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:FM<I Plans for the new subdivision of Jensen Lakes, located west of Walmart and north of Villeneuve Road, came before St. Albert city council on Tuesday, with both councillors and the public voicing strong opinions about a private lake and beach that are part of the plans. See story, page 3.

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When St. Albert city councillors were presented with plans for a new subdivision on Tuesday evening, they had concerns over a proposed private lake — but they seemed to be the only one who did. Melcor Developments brought forward the area structure plan for its new Jensen Lakes development on Tuesday, complete with plans for a $3-million to $5-million freshwater recreational lake and beaches for the exclusive use of residents in the subdivision. The idea of an private lake didn’t sit well with some councillors, though. “The idea of a neighbourhood with a gated freshwater lake (and) beach area I know is something that may not be the best for Map courtesy City of St. Albert St. Albert’s image,” said Coun. Tim Osborne K_\ gcXej ]fi D\cZfiËj e\n A\ej\e CXb\j [\m\cfgd\ek# cfZXk\[ n\jk f] NXcdXik Xe[ efik_ f] who, along with Mayor Nolan Course, M`cc\e\lm\ IfX[# `eZcl[\ X gi`mXk\ cXb\ Xe[ knf Y\XZ_\j ]fi k_\ \oZclj`m\ lj\ f] i\j`[\ekj `e k_\ Xi\X% expressed a lot of questions and concerns over be stocked with fish and could also be used Monson said Melcor developed a similar lake the idea of private beaches. for non-motorized boating and swimming — community in Calgary 25 years ago, which has But representatives from Melcor said the lake would be born by Melcor, while maintenance been successful. is the “heart” of the neighbourhood and fits in would be paid for through annual fees paid The lake was also a hot topic for local with the focus on recreation they are trying to to the homeowners’ association in the area. residents on Twitter over the weekend, with promote. Average homeowners’ association fees in similar many expressing concern that the lake would “This is something we think is unique to communities range from $245 to $560 a year. not be accessible by all St. Albert and unique The lake and beaches are not included in residents. But those concerns to the region,” said Sue the 10 per cent of the total area that must were not echoed by the Monson, regional manager be set aside as municipal reserve in a new members of the public for Melcor. “We think it’s development for parks and trails. The plan also who showed up in council something St. Albert will be includes a 5.8-hectare school site. chambers on Tuesday, as proud of, as well as people in The subdivision is projected to have more most were in favour of the Jensen Lakes.” than 2,000 residential units at full buildout, development. “It doesn’t mean “I think this area structure ranging from starter homes to estate homes, homeowners’ associations and would be able to support a population plan is a great idea for close the doors and put of more than 5,000 people. There are two the city. It’s responsible up ‘Do Not Enter’ signs. A commercial areas set aside in the plans totaling growth and a responsible lot of times, homeowners’ AXjfe =a\c[_\`d community that will provide 10.9 hectares. The St. Albert Alliance Church associations will host D\cZfi m`Z\$gi\j`[\ek housing for many people and would maintain its current location along events for the greater Villeneuve Road. new community members,” community as a whole. … In the end, councillors gave two readings to said resident Mark Moran. We’re not trying to close people out,” added the ASP bylaw and subsequent land use bylaw Other residents had concerns over plans that Jason Fjeldheim, Melcor’s vice-president of amendments , but unanimous consent for third were presented at an open house that called for community development. reading was not given. The matter will be back the closure of Villeneuve Road, but those plans City of St. Albert staff also pointed out that before council on May 5. have since been reversed. similar lakes and facilities exist in Edmonton Ç n`k_ Ôc\j ]ifd :_i`jkfg_\i JZ_`\dXe The cost of building the lake — which will neighbourhoods like Lake Summerside.

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kindness, tolerance and respect. “We’re on a big mission. We want to build a kinder Canada, one paw and one person at a time,� Hammond said from her home in Plamondon, Alta., about 200 kilometres northeast of St. Albert. It’s a message that kids are getting from many sources these days, but Hammond believes Toby Jr. can connect with them on a different level. “Animals are so accepting; they accept people for who they are in that moment.

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They don’t judge (people) by their hair colour or how much money their family makes or where you live. They simply accept,� she said. “It’s a message that, just by watching Toby, they get it. They get what empathy is and what kindness is just by interacting with Toby.� The tour stop in St. Albert will consist of a presentation to the local Rotary Club the morning of Friday, May 16, plus a fundraising human/dog jog-a-thon at K9 Awareness in Riel Business Park on Saturday, May 17. “We’re going to see who can do more steps, the dogs or the humans,� Hammond said, acknowledging with a laugh the dogs’ advantage of having twice as many legs as the humans. “I’m pretty sure we know who’s going to win.� She added that she would love to make some stops at local schools as well, and she Photo Supplied was trying to connect with them this week. KfYp Ai% Xe[ _`j _Xe[c\i# :_XidX`e\ ?Xddfe[# “We want to hear from people in St. Albert dXb\ X jkfg `e Jk% 8cY\ik DXp (- Xe[ (.% where they think we should eat, where they a job and a purpose. So we got him trained think we should stay and play,� Hammond as a therapy dog, and for four years, he said. “We’re looking for people to interview volunteered at Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, and give us suggestions for places that might bringing them kindness and love.� be off the beaten path in St. Albert but we Hammond also wrote three books — two definitely need to go and visit.� of them for kids — about Toby Sr. and how The story of Toby is one of kindness and he had impacted her respect. Toby Sr. was family’s life. a rescue dog that the Toby Sr. passed away Hammonds adopted at at the age of 11, and after the age of five, but he a couple of years, the wasn’t exactly the model of Hammonds adopted calmness and obedience. Toby Jr. and put him to “He came with a whole work, too. set of issues — from “Toby Jr. is in our life breaking toilet tank lids now, giving us a whole to having to wean him other number of things off anxiety medication. to write books about,� He destroyed our house, Hammond said. moved furniture and gave :_XidX`e\ ?Xddfe[ The rest of this leg me grey hair,� Hammond GXnj 8Zifjj :XeX[X of the Paws Across recalled with a laugh. “At Canada will take Toby one point, we thought Jr. and Hammond across Alberta and British about returning him to the shelter. But we Columbia over six weeks. There are two more were so in love with him and wanted to stick legs in the works, one covering the rest of it out, we decided to not give up. the Prairies and Ontario, and one to Atlantic “In the process of trying to help Toby, a behaviourist told us he was a dog that needed Canada.

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amount of money for any of these spaces competes with economic development initiatives, such as up-fronting the costs of running water and sewer lines for future development that will be collected back from developers in the future in the form of levies (like much of Ray Gibbon Drive will be paid back in upcoming years). So you see, there are scarce resources and demands coming from all angles. This council must face these matters head on. Now, of course, if council wishes to explore any of these initiatives, how any of this is paid for will certainly be the main question. Looking back, most cannot imagine how the community would do without St. Albert Place, Servus Place or Fountain Park Pool. Each, at the time

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A major shift is happening in the paint industry, and not only is it good for the environment, but it could benefit your health too. Over the past few years, manufacturers have been shifting toward making paints with low levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), with some eliminating them altogether. “Especially now that there is an option, no matter what quality you’re aiming for, people like the idea of a low-VOC product because of the idea that it’s environmentally friendly, the idea that it’s not going to smell so much, and the idea that it’s going to faster drying and faster curing. All those are positives to the customer,” said Trish Gervais, manager at Days Painting Supplies on St. Albert Trail, a Benjamin Moore authorized retailer. “You do have some people who are still set in their ways with oil-based (paint), and there’s only so much you can do for those people, but for the most part, the standard customer coming into the store, it’s only a plus.” According to the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States, volatile organic compounds are chemicals that are emitted as gases from certain solids or liquids and can

have adverse short- and long-term health effects. While paint is high on the list of products that emit VOCs, others include cleaning supplies, pesticides, building materials, copiers, printers, adhesives and permanent markers.

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increasing the VOC content,” she said. In 2008, Benjamin Moore released its low-VOC Aura line, marking a major move toward low-VOC paint becoming the industry standard. “In the past, when you had a low-VOC paint, it was never as good as a regular paint. With what they took out of it, the darker colours never lasted as long, and it didn’t have as durable a finish as you had with a traditional style of paint,” Gervais said. “But Benjamin Moore realized that, because this is the way the industry’s going, we’ve got to start over, start with something new, because what we were working with was only ever so good.” The new low-VOC formulation they came up with held darker colours much better and lasted much longer. And, these days, the price is exactly the same. “Price-wise, everything’s at the same price ... just to keep the transition (smooth),” Gervais said. She added that she sees that transition going even further as technology improves and regulations get stricter in the future. “You definitely see the trend toward the zero-VOC product being the norm,” she said.

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As homeowners look toward more environmentally friendly options when building or renovating their homes, so too is the City of St. Albert when constructing new civic buildings. Leah Kongsrude, director of strategic services for the City, said that environmentally friendly features have become a major consideration when design or construction work is taking place. “We’re not in the business of building something every year, but in (recent) cases, we have definitely looked into environmentally friendly features, particularly around energy use and water reduction,” Kongsrude said. “As any homeowner will probably know, a lot of the costs to run a household — like a City facility — is in the utilities. So anything you can do to reduce those costs up front typically pay themselves back pretty quickly.” The last two buildings the City built from the ground up were Fire Station No. 3, located on Giroux Road, and Servus Credit Union Place. In Fire Station No. 3, there were a number of environmentally friendly features built in to meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold standard. One of the major features was a solar panel installed on the station’s roof. “It’s more of a demonstration project. When it was put in in 2009, it was more to show people it could be used to supplement energy consumption for a building. It doesn’t provide 100 per cent of our energy or anything; it was a very small, simple panel, but it does definitely (provide surplus energy),” Kongsrude said. The building was also designed to best take advantage of sunlight for heating and lighting, with strategically placed shades to provide relief on exceptionally hot days. Recycled materials were used in construction, and native plant species were

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technology. “It’s definitely becoming more of an acceptable standard. While the building code doesn’t say you have to have low-flow water fixtures, I would challenge anyone to go to a hardware store and find a high-flow fixture,” she said. “It’s what people want. And it makes sense.” While the City doesn’t have concrete plans in place for any more new civic buildings

right now, Kongsrude is keeping a close eye on new environmentally friendly features that are coming down the pipe. “There are a lot of these things that are really best-management practices that are easily available on the market that we can do,” she said. “So I’m sure, with the next building we look at, there will probably be even more opportunities to look at putting in these types of items.”

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A local service group wants to help St. Albertans show their Canadian pride this summer. The Rotary Club of St. Albert is kicking off the first year of its Canada Flag Program, through which club members will visit subscribers’ homes and put up maple leaf flags prior to the Victoria Day, Canada Day and Labour Day long weekends, then come and collect them a few days after. “We’re pretty excited about it. ... The ultimate goal is to have 1,000 flags flying around St. Albert over the various weekends,� said Andre Charrois, ways and means chairperson for the Rotary Club of St. Albert. “St. Albert was recently voted the number one city in Canada to live in,� he added, “and I think it’s time to show that.� The cost for the program is $50 for the year. Prior to this year, a Rotary club out of

Strathcona County ran a similar program that covered St. Albert. But they turned over the territory to the local club after last year’s program wrapped up. The money raised will support the local club’s various projects, including the St. Albert Rotary Music Festival and their Teacher of the Month awards, along with local charities like the St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village and international Rotary projects like Polio Plus, a campaign to give children all over the world polio vaccines. “Anybody who comes in and basically makes a pitch to us and has a need, we try to fill that and donate some money locally, for sure,� Charrois said. The Canada Flag Program is purely a Capital Region initiative right now, but Charrois said he’d like to see it expand nationally in the future. “It’s a pretty awesome thing, so it may grow to other clubs down the road,� he said. For more information on the Rotary Club of St. Albert or the Rotary Canada Flag Program, or to order a flag, visit www. stalbertrotaryclub.com.

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A pair of students from Paul Kane High School are hoping to take another big step this year in raising awareness about human trafficking, both abroad and closer to home. Corissa Tymafichuk and Andrea Payne, both Grade 11 students at Paul Kane, are busy organizing their second annual Free2Walk fundraiser, which is set to take place on Saturday, May 10, at Lions Park in St. Albert, starting at 7:30 p.m. The walk aims to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking and raise money for the Action Coalition on Human Trafficking in Alberta (ACT Alberta), a group that works to fight human trafficking in the province. “Human trafficking happens all over the world, and it’s important to help people overseas,� Tymafichuk said. “But we were thinking, human trafficking happens in our own backyard, so why not fight what happens right in front of us here?� Last year’s walk saw about 200 people participate and a total of $5,000 raised. This year, they’re hoping for about the same. “It was way beyond our expectations ... It was a great time, a fun barbecue, and the walk itself was amazing,� Tymafichuk said.

“It just ended up being so perfect.� Payne and Tymafichuk are adding a new twist this year, though, holding the event in the evening and using lanterns to guide walkers and shed some light on human trafficking. “We’re expecting a different range of people. It’s going to be fun with fire pits going, hot dogs, marshmallows and lanterns,� Tymafichuk said. “It’ll be a really different atmosphere, and we’re hoping that will attract some more people.� They also learned a few things from last year’s event that they hope to apply to organizing this time around. “We realized there’s a lot more work that goes into event planning than it seems,� Payne said. “(But) now that we know and have figured out how to delegate, it’s so much easier to say, ‘You, go find this person. You, go do this.’ It’s learning how to share the work,� she added. The pair have been putting up posters for the event around Paul Kane for the past week or so, and recently set up a display of a chain made of paper links outside the school office, each with a handwritten message from a student about what they’re thankful for or what they might say to a victim of human trafficking. “That was to get people thinking about

it, and we got more than 104 (links). That’s 104 people we reached out to; that was really exciting for us to see,� Payne said. “Volunteerwise, it’s been getting better as it goes by.� They’ve also spoken to groups at other local high schools, and half the proceeds from the school’s annual Taste of Kane event will be going to the walk. Payne added that, since last year’s Free2Walk, she has been hearing more and more people talking about human trafficking, both inside the halls of Paul Kane and outside. “I’m not exactly sure what our place was in that, but we hope it’s big,� she said. “But any awareness is awareness.� Also since last year’s event, Tymafichuk and Payne have won several awards for their social justice work, including an International Women’s Day award from the Baha’is of St. Albert in March and a Daughter of the Year award during Daughters Day celebrations in Edmonton last August. But the two young ladies are still trying to keep things in perspective and their bigger goals in sight. “When we started this, we couldn’t have ever anticipated being recognized for what we’re doing. And while it is really nice to be known and such an honour to win these awards, we kind of have to pull ourselves

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Harbor Comics, the 501st Legion — a group of Star Wars fans who dress up in full Stormtrooper costumes and raise money for charity — author and playwright Marty Chan, and top horror and dark fantasy artist Nat Jones. But Hodges is most looking forward to the Creators’ Corner, put on by Guru Digital Arts College, and checking out what the vendors have to offer. “I’m looking forward to checking out the vendors and maybe finding some of those long-lost issues to fill my collection,” he said. He added that Eek! has been slowly but steadily gaining a following on social media, which is helping build excitement for the show. “It’s been really encouraging to see Facebook likes in the hundreds, and on Twitter, it’s a

small community, but it’s growing,” Hodges said. Hodges uses the words “geek” and “nerd” quite liberally when he speaks about the festival, something he says is a reflection of how much “nerd culture” has become mainstream in recent years.

“I think that everyone — no matter if it was the jock in high school to the quote-unquote ‘band geek’ — had an appreciation for popular culture, whether it was Superman or Batman or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or

comic books or science fiction or anime or video games,” he said. “Everyone kind of appreciated it; now, it’s actually being accepted to celebrate it. You can be more outward with your fandom.” The Eek! festival is deliberately being timed to fill in a gap between the Calgary Entertainment Expo — which runs this weekend and will feature actors from Doctor Who and Aliens — and the Edmonton Entertainment Expo, which typically takes place in the fall. “There are other events that are now popping up, but I think it provides a great opportunity to have those who are still nursing a hangover or people who couldn’t get to a show to find those long-lost collectibles,”

Hodges said. This being Eek!’s first year, Hodges sees the show only getting bigger and better in the future, especially if they can draw visitors in from the rest of the Capital Region. “I think there’s going to be something for everybody, and if you hop on Anthony Henday Drive, you can have a great time with the kids,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity to get in on the ground level and see something grow from being a year one show to a year three or four show, and having that sense of pride that you were there when Eek! began.” For more information on the Eek! Comic and Pop Culture Fest, visit www.theeek.com or follow @eekcomicpopfest on Twitter.

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program FUSE — whose agenda was to bring two musical acts together to create something new — and did a number of covers including The Stooges’ “Search and Destroy.” “So then we set to learning a bunch of covers, which is really how 15-year-olds do it,” said Downie. “You get in a room with a buddy and you realize how much love of music you share. Then you set out to learn those songs and play them and show people the music you’re into by playing it for them. We chose seven, eight, nine very disparate songs: Roky Erickson, Guided By Voices, Johnny Cash, Stooges. We were very proud of ourselves. We flipped some wigs, mostly our own, that night and celebrated in the hotel room afterwards and I think vowed there, ‘Let’s do more of this,’ and the way to do that was to take it to the next step and write some songs.” Added Dean: “I remember (manager) Bernie (Breen) saying after, ‘Oh, man, it was good. At times, it made me violent like a teenager.’ I was just like, ‘Wow, okay, well that is really good. I think we can do this.’ It’s almost better than just starting, ‘Oh, let’s make an album.’ And then you start out writing songs cold and just insulated from what a rock band starts out organically like, a 15-year-old, in a garage.” Their new album’s gritty, galloping rock sound is certainly youthfully punk-inspired despite the fact that it took years to get together in the same room to write and

record, both at The Hip’s Bathouse studios in Kingston and The Woodshed. Both camps were busy with their days jobs. “There were times when we were like, ‘Are we going to finish this?’” said Dean. “And we just kept plugging away. And when we have played live it’s been so much fun, you know, I feel like I’m levitating a little bit.” However, they weren’t precious with the new songs, with maybe 10 days in the studio in total over seven or eight years. “The length of time sounds like we laboured over it like Pink Floyd or something but we really didn’t,” said Downie. “We wouldn’t go in for days on end, we’d get a couple days, three tops and we would work hard, come up with a song and a half, two songs, always push the yard sticks where we never thought, ‘Oh, God, it’s really bogging down.’ And then we didn’t labour over it. Lyrics, a lot of what you hear, is kind of first thought, best thought... This is me reacting to this music, in this moment and there’s a great feeling when

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band members. Johnson has now spoken out to assure fans the group still plans to honour a commitment to begin recording sessions in Canada in May. However, he does concede that one of the musicians is suffering from a “debilitating illness.” He tells Telegraph.co.uk, “We are definitely getting together in May in Vancouver. We’re going to pick

up some guitars, have a plonk, and see if anybody has got any tunes or ideas. If anything happens, we’ll record it.” He adds of the future of the band, “I wouldn’t like to say anything either way about the future. I’m not ruling anything out. One of the boys has a debilitating illness, but I don’t want to say too much about it. He is very proud and private, a wonderful

chap. We’ve been pals for 35 years and I look up to him very much.” Johnson has previously insisted the group planned an ambitious tour to mark their 40th anniversary in the music industry, but he admits he has no idea whether it will still go ahead: “That would be a wonderful way to say bye bye. We would love to do it. But it’s all up in the air at the moment.”

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