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big a bill for unused hotel rooms the Alberta government was stuck with in August after trimming down a delegation being sent to London to promote the province during the Summer Olympic Games. The government asked the hotel to sell the rooms on their behalf, but the market softened during the Games and the costs could not be recouped. Premier Alison Redford, two ministers and three staffers made the trip.

St. Albert’s Jordan Backs holds up a prototype of the power supply board that will go into the AlbertaSat-1 satellite that he and a group of fellow students at the University of Alberta are working to put together. See story, page 10.

Downtown designation gets out of the blocks

GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

After a false start about a month ago, the City of St. Albert took the first few steps in the marathon toward the revitalization of the downtown core on Monday afternoon.

Councillors voted to approve a pair of amendments to the City’s land use bylaw that would create a new downtown (DT) land designation and apply that designation to two of the four character areas identified in the Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan.

In supporting the amendments, Mayor Nolan Crouse pointed out several projects that have moved forward since the DARP was approved, and said the DT designation brings certainty to developers.

“Developers are looking for certainty ... they want to know what the rules of the game are so perhaps they can move forward,” Crouse said.

The amendments first came before council on Sept. 3, but council only gave them first reading before sending them back to staff to include a lot at 29 Sir Winston Churchill Avenue in the land to be redistricted.

The new DT designation calls for a minimum building height of three storeys, each at least four metres tall for commercial use, with other changes and requirements at the discretion of development officers.

The proposed amendments were accompanied by a public hearing, during which several residents took to the microphone to express concerns over the parameters set out in the DT designation and over the downtown plan as a whole.

Local lawyer Harry Gaffney said that he still has grave concerns over the parking situation downtown, as well as the soil conditions and the water table in the area due to its proximity to the Sturgeon River.

“I have reason to believe that none of the properties on St. Thomas Street and none fo the properties on Perron Street have basements; I’m given to understand this is because of the subsoil condition and the water table,” said Gaffney, who said those

conditions prevented him building higher than two storeys when he built on the corner of Perron and St. Anne Streets. “But the subsoil conditions and the water table are critical to establishing the type and particularly the highest of any structure downtown. Such structures must be cost-effective and competitive.”

Others questioned the effects of the possible removal of green spaces to accommodate new development and other measures contemplated in the DARP, like narrowing Perron Street and implementing pay parking.

“Replacing parts of downtown’s remaining green spaces, so highly valued by St. Albert residents, with concrete and asphalt is not the answer to making St. Albert’s downtown a

desirable place to live or to visit,” said Andy Keller.

But City staff said issues around soil conditions and drainage would have to be dealt with through the permitting processes for individual projects.

“[Geotechnical studies] can be required by a

development officer at the time a permit is put in place, and it is the responsibility of the landowner to provide those studies,” said senior planner Carol Bergum. “The challenge of trying to do that for a large area is that every single lot, every site, can be completely different. To do a really in-depth one is just time- and cost-prohibitive for anyone to do.

“It’s best, if you’re looking at exactly what your project is, to do it at the time you’re looking to do that project, and get it done specifically for your site.”

Bergum also said that, to achieve the “critical mass” of employment and residents and “higher intensity of uses” in the downtown core envisioned by DARP, there was no way to build but up.

On the other side, downtown landowner Bob Gylytiuk, who expressed his support of the plan in September, reiterated that support on Monday, saying most developers would build higher to make projects cost-effective.

“It’s a good idea, and you have to start somewhere ... and let the chips fall where they may,” he said.

“They want to know what the rules of the game are.”

Nolan CrouseSt. Albert Mayor

The City of St. Albert is assuring residents that leaves picked up this fall will be composted.

There was an uproar last year when it was revealed that leaves picked up by the City were going to the dump, not to compost sites, due to the cost of taking them out of the plastic bags.

However, this year, the City has struck a deal with the City of Edmonton to take them to their compost facility at no extra cost.

Residents are asked to bag their leaves in clear plastic bags to ensure they head to the right destination. Curbside leaf pickup will occur throughout October. Organics pickup has also been extended through October, and extra yard waste can be dropped off at the City’s compost depot on Villeneuve Road. For more info, visit www.stalbert.ca/leafpickup.

— GLENN COOK

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Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderKonner McMillan, 9, jumps into a pile of leaves along St. Anne Street on Saturday morning.

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Servus Place officials eyeing expansionGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Though its doors have only been open six years, officials at Servus Credit Union Place are looking at a major overhaul of the facility to address space crunches that have already cropped up.

Facility manager Diane Enger presented St. Albert city council with a long-term expansion plan at their meeting Monday afternoon, then gave the Leader a walkthrough of the facility Tuesday to explain the proposed changes.

“Having the years of operation, we’ve really understood how users are using the facility, what the patterns are, and which areas are feeling the pressure to expand,” Enger said. “These plans are in response to what we’ve seen over the past few years, as well as input from our customer satisfaction survey, as well as research of other facilities.”

The changes would begin right at the front door of the facility, with the addition of about 4,000 square feet of space at the front entrance.

The concept, Enger said, would be to move the meeting rooms from the second floor to the main floor, and expand the fitness centre into the space where the meeting rooms currently are.

“Public access would be much more convenient if the meeting rooms were up front,” she said.

The expansion would also include about 1,200 square feet of new retail space, and provide some relief from windy conditions that sometimes exist in the current entryway.

The fitness centre is the main area where Servus Place is feeling the space crunch.

“There has been so much demand, but we see so much opportunity with this,” Enger said, noting that the expansion could double the current space for the fitness centre.

Meanwhile, the plan calls for two lanes to be added to the track on the third floor, with dedicated program spaces in the corners.

“We know the track is such an important facility; as people age, it’s a great opportunity to walk up here, and it’s very well used,” Enger said.

As well, the children’s playground would expand to take over the leisure ice area, and a second floor would be built over that area to expand fitness studios.

“Our indoor playground, in the month of January this year, had 5,000 users, and the leisure ice only had about 2,000,” Enger said. “There’s quite a bit of use, but not compared to some of our more highly used areas.”

An outdoor play area would be built off the current playground area.

The two admissions desks would be consolidated into one, and administration offices would be swapped with the child-minding area. One indoor soccer pitch may also be repurposed as more of a multi-sport facility. And a load-in and storage area would be built adjacent to Northstar Hyundai Arena.

The plan also looks at the expansion of the aquatic centre to add a four-lane pool.

“In our original plan, expansion of aquatics was a long-term vision, but what we’ve heard over the past year or two, more and more people are asking for it,” Enger said.

While there are a lot of additions, none would come at the expense of parking.

“Any building exterior to our footprint, to the walls of our building, would only go to where the roadway starts,” Enger said.

There may also be an option to build a fourth ice arena on the south end of the facility, and any parking displaced by that would be moved elsewhere.

The final decisions on such moves — and the associated costs — won’t be made until after officials gather input from stakeholders, including community groups, minor sports associations and the public.

An open house is planned for November. Until then, the plan and an online survey can be found at www.stalbert.ca/servusplaceplan.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderServus Place facility manager Diane Enger stands in the multiplex’s fitness centre.

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Parker on ACFA boardGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Malcolm Parker has a new political hat to wear.

The St. Albert city councillor was acclaimed this past week as the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association’s representative on the Alberta Capital Finance Authority’s board of directors at the AUMA’s annual convention at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton.

Parker said he felt the position would give St. Albert a little more visibility on the provincial stage and would fit with his background.

“The mayor was aware of it and said it might be something that I’d be interested in,” Parker said. “I talked to him about it, but none of us had much information. But I thought it would be an opportunity to get more involved with the

AUMA, network with other people across the province, and that way, you’re sharing your ideas and opportunities. It’s always good to learn from other people.”

Aside from council, Parker runs a health and safety management consulting business, and has helped run several community organizations and committees, including the St. Albert Economic Development Advisory Committee, the Northern Alberta Business Incubator and the St. Albert Tourism Committee. He also had a 36-year career

with Imperial Oil, holding several marketing management positions over that time.

The Alberta Capital Finance Authority is the provincial authority through which municipalities and school boards can borrow funds to complete capital projects at interest rates lower than market rates.

Parker said that he hopes the committee can focus on re-balancing the infrastructure deficit in the province.

“I’m sure that’ll be one of the priority topics that will come forward, projects related to that area,” he said. “That’s something I could see becoming very much a focus for everybody.”

And while he wants to get more involved in the AUMA, Parker’s not sure yet if he has higher aspirations than this position.

“It’s hard to say right now. You get involved with the group, and as you see the different positions that are available, if there’s something that appeals to you and you feel you can make a contribution, you always look at it,” he said.

The term of Parker’s position is three years, and directors are allowed to serve up to three terms.

Also at the conference, Edmonton city councillor Linda Sloan was re-elected as AUMA president by acclamation.

MalcolmParkerCity councillor

Photo: glenn cook, St. Albert leaderConst. Rob Leitch of the St. Albert RCMP and Grade 4 student Addison Ross chase down a loose ball as an RCMP team took on a team from the Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools Soccer Academy on Thursday, Sept. 27, at Albert Lacombe School.

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Photos: GLENN COOK and ANDREW MACLEOD, St. Albert LeaderA wide range of visual and performing arts took over St. Albert over the weekend during StArts Fest and Alberta Culture Days. Clockwise from top right: St. Albert Community Band member Gerry Buccini toots his own clarinet for students at Leo Nickerson Elementary School Friday; Josh Beauchamp takes part in a dance workshop Saturday at the Arden Theatre; Jenelle Chen plays the guzheng in the lobby of St. Albert Place Saturday; Ella Zeltserman recites some of her poetry at the Art Gallery of St. Albert Saturday; author Corinne Jeffery (right) shares a laugh with a reader at her book launch Sunday at the St. Albert Public Library; Kyle Mah, 6, works on his masterpiece at the library Saturday; Carroll Charest draws inside a mandala behind St. Albert Place Saturday; Coun. Cathy Heron helps open the new VASA studios in the Hemingway Centre on Saturday afternoon.

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Another hockey season dawns in St. Albert, albeit

without the National Hockey League. But if you need a hockey fix, just head to your local arenas.

As the largest minor hockey association west of Toronto, St. Albert boasts almost 1,800 youth playing hockey on 110-plus teams. We have every possible level of hockey to curb even the staunchest enthusiast’s craving for our great Canadian game.

We have outstanding junior action with the St. Albert Merchants, who have no plans of moving. Our St. Albert midget AAA Raiders play an inspired brand of hockey and appear to be in the upper echelon of their league again this

season.You can sample many St.

Albert offerings, including our bantam AAA Sabres, who host an elite tournament every January that draws close to 100 scouts. Check out our two great female franchises: the midget AAA Slash, who hosted the Esso Cup National Midget Female Championship in 2011, and the bantam AAA Female Raiders. Both teams will entertain you with their style of play.

With all the great teams we have, I personally get the most enjoyment out of

our federation/interlock hockey and our atom and novice house/developmental leagues. It is here that most of our young, budding hockey stars hone their skills. I officiated a spirited atom A exhibition game one Sunday evening between two St. Albert teams. It was a solid hour of end-to-end action from nine- and 10-year-old players displaying amazing skating, passing and shooting skills before a packed house at Mark Messier Arena. Without a doubt, I am sure that it was a display such as these kids put on that the inventor of this great game had in mind when he envisioned how the game would be played. Oh, and the cost of admission? Free.

But I can’t wait for next

month when the little players take to the ice for the novice developmental league. Years ago, every kid wanted to wear number 99. This year, I am guessing 4, 14 and 93 will be the most popular numbers.

Sitting in the stands, you won’t be as close to the action as I will. As I am about to drop that puck, you won’t see how big their eyes get. It is the fairest of all leagues in Canada. The players are all equal and they are all going to the show.

No NHL? Don’t despair. Save your money. Visit your local rinks and see how the game is truly played. In fact, Mr. Bettman should do the billionaire owners a favour and bring them out so they can see the real stars in action.

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Proactive plan a plus

Six years can seem like a heck of a long time — you can go through your entire elementary school career in that

time, or earn yourself a college degree at a leisurely pace — but not when you’re talking about a major recreation facility like Servus Credit Union Place.

After all, the multipurpose leisure centre is designed to last our city at least 50 years, if not 100 or even longer.

But when Servus Place officials came to St. Albert city council this week with a plan for short- and long-term expansion, there were predictably questions around the need for such measures so soon into its lifespan.

The simple fact is, though, the facility is bursting at the seams, particularly in the fitness centre. Even on weekday mornings, the cardio and weight machines are almost all in use, as are the studios, forcing users and programs into corners of the facility that were never really intended for those purposes.

Chalk the situation up as a learning experience. Officials did the best they could to predict how many people would use different parts of the facility, but couldn’t have predicted attendance would trend this way. It’s a blessing in a way, too, as every wristband and day pass sold eats into the deficit the facility has thus far run and had taxpayers furious the year after it opened.

And the situation could definitely be more dire. As officials pointed out to council Monday, a multiplex in Fort McMurray that opened just two years ago has already broken ground on a $127-million expansion project.

That’s three times what it cost to build Servus Place in the first place. As time goes on, getting a guaranteed price from the contractor was one of the smartest moves past councils made in regards to the centre’s construction.

By the same token, as time goes on, any expansion to Servus Place will only cost more and more. Thus it’s better to do the work now, while the price is still reasonable, and make sure it’s proactively ready for the growth officials expect, rather than scrambling to react when an already precarious situation gets even worse.

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Cuts gets taste of healthy vending machineGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Students at one St. Albert junior high school have a new, healthier option for fighting the munchies.

W.D. Cuts Junior High on Larose Drive is the first school in the Capital Region to install a YEGMax! healthy vending machine on campus, allowing students to snack on healthy options like PopChips, granola bars, fruit snacks and juice during breaks and the lunch hour.

“Since we put the machine in Cuts, I’ve had to go back every day to restock it,” said St. Albert resident and K-97 radio host Terry Evans, whose company, YEGMax! Canadian Healthy Vending Machines, owns and operates the machine.

W.D. Cuts principal Mike Tod said that, so far, students have really taken to the machine.

“The kids are using the machine a lot,” he said, noting that it is currently the only vending machine on campus. “Even though it’s a healthy choice, when you give them more choices — and these are healthy ones — they take advantage of it.”

The selection of snacks in the machine is vast — although the one at Cuts is nut-free.

“A standard vending machine would have regular potato chips and chocolate

bars, Pepsi, Coke, that sort of thing,” Evans said. “The Max healthy vending machines have healthier alternatives like PopChips — which are popped, not cooked in oil or baked, so their trans fats are way, way low

… VitaminWater and flavoured waters, sparkling drinks that have zero calories and zero sugar.”

Another offering is Zevia brand soft drinks, which have no calories, no sugar

and are sweetened with stevia, a natural product.

“As with anything, moderation is key,” Evans said. “But the thing with this is, it’s just a healthy option.”

There is even a QR code on the machine that students can scan to suggest new items.

While W.D. Cuts is the first school to have a YEGMax! machine, Evans said he has installed about 10 others in businesses throughout Edmonton since January.

“We weren’t sure how it was going to go when we started up the company locally, but it has really taken off,” he said. “I’d really like to get into more schools so we can provide kids with a healthy alternative. They need snacks as much as anybody else, quite often to help them learn, so why not a healthy snack?”

And for Tod, it has been a totally positive experience.

“We were looking for something to come into our building that was an easy choice and someone that was easy to work with, and that’s what I think we have,” he said.

A second machine will be installed in W.D. Cuts this week, with a portion of the proceeds being donated back to the school.

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Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderTerry Evans of YEGMax! Healthy Canadian Vending Machines restocks the machine at W.D. Cuts Junior High School. The school is the first in the Capital Region to install one of the machines.

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Jordan Backs will never look at a loaf of bread the same way again.

Backs, a St. Albert native, is part of a team of students at the University of Alberta working on AlbertaSat-1, a satellite measuring 10 centimetres by 10 centimetres by 30 centimetres that they hope to one day launch into space.

“About the size of a loaf of bread is the analogy we keep using,” Backs said.

While the satellite hasn’t gone into orbit yet, it has gotten Backs a trip to Japan. He leaves on Wednesday to represent the AlbertaSat-1 team at the fourth United Nations/Japan Nanosatellite Symposium in Nagoya, where he will make the team’s final presentation in the UNISEC 2nd International Mission Idea Contest (MIC2).

“I’ve never travelled internationally before, and I get to present to an international conference about our project, which is extremely cool and great exposure,” Backs said. “We’ve put a lot of time and effort into this thing over the years.”

Backs has been involved with AlbertaSat-1 since near its inception in 2010, helping design its power system at first but later taking on a leadership role.

Others in the group haven’t been around as long, but are just as enthusiastic.

“I was always really into space, so I said, ‘I’m really interested in joining this,’” said Chris Robson, an Okotoks native who transfered from Mount Royal University in Calgary.

Marcy Frioult, a fourth-year mechanical engineering student from Edmonton, was friends with Jared Bottoms, one of the project’s founders, who is now studying in the Netherlands.

“When he was leaving, he asked me if I’d like to continue with the project and help out with the design and thermal analysis,” she said.

The small size of the satellite is possible through what is known as cube satellite, or CubeSat, technology. Developed over the past decade or so, cube satellites are built out of standardized blocks that measure roughly 10 centimetres on each side.

This has brought the cost of

building and launching a satellite from upwards of $500 million to below $1 million.

“That’s the glory of CubeSats — they’re small, they’re affordable, they’re good for universities,” Robson said.

The team would have to contract a launch provider to actually get the satellite into space, likely along with several other satellites to be unloaded at the same time.

“It’s sort of like a Pez dispenser, is how I imagine it,” Backs said with a laugh.

When launched, AlbertaSat-1 will carry a near-infrared spectrometer, which they hope to use to gather frequent, precise measurements of concentrations of greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, water vapour and methane — around the world and specifically in Alberta.

“Obviously the oilsands have a big impact, and seeing how different projects — like carbon capture technology or whatever else they have planned — you can see how those are changing the concentrations ... Without any of that feedback, how can we tell if we’re actually succeeding?” Backs said.

“It’s really a measuring stick for other projects based off changing our output of greenhouse gases — a very accurate measuring stick,” Robson added.

And the team is determined to launch it; whether or not it goes into orbit does not hinge entirely on how well it performs in MIC2 or other satellite design competitions the team has entered.

“Our goal is to make a functioning satellite and get it up there,” Robson said. “The competition is an extra motivator, but it’s not our prime reason for doing this.”

“There’s already been so much work put into this,” Frioult added, “that we just want to keep it going.”

The team is hoping to secure sponsorships from the Alberta government and other private entities who might like to use

the data from the satellite to help fund the project.

Thus far, most of the work has been done on designing the satellite, although the group does have a few prototype parts — solar panels and power supply boards — stashed away in their office in the biological sciences building at the U of A.

Once the satellite is launched, though, that won’t be the end of the line for this team.

“We want to see this be not a one-time project, but a continuing student group at the university,” Backs said. “Maybe someday there will be an AlbertaSat-2. We think it’s very worthwhile, and there’s obviously interest for space technology at the U of A.”

Satellite best thing since sliced bread for Backs

“We’ve put a lot of time and effort into this thing.”

Jordan BacksU of A student

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderAlbertaSat-1 team members (L-R) Chris Robson, Marcy Frioult and Jordan Backs show off a design of their cube satellite at the U of A Tuesday.

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2012 Small BusinessWeekSchedule of Events

For more information on any of these events please email [email protected] online at www.stalbertchamber.com or call 780-458-2833

St. Albert & District Chamber of Commerce LuncheonWednesday, October 10, 2012 - 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

St. Albert – Moving ForwardPresented by: Guy Boston Executive Director, Economic Development, City of St. Albert

St. Albert Curling Club, 3 Tache StreetCost $30.00 Member $35.00 Non Member - Pre-register to attend

Rotary Club of St. Albert / St. Albert & District Chamber of Commerce BreakfastFriday October 12, 2012 - 7:00 am to 8:30 am

Sturgeon Valley Golf and Country ClubCost: $15.00 – Preregister to attend

Saint City Rotary Club LuncheonTuesday October 16, 2012 - 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

Cornerstone Hall, 6 Tache StreetCost: $25.00 - Preregister to attend

St. Albert Library Business BreakfastWednesday October 17, 2012 - 7:30 am to 9:00 am

Todd Hirsch - Boiling Frog DilemmaSt. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street - No Cost

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Northern Alberta Business Incubator Oktoberfest IV Beer & CheeseWednesday October 17, 2012 - 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Campbell Centre, 200 Carnegie DriveCost: Donation to Young Life - St. Albert

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Awards of Distinction Evening at the ArdenTheatreThursday October 18, 2012 - 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Cost: $40.00/ticket or Group Discount: 4 tickets for $120.00St. Albert Place, 5 St. Anne Street

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR AWARDAuvigne & Jones

D’Arcy’s Meat Market Ltd.Divine Imports Inc.Enviromasters

Milton PhotographyMimosa Day Spa

Movimento Fitness IncPanago Pizza

Swift Media Group

MARKETING AWARDGrandin Bakery (1976) Ltd.

St.Albert Centre – Primaris Management Inc.Tudor Glen Veterinary Hospital

OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDA-1 Heating (St.Albert) Ltd.

Cloudnine DentalCranky’s Bike Shop Ltd.Discover Hearing Ltd.Farlie Worldwide Travel

K9 AwarenessMeese Clothing

Northern Lights Driver Training Ltd.Paint for Joy!

Seasons Gift Shop Ltd.

SMALL BUSINESS AWARDBlue Kettle Specialty Foods Ltd.

Claysmore Spring WaterGemport

Great Beginning School of MusicKarbz Performance & Sound Inc.

KDM Management Inc.Revive Wholebody HealthThe ‘Big Toy’ Wash Co. Ltd.

HOME BASED BUSINESS AWARDGet Organized Business Management Systems

BUSINESSTO BUSINESS AWARDMac Insurance

OceanAir DesignsThreshold Energies Corporation

Trace Associates Inc.

YOUTHWORK EXPERIENCE/APPRENTICESHIP AWARDBellerose Composite High School CompanyLeslie Cogswell Maxim Truck & TrailerTeaghan Ma Auvigne & JonesElise Farand Staples St.AlbertCourtney Bryks United Furniture Warehouse

Paul Kane High School CompanyJulius Fernadez The Ranch KennelsSharlene Engel Mission: Fun & Games

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Trail committee gets earful at open house

Council gets look at new heritage management plan


The City of St. Albert knows what to do with historical resources it owns; now it wants to figure out what to do with ones it doesn’t own.

Staff from the City’s cultural services department were at city council’s regular meeting on Monday afternoon to lead a workshop on the new Heritage Management Plan, which aims to develop policies and procedures around privately held sites of historical significance in St. Albert going forward.

“We have some of those public buildings that are identified, but we don’t have private buildings that have an opportunity — there’s no mechanism in place to have those designated,” said cultural services director Kelly Jerrott. “We’ve gone so far with being able to designate some of the public buildings in the community, but we’ve stopped there. This would be the next phase.”

The City has contracted two firms — Donald Luxton and Associates and David Murray Architects — to help with the development of the plan, the principals of which were both also at city council Monday.

Councillors wondered aloud Monday if

some of the homeowners would actually want their properties to carry a historic designation, as it would limit what they could do as far as renovating or restoring their homes.

But Luxton said the appetite is definitely present.

“Some people have expressed a desire to protect their building, pure and simple, and are willing to do that without any particular compensation at this point in time,” he said.

Currently, there are 67 properties of historical interest that have been identified by City staff, 20 of which have been placed on the inventory of historical resources.

Luxton and Murray also praised the City’s efforts thus far in preserving publicly owned historical resources, and said this plan would simply build on those past successes.

“We’re not, we feel, overreaching in our recommendations. We always believe you should develop appropriate scale policies and plans — start small and build over time as programs unfold,” Luxton said.

“We want to see this as an investment in the future of St. Albert,” he added.

The City plans to hold a public open house on the plan on Oct. 30, and report back to council by the end of November. Final documentation has to be submitted to the provincial government by the end of 2012.


While the turnout was a little sparse, the feedback gathered Saturday was still valuable for a City of St. Albert committee planning the future of St. Albert Trail.

The St. Albert Trail Improvement Committee was at St. Albert Centre on Saturday, gathering feedback from shoppers on what they want to see along the road — which is one of the community’s main entry points and thoroughfares — in the future.

Committee chair Chris Creran said the work being done on improving St. Albert Trail might be more important than people might realize.

“Twenty years ago, it was a highway. Now you look at it, and it has turned more into an arterial and it’s all these different things, and they have to be looked at,” Creran said.

“It’s not a polarizing [issue]; it’s about, how can we take something that’s already in existence and make it better?” he added.

Some of those issues that need addressing include transit, pedestrian access and bicycle usage, along with

more aesthetic concerns.At times, though, the views were

conflicting. For example, some residents wanted to see more plants and shrubbery installed along the length of St. Albert Trail, while other wanted to see what was already there removed.

Creran said that, when the committee goes back to sift through all the feedback they’ve gathered, such competing interests will have to be weighed carefully.

“Like anything, there’s going to have to be some give and take,” he said. “There’s going to have to be a modicum of respect from either side, and figure out what’s best … There’s going to have to be a balance.”

There is also a balance that must be struck between commercial and residential interests. While there are many businesses located along the trail, it is still used as an access point for several residential subdivisions.

“They’re not mutually exclusive; they both kind of need the same thing,” Creran said. “The businesses would actually benefit from the communities around them supporting them moreso, and the community can support them. It’s a bit of back and forth. We just have

to get them to buy in.”The St. Albert Trail Improvement

Committee was struck in January, and includes two members of city council, several representatives of the business community, and a few citizens-at-large.

While the numbers were lower than they had hoped Saturday, Creran said he was glad they went with a less formal format.

“We bandied about a bunch of ideas like a formal open house, going to St. Albert Place and renting an actual physical auditorium. But we don’t know what the turnout is going to be and it becomes more directorial. So we decided on this kind of venue,” he said, also noting that the committee was competing with great weather and other community events.

Aside from residents, though, the committee had also sent out invitations to the open house to businesses located all along St. Albert Trail. However, only a few business representatives came out on Saturday.

But businesses and others who want to have their voices heard still have the oppportunity by filling out an online survey at www.stalbert.ca/trail-improvement.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderSt. Albert Trail Improvement Committee chair Chris Creran chats with a resident at their open house Saturday at St. Albert Centre.

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Charity in for #SOMEFightGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

An upcoming event is looking to really put the “fight” in Hunter’s Fight for a Cure.

The local charity — started by the family of a young St. Albert boy battling a rare blood disorder — will be the beneficiary when Edmonton Social Media-X (YEGSOME-X) puts on their next event, dubbed #SOMEFight, on Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Hayabusa Training Centre in St. Albert.

There, participants will have the chance to take a few lessons from Hayabusa owner and mixed martial arts fighter Luke Harris, then get a chance to take those skills into the cage for a sparring session.

All the proceeds from registration fees will go to the Hunter’s Fight for a Cure Foundation of Alberta, named after St. Albert’s Hunter Kuzik, who was born with a rare blood disorder called Diamond Blackfan Anemia, which has required that he have more than 140 blood transfusions over his eight years and chelation therapy to remove excess iron from

his system every night.“We’re super excited,” said Carrie

Kuzik, foundation president and Hunter’s mom. “We kind of took the year off from having a big event this year, so it’s kind of nice to get some extra support and pick up our slack from this year. The fact they chose us is pretty awesome.”

YEGSOME-X organizer Craig Pilgrim said that he’ll be among the participants who’ll be sitting on the sidelines.

“Not a chance,” Pilgrim said with a laugh when asked if he would get in the octagon himself. “If you’ve had a chance to read the descriptor on the website, I have ‘participant’ and I have ‘spectator,’ and I’ll be in the latter category.”

The group will be divided into participants who have MMA experience, participants with no MMA experience, and spectators like Pilgrim.

Participants will get a 15-minute overview from Harris, 45 minutes of instruction on basic conditioning, striking and defensive skills and 30 minutes of optional sparring inside the octagonal cage at Hayabusa. The last half-hour will

be a demonstration by Hayabusa pros and coaches.

“The idea came up originally about doing something at the casino playing poker, and somehow, someway — I have no idea how — the conversation moved to mixed martial arts,” Pilgrim said.

Harris said that, when he was first approached, he was excited to get involved.

“Mixed martial arts, we’re more entertainment than anything, but it’s pretty cool to have the oppportunity to give back to the community,” he said.

Pilgrim isn’t sure what to expect for a turnout, but the more people who come out, the more money they’ll raise for charity.

“Every time we set one of these up, I hope to achieve a sellout, because the biggest beneficiary, of course, is the charity,” he said, noting there are about 30 slots available for event. “That’s always the goal.”

You can keep up-to-date on event details by following @yegSOMEX and using the hashtag #SOMEFight on Twitter, or logging onto yegsomex.wordpress.com.

Photo: DAVID BLOOM, Sun Media News ServicesMargaret Caouette brushes Too Tall Sterling, a black silver shaded persian, during the Edmonton Cat Fanciers Club 50th Anniversary Cat Show at the Edmonton Hotel and Convention Centre Saturday.

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Region charities look to benefit from Bieber


The St. Albert Community Band will be taking their show on the road in 2014.

After a recent trip to British Columbia this past summer, conductor Dr. Angela Schroeder surprised the band with one word: Austria.

“I’m ecstatic,” said band president and clarinet player Gerry Buccini. “My wife and I have been to Austria on numerous occasions, and we’ve been to the Salzburg festival, so our thinking was to be part of that would be just unbelievable.”

It’s not Salzburg, though; the band will be heading to the Blasmusikfestival in the small mining town of Schladming in central Austria, about 300 kilometres southwest of the capital of Vienna. Schroeder has connections there that she hopes to use to get the band in.

“If anybody can pull it off, she can certainly do it,” Buccini said.

“It’s a place where she had performed or adjudicated,” he added, “and it has grown in the past 10 to 12 years — I believe they have 40 international bands participating, [but I’m not sure] whether that means actually

playing in festival situations or just showing up in the town square and playing for an hour and a half a day.”

Once the full band gave their blessing to move forward — only about 40 of them were on the B.C. trip — Buccini and the rest of the board ironed out some of the wrinkles but pressed ahead.

“How’s the money going to be raised? Who’s going to be entitled to go? What if we have somebody show up the last two months of the year — are they entitled to go?” he said. “But the board was really receptive to that.”

Fellow band member and Paul Kane High School music teacher Daryl Price is chairing the committee organizing the trip to Austria, and he is hoping it all goes smoothly.

“It’s just a phone call to the tour company, and they tell me what they think it’s going to cost,” he said. “Once Dr. Schroeder finds the actual dates of the festivals over there, we can book around that. It’ll be a lot of work, but I’ve done it many, many times.”

Price said he’s also anticipating quite a bit of fundraising between now and the time the band takes off for Austria.

Even though it’s early on in the planning process, Buccini still has

high hopes for what he and other band members can get out of the trip.

“Some of your best learning comes from being in an audience with other groups; I feel that way every time I see the Edmonton

Symphony Orchestra,” he said. “Then there’s the camaraderie and the networking; one of those bands might say, ‘We’re coming to Canada next year, can you host us?’”

“I hope they come back with a

wonderful experience of playing in the birthplace of classical music,” Price added.

The Community Band’s next major concert is their annual Christmas concert, taking place on Dec. 5 at the Arden Theatre.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderThe St. Albert Community Band plays during the Farmers’ Market on St. Anne Street Saturday morning. The band is planning a trip to Austria in 2014 to participate in a festival in the town of Schladming.

AARON TAYLORSun Media News Services

The Edmonton Food Bank and Santas Anonymous are looking forward to the upcoming sold-out Justin Bieber concert, but not for the same reason as many screaming fans.

The two organizations, with the help of Northlands, Bentall Kennedy and a grassroots community of loyal Beliebers, are hoping to use the event to raise money, food and toys for Edmonton’s less fortunate during the holiday season.

“We’re really excited. This is very much a community-driven event, with the little Beliebers connecting with the food bank,” said Tamisan Bencz-Knight, manager of strategic relationships for the Edmonton Food Bank.

Bencz-Knight said that Bieber’s own

commitment to food banks helped make this partnership something that was natural.

“With some artists, it may not be a good fit for us to participate with,” she said.

“I know that Justin is philanthropic, and he believes in giving back. He has said that members of his family had to use the food bank growing up, so you look at those things and you know that that individual knows what it’s like to be at both ends of the spectrum.”

The partnership was so natural, in fact, that Bencz-Knight said that they weren’t the only ones to have the idea.

Amanda Adams and Erin Acevedo, who both secured tickets for their kids to the concert, decided that this would be a fun way for them to teach their kids an important life lesson.

“Our biggest thing was that after we got

tickets for our kids we wanted to help our kids understand how lucky they were to have all these great things in our lives,” Adams said.

So Adams approached the food bank, and with the help of three other organizations, the group is hoping to make a difference.

“We’re hoping it’s going to be huge, that every little Belieber that comes to the concert can bring one can or one toy to show that his fans can make a difference,” said Adams, adding that the food bank is particularly close to her heart because her family benefited from them growing up.

Beliebers interested in donating to Santas Anonymous or the Edmonton Food Bank will be able to do so at the concert at one of two locations set up at the Coliseum LRT entrance and the main entrance.

The concert is scheduled for Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at Rexall Place.

Photo: Sun Media News ServicesJustin Biever takes the stage at Rexall Place on Oct. 15.

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Guild-edged invitation for AGSAGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

There’s something a little different going on this month at the Art Gallery of St. Albert.

Starting today (Thursday), the gallery is presenting its annual Guilded exhibition, featuring members of the visual arts guilds at St. Albert Place. However, as it is the 50th anniversary of those guilds, the gallery has a little extra something planned for the vault in the old Banque d’Hochelaga building on Perron Street: an exhibit of articles and photos from the Musée Heritage Museum archives on the guilds and their efforts over the past half-century.

“It really paints a picture of how the guids developed and performed different functions in the community over time,” said exhibition curator Jenny Willson-McGrath. “When people were getting together in the ’60s to share their art, learn from each other and support each other, I think that it’s interesting how that idea has carried through with more diversity and more members.”

And, of course, the AGSA is proud to give local artists a chance to showcase their work.

“We’re all about our community, and it’s

really important for us to stay connected,” Willson-McGrath said. “I think that doing this show, even though it’s only once a year, helps us to keep up with what the guilds are doing, the new members of the guilds, and it shows them that we support them too.”

This year’s exhibition features five members of the St. Albert Painters’ Guild: Rick Rogers, Peg McPherson, Father Douglas, Carroll Charest and Val Solash.

This is Rogers’s second time being included in the Guilded show, but this time, he too is doing something a little different, eschewing his normal bright colours for pure white paintings that border on sculpture.

“They’re all about texture and shadow on the surface,” he said, “as opposed to my usual work, which is highly pigmented and colourful. … Painting doesn’t have to include colour in order to have

some sort of emotional impact. Texture can create the same sort of variations, I hope, that colour can create.”

But Rogers is still very excited to have his work included in the show once again.

“It’s always exciting to be in that particular space, because it’s a great public gallery in the region,” he said.

Meanwhile, Father Douglas is showing a series of works inspired by the writings of 18th century English poet William Blake.

“A friend of mine had suggested to do something artists had been doing for years, where you use writings and poems as your inspiration for your work,” he said. “I tried and I struggled, and she said, ‘You’re the person

to do something with Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience.’ So I started reading them and understanding them, and it just went from there.”

As with many of his works, dogs feature quite prominently as central characters in these Father Douglas paintings.

“I tend to focus a lot on dogs as my subject matter, but that’s not all I do,” he said. “I do still life, landscapes, and I work in a number of mediums — acrylics, pastels and oils.”

Though this is his first time in Guilded, Father Douglas has been a member of the St. Albert Painters’ Guild for many years now, and said it has been a valuable experience as an emerging artist.

“It’s been good for me; it’s been productive for me. I’ve been able to get my name out, and people now recognize my work and associate the name with the work,” he said.

McPherson’s contribution to the exhibit is a series of studies of birch tree studies, which Willson-McGrath said often jump out.

“They have this moonlit quality about them, very gestural painting marks,” she said. “Some of the pieces she has painted on linen and hasn’t even put a background, so the birch trees really fly off the canvas.”

Meanwhile, Solash has contributed works from her Impermanence series, which juxtaposes decaying trees with bright colours.

“They may appear to be very abstract, after inspecting them for a little while, you can see that they’re studies of trees really up close,” Willson-McGrath said. “She’s really interested in the process of decay and the idea that living things die and regenerate and provide life to the forest again.”

Taking things in a different direction is Charest, who brings to Guilded a set of pastel drawings depicting solar systems.

“That was from an incident a few years back when I was camping, and there was this gentleman who had invested in a humongous telescope and was bringing it around to all the federal campgrounds,” Charest explained. “We were very fortunate to be there the night he was there. It was just phenomenal how we would look at one little white dot in the sky, and through his telescope, it would open up to hundreds of thousands of stars and colours.”

The opening reception for Guilded takes place tonight (Thursday) from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibition runs at the Art Gallery of St. Albert (19 Perron St.) until Oct. 27.

Photo SuppliedAbove: A painting from Val Solash’s Impermanence series that will be part of the Guilded exhibition at AGSA. Below: A painting by Father Douglas.

“Texture can create the same

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Artist

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling’s latest novel is facing a ban in India over its description of a Sikh character.

The Casual Vacancy, released on Thursday, Sept. 27, has sparked criticism from readers taking exception to passages about a character named Sukhvinder, a surgeon’s daughter who is teased about her looks and is described as a “hairy man-woman” and “mustachioed yet large-mammaried.”

Sikh leaders are investigating complaints about Rowling’s “provocative language” and plan to call for a ban if it is decided the author has insulted their faith.

Avtar Singh Makkar, head of India’s Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, tells Britain’s Daily Telegraph Rowling’s negative descriptions are “a slur on the Sikh community.”

He says, “Even if the author had chosen to describe the female Sikh character’s physical traits, there was no need for her to use provocative language, questioning her gender. This is condemnable.”

A spokesperson for the group adds, “If deemed derogatory to the Sikh faith, we will demand a ban on it. We will make sure it doesn’t sell in India. Reputed authors like J.K. Rowling need to show respect to all faiths and communities as they are read by millions of people. Sikh believers, including women, are refrained from shaving and trimming their hair.”

A representative for Rowling’s publisher Hachette was quick to point out that the remarks are made by Sukhvinder’s bully.

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Billy Talent breaks the SilenceJANE STEVENSONSun Media News Services

Making a new album can be tough on a band. For Billy Talent, it could have been fatal.

Guitarist Ian D’Sa came to that grim realization halfway through producing the veteran pop-punk band’s fourth studio album, Dead Silence.

“I feel bad cause I could have killed him,” D’Sa says of drummer Aaron Solowoniuk, who didn’t tell him he was about to undergo open heart surgery in February of this year to repair a valve defect that he’d been born with.

“Being Aaron, the guy he is, just a great human being, he didn’t want to cause any downer-ness in the recording process. So I’m sitting there recording drums in December with him and I was like, ‘No, hit the drums harder Aaron, really give it all your energy!’”

Solowoniuk, who was previously diagnosed with MS in 2006, had only told frontman Ben Kowalewicz (and not bassist Jon Gallant either) of the looming surgery.

“They cracked his chest plate open, took out his heart, stopped it, put in a pig valve in, sewed him back up, and four months later that video for (Dead Silence’s first single “Viking Death March”), that was his second show back,” says Kowalewicz, seated beside D’Sa.

“He has never felt better. He’s healthy. There’s a brightness to him. There’s a light in him again. Now after a show, he feels full of life and he’s playing better than he’s ever played. He’s just has a whole other new lease on life. He’s a tough S.O.B.”

And the medical drama may have just fuelled the band’s best single to date in the form of “Viking Death March,” which seems to have garnered them new fans, both younger and older.

“We were in the U.K. for the last couple of months and our crowd has noticeably gotten more diverse, there’s older people and younger people as well, so I feel like something’s happening, it’s great,” says D’Sa.

“It’s an exciting time for us. It’s a new beginning. We didn’t name the album a number for the first

time (Dead Silence was preceded by Billy Talent, Billy Talent II and Billy Talent III). Everything we’ve done on this record, we’ve done ourselves. The band was pretty much left to its own devices. It’s the first time we’ve finished a record where it’s 100 per cent our creative output.”

Kowalewicz says the anthemic song was the first one they had finished recording so they put it out early in June for fans to hear.

They plan to tour Canada in March and April next year.

“To watch it kind of manifest itself into this thing that now people seem to really be reacting to it, it seems to be striking a lot of chords with people,” says Kowalewicz.

“It’s an interesting time right now because I feel like things are really kind of percolating. And I think it all starts from this new record. I think there was just such a beautiful energy and magic around it. I think when people listen to it, there’s such a strong sense of honesty and conviction and hard work that I think people will be able to feel that.”

Photo: DAVE THOMAS, Sun Media News ServicesSinger Ben Kowalewicz (left) and guitarist/producer Ian D’Sa of Billy Talent say their latest album, Dead Silence, is a true reflection of the band.


LINDA WHITESun Media News Services

Set the scene for an unforgettable Thanksgiving dinner with a dining room table that exudes style and atmosphere, enhancing not only the menu but the conversation you’ll enjoy with loved ones.

“A beautifully set dining room table is the appetizer because it ultimately sets the tone and theme for the evening,” says Cheryl Torrenueva, one of the designer hosts of Restaurant Takeover on Food Network Canada. “It becomes part of the memory and is definitely a great complement to the food.”

Reds, oranges and browns are traditional autumn colours but she suggests putting a refreshing twist on your table décor with one of the following styles:

• Minimalist: Clear glass, mirrors, creams, silver and gold create a calm, serene, luxurious ambiance.

• Refined rustic: Layer neutrals like taupes, creams and beiges with lots of pattern and texture, such as herringbone or chevron, and a splash of metallic contrasted with things like bark and branches.

• Organic roots: This modern, saturated palette of indigo is mixed with plums, greens and golds and is inspired by autumn vegetables like cabbage and red onions.

As you celebrate nature’s bounty, there’s no need to spend money on faux decorations from a craft store or purchase graphic table clothes, plates and napkins that scream Thanksgiving, advises Sonya Kinkade of Sonya Kinkade Design in Ottawa.

“Stick with the simple things — the things you see outside in nature every day and use what you have already in your home. Simple white plates, linen tablecloth and napkins, wine corks with slits to insert place cards, and raffia with a few berry twigs tied to the napkins,” Kinkade says. “All these things will make a stunning table and the cost to do so will be only time.”

A large bouquet of flowers is a traditional centrepiece but again don’t be afraid to mix things up. Clusters of three or five arrangements — such as artichokes as candleholders — can be placed asymmetrically on the tabletop.

Another idea: herbs in mason jars. “They add a nice fragrance to the table and allow guests to add whatever herbs they want to their meal,” says Torrenueva.

A harvest table in the autumn edition of LCBO’s Food and Drink magazine features a row of pillar candles down the centre of the table in lieu of flowers. Small gourds and pumpkins painted in silver and white metallic complete the look and is a trend editor Jody Dunn predicts will be popular for holidays. “Scented candles are an easy way to set the mood for a dinner party,” she says.

Avoid creating clutter on the table by decorating with items that serve double duty. One of Dunn’s favourite ideas is a thank-you card that serves as a place card, with the name of guests written on envelopes. Inside, let them know why you’re grateful to have them in your life.

“It’s time consuming but adds a special touch to Thanksgiving,” Dunn says.

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Photo: Sun Media News ServicesThanksgiving dinner is still mainly about the turkey and stuffing, but a smart, modern decor can add to the atmosphere and enhance the experience for the entire family.

Stretching students’ summer savings while still in schoolLISA EVANSSun Media News Services

They’ve worked hard for their money.According to The Canadian Education

Project, 85 per cent of university students worked this summer, either full- or part-time. Now back in the classroom, students need to stretch cash earned over the summer months well into the school year.

Jonathan McCauley, manager of student services at the University of British Columbia, says the most important thing students can do to manage cash flow is create a budget.

“A budget is of the utmost importance,

especially in the first year of study because they will be running into costs where they may not have expected,” says McCauley, who adds students can download sample budgets from the university’s financial services webpage.

Graham McWaters, author of The Canadian Student Financial Survival Guide, advises students to think about how small daily expenditures affect their overall budget and be ready to make changes.

“Buying a $4 coffee at Starbucks on the way to school every day adds up to $20 a week, and $80 a month and over $1,000 a year. That’s money students can use elsewhere,” says McWaters. Filling up a

thermos at home provides the same caffeine buzz you need to get through the day, at a fraction of the cost.

Five ways to stretch summer savings:• Buy used: Textbooks are the second

largest expense after tuition. Shop the used books section, craigslist.ca or textbookexchange.ca and look for flyers posted by upper-year students for used books.

• Collect interest: Tax-free savings accounts allow students to accrue better interest on summer savings, and the money can be pulled out at any time.

• Host group meals: Cut food costs and hang out with friends at the same time. Host

a potluck dinner in which everyone brings a dish. This is a great way to save and you get lots of food.

• Shop for a credit card: Credit cards are a great way to build credit history, but make sure it’s a low-interest and low-limit card. McWaters recommends a limit of no more than $2,000.

• Boost savings: Aside from the campus Pizza Hut, departments often require administration help and many universities hire student note-takers to provide notes to disabled students. Upper-year students can post flyers offering tutoring or essay reviewing services to lower-year students to make some extra cash.

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One of the two-legged stars of Cavalia, the touring equestrian spectacle now playing in Edmonton, has a well-known personal trainer to thank.

Fairland Ferguson says Jillian Michaels has helped whip her into the best shape of her life — through her DVD series.

The 29-year-old equine performer has never met Michaels, who’s set to return to The Biggest Loser for the weight-loss reality TV show’s 14th season.

And as far as Ferguson knows, the fitness icon has never been to one of her shows.

“Oh no,” she says. “If she was, I’d jump into the audience and go run and find her and tell her I love her.”

Ferguson adds with a sigh: “She doesn’t know I exist.”

But for the past year, the trick rider has been diligently following Michaels’ DVDs while on the road with Cavalia.

Before finding her fitness idol, Ferguson “spent a lot of time in the gym lifting weights and running on a treadmill,” she says.

“I never really was getting the fitness achievement that I wanted. And then one of my friends suggested I do interval training, which is what Jillian is all about.”

Interval training, as defined online by Michaels, consists of “alternating short bursts of intense activity with short, slower periods of recovery.”

It’s billed as an effective method to shed fat and Ferguson will vouch for that.

“I really toned up,” she says. “I could tell such a big difference in my body, as well as my strength and my weight. I probably lost 10 pounds. It just completely redefined my body.”

These days, the charismatic blue-eyed redhead weighs a fit 125 pounds at five-foot-seven — down from about 135.

Not that she was out of shape before she turned to interval training a la Michaels.

But Ferguson — a native of Staunton, Va., now based in Myrtle Beach, S.C. — recalls that her workouts had become stale and she was in a training rut.

“Sometimes you get to a plateau in your training,” she adds. “When you trick your body with intervals, it really makes such a difference. Those DVDs just changed my life.”

And no, Michaels isn’t paying her to say that.

Ferguson owns all of her idol’s DVDs — about a dozen — and stores them on tour in a DVD case.

“I’ve been doing them for so long and they still really are hard,” she notes. “It never gets to the point where I’m not sweating or it was an easy workout.”

Among her faves: Ripped in 30 and 6 Week Six-Pack.

“And if you really want to die one day, do Extreme Shed and Shred,” she says with a laugh.

After she’s done working up a sweat in front of the TV in her room in the performers’ temporary residences, Ferguson bicycles to the big top to give her horses some much-needed exercise.

In the case of Edmonton, it’s only about a three-kilometre bike ride on the grounds of the City Centre Airport.

The show’s horses, all of which are male, get a minimum of an hour of daily exercise, in addition to their performance.

But with more than 40 horses and nearly 35 performers — including acrobats, riders and dancers — in the mesmerizing two-hour production, stage time is typically limited to five to 10 minutes for each of them.

“You don’t get your physical workout on stage at night. It is a workout, definitely. But maintaining and obtaining really great physical condition cannot be achieved by just the time you’re on stage,” says Ferguson, who also stretches prior to showtime to keep her limber and ward off injuries.

Visit cavalia.net for more on the show.

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Photos: IAN KUCERAK, Sun Media News ServicesAbove: Cavalia rider Fairland Ferguson performs during a media preview of the show in Edmonton in September. Below: Ferguson demonstrates roman riding.

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Equine program helps tackle inner city issuesAARON TAYLORSun Media News Services

Inner city residents looking for psycho-therapy have a new place to turn.

Equinox Therapeutic, in a joint effort with the Boyle Street Community Centre and the Bissel Centre, is volunteering their time to help some of the city’s most vulnerable in an unusual way.

“Making Strides is a joint effort to provide an alternative form of therapy,” said Equinox Therapeutic owner Amanda Slugoski.

“Our clients are supported in developing a relationship with a horse that has nearly all the complexities of a human to human relationship, but with the added elements of unconditional acceptance.”

The program, called Making Strides, focuses on providing a judgment-free setting for members of Edmonton’s inner-city to be removed from their day to day lives, to express themselves and to overcome grief or other personal issues.

“It’s about self-discovery and it’s about hope,” Slugoski said.

“The inner city has always been in my heart. It’s a segment of the city that has always had the same needs as you or I, but

has had far less resources to access those needs.”

Slugoski said that the real treatment that her clients receive is the ability to focus on the precise moment that they are with the horse rather than worrying about the past or future.

And Rylan Kafara, an inner-city recreation co-ordinator, said that the alternative therapy has been met with open arms.

“A lot of people that come down and participate go through a lot of difficult challenges in their daily lives,” he said.

“This allows them to lessen that impact and make some changes.”

Equinox Therapeutic is currently donating its services to inner city residents — something that workers say is good because it allows those who otherwise may not be able to seek psychotherapy receive the help they need.

“Most of my clients come from the inner city, a lot of them are homeless or in different housing scenarios,” said therapist Barb Boulton.

“When they are here they are away from the chaos of their everyday life, and so they are much more calm.”

Photo: CODIE McLACHLAN, Sun Media News ServicesEquine-assisted psychotherapist Amanda Slugoski plays with a horse at the Whitemud Equine Centre. Making Strides is a new therapeutic program created by Slugoski which will see homeless and impoverished people working with horses and a donkey.

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Oct. 4, 1957The Soviet Union ushers in the “Space Age” with the launch of Sputnik, the world’s first

artificial satellite.

Oct. 5, 1947U.S. President Harry Truman

makes the first-ever televised presidential address from the

White House, asking Americans to conserve food to help Europe.

Oct. 6, 1981Egyptian president Anwat Sadat

is assassinated by Islamic extremists as he reviews troops on the anniversary of the Yom

Kippur War.

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being shot to death in 1980.

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provincial labour minister Pierre Laporte, setting off

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SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, one of the most popular casual dining chains in the United States, opened its first Canadian restaurant in an upscale Toronto mall this summer, at least two years after its international debuts in Mexico and Kuwait.

Business is already exceeding expectations, the chain says, raising the question of why it waited so long to enter a neighboring market that would seem a natural fit. After all, many border-hopping Canadians are familiar with the brand.

Canada already has a few U.S. full-service restaurant chains — Darden Restaurants Inc’s Red Lobster is an obvious example. But the rows of chain restaurants inside or just outside malls all across the United States are missing in Canada. That would seem to be an opportunity worth exploiting.

For P.F. Chang’s, perhaps the most prominent of the U.S. restaurant chains now testing the Canadian waters, the high cost of operating a restaurant in Canada was one reason for waiting.

Pay is much higher in Canada, benefits cost more, and supply management boosts prices for key ingredients such as poultry and dairy, said Michael Aronovici, president of Interaction Asian Restaurants L.P., P.F. Chang’s Canadian franchisee.

The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based chain, operating more than 200 of its own namesake full-service restaurants in the United States, also wanted experience in other international markets through franchising before coming to Canada.

“Once we established the brand in Latin America and the Middle East, we gained a lot of confidence to execute the brand through partners,” said Mike Welborn, president of global brand development for P.F. Chang’s, which recently went private in a $1.1-billion deal with private equity firm Centerbridge Partners.

“Canada is our first test of more a developed economy,” he said. “If we can be successful in ... Canada, that means we can be successful in other higher-cost markets around the world.”

For chains such as P.F. Chang’s, Canada has some obvious attractions.

Some 47 per cent of Canadians dine out daily, including visits to quick service places such as Tim Hortons Inc, compared with 44 per cent in the United States, according to market research firm

NPD Canada.“Canadians love using

restaurants,” said Robert Carter, NPD Canada’s executive director for food service.

While P.F. Chang’s Chinese-inspired cuisine has fueled impressive growth, its home market is highly competitive and the fragile economy means less cash for restaurant meals.

Carter said the U.S. full-service segment has experienced a sharp drop in traffic and revenue during the economic downturn, while the Canadian market has been relatively stable.

The Canadian market may also be a bit less competitive. Tim Hortons dominates Canada’s quick service segment, but independents command 55 per cent of traffic in the full-service segment, Carter said.

That leaves an opening for P.F. Chang’s, which plans three more locations in Canada in 2013, two of them in Montreal. It expects to add three to four units a year until it gets 20 to 25 Canadian outlets.

It also plans to move into different parts of the world, including Amman, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, and Bogota.

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Photo: Sun Media News ServicesDenver-based Smashburger is just one of many American fast casual dining chains eyeing the Canadian market for potential growth.

July GDP increase negates June dropSUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – The Canadian economy grew by a higher-than-forecast 0.2 per cent in July, but a downward revision for June neutralized the unexpected gain and left growth expectations fairly tepid.

The median forecast in a Reuters survey of analysts was for 0.1 per cent real growth in July. But the revision of June’s growth figure to 0.1 per cent from 0.2 per cent in Friday’s Statistics Canada report means actual gross domestic product (GDP) in July was almost exactly as forecast.

“The overall pace is still fairly moderate, argues for the Bank of Canada to continue to keep monetary conditions highly stimulative,” said Royal Bank of Canada assistant chief economist Paul Ferley.

Growth has to exceed an annualized 2.0 per cent for excess capacity to be absorbed, according to calculations by the Bank of Canada, which has predicted third quarter growth would rise to 2.0 per cent from 1.8 per cent in the second.

Since June, the central bank has said that some modest withdrawal of monetary stimulus may become necessary if economic expansion continues and excess supply is gradually absorbed. But the latter does not appear to be happening now.

“On a year-over-year basis, output was up 1.9 per cent, consistent with an economy that is still struggling to crack the two per cent growth mark,” said Robert Kavcic, economist at BMO Capital Markets.

TD Economics senior economist Sonya Gulati said she expects the central bank to reduce its growth forecasts when it puts out its Monetary Policy Report on Oct. 24.

“With the output gap now expected to take longer to close, interest rate hikes are not set to resume until the second half of 2013,” she wrote to clients.

According to the Statscan data, July saw a 0.6 per cent bounce in manufacturing after June’s 0.7 per cent decline. Utilities were up 2.0 per cent due to warmer-than-usual weather and increased industrial activity, Statscan said.

On the surface of it, a 0.2 per cent rise in real wholesale trade seemed to clash with data on Sept. 21 that showed a 0.3 per cent decline in wholesale volume. But Friday’s GDP report adds oil products and grain dealers into the wholesale calculations, and wholesale trade of oil products rose in July.

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STALBERTJOBS.COMArea job market hotANGELIQUE RODRIGUESSun Media News Services

Edmonton’s job market is hot stuff, says the city’s chief economist John Rose.

Alberta is expected to grow by 4.5 per cent in the next year and Rose says while Edmonton’s population growth clocks in a little lower, its job growth continues to boom.

“Job growth in Edmonton is two and a half times that of Canada as a whole,” said Rose, who spoke at a meeting of municipal treasurers last week in Red Deer.

“Our prospects are looking very, very good.”Around 60 per cent of Edmonton’s population growth is due

to people moving into the area looking for work.“We’ve done a stupendous job in terms on job generation in

the last year,” he said. “More importantly, we’ve been able to attract new residents to our communities at a remarkable rate.”

The city has generated thousands of full-time, high-paid jobs in the capital region over the last few years, which has boosted Edmontonians’ average income and consumer confidence.

Wabash Mfg. Inc. is a progressive custom Manufacturing/Repair company.As the western Canadian and global mining/oilfield sectors constantly growand evolve, we strive to deliver world-class products designed and built righthere in Alberta.

We have 120+ full-time employees on a 22-acre site located in the industrialarea of Westlock, AB (about an hour north of Edmonton).

This full-time key position has three main areas of focus:1) Compliance

a. Work directly with engineering and project managementstaff to ensure that all fluid transport and mining equipmentproducts are manufactured and labeled in accordance withthe governing codes and standards

2) Import/Export3) Mechanical Engineering

a. Successful completion of Technologist program would be adefinite asset

b. Knowledge of Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD is an asset

WABASH:• Provides training and on-going mentoring• Offers excellent wages• Offers bonuses based on attendance and health initiatives• Provides a comprehensive health benefits plan and a matchingRRSP program

• Operates as a small business, yet presents opportunities of alarge corporation

• Believes that time for family and recreation is important, so wenever work weekends

Please send resume, references and salary expectations by fax to 780-349-4716;by email to [email protected] or apply on-line at www.wabash.ca. Further detailsabout this position are also available on-line.

All offers of employment will be subject to the successful completion of acompany provided pre-employment physical & drug/alcohol exam.

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Business Development Agent in St. AlbertAs a Business Development Agent, you will:

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If you:• Are a highly motivated seasoned sales professional;• Are ready to take your sales career to the next level;• Have a proven track record of sales success;• Have above average interpersonal skills• Can easily build strong relationships, and• Either have a General Insurance Licence or are willing to obtain one, and…..

……are looking for a challenging and rewarding sales career with an industry leader that offers anoutstanding compensation package with a bonus plan, an exceptional reward and recognition programincluding an annual international sales conference, and flexible benefits, this is the role for you.

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Connect Logistics, third-party liqour distributor (warehouse)for Alberta, is seeking hard-working, reliable team members.Applicants must be physically fit and able to lift up to 40lbsregularly. Positions are available in our main warehouse inSt. Albert, as well as in our satellite warehouses throughoutWest Edmonton. Applicants must be over 18 years of age.

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Oak Hill Boys Ranch is currently recruiting a FULL TIMEADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT to cover a maternity leaveIn this Administrative position you would support the organization and itsemployees in a variety of capacities. In this role you would: answer and directall incoming phone calls; greet visitors as the front end receptionist; prepareprogram correspondence and distribute accordingly; photo copy/fax/scan/email as required; maintain filing system; maintain/update spread sheets.

Skills & Knowledge• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, Word, Excel & Publisher• Strong communication and interpersonal skills• Effective time management and ability to multi task• Ability to work independently• Demonstrates professionalism and confidentiality• Possess organizational skills

A Police Information Check and Intervention Record Check must becompleted upon hire.

Oak Hill Boys Ranch is a not-for-profit residential treatment agency thatdelivers a variety of services to meet the needs of their clients, and families.

Apply to:Anton Smith, Executive Director,Box 97, Bon Accord AB T0A 0K0Fax: 780-921-2379Email: [email protected]

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Are you looking for a unique opportunity to grow yourcareer in a place where people care?

Our employees take pride in providing more than 60,000residents with high-quality programs and services.

A wide array of opportunities are available to suit your passionand experience. You can cultivate your career in a

place where staff not only care about the work they dobut also the people they work alongside.

We have the following employment opportunities available:

· Casual Labourer – Transit· Concession & Bar Attendants· Concession Shift Supervisors· Pilates Instructors

· Starbucks Barista· Starbucks Shift Supervisor· Utility and Accounts Receivable Controller

For information on these and other current opportunitiesavailable at the City of St. Albert please visit our website atwww.stalbert.ca/employment or drop by ourHuman Resources department.

Human ResourcesThe City of St. Albert216, 7 St. Anne StreetSt. Albert, Alberta T8N 2X4Fax: (780) 459-1729

Online applications: www.stalbert.ca/employment

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants fortheir interest and effort in applying for this position but onlycandidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

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