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INDEXNews . . . . . . . . . 3Opinion . . . . . . . . 8GROW St. Albert . . . . 9GREEN . . . . . . . 17Entertainment . . . . . 19Health . . . . . . . 21Fun & Games . . . . . 24Business . . . . . . 26stalbertjobs.com . . . .27
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St. Albertan Michael Hansen, 5, who has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, now has the freedom to ride a bike with his family after being one of the first people to benefit from a new Edmonton-based program. See story, P. 5.
Games about more than sports
Photo: JESSE KUSHNERYK, St. Albert Leader
Proud father Darren Poeckens studies his son Ethan’s swing Saturday afternoon at Lone Spruce Driving Range, west of St. Albert on Villeneuve Road. The duo spent the afternoon bonding at the Golf for the Cure event that the driving range hosted Saturday, benefiting Cystic Fibrosis Canada.
In the swing of things
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Empowerment and encouraging active lifestyles will be the real victories for First Nations youth taking part in the Alberta Indigenous Games when they are held in St. Albert later this summer.
Organizers held a press conference Tuesday at St. Albert Place to promote the games, which will be held from Aug. 4 to 9.
“Youth need to be empowered in a way that affects their lives. ... [These games are] a way to grow, feel empowered and be successful,” said Ashley Callingbull, a motivational speaker who will serve as master of ceremonies for some of the events.
“This is one of many things
that links youth to our history, to the Aboriginal discovery of our community,” added Mayor Nolan Crouse, whose wife Gwen is the honorary chair of the games.
The games are expected to draw 1,400 participants between the ages of 12 and 18 from across the province to compete in 10 sports: softball, ball hockey, archery, basketball, volleyball, track and field, soccer, golf, canoeing and lacrosse.
“We’ll definitely provide a very good games for people to come and watch,” said Allan Ross, CEO of the games.
Cheryl Ogima is a past
competitor at the games and a lifelong athlete, and she said sports have been very important in her life.
“My girls, who are now 11, have been showing an
interest in different sports ... I’m hoping that with my
mentorship and my husband, who likes to play baseball,
that they continue that in their lives,”
she said.Her daughters,
Paige and Paris, want to compete in the games.Paige wants to compete because
she’s a “natural runner,” and Paris said she “likes meeting new people.”
Sage Morin is one of the games’
recruitment leaders, traveling to schools across Alberta to spread the word about the games.
“We want to get our foot in the door so [kids play] sports for the rest of their lives,” he said. “They can play a huge role.”
Aside from the competition, though, organizers are also hoping to co-ordinate a fun run during the games to commemorate Alex Decoteau, who competed for Canada at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, and became the first Aboriginal police officer in Edmonton.
“[We want to show that] you can achieve more than you are, and sports are one way to get there,” said Const. Lisa Wolfe of the Edmonton Police Service.
More information on the games can be found onine at www.aig2013.ca.
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Bike opens up possibilities for local boyGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Just like any five-year-old, all Michael Hansen wants to do is ride his bike.
And now, thanks to a special program, he has the chance to do just that.
The Hansens, who live in Akinsdale, were one of the first beneficiaries of a new Edmonton-based program called You Can Ride Two, which loans out specially adapted bicycles to kids with disabilities like Michael, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was just 13 months old.
“I can go fast and far,” beamed Michael as he rode his bike around the block on Monday afternoon.
For his mother, Donna, the bike means more freedom for Michael, who normally gets around in a wheelchair, and more family time as Michael can go on bike rides with his six-year-old sister.
“It’s a regular kid activity that he can now participate in,” she said. “It’s not necessarily that he’s going to go do
it by himself, but as a family, we can go on bike rides and on outings that we couldn’t do the same way before.
“It also gives him another way to get his stretching and his weight-bearing in his legs that he needs without it seeming like work.”
You Can Bike Too is a partnership between pediatric physiotherapists, occupational therapists and the Edmonton Bike Commuters’ Society. The specialized bikes that are being loaned out were used in another of the partnership’s programs called You Can Ride Two, which starts kids on the adapted bikes but eventually transitions them onto traditional two-wheeled bikes.
“Kids like Michael, they’ll never be able to ride a two-wheeler, because he has balance issues … it’s just not a reality for him,” Donna said, noting that she found out about the program as one of Michael’s therapists is involved with it.
“He tried out this bicycle for the first time in November, I think,” she added, “and as soon as he got in — we were in a gym — he was able to go
across the gym without even blinking an eye.”
You Can Bike Too approached President’s Choice Children’s Charity and received an $18,000 grant, which went toward purchasing more adapted bikes to loan out.
About 30 kids, including Michael, got their loaner bikes on Saturday during an event at the Elves Special Needs Society in west Edmonton.
The Hansens are borrowing Michael’s bike over the summer, but they are hopeful his school will be able to rent it over the winter for just $20.
Hopefully that means Michael will be going places — both on his bike and in the rest of his life.
“We could go to the store [and get some] Cheerios,” Michael said as he sat on his bike and rang the bell on the handlebars.
“He’s just a happy little boy. He’s got so much excitement,” Donna added. “It’s nice to see something that — it’s not going to make him a regular boy, but it’s an activity he can do like everyone else.”
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderFive-year-old Michael Hansen, who has cerebral palsy, and his mom Donna break out the specially adapted bike they have on loan from You Can Bike Too, an Edmonton-based program.
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert Leader
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3-on-3 tournament a chance to give backGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Basketball has taken J.R. Patrick around the world. Now, he’s hoping to bring the game to St. Albert.
The former captain of the Edmonton Energy and professional player in China, France, Mexico and Saudi Arabia announced Tuesday that Servus Credit Union Place would play host to the first-ever J.R. Patrick Classic 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on Aug. 17 and 18, with divisions for boys and girls 10 to 12 years old, 13 to 15 years old and 16 and 17 years old, plus divisions for players 18 and older, as well as slam dunk and three-point shooting competitions.
Patrick said he hopes the tournament will give back to the community and give kids the opportunity to have basketball make the same positive impact on their lives as it did on his.
“I’ve been able to travel the world, do things that I never thought I’d be able to do,” he said. “I’m a better person, learning how to set goals for yourself and how to fulfill those goals. Just being a great teammate, teamwork and co-operation and coming together as a unit ... to achieve one common goal. Basketball has given me so much; I’m truly blessed.
Mayor Nolan Crouse was also on hand for the tournament announcement Tuesday at Servus Place, and agreed that basketball is a great equalizer for youth.
“It blends all socioeconomic, all genders, all humankind, and that’s great,” he said. “But to the youth, this is one more opportunity to participate, one more arrow in the quiver of action that people can have.”
Patrick grew up in Edmonton, graduating from Eastglen Composite High School. He then went to Santa Clara University in California — the same college as two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash — before setting off around the world playing professional basketball.
He has organized the Pride of the Northside Streetball Tournament in
northeast Edmonton for the past four years, but said he wanted to reach out to St. Albert mainly because of the increased capacity Servus Place could offer.
“Something has to be done for a strong basketball community, and I know that kids and adults of all ages would more than welcome this kind of tournament in their community,” Patrick said. “... I know the community of St. Albert won’t let me down, as this is the biggest basketball event that has ever taken place in St. Albert, and we are hoping this will be the biggest outdoor tournament in Edmonton and the surrounding areas.”
Patrick hopes to sign up at least 45 teams for the tournament, each of which are guaranteed four games between Saturday and Sunday morning in the south parking lot at Servus Place. Playoffs then begin in each division, wrapping up by about 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Patrick hopes to draw participants from across the Capital Region — although he said some of his tournaments have attracted teams from Saskatchewan and British Columbia — and said the basketball scene in the Edmonton area is the strongest he has ever seen it.
“The amount of talented kids we have now is way more than when I was coming up and going to high school,” he said. “We have seventh- and eighth-graders who can dunk with two hands and guys who could probably start at a small junior college. The talent’s growing every year.”
Aside from teams, though, Patrick will also be hard at work to recruit volunteers to make sure things run smoothly behind the scenes.
“From past tournaments I’ve run, the first year, we definitely need a lot of help. There’s a lot of running aroound to do, lots of little things that need to be done,” he said.
Teams of four players can register in the J.R. Patrick Classic 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament up to Aug. 3. Fees are $140 per team before June 15 and $150 per team after. For more information, visit www.jrpatrickybc.com.
Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderFormer Edmonton Energy captain J.R. Patrick has been around the world playing professional basketball, and now he’s bringing his new 3-on-3 tournament to Servus Place in St. Albert.
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Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leaderStudents from the Grade 6 leadership class at Neil M. Ross Catholic School show off the 585 pounds of pennies they collected at the school, which will go toward the We Create Change campaign. Each bag of pennies adds up to $25, which is enough to provide clean water to one person in a developing nation for the rest of his or her life.
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DAVE LAZZARINOSun Media News Services
A hot day is a welcome taste of summer for local residents, but for a dog in a car it can be a death sentence.
According to Shawna Randolph, the Edmonton Humane Society (EHS) animal protection line has been fielding a lot of calls in the past week about parked pooches in need of help.
“It’s been very busy for them with the unseasonably warmer weather. Normally it’s about 10 degrees or so lower than the way it’s been in May. So they’ve been very, very busy,” said Randolph, a spokeswoman for EHS. She said temperatures higher than 20 C can be dangerous for a pet in a vehicle.
“Even if you want to have your vehicle running and the air conditioning going, air conditioning can fail, so we just say never take that risk,” she said.
Still, the Edmonton Humane Society is urging people to make sure an animal needs help before calling in the authorities.
“Last year the fire department was called way too much and people were just panicking,” said Randolph. “It may be hard for people to determine but if you just see an animal sitting in a vehicle and it’s just simply sitting there looking at you, chances are it’s not in distress. We’ve had people panic and call 911 and we don’t want people to do that unless you are certain that this animal is in distress and it needs to get out immediately.”
The EHS website has some tips on how to tell if a dog really needs rescuing. Check them out at www.edmontonhumanesociety.com.
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On May 18, museums and historic sites in Alberta and around the
world will mark International Museum Day. This day has been celebrated globally since 1977. Last year, 30,000 museums in more than 120 countries participated with organized events.
This year, the theme is: Museums (Memory + Creativity) = Social Change. In the form of an equation, this theme highlights the universal nature of museums and their positive influence on society. It summarizes the complexity of museums’ accomplishments, and recalls their contribution to community development and their role in bringing citizens together.
Alberta’s network of provincially owned historic sites cover Alberta’s history
from prehistoric times to the present day. From the Oil Sands Discovery Centre in the north to the Remington Carriage Museum in the south; from the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre in the peaks of the Crowsnest Pass to Historic Dunvegan in the Peace Country; from the Royal Tyrrell Museum in the badlands to the Ukrainian Village in the fertile central parkland, and in many fascinating places in between — and especially locally here in our own city — Albertans can see, touch and encounter the story of this province and the diversity of its people for
themselves.Beyond the sites operated by
the province, Alberta boasts an incredible variety of museums large and small, dedicated to energy, from nature’s resources and human creativity; genius, artistic and scientific; identity, individual and collective and history, in all its many splendours. These wondrous places across our province are there for the discovering.
A good place for Albertans to start in celebrating International Museum Day is at www.experiencealbertahistory.com. On our own doorstep, the Musée Heritage Museum is proud to become the latest institution in Alberta to receive the Recognized Museum designation from the Alberta Museums Association. Earning this designation demonstrates that it is committed to
maintaining standards of professional practice and to ensuring that it plays a strong and important role within the community. The Musée Heritage Museum, located in St. Albert Place, explores the story of our city through a variety of exhibits and programs, preserving the community’s history to enjoy now and for the future.
Other St. Albert Heritage sites includes: the Little White School, the St. Albert Grain Elevator Park, River Lot 24 and its associated houses and agricultural buildings. The heritage sites offer unique programs and tours for all ages proving there is so much to see and do in our own backyard.
I encourage everyone to get out and enjoy one of these wonderful venues this weekend or throughout the summer.
Museums a great way to experience history
Checking ban even riskier
When it comes to children, it’s understandable that parents want to do everything in their power to
keep them safe. That’s why things like bicycle helmets, seatbelts and lifejackets were not only invented but are, in some cases, mandatory.
But sometimes, attempts to take kids out of dangerous situations only lead to even more dangerous situations later on. Such is the case with Hockey Alberta’s recent decision to do away with body checking at all levels of peewee hockey starting this fall.
Hockey Alberta based their decision on “overwhelming evidence that body checking is the single most consistent risk factor for injuries and concussion in youth ice hockey.” Hockey Nova Scotia soon followed suit.
But not allowing 11- and 12-year-olds to body check seems like a step backward. Now, the first introduction kids will have to body contact in hockey will be at bantam — a level where the variations in body types and skill levels may be even more pronounced than they are in peewee. It’s not uncommon to see 13- and 14-year-olds in bantam who are already six feet tall and 200 pounds, while others still have yet to experience that growth spurt that inevitably happens around that age.
Think of it this way: You keep your kids from crossing the street throughout their childhood, but when they turn 13, you’re now expecting them to. And it’s not just some residential street they’re expected to cross — it’s a major freeway with semi trucks whizzing by.
If a kid doesn’t know what to do in that situation, they’re going to be tentative and skittish, which could cause them more harm than if they were eased into it.
And maybe that’s the bigger problem when it comes to hockey. Perhaps this perceived injury problem is less about the actual body checking and more a comment on the minor hockey system’s failure to teach kids how to hit properly. If a good foundation for that skill is not laid down early, it will be difficult to correct later on in a player’s career.
If Hockey Alberta really wants to keep kids safe, it would be better to teach kids how to check properly at an earlier age rather than simply delay it.
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• Growing the library Congratulations to the Friends of
the St. Albert Public Library and their president, Valerie Spink, for another successful year of fundraising in support of the library. Through events such as the sold-out Reel Mondays movie series, the Friends were recently able to provide a donation of $3,000 to the library in support of the annual St. Albert Reader’s Festival. Over the past two years, STARFest has brought in authors such as Will Ferguson, Terry Fallis, Carmen Aguirre, Andrew Nikiforuk and Charles Foran.
• Bowling champsKatie Demuynck, Amanda Spicer,
Michelle Heidinger, and Alyssa Campbell, along with coach Dorry Mielke, competed in Vancouver in the YBC National Championships from May 4 to 6. The team from the St. Albert Bowling Centre edged out Northern Ontario and Quebec with 14 wins to win Gold and are now the best team in the Senior Girls Five-Pin category in Canada.
• Heavenly Rollers rollingThe St. Albert Heavenly Rollers
opened their season on May 11 with a double-header pitting the Spoilers vs. the Stinkerbelles followed by the Beelzebubs vs. The Rez City Rollers. Partial proceeds of the event were donated to the Humane Animal Rescue Team (HART). STAHR began in 2010 by former members of a league in Edmonton to promote fitness and empowerment for adult women. Each year, the league’s exposure and popularity increases in part due to mainstream media featuring roller derby. The league is also incredibly fortunate to have support from community members such as Servus Place and Mayor Nolan Crouse.
• It’s a slam dunk
St. Albert is going to be home to a brand new 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Aug. 17 and 18. The J.R. Patrick Classic 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
was started in 2009, and Patrick — a former captain of the Edmonton Energy — expects to have over 50 teams for this fun new summer event at Servus Place. More info will be available soon online at www.jrpatrickybc.com.
• Pecha Kucha NightHave you ever been to Pecha Kucha
Night? “Pecha what?” you might say. Join the Grow St. Albert folks on Thursday, June 13, in the Park Room at the Enjoy Centre. Have a frosty beverage as you grow and connect with many others listening to a great variety of speakers and their short but fun talks that only last six minutes and 40 seconds. Tickets are only $12 and are available at www.pknstalbert.com
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is back! The St. Albert Cruisers’ 21st annual classic car show-and-shine takes over the parking lot at St. Albert Centre on Sunday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Last year, there were more than 150 cars out for enthusiasts to take a look at. The entry fee is $10 per vehicle, with proceeds going to support the Stop Abuse in Families (SAIF) Society. For more information, you can contact Blair at 780-458-0455.
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Arden hits the road for improv
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An Edmonton high school student says he now knows that the smallest distraction behind the wheel can impact his driving.
Dozens of teens were invited by city cops and the Alberta Motor Association to the Castrol Raceway Friday to drive through a closed circuit obstacle course while multitasking.
“I could stand in front of a group of teens talking until I’m blue in the face about distracted driving. They won’t pick anything up,” said Rick Lang, with the Alberta Motor Association.
“Get them behind the wheel and show them that you can’t drive as well distracted as when they’re paying attention, it really gets that point across.”
Driving instructors had teens go through a second time, this time putting on lip balm,
opening water bottles, or changing the radio station.
This showed students about how doing simple things can take their attention away from the road.
“I was like ‘oh my god, what do I do.’ I tried to focus on the road,” said 15-year-old Omar Abou-Absi, after completing the course.
“I realized how being distracted really changes your driving.”
Students drove through the obstacle course once to get a feel for the manoeuvres.
The Grade 10 student at the Edmonton Islamic Academy says there was a clear difference between his first and second laps.
“Huge difference, I could tell I was going slower. I could tell there was a higher fraction of error,” he said.
“It was the only way I think you’d have a chance at being safe is going slow. If I was going faster I don’t think I would have done as well.”
The effort is the latest by city police to try and deter distracted driving.
Last month, Police Chief Rod Knecht called for tougher measures for those caught multi-tasking behind the wheel.
So far this year officers have handed out more than 1,700 tickets for
distracted driving.“We all know that
if we’re able to do something
repeatedly without any dire consequence, that we’ll continue to do that and we have a false sense of security,” said Act. Staff Sgt. Kelly Ronau with the Edmonton Police Service.
“I think what we have is people who haven’t been in a collision while they’re texting and driving or dealing with something else and driving, so ‘I can do it’ is the attitude.”
Edmonton police and the AMA challenged six local high schools to turn a lens on distracted driving, producing short videos about staying focused behind the wheel.
Currently tickets for distracted driving come with a $172 fine.
But Abou-Absi says he is keenly aware that the potential consequences of distracted driving could be much greater.
“They could hurt themselves through stupid things like drinking water or texting,” he said.
“If we were to put every teen in the world through this, they might realize they aren’t right invincible.”
GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
For the first show of their 2013-2014 season, programmers at the Arden Theatre are hoping to have audiences laughing all the way to Servus Credit Union Place.
For one night, the Arden is taking a show on the road, setting up for audience of more than 1,800 in the Northstar Hyundai Arena at Servus Place as improv comedy veterans Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood bring their hilarious hijinks to St. Albert on Friday, Sept. 20.
“It’s fantastic. We’re so lucky to have the ability to showcase these kinds of performers in this community,” said Arden professional programming presenter Caitlin North. “We’ve had so many fantastic artists come through the Arden
Theatre in the last 30 years, but it’s really nice to branch into a new venue.”
Mochrie and Sherwood were featured players on both the British and American versions of the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Mochrie — who was born in Scotland but raised in Canada — has also appeared on the CBC series This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Blackfly, and will participate in a reprise of Whose Line Is It Anyway? scheduled to air on the CW Network in the United States starting in July.
Meanwhile, Sherwood’s credits also include a role on The Drew Carey Show and guest hosting Talk Soup on the E! Network.
North said that Mochrie and Sherwood’s brand of improv comedy resonates with
audiences mainly
because it’s so interactive.
“I really wanted to bring in something the whole family could enjoy, ages eight and up,” she said. “Comedy is universal, particularly this kind of comedy. It’s very clean, very slapstick, and I think what people really love about it is how interactive it is with the audience. They are as much a part of the show as the performers are.”
Tickets for Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood range from $45 to $65 each plus service charges, or $80 to $100 per seat — which must be brought in groups of 10 — for the VIP tables. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 17, through Ticketmaster or the Arden box office.
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Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leaderThe St. Albert Botanic Park was full of blooms just like this one as they held their annual Mother’s Day Rose Sale over the weekend.
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River levels don’t alarm CityGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
The Sturgeon River is looking awfully high these days, but officials with the City of St. Albert aren’t too concerned.
Low-lying trails along the banks of the river have been closed for nearly two weeks now as water has completely submerged them in spots, and businesses and condo complexes along the river near downtown St. Albert have sandbags at the ready in case things get worse.
But Leah Kongsrude, director of the City’s office of community sustainability, said the current high water level was not unexpected, and it has even gone down slightly over the past week.
“It’s still within what we would consider an average high year, similar to what we had in 2011,” Kongsrude said. “It has started to decrease slightly, but that’s what we anticipated — that it would peak last week and decrease slightly over time.”
The high water levels can be chalked to spring runoff, with higher levels of snowfall over the winter than the area has seen over the past couple of years.
“It was more of a normal snow year than the last few, so it was good,” Kongsrude said. “We’re really happy that the river is kind of getting a chance to recharge itself and to refresh the flood plain areas. It’s all good.”
“We were fortunate we had a cool spring
— it melted a little bit, then it cooled down, melted and cooled,” she added. “The big concern you have is when you have a ton of snow and then a very hot, quick spring. That’s when you get into trouble.”
As well, the weather forecast appears to be co-operating, as there are no major thunderstorms or dumps of precipitation anticipated anytime soon.
“If we had a really bug thunderstorm, that would be our biggest concern,” Kongsrude said, “but there are none in the forecast, so we’re doing OK.”
Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leaderA sign is nearly submerged near the Perron Street Bridge on Friday, May 4.
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City looks to stretch investments through policy changesGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
The City of St. Albert is looking to stretch its savings a little further with changes to its investment policy.
The policy amendments were brought before the City’s Standing Committee on Finance — which consists of all seven city councillors and is chaired by Coun. Cathy Heron — on Monday afternoon, allowing for investments longer than one year in term and for investments in land to support economic growth among other changes
designed to give a little more flexibility while still adhering to City policies and provincial regulations.
“With the City’s investments, the goal is to achieve the maximum yield while preserving the City’s funds,” said Ed Kaemingh, the City’s manager of financial operations and reporting.
Investments up to three years may be approved by the City’s chief financial officer, and those up to 10 years may be approved by the city manager.
The City’s investment portfolio is currently being managed by CIBC Wood
Gundy, although a new request for proposals is expected to be tendered this year.
The motion passed 5-0, with Wes Brodhead and Cam MacKay absent from the meeting.
“After a lot of review and a lot of questions being asked over the past two or three years, administration has come up with the advice that this is the best way to do it, through a custodian and through short-term investments, so that we don’t misuse or [invest] taxpayers’ money inappropriately,” Coun. Len Bracko said.
Also on Monday, the Standing Committee on Finance also gave their seal of approval to changes in the City’s lifecycle reserve policy, setting out processes for assessing the condition of capital assets and repairing or replacing those assets when necessary.
“It’s important for municipalities to maintain continuous investments and maintain the condition of their assets,” Kaemingh said, “but also it’s prudent to manage the reserves And exercise judgment so that serviceable assets aren’t replaced before their time.”
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GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Computers and printers at St. Albert Place may have to last a little longer if Mayor Nolan Crouse has his way.
At their regular meeting Monday, the City of St. Albert’s Standing Committee on Finance — which consists of all seven city councillors and is chaired by
Coun. Cathy Heron — debated a number of motions put forward by councillors over the past month with regard to the City’s 10-year municipal and utility repair, maintain and replace (RMR) capital plan, with an eye toward approving that plan at city council in June.
The motion that got the most attention Monday afternoon was put forward by Crouse to have the City’s information technology replacement reserve reduced by $200,000 — with a corresponding reduction in the Pay As You Go funds collected through property taxes — both next year and going forward throughout the 10-year plan.
Crouse said he was disturbed when City staff came to him looking to replace his laptop, his desktop computer and a printer near his office simply because they were old.
“We need to figure out how to spend less money, because I don’t need my computer replaced every three years just because it’s three years old. … I don’t want the St. Albert taxpayer to pay to replace my computer just because it’s time to replace my computer,” the mayor said.
He added that, since the City has no formal IT replacement policy — simply established practices — the only way to affect this kind of change is reduce the amount
of money available for such equipment replacements.The rest of council agreed, voting 5-0 to carry the motion.
Councillors Wes Brodhead and Cam MacKay were absent.Three other motions put forward by Crouse were also
approved, including a postponement of the reconstruction of Fire Hall No. 1 on Sir Winston Churchill Avenue by one year, the inclusion of a $466,000 credit for the Morinville water line in the utility RMR plan in 2015, and the postponement of the
rebuilding of a pumphouse in Sturgeon Heights by three years.Crouse’s motion to move the remediation of the former
public works yard in Riel Business Park from municipal to utilities was defeated.
Two motions by Coun. Malcolm Parker were also carried Monday, including a $20,000 reduction in funds for a sports field rehabilitation program and a $30,000 reduction in the playground infrastructure lifecycle program.
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spot, consider how much sunlight a location gets on a daily basis and the spot’s proximity to a water supply. If planting flowers, try to avoid planting in areas with heavy foot traffic so the flowers are less likely to be stomped. If you’re planting flowers to accent walkways, then consider erecting a barrier around the flower bed to safeguard the flowers from foot traffic.
• Get started before you plant. Preparing the soil a few weeks before you start planting can help the plants thrive down the road. Add some organic material, such as compost or fertilizer, to the soil roughly three weeks before planting. This helps the soil retain water and nutrients, which will help your garden thrive.
• Time your planting. When
you plant is sometimes as important as what you plant. Some climates allow for year-round planting, but many do not. When buying seeds, the packaging might suggest what time of year to plant the seeds. Adhere to these suggestions or your garden might not grow much at all. In addition, keep in mind that many seedlings need significant light throughout the day in order to grow, so choose a time of year with ample daylight.
• Don’t forget to mulch. Mulch can be as aesthetically appealing as it is effective. Mulch retains soil, helping roots to grow stronger, while deterring bugs and preventing weed growth. And many gardeners find mulch adds visual appeal their garden, and does so in a very inexpensive way.
• Clean your tools. Beginners rarely recognize the importance of cleaning gardening tools before putting them away. At the end of each gardening session, clean your tools thoroughly, as soil left on your garden tools can play host to potentially harmful microbes that might kill your plants.
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Metro Creative Services photoGardening can be a labor-intensive yet gratifying hobby. By sticking to a few simple rules, beginners can develop a thriving garden to reward all of that hard work.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Doc Walker ready for a little sunshineGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
As long as the Rainmaker doesn’t turn into the Snowmaker again this year, Chris Thorsteinson will be just fine.
Thorsteinson and Dave Wasyliw — who make up country music band Doc Walker — just wrapped up the CMT Hitlist Tour alongside Emerson Drive and Aaron Pritchett. That tour was plagued with snow at just about every stop, so Thorsteinson is ready to soak in some sunshine when they come to St. Albert to play the Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition on Saturday, May 25.
“We ended up renaming it the Snow Globe Tour, because it just seemed like we hit a big snowstorm in Vancouver and followed it all the way to Ottawa,” Thorsteinson said. “I think we had one day where everyone could go for a walk and enjoy themselves. So we’re looking forward to getting out in the summer and having some fun.”
In fact, he added, there’s a different vibe to playing outdoor shows like the Rainmaker in the summer, one that he finds more relaxed and a little nostalgic.
“It’s a lot different than playing arenas or theatres,” he said. “We usually do the setup a little different. And I think people are just a little more relaxed — they’ve been hanging around the fair all day, get to have a few beers and check out some music that night. ... Being from a small town, it’s kind of like home.”
Doc Walker and Emerson Drive recently collaborated on a song called “Let It Roll,” as they’ve known each other for years and wanted to do something special for their fans.
And getting the chance to play it live for their fans on the CMT Hitlist tour was a great experience.
“Aaron Pritchett would go out and play a show and get the crowd fired up. Then either Emerson Drive or us would go up, and at the end of the night, we all got up and did ‘Let It Roll,’” Thorsteinson said. “Then Aaron would
come up and we’d do ‘The Weight’ and a bunch of other stuff. It was a really good experience for the fans, I think, to be able to see two bands — and Aaron, for that matter, we all released our first singles around the same time, so we’ve all been doing this the same amount of time. It was kind of a nice big reunion.”
However, the guys from Doc Walker have also been hard at work on their own new album, which reunites them with producer Justin Niebank and which they hope to have out sometime this fall.
The first single, “Put It Into Drive,” has already hit the airwaves at country radio stations across the country, and Thorsteinson said the response has been great so far.
“This being our seventh record, we really want to make sure we have a good product,” Thorsteinson said. “In the days of a very single-driven market, through iTunes, I’d love to release this as a vinyl record, to sell live. I think a lot of people are getting into that a lot more.”
He added that he feels like the band is always experimenting and trying to look at the songwriting process in a fresh, new way.
“That’s the great thing about being in a band — you’re not pigeonholed,” he said. “ ... With the band, we’ve always looked at like the Eagles — they made one of the best country records I’ve ever heard, but the next one was probably the best rock record I’ve ever heard. With a band, you have a little more forgiveness to step outside the boundaries, and for this record, we’re definitely trying to do something different to keep the fans excited and interested in what we’re doing. I’d never want to make the same record twice.”
Doc Walker hits the stage under the big top at the Rainmaker Rodeo and Exhibition on Saturday, May 25, along with Dallas Smith and Hey Romeo. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. For more information, visit www.rainmakerevents.ca.
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Kids’ music a calling for the KerplunksGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader
Dinah Desrochers wouldn’t trade her job for any other in the world.
Desrochers is better known as Dinah D or Big D as a member of the four-piece children’s band The Kerplunks, who will be entertaining main stage audiences young and old from Tuesday, May 28, to Thursday, May 30, as part of this year’s International Children’s Festival in St. Albert.
“We get to spend a lot of our time on the road, but we also get to spend a lot of our time in front of thousands and thousands of kids,” Desrochers said. “It’s a really, really fun thing to do as a day job.”
In fact, the band is booked up every weekend throughout the summer, touring from festival to festival across Canada.
“We’re going to places like … the Calgary Folk Festival, up to Yellowknife for Folk on the Rocks. We’re going up to Haida Gwaii and a tour of northern B.C. in July as well,” Desrochers said. “We’ve got some really nice traveling [scheduled], and our mandate is to visit a lot of places we haven’t been and meet as many people as possible.”
This will be the first time The Kerplunks — which also consist of Tina Jones, Aaron Cadwaladr and Phil Wipper — have played the St. Albert festival, but Desrochers said its
reputation precedes it.“We’ve been hearing about the St. Albert
children’s festival for years, and been in contact with them for years as well,” Desrochers said. “We’re so excited that this year it’s going to be happening.”
The Kerplunks only started about six years ago when Jones and Desrochers met while putting on a community music program on Gabriola Island in British Columbia. They soon recruited Wipper and Cadwaladr, and the band was born.
“We were already writing fun songs, and at that point, each of us had been professional musicians for over 15 years,” Desrochers
said, adding that they’re like family now. “... The entire town said, ‘Oh my God, you need to record this stuff. There needs to be some good quality kids’ music out there.’”
But, while the songs are mainly geared toward kids, and showing them that “music
is something everyone can play; it’s not just a knob on
the stereo,” she hopes that the parents in the crowd are appreciative of how complex the songs can be.
“The lyrics are kiddie, but the music is totally
spot-
on,” Desrochers said. “We hit all the grooves. We have a ton of fun when we’re playing.”
Those grooves range from surf to bluegrass to hip hop to reggae, all in the same show.
Desrochers mainly plays the stand-up bass, but she also dabbles in several other instruments, like the banjo, mandolin, piano and even the kazoo. Jones plays the trumpet, trombone and clarinet, while Cadwaladr plays guitar and Wipper plays the drums.
When writing songs, Desrochers said the group can draw inspiration from activities
in their everyday lives, like tending to beehives or to their vegetable gardens.
“Tina and I primarily come up with the song ideas, but sometimes we get
all four of us to do some input as far as lyrics,” she said. “Generally what happens is, I come up with an idea, either something
lyrical or musical — or Tina, one of the two of us — and we get together and workshop that song for as long as it takes. Sometimes it’s a couple of hours, sometimes it’s an entire day. Then we start full-on fleshing out the arrangements, which is where the guys come in pretty big.”
The Kerplunks have six shows scheduled over three days at the Standard General Tent during the International Children’s Festival. For more information, check out www.childfest.com.
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HEALTH
SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – The thought of eating beetles, caterpillars and ants may give you the creeps, but the authors of a U.N. report published on Monday said the health benefits of consuming nutritious insects could help fight obesity.
More than 1,900 species of insects are eaten around the world, mainly in Africa and Asia, but people in the West generally turn their noses up at the likes of grasshoppers, termites and other crunchy fare.
The authors of the study by the Forestry Department, part of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said many insects contained the same amount of protein and minerals as meat and more healthy fats doctors recommend in balanced diets.
“In the West we have a cultural bias, and think that because insects come from developing countries, they cannot be good,” said scientist Arnold van Huis from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, one of the authors of the report.
Eva Muller of the FAO said restaurants
in Europe were starting to offer insect-based dishes, presenting them to diners as exotic delicacies.
Danish restaurant Noma, for example, crowned the world’s best for three years running in one poll, is renowned for ingredients including ants and fermented grasshoppers.
As well as helping in the costly battle against obesity, which the World Health Organisation estimates has nearly doubled since 1980 and affects around 500 million people, the report said insect farming was likely to be less land-dependent than traditional livestock and produce fewer greenhouse gases.
It would also provide business and export opportunities for poor people in developing countries, especially women, who are often responsible for collecting insects in rural communities.
Van Huis said barriers to enjoying dishes such as bee larvae yoghurt were psychological — in a blind test carried out by his team, nine out of 10 people preferred meatballs made from roughly half meat and half mealworms to those made from meat.
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Photo: Sun Media News ServicesA vendor in Vietnam serves up a bowl of crunchy fried crickets. The United Nations said this week that eating insects may help fight the obesity epidemic in the Western world.
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MilestonesThis week in history and
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MAY 16, 1929The first-ever Academy Awards ceremony is held in the Blossom
Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, with about 250
people attending.
MAY 17, 1983The New York Islanders win their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup, completing a four-game sweep over the Edmonton Oilers with a 4-2 win at home.
MAY 19, 2007Smart USA launches a cross-country road show starting
in Los Angeles to promote its “ForTwo” microcar, set to launch
the following year.
MAY 20, 1873San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, a Reno, Nev., tailor, are issued a patent
on work pants with metal rivets — better known as blue jeans.
MAY 21, 1952Actor, TV star and wrestler Laurence Tureaud — better known as Mr. T — is born in
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MAY 22, 2003Annika Sorenstam becomes the
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the Bank of America Colonial. ANSWERS: 1. Logo removed from cap; 2. Kite removed from logo on sign; 3. Bag holder removed; 4; Number 18 added; 5. Driving range mat changed from green to red.
Photo: JESSE KUSHNERYK, St. Albert LeaderDave LaFramboise, owner of Lone Spruce Driving Range, takes a swing at the range’s sixth annual fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis.
MAY 18, 1920 Karol Jozef Wojtyla — who would
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Proud to Be Canadian Essay ContestProud to Be Canadian Essay ContestBrent Rathgeber, Member of Parliament, wants to hear from all the students in the riding of Edmonton-St. Albert.
He is calling for all students to write an essay explaining why they are Proud to be Canadian.KIDS CATEGORIES: Ages K-6 up to 250 words,Ages 7-9 250-350 words, Ages 10-12 350 - 450 words
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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – The Redford government is taking a $40,000 trip to the Central-Asian country of Kazakhstan to strengthen economic ties.
According to the province, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Verlyn Olson will promote Alberta’s agricultural expertise and high-quality products including livestock and genetics, during a May 16 to May 26 trade mission to Kazakhstan.
Olson will join federal and industry representatives to develop trade opportunities in Kazakhstan and explore how Alberta and Canada can help this emerging market grow its agricultural economy.
“Alberta’s agriculture industry is a cornerstone of our economy,” said Olson.
“Our future growth depends on our ability to open new markets and create international opportunities for our producers and others in our agriculture sector. We will be in Kazakhstan as a partner to our industry -- opening doors, creating economic relationships and promoting our province as a leader
in agriculture.”The trip, according to the province,
builds on a 2012 mission which generated an estimated $25 million in economic spinoffs for Alberta companies.
Gordon Stephenson, general manager of the Canadian Hereford Association, is one of approximately a dozen industry partners participating in the mission.
“There is tremendous economic potential for our cattle and livestock genetic industry in Kazakhstan,” said Stephenson.
“The government is committed to modernizing the agricultural sector
as it positions itself for long-term economic stability. Alberta has decades of success and we are eager to share
our knowledge.”The estimated cost of the
mission to the ninth largest country in the world — which is over 70 per cent Muslim — for the Olson and his chief of staff is $40,000.
Olson’s itinerary includes travel to Astana, Kazakhstan, before travel to Kostanai, Kazakhstan, for meetings with current and past governors of Kostanai, the deputy governor
and the mayor of Kostanai City.Then in Astana, he’ll have
meetings with the Kazakhstani
minister of agriculture, vice minister of agriculture and the chairman of the veterinary control and supervision committee.
He will then meet with Canadian federal officials and the Kazakhstani minister of agriculture and participate in a joint working group before meeting with industry, including cattle buyers and equipment distributors. He will finally meet with Kazakhstani minister of economy and budget planning.
Olson’s trip will end with meetings with Canadian federal officials and the Kazakhstani minister of economic integration. He will also attend the Astana Economic Forum and a science and technology tour.
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Church offers Big Oil ‘moral leadership’
Olsen looks to forge economic bonds with Kazakhstan
Verlyn OlsonMinister
MATT DYKSTRASun Media News Services
The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton is aiming to provide “moral leadership” when it comes to the environmental stewardship of Alberta’s oilsands.
Addressing reporters Monday over the Archbishop’s annual media breakfast, Archbishop Richard Smith said the Church is not competent enough to provide practical green solutions to the oil industry — but it needs to do more to help promote environmental consciousness.
“We need to be broadening our consideration of environmental issues,” said Smith. “The Church is conscious of the responsibility which all of us have for our world, for the whole of creation, which we must love and protect.”
Smith believes that the maintenance of the natural ecology will grow out of respect for the human ecology as the more we respect each other, the more we’ll feel the responsibility to care for the environment for future generations.
“The way that we live now has not only an impact on the here and now and other parts of the world but also the people living after us,” he said.
In 2009, Diocese of St. Paul Bishop Luc Bouchard raised “moral concerns” surrounding oilsands development that are still relevant today, said Smith.
“The moral problem does not lie in government and industry’s lack of a sincere desire to find a solution; the moral problem lies in their racing ahead and aggressively expanding the oilsands industry despite the fact that serious environmental problems remain unsolved after more than 40 years of ongoing research,” wrote Bouchard at the time.
Plans to transport Alberta bitumen to the West Coast in Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway route and south to Texas in TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline have met resistance from First Nations, environmentalists and other land owners.
Smith said he would be willing to meet with relevant leaders in both the oil industry and government to discuss the moral principles of extracting natural resources and the development’s implications locally, nationally and internationally.
“Are we allowing ourselves to be guided by these principles or is it just profit before all else?”
Photo: Sun Media News ServicesThe Most Rev. Richard Smith, Archbishop of the Edmonton Catholic Diocese, says his church needs to do more to promote environmental consciousness.
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MATT DYKSTRASun Media News Services
Albertans led the nation in labour last month.According to a labour force survey by Statistics
Canada, employment in the province increased by 15,000 jobs in April with an increased demand for skilled workers in engineering and trades in Edmonton.
The job increase offset the province’s labour loss from March and pushed the employment rate down 0.4 per cent to 4.4 per cent, they said, positioning Alberta one of the strongest job markets in Canada.
Employment and recruitment agency Randstad Edmonton said the city was a hotspot for job growth last month, with demand increasing 48 per cent and an 118 per cent jump month over month in demand for permanent positions.
Edmonton also saw a 63 per cent increase in demand for engineers and a 67 per cent increase for skilled trades and industrial management roles.
“As Randstad’s data is based on positions for hire, this points to potentially even stronger growth in the Edmonton and Alberta job market in the months ahead,” written in a statement from the company.
Compared with the same time last year, employment in Alberta actually grew by 1.9 per cent while other provinces showed either a decline in growth or no growth at all, showed the survey.
Employment declined in Manitoba by 11,000 jobs in April while New Brunswick lost 3,200 jobs. Newfoundland and Labrador declined by 3,000 jobs, bringing the unemployment rate back up to 12.4 per cent.
Ontario’s unemployment remained unchanged at 7.7 per cent while Quebec saw a 1.1 per cent rise in employment over last year, leaving the province with an unemployment rate of 7.8 per cent.
On average, Canada’s unemployment rate remained at 7.2 per cent. Employment increased 0.9 per cent or 163,000 full-time jobs over last year.
Alberta leads the way in job growth
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Are you hot or not — when it comes to your career choice?
Think engineering, health care, skilled trades and finance, recommends Peter Harris, chief editor of Workopolis.
On the other hand, stay away from teaching, general office clerical work, manufacturing and the pulp and paper industry. These are not good career paths so steer clear now.
“Some of the hottest jobs right now are for roles that didn’t even exist just a few years ago,” says Harris.
More and more business and communications are taking place online, and the tools and trends of the Internet are continuously evolving, says Harris, and this has led to high demand for numerous roles in technology and design.
For example, “user experience designers” and “information architects” are in short supply, says Harris. “These are the experts who ensure your website is user friendly and easy to navigate. Now that people are increasingly accessing the web on mobile devices, this has created a high demand
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While new technologies are creating new career paths, they’re also eliminating others: “Know anyone who works in a video store anymore?
“There used to be photo-development shops in every strip mall, but digital cameras closed out the entire industry,” says Harris.
Similarly, the general office clerk is also becoming
obsolete. “Technology has made many of the tasks they would traditionally do easier to offload onto other specialists, on top of their other tasks. So when companies need to trim their workforce, the clerks are the first to be cut,” he adds.
Higher than average unemployment has battered workers in manufacturing, says Harris, and the pulp and paper industry has also been hit hard.
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