St. Albert Leader Dec 4, 2014

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Getting the trails fat bike ready

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Bicycles are not the first thing that comes to mind when Alaska’s iconic 1,100 mile Iditarod sled dog race is mentioned. But it did inspire an extreme athlete to ride through one of the planet’s harshest environments for almost three weeks. From that first ride some 15 years ago, the Fat Bike was born, and with it the entirely new winter sport of snow biking. Our northern climate equates to a short cycling season. You can ride indoors on a bike treadmill but it’s not the same as being on the road or trail. Snow biking offers an

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Andrew Phelps of Cranky’s Bike Shop shows off one of his Fat Bikes, currently enjoying growth as a new winter biking option.

The bikes offer an option for bicycle enthusiasts to enjoy riding year-round, including the usually dark period of winter.

alternative, and it hasn’t taken long for a few hardy St. Albertans to take up the challenge.

It’s not hard see why Fat bikes are becoming the darlings of the bike world when you see one up close. They look cool and a bit gnarly, like you could ride one up the face of a cliff. The fat tires and wild colours add to the cache and mystique. Now more and more snow bike races are starting to pop up. Everything from twoday endurance races to recreational trail rides.

Recently, Andrew Phelps, owner of Cranky’s Bike Shop, created the informal, “Cranky’s Bikeshop Club� for St. Albert enthusiasts to share their passion. “It’s just a different way to enjoy cycling, whatever your background is,� says Phelps. “You’re outside, you’re

BY THE NUMBERS

201,800 How many people cycled to work as part of their commute (1.3%), in 2011, according to Stats Canada, This compares to 880,800 commuters who walked to work (5.7%). Overall, roughly 15.4 million Canadians commuted to work in 2011. 74.0% of commuters, or 11.4 million workers drove a vehicle to work.

Photo: BARRY BAILEY, St. Albert Leader

exercising in a season when most of the time you’re stuck indoors. Its’ cool to have something that brings cycling to the entire year, that’s the best part.�

The challenge of riding a bicycle in winter is literally keeping the rubber on the road or, in this case, the ice and snow. The four-or five-inch- wide tires on a Fat bike inflated to between 7psi and 15psi, provide a more reliable grip on uneven surfaces. The low psi pressure allows the tire to act much like a shock absorber. Although Fat bikes look fat, slow and heavy, they are far from it. The frames are light weight, usually between 24 and 30 lbs, and are specifically built to accommodate the fat tires.

The growing popularity of the sport is reflected in the variety of models now available. In fact, many riders are choosing to use their Fat bike year-round. In the summer, riders can venture out where there are no well-defined trails. “Because the tire is so big and so high, you can roll over a lot of stuff. You can go where there are no trails,� says Phelps. “A fat bike will kind of motor through things.�

Cranky’s is holding a demo at the store on December 6, from noon to 3 p.m., which just happens to be Global Fat-Bike Day. If you’ve ever wanted to road test a Fat bike this is your chance.

Staff will be on hand to answer questions and discuss gear.

The club will be organizing a snow ride in the New Year. The course hasn’t been confirmed but Phelps is hopeful Lois Hole Park will be the venue. A limited number of demo Fat bikes will be available first come first serve, and they will book up fast.

In 2015 the Club hopes to partner with the City of St. Albert to develop a more permanent area just for snow bikers of all skill levels.

For further information, email Andrew at admin@crankys.ca.

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Sarasota Homes hosts pop-up shops GRANT CREE St. Albert Leader

For the past two months, Sarasota Homes hosted retail pop-up shops featuring several local merchants in their open houses. The unique concept was based on an initiative by Kristin Boser, Sarasota Realty’s Associate Broker.

She was inspired when visiting a Lexus dealership in Edmonton to attend a baby show. “I thought it would be a good idea for us to do because we’ve got the facilities to host events for small local retailers,” explained Boser.

Sarasota Homes started hosting local vendors in October during their weekend open houses. It began when Boser approached a few small business owners to invite them to set up shop for a few hours in one of their new homes.

“All the retailers were super excited to participate, and it was a different avenue for them too,” said Boser. Everyone involved marketed the concept on their social media sites, and Sarasota representatives delivered flyers to neighbours to create awareness of the event.

“We got a good following on social media and some people came specifically for what they wanted to see,” said Boser.

She noted that most of the participating vendors don’t have retail space, so this gave them an opportunity to meet prospective customers. “I thought it would be a really nice way to start Christmas shopping early and get local vendors who don’t have a storefront,” said Boser, adding that most operate in their homes through websites.

Emphasizing that all participants are local, Boser said they included businesses ranging from The Olive Shop and Glow

Juice Bar to Sweet Leggings and Shop The Skinny. Maureen Obrigewitch, owner of Souptacular, founded her business in 2001 and is a regular fixture at the St. Albert Farmer’s Market. She was invited to participate in the Sarasota Homes pop-up shop during a weekend in early November.

“It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with the community. It was very well done,” said Obrigewitch. “People were surprised to see little companies in the house. It was a nice addition to having an open house. It was something different.” Souptacular offered soup for visitors to taste as they strolled through the open house. “We wanted to give them an idea of the product and people just loved that aspect.”

The pop-up shops proved to be a win-win for Sarasota Homes and the vendors. Noting there was no set-up fee for participating, Boser described the experience as “awesome” because it attracted people who otherwise might not have visited. “It’s nice to come into a place that is not someone’s house so people can tour around and do a little shopping,” she said.

Boser said the pop-up shops were beneficial for the participating small businesses. “They were very excited, and everyone did awesome in their sales, which was really nice to see,” said Boser, adding that soon other local vendors approached her asking to be part of it.

Sarasota Homes plans to continue the pop-up shops once a month next year.

“We sold all of our show homes so we were down to only two by the end,” said Boser, who enjoyed partnering with local businesses. “They all want to participate again, which is awesome, so we will definitely do it again.”

Photo: GRANT CREE, St. Albert Leader

(L-R): Autumn Maronuik with Sweet Legs holds a Chinook pattern of leggings at a display table on Nov. 22 . The open house was held at 66 Edgewater Terrace with Sarasota Homes representatives Janet Acheson and Stefani Grant.

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Make a date for local charity calendar

GLENN COOK

also loves getting shots of the sky, both during the day and at night.

St. Albert Leader “Most of my stuff is landscape, but Jeff Wallace is using his beautiful often something will catch my eye images of St. Albert to help paint a and you take a shot at an event like brighter picture for a local charity.

Remembrance Day or the fireworks — For the second year in a row, the St. just stuff about town,” he said.

Albert photographer has put together Wallace and his family first moved some of his best images of the city to to St. Albert about five years ago, but create a calendar, which is currently he gained popularity when he started available to order online through Lulu. submitting his work to the Community com. Half the net proceeds will be of St. Albert Facebook page. donated to the Stop Abuse in Families “I started submitting photos from (SAIF) Society. time to time from around St. Albert, “With more emphasis now on things that were kind of cool,” he said. bullying, abuse and everything else, “Then I became friends with (page it’s quite a problem in our society,” administrators) John (Carle) and Saylor Wallace said. “I mean, there are so many (McLennan), and it has just grown charities, so how do you pick? But we organically.” wanted something He first got into local.” photography when he Last year, Wallace and his family were sold about 30 living overseas on the calendars at $25 each island of Jersey, off the in what he admitted coast of France. was a “last-minute” “I was documenting effort. But this year, where we lived, and he’s got the ball landscape kind of fell rolling earlier. into that,” Wallace said.

“We’re going to do “Now I chase auroras the same thing and and storms — things I’m see where it goes,” he interested in.” said.

So far, his calendar The images in the sales are already on pace 2015 calendar were to exceed last year, and in ACE JEFF WALL mostly taken this year, the next little while, the Photographer although Wallace said St. Albert and District he had to dip into his Chamber of Commerce 2013 files to fill things will sell copies at their out.

Visitor Information “I tried to align the photograph to Centre on St. Albert Trail for folks who twhat’s represented in the season,” he don’t want to buy online and pay for said. shipping.

Most photos focus on historical and That’s a good sign for the future, iconic places around town, but Wallace

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This shot of downtown St. Albert graces the cover of photographer Jeff Wallace’s 2015 calendar featuring shots from around the city.

Half the net proceeds from the sale of the calendar will go to the Stop Abuse in Families (SAIF) Society.

as Wallace wants to continue the project in the years to come — so long as the money goes to a local charity.

“I don’t know if we’ll keep it with the same

charity, but at the moment, I’m happy to do that,” he said. “It’s not sophisticated. I just make the calendar, people are happy and the proceeds go to a good cause.”

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JACQUIE HANSEN X City’s new manager of government relations reflects on first weeks on job After years serving as a trustee for Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools, Jacquie Hansen has moved on to fill the newly created position of manager of government relations at the City of St. Albert.

How have the first couple of weekss gone?

How do you see the current state of St. Albert’s relationships with other municipalities and with other levels of government?

We’re We re lu luck lucky ckyy that that Mayor May M ayor or (Nolan) ((No Nola lan) n) Crouse CCro rous usee is the the chair ccha hair ir of of the the CRB, CRB, because bbec ecau ause s that tha hatt keeps keep ke epp us vvis isib ible le.. I th thin ink, k, ffor or aallll iint nten ents ts aand nd ppur urpo pose ses, s, w we’ e’ve ve ggot ot a goo oodd re repu puta tati t on w wit ithh thhhe prov pr ovin ince ce.. An Andd no now, w, w wit ithh th thee me memo mora rand ndum um ooff un unde d rs rsta tand ndin ingg (w (withh St Stur urge geon on Cou ounntyy), y ther th ere’ e’ss a ce cert rtai ainn wi willll aamo mong ng oour ur nnei eigh ghbo bour urss to bbeg egin in wor orki king ng togget ethe her. r. I tthiink weee’rrre gooin ingg to ssee ee tthe he CCRB RB bbec ecom omee fa fair irly ly ppro romi mine nent nt, be beca c usse go gove vern rnme m nt ntss liikee ini niti t at ativeees thhat at req equi uire re w wor orki king ng ttog oget ethe herr on a reg egio iona nall ba basi sis, s, soo th therre’ e s go goin ing to hhav a e too be a polililiti po littiica call wi willll ttoo do ttha hat. t. I tthi hink nk eeve very rybo body dy’s ’s mov o ingg tooward rd tha h t op open enness of wo w rkkinng n toge to g th ge ther e . I th er thin inkk ou ourr re rela lati tion onss ar aree go good o .

I’m on a very steep learning curve, for sure. I’ve been spendiing most of my time meeting peoplee — meeting key people in the orgganization to sort of get the lay of the land and the depth and the breeadth of this organization.

It’s quite impressive, I must say.

When we live here, we drive aroundd and we think what a great city it is, but when you see a placee like this and the functions that are re going on, it’s pretty incredible.

Engineeering, planning, sports, social issues — all of it is touch chhed here.

So whaat do does es the h rol ole of man anagerr of gov over ernm nmennt re relati tionns en e tail?

Thiss jjob ob is abou out buuild ing relaationshhipps at thhe he ppro rovi vincciall leve vel,l at thhe municipa p l leveel, aand n witth co community pa p rtners.

It waas as bec ecom o inng ann issue of things goinng in into t inb n ox o es but not getting to them m, an and so someone needs to be more dediica cate tedd to thiss ki kind of work. I’m getttin ingg to kno now th thee folks at Sturgeon Countyy andd worrki k ng oonn intermunicipal affair irs th there. I’m m sta tartting to tal a k to thee Edm mon on ffol mont olks ks, ourr neigghbou o rs, and alsoo pprovi v ncciaal foolkks. s Wha hat itt mea e ns is thatt, wh when en adv dvoc ocac acy is req e uire r d, it hass to bee done by the pooliti t ciians, but I can havee my ea ear to t the grounnd annd maybe offeer so some adv dvic i e as a to the direction thatt w wee go go..

How im How impo port rtan annt is is a ppos osit os itiion it ion lilike ke thi this? s?? D Doo youu se yo seee a rroole like thiss bec ecom o ing morre re impo im poort rtan antt as we head into the future??

“It’s really great because it gives me the opportunity to remain political without being a politician.”

An I im And magin inee yo y ur u exp xper erie ience at thee school board level seervves es youu w wel elll inn tthi hiss roole le.

Whenn I read th thee job de desc scri ript pttio ion, n I thought, ‘Wow o ! This is so something I thinnk I cann do do.’ I doo ha have ve ssoom ome experi r ence, obviously, buut ut tthe he chal a leng nge foor me wililll be m maakin i g the leap from governancce ce ttoo admiini nist s raati tion o . I wa wass al alwa wayys involved with administration from a gove go verrnance ce ppointt ooff vi view ew,, bu but I wasn’t necessarily doing the work; I wass direect cting thhe wo work rk.. Th Th tim This me, I’m writing the briefi fing notes, I’m m ma maki k ng n the pho hone ne cal alls lss, an a d I’m being directed to doo the he wor ork. k.

Itt’s reeall eallyy greaat be beca c usse it it gives me the opportunity to rem mai ainn p liti politi po tica call with ith t ou outt bbe being i g a ppo politi liiti t ci cian a . It’ Itt’ss th thee bes estt of of th thee wor o lldds. work in it, and I think you’ll see technology setting that up.

Abso Ab sooluute tely ly.. Wh ly When you look around at muni mu nici ni cipa ci palililiti pa ties ti es,, there’s more of a movementt es towa to ward wa rd tthi h s ki hi kinnd of a position, because ever ev eryb er ybod yb o y is lloooking to move forward, but if od w ’r we ’ree no nott pa payi y ng attention to relationships aandd yi how ho w we we’r ’ e fr ’r f am ming our messages, how we’ree advo ad v ca vo c ttiing — I’m ’ the person in the middle whhoo help he lpps unnde ders rssta tand the context better betweeeen muni mu nici ni c paaliiti ci ties e and between governments. Thhose es nuan nu ance c s ar ce a e reeal a ly, really important. Among thhe h Caapi p taal Re Regi gion gi on BBoard, soome municipalities thhat haavee ssta taaff f dded eddiccated simpl p y to the Boaard rd.. Th T att just ju st sho h ws you o how w imp mpor orta or tant ta nt iint ntter ermu muni mu nici ni cipa ci paal work wo rrkk aact cttua uallllyy is is.. Tooge geth thher we’ ther e ree bet ette ter, te r, aand ndd iff yyou ou hav aven ven e ’t ggot ot som meoonee wor orki king ki ng oonn th that a at toge to geth ther th erne er ness ne sss parrtt,, then heen yo y u’re u’’re pro roba babl ba blyy mi bl misssing s mee opp so p or o tu tuni nities ni tiies es..

Hoow do you ou mea easu sure su re suc ucce cess ce s iinn ss thhiss job ob??

That’s going to be difficult, but I think what we can do is look to thee relationsh shhip ipss I bu builld and look to thee a tion ac on pla lans ns w wee ca can come up with w can wiiith othe ot herr in he inte term rmun munic nic icip ippal al ppar a tn ar tner e s. ..... IIttt’ss an exc excit itiin it ing ng jo jobb for for me fo me. e It’s Itt’ss a two wo-y -yyeeaaar contract,, an andd I ho hope pe tha hatt, att thee enndd of ttwo wo yyea ears rs,, I’I’ve ve bbee een able too ma makkkee head he adwa wayy in terrms ms ooff ke keepin keep ingg us vis vissibbble andd ke an keep epin inng us u rrol o liing n aalo loong n .

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OPINION

WHERE IS THIS?

It is time for more winter fun

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t might be a difficult thought to process, especially after the freezing week with the abundance of snow we’ve just had, but we need to plan more outside events in our community during the winter months.

Good or bad weather, the annual Snowflake Festival in the Perron District will find hundreds if not thousands of families downtown enjoying the variety of activities. Much more was added this year to the festival and it was great to see that this event is building positive growth for the downtown.

Our team enjoyed making hundreds of meltin-your-mouth s’mores each year and we have a hard time keeping up. A great problem to have and one we’re okay with.

There is no big mystery to solve. Put on a show with a good and unique theme to it, along with some entertainment, and folks will brave our winter elements to enjoy. Some more than others, depending on the severity of the chilliness but still heartening.

The good news is that we’re not starting from scratch.

If playing some pond hockey while enjoying a beverage or two (even skating up to the bar) is your thing, the Canadian Progress Club has us covered with their now-annual pond-hockey championships.

There are activities a plenty at the Family Day Frostival and the Snowflake Festival, as mentioned.

The cover of this week’s Leader and accompanying story on page 3 explores another new outdoor opportunity for our city to consider.

The annual Winter Fat Bike championships... hosted in St. Albert. Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

Annual curling tournaments on the Sturgeon River? They’ve done it before for special events, so why not make it a big annual event?

While we’re on the topic, maybe someone could consider grading a half-pipe into the side of Seven Hills. Snowboarding events to host throughout the winter and who knows, if we build it, maybe the 2022 Winter Olympic Snowboarding half-pipe gold medalist hails from St. Albert, Alberta?

We have seen it first hand. Winter weather is just a brief and in most cases lousy excuse not to do something.

Let’s get chilly and have some fun St. Albert!

Here’s a photo of a building or landmark around St. Albert.

Can you figure out where it is?

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Last Week: Cranky’s Bike Shop

Help Kinettes serve up Christmas hampers

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t’s that time of year again and the 48th annual St. Albert Kinettes Christmas Hamper Campaign is underway.

Over the last 48 years, the St. Albert Kinettes, with the amazing support of our citizens and local businesses, have delivered over 10,000 Christmas hampers to St. Albert families. Each year, we provide not only a traditional Christmas dinner, but we also strive to give each family two weeks’ worth of groceries, assorted toiletries and 10 to 20 toys for each child in the home.

The Kinette motto of “Serving the Community’s Greatest Need” is and has always been the driving force behind this campaign.

Each year, we receive hundreds of referrals from

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TREMBLAY St. Albert Kinettes My City local churches, schools, and non-profit organizations for families that just need a helping hand during the holiday season. Whether due to loss of income, illness, a death in the family or senior citizens on a fixed income, the St. Albert Kinettes are there to help.

Our entire program depends on the generosity of the citizens and businesses of St. Albert. We are currently in need of nonperishable food items, new unwrapped toys, teen items and toiletries. We have red Kinette Drop Boxes

throughout St. Albert.

Cash donations can also be dropped off at Fire Hall No. 3 on Giroux Road or mailed to P.O. Box 65064, Mission Hill Plaza, St.Albert, AB T8N 5Y3.

As always, manpower is also essential. Our amazing volunteers start sorting hampers at the end of November and don’t stop till the last hamper is delivered. If you and your family would like to help us, please contact our volunteer co-ordinator, Kim Bedry, at 780-340-8076.

As I said before, we could not run the Christmas Hamper Campaign without the support of the community! That said, I would like to take this opportunity to issue an extra thank-you to the Enjoy

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Centre, who again is our Christmas Hamper home.

They donate their facility to us for over a month so we can sort and pack all our hampers. I would also like to say a huge thanks to St. Albert Transit, who for the last decade has supplied buses for our Fill-A-Bus Program, which will run this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. And, of course, thanks to the many stores who allow us to take over their parking lots for the day!

I can’t begin to explain the dedication, hard work and love that the St. Albert Kinettes put into this project, but it would all be lost without our community standing behind us and supporting us every step of the way. Thank you!

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» Use hashtag #stalbert @stafuture Trees are also the only city assets that appreciate over time! #stalbert #cultivatingourfuture — @jonesljennifer

Coyote in my back yard last week. #StAlbert #yeg #coyote #winter #wildlife #cold

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Taking in A Christmas Story at the #stalbert Arden Theatre today!

Can’t wait to see some dear friends kids nail it...

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Baby Ava Beverly Harris born on November 29th. Both Amy and Ava are healthy. #stalbert — @hayabusaharris

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COUNCIL NOTES • December 1, 2014 LRT Functional Transportation Alignment Master Plan – Study Update – Project SUpdate Phase 1

NOTABLE QUOTES

City council voted to receive the current draft of the Transportation Master Plan, an eight-part initiative that aims to help the city achieve a safe, efficient, sustainable, multi-modal transportation system in St. Albert over the next 25 to 30 years, including updates from recent strategic land use, infrastructure, and transit plans.

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The key component of this plan will be a strong connection to the residents and community stakeholders to identify strong community priorities and provide an overall strategy for both the short term and the long term.�

City council voted to approve the recommendation in the LRT Functional Alignment Study Update, which would see the City of Edmonton’s Metro LRT line begin at Campbell Road Transit Centre Park-andRide move through St. Albert along St. Albert Trail.

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“Our objective with this project is to look at alternative LRT corridors and determine the preferred corridor the LRT will travel along.�

Bylaw 26/2014 – Redistricting Jensen Lakes Stage 3

ISSUES BACKGROUND THE VOTE

Council voted on Bylaw 26/2014, which will see a redistricting of the Jensen Lakes area to include the proposed Stage 3 of the area development to change from urban reserve to low and medium density levels of residential land use and a new school site.

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— Dean Schick, Manager of Transportation

— Hassan Shaheen, ISL Engineering and Land Services

“We received a promise to build a new 400-student K-to-6 school in the northwest area... 1,500 new seats have been awarded to the public schools while the Catholic schools have had none. We’re simply asking council to hold off third reading.�

— Brendan Kaup, Capital Sub-Committee for St. Albert Catholic School District

WHAT’S NEXT

FEEDBACK

Administration will continue to develop the Transportation Master Plan with an emphasis in the next four months (Dec. to Mar.) on compiling public survey results, holding inclusive stakeholder workshops on developing traffic policy, and creating traffic models and simulations.

“It’s great to see what’s on the go for a major master plan in the city. We talked about moving people as safely and efďŹ ciently as possible, and that requires planning.â€?

Administration will begin work on Phase 2 of the LRT Functional Alignment Study, which will examine alternatives to the LRT alignment and look into benefits and costs of the alignment.

“What we should be encouraging is getting an LRT to our borders and not through our community.

We need to recognize that this will be a signiďŹ cant burden.â€?

The development of Jensen Lakes Stage 3 will continue with the new land use designation for low and medium density residential and a new school site.

Specific designation for the new school site will come later.

It’s always exciting to look at amendments and see our new developments grow out. I’m looking forward to seeing this development in our northwest.�

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Philanthropy - Within your Reach Who hasn’t dreamt of spreading money around to worthy causes, investing in their community and making a real difference in the world?

Turns out you don’t have to be a billionaire software tycoon; we all have the same ability to make a difference through philanthropy. Of the $15 billion charitable dollars raised in Canada in 2013, roughly threequarters was contributed by individuals. People like you and me.

St. Albert’s Stop Abuse In Families (SAIF) wouldn’t survive to provide the critical services they do without individuals committed to their beliefs. With a program budget of $482,000, SAIF needs to Fundraise $380,000 yearly. With only 30% of their budget covered by Government funding, the remaining 70% is acquired via donations and fundraising.

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Grumpy Cat doesn’t care about you or your feelings. Grumpy Cat revels in your disappointment and discomfort. Grumpy Cat... has his own Christmas movie.

Someone, somewhere, decided it would be a good idea to take Internet sourpuss Grumpy Cat and put him in a made-for-TV movie called Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, which premiered Saturday on Lifetime.

What’s next? Awkward Moment Seal’s Valentine’s Day Blind Date? Antoine Dodson’s Hide Yo Eggs, Hide Yo Chocolate Bunnies Easter?

By all accounts from those who have already seen it, Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever is even more odious than “Lifetime movie based on tired Internet meme” might suggest, despite having our Parks & Recreation crush, Aubrey Plaza, providing Grumpy Cat’s voice.

But while Grumpy Cat might be tangling with Bill Murray’s Garfield as the worst movie cat of all time, some feline film stars have added immeasurably to their movies. With much effort, we’ve herded our 10 favourite movie cats into one list.

1. THE DUNNES’ CAT – Gone Girl The cat in David Fincher’s tense adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel is significant because, well, he’s the only emotionally stable character in the household of Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosamund Pike). When a cat is the least crazy resident of your home, you know you’re in trouble.

2. MR. JINX – Meet the Parents You do not mess with Robert De Niro’s Jack Byrnes. And you especially do not mess with his beloved cat, Mr. Jinx. He may lack outdoor survival skills, but he knows how to use a toilet! Naturally, Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) repeatedly runs afoul of Jinxy. But at least he didn’t try to milk the cat.

3. MR. BIGGLESWORTH – Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Just as Mike Myers’ Dr. Evil is a riff on James Bond villain Ernst Blofeld, Dr. Evil’s hairless Sphynx is the counterpoint to Blofeld’s fluffy Turkish Angora. Mr. Bigglesworth did originally have lots of hair, until one of Dr. Evil’s henchmen (played by Will Ferrell) made a mistake during the cryogenic unfreezing process. Frickin’ idiot.

4. D.C. – That Darn Cat Sometimes we wax nostalgic for the simpler days of Disney’s live-action movies, half of which seemed to star Hayley Mills. Like 1965’s

That Darn Cat, a comedy caper in which the cat is more of a plot device than a character, but integral to the movie. The cat in the 1997 remake was cuter, but that version was about as appealing as a barfed-up hairball.

5. FRITZ – Fritz the Cat Before he directed that trippy Lord of the Rings cartoon adaptation, Ralph Bakshi made a name for himself with the first animated feature film ever to receive an X rating. Fritz is an endlessly horny soul-searching hedonist, the poster cat for the freewheeling early ’70s.

6. HOLLY’S CAT – Breakfast at Tiffany’s Holly Golightly’s unnamed orange cat appears repeatedly in 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s, including the famous scene where Holly (Katherine Hepburn) and Paul (George Peppard) are smooching in the rain with the cat squished between them. The fact they didn’t end up covered in bloody lacerations inflicted by a struggling wet cat is movie magic.

7. SI & AM – Lady and the Tramp They are Siamese if you please. But, being cats, they are Siamese if you don’t please. While the sneaky, duplicitous twins Si and Am from Disney’s 1955 animated classic Lady and the Tramp feel vaguely racist by today’s standards, they do perfectly embody the sheer selfish evil that lurks in cats’ hearts.

8. PUSS IN BOOTS – Shrek He is Puss! In boots. Antonio Banderas stole many scenes as the swashbuckling pussykiller in the Shrek series, so much so that he got his own (inferior) spinoff movie. The gags got a bit stretched out after a while, except the one where Puss makes those big, sad eyes to get out of trouble. Awwww.

9. JONES – Alien You could argue that Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror masterpiece Alien wouldn’t have worked without Jones (or Jonesy to his friends), the Nostromo’s resident cat. Need the crew to go off on their own? Send them to look for a cat. Need a character Ripley can talk to after everyone else is dead? Put in the cat.

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Drink fresh beer: How to crack the date code on your brew CRYSTAL LUXMORE Special to QMI Agency

No matter how old it is, beer won’t kill you. “But beer is the bread of the beverage world,� says Gordon Fuller, brewmaster at Creemore Springs Brewery. “The fresher the beer is, the closer it will taste to how the brewer intended.�

Over 95% of all beer is best when drunk as fresh as possible. So how do you ensure your favourite beer is in its prime sipping state? Just check the date on the bottle, right?

If only it were that easy. Date codes were developed for retailers, not consumers, so just finding the date is a bit like spotting Waldo. The date you see represents the day the beer was packaged—unless it’s stamped “Best Before.� Codes vary (depending on the country of production and brewery); some are easy to figure out, others not so much. Locating the packaging date (check the bottle neck, box, or bottom of the can) is only half the journey. Each brewery determines how long their beer can thrive on the shelf, but most don’t include that information on their packaging.

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VASA offers up stocking stuffers for art lovers GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The Visual Arts Studio Association (VASA) of St. Albert wants to help you with your Christmas shopping this year.

Beginning this past Tuesday and running until Jan. 30, VASA is hosting a cash-and-carry sale of small works by just about all of their member artists — works that art lovers would love to find under the Christmas tree this year.

“They’re smaller in size, so they’re

easier to give as gifts,” said VASA vicepresident and exhibitions co-ordinator, Miles Constable. “You don’t have to put down $500 or $1,000. As we say on our invitation, they’re perfect for under the tree or even in a rather large stocking.

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GETTING TO KNOW James Dean at Active Physio Works

Q Any Organizations/Clubs you are part of or passionate about? Q What sets you apart in your business?

Q What’s the best way you’ve found to keep a balance A St. Albert Road Runner's and Triathlon Club, Edmonton A We focus on active treatment. We also are big believers in between work and family life? hands on therapy. Our therapists Road and Track Club (Cycling), St. Albert Nordic Ski Club A Hire people smarter than me. I am so lucky to have such themselves remain very active.

Q Nickname? a motivated, enthusiastic and hard working staff. There are A Friends and family call me Jim. Classmates from UofA still Q Favourite thing about still things I need to work on, like kicking my BlackBerry call me Jimmy.

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A Maximus, our 10 Lb poodle.

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A Spending time with the family (I have four wonderful kids), and a bit of training.

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St. Albert?

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St. Albert is a very supportive community that we’re grateful to be a part of.

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A When patients throw away their crutches, walkers, canes and begin walking with only their own muscles to support them.

Q What’s the one problem clients come to you most often with?

A Back pain, usually due in large part to sitting at a desk all day and a sedentary lifestyle.

They want to be more active.

Their pain is the jolt they need to begin moving more.

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A Chariots of Fire, best picture in 1984 Q What’s the best piece of Q Favourite hobbies? business advice you’ve ever A Puzzles and lego with my kids, swimming, biking, running received? and skiing A Think long term.

Q What’s your goal for your business over the next 12 months?

A Continue to work closely with the community and local businesses and give back whenever possible through a few different events and fundraisers. Continue our slow and steady growth.

Q Any advice you can give St. Albert residents, regarding your industry?

A Prehabilitation before rehabilitation is key. Strengthening muscle groups and ensuring to stay active can help prevent injuries before they start. Our qualified Physiotherapists are able to set up treatment plans, which can help with everything from daily activity to getting back in the game.

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Holiday Heidegger: Being Thrown into Christmas

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A Charlie Brown Christmas to fill the Arden CHRISTOPHER SCHIEMAN St. Albert Leader

Growing up in the San Francisco area, Jerry Granelli never knew what snow was. Since moving to Halifax and earning his Canadian citizenship in 1999, he’s comes to know snow and the cold weather that accompanies it quite well, especially while he’s touring through the country.

“I didn’t see snow until I was 20 years old,” Granelli says as he prepares for the first show of this year’s tour in Calgary. The -39 wind chill hasn’t brought down his spirits as he gets ready to play the music he recorded with his friends more than 50 fifty years ago.

“The show tonight is sold out!” he exclaims about his performance in Calgary. “The kids we have singing in the choir are really excited, and I get to be like their grandpa or uncle.”

For the past couple of years, Granelli has been doing mini-tours across Canada performing the music from the holiday favourite cartoon A Charlie Brown Christmas.

2013 saw Garnelli only stopping off in Ottawa and Halifax to perform the works he recorded with the Vince Guaraldi Trio. This year sees Granelli trekking through Alberta as well, including making a stop in St. Albert on December 16, 2014, at the Arden Theatre.

Garnelli says he has a special connection to the Capital Region, frequently playing the

Edmonton Jazz Festival and at Edmonton’s Yardbird Suite jazz club, but he has a special connection with St. Albert.

“I often get booked to play in St. Albert at the (LB’s) Country Kitchen,” Granelli explains. “It’s a wonderful, weird connection to this city. The owner there has had me play three times now, and it’s a place where you would never expect to see live jazz.”

Performing the score from A Charlie Brown Christmas live gives Granelli great joy simply because of the audience reaction each time he performs it. He says that he will see three generations of families all sitting together enjoying this music that he had so much fun recording when he was younger.

“On the first night of last year’s tour, the curtain opened up and I was immediately hit by this immense energy and excitement,” Granelli says. “I sat behind my drum kit and was almost too overwhelmed to play.”

The 74-year-old drummer has been busy since working with Vince Guaraldi. He has played with the Denny Zeitlin Trio, performed with jazz piano legend Bill Evans, recorded his own solo albums, and even began establishing art and music programs in Halifax. He says that revisiting the music he recorded with Vince Guaraldi isn’t just for nostalgia’s sake, but is more to honour his friends.

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74-year-old Jerry Granelli behind the drums. He’ll be at the Arden Theatre on December 14th to perform music from A Charlie Brown Christmas. and this was the best way to express what I was feeling,” Granelli says. “I remember how much fun we had recording this music. We finished the whole record in about three hours.

I remember getting close to [Peanuts creator] Charles M. Schulz and everything just feeling very honest and real.”

That feeling of the music, and the holiday special, being so real and honest is why Granelli thinks that it has stood the test of time. More than 50 years later, A Charlie Brown Christmas is still played on almost every channel on TV during the holiday season and its re-released soundtrack is a mainstay in any holiday

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“Growing up made me want to revisit this music,” Granelli says. “People would find out who I am and make the connection that I played with Vince Guaraldi on A Charlie Brown Christmas and they would express how much that special and the music meant to them. It completely floors me that, so many years later, people still love this music.”

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BUSINESS

The new food kids on the block

BARRY BAILEY St. Albert Leader

Two new tenants have taken up residence and opened their doors for business in the Bruin Centre, (formerly the Bruin Inn.) New faces in old spaces, the Vinyl Rock Café and Blue Rare Steak & Bar, are now part of St. Albert’s burgeoning culinary downtown scene. Both bring intriguing menus to the table from completely different angles.

Husband and wife team Alex and Ana Calado describe opening the Vinyl Rock Café as both a dream come true and a blessing in disguise.

Although they call north Edmonton home, the Calado family have come to St. Albert to work, shop and play for years. Regular visitors to the St. Albert Farmers Market, the Calado’s noticed the space was available on the west end of the Bruin Centre.

While doing some on-street “market research”, they discovered an appetite for a family-friendly eatery at the location. After 25 years working in the oil patch, Alex was ready to follow up on a lifelong dream.

“We’re trying to capture the small town Portuguese feel like back home,” says Alex. “I use my Mom’s recipes and ingredients, with nothing

processed, and we use local suppliers. So we get simple home-style meals. Mom even cuts up the veggies every day.”

A family-run operation that includes the Calados’ two daughters, Amanda and Andrea, the café is a warm and inviting destination. Avo’s (Portuguese for Grandma) recipe for soup is a little bit of homemade heaven on chilly winter’s day. Along with fresh bread from the Portuguese bakery and fresh sliced meat, it’s truly like stopping at Grandma’s house for lunch.

Fully licensed, the Vinyl Rock Café is open week days from 7am until 11pm, later on Friday and Saturday nights and 11am to 11pm Sunday.

Starting December 5th, the café will feature live entertainment in an open-mike format.

Contact Alex at alexzaichkowski@gmail. com for more information or call 780470-0744.

Occupying the signature space of the Bruin Centre is the Blue Rare Steak & Bar. After extensive renovations, the restaurant sparkles with brand new carpeting, paint and furniture. Blue Rare

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The restaurant serves Sterling Silver Beef, which is among the top 10% of Alberta AAA beef. All the New York and filet steaks are cut in-house. The diverse menu features a unique Bison Filet, in-season Ahi Tuna, lamb, ribs and sea food. A highlight of the lunch menu is burgers made from the trim of filet, ground fresh daily. The Blue Rare Steak & Bar’s chef, with stints in the Cruise ship industry and some of London’s finest restaurants, insists on only fresh ingredients, creating much of the menu from scratch.

The lounge and restaurant are available for private functions; contact Pankaj at 780-460-6602 for more information or reservations. The Bruin Centre is located at the corner of Perron and St. Anne Streets; free parking is available at the rear.

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It’s Time to Simplify!

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Want to make St. Albert a friendlier place to live, shop and do business? Let’s commit to reducing complexity and red tape.

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Ask why 5 times; avoid arguing with customers!

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and checklists to help you see complexity, then eliminate any steps that you can first, consolidate next, and as a last resort, automate.

Drives customers away; turns loyal customers into former customers (e.g. a loyalty program that is difficult to use).

Keeps them coming. Basic customer idea that delivers real value for end-users (e.g. a grocer’s “Make Your Own Coupon” promotion).

Reduces product and process reliability; increases chances of failure (e.g. electronics with way too many features; complicated product return processes; software with too many options; Android-based phones?)

Customers are surprised at how easy it is to use (e.g. hassle free product returns offered by Vortex Optics; donating to the St. Albert Food Bank; Apple Phones).

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Increases costs; more checking required (e.g. all kinds of over-complicated forms, accounting schedules, application forms, warranty processes).

Mutual trust (e.g. Nexus pre-clearance system at Airport).

DReduce the number of products

Increases the time it takes to get things done (cycle time) (e.g. inspection reports).

Design with quality-in-mind from the start. Airport check-in pre 9/11. Walmart passport photos.

Where Employees actually enjoy helping customers; returns and complaints are is your easily handled. business or Adds to bureaucracy (e.g. notices A simple map; no need for bureaucracy organization and written by lawyers to describe pipeline cover-your-butt language. routes, yet don’t include a map). at? A real person or a simple “Press zero and an Hampers communications (e.g. overdone voice Is discouraging and disengaging for employees; they want to help, but can’t understand their own company processes and procedures.

response system, press some number 15 different times).

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Decreases overall perceived “value for money” for customers.

Pleasantly surprises customers, inflating overall satisfaction.

Business strategy looks like a book report.

Business is driven by a couple of key drivers & values.

Speaks to rules and enforcement: “Our policy is that all broken products must be returned to the manufacturer somewhere in a foreign country.”

Creates memorable stories (e.g. Nordstrom’s, “no questions asked policy;” they’ve taken back stuff they didn’t even sell!).

Leads to tendency to “break the rules or change the rules” to get things done; “safety” may get ignored.

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