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St. Albert’s Karly Heffernan left Sunday to make her second trip to Finland this year, this time to represent Canada at the IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship, which starts Saturday. See story, page 12.

BY THE NUMBERS

1 billion That’s how many views the video for the song “Gangnam Style” by Korean pop star Psy has amassed on YouTube since first being posted on the site on July 15. The video is the first on YouTube to cross the billion-view threshold, doing so at 8:50 a.m. MT on Friday. Last month, “Gangnam Style” became the most-viewed music video on the site, passing Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” which has just over 813 million views. “I didn’t even imagine ‘Gangnam Style’ would get one million views, let alone one billion views! Is this the Tru-PSY show?” the rapper said in a statement. Psy has also performed this year for U.S. President Barack Obama and met with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Inside the RCMP’s nerve centre GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The office on the second floor looks like any other during the holiday season: workstations, under fluorescent lighting, organized around a Christmas tree while workers talk on headsets as they type information into their computers. The difference is that these people aren’t dealing with sales calls or customer service; they’re dealing with potentially life-anddeath situations. This office is the Operational Communications Centre (OCC) at RCMP K Division headquarters in Edmonton, which opened their doors Friday evening to give media a rare glimpse inside the nerve centre of policing in northern Alberta. “Every day, I see something that makes me so absolutely proud of what [the operators] have done. They’ve interacted and changed a life, helped an officer or helped get someone there faster,” said OCC manager Jodie Pile. “It’s never boring; there’s always something to do.” “Every shift is challenging in itself,” added team supervisor Shantel Dey. “You never know what you’re coming into. There’s always something happening.” The Edmonton OCC is an oasis of calm amid a sea of chaotic calls. It handles all 9-1-1 and complaint line calls for RCMP detachments from Leduc north, except St. Albert and Strathcona County, which are large enough to have their own small OCCs. However, the premise is very much the same in all OCCs: 9-1-1 calls rise to the top of the queue, while complaint line calls are lower priority. But that doesn’t stop some folks from trying to jump the queue by calling 9-1-1 with concerns that aren’t really

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the response has to be quicker. emergencies. “If you have somebody call “If you’re calling because you because their car is broken down, want to know what time the there’s no question that we have fireworks are, you’re getting in to get them help,” she said, noting the way a real emergency,” said that having an exact location Pile, who estimates that almost is extremely important in such 60 per cent of the 9-1-1 calls cases. “If it’s summer, we might the OCC deals with are not say, ‘Phone your mom,’ or ‘Phone emergencies. a tow truck.’ But in this type of RCMP stress that you should weather, we only call 9-1-1 need to say, if someone is ‘OK, we need to in immediate help.’” danger or if The number a crime is in of 9-1-1 calls progress. in Alberta has Around the Jodie Pile increased more holidays, things Edmonton OCC manager than 10 times definitely get since 2005, with busier, but a a projected total lot of that is of 240,000 calls in 2012. Seventywork that the detachments are three per cent of those calls are generating themselves. made from cellphones. “We have, of course, more While a vast majority of those traffic services and detachments answering phones in the OCC more checkstops, so that’s part of the responsibility these people [in are civilians, one workstation is manned by an RCMP officer in the OCC] might have,” Pile said. uniform. “But Fridays and Saturdays are Pile explained that member is a always busy. Christmas might be valuable resource for the operates a little quieter. Boxing Day could and dispatchers. be quiet or it could be terrible; “If you have a question about sometimes Boxing Day sees procedure our process, they’ll the worst domestics or custody contact him,” she said, fights.” noting the officer will With temperatures also take charge of hovering around critical situations like the –20 C high-speed pursuits. range like As with the regular they have RCMP force, the been this OCC is constantly week, Pile recruiting new said there operators. Pile might said that there are not be an basic requirements, increase in like being at least 18 volume or years old, being able a certain to type at least 40 type of words a minute call, but and being proficient in

Team supervisor Shantel Dey watches her computer screens closely as she works in the RCMP K Division Operational Communications Centre on Friday evening.

“It’s never boring; there’s always something to do.”

English — although other languages are always a big asset — but there are other intangibles she is looking for, like patience and compassion. “People that do really well here are here because they want to make a difference. They are making a difference. Even if they don’t talk to the public and are only doing dispatching, by the duties that they do, they are helping save a life.” She added that the training process is quite rigorous, but once finished, operators are wellequipped to work in just about any communications centre across Canada. One thing they try to prepare operators for is the emotional toll the job can take on people, but sometimes there are situations that just can’t be foreseen. “You become thick-skinned after working here a while, but you take certain calls home,” Dey said. “Some people have their triggers; if it’s involving an animal, that can upset people. Or if it’s children, that upsets certain people in here. We all have our own triggers.” “There is an impact,” Pile added. “We try to provide training for that type of thing, how to handle that. ... Sometimes the stuff we get isn’t positive, but what you take out of it is what you can do to try and prevent something from happening further.” But, overall, Dey said the job is very rewarding, especially having the chance to help people every day. “Helping the front line members — we’re their lifeline,” she said. “But every person you talk to, they’re in a state of emergency. Whether it’s something as simple as the loss of a pet, to the death of a family member, you’re always helping somebody.”

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Vandalism closes Lacombe Lake for holidays GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Folks who got a new pair of skates from Santa Claus won’t have a chance to test them out at Lacombe Lake for a while. City of St. Albert officials were forced to close the lake last week after discovering that someone had used a chainsaw to cut holes in the surface, presumably for ice fishing, thus making the whole surface unsafe. “It’s a very sought-after and used ice surface for St. Albert residents. ... It’s going to take a lot more time now to get things back to where they should be,” said City public works director Dan Rites. Crews discovered the damage on Monday, Dec. 17, as they started to take equipment out to prepare the lake’s ice surface for skating. Six inches of water now cover the surface of the lake, making for slushy conditions that would not support the equipment. “At first, the water didn’t go throughout the entire lake, so we thought maybe we could salvage a corner somewhere where we could still have an ice surface,” Rites said. “But the water just kept sort of flooding the lake and the snow, turning everything into slush. There was nothing we could do to prevent that.”

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Signs warn skaters to keep off the ice at Lacombe Lake. The lake’s ice surface was deemed unsafe after vandals used a chainsaw to cut five holes in it, presumably for ice fishing. Crews require solid ice at least 12 inches thick to bring maintenance equipment onto the lake surface. There are signs at Lacombe Lake clearly

stating “No Ice Fishing Allowed.” The lake is stocked with fish in the summer, but Rites wasn’t even sure if those who cut the holes in the ice would have had any bites.

“The ice thickness is always a problem in any lake in St. Albert, and people ought to be really careful about going onto lake ice,” he said. “A number of years ago, we had a similar situation where water came up through a fishing hole, and this is why we put out the signs.” If extended for the entire winter, the closure could affect some community events, like the Spirit of St. Albert Society’s Family Day Frostival and the Canadian Progress Club’s annual Pond Hockey Championship, both in February. However, SOSA director Heather Johnson said that, if they can’t use the lake, it won’t mean the Frostival is called off. “If the skating party doesn’t happen, there are other things we can do. ... We’ll make do with what we have,” Johnson said. Rites, however, hopes the closure won’t extend that far. In fact, he said, he is hoping the surface will be ready for skaters early in the new year. “We’re monitoring it every day, and we do have some colder weather coming,” he said. “As soon as we can get some equipment on there and prepare the ice surface, we will.” There are 14 other City-maintained outdoor leisure ice surfaces throughout St. Albert. For a complete listing, visit www.stalbert.ca/outdoorrinks.

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Home for Christmas GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Twelve more St. Albert families have a home for the holidays thanks to Habitat for Humanity. Just five weeks after handing out the first eight sets of keys to homes in their Aurora Place development on Arlington Drive, Habitat officials were back in the city on Thursday, Dec. 20, to deliver a dozen more sets, making the days merry and bright for several local families. “We’ve been counting down to this day, and it has finally arrived. This is the best Christmas present we’ve have had,” said Mike Krill, who will move into one of the houses with his children Jacob, 10, Isabella, 8, and Savannah, 6. “We’ve been coming by the site for months and watching the community grow. Every day, when I pick the children up, the first thing they say is, ‘Go by the houses, Dad.’ Now we can say, ‘Let’s go home.’” Meanwhile, 14-year-old Liam Hogg said the home he’ll share with his mom, Lindsay, makes this “the official best Christmas I’ve ever had.” “I feel so blessed to have a home to call my own,” Liam said. “It’s going to be so nice to have a bedroom upstairs with a big window, lots of sunshine and room for all my stuff. Now I have a great place to have family and friends over to celebrate special moments. “Today is a day I’ll never forget.” Habitat for Humanity Edmonton board chair Carolyn Graham was also feeling festive on Thursday as she addressed the crowd that huddled in a heated tent on the Aurora Place site, out of the cold temperatures. “It really doesn’t get better than this

during the holiday season, to dedicate homes and help 12 families celebrate Christmas in their new homes,” she said. She also remarked on the progress the first eight families had made so shortly after moving in, with many of their front doors adorned with wreaths and Christmas lights. “It’s amazing as you walk into this development today, looking at those first eight homes along the way. Five weeks ago when we gathered, they were empty, and now, just looking at the outside, you can see the families have turned them into homes,” Graham said. Aside from families, sponsors and Habitat officials, several dignitaries were on hand for the ceremony, including St. Albert Progressive Conservative MLA and Minister of Enterprise and Advanced Education Stephen Khan. “St. Albert has changed a lot, but what I don’t think has changed about St. Albert is that [it] has always been the type of community that steps up and rallies behind one another when we need to,” Khan said. St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse and members of city council also joined in, with Crouse saying he saw a few familiar faces among the recipients. “I met a hockey player who played with my son. I met somebody that lives 10 doors down from my own home that’s moving here,” he said. “These people who are moving into Aurora Place are our neighbours; they’re our friends. They’re not strangers. Welcome, each one of you, to your new surroundings. You’re going to thoroughly enjoy it.” There are a total of 30 units in the Aurora Place development. Habitat officials hope to hand over keys for the remaining 10 sometime in the spring.

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first year. There’s a very good chance it will the second year. The stages will change every year,” he said, noting that the final Even if the route doesn’t go through route has to be vetted by police and by the the city this year, St. Albert will still UCI, cycling’s international governing have a connection to Alberta’s newest body. international sporting event. The Tour of Alberta was officially Former St. Albert resident Duane launched on Monday, Dec. 17, with a Vienneau is the executive director joint news conference in both of the Alberta Peloton Association, Calgary and Edmonton. It has which is putting on the inaugural been sanctioned at level 2.1 by the Tour of Alberta next year, a UCI, which means up to half the six-day professional cycling race teams involved will be the same that will start in Edmonton, professional cycling teams that are finish in Calgary and take some featured in races like the Tour de of the world’s most elite athletes France and the Giro d’Italia. through numerous rural Alberta “We’re basically the highestcommunities in between. ranked race there is in North Duane “It’s just going to be the biggest America. ... It would like, there Vienneau thing you’d ever see in some of are 30 or 40 PGA tournaments in Tour of Alberta these places,” Vienneau said. a year and four majors, and this “Edmonton, Calgary and, to would be one of those majors,” some extent, Red Deer normally get these Vienneau said. international events, but some of these The event will be televised on Rogers smaller rural communities never do, and Sportsnet and in over 100 countries. now this is an opportunity for them to get Organizers expect more than 300,000 those.” spectators to line the 1,000-plus-kilometre Whether or not that list includes route over the six days. St. Albert, though, is still up in the air, but Serving in executive roles with both the Vienneau said there is still the possibility in National Lacrosse League’s Edmonton the future. Rush and the Edmonton Eskimos of the “Let’s say St. Albert doesn’t make it the Canadian Football League over the past

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(L-R) Mason Burtnik, Kinley Gibson, Sean Germaine and Evan Burtnik of the Juventus Cycling Club, watch a press conference for the Tour of Alberta in Edmonton on Monday, Dec, 17. number of years, Vienneau brought a wealth of sports management experience to the race. “This opportunity came up, and I got really excited about it, because it’s an international event. It’s big,” he said. “I like what it stands for, which is being really, truly an Alberta event.” But he never really had an interest in

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GLENN COOK

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“I don’t want [the Stanley Cup] to collect dust.”

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Lake vandals real ice holes

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sually, we try to stay pretty positive here at the St. Albert Leader offices. But, with Christmas just a couple of days ago, if there’s one person we hope got a lump of coal in his or her stocking from Santa Claus, it’s whoever took a chainsaw to Lacombe Lake. On Monday, Dec. by Glenn Cook 17, City of St. Albert public works crews discovered that someone had used a chainsaw to cut five holes in the lake’s ice surface — which they presume were for ice fishing, despite the signs all around the lake that clearly state: “NO ICE FISHING ALLOWED.” Water came up through those holes, making the whole surface slushy and unsafe for the equipment needed to prepare the ice for skating and hockey. The public works department now says the lake will have to stay closed over the holiday season, denying kids the chance to practice hockey there and couples the chance to go for a romantic skate. To whoever cut those holes in the ice: We hope it was worth it, although we seriously doubt that any fish you happened to catch during your impromptu ice fishing session would be. Your sudden need to get your angling fix has cost hundreds, if not thousands, of St. Albert residents one of the best recreational opportunities they have during the winter months. The timing could not have been worse, either, as numerous parents were undoubtedly looking forward to bringing their kids to the lake for an afternoon of fun over their Christmas break. Yes, there are other leisure ice surfaces in the city, several of them outdoors as well. But, with all due respect to the City and the crews that maintain them, most of those are little more than small patches of ice next to an outdoor hockey rink, which likely has a couple of hockey players on it and is no place for a leisure skate. The atmosphere of Lacombe Lake is much nicer and not really replicated at any other local rink. So, thanks for nothing, vandals. Your selfish act has ruined winter fun for residents. It will take a minor miracle to get you off the naughty list for next year.

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Autonomous vehicles driving the future?

ne of the nice things about being on council is being able to talk with residents that share a certain passion for an issue. With the recent funding of an LRT function alignment study through St. Albert (presumably to Walmart), many residents have had an opinion to share. The most interesting discussions, though, have not been about the LRT; rather, they have been to learn about autonomous vehicles. The question was: Why are you investing in the LRT when it is so costly and will ultimately be usurped by other technology like autonomous vehicles? My question was then: What is an autonomous vehicle? An autonomous vehicle is a vehicle that drives itself — yes, a self-driving car! Google has pioneered a technology that

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MacKAY City councillor My City can be integrated with most vehicles that enables the car to be driven solely by a computer. Interestingly enough, this currently is a viable and working technology. Google currently operates a small fleet of autonomous vehicles for corporate use and anticipates this technology being available for the consumer within the next 10-20 years, if not sooner. The advantages are numerous — one being public safety. Automobile accidents are the leading cause of death for 25- to 34-year-olds and the fifth-leading cause of death overall in Canada. If a

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computer is driving your car, it doesn’t make human errors and doesn’t crash! (Unless you happen to be operating any version of Microsoft Windows.) The other interesting thing about autonomous vehicles is that, since the automobile drives itself, there is no need for it to sit idle during the day waiting in a parking lot. Your car can drive home and park and come back to pick you up or drive other people around. When you think about it, this has the potential to reshape our cities. Large parking lots accompanying commercial and residential development may not be needed in the future. If your car doesn’t need to park, we wouldn’t need as many parking spaces. The other potential is for many people to jointly own a vehicle and reduce operating and maintenance

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Ray Gibbon Drive counts make case for expansion

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Traffic counts on Ray Gibbon Drive could push the City of St. Albert to pressure the Alberta government into expanding the roadway sooner than expected, according to St. Albert’s mayor. City councillors were slotted a report from City staff in late November showing that the number of cars per day on the southern portion of the road has hit more than 14,000 this year, prompting Nolan Crouse to suggest that it might be time for the province to step in and expand the road beyond its current two lanes, even before the third phase to Villeneuve Road is finished. “I think they’re going to have to put it on their radar screen,” Crouse said. “I don’t know if it shows up in their 10- or 20-year transportation plan, but I think it’s going to show that, as St. Albert grows to the north, you’re going to have more and more pressures on Ray Gibbon Drive.” Crouse added that the traffic

counts also serve to prove wrong those who opposed the construction of the road throughout the 2000s, whether due to cost or the alignment. “Coming home at night, coming in and out of Edmonton, there’s quite a lineup coming off Anthony Henday Drive now,” he said. However, Brian Hartman, manager of engineering with the City, said that there is no magic number that would trigger the expansion. “The volumes have steadily increased, and it’s going to get to a point where we must consider adding extra lanes,” he said, “but considering we’re still working on Stage 3, it’s premature to do so.” Traffic counts on Stage 1 of Ray Gibbon Drive, south of McKenney Avenue, have grown from 10,982 cars per day in 2008 to 14,453 cars per day in 2012. North of McKenney Avenue, counts have increased from 6,103 cars per day in 2008 to 9,792 cars per day in 2012. Also in the report were statistics showing that there has been little

to no change on the amount of traffic on St. Albert Trail since Ray Gibbon Drive opened, hovering arond 54,000 cars per day south of Gate Avenue and 42,000 cars per day south of Lennox Drive. “Our expectation was that, with the opening and ribbon cutting for Ray Gibbon Drive, the St. Albert Trail volumes would have a percentage decrease year by year and an immediate impact — which, as you can see [in the report], didn’t transpire,” Hartman said, saying the fluctuations could be due to population growth. Crouse wasn’t too worried about the St. Albert Trail numbers, but instead had his eye on what these figures meant for downtown. “I live in Deer Ridge, and before Ray Gibbon Drive opened, I would work my way through downtown to get to the west end of Edmonton. Today, I pop onto Ray Gibbon Drive,” the mayor said. “So where the decrease is at is on St. Anne and Perron — guaranteed it’s lower traffic downtown. Downtown’s not as convenient a thoroughfare.”

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GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The City of St. Albert is hoping an influx of rental units will help attract and keep young people in the city. A building permit is pending for a total of 255 rental units in four buildings in Erin Ridge North, while City officials are also working on a development permit for 173 units in three buildings in North Ridge. Add to that 96 units on Nevada Place that opened earlier this year, and that’s more than 500 rental units added to St. Albert’s housing stock in a short period of time that are close to commercial developments, employment opportunities and transportation networks. Curtis Cundy, general manager of planning and engineering for the City, said that, after seeing a lot of condominium development over the past few years, he’s glad to see rental units hitting the marketplace. “It shows that there’s a faith in the industry to construct rental homes, and obviously the vacancy rate is low enough to warrant building rental units,” he said, “but I was pleased to see them as rental, because as we’ve seen over the years, there’s been discussion about having things that are affordable and having it so our children can stay within the community, and part of that is having

rental. We all started in rental.” The St. Albert Housing Society is also chipping in with 118 rental units, many of which will be rented below market rates, at their Big Lake Pointe project on Nevada Place. While other high-density and multi-family developments have run into resistance in St. Albert in the past, Cundy believes these projects won’t face the same kind of backlash. “In this case, those units — particularly the ones in the Erin Ridge area — are going in before homes and others going in around them,” he said. “That should eliminate some of that concern from adjacent landowners because certainly there can’t be claims they weren’t aware they were there.” As far as the permitting process, Cundy doesn’t see any other hurdles for these developments to clear, and he hopes they’ll stay as rental units well into the future. “Sometimes, if the economy changes, going back to 2006-2007, there were a lot of apartments in the Capital Region — not just in our community — that went from rental to condominiums because people saw the opportunity to sell and make a profit on it,” he said. “At this point, they are rental, they told us they intend on keeping them rental, and I hope that stays the case, because that’s important in attracting and retaining a different demographic.”

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Volunteer Rebekah Salayka hands out butter tarts for dessert during the annual Reveillon celebrations at Muriel Martin Elementary School on Wednesday, Dec. 19. Students from the school’s French immersion programs came together for traditional French-Canadian food, dancing and Christmas carols.

Jimmo makes big step up in opponent, venue

in just seven seconds, tying a UFC record and earning him a hefty bonus for Knockout of the Night. The venues — and the opponents Jimmo is riding a 17-fight — just keep getting bigger and winning streak, his last loss coming better for light heavyweight mixed in his first-ever MMA bout in martial artist Ryan February 2007. Jimmo. Meanwhile, Te Huna, Jimmo, whose a native of New Zealand, nickname is “The Big is a veteran of five UFC Deal” and trains out of fights, and winner of his the Hayabusa Training last three. His last fight Centre in St. Albert’s was also in July, defeating Campbell Business Park, Joey Beltran at UFC on is getting set to follow up FUEL TV 4 in San Jose, his explosive Ultimate Calif., by unanimous Ryan Fighting Championship decision. Jimmo debut with another The UFC on FUEL venture into the Octagon, UFC fighter TV 7 card is headlined this time in front of by a bantamweight 90,000 people at Wembley Stadium matchup between Renan Barao in London, England, as he takes on and Michael McDonald for the James Te Huna at UFC on FUEL division’s interim championship. TV 7 on Feb. 16. Coincidentally, Barao also Formerly the light heavyweight headlined the card in Calgary, champion in the Maximum beating Urijah Faber. Fighting Championship, Jimmo Jimmo’s bout looks as though made his UFC debut at UFC 149 in it will be part of the main card on Calgary this past July, knocking out Feb. 16, meaning it will likely be Australian fighter Anthony Perosh broadcast live on Rogers Sportsnet.

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“My dad is my best friend; I love him so much. He’s given up so much for me, as well as my mom,” she said. “They’ve both You could say Karly Heffernan is sacrificed work and friendships for me to be developing an a-Finn-ity for a certain able to go down to Edge and play hockey at Scandinavian country. such a high level.” Karly, who hails from After playing with the St. Albert, was just in midget AAA St. Albert Finland this summer Slash, Karly has been for an IIHF High attending the Edge School Performance Training in Calgary and playing with Camp in the city of their squad in the Junior Vierumäki, and now Women’s Hockey League, Karly Heffernan she’s heading back with which includes teams across Team Canada forward the rest of the Canadian North national female under-18 America. team for the IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Alongside Karly on Team Championships, which kick off Saturday in Canada is her Edge School Heinola and Vierumäki. teammate Eden Murray. The camp was great, Karly said, but she is Having a teammate and a thrilled to be heading back to Finland with a friend along for the ride is chance to wear the maple leaf on her jersey. pretty special, she said. “I’m so excited to represent our country “She’s probably my and be playing with our [national team],” best friend,” Karly said. she said. “It’s going to be an awesome “It helps when you have experience.” somebody so close Karly left for Finland on Sunday, meaning coming along with you.” she didn’t get to spend Christmas with her Karly also got a chance family in St. Albert. to wear the maple leaf It was a bit of a jolt at first knowing she in August, when she was wouldn’t be home for the holidays, but Karly selected for a three-game knows this tournament is the “opportunity series between of a lifetime.” Canada and “I’m just so excited to get over there,” she the United said. “And I’m spending [Christmas] with States in a bunch of awesome friends, so it doesn’t Blaine, matter. I’ll be able to come home and my parents are still going to be there.” Her dad James understands that too. “She is on a plane every three weeks, flying on a plane to Boston or somewhere in her league,” said James, who flies to Finland today (Thursday) to watch the tournament. “She has started in the last couple of years to be more independent of her parents. Being over there and missing Christmas [is tough], but she knows this takes priority.” But he couldn’t be prouder of his daughter and what she has accomplished. “We watched her play starting at age three with fun hockey, and then she played on a team at age five, and she always seemed to want to play. At age two, she saw hockey on TV and could barely speak, but would get all excited when she saw hockey,” James said. Still, while he hoped Karly would reach the level she’s at, it wasn’t until recently that he realized just how good she could become. “In the last four years, her game became so great that I thought, ‘Wow, she has a shot,’” he said. “She was such a natural skater, and I don’t come across many girls who can stickhandle like her. She has hands like a midget AAA boy, which is very unusual for girls.” Karly credits her dad with a lot of good advice and support over the years.

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PK grad cooks up gold medal GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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Peter Keith, left, poses with Paul Kane teacher Randy Kozak, right, and another of Kozak’s former students, Pat Gayler, during the WorldSkills Americas competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in November.

A young St. Albert chef cooked up a gold medal recently at an international competition. Peter Keith, a 21-year-old graduate of Paul Kane High School, was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from Nov. 12 to 18, for the WorldSkills Americas 2012 competition, where he brought home a gold medal in cooking, one of five gold medals Canadian competitors brought home. “It’s a little surreal. It’s been a few weeks already, but I still have to remind myself that it actually happened,” he said in an interview in December. It wasn’t easy, though, he added, as things in Brazil weren’t quite as organized or professional as he is used to in Canada. “It was a very big undertaking for the organizers and they had to learn from a lot of mistakes, so as a competitor, I had to really roll with the punches and overcome a lot of things I wasn’t used to,” he said. “The ingredients were different there, and they don’t really use hot water to wash dishes there. It’s simple things

that just change everything, and they all sort of add up.” But Keith admitted that he also put a lot of pressure on himself to perform well. “Most of that is in the training process. When I’m training for a competition, I make it a full-time job,” he said. “Being there, I’ve learned that, when I’m actually in the kitchen competing, stress can really hurt my performance, so I try to just stay calm and focused and not overthink things.” Keith has been cooking for as long as he can remember — “That way, I didn’t have to help clean up after,” he said with a laugh — but really got serious in the kitchen at Paul Kane, where he was involved in the trades program under teacher Randy Kozak. He hasn’t forgotten where he came from, though, bringing Kozak along with him for the trip to Brazil. “Probably the biggest contribution to my career path came from Paul Kane and their skills program,” he said. “Really, it was Randy Kozak who sort of found me when I was a Grade 11 student and got me involved in my first competition. And

City, AHS work on ambulance deal GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

St. Albert city council bought a little more time last week to hash out a new contract for ambulance service with Alberta Health Services. Councillors voted unanimously on Monday, Dec. 17, to extend the current ambulance service contract with AHS for another six months until Sept. 30, 2013, while the two sides hammer out a new five-year contract. “This is one of the key services that the City provides in conjunction with Alberta Health Services, and we want to do that in a way that meets the needs of the community,” Coun. Wes Brodhead said. “There have certainly been some challenges in going forward with the changeover to Alberta Health Services, but nonetheless the service is being provided, and we’re going to go forward and get it done right.” The initial two-year contract came into effect on April 1, 2009, and has been extended twice by AHS. But the City of St. Albert submitted documents to AHS in November 2011 that outlined additional revenues the City

would need in order to carry out ambulance service to accepted standards, an increase of 35 per cent. “The base budget for the ambulance contract has accounted for increased training we anticipate needing because of Alberta Health Services requirements, the additional overtime to provide that training, and the staffing levels,” St. Albert Fire Services chief Ray Richards said. “All those are built into the contract, but the net difference is still up in the air in terms of the actual dollars we might get.” The City submitted a change order request to AHS in February 2012 requesting about $300,000 in additional funding to cover increased labour costs, vehicle operating expenses and medical supply costs, but that has yet to be resolved, and Richards indicated that other municipalities have had similar requests on the table for almost two years. One thing holding up the contract is a report from the Health Quality Council of Alberta that will look at EMS dispatch, EMS resources, levels of service and other issues. The report was originally due on Oct. 30, but has been delayed until Jan. 7. “Alberta Health Services is

reluctant to sign contracts until they know the outcome of that report,” Richards said. Another stumbling block is the establishment of service standards across the province. “When all the municipalities that were in the business were taken over, their business was taken over essentially, by the province, the promise was that there would be no change in service,” said general manager of community and protective services Chris Jardine. “The problem is, there were a lot of different services being provided across the province.” In St. Albert, Richards said paramedics aim to respond to calls within nine minutes 90 per cent of the time, which is common in urban areas but not in rural areas. “We would love to keep the nine minutes 90 per cent of the time because we know we can meet it,” he added. “But it’s my belief we won’t get that. We won’t even see that type of number coming from Alberta Health Services.” If the new contract has any implications on the fire services budget, Richards is aiming to bring any adjustments back to council for approval before the final 2013 property tax rate is set this spring.

now competing is probably the biggest part of this job for me and what I’m loving about it and what I’m really active with at the moment. I owe it all to them.” And while he could have left skills competitions like the one in Brazil in his rearview mirror, Keith said it’s something he can’t see himself leaving behind. “It would be easier to wash my hands of the whole thing, but if you were to ask any Olympic athlete why they do it, I think it’s all about proving to yourself what you’re capable of,” he said. “Anytime you put yourself through this type of pressure and this type of learning curve, you not only become more talented and skilled at what you do, but you just grow as an individual.” Since graduating from high school, Keith has worked in some of Edmonton’s top kitchens, including The Hardware Grill on Jasper Avenue and the Shaw Conference Centre. But he is getting set to head to Thailand for a month soon. “[Thailand] will be a lot of eating for me, but it’s purely a vacation,” he joked. He added that he will look for a new gig when he returns.

City tree program successful in 2012 GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The City of St. Albert hopes it has turned over a new leaf with another successful year for its tree and shrub maintenance program. The program, which recently wrapped up for the year, addressed nearly 500 dead, damaged, diseased or dangerous trees and helped maintain the healthy urban forest and green spaces St. Albert is renowned for. “St. Albert residents take pride in the community’s many green spaces and abundance of trees and the Public Works Department works to ensure these community assets are maintained in a healthy state,” public works director Dan Rites said in a press release. “Through a number of tree and shrub maintenance programs

on a year-round basis, City arborists and staff are working to monitor threats to our urban forest and where possible, proactively address any issues to ensure the longterm health and diversity of the City’s natural assets.” In all, the City looks after 39,000 boulevard trees, 13,600 trees in parks, eight hectares of shrub beds, 34 hectares of buffer areas between street and private properties, and 115 hectares of native tree stands. This year, the City replaced 429 trees lost over the last 10 years due to drought and disease, replaced 49 fruit trees on four residential streets across St. Albert, replanted areas where hybrid poplars were removed in fall and winter 2011, and continued to address black knot in cherry and chokecherry trees through pruning.

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Some working couples would graciously deflect questions about whether they work well together. Leslie Mann doesn’t mind admitting that working with her director husband Judd Apatow can be hell. Mann helped shape the script for the domestic comedy This Is 40, in which she and Paul Rudd reprise Pete and Debbie, the married characters they played in Apatow’s Knocked Up. And she just finished filming the reality-based Hollywood caper movie The Bling Ring with Sofia Coppola. So how was Sofia? “Sofia is like a warm bath, the exact opposite of Judd,” she says, sitting next to her husband while on a promotional visit to Toronto. “And I’m a cold bath, filled with nails,” Apatow adds, dryly deadpan, eliciting a laugh from his wife. Photo Supplied “Seriously, he is so stressful. Working The real-life husband-and-wife team of director Judd Apatow and actor Leslie Mann (far with Judd is so intense. We’re both very right) explore what it’s like to reach the age of 40 in this day and age in This Is 40. passionate and I feel like we’re always the movie, the earnest young “player” Apatow says of his family. “A third were trying to fix something. It’s like f---ing is played by Wyatt Russell, son of Kurt things we made up to make the movie OCD.” Russell and Goldie Hawn). entertaining, and a third came from our Apatow has often been accused (by the This Is 40 came together when two friends’ lives, but mainly Paul Rudd. I likes of Knocked Up’s Katherine Heigl) ideas collided in Apatow’s mind. don’t know what it is about Paul, but of narratively short-changing his female “The first idea I had was, ‘What if we anything really embarrassing in the characters. Mann saw part of her job as did the movie Falling Down (in which movie is probably from Paul’s life.” addressing that issue, especially given Michael Douglas is a commuter who “It’s not a documentary, but there are how much of the relationship between “goes postal”) and make it a comedy details that are true. Our daughter did Pete and Debbie and their two daughters about a family the week they both watch all six seasons of Lost in six weeks, mirrors that between Judd and Leslie for example.” happened to turn 40?’ And as they try and their two daughters (Maude and Iris (The ongoing snark about Lost is part of to make things better in their lives, Apatow, who reprise their Knocked Up everything starts coming apart.” the streak of pop culture-based humour characters as well). The other inspiration was the spin-off in the movie. When Pete hides in the Billed as a “sort of sequel” to 2007’s of Aldous Snow, the rocker played by bathroom playing Scrabble on his iPad, Knocked Up, This Is 40 is a compendium Russell Brand in the Apatow-produced Debbie asks, “Who of domestic films Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get takes a half-hour to “issues” (Viagra, Him to the Greek. “It was (director) Nick take a crap?” — “John communication, a Stoller’s idea to do a whole movie with Goodman,” Pete mooching dad played Russell Brand’s character. I thought it was replies). by Albert Brooks, an a great idea, and in the back of my head “I showed J.J. estranged dad played Abrams the script early I was saying, ‘Well, you can do that with by John Lithgow, Judd Apatow and brought him to the any movie.’ money problems, child This Is 40 director “So I started thinking about characters first preview to make rebellion, mid-life sure I wasn’t soiling the from my movies I wanted to learn more crises) that blow up all about, and at the top of the list was Pete Lost legacy,” Apatow at once in the lives of and Debbie.” says. “As for John Goodman, Paul did Pete and Debbie as they both approach So does that mean Knocked Up fans about 20 different names, all of which their 40th birthdays. (Other minor might find out what happened to Seth worked really well. Mike Ditka was one. Knocked Up characters appear, including We just landed on John Goodman, maybe Rogen and Heigl’s characters years later? Jason Segel’s character, who’s off the pot “No door is closed,” Apatow says. “If because I used to work on Roseanne.” and is now a personal trainer, and quirky people like this movie, there’s a whole Another This Is 40 moment, in which girl Charlene Yi as Jodi, who now works world of characters we could revisit. Debbie is hit on by a hockey player at at Debbie’s clothing store). We’ve actually sat down and talked about a bar is based on an actual attempted It was, as it appears, written in bits and a sequel to Superbad that would just be pick-up of Leslie by an NHL player. “I pieces over the span of a couple of years, can’t even remember what team he played about the two cops, played by Seth and with events from people’s actual lives. Bill Hader. So you never know.” for. I’m not a hockey fan,” she says. (In “Like a third came from our lives,”

“I’m a cold bath, filled with nails.”

SEvEN MINOR ChARACTERS WhO GOT A PROMOTION A la Knocked Up’s Pete and Debbie in This Is 40, in each of the following, a scene-stealing side-character was given his/her own movies spin-off.

Aldous Snow (above): Russell Brand’s detoxed rocker in Forgetting Sarah Marshall returned with the spotlight on him in Get Him To The Greek. Jonah Hill returned from that movie as well, but inexplicably not as the same character. Elektra: Daredevil may have bombed, but the Jennifer Garner held her own opposite future husband Ben Affleck sufficiently well to star in her own bad movie. Evan Baxter: Jim Carrey doesn’t do sequels anymore. So when Bruce Almighty’s box office demanded one, they promoted Bruce’s office rival Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) to star in Evan Almighty. God had the last laugh. Gina from Beauty Shop: Effectively an all-female third film in the Barbershop series, it spun off Ice Cube’s girlfriend (Queen Latifah) to make her proprietor of her own beauty parlour. Marshall Samuel Gerard: Tommy Lee Jones’ character, who pursued Harrison Ford in The Fugitive, was given his own movie, U.S. Marshalls, five years later. The Scorpion King: Producers could smell what Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was cookin’ as the villain in The Mummy Returns, so they gave the big guy his own movie. Puss In Boots: Batting his big cartoon eyes, wielding that sword and sounding an awful lot like Antonio Banderas, the scenestealing kitty got his closeup in 2011.

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Cirque du Soleil performer Erica Linz (right) gets a hug from another performer at the premiere of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, the famed acrobat company’s new theatrical release.

Cirque acrobat makes transition to big screen which is pretty rare — we needed to take the opposite route: Look for artists who could be effective on the big screen.” Although she’s been an acrobat for the Linz, like others in the Cirque troupe, was famed Cirque du Soleil since she was 19, Erica invited to audition to test her abilities as an Linz never imagined she’d be the star of a acrobat/actor. movie co-produced by James Cameron. “I’ve always loved the theatre,” she says. “I For years Linz has been part of the Cirque’s thought that acting wasn’t compatible with permanent Las Vegas shows such as Mystere my other passion, which was gymnastics. But and Ka, and now she’s one of two main actors then I heard about the Cirque du Soleil, which for the circus’ feature film: embraces the theatre just as Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds much as acrobatics, dance Away, which arrived in and music. So I made my theatres Friday. way to Vegas after finishing “I think that it was high school and I got an important for the film’s audition with the Cirque.” producers to call on real She was chosen for the Erica Linz circus performers for troupe’s permanent Vegas Cirque du Soleil performer the film,” Linz tells QMI show, Mystere, when she Agency. “(The producers) was 19 years old. didn’t want to hide the cables and pretend that “(Mystere) really was like a school for me,” the actors were doing acrobatic stunts. They she says. “After, I was recruited for the Ka wanted the real thing.” show, where I worked for six years in a aerial Jacques Methe, one of the Cirque’s duo with a fantastic Quebec artist. producers, says he wanted the performers to “The Cirque is like a big family that draw on their own talents for the main roles. immediately accepted me,” Linz says. “There “We weren’t going to teach an actress how is a culture here, and it’s not Canadian, to be an acrobat,” he says. “The Cirque’s artists American, European or Chinese. It’s the have been working on their craft for 10 to 20 culture of Cirque du Soleil. It’s universal. You years. It’s in their nature. Unless we fell upon can find a whole mix of cultures in every an actor who already had acrobatic talent — Cirque production.”

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Zero Dark Thirty tough for star to watch ‘Where do you want to go?’ there is no way to answer that question. ... She has no idea where she belongs, now that this is done. But not only does it speak in terms of that, but the movie ends with that question — where do you want to go? Where do we go now as a country? Where do we go as a society? It is not a movie that ends with an answer, and I find that powerful.”

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Jessica Chastain carries the weight of starring in one of the year’s most anticipated films, Zero Dark Thirty, about the decade-long hunt and eventual killing of Osama bin Laden. Critics say Chastain pulls it off seamlessly as “Maya,” based on a real-life CIA agent who played a major role in tracking down bin Laden at his hideout in Pakistan. As the film opens in limited U.S. release on Wednesday, Chastain, who is tipped as a likely best actress Oscar nominee for the role, talked to SunMedia about playing a character she could not meet and why the film is an important look at America’s role in a dark war. Q: What did you think when you saw this film finished? A: “It is a tough one for me to watch, because there is so much responsibility with playing this woman. I find her to be incredible. And I didn’t want to change her story or make her a Hollywood version, with a lot of makeup. I didn’t want to trivialize what she did ... I want her to like it, but I don’t know if she will ever see it.” Q: How did you play someone you had never met? A: “There was three months of working with (screenplay writer) Mark Boal, doing research, reading lists and talking to people. And then anything I could not solve through research, like what is her favourite candy — ’cause when we are all overseas we have something we do when we are homesick — I had to answer that question myself.” Q: Boal hasn’t gone into too much detail about her? A: “We have to protect her because she is an undercover CIA operative, still working.” Q: What else did you know about her? A: “When we finished the movie, when the Navy Seal book No Easy Day came out. I raced to go read it, because I was like, ‘I need to know if my character is in the

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Jessica Chastain plays Maya, a character based on a real-life CIA agent who played a major role in hunting down Osama bin Laden, in director Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie Zero Dark Thirty. book!’ And they talk about Jen, the young CIA girl. Well, everything matched up. She was the only one that said 100 per cent ‘he is there.’... They talked about how she had been on it close to a decade and they were only on it for 40 minutes. They said she was crying on the airplane afterwards.”

as they could. That includes showing the intense interrogation techniques that were used. The end of the film, it’s not a lot of fist pumping and saying, ‘Here is our journey over 10 years and it was so difficult and we finally did it.’ It ends actually on a very different note.”

Q: During filming, were you ever worried about your safety, that the film might be misconstrued? A: “As an actor you always worry about that. Because you think, maybe someone will see a film and they won’t understand the difference between acting and reality. The good thing is, what (director Kathryn Bigelow) and Mark have done, is that they have not made a propaganda film. They tried to make it as authentic as possible and respectful of the actual historical event

Q: Can you elaborate on that? A: “Well, for me the whole thing is about the arc of this woman. She shows up in the beginning and she is wearing her best suit. She thinks she knows what she is in for, and she is completely out of her element. But over the 10 years, this woman, who has been trained to be unemotional and analytically precise ... we see her struggling to keep it contained for 10 years and as she descends down the rabbit hole of the world she is in. “So finally at the end when she is asked,

Q: How did you cope with filming the torture scenes? A: “We filmed in a real Jordanian prison, in the middle of nowhere. The environment wasn’t great, especially as a woman. “They had a lot of trust between the actors, nothing was dangerous or unsafe. There was a lot of discussion to make sure that we weren’t doing something that was going to be salacious. They just wanted it to be accurate. “I know I am playing a character who has trained to be unemotional. But I have spent my entire life allowing myself to be emotional, and allowing myself to feel everything. ... There was actually one day that we were doing a scene, and I said, ‘I am sorry’ and I just had to walk away, and I just started crying ... it was a very intense experience.“ Q: You are a top chance for Oscar nomination. Would that be more or less rewarding for this role? A: “Because she is still an active member of the CIA and undercover, she can’t take credit for what she’s done. ... And by making this film, it is my idea as a way of thanking her. It would be very emotional because of that.“ Q: You compare your character to getting lost down a CIA rabbit hole. What about your own dizzying rise as an actress? A: “That’s a good question. I do think that next year I need to go somewhere for a month and be in a room by myself and be like, ‘OK, what now Jessica?’ But I am nowhere near where she was at the end of this mission.”

BMG acquires worldwide rights to massive music catalogue SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – BMG has acquired the worldwide rights to several music catalogues, a deal that will give it songs from artists including Kurt Cobain, Tears for Fears, The Human League, Iggy Pop, and Take That. The company announced Friday that it will purchase the rights for the Virgin Music Publishing Companies, Famous UK Music Publishing and selected current songwriters from Sony/ATV and

EMI Music Publishing. Sony Corporation of America and a group of investors acquired EMI Music Publishing in June, and Sony/ATV Music Publishing administers EMI on behalf of the group. It had to sell the catalogues as a condition of the acquisition. Virgin Publishing’s catalogue includes Kurt Cobain’s songs for Nirvana, including “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Come As You Are” and “About A Girl.”

Other hits include Jim Steinman’s “Total Eclipse Of The Heart,” Lenny Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,” and Devo’s “Whip It.” Other songs include Take That’s greatest hits, including “Patience,” “Shine” and “Greatest Day,” as well as former member Robbie William’s interests in “Angels,” “Rock DJ” and “Let Me Entertain You.”

Also in the catalogue are Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Rules The World,” Culture Club’s “Karma Chamelon,” OMD’s “Enola Gay,” and Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life,” as well as recent hits including Duffy’s “Mercy.” BMG, the fourth-largest music publishing company, is a threeyear-old partnership between Bertelsmann and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. In May, it announced it had more than

one million copyrights under management. “These catalogues contain some of the most influential and successful songs in popular music,” said BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch. “We are delighted to have won the opportunity to represent the writers of those songs and to demonstrate to them BMG’s commitment to 21st century service. They have my pledge that we will do our very best to deliver for them.”

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Fitness model Elisabetta Fantone says that she feels happier and more motivated when she’s in the gym.

Elisabetta Fantone’s livelihood depends on keeping fit. But avoiding the unemployment line isn’t the only reason the Canadian-born model and actress hits the gym most days of the week. “Working out makes me feel good. When I don’t work out for a few days, I start feeling grumpy,” she tells Sun Media in a phone interview from her Miami condo. “When I’m at the gym, it wakes me up. My spirits are higher. I just feel happier and more motivated to do things.” Fantone, recently featured in a scorching photo spread in Men’s Fitness magazine, regularly works up a sweat in the well-equipped gym in her condo building. The 30-year-old Montreal native, who relishes the convenience of being able to “take the elevator” to the gym, typically begins her workouts on the treadmill. From her conveyor-belt perch, Fantone has a panoramic beach view through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The blue-eyed beauty says she prefers this to actually running on the beach for

consistent year-round. “During the a couple reasons: the Miami heat can be summer, I kind of slacked off a little bit, stifling and there’s nowhere to put her but now I’m back into it,” she adds. water bottle when she’s plodding through Slacking off for any prolonged period of the sand. time just isn’t an option for Fantone, also “I’ll go once in a while on the beach, a gifted artist, who was commissioned but I do prefer going to the gym just by the Kardashian because it’s not as hot sisters for an incredibly and humid as being lifelike acrylic-onoutside and I still have canvas painting. the view of the beach,” “It’s sad to say, but explains the strict if you gain maybe too vegan who stars in the much weight or if you noir mystery Havana Elisabetta Fantone don’t look as fit, then 57, slated to hit U.S. Fitness Model you’re not going to get and Canadian movie the (modeling) job theatres in 2013. because there’s younger girls out there that “I run a lot. I love running. I try to run are fresh, tight and skinny, so you have to at least half an hour a day.” keep it up,” she admits, noting that acting Fantone, a fit 112 pounds at five-footisn’t any less demanding. six, often follows up her cardio with some light weight training and core work. “In the entertainment business, a big part of it has to do with your looks, too.” Lately, she’s been admittedly obsessing It’s a lot of pressure, but Fantone — over two parts of her body that give many energized by her time on the treadmill — women trouble. takes it all in, er, stride. “I’m trying to get my legs and my butt “The more you work out, the more you firm,” she says. “I do squats. I use the get the energy to do it,” she says, “and the machines a lot. I don’t have a personal more you get motivated to do it, especially trainer. I just do my own thing.” when you start seeing results.” And for the most part, Fantone stays

Bats may hold key to cancer prevention SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – The genes of virusresistant and long-living bats may eventually help researchers develop new treatments for cancer and viruses or even prevent them, a study released Friday says. Researchers in Australia and China are sequencing the genomes of two bat species — an Australian mega bat and a Chinese micro bat — and comparing them to human genomes to find similarities and differences. “A deeper understanding of these evolutionary adaptations in bats may lead to better treatments for human diseases, and may eventually enable us to predict or perhaps even prevent outbreaks of emerging bat viruses,” said Chris Cowled, a postdoctoral fellow at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory. There’s a lot to learn from the evolution of the bat. After all, they’ve been on Earth for at least 65 million years. Bats are known to carry deadly viruses, such as SARS and Ebola, but don’t often die from them, Cowled said. They also live a long time compared to animals of a similar size. Bats, the only flying mammal, have “novel genes” to deal with toxins that are produced while they fly. Those genes, including P53, are involved in the development of cancer or the detection and repair of damaged DNA, the study said. “What we found intriguing was that some of these

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Researchers are studying bats, like this black flying fox, to try to develop better treatments of human diseases. genes also have secondary roles in the immune system,” Cowled said. “We’re proposing that the evolution of flight led to a sort of spill over effect, influencing not only the immune system, but also things like aging and cancer.” The study was published in the journal Science.

“When I’m at the gym, it wakes me up.”

Breast cancer survivors at risk for diabetes: study

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Post-menopausal breast cancer survivors, particularly those who have had chemotherapy, have a greater risk of developing diabetes than women who have never had breast cancer, according to a new Canadian study. Researchers compared the incidence of diabetes in more than 125,000 women 55 and older using data from Ontario from 1996 to 2008. Breast cancer survivors had a seven per cent increased risk of developing diabetes starting two years after diagnosis, and a 21 per cent increased risk after 10 years, Dr. Lorraine Lipscombe of Women’s College Hospital in Toronto and her colleagues found. Women who’d received chemotherapy also had a significantly elevated risk, but that risk declined over time: a 24 per cent higher risk in the first two years went down to eight per cent after 10 years. There are a number of possible reasons why this is so, Lipscombe said, including weight gain common in patients receiving chemo treatment for breast cancer, and the nausea-suppressing drugs that are known to cause blood sugar spikes. But the researchers are not sure what accounted for the growing risk in survivors who had not received chemo. They can only point to an association between diabetes and cancer, which might be due to “risk factors common to both conditions,” such as insulin resistance. In fact, among all the women in the study, the researchers found that 9.7 per cent of them developed diabetes over a mean followup of 5.8 years. The findings are published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

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ACROSS 1 Pass by, as time 6 Toward the rudder 9 Charley horse, e.g. 14 Earthy pigment 15 Take notice of 16 Hair reddener 17 Chilled 18 Bus rider, e.g. 20 Soccer legend 21 Heated conflict 22 Woodland animals 23 Part of FDA: Abbr. 25 Sudden commotion 27 Type of equation 29 Online message 31 Not quite right 32 Daredevil's asset 34 Old Venetian coin 38 Hightail it 40 Loud racket 42 Nothing more than 43 Contract details 45 Barely enough 47 Sargasso, for one 48 Bathroom fixture, for some 50 Feudal servant 52 Aim high 55 Largest artery 56 Louver part 57 Suspect's story 60 Nuclear energy source 63 Nicaragua's neighbor 65 Voice a view 66 Aquatic mammal 67 Encountered 68 Special influence 69 Over yonder 70 Poem of praise 71 Past or present

ANSWERS: 1. Ribbon colour changed; 2. Ring removed; 3. Porch lamp removed; 4. Hood colour changed; 5. Colour of adjacent house changed.

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Edmonton is set to overtake the other Canadian cities in economic growth next year, says the city’s chief economist. In a year-end interview last week, John Rose revealed he expects Edmonton’s pace of growth to far succeed the Canadian rate in 2013. “It was an outstanding year for Edmonton and the region as a whole,” he said. “We have been quite successful in attracting labour and our economic growth is going to be significantly higher than the rest of the nation.”

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The city’s population has been expanding at over two times the national average, and Rose doesn’t expect that to change any time soon. He says low unemployment and notably high incomes are just some of the reasons why so many Canadians are moving to the Edmonton region. “Those factors definitely play a role,” he said. “But it’s also the fact that there is such a wide gap between our unemployment rate — 4.1 per cent — and the national average which is around 7.2 per cent.” It’s the second lowest metropolitan unemployment rate in the country, after Regina, Sask. “They beat us out, just by a little,” he said. Housing prices in Edmonton are expected to increase by 2.0 per cent to 2.5 per cent in the new year — and sales are also on the rise. “You’re going to see housing prices firm up a bit, rental vacancy rate is already down, so rent is going to be going up,” he said, noting a little buoyancy in the housing market can do a city a

lot of good. “It’s always a positive thing to see housing prices moving up a bit, because it encourages people to invest in real estate.” But the number of new housing units and building permits in Edmonton aren’t expected to increase significantly. Consumer growth and retail sales will also see a boost, he says, due to the city gaining residents and the steady incomes. “Consumer optimism will spill out into the economy and boost retail sales, which are already strong in Alberta,” he noted. As for the new year, Rose expects the city to see more growth in jobs, though their origin may change. “Over the last 12 months a lot of the jobs emerging were very closely related to oilsands work,” said Rose. “We’re going to see a shift in that, it will be around construction, entertainment, hospitality, and trades.” He estimates the population will reach 840,000 in 2013. It currently rings in at around 825,000. Edmonton is the fifth largest city in the nation.

Things are looking up for the local economy, if building permits are any indication. City of St. Albert officials say that, as of the end of November, the value of residential and commercial building permit fees crossed the $1-million mark, clocking in at $1,006,675. That’s the fourth-highest total for the same period in the past 10 years and the first time it has topped $1 million since 2009. “When you factor in some of the boom years like 2005, 2006, we were over that amount, but only slightly,” said Curtis Cundy, general manager of planning and engineering for the City. “To me, it shows an upturn in the economy,” he added, “and it shows an increased amount of development that’s occurring in the city.” The total for the year as of Nov. 30, 2011, was just $788,044. “It’s good news for the city, and I think it’s good news that a lot of the work we did in the annexation [lands], working to get the servicing there and working with developers like Landrex and others is now paying off and we’re starting to see the development actually occur,” Cundy said. Cundy expects that number to stay at least at that level, if not higher, in years to come. “Next year, both for residential and nonresidential, I think it’s going to be very healthy,” he said. “Part of what I do is have discussions with developers about what they’re proposing to do in the subsequent years, and while I can’t share those details, I’m quite optimistic about what’s going to occur in 2013.” Part of that optimism comes from St. Albert city council getting set to put the finishing touches on designating hundreds of acres of new industrial land in January. “That’s one we’ve been working on. From my perspective, there’s been a need for nonresidential — and particularly commercial — land in the city for quite a while,” Cundy said.

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Overused buzzwords peppering online profiles and resumés are a buzzkill for potential employees. They’re done to death by job seekers worldwide and say next to nothing about professional experience or skill set, which is an essential to grabbing attention and getting hired. LinkedIn, the social networking website, just released its third annual list of overused buzzwords, a compilation gleaned by combing through member profiles worldwide. In top spot, here and afar, is “creative.” Other top buzzwords in Canada: Effective; Organizational; Motivated; Analytical; Interpersonal; Problem solving; Extensive experience; Innovative; and Communication skills. Consider doing an online search and rescue mission if these common, vague descriptors are peppered through your profiles or resumé. “Buzzwords sound professionally significant, but the issue with their overuse is that they don’t demonstrate specific examples or highlight any professional successes,” as well as performances or qualifications, says Danielle Restivo, of at LinkedIn Canada. To advance your career, it’s show and tell time: “Offering concrete examples in your profile of your successes and experience will help you get noticed. If you want to show you are creative, describe an idea or a program that you created that was successful — in this way you’ll show off your creativity without ever needing to use the word.” Last year “creative” also topped the list; in 2010, the most overused word was “extensive experience” for professionals based in Canada.

A work gap can be an impediment to getting work. Whether from sickness, termination, family caregiving, divorce, relocation or going back to school, and employment interruption can put a candidate at a disadvantage and result in “difficulty getting re-employed at the same level or salary; plus confidence and self-esteem can take a hit,” says career consultant Nan Russell of nanrussell.com. For many, it can mean professional networks drying up and skills getting rusty — or perception

of that, including being out of touch with technology and the evolving workplace. So you have to stack the deck in your favour to land on your feet and snag that job. How impactful and employment lapse will be on your career is dependent, says Russell, on why it occurred, how long it was, how long ago and what you did during that time. “Also, how often does a ‘gap’ happen for you? Is this an isolated situation or a recurring one?” In order to get hired after a hiatus, inner work has to be done because enhanced self-knowing yields big results, says Russell, author of The Titleless Leader: How to Get Things

Done When You’re Not In Charge. Give deep thought to these three questions: • What have you learned as a result of the job gap or the reason for it? • What have you done? Based on what you learned as a result of your job-gap experience, have you changed direction, enhanced your current skills or learned new ones? • What are you now able to do, accomplish or achieve that you weren’t before all this happened? Why is that? What enables you now to do something you couldn’t do then? What new skills, insights or knowledge do you have? And why will an employer care?

STURGEON SCHOOL DIVISION is currently seeking a part-time private practice Physical Therapist to provide consultation services for a small group of students with physical disabilities in all Division schools. The Sturgeon School Division’s Central Office is located in Morinville just 15 minutes north of the City of Edmonton. The school division covers a small geographical region immediately north of the Edmonton/St. Albert/Sherwood Park area. The consultation services will be required several days per month on average and the need for consultation may be higher earlier in the school year and less so later in the year as needs are addressed. The private practice Physical Therapist we are searching for will have a background in pediatrics. Experience with young children is an asset.A Bachelors Degree in Physical Therapy and current registration in ACPT is required. Therapists must have their own transportation as travel is required to division schools and Central Office. Mileage will be paid from the Division border to the schools within the Division. If you are interested, please call or forward your resume to Anita Ferri at: (780) 934-7937 aferri@sturgeon.ab.ca

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Sturgeon SD No. 24 Accounts Clerk 3 Application Deadline: 4:30 PM on December 28, 2012 OPEN COMPETITION [All qualified candidates are invited to apply] Sturgeon School Division is currently recruiting for a Part-Time Permanent Accounts Clerk 3 to join the team at Landing Trail School, located in Gibbons, AB just minutes north of Edmonton. Landing Trail School has a student population of approximately 400 students, with approximately 85 students accessing LOGOS Programming (curriculum is taught with a Christian Based focus). Hours: 21 hrs/week; Monday to Wednesday; Part-Time Permanent Responsibilities: Duties include but are not limited to: • To provide assistance with the financial fiscal operations of the school including budgeting, purchasing, inventory, accounting and reporting as required • Assisting with the planning and implementation of special events, field trips and fundraising as required Qualifications & Experience: • Finance or Accounting Diploma/Certificate is required • Previous financial administration experience is essential • Intermediate Excel and MS Office skills required Hourly Rate: $19.40 - $24.06 per hour, as per the CUPE Collective Agreement. Should a qualified candidate not be identified, candidates with lesser qualifications could be considered at a lower classification and maybe filled on a temporary basis. All new employees to Sturgeon School Division are required to submit a recent (within six months), clear Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector included prior to commencement of employment. Supporting Documents: The following supporting documents are required In connection with this competition; Cover Letter & Résumé.

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