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COVER

After losing his UFC debut — his first professional MMA loss — Mitch Clarke, who trains at St. Albert’s Hayabusa Training Centre, looks to redeem himself at UFC 149 in Calgary on Saturday. Story, page 12.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY JULY 17, 1996

The 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga., officially open, with Canadian singer Celine Dion performing “The Power of the Dream,” a song specially commissioned for the Games, and boxing great Muhammad Ali lighting the torch. Canada is one of 198 nations competing in the Games, sending 303 athletes to compete in 189 events in 25 sports. They bring home 22 medals (three gold, 11 silver, eight bronze), including Donovan Bailey’s world record gold medal performance in the men’s 100 metres (9.84 seconds).

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Crews continue working on the sewer replacement project along Mission Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.

Mission project behind

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A major infrastructure project in the Mission subdivision might have the City of St. Albert staying after school. The Mission Avenue sewer line replacement project started in May, and the City had been hoping that crews would be on to the second phase by now, but project manager Sue Howard said that rainy weather and other delays have set things back. “We were anticipating sometime this week or even late last week to move to the second phase,” she said. “There have been a couple of issues that have come up that typically happen in older neighbourhoods. We anticipate we’re going to run into issues here and there, but mixed with rain delays and some of the issues we found when we opened up the road, it’s really slowed

down progress.” That could push construction into September, affecting students and parents attending École Father Jan. But Howard said that City officials met with the Greater St. Albert Roman Catholic Separate School District before the project started, and a backup plan is in place. “We talked to the school bus [companies] and the school board, and we’re all in agreement that what would happen is, if we did go past and school started, the buses would come down Mount Royal [Drive] and go into the back lane, and then line up along the park behind the school and the kids would get off the buses there,” she said. One of the big setbacks in the project so far happened when crews hit a water main while digging. “Things aren’t exactly as

they hoped in our as-builts, so the water line was hit, and they had to turn off the water line and go through all our procedures as per our water permit,” Howard said. The intersection of Perron Street and Mission Avenue was closed for a couple of days last week as well as the contractor had to move the sewer line out from underneath power lines. The first phase of the project spanned along Mission Avenue from Perron Street to St. Albert Trail, while the second phase will go from Perron Street to Mount Royal Drive. Access to the Northern Alberta Business Incubator and the St. Albert Tennis Club will be maintained throughout the project via temporary accesses. Howard met with the contractors this week to establish a realistic timeline for the rest of the project.

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Christopher Thompson, 4, places a Hot Wheels car on a track during the Hot Wheels Summer Road Trip tour stop at the St. Albert Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon. The tour showed off some of the company’s newest toys.

City, mall agree to open up parking for events GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Finding a parking spot for your Saturday in St. Albert just got a little bit easier. The City of St. Albert announced Monday that it has reached an agreement with Vancouver-based real estate developers Amacon, owners of Grandin Park Plaza, that will open up 250 covered parking stalls in the mall’s parkade for weekend and holiday special events taking place in the downtown core. “It’s important to the City of St. Albert that we have a thriving downtown, where residents and visitors alike can come together and celebrate,” Mayor Nolan

Crouse said in a press release. “By making it easier for people to find parking, we are encouraging them to visit and do business in downtown St. Albert.” The agreement will not cost the City any money, and comes into effect this November in time for Remembrance Day ceremonies on St. Anne Street and the annual Snowflake Festival on Perron Street on Nov. 30. In 2013, the parkade will also be open for the Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition parade, the Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival, Canada Day and Rock’n August, as well as on Saturdays for the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce’s Outdoor Farmers’ Market.

Parking at the farmers’ market has been a headache for the Chamber in the past, but president and CEO Lynda Moffat said that better co-operation with mall management this year, coupled with this agreement, should alleviate those problems. “I — knock on wood — would be very optimistic in saying I think those issues are behind us now,” Moffat said. She added that the Chamber still strongly encourages market patrons to use the free park-and-ride service operating from St. Albert Centre to avoid traffic congestion in the downtown area altogether. Temporary signs will be put up directing people to the parkade behind the mall during the specific events when it is open.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

City Council is on their annual summer break. Next City Council meeting: Monday, August 20, 2012 at 3 p.m.

COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD

Tuesday, July 24, 6:30 p.m. LE D NCELFloor East Boardroom, CAThird St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street

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NEW FALL RECREATION PROGRAM GUIDE – JULY 25 Now combined for Servus Place, Fountain Park and St. Albert Recreation. This all-in-one resource contains everything you need to get fit and healthy in St. Albert from swimming lessons to fitness programs, to recreation activities. Watch for the new guides available July 25 at all City of St. Albert facilities, www.servusplace.ca and www.stalbert.ca/programs. For further information, call Fountain Park.

Help the City of St. Albert control invasive plants/weeds in our community! An invasive plant is a non-native plant that spreads easily, aggressively and may displace or alter natural plant communities. Under the Alberta Weed Control Act, municipalities are required to control the spread of noxious weeds.

FIELD SCABIOUS: Often found in ditches along roadways. Stems are hairy and grow up to 1.5 metres tall. Flowers are clustered, small and vary between shades of violet-blue to purple.

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If applied at the right stage of growth, herbicides are control small patches through herbicide application.

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Traditional and ash burials, a Field of Honour, Columbarium and Memorial Wall available.

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MARK YOUR HAVE CALENDAR YOUR SAY! SCULPTURE UNVEILING Join us for the unveiling of the Millie Seitz Volunteer Appreciation sculpture, created by sculptor Marjorie Ann Davies, a Legacy of St. Albert’s 150th Celebration. Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:00 a.m. ACT/UCT Celebration Garden beside Chateau Mission Court (34 Mission Avenue) For more information visit www.sta-culture.com or call 780-459-1600.

LARGE JUNK DROP-OFF EVENT

Need to get rid of that old sofa, washer or mattress? Bring your unwanted and hard-toget-rid-of household items to the Large Junk Drop-Off Event. Saturday, July 28, 2012 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Akinsdale Arena Parking Lot – 66 Hebert Road Two tags per item. Some restrictions apply. For more information, visit www.stalbert.ca/junkevent or call Public Works at 780-459-1557.

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AMENDMENTS TO ALARM SYSTEM BYLAW

The City of St. Albert wants to hear your comments and concerns regarding proposed amendments to Alarm Systems Bylaw 25/2002. The goal is to reduce the number of false alarms and move towards a user pay service by considering revisions to the following areas: • to permit only one free false alarm permit versus the current process of one free false alarm per calendar year • to invoice permit holders for false alarm calls if the police are dispatched versus the current process of invoicing permit holders if the police attend a residence • to require alarm companies or alarm permit holders to verify one zone alarms before contacting or having the police dispatched. Please provide your input before July 30, 2012 to Aaron Giesbrecht, manager of policing services, agiesbrecht@st-albert.net, 780-458-4303 or Stu Fraser, peace officer program supervisor, sfraser@st-albert.net, 780-458-4342.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

TEMPORARY TRUCK CROSSING RAY GIBBON DRIVE RIEL PARK REDEVELOPMENT PHASES 3 & 4

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COMMUNITY SATISFACTION SURVEY RESULTS

Over the next six issues of Citylights, we will be sharing highlights from the 2012 Community Satisfaction Survey. For the full report, visit www.stalbert.ca/2012-community-satisfaction-survey.

Telephone interviews were conducted with 800 residents between April 30 and May 9, 2012, with 200 selected from each city quadrant. City-wide results have a margin of error of ±3.5%, and confidence level of 95% or 19 times out of 20. The study was conducted by Banister Research & Consulting on behalf of the City of St. Albert. Where there are comparable questions to other municipalities, data averages for those municipalities are also provided.

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99% of residents surveyed, including seniors, rated quality of life as very good or good. Residents surveyed are more likely to say quality of life in St. Albert is very good compared to other municipalities (Red Deer and Lethbridge).

OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE PAST 3 YEARS

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Drivers and trail users should be aware of the following disruptions on Ray Gibbon Drive associated with the Riel Park Redevelopment

60%

Heavy truck traffic on Ray Gibbon Drive between LeClair Way and Giroux Road. Trucks will be making approximately 190 round trips per day. A temporary signalled crossing will be built on Ray Gibbon Drive south of the Sturgeon River bridge to allow the hauling of clay and topsoil for redevelopment. Temporary signals at the crossing will keep traffic flowing; however, expect delays. Starting September 3, trucks will be restricted from using the temporary crossing during peak traffic times (7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m.) to minimize delays on Ray Gibbon Drive. Temporary trail closure of a portion of the Red Willow Trail between Levasseur Road and the Sturgeon River bridge will be closed until fall 2013 due to the truck crossing and site redevelopment. Access to Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park and the BLESS platform remains open via Rodeo Drive.

Motorists and trail users are advised to watch for signs. Motorists please maintain the posted speed limit. Thank you for your patience during the 2012 construction season. For more information: contact the City of St. Albert Engineering, Capital Projects, 780-459-1654 or visit www.stalbert.ca/riel-recreation-park-redevelopment. MPSSCS4292874MPSE

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Stayed the same St. Albert (2012)

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Most residents surveyed felt that quality of life has stayed the same rather than improved or worsened in the past three years. This is similar to responses of residents in Red Deer and Lethbridge. Top 3 significant factors contributing to a high quality of life 1. Parkland, green spaces and river trail system (40%) 2. A safe place to live with low crime rate and good policing (23%) 3. Availability of services, community services and public facilities (20%) Top 3 significant factors contributing to a low quality of life 1. High taxes (37%) 2. Crime / vandalism / youth crime/drugs / drunk driving (13%) 3. Governance – more community input / excessive bylaws / better planning / poor management / not accountable / lack direction (8%)

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Council approves 4-phase office space plan GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The space crunch is on at St. Albert Place, but it will be City of St. Albert staff — not arts groups — who will have to find a new home. At their regular meeting Monday afternoon, St. Albert city council approved a four-phase plan, to be implemented over the next year and a half, to free up space in St. Albert Place for more staff. But with council confirming the vision for St. Albert Place as a community and cultural centre, City staff will have to pack up and move rather than arts groups who have facilities there. “This is a

tremendous location for youth and families. It’s a gathering spot,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said. “It should not be an office building first. It should be a community centre first.” Approximately 11,000 additional square feet of space are required for City staff needs in St. Albert Place. That crunch has a big effect on day-to-day operations, city manager Patrick Draper said. “Space constraints do impact our customer service, various operations, certainly our organizational culture and morale, and in some ways our ability to attract and retain key staff,” said Draper, who added that, when it was built in 1984, St. Albert Place was designed to handle a civic population of 50,000, a threshold that was reached 13 years ago. The plan had its detractors, though, as a couple of

residents spoke to council urging them to give the boot to groups like visual arts guilds or the St. Albert Public Library to make room. “I know the report plans for this building to become a cultural space; however, not all St. Albert citizens are artists, nor are they involved in the cultural scene,” said resident Jared Milne. “If this building is to remain the heart of our community, it should serve all those functions that benefit all residents of St. Albert.” “St. Albert Place is meant to be a city hall, not a glorified cultural palace,” added Lynda Flannery, president of the St. Albert Taxpayers Association. But council disagreed, especially considering that arts groups did

chip in with fundraising efforts when St. Albert Place was first built. “The heartbeat of the community is not necessarily the administrative day-to-day functioning ... The heart of the community is where council meets and where people gather,” Coun. Wes Brodhead said. The first two phases of the plan would see existing resources used to lease space outside St. Albert Place and move departments into those spaces or those in the former Management Information Group building on Bellerose Drive, which the City purchased in May for $4.4 million. The third

phase would see the City lease approximately 7,600 square feet of space and have staff move into those facilities sometime in 2013. Exactly which spaces will be leased and which departments will be affected has yet to be determined. A maximum of $284,000 would be added to the City’s 2013 operating budget for operating costs, and a maximum of $490,000 in onetime capital costs would be funded through 2009-2011 capital carryforwards. The City will also set up a Civic Space Capacity Committee, which will review mid- to long-term space requirements and make recommendations to council by the end of 2014.

Civic census shows population drop from ’11 federal count GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Depending on whose numbers you believe, the population of St. Albert may be shrinking. Ahead of city council’s regular meeting Monday, the City of St. Albert released the results of the 2012 civic census Friday afternoon, which pegs the city’s population at 60,994 — down from the 2011 federal census figure of 61,466. City officials note in the report accompanying the civic census figures that they are reviewing the difference with the federal government, and it might be accounted for through differences in accounting and methodology. The city’s population according to the 2010 civic census was 60,138. City chief legislative officer Chris Belke

told council Monday that the discrepancy in the numbers shouldn’t affect the amount of grant money St. Albert is eligible for under provincial programs. “Grant eligibility is based on whatever is registered with Municipal Affairs as our official population,” he said. “Our intent is that administration will submit an affidavit and refer to the federal census results from 2011 for our official census results.” Newer residential neighbourhoods in the city — such as North Ridge and Erin Ridge — continued to see population growth compared to the 2010 census, while older neighbourhoods saw numbers stabilize or decline modestly. North Ridge saw the largest increase, gaining 561 residents over two years, or 19 per cent growth over 2010 figures. Erin Ridge increased by 386 residents, or seven per cent.

The largest decline came in Deer Ridge, which saw a net loss of 196 residents since 2010, or three per cent. Grandin also saw a significant decrease of 113 residents, or 1.5 per cent. The average number of residents per dwelling has also decreased, dropping from 2.67 in 2010 to 2.54 this year. The largest age group in the city is those from 50 to 54 years old, followed by 45 to 49, 55 to 59 and 15 to 19. But the percentage of residents 65 or older continues to increase, coming in at 13.86 per cent of the population in 2012. That number has steadily grown since 1996, when it was only 5.9 per cent. As the population ages, Mayor Nolan Crouse said that there are challenges that must be met to both deal with that and attracting young families. “A starter and a retirement home are, in

many ways, one and the same — a duplex, the small home, the 900-square-foot home,” he said at Monday’s council meeting. “We have to find a way to have our product mix just a little bit different to get the younger family and to make sure we can all live in our home through our aging years.” Men make up 48.98 per cent of St. Albert’s population, while women account for 51.02 per cent. However, a total of 3,655 residents, or 5.9 per cent, refused to provide demographic information. This was the second time the City had offered the option for residents to fill out the census over the Internet, which 43 per cent of residents took advantage of over a four-week period. However, that is short of the City’s goal of 50 per cent. A more detailed census report will be released later this year.

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OPINION

iStAlbert

YC shouldn’t get benched

Here’s what people are saying about #StAlbert on Twitter:

@ChaseyMaim Yes it is possible to purchase pool noodles at 10:45pm on a monday in st.albert #incaseyouwerewondering

magine this scenario: a star baseball player is in the middle of a slump, not hitting for power like he’s supposed to. He’s never caused any problems with the team chemistry, though, has always shown up to do his job and is well-liked by the rest of his teammates. If you’re his by Glenn Cook manager, what do you do? Do you send him to talk to the hitting coach, to see if they can work out whatever problem he’s having, be it in his arms or in his head? Or do you just get rid of him, release him outright and bar him from the clubhouse? Most would likely choose the former option, giving the player a chance to work it out. Unfortunately, with the St. Albert Youth Community Centre, the City of St. Albert seems to have opted for the latter, effectively benching a star in the community and possibly forcing them out of the game altogether. Over the weekend, the City released a document outlining the reasons why they pulled programming funding from the youth centre in the 2013 budget and reallocated it to their own asset development program. At the top of that list were things like a lack of preventative programs and a desire to see youth drive more of the programming. Those are legitimate concerns and worthy goals, for sure. But if that’s why the City pulled their funding, why couldn’t that have been communicated to the youth centre beforehand? Why couldn’t the two sides sit down together and discuss these issues, these needs that need to be addressed, before the decision was made to yank the funding? Now, the youth centre finds itself on the sidelines, with the City inserting its own players into the lineup to do the job it once did. Forget a trip to the minor leagues — without the funding and the support from the City, it may not be too long before it is forced to hang up the cleats for good. It’s too bad, though, because with the proper help from the community and local government, the youth centre still has the power to make a difference in kids’ lives. And that’s a real home run.

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Complaints without solutions the easy out

hat is wrong? What don’t you like? I’ve learned over time that, when you ask those questions, you usually get a line of people down the hallway, out the door and around the building two or three times. Many are happy to oblige with an answer or three to those questions. But when you ask, “What can we do to fix this?”, there are usually only two or three people standing in front of you ready to brave some ideas to make things better. It sure is fun for people to be negative these days, especially with the opportunity that anonymous online comments and blogs provide. A prime example of this was when the City of St. Albert released the results of its 2012 Community

Rob

LeLACHEUR Leader publisher My City Satisfaction Survey this week. I believe it’s most likely these Negative Nellies have been dumped on for the majority of their day, their week, or even their life, and the Internet is their only chance to dump all over everything and everyone else for a change. I’ve had my share of personal chirpings and jabs on these sites, calling me owner of the “St. Albert CheerLeader,” as an example. I’m OK with that. I’d thank them personally, but they hide behind anonymous names, so unfortunately I’m unable to do so. The Leader is a reflection

Publisher: Rob LeLacheur rob@stalbertleader.com

Editor: Glenn Cook

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of me and I won’t apologize for that. For many years, I’ve worked hard with many other great folks in our community to try and improve things in our city on all fronts. We provide facts in each story and will typically sway from the easy angle of heightening the negative, under the guise of big journalism. The aforementioned community satisfaction survey provided a number that I’m sure has many up in arms. It found that 99 per cent of the community say that the quality of life in St. Albert is good (37 per cent) or very good (62 per cent). I’d be the first to agree it is a big number and that it gives the impression that everything is fine and we don’t need to worry about a thing. Without

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a doubt, we enjoy a great quality of life in St. Albert, but it does not hide the fact that we must continue to find ways to grow our tax base so that the price of that quality of life doesn’t sink us all in our pocketbooks. I wouldn’t get too excited; if polls were to be totally believed, we’d have Danielle Smith as Premier of Alberta and Shelly Biermanski as Mayor of St. Albert (both by landslides, I might add). Do I want those who like to chirp go away? No, I don’t. It’s important that they keep people’s feet to the fire. But when those efforts are combined with taking constant anonymous over-thetop, exaggerated pot shots at everyone and everything, your message becomes lost, and lost quickly. At least in my view. Owned and operated by

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while 14 per cent said it had improved and 13 per cent said it had declined. Also new this year, residents were asked It’s just about unanimous — life is good in how satisfied they were with the way the St. Albert. City is being run. In general: Ahead of a presentation at Monday’s • 12 per cent said they were very satisfied; city council meeting, the City of St. • 48 per cent said they were somewhat Albert released the results of their 2012 satisfied; Community Satisfaction Survey on their • 24 per cent were neutral; website Friday afternoon, • 12 per cent were with 99 per cent of somewhat dissatisfied; residents surveyed saying and that the quality of life in • four per cent were the city is either good (37 very dissatisfied. per cent) or very good (62 The biggest area of per cent). dissatisfaction with how Cam MacKay “I was very impressed the City is run is the City councillor with composition and extent to which residents’ the questions that views are taken into were asked,” Coun. Cam MacKay said at account when making decisions, with 34 per Monday’s meeting. “St. Albert remains a cent of respondents saying they somewhat great place to live, [according to] all the or strongly disagreed with that statement. respondents that answered the question. The Council’s focus on economic development only pressing issues are the ones we always is resonating with citizens, though, as 21 have, namely of high taxes to resolve and per cent of survey respondents felt that attracting business, which we are working industrial development and attracting more on.” businesses is the most important issue For 2012, the City added a new question, facing council today, compared to just six asking respondents how they felt their per cent in 2010. Other issues on the radar quality of life has changed over the past include: three years. Seventy-one per cent of • lack of a strong tax base/need to attract respondents said it has stayed the same, industry (15 per cent);

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responses jumped from seven per cent to 23 • rising property taxes (nine per cent); per cent. • balancing the City budget and keeping “The amount of crime is general is expenses down (eight per cent) • land development and zoning (seven per declining, but some of the high-profile cases [are increasing],” Mayor Nolan Crouse said cent); • poor management and decision-making Monday. Those living in the (four per cent); and southeast quadrant of • population growth SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS St. Albert — including and controlling the Braeside, Woodlands, growth of the city (three Kingswood, Pineview, per cent). Akinsdale, Forest Lawn The perception of value rated the quality of life in and Sturgeon Heights — for tax dollars took a hit St. Albert as good or very good were more likely to rate it this year, as only 57 per a safe place to live, with cent of respondents felt 74 per cent of respondents they received excellent, from that area agreeing, very good or good value compared to 65 per cent for their tax dollar, felt they got excellent, very good in the northwest quadrant compared to 68 per cent or good value for tax dollars (Lacombe Park, Mission, two years ago. North Ridge and Deer That was reflected in the overall satisfaction Ridge). The study was with City services, rated St. Albert as a safe place conducted by Banister facilities and programs, to live, down from 46% in 2010 Research and Consulting which dropped from 87 Inc. between April per cent in 2010 to 83 per 30 and May 9. A total of 800 random cent in 2012. telephone interviews were conducted with Also taking a hit was St. Albert’s St. Albertans 18 and older, including 200 in reputation as a safe place to live. Only 29 each of the four quadrants of the city. per cent of respondents agreed that St. The results provided a margin of error no Albert was a safe place to live, dropping from 46 per cent in the 2010 survey. Neutral greater than +/- 3.5 per cent 19 times out 20.

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Local duo set to enter Octagon

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The world’s biggest mixed martial arts promotion is coming to Alberta, and two local fighters are out to show just what the province has to offer. The Ultimate Fighting Championship makes its Alberta debut this Saturday at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, and Mitch Clarke and Ryan Jimmo — both of whom train at the Hayabusa Training Centre in St. Albert — will be entering the world-famous Octagon. “It’s just impressive how we’re catching up to the rest of the world and how much of a hub for MMA Western Canada is, and especially Alberta. There are so many good gyms and promotions,” Clarke said. “It’s an honour to be on the first card in Calgary and be the first fight of the night, kick things off.” Clarke takes on Finnish fighter Anton Kuivanen in a lightweight bout at UFC 149, the very first of the night. He has fought in the UFC before, losing to John Cholish at UFC 140 in Toronto, his first loss as a professional fighter. This time around, though, he said he made a lot of changes in his training regimen, and feels much better going into this fight. “I’ve changed my mindset. There’s a lot of pressure going into your debut [UFC] fight, especially being undefeated; there’s a lot of pressure with that 0. Everyone wants to be the first one to knock you down a peg,” Clarke said. “But at the same time, I had a lot of nervous, bad energy around me. I just wanted to get the fight over with,” he added. “Now I’m excited to fight; I want to go fight. People told me it was a good performance [in Toronto], but it wasn’t good enough for me.” Those changes include new strength and conditioning coaches, hiring a dietician and spending time in Arizona with the team from The MMA Lab, including UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson and The Ultimate Fighter Season 8 winner Efrain Escudero. The experience in Arizona really gave Clarke an excellent sense of where his skills stack up

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Lightweight mixed martial artist Mitch Clarke peers into the cage at Hayabusa Training Centre in Campbell Business Park during a training session Saturday. He takes on Anton Kuivanen at UFC 149 in Calgary this Saturday. against some of the best the UFC has to offer. “You never really know where the measuring stick is. I was the first one from [Hayabusa] to make it to the UFC, and I think there’s going to be a lot more. But, at the same time, you second-guess yourself sometimes; you don’t have those guys who are already established in the UFC to train with,” Clarke said.

“Now I’m excited to fight; I want to go fight.” Mitch Clarke Mixed martial artist In fact, he said, Henderson served as quite the inspiration as he got ready for Saturday’s fight. “I want to fight like Benson. Before I went to his camp, I watched his fight with Jim Miller, and the way he pressures, the way he fights is inspiring in itself, but I think it fits well into my style,” he said. Clarke has studied up on his Finnish opponent and feels he has a good beat on him.

“Anton’s a kickboxer, one of those European-style kickboxers,” he said. “He’s a good athlete, he looks pretty strong, pretty athletic, in good shape. He’s got some good judo; he’s wellrounded. He’s not terrible on the ground, he doesn’t have terrible takedown defense. He knows what he wants to do and does everything to keep it there.” Clarke participated in boxing and karate growing up before wrestling in high school and college. Those experiences led him to give mixed martial arts a try after watching the first season of The Ultimate Fighter. “I thought, ‘I wrestled in high school; I could do this.’ So I went and signed up at a gym and got beat up, then signed up for six months’ dues. I was hooked; it was one of those things that really grabbed on to me, and I’m really glad I made that choice.” Still, looking back and seeing how far he has come in his MMA career is humbling for the Saskatoon native. “It’s really surreal, because I started out as a fan first. I just came from a fighters’ summit, and there’s Alistair Overeem

and Nogueira, all these guys I really look up to. And technically they’re my peers, although I don’t put them there — I put them up a little higher still. So it was a surreal moment. “The great thing about making your profession your hobby is that you never really work. But now I’ve got to go get a new hobby, I guess.” Meanwhile, Jimmo — who is on a 16-fight winning streak and held the Maximum Fighting Championship light heavyweight title — was slated to make his UFC debut in January in Nashville before an ankle injury derailed those plans. This time, though, Jimmo is healthy and ready to take on Australian light heavyweight Anthony Perosh in Calgary. Jimmo won the MFC light heavyweight title in February 2011, and defended the title twice — the latest time against UFC veteran Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at MFC 31 in October 2011 — before getting called up to the UFC. Clarke’s fight will be streamed live on the UFC’s Facebook page. Jimmo’s will be broadcast live on Rogers Sportsnet.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

City a hotbed for modern treasure hunt GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

It’s a modern-day treasure hunt, and the bounty is all around you. St. Albert is a hotbed for geocaching, a global game of hide-and-seek with players all over the world using global positioning systems (GPS) to find small items that are hidden all over the place. “There’s geocaches all around you all the time, in parks that you go to all the time, and you would never know,” said Kristin Ashmore, 29, an avid geocacher who lives in St. Albert. All caches are listed at the official geocaching website at geocaching.com, along with comments left by those who found them on the condition they’re in or if they’ve disappeared. Ashmore can’t remember exactly when she started geocaching, but does remember it was a lazy day at work when she decided to look for a free geocaching app on her iPhone. “I used to work at Konto Furniture, right there on St. Albert Trail [in Edmonton], and I found there was a geocache no more than 200 metres away from where I was standing at that very moment,” she said. “I was like, ‘This is fantastic. I’m going to go find it right now.’” From then on, she was hooked, ponying up for the paid iPhone app. “I would walk my dog in the evenings, and to motivate [myself] to walk a little further, I would look for geocaches that were close by,” she said. “Sure enough, there’s one 200 metres away, so you find that one, then there’s one 200 metres from that one. So I would walk my dog further and further, and explore all these really cool areas of St. Albert that I had never really known about before.” Meanwhile, Heather Gardiner has been geocaching for several years, ever since seeing friends write about it on Facebook. Since then, she has taken her daughter, now seven years old, and some of the Girl Guides she works with out on hunts with her. “It’s just like finding treasure in your

backyard,” Gardiner said. “They’re hidden everywhere, and you walk by them a dozen times and you don’t even know until you plug it into the GPS.” She adds that, the first time she logged onto geocaching.com, she was surprised to see just how many caches were located in St. Albert. “I was amazed,” she said. “We’re in Akinsdale, and I think there are at least a dozen within walking distance. There are probably hundreds in St. Albert.” Most of the time, the general locations of the caches are easy to find, but the actual caches can range widely in size and are rather creatively placed, especially downtown. “You have to be tricky to hide them and have them not get found by non-geocachers and taken away or thrown away or damaged,” Gardiner said. When someone finds a cache, they sign a logbook contained inside and put it back for the next person. If something is taken out, it is suggested that something of equal or greater value replaces it. “Some of them have themes. Some of them are hockey-themed, so they’ll have hockey cards or little keychains of their favourite teams,” Ashmore said. “But usually they’re just like little dollar-store knick-knacks or packs of gum. One time, I found someone’s wrapped demo CD.” “It’s really great for kids, because even for us, we have a little bin full of tiny McDonald’s toys or Kinder egg toys that she doesn’t play with anymore, or things from trade fairs,” Gardiner said. There are also items known as “travel bugs” that, when found, are transferred to a new cache and tracked on geocaching.com to see how far they’ve travelled. Sometimes, the caches disappear completely, but Ashmore said the geocaching community is good about not being party poopers. “It kind of warms your heart to know that people put that much care [into it] and there aren’t people who are actively trying to ruin the game or just take them,” she said.

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Heather Gardiner writes in the logbook for a geocache she found along the Sturgeon River on Tuesday. Gardiner says the global GPS game is “like finding treasure in your own backyard.”

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Lack of preventative programs tops reasons for pulled YC funding

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A lack of preventative services, a desire to see more youth driving programming and a low number of young people accessing programs are the main reasons behind the City of St. Albert’s decision to pull programming funding from the St. Albert Youth Community Centre, according a document released by the City Sunday afternoon. The document is a backgrounder on a decision made May 28 by city council to take money that would normally go toward youth centre programming in the 2013 civic budget and reallocate it to the City’s youth development program. It was prepared by Mayor Nolan Crouse, Community Services Advisory Board chair Trina Shipanoff, Family and Community Services director Scott Rodda and City chief legislative officer Chris Belke to give some kind of rationale to the public after the report containing many of the reasons for the decision were kept confidential under the provincial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP). The main point in the document is that the programs offered by the

youth centre do not focus enough on the prevention of problems. “FCSS funding is required to be allocated for preventative programs and the services offered by the Youth Centre were not deemed to be entirely preventative by nature,” it reads. It also states that the money could be better used by FCSS and City staff in getting youth more involved in developing programs and in getting more young people into the programs. “Given that there are several thousand youth in the city within the age ranges of potential youth to be supported by FCSS funding, serving the broader youth population would be best served through the City’s broad access to schools, City amenities and City staff,” it says. That access to local schools — something the youth centre has had trouble gaining in the past — mean the City can use school staff, counsellors and resources to reach more students. Youth centre board chair Doug Campbell had no comment on the backgrounder when reached Monday morning, saying that the board would meet to discuss it later in the week.

SACHS grad tackles U.S. in under-19 football final GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Tanner Doll and the rest of his teammates beat the United States at their own game. Doll, a graduate of St. Albert Catholic High School, was a member of Team Canada at the International Federation of American Football Under-19 World Championship held in Austin, Texas, which culminated on Saturday, July 7, with Canada defeating the United States 23-17 in the gold medal game. “It was just a ginormous rush, just a huge rush of emotions,” said the linebacker who just wrapped up his freshman season with the University of Calgary Dinos. “I was speechless. It was just incredible.” The tournament was played under American rules — four downs, 11 players on the field — which was a big adjustment for Doll and the rest of Team Canada, who have been playing the Canadian version all their lives. “It’s a different game that way,” he said. “You’re down one man, so you’re playing systems, a different style of football. It is a hard adjustment, but we were prepared very well, so we came out and it looked like we had played that style of ball for a long time.” The Canadians endured, building great chemistry along the way despite players coming together from all corners of the country. “The first week, we went to a prep school down there and stayed in their dorms, and we were the only people on campus. So

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Duplex/Semidetached: 4.2% (982 units)

Under 10 years: 18.6% (3,746)

North Ridge - 526.99

Heritage Lakes - 608.07

Erin Ridge - 616.91

Oakmont - 617.95

Forest Lawn - 625.44

Akinsdale - 646.20

Mission - 656.60

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Lacombe Park - 679.13

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Pineview - 716.39

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Kingswood- 736.25

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Townhomes: 9.8% (2,294 units)

20+ years: 16.7% (3,129)

Akinsdale . . . . . . . .12.8% Forest Lawn . . . . . . 4.0% Pineview . . . . . . . . 2.3%

30+ years: 27.7% (5,188)

Inglewood . . . . . . .12.7% Deer Ridge . . . . . . . 3.9% North Ridge . . . . . . 2.2%

40+ years: 9.3% (1,748)

Lacombe Park . . . . 9.0% Sturgeon . . . . . . . . 3.5% Oakmont . . . . . . . . . 1.2%

Apartments/ Condos: 12.2% (2,856 units)

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Downtown Edmonton arena moves ahead despite overruns ANGELIQUE RODRIGUES Sun Media News Services

The City of Edmonton has voted to develop a new design for a downtown arena providing project planners can keep it under the $450-million price tag. Officials spent more than three hours locked in heated debate Tuesday, peppering administration with both budget and design related questions. The current cost estimate for the proposed arena is $35 million — or eight per cent — over budget, but administration have built in a contingency, identified around $17 million in cuts, and still have a variance of 20 per cent. The motion to allow planners to develop a schematic design for the 775,000-sq-ft arena eventually passed 10-3 with city councillors Kerry Diotte, Tony Caterina and Linda Sloan voting against. While Diotte supports a new arena, he’s remains skeptical of what trimming its budget could mean for the overall product. “We want to know what we’re getting,” he said after the cost estimate was revealed. “It’s one thing to draw a picture of something, but when you start taking out components, then I want to see what I’m getting, and I think the public does as well.” The mayor echoed Diotte’s concern that budget cuts could jeopardize the integrity of

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Despite estimates coming in $35 million over budget, Edmonton city council voted Tuesday to move ahead with plans for a new NHL arena.

the design — one that’s been called “iconic” and “first rate.” “We’ve heard time and time from citizens, they don’t want us to build anything for crap,” Mayor Stephen Mandel told media during a session break. “They want us to build a good building, so I think, at some point in time, council is going to have to decide if it is going to be over, what is the overage going to look like.” Many of those who voted the motion through did so reluctantly, as funding and cost-cutting issues weighed heavily on their minds. “I have to be clear I still don’t support the funding model,” said Coun. Don Iveson. “But I think that this vote is about reaffirming the

budget.” Things grew tense by late afternoon, as several councillors went on the offensive, grilling city manager Simon Farbrother for answers on the missing $100 million in the funding model, for which he had none. The arena’s biggest opponent, Sloan, made no bones about her dissatisfaction with the day’s motion. “There is $200 million in this deal that is still not certain,” she said. “I don’t have any questions for the consultants because I think we’re not at the stage where we can discuss the next stage.” Mandel took the floor in the last few minutes of council to speak for residents — the majority of whom he says want an arena and a

revitalized downtown core. “Citizens have spoken loudly and clearly and they want to see this go ahead,” said Mandel, after council heard positive results from the public consultation on the plan. “This is about downtown and it’s redevelopment.” In closing, Mandel was adamant that the city, administration and developers need to work together to provide a product Edmontonians can be proud of. “If we’re going to build the bloody thing, we need to get together and find consensus and find differences we have with ourselves and solve them,” Mandel said. The current cost estimate for the arena sits at $485 million — not including additional developments like an LRT link and a winter garden. Farbrother told council that officials have already identified a pathway to bring the design under budget. Developers will continue to consult with council as they take cost-cutting measures. According to arena executive director Rick Daviss, officials will return to the city with a detailed design for the project at the maximum price by early 2013. The Katz Group has agreed to pay $100 million for the project, which is still $100 million short of the total. The city would pay $125 million and there would be a $125-million user-paid facility fee.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Arden ups its Canadian content GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The Arden Theatre is certainly fulfilling its Canadian content quota in its upcoming season. The theatre announced its 20122013 lineup on Monday, and it’s chock-full of performers hailing from the Great White North, including comedian Brent Butt and musicians like Joel Plaskett, Danny Michel, the Cowboy Junkies, the Northern Pikes, and Ron Sexsmith. “We have such a huge pool of talent in this country, and a lot of them have their moments to be discovered at folk festivals and other similar events,” said Arden professional programming presenter Caitlin North. “It’s important for us to keep those artists in our audience’s mind and remind them that we’ve got such a great group of talent here and need to support that.” Corner Gas’s Butt, who hits the Arden stage on Feb. 9, isn’t the only one who will be making Arden patrons laugh this season, though. After a good showing this past March, the Irrelevant Show is bringing back their brand of sketch and musical comedy on March 16, 2013, for a taping of their CBC radio show. “As a fan of comedy, I think it’s great,” North said. “It provides something a little different to our audience, and at the same time, I think the comedy world has seen a huge sort of burst in the last decade, maybe due to podcasting and the success of online comedy, the success of sitcoms and such, like Corner Gas. It’s important for us to support all areas of the arts and entertainment.”

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Nova Scotia indie rock singer-songwriter Joel Plaskett kicks off the Arden Theatre’s 20122013 season on Sept. 22.

Also returning this year is the popular Lunch at Allen’s revue, featuring Canadian singersongwriters Murray McLauchlan, Cindy Church, Marc Jordan and Ian Thomas, who will be debuting a new Christmas show on Dec. 13 and 14. “The fact they have a new show, their core audience will be there to support them, but it will be something they haven’t seen before,” North said.

“We have such a huge pool of talent in this country.” Caitlin North Arden Theatre Louisiana flavour is also on tap this season, with the Hot 8 Brass Band from New Orleans spicing things up on Jan. 26, along with the Savoy Family Cajun Band on April 5. Music and comedy aren’t the only items on the menu, though, as theatre, film and dance are also well-represented in the lineup. Actor Joe Matheson takes on the role of one of country music’s most influential artists in Hank Williams “Live” 1952 (Oct. 26), while Charles Ross tackles one of the fantasy genre’s best-loved stories all on his own in One Man Lord of the Rings (Nov. 2). The Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival brings its Radical Reels tour to town on Oct. 14, while IZM by Bboyism works to break down stereotypes around hip hop dancing on Sept. 28 and 29 as part of StArts Fest. North said the act she’s looking

forward to is the first one of the year, when Nova Scotia indie rock singer-songwriter Plaskett opens the season on Sept. 22. “I think he has quite a bit of success, but for those in area who have not seen him or haven’t heard his name, they’ll be hearing it very soon. He’s just amazing,” she said. The 2012-2013 season also sees the return of the Arden’s popular On Stage Series, where a limited number of guests get to sit right on the stage, mere feet away from the performers. This year’s On Stage Series features Honens laureate pianist Minsoo Sohn (Nov. 10), musicians Del Barber and Ben Sures (Jan. 25) and Miss Caledonia (April 7), a one-woman play written and performed by Canadian Comedy Award winner Melody A. Johnson. “From what I’ve heard from the community and our staff, [the series] is really well supported, and it’s sort of an interesting way to try new things in our audience in terms of presenting new talents or maybe genres that aren’t as easily accessible to the masses,” North said. Each On Stage Series performance also comes with a pre-show wine tasting. Tickets for the entire season’s shows go on sale Monday, Aug. 13, at 10 a.m. through the

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Comedian Brent Butt — best known for his sitcom Corner Gas — brings the laughs to the Arden Theatre on Feb. 9. Butt is just one of many Canadian performers in the Arden’s lineup this year, along with Joel Plaskett, Danny Michel, the Cowboy Junkies, the Northern Pikes and Ron Sexsmith. • Feb. 2: JEREMY FISHER & EMM GRYNER • Feb. 9: BRENT BUTT • Feb. 16: THE NORTHERN PIKES • Feb. 22: ERIC BIBB & HABIB KOITÉ • Feb. 27: MALCOLM THE MAGICIAN* • Feb. 28: OLD MAN LUEDECKE • March 8: THE HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO presents CINEMA VIVANT • March 15: HARRY MANX • March 17: BOUGE DE LÀ performs L’ATELIER • March 27: RON SEXSMITH • April 5: SAVOY FAMILY CAJUN BAND • April 7: MISS CALEDONIA** • April 19 & 20: COWBOY JUNKIES

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Rachelle LeBlanc is hooked on her art, and she hopes others will be as well with a new exhibit. Based out of a studio in St. Albert, LeBlanc makes hooked rugs, and the newest exhibit of her work, entitled Finding Home, opened on Sunday at the Multicultural Centre Art Gallery in Stony Plain. She said that, with the level of detail she achieving through her work, she always likes seeing the reactions of those who come out to see it. “The first reaction is they go up very, very close,” she said, “and they turn it around to see what behind the rug looks like. They’re surprised to see the image looks even sharper, and it’s exactly the same as the front of the piece. “Everybody has a mental image of what a rug should be, and because unfortunately it’s still called ‘rug hooking,’ people have preconceptions of what it should look like. When they walk in, there’s a sense of surprise.” LeBlanc has had her work shown all over North America, including galleries in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Connecticut and Vermont. LeBlanc is also collaborating on a rug with an artist in the United Kingdom that will be presented to Queen Elizabeth II as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebration this year. Finding Home is comprised of rugs recreated from paintings of her family life LeBlanc did before she starting hooking, as well as others she has completed since coming to Alberta. “When the children are younger, we were in Quebec, the backgrounds are much more green. The new rugs in the exhibit have more of an Alberta feel: much

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St. Albert hooked rug artist Rachelle LeBlanc has just opened an exhibition of her work at an art gallery in Stony Plain. more yellows, the palette’s changed, the children are older,” she said. “The whole basis is telling the story of ... my generation, having to move away from family, and what are we bringing with us. I’m here with no family, so how do you adjust? What traditions do you bring?” LeBlanc grew up in a French-Acadian family in New Brunswick, then spent 20 years as a sportswear designer in Montreal before moving to St. Albert. She first took up hooking rugs as a hobby “to relieve stress” in 2003 after seeing an exhibit at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. “I became very curious, because there’s a long history of rug hooking in Canada, especially in the east, along the Maritimes and Quebec,” she said. “It was mainly practiced by farmers’ wives. The wives would need a hook, so the farmers would file down a nail to create a hook for them. I figured, if they can make a hook with

a bent nail, I can certainly figure this out.” But what truly drew her in was the challenge of getting the image in her head onto the medium. “You’re limited by the width of the strips, so it’s not like you can paint fine, tiny little lines,” she said. “There are limitations on the art form. I really like figuring out what it’s going to look like and if I can do it.” LeBlanc added that she spends between two and a half and four weeks on a single rug, although some have taken her more than 200 hours to complete. She sketches them out first before hand-dying all the all the fabric needed. That then gets torn or cut into quarter-inchwide strips and hooked onto the backing. Finding Home runs at the Multicultural Centre Art Gallery (5411 51 St.) in Stony Plain until Aug. 15. You can see more of LeBlanc’s work on her website at rachelleleblanc.com.

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Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy is now complete with The Dark Knight Rises, a mega-movie with a staggering $250-million budget. This is it, the end, the final time Christian Bale dons the batsuit and sweats under the cowl that so suffocated him on the first film. Never again... But is it really the end? “In terms of Chris,” Bale says in an exclusive one-on-one interview, “I think he’s made it pretty clear — which is unusual for Chris — that this would be the last one. And I’m really the wrong person to ask because it’s never been something that I’ve been involved with, talking about, shall we or shan’t we.” But Bale leaves a window open, a glimmer of light suggesting he would play the character again if Nolan asked. “I just want for Chris to tell me he’s got a story and I go read it and it’s: ‘Oh great, let’s go do it!’ If he comes up with a great story ... I’m just the wrong guy to be asking about that. It’s all down to Chris. “But my understanding is that he’s pretty clear. In my conversations with him, this is it, this is how it was meant to be. But there’s always the temptation: How far can you push it? Then there’s: No, if it’s good, leave it, walk away at that moment. Don’t wait until you start making

millions of DVDs and Blu-rays. mistakes.” The Dark Knight, which cost $185 The Dark Knight Rises is set million, then generated $1 billion to challenge The Avengers for in worldwide box office. The Dark pop culture supremacy in 2012. Knight Rises is expected to match The new story is open-ended. that. Fresh characters are introduced, Bale, a 38-year-old British actor, including Anne Hathaway’s says he now enjoys some measure sensational and sexy Catwoman of satisfaction from the trilogy, (although her cat burglar is rare for a tempestuous never actually given that type known for his nickname). Meanwhile, intensity and self-doubt. Tom Hardy’s uber-villain “I remember the first Bane is Batman’s most time I ever met with physically punishing Chris, before he decided enemy ever, at least in he wanted me to audition Nolan’s trilogy. There for the role, and my is another big reveal comment to him was: involving another ‘Look, I’ve just never been character, although it Christopher into Batman comic books would be a spoiler to Nolan at all because I always felt describe it. Director like the villains were the “I’ve got no idea if that much more interesting is actually going to go anywhere, you know, or not,” Bale characters. So, is there a way we can make this where we are says of the possibility of a spinequally interested in Batman off franchise. “It’s got nothing to himself?’” do with me at all. But certainly it They found that way together. teases, doesn’t it?” The Bruce Wayne/Batman duality Then there is speculation that has been explored as a dreamNolan could eventually oversee nightmare. That was true in the a combined Superman/Batman origins story, once more in the movie, a dream for Warner Bros. sequel and again in The Dark from two decades ago. If Nolan Knight Rises. did that, Bale might play the “In many ways,” Bale explains, Caped Crusader again. The truth “this one was about taking the is Nolan has already delivered best of Batman Begins and The the goods. Batman Begins, which Dark Knight and combining them cost $150 million, earned just and going full circle.” $373 million in worldwide box Among plot points, we see Bale’s office in 2008, according to Box Bruce Wayne lost in personal Office Mojo. But it set the table, torment. The story is set eight winning Oscars and selling

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dogs that had not travelled outside the province. The study also found that various species of the bug are making homes in major urban centres such as Edmonton and Calgary. “They are everywhere in Alberta. There are even dogs that got ticks without leaving their backyards in the big cities,” Fitzgerald said. His study identified 16 different species of ticks, two of which were not previously thought to be living in Alberta. Although Lyme disease is rare and most ticks do not carry it, Fitzgerald warned people can get wound infections from the bites themselves, and some species can transmit life-threatening Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The best way to avoid complications from tick bites is to carefully check yourself and your pets, especially from mid-April to mid-August when they are most

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When it comes to bodychecking in hockey, younger is not better. That’s according to a new University of Alberta study analyzing injuries in local hockey players. Researchers Donald Voaklander and Andrew Harris studied emergency room visits from young players who started before and after the permitted minor hockey bodychecking age dropped from age 12 to age 11 in 2002-03. The pair found that learning to take and deliver a safe hit at a younger age did not lead to fewer future injuries, contrary to a popular belief in minor-hockey circles. “(The idea is that) you learn how to give a safe check and you learn how to receive a check so that you protect yourself. You play more heads-up hockey, I guess that’s the rationale behind it. But it doesn’t seem to pan out,” said Voaklander, director of the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research. “We found that basically there’s no injury rate difference in the pre-age group change and the post-age group change. So the bantam players post-age group change didn’t seem to benefit anything from starting bodychecking earlier.” Voaklander and Harris examined

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The U of A’s Andrew Harris (left) and Donald Voaklander studied hockey injuries in kids.

emergency room records from 8,000 local hockey players aged nine to 15 playing atom, peewee and bantam. The study, published in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, also found an earlier start to bodychecking led to more frequent serious injuries in the 11-year-old players. Both researchers have worked extensively with Edmonton Minor Hockey. Voaklander hopes his findings on the controversial issue will discourage youth hockey organizations from further lowering the bodychecking age. “I don’t think bodychecking should start any earlier,” he said. “There’s always talk about starting it in the atom level, which is the nine- and 10-year-olds, and that’s probably not helpful.”

Thursday, July 19, 2012

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Comforts of home make for happy glampers nature, adds Wasylyk. “Glamping makes it simple for people to get out in nature without the hassle or expensive gear If you can’t decide whether to rough it required for camping.” under the stars or stay in a five-star, how Garrett Gabriel, proprietor of Sakinaw about splitting the difference and heading Lake Lodge (sakinawlakelodge.com) in to the Hilton of the great outdoors. B.C., sees all kinds of glampers come out Basic boring tents are so yesterday. Add to stay in his ultra-luxurious 20-by-17-foot a cushy twist with spacious, wood-floored, safari-style tents, complete with a flush safari-style enclosures, yurts outfitted with toilet and shower. beds and luxury linens, canvas cottages “Some hardcore campers frown on it, I decked out like condos. suppose,” and may consider it unmanly but No smelly sleeping bags. No beans and Gabriel says he gets lots of avid campers weenies. No can of Spam. who just want to treat themselves to an Glamping is attracting upscale experience — a record numbers as people down duvet instead of choose to get close to a damp sleeping bag — nature with a splash of while other glampers luxury and glamour. are looking to relive “We started glamping childhood memories two years ago and love but don’t have all the Janet Morrison Glamper it. Plain camping is too camping gear. much work — I hate Sometimes it’s a packing and unpacking mutual agreement the tent and all the gear,” says mom Janet between camping-loving/camping-hating Morrison of Toronto. spouses — creature comforts make up for There’s no end in sight to not roughing the mosquitoes. it, agree the experts. “I thought it was a fad For glampers who enjoy lavish perks, that would last three to five years. Right enter “campbling.” That’s Garri Rayner’s now it’s getting stronger and will for quite new buzzword for “the art of ubersome time,” says Canadian outdoor guru luxury camping — the next step up from and author Kevin Callan, a.k.a the Happy glamping.” Camper. Rayner, editor of goglamping.net, says It’s about enjoying nature with creature not only are more people glamping, but comforts and ease, says Karen Wasylyk, of options are growing too and are getting Flora Bora Forest Lodging in Saskatchewan. extremely luxurious. “You don’t have to crawl out of your tent The economic downturn has played in the middle of the night to use the its part in glamping’s growth worldwide, bathroom. As well, all you need to bring as well as its eco-friendly nature, agree is your clothing and food as we supply all experts, and it is beating out B&Bs in the the bedding, linens, kitchen cookware, U.K. which could possibly happen here. barbecue, coffee grinders to wine glasses.” “It’s like Club Med in the bush,” says Kim There’s an innate need to connect with Cowan, of Misabi Adventure Company,

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“Plain camping is too much work.”

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Outdoor guru Kevin Callan does some glamping at Nature’s Harmony in Mattawa, Ont. which offers luxury tent breaks. “Popularity will continue as the population ages and people want to experience the outdoors in comfort.” Although located in the rugged wilds of Northern Ontario, there’s nothing rugged about accommodations at Misabi Adventure Company (misabiadventurecompany.ca). Glamp lakeside at Obabika Lake in Ontario in a 10-by-10-foot tent, replete with a four-post bed, end tables and solar-powered lamps, plus gourmet campfire meals. Cowan is planning for a huge expansion next year that will quadruple accommodations. According to outdoors expert Callan, who likes to rough it in the wilderness for weeks at a time, “sleeping in a posh tent and having truffles placed on your feather pillow in the morning may not be a true act of camping out but it’s a great introduction

to the wilderness.” He’s all for it, although he’d love “glampers to one day try real camping, where there’s no one to portage your canoe or pluck the black fly out of your Chardonnay.” Callan, a professional guide and canoeist from Peterborough, Ont., has actually glamped with Nature’s Harmony Ecolodge (naturesharmony.ca) in Mattawa, Ont., which offers fully furnished canvas tent on a raised platform complete with beds, couch, table and deck with a screened-in gazebo. Meanwhile, Callan says one camping complaint has increased in the last few years: Why can’t I get a wireless connection? “Now, some parks are starting to provide that. Soon we’ll have smartphones and tablets glowing around the campfire instead of toasted marshmallows.”

Travel gadgets that can steer you toward a smoother ride

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Two of the most highly anticipated words of the summer: road trip! There’s nothing more liberating than hopping into your little red corvette (or in my case, a rented blue Caravan), blasting some Red Hot Chili Peppers and road trippin’ with no particular place to go — unless you have no sense of direction. And restless kids. Here are a few essential travel gadgets — accompanied by some equally essential road trip tunes — to ensure you won’t be running on empty this summer:

“I’m Going to Be (In 500 miles – turn right)” – The Proclaimers: Garmin nüvi 2475LT PRICE: $ 209.99 BUY AT: garmin.com Life is a highway, and you’re going drive it all night long if you don’t know where you’re going. Other than an emergency washroom break in a daisy patch on the side of the road, the biggest trepidation most people have when it comes to road trips is the fear of getting lost.

So even if your car has an onboard navigation system, it doesn’t hurt to have a solid back-up GPS device just in case you end up on a back road in Deliverance country, in the middle of the night, on a quarter-tank of gas. The Garmin nüvi 2475LT comes preloaded with maps for North America and Europe. The “Where Am I?” emergency locator provides your exact latitude and longitude coordinates, the nearest address

and intersection, and the closest hospitals and police stations.

“Life in the Fast Lane” – The Eagles: STORM London watches PRICE: Rebel by STORM ($125), Digiko by STORM ($120) BUY AT: StormLondon.ca There’s no way you can lose track of time if you have a stylish and fashion-forward wristwatch that you can’t take your eyes off. STORM London’s Rebel is a funky watch that is made up of rotating discs, which tell the time in a very unique way. The Digiko is a fun digital watch with a futuristic LED display that is hard to miss. It will

come in handy when you need to quickly glance at the time while watching out for roadkill.

“Born to Be Wild” – Steppenwolf: Playtex Twist ’n Click Snacker PRICE: $5.49 BUY AT: playtexmommyville.ca The new Playtex Twist ’n Click Snacker is designed for hungry toddlers on a long road trip. Its twist-and-click technology makes the product 100 per cent leak-proof. The snacker transports healthy snacks such as fruit, cheese or dry cereals and is even ideal to toss in a diaper bag — another item that shouldn’t be flung around the car.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

BUSINESS River House Grill in prestigious guide GLENN COOK

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Christina Gilroy of Amber’s Brewing Company pours a glass of their Australian Mountain Pepper Berry Lager, while also holding a glass of the dried berries imported from Australia for the beverage.

Amber’s set for big move

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Big things are brewing for a new business in St. Albert. Edmonton microbrewery Amber’s Brewing Company is on the verge of moving to a new home in St. Albert’s Riel Business Park, owner Jim Gibbon said Monday. Amber’s is being forced from its current home at 99 Street and 78 Avenue in Edmonton due to

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circumstances out of its control, Gibbon said. “We had a massive rent increase,” he said. “Beer is a very long, tough slog; there are a lot of failed microbreweries in the province, and we did not want to be one of them.” And the attraction to St. Albert was pretty simple. “Another microbrewery going into the same facility,” Gibbon said. The building Amber’s is moving into is an older one, and so far, Gibbon hasn’t had much time to really publicize the move. “We haven’t really spoken to anybody about it,” he said. “I’m still trying to figure out how anybody knows about it.” No matter who knows, though, there is little time to waste moving considering this is all happening during the busy summer season. “We have to be brewing in two weeks,” Gibbon said.

Amber’s is known for some rather unique flavours of beer, including their Australian Mountain Pepper Berry Lager, their Kenmount Road Chocolate Stout and their Sap Vampire maple lager. They also make a craft lime cooler called Grog. Gibbon said the formula for their success so far hasn’t been complicated. “A lot of hard work and reasonably good beer,” he said. But he added that the beer scene in the Capital Region has a long way to go. “It’s the last holdout in Canada for really embracing microbrewed beer,” he said. “There are a lot of people who really do, but we’re really working hard toward larger acceptance.” For more information on Amber’s Brewing Company, check out www. ambersbrewing.com.

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The owners may have changed, but at the River House Grill, the accolades have stayed the same. For the second year in a row, the restaurant, located on Mission Avenue, has been included in the book Where to Eat in Canada, a national guide featuring some of the best eateries from coast to coast. Jasmin Kobajica and partner Nathan Henry took over the restaurant from former owner Willie White on May 1, and Kobajica said they believe the restaurant has earned their place in the guide. “With the quality of work Nathan and I are accustomed to, we should be in it,” he said. “That’s the way we look at it. That would be the minimum standard for the food we’re accustomed to doing.” Where to Eat in Canada has been published every June for the past 42 years by Oberon Press. It lists more than 500 restaurants in 200 cities and towns in Canada. Every restaurant is personally tested, reviewers don’t identify themselves and the publishers don’t accept payment for listings. This year, a total of 10 Edmonton-area eateries are listed in Where to Eat in Canada, including The Blue Pear, Corso 32, The Hardware Grill, The Marc, Niche, the Red Ox Inn, Unheard Of, Characters and Numchok Wilai. Kobajica said that, with industry on the upswing in the Capital Region, so too is the restaurant scene. “All the CEOs are in Calgary, not Edmonton. CEOs require top law firms, and those top law firms need top restaurants, which require top chefs. It’s a trickle-down effect. We didn’t actually have that up here,” he said. “What you’re seeing now is a more affluent clientele because there are more positions that require that.” Since taking over in May, Kobajica and Henry have introduced brunch on Saturdays and Sundays, extended the restaurant’s hours, and are working on opening a proper wine bar. They’re also sourcing more ingredients from regional farms. For more information on Where to Eat in Canada, visit www.oberonpress.ca/wheretoeat.

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

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WELDERS Custom Metal Fabrication shop, located in northwest Edmonton, is hiring

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These are permanent full-time positions. Medical/Dental Benefits, RRSP Program. For more info on our company visit www.metalboss.com

✔ PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - WESTLOCK

Primary Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Required Competencies: • Plan, supervise and coordinate manufacturing activities. • Strong leadership skills proven through previous supervisory experience. • Work together with the Plant Manager to analyze, prepare and adjust work procedures to meet production • Capacity to thrive in a fast paced, ever changing environment where meeting production deadlines is schedules, according to specified FeedAssure™ a key priority. (HACCP) guidelines. • Analyze and resolve challenges, or assist production • Aptitude for learning procedures, overcoming challenges and problem solving. personnel in solving problems. • Previous experience in a manufacturing environment. • Maintain production records according to • Ability to use Microsoft Office. FeedAssure™ (HACCP) guidelines.

Person wanted to handle complete accounting function and office management for a small business in Morinville. Must have accreditation in this field. This is a an opportunity for a NAIT student with a 2 year minimum Business Administration Diploma.

The successful applicant must also be prepared to relocate, if necessary, to a rural community within 50 km of the Westlock mill. The applicant must also be prepared to be on call as required. Preference will be given to applicants possessing an agriculturally related post secondary education and/or experience in feed manufacturing. An understanding of livestock production and animal nutrition would be a definite asset. CFS offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefit package including company pension plan. Please send your application letter and detailed resume by mail, fax or email to:

Apply by email: jimdanyluik@shaw.ca with full resume and salary expectations.

Darren Lidberg, Manager Champion Feed Services Ltd. 9415 – 109 Street Westlock, Alberta T7P 2M6 Phone: (780) 349-5886 • Fax: (780) 349-3023 Email: darren@championfeeds.com

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Champion Feed Services Ltd., an Alberta-owned independent feed manufacturer and farm supply company, serving the Northern Alberta livestock industry for over 35 years, requires a Production Supervisor to join our team in Westlock, Alberta.

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HR CONSULTANT Salary Range:$63,186.00 to $86,649.00 per annum Comp # 12-114 Closing Date: August 2, 2012

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(Temporary to July 2013) Salary Range: $1,852.70 to $2,394.20 bi-weekly Comp # 12-109 Closing Date: July 30, 2012

Champion Feed Services Ltd. is a well established employer in Westlock and is dedicated to producing high quality livestock feeds designed to help livestock producers maximize their profitability.

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In this position, you will be working with a team producing livestock feed following specified FeedAssure™ (HACCP) guidelines.

(Temporary to July 2013) Salary Range: $1,643.70 to $2,091.30 bi-weekly Comp # 12-110 Closing Date: July 23, 2012

We require responsible, reliable individuals that are able to meet challenges

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Champion Feed Services Ltd offers: • Competitive wages • Company matched pension plan • PPE & winter work wear allowance • Medical/dental package • The ability to be home every day • A dynamic working environment that isn’t routine

(Temporary to March 2013) Salary Range: $1,643.70 to $2,091.30 bi-weekly Comp # 12-112 Closing Date: July 24, 2012 The AGLC is responsible for regulating gaming and liquor activities across the province. Our work environment offers challenging opportunities, career growth, and supports work-life balance. 50 Corriveau Avenue St. Albert, AB T8N 3T5 fax: 780.447.8918 email: hr@aglc.ca MPSSCS4287544MPSE

If you are a self-motivated, organized individual, with efficient work ethics and would like to join our Team, please fill out an application form at the mill or hand deliver, email or fax your Resume to: Darren Lidberg, Manager Champion Feed Services Ltd. 9415 – 109 Street Westlock, Alberta T7P 2M6 Phone: (780) 349-5886 Fax: (780) 349-3023 Email: darren@championfeeds.com

Our employees take pride in providing more than 60,000 residents with high-quality programs and services. A wide array of opportunities are available to suit your passion and experience. You can cultivate your career in a place where staff not only care about the work they do but also the people they work alongside.

We have the following employment opportunities available:

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√ OFFICE CLERK Champion Feed Services Ltd., an Alberta based livestock feed manufacturer and farm supply store, with locations in Barrhead, Grande Prairie and Westlock, produces high quality feeds designed to help livestock producers maximize their profitability. For the Office Clerk position, we are looking for an individual with exceptional customer service and organizational skills, an efficient work ethic and someone who is accurate, neat and complete in their paperwork. General knowledge of accounting practises and previous experience with payables is preferred. Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel is a must. Since Champion is an agricultural business, a farming background with knowledge of farm supply and feed items would also be an asset. This position is full-time, Monday through Friday, with weekends and stat holidays off. Champion offers competitive wages and a comprehensive benefit package including medical/dental benefits and a company matched retirement plan for all permanent personnel. If you have excellent information management skills and possess a strong attention to detail, please hand deliver, fax or email your resume to: Darren Lidberg, Manager Champion Feed Services Ltd. 9415 – 109 Street Westlock, Alberta T7P 2M6 Phone: 780-349-5886 Fax: 780-349-3023 Email: darren@championfeeds.com MPSSCS4284797MPSE

with a positive, friendly attitude. Your attention to detail and the ability to work independently and safely in a team environment is crucial. Shift work is required.

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to grow your career in a place where people care?

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