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:FM<I The members of local band KickupaFuss — three of which originally hail from St. Albert — are hoping to kick up a few more fans during their tenure as Band of the Month on Sonic 102.9 for January, which also includes a showcase concert on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Pawn Shop on Whyte Avenue. See story on page 18.

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That’s how many returning gold medallists from 2010 were on the Canadian men’s Olympic hockey team when the 25man roster was announced on Tuesday morning. The squad will go for gold in Sochi, Russia, at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from Feb. 7 to 23.

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A St. Albert elementary school student is hoping to draw up some success in an international poster contest. Eric Montpetit is a Grade 6 student at Neil M. Ross Catholic School, and his artwork is currently being judged against other Grade 6, 7 and 8 students from all over the world as part of the Lions International Peace Poster Contest, which could result in a first-place prize of $5,000 and a trip to the United Nations in New York City. “I’m really excited ... to go worldwide and compete against everybody else in the world,� Eric said. There are also 23 merit awards up for grabs in the contest, worth $500 each. Eric has already taken home $100 for winning the district level prize, and $300 at the multiple district level, which put his poster up against others from

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in my school,� he said. Meanwhile, Eric’s mother Kelly is equally proud, especially considering that she is an art teacher at Vincent J. Maloney Junior High School. “I’m very proud because he beat Grade 7 and 8 students. A student at my school in Grade 7 came in second,� Kelly said. “When he won at his school, that’s what he wanted to do. But then it became, ‘I want to beat Mom’s school.’� Eric said he has learned a lot from his mom over the years, but Kelly said art is something he has always been drawn to. “Both of my kids are very talented. They come by it naturally,� she said. “[Eric] has always been one of the better artists. And they’re exposed to lots; they’ve come to my school, and he’s done soapstone

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sculptures with me for years.� Eric’s poster depicts a child’s hand holding a cellphone with doves in the background. The cellphone has a map of the world on its screen, with each country represented by its flag and a peace sign behind them. “The theme was ‘Our World, Our Future,’ so I thought future [could mean] technology,� Eric said. “I drew the phone holding the world and it’s in a kid’s hand, so the world is in kids’ hands.� While Eric is hopeful about his chances of winning the big prize and travelling to New York, with students from over 100 countries participating in the Peace Poster contest, he is keeping his expectations in check. “Hope for the best, expect the worst,� he said. International winners should be notified on or before Feb. 1.

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It’s a happy ending for the family of a 14-year-old boy who was reported missing on New Year’s Day. Dylan Andres was reported missing from his home in the Forest Lawn subdivision of St. Albert on Wednesday, Jan. 1, having last been seen by his family on Monday, Dec. 30, at around 6 p.m. But St. Albert RCMP confirmed Wednesday morning that Andres was located in north Edmonton late Tuesday afternoon and was returned to his family in St. Albert. “He was located. He’s safe and he’s back with his parents,” said Const. M.J. Burroughs of the

St. Albert RCMP detachment. Police believed that Andres may have been staying with friends in Edmonton, but he had not been in contact with his mother. RCMP also said that Andres likely didn’t have a cellphone on him when he went missing, but he may have been contacting friends through social media. “We have to confirm with him and with his mom that he’s 100 per cent OK, even if we think he might be with friends,” said Cpl. Laurel Kading of the St. Albert RCMP on Monday. Rumours that Andres was found starting circulating on Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday evening, but RCMP did not confirm those reports via a press release until Wednesday.

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While festivities are being planned for Family Day in St. Albert next month, the Spirit of St. Albert (SOSA) Society won’t be part of it. After helping organize the Family Day Frostival for the past couple of years, SOSA is bowing out this year, leaving the organization of the event up to the City of St. Albert while it focuses on other events through the rest of the year. “We just don’t have the manpower this year. ... We just don’t have enough volunteers to put these events on, that’s our problem,� said SOSA chair Heather Johnson. “We’re such a small committee that we were kind of running ourselves into the ground.� SOSA is also bowing out of the Canada Day celebrations in July, also leaving those in the City’s hands. There was a $10,000 business case for Family Day festivities in the 2014 budget recently approved by city council, which went forward regardless of who organized the event.

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In years past, the Frostival has featured ice skating, shinny hockey, crafts and food. However, last year, the bulk of the activities were moved from Lacombe Lake Park to Lions Park after the ice at Lacombe Lake was vandalized and deemed unsafe for skating.

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carry forward some of the events introduced that year into the future. Johnson said that, after chair Cheryl MacKenzie left, the society thought about packing it in after last year’s River Valley Picnic, but they’ve heard so many good things about their events from people in attendance that they decided to soldier on. “We’ve had such positive feedback from the community about the picnic and the soapbox derby, so we want to continue,� she said, adding that she hopes the picnic will be easier to organize this year thanks to partnerships with local Scout troops. Such partnerships will be key to the society’s viability in the future, as will fundraising and drumming up volunteer support. “We can’t do so many events and still do a good job,� Johnson said. “We’re going to focus on the two events, and the picnic will be our big event for the year. ... We want to be able to put on free events for families, because it’s important to have events where anybody can come and participate, whether they can pay for it or not, because that’s what brings a community together.�

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Craig Pilgrim knows that a shave and fresh clothes leaves him feeling like a million bucks. Now he wants to share that feeling with seniors in the Capital Region. Over the holidays, Pilgrim, a Re/Max real estate agent in St. Albert, started up the Tighty Whities and Granny Panties donation drive on Facebook, hoping to drum up hygiene basics like underwear, socks, deodorant, razors and shaving cream for the Operation Friendship Seniors Society, which is based in Edmonton. “When you’ve come down with the flu for

three or four days, and you lay around on the sofa watching TV, you kind of feel gross. But if you get up and have a quick shave and brush your teeth, you feel like a million bucks, even it’s only for a couple of hours,” Pilgrim said. “That’s the whole concept right there.” Pilgrim said he was inspired to start collecting donations by two pieces of mail he received just before Christmas — one from OFSS, and one from the Mustard Seed in Edmonton. “It just drove home and reminded me of some of the stuff they go through,” he said, “particularly with the seniors at Operation Friendship Seniors Society. I’ve dealt with them before, volunteered with them before.” OFSS is a non-profit society that provides preventative social services and works to

improve the quality of life for residents of Edmonton and area who are over 55 years of age. “Often people are very familiar with the homeless problem, but they don’t really think of seniors being homeless,” Pilgrim said. “Really, the genesis of it was this concept of bringing awareness to the fact there are homeless seniors out there, and from there, it really evolved.” Pilgrim launched the drive on New Year’s Day, and while he’s not surprised donations have been slow, he’s excited to get some momentum started, with almost 40 likes on Facebook so far. “We’ve just started and we’ve got time,” he said. “The goal, I think I mentioned on the Facebook page, is to set up 50 seniors with the hygiene basics, the five items. But

the super, over-the-top success would be to get 100 [packages] 50 men and 50 women.” Pilgrim has already used his business connections to secure a donation of 100 tubes of toothpaste, toothbrushes and dental kits for the drive. Shopping lists are available on the drive’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ tightywhities. Drop-off bins for the drive have been set up at Re/Max offices in St. Albert (12 Hebert Rd.) and in west Edmonton (14717 40 Ave.), and Pilgrim is working on finding other drop-off locations in other parts of Edmonton and the surrounding area. For more on the Operation Friendship Seniors Society, visit www. ofss.org.

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It isn’t a new thing for Edmonton’s first responders to give from the heart when asked. A program that kicked off Tuesday simply gave them a more literal way to do so. For the 12th year, Sirens for Life has called on the city’s police, fire and EMS crews to roll up a sleeve and give blood. Setting an example for his staff was Edmonton Fire Chief Ken Block. “Fire rescue responds to life-threatening events on a daily basis and throughout your career you see a lot of people that are in dire need of blood transfusions and blood products,” said Block, who gives

every year and encourages everyone else Lori Bosko, community development who is eligible to do the same. co-ordinator for Canadian Blood Services, St. Albert RCMP Insp. Kevin Murray said donors tend to come out and give said the incident in Vegreville Monday that around the holidays but January can be put a Mountie in hospital a slower time for blood with serious injuries only banks. served to remind of the “The truth is that every need for donations. minute of every single “There’s been a number day somebody in Canada of high-profile incidents needs blood so we’re over the years, and it just hoping that this will spur @ejg% B\m`e DliiXp brings it that much closer people on that are eligible Jk% 8cY\ik I:DG to home for us, that there to donate to come down is a constant need and to the centre or to come we need to get out there and donate to down to one of our mobiles and to donate,” help save lives,” said Murray, who donates said Bosko. regularly himself and hopes the public will In past years, services in Edmonton and follow the lead of those in uniform. Calgary have indulged in some friendly

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Students in Paul Kane High School’s musical theatre program know they’ve got a tough challenge ahead of them, but they’re ready to rise up to it. The school’s production of Fiddler on the Roof opened at the Arden Theatre on Wednesday and continues to Friday, and while the subject material can be dark and a challenge to translate to the stage, everyone involved feels the hard work they’ve put in since September will pay off. “Everyone’s really excited. There’s a lot of work and a lot of commotion, but it’s feeling really, really good,� said Grade 12 student and assistant director Loreena Jans as the cast and crew ran through a rehearsal on Tuesday afternoon. Fiddler on the Roof centres on a milkman named Teyve, who, with his wife Golde, struggles to raise his five daughters in Tsarist Russia in 1905 while maintaining their Jewish religious traditions in the face of outside influences. Grade 11 student Frankie Mulder plays Golde, and she said the acting challenge the play posed prompted her to audition.

“I knew, no matter what part I got, it would be challenging. And the part I got, playing a 45-year-old when I’m only 17, it’s a challenge, but definitely one I was looking forward to,� Mulder said. “When I heard we were doing Fiddler on the Roof, I hadn’t had too much experience with the play myself,� added Grade 11 student Max Aisenstat, who plays Motel, a shy tailor. “It’s actually a favourite of my family, but I hadn’t seen it before. But I watched it, and it was a really good play. I was really excited.� It was precisely those challenges, though, that prompted director Lisa Whitson and her crew to tackle the play. “It’s such a classic. It’s such a big thing to take on, such a serious story, so it’s really interesting to get the deeper acting out of the students,� Jans said. Students have been rehearsing at least four days a week, upping that to five as they got closer to the curtain rising. “It’s been crazy intense,� said Thomas Taylor, a Grade 12 student who plays Parchik, a student revolutionary. All three of Aisenstat, Mulder and Taylor are hoping to continue on with theatre beyond high school, and they believe

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doing a fairly serious play like this that really is demanding on not just vocals or dancing or acting, but on all three, I think that looks really good.� Tickets for Paul Kane’s production of Fiddler on the Roof are $15 each and are available by calling the school office at 780459-4405.

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Barry Bailey

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Mark Stoneleigh

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Margaret Mrazek

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Active Listings: 11

Sold Listings: 13

Active Listings: 9

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Average sale price:

Average list price:

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Low $287,000 / High $390,500 Avg. days on market: 22

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Low $310,000 / High $493,000 Avg. days on market: 47

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$330,371

$373,422

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Sold Listings: 10

Active Listings: 5

Sold Listings: 13

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $419,000 / High $689,000

Low $358,000 / High $490,000 Avg. days on market: 63

$564,940

$354,150

Low $289,900 / High $1,149,000

Low $282,000/ High $535,000 Avg. days on market: 59

$493,460

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Sold Listings: 10

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$392,600

Active Listings: 12

$391,964

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Active Listings: 5

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Low $340,000 / High $573,000 Avg. days on market: 40

$486,600

$444,880

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Low $669,000 / High $669,000

Low $307,500 / High $365,000 Avg. days on market: 20

$644,543

$449,361

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MISSION Average sale price:

Low $409,900/ High $929,900

Low $382,500/ High $770,000 Avg. days on market: 47

Low $349,900 / High $529,500

Low $260,000 / High $368,500 Avg. days on market: 22

$401,840

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Sold Listings: 7

Active Listings: 15

Sold Listings: 9

Average list price:

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Low $374,900 / High $1,095,000

Low $345,000 / High $630,000 Avg. days on market: 55

Low $329,000 / High $345,000

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$337,000

$576,786

$499,111

$669,000

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Low $394,500 / High $468,900

Sold Listings: 5

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$416,600

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Soaring sales of million-dollar “dream homes� in Edmonton were among several trends that led an eight per cent increase in property sales in 2013, say local realtors. The Realtors Association of Edmonton (RAE) is reporting 17,055 residential sales last year compared to just 15,812 in 2012. There were 115 properties sold in the million-dollarplus price range, an increase of 29 per cent. “That’s an all-time record,� said RAE president Greg Steele, adding the number dwarfs the 2012 record of 87 properties sold for over $1 million. The highest-priced single family home sold for $3.4 million while the highest-priced condo sold for $1.6 million. Generally, expensive homes sold 8.7 per cent below the list price but competition saw 14 properties purchased above the list price. The RAE said two vacant lots located in Donsdale and the Hamptons were sold for $2.5 and $1.45 million, each touting “limitless development opportunities� and “majestic river views�. “It’s location, location, location,� said Steele, quoting the popular realty adage. “It’s the views that matter the most. People will pay a tremendous premium just to have something nobody else has.�

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The high sales were driven by a strong labour market, continuing low mortgage rates, and a stable pricing environment, said Steele, adding there’s no evidence that a housing bubble is affecting Alberta. “It’s been slow and steady,� he said. “With high incomes, low interest rates and good selection of homes, we have a fantastic market... The market has rebounded nicely since 2007.� First-time buyers migrated towards condos, said Steele, as people are moving from the suburbs back into

the downtown core. “The arena development is going to benefit that tremendously,� he said. Steele said the city will be a seller’s market for a short period of time as 2013 closed with 3,049 listings, the lowest number in almost five years. Listings are expected to pick up now that the “hectic holiday season is behind us,� he said. The RAE gave its projections for 2014 on Wednesday during a housing forecast seminar at the Northlands Expo Centre.

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Alberta Premier Alison Redford will “unlock huge opportunity� in India next month during a $120,000 trade mission that ends with a quick stop in Switzerland to talk economics. The provincial government wants to explore “areas of deeper co-operation� with India during the two-week mission, particularly in its heavy oil and agriculture sectors. Opening new markets is “job one� for the government, she said. “We will continue to aggressively sell Alberta to the world and this mission is a

valuable opportunity to do just that,� said Redford, who will begin the long journey to New Delhi on Jan. 9. Human Services Minister Manmeet Bhullar and Associate Minister Naresh Bhardwaj will also accompany the premier, who will officially open the Alberta India trade office during the 15day mission from Jan. 9 to Jan. 24. During the mission, Redford will sign agricultural memorandums of understanding with the Punjab and Meghalaya governments as well as tour the Sikh sacred temple Harmandir Sahib, commonly called The Golden Temple. In Mumbai, Redford will

speak at a business reception hosted by Natural Resources Canada and the Confederation of Indian Industry. She will also receive a tour of information technology giant Wipro’s global headquarters in Bangalore on Jan. 17. The trip will conclude with

a three-day stop in Davos, Switzerland, where Redford will participate in a panel during the World Economic Forum from Jan. 21 to 23 before returning to Alberta on Jan. 24. The trip is estimated to cost $120,200 including travel, accommodation and meals.

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Have you ever Googled yourself? What about your business? It’s something most of us have probably done. But the question is, were you happy with the results? In the digital age, your online presence must be carefully crafted. Whether you’re a company looking for top search result rankings or a savvy professional looking to maintain your image, an online presence can be make-it-or-break-it these days. Search engine optimization, or SEO, isn’t a new concept, but it’s one that is rapidly growing and changing the way that we do business online. While you may think it’s enough for your business to have a flashy website, it won’t do much to boost sales if no one can find it. That’s where SEO comes in. SEO refers to the process of affecting a website’s visibility and ranking in online search results. And considering that 93 per cent of internet traffic comes from a search engine, it’s a pretty big deal. So one of the first questions you may be asking is, how do I use SEO to make my website No. 1 in a Google search result? Well, SEO is simple, but not quite that simple.

If a potential customer is searching for “vacuums in St. Albert,” you won’t become the first result by repeating the words “vacuums in St. Albert” on your website over and over. In fact, search engines have become so sophisticated that they’ll recognize the quality of your content over the repetitiveness of your targeted text. Well-written, informative content will win every time. Better yet, great content will keep a customer on your page once they’ve found it. Don’t just focus on your front page, though. Before a customer clicks on your website, they’ll see your site title and something called a meta description. This description is usually 150160 characters, and should feature a clear, concise description of your company and services. A sharp meta description gives your customer a sense of what to expect on your website, and will encourage them to click through. With the addition of content marketing and social media, SEO is a seemingly endless topic, but it all comes down to skillful content writing to ensure that your customers find you online. Brittany Kustra is the Communications Coordinator for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator Society.

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Understanding the family finances from a “big picture” standpoint can be a very daunting and intimidating exercise to tackle. It seems that as we hurdle through life’s challenges, it is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day activities and roll from one bill to the next without giving much thought to an end goal. At some point, we are going to need to rely on any savings we have accumulated and if we look back later in life to find there has not been enough attention paid to stashing money away for our eventual retirement, time can be our worst enemy. Playing catchup in the savings department can be a demoralizing endeavour as we reach our golden years. With the beginning of a new year, the bills start to roll in, giving a final tally of the Christmas spending, and all eyes turn to the next big target — the RRSP contribution deadline. If your New Year’s resolution was to become more active in your

family’s finances, a great place to start would be with your Registered Retirement Savings Plan. The deadline for your final RRSP contribution for the 2013 tax year is March 3, and over the next few months, we will shed more light on this savings vehicle as we count down to the RRSP deadline. The RRSP was introduced by the Canadian government back in 1957 as a response to the impact of the baby boomers. This massive demographic has had a tremendous effect on so many things cultural and economic over the last six decades and our government was very well aware that the boomers could have a devastating effect on our retirement system when they started to retire en mass in their 60s. The pressure on our retirement pension system could be extreme without Canadians planning and saving additional dollars for their own retirement. With the pension system in place at that time, our government essentially said we’re not going to be able to take care of you, so

YOU take care of you. And they introduced the RRSP, which is one of the most generous forms of tax relief available to Canadians. And yet so few people take advantage of all this program has to offer. According to StatsCan, less than one in three eligible Canadian tax-filers contribute to an RRSP. This is a problem as the RRSP has so much to offer from a tax savings point of view. With the introduction of the Tax Free Savings Account, we now have another option for saving money for retirement, but most Canadian taxpayers should invest in RRSPs, particularly if they anticipate that their marginal tax rate will be lower in retirement than in their working years. Starting early with an RRSP is one of the best decisions you can make. Save as much as you can as fast as you can (comfortably) and the rest of your financial life will fall into place. Doug Riding BA, CFP, FMA, is a senior investment adviser with IPC Securities Corporation. www.ridingteam.ca

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