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Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013

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“We’ll see how it goes.” Both Biermanski and Crouse were encouraged to see such a large slate of council They’re off and running in St. Albert’s candidates for voters to choose from. municipal election race. “That was my intent even [in 2010] — to On Monday morning, candidates dropped get people interested, to get people knowing off their nomination papers in the east what’s going on in their city, researching boardroom of St. Albert Place, with a total of the numbers, researching what’s going on,” two candidates filing to run for mayor, 16 for Biermanski said. city council and six each for Greater St. Albert “The best thing for democracy and the best Catholic Schools trustee and St. Albert Public thing for voter turnout is to have an election Schools trustee. in all categories,” Crouse First in line when the added. doors opened at 8 a.m. total of 13 candidates “It feels excellent. ranAfor was Vince Schiller, who council in both is running for one of four 2007 and 2010, and 21 The race is on.” Catholic trustee positions candidates ran in 2004. Shelley Biermanski in St. Albert. As the campaign plays Mayoral candidate “It’s exciting,” Schiller out over the next four said. “It’s the first time weeks, all the candidates running for me, so I’m know they have a lot of looking forward to the experience. Hopefully I work ahead of them. get elected and have the opportunity to serve.” “I’m expecting a lot of challenges, a lot of Another two Catholic trustees will be events, a lot of new people, a lot of excitement,” elected in Morinville, along with one more Biermanski said. from Legal. There are five spots available on “It’s just a really busy time. I watched it the public board. happen last time, and it’s going to be a huge Not far behind Schiller was incumbent whirlwind blur of things to do,” Hughes added, mayor Nolan Crouse. This was the fourth noting that she has already been out knocking time he’d gone through the process of filing on doors to drum up votes. “I’m expecting the his papers, but he said it’s still a thrill to hand time to go by very quickly.” them in. In the case of trustees, door-knocking isn’t “I’m excited about the next four weeks, and as effective, Schiller noted. hopefully the next four years,” Crouse said. “It’s more about trying to reach groups of Crouse’s only challenger for the mayor’s people,” he said. chair, Shelley Biermanski, arrived later in the Crouse said he’s anxious to get going and see morning, and she was also excited to get the what issues are on voters’ radars. campaign officially underway. “Nothing is dividing the community; “It feels excellent. The race is on,” she said. nothing is emerging as being a significant For Sheena Hughes, a council candidate issue,” he said. “I think what we’ll probably see running for public office for the very first time, is an attempt made by a lot of people to create there were a few nerves mixed in as she filed an issue or two so there’s public conversation, her papers. but I don’t sense there’s something out there “I’m excited, and a little nervous,” she said. that’s burning people and causing anxiety.”

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themselves through user fees rather than City subsidies. Harley ran in 2010, finishing For Norm Harley, fiscal 11th out of 13 candidates with responsibility isn’t just the first 4,633 votes. But, despite the priority — it’s the only priority. loss, he has made his presence Harley, a retired banker known in council chambers over and resident of the Pineview the past term, serving as a vocal subdivision, announced on critic of the current council and Sunday that he will take another administration on several topics. shot at a seat on St. Albert In the 2010 campaign, Harley city council in next month’s said he got a lot of good feedback municipal from what election, and he said at the only point forums and on his platform on doorsteps, is to lower but looking property tax back, he felt and utility rates he was short Norm Harley in the city. on specifics — Council candidate “That’s something he it — that’s hopes to correct my platform. I believe that all this time around. the other decisions work into “I said I was going to do a lot of the budget, or come out of the things to be fiscally responsible, budget,” Harley said. “If you have but I didn’t say in what way,” a real strong budget, then all the Harley said. “This time, I’m other decisions are based on it.” saying exactly what I’m going Harley hopes to achieve his to do. I don’t want people to get goal of lower rates by reducing the impression that I just say I’m spending — including a hiring fiscally responsible; I’m telling freeze, the elimination of two them exactly what I’m going to or more City of St. Albert do.” departments, capping salary He added that he’ll also be out increases and restructuring City knocking on doors more than he employee pensions — scrapping did in 2010, but he doesn’t plan the 100-year utility plan and on spending a whole lot of money putting more onus on nonon his campaign. essential services to support “I feel politicians are going to

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

“This time, I’m saying exactly what I’m going to do.”

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After finishing 11th out of 13 city council candidates in the 2010 St. Albert municipal election, Norm Harley is back to take another shot, with fiscal responsibility at the very top of his platform. spend your money the way they spend their money,” Harley said. “I’m very fiscally responsible in my own life, or I believe I am. I believe I’ve always lived within my means. I don’t believe you need to get out there with all kinds of flashy signs; you need to get the message out.” Although he left his announcement fairly late, Harley said running for council was a pretty easy decision.

“It was an opportunity in 2010 because I knew I was retiring within 30 days,” he said. “I just wanted to run again and see what happens.” Harley and his wife, Faye, moved to St. Albert in 1982. Aside from his financial career, Harley has been involved in coaching

hockey, baseball, football and soccer, as well as with Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.

Library board wades into election campaign GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The St. Albert Library Board is wading into the current municipal election campaign, hoping to make more space for the St. Albert Public Library a hot-button topic. Last week, the board launched their Elect to Tackle the Space Challenge campaign, calling on patrons to make the longstanding issue of more space at the library one of the top issues as candidates vie for votes. “I feel like the library is that kid in the back of the class who is shy and never puts up their hand,” said acting library board chair Charmaine Brooks. “We don’t even have a sign [outside St. Albert Place], if you think about it. ... We’re not as aggressive in pushing our agenda forward. We’ve presented it positively and demonstrated a need, and a [desire] to work with others in sharing a space solution, but I don’t think we’re being heard.”

Place. The library opened in 1983 in a smaller “The community has told us that area than originally planned, and City of St. Albert officials have been identifying the they love the library where it is, and we feel very at home in that location,” need for more space through reports and studies since 1999. she said, adding she would hope some The campaign includes postcards, action is taken on the space issue in the next three to five years. which are available at the St. Albert Among the 16 candidates for city council Public Library, that point out some of in the current campaign are two members the challenges the library currently of the library board: faces, like shared David Climenhaga and offices, oversubscribed Tim Osborne. programs, a capped Brooks said it’s collection, a lack of encouraging to see that, public meeting space and but understands the limited parking. Patrons library is not the only can write messages of Charmaine Brooks point on their platforms. support for the library Acting library board chair “They’re engaged in on these postcards, and the political process for a they will be shared with wide range of reasons, not just the library,” candidates. An online version is available she said. “Just from knowing them on the on the library’s website at www.sapl.ca. board, they’re fine people, really principled. In an ideal world, Brooks said she’d like They have a long-term view for the city, and to see the library open a new branch in the I think we need people that can bring that northern part of St. Albert while keeping and not be reactionary.” their main branch downtown at St. Albert

“The library is that kid in the back of the class who is shy.”

When the library space issue has been brought up before, though, there has been backlash from fiscally conservative councillors or residents who feel that money could be better spent elsewhere or on reducing property taxes. But Brooks said that, given the amount of use the library gets, there may not be a better place to invest taxpayers’ dollars. “We know the vast majority of St. Albertans believe they get value for their tax dollars, and we know the library is our most heavily used city service and the one with the highest satisfaction ratings,” she said. “If we’re going to invest dollars in a free service that can benefit a diverse crosssection of our population, the library seems like an obvious one.”

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Handi dandy Photos: glenn cook, St. Albert leader

Left: St. Albert Transit driver Thomas Wielobob wheels Shawna Desmond off one of the department’s three new handibuses Monday on St. Thomas Street. The new buses — which feature a new colour scheme (above) — will go into a trial starting Oct. 7, and full handibus service should launch in St. Albert on Nov. 7.

DAVID CLIMENHAGA for St. Albert Council

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RCMP looking to source of ODs GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

St. Albert RCMP are trying to pinpont exactly what drugs caused two boys to overdose in the city this week. At around 4:30 p.m. Monday, RCMP were called to a back alley near Mount Royal Drive in St. Albert, where a 14-yearold boy was unconscious and having seizures. The boy was taken by ambulance to the Sturgeon Community Hospital, but was quickly airlifted by STARS Air Ambulance to the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton. As of Tuesday, he had regained consciousness but was still in intensive care. A little while later, reports came in of a 16-year-old boy in medical distress in a school parking lot near Mont Clare Place. The second boy was also taken to the Stollery, this time by ground ambulance, but he remained conscious. As of Tuesday, he had been released from hospital. Both boys were students at St. Albert Catholic High School. RCMP initially believed both overdoses were linked synthetic cannabinoid drugs, which are commonly known as “K2,” “Spice”

or “Yucatan Fire.” However, after talking to the boys, police are not sure what drug they took. The boys told RCMP they took the drug together, and that they were told it was a safe chemical synthetic. Synthetic cannabinoids are often sold online or in head shops, and even in some convenience stores and specialty tobacco shops. They consist of dried herbs mixed with molecules that produce the same effects as marijuana. Health Canada issued a warning about synthetic cannabinoids in February 2013, saying that these products rarely have accurate ingredient lists, and that consuming them may lead to adverse health effects, such as “restlessness, agitation, dizziness, anxiety/ panic attacks, memory loss, acute psychosis, seizures, rapid or irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, shortness of breath, chest pain, changes in blood sugar and electrolyte levels, and nausea/vomiting.” The warning also noted that such substances are regulated under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, and that all activities associated with them — production, selling, import or export — are illegal in Canada. RCMP are continuing to investigate this incident. No criminal charges have been laid.

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OPINION

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Library speaks; time to listen

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he shy kid in the back of the class has finally raised his hand. And it’s about time he was heard. Last week, the St. Albert Library Board announced its new Elect to Tackle the Space Challenge campaign, designed to make the need for more space at the St. Albert by Glenn Cook Public Library a major issue during the current municipal election campaign. As acting library board chair Charmaine Brooks says in this very issue of the St. Albert Leader, the library has, up to this point, been like the shy kid in the back of the class who never raises his hand, never speaks up to let the teacher know what he needs or wants or if there is a problem. But now the library is raising its hand and speaking out. And it’s about time, too. The library started out behind the 8-ball, opening in 1983 smaller than originally planned. The need for more space has been identified through City of St. Albert reports and studies as far back as 1999. Progress on either a new library building has come in fits and starts. Sites have been recommended, then shelved. Partnerships with other community groups have been proposed, then fallen by the wayside. Some might argue that there are better things to spend City money on than the library, especially reducing the burden on the residential taxpayer. But given the fact that the library is nearing the one-million mark in loans per year, with countless more people using the facility but not taking anything out, and that 49 per cent of respondents in the City’s 2012 community satisfaction survey said they were “very satisfied” with its services, it seems that one of the best places to invest City money and get value for it is in the library. (Heck, even a number of those people who said they were dissatisfied with the library in the 2012 survey cited a lack of space as the main reason why.) Like any project, the City should proceed cautiously and make sure it’s done right, but the need for more library space is greater than ever. The kid in the back of the class has his hand raised; it’s time for the teacher to call on him.

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The balance of consuming and creating

ids these days! A bunch of zombie-loving, video game-playing, Youtube-watching, social media status-posting, layingon-the-couch, phone-staring, do-nothing kids. But enough about my kids. Just kidding, of course — most days, at least. There are a lot of distractions for kids these days with so much for them to consume. I’ve had some good discussions recently with one of my teenagers about it: Consuming versus creating. I’m OK with them spending time enjoying all that there is to consume, but we had a good talk about bringing some better balance to it. Try to equal whatever time you spend consuming with creating. Grab some paper and draw a picture. Write a story. Paintbrush in

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LeLACHEUR Leader publisher My City hand, find a canvas. Start an event! It was a great discussion that I think really resonated. Two of my other kids (yes, there are more) love their Xbox. One of their favourite games is Minecraft, which I am a big fan of as well (for them to play). The reason I like it so much is it is a true balance between consuming and creating. They can play in worlds built by others, or they can build their own and play. It’s pretty amazing to see what they build. This isn’t a knock on consumption. I love consuming many things — some things

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too much, like pizza. This is just to bring some awareness to creation in our community. It’s not just about writing, art or music. It can be creating a business, a community event, or an opportunity for yourself. So many good things can happen when you create. Take young ladies Corissa Tymafichuk and Andrea Payne, two Paul Kane High School students who started a fundraising walk called Free2Walk last May at Lions Park that raised about $3,000 for the Not For Sale campaign. What a great event! Or local author Corinne Jeffery, whose lifelong dream has come true as she launches the third book in her historical fiction trilogy this weekend at the St. Albert Public Library. Our friends in Edmonton are knee-deep in a new branding

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direction that focuses on Make Something Edmonton. The spirit of it is great. It’s not about any one thing, one industry or one profession. It is about the simplicity of encouraging everyone to make something. As we celebrate Alberta Culture Days this weekend, it is a good reminder to bring focus to creation at a time when we are enjoying (and consuming) the great work of those in our community that create. As you take time to appreciate their work, channel that in and around your own life. Encourage your kids, your friends, your coworkers and neighbors to get out there and create. Ask them all, what have you created lately? Most importantly, encourage yourself to create as it will only lead to good things for you and our community. Owned and operated by

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Bears bring Battle of Alta. to Servus Place GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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Members of the University of Alberta Golden Bears celebrate a goal during a game against the Edmonton Oilers rookies on Sept. 10.

A different Battle of Alberta is set to play out in St. Albert this weekend. The University of Alberta Golden Bears men’s hockey team are hosting their rivals from the University of Calgary in a Canadian Interuniversity Sport preseason tilt on Saturday at Servus Credit Union Place, and Golden Bears general manager Stan Marple said that fans can expect some hard-hitting, highflying action. “It’s probably the best amateur hockey in Canada,” Marple said. “If you look at the Edmonton Oil Kings, they maybe have three 30goal scorers on their team. We have guys who are older and stronger — I think we’ve got six or seven guys who scored 30 goals during their career, at one time or another, in the WHL.” With only one sheet of ice at Clare Drake Arena on the U of A campus and the Pandas women’s hockey team hosting a tournament this weekend, the Golden Bears decided to take their show on the

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road to Servus Place. “We don’t have a huge fanbase — we’re forever trying to grow that — but we have a good number of people from St. Albert who attend our games quite frequently,” Marple said. “We thought it’d be a good idea to bring a game out there.”

“It’s probably the best amateur hockey in Canada.” Stan Marple U of A Golden Bears The team also has a couple of St. Albert connections, with former St. Albert Saint Fernando Pisani serving as an assistant coach and St. Albert Minor Hockey Association alumnus T.J. Foster joining the team this year after a five-year junior career with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League. Marple has been busy promoting the game in and around St. Albert, and said that, if the turnout is good on Saturday, it could open up more

possibilities for more Golden Bears games in St. Albert in the future. “I haven’t booked any ice or anything yet, but we’re playing the NAIT Ooks on Jan. 4, and if this game is pretty successful, we might have another game out there as well later in the year,” he said. The game in St. Albert is the Golden Bears’ final warmup game before the CIS regular season starts. Last year, the team went 23-4-1 in the regular season and went to the national championships, but missed out on the gold medal game. “Our program, we never rebuild; we always reload,” Marple said. “We don’t have the luxury of having a bad year. We went to nationals last year ... We want to get back to nationals in Saskatoon in March and win that extra game.” The Golden Bears and U of C Dinos face off at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Northstar Hyundai Arena at Servus Place. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under, with family packs of five tickets available for $25. Tickets can be purchased by phone at 780-492BEAR, online at www.ticketmaster. ca or at the door.

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COMMUNITY QUESTIONS How would you bring hidden social issues forward given St. Albert’s reputation as a “bubble” community? DOREEN SLESSOR, Stop Abuse in Families Society

What’s the one thing the City could do to improve our advantage over other business locations? DAR SCHWANBECK, Northern Alberta Business Incubator

Social issues don’t have to be over-emphasized any more than they should be hidden. Although we have issues we will never approach what I have witnessed in inner city communities. A help assistance centre should be well advertised to assist those in need.

As there is way too much choice everywhere, St. Albert needs a theme business type. It needs to be the go to place for a unique blend and exclusive experience. Business to business referrals need to be rewarded.

Work to be inclusive in all we do; have intolerance to discrimination, ageism, sexism, and all other ism’s.

Create “green tape”: helping them with the processes that governments have.

I believe our citizens ARE aware of our social issues, evidenced by their support of the recent Food Bank drive, attracting 110 volunteers who collected 30 tons of food.

We need to promote the quality of life enjoyed by residents here coupled with our modern infrastructure and access to major transportation routes.

Publish challenges and successes of our city’s volunteers. In so doing, St. Albert will be known as a city with issues but also with citizens that address them.

Many tactics are needed: a clear, defined differentiating proposition; aggressive marketing campaigns; enabling civic regulations; available facilities and land.

Invite community input, listen and weigh, research and make informed decisions based on meeting community needs.

Study what the new members of the Economic Development Board are proposing, and decide with city council members the best plans to support.

MARK CASSIDY

We require more community dialogue and we have social issues and its nice to see we have community services that are available to those if people require it and we are aware its available. We need more creative activities for children and adults to enjoy together.

Disclose locations that require complimentary businesses on a website. If you have someone opening up a chiropractic business, they may like to combine with a physiotherapy office.

DAVID CLIMENHAGA

I believe that one of the most effective things municipal governments can do in this area is to encourage co-operation among regional municipalities, senior governments, and law enforcement and social services agencies.

In our effort to attract larger businesses, we need to remember to take measures to encourage the growth of the small business sector. We also need to keep in mind that business success is fostered by strong public services.

TED DURHAM

Communication is a key in not only family relationships, but community relationships also. It is an area we all need to work on. We have a culturally diverse community and for the most part, we work together well.

We need to change the way we think when attracting new enterprise to our city. ... The only true way to increase business is to decrease taxation, which puts more money in people’s pockets.

I’m not sure what you mean by “bubble.” Social issues exist everywhere no matter where you live.

We definitely have major competition with Edmonton, Parkland, Fort Saskatchewan for small and larger businesses. You cannot give away the farm just to get it. Perhaps we should establish a business, industrial and commercial body to interact and work with schools.

Without identifying individuals or families, the non-profits and volunteer groups need to provide statistics regarding the numbers of people helped thru their organizations. Communication and support is the key.

This is why the city opened the Economic and Business Development Department and built Ray Gibbon Drive. Both of these are funded by residential property taxes. Residents can’t afford any more business initiatives.

Reputation does not equal reality. Social Master Plan Implementation will address the issues, as will support of our not for profits through funding and partnerships.

Transportation access. This applies to the moving of goods in and out of St. Albert, the access for non-residents to come into our city to shop, and transit for employees.

SHEENA HUGHES

Work with outreach organizations to determine not only the issues, but more important, real, affordable, and creative solutions to make a positive change.

Learn from cities with desirable business reputations to determine what we have overlooked, then adjust our sails. Stop the tax and utility increases.

GARETH JONES

There is a need for a partnership to be formed between members of council, administration and social agencies so that the issue can be addressed out in the open on a higher level than present.

Our city must form positive partnerships consisting of members of council, administration and potential major business stakeholders. Council cannot do this on their own and neither can administration.

CAM MacKAY

The best thing any public representative can do is to listen and respond to the concerns of residents. Hidden issues can be addressed by speaking out and taking action where warranted.

We have to take advantage of our strategic location to the Anthony Henday by zoning light industrial nearby. To attract small business we also have to have business parks that accommodate small business by having smaller lots.

TIM OSBORNE

The recently completed Social Master Plan provides a framework for raising the awareness of these issues. The next step is working towards a community response.

Small businesses are the soul of our community. We need to develop policies that ensure doing business in St. Albert does not come at a higher cost than elsewhere.

MALCOLM PARKER

The first step is to clearly identify the social issues and establish priorities. The approved Social Master Plan provides a reference to assist with addressing priority social issues. St. Albert is well known for its volunteer participation so the plan needs to include volunteers.

The city needs to reach out beyond its borders to promote the advantages of starting a business in St. Albert. The Economic Development Division, Chamber of Commerce and NABI need to work collaboratively.

By being present and listening to ALL residents throughout the whole term and by having the fortitude to bring controversial items for discussion to Council.

Focus on the business’ needs and not our own. Encourage residential growth for more consumers, offer a variety of land options and collaborate with business.

Social issues do exist in our city. City council has to conduct an annual review of social issues of all age groups that effect our city and the services available and what it is missing.

The best way is to develop a system at our new economic development service building with a person trained and designated to deal with prospective immigrants and their special needs in bring new enterprises to our city.

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Got a question to ask municipal election candidates? Email it to info@stalbertleader.com How important is municipal government investment in the arts to you? PAUL MOULTON, Edmonton Arts Council

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The arts promote creativity, pride, accomplishment, entertainment and most of all people. Very important to me. Very, very, very, very, very, very, very important. The arts promote creative thinking and produce a diverse background for our city, improving the quality of life for our citizens. Art celebrates life, color, history and diversity transforming a city into a beautiful community. Cities must nurture the arts to support local artistic talent. Continuing city investment in the arts is important, and has created a good culture here, however, it can be enhanced.

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A general public survey will determine this and other city expenditures that are not apart of core services. If we have the majority of the city feeling strongly it is worth the extra expenditure then it is worth adding it in. St. Albert’s emphasis on the arts — botanical, musical, literary or theatrical — has been an economic boon to this community as well as improving the quality of our lives in less tangible ways. We should ensure this continues. St. Albert should appreciate and support arts and heritage, nurture the development of artistic skills, work to preserve its natural and built heritage, and promote a vibrant cultural identity recognized by artists, residents and visitors.

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Arts are appreciated in many ways. I find looking at nature and all its beauty all I need. Everyone has their own appreciation of art. The arts are very important to some residents but not a high priority to others. While typically a high percentage of children and youth are involved in sports, others are involved in music and art. Like everything else in life, we need a fiscal balance.

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Very important but we need to do it in partnership with other agencies. Arts brings a quality of life to St. Albert that residents expect. It is good for our economy furthering our brand. Educational arts programs that improve overall quality of life are assets. However, be cautious of programs that benefit few at the expense of many. The arts community plays an important part in our life here in St. Albert and embrace all ages from the young through to seniors. We should continue to support their endeavors.

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Investment in the arts is important however one must always be cognisant that road and sewers are the bread and butter of municipal government. The basics must be looked after first. A vibrant arts and cultural community are part of what makes St. Albert great. I would like to see St. Albert continue to foster and encourage creativity.

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13. Jon es

14. MacKay

15. osborn e

The arts community is one of many areas of interest to residents that municipal government needs to invest in to make for a well rounded, balanced community. A strong arts presence will enhance quality of life.

The arts are important to my extensive family and should be supported with a reasonable budget.

17. prefontain e 16. parker

18. Russell

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The arts are a crucial part of what makes our community vibrant and exciting. Investment in creation and growing our Arts community is essential.

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NABI looks to give small retailers a leg up GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

In a retail landscape increasingly dominated by big box stores, the Northern Alberta Business Incubator wants to help the little guys get a leg up. In conjunction with Canadian Retail Solutions, NABI is presenting a series of six seminars starting in October entitled The Wealthy Retailer, which is designed to give small retailers some of the tools they need to keep their competitive edge. Kathy Janzen, program and marketing co-ordinator at NABI, said the sessions should provide answers to some very important questions that small business owners may have. “St. Albert is getting hit with more and more big box stores,

and how as a retailer do you survive that?” she said. The first of the six sessions is a self-assessment for retailers, where participants will be guided through a frank assessment of five key areas of their own businesses, including: • customer relations management; • small business marketing; • selling; • retail technology; and

• cash flow and profit. Each of the rest of the sessions will subsequently focus on one of these areas. “In some ways, these are topics that can be gapped with people that already have stores set up and just aren’t doing as well as they’d like to … Sometimes small things make a big difference, especially in retail when you’re trying

to compete in a tough market,” Janzen said. “If you’re not doing any one of these things as well as you could be, it’s probably costing you money.” Facilitators for the sessions include Scott Smith, general manager and director of retail planning for Canadian Retail Solutions, and Dan Holman, a certified retail consultant with more than 25 years of experience in the retail field. The seminars are targeted at “anyone working in retail,” Janzen said, or thinking about starting a retail store,

New business has shopping local in the bag GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Two St. Albert ladies have got shopping local in the bag with their new idea. Keri McEachern and Leanne Oake are the Swag Bag Ladies, distributing what they call a “trade show in a bag” — bags containing samples or coupons from various local businesses — to local consumers looking for bargains and giving local businesses some much-needed exposure. The ladies distributed their first round of swag bags on Thursday, Sept. 19, at Seasons Gift Shop, and they were thrilled with the turnout.

“People seemed really positive about what was happening. We got a lot of really good feedback,” McEachern said. “We had people who have businesses of their own asking how they could get in on the promotion. I think they really see a value to it.” The event even had benefits for Seasons as well, as swag bags recipients stuck around the shop to see what was new. There are only 100 bags available each time around. McEachern said that, for the first go-round, they managed to give away about 70 bags. People who want to get a bag are encouraged to sign up in advance by email. While the response from consumers was

encouraging, the response from businesses was even better, with many coming to them after advertising on Facebook. “We joined a few other St. Albert-based Facebook pages, and through word-of mouth, it was not very difficult to get business,” McEachern said. “All of a sudden, overnight, we had 15 vendors and small businesses who saw the value in us promoting their business.” McEachern and Oake are friends whose children go to the same school, and they came up with the idea for Swag Bag Ladies to take advantage of the “shop local” movement that has cropped up in St. Albert. “We just ran with it,” McEachern said.

whether they are in St. Albert or elsewhere in the Capital Region. “Retail can be fairly intimidating and scary and lonely sometimes. Things sometimes go off the rails, and you don’t necessarily know who you can talk to about it or what you can do about it,” he said. The Wealthy Retailer seminars run from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month from October 2013 to March 2014 at NABI’s Campbell Park building. Cost is $29 per session or $145 for all six. For more information, email Janzen at kathy@ nabi.ca.

“In August, we incorporated ourselves and registered our trade name, and it’s just taken off. We’re really excited.” “We’re not averse to including Edmonton businesses,” she added, “but if we have two people who have the same business, we’ll go with the St. Albert business.” McEachern and Oake are trying to set up monthly swag bag pickups at different locations, and they’ll be promoting their business back at Seasons on Oct. 7 during the store’s Christmas pre-season launch. “We already have 10 vendors for next month,” McEachern said. “We’re really excited.” For more information on how to get a swag bag or to have your business featured in the bags, search for “Swag Bag Ladies” on Facebook or email swagbagladies@ gmail.com.

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Southern Alta. flood Hole’s restructuring debt price tag hits $1.7B GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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The staggering cost of southern Alberta’s flood has set the Canadian record for the costliest natural disaster, surpassing $1.7 billion. The Insurance Bureau of Canada said the latest estimate of insured property damage caused by the June deluge passed the record of $1.574 billion from the ice storm in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick in 1998. IBC vice-president Bill Adams said the number is staggering and he expects it to go even higher. “We do anticipate it to go higher largely because of the nature of some of the claims and it’s just very difficult at this point to say what they’re finally going to be settled at,” he said. “While the monetary cost of the floods is huge, the emotional toll on Albertans is incalculable.” More than 25,000 claims have been filed

in the aftermath of the flood that crippled communities. Adams said there’s no official breakdown yet for what sort of claims were made, but sewer backups at people’s houses topped the list, followed by damage to businesses and vehicles. Part of the reason why the cost estimate remains preliminary is ongoing business claims, he said. For example, some businesses are still being assisted by insurance until their sales return to pre-flood levels. Adams said it’s difficult to tell how long those businesses will rely on insurance assistance. The current overall flood cost estimate for the City of Calgary sits at $530 million, including $460 million in infrastructure damage and $70 million in overtime claims and lost revenue. Torrential rainfall between June 20 and 24 caused the flooding, which killed four people and forced 100,000 people from their homes.

Construction delays, lease defaults and poor weather this spring are forcing the owners of the Enjoy Centre into some financial restructuring. In a letter obtained by the St. Albert Leader last week, Hole’s Greenhouses and Gardens Ltd. have filed a financial proposal with the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench to restructure their debt to unsecured creditors. “We have faced some unprecedented challenges in the first three years since we relocated to The Enjoy Centre. It is the most difficult venture we have ever undertaken,” wrote co-owner Bill Hole in the letter. The letter goes on to say that a combination of factors has “created a cash flow issue” for the company, including: • architecture and financing issues that delayed the opening of the Enjoy Centre from November 2009 to April 2011; • bad weather during the primary planting months — April to June — in both 2012 and 2013 that led to poor sales; • customers still getting used to the new location in Riel Park;

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Boonstock bounced by Sturgeon council 50. For Coun. Tom Flynn, who brought forward the motion, the last straw was a Boonstock is out of luck. home invasion and a man involved in the When Boonstock president Colin Kobza drug trade stopped with a handgun. went to speak with Sturgeon County Alberta Health Services, the RCMP and council Tuesday morning, he was hoping emergency services pointed out safety the municipality would see things his way. deficiencies, he said. Each year, reports Instead, Kobza said the popular festival showed the problems have not been is being shut down due addressed, Flynn said. to complaints from “Council needed to neighbours just before an make a decision as to the election. future of Boonstock at “I wasn’t too sure of that site,” he said. how it was going to go,” As the festival has he said. “It’s definitely not grown, congestion on Colin Kobza the outcome we wanted.” Highway 28 and 28A has Boonstock organizer At a Sturgeon County caused a safety concern, council meeting, Kobza Flynn said. stressed that the festival — which drew He added there is potential Boonstock 14,000 audience members per day — has could be moved to another site in Sturgeon advertised Sturgeon County beyond its County. borders and has helped charities in the “We haven’t said no to other sites,” said area. Flynn. He said the decision was likely made Next term, he is running for mayor. because of the upcoming election. At the moment, Kobza said he doesn’t “I think it’s completely, very, very have another piece of property in mind, but political,” he said. is on the lookout for the 10th year. This year’s festival saw an increased “Our Boonstock 10th anniversary is police presence on site, doubling the going to be bigger, louder and crazier than number of arrests from last year to around ever,” he said.

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Growing concerns over safety and traffic congestion have prompted Sturgeon County council to kick the Boonstock Music Festival out of its current site near Gibbons.

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When you’re promoting a new movie that happens to be a comedy, it never hurts to have a couple of Saturday Night Live alumni to liven up the press conference. Case in point: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, which picks up where the hit 2009 animated feature left off, with a returning voice cast including Bill Hader as well-meaning inventor Flint Lockwood and Andy Samberg as Brent, the diaper-wearing mascot for Baby Brent’s Sardines and now donning a rubber chicken suit for ChickN-Sushi. Also returning are Anna Faris as budding meteorologist Sam Sparks, Neil Patrick Harris as Steve the Monkey and James Caan as Flint’s tight-lipped dad. So did things prove just as challenging the second time around? “All my lines in this movie, I’m screaming, even when it’s a very nice, intimate moment with me and Sam Sparks,” says Hader, who recently departed the SNL cast after eight seasons. “The challenge is, the ‘effort noises,’” relates Faris, who has hosted SNL and costars in the new CBS sitcom, Mom. “Like in the first one, how do you fall down a cave made of peanut brittle?” “Yeah, or they’ll say, ‘You’re in a pancake bog,’ “ interjects Hader. “So I’ll do it like I’m walking through a pancake bog and then (the directors) go, ‘No. We said pancake bog. You’re doing mud. Obviously you’ve never walked through a pancake bog before!’” For Meatballs newcomer Terry Crews, the challenge was playing a character—that of gung-ho cop Earl Devereaux — which was previously voiced by Mr. T, who took a pass on the sequel. “For me it was hard because I was taking over for the iconic Mr. T,” explains the

former pro football player. “And I was like, ‘Oh man, how do you do that?’” New to the character fold is the villainous Chester V, a blue jean billionaire whom co-director Kris Pearn describes as “sort of a mix of Steve Jobs, Richard Branson and a little bit of Carl Sagan,” voiced by another former SNL-er, Will Forte. “When we hired Will he came in a workshopped for about four sessions,” explains the Canadian-born Pearn. “He tried a few different voices,” adds codirector Cody Cameron. Pearn mentions something else about the character but he’s being upstaged by Hader and Samberg who have started giggling like a couple of schoolgirls. “Me and Bill are just laughing because you said he tried out a few different voices,”

SNL grad Samberg tells Cameron. “And we’re like, he has two!” “He has two voices,” concurs Hader. “And that was our thing on Saturday Night Live — it was like, ‘Whoa, which one of Will’s two voices can we use in this?’ “ “You’re right — it was one of those two voices!” realizes Cameron. With Forte not on hand to defend himself (in either voice), the conversation moves to the colourful menagerie of foodimals that have overtaken the island of Swallow Falls in the aftermath of the last movie. Somehow the Flint Lockwood Diatomic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator, or FLDSMDFR, for short, has been spewing out Shrimpanzees, Susheep, Tacodiles and other mutated foods. Did anything get left on the cutting room floor?

“There was a Spam Whale, which was like a can of Spam with a tail,” reveals Pearn. Also not making it into the film was a Tyranno-s’more-us-mess, essentially a giant S’more T-Rex, although it did make a brief appearance in the end credits. “I’m disappointed that we didn’t use a Cornicorn, which is, of course, a unicorn made out of corn,” complains Faris. “But apparently they only wanted ‘real’ animals.” Her use of finger quotes draws a big laugh. But after blowing the budget on all those marauding Watermelophants and Cheespiders, is there anywhere left for a Cloudy 3 to go? “Cloudy in the ‘Hood,” suggests Crews. Everybody’s a comedian.

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Aguilera pumped for The Voice BILL HARRIS Sun Media News Services

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Christina Aguilera returns to the judges’ chair for the fifth season of The Voice.

The Voice is a real Mickey Mouse operation, according to Christina Aguilera. And she means that as a compliment. “This is a huge platform for (the competitors) to do whatever they want to do after the show and the season ends - it’s really just an amazing school,” says Aguilera, who returns to one of the judge’s chairs on The Voice for the fifth season, which began Monday on NBC and CTV. “It’s almost like, for me, comparing it to, I had great training on The Mickey Mouse Club. “I didn’t even know what was going on or what was happening, I was just being a kid and having fun and living in the moment. Years later, so many successes have come out of that. It wasn’t that particular show that made it. But man, you know, you just have to take in every single experience.” Aguilera, now 32, clearly has gone on to international fame following her time on The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1995. The

Voice hasn’t really produced a post-show star yet, but Aguilera has some Mickey Mouse analysis on that subject matter, too. “Sometimes it’s not like everything needs to be boom, boom, boom, then record deal, then No. 1 success,” Aguilera says. “It doesn’t happen like that. It didn’t happen that way for me, either. “Like, for instance, I (mentioned) my experience with The Mickey Mouse Club, the alumni from that show, you have huge names — Britney (Spears), Justin (Timberlake), Ryan Gosling, all these names come from that show. But right after the show, did we rocket to success? No. It takes time. “You have training camps. You absorb like a sponge in this business every single opportunity and every single piece of advice and thinking that you have around you. It’s up to

you to sort of use that opportunity and take it to the next level.” Aguilera and Cee Lo Green are returning to The Voice after taking the winter season off, having left mainstays Blake Shelton and Adam Levine with newcomers Shakira and Usher. The latter duo will return next winter. “I do this between albums, too, and I’m the type of person that I cannot live in front of a camera 24 hours a day,” Aguilera says. “I have to take breaks and stay connected with myself. I think it’s important so that you can then be your best on camera and find your own happiness with it. “I’m a mom, and you know, when the cameras go off, I go home. I put on sweats and a T-shirt, and the red lips come off, everything. I check out and I’m mom. And I needed some time. I needed some time to do that. “But mom’s got to pay the bills.” That’s something Mickey Mouse definitely understands.

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she had been keeping in touch with her daughter via email, and the pair now appears to be putting the past behind them. Cobain gained her mother’s attention by sending a message reading, “Mum, mum, mommy, ma, mom, mum, ma, ma, mommy, mommy ...’What!!’.... ’Hi!’” before adding, “Thanks for being my mommy. I love you more than anyone in the universe... I love you, I love you. Call me when u (sic) can.”

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While the custom cakes at Over the Top Cakes in St. Albert certainly live up to the shop’s name, the owners want everyone to know that the cupcakes do too. Deb Lasuik and Jen Gray are keeping very busy with orders for wedding, birthday and special occasion cakes, but any occasion can �� for sale in their shop on Sir Winston Churchill Avenue. “We’re not competing with grocery stores. �� “We’re trying to educate people that there’s a �� The batter, icing and garnishes all made from scratch in the store. In fact, each batch of Italian buttercream icing uses 25 pounds of butter. �� it’s some of the old standards like classic vanilla, cookies ’n’ cream and red velvet with cream cheese icing that are their best-sellers. �� looking to bring back their pumpkin spice cupcakes, and are working on a new white �� Taking a cupcake from idea to the retail case is a bit of a process, based somewhat on trial and error. “Everybody goes with what they like. �� times, we’ll make something and put it out for customers to sample. And we spend a lot of time researching what’s selling, what are the popular �� The ladies have their base cupcake recipes, but �� “If you’re adding something like pumpkin, ��

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Cher to play at Rexall June 23 JANE STEVENSON Sun Media News Services

She may be 67 years old, but Cher is still Dressed To Kill. That’s what the fashion-loving singer has named her latest tour anyway which will hit eight Canadian cities next spring and early summer in support of the new album, Closer To The Truth. Ticket information is available at Cher.com for the following dates: April 7, Toronto, Air Canada Centre; April 25, Montreal, Bell Centre; April 26 Cher Ottawa, Canada Tire Centre; June 20, Winnipeg, MTS Centre; Singer June 23, Edmonton, Rexall Place; June 25, Calgary, Scotiabank Saddledome; June 27, Vancouver, Rogers Arena. American Express cardmembers can purchase their tickets to select cities before the general public on sale beginning Monday, Sept. 30, through until Thursday, Oct. 3. All online tickets purchased will include a free copy of Closer To The Truth. Cher’s last tour was The Farewell Tour — not so much? — from 2002 to 2005.

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This photo by Evan Brown was one of the winners in the first-ever Take Your Best Shot photo contest put on by the Musée Heritage Museum. The call is out for entries for this year’s contest, which centres around the theme of “play.”

Kids can take their best shot in contest

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The Musée Heritage Museum is once again inviting young St. Albertans to take their best shot. For the third straight year, the museum is putting on the Take Your Best Shot digital photo contest, giving students from Grades 3 to 12 the chance to show off their photographic skills, win some great prizes and have their work hang in the museum itself. “We’re thrilled. It’s so much fun,” said Musée curator Joanne White. “The kids love it, and they produce the most amazing work. … Everyone that comes in really loves it. A lot of them are surprised to find out it’s young kids. We’ve got kids in Grade 3 that are producing photos that you’d never expect to be done by someone that age.” This year, the theme for the contest is “Playing Around St. Albert,” and young photographers are being asked to submit their photos depicting play — whether that’s sports, outdoor activities, or even playing with pets. “What we’ve come to realize is that, if we give them a really big topic, they take it to places we can’t even imagine they would take it,” White said. “‘Play’ can cover a huge

number of activities, either in your private life or organized sport or various things. We’re waiting to see what they come up with.” A jury will select 12 photos from each of the three age categories — Grades 3 to 6, Grade 7 to 9 and Grades 10 to 12 — to be featured in the Musée Heritage Museum and on its website. The photos will hang in the museum from Nov. 26 to Jan. 14, with a special reception to be held on Nov. 29. The top three winners in each age category will also win $200, $150 and $100 gift cards respectively from McBain Camera. White said it’s always great to see what kind of talent gets uncovered over the course of the contest. “It never ceases to amaze us, what they come up with,” she said, “both in their creativity and their technical ability. It’s unreal.” The contest began in 2011 as part of St. Albert’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Last year, there were 30 pieces hanging in the museum, with a few others on a digital picture frame elsewhere in their space. This year, White is hoping for at least 50 entries. The deadline for entries is Tuesday, Oct. 15. For more information or to enter, visit the museum’s website at www. museeheritage.com.

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the support of the city, it was right thing to do.” The right thing ended up being the single Museum delegates and politicians met in largest museum funding deal in Canada’s Edmonton Monday to celebrate what they history. believe to be the most exciting pile of rubble Whether that will translate to more jobs to be made in the past 50 years. for heritage workers in the city remains to be “It’s not just any pile of rubble. This one seen. represents the beginning of a new chapter “I’m not yet in a position to look at our for the Royal Alberta Museum,” said Chris future staffing,” said Robinson. “We’re Robinson, executive director of the Royal cognizant of the fact that we’re going to Alberta Museum (RAM), at the future site of be a larger museum and what that means. the museum’s $340-million home. Probably the biggest impact you’ll see on What used to be the the site now is on the city’s Canada Post offices demolition and on the have been razed in construction. There will be preparation for the 82,000 several thousand workers square-foot building that who will be on the site promises to allow the over the next couple of Chris Robinson city to host any travelling years.” Royal Alberta Museum exhibit from around the He said construction is world. scheduled to be finished in Robinson said 12,000 of mid-2016 — but they don’t those square feet will be used for the feature know yet when doors will open. hall that will accommodate those exhibits, Construction fencing surrounding the site with the remaining 70,000 earmarked for has been adorned with vintage-style postcard long-term exhibits. photos representing the history of the Canada Alberta Minister of Culture Heather Post building and asking visitors to take Klimchuk said, despite some difficulties part in the memories program they are now faced during the funding process, including running. questions of whether the federal government In it, patrons are asked to write their would ultimately pay for part of it, the project memories of the museum on one of 24,000 can be considered a success. postcards that can be found around the city. “There’s going to be bumps in the road as Postcards can be found at the museum, time goes on. But I was always confident we other heritage sites, and online. Completed were going to do the right thing,” Klimchuk cards can be put in the slot in the said. “When the province was putting in construction wall at the new site at 103A money as well as the federal government and Avenue and 99 Street.

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Author shuffles into town to launch zombie novel

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

An Edmonton author is shuffling up to St. Albert this weekend to launch her newest zombie-themed novel. Kimberly Gould will be at Mission: Fun and Games on St. Albert Trail on Sunday to launch Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story with tons of post-apocalyptic fun. This is Gould’s fourth published work, but the first to deal with zombies, and she’s very excited to get it out into the hands of readers. “I think it’s going to be my most popular. It’s really accessible to everybody,” Gould said. “I know my Cargon series tends to get a little cerebral, but this one definitely doesn’t. It has a high school, Buffy [the Vampire Slayer] feel.” Gould’s other works include Thickness of Blood and two books in the Cargon series — Cargon: Honour and Privilege and Cargon: Duty and Sacrifice. In Never Say Die, Gould’s protagonist, Cassandra, becomes the victim of zombies, but instead of dying, she finds herself in her own past, days before the virus that turns people into zombies breaks out, and realizes she has a chance to stop it all by killing the doctor who created the virus. “She thinks, if she kills him, that’s it. That’s the end of the virus. It’ll never happen. But of course, that’s not it; he’s already made it in a lab,” Gould explained, noting that the novel evolved out of a short story she wrote using a picture prompt. “So she has to go through several iterations, Groundhog Day-style, to figure out how to stop the zombie apocalypse.” When planning the launch, Gould first looked at her local community league in Edmonton, but that was too pricy. That’s when she turned to Mission: Fun and Games owner John Engel. “We’ve been shopping out there for years, and I know he had recently converted his game room to make it larger and they were throwing birthday parties there. I thought, ‘This is a party. I could have my party there,’” she

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said. Aside from having the book for sale, Sunday’s launch will also feature zombie-themed games and a costume contest.

“She’ll probably be the cutest zombie there.” Kimberly Gould Author “At the very least, my daughter will be dressing up,” Gould said with a laugh. “I don’t know if anyone else will. But if no one else does, then she wins the costume contest, and she’ll be very happy. And regardless, she’ll probably be the cutest zombie there.”

While writing hasn’t become a full-time gig yet for Gould, her day job as an environmental consultant gives her some time to squeeze in some writing and still have quality time with her family. “I’ve been able to use the time I’m in the field, because I have quiet time in my room in the evenings, so I’ve been able to use that time to write,” she said. “And there’s a lot of travel time, so if I’m not the one driving, I can be writing.” “Financially, I’m probably still just breaking even,” she said, “but it’s been very rewarding.” The launch of Never Say Die: A Zombie Time Loop Story goes from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday at Mission: Fun and Games (560 St. Albert Tr.) in St. Albert. She will also hold another launch in her hometown of Medicine Hat over the Thanksgiving weekend.

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Dr. Sushanta Mitra speaks about a newly developed E. coli sensor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering’s National Institute for Nanotechnology on Monday.

Sensor detects E.coli in minutes ALLISON SALZ Sun Media News Services

Researchers say they’ve created a device that can detect E. coli in mere minutes — potentially saving lives. The research team, headed by University of Alberta mechanical engineering professor Sushanta Mitra, developed a sensor that can detect the deadly virus in drinking water. Current testing takes 24 to 48 hours to positively confirm if the bacteria is present, which researchers say gives ample time for people to consume the bacteria-infected water. “By that time already the contaminated water is accessed by the population,” Mitra said. “This type of real-time results will have an impact in the way of early mitigation of these kinds of outbreaks.” The device was tested in wells at

remote communities in India during the summer. The University of Alberta team is working with Indian partner, Tata Consultancy Services, to make the device capable of setting off an alarm.

“This type of realtime results will have an impact.” Sushanta Mitra U of A professor The idea is that text message alerts would be sent to public health workers and people who rely on wells for drinking water when the new sensors detect E. coli. Mitra said people will be alerted in

real time to which wells are unsafe to use, meaning potentially fewer illnesses and less stress on health services. In 2000, seven people died in Walkerton, Ont., and about 2,300 fell ill after a deadly strain of E. coli contaminated the town’s drinking water. Mitra said this technology could potentially have prevented such widespread illness. “Oh, absolutely this could have helped,” he said. “This testing allows us to detect E. coli at a very fast, real time, rate.” India’s hot, humid, climate allows the device to produce even speedier results — just about a minute or so — while cooler climates like Canada take a bit longer, about five to 10 minutes. The World Health Organization estimates that there are two million deaths worldwide due to diseases caused by unsafe drinking water.

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Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013

Disease gives new meaning to ‘beer belly’ SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – A Texas man, 61, suffers from a rare condition where his body brews booze in his stomach, a medical journal says. The man baff led doctors after he showed up at an emergency room wicked drunk in 2010 and claimed he hadn’t a drop of liquor. “He would get drunk out of the blue — on a Sunday morning after being at church, or really, just anytime,” said Barabara Cordell, the dean of nursing at Panola College in Carthage, Texas, NPR reported. Doctors found the man’s blood-alcohol volume to be .37 per cent — nearly five times the state’s

legal limit, according to a recent case study published in the International Journal of Clinical Medicine. Doctors initially thought he might be a closet drinker, but he was later diagnosed with so-called auto-brewery syndrome — where his stomach ferments any carbohydrates he eats, such as bagels, pasta, and pop, and turns it into ethanol. The man was treated with anti-fungal medication and put on a strict no-carb, no-sugar diet. Only a handful of people around the world have been reported to have the unusual condition, the study said.

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S T. A L B E R T R E A L E S T A T E M A R K E T R E P O R T GRANDIN

AKINSDALE Active Listings: 9

Sold Listings: 13

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $319,900 / High $479,900

Low $231,000 / High $606,000 Avg. days on market: 52

$384,222

$359,500

BRAESIDE Active Listings: 11

Sold Listings: 13

Average list price:

Average sale price:

$458,577

Low $309,900 / High $1,299,000

DEER RIDGE Active Listings: 15

Sold Listings: 35

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $186,000/ High $499,900

Low $295,000 / High $587,500 Avg. days on market: 53

$403,186

Sold Listings: 19

Active Listings: 24

Sold Listings: 20

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $329,900 / High $549,900

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

Low $409,900 / High $1,095,000

Low $392,500 / High $743,000 Avg. days on market: 49

Active Listings: 14 $409,957

$389,089

$397,968

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Average sale price:

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

Low $400,000 / High $1,234,194 Avg. days on market: 43

$651,015

$529,604

PINEVIEW

Sold Listings: 20

Active Listings: 6

Sold Listings: 9

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $389,900 / High $497,000

Low $351,000 / High $462,000 Avg. days on market: 29

Low $359,900 / High $585,000

Low $386,000 / High $612,000 Avg. days on market: 46

$449,599

$397,900

KINGSWOOD Sold Listings: 10

Sold Listings: 46

Active Listings: 21

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $389,900/ High $929,900

Low $390,000/ High $710,000 Avg. days on market: 48

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

Low $478,000 / High $2,500,000 Avg. days on market: 69

FOREST LAWN

Sold Listings: 20

Average list price:

Active Listings: 13

Average list price:

$519,712

$508,500

Active Listings: 19 REAL ESTATE

Active Listings: 43 $606,773

$557,929

OAKMONT

SOLD

$375,246

Low $288,000/ High $559,000 Avg. days on market: 32

NORTH RIDGE

$990,611

$753,286

LACOMBE PARK

$446,366

$479,266

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Active Listings: 1

Sold Listings: 7

Active Listings: 34

Sold Listings: 33

Active Listings: 4

Sold Listings: 10

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $409,000 / High $409,000

Low $342,000 / High $435,000 Avg. days on market: 30

Low $317,900 / High $1,098,000

Low $300,000 / High $1,250,000 Avg. days on market: 39

Low $355,000 / High $689,000

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

$409,000

$376,842

$596,129

$468,168

MISSION Active Listings: 4

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Sold Listings: 5

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $279,900 / High $679,200

Low $324,900 / High $487,000 Avg. days on market: 32

$410,750

$383,380

$450,250

$352,390

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Active Listings: 13

Sold Listings: 11

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $384,900 / High $559,900

Low $361,000 / High $470,000 Avg. days on market: 41

$450,430

$405,454

*The above area market averages represent the trailing 3-month averages, except where otherwise indicated, of single-family homes only as of the Friday prior to publication week. Data is provided by CRAIG PILGRIM of RE/MAX Real Estate (St. Albert), member of the Real Estate Association of Edmonton. Data does not include condos, townhomes or apartments, and does not differentiate between styles of homes. All efforts are made to ensure data is accurate for information purposes, but please consult a licensed real estate agent for additional market information.*Did you know source: City of St. Albert website, St. Albert 2012 Census MPSSCS4897921MPSE

Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013

FUN & GAMES

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This week in history and celebrity birthdays

Legendary film actor Paul Newman passes away from cancer at the age of 83 at his home in Westport, Conn.

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Ted Williams — the last Major League Baseball player to hit .400 in a season — hits a home run in the final at-bat of his 21year career.

SEPT. 29, 1954

The “Say Hey Kid,” Willie Mays, makes the most famous catch of his career, an over-the-shoulder grab while patrolling centre field for the New York Giants in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series.

SEPT. 30, 2005

Michael Eisner steps down as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company. Over his 21 years, the company released such classic films as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

OCT. 1, 1962

Johnny Carson takes over hosting duties of NBC’s Tonight Show from Jack Paar. He would hold the job until May 22, 1992.

OCT. 2, 1951

Sting — known for his work with both The Police and his solo career — is born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner in Wallsend, England.

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Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013

BUSINESS

Marketing firm Evolves from good mix GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Two young St. Albert men are hoping to become a one-stop shop to meet the marketing needs for local businesses. James Krucik and Sam Reid, both 23 and both graduates of St. Albert Catholic High School, have teamed up to found Evolve Business Solutions, working together with local businesses to get the word out more effectively. “You can essentially call us a marketing department for hire,” Krucik said. “We’re pretty versatile.” Krucik graduated this past spring from MacEwan University in Edmonton with a management degree, while Reid graduated from the motion picture arts program at Red Deer College in 2012. They’ve known each other since junior high school. It’s Krucik’s business savvy mixed with Reid’s creative flair that they feel makes a great mix for their clients. “We figured marketing was something where we could apply both the business skills and the more artistic side of things as well,” Krucik said. “We could both bring our own piece, and come together and do something bigger than we could do

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The business savvy of James Krucik (left) and creative flair of Sam Reid mix to create quite the team at Evolve Business Solutions in St. Albert. individually.” So far, Evolve has worked with some high profile clients in St. Albert and the rest of the Capital Region, including La Crema Caffé, the Perron District and Cookie Love in downtown Edmonton. Especially in the case of La Crema Caffé, “we want to get them more focused on growth, not just accepting a plateau,” Krucik said. “We’re trying to just help them bust through that,

and take them to the next level.” Even though they’re fresh out of school and have had Evolve up and running for less than a year, the pair have been slowly building momentum and gaining clients. “There’s definitely been a steep learning curve,” Krucik said, “but the biggest thing is to concentrate on the clients we have and do the best job we can for them. We’ve noticed that referrals seem to be the best

marketing strategy for us, so we just do the best on each individual client and then hope they pass the word along.” Part of that is listening to their clients on a one-on-one basis, which is something Krucik believes sets them apart. “We like to see them as a person, not just a business,” he said. “Everyone has their own ideas, their own vision of what they’d like their business to become, but maybe they have a few roadblocks that are stopping that vision from fulfilling itself. We just like to work with them and work out some of the kinks. “They always feel like they’re involved. It’s not just us showing them something; it’s us working together with them.” In the future, Krucik wants to work with larger business, but he also wants to build a network of businesses that can help each other out. “[I want to] promote businessto-business relations that have a synergistic effect,” he said, “basically connecting businesses to other businesses where they can have a mutually beneficial relationship.” For more information, visit their website at www.evolveadvantage.com.

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BlackBerry goes private with $4.7B bid from Fairfax

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Smartphone maker BlackBerry has agreed to go private in a $4.7 billion deal led by its biggest shareholder, allowing the on-thego email pioneer to regroup away from public scrutiny after years of falling fortunes and slumping market share. The $9-a-share tentative offer, from a consortium led by property and casualty insurer Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd , will set a floor for any counteroffers that might emerge for Blackberry, which has been on the block since August. As an investor, Fairfax chief executive Prem Watsa is often described as the Canadian Warren Buffett because he also takes the long view. Blackberry shares peaked above $148 in June 2008 when the company’s devices were still the top choice for bankers, politicians and lawyers.

The stock, halted pending the announcement on Monday, closed below the offer price on Nasdaq, at $8.82, indicating the market’s lack of faith that other bids would emerge. “I would think a competing buyout offer is quite unlikely,” said Elvis Picardo, strategist at Global Securities in Vancouver. “The miniscule premium, and the muted market reaction, is another indication that the market views the odds of a competing bid as slim.” BlackBerry, based in Waterloo, Ont., once dominated the market for secure on-your-hip email. But it introduced consumer-friendly touchscreen smartphones only after it lost the lead to Apple Inc’s iPhone and devices using Google Inc’s Android operating system. BlackBerry has until Nov. 4 to seek superior offers, which the Fairfax group has the right to match. The

Entering the Dragons’ Den

A local business owner entered the Dragons’ Den — now Canada will find out how she did. Nora Furber of Monjeloco Jeans — located on Perron Street in St. Albert — traveled to Toronto earlier this year to pitch her products to the venture capitalists on the CBC show Dragons’ Den.

While she has been tightlipped about whether or not she slayed those Dragons, the show’s audience will find out on Wednesday night, as it is expected that Furber will be featured on the show’s season premiere airing at 8 p.m. — GLENN COOK

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group is seeking financing from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and BMO Capital Markets to complete the deal and has until that Nov. 4 deadline to conduct its due diligence. A BlackBerry statement did not name members of the consortium, although many in the financial community see Canada’s deep-pocketed and influential pension funds as likely participants. “We need to be careful given disclosure constraints, but we can say that we are focused on a strong Canadian solution,” said Fairfax spokesman Paul Rivett. The pension funds, with assets around the world, traditionally take a long-term view in their investment decisions. Officials at the biggest funds either did not reply to requests for comment, said they had no information or declined to comment.

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You just received that phone call you dreaded. The position you had applied for was offered to someone else. Like most people, you’re probably wondering why you were shot down or what could have possibly put someone else above you and all your qualifications. It turns out that, not surprisingly, potential employers tend to have a list of must haves for potential employees. “Dependability. Experience. Leadership qualities,” said Simplex Grinnel’s inspection co-ordinator Janice Johnston. “It makes them… easier to work with.” “Willing to learn and friendly. That’s a big asset, because you have to be able to work with each other and to take some initiative and think for yourself,” said Sherman Jaeger, shop foreman with Packers Plus. Working well with others and taking the initiative to work on your own are other key factors employers want to see in someone looking to come work for them. Depending on the job, such as working in construction, they may want someone who can do heavy lifting or be able to perform more physically tiring tasks, but if you’re a brand new to that line of work, you must be willing to learn. “Even if you have 10 years retail experience, we offer full-on training,” said Erin Smith manager of Fashionista. “If someone is going through a career change and wants to try something knew, doesn’t have fashion sense, we train you. We can mould.” But most employers agree, someone with a keen, positive attitude suits their

companies the best. “To be able to put some pride in your stride,” said Jaeger. “They need to be open to change, flexible, a self starter,” said Johnston. “Project management is big. You need to be able to work on your own, but on the fly and be a team player.” Did you know that dressing for the job is one of the first things employers notice during your initial interview? Chances are, if you want the job and you walk in with ripped, dirty jeans and a stained, white tank top, you’re going to walk out emptyhanded. “I don’t expect them to come in, in a suit and tie or dressed up but… not a mess,” said Jaeger. “Come in respectable.” While some employers don’t mind the

casual look, others, such as Smith, would prefer her crop of potential employees to dress for the job they are applying for: retailer at a high end woman’s clothing store. “I like women who come in and they take pride in their appearance and like to dress appropriately for the position,” she said. “It’s not that we’re judging someone based on how they dressed because on the outside… that’s not how it works. But when you’re coming here, we do want someone to be well dressed, more professional.” With first impressions out of the way, it’s on to the interview. Smith said her biggest thing is eye contact with a side of enthusiasm. “I like people who ask me questions too, who are curious about the position,” she

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said. “And they want to know about this (business) and what kind of customers we have. People who are engaged and responsive and really are truly interested in the position, that’s what I go for right off.” Johnston said she wants an employee to be personable during the interview, and bring out some of their personality so she can get to know them better. “I find… the more personal they are, you find out more what they’re like, what they’re really like, versus if you ask a pile of questions and you ask, they answer. We always want them to be themselves.” Body language also plays a huge part. Coming in with a frown or sad eyes may not win you the position you’re hoping for. “If you walk in and your head is down, you’re shy and lacking confidence, and if you can’t walk to me, when you’re dropping off a resumé… how are you going to talk to a customer or anything that’s looking for help?” said Smith. “That’s a huge thing right off the bat.” It’s also good to note that employers are more likely to remember you if you call within a few days of your interview or dropping off your resumé to see if you’ve gotten the job or can set up a time to meet them in person. After the interview, if all has gone well, expect the employer to call and check with your last job to see what kind of person you are. But, they want to see the jobs and former employers that are relevant to the position you are currently applying for. “(They’re) important because if you don’t call and you find out that things weren’t quite the way they said they were, it’s good to know before you hire them,” said Johnston. “I haven’t (done it) personally but I’ve certainly seen the results of it.”

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59 MPG HIGHWAY 4.8 L/100 KM HWY ¤

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2013 DODGE DART

THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED VEHICLE IN ITS CLASS**

16,998 •

BEST AVAILABLE HIGHWAY FUEL ECONOMY ¤

STANDARD AIR BAGS

LARGEST AVAILABLE TOUCH-SCREEN DISPLAY

TOTAL PASSENGER ROOM (L)

4-WHEEL DISC BRAKES

7-INCH TFT DISPLAY

PROJECTOR HEADLAMPS

FINANCE FOR

BI-WEEKLY

96 3.99 0 @

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PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES FREIGHT.

FOR 96 MONTHS WITH $0 DOWN INCLUDES FREIGHT.

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REAL DEALS. REAL TIME. ALSO AVAILABLE

FOR 36 MONTHS

2013 DODGE DART 2013 CIVIC◊ 2013 ELANTRA◊ 2013 COROLLA◊ 2013 FOCUS◊

59 MPG 56 MPG 54 MPG 50 MPG 59 MPG

10 6 6 6 7

8.4 INCHES < 7 INCHES < 7 INCHES < 7 INCHES 8 INCHES

2752.4 2678.0 2707.0 2568.0 2568.0

STD AVAIL STD N/A AVAIL

AVAIL N/A N/A N/A N/A

STD N/A N/A N/A AVAIL

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