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Law enforcement o�cers were busy, both on the roads and in parks, over the Canada Day long weekend.

Between Friday and Monday, RCMP, Alberta Sheri�s, conservation o�cers, �sh and wildlife o�cers and commercial vehicle enforcement o�cers were on the lookout for violations, and issued a total of 5,418 tickets to drivers and

campers out for the long weekend.On the road, 2,973 speeding

violations were handed out, along with 34 distracted driving violations, 15 impaired driving charges, 19 24-hour suspensions for drug or alcohol use, and 60 other alcohol-related violations.

Other tra�c violations handed out included:

infractions;

including dangerous driving;

infractions; and

from driving without insurance to driving while suspended.

Of those charges, nearly 300 of them — including 198 speeding violations — were handed out on Highway 63, the dangerous stretch of road that runs to and from Fort McMurray. �e provincial government has come under �re lately for delays in twinning the highway.

Twenty-six tickets were handed out to commercial truck drivers for mechanical defects, and four received tickets for overloading their vehicles.

Meanwhile, in parks across the province, resource enforcement o�cers handed out more than 200 tickets over the course of the weekend, including 43 parks-related o�ences, such as excessive noise, and 190 Fisheries Act violations ranging from exceeding �shing quotas to �shing without a license.

�at’s how many years old two ceramic vases are that were returned to Italy by the United States last week, along with a Roman sculpture and a Renaissance painting. �e value of the stolen artwork is reported to be in the millions of dollars.

�e St. Albert Farmers’ Market o�cially celebrates 30 years of operation on Saturday, as some of the market’s founders and long-time vendors will be honoured at a special ceremony. See story, page 5.

�e temperature in Yellow Grass, Sask., reaches 45 C (110 F), marking the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada.

Singer Sarah McLachlan debuts her all-female Lilith Fair festival tour in George, Wash., along with artists Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole and Jewel.

Nearly two years to the day a�er they disappeared, RCMP have not given up on the search for Lyle and Marie McCann.

�e St. Albert couple was last seen on July 3, 2010, fuelling up their RV at the Superstore gas bar on St. Albert Trail prior to heading out to meet their daughter in Abbotsford, B.C. A week later, they hadn’t turned up and were reported missing.

�is past week, Global Edmonton reported that RCMP members conducted a thorough search at a campground at Chip Lake, about an hour and 20 minutes west of St. Albert along Highway 16, looking for clues into the couple’s disappearance.

According to Global, there were about 50 police involved who had dogs and ATVs with them, and they told campers who were already there that they were following up on leads from over the winter and working in areas they couldn’t access while snow was on the ground.

An RCMP K Division spokesperson said on Tuesday that they would not comment on the case as it is currently before the courts.

Chip Lake is about an hour away from where the couple’s burned-out motorhome was found at Minnow Lake, southeast of Edson. �e green Hyundai Tucson SUV they were towing was found not far away from Minnow Lake four days a�er RCMP

con�rmed the RV belonged to the McCanns. �e couple, who lived in the Grandin

subdivision, was declared legally dead on July 27, 2011, and a memorial service was held three days later.

Travis Edward Vader, now 40, has been charged with �rst-degree murder in the deaths of the McCanns. He was scheduled to appear in court in Edson on Tuesday, but his case was adjourned until Aug. 7. It is expected he will enter a plea at that time.

Court documents in the case allege the McCanns were killed on or about July 3, 2010, the day they were last seen, near the town of Peers, about half an hour northeast of Edson.

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Weed of theWeekHelp the City of St. Albert control

invasive plants/weeds in our community!

Information and picture provided by the Alberta Invasive Plants Councilwww.invasiveplants.ab.ca

COMMON BURDOCKLocations:

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Identi�cation:

What can you do?

COMMON BURDOCKCOMMON BURDOCKOften found along riverbanks, roadsides, fence lines and in �eldsand open woods.

The plant has purple �owers and a red-tinged stem and can growone to three metres tall. Leaves are large, hair and heart-shaped

Over the past few years, manual removal of the plant �ower hasnot been e�ective. The City plans to control large patches throughherbicide application.

An invasive plant is a non-native plantthat spreads easily, aggressively and may

displace or alter natural plant communities.

Under the Alberta Weed Control Act, municipalitiesare required to control the spread of noxious weeds.

Preventing the production of the seed is a key way to stop the plantfrom spreading. If you spot a plant in your area, remove it and ensurethe �ower is contained and disposed of properly.

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Look who’s turning the big three-oh.�e St. Albert Chamber of Commerce

will o�cially celebrate 30 years of the outdoor Farmers’ Market this Saturday with a special ceremony recognizing the vendors who have been coming to the market for 20 years or longer — including three who have been coming to sell their goods since day one.

Chamber president and CEO Lynda Mo�at said that 30 years is a very meaningful milestone for the market.

“For 30 individual summers, we’ve had Chamber of Commerce leaders and we’ve had leaders at City Hall and we’ve had the people of St. Albert supporting this farmers’ market,” she said, “and I think that is an incredible success story. Without those three coming together as they have for 30 years, we wouldn’t have what we have today.”

One of those vendors who will be honoured is Werner Frenzel of Evergreen Gardens, who has been selling produce and bedding plants at the St. Albert market since it �rst opened.

“St. Albert is our best business,” he said. “We also go to Strathcona, in the city, and

we go to Callingwood ... but our best market over the years overall has been St. Albert.”

�e other 30-year vendors include Martin and Matilda Wurz from the Morinville Hutterite Colony, who sell produce and baked goods, and the team of Henriette Phalempin and Cassie Pasnak, who sell kitchen items, jams, jellies and local fruit.

Also present on Sunday will be several former Chamber volunteer chairs and presidents, including Anita Ratchinsky, who served as chair in 1985 and 1986 before serving as mayor of St. Albert from 1989 to 1998.

“It always had a following, or else it wouldn’t have been worth it,” she recalled.

“It was small and it was ... certainly

a challenge,” she added. “But it was the commitment of the vendors that made it work, and the commitment of the Chamber members at the time that made it work.”

Ratchinsky added that she never thought she’d see the market grow into what it has become today.

“We always had extra people downtown on Saturdays, and always tried to get the merchants involved,” she said.

�ere are a number of people who were instrumental in setting up the market who have either passed away or are no longer living in St. Albert, and to those people, Mo�at o�ered her sincere thanks.

“�ank you for your vision and your commitment,” she said. “�is is not a small task — trust me. �is is a very big job.”

But it’s a job that Mo�at enjoys and plans to take into the future as she watches the market continue to grow.

“We’ve got a recipe for success right now; people are striving to be what we are,” Mo�at said. “We’ve just got to remember our vision and our commitment, and keep that strength going so we remain at the top of the heap.”

�e vendor recognition ceremony takes place before the market opens Saturday morning, starting at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of St. Anne Street and St. �omas Street.

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We will be recognizing vendorswho have been in the market for

20 or more years during aspecial recognition ceremony

9:30 Bag piper Ted Soltys to bring in the dignitaries fromPerron and St. Anne Street to the corner of St. Anne andSt. Thomas Streets9:40 Greetings from Hon. Brent Rathgeber, MP, Hon. DougHorner, MLA, Hon. Stephen Khan, MLA, Mayor Nolan Crouse,Chamber Chair Darel Baker and President and CEO Lynda Moffat9:45 Vendor Recognition Ceremony10:00 - 3:00 Farmers’ Market

Enjoy these fun-filled activitiesthroughout the day

• Cake with the Chamber Board of Directors, past Presidentsand Chairs

• Free ballons for the children• Downtown Merchant Sidewalk Sale• Exhibition of textile based installations from Bekk Wells in WhatKind of an Animal am I? at the Art Gallery of St. Albert

• In Focus: Photographing the Alberta and Montana Frontier,1870—1930 at theMusee Heritage Museum

Make sure to stop by and visitour recognized vendors

James Walker, 20 years, Stalls #125, 127, 127A, 129 - fruitMonica Brisebois, 21 years, Stall # 74 - piesBill Veldhuis, 24 years, Stalls #81, 83 – table linensPat Gagne, 24 years, Stall #50 - bakingJennie Beute, 25 years, Stall #12 - plantsEric and Ruby Chen, 25 years, Stall #239, 241, 243, 245 –organic produceRony Erdmann, 25 years, Stalls #52, 54, 56 - produceFrank and Karen Klassen, 27 years, Stalls #71, 73, 75 - produceWilliamWhite, 27 years, Stalls #60, 62 - produceErna Harke, 27 years, Stall #103 – jams, jellies, preservesDixie Farrell, 29 years, Stall #76 – doll clothingWerner Frenzel, 30 years, Stalls #132. 134 - produceHenriette Phalempin and Cassie Pasnak, 30 years, Stall #58 –kitchen items, jams, jellies, local fruit,Martin & Matilda Wurz, 30 years, Stalls #15, 17 – produce, baking

Special thanks to our past Presidents & Chairs of the St. Albert &District Chamber of Commerce and the former Mayors of the Cityof St. Albert who have cultivated and nurtured the growth of thiswonderful outdoor farmers’ market for the community.Thank you to the City of St. Albert for enabling this event to takeplace in the heart of The Perron District

Darel Baker

Message from the ChairWith summer here, so is the Annual St. Albert Outdoor Farmers’ Market which isproudly presented by the St. Albert & District Chamber of Commerce. Located in theheart of The Perron District in St. Albert on St. Anne Street and St. Thomas Streets, themarket has been an integral part of the community for 30 years. You can shop everySaturday, rain or shine, now till October 6th (Thanksgiving weekend) from 10:00 amto 3:00 pm. Enjoy the sunny atmosphere of families and friends supporting local andregional growers and producers. Join us July 7th when we celebrate the Market’s30th Anniversary.This market has woven itself into the very fabric that is St. Albert. The whole

atmosphere and market experience, along with product offering, vendors and the people, make it the“place to be” on Saturdays throughout the summer.Being Western Canada’s largest outdoor market with over 250 vendors, there is bound to be somethingfor everyone. This unique shopping experience boasts fresh produce, tasty treats, unique arts and crafts,soothing bath products and much, much more to explore! Other market features include FREE Park’nRide service from St. Albert Centre, Bike Racks supplied by Cranky’s Bike Shop, live music, and anassortment of concession stands. Utilize our wonderful trailsystem in St. Albert to walk or bike to the market. Comedown and experience the fun of “Saturday in St. Albert” as wecelebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Market!

Join us in the Perron District in the heart of St. Albert onSaturday, July 7th to celebrate the St. Albert Farmers’ Market 30th Anniversary

Park’n Ride—Park at St. Albert Centre and hop on the bus fora free ride to the market and back or park your bike in the

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s St. Albert continues to grow, it is important that, same as we must

maintain a business-friendly reputation, we must also maintain a reputation as being age-friendly.

But, even though the senior population is set to explode over the next decade or two, being age-friendly does not mean having amenities only for an aging population; it means that we must have amenities that are friendly to all residents, regardless of age.

At a recent workshop on age-friendly communities in Spruce Grove, a strong message was provided to the Alberta government that age-friendly cities include all ages and abilties.

�e second message was that transportation was the biggest challenge facing building

age-friendly municipalities, both rural and urban. �ere is and will be an ongoing need for municipal transportation, as well as intermunicipal connections.

Since the 1950s, the car has in�uenced the planning and developing of municipalities, sometimes at the expense of building age-friendly communities. �e result is costly unsustainable urban sprawl. We need to evaluate how age-friendly St. Albert is and what can be done today to meet the needs of tomorrow.

�e �rst box to tick o� on an age-friendly checklist would be

outdoor spaces and buildings, including infrastructure such as sidewalks, paths and trails. It would also include buildings and amenities that are accessible to all, as well as public restrooms and rest areas. Above all, these buildings must be safe and secure.

�e next and aforementioned biggest hurdle is transportation. Naturally, this includes our road system, but also includes parking options and timely snow removal in the winter. �is item should also make sure people of all ages have access to transportation services and information.

Another big hurdle is housing. �ere must be a variety of options available not only to attract young families that will sustain the community in the future, but also to ensure seniors are able

to age in the right place. �ese options range from secondary suites and condos to duplexes and single-family dwellings.

As important as housing is, though, age-friendliness also requires social participation, including events and activities that will get people out of the house and interacting with their neighbours.

Other boxes on the age-friendly checklist include:

employment and accessibility;

information; and

health services.�e age-friendly St. Albert

of tomorrow depends on using public resources wisely and working together with all levels of government and the private sector. We all have a responsibility!

very Canada Day, we are reminded — either by ourselves or by others — how lucky we are to live in the nation

that we do, where we are free to celebrate our country along with our cultural traditions, religion and everything else that goes into being Canadian.

But this year’s festivities were also a reminder of how lucky St. Albertans are to live where we do.

�is year’s Canada Day was the �rst in the past �ve or six years where the weather didn’t fully co-operate. In recent memory, Canada Day has always been sunny and warm, so perhaps we were due for a cloudy, rainy morning like we were treated to on Sunday.

But, as miserable as the weather was, the spirit of St. Albertans was just as impressive. While some of the entertainment had to be cancelled in Lions Park, the displays put on by the City of St. Albert’s public works department, the Canadian Forces and the 533 Sabre Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets went ahead as planned and as long as people showed up to check them out.

And show up they did. Even through the worst of the rain, there was a steady stream of citizens lining up to take a ride in the public works bucket truck, check out the military’s armoured vehicle or play a little road hockey. A little rain never hurt anybody, and it certainly wasn’t going to deter most folks from celebrating Canada Day.

Perhaps even hardier were the volunteers from the Heritage Lakes Community Association who put on their annual pancake breakfast at École La Mission. Despite the lack of tents for the �rst hour or so, and the fact they had enough pancakes and sausage patties le� over at the end to feed a small army, they stuck it out and the thought of packing it in likely never crossed their minds.

Other events had to be moved indoors out of the rain, but still went ahead. When the skies cleared later on, the ground was a little soggy, but everything was back to normal.

When no one would have been blamed them for calling it a day, the Canada Day volunteers in St. Albert instead shone brightly and lived up to their stellar reputation — a �tting tribute to the country we hold dear.

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AQ Kendell BousquetGETTING TO KNOW

If you are interested in marketing yourself and your business in the St. Albert Leader Q&A - Call 780-460-1035 for next available date

Q Nickname?A Kenny, Ken Von B (some believe that I look like Kat Von D...)

Q Favorite pets or animals?A I am fairly allergic to most, but I have two devon rex kittens-they are very short hair and do not shed..they are my fur-babies!!

Q Vacation this year... you’re heading to?A Jamaica in the winter...perhaps jasper for golfing in thesummer

Q The weekend in St. Albert, what are you doing?A Heading to Amaranth to stock up on gluten free goods...thento the farmers market, and I love a good bike ride on the trails..and attempting to golf.

Q Favourite place to eat in St. Albert?A Depending on my mood- Prairie Bistro, Copper Grain, Earls.

Q Your singing out loud in your car, what are you singing?A Really anything but country.. I am on an Alex Clare kick right now.

Q Best thing about your job?A I make my own schedule, and its a 2 minute drive from home!

Q Favorite movie?A Uggh don’t make me choose!!

Q Favorite hobbies?A Guitar, boxing, golfing, gym, reading..and now cooking- I recently discovered I cant eat gluten, so I have becomequite creative in my kitchen! Does wine count as well?

Q What sets you apart in your business?A I will always go the extra mile for clients - it iscommon for me to meet my clients at their homes, fortheir convenience. I also take care of cancelling theircurrent insurance, when they switch to Allstate - it givesthem a hassle-free experience!

Q Favorite thing about St. Albert?A I love that it has a small-town feel...and its quite apretty city (Refinery-free! Just sayin’ )

Q Great moment you had at work?A Helping an elderly couple save money on insurance - theywere on a very limited pension, and I cut their insurance bill inhalf - the lady started crying, and gave me a big hug. Pulled myheart-strings, knowing I could make such a difference for them.

Q What’s the one problem customers come to you most often with?A Either paying too much for insurance, or, bad service/claimsexperience. The cost of insurance varies, depending on yourpersonal situation/background, however, bad service is notacceptable! With Allstate, we have agencies all across Canada, soyou can speak with someone, in person, and not have to deal witha call centre. Also, our claims people are available 24/7, 365 days ayear, to help our clients when they need us most!

Q What’s the best piece of businessadvice you’ve ever received?A With regards to sales: if you focuson creating a team environmentand taking care of your currentcustomers, the rest will come...and it definitely holds true!

Q What’s the best way you’ve found to keep a balance betweenwork and family life?AWell I think I am still working on that...I have been told to just‘shut my phone off’ but, alot of my clients have my cell phone # andwhether they have an emergency on weekends, or, are going to buy anew car and need a pink card- I want to be there to help them!!

Q If we’re heading on a coffee run, you’re having… ?A Depends where I am going! Tim Hortons coffee, Starbucks chailatte, or either at Second Cup (and maybe a lemon square!).

Q How messy is your desk/workspace?A I dont call it messy... its ”organized chaos” haha... I really doknow where everything is!

Q What video game or phone app are you addicted to?A I am proud to say NONE! (wait, does BBM on Blackberrycount?)

Q You would describe your sense of style as… ?A Well, people that know me know that I love the color red! Forwork, I tend to stick with timeless suits/dresses/skirts - nothingtoo trendy, so I dont have to re-stock my closet every year! (yes,that is most girls dream...however, I don’t like shopping!!).Away from work, I am either in some type of workout gear, or asundress (or snowsuit...haha)

Q What’s your goal for your business over the next 12 months?A Well, we just reopened our St. Albert office - so I am focusedon creating awareness of Allstate’s presence in St. Albert - weare extremely competitive in the T8N postal code, and want tohelp more “St. Albertans” save money on their home and autoinsurance.

Q Any advice you can give St. Albert residents, regardingtheir home and auto insurance?A Well, I think its always good to review your coverage

yearly, to make sure your limits and coverage is sufficient.Most people will do some form of renovations on their houseat some point- but what they don’t know is that they should beletting their insurance company know of any renovations over$10,000, as their limits must be increased to ensure adequatecoverage, should something happen to their home.

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A change to the City of St. Albert’s land use bylaw will change the way some residential lots in the city are measured, but shouldn’t have any e�ect on property value assessments.

A�er a public hearing Tuesday a�ernoon, St. Albert city councillors approved amendments to the land use bylaw that will change the way reverse pie lots are measured.

Planning branch manager Carol Bergum explained that the changes would make things more consistent across the board for residential lots.

“If all the lots were perfectly rectangular, life would be a little bit easier. But that’s not the case,” Bergum said.

“What we do to get the o�cial width of a lot on a pie lot [which is wider in the back than in the front] is go six

metres back and then take the measurement. What happens when you have a reverse pie lot is you have a number of what appear to be large lots.”

�e amendments brought forward Tuesday would change the process so that the width of reverse pie lots — which are wider in the front than in the back — would be measured six metres from the back property line.

However, the change won’t mean any existing lots would be deemed not in conformance with the land use bylaw, nor will it change their o�cial area or how the lots are assessed for the purposes of taxation.

“It just helps clarify things for both us and, more spec�cally, for the developers when they’re doing their layout and trying to meet the lot width mix,” Bergum said. “It just makes it a lot more clear how lot sizes will be measured.”

Two of the biggest blocks in the building of the next City of St. Albert budget were set in place this week.

At their regular meeting Tuesday a�ernoon, St. Albert city councillors approved the utility and municipal capital budgets to be incorporated into the 2013 civic budget, which will be back before council in the fall.

“We have another opportunity in the fall budget process to see the �nal document and vote on any changes we may want to see at that time,” Coun. Malcolm Parker said. “I think we’ve handled this really very well.”

Both approved budgets incorporated changes councillors made while sitting as the Standing Committee on Finance over the past couple of months, but that didn’t stop councillors from asking more questions of administration about the plans, especially the municipal capital budget.

One hot topic was a proposed growth fund, which would see the

City borrow $6.2 million per year from internal reserves, topped o� with money from the Municipal Sustainability Initiative, to reach $40 million over �ve years.

“�ere was some concern that this would put at risk the utility payments that current ratepayers have made over the years and perhaps put that in jeopardy at later times,” Coun. Wes Brodhead asked.

However, city manager Patrick Draper said that the recommendation before council on Tuesday would only lend council’s support to the creation of the fund, but not dictate exactly how it would be funded.

“We are planning to bring a report to the committee that deals with the fund and the process and the policies around how that would be established and how we would move through it,” Draper said. “�ere’s no contemplation in terms of tying it some way to utility capital.”

Meanwhile, Mayor Nolan Crouse proposed lumping in some design and parks consulting contract work that needs to be done in the Kingswood neighbourhood with

similar work scheduled for 2013 in Erin Ridge and Oakmont.

General manager of community and protective services Chris Jardine said that, in theory, that could be done.

“We could add additional ones in,” he said. “I’m not sure we would gain any savings, but we could do them together.”

Speaking of Kingswood, one amendment made during the Standing Committee on Finance deliberations was to upgrade the tot lot in the subdivision to a full playground, but Coun. Cathy Heron wondered aloud if it might be better to hold o� on that and other parks and trail work in the area until new engineering standards are brought forward by administration.

“Will the timing be right that we get these new engineering standards in place before we start expending capital to construction of trails?” she asked.

But Jardine said that sta� plan to bring those standards before council by the end of 2012, which would be plenty of time for work to start in Kingswood in 2013.

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City councillors put St. Albert’s transit system under the microscope at their regular meeting Tuesday a�ernoon.

Councillors spent the better part of two hours Tuesday hearing a presentation from St. Albert Transit director Bob McDonald as part of a committee of the whole workshop on the basics of public transportation in the city.

“We are, in e�ect, making a deal with our passengers that we will be at a speci�c point at a speci�c time to o�er them a seat that’s going to move them to where they want to go,” McDonald said.

�e workshop covered a wide range of transit-related topics, including why people ride the bus, how routes are mapped out, how the city’s growth a�ects transit service, the status of the city’s bus �eet, how customer service is handled, how technology is used to enhance riders’ transit experiences and why it brings value to the city as a whole.

“I think pretty close to the majority of our market are in fact choice riders — people who have other options, or could have other options, but choose transit because they see it as a better alternative,” McDonald said.

And, as the City looks to improve its economic development situation, StAT

planning and customer service manager Will Steblyk said transit will be an important cog in that wheel.

“A lot of the labour market involves new Canadians or individuals who don’t have ready access to an automobile,” he said. “�ese businesses need to get their employees to their place of development. So, in terms of economic development, there is an advantage to having transit, because more and more o�en, it is becoming a locational decision for a new business.”

Steblyk said that he has heard many complaints about routes seeming long and windy, but that all hinges on residential density.

“�e bus has to travel further to service a su�cient-sized population to support the route,” he said. “O�en, the curvilinear street patterns limit where a bus can travel.”

Meanwhile, McDonald said that the City’s �eet of transit buses is currently in a state of �ux, with 30-foot buses set to be phased out by the end of the year, leaving just 40- and 60-foot buses in their garages.

He added that StAT currently has a “spare ratio” — the amount of buses not in service at any given time — of about 17 per cent, which is considered favourable among transit circles, a fact con�rmed by Coun. Wes Brodhead, whose day job is as director of bus operations for the Edmonton Transit Service.

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Primary Care Networks in the Edmonton area are hoping a new website they’ve launched will help with one of the most frustrating aspects of health care for local residents: �nding a family doctor.

�e nine PCNs in the area — including the St. Albert and Sturgeon PCN — have joined forces to launch www.edmontonareadocs.ca, where people can log on to search for a family doctor near them who is part of the network and accepting new patients.

�e site was launched on Wednesday, June 27, and Doug Craig, general manager of the Edmonton Southside PCN, said it’s already a big hit.

“I heard in the �rst day, we had 3,000 hits and — this is not con�rmed — four clinics had already �lled up,” he said.

“We think there’s signi�cant demand,” he added. “�e PCNs and family medicine clinics get called all the time by people looking for a family doctor, and there’s a general sense out there that family physicians are in short supply.”

As of the launch, there were 119 doctors in the Edmonton area accepting new patients.

Brian Jackson, GM of the St. Albert and Sturgeon PCN, said that, in the area his PCN covers, there are a total of 15 clinics and 55 physicians, and 14 clinics and 51 physicians are part of the PCN.

�e site allows people to search for doctors by location, gender and language spoken.

�e last two, Craig said, were extremely important to include among search criteria.

“�e patients, the public, want choice, and they need to have choice,” he said. “�ey need to have physicians that they’re as comfortable with as possible. Gender and language are a big part of that.”

�e idea to consolidate the area’s information into one central website came fairly quickly, he added.

“�e PCNs were meeting and talking about just that problem, and a quick review around the table indicated that

everybody knew of or had physicians in their networks that were accepting new patients,” Craig said. “It was through that brief conversation we realized we might be onto something.”

Since the St. Albert and Sturgeon PCN was formed in March 2006, Jackson said that it has grown from 35 doctors to the 51 it has today.

“Since the inception of PCNs. they’ve been hugely successful in helping physicians deliver primary care services to the population,” he said, “and St. Albert itself has been ... very successful too.”

“PCNs have the ability to be connected to the community,” Craig added. “From the very beginning, it was about, what are the needs of the local patient population, and being small enough to address those local needs.”

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Last year’s bitumen bonanza balanced the province’s budget unexpectedly, but critics don’t expect the budget bliss to last.

Finance Minister Doug Horner released the 2011-2012 Annual Report on �ursday, June 28, which shows the $3.4-billion projected de�cit technically wiped away within $23 million, thanks to oil prices topping $100 a barrel.

But that was then.With oil prices dipping below $80 in

recent weeks — and the province losing $223 million for every dollar the barrel price stays down for a year — opposition critics were quick to pound Progressive Conservative government spending and predict a �nancial pounding for the province in the coming quarters.

With Europe and other global economic sectors experiencing �nancial upheaval, there are reasons to proceed carefully, Horner said.

“�ere are still plenty of reasons to remain cautious about Alberta’s improved fortunes … we’ve got some rocky water to go, probably in the next 12 to 18 months,” he said.

Revenues of $39.2 billion were 10 per cent higher than budget because of

land lease sales, resource revenue and investment income.

Expenses of $39.3 billion were up just under one per cent due to disaster assistance.

Savings and lower capital grants trimmed operating expenses from the budget, while $500 million in emergencies and disasters like the Slave Lake wild�re brought total expenses up $300 million from budget.

Revenue numbers $3.6 billion up from the budget were attributed to increased Crown lease sales, resource revenue and greater-than-expected investment income — all o�set, in part, by lower-than-expected income tax revenue.

Horner, who is also the Treasury Board president, cited �uctuations in the price of oil, the exchange rate, land sales and tax revenues, and suggested he’d like to see the province mitigate risks with �nancial instruments such as hedging. He also seemed to pave the way for an adjustment to the present budget.

“We must continue to keep an eye on these issues and will adjust our forecast if necessary at �rst quarter,” Horner said.

Scott Hennig of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation said expenses, including teacher salaries, need to be reined in. Just to break even takes $97 oil while still

reducing the Sustainability Fund, he said.“�is is the wild world of Alberta

�nances,” he said. “Doug Horner’s got a heck of a job balancing the budget for 2013 … they’ve got to stop the habit of crossing the �ngers and hoping for oil to go through the roof.”

NDP Leader Brian Mason was skeptical of the Tory government’s reliance on energy revenues.

“I think the government’s got horseshoes in their pants,” Mason said. “�is is looking backward and looking forwards. I think the situation’s somewhat di�erent.”

Wildrose �nance critic Rob Anderson said, despite a boom in land-lease sales, $11.6 billion in energy royalties and a windfall of investment income, the Redford government blew through $3 billion in savings in 2011. Anderson predicted a $5-billion budget de�cit, a $7.5-billion cash shortfall and a budget crisis that will require drastic action to �x.

“�e PCs just can’t help themselves from squandering Alberta’s wealth,” Anderson said. “We’re coming o� a year of near-record oil prices and land sales and they haven’t eliminated the de�cit, saved a single penny for the future and they are still raiding our savings to pay for their overspending.”

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Lewis Lavoie and Phil Alain have a task in front of them that could be rougher than riding a rank bull.

�e St. Albert duo behind Mural Mosaic have been ecstatic since �ursday, June 28, when they reached an agreement with the Calgary Stampede to construct one of their murals with the help of young attendees at the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.

�e only problem: �e Stampede starts this Friday, meaning Lavoie and Alain have been painting frantically to get a good start on the mural.

“When we do these murals, there are some key boards that we always have professional artists do, just to kind of tie in all the ones the kids do,” Alain said Friday at St. Albert Place, where he, Lavoie and a couple of other

artists were getting a jump start on their work in front of their latest completed mural, Cultivate Life, a replica of which was recently unveiled in downtown St. Albert.

“Luckily, we’ve had some preparation mentally, but we just never knew it was going to be this quick of a thing,” he added.

�e whole deal started about a month ago, Alain said, when Stampede organizers contacted them about the possibility of a mural in partnership with their sponsors, the Bank of Montreal, and using smaller tiles painted by thousands of kids.

“So a month ago, we started negotiating with them, and they couldn’t decide what direction they wanted to go with the mural — until just [�ursday], when they �nally decided,” he said. “So now we have �ve days to come up with a mural that we’ll be working on with over 3,000 kids.”

�is year marks the 100th

edition of the Calgary Stampede, and the theme of the mural will centre around that.

“It’s going to be very vibrant, very kid-oriented,” Alain said. “It’s going to be more from the approach of — not the rodeo, but more of the festival side of things.”

And, despite the short notice, just the chance to work with a world-renowned festival like the Stampede was just too good to pass up.

“�is is a big deal, to be working with a festival that’s been around for 100 years,” Alain said. “And to be considered one of the featured things that will come out of it — when it’s over and done with, it will actually be an installation piece. So it’s pretty exciting that we’ll be part of that.”

A�er this year’s Stampede closes on July 15, the completed mural will hang in the BMO Centre on the Stampede grounds.

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�e Arts and Heritage Foundation is hoping to get o� on the right foot with history bu�s this summer.

�e foundation is launching a series of walking tours on select �ursdays through until September, starting at the Little White Schoolhouse on Madonna Drive and making stops at various places highlighted St. Albert’s 151 years of history.

“We talk about all kinds of things,” said AHF education programmer Roy Toomey. “We start at the Little White School, and there are two options. You can either go up to Father Lacombe Chapel, the mission history, the cemetery option. And the other option is the downtown tour: Founders’ Walk; talking about the St. Albert bridge; the Bruin Inn; the art gallery, which used the Banque d’Hochelaga. �ose are some of the key highlights along the tour.”

Toomey added that “St. Albert has a long and storied history,” but some of it may be right under people’s noses without them realizing it, and he hopes their eyes will be opened.

“Basically, the idea behind it was to get people out and about in the community,” Toomey said. “�ere are buildings they walk by every day or drive by every day, but might not necessarily take the time to

think about the history behind them.”�e length of the walks will “really

depend on how interested the group is,” he added, but Toomey expects them to go anywhere from an hour to two hours.

�e AHF has already done a trial run of the tour, and had eight people show up, which Toomey said is an encouraging number for the �rst time out.

“We’ve had quite a few calls asking about it,” he said.

�e walks are spaced out, he added, so they do not con�ict with the AHF’s monthly ArtWalk, which takes place on the �rst �ursday of the month between May

and September.“Obviously we don’t

want to compete with that. We want to work together with the art gallery and groups like that,” Toomey said.

While this is the �rst year for the tours, the AHF is hoping this is

something that may expand and grow in the future.

“Down the road, who knows — we might o�er some tours that go right along the river to the grain elevators and talk about that,” Toomey said. “�at’s kind of the hope at this point.”

�e walking tours start at 6:30 p.m. and will run on July 12, July 26, Aug. 9, Aug. 23 and Sept. 13.

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�e eighth annual Boonstock festival came to a close Sunday night over a back drop of Canada Day �reworks and the music of Aviici and Billy Talent.

And the event, was a big success. “I always say it’s a 10-out-of-10, but

every year it just keeps getting better and better,” said production manager Bimal Lakshman.

Lakshman, a�ectionately known to the rest of the production team simply as “B,” has been involved with the festival for quite some time, and it still

blows him away just how successful it is. �is year, Lakshman said the biggest

success was Boonstock’s ability to merge two very di�erent sounds — rock and electronic.

“It’s something that has never been done before at Boonstock,” Lakshman said.

A�er selling out, promoter Colin Kobza had to rent more land to accommodate the massive demand for the festival.

“Who knows,” said a visibly tired Lakshman.

“Maybe next year we’ll have to rent even more land.”

And while the concept of making the concert bigger, and doing all the extra work that comes with it, may turn some people o�, Laksham relishes it.

“Everyone says, ‘You must be so happy when it’s over,’ but when it’s done, I miss it,” Lakshman said.

“You work 20 or 23 hours during show days, and when it’s �nally over, you miss it.”

So with the massive success of this year’s festival some would think that there is no where to go but down. �is Lakshman said, will not be the case.

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First to the question everybody asks about �e Amazing Spider-Man, the reboot starring Andrew Gar�eld. Why?

Speci�cally, why, when there were already three Spidey movies in the last decade with Tobey Maguire, directed by Sam Raimi?

“We’ve been pretty open about the fact that we tried to make another instalment of the Raimi/Tobey movies,” says Spider-Man producer Matt Tolmach. “And Sam was the �rst one to �nally say, ‘My story’s been told, my trilogy has run its course. Someone else should tell this story.’

“�e power of this character is he belongs to everybody, and there are so many di�erent ways to interpret him. As much as we all loved what we did with Sam, we knew that Spider-Man goes on forever. We

felt totally good and clear about reinterpreting this iconic character who’s been reinterpreted so many times over the years in the books.”

�ey couldn’t have reinterpreted much more dramatically, turning to a British actor to play the spider-powered New York high schooler Peter Parker (even the runner-up for the role was British, Billy Elliot’s Jamie Bell), and Marc Webb, a non-action director best known for the sweet, quirky, chronologically-scrambled romance (500) Days Of Summer. Even Spider-Man’s girlfriend got switched, from perky Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) to the tragic police chief’s daughter Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone).

And though the switch was purportedly amicable (Maguire even emailed his best wishes to the reboot crew), Gar�eld does suggest it was time somebody actually “brought game” and auditioned for the role again.

Gar�eld (�e Social Network) says, “I auditioned for every role I’ve ever wanted. Sometimes there are actors that reach a level of notoriety or visibility where they may get o�ered roles based on their monetary value. And they may not be right for the part or serve the story in the way they should.

“�ere’s something to be said about earning something rather than being handed something. �ere’s something satisfying about

it, because you know they believe in you, and you are the right person for that particular story.”

�e story this time around, all involved insist, is more about Peter Parker than Spider-Man, about the never-before-mentioned scientist parents (and a dad who partnered with geneticist Kurt Connors, who’d become the villain �e Lizard), the teenage neuroses, and what we used to call “hang-ups” back when Spider-Man debuted in Marvel Comics in the ’60s.

“Peter’s running away from the pain and guilt and putting it into something physical,” Gar�eld says. “�ere is a period where he’s acting out those kind of impulses and he accidentally discovers he’s created something that can be used for good. ‘I felt like an underdog and now I’m not.’”

To some extent, Gar�eld says, “I fell back on memory,” to discover the essence of adolescence. “I always thought I should be bigger, because society tells you that. I always played rugby, but I was concussed all the time because I was a weakling. So that was the ‘in’ for Peter because he always felt stronger on the inside than he did on the outside.”

Further research took him to Queens, N.Y., “hanging out with teenagers, (absorbing) their voice and information and picking up stu� they might not be aware of, the malaise and shyness and every aspect.

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But enough sentimentality. What about all that web-swinging (including a scene where Spidey uses a series of roo�op constuction rigs as a high-rise highway)? �at fell to a veteran stunt legend named Vic Armstrong. “Any mention of Vic Armstrong and my heart swells,” Gar�eld says. “He kind of turned into a father �gure for me and remains that way. I will write a book about him one day. His team is the safest group of hands you could ever hope to meet. Passionate, supportive, loving, it’s a tribe that he has. He was nice enough to allow me to be a part of that tribe. I got no special treatment.

“We had an amazing time and he pushed me. �ere were things I was scared about, and like any good father he kind of told me, ‘Go beyond what you think you can do, ’cause you might surprise yourself.’ For that reason, it was kind of a

spiritually overwhelming experience to work with him.

“Beyond that, (wire work) gave me a physical sensation (of �ying) that I’ve wanted since I was three years old, and pretty much everyone has wanted when they were three years old. I’m eternally grateful.”

But the real physical challenge, he says, was internal. “I couldn’t sleep very much. It’s a weird thing; we all have that visceral character that we care about so, so much. To play it, to do it justice, when that moment comes, you go, ‘Oh my God, I’m not allowed to sleep, I’m not allowed to do anything.’ �is person (Peter Parker) gave me so much in my life, I wanted to give everything to it. I couldn’t shake it o�.

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It can cure nicotine addiction in mice. Now scientists are hoping their stop-smoking vaccine will work in humans.

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York said they have developed a vaccine that turns the liver into a “factory” of antibodies that eat up nicotine the moment it enters the bloodstream — before it can reach the brain or the heart.

Just one dose worked for a mouse’s entire lifetime.

Previous vaccines injected ready-made antibodies into the patient to elicit an immune response; those only last a few weeks and need to be delivered again and again.

“As far as we can see, the best way to treat chronic nicotine addiction from smoking is to have these Pacman-like antibodies on patrol, clearing the blood as needed before nicotine can have any biological e�ect,” said the study’s lead investigator, Dr. Ronald G. Crystal.

�e activity level of the experimental

mice — the ones that received both nicotine and the vaccine — was unchanged, whereas mice that received nicotine “chilled out” with lower blood pressure and heart activity, leading the investigators to conclude nicotine had reached the brains of the latter group but not of the former.

�ey plan to try out the vaccine next in rats and then primates. If successful, they said, it can be used to treat smokers and possibly even pre-empt the habit in non-smokers, the way other vaccines are used to prevent disease.

“While we have only tested mice to date, we are very hopeful that this kind of vaccine strategy can �nally help the millions of smokers who have tried to stop, exhausting all the methods on the market today, but �nd their nicotine addiction to be strong enough to overcome these current approaches,” Crystal said.

�e �ndings appear in the journal Science Translational Medicine.Summer is here and more long weekends

are upon us. Many Canadians will be sunning themselves at the beach, some heading to the cottage, and others will be kicking back at home enjoying beers, barbecues and �reworks.

Long weekends are highly anticipated for golfers, who head to the links in droves. But before getting to the teeing ground, golfers should be aware of the importance of improving their technique and form to avoid injury and protect their backs when swinging for that coveted hole in one.

Like any sport, golf requires warming up with a set of stretches.

Dr. Melanie Locke of the Canadian Chiropractic Association (CCA) stresses that the key to avoiding back pain when gol�ng all comes down to physical �tness.

“Proper posture, strength, �exibility and endurance all play a part with e�ective warm-ups, stretching and core-strengthening work,” says Locke. “Cardiovascular �tness is important when gol�ng because, to walk 18 holes, it’s about seven kilometres, plus the weight of the clubs. It requires endurance to prevent fatigue.”

Every year chiropractors across Canada treat countless golfers for injuries they sustain on the course, and low back pain is the most common injury incurred while playing golf, according to the CCA.

Other common injuries include shoulder and neck pain, muscle strain and tendonitis. Not only do these injuries hinder players from performing their best on the golf course, but it can also limit their mobility and quality of life.

Locke says some injuries can become

chronic if not properly treated, so if a pain lasts more than two or three days, it should be examined. She says most golf-related injuries can be prevented with proper warm-ups beforehand.

“Stretching is important to avoiding injuries because it increases �exibility and improves joint motion. It also helps relax muscles a�er a workout,” she says. “It is recommended to hold each stretch for 30 seconds, no bouncing, do both sides, and do not stretch to the point of pain; stretching should be comfortable.”

Remember to warm up and cool down. Drink lots of water to keep hydrated — being even a touch dehydrated can a�ect athletic performance. Wear the right shoes. All of our weight is carried on our feet, so a properly �tted shoe with good support can help prevent knee, hip and low back pain. Push, don’t carry, a golf bag.

“�is helps to take a load o�. People who pull their clubs or carry them with one bag strap can lead to muscle strain,” says Locke. “�e spine is more balanced if we push clubs in front, or if we do carry clubs, wear a double-strapped golf bag to help keep the spine balanced and prevent muscle strain.”

Ensure clubs are the right height, made of appropriate material to arm strength, and that they have a comfortable grip. Having the wrong club that has not been customized to the proper height may lead to improper or suboptimal swinging technique, which could result in an injury.

Gol�ng is about having fun, and for some people, it helps relieve stress. Don’t add to your body’s stress by improper warmup and technique — make sure you’re ready and in tip-top shape from head to toe.

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Drew Manning almost bit o� more than he could chew.

�e bu� personal trainer deliberately stopped exercising and adopted a typical “American diet” for six months last year to gain weight and a greater insight into the plight of his obese clients.

Manning originally �gured his admittedly zany idea would become little more than a physical transformation.

�e lifelong �tness junkie never imagined that purposely packing on more than 70 pounds — and then losing it — would exact such a heavy emotional toll.

“It was a huge eye-opener and a very humbling experience to go through, honestly,” Manning, 31, tells Sun Media in a phone interview from his home near Salt Lake City, Utah.

“�e biggest thing I took away from this whole experience is that it’s not just about the physical things. It’s not just about meal plans or exercises, or what to eat

or how to eat, or how to exercise and for how long. �ose physical things are important, but I feel like we focus too much on those. It’s more so about the mental and emotional side of weight loss and understanding those issues and knowing how to overcome them.”

�e 6-foot-2 trainer weighed 193 pounds on May 7, 2011, when he embarked on his now-famous �t-to-fat-to-�t experiment.

For six months, the married father of two young children avoided the gym and ate nothing but fast food and processed fare. It wasn’t long before Manning’s Adonis-like physique was nothing

more than a memory — his washboard abs washed out under a layer of �ab.

“It was fun in the beginning eating those foods,” he admits. “And then slowly over the months I just felt so lethargic and gross all the time. I did not feel good at all.”

His self-con�dence plummeted along with his energy levels, putting a strain on his family life.

At the six-month mark, on Nov. 5, 2011, Manning weighed 265 pounds.

He then went to work losing the excess poundage in the same amount of time it took to put it on.

�at included reversing two

“powerful addictions” he had developed — Mountain Dew and Cinnamon Toast Crunch — which was easier said than done.

“It was hell for the �rst two weeks,” he recalls. “I had the headaches, the withdrawal symptoms that people go through when they �rst start a diet. But then your body does adjust.”

Manning admits there were times he had doubts about whether he’d even be able to get back into stellar shape again.

“�e weight doesn’t drop instantly,” he adds. “It takes a long time.”

But he persevered — with

support from his wife, friends and an online community of people following him through his website at �t2fat2�t.com.

Manning’s 52-week journey ended this past May 5, when he weighed in at 190 pounds.

“My body is back to where it was,” he notes. “�e only di�erence is I did get some stretch marks on my love handles, which I can live with.”

But Manning, who was monitored by a doctor during the whole ordeal, isn’t quite the same person underneath his bu� exterior.

“My wife says I’m a better version of the old me. I’m more humanized now,” adds the former medical technician, who has done the U.S. talk show circuit and just released his book titled Fit2Fat2Fit: �e Unexpected Lessons from Gaining and Losing 75 lbs on Purpose. “I’m de�nitely more empathetic. It (obesity) is not just physical, a lack of willpower, and laziness. �at’s not exactly the case. �ere’s a lot more to it. I understand that now.”

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Probably every home in Canada has aspirin in the medicine chest. But with all the confusing information surrounding it in the past few years, most of us wonder: Is it potentially a wonder drug or harmful? Is it an old dog with new tricks or the rollercoaster of medicines? And while we take it for granted and take it a lot (sales topped $1.1 billion in 2007) what exactly is it?

According to 100 Years of Aspirin, published by Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, aspirin (composed of acetylsalicylic acid or ASA) is derived from the bark of the white willow tree, whose extract was used as far back as 400 BC by Hippocrates and was reported as an actual fever reducer in England in 1763.

But it wasn’t until 1897 that Dr. Felix Ho�mann, a research scientist working at Bayer, produced the �rst chemically pure and stable form of ASA in a lab. Bayer, which started out in 1863 as a paint and dye company, launched Aspirin in 1899. Since then it’s been used by millions of people to treat fevers and sprains; crushed, it keeps �owers fresh; wetted, it soothes insect bites; smooshed, teens tout it as an acne remedy. And it was even sent to the moon with the Apollo 11 crew.

But fevers, pains and headaches weren’t its only strengths. Over its �rst 100 years, hundreds of studies demonstrated that aspirin reduced the risk of su�ering a second heart attack. In 1989, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force endorsed it as heart attack prevention for men over 40. According to the Harvard University Family Health Guide, unless told di�erently by a doctor or paramedic, chewing an aspirin on the way to the hospital when you’re having a heart attack may help to break up a possible blood clot and decrease potential damage to the heart.

Explaining aspirin’s anti-in�ammatory and pain relief mechanism earned a Nobel Prize for scientist Sir John Vane, whose discovery opened the door to pain research. But aspirin’s side e�ects of potential stomach bleeding dampened many pain doctors’ enthusiasm. �en, in the late ’90s, aspirin began to look like the comeback kid when the New England Journal of Medicine reported that women who took four to six aspirins a week for 20 years reduced their risk of developing colon cancer.

“We’ve known for some time that a baby aspirin a day can help prevent blood clots and stave o� a heart attack or stroke,” Dr. David Agus told me in an interview. “But now British researchers have found that a small, 75 mg dose of aspirin taken daily for at least �ve years reduces risk of dying from common cancers roughly 10 to 60 per cent.”

In his bestselling book �e End of Illness, Dr. Agus says it’s “exciting to know that we might already have an e�ective cancer-battling drug on hand in our medicine cabinets.” Recent studies, published in March in the Lancet (a British medical journal) note a decrease in gastrointestinal, prostate, lung, colorectal and esophageal cancers in

people taking regular aspirin.�e studies’ researchers at Oxford

University in England explained that the mechanism responsible for reducing cancer seemed to be aspirin’s suppression of in�ammation, which is believed to play a role in cancer, and its inhibition of COX-2, an enzyme that helps tumours to grow. Oxford professor Peter Rothwell, the lead author, told Medical News Today that he takes a daily aspirin and that he felt a daily aspirin could be better than cancer screening.

But aspirin’s shining star was clouded by a study published this month in the Journal of American Medical Association. It noted that a daily low-dose aspirin taken to prevent heart disease may actually increase by 55 per cent the risk of gastrointestinal and brain bleeds, the latter potentially life-threatening.

Aspirin may be as old as the hills, and more popular than sliced bread. But there is only a “thin line between e�cacy and safety,” wrote Vienna’s Dr. Jolanta Siller-Matula in an editorial that stressed the importance of doctors everywhere paying closer attention to “risks-versus-bene�ts.” Discuss your risks with your doctor to determine if an aspirin a day is right for you.

Parkinson’s disease patients experience a decline in mental, emotional and health several years before the onset of the disease, a new study claims.

�e study, the �rst of its kind to examine quality of life patterns prior to diagnosis, is in the latest issue of Journal of Parkinson’s Disease.

“We observed a decline in physical function in PD patients relative to their healthy counterparts beginning three years prior to diagnosis in men and seven-and-a-half years prior to diagnosis in women,” said Dr. Natalia Palacios of the Harvard School of Public Health in a statement. “�e decline continues at a rate that is �ve to seven times faster than the average yearly decline caused by normal aging in individuals without the disease.”

�e study included 51,350 male health professionals in the Health Professionals Follow Up Study and 121,701 female registered nurses enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study.

In both ongoing studies, participants �ll out biannual questionnaires about a variety of lifestyle characteristics and document the occurrence of major chronic disease. In the NHS study, questionnaires measured health-related quality of life in eight areas: physical functioning, role limitations due to physical problems, role limitations due to emotional problems, vitality, bodily pain, social functioning, mental health, and general health perceptions. In the HPFS, only physical functioning was assessed.

“�is result provides support to the notion that the pathological process leading to PD may start several years before PD diagnosis,” says Palacios. “Our hope is that, with future research, biological markers of the disease process may be recognizable in this preclinical phase.”

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With a year or more of post-secondary studies under your belt, you were sure this would be the summer to land a career-focused job. Instead, you �nd yourself once again �ipping burgers or entertaining little ones at summer camp. But don’t despair — you’re still learning skills valued by today’s employers.

“It’s important to manage expectations and recognize that building up to the dream job is a gradual process,” says Elaine Fenner, manager of student success at Seneca College in Toronto. “�ere is a lot you can take from the jobs leading up to the dream job.”

Whether working in a traditional summer job like lifeguarding, retail, fast food or camp counselling, you’re gaining valuable people

skills and learning about responsibility and accountability, she explains.

“Depending on the position, you may also be building computer literacy or numeracy skills while getting a chance to meet di�erent people and network,” Fenner says. “It’s important to recognize that you don’t want to burn any bridges. Maybe you’re studying accounting and are working as a bank teller. �e bank may o�er other positions you can work towards.”

If you’re working in an o�ce environment, you’re developing an understanding of workplace culture and perhaps also a culturally diverse environment. “�ere’s so much you can pull from those experiences that will help you in the next job that may be closer to your dream job,” Fenner says.

Show initiative. Are there ways to complete

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Don’t let your disappointment overshadow the transferable skills you’re gaining, such as customer service or time-management skills, and being able to work within a team or without supervision, reminds Joanne McDonald, manager of career services and student activities at Algonquin College in Ottawa.

She points to the Conference Board of Canada Employability Skills. “Employers are looking for good communication and problem-solving skills, people with positive attitudes and behaviours — no matter what type of work they’re doing,” McDonald says.

“�ey’re looking for employees who are adaptable, and can work independently and as part of a team, depending on the work scenario. �ose skills are in demand across the board ... Customer service, for example, isn’t limited to being at a cash register. Here at the college, students are our clients.”

Showing pride in your appearance and your responsibilities will go a long way. Regardless of the kind of work you’re doing, you’re beginning to build a network of contacts and you never know who can help open a door to a great opportunity in the future.

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With the stroke of the governor general’s pen, Conservative MP Dan Albas’s bill to eliminate the federal ban on transporting wine across provincial borders became law on �ursday, June 28.

Shirley-Anne George, with the

Canadian Alliance of Wine Consumers, says the prohibition-era rule never made sense to her.

“Can you imagine somebody in France saying that a Parisian could not order a case of wine from Burgundy?” George said. “So why is it acceptable here?”

�e bill is especially important for small wineries that want to sell directly to consumers nationally.

Still, with the exceptions of Alberta and Manitoba, most provincial liquor boards limit or ban bypassing them to ship in out-of-province wine and beer for personal use.

“�ey do have to make some slight tinkering to their provincial rules,” Canadian Vintners Association president Dan Paszkowski said. “We’re hopeful that they don’t put up additional barriers.”

Downtown St. Albert’s newest hotspot, Grand Lux Lounge, o�cially opened its doors this week.

Located in the old Cargo and James Tea location at the corner of Perron Street and St. �omas Street, Grand Lux promises a unique selection of cocktails and martinis along with a menu of classic appetizers ranging from salads and dips to crab cakes and cheese-stu�ed mushrooms.

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Meanwhile, a couple of blocks over on Perron Street, a new Italian bistro is getting set to open.

Banners went up on the old Quiltessential location at Perron Street and St. Michael Street this week advertising the opening of San Remo Italian Bistro in the near future.

�e bistro already has one location open in the Namao Shopping Centre in Edmonton, but manager Ermanno Feliciani said they are packing up what they have there and relocating to St. Albert.

“We really like the atmosphere out there,” he said. “I was out there a couple of times during the farmers’ market and stu� like that, and I really, really like it. �e vibe out there is really nice. And I hear that they’re really good with local businesses. We have a lot of customers from St. Albert already, and we feel it’s going to be a really nice transition for us.”

Feliciani said he hopes construction will be �nished and the doors will be open by the middle of August.

Passengers on Canada’s major airlines will soon have more rights in the event their �ights are overbooked or cancelled.

�e Canadian Transportation Agency, in its decisions issued �ursday, June 28, said Air Canada, WestJet and Air Transat must o�er passengers more options when the overbooking and cancellation of �ights are within the carriers’ control.

�e CTA noted that policies for dealing with these disruptions are set by each airline “on the basis of its own interests,” with remedies for passengers entirely within its discretion.

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Passengers who want to go home instead are entitled to a free �ight “within a reasonable time” and a full refund of their ticket price.

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�e new regulations do not apply to “situations outside the control of the air carriers,” such as bad weather or security issues.

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�e CTA is an independent government agency whose mandate is to protect Canadian consumers in their dealings with airlines. �ursday’s decisions stemmed from �ve complaints �led by a customer in June 2009.

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