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medical equipment, the support of further innovation and on-site and community education� says Executive Director, Katrina Black. Planned Giving, which could be gifts of life insurance, cash, stocks, bequests and endowments, contributes to the funding of the programs and projects at the Sturgeon. Other donation options and alternatives are available as well, depending on your personal financial goals and personal wishes. All of the investment funds of the Foundation are professionally managed. With the Foundation for 17 years and its only full-time employee, Black is passionate and genuine about her job and the difference it can make in people’s lives. She truly believes in developing relationships, to ensure donors find the “right fit� for their donation. “I’m truly proud of the difference we have made and are continuing to make.� says Black, “Thanks to the generosity of two donor families there are educational scholarships available for staff.� The Vitaline and Cecil Rooke Educational Scholarship and the Donna (Kryskow) Toronchuk Memorial Endowment Fund are just two examples

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:FM<I Ethan Kennedy, 9, takes a big bite of watermelon during Canada Day festivities at Lions Park on Tuesday afternoon. St. Albertans were also celebrating Canada’s 147th birthday at numerous venues around the city, including the Little White School, the Grain Elevator Park, Woodlands Water Play Park and Grosvenor Pool. For more photos of local celebrations, turn to page 4.

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If Nora Furber has to stare down the Dragons once again, at least this time it will be in her own den. Furber is the owner of Monjeloco Jeans on Perron Street, and last year, she travelled to Toronto to pitch her business to a panel of the country’s leading venture capitalists on the CBC show Dragons’ Den. Now, crews from the show are coming to St. Albert to film an update on Monjeloco, which will coincide with the store’s second anniversary party on Sunday, July 13, starting at noon. “We were the ones that got away, and they’re still interested in how we’re doing. We’ve had great success, and we’re ready to share it with them,” Furber said, adding she doesn’t know if any of the Dragons themselves will make an

customers from Toronto, from appearance at the party. everywhere. For this small store, Furber filmed her episode in the concept has grown, and that’s March 2013, and was featured what we want.” on the Season 8 premiere of the And the show that fall. advice the While her store Dragons gave generated a lot her has proved of interest from valuable. the Dragons, “I still say they ultimately Kevin O’Leary couldn’t was wonderful hammer out for us. I like a deal that how truthful worked. he is, and of Since filming the show, course he’s a Furber said the smart man,” store has grown Furber said. EfiX =liY\i by leaps and “The advice Dfea\cfZf A\Xej bounds. he gave us, it was well-taken. “Our sales I’ve done some of the stuff they have more than tripled, and suggested, and it’s worked very … we have 2,000 followers on well for us.” Facebook. Our sales online have Monjeloco’s specialty is jeans been outrageous; we’re big all over Canada,” she said. “We have inspired by the beaches of Brazil

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and designed to lift and tuck in the buttocks, making them look perfectly round. The party on July 13 will also be inspired by Latin and South America, with a fashion show, a Cuban band, coffee and ice cream vendors, a taco truck, Zumba classes and so much more that Furber has convinced the City of St. Albert to close off part of Perron Street. “It’s going to be the biggest Latin party St. Albert has ever seen!” Furber exclaimed. “... It’s like we’re going to take you back to Cuba, back to Brazil.” As for the store, Furber said she has expansion on her mind, but the timing isn’t quite right yet. “I see Monjeloco Jeans being a brand where everyone will have a (pair of) jeans,” she said. Monjeloco Jeans is located at #103, 20 Perron St. Check out their website at monjelocojeans.com.

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While Cathy Truong was working at Divine Imports on St. Anne Street, she discovered that St. Albert had a farmers’ market every Saturday. She took one weekend afternoon to explore the vendors set up around the downtown and had a flash of inspiration. “It reminded me a lot of the street vendors you see while travelling through Asia,� Truong explained. “And then I thought about bringing some of the street food you would encounter in Asia to the farmer’s market and adding that international flair.� A few months after her encounter with the farmers’ market, she and her business partner Wade Ngo started their first food tent, which, in just over a year, evolved into the Lemongrass Grill food truck. Since 2012, Lemongrass Grill has been serving Vietnamese cuisine re-imagined for portable delight, like their chicken skewers on vermicelli and Vietnamese grilled subs (Truong emphasises that the sub isn’t just cold cuts but real, fresh grilled meat). Though the truck recently lost its spot at the farmers’ market, its impact on St. Albert weekends in the summer is undeniable. “Right from our first day, we had a great response from the community and it only grew from there,� Truong said. “It’s no different from bringing a new restaurant to town that become popular. So long as you’re offering something different, people are going to support you.� Bringing something different has brought another St. Albert fixture quite a bit of attention. Molly’s Eats has been making mobile gourmet food from a truck since 2011 — though owner Susan Chin has been serving food at farmers markets across Alberta for nine years — and has even been featured on the Food Network’s show Eat St. “Food trucks are the new kids on the road; we can’t do what’s already

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such as its chicken shawarma and Philly cheese steak, exclusively in St. Albert. “When we approached the city with our plans, they didn’t know what to do because there were no laws around this sort of thing. No one in St. Albert has ever done this before,� says co-owner Rayna Abu Jaib who, along with her husband Jarek and

brother A.J. Waeil, launched Dedo’s this past May. “It’s spreading though and we love the people of St. Albert and it’s why we stay.� Named after her son, Abu Jaib explains that Dedo’s success has come from simply being present in the community. She reflects on how often people browsing around will stop for a shawarma because they could smell it while passing by. Abu Jaib also points out that the transparency that comes with preparing food on a truck has its benefits. “As an owner, you want people to enjoy the food and build relationships,� she said. “Having the open food truck where people can see exactly what you’re doing and see how fresh the ingredients are helps with that.� With Molly’s Eats and Dedo’s remaining a part of the St. Albert community for the rest of the summer, and Lemongrass Grill still having its strong presence in Edmonton’s downtown (you can find them at 107 St. And 100 Ave.), food trucks remain a strong summer highlight that keeps people eating on the street. “You can change the menu and bring out something new every week,� Abu Jaib said. “You can make anything and food trucks are spreading and growing.�

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If your primary communication is email, you’ve likely noticed the sudden influx in messages from companies asking you to confirm your consent to receive newsletters. It’s all part of the federal government’s new Canada AntiSpam Legislation (CASL), which officially comes into effect July 1 and requires businesses to obtain personal consent before sending out any commercial electronic messages to customers or clients. But it’s the non-profit sector that stands to suffer the most, as newsletters are the most common way for them to obtain donations or secure membership fees. “We’ve definitely seen some nonprofits struggle through this and they’re in definite risk of having their mailing lists slashed — it could really shackle some of the organizations moving forward,� said Gregg Oldring, founder of Industry MailOut, an email service provider for small businesses and non-profit organizations. Fines for violating the law are

extravagant — to the tune of $1 million for individuals and up to 10 times that for private companies. However, with no legal precedent set, there is extreme uncertainty on exactly how these cases will be handled.

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Roller derby is taking Sharyl Rains places — quite literally. In 2011, Rains started competing in roller derby, a sport that has gained a lot of popularity in the Capital Region since the formation of local teams and leagues such as Edmonton’s E-Ville Roller Derby and the St. Albert Heavenly Rollers. Soon after she started competing, though, Rains sustained a serious concussion that kept her off her roller skates. And when she was ready to get back into the derby, she noticed she wasn’t skating as well as she used to. “I felt like I could get a lot of additional training by branching out into the United States,� Rains explained. “The sport is miles ahead from where it is here in Canada and I wanted to get a different perspective.� In April 2013, Rains started Destination Derby, which was a fundraiser to help her with her travels through the U.S. During her first trip down south, Rains was able to travel through four states and skate with five different leagues. Word caught on quickly about Rains efforts and for the second year in a row,

Rains — along with Derby Frontier blog owner Kevin Demison and Hwy 14 Roller Derby Association league manager Theothany Marie out of Wainwright — are heading back down to the U.S. for the second Destination Derby, which has more than doubled in size from last year’s. “The concept of travelling to train isn’t new; we just were able to market it,� Rains said. “We created an entity out of Destination Derby and that’s what sets it apart.� One of the participants is B’Elanna Torrid, who hails from St. Albert. Rains was able to promote Destination Derby through social media and through the Derby Frontier blog. It wasn’t long before leagues across the U.S. were contacting her, hoping that they would be a stop on her tour. This year’s trip, which starts on

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Sherri Chaba is bringing a little bit of home to the Art Gallery of St. Albert this month. Chaba’s new show, Retreat, is a massive installation with interactive elements that takes up just about the entirety of the AGSA’s exhibition space, giving visitors a glimpse into the world she has enjoyed living in the countryside for the past 30 years or so. “Retreat can be a refuge. Retreat can be a sanctuary. Retreat can be a place where people meet and discuss things or go away for a weekend, get away from it, and discuss issues together,” she said. One piece is what she calls a “tree machine,” where mirrors give a sense of infinite depth. There are wire spheres covered with magnifying glass lenses and mounted on mirrors that signify water. Another piece is a moss-covered hut, which Chaba said is representative of her own home in the country. “I live on a hill, so metaphorically, that’s where I live. ... That’s what art is; it’s a selfportrait of you,” she said. Just inside the gallery door are branches of trees that have been sawed apart and then re-attached by screws, which are mirrored by smaller pieces of wood attached by wire that cover some of the pillars in the gallery. “It’s about trying to go back and fix what

we’ve done,” Chaba said. Some of the larger elements of the exhibition are made from reclaimed pieces of wood that came either from around Chaba’s property or from a collection that her parents started. “I don’t have the heart to alter them if they’re really valuable, so I take more of the scraps, things people don’t want,” she said. Some of the elements of the exhibition have little peepholes for visitors to peer through, uncovering hidden worlds.

The exhibit took some five days to put together in the gallery, with as many as six people working on it at a time. Chaba will also be hosting an in-gallery talk on Thursday, July 24. But she said she wants to talk about ideas and how the exhibit came together, not lecture people about what her work means. “I never want to push my ideas around environmentalism to anyone. I think they’ll come to that on their own,” she said. “This is what I’m putting forth, and you can go off Photo Supplied

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and have your own dialogues.” Meanwhile, showing alongside Retreat in the vault on the gallery’s main floor is a stop motion animation film entitled Distraction of a Stationary Nature by Calgary artist Shyra De Souza. The film transforms a mundane home office into a nature scene, with stationery items coming to life in a lighthearted and humorous way to mimic insects and plants. It’s a natural fit with Chaba’s exhibition, explained interim gallery director Jenny Willson-McGrath. “Sherri is using a lot of natural objects in her work, whereas Shyra’s using man-made objects to imitate natural objects, so there’s kind of an interesting contrast there,” she said. While the AGSA doesn’t often bring in films as standalone exhibitions like this — Willson-McGrath estimated it has been four years since the last time the gallery had done so — she hopes it will be something they see more often. “It’s not that we don’t want to; it’s that they don’t come our way very often,” she said. “We’re hoping that will change now that we’re advertising (the vault) as a separate exhibition space.” Retreat and Distraction of a Stationary Nature both start today (Thursday) with an opening reception sponsored by Rockland Landscaping Supplies and coinciding with this month’s ArtWalk, and they run at the AGSA (19 Perron St.) until Aug. 2.

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A St. Albert playwright is bending time and space for his latest production. Pacific Time, written by St. Albert’s David Haas, makes its debut at the Graffiti Mix One-Act Festival, which takes place at Concordia University College in Edmonton on July 12 and 13. Pacific Time tells the story of two characters who meet in an unusual café that appears to bridge 50 years and some 600 miles. Polly, played by Leah Beaudry, is a writer in Victoria in 1964, while Grant, played by Joel Dinocola, is a young provincial government employee in Edmonton in 2014. They get to know each other over tea and the café’s famous sticky buns. “(The festival organizers) expressed a strong liking for science fiction and fantasy, and I’ve always had a liking for that (genre),” Haas said. “I’d written another fantasy play, but this was a

challenge.” Still, seeing the play come to life in the hands of the actors and director Rachel Whipple is an exciting experience. “(The characters) may have started out in your mind ... but now they’re flesh and blood up there,” Haas said, “and they may not be acting quite the way you envisioned it, but if it’s well done, they will be acting consistently with what you wrote. Every playwright has their own mental vision of a character, but what you write is always up for interpretation. And good actors will start ;Xm`[ ?XXj filling that in.” GcXpni`^_k The Graffiti Mix One-Act Festival also features three other plays: Narrator Syndrome by Nicole Companiytsev; Debt by Brittni Ann Carey; and Sprites by Zach Supina. Writing plays may be a passion of Haas’s, but it wasn’t how he paid the bills during his career. He was a practicing lawyer for 25 years, concentrating heavily on criminal law, spent 10 years in the Canadian Forces and was a professional

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While he normally works behind the scenes, Troy Funk stepped into the spotlight this week. Funk, the senior marketing co-ordinator for the City of St. Albert’s cultural services department, was honoured Monday evening with the Margaret Mooney Award for Outstanding Achievement in Administration at the 27th Sterling Awards, which were held at the Mayfield Dinner Theatre and honour the best and brightest in the Edmonton theatre scene. “It’s huge to be recognized by peers and colleagues, and for the theatre community to

take notice,” Funk said Tuesday. “It’s been 20 years of work, and there’s a great list of people who have received the award … I’m in really great company with past recipients.” The award is named after Margaret Mooney, who worked at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton from 1965 to 1998, and was also an administrator in the

University of Alberta’s drama department and one of the founders of the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton. Funk worked with her for two years at the Citadel before she retired. While the administrative work isn’t the most glamorous side of the arts, Funk said it’s still important work that deserves to be recognized. “People don’t see the work that happens behind the scenes. They see what’s on the stage, what’s on the poster, what you’re using to promote the show,” he said. “It’s part of the magic that nobody sees.”

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There’s a song about it for God’s sake. Things like that, I just think, ‘I grew up on a little farm. The odds of me (being on the cover of Rolling Stone).’ There’s just certain things that happen where I think, ‘Okay, remember where you are.’ I was in Budapest, I was literally looking out on the Danube, chatting with someone after work (on the film Spy) and that came out. I mean, you could have knocked me over with a feather.” It was actually growing up in the Midwest that helped inspire the female buddy comedy about a cheated upon and fired fast food worker – Tammy – who hits the road with her hard-drinking and horny grandmother Pearl (Susan Sarandon) determined to see Niagara Falls. McCarthy, a native of Plainfield, Ill., cowrote and co-produced the film with her husband Ben Falcone, who directs as well. “I think this woman is from where (Ben) grew up (Carbondale, Ill.) and that’s also where I went to college,” McCarthy told reporters at an earlier press conference. “That was kind of our jumping off place of, like, if you’re just stuck in this whole little tiny world of things you don’t like, how hard to you have to get hit to bump you out of your kind of vicious cycle?”

Falcone actually had a dream about six years ago about the movie’s plot and told McCarthy he was going to write it. “He says things and I say, ‘That sounds great!’” said McCarthy at the press conference. Still, McCarthy told Sun Media News Services she feels “nervous and excited” about Tammy, more than any other film she’s been in thus far given her and Falcone’s involvement. “I feel more responsible to the characters,” said McCarthy, who sat through every single audience test screening and Q&A for the first time on a film. “We were with those characters for so long, the thought of maybe somebody not liking them makes me want to go, ‘Oh, but they’re such nice people.’ Like I know that’s slightly nuts,” she said. “I’d sit there kind of slumped in the back of the theatre and (it was) brutal and exciting and rewarding and terrifying. That first (screening) (Ben and I) both were sitting there in a full flop sweat. At one point I said, ‘I think I’m going to be sick. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.’ And he was just like rubbing his head. ‘Cause you want to yell out: ‘This will be better!’ ... But I’d do it again.”

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I’ll tell you who’s bringing sexy back: It’s 44-year-old Jennifer Lopez. The thrice-divorced, newly single mother of twins is looking hotter than ever on the cover of her new album, A.K.A, in a barely-there red satin top made up of straps. “I like being sexy AND classy,� says the Bronx-raised Lopez down the line from New York City recently in a Canadian exclusive interview with Sun Media News Services. “I don’t like pushing it too far, that’s part of who I am.� Yes, Lopez believes that “women age like fine wine� quote. “It doesn’t matter if you’re in your 20s or your 40s or your 60s, we should be proud of our sensuality. We should be proud of who we are,� she says. “We don’t have to stop being a woman or stop being sexy because we’ve reached a certain age. We should embrace it more and more as we go along because to me, I feel much more in my own element now than when I did when I was in my 20s.� More specifically of the A.K.A. cover, she had a look in mind. “I had a whole vision of like Versace

’90s supermodel thing that I wanted to do,â€? J.Lo continues. “So that’s what we went for. And, at the end of the day, it’s my choice.â€? Lopez, whose first big break was as a dancer on In Living Colour in the early ’90s before she pursued an acting and singing career later that decade, is clearly comfortable with her body. And she says she doesn’t think too much about aging in the spotlight. In her mind, she really is still Jenny From The Block. “It’s funny, I don’t think about it all that much. I still feel, and I guess I operate, like you know when I first started making records (in 1999 with her debut album, On The 6) ... People do come up to me and say, ‘Oh, you’re inspiring,’ and to me, it’s always so touching‌ Also, when you’re coming up in this business, and there’s this criticism, there’s this and that, and that weighs on you a little bit. And at certain point you go, ‘Wait a minute‌ I’ve been doing this a long time. This is not a fluke! This what I do! It’s okay.’â€? There does seem to a be a ramped up confidence with Lopez on A.K.A. — which features appearances by rappers Pitbull, T.I., Rick Ross, Iggy Azalea and French Montana — and she says “this

time of growing and transformation,â€? began a few years ago. “I went on tour right after I left American Idol (in 2012 although she returned for the 2014 season and was just confirmed again for the judging panel in 2015) and right after I got (separated from third husband Marc Anthony) and it was just like a whole time of rediscovery for myself‌ And I finally feel like I’ve come out the other side and here I am, I’m stronger.â€? Meanwhile, she’s giving everything to her live performances, recently wowing a crowd at Universal Orlando Resort on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon with a stunning dance performance of the new song, “First Love,â€? in a skin-tight red sequined catsuit. “I almost broke my finger, when I went to the floor. I like jammed my finger, it’s so swollen,â€? says Lopez. Her tour plans so far have seen her perform at the World Cup Opening ceremony with Pitbull followed by only a couple of select U.S. shows. “It was spectacular, crazy energy, so surreal,â€? she says of the World Cup performance. “It was a very emotional kind of energy filled moment. I was just so glad to be invited to be along for the ride.â€?

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in the personality cult surrounding his leadership. He has maintained tight control of virtually all aspects of life after ordering the execution of his powerful uncle to crush what was termed an attempt to overthrow the authorities. More than 200,000 people are believed to be held in prison camps, but Pyongyang rejects as “fabrications� details of mass brutality set out in a U.N.sponsored report citing escapees and exiles. The foreign ministry spokesman said North Koreans regarded the life of their leader as “more precious� than their own.

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The World Cup in Brazil has proven to be best for business for a local kiosk in Edmonton. Israeli-born business owner Adom Rozenbach, 39, has had his kiosk in Bonnie Doon Mall set up since March, decked out with flags, hats and shirts in the colours of countries across the globe. Year-round sales are steady, he says, especially when it come to Philippines merchandise — specifically a pair of Philippines boxing gloves that are meant to hang from the rearview mirror of a vehicle. But with the World Cup being broadcast on television almost daily for the past two weeks, sales have spiked, says Rozenbach. The most popular nations flying off the shelves have been Chile and Colombia, respectively. “Car flags are the most popular — this is what people want come World Cup time,” said Rozenbach, who has seen two World Cups go by in his time as a kiosk vendor and admits his customers are predominately immigrants. “Canadians don’t really buy soccer. This is a business that almost strictly sells to immigrants. “Canadians like hockey and

UFC.” One of the most expensive items he carries is an aluminum replica of the World Cup trophy that tips the scales at around four kilograms. It goes for $150. But cashing in on the football craze has proven successful so far this year and it has in the past as well. During the 2012 UEFA European Championship, Edmontonians could not get enough Italy merchandise. It also helps that Italy was in the final that year, which helps reveal the true intentions of customers come soccer-season — the teams who win the most, sell the most. “Nothing sells better than Italy when they’re doing good, but they suck big time this year,” said Rozenbach, with a laugh. “But when the team is doing good, wow, people were buying like crazy. “The World Cup is a downhill event. You can make $1,000 a day when Italy beats England but after they’re out you can make zero — it really depends on how the team is doing.” But with the round of 16 just underway, Rozenbach hopes other big nations like Germany and Netherlands go far and help drive sales even further. “I cross my fingers for this two teams — they’re the two I think every retailer is hoping for.”

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regulation if used for nutrition, but if marketed to diabetics, it likely would be regulated as a medical device, according to the summary, first reported by the Apple Toolbox blog. The tech companies are likely to start off focusing on non-medical applications, such as fitness and education. Even an educational device would need a breakthrough from current technology, though, and some in the medical industry say the tech firms, new to the medical world, don’t understand the core challenges. “There is a cemetery full of efforts” to measure glucose

in a non-invasive way, said DexCom chief executive Terrance Gregg, whose firm is known for minimally invasive techniques. To succeed would require “several hundred million dollars or even a billion dollars,” he said. Google has been public about some of its plans: it has developed a “smart” contact lens that measures glucose. In a blog post detailing plans for its smart contact lens, Google described an LED system that could warn of high or low blood sugar by flashing tiny lights. It has recently said it is looking for partners to bring the lens to market. The device, which uses tiny chips

and sensors that resemble bits of glitter to measure glucose levels in tears, is expected to be years away from commercial development, and skeptics wonder if it will ever be ready. Apple’s efforts center on its iWatch, which is on track to ship in October, three sources at leading supply chain firms told Reuters. It is not clear whether the initial release will incorporate glucosetracking sensors. Still, Apple has poached executives and bio-sensor engineers from such medical technology firms as Masimo Corp, Vital Connect, and the now-defunct glucose monitoring startup C8 Medisensors. “It has scooped up many of the most talented people with glucosesensing expertise,” said George Palikaras, CEO of Mediwise, a startup that hopes to measure blood sugar levels beneath the skin’s surface by transmitting radio waves through a section of the human body. Samsung was among the first tech companies to produce a smartwatch, which failed to catch on widely. It since has introduced a platform for mobile health, called Simband, which could be used on smart wrist bands and other mobile devices. Samsung is looking for partners and will allow developers to try out different sensors and software. One Samsung employee, who declined to be named, said the company expects to foster noninvasive glucose monitoring. Sources said Samsung is working with startups to implement a “traffic light” system in future Galaxy Gear smartwatches that flashes blood-sugar warnings.

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