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What programs are available? English Programs

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French Immersion Programs

Grades K-6

Leo Nickerson

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75 Akins Dr.

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Grades K-6

Muriel Martin

Keenooshayo

40 Woodlands Rd.

780.459.3114

Grades 7-9

Sir George Simpson

Leo Nickerson

10 Sycamore Ave.

780.459.4426

Grades 10-12

Paul Kane

Muriel Martin

110 Deer Ridge Dr.

780.458.0205

Robert Rundle

50A Grosvenor Blvd.

780.459.4475

Ronald Harvey

15 Langley Ave.

780.459.5541

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61 Sir Winston Churchill Ave.

780.459.4467

Wild Rose

58 Grenfell Ave.

780.460.3737

75 Akins Dr.

780.459.7766

Grades 7-9 Elmer S. Gish

When do classes begin?

Grades 1-12: September 3

Kindergarten: To facilitate a gentler introduction to the more formal school setting, and to promote greater student-teacher interaction, your child will be asked to participate in teacher-determined small group settings in the days prior to the first day of regular Kindergarten classes (September 6).

Late French Immersion Program Grades 7-9

Sir George Simpson

Alternate Programs Logos Christian Grades K-4

Leo Nickerson

Grades 5-9

Elmer S. Gish

Cogito

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4 Fairview Blvd.

780.460.3728

Sir George Simpson

50 Grosvenor Blvd.

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149 Larose Dr.

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Advanced Placement Grades 10-12 Paul Kane

Bellerose Composite

49 Giroux Rd.

780.460.8490

Paul Kane

12 Cunningham Rd.

780.459.4405

International Baccalaureate Grades 10-12 Bellerose Composite

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St. Gabriel Storefront

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Grades 10-12

Grades K-9

Elmer S. Gish

If you have a child with special needs, please call Student Services at our District Office (780.460.3712).

When and where should we register? Kindergarten to Grade 9

École Paul Kane High School

Outreach High School and St. Gabriel Storefront School

Students who have not pre-registered may register at the school they will be attending after August 27. Please telephone the school for registration and/or orientation times.

Paul Kane students who have pre-registered should have received a timetable and other pertinent information by mail earlier this summer. An invoice for school fees will be sent by mail in mid-September.

To register at Outreach, call 780.458.0839; to register at St. Gabriel Storefront, call 780.459.6616.

Bellerose Composite High School

Students who have not pre-registered are invited to register in our Student Services office. Please call Mrs. D’Aoust after August 26 at 780.459.4405 to book an appointment with a member of our Student Services staff.

Bellerose students who have pre-registered should have received a timetable and other pertinent information by mail earlier this summer. An invoice for school fees will be sent by mail in mid-September. Registration documents are available on our website. Students who have not pre-registered are invited to register in our Student Services office. Please call Mrs. McDonald after August 26 at 780.460.8490 to book an appointment with a member of our Student Services staff. On Friday, August 30, all Grade 10 students and any Grade 11 & 12 students new to Bellerose are invited to a “Bulldog Welcome” session between 10 and 11:30 am. Meet in the cafeteria at 10 am for a brief welcome, followed by the opportunity to meet your teachers and see your classes. Classes start on Tuesday, September 3 at 8 am for all grades. Join us on Tuesday, September 10 from 5 to 7 pm for our Meet the Teacher Welcome Back BBQ, followed by a School Council Meeting at 7 pm.

Paul Kane does not hold a formal “registration day” prior to the start of school. Instead, on Friday, August 30 all Grade 10 students and any Grade 11 & 12 students new to Paul Kane are invited to a “Welcome to PK” session between 10:30 and noon. Meet in the cafeteria at 10:30 for a brief welcome. Then, from 10:45 to 11:15 you may wander around, find your classrooms and meet and chat with your teachers. At 11:15, return to the cafeteria for some treats and to catch up with friends. The first day of classes will be Tuesday, September 3 with a “staggered entry plan”. Grade 10 students will begin at 8 am and Grade 11 and 12 students will begin at 11:15 am. Busing has been arranged accordingly. A bus schedule will arrive with your bus pass. Please join us on Wednesday, September 11 from 5-7 pm for our Meet the Staff Welcome Back BBQ.

What about transportation?

Bus passes are sold at our District Office. First day of Grades 1-12 busing is September 3. Busing for Kindergarten students begins September 6. Students requiring special transportation arrangements, such as parent provided special education transportation, should contact Transportation Services for more information at 780.460.3712 or e-mail transportation@spschools.org.

First Rider’s Night

If your child will be riding the yellow school bus for the first time this year, please consider joining us for First Rider’s Night on August 28, a free information night about busing safety and rules. To register or find out more, please call 780.460.3712 or check our website at www.spschools.org.

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Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013

Young players making Lead a racquet at tennis club INDEX the

News . . . . . . . . . 3 Opinion . . . . . . . . 8 Photo Booth . . . . . . 12 Council Notes . . . . 15 Staycation . . . . . . 20 Entertainment . . . . . 21 Food & Drink . . . . . 23 Pets . . . . . . . . 25 Health . . . . . . . 27 Fun & Games . . . . . 28 Business . . . . . . 30 stalbertjobs.com . . . . 31

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After breaking up their old band Stereos late last summer, (L-R) Daniel Johnson, St. Albert native Pat Kordyback and Robb Chalifoux are back with their new project, I65, and getting a great response to their new single “Another Summer” at radio and MuchMusic. See story, P. 21.

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$300,000 That’s the estimated surplus for the 2013 Edmonton Folk Music Festival, which wrapped up on Sunday, Aug. 11. The festival took in about $4 million this year — nearly half from ticket sales — and paid out $3.7 million, almost $1 million of which to paying artists.

year keep coming back,” he said. But, even with the success of Ormandy and St. Albert Leader other club members on a competitive level, Childs Some young people are making a racquet at the stresses that’s not the ultimate goal. St. Albert Tennis Club. “We’re not here just to train superstars,” she said. Three years ago, the club’s junior program had “We’re here to teach kids skills to play tennis for only two members. Today, though, life.” the club boasts a thriving junior Another of Childs’s initiatives program with more than 100 young has been to take week-long tennis players enrolled. tennis lessons to local schools The club’s junior co-ordinator, free of charge. Students can Bonnie Childs, said the club got come to the club to learn, or the kick in the pants it needed in they’ll take the equipment to them. Bonnie Childs August 2010 when Mayor Nolan In fact, that has helped grow the St. Albert Tennis Club Crouse visited for the re-opening of junior program so much that Childs their resurfaced outdoor courts on has had to hire more help to make Mission Avenue. sure kids get the instruction they need. “When he came then, he said, ‘There’s a lot of grey “I wondered this year, with 100 kids, could we hair around here.’ And, at that point, we were an old manage this? But it has worked out just fine,” she club. We only had two junior members at that stage of said. “Some kids are away on holidays, and in the the game,” Childs recalled. “When he said, ‘I see a lot month of June, a lot of kids are doing of grey hair around here,’ it made me sad, because my school activities, so there seems to kids played in this club a few years back, and this place be a good [ebb and flow].” was just humming with activity.” Soon after, club president John Clarke called up Childs, a former physical education teacher, and asked her to sign on for three years to breathe new life into the junior program. She agreed, One of teaching the older kids while Linda Beckett those the club has hired is Zac taught the younger ones. MacDonald, a university student who plays out of the When they kicked things into high gear in May Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton and has served as a 2011, the club had about 30 kids signed up for twopart-time pro for the youth program this summer. hour sessions three times a week. By the time 2012 “It’s completely full. We’ve saturated these four rolled around, they 56 kids enrolled. courts,” he said. “It’s been awesome to see kids get Matt Ormandy was one of the first kids to sign up out and spend time outside. ... To watch these young for the revamped junior program three years ago. kids go and win, the kids you coach, it feels really Now 17, Ormandy is entering regional and provincial awesome.” tournaments and winning them, as well as paying Childs has also enlisted the help of club members back the club by acting as an instructor for the younger Sue Beckett and Thuy Cao in making sure the junior players. program runs smoothly. “It has really helped me. I wouldn’t have started This year is Childs’s last as junior co-ordinator, playing tennis without the junior program,” said the but she hopes the work she has done has laid a Bellerose Composite High School student. cornerstone for future success. Seeing how the program has grown over the years “I still see this club really growing. We have has also been neat for Ormandy to see. incredible talent, but more than that, we have really “It’s cool that some people who were here the first nice kids,” she said.

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Walk organizers selected for Daughters Day award GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A pair of St. Albert high school students are among a group of dynamic daughters from across the Capital Region being recognized this weekend. Corissa Tymafichuk and Andrea Payne, both heading into Grade 11 this fall at Paul Kane High School, will receive a Daughter of the Year award on Saturday at Edmonton City Hall as part of the second annual Daughters Day celebrations in the city. Tymafichuk and Payne are being honoured for their work this past school year raising awareness about human trafficking, including the Free2Walk fundraising walk held in May at Lions Park that raised about $3,000 for the Not For Sale campaign. Tymafichuk said the award is a big honour, but they are more excited about the awareness it will bring to human trafficking issues.

“It’s a lot of recognition and knowledge for people about human trafficking, and that’s a really big thing for us, to get awareness out,” she said. “It’s wonderful that this award is helping us spread awareness, and we’re so excited about that.” The Not For Sale campaign works directly with the victims of human trafficking, providing education and shelter. Tymafichuk said that she was quite excited when she found out she and Payne would receive the award. “Knowing that Andrea and I were picked to be the recipients in the human rights category was such an amazing feeling, knowing that we are making a difference,” she said. Jim Gurnett is a member of the Daughters Day organizing committee, and said projects like Tymafichuk and Payne’s were exactly what their jury was looking for.

“I was guessing that people like Corissa and Andrea would be selected, because [the jury] talked a lot about the fact that they wanted to pick inspirations for the future and were leaning toward younger women who, early in their lives, were really showing an understanding of how to contribute to the community,” Gurnett said. The jury for the Daughters of the Year awards included: • Edmonton Police Service deputy chief Danielle Campbell; • singer/songwriter Maria Dunn; • Edmonton Public Schools board chair Sarah Hoffmann; • University of Alberta dean of education Dr. Fern Snart; and • Slave Lake mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee, who also received a Daughter of the Year award last year. This is the second year that Daughters Day has been celebrated in Edmonton, and Gurnett said the purpose of the celebration is two-fold.

Corissa Tymafichuk and Andrea Payne. “First, we want to use it as a time when we challenge and remind people in Alberta and the area that women, in some cases locally and in many cases globally, still face lots of discrimination in being able to be full participants and have all their human rights recognized,” he said. “The other part of Daughters Day,” he added, “is to celebrate how many remarkable daughters there are. We use daughters as a synonym for women because everyone knows a daughter;

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you have daughters or you are a daughter.” Meanwhile, Tymafichuk said they are planning the second edition of Free2Walk for next year, and they’ve got some good ideas they want to implement. “We have already talked about it, and we have some fun ideas to put a twist on it and make it even better than the first one,” she said. “We’re really excited to bring it back.” For more information on Daughters Day, visit www. daughters-day.com.

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Council delays school site debate for more input

students,” said Coun. Wes Brodhead. “I understand the tight timelines, but I think we need to pause to allow the other St. Albert city council wants to hear interested parties in this whole debate to from everybody involved in a dispute over come forward and speak.” a proposed school site before it moves Eight residents who live near Eldorado forward. Park came before council Monday to ask After several Erin Ridge residents came council to take action, saying the area is to council’s regular meeting Monday already congested with traffic due to the afternoon to make impassioned pleas for Sturgeon Community Hospital, nearby the City of St. Albert to shopping centres and do all it can to move a vehicles cutting through proposed 350-student the neighbourhood to francophone junior/ and from developments senior high school away in Sturgeon County. from Eldorado Park, “You could say the councillors voted to residents are typical postpone any action NIMBY — not in my for one week to allow backyard — people. But Bill Van Hoof anyone else involved to tell me if your backyard Erin Ridge resident make their voices heard, has so many people including the Conseil coming and going and Scolaire Centre-Nord and St. Albert Public living in it,” said resident Bill Van Hoof. Schools. Other residents noted that, while the “If we progress down the path that area structure plan for Erin Ridge had has been put before us tonight without always designated the site for a school, the engaging the community, and we put neighbourhood has changed so much from one or both of these schools at risk for when the ASP was approved that the site construction and commencing operation just wasn’t suitable anymore. in 2016, then we will have done a disservice “We acknowledge [the designation], to the francophone school students, but we’d like to point out that the 1987 their board, the [public] board and their structure plan did not account for the

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

“Tell me if your backyard has so many people coming and going.”

Councillors wondered aloud Monday reality that is 2013 Erin Ridge,” resident about the possibility of building both John Paul Zonneveld said. “In 1987, the schools on the Erin Ridge North site, but Sturgeon Community Hospital was in its planning stages, and was a small municipal city manager Patrick Draper said the site would not be big enough. hospital, not the large regional hospital it “The public school is not taking the is today. The original ASP didn’t include whole site. There would be some land the construction of Citadel Mews in its reserved for park space and playgrounds. So current form; it included a church where putting two schools on the one site would the seniors’ complex now exists.” pre-empt any park space for residents of Two new schools for St. Albert were Erin Ridge North,” Draper said. announced by the provincial government Draper also said that the provincial in May, the francophone junior/senior government is looking to bundle the high school and a 600-student design of all the new Edmontonelementary school for St. Albert area schools into one request for Public Schools. Both are slated More notes proposals, and if there is no site to open in 2016. from Monday’s designated by the time the RFP There are currently three council meeting goes out in November, it could sites available for schools on page 14 put the school in jeopardy. in St. Albert — one in Erin “We have to have a site Ridge, on in Erin Ridge North available when they are issuing and one in Oakmont. Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools lays claim to the RFP, because the firm bidding to construct it has to know exactly where the the Oakmont site through a grandfathered site is and what they’re dealing with,” he agreement, while the public board is keen to build in Erin Ridge North as they believe said. “If the City of St. Albert was unable to that is where demand from young families provide a school site, my opinion is that will materialize. the construction project would be deferred Another site has been set aside in until such time as we have a school site, but Kingswood, but the City does not have title to it, as the developers have refused to hand then we would be subjected to whatever provincial decision may occur at that future it over until they have assurances a high point,” Draper added. school will not be built there.

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OPINION

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Olympic stage for gay rights

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he Olympic Games are supposed to be about promoting peace and unity for all mankind through sport. Unfortunately, the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are threatening to open up all sorts of rifts. With less than six months until the by Glenn Cook Olympic flame is scheduled to be lit in Sochi, athletes and human rights activists are decrying laws recently passed by the Russian government that ban “propaganda” supporting “non-traditional sexual relations” — essentially prohibiting anyone to speak out in favour of homosexual rights. Many are proposing a boycott of these Games in response, and are calling on Olympic sponsors to pull their sponsorships in protest. At this point, an all-out boycott of the Sochi Games would be unfair to the athletes who have trained long and hard to get there. If individual athletes wish to take a stand and make their own personal boycotts of the Games, so be it. But for a national Olympic committee to foist such a boycott on others is not terribly sporting at all. Some — like George Takei and Stephen Fry — have called on governments and the International Olympic Committee to move the Sochi Games elsewhere, maybe Vancouver. But time constraints again come into play, as well as the fact that some of Vancouver’s Olympic venues have already been converted to other purposes. The Olympic/Paralympic Centre that hosted curling matches is now a multi-purpose recreation centre, while the speed skating oval in Richmond is now a multifunctional sports venue that hosts everything from basketball to badminton, but not speed skating. Still, if the Games go ahead in Sochi, then maybe the best thing for athletes and activists to do is use them to get their message across. Just as Tommie Smith and John Carlos stood on the podium of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with black-gloved fists in the air to bring attention to the plight of black Americans, those who are fighting for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders will be on one of the biggest stages the world has to offer, and they should use it wisely.

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New year full of possibilities for GSACRD

ugust is the time to enjoy the last blissful moments of summer in our great city. At the same time, families start thinking about and preparing for the new school year, which is just around the corner. At Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools, we are looking forward to welcoming our staff and students back from their summer vacations and continuing their journeys of learning together. This time of year is a season blessed with optimism, hope and possibility. With this in mind, our district is looking forward to opening our doors on Sept. 3. We are looking forward to “make hope happen” for our students, and provide them with new opportunities to further their success in learning.

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KEOHANE GSACRD superintendent My City Starting this year, our three high schools will offer students the option to take university credit courses. This program, a partnership with MacEwan University, will provide our students with insight into the rigor of post-secondary classes, as well as provide a financial benefit and ease the transition into university or college. We wish the first group of our International School of Business students all the best in the 2013-2014 school year. Our schools that offer Sports Academy programming will be excited

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Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013

Cassidy brings Mom’s lessons to campaign GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

CANDIDATES as of Tuesday, Aug. 20 * = incumbent

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Ted Durham Gareth Jones Sheena Hughes Tim Osborne David Climenhaga Cam MacKay* Wes Brodhead* Gilles Prefontaine Malcolm Parker* Cathy Heron* Mark Cassidy

Mark Cassidy’s announcement was more emotional than most. On Thursday, Aug. 15 — the 25th anniversary of his mother’s passing — and near the house on Mount Royal Drive where he grew up, family and friends gathered as Cassidy announced he would be running for a seat on St. Albert city council in this October’s municipal election. “My mother taught me a few things. She said, ‘You can do whatever you do want if you put your heart into it,’” Cassidy said at the gathering at the top of Mission Hill, looking down on École Father Jan, which both he and his son have attended. “She also taught me that I can get by with less. And the other thing she taught me was that, if you bring people together and they all have something to contribute, if you have some common goal to pull things together, you can create something good.” Cassidy is a local real estate agent, and has lived in St. Albert since

1966. He said that he was debating running for mayor, but decided to “get [his] feet wet” by running for council first. “I’ll try the first term and see where it goes from there,” he said. “I may have aspirations to try for the mayor’s chair next election, but this will give me four years of learning a new entity and people will see what you’re made of.” In 2012, Cassidy declared his candidacy for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the riding of St. Albert prior to that year’s provincial election, but ultimately did not file his nomination papers, saying he thought winning the race was “not attainable” due to entering late. But, even with a truncated run, he said there are lessons he can take from that and apply to this race. “It just makes you think of all sides and what the best move would be that’s sensitive to the people,” he said. Cassidy added that he had plenty of support during the PC nomination race, and he thinks that will carry over into his council

campaign. “I have quite a few people who will support me. Vocally, they’ve supported me. We’re going to form a team and move forward from here, and take it one step at a time,” he said. The biggest issue Cassidy foresees being front-and-centre in St. Albert this year is, of course, property taxes and fiscal responsibility. “Being in real estate, we often try to sell St. Albert, and when we’re selling St. Albert, we sell them on why our taxes are that much more than everyone else’s,” he said. “Right now, St. Albert’s not getting the growth. Our new home construction is down this year over last year, and the City is spending on a projection that’s higher than its actual growth. I want to look at why we’re not growing.” Cassidy said one change he’d like to see is bigger, wider lots in new developments for baby boomers, with better parking and secondary suites. Other issues Cassidy expects to come up over the course of this election campaign include light rail transit — which he said will require

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Local real estate agent Mark Cassidy is running for city council.

a regional decision, not just a local one — public transportation, school sites and economic development. “They created a fairly expensive entity [for economic development], and I would like to see results,” he said. “They have to be salesmen for our city, and I would like to see some type of accountability.” Voters across Alberta head to the polls on Monday, Oct. 21.

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A new sign was installed for the shopping complex at McKenney Avenue and St. Albert Trail on Friday afternoon, but it appeared there was a small discrepancy between the complex’s new name and the name of the street it’s located on.

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The latest candidate to enter the trustee race for St. Albert Public Schools is hoping she has the Wright stuff. Sheri Wright, a financial services professional whose three daughters all went through the public system in St. Albert, announced on Tuesday that she will be seeking one of the five spots on the St. Albert Public Schools board of trustees in this fall’s municipal election. “There are a lot of pivotal changes ahead in education,” Wright said, “and I think that, for the community of St. Albert — which is a beautiful community and has an excellent public school system — we need to make sure we have our eyes open to the change that’s coming, and that we’re ready to work and make sure we get what it is we want in the future.” However, she added, she waited until her youngest daughter had graduated from Paul Kane High School before entering the race for trustee. “I wanted to make sure my

together for their own needs.” decision to run wasn’t interpreted as At the local level, Wright said she some single-issue cause or a parent who’s out to get something better for wants to get local taxpayers more involved in education issues. their own kids,” Wright said. “In municipal politics, at election In the meantime, though, time, everyone’s interested in who’s Wright has served on numerous going to be mayor, who’s community boards and going to be alderman. A organizations, including lot of people don’t even the City of St. Albert’s vote for school boards,” she Subdivision Development said. “Part of the reason I’m Appeal Board, the Alberta running is to bring some Press Council and the attention to that.” McMan Youth Services Provincially, though, Association. She currently Wright wants to make sure works as the vice-president the Alberta government of stakeholder relations Sheri doesn’t take drastic for the Local Authorities Wright Pension Plan. Running for trustee measures in education to cut costs. Wright believes those “Many governments take the activities have given her a lot of approach that to centralize things is valuable experience that she can the best way to go, the cheapest way bring to the board table. to go,” she said. “We’ve seen that “In the future, part of what we’re in health care — we went from the going to need to be engaged in is boards being separate to them all of building trust with government a sudden being one board, and now and relationship building all across there’s no board. ... I think that, in the board,” she said. “I have had education, what’s really important some experience in my job and is to have a local board that makes my volunteer work dealing with decisions for the local community.” government relations and people For more on Wright’s platform, relations, and being able to network visit www.wright4kids.com. and get communities to work

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by singer-songwriters Martin Kerr and Kira Lynn Hradun, and Johnson said the society is thrilled to have both on board. The Spirit of St. Albert Society (SOSA) “We are big fans of theirs. Who doesn’t is hoping Sunday will be a lovely day for a love Martin Kerr?” Johnson said with a picnic. laugh. “And Kira Lynn, she’s just 21, just That’s when they’ve scheduled their starting out in her career, and she’s an annual Picnic in the Park, to be held in amazing performer.” Lions Park, featuring food, carnival games, Kerr is a familiar face around the 104 wagon rides and entertainment for all ages. Street farmers’ market on Saturdays “We’re thrilled to be able to put this in Edmonton, and made the Top 16 on on again,” said SOSA director Heather Canadian Idol in 2008. He also played last Johnson. year’s picnic. She added that the society is hoping for a Hladun is based in Edmonton and sings turnout of 3,000 to 4,000 what she calls “alternative people, and they’ll be country” music. She advertising the day before recently released her at the St. Albert Farmers’ second full-length CD, Market to help reach that Something Like Love. goal. Aside from the music, The event was first the picnic will also Heather Johnson held at numerous venues feature carnival games, Spirit of St. Albert throughout the Sturgeon and people can get a River as part of punch card good for six St. Albert’s 150th anniversary celebrations games by making a donation of food or in 2011. When SOSA was formed to carry cash in support of the St. Albert Food Bank a number of the 150th anniversary events and Community Village. forward, the picnic was scaled back and “The food bank is our charity of choice, held at four different venues. because it hits close to home and helps But Johnson said the feedback they got out people in our community,” Johnson was that things were too spread out even said. “That’s a huge part of what we do, is last year, so they’ve worked to condense raise food and money for the food bank, everything down to just Lions Park. especially coming into the fall when people “The families couldn’t enjoy the are going back to school and they have the entertainment while kids were playing stress and expectation of buying new things the carnival games,” Johnson said. “So for their kids.” we decided, because there’s enough room The Picnic in the Park runs from noon there, we would put everything together in to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25. For more Lions Park. It’s such a great facility.” information, visit www.spiritofstalbert.ca Entertainment this year will be provided or call 780-887-2609.

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Outside Agency Budget Guiding Principles

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Signage at Potential School Sites

Noise Attenuation in Future Residential Neighbourhoods

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After using them in last year’s budget deliberations, councillors voted Monday to make a few amendments to the City’s outside agency budget guiding principles to streamline the policy.

Administration asked Monday for council to approve an application to the Alberta government’s regional collaboration program for a grant of $150,000 to help establish a Capital Region Export Development Alliance, which would help local businesses reach their export potential.

Council voted Monday on a motion by Mayor Nolan Crouse to install informational signs at potential school site locations in the city, as well as at other potential development sites other than parks.

Council voted Monday on a motion by Mayor Nolan Crouse directing administration to report on possible changes to current noise attenuation policies and/or engineering standards to lower noise levels in future residential neighbourhoods like Riverside.

THE VOTE

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

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

“This is an excellent opportunity for our businesses, working as a partnership and also as a region.”

“St. Albert Transit proactively puts signs where future bus stop locations are. That’s a great example; when people buy a house, they know there’s going to be a bus stop nearby. I believe, when they buy a house, they should be able to walk out into the park area and read what’s on the sign.”

“We’ve continued the rail line [in Riverside] to do exactly what we’ve done in Mission. Those house are as close to the tracks as possible. ... We’re going to have another Morgan Crescent on our hands 20 years from now.”

“This revision tonight is just to streamline the policy after a year’s worth of experience with it.” — Wes Brodhead

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— Len Bracko “What we’re hoping to do with this is encourage local companies with information, resources and connections to succeed in the global marketplace by providing access to expert knowledge.”

— Guy Boston, economic development executive director

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If the province approves the grant, half would be used to develop a website, while the other half would be used over three years to support the alliance, at which point it should be selfsustaining.

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Push to protect Taber corn paying off DAVE LAZZARINO Sun Media News Services

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Selah Marie holds their certificate of real Taber corn at her stall on River Valley Road.

A push to protect one of Alberta’s natural resources in 2012 seems to be paying off. Every year, Alberta corn lovers wait for what is believed to be some of the best kernels to be found to make the trip from Taber to farmers’ markets and fruit stands across the province. And every year, some sellers try and cash in on the demand by selling sub-par corn from elsewhere. “Last year there was a sign saying ‘Taber corn grown in Medicine Hat,’” said Taber corn grower Dave Jensen with a laugh. “People don’t want to be defrauded.” In reaction to such marketing misdirection, Jensen and other Taber growers put forward an effort to direct buyers to legitimate stands selling corn from Taber county. So far, it seems to be working. “I haven’t heard as much from people so I’m assuming it’s not near the issue it was the last couple of years,” said Jensen. Though the growers began the campaign by displaying certificates of authenticity at their stands, he said the real credit has to be given to consumers. “They’re policing it and that’s perfect. That’s how it was intended to work and if they’re doing it that’s perfect,” said Jensen. “We could never police it. How would I police it through Taber?”

Selah Marie works at the fruit stand near Victoria Park and has been selling Taber corn from Shimbashi farms for the past week. She said she deals with the false product by simply ignoring it. “I don’t really pay attention to (counterfeits),” Marie said, adding this year’s crop of Taber corn has been very popular. The stands, she said, go through between four and six large sacks of corn a day in each of the six stands they have. On Friday morning, she had sold corn to six people before she even got a chance to set up shop. Growers this year did have some setbacks, however, as hail damaged some of the early crop. “(Hail) has made a huge difference,” said Marie. “The kernels are still pretty large but we would have had way larger cobs had the hail not occurred. The taste is still there, just not the size.” Jensen said cobs may be smaller but flavour hasn’t been impacted. And neither have prices. Other than a small increase in price due to fuel costs rising, he said the price of corn is still relatively the same. For those wanting to make sure their corn purchase is legit, Jensen reminds people to look for the certificate showing it comes from Taber or looking for one of the three big growers — Jensen, Shimbashi and Johnson farms.

U of A axes low-enrollment programs

“One could cancel that and it would have very, very little impact on students Sun Media News Services so I wouldn’t expect all of these The University of Alberta is programs to see concerned responses,” moving to axe 20 low-enrollment said Cormack, noting students would programs before this fall semester simply take a French major and choose in a “straightforward” tightening of Italian as a minor instead of taking the available arts majors, combined major. says the Dean of “Some of (the Arts. suspensions) will be In a letter sent to straightforward... program chairs in however some of the the Faculty of Arts languages will be a on Aug. 16, Dean of concern,” she said. Nolan Crouse Arts Lesley Cormack “I haven’t received St. Albert mayor announced that any arguments yet programs with 10 or but the faculty just fewer students in each of the last eight received the letter on Friday so they still consecutive fall terms since 2005 will have time to discuss it.” no longer accept new students effective While no new admissions into the immediately. programs will be accepted before The programs slated for suspension students declare their majors in midinclude bachelor degree majors in September, Cormack said students who computing science and printmaking, as are presently in those programs “will well as four bachelor of music programs be absolutely allowed to continue and such as music history and composition we will make sure that they have all and theory. Thirteen language the courses they need to achieve their programs are also facing suspension degrees.” including various combined doubleWhile the decisions were made under majors such as French and Italian. budgetary constraints caused by the

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provincial government’s $43-million cut to university funding in March, Cormack said the suspensions won’t produce major savings in the short run. In the long run, however, tenured professors with small class sizes can be “re-deployed” to replace contractual professors in larger classes which saves money on staffing, said Cormack. Newly hired professors can also be more strategically placed. Cormack said re-evaluating and closing low-enrollment programs is important work at any post-secondary institution in order to keep up with the change in demand for different areas of study. “From my point of view, I want us to be able to offer new programs that students might now be interested in and it’s very hard to do that if we never close old programs,” explained Cormack. “So we always need to be thinking about where is the discipline and where is the need for students.” Faculty members can present arguments against the suspensions of their programs in writing before Sept. 3. A letter will also be sent to affected students within the next two weeks.

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GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

It has been a long road back for Pat Kordyback. After two and a half years, the St. Albert native and former lead singer of Stereos is back in the spotlight with his new band I65, with their debut single “Another Summer” gaining traction on the radio airwaves and the video in heavy rotation on MuchMusic. I65 also includes Stereos alumni Daniel Johnson and Robb Chalifoux, and it was a road trip the three took to a country music festival in Tennessee last year that not only inspired their name, but also restored their bonds. “We’d always been working together, and there were a lot of different people coming in and out. It came to the point where it wasn’t just that us three weren’t happy with the other people in the band — us three weren’t even friends anymore,” said Kordyback, who is splitting most of his time these days between St. Albert and Calgary. “It had very little to do with the success or lack thereof of Stereos, the ups and downs. It was that, when we were successful, we all really did change. Thankfully, we were able to realize that. We weren’t friends, and we had to stop doing what we were doing.” “The last road we took into Nashville was the I65,” he added, “and while we were in Nashville, we decided to break up [Stereos] and start a new [band]. It was kind of like, we took the road into Nashville, and by the time we took it out, we were completely new.” While I65’s sound is quite a bit

different than what fans of Stereos may be used to, Kordyback said the new band is the “most honest thing” he and the others have created. “What we used to do, the old group, was exactly what we wanted to do. We wrote songs, so it’s not as though we weren’t doing something we didn’t like at the time. But I can, without a doubt, say that the songs weren’t meant to mean anything,” he said. “And the reason I started writing songs and wanted to be in a band when I was a kid was the bands I used to listen to made me feel something. There was so much more than melody to it; it meant something. And now, for the first time, for me as a songwriter, I’m doing that too.”

“It feels so much better this time around.” Pat Kordyback I65 singer The process of creation and songwriting, though, is basically the same as it was in Stereos, with Kordyback writing the songs, sending them to the others, and making any changes in a live rehearsal setting. Despite the familiarity there, though, what’s not the same is playing live, as I65 did for the first time in late June as part of the 604 Records All Ages Extravaganza in Vancouver. “When you’re a band playing pop songs about partying, it’s a complete different thing playing in this band,”

Kordyback said. “We went in very, very green — we had enough experience that we pulled it off, for sure, but that was the one thing where I was like, ‘What do I even do?’” The band signed with 604 Records — which was co-founded by Nickelback lead singer Chad Kroeger and features well-known acts like Carly Rae Jepsen, Aaron Pritchett and Marianas Trench — shortly after forming, and Kordyback said he doesn’t feel much pressure because of that, but does in other ways. “604, in every way, is an indie label. We were on a major label with our last group, and the experience is night and day,” he said. “... We have complete control of everything about this group, so the pressure’s on us — which is kind of what you want, ideally.” So far, though, that pressure is paying off, with “Another Summer” continuing to gain momentum, which is a pleasant surprise for Kordyback. “It feels so much better this time around, and I don’t know why. Maybe because we’re doing it ourselves,” he said. “We were a little surprised, but at the same time, we were hoping it would happen.” And, with the first single out, Kordyback said a full album should be ready sometime this fall, followed by a tour. “It’s been two and a half years since we’ve been in the full swing of being a band, so I can’t wait,” he said. Check out I65 on Facebook at www. facebook.com/I65Official or on Twitter at @i65. You can also watch the video for “Another Summer” at http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=DXEH_tYO_F0.

Rock’n the house Photos: GRANT CREE, Special to the Leader

Above: April Wine lead vocalist and guitar player Myles Goodwyn performs on Friday evening at St. Albert Servus Credit Union Place as part of the annual Rock’n August festival. Below: Trooper guitarist Brian Smith gets the crowd going.

Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013

Music festival ends summer with a BAM! GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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Celery and Sidewalks headline the first-ever Saint City Fusion Music Festival on Friday.

A local youth group is looking to end summer with a bang — or rather, a BAM! The BAM! (Building Assets and Memories) youth group is putting the finishing touches on their first-ever Saint City Fusion Music Festival, which will feature 10 local acts in Lions Park starting Friday at 4 p.m. Kathleen MacKinnon, a youth asset worker with BAM! and the City of St. Albert, said she hopes the festival will give young musicians a chance to shine. “A lot of youth in St. Albert have a lot of talent, but not a lot of areas are provided for them to always be performing or get that chance to go on stage where they have an audience,” she said. The festival will be headlined by Celery and Sidewalks, and other acts on the bill include Carrie Day, Natty Valencia and Southern Streets. While some of the bands are from Edmonton, MacKinnon said most are from St. Albert, and that was an important consideration for the organizers. Folks who come out to hear the acts

at the festival will be able to purchase food for a donation to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. MacKinnon said that the Stollery is a cause near and dear to the hearts of many of the youths who organized the event. “They were pretty adamant that what they do at the Stollery is very, very important,” she said. The idea for the festival came about when BAM! was approached by the Blue Harvest Group, which has been putting on small acoustic shows at local coffee shops like Arcadia and La Crema Caffé. “They noticed they were getting a lot bigger audiences, a lot of youth were showing up to their events,” MacKinnon said. “... Then they noticed that BAM! was very youth-focused, and they approached us asking if there was a chance to collaborate.” Since the work started on

Hoopla building at public library GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

There’s a lot of Hoopla about a new digital service at the St. Albert Public Library. The library announced this week that it has joined forces with Hoopla Digital to offer its members access to more than 285,000 new digital titles, including music, movies, television shows and audio books. “The range of titles on offer is the main attraction,” said Heather Dolman, the library’s public services manager, in a press release. “Eighty per cent of Hoopla’s movies and TV

episodes aren’t available on Netflix, and thanks to the deals Hoopla has signed with Universal and Warner Music, new albums are available the day they come out on iTunes. About 70 per cent of Billboard’s Top 100 songs are on Hoopla. “Then there’s the ease of accessing this digital content. All the titles are available all the time, so no waiting for items to be returned. And finally, there are free apps for Apple and Android devices to enable you to use Hoopla.” Hoopla also uses an automatic return feature so users don’t have to worry about

paying late fees. Different loan limits apply to different content categories — movies and TV shows are available for three days, music is available for seven days and audiobooks are available for three weeks. Hoopla offers more than 225,000 albums, more than 51,000 movies and TV shows, and more than 7,500 audiobook titles. “With Hoopla Digital, it is our mission to help public libraries meet the needs of the mobile generation,” said Jeff Jankowski, founder and owner of Hoopla Digital, in a press release. “We’ve worked for years to create

organizing the festival, MacKinnon said she has been very impressed with the generosity of local businesses in sponsoring it. “A lot of people could say, ‘Oh, it’s just kids putting on a talent show,’ or whatever. But a lot of people have been really excited about,” she said. Organizing the festival has been a great experience for many of the youths, especially 14-year-old Emily Sharp, who MacKinnon described as a “rockstar” in planning the event. “She just absolutely loved taking charge of it,” MacKinnon said. “What’s really great is, I’m not sure that’s something she ever thought she wanted to do or would be able to do, but she just went gung-ho on it.” The Saint City Fusion Music Festival kicks off at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, at Lions Park. Admission is $5. This is an all-ages event; drugs and alcohol are strictly prohibited. For information, search “Saint City Fusion Music Festival” on Facebook or visit www. bamforyouth. ca.

a best-in-breed service that is fun, fast and reliable. Librarians and patrons who participated in our beta gave the service rave reviews. With our public launch, we look forward to serving public libraries and their patrons across North America.” Hoopla’s services are also currently available at libraries in Edmonton, Los Angeles, Seattle and Salt Lake City, and are expected to be used by 100 libraries by the end of the year. The St. Albert Public Library is offering hour-long Hoopla orientation sessions on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. and on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. Call 780-459-1682 to register.

Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013

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Fringe benefits Photos: CODIE MCLACHLAN, Sun Media News Services

The annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival is taking over venues in Old Strathcona and across Edmonton until Sunday with plays and street performers galore. Left: Clowns Buckle, left, and Dr. Flim Flom with the production Something Simple entertain the crowds on Sunday. Right: Keighla Kruk performs Statuesque on the festival grounds on Sunday.

World’s End stars, director ‘genuinely best friends off-camera’ LIZ BRAUN Sun Media News Services

Meet Nick Frost, man of action. Never mind that bumbler from Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz — as The World’s End comes to theatres Friday, Frost is reborn as a leader, a fighter, and the man to trust in an emergency. Especially after a few pints. Frost, Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright are responsible for the so-called Cornetto trilogy, the connected comedies that started with Shaun of the Dead (2004), moved on to Hot Fuzz (2007) and now wrap up with The World’s End. There are many technical and philosophical reasons why these irreverent and wildly funny movies work so well, but Frost can tell you the key to it all: “We’re genuinely best friends off-camera.” The World’s End, which concerns an epic pub crawl with science fiction overtones, brought Frost and Wright to Toronto recently on a promotion tour. Besides Frost and Pegg, the movie’s impressive cast includes Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Paddy Considine and Rosamund Pike. Frost’s action hero fight scenes are a highlight of the film. “There’s a kind of assumption that because I’m like a big lump, I wouldn’t be a fit, natural athlete,” says the actor, in a self-deprecating tone. “Which I have been called in the past and it makes me laugh, but I love it.” Frost, 41, was a keen rugby player and kickboxer in years past. He explains that he did some training for an upcoming dance movie called Cuban Fury, in which he plays a salsa champion. “So having done that, when learning the choreography for these fights in The World’s End, my mind was already very switched on to learning complicated routines and steps. It all came together perfectly.”

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The World’s End star Nick Frost (right) turns the microphone on director Edgar Wright as the two promote their new movie in Toronto. The actor plays a sober — literally and figuratively — lawyer in The World’s End, one of a group of mates who have not seen in each other since their shared adolescence in the village of Newton Haven. Simon Pegg plays the guy who never quite grew up; he is obsessed with finishing a pub crawl in his hometown that he and his buddies got too drunk to complete as younger men. Now, 20 years later, he wants to revisit the past, so he rounds up the others and manipulates them into joining him in Newton Haven to work their way through the town’s 12 pubs. Somewhere along the way, things get very weird ... Maybe you can’t go home again. Frost has been making people laugh since he did the TV show Spaced in the late ‘90s. His films include Kinky Boots, The Boat That Rocked, Paul, Attack The Block and Snow White & The Huntsman; he’s voiced

characters in The Adventures Of Tintin, Ice Age: Continental Drift and the upcoming Boxtrolls. Asked what life influences create a comic, Frost says, at once, “Insecurity.” Then he adds, “And not getting laid enough, getting beaten up a lot, I dunno. Everyone is different. I do think pain, some grief, obviously insecurity, and just having a weird eye, for me, on something that is dark. I call it putting the fun back in funeral. Some of the funniest times I’ve had in my life have been at funerals,” he says, deadpan. “If you can come away from something like that and find a glimmer of comedy, I think you have the potential to be a comic.” Frost, who used to room with Simon Pegg, was working in a restaurant when comedy found him. “Well, the job found me,” says Frost, “but I’d always been an idiot. Now I get paid for being

an idiot. It was always a fallback position for me in terms of comedy If I was frightened or nervous or just didn’t know the right answer. It was always easier to say something funny than to admit I didn’t know the right answer. “Or if I was scared.” It’s hard to imagine Frost scared of anything, but he did have a tough go growing up. His world changed dramatically at 16 when his dad’s business failed. The family lost their home and were moved into a council house, which represented a drastic reversal of fortune; his father never recovered from that blow and his mother’s health deteriorated shortly afterward. Frost left school to help out. Later, he had two years away living on a kibbutz in Israel, and when he came back, he found work at that restaurant where he first met Simon Pegg. He was still working there and living with Pegg when Pegg decided that it wasn’t enough for Frost to be an amusing waiter — it was time to do more. A role was created for Frost on Spaced and he joined Pegg on the show. A reluctant star was born. Despite his extraordinary success, Frost most certainly still has his feet on the ground. He and Pegg, he says, have worked with the same people for “years and years,” and none of their group is going to tolerate star drama. “We have people in our lives who’d say to us, ‘You’re being a d--k.’” Frost and his wife , Christina Lesbirel, have a two-year-old son and Simon Pegg and his wife, Maureen McCann, have a four-year-old daughter, “So we hang out together, but not as frequently as we used to,” Frost says. “So the chance to make a film and hang out for three months, and then a month doing this — it’s just a secret way that our wives and partners can’t stop us from seeing one another. This is our affair, this movie,” he says, laughing. “This is our mistress.”

Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013

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Health Risks of Obesity in Your Pet Obesity has been labeled an epidemic among humans in North America. But our fluffy four-legged friends are also getting a little too fluffy around the midsection, says one local veterinarian. Dr. Lori Skrypnek of Mission Ridge Animal Hospital in St. Albert estimates that more than half of the dogs and cats that are brought into her practice are overweight. The causes of pet obesity vary widely, and sometimes it may be a symptom of an underlying medical condition. “Some of [the pets] may Dr. Lori Skrypnek have health issues. They may have diabetes or they may have heart disease, or they may have some arthritis that prevents them from being really active,” Skrypnek said. But, the blame for the bulge can also lay with the owner, whether they’re overfeeding their animals or being sedentary themselves. “It’s a little bit too much food and not enough exercise,” Skrypnek said. “And we have long, cold, tough winters, and the last thing you want to do at the end of the day is go walk the dog when it’s –30 C. I completely get that.” That’s something that owners need to take into consideration when choosing a dog, she added. “Golden retrievers, labs, those guys need six kilometres a day. They need a lot of exercise,” she said. “It helps if you select the right pet for you as well. If you want a couch potato, don’t pick the lab.” For indoor cats, Skrypnek recommends using a laser pointer or throwing treats or toys across the room to encourage exercise.

While determining if a pet is overweight might seem tricky due to different breeds with different natural features, Skrypnek said there is one telltale sign she always goes back to. “It’s called the ‘hug test.’ It’s very hands-on,” she said. “I get down and I feel their ribs. I don’t tend to go as much by [guidelines]; it’s how easily I can feel their ribs.” Skrypnek also employs a body condition scale in evaluating animals. Once an animal is deemed overweight, there are a few paths that can be explored for treatment, including addressing other medical conditions like arthritis. “It’s very difficult to exercise when you’re hurt. Unless you treat that and get the pain under control, you’re not going to be able to address the weight,” Skrypnek said. She added that slower metabolism due to hypothyroidism is common in dogs. But if there are no other medical causes, Skrypnek will get the animal started on a diet, like a high-protein diet for cats and a high-fibre diet for dogs, and come in for monthly weigh-ins.

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Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013

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Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013

HEALTH

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To juice or not to juice? That has never been a difficult decision for lifelong natural bodybuilder Kevin Wiens. “It’s a no-brainer, actually,” the muscular 49-year-old Sherwood Park resident tells Sun Media. “Why would I use steroids? Anybody could do steroids and get big. I’m proud to say I’ve always been steroid-free.” If you don’t believe him, he’s got proof. Prior to winning the masters men’s bodybuilding class at the INBF Canada (International Natural Bodybuilding and Fitness) Calgary Cup on May 11, Wiens passed a polygraph test as mandated by the drug-free organization and required by all competitors. Rather than resort to using ’roids, the probation officer with the Alberta government says he has relied on “consistency and drive” to build his physique — 35 years’ worth. Wiens began pumping iron when he was 14, after

witnessing his older brother beef up ups as much as you want, but you’re not going to look like the guys on with weights. the Bowflex commercial. It’s all “My brother bought the weight about nutrition.” set. I saw him put some muscle Wiens follows the blood-sugar on and I was kind of interested stabilization principles touted by in bodybuilding,” he recalls. “I Mark Macdonald, a fitness and wasn’t into many team sports, so nutrition consultant for CNN. bodybuilding was something I “That’s how I got down to 186 could do on my own. I just thought pounds (for the building muscle contest) was by was cool.” balancing my Wiens aspired blood sugar, by to transform his eating protein, skinny teenage fats and carbs, body much and keeping like his first Kevin Wiens them balanced,” bodybuilding Bodybuilder explains the sixidol Charles foot-one fitness Atlas had expert, who weighs around 206 famously done. pounds these days and maintains He’s been at it ever since. “I’ve always worked out,” he says. an ultra-lean look. The married father of three “If I went out of town or if I had teenagers notes that people will a job where I couldn’t work out, I often stop eating for a period of might’ve taken a month or a week time in order to quickly lose weight. off, but I still stuck with it.” “When you don’t eat, your body That consistency in the gym (he’s starts to catabolize its muscle. currently splitting time between You’re breaking down muscle,” he GoodLife Fitness and Snap Fitness) adds. “Then you’re hungry. The has extended to the kitchen, too. first thing you grab is a Wiens, a certified nutrition carbohydrate. You stuff coach and personal trainer yourself with that. It with the Blood Sugar takes 20 minutes for Stabilization Clinic in your body to realize Sherwood Park, knows it’s full and by then that clean eating is your blood sugar is a major part of the spiked, you’ve lost universal get-ripped muscle and you’re formula. going to gain fat “It’s got to be at least because now you’ve got 70 per cent nutrition,” he so much carbohydrate says. “You can work out in your and do sit-

“It’s a no-brainer, actually. Why would I use steroids?”

system that it’s going to store some of that as fat.” It’s a double-whammy. And over time, the detrimental binge-fast cycle has a significant “snowball effect” on the body, Wiens says. “You’re losing muscle and gaining fat at the same time,” he adds. “If you did that every day over a year, two years, five years, eventually people are going to look at themselves and say, ‘Where did all this (fat) come from?’ But you don’t realize it might’ve taken you five years to get that way.” The former jail guard, who worked 14 years at the Edmonton Remand Centre, is now training for the 2013 INBF Canada Alberta Cup on Nov. 2 in Edmonton. His goal is to win the overall men’s bodybuilding title, which would earn him pro status in the affiliated WNBF (World Natural Bodybuilding Federation). It would be quite the accomplishment for only his second show, especially considering he had to be coaxed into competing in the first place. “I never thought I could stand on stage in my underwear in front of a bunch of people,” he deadpans. “Now it’s like, ‘What’s the big deal?’”

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Sherwood Park bodybuilder Kevin Wiens is proud to say he is steroid-free.

rise in ‘extreme’ obesity

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Obesity levels among adults appear to be holding steady across the United States, adding to recent evidence that the growth rate for U.S. waistlines is slowing, according to an analysis released on Friday. But within the holding pattern there is a dramatic rise in “extreme” obesity among adults and children. The annual “F as in Fat” report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the proportion of adults who are extremely obese — at least 100 pounds overweight — has climbed from 1.4 per cent in the late 1970s to 6.3 per cent in 2009-2010. That is about a 350 per cent increase, researchers for the health nonprofit groups said. About five per cent of children and teenagers are also now severely obese, they added. Rates of extreme obesity were nearly twice as high for women as for men, and were also high for Hispanic boys and black girls. “As long as we continue to see those increases in extreme obesity, I think we need to be worried,” Trust for America’s Health executive director Jeffrey Levi told Reuters. Overall, the report found obesity rates stabilizing across the United States, though at historically high levels with nearly 36 percent of U.S adults obese as of 2010. Only one state, Arkansas, had an increase in obesity levels. The findings follow a recent announcement that the obesity rate among low-income kids between the ages of two and four dropped slightly, after 30 years of increases.

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The first Major League Baseball game to be televised hits the airwaves, as the Cincinnati Reds visit the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Katie Hartman strums her guitar during the Performers Parade at the Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival on Thursday, Aug. 15.

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Construction crews are hard at work on the new Costco store on Everitt Drive North in St. Albert. The store is slated to open sometime this fall.

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Couples dealing with financial baggage LINDA WHITE Sun Media News Services

Are you a penny pincher or a shopaholic, a risk taker or security seeker? Each of us has a financial personality and when building a relationship, it’s important to learn more about one another’s financial philosophies — and any financial baggage. Interestingly, one in five Canadian couples admits they’re not always honest with each other about their spending and saving habits, according to a survey of Canadians aged 18 years and older who are currently in a relationship. The research from TD Canada Trust shines the spotlight on several important topics, including when a couple in a new relationship should ask pointed questions about one another’s financial history and how to

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A new survey of Canadians over the age of 18 and currently in a relationship shows that one in five people are not honest with their partner about spending and saving habits..

cope with competing financial philosophies as a relationship becomes more serious. Having honest conversations about finances is critical to building a solid financial future together, advises senior vice-president John Tracy. That could mean opening up about credit card debt, a lingering student loan or even a healthy RRSP or savings account. “Most problems arise

from a difference in expectations,” he says. “Understanding limits and where goals align or don’t align should help alleviate some tension.” Dating guru Christine Hart agrees. “It’s not how much is in the bank account — it’s how you manage it,” she says. At the beginning of a relationship, she recommends talking about your own spending habits in a general way to open up

the conversation. For example: ‘I came across a great sale and splurged on a new pair of shoes. It’s the first pair I bought in six months.’ Too often, couples wait until they’re sitting in front of a big decision — such as signing a lease or picking out engagement rings — before revealing financial baggage. “Why wait for that point? I encourage couples to just be real

about it and say, ‘We’ve been transparent about everything else. This is one of the toughest topics to talk about it;

why not just do it now and it doesn’t have to weigh on either of us,’” Hart says. Setting ground rules can be helpful. That could mean sitting down together to pay bills, figuring out when it’s acceptable to take on debt and establishing priorities, such as buying a house. From Tracy’s experience, most conflict arises from one partner’s embarrassment about disclosing debt, but debt is a reality for many young people. “It’s not so much about where you are as what you’re going to do next going forward.”

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Northlands boss goes undercover for TV He started work around 11 p.m., shortly after the Edmonton Oilers wrapped up their regular season game, and finished Dishing out pasta to the masses isn’t around 7 a.m. typically a job tasked for the president “We moved seats, cleaned things, took of Northlands — but it was just one of down the boards. That was definitely the several front-line jobs viewers will see toughest job,” he said, adding, “I’m from Richard Andersen try to tackle in an Florida; the only ice I’m used to is in a upcoming episode of Undercover Boss drink. So this was a challenge.” Canada. Andersen said he learned that, For the episode, set to air Sept. 26, as a leadership team, Northlands Andersen strapped on a fat-suit, long wig, stood to learn a thing or two about and fake goatee, all to communicating with be able to see how his their employees. company operates on the “The most amazing ground level. part of this is not And as it turns out, necessarily learned, the lessons Andersen which was a lot, but learned went far beyond everybody has a story. how to efficiently Every person, I had a Richard Andersen dish out portions to chance to get to know at Northlands president customers. a heart level,” he said. “The pace these people “Twice I cried on work at is ridiculous. All the jobs I did, I camera, hearing the different stories about didn’t do very well, and I found out they what employees had to go through in their were a lot harder than they looked,” he lives.” said. Andersen is not the first Edmonton boss “Some of the best ideas I heard came to go undercover for the show; a January from people working directly with the episode featured Andy Clark, the founder customers, rather than us sitting in our and executive chairman of Clark Builders. office trying to figure it out.” The days were long and hard, Andersen Shooting took place in March, and was said — filming stretched 12 to 14 hours a done at the Northlands Race Track, food day. catering, and a concession stand on site. Given the chance to do again, the Camera crews following Andersen Northlands boss is torn. set up under the guise of a story on “Physically I would say no. It was really entry-level positions in the sports and exhausting,” he said. entertainment industry. “But I wouldn’t trade the experience of Andersen said the hardest job he had to what I got to do for anything in the world. do was convert Rexall Place from hockey It was one of the coolest, greatest insight arena to concert venue overnight. on so many levels.”

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“The pace these people work at is ridiculous.”

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Northlands president and CEO Richard Andersen chats with Joseph Sarmiento behind the counter at Monster Burger at the Edmonton EXPO Centre on Monday.

Feds dig up $5.6M for Yukon mining centre SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – There’s gold — err, jobs in them thar hills, according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. So Monday, he announced $5.6 million over four years to build a mining jobs training centre here to prepare Yukoners to work down below. According to estimates, mineral and metal extraction — gold, silver, zinc, lead and copper — could double in northern Canada by 2020, and Yukon is expected to need 1,700 more workers in the mining sector by 2022. “Having riches below ground does not, in and of itself, guarantee prosperity above,” Harper said Monday. “To realize the promise of the North, we must act.” The Centre for Northern Innovation

in Mining at Yukon College will be an education, training and research facility that the feds hope will pump out 520 trades, mining and apprenticeship graduates in the first five years after opening in 2017. It’s also expected to create about 40 construction jobs. But NDP MP Dennis Bevington, who represents the Northwest Territories and is his party’s northern development critic, told QMI Agency recently economic development is not the only thing the North needs from the government. Harper should also address the high cost of living in the North and the environment, he said. “Economic development is a double-edged sword. If you get too

much of it, the cost of living goes up. Just look at Fort McMurray,” he said, noting the cost of living in the North is already two to three times higher than comparable towns in southern Canada. And when it comes to high-paying mining jobs, Bevington lamented that sometimes translates into people moving south. “The employment in mining tends to be fly-in, fly-out. In fact, we lose a lot of people who, once they get a job at the mine, tend to move down to Edmonton or Grande Prairie and work out of there. So economic development is not always the panacea. It’s important, but for us in the North, it has to be handled very carefully.”

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