St. Albert Leader - March 8, 2012 by St. Albert Leader

Thursday, March 8, 2012 • Vol. 1, Issue 21

CELEBRATING

IN BUSINESS — Special pullout inside

New commander Bugeaud in as named for local Liberal candidate RCMP detachment in St. Albert page 5

Council approves RFID system for public library

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page 26

Illustration: glenn cook, St. Albert leader

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Great memories made at Special Olympics

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INDEX

GLENN COOK

News . . . . . . . . . 3 Opinion . . . . . . . . 8 Women in Business . . . 9 Entertainment . . . . . 21 Homes . . . . . . . 23 Business . . . . . . 24 stalbertjobs.com . . . .27

St. Albert Leader

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Women have made — and continue to make — major contributions to the business community in St. Albert, and on International Women’s Day, the Leader is celebrating them in a special pullout section starting on page 9.

FUN WITH NUMBERS

Photos: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Maryam Heidari (in yellow) of Team Manitoba leads the way off the start line during the 4x100m snowshoeing relay at the St. Albert Rugby Football Club Saturday. Fans cheer on the Alberta Rockets floor hockey team at Servus Place on Saturday.

$600M

That’s how much, in U.S. dollars, the Ford Motor Company may lose this year in Europe, according to forecasts. Still, Ford chief executive Alan Mulally says the auto company has no plans to form any new alliances with other auto makers in the European market.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY MARCH 8, 1945

International Women’s Day is first celebrated in Canada and around the world.

MARCH 8, 1982

The British House of Commons passes the Canada Bill, allowing Canada to repatriate its Constitution. The House of Lords would then give final reading of the bill on March 25, and Queen Elizabeth II would sign the Royal Proclamation of the Constitution at a ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 17.

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After years of planning, the main event just flew by for Dan Roy. Roy is one of three co-chairs of the organizing committee for the 2012 Special Olympics National Winter Games, which wrapped up Saturday afternoon in St. Albert. He said that, after planning the games for years, the five days of competition that it was all geared toward went by in a flash. “It is a bit of a shock. ... It was a three-year period, and when it’s over, we’ll have a lot of great memories,” he said. “I’ve met a lot of great people, learned a lot.” More than 600 athletes, plus coaches, family and friends, descended upon Servus Credit Union Place and the St. Albert Curling Club — along with Marmot Basin in Jasper for alpine skiing and the Strathcona Wilderness Centre near Sherwood Park for cross-country skiing — to compete for national honours and perhaps even the chance to represent Canada in the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Roy said there were very few hiccups over the course of the five-day event. “We put together an athlete-centred games, and I think we pulled that off very well,” he said. “Our second objective was to show the city of St. Albert well, and our volunteers and our organization stepped up in so many ways, and we did everything humanly possible to make it an outstanding games.” Daniel Fiedellick, from Melfort, Sask., and his team took the silver medal in the A division curling event, and he said he had a great time. “I met a lot of new friends, and I saw some of them from Quebec [City] four years ago,” he said.

He was also impressed with the St. Albert Curling Club, which recently underwent a major renovation on the front end. “It’s good. It’s a nice rink, nice ice,” he said. Roy said great experiences like Fiedellick’s couldn’t have happened without the help of more than 700 volunteers who came out to lend a hand. “Over 700 people from St. Albert, the Edmonton area, and some from across Canada, took time to come and support a cause they all love and admire,” he said. He also commended the staff at Servus Place, which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, and three of the seven events. At the closing ceremonies Saturday afternoon, St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse announced a four-pronged program to ensure the legacy of these games lives on, including: • a display for the torch and other memorabilia from the games; • a piece of public art commemorating the spirit and energy of the athletes; • a job creation program for people with developmental disabilities; and • a sports legacy program that, with the help of Special Olympics Alberta and Special Olympics Canada, will ensure that program opportunities are available for Special Olympics athletes. Aside from those initiatives, though, Roy said he hopes the lasting legacy of the games will be one that lives on in the minds of people that attended. “I think the legacy is awareness,” he said. “We’ve had Special Olympics in St. Albert for years and years, and they’re almost a bit of a best-kept secret. I think a lot of St. Albert people are going to be more aware of that as they see future events held in St. Albert. I think they’ll be more willing to step up and catch more of that Special Olympics fever.”

RCMP turn up deadly drug in St. Albert bust GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A deadly drug, blamed for the deaths of eight Albertans since July 2011, has shown up in St. Albert. St. Albert RCMP say that a small amount of ecstasy powder seized during the execution of a search warrant in late February tested positive for paramethoxymethamphetamine, otherwise known as PMMA. PMMA has been linked to deaths mainly in Calgary and southern Alberta, although the Edmonton Police Service did issue

a warning about the drug after several overdoses were reported at an electronic music event on Jan. 28. Police warn that PMMA can cause feelings of anxiety or paranoia, and can lead to hallucinations. Users may also experience chest pain, heart palpitations, excessive sweating or nausea. They also warn that PMMA can have deadly side effects when mixed with other drugs or medications. When mixed with ecstasy — or MDMA — PMMA can weaken its effects, prompting users to take more of the pills and increasing their risk of overdose.

The ecstasy laced with PMMA was found in St. Albert when the local RCMP detachment’s drug unit searched a residence on Feb. 25. A sample was sent to Health Canada and analyzed, confirming the presence of PMMA. Police seized a small amount of marijuana during the raid. James Douglas Hardy, 21, of St. Albert has been charged with one count each of trafficking MDMA, trafficking PMMA and trafficking marijuana. Hardy was released on $1,000 cash bail and is scheduled to make his first appearance in St. Albert provincial court on March 12.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

YOUR COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE ON FINANCE*

Monday, March 12, 3:00 p.m. East Boardroom, Third Floor St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street *Special City Council Meeting immediately following the Standing Committee on Finance meeting. East Boardroom, Third Floor Agenda Item: • Personnel Matter (in camera)

ST. ALBERT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 13, 7:00 p.m. East Boardroom, Third Floor St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street

NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Monday, March 19, 3:00 p.m. Council Chambers, St. Albert Place 5 St. Anne Street

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PUBLIC NOTICE BYLAW 6/2012 BEING AMENDMENT 1 TO OFF-SITE LEVY BYLAW 30/2009 TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with Section 648 of the Municipal Government Act notice is hereby given of the intent of City Council to consider an amendment to Bylaw 30/2009 a Bylaw to establish Off-Site Levies for sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water and roadways. Bylaw 6/2012, being Amendment 1 to Bylaw 30/2009 will be presented to Council for first reading on March 19, 2012. The purpose of this Bylaw is to add a new Section 7.1 as follows: “7.1 Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 7 of this Bylaw, if new Municipal Infrastructure Off-Site Levy Rates are not established by March 31 in any given year, the previous year’s rates shall continue to be in effect

until such time as the re-calculated rates are established.” and “In section 13, replacing “April 1” with “December 31”. Details of the proposed Bylaw may be obtained by phoning the Engineering Department at 780-459-1654. A copy of the proposed Bylaw may be examined between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. weekdays at the Legislative Services Department, 3rd Floor, in St. Albert Place, St. Albert. Dates of Publication: St. Albert Leader – March 1 and 8, 2012 | St. Albert Gazette – March 3 and 10, 2012

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Local RCMP detachment gets new top cop GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The St. Albert RCMP detachment has a new top cop. It was announced on Wednesday, Feb. 29, that Insp. Kevin Murray has been appointed commander of the St. Albert detachment, and it is anticipated that he will start sometime in April. Murray is a 23-year veteran of the RCMP, and comes to St. Albert from Port Alberni, B.C. He has served as a detachment commander in the past, and said it was a role he wanted to fill again. “I really enjoyed that role, to lead in that position,” he said. Former detachment commander Insp. Warren Dosko, who was stationed in St. Albert for five years, was promoted to a superintendent position in Red Deer last November. Staff Sgt. Terry Kohlhauser has been heading up the detachment in the interim. Murray said that he knew a little bit about St. Albert before applying, but in taking a closer look during the interview process, he said he liked what he saw. “When you look at a place like St. Albert, it’s a nice-sized city, with its proximity to the larger urban area where

there are some additional amenities and university for my children,” he said. “And the size of the detachment is very similar to what I’m working in now. All those things combined really attracted me to that posting.” That research has also given Murray an idea of what challenges he might be facing and what issues he’ll need to address once he takes over in St. Albert. “There’s the concerns with drug use and initiatives that are focused on youth and traffic,” he said, also noting that he hopes to get a sense of how St. Albert’s proximity to Edmonton impacts on policing. “Really, it’s the same sort of initiatives or problems most communities will have. ... Some of the concerns are always with drug abuse, even in a community that maybe is considered a little affluent and doesn’t have homelessness issues and things like that.” He added that a focus on youth and keeping them engaged is something he wants to continue. “That, to me, is one of the keys moving forward,” he said. One thing he isn’t worried about, though, is having to police a city of more than 60,000 people — a point at which

other municipalities in the province might have left the RCMP in favour of their own municipal police force. “I think it comes down to resourcing levels,” he said. “I think what most municipalities would find, if they went to a municipal police force, is that the — for lack of a better word — regulation and legislation around that require far more resources than what St. Albert currently contracts for.” Murray grew up on a farm near Carman, Man., about 50 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg, and said he got into the RCMP partly because of family, but mostly because of positive experiences during his youth. “I did have cousins who were in the RCMP, so I looked up to them,” he said. “And I had a great relationship in my home community with the RCMP. I knew the detachment commander; his son was a friend of mine. And just having those interactions with the RCMP in my hometown in southern Manitoba really started to get me thinking it would be something I would enjoy.” Murray’s exact start date will be announced once his relocation plans are ironed out.

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Insp. Kevin Murray, a 23-year veteran of the RCMP, takes over as St. Albert detachment commander in April.

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Penzen takes ACC award GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Hard work is paying off for Jodie McFadzen. With the Home-Based Business Award of Distinction from the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce already under her belt, the owner of Penzen Ltd. in St. Albert brought home another honour on Friday, the Youth Entrepreneur Award of Distinction from the Alberta Chambers of Commerce. McFadzen said the award is a wonderful validation of all the hard work she has put into making the business work. “When I started the company, I was married, and went through a divorce right after, and had two small kids in diapers,” she said. “I was working well into the night, sometimes with no sleep at all, with two little ones plus working. So all my hard work finally paid off.” When she heard her name called, though, it was still a bit of a shock. “I didn’t want to get my hopes up; I was hoping they’d call my name, but I didn’t want to get discouraged if they didn’t,” she said. “I was totally taken by surprise. It was pretty amazing.” The ACC handed out their awards Friday at a gala event at the River Cree Resort and Casino, just west of Edmonton. “It’s probably one of the biggest things I could have accomplished, I think,” McFadzen said. Through Penzen Ltd., McFadzen prepares

architectural, electrical and mechanical manuals for construction projects and clients across Canada. She also offers bookkeeping and accounting services for a number of businesses. After seeing a boost in business when she won the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce award, McFadzen said she’s ready for another bump thanks to the provincial award. “I don’t do a lot of advertising; it’s mostly word of mouth,” she said. “And [the St. Albert award] got me quite a few new clients based on winning that award. So I’m thinking this will be pretty good for me, because it’s not based just out of St. Albert; it’s based out of the entire province.” Thankfully, though, she is better able now to take on that extra business while maintaining a balance with her family life. “My youngest is now in Grade 1, so I can have a bit more regular work hours,” she said. “Before, it was having a little one at home, but working as much full-time as I could to support us, but having the little one understand that, if the phone rang or if there was something that had to be done, Mommy couldn’t play cars or Mommy couldn’t play Lego.” Another St. Albert business, the Quantum Group of Companies, was nominated for the ACC’s Small Business Award of Distinction, but lost out to Xtreme Hot Oil Services of Hinton. Quantum, which develops fire retardant coatings for residential and industrial uses, took home the same award from the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce this past October.

Progress pucksters Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leader

Jesse Presisniuk (in orange) and Ryan Drake (in yellow) battle for the puck during the finals of the Canadian Progress Club’s second annual Pond Hockey Championship Saturday at Lacombe Park Lake. Team Orange would take the game 5-4 in overtime.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Bugeaud to carry Liberal banner in St. Albert James Burrows of the Wildrose Party and Tim Osborne of the Alberta Party on the ballot. The ballot for the riding of St. Albert Bugeaud said that the Liberal party in the upcoming provincial election has appealed to her because of the platform filled out, with the Alberta Liberal Party they unveiled about a month ago — announcing this week that Kim Bugeaud especially in the areas of health care and would run for the seat under their banner. social services, where she has worked in the Bugeaud, a former past. St. Albert Protestant “The platform Schools trustee from resonates with me,” 1995 to 1998, said that she said. “I am a social she is ready to run and worker. I have worked give a voice to those who in health care; I have feel they’ve been lost in worked front-line with the political shuffle. Children and Family Kim Bugeaud “I believe in due Services. And I have St. Albert Liberal candidate process and democracy, been very involved and it’s not quite as in education. ... I’ve vibrant in our province as I think it should witnessed a lot of grief and trauma of a lot be,” she said. “I think there are a lot of of people just trying to be safe and healthy.” people who are not feeling represented. “For human service organizations to And a community like St. Albert, with have to plan not knowing if they’re going to the resources we have, we should be there, have the same money next year, you can’t having representation.” build on programs that way,” she added. Bugeaud’s appointment means that all The St. Albert riding is one that the five major political parties in the province Liberals have taken a couple of times over have nominated candidates in the St. the past 20 years, but Bugeaud isn’t taking Albert riding. She joins Stephen Khan of anything for granted. the Progressive Conservative Party, Nicole “Politics is anybody’s guess,” she said. “I Bownes of the New Democratic Party, know there are a lot of people who don’t feel

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

“There are a lot of people who don’t feel represented.”

represented, and my job is going to be, over the next month, listening to what people are saying, telling people who I am, where I come from, what my values are, and developing those relationships so they can vote for someone they trust in.” And with her experience campaigning for a Protestant school board seat, both in 1995 and again in a byelection last year, Bugeaud knows that getting out and meeting people is key. “I think that being accessible [is important] — not only that you must be accessible, but you must be perceived as being accessible,” she said. “And I need to take responsibility for that.” Although a letter sent out last month by constituency association president and former MLA Jack Flaherty seemed to indicate the association was in disarray, Bugeaud is confident she’ll get the support she needs once the campaign officially gets going. “There’s a lot of people out there — a lot of people that share the beliefs and values that I do, and that’s what we need to do. We need to communicate,” she said. “Hopefully I will tell one person, and they’ll tell one person [and so on].” Provincial legislation states an election must be held by the end of May.

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

OPINION

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Culture part of our identity

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

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ry, if you will, to imagine peanut butter without jelly. Try to imagine Fred without Ginger, or Homer without Marge. Sacrilege as it may be, try to imagine Canada without hockey. Now, try to imagine St. Albert without the arts and culture. Imagine this city by Glenn Cook without the Arden Theatre or the various heritage sites, its vibrant visual arts community or even the Art Gallery of St. Albert. Imagine it without all the pieces of public art that dot our downtown and our recreational facilities. Imagine it without the International Children’s Festival or the St. Albert Children’s Theatre. Some things are just meant to go together, which is why it was great to see the City of St. Albert renew its commitment to culture with the approval of the Cultural Master Plan at Monday’s city council meeting. Of course, there were naysayers at the meeting — namely the St. Albert Taxpayers Association, who questioned the necessity of the plan and estimated that, if all the projects in the plan go ahead, it would cost the city $80.3 million over its 10- to 15-year timeframe. But, if people don’t want culture in St. Albert, they should have spoken up a long time ago. Arts and culture have become so ingrained in St. Albert that they have become part of our identity. It’s no coincidence that the word “arts” is part of “The Botanical Arts City.” It’s even a big reason that people have decided to move to the city. Without culture, St. Albert would have even less to set it apart from other Capital Region communities and to attract young families. The SATA representative at Monday’s council meeting wondered aloud if culture was a “must-have” item that most residents wanted. But, at this point, the answer to that question would likely be a resounding “yes” — so long as money is not foolishly thrown away to achieve that goal. Otherwise, this city will lose a big part of its identity, one that will hurt immensely and that we may never get back.

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What makes for a socially sustainable city?

ately you may have noticed that council has been discussing and approving a great deal of “master plans.” You may ask yourself, “What the heck is a master plan and how do they affect my daily life?” The Social Master Plan is the newest plan being developed. A Social Master Plan provides the framework for responding to social issues in a community, sets direction for social planning policies and allows for the integration of social goals with other municipal plans. It provides a vision for how we support not only our most vulnerable, but all residents of St. Albert. It plans for the long term. It allows future councils to stay on the course directed by the plan today. It is becoming increasingly clear that, while the historic

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HERON City Councillor My City focus of economy, recreation, environment, infrastructure and governance are still important to cities, a strong social infrastructure and planning is essential to ensuring resident well-being and a sustainable community. Most importantly will be the linkages to our various other municipal plans. We have a Transit Master Plan, Environmental Master Plan, Cultural Master Plan, Recreation Master Plan, Tourism Master Plan — and the list goes on. It is my hope that the Social Master Plan will provide a lens through which

we can review current policies and make future decisions. For example, when approving new neighbourhoods, council should be guided by questions like: Are there enough bus stops to support our nondriving citizens? Will there be an accessible clubhouse for neighbourhood gatherings? Will there be an adequate mix of housing for all income levels? Will there be tot lots for very young children and a tennis court or ice rink for older youth? Have we addressed the needs of our increasing cultural diversity? This plan will take up to 18 months to complete because it involves extensive community consultation and involvement. This master plan needs to clearly define our community’s vision, core beliefs and guiding principles. Without public

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input, we will not have a clear understanding of what citizens see for their city’s current and future social wellbeing. A steering committee has already been struck, which includes residents. In fact, we had so many fantastic residents interested in serving on this committee that we have struck a subcommittee to use all their skills and enthusiasm. Over the next few months, we will use some traditional methods, such as surveys and targeted interviews with stakeholders, but we are also going to employ some non-traditional means such as conversation cafés or kitchen table talks to ensure our consultation is broad and rich. This is your plan, which will reflect your beliefs and core values. Keep your eye on the paper or check out www. stalbert.ca/social-master-plan. Owned and operated by

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In Celebration of International Women’s Day

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Baha’is honour 5 women

In honour of International Women’s Day, the St. Albert Baha’i Community is once again honouring some outstanding women from St. Albert and Sturgeon County. This year’s awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, and there will be five women honoured in a wide range of categories, including:

SHAYNA HARRIS (Youth/ Community Shayna Service/ Harris Environmental Award recipient Leadership) Shayna is a student at Paul Kane High School, where she is an active member of Student Council and the Social Justice League. She has been instrumental in organizing Paul Kane’s annual Christmas food drive, which raised five tons of food for the St. Albert Food Bank over the last two years. She also volunteers

at Hope Mission, participated in Envirothon in Athabasca, and campaigned against local restaurants serving shark fin soup. ANNETTE BRUCE (Family Initiatives) Annette, who lives in Legal, has been instrumental in advocating for grandparents’ rights to access to their grandchildren after their parents separate. She served as Violet president of Oko the Orphaned Award recipient Grandparents and Grandparents as Parents Association for 14 years, and fought for legistlation at both the federal and provincial levels.

JANICE MANDERSON (Arts) Janice teaches music and drama to students at École Father Jan and Neil M. Ross Elementary School in St. Albert. She has also donated

her time and musical abilities to the Christmas Community Carol Sing and the St. Albert Parish. An amazing seamstress, Janice once made 100 costumes for a play. TERRA BELL (Special Needs) Terra lives in Sturgeon County and is dedicated to helping those with autism and other special needs. Her own two kids — Aidan, 6, and Hayley, 5 — have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She launched a Facebook group to help parents of autistic children find support, and chairs Autism Collaboration Team Meetings at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital.

VIOLET OKO (Unsung Heroine) Violet began teaching in St. Albert in 1968, but her volunteerism has reached so much further. She helped set up a daycare centre on Gate Avenue in 1972, and has become a familiar face in politics, sports and church activities all over the city. “I am a facilitator,” she said. “I just like to make things happen.” — GLENN COOK

Women play major roles in local, national business This International Women’s Day, as we celebrate the contributions women have made to the business community, you may be surprised to find out just how many of those contributions they have made, both locally and nationally. According to the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce, of their 800 members, 340 of them list women as the primary contact, with 320 of those being in senior management or ownership. Among the Chamber’s new members, 53 per cent of them are companies that are owned or managed by women. In the past 20 years, seven St. Albert Chamber of Commerce chairs have been women, including the 2011 chair, Charlene Zoltenko of State Farm Insurance. In 2013, Lynn Carolei of Sublime Swimwear is poised to take

over as chair. “International Women’s Day is the perfect day to celebrate women in the work place and in particular the role they play in St. Albert’s business community,” added Joan Barber, interim director of the City of St. Albert’s business and tourism development department. “Currently, of the 6,984 full time jobs in St. Albert 54.7 per cent of them are held by women. These women play an important role in the economic growth of St. Albert.” In July 2011, Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey reported that there were 910,000 self-employed women in Canada in 2008, which accounted for about one-third of all self-employed people in the country. In the decade prior to that, that figure grew by 6.4 per cent. — GLENN COOK

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Top woman entrepreneur shares secrets It acquired AES Recruitment Advertising in 2009 and Ad-Link Advertising Inc. in 2010. Keeping pace with the ever-evolving industry has Plenty of naysayers warned Louisa Chiaramonte been a challenge Chiaramonte has embraced. “One about the risks of establishing her own advertising of the words we hear over and over again from our agency but she was determined to prove them wrong. customers is ‘responsiveness,’” she says of secrets to Less than a decade later, the CEO is among a prestigious her success. “The level of service we provide to our ranking of Canadian entrepreneurs. customers is our No. 1 priority. It’s about providing the Chiaramonte had been working for an ad agency for best service possible and always having a client’s best several years before embarking on her own with the interests at heart.” goal of better balancing work and While the leap to family. entrepreneurship is a big one, She established Ad Vendors Chiaramonte encourages those International (advendors.com) wanting to chart their own path to in 2004 with the help of an angel believe in themselves. “Don’t let the investor who believed in her business naysayers stop you. I certainly heard concept and work ethic. enough people tell me it was too Louisa Chiaramonte The full-service advertising agency risky,” she says. Entrepreneur has a focus on recruitment solutions, The biggest challenge is also employer brand development the most important to overcome: and employee communications. The long hours and “Surround yourself with people who share your uncertainly that marked its early days were offset by enthusiasm, dedication and vision.” “lots of fun and a positive outlook,” says the 47-year-old. Be prepared to make big sacrifices over the long haul. Within six months, the London, Ont.-based company “You can never rest on your laurels, even after years of had established a solid client base and started to turn success … Nobody is going to care about your business a profit. “We were tenacious and determined,” says the way you do.” Chiaramonte. Chiaramonte is currently in the process of She was ranked 93rd on the 2011 PROFIT W 100 establishing Peru Quest Adventure Tours. A non-profit ranking of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs. Ad tour guide company set to begin offering tours in the Vendors was ranked by PROFIT Magazine as one of spring, its profits will be used for things like paying the Canada’s fastest growing emerging companies in 2008. salary of a teacher.

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Louisa Chiaramonte, CEO of Ad Vendors International, was ranked 93rd on the 2011 PROFIT W 100 ranking of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs.

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From the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP) to the CHOICE preapprenticeship program that encourages atrisk-youth to try their hands in construction and home renovation, the pathways to building a career as a skilled carpenter are increasingly varied. “You’re hopeful that every new program will be a new mechanism to get young people into the trades,” says Cristina Selva, executive director of the Carpenters’ Local Union 27 Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust Fund Inc. A record number of Red Seal graduates and the CHOICE program’s first graduates were among those celebrated at Local 27’s graduation ceremony in late October. “It’s also nice to see an increased number of young women coming through the trades” through such programs as a formwork preapprenticeship program, says Selva. Graduates included Kathryn Trickett, a former model and retail merchandiser who moved from Montreal to Toronto to pursue an apprenticeship with Local 27. “The satisfaction of being able to say ‘I built that’ is what ultimately drew me to the profession,” she says.

Trickett honed her skills at Local 27’s training centre, where she is now a part-time training instructor. “It gives me great satisfaction to pass on the bits I’ve learned to the next people coming up through the apprenticeship system,” she says. Trickett oversees the window fabrication department with the Toronto District School Board and is proud to have taken the road less travelled. “If you’ve got a strong back and a strong heart, you can get through it,” she says of pursuing a traditionally male-dominated trade. Fellow graduate Erik Gibbons began taking carpentry courses in Grade 9 and embarked upon his apprenticeship through OYAP. “I enjoyed carpentry and thought it would be a good career to get into.” Shortly after graduation, he further developed his skills at the Local 27 training centre and tried his hand at scaffolding and formwork before specializing in doors and hardware. “I like to cut the wood and try to get better and better at what I do,” he says. In addition to OYAP and CHOICE, Local 27 welcomes apprentices from the Organization for Black Tradesmen and Trades-women of Ontario, Native Child and Family Services of Toronto and University Settlement Recreation Centre, Miziwe Biik

Aboriginal Employment and Training, Eva’s Initiatives, Scadding Court Community Centre, CORCAN Employment Services, San Romano Way Project, The Keele Street Project and The Aboriginal Apprenticeship Board of Ontario. The word about the many opportunities available in the skilled trades is getting out there, particularly through local school boards, Local 27 believes. “There’s greater openness in letting kids know about apprenticeship and teachers are more interested in finding out about apprenticeship through their board’s OYAP co-ordinators,” says Selva. Yet obstacles remain. “We still need to work on parents. They want their kids to be successful but the prevailing attitude is that success equals college or university,” she says. “We also need to get out of the silo mentality that you enter a trade through an apprenticeship or go to college or university.” None of those paths are mutually exclusive, Selva says, pointing to many Local 27 members who begin their apprenticeship after graduating from college or university. “You may choose to work as a journeyperson and be very happy but that’s not the only path,” she says. “Some become project managers, superintendents or own their own business. Some have become

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Kathryn Trickett, a former model and retail merchandiser, moved from Montreal to Toronto to pursue an apprenticeship with the Carpenters’ Local Union 27. teachers and pursued careers in the union movement. “There’s a plethora of opportunities many people don’t consider when entering a trade and all are viable.”

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Women need to show a proven track record of quality work in order to advance their careers, while men get raises and promotions based on their perceived “potential,” a new study has found. The latest report from Catalyst, a non-profit research group that promotes women in business, also shows that while men profit from moving on to different companies, women do best when they stay put. Catalyst examined, over time, the careers of 3,345 “high-potential” MBA graduates from top schools worldwide and divided them into three categories: Stayers, leavers and job-hoppers. Stayers are those who remained loyal to the first company that hired them out of school, leavers moved on to another company, and job-hoppers moved more than twice. Among men, leavers earned about $13,743 more than stayers. For women, there was no pay distinction between the two. Women job-hoppers, however, earned $53,472 less than women stayers. “That’s not a small amount,” said Christine Silva, a senior researcher for

strategies equally, and still men were Catalyst and co-author of the study. “It more likely than women to reach senior seemed to speak to the idea that men are executive or CEO positions and men paid for potential while women are paid made, on average, $31,258 more than for proven performance.” women. The study also found that showcasing Silva said this debunks the myth that their achievements is the only careerthe pay gap exists because women aren’t advancing tactic that actually works as as ambitious, proactive or outspoken as well for women as it does for men. men in the workplace. “It begs the question: “Among those Why don’t men using the greatest have to make their strategies to get ahead, achievements visible?” women and men are said Silva, noting that equally represented while men’s work there. Being proactive is often showcased Christine Silva helped men advance within the company, Catalyst researcher faster but it doesn’t “women have to toot have the same pay-off their own horns.” for women,” she said. “We have to stop But every other career-advancement blaming women for the gender gap. We strategy outlined gave the advantage to have to stop assuming the gender gap men. Based on conventional wisdom exists because of what women are or are from corporate pundits, business not doing.” mentors and career self-help books, Catalyst said its previous research Catalyst came up with a list of career based on the same focus group debunks strategies the so-called “ideal worker” other myths about the gender pay should employ. gap, showing it still exists among men They include seeking out high-profile and women who don’t have or want assignments, being vocal about career children, and that senior executive aspirations, rubbing shoulders with women were more than three times as influential people and learning new likely to get sacked during the so-called skills. Men and women employed all these “mancession.”

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After immigrating to Toronto from China, Danning Huang landed a great job but discovered that a strong work ethic wasn’t enough to earn a promotion. Thanks to an innovative business program, she’s learning how to better navigate the Canadian workplace. “It’s helped me understand the soft skills I need to be more promotable,” she says of Business Edge, a Program for Internationally Educated Women Professionals. It’s offered by the Initiative for Women in Business, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. “In my home country, it was important to work very hard, put in extra hours and excel in your current job,” Huang says. “Here, if you want to be promoted, it’s not enough to be good at what you’re doing right now. You need to think one or two levels up.” Before coming to Canada three years ago, she was working as a retail buyer with the world’s

second largest retailer after having completed a master’s degree in finance and international business in Denmark. She was working as a replenishment analyst with a large retailer when she applied to the Rotman program.

“[In Canada], you have to think one or two levels up.” Danning Huang Immigrated from China “Building relationships is also important here. That’s not as important back home as the hard skills,” Huang says. The program also encouraged her to think about what she wanted in her career. She’s now a marketing analyst with the same employer and though it’s not a promotion, she has additional responsibilities. Her goal is to eventually land a position equivalent to the one she held in China. “The program addresses the challenges these internationally

trained professionals face as they transition into the Canadian workplace,” says program director Geeta Sheker. “It’s for women who are currently under-employed. They’ve got their foot in the door but haven’t been able to progress. It gives them the confidence and inter-cultural skills needed to leverage their professional experience and expertise so they can advance in their careers.” Key program components include developing and managing critical relationships. “It’s very hard to advance in the workplace without a good professional network,” says Sheker. “You need to be able to informally network with your colleagues — that’s where you discover the culture and some of the unwritten rules nobody may tell you about. “Many internationally educated professionals think that if you put your head down and work really hard, someone is going to tap you on your shoulder and offer you a promotion,” she says. “It doesn’t quite work like that. You have to advocate for yourself … You need to be able to find

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The Rotman School of Management program helped Danning Huang, an immigrant from China with a master’s degree in finance and international business, understand the soft skills she needed to be more promotable in her Canadian workplace. program’s biggest focus of career mentors and champions within the management. “The goal at the end organization.” of the program is that students Participants also develop skills have a career plan,” she says. The in influencing and negotiating. program is meeting its goals, with “They learn how to handle difficult 40 per cent of one class reporting conversations and difficult people,” career advancement, Sheker says. says Sheker. “All of these are very “They’ve either moved into new different in different cultural contexts.” jobs commensurate with their experience or have been promoted.” Those elements support the

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She’s proven that mompreneurs rock. As creator and executive producer of Name Your Tune, personalized music compilations featuring the names of children, Candace Alper has been nominated for several prestigious business awards and was named one of Babble’s Top 50 Mompreneurs in 2011. Marcy Berg became a mompreneur years before the term was coined, reinventing herself as a mortgage broker that caters to women after growing weary of her commute from the suburbs to a downtown Toronto bank while pregnant with her second child. Rebecca Stanisic doesn’t consider herself a mompreneur quite yet – despite the fact that she has created an impressive online brand. “I see myself as a mom who works and I’m laying the groundwork for when the kids are in school to push forward and do more,” she says. Like countless other mompreneurs, all three realized

their lifestyles, responsibilities and priorities had changed once they became mothers. Alper couldn’t imagine returning to her career in retail sales and promotion but knew she needed to earn an income. The idea for her business came from the enjoyment she derived from popping her daughter’s name into the songs she sang. “I thought if I could sell them by word of mouth or at local craft and holiday shows, I could make enough money to pay utility bills,” says the Toronto, Ont., mom. “I wasn’t looking at reinventing my career. I really wanted to be with my daughter as much as I could and we needed the money. It spiraled from there.” Eight years later, Name Your Tune’s initial catalogue of 700 names has grown to more than 4,500 (visit nameyourtune.com). Along the way, Alper has stayed true to her goal of working around her daughter’s schedule and enjoys the flexibility of being able to take her to after-school activities like karate. Her challenges include staying relevant in an ever-changing

industry. “I’m not one of those mompreneurs with a business background,” Alper says. “I’ve listened to my gut and learned through networking, some of whom do have MBAs.” Berg, meanwhile, built upon her existing career. “I had some great skills and a very impressive work history experience,” says the founder of Mortgages 4 Women, based on Cobourg, east of Toronto (mortgages4women.ca). Her greatest challenges were from within her own industry, which she felt wasn’t interested in helping her establish a mortgage business catering to women. Stanisic is an Ottawa mom who did strategic planning, fundraising and event management for nonprofits before stepping away to start a family. She blogs at A Little Bit of Momsense and manages A Little Bit of Foodsense. She writes about Twitter, small businesses and giving back at the Sense and Community section of the site (bitofmomsense. com and bitoffoodsense.com). The mompreneur community is among her greatest rewards.

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Despite creating an impressive online brand, Rebecca Stanisic says she doesn’t quite consider herself a ‘mompreneur’ just yet. “People are willing to help pick you up when you fall and that’s motivating,” says Stanisic. Mapping out where her efforts are leading, meanwhile is among her greatest challenges. “I also still have trouble

defining and putting value on my consulting services,” she says. “One of the best pieces of advice I was given was to not undervalue myself.” — PART 3 ON PAGE 18

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Merging style with professionalism MARILYN WETSTON Sun Media News Services

Last year, the Premier of British Columbia, Christy Clark, was criticized for showing cleavage during question period. Appropriate office wear is an issue I see come up all of the time with women in the workplace. One of my clients was asked to wear hose and closed toe shoes to work. Another was once reprimanded for wearing a short skirt. Women have a challenge merging fashion with their personal style and creating a work-appropriate wardrobe. It tends to be easier for men, who for the most part have an established framework. A suit, shirt and tie or pants, shirt and jacket fit most tailored work settings. It is not as simple for a female to make a stylish, professional statement. When a dress code is in place, the parameters make an individual’s choices simpler. However, there are often grey areas that need to be clarified. How short a skirt is too short? How low

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British Columbia Premier Christy Clark (right), shown wearing the same V-neck dress that earned her criticism from a newspaper columnist. a neckline is too low? How much colour and pattern is acceptable? What footwear is preferable? Hose or no hose? Is it wise to look creative and or contemporary? How conservative is stodgy? Will smart casual dress soften the message and work in one’s favour, or against the role? As far as Ms. Clark’s outfit goes, I searched high and low for a written dress code for the legislature and found none. However, there is a

tacit understanding that it is best to dress conservatively to show respect for the position one holds. I also took a look at the photo of the outfit in question and saw a well-dressed, well groomed attractive contemporary in a tailored suit, V-neck top and classic pearls. She was not making a provocative visual statement. To the individual who publicly pointed out the cleavage, I offer a suggestion. If you wish to make a

comment on someone’s wardrobe or image, do so discreetly and privately. For women who work in offices, your first step is to check if a dress code exists and ensuring that you follow. Express your view when you feel this code is dated or not appropriate in some way. Work to make positive changes, but stay within the existing rules until they are altered. A public recrimination of how someone looks reminds us how powerfully our image can impact others. It is now a proven fact that first impressions are created in the time it takes to blink. Each of us needs to be mindful of how we present ourselves in our lives and especially in our workplaces. It is about pulling a total look together, so include your grooming, how you carry yourself and how you dress from the inside out. Resolve to be remembered for your good qualities, competence and your abilities. Reinforce your message with your look and you will be comfortable in your work setting and others will be as well.

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For moms in the 9-to-5 grind, the thought of running their own business and being a hands-on mother sounds too good to be true. But being a mompreneur can be tough going. A solid business idea is a given but being successful also takes discipline and hard work. Many mompreneurs work long evenings and weekends and find it can be an isolating experience, notes Christie Schultz of Calgary, Alta. The mother of three was operating a small business when she reached out to other mompreneurs who understood her challenges. “We put our finger on the pulse of this niche and found that some people were feeling almost like hermits,” says Schultz. “They were missing interaction; receiving those intangible tips around the water cooler.” Those informal gatherings led Schultz to found Entrepreneurial Moms International. A division of Mom Ventures Media Inc., it’s billed as the only global networking community for entrepreneurial moms. “The idea is that we share openly and provide tips as we build community,” says Schultz. “We want the same thing for one another.” The Internet is touted by many

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Christie Schultz of Calgary, a mother of three, is founder of Entrepreneurial Moms International, which is billed as the only global networking community for entrepreneurial moms. mompreneurs as a lifeline, providing valuable information and forging rewarding connections. Certainly, the transition from life at the office to running your own business can be challenging. Leigh Mitchell, president of the Women in Biz Network, offers the following tips for prospective mompreneurs: • Decide what kind of entrepreneur you want to be. Full time or part time? Are you

passionate about your business idea? “If you’re doing something you don’t believe in, it will be hard to pull yourself away from other things, especially if you work from home,” says Mitchell. • Create a business plan, including financial projections, particularly if you plan to seek financing. • Consider the kind of support you’ll have. Do you have family and friends able to help

look after your children if needed? Is your partner supportive? Can you join a network that offers training and support? “You’re going to doubt yourself as an entrepreneur,” says Mitchell. “Running your own business can be extremely stressful and support is invaluable.” Achieving work-life balance is an important factor for any successful small business owner, reminds Cathy Pin, vicepresident of commercial banking with BMO Bank of Montreal. Think carefully about why you want to start your own business. Being your own boss can offer some flexibility compared to the corporate world but other sacrifices will need to be made to ensure success, including longer hours and potentially less cash flow. She encourages prospective mompreneurs to take advantage of the many resources and tools available to learn what you need to set up your business, such as setting up a business number, whether or not to incorporate the business and potential tax implications, including HST. Consult experts, such as an accountant and a small business banker. Many bankers specialize in small business and can provide insight into setting up your business, market competition, personal and business finances and how they may change over time, Pin reminds.

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Chamber of Commerce 1st Vice Chair -Lynn Carolei Lynn Carolei, owner of Sublime Swim and Sunwear, is an exemplary member of the Chamber of Commerce with her commitment to the community, a strong entrepreneurial spirit, and a deep understanding of her customers and their needs. Lynn had a career in the banking sector and moved frequently until settling down in St. Albert nine years ago. With her daughter Jennifer, Lynn opened a small retail business in downtown St.Albert in 2003, selling swimwear. In 2009 Lynn became the sole shareholder when her daughter moved to Vancouver with her husband. Sublime’s popularity quickly grew using innovative marketing strategies, and a bold ‘tell it like it is’ advertising campaign. In 2009 Sublime won the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce Business Award for Marketing. In 2007, the store moved to its current location in Village Landing Mall, where recently, during the recession, Lynn expanded and renovated to add another thousand square feet specifically for men’s swimwear and summer clothing. Sublime Swimwear is proud to be the highest volume, single door retailer in Western Canada with some of the biggest brands in the business such as Quiksilver, Miracle Suit and Tommy Bahama. Sublime is successful at attracting customers from across the Capital region and beyond and is pleased to announce the opening of an ecommerce store ShortsForGuys.com in the near future. Lynn is also committed to her community. She participates on several Chamber committees such as Government Affairs, Membership, and Rock n’ August; and is a new board member of the Northern Alberta Business Incubator. Believing in several local causes, Lynn has volunteered for the Kidney Foundation and has participated in the Relay For Life. In her spare time, when she’s not keeping up-to-date with her three grown children, Lynn is passionate about learning, whether it’s about website design, social media, or personal development. Her tenacity, hard-work ethic, and passion for business will all help her as the Chamber’s 2012 1st Vice Chair. She’s thankful and excited for the opportunity to make a positive impact on the local business community.

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Taking two or more species and splicing them together into one has been the basis of many a science fiction movie. But now, it’s also the concept behind Jennifer Wanner’s latest art exhibit. Taking images of plants off the Internet and meticulously splicing them together into watercolour paintings that border on collages, Wanner explores the relationship between science and nature — often dominated by the former — in her new exhibit, Immuto, at the Art Gallery of St. Albert. A self-described avid gardener and “big foodie” who hails from Calgary, Wanner said the works that make up the exhibit were inspired by worries over the global food crisis and the genetically modified foods that humans and our technology have developed to solve it. “We have this kind of relationship

with nature that we had to take on in order to study it. We really distanced ourselves mentally from nature; it was, ‘Humans are different and separate from nature,’ in order to study science. In order to be objective, you have to have that objective [viewpoint], and it’s still with us today,” Wanner said. For her paintings, Wanner’s work begins in front of the computer, downloading “hundreds” of images of genetically modified plants like cotton, tobacco, canola and tomatoes. Then she cuts them out and uses them as a reference as she paints. Aside from the watercolour paintings, some of which are incredibly detailed, the exhibit also includes two of Wanner’s stop motion animation films, Herbacentrice and Florilegium. The artwork that makes up the animations is very similar to what is hanging on the walls, but through their motion, the plants are given almost human characteristics and

behaviours. “If we can start to engender that sympathy, maybe we’ll start to take care of the natural world a little bit more,” she said. “It’s kind of advocacy, trying to get away from that distancing and once again bring ourselves closer to [nature].” However, it’s a tedious medium that requires a lot of patience. “I’d spend hours in [a crouched] position on the floor, and I couldn’t move my legs for about two months when I was done,” Wanner said with a laugh. “It’s a long, tedious, and it can be physically laborious process as well. But it does force you to work quickly, because they have such a fluid body movement that, if you stop in the middle of a movement, you can’t quite get it back.” Animation was something that Wanner got into while attending graduate school at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont., making models out of cardboard and other debris she would find.

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Calgary artist Jennifer Wanner stands next to one of the watercolour paintings that makes up her new exhibit at the Art Gallery of St. Albert. “Then one of my professors said, ‘I’d like to see these things moving,’” she said. But, she added, the grad school experience also made her want to get back into painting, where she started her artistic career. “It changed the way I thought, but it more refocused my original practice, and made me much stronger, gave me an idea of, ‘This is what I want to work hard at,’” she

said. This is Wanner’s first time showing at the Art Gallery of St. Albert, and she had nothing but good things to say. “It’s been an awesome experience,” she said. “It’s fantastic here. You guys are very lucky to have such a great resource here.” Immuto runs at the Art Gallery of St. Albert (19 Perron St.) until April 28.

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CGT truly Canadian: Short Local dancers get close

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Martin Short believes Canada’s Got Talent truly will come across as Canada’s Got Talent, rather than merely America’s Got Talent: Canadian Edition. “We all sat down very early on and agreed that Canada is a slightly different country, and [the harsh tradition of realitycompetition shows] doesn’t play as well,” said Short, one of the three judges on Canada’s Got Talent, which debuted Sunday on Citytv. “Certainly that kind of, ‘Let’s rip a strip off that person because he didn’t hit that top note,’ would not play in Canada.” Short then adopted an exaggerated stereotypical Canadian hoser accent as he added, “So as judges we tend to be more sucky. ‘Oh sorry, you were good, eh?’ More of that.” Short’s trademark joking aside, he is serious about Canada’s Got Talent having a definite

Canadian tone. And he’s not only talking about the judges — he shares those duties with Measha Brueggergosman and Stephan Moccio — and host Dina Pugliese, but the acts as well. “Canada celebrates a kind of eccentricity that permeates throughout these talents we see, eccentric talents,” Short said. “Even in comedy, if you look at all the people who went to the United States from Canada, and there’s a long list of them, they’re all Martin eccentric originals. Short “So I’ve seen a lot CGT judge of eccentric originals getting out there and performing on Canada’s Got Talent. It’s astounding not just the level of singing, but the level of dance, rap, really original acts, there’s such a wide range. It has been fun. “And those special moments when the audience is blown away by something, those are real, they’re not fabricated.”

Short, of course, is a Canadian entertainment legend, first coming to prominence on SCTV and subsequently engineering a widespread career that has included everything from feature films to Broadway. But it had to be the right project to lure Short to the soul-harvesting world of reality TV. “My history of seeing reality television, I always was very cold on it, philosophically,” Short said. “Because I always felt, well, can it really exist without the word humiliation? “But the executive producers of Canada’s Got Talent, I’ve known for a long time. So I felt very safe with them. And then, because it’s Canada, there was kind of a philosophy. “In the early interviews, people would ask, ‘Who’s going to be the Simon Cowell?’ And we would just say, ‘We’re going to be ourselves, that’s what you have to be on television.’”

Unfortunately, a troupe of local dancers didn’t get their chance to shine in the Canada’s Got Talent spotlight. The junior Eye Candy crew, made up of 13 girls mostly from St. Albert and ranging from 11 to 14 years old, made it past preliminary auditions in Edmonton and onto the big stage in front of the judges in Calgary late last year. However, despite earning “Yes” votes from the judges, the crew didn’t make it on the show taped in Calgary that aired Monday night, nor are they going through to the next round in Toronto. “It was such a long gap from when we auditioned that I’m sure they were disappointed, but ... the impact was lessened and the hype of it was gone,” said Vince Akinyode, who has been their choreographer for about four years. “They weren’t too crushed by it.” But he said it was a great experience for the girls, and he plans to take them out to the auditions again next year.

“I think we’d do it the same way,” Akinyode said. “We were trying to be unique, have our own style. It’s just what the producers want; you go there, you try stuff, and maybe one year they’ll like what you’re trying.” One part the group didn’t enjoy as much was the long waits to perform, both in Edmonton and in Calgary. But Akinyode said there were some very supportive parents there who made the time fly by faster. “Me and 13 girls, it’s a little too much sometimes,” he said with a laugh. “But we had some superduper supportive moms who would bring food, make sure all the costumes were [ready], hair and makeup.” — GLENN COOK

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If you are renovating your bathroom or just looking to replace your old toilet with a newer, more efficient model, you might be amazed at all the waterefficient toilet makes and models available. A high-quality toilet can help you save money, protect the environment and conserve water, all without sacrificing performance or peace of mind. But with more than 1,000 different models on the market to choose from, how do you know what to look for — and which toilet is right for your family? For starters, you should keep in mind that paying more for a toilet doesn’t necessarily mean it will perform better than a less expensive model. Before you go shopping, you might want to review the results of the highly popular Maximum Performance Testing of Toilets study available at the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association website (www.cwwa.ca). Another option is to choose any toilet model that has

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A bathroom renovation is a good time to install a new water-efficient toilet which can save about 120 litres of water a day. of three that replaces an 18-litre flush toilet with a six-litre model, and typically flushes the toilet 10 times per day, can expect to save about 120 litres per day. The big difference between old toilets and six-litre toilets — besides saving several litres of water per flush — is the tank and bowl have been redesigned to provide the same flush performance with less water. Unless you intend to paint or redecorate your bathroom when you replace your toilet, pay special

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Canadian home resale prices dropped in December from November, the second straight monthly decline, as small drops in high-priced Toronto and Vancouver provided a further sign of a cooling market, the TeranetNational Bank Composite House Price Index showed last week. The index, which measures price changes for repeat sales of singlefamily homes, showed overall prices slid 0.2 per cent in December from November, but were up 6.8 per cent from a year earlier. Prices in five of 11 metropolitan markets surveyed declined. The heavily weighted Vancouver and Toronto markets both reported a 0.3 per cent drop. Victoria, B.C., showed the biggest decrease, falling 0.8 per cent. The biggest increase, 0.9 per cent, was in Halifax. Ten of 14 economists and strategists surveyed last week in Reuters’ first poll on the Canadian housing sector said they expected

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BlackBerry may cut fees as gov’ts edge away SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Research In Motion will be forced to slash the fees it charges carriers for BlackBerry service this year, an analyst said on Monday as another U.S. government customer edged away from the service, cutting into a pillar of the struggling smartphone company’s business model. RIM runs its own network infrastructure, enabling it to encrypt, compress and push data to BlackBerry phones via a cellular network. The Canadian company brought in almost $1 billion from this high-margin service last quarter, one-fifth of its total sales. But a second U.S. government agency in as many months, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), said on Monday it would remove its BlackBerry servers in favor of a nimbler alternative that offers support for a wider variety of devices. According to Northern Securities analyst Sameet Kanade, RIM — once the only option for secure mobile communication — has moved too slowly to counter the threat posed as companies and governments increasingly allow employees to use their own mobile devices for work. Meanwhile, carriers have soured on paying the BlackBerry service’s fee, he said.

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Visitors inspect Blackberry mobile phones at their booth at the CeBit computer fair in Hanover, Germany, on Tuesday. “We now firmly believe that RIM does not have the luxury of time on its side,” Kanade wrote in a note to clients in which he cut his rating on RIM stock to “sell” from “speculative buy” and chopped his target price for RIM shares to $7 from $24. RIM’s shares fell 4.3 per cent to $13.20 on Nasdaq on Monday afternoon, 75 cents above an eight-year low they hit in December. They have shed 80 per cent of their value

since February 2011 due to RIM’s falling U.S. market share, botched product launches and dismal earnings. Several analysts predict another dire earnings report later this month. The stock was down 3.4 per cent at C$13.13 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. RIM has struggled to match the consumerfriendly features of Apple’s iPhone and iPad or the ever-improving hardware of devices

using Google’s Android software, which have both made strides towards matching the famed security that once ensured corporate loyalty to the BlackBerry. Highlighting the risk for RIM, the ATF said it plans to remove its BlackBerry servers by the end of the year. The ATF’s 2,400 BlackBerry-wielding field agents will switch to iPhones due to better maps, streaming video and other applications on the Apple device, the agency’s chief information officer, Rick Holgate, said in response to emailed questions. Another 1,400 staff will retain BlackBerrys managed by Atlanta-based AirWatch, whose device-agnostic service starts at $3 per user per month, plus set-up and other fees. The new system will allow the agency’s employees to use their own devices, although this has not yet been authorized. “We are moving to an email-as-a-service model in which BlackBerry support is also included, so we will no longer need our own BlackBerry Enterprise Servers,” Holgate said. In response, RIM said that it works closely with its more than one million government customers in North America “who rely on the unmatched security of the BlackBerry platform.”

Microsoft releases tester version of new Windows 8 system SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Microsoft Corp released an incomplete version of Windows 8 for the public to download and try out on Wednesday, Feb. 29, looking to rev up excitement for the slick, new-look operating system that it hopes will restore its fading tech supremacy. Windows 8, as the first Microsoft operating system compatible with low-power microprocessors designed by ARM Holdings Plc, will run on tablets as well as desktops and laptops, in an effort to counter the runaway success of Apple Inc’s iPad. “It’s an even better Windows than Windows 7,” said Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft’s flagship Windows unit, as he demonstrated the new system at the Mobile World Congress in

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It is available for download at http://preview.windows.com. Sinofsky said people from 70 countries had already downloaded the software on Wednesday morning, but he did not give exact numbers. Microsoft says it is aiming to get machines running on both the ARM and Intel platforms into the market at the same time, but has not set a target date. The world’s largest software company generally tries to bring out a new version of Windows every three years, so that would indicate a full release date around October this year, in time for the holiday shopping season. In both versions, Windows 8 features a completely new interface, borrowed from what Microsoft calls the “Metro” style of the current Windows Phone

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They’ve got books, DVDs, audiobooks and CDs — now the St. Albert Public Library is set to add radio to their lineup. St. Albert city council approved a new radio frequency identification (RFID) system for the library at their meeting on Monday afternoon, which will save staff from the tedious task of sorting returned materials before they are reshelved and, according to library officials, allow them to focus on more important areas. The system will cost $500,000, with $300,000 coming from the City of St. Albert and $200,000 coming out the library’s reserves. However, the library is hoping to offset $125,000 of their portion of the cost through a Community Facility Enhancement Program grant from the Alberta government. “This is a win for our community, for council and the library,” library board chair David Climenhaga said. Councillors first approved the funding for the project during 2012 civic budget deliberations, but made it contingent on the library reducing its staff by one full-time equivalent (FTE). But, on Monday, it appeared that requirement would be relaxed until the next round of budget deliberations, when library officials had a better idea of how the RFID

system would affect staffing needs. “[We should] give the library board and the library one year to figure out exactly what the FTE savings will be ... and then, at budget time, should council so desire, that’s when an adjustment can be made,” Coun. Cam MacKay said. “There’s real resistance on the part of the board to cutting FTEs because we feel fairly strongly, and I think unanimously, that we can’t afford to do that,” Climenhaga added. Library director Peter Bailey said that the library’s traditional strength has been in children’s programming, but they have been trying to expand in recent years. “The last few years, we’ve shifted resources around to have a teen librarian and have more of a focus on teen programming,” Bailey said. “But the big increase is in adult programming, especially computer training for seniors.” Climenhaga also pointed out to council that the St. Albert Public Library is the most cost-effective in the Capital Region and one of the most productive of its size in the province. Plus, he said, the RFID system would bring St. Albert in line with systems used at other libraries in the region, allowing for greater co-operation between them. “We really strongly feel the need to be using the same technology as other libraries in the area so we can increase the amount of cooperation we have with them,” Climenhaga said.

Cultural master plan approved

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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St. Albert is known for its many cultural amenities, and now the city has a plan to guide those amenities for the next 10 to 15 years. City councillors unanimously approved the City of St. Albert’s new Cultural Master Plan on Monday afternoon, a plan two years in the making that will guide the development of programs, service delivery and facilities into the future. “I’m a proud St. Albertan, and almost everybody I walk down the street and talk to is a proud St. Albertan. And it’s not just a city; it’s a culture, a spirit, a way of life,” Coun. Roger Lemieux said. Several speakers came before council Monday from arts groups across the city to laud the master plan and the vision behind it. “Not only does culture delight us, but it bolsters our economic development,

strengthens our community and enhances our life,” said Michelle Eaton, president of the St. Albert Place Visual Arts Council, which represents five different guilds who operate out of St. Albert Place. “Culture is truly the heart of St. Albert, and this Cultural Master Plan will help keep it beating strongly for years to come.” “This Cultural Master Plan is what St. Albert needs in order to create a community of culture and the arts,” added Jordan Cunningham, a Paul Kane High School student who plays in a local band. “I was so happy to see this plan moving forward, not only to benefit musicians and artists, but it will also benefit venues and galleries alike.” The lone naysayer Monday was Lynda Flannery, president of the St. Albert Taxpayers Association, who estimated the plan would cost the City $80.3 million over the next 15 years. “Appropriate planning

would look at what cities our size are doing, and we suggest appropriate planning would look at whether we indeed can afford this,” she said. “We ask council to consider whether this positioning of culture as a must-have is what most residents want.” Still, council’s support for the plan was overwhelming. “Investments in arts and culture are not a black hole where money is poured into it and nothing is returned,” Coun. Wes Brodhead said. Others pointed out that, as with the recreation master plan passed two weeks ago, this plan does not commit the City to spending any money, and any associated business cases must still be approved through normal budget deliberations. Cultural services director Kelly Jarrott said that staff will now begin work on an implementation plan, starting with short-term projects that they wish to complete in the next year or two.

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You both had your eyes on the prize — but you lost out. Now your best buddy’s your boss! Overlooked for a job promotion can have the green-eyed monster rearing its ugly head, spewing envy and resentment and bruising egos. Or what about your former fling coming out on top? Worse yet, your mortal enemy is now in charge and you’re in charge of getting him coffee. Welcome to your workplace nightmare. Experts agree mixing business and pleasure can be risky. The problem with friendships and romantic relationships in the workplace is that when they fall apart or there’s a falling out, there’s no way to get away, says Dr. Rick Kirschner. “The demands of work continue, and the need to get along leaves people feeling trapped and anxious.” But you need to get a grip. Take it outside! Find a safe place to vent and talk it out by yourself — like writing it out. “Be as nasty and petty as you like. Vent it, but don’t send it! You don’t want it to become a stumbling block to your next step up if it falls into the wrong hands,” advises executive coach and motivation speaker Kirschner. Feelings of loss, envy, disappointment and hurt pride are all common reactions to watching other people get ahead. “When something you’ve worked for passes you by, it’s easy to take it personally, as some kind of commentary on your self-worth.” But keep in mind that there are all kinds of reasons behind promotions besides “you’re just not good enough,” says Kirschner, adding that it’s a valuable exercise to find out what you can about why someone advances. The bottom line: co-worker conflicts and jealousies are unavoidable — you spend 80 per cent of your week mixing with different personalities, goals and agendas. Familiarity breeds contempt, says Kirschner, of www. theartofchange.com. “The closer the quarters, the more the little things may begin to grate. And if you have the bad habit of holding onto the past with people, and then jumping to conclusions based on past experience, the weight of it all can wear you down. “Then all it takes is a flicker of an eyebrow, and the chain

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