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Chief Warrant Officer Tony Batty, a St. Albert resident and Regimental Sergeant Major for the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), stands next to an armoured vehicle outside the front doors of the LdSH(RC) headquarters at CFB Edmonton. On Friday, Batty will be in Ottawa to receive the Order of Military Merit from Gov. Gen. David Johnston. See story, page 16.

BY THE NUMBERS

18 million That’s how many poppies the Royal Canadian Legion estimates are distributed across Canada and overseas every year during the Poppy Campaign, along with 70,000 wreaths, crosses and sprays.

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Two people who have significant ties to St. Albert have been recognized among the best and brightest young professionals the Capital Region has to offer. Last week, Avenue Edmonton unveiled its annual Top 40 Under 40 list, which included Dan Davidson, lead singer of the band Tupelo Honey and founder of Hands Up! Music and Hands Up! Records, and Kendall Barber, cofounder of custom shoe company Poppy Barley. Davidson, 30, graduated from St. Albert Catholic High School, and said it was a pretty cool feeling to be included in such illustrious company. “It’s definitely an amazing resumé piece,” he said. “It’s an honour to be up there with some of these people. In the past, I’ve known a few people who have won it, really infleuntial people and people I really look up to and respect, so it’s pretty amazing to be considered one of them.” Meanwhile, Barber, 32, spent a good chunk of her childhood in St. Albert before starting up Poppy Barley in 2012 with her sister, Justine. “When I look at the people that are standing up there next to me or people in past issues, there are a lot of people that I really admire in this city, so from that perspective, I’m really honoured to be part of that group,” she said. “The other part of me is just like, there’s so much more to do. I feel like we’re just getting started.” Barber added that it was a surprise when she found out she had made this year’s list. “I had no idea I was nominated and that I was going to be a winner. And then you had to keep it a secret for a few months,” she

Kendall Barber Poppy Barley co-founder

“It’s an honour to be up there with some of these people.” Dan Davidson Tupelo Honey

CLUB ` Pair of St. Albert natives highlight local list of young movers and shakers said. For Davidson’s part, he isn’t sure who nominated him for the honour, but said “it was an awesome email or phone call to get out of the blue.” And he added that recognition like this makes all the work he has been doing — both writing songs with Tupelo Honey and guiding younger artists through his production company and record label — worthwhile. “Sometimes a lot of the hard work I put in is on the developmental side; sometimes

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it’s just good karma stuff, trying to get young artists off the ground,” said Davidson, who estimated he has helped secure grants worth more than $250,000 for local bands over the past two years. “So it’s nice to know all the years I’ve put in, all the things I’ve accomplished and am trying to do, are being noticed.” While the award honours what they’ve done in the past, both Barber and Davidson are focused on what’s ahead. Poppy Barley is expanding quickly — the company plans to

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It was a bad day to be a pumpkin on Saturday at Seven Hills as the BAM! youth group held their second annual Smash ’n’ Bash event, employing numerous methods of destroying old jack-o’-lanterns. Clockwise from top left: Cole Maunder, 10, rolls a pumpkin down the hill toward a target; Ava Pereira, 6, and her dad Scott get ready to ing a pumpkin out of a giant slingshot to its doom; contestants get down and dirty during the pie-eating contest; Paul Kane High School science teacher Michael Ng blows the lid off a jack-o’-lantern using calcium carbide and water, which produce ammable acetylene gas when mixed together.

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PATRICK DRAPER

X St. Albert’s city manager ready to crunch the numbers as budget deliberations set to get underway Right now, we’re looking at a 3.3 per cent property tax increase. Are you satisfied with that?

In recent years, the City has had an increased focus on RMR (repair, maintain and replace) in its budgets. Are we starting to reap the rewards of that thinking?

We’re very fortunate in St. Al A be bert r tha rt hatt we w ’rre ex expe peri rien enci cing ngg growth. We have new resideentts mo movi ving ng her e e, e aand nd nnew ew busi bu sine ness s es moving here, annd in 201 0 5, tthe heyy wi willll ppay ay prop pr oper erty ty ttax axes es for the firstt ti time me.. So tthe hey’ y’re re not inn ou o r base bud udge gett re reve venu nue. e. And thr hrou ough gh cou ounc n il policy, we take that new reeve venu nue, e, tthe hee firs rstt ye y ar it it co come mes me es in, inn, an andd we w allocate 25 pe perr centt ooff it to of offs fseet fs et som omee off tthe he infl flat atio tio iona nary na ryy cost co stss on o thee cur urre rent nt ttax ax bbas ase. e … So it eend ndss upp beiingg a ver ey respon resp re onsi s bl si blee bu budg d et dg bbeeca caus usse we’r ’re able Meanw while, Edmon o ton to kkee to eepp th ee thee basic homeoowners aree looking at a 5.3 propper erty ty ttax increas asse per cent en increase. Is it a point of downn ttoo a mo do m re pride that St. Alb l ert is keeping its reason rea onabble le amoun moount.

Co Council is fully supportive of the notion of looking at your existing assets — before you consider anything new, what do you have? … What it means from a resident’s standpoint is that the city is in a good state of repair; we’re not allowing it to degrade. The last thiingg you o want to do is let your roads and sidewalks really go go, becaaus use whhen e you ou havee too ove verh rhau aull th them em,, it’s a lot more expensive to keep somethinng in a goo oodd sttat atee off rep epai air. r.

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increaases ases se lower loweer than lo thhan a the the rest resst of the reegion?? 3.2 or 3.3 peer cennt iss a rea easo s na so nabl be bl range, especcia i llly in in an ec econ o om on omyy like wee’re in here r in Albe re Albe bert rta, a where unempployym meentt iis so low and n construuctionn cos o tss aarre os re ver eryy hi high gh.. Our gh O ur Ou cost off re recruiting ngg is high higher er ttha han it might be be if it was asn’t su s ch a rred ed-hot markett. Sometiimees Last year’s increasee was onl nlyy 11..2 you endd up per cent, but City s ta t a ff h hav ave av e allways paying a little warned that keeping g i in c cr ea a s se s bit morre too artificially low one yye year a mig ar ightt lea ight ead ad find some m bo me b dy becausse to a spike the next yyeear ar. Is ttha hatt that’s whaat happening at all thiis ye year ar?? the mark rket rk et Over the last three yeaaarrs, s wee ha havee gon o e (dictatees)). i in n and a n identified increm m e ntal nt a rev e enue en ue So all thhiing n gs oppo op p rt po rtun unit itie iees th t at are not ppro rope pert rtyy ta taxe x s. xe taken inntoo We h ad s i t uation n s w wh e re r e some so me e o f our ou r consideer erattio erat ion, n, n, fees were not up to regggiionnall sta fe tand and ndar arddss. ar it’s a pre rett re ttty We had i nsta ns tanc nces es w her r e we e mayb ybe e had ha ad responsi sibl si ble ble mo o re cap c apac a ity y in some e fa f a cili ci li liti i tie ti e s; ; m more o re e range to be in in . sh s at the shows the AArd rdeen Theeeaaatre re,, fo for exxam ampl plee. Soo we iden iden ent ntified tified a whole whhol ole se seri riees es of of neew revvenue opppo re port rtun unit unit un ities iti ies that ie that w wer e en er en’t ’t property taax-r -reelated. el … As we ge g t into to this year’ss bu budget budg e , we’v ’ e id identi tifie fieed a lott of tthe lo he loow w-han -hhangi ging ing ng fruit ruuit it,, so s w wee do don’ nt have ha ve as muc much roo oom m to to raise fee feess be beca beca caus usee us we’ree al we’r we alre read adyy in the the rran ange an ge we we shhou ould ldd be att re rela lative ve to the region. A lot of the cost-savvin co ingg opportunities where we could findd ef fin effic ficie iencies, we’ve found. And we’re requ re quir i ed by policy to bring forwarrd a bbudget bu dget with no service changes. Soo the h opportunities t it itii for f a little lilitt ttll extra t revenue and extra savings are diminishing.

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98% say St. Albert still a great place to live

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

St. Albert is still a great place to live, according to the results of a new survey released this week. On Monday afternoon, St. Albert city council received the findings of this year’s Community Satisfaction Survey, in which 98 per cent of respondents said that the quality of life in the city is either good (25 per cent) or very good (73 per cent). “In a lot of ways, the survey represents the challenge we have as a council,” said Coun. Tim Osborne. “Not surprisingly, there’s an understandable level of concern regarding tax rates, and at the same time, there’s a strong sense that people value services, and in some cases are looking for more. That’s a constant struggle we face.” “It’s all very well done; the detail is fantastic. You can get into as much as you want ,” added Cam MacKay. “However, a common theme that I’ve seen throughout my council term is that economic development and tax relief are always the number one and two priorities suggested for council. ... When you think about it, economic development is simply a means to achieve reduction of taxes for the residents. They’ve jumped past the problem to a solution. So I think it’s

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increases, which was cited by 37 per cent important council take a of respondents. look at this when our Over the past three years, 21 per cent of priorities are devised respondents felt their quality of life in in January and St. Albert had improved, a big increase perhaps take a from 14 per cent in 2012. Those who suggestion from say parks and green felt that way said it was mainly the public where spaces add to quality because of increased they always rate of life selection in restaurants the number one and shopping, as well and two priorities as more activities and are tax reduction and other programming. economic development.” cite vandalism as Thirteen per cent The City of St. Albert contracts their biggest safety felt their quality of life Banister Research and concern had worsened over the Consulting Inc. last three years — the to conduct the same number as in 2012 — Community with traffic, growth and taxes Satisfaction Survey being the major factors cited. every two years. In say they’re satisfied Meanwhile, when it 2012, 99 per cent of overall with city comes to safety, 92 per those who responded council cent of respondents said the quality of life said that St. Albert was either good (37 per is a safe community cent) or very good (62 per to live in, giving cent). say they’re satisfied a rating of four or Of the factors contributing to with public input five out of five in the high quality of life, 40 per cent opportunities agreement with that mentioned parks and green spaces, statement. while 24 per cent made reference to the When asked about availability of services and facilities. The their biggest safety and main factor detracting from quality of life, crime concerns, 28 per cent mentioned though, was found to be high taxes or tax

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vandalism, while 25 per cent mentioned theft and burglary. Twenty-eight per cent of respondents felt they were getting very good or excellent value for their tax dollars, while 40 per cent felt it was good and 32 per cent felt it was fair or poor. When rating their overall satisfaction with city council, 64 per cent of respondents gave ratings of either four or five out of five, while eight per cent gave ratings of one or two our of five. One-third of respondents felt that economic development should be council’s top priority, while 22 per cent felt that it should be reducing taxes. Forty-two per cent of those surveyed were satisfied with the public engagement opportunities afforded to them by the City, while 13 per cent were dissatisfied. Of the latter, 35 per cent said they felt the City does not take the feedback they provide into account when making decisions. Banister conducted 400 telephone interviews between Sept. 8 and 21 as part of the survey. Invitations were also sent out to 4,000 randomly selected addresses that included a URL and a PIN to take part in the survey online, from which 473 responses were gathered. The margin of error is +/- 4.9 per cent 19 times out of 20.

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Striking a balance

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ome folks say there’s never any good news in the media anymore. But maybe those folks ought to look at the results of the City of St. Albert’s Community Satisfaction Survey. The City released those results this week, and while it’s down one percentage by Glenn Cook point from the last time the survey was done in 2012, a whopping 98 per cent of people still feel that St. Albert is either a “good” or a “very good” place to live. Twenty-one per cent of respondents said they felt their quality of life had improved over the past three years. When asked what factors contributed to quality of life in the city, 40 per cent mentioned parks and green spaces, 24 per cent liked the availability of services and facilities, and 22 per cent said they felt it was a safe place to live. With the good, however, comes the bad. When asked what factors detracted from the quality of life in St. Albert, the number one answer, as usual, was property taxes or tax increases, as indicated by 37 per cent of respondents. So it seems that St. Albert is not shedding its reputation of being a hightax community anytime soon. And only 28 per cent felt they received “very good” or “excellent” value for their tax dollars. But these figures serve to illustrate the tightrope that City administration and city councillors must walk around this time every year when they deliberate the budget for the upcoming year. You can’t build and maintain those green spaces and parks without an influx of tax dollars. You can’t build those facilities and make sure they’re staffed without taxes. You can’t contract police officers to ensure our streets are safe without taxes. And yet, no one likes paying taxes. Everyone grumbles about it, whether it’s under their breath when the bill comes or out loud to someone doing a survey over the phone. Councillors have a tough job ahead of them as they try to strike a balance between taxes and services for the upcoming year. Let’s hope they can do so without faltering.

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e Canadians have many to honour and much to remember. This year marks the 100th and 75th anniversaries, respectively, of the onsets of World War I and World War II. Between the conclusion of the latter war and today, there have been United Nations peacekeeping missions, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War and the mission in Afghanistan. Wherever they may be actively engaged, our armed forces are prepared to combat tyranny, destruction and terrorism. East to west and north to south, Canadians approaching this Remembrance Day are moved to a tremendous strength of pride and gratitude in and to our armed forces, police

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MOSTYN Poppy Campaign chair My City and firefighters. Events long past and recent have drawn together in our collective consciousness to ignite a fierce Canadian remembrance and recognition of the debt we owe. Its weight is felt heavily in the names of the people who put their lives on the line in the name of freedom. The price is our price: “… Never send to know for whom the bell tolls;/It tolls for thee.” (John Donne, “No Man is an Island”) A quiet, polite people, we have responded admirably to the call to arms throughout our history. Across the years,

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and held open houses at various schools across St. Albert. “That information was used to inform After a 12-year-old girl was struck by a the engineering reviews that took place, vehicle in a crosswalk last week, safety in primarily in the first couple of weeks of school zones has become that October,” Osborne said. “(The much more important for at surveys) identified any trouble least one city councillor. spots, and that was used as The City of St. Albert has the basis for the engineers to been working on its Safe go out and look at the sites.” Journeys to School initiative The open houses were wellfor almost a year now, which attended, he added, and the is meant to identify ways to online survey garnered about keep kids safe while walking 800 responses. or biking to and from school. “Some schools had a lot of Coun. Tim Osborne is the responses, and some certainly Tim chair of the initiative’s joint had fewer. But it was not bad,” Osborne public steering committee, Osborne said. “We also did a City councillor and he said incidents like the student survey, and the last one on Tuesday, Oct. 27 — number I had (for that) was where the girl was hit by an around 700.” SUV in a marked crosswalk on Boudreau He added that he hopes the process Road near École Secondaire Sainte will result in specific plans for each Marguerite d’Youville school, which was one — and suffered minor of the main goals at the injuries — are a outset. reminder of why safety “Very early on, that around school zones was something we needs to be looked at identified as being seriously. important,” Osborne “Anytime there’s an said. “We have the incident, it’s cause for steering committee concern,” Osborne said. for the project, and “I think it highlights that’s something we all the importance of the agreed was important. work we’re doing and The consequence of the urgency to get it that is that it has taken Tim Osborne done and make sure a bit longer, but I think City councillor we’ve got some things the reward will be we can change. If there a much richer final are some immediate project.” actions we can take, we want to make City council is expected to receive a sure they’re in place as soon as possible.” final report from the project teams in the The Safe Journeys to School initiative first couple of weeks of December. was spurred on by the death of a sixyear-old boy who was struck by a school bus while crossing a road near École Marie Poburan in September 2013. Up until Sept. 30, the joint public steering committee collected responses to an online survey St. Albert Leader

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The future of St. Albert’s downtown core will be on the agenda at an open house next week. The City of St. Albert is inviting residents and other stakeholders to the St. Albert 50+ Club (7 TachĂŠ St.) on Wednesday, Nov. 12, to discuss a number of major projects in the Perron District, not the least of which is the realignment of St. Anne Street, which is designed to make the street more balanced for all users, including pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and public transportation. The realignment is currently slated to include an extension of St. Anne Street from St. Thomas Street to TachĂŠ Street, with a single-lane roundabout between the provincial courthouse and the Grandin Medical Centre. “The St. Anne Street realignment project will help transform this part of the downtown area into a destination rather than a thoroughfare,â€? Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. “This is one in a series of projects underway that is guided by the Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan. It will enhance safety and create

vibrant public places that will encourage social interaction, community-building and economic vitality.â€? The realignment project will also see lanes narrowed for safety and traffic calming, and the removal of the landscaped median along St. Thomas Street, as well as the adjacent service road. The latter will allow for intersection improvements at St. Thomas and St. Anne, including a dedicated right-turn lane, and more on-street parking on the south side of St. Thomas Street. The first stage of the realignment is scheduled to be completed by October 2016. Also up for discussion at the open house will be a draft Parking Management Technical Study, which will help with parking regulations and possible parkade development downtown, and improvements and enhancements for the 50+ Club itself. The City will also provide more information on the Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan (DARP), which was passed by St. Albert city council in 2010, and its current and future projects and timelines. For more information on all these projects, visit www.stalbert.ca/downtown.

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Military medal ‘incredible honour’ for Batty GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

With Remembrance Day just around the corner, a top soldier at CFB Edmonton is set to receive one of Canada’s highest military honours. Chief Warrant Officer Tony Batty is a St. Albert resident and the Regimental Sergeant Major for the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) based out of CFB Edmonton. On Friday, he’ll be at Rideau Hall in Ottawa to receive the Order of Military Merit from Gov. Gen. David Johnston. The award is a huge but humbling honour for the lifelong military man. “It’s an incredible honour,� said Batty. “When I was a young sergeant, I thought every chief warrant officer got one, as a matter of course. But then suddenly you get nominated, and it makes you take a second look, and now I realize not every chief warrant officer gets it. Some really good friends of mine have received one, and I totally understand why. I’m pretty humbled that I got one. But it is a great honour.�

Batty first joined the British Army in 1977, when he was just 16 years old. He came to Canada in 1992, and took over as Regimental Sergeant Major for the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) in June 2013. Over his time in the military, he has seen duty in places like Northern Ireland, the Persian Gulf and Bosnia. All the while, though, Batty wakes up every day wanting to go into work and see what that day will bring. “The beauty of my chosen profession is that every day is different,� he said. “I may come to this office every day, but the decisions I make in this office every day, the problems I face in this office every day are totally different. They’re never the same.� As Regimental Sergeant Major, Batty is ultimately responsible for the “three Ds� — dress, discipline and deportment — for the regiment, although the role has expanded over the years to include more administrative duties, as well as looking after soldiers’ welfare. The RSM is also responsible for helping uphold the regiment’s

traditions, which fits in nicely with Batty’s own love of history. “You can get a lot of your own roots and what shapes you into what you are from a lot of this history,� he said. “A lot of people went before us to shape the regiment into what it is today, and I think it’s doubly important to remember.� With missions to Bosnia and the Persian Gulf under his belt, Remembrance Day takes on a special meaning for Batty. He recalled one year when he attended a Remembrance Day service in Leduc just after returning from Afghanistan. “When I was getting up to leave and said my goodbyes, a man shook my hand and said to me, ‘Remember, you’re the veterans now.’ That has stuck with me to this day,� he said. “A lot of the younger soldiers who served in Afghanistan, I don’t think that quite has come home to roost with them yet. But the average age of a World War II vet is 90; unfortunately, they’re going to the green fields and beyond. Those of us who served in Afghanistan and Korea — the Korean veterans will be the next guys to pass on, and

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Chief Warrant OfďŹ cer Tony Batty, Regimental Sergeant Major for the Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), stands in the lobby of the LdSH(RC) headquarters at CFB Edmonton on Tuesday afternoon. Afghanistan in recent years. we’re all that’s left. And if we don’t “In small town Alberta, perpetuate Remembrance Day, unfortunately due to Afghanistan, the supreme sacrifice of hundreds soldiers passed away. That brought of thousands of young men and it home. Remembrance Day has women is worthless.â€? seen a massive resurgence, due But Batty is encouraged mainly to the fact we lost soldiers by the large crowds he sees at in Afghanistan. But if we don’t Remembrance Day ceremonies nowadays, influenced by the continue to celebrate it, it will die out.â€? Canadian military’s presence in

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A musical tribute to vets

GLENN COOK

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St. Albert Leader

Poppies bloom Members of the local Royal Canadian Legion ofďŹ cially launched their annual poppy campaign by pinning a poppy on Mayor Nolan Crouse in his ofďŹ ce on Friday morning. “It’s always a special day for St. Albert because it trips the program into place and folks get an opportunity to raise some funds. We are happy to help,â€? said Crouse. Here, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 271 member and Korean War veteran Gord Carter pins a poppy on Crouse’s lapel. Also present was local Legion branch president Bob Fagan.

Around Remembrance Day, Canadians are often encouraged to remember our veterans in whatever way they can. For the Royal Canadian Artillery Band, that’s through music. The band, based out of CFB Edmonton, is holding a special concert entitled A Musical Salute: Tribute to our Veterans, on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Edmonton City Hall, where they will pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, as well as those who still serve, through songs and stories. This is the second year the RCA Band has held this concert, and commanding officer and director of music Capt. Patrice Arsenault, who lives in St. Albert, said the good turnout last year was encouraging, with many children and families mixing with members of the military and veterans. “For us, music is the means we have to reach out to the community in general. That’s

is recognized as music that was what we do — we support the sung by serving members or that military and we represent the relates to certain periods of time military in the community where the forces were involved in through music,� Arsenault said. major conflicts, but we try to give “To see people want to join us to it a few twists in terms show our veterans of energy,� he said. that their sacrifices “For example, this are remembered year, we’re going to and appreciated is have a few sing-alongs, extremely meaningful. where we invite the It’s very rewarding.� crowd to sing along He added, though, with us. As I said, that the concert is an there are some more emotional experience sober, introverted for him and the rest of moments, but there the band. Capt. Patrice are definitely some “We try mostly to Arsenault fun, exciting, energetic celebrate the songs RCA Band moments.� and stories and happy Following this times of military concert, the RCA Band’s next service, but obviously there are public performance is their more sober, introverted moments annual Christmas concert on in the concert,� he said. “It’s an Dec. 12 at the Winspear Centre in important time of the year when Edmonton. They also participate everyone chooses to remember in in lots of school music programs, their own way.� and their various ensembles give The music Arsenault has a lunchtime concert every four or selected for the concert also five weeks at Edmonton City Hall strikes a balance between a from September to May. celebration of military life and Admission to A Musical Salute: sombre remembrance. “We try and choose music that Tribute to our Veterans is free.

Message from St. Albert City Council To the men and women, past and present, who have put their lives on the line to protect our rights and freedoms, thank you. We remember and honour you. Mayor Nolan Crouse and St. Albert City Councillors

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Crush your craving at Country Craft Fair GLENN COOK

that Hillier can’t remember exactly how many years it has been — “We’ve been in (St. Albert Place) since the building became This year’s Country Craft Fair has the building,” she said — but the vendors something to satisfy just about every and the customers continue to come out, craving. some since day one. The annual craft fair, put on by the “I think we’ve built a reputation with the St. Albert Place Visual Arts Council exhibitors. I think it takes a long time to (SAPVAC), takes over the foyer of St. Albert establish that connection, to show them we Place once again on Nov. 15 and 16, with can give them what they want,” Hillier said. vendors running the For customers, gamut of handmade though, the quality of goods. the artwork and goods is “We have everything what brings them back from chocolate perogies year after year. to chocolate fudge to “Whether the artwork hand-painted chocolate is visual, edible or lab wooden dog leash wearable, it’s quality,” holders,” said coHillier said. “They know ordinator Donna Hillier it’s one-of-a-kind; it’s not with a laugh. “We have mass-produced. They a little bit of a chocolate know they can meet the theme going on.” maker of the actual craft But because the show is or art.” Donna Hillier juried, that assures there But she doesn’t see it Craft fair co-ordinator won’t be too much of one growing too much into thing. the future. “We only accept a certain amount of “We like the size we’re at,” she said. people in each craft, so we’re not inundated “We still take over the entire main floor with a whole bunch of (one thing). But you of the building, and we go throughout all have a really good selection of (the one the studios, so we have, give or take, 75 thing), whatever (the one thing) is,” she said. exhibitors and crafters who partake in SAPVAC is the umbrella group that the show, whether they’re in a studio or oversees all the art guilds that call St. Albert overflowing into the hallways.” Place home, including the Painters’ Guild, Hillier starts planning the fair each Potters’ Guild, Quilters’ Guild, Paper Arts February, and vendors begin signing up in Guild and Floral Art Society. They also March for the November show. administer children’s programs at the Some of the new offerings this year St. Albert Place studios for the Art Gallery include gluten-free and vegan treats. Hillier of St. Albert. said it’s important for SAPVAC to stay on The craft fair has been going on so long top of trends like that through the years. St. Albert Leader

“Whether the artwork is visual, edible or wearable, it’s quality.”

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Country Craft Fair co-ordinator Donna Hillier works on some of her own stained glass art as she prepares for the annual fair, which takes over St. Albert Place on Nov. 15 and 16. “We’re always looking for, seeking and hunting out what is new and up-andcoming, and hopefully entice them to come to our show,” she said. “And a lot of what is new and up-and-coming is looking for us, because we’ve got that reputation.” In addition to the vendors, SAPVAC is also selling its own one-of-a-kind handpainted tote bags at the fair. These bags are adorned with different local guild members’

interpretations of Canadian artist Tom Thomson’s works. SAPVAC has been selling them with different themes at the fair for about five years now, and HIllier said they always sell out. The SAPVAC Country Craft Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 16, in the foyer of St. Albert Place. Admission and parking are free.

Award-winning author schedules stop at St. Albert Public Library GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

MEY MICHAEL CRUM

On the heels of another successful St. Albert Readers’ Festival, the St. Albert Public Library is welcoming another renowned Canadian author to our city. The library announced this week that Governor General’s Literacy Award for Fiction finalist Michael Crummey will pay a visit to Forsyth Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m to read from and talk about his latest novel, Sweetland. “When we get the chance to host talent like Michael Crummey, we run with it,” said library director Peter Bailey in a press release. “And as the Governor General’s Awards will be announced the day Michael is here, it might be

a very special day indeed!” Crummey was born in Buchans, N.L., and starting writing poetry while in university. He published several collections of poetry before his first novel, River Thieves, came out in 2001. That novel became a Canadian bestseller and was shortlisted for a number of awards, including the Giller Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the IMPAC Award. His winning ways continued with his second novel, The Wreckage, which was released in 2005 and was nominated for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Award and the IMPAC Award, as well as his third novel, 2009’s Galore, which won the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best Book (Canada and the Caribbean) and the Canadian Authors’ Association Fiction Prize,

and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literacy Award for Fiction. Sweetland, released earlier this year, tells the story of an isolated Newfoundland island town where the residents are offered $100,000 each to move to the mainland. The only catch is that everyone in the community has to agree, and only one man, Moses Sweetland, is holding out. “I know there are many Newfoundlanders and Maritimers locally and in the area. I hope folks come out and make Michael feel welcome,” Bailey added. Copies of Sweetland will be available for purchase and for signing at the event. Admission is free, but people interested in attending are asked to register in advance by calling 780-459-1682.

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Theatre troupe Looking for good start to its new season GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The St. Albert Theatre Troupe is Looking to get their new season off to a roaring start. The dinner theatre troupe kicks off its fourth season with the romantic comedy Looking, written by Canadian playwright Norm Foster, which opens tonight (Thursday) at the Kinsmen Banquet Centre on Riel Drive. Longtime troupe member Kate Elliott is back in the director’s chair for the season opener, and she said it should be a good time. “It’s based on two individuals who are

looking to find a date, looking to find someone in their lives. They go through the personal ads to set up a blind date, and they both bring their best friend as their wingman,â€? she explained. “And then drama ensues after that.â€? The troupe has put on several of Foster’s plays over the years, and Elliott said she enjoys the way Foster weaves many stories together into one play. “It shows different situations and different locations, and there’s a tie-in ‌ different ways the scenes connect outside of just the obvious ways the characters are continued throughout the scenes,â€? she said.

The cast for Looking includes one returning troupe member — Global Edmonton meteorologist Kevin O’Connell, who featured in the troupe’s production of Same Time, Next Year in February 2014 — and three new ones: Anne-Marie Smyth, Laurie Borle and Cory Peter Christensen. “It just attests to our continued growth,� Elliott said of the new members. “We’re getting more people involved, and having new faces, new talent, new people involved on stage and from all sides of the theatre. Going into our fourth year, it’s always good to have an influx of new people and more ideas.�

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CYNTHIA TANG-YEH St. Albert Potters’ Guild

JUDY SCHAFERS St. Albert Painters’ Guild

Tell me about the work you have in the show. This is a piece of raku (pottery). … It’s low-fired and reduced, which means that you cut off the oxygen, and the chemical changes in that reduction period. Any raku piece cannot be functional; it’s so porous because it’s low-fired. Usually they are decorative.

Tell me about the work you have in the show. It was inspired by sticking my nose in the ground and my butt in the air and being in the right place at the right time when the light just did its magic. In general, where do you find inspiration for your work? Normally it is (what’s) outside my back door, my front door, in the garden, the farm, down the road — just all over.

In general, where do you find inspiration for your work? From nature, looking at things, mostly looking at trees and flowers. How much does it mean to have this chance to show your work at the AGSA? I’m very happy to be here. I don’t get to show very often. I used to be with galleries, but a few years ago, I slowed down. The only place I sell my work is at city hall, at W.A.R.E.S. So this is a good opportunity for me to show my work. Is it exciting to see what everyone else is coming up with? Yes, certainly. I get to be with my contemporaries. Tell me about your experience with the potters’ guild and how it has helped you along the way. I think I’ve learned a lot from different potters. The quality of their work is just excellent, the St. Albert potters. They’re very professional; I’ve learned a lot over the years.

How much does it mean to have this chance to show your work at the AGSA? It does feel special because you’re among the best company in the local area. Whoever is chosen is chosen for a reason, and that helps me feel like I’m on the right track. Is it exciting to see what everyone else is coming up with? It’s exciting to look at, especially when you see their progression over the years and how we’ve all evolved and how we’re still learning. Just because there’s a trend out there, I don’t necessarily follow it; I just do my own thing. And I think everyone else is doing that too. Tell me about your experience with the potters’ guild and how it has helped you along the way. That was my first actual public experience with my art, so I learned everything about running an art business through (the guild) and gained a lot of practical experience with them. I was exposed to a lot of people I wouldn’t have otherwise met and learned just about everything you can think of about the art world and people in it. It was huge for me.

GUILDED INVITATION

Tonight (Thursday), the Art Gallery of St. Albert opens its annual Guilded exhibition, featuring works from 25 different artists representing the various guilds that call the studios at St. Albert Place home. ¶ “It’s always amazing to see what the guilds are up to,” said acting AGSA director Jennie Willson-McGrath. ¶ Here are four of the artists participating in the show, telling in their own words about their works in Tell me about the work you have in the show. Tell me about the work you have in the show. the show and the opportunity to We spend a lot of time at Kootenay Lake in southern B.C.; it’s a rugged, unspoiled area. I was experimenting with pointillism — I did it a long time ago with show at the AGSA ... This particular scene is the trail to the Pilot Bay lighthouse. It’s a lovely, small hike through

DIANE STONE St. Albert Painters’ Guild

a forest. I thought it was very pretty. I took a lot of photographs, and it inspired me to paint. In general, where do you find inspiration for your work? It generally tends to come from nature. I’m inspired by the beauty of nature, the ruggedness of tall trees and sharp rocks and water. That always seems to draw my attention. I take a lot of photographs, and I’m eager to capture what I’ve seen. How much does it mean to have this chance to show your work at the AGSA? It’s thrilling! It’s a wonderful opportunity. And it’s in our community. I’m really proud to be part of the group of artists with the painters’ guild. It’s really special; it’s a learning opportunity, it’s a nurturing opportunity. It’s an opportunity to spend time with people who have the same interests. It makes me really proud to live in this community. Is it exciting to see what everyone else is coming up with? Oh, for sure. I love seeing the variety of styles, and sometimes it even inspires me to try something different. Tell me about your experience with the potters’ guild and how it has helped you along the way. It’s been a wonderful experience. I love everything about it — just the chance to grow in your art, to learn and to meet like-minded people.

PAT TRUDEAU St. Albert Painters’ Guild

watercolours or with a felt pen, but I’m working with acrylics now. I started with one, and I like lilies; the botanic park has so many different varieties. … I finished one and thought, ‘I have five canvases all the same size, so I’m going to do all lilies.’

In general, where do you find inspiration for your work? It could be from florals or from a landscape. But I also have done book covers; I have a few books myself, and I’ve designed the covers for those — the artwork only, not the words. Sometimes it’s just a very free thing; it just comes and I see what it turns into. How much does it mean to have this chance to show your work at the AGSA? I appreciate it very much. It’s better than leaving it in the basement, isn’t it? [laughs] Is it exciting to see what everyone else is coming up with? It’s always interesting to me. I look at what other people do, and I get inspiration from that too. Tell me about your experience with the potters’ guild and how it has helped you along the way. It’s the experience of being with other people who paint, too. It keeps you going.

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Charles Ross stars as all the characters from a galaxy far, far away in his production of One Man Star Wars at the Arden Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 13.

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One Man Star Wars a real tour de Force

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The Force is strong in Charles Ross — it has to be to keep all those characters straight in his head. Ross, who performed his One Man Lord of the Rings show in St. Albert in January 2013, returns to the Arden Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 13, to perform his other acclaimed one-man show, One Man Star Wars. After so many years performing it, though, Ross said he can keep things pretty organized. “It’s sort of second nature — which is really strange to think of as second nature,â€? he said. “Maybe in the beginning a bit, just learning the choreography, but the voices, the choreography, they’re tied together. It’s difficult to get lost because, if I’m falling flat on my face, there’s the next move that’s been choreographed so that it’s the next moment that should be in the film, and it can only be one thing. I’d have to be drunk to really get lost, and that’s never happened.â€? Ross said the idea for One Man Star Wars came in an attempt to get over “the constant state of unemploymentâ€? that goes along with being a struggling actor. “You’re constantly looking for work when you’re trying to act. I wrote a bit of my own stuff, did a bit of stand-up (comedy), but this was ‌ an idea that had been batted around many years ago before I ever tried it,â€? he said. “It wasn’t a one-man Star Wars; it was, let’s see if we can do the entire history of film in an hour. I tried Star Wars because that was the one I knew the best, and it turned out that trying to fit everything into a five-minute Star Wars wasn’t working. With the first film, I was at 25 minutes.â€? But after rehearsing the show with friend

and director TJ Dawe and testing it with audiences, Ross found that he was onto something. “We expanded it to be not just a 25-minute Star Wars, but a full-length onehour thing,� he said. So far, One Man Star Wars has taken Ross all over the world, from Australia to the United Kingdom, and the reception has been very warm from a fanbase that’s especially rabid. “(The reaction) has been pretty damn good,� he said. “I can’t think of any exceptions — except once. I had a person send me an email, and this was many years ago, saying the fact I do this is evidence of the coming of the apocalypse. But I don’t think that was necessarily anything to do with the show itself. I know they didn’t see the show; they just thought I was (a jerk). Fair enough; people can think whatever they want. But for the most part, I think people really dug it.� While his current one-man shows have served him well, Ross is looking to add to his repertoire. He’s currently working on One Man Pride and Prejudice, which is “exactly what you think it is,� and possibly a One Man Hobbit. “It’s what people, I think, expect from a person who does a show like this,� he said. “I used to do regular theatre, but I wasn’t so exceptional at regular theatre to make myself a household name — not that I’m a household name with these, but I’ve certainly had more success doing this. So I’m going to try something different, something new, something people still recognize as being my signature one-man thing.� Tickets for One Man Star Wars at the Arden Theatre are $28 each plus fees and charges and are available through Ticketmaster or the Arden box office (780459-1542).

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Unity in Diversity message still rings true

GLENN COOK

which blends musical instruments from the East and the West. But one act that Zeitz is very much looking Twenty-one years after it was first put on, the forward to is the Trincan Steel Orchestra. message behind the Unity in Diversity concert rings “I love the steel drums,” she said. “I was in the as true as ever. Bahamas, where my in-laws used to work, and I’d The concert, put on by the St. Albert Baha’i hear them at night. There was just something about Community, returns to the stage them that’s hypnotic or infectious. at the Arden Theatre on Saturday It just makes you want to get up evening to bring us together in and dance, or go down to the appreciation of music, dance and beach.” cultures from around the world. Also on the bill is St. Albert Organizer Renie Zeitz said that pianist David Fraser, who recently theme only gets more poignant spent five weeks studying piano in and relevant as time goes on. Austria. “With some of the things that Zeitz said the Baha’is make are happening in the world, a concerted effort each year to in Canada, even in our own include some local talent in the community, there’s more need concert. Renie Zeitz for that than ever — to welcome “We always have had one or St. Albert Baha’is people and include everybody two, at least, from St. Albert,” she from different backgrounds,” she said. “The larger cultural groups said. “Even St. Albert is getting much more diverse tend to be in Edmonton; we don’t have a lot of large than it was 10 or 20 years ago — not just culturally cultural music or dance groups in St. Albert.” or linguistically, but in other ways.” Speaking of local talent, CTV meteorologist and She added that the concert just seems to get bigger St. Albert resident Josh Classen will once again serve and better every year. as master of ceremonies for the evening. “We hope it does, anyway,” she said. “Last year “He does a lot of community work and service was really fantastic, and we hope this year will be work. … He’s always doing something for the excellent.” community,” Zeitz said. This year’s concert features a wide array of acts, The 21st annual Unity in Diversity concert takes including a Sri Lankan and Chinese dance groups, the stage at the Arden Theatre at 7 p.m. Saturday. the Edmonton Festival Ballet, the Project Saxophone Tickets are $15 each and are available through the Quartet, and Karim Gillani and the Sufi Ensemble, Arden box office (780-459-1542). St. Albert Leader

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Falling oil prices to shrink surplus costs. Part of the financial picture is Sun Media News Services the government’s plan to go $21 Falling oil prices will cause billion in debt by 2016, a number Alberta’s $1.4-billion surplus to that makes even Campbell twist shrink in this month’s quarterly in his seat. report, new Finance Minister The West Yellowhead MLA says Robin Campbell said in exclusive the government will borrow “with interview. caution” to deliver on Premier This will Jim Prentice’s happen as promise to government build new eyes $21 billion schools and in debt to keep long-term care up with core centres, but services. will also pay it Campbell off at a faster said that oil pace. prices currently “I wouldn’t sitting below want (the $80 per barrel, debt) to get compared to much higher,” Robin Campbell the budgeted Campbell Finance minister price of $94 said, adding per barrel, the $21 billion will mean the second-quarter in red ink is “pretty close” to a financial update on Nov. 26 will “comfortable” maximum debt see a negative impact on the that he would like to see paid province’s bottom line that could down within 20 years, as opposed affect decisions made in Budget to the planned 30 years. 2015. The next budget should be While the government posted a much easier to understand, $1.4-billion surplus in its August thanks to recommendations from first-quarter financial update, Alberta’s auditor general. Campbell expects that number to Campbell said the government drop by millions if the price of oil is moving forward with changes stays low or declines further. to the Financial Management Act While Campbell says the soft oil as early as this fall. prices won’t have an “immediate” Further changes planned for impact, “if we see prices staying next spring aim to produce a low over the foreseeable future, less-complicated budget than that will cause some concern. the previous three-part budget “It will cause us to look at our pioneered by former finance priorities moving forward to minister Doug Horner. make sure we’re providing the “Nothing was hidden. It core services for Albertans, but was just a complicated way of making sure we’re doing that in a reporting it and I think we’ve financially prudent manner. heard very loud and clear, people “We’ll look at the needs versus want to know in simplistic terms the wants.” how much money do we have The government’s energy coming in and how much do we economists, he added, are have going out,” he said. currently busy crunching the As the former president of numbers. the local United Mine Workers Over the next six to eight of America, Campbell calls weeks, ministers from all himself “an old union hack” who departments are meeting with can resolve the government’s the Treasury Board to prepare for feud with public-sector unions next year’s budget, Campbell said, on controversial pension plan leading to early discussions about changes that were dumped this increasing revenue and cutting fall.

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The future of Edmonton’s Rexall Place has been a big question mark since the announcement of a new downtown arena. Now, a group from Northlands is hoping to answer that question. “The intent of this committee is to explore best practices in other cities. To look at how we can implement those best practices in the City of Edmonton. But really, nothing is off the table at this point,” said Tim Reid, who has been fielding questions about the future of Rexall Place since he became CEO of Northlands earlier this year. The committee he mentioned includes members of the Northlands board as well as Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson, provincial MLA for Strathcona-Sherwood Park Dave Quest, Edmonton Eskimos CEO Len Rhodes and representatives from the local business and education community. “I have no idea where it’s going to land. It’s not about where it lands, it’s about going and doing the research and understanding what our options are,” said Andrew Ross, a general contractor with Clark Builders who is chairing the arena strategy committee. “I hope we can gather a whole bunch of

information,” Ross said. Part of the committee’s work is going to be aimed at gathering ideas from local stakeholders to find out what the surrounding community wants done with the arena. Another sub-committee will be travelling to Kansas City and Columbus, Ohio, to gather information on best practices from those cities. “What we want to do is get part of this committee out to see and touch some other facilities and how to understand what other parts of the world look at,” Reid said. “Right now it’s just about gathering information.” The committee is expected to make recommendations to the Northlands board by Apr. 15, 2015. What they do with those recommendations is less clear. As it stands, Rexall Place itself is owned by Northlands but rests on land owned by the city. The lease began in 1969 and expires in 2049 and Reid explained that both the city and the province have invested money into it along with Northlands. He said the ultimate fate of the iconic arena will guide what happens on the rest of the 160 acres of land Northlands occupies but will be decided in conjunction with both levels of government.

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