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That’s how many volunteers the International Children’s Festival needs every year to make sure the festival and all its activities go smoothly. The festival runs in downtown St. Albert May 27-31.

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The guidelines proposed will now act as the guiding principles to drafting the complete and final policy, slated to be presented to council Sept. 30.

The amendments proposed are now regular parts of the Community Events Grants Policy.

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The proposed levy as part of the 2015 taxation year will no longer apply and any funding towards the future LRT/BRT development will come from surplus funds from transit reserves.

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“It’s exciting to be able to get up there with one of our key partners in the City of St. Albert and sort of showcase some of the neat and A celebration of inclusive employment was innovative things our community,� she said. once again on the menu for the third annual This year, the keynote speaker for the Mayor’s Luncheon. luncheon was Margot Ross The annual event took place on Graham, vice-president of Wednesday at the St. Albert Inn integration for Williams and Suites as the City of St. Albert Engineering in Edmonton and and the Gateway Association workplace columnist for the local for Community Living came CBC Radio station. Graham together to recognize employers will speak on creating and in the community who provide maintaining a powerful workplace opportunities for people with culture. developmental disabilities and to The master of ceremonies was encourage others to do the same. Diane Bergeron, the national EfcXe “All people in society (should director of government relations :iflj\ have) an opportunity to work. and advocacy for the Canadian In many ways, it’s a social National Institute for the Blind. DXpfi responsibility we have as a De Bruijn said, from her society to make sure people that perspective, it’s “very important� don’t have the skills to work in some of the to recognize employers’ efforts to be inclusive. mainstream jobs have skills enough to work “A lot of the employers that already do in other areas,� Mayor Nolan Crouse said. it have been doing it innately for a really “We have an obligation to make sure we long time,� she said. “What’s really exciting celebrate employers who do provide those about the luncheon is that we have the opportunities, and encourage other employers opportunity to inspire other businesses and to grow their workforce through this.� partners to get over any fears, or realize there Cindy de Bruijn, executive director of the are a lot of myths and misconceptions that Gateway Association for Community Living, act as additional barriers to (employing) said the luncheon has become an event that people living with disabilities. This is a her organization looks forward to every year. great opportunity to hopefully inspire other

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And she added that there are economic benefits for those employers who bring on people with disabilities. “People with disabilities represent large segment of the population. Even if they don’t live with a disability first-hand, somebody you know and love might live with one. And when you have a diverse staff, it reflects to the consumers you’re pitching your business or service to,� she said. “There’s a ton of research that says people like buying from someone who represents them.�

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A group of local churches are once again looking to spread a little sunshine on the final day of this year’s Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition. The second annual Sunday Morning Wake-Up, a free pancake breakfast and inspirational concert, will take place on Sunday, May 25, starting at 9 a.m. on the Kinsmen rodeo grounds in Riel Park. And organizers have brought out the big guns this year, lining up Canadian country music star George Canyon as their headliner. “We are just blown away. We’re just delighted that George Canyon is coming,” said event co-ordinator Brian Siewert. “We just can’t say enough about how excited we are. He’s a great match for the rodeo event, and a great match for the churches putting this on.” The first edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up was held last year, with Alberta gospel group High Valley as the main attraction and about 1,500 people showing up. “We started it last year with a

hope and a prayer that we’d get a good response from people around St. Albert,” he said. “Last year was pretty much word of mouth.” But with a recognizable name like Canyon’s attached to this year’s event, organizers are hoping for even bigger things. “Trying to build on last year’s success, we wanted to get someone who was well-known and recognized across Alberta,” Siewert said. “When we first approached George Canyon, it was with hopeful hearts. He said yes, and we’re so excited. We’re trying to build this; our goal is to fill the tent and get out about

2,500 people in there.” The organization of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up is a joint effort between Sturgeon Valley Baptist Church, St. Albert Alliance Church, Grace Family Church and Life Church, with the additional support of the St. Albert Salvation Army and Christ Community Church. Siewert said the event is a great fit with the rest of the festivities taking place in the city that weekend. “We’re just trying to create something that contributes to all the great things that are taking place in the city of St. Albert. And we want to demonstrate how churches can work together, and we want to bring the positive message about the love of God to St. Albert,” he said. While the event is free, people are encouraged to reserve seats through the event’s website at www. rodeobreakfast.com.

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Travis Vader was denied bail on Friday. The 42-year-old — who had first-degree murder charges stayed against him on March 19 in connection with the disappearance and presumed deaths of seniors Lyle and Marie McCann — had been seeking release on unrelated charges that he is facing a retrial on in September. Justice David Gates denied Vader’s application for judicial release. However, his reasons and the

evidence heard during Monday’s bail hearing fall under a court-ordered publication ban. Outside court, chief Crown prosecutor Michelle Doyle said the next step would be the Sept. 8 retrial relating to a June 2010 incident near Barrhead for which Vader is accused of stealing a truck, possessing a stolen truck, and trafficking in methamphetamines. Vader had been convicted on some of the nine charges, but the judge ordered a new trial as a result of some witness statements relating to the case being found in files concerning the McCann

investigation. Doyle was asked about the recently stayed charges, but would only say they remain stayed and the Crown has one year to reactivate them. She added she could not comment on whether the case is still being investigated. The McCanns — Lyle, 78, and Marie, 72 — were last seen fuelling up their motorhome in St. Albert, Alta., on July 3, 2010, while en route to Chilliwack, B.C., for a vacation. Two days later, their RV was found engulfed in flames near the Minnow Lake campground, 20 km east of Edson, Alta.

The SUV they were towing was discovered six days later in a remote wooded area near Carrot Creek, Alta., 30 km east of Edson. Their bodies have yet to be recovered, although police declared them dead and presumed murdered. Meanwhile, Vader has also filed a $1-million lawsuit, alleging RCMP misconduct, malicious prosecution by the Crown and abusive mistreatment by correctional officers. In an April 22 statement of claim, Vader alleges the conduct of the 58 defendants constitutes an “abuse of the criminal justice process” and

a “flagrant abuse of their authority which was high-handed and malicious” and warrants an award of aggravated and punitive damages. Vader also alleges the RCMP had a “long-standing animus” toward him and says they quickly focused their attention on him in the McCann investigation, allowing it to “become tainted by tunnel vision.” Vader claims Mounties then maliciously embarked on a concerted campaign to imprison him and persuade the public that he was a dangerous person who was responsible for the disappearance and homicides of the McCanns.

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Shilah the arctic wolf has a new playmate at the Edmonton Valley Zoo, nearly one year after her six-year-old sister, Kayok, died last summer. The zoo gave the public, and the media, a peek at the newest addition to their modest wolfpack Friday afternoon. Two-year-old Tundra arrived in Edmonton in January, shipped from a zoo facility in Amsterdam, said Wade Krasnow, animal care team leader. The new wolf is said to be very “curious� about his new surroundings, and his new pen-mate. He also proved to be very curious about all of the cameras pointed at him Friday — even grabbing a microphone cover off a CBC unit. Tundra threw and tossed it in the air, but the fun ended when Shilah snatched it up when he wasn’t looking. While she chewed on it, he didn’t dare approach — and zoo officials say so far, this display is indicative of their relationship. At least for now, she’s the dominant one, and has made sure Tundra knows it. “They’re getting on fairly well. I think she’s a bit of a boss,� said Krasnow. “He came near her just a little while ago and she gave him a look and he just backed off.� Krasnow said the zoo chose a male roommate for Shilah because they feared bringing in a strange female wolf might make for too much competition. They would likely fight, he said.

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A police pilot project is about to take off — literally. Mounties have been using camera-equipped drones, which resemble a sophisticated toy helicopter, for the past two years, giving officers a bird’s-eye view of crash scenes. Now the Edmonton Police Service is set to jump on board, with one ‘copter waiting in the wings, set to lift off the ground in just a few weeks. Acting Staff Sgt. Gary Lamont, with Edmonton city police traffic, says the mini-chopper will help officers piece together collision scenes. “We’ll take the vehicles that have collided and separated and we’ll tow them back to where they collided. We like to take pictures of that,” he said. “Up until now we’ve been calling the fire department to come in with their ladder trucks but this will show everything how it happened.”

The copters are compact and efficient, and can climb up to 8,000 feet high. However they are regulated by Transport Canada, and require licences called Special Flight Operations Certificates (SFOCs), which prevent them from flying higher than 500 feet in the air. The RCMP used their device Thursday afternoon during pedestrian collision training at the Edmonton Soccer Centre South, attended by dozens of officers from agencies across Western Canada. There are currently 10 RCMP UAVS — unmanned aerial vehicles — in the province, one for each traffic investigation unit. The full kit — including the unit itself, batteries, carrying case, and a live-stream viewer, cost about $12,000 — although, with

additional tools, the cost can surge much higher. RCMP say they’ve become vital tools for officers in search-andrescue missions as well, helping locate missing persons in rugged or difficult terrain. Late last year, RCMP in Saskatchewan used their device to locate a man who had rolled his car off the road near Saskatoon and wandered in a wooded area. Infrared technology on the chopper helped locate the man, who was only wearing a t-shirt, no match for winter conditions. Edmonton police have their chopper ready, Lamont said, with the force in the process of training and getting the necessary licensing and approvals in place.

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capita in 2013 that was $10,000 higher than that of Norway, the top-ranked peer country. Hancock said the report confirms that Alberta leads Canada in economic growth but a “C” grade in labour productivity growth — with less than one per cent annual growth between 2008 and 2012 — shows the government needs to do more to tackle its labour crunch. “It indicates that we need to continue to work hard to make sure that every Albertan has the opportunity to participate and that

we need to bring in people to assist because the labour shortage is one of the things that holds us back,” he said, adding innovation is also important in the long term. Hancock said that while Alberta has deep resource reserves, there are still many resource-driven jurisdictions that don’t match its prosperity. “I do have to say that good government does matter. That economic policies that encourage businesses to invest do matter,” he said. “The tax structure does matter and focusing on quality of life, because it does

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While Neulander calls the experience “one of the single coolest things I’ve ever had the opportunity to do in my whole life,� it unfortunately didn’t light up his phone line with folks wanting to book the show. “The reality is that TV is split up and you only get so many viewers,� he said. “Back in the days when 40 million people would watch a single television show, I’m sure that would have happened. But it’s cool to have done it, and extremely cool to have Conan O’Brien himself put his stamp on it by performing in a scene from it, and it is an awesome calling card when we draw people’s attention to it.� Book one of The Intergalactic Nemesis will be on the stage in St. Albert, while the second book is also currently on tour. Neulander is hoping to premiere the third book sometime in September. The Intergalactic Nemesis has two shows daily — three on Friday, May 30 — at the Arden Theatre. Tickets are $10 each plus fees and taxes and are available through Ticketmaster or the Arden box office.

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Between driving his kids to school and his upcoming gig in St. Albert, there’s a lot of proof that George Canyon is a morning person. The Canadian country music star will be in St. Albert bright and early on Sunday, May 25, to play at the second annual Sunday Morning Wake-Up, a pancake breakfast and inspirational concert being put on by local churches as part of this year’s Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition. “I love being up before the sun, just love it,� Canyon said early one morning last week as he did interviews while dropping his kids off and taking his vehicle in for an oil change. “Everything’s just fresh and new. I’ve always been that way, ever since I was a kid.� While Canyon’s spirituality hasn’t been heavily publicized in his music so far in his career, it is a driving force in his life. He has played contemporary Christian concerts throughout North America over the past three years, and recently became the new worship pastor at his southern Alberta church. “I’ve been a Christian my whole life; I sang at church and did all that growing up. But country music was just where it was at for me — and, of course, it still is; I still do country concerts. But a lot of my music crosses over into the worship side, the Christian side, so it works out,� Canyon said. “It’s almost as if He has had this planned and has been waiting for me to be in a mature enough place for me to step into these shoes.� Compared to a regular country music concert, Canyon said he breaks out a lot more worship — including old standards like “How Great Thou Art� — and shares a lot more personal stories about the impact Christianity has had on his life. “I’m not whacking people upside the head with the Bible; that’s not what it’s about for me,� he said. “It’s about sharing my

experiences and giving testimony to how God has worked in my life, and how He has saved my rear end so many times.� It has been 10 years since Canyon first broke into the country music scene by winning the reality show Nashville Star. But while a decade may seem like a long time, Canyon said it has “gone by in a heartbeat.� “My children have grown up through this; my son’s 15 and my daughter’s 14. I saw pictures the other day of when I was coming back from Nashville Star carrying my (daughter), because she was still a toddler, and it’s unbelievable how much time has passed,� he said. St. Albert is one of only a handful of tour dates Canyon has scheduled this summer, but he’s keeping busy producing albums and mentoring young musicians. “It’s very important to me to share the mistakes I’ve made in the business, and to sit down with others and write with them and produce them,� he said, adding that he recently opened up a studio on his ranch in southern Alberta to work out of. But, with a greatest hits compilation due out this fall, he’ll be heading back on the road for about six weeks later this year. Canyon was also planning to keep busy by running for the Conservative Party of Canada nomination in his home riding of Bow River, with an eye on winning a seat in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. However, a health scare earlier this year convinced him to drop out of the race and focus on music. “For four weeks, I didn’t know if I had cancer,� Canyon said. “I went through all the testing and, by the grace of God, I didn’t have cancer. But I really, truly believe He used that as a little wake-up (call) to say, ‘You’re spreading yourself too thin.’� Admission to the Sunday Morning WakeUp is free, although people are encouraged to reserve their seats through the event’s website at www.rodeobreakfast.com.

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A big-name television star is shooting straight for St. Albert. Organizers of the Eek! Comic and Pop Culture Festival announced on Wednesday that they have secured Stephen Amell, star of Arrow on the CW Network and CTV, as the headliner for the show, which takes place on May 31 and June 1 at Servus Credit Union Place.

Amell, who plays main character Oliver Queen on the show, will be available for autographs and photos (with purchase) on Saturday, May 31, and will be interviewed on the festival’s main stage later that day. “We are thrilled to have Stephen Amell coming to St. Albert to headline the first year of Eek!� show organizer Rob LeLacheur said in a press release. “But even beyond him, we’re focused on making our show a really fun, experiential event and we’re looking forward to seeing

all variation of geeks (from full to part time) sharing their passion for all things pop culture.� Amell, 33, was born in Toronto, and appeared on shows such as Heartland, Rent-A-Goalie, Hung, New Girl and Private Practice before landing his role on Arrow. The Eek! show will also feature costume contests, writers, artists and displays from members of the Northern Alberta Lego Users Group. For more information, visit www.theeek.com.

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AKINSDALE Active Listings: 13

Sold Listings: 18

Average list price:

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Low $349,900 / High $500,000

Low $303,000 / High $520,000 Avg. days on market: 20

$398,169

$391,525

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NORTH RIDGE

Sold Listings: 19

Active Listings: 23

Sold Listings: 30

Average list price:

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Average sale price:

Low $299,900 / High $639,900

Low $280,000 / High $458,000 Avg. days on market: 45

Low $429,900 / High $829,000

Low $370,000 / High $953,750 Avg. days on market: 40

Active Listings: 16 $439,650

$384,498

HERITAGE LAKES

Active Listings: 7

Sold Listings: 10

Active Listings: 7

Sold Listings: 8

Average list price:

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$407,700

$389,785

Low $344,900 / High $469,500

Low $320,500/ High $632,500 Avg. days on market: 30

$443,342

Low $379,900 / High $469,900

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$430,250

Low $396,500 / High $475,000 Avg. days on market: 21

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$582,908

Active Listings: 29

Sold Listings: 18

Average list price:

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Low $519,900 / High $5,380,000

Low $453,500 / High $703,500 Avg. days on market: 52

Low $424,000 / High $1,398,888

Low $365,900 / High $1,250,000 Avg. days on market: 23

$997,952

$564,775

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$658,758

$599,141

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Active Listings: 14

Sold Listings: 40

Active Listings: 40

Sold Listings: 47

Active Listings: 3

Sold Listings: 6

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Low $389,900/ High $599,000

Low $307,500/ High $587,000 Avg. days on market: 26

Low $355,000 / High $1,148,000

Low $320,000 / High $1,108,355 Avg. days on market: 25

Low $384,900 / High $649,900

Low $405,000 / High $645,000 Avg. days on market: 37

$452,492

$417,515

ERIN RIDGE Active Listings: 45

Sold Listings: 35

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $409,900/ High $849,900

Low $364,500/ High $880,000 Avg. days on market: 41

$584,603

$640,867

$517,163

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Low $292,100 / High $414,000 Avg. days on market: 29

$417,375 Low $379,900 / High $434,900

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$679,000

$546,956

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$536,600

Sold Listings: 7 $346,157

Active Listings: 2

Sold Listings: 6

Average list price:

Average sale price:

Low $329,900 / High $330,000

Low $325,000 / High $647,000 Avg. days on market: 43

$329,950

$407,916

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$484,069

Low $424,900 / High $555,555

Sold Listings: 12 Average sale price:

$420,150

Low $375,500 / High $466,900 Avg. days on market: 58

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Tom Smyth may not be the man leading the St. Albert Community Band’s jazz band for much longer, but he’ll still be a familiar figure among the band’s ranks. After overseeing the startup of the jazz band and serving as its conductor on and off for nearly 30 years, Smyth is hanging up his baton after the band’s spring concert on June 11 at the Arden Theatre and handing over the reins to J.F. Picard. However, he doesn’t plan to be a stranger to the band’s weekly rehearsals at Paul Kane High School, still picking up the trumpet and joining in next year. “It’s a certain sense of relief,” Smyth said prior to a rehearsal on Thursday, May 15. “My wife and I want more time for travel and things like that, and this will give more time. It is quite a commitment being the conductor; you can’t take a month off.” Smyth was the jazz band’s first conductor when it was formed in 1985, and he’s very pleased to see just how far it has come in that time. “The music we played back in 19851986 … (compared) to a concert today,

it was so simple,” he said. “The level has come up, and it’s been amazing.” But it was as much of a learning experience for Smyth as it was for the rest of the band. “It’s one of the better adult jazz bands in the Edmonton area. We’ve been challenging (ourselves),” he said. SACB president Colleen Dec said Smyth is leaving some awfully big shoes to fill. “Tom has been such an inspirational member of our community band … The big band would not be where they are, at the level they are, without Tom,” she said. “He’s just been an amazing team player, an amazing leader.” Picard is no stranger to the SACB jazz band, having taken over as conductor for spells while Smyth was away, most notably for three years while Smyth and his wife travelled to China to set up a music program at an international school there. “I’m excited. It’s a good group; everybody is very eager,” Picard said. “I always like to look forward and push the group further. I’m looking forward to that.” Dec said she’s extremely confident that the jazz band will be left in good hands and is excited to see what Picard

will bring to the table. “He has the same values and vision that Tom has, so it’s going to be such an easy transition,” she said. “J.F., his whole attitude is, we’re here to have fun and enjoy music. That’s been Tom’s philosophy as well.” To send Smyth off, the jazz band has selected a number of classic big band selections for their half of the spring concert, including one — “Feels So Good” by Chuck Mangione — with a feature trumpet solo for Smyth. “It’s great music. Fifty years from now, people will still listen to it and still be attracted to it,” he said. Meanwhile, the concert band has prepared a number of selections from movies, musicals and Broadway for the audience’s enjoyment — including from The Wizard of Oz, which is Dec’s favourite. “I’ve loved that movie since I was a kid,” she said with a laugh, “so I was all excited when we got to read that piece. That’s my personal highlight, and I know the members enjoy playing that piece as well.” Tickets for the St. Albert Community Band’s spring concert are $15 each and are available through Ticketmaster or the Arden Theatre box office.

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In the Jerry Maguire-meets-Slumdog Millionaire true story that is Million Dollar Arm, Jon Hamm plays the role of J.B. Bernstein, a struggling sports agent who comes up with an attention-getting scheme to find the next great major league pitcher among India’s cricket bowlers. He returns to America with a pair of 18-year-old potential prospects named Rinku (Life of Pi’s Suraj Sharma) and Dinesh (Slumdog Millionaire’s Madhur Mittal), but turning the boys into contenders proves to be tricky for underdog Bernstein and his fish-out-ofwater houseguests. It’s a terrific Hamm performance— loose, assured and utterly charming, an ideal choice for making the transition to big screen leading man after seven acclaimed seasons playing suave, harddrinking, chain-smoking advertising executive Don Draper on Mad Men. “You know, it’s not difficult to draw a parallel between an agent’s life and an actor’s life in many ways,� relates Hamm, 43, looking Don Draper dapper in a jacket, open-collared oxford shirt and dark jeans. “You have to sort of

project this sort of charisma and charm and everything, and then it all falls apart and that’s exactly every audition I’ve ever been on for the first three years of my career in Los Angeles.â€? Prior to hitting the big time with Mad Men, Hamm was a just another struggling actor, landing minor roles on shows like CSI: Miami, Numb3rs and The Division and in films like Space Cowboys and We Were Soldiers. “It’s such a capricious, strange existence,â€? reflects Hamm, on those early days. “Basing your life on the whims of others and basing your ebbs and flows of confidence ‌ on the fact that people either choose you or don’t.â€? While the Draper and Bernstein roles would at first glance appear to be 180 degrees apart, truth is, the sports agent isn’t exactly portrayed as a pillar of virtue in the Craig Gillespie-directed film. There’s something admittedly selfserving and exploitative about his motivations in staging that Million Dollar Arm competition. But, no spoiler alert required — this is a Disney movie after all — he ultimately learns to be a better, more considerate person, forming an unconventional family unit with Rinku, Dinesh and his

nurturing neighbour Brenda (the smart/ sexy/funny Lake Bell). Despite the oddball grouping, it was a dynamic with which Hamm could find a very personal connection. “I don’t have kids, but I’ve been a teacher and I’ve been a daycare teacher,� explains Hamm. “I have tons of nieces and nephews and I feel like all of these people are my family. I lost my parents very young. I’ve had a lot of surrogate parents in my life—family and family friends who have sort of adopted me in many ways, so I have a very fluid definition of family as well.� After playing more than his share of darker, edgier characters, Hamm says he’s delighted that with Million Dollar Arm he’s finally starring in something that he can finally tell his friends they can take their children to see. “It’s affirming and it’s uplifting and it’s heartwarming and it’s emotional and it’s not a ‘sports’ movie so much as a movie that moves you,� declares Hamm. “It’s nice when the lights come up at the end of the movie, to not be, like, ‘What did I just watch? Who was the bad guy and why did the things crash and what blew up and why is the President mad?’ “It just makes me feel something, and that’s a nice thing.�

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Last week was the final meeting of the Northern Alberta Business Incubator’s Venture Lab workshop. The eight-week course, which ran every Thursday at NABI’s Mission Avenue location, and led several local businesses through the paces of launching their enterprises. The NABI Venture Lab is based on Wendy Kennedy’s So what? who cares? why you? series, which has been adopted in nine countries and is used by more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, inventors, and scientists. The businesses that participated in this round of the Venture Lab were extraordinarily diverse, and included a greenhouse, online retailing software, and theatre performance venue. Week after week, these dedicated entrepreneurs showed up to class with workbooks in hand. They were ready to apply the principles taught in each lesson to their own unique business. We investigated each entrepreneur’s competitive landscape, target market, and financial model to prepare them for the “real world” of business. After seven weeks of hands-on business learning and hours of oneon-one time with our NABI business coaches, the Venture Lab wrapped up on Thursday with pitches from each of the participating businesses. Imagine Dragons’ Den with fewer cameras, but

just as much feedback. After weeks of the preparation, I imagine the presentations simply flew by for the entrepreneurs. Some of the pitches were nearly Dragons’ Denready, with a few minor tweaks. Other presenters encountered a few more stumbling blocks, and it was a great lesson to witness. Whether it’s starting a profitable business or losing 100 pounds, it seems like we’re all looking for the “Magic Bullet” for success. We’ve all seen advertisements that promise steady income for little-to-no effort and no risk. Sounds like the dream, doesn’t it? After weeks of hard work, we saw massive improvements among all of the NABI Venture Lab participants. But not all of those participants came out of the Venture Lab fully prepared to launch their business, or to start pitching it to investors. And some of our past participants have taken the course twice through. When the Venture Lab (or sales workshop, or MBA program) finishes, it doesn’t mean that the learning and hard work will as well. The most successful business owners will tell you that it’s a marathon, not a sprint – and hard work is required along the entire journey.

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Move over, Bud. Craft beers are seizing the taps at local bars. Suds from local microbreweries are all the buzz in the city centre, though giant brewers like Budweiser still reign supreme on the outskirts. Craft beers have spiked in popularity across North America the last five years, and Hudsons Canadian Tap House marketing director Karli Anderson said bars need to keep up with the trend if they want to survive. “The landscape sure has changed,” she said, noting that just three years ago, craft beers were only on tap at a few select spots in Edmonton. “We have to go crafty to stay in the beer game.” Anderson said craft beers, especially house brews from Henry Hudson’s Brewing Co., are No. 1 at locations throughout Edmonton and most popular at Hudsons’ Whyte and downtown bars. Sports fans, however, buck the trend. “If hockey season’s on, people are not always going for the craft beers,” she said. “We notice our sales change from craft to the Buds and Canadians.” Liquor Depot spokesman Ryan Engen said Budweiser is the King of Beers in Edmonton, as the No. 1 seller at each of the store’s locations by a fair margin. It’s followed by Kokanee, Molson Canadian and Coors Light. He said craft beers make up about 10 per cent of overall sales at Liquor Depot, though that number is “certainly growing,” especially on Whyte Avenue and downtown.

“Definitely, craft beer is stronger in the areas where it’s closer to a university,” Engen said. “Also, in higher-income demographics, craft beer does better.” Jordan Beatty said imports rule the roost at the downtown Sherlock Holmes pub he manages, with craft beers also out-selling macro breweries. Guinness is the pub’s top seller, though people switch to lighter beers like Blanche de Chambly and Shock Top when the patio opens for summer. It’s a stark contrast from his former job at the bar’s east-side location. “I spent a fair amount of time in the Capilano area and you’ve got piles of guys that are coming in and they want their Bud pint or they want their Coors Light pint or they want their Canadian pint,” he said. Neil Herbst, spokesman for popular local brewer Alley Kat, said local beer drinkers have far more awareness of craft beers than they did five years ago. “We’ve seen a big change,” he said, adding it’s partly due to Molson shutting down its Edmonton brewery and Labbatt — which still brews here — being bought out. “When we first started up, there was a lot of loyalty in this city to Molson and Labbatt.” Most Alley Kat is sold on Whyte and downtown, while sales in east and north Edmonton are not so strong. Alley Kat is starting to sell more elsewhere, though, with sales rising significantly into rural Alberta. Herbst said the craft beer revolution is linked to a wider variety of styles and flavour profiles. Small brewers can afford to experiment more with recipes, whereas it’s risky for major corporations that are brewing for a mass audience.

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