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INDEXNews . . . . . . . . .3Getting to Know . . . .4Council Notes. . . . . .7Opinion . . . . . . . .8Interactive . . . . . . .9Photo Booth . . . . . 12 Staycation . . . . . . 16Entertainment . . . . 18Home Feature . . . . 19Fun & Games . . . . . 24Business . . . . . . . 26

Louisa Lu plays her new Hailun upright piano on Monday afternoon at Don’s Piano Place in St. Albert’s Riel Business Park. Lu and Adam Boeker were both sponsored by Don’s Piano Place in a North American contest put on by Hailun, and both placed first in their respective age categories. See story, page 5.

That’s how many musicians played the same piano at the same time to set a new Guinness World Record on March 8, 2014, at the Houtens Muziek Collectief in Houten, Netherlands. Together, they played a short score composed by Guy van Beek.

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BY THE NUMBERS

GLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

One of the pros at the St. Albert Tennis Club and her teammates at the University of Alberta certainly made a “racquet” in Quebec earlier this month.

Molly James, 20, is one of the pros at the club on Mission Avenue this summer, teaching kids the finer points of the game. But she took a little time off to head to Montreal from Aug. 8 to 10, where she and the rest of the Golden Bears and Pandas tennis team brought home the Canadian University and College Tennis Championship — the first team from outside Quebec to ever do so since the tournament started in 2009.

“We came home with silver last year, which was kind of disappointing, so it’s really cool (to win gold),” James said. “I’m excited to go back to school and show it off.”

The tournament was held alongside the Rogers Cup at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal, where they practiced next to tennis stars like Serena Williams. Also participating were McGill University and the University of Western Ontario.

The teams squared off against each other in six singles and five doubles matches (two men’s, two women’s and one mixed) to determine a winner. The U of

A beat McGill 6-5 to open the tournament, then beat Western 9-2 to take the title.

“Our team is really close. There have been a few ups and downs,

but we’re like family,” James said. “We get together outside of tennis and do team bonding stuff. Everyone’s friends, so it’s nice. They’ll never get mad at you if you lose.”

James is heading into the third year of the elementary

education program at the U of A this September.

She grew up in west Edmonton with brothers who played tennis.

“I never wanted to do the same things as they did, so I kind of stayed away from tennis,” she said with a laugh. “But my uncle and my dad both played; my uncle was a coach at the time; and he convinced me to try it. ... It’s a family sport. Everyone plays; we go play on holidays.”

James wound up coming to St. Albert to teach after being recruited by another pro at the club, and she’s loving the kids who have come out.

“They’re so much fun and they’re really

well behaved,” she said. “They’re fun and they’re excited about it. It’s too bad that many of them want to play indoor tennis (in the winter) and St. Albert doesn’t offer indoor tennis, and a lot of them don’t want to make the trek into Edmonton. It’s going to be interesting to see; you tend to have to start over again when you come back (in the summer).”

With the success of Canadian players like Milos Raonic, Eugenie Bouchard and Vasek Pospisil on the international scene, James said there’s a lot of excitement for tennis at the

St. Albert club and plenty of others across the country.

“When I was these guys’ age, there was no one in Canadian tennis that was really making a move up to the top,” she said. “Now that we’ve got these three, it just gives us a lot of hope that

Canadians can take on the tennis

world.”

“I’m excited to go back to school and show it off.”

Molly JamesSt. Albert Tennis Club pro

Tennis pro helps make history

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderMolly James, a pro at the St. Albert Tennis Club who has been teaching the game to kids all summer long, was part of a University of Alberta team that made history earlier this month.


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Local shop tops in piano contestGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

A pair of young local piano players have a new set of ivories to tickle thanks to an international competition.

Louisa Lu, 16, and Adam Boeker, 18, both placed first in their respective age categories in North America in the Search for the Best 2014 contest put on by the Hailun Piano Company, and were awarded with brand new Hailun upright pianos on Monday afternoon at Don’s Piano Place in St. Albert’s Riel Business Park.

“It’s ridiculous. I did not think I would win a piano, of all things,” Lu said. “When Don called me, I thought I had won a piano lamp, not an actual piano. (The shop) had this draw for a piano lamp. I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to win a piano.”

“I’m overwhelmed and overjoyed,” added Boeker. “I’ve been renting a piano all year, so it’s very timely that I finally won one.”

Hailun dealers all over Canada and the United States sponsored young piano players in the contest,

recording videos of them playing and sending them off to be adjudicated. Both Lu and Boeker were sponsored in the contest by Don’s Piano Place.

Owner Don Vaugeois said that having two winners in his shop was “mind-boggling.”

“It surpassed my wildest dreams,” he said. “I thought we had a shot; this year, I thought either one of them could win it. To have them both win, it’s just incredible.”

There were three age categories in the contest: six to 11 years of age; 12 to 16; and 17 to 21.

Lu’s mother is a piano teacher, so

she and the rest of her family are very proud of her accomplishment.

In fact, her mother being a piano teacher was a big factor in Lu taking up the instrument.

“For little kids, she would give out stickers if they did well. And I was like, ‘I like stickers too!’” the Old Scona Academic student said with a laugh. “So one day I just sat down and started playing, hoping I would get a sticker.”

Meanwhile, Boeker won’t have much time to enjoy his new piano, though, as he is heading off to Rostock, Germany, in late September to further his musical studies.

That, plus the contest wins, leads Vaugeois to believe that the young piano talent in St. Albert and the surrounding area is second to none.

“It’s extremely high,” he said, “and to that end, we have to appreciate the quality of teaching we have here, which is very, very high. We’re seeing these types of pockets of good players all over — Sherwood Park has the same, Leduc has the same. From my point of view, it’s nice to see.”

“To have them both win, it’s just incredible.”

Don VaugeoisDon’s Piano Place

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderLouisa Lu and Adam Boeker, winners of the Hailun Piano Company’s Search for the Best 2014, pose for a photo Monday at Don’s Piano Place in Riel Park.

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Back to class for regional music programGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

As students in St. Albert get ready to go back to school next month, a regional program is also hoping to get them back to music.

The Music Enrichment Program is gearing up for its second year in St. Albert, offering low-cost after-school music classes at schools across Edmonton and in five in St. Albert.

Carolyn Dagenais, a St. Albert resident, is president of the Music Enrichment Program, and said running the program last year was a challenge, as all the administration work was uncharted territory for them, but they’re confident the encore performance will go smoother.

“It took a lot of effort to move it all into our operation, but really, it’s been a pretty positive experience,” she said. “Especially with the orchestras — I’ve heard from quite a few

of our senior teachers and parents that our orchestras are better this year than prior years because we went out and looked for more opportunities. We had to link up with the community in order to survive.”

Some of those opportunities included chances to play at the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts in Edmonton and at the Edmonton International Airport.

Prior to last year, the Music Enrichment Program was run by the Edmonton Public School Board, but fell victim to budget cuts. However, parents like Dagenais stepped up and took over the operation of the program.

Last year, Dagenais said they were just able to meet their minimums of six students per class in St. Albert, but she is hopeful the numbers will pick up.

“Last year, the thing was, the program was only cut by the Edmonton Public School Board in May, so it was August before

we had everything set up in the schools in St. Albert because of vacations,” she said. “It was a tight window, but this year we have a little more lead-in time, so we’re looking at better enrolment.”

This year, the program is adding guitar to its repertoire of beginner classes, which already includes violin, cello and bass, and is adding Level 2 classes to allow last year’s students to progress further with their instruments.

“It’s slow and steady, but it’s nice that we’re able to keep the program for this year, and hopefully it grows,” Dagenais said.

Adults are also able to sign up for classes, allowing them to learn a new instrument alongside their children.

“I made my husband do it last year, and he loved it,” Dagenais said with a laugh. “It’s highly recommended for husbands.”

For more information on the Music Enrichment Program, visit www.musicenrichment.org.

Leader file photoThe Music Enrichment Program is heading into its second year offering low-cost music classes in Capital Region schools, including in St. Albert.


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Library and Space Needs

Mobile Vendor Guidelines Terms of Reference

City council voted to receive as information two presentations

about the changing needs of the St. Albert Public Library.

Presentation recommendations include funding the Community Branch Library Project Charter

2015 OA-005, which will increase the library space by 23,000 sq. ft.

City council moved to approve city

administration’s research and create new guidelines

for mobile vendors, specifically for food trucks

in St. Albert.

“This is a great opportunity to manage the process and make it smoother for the vendors and bringing in best practices

from other cities.”

— Coun. Gilles Prefontaine

City administration will begin researching guidelines

for mobile vendors, specifically for food trucks,

and will compile a set of recommendations for

city council to approve by November 2014.

City council will address the library project’s budget in a council session during the first quarter of 2015 and

form the Civic Advisory Committee after that

meeting.

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“We’re on the verge of getting some real data and being able to make an educated decision on this... Three months won’t kill anyone to get all the data to make the right decision.”

— Coun. Sheena Hughes

“We’re in exciting times because in our digital age we’re actually seeing more people flocking to libraries. We’re evolving to meet the needs of our community not just for

books but for a space to learn and grow.”

— Charmaine Brooks, chair,

St. Albert Public Library Board

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There are many things to consider as an aging adult when looking

into housing options, like how much it will cost and what services are offered. Planning ahead for your housing needs is important to ensure you stay happy and healthy, both physically and mentally, wherever you choose to live. Being informed will help you and your family make those decisions before a crisis situation arises.

Perhaps you are struggling with keeping up a house; the yard work and snow removal is getting to be too much and housekeeping is more of a chore than it used to be. Or perhaps you want to travel and not worry about leaving your house unattended for long periods of time. There are many options for independent living

that are secure, so you will feel safe, but also private. St. Albert offers both privately run and government-subsidized housing for those with limited income and assets. Some facilities offer meals and light housekeeping, some give you complete independence. All of them have recreation programs to keep you socially active. In the cold, blustery winter months, there are activities to do and people to socialize with without leaving your home.

If you or your loved one requires some assistance with daily activities and perhaps some direct personal care,

there are also housing options that offer Assisted Living. They provide three meals per day, weekly housekeeping, personal care and recreation programs. Some of these facilities are privately run and others have rooms available by assessment through Community Care Access.

And of course, there are long-term care facilities for those with complex and chronic health needs who require 24-hour nursing care. These beds are only available by assessment.

If you want to know more about each of the seniors housing facilities — what they look like, what floor plans are available, what services they offer and how to apply — the City of St. Albert has a Seniors Housing list online. Go to www.stalbert.ca and type

“seniors” in the search box at the top of the page. This will give you information on housing as well as other seniors’ services available in St. Albert. The St. Albert 50+ Club also has a complete list of seniors housing options, with contact information and approximate costs for each of the facilities, as well as the services they offer. We also have a Seniors Housing Tour a few times a year where we tour different facilities so you can have a look and ask questions without any pressure.

When you do decide what housing facility you are going to apply for, we can help with filling out the application forms, give information on downsizing and answer any other questions you may have. Please stop by the St. Albert 50+ Club at 7 Tache St. or call 780-459-0433 ext. 2 for info.

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Once upon a time, you were lucky if you could find any kind of street food here in the Capital Region,

and even luckier if you found it here in St. Albert. There might be a single, solitary hot dog cart in the parking lot of a hardware store on the weekend, and while it wasn’t terrible, it was really only an option if you were desperate — or had a major hankering for tube steak.

Nowadays, though, there are far more options for street food. Head down to the farmers’ market on a Saturday, or to the ArtWalk downtown the first Thursday of the month, and choices abound. You can get anything from gourmet sandwiches to waffles to Vietnamese food.

That said, though, the legislation governing food trucks has not kept up with the craze over the past few years. Thankfully, though, the City of St. Albert took the first step to rectifying that situation at the regular meeting of city council on Monday when councillors approved the terms of reference for a new set of mobile vendor guidelines.

When the guidelines come back to council for another look in November, first off, they shouldn’t be restrictive. St. Albert is working hard to shed the perception of not being friendly to business, and putting too many restrictions on food trucks simply because they’re something we haven’t dealt with in the past would be a giant step backward.

But, at the same time — and while it may seem like a bit of a paradox — the guidelines need to put St. Albert businesses first. Whether it’s a food truck, a fashion truck or any other sort of mobile vendor, St. Albert operators should have a leg up inside the city limits so that we don’t watch the profits drive back into Edmonton at the end of the day.

Like it or not, mobile vendors are looking less and less like a passing fad and more like something that’s here to stay. But if we want them to stay in St. Albert, city council needs to get out in front of the situation with some progressive guidelines that encourage them to stick around.

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Students get hands-on look at researchTREVOR ROBBSun Media News Services

Victoria Sajtovich has always wanted to be a scientific researcher.

For six weeks this summer, the Grande Prairie Composite High School Grade 11 student was able to play the role thanks to the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) program, which offers 22 Grade 11 students hands-on health research in laboratories and clinics at the University of Alberta.

“To be a part of community of scientific researchers is absolutely amazing, and to expand your skills over the summer is irreplaceable,” said Sajtovich, 17, who has aspirations of one day getting her PhD in genomics and biophysics.

For the past six weeks, Sajtovich has been working in the laboratory of Dr. Sarah Hughes, an associate professor at the U of A in the department of medical genetics. Dr. Hughes’ research surrounds the understanding of a type of protein that suppresses tumours, known as merlin, and how it relates to inherited brain or spinal cord cancers in humans.

Sajtovich has been working with common fruit flies, which Dr. Hughes explains, carry up to 75 per cent of the same disease genes as humans.

“The genes are very conserved. Flies are a great model for looking at a human disease. Often in flies, there is a single copy where, as in humans, there may be multiple forms of the same gene that can cause a disease — it’s a more simple model. So, if we can figure out how things work in flies then it can be translated back to humans,” said Dr. Hughes.

Meanwhile, Megan Stefner from St. Albert Catholic High School also participated in the program this summer, working with Dr. Catherine Field to study diet during maternity.

While Sajtovich admits her contributions to Hughes’ work is minimal, she is still enthralled with the idea that could one day

help people treat brain or spinal cancers.“It’s incredibly inspiring,” said Sajtovich.

“It means so much to think that maybe a small portion of my work could help grow and develop into pharmaceutical cures or something like that.”

The HYRS program is funded through Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. The majority of the students Hughes has worked with through the program are often times intimidated by the process of scientific research.

“They really get a feeling for what research is and it’s not as straightforward as you would think,” said Hughes. “Some of them find it a little scary that they’re doing things that no one has done before, and they find that a little overwhelming.”

But the most frustrating part, admits Hughes, is the amount of time it takes for a researcher to make a discovery.

“It’s not like on TV where you get a result in two minutes. It doesn’t work like that,” said Hughes, adding the program is short but worth it. “It’s not a lot of time, but I think it’s enough to give the student a feeling for what research is like. If I had this opportunity in high school, it would have been a really fun thing to do because it really gives you an understanding and you can figure out if it’s really for you — not everybody is made for research.”

Photo: TREVOR ROBB, Sun Media News ServicesVictoria Sajtovich is one of 22 Grade 11 students from across northern Alberta to participate in this year’s Heritage Youth Researcher Summer program at the University of Alberta.

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Mosquitoes are out in numbers not seen in August in Edmonton since 2001.

The bloodsuckers had low population numbers in the spring, with a slow, cool start.

In 2001, an average of 3,500 — about a coffee mug’s worth — were trapped in light traps, a number Mike Jenkins expects to equal.

“Typically with the August bursts we’ve had in the past such as 2001 and 2004, we get a peak early August then shortly after that it drops precipitously,” Jenkins said.

A carbon dioxide trap in the river valley on Wednesday drew 5,000 mosquitoes on one night, which is high, even for the different type of attraction.

How long the buzzing pests stick around for depends on the humidity. Low humidity will dry the mosquitoes out quickly and, as the days shorten, mosquitoes go into overwintering.

The bulk of this crop is made up of Ades vexans, the dawn/dusk ankle biters.

“They’re really, really stealthy and they get in there and zap you really quickly,” Jenkins said. “They are quite vexing, which is where their name actually comes from.”

Additionally, there are the daytime biters Ochlerotatus spencerii and Ochlerotatus dorsalis, which are mostly seen in the spring.

A small percentage, less than 0.05 per cent are Culex tarsalis, which can carry the West Nile virus.

The province has stopped testing mosquitoes for the virus and instead Alberta Health Services says it will monitor cases in human populations.

Eggs are activated when water levels around ponds rise.

At this point, mosquitoes are not impacted by helicopter pesticide, but any additional rainfall may require additional treatments.

Jenkins said the overall effectiveness of spraying adult mosquitoes is debatable and Edmonton doesn’t do it.

None of the traps near the Folk Festival before and during the festival reached more than 1,000 mosquitoes — the threshold to start treatments.

But mosquitoes aren’t the only flying menace.

Wasps like it hot.Jenkins says with the heat, wasp nests have

been getting bigger and calls have started earlier than normal — in mid-July.

But wasps also like to eat what many people consider pests, so don’t be in a rush to get rid of them, Jenkins says. Most of their protein comes from flies and caterpillar pests.

“Yellow jackets are quite beneficial,” he said. “Any social insect nest are looking for two different things — sugar and protein.”

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Modern medicine says you don’t have to die, but Alberta’s atrocious organ donation rate says you should probably write a will anyway.

For years, that’s been the cruel reality for people needing a transplant in Alberta: science can save you, but your fellow citizens can’t be bothered to sign their donor cards.

But finally, in a province with Canada’s worst donation rate and where more than 75 patients die needlessly each year, there’s a glimmer of real hope.

Actually, it may be more than a glimmer, if these numbers keep up.

Since April 22, since the launch of the long-awaited Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry, more than 25,000 people have gone online to sign up as donors-to-be — a rate of about 210 Albertans a day.

It’s still pathetic, make no mistake: B.C. currently has more than 890,000 donors registered on it’s online site, and in total, about 25 to 27 per cent of the province’s total population are registered donors,

matching Ontario for the most in the country.

With 25,000 people signed up so far, Alberta can only boast about 0.6 per cent of the population on its donor list.

But then, B.C. has a 17-year lead.“In 10 years, I would like to see

us approaching 50 per cent of the population,” said Sherri Kashuba, spokeswoman for Alberta Health’s Organ and Tissue Agency.

Counting only adults, that would mean 1.5 million potential donors in Alberta, a province that currently struggles to provide 40 donors a year against an active waiting list of more than 500 people.

What a difference technology makes — and the question now, especially for the hundreds who died waiting for a transplant, is why did Alberta take so long?

Other countries and provinces adopted online registries decades ago, realizing the computer was the difference between talk and action — especially when most Canadians say they support organ donation.

It’s the same in Alberta, where Kashuba estimates up to 95 per cent of adults speak favourably

about donation, but almost nobody bothers to make their intentions clear for when and if the day comes.

Was it any wonder why?Before April, the only way to

an Albertan could donate was to make the decision in writing, with the statement dated, signed and witnessed, to be legally binding.

Such a form was offered on the back of the Alberta Health card, but they were often lost, or left

blank, leading to the lowest organ donation rate in Canada.

Now, technology has taken over — and since June, registry agents in the province are making it even easier, by asking drivers if they wish to become an organ donor at the time they renew their licence.

If so, the information is permanently added to the driver’s licence, alongside a heart symbol.

The initial reaction to the online

registry, and steady rate of sign ups since, suggests Albertans were only waiting for an easy way to make sure their actual hearts could follow their heart’s desire.

The final decision still rests with the deceased’s family — but when a choice has been clearly made in life, it’s rare that a family will deny that request in death.

Of course, signing up doesn’t guarantee a transplant, and only a small percentage will actually end up donating depending on how death occurred, with disease and age ruling out the surgery in many cases.

But when there are thousands of potential donors to chose from, rather than a few dozen a year, the chances of Albertans dying in wait of a healthy organ will drop dramatically.

Kashuba says 25,000 people in just six months makes this a good news story that will hopefully just get better by the year.

“We are very pleased with the uptake of Albertans in terms of them taking action to register their choices,” she said. “This benchmark has us very excited.”

Photo: PERRY MAH, Sun Media News ServicesPremier David Hancock signs up for the Alberta organ donor registry on April 22. Since then, he has been joined by more than 25,000 Abertans.

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Anthony Henday Drive takes the top spot when it comes to deadly collisions on Edmonton roads last year, while the High Level Bridge recorded the highest number of collisions overall.

In 2013, Edmonton recorded a total of 24,803 collisions — an increase of 6.7 per cent from the previous year. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 3,223 resulted in injuries — 437 of them major. Fourteen of the fatal collisions involved vehicles, two involved motorcycles, one involved a bicycle and six were pedestrians.

According to a city report, more than half of the collisions occurred at intersections — the top three being Yellowhead Trail NW and 149 Street (83 collisions, 16 injuries), 107 Avenue NW and 142 Street (81 collisions, 14 injuries), and 23 Avenue NW and 91 Street (64 collisions, 14 injuries). Yellowhead Trail and 149 Street was ranked second highest for intersection collisions the previous year, and 23 Avenue and 91 Street

was ranked number one.The top three roadways with the

highest collisions were the High Level Bridge (57 collisions, one injury), Whitemud Drive from 122 Street NW to the Terwillegar Drive interchange (52 collisions, eight injuries) and Calgary Trail from 34 Avenue to G.A. McDonald Avenue (36 collisions, four injuries).

The report states that many of the fatal collisions occurred on roads with higher speed limits, such as Anthony Henday Drive (four fatal collisions), Yellowhead Trail (two fatal collisions) and Manning Freeway, with two fatal collisions.

Sgt. Kerry Bates with the Edmonton police traffic services has seen it all in his seven years reconstructing collisions. Sport bikes and vehicles racing on Groat Road is one area that immediately springs to his mind when asked about the city’s most notorious roads, but there isn’t one intersection he would visit repeatedly.

It all comes down, he said, to driver awareness and safer driving practices such as paying attention

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The city also recorded 298 pedestrian collisions in 2013, six of which were fatal. Another 160 motorcycle collisions were recorded where two were fatal and 119 resulted in injuries.

When it comes to pedestrians and cyclists, the location with the highest collisions was 144 Avenue and 66 Street, which had five collisions resulting in one major and four minor pedestrian injuries.

The most common cause of a collision is following too closely, which accounted for 36 per cent of collisions, followed by striking a parked vehicle (12 per cent) and changing lanes improperly (10 per cent).

The year 2008 was the city’s worst for collisions within the past 15 years, with a total of 29,072 collisions recorded. So far this year, the city has recorded 14 traffic fatalities.

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STARFest unveils stellar ’14 lineupGLENN COOKSt. Albert Leader

Stars of the literary world will be shining bright once again in St. Albert this fall.

The St. Albert Public Library recently unveiled the lineup for its fourth annual St. Albert Readers’ Festival, or STARFest, which is highlighted by an appearance by Yann Martel, the bestselling Canadian author of Life of Pi, which was turned into a movie directed by Ang Lee in 2012.

“(Martel) is pretty close to us; he’s in Saskatchewan,” said STARFest director Heather Dolman. “It’s exciting to have him.”

The festival runs from Oct. 17 to Nov. 3. Other authors taking part include Ian Hamilton, Susanna Kearsley, Eva Stachnial, Padma Viswanathan, Joseph Boyden, Jane Christmas, P.S. Duffy, Jennifer Robson, Fred Stenson and Steven Galloway.

“It’s just gets better and better. I’ve been trying for a few of these (authors) for a few years, so it’s nice to see some of them come to fruition,” Dolman said.

Boyden is another notable name on the lineup, as his most recent novel, The Orenda, was nominated for the Scotiabnk Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, and won this year’s Canada Reads competition, put on by CBC Radio.

Dolman said the process of bringing in authors can be a long one.

“We have a wish list that’s created from comments or contributions from staff and the community, as well as us going through the lists we get of new publications that are coming out in

the fall,” she explained. “Some of these authors, it’s easier to get them when they’ve got a new book coming out because they’re doing a tour anyway.”

She added that they also try to partner with other literary festivals in the region, including LitFest in Edmonton, which happens around the same time of year, as well as WordFest in Calgary and the Vancouver Writers Fest.

Many of STARFest’s events this year are being held in the evening, either in the Arden Theatre or in the library’s Forsyth

Hall, with wine receptions to follow.

Dolman said that, generally, those evening sessions tend to have better attendance.

“More people can get there,” she said. “We have a couple of afternoon ones on weekends. For the most part, it’s a matter of when we can get them, where else they’re travelling to, and working around them to build a program that makes sense.”

Seeing how STARFest has grown and evolved over the past three years,

though, Dolman is happy to see just how far the festival has come.

“Each year we evaluate it and determine if we need to shake it up a little bit one way or the other — how long we’re running it for, how many authors we’re bringing in, whether it’s too much at a certain time,” she said. “But generally it’s been very well-received, and the more we do it, the more people expect to see it, are looking for it and want to come back.”

For a complete list of this year’s STARFest events and to purchase tickets, visit www.starfest.ca.

“I’ve been trying for a few of these (authors) for a few years, so it’s nice to see some of them come to fruition.”

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For five years, local artists have been contributing to StArts Fest. Now, the festival wants to give something back.

The organizing committee for StArts Fest — which started in 2009 and runs each year during Alberta Culture Days in late September — announced over the weekend a new microgrant program, which will supply St. Albert artists with anywhere between $50 and $1,000 to help them bring their creative visions to life.

“I think this changes the focus of the festival a little bit,” said Peter Moloney, chair of the St. Albert Cultivates the Arts Society. “The society is responsible for co-ordinating the festival, but this is putting a piece of the festival into the hands of local artists. We’re saying, ‘Tell us what you’d like to do.’”

Individual artists or groups from St. Albert using any medium or

discipline can apply for the grants. The money can be put toward a project that is in development, toward a particular phase of a long-term project, or toward improvements to the viability or quality of a project.

The only string attached is that artists must have a component of their project that can be displayed or performed during the festival, which runs from Sept. 26 to 28, in a way that’s free and open to the public.

Moloney admitted that’s a short timeline for this year, but he’s confident there are

projects that fit the bill.“We have to start somewhere,” he said.

“We needed to be sure of our funding for the year. Now we have the infrastructure for how we would do it, and it places us well for next year. We would come out with it a lot earlier next year.”

The St. Albert Cultivates the Arts Society will evaluate each application as it is received, and will base their decision on:

• the merit of the applicant;• the potential impact of the grant on

the project’s quality or viability;• the artistic merit of the project and its

relevance to St. Albert;• how much planning has gone into the

piece thus far; and• the potential benefit to the artist’s

career.“We’ll make quick decisions; we won’t

linger,” Moloney said. “And we’ll make ongoing decisions as we get the requests in. If it comes in early and is something that meets the criteria, we’ll go ahead. We won’t wait for four or five to come in.”

As an example, Moloney cited a similar program in Ontario, where an artist asked for $50 to buy sidewalk chalk, which he then used to do chalk drawings at a local playground, inviting passersby to join in.

The St. Albert Cultivates the Arts Society started thinking about an idea like this last year, and managed to get all their ducks in a row in time for this year’s festival.

Moloney said he’d love to see the program expand in the future , but “we’ve got to get through year one first.”

For more information on the microgrant program or to download application forms, visit www.startsfest.ca.

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“I think this changes the focus of the festival.”

Peter MoloneyStArts Fest chair

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GIRLS RUGBYMost Valuable Player:Ashley BarchukCoaches Award: Annie BoydPlayers who Contributedthe Most with the LeastAmount of Recognition:Kayla Bruce & Abby MitchellBleed Blue Spirit Award:Ginette GouldRookies of the Year:Sydney De La Mare &Katryne Pharis

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Rookie of the Year:Ainsley RayburnPlayer who Contributedthe Most with the LeastAmount of Recognition:Kelsey Tamura

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A local film company is hoping to make people both laugh and think with their new web series.

On Monday afternoon, the team at Guerrilla Motion Pictures released the first instalment of their new series, People Watchers, which follows two private detectives as they stake out different cases and analyze the societal flaws they encounter along the way.

Creators and Guerrilla founders Justin Kueber and Sam Reid said the idea for the series came out their own conversations about what they saw going on around them.

“So we came up with the idea of thinking of something where it’s literally just two characters talking, and we’ll build a show around that,” Reid said. “And then it just made sense to make them private investigators, and then you can put them in different scenarios.”

In the first episode, the detectives — Mike Hammer, played by Dan Stilwell, and Blair Dent, played by Nick Smith — are watching a couple in which the woman mother believes the man is being abusive.

“The first one kind of critiques weird relationships, relationships that appear to the eye to be something different and potentially built on ulterior motives,” Kueber said.

One of the quirks of the show thus far, though, is that it only shows the two detectives in their car, leaving them to describe for the viewer the people they’re staking out.

“It all relies on the actors,” Reid said.It also relies on their two-camera setup,

which allows them to capture some great improvised scenes that Stilwell and Smith came up with on the spot.

“There was one (scene) actually, where (one actor) referenced Born on the Fourth of July, and the other didn’t know what that was. He went, ‘What?!’” Kueber said. “But we ended up using that because it was his natural reaction. ... They were able to feed off each other’s momentum, and it was great to see it together.”

With it being a web series, Reid and Kueber plan to gauge the success of People Watchers both through the number of YouTube views and through the reaction it gets on social media.

“It’s good to get a gauge from someone that isn’t our group of friends,” Kueber said. “It’s nice; we’ve got a little following now of people that don’t really know us personally, and I think that gives us a more natural reaction, a

truer reaction. If they hate it, they’ll tell us.”“It’s good to hear that,” Reid added,

“because not everything works all the time.”There’s no set schedule for new episodes

of People Watchers, which is allowing Guerrilla to collaborate with other writers and directors, including Justin Cauti from 201 Pictures in Edmonton.

“It’s something we could do any time of the year, when something comes to mind,” Kueber said.

The theme music for People Watchers was another collaboration, this time with local musician Jason Medwid, who released his first CD last year under the name The Smile Syndicate. In turn, the Guerrilla team is hard at work on a music video for Medwid.

But that’s not the only project Reid and Kueber have on their plates. They also provided video coverage of this year’s John Reid Memorial Tournament, and are working hard on a number of corporate videos for local businesses.

“I think we really want to go down that route a lot stronger in the next little while,” Reid said. “We love doing that stuff.”

For more information on Guerrilla or to watch People Watchers, visit www.guerrillamotionpictures.com.

Photo: GLENN COOK, St. Albert LeaderJustin Kueber (left) and Sam Reid are the founders of St. Albert’s Guerrilla Motion Pictures and creators of the new web series People Watchers.

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MATT DYKSTRASun Media News Services

Alberta needs to take its labour force argument directly to the top, says Progressive Conservative leadership contender Jim Prentice.

In an editorial board with Sun Media News Services last week, Prentice said the federal government’s controversial changes to the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program “is the biggest issue on the ground” in Alberta and the province needs to have a discussion with Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

“�is is not just an issue at Tim Hortons and A&W. �is is an issue right across the province … it relates to everything from

maintenance turnover in oilsands plants to beekeepers and everyone in between,” he said, adding he’s heard from business owners, farmers and ranchers who are frustrated by a lack of workers.

“We need to have a constructive conversation with the Prime Minister, who’s going to be the person that has to cra� some solutions. I think we need a made-in-Alberta approach to labour.”

Announced in June, changes to TFW

program include limited access, more rigorous Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA), and stronger enforcement of the rules including penalties of up to $100,000 for employers who break them. Employers with 10

or more employees will have until July 2016 to shrink the number of TFWs they employ to just 10 per cent of their workforce.

With a population growth rate that’s triple the national average, Prentice said the disconnect between the number of jobs the province creates and the number of immigration nominees it’s allowed is “palpable.”

Prentice wants to see an increase in Alberta’s ability to bring in nominees, expand eligible TFW job categories in the province and explore options for attracting workers from Eastern Canada.

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Figures as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, compared to

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New Northlands CEO raring to goCATHERINE GRIWKOWSKYSun Media News Services

Big changes are happening at Northlands, starting with the person in charge.

�e company announced last week that Tim Reid will be the new president and CEO as of Sept. 15.

Board chair Laura Gadowsky said Tim Reid is the team-builder they need as the future of Northlands changes.

“We know our world is about to change — we’ve known that for a while,” Gadowsky said. “Not only is it going to change in the arena world, it’s going to change in the horse racing world. At both ends of our site, we’ve got some challenges on our plate. Tim’s going to help us look at that, look at where we can go and bring us into the future.”

Reid, who grew up in a military family, has lived across Canada, most recently spending �ve years in Fort McMurray.

�e �rst priority will be meeting with sta� and determining where Northlands is headed. �e second is to �gure out what will happen with Rexall Place.

Reid, who was previously CEO of the Regional Recreation Corporation of Wood Bu�alo, says he’s worked with the 360 Design team for the downtown arena.

“�ey’re as good as it gets and I have no doubt that that facility is something that will de�ne the city of Edmonton and Alberta,” he said.

He added what Northlands will do will be di�erent and is looking for a six-month timeline to �nd more answers on the future of the building.

“We can’t de�ne what’s going to happen with Rexall until we talk to the people that deliver that building on a daily basis and get their opinion of what we do incredibly well, what we should continue to do and what businesses we don’t want to be in in the future,” Reid said.

He continually spoke to the 135-year history of Northlands.

�e Oilers leaving will have a domino e�ect, he said, but Rexall Place is only one building.

Nothing is o� the table for the future of the building, as they look at what the NHL team’s depature will mean.

He added Northlands has strength through its diverse portfolio.

Reid spoke with Mayor Don Iveson, saying he was “energized” by the meeting.

Gadowsky said horse racing has been on the decline and Horse Racing Alberta is going into a new agreement phase.

�e Oilers will play out of the new arena by 2016.“�ere’s a lot of emotion in our Oilers; they’re a huge

part of our city,” Gadowsky said.�at same year, the contract for the Canadian Finals

Rodeo expires.Gadowsky said the city has a huge appetite for

entertainment. She said there’s room for two arena-sized buildings in the city for activities that come to Edmonton.

“This is not just an issue at Tim Hortons and A&W.”

Jim PrenticePC leadership candidate

Leader �le photoPC leadership candidate Jim Prentice says he’s ready to take Alberta’s labour woes straight to the prime minister.

Photo: IAN KUCERAK, Sun Media News ServicesTim Reid will take over the reins as the new CEO of Northlands on Sept. 15.

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BRITTANY KUSTRASpecial to the Leader

We’ve been trying not to notice that the sun is setting a few minutes earlier each night and the air is slightly chillier. But we can’t ignore for much longer the fact that summer is swiftly fading and autumn is rapidly approaching. The good news is that autumn brings with it a slew of new Northern Alberta Business Incubator programs.

Although you may have thought you were done with school, we believe that entrepreneurs should never stop learning. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a brand new startup, an established business facing new hurdles, or simply looking to increase your already substantial profits. There’s a plethora of small business programming available in the region, and we encourage all business owners to take advantage of it. We guarantee that you’ll learn something you didn’t already know.

We’re kicking things off with a new season of Venture Lab — an eight-week intensive program that really challenges participants to answer the tough questions. You’ll learn to pinpoint the competitive advantage that makes your product both unique and viable. The series wraps up with a Dragons’ Den-style pitch night.

If you need to sharpen up some of your technical skills, then four week courses in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel may be just what you need. These courses are presented by St. Albert Further Education.

You probably know exactly why your new product will be better than anything else out there. That’s not the problem! The challenge is making sure prospective customers see it your way. For the entrepreneur who’s tight on time, our two-day Launch and Grow Small Business Fast program, presented by best-selling author Robin Lawton, may be just what you’ve been looking for.

Are you a brand new entrepreneur? The Business Startup Seminar Series will answer all of the questions you’ve been afraid to ask. Over the course of four weeks, fast track your business

plan as facilitators share real-life experiences and unique perspectives on challenges faced in the real world.

And lastly, NABI is hosting a series of sales and marketing workshops, presented by our executive-

in-residence, Kurian Tharakan. Understand

why potential customers choose to buy (or not), gain quality leads, and finally master that elevator pitch.

It’s going to be a busy “semester” of small business learning, and we hope you can join us! Please visit nabi.ca or call 780-460-1000 to register or receive more information. If you don’t see a program listed above that suits your needs, let us know! We are happy to refer you to another excellent program run by one of our partner organizations.

Brittany Kustra is the communications and marketing

manager for the Northern Alberta Business Incubator.

Back to school for business

SUN MEDIA NEWS SERVICES – If you can’t get to a community mailbox and want to continue to receive home delivery, you better get a doctor’s note.

Documents obtained by Sun Media News Services reveal Canada Post will ask disabled clients for proof before allowing letter carriers to continue dropping off the mail.

Union sources provided Sun Media with two forms, drafted by Canada Post, that will be sent to customers who say they’re unable to walk to their community mailbox.

The money-losing Crown corporation will phase out door-to-door delivery over five years beginning late this year and cut up to 8,000 jobs over the next 10 years.

The forms include several questions about a client’s disability and how the affliction “affects their ability to get to the community mailbox.”

The Crown corporation also says “certification from a qualified health care

professional may be necessary.”Canada Post asks doctors to provide

personal information, including a phone number.

A spokesman for Canada’s privacy commissioner expressed concerns about the form and said the watchdog would contact Canada Post.

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, who has publicly lobbied against the Canada Post job cuts, called the move “disgusting and stupid.”

Canada Post spokesman Anick Losier defended the medical-approval forms.

“The information gathered will help our team to better understand the clients’ personal circumstances and undertake a dialogue with them about the type of help that would be most appropriate for each of them,” Losier said in an e-mail.

Residents in St. Albert and Sherwood Park were notified last month that they would be switched to community mailboxes starting next summer.

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