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Clock tower keeps on tickin’ Lead the
But Dr. Yasser Korany, an associate professor of structural engineering with the U of A, said that the data collected The clock tower on Perron Street in so far has only been during colder St. Albert is not just telling time months, and they expect things may be anymore — it’s telling engineering much different during the summer. researchers at the University of Alberta “We haven’t been into the summer important things about how brick season and high temperatures, and structures behave over time. that’s when we’ll start to see expansion, Although their project is only a few and that’s the problem that’s the most months old, researchers were at significant,” Korany said. St. Albert Place on Tuesday afternoon Nick Trovato from Read Jones to present some of their preliminary Christoffersen, an engineering firm in findings to Mayor Edmonton that has Nolan Crouse and partnered with the senior City of St. U of A on the clock Albert staff, along tower project, said with other project that the project had stakeholders. been “stimulating and This research could exciting” for them. Nick Trovato bring about changes “For us, it’s Read Jones Christoffersen to building codes important to get across the country a grasp on what is and to the way brick structures are happening to these buildings ... [so] designed to prevent structural failures we can deal with the design of these caused by the bulging and expansion of buildings and, in the end, not only does the bricks. it keep us out of trouble, it benefits you “These sorts of failures are not as the users of these buildings,” Trovato common, but they are dangerous said. and expensive, and we’d like it to not The clock tower was originally built happen,” said Adam Lohonyai, a PhD in 1995 as a partnership between the student in structural engineering at the City and the U of A for similar research U of A. purposes. Each of the four walls was “[The normal explanation for constructed with different amounts bulging] is based on the assumption of styrofoam insulation and air space that it expands in a way that is between the brick and concrete blocks. similar to what we’ve observed in the Some of the bricks used in the laboratory, but field conditions are very construction of the tower were from the different,” he added. brickyard owned by former St. Albert The instruments used in the tower mayor Fleuri Perron, which eventually include 36 thermistors, which measure shut down in the 1930s. temperature, 12 linear displacement However, the data had to be manually sensors and two combined temperature collected, and although there were and humidity probes. findings published, the monitoring So far, since October, the experiment equipment fell into disrepair. has shown that both the bricks and But it was Lohonyai and Korany concrete blocks used to construct the who came along late last year and 21-metre-tall tower have shrunk, in starting things up again, updating the some cases by almost three millimetres. monitoring equipment to the latest
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While it was originally built as a research station, the Perron Street clock tower was not used as such for many years, but it is now once again collecting data for engineering researchers at the University of Alberta. See story, page 3.
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Despite two wins — one in overtime and one in a shootout — that’s how long the Edmonton Oilers had held a lead over four games in the young National Hockey League season. The streak was broken on Monday night when Ales Hemsky scored on the power play 15:23 into the first period to give the Oilers a 1-0 lead over the Colorado Avalanche at Rexall Place. Edmonton would go on to win 4-1.
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“It’s important for us to get a grasp on what is happening.”
standard. There is even a 12-volt battery in the tower so data can still be collected and transmitted in the event of a power outage. The new instruments in the tower can transmit data wirelessly, and the results are published in real-time on the Internet. “That gives us snapshots of daily events,” Korany said. “Perhaps it is a rainy day and we want to see how that is impacting the walls. Instead of downloading an Excel file and sifting through data and processing it to get the answer, we can go on the site, look at the display of the movement of the wall and right away see ... what’s happening to the wall.” The real-time data can be viewed online at perronclocktower.rjc.ca. Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader
The Perron Street clock tower is once again providing valuable data to engineering researchers at the U of A.
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Council to give bike park one more try “It would be a big mistake not to go forward with this at this time,” added Coun. Len Bracko. St. Albert city council is giving themselves The skills park would cost approximately and City of St. Albert staff one more kick $200,000 to construct and include a pump at the can to find a suitable location for a track, a jump trail and progression jumps. mountain bike skills park in the city. The money was first approved in the With their choices narrowed down to municipal budget in 2009, and has been two — Mission Park or Liberton Park — the carried forward since. issue of the skills park location was before Several members of the public took to the councillors Monday afternoon. But while microphone in council chambers to speak on Mission Park was quickly out of the running both sides of the issue. due to its historical significance, councillors Many were opposed to the Mission Park weren’t sure Liberton Park was the right site and not the idea of a bike park itself, and choice, either. were relieved to hear council would not go Sensing the Liberton Park option would ahead with the project there. be voted down, sending City staff and “Even before the creation of the park [in volunteers back to square one, Mayor Nolan 1929], the area had been conserved as an Crouse instead made a motion to postpone open space in the centre of the community. the final decision until This commitment has June 24 to give more time been honoured for to review other sites and over a century, and get more feedback from the society implores residents and businesses council to continue this near the proposed site. commitment,” said Ray “If we do this and it Pinco of the St. Albert Nolan Crouse fails, fine. But let’s give it Historical Society, also St. Albert mayor one last shot. ... We can noting that construction tell it’s contentious in the could contribute to soil community, and we can tell it’s contentious erosion in Mission Park. on council. But let’s give it the good old Others expressed concerns over the public college try one last time while this council is consultation process associated with the still on shift,” Crouse said. project. Some councillors expressed their support “Stakeholders were not adequately notified, for the skills park, but were prepared to vote and area residents received a postcard against the recommendation before them without the location stated. The postcard due to the location. was mistaken for junk mail,” said resident “[Staff] think the optimal site is Liberton, Andrea Marko. “The City advertised the bike but I’m not convinced that it is,” Coun. park open house ... without mentioning the Malcolm Parker said. “It’s not so much if we locations.” need a bike park in the community; it’s the Avid St. Albert bikers Brady Van Keulen location. ... I know we’ve got the money in and David Bahry told council that the bike the budget and it’s been there for a few years park could attract riders from all over the now, but just because it’s there doesn’t mean Capital Region and have a positive impact on we have to spend it. And if we are going to young people. spend it, let’s do it right.” “Not only did [biking] teach me that Coun. Cathy Heron was also worried hard work pays off, but introduced me to about how the bike park obstacles would a passionate and active group of kids who interfere with tobogganing in the park in the have become my lifelong friends today,” Van winter. But City recreation services director Keulen said. “This bike park in St. Albert has Monique St. Louis said the park could be the same potential to teach our youth the designed to leave lanes open for winter value of hard work and reward them with a sliding. free, progressive, healthy activity.” St. Louis added that she felt parking would “Think of the positive impacts this will not be a problem as most of the users would have on kids, on youth and families that do bike there. not do the inside-the-box physical activities, Other councillors were ready to move the socially acceptable activities,” Bahry forward with the plan as it stood on Monday. added. “Think of the majority of kids looking “I believe firmly in the idea that a city, for a simple and fun place to be active.” to be vibrant, also needs to support youth If the location for the bike park is chosen within the community and provide in June, City staff will then move forward on opportunities for them to engage in social detailed design for the obstacles. The earliest activities and fun activities within the it would likely be ready to open is summer community,” Coun. Wes Brodhead said. 2014.
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Hair Massacure buzz building GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader
Pink hair has started to show up all over the Capital Region, and Tammy MacDonald couldn’t be happier. MacDonald is the executive director of the Hair Massacure, the annual headshaving fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northern Alberta, the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and Ronald McDonald House whose “victims” are marked by pink locks weeks beforehand. This year’s edition is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 15, at the Ice Palace at West Edmonton Mall, and MacDonald is busy with preparations. “We’re scrambling,” she said. “We’re busy this year.” Part of that hustle and bustle is the fact that four other Hair Massacure events are happening across Alberta this year, including Red Deer, Calgary, Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie. But even though it’s hectic getting everything organized, MacDonald is overwhelmed with the support. “We’re literally chasing this event that’s growing,” she said. The Hair Massacure started in 2003 when MacDonald’s daughter Kali, then three years old, lost her hair for the third
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Lodge thankful for TV GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader
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they started raising funds to buy a new one. “And it was heavy — every time we moved it, it required six guys and a truck,” she joked. Meanwhile, Discover Hearing has run clinics at both facilities for years, and when Lovasz heard through her daughter Nicole that they were raising funds for a new TV, she stepped up to the plate. “When she told me that, I said, ‘Nicole, forget it. Don’t worry about it,’” Lovasz said, noting that lodge staff had initially asked to just have their names placed in Discover’s referral program, through which they give away a 42-inch TV every year. “‘You just tell [the lodge] that we’re going to sponsor them and we’ll buy them a TV.’ ... It was just a given.” With the generous gift, the lodge was able to take the money they had already raised and purchase a new fireplace for the rec room, which also includes a pool table, an air hockey table, books, puzzles and two pianos. In addition, sparked by the TV donation, the Sturgeon Foundation has started up a movie library to be shared among all of its facilities. “Our executive director went out and bought, on his own dime, a series of movies to get it started,” Bungay said. “And we put out a challenge to the other sites to do something similar.” The Sturgeon Foundation runs six seniors lodges in St. Albert, Redwater, Legal, Morinville and Gibbons.
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Bike park a worthy project
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aiting, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers once told us, is the hardest part. But for proponents of a mountain bike skills park in St. Albert, they are likely happy to wait until June to see if city council will support building the park in Liberton Park, rather than have to go back by Glenn Cook to square one. St. Albert city council voted Monday to delay their decision on the Liberton Park location until June to allow staff more time to consult with councillors and with residents and businesses near the park, as well as to have a second look at other sites that might have been passed over. As several people, both on council and in the gallery, said on Monday, the idea of a mountain bike skills park in St. Albert certainly has merit. Any spontaneous use facility in the city has merit, especially given the emphasis the current council has placed on developing youth assets. But it was abundantly clear that the other site under consideration, Mission Park — or Seven Hills, whichever you like — was not the right site, and it was encouraging to see common sense prevail on that front. There have been rumblings about the $200,000 price tag, which does seem steep, but if you’re going to take on a project, you may as well spend the money to do it right. Louder rumblings, though, have had to do with why those who wouldn’t use it should have to pay for it with their tax dollars. But St. Albert helps maintain soccer fields in the city, and not everyone plays soccer. The City built a facility for the 50+ Club, and not all taxpayers are over 50. The list goes on. Projects like this bike park, and even the proposed dog park near Servus Credit Union Place, might seem like they are catering to a minority, but in fact the whole community benefits. The bike park will give young people a productive outlet and keep them out of trouble. And the dog park gives dogs a place to play off-leash where they aren’t bothering others on the trails. Whether council supports the Liberton Park location or sends them back to the drawing board, a bike park is a worthy project and the volunteers behind it — to paraphrase Petty once more — ought not to back down.
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Glimpse into Haiti provides perspective
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wo days before Christmas, I had a giant list of things to get done. These are tasks that had accumulated over days, if not weeks: wrapping gifts, washing dishes, doing laundry, scrubbing the toilet, that sort of thing. It was a list I figured would take right up until dinner on Christmas Eve to take care of, but, as it turned out, once I got going, things started getting crossed off pretty quickly. That left me with a little bit of time on my hands, so I delved into the PVR and decided to get caught up on recorded programming that had piled up over about the same amount of time as it took for the to-do list to accumulate, if not longer. It was an eclectic
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COOK Leader editor My City mix, from a fascinating documentary on Bo Jackson brief-yet-brilliant career in both pro baseball and pro football in the late 1980s and early ’90s to a Christmas special starring comedian Russell Peters that I hadn’t realized was recorded last year but still managed to remain entertaining and timely. But the one program that stuck with me was an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. If you’ve never seen it, Bourdain — the host, writer and renowned chef — travels the world to sample
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local food and culture away from the usual tourist traps, each episode focusing on one particular country or area. This episode saw him travel to Haiti, which was still reeling from the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck there in January 2010 — as it still is today — and preparing for a presidential election, over which there seemed to be more cynicism than excitement. The images were jarring, as they have been since the earthquake: people living in tent cities, walking by crumbled buildings that have yet to be cleaned up. Even what was meant to be a gesture of goodwill, the producers buying out a local food stand to feed local kids who may not
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have eaten in days, turned into a chaotic scene where older boys wound up hitting younger ones with belts — a microcosm for the failed aid that has been sent to the country over the years. What I came to realize, though, is just how good we have here in St. Albert. Property tax increases may seem like a big deal, but at least we have homes that are made of brick and mortar, not tarps. Holes drilled in a recreational lake may seem like a big deal, but at least we have clean water to drink. I might not be on the next plane to Haiti to lend a hand, but I certainly am more grateful that the biggest problems I have are finding the time to wrap gifts or wash dishes or do laundry or scrub the toilet. Owned and operated by
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Foundation gala comes back home
“We have such an amazing community; they are so supportive St. Albert Leader of us,” she said. “We’re blessed with The Sturgeon Community the foundation we have, because our Hospital Foundation is hoping hospital takes care of everybody. to see old friends at a new venue It’s not just a segment of people during their biggest annual we take care of. From the moment fundraising event coming up this you’re born to the moment you weekend. unfortunately pass away, we’re there Saturday is the foundation’s for you.” Friend Raiser Gala, which is being Once all the bills are paid, the held at the Moonflower Room at foundation is hoping to raise about the Enjoy Centre for the very first $100,000, which would go toward time this year after several years of the foundation’s main goal of holding the event at various hotels providing enhanced equipment in Edmonton. above and beyond the basic budget “We are so at the Sturgeon pleased to be Community bringing it home. Hospital. It has been a long “We provide time coming,” the icing on said foundation the cake, the executive state-of-the-art Katrina Black director Katrina [equipment] for SCHF executive director Black. “We’ve our patients,” had tremendous Black said. response to the fact it has come Over the last year, the foundation home.” has funded patient transport More than 400 tickets have ventilators, cardiac monitors for the already been sold for the gala, close observation unit in intensive putting the foundation close to care, and a transport unit for the selling out the room. Guests will neonatal care unit. be welcomed with a champagne “All of these are fundamental reception before a three-course in patient care and providing the gourmet dinner, with both live and very best for the people that use our silent auctions. CFCW radio host hospital,” Black added. Danny Hooper will be the master These enhancements are of ceremonies for the evening, and beneficial not only for patients, but entertainment will be provided by for families and staff as well. Bella Rouge. “We’re providing [staff] the very “To me, it’s like a big reunion best to work with, and for patients every year,” Black said. “All of our and their families, it’s phenomenal,” friends come out, and they bring Black said. new friends.” Tickets for the Friend Raiser Gala Black added that, regardless of the are available by calling the Sturgeon location, the Friend Raiser Gala has Community Hospital Foundation always received a great response. office at 780-418-7361.
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“To me, it’s like a big reunion every year.”
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MP all ears at budget consultation
GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader
Brent Rathgeber was all ears on Friday morning. The Edmonton-St. Albert Conservative MP was at the Best Western Plus hotel on St. Albert Trail Friday morning to meet with representatives of the local business community and gather their feedback as the federal government prepares its budget for delivery later this spring. This is the fourth year that Rathgeber has held such pre-budget consultations, and he said it was one of the most productive. “I thought this was the best yet,” he said. “This group was really good for whatever reason, a good cross-section of the St. Albert business community. And I thought there was some very good interaction between myself and the members.” By the sounds of things, he added, the local economy has steadily improved over those four years. “By 2010, things had sort of stabilized and beginning to turn around, and in 2011 and 2012, there was optimism,” the MP said. “Now, in January 2013, things are just about back to where they are before the recession of 2008.” One of the main topics Rathgeber wanted to broach was whether or not the federal government should run deficits to spend money spurring on private sector businesses, like the recent announcement of $400 million in new venture capital. “The local business community, generally, is concerned about debt, as am I,” Rathgeber said. “The projected deficit for this year is $24 billion or $25 billion on $600 billion of already accumulated debt. So, generally speaking, the business community would favour debt repayment and the lowering of taxes over stimulus money or attempts to diversify the economy.” But, he conceded, elsewhere in the country — like Ontario, where the car industry has been hit hard lately — he might get a different answer. Another issue that came up during the
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader
MP Brent Rathgeber chats with members of the St. Albert business community on Friday morning.
consultation was the federal government’s rules on qualification for home ownership that have changed a number of times over the past few years. “The concern is to not replicate what happened in the United States, when they had the mortgage bubble crisis where too many people walked away from their mortgages. The suggesting is that some of these people should never have qualified for mortgages in the first place,” Rathgeber said. “They’re looking for some sort of predictability with respect to these matters so they can project 12, 24, 36 months into the future,” he added. Rathgeber will take the input gathered and draft a memo to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for his consideration as the budget is drafted. While his specific input might not be reflected in the budget, Rathgeber said the consultations have yielded positive results, especially changes to the Employment Insurance system that will require recipients to look for work every day and accept commutes up to an hour long. “These are very small changes, but I think positive changes,” he said, “and I’m still working toward a system that regards Employment Insurance as a short-term bandage solution as opposed to … sort of a permanent part of an individual’s income.”
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Campbell dog park begins to take shape Council directed staff to move ahead with the Campbell Park site in June after rejecting plans for a dog park along St. Albert’s newest dog-friendly park is Levasseur Road, near the Heritage Lakes starting to take shape. subdivision. City council received an update on Most of council was also in favour of the progress of the park, slated for a dry the preliminary design Monday, but the storm pond site just north of Servus inclusion of a chain link fence around Credit Union Place, at their regular portions of the site irked Mayor Nolan meeting Monday afternoon, with staff Crouse. providing a preliminary design and the “I hate the idea of a fence, of a cage,” he results of the public consultation process said. “Why is it we cannot build a fence that took place over the that is dense hedge, past few months. that is botanic in this City recreation botanical arts city?” services director St. Louis said that the Monique St. Louis said chain link fence would that, between a public be temporary in areas open house in November until hedges grew dense Nolan Crouse and survey completed enough to keep dogs St. Albert mayor online, a vast majority from getting through, of respondents were in and would be permanent favour of the design. in some of the higher-traffic areas. “[The concept design] included one “If we could find a larger site where shelter, two benches, three signs, two there’s more room to roam for the dogs, it garbage cans, some fencing and a small would be less of an issue. ... The intent is pedestrian foot bridge,” St. Louis said. trying to balance the aesthetics of our city The pedestrian foot bridge would go with the safety of the dogs,” she said. over the drainage swale in the middle of City staff will now get to work on the site, which can’t be mowed. The fact it developing a project charter for the park, is a drainage site also restricts the amount which will be considered during 2014 of landscaping and tree planting that can budget deliberations. The park is expected be done there. to cost about $100,000, which will be The north lot at Servus Place would funded through dog license fees, and have provide the parking for the site. an annual operating cost of about $2,400.
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“I hate the idea of a fence, of a cage.”
Artwork courtesy City of St. Albert
A preliminary drawing mapping out amenities for the proposed new dog park in Campbell Park, just north of Servus Credit Union Place.
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Balbina Fernandez (right), 13, a student at Vincent J. Maloney Junior High School, poses with Lt.-Gov. Donald S. Ethell after receiving her Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal at Government House in downtown Edmonton on Tuesday, January 22.
Food Bank fundraiser makes cents GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader
The local branch of Servus Credit Union is hoping spare change will create some real change for needy families in St. Albert. With the Royal Canadian Mint ceasing the distribution of pennies as of Feb. 4, the St. Albert branch, located at 565 St. Albert Tr., started collecting the one-cent coins on Jan. 22 to help get them out of circulation and donate them to the St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village. St. Albert branch manager Douglas Lamb said that branches in Edmonton proper started an initiative to collect pennies for the Edmonton Food Bank, but the St. Albert branch wanted to do the same for their local food bank. “We weren’t really included in their master plan,” he said. “However, when I heard about it, I said, wait a minute — we have the St. Albert Food Bank and we want to be a part of it. … There are a gazillion of these things out there, so what better place to [donate them]?” Staff at the branch are also getting in on the act, bringing in pennies on their casual Fridays. For St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village executive director Suzan Krecsy, even the smallest bit of help is welcome. “The amount doesn’t really matter as much as the awareness, and we really
appreciate that,” she said. “Making sure our clients and their needs are put forward all the time really means a lot. Every cent counts; every single cent counts.” Servus doesn’t have a set goal to collect, but Krecsy said the funds raised will go toward the purchase of food for families. She added that, at this time of year, food banks across Canada tend to experience a slowdown in food donations after a busy holiday season. “We were very fortunate at Christmas and throughout the holidays. St. Albert is always so generous,” she said. “But things start slowing down now. They’ll pick up again around Easter, then slide a little, then pick up again when the kids get out of school. Then it’s quite slow until September, when we have our big food drive.” Although many charities are going after pennies as they are taken out of circulation, Lamb is confident there are enough of the copper coins left out there to help the Food Bank. “I think there are probably more pennies than you can possibly imagine. ... I think the penny drives should continue on,” he said. “We’re trying to create awareness of the fact it is coming to an end, and what we can do to get rid of them in a fashionable way and help somebody. And I think the Food Bank’s the right place,” Lamb added. The St. Albert Servus branch will be collecting pennies until March 4.
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Doll ‘pumped up’ for International Bowl
GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader
Tanner Doll is getting another chance to showcase his football skills on an international stage. Doll, a St. Albert Catholic High School graduate who is in his second year with the University of Calgary Dinos, is one of 26 Canadian players selected to Team World, which will face off against Team USA in the fourth annual International Federation of American Football International Bowl, taking place on Tuesday in Austin, Texas. “I’m pumped up,” said the linebacker. “It’ll be my third time going to Texas in the last year. It’s exciting; it’s a fun time. You get to represent your country and play beside guys who are from different countries, so that’s pretty cool.” Doll suited up for Team Canada at the IFAF Under-19 World Championships in Austin last July, helping Canada to a 23-17 win over the United States in the gold medal game. IFAF games are played under American rules, with four downs and 11 players on the field
at a time. Canadians make up almost exactly half of Team World, which has 54 players total. Doll said that speaks volumes about the calibre of players Canada is churning out.
“When we play in the box, we’re much more physical.” Tanner Doll U of C Dinos LB “[That says] we can play ball,” he said. “What I’ve come to realize by playing in these [tournaments] is that Canadians are very skilled, but we have a different style than the U.S. We’re very mobile and, at this age, when we play in the box, we’re much more physical.” Other players on Team World hail from countries like Japan, Austria, American Samoa, Sweden, France, Mexico, Denmark, Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain. While he lined up against some of those players at the World Championship in July, Doll said
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it’ll be easy to set any rivalries from that aside in the International Bowl. “We’re competitive and we have a common goal of beating the United States,” he said. There will be some scouts in the stands at the game, but Doll said he’s not too worried about impressing them. “That’s not what I’m focused on. Those scouts are for the [National Collegiate Athletic Association in the U.S.], but right now, I’m happy where I’m at with the Dinos,” he said. This past season in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, Doll said he got off to a slow start, but he was proud to be part of a program that captured its fifth straight Canada West championship. “I didn’t play my best ball [at the start], but with the help of the coaching staff, I was able to grow and overcome the adversity I put before myself,” he said, adding that he’s already looking forward to next season. “I was very happy with that; I know how to deal with that now. It was a great experience.”
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Tanner Doll (40), seen here at the IFAF World Championships in July, is one of 26 Canadians selected to Team World for Tuesday’s International Bowl.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Exhibit shines light on photographer
School, passed away in 2001, and in 2010, his family approached the Musée Héritage St. Albert Leader Museum about possibly setting up an From Wayne Gretzky to Pope John exhibit of his work. Paul II to the St. Albert Farmers’ Market, Those discussions eventually led to the Victor Post captured the world on film. family donating thousands of prints and And now the Musée Héritage Museum negatives to the museum’s archives. is honouring the St. Albert “It’s wonderful. There’s a lot photographer with their newest of local St. Albert material, but exhibit, Catching the Light. there’s also his view of the world The exhibit opened on Tuesday and bringing that all to people,” and details Post’s extensive White said. career in photography, including Sifting through those everything from portraits of photographs and digitizing them some of the most famous people has been tough for the museum’s to ever set foot in the Capital archivist, and also made it tough Region to panoramic views of the Victor for White to decide what to scenic Sturgeon River valley. include in this exhibit. Post Museum curator Joanne White Photographer “It’s been difficult,” she said said it’s amazing to think that with a laugh. “But, as the work someone so accomplished was based in is processed, the archivist divides it into St. Albert. subject areas, so we looked at the different “He had a studio over on Perron subject areas ... and picked some things Street, and he worked out of his parents’ from each of the areas.” basement for many years, because he Other major figures and events Post started quite young,” White said. “He photographed include Princess Diana, always worked here and always loved Liberace, former prime minister Brian taking wedding photos here.” Mulroney, the 1978 Commonwealth Post, who attended Paul Kane High Games in Edmonton and the 1988 Winter
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Olympic Games in Calgary. The exhibit also explores Post’s interests besides photography, of which White said there are many. “In high school, he actually won science fairs nationally and got to go to an international science fair for his work on lasers,” she said. “As a young man, he was really into science. He scuba dived, and was a pilot.” In fact, she added, when King Hussein of Jordan visited Alberta, he and Post began chatting about a shared passion for amateur radio. While the exhibit will appeal to photography buffs, White said there are still many people in St. Albert who remember Post fondly and have been itching to see the exhibit come together. “There have been a lot of people coming in saying they knew Victor and they’re really looking forward to seeing this and remembering this friendship,” she said. “But it’s also for people to realize there was this amazing, interesting person that worked here and produced all this great photography.” Catching the Light is on display at the Musée Héritage Museum until March 31.
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A young Wayne Gretzky was just one of the many famous subjects Victor Post captured on film.
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Tegan and Sara have a change of heart
JASON MacNEIL Sun Media News Services
Change — like age — is unavoidable. Sometimes it’s even welcomed. So it should come as no surprise that alt-rockers Tegan and Sara Quin, now in their early 30s, felt the need to branch out after spending nearly half their lives touring and recording professionally. Most importantly, the Calgarybred twins needed to make things fresh for their album Heartthrob, which came out Tuesday. “(After) 15 years of making music Sara and I are at a point where we got to feel excitement, we got to feel challenged,” Tegan says. “I can’t go into a studio and just record a song — that’s not good enough anymore. I want to go into the studio and I want somebody to tackle me to the ground, rip out even more ideas and throw it down.” Wanting a producer who “worked in pop music” and “with female vocalists,” Tegan and Sara ended up with three: Greg Kurstin, Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Mike Elizondo.
“As someone who is kind of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and wanted a whole plan, it was a little bit, ‘I wonder what we’re doing?’” Tegan says. “We would work for two weeks and then leave the studio and go with another producer for two weeks. I would just think the whole time, ‘Well, what stage is ‘Closer’ (Heartthrob’s lead single) at?’ “A lot of people have been focusing on the sound of the record but honestly all Sara and I care about first and foremost is the songs. I just believe in the songs so much. I just truly thought these were the 10 best songs we’d written.” Most striking about Heartthrob is its sound, rich in ’80s electro-pop hues and quite diverse from their previous guitar-leaning albums. It probably shouldn’t come as a shock given recent collaborations as Sara worked with Theophilus London last year while the twins teamed up with DJ Martin Page for the dancefriendly single Body Work. In short, “Closer” — which “emulates Ace Of Base” and “early ’90s” pop — ensures Heartthrob is a perfect summer driving album despite its
dead-of-winter release. “Closer” originated from a test Sara tossed at Tegan to write outside her comfort zone, something both did throughout Heartthrob’s writing process. “I usually write (material) which is self-deprecating, self-loathing, sad, heartbroken,” Tegan says. “She’s like, ‘You’re none of those things so stop trying to be that person you used to be.’ I was being nostalgic, tapping into that first love where you are just happy to be sitting next to somebody and just being close with them, talking on the phone with them all hours. The song is all about not consummating the act.” Meanwhile, the closing “Shock To Your System” is another surprise, one Sara wrote and partly inspired by the Drive soundtrack. “She talked a lot about how film was really influencing her, how music is used in film to exaggerate certain emotional moments,” Tegan says. “I had challenged her to write more songs like (2007 single) ‘Back In Your Head.’ Like, ‘Write a f---ing pop song, already! Carry your g-ddamn weight in this band, write
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“Sara and I are up there belting the s--- out of it and it’s right at the top of our range so we just have to do it,” Tegan says. “At the headline shows it’s gotten a standing ovation and we never had that happen, a standing ovation in the middle of a set. I’m just like, ‘F--- yeah this is awesome, it’s really cool.’”
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STURGEON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INVESTING TODAY FOR A HEALTHY TOMORROW
At the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation, we’re proud of the role our hospital has played in the growth and development of the City of St. Albert, Sturgeon County and North Edmonton. Our region offers one of the best standards of living in our province and our country and we feel fortunate to be one of the cornerstones that have made our community what it is today. At the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation, we are encouraged by the advancement in health care and how our hospital has enhanced the personal well being of everyone in our community. Our passion, hard work and fundraising efforts help grow our organization’s reach and keep donations dollars within our community and families. The Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation raises funds to support the four key areas within the Sturgeon Community Hospital including: • Enhanced family care • Purchase of leading edge medical equipment • Support of further innovation • On-site and community education
Choose to become a Friend of the Foundation. Thanks to the generous support of our community, the residents of St. Albert, Sturgeon County and North Edmonton receive some of the finest health and personal care in our country. As we move towards the future, we look forward to upholding our highest level of service and growth into new areas of care for our community. Of course, we couldn’t do it without you – and we thank you for your commitment to the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation. Discover a giving program that works best for you. You may direct donations to specific programs, equipment or the area of greatest need. Donations are all sizes are deeply appreciated. · Annual campaign · Gift Every Month program · Corporate sponsorship · Memorial and Tribute donations · Planned Giving · Sponsor a Brick · Special Events/Third party events · Volunteering
Celebrate the Life of Someone Special When you honor the memory of a loved one or celebrate an achievement with a donation to the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation you are making a truly meaningful tribute as so many people benefit from the health programs this gift supports. Your gift will be promptly acknowledged and the designated person or family will be notified of your gift. The amount of your gift is not disclosed. Planned Giving Established through sound estate planning, planned gifts provide the donor with the satisfaction of knowing that his or her gift will act as a personal legacy to enrich the lives of others for generations to come. Many planned giving options exist including the following: • Bequest by wills • Endowments • Gifts of Life Insurance • Gift Annuities • Outright Gifts of Cash
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Building Homes. Building Hope. Habitat is a Hand Up not a Hand Out!
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ll of us want to leave a purposeful legacy that will have a lasting, positive impact on our community. Habitat for Humanity provides a meaningful way to allow your legacy to stand embodied in the home of a hardworking family, whom you have provided with a “hand up” into a future full of dreams and potential. A legacy gift to Habitat empowers families to stay rooted in your community and provides an avenue for a secure future. There are many families that find it difficult to remain in St. Albert. They were born and raised and work in St. Albert, and they want to raise their children in the city that they love, but they are out of reach of a traditional mortgage. Your gift helps close that gap b y providing a family with a “hand up” into home ownership, which results in a more promising future for a family and your community.
Habitat homes are completely funded through donations, gift-in-kind materials and volunteer labour before a family receives keys to their home. This allows our charity to reinvest every family’s mortgage payment back into building more homes in St. Albert. Your gift is used over and over to help build more homes! It is a true legacy that will live on long past the donor’s life. Your children and grandchildren will be able to drive past the home and remember the legacy that you left in your community. A gift to Habitat is not solely a financial contribution. You can choose to be hands-on at the build site by pounding nails with family and friends. You also have the opportunity meet the family that will benefit from your gift and even work alongside them on the build site!
When given a “hand up,” many families improve their financial situation and are able to transition into a traditional mortgage. Habitat has the first right of refusal when the family decides to move on – we buy the home back and yet another Habitat family benefits from your gift! So your legacy lives on through a home that will be an affordable home to families for generations to come.
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Recording artist singing a different tune on fitness CARY CASTAGNA Sun Media News Services
His big break came when he was … uh … big. Really big. As in 400-plus pounds. Los Angeles-based recording artist Papa Joe Aviance first tasted success in the house/dance music industry when he released a collaboration with Austrian songstress Lula Grelhada in 2008 called “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life.” The Kult Records track landed on Billboard magazine’s Top 100 dance chart, debuting at No. 24. Within a few weeks, it hit No. 6. Meanwhile, the video — in which the six-foot-two Aviance enjoys a prominent role — quickly garnered more than 20,000 hits on YouTube. “For dance music, that’s like really big,” Aviance recalls in an interview with Sun Media. But in the view of the charismatic Michigan-born musician, there was a big problem. “I was heavy in the video. I didn’t really like the way I looked in the video,” he explains. “I was like, ‘Twenty thousand people are watching me look like that? Uh-uh. I’m done. No more.’ “The fact it was my first single ever and it hits the dance charts, that was a sign for me. And I was like, ‘If this is your one chance to do this, you’re not going to waste it. If you want to do this, you can’t look like that anymore.’” That was the tipping point — the day Aviance faced the music. “(The next day) I grabbed a trash can, went to the fridge and I cleaned out everything that was going to get in my
way of losing the weight,” he says. Aviance then went to the grocery store and stocked up on healthy fare: fruits, veggies, nuts and high-protein meats such as tuna, chicken and lean beef. He also stopped drinking soda cold turkey, opting instead for water and iced tea. Aviance eventually discovered that he could buy many of his diet staples — including healthy snacks — at a local 99-cent store, busting the myth that nutritious foods are expensive.
“Whether it’s two pounds or 200, you can do it.” Papa Joe Aviance Recording artist Along with the sudden changes to his diet, Aviance also started going for neighbourhood walks — with his favourite dance music reverberating through his headphones, of course. “I couldn’t even walk around the block without mounds of sweat,” he notes. “Now I walk up to five miles a day out in the neighbourhood. The sidewalk is my treadmill.” Aviance has also been known to do “a little bit of jogging,” as well as hiking and bike riding. And these days, the 41-year-old weighs a fit 200 pounds. Aviance says it took him about 18 months to lose the bulk of his 250 pounds.
He feels so much lighter and happier. “This is a whole new life for me. I’ve never been this thin before my entire life and I’m not going to go back,” he says. “I’ve trained my brain. I’m so used to eating right that I now eat in moderation. Instead of eating the whole piece of cake, I eat a slice.” But he admits he still has his moments. “Trust me, it’s hard. I’m not going to lie. I’ve had my hard days,” he adds, noting he sometimes has to cover his eyes during TV food commercials and he rarely sets foot in the “chip aisle” at the grocery store. “Out of sight, out of mind.” Aviance’s newfound commitment to health and fitness has seeped into his music. His most recent dance tracks are titled “Live For Life” and “Get Up And Dance.” While keeping the pounds off, Aviance is now committed to inspiring others to get fit through his annual Live For Life Tour. Last year, he visited four U.S. cities, encouraging people to get off the couch and join him for a walk. This spring, he’s slated to travel to 10 U.S. cities. The key to adopting a healthy lifestyle, he says, comes down to will and desire. “Stay positive and focused, and realize that you’re stronger than you think you are and remember you’re on a mission. “If you let the stresses of other people weigh you down, then you’re not going to accomplish your goal,” he advises. “A lot of people think their weight is a life sentence. It’s not. You can change and I’m living proof of that. Whether it’s two pounds or 200, you can do it.”
Quit smoking before 40: study SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – All smokers know the slogan: “Sooner or later, you’ve got to quit.” Now, a new study has rolled out numbers that just might light a fire under smokers hesitant to stub out. Turns out if you quit before you’re 40, the health risks will be nearly the same as if you’d never lit up. Quit in your 20s to early 30s, the Toronto researchers found, and you’ll gain about a decade of life. But delay swearing off smokes until middle age or your senior years, and the returns diminish. “Quitting smoking before age 40, and preferably well before 40, gives back almost all of the decade of lost life from continued smoking,” lead researcher Prabhat Jha said. “That’s not to say, however, that it is safe to smoke until you are 40 and then stop. Former smokers still have a greater risk of dying sooner than people who never smoked. But the risk is small compared to the huge risk for those who continue to smoke.” In the study, Jha and his colleagues from the University of Toronto and St. Michael’s Hospital looked at smoking and smoking-cessation histories of 113,752 women and 88,496 men aged 25 or older who were interviewed for the U.S. National Health Interview Survey between 1997 and 2004. The smoking data was compared to the causes of deaths that occurred by the end of 2006. The study, published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine, found smokers who quit between 25 and 34 gained about a decade of life, while those who quit between 35 and 44 gained about nine years.
Yoga may help with mental health
SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Yoga has a positive effect on psychiatric problems, from mild depression and sleep troubles to schizophrenia, a review of more than 100 studies has found. The review, published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, found that yoga influences key parts of the body that are thought to play a role in mental health in similar ways to antidepressants and psychotherapy. The review found that yoga, a 5,000-year-old Indian practice, had a positive effect on mild depression and sleep complaints, even for people not taking medication for those concerns, and improved symptoms for people with schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who were taking medication. Yoga was found to have benefits for all mentalhealth conditions included in the review except eating disorders and cognition problems. The authors say that although the results are promising, more research is required because all studies on yoga so far have dealt with small samples.
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Business just wasn’t blooming for Jardin Yoga and Spa, so the search is on for a new investor at the Enjoy Centre. The owners of the Enjoy Centre issued a press release on Friday saying that Jardin Yoga and Spa would close effective Saturday, Jan. 26, and that they are actively looking for new tenants for the 1,500-square-metre space. The Enjoy Centre took control of the space and renamed the spa last August when previous tenants Health Hub Holdings, owners of the Water Garden Spa and Wellness Retreat, had their lease terminated due to non-payment of rent. “This closure was not unexpected,” Enjoy Centre co-owner Bill Hole said in the press release. “We’ve been working on a transition solution since last fall when we took over the lease from the Water Garden group. Jardin’s management was only an interim solution. We’re now officially looking for a new tenant.” The Holes also took over operations of Prairie Bistro and the Prairie Baker in August, renaming them the Glasshouse Bistro and The Bakery at the Enjoy Centre, respectively. Hole said that they are looking to maintain the space as a spa, as $2 million has already been poured into the existing facility. “With 500,000 people through the Enjoy Centre annually and an existing spa client base of over 7,000, the potential to grow this business into something very special is superb,” he said in the release, which also noted that there is an additional 158 square metres available for expansion, if the new tenants so choose. “We’re very optimistic and eager to find the right investor.” Interested investors should contact Cam Picketts of Colliers International at 780-4201585. The Enjoy Centre is also home to Hole’s Greenhouses, Beautiful Home & Gift, Le Belle Arti, Liquid Harvest, Amaranth Whole Foods Market, Hillaby’s Tools for Cooks, Sandy View Farms and a floral studio.
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After nearly five months of renovations, the McDonald’s location on St. Albert Trail is far from your typical burger joint anymore. Owners Rob and Karen Chiasson finally re-opened the location, just south of St. Albert Centre, on Jan. 21, with a new layout, new décor and plenty of new amenities designed to enhance the experiences of both staff and customers. So far the response to the changes from customers has been positive, Karen said. “It’s been a great reaction. Lots of great feedback and comments, [like] it’s very comfortable and it’s a great place to come with the family, especially with the cold weather we’ve been having,” she said. The St. Albert Trail location is one of the first in Canada with a third drive-thru window, designed to let traffic keep flowing even if an order is held up. The orientation of the building
itself has also changed to allow for more efficient parking and drivethru lanes, as well as to maximize the frontage on St. Albert Trail. There is still a play area for kids in the restaurant, but it has doubled in size and features new interactive touch screen games for toddlers. For parents, the restaurant now has free wireless Internet and many of the tables also have adjacent electrical outlets to plug in laptop computers. While being part of a big chain like McDonald’s means a lot of the design choices were laid out for them, the Chiassons said there was a little bit of room for individuality. “We do core designs we have to adhere to, but we can select from a number of different décors,” Rob said. “When it comes to seating and furniture, the colours and types of furniture are chosen, but there is the ability to make some areas a little different.” When the location first closed in August, the signs that went up were advertising a December 2012 re-opening. But Rob said there were a few challenges and delays.
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“Being so close to the river, the soil was a challenge. We had to take out some of the soil and bring in appropriate fill to give some stability to the soil,” he said. “And then we hit some weather issues.” The Chiassons own all four McDonald’s franchises in St. Albert, and have renovated each one since taking over about 15 months ago. That includes the location in Wal-Mart, an interior and exterior renovation at St. Albert Trail and Villeneuve Road, a mostly exterior renovation at the Tudor Glen location, and the complete reconstruction on St. Albert Trail. While those are big projects behind them, they don’t expect work to let up anytime soon. “There’s always something going,” Karen said. “Recruitment’s a big focus right now, and then there will be training involved with that, and working on operations.” “We’re happy with the improvements we’ve made in execution over the past year,” Rob added, “but we recognize there’s still a long way to go.”
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Jobs without people, people without jobs cent of total employment in Canada. “Time and again, we see that engineering, sciences and skilled trades is really where the future of employment A time-honoured nursery rhyme may pay tribute to lies,” says Hidas. “On the academic side, engineering the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, but remains a growth sector and a sector in which one can find according to a new report, opportunities a job with relative ease. in traditional occupations such as “Any aspect of science that supports butchers, bakers and tailors are the reality of our aging demographic disappearing. will be in demand.” Skilled trades should At the other end of the labour be a first career choice. “If you have a spectrum are jobs that go unfilled for skilled trade, you will be able to work in long stretches due to a lack of skilled that trade for as long as you want to,” she Kristina Hidas applicants, a report from CIBC World says. Vice-president, HRPA Markets finds. That “labour market The CIBC report identified 20 mismatch” or “job mismatch” is among occupations that fall into the surplus the job trends that will characterize 2013. category, including labourers in manufacturing, office Job mismatch describes the preparedness of the managers and clerks, along with secondary and elementary workforce. “It’s jobs without people and people without school teachers. These jobs account for 16 per cent of total jobs,” says Kristina Hidas, vice-president of HR research unemployment in Canada. and development with the Human Resources Professionals TECHNICAL SALES AND Association. “We have a workforce that’s highly educated ESTIMATING COORDINATOR and has a highly-developed work ethic but if that doesn’t address the needs of the labour market then it’s a Proline Group (Canada) Ltd. is EXPANDING and we are looking for great people! We are a vibrant international company that provides complete equipment systems to the hog, poultry and mismatch.” grain/feed storage industries. The company’s consistent expansion into new markets provides its Being attentive to the realities of the labour market is key employees with continual opportunities to learn and grow both professionally and personally. We offer opportunity for advancement and promotion within an international setting, and have a flexible, friendly, to overcoming the disconcerting trend. “It’s very hard to and casual work environment. predict — you hear something different almost every day must be…. — but one can spot trends,” Hidas says. “Certainly there’s a Our• people Hard working, patient and focused with a commitment to getting the job done. skilled labour shortage. There is certainly a trend that our • Capable of working independently as well as part of a team and enjoy thinking outside the box. • Able to work in a fast paced environment with many competing priorities. population is aging.” • Trustworthy and dependable. There are more than 300,000 open job vacancies in • Strong computer skills with competency in MS Office. • Fluent in English. Second language an asset. Canada and they require specialty skills that require Responsibilities: Create sales proposals and estimates for projects throughout Asia and South technical training or post-secondary education, says America! Byrne Luft, vice-president of operations with Manpower • Understand Proline Group’s systems, technical specifications, and production advantages. Canada. A lot require the so-called STEM skills: Science, • Create technical sales tools • Provide technical assistance and training to the sales team. Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. • Prepare detailed turnkey project quotations. According to the CIBC report, 25 job groups have shown • Review quotations prior to order placement for accuracy. signs of consistent skill shortages. By far, the largest skill • Identify suppliers of required materials and negotiate prices and payment terms. • Various other duties related to estimating and sales support, as required. shortage was found in health-related occupations, the Requirements: mining industry, advanced manufacturing and business • Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, business administration, or related field services. Put together, those occupations account for 21 per • Experience working in the swine, poultry or feed storage industries.
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09 RAM 3500 MEGACAB DIESEL L4 X4 4X4 Stk# St Stk#L42127A k#L4 k# L421 L4 2127 21 27A 27 A kms Low kms
37,888
$
2004 Kia Rio Low Kms Auto #L45084B
3,995
$
2007 Dodge Caliber RT AWD
2013 Dodge Dart #M2731
#L45211A
11,840
$
18,966
$
2010 Hyundai Accent GLS
2012 Dodge Charger
#Z9867
#Z9861
19,995
$
10,444
$
2010 Dodge Charger AWD
2005 Crossfire Roadster LTD
#Z9850A
17,855
$
19,933
$
2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited
2010 Volkswagen GTI
Leather,Sunroof, Fully Loaded
#Z9999B
24,896
$
2009 Chrysler 300 AWD Touring #Z9879
#Z9864
10,964
Loaded #L45042A
19,778
$
2010 Nissan Sentra
$
#Z9872
16,747
$
06 RAM MEGA CAB LARAMIE 4X4 Only On ly 97 kms kms
Stk# St Stk#Z9809A k#Z9 k# Z980 Z9 809A 80 9A
19,976
$
OOVER VER 40 USED TRUC TRUCKS UCCKS IN STOCK 2009 RAM 2500 $ 4x4 Q/C 25,995 L42370A 2011 RAM 3500 LARAMIE DIESEL L42238A
2008 F250 SD L42371A
2005 RAM SRT-10 VIPER TRUCK 29,000 kms, L45140B
2008 RAM 1500 QC 53,000 kms, Z9855
2010 RAM 1500 QC 40,000 kms, M4234A
49,777 $ 16,980
17,990
$
SUV’S! SU UVV’S!
#L45045A
19,877
$ 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Diesel 45,000 kms #Z9866
29,899
$
$
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Stk# St Stk#M4576A k#M4 k# M457 M4 576A 57 6A
2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara
$
29,997 $ 20,998 $ 24,975
09 DAKOTA QUADC DC CAB 4 X4 QUADCAB 4X4
2004 Jeep Liberty Limited Edition
10,896
$
2007 Dodge Nitro
2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Low Kms #L42368A
13,860
$
37,950
$
2010 Jeep Liberty Sport #L45101A
23,766
$
2011 Jeep Wrangler Sport
2008 Jeep Patriot Sport
#L45222A
14,988
$
2012 Chrysler Town & Country #Z9858
29,875
$
25,000 kms #Z9876
28,900
$
2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Leather Loaded #Z9875
#Z9874B
#L42335A
21,777
$
2009 Dodge Grand Caravan #L4591A
14,975
$
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