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INDEX News . . . . . . . . . 3 Council Notes . . . . . 6 Opinion . . . . . . . . 8 Entertainment . . . . . 14 Health . . . . . . . 18 Fun & Games . . . . . 20 Business . . . . . . 22 stalbertjobs.com . . . 23

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Dan Davidson, lead singer of St. Albert-based indie rock band Tupelo Honey, sings his heart out on the Arden Theatre stage during the fourth annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Gala on Tuesday. The band was just one of many performers on the evening. Story, page 3.

BY THE NUMBERS

21 That’s how many people can fit into an older style Mini Cooper, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Members of the Caless Dance School in Tokyo, Japan, squeezed into the diminutive vehicle at a television studio on May 5, 2011. That equals the number achieved by students at a college in Sengalor, Malaysia, on June 17, 2006.

TELuS AWARD FOR YOuTH ARTIST

Albert Leader Photo: GLENN COOK, St.

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ANDREW BOYD ST. ALBERT CuLTIvATES THE ARTS AWARD FOR EMERGING ARTIST

SAMANTHA WILLIAMSCHAPELSKY

Arts take centre stage GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

St. Albert’s arts scene was the star of the show at the Arden Theatre on Tuesday evening. The fourth annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Gala put the spotlight on the diverse range of artists living in the city — from rock musicians to jazz, from dancers to painters — and recognized some of the best St. Albert has to offer. That included local playwrights and actors Maureen Rooney and Paul Punyi, who received the Mayor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. “It feels lovely, it really does, to be appreciated and to see the arts being appreciated like this,” Rooney said. “It’s also encouraging, to keep doing what you’re doing.” Other winners on the evening included are listed on the right side of this page. Telus Award for Youth Artist winner

Andrew Boyd said that it was encouraging to see the young talent in the city being recognized. “A lot of [young artists], I think they find it gets to a certain point where they’re not sure if they can pursue it as a career,” he said. “Something like this reinforces and gives them confidence that they are able to do what they love and people will recognize them for it.” Meanwhile, although president Gerry Buccini accepted the ATB Financial Community Arts Group Award on behalf of the St. Albert Community Band, he was quick to defer the credit back to the rest of the band. “People always say it’s mine, ti’s Gerry’s band,” said Buccini, one of the band’s founders, “but no, it’s the St. Albert Community Band that’s been blessed with hundreds and hundreds of fantastic performers.” The gala also served as a launching platform for the new St. Albert Live program, which will showcase local musicians, dancers and artists in familiar locations in St. Albert in YouTube videos that are updated quarterly. The videos can be found at www.youtube.com/stalbertlive.

Photos: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Left: Lifetime achievement award winners Paul Punyi and Maureen Rooney soak in the applause from the audience at the Arden Theatre. Below: Mayor Nolan Crouse does his best town crier impression to kick off the festivities on a humorous note.

54 That’s how many members of the Indian Army Service Corps Motorcycle Display Team “Tornadoes” were mounted on one moving motorcycle on Nov. 28, 2010, setting their own Guinness World Record. The motorcycle was a 500cc Royal Enfield, and they rode it a distance of 1,100 metres. The bike was modified, as permitted under world record guidelines, with a platform around it to carry all the riders.

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Thursday, March 21, 2013

MoneySense ranks city 2nd

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

After slipping from fifth to 12th last year in MoneySense magazine’s ranking of the Best Places to Live in Canada, St. Albert has bounced back higher than ever. MoneySense released their rankings for 2013 this week, and St. Albert has climbed all the way to No. 2 in the country, trailing only Calgary in the overall list. In the magazine, writer Mark Brown cites great children’s programs, affordable housing on large lots and amenities provided by the City of St. Albert as just a few of the reasons for taking top spot. “Residents of St. Albert, Alta., may spend more than half the year caught in the clutches of sub-zero temperatures but it’s not hard to see why so many of them have such warm feelings for this 152-year-old bedroom community nestled on the northwestern edge of Edmonton,” Brown wrote. He also mentions the “abundance of green spaces and trails” and the “steady stream” of activities in the summer months, like the

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St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce’s outdoor farmers’ market and the International Children’s Festival. “This survey reinforces that the things this entire community stands for and has done over the decades are recognized by the various measures across the country,” said Mayor Nolan Crouse in an email to the Leader. “Whether it be community safety or raising a family or the school system, the surveys and data [show] we are on the right track to provide services and a living environment that is amongst the best in Canada.” In their rankings, now in their eighth year, MoneySense takes into account things like average house price, crime severity index, property taxes, doctors per 1,000 population, jobless rates and the percentage of people who ride bikes or transit to work. Each category was allotted a number of points depending on its importance; for example, employment statistics were worth 10 points while sales taxes were worth one point. There were 103 points total up for grabs, and the top

city in each category was given the maximum number of points, while the rest received incrementally fewer points based on their ranking. Some categories were based on a city’s variance from an ideal figure, like population growth or precipitation. Up to five bonus points were also available for a certain percentage of people employed in arts, culture, recreation and sports. This year, MoneySense added 10 more cities to their rankings, bringing the total across Canada to 200, and added 11 new categories, including household net worth, the number of days above 20 C per year, movie theatres and proximity to an airport serviced by WestJet or Air Canada. St. Albert also ranked as the third-best place to raise kids, behind Calgary and Blainville, Que. In total, five Alberta cities are in the top 10 overall, including Strathcona County (4th), Lacombe (8th) and Lethbridge (9th). Edmonton landed just outside the top 10, in 11th spot. You can see the full ranking online at www.moneysense.ca/bestplaces-2013.

Howdy, neighbour Photo: gLenn cook, St. Albert Leader

Butch Perfect (left) gets a hug from his nominator, Maureen Rooney, as he is recognized during the City of St. Albert’s Celebrating Good Neighbours awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 13, at Progress Hall. More than 50 good neighbours were recognized for their selfless acts of kindness and efforts to make their neighbourhoods better places to live.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Mural a unifying force at Remand Centre GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

When it opens in a couple of weeks, the new Edmonton Remand Centre will be a hive of activity. But one St. Albert artist hopes his latest creation will give staff, visitors and inmates an oasis of calm among the hustle and bustle. On the wall of the chapel of the new Remand Centre — located at 127 Street and 185 Avenue in Edmonton — sits painter Lewis Lavoie’s newest Mural Mosaic. In it, numerous small paintings created by inmates at the old Remand Centre in downtown Edmonton and at the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre come together to create an image of a man walking down a path into the sunlight. “The space here, they want to use it for all different denominations, so we didn’t want to make it just one religious faith here. We wanted to have many different expressions of faith,” Lavoie said during a visit to the chapel Monday. “I focused on what that commonality would be. It’s all about going down a path toward a positive thing, leaving darkness and [going into] the light.” The tiles of the mosaic depict symbols from a wide variety of religions, from Judaism and Islam to First Nations and Christianity. Leslie Crowley, Roman Catholic chaplain at the Remand Centre, said the mural will not only promote tolerance among current inmates, but inspire those who come in the future. “When the inmates were doing this, they knew they were doing it for the future, so they wanted to give hope and tell their stories,” she said. “The present-day and future inmates will be able to connect through those stories and find hope.” “It adds a lot of colour, a lot of beauty. For them to get out of their drab little cells and come here, I think it’s a great thing,” Lavoie added. The chapel was one of the stops for visitors during an open house over the weekend, and Crowley said the mural drew lots of comments from the public.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

St. Albert painter Lewis Lavoie (right) and Remand Centre chaplain Leslie Crowley stand in front of the new Mural Mosaic that features prominently in the new facility’s chapel. “People couldn’t stop looking at it,” she said. “There were many comments. There are so many stories within this mural.” The idea for the art first came together about two years ago, as the new Remand Centre was still in the planning stages. “We were told we would be allowed to have a picture, and we were wondering what was going to connect to everybody,” Crowley said. “We were at a meeting of an interfaith group of chaplains to come up with a common theme. While we were doing that, [one of the chaplains] dialed up on his phone one of Lewis’s Mural Mosaics and said, ‘Have you ever seen this guy?’” It turned out that Crowley had just seen Lavoie paint live at a fundraiser at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton, but she hadn’t seen any of his mosaics yet. “That’s when my mind took off,” she said. “I thought, ‘We can have a big picture. We can have a representation of many faiths.’ And then I went further and thought what if the inmates could do this?” Lavoie took on the project, but wasn’t exactly sure at first how it would all come together. “We weren’t even sure if it would be possible

to get all the inmates, collect them, and get them all in one place, sitting down and doing little painting workshops,” Lavoie said. “Working out the logistics was the hardest part.” Crowley agreed, saying there were quite a few challenges in making sure all the inmates who wanted a chance to participate had one. “There were a lot of challenges with security,

but they were very helpful and very creative in solving the problems,” she said. When Lavoie first started working with the inmates, he admits he was a little intimidated, but that soon changed. “I was a little bit apprehensive. Some of the inmates right at the beginning said, ‘I don’t know if I’m going to have time to do a painting.’ But they were quickly corrected by other inmates saying, ‘What are you talking about, man? We’re in prison. We’ve got lots of time,’” he said with a laugh. “A lot of these inmates are inmates that have faith — they’re either on that path of getting faith, or they already have it. They’re the kind of inmates that wanted to take and were pretty excited to give something back.” For Crowley, the one tile that stands out is one that depicts a waterfall and a tipi, which was painted by a man who has since passed away. “I had done a memorial for some inmates who were related to him,” she said. “That really struck me, because he has left a legacy for future inmates.” Aside from the artwork, the new facility’s chapel will also have a piano and an altar, which will be moved over from the old Remand Centre. The new Remand Centre should be up and running sometime in early April.

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COUNCIL NOTES •

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ISSUES

Governance Review

Economic Development Advisory Committee

Servus Place Consultation Results

Significant Event Stimulus Fund

WHY IT MATTERS

A series of recommendations have been made that will change the way that council and administration function, including more responsibilities for the city manager, implementation of a “consent agenda” and the possible reworking of several committees.

A review committee has recommended replacing SAEDAC with an Economic Development Advisory Board (EDAB), which would report to the City’s economic development department and have no council representation.

Feedback from the consultation has been integrated into plans for Servus Credit Union Place. A recommendation was brought forward for Administration to revise the Capital Project Charter with updated expansion plans and costing for consideration in the 2015-2017 budget process.

Utilizing the $229,000 returned to the City by the St. Albert Steel, a recommendation has been made to create a fund that would support the development of events which will draw people to St. Albert.

THE VOTE

CROUSE . . . . . . . . . . ✔ PARKER . . . . . . . . . . ✔ HERON . . . . . . . . . . . ✔ BRODHEAD . . . . . . . ✔ LEMIEUX . . . . . . . . . . ✔ BRACKO . . . . . . . . . . ✔ MacKAY . . . . . . . . . . ✔

CROUSE . . . . . . . . . . ✘ PARKER . . . . . . . . . . ✘ HERON . . . . . . . . . . . ✔ BRODHEAD . . . . . . n/a LEMIEUX . . . . . . . . . n/a BRACKO . . . . . . . . . . ✘ MacKAY . . . . . . . . . . ✘

CROUSE . . . . . . . . . . ✔ PARKER . . . . . . . . . . ✘ HERON . . . . . . . . . . . ✔ BRODHEAD . . . . . . n/a LEMIEUX . . . . . . . . . n/a BRACKO . . . . . . . . . . ✔ MacKAY . . . . . . . . . . ✔

“St. Albert is becoming a large and complex municipality, and your volume demands — as we looked at them and did some analysis on them — showed that they are increasing quite dramatically.” – Joyce Tustian, Western Management Consultants

“At this point in time, more advice is not necessarily what we need. We’re moving into a phase of concrete action.” — City manager Patrick Draper

“The plan is great, but what Council really wants to see is the cost. That is the bottom line for us.” — Cathy Heron

“We were fortunate to recover the money we got from the Steel… If we hadn’t have got that money, would we be coming forward with this request?”

NOTABLE QUOTES

“I’m worried. I don’t know if I’m going to support it in September [after the trial period] but I’m willing to give it a try for now.” – Cathy Heron

Council will trial the new structure from July through September and will then make a recommendation as to whether it should be continued moving forward.

WHAT’S NEXT FEEDBACK

“The benefit is that we can work very closely with a smaller committee and a more focused committee.” — Guy Boston, economic development executive director The new advisory board will be composed of up to 13 members from the community and will assist administration in the implementation of the council-approved economic development plans. SAEDAC will wind down its work by June 30. “[The SAEDAC bylaw] limits the committee in so many ways that we were hitting walls all the time. ... Without the bylaw, there’s more leeway, more room to move, more room to grow. Most of the SAEDAC group we spoke to are on board with this.” — Charlene Zoltenko, SAEDAC

— Malcolm Parker

“I’ve floated the idea of a plebiscite in 2017… At that time Servus Place would be 11 years from opening.” — Nolan Crouse

While the conceptual design was approved by Council, no money has been allocated at this time towards implementing the expansion plans.

The fund will be used to support new, recurring events that support economic development through increased tourism.

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Flipping out for new academy GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Earning their stripes Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leader

Zander the Zebra high-fives students from École Marie Poburan Friday during a pep rally for the Wild Ones Marafun as part of May’s RunWild Marathon. In the Marafun, students can run a marathon one kilometre at a time, finishing off the full 42.2 kilometres on the day of the race.

The Greater St. Albert Catholic Regional District is hoping students and parents will flip out over a new program coming to five of its schools this fall. The district announced this week that it will be starting up a new gymnastics, cheerleading and dance program for students in Grades 4 to 9 as part of its popular sports academy offerings, giving students the chance to participate in those sports three afternoons a week at Albert Lacombe School, École Father Jan, École Secondaire Sainte Marguerite d’Youville, Richard S. Fowler Junior High and Vincent J. Maloney Junior High. “It gives students the opportunity to try their hand at something that interests them, but they may not have had the time in their normal family schedule — because families are really busy these days — to be able to do that as an after-hours kind of thing,” said GSACRD assistant superintendent David

Quick. The district has offered hockey and soccer programs through its sports academy for about 10 years now, which have proven quite popular. Quick is confident that popularity will extend to the new program. “Our first year, we’ll have a slightly limited enrolment compared to the size of our hockey and soccer [programs], but we are anxious to roll it out and just see how the community will embrace it,” he said. Families with students in the academy program will be charged an additional $230 per month. Quick described the idea for the gymnastics, cheer and dance stream as a “grassroots sort of a thing,” with much of the momentum coming from parents and staff already involved in the district’s sports academy. “[They were] looking for opportunities to engage a broader cross-section of students who are interested in athletic pursuits, but not necessarily in hockey or soccer,” he said. “We were looking in particular about how

we might do something a little different, and that’s where the notion of the gymnastics, cheer and dance [came from].” While some sports academies are geared to athletes competing at an elite level and others are more recreational in nature, Quick said this new program will be a mixture of both. “There are some students in our community who are involved in gymnastics or cheer or dance now, and that could be on a competitive level. And there are other students in the community that this will be their first exposure to it,” he said. Gymnastics instruction will be handled by Dynamyx Gymnastics Club in Campbell Park. Students and parents interested in the new gymnastics, cheer and dance activity stream can find out more by attending an information session on Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. at Albert Lacombe School (50 Gainsborough Ave.). Those interested are asked to RSVP by email to parents@gsacrd.ab.ca.

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OPINION

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Sitting on Servus Place

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hen it comes to expanding Servus Credit Union Place, it seems that there’s no middle ground; either you love the idea or you hate it. There are plenty of people on either side of that fence, but no one sitting on it. No one, that is, except for St. Albert by Glenn Cook city councillors, who voted at their regular meeting Monday afternoon to accept a conceptual design for the facility’s expansion — with feedback from the public and from stakeholders now built in — but not to put the plan and its costs forward for consideration in the 2015 budget. While, at first glance, council’s decision seems like dithering or waffling or being wishy-washy, perhaps it is a case of cooler heads prevailing. Clearly there is a need to expand certain parts of Servus Place; the fitness centre and studios are bursting at the seams, and there will always be a need for more ice time for minor hockey. But, as mentioned, there are plenty of people on either side of the issue that are passionate about what they would like to see happen. And rather than make a decision that could enrage either side, this gives the City of St. Albert time to sound out what exactly is needed and how to fund it — if they decide they want to go ahead with it at all. In fact, perhaps the best idea of the night came from those councillors who want to see the expansion plans go to a plebiscite alongside the 2017 municipal election. Even though plebiscites are costly endeavours, by that time, the City will have the answers to those questions of what needs there are and how to pay for them. Plus, that’s how the construction of Servus Place was approved in the first place, and so long as the question is properly crafted and fairly put before voters, a definitive answer one way or the other would go a long way toward getting an accurate gauge of the community’s feelings about the facility. We’ll know exactly what side of the fence the community sits on, and we’ll have a clearer understanding of what we want going forward.

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Face-to-face still the best communication

hese days, we are inundated with many new forums of communication compared to 25 years ago. Email, Linkedin, texting, Facebook, Twitter and blogs are only a few. Add those new options to phone calls, faxes, old-fashioned letters and face-to-face, and there are so many ways to connect. Council and staff have added some of these above options to the two-way reach with the community. Council has held town hall meetings, implemented web streaming, and had our website revamped. Staff have been issuing press releases more abundantly, there have been many project-specific open houses and there has also been an experiment with council newspaper columns. These are a few methods of engagement and, of course,

Nolan

CROUSE St. Albert Mayor My City the staff and council rely on the newspapers to report information regularly. The most effective form of communication is still face-to-face, though, and has been since the beginning of time. Nothing has changed in this regard. Interacting on the street, in the mall, at fundraisers, at City Hall or on the walking trail is a role of all seven councillors. One of our obligations as public officials is to interact and have two-way dialogue with as many people as possible — exhausting ourselves in the process. When it comes to

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communication, we have a long way to go. What more can we all do? First, we all need to vote at elections — an important way of voicing opinion. There also needs to be a significant improvement in adult-youth communications. Traditional town hall meetings seldom have youth between 15 and 30 attending, and that is a two-way reach-out that can improve. Council has been having “State of the Environment” meetings at the high schools annually for the past three years, which have been well attended; this model is working very well. Second, there needs to be a new look at what the “engagement radius” is for matters that affect neighbourhoods, businesses and homes. Defining who should be formally informed of

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a change in a neighbourhood is one area of improvement. Whether it be a new business, street repairs, a playground rebuild or a new amenity, there has to be stronger definition of who is informed and how. Finally, I am proud to witness some outstanding progress when it comes to a deeper engagement of youth and adults together in this community over the past five years. The formation of a High School Rotary Club at SACHS, the beginning of a Youth Entrepreneurial Program at NABI, the formation of the SOARing youth group, the formation of the BAM youth group, the formation of a Bike Skills group, a new youth tennis program, an expanded youth curling program and Junior Achievement are all shining examples. Owned and operated by

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Boards need more time on teachers deal

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A map showing the approximate alignments for both Fowler Way and Neil Ross Road. The City of St. Albert announced Friday that the new arterial roads in the north end of the city would be named after the former mayors.

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Former mayors get their Way

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Despite having served as St. Albert’s mayor for a total of 12 years and MLA for four, Richard Fowler is finally getting his own Way. The City of St. Albert announced Friday that two new arterial roads being planned for the north end of the city, scheduled to open over the next couple of years, will be named after Fowler and fellow former mayor Neil M. Ross. Neil Ross Road will run east of St. Albert Trail, adjacent to the Erin Ridge North subdivision, while Fowler Way will run west from the same intersection with St. Albert Trail and north of Villeneuve Road, connecting with Ray Gibbon Drive. “When the City approached us, they asked us, ‘What do you want it called — Trail? Road? Way?’ And we kept coming back to Way,” said James Fowler, Richard’s son, during the announcement at St. Albert Place Friday morning. “Mom asked, ‘Why are we coming back to Way?’ And I thought, that’s it — doesn’t everyone want their own way?” For the Ross family, the road is an emotional and humbling honour. “My dad was mayor at a time when the community was less than 1,000 people,” said Doug Ross, Neil’s son. “So to be remembered after all these years is very touching and gratifying for us.” Neil M. Ross served as the mayor of St. Albert from 1947 to 1951. He was born in Edmonton in 1909, and worked for many years in California and building the Jasper-Banff highway before returning to St. Albert. Once back, he married Sadie Staton, had six children, and started Ross Truck Service. During his time as mayor, Neil was very involved in the construction of the grotto on the grounds of the St. Albert Catholic

Parish, and donated the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary that remains there today. Neil retired in 1967, and passed away in 1977. Doug and two of his siblings still live in St. Albert, and being able to drive past this tribute on a regular basis will be special. “It’s a constant reminder of our family and how deep the roots go here,” he said. Construction will begin on Neil Ross Road later this spring, and City officials think it could be completed if everything goes their way this construction season. Pending budget approval, design work will likely begin on Fowler Way in 2014, and construction could begin in 2015. Aside from the intersection the roads will share, there are many other connections between the Fowler and Ross families. Doug noted that Richard’s brother, Stan, used to drive him and his sister Sheila — who was in a wheelchair — to the University of Alberta for many years. Mayor Nolan Crouse said that announcing the roads’ names is not only a chance to honour the former mayors and their families, but also gives City staff and developers clearer direction. “Administratively, it’s kind of a detail so they can put stuff on maps. That’s the boring side of it, but at least that can start to happen. ... It’s intended to get way ahead,” he said. “I’m proud of being able to do this pleased the families are able to celebrate together.” The City’s street naming policy sets out that arterial roads should be named for former mayors whenever possible. Friday’s announcement was emotional for many involved, including Crouse, who is close to the Fowler family — many members of which came in from out of town for the special day. Dawne Fowler, Richard’s widow, said they were thrilled with the honour, and she was sure he would be, too.

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Doug Ross, son of Neil M. Ross, speaks at Friday’s announcement at St. Albert Place. “Dick was a modest man; he didn’t like all the accolades and furor and what not,” she said. “But I think he’d be really pleased with this.” Richard was born on April 12, 1932, and was first elected mayor of St. Albert on July 7, 1965. He served one term before pursuing a law degree at the University of Alberta. Richard then stepped in to replace retiring mayor Ronald Harvey in 1980, and was re-elected in 1983 and 1986. He then went on to serve as St. Albert’s MLA from 1989 to 1993, holding several cabinet posts such as solicitor general and justice minister. Richard passed away in July 2012 after a long battle with pneumonia. Both Fowler and Ross also have schools named after them in St. Albert, as well as Fowler Athletic Park on Sir Winston Churchill Avenue named after the former. “Losing him last year was really tough; we just loved him very much,” Dawne said. “But going down to the school, they think so highly of him. To open that front door and see that whole lobby area, they’ve done it up so nicely. It really is a wonderful testament.”

After being left out of discussions that led up to a tentative teachers’ deal, the Alberta School Boards Association says they need more time to review the document further before supporting or rejecting the deal. Monday, representatives from 60 of the 62 school boards met in Edmonton, to take a closer look at the document. “We have not come up with a decision on whether we’re going to endorse it and recommend it to school boards,” said ASBA president and Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools trustee Jacquie Hansen. “We only were given the document last Wednesday, and this is Jacquie Monday, so we’re going Hansen to need more time.” ASBA president Hansen says there was some “really positive discussion” that came out of the meeting with board representatives. If accepted, the four-year $120-million agreement will mean the salary grid for the province’s 40,000 teachers will be frozen until 2015, when they will see a two per cent increase and a one time lump sum payment. A pro of the deal, says Hansen, is the assurance that teachers will know what they will be paid for the next four years. However, a hard cap of 907 hours of instructional time per teacher per year by 2014-2015 continues to be a sticking point. “For some schools, that number will be problematic, especially rural school boards where they have smaller amounts of staff,” she said. “(Each board) will need to go home and have that discussion at their table and decide, in fact, whether the stability of four years, whether the zero increase in salaries is worth some of the content that’s in this agreement.” The deal has already been endorsed by the Alberta Teacher’s Association, meanwhile Edmonton Public will reveal a decision on Tuesday. The School Boards Association was expected to decide whether to recommend all boards approve the deal or not by the middle of this week.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tapping into inner energy GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A local woman is hoping to help people better tap into themselves and their own energy through a pair of seminars scheduled for early next month. Donna Fuechtman lives in St. Albert and is an educator and leader with Inner Peace Movement Canada. She’ll be at the Northern Alberta Business Incubator building on Mission Avenue on Tuesday, April 2, to deliver a pair of public talks entitled “Trust Your Intuition.” However, Fuechtman said that, despite the title, the talks will touch on a wide variety of subjects and are designed to allow people to tap into their own potential. “What I share on at the lecture are the spiritual facts of your life,” Fuechtman said. “We talk about who we really are, which is energy. We talk about making decisions in life. We talk about our four spiritual gifts and how to receive inner communication from our team of angels or board of directors — whatever you want

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to call them.” Listening to that inner communication is something Fuechtman says comes naturally to everyone, but people need to be more aware of this gift in order to use it to its full potential. “When I first was introduced to this, I was ready to scream at the top of my lungs. ‘Are you serious? Does everyone know about this?’ Obviously everybody does not,” she said with a laugh. “They know they have something; they follow it sometimes. But they really can’t pin it down or don’t fully understand it.” Not giving away too much of the talk she’ll be giving on April 2, Fuechtman said one of the biggest ways to tap into that inner communication is learning to trust. “It’s learning to trust what they naturally have,” she said, “and I think understanding the facts of their spiritual life and what we really have come to do, that will help them to trust more.” Fuechtman got involved with Inner Peace Movement Canada after spending 35 years in the

banking industry. “I thought I had it pretty good; I was the bank manager. I had a lot of the material things, a lot of the stuff. But I thought there’s got to be more to life than 9-to5, a pension plan, four weeks’ vacation, all that stuff,” she said. “It’s not that I was unhappy at that institution; the people I worked with are great and my clients were awesome. But there was something more, and the something more was when I really began to understand … what we’ve come to do. “When I really began to understand our experiences are really just here to help us learn and grow and change our level of consciousness, it took a lot of the pressure off. I didn’t have to act like or be like certain ways that society thinks we should or should not.” Fuechtman’s talks through Inner Peace Movement Canada take place at NABI (13 Mission Ave.) at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2. Admission is $15. For more information, visit www.innerpeacemovement.ca.

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Willie Robertson from the A&E show Duck Dynasty gets wideeyed while signing autographs Friday at the Edmonton Boat and Sportsman’s Show at the Edmonton Expo Centre.

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Even though she’s just 22, Nova Scotia singer-songwriter has got the attention of some Canada’s finest musicians, like Joel Plaskett and Ron Sexsmith — the latter she will open for Wednesday at the Arden Theatre.

Surreal times for Mo Kenney

excited I get to do a bigger tour with him outside of the Maritimes,” she said. St. Albert Leader Kenney is also excited to get another Although her musical career is just taste of Western Canadian hospitality, getting started, Mo Kenney is attracting having played a few dates in the prairies the attention of some big names in opening for Plaskett last October. Canadian music. “October was my first time out West; Kenney, who is just 22 and hails from I hadn’t been there before. I can’t wait to Nova Scotia, is about come back and take to embark on her in all the sights,” she second tour opening said. for folk veteran Ron Kenney’s selfSexsmith — including titled debut album a stop at the Arden was recorded with Theatre in St. Albert Plaskett at his studios Mo Kenney on Wednesday, March in Dartmouth, N.S., Singer-songwriter 27 — and recorded her starting in April 2011, first album under the although Plaskett was guidance of possibly Nova Scotia’s most aware of Kenney’s talents several years successful musical export, Joel Plaskett. earlier. Having two of Canada’s most While she said it was an respected singer-songwriters take her overwhelming amount of under their wings like they have is still information to take sometimes a little surreal. in all at once, she “Three years ago, I didn’t really have said it was “probably anything going on musically, so to be one of my favourite in this situation where I have all these experiences ever in awesome artists to work with is kind my life” and she is of surreal,” Kenney said. “I have to grateful for the tips stop and think for a second, because and tricks Plaskett was it doesn’t seem real sometimes. I’m so able to pass on to her. fortunate to work with these guys so “Working with Joel in early in my career.” the studio was the first Kenney has toured with Sexsmith real recording experience before, but this tour is much more I’ve ever had,” she said. extensive, and she is very excited to “He does everything analog, everything learn even more from one of the best on tape. I mean, I have GarageBand and singer-songwriters Canada has to offer. I’ve used that before, but it’s really cool “It’s quite the experience. I toured to get in the studio with him and see with him a couple of years, just a few how he does everything without a big dates around the Maritimes, so I’m computer screen.”

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“I’m just happy that people seem to be liking it.”

The CD was released in September 2012, and Kenney is thrilled to finally have it out there and to let people hear it. “I feel like I’ve been waiting years and years to have a record of my own out into the world for people to listen to,” she said. “I’ve been writing the material on it since — the earliest song I probably wrote when I was 16.” Since the album’s release, it has been received positively, and Kenney said that’s a bit of a nice surprise. “As a musician that hasn’t had anything out there for people to listen to, you’re not really sure how people are going to respond to it,” she said. “I’m just happy that people seem to be liking it.” But Kenney isn’t planning on resting on her laurels; in fact, she plans to have a long musical career ahead of her. “Hopefully I’ll do some more travelling abroad — I would really like to travel to Europe and tour a little bit,” she said. “I get to go play the Great Escape Festival in England, which I’m really excited about it, since I’ve never been over there before. It’s just cool to have a job where you get to travel to all these new places.” Mo Kenney hits the stage with Ron Sexsmith at the Arden Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27. Tickets for the show are sold out.

Getting Harry Photos: STEVE KNIGHT, Special to the Leader

Singer and guitarist Harry Manx mesmerizes the sold-out audience at the Arden Theatre on Friday evening. Manx blends Indian folk melodies with slide guitar blues, and has released 11 albums over the past 10 years. Aside from the guitar, Manx also plays the lap steel guitar, the harmonica and the banjo, as well as his 20-string Mohan Veena.

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Exhibits open to interpretation at AGSA GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Things are very much open to interpretation this month at the Art Gallery of St. Albert. Starting today (Thursday) and running until April 27, the gallery, located on Perron Street, is playing host to a pair of exhibitions of abstract art, one by Edmonton artist Duncan Johnson and the other by Calgary’s Angela Lane. Johnson’s exhibit is entitled plane-space, the brightly coloured works of which are “the result of his experimentation with the physical means of painting,” as the flyers advertising the show put it. “[I hope people take away] just an uplifting, positive experience with painting,” he said. “Pleasure is my motivation; I don’t carry a lot of baggage into the studio to work.” Johnson studied art at the University of Alberta, earning a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1999 and a master’s degree in 2003. During that time, he said, drawing and painting became his primary focus, and he gravitated toward abstraction. “The work I was attracted to was abstract, the middle 1960s large colour fields. And that just sort of stuck with me all along,” he said. Aside from the variations in colour, Johnson’s work also varies in size and medium. Some of his pieces are large canvasses up to three feet by four feet, while

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Abstract artist Duncan Johnson poses with a few of the pieces that demonstrate the wide range in scale in his exhibit at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, which is entitled plane-space and runs until April 27. others are on pieces of foam core and are barely bigger than a standard sheet of paper. “It’s tinkering with vocabulary and experimenting with how to get the paint down in different viscosities, how it will perform,” he said. “But sometimes you end up with something substantial and you want to push further and break the mould.”

As for the different mediums, he became very aware that the paint behaves very differently on each of them, and that was something he wanted to explore. “I like the way [the foam] drinks the light. It takes the light a little different. It receives the paint a little different,” Johnson said. “The larger work is on canvas, which functions

differently to your eye and how the paint will be received. It has an absorbent factor, which [the foam] does not.” Meanwhile, Lane’s exhibit, Hybrid Forms, straddles the line between

Hello cello Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Martin Kloppers plays his selfmade electric cello — which he calls “the cellotaur” — during the opening night gala of the Night of Artists festival on Thursday, March 14, at the Enjoy Centre. The festival also featured more than 40 visual artists displaying their works, performances by different bands, a fashion show and Pecha Kucha Night St. Albert No. 4.

One of the pieces included in Angela Lane’s exhibit Hybrid Forms, on now until April 27 at the Art Gallery of St. Albert.

painting and sculpture. Her bold colours are distributed among mediums like canvas, linen and fibreboard that quite literally jump off the walls. “It’s very different from anything we’ve had here since I’ve been working here,” said AGSA curator of exhibits Jenny WillsonMcGrath. In fact, she said, even the installation is rather labour intensive, with linen wraps and paint being incorporated into most of the pieces. “It’s like build-your-own-art,” she said with a laugh. “There are very detailed instructions. … She’s relinquished the final preparation of the piece to us, which is interesting, and very trusting.” Willson-McGrath said that, even though the two abstract exhibits are very distinct and will be presented as such in the gallery, they seem to complement each other nicely. “The reason we decided to run the shows concurrently was because it was a good opportunity to expose our visitors to different types of abstraction,” she said. “These two abstract artists have very different ideas and reasoning behind why they’re creating these pieces and how they want people to experience them.” Hybrid Forms and plane-space run at the AGSA (19 Perron St.) until April 27.

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Despite cracking up audiences in Anchorman, Knocked Up, I Love You Man and his latest film, Admission, Paul Rudd says he still doesn’t consider himself a comedian.

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Funny guy Paul Rudd says, “I still don’t consider myself a comedian.” Wait — the star of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Reno 911: Miami, Role Models, I Love You Man, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, This is 40 and all the other great comedies of the last decade says he’s not a comic? Correct: He trained as a serious theatre actor. “My background isn’t comedy. I never went to Second City or any of those things,” says Rudd, 43, “and although I’ve been able to be in comedies in the last few years, I studied classical theatre.” Maybe so, but it’s comedy that has the father of two phoning from his home in New York, as he does the publicity rounds for the movie Admission. Opening Friday, it stars Rudd as the principal of an alternative school and Tina Fey as an admissions officer at Princeton. There’s a prodigy at Rudd’s school he hopes to get into Princeton, and the boy may have a special connection to Fey’s character. The movie mixes comedy and drama, but in some ways it’s a film about mentoring. It’s also the first time Rudd and Fey have worked together. “She is as advertised,” he says cheerfully of his co-star. “As great as you think she’ll be, she’s even better — kind and bright and funny, and she makes me feel as if I’m an equal, even though I don’t feel as if I am. She’s so alpha in every category,” he says, laughing. “I like her. I liked working with her. A lot of the same things make us laugh.” Endlessly charming and — yes — funny in conversation, Rudd says the laugh track to his career started in 2004 with Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. The road to

that film begins after Rudd graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic ArtsWest. He found work fairly quickly. “I got a job on a TV show called Sisters,” he says, “and I played Ashley Judd’s husband. George Clooney was also on that show. I don’t know what happened to him.” When the movie Clueless was a hit in 1995, Rudd’s career went up another notch. He moved to New York. “I’ve lived in New York now for 18 years, and I thought I’d try and have a career as much on my own terms as possible.” That, says Rudd, meant doing plays and small, interesting movies, when they were offered. “I hoped to be able to do things that were indicative of my personality or had something meaningful to me, not just a paycheque kind of job. I just wanted to be a working actor.” One of the first things he did that he felt passionate about was the movie Wet Hot American Summer (2001). That film, says Rudd, changed his career. For one thing, it’s a film many comedy writers appreciate, and Anchorman author/director Adam McKay was certainly aware of it. Rudd suspects the movie helped him get the job in Anchorman; that’s also where he met Judd Apatow, who was producing Anchorman. It became the first of Rudd’s string of comedies. Anchorman was also the first big studio film Rudd had done where improvisation was encouraged. “My whole approach to the way I work changed on that movie, when it comes to working on these comedies. Depending on the director or the script, I do tend to improvise a lot more.” Rudd actually drops his voice when he says that, as if the secret of improvisation on such movies should not be revealed. And the Anchorman sequel? “We started shooting last week,” he says. “My moustache has a life of its own.”

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Get the fitness party started SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – From spinning birthday celebrations to pole dancing bachelorette bashes, U.S. gyms are offering fitness parties as new way to mark life’s milestones — with a few friends and a good sweat. Gyms and fitness studios are often eager to host the festivities, which light up darkened rooms after hours and expose potential new members to their services. “We’ve created bachelorette parties, birthday parties, college reunions and divorce parties,” said Donna Cyrus, senior vice president of programming at Crunch, a national chain. Pole dancing parties are among the mostrequested fitness parties, and the merrymakers are overwhelmingly young women in their 20s and 30s. “The class is a reason for friends to get together and shed inhibitions for an hour,” Cyrus explained, “as well as a great marketing tool and clever use of idle space for the gym.” Fitness and yoga instructor Magen Banwart has led workout get-togethers from South Carolina to the Hamptons in New York. She said it’s a way to distinguish herself from other teachers in a very competitive market. “For the right price, you can get anyone to go anywhere and teach anything,” said New Yorkbased Banwart, who has led classes in yoga, core, barre and walk workouts during gatherings and retreats. Having a fitness class instead of drinks is a growing trend for women in work-related situations, Banwart said. And at business conferences, historically driven by parties, dinners and cocktail hours, more time and money is being spent on healthy events. “They’re not only offering a class or two.

Organizers are taking the time to create a whole mind/body commitment,” she said. “You’re seeing a strong trend for conferences to include stress management and people are identifying yoga and movement with stress management.” Community is the key for Jason Capili, who recently celebrated his 36th birthday at a Soul Cycle indoor cycling studio in New York City. “I had people block out a bunch of bikes,” said Capili, who works in human resources risk management. “We brought in cupcakes and sparkling wine and at the end, during the stretches, I made a wish.” Capili enjoys attending fitness celebrations for friends and friends of friends. “I think it’s a really supportive environment,” he said. “When you have people really supportive and committed there’s a sense of co-operative energy that you can’t replicate with a one-on-one trainer.” Crunch fitness instructor Courtney Alexander said her private pole dancing parties are much like her group fitness pole dancing classes, except with more giggling. While the pole dancing class is very athletic, private parties offer a bit more leeway. “I teach for the full hour, much as I would in class,” said Alexander. “But if it’s a private party, I’m open to requests. Rather than going upside down, we might do more forward dips or spins or a sexier flow.” Alexander said the classes are as intense as need, and mood, dictate. After the class it’s not unusual for revelers to continue the party elsewhere. “Usually right after the class, they’ll change in the locker room, get dressed up and go out for drinks,” she said. “This is the party before the party gets started.”

Aspirin may decrease skin cancer risk SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Older women who regularly took aspirin, but not similar anti-inflammatory drugs, had a lower-than-average risk of developing melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, according to a U.S. study. Melanoma cases have been on the rise in recent decades. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 77,000 new melanomas will be diagnosed in 2013 and just over 9,000 people will die of the disease. The findings, published in the journal Cancer, are based on 12 years of data from the large, long-term Women’s Health Initiative study and account for how much time study participants spent in the sun and whether they typically used sunscreen.

But lead author Jean Tang, from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, said that this does not mean all women should start taking aspirin to ward off skin cancer. “This study ... correlates use of aspirin with lower melanoma risk but doesn’t prove it,” Tang told Reuters Health. For their study, Tang and her colleagues tracked almost 60,000 white women, ages 50 to 79, who reported their medication use and any new diagnoses on annual questionnaires. During the research period, 548 women — less than one per cent — were diagnosed with melanoma. Women who said they were regularly taking aspirin — meaning at least twice a week — at the start of

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Men and women across the United States are celebrating their birthdays not at nightclubs or bowling alleys, but in yoga studios or spin classes.

the study were 21 per cent less likely to develop melanoma than those not on anti-inflammatory medicines. Use of aspirin for five years or longer was tied to a 30 per cent reduction in skin cancer risk. However, women who took other non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDS) — such as ibuprofen and naproxen — weren’t any less likely to develop melanoma. Neither were users of acetaminophen. Aspirin and other NSAIDS inhibit certain proteins that are known to play a role in tumor growth, so it’s not clear why aspirin alone might lower the risk of melanoma. According to Tang, it’s possible there just weren’t enough women taking non-aspirin NSAIDS in the study to see a clear effect.

Study: Grades, not dates, in junior high SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Students who date in junior high school are four times more likely to drop out and twice as likely to drink, smoke cigarettes and use marijuana compared to their single classmates, a new U.S. study says. Researchers surveyed 624 Georgia students in Grades 6 to 12, and their teachers. “At all points in time, teachers rated the students who reported the lowest frequency of dating as having the best study skills and the students with the highest dating as having the worst study skills,” the study said. Researchers said some of the students likely start dating early as part of an overall pattern of high-risk behaviours. Pamela Orpinas, study author and professor in the College of Public Health and head of the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, said the study suggests “dating should not be considered a rite of passage in middle school.” The study is published in the Journal of Research of Adolescence.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

McIvor ready to rock workouts

music people and working out is a huge part of our careers, so we were just so excited to be introduced to this new website.” Canada’s Olympic ski cross golden girl — named last year by Sportsnet Magazine as one of the 30 Most Beautiful Athletes on the Planet — is partial to electronic music. For as long as she can remember, McIvor has relied on upbeat tunes to power through her workouts. “It’s hugely important when I’m working out,” notes the Whistler native, an uber-fit 145 pounds at fivefoot-10. “It just allows me to get in the zone and focus on what I need to focus on and sort of tune other distractions out. Good beats pump you up and energize your workout.” McIvor, now skiing freestyle professionally since retiring from competition, also typically dons her earbuds on the slopes and when she goes jogging. “Music’s always been a pretty big part of my life. I have a lot of friends in Whistler who are DJs. A lot of my great memories have music involved,” she says. “Music helps bring me to a happy place. I think that’s the easiest way to describe it.”

energizing workout music. She and her fiancé — Vancouver Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit — When Olympic ski cross champ have recently teamed up with rara. Ashleigh McIvor works out in the gym com, an online music streaming at the Whistler Athletes Centre, it’s service. not uncommon for her to “fight” for The B.C.-based sporting power control of the iPod dock. couple shares similar music interests. Because whoever “Jay likes interval controls the dock training. So, controls the workout throughout the music pumping course of an hourthrough the weight long workout, he likes room’s speakers. to have high points And more often than and mellower sections not, McIvor’s the (in his workout Ashleigh McIvor gym DJ when she’s music),” McIvor Olympic ski cross champion around. explains. “And then “A lot of the time, even sometimes I’m fighting over the iPod dock with within each track — I’m the same — people in the gym. We all kinda know we both like to have a slower lead-up each other,” the 29-year-old freestyle into a heavy bassline or a good beat skier tells Sun Media with a chuckle. drop or a good chorus.” “It helps to have fresh content and The two have compiled a 17-song good music to plug in so people trust playlist for rara.com aimed at getting you so you actually get to plug your music-loving workout enthusiasts iPhone in when you get there.” fired up. McIvor, who won a historic gold “What we tried to do with this medal for Canada in the inaugural playlist was create a good variety,” ski cross competition at the 2010 McIvor says. Winter Olympics in Vancouver, has “Our playlist has Deadmau5, ensured that she will never run out of Freestylers and a lot of DJs. We’re big

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“[Music is] hugely important when I’m working out.”

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Olympic ski cross gold medallist Ashleigh McIvor says music is a huge part of keeping her motivated when she works out.

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Sold Listings: 12 Active Listings: 54 Sold Listings: 29 Active Listings: 10

BRAESIDE Active Listings: 8

ERIN RIDGE

$365,083

Average list price:

$352,200

90 days back

Average list price:

$435,160

Low $370,000/High $849,900 Low $374,900/High $514,000 Avg. days on market: 40

90 days back

Low $315,000/High $470,000 Low $324,900/High $384,800 Avg. days on market: 35

DEER RIDGE

$500,412

FOREST LAWN

Sold Listings: 6 Active Listings: 3 Average sale price:

Average sale price:

$338,000

$861,412

Low $296,000/High $369,500 Low $469,900/High $2,574,000 Avg. days on market: 45

GRANDIN 90 days back

Average sale price:

$419,300

Average list price:

$386,766

Low $359,000/High $520,000 Low $289,000/High $669,000 Avg. days on market: 48

90 days back

Average list price:

90 days back

Sold Listings: 8 Active Listings: 6

KINGSWOOD

Sold Listings: 6 Active Listings: 24

MISSION

PINEVIEW 90 days back

Sold Listings: 9 Active Listings: 7 Average sale price:

$302,933

Average list price:

$484,928

Low $267,000/High $344,900 Low $372,900/High $639,900 Avg. days on market: 31

NORTH RIDGE 90 days back

$620,222

Average list price:

$499,412

Low $510,000/High $748,000 Low $385,000/High $724,900 Avg. days on market: 58

LACOMBE PARK 90 days back

Average sale price:

$480,576

90 days back

Average list price:

$347,820

$426,650

Low $372,500/High $649,900

Average sale price:

$383,125

Average list price:

$435,091

Low $288,000/High $450,000 Low $319,000/High $799,900 Avg. days on market: 45

Average sale price:

$342,671

Average list price:

$580,133

Low $267,000/High $431,000 Low $319,900/High $1,190,000 Avg. days on market: 32

Average sale price:

$469,494

Average list price:

$626,038

Low $304,900/High $832,000 Low $419,900/High $1,495,000 Avg. days on market: 35

Average sale price:

$576,753

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150 days back

Average list price:

$472,340

Low $365,000/High $1,184,138 Low $399,900/High $509,900 Avg. days on market: 55

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$409,900

Low $393,000/High $436,500 Avg. days on market: 44

90 days back

Low $330,000/High $665,000 Low $329,500/High $374,900 Avg. days on market: 48

OAKMONT

Average sale price:

STURGEON HEIGHTS

Sold Listings: 9 Active Listings: 25 Sold Listings: 13 Active Listings: 5 Average sale price:

Sold Listings: 5

Sold Listings: 5 Average sale price:

$399,900

Low $330,000/High $476,000 Avg. days on market: 61

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*The above area market averages represent the trailing 3-month averages, except where otherwise indicated, of single-family homes only as of the Monday of publication week. Data is provided by CRAIG PILGRIM of RE/MAX Real Estate (St. Albert), member of the Real Estate Association of Edmonton. Data does not include condos, townhomes or apartments, and does not differentiate between styles of homes. All efforts are made to ensure data is accurate for information purposes, but please consult a licensed real estate agent for additional market information.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

FUN & GAMES

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Alcatraz Prison, located in the San Francisco Bay, closes its doors and transfers its last inmates.

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The first championship series for the Stanley Cup is played in Montreal between the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association and the Ottawa Generals.

MArch 23, 1839

The initials “O.K.” are first published in the Boston Morning Post. They were meant to be an abbreviation of “oll correct,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time.

MArch 24, 1989

The supertanker Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in souther Alaska, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of oil into the water.

MArch 25, 1982

Race car driver Danica Patrick is born in Beloit, Wisc. She would become the first woman ever to lead laps at the Indianapolis 500, the first woman to win a major open-wheel race, and the first woman to earn the pole position at the Daytona 500.

MArch 26, 1997

39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult are found dead at a mansion near San Diego, Calif.

MArch 27, 1939

The first-ever NCAA men’s basketball tournament concludes with Oregon defeating Ohio State 46-33 in the championship game.

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1) Apostle who betrayed Jesus 2) Flower associated with Easter 3) 40 days leading up to Easter 5) Traditional number of Stations of the Cross 7) Container for eggs 8) What Jesus died upon 10) Judge at Jesus’s trial 11) Colourful findings 13) Movie about Easter from 2011

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BUSINESS

Home sales take a tumble in Feb.

Gov’t touts Keystone pipeline in Times ad

greenhouse gas emissions, and that Alberta has a $15 price on carbon. It also touts Alberta’s $1.3 billion investment Alberta NDP leader Brian Mason is blasting a in carbon capture and storage. Government of Alberta ad that ran in Sunday’s “The ad is extremely misleading with respect New York Times, calling “misleading” and to Alberta’s environmental record. It says that “fundamentally dishonest.” we have put a price on carbon. What we have The ad, titled Keystone XL: The Choice of is a very low price put on carbon intensity Reason, supports the Keystone XL pipeline emissions,” Mason said. and positions the province as a “neighbour, Premier Alison Redford said in a statement ally (and) friend” of the Sunday that the ad is “part of United States while playing our ongoing efforts to speak up Alberta’s “strong directly with U.S. decision environmental track record.” makers and the American The $30,000 ad also cites a public, to ensure the facts are Canadian Energy Research clear about Alberta’s record Institute estimate that the of responsible oil sands Brian Mason pipeline and continued oil development.” Alberta NDP Leader sands development will create “There is no doubt Alberta 138,000 American spinoff jobs is the safest, most secure and per year for the next 25 years. responsible energy provider to the U.S. market,” Mason finds that particular statistic troubling. Redford said. “That is primarily because upgraders will “Our past, present and future environmental be built and operated in the United States management actions — including the fact instead of here. So the premier’s document Alberta already has a price on carbon and demonstrates that in fact we’re exporting our was the first place in North America to legally jobs to the United States,” he said. require all large industry to curb emissions — “The Americans are making money on it, and are unmatched by any oil producing region in not us.” the world.” The NDP opposes the pipeline and the The ad also takes a jab at pipeline opponents, practice exporting raw bitumen exports jobs to saying, “some still argue Keystone should be the U.S. decided on emotion rather than science and The government’s ad puts a strong focus fact.” on selling Alberta’s environmental policies, Redford will return to Washington in April stating the province was the first place in North for the fourth time in 18 months to push for the America to require all large industry to curb U.S. government’s approval of the pipeline.

KEVIN MAIMANN Sun Media News Services

“The Americans are making money on it, not us.”

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Sales of existing homes in Canada fell in February from January while yearover year sales plummeted, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Friday in a report that bolstered evidence Canada’s once-hot housing market is slowing. The industry group for Canadian real estate agents said sales were down 2.1 per cent in February from the month before, reversing the small gain recorded in January. Actual sales for February, not seasonally adjusted, were down 15.8 per cent from a year earlier. CREA’s Home Price Index rose 2.7 per cent in February from a year earlier, the smallest gain since March 2011. “February 2012 saw an extra selling day due to the leap year. However, the year-over-year decline between this February and last year is largely a reflection of demand that is well off from 2012,” Gregory Klump, CREA’s chief economist, said in a statement. CREA said the government’s move to tighten mortgage lending rules in July 2012 has slowed the market, and lower activity is expected until at least the June-to-August peak season. “Until we get well into the summer months, yearover-year comparisons to months in the first half of 2012 are predictably going to be down significantly but not necessarily be indicative of further deterioration,” Klump said. “Rather, year-over-year comparisons will continue to reflect the long shadow cast by higher sales prior to last summer’s policy tightening. Looking at the monthly trend since then shows that we’ve been seeing reasonably stable trends for demand and prices.” The federal government tightened the rules after roaring sales since 2009 and historic levels of household debt sparked fears of a bubble. Sales have slumped since, and economists are divided over whether there will be a U.S.-style housing crash or a soft landing of slower sales and gradually declining prices. The number of newly listed homes fell 1.2 per cent month over month in February, leaving them at their lowest level since November 2010, CREA said. There were 6.8 months of inventory at the end of February 2013, up from 6.6 months reported at the end of January. The real estate group said the national average price, not seasonally adjusted, for homes sold in February 2013 was $368,895, representing a one per cent decline from the same month last year.

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12,773.87 NASDAQ

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3,229.10 DOW

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In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is not under contract to a specific team. As the world of work continues to evolve, many of us may become free agents of sorts, aligning ourselves only with projects that reflect our interests and skills. In such an environment, reputation is everything, says Thomas Frey, executive director and senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute, a non-profit futurist think tank in Colorado. Those who will be successful must have a “freelancer mindset.” “They need to be adaptable, willing to take on new projects and adventures, be able to work on their own and find whatever help they need when they need it,” he says. Here are some of his predictions for the future: 1. Project-based careers The average 30-year-old south of the border has had 11 different jobs. Fast forward a decade and the average 30-year-old will have worked on 200 to 300 projects, Frey predicts. It’s a trend made possible by advances in technology. “The Internet is a finely tuned communication

mechanism that enables us to match the talent of individuals with needs of a business in far more precise ways than in the past,” he says. It’s a trend that sits well with Generation X and Y who “find security in being able to jump from one job to another to another.” That’s because they’ve seen their parents work at jobs for long periods of time only to be abandoned when the jobs go away. “Jumping from job to job gives them much more freedom and ability to take control of their own life and their own career,” Frey says of young workers. 2. co-working facilities These innovative and collaborative workspaces are designed to appeal to small business owners, freelancers and startups looking to transition out of isolated work environments like home offices and cafés and push their productivity to the next level. “People working at home can be suffering from isolation and distractions ... A lot of people have been hanging out at coffee shops, which tend to be very noisy environments,” says Frey. This “big trend” brings them together in one facility to share resources and reduce operating costs. “You get to know the

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3. business colonies Co-working facilities will morph into “business colonies,” with project managers added to the mix to oversee projects and teams of freelancers. Frey compares business colonies to the movie industry. “When it starts a new project, it will bring on writers, directors, actors and crew. They come together for the project and once that project is over, they disband and move on to the next project.” Some business colonies will organize around specific themes like nanotechnology and gaming technology. “Some will exist as virtual colonies; other ones will be physical facilities. I think most will exist as a combination of both,” says Frey. Projects could range from just a few hours to six months to a year. Other trends on Frey’s radar include driverless cars, reducing the need for driving positions, parking lots and traffic cops. He also predicts a “massive shift” in the retail industry as online shopping offers convenience and competitive prices, thereby reducing the need for traditional clerks and shelf stockers.

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