St. Albert Leader - Oct. 10, 2013

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Public trustee candidates Lead call for greater autonomy INDEX the

News . . . . . . . . . 3 Opinion . . . . . . . . 8 Community Questions . 10 Entertainment . . . . . 18 Health . . . . . . . 29 Photo Booth . . . . . . 31 Fun & Games . . . . . 36 Business . . . . . . 38 stalbertjobs.com . . . .39

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Laurena Beirnes, a member of the St. Albert Painters’ Guild, works away in the painting studio at St. Albert Place on Tuesday morning. Members are getting their best works ready for the guild’s annual fall show and sale, which runs Oct. 18-20 in the foyer of St. Albert Place. See story, page 18.

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GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Calls for greater local autonomy in education decision-making and labour negotiations rang loud and clear on Monday evening.

About 40 people turned out at Bellerose Composite High School Monday for a forum featuring the six hopefuls vying for five spots on the board of trustees of St. Albert Public Schools: incumbents Merrin Nuc, Cheryl Dumont and Gerry Martins, along with Sheri Wright, Glenys Edwards and Kim Bugeaud.

Almost all of the candidates touched on the issue of local autonomy at some point during the evening, and all were in favour of more power at the district level. “[Local bargaining] has been the tradition in this city and in this school board forever, and it is important,” said Nuc, who won a byelection in December 2011. “We have an amazing relationship [with our teachers] — we can talk, we can state our problems, we can argue and we can solve those problems together.”

“I continue to support local autonomy and school board governance to allow for local decisions covering local education issues,” Martins added. “That includes local bargaining with our teachers and support staff.”

Martins also said he felt the “future looks bright” with the provincial government’s recent Inspiring Education initiative and proposed changed to the Education Act. Meanwhile, Wright said that she was ready to fight the province for sustainable and predictable education funding.

“I am determined to ensure the success of our children is not tied to the rise and fall of gas and oil prices in Alberta,” she said.

Wright also noted that, while new schools are being announced across the province, maintenance budgets for existing

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Glenys Edwards (left) addresses the crowd as Merrin Nuc looks on during Monday evening’s public school trustee forum. schools are bring cut, and boards must be careful to look after what they have today.

Edwards, who recently retired from her post as associate superintendent of planning and instruction for St. Albert Public Schools, said that professional development for teachers was one of the biggest issues on her radar.

“I really see that as a very important part of education programming,” she said.

“Staff need support and the opportunity for professional learning, how to maximize the potential of every student.”

Dumont highlighted the work she has done over her past three years as a trustee, both at the local level and with the Alberta School Boards Association, and listed a continued focus on literacy as one of her top priorities.

“Trusteeship is the way I choose to serve our community,” she said. “I am passionate about youth and public education.”

Bugeaud — who ran under the Alberta Liberal Party banner in the riding of St. Albert in the 2012 provincial election — said that wanted to make sure the public education system is accountable to the

hosted by St. Albert Taxpayers Assoc.

Mayor/Council community.

“Leadership and responsible Oct. 15 • 7 p.m. allocation of resources is crucial St. Albert Inn to the improvement hosted by St. Albert process of any school Chamber of or school system,” GSACRD Commerce she said. “And Trustees as we have expected Oct. 16 • 6:30 p.m. school systems, St. Albert High school hosted by ATA administrators Local 73 and teachers to focus their Mayor/ Council efforts on educational Oct. 16 • 7 p.m. leadership, our community ought to have the same Arden Theatre expectation of our hosted by St. Albert trustees.”

Think Tank Bugeaud added that, if elected, Mayor/Council one of her first Oct. 16 • 7:30 p.m. moves would Enjoy Centre be to meet with the City of St. “Leaders of Tomorrow” Albert to plan Forum future school sites.

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Walking out of the Den with her head high GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

She may not have struck a deal, but Nora Furber still walked out of the Dragons’ Den feeling like a winner.

Furber is the owner of Monjeloco Jeans on Perron Street in St. Albert, and she was featured on the season premiere of the CBC show Dragons’ Den on Wednesday, Oct. 2, looking to entice five venture capitalists into investing in her business.

After much deliberation, the Dragons couldn’t make a deal at the valuation she had come up with — Furber had asked for $300,000 for 40 per cent of her company, representing a total valuation of $750,000 — but they encouraged her to keep plugging away.

“I believe the Dragons want me to get that little more experience, see what I can do with it, and then come back,” she said. “They gave me that push, that help, so I’m going to take it 100 per cent.”

In fact, Furber added, off camera, they encouraged her to come back next year once she had a solid year of sales under her belt.

“They said, ‘When you have a year in business, when your sales are bigger … when you have that, come back. We’d love to see you again,’” she said, noting that she had only been in business about eight months when she made her pitch.

The Dragons include: • Jim Treliving, chairman of Boston Pizza and Mr. Lube; • David Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber; • Arlene Dickinson, CEO of Venture Communications;

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Nora Furber (centre), owner of Monjeloco Jeans in St. Albert, makes her pitch during the taping of the season premiere of CBC’s Dragons’ Den, which aired on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

• Kevin O’Leary, chairman of O’Leary Funds; and • Bruce Croxon, co-founder of dating website Lavalife.

Although Furber originally hails from Colombia, Monjeloco Jeans are inspired by the beaches of Brazil, with a cut and construction that can tuck in and lift the buttocks, making them look perfectly round.

Her TV pitch included a demonstration, with two models showing the difference the jeans can make. Croxon and O’Leary

got a little more hands-on with the demo, though, getting a good feel of the models’ backsides.

“The reason they touched the girls’ bums was because they said, ‘No way, you put something in there,’” Furber said. “And I said, ‘No, I didn’t.’ But they said, ‘We have to touch. You put something in it.’”

During the pitch, the Dragons sent Furber off to a private side room while all five of them tried to figure out how to make a deal work.

“I was doing my happy dance; I was going, ‘Oh yeah! This is good.

We got it,’” she said. “They only had good things to say: beautiful, nice, what a difference.”

When she came out to find there was no deal to be had, though, Furber was very surprised.

“I really thought we had a deal,” she said.

Some of the Dragons suggested that Furber sell her jeans in bigger department stores rather than her small specialty retail shop

in downtown St. Albert, but she doesn’t want to lose the personal touch.

“It’s one-on-one with the customer; we give the best customer service,” Furber said.

“I want to make sure they get the perfect jeans.”

While there was no deal, the exposure from the show is already paying dividends. There were several customers lined up outside the store before it opened Friday morning, most of whom had seen the Dragons’ Den episode.

“That’s the only reason I’m here,” said one of those customers, Olivia Kenny, who travelled from Fort McMurray to get her hands on Monjeloco Jeans. “... They’re perfect. I got three pairs.”

Meanwhile, by Friday, Furber had received hundreds of emails, and sales on her newly revamped website were through the roof.

“I wanted some exposure. I wanted people to know I had this product, that they don’t have to go around with a flat bum anymore,” she said. “We had 480 emails in a day, and our sales online are sky-high. And we have people [coming in] from Edmonton who didn’t know the store was here. I went there to get exposure, and I got it.”

And she plans to take that momentum right back into the Dragons’ Den next year.

“If I can wow the Dragons — and you could see, when you looked at their faces, that I totally wowed the Dragons with my jeans — I expect all of them to be investing with me,” Furber said.

Monjeloco Jeans is located at #103, 20 Perron St. Check out their website at www. monjelocojeans.com.

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GSACRD at head of class GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools are once again at the head of the class when it comes to provincial test results.

Alberta Education recently released the results of the 20122013 provincial achievement tests and diploma exams, and the local district once again outperformed its counterparts throughout the province.

“What is truly exciting in the information received today is the diploma results achieved by our high school students. They are among the best in the province and higher than ever,” said GSACRD superintendent David Keohane in a press release.

GSACRD scored well above the provincial average in diploma exam performance among high school students, with 90.8 per cent of students in the district achieving an acceptable score (provincial average: 84.6 per cent) and 25.8 per cent of students achieving an excellent score (provincial average: 21.7

per cent). The district was also above the provincial average in diploma exam participation rates — students who took four or more diploma exams — and in Rutherford Scholarship eligibility rates.

“Our students are well positioned to compete among the best in the province and nationally for entrance into their post-secondary school of choice,” Keohane said. “As competition for college and university entrance escalates families in our district can be assured that our students will be ahead of the class.”

In provincial achievement testing at lower grade levels, GSACRD has 89.8 per cent of students achieve an acceptable score (provincial average: 79.0 per cent) and 24.8 per cent achieve an excellent score (provincial average: 18.9 per cent).

GSACRD also got excellent marks for its safe and caring school environments, its program of studies, its education quality, its low dropout rate, student citizenship, parental inolvement and school improvement.

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Young professionals in St. Albert will have the chance to pose their questions to city council candidates next week.

The Leaders of Tomorrow Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Park Room at the Enjoy Centre, and organizer Edward Ramsden is hopeful it will give young professionals under the age of 30 the chance to have their voices heard during the municipal election campaign.

“Of course, we’re open to anyone who wants to be engaged in politics,” said Ramsden, who helps run Enviro Masters, a lawn care company based in Riel Business Park.

However, that date and time will conf lict with another forum being put on at the Arden Theatre by the St. Albert Think Tank.

Ramsden said it’s up to the individual candidates which forum they attend, but he did hope to offer something a little

different.

“We’re trying to offer something positive where they can come talk to the young professionals who are going to be leading this community in the future,” he said. “It’s up to them if they want to pick something positive, or something not so positive.”

“We’re trying to offer something positive.”

Edward Ramsden Forum organizer Another difference will come in the format of the forum, which Ramsden envisions as being a little more informal than other traditional setups.

“There’s not going to be a table up at the front with the candidates spouting information at you,” he said.

“We’re going to try and have it a little more interactive, with candidates moving around the

room.”

As he himself fits into the young professional demographic that the forum is targeting, Ramsden said he thinks that group wants to get involved in civic politics, but are being pulled in many directions.

“Most young professionals are trying to put their energy into getting their careers started, so it’s difficult to find time to get involved with politics and pay attention to what’s going on,” he said. “There’s not many outlets that are accessible to them.”

That said, he thinks the issues brought up at this forum will focus further down the road than other forums might.

“I suspect they’ll be more vision-oriented than the details that you see at other forums,” Ramsden said. “[Other forums] might be more tax-oriented, but young professionals may be more willing to start a business here or start a family here, so they want to know what’s going to happen in the next 20 years, instead of the next one to three years.”

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In face of possible forum boycotts, Think Tank appoints spokesperson information originating from council minutes and administration,” Hennigar wrote.

St. Albert Leader “The intention was for the issues and facts The shroud of secrecy around the St. Albert presented to take the main stage. Individual Think Tank has been lifted — at least partially. names were withheld because of possible During the current municipal election repercussions and that these names would campaign, the advocacy group — distract people’s attention from the which has taken out newspaper ads issues. Unfortunately, the focus on attacking the current city council anonymity has overshadowed the real on issues like light rail transit and issues. residential property taxes, as well as “I hope that this resolves any placing portable signs along major concerns from citizens as to the roadways in St. Albert — has come identity and motives of the St. Albert under fire for not revealing who has Think Tank and hopefully we can all been behind the group. move onto the election issues that Some council and mayoral affect all of us in this city.”

Gord candidates also decided to boycott a Hennigar is also a founding Hennigar forum being organized by the Think St. Albert Think Tank member of the St. Albert Taxpayers Tank, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. Association, and resigned as the 16, at the Arden Theatre, citing concerns over group’s president in April 2013. He was also the group’s anonymity. involved in the St. Albert Election Action But, on Tuesday, the group sent out a press Committee, which has endorsed candidates release, revealing local resident Gord Hennigar in the current election campaign and has as the Think Tank’s spokesperson. authorized advertising on behalf of mayoral “The purpose of the Think Tank is to give candidate Shelley Biermanski. However, as of the people of St. Albert the opportunity to Wednesday morning, the EAC’s website was make informative choices based on factual not functioning.

GLENN COOK

Team Canada tunes up

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

For the Canadian national women’s hockey team, the road to Sochi runs through St. Albert.

The defending Olympic gold medallists will be making a stop in St. Albert on Monday, Oct. 28, to take on the midget triple-A St. Albert Raiders as part of a series of tune-up games in preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

The game will take place in the Northstar Hyundai Arena at Servus Credit Union Place at 7:45 p.m.

The Canadian women’s team — featuring St. Albert native Meaghan Mikkelson on the blueline — is playing a series of games against midget triple-A boys teams across the province, much like they did four years ago in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

To ensure a high level of competitiveness, the games will count toward the regular season standings of the boys’ teams in the Alberta Midget Hockey League.

The game against St. Albert is just the second in the national women’s

team’s tour of the AMHL. They will continue to play midget triple-A boys teams until Jan. 19.

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi begin on Feb. 7. Canada is in a pool with Finland, Switzerland and the United States, and opens its tournament against the Swiss on Saturday, Feb. 8.

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OPINION

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Pulling back the curtain

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W

e got a little peek behind the curtain of the St. Albert Think Tank this week, but one can’t help but think we haven’t truly seen the Wizard of Oz just yet.

After coming under heavy fire on social media over the weekend for refusing

by Glenn Cook to reveal who is behind the group, and even having some candidates in the ongoing municipal election campaign refuse to attend their forum next week because of it, the mysterious Think Tank pulled back the veil ever so slightly on Tuesday, appointing an official spokesperson in Gord Hennigar.

But Hennigar may not have been the best choice for the Think Tank to put out there as its public face — in fact, the move may do more harm than good.

Hennigar has a long history in St. Albert political circles. He is a founding member of the St. Albert Taxpayers Association, and served as its president as recently as April of this year. He also spearheaded the Election Action Committee, which has endorsed several right-wing fiscal conservative candidates who have slashing spending at the top of their platforms, and advertised on behalf of some of them.

With Hennigar as its public face, the Think Tank will now get painted with the same brush as the SATA and the EAC — that is, if it wasn’t already, with the anti-LRT and anti-tax ads it has already taken out.

That could drive candidates away from their forum in droves. Candidates may figure that either they won’t sway anyone attending the Think Tank forum to vote for them anyway, or that they’ll have heard all the same issues, questions and complaints at the SATA forum not even a week earlier.

It’s a real stretch to believe the Hennigar is the sole force behind the Think Tank, especially given how much money both that group and the EAC have spent on newspaper advertising and portable signs thus far. If the Think Tank wants to be taken seriously, more members need to step out from the shadows, and someone other than the usual suspects when it comes to St. Albert politics.

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Nasty campaign puts black eye on our city

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s I retire from 12 years as a local St. Albert school board trustee and as president of the Alberta School Boards Association, I have been immersed in the world of politicians municipally and provincially — and, in fact, across the country.

I have, in a nutshell, seen it all. From humble to arrogant politicians and from ethical to edgy politicians. Over the years, as I have worked in this very privileged position, — and I want to emphasize that it is a privileged position — I have determined exactly what traits I want to see in a leader.

So, what am I looking for in municipal and school board candidates? Community builders, people who are transparent and individuals who are going to model and care for our youth and children

Jacquie

HANSEN President, AB School Boards Ass’n My City in education. People who look inside themselves and to others as they tackle tough issues. I want to see lifelong learners and leaders who don’t blame others, but who feel personally responsible to contribute to building a vibrant community.

Politics will always be about differences of opinion, but it is how those differences are played out that tells us a lot about people. Opinions can be shared through rich and thought-provoking discussion with diplomacy and grace — or with vulgarity and distaste, as we have seen of late.

I cannot express enough my

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deepest disappointment in the ugliness around this municipal campaign — disappointed enough that I am compelled to write this column. I would ask those of you engaged in this rhetoric — and you know who you are — to STOP. To what end is this behaviour necessary?

What I see is a lack of grace, a lack of respect and a lack of accomplishing anything but more division in our city.

Pictures of the mayor on a toilet? Really? It is simply childish and it reeks of bullying.

Do you have such a poverty in language that you can’t express your opinions in a more dignified manner? Why do you remain anonymous if you have such conviction in your opinions? Speak out and be the leader you expect others to be. Where is the modelling for our youth and

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community members? We hold our children to a much higher, more respectable bar than what you have shown.

After this fiasco, why would anyone with any integrity want to put their names forward to lead this wonderful community of ours, to put their families through this kind of smear campaign?

As I go to the polls on Oct. 21, I know exactly who I will and won’t be voting for. I will refer to the qualities I’ve suggested above.

I urge people in this most beloved community to get out and vote for your school board trustees, councillors and mayor — and vote with “your” St. Albert in mind. Let’s just hope that this small minded behaviour doesn’t put a black eye on what I know as the best community in the world.

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Young artists and musicians in St. Albert will get a chance to express themselves and learn more about their crafts thanks to the Amplify festival starting next year.

Youth arts festival ready to crank it up

in March 2012.

“It was identified as one of the plans to come up in the first number of years The City of St. Albert is getting to turn coming out of the master plan,” she said. up the volume on a new youth festival “We had been talking about looking slated for next year. at another festival to produce in the The City announced last week that the community to target a different audience Amplify Youth Festival would be taking than what we were already [doing].” place sometime in the fall of 2014, aimed at The festival has been developed under showcasing the talents of young the guidance of a Youth Festival Advisory St. Albertans 12 and up while inspiring Committee, made up of young volunteers others to explore the arts. from ages 14 to 23.

“These are young Jerrott said they’ve folks that live in our already done a lot of community, and we’re work, including coming providing a positive up with the name, and environment and she’s very encouraged to learning opportunities see how involved they for them to develop as have been.

Kelly Jerrott responsible citizens, and “They’re our leaders Cultural services director develop what might be of tomorrow, and part a career choice for them of the purpose for us down the road,” said City cultural services as a community is to mentor and provide director Kelly Jerrott. opportunities to encourage young people Jerrott added that exact dates have not in our community to grow and develop been nailed down just yet for the festival, in a positive manner,” she said. “This is a but it would likely co-incide with the positive influence, but they can still have annual StArts Fest celebration on the last fun in the process.” weekend of September.

Although the first edition of the Amplify The theme of the inaugural Amplify festival is about a year away, Jerrott and festival will be “Dare To Be You.” the festival committee are already on The festival will feature hands-on the lookout for local businesses and workshops and programmes performing organizations to partner with and sponsor spaces, allowing kids to dive into creative the festival to make sure it is a success. areas like songwriting, musical production, “We’ll be offering a number of different visual arts and even culinary arts. workshops and performances, that type The idea was bounced around during the of thing, so we’re trying to engage local City’s budget deliberations in late 2012, but businesses to support those things ... We Jerrott said the idea originally came out the want to create something great for the cultural master plan, which was approved community,” Jerrott said.

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

“This is a positive influence, but they can still have fun.”

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COMMUNITY QUESTIONS There’s still no place in our city for light industrial business to move into. What plan of action could see this sector grow and thrive?

LYNDA MOFFAT, St. Albert & District Chamber of Commerce

From a commercial land use point of view, what is St. Albert most lacking or in need of? (i.e. office, retail, big box, boutique) RAY WATKINS, Principal, G3 Development Services

The key is to develop a detailed plan for the new 600-acre “Employment Lands” park (west of Ray Gibbon Drive) and work with the land owners to sell or develop.

You will not expect this answer: St. Albert needs “rooftops” to grow its commercial base. No people equals no commerce; supply and demand rules.

There are light industrial businesses that have been refused by the city due to odd guidelines that need to be adjusted. Streamline the process and perhaps introduce a business to business referral plan.

Boutique commercial is the only type that can make St. Albert unique or a go-to place. Outside dollars coming in would be beneficial to our city.

If elected, I will present a motion to have a public review of the General Municipal Plan which really has not been updated since 2007. One of the major targets will be to zone land for future light industrial development.

Once Costco opens, we will have the commercial section covered here in St. Albert, so we must move our attention to light industrial. The development of Villeneuve Airport will present new opportunities as well.

Find innovative, collaborative ways to work with landowners, developers and business to accelerate the servicing of the Employment Lands.

I believe St. Albert has some of the most amazing local entrepreneurs that struggle finding affordable and accessible, small to mid-sized boutique retail and office space in the city.

MALCOLM PARKER

We need to target businesses and then reach out to them with a business friendly approach, create a plan for servicing land, and allow for flexibility in our regulatory processes that encourages business to want to locate in St. Albert.

There is a need for small business office space and warehousing.

Speciality stores, theatres, entertainment venues, boutiques conveniently located in clusters would encourage residents to shop locally.

TIM OSBORNE

There are a number of areas designated for light industrial: South Riel, Campbell Park South and the Employment Lands. We need to find developers to move these from plans to reality.

I don’t see this as an either/or scenario. Ideally, we need a good mix of all types. That said, my personal preference would be to see more of the smaller, local boutique shops.

CAM MacKAY

We should be making St. Albert an attractive destination for light industrial development so that the private sector becomes interested in rezoning and developing business parks.

I would like to see St. Albert trail develop as a commercial corridor through a combination of big box and retail zoning. I would like to see some more office space open up downtown.

GARETH JONES

The first and most important step is to form a positive strategic partnership between members of city council, administration and the development industry.

All of the [examples in the question] — but a factory outlet development in the north sector of the city would be a great addition.

SHEENA HUGHES

Talk with developers to determine the roadblocks that are hindering development and modify our policies to make it easier for staff and developers to approve projects more efficiently.

We need to re-establish a land use planning commission to help us make these type of decisions instead of making expensive mistakes by guessing.

CATHY HERON

There will be lots soon! South of Holes is currently ready to be serviced and the developer is keen. Rezoning of the Employment lands east of Ray Gibbon was key. Work with landowners to get servicing out there.

I don’t mind some of the big box commercial coming to St. Albert as our residents want it and are currently finding it in Edmonton. Personally I prefer the boutique commercial/retail. I want to encourage more and support their success.

NORM HARLEY

The city has hundreds of acres west of Ray Gibbon Drive that are available but not affordable. High demand for residential land makes prices and off-site levies more expensive. Are you prepared to increase taxes to subsidize light industrial?

We need more boutiques. Small business accounts for over 75% of employment and we need to encourage more of this type of business vs. big box commercial.

We will have to look at options and determine a location with the limitations of available property while ensuring development fits in with an overall city plan. We must also develop so that residents aren’t affected by noise, odours and traffic.

All of those listed in your question. There is definitely a need for the entire mix. If we limit ourselves. We end up with nothing and without a competitive strategy to market our advantages.

We need to look at zoning areas to benefit our community. We can’t keep building houses and not put an emphasis on business growth. The city needs to encourage this growth by working with industry and setting a long term plan.

We have a lack of business in the gas and oil industry. It is where the money is in our province. ... We won’t have a refinery here so we are not talking about that. We need to invite the services industry here.

A 600-acre site has been zoned for light-industrial use west of Ray Gibbon Drive and north of Big Lake. A workable plan for the site would be adding the water, sewers and roads still required.

St. Albert needs a good blend of sustainable businesses of all types that are compatible with the character of the community and wishes of residents.

NOLAN CROUSE

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Move the light industrial north to where the services are and where the major highway is!

Big box commercial.

Review with council the plans brought forward from Economic Development Board, and choose the one that best meets community needs.

We should encourage businesses to move into existing vacant spaces.

Commercial boutiques would be best for downtown.

Light industrial land south of the Enjoy Centre is ready to go. Market this land and then bring services to and market the Employment lands.

Costco brings more big box commercial attention to St. Albert. Now we need more office space to create employment opportunities.

St. Albert has zoned 700 acres for a new Industrial Park. Let’s get it developed and start attracting some new business to our city.

A downtown with more boutique stores could become a shopping destination and attract tourist dollars to our city. Also, an Ikea store would be nice.

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stalbertleader.com/election2013 Do you believe the substantial subsidy St. Albert Transit gets every year is justified and sustainable?

Question from St. Albert Resident

A C T H M GA M E

The plan needs to get up to the policy of 40% cost recovery. At that level, it appears to be sustainable across Canada.

No the current system is not sustainable. There are choices that can be looked at to be more effective (smaller buses, local drivers instead of contract, route changes).

The present subsidy to transit is not sustainable. We need to revamp our collection system. Why would anyone want to park all day in cold weather near the St. Albert Inn if you could walk and catch a commuter vehicle to the station?

Providing transit services for those unable to drive is always justified however our current model does need help in becoming sustainable by using ‘people specific’ vs. ‘place specific’ subsidy models.

A current cost recovery of 37% is not justifiable to provide a public service.

Prudent fiscal management would explore opportunities for transit efficiencies to improve cost recovery, recognizing that transit is an essential need.

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It’s your turn to cook — what’s for dinner?

I think an effective transit service is important for our community.

If we’re going to subsidize the service, let’s make sure that it is truly meeting the needs of those who use it.

Currently for every dollar spent 36 cents is returned — this is not sustainable. Transit can and should be made more efficient if you elect a council willing to address this issue.

Yes — but there needs to be a reassessment of off-peak scheduling.

I 1. BIERMAN SK

2 . C RO U S E

3. BRADLEY

While transit service is necessary, it needs to become more efficient in its processes to reduce the costs to the taxpayer.

Yes. Public Transit is very important to St. Albert and a reason some residents choose to live here. I do support a regional service and any savings that can be found.

4. Brodhead

5. B urke

6. Cass idy

a 7. cli m en hag

No. The operating deficit is approaching $8 million. Less than 4% of the residents use transit and 95% commute to Edmonton. We need better service deliverables/more efficient scheduling during non-peak hours.

Transit under the present situation is not justifiable nor is it sustainable. The City cannot keep on the way it has. We must make a full evaluation of our transit.

We need to make St. Albert transit more efficient. We cannot maintain it with the present subsidization with tax monies. If we make it more efficient, more useful and convenient for residents, we could see ridership increase.

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9. goldsm ith

10. heron

11. HARLEY

Like the money spent on roads, the dollars spent on public transit should be seen as an investment — in the future, the environment, the economic health of the region — and not a mere “subsidy.”

They have a gold-plated contract for bus drivers outsourced to Diversified and buses drive around a lot of the day empty — big, polluting buses, wearing down our roads.

12. Hughes

13. Jon es

14. MacKay

15. osborn e

Any money used for the transit system and its expansion should be used well. That’s council’s duty.

4. H 5. M 6. P 7. O 8. A 9. F 14. L 15. I 16. C 17. J 18. E

I believe the city must offer public transportation but I think there are more efficient and cost effective solutions such as collector busses in neighborhoods.

17. prefontain e 16. parker

18. Russell

ANSWERS: 1. R 2. G 3. D 10. B 11. Q 12. K 13. N

St. Albert Transit provides a critical service to the community. Cost efficiency for sustainability is found by participating in a regional transit system.

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Macaroni and Cheese

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Whatever’s being served at my wife’s favourite restaurant

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Chicken breasts

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Dad’s Famous Fried Rice

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Takeout

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Wor Wonton Soup

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Spicy Chicken Stirfry

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Beef Wellington

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Sweet and sour chicken, asparagus and potatoes

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Chinese dishes

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My Extremely Unpopular Stirfry (why won’t anyone eat it?)

Steak, baked potato, Caesar salad and corn

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BBQ Steak

R.

Full turkey dinner

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Run for the Cure draws thousands ALLISON SALZ Sun Media News Services

For Holly Bailey, this year’s annual run raising funds for breast cancer research has a special meaning.

Bailey was one of 10,000 participants for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure, an event that saw a sea of pink and white flood Churchill Square on Sunday.

At just 28 years old, Bailey is a

breast-cancer survivor. She says a cancer diagnosis was not something she expected at her age.

“It was shocking. There was no family history of it at all,” she said of the diagnosis, after finding a lump in her breast at age 26.

“It was hard. I started crying immediately. It was surreal, I guess would be the best word.”

After four rounds of chemotherapy and three weeks of radiation, Bailey was

declared cancer-free.

She now has turned her efforts towards the cause, this year not only raising funds, but volunteering as well.

Bailey says she aims to educate women her age about breast health.

“It’s about helping out and raising awareness,” she said.

“I don’t think breast cancer (education) is focused on young women.

It’s really important to do those selfexaminations and get checked out.”

After the 1K walk and 5K run, participants made their way to the square to enjoy some live music and snacks.

Most of them were decked out in some kind of bright pink workout garb — the symbolic colour of the cause.

The 18th annual Edmonton edition of the run managed to raise more than $1.42 million towards breast cancer research.

Last year, Edmontonians united to raise over $1.8 million for the cause.

“Everybody has a mother or sister or whichever, everybody wants to find a cure for breast cancer, we all want the same thing,” said volunteer Necha Aitkin.

“It’s always so positive. It’s really energetic and really inspiring.”

Photos: CODIE McLACHLAN, Sun Media News Services

Left: Nathaly Eljurdi (left) and Alyssa Klassen take part during the CIBC Run for the Cure in downtown Edmonton on Sunday. Above: Ivan Gutierrez gives his daughter Veronica, 6, a unique perspective on the event.

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Heritage fund under microscope MATT DYKSTRA Sun Media News Services

A government committee dedicated to Alberta’s Heritage Savings Trust Fund faced some tough questions during a public meeting last week.

The eight MLAs on the standing committee on the fund heard public concerns on the fund’s ability to help during disasters like the spring flooding, debt sustained because of the fund, when heritage fund dollars can be used and the ethical decisions surrounding Alberta’s global investments.

“We had very intelligent questions from the public, both in the room and online, and I think we were able to give them some substantive answers,” committee chairman and St. Albert MLA Stephen Khan said.

“This $16.8 billion is not the government’s money, it’s for all Albertans.”

The government is touting the fund’s gross income of $1.5 billion for the 20122013 fiscal year with net assets totalling $16.8 billion, which is $700 million higher that in 2012. The fund achieved a return rate of 11.6 per cent.

As it sits now, the investment breakdown of the fund managed by the Alberta Investment Management Corporation is 53 per cent in equities, 20.2 per cent in fixed-

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The Fiscal Management Act introduced in the 2013 budget started the mandatory savings of a portion of Alberta’s nonrenewable resource revenues that Finance Minister Doug Horner says will result in a total savings of $24 billion over the next three years.

The government will retain greater portions of the fund’s net income every year until 100 per cent of the fund’s net income is retained annually in 2017-2018.

While the committee is generally positive on how the fund will move forward, NDP MLA David Eggen said the government needs to start taking it’s fair share of resource revenues to help offset the debt accrued by beefing up the fund.

“We had a windfall of decent royalty rates of 25 per cent and now it’s considerably less,” he said. “All the restructuring of the fund has great potential but it’s not worth the paper it’s printed on unless you have the money to throw in there.”

The Alberta Heritage Trust Fund was started in 1976 by the Peter Lougheed government. An Economic Summit held in Edmonton this Saturday will explore options for how to use Alberta’s savings to fund infrastructure projects such as new schools, roads and hospitals.

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Police dog stabbed to death PAMELA ROTH Sun Media News Services

Citizens are joining members of the Edmonton Police Service mourning the killing of K-9 dog Quanto, stabbed in the line of duty Monday morning.

It was around 5:15 a.m. when downtown cops spotted a vehicle near 90 Street and 118 Avenue with a stolen licence plate.

When officers tried to stop the vehicle, the driver took off, sparking a short chase. It ended when the vehicle collided with a median in front of a nearby gas station near 109 Street and 111 Avenue.

The driver took off on foot, but was soon confronted by Quanto and his handler, Const. Matt Williamson, in the parking lot of RCMP headquarters.

Edmonton city police Deputy Chief Danielle Campbell said the man was told repeatedly to stop, but he refused to comply.

That’s when Quanto latched on to the man before being “repeatedly” stabbed, said Campbell.

Williamson responded to his

fallen comrade, rushing him to the emergency vet clinic, but Quanto succumbed to his injuries around 5:30 a.m.

“This is a tragic loss for the Edmonton Police Service,” said Campbell. “I can assure you that in the course of his duties this morning, PSD Quanto most definitely saved the lives of members who were responding to that call and no doubt prevented further harm to the public.”

Quanto, a five-year-old German Shepherd, had been with the K-9 unit since August 2009. He was also cross-trained in narcotics operations.

In July, Quanto helped nab a man charged with six home invasions, assault and robbery.

He and his handler were part of a foot chase near 121 Avenue and 91 Street that lead the pair on a twohour hunt over fences, through yards and along high-traffic areas before a 25-year-old man was arrested and charged.

Quanto is the fifth EPS police dog killed in the line of duty. The last death occurred 15 years ago when six-year-old Rottweiler

Caesar was shot and killed as he tried to tackle a suicidal man with a gun at a north-end school. Caesar’s name is now on a national police dog monument at the RCMP Police Dog Service Training Centre near Innisfail.

Edmonton police now have 11 dogs working in the K-9 unit.

Acting Staff Sgt. Troy Carriere said the dogs do have protective vests when there is a weapon involved, such as a firearm, but nothing that protects against an edged weapon.

The situation unfolded so quickly, added Carrier, that there was no opportunity to put any equipment on the dog.

“These incidents happen in minutes, if not seconds, so Const.

Williamson made the best decision that he could at the time and I believe that’s the correct decision,” said Carriere, adding Quanto’s death is devastating.

“They touch the lives of many people, like the citizens of Edmonton, our police service members, of course our families at home, so that’s probably the most difficult thing ... it’s part of the family.”

Photo: Sun Media News Services

Edmonton Police service dog Quanto is seen in action. Quanto was fatally wounded by a knife during a police pursuit and takedown on Monday.

Quanto’s death has renewed calls for stiffer penalties for attacks on police dogs since there is no specific Criminal Code charge.

Carriere said police intend to have that changed but admits it will take time.

Should members of the public want to make a donation of toys and/or food for the shelter dogs at the Edmonton Humane Society in memory of Quanto, they can drop

them off at the EHS, 13620 163 St. Paul Joseph Vukmavich is facing numerous charges including criminal flight, dangerous driving, possession of stolen property and cruelty to an animal. At the time of his arrest, the 27-year-old was wanted on a Canada-wide unlawfully at large warrant, and had outstanding warrants from Winnipeg and Thunder Bay police for armed robbery.

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Elder abuse on the rise, says EPS PAMELA ROTH Sun Media News Services

Filled with loneliness when his wife passed away two years ago, 71-year-old Albert turned to a sex trade worker to fill the void.

One day she asked if he had ever tried crack. Not knowing much about the drug, Albert decided to give it a try in order to impress his new, younger companion.

It didn’t take long before Albert was hooked and got involved with a second woman, thus sparking a nightmare he’s still struggling to shake.

“I thought these girls liked me, but they were just after my money,” he said. “They’d wake up in the morning, said they were sick and needed money for pills so they wouldn’t die. I felt sorry for them so I bought their pills. It cost me about $250 a day.”

When Albert began running out of money, a man showed up at his house with a story about how he didn’t have a bank account. Albert was shown a cheque from the government for $2,000. The man asked if he could deposit the cheque

into Albert’s account, so he let him.

When Albert asked for his bank card back, the man refused.

“He moved into my place. There wasn’t much I could do about it. He was a real big guy,” said Albert. “I was basically kidnapped. They took control of my bank account and ran up my credit rating. I was being threatened daily if I went to the police. It was a horror story.”

It’s because of stories like Albert’s that the Edmonton Police Service has a dedicated elder abuse unit to keep up with the growing workload.

The unit currently consists of one constable who is part of a team that includes two nurses and two social workers.

Sgt. Dave Chow helps coordinate the team to provide intervention services for elders in high-risk crisis situations. Civilian members screen files for anybody over the age of 65 to see if they are in a crisis situation.

Those files land on Chow’s desk and are brought before the team to take action.

On an average week, the team will receive about five or six files.

The bulk of them consist of a family member taking advantage

financially of seniors who are incapacitated or in the early stages of dementia. The team also sees cases of physical abuse and neglect, where seniors who can barely fend for themselves are left in poor living conditions.

“It’s really sad the things we see.”

Sgt. Dave Chow Edmonton Police Service “It’s really sad the things we see.

How we treat our seniors and our own parents is really disgraceful,” said Chow, who expects the files to increase as the population gets older. The goal at times is not to lay charges, he added, but to stop the abuse.

“We don’t want to re victimize the victim by putting them on the stand and having to go through that again,” said Chow.

“You are asking a senior to say something bad to police or get this person in trouble who they rely on

to get their pills or groceries. So although they are the perpetrators, they are extremely reliant on these guys for day to day stuff. The vulnerability is exponential.”

The impact such abuse can have on a senior is as serious as death, said Chow, since they don’t have the ability to recover from a push or fracture, or can no longer afford their homes if the abuse is financial.

In one case, a senior was sexually assaulted and never recovered. Three months later, she passed away.

Even though the files are growing, Chow believes elder abuse — especially physical — is still grossly underreported.

“Often times a senior is so embarrassed to find themselves in this situation they will not report it,” he said. “We’ve seen seniors .. who can’t even stand (up) being tossed around a room by their own 300-pound son. I have been in some real tough units, but this one is the most heart jerking and challenging to work with.”

By the time police were made aware of Albert’s nightmare, it was too late. The thugs wound up taking all his money and put him $9,000 in

Photo: Sun Media News Services

Sgt. Dave Chow.

debt.

The ordeal has affected Albert to the point he’s tried taking his life on three occasions, each time ending up in the hospital.

Albert said things are finally beginning to look up. He hopes other seniors looking for companionship won’t fall victim to the same crime.

“They cleaned me out. I was pretty scared,” he said. “They (the sex trade workers) know what they’re doing.

They tell you they love you and all that stuff and you believe them. And this is what happens.”

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Superstore workers vote to ratify new deal RENATO GANDIA Sun Media News Services

Thousands of Real Canadian Superstore unionized employees voted Tuesday on the tentative agreement — reached after a twoday strike — with Canadian retail giant Loblaw.

About 8,500 members of Alberta’s United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 401 met to ratify or reject the offer made by Loblaw Companies Ltd.

Officials with UFCW Local 401 said the original offer failed to address reduced hours and wages for employees triggering a labour action last Sunday.

A few hours into the second day of province-wide strike, a deal was reached at 4 a.m. Monday.

Meetings and votes were held in nine Alberta cities including Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Camrose, Lloydminster, Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray.

Reports that the meetings in Calgary and Edmonton were standing room only were posted on the union’s Facebook page.

A majority of posters on the social networking page encouraged employees to turn down the offer and let Loblaw wait until after Thanksgiving.

Some of them

questioned why members should ratify the first offer made less than two days after the strike and argued a much better deal is yet to come.

On Monday the union told its members the tentative agreement was reached following around-the-clock negotiations.

“The

agreement offers hope to Superstore employees for their coming years of employment,” said officials in a statement released to members.

Union officials unanimously recommended the settlement before the Tuesday vote.

Diesel fumes may be blocking bees from smelling flowers SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Exposure to pollution from diesel exhaust fumes can disrupt honeybees’ ability to recognise the smells of flowers and could in future affect pollination and global food security, researchers said last week.

In a study published in the nature journal Scientific Reports, scientists from Britain’s University of Southampton found that the fumes change the profile of the floral odours that attract bees to forage from one flower to the next.

“This could have serious detrimental effects on the number of honeybee colonies and pollination activity,” said Tracey Newman, a neuroscientist who worked on the study.

Bees are important pollinators of flowering plants, including many fruit and vegetable crops.

A 2011 U.N. report estimated that bees and other pollinators such as butterflies, beetles or birds do work worth 153 billion euros ($203 billion US) a year to the human economy.

Bee populations have been declining steadily in recent decades but there is

Photo: Sun Media News Services

scientific disagreement over what might be causing it. Much attention has been focused on whether a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids may be the culprit.

A report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in January said three widely-used neonicotinoids, made mainly

by Switzerland’s Syngenta and Germany’s Bayer, posed an acute risk to honeybees.

EU leaders voted in April to ban three of the world’s most widely-used pesticides

in this class for two years because of fears they could be linked to a plunge in the bee populations.

But the British government, which recommended abstaining in a previous EU vote in March, argues the science is inconclusive and advises caution in extrapolating results from laboratory studies to real-life field conditions.

Guy Poppy, an ecology professor who worked with Newman, said to be able to

forage effectively, honeybees need to be able to learn and recognise plants — a process their results showed could be disrupted by so-called NOx gases, particularly nitrogen dioxide, found in diesel exhaust and other pollution.

For their study, the scientists took eight chemicals found in the odour of oil rapeseed flowers and mixed them in one experiment with clean air and in another with air containing diesel exhaust.

They found that six of the eight chemicals reduced in volume when mixed with diesel fumes, and two disappeared completely within a minute — meaning the profile of the chemical mix had changed. The odour mixed with clean air was unaffected.

When the researchers used the same process with NOx gases — nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide — found in diesel exhaust emissions, they saw the same results, suggesting NOx is key to how and why the odour’s profile was altered.

When the changed chemical mix was then shown to honeybees — which are known to use their sensitive sense of smell to forage for flowers — they could not recognize it.

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Toll roads floated at summit KEVIN MAIMANN and JEFF CUMMINGS Sun Media News Services

Photo: CODIE McLACHLAN, Sun Media News Services

Premier Alison Redford speaks during the province’s second economic summit of the year at the University of Alberta in Edmonton on Saturday.

Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner says the province will consider charging tolls on new roads.

Horner entertained the idea during the second Alberta Economic Summit, held Saturday at the University of Alberta’s Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science “We should not simply say we’re not going to do it because we’ve never done it before,” Horner said.

Leo DeBeaver of AIMCO suggested implementing toll roads in the Fort McMurray area as a way to generate new income.

Horner said the province will look at the proposal, excluding Highway 63.

“There has to be a business case for it, it has to be something that’s on some new piece of infrastructure. The ring roads we have today are predominantly complete, we’re not going to put it on something like that,” he said, adding toll booths could make

Redford warned there will be sense on bypass routes. “increased pressures to health “I’ve always been in the mind care that will impact our quality that if there’s more than one way of life.” to get there, and you have the “It’s fundamental to us that option of going the free route we make the right decisions with or going the toll route ... then maybe that’s something we should respect to long term investments in health care to ensure explore.” that people in our Last year, Premier province are living their Alison Redford said the lives in dignity and with province would consider respect,” said Redford. putting toll booths on “So raising revenues is Highway 63 to help pay obviously one approach, for the twinning of the and we’re perusing that.” province’s deadliest Redford, who adds the highway. heritage fund is expected On Saturday, Doug to grow to more than Redford said Alberta’s $25 billion over the next government needs to find Horner Finance minister three years, said the only ways to boost revenues way to boost revenues because of a growing and is to open up new markets for aging population that will impact Alberta’s resources, along with the province’s “quality of life.” diversifying the province’s She spoke to private and public sector officials during the summit exports.

Horner later told a crowd — as well as MLAs and academic during a panel discussion that a leaders — about alternatives for sales tax is “off the table.” financing public infrastructure Alberta’s next economic and how the government saves its summit is expected to take place resource revenues, including how next fall. to grow its $16.6 billion Heritage — with files from Matt Dykstra Savings Fund.

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Painters’ Guild ‘falls’ for autumn show

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

There may be a chill in the air as autumn sets in, but the St. Albert Painters’ Guild is just getting warmed up.

The guild is getting set for its annual fall show and sale, taking place on Oct. 18, 19 and 20 in the foyer of St. Albert Place. The theme this time around is “Autumn Hues,” but guild president Betty Tessier said that doesn’t mean it will all be orange and red leaves.

“They don’t have to be trees and scenery.

They can be autumn colours ... We pick a theme but they don’t have to follow it,” Tessier said.

“We like to have a theme to a point ... We don’t want to discourage anybody for any reason,” she added.

The fall show is a bit of a “welcome back” for guild members who have taken the summer off and are getting back in the swing of things.

But others who head south for the winter are just leaving, meaning the fall show sometimes lacks a bit of the lustre that the spring show has.

“Our spring show seems to do a little better because it’s at the end of the month [too],” Tessier said.

The fall show will also feature works by local high school students that the guild was able to send to the Summerscapes program at Red Deer College over the summer thanks to a raffle held at their spring show and sale earlier this year.

Tessier herself works in a variety of media, including watercolours, acrylics and coloured pencils. She joined the guild in 2010 after retiring from a career in sales.

“As a youngster, I always was interested in drawing and stuff ... In 2010, I started taking more workshops, basically learning something different at every one,” she said.

Her experience with the guild has been very positive, she added.

“You learn from the more experienced

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St. Albert Painters’ Guild member Tom Steele puts the finishing touches on one of his works in the painting studios at St. Albert Place on Tuesday morning. people. When I need information, I can give them a call and say, ‘What do you think of this?’” Tessier said.

While the St. Albert Painters’ Guild’s membership list is usually filled to capacity, Tessier said there were a few openings this spring after some members left.

“We had a few on the waiting list, and then a few just joined more recently. We’ve had five new [members], for sure,” she said.

The St. Albert Painters’ Guild’s fall show and sale runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20.

A “Meet the Artists” reception will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Friday evening.

For more information on the show or on the guild itself, visit www.paintersguild.ca.

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Café hosts Stollery fundraiser GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Darren McGeown knows it’s no fun to be a kid in the hospital.

That’s why he wants to brighten the lives of those going through medical treatment.

McGeown is the owner of Arcadia Café and Bar in downtown St. Albert, which is where a fundraiser for the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation entitled A Day in the Life will be taking place on Saturday evening.

McGeown spent almost six months in the Stollery after suffering an aneurysm when he was 11 years old, so the hospital has a special place in his heart.

“It’s called A Day in the Life because I know exactly what it’s like for those kids spending every single day there,” he said. “I just had to lay there in a hospital bed for six months ... It sucks being in there, and I just want to help them out as much as possible.”

During the fundraiser, six local artists will be displaying their work, with at least 50 per cent of the sales going to the Stollery, along

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with the proceeds from ticket sales.

The artists include: • Teresa Wallsten; • Amy Leong; • Troy Barker; and • Sylvie Hawkes, who helped McGeown organize the event.

The idea for the fundraiser started when he and Hawkes got to talking.

“Eventually we said, let’s do a pop-up art shop night, with some music and everything,” McGeown said. “Obviously the Stollery was something I really wanted to [support].”

There will also be works on display from two St. Albert Catholic High School art students, Riane Grainger and Roanne Mendoza.

As well, local singer Natty Valencia has asked to be involved, and will be performing from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

McGeown said the response from all the artists he has approached has been overwhelmingly positive.

“No one had any problem [donating half their proceeds]; people were all excited,” he said.

“Especially Natty — she just asked if she could play. She just released an album and has been playing a lot, but she was super excited to be involved.”

Even when there aren’t any special fundraisers going on, though, the walls of Arcadia are often covered with local artwork, and McGeown brings in local signers to perform on a regular basis.

He said that giving budding artists and musicians a chance to get some exposure is a wonderful opportunity.

“It’s important to help these musicians and give [artists] a wall to hang their art on, give them a microphone,” he said. “It’s fun for me as well — I get to see all these musicians and all this amazing art.”

Tickets for the A Day in the Life fundraiser are $30 each, with all proceeds going to the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, and are available at Arcadia Café and Bar (#50, 24 Perron St.). Doors open at 7 p.m., and there will be food and drink specials all night.

For more information, visit www. arcadiacafeandbar.com

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St. Albert singer Natty Valencia is one of the artists involved in the A Day in the Life fundraiser at Arcadia Café and Bar on Saturday evening.

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Unity in Diversity marks 20th anniversary GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Two decades later, the venue may have changed , but the underlying message of peace and tolerance have not.

Put on each year by the Baha’is of St. Albert, the Unity in Diversity Celebration marks its 20th year on Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Arden Theatre, and organizer Renie Zeitz couldn’t be more excited as they head down the homestretch.

“It’s also the 30th anniversary of the Arden, so the two anniversaries coincide this year, which is really exciting,” she said.

The concerts started out awfully small, being held first in the St. Albert Community Hall on Perron Street, then in Grandin Park Plaza.

“They were small little events. We had a Unity in Diversity tea one time, with different pictures of teapots from around the world,” Zeitz recalled with a laugh.

But it has come a long way since then.

And while there are no special celebrations planned, the concert will feature its usual lineup of stellar performers, including Garth Prince, the Scoil Rince Mahoney School of Irish Dance, the Balada Romanian folk dance ensemble, dancers Kyle Toy and Caitlin Griffin, and many more.

There are also a number of St. Albert performers taking the stage, including Neda Yamach and Ronda Metszies of the Obsessions Jazz Octet, as well as beatboxer/ rapper Karim Campbell Rushdy.

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School of Irish Dance also train at Zero Gravity Dance Studio in Riel Business Park.

Last year, Yamach, Metszies and the rest of the Obsessions Jazz Octet performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, and will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of that show with another show on Sunday, Oct. 13, at Muttart Hall in Edmonton.

Prince is a singer and storyteller who grew up in Namibia, and travelled to Edmonton as part of an African choir, where he met his wife

Michelle and decided to stay. For every CD Prince sells at his shows, he donates one to a school in Africa, and he also runs an AIDS awareness project.

“He’s very good, and he gets audience participation, so it’s quite a bit of fun,” Zeitz said.

The 20th annual Unity in Diversity Celebration takes place on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Arden Theatre. Tickets are $15 each plus fees, and are available through Ticketmaster or the Arden box office.

For more information on the concert or the Baha’is of St. Albert, visit www. stalbertbahai.org.

LOTR props going up for auction SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Ever wanted to try on hairy Hobbit feet or wield Frodo’s sword?

Fans of Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy film series The Lord of the Rings will have the opportunity to bid on rare movie memorabilia, a Beverly Hills auction house said on Monday.

Props from Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy will be up for sale at Julien’s Auctions on Dec. 5, including a pair of prosthetic hairy Hobbit feet worn by one of the film’s main characters, Samwise Gamgee. The hairy feet are estimated to fetch between $15,000 and $30,000.

“It has been more than a decade since the first of the trilogy films was released and in that time only

a handful of items from these films have ever been publicly offered for sale,” Martin Nolan, executive director of Julien’s Auctions, said in a statement.

“Demand for this memorabilia is extraordinarily high and the scale and quality of this remarkable collection is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity for fans and collectors,” he added.

The total auction is expecting to fetch between $1 million and $1.5 million from the sale of 80 lots of memorabilia.

Other highlights from the fantasy realm of Middle Earth include the sword of lead character Frodo Baggins, played

by Elijah Wood, estimated between $100,000 and $200,000,

and a wizard staff belonging to Gandalf the White (played by Ian McKellan), expected to fetch between $50,000 and $70,000.

The auction house said that the rare props come from the private collection of one collector, and is the second largest collection of Lord of the Rings movie memorabilia, behind only Jackson’s own official archive of props.

Jackson’s trilogy of Lord of the Rings films — 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring, 2002’s The Two Towers and 2003’s The Return of the King — are adapted from J.R.R. Tolkein’s fantasy novels of the same name.

The story follows the journey of mild-mannered hobbit Frodo,

who travels across the treacherous terrains of Middle Earth to destroy a precious ring that would make its wearer dangerously powerful.

The films grossed nearly $4 billion at the worldwide box office, one of the largest-grossing film series in history.

Jackson adapted Tolkein’s prequel The Hobbit into a second trilogy of films set in Middle Earth. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was released last year and has grossed more than $1 billion at the worldwide box office.

The second installment, The Desolation of Smaug, is set to be released in U.S. theaters Dec. 13.

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Dion returns to English music JANE STEVENSON Sun Media News Services

Celine Dion is more into the show than the business.

This admission comes as the Quebec pop diva re-enters the English language music market with her first album in six years, Loved Me Back To Life, out Nov. 5.

“I haven’t been resting for six years, I’ve been working really hard,” says Dion, 45, in a oceanfront hotel penthouse suite near her Jupiter Island mansion, which was recently listed for $72.5 million.

“But I feel like the work that I do at the Colosseum in Caesars (as artist in residence) is very off show business totally. It’s in my house, it’s my home.

‘Come and see me sing, I’m home!’

When you’re back in the industry it’s crazy. Not my favourite thing. I love recording. I love to sing. But everytime I have to talk about me — ugh...”

Still, Dion, who has been performing in Las Vegas on and off since 2003 in a theatre especially built by Caesars for her, is clearly excited about the title track from Loved Me Back to Life — cowritten by Australian singer Sia, who co-wrote and sang on DJ David Guetta’s

“Titanium” and rapper Flo Rida’s “Wild Ones.”

In a slick video presentation featuring seven of the album’s 13 tracks, Dion is seen falling off a couch in a recording studio as she listens to the song after recording it.

“When I hear something that comes from me that makes me fall down off my chair, it’s not often,” says Dion, whose last release was 2012’s French-language album, Sans attendre.

“When the young generation offers me a song — Sia — that writes for Rihanna, that my (teenage) kid thought it was a mistake that she sent me that song. ‘That’s not true! That’s not possible! Sia wrote you a song? I mean c’mon really?’ It’s such a powerful, powerful song and its edgy.”

Other than promoting Loved Me Back to Life, Dion’s also busy with that house sale.

The married mother of 12-year-old son Rene Charles and twins Eddy and Nelson, who turn three years old on Oct. 23 — a birthday that will bring her and manager-husband Rene Angelil to Montreal in a couple of weeks to celebrate with her family — admits when you’re dealing with that snack

bracket it’s a whole different scenario.

“When you sell a mansion like this — it’s a big property, and it’s very expensive — you’re not going to have people in line,” says Dion, who has no tour plans beyond seven shows in Paris and two shows in Belgium, along with her ongoing Colosseum dates.

“When you’re about to spend that much money, you can’t just say, ‘Do you want it?’ They have to check other things as well to compare.

So it takes a little bit, a while.

But I’m amazed we’ve already had offers! And it’s sad because we don’t want to leave the property. It’s just that we don’t want to leave it alone and empty for so long. And we’re rebuilding in Vegas a little bigger home because we’re going to spend a little bit more time there.”

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Johnson back to mellow roots

JANE STEVENSON Sun Media News Services

Attention world: Jack Johnson is not Canadian.

But we’d happily adopt the lifestyle of the Hawaiian surfer-turned-singersongwriter, whose latest album, From Here To Now To You, recently bowed at No. 1 in Canada and the U.S. “A lot of people think I have a Canadian accent for some reason,” says Johnson, 38.

“I don’t know what it is that I get that more when I travel than people thinking I’m from Hawaii ... So I must have some kind of connection to Canada.”

Unlike most Canadians though, Johnson records in his two-car garage in his North Shore, Hawaiian home — dubbed Mango Tree Studio — pausing to swim and surf.

“It is the ideal way to make a record for us,” says Johnson, a married father of three kids.

“The thing that’s so great it there is that we’re not paying for studio time so we can show up and then if we get a (wave) report, we can take a break and we can be back in the studio in an hour. Go down for a surf.”

We caught up with Johnson recently.

Q. The new record is a return to your acoustic beginnings after exploring your more electric side on the last couple of albums but I was surprised to hear that Jimi Hendrix was such a guitar hero of yours?

A. Sure. I loved a lot of his sort of quieter songs too ... The way that he connects chords. Even when he does his really pretty stuff probably influenced me more than the lead guitar stuff. ... I think what influenced my music and what I ended up playing is a little more of those delicate things. And even lyrically, just the stories he tells. I like his albums, the way they have a lot of segues between songs.

Q. Your family inspired a lot of the new music but you generally don’t talk about them in interviews?

A. That’s the dichotomy of it. I think the songs are how much I choose to show about family. And I guess the way I feel is there’s a truth about the relationship between a father and a son or a father and a daughter, but I don’t really feel like I’m sharing anything too personal. But I think they feel personal because people can feel they come from a real place. But I always try to make sure to listen to them objectively before I put them out ... I don’t

know if I’m that private a person or else I wouldn’t be doing this. But I got to draw the line somewhere. I got to find some privacy. I wanted to make sure our life feels pretty normal. I’m just dad to them.

And so far it’s been pretty good.

Q. You obviously have a sense of humour about Saturday Night Live’s Andy Samberg’s take on you — hosting a skit called the Mellow Show — given you cast him in a 2010 video for your older song, “At Me or With Me,” in which you two have a knock down, drag out fight in a bar and onto the street?

A. It was funny for me to watch this ‘mellow’ thing grow and grow and grow. ... Hey, if there’s going to be a projection of you out there, I don’t mind mine. I think it’s funny. And it’s not too far from the truth but it’s an exaggeration. All my friends at home would laugh. They think of me as competitive. They crack up about the mellow thing.

Q. What was meeting Samberg like?

A. If was funny the first time we got on the phone with each other, he was a little nervous ‘cause he said, ‘I just want you to know that I’m not teasing you. I’m just honoring your mellowness.’ And I said, ‘I’m going to kick your ass! I can’t wait!’’’

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Night Train pulls into Rexall Photo: DALE MAcMILLAN, Sun Media News Services

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Red wine may help the heart ALLISON SALZ Sun Media News Services

A compound found in red wine and nuts can help treat those suffering from a common heart condition, say researchers at the University of Alberta.

Atrial fibrillation is a disorder that’s becoming more common in Canada, and it can literally cause the heart to skip a beat.

Peter Light, a researcher from the U of A’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, said resveratrolbased drugs help regulate electrical activity in the heart.

“Atrial fibrillation numbers are Peter Light going up, yet U of A researcher the medications that are currently available are sub-optimal.”

One in 200 people have the condition, which increases their chances of stroke by five times, Light said.

The team is now working on advancing its drug design, and hopes to start clinical drugs within the next three to five years.

Few medications are currently on the market to help treat the disorder effectively, and those drugs have some serious side effects.

Since resveratrol is a natural product, Light hopes it would be better tolerated by the body.

But those with the disorder shouldn’t try treat their disorder by downing glass after glass of vino; there isn’t enough of the compound in each glass to be beneficial.

“I don’t think drinking lots of red wine would benefit and the levels of resveratrol in red wine are very low,” Light said.

“You’d have to consume hundreds of bottles of Photo: ALLISON SALZ, Sun Media News Services wine a day to get any kind of therapeutic effects, Dr. Peter Light, a researcher from the U of A’s Faculty of Medicine and which probably wouldn’t be very good for your Climenhaga_Leader_FINAL.pdf 9/30/13 3:35:25 PM Dentistry, says that a compound found in red wine and nuts can help treat liver.” those suffering from a common heart condition.

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New tool can diagnose sleep apnea while patient is awake SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Australian researchers say they can diagnose obstructive sleep apnea while the patient is awake.

Normally a patient has to go to a sleep clinic to get that diagnosis, but researchers at Curtin University have created a computer simulation program to analyze breathing airflow in the throat. The program creates a 3D model of a patient’s throat.

“What our study suggests is that OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) could be identified, even when the individual concerned is awake and breathing normally,” researcher Julien Cisonni said in a release about the study.

“It is likely that more than half of the people affected by OSA are not aware of it.

The development of innovative tools based on airway scans and flow simulations would ease OSA diagnosis and facilitate early intervention.”

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Hard work helps Playboy model keep figure CARY CASTAGNA Sun Media News Services

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Playboy’s 2006 Playmate of the Year, Kara Monaco, knows a thing or two about working out.

She’s a Playboy Bunny. But when it comes to keeping fit, Kara Monaco is more like the Energizer Bunny.

Whether it’s her adherence to a stringent eating plan or her consistent workout regimen, she just keeps going and going and going.

“I do a lot to stay in shape,” the 30-year-old Florida native tells Sun Media during a recent promotional stop in Edmonton. “I work really hard at it actually.”

Hard and smart.

Monaco, much more than a pretty face, knows a thing or two about working out.

A dancer and competitive gymnast in her formative years, she starred in the Envy fitness DVD series, which hit stores in 2007.

“It’s all-over body toning,” she says of Envy, produced in association with celebrity trainer Michael Carson. “I still use it to this day to tone all my body parts — arms, abs, legs, glutes, the whole deal.”

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“Sometimes I’ll work out six days a week,” she adds. “That way the next week I can do just four days and have a little bit of a break because it does get monotonous when you’re constantly doing the same things over and over. But that’s why I try to switch it up.”

On the days she’s not toning up with her signature video series, Monaco works up a sweat through various cardio-focused sessions.

That includes running, hiking and — although the San Diego resident loves the outdoors — the occasional stint on the elliptical machine.

“If I do the elliptical, I can read my book and listen to music at the same time, so it makes the time go by faster,” she laughs.

“I try to do a minimum of 30 minutes of cardio. I prefer to do more, like 45, but it just depends on the day. But minimum, usually 30 minutes. Bare minimum.”

The blonde-haired, blue-eyed centrefold, whose TV appearances include Big Brother 14 and Keeping Up with the Kardashians, also enjoys hot power yoga and wakeboarding.

“So I do all kinds of stuff,” she explains.

“But honestly, if you want to be in shape fitness-wise, the biggest thing is you have to eat really clean and really healthy. That’s a huge part of it. That’s probably like 70 per cent of it.”

Among the staple foods in Monaco’s diet are oatmeal, peanut butter, almonds, chicken, and various fruits and veggies.

After a workout, she typically grabs a protein shake.

Perhaps most notably, Monaco is a stickler about curtailing carb intake late in the day.

“The No. 1 tip I could give people is not to eat carbs at dinner time,” she advises. “Eat them early in the day because then you have all day to burn them off. … And don’t eat (anything) after 8 p.m. That’s another thing I do.

That makes a huge difference.”

It definitely seems to help do the trick. Monaco — a toned 110 pounds at five-foot-six — manages to maintain an hour-glass 34C-24-34 figure.

And while many may chalk up her aesthetic curves to favourable genetics, she insists that staying in shape doesn’t come easy for her.

“I think people think, ‘Oh, she’s lucky, she probably doesn’t have to do anything,’” says Monaco. “But I actually work really, really hard at it.”

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How

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When the FBI shut down Silk Road — an illegal online drug selling site — they seized its assets, which included more than 26,000 Bitcoins — a form of Internet cash.

What is Bitcoin?

A digital currency created in 2009 that eliminates payment processors (VISA, for example) and allows users to stay anonymous.

Here’s Create a how it digital wallet works: 1) An account is created.

2) A digital wallet is installed on your computer or mobile device.

3) You will be given a unique alphanumeric deposit address for receiving bitcoins.

A bitcoin wallet is software that generates encrypted Bitcoin addresses, each of which contain a balance of bitcoins.

What are bitcoins?

An online equivalent of cash that can be sent directly to anyone.

Bitcoins have been successfully transferred from your wallet to the company’s address.

Buy bitcoins

The transaction is sent to be veriďŹ ed.

The client also “signs� the transaction request with the private key of the digital wallet address you’re transferring bitcoins from.

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The new Your Bitcoin address is client makes a encrypted request to with both a transfer coins private key from your and a public wallet to the key for company’s veriďŹ cation. address.

1) Money is transferred to your digital wallet (wire transfer, bank transfer, money order, etc.)

2) Once funds arrive, you can buy bitcoins.

You buy bitcoins from other people; Bitcoin merely provides the platform for buyers to get their bitcoins and sellers to get their money.

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Want to cash them out?

Instant sell: Sells coins at highest market price.

Sell bitcoins

Limit order: You set the price you’re willing to sell for.

Two choices.

$200 U.S.

$229.00: Apr. 9, 2013

How much is a bitcoin worth?

On today’s market, one bitcoin is worth about $123, but they started out at much less than that

Withdraw funds in USD or EUR currency.

Want to buy something?

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Exercise just as good as medication for the heart — study

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Exercise may be just as good as medication to treat heart disease and should be included as a comparison when new drugs are being developed and tested, scientists said last week.

In a large review published in the British Medical Journal, researchers from Britain’s London School of Economics and Harvard and Stanford universities in the United States found no statistically detectable differences between exercise and drugs for patients with coronary heart disease or prediabetes, when a person shows

symptoms that may develop into full-blown diabetes.

For patients recovering from stroke, the review — which analysed the results of 305 studies covering almost 340,000 participants — found that exercise was more effective than drug treatment.

Cardiovascular disease is the world’s number one killer, leading to at least 17 million deaths a year.

“In cases where drug options provide only modest benefit, patients deserve to understand the relative impact that physical activity might have on their condition,” the

researchers wrote.

The review also said the amount of trial evidence on the health benefits of exercise is considerably smaller than that on drugs, which the scientists said may have had an impact on their results.

They argued that this “blind spot” over exercise in scientific evidence “prevents prescribers and their patients from understanding the clinical circumstances where drugs might provide only modest improvement but exercise could yield more profound or sustainable gains.”

The review adds to a large body of

evidence showing that regular exercise is key to human health.

According to the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO), physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality, causing an estimated 3.2 million deaths around the world each year.

The WHO says regular moderate intensity physical activity — such as walking, cycling or participating in sports — can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, colon and breast cancer, and depression, as well as cutting the risk of bone fractures and helping to control body weight.

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NORTH RIDGE

$439,900

Active Listings: 8

Sold Listings: 12

Active Listings: 18

Sold Listings: 21

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $379,000 / High $1,095,000

Low $392,500 / High $743,000 Avg. days on market: 46

$389,024

Low $344,000 / High $479,900

$363,847

Low $231,000 / High $606,000 Avg. days on market: 44

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OAKMONT Sold Listings: 17

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Sold Listings: 14

Active Listings: 13

Sold Listings: 17

Active Listings: 21

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $294,900 / High $539,000

Low $288,000/ High $450,000 Avg. days on market: 43

Low $379,900 / High $497,000

Low $351,000 / High $462,000 Avg. days on market: 34

Low $399,900 / High $1,395,000

Low $400,000 / High $1,234,194 Avg. days on market: 50

$373,477

$353,050

$441,646

$400,000

KINGSWOOD

DEER RIDGE

Sold Listings: 9

Sold Listings: 35

Active Listings: 18

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $333,000/ High $499,900

Low $295,000 / High $587,500 Avg. days on market: 47

Low $488,800 / High $2,499,000

Low $478,000 / High $2,500,000 Avg. days on market: 72

$394,137

ERIN RIDGE Active Listings: 38

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$951,599

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Average list price:

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Low $379,900 / High $585,000

Low $340,000 / High $475,000 Avg. days on market: 53

$474,379

$423,400

STURGEON HEIGHTS

Active Listings: 1

Sold Listings: 6

Active Listings: 27

Sold Listings: 33

Average list price:

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Active Listings: 5

Sold Listings: 10

Average list price:

Average sale price:

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Average sale price:

Low $405,000 / High $405,000

Low $342,000 / High $435,000 Avg. days on market: 34

Low $339,900 / High $1,098,000

Low $300,000 / High $775,000 Avg. days on market: 47

Low $314,900 / High $689,000

Low $283,000 / High $432,000 Avg. days on market: 21

$405,000

$377,566

GRANDIN

$615,374

$451,956

MISSION

Active Listings: 14

Sold Listings: 18

Active Listings: 7

Average list price:

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Low $269,800 / High $675,000 Avg. days on market: 33

Low $279,900 / High $679,200

Low $324,900 / High $487,000 Avg. days on market: 29

$393,764

$391,150

$390,385

Sold Listings: 6 $379,066

$422,160

$352,040

WOODLANDS Active Listings: 10

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Low $379,900 / High $549,900

Low $361,000 / High $586,500 Avg. days on market: 40

$444,109

$423,200

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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.*Did you know source: City of St. Albert website, St. Albert 2012 Census MPSSCS4917947MPSE

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TALKING TURKEY

GRAVY

(and the rest of Thanksgiving dinner)

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – The turkey’s in the oven, potatoes are boiling, pies are baked and your mouth is watering in anticipation of Thanksgiving dinner. And chances are you are going to overeat because: 1) The cook has prepared all your favourite side dishes; 2) You don’t get a meal like this very often; and 3) Everything just tastes better on Thanksgiving.

WHAT TO DO? • Don’t starve yourself before the dinner. Trying to bank calories for the big meal leaves you hungry and more likely to overeat.

• Eat a healthy snack such as veggies and lite dip before dinner.

It will fill you up a little so you eat less of the heftier meal items.

• Like to pile a lot on your plate? Get a smaller plate. You can’t put as much on it.

• Exercise. Not only today, but every day. It will help burn off those extra calories you ate.

3 tbsp.

34 calories 3g fat

APPLE PIE

BUTTER 1 tbsp.

1/8 of 9”pie

100 calories 11g fat

410 calories 14g fat

WHITE DINNER ROLL

CRANBERRY SAUCE

1 cup

2 tbsp.

120 calories 4g fat

50 calories 0g fat

Grand total:

STUFFING

TURKEY

1/2 cup

190 calories 9g fat

Generally, average-sized women should eat around 1,800 calories a day; for men, around 2,200.

1 cup white meat and skin

250 calories 9g fat

MASHED POTATOES 1 cup

210 calories 8g fat

CORN 1/2 cup

66 calories 1g fat

1,430 calories

(more if you ate dark meat or had a drink with dinner)

59g of fat

St. Albert

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Not-for-profit organizations, foundations, businesses and residents are encouraged to nominate individuals or families who demonstrate outstanding civic and charitable responsibility and set an example that encourages others to be philanthropic leaders in the community.

The awards are organized and administered by a group of citizen volunteers and the Mayor of St. Albert. They will select and recognize a community leader with the St. Albert Philanthropy Award.

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Drew Carey takes over as host of The Price is Right from Bob Barker, who retired after 35 years at the age of 83.

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Twitter gets ‘buy’ rating before IPO SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Twitter Inc’s share price could almost double in its first year as a listed company, a brokerage firm said, issuing a “buy” rating on the stock even before the online messaging service goes public.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Robert Peck, the first to rate the stock, suggested Twitter could float at $28-$30 per share, and said it could reach $50 within a year.

Twitter allows its users to post a maximum of 140 character messages called “tweets” to share their personal thoughts and links to content with the public and their friends, or to promote businesses.

“It is important for investors to look at Twitter beyond just a 140 character text,” Peck wrote in a 76-page note.

Twitter’s planned IPO is one of the most anticipated since Facebook Inc’s coming-out party in June 2012.

Despite posting big losses over the last three years, Twitter hopes to woo investors with its advertisement

revenue growth.

The company, which started selling advertising only in 2010, received about 87 percent of its revenue from advertising in the first half of the year.

Twitter’s September acquisition of online mobilead exchange MoPub, which is viewed as its answer to Google Inc’s DoubleClick, and its advertising alliances with broadcasters would boost advertising revenue, the brokerage said.

Peck said one of the biggest opportunities for Twitter was to capture a part of the $200 billion global TV market with Amplify, which

Canada and Greece embroiled in feta feud SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Greece has fired the first volley in what could become a feta cheese war with Canada.

“The possibility of made-in-Canada feta coming to the E.U. must be removed completely from the rhetoric of any public discussion today,” said Dimitri Melas, a high-ranking official in the Greek government’s agriculture development ministry.

Melas made the comments last week when he was asked about a potential roadblock in Canada-European Union free trade negotiations — European rules that specify white, brined cheese can only be called feta if it was produced in Greece.

Similarly, scotch must actually come from Scotland and Parma ham has to be from Parma, Italy.

Greek media outlets also say Athens is ready to veto any CanadaE.U. free trade agreement that doesn’t maintain the same product protections.

“If the E.U. loses feta, then other products will follow,” said Melas.

Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast wouldn’t say if he was cheesed off by the Greek comments.

“I can tell you that negotiations between the E.U. and Canada are ongoing and continuing and that both Canada and the E.U. remain committed to a successful outcome to the negotiations,” spokesman Rudy Husny said in an e-mail. “Canada will only sign an agreement that is in the best interests of Canadians, that opens up new markets and creates new opportunities for Canadian exporters.”

Privately, Canadian officials say they see the Greek comments aimed more at making sure European negotiators represent the country’s interests.

Neither the Greek embassy nor the E.U. delegation in Ottawa responded to QMI Agency’s request for comment.

allows broadcasters to show video clips and ads through tweets coordinated with what is being shown on TV. Twitter could make use of the search capability with a product similar to Google’s AdWords, where advertisers pay Google according to the number of clicks on the ads, the brokerage said.

Keyword targeting, a feature which was only rolled out in April, will help the company’s revenue, Peck said. He is rated four stars out of a possible five for the accuracy of his recommendations on internet companies by Thomson Reuters StarMine.

E-commerce and mobile apps

are other areas Twitter could take advantage of to make revenue, Peck said. Three-quarters of its monthly active users are considered mobile users, Twitter said in a filing.

Twitter has not said how many shares will be sold or at what price.

Peck based his numbers on a float of 50 million shares, raising up to $1.5 billion, taking shares on issue to around 537 million.

He then calculated his share target based on 16 times enterprise value divided by revenue or 80 times enterprise value divided by EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization).

Twitter said in a filing there were 472.6 million shares of common stock outstanding and no shares of its preferred stock outstanding as of June 30.

Peck said Twitter is the dominant player in the “real time interest graph”, which provides a unique option that few others can match.

Samsung close to record earnings SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is on track to post its second consecutive year of record earnings as a rebound in its semiconductor business shields the South Korean tech giant from a slower smartphone market.

The world’s biggest memory chipmaker is likely to see its semiconductor earnings charge to a three-year high — a much-needed shot in the arm — just as sales of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone begin to flag, analysts say.

The global chip market has rallied since late 2012 due to a supply crunch caused by years of cautious investment to support prices, and conversion of factory capacity to produce more profitable chips used in smartphones and tablets.

The market further tightened following a fire in early September at a China plant owned by SK Hynix, the world’s No. 2 chipmaker. The drop in supply helped divert customers to Samsung, whose heavy

investment in cutting-edge chip-making technologies has made it head and shoulders above smaller rivals like Micron Technology Inc. “As of now, there is no real competitor for Samsung in the (memory) chip business,” said Lee Seung-woo, a tech analyst at IBK Investment & Securities. “This dearth of players is expected to allow Samsung to post considerable operating profits throughout this year and next year, even if demand flags.”

Samsung is estimated to post an operating profit of 38.5 trillion won ($35.85 billion) this year, up a third from 2012, according to a survey of 45 analysts by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The company said on Friday operating profit is likely to reach a record 10.1 trillion won in the third quarter.

Contract dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chip prices jumped nine per cent in the second half of September from the first half of that month while spot prices soared 37 per cent.

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Fear of commitment not limited to Gen Y not value the total benefits package as others have in the past — at least not right now. Other considerations are more important. Who will they be working with? What opportunities are there in the future? Make it easy for them to see that they can change roles and still remain happily within your organization.

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With fear in his voice and disappointment in his eyes, a recent MBA graduate told me he’d been offered a position by his dream company, a well-known consulting firm. It was a strategic consulting job, the exact type of work he had hoped to be doing upon graduation.

“It’s full time,” he said. “I had really hoped for a one- or twoyear contract.”

Much is being written about recent graduates delaying their entrance into the world of work.

Sometimes it is because of economic conditions, or a lack of entry-level work.

But another significant trend is fueling this phenomenon.

Graduates have a deep fear of commitment.

It used to be embarrassing to admit that you were out of work — at any age. Not so anymore. We’ve all learned that employment is not permanent and being out of work is not shameful. Common exposure to unemployment and downsizing has changed this new generation of workers.

Gone is the pressure to take a job, any job. New graduates feel starting in a position that isn’t right for them would dishonour the investment in their education.

They are terrified of making a wrong choice.

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New graduates are less likely to commit to a long-term job placement than they would have even 20 years ago, so it’s important to know what to offer a potential hire.

Forced to choose between a potential mistake or unemployment, they choose not to choose. The job hunt itself feels overwhelming. Often, it never really gets started.

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from a full-time position just as easily as a contract. Of course, both he and the employer can choose to end, extend or redefine employment terms at any time.

Yet, a contract, without benefits, suits him just fine. It’s a way to do work he thinks he’ll love, and it leaves his options open. The out makes it feel less scary.

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