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Lisa Hornland sits on her back deck with her 10-yearold beagle, Tucker. Tucker has a tumour on his spleen that requires surgery, so Hornland has started a GoFundMe campaign to help pay the bills, with any excess funds going to the Beagle Paws rescue society.

See story, page 3.

BY THE NUMBERS

$6.6 billion That’s how much money Canadians spent on pets in 2013, according to a report by market research group Packaged Facts released in March 2014. Most of that — $2.25 billion — is spent on Vet bills. By 2018, the report predicts, the total could rise to $8.3 billion.

a breeder when he was very young.

She first took Tucker to the veterinarian in February to get a Tucker the beagle may not be couple of lumps under his arms around much longer, but his owner checked out. Those turned out to is ready to make sure he leaves a be benign, but the vet was worried legacy. about his spleen and found a small The 10-year-old beagle is the mass with an ultrasound. proud companion of St. Albert The family hoped the mass was resident Lisa Hornland and her benign, but over the weekend, family, but he has recently run into Tucker got very sick and had to go some health troubles. To help pay the back to a vet clinic in Edmonton. bills, Hornland “He couldn’t has started a move; he was campaign on falling up and crowdfunding down the stairs,” website Hornland said.

GoFundMe to The raise $8,000. veterinarian “He was in Edmonton my first child; recommended that’s why it’s putting Tucker so hard now,” down that day, said Hornland, but Hornland Lisa Hornland a mother of two held out hope.

Tucker’s owner who lives in She saw her the Oakmont regular vet in subdivision. “... It’s tough. I can’t St. Albert on Monday, who told her imagine not having him.” that the tumour wasn’t critical, but But, should something happen he could go at any time. to Tucker before the surgery is paid “She couldn’t guarantee that it for, Hornland plans to keep the hadn’t spread or where it is, so the fundraiser going in his memory option probably would have been to benefit the Beagle Paws rescue better eight months ago to do the society. surgery than to do it now, but who Beagle Paws is near and dear to knows,” she said. “But it’s my dog Hornland’s heart as she adopted her at the same time; do I give him any other beagle, Rusty, from the society chance I can?” about four years ago, and she has She got the idea to start up a fostered other dogs for them as they GoFundMe campaign after talking waited to find their forever homes. to another parent after soccer “I try to raise funds when their practice one day. fundraisers come along,” Hornland “If I can’t do it, at least it’ll go to said. “If we lose one, I might foster Beagle Paws if anyone donates, so I again; I don’t know if we’ll buy a dog don’t feel like I’m just taking people’s again for a while, just because I need money.” a break, especially with what’s going The GoFundMe campaign can on right now.” be found online at www.gofundme.

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QUICK LOOK: 2014 CENSUS Total Population

North Ridge

Downtown

Grandin

(up 3.71% from 2012)

Neighbourhood with largest population increase from 2012

Neighbourhood with oldest average population

Neighbourhood with largest population

63,255

1,029

64.8 Years

7,410

Working Residents 51% Work in Edmonton 36% Work in St. Albert

22.44% of population between ages 50 and 64

81% total number of dwellings that are owned versus rented in St. Albert

Erin Ridge North

Mother Tongues 87.57% English 1.88% French 0.05% Aboriginal 5.10% Other

Neighbourhood with youngest average population

29.0 Years

duplex//foourpleex townnhouses aparrtments singlee familyy

13,831 Total number

K-12 students in St. Albert

of students in St. Albert

51.6% Male 5,549 48.4% Female 5,199

(K-12 & post-secondary)

24.74% of population under age of 18

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GLENN COOK

we’re watching.�

Mayor Nolan Crouse agreed, calling it “quite a remarkable number� and a More and more people are finding a positive trend. place to live in St. Albert, but they’re also “It speaks to the importance of having making the city a place to local commerce and local work, too. jobs, whether it’s Costco The City of St. Albert or a fitness organization or released the detailed results whatever,� the mayor said. of its 2014 civic census last The 2010 census counted week, showing that the total a total of 25,272 people who population of the city has lived in St. Albert who held increased to 63,255, up 3.71 a job, with 6,984 of those per cent over 2012. working in St. Albert. In 2014, But a number that City the total workforce increased officials — especially those in to 34,187, and 12,444 of them Guy the economic development worked in the city.

Boston department — may be more Boston said that increase is City of St. Albert excited about is the percentage the result of a concerted effort of people who both live and the City has made in recent work in St. Albert, which increased from years to promote St. Albert as a place 27.6 per cent in 2010 to 36.4 per cent in not only to live, but also to do business, 2014. including targeted ad campaigns. “It’s very encouraging,� said City “Our single highest priority, as economic development executive director directed to us by city council, is to Guy Boston. “One of the (goals) that grow the non-residential component of we have in economic development is to St. Albert, so certainly have that in mind increase the employment opportunities — commercial, retail, that kind of stuff,� in St. Albert, so any positive movement, Boston said. “But we also need to grow we’ll take credit for that. We want to see in population so that we can service that that grow and grow and grow; it’s a metric growth and have the employees available St. Albert Leader

for people who want to bring folks to St. Albert. We’re pushing on all levers; we’re throwing our flag up as high as we can.�

He pointed to the development of Costco and the rest of the Erin Ridge Shopping Centre on the north end of St. Albert, as well as the opening of Goodlife Fitness and other development along St. Albert Trail over the past year or so, as examples of business growth in the city.

While the 2014 numbers are a step in the right direction, both Boston and Crouse would like to see this particular figure continue to grow in the future. “People get to live and work in their own community, but you also get more non-residential tax revenue to help out with the residential tax burden,� Crouse said.

Meanwhile, Boston said there are plenty of new projects on the horizon that could drive this number up, including the new Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission warehouse, slated to be built along Boudreau Road, east of Apex Casino, and open in 2017. “That’s going to nudge the number of employees in St. Albert up significantly,� he said.

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Rockin’ out Mike O’Toole of Calgary checks out some faceting quartz during the Edmonton Tumblewood Lapidary Club’s annual rock and gem show and sale Saturday at the St. Albert 50+ Club. Enthusiasts from across the region gathered for the show, which featured displays and demonstrations.

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The City of St. Albert will have to re-open its books after a motion passed at city council’s regular meeting on Monday evening.

The motion, put forward by Coun. Cam MacKay and passed by a 6-0 vote, requires administration to add a notation to the City’s 2013 financial statements to reflect income collected by Mayor Nolan Crouse from the Capital Region Board during that year in his role of chair of the CRB. “The very cornerstone of our democratic society is trust and accountability, and since there are very few checks and balances at the municipal level, it’s very important for politicians to be accountable and transparent.

These are not just buzzwords to be trotted out for an election or when you wish to attack a political opponent, but rather should be part of the DNA of any politician,� MacKay said. “What happened in the case of the CRB, Crouse Developments Inc. and the chairmanship of the CRB is totally different than what should have happened.�

While council voted unanimously in favour of the motion, several felt the situation

was symptomatic of problems with the City’s current remuneration policy. “Our remuneration policy ... is so convoluted. It was built for a time not envisioning things like the CRB chair,� said Coun. Wes Brodhead.

Other motions passed Monday include a requirement for any current or future council member to report similar income going forward, and a re-affirmation that councillors comply with the City’s current remuneration and expense claim policy. “I hope this allows us to move forward and get past this issue,� MacKay said. “I hope that, in the future, we get some straight talk on this.�

Crouse did not vote on the motions as he recused himself from the debate on this topic.

According to the City’s current policy, any per diems from outside agencies or boards that councillors

serve on should be paid directly to the City, and councillors should submit an expense claim to the City in order to collect them.

MacKay contended that per diems were paid directly to Crouse through a private corporation he had set up. The CRB’s contract with Crouse was changed to pay him directly in May. While this was the matter under which accusations of Crouse submitting duplicate expense claims to both the City and the CRB were introduced during a council Cam MacKay meeting City councillor two weeks ago, those allegations were not specifically revisited during Monday’s debate, though some councillors did refer to them. “Had there been proper disclosure and respect for our City policies, if they had been followed from the onset, neither this motion nor the duplicate expense claims would have had the opportunity to

“I hope this allows us to move forward and get past this issue.�

occur,� said Coun. Sheena Hughes.

The “double-dipping� was briefly addressed earlier in the meeting, though, and Crouse claimed he had paid back $1,200 in per diems twice, once to the City and once to the CRB. “It’s another example of how I’ve tried to apologize for lousy bookkeeping. ... I realize I’m in a public court, but let me say this, because the public wants to know: I have accidentally overpaid by $1,200,� Crouse said. “I don’t know how I did it, but I did it.�

But MacKay said that did not deal with the duplicate expense claims, of which it was stated on Oct. 6 there were 12 over the past 19 months totalling about $1,000.

After that meeting, Crouse performed his own audit of his expenses since January 2012 and determined he was actually owed more than $1,700.

Hughes has provided notice of motion for a future council meeting that the City hire an independent auditor to perform a forensic audit of the mayor’s expense claims to determine exactly how much is owed to whom. The cost of such an audit is currently not known, but Hughes’s motion calls for it to be paid for out of the City’s transfer to stabilization reserve.

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OPINION

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Getting to the bottom of it

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hen city councillor Sheena Hughes sent out an email last week detailing the notice of motion she was putting forward, it didn’t seem like the greatest idea.

In the wake of allegations that Mayor Nolan Crouse had submitted duplicate expense claims to both the City of St. Albert and

by Glenn Cook to the Capital Region Board — which has since become known in local political circles as “double-dipping” — Hughes’s email from Oct. 14 stated that she wanted to have the City hire an independent auditor to conduct a forensic audit of Crouse’s expense claims to the City and invoices to the CRB, “to determine the extent and exact amount of duplicate billing, over billing, or other improper billing that has occurred for expenses and/ or per diems to either organization”.

On the surface, the motion seems pretty frivolous. The amount in question when it comes to the duplicate claims is only about $1,000, and it would probably cost a lot more than that to retain the services of an auditor.

But, after Monday’s city council meeting, the waters are muddier than ever. First, Crouse performed his own self-audit of his expense claims, which, even though he took responsibility for his own sloppy recordkeeping, seemed to indicate he was actually owed more than $1,700 when all the dust settled. Then, on Monday, Crouse told council that he has paid back $1,200 to the City for per diems — and the same amount to the CRB, saying he didn’t know how it happened.

The whole situation has reached the point where it’s difficult to wrap your head around it. There’s money coming and money going all over the place, and it’s getting incredibly hard to keep track of. It’s so difficult, in fact, that Hughes’s idea of a thorough audit doesn’t seem so frivolous anymore.

We need to get to the bottom of this situation, to get the facts on what has been paid and what hasn’t. And perhaps the only way to do that now would be to have the forensic audit.

No matter what the audit finds, it likely won’t quiet all of Crouse’s critics. But at the very least, we can get the facts straightened out and figure out the next steps to take from there.

EDITORIAL

Last Week: St. Albert Business Centre

Every week should be Small Business Week

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e have just come out of one of the most successful Small Business Weeks ever held in St. Albert. We set aside this week each year to honour the exceptional businesses that we have in our community, and the incredible work they do to bring goods and services to fortunate St. Albert residents.

Our business sector is vibrant and growing, and the excellent selections for those who choose to “Shop St. Albert First” are the big bonus.

I have heard it said, and do believe, that small business drives the economy of our country and of our province.

We are certainly a living testament to that in St. Albert.

The economic impact to our community as a whole from the business activity generated by small and medium-size

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MOFFAT Chamber president/CEO My City enterprises is astonishing.

Also, the growing number of St. Albert residents who understand the part they play in our economic growth by shopping at local businesses, are responsible for great returns to the community at large and to the businesses here.

On Thursday, Oct. 16, there were over 40 businesses who received special recognition in eight categories of excellence.

These categories included community leadership, business-to-business, Ignite, marketing, youth work experience/apprenticeship, young entrepreneur,

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Downtown Parking Study

Flag Display Policy

Commercial Land Requirements

Corporate Safety & Security Annual Report

BACKGROUND

Council voted to receive as information the Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan Parking Management Technical Study, a document that outlines the future of parking management in St. Albert’s downtown over the next 25 years.

Council voted on a new flag display, which would set out new guidelines on what kinds of flags to display and how to display them, and on amendments to the City Emblems and Symbols policy, which would give guidelines on what to displayed in accordance with the city’s visual identity.

Council voted to approve the use of a new methodology to calculate the available commercial land in the Commercial Land Requirements agenda.

Council voted to receive as information the Facility Safety and Security Annual Report, which outlines proactive steps that can be taken to minimize safety issues on city property.

THE VOTE

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“The existing parking downtown, there are 2,465 stalls in an 80 acre area... With current projections, we’re anticipating 2,000 new employees and 5,000 new residents in the downtown area, which will require 800 to 900 new stalls.�

“This is not exactly a new policy, it’s new in that it’s separate from the City Emblems Policy... We decided to separate it because it didn’t give instructions on ag raising policies.â€?

– Adryan Slaight, manager, planning branch

— Maya Pungur-Buick, general manager, corporate and strategic services

“We have projections for retail space already for the next six years from discussions that we’ve been in with developers. We know that there will be an increase of 1.8 million acres of retail space by the year 2020.�

“Over the past 20 months, we have had between 15 and 25 incidents on city property that we consider threatening situations. And that runs the range from loud phone calls with swearing to actual physical threats.�

Council and the public are to provide feedback to the study by Dec. 31, and a final version of the study will be submitted to council by March 31, 2015.

With both the policy and the amendments being adopted, council and staff will now follow the guidelines outlined in both policies and administration will begin creating a project charter for the full implementation.

Administration will review the Land Use Bylaw and make recommendations for amendments to council

by March 2015.

Administration will use the Facility Safety and Security Annual Report as a guideline for projects to improve safety on city property.

“I just want to ensure that any future developments in technology will be taken into account.�

“I really like that there’s an opportunity for community groups to raise their ags.â€?

“I’d like to see more on how St. Albert can improve on its competitive advantage, especially compared to Edmonton.�

“From the report, we can see there’s a lot of great things being done to ensure the safety of employees here and that’s really key.�

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Nathanial Pope, 8, and his mother Alina pose next to a brand new Chevrolet Camaro at the Costco parking lot in St. Albert for his birthday party on Saturday.

Biz leaders address council over Alta. labour shortage GLENN COOK

Chiasson was supported by a number of local business owners in the gallery in council chambers at St. Albert Place, as A local business owner wants the City well as at the podium by St. Albert and of St. Albert to add its voice to the chorus District Chamber of Commerce 2014 calling for a solution to Alberta’s labour volunteer chair Paul Quantz. crunch.

Quantz emphasized to council the Rob Chiasson, who owns the four need for any solution to this problem to McDonald’s franchises in St. Albert be “made in Alberta.” along with his wife Karen, came before “The (City) continues to seek foreign St. Albert city council on Monday and Canadian capital to develop our city, afternoon, asking councillors to draft a so the question must be asked: Where letter to the federal government calling will the workers come from?” he said. on them to find a “If municipalities solution to the labour would join the voice shortage so that the of the Alberta and situation doesn’t Canadian Chambers regress to what it was of Commerce to between 2003 and address these issues 2007. through their “In the short time political connections, I’ve been (advocating perhaps this impasse for business), can be overcome I’ve come to the and we can begin realization that it working on a madeRob Chiasson takes many voices in-Alberta solution to McDonald’s owner to make change,” the issue.”

Chiasson said.

Quantz added “Therefore I’m here today to ask that the that he recently attended the Canadian City of St. Albert join in the mounting Chambers of Commerce annual general cry for a solution to this issue.” meeting in Prince Edward Island, and Since July, Chiasson has spoken to labour and immigration were hot topics several community groups about major around the table. changes coming to the Temporary “It was clear that the provinces of Foreign Worker Program and the kind of Alberta and Saskatchewan are suffering effect they could have not only on the fast severe labour shortages, and that the food sector, but also on other industries one-size-fits-all approach of the federal like hospitality and construction. government to the Temporary Foreign “St. Albert is a successful city with a Worker Program and skills-based great quality of life, and I’m aware of the immigration does not serve Alberta and future plans for the further development Saskatchewan well,” he said. and improvement of the city,” he said.

Councillors did not take any action “But the labour shortage is a real threat to on Chiasson’s presentation on Monday our community’s ability to execute those afternoon, but it could be brought back to plans.” a future meeting.

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Birthday party revs up

TREVOR ROBB Sun Media News Services

As far as birthday parties go, even Alina Pope admits this one will be tough to top.

In the Pope family, birthday presents take a back seat to birthday experiences, and it’s always been eight-year-old Nathanial Pope’s dream to ride in a Chevrolet Camaro.

Thanks to the help of social media and a local Camaro enthusiast, the St. Albert family was able to grant Nathanial’s wish.

“We put up a post on Facebook on the Community of St. Albert page thinking maybe someone would offer him a ride, and right away we had someone respond and asked if we could do it the same day so we jumped on it,” said Alina. “Nathanial had no idea. When he (the driver) came around the corner, Nathanial was just floored.”

“It was so awesome — I didn’t know it was coming at all,” said Nathanial, who rode in a bright yellow Camaro just like his favourite car and character, Bumblebee, seen in the Transformers movies.

But the biggest surprise came when the ride was over and Alina went back online to check her Facebook feed.

Lo and behold, word had spread amongst several local auto clubs — including the Edmonton Camaro and Firebird Club, Central Alberta Camaro Club, Central Alberta Mustang Club and the Central

Alberta Mopar Club — and the idea came about to surprise Nathanial with a good oldfashioned show-and-shine. Thus, Nathanial’s Camaro birthday party was born.

Swaths of Camaros and other vintage cars lined a section of the Costco parking lot in St. Albert on Sunday to celebrate Nathanial’s ninth birthday — which officially happens on Oct. 28.

For Alina, the response from the Alberta car community was overwhelming.

“The words can’t describe the feeling,” said Alina. “We try so hard to instill in our kids the importance of community and the importance of giving back and I could never have taught them to this extent — this has really driven it home.”

But the giving didn’t end there.

Nathanial wasn’t just interested in having a birthday party; and because his wish came true, Nathanial came up with the idea to have his party double as a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Northern Alberta.

Edmonton Camaro and Firebird Club member James Montgomery was able to secure two framed photos, a Camaro hoodie, and a metal placard from Adams Motors in Wetaskiwin to donate to the party and raffle off in a silent auction, with all proceeds going towards the Make-A-Wish foundation.

“I had a dream come true so I just wanted to have other kids’ dreams come true too,” said Nathanial.

“It takes many voices to make change.”

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Sublime launches mastectomy swimwear

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Shopping for a swimsuit can be stressful at the best of times. For women who have survived breast cancer, though, it can be even more harrowing.

But one local shop is hoping to make the experience a lot smoother.

Starting this month — which, fittingly, is Breast Cancer Awareness Month — Sublime Swim and Sunwear has launched a new line of swimwear and activewear for women who have undergone mastectomies, helping them relax on vacation or stay physically active with confidence.

“For me, (confidence) is the number one thing,” said Glenda Keohane, sales associate and special events co-ordinator at Sublime.

“When they come in and they’re not sure of the size or the style they’d look good in, we help them with that. We give them some options and we guide them in the right direction. It’s so important that, when they leave here, they’re confident about the suit they’re wearing, and they’re not going to worry about it when they’re on the beach.

They know when they put it on, they’re going to feel great in it.”

Keohane knows first-hand about the needs of breast cancer survivors — she is one

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Glenda Keohane, special events co-ordinator at Sublime Swim and Sunwear, stands next to a mannequin modeling some of the store’s new line of mastectomy swimwear on Tuesday. herself. She was diagnosed 12 years ago this month and went through chemotherapy and radiation, but is now cancer-free.

“It does take a toll on one’s body. It definitely made me more conscious of some of the clothing, the tops that I could and couldn’t wear,” she said.

The swimsuits included in this line include tankini and one-piece styles, are available in sizes eight to 14 and have pockets sewn in to accommodate mastectomy forms.

These sorts of swimsuits were available in the past, but Keohane said they have become much more fashionable in recent years.

“I was so excited when I saw the suits, the tankinis,” she said. “The black-and-white looks beautiful. The criss-cross at the back is something ladies really like. Just the way it fits, and some ruching — that’s every lady’s friend.”

Mastectomy swimwear also tends to have higher necklines to cover up scar tissue from radiation and surgery.

Some other swimsuits Sublime carries can also be altered to include a pocket for mastectomy forms.

“We understand not every cancer survivors is an eight to a 14,” Keohane said. “Some of them are into plus sizes, so we hope that we can accommodate those ladies also.”

The activewear suits are 100 per cent polyester and are made for people wanting to take part in aquafit classes or in lane swimming.

Further down the road, Keohane hopes that Sublime — which she calls a “store with a huge heart” — will be able to bring in an even bigger selection of mastectomy swimwear.

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Yann Martel, the acclaimed author of such books as Life of Pi and Beatrice and Virgil, pays a visit to St. Albert as part of the St. Albert Readers’ Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at the Arden Theatre.

Martel set to shine at STARFest GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Whether you like his books or not, Yann Martel wants to see you.

The acclaimed Canadian author of such books as Life of Pi, Beatrice and Virgil and 101 Letters to a Prime Minister will be visiting the Arden Theatre in St. Albert this Wednesday as part of the fourth annual St. Albert Readers’ Festival (STARFest), put on by the St. Albert Public Library.

While festivals like STARFest give readers the chance to get up close and personal with their favourite authors and ask burning questions, Martel said they’re also a valuable experience for writers.

“It’s a fairly isolating process, writing a book, so it helps to actually break out of that and meet the reader. To meet the people who like your books is a very gratifying break from that isolation,” Martel said over the phone from Saskatoon as he took a break from reviewing his latest novel.

“I happen to like meeting readers; I find it interesting, whether they like my book or not. It’s not a question of wanting to be fawned upon. It’s just nice to meet people who have engaged with the book. Whether they liked it or not, so long as they’ve read it ... someone who has read the book and disliked it, that’s totally fine with me.”

That said, though, he also looks at these kinds of festivals as an important

development that are helping to keep the printed word alive in a way.

“I think they’re very good in the sense that they bring a human face to a book,” he said “especially for younger readers who may not realize that it’s a manufactured object that’s created by a human being. If you like a book, you like Harry Potter, you want to know more about J.K. Rowling. It humanizes the process; it doesn’t just come out of the sky.”

Martel has been active on the Canadian literary scene since 1993, when his first collection of short stories was published.

Since then, Martel knows that his writing had evolved, but he contends he’s not the best person to ask exactly how it has evolved.

“You’d have to ask readers or academics,” he said. “But each new novel is a new challenge — Can I do it? Do I know what I’m doing?

Of course, you get more confident the more you publish, but because you get more confident, you take greater risks,

and therefore you may make mistakes you wouldn’t have made earlier because you were more cautious.”

But he has found over that time that he prefers the longer format of a novel to the constraints of a short story.

“It’s like the difference between a marathon runner and a sprinter.

Some athletes are just better at one than the other,” he said. “I just like the length of a novel, the ability to develop things.

I find short stories intimidating because they’re so short and they have to be very tight, and I’m very uncomfortable in that.”

Just as it was when he started writing, Martel said the current literary scene in Canada is “incredibly vigorous and Yann Martel diverse,” thanks in large Author part to the country’s multiculturalism and geographical span.

“We accept people from all over the world, who bring their stories with them. Our literature is much more vigorous because of that, all those people coming in. And

“It’s not a question of wanting to be fawned upon.

It’s just nice to meet people who have engaged with the book.”

they ultimately become Canadians, but they bring those stories from abroad. I don’t think we have a monolithic literary scene; it’s very diverse.”

More than 10 years after it was published, perhaps Martel’s most popular novel, Life of Pi — which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in the United Kingdom in 2002 — was adapted into a movie that garnered a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars and a Best Director win for Ang Lee. Martel said that, while he “wasn’t that involved” in the adaptation, he spoke to the director a couple of times, and the movie introduced people to his writing to otherwise might not have found it.

But in the end, he tries to keep the two works separate.

“I enjoy movies the way everyone in my generation — or pretty well everyone — does. It was interesting to see my words turned to the screen,” he said. “But creatively, it’s completely separate. I mean, my book is a book, and a lot of things in the book didn’t appear in the movie ... Each has its magic and each has its limitations. It was interesting to watch the process, but it remains a sideshow. Fundamentally, I’m just a writer.”

Yann Martel’s presentation as part of STARFest takes place at the Arden Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 29, starting at 7 p.m.

For more information on the festival or on tickets, visit www.starfest.ca.

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GLENN COOK

industry. It affects our lives in various ways; some of us work in it. But it’s an odd thing.

St. Albert Leader I wanted to write something from the Even after a 40-year career as an author, inside.”

Fred Stenson has never Some of that feedback forgotten his Alberta has come from festivals roots. like STARFest, which Born in Pincher Creek, Stenson believes have educated in Calgary and become more and more now living in Cochrane, prevalent and important Stenson is heading over the past couple of to another Alberta decades. locale — St. Albert, to “It takes the be exact — on Monday publishing season for the fourth annual and adds a place to St. Albert Readers’ contact the writers and Festival (STARFest) for publicize the books. a reading from his latest The two things go very novel, Who By Fire, and a well together,” he said. conversation with fellow “It really has been an writer Curtis Gillespie. upward swing.”

While it might have While readers at Fred Stenson been tempting for a such festivals get the Author young aspiring writer chance to get up close to pack up and head for and personal with their the lights of Toronto or another big city, favourite authors, Stenson said he loves Stenson said he never really thought of meeting readers — and potential readers leaving behind the starry skies of Alberta.

— too.

“I loved to travel, I loved to get around “It’s a really great chance to have a group when I was young ... but there were things of writers and the people that were holding me home in my early who are interested in 20s. And by the time the those writers coming opportunity forward,” he said. “People existed, I think usually come for one or I had shifted in two writers that they my mind,” he know and are interested said. “As a writer, in, but in the course I think there’s of it, they see other an importance writers perform, and to staying in the it adds to the list milieu you intend of writers they’re to write about. interested in.”

And I kind of Aside from Who knew by then I was

By Fire, Stenson has always going to want plenty of fiction to write about the titles under his West, and Alberta in belt. His novel particular.”

The Trade was Who By Fire is a a finalist for story that is uniquely the prestigious Albertan, telling the tale Giller Prize in of a 1960s farm family 2000, and The who suddenly ends up Great Karoo with a malfunctioning was a finalist sour gas well less than a for the Governor kilometre away from its General’s Award for fiction. home and decides to fight But he also has written a number of it. freelance non-fiction books, with topics So far, Stenson said the response to the ranging from the RCMP to provincial book has been positive. parks, and made several documentary “The reader response has been, I think, films. the best I’ve ever had. The ones who want to Those two worlds tend to bleed into each read it, they want to read it right now,” he other, Stenson said. said. “I’m hearing responses already from “If you look closely at my books, they’re readers, and people are really liking it. always rooted in economy in some way “It’s funny — we live with oil and gas; or another. I’m very conscious of how we grow up with it, and it’s our prominent people make a living. Even my open range

“I kind of knew ... I was always going to want to write about the West, and Alberta in particular.”

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An author of uniquely Albertan stories, Fred Stenson brings his prairie point of view to Forsyth Hall at the St. Albert Public Library for STARFest on Monday evening. ranching novel, Lightning, is about the industry of ranching and how it grew out of the annihilation of the buffalo. There’s always an economic bottom to it all.”

Stenson first fell in love with books in his teenage years, calling himself an “obsessed reader” of adult books.

“My oldest sister was off at university, and she landed home with a a couple of books that I should read,” he said. “They were great books, and they made me understand that my reading had to change now to the world of adult books. It just became kind of an obsession to find the next great book.”

And now, after 40 years, he’s encouraged by the young talents coming up through

Alberta’s literary scene.

“There’s a large community of younger writers now, maybe more than ever, and they’re serious writers; they’re writing very well. They have a community, which is great. They look out for one another, support one another and celebrate one another. But the world they’re in is worrying; it’s tough. The economics of book publishing is really tough right now.”

Fred Stenson’s presentation as part of STARFest takes place on Monday at 7 p.m. in Forsyth Hall in the St. Albert Public Library. Tickets are $5 each and are available at the main floor desk at the library or by calling 780-459-1530.

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Brass band kicks off 10th season GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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Daniel Skepple is the musical director and one of the founding members of the Mission Hill Brass Band.

As it kicks off its 10th season, the Mission Hill Brass Band is tooting its own horn.

The St. Albert-based band, which was founded in 2005, takes the stage on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the St. Albert United Church (20 Green Grove Dr.) for its season-opening concert, entitled Autumn Brass.

Looking back on the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history, musical director Daniel Skepple said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve overcome a lot of hurdles, but theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to celebrate this milestone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Considering we started with 12 people in 2005, and we were challenge by some to think it would never last, the fact weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been here 10 years is exciting,â&#x20AC;? said Skepple, who founded the band along with Dr. Gordon Russell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very excited to get this 10th anniversary season going.â&#x20AC;?

Today, the traditional British-style brass band boasts a full complement of 28 members. Some of those, like Skepple, have been with the band since day one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had some 12- and 13-year-olds, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re now 24 and 25, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve

stayed with us the entire time,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The band was a small group of players, including my three kids, when it started, but since then, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grown to be a really nice band. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked hard to develop the British-style brass band sound, which I feel weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing a much better job of.â&#x20AC;?

And since day one, the band has been committed to St. Albert, with the vast majority of their shows and rehearsals taking place in the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We made the commitment (several) years ago to do all our concerts in St. Albert, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been really great for us to be at the St. Albert United Church,â&#x20AC;?

Skepple said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice space with a good high ceiling. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice listening space.â&#x20AC;?

Until recently, the band had been rehearsing at Elmer S. Gish Elementary and Junior High School on Akins Drive, but Skepple is on the hunt for a new space after the music teacher there retired. In the meantime, the band has been rehearsing in Edmonton.

Of course, one show that stands out in Skeppleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind from the past decade didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take place in St. Albert. Instead, the band took over the prestigious Winspear Centre for the Arts in

downtown Edmonton in March 2010, sharing the stage with the Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a really special night, and it was a very good crowd for the band,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was our first concert at a really large venue.â&#x20AC;?

The bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10th season will consists of three concerts: Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert at St. Albert United Church; a Christmas concert featuring trumpet soloist Jens Lindemann; and a special 10th anniversary concert at the Arden Theatre in April 2015 featuring a number of special guests.

Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concert, however, will feature just the band playing some brass band standards, as well as a few more advanced pieces, including a salute to big band musician Glenn Miller. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your typical fare â&#x20AC;&#x201D; some typical brass band stuff and some not-so-typical brass band stuff,â&#x20AC;? Skepple said.

Advance tickets for Autumn Brass are available through band members at $12 for adults and $8 for youth ages 10 to 15.

Prices increase to $15 for adults and $10 for youth at the door. Kids under 10 get in free.

For information on the band, visit www.missionhillbrass.ca.

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Youth was served at the Enjoy Centre over the weekend as the ďŹ rst-ever Amplify Youth Festival took over the MoonďŹ&#x201A;ower Room. Clockwise from top left: Aja Louden works on a chalk mural; Maddy Larkin-Miller, 12, does some Textural Texting at the Art Gallery of St. Albert booth; Kyra KobiCurtis, 13, takes part in a tape art workshop; the Everyday Gentlemen perform in the MacEwan University loft; Sierra Wirsch (left), 15, and Kailyn Wanhella, 14, try their hand at tossing pizza dough with the help of chefs from Famoso Neopolitan Pizzeria.

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Not-so-secret fundraiser to benefit youth GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The Wet Secrets’ latest project is one they hope to keep not-sosecret.

The Edmonton-based band, which boasts members from Bon Accord and Morinville, is currently in the middle of a campaign on crowdfunding website Indiegogo to raise $5,000 for the Chimo Arts and Music Programs and Studios (CH.A.M.P.S.) Fund at the Chimo Youth Retreat Centre in downtown Edmonton to give disadvantaged youth a chance to explore their musical sides.

As of Tuesday morning, the band had raised $1,466 — almost 30 per cent of its goal — but the main attraction of the campaign is tonight (Thursday) when the Wet Secrets take the stage at a fundraising party at Latitude 53 (10242 106 St., Edmonton).

“It’s so nice that anyone’s donating any money. It’s awesome,” said trombone player and singer Emma Frazier, who

hails from Bon Accord.

The Indiegogo campaign closes on Saturday.

Both Frazier and Wet Secrets founding member Lyle Bell have volunteered at the Chimo Youth Retreat Centre for the past couple of years.

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“It’s just been so fun. It’s be so nice to give these kids some new equipment or some new sheet music and really take it up to the next level,” she said.

Frazier added that, as much as the youth benefit from the music programs at Chimo, she gets a lot

out of it too.

“It’s so much fun. Those kids rule,” she said. “Last year, I got to play bass, and I don’t even play bass. I got to learn how to play.

That was fun.”

And she hopes the kids at Chimo get as much out of musical

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opportunities like this as she did while growing up in Bon Accord.

“I have no idea where I would be without (music),” she said. “It’s so nice to see these people that suffer from a variety of things, like depression, be happy and have fun.”

Aside from this campaign, though, the Wet Secrets have a lot going on. They were recently nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award, and they are participating in the Peak Performance Project, a contest for emerging artists put on by Calgary radio station 95.3 The Peak where they could win more than $100,000 in cash to put toward developing their career.

“As soon as it started, it’s been so much fun. It’s been the greatest learning experience event,” Frazier said. “We’ve learned so many things for free, basically. We’ve been meeting so many great people and so many cool bands.”

The Indiegogo campaign can be found at www.indiegogo.com/ projects/the-wet-secrets-put-theamp-in-ch-a-m-p-s.

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and health care infrastructure, he said, has built up over the years and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be ignored because of energy Drooping oil prices wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deter prices that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to falter for the province in its commitment to long. spend billions on school and health â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clearly, $80 will not continue care systems, Premier Jim Prentice for the balance of the year,â&#x20AC;? the said Friday. premier said.

While oil prices in the low $80 After hovering around the $80 range are mark last week, a concern, the value of Prentice said a barrel of the government crude rose this wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be swayed week to land at in spending $82.75 a barrel. more than $2 A number billion on the of high-profile most-recently oilsands announced projects were batch of shelved even schools, or before the latest $60 million price drop.

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Their advice came too late for investors who had followed the recent â&#x20AC;&#x153;buyâ&#x20AC;? guidance of at least 20 brokerages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not least BTIG Research, which upgraded the stock just two days before Netflix reported thirdquarter results.

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The dark side of entrepreneurship BRITTANY KUSTRA Special to the Leader

(Ed. note: This column was adapted from Northern Alberta Business Incubator managing director Dar Schwanbeck’s speech at the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Awards of Distinction on Thursday, Oct. 16.)

What are your reasons for starting a business?

“To live life by my own time and rules.”

“To strike out on my own.”

“I’m sick of corporate life.”

Well, before you dive in, author Joseph Schumpeter wants to share what it will really be like. It will be far harder than you imagine. You’ll encounter potholes, speed bumps, dead ends, loss of levers of control and cash flow nightmares.

You’ll also have to learn to do everything on your own.

Yes, this is your chance to break the rules, change the world, and own a villa on the lake. But the chances of hitting the big time are about 1 in 3,000.

What’s more likely? No job security, the lack of a social life, and no work/life balance.

There’s a 50 per cent chance your business will be gone in five years; the other 50 per cent barely stumble along.

According to John Gartner, who teaches psychiatry at John Hopkins University, the average entrepreneur is prone to restlessness, risk-taking, and over-optimism. How overoptimistic? In our experience, revenues are, at best, half what you predict; costs are double; and time to break even is double.

So what can we suggest?

If you’re thinking of starting, make sure you have a real value proposition — a medical

check-up, if you will, for your business idea.

Get regular medical check-ups for yourself, too.

Make time to exercise and relax — even if you don’t believe in work-life balance, your body does.

The most successful entrepreneurs build social networks, both to do business with and to lean on during hard times. Groups like Entrepreneurs’ Organization or Rotary Club are a couple ideas.

Be realistic about failure. There will be tears, and there will be sleepless nights. How do you cope with loss in your life? Consider this before starting.

On one side, we have all the glamour of romanticism of being among a tiny handful of successful entrepreneurs, and on the other, the very real chance of falling down and failing.

It seems there are two morals to Schumpeter’s teachings.

First, that would-be entrepreneurs need to do much more preparation and take a more measured view of the risks before they start a business. And second, that society must have more respect for the people who put their lives on the line to build something from nothing.

So here is to all of the entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses in St. Albert and make it one of the best, most unique places to live.

If you want to make sure you’re prepared before your launch your business, visit www. nabi.ca for upcoming programs and business coaching opportunities.

Brittany Kustra is the Communications and Marketing Co-ordinator for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator.

Challenging the ideal worker model

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A recent study that suggests many people find work life less stressful than home captured headlines across North America but as the boundaries between those once distinct worlds continue to collide and overlap, it may not be fair to compare one to another.

“I wouldn’t say that work is necessarily less stressful than home for a lot of people. There’s a lot of evidence that suggests the other,” says Scott Schieman, a University of Toronto sociology professor currently investigating the links between work, stress and health.

Many people, for example, get a lot of psycho-social rewards from work relationships and may be able to share their workload with supportive co-workers. The burdens of home, meanwhile, may fall squarely on their shoulders, he says.

“Study after study shows that work-related stress spills over or interferes with home much more frequently than the reverse,” says Schieman, also a Canadian Institutes of Health Researchfunded researcher. “That doesn’t necessarily mean that one domain is worse than the other.”

According to the 2010 General Social Survey by Statistics Canada, 27 per cent of Canadian workers described their lives on most days as “quite a bit” or “extremely” stressful. Feeling that you have too much to do and not enough time to do it has become a modern-day problem that requires

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But until that happens, he encourages overwhelmed workers to examine their workload and determine if it’s truly realistic.

“Some people say that if they can multitask at home they can catch up on work that needs to be done but why couldn’t it be done at work? Do you have too much work to do and not enough time to do it?”

According to the 2013 Canadian Work, Stress and Health study, 28 per cent of Canadians who work full-time for an employer frequently check work-related e-mail or text messages after-hours. Many are concerned about job insecurity and believe being response afterhours has become part of their responsibilities. “On the other side is striving for higher status, which means trying to fit into the ideal worker model — working as much as you need to work to complete as much as needs to be done,” Schieman says.

Long work hours and excessive job pressures appear to be taking their toll, with workers reporting work-family conflict, more distress and more sleep problems, Schieman’s research suggests. Warning signs include increased irritability, anger, anxiety, physical complaints and poor concentration. “Do you feel like you’re sufficiently disengaging from work in order to recover?” he asks. “Are your needs outside of work being adequately met — things like leisure, fitness and social relationships?”

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