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(L-R) Catherine Kuehne, Liam Kachkar and Corissa Tymafichuk were all smiles after coming home to St. Albert following a 10day trip to Ecuador through Free the Children Canada, during which they helped build a shop for artisans in the remote village of Mondaùa. Both Kachkar and Tymafichuk said the trip further ignited their passion for social justice. Story, page 3.

BY THE NUMBERS

$3,200

That’s the gross domestic product per capita, in U.S. dollars, of Ecuador, compared to $29,300 in Canada. Ecuador also has a life expectancy of 71 years (79 in Canada) and a literacy rate of 93% (97% in Canada).

Trip sparks social justice passion

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Liam Kachkar and his friends went to Ecuador to lend a hand, but they’re the ones who came back richer for the experience. Back in October, Kachkar — a 15-year-old Paul Kane High School student — was the lucky winner of a 10-day trip to Ecuador from Free the Children Canada when he attended We Day celebrations in Calgary. He and three friends got back from the trip this past week, and Kachkar said he was struck by the positive attitudes the people had, even in the face of poverty and hardship. “Hands down, the people in the community were the happiest people I’ve ever seen in my entire life,â€? he said. “These people don’t have clean drinking water; sewage is running down the streets like something out of a medieval movie. Yet they’re always smiling and willing to help you and share what little they have with you. That’s such a humbling experience.â€? The group from St. Albert included Kachkar, Corissa Tymafichuk, Andrea Payne and Carter Buchanan, and Kachkar’s mother, Catherine Kuehne, acted as a chaperone. They met up with other regional winners from across Canada and made the grueling trek to Quito, the capital of Ecuador, where they spent a few days getting accustomed to the country and visiting museums. But the bulk of their time was spent in MondaĂąa, a remote village in the Amazon rainforest that was nine hours away by bus over treacherous gravel roads. While in MondaĂąa, the group helped build a shop for local artisans

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Liam Kachkar (left) and Corissa TymaďŹ chuk sift through souvenirs they brought back from Ecuador on a trip with Free the Children Canada. me, she was an extremely proud where they can make bracelets, parent. necklaces and pottery and sell their “I was really wares. proud, and I “Free the was humbled,â€? Children has she said. “There five pillars they were no divas always focus on in the group; when they help there were no out villages, egos in the and this pillar group. ‌ These is alternative kids were in income,â€? there shovelling Kachkar wet clay into explained. wheelbarrows, “When Free nailing, the Children hammering, leaves — sanding — you because they’re Liam Kachkar were always not going to be Paul Kane student covered in permanently stuff. But I was there — they humbled by their lack of ego.â€? want this village to be selfBut they weren’t alone, as many of sustainable. And this pillar is to the villagers came out to lend a hand help the village have a stable set in humid, sticky conditions. of incomes they can generate by “It was hard work; it was really themselves.â€? different than collecting pennies Kuehne said that, seeing her son for a water project here,â€? Kachkar and his friends working so hard to said, adding that Free the Children benefit these people they had just

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BAM! ready to get wet ’n’ wild GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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BAM! member Sean Peacock takes a wild ride down Seven Hills on a giant slip ’n’ slide during last year’s Slip’n on 7 event.

Things are about to get wet ’n’ wild once again on Seven Hills this weekend. The BAM! (Building Assets and Memories) youth group is putting on their second annual Slip’n on 7 event on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m., giving kids of all ages the chance to splash their way down one of two giant slip ’n’ slides on Seven Hills for a $5 donation to charity. Brad Holmes has been involved with organizing the event for the past two years — and even before that, when the slide was set up at Sir George Simpson Junior High — and said that, with the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce’s outdoor farmers’ market happening just a few blocks away, they’re hoping to get a lot more people out to slide. “Last year, we had it early enough that the farmers’ market wasn’t on yet,� said the 17-year-old Paul Kane High School student. “... We’re hoping to attract a lot more people from the farmers’ market

now.� Last year, Holmes said the turnout was great even though they didn’t really know what to expect, and he even got a few chances to go down the slip ’n’ slide himself.

“We’re hoping to attract a lot more people from the farmers’ market now.� Brad Holmes BAM! youth group “I was one of the test dummies to make sure we had it set up right,� he said with a laugh. “It was awesome.� The biggest change over last year, though, is the addition of a second slide, which should help speed

things up. “We’re going to have two hoses for two slides, so we can have people going both slides at the same time,â€? Holmes said. “That’s the plan; it might not work out the day of (the event) when we start testing it out.â€? As well, the slides will be positioned a little further up on the hill, and BAM! has been working to create a better atmosphere around the event, adding speakers and music for a better experience. Holmes said that events like Slip’n on 7 help BAM! reach out to the community and build up the perception of young people in St. Albert. “We hear a lot of times people saying, ‘There’s nothing to do in St. Albert; these high schoolers are bored all the time.’ We want to get more youth out into the community and get involved.â€? BAM! also has an inflatable obstacle course scheduled for Aug. 20, and their We Run the Night fun run is slated for Sept. 5. For more information on any of these events, visit www. bamforyouth.ca.

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OPINION

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ho knew that a simple license plate would cause such an uproar? Maybe it’s because we’re in the dog days of summer and news can be hard to come by, but it seems the biggest story of past week or so in Alberta has been the redesign of the province’s license plates. by Glenn Cook While the government is letting Albertans have their say on how the plates look, plenty of people seem to be up in arms over plans to replace the “Wild Rose Country” slogan with the government’s website. But there’s a bigger issue being lost in the kerfuffle over the slogan — or rather a bigger idea. It’s an idea that could bring millions of dollars to the province’s coffers, and the timing couldn’t be better. That idea is the inclusion on Alberta sports team logos on license plate for a premium fee. It’s been proven time and again that sports fans will shell out money to profess their fandom; the dizzying array of jerseys, hats, pennants, toques, mugs and other paraphernalia emblazoned with team logos is proof enough of that. Why not license plates in Alberta? In Saskatchewan, you can get a license plate with a Roughriders logo on it. In Ontario, you can get plates that show your support of everything from the Toronto Blue Jays and the University of Waterloo to Ducks Unlimited and the Royal Canadian Legion. In Manitoba, you can even get a plate that professes your love for curling. So why not Alberta plates that have the Calgary Flames or Edmonton Oilers logo on it, or the Eskimos or the Stampeders? Yes, there would be a cost to licensing those logos to use on the plates, but it can’t be especially onerous if other jurisdictions are doing it. And the rewards to be reaped could be substantial. According to a press release from Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in 2002, such plates — which, at the time, cost $15 to $25 more than a standard plate — brought in $23 million that year. That’s a big chunk of change that Alberta is missing out on, but if we can take advantage of this opportunity, it will be something we can all cheer for.

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here is nothing quite like the experience of welcoming a guest from another country to remind oneself of just how amazing a place we live in. In planning two weeks of activities and sightseeing, the overwhelming majority of the time we will spend with our out-of-country guest will be outdoors: enjoying our parks, trails and beautiful downtown. Since my childhood, our city has doubled in size and looks very different than it once had; however, what hasn’t changed is the path that I used to take when I was 11 years old to get from my home in Woodlands to the St. Albert Public Library during the summer months. Though there are many more, the trails along our

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part of the multitudes of naturalized areas and parks of which we are proud to maintain and enjoy yearround. Our city’s history and culture is incredibly rich for such a new city, in comparison to the age our guest’s home. A leisurely walk through the Perron District inspires stops at the museum, gallery, farmer’s market, and small boutique shops. The gentle tapping of fingers on street pianos plays a musical score to explore to while the kids explore the public art and take advantage of a tasty snack at the local burger shack. That is just the starting point, however, of a much longer historical trek as we travel up across the bridge

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Realtor flexes fundraising muscle GLENN COOK

together and raise a million bucks doing something as simple as a pushup,” he said. “To me, that reflects in so many ways the A local real estate agent is ready to flex power of community, when a bunch of his fundraising muscles and push a charity people get together with a simple idea and helping at-risk youth past its goals.. rally around it. ... I have no doubt there are Craig Pilgrim, an agent with the kids from St. Albert, kids from Sturgeon Re/Max office in St. Albert, is one of more County who go to iHuman, so this is a way than 1,000 people who will converge on of making sure St. Albert is reflected in the the Edmonton Expo Centre mix.” on Sept. 20 to break a world iHuman was out raising record by doing more than awareness for the event on one million pushups. Each Saturday with a pushup flash pushup is good for a $1 pledge mob at the weekly Saturday to iHuman, hopefully raising farmers’ market on 104 St. in more than $1 million for the downtown Edmonton. Edmonton-based charity that Steven Csorba, a brand helps young people turn their empowerment coach with lives around. iHuman, said the idea for the Pilgrim will be part of a Craig million-pushup challenge team of four that will try to do came about as they try to raise Pilgrim 1,000 pushups total between about $5 million to renovate Realtor them, cutting his individual and maintain a permanent goal down to just 250. home in an old downtown But that could be a tough task. Edmonton warehouse. “I’ve been doing 30 a day since Jan. 1. “I’m a cancer survivor, and I’ve done Beyond 30, I think the most I’ve done in all kinds of things to help people raise one shot is 50,” Pilgrim said. money,” Csorba said. “I’ve done pushups Still, Pilgrim is keeping sight of why he before — a buck a pushup, do 1,000 got involved and the work iHuman does. pushups to raise $1,000 for all kinds of “It’s a simple yet powerful idea. It’s the different charities. I thought, I’m a fit guy; notion that you and 1,000 people can get there’s gotta be at least 1,000 people in the St. Albert Leader

Capital Region (to do this). Why don’t we go get 1,000 people to do 1,000 pushups, raise a buck a pushup, break a world record and raise $1 million for iHuman?” Another $5 million in renovations were donated by local construction companies. The charity is trying to recruit 1,000 people or teams of four, like Pilgrim’s, from various fields like: fitness; community (e.g. police, firefighters, military, government); education and Gen Y; and business. iHuman, Csorba said, deals with traumatized kids who have grown up in difficult situations and have been involved in drugs, gangs or even prostitution, and helps them turn their lives and rebuild trust through care, creativity and authenticity. “We do have kids from St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Devon, Stony Plain. It’s a smaller percentage, but we have them,” Csorba said. It’s the creative component of iHuman’s philosophy that has garnered national and international attention. “The creativity is the magic,” Csorba said. “The youth make art, whether it’s drawing or painting or fashion or music. When they begin to do that, they begin to discover they do have a voice.” For more information, check out www. onemillionpushups.ca.

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iHuman’s Steven Csorba does some pushups during a flash mob at the 104 Street farmers’ market on Saturday to promote the Million Pushup Challenge.

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MLA Khan throws support behind Prentice

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Stephen Khan is throwing his support behind Jim Prentice. Ahead of Prentice’s visit to St. Albert tonight (Thursday), the St. Albert MLA and former cabinet minister has publicly declared his support for Prentice as he battles with Ric McIver and Thomas Lukaszuk for the Progressive Conservative party leadership. “In terms of looking at someone who has a vision for the province, a vision of Alberta being a leader from a national perspective and establishing Alberta as a leader on a global perspective, I think Jim is the right man to continue us down that path,” Khan said. The fact that Prentice is coming in from outside the current PC structure “doesn’t hurt” his public perception, Khan added,

“I think Jim is the right man to continue us down that path.” Stephen Khan, St. Albert MLA especially given the bad taste left in many mouths over Alison Redford’s term as premier. “One of Mr. Prentice’s five priorities, and he states it time and again, is that there needs to be an end to entitlements — all through government, not just at the political level,” Khan said. “But he also acknowledges the fact that we need to work very hard to restore the trust with the public. And that’s something I firmly believe in and something I am committed to every day

representing St. Albert.” Prentice will be in St. Albert for a meet-and-greet session tonight (Thursday) at the St. Albert Inn and Suites (156 St. Albert Tr.) from 7 to 9 p.m. The event is free, but PC leaderships will be available to purchase at the door.

Attendees are asked to RSVP by email to sprucegrove.stalbert.pc@ gmail.com. Prentice, 55, is a lawyer by trade who was a Conservative MP in the House of Commons representing Calgary CentreNorth from 2004 to 2010. He was named to the federal cabinet and handled several different portfolios, including environment, Indian affairs and Northern development, and industry.

Prentice also has the endorsement of Spruce GroveSt. Albert MLA and Finance Minister Doug Horner, along with numerous other members of the current PC caucus. So far, Khan has been keenly watching the leadership race, and he said he’s glad there are three solid candidates in the running. “All three of those candidates are working extremely hard this summer getting their message across,” Khan said. “But, of the three — all of whom I have immense respect for — I think it’s Mr. Prentice who has the unique qualifications that set him apart and make him the right man to be premier.” The new PC leader will be chosen this September.

Dion moves back to Alta. for City CFO post GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

MIKE DION New City CFO

The City of St. Albert has a new man handling the purse strings. City manager Patrick Draper announced on Monday morning that Mike Dion has been hired as the City’s general manager of finance and chief financial officer, effective Monday, July 28. “I am very pleased that Mike Dion will be joining the City of St. Albert,” Draper said in a press release. “He will provide significant financial expertise to assist the City in preparing integrated long-term financial plans, providing superior customer service to

all departments, developing the finance Professional Accountant and Chartered team and providing sound policy advice Management Accountant designations. to council.” “St. Albert is a beautiful For the last seven years, and vibrant city which has Dion served as the viceprovided our family with president of finance and many pleasant memories,” administration for Selkirk Dion said in the same press College, which has campuses release. “Moving back to our throughout southeastern roots here in Alberta, after an British Columbia. Prior to absence of a few years, offers that, he as vice-president of us a renewed appreciation of administration at Grande the benefits of living in this Prairie Regional College for part of Canada. I am looking Patrick three years, and spent 12 forward to collaborating with Draper years in the post of general the employees and citizens City manager manager/controller for of the City of St. Albert in Sundance Forest Industries providing sustainable and in Edson, Alta. He holds both Chartered effective services with a view to the future.”

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COU N CIL N OTES • JULY 14, 20 14 Policing Resrouce Increase

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On Monday, city council received a sneak peek of a new City website, slated to launch in late July, and voted to receive as information a report from staff on its progress.

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Based on a motion from Mayor Nolan Crouse, councillors considered Monday changing the start time of regular city council meetings from 3 p.m. to 2 p.m. starting Jan. 1, 2015.

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City council voted Monday to authorize an increase in the local RCMP detachment’s complement by five members to 66, continuing the practice of “over-asking� for officers.

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NOTABLE QUOTES “(This) is simply increasing the authorized strength that establishes an organizational chart number. The number of RCMP ofďŹ cers actually working in St. Albert is (determined) through the budget process and approved by council each year. ... This allows me to continue to try and achieve the full budgeted ďŹ ll rate council approves each year.â€?

— Insp. Kevin Murray, St. Albert detachment commander

“Our current website was created in 2008, and as you can imagine, a lot has changed in the last six years — not only in terms of the Internet itself, but how our public accesses it and what devices they use.� — Michael Mitchell, web co-ordinator

“We need to start recognizing this is a part-time council, and we need to do part-time hours. We need to allow people who are not independently wealthy, retired or happen to already be at home and have the hours available the opportunity to make another income. Moving the start time to 2 p.m. makes it virtually impossible to do that.� — Coun. Sheena Hughes, whose amendment to change the start time to 4 p.m. was defeated

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The city manager will make the request to the federal government, though it could take 18 months to fill. In the meantime, the detachment will adhere to the amount set forth in the current and future municipal budgets.

The new website will be launched in late July, but new sections and features will continue to be added over the following two months.

Regular city council meetings and Standing Committee on Finance meetings will start at 2 p.m. for the rest of the current council term; public hearings will continue to start at 5 p.m. Budget meetings in the fall will remain at 3 p.m.

FEEDBACK “What they’re doing is proactive in terms of making sure we have the RCMP force in place that we’ve budgeted for.�

— Coun. Tim Osborne

“You’ve worked weekends, evenings, around the clock a couple of times, from what I’ve heard. That doesn’t go without notice. I thank you for the dedication.�

— Mayor Nolan Crouse

“This ... could discourage many qualiďŹ ed candidates from running in the next election, which only serves to diminish the pool of candidates, possibly affecting the quality of future councils.â€?

— Dana Popadynetz, resident

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X SACHS grad embarks on five-week European journey to further studies in classical piano David Fraser is a graduate of St. Albert Catholic High School and the King’s University College who is heading to Austria for five weeks to study piano thanks to a scholarship from the Johann Strauss Foundation and the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta. The Leader chatted with him on Thursday, July 10 — the day before he left for Austria and after a sendoff recital at Don’s Piano Warehouse on July 5.

How exciited aree youu to heead over to Austria? As iitt has draawn closeer annd closer, has it hit you yeet thatt Reallyy excitedd! This this iss reallyy happening? has beeen a dreeam of mine, and it’s rea e llyy wondeerful th thatt it’ t’ss happeening now.

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“It’s really broadened my perspective on how all these realms of study connect with each other and how they all relate to music.”

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When you get back, yyoou’ll o have your university degree and these fivee weeks of training unddeeer your belt. What’s thee next step from there?? I have really been bitten bby the performing bug. ... I reeaaally have a heart for performinngg; g even just organizing a recital at Don’s Piano Warehouse iss wonderful, and I hope to ddoo more things like that. Perhhaaaps a concert at the Arden Theaatrre r or whatever venue I can arraange. In the meantime, I’m gooinng n to continue my studies at King’s for another year, juustt to take private voice lessoonnns. I’m really excited about sing sing si n ing, and I’m doing morree solo sin i ging. I’m going to ttaaake some org rgan lessons as weell, becausse or organ is somethinngg thhat a dee e pl p y interests me. And w th my aw wi wak akened passionn f r philos fo osop opphyy and theologgyyy, I’I m goingg to do a couple m mooore off those those courses cou ours rsees rs es that really real y iinterest ntterestt me but butt I haven’t haven’t ’t had ha time to do.

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Arden announces shows for new season

GLENN COOK

Carlos NuĂąez, stops in to share Celtic traditions. Among the returning favourites this year are Lunch at Allen’s (Oct. 24), the Fred Eaglesmith Travelling Show (Oct. 10) and Royal Wood (Feb. 13 and 14). A few of the more recognizable names stopping by include Daivd Myles (Oct. 4), who collaborated with rapper Classified on “Inner Ninjaâ€?; Marc Cohn (Jan. 27), who had a hit song with “Walking in Memphisâ€?; and Jeremy Fisher (Oct. 17), whose song “Uh Ohâ€?

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Things are going to be busy at the Arden Theatre starting this fall. The theatre announced the lineup for its 31st season last week, with both old favourites and new faces bringing music, comedy and dance to the stage in St. Albert. The season kicks off Sept. 17 when one of the world grandmasters of the bagpipes,

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is climbing the alternative rock charts. There will be plenty of laughs, too, with comedians Bruce McCulloch (Nov. 2) and Mary Walsh (March 21). Charles Ross returns with his his One-Man Star Wars play on Nov. 13. For a full listing of shows in the Arden’s new season, visit www. theardentheatre.com. Tickets for the shows go on sale Aug. 11 through Ticketmaster or through the Arden box office at 780-459-1542.

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Hancock continues push for domestic free trade

“For example, a company in Alberta that wants to do business somewhere else has to re-register. Alberta is standing with other There’s all kinds of regulatory western provinces to push the barriers.” federal government into dismantling On the other side, Hancock said inter-provincial trade the trade enforcement barriers and creating mechanisms also stronger disaster need work because mitigation strategies. if governments are Those were two of inappropriately several topics discussed subsidizing industries, by the premiers of six “it leads to competitive western provinces and issues.” territories last week “I know the steel during a meeting in industry in Alberta Iqualuit, Nunavut, said and Saskatchewan is Dave Alberta Premier Dave concerned about an Hancock Hancock. uneven playing field Premier Hancock said so that’s something Alberta, British Premier Wall and I have Columbia Premier Christy Clark been talking about and wanted to and Saskatchewan Premier Brad raise here.” Wall have agreed to send a letter to A “big topic of discussion” was all premiers asking them to put the also federal disaster mitigation idea of a domestic free trade zone funding. After last June’s flooding on the agenda for next month’s in southern Alberta and flooding Council of the this summer in Federation Manitoba and meeting in Saskatchewan, Charlottetown, the provincial P.E.I. leaders want to “Canada’s push the federal Agreement on government Internal Trade “to work more (AIT) is over closely with us 20 years old,” on mitigation Hancock said. funding.” “It needs to “The current be updated and policies allow modernized and you to rebuild to while we’ve seen the current state, some progress, but certainly it’s slow with the because you’re devastation in negotiating Alberta last year things that and flooding in Dave Hancock are in, rather Saskatchewan Premier than what the and Manitoba exclusions are, this year, we so it’s a very important discussion need stronger mitigation strategies.” for us.” Hancock said Alberta will spend The trade barriers are estimated to $200 million over the next five years cost the country $50 billion per year. on flood mitigation and “while we Federal Industry Minister James appreciate the federal contribution, it Moore said recently that a new doesn’t go as far as it needs to.” internal trade deal to replace the AIT Other topics included engaging was his top priority. northern communities on energy Hancock said inter-provincial development, rail transportation trade barriers are a significant for resources and labour issues, problem for industry, especially including changes to the federal when it comes to labour mobility. temporary foreign worker program.

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Changes allowing Canadian wireless phone customers to cancel their contracts without penalty after two years have increased the costs of basic plans, while the price of heavy-use plans continued to fall, a study released on Monday showed. The price of mobile services has become a hot political issue, with the Conservative government trying to drive prices down by encouraging smaller companies to challenge the dominance of the Big Three: BCE Inc’s Bell, Rogers Communications Inc and Telus Corp. Regulators brought in the change as of December 2013, putting an effective end to three-year contracts and aiming to stimulate competition by letting people switch carriers. But for the bottom end, this means higher prices. The government-commissioned Wall Report showed the monthly charge for basic mobile wireless service rose to $36 in 2014 from $31 in 2013, and $34 in 2010. High-volume users saw their prices decline to $80 from $94 in 2013, and from $110 in 2010. “The reduction of contract terms placed upward pressure on service

plan prices given there is now a shorter period available to recover the handset subsidies,” said the report. However, it said the main phone companies now introduced alternative no-term “BYOD” or bring-yourown-device plans which can yield a discount of $10 to $20 a month. The study showed prices by companies newly operating in the market were between 10 per cent and 49 per cent less than the incumbents, and they usually offered higher data allowances. The Wall Report, which is done annually, introduced a new comparison this year, of international roaming rates to and from the United States available to Canadian and American consumers. It found the big U.S. players’ roaming call and text rates in Canada were lower than the Canadian incumbents’ rates in the United States, whereas the reverse was true for data — effectively a draw. But it found that the new entrants in Canada offered far lower roaming rates than the Canadian incumbents, whereas U.S. regional carriers offered either no roaming or very limited roaming in Canada.

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Are you as busy as you think? BRITTANY KUSTRA Special to the Leader

Working with entrepreneurs on a daily basis, we tend to notice trends and patterns. Some are obvious, like the annual work cycles of the accountants in our buildings. Some are reported on, like the recent growth of the bio-tech industry across Canada. And some we pick up on through daily conversations with small business owners in the Northern Alberta Business Incubator buildings. Recently, I’ve noticed one word that keeps popping up in most of my conversations: “Busy.” Small business owners have a lot of work to do, so naturally they must be busy, right? They’re creating and improving products and services, developing customer relationships, marketing and selling, and doing general administrative work. Add in some kind of work-life balance (many of our NABI tenants have small families), and you get one busy entrepreneur. But according to Laura Vanderkam, you might not be as busy as you say you are. The premise of her book, 168 Hours, is that tracking our time is the best way to use it most effectively. Similar to tracking your spending to monitor money habits, time tracking can show you where your biggest inefficiencies are. Those frequent email checks, quick looks at the latest celebrity gossip, and interoffice chat windows might add up more quickly than you realize. What if

you spend just five minutes on each of those every hour in an eight-hour work day? There goes 120 minutes, or two full hours of your day, and 10 hours from your five-day work week. If time wasters aren’t the culprit, then maybe you’re suffering from the opposite problem: too much work. As entrepreneurs, we feel the need to manage every task and say yes to every client. It can be tough to say “no,” so intead try the gentler version: “That’s not a priority right now.” Your time isn’t just limited, it’s valuable. Spending an hour each day on a client or task that isn’t moving your business forward? If you can think of three things you could be doing that would be a better use of your time, it might be time to cut the cord. In a piece for the New York Times, columnist Tim Kreider posts another theory about what he calls “the busy trap.” He posits that being busy is a problem we all strive to have, so that we can out-busy each other. It sounds like entrepreneurs might be especially prone, as the types of people to “feel anxious and guilty when they aren’t either working or doing something to promote their work.” His conclusion is that downtime isn’t something to feel guilty about. It’s something necessary for a rich, full life — and taking time to recharge might even boost your productivity! Brittany Kustra is the communications and leasing co-ordinator for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator.

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Jobs growth stalls; 9,400 lost in June in inflation and focus on an economy SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Canada that is yet to kick into higher gear,” said unexpectedly shed 9,400 jobs in June and Sal Guatieri, senior economist at BMO the unemployment rate rose to 7.1 per Capital Markets. cent from May’s 7.0 per cent, underlining The economy created 33,500 fullhow employment growth has stalled time jobs in June but lost 43,000 partdespite a recovery in the United States. time positions. Employment fell in Statistics Canada said on Friday that manufacturing and business, building the year-over year gain was just 72,300 and other support services, while more jobs, or 0.4 per cent, the lowest annual people found jobs in construction. growth rate since the 0.4 per cent The six-month moving average for recorded in February 2010. employment growth jumped to 8,800 Analysts surveyed by Reuters had from 3,000 in May, when the figure expected a gain of included a net loss 20,000 jobs in June. of 44,000 jobs in “If you take the December 2013. moving average for the Commenting on the first half of this year, it June report, Finance suggests very minimal Minister Joe Oliver job growth so far in said jobs numbers are Canada, so it has been a variable, noting that in bit disappointing,” said May there had been an Paul Ferley, assistant increase in part-time chief economist at the jobs. Royal Bank of Canada. “We expect that kind Market operators of monthly variation, expect worries about but we believe the soft economic growth economy is strong. will keep the Bank of We have created over Canada from hiking one million jobs since interest rates until late Joe Oliver the recession,” he told next year, a poll found reporters in Toronto. Federal finance minister last week. The unimpressive The bank’s jobs data followed next interest rate recent reports suggesting the economy announcement was scheduled for might be gaining strength. Wednesday, when it was also expected to Inflation in May hit a 27-month high of issue its quarterly monetary policy report. 2.3 per cent, above the Bank of Canada’s The central bank has kept its key 2.0 per cent target, while rising exports interest rate at a near record low 1.0 per almost wiped out Canada’s trade deficit cent since September 2010 and says it the same month. will not contemplate an increase until Retail sales in April jumped by 1.1 per inflation picks up and the economy cent to a record high while wholesale sales absorbs more excess capacity. that month advanced by 1.2 per cent, “It means the Bank of Canada will twice as fast as expected. continue to ignore the recent upturn

“We expect that kind of monthly variation, but we believe the economy is strong.”

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