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Lisa Hornland sits on her back deck with her 10-year-old beagle, Tucker. Tucker has a tumour on his spleen that requires surgery, so Hornland has started a GoFundMe campaign to help pay the bills, with any excess funds going to the Beagle Paws rescue society. See story, page 3.

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

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Family hopes to raise beagle bucksGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Tucker the beagle may not be around much longer, but his owner is ready to make sure he leaves a legacy.

The 10-year-old beagle is the proud companion of St. Albert resident Lisa Hornland and her family, but he has recently run into some health troubles. To help pay the bills, Hornland has started a campaign on crowdfunding website GoFundMe to raise $8,000.

“He was my first child; that’s why it’s so hard now,” said Hornland, a mother of two who lives in the Oakmont subdivision. “... It’s tough. I can’t imagine not having him.”

But, should something happen to Tucker before the surgery is paid for, Hornland plans to keep the fundraiser going in his memory to benefit the Beagle Paws rescue society.

Beagle Paws is near and dear to Hornland’s heart as she adopted her other beagle, Rusty, from the society about four years ago, and she has fostered other dogs for them as they waited to find their forever homes.

“I try to raise funds when their fundraisers come along,” Hornland said. “If we lose one, I might foster again; I don’t know if we’ll buy a dog again for a while, just because I need a break, especially with what’s going on right now.”

Hornland purchased Tucker from

a breeder when he was very young. She first took Tucker to the

veterinarian in February to get a couple of lumps under his arms checked out. Those turned out to be benign, but the vet was worried about his spleen and found a small mass with an ultrasound.

The family hoped the mass was benign, but over the weekend, Tucker got very sick and had to go back to a vet clinic in Edmonton.

“He couldn’t move; he was falling up and down the stairs,” Hornland said.

The veterinarian in Edmonton recommended putting Tucker down that day, but Hornland held out hope. She saw her regular vet in

St. Albert on Monday, who told her that the tumour wasn’t critical, but he could go at any time.

“She couldn’t guarantee that it hadn’t spread or where it is, so the option probably would have been better eight months ago to do the surgery than to do it now, but who knows,” she said. “But it’s my dog at the same time; do I give him any chance I can?”

She got the idea to start up a GoFundMe campaign after talking to another parent after soccer practice one day.

“If I can’t do it, at least it’ll go to Beagle Paws if anyone donates, so I don’t feel like I’m just taking people’s money.”

The GoFundMe campaign can be found online at www.gofundme.com/g15zk4.

“It’s tough. I can’t imagine not having him.”

Lisa HornlandTucker’s owner

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderLisa Hornland gives her beagle Tucker a hug on her back deck on Tuesday. Tucker has a tumour on his spleen, and Hornland is hoping to raise enough money to cover his surgery through GoFundMe.

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QUICK LOOK: 2014 CENSUS

24.74% of population

under age of 18

Mother Tongues

87.57% English 1.88% French

0.05% Aboriginal 5.10% Other

Downtown Neighbourhood with

oldest average population

64.8 Years

Grandin Neighbourhood with largest population

7,410

North Ridge Neighbourhood with largest

population increase from 2012

1,029

K-12 students in St. Albert51.6% Male 5,549

48.4% Female 5,199

Erin Ridge North

Neighbourhood with youngest

average population

29.0 Years

13,831 Total number of students in St. Albert

(K-12 & post-secondary)

81% total number of

dwellings that are owned versus rented

in St. Albert

Working Residents51% Work in Edmonton 36% Work in St. Albert

Total Population

(up 3.71% from 2012)

63,255

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More living, working in cityGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

More and more people are finding a place to live in St. Albert, but they’re also making the city a place to work, too.

The City of St. Albert released the detailed results of its 2014 civic census last week, showing that the total population of the city has increased to 63,255, up 3.71 per cent over 2012.

But a number that City officials — especially those in the economic development department — may be more excited about is the percentage of people who both live and work in St. Albert, which increased from 27.6 per cent in 2010 to 36.4 per cent in 2014.

“It’s very encouraging,” said City economic development executive director Guy Boston. “One of the (goals) that we have in economic development is to increase the employment opportunities in St. Albert, so any positive movement, we’ll take credit for that. We want to see that grow and grow and grow; it’s a metric

we’re watching.”Mayor Nolan Crouse agreed, calling

it “quite a remarkable number” and a positive trend.

“It speaks to the importance of having local commerce and local jobs, whether it’s Costco or a fitness organization or whatever,” the mayor said.

The 2010 census counted a total of 25,272 people who lived in St. Albert who held a job, with 6,984 of those working in St. Albert. In 2014, the total workforce increased to 34,187, and 12,444 of them worked in the city.

Boston said that increase is the result of a concerted effort the City has made in recent

years to promote St. Albert as a place not only to live, but also to do business, including targeted ad campaigns.

“Our single highest priority, as directed to us by city council, is to grow the non-residential component of St. Albert, so certainly have that in mind — commercial, retail, that kind of stuff,” Boston said. “But we also need to grow in population so that we can service that growth and have the employees available

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

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

While the 2014 numbers are a step in the right direction, both Boston and Crouse would like to see this particular figure continue to grow in the future.

“People get to live and work in their own community, but you also get more non-residential tax revenue to help out with the residential tax burden,” Crouse said.

Meanwhile, Boston said there are plenty of new projects on the horizon that could drive this number up, including the new Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission warehouse, slated to be built along Boudreau Road, east of Apex Casino, and open in 2017.

“That’s going to nudge the number of employees in St. Albert up significantly,” he said.

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Motion re-opens City’s 2013 booksGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

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

The motion, put forward by Coun. Cam MacKay and passed by a 6-0 vote, requires administration to add a notation to the City’s 2013 financial statements to reflect income collected by Mayor Nolan Crouse from the Capital Region Board during that year in his role of chair of the CRB.

“The very cornerstone of our democratic society is trust and accountability, and since there are very few checks and balances at the municipal level, it’s very important for politicians to be accountable and transparent. These are not just buzzwords to be trotted out for an election or when you wish to attack a political opponent, but rather should be part of the DNA of any politician,” MacKay said. “What happened in the case of the CRB, Crouse Developments Inc. and the chairmanship of the CRB is totally different than what should have happened.”

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

was symptomatic of problems with the City’s current remuneration policy.

“Our remuneration policy ... is so convoluted. It was built for a time not envisioning things like the CRB chair,” said Coun. Wes Brodhead.

Other motions passed Monday include a requirement for any current or future council member to report similar income going forward, and a re-affirmation that councillors comply with the City’s current remuneration and expense claim policy.

“I hope this allows us to move forward and get past this issue,” MacKay said. “I hope that, in the future, we get some straight talk on this.”

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

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

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

MacKay contended that per diems were paid directly to Crouse through a private corporation he had set up. The CRB’s contract with Crouse was changed to pay him directly in May.

While this was the matter under which accusations of Crouse submitting duplicate expense claims to both the City and the CRB were introduced during a council meeting two weeks ago, those allegations were

not specifically revisited during Monday’s debate, though some councillors did refer to them.

“Had there been proper disclosure and respect for our City policies, if they had been followed from the onset, neither this motion nor the duplicate expense claims would have had the opportunity to

occur,” said Coun. Sheena Hughes.The “double-dipping” was

briefly addressed earlier in the meeting, though, and Crouse claimed he had paid back $1,200 in per diems twice, once to the City and once to the CRB.

“It’s another example of how I’ve tried to apologize for lousy bookkeeping. ... I realize I’m in a public court, but let me say this, because the public wants to know: I have accidentally overpaid by $1,200,” Crouse said. “I don’t know how I did it, but I did it.”

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

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

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

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

Cam MacKayCity councillor

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

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We have just come out of one of the most successful Small

Business Weeks ever held in St. Albert. We set aside this week each year to honour the exceptional businesses that we have in our community, and the incredible work they do to bring goods and services to fortunate St. Albert residents. Our business sector is vibrant and growing, and the excellent selections for those who choose to “Shop St. Albert First” are the big bonus.

I have heard it said, and do believe, that small business drives the economy of our country and of our province. We are certainly a living testament to that in St. Albert. The economic impact to our community as a whole from the business activity generated by small and medium-size

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

On Thursday, Oct. 16, there were over 40 businesses who received special recognition in eight categories of excellence. These categories included community leadership, business-to-business, Ignite, marketing, youth work experience/apprenticeship, young entrepreneur,

outstanding customer service, and small business. At the Business Awards of Distinction at the Arden Theatre that evening, there was a recognition of all the nominees, a performance by the Cree Drummers, a special presentation by Carrie Doll, the announcement of the winners in each category, and a closing performance by Stephen Lecky. With our MC, Jackie Rae Greening, the event was meaningful and fun and exciting from start to finish.

These businesses were chosen as the best in their category:

• Community Leadership - Leading Edge Physiotherapy

• Ignite - Monjeloco Jeans• Business-to-Business -

Keldar Leadership• Youth Work Experience -

Tyson Nouta (St. Albert Transmission)

• Marketing - Sturgeon Valley Athletic Club

• Young Entrepreneur - Kelsey Bulmer, Cerulean Boutique

• Outstanding Customer Service - Sturgeon Professional Dry Cleaners

• Small Business - Tudor Glen Veterinary Hospital

The annual Chair’s Award of Distinction was given to Team Chiasson from McDonald’s restaurants in recognition of their exceptional work in the broader community.

Overall, St. Albert and district is a great place to live, and a great place to do business. It is the entrepreneurs in our midst who are willing to take a risk and who are following their visions and their dreams. We applaud them for the quality of life they bring to this great city.

Every week should be Small Business Week

Getting to the bottom of itWhen city councillor Sheena Hughes

sent out an email last week detailing the notice of motion she was putting

forward, it didn’t seem like the greatest idea. In the wake of allegations that Mayor Nolan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ISSUES Downtown Parking Study

Flag Display Policy

Commercial Land Requirements

Corporate Safety & Security Annual Report

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Council voted to receive as information the Downtown Area

Redevelopment Plan Parking Management Technical Study, a document that outlines the

future of parking management in St. Albert’s downtown over the

next 25 years.

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Council voted to receive as information the Facility Safety and Security Annual

Report, which outlines proactive steps that can be taken to minimize safety issues on city property.


Council voted on a new flag display, which would set out new

guidelines on what kinds of flags to display and how to display them, and on amendments to the City Emblems and Symbols policy,

which would give guidelines on what to displayed in accordance

with the city’s visual identity.

“Over the past 20 months, we have had between 15 and 25 incidents on city property that we consider threatening situations. And that runs the range from loud

phone calls with swearing to actual physical threats.”

— George Klassen, risk and insurance manager

With both the policy and the amendments being

adopted, council and staff will now follow the guidelines outlined in both policies and

administration will begin creating a project charter for

the full implementation.

Council and the public are to provide feedback to the

study by Dec. 31, and a final version of the study will

be submitted to council by March 31, 2015.

Administration will use the Facility Safety and

Security Annual Report as a guideline for projects to improve safety on city

property.


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

– Adryan Slaight, manager,planning branch

“This is not exactly a new policy, it’s new in that it’s separate from the City Emblems Policy... We decided to separate it

because it didn’t give instructions on flag raising policies.”

— Maya Pungur-Buick, general manager, corporate and

strategic services

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

Land Requirements agenda.

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

– Guy Boston, executive director, economic development

Administration will review the Land Use

Bylaw and make recommendations for

amendments to council by March 2015.

“I just want to ensure that any future developments in

technology will be taken into account.”

— Coun. Wes Brodhead

“I really like that there’s an opportunity for community groups to raise their flags.”

— Coun. Tim Osborne

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

— Coun. Cam MacKay

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

— Coun. Gilles Prefontaine


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Biz leaders address council over Alta. labour shortage

GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

A local business owner wants the City of St. Albert to add its voice to the chorus calling for a solution to Alberta’s labour crunch.

Rob Chiasson, who owns the four McDonald’s franchises in St. Albert along with his wife Karen, came before St. Albert city council on Monday afternoon, asking councillors to draft a letter to the federal government calling on them to find a solution to the labour shortage so that the situation doesn’t regress to what it was between 2003 and 2007.

“In the short time I’ve been (advocating for business), I’ve come to the realization that it takes many voices to make change,” Chiasson said. “Therefore I’m here today to ask that the City of St. Albert join in the mounting cry for a solution to this issue.”

Since July, Chiasson has spoken to several community groups about major changes coming to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and the kind of effect they could have not only on the fast food sector, but also on other industries like hospitality and construction.

“St. Albert is a successful city with a great quality of life, and I’m aware of the future plans for the further development and improvement of the city,” he said. “But the labour shortage is a real threat to our community’s ability to execute those plans.”

Chiasson was supported by a number of local business owners in the gallery in council chambers at St. Albert Place, as well as at the podium by St. Albert and District Chamber of Commerce 2014 volunteer chair Paul Quantz.

Quantz emphasized to council the need for any solution to this problem to be “made in Alberta.”

“The (City) continues to seek foreign and Canadian capital to develop our city, so the question must be asked: Where will the workers come from?” he said.

“If municipalities would join the voice of the Alberta and Canadian Chambers of Commerce to address these issues through their political connections, perhaps this impasse can be overcome and we can begin working on a made-in-Alberta solution to the issue.”

Quantz added that he recently attended the Canadian Chambers of Commerce annual general meeting in Prince Edward Island, and labour and immigration were hot topics around the table.

“It was clear that the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are suffering severe labour shortages, and that the one-size-fits-all approach of the federal government to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and skills-based immigration does not serve Alberta and Saskatchewan well,” he said.

Councillors did not take any action on Chiasson’s presentation on Monday afternoon, but it could be brought back to a future meeting.

“It takes many voices to make change.”

Rob ChiassonMcDonald’s owner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But the giving didn’t end there.Nathanial wasn’t just interested in having

a birthday party; and because his wish came true, Nathanial came up with the idea to have his party double as a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Northern Alberta.

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

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

Photo: TREVOR ROBB, Sun Media News ServicesNathanial Pope, 8, and his mother Alina pose next to a brand new Chevrolet Camaro at the Costco parking lot in St. Albert for his birthday party on Saturday.


Sublime launches mastectomy swimwearGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

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

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

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

“For me, (confidence) is the number one thing,” said Glenda Keohane, sales associate and special events co-ordinator at Sublime. “When they come in and they’re not sure of the size or the style they’d look good in, we help them with that. We give them some options and we guide them in the right direction. It’s so important that, when they leave here, they’re confident about the suit they’re wearing, and they’re not going to worry about it when they’re on the beach. They know when they put it on, they’re going to feel great in it.”

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

herself. She was diagnosed 12 years ago this month and went through chemotherapy and radiation, but is now cancer-free.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“We really want to bring in some more selection for the ladies — more size variations, more colours, more options for them in those suits,” she said. “It’s a process; we’re growing the line and we’re growing that division in the store. But we’re really excited about it.”

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderGlenda Keohane, special events co-ordinator at Sublime Swim and Sunwear, stands next to a mannequin modeling some of the store’s new line of mastectomy swimwear on Tuesday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You’d have to ask readers or academics,” he said. “But each new novel is a new challenge — Can I do it? Do I know what I’m doing? Of course, you get more confident the more you publish, but because you get more confident, you take greater risks,

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

But he has found over that time that he prefers the longer format of a novel to the

constraints of a short story.

“It’s like the difference between a marathon runner and a sprinter. Some athletes are just better at one than the other,” he said. “I just like the length of a novel, the ability to develop things. I find short stories intimidating because they’re so short and they have to be very tight, and I’m very uncomfortable in that.”

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

geographical span.“We accept people from all over the world,

who bring their stories with them. Our literature is much more vigorous because of that, all those people coming in. And

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

More than 10 years after it was published, perhaps Martel’s most popular novel, Life of Pi — which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in the United Kingdom in 2002 — was adapted into a movie that garnered a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars and a Best Director win for Ang Lee.

Martel said that, while he “wasn’t that involved” in the adaptation, he spoke to the director a couple of times, and the movie introduced people to his writing to otherwise might not have found it.

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

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

Yann Martel’s presentation as part of STARFest takes place at the Arden Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 29, starting at 7 p.m. For more information on the festival or on tickets, visit www.starfest.ca.

“It’s not a question of wanting to be fawned upon. It’s just nice to meet people who have engaged with the book.”

Yann MartelAuthor

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

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Even after a 40-year career as an author, Fred Stenson has never forgotten his Alberta roots.

Born in Pincher Creek, educated in Calgary and now living in Cochrane, Stenson is heading to another Alberta locale — St. Albert, to be exact — on Monday for the fourth annual St. Albert Readers’ Festival (STARFest) for a reading from his latest novel, Who By Fire, and a conversation with fellow writer Curtis Gillespie.

While it might have been tempting for a young aspiring writer to pack up and head for the lights of Toronto or another big city, Stenson said he never really thought of leaving behind the starry skies of Alberta.

“I loved to travel, I loved to get around when I was young ... but there were things that were holding me home in my early 20s. And by the time the opportunity existed, I think I had shifted in my mind,” he said. “As a writer, I think there’s an importance to staying in the milieu you intend to write about. And I kind of knew by then I was always going to want to write about the West, and Alberta in particular.”

Who By Fire is a story that is uniquely Albertan, telling the tale of a 1960s farm family who suddenly ends up with a malfunctioning sour gas well less than a kilometre away from its home and decides to fight it.

So far, Stenson said the response to the book has been positive.

“The reader response has been, I think, the best I’ve ever had. The ones who want to read it, they want to read it right now,” he said. “I’m hearing responses already from readers, and people are really liking it.

“It’s funny — we live with oil and gas; we grow up with it, and it’s our prominent

industry. It affects our lives in various ways; some of us work in it. But it’s an odd thing. I wanted to write something from the inside.”

Some of that feedback has come from festivals like STARFest, which Stenson believes have become more and more prevalent and important over the past couple of decades.

“It takes the publishing season and adds a place to contact the writers and publicize the books. The two things go very well together,” he said. “It really has been an upward swing.”

While readers at such festivals get the chance to get up close and personal with their

favourite authors, Stenson said he loves meeting readers — and potential readers — too.

“It’s a really great chance to have a group of writers and the people who are interested in those writers coming forward,” he said. “People usually come for one or two writers that they know and are interested in, but in the course of it, they see other writers perform, and it adds to the list of writers they’re interested in.”

Aside from Who By Fire, Stenson has plenty of fiction titles under his belt. His novel The Trade was a finalist for the prestigious Giller Prize in 2000, and The Great Karoo was a finalist

for the Governor General’s Award for fiction.

But he also has written a number of freelance non-fiction books, with topics ranging from the RCMP to provincial parks, and made several documentary films.

Those two worlds tend to bleed into each other, Stenson said.

“If you look closely at my books, they’re always rooted in economy in some way or another. I’m very conscious of how people make a living. Even my open range

ranching novel, Lightning, is about the industry of ranching and how it grew out of the annihilation of the buffalo. There’s always an economic bottom to it all.”

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

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

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

Alberta’s literary scene.“There’s a large community of younger

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

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

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

Fred StensonAuthor

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Photo SuppliedAn author of uniquely Albertan stories, Fred Stenson brings his prairie point of view to Forsyth Hall at the St. Albert Public Library for STARFest on Monday evening.


Brass band kicks off 10th seasonGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

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

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

Looking back on the band’s history, musical director Daniel Skepple said they’ve overcome a lot of hurdles, but they’re excited to celebrate this milestone.

“Considering we started with 12 people in 2005, and we were challenge by some to think it would never last, the fact we’ve been here 10 years is exciting,” said Skepple, who founded the band along with Dr. Gordon Russell. “We’re very excited to get this 10th anniversary season going.”

Today, the traditional British-style brass band boasts a full complement of 28 members. Some of those, like Skepple, have been with the band since day one.

“We had some 12- and 13-year-olds, and they’re now 24 and 25, and they’ve

stayed with us the entire time,” he said. “The band was a small group of players, including my three kids, when it started, but since then, it’s grown to be a really nice band. We’ve worked hard to develop the British-style brass band sound, which I feel we’re doing a much better job of.”

And since day one, the band has been committed to St. Albert, with the vast majority of their shows and rehearsals taking place in the city.

“We made the commitment (several) years ago to do all our concerts in St. Albert, and that’s been really great for us to be at the St. Albert United Church,” Skepple said. “It’s a nice space with a good high ceiling. It’s a nice listening space.”

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

Of course, one show that stands out in Skepple’s mind from the past decade didn’t take place in St. Albert. Instead, the band took over the prestigious Winspear Centre for the Arts in

downtown Edmonton in March 2010, sharing the stage with the Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton.

“That was a really special night, and it was a very good crowd for the band,” he said. “It was our first concert at a really large venue.”

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

Sunday’s concert, however, will feature just the band playing some brass band standards, as well as a few more advanced pieces, including a salute to big band musician Glenn Miller.

“It’s your typical fare — some typical brass band stuff and some not-so-typical brass band stuff,” Skepple said.

Advance tickets for Autumn Brass are available through band members at $12 for adults and $8 for youth ages 10 to 15. Prices increase to $15 for adults and $10 for youth at the door. Kids under 10 get in free.

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

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

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

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Not-so-secret fundraiser to benefit youthGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

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

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

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

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

hails from Bon Accord.The Indiegogo campaign closes

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founding member Lyle Bell have volunteered at the Chimo Youth Retreat Centre for the past couple of years.

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

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

out of it too.“It’s so much fun. Those kids

rule,” she said. “Last year, I got to play bass, and I don’t even play bass. I got to learn how to play. That was fun.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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OCT. 24, 1945The United Nations is born when

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OCT. 23, 2002Chechen rebels storm a theatre in Moscow during a performance of the musical Nord Ost, taking

nearly 700 people hostage.

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Photo: Sun Media News ServicesOilers forward Taylor Hall (right) tangles with Tampa Bay defenceman Jason Garrison at Rexall Place on Monday evening.

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Blindsided by a surprise drop in new subscribers to Netflix Inc, analysts slashed their price targets on the video-streaming company as it shed a fifth of its value last week.

Their advice came too late for investors who had followed the recent “buy” guidance of at least 20 brokerages — not least BTIG Research, which upgraded the stock just two days before Netflix reported third-quarter results.

BTIG set a one-year price target of $600 on a stock that was trading on Thursday, Oct. 16, at $362.45, down 19 per cent. It said its Oct. 13 upgrade “could not have been more poorly timed in hindsight.”

But, like many others, BTIG is betting on the long-term results of an expensive push by Netflix into original content and more international markets. The title of its Thursday note: “Roger Roger: Why Selling Netflix Now Is A Mistake.”

Netflix, with original shows that

include House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, plans to spend $8.9 billion on acquiring new content in the next few years.

With more than a quarter of its 53 million customers now outside the United States, the company is also looking to expand its international business to reach new viewers and increase its buying clout with content providers.

BTIG is far from alone in forecasting growth for a company that is financing four Adam Sandler movies and making the sequel to martial-arts drama Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

In a little over a month, Barclays, RBC and Cowen & Co have each raised their price targets. Canaccord Genuity began coverage in September with a “buy” rating and $550 price target.

But that was before Netflix announced 3.02 million new streaming customers in the

quarter ended September, well below its own forecast of 3.69 million.

In a market where Netflix is a pioneer, competition is also emerging.

CBS Corp announced plans to launch subscription-based video on demand and live streaming for its TV network just a day after Time Warner Inc said its HBO channel would launch an online streaming service next year.

Netflix trades at about 76 times forward earnings and scores just five out of 100 on Thomson Reuters StarMine Relative Valuation model.

The lower the score, the more expensive the stock.

Wedbush Securities Inc is one of the few brokerages with an “underperform” rating on Netflix, calling its high valuation “unwarranted given the potential for slowing domestic growth as competition ramps up, coupled with increasing content costs.”

At least 19 notes sent by brokerages on Oct. 16 featured a target price cut. In the case of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, the cut was as much as $150; to $375 from $525.

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Oil price won’t affect projects: Prentice

Analysts blindsided by sudden drop in Netflix subscribers

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Drooping oil prices won’t deter the province in its commitment to spend billions on school and health care systems, Premier Jim Prentice said Friday.

While oil prices in the low $80 range are a concern, Prentice said the government won’t be swayed in spending more than $2 billion on the most-recently announced batch of schools, or $60 million more to create long-term care spaces and other projects.

“We have weathered periods of high prices and low prices,” said Prentice,

Infrastructure projects, he said, have “been within budget and are multi-year investments made over the course of this decade ... we intend to stick to our fiscal plan.”

The urgency for new education

and health care infrastructure, he said, has built up over the years and can’t be ignored because of energy prices that aren’t likely to falter for long.

“Clearly, $80 will not continue for the balance of the year,” the premier said.

After hovering around the $80 mark last week, the value of a barrel of crude rose this week to land at $82.75 a barrel.

A number of high-profile oilsands projects were shelved even before the latest price drop.

Prentice said the province is still running a

decent surplus on the expectation of $96 per barrel oil that’s so far yielded an average of $99.

“The government’s recorded a reasonable return,” said Prentice.

But he said if the price of crude continues to suffer, “we’ll be careful and have to set priorities ... his means it’s time for prudence.”

“Clearly, $80 will not continue for the balance of the year.”

Jim PrenticeAlberta premier

Photo: LYLE ASPINALL, Sun Media News ServicesAlberta Premier Jim Prentice speaks with the media in Calgary on Friday on the price of oil and how it might affect a number of capital projects slated to be undertaken across the province.

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The dark side of entrepreneurshipChallenging the

ideal worker modelBRITTANY KUSTRASpecial to the Leader

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

What are your reasons for starting a business? “To live life by my own time and rules.”“To strike out on my own.”“I’m sick of corporate life.”Well, before you dive in, author Joseph

Schumpeter wants to share what it will really be like. It will be far harder than you imagine. You’ll encounter potholes, speed bumps, dead ends, loss of levers of control and cash flow nightmares. You’ll also have to learn to do everything on your own.

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

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

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

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

So what can we suggest?If you’re thinking of starting, make sure

you have a real value proposition — a medical

check-up, if you will, for your business idea. Get regular medical check-ups for yourself, too. Make time to exercise and relax — even if you don’t believe in work-life balance, your body does.

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

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

On one side, we have all the glamour of romanticism of being

among a tiny handful of successful entrepreneurs,

and on the other, the very real chance of falling down

and failing.It seems there

are two morals to Schumpeter’s teachings. First, that would-be entrepreneurs need to do much more preparation and take a more measured view of the risks before they start a business. And second, that society must have more respect

for the people who put their lives on the line to build something from nothing.

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

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

Brittany Kustra is the Communications and Marketing Co-ordinator for the Northern

Alberta Business Incubator.

LINDA WHITESun Media News Services

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

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

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

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

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

society to raise its collective conscious about work demands and pressures, Schieman argues.

But until that happens, he encourages overwhelmed workers to examine their workload and determine if it’s truly realistic. “Some people say that if they can multitask at home they can catch up on work that needs to be done but why couldn’t it be done at work? Do you have too much work to do and not enough time to do it?”

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

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

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