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Powerlifter Tim Nadeau, who trains at Saint City CrossFit in Campbell Business Park, is heading to St. John’s, N.L., next April for nationals.

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COVER When their daughter Mia struggled with depression after coming out as a lesbian, Terry and Natalie Soetaert did all they could for her and helped her start up a support Outloud so that other LGBTQ youth in St. Albert didn’t have to go through the same trials and tribulations that she did. See story, page 4.

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Nadeau powers his way to nationals

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Tim Nadeau can scratch one more item off his bucket list. Actually, he can hoist the whole bucket over his head and probably throw it pretty far. Over the weekend, Nadeau, who trains at Saint City CrossFit in St. Albert’s Campbell Business Park, qualified for the 2015 Canadian Powerlifting Union Nationals, to be held next April in St. John’s, N.L., with a total lift of 562.5 pounds. “It’s a long-term goal of mine to hit. I trained 12 weeks for it, and it’s been on my personal bucket list since my early 20s, to compete in a powerlifting competition,” said Nadeau, whose day job is as the general manager of the new North Edmonton Kia dealership at St. Albert Trail and 137 Avenue. “It was fun to hit and do.” Training for the qualifying event was intense, and was done under the supervision of

coach Avi Silverberg, who also serves as president of the Alberta Powerlifting Union. But he knows he’ll have step it up next year before he travels to Newfoundland. “I’m just scratching the surface,” he said. “I just qualified; that was my goal. Looking at some of the guys who compete at the national level, those are worldclass athletes.” Of course, there’s a big gap between now and nationals, but Nadeau isn’t too worried about it. In fact, he’s ready to take some time to rest. “It gives me some time to recover and repair, and get a little bit stronger,” he said.

Nadeau also plans to compete in another local powerlifting meet in Edmonton in November or December. After playing junior hockey back in the day, Nadeau got into powerlifting while in university, as the gym he was training at was also home to some members of the Edmonton Eskimos. “They saw me as a young kid who could actually lift some weights, so they started showing me some of the Tim Nadeau stuff — bench, squat, deadlift,” Powerlifter he said. He went to Saint City CrossFit a couple of years ago, and met up with a couple of other powerlifters who got him into the competitive side of things.

“Everyone thinks it’s raw power, just me against gravity.”

“I did it for myself, but I also did it for my young kids. They came and watched, and saw their old man do something they could do when they’re older. Hopefully they take some of that and get involved, whether it’s powerlifting or athletics, so they stay healthy and fit.” While it might seem like powerlifting is simply brute strength, Nadeau said there is a lot of technique involved. “Everyone thinks it’s raw power, just me against gravity and some weights,” he said. “But really there’s a lot of technique, a lot of planning that goes into it. That’s a lot of heavy weight you’re trying to move, and you don’t want to get hurt.” Still, though, powerlifting is something Nadeau would like to keep doing well into the future, with possible return trips to nationals in the cards. “I don’t want to just show up and get my participation badge. I want to actually do something there.”

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Group encourages youth to live Outloud

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decent place to be a young LGBTQ person, but there is still some room to improve, St. Albert Leader like some slurs she heard thrown around When Mia Soetaert came out of the casually while attending summer school. closet, she didn’t know how bumpy the “I don’t think they were intentionally road ahead would being mean, but it was be. But now, with something that really got to the support of her me,” she said. parents, Mia wants “These are slurs that people to make the ride don’t even think about,” smoother for other Natalie added. “We know LGBTQ youth in that, in St. Albert, she needs St. Albert. to connect to her community. In March, Mia, And we need to connect to 15, and her parents our community; there are Natalie and Terry lots of parents launched Outloud (of LGBTQ Natalie Soetart St. Albert, a new youth).” Outloud St. Albert group for young To that people in the city end, the who are wrestling with their sexual identity Soetaerts have also that aims to provide a supportive and nonstarted a parent judgmental environment. support group “It started as a place where I could be through PFLAG OK with who I was, in a space with other Canada. people just like me,” Mia said. “It’s a space While Mia is for youth who feel a little different to starting Grade 10 at connect.” Bellerose Composite “We’re not here to combat anything or High School this year, make anyone else feel anything different,” a school that has an added Terry. “We just want a place for these established gaykids to be able to go and be able to meet straight other people who are the same as them — and for their allies to come, too.” Mia came out as a lesbian about two and a half years ago, and she suffered through a lot of mental health issues at the time. “We know things like depression, anxiety and bullying are happening all over the place,” Natalie said. “And they suck,” Mia added quietly. But she got a lot of help and support through Camp fYrefly, a summer leadership retreat put on by the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta, which inspired her to set up the Outloud group in St. Albert. “It’s a very inclusive, open space where you can be yourself,” she said. Overall, Mia said St. Albert is a

“One day, we hope we don’t need an Outloud group.”

alliance, back-to-school is a crucial time for many LGBTQ youth. “There are definitely kids in St. Albert who could use more opportunities to connect,” Natalie said. “... The need is never going to go away. People think they don’t know someone someone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning; they don’t think they know those people. But everyone knows somebody whether they know it or not.” Outloud meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at St. Albert United Church (20 Green Grove Dr.) from 7 to 9 p.m. A typical meeting, the Soetaerts said, starts with introductions, including establishing everyone’s preferred names and pronouns. After that, each member of the group picks a colour on a scale to

represent how they’re feeling at the moment. “I really like the idea, because instead of picking a number (to represent) how you’re feeling, you’re picking a colour,” Mia said. The rest of the meeting is a chance for the youth to do activities and socialize with each other. As well, there are lots of adult volunteers around to talk to and put youth in contact with resources like psychologists and counsellors. Terry has been trying to spread the word to local schools, and he said most are excited to know Outloud is there as another resource to help students succeed. As Outloud moves forward, the Soetaerts hope the groups grows big enough that they’ll have to look for a new space and that the City of St. Albert takes notice. “We are looking for St. Albert to embrace this because, where will our kids go if there’s nothing here?” Natalie said. “It’s not that easy to get into Edmonton — in the evenings especially.” “One day,” she added, “we hope we don’t need an Outloud group. We hope that it’s not needed. But right now it is, and we’ll do it for as long as need be.” For more information, search for “Outloud St.Albert” on Facebook.

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Sport minister impressed with Servus Place GLENN COOK

can use all year round.� Gosal was in the Capital Region ahead of the International Facilities like Servus Credit Triathlon Union World Triathlon Union Place are essential for not Grand Final, to be held this only elite athletes, but also for weekend in Edmonton. other members of the community, The elite athletes competing said a federal minister who visited in events like that one are some St. Albert this of those who week. benefit the On Tuesday, most from Minister of recreation State (Sport) facilities like Bal Gosal met Servus Place, with staff at he said. Servus Place “Every and took a tour facility we of the facility, build makes and said a difference,� afterwards that Gosal said. Bal Gosal he liked what “... It is so Minister of State (Sport) he saw. important to “It’s great. build these It’s well-planned and well-used,� facilities where kids can train, said the MP for the riding of and then they can represent Bramalea-Gore-Malton in Canada.� Ontario. “Every time I visit (a But, he added, it’s also the rest facility with) an indoor track, of the community that benefits. that’s probably the favourite “This is a place where the whole place for everyone. A track is family can come for an hour. something that everyone — from Parents can go for a walk, and kids to 100-year-old seniors — kids can go to the swimming pool St. Albert Leader

“Every facility we build makes a difference.�

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(L-R) CIty of St. Albert director of recreation and parks Diane Enger, general manager of community and protective services Chris Jardine, Minister of State (Sport) Bal Gosal and Coun. Wes Brodhead tour Servus Place on Tuesday. or classes or the fitness centre. This is something for the whole family.� With the demand rising and Servus Place itself mulling over expansion plans, Gosal said

he’s working hard to make sure recreation facilities are not left out of the federal funding equation. “We’re always working with cities and provinces to see how we can help,� he said. “We’re

very proud of making the gas tax money permanent. Municipalities know that, every quarter, they’re getting money, and they can plan ahead on where they want to use that money.�

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Client Nathaniel GrossVentureBoy and facilitator Adrienne Beaulac tend to a crop of kale at the Flowering Footprints Gardening Society’s plots in Riel Business Park.

Clients’ skills bloom in therapy gardening

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

People with developmental disabilities are getting their hands dirty and learning new skills thanks to a unique program in St. Albert. The Flowering Footprints Gardening Society is an oasis of green among the grey of Riel Business Park, its rows of tomatoes and kale surrounded by mechanic shops, landscape supply companies and idle school buses. But it’s here that adults with developmental disabilities have the chance to flex their green thumbs. “It takes being in an industrial area, in an urban setting, to be motivated to try and find garden space,” said Adrienne Beaulac, one of the facilitators with Flowering Footprints. “There might be more CO2 in an urban setting, too,” she joked. Throughout their space, Flowering Footprints is growing everything from potatoes, beans and lettuce to zucchini, corn, eggplants and even artichokes — all organic and pesticide-free. The society sees about 12 to 15 clients come through to lend a hand every week, along with volunteers from the community. The skills they learn are not only applicable in the garden, but also in life, mainly interpersonal and communication skills, but also improved decision-making, memory and even physical strength. “It’s a really good way to pull people into the next phase (of life), where ultimately the goal is work, or something more social, more community, building a network,” Beaulac said. “People under 18 still have school and transitional networks. But anyone over 18 is what we’ve been looking at.”

Being able to see a plant go from a seed to a plant that’s ready to harvest is a great thing for Flowering Footprints’ clients to experience, and it’s rewarding for the facilitators to experience alongside them. “It’s a huge sense of responsibility … you don’t want to marginalize people. You want to challenge them,” Beaulac said. “It gets harder and harder; you have to get creative.” But the general public gets to reap the rewards as well, as the society lets people come in and pick their plants and vegetables to take home in exchange for donations. “You want them as fresh as possible, so if someone comes in and they really need potatoes, and they have the time, we could quickly help take them out of the ground,” Beaulac said. “But I tend to have a little bit of vegetables picked every day.” That’s not the only way Flowering Footprints raises money, though. Back in March, they held their first-ever silent auction fundraiser at Tumbleweeds Texas and Latin Grill in west Edmonton. “We had no problem with the silent auction and getting support for that,” Beaulac said. “We were able to reach some St. Albert people, but I would love to spread the word a little more in the community, and maybe there’s more people that want to be part of it.” The program also got a sizable donation from Hole’s Greenhouses and Gardens this year. As Beaulac looks further down the road, she hopes to see Flowering Footprints continue to bloom while remaining in St. Albert. “We would love to see if we could get a 99-year lease, or even if someone wanted to corporately sponsor a plot,” she said. “We’d figure out how to do it; we have so many cool ideas. But we’d love to be close to the city.”

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OPINION

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irst, they started slowly, mainly among hockey players. Then they started showing up more and more. Now, they’re everywhere you look — on TV, on social media, even in this very edition of the St. Albert Leader. We speak, of course, of videos of by Glenn Cook people taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (or, in our case, photos). For a couple of weeks now, people all over the world — famous or not — have had their heads soaked with ice cold water, all in the name of raising awareness about and funds for research into amytrophic lateral sclerosis, a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s disease. It has even reached St. Albert — this week alone, three city councillors, MLA Doug Horner, St. Albert RCMP detachment commander Insp. Kevin Murray, Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools superintendent David Keohane and DeSa School of Karate students have all taken on the challenge. Of course, as with anything that goes as viral as the Ice Bucket Challenge, there are bound to be detractors. Some folks feel like it’s simply people clamouring for attention on the Internet. Some might even feel it’s a waste of water. There are others, though, who feel like there are much more serious health issues to deal with than ALS; a chart has made the rounds on social media showing the discrepancies between the most common causes of death in North America and how much money is raised for those diseases. But for people with ALS, it’s not the dying; it’s living with the disease that is so devastating. The body slowly shuts down, but the mind does not. A person with ALS is left with a fully functioning brain inside a body that can’t perform even the simplest of tasks. It sounds like absolute torture. Anything people can do to raise awareness about a disease is a great thing. ALS fundraisers are fortunate that the Ice Bucket Challenge caught on the way it did. But now, more people know about the debilitating disease, and that can only help further their cause. So keep on making those donations and pouring that ice over your heads. Even if these videos wind up filling our entire Facebook feed, you won’t hear any complaints from us.

EDITORIAL

Last Week: Candy Bouquet

The case for a regional transit commission

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he Capital Region Board Intermunicipal Transit Governance Study report concludes that: “…a regional transit commission will, in the long term, represents a more effective and efficient way to address the region’s long term growth management goals and objectives as opposed to continuing to operate separate municipal specific transit services” — a conclusion that, after 35 years in the public transit industry, I wholeheartedly support. Countless case studies and books can and will be written arguing the merits of establishing a regional transit commission in the Capital Region. Proponents will argue the benefits of a more efficient organization, eliminating duplication of staff and

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BRODHEAD City councillor My City harmonizing route structures. A commission would integrate and unify fare structures, eliminate municipal boundary constraints and implement one-stop information and booking processes, all leading to increased levels of service, more park-and-ride facilities, more inclusive and expanded specialized transit and ultimately increased ridership. Proponents will further argue that the increased use of public transit will reduce traffic congestion in urban areas with a requisite reduction in greenhouse gases. As well, improved planning and service

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levels will provide better access to jobs for all income classes and provide alternatives to seniors and disabled people. Contrarily, opponents of a regional transit commission will argue that it will increase the costs of transit service provision, jeopardize local autonomy and that the benefits derived of a transit commission can largely be achieved through collaborative efforts of existing transit service providers. They will maintain that collaboration is possible even if the number of service providers in the region grow from the current three to six or even seven operators. They will point out that governance model definition, the disposition of existing municipal assets, definition of equitable service levels and differing labour costs pose barriers to the creation of a

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functional commission. In my opinion, however, public transit is first and foremost about serving people — people who need to get to work, school, doctor’s appointments, grocery stores or even to visit their grandchildren. I believe it is only through the creation of a regional transit commission that the vision of public transit services will be large enough such that the people from Redwater to Warburg and from Bruderheim to Wabamun receive the service they require. Will the creation of a regional transit commission be easy? No. Will its creation require hard work and determined leadership? Absolutely! But, one community must take the first step to explore this option and I believe St. Albert is uniquely positioned to do so. Owned and operated by

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COU N CIL N OTES • AUG. 25, 20 14 Safe Journeys to School – Update

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Council voted to reallocate $2,682,400 in funds, including $900,000 to repair a wastewater main under the Sturgeon River, $924,000 to St. Albert Trail median and boulevard enhancement, and $58,400 to emergency services replacement.

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Medical Marijuana Production Facility

ISSUES BACKGROUND THE VOTE

City council voted on two readings of proposed amendments to the Land Use Bylaw that would allow for the development of Medical Marijuana Production Faculties in the city.

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NOTABLE QUOTES “The ďŹ nal report will take into consideration implementing measures of success based on the best practices from other municipalities.â€? — Brian Brost, business manager, infrastructure services

WHAT’S NEXT

The final project report will be brought forward to council on Feb. 27, 2015, where council will evaluate the project’s activities.

Funding will be reallocated and assigned projects will begin as according to city administration’s plans, including the wastewater main repair beginning before the end of 2014.

“More than 50 per cent of the pipe under the Sturgeon River has deteriorated, leaving it highly susceptible to failing. If it does fail, it could bring signiďŹ cant costs to the City.â€? — Sue Howard, capital projects manager

“The description of a Medical Marihuana Production Facility relies on the deďŹ nition provided by Health Canada for a federally licensed production facility. It must be in a standalone building, 150 metres away from any school or daycare, and signage must not identify what the building is.â€? — Jean Ehlers, manager, development branch

Unanimous consent was not granted, so third reading of the amendments will come back to council at a later date. If passed, medical marijuana production facilities will be permitted as discretionary uses in light industrial areas.

FEEDBACK “This looks like a much more intensive project than I ever imagined.� — Coun. Cathy Heron

“I’m especially happy that we’re continuing to ďŹ nd funding through other sources as well including grants.â€? — Coun. Cathy Heron

“The tax rate for these facilities will be the same as greenhouses, less than half of other industrial land use. It makes no sense. We have limited industrial land to use and we need to get the most revenue from all of it.�

— Coun. Sheena Hughes

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Summer mischief continues to keep RCMP busy GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

School can’t start soon enough for St. Albert RCMP, as the detachment has been dealing with young people causing mischief all summer long. The latest incidents happened between Aug. 17 and 19. On the night of Aug. 17, a man living in Deer Ridge called police after being woken up by his doorbell ringing at around 10:30 p.m. There was no one at the door when he answered it. That same night, eight vehicles were pelted with eggs in the Pineview subdivision. The next evening, another vehicle was egged in Oakmont, while in Lacombe Park, a house had eggs thrown “all over� it. The latter family said it had been the victim of doorbell rings at all hours, both day and night, for the previous two weeks. At one of these incidents, a truck and two silver cars were seen speeding away from the scene, and police think they may be connected. While these may seem like minor incidents, the local detachment is

taking them seriously. “St. Albert RCMP know that the majority of St. Albert youth and young adults are positive, productive members of this community,� detachment commander Insp. Kevin Murray said in a press release earlier this month. “But as these egging incidents indicate, there are few misguided people out there that are making residents feel unsafe and victimized in their own homes and that is not acceptable.� In mid-August, RCMP received complaints of egging and late-night doorbell ringing in the Kingswood and Akinsdale subdivisions, one of which occurred at about 4:30 a.m. In late July, RCMP first put out word of these kinds of incidents after a home in Erin Ridge was egged and the doorbell rung three times between 12:30 a.m. and 2 a.m. one night. In that case, the three youths involved were identified and police said they were “working to contact the parents of the youth to ensure this activity does not happen again.� “‘Nicky Nicky Nine Doors,’ as some people call this ‘prank,’ is not a harmless stunt to most

people,â€? Cpl. Laurel Kading said in a press release at the time. “It actually makes most people feel very vulnerable and some residents become scared about being targeted by criminals. This kind of behaviour reflects badly on all youth and can promote a feeling of distrust towards youth in a community.â€? Anyone with any information on the vehicles involved in the latest incidents or any of these mischief incidents is asked to call the St. Albert RCMP at 780-458-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477). BUSINESS BREAK-INS Meanwhile, St. Albert RCMP are also dealing with a rash of breakins at local businesses earlier this month. Just after midnight on Sunday, Aug. 17, two businesses in Riel Business Park were hit by thieves. First, the front door at Rick’s Auto Service on Renault Crescent was smashed in, and while some desk drawers were rifled through, it appears nothing was stolen. Next door at Pinnacle Auto Detail, the front door was also

smashed, and thieves took an iPhone off a desk and made off with a small amount of cash that would have been in small bills and change. Small bills and change were also stolen from Tangled Hair Salon on McKenney Avenue that same night after someone smashed the glass front door and gained access to the cash register. Anyone with any information on these break-ins is asked to call the St. Albert RCMP at 780-458-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477). FAKER FOILED Police are also looking for a suspect who tried to pass off a fake drug prescription at a local pharmacy earlier this month. At about 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, a woman entered the Shoppers Drug Mart location in the Summit Centre, near the Sturgeon Community Hospital on the north end of St. Albert Trail. She gave staff what appeared to be an altered, photocopied prescription note, which staff were able to confirm was a forgery and refused to fill it. The woman, however, was able to leave the store

Photo courtesy St. Albert RCMP

Police are on the lookout for a suspect to tried to ďŹ ll a forged prescription at a local drugstore. before RCMP could arrive. The suspect is described as a Caucasian woman, approximately 30 to 40 years old, with a bigger build and blonde hair that is darker at the roots. Surveillance images show she was wearing a blue tank top, black capri pants and sandals when she was in the store. Anyone with any information on this crime or the whereabouts of this suspect is asked to call St. Albert RCMP at 780-458-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).

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JUNIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Most Valuable Player: Gillian Dzivinski Most Improved Player: Cydney Cook

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JUNIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL Most Valuable Player: Graeme Scheffer Most Improved Player: Mickey Khan

JUNIOR BOYS FOOTBALL Most Valuable Player: Darryl Broderick Top Offensive Player: Jamison Enger Top Defensive Player: Aiden Mueller Top Lineman: Nick Parotta Coaches Award: Brandon Smith H.O.U.S.E. award (Hard work, Opportunity, Unselfish, Strength, Enthusiasm): Arjun Basahti SENIOR BOYS FOOTBALL Most Valuable Player: Cory Knott Top Offensive Player: Tyler Turner Top Defensive player: Graeme Loerke Top Lineman: Matt Klassen Coaches Award: Theo Block H.O.U.S.E. Award: Greg Flemming Rookies of the Year: Zach Dreger & Julian Pawlychka

SENIOR GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Most Valuable Player: Emma Cunningham Rookie of the Year: Hannah Gorgichuk Player who Contributed the Most with the Least Amount of Recognition: Mackenzie Hodgson SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL Most Valuable Player: Brett Gorbahn Rookie of the Year: Matt Linklater Player who Contributed the Most with the Least Amount of Recognition: Dylan Alcock JUNIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL Most Valuable Player: Britney Hineker Most Improved Player: Hannah Spachynski JUNIOR BOYS BASKETBALL Most Valuable Player: Carter McKinley Most Improved Player: Brendan Guy

SENIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL Most Valuable Player: Kaitlyn Hunder Coaches Award: Tiana Woyewitka Most Improved Player: Jenell Desharnais SENIOR BOYS BASKETBALL Most Valuable Player: Theo Block Rookie of the Year: Quinn Peterson Most Improved Player: Thomas Laxdal BADMINTON Outstanding Female: Abigail Nault Outstanding Male: Tyler Turner TRACK Outstanding Male: Dylan Alcock Outstanding Female: Brooklyn Failing

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Jason Lucas of Face Down Entertainment stands next to a poster for the Shake Down BMX and skateboard competition, taking place at the St. Albert Skateboard Park on Sunday afternoon.

Organizer amped for first-ever Shake Down

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The organizer of a new BMX and skateboard competition in St. Albert is getting amped up as the event draws closer and closer. The first-ever Shake Down competition will take place on Sunday at the St. Albert Skateboard Park, next to the Woodlands Water Play Park on Sturgeon Road. It’s being put on by Face Down Entertainment, and owner Jason Lucas said it’s a great chance to bring an exciting event to the park he grew up riding in. “I’ve participated in contests around the Edmonton area before and talked to the management teams of other competitions, and it just inspired me to design a competition for the skatepark I grew up in,” Lucas said. “I haven’t seen a massive competition at the St. Albert skatepark in all the years I’ve been riding it, over 10 years. And I thought it would be really fantastic to see something like that.” The Shake Down will be comprised of beginner, amateur and pro classes in both BMX and skateboard, with each rider getting 90 seconds to put together their best run. Each rider gets two runs, and their best score from the judges will be the one that counts. Once the runs are done, there will be best trick competitions for both BMXers and skateboarders, with just one class and one chance to impress the judges. Lucas is expecting a high level of competition from the riders. “We could be seeing some flares, some backflips, some 360 tailwhips — the bigger tricks, so it’ll be pretty exciting,” he said. “Plus the skaters have their crazy flip tricks, their

halfpipe tricks and rail grinds. It should be pretty wicked to see.” Thus far, registration in advance of the event has been slower than Lucas would like, but he’s confident the park will be packed come Sunday. “There’s been a lot of talk and excitement around the contest that everyone’s going to sign up on Saturday and Sunday morning,” he said. “We’ve got open registration on Sunday starting at 10 a.m., so a lot of people will come and register and practice.” Only registered riders will have access to the park on Sunday afternoon; the City of St. Albert is closing the park to the public. Part of Lucas’s work over the past few months has been lining up sponsors, but he has done very well in this regard, with more than $4,000 in prizes to be given away over the course of the afternoon. Lucas, 26, started Face Down as a way to market the BMX, skateboard and other videos he was making. “Back in 2006, I was falling on my face from biking so much, and the term ‘Face Down’ came from falling so much,” he said. “And the ‘Entertainment’ (part), I just like making videos and entertaining people. Putting those two together seemed like the best fit.” As his company grows in the future, Lucas also hopes the Shake Down continues to grow. “I hope to keep it an annual contest, keep it going and have continued support from all the local shops and the City,” he said. “The City is excited to see how it goes.” The cost to register in the Shake Down is $10 per participant. For more information on the event or to download registration forms, visit facedownentertainment.com.

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CIVC on board with toolkit for non-profits

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and maintain relationships with the businesses there. “Effective relationships are based on each A new provincial toolkit designed partner contributing to the success of the to help not-for-profit agencies partner other,” Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk with businesses is in a press release. “This a big step forward, toolkit helps bring according to the nonprofits and corporate St. Albert Community sector partners together Information and to achieve common Volunteer Centre. goals and build on that The Alberta success to discover government unveiled new opportunities to Building Corporate work as a team for the Relationships — A long-term benefit of the Toolkit for Non-Profits community.” on Wednesday, Aug. Officials with the Pat Phelan 20, which helps notCIVC said the toolkit St. Albert CIVC for-profit groups get a is a valuable tool for clearer picture of their local non-profits whose own organization’s role in their community resources are often stretched thin. and communicate their message to build “Think of non-profit organizations that St. Albert Leader

“Building these relationships ... makes things easier.”

might already feel stretched as their staff and volunteers work to achieve their core mandate,” said CIVC director of volunteer services Pat Phelan in a press release. “Building these corporate relationships is vital and makes things easier in the long run, but it may seem like a monumental task when we are all so focused in trying to give our community the best services we can.” “This resource makes it easier for an executive director to delegate parts of it to staff, board members, and maybe your

volunteers where appropriate, to ensure that we can achieve relationship building without feeling that attention is being split,” she added. The toolkit was a project initiated by Alberta Culture, and was developed with input from community investment managers and fund development professionals from several different non-profit organizations in the province, including Servus Credit Union, YOUCAN Youth Services and Imagine Canada. The total cost for the development, design, production and distribution of the toolkit is $45,000. Copies of the toolkit are available online at the Alberta Culture website, or hard copies are available to pick up at volunteer centres across the province.

Getting bounced City councillor Tim Osborne makes his way through an inflatable obstacle course during the first-ever BAM Bounce event, which was held on Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the field behind Fountain Park Recreation Centre and Paul Kane High School. The event was put on by the BAM! (Building Assets and Memories) youth group, and the $2 registration fee was put toward putting on the event, with any leftover funds being donated to Kidsport.

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Fringe Festival breaks ticket sales record

CATHERINE GRIWKOWSKY Sun Media News Services

Fringed and Confused has beaten last year’s ticket sales, breaking another record. This year, 118,280 tickets were sold for the 210 shows and more than 1,600 indoor performances at the 33rd annual Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival. Of those, there were 335 sold-out performances. In 2013 the festival sold more than 117,000 over the 11 day festival. Executive director Jill Roszell said it’s been another great year. “We’ve sold more tickets this year than we did last year,” she said. “The rain stayed away.” Days of the Klondike by St. Albert’s Musicalmania took the 2014 Fringe Public Choice Award, winning the hearts of the audience. This year, they added music performances to the wine tent, something they’ll look to continue, Roszell said. “Once again, we’ve had real strong support from the community, we’ve had lots of people come down to the gate,” Roszell said. “The audience is such an integral part to what we do. If we don’t have an audience, we don’t have a festival, and we’re really grateful for Edmonton’s support of the Fringe.” Three venues will host holdover plays as selected by the programing department and subject to artist availability. Tickets are $15.50 for adults and $21.50 for students and seniors plus a $2.50 capital replacement fee. It was a good year for sequels as far as holdovers at the Fringe.

At the Westbury Theatre in the Arts Barn (10330 84 Ave.), McCrackin 2: The Whackining will be performed on Wednesday and Thursday 7:30 p.m. Red Wine, French Toast, and the Best Sex You’ve Ever Had will be on Friday at 9 p.m. God is a Scottish Drag Queen II: The Second Coming will be performed on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 9 p.m. Propylene Glycol, Maltodextrin, Retinol Palmitate, and Other Words I Don’t Understand Like Love will play on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. In the boardroom at the ATB Financial Arts Barn, We Glow will be performed on Wednesday and Thursday at 9 p.m. PCL Studio Theatre will host Butt Kapinski on Friday and Saturday at 10:30 p.m. Holy Trinity Anglican Church will host Swordplay on Friday at 7 p.m. and One Last Time at the Well Of Stories at 9:15 p.m. On Friday and 7 p.m. On Saturday. Lastly, the Varscona Theatre at 10329 83 Ave. will sell tickets at the door or at Tix in the Square for The Eurphorians and It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman! Tickets for The Eurphorians are $22 for adults and $20 for students and seniors. The show will play at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday as well as a matinee performance on 2 p.m. Saturday. It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman! plays at 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. Starting today (Thursday), holdover tickets will be available from the central box office, or at Tix on the Square in person.

Les Dudes’ Francis Gadbois juggles during a performance at the Fringe Festival grounds near Whyte Avenue on Wednesday, Aug. 20.

Photos: DAVID BLOOM, Sun Media News Services

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Caviezel stands tall in new gridiron flick BRUCE KIRKLAND Sun Media News Services

Actor Jim Caviezel, a former high school and college basketball star who aspired to play in the NBA, takes the sports movie genre seriously. Especially because he plays legendary high school football coach Bob Ladouceur in the new sports-themed movie, When the Game Stands Tall. Ladouceur is best known for coaching the De La Salle High School Spartans in Concord, Calif., to an extraordinary 151-game winning streak from 1992 through 2003. But Caviezel, in getting to know Ladouceur in person and through a documentary film, now respects the man he portrays for his inspirational teachings, not for the winning streak. That is the message Caviezel hopes gets through to audiences. “It wasn’t hard to do when you listen to what he says to his team,” Caviezel says of respecting and then playing Ladouceur. Caviezel is on the phone from Los Angeles, eager to convey the serious nature of what some may mistake as just another sports movie. “He said to me once: ‘Jim, this may sound odd to you but the reason we win is that what beats at the heart of our neighbourhood at De La Salle

is love. They love each other and they are not afraid to say it and embrace each other as a sign of that affection.’” The movie showcases how Ladouceur teaches that to student athletes. “The players testify to one another at team meetings — then must put those words into action during a game,” Caviezel says. Quoting Ladouceur again, Caviezel says he was impressed that his real-life character would explain how words are just a beginning. “To love someone, words are nice but actions speak volumes and that is not easy. Put simply, love means I can count on you and you can count on me. And this translates into being responsible and responsibility is learned and not inherited. That is eventually what they do. They come in as boys and they leave as men. What’s the difference? Personal responsibility. It is very lacking in this time (in most of society).” Caviezel sees a parallel between sports and acting. Every film shoot works better if people learn to work as a team, to love each other and to do their best. Caviezel also credits three mentors he grew up with in high school and college sports in the state of Washington. One inspiration was Lenny Wilkens when he coached the Seattle Supersonics, Caviezel says. The second was the late John Wooden, another

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David and Angela Forest are grateful their 10-year-old daughter Bryanna can once again get into her favourite sport. Glenrose Hockey Nation, a therapeutic digital hockey game, is helping kids like Bryanna get better faster at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital in Edmonton. It’s a made-in-Edmonton solution. NAIT students put hundreds of hours into the development on the game, while Telus and Can-Am Geomatics funded the Kinect game. A shy little girl of six, Bryanna blossomed when she was put in hockey. “We didn’t see how hockey and Bryanna fit — she got on the ice and she’s fearless,” Angela said. On July 19, everything changed. The family from Shilo, Man., was on holiday in Edmonton when Bryanna was complaining of a headache. She was lethargic and eventually vomited. Given that it was a 30 C day, her parents thought she might have heat stroke and took her to the emergency. Doctors quickly diagnosed it as a brain bleed and four hours later, she was in surgery. When she started physical therapy at the Glenrose, she couldn’t walk and had trouble speaking. Upon hearing there was a hockey game she could participate in, her eyes lit up. Now she’s progressed, increasing the difficulty by standing on a mat to simulate uneven surfaces. “When she started her physio, she didn’t like physio. We had to fight to go,”

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Bryanna Forest, 10, with the assistance of physical therapist Jessica da Costa (left), plays hockey during a demonstration of the Glenrose Hockey Nation rehabilitation video game at Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital last week. her mother said. Physical therapist Jessica da Costa said kids love Kinect games, but it starts at a level too difficult. Glenrose Hockey Nation is customizable, allowing kids to play in a wheelchair, harness or standing. The therapist can adjust speed, area of targets, and difficult as the patient progresses.

“It makes them want to come to therapy,” she said. When Bryanna is discharged, they will join the rest of the family in Halifax, where her dad David’s posting is. David said the family was lucky they were in Edmonton and are lucky to have the Glenrose. “I don’t want to think of where she

would be if we were in that small town,” he said. He added there aren’t enough thank yous to repay saving Bryanna’s life. “There’s no words to describe how thankful we are for the whole situation and most of all that we came to Edmonton and got the care she needed,” Angela said, tearing up.

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Canadian baby boomers don’t believe the current health care system will be able to support their increasing needs, according to a new survey. A survey by the Canadian Medical Association of adults aged 45 years and older found 81 per cent are concerned with the quality of health care they can expect in the future, while 78 per cent are worried about having access to high quality home and long-term care when they retire. As well, 61 per cent said they lacked confidence hospitals and long-term care facilities can handle the needs of an elderly population

and 60 per cent said there are not enough services to keep seniors in their homes. Nearly everyone polled — 95 per cent — said there is a need for a national strategy on seniors’ health care. “Politicians should pay attention during the next federal election,” CMA president Louis Hugo Francescutti said in a statement Monday. “This should be an issue one would ignore at their own political peril. “We should not accept that a country as prosperous as Canada has such a large portion of its population

living in fear for the future as they age.” The poll found 26 per cent of Canadians help care for an aging family member or friend, and 64 per cent said they experience a high level of stress from taking on that additional work. As well, 71 per cent of caregivers say helping an aging friend or relative conflicts with their personal and work responsibilities. The telephone survey was conducted by Ipsos Reid between July 17 and 24. It polled 1,000 Canadians aged 45 years and older and has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.

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and 10 kidney transplants from 11 deceased donors, eight of them Albertan. University of Alberta Hospital The record was broken despite Alberta surgeons have once again broken having the lowest rate of organ and Alberta’s transplant record. tissue donors. In the past five years, 200 From July 18 to 27, the team Albertans died on the waiting list for transplanted 32 organs breaking the transplants. previous record of 30 in a 10-day span. To help combat the problem, the In a typical month, government of Alberta Alberta Health launched an online Services will do 20 to donor registry. It’s 25 organ transplants. also now offering an “This is truly a opportunity to register remarkable record while renewing a driver’s and achievement,” licence. said Dr. Jim Rick Galloway spent 50 Kutsogiannis, days in the Mazankowski medical director Alberta Heart Institute of the Human hoping that a lung Organ Procurement transplant would be Dr. Jim Kutsogiannis Exchange (HOPE) available. He was one program. “These of the recent transplant U of A Hospital transplants were recipients. made possible The 54-year-old has through the collaborative efforts of a disease known as pulmonary venoour regional ICU staff, HOPE and occlusive disease, which narrows the Comprehensive Tissue Center (CTC) veins in the lungs. coordinators, operating room staff, and “I collapsed in May and the doctors transplant surgeons.” told me I wouldn’t survive the week on Six surgeons performed three lung, my own, so they surgically implanted four heart, eight liver, five islet, one a device to help ventilate my lungs,” whole pancreas, one kidney/pancreas Galloway said. Sun Media News Services

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Burger King’s whopping bid for Tims tops $12.6B SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Burger King is taking a $12.64-billion bite of Tim Hortons in a cash-and-stock deal to swallow the Canadian coffee and doughnut chain and create the world’s third-largest fast-food restaurant group. With roughly $23 billion in combined annual sales and more than 18,000 outlets in 100 countries, the new entity would have a vast global footprint and huge growth potential, the companies said in a joint statement Tuesday. The deal is not expected to run into any antitrust hurdles, given the different fast-food segments the two companies serve, but it’s expected to generate some anger in the United States because of Burger King’s plan to move the combined entity to Canada. The companies had confirmed Sunday that they were in merger talks, and shares of both soared on Monday. The deal values Tim Hortons at C$94.05 a share, a 37 per cent premium to Friday’s close of C$68.78 in Toronto. Tim Hortons’ Toronto-listed shares were up 8.8 per cent at C$89.29 in morning trading, while Burger King fell 2.5 per cent to $31.58 in New York. “I think C$94 is pretty rich,” said David Baskin, president of Baskin Financial Services, which controls about 180,000 shares in Tim Hortons. “We were hoping for C$90, but at C$94, I can’t imagine anybody not tendering.”

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has committed $3 billion of preferred equity to finance the deal but will have no role in managing the business, the companies said. 3G Capital, a New York-based investment firm with Brazilian roots, owns some 70 per cent of Burger King, making a shareholder vote on the deal unnecessary. 3G is set to hold about 51 per cent of the combined company. Last year, Berkshire provided $12 billion toward a $23-billion deal that gave 3G day-to-day control of Heinz, the world’s top ketchup maker. Buffett said earlier this year he would probably partner with 3G again, lauding it for doing a “magnificent job” of running businesses. Investors and tax experts say the main reason for Burger King to move its domicile to Canada, its largest market, is to avoid having to pay double taxation on profits earned abroad, which the company would probably be subject to if it remains in the United States. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Tim Hortons shareholders and certain regulators in Canada and the United States. U.S. politicians have slammed Burger King for the so-called tax inversion deal, while some fear the deal may generate some blowback north of the border with the ownership of the iconic Canadian coffee chain once again falling into foreign hands.

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What the Energizer Bunny knows KURIAN THARAKAN Special to the Leader

It may surprise you to know this, but most people simply do not spend every minute of every waking moment thinking about you and your amazingly wonderful product or service. It would be great if this wasn’t true, but most people have other more mundane things on their minds: mortgage payments, the boss, the kids, career paths, vacation plans, in-laws, etc. It is therefore imperative to understand that, for maximized sales revenues, you will have to cue people to remember positioning and feature/ benefit elements at the most critical time: The Buying Moment. Everything that happens before this only serves to “prime” the sale. The Buying Moment is the true test of your marketing campaign. As well, it will be an all-or-nothing response from the customer: either they buy or they don’t! Your advertising and promotion campaigns are meaningless if the customer cannot remember what your offer is supposed to be about at the buying moment. A classic example of this is the tale of

Energizer vs. Duracell batteries. Do you remember the cute little Energizer bunny? You know, the one beating the little drum in all those television commercials that keeps going, and going, and going, and — well, you know … going? The point is clear: Energizer batteries last a long time. However, in market research tests on memory recall, most people could not remember which brand of batteries the little bunny represented. In fact, a lot of people thought it was Duracell. So at the till, where all marketing efforts are supposed to converge and produce results, the expensive promotion and advertising campaigns of Energizer weren’t being much help. What was the solution? Aid the memory recall process. Energizer started placing a picture of its bunny on all of its battery packaging. This made it much easier for the customer to recall that this was the same battery advertised in all those commercials. Always make it easy for your customer to say “yes” by not only providing critical information about the purchase decision at the right time, but also by assisting their memory recall process with memory cues. Kurian Tharakan is the Executive-in-Residence for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator.

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United grounds direct flights to New York City

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After a year of service, United Airlines has decided to drop their nonstop flight from Edmonton to New York. Effective Oct. 25, United will discontinue nonstop service between New York hub at Newark Liberty International Airport and the Edmonton International Airport (EIA). “The flights haven’t met our expectations,” said United spokesperson Mary Ryan. United Airlines says it will contact customers who are currently booked to travel to Newark from Edmonton after Oct. 24 to either re-accommodate them or offer refunds. The route was initially launched in May 2013 with much optimism. The cancellation is a disappointing turn of events for the EIA. “It is a bit of a setback for us; it’s a disappointing one. You launch a flight with very high hopes and there is a lot of work involved in it,” said EIA spokesperson Heather Hamilton. However, United remains the EIA’s largest carrier into the United States and will continue to offer nonstop flights to Chicago, Denver, Houston and San Francisco. For the EIA, United Airlines remains a strong partner. “They’re still a major player — they’ve really made a long-term investment in

Edmonton,” said Hamilton, adding business to the United States has never been better. “In terms of the bigger picture, when it comes to U.S. travel we have more volume, more passengers, and more flights than we’ve ever had before — we’re showing growth that’s really quite incredible,” said Hamilton, adding there has been an 11 per cent growth of U.S. travel flying out of EIA this year, and over 38 per cent growth in international travel. Meanwhile, with Labour Day long weekend looming, the EIA is preparing for a record breaking couple of weeks. The airport is expecting 250,000 passengers a day. To put that number into context, the EIA usually averages 220,000 passengers a day during the Christmas season. “Around Labour Day, there’s always a bit of a travel spike,” said Hamilton. But this year’s Labour Day long weekend falls during the same time Edmonton is hosting numerous major events, including the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Grand Final Triathlon, the Tour of Alberta, the Canada 55-Plus Games, the Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMAs) and the Sonic Boom music festival. “Between the strong growth that we’re seeing, the peak we’ve seen over the summer, the extra spike we get around Labour Day, plus these extra events, the airport may be busier than we’ve ever seen it,” said Hamilton.

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