Metro Edmonton - January 14, 2015

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Alberta sales
tax on table
Budget crisis. Premier have a $6-billion hole in the
‘prepared to be budget.
“This is the most sig-
educated’ on tax he
nificant public financial
opposes, as province circumstance that we have
seen in a generation,” he
faces $6-billion hole
said.
He said the province
would be pushing real re-
RYAN straint on public spending
TUMILTY and would contemplate a
[email protected] deficit, but taxes also had to
be on the table to keep the
Premier Jim Prentice’s hard- province on the right fiscal
line stance against a prov- footing.
incial sales tax softened “Unless we deal with
Tuesday, as Alberta’s budget this and make some of the
crisis appears to have left changes we need to make,
him willing to be convinced. we’re talking about eroding
Speaking at the Edmon- Alberta’s triple-A credit rat-
ton Economic Development ing,” he said.
Impact luncheon, Prentice Prentice said they will be
said he still personally op- asking Albertans about the
poses it, but wants to hear budget and the province’s
from Albertans. fiscal picture and he didn’t
“I don’t think Albertans rule out an election to get
LAST CURTAIN FOR THE ROXY generally advocate a sales that advice.
tax, but I’m prepared to be “An election is a possibil-
educated and to hear from ity, but firstly we have to de-
people,” he said. “It’s time velop a fiscal plan. We have
for people to speak up about to consult with Albertans
The historic Roxy theatre was reduced to ash after a fire broke out in the building early Tuesday morning. Fire crews were dousing hot spots
this.” about what they think is
well into the day on Tuesday and investigators had just begun their work, with no indications on the cause of the blaze. Story, page 4. Even if oil prices rise to best and then at the end of
RYAN TUMILTY/METRO $62 a barrel next year, Pren- the day we will assess where
tice said the province would we are.”
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Forecast
Prentice pans
talk of Alberta
recession
Premier Jim Prentice is
scoffing at a suggestion
by the Conference Board
of Canada that Alberta is
likely to face a recession
as crude prices continue N
to plunge.
“I don’t agree with
it,” he said Tuesday
of the Ottawa-based
economic think-tank’s
assessment. E
“I didn’t find their
analysis to be particu-
larly cogent, to be frank,
and the opinion that
they put forward is an W
outlier amongst all of
the other opinions that
have been put forward
by every one of Canada’s
chartered banks and by Charles Laing and Brendan Leason are currently planning their route for the Mongol Charity Rally, a 40-day run that starts in London and ends in Mongolia.
other respected econom- LEAH HOLOIDAY/METRO
ic forecasters.”
Pair plans epic journey
The Conference Board S
notes that Alberta’s
latest employment and
new housing-start num-
bers are holding steady, from London to Mongolia
but if oil prices stay low
the province will slip
into recession.
Chief economist Glen
Hodgson said even if oil
prices rebound to $65 Rally. U of A students DIY travel ences major. on their car. They’ll pur-
US a barrel, investment, hope to raise money The rally starts in Lon- chase the vehicle in London
profits and consumer don and ends in Mongolia, for no more than 500 Brit-
spending will be down. for CoolEarth charity, The Mongol Charity Rally covering 10,000 miles of ish pounds, as stipulated by
Oil prices settled Alzheimer’s research has no set route, so each terrain between Europe and the contest rules.
below $46 a barrel on team has to design their Asia. It’s expected to take Laing said vehicle break-
Tuesday, less than half own travel itinerary, which 40 days, so both Laing and downs are just one issue the
of where they were less could include travelling Leason hope to be back for team could face on their
than six months ago. LEAH through Turkey, Iran and the start of school in Sep- journey across two contin-
Lower oil revenues HOLOIDAY Uzbekistan. tember. ents.
are hurting Alberta’s cof- [email protected] While participants in “I mean there’s noth-
fers, with the province’s the rally fundraise for the ing that can really prepare
budget surplus this year Two University of Alberta school, Charles Laing and event’s charity CoolEarth, you for this. You’re in the
turning into a $500-mil- students are counting on Brendan Leason said they the pair is also hoping to middle of nowhere and
lion deficit. their childhood friendship decided to compete in the raise money for the Alz- you don’t have any access
Todd Hirsch, chief and marginal knowledge legendary Mongol Charity heimer Society of Alberta to tools. You pretty much
economist at ATB Finan- of car mechanics to get Rally after tossing the idea and Northwest Territories have a screwdriver and a
cial, also disagreed that them through a 10,000-mile around casually. before they depart. wrench,” he said.
the Alberta economy charity car rally, spanning “It just kind of happened Laing and Leason said “We’ll probably try to
is going to shrink this across the U.K., Europe and one day and we registered they’re also looking to en- bring more than just a
year. THE CANADIAN PRESS Asia. for it,” shrugged Laing, a tice a few city sponsors in- screwdriver and a wrench,”
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Roxy fire a loss to city’s
Landmark
124 Street business
people shocked
entire theatre community
by Roxy blaze
Members of Edmonton’s
124 Street business com-
munity pledged to rally
behind the Roxy Theatre,
just hours after the historic
Blaze. “A lot of love and building was reduced to a
sweat went into that pile of ash.
Known as a cultural hub
building” official says in Edmonton, executive dir-
ector of 124 Street Business
Association Jeff McLaren
LUCY said it took nearly three
HAINES decades for the area to
[email protected] become what it is today and
the Roxy played a big role.
Edmonton’s theatre commun- “To me, it’s the cultural
ity is expressing shock and of- soul of the street. It’s been
fering support to Theatre Net- around since the ’30s and to
work after its home space at me, it’s the one landmark,
the historic Roxy Theatre was the pillar, for the commun-
lost to a fire Tuesday morning. ity that’s been here,” he
Aaron Talbot, communi- said, noting the theatre
cations and marketing co- brought arts and culture to
ordinator at Theatre Alberta, the street.
said the umbrella organiza- “They were the forefront
tion is “devastated for Theatre of the redevelopment of
Network. And everybody has 124 Street,” he said.
worked at Nextfest — per- While the theatre had
formers, directors, techni- been a mainstay in the area
cians. since the early 1930s, Mc-
“We’re very sad for the loss Laren said 124 Street started
of the space. It’s shocking. It to see redevelopment in the
was a surreal morning,” he early 1990s when a Moun-
said. tain Equipment Co-Op was
Temporarily operating The Roxy Theatre staff have relocated to 124Street Business Association boardroom and say “they’re rolling with the punches” as they work to find alternate built.
from the boardroom at the venues for upcoming shows. LUCY HAINES/FOR METRO Since then, the growth
124 St. Business Association, has been incremental, he
Theatre Network was to meet “We have a responsibil- Roxy Theatre in 2013. “Hav- the Varscona shuts down for early ’90s and was part of a said.
Tuesday night to decide the ity to the community and ing a home space provides a planned rebuild. The com- theatre renovation, said “a lot “In the last five years,
next step, according to mar- ourselves to continue. We’re stability — history, memories pany’s artistic director Adam of love and sweat went into we’ve really hit that critical
keting director Taylor Chad- theatre people — we’re rolling and careers were built in that Kuss said Walterdale’s heart that building. With it and the mass.” Krista Franke, direc-
wick, including if and where with the punches,” said Chad- space. But theatre is about goes out to the Theatre Net- Varscona out of operation, it’ll tor 124 Grand Market, said
the show Cheerleader! will be wick. community. We all have to work family. “An institution be a struggle for the arts com- the community is shocked
staged. Martin Galba, performer pitch in to help rebuild what in our city has been lost — it’s munity,” he said. after the fire, calling the
Free Will Players has said and artistic director of Two was lost,” he said. beyond words.” The Free Will Players Blow Roxy a massive anchor for
that proceeds from its Satur- One Way Tickets to Broadway Walterdale Theatre will Councillor Ben Henderson, the Roof Off fundraiser goes all the businesses on the
day night fundraiser will be Productions, housed his small be one of the few remain- who ran Theatre Network at Saturday night at C103 (Cata- street. LEAH HOLOIDAY/METRO
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Server crash disrupts
260 diploma exams
‘Technical issue.’ upwards of six hours trying to Write on
Students forced to write complete the exam because of
the server glitch.
the old-fashioned way As a result of the confusion, The diploma schedule is
the district has sent a special slated to continue Wednesday
request to Alberta Education, with a social studies exam.
LEAH asking that the diploma marks Calgary’s public district, the lar-
HOLOIDAY be tossed if a student’s in-class gest user of QuestA+, has been
[email protected] grade was higher for those af- instructed to have students
fected. complete the exam with pen
Edmonton’s Catholic school A spokesperson from Ed- and paper until further notice
district is calling on the gov- monton’s public school dis-
ernment to toss tainted dip- trict estimated between 1,000 day’s exam were using the pro-
loma marks after a server crash and 1,500 district high school gram — a 15 per cent increase
forced students to write their students were affected by the from last year — which caused
English 30 exam with pen and crash, but couldn’t confirm if the server to crash.
paper Tuesday. the district planned to make a Alberta Teacher Association
According to Edmonton similar request. president Mark Ramsankar
Catholic School board spokes- At one Calgary high school, called the server crash frustrat-
woman Lori Nagy, more than teachers speaking to Metro on ing and questioned how the
260 students from three dif- condition of anonymity said government planned on hand-
ferent city high schools were instructors gave up the system ling student marks.
affected when QuestA+, a and resorted to more tradition- “To me, that seriously brings
program for diploma exams, al methods. into question the validity of the
crashed. “They’re writing with pen- exam results themselves,” he
“This was a difficult mor- cils and on paper ... the old said.
ning and very frustrating for days,” said one instructor. Ramsankar said he was also
students because, as you can Alberta Education spokes- concerned with how results
imagine, they’re already a bit person Tamara Magnan blamed from Tuesday’s diploma were
anxious going in to write their the server crash on a system going to be compared to re-
Some students across the province were forced to ditch the computer Tuesday and complete their English 30 diploma diploma exam,” said Nagy, overload. Approximately one- sults from tests written in June.
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8 EDMONTON metronews.ca
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Reading is a top priority for
Oil woes. Public servants
must share pain: Prentice
Dovercourt School principal
Premier Jim Prentice said
Teachers’ wages
Alberta’s days of being the
best paying government in
Canada have to come to an In the coming year, teachers
end. will receive a two per cent Literacy. ‘Building a By the numbers
Speaking to an Edmon- increase and a one-time child’s love of literacy 120
ton business community, lump-sum payment.
the premier said Alberta opens up a world of
can’t continue to pay so (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3) opportunity,’ says Dr.
much more to its public ser- (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:553) With the Edmonton Public School’s
vants. Gerry Falk
leveled literacy program, targeted Grade 2
“In every level of public (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3) students read 120 books to upgrade
employment we have, we’re (cid:5)(cid:268)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:83)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:561)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:296)- reading skills.
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and it’s not sustainable,” he (cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:3) [email protected] is tracked.
said. (cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:221)(cid:209)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:251)(cid:279)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:553) “I wasn’t good at reading
Using education as an Nearly every school mor- in Grade 2, but this helped
example, Prentice said 77 ning, Edmonton principal a lot. Now I can become an
per cent of that ministry’s age private sector salaries Dr. Gerry Falk spends an author, a soccer player or a
budget is wages and they they’re way higher than the hour reading to a handful of teacher,” said Grade 3 stu-
will have to be examined as national average,” he said. Grade 2 students who have dent Ezekiel Kwandhaor-
Alberta deals with the real- Mark Ramsankar, problems with reading. Mensah.
ity of low oil prices. president of the Alberta Even though a classroom “I’m going to be a world-
“It’s not realistic to think Teachers’ Association, teacher or educational assist- famous scientist, and they
we can deal with a $6- to said teachers have already ant could do it, it’s a project have to know how to read,”
$7-billion hole in the gov- helped Alberta’s finances. the Dovercourt School edu- said Cyril Bernard, now in
ernment’s finances without “Teachers have done cator holds on to with gusto. Dovercourt School principal Dr. Gerry Falk with current and previous reading Grade 2.
dealing across the board their part. We’ve had three “It has become the passion program students. LUCY HAINES/FOR METRO “I feel like I‘ve had the
with all elements,” he said. years of wage freezes,” Ram- of my life — there’s nothing most wonderful career, but
AUPE President Guy sankar said. more fulfilling than seeing teacher, language arts con- last 10-plus years helping at the end of the day, build-
Smith said public servants “This isn’t new man- a child break the code, and sultant and psychologist in hundreds of students make ing a child’s love of literacy
make more in Alberta, be- agement. This is standard it sets them up for life-long her near 50-year career with breakthroughs in reading, opens up a world of oppor-
cause everyone else does. fare.” learning,” said Falk, who has Edmonton Public Schools. Falk ensures every teacher is tunity,” said Falk. “That’s
“If you look at the aver- RYAN TUMILTY/METRO worked as a grade school Besides spending the trained in balanced literacy what matters.”
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