

550 73g

Orange Julius, Original

228

calories

198

calories

174

calories

On average, Candians consume

26 teaspoons of sugar a day

Sources: Statistics Canada

165

calories

144

calories

146

calories

(591ml) Calories ... Sugars ...

160 38g

Arizona Kiwi Strawberry

That’s 21% of all calories consumed

(1 can, 23ﬂ oz) Calories ... Sugars ...

345 81g

SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1; INFOGRAPHIC BY LINDSAY OUELLETTE/QMI AGENCY

Thursday, April 26, 2012

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Unemployment up Unemployment was up slightly in Alberta in March, inching 0.3 percentage points higher to 5.3 per cent, according to labour force statistics released by the Alberta government. However, that’s still down 0.4 percentage points from the rate in March 2011. That was also tied for second-lowest among all provinces with Manitoba, both of which trailed Saskatchewan’s rate of 4.8 per cent. In Alberta, the labour force increased by 11,600 in March, while employment increased by 4,400 compared to February. Employment among people aged 15 to 24 increased by 6,600. Between March 2011 and March 2012, Alberta’s employment grew by 64,900, or 3.1 per cent. This accounts for nearly one-third of Canada’s employment growth over the same period. The national unemployment rate was 7.2 per cent in March, 0.2 percentage points lower than the February figure. — GLENN COOK

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