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Acclaimed author and cofounder of Story Engine Todd Babiak speaks to a crowd at the St. Albert Public Library on Wednesday morning during their annual Business Breakfast as part of Small Business Week festivities. The St. Albert Leader celebrates local entrepreneurs with our Small Business Week section — check out pages 23 to 28.

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After being accused of double-dipping with some of his expense claims last week, St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse has gone over his finances with a fine-toothed comb and says he may actually be owed more than $1,700. The accusations were levelled against Crouse by Coun. Sheena Hughes at St. Albert city council’s regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 6. As councillors debated a motion that would require Crouse to disclose the income he brings in as chair of the Capital Region Board, Nolan Hughes detailed 12 duplicate Crouse claims over 19 months Mayor totalling less than $1,000. But now, in anticipation of a final vote on that motion to take place on Monday, Oct. 20, Crouse emailed to the Leader and to his fellow councillors on Tuesday evening a detailed rundown of 75 expenses he had made incurred on both City of St. Albert and CRB business since January 2012, with the total difference coming out $1,762.98 in his favour. “I offer no excuses for 75 errors, omissions (or) duplications,” Crouse wrote in the document, also admitting that his attention to detail on personal expenses was poor, as was his recording of the proper dates. Of the 75 items contained in the mayor’s report, some were claimed twice, while others were not claimed at all. In other cases, mileage was either overstated or understated. The vote on the CRB income disclosure motion was postponed because councillors received some legal information just prior to the Oct. 6 meeting and felt they needed more time to review it. At the Oct. 6 meeting, Crouse made notes as Hughes went through the list of duplicate claims, and told reporters afterward that they were “accidental” and had since been corrected.

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Alberta Premier Jim Prentice (left) watches as Education Minister Gordon Dirks explains which communities would receive new schools during a press conference in Calgary on Oct. 8. Both St. Albert districts got new schools in the announcement, and both board chairs are keen not to repeat the ugly debate that surrounded the recent selection of a site for a francophone junior/senior high school in Erin Ridge.

Boards look to avoid site fight GLEN LENN N CO COOK OK St. Albert Leader St

While both local school boards are thrilled with the Alberta government’s announcement of new schools last week, they’re also keen to avoid the ugly debate over school sites that accompanied the previous round of announcements. Premier Jim Prentice announced on Wednesday, Oct. 8, that 55 new schools would be built across the province, with another 20 schools being modernized. Among those, St. Albert Public Schools will be getting a new 900-student K-to-9 school, while Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools will receive a 400-student K-to-9 school in Erin Ridge North. Both are expected to be open in time for the 2017 school year. “(The City) is aware of the circumstance, so I’m sure they already have policies in place,” said Catholic board of trustees chair Noreen Radford. “I know they have been discussing school sites on their council, but that’s not my purview. I am just elated that we will be able to provide the best education possible for students.” Meanwhile, the public board is eyeing a school site in the soon-to-bedeveloped Jensen Lakes subdivision on the city’s north side. “Just as we’re building the new

Lois Hol Lois Holee El Elem emen enta tary ry SSch chooll in a of lan land d over er the t he n nextt 10 years rs, wh whic ich h new area, both these schools, for includes forecasts of what types of ourselves and our sister district, are schools will be needed, and that going to be in new areas. ultimately leads to where And people welcome we would site them,” schools in new areas,” said Draper said. “This public board chair Cheryl announcement comes Dumont. “Builders like before we’ve finished that it because it makes their process; having just had properties very attractive. two schools announced And people moving in that aren’t even constructed are often moving in with yet, we weren’t expecting young children, so they another two so quickly. So like to see schools in their I’ll be meeting with the Noreen neighbourhoods. I’m superintendents shortly Radford confident we’re not going to to start working through have problems.” the process of what kind of Catholic chair The public board also timelines are we actually received a new 600-student looking at. … We’ll work elementary school in Erin with the school boards Ridge North in last year’s through this process, but I round of announcements. imagine it will take some That should be open in while to sort out exactly September 2016. where.” City manager Patrick Along with the new Draper said that, while schools, the government’s the announcements came announcement as a surprise to City of also included the St. Albert, he has been modernization of Vincent Cheryl meeting with both school J. Maloney Junior High Dumont boards to avoid the kind of School for the Catholic debate that surrounded the district and four new Public chair selection of a francophone modular classrooms for the junior/senior high school public district. in Erin Ridge. Even with that, though, Dumont “The City’s been working with the said the public board is still in school boards on the identification desperate need of a new high school, as

well as well as a mo mode dern rniz izat atio ion n of Pau Paull Ka Kane ne High School. “We have a really large cohort of children going through our elementaryy schools right now, and we think our junior highs are going to be fine, especially with the modernization of W.D. Cuts, because we’re adding spaces there,” she said. “But we are becoming worried. Our high schools are the high schools of choice in the city; we are the largest district and the fastest-growing district in the city. And with Bellerose at almost 1,200, and Paul Kane nearing the 1,000 mark, we desperately need a new high school.” Meanwhile, Radford said this announcement just about crosses off all the items on the Catholic district’s capital wish list. “We just want to make sure it’s in a timely fashion,” she said. Dumont added, though, that the government also announced the reinstatement of $100 million in infrastructure, maintenance and renewal, which would mean an extra $239,000 for the public district right away. “These dollars will bring us back to where we were two years ago, so we’re extremely happy with that,” she said. “Our schools are aging … so that’s much-needed money. It was never adequate in the first place, but to have had it cut and now have it restored is important.”

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City set to roll out traffic measures in Erin Ridge GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

After a contentious debate over a new school in the area, the City of St. Albert is ready to prove to residents of Erin Ridge that their concerns about traffic were heard. Starting on Monday, the City is rolling out the first stage of the new traffic safety initiatives in Erin Ridge after public consultation on the location of a new francophone junior/senior high school in Eldorado Park last year. These initial steps will include the installation of a three-way stop at Erin Ridge Road and Erin Ridge Drive, which the City hopes will improve sightlines for motorists, as well as safety for all pedestrians crossing there. “Consultation with residents helped us better understand the issues they are facing in their neighbourhood and we were able to determine together the type of solutions that will work best within Erin Ridge,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. “This implementation strategy brings together traffic research, best practices and public input to find solutions that will work not only today, but well into the future.” The three-way stop was determined to be an appropriate measure under Transportation Association of Canada guidelines because the average daily volume of vehicles along Erin Ridge Road is more than 200 per

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hour, and because the average delay to side street traffic entering the intersection is greater than 30 seconds during the peak hour. On Erin Ridge Road, that delay was found to be 48 seconds. As well as the three-way stop, there are two other pedestrian safety initiatives scheduled to be implemented by the end of 2014: a pedestrian crosswalk on the north and east approach of the intersection of Erin Ridge Road and Erin Ridge Drive; and sidewalk extensions at the crosswalk at Eldorado Drive connecting to the Red Willow Trail system west of Eastcott Drive. Work on these, however, may extend into 2015. More traffic measures are scheduled to bee implemented through 2015 and 2016, including speed management initiatives, traffic operations, pedestrian safety initiatives, and a policy review related to a residential parking program in the area. The City hopes to have all these measures in place by the time École Alexandre-Taché opens in fall 2016. For more information on the new traffic measures, visit www.stalbert. ca/living-here/community-directory/ schools/new-schools.

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LOOKING FOR

CLOSURE ` Family still offering reward for info on whereabouts of missing parents PAMELA ROTH

were towing was discovered six days later in a remote wooded area near Carrot Creek, 30 km east As the man once accused of of Edson. Their bodies have yet killing a St. Albert couple four years to be recovered, but police have ago walks the streets a free man, declared them dead and presumed the couple’s son is reminding the murdered. public there’s still a $60,000 reward Travis Vader was named a person for information leading to their of interest early in the case, but whereabouts. first-degree “We still have murder charges this reward weren’t laid available. until April 2012. We are still The 42-yeartalking with the old remained police and the in custody Crown,” said on a string of Bret McCann, other unrelated noting charges. the family As the twocontinues to week murder Bret McCann look for closure. trial in April Son of missing couple Lyle, 78 was drawing and Marie, near, Crown 77, were last seen fuelling up their prosecutor Michelle Doyle directed motorhome in St. Albert on July a stay of proceedings, which is 3, 2010. They were on their way usually done when there is not a to Chilliwack, B.C. for a vacation, reasonable likelihood of conviction. but they never made it to their The charges, however, can be destination. resurrected within one year. Two days later, their RV was Last week, the 42-year-old was found engulfed in flames near the acquitted of his other charges Minnow Lake campground, 20 relating to drug trafficking, km east of Edson. The SUV they possession of an illegal firearm and Sun Media News Services

“We are still talking with the police and the Crown.”

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Above: Bret McCann, son of Lyle and Marie McCann, poses next to a billboard advertising a reward for the missing couple on Highway 16 west of Entwistle on Sept. 30, 2011. Belowleft: Lyle and Marie McCann in a photo handed out to media after the couple disappeared. Below right: Travis Vader is escorted out of a court appearance in 2012. Vader has filed a $1-million extremely difficult for us. However, theft of a truck from an incident lawsuit, alleging RCMP during that time we have come to in June 2010. Vader was earlier misconduct, malicious prosecution realize that mom and dad raised convicted of the charges after a by the Crown and abusive us to be resilient, strong, patient trial in May 2012, but a retrial mistreatment by correctional and loving people,” the statement was ordered when a mistrial was officers. read. “This was their gift to us and declared as a result of late police Anyone with information on the it served us well throughout this disclosure. This time Vader was couple’s whereabouts is asked to call ordeal and will continue to do so found not guilty. police at 780-458-4300 or Crime After spending four years behind until the investigation into their Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. deaths is resolved.” bars, Vader was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Bret declined to comment on Vader’s release, only stating that, “It doesn’t feel good.” Instead, the family issued a statement. “The past four years have been

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StAT, DATS team up to improve handibus GLENN COOK

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Heart warmers Employees at Apex Casino were all smiles on Friday as they wrapped up their annual collection of coats for the St. Albert Salvation Army’s Coats for Kids and Families campaign. In total, they collected 120 new and used coats. Left to right are Keith Washburn, Lesly Cochrane , Sarah Van Dusen, Rose Flint, Heather Rusnak and Tenille Enns.

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Handibus service is getting quite the facelift in St. Albert. Starting Sept. 28, St. Albert Transit began partnering with the City of Edmonton Disabled Adult Transit Service (DATS) to provide booking, dispatch and scheduling for handibus clients in St. Albert. And on Oct. 1, the service expanded its hours into Edmonton to include peak morning and afternoon periods. “These positive changes provide StAT with the opportunity to maximize efficiencies and take advantage of technologies that will allow for enhanced service delivery,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. DATS has had a similar partnership to provide handibus services to the City of Leduc for several years. The partnership should bring St. Albert many benefits, including an automated phone call five to 10 minutes before the bus arrives to pick them up. Clients can opt out of these phone calls if requested. In addition, clients may also receive a reminder call the evening before their reservation as a reminder for the next day. During that call, the reservation can be cancelled if needed. St. Albert Transit will continue to be responsible for the overall management of the handibus service in St. Albert, including the purchase of vehicles, hiring of drivers, collection of fares and vetting applicants. For more information on handibus eligibility and fares, visit www.stalbert.ca/getting-around/stat-transit/handibus.

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OPINION

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Learning from mistakes

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e all make mistakes sometimes; it’s just part of our human nature. We’ve all done a rushed job of something and really made a meal out of it at some point. But the important thing is that we learn from our mistakes. And, by the looks of it, that’s exactly what St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse by Glenn Cook intends to do. Crouse was taken to task by some of his fellow city councillors on Oct. 6 for allegedly “double-dipping” with some of his expense claims, submitting them to both the City of St. Albert and the Capital Region Board, of which he serves as chair. To Crouse’s credit, he never deflected the blame. He never tried to throw someone else under the bus for his shoddy record-keeping. He wrote in an email to his fellow councillors Tuesday evening that he would “offer no excuses” for the errors. And he assured reporters after the Oct. 6 meeting that the errors had been corrected. Crouse seems willing to learn from his mistakes, too. In that same email, he recognizes that his own attention to detail on expenses was poor, and even suggests ways both he and the system can guard against the same thing happening again in the future. The whole situation begs the question, though: Should we expect more from our public officials? Should we expect them to keep better track of their expenses? Well, yes, we should, especially given that these are taxpayer dollars that we’re dealing with. But those on social media calling for his political head on a platter need to gain a little perspective, too. This isn’t millions of dollars that have gone missing — it’s less than $1,000 that’s been accounted for. If they and other Crouse critics took one-tenth of the time they spend trying to dig up dirt on the mayor and actually did something productive with it, actually focused on solutions, we could be well on our way to solving world hunger by now. Really, if the worst we can say about our mayor is that he’s not a meticulous recordkeeper — which is a bit of a surprise, really, given how meticulous he has been going line by line through budgets in years past — well, that’s not so bad. That means our mayor is human after all.

EDITORIAL

Last Week: Bellerose Composite

Tough decisions to make around utilities

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ou have enemies?” Sir Winston Churchill once observed. “Good. That means you stood up for something sometime in your life.” In an era of blogging and tweeting, when every critic has a public platform, it is the successful leader who can make the difficult decision in difficult times. A politician requires a certain amount of toughness because there are people you will never please, no matter what good faith you bring. Recently council was faced with a very difficult decision. The utility fiscal policy was approved, and with it, an increase in rates. The positives of this new policy are that it is very clear and easy to understand why dollars are collected and what they support. It is a very transparent

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HERON City councillor My City policy of which council is proud. It makes a move towards our utilities being a completely self-sufficient arm of our municipality. It allows forecasting of future capital requirements 10 years out and the buildup of reserves to pay for them and hopefully avoid debt. This is responsible governance. The painful part is an initial sharp increase in rates to cover the shortfall in projected capital costs. The first year will have the sharpest as we attempt to get back on track with rates that reflect the true cost of our water, wastewater, storm and

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along St. Albert Trail; our next ice surface or swimming pool; a library branch; or improvements to the change rooms at Servus Place. This list will only grow. A leader cannot and should not heed every critic and every blog, but at the same time cannot afford to be out of touch. A leader will never receive universal applause, but this is fine as long as the longterm vision is clear. Decisions, difficult or not, must maintain focus. To represent the best interests of St. Albertans decisions must be motivated by the next generation, not the next election.

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Where there’s smoke, there’s BBQ

Attendees at one particular workshop during this weekend’s Amplify Youth Festival in St. Albert are in for a treat — quite literally. Jason Dabbagh, the food studies teacher at Bellerose Composite High School, is hoping to tempt some tastebuds on Saturday with his Smokin’ Ribs 101 workshop, which will take kids who love to be in the kitchen through the basics of making some tasty smoked back ribs and grilled Cuban street corn at the Enjoy Centre. It’s an intensive day-long course during which budding chefs will brine the ribs, make their own spice rubs, and smoke the ribs for two hours until they are fall-offthe-bone tender. The menu might seem a little complicated for young chefs, but Dabbagh said organizers were looking for something a little more involved based on feedback from potential participants. “It was beyond the basics; they wanted to go into more advanced cookery, something that had a little more appeal, had a little more of a draw to it, seemed a little more exciting,â€? Dabbagh said. “Kids are being exposed to more unique forms of cooking

` Amplify Festival serves up a delicious workshop and different styles of cooking than they ever have been, and I think they’re excited about it,� he added. And perhaps the barbecue theme is only natural given how the style has grown in popularity in the Edmonton region over the past few years, with restaurants like Meat, Smokehouse BBQ and Sloppy Hoggs Roed Hus opening up.

something in the smoker, you smell it all day and you watch it once in a while, kind of always babying it, but at the same time, it’s relaxing.� Even in his classroom at Bellerose, Dabbagh sees more and more kids coming through the door wanting to make a career out of cooking. He chalks that up mainly to television shows on the Food Network.

MORE AMPLIFY COVERAGE Âť pages 30 and 31 ÂŤ “For me, at least, the appeal (of barbecue is taking your time with food, and not feeling rushed,â€? Dabbagh said. “(It’s about) slowing down. I love barbecuing at home because, when you throw

“I always want to warn kids that it’s a very challenging career; in terms of the lifestyle and the hours you work, the reward versus the cost, it’s a really challenging environment,� he said. “But I

typically only encourage the kids who feel as if there’s nothing else they could see themselves doing.� But whether they want to make a living in kitchens or not, Dabbagh believes there are skills that everyone can learn in front of an oven. “Really, what we’re trying to promote is young people feeling confident in the kitchen working with food, so they can take skills and transfer them to other parts of cooking,� he said. “I would be thrilled if a kid in this course makes these ribs at home for their family, and in the long run, what I’d love to see is more kids getting more excited about cooking and spending more time in their kitchens.� And some of those skills transfer into other areas of life, too. “Organization is one, especially when it’s time-sensitive. If you are not organized in a kitchen, you’ve got customers waiting much longer,� Dabbagh said, adding that managing anxiety and staying cool under pressure are other valuable skills young people can learn in the kitchen. For more information on the Amplify Youth Festival and the Smokin’ Ribs 101 workshop, visit www.amplifyfestival.ca.

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Glory days Members of the 1984 Stanley Cup champion Edmonton Oilers were back at Rexall Place on Friday evening for a star-studded reunion that included star players like Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and Grant Fuhr, along with a warm reception for former owner Peter Pocklington. Above: Glenn Anderson hoists the Stanley Cup above his head to the delight of the fans around him. Right: Mark Messier — who played his junior hockey in St. Albert — speaks to the crowd. For more coverage of the Oilers reunion, see page 22.

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Gagnon steps down as director of AGSA

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The Arts and Heritage Foundation of St. Albert is saying goodbye to one of its longest-serving employees. The AHF announced last week that Frances Gagnon, who had served as the director of the Art Gallery of St. Albert for the past five years, had decided to step down from that post. “I’m truly thankful for meeting so many delightful people, and working

with incredible staff, artists, colleagues, board members, and community leaders,� Gagnon said in a press release. AHF executive director Ann Ramsden added that “the organization is truly appreciative of the valuable contribution and service Frances made to the growth and advancement of the Gallery. The Art Gallery of St Albert has been fortunate to have the benefit of Frances’ vision, skills, and leadership over the past five years.� Some of Gagnon’s accomplishments

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“There is a huge amount of history, which is inspiring in this exhibition,” said Hiebert, of Washington, D.C. “And I would like to say, as professional archeologist I teach intro to archeology, the influence of the films, the four Indiana Jones films, on the excitement of real archaeology is just undeniable. “When I was teaching intro to archeology at the University of Pennsylvania, I would ask the kids the first day, were they inspired to come to class because of Indiana Jones, and every single kid would put their hands up.” With 100 props and 100 real artifacts, Hiebert says that the exhibit is about the wonders of archeology and at the same time, introducing it in a way that makes it palatable to those who might not be regularly interested in it. Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology runs from October 11 to April 6 at the Telus World of Science.

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Alta. gets top marks in science MATT DYKSTRA Sun Media News Services

Alberta’s students boast the strongest science scores in Canada, says the provincial government, as assessment results show more high school students are achieving excellence in physics, chemistry and biology. National and provincial assessment test results released Thursday show Alberta’s student performance in Grade 6 science fell slightly while Grade 9 science was consistent and high school Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Science diploma results rose significantly with results nearing or surpassing five-year highs. Education Minister Gordon Dirks said he was encouraged by the “high level of achievement� from science students. “Scientific literacy is vital to ensuring our students are able to succeed in a knowledge-driven society,� he said. “Although the overall results are positive, we know that subjects such as math require ongoing attention.

“ScientiďŹ c literacy is vital to ensuring our students are able to succeed in a knowledgedriven society.â€? Gordon Dirks Education Minister Strong numeracy and literacy skills are vital for young Albertans moving into post-secondary programs or the workplace, which is why we’re making these essential skills the foundation to every subject, at every grade level.â€?

Alberta students scored slightly below the national average for mathematics, placing third behind Quebec and Ontario. Nevertheless, the government says the results are an improvement over math scores from 2010. The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) said their results show local high school students are outperforming students in other areas of the province in science while results declined in math, English language arts and social studies. The district is also trending up for high school completion rates with 77 per cent of students finishing, but it still didn’t meet the provincial average of 82 per cent for the 201213 school year. “We have more work to do. There’s no doubt about it,� said EPSB superintendent Darrel Robertson. “Our commitment is to work very hard each year to use the resources we have at our disposal to continue to try to close that gap and the goal is to have all of our kids be successful.�

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Visitors will have to plan their pit stops a little more carefully after the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) has decided not to renew their lease on the Gateway Park Visitor Information Centre. The centre has greeted guests to the city since 1987, but while the centre was established to help direct tourists to the best places to eat, play and shop in the city, the bulk of the site’s 44,000 annual visitors have mostly stopped just to use the washroom. The EEDC has decided to allow their lease on the site to expire on Dec. 31 — choosing to focus on the two other visitor centres they operate in the city while moving more tourism services online — leaving city councillors to debate what to do with the site at Tuesday’s council meeting. The Gateway Park Visitor Information Centre’s 4,624-square-foot building sits on three parcels of land covering almost 24 acres, situated at the south entrance to the city on Queen Elizabeth II Highway. The EEDC currently spends $360,000 to run the site, and despite renovations in

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Oilers help christen new clinic at Stollery CATHERINE GRIWKOWSKY St. Albert Leader

The new outpatient clinic at the Stollery Children’s Hospital is named for the 1984 Edmonton Oilers. The Edmonton Oilers Ambulatory Clinic officially opened on Friday as part of the 1984 reunion. The $15.8-million clinic will have 40 centres under one roof, allowing for more seamless service. And it will allow space for the expected 30 per cent increase in patient volume to come in the next 10 years. The clinic is paid for with a $13.8-million contribution from the Government of Alberta and $2 million from the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, which includes a legacy gift from the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation raised by Friday night’s 1984 reunion event at Rexall Place.

“This is what it’s all about. Raise a lot of money for charity, help the hospital, help the kids,� said Wayne Gretzky. “This is why we’re actually here. We’ve had fun this morning.� Jack Pinchuk, a 13-year-old patient of the Stollery, said it was amazing to hang out with the team and shake Gretzky’s hand. “It’s been very special for me and since I heard that I was going to help them unveil the plaque I’ve been really excited and looking forward to it. It’s just been a really good experience for me to meet the 1984 Oilers.� Pinchuk is now an outpatient and will be receiving treatment until Wayne Gretzky Oct. 17. He had a liver Oilers legend transplant in April with the help of his uncle. While he has to stay on anti-rejection drugs for the rest of his life, he’ll be home for good soon. “It’s great I no longer have to sleep under lights,� he said. “It’s much better for me.

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Oilers great Mark Messier signs a jersey for ďŹ ve-year-old patient Elina during the unveiling of the new Edmonton Oilers Ambulatory Clinic in the Stollery Children’s Hospital on Friday. Life-changing.â€? AHS President and CEO Vickie Kaminski used the analogy of working as a team to describe how health professionals will be better able to work together to deliver outpatient services. Richard Wong, Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation chairman, said he knows young adults and kids in the hospital don’t have a lot of fun, but when

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The Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Campaign will start October 31 this year. Branch 271 appreciates the support from the community members, businesses, and organizations of the City of St. Albert and the surrounding areas in past campaigns. In 2013, we raised more than $53,000. Poppy proceeds are used to assist veterans in need, and/or their dependents. Some special use donations have included funding to hospitals, nursing homes, cadet groups, and bursaries for qualified students pursuing post secondary education. Over the past year specifically, donations have been made in various amounts for veteran assistance, $15,000 to hospitals and nursing homes, $12,000 in bursaries, and $6,000 to cadet groups.

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Celebrating the best of St. Albert’s business community BRITTANY KUSTRA Special to the Leader

Every year, the St. Albert Chamber of Commerce celebrates local businesses with Small Business Week — a week of mixers, speakers, and breakfasts that culminates with the Small Business Awards of Distinction. The Small Business Awards, which take place tonight (Thursday), are the true highlight of the week. The evening will feature great food and drinks, live entertainment, and the presentation of awards to celebrate some truly outstanding businesses in our community. Excellent local businesses create a strong, connected community. Small business owners become faces and leaders in the community. St. Albert’s excellent small businesses are destination shops, helping attract visitors to the city, and raising our profile. It’s why the Northern

Alberta Business Incubator is a proud sponsor of the ceremony tonight. The nominees this year are a diverse group, which demonstrates how much the St. Albert business community has grown. In the Young Entrepreneur category, Bourgeois Pampered Paws and Cerulean Boutique are nominated. If these two small businesses are any indication, the future of entrepreneurship in St. Albert is in good hands. In the category of Outstanding Customer Service, a whopping 12 businesses are nominated. When exceptional businesses thrive in a community, they raise the standard of other businesses around them. It’s clear that customer service is a top priority for a number of businesses in St. Albert. We’re especially excited to see a nomination for St. Albert Bladz, a business located at the NABI Campbell Building.

A new category this year is Community Leadership, which celebrates businesses that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to making St. Albert a wonderful place to live and work. The three businesses nominated in this category truly demonstrate the “Spirit of St. Albert.” If you can’t make it to the awards ceremony tonight, you can still keep up online by following #StABiz2014 on Twitter! The full list of nominees is on the next page. And although Small Business Week will be over soon, we can support small business yearround. Visiting local businesses means keeping your dollars in St. Albert and helping a community grow. Brittany Kustra is the Communications and Marketing Coordinator for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator.

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Babiak puts businesses’ stories to work GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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Story Engine co-founder Todd Babiak speaks at the St. Albert Public Library on Wednesday morning.

The worlds of business and literature came together in a very interesting way on Wednesday. As part of the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Week festivities, author Todd Babiak paid a visit to the St. Albert Public Library Wednesday morning for their annual Business Breakfast, where he talked about his new company, Story Engine, and the importance of story to success in the business world. Babiak — the author of such books as The Garneau Block, The Book of Stanley, Toby: A Man and Come Barbarians — started Story Engine in 2011, which helps businesses and people use narratives as the core of their strategies, whether that’s operational, human resources or — most often — marketing and branding. “We research and find out their story, then we activate it and teach them to use it,� Babiak said, adding that they have since gained clients all across Canada. “It works in the way media works today.� Those narratives are something that businesspeople often underestimate and

underutilize in their marketing efforts. “We’ve all been taught since the Second World War to use a lot of marketing and branding strategies that make some sense to some organizations,� he said, “but what we all have in common as human beings is that our brains are wired for narratives. If we want to create ambassadors and evangelists for our organization and its mission, if we want to create employees who feel valued and inspired, I think story is the most elegant way to do it.� While Babiak’s days are busy running Story Engine alongside partner Shawn Ohler, he still manages to find “an hour and a half or two hours every morning, quite early before the day begins� to be an author. It’s a “heartbreaking, ridiculous challenge� to balance the two careers, but Babiak really enjoys it. “I learn a lot from the businesspeople we work with every day,� he said. “Businesspeople, even though they say, ‘Oh, I’m not creative; I don’t get this stuff you’re doing,’ at their core, every entrepreneur is a rags-to-riches, underdog type of person. When you teach them that, that they have an amazing story, and there’s a reason they

decided to make this difficult choice and change people’s lives with their business, they’re renewed. I love watching them; I love watching the way you can change people by giving them something that they were really good at when they were five years old, but now that they’re 47 and an executive, they’ve forgotten how to do it because they’re so protected by their realm, by whatever they’ve become an expert in. It often feeds into my creative writing I do in the mornings, when I work on novels, because I’m inspired by leaders. I’m inspired by people and I love to see them work through stuff.� Fittingly since it was held at a library, Babiak hoped that those who came out to Wednesday’s Business Breakfast came away with a greater understanding of what their story is and how it can help them get ahead in business. “I want to teach them what a story really is, what it has been for 7,000 years,� he said. “And I’d like them to see how they might use it instead of the techniques they’ve become comfortable with.� For more information on Babiak and his company, visit www.toddbabiak.com and www.storyengine.com.

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Take aim at marketing strategy of concentric offerings KURIAN THARAKAN Special to the Leader

Almost everyone has heard of the Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 rule. In marketing the principle could be applied as 80 per cent of your sales come from 20 per cent of your customers, and that 80 per cent of your profits come from 20 per cent of your products. If we expand on this rule, we can arrive at a strategy for increasing your sales and profits called “Concentric Offerings.� Briefly stated, your marketplace can be viewed as a series of concentric circles. The outer circle is the marketplace for your product or service. Let’s say that you will be able to transact a purchase with five per cent of this marketplace. You have thus identified from a mass market a series of suspects, qualified them as prospects, and finally transacted them as customers. The entire process nets you a sales result of five people out of 100. If you stop at this point, your entire effort has only generated a return offive per cent. The most expensive part of the marketing process is this identification of customers and the processing of a

first-purchase transaction with them. If you only do this much, you have conducted a very expensive promotion, and not fully realized the profit potentials of your market. The “Concentric Offerings� strategy simply states that you must now make a more exclusive offer to these five out of 100 people, as they are the most interested and likely people to become the most profitable repeat customers. Theoretically, through the more exclusive offer, you should now be able to convert a much higher percentage of these five people than just five per cent. Perhaps the conversion rate is 60 per cent. You are now at the third concentric circle, and you effectively

have eight transactions (two people have bought once and three people have bought twice). The process doesn’t stop here though. You can now make a more exclusive offer to those people that have bought twice. If your conversion ratio is still 60 per cent, you may sell two more items. You are now at the fourth concentric circle, and you effectively have 10 transactions (two people that have bought once, one person that has bought twice, and two people that bought three times). This process could go ad infinitum, especially if you re-offer the original prospect list with another item. Let’s use an example. If you were a marketer of collectible porcelain

figurines: • First Offer: 1 million direct mail pieces for the figurine set, “Southern Belles.â€? Price: $29. Response: 14,000 orders. • Second Offer: 14,000 direct mail pieces for the figurine set, “Southern Gentlemen.â€? Price: $29. Response: 8,400 orders. • Third Offer: 8,400 direct mail pieces for the figurine set, “Southern Manors.â€? Price: $49. Response: 5,000 orders. In this example, we have now transacted 27,400 orders with a value of $894,600 (for simplicity of calculation, we have not included marketing or fulfillment costs in this example) simply by applying the “Concentric Offeringsâ€? strategy. Theoretically, the innermost circle can be worth much more in profits (because of its higher profit margins), than all of the outer circles put together. By employing the Concentric Offerings strategy you can dramatically leverage your sales and profits. Kurian Tharakan is the Executive-inResidence for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator.

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City ofďŹ cials excited to see what ’15 brings

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The past 12 months have been fantastic for the business community in St. Albert, but officials with the City of St. Albert’s economic development department are hoping the next 12 months will be even better. Over the past year or so, St. Albert has seen a large number of new businesses open their doors — highlighted, of course, by the opening of Costco on the city’s north end last October. But Joan Barber, manager of business retention and expansion, and Sean McRitchie, manager of business attraction, are hoping that things will only go up from here. “I suspect 2015 will be just as good as 2014,� Barber said. “I’m very excited to see what the landscape of St. Albert looks like at this time next year. And I hope I’m not wrong in predicting it’s going to be much different than it is now.� “I think it’s going to be a super exciting 2015, based on meetings we’ve had,� McRitchie added. Looking back on the past 12 months, McRitchie is proud and excited to see how far the local business scene has come. “It’s a process, and St. Albert is definitely having its time in the sun,� he said. “We’re definitely having good success, and the business community is rallying around the success we’re seeing.� Barber added that one of the highlights for her over the past year was seeing how well residential growth is doing in St. Albert, which makes the city more attractive for business. “There are a lot of businesses that we need to be at a certain population; that’s one of the tipping points for them in order to come to town,� she said. “So every resident is really important to our business community.� The economic development department has also received positive feedback

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Joan Barber and Sean McRitchie with the City of St. Albert’s economic development department are excited to see what 2015 brings to the local business scene. about the angle parking pilot project in downtown St. Albert and new wayfinding signs that have been installed over the past month or so. Seeing that type of positive activity really validates the work that the department is doing, Barber said, including studies on different economic sectors like retail, industrial, hotels and entertainment. “These tools we’ve been developing have been really critical for success. They’re’ really useful to our business community,�

she said. Of course, there are lots of tightropes that the department must walk. One tough place to find balance is between attracting big box stores or national chains and attracting small, independent businesses. “Ultimately, the market dictates. We all tell the business community what we like by how we spend our dollars,� Barber said. “I think there is certainly lots of room in our marketplace for small independent business. But it’s up to the market to really

dictate what that balance is.� “Business attraction isn’t just about going and getting 100,000-square-foot warehouses,� McRitchie added. “That’s great for the city, but we’ve also had meetings with local chocolatiers from other small municipalities who want to come downtown, be on Perron Street and be involved with the community we have there. It’s not just going out and meeting with the big box developers of the world. There are a lot of interactions Joan and I have with local business looking to come to St. Albert who want to be part of our small business community.� Another delicate balance that must be struck is between attracting new businesses and retaining existing ones, but Barber and McRitchie say their jobs overlap a lot and they work together very well. “We all have our own projects, but we all work closely together,� McRitchie said. “If there was a business looking to expand or relocate within St. Albert, all of our management team would be involved in that. ... We both have a skill set, we both have resources that are available to us, and we both have different perspectives.� Looking ahead to the next 12 months, McRitchie is excited to see even more developments take shape, especially on the north and west ends of the city. “There are a few developments underway right now where you can see the shovels in the ground and the services being put in,� he said. “And there’s a few new ones in the west around the Enjoy Centre that are really exciting and will have a pretty significant impact on the city once they get going.� Meanwhile, Barber is most excited about the possible realignment of St. Anne Street, calling it “the key to changing downtown for it to prosper.� “The realignment is just the first step, but what it does is open up additional properties that are now available for development,� she said. “For me, that will be the key to opening up downtown.�

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As we begin our fourth year of publishing the St. Albert Leader, we want to take a moment to thank our readers, advertising partners, suppliers and of course our amazing community. We hope you enjoy the Leader each and every week and please be sure to support our advertising partners. It is because of them that we are able to do what we do! On behalf of the St. Albert Leader team, please accept our sincerest thanks and all the best in the year ahead. Rob LeLacheur, Owner of the St. Albert Leader Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

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Virginia to Vegas spreads positive vibes GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

October isn’t even done yet, but it’s already been one heck of a year for Derik Baker. Since his first single “We Are Stars” was released in January, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter from Ontario known by the stage name Virginia to Vegas has been on a rocket ride up the charts, including a performance at the MuchMusic Video Awards. And, as he prepares to headline the Amplify Youth Festival this weekend in St. Albert, he’s enjoying the ride. “The last time I showed up for a Derik Baker job, for work, was Virginia to Vegas in February of last year. I’ve been able to completely immerse myself in art and what I love to do,” Baker said. “Between the MMVAs and being on tour, opening up for Maroon 5 this summer, it’s been crazy. It’s just been a dream come true for me.” Baker admits that he didn’t know too much about the Amplify festival — which offers workshops for youth aged 14 to 21 in a variety of creative areas ranging from visual arts to barbecue — when organizers approached him, but the more he learned about it, the more he liked it. “I find out more about my life on Google than I do from anyone else,” he said with a laugh. “But I’m finding out more and more about this festival and I’ve done some research … and it seems like it’s a really cool thing. It’s empowering youth and about positivity, and I’m all about that.” And he’s also all about giving young people opportunities to explore creative avenues, musical or otherwise. “I’ve always believed that, if you see something and you want something, and you articulate that it’s what you want, the only way it’s ever going to happen is if you put it in front of you and set goals to make it happen,” Baker said. “It might seem like overnight success to someone who might not know me, but it’s just been little stepping stones along the way.” The inspiration for “We Are Stars” came just after Baker signed with Wax Records and he started to struggle with the pressure of balancing his dreams and making a living. “It came from a very real place … even once you’ve

“(The Amplify festival) is empowering youth and about positivity, and I’m all about that.”

garnered some success in music, there’s still a fire inside you as a songwriter to want to create something and give something to other people,” he said. “That’s part of being an artist.” “We Are Stars” features fellow Canadian pop star Alyssa Reid, with whom Baker has collaborated and toured with many times and he has built up great chemistry with. “I think she was there the day I signed my record deal, and we’ve become friends ever since,” Baker said. “It’s two years going strong of writing together and writing for other artists. She’s great.” Baker was seasoned in the music industry prior to “We Are Stars” being released, playing in blues bars and writing songs for a number of different pop artists. So moving from behind the scenes back to the front of the stage wasn’t a big challenge. “It was a big switch going from the studio to playing in big arenas,” he said. “It’s not difficult or hard for me to step into the performer’s shoes, because it’s what I love; it almost feels like second nature to me. But

there are great differences between being a songwriter and then being the performer that performs that song you’ve written. You gain a new appreciation for songs once you’ve played them live.” Next up for Baker is a crossCanada tour with Reid, which coincides with the release of his EP, Volume 1, which is scheduled for Nov. 11. “I’m really excited for that,” he said. “Some of those songs I wrote two years ago; some of them I wrote two months ago. So I think it’s a pretty good representation of who I am right now. I’m happy with those songs and how they turned out.” For more information on the rest of the Amplify Youth Festival, visit www.amplifyfestival.ca.

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Wingin’ it at improv workshop GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

When it comes to his workshop at the Amplify Youth Festival, Joe Vanderhelm will be winging it. Of course, he’s used to that. Vanderhelm is the youth co-ordinator for Rapid Fire Theatre, Edmonton’s longest-running improv theatre troupe, and he is leading their workshops that are part of this weekend’s festival at the Enjoy Centre. “When a lot of the world is saying, ‘You can’t do this,’ improv is all about, ‘You can do this,’” Vanderhelm said. “Since it’s all about our imaginations and how we support each other’s imaginations, we really can do anything we want in a safe and fun environment. In the real world, they can have people tell what they can’t do and can’t say, but in improv, we want to say yes to everything.” The workshop will help youth understand the principles of improv, including supporting each other, listening and being positive and accepting. But above all, it seems, is trust. “We have no scripts or costumes or sets. All we have is each other,” Vanderhelm said. “We really are relying on the support and acceptance of our teammates in order to build

something together.” While Vanderhelm works full-time as a school teacher, he said he gets quite a few opportunities to host workshops like this and spend time teaching improv to younger people. And those skills that Vanderhelm teaches in the workshops can stretch well beyond the stage, especially when they learn about it at the ages that the Amplify festival is aimed at. “Learning those skills of listening, being positive, thinking creatively about situations, I can’t imagine what my life would be like now without those skills that were put into me at a really impressionable time in my life,” he said. “I would probably hardly be a teacher or a professional improviser, for that matter. But I certainly know a number of people who have gone on to become doctors and lawyers who I shared the stage with and they all say the same thing: that they are better humans for the fact they did some improv and special times in their lives.” Vanderhelm himself got into improv in Grade 9 when he and some friends were pulled into a club by one of his teachers. “The teacher came by and sort of grabbed us all and said, ‘Meet me in the drama room after school today.’ We all thought we were in trouble,” he said. “But

when we met him, he said, ‘You five boys are going to be the improv team.’ We had no idea what he was talking about, but he trained us and got us working together, making things up, supporting each other and having a lot of fun.” And, like the opportunities he had to get creative, he hopes the Amplify festival gives other kids the chance to find their passion. “No one can predict what kind of labourers and skills we’re going to need down the road. But what we do hear constantly is that businesses are looking for creative people, people who are able to think outside of a box, people that are able to problem solve and work collaboratively with other people in order to overcome a problem or think of the next new invention. So it’s vitally important that the youth of today are learning how to be creative. “It doesn’t matter if its music or dance or visual arts or on stage, improvising or with a script — they all tap into the same skills, which are learning how to work with other people, learning how to think creatively about a problem, learning how to express that problem in a different way, getting out of desk and into the other hemisphere of the brain … in order to bring innovative solutions to complex problems.”

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Nomination call out for Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The City of St. Albert is once again putting out the call for deserving artists to be recognized through the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Awards. The awards will be handed out at the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Gala, scheduled for Friday, March 20, 2015, at the Arden Theatre, and recognize artists and organizations in the community

that “demonstrate a clear commitment to arts and culture in St. Albert.” “The Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Awards recognizes artists within and with an attachment to St. Albert, who help strengthen our artistic bond and nurture the creativity in our community,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. Nominations are being accepted in eight different categories: • Emerging Artist;

• Community Arts Group; • Youth Artist; • Arts Leadership; • Excellence in Arts Teaching; • Corporate Patrons of the Arts; • Established Artist; and • Lifetime Achievement in the Arts. Nomination forms and more information on each of the categories is available by visiting www.stalbert.ca and searching for “Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts.” Forms can be submitted

by email, by regular post or in person at St. Albert Place. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 28. All winners will receive an original work of art by a St. Albert artist and — expect for the Corporate Patron of the Arts winner — a cash prize of $1,000. Tickets to the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Gala in March are $35 each and are available through Ticketmaster or the Arden Theatre box office (780-4591542).

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Filmmaker hungry for festival

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

There’s a first time for everything — just ask Shane Snook. The filmmaker, who recently moved from Newfoundland to St. Albert, will have his latest work, an animated film entitled The Story of Two Wolves, premiere at the 15th annual imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival, which runs from Oct. 22 to 26 in Toronto. But while it’s a big stage, it’s actually the first time Snook has made an animated film. “I hadn’t even touched a sketchbook in six or seven years,” he said. “I had to find (Adobe) Flash, I had to figure out to use Flash … YouTube is very useful sometimes.” Still, Snook is really excited to be part of the festival. “It’s really encouraging to get a lot of positive feedback from something like that,” he said. “(The story) meant a lot to me too, which is what gave me the courage to do it in the first place.” The imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival celebrates First Nations and other Indigenous cultures from around the world through film, video, radio and new media. The Story of Two Wolves is actually a retelling of an old Cherokee legend about the two sides of human nature. In Snook’s version, a young girl’s outburst prompts her father to tell her the tale. Snook started working on the film back home in Newfoundland. “I knew it was a short story that would be a great fit for a short film,” he said. “So I proposed and got accepted. … I thought it was a cool story, and I have an affinity for wolves; it goes back for years. My aboriginal name is even ‘Wandering White Wolf.’ But then, while I was going

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St. Albert filmmaker Shane Snook’s new animated Film The Story of Two Wolves will premiere at the imagineNATIVE film festival in Toronto next week. through the actual process of making the movie, the moral of the story became very important to me.” And even though animation is a new frontier, he felt it helped him tell the story in a better way. “It was a better chance to have full control over the tone and the environment,” he said. “When I was introducing people, if I wanted to have a darker background setting, I could make that as opposed to trying to find pictures of wolves and making a slideshow.” While it’s a great creative opportunity for Snook, it also means a lot to him to be part of such a prestigious Indigenous festival. “I’ve been getting increasingly involved in the aboriginal movement back home — it’s a great environment back

there, by the way — and to actually get to share a story like that is really cool,” he said. “I think it’s a really important story for people these days, too, with so much negativity going around.” But, in a broader sense, Snook feels its important for First Nations people to have opportunities to showcase their creativity. “Getting involved in anything, really, is the way to stay out of things you shouldn’t get into. A lot of the time, when people turn to drugs or alcohol or other bad habits or negative influences, it’s out of boredom. “There’s nothing else to do, so I’m gonna do this,’” he said. “There are better alternatives, creating is a big one — making videos, creating art and crafts, things like that, it’s a good outlet.” For more information on the festival, visit www.imaginenative.org.

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Folks can let their creative sides out at Paint Nite events held at bars across the Capital Region, including at O’Maille’s Irish Pub in St. Albert.

Creativity overflows at Paint Nite events

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

A bar in St. Albert is letting patrons’ creativity flow along with the spirits. For the past few months, Paint Nite events have been popping up all over Edmonton, encouraging people to come out and learn to paint while enjoying a few cocktails. Recently, though, Paint Nite expanded into St. Albert, setting up shop at O’Maille’s Irish Pub, and the response so far has been very positive, with most of the sessions sold out. “We were a bit surprised at the beginning, only because we weren’t sure how Edmonton and St. Albert would gauge this new idea,” said Serena Tang, lead artist for Paint Nite Edmonton. “So when we first put this new idea out there, we were tentative but we were hopeful. And when we saw the response, we were more than happy to see everyone was so on board.” Paint Nite events take place in major metropolitan centres across North America. Instructors like Tang take patrons through the techniques necessary to create a specific painting, and maybe put their own little spin on it. “It’s not as strict as classes,” Tang said. “We try to make it an event where we do a painting and it’s not so much teaching people. We encourage having a drink and being social while also being creative.” That mixture of creativity and being social is a big part of Paint Nite’s appeal. “It’s another event that people can try to switch up any normal plans they have and try something new,” Tang said. “Another appeal of Paint Nite is that some people really enjoy painting, but it’s a big

commitment to buy all these materials and do it in their own home. So when you come to Paint Nite, everything is here for you, all the materials, and you don’t have to do any of the cleanup.” The paintings can range from easy to difficult, and supplies like brushes, aprons and canvasses are included with the registration fee, which is usually around $45 per session. While the painters are having a blast, so too are the venues, Tang said. “We try to accommodate them with nights that maybe they aren’t as busy. That way, we can get them more business — maybe a weekday when people might be at home because they’re working. And if we introduce new people to these bars, perhaps they really enjoy it and will go back on other nights.” Other Paint Nite venues in the Edmonton area include Hudson’s locations in Oliver Square and South Edmonton Common, Mercer Tavern, Ed’s Rec Room and O2’s Taphouse and Grill on Jasper Avenue. But, no matter where it’s happening, Tang feels Paint Nite is a great way to make the arts more accessible. “The art community here is quite big, but sometimes if you’re not a part of it, doing it as a job or a profession, sometimes you don’t hear about it as much,” she said. “So this is a way to introduce art to people who don’t get to do it as an everyday thing.” Events at O’Maille’s are usually on Saturdays, although Tang said they are looking to add more dates all over the region. For more information on Paint Nite or to see a list of scheduled events, visit www.paintnite.com.

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No bad days for Oxenbould

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13-year-old Oxenbould is the all-American boy these days. The son of actor parents, he’d amassed about as many credits since age six as you probably could Down Under, and came to Los Angeles with them to see what would happen. His first big audition was for the Jason Bateman-directed Bad Words. “I thought, ‘This is crazy. I’m going for an American film and I’m not even American.’ I was excited but nervous at the same time.” He didn’t get that one, but he felt emboldened. Then came the audition for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, based on Judith Viorst’s classic children’s book. In the movie version, Alexander accidentally curses his family to a bad day of their own after using his birthday wish to get them to be more understanding of the bad day he’d experienced. “He’s a very special kid,” says director Miguel Arteta. “I went bowling with him, my wife and his parents, and anytime anyone would get a strike, he’d cheer.

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There’s double-irony in the fact that young Australian actor Ed Oxenbould is playing an American kid obsessed with Australia in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. On his 12th birthday, Alexander Cooper gets to pet a kangaroo and an emu. At the same age, the Sydney native Oxenbould had not yet made their acquaintance. It’s not like they were on his front lawn or anything. “People think we hang around with kangaroos and emus, but they are deadly animals. If you see one, run!” he says good-naturedly. In fact, he confesses, “I actually was never in the Outback in my life until I filmed Paper Planes (the acclaimed indie film in which he co-starred with Sam Worthington, and which played the Toronto International Film Festival). That was my first taste of the real Aussie wilderness.” His natural accent aside, the

He’s so capable of being happy for other people, and that was important because this is a movie about discovering family again, and we needed someone who had that generosity of heart. “As for the accent, that was just dumb luck, because Ed has a musical ear. He was threequarters of the way there when we started filming.” Oxenbould’s American accent may now be his most valuable possession. He followed up Alexander with a role in M. Night Shyamalan’s comedy-horror film Sundowning. The kid has already learned to keep mum about plot details, but he will say of Shyamalan, “he was incredible, fun, really talented, he knew what he wanted. It was a joy to work with him.” Literally born to act, Oxenbould says, “some of my earliest memories are hanging around with my parents, being in recording studios and on sets. It blew my mind, the caterers, the lights, the grips.” At six, “my mom said, ‘There’s a role in this thing for a little

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13-year-old Ed Oxenbould (front) stars with Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner in Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. “It’s weird. You become really close with everyone on set, especially on Alexander, and then it’s over. You’re with them every day, having breakfast, lunch, dinner. One of the best times ever was going to Bob’s Big Boy in Burbank with (screen siblings) Kerris (Dorsey) and Dylan (Minnette). “And then boom, you move away and don’t see them.”

kid, would you want to do this?’ And being in the studio made me really happy. I love being on set. It’s a great experience seeing everyone collaborating.” And at 13, he’s also aware of the ephemerality of those relationships. Both he and his movie-dad in Alexander, Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) were at the Toronto festival, but efforts to meet up fell through.

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Federal Minister of Employment Jason Kenney was in Edmonton last week with announcements to address Alberta’s skilled labour shortage. As part of the Canada Job Grant program, the federal government will give up to $10,000 per person, or two-thirds of the cost to train employees, and the business will shell out the rest. In total the federal government is giving $34 million to Alberta over the next few years. “Governments in Canada spend an awful lot on skills development, post-secondary education, job training,” Kenney said, adding the government spends more than other developed countries, whereas industry pays less. Kenney said the job grant will reduce risk for the employer. “One of the reasons businesses tell us they do not invest more in training in Canada is because they’re concerned about poaching, they’re concerned if they do put more skin in the game that their newly trained prospective employees will get picked up by a bigger company with deeper pockets,” Kenney said. Alberta Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour Ric McIver said the province will be delivering the funding. “There’s no silver bullet; it’s going to take ongoing efforts,” McIver said.

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Unemployment in Alberta is at 4.4 per cent, with 21,000 new jobs in September. Year-to-year, employment was up by 54,000 jobs. “Alberta looks forward to working with the federal government on immigration and labour force strategies that respond to market demands, and ensure we have the workers we need to drive our economy. Alberta will need access to skilled and unskilled labour to meet the needs of our economy, including the recruitment of Canadians from other provinces, temporary foreign workers and permanent immigrants,” said Premier Jim Prentice in a press release. Nationally, women and youth saw the biggest increases with 43,000 more youth aged 15 to 24 employed, although the youth employment rate kept steady. Women aged 25 to 54 saw an increase of 16,000 in employment nationally, while the unemployment rate dropped 0.5 percentage points to 5.1 per cent. Federal Minister Jason Kenney in Edmonton last week said he wants to see Albertans who are unemployed — whether they’re looking for work or not — get jobs before temporary foreign workers.

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Food bill fights can signal other issues SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – It was a revelation for Vanessa Ali when she took her boyfriend Kevin Tomas food shopping for the first time. He took one look at the prices and told her to put everything back. “I don’t think he realized how much food costs,” said Ali, 29, a communications manager at BMO Financial Corp in Toronto. She went back the next day and filled her cart with the exact same stuff — this time without Kevin. In some households, the cost of the daily grocery bill or the restaurant tab may be minor footnotes. But often, experts say, food bills can be a sore point. “Research shows that the brain perceives food and money as almost the same thing,” says Deborah Price, founder of the Novato, Calif.-based Money Coaching Institute and author of The Heart of Money. Usually, arguments over food bills involve more than the mere cost of milk, bread or organic kale. “They are often about underlying issues, like security, or health, or deep emotional fears,” Price says. To be sure, in a challenging economic era for the middle class, food can make up a significant part of a household budget. The cost of dining out could well be a key candidate for budget discussions. However, the average household bill for that was $2,625 over the course of 2013, according to the Consumer Expenditure Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s just five per cent of total expenses — and nothing close to what people spend to fill up their fridges. Meanwhile, for daily groceries — the entree of many a budget altercation — an urban family of four might spend $800 a month, or $1,000 if they have a penchant for the organic, Price estimates. Indeed, the average American household dropped almost eight per cent of total expenses on food at home, according to BLS data. “That’s a lot of money,” Price says. One study by New York City-based consultancy AlixPartners found that health-

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In some households, the cost of the daily grocery bill or the restaurant tab may be minor footnotes. But often, experts say, food bills can be a sore point. conscious “superusers” — about 26 per cent of the population, and usually female — spent four times as much of their monthly health-and-wellness budget on fresh fruit and vegetables, compared to the average shopper.

And another study in the British Medical Journal estimated that eating healthily costs an average of $550 a year more than the alternative. With a preponderance of diets demanding specialty ingredients — from vegan to all-

organic to gluten-free to paleo — the cost of meals can add up. “Sometimes couples have very different views about food,” says Richard Vitaro, a director at AlixPartners and the study’s co-author. “Maybe one person values it a bit more, and wants a higher-end product, while the other is more value-focused.” “There can also be changes during the relationship,” Vitaro notes. “Maybe they start off with similar views, but then one partner goes on a health kick,” he says. Price recalls one client whose Depressionera father would only buy price-cut food in dented cans and seek big discounts on nearputrid meat. That client later became “over-focused” on food, aiming only for the best and freshest produce to compensate for those early, disturbing memories, paying a ton of money in the process. A palatable solution for conflicts over food purchases could be a negotiated compromise. Instead of splurging $100 a month on organic honey alone, as another of Price’s clients used to do, try to find some reasonable middle ground. If your projected monthly family food budget is $800 and your organic-obsessed spouse’s is $1,000, at least try to split the difference and come in at $900. Advance planning and price comparisons may help. Buy staples at big-box discounters like Costco or Target, says Price. That will help chop your overall bill and give you wiggle room to afford fresh produce on an as-needed basis. As for Vanessa Ali, her household expenditure on groceries is about $550 a month — including a healthy array of fresh fruits, fish and veggies — and excluding eating out about three times a week. She admits her partner “may have a little bit of a point” about their ample food budget, but that hasn’t stopped them bickering over bills. “Oh my God, I don’t even want to think about the numbers,” she says. “I think I’m in denial.”

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Stk# Z9980

2012 FORD F150

2012 INFINITI FX 50 S

$41,798

SXT Sedan

$46,888

Limited Stk# N42381B

Celebrating over 37 years of doing business in St. Albert!

www.stalbertdodge.com

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