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Lead Youth Centre closing its doors the

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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The St. Albert Youth Community Centre is going dark, as the board of directors has decided to close down both the drop-in centre and the society itself because they were unable to find a new space after getting evicted from Grandin Park Plaza. See story, page 3.

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That’s the age at which members of the millennial generation (23-33) made their first investment, compared to 27 for baby boomers (53-66), according to a new survey by TD Bank Group. The survey also showed that 41 per cent of millennials were prompted to make their first investment by encouragement from their parents or relatives, compared to 19 per cent of baby boomers.

After getting kicked out of its current space, the St. Albert Youth Community Centre is closing its doors for good. The centre’s board of directors made the decision on Monday, July 15, opting to shutter both the drop-in centre in Grandin Park Plaza — which received an eviction notice last month from mall owners Amacon due to a dispute over a roof repair bill — and the SAYCC Society itself. Board chair Doug Campbell said it was a sad day, but in the end, it was purely business. “At the not-for-profit level, when you’ve got a board of directors, you always want to lead with your heart, but sometimes your head has to take over,” Campbell said. “Part of what we had to decide was to make a business decision relative to our continued operation.” The drop-in centre will close for good terms July 31. The SAYCC Society will continue of trying to find a location for to operate until Sept. 30. Until then, it will operate Friday night programs out of the St. anything,” Campbell said. But even if someone came Albert Salvation Army on Liberton Drive. forward tomorrow with a perfect “We have several youth workers who will space, Campbell said it would be continue to work with that program until tough to turn this decision around. the end of August,” Campbell said. “Then, “I thought we would have had that offer from that point on, we will focus through already,” he said. “At this September on closing the point, we’re not expecting youth centre society.” someone to show up. ... I The drop-in centre don’t think that person is will also be selling off all out there.” its assets — from office While the decision to equipment to foosball close was reached only tables and video game Doug Campbell recently, Campbell said it systems — on Saturday, Youth Centre board chair all goes back to April 2012, July 27, from 9 a.m. to when the City of St. Albert 5 p.m. at Grandin Park pulled money that would Plaza. Board members searched high and low for have gone to programming and reallocated it to youth development programs under a new space for the drop-in centre, but they the City’s Family and Community Support were unable to find the ideal combination Services department. of location, square footage and cost. “That decision, it did knock us for a “That’s just the nature of St. Albert, in

“It’s a good gig, but we can’t keep the lights on.”

loop,” Campbell said. “Kids thought we were closed, so since then, our numbers are down. The community thought we were closed or maybe saw the writing on the wall, so a lot of our donors dried up. When we got to the business part, we thought, it’s a good gig, but we can’t keep the lights on.” But he doesn’t blame the City for the youth centre’s woes, and thanked them for their support since 1997. “They may have given us a bit of a rough ride, but we have to recognize that city councils have been very supportive of the youth centre over the years,” he said, adding that the City’s Social Master Plan has the potential to address the needs of the kids who turned to the centre for help. Since the society was formed 16 years ago and the youth centre was opened 14 years ago, they have had over 150,000 visits from 11,000 young people and provided nearly 250,000 hours of programming.

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Ramsden takes AHF reins GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The Arts and Heritage Foundation of St. Albert has plucked their new executive director from within the organization. The AHF has removed the “interim” tag from Ann Ramsden, announcing on Wednesday, July 17, that she would be the new full-time executive director effective immediately. Ramsden had been acting executive director following the departure of Paul Moulton at the end of 2012. “Ann is a highly respected museum professional,” said AHF board of trustees chair Brent Luebke in a press release, “and the board and I are very confident that she will ensure that Arts and Heritage Foundation of St. Albert remains an integral part of the arts and heritage of her adopted city.” Ramsden began her tenure with the AHF in 2003. Before being named acting executive director, Ramsden was the organization’s director of heritage, overseeing the restoration of the Little White School and the St. Albert grain elevators. She also oversaw operations at the Musée Heritage Museum, which saw a record 28,034 visitors come through the doors in 2012. Ramsden has a masters degree from the University of Alberta and a diploma in cultural resource management from the University of Victoria. Moulton left the AHF on Dec. 31, 2012, citing contentious negotiations with the City of St. Albert over a new partnership agreement. That agreement was ratified in early January. In April, Moulton was introduced as the new executive director of the Edmonton Arts Council.

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After serving as the acting executive director since January, Ann Ramsden was officially given the reins as the full-time executive director of the Arts and Heritage Foundation of St. Albert on Wednesday, July 17.

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Prefontaine wants to take next step GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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After being involved in numerous community boards and activities, Gilles Prefontaine wants to take the next step and earn a seat on St. Albert city council.

After serving in many different community roles in St. Albert, Gilles Prefontaine is ready to take the next step. The former St. Albert Economic Development Advisory Committee chair and current co-chair of Grow St. Albert and club director for the St. Albert Soccer Association now has his sights set on a seat on St. Albert city council this October, announcing his candidacy this week. “I’ve always been involved in the community, and so this was just kind of the next step for me,” Prefontaine said, “in terms of really seeing how I can bring my talents, my passions to the community.” Prefontaine currently works as director of advertising for the St. Albert Leader, but will be leaving that position on July 31 to focus on his council campaign. The decision wasn’t made alone, though — he talked it over with his wife and children to make sure he’d have the time to devote to the job — and the reaction so far has been positive. “Most of the people I’ve talked to, there’s been a little bit of an ‘About time!’ comment,” he said with a laugh. “Part of that is because I’ve had some great champions in the community.” Prefontaine is also a past director of the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce and is currently the chair of Junior Achievement for northern Alberta. He’s confident that wearing so many hats wouldn’t interfere with his council duties; in fact, he said, the experience he has

gained through those groups and activities will serve him well if he wins a council seat. “A large part of it has to do with shaping governance,” he said. “I view the role of any member of council that you look at the bigger vision of where you want the city to go, and you are the steward of that vision. And you work with stakeholders to shape what that vision might be. It’s staying on that track and doing it in a sustainable way.” Having grown up in St. Albert and now raising a young family here, Prefontaine said the issue at the top of his list in the upcoming election is affordable housing. “When my wife and I got married and decided to live in St. Albert, that was a challenge for us in the ’90s, in terms of looking and saying, can we afford, as a young family, to live in St. Albert?” he said. “That challenge has only grown worse.” Closely related to that, he added, is the issue of sustainability in commercial and industrial development. But mostly, Prefontaine said he’s “all about the conversation,” wanting to engage St. Albert residents and business owners to make the community a better place to live. “I recognize that, if elected to council, I’m one voice, and how important it is to work collaboratively with my colleagues on council, with the city, and with a variety of stakeholders,” he said. For more information on Prefontaine and his platform, visit www.gillesprefontaine.com.

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Environment survey shows citizens satisfied with efforts

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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Although the marks were generally high for the City of St. Albert in their Community Environmental Survey, the Sturgeon River was identified as an area for improvement.

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The City of St. Albert is doing a pretty good job looking after the local environment, according to a new survey. Last week, the City released the findings of its 2013 Community Environmental Survey, which show that 75 per cent of respondents either somewhat or strongly agreed that the City is “committed to maintaining a healthy natural environment.” Leah Kongsrude, manager of the City’s office of the environment and sustainability, said she was encouraged to see such a high approval rating. “It’s great that people feel that way,” she said. “It is a question we do ask in the Community Satisfaction Survey, and two years ago, it was 76 per cent, so that means we’re holding and doing good.” Some of the key strengths — areas that were higher than average to respondents in both importance and satisfaction — of the City’s environmental strategy identified through the survey included

maintaining air quality; preserving and protecting trees, parks and natural areas; and reducing contamination by improving hazardous waste management. The one primary area of improvement identified, though, was the protection and maintenance of the Sturgeon River. Kongsrude said that her department is working hard on several Sturgeon River projects, but the survey serves to reinforce how important that work is. “It’s also going to provide us focus, because this [survey] is going to be used to update our environmental master plan,” Kongsrude said. “The Environmental Advisory Committee is working on that now, and we’re really looking at what we’ve done in the past five years and what we want to do in the next five years.” The survey also asked for residents’ opinions on the City’s solid waste programs, and found that 81 per cent were satisfied with garbage collection, 89 per cent were satisfied with the blue bag recycling program, and 79 per cent were satisfied with curbside organics collection.

“The survey tells us that the changes we implemented are working,” she said. “There might be a little tweaking we need to do around the organics — some people are saying to only pick it up once a month in the winter because it’s frozen anyway, and we could do that. “The big trade-off is that it’s got to make financial sense as well. We’re not to make a bunch of changes if it’s not going to provide a financial benefit to our residents.” Armed with the survey’s findings, the City is getting ready to update its environmental master plan and possibly put some new ideas into practice. “We’re going to be really brainstorming over the next two to three months about the new ideas, the new targets and goals for the environmental master plan for the next five years,” Kongsrude said. “It’s really going to help us with that direction.” The survey was conducted by Banister Research, who conducted telephone interviews with 801 St. Albert residents between March 27 and April 10. The survey has a margin of error of +/-3.4 per cent 19 times out of 20.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Roundabout work begins GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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lmost three months — 88 days, to be exact. That equals about 12 and a half weeks. Or, if you want to be more precise, that’s 2,112 hours; 126,720 minutes; or 7,603,200 seconds. That’s the time between now and Monday, Oct. 21, which is the date of the next by Glenn Cook municipal election in St. Albert. It might seem like a lot of time, but for those who might want to throw their hat in the ring for a seat on city council or even a shot at the mayor’s chair, each and every one of those seconds is precious. Yet here we are, 88 days away from the vote, and four out of seven incumbent councillors have yet to declare their intentions. Mayor Nolan Crouse announced he would run for a third term in May, followed earlier this month by Cam MacKay and Wes Brodhead each making public their bids for a second term on council in rapid succession. That leaves Malcolm Parker, Cathy Heron, Roger Lemieux and Len Bracko that we haven’t heard anything from yet, one way or the other. You might think they’ve got plenty of time, but as Crouse said when he announced his candidacy, the community needs to know if their elected officials are in it for the long run or not. Everything they do, every issue they discuss, in council chambers between now and then will be viewed by residents with an extremely critical eye until they declare their intentions, as they wonder whether councillors are truly working in the public’s best interests or for their own political interests. The incumbents’ delay also has a negative effect on their potential challengers, some of whom are waiting to see how many of them are vying for re-election before committing the time and money necessary to mount their own campaigns. When we’re so enthusiastic about getting people involved in municipal government, delays like this are a democratic wet blanket. Maybe nomination day needs to be earlier than just a month before the election. Maybe incumbents should have to declare their intentions before everyone else. But it’s certain that, for each of those 126,720 minutes that are wasted, the possibility of losing another active participant is that much greater.

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Getting flood victims back on their feet

n June 20, our world in Alberta changed dramatically. The unprecedented flooding that swept Southern Alberta left many Albertans homeless, many businesses with closed doors, many communities in ruin. No one could have foreseen the wreckage left behind by Mother Nature that day and the days that followed, and the despair and sense of loss that came with it. As it is said, it is always darkest before the dawn. I have spent many days in the last few weeks down in southern Alberta, witnessing the recovery firsthand, and working together with Premier Alison Redford, my cabinet and caucus colleagues, and the Alberta Emergency Management Agency to

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HORNER Finance Minister My City ensure our government is doing everything in its power to provide Albertans with the support they need to get back on their feet. I have been amazed by the strength, resilience and determination I have seen on the ground there. The rapid and focused response of the Provincial Operations Centre, supported by the men and women of the Canadian Forces and countless donors and volunteers from across the province, the country, and the world — including many from Spruce Grove-St. Albert — has enabled these communities to

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move through recovery, and begin the slow and painful process of rebuilding their lives, their neighbourhoods, their businesses, their towns and cities. Organizations like the Calgary Stampede and the people behind them deserve kudos for standing undaunted in the wake of the flood, steadfast in their commitment to get “the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” up-andrunning — not only because it is Calgary’s foremost summer attraction, but because they recognized that it was key in boosting the spirits and morale of Calgarians, and all southern Albertans, and that it signaled the promise of recovery. In order for the many affected to be able to look to the future with hope, those at the Stampede had to get

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“back in the saddle,” and they did. The Calgary Stampede reported numbers matching those of 2011 — a remarkable feat given the circumstances, and a symbol of the optimism that I have seen from so many who, in just hours, lost so much. While widespread efforts are well underway, as days and weeks continue to pass, it is important for us all to remember — especially those of us from other regions who were spared devastation — that it will take significant resources and a very long time to get these communities back to where they were only a month ago. But by continuing the good work already being done by all levels of government, volunteer and community organizations, we will rebuild Alberta. Owned and operated by

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Local photographer earns PPOC master designation GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

More than a decade and thousands of shutter clicks later, Corey Hochachka can call himself a master. Hochachka, who operates his Troglodyte Photography studio out of his home in the Mission subdivision, recently received a prestigious Master of Photographic Arts designation from the Professional Photographers of Canada at the association’s annual awards banquet in Vancouver in April. “It’s another level to tell clients that I’m good quality and dedicated to the profession,” said Hochachka, who was also named the PPOC’s Alberta Commercial Photographer of the Year in 2010. “Hopefully, that will make them feel more confident that I’m a good choice to hire.” The Master of Photographic Arts designation is given out by the PPOC to members who have had images accepted

into their annual Image Salon competition that are consistently of high quality. It also recognizes contributions photographers make to the PPOC itself and to photography in Canada. “It’s proving that your quality is consistent and of high calibre,” he said, “and through volunteerism, showing you’re committed to the profession of photography.”

“It’s proving that your quality is ... high calibre.” Corey Hochachka Master photographer Aside from the new designation, this year is also cause for celebration for Hochachka as 2013 marks the 15th anniversary of Troglodyte Photography. “[Business] ebbs and flows as always. Spring is typically slow, and summer to Christmas is

usually busy, and that seems to be normal still; that’s the way it is this year,” he said, adding that he has a small gallery in his home, but most of his time is spent on location shooting for commercial clients. “I’ve been getting by. Sometimes you think you’re doing awesome, and sometimes you wonder if you’re going to eat the next day.” But one of Hochachka’s biggest successes lately is a project unveiled last year at the Edmonton International Airport, which consists of two of his images, each measuring five feet high by a whopping 120 feet long in the international arrivals corridor. “That was really exciting to see my work that huge, as well as to have the exposure,” he said. “Even though it’s only in the international arrivals corridor, which a lot of people don’t even see unless they know exactly where to look, it’s still pretty cool.”

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

RCMP take to the air to catch speeders NADIA MOHARIB Sun Media News Services

Alberta law enforcement officials have some lofty goals. And with Mounties and provincial sheriffs teaming up in the air and on land, they hope to achieve them by spotting scofflaws along several Alberta highways from inside a chopper, with ground units moving in to nab them. “These guys stick out like sore thumbs,” Alberta Sheriffs Supt. Rick Gardener said Tuesday after taking to the skies in the RCMP helicopter to monitor highway motorists in the joint aircraft enforcement program. “You can see for miles away.” The program is being conducted periodically on the Trans-Canada Highway between Banff and Calgary until late fall. The province recently extended patrols between Calgary and Medicine Hat and along portions of Highway 2 and Highway 63. “It catches the savvy speeder who can see if radar (enforcement)

is ahead,” Gardener said. In addition, while some motorists can spot unmarked cars doing highway patrols — aircraft enforcement has the advantage of typically going undetected. “I’ve driven from Calgary to Edmonton 100 times in an unmarked Crown Victoria and people slow down,” Gardener said. “No one is looking up.” He said it also offers a better vantage point for policing partners to see everything those on the ground might not, such as motorists weaving about distracted or impaired, tailgating or speeding. Recently, they were able to identify and then corral seven individuals on motorbikes near Banff going 47 km/h over the posted speed limit. One of those caught then went on social media to share the news, helping spread the “don’t speed” message. The RCMP-Sheriff teams will be out periodically until the end of the fall. “You never know when we are in the air,” Gardener said.

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While speeding motorists on Alberta highways may be used to keeping a keen eye out for officers with radar guns on the ground, RCMP and Alberta Sheriffs are betting they aren’t looking up to notice choppers monitoring roads.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Royal House of Windsor A look at the royal line of succession. The son of Kate and William, whose official title is His Royal Highness, is now third in line for the throne, bumping Harry to fourth in line.

James

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Edward

Sophie Rhys-Jones (m. 1999)

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Mike Tindall (m. 2011)

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Locals celebrate royal birth

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Local monarchists celebrated the birth of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s baby boy Monday as the news of the new addition to the royal family broke across the pond and over social media. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed four private hours with their son after his birth at St. Mary’s Hospital in London at 4:24 p.m. UK time Monday, said the Monarchy, before the happy news was announced to the world. The birth has certainly renewed interest in the royal family across Alberta said Mary Hunt, the Edmonton chairwoman of the Monarchist League of Canada. “We’re delighted. The son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge represents the future and we know they’re respectful of tradition yet they realize there’s a need to move forward,” said Hunt. The royal son arrives in the digital age and Hunt said she marvelled that his birth was also announced over social media such as the Clarence House Twitter account and the British Monarchy Facebook page. The Monarchy announced the baby weighs eight pounds, six ounces and that

The Duke of Cambridge was present for the birth. Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and remained in hospital overnight, they said. Edmonton resident and Monarchy enthusiast Reuben Bauer said he was very excited to hear the news. “I think Canadians in general do rejoice with the fact that there’s a birth to the royal couple and I think they wish them well and so do I,” he said. Bauer said the birth is also significant because it represents the fourth generation of royal children born under the reign of Queen Elizabeth, a first for the monarchy since the reign of Queen Victoria. The birth is especially exciting for Albertans who met the royal couple when they visited the fire-ravaged town of Slave Lake in the summer of 2011 during their first trip abroad following their wedding. “Kate and William are very friendly, down-to-Earth people and that’s one of the key factors that endears them to every Canadian family,” said Bauer. While his name had not yet been announced as of Wednesday, Bauer predicted the baby will carry several traditional family names such as Alexander, William, Charles, Philip, Arthur or George.

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with Gomez — and a publicist who was always close by — earlier this summer.

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“Our love was made to rule the world, you came and broke the perfect girl,” sings Selena Gomez on “Forget Forever,” one of the many dance-pop tracks on Stars Dance. The album, which marks her solo debut without band The Scene, which was released Tuesday. When I ask her if she’s talking about anyone in particular on the song — hint, he’s a 19-year-old Canadian pop star — who broke her heart, she’s purposely vague. “I actually didn’t write that song — it was one of the first songs I ever recorded for the album,” says Gomez, who turned 21 Monday. “It’s actually a really fun track ... and it kind of felt like an anthem song. I wouldn’t necessarily call it a U2, Coldplay feel but you know when you’re in a stadium and it’s one of those really big anthems? That feeling of having that vibe. I think that was a beautiful song, so no (I wasn’t heartbroken), I loved it.” There’s also another seemingly Bieber-related song, the album-ending ballad, “Love Will Remember,” but the Texasborn Gomez doesn’t want to talk specifics on that one either despite confirming in an InStyle cover story it was indeed about The Biebs. TMZ recently reported Gomez has taken him back with one big proviso — he curtail his ongoing questionable behaviour. “‘Love Will Remember’ was actually a really fun track for me to actually go in with a producer and just work with them and the producer that worked on that album on that song, they’ve known me since I was 15 so they’ve been through a lot with me,” was all she would say. It was also reported the track featured one of Bieber’s voice mails to her, but the version I’ve listened to didn’t contain any such thing. We caught up

You’ve obviously taken the first step toward a more grown-up film career with Spring Breakers, a far stretch from your Disney Channel beginnings on Wizards of Waverly Place. Are you also trying to do the same thing with your music career on Stars Dance? The transition is such a tricky thing to do because you never know, what’s in today could be gone tomorrow so I’m just trying to do the best I can. I think Stars Dance, (first single) “Come & Get It” and Spring Breakers were, I feel, the right choice for me personally to make that step into that world. I am growing and if I’m not pushing myself, I’m not growing. Some Hindus were offended about you wearing a bindi on your forehead when you performed the South Asian-flavoured “Come & Get It” on the MTV Movie Awards back in April. Were you surprised? Not necessarily. To me, I was learning about my seven chakras. I was learning about religion. I was learning about all that stuff and in a way, for me, I was celebrating it. I think it’s beautiful. And in the song ... that is what I am trying to embrace ... The culture’s beautiful, travelling and being able to absorb all of that and being educated on it. If anything, I think I’m educating myself and others... How does it feel that Stars Dance is your first official solo album without your band The Scene with whom you have previously recorded? I didn’t have any (guests) on this album. I just wanted it to solely be about the music I wanted to make and what I was happy making. I recorded 25 songs for this record and I picked only 11. It was fun for me to ... learn more about ... how the process works. I actually got to write a little. I wrote all the bonus tracks...

Is it true you might take a long break from music and concentrate on acting after you get through the release and tour for Stars Dance? I always refer to acting as my first love so I feel that’s where I want to feel super accomplished. And I don’t feel like I’ve been able to spend as much time doing that as much as I’d like to. I love touring. I love music. I love being able to talk about how excited I am about my album; but it’s different doing a film, working with great actors. I can’t believe I’ve already been able to work with incredible actors ... I love auditioning. It makes me feel like I earned it as opposed to just given to me. I really feel like I definitely fight for things — and it’s good. I just kind of want to, after this album, take a little moment for myself to just do that for a couple of years.

Cop-turned-actor Dennis Farina dead at 69 SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Dennis Farina, the former Chicago cop turned film and television actor best known for his role as wise-cracking detective Joe Fontana on the hit NBC police drama Law & Order, died in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Monday, his publicist said. He was 69. Farina, who parlayed his experience as a police officer, a Chicago-accented baritone and straight-talking demeanor into a series of tough-guy roles in Hollywood, died after suffering a blood clot in his lung, his publicist Lori De Waal said. “I was stunned and saddened to hear about Dennis’s unexpected passing this morning,” Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of Law & Order, said in a written statement. “The Law & Order family extends sympathy and condolences to his family. He was a great guy.” The Chicago-born Farina earned his first credited screen role in a bit part in the 1981

Michael Mann film Thief and went on to play mobsters in two more films — appearing as Jimmy Serrano in the 1988 comic action adventure Midnight Run, starring Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin, and as Ray “Bones” Barboni in the 1995 gangster satire Get Shorty, with John Travolta and Gene Hackman. He gained wider attention on the NBC television series Crime Story, portraying Lieutenant Mike Torello, head of the Chicago Police Department’s organized crime unit, during the show’s two-season run from 1986 to 1988. Farina’s role on Law & Order from 2004 to 2006 also played on the actor’s real-life law enforcement background, with his character on the show, Joe Fontana, landing in the New York Police Department via Chicago. The actor’s final starring role was in the short-lived HBO TV mob and horse-racing drama Luck, opposite Dustin Hoffman. The critically acclaimed series was canceled after its first season due to the death of three horses during production. Farina also played small parts in the 1998 caper film Out of Sight, starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, as well as Steven Spielberg’s 1998 Oscar-winning World War II epic Saving Private Ryan and the current Fox TV comedy New Girl. Farina is survived by three sons, six grandchildren and his partner of 35 years, Marianne Cahill.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Let’s get fizz-icaL Social media pollster predicts what’s hot and what’s not

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They see what you’ve been thinking, they know when you’re online, they know what you think is bad or good... No, it’s not Santa, or even the U.S. National Security Agency. It’s Fizziology, the Indianapolisbased social media pollster that monitors the major portals for its clients — Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr, plus the blogosphere — and goes into detail about who and how many are talking about what, and what they’re saying. For instance, when the absurd cable B-movie Sharknado became an instant, unpredictable meme, Fizziology saw its numbers go off the charts, minute by minute. “The big numbers at that time were for the (Red Wedding) episode of Game of Thrones,” says Jen Handley, COO and co-creator with Ben Carlson of the service. “All of a sudden, we saw Sharknado blow it out of the water,” she says, apparently unironically. We’re talking 604,505 tweets within the week prior to the show — 57 per cent of which were live-tweeted during the broadcast. These were summarily divided into positive, negative and joke posts. Lots of people guessed there wouldn’t be much interest in The Lone Ranger, even with Johnny Depp as Tonto. But Fizziology had the numbers to show just how disinterested they were — a paltry 21,000 tweets, blog and Facebook posts throughout the Internet in the week of release (compare that to two million-plus for Iron Man 3). Believe it or not, it’s possible for people to be less interested than that. “I remember a movie called Furry Vengeance with Brendan Fraser, and it holds the record for the highest negative conversation percentage,” Handley says. “Admission, with Tina Fey and Paul Rudd, had under 2,000 conversations. And The Big Wedding was bad for Robert De Niro. It was under 2,000 as well.” Of course, hindsight is one thing. Predictions are another. And when we spoke with Handley

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Despite canceling a world tour due to hip surgery, Lady Gaga was still the highest-earning celebrity under 30 in the past year, according to Forbes magazine.

Lady Gaga tops list of top-earning celebrities under 30

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last week, the weekend’s major releases were still to come — Red 2, the Men In Black-ish R.I.P.D. (about ghost-police), and the much-talked-about horror film The Conjuring from Saw director James Wan. Fizziology’s numbers were indicating it would be no contest. “The Conjuring has been doing great. I think it’s going to be a surprise,” she said two days before its release. “Red 2 is soft. The talk is positive, but it’s a small audience — mainly people who saw the first one and liked it. There’s just not a lot of conversation around it. “And R.I.P.D. is soft as well.” The verdict? The Conjuring captured the weekend box office handily, scaring up domestic ticket sales of $41.5 million. Red 2 was in fifth place with $18.5 million and R.I.P.D. was in seventh with $12.8 million. “My partner Ben Carlson and

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Despite hip surgery that forced the cancellation of part of her tour, Lady Gaga still earned an estimated $80 million in the past year, propelling her to the top of Forbes magazine’s list of highest earning celebrities under 30 years old. Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, who made headlines as much for his antics off stage as on, came in a distant second with an estimated income of $58 million. Singer Taylor Swift was third, pulling in $55 million, about $2 million less than last year when she topped the list. The Forbes website said Lady Gaga, 27, would have earned more had she not had to cancel some 20 U.S. shows starting in February. Gaga announced earlier this month that she will release her next album ARTPOP on Nov. 11. DJ, songwriter and producer Calvin Harris, who played more than 150 shows from June 2012 to June 2013 and earned $46 million, was fourth on the list, and Barbados-born pop star Rihanna rounded out the top five with earnings of $43 million. To compile the ranking Forbes estimated entertainmentrelated income for the 12 months from June 2012 through June 2013 by talking to agents, managers, producers and executives. British singer Adele, who won an Oscar for the theme from the James Bond movie Skyfall, was seventh on the list with an estimated $25 million. Along with singers, two actresses also made the top 10. Best actress Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, who wowed audiences and critics for her performance in Silver Linings Playbook and also appeared in The Hunger Games, earned $26 million, which secured her the No. 8 spot, just ahead of fellow actress Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame, who had earnings of $22 million. The full list of the highest earning young celebrities can be found on http://www.forbes.com/sites/ dorothypomerantz/2013/07/22/lady-gaga-tops-forbes-list-oftop-earning-celebrities-under-30/

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

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Get your rear in gear JOANNE RICHARD Sun Media News Services

Got a mushy tushy? Well, Leandro Carvalho (leandrofitness.com) wants to get your rear in gear – just like he’s done for some jet-setting derrieres. Carvalho, a.k.a. the celebrity butt master, has boosted the behinds of a slew of famous physiques, including Victoria’s Secret supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio, Ana Beatriz Barros and Alin Pascal. Forget endless squats and lunges. Add corkscrews, clams and rainbows to the mix — Carvalho’s incredibly popular Brazil Butt Lift program has helped sculpt some of the world’s most beautiful bodies by combining floor exercises along with ballet, Brazilian martial arts, kickboxing and dance too. He’s at the forefront of the best behinds: “I’m from Brazil and butts are always in. Bikinis are very small and there the women are obsessed with their butts!” Best butt around? Brazilian bombshell “Izabel Goulart,” says Carvalho, a former dancer turned fitness guru who’s available to his private clients around the clock, seven days a week. He also runs Leandro Fitness studio in New York City and teaches group classes at the famous fitness giant Equinox. Clients seek out Carvalho to help carve curves and build them a better behind, like those of Halle Berry, Eva Longoria, Jessica Alba and Megan Fox. “Every butt can be changed, no matter how droopy or big or flat. Even the supermodels work at having a perky and sexy butt — they are born beautiful but not perfect.” Make no buts about it, genetics play a big role in nice “ass-ets,” says fitness expert Tosca Reno, but everyone can have a better behind. Butts are big — in popularity, says the author of The Butt Book. Great glutes speak volumes: “It speaks

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loudly about how a woman takes care of herself. It is much harder to achieve a tight, rounded and lifted butt than it is to carve out abs and your butt is more plainly in view as well,” says Reno. Size matters — and shape too. Go curvy like Kim Kardashian and J-Lo or more sleek like Giselle Bundchen. “Choose one you like and make it your model to follow, do your best to make your own best version of same,” says the 54-year-old fitness model and personality who works hard at staying in shape and helping others do the same. “Wherever I go for appearances, there does always seem to be a heightened interest in my backside. Women want to touch and even spank it. I think there is something quite bewitching about the bum…” Banish the ballooning butt syndrome out there and build a divine derriere by eating right: “Eat jumbo junk and you get a jumbo trunk.” Reno’s formula for great fat-free glutes: 80 per cent is nutrition, 10 per cent is exercise and 10 per cent is genetics. “Most of your effort in creating a beautiful backside comes from eating clean, meaning your nutrition must be free of processed foods, sugars, unrefined fake foods and all other junk,” says the nutrition expert who’s also written Your Best Body Now and the Eat-Clean Diet series. Meanwhile, what’s Victoria’s Secret to staying in lingerie shape? Supermodels forgo the heavy weights and the miles of cardio, says Carvalho, otherwise they’ll end up with bulky thighs instead of the feminine supermodel curves. His famous Triangle Training method in his Brazilian Butt Lift works “the three major muscles of the buttocks — the gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus — from different angles which is essential to lift and shape your butt.”

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Not getting enough sleep during pregnancy can have serious side-effects, a new study reveals. Pregnancy is associated with sleep disruption and insomnia, especially among depressed women, and the effects can be much worse than exhaustion. A lack of sleep can harm the body’s immune system by causing the overproduction cytokines, molecules that communicate among immune cells. For most people, excess cytokines will attack and destroy healthy cells, leaving the body unable to fight off diseases. For pregnant women, they can disrupt the spinal arteries leading to the placenta, increasing the likelihood of birth complications such as premature birth, vascular disease and depression. “Our results highlight the importance of identifying sleep problems in early pregnancy, especially in women experiencing depression, since sleep is a modifiable behaviour,” Michele Okun of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine said. “The earlier that sleep problems are identified, the sooner physicians can work with pregnant women to implement solutions.”

Thursday, July 25, 2013

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An earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 on the Richter scale hits Tangshan, China, killing 242,000 people.

JUly 29, 1981

Princes Charles and Lady Diana are wed at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, with nearly one billion people in 74 countries watching on television.

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Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering Heights, is born in the village of Haworth, England.

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Labour leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears in Detroit. His remains have never been found.

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Louise Joy Brown, the world’s first baby to be conceived using in vitro fertilization, is born in Manchester, England.

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

BUSINESS

Perron District launches new website GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

One of St. Albert’s most historic neighbourhoods is now online. Late last week, the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce launched a new website for the Perron District at www. perrondistrict.com, highlighting the businesses and events that the downtown core has to offer. “We’re so excited. It’s something we’ve been aiming toward for quite a long time now,” said Chamber president and CEO Lynda Moffat. “Just to have it up there, the Perron District with its own identity and its own branding, it’s just really awesome.” The Chamber has a vested interest in the Perron District, she added, given that it is home to their weekly outdoor farmers’ market in the summer. “The farmers’ market is a huge part of what the Perron District is all about,” Moffat said. “And the other events too — look at Rock’n August and the Children’s Festival, the parade for the rodeo, stuff like that. It’s a very active, alive and vibrant district. We just want people to learn

what there is down there when they come.” The website’s main feature is a directory of businesses located in the downtown core, which Moffat said will help customers find them. “I think that’s an amazing thing for those

businesspeople, just to know they’re part of it and people can find them there,” she said. The Chamber has been working on the site for a while now, and Moffat said it will go a long way to getting the message about the Perron District out. “We’re getting much more tuned into social media, and having a website is pretty much the most basic thing you can do nowadays for anything,” she said, adding that businesses will be able to list their own sales and special events on the website down the road. The Chamber has also been working to bring downtown businesses together in joint marketing efforts under the Perron District branding for a couple of years now, and Moffat said those efforts are “going great.” “It takes a while for that sort of thing to catch on,” she said, “and it is more of a long-term thing; it isn’t going to happen tomorrow that people know what you’re talking about. But the City is doing their new wayfinding signs this year, and I’m hoping the Perron District signs in that will help as well.”

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Sports City owners put out feelers for joint ventures

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The owner of the St. Albert Sports City development is looking for a playing partner to bring his dream to life. Pat Cassidy, owner of SAS Sports and Entertainment Group, recently listed for sale the land that the Sports City development is slated for, on the far west reaches of St. Albert city limits, on land that was annexed from Sturgeon County in 2007. He said Tuesday that this move doesn’t mean the project is in jeopardy — he just wants to inject some urgency into it by finding partners willing to buy in. “I’m looking for serious joint venture partners on the residential and commercial [portions],” Cassidy said. “I’ve actually been working with someone on the industrial, some light industrial [development], so I’ve been moving forward with potential

development to the north.” The land owned by SAS Sports and Entertainment Group is slated to include residential development at the south end, industrial in the north end, and the sports facilities in the middle. “It’s a big piece of land, so we decided we’re going to try and attack it from both ends,” Cassidy said, adding that sewer services will be built starting in the south end, meaning that end will have to be developed first. “We’re trying to drum up as much interest as we can, bring some parties on board,” he added. Cassidy and his group have been working for the better part of seven years trying to get the Sports City concept off the ground. They have cleared some hurdles over the past year — most notably a number of necessary amendments to the City of St. Albert’s Municipal Development Plan and the beginning of construction on

Stage 3 of Ray Gibbon Drive, along with a public open house last October — but they are still wrangling with the City to get their area structure plan passed by city council. “I’ve been at this project for seven years. It started with a vision for the Badger lands … It’s taken us a year or so just to get the report together for the ASP,” Cassidy said. “The consultants are so busy out there, and it’s hard to just drag everybody along in this process. It’s just a slow, slow process.”

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STALBERTJOBS.COM ATB: Employers struggling to keep up with salaries SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – While it is great for the worker, salary expectations that are becoming too high are putting some strain on smaller business owners, according to ATB. The bank’s second quarter Business Beat Survey found that 37 per cent of small or midsized businesses say that they cannot meet the salary demands of workers. Despite the results, ATB officials say the fact that people are competing for the jobs means the economy is getting better. “The positive element is that people are more optimistic and entrepreneurs are feeling better about the economy and their businesses than there were a few months ago,” said Wellington Holbrook, executive vice-president, business and agriculture for ATB. “The bad side of that is they are feeling increased pressure around competing for people. Specifically, small and mid-sized businesses are feeling the pressure to compete on things like wages and benefits with larger employers.” Holbrook says part of the problem lies in the contrast between the larger and smaller companies. “We do live in a pretty unique province where some of the big companies, such as the big oil and gas sector, can offer very attractive benefits and wages, and small and mid-size business don’t always have the resources,” he said. “They have to be more creative about finding ways to attract and keep people.” The creative ways that smaller businesses are using to retain employees vary from workplace hours to stock options. “A lot of entrepreneurs are really doing some neat things such as offering a stake in their business or they are offering a more fun or flexible workplace environment,” said Holbrook. “It’s finding a lot of creativity but on the other hand money does talk and it does create a challenge to these business owners.” The salary expectation debate does not look like it will be ending any time soon. “I don’t know if it gets resolved,” said Holbrook. “It’s probably a constant pressure we need to learn to work with in a province like ours. There’s a hope that it is a healthy tension. It’s the negative side of a very positive problem.” To stay ahead of the curve, Holbrook recommends that small and mid-sized business change up their strategy to adjust to the changing landscape. “Don’t think because you’ve always hired people a certain way and a certain type of people, that is the way you need to do it in the future,” he said.

BYOD: Bring your own device LINDA WHITE Sun Media News Services

As the trend towards BYOD becomes increasingly commonplace, “The No. 1 risk is security,” says Ahmed Etman, Cisco Canada’s vice-president of borderless networks. “With the BYOD trend, you have more data with more people, more devices and more places ... Organizations are waking up and recognizing that security is a big challenge.” According to a recent survey by market intelligence firm IDC Canada, 48 per cent of Canadian consumers take their personal phone, tablet or laptop to the office and use it for work purposes. “It’s definitely happening” and companies can no longer ignore the fact that it’s probably impacting them, says Krista Napier, senior analyst of mobility. The advent of apps is just one example of how BYOD can pose security risks. Perhaps an employee is using consumer apps for business purposes without the proper licensing. “There are all kinds of ways that can cause complications,” says Napier. But solutions exist, she says, pointing to Samsung KNOX as an example. “It allows you to segregate business content from personal content, which allows an organization to wipe the business content if they need to for security purposes without impacting the personal content.” BYOD can open the door to countless other potential security breaches.

Consider an employee who leaves the company with a personal device containing company applications and other data. What about ownership of a phone number? If a sales rep leaves the company for a competitor, customers calling his/her number could lead to a loss of business. Those potential risks underscore the importance of

defining and implementing a BYOD policy, says Darryl Wilson, director of enterprise mobility at Dimension Data Americas. “If an organization decides to implement BYOD, the employee must sign off on that policy. Not every employee will be able to accept that.” An organization must also be able to enforce the policy through such measures as network access control. Education and health care have been leaders in adopting BYOD but it’s not a

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LOCAL EDMONTON AREA DEALER AGREES TO SELL OFF SURPLUS FLEET VEHICLES FOR THE MANUFACTURER “ALBERTA REGIONAL FLEET SURPLUS CLEARING HOUSE”

Edmonton, AB - St. Albert Dodge, an Alberta licensed new car auto dealer, located in St. Albert AB, will be selling off 137 brand new Chrysler Factory Vehicles. “We have accepted truck loads of new factory Chrysler, Dodge & Jeep vehicles and we will be disposing of them immediately. These vehicles will be sold on a first come, first served basis. Management is asking us to dispose of this excess inventory by any means possible and that means we are going to be selling these vehicles at drastically reduced prices. Savings will be as high as $16,000 off the MSRP,” says Manager Keith Guilbault of St. Albert Dodge. St. Albert Dodge will be the “Alberta Clearing House” for these brand new factory vehicles. Many of these vehicles are white, but there is still some limited colour selection available. All of these vehicles will be available with tremendous savings that are being supported by special rebate and discount programs that Chrysler Canada has authorized St. Albert Dodge to offer in order to sell off those excess units. Consumers will be offered a once in a lifetime opportunity to save thousands of dollars on a new vehicle that was originally intended for fleet use. INDUSTRY SHATTERING SAVINGS This unprecedented event to give the public access to such a large amount of brand new leftover new vehicle inventory should result in these vehicles being sold in a matter of days. This is a bargain hunter’s dream come true! LIBERAL CREDIT TERMS Over 5 million dollars in automotive finance credit will be available through several different financial institutions. Finance representatives will be on site to make immediate loan decisions. All credit applications will be accepted for this factory left over vehicle sell-off. HIGH TRADE-IN VALUES Top dollar will be paid for any trade during this factory vehicle sell-off. Customers are urged to bring in their current payment or lease book if available, title and valid driver’s license and St. Albert Dodge will pay off any trade no matter how much is owed, OAC. Purchase one of these factory left over vehicles and you will take advantage of low APR factory financing that will enable you to overcome a negative equity position in your trade. This is a perfect opportunity for somebody to come in and drive home a brand new Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep vehicle that is covered by the original factory warranty with a 5 year/100,000km Powertrain warranty. AVAILABLE SURPLUS MODELS: �� A special toll free hotline has been set up to accept calls for this one time only event. CALL FOR BEST SELECTION & AREA DIRECTIONS: MPSSCS4833736MPSE

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