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Dean chases other teams, clock

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Not only was James Dean racing against other teams, he was racing against the clock. Just two days before his fourth child was due, Dean, a St. Albert resident and owner of St. Albert Physical Therapy, was in Halifax, competing in a Scion City Chase regional final for the chance to go to the national championships in London, Ont. With the race on Sept. 28 and Isabelle due Sept. 30, Dean knew he was cutting it close, but he had the blessing of his wife, Celine. “She said, ‘Why don’t you go?’ And I said, ‘What are you talking about?’” he said, noting that Isabelle didn’t arrive until Oct. 7. “But our first three kids were all overdue by 12 days, 12 days and 10 days; she even had to be induced for them. She said that it might even get things going.” Dean and his partner David Crane wound up winning the Halifax race, and then winning the national finals, which were held Oct. 18 to 20, to earn a spot in the world championships. “I’m just glad I had the opportunity to go to nationals, because it’s such a fun race,” he said. “The City Chase group, seeing those guys again, they’re just a lot of fun. We have a really good time.” City Chase is an Amazing Racestyle competition, where teams of two race across a city, with numerous checkpoints along the way. The pair decided to compete together in Halifax after Dean and his partner finished second in Edmonton and Crane’s brother

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Saturday is going to be a bad day to be a pumpkin as the BAM (Building Assets and Memories) youth group holds its first annual Smash and Bash event at Seven Hills from noon to 3 p.m. For more details on this event, check out page 5.

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We Day sends local student to Ecuador

local cooking, as well as the chance to hike through the jungle. Kashkar just picked the three friends A trip to Calgary to celebrate who will go with him to Ecuador during community service turned into so much the lunch hour Monday, and he said they more for Liam Kashkar. were just as excited as he is. The Grade 10 student at Paul Kane “All of them were really shocked that High School was one of hundreds from they had been picked,” he said. “And all the St. Albert who made the trek south to the people I picked are, from my perspective, Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary on pretty humble and quieter when it comes Thursday, Oct. 24, for We Day, an annual to things like this, so they were shocked event put on by Free the Children Canada that they were picked and really exicted.” to celebrate the positive changes that At Paul Kane, Kashkar is involved young people are making in the Social Justice in their communities League and the student and around the world. “We Day is a way to union, and will be part But Kashkar will get to the musical theatre inspire me to keep of see some of that change production of Fiddler on first-hand, as his name the Roof later this year. doing what I do.” was drawn as the winner This year was Liam Kashkar of a trip for himself, his second We Day Paul Kane student three friends and a celebration, and he said teacher to Ecuador in it motivates him to come July 2014 to experience back to his school and the work Free the Children is doing for continue his good work. underprivileged kids there. “We Day is a way to inspire me to keep “I’m really excited,” Kashkar said. “I’m doing what I do,” he said. “I’m involved really close to my mom, and if it wasn’t with my church and volunteering at the for my mom introducing me to We Day Mustard Seed; I’m already involved in my last year, and if I hadn’t had such a good community. But going to We Day lets me time, I wouldn’t have gone this year, and I know I’m not the only person my age that wouldn’t have won the trip.” wants to get involved in the community Kashkar will be in Ecuador for 10 days. and make a bigger difference in the world. The first three days will spent in the capital “It’s good for people my age to see we city, Quito. The rest of the trip will be can make a difference, and it’s so much spent in a Free the Children community in easier to do it in a group, when you know the Amazon rainforest, where he will get you’re not just by yourself.” the chance to help construct a building, Speakers and performers at this year’s visit a local shaman, and visit local cacao We Day in Calgary included Free the farmers. Children founders Craig and Mark “I haven’t been to that many countries Kielburger, Nelly Furtado, Kardinal outside Canada and [the United States], Offishall, Down With Webster, author so it’ll be really cool to see a whole new and journalist Amanda Lindhout, Martin culture and really a whole new lifestyle,” Luther King III — son of civil rights he said. activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — and He’ll also get lessons in Spanish and in former NBA MVP Magic Johnson.

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Paul Kane High School Grade 10 student Liam Kashkar, seen here on the bus to We Day in Calgary last week, is the big winner of a trip to Ecuador in July 2014.

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Gourds to get smashed, bashed GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

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City of St. Albert youth asset co-ordinator Ben Huising (far left) and members of the BAM (Building Assets and Memories) youth group hold up some potential victims of the first-ever Smash and Bash, scheduled for Saturday.

Saturday is going to be a bad day to be a pumpkin. Just two days after Halloween, that’s the day that the City of St. Albert’s BAM (Building Assets and Memories) youth group is hosting its first-ever Smash and Bash event atop Seven Hills from noon to 3 p.m., giving folks the chance to “dispose” of their jacko’-lanterns in a number of creative ways. “We’re excited because it’s the first time we’re doing it and it’s something unique,” said Ben Huising, youth asset development co-ordinator with the City. “The group has done a great job planning it.” So far, the group has lined up a slingshot with various targets, as well as a “relay” where the pumpkin is slowly destroyed as it progresses along the course. They might also have a catapult at the ready to launch the gourds down the hill, but were still working out the logistics earlier this week. “There were a lot of ideas that we

started it, but we had to narrow it down to ones that are safe ... and that we can do off the hill,” Huising said with a laugh. There will be a pie-eating contest during the event, and a chance for kids to search through the scoopedout innards of pumpkins for prizes. While the event is being put on by the youth group, it’s open to all residents of St. Albert. If you don’t have your own Halloween pumpkin to destroy, you can pick one up at the event for a donation of nonperishable food or cash to the St. Albert Food Bank and Community Village. “I think of St. Albert as a smaller community, so it’s good to know you can do something to be involved,” said BAM member Sara O’Donnell. “We want to connect youth to the community,” Huising added, “and break down some of the stereotypes about youth and what they do in the community. I know how incredible they are, but it’s good for other people to see that they can put on a great event.” For more information on BAM and the Smash and Bash event, visit www.bamforyouth.com.

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Cathy Heron

Councillor-Elect, City of St. Albert

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Dedicated Thank you to my supporters, volunteers and family for your generous support. Experienced

I am truly honoured to serve my second term on St.Energetic Albert’s Council. A heartfelt congratulations to Mayor Crouse and my fellow Councillors. Making decisions grounded on the next I know we will work together a strong St. Albert. generation not the nextfor election.

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RCMP on lookout for suspects after church donations stolen

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

St. Albert RCMP are looking for tips from the public after money was stolen from a local church earlier this week. At around 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, police say a man smashed the window of a vehicle that was parked at Holy Family Catholic Parish, located at 75 Poirier Ave., and took a bag containing cash and cheques that were meant to be donations. RCMP added that a second man was at the scene of the crime and distracted

members of the church congregation while the theft occurred. This second man was described as having a darker complexion, about 30 years old and wearing a quilted black vest and black pants. The church holds mass daily at 9 a.m., and it was also being used as a polling station for Woodlands and Oakmont residents in the municipal election being held that day. Anyone with any information on this crime is asked to call the St. Albert RCMP detachment at 780-458-7700 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013

Crockett takes helm as Catholic board chair

represent our Morinville ward, and Serena Shaw in St. Albert. We look forward to their input and Joan Crockett will take the perspectives.” helm and lead Greater St. Albert Rosaleen McEvoy, who was also Catholic Schools for the re-elected to the board rest of the academic year. and served as chair for Fresh off her re-election the 2012-2013 school year, to the Catholic board of added in the same release: trustees, Crockett was “It’s a privilege to have elected chair during the served as chair. We are board’s organizational blessed with a passionate meeting on Monday group of trustees who evening, while Morinville value education and all representative Noreen the work that is being Joan Radford was elected vice done in Greater St. Albert Crockett chair. Catholic Schools to Board chair “I’m honored to be ensure that our students elected by my peers continue to be top and will do my best to represent performers in this province. Joan our district,” Crockett said in Crockett is an excellent choice a press release issued Tuesday. to lead the board in fulfilling the “As a new chair, I am pleased district vision for the future.” to receive such a strong vote of The Greater St. Albert Catholic confidence from my fellow board Schools board of trustees includes members and to know that all St. Albert representatives of our incumbents running for Crockett, Shaw, McEvoy and Dave re-election were successful in their Caron; Morinville representatives campaigns. I am also excited to Radford and Kaup; and Legal welcome Brendan Kaup, who will representative Cathy Proulx.

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Small wins for challenger

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e thankful for small victories, the old saw goes; they may be all that you have. And for now, Shelley Biermanski can claim a couple of small victories. On Tuesday afternoon, the City of St. Albert released the results of the Oct. 21 municipal election broken down by polling by Glenn Cook subdivision. And while they show that Nolan Crouse was never really in perilous danger of losing the mayor’s chair, there were a couple of blips on the radar screen. Those blips occurred at the poll where Kingswood, Pineview and Akinsdale residents voted — Biermanski won that station by a scant eight votes out of more than 2,500 cast — and in Erin Ridge and Erin Ridge North, where she took about 54.3 per cent of the votes cast. Both were areas that Crouse won rather handily in 2010. In Erin Ridge, the numbers are understandable. With the debacle of the francophone junior/senior high school being placed in Eldorado Park fresh in many residents’ minds, there were certainly plenty of protest votes sent the way of Biermanski and other council candidates who tried to not project themselves as maintainers of the status quo. In fact, had that station been the only one counted, the rest of city council would look very different as well: Cathy Heron, Cam MacKay and Malcolm Parker would have been re-elected, along with Sheena Hughes and Bob Russell, with Tim Osborne bringing up the rear. However, Kingswood-Pineview-Akinsdale is tougher to explain. Could there still be lingering animosity over the Habitat for Humanity project at 70 Arlington Dr., despite the fact it’s fully built out now? Are there hard feelings in Kingswood over the continued lack of park space there? Or perhaps it’s simply because Akinsdale is Biermanski’s home turf. Either way, the numbers are very useful to candidates — particularly Crouse, who can now see exactly where his political fences need mending and his bridges need to be built. It might be a tough job, but it’s one he’ll need to take on lest he be the one only counting small victories in four years’ time.

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No easing into the role of city councillor

t’s hard to believe it has been just over a week since the celebration and jubilation that was election night. During the campaign, you have to focus on just making it to the finish line. What you don’t realize is that the end of the first marathon is only the beginning of an even longer race. After celebrating the election results, my phone rang early the next morning. It was the administrative assistant to city council calling to give me my schedule for the week. Our first week of orientation focused on familiarizing the new council with policies and procedures, updates on major projects and meetings with senior staff. City staff have also prepared a comprehensive series of

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My City orientation videos for the new council. Topics range from governance to legal and legislative considerations to municipal finance and more. There is no easing into the role of city councillor. The first item on the agenda for our first meeting as a new council is the budget. Our budget process this year features a presentation from the city manager, several town hall meetings, departmental presentations and no doubt many calls, inquiries and requests from members of the public. The obvious challenge will

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be balancing the needs and wants of the community with the desire to minimize the increase to our already high property taxes. While it would be easy to feel overwhelmed by the onslaught of information that has come over the past week and is sure to intensify in the weeks to come, I’m left with a different feeling. I can only describe it as a combination of excitement, anticipation and a keen awareness of the responsibility of which I have been entrusted with. In the short time since the election, I have already had countless conversations with residents about their hopes, dreams and concerns for our community. While this campaign at times took on a negative tone, the one

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thing that was abundantly clear was that people are passionate about this community. The challenge for council — and really, for all of us — is to create opportunities for people to have their voice heard in setting the future direction of St. Albert. Our new council has no shortage of issues to deal with: traffic safety, sustainable growth, property taxes, utility rates and regional co-operation, to name but a few. The years ahead will no doubt bring difficult decisions and new challenges. If the first week and a half is any indication, it is going to be a wild ride these next four years. I’m grateful for the opportunity and I look forward to serving you. Owned and operated by

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Polling station numbers telling Here are the counts for mayor and top six councillors by polling station from the Oct. 21 civic election ... Advance Voting

North Ridge & Deer Ridge

Riverside & Lacombe Park

Erin Ridge & Erin Ridge N.

Crouse . . . . .717 Biermanski . . 607

Crouse . . . .1,473 Biermanski . 1,044

Crouse . . . . 1,271 Biermanski . . 927

Biermanski . . 875 Crouse . . . . 735

Heron. . . . MacKay . . . Hughes . . . Parker . . . Brodhead. . Prefontaine

Heron. . . . MacKay . . . Brodhead. . Osborne . . Hughes . . . Prefontaine

Heron. . . . MacKay . . . Brodhead. . Hughes . . . Osborne . . Prefontaine

MacKay . Heron. . Hughes . Parker . Russell . Osborne

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736 .731 550 522 . 511 464

Institutional Voting Crouse . . . . 246 Biermanski . . . 77 Heron. . . . Prefontaine Osborne . . MacKay . . . Brodhead. . Russell . . .

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164 105 105 104 104 . 98

1,536 . 1,156 . 1,115 .1,100 . 932 . 898

1,264 1,069 . 945 . 880 . 831 . 810

Mission & Downtown

. . . . . .

944 858 766 590 549 545

Kingswood, Pineview & Akinsdale

Crouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369 Biermanski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280 Heron . . . . . . MacKay . . . . Brodhead . . . Hughes . . . . Parker. . . . Prefontaine

. . . . . .

Biermanski . 1,256 Crouse . . . 1,248

.387 .358 .269 .265 .225 . 212

MacKay . . . Heron. . . . Hughes . . . Osborne . . Prefontaine Brodhead. .

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1,405 1,369 1,082 . 930 . 879 . 864

Braeside & Inglewood

Woodlands & Oakmont

Crouse . . . . 584 Biermanski . . 492

Crouse . . . 1,005 Biermanski . . 694

Heron. . . MacKay . . Goldsmith Hughes . . Russell . . Osborne .

Heron. . . . MacKay . . . Prefontaine Osborne . . Brodhead. . Hughes . . .

. . . . . .

598 549 395 394 392 370

. 1,061 . 844 . 677 . 669 . 658 . 583

Sturgeon & Forest Lawn

Grandin & Heritage Lakes

Crouse . . . . 668 Biermanski . . 556

Crouse . . . 1,584 Biermanski . 1,253

Heron. . . . MacKay . . . Hughes . . . Osborne . . Brodhead. . Prefontaine

Heron. . . . MacKay . . . Osborne . . Hughes . . . Brodhead. . Prefontaine

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713 . 611 510 495 463 450

1,582 1,330 1,244 . 1,081 . 1,061 1,049

Reaction mixed as Boonstock packs up and heads for Penticton SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Life’s a beach for Boonstock. After getting kicked off the original site in Gibbons by Sturgeon County, the music festival is going west to Penticton. Fan reaction is mixed. Many are frustrated the 10th anniversary of the festival will be spent far away from the regulars, while others are looking forward the sunnier times.

On Facebook, fans took to the page to express their opinions. “You know what made Boonstock what it is today? Alberta and its residents,” Ryan Déry posted to the Facebook wall. “How could you just betray the people that made the festival what it is today?” Others were more upbeat about the change. “So glad that you guys found a new location,” Whitney

Fleury wrote. “Farther of a drive for us but so worth it! And own private beach!? Oh hell ya!” The festival drew audiences of 14,000 a day. Sturgeon County representatives said the decision was made after a home invasion in the area, an arrest involving a drug trade and a handgun, traffic troubles on Highway 28 and 28A and safety deficiencies.

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Music lovers looking to rock out at Boonstock will have to travel about nine hours west starting next year, as the festival is moving from near Gibbons to Penticton, B.C.

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013

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The Canadian womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s national hockey team continued their preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, with a stop in St. Albert on Monday night to play the midget triple-A St. Albert Raiders at Northstar Hyundai Arena in Servus Credit Union Place.

The women fought their way back from a 2-0 deficit at the end of the second period to tie things up at 3-3 by the end of regulation, then Haley Irwin and hometown girl Meaghan Mikkelson scored in the shootout to give Team Canada the 4-3 win. Meghan Agosta-Marciano scored twice for Canada, with Rebecca Johnston adding the other marker. Meanwhile, Jason Miller lit the lamp twice for St. Albert, and Nicholas Sutter scored once. Charline Labonte made 17 saves on 20 shots for the national team. Patrick Gora and Patrick Dea split goaltending duties for the Raiders, with Gora stopping all 16 shots he faced and Dea allowing three goals on 22 shots.

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Cooper first in blocks for Tory nod GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

The next federal election is two years away, but the first challenger has stepped up to possibly challenge Brent Rathgeber. Lawyer and longtime Conservative Party member Michael Cooper, 29, announced on Wednesday that he would be seeking the party’s nomination in the redrawn federal riding of St. Albert-Edmonton and challenge Rathgeber should the independent incumbent, formerly of the Conservative Party, decide to run for re-election. Cooper worked closely with Rathgeber prior to Rathgeber leaving the Conservative caucus, having served as president of the EdmontonSt. Albert Conservative Association and working on fundraising drives, membership drives and campaigns. While Cooper said he respects Rathgeber, he was “saddened” by his decision leave the Tories and that the riding would be “best served with a voice in the Conservative government caucus.” “Our parliamentary system is based upon parties — parties are how things get done. It’s how you pass legislation,” Cooper said. “It’s very difficult to move issues forward when you’re on your own. It’s difficult to help shape legislation when you’re on your own, when you’re shut out of the committee process.”

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However, in recent history, that voice tends to have been restricted to the backbenches. Rathgeber, and even John Williams before him, were unable to secure cabinet positions under Tory governments. But Cooper said he’s not thinking too far ahead. “Ultimately, that’s the call of the prime minister. The first task at hand is to win the nomination; the second task at hand is to win the seat. Thereafter, we’ll just have to see how things play out,” he said.

“Parties are how things get done.” Michael Cooper Seeking Tory nomination At just 29 years old, he’s also not worried about his youth being a factor for voters. While it may seem early for people to put their names forward for consideration, Cooper pointed out that refounding meetings for riding associations across the country are happening now, and once they’re done, they will move onto nominating a candidate. He expects the Tory nomination race in St. AlbertEdmonton to be held as early as March 2014.

“Having regard for Christmas and a 40-day membership cutoff, it really isn’t all that early,” Cooper said. Cooper is a lifelong resident of St. Albert — serving as lector at St. Albert Catholic Parish, district captain for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and a member of the Knights of Columbus — but he added that he’s no stranger to the Edmonton half of the riding, either. “I’m familiar with a lot of our conservative activists who live in Castle Downs,” he said. I’ve also earned the support of the deputy premier and MLA for Castle Downs, Thomas Lukaszuk, so there are a lot of people in that area that I know and am connected with and are committed to helping me in this process.” In fact, not only does Cooper have the support of Lukaszuk, but he also has endorsements on his website from the likes of Finance Minister and Spruce Grove-St. Albert MLA Doug Horner, St. Albert MLA Stephen Khan, former MLAs Myrna Fyfe and Mary O’Neill, former mayor Richard Plain and Justice Minister Jonathan Denis. Having that kind of heavyweight support behind him means a lot to Cooper. “I’m humbled that so many leaders in our community have confidence in me to reflect their views and to be their candidate of choice and to represent our party going into the next election,” he said.

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Lawyer and St. Albertan Michael Cooper is seeking the local Tory nomination for 2015.

The redrawn St. Albert-Edmonton riding reflects the City of St. Albert’s boundaries after the 2007 annexation of land from Sturgeon County, and moves some Edmonton communities — like Athlone, Calder and Beaumaris — into the ridings of EdmontonGriesbach and Edmonton-Manning. For more information on Cooper, visit www.cooperforstalbertedmonton.com or follow @Cooper4SAE on Twitter.

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Forsyth makes history with service dog MATT DYKSTRA Sun Media News Services

Photo: AMBER BRACKEN, Sun Media News Services

Wildrose MLA Heather Forsyth with her service dog Quill on Monday. Quill is the first service dog in a legislative assembly in Canadian history.

The Alberta Legislature is going to the dogs. Well, one dog that is. Wildrose MLA Heather Forsyth became the first elected official in Canadian history to bring a service dog into the legislative assembly on Monday. The Wildrose health critic said she’s been struggling with her hearing in both ears for the past couple years. It intensified this year to the point that she had to rely on leader Danielle Smith to repeat questions to her during media interviews. “I would look out and just see their mouths moving but it was hard to get a grasp

on what was being asked,” said Forsyth. Forsyth reached out to the Lions Foundation of Canada and in May, she was matched with Quill, a twoyear-old miniature poodle trained to reach out to Forsyth with his paws when he hears her phone ring or the doorbell or even the oven timer at home. The pair bonded within weeks, she said. “He’s very smart and can hear the sounds that, obviously, I’m not hearing,” said Forsyth. “He’s an immense blessing.”

McCulloch added to Arden lineup GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

One of the Kids in the Hall is coming to St. Albert. The Arden Theatre announced on Monday that Canadian comedian Bruce McCulloch would be a late addition to its 30th anniversary season, as he brings his new oneman show Young Drunk Punk to town on Monday, Jan. 27. The show combines stand-up comedy, live music and some of McCulloch’s insights into his own life as he chronicles his own

journey, from his “wild early days as a ‘young punk’ in 80’s Alberta, to his flannel plaid days and futon nights in 90s Toronto, to becoming a ‘pajama-clad dad’ living in the Hollywood Hills,” reads the press release from the Arden Theatre. “From a scowling teenager to father of two, this evening of comedy, peppered with moments of surprising poignancy, proves that although this infamous Kid may be all grown up, his singular brand of humour and signature wit remain firmly intact.”

The show does contain some adult content and coarse language. This is not McCulloch’s first solo venture, having written or performed several one-man shows through his career, including Two-Headed Roommate, Jazz Stenographers, Slightly Bigger Cities and The Pink Dot Stories. He has two CDs of comedy and music under his belt, Shame-based Man and The Drunk Baby Project, and cowrote, starred in and was the executive producer of Death

Comes to Town, the Kids in the Hall reunion project from 2010. McCulloch also created the ABC sitcom Carpoolers, which ran in 2007-2008, and has appeared in episodes of comedy series Workaholics and Arrested Development. Tickets for Young Drunk Punk starring Bruce McCulloch are $30 each plus fees and went on sale on Wednesday through Ticketmaster and the Arden Theatre box office (780-4591542).

Quill was introduced to the entire legislative assembly at the beginning of session Monday and will accompany Forsyth into the House every day. Speaker Gene Zwozdesky was very welcoming to Quill, she said. “He’ll have to be on his best behaviour,” said Forsyth with a smile. The Lions Foundation of Canada’s mission is to assist Canadians with a medical or physical disability by providing them Dog Guides at no cost. The Foundation operates Dog Guides Canada, a preeminent national training school and charity that assists individuals with disabilities through specialized Dog Guide programs.

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013

ENTERTAINMENT

HGTV looking for unhandymen GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

If your home repairs are more Red Green than Mike Holmes, then an Ottawa-based television production company is looking for you. Mountain Road Productions is currently casting for a new as-yet-untitled home renovation TV special scheduled to air on HGTV this spring, featuring hapless handymen who have come up with unique solutions to their problems around the house, with the chance to have their haphazard solutions properly repaired free of charge. “It’ll be a celebration of the completely unique and utterly outside-the-box approach to home maintenance,” said Mountain Road communications manager Elizabeth Robitaille. “We’re looking for homeowners who have an eccentric, kooky, unconventional approach to home repairs.” So far, a few audition tapes have come in, and there have been a few doozies. “We saw a casting video last week where they used paper towel in place of

insulation around the window that they had ripped out,” Robitaille said. Other examples of what they’re looking for include pop cans used as showerheads, linoleum installed as a kitchen backsplash, roof shingles used as flooring in the foyer, or using that old standby — duct tape — instead of caulking around the bathtub. “The more, the better around the house,” Robitaille said. “That gives us a good look before and after.” The company is specifically targeting St. Albert to find one of the five homeowners to feature, and Robitaille said that has a lot to do with accessibility. “We’re based in Ottawa, so the filming is scheduled so that we can easily travel from one place to another,” she said. “And we think the smaller towns would definitely have those goofier characters who would have those jury-rigged solutions, as opposed to city folk who might just pay to have it fixed.” Mountain Road has produced a number of lifestyle and home improvement shows over the past 15 years, including Broken House Chronicles

and All for Nothing? Over that time, Robitaille said, they’ve seen their fair share of outside-the-box home repairs. “In all this time producing TV shows, it’s definitely come around once or twice, these jury-rigged solutions,” Robitaille said, adding that the company saw lots of repairs that would qualify when shooting All for Nothing?, a show in which two homeowners competed to increase the value of their home the fastest in order to win a commission-free real estate listing. The one-hour special will be hosted by Steve Patterson, who is best known as the host of The Debaters on CBC Radio. Robitaille said that Patterson brings a lot of humour to the show. “He’s a nice guy; he’s not out to make anyone look bad, by any means,” she said. “It’s more to come in and say, ‘What’s that?’ He’s a very funny guy.” If you would like to audition for the special, or know someone who would be a good fit, you can get details on applying at www.hgtv.ca/castingcall. Mountain Road is hoping to film the special starting later this fall and into next year, and to have it air in spring 2014.

Photo: McKenna Photography

CBC Radio host Steve Patterson will host a one-hour special on HGTV next year featuring some of the most bizarre home renovation solutions across Canada.

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Evans in his own world

GLENN COOK St. Albert Leader

Daniel Evans is making the Art Gallery of St. Albert his own little world. Starting Nov. 7, Evans’s solo exhibition, Invisible Cities, takes over the gallery, with a mixture of screenprints and paper sculpture that is meant to take viewers on a journey through imaginary urban environments to explore their mythologies and philosophies. “It’s a fantastic opportunity,” said Evans, who hails from Sturgeon County and worked at the gallery from 2009 to 2011. “I’ve recently been involved in one rather interesting project really tying into the community of St. Albert, so I’d really like to build on that and to use the rapport I’ve built up with the public on that project to introduce them to a few other things.” Followers of the St. Albert arts scene might be familiar with Evans’s work, as he was one of three artists who decorated street pianos as part of the Keys for the City project in September. While there are a few big

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differences between the two projects, mainly in materials, Evans said there are far more similarities. “The way I handled the piano project was me trying to take the things I’m interested in and apply them to that particular project, so there will be a lot of similarities,” he said. The feedback Evans received from Keys for the City was positive, and he’s hoping for more of the same from this exhibit. “People are really connecting to the notion of place and the notion of being rooted in a particular background or environment or urban space,” he said. “That’s something I found really rewarding — to hear the kinds of stories that are sparked by people seeing these images and relating things in them to their own experiences.” Evans first realized he wanted to be a professional artist after attending the Summerscapes program at Red Deer College when he was 15. He then went into the fine arts program at MacEwan University, finished his degree at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, where he was

first introduced to printmaking, and attended grad school in northern Wales. “That’s where I was reintroduced to printmaking, almost by accident,” he said. “I met the print tech, and he was someone who was a bit of a curmudgeon, but if you put the work in, he really respected you. He was all bark and no bite, really.” Much of the inspiration for Invisible Cities has come from Evans’s love of speculative fiction literature and his interest in the idea of world-building. “[I’m interested in] creating these fantastic yet somehow believable spaces,” he said. “There are a number of authors that are particularly inspirational, and some of the work comes from reading a line or seeing an image when I’m reading a particular book and thinking, ‘Can I make that?’” The building of worlds goes even further in the exhibit, as each piece will be accompanied by a QR code that, when scanned, gives a little piece of the story of one of three characters who are navigating their way through the world Evans has created.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader

Daniel Evans unpacks some of his paper sculptures at the Art Gallery of St. Albert that are part of his exhibit, Invisible Cities, starting Nov. 7. “As viewers navigate the exhibition, they have a chance to piece these narratives together and to try to figure out what order they go in, who these characters are and learn a little bit about them,” Evans said. “It’s not essential that the aspect is interacted with, but it gives viewers another means of accessing the work.” By opening up the ways the exhibit can be accessed, Evans hopes it will open visitors’ minds to new possibilities. “[I hope it gives them] a

willingness to consider their own environments, their own urban spaces, in a different way; to look at those with new eyes,” he said. “To look at the idea of personal narrative, personal myth and storytelling, and how that connects them to their environments, their communities, and what role they in defining the spaces that they move in.” Invisible Cities runs at the AGSA (19 Perron St.) from Nov. 7 to 30. The opening reception for the exhibit will be held on Friday, Nov. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m.

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HEALTH

Helping amputees regain balance, confidence of how they’re walking, what their balance reactions are, then look at that and help them train better for the real world.” Virtual reality is helping amputees regain Terry Lewis, 43, lost his right leg earlier this their balance — and confidence too. year. Computer-based research being conducted The Hinton resident says, thanks to at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital the simulator, he’s able to walk up to 10 is helping those learning to walk with a kilometres. prosthetic leg. “If it wasn’t for the Glenrose and this Patients are using a virtual simulator, research, I wouldn’t be able called a Computer to do what I’m doing now,” Assisted Rehabilitation “I wouldn’t be able he said. Environment, or CAREN, “You’re hooked to a to do what I’m which resembles a harness, so you’re not treadmill. afraid to fall. When you doing now.” It also has motion come out, you still have hydrolics and a screen that the confidence that you Terry Lewis wraps from left to right. can do it without falling. Amputee The patient becomes It’s helped me with my part of the simulated balance.” environment, and is able to interact with the The system is the only clinical virtual virtual world in front of them. reality simulator of its kind in western Therapists are also able to program settings Canada. tailored to each amputee’s needs. To date, 16 single-leg amputees have taken “We’re looking at what a person with a part in the national study, with more sessions single prosthesis usually does when they’re and subjects expected next month. thrown off-balance,” says lead reasearcher Dr. Funds for the simulator came in part from Jacqueline Hebert. the federal and provincial governments, who “We can actually study the biomechanics collectively chipped in $1.75 million.

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Amputee Terry Lewis poses for a photo with the Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, in Edmonton.

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Patient safety institute gets $38M boost from federal gov’t (CPSI) is getting $38.1 million preventing and reducing harm to from the federal government, patients, and doing patient-safety Federal Health Minister Ambrose research. announced in Edmonton on The funding announcement Monday at the start of Canadian came at the beginning of Patient Safety week. Canadian Patient Safety Week, The CPSI — located at 10235 under the theme: Ask. Listen. 101 St. in Edmonton — will Talk. choose what needs systemic “We are particularly proud of change, which has in the past our efforts to make sure the needs Rona Ambrose included a push for plain of patients and their families are Health minister labelling. front and centre when action With the money, the CPSI is is taken on patient safety,” said planning on emphasizing education, Hugh MacLeod, CEO of CPSI.

CATHERINE GRIWKOWSKY Sun Media News Services

After Oakville MP Terence Young’s daughter Vanessa died in 2000 when a prescription drug caused heart arrhythmia, he went on a mission to get plain labelling on drugs, recalled Edmonton-Spruce Grove MP Rona Ambrose. In June 2013, the government passed plain language labelling laws, where potential side effects are clearly shown. The Canadian Patient Safety Institute

One of those initiatives is Safer Healthcare Now!, a voluntary program in 700 hospitals and care centres aimed at reducing surgical site infections, ventilator associated pneumonia infection and central line blood stream infections. According to the CPSI, there are 9,000 to 24,000 preventable adverse events or harm in hospitals and more deaths a year from patient safety incidents than breast cancer, motor vehicle collisions and HIV combined. Ambrose said everyone has a role to play in patient safety.

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FUN & GAMES

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Milestones

by Margie E. Burke

Say Goodbye to Dropped Calls!

Harry S. Truman defeats Thomas Dewey in the U.S. presidential election — proving wrong the Chicago Tribune, which had published an early edition with the banner headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.”

NOv. 3, 1930

The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel between the U.S. and Canada officially opens to traffic.

NOv. 4, 1922

Howard Carter, a British archaeologist, and his crew of workers discover an entrance into the tomb of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamen.

NOv. 5, 1959

Singer and songwriter Bryan Adams is born in Kingston, Ont. Some of his biggest hits include “Summer of ’69,” Run to You” and “Everything I Do (I Do It For You).”

NOv. 6, 1995

Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announces he is moving the NFL team to Baltimore.

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FC Edmonton’s Neil Hlavaty (right) heads the ball away from Luke Mulholland of the Tampa Bay Rowdies during their match Sunday.

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Art Perrot, owner of Riverside Honda and Ski-Doo, makes a speech while accepting the Pillar of Business award during the St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Awards of Distinction on Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Arden Theatre. Riverside also took home the Marketing and Youth Work/Apprenticeship awards. Other winners on the evening included: • K9 Awareness (Small Business Award of Distinction); • Kyle Iseke of D’Arcy’s Meat Market (Young Entrepreneur); • Trail Tire (Outstanding Customer Service); • Cloud Nine Pajamas (Ignite Award); • Sunshine Promotions (Business to Business); and • Landrex Developers Inc. (Chair’s Award of Distinction).

Bill could extend snowbirds’ stay LINDA WHITE Sun Media News Services

As snowbirds across the country plan their annual migration, many hope the U.S. government will green-light a reform bill that would allow them to extend their stay by up to two months. But the bill could come with costly tradeoffs, including double taxation and loss of health-care coverage. “Snowbirds are scared by custom and border patrol, but if all of a sudden those doors swing open to allow you to spend eight months there, they’re going to grab that opportunity,” says Matt Altro, a cross-border financial planner at Altro Levy. One of the provisions of the JOLT Act (Jobs Originated through Launching Travel) would allow snowbirds to spend up to eight months — or 240 days — each year in the U.S. That’s

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Apprenticeship completion not keeping up LINDA WHITE Sun Media News Services

Discussions around Canada’s skills gap often focus on the need to attract students to the skilled trades but industry experts also stress the need for those who choose to pursue a trade to successfully earn their certificate of qualification. Registration in apprenticeship programs has been increasing steadily over the last few years but the growth in the number of completions has not kept pace. In Ontario, the number of apprentices has nearly doubled over the past decade to more than 120,000 but less than half complete their apprenticeship. “Most apprenticeship stakeholders across the country would agree we

need to do better,” says Sarah Watts-Rynard, executive director of the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (caf-fca.org). “We need to identify obstacles and make as many of those go away as possible so people we’ve been able to attract into the trades have the opportunity to complete their certification.”

“Logic skills are generally required in trades.” Greg White Conestoga College There are many reasons for non-completion but research suggests weaknesses in essential skills are one of the major barriers to participation in

Canada ranks 20th in gender gap report SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Canada ranks No. 20 in a report released Friday that measures the gender gap of the world’s countries. The annual World Economic Forum rankings, involving 136 countries, measure the differences between men and women in each country based on wages, employment, political representation, education, life expectancy and sex ratio. Iceland is No. 1, a ranking it has held for five consecutive years, followed by Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Philippines. The U.S. ranks 23rd and Yemen is last. Canada moved up one spot from last year in the overall ranking due to improvements in “labour force participation, estimated earned income, and the legislators, senior officials and managers’ indicators,” the report says. But the gains were offset by a drop in “wage equality and professional and technical workers indicators.” When the report first came out, in 2006, Canada was No. 14.

apprenticeship training for many of those interested in working in the skilled trades. There are nine essential skills: reading, writing, numeracy, oral communication, working with others, document use, computer use, thinking and continuous learning. “Often, you’ll hear guidance counsellors and teachers tell students who aren’t academically inclined to consider a trade,” says Watts-Rynard. “This means we’re encouraging people who didn’t take math and science to take a trade where math and science skills are extremely important for success.” Further, because the majority of young people don’t begin pursuing a skilled trade until their mid-20s, many of their essential skills are rusty when it comes time for technical training. At George Brown College in Toronto, apprentices must complete a basic skills math test at the beginning of in-school training. “If they don’t achieve a certain level, they take a math course concurrent with their trades training, even if they have math within that training ...

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While discussions around Canada’s skills gap focus on apprenticeships, completion rates are not keeping up with registrations, likely due to weaknesses in essential skills like math. It’s important to do it up front,” says Geurt van de Kraats, chair of skilled trades and apprenticeship in the college’s Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies. Many colleges — including Conestoga College in Waterloo, Ont. — offer drop-in classes for students who need extra

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the success of in-school training to identify best practices. Other barriers to accessing and successfully completing apprenticeship programs include negative societal attitudes towards the skilled trades, and the costs of apprenticeships to employees, employers and unions.

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