St. Albert Leader - June 28, 2012 by St. Albert Leader

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Lead the

INDEX News . . . . . . . . . 3 Opinion . . . . . . . . 8 Canada Day 2012 . . . . 13 Entertainment . . . . . 18 Health . . . . . . . 22 Lifestyle . . . . . . . 25 stalbertjobs.com . . . 26 Business . . . . . . 27

COVER

École Father Jan Grade 4 students Siena Scozzafava and Natalya Turpin get in the spirit for Canada Day, coming up on Sunday. Get up to speed on all that’s happening to celebrate Canada in St. Albert in this week’s Leader, pages 13-15.

FUN WITH NUMBERS

41 million

That’s how many copies of the best-selling German daily newspaper Bild were given away on Saturday in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the largest circulation. The paper was delivered to almost every household in Germany to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY JUNE 28, 1981

Terry Fox (1958-1981) loses his battle with lung cancer in Vancouver, B.C., dying at only 22 years old. Fox’s Marathon of Hope — which he started in St. John’s, N.L., on April 12, 1980 — raised $25 million to help fight cancer.

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City denies concert permit

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

It looks like dubstep artist Skrillex and rest of the Full Flex Express Tour won’t be making a stop in St. Albert after all. Promoters of the concert — which was supposed to take place on Friday, July 20, at the St. Albert Kinsmen rodeo grounds — issued a press release Sunday night saying that the City of St. Albert had denied them the necessary permits to hold the concert in the city and they would be looking at venues elsewhere in Edmonton. “Despite the cultural benefit to its citizens, hundreds of thousands of dollars in economic influx, and tens of thousands of dollars in proceeds to support the St. Albert Kinsmen, the City of St. Albert has made the unfortunate decision to deny the necessary permit for the Full Flex Express tour to be held at the Kinsmen Park on July 20, 2012,” the statement from Union Events said. But City recreation director Monique St. Louis said it all boiled down to safety and security at the no-minors show. “As we looked at it, we realized we didn’t have the policing resources to effectively support an event like this,” she said. “They told us they’d need 37 RCMP — that is 75 per cent of our workforce. And with that short notice, we just couldn’t muster those kinds of resources.” She added that, although the Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition holds comparable concerts every year as part of their festivities, the City has much more time to prepare for those. “We’re well aware of the Rainmaker and their requirements, and we plan for it six to eight months in advance,” St. Louis said. “We have the time to pull the folks together, the resources, all the stuff that’s needed. This one we got on quite short notice.” Union Events’ statement also

Twitter users chirp decision The City of St. Albert’s decision to deny the permits necessary for the Full Flex Express Tour stop in the city elicited a lot of reactions on Twitter, the majority of which were, shall we say, less than complimentary ...

@JohnathonLovett

Photo courtesy Atlantic Records

Dubstep artist Skrillex and the rest of the Full Flex Express Tour won’t be stopping in St. Albert after concert promoters were denied a permit. accused Mayor Nolan Crouse of making “disparaging comments” about the concert on Twitter and City officials of being “unwilling to meet with representatives of our company to discuss the concerns they had about the event, and our proposed solutions.”

“We just couldn’t muster those kinds of resources.” Monique St. Louis City of St. Albert But St. Louis said the City was as co-operative as they could be. “Every time they asked to meet, we met with them,” she said. Union Events has secured a venue in Edmonton, but it cannot hold the amount of people they expect for the concert, so they are continuing to explore other venue options, and were expected to make an announcement sometime this week. They also said that tickets will remain on sale while the venue is

worked out, and they are confident the concert will still go ahead on July 20. If any ticket holders are unable to attend due to the change in venue, full refunds will be available at the point of purchase. Aside from Skrillex, the concert was slated to feature electronic music artists Diplo, Grimes, Pretty Lights, Koan Sound and Tokimonsta. St. Louis said that, although electronic music concerts have a reputation for drug use, the genre of music was not a factor in the City’s decision. “The tragedy of this is, if we had had enough time, we would have loved to entertain a genre of music like this,” she said. “It’s great for the youth in our community, and it would have been a really neat event to be part of or have some role in.” St. Louis also said that she hopes this decision won’t leave a sour taste in the mouths of Union Events and other concert promoters who may be looking at St. Albert as an option. “I would hope not. The City acted quickly. We were very upfront and honest with them. We gave them every chance to succeed,” she said.

St.Albert cancelled #Grimes. More reason to hate St.Albert.

@SamGSama

What was the reasoning for cancelling a Grammy artist from St. Albert? Seems to be a scared of change mentality to me. Boo! @stalbertmayor

@nicolagavins

@CBCEdmonton wonder if St.Albert would have cancelled a #nickleback show? (nevermind, 10,000 young kids would never want to see them)

@BelowWing

Absolutely relieved to hear that talentless noisemaker , @Skrillex is being barred from St Albert. We don’t need his kind here. #StAlbert

@ZlatnoJaje

Happy #Skrillex isn’t happening in #StAlbert, bring it to where it belongs in #EDMonton ;)

@MoriCraven

@Skrillex concert cancelled in St.Albert! Wtf! I’m embarrassed to be a member of this community... so closed minded #notcool

Thursday, June 28, 2012

St. Albert celebrates canada day CELEBREZ LA FETE DU CANADA A ST. ALBERT FREE Park & Ride beginning at 10:30 A.M.

FAMILY STREET DANCE LIONS PARK 11 A.M. - 3 P.M. *FORMAL CEREMONY AT NOON & BATTLE OF THE BANDS 2nd Annual Street Dance & Family Fun Night Free Admission to All! On Sunday July 1st, St. Anne Street will be jumping – literally! That’s when the City of St. Albert Recreation Services department will hold its second annual Family Street Dance, Battle of the Bands & Fun Night in downtown St. Albert. Bring friends, neighbours and family for a great evening of games, crafts and dancing.

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Cake and watermelon Live entertainment by Innovations Music Crusin’ Clubhouse Games Art Trail Kidsport street hockey Pedalheads – kids 12 and under, bring your bikes • Hot dogs and drinks by St. Albert Host Lions Club

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Craft by Cultural Services Face painting Inflatables by Saint City Rotary Horse-drawn wagon rides by ACT Flight Simulator by Air Cadets Displays by St. Albert Public Works, Fire Services and RCMP • FUN FOR ALL AGES

* Residents are invited to bring non-perishable food items for the St. Albert Food Bank

• Live music by 5am • Children’s Carnival, brought to you by Life Church

VERIFIER LES SITES DE CELEBRATIONS SUIVANTS

• Lantern making workshop • Food Court Whether you are new to St. Albert or have lived here all your life, the Canada Day Family Street Dance is the perfect place to cultivate the spirit of our town. 5:00–8:00pm Street Dance on St. Anne Street 8:00–10:30pm Battle of the Bands on St. Anne Street 10:45pm Lantern procession to Seven Hills 11:00pm Fireworks at Seven Hills

presented by

St. Albert Grain Elevators (4 Meadowview Dr) Noon – 5 p.m.

St. Albert Botanic Park (265 Sturgeon Rd) 1:30 – 4 p.m.

Woodlands Water Play Park (155 Sturgeon Rd) 1 – 4 p.m.

Little White School House (2 Madonna Dr) Noon – 5 p.m.

Father Lacombe Chapel (2 St. Vital Ave) Noon – 4 p.m.

Heritage Lakes Pancake Breakfast (École La Mission) 9 – 11 a.m.

Art Gallery of St. Albert (19 Perron St) Noon – 4 p.m.

Longboard Competition (Kingswood Park) Noon – 4 p.m.

ST. ALBERT PLACE PRE-FIREWORKS FUN! 5-10:30 p.m. 5 – 8 P.m. FAmILY STREET DANCE Children’s carnival by L.I.F.E Church

8 – 10:30 P.m. BATTLE OF THE BANDS In partnership with Innovations Music

FIREWORKS AT 11 P.M. FROM SEVEN HILLS!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! For more information or to fill out a volunteer application, visit www.stalbert.ca/canada-day or contact Nathan at nwbrown@st-albert.net or call 780-902-3075 MPSSCS4259070MPSE

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

YoUR CoUNCIl NEXT CITY CoUNCIl mEETING Tuesday, July 3, 3:00 p.m. Council Chambers St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street

Agenda Highlights: The complete agenda package is posted to www.stalbert.ca • 2013 Municipal and Utility Capital Budgets • Council Motion – Annexed Lands – Taxation Rate for 2022 • Transit Basics Information Workshop • 5:00 p.m. Public Hearing – Text Amendments to Land Use Bylaw – Lot Width Measurement You can address Council on these or any other issues. Public appointments are heard at the beginning and end of each Council meeting. Call 780-459-1500 to register. Council meetings are televised on SHAW TV Channel 10 from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., webcast live and archived: stalbert.ca

150TH SoUvENIR BooK

CommEmoRATIvE BooK AlmoST GoNE!

Don’t miss your chance to pick up a copy of St. Albert’s 150th Anniversary Commemorative Book before they are gone! Limited number available for purchase at the Community and Protective Services Office, Main Floor, St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street. Call 780-4591692.

mARK YoUR CAlENDAR BEComE A WEED WARRIoR!

Become a Weed Warrior and help eliminate invasive species. Friday, July 13, 2012 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. BlESS Shelter, off Rodeo Drive Wear long sleeves and avoid wearing shorts. Gloves will be provided. No registration required. For more information, call the office of Environment at 780-459-1735.

HAvE YoUR SAY! ANImAl CoNTRol BYlAW SURvEY

The City of St. Albert is seeking your input as part of the City’s review of its Animal Control Bylaw. We want to know:

• Should dogs be permitted off-leash in all parks? • Are you concerned about disruptive/ nuisance dogs and cats? • Would you support a bylaw that requires cats to be licensed? Have your Say in the online survey at www.stalbert.ca/animal-bylawinformation. Deadline: July 2, 2012. For more information, call Aaron Giesbrecht, Manager of Policing Services, 780-458-4303.

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w: stalbert.ca/fountain-park-recreationcentre p: 780-459-1553 Canada Day long Weekend Swim Times Saturday, June 30: Lane Swim – 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Pre-School Plunge – 7 to 9 a.m. Family Swim – 1 to 3 p.m. Public Swim – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 3 to 5 p.m., 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, July 1: Lane Swim – 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Family Swim – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Public Swim – 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. monday, July 2: Lane Swim – 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Pre-School Plunge – 7 to 9 a.m., Noon to 1:15 p.m. Family Swim – 7 to 8 p.m. Public Swim – 1:15 to 3:15 p.m., 8 to 9 p.m.

GRANTS ENvIRoNmENTAl INITIATIvES GRANT Do you have an idea, large or small, for a citizen-action project that will benefit the environment in our community but you need the funds to make it happen? The Environmental Advisory Committee and the City of St. Albert are accepting applications for the 2012 allocation of the Environmental Initiatives Grant. This grant is for St. Albert schools, non-profit organizations and community groups. Application Deadline: october 9, 2012 at 5 p.m. For more information on eligible projects and applicants, visit www.stalbert.ca/ environmental-initiatives-grant-program or email environment@st-albert.net for a complete application package.

RIDE StAT w: www.ridestat.ca p: 780-418-6060 Canada Day Weekend Schedule There will be no transit service on Sunday, July 1 for the Canada Day holiday. On Monday, July 2, StAT will be operating at a Saturday service level.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Aboriginal Day a big success turned out. “It’s awesome. This is double last year, St. Albert Leader easily,” he said. Despite cloudy skies and the odd “It’s really great to see all the cultures shower Sunday afternoon, organizers come together like this and celebrate our of St. Albert’s National Aboriginal Day national day. ... Today is not just about one festivities were shining nation; it’s about all with pride at the event’s three nations.” success. One person in Hundreds of people that crowd was turned out to Lions city councillor Len Park Sunday to honour Bracko, who was very First Nations, Inuit and impressed with what Bryce Morison Organizing committee Métis cultures, take he saw. in traditional dancing “It’s tremendous. and entertainment, and The committee’s done participate in games and browse artisans’ a great job of organizing it, and ATCO booths. and the other sponsors are tremendous,” “I think we’re going to do a sun dance Bracko said. “Everyone’s having a great soon,” joked organizing committee time. ... I think some people think it’s just member Bryce Morison as the skies an aboriginal thing, but it’s for everybody.” clouded over again. When the topic of St. Albert’s history But, as Morison looked out on the comes up, most start with Father Lacombe crowd watching some of the traditional and the French-Canadian missionaries, entertainment, he couldn’t help but but Bracko said the effect of First Nations marvel at the number of people who had people in the area must not be forgotten.

GLENN COOK

“Our culture is alive and well.”

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“We start with the white history, not the aboriginal history, and we need to correct that,” he said. But not only does an event like this honour the past, it is essential to passing on traditions and stories to future generations, Morison said. “It’s a showcase to the rest of the world and the rest of Canada that Edmonton has a really strong showing of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people who are willing to help,” he said. “Our culture is alive and well.” Morison said that there are currently 400,000 Métis people in Canada and 85,000 in Alberta alone, and that the Edmonton area has one of the fastestgrowing aboriginal populations in the country, likely soon to be the largest. Although the festivities grew quite a bit this year, Morison hoped to see it expand even more in the future. “I bet you next year is going to be even double this,” Morison added. “The better the weather, the better the turnout. ... It’s a great day.”

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Hoop dancer Lakota Tootoosis performs during National Aboriginal Day ceremonies at Lions Park on Sunday.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

4 SAMHA alumni drafted to NHL GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A pair of St. Albert Minor Hockey Association products were anything but singing the Blues Saturday morning, while another was dreaming of Denver and a fourth has Boston on his mind after being selected in the National Hockey League draft. Troy Bourke, Colton Parayko, Nicholas Walters and Matt Benning were all selected at the draft, held Friday and Saturday in Pittsburgh. Defencemen Parayko and Walters were both selected by the St. Louis Blues — Parayko in the third round (86th overall) and Walters in the fourth (116th overall) — while Bourke was taken in the third round (72nd overall) by the Colorado Avalanche. Benning went in the sixth round (175th overall) to the Boston Bruins. Bourke — who was born in Onoway but played much of his minor hockey in the St. Albert system — played his junior hockey with the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League. There, he had 18 goals and 38 assists over the course of the 2011-2012 regular season. He also made the trip to the Czech Republic in April for the International Ice Hockey Federation World U-18 Championship in the cities of Brno and Znojmo. Bourke was in Pittsburgh for the draft, and was thrilled to have been drafted by the team he rooted for growing up.

“I was always a fan of them growing up. They were my favourite team, them and the Oilers,” he said in a video posted to the Avalanche’s official website. “I was really excited to be picked by them and it’s a good feeling.” Bourke added that he got to meet one of his childhood heroes, former Avalanche forward Joe Sakic, just minutes before his name was called and, not long after he was chosen, his brother Bradley tweeted a photo of a young Troy sporting an Avalanche jersey. Defenceman Benning played with the Spruce Grove Saints of the Alberta Junior Hockey League last season. He notched four goals and 14 assists in 44 games while racking up 85 penalty minutes. Benning followed in his family’s footsteps in being drafted — his dad Brian was chosen 26th overall by the Blues in 1984, and his uncle Jim was selected sixth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1981. Parayko, meanwhile, has manned the blueline for the AJHL’s Fort McMurray Oil Barons for the past two seasons. This past season, he had nine goals and 33 assists in 53 regular season games. He added three goals and nine assists in 21 playoff games as the Oil Barons went all the way to the Enerflex Cup finals before losing to the Brooks Bandits. Parayko was at home in St. Albert when he got the phone call he had been waiting for that left him speechless. “I didn’t really know what to say,” he said. “I

was just excited, I guess. I didn’t have anything to say, I was that excited.” He added that he was a little nervous in the days leading up to the draft, but he’s thrilled to have been selected by the Blues. “It’s a great organization, and I’ve only heard great things,” he said. Parayko hopes to play NCAA Division 1 hockey next year with the University of AlaskaFairbanks, but failing that, he’ll be back in the AJHL for another season. Walters, another defenceman, played in Everett, Wash., the past two seasons with the WHL’s Silvertips. He had six goals, 12 assists and 95 penalty minutes in the 2011-2012 regular season. Walters was the Silvertips’ first-round selection (eighth overall) in the 2009 WHL bantam draft. But, he said Sunday, he almost missed the moment while watching draft coverage on the NHL Network at home in St. Albert. “My agent called me and said, ‘Congratulations.’ And I said, ‘Where’d I go?’” he said. Joining Parayko in the Blues organization, though, is a neat feeling. “It’s pretty cool. It’ll make it easier going to their camps; you’ll know somebody there,” he said. Walters plans to attend the Blues’ development camp this summer, and likely be back in Everett for two more years trying to earn an entry-level contract.

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Onoway’s Troy Bourke was one of four SAMHA products selected in last weekend’s NHL draft.

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

OPINION

iStAlbert

Put squeeze on feds’ spending

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

@mattbecigneul Great soccer season by the U5 North Ridge Blackhawks!! Sad it’s over. Had a great group of kids and parents this season. #StAlbert

hough they have served at different levels of government, it’s nice to see another St. Albert politician carrying on Ken Allred’s tradition of ruffling feathers within his own party. Just as Allred, while serving as St. Albert’s Progressive Conservative MLA, by Glenn Cook questioned his own party’s mandates on education, health care, and gender reassignment surgery, Edmonton-St. Albert Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber caused a stir on Tuesday when he posted a blog entry on his website blasting federal cabinet ministers for their opulent spending habits, pointing out in particular the $600,000 of overtime their limousine drivers were paid, and even the fact they have limousines at all when he and other MPs take a shuttle bus around Parliament Hill. He also chided International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda charging taxpayers for $16 glasses of orange juice and five-star hotel upgrades in London. The post earned Rathgeber notoriety in the Edmonton media, garnering attention from TV news crews and newspapers. But it’s all a bit bizarre considering that the ministers he’s deriding are also members of his own party. One has to wonder if Rathgeber is going to pay a political price for voicing his opinion. We’ve seen what happens with the provincial Tories when one of their members strays from the party line, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems like even more of a stickler for that sort of thing than Ed Stelmach was. Frankly, though, this is the sort of spending the Conservatives — who tout fiscal responsibility among their core beliefs — should have in their crosshairs. They’ve cut spending in places like the military, the CBC, archives and marine research, so you’d think the limos would be a logical target for the axe. If Rathgeber is going to bring this issue up, we can only hope this isn’t the end of it. It’s one thing to score a few easy points with constituents; it would be another for him to take action and actually try to stop this spending through legislation or caucus. And we can also hope that, no matter the fallout, Rathgeber — like Allred — is not dissuaded from speaking his mind.

@seriouslycath seriously do we need to fix every street at the same time #stalbert?

EDITORIAL

@hcgardiner Saw lots of wildlife during canoe trip on Sturgeon, also golf balls, cans, bottles, traffic cones, signs, & at least 20 tires :( #StAlbert

@LizaSunley The flower pots are out! Pretty. #stalbert

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Soccer association has come a long way

nitially known as Hercules Soccer with a few hundred members and volunteers distributing gear and running programs for local kids out of the backs of their cars, the St. Albert Soccer Association has come a long ways in their 40+ years of operation. Exponential growth resulted in this club incorporating in 1972, adding a clubhouse and fields in 1992, and when numbers became unmanageable for volunteers, the board of directors hired staff to manage training programs, registration, team building, daily operations and more for the 5,000+ members now registering annually. Three annual tournaments draw teams from all over Western Canada and include the Dieter Knobloch Memorial Tournament honouring a longtime member who contributed

Melody

MARTYN SASA Executive Director My City from inception until his passing two years ago. There are many past and present directors deserving accolades, but Dieter was the longest standing member and coach of the Impact Rangers. SASA now offers U4 to U18 recreational leagues, U12 through adult Impact Club programs, adult programs for Men, Women, Coed, Masters, and our latest foray: development programs geared towards passionate youth in U8 and U10 who want more than a community program. With the addition of a licensed head coach 10 years

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ago, training and opportunities for players in St. Albert have also improved. Academies, summer camps, goalkeeper training and more quality programs are offered. Long respected as one of the top club programs in Alberta, we’ve had our ups and downs along with other clubs, and are proud to say we are currently doing very well not only at home, but also in the Edmonton leagues we place our older/higher-level teams. Did you know: • Our coaches are all volunteers. Generally parents or grandparents, but in recent years former youth players are now returning to help as well. • A number of SASA Impact club players have been or are currently at university or college in the U.S. and Canada through soccer scholarships.

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• We had over 200 U4 players this season. That’s a lot of cute little Timbits jerseys! • We have a “Field of Dreams” committee working on building a full-sized covered soccer field in St. Albert. • Sponsors and grants from the City of St. Albert and province help us keep program costs in check. More sponsors are welcome! Contact Melody at 780-458-8973, ext. 127. • We now have a licensed lounge that can be rented by members for private functions. • Fields behind our clubhouse go out of commission Aug. 1 through spring or summer 2014 so the City can cap and grade the former landfill site. The bonus for our members is new playing fields, and a new and efficient sprinkler system. The only effect will be home games moving to other fields. Owned and operated by

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

First trip as minister ‘fantastic,’ says Khan GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Stephen Khan is feeling good after taking part in his first major trip as Minister of Advanced Education and Enterprise. The first-term St. Albert Progressive Conservative MLA — along with deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk and a delegation of representatives from publicly funded innovation organizations, educational institutions and the private sector — attended the BIO 2012 conference in Boston from June 18 to 21, and said that it was a great experience. “It was a fantastic trip, and it was really busy,” Khan said. “We have exceptional talent within our department; the department did a phenomenal job of setting up and co-ordinating as many meetings as we could possibly squeeze in the three and a half days we were there.” BIO 2012 is the world’s largest biotechnology conference, with 20,000 delegates attending from leading researchintensive companies from around the globe, along with 300 general and special interest media representatives. Khan and Lukaszuk were there to promote Alberta as a location for bioscience companies to set up shop, but, by the sounds of it, the province is already on a lot of important radars.

“Frankly, we want that business to be part of what we’re known for in Alberta,” he said. “A very reassuring thing that we’ve had from everybody — whether at the federal level or the provinces, or particularly from Big Pharma — is that Alberta, as a place in terms of research, is world-class. Big Pharma is excited about great science, and it’s acknowledged that there’s great science coming out of the advanced education sector here in Alberta.” Having a veteran MLA like Lukaszuk alongside him was a great bonus for Khan. “Thomas was a remarkable asset, not just in the fact that he’s so skilled and polished and talented in what he does, but it was appreciated by all the stakeholders we met with — whether it be industry leaders in the biosciences world or with our peers from across Canada — the fact we had the deputy premier representing Alberta at this conference was a bold statement,” he said. Back in St. Albert, Khan said he’s proud of the job the delegation did promoting the province to companies both big and small. “We met with representatives from Big Pharma, and we also met with small and emerging businesses in that sector from Alberta. And I think there’s acknowledgement from all those levels that Alberta is certainly poised to become a big player in the biosciences world,” he said.

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Bilo, a two-year-old beagle, gets up close and personal with the camera during the Beagle Paws Walk-a-Thon Saturday morning at Lions Park. Beagle Paws is an organization dedicated to rescuing beagles, which are still used and mistreated as hunting dogs in parts of Canada.

Council turfs Levasseur dog park, picks new site near Servus Place GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

As one proposed dog park was turfed Monday afternoon, another emerged to take its place. After a public hearing, St. Albert city council unanimously voted Monday to shelve plans for an off-leash dog park along Levasseur Road, adjacent to the Heritage Lakes subdivision. But, at the same meeting, they also voted to have staff begin work on turning a dry stormwater pond north of Servus Credit Union Place into an off-leash area. “The residents in the area have spoken loud and clear — they don’t want this here. ... The proximity to the residential homes and their dislike of the project has weighed heavily on me,” Coun. Cathy Heron said. Council heard from a pair of residents who live near the Levasseur Road site, which has been under consideration since 2008, who said that they didn’t want the increased traffic in the area, along with the noise and odours they feared the park may bring.

“The main question is, who wants this could start. Those plans were first submitted dog park? Who asked for it? What are their in 2010, but were not approved until March names?” said local resident Don Moreau. 2012. “Somebody started the ball rolling.” Staff believed AltaLink would not “There would definitely be hardship approve major changes to the topography of placed [upon condo owners] based upon the area, meaning dirt could not be moved having to relocate,” added Greg Schell, in to build any kind of noise attenuation secretary-treasurer of the Heritage Gates berm for bordering residents. Condo Association. Meanwhile, the site “It’s not simply a matter north of Servus Place of tenants moving was presented by City someplace else because staff Monday as part of a of the noise and odour council-directed search problem.” for a third dog park in St. Some councillors were Albert. also concerned about the City recreation director Don Moreau aesthetics of the park — Monique St. Louis said Heritage Lakes resident particularly a chain-link that an ad hoc dog owner fence that would have to advisory committee had be installed around the perimeter because it narrowed 21 possible sites down to three, but the Servus Place site was the only one would be less than a hectare in size. big enough and reasonably developed. “A chain link fence, to me, is not “It’s not adjacent to residential, it’s a something a botanical arts city should have suitable size for its proposed use, and it’s an interest in,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said. adjacent to Servus Place, so people using Because the land falls within a power line corridor, plans had to be submitted to that site could also go into Servus Place to use their amenities,” she said. AltaLink for approval before development

“The main question is, who wants this dog park?”

But St. Louis added the site has a few drawbacks. “The terrain is not as diverse as we would like,” she said. There was some question among councillors if the pond would fill up and be unusable as a dog park for some time after a major rainstorm, but St. Louis said that was unlikely. “[Recreation staff have] walked that a few times this year after a significant rainfall, and they haven’t found any residual water there,” she said. “It seems to drain through well.” That was good enough for council, who unanimously supported moving forward with public consultation and preliminary designs. “I think this is very creative,” Crouse said. “My first reaction, when I read the agenda report, was that I didn’t like it. Then, when I drove past it [Sunday], I liked it.” The City is also currently working on installing amenities like waste bag dispensers and receptacles at Lacombe Lake Park to make it an official off-leash dog park.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Pecha Kucha Night comes to St. Albert GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

If you’ve got six minutes and 40 seconds, a local not-for-profit wants to give you a wealth of ideas. St. Albert will have its first-ever Pecha Kucha Night — “pecha kucha” being Japanese for “chit chat” — on Thursday, July 19, at 7 p.m. in the Park Room in the Enjoy Centre. The evening will feature about eight speakers presenting 20 slides for 20 seconds each on a particular topic. The event is being organized by local non-profit organization Grow St. Albert, and director Gilles Prefontaine said that he has every confidence the event will be a hit in St. Albert. “It’s a format that’s very visual, very stimulating, and really geared to sharing information and people’s passions with a whole bunch of different people,” he said. “It’s a short format that’s very informal; people are able to visit in kind of a social atmosphere while learning different things. And we thought that fit very well with St. Albert’s brand of cultivating life.”

There have been 13 Pecha Kucha Nights held in Edmonton since May 2008, the latest drawing about 900 people to the Heritage Amphitheatre in William Hawrelak Park on Wednesday, June 6. Prefontaine said he’s certain that popularity will carry over.

“We thought that fit very well with St. Albert’s brand.” Gilles Prefontaine Grow St. Albert “I know, in Edmonton, their focus has been on young professionals in their 20s and 30s. In St. Albert, we’re taking a little different approach,” he said, “where we’re looking at it being more surrounding the brand of our community — whether it’s kids, young professionals, or some of us older folks around the room. Just part of that whole creative, fun, engaged community that really is representative of St. Albert.” There are other elements, though,

that will set St. Albert’s Pecha Kucha Nights apart from Edmonton’s, especially the Enjoy Centre. “It’s the perfect venue for something like Pecha Kucha,” he said. “It’s fresh, it’s modern, it’s very inspiring — equally as inspiring as our speakers, who are a variety of local residents, people from all over the region who are coming in and sharing these creative ideas and their passions.” Prefontaine added that Grow St. Albert hopes to hold the event in St. Albert quarterly, and already has three more dates booked to the end of 2013. The organization also put on the first-ever TEDx St. Albert conference at the Arden Theatre in October 2011. So far, most of the speakers have been lined up for St. Albert’s first Pecha Kucha Night, including Arts and Heritage Foundation executive director Paul Moulton, and Gail Stepanik-Keber, chief marketing officer for Servus Credit Union. “She is a vibrant, passionate speaker,” Prefontaine said of Stepanik-Keber. “She’s going to be coming and talking about branding

from her perspective and her experiences. I’ve seen Gail speak about branding, not only from a business perspective but from a personal perspective, and anyone who has ever met Gail knows right off the bat this is something that’s central to her.” Other speakers will be revealed throughout the upcoming week on the event’s website. Prefontaine took to Twitter last week to put the word out that Grow St. Albert was looking for one or two more speakers for the event. In the following few hours, it created a small buzz locally on the social media site, with many expressing excitement that it would be in their backyards. “To me, social media is a conversation, which fits very well with Pecha Kucha. ... Social media is a similar type of forum along those lines,” he said. “It connects communities, and in the case of Pecha Kucha, you actually have a very strong community out there who are part of that creative community, love that idea-sharing,

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The City of St. Albert will have to set the bar even higher after meeting their solid waste diversion goals eight years ahead of schedule. A year after the City rolled out its revamped solid waste collection system, councillors received an update on its progress at their regular meeting on Monday afternoon. The highlight of the report was that residents are diverting 65.9 per cent of their waste away from landfills — besting the City’s goal of 65 per cent, which staff had hoped to reach by 2020 — and are producing only 114.4 kilograms of garbage per person per year, smashing the City’s 2020 goal of 125 kilograms per person per year. “This council came on board when the program was in its infancy, getting started. There was a lot of debate and deliberation, and some noise levels at the beginning,” Coun. Malcolm Parker said. “But I do recall talking to other councillors and mayors from other communities that had already implemented it, and they said you’ll go through that bit of trepidation, but one year later, when you’re successful in achieving your objectives, the community will be pleased with what you’ve accomplished. And I think we can say that tonight.” But, while councillors lauded the progress made so far, they were eager to set new goals and not rest on their laurels. Environment manager Leah Jackson told council that, with these goals met, City officials will look at loftier goals very soon. “We’re going to review the [environmental master] plan next year, so definitely we’re going to be trying to stretch it a little bit further,”

she said. “We’ll be gathering input from the [Environmental Advisory Committee] as well as the public on how far we want to stretch.” Solid waste program co-ordinator Christian Benson said that the system is currently operating within its projected budget, and minor issues at the beginning were quickly ironed out. “One of the largest concerns coming into the new waste program was the biweekly collection of garbage,” Benson said, “but residents have adjusted to this change admirably, and these concerns have largely subsided.” Benson also pointed to the results of a satisfaction survey that showed 73 per cent of residents were satisfied with the garbage collection system, 81 per cent satisfaction with recycling options, 87 per cent satisfaction with the blue bag recycling system, and 75 per cent satisfaction with the organics pickup program. Along with the automated pickup of garbage and organic material, the solid waste program has seen big successes at the recycling depot in Campbell Park, where the permanent collection of household hazardous waste was introduced. In that time, more than 34,000 litres of paint, 12,000 litres of motor oil and 44,000 litres of other hazardous household wastes have been collected. The organics program even saw success over the winter months, with 165 to 200 metric tonnes of material being collected each month, even while there were no grass clippings or yard waste to collect. “The numbers surprised me; the tonnage surprised me,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said. “I thought that was going to be a non-starter for people to do organic pickup in the winter.”

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CELEBRATE CAN Longboarders ready to roll

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Come Canada Day, many local young people will celebrating the True North, long and free. The first-ever Canada Day Longboard Competition will be held in St. Albert Sunday starting at Kingswood Park at noon, bringing longboard riders together to compete in a pair of races sponsored by the City of St. Albert and the Building Assets and Memories (BAM) youth group. Ben Huising, a community resource coordinator for the City who works closely with BAM, said that the seed for the idea was planted last year at a retreat with both high school and junior high students. “One of the sessions they do at this retreat is, what do you want to see in St. Albert? And a longboard competition is one of those things that came up,” he said. “Then one of the goals after this retreat is the high school students working with the junior high students to try and make these events and initiatives happen in our community.” The afternoon of competition will include both a downhill race, winding for just over a kilometre down Woodlands Road from Sir Winston Churchill Avenue to Willoughby Drive, and a “push race,” a four-kilometre endurance race along the Red Willow Trail system from Kingswood Park to the Festival Village downtown, where bands, food and other activities await. No experience is required as racers will be split up into four different skill level groups, including six- to nine-year-olds, beginner, intermediate and advanced.

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Longboarders T.J. Pennington (front) and Reed MacKinnon take a practice run down Brandon Street on Tuesday afternoon. Reed MacKinnon, a Grade 9 student at École Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d’Youville, has been longboarding for about two years now, and has been helping organize the races since his sister got him involved with BAM earlier this year. “It’ll be a lot of fun, just to get everybody out,” he said. “It’s just kind of a nice escape, to do something fun, and a little dangerous, I guess,” he added with a laugh. “As long as you wear a helmet, you should be fine.” BAM itself has been in existence for about two years as part of the City’s 40

Developmental Assets program. In that time, they have put on numerous events for young people. “It’s kind of exploded,” Huising said. “They’ve put on retreats, they’ve done dances, they’ve done things in the park. They have a million things on the go.” For teens like MacKinnon, knowing there’s a group out there listening and responding to their needs is a big boost. “It’s nice that someone’s making an effort to make everyone’s lives a little easier and aid in taking on youth stuff,” he said. “I don’t think there was much out there, and BAM really helps to put on events and try their hardest let youth know they’re there and support them.” And getting young people involved in community activities not only brings up things that might fly under a lot of radars, but also helps keep kids active and out of trouble. “All youth are at risk at some level — not in a dramatic sense, but there’s a lot of choices out there and a lot of things they can involve themselves in,” Huising said. “At the same time, there are a lot of opportunities. Myself and the rec department could have planned this longboard competition, but it would not be nearly as good as it is with the youth involved — their spirit, their passion, their excitement.” Registration fees are $22 per race or $40 for both. Full face helmets and slide gloves are required for racers, and organizers also suggest racers wear leathers or double denim. More information, registration forms and a complete set of rules are posted at www.stalbert.ca/longboard-competition.

CELEBRATIONS in th LIONS PARK 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Cake and watermelon • Live entertainment by Innovations Music • Cruisin’ Clubhouse Games • Art Trail • Kidsport street hockey • Pedalheads — kids 12 and under, bring your bikes • Hot dogs and drinks provided by St. Albert (Host) Lions Club • Crafts by Cultural Services • Face Painting • Inflatables by Saint City Rotary Club • Horse-drawn wagon rides by ACT • Flight simulator by Royal Canadian Air Cadets • Display by City of St. Albert Public Works Dept., St. Albert Fire Services and Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Park-and-Ride beginning at 10:30 a.m. • Formal ceremony at noon • Donations accepted for St. Albert Food Bank

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St. Albertans will be movin’ and groovin’ while they celebrate Canada this weekend. The City of St. Albert’s annual Canada Day festivities this year will see the return of the Family Street Dance, to be held on Sunday evening from 5 to 8 p.m. in front of St. Albert Place. City community recreation co-ordinator Micah Seon-King said that the dance was a big hit in its debut last year — bigger than she could have imagined. “We were anticipating originally about 150 to 200 people, and we got about 2,000,” she said, adding she’s hoping for about the same this year. While the music was provided last year by a DJ, the City has lined up local band 5 AM, featuring vocalist Martha Livingstone of Innovations Music, to keep the party going. “They are going to be playing mostly cover songs from the ’80s, ’90s, ’70s,” Seon-King said. “We’re trying to have it so it’s multi-age, so everybody can get up and dance and enjoy themselves.” Aside from the music, though, there will be a few new attractions this year, including a science lab and a fishing pond. “New this year as well is a lanternmaking workshop,” Seon-King said. “We’ll have enough for the first 1,000 people to come in and make their lantern. Then, at 10:45, we’ll have a procession walking up to the fireworks [at Seven Hills] with the lanterns.” Food vendors will also be onsite, including Fat Frank’s, Pizza 73 and Kettle

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Corn. One feature that will be returning, though, is the carnival put on by Life Church St. Albert, which will take over much of St. Anne Street for the evening. Pastor Bob Cowie said that the carnival was an event the church had been doing for a while, but just recently meshed it with the Canada Day celebrations. “We’ve done a community carnival in St. Albert for the past few years through the church, and then I approached the City one time offering to help with anything we could,” he said. “They asked about doing a kids’ activity or kids’ event that would go alongside the [street dance] on July 1. So we moved what we normally would do as a carnival for the community over to working with the City with it and doing in front of City Hall.” All the games are free, he added, and are manned by volunteers from both the Life Church congregation and the community at large. “We’re going to have a number of the throw booths, where you throw darts or bean bags or balls through hoops and stuff like that,” Cowie said. “We’ve got inflatables, and this year, we’ve got a train ride coming in where the kids can take the train, probably around City Hall. We’ve got facepainting and craft activities, clowns and jesters.” Life Church meets every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Bellerose Composite High School. The carnival was a big hit last year, and Cowie said it will be bigger and better this time around. “This year, we’re anticipating it could be twice the size,” he said.

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Before the Canada Day fireworks get going Sunday night, there will be another explosion of sound at St. Albert Place. The second annual Battle of the Bands competition, sponsored by the City of St. Albert and Innovations Music, will take place from 8 to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday — just before the fireworks display gets going at Seven Hills at 11 p.m. — with five young bands from all over the city taking part. Micah Seon-King, community recreation coordinator with the City, said that the response was better than last year, with 10 bands submitting demo CDs or YouTube videos to grab a spot in the finals. “We had six spots, and we offered to six bands, but one had to decline,” she said. Those bands are pretty much sticking to the rock ’n’ roll end of the musical spectrum, she added, or perhaps a bit heavier. “Mainly rock, alternative, metal, grunge metal — kind of all in there,” Seon-King said.

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Plus, last year’s winners G.U.R.L. (Giving Up the Right Life) will be back to play once again. One of the stipulations of the contest is that all band members must be under the age of 21, and Seon-King was very encouraged to see so much talent in the city. “There are some that are more experienced, a little more refined and polished,” she said. “There were a couple that were more raw, and some more polished ones, so there was a little bit of variety. But they were all really good. It was amazing. It’s exciting; I can’t wait to actually see them perform.” The winners will get a $500 gift certificate from Innovations Music, which they can put toward whatever they need, from recording studio time to new instruments. Seon-King said that having Innovations Music onboard as a sponsor has been a big bonus for the competition. “Their expertise is awesome, and it’s great support,” she said. “Stan and Martha [Livingstone] and their special events [people] ... it’s been a great partnership.”

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City councillors are hoping that a new course charted for affordable housing in St. Albert will lead to a more sustainable community. Monday afternoon saw councillors formally approve a new affordable housing delivery model at their regular meeting after consultation with various stakeholder groups in the community. “It’s time that we re-examine the future of where we’re going with affordable housing, and this report has definitely done that,” Coun. Cathy Heron said. “Affordable housing is still a provincial responsibility, but it’s our responsibility too.” The report outlines seven core strategies to be implemented over the next five years, including: • creating a municipal affordable housing strategy; • ranking housing priorities and assigning City of St. Albert funding based on that prioritization; • establishing housing targets and objectives; • monitoring housing needs and updating plans on an ongoing basis; • supporting regional initiatives and implementation plans; • co-ordinating the efforts of

various housing providers; and • providing funding and incentives toward housing initiatives through both existing sources and new ones like a revolving housing fund and a community housing grant program. One of the stakeholder groups consulted was the St. Albert Housing Society, whose board of directors chair, David McGreer, told council Monday that, with provincial affordable housing funds looking like they’re drying up, St. Albert may be heading back to square one. “The society has been talking over the last year, and it really has been a goal of the society since the inception, to figure out how to find land to create new affordable housing in St. Albert,” he said. “It’s not an easy problem to solve. And we’re back to it being a problem.” Councillors asked about the possibility of using the Badger lands in the city’s north end for affordable housing projects. Director of planning and development Curtis Cundy said that a needs assessment on those lands is being worked on, and affordable housing is included. “We have more needs than we have actual land,” he said. “There will be some tough choices that will need to be made.”

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Lisa Blankenstein (left) and Danielle Potvin man the grill at the block party on Elista Court Sunday.

Residents of Erin Ridge North fought back against crime in their neighbourhood this weekend with burgers, chips and cupcakes. Elista Court was closed to traffic Sunday afternoon as those who live on the street and in the surrounding area held a block party, not only to enjoy the summer, but also to meet one another and hopefully cut down on crime in the area. “It’s kind of a Gandhi sort of style,” joked Liam Connelly, who lives on Elista Court. The party was organized by Danielle Potvin and Lisa Blankenstein after Blankenstein heard about the City of St. Albert’s block party program, sponsored by the Neighbourhood Watch Association of St. Albert and Citizens’ Patrol. “I heard about it at the [St. Albert Lifestyle Expo]; there was a little brochure about block parties and how they would give you free buns and burgers,” Blankenstein said. “So I talked to Danielle, and we went ahead and organized it.” Over the past couple of years, the stories of crime in the area have only begun to multiply. Incidents have ranged from vehicles being broken into and vandalized to vehicles being stolen to

fires in nearby homes under construction. Nearby resident Lisa Phillips said her family’s truck was stolen two years ago. “I had just gone out with the dog, and about an hour later, I heard a truck start, but there are so many trucks in the area, you don’t think it’s your truck. Ever since then, I don’t sleep well,” she said. “We have no air conditioning, so we open the windows, and we hear everything..” “It’s not a huge problem, but we do have our incidents,” Potvin added. “It’s a lot of mischief, thefts from vehicles — not heavy stuff, but enough to [worry you].” With numerous families braving light showers to come out and meet their neighbours, organizers felt the block party was a success. “I was a little worried when it started to rain, but it all turned out good,” Blankenstein said. “People are coming, and it’s nice just to meet your neighbours and see people out here.” And everyone on the block hopes it leads to bigger, more effective measures down the road. “Hopefully we can set up a formalized neighbourhood watch program,” Connelly said. “With the incidents that have happened, it’s got people talking,” Phillips added. “It has opened that door now.”

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“And he was, like, ‘Wait, what? That has to be a movie!’ “ In Magic Mike, Tatum plays the title character, the star attraction at Tampa’s Club Xquisite (run by a bare-chested carnival barker named Dallas (Matthew McConaughey). Mike works construction as a day job, and dreams of going legit by marketing his own line of high-end furniture. He becomes the mentor of The Kid (Alex Pettyfer), a 19-yearold athlete who quit college football after the first practice, and is quickly immersed in a world of booze, drugs and wads of bills stuffed into his thong. Meantime, Mike falls for the Kid’s sister (Cody Horn). If real life, Tatum admits, he was the Kid. Drafted by Granville State College in West Virginia, he quit after one semester. “I was 18 years old, wanted money. You want to get out from under your parents, even though my parents always provided for me. You’re coming back from college, you have no idea what you want to do. “Alex’s character is more me. But really nothing that happened to him happened to me. I’d never ODed or anything like that. Other than a kid drops out of college and being 18 and having a sister, that’s really all that pertains to my real life. But I really wanted a window to the world. “And that was what Soderbergh wanted. He wanted to see a kid in this world. A kid among men.” The stage is full of six-pack abs, one set of which belongs to the fortysomething McConaughey. “Matthew is nuts in the most beautiful of ways,” Tatum says of his co-star. He says the budget didn’t allow for hardbody boot

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camp. “Everybody worked out independently. And Matthew, that guy’s perpetually working out. That’s part of his being.” He admits Magic Mike might be an idealized depiction of the physiques one might find on a strip stage. “In Florida it’s not the crème de la crème. I wasn’t that toned. I was just a jock, hadn’t been working out, and actually that was kind of an issue. I was the least in shape of any of the guys. But I was a dancer, so I made up for it. “I never really enjoyed taking off my clothes. That part was just like, drop the pants and get off stage.” Still, he credits stripping with igniting his passion to perform. “It was definitely the first time I’d performed in any way, so for sure it was an inspiration. I loved to dance, I loved the performance and these weird skits we were always doing.”

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Channing Tatum has laughed off accusations by two former Tampa male strippers that he stole moves from them for the Steven Soderbergh film Magic Mike. The Soderbergh movie is based on an eight-month stint Tatum spent as a stripper in a Tampa club at age 18. “Those guys have been trying to make money off me since I got into this business,” a jovial Tatum said of his purported stripping “mentors,” Thomas “Awesome” Austin and London Steele, at a press conference Saturday. “There’s nothing that’s factual in this whole movie other than I was an 18-year-old kid and went into this world. I’d dropped out of college where I’d played football and was living on my sister’s couch,”Tatum said of Magic Mike’s premise. “There’s not one character I took from my real life. This is just a world I went into and we created characters from a fictional place. “They’re interesting people. I don’t want to say anything bad about them because they’re part of the reason why I think this (stripping) world is so interesting. They’re interesting, intriguing, bizarre people. That guy (London) is so creative. I mean, watch his YouTube video. It is entertaining.” — JIM SLOTEK

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The “Book of Spells” by J.K. Rowling, a Wonderbook interactive book, is demonstrated during a Sony news conference as part of the E3 trade show in Los Angeles earlier this month.

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even more interested,” said Tretton, in a Canadian-exclusive interview with QMI Sun Media News Services Agency. Rowling, in a prepared statement, The novelty of playing video games by said, “Wonderbook: Book of Spells is waving one’s arms around helped propel the closest a Muggle can come to a real the Nintendo Wii and its motion-sensing spellbook ... this is an extraordinary device controller to huge sales successes, and has that offers a reading experience like no made Microsoft’s Kinect accessory for the other.” Xbox 360 one of the must-have holiday Revealed at the recent Electronic presents for the last two years in a row. Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles and set But Sony, which hasn’t snagged the same to be released late this year, Wonderbook degree of pop-culture mindshare with its will consist of a photo-album sized physical own PlayStation Move motion controller book that will take on augmented reality for the PlayStation 3, is enlisting the help of properties when viewed on the TV screen the world’s most famous via the PlayStation Eye wizard — or rather, the camera. wizard’s creator — to Readers will use introduce the magic of the PlayStation Move motion control to a wider controller to interact audience. with the book, such as Sony is readying a line casting familiar Harry J.K. Rowling of interactive storybooks Potter spells by waving Author called Wonderbook, the controller like a wand. which will use the The Wonderbook tome PlayStation Move motion controller and with the Book of Spells software will sell for the PlayStation Eye camera to bring books $39.99 US, or $69.99 US in a bundle with the to life on a TV screen. The first title, called PlayStation Move controller and PlayStation Wonderbook: Book of Spells, is collaboration Eye camera. Additional Wonderbook with Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling, who software will be sold separately. is producing new, original content for the To date, Sony has sold roughly 13 million project. Move controllers, compared to Microsoft’s “The Wonderbook concept was pitched 19 million sales of the significantly more to J.K. Rowling ... and lo and behold, that expensive Kinect accessory. “I certainly was something she was always interested don’t think you can argue with their in, an interactive version of a book,” said success,” Tretton said of Kinect, but added, Sony Computer Entertainment of America “I think it was marketing-driven, and it president and CEO Jack Tretton. will be a question of whether there are “She was quite interested in the concept, compelling software experiences that keep but when she saw it in practice she became people involved.”

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The first time you saw a trailer for the upcoming Mark Wahlberg comedy Ted, you probably wondered why the profane little bear sounds just like Peter Griffin from Family guy. For reasons known only to Ted creator Seth MacFarlane — making his big-screen directorial debut with this movie — he decided to give the movie’s titular Care Bear Gone Bad a voice jarringly similar to his most famous creation, the tubby patriarch of the Griffin clan. But don’t mistake MacFarlane for a pottymouthed voice actor suddenly making the leap to a major motion picture. Love him or hate him — and plenty of people do hate him — MacFarlane has an impressive repertoire of talents and credits, ranging from writing to singing to animating to, yes, providing the pipes for some of TV’s most controversial ’toons. Here’s a quick look at some of the many voices — literally and otherwise — of Seth MacFarlane. Family Guy (1999 to present) You hear him as: Peter Griffin, Brian, Stewie, Quagmire and assorted minor characters. He’s also: The show’s creator, executive producer and guy responsible for growing it from a twice-cancelled Fox animated comedy to a billiondollar, Emmy-winning TV and merchandising empire. american DaD! (2005 to present) You hear him as: Stan Smith, Roger He’s also: The show’s creator, executive producer and easy target for the Parents Television Council, which occasionally takes breaks from railing against Family Guy in order to dump on this show’s supposed indecency.

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Pine breaks mould in People Like Us LIZ BRAUN

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Actor Chris Pine diverges from his previous roles somewhat in the new movie People Like Us.

According to the IMDB website, actor Chris Pine is known for his sparkling blue eyes and for often playing, “Charming and likeable characters.” Not anymore. Pine, 31, plays an emotionally damaged survivor in People Like Us, a film about family, identity and redemption opening in theatres on Friday. He’s a hustler named Sam who discovers, upon his estranged father’s death, that he has a half-sister (Elizabeth Banks) he knows nothing about. The film is all about Sam’s journey to connect with this woman, even as he must face the truth about his own parents and about the life he’s made for himself. If you’ve seen Pine being funny in This Means War or boldly going in Star Trek, this new film may surprise you. In a good way. Over the phone from Los Angeles, Pine says that People Like Us is the story of flawed characters, and that’s “100 per cent” why he was interested in his character. “It’s always more interesting to play a character who goes from A to Z,” he says, “and if Sam doesn’t get to Z, at least he’s trying desperately to get there.”

Pine says he felt protective of Sam, who is slick and fast and has what the actor calls “almost-addict” energy. “You know, this is a man who, when his girlfriend tells him his father has passed away, he says, ‘What’s for dinner?’ You get a sense of a guy who’s incapable of connecting to his emotions. Beneath the veneer, he’s incredibly hurt and hiding this sense of abandonment. That character we see in the beginning, I like how different he is from the Sam we see at the end.” Pine was born in L.A. and studied English literature at the University of California (Berkeley). He also studied acting at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. His early work was in various TV series, and his feature film debut came in 2004 with The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. His other films include Just My Luck, opposite Lindsay Lohan, Unstoppable, in which he co-starred with Denzel Washington, Smokin’ Aces, Small Town Saturday Night and Bottle Shock. Pine has worked steadily for about a decade; he became a fixture in the moviegoers’ consciousness with Star Trek in 2009. He’s often asked about the Star Trek sequel coming up next year. Pine describes the action film as, “A small, character-driven movie,” and he’s not

joking. He said in a recent interview that without the character-driven drama and the consequent emotional connection, “You can blow up anything you want and no one cares. People like good stories. They don’t always care if there are big explosions.” (Of course, he has also confirmed that the Star Trek sequel will involve explosions and set pieces that will, “Knock people out of their seats.”) In the near future, Pine will voice Jack Frost in the animated movie Rise of The Guardians, and star in Mantivities, an indie comedy he co-wrote. As a third-generation actor, Pine says it was “probably inevitable” that he joined the industry. Still, he didn’t really jump into acting until college. Acting, he says, “appeals to different aspects of my being, and different interests of mine. From an intellectual standpoint, I love reading and breaking down stories, and I found performing to be a huge thrill, so I love that. And I kind of love the challenge. “I think oftentimes acting is the good, complete marriage of body and mind. It takes a fair amount of intellect to break down a piece of material, but then it takes an incredible opening of the body and heart and all that, to really get at the meat of the material. So I guess that’s the hunt.”

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When going got rough, Paintin got buff local YMCA, Paintin weighed 317 at the start of 2007 — a meagre loss of 13 pounds St. Albert Leader for almost a year’s worth of work. In the depths of his despair seven years He admits he was “dejected.” But Paintin ago, Jon Paintin cast a morbidly rotund persisted. reflection. He was rewarded for his stick-to-itiveness “I looked in the mirror and went, ‘What early that year when he met Vic Keller, a the hell have I done?’ ” he recalls. trainer at the Y in downtown Winnipeg. The 6-foot-1 Winnipeg father weighed a Keller helped Paintin refine his diet and whopping 400 pounds in October 2005. workout regimen. The catalyst for the mirror-gazing and “He started pointing me in the right soul-searching was the disintegration of his direction,” Paintin says. “I started cutting common-law relationship. back on the bad carbs, like “My wife decided she the white stuff — the wanted to call it quits,” bread and the rice and all Jon’s weight he says. that.” loss tips: Paintin was at an Keller also got Paintin • Listen to the professionals emotional crossroads. running in spring 2007. when they give you advice But the choice soon The owner of Vic and understand that you’re became clear. He chose Fitness introduced going to have to do stuff working out over Paintin to hill training you don’t want to do to wallowing. on what Winnipeggers make the change. “To deal with affectionately refer to the emotions of the as “Garbage Hill,” a • Don’t go at it alone. Find separation, I started one-time landfill near social support to do it. going to the gym,” he the centre of the city that explains. “I found it was transformed into a • Eliminate any of the negative influences in your kinda normalized the park and is now popular life and get the positive emotions. It was a bit of a among runners. going. roller coaster for a while By fall 2007, Paintin there. And then I got ran his first 10K race. • Don’t give up! addicted to the gym.” By the spring of 2008, And so, you could say Paintin hit his goal weight that when the going got of 200 pounds — half of what rough, Paintin got buff. Gradually. he weighed just three years earlier. By February 2006, the reformed couch Paintin punctuated his stunning potato had dropped 70 pounds, putting metamorphosis by completing a pair of him at 330. half-marathons in 2008. The weight loss, however, slowed to a With several more half-marathons trickle the following year. under his belt in recent years, Paintin Despite making some enhancements to raised the bar last month in North Dakota his diet and continuing to work out at his by completing his first full marathon in

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almost exactly five hours. Paintin weighs an uber-fit 220 pounds these days, having packed on about 20 pounds of muscle through weight training. The 38-year-old is now starting to help others get fit through his training business LifeChange Fitness (lifechangefitness.ca). He’s an accredited resistance training leader through the Manitoba Fitness Council. And he just earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Winnipeg. Paintin will start working toward an education degree this fall, with the goal of becoming a gym teacher in two years. On top of his full course load for the past four years, he’s been working 30-40 hours a week as a restaurant manager. And he spends weekends with his daughter. It’s a hectic schedule, but Paintin never wants to go back to weighing 400 pounds and slowly “killing myself” with a poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. “It’s a complete life change. The fitness and nutrition is part of my life and it will always be part of my life now,” he says. “Life is fantastic!”

Outdoor exercise beats the gym for mental health: study THANE BURNETT Sun Media News Services

Despite the dog poop where you’re just about to step... And the careening cyclists in their “I hope I look like I’m training for the Tour de France” Spandex... Or overflowing garbage bins and signs warning you can’t swim or skateboard or walk on the grass or have an unleashed pet or chew gum or sneeze too loud... It turns out, exercising outdoors beats working out

in the gym, according to new research. Experts at the University of Glasgow have found regular exercise in a natural environment cuts the risk of suffering from poor mental health by half. And people didn’t get the same mental gains when they worked out at their local gym. The new U.K. study, published in the journal Social Science and Medicine, follows up on past research that’s found the great outdoors — even if it’s just a walk around

your neighbourhood — has a positive impact on stress and mood.

“I was surprised by just how much better it is.” prof. Richard Mitchell University of Glasgow The Glasgow researchers went back to data collected from 2008, and traced subjects who reported they were

physically active. They found the people who worked out in natural settings did much better — at least mentally — than those who trudged into a gym. Lead researcher Professor Richard Mitchell said he wasn’t surprised by the fact exercising outdoors is good for you. “But I was surprised by just how much better it is for your mental health to exercise in a green place, like a forest, than in other places, like a gym,” he explains.

Mitchell says woodlands and parks seem to have the greatest effect. Not that most people have lush green pastures to prance across; Mitchell’s team found most just walk on pavement or streets around their home. About half the subjects reported they’d gotten outside to exercise at least once in the previous month at the time of the study. But a weakness in the study is a lack of data on what kind of workout, at what intensity, participants engaged in.

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disability, as most cardiac arrest patients either die or are left comatose. Sun Media News Services “Sometimes people don’t wake up. This A Cold Lake man has his life back gives them that chance,” Dunn said. after cheating death three times, thanks Harry, a 68-year-old retired soldier, to cutting edge technology at the Royal said he now feels “absolutely fine” aside Alexandra Hospital. from occasional shortness of breath. He Harry Robertson went into cardiac recalled the night he was struck with arrest in March, and flat-lined three severe chest pain while sitting on his times before he was put on an Arctic basement couch during a March blizzard. Sun Temperature Management System. Rendered unable to walk, he crawled up The “brain cooling” system induces mild his basement stairs and asked his dog hypothermia to slow the destruction of Belle to get help. brain cells in patients who have been “She went down to the bedroom, got my resuscitated from wife up by barking and cardiac arrest. jumping on the side of “He died,” said Royal the bed,” he said. Alex clinical nurse That’s the last thing educator Meagan he remembers before Dunn. “Often you waking up in the Royal don’t realize the full Alex CK Hui Heart Meagan Dunn benefit that cooling Centre 12 days later, Royal Alexandra Hospital has had on a person surrounded by family. for months afterward. Martha, Harry’s wife And within days, Harry of 43 years, remembers was showing total recovery. That’s very the first time he communicated with her amazing.” days after STARS air ambulance brought The system cools the patient’s body him to Edmonton. “He still had the tubes temperature to 33 C for 24 hours using in, and I went real close to him and said, several gel pads that are wrapped around ‘If you still know who I am, I want you to the patient and connected to monitors. blink your eyes.’ Well, he was blinking his Patients are also given iced saline and eyes like, ‘Are you stupid? You’re my wife.’ kept paralyzed and sedated. The system … It was a great feeling,” said Martha. then slowly brings the body temperature The CK Hui centre recently received a back to 37.5 C. $250,000 research grant from the Royal The cooling process significantly Alexandra Hospital Foundation to study increases the patient’s chance of surviving which cardiac patients can benefit most with normal function or minimal from brain cooling.

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Atrial fibrillation linked to stroke MARILYN LINTON Sun Media News Services

Tim Readman is no plumber, but he’s good at explaining how the heart, as the body’s main pump, affects the brain. “If your central heating pump stops working, you don’t get heat around the house,” Readman says. “And if your heart isn’t pumping properly, it affects the whole body system. The brain is especially vulnerable because it needs blood.” Readman, executive director of the Stroke Recovery Association of British Columbia, is on a campaign to educate Canadians about a condition known as atrial fibrillation or AF. The irregular heart rhythm, which is difficult to understand and not the easiest condition to treat, can nonetheless lead to strokes if left unattended. “People with atrial fibrillation have a risk of stroke that is three to five times more than that of the general population,” Redman says. There are currently 350,000 Canadians with AF, says Dr. Zaev Wulffhart, chief of cardiology at Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ont. “It’s the most common rhythm disturbance around, and it is on the increase.” Everyone has the occasional skipped heartbeat, Wulffhart explains, but in AF there is a fast (often more than 100 beats a minute) irregular heart rhythm. When explaining AF to his patients, he thinks highways and tollgates. “There’s like a relay station, a kind of pacemaker, in the middle of the heart that directs the traffic from the top chamber to the bottom. If you think of the heart as a highway and that pacemaker as a kind of tollgate where the cars have to pay in order to go through, the cars will come to the gate, pay the attendant, and drive through,” Wulffhart says. “In AF, you have vehicles at varying

disease or exposure to stimulants such as medications, caffeine, tobacco or alcohol. Sleep apnea, viral infections or previous heart surgery can also lead to AF. By the age of 80, approximately 15 per cent of us will have AF. “The higher the prevalence of AF, the more likely your stroke will be related to it,” says Wulffhart. Hannah Sibeth is doing everything she can to avoid such a stroke. At age speeds arriving at the tollgate where 61, a decade living with AF, and now the toll master is trying his best to get a caregiver to husband, Paul, who all the cars through to the bottom. But suffered a stroke, the Aylmer, Que., he can’t cope, and some traffic goes special events planner says she used to through quickly and other cars are go to ERs a lot. “Having an irregular delayed,” Wulffhart says. heartbeat is most unnerving.” “At the top part of the heart (where To improve her health, she has lost the cars are waiting 50 pounds, learned to to go through), the control her blood blood can stagnate pressure, and in that chamber was prescribed by not flowing a blood thinner. A continuous erratic heartbeat efficiently. While Several treatments is the most common symptom, but waiting, it can are offered AF some people feel only the occasional form little blood patients, says butterflies in the chest, shortness clots which then Wulffhart: “You of breath or lethargy. AF can be can cause strokes.” can slow the chronic and sustained or brief and This rhythm heartbeat through intermittent. “If it comes and goes, problem, Wulffhart medication, and you are at your doctor’s when stresses, is not correct it using an your heartbeat returns to regular, at all related to anti-arrhythmic the doctor may miss it.” Further cardiac arrest; the drug, or use tests taken over a period of time by word fibrillation ablation.” a device such as a Holter monitor makes people think Blood thinners can confirm AF. Adds Tim Readman: it has to be treated are advised for “Make sure you get yourself checked with defibrillators anyone with if you have a sensation that you are to shock the heart AF but taking having abnormal heart rhythms or back to beating. them requires palpitations. Don’t ignore it.” “It’s a quality of life strict monitoring rhythm problem because bruising which carries with it and bleeding can be a risk of stroke,” the cardiologist says. side effects of everything from aspirin “If your heart goes too fast or too slow to Coumadin to Pradaxa. In her in AF you can faint, but this is not a business, Sibeth is careful about cutting problem that would make someone herself while arranging flowers for an drop dead.” event. And while she appreciates the Its causes can include high blood challenges of blood thinners, stroke is pressure, abnormal or defective heart “no fun,” she says. “It’s debilitating and valves, an overactive thyroid, lung life changing for everyone.” Photo: Sun Media News Services

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Fat dad sits in to get kids back DOUG HEMPSTEAD Sun Media News Services

The problem with being a credible hulk is no matter how credible the story, he’s still a hulk. Such is the hard truth for an obese Ottawa dad deemed too fat to keep his kids. Dad, 38 — who can’t be named or identified — claims there’s no adequate oversight of Children’s Aid judgements in Ontario. His two sons — age 5 and 6 — have been put up for adoption. He’s not been granted custody because, among other things, he’s 360 pounds and has been as much as 525 pounds. On Friday, wearing a “Did someone say buffet?” T-shirt, Dad headed to Parliament Hill Friday for a six-hour hunger strike in the same La-Z-Boy chair he spent “night shifts” rocking his kids to sleep in, while watching sci-fi TV shows and playing video games. It appears the judge used Dad’s obesity as a major reason as to why he can’t have custody of his kids. That’s created a lot of chatter and created a debate about whether obese people make good parents. But Dad’s also admitted to being a former criminal. He says it all stopped when his now ex-wife got pregnant. He says she was the aggressor in their abusive relationship, in which he stayed for the sake of the children. He admits he was violent towards her. Dad’s not proud of it and took steps to make sure he never did it again. He says he finished “top of the class” in an anger management. Regardless, he was ordered out of the family home in December 2009 and custody of the kids was given to his wife. Dad says the kids were never more in danger. “She had a mental breakdown,” he said. He is legally obese, living on a lifetime courtordered disability pension, he says. But, he argues the weight doesn’t keep him from being a good dad. “Just give me a chance,” he says.

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For garage-sale aficionado Valerie Mills, a $20 purchase netted her a 5,000 per cent profit. The Orangeville, Ont., resident recently dusted off her rare, 12-pound collectible — a Whitefriars Glassworks Banjo Vase designed by Geoffrey Baxter she bought eight years ago at a thrift store — and sold it on History Television’s Pawnathon Canada for $1,000. “I knew it was worth something, but not that much,” she said. Bargain hunter Linda Skarott recently came across a limited-edition Giorgio Armani bear at a flea market. She negotiated the $20 price down to $15, then turned around and sold it for $110. The 58-year-old North York resident loves the thrill of the chase and regularly visits the book and china sections at flea markets and Value Village and Goodwill thrift stores looking for fabulous finds to resell. Rare military books are her favourite. Her latest $1 thrift-store find is a real treasure — a rare signed copy of Mr. Tettley’s Tenants, written in 1944. She hopes to take it on Pawn Stars in Las Vegas or possibly make a second visit to Pawnathon Canada to score a 100,000 per cent profit. “My research shows that it’s worth $1,000,” she said. Popular shows depicting storage locker bidding wars, auctions and antiques

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The Pawn Masters from History Television’s Pawanathon Canada include (L-R) John Kantymir, Howard Green, Douglas Stocks, Alison Ross and Mark Bradac. have ignited the bargain hunting spirit nationwide, and the accompanying curiosity about what their wares are worth. Now in its second season, Pawnathon Canada is all about thrilling finds and hard bargaining. This season’s series, which kicked off mid-June, features Canadians showcasing precious heirlooms and quirky memorabilia, looking for cash from the best dealers in Canada — the pawn masters. “There has always been an allure of finding the hidden pirate treasure, the silver coin in the change that we get when shopping, finding a rare lost piece of art

or old furniture amongst the stuff being disposed of at a garage sale,” says renowned Toronto pawn star Howard Green. “We all look for the treasure. It is almost like going to buy the lottery ticket for each draw even though we know the odds are against us.” Green, a pawn master on Pawnathon, has a keen eye and loads of experience — actually 50 years at Williams Pawnbrokers in Toronto giving unwanted items to new homes. He’s passionate about Faberge and original Canadian art. “One of the best things is that sometimes I do find that rare item ... sometimes it’s a

collectible …” says Green. Besides flea markets and thrift shops, estate sales can be a boon to collectors. Ken LeBlanc, 43, has a rare cheque signed by James Dean worth at least $2,500. LeBlanc, of Moncton, N.B., purchased the cheque at an estate sale in Saint John. He frequently peruses yard sales and flea markets — he once found a Bobby Orr thermos at a yard sale, paid 10 cents and sold it on eBay for $150. LeBlanc, founder of propertyguys.com, appears with his cheque on an upcoming episode of Pawnathon. The cheque, along with rare celebrity-signed photos and lots of sports memorabilia, are up for sale at markken.com. “There are definitely a few finds out there but you do have to look,” he says. You have to slog through a lot of sales and items in order to find treasure at garage sales, says Alison Ross. “Jewels can still be found by the knowledgeable sleuth.” People treasure hunt not only for the thrill of the chase “but also because the objects tell us about ourselves. Objects record historical times and events, they reveal present interests and are harbingers of the future,” says Ross, owner of Kilshaw’s Auctioneers in Victoria, B.C., and the newest dealer to join Pawnathon Canada. She says Pawnathon Canada is a great mix of history and experts talking about items viewers may have or want to have.

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This banjo vase was bought for $20 and sold for $1,000.

Looking to get lucky? Treasure hunters must educate themselves, chorus the experts. According to professional collector Howard Green, television shows like Pawnathon Canada can help, along with books or magazines. “Always look for the unusual or just for things that you like. Garage sales, antique stores, pawn shops, etc. are great ways to find the treasure,” says Green, owner of H. Williams & Co. pawnbrokers in Toronto. When it comes to pawn shops, look for

the older items in inventory. They may have been priced long ago and can be bargains. Negotiate: “Always be polite and try to be reasonable. Nothing sets a seller off worse than someone being rude or objectionable or offering a crazy stupid price,” says Green. Collect what you love, adds collectible expert Alison Ross, from Victoria, B.C. “Buy the best example that you can afford. Educate yourself in all the aspects of your collection from the time period through to materials, artist,

styles and so on.” Familiarize yourself with the objects by seeing and handling as many examples as possible — visit museums, galleries, antique stores and fairs as well as auctions, suggests Ross. “By knowing what a good example looks like, you will be able to recognize inferior pieces as well as fakes.” She recommends cultivating relationships with dealers, auctioneers and other collectors who are all an invaluable source of information and pieces.

This Armani teddy bear was bought for $15 and sold for $110.

Cotton T-shirts least smelly after workout, U of A study finds

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A squad of shirt-sniffers played a key role in new University of Alberta research into the science of smelly clothes. Textiles scientist Rachel McQueen and chemistry scientist James Harynuk paired up for a field study examining odourcausing bacteria from sweaty

T-shirts. Participants exercised wearing test shirts — without deodorant — over a 10-week period, and a 17-member volunteer “odour panel” assessed the tops in a sniff test at the end of the trial. The study concluded that cotton shirts smelled less than polyester shirts both before and after washing, and that antimicrobial coating did not appear effective in

reducing body odour. “Doing the analysis was a big challenge in this study. But it’s good, because this is the kind of thing we have to consider when we’re looking at a real-world sample, we’re not looking at a contrived situation,” Harynuk said. Harynuk also analyzed pieces of each shirt in a series of lab tests that revealed 1,000 to 2,000

molecules on every dirty shirt sample. Researchers found the number of molecules on the cotton shirts dropped significantly more after washing than the molecules on the polyester shirts. Harynuk said it is not yet known which molecules contribute to causing odour. “Human sweat, in and of itself, doesn’t smell,” he said. “It’s the microbial action on the sweat, as

the microflora on our skin and on our toes (interacting), that’s what generates the smelling compounds and molecules.” The project was an unusual endeavour for Harynuk, who recalls McQueen approaching him a year ago with the idea. “We said, ‘Sure, sounds like fun as long as I don’t have to sniff (the shirts) and my students don’t have to sniff them,’” he said.

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Zumba dances to beat of big business SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Alberto Perez started out as a street performer and then an aerobics teacher in Colombia, making extra cash on the side teaching the wives of businessmen how to dance in his hometown, Cali. Today, he stands at the center of the Zumba exercise craze, having helped transform Zumba Fitness, a private company, into a rapidly growing fitness empire with heavy investor backing. “I’m not a businessman, but I knew this had the potential to be something special,” said Perez, who along with two Colombian associates founded the Miami-based company. Zumba, a Latin dance-inspired aerobic workout, has exploded from a Miami gym phenomenon to infomercial and DVD smash hit into a global craze with some 12 million people taking classes every week in at least 125 countries. Zumba Fitness is now the largest branded fitness program in the world. Started on a shoestring budget in a Miami garage nearly 11 years ago, Zumba Fitness now has more than

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