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Laughter and positive thinking can be good for your health A balanced diet, exercise, genetics, and even certain medications can work in concert to make a person healthy. But a person’s demeanor also can factor into personal health.

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Ice cream business heating up LEAD the

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Dean Ciampanelli, one of the partners in Street Scoops, pours a vanilla ice cream mixture into an ice cream maker at Bellerose Composite High School on Tuesday.

Vanilla will be just one of the flavours the pop-up ice cream shop — which took top spot in the City of St. Albert’s #GENYCEO contest — will be offering at two events this weekend. For more, see story, page 3.

BY THE NUMBERS

3,010 lbs.

That’s how much the world’s biggest scoop of ice cream weighed when it was created just last month by Kemps LLC in Cedarburg, Wisc. The scoop measured five feet, six inches tall and six feet, two inches wide, and was made entirely of strawberry ice cream for Cedarburg’s annual Strawberry Festival.

I scream, you scream — Dean Ciampanelli and Austin Cunningham are hoping we all scream for their ice cream.

Ciampanelli and Cunningham, both 18 and recent graduates from Bellerose Composite High School, recently won the City of St. Albert’s firstever #GENYCEO contest for young entrepreneurs and are getting ready to unleash their new venture, a pop-up shop selling handmade ice cream called Street Scoops, on St. Albert just in time for summer.

“I’m really excited. I’m a little nervous, but it’s kind of cool now that everything’s coming together,” said Ciampanelli on Monday afternoon while Cunningham was still in the Dominican Republic on a school trip. “We spent the last couple of weeks talking about what we’re going to do and how we’re going to do it, but now it’s all smoked maple bacon is delicious,” Ciampanelli coming together.” said. “It kind of turns people off when they hear Street Scoops will make its first appearance on bacon and ice cream, but once you taste it, it’s Saturday at the Big amazing.”

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Bellerose Business Saturday, Aug. 2 After that, the pair Venture last year, BLESS Log Cabin — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. will be out roughly helping prepare Thursday, Aug. 7 once a week until meals for 150 people Servus Place (Rock’n August) — 8 p.m. to midnight mid-August, either and balance the at the log cabin or books afterward.

Saturday, Aug. 9 Lions Park (Rock’n August) — Time TBD at special events Because of that around the city. experience, a food Saturday, Aug. 16 When they’re out business was a BLESS Log Cabin — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the street, they’ll natural fit when they have some of the decided to enter the standard ice cream flavours, but they also plan to #GENYCEO contest. try out a few experimental flavours.

“Austin and another member of our culinary “We’re thinking about blueberry rosemary, arts team got full-ride scholarships to NAIT’s which is delicious — we’ve made it before. And culinary program next year,” Ciampanelli said.

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Dean Ciampanelli lays out a tablecloth for the Street Scoops pop-up ice cream shop, which hits the streets of St. Albert this weekend.

“When our teacher told us about (#GENYCEO), I was like, ‘That sounds cool. I might want to do that.’ But Austin was in the back like, ‘We have to do this. We have to do this.’”

As part of #GENYCEO, Ciampanelli and Cunningham had to make a pitch in front of a panel of local business experts, including city councillor Gilles Prefontaine, Northern Alberta Business Incubator managing director Dar Schwanbeck and St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Lynda Moffat.

The advice from the panel members was invaluable.

“We had so much (good advice), it’s hard to retain all of it,” Ciampanelli said. “We had a notebook we took to all our meetings ... it’s a pretty thick notebook full of advice, and it’s only been two or three weeks.”

And the whole experience has even got Ciampanelli thinking about a career in business, something he hadn’t considered before.

“I understand why they had this whole competition, because not many kids think about going into business,” he said. “But after they have an experience like this, like me and Austin had, they think, ‘Hey, that’s cool.’”

` For more on Street Scoops and #GENYCEO, see page 23.

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Front yard makes big first impression for local business

GLENN COOK

The planting and maintenance of the front yard at Sarasota is a volunteer effort among employees, and they are Money doesn’t grow on trees, but a always looking for innovative ways to few well-placed plants and shrubs could enhance it every year. help bring in more business.

But that effort pays off in curb appeal, Sarasota Homes, both for customers located at 25 Carleton and for those who Dr. in St. Albert, work there. knows this very “It makes it well, having won the more inviting for Best Business Front customers to come Yard category two in,” Boser said. “Even years in a row in the our staff, we have City of St. Albert’s these nice benches Cultivating Front outside, and they Yards contest. enjoy on summer That’s an honour days. With the short that everyone at summer we have, we Kristin Boser Sarasota is very enjoy it and embrace Sarasota Realty proud of, said Kristin it as much as we can.”

Boser, a realtor with With St. Albert Sarasota Realty. building its brand around the botanical “Having a nice front yard just shows arts, Boser said it’s great to see the City pride of ownership, pride of working in encouraging businesses and residents St. Albert and pride in our city,” Boser to beautify their front yards through said. “It’s nice to have that recognition a program like the Cultivating Front for our pride of ownership.”

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“It makes it more inviting for customers to come in.”

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“From a business standpoint, or even residential standpoint, people are so proud of what they contribute every day, so it’s another way of showing that,” Boser said.

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Young soccer player gives SASA big assist GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A generous gift from a young soccer player will help other kids enjoy the beautiful game in St. Albert.

Last week, St. Albert Impact player AJ Heise dropped off a cheque at the St. Albert Soccer Association for $1,200, to be donated to SASA’s hardship and Impact hardship funds.

SASA executive director Melody Martyn was amazed by Heise’s generous donation and his thoughtfulness toward other soccer players.

“It’s not something you see very often.

I’m impressed,” she said.

Heise collected the money by saving up his allowance, and that amount was matched by his parents.

“It certainly says a lot about his character,” Martyn said, “and honestly, I was equally thrilled with the fact that he has himself personally had such a good experience that he was moved to do it.”

The SASA hardship fund was set up to “help fill in the blanks” for families who can’t afford the registration fees for their kids to play soccer every year.

“KidSport has a limit on what they’re able to sponsor per child, and it covers

only one season of soccer,” Martyn explained. “When I first got here, we started working with (KidSport), and we realized all these people were just not signing up for the second season. So we decided to try and figure out how to help them out.”

The SASA tried to work with Canadian Tire’s JumpStart program, but that program works directly with families, not sport organizations.

So the association started its own fund, and participants have the option of donating $5 to the fund each year when they register for the season.

“It’s soccer families helping soccer families,” Martyn said.

While she didn’t have a specific number of players or families that use the fund, Martyn said she transferred $2,700 out of the fund last season, and that amount was closer to $4,000 this season.

Meanwhile, the Impact hardship fund is meant to help cover costs for players with SASA’s Impact rep teams.

“You cover the fees, and then you’re hit with a $150 bill for track suits, shorts, socks and shoes,” Martyn said, adding that fund is usually used by two or three players a season.

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AJ Heise hands over a cheque for $1,200 — money saved from his allowance and matched by his parents — to St. Albert Soccer Association president Kevin Jones for SASA’s hardship funds.

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AGLC turns sod on warehouse

AGLC STATS

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Total liquor retailers in Alta.:

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The mood was “ecstatic� Friday morning as the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission officially broke ground on a new 534,000-square-foot distribution warehouse in St. Albert.

Officials with the AGLC, the Alberta government and the City of St. Albert attended the ceremony at the site of the new warehouse, along Boudreau Road just east of Apex Casino, saying it was a historic event that will result in faster and more effective operations. “It’s significant to our community. Not only does it bring this large economic driver to our community, but it says something about St. Albert,� deputy mayor Wes Brodhead said. “It says St. Albert is here, we’re open for business.� “It’s so very important that we were able to maintain the AGLC in our community,� added St. Albert MLA Stephen Khan, who recounted his days working at the existing main AGLC distribution facility on Chevigny Street one summer while attending university.

The new warehouse will be just blocks away from the existing facility. Several warehouse spaces are also leased throughout Edmonton.

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(L-R) Spruce Grove-St. Albert MLA Doug Horner, AGLC president Bill Robinson, deputy mayor Wes Brodhead and St. Albert MLA Stephen Khan dig in at the site of a new 534,000-square-foot warehouse for the AGLC in St. Albert, just east of Apex Casino on Boudreau Road. there are many benefits to keeping the new Those spaces will be consolidated into the facility in St. Albert. new facility, saving the province about $5 “The trucks shuttling product from one million a year in operating costs, but the warehouse to another, it’s a short trip, so Chevigny Street facility will be retained you’re not going to have any downtime or to store slower-moving products. The new wasted time trying to get over the Henday or warehouse should be open in about two and into a new area of the city,� he said. “This will a half years, and has easy access to Anthony bring that energy we’re looking for, to have Henday Drive. all the warehousing space in one location and AGLC president and CEO Bill Robinson provide that streamlined and seamless system said that, from a corporative perspective, we’re looking for.�

Meanwhile, as he serves as both Spruce Grove-St. Albert MLA and the provincial finance minister, Doug Horner had to balance his desire to see the warehouse built in a community he represents with the need to get the best deal for the Alberta taxpayer. “I’m very pleased because — and I know this from looking at the numbers — this was the best business decision,� he said.

Horner added that consumers shouldn’t see much of a difference in selection or price Not just during because of the new facility, but stores will be able to replenish stocks of popular items the summer. much quicker.

Furnaces and air conditioners are designed to work together. “The old warehouse has done very well and So if you’re thinking about done a lot of things, but it’s time,� he said. replacing your air conditioner, you can experience even The new warehouse is expected to move

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The City of St. Albert’s economic development department was heavily involved in convincing the AGLC to build in St. Albert, and Brodhead said projects like this validate the work that department is doing. “(The department) provided an environment for success to occur, and that’s what we asked (executive director) Guy (Boston) and his group to do,� he said, also pointing out that this warehouse represents eight times the historical average industrial growth in St. Albert, and will add some 440 jobs to the local economy.

Brodhead added that he hopes the AGLC project spurs on complementary development both in Campbell Business Park and in other areas, like South Riel. “This particular facility starts to bring us to the tipping point of businesses saying, ‘St. Albert is a viable player now. We need to take a look at it for all the things they bring to the equation,’� he said.

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BLESS keeps environmental education going

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“The activities have gone really well today, and the kids are loving the crafts,” she said on Monday, School may be out, but the the first full-fledged day of learning isn’t stopping thanks to programming at the cabin. the Big Lake Dyck Environmental recently Support graduated from Society. the University BLESS is of Alberta with once again a degree in putting on environmental its summer science, so education running the programs at BLESS summer the log cabin at nature centre the corner of is right up her St. Albert Trail alley. and Sturgeon “It’s very Road, with important co-ordinator (to teach kids Meagan about nature), Dyck leading especially at a volunteers in young age. If teaching kids you don’t get Meagan Dyck about plants, them interested BLESS Nature Centre birds, insects now, you’re not and the rest of going to get the Sturgeon River ecosystem. them interested later,” she said.

The programs started up last “That’s why I try to make things as week, and so far, Dyck said things educational as possible, but I also are going well. want to make sure the kids have St. Albert Leader

“If you don’t get them interested now, you’re not going to get them interested later.”

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BLESS Summer Nature Centre co-ordinator Meagan Dyck (centre) helps Luke Buchanan (left) and Noah Haney (right), both 9, create decals to deter birds from flying into windows on Monday afternoon. fun when they come here so they associate nature with fun and not with ‘gross’ or ‘scary.’”

Some of the themes that the BLESS programs will focus on this summer include birds, insects and mammals.

“I have a week that’s all about going green, so we have a recycling sorting game that we can do outside. All the crafts are using

reusable materials — something you might have thrown out, we’re going to decorate and they can keep it,” Dyck said, adding that she’s also working on a theme week centred on nocturnal animals for later in the summer.

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OPINION

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o Edmonton city council created a bit of a buzz this week by approving a pilot project for urban beekeeping. But could this be a honey of an idea for St. Albert as well?

Edmonton city councillors voted on Monday to start granting permits for urban beekeeping this summer. Many similar projects

by Glenn Cook already exist in major cities across North America, and proponents are hoping to produce their own honey and beeswax, to increase pollination and to boost a bee population that has been decimated by pesticides and other mysterious plagues over the past few years.

With Edmonton on board now, though, perhaps urban beekeeping is something St. Albert now needs to take a look at.

The most compelling argument for backyard bees comes from the City of St. Albert itself in the form of the botanical arts brand that it adopted a couple of years ago. The shrubs and flowers and trees that have cropped up in support of that brand are very pretty and all, but they are not sustainable without the hard work that bees do in pollinating those plants.

Some might point to the increased risk of stings that would surely come along with an increased number of bees. But the experts who spoke to Edmonton city council this week said bees get a bad rap from other, more aggressive yellow-and-black insects. They also had swarm plans, epipens at the ready and millions of dollars in liability insurance as they ran practice hives. For every urban beekeeper to have that kind of protection on hand is a little unrealistic, but if both beekeepers and those with allergies are responsible, everyone should be fine.

Of course, St. Albert has other issues on its plate. A new animal bylaw — which was rather contentious when it was finally passed last April — comes into effect this September, and higher on the list of priorities at the time was the possible regulation of backyard chicken coops. There likely wouldn’t be much of an appetite among city councillors to revisit that bylaw to consider bees, lest they get stung.

Still, once Edmonton’s pilot project wraps up, St. Albert should take a good look at the findings and see if bees would be feasible here.

EDITORIAL

Last Week: Red Willow Park

The saga of getting a stuffed rabbit home safe

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onestly, I don’t know what it was about the stuffed rabbit that made me stop and take notice. But, given what happened in the day or two afterward, I’m glad I did.

It was one afternoon in the middle of June that I was walking from St. Albert Place back to the Leader office when I passed the Keys for the City piano outside Cranky’s Bike Shop and happened upon the rabbit. It’s brownish-grey body stood out just enough from the turquoise of the piano to catch my eye.

I remember walking by, wondering what to do, then doubling back to take a photo of the rabbit. I debated picking it up and taking it back to the office with me for safekeeping, but

Glenn

COOK Leader editor My City ultimately decided against it for fear someone would come back looking for it. I had stuffed animals of my own growing up, and I know how attached I was to them.

I know that, if it was a fiveyear-old me who came back to find it gone, I would be devastated, and I didn’t want to chance that.

I got back to the office and posted the photo on Twitter and on Facebook, hoping to harness the power of social media to find the rabbit’s owner quickly.

Unfortunately, it moved a lot slower than I had hoped

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— that is, until the Twitter account @lostteddybear picked it up and spread it out to its more than 8,000 followers all over the world.

One tweet that sticks out in my mind, though, was from @ChikoryORiley, who said, “Please don’t leave it there. Take it somewhere safe!!! The general public can’t be trusted!!!” It struck me as a dangerous stance to take, one that — though likely reinforced through experience — could really do a whole lot more harm than good.

In the end, though, the fine folks at Cranky’s took the rabbit in and, by the end of the next day, the rabbit was reunited with its owner.

I don’t exactly know why I keep thinking about that rabbit, though. As I

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mentioned before, maybe it’s because of the stuffed animals I had as a kid and knowing how devastated I would be if I lost one of them. Maybe it was because, at the time, I was reading a book about the creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which prominently features the relationship between a young boy and his stuffed tiger.

But I think what was most heartening was to see people — from those on Twitter and Facebook to those at Cranky’s — work together to bring the rabbit home to its owner. It’s an example of the amazing sense of community that exists in St. Albert, and a heartening bit of good news in a world that often feels bogged down in negativity.

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Grey Nuns White Spruce Forest Management Plan

Downtown Engineering Design Principles

Erin Ridge Drive TrafďŹ c and Parking

Water Conservation Bylaw

BACKGROUND

City council voted to receive as information the Grey Nuns White Spruce Park Management Plan, a report that summarizes the Grey Nuns White Spruce Park project including the project’s Advisory Committee’s management plan.

City council voted to amend the current Downtown Engineering Design Principals to be more in line with the city’s Urban Design Guidelines and eliminate the inconsistencies between the two guiding documents.

City council voted to receive as information the Erin Ridge Drive Traffic & Parking Mitigation: Implementation Strategy, which is part of the overall development of the Erin Ridge area and includes bylaws, policies, and capital costs.

City council voted on whether to continue work on a Water Conservation Bylaw. Though City administration presented findings to city council and recommended against a Water Conservation Bylaw, some members of council still wished to see a bylaw in place.

THE VOTE

CROUSE . . . . . . . . . .

BRODHEAD . . . . . . .

HERON. . . . . . . . . . .

HUGHES . . . . . . . . .

OSBORNE . . . . . . . .

PREFONTAINE . . . .

MacKAY . . . . . . . . . .

CROUSE . . . . . . . . . .

BRODHEAD . . . . . . .

HERON. . . . . . . . . . .

HUGHES . . . . . . . . .

OSBORNE . . . . . . . .

PREFONTAINE . . . .

MacKAY . . . . . . . . . .

CROUSE . . . . . . . . . .

BRODHEAD . . . . . . .

HERON. . . . . . . . . . .

HUGHES . . . . . . . . .

OSBORNE . . . . . . . .

PREFONTAINE . . . .

MacKAY . . . . . . . . . .

CROUSE . . . . . . . . . .

BRODHEAD . . . . . . .

HERON. . . . . . . . . . .

HUGHES . . . . . . . . .

OSBORNE . . . . . . . .

PREFONTAINE . . . .

MacKAY . . . . . . . . . .

“The Grey Nuns White Spruce Forest is the natural remnants of the original forest that was here before the city was developed and is one of the most signiďŹ cant spruce forests in North America. Council designated this area as a heritage site and made it a priority to sustain.â€?

“The downtown area [of St. Albert] is essentially completely built out.

Any further development will be considered in-ďŹ ll developments... We need increased exibility in the Downtown Engineering Principles.â€?

“We’re looking for the most effective mix of mitigation measures ďŹ nalized by [city] engineering and to see implementation start this year.â€?

“I feel there is a misunderstanding about the abundance of water and there not being a need for conservation measures... The cost of water treatment is going up and our daily water demand could affect our infrastructure plans... There are bylaws required for some behaviours.�

NOTABLE QUOTES

– Margo Brenneis, community recreation co-ordinator

WHAT’S NEXT FEEDBACK

— Greg Pearson, engineering manager

“People are moving out of rural areas and into urban. It’s coming to St. Albert and we need to be ahead of it.�

– Carol Bergum, director, planning and development

“The unnecessary mitigations are being put in place because of a school allocation that serves no purpose other than political gain.� – Murray Lambert, Erin Ridge Resident Action Committee

— Cathy Heron “I think education can be just as effective... I don’t think residents are being purposefully wasteful.�

— Cathy Heron

— Cam MacKay

The Grey Nuns White Spruce Park Management Plan will be used as the guiding document to develop an implementation plan, which allocates city resources for the project, and to seeking out funding sources outside of the city’s finances to be presented in 2016.

The proposed amendments will be added to the Downtown Engineering Design Principals and city administration will begin developing downtown specific engineering standards.

Council will vote Aug. 14 on whether staff will conduct a public engagement campaign for residents to respond on the implementation strategy before any of the outlined recommendations move forward.

City administration will revisit the drafting of a water conservation bylaw and will work to implement water conservation policies for the corporation of the City of St. Albert.

“[The Grey Nuns White Spruce Park Advisory Committee] is a committee that has provided great leadership... I’ve heard a great deal about the technical expertise and the depth that went into this plan.�

“Let’s not fool ourselves...

This is a subsidy to developers. I generally don’t support hand-outs to developers when they come to council.�

“Why does Eldorado Park [the school allocation site] not have the same green space designation as any other park?�

“It’s not about punishing gardeners and breaking into old homes. It’s about not waiting for a crisis to do something about water conservation.�

— Mayor Nolan Crouse

— Cam MacKay

— Rob Paholek, Erin Ridge resident

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Cop charged with assault GLENN COOK

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A St. Albert RCMP officer is facing an assault charge after an on-duty incident late last year.

On Wednesday, July 2, Const.

Chris Wilcox was charged with one count of assault, which stems from an incident that occurred on Nov. 17, 2013, involving a civilian who was in custody at the St. Albert detachment.

Wilcox will remain on active duty until the charge against him is resolved. His first appearance in St. Albert provincial court is scheduled for Sept. 15.

Once the court process has concluded, an internal RCMP Code of Conduct investigation has been ordered.

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GLENN COOK

industries.

Over the course of the meeting, Rathgeber said he heard that Fast-food customers in St. Albert sectors that employ low-skill TFWs could see a drastic reduction in were struggling to find enough service thanks employees to changes before a new to the federal 10 per cent cap government’s on TFWs was temporary announced, and foreign worker it will be even program, harder-pressed according to the to fill all their local MP. vacancies now, Edmontonwhich could St. Albert lead to cutbacks independent in hours and MP Brent service.

Rathgeber “It is quite met with conceivable ... numerous local that both Tim businesspeople Hortons and who use the McDonald’s TFW program may not be able on Thursday, to operate any July 3, at the of their stores Brent Rathgeber St. Albert 24-7,” Rathgeber Edmonton-St. Albert MP and District said, adding that Chamber local franchisees of Commerce, including have turned down opportunities to representatives from the fast food, expand. “It is likely that McDonald’s health care and construction will close from 2 to 4 p.m. and from St. Albert Leader

“Increasing wages just causes you to steal people back, which causes problems for somebody else.”

10 p.m. to 4 a.m. ... That’s both the drive-thru and the restaurant.”

Plus, he said, the current human resources shortages create a vicious cycle for employers that will only get worse.

“When you’re supposed to have 20 people on a shift but you’re operating with 17 or 15 because you can’t find the people, that breeds more unemployment as even domestic workers get overworked and frustrated,” Rathgeber said.

Other changes announced late last month were more rigorous screening to determine a business’s need for foreign workers; stronger enforcement; and tougher penalties for offenders.

In the health care sector, Rathgeber heard that institutions weren’t in danger of closing, but they are very concerned about patient care in long-term care and seniors’ facilities. “(They want to) make sure the seniors that reside in these residences are properly cared for, properly checked on, have properly received their medication on time,” the MP said. “All of that is compromised when an institution

Leader file photo

After meeting with local business owners, Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber said cutbacks in fast-food restaurant hours are “conceivable.” like that is short-staffed.”

Meanwhile, the construction industry won’t be hit as hard, as they are hiring what are considered high-skilled workers, but the changes will have an effect.

“General labourers, people that walk around construction sites picking up scrap metal, that’s unskilled (labour), so they could be affected,” Rathgeber said.

While Rathgeber heard a lot about problems during the roundtable session, he remained convinced both that the recent changes are a political play designed

to win seats for the Conservative party in southern Ontario and that the only solution is allowing more permanent immigrants into Alberta.

“We have to increase the pool (of workers), because as long as it’s a finite pool, increasing wages just causes you to steal people back, which causes problems for somebody else,” he said, adding he would bend Employment Minister Jason Kenney’s ear when he has the chance over the summer at various festivals like the Calgary Stampede and K-Days in Edmonton.

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The next mail delivered to 20,000 customers might be about how they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be getting mail to their door anymore.

Sherwood Park and St. Albert postal codes of T8A and T8N will be switching to community mailboxes next summer, and residents will be receiving information as well as a mail in survey.

The kit will have information on how customers can state priorities and preferences for the new mail delivery method.

Of those, 8,626 addresses are in Sherwood Park, including 99 businesses; and 9,951

addresses are in St. Albert, including 148 business addresses.

Canada Post says so far, similar surveys since the 2014 conversion process started has been valuable to plan and choose locations.

According to Canada Post, no regular full-time or part-time employees are losing their job. Instead, the workforce will shrink by 8,000 positions through attrition as people retire.

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GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Halloween may be a few months away, but local storytellers — including one from St. Albert — want to send a shiver up your spine this weekend.

The Spine Tingling Tales festival, supported by The Alberta League Encouraging Storytelling (T.A.L.E.S.) returns for its fourth year on Friday and Saturday on the steps of the mausoleum of the Edmonton Cemetery (11820 107 Ave.), with eight storytellers spinning yarns designed to chill listeners to the bone, even on a hot summer night.

One of those storytellers is Kerry McPhail, a St. Albert resident and drama teacher at Leo Nickerson Elementary School, who says this festival really takes her out of her comfort zone.

“I don’t even watch scary movies!” said McPhail, who got into storytelling thanks to volunteering to entertain kids at the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival for 15 years. “My mother was like, ‘You’re telling stories

where?’ She couldn’t believe I was telling stories in a cemetery. She’s like, ‘Who are you and what have you done with my daughter?’”

This is the second year that McPhail has been involved in Spine Tingling Tales. She also serves as co-producer and hostess of the festival, with the latter role giving her a chance to set the mood for the evening.

“I don’t talk too much, but I’ll be introducing the pieces and saying a bit about each teller and little bit about their story,” she said. “We want to keep it really simple and showcase the stories more.”

McPhail also runs a company called T.I.E. (Theatre in Education) Dynamics, which helps brings drama and traditional storytelling into classrooms.

Spine Tingling Tales is the brainchild of Stephanie Benger, who first put it on after meeting another storyteller at a retreat who was putting on a similar event in Wainwright.

“She was very persuasive, so after all this, she said, ‘You should start one of

these in Edmonton.’ And I thought, ‘That’s a great idea! Why hasn’t anyone done this before?’” Benger said with a laugh.

But it seems the idea was a solid one — even though the attendance has fluctuated based on weather conditions at the time, it has been pretty strong over the last three years.

“We got a very good turnout (one year), over 100. In other years, it’s been closer to 50, but those are years when the weather was as horrible as you can imagine,” Benger said, adding she is also grateful to the City of Edmonton for their permission to hold the event on the steps of the cemetery’s mausoleum, which she said is an “absolutely perfect” setting for it in spite of the periodic rain.

The stories start at 8:30 p.m. each night, although attendees are encouraged to meet 20 minutes at the main gate of the cemetery to be safely ushered in. Guests are also encouraged to bring a lawn chair, weather-proof clothes and a flashlight. Admission is $20 at the gate.

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Montgomery feels the love on Amazing Race BILL HARRIS Sun Media News Services

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Olympic gold medallist Jon Montgomery is back as the host of The Amazing Race Canada Tuesdays on CTV.

The Amazing Race Canada is a form of “daily affirmation” for host Jon Montgomery.

“The competing racers are out there all day long, just crushing themselves physically, mentally, and when they see me, when they finally see this ginger dude standing on a mat, this pale kid reflecting sunlight, their day is over,” Montgomery said with a laugh.

“All they have to do is get to me. And they’re so overjoyed.

“They always want to hug me and high-five me. And they’re gross and sweaty and covered in crap sometimes.

But it’s really wonderful that people would be so happy to see you. And I have to disappoint only two people (one team) per day, which is way less than in real life. In my real life, my dog always is happy to see me, and everyone else maybe less so.

“But in the show, they’re always like, ‘Jon! We love you!’ It’s daily affirmation, albeit with a dwindling number of teams as the season progresses.”

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Of course, when I’m at home I don’t talk like I do on TV all the time. That would be annoying. But I hope people see real passion for Canada and a real sense of, maybe, coaching. I want to get the best out of these racers. And as for the active role I have in the show, where Phil (Keoghan, host of the U.S. version) describes it, I show it. So that inherently always will be me, and it’s a fun way to personally participate in these challenges.”

On a patriotic note, Montgomery agrees how incredible it is that our country has the varied geography to accommodate a show such as The Amazing Race Canada, all within its borders.

“The crazy thing about filming the show is, Victoria is home for me now, but when we were out on the East side of the country, and you think about the geography that exists between those two points, I still feel very, very, very much at home,” Montgomery said.

“The attitudes are the same. The accents are different, but the people genuinely feel like Canadian folks, like brothers and sisters. Everything in between, we proudly can call ours. That realization is pretty profound.”

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“Last year I was just sort of in survival mode,” Montgomery said. “I didn’t really have any clue what was going on around me, and I was just trying to find my rhythm and my own voice. That’s continuing, of course.

I’m trying to get better and hone this new craft. But this year I was able to understand a little bit better how it all works conceptually. Because this thing is a juggernaut.

“As an athlete and as a person who strives for excellence in washing the dishes or cutting the lawn, if I was going to do this then it’s important to do it well. So going back and watching the first season, I definitely saw areas that I want to improve on, but also I saw areas that I felt like, ‘OK, that was genuinely me.’ Those are the moments I will hold onto, and the other moments, I will continue to work to make more ‘me.’

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Real estate market stays white hot Steele said that prices are up but have plateaued and should remain fairly stable for the rest of 2014.

Real estate listings are up in Edmonton “As a result, people who bought their home but sales are up even higher, says the Realtors at the peak have a reasonable expectation of Association of Edmonton (RAE). getting the same price that they paid when Greg Steele, RAE president, says residential they sell their home,” he said. sales in Edmonton are up 9.6 per cent over “This has released some pent-up inventory last year, with 11,595 properties sold on the and listings this year are up substantially Multiple Listing Service over last year, almost 10 (MLS) in the first half of per cent, so it’s on par.”

2014 compared to 10,556 Duplex and row house sold by the end of June sales are also up 1.6 per 2013. cent over 2013 with an Overall, residential average price of $343,198. sale prices are up 4.6 per Condominium sales cent on average from the didn’t fare as well, with same time last year, with the average sale price single-family detached down 1.7 per cent to homes selling for an $254,182. Steele said the average of $435,534, only increase in new condo slightly down from the developments in the city historic peak price of is “putting pressure on Greg Steele $438,506 set in May. existing retail stock.”

Realtors Ass’n of Edmonton And so far this year, With higher sales, the RAE says construction total inventory up for has started on 2,357 new single-gamily units, grabs is down from last year. The average a seven per cent increase over last year. The number of days on market for a residential average price of a new house is up six per property is 41 days, down from 47, which cent from last April to $553,139. means good properties are selling “usually “The combination of more sales and within a couple of weeks.” higher prices means that the total value of Overall, Steele said RAE is optimistic for residential sales through local MLS is up over the rest of 2014.

15 per cent to $4.2 billion so far this year,” “We have a lot of inter-provincial said Steele. migration to Alberta so a lot of people are “The total value of non-renewable coming here looking for opportunities and resource revenues this year as reported based on their budget and qualification by the provincial government was $9.6 levels, they want to get the best possible real billion. Residential real estate sales are on estate transaction,” he said. par to match that value just considering “The income levels of the people moving to Edmonton’s sales alone. That’s substantial.” the province are very, very good.”

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WestJet plans to add wide-body aircraft by fall 2015

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – WestJet Airlines Ltd, Canada’s No. 2 carrier, said on Monday it planned to fly its own wide-body planes as early as the autumn of 2015 and was in advanced stages of sourcing the long-haul aircraft, a move that may heat up competition with larger rival Air Canada.

WestJet, which launched its first transAtlantic service to Ireland this summer with its existing fleet of narrow-body planes, said international expansion was the natural next step in its evolution.

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Tuesday, compared to WestJet will likely select Boeing 787s, with Thomas Cook, which provides two the airline said it was talking to plane one week prior. For to keep a common manufacturer for its Boeing 757s. makers and lessors. information only.

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BRITTANY KUSTRA Special to the Leader

For the past several weeks, the Northern Alberta Business Incubator team has been working on a very special project. Although we regularly provide business coaching to small business owners, our recent clients are quite a bit younger —and more excited — than many of the entrepreneurs we meet.

That’s because we teamed up with the City of St. Albert to mentor the winners of the #GENYCEO program! Earlier this year, high school applicants were asked to submit an outline of a tourism-based business they would like to turn into their summer job. From a selection of applications, the winners were Dean Ciampanelli and Austin Cunningham, two students enrolled in the culinary program at Bellerose Composite High School. Their idea for a gourmet ice cream pop-up, Street Scoops, was chosen as the the best of the bunch.

We’ve been meeting with Dean and Austin to develop a clear business plan and the logistics for running an ice cream business. The two are excited about the project and they clearly know their flavour combos. With a bit of steering from our team of business advisors, they’re almost ready for launch day this

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won’t work, and could backfire. “It could be interpreted as a ploy to take attention away from a less-than-stellar employment history or Think again about bringing coffee and less-than-truthful information on the resumé.” donuts to your summer job interview, or Career coach Daisy Wright says that sending a bouquet of fresh flowers the next competition for jobs is a reality, “but those who day. Think again about working for free. take an unconventional approach to stand In this competitive economy, desperate out, those who take the road less travelled, times require desperate measures, but beware those who acquire the skills that are needed in your tactics. Being memorable is key, but make today’s workplace, will still be one step ahead.” sure it’s in a good way!

Forget the gifts Job seekers are resorting and instead do your to new ways to get the research. “Go beyond the attention of potential company’s website. Track employers, says career down current and former strategist Wayne Pagani, employees. Arm yourself of developcareers.ca. with information that “There may be times your competitors wouldn’t when doing something have. Find ways to outlandish or over the articulate your findings in top can be effective but conversations, including they are few. Possibly your resume, cover letter, interviewing for certain and during the interview.” entertainment roles, or Also if you are thinking applying to become a of grabbing attention by mascot for a media outlet working for free, “this Stephanie Clark might be times to create gives an opportunity Career expert a wow approach to get an to demonstrate some employer’s attention.” of the skills required by While there are beneficial ways to stand out the position. It becomes a shop before you and also detrimental ways too, if you want the buy approach,” says Wright. However, some job, then keep it simple. Do your homework, companies won’t do it because of the legalities, and go with the basics and build a relationship and the controversy with paid and unpaid with the employer, Pagani says. internships continues to swirl.

According to career expert Stephanie Clark, “I would discourage offering to work for “I have heard stories of this type of tactic free as a potential candidate for a position working occasionally, although it’s not a tactic in order to get a foot in the door,” says that I endorse. The success of bringing donuts Pagnati. “Many of us, either consciously would be limited. Most hiring practices/ or subconsciously are prone to have a view recruiting standards demand transparency — about price value perception. If a candidate is that is, no favouritism. There’s no hiring form voluntarily offering to work for free to prove that has a check box for gifts brought to the their worth, this could raise a red flag as the interview!” hiring manager may question their ability to Clark, of newleafresumes.ca, says trying fulfill the actual qualification needed for the to stand out with tactics that are unrelated role. Doing so may potentially also lead the to your skills and ability to do the job mostly candidate to be taken advantage of.”

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