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City councillors got o to a tentative start in deliberations on the City of St. Albert’s 2013 municipal budget this week.

e rst formal session of deliberations lasted about two hours on Tuesday aernoon, as councillors and sta got acclimatized to the process and went over matters like user fees and capital budget that they had seen a few times leading up to the budget.

Perhaps the most contentious issue of the aernoon came as council reviewed the municipal capital budget, which included a business case for two sta members, a senior project manager and a project co-ordinator, which would normally be included in the City’s operating budget.

“ose were added into capital because it was felt they were directly related to capital projects being brought forward,” director of planning and engineering Curtis Cundy said.

“ese are positions that are required to monitor or implement capital projects, and therefore will be funded under capital projects,” added director of nance Anita Ho.

Ho assured councillors that it was well within accepted accounting practices to include these sta members in the capital budget rather than operating.

“If sta dedicate 100 per cent of their time to monitoring or implementing certain capital projects, then it should be classied and reported as capital,” she said.

In dealing with user fees, Coun. Malcolm Parker wondered aloud why there would be no cash fare increase for St. Albert Transit in 2013.

“Because of cash denominations, we’ve

recommended that we not increase the cash fare this year, and next year we do it in a round, whole number,” responded StAT director Bob McDonald. “It would be three per cent and three per cent over the two years, but we would hold it so it’s an easy denomination of coins to use.”

Also with transit, sta told council that negotiations between the post-secondary institutions participating in the U-Pass program and the participating municipalities could mean a reduction in revenues of about $36,000, reducing the expected increase in revenues from increased user fees to roughly $656,000.

e only change made Monday aernoon was a motion made by Coun. Roger Lemieux to increase

tobacco license fees from $600 to $700, which passed by a 4-3 vote.

“I feel it’s a health issue, and I’m trying to discourage the use of tobacco,” Lemieux said. “It does make a dierence, based on

our revenues in the past, to raise the fee from $600 to $700; it could add to the bottom line an extra $4,000.”

Tobacco license fees were also increased from $500 to $600 in 2012.

ings should pick up (today) ursday, as council delves into

individual City departments like St. Albert Transit, the oce of the environment and policing. Today’s meeting starts at 3 p.m., with time allotted for presentations from the public in the rst half-hour.

Further deliberations are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 27, ursday, Nov. 29, and Tuesday, Dec. 4, with each meeting starting at 3 p.m. Check www.stalbert.ca/timeline for the agendas for each of these meetings.

Council hopes to nalize the budget during their regular meeting on Monday, Dec. 17.

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A young St. Albert girl has seen her chances of beating a rare form of leukemia jump dramatically aer receiving a bone marrow transplant earlier this month.

It was in August when the family of Halle Popowich, now 6, rst put out their pleas for donors in hopes of nding a match. ree short months later, Halle underwent her transplant on Nov. 8 in Calgary, and her chances of surviving acute myeloid leukemia went from between ve and 20 per cent to almost 60 per cent.

“We’re optimistic that this is the last treatment that she needs,” said Halle’s dad, Kurt.

With the transplant comes a sense of relief, Kurt added, knowing that the donor was willing and that Halle has a much better shot.

“It’s a huge relief to have a donor, obviously, and to have that chance for Halle,” he said. “We just feel so grateful. e doctors and nurses have been so good

here in Calgary and taken good care of her. I can’t say enough; as a parent, you feel so much relief to be in good hands and have this opportunity.”

Halle isn’t quite out of the woods yet, though; doctors are still monitoring her condition closely, and she’ll likely stay in Calgary with her mother, Deana, for two to three months before she’s given the all-clear to come home to St. Albert.

“It’s one of those things that’s day to day. ere are so many things that can happen, and they’re monitoring everything really closely,” he said. “But she’s doing as well as expected so far, and that’s good news. We’re pleased things are progressing. ... It could be hour to hour, day to day, because things can crop up very quickly, and that’s why they have to monitor her so closely.”

While Halle is coping well in the aermath of the transplant, so too is the rest of the family, Kurt said, including Deana and their son Chase, who just started Grade 2 in September.

“ere are some late nights and

long days, those sorts of things,” he said. “But so far, everything has been as expected. I think everyone’s doing fairly well right now.”

But, even though they can see the light at the end of the tunnel, Kurt said the family still wants to push for as many people as possible to sign up for Canadian Blood Services’ OneMatch stem cell and marrow network even aer they’ve put this bout with leukemia behind them.

“e result of Halle getting a donor may have been from people previously that have made those types of public notices or trying to make awareness to this cause, to get people to consider putting themselves on the registry and becoming donors,” he said. “I think, absolutely, bringing awareness to this and just having people be open to the fact they can save someone’s life with just a donation of bone marrow is amazing, so we’d be more than happy to encourage that and provide as much awareness as we can to do our part to help anybody else in our situation.”

It was an emotional day last week for eight families who received the keys to their new Habitat for Humanity homes in St. Albert, but perhaps more emotional for one of the people chosen to hand the keys over.

With families taking possession of the rst eight units completed in the Aurora Place on ursday, Nov. 15, Habitat for Humanity Edmonton celebrated its 200th home in the Capital Region. Presenting the keys to that 200th home was Sean Taylor, son of Suzanne Kristie, a previously anonymous donor who had donated $100,000 a year to the organization for many years before her passing in fall 2011.

“Our mom treated her wealth as a gi, and what was really important to her was to give back. And she did this in a very incredible way,” said Taylor, who had to choke back tears a couple of times during his speech.

“e honour of presenting the 200th key in her name is more than words can describe,” he added. “It is a very tting tribute to her. We are so proud of our mom and all the work she did so privately to support many charities.”

Other key presenters included Habitat for Humanity Edmonton founder Dr. Dave Hubert and Robert Rundle

Elementary School student Cameron Cockrall, who was selected out of more than 8,000 participants in PJ Day in St. Albert schools on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Habitat for Humanity Edmonton president and CEO Alfred Nikolai said that hitting the 200-home milestone is “huge.”

“We’re excited for the eight families that received their keys today, but we’re also excited to know that the Habitat for Humanity model works,” he said. “It works because, the more homes we build, the more homes we can build.”

Habitat for Humanity Edmonton board chair Carolyn Graham noted during the ceremony that it took 18 years to build their rst 100 homes, and only three years to build the second 100. She also hoped that the organization

will soon reach a point where they can help 100 families each and every year.

Graham added that, in the year since construction started, the Aurora Place build has so far encompassed 2,387 volunteer shis totalling nearly 18,000 hours.

“is Aurora Place site is perfect for raising families: a beautiful community, great neighbours, a big eld with ample room for soccer and baseball, and a playground behind the development,” Graham said.

In total, the eight families who got their keys ursday have 17 children.

One of those is eight-year-old Logan Wice, who had the opportunity to address the crowd at the ceremony.

“I would like to thank everyone who helped build the houses. ey are very nice,” he said. “I am excited for all the families moving in. I know I’ll meet lots of great friends.”

Meanwhile, Sylvia Evasiw said that she and her daughter Taylor will have their lives changed forever because of their new home.

“Each one of us has a story, and to try to tell them all would take too long, but we are all extremely thankful to be given this opportunity,” she said. “Mere words cannot express our gratitude. Our lives will be so much more fullled.”

St. Albert Mayor Nolan Crouse was also on hand for the ceremony, enthusiastically welcoming the families to their new homes and praising not only the families and the volunteers, but also the development’s neighbours and other community members who stood up for it and helped build it.

“You were the silent majority that came in here with your hammers and your nails — it doesn’t matter what you did. You walked onto this site and made sure that eight families could move in today and have Christmas at home,” he said.

Nikolai said that, weather depending, he expects to have a key ceremony for 12 more units in Aurora Place before Christmas, and construction will continue on the remaining 10 over the winter.


A local family is being recognized by the City of St. Albert for how much they have given back.

To mark National Philanthropy Day Friday, the City announced that the Hutchinson family — Ralph, Janet, Tally, Casey and Dallas — were the winners of the annual St. Albert Philanthropy Award, which recognizes generosity in terms of direct nancial support as well as community spirit.

“It’s a great honour,” Tally said. “We’re extremely humbled by this.”

Tally added that they don’t do charitable work for the recognition, so the award was a surprise.

“Our parents have worked hard over the years, and it’s something they’ve instilled in us,” he said. “We’ve carried on those responsibilities. Its something we do every day.”

e Hutchinsons are the owners of Daytona Homes Master Builder in St. Albert, and were recognized not only for the company’s involvement in the community, but also their encouragement of their employees to give back.

“e Hutchinsons have shown real leadership in demonstrating that it is people who make a dierence, and business leaders can apply, if they choose, the signicant human and nancial equity they have created in a company for the betterment of a community,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release.

e family and Daytona sta have donated time and money to a wide variety of community groups, including Habitat for Humanity, Servus Credit Union Place, minor hockey and soccer, the St. Albert Ringette Association, the Sturgeon Community Hospital Foundation and the Environment Club at Neil M. Ross Catholic School.

e award will be presented to the family in May during Daytona’s annual fundraising barbecue.

Past recipients of the St. Albert Philanthropy award include the Jenkins family (2011), Ash Khan (2010) and Dan Roy (2009).

A natural gas leak Tuesday closed three businesses for the day, but didn’t put any people in danger.

e leak happened around 9:15 a.m. Tuesday when excavation crews working at 525 St. Albert Tr. hit a gas line. ere was a strong smell of gas in the area, but there was no danger to the public.

Riverside Honda, RONA and the St. Albert Bowling Centre were evacuated as a precaution. Even though ATCO crews successfully shut o the gas leak at around 1:15 p.m., those businesses stayed closed for the day as it would take several hours to restore gas service.

Inglewood Drive was also closed from Lennox Drive to Boudreau Road as a precaution.

e second phase of construction for a local seniors care facility got the green light to go ahead from St. Albert city council on Monday aernoon.

Councillors voted unanimously to issue a development permit and allow the construction of the second phase of the Rosedale assisted living complex at 20 Hebert Rd., contingent on a number of conditions.

“I think this is an ideal t for St. Albert with our aging population and our needs,” Coun. Len Bracko said. “... Having these two phases together increases eciency for the owner and also assists our densities for the Capital Region Board.”

e development will be four stories tall and consist of 52 units.

e rst phase was approved by city council in 2008, and included 148 units.

“Our waiting list is currently 187 people, and 75 per cent of them are from St. Albert,” said Lorenzo Clonfero, a representative of Rosedale Partnership, owners of the facility. “Because of the aordability of our project, we just saw the need to expand.”

While no one was in city council to register their objections with the plans, there was some resistance in the form of a written submission from a neighbour in the area who did not want to see any more development.

“I was born and raised in St. Albert and [have] seen much change over the years. One of the largest reasons I stayed here and purchased my home was the clear and open views the city has,” wrote Dustin Laeur, who also cited reected sound and issues around other high-density construction projects in the area in recent years. “Also please note constructing that building will remove all privacy from my backyard, something I extremely value.”

Laeur suggested that, if the permit were to go through, that grading and facade guidelines be put in place to keep the development in line with existing structures in the area, and that the building be kept at least 15 feet from the sidewalk, have a stylized fence and have trees installed for privacy along the north side of Hebert Road.

An open house was held by the developer on Oct. 30, but the feedback from that meeting was not available to forward to council in time for Monday’s meeting.

Coun. Cam MacKay noted that there had been some concerns about large delivery trucks accessing the Rosedale facility currently, but Clonfero said they had worked out with their supplier to make two deliveries in smaller trucks, and expected that arrangement would continue in the future.

e ongoing rehabilitation of the Little White School got a big boost from the federal government last week.

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, prior to the Arts and Heritage Foundation’s annual general meeting, Edmonton-St. Albert Conservative MP Brent Rathgeber announced $60,415 in funding from the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund, which will go toward work like waterproong the basement and refurbishing walls and ooring.

“Local heritage sites are oen the jewels of communities across the west ... [and] attract visitors to our community, instill a sense of pride in local residents and help create tourism opportunities,” Rathgeber said.

Interestingly, the school only cost $22,000 when it was rst built sometime between 1946 and 1948.

e building is no longer used for day-to-day teaching, but student groups visit year-round to get a glimpse of school life in years gone by.

Recently, some major renovations were done on the building, including an addition to the back to house a wheelchair-accessible elevator, and the refurbishment of the basement to convert storage areas and add a wheelchair-accessible washroom.

“e Little White School recognizes, in a practical and active manner, the remarkable sacrice of St. Albert families, both at home and abroad, in the

Second World War,” said AHF board of directors chair Dr. Alan Murdock.

at’s not the only good news of late for the AHF, though. On Friday, Nov. 30, the organization will receive the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation’s Heritage Conservation Award for the work it has spearheaded on the St. Albert Grain Elevators.

“To be recognized by the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation is a great honour for St. Albert and all those involved in the conservation of the grain elevators,” said Ann Ramsden, director of heritage with the AHF, in a press

release.“is challenging conservation project was many years in the making and brought together an amazing team that included the City of St. Albert, HIP Architects, ISL Engineering, Delnor Construction and Arts and Heritage.”

St. Albert’s grain elevators were built in 1906 and 1929 respectively, and the restoration of them included repairs to their foundations, re-shingling of their roofs, replacing of rotten timbers, restoring of windows and repainting of metal cladding and the exteriors, with one elevator changing from red to its original green.



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ast week in St. Albert, I was pleased that my colleague Je Johnson,

Minister of Education, could join me for an aernoon speaking with students, teachers, parents and trustees from St. Albert Public, the Greater St. Albert Catholic and the Greater North Central Francophone Districts. Both École Sir George Simpson School and École Alexandre-Tache School opened their doors to give us a tour of their respective schools.

It is reassuring to see that trustees, administration, teachers and parents alike are all advocating hard for the needs of the students in their school districts in our city. Education is a top priority of this government as well, and collaboratively, we can all work for the greater good

of our children. Each district was able to voice their needs and concerns directly to the Minister of Education, who is listening and proactively working on behalf of all Albertans. Aer 41 years, Alberta has one of the best education systems in the world, and this is due to the importance everyone places on education in our province.

In recent weeks, you may have heard in the news that Premier Alison Redford has been splitting the budget into infrastructure versus operating budget, with no decit in the operating budget projected.

My colleague Doug Horner Finance Minister and MLA for Spruce Grove-St. Albert, along with other members from my caucus across the province, have been hosting nancial open houses to hear from Albertans who have said they support an infrastructure debt to nance much-needed hospitals, water systems, roads and, of course, schools in our province.

Our government has always said we would build for the future and our scal plan

signaled that, in consultation with Albertans, we would look at the appropriate use of borrowing for capital. Alberta’s triple AAA credit rating means low borrowing costs, saving money in the long run. Budget 2013 will have a balanced operational plan that will reect the priorities of Albertans, a funded capital plan and a saving plan.

As your MLA, I would love to hear your feedback; please send your thoughts to me at [email protected].

espite evidence to the contrary that seems to mount everyday, it’s safe to say that good things still happen to

good people. Halle Popowich and her family are prime examples of that.

Six-year-old Halle underwent a bone marrow transplant earlier this month as part of her treatment for a rare form of leukemia, increasing her chances of survival from between ve and 20 per cent to upward of 60 per cent. It’s a development that has given her family not only a sense of relief, but also more hope that they’ll be able to see their daughter grow up happy and healthy.

But, while it seems like a happy ending, the story doesn’t end there. Doctors will have to monitor Halle very closely for the next couple of months, and she and her mother will be spending those months in Calgary, away from her St. Albert home and the rest of her family.

And the story doesn’t end for those of us who have been following Halle’s ordeal. e response when her story broke in August was overwhelming, with people taking to social media to lend their support in any way they could. And one way most people could help was to sign up for Canadian Blood Services’ OneMatch stem cell and marrow network.

While most people hoped that they would be the one to be Halle’s match, given the timing of everything, it’s not likely that anyone who signed up aer hearing about Halle was her match; her donor was likely already in the system before her need was evident.

But the fact that a match was found for Halle doesn’t mean the need isn’t there anymore. ere are hundreds, if not thousands, of patients out there — young and old, male and female — who are just as much in need as Halle was. To stop signing up for OneMatch or other services because that local, emotional connection is no longer there is doing a disservice to others in need.

Even though it may not help Halle anymore, there are still plenty of good reasons and good ways to help others in need. at way, more good things can happen to more good people.

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e former St. Albert Steel and the City of St. Albert are all squared up.

e Steel delivered a cheque to the City for $129,000 on Wednesday, Nov. 14, clearing up the outstanding balance the Alberta Junior Hockey League club owed for dressing room renovations at Servus Credit Union Place.

“I am pleased that the team’s exit has been completed without nancial loss to the City and we can move forward,” Mayor Nolan Crouse said in a press release. “e City is now accepting proposals from stakeholders who are interested in making Northstar Hyundai Arena their home.”

e club moved to Whitecourt and was rechristened the Wolverines in May. At

the time, the club owed the City $100,000 in relocation fees in addition to the money for the dressing room renovations, which was paid on time. e dressing room charges were initially due on Aug. 31, and Crouse had even mused about getting a

court injunction to keep the team from playing if the bill wasn’t paid.

e $229,000 paid by the Steel will go into a reserve account, for which city manager Patrick

Draper is working on a terms of reference for

its long-term use. Possibilities include using the money for a study on an events hosting strategy or a “granting program for unique and signicant community events.”

Last month, the City also put out a

request for proposals to nd a new anchor tenant for the Northstar Hyundai Arena in Servus Place. e deadline for that RFP was Tuesday, Nov. 20.


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e days of smoking and driving when anyone up to age 17 is in the vehicle are numbered, courtesy of a new three-year tobacco reduction strategy.

Health Minister Fred Horne introduced the plan Monday, which includes provisions that would make it illegal to smoke in vehicles with anyone under 18 present.

Horne said the plan also includes items that he expects will be met with opposition, like legislation that would restrict the sale of avoured tobacco to minors, and the use of water pipes or hookahs in restaurants and bars.

“ere are areas where we expect a large divergence of opinion,” Horne said.

“So the plan is to put them into one bill which potentially could be tabled in the spring session. We would want to move forward on this as soon as possible.”

e province will also bring in rules to expand school-based stop-smoking programs, and oering more tobacco cessation training for health professionals.

Sixteen-year-old Jianna Marin, of Lloydminster was part of a team that lobbied to see avoured tobacco banned in the border city.

She says the aordability of avoured cigarellos or chew make it easy for teens to get hooked, and she’s seeing it rst hand at her school.

“A ridiculous number of teenage boys are using spit tobacco, avoured like cherry, peach and grape. ese are like kindergarten products and eventually they graduate to using regular spit tobacco,” she said.

“It is disgusting when kids come in to school in this big cloud of smoke. ey’re using it because everyone is using it.”

Not included in the strategy is a plan to raise tobacco taxes. Horne noted that the provincial government is adhering to a promise made to Albertans that taxes wouldn’t be raised for three years.

Other initiatives that government will look at over the next 10 years includes adding health warning signs, further restrictions on

smoking in public places, and improving the availability of products that aid in quitting tobacco.

Funding for the plan is to come from the Alberta Health Services budget.

ere will be an extra $500,000 for a social media campaign.

e province estimates smoking rates in Alberta have fallen from 25 per cent in 2001 to 19 per cent in 2010.

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About 100 people turned out to the Park Room in the Enjoy Centre on ursday, Nov. 15, for the second edition of Pecha Kucha Night in St. Albert, which featured a total of eight speakers. Here are some of the highlights from their 20-slide, 20-seconds-each talks ...


St. Albert city council hit the gas on one bylaw change regarding parked vehicles Monday aernoon, but pulled a U-turn on two others.

Councillors voted in favour of an amendment to the Land Use Bylaw that removes a provision allowing people to park vehicles on streets, in parking lots or along publicly accessible streets with a “For Sale” sign in the window.

e change essentially reverts the City back to the provincial Trac Safety Act, which does not allow vehicles with “For Sale” signs on public roads unless municipalities specically permit them.

e ne for violating this section of the Trac Safety act is $57.

e City is encouraging residents to sell their vehicles using other advertising mechanisms, like classied ads or free online advertising.

But two other trac-related changes were defeated, including one that would have restricted any vehicle from parking on any street, including residential, or in any parking lot for more than 24 hours without moving.

“If this amendment goes through, there would be a signicant impact on residents and their ability to park their vehicles in front of their homes,” said Aaron Giesbrecht, the City’s manager of policing services. “It would also have a signicant impact on operations if call volumes for ocers increase because of this.”

e other defeated motion would have extended the current 24-hour street parking limit for trailers in residential areas to also include industrial and commercial areas.

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Two Canadian military bands are joining forces for a historic concert this weekend.

e Royal Canadian Artillery Band, based at Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, is teaming up with the Canadian Forces Pipes and Drums on Sunday at the Myer Horowitz eatre on the University of Alberta campus for Hail to My Country, a special fundraising concert to benet the Soldier On fund.

“For us, it’s always special when we get to go out in public and perform concerts, because that’s not the only thing we do,” said Capt. Patrice Arsenault, commanding ocer and director of music for the Royal Canadian Artillery Band. “But this concert is special because it’s a pipes and drums concert, and they will be featured for the entire evening, with some accompaniment by other musicians. And we believe that this is the rst time in the history of the Canadian Forces that pipers and drummers from various units across the country have come together to form a pipes and drums band [in Canada] and give a concert to the public. It’s really something special and exciting.”

e concert will not only feature the full RCA Band performing orchestral numbers along with the pipes and drums, but also some contemporary Celtic music. At times, they will also break into smaller

groups made up of members of both bands, using instruments like guitars and pennywhistles.

It will also feature singer Sgt. Janine Bremault Bamford.

Arsenault said it’s nice to show people the dierent styles they can tackle and that military music isn’t all about marching.

“You have to be artistic to perform properly on parade, when you’re marching and playing at the same time. It’s quite the challenge,” he said. “But marches are not the only thing we do. And it’s great to go out in public and play a concert in a setting where people can sit

down and really enjoy what we’re doing.”

Pipe Maj. Katie Buckland is based at CFB Edmonton, but many of her peers in the Canadian Forces Pipes and Drums are coming in from all over the country — Nova Scotia, Ontario,

and Winnipeg, among other locations — making for an intense week of rehearsals before taking the stage at the Myer Horowitz eatre.

“We’ve had the repertoire set since September, and it’s been up to the individuals to learn the music on their own,” she said, noting that the last time they were together was in August, when they played in Trinidad and Tobago. “We sent out recordings, and ourselves here in Edmonton, we got together with the Winnipeg group in late September and we were able to rehearse a little bit then.

“But mostly it’s this week. It’s pretty

intense.”She added that, like Arsenault, it’s nice

to break a few stereotypes of military music along the way.

“It’s been interesting talking to people about the pipes and drums and military concerts. ey crack jokes about marching on stage or whatever,” she said. “ey’re always quite surprised.”

Soldier On is a charity whose mission is to provide resources and opportunities for serving and retired Canadian Forces personnel who have suered chronic illnesses or major injuries in the line of duty, giving them a chance to actively

participate in physical and recreation activities.

Both Buckland and Arsenault said the concert is that much more special because of the cause.

“is is a cause that is very close to us, because we serve full-time in the CF, and Soldier On provides

support to serving members. ... To have a concert for that benet makes it even more meaningful to us,” he said.

“I’m getting to do what I love to do, and I’m getting to support my brothers- and sisters-at-arms, and provide for their families at home in Canada,” Buckland added.

Hail to My Country starts at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Myer Horowitz eatre (8900 114 St. NW, Edmonton). Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and are available through the RCA Band’s website at www.rcaband.ca.



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You’re never too old for a good fart joke — just ask Neil Hooson.

Hooson and his partner, one-time St. Albert resident Deanna Kent, are the creative forces behind Field Guide to Farts, Volume 1: Fartanimal Discovery, the rst of a planned four-part series for young teenagers that was recently published electronically.

It was an idea that developed rather organically around the kitchen table.

“Between Deanna and myself, we have four boys ,and in December 2010, they were all between ve and 12,” Hooson said. “It was typical boy talk around the table. And one day, Deanna just threw out this idea — what if farts were animals and you could have this eld guide?”

Originally, the book was envisioned as a normal eld guide, with dierent species of farts broken down, but it eventually evolved into a full-edged story aer pitching it to an agent in 2011.

Field Guide to Farts follows 12-year-old Artemis Ulysses Flatsch as a mysterious latter from his grandfather sets him o on a crazy adventure, travelling the globe to collect dierent species of “Fartanimals,” from the Triceraplops to the Spicy Tuba, while also fending o his nemesis, Fromage de Cutt.

“We thought it would be cool to have this underdog kind of character where the honour is that he’s on this noble quest to himself, while to everybody else it seems really ridiculous,” he said.

So far, the book has gotten a warm

reception, even getting a mention in the Apple iBookstore’s New and Notable section.

“People seem to get it,” Hooson said. “ere are people who will be obviously put o by the title and things like that, but I think the people that have enjoyed it understand that it doesn’t really have to be about farts. It’s about this boy uncovering this species that ends up being bigger than it seems. ... It’s a comic adventure, and farts are just the vehicle we chose to tell it.”

Aside from working on the Field Guide to Farts, both Hooson and Kent

continue to work for Disney’s online animation studio in Kelowna, B.C., to produce their popular Club Penguin online game for kids.

“We’ve done other stu, and we’ve worked together at work here and there, but we both really wanted to work on something like this together. And once we decided to self-publish it, it all came together,” he said. “It was really gratifying to re it up to the

Amazon store or the iTunes store and start getting that immediate feedback, watching those ratings.”

Of the four planned books, the rst has been published and Hooson and Kent are hard at work on the second.

“It’s one of those things we have to market aggressively to see any kind of movement in sales,” he said. “But we’re reaching to dierent books, trying to get some reviews happening.”

Field Guide to Farts, Volume 1: Fartanimal Discovery is available now through iBooks, Amazon and Kobo. For more information, visit www.eldguidetofarts.com

e paintings might still be a bit wet when they go up, but that hasn’t dried up a local artist’s enthusiasm for her newest exhibit.

Starting on Wednesday, St. Albert painter Samantha Williams-Chapelsky will have about 20 of her works depicting the Scottish highlands on display in the Kasaa Gallery in the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, on the campus of the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

While most of the paintings have been nished for some time, though, others are coming in right under the deadline.

“One of them I nished last week, which is pushing it for an oil painting,” Williams-Chapelsky said with a laugh. “ey take about a year to completely dry, so that one will probably be on the sticky side. But I think I’m in good shape for this one.”

Still, showing at a venue like the Jubilee Auditorium carries a certain prestige with it, especially considering Williams-Chapelsky’s proposal was accepted more than a year ago.

“I think any gallery space that wants your work is always a big honour,” she said. “e nice part about the Jubilee is that they don’t hold many shows; each show runs just over two months long, sometimes longer than that. So only a few artists are selected every year.”

e works in this show are all oil paintings, ranging in size from two feet by two feet to ve feet by four feet.

Williams-Chapelsky said that scenery of Scotland was a great t for what she was trying to accomplish.

“at’s been one of my inspirations for the last ve years. I’ve always enjoyed that landscape, and certainly have travelled there a few times,” she said.

“I’m partial to the natural landscape in general; I’m usually painting trees and river scenes,” she added. “But also being in Scotland and feeling the history behind that landscape, it’s very awe-inspiring. It’s very subtle but extremely majestic. I certainly enjoy the feeling behind it.”

And she hopes that people who see her work comes away with the same inspirations and appreciation of the landscapes as she has.

“I go from everything from semi-realistic to extremely abstract, and I’m hoping that sort of painting style will reect the

emotional feeling of Scotland, how majestic and ethereal the space is,” she said.

Lately, Williams-Chapelsky has been working hard to get her name out there, not only with exhibitions like this one, but also doing lots of commission work for the City of St. Albert, like paintings that were given as awards for the new Good Neighbour program.

“I’m trying very hard. It’s always a battle in the art world; there are lots of extremely talented individuals out there,” she said. “But I think I’ve made a run at it. It’s been really good this past year; I’ve had an exhibition every month, which has been

really wonderful for me.”Aside from painting,

Williams-Chapelsky dabbles in other mediums, like sculpture and even silk scarves. She said mixing it up a little keeps her on her toes.

“Painting was what I majored in in university,

so I spent ve years really focusing in on that one eld of work, and it’s certainly my strongest,” she said. “But I feel like, as an artist, you need to challenge yourself. I can’t always be painting; I like to challenge myself with sculpture, whether it’s gurative or my little story houses. It’s the challenge of using a new material to express something dierent, and that all relates back into what I paint and how I paint.”

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For a company that focuses on familiar, family-friendly entertainment, Nintendo can occasionally be full of surprises.

Sunday marks the launch of the Wii U, Nintendo’s rst new video game console since the Wii made its debut in 2006. It’s also a signicant roll of the dice for the gaming giant, which hopes this new machine, with its high-denition graphics and unusual touchscreen controller, will manage to excite longtime fans, intrigue casual gamers and satisfy the so-called hardcore gaming crowd.

I’ve been playing with the Wii U for a few days now, and we’ll dive deeper into specic games soon. For now, here’s what you need to know about Mario and company’s bold new adventure.

Although the Wii U introduces a brand new type of game controller (the touchscreen-equipped GamePad, which looks like a melding of an iPad Mini and a Fisher Price toy), its ties to the original Wii are strong. Existing Wii Remotes are used in multiplayer games, and it can play nearly all Wii games in addition to the new, high-def titles designed specically for the Wii U.

e black Wii U Deluxe Set ($349.99) comes with 32 GB of internal storage, a copy of the Nintendo Land game (also available separately for $59.99) and a few other bells and whistles, such as a charging cradle for the GamePad. e

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include a game or other extras. Unless you absolutely need to save $50, opt for the Deluxe Set. Because ...

Presented as a whimsical virtual theme park with 12 mini-game attractions, Nintendo Land teaches Wii U owners everything they need to know about the unique

uses of the GamePad. So-called asynchronous play (when one player uses the GamePad for his or her view of the action, while the others watch the TV) is highlighted in several minigames, including Luigi’s Ghost Mansion, Metroid Blast and Animal Crossing Sweet Day. It’s no coincidence these are also the most delightful of the bunch.

From being able to buy and download just-released games such as Assassin’s Creed III to the MiiVerse community that allows gamers to swap tips, notes and

doodles, the online oerings for the Wii U are useful and charming. ere’s an Internet browser, a Netix app and December will mark the launch of a streaming TV service dubbed (wait for it) TVii. You can even have video chats with other Wii U users using the camera on the GamePad. And as with all

things Nintendo, there are parental controls that can be used to restrict these features.

Any new game console release is going to be marred with technical hiccups, supply shortages and some crappy launch games. But so far I’m quite enamoured of the Wii U’s whimsical charms and novel ideas. Its ultimate success will depend on what game developers do with the hardware and whether the Wii U will be able to compete with the next generation of consoles from Sony and Microso. For the moment, though, Wii U is a pleasant, peachy surprise.

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e City of St. Albert is hoping to help local businesses avoid the winter blues by bringing back its Winter Beautication program.

Now in its third year, the program is a cost-share opportunity that sees the City reimburse 50 per cent of the expenses for approved beautications to the exterior of local storefronts, up to a maximum of $2,500. More than a dozen businesses take advantage of the program each year, which is aimed at attracting customers, supporting local business and encourage community branding.

“Building and diversifying St. Albert’s economy in partnership with community and key stakeholders is a priority for the City and ensuring success of local businesses is vital to the health of our economy,” said Joan Barber, manager of marketing and research for the City, in a press release.

“Studies show that beautication alone can increase sales between 15 and 35 per cent. rough programs such as the Summer and Winter Beautication, we encourage local St. Albert businesses to participate in the program which is designed to help them succeed and be part of a welcoming and thriving local

economy.”Any storefront business within

St. Albert with a valid business license is eligible to participate in the Winter Beautication program. Home-based businesses do not qualify.

Examples of beautication projects that could qualify for reimbursement include ice sculptures, botanic dresses, or additional lighting for the storefront. It could also include a perpendicular sign for greater visibility from the sidewalk or even street furniture.

e beautication items must be in place for three months, but cannot be Christmas specic. Businesses can create their own beautication items, or they can purchase them from a supplier of their choice.

e City cites the additional lighting on the External Aairs and River House Grill building along St. Albert Trail as an example of a successful beautication project. is has received positive feedback from businesses, residents and visitors alike.

For more information and to download an application form for the beautication program, visit www.cultivatebusiness.ca.

Christmas is going to the dogs for a local design and printing company.

From Nov. 15 to Dec. 15, Goodfellow Design and Printing is holding their rst-ever K9 Khristmas fundraiser, where a quarter of their sales for that period will be donated to the Second Chance Animal Rescue Society (SCARS).

“I know a number of people who have actually adopted pets from SCARS, and they’ve been incredible pets,” said Kelly Herman, sales and marketing specialist at Goodfellow. “I just appreciate SCARS actually rescuing animals pretty much from dumpsters, dumps and ditches. ey’re an organization we want to support because they do a great job.”

SCARS is based out of Edmonton and Athabasca, and operates as a no-kill rescue society that takes in animals slated for euthanasia at municipal pounds and tries to nd them a loving forever home. e society holds their annual Tails on the Trails fundraiser in St. Albert, and held a dog swim at Grosvenor Outdoor Pool in September that raised more than $1,900. You can

nd out more about the society at www.scarscare.org.

“We own three dogs right now, and everyone at Goodfellow owns a pet in one way or another,” Herman said. “We just love animals, and we’ve looked at this organization for a while, and they need some support. ey do some great things and just kind of y under the radar in a lot of ways.”

e company has set a goal of $3,000 during the rst edition of this fundraiser, but Herman is condent that goal can be met.

“We’d like to denitely blow that away, for sure,” he said, noting that the bar is set low for the rst year, but they hope to raise it in future years.

He added that SCARS has been promoting the fundraiser as best they can, and he too has been busy working the phones to get the word out.

Goodfellow Design and Printing has been operating for about seven years now, oering design and printing of various business materials, from business cards and letterhead to magnets, door hangers and vinyl banners.

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Sturgeon School Division is currently recruiting a permanent full-timeSIS SUPPORT SPECIALIST.The successful candidate will work out of our Central Office which is located in Morinville just minutesnorth of the City of St. Albert.

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Please note that new employees will be required to submit a clear, current (within 6 months) criminalrecord check including vulnerable sector prior to commencement.

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The school division covers a small geographical region immediatelynorth of the Edmonton/St. Albert/Sherwood Park area.

The consultation services will be required one day a week on averageand the need for consultation may be higher earlier in the school yearand less so later in the year as needs are addressed.

The private practice Physical Therapist we are searching for will havea background in pediatrics. A Bachelors Degree in Physical Therapyand current registration in ACPT is required. Therapists must havetheir own transportation as travel is required to division schools andCentral Office. Mileage will be paid from the Division border to theschools within the Division.

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Alberta is seeking to recruit an army of oilsands workers — literally.

e province is on the march to attract thousands of demobilized U.S. military personnel to help develop what’s been touted as Canada’s economic engine for coming decades, the oilsands.

e project’s success would also act as a goodwill gesture for Canada’s controversial oilsands, said Alberta Energy Minister Ken Hughes.

“We’re trying to understand how we could produce employment opportunities for American service people returning from overseas,”

Hughes said Friday. “I’ve detected some interest in the States.”

e mission has attracted the attention of U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson and the encouragement of the U.S.’s former consul general in Calgary, Laura Lochman, said Hughes.

Hughes said there are a half-million unemployed or underemployed younger military veterans in the U.S. — a force that could be tapped to satisfy a chronically hungry energy industry in Alberta.

“ese are a lot of fairly highly disciplined Americans, some of whom would have skills, presumably, for the oil industry,” he said. “Ever since the Dingman well discovery in 1914, we’ve never had enough human resources and

capital of our own to develop the oil industry.”

Forecasts conducted on the labour needs of Alberta’s energy sector range greatly, with one study stating the province could be short 130,000 workers within seven years.

“at’s one of the greatest constraints we face in developing the oilsands,” said Hughes.

e minister said he plans to lead a team into the U.S. sometime next year to scout out recruitment opportunities among military vets.

He said such a contingent of military petroleum workers would also help sell the oilsands to an America that’s shown some reluctance to accept its bitumen and the pipelines that would supply it.

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