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Notley shoulders blame for confusion over Bill 6 Premier Rachel Notley’s assurances farmers will be consulted later on farm safety legislation hold no water in rural Alberta, says Lacombe-Ponoka Wildrose MLA Ron Orr. Notley stuck to her guns on Thursday and vowed to pass in this legislative sitting the basic components of

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Bill 6, which will introduce Workers Compensation Board coverage to paid farmers on Jan. 1 and those with paid employees must open an account by the end of April.

Occupational Health and Safety regulations and other components will only be introduced after extensive consultation with those on the province’s

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Notley shouldered the blame for the confusion related to the lack of details available at this stage.

“They were always intended to be introduced in regulations. But between what was explicitly stated and what was intended, fear and miscommunication has filled the gap, and I take complete responsibility for that.”

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Central Alberta churches privately sponsoring young Syrian couples

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF They’re ready and waiting, with open hearts.

St. Matthew Par- Canadian sponsors ish in Rocky Mountain House is one of prove the world is at least two Central going ‘to be OK’ A6 Alberta churches that is privately sponsoring Syrian refugees.

Unlike government-sponsored refugees, private sponsors must cover all the costs for one year, including housing, food and clothing, as well as support them in other ways such as introducing them to Canadian life.

Parishioner Annette Valstar said Thursday that her church decided to sponsor a Syrian couple over a year ago, long before the federal government moved to step up Syrian refugee re-settlement in Canada. An article about other Syrian refugees had caught the church’s attention.

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‘A MOM AND A DAD AND THEIR KIDS, WE CAN RELATE TO HOW IT MUST FEEL TO BE ROUSED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT OR RUNNING SCARED FOR YOUR LIFE SO MUCH SO THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO BRING ANYTHING WITH YOU.’ — ANNETTE VALSTAR PARISHIONER, ST. MATTHEW PARISH “A mom and a dad and their kids, we can relate to how it must feel to be roused in the middle of the night or running scared for your life so much so that you don’t have time to bring anything with you,” Valstar said.

She is a member of the church’s committee involved with bringing the young couple to Rocky. The married couple, who have no children, have been living in a refugee camp in Leba-

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non for three years. They are from the Aleppo area of northern Syria.

Their first names are Nada and Hannah, ages 27 and 28, and they recently had an interview with staff from the Canadian embassy. Now they just need to have medicals and background checks, said Valstar.

The church does not know when the college-educated couple will arrive but the paperwork is all done. “We could be told they could be coming any time. We could be told tonight. We could have a phone call saying they are arriving tomorrow. That’s how quick it can be.”

“We’re prepared for them,” she said. Temporary accommodation has been lined up until the couple can get their own place.

The church has raised $22,000 of its $26,000 goal. People who don’t even belong to the parish have been making donations because they support the idea, Valstar said.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An Edmonton man did not tell his wife for several days that he held the winning Lotto Max ticket for $30 million.

Mauro Bagnariol did, however, tell his mother right away.

Bagnariol says he was on his way home after visiting his mom when he checked his ticket for the Nov. 6 draw, which had a $60 million jackpot.

He then went back and told his mother, but didn’t want to take the spotlight away from his grandson’s birthday party in Calgary that weekend, so he told his wife, Helena, on the drive back to Edmonton.

Helena says she was OK with that.

Bagnariol, a retiree for about three years, says he’ll help his children with their mortgages and also give some to charity.

“That’s the most important thing for me, being able to help my family.”

Bagnariol says he plans to invest most of his winnings.

The other winner was in Atlantic Canada. The winning numbers were 1, 10, 12, 20, 29, 35 and 47.

Attackers linked to extremists San Bernardino gunman Syed Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media.

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Tory insider describes Scud Stud’s campaign as embarrassing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — An Alberta Tory insider describes former journalist Arthur Kent as a “johnny-come-lately” candidate who should have been kicked to the curb for his antics during the 2008 Alberta provincial election.

Alan Hallman testified for the defence Thursday in the defamation lawsuit Kent has filed against Postmedia, the National Post and former columnist Don Martin.

Known as the Scud Stud during his time reporting on the Gulf War, Kent took exception to an article by Martin headlined ‘Scud Stud’ A ‘Dud’ On The Election Trail, which portrayed him as an ego-driven, out-ofcontrol star candidate whose campaign for a seat in the legislature was falling apart.

Kent, 61, has already testified that he rejected Hallman, who was one of the sources Martin used for the article, for a paid position on Kent’s campaign staff.

But Hallman denied that he asked for a spot. He described an email from Kent saying Hallman’s services weren’t wanted as “rude.”

“He is a johnny-come-lately,” Hallman said. “He’s never been involved in the Progressive Conservative party that I’ve ever seen and he shoots that off and I thought that was rude … beyond rude.”

In cross-examination, Kent’s lawyer Michael Bates suggested that Hallman was “gobsmacked” that his services weren’t required.

“Hardly,” said Hallman. “I was insulted. I could care less what Arthur Kent does. I’ve got lots of campaigns … lots of stuff I can do.”

Hallman said he had no problem speaking to Martin, who asked him if had ever seen a star candidate fall so far, so fast.

“I could think of no so-called star candidate who had ever run and embarrassed our party as much as Arthur Kent had,” Hallman said.

Hallman sent an email to Kent the night of the Tories’ election victory that read: “Massive majority and you lost. Well done. Call any time.”

“At the time I probably enjoyed sending this email. Recalling back on that I get mad right now on the stand thinking back at what this amateur, rookie candidate put us through during the provincial election back in ‘08,” Hallman said.

“The premier must have had the patience of Job to have not thrown his butt out on the street.”

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BILL 6: Amendments to fill the gap Amendments will be filed soon to fill that gap, she said.

Orr said many rural residents feel passing the bill gives the premier a “blank cheque” for the rest of the legislation.

“The farmers at this stage, because their are so many unknowns, because there’s been conflicting messaging coming from the government, really are not prepared to give her a blank cheque.

“They want to know what the details are before they sign off on it.”

He said one woman Bill 6 protester put it best, saying, “Before I eat a cake, I want to know what’s in it.”

Orr got up in the legislation to voice his opposition to the government’s handling of the legislation about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday during a lengthy debate that went until 1:30 a.m. the following morning.

Despite the premier’s determination to stay the course, Orr believes she was not prepared for the level of opposition from rural Alberta.

“I think she’s definitely going to have to come a bit to terms that farmers are really, truly concerned about this. They want to be consulted.”

The government needs to send the bill to committee and let farmers and ranchers have their say to come up with solid recommendations.

“I think that’s what farmers are asking for and I don’t think the premier has heard that message yet.”

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About 125 students participated in the event, modelling a variety of fashions from local retailers including Bridal Couture, Turple Bros., Rickis, One Tooth, Dots, The Edge, Industry Skate and Snow, TBS, Bottoms Up Scrubs, Milano for Men, Bootlegger, Elite Bridal, Weis Western Wear, Your Wedding Place, Moores and Value Village.

Musekamp is critical of the way Wildrose has been playing to the crowds.

Opposition political haymaking is behind much of the growing furor over the government farm safety legislation, Musekamp believes.

“Fomenting discontent on the part of the Wildrose Party — that’s the primary factor,” said Musekamp, who has been working to extend Occupational Health and Safety legislation to farms for more than a decade through his Medicine Hat-based non-profit society.

Musekamp blames the Wildrose Party for spreading misinformation and rubbing sore spots left over by previous rural fights over landowner rights.

“It’s really unfortunate. The ag community is really shooting itself in the foot,” he said.

Musekamp said he’s heard from farmers both internationally, and from Canada’s other provinces — where Occupational Health and Safety regulations already apply — who are puzzled by the controversy.

“It’s really shining the light in the wrong way, I think.”

Musekamp said while many have complained about a lack of consultation a Crop Sector Working Group has been working with Alberta Agriculture for months on proposed OHS and WCB changes.

Musekamp believes bringing Alberta’s farms in line with safety standards in every province is necessary to stay competitive.

“This government is actually doing the industry a considerable favour by moving forward with this stuff even though there is this kind of head wind,” he said.

Maintaining existing farm exemptions from safety legislation “will preclude Alberta from marketing to the major buyers of ag products around the world because of our lack of standards.”

Orr rejects suggestions Wildrose is stoking rural opposition.

“The reality is it’s been the farmers pushing us,

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REFUGEES: Uncertain when they’ll arrive Our Lady of Peace Church in Innisfail parishioner Virginia Ritson-Bennett said her church is sponsoring a family that includes a couple in their 30s, their six-year-old daughter and one-year-old son. They are also in a refugee camp in Lebanon.

Because they aren’t part of the first wave of refugees expected in Canada by the end of the month, they are not sure when the family will arrive. The required paperwork by the church and refugee family is still underway.

They just started the sponsorship process in October and are about to kick off their fundraising campaign this month — hoping to raise a minimum of $20,000. They have already received some generous donations. The family isn’t expected until March or April, she said.

Obtaining housing for the refugees is their biggest concern because in a smaller community like Innisfail there isn’t a lot of choice, Ritson-Bennett.

“I have no doubt in my mind that we are doing the right thing. We were told all you need is a bunch of people with a big heart. So there you go. The money will come.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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As far as losing out on international market opportunities, higher costs facing farmers because of carbon and other taxes and increased labour law costs are what will really hurt their competitive positions.-

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Bill 6 ‘a bit personal’ for premier

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley moved Thursday to quell a maelstrom of discontent over her farm safety bill by saying it’s foremost about safety and dignity.

“I will never be able to accept the fact that injuries and deaths caused by workplace accidents (on the farm) are simply a fact of life,” Notley said at a media availability.

“I could not — and cannot in good conscience — and will not ignore the lessons of their losses.

“We will pass this bill this fall.

Those wage-earning farm workers will receive compensation (if injured) and will have the right to refuse unsafe work.”

Notley added that the government will talk to farmers in the coming months about how to “tweak the other newly applied rules in a way that respects the family farm, just as has been done in every other province in the country.”

Notley once worked as a Workers’ Compensation Board injury claims

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Energy minister says workers who’ve lost oilpatch jobs should upgrade CALGARY — Alberta’s energy minister says the government hopes people who have lost their jobs in the oilpatch will use the downturn to upgrade their skills.

Marg McCuaig-Boyd says skilled journeymen with the right credentials could move to British Columbia to find work until energy prices bounce back.

But she says workers with fewer skills should take advantage of apprencticeship programs.

The minister says where she lives in northwestern Alberta, skilled workers can move back and forth to B.C. on jobs if they have the right credentials.

McCuaig-Boyd made her comments Thursday at a meeting of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Land Administration.

She also says pipelines must be built to get Alberta’s oil to the coast and to overseas markets.

“It’s a tough time for everybody, not just oil and gas, there’s lot of jobs being lost in the services sector … this oil price is hurting a lot of Albertans, so you just have to hunker down and get through it.”

Hundreds of snakes, lizards, spiders seized in Calgary humane society needs help CALGARY — The Calgary Humane Society has seized more than 300 animals.

Those animals include various species of snakes, lizards, amphibians, invertebrates and arachnids.

Brad Nichols, senior manager of animal cruelty investigations, says it’s one of the largest and most complex seizure in the society’s history.

He says the shelter needs help with donations and supplies such as clean reptile enclosures, food, lighting and heating for these species.

Cash donations are also welcome.

Charges are pending.

Son of slain couple stands by RCMP and Crown EDMONTON — The son of an elderly couple believed to be dead after vanishing on a trip to B.C. says he doesn’t hold any grudge against RCMP for what a courtroom has been told was their mishandling of evidence disclosure in the case.

Brett McCann has been attending a pre-trial hearing this week for Travis Vader, who is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 deaths of Lyle and Maria McCann.

The hearing is looking into arguments by Vader’s lawyer, Brian Beresh, that a nearly four-year delay in getting the matter to trial constitutes an abuse of process by the Crown.

Earlier this week, Michelle Doyle, Edmonton’s chief prosecutor, called the disclosure of evidence

by RCMP “a fiasco.”

She said she decided to stay the charges against Vader, who had initially been charged in 2012, two years later because she had lost confidence in the RCMP getting full disclosure to her in a timely manner.

Nine months later, the

lawyer and, in response to a question, agreed that the farm safety bill has special meaning for her.

“It is a little bit personal.”

She said she has long been disturbed that in a province built on the ethos of people helping people, “we somehow have this little exclusion, where paid farm workers, who are often the most vulnerable workers we have, are somehow exempted from the most basic of employment protections.”

It was Notley’s first day back at the legislature following a trip to Paris for the UN-sponsored climate change summit.

There have been several protests and demonstrations by farm groups over the proposed farm legislation.

The bill calls for injury compensation benefits and occupational health and safety rules for 60,000 farm workers across Alberta. It also introduces workplace standards on commercial aspects of farming as well as the right for workers to bargain collectively.

Farmers, and opposition leaders, have argued the bill is trying to do too much too fast, threatens the viability of

family farms and could rip the cultural fabric of rural life.

They are asking Notley to pull it pending further consultation.

Earlier Thursday, more than 1,000 protesters rallied on the steps of the legislature as a singer mocked Notley to the tune of the popular children’s song “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.”

“Now a Bill 6 here and a carbon tax there. Here a tax, there a tax. Everywhere a tax, tax. Naughty Notley runs the show,” sang protester Becky Hull.

The crowd then shouted: “E-I-EI-O!” Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean promised the crowd he will stand with them.

“We want a premier and government that No. 1 represents the people and does what they want —because they’re the boss!” Jean said to cheers.

In Lethbridge, hundreds of farmers arrived on tractors, in trucks and

charges were re-laid and a trial before a judge alone is now scheduled for March 2016.

“Attending these sessions has really renewed my confidence in both the RCMP and in the Crown,” Brett McCann said Thursday.

“The stay was due to mishandling by the RCMP, and I’m not really blaming the RCMP, but this massive and complex set of evidence records sounds like it was a formidable thing and it was mishandled.”

He said he believes Doyle did the right thing in not proceeding to trial in 2014.

“I admire Michelle Doyle’s professionalism in the decision to stay the charges,” he said.

“She wanted to ultimately ensure a fair trial would take place.”

Beresh has suggested the 2014 stay was just a way to buy time so the RCMP would have longer to investigate the case, something Doyle has denied.

Beresh has asked the case either be dismissed or the charges again be stayed, but Brett McCann is confident the trial will go ahead.

He also noted the family’s $60,000 reward for information in the case is still out there.

The McCanns, both in their late 70s, were last seen fuelling up their motorhome in their hometown of St. Albert, a bedroom community north of Edmonton, in July 2010.

They were on their way to a family camping trip in British Columbia.

Their burned out motorhome was discovered west of Edmonton a few days after they were last seen. Their bodies have never been found.

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aboard big rigs to express their concerns to Labour Minister Lori Sigurdson and Agriculture Minister Oneil Carlier at a public consultation meeting.

Alan Kormos, a Cardston area farmer who organized the convoy, says he doesn’t approve of mandatory Workers Compensation Coverage for paid farm employees.

“I disagree with that, because I carry insurance. If they want to impose workers comp on us, let it be an option,” Kormos said.

The bill remains in the middle of the second stage of debate in the house. The government has sat late into the night in recent days to discuss it.

The government plans to introduce an amendment as early as next week to make it clear the bill is not intended to cover children who help out on family farms or neighbours who volunteer to pitch in when things get busy.

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Great caution with gene drives Most powerful new technologies are task of manipulating genes was still double-edged. Cars are a vast improve- difficult, lengthy, and unreliable. ment on horses as a means of transIt took Burt and his colleagues anportation, but they also kill more than other eight years to create a homing three thousand people a day and they endonuclease that could find and cut are a major source of pola gene in mosquitoes. Othlution. er scientists were working So here comes another to make artificial protein double-edged technolosystems that would do the gy, and its edges are very same job, but it was slow sharp. Gene drives can and painful work. Then spread an engineered came CRISPR. mutation through an enCRISPR (it stands for tire species with amazing “clustered regularly interspeed, which means that spaced short palindromic you could, for example, repeats”, but never mind) make the breeds of mosrefers to bits of viral DNA quitoes that transmit the that bacteria carry in their malaria parasite to human genomes. With the help GWYNNE being immune to the paraof an enzyme called Cas9, DYER site themselves. (You could these CRISPRs protect the OPINION also just wipe those species bacteria from attacks by of mosquito out, but then a hostile viruses. In 2012 relot of birds and bats would searchers managed to modstarve.) ify this CRISPR/Cas9 system into a The idea of a gene drive was first gene-editing tool. suggested 12 years ago by Austin Burt, CRISPR/Cas9 has transformed the an evolutionary geneticist at Imperial business of genetic engineering, makCollege in London. What drew his at- ing it fast, accurate and cheap. It altention were certain naturally occur- lows researchers to cut and paste pracring “selfish” genes, known as homing tically any gene into any organism, and endonuclease genes, that can get them- it has spread through the world’s biolselves passed on to the next genera- ogy labs like wildfire. tion more than the usual 50 per cent of Almost immediately Kenin Esvelt the time. of Harvard University recognised that Burt suggested that you might use CRISPR is basically a homing endonuthose genes to build a “gene drive” clease, and in July of last year he and that would spread some desirable his colleagues publicly proposed turnquality (like immunity to malaria) ing it into a gene drive and listed some through an entire population in a rel- of the possibilities that opened up. atively short time. But back in 2003 the It could, Esvelt said, “potentially

prevent the spread of disease, support agriculture by reversing pesticide and herbicide resistance in insects and weeds, and control damaging invasive species.” Sick of the cane toads that infest Australian fields? Modify them so that their skin is no longer poisonous to predators, and watch the problem go away.

“Since the 1970s we’ve been able to genetically engineer individual organisms,” Burt said. “With gene drive, we could change the genetics of vast populations.” And we have gone from zero to 60 in less than a year.

Last January, Esvelt’s lab made a gene drive in yeast. In March, biologists Valentino Gantz and Ethan Bier at the University of California, San Diego reported online in Science that they had created a gene drive in fruit flies. They had introduced a drive for yellow colour into females, bred them with normal males — and between 95 and 100 per cent of the offspring were yellow.

They then started collaborating with Anthony James, a molecular biologist at the University of California, Irvine who has been working for 30 years on genetically modifying mosquitoes so they can’t pass on malaria. Using CRISPR/Cas9, the team is now within a year of a non-malaria-carrying mosquito ready to be released into the wild — but they won’t do it.

James’s team has no intention of doing that it until there are clear and agreed rules for this sort of thing. They are well aware of the risk of unforeseen side-effects: “We’re not about to

do anything foolish,” says James.

One of the precautions James took was to work with an Indian breed of mosquito, so that if one escaped from his California lab it wouldn’t find anyone to mate with.

In the same spirit, as soon as Esvelt created a gene drive for a species of yeast he immediately set to work creating another drive that could overwrite the first, cancelling the genetic changes it made. If things went wrong, the second one could be released and would spread just as fast.

As Esvelt said, “the possibility of unwanted ecological effects and near-certainty of spread across political borders demand careful assessment of each potential application.”

You bet your boots it does.

This is a technology that can change the entire character of a wild species very quickly (or wipe it out) if just one individual that has been genetically altered in the lab accidentally escapes and breeds, because the mutation will be passed on to ALL its descendants, and all of theirs, ad infinitum.

And, of course, we are also talking about the possibility that people with evil intentions might take common, harmless insects and make them lethal to human beings. This technology will have to be handled with very great care.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London. His latest book, Crawling from the Wreckage, was published recently in Canada by Random House.

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More consultation needs to go into Bill 6 as opposed to rushing it through I am an owner of an Agricultural based Company that is forced and willing to follow all the rules and regulations set out by Occupational Health and Safety, Workers compensation and the Government that sets the platform for all worker organizations.

On the other hand I am a son, husband and a father that grew up in the city but was raised on the farm, so whether or not I am a person to have an opinion, I am not sure, I shall let you be the judge, jury and executioner on the following.

As a company owner having to abide by a set of guidelines that are in place not only to protect the persons I employ but also to protect myself, I respect the reasons and authorities that which these are enforced. Always being a believer that workers in an agricultural/farm setting should have rules in place to protect them and their workers, is no different than the workers I employ, within respect to what farming is as a company. The family owned and operated farms, versus the corporation farms like feed lots and huge grain corporations that employ hundreds of people (that are generally owned by the U.S. at the end of the day). To put farming in as a whole is unjustified.

Growing up helping on the farm was an amazing experience that lead me to always want a farm of my own. When my three siblings and I were on the farm collecting eggs, rolling out hay/straw bales and

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chasing cattle, we were not only having fun but we were gaining a respect for what is on the table at the end of the day, we were learning common sense.

We weren’t a part of huge commercial operations for the most part but we were a part of a community that one neighbour helped the other and kids did their part to earn their keep. Respecting and understanding what hard work truly goes into, what most take for granted just simply buying it off the shelf at the local grocery store.

Last time I checked we pride ourselves in being a country of freedom and to say that kids can no longer ride along with dad or grandpa on the tractor is just simply taking their rights away of being part of something that provides a mainstay for a family.

If the government wants to go to great lengths to make this happen, they may as well not stop there.

Our government should start fining us city folk for letting our kids take out the garbage to the back because there’s cars in the back alley, or not letting them wash dishes because a glass might break and cut them, or not letting my two year old hold onto the bottom rung of the lawn mower because he just loves helping dad. The government should just make it mandatory that kids don’t help out and just go to school, sit in front of the TV or IPAD and go to sleep.

Wait that might sound a little like communism!

Setting guidelines for farm workers is one thing and something that should take some thought process and time before putting into effect. Putting rules and regulations as to how we teach our children and ourselves to help out and make good, smart decisions is an area the government should

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maybe take a step back and remember where we live and the rights we have. Maybe our government and its leader, who also grew up on the farm, could put some more thought into how we can keep money in the pockets of the people instead of trying to take more away in a world economic crisis that we are all enduring.

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was killed the previous evening.

The jury has heard he suffered 45 blunt and sharp-force wounds to his head, neck and hands, though no murder weapon was ever found.

The Olands are an establishment family in the business history of the Maritimes, having founded Moosehead Breweries. Richard Oland left the family business in 1981.

The trial has adjourned until Dec. 14, when the Crown and defence will present closing arguments.

Justice John Walsh told the jury that his instructions will be lengthy, taking more than a full day, and the week they return will be “mentally exhausting and emotionally draining.”

“You will have to concentrate on what the lawyers tell you, and what I tell you, then deliberate,” Walsh said.

The trial is in its 12th week.

The defence called three witnesses: blood spatter expert Patrick Laturnus, forensic computer analyst

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Turcotte, 43, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2009 stabbing deaths of his children, Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3.

He admitted to causing the deaths but his lawyer argued the jury should find him not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

The jurors began their deliberations Monday afternoon and can reach one of four possible verdicts: not criminally responsible or guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter.

They have since been heard from twice: on Tuesday they wanted a copy of an article from the Criminal Code and on Wednesday they asked to listen again to the testimony of Crown psychiatrist Pierre Bleau.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 A5 Geoffrey Fellows, and Oland himself. The Crown called more than 40 witnesses.

Pathologist Dr. Ather Naseemuddin, who performed the autopsy on Richard Oland, described the injuries to his body in detail, including 14 skull fractures.

The jury also heard a detailed description of the hundreds of blood spatter stains at the crime scene and were told the killer or killers would likely have gotten blood on them.

The court was shown a video of Dennis Oland’s interview with Saint John police on July 7, 2011.

During that interview, Oland told Const. Stephen Davidson that his father was a difficult person at times but rose to the occasion and funded his divorce. Oland said he didn’t have any involvement in his father’s death.

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Gary Miller opened his case last week by telling the jury in the Court of Queen’s Bench that he planned to call Oland’s wife, sister, mother, uncle and one of his family friends.

But after two days of sometimes emotional testimony from Oland about the death of his prominent father, Miller told jurors Thursday morning: “We see no need to call any other evidence and we close our case.”

Oland has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his father, leading businessman Richard Oland. The 69-year-old was found face down in a pool of blood in his Canterbury Street office in Saint John on July 7, 2011. Court was told he

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Back in Syria, her son Mohammad, now 7, was so afraid all the time that his hair began to fall out. Things are at least safer in Jordan, she says, but that doesn’t mean they want to stay.

“All we want,” she says, through a translator, “is some peace and some security.”

In a matter of days, they hope to be on their way there — Razan and Emad’s family is among the 10,000 privately sponsored Syrian refugees likely to be in Canada by year’s end as part of the Liberal government’s commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February.

Awad, 34, and his wife Asmaa, 34, are eventually bound for Canada as well, having found their own private sponsors in the same community — Orangeville, Ont., about an hour west of Toronto.

Razan and Emad had been hoping they might be offered a space in Canada through the resettlement program with the United Nations, even though they heard there weren’t many available, Emad says.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS IRBID, Jordan — The Alhajalis are animated, talking over one another as they compare the prosperous and peaceful pre-revolution life they enjoyed in Syria to the daily struggles they now face as 10 of the 630,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan.

Nine-year-old Adnan grabs his mother’s cellphone, his two brothers and cousin huddle to play video games, chattering away, while his twoyear-old sister Abeer gets her hands on another phone and toddles around pretending to have a conversation.

Emad, 28, is in the midst of discussing how hard it’s been to find work in the northern Jordanian city of Irbid when there’s a pounding at the door.

Everyone, even the kids, tenses up.

Even though they’re heading soon to the safety of Canada, the fear of Syria still hovers.

Emad’s wife Razan, 28, places a hand on her stomach — she’s pregnant with her third child — and the colour drains from her face.

Emad’s cousin, Awad, gets up and pulls back the heavy wooden door.

A neighbour’s child in is the hallway. He wants to know if the boys can come out to play.

Retired couple opens home to refugees the Alhajalis had received their exit visas and now they’re heading to Orangeville, Ont., on Dec. 14.

As the retired couple hunt for a three-bedroom apartment for the family in the small town about an hour northwest of Toronto, they are making arrangements to welcome the Alhajalis into their own home during one of the most hectic times of the year — and introduce them to some of the holiday traditions of their new country.

The Logels’ three children and five grandchildren, themselves frequent visitors to the family homestead located on four hectares outside town, are coming for Christmas, though the Logels recognize the holiday isn’t one their guests celebrate.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ORANGEVILLE, Ont. — Brian and Philomena Logel have had their century-old farmhouse to themselves for more than a decade, but they can’t wait to once again see it filled with the exuberance of a young family, if only until a more permanent home is found for their Syrian charges.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s 42nd Parliament began with the requisite nods to history and tradition that happen on the first day, but also offered plenty of signs that the class of 2015 has its own fresh chemistry and look.

That new energy seemed to be encapsulated in the moment Nova Scotia Liberal MP Geoff Regan was brought up to his seat as the new Speaker of the House of Commons, elected by his peers.

The custom is for the new Speaker to pretend they don’t want the job, and so the party leaders drag him up. This year’s pantomime was particularly light-hearted, Regan’s face contorted in feigned GEOFF REGAN horror, Conservative interim Leader Rona Ambrose yanking one of his arms over her head as she marched forward, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulling on the other.

Once in the seat, Regan echoed the hopeful sentiment that has been on the lips of so many MPs of all stripes over the years: that the Commons should commit to a new, more collegial culture. “You have given me a very important responsibility and I will need your support,� Regan said, having beat out Liberal colleagues Yasmin Ratansi and Denis Paradis and Conservative Bruce Stanton for the job. “I think we need to raise the tone in this chamber and reconstitute goodwill. We have to have respect for one another, despite our differences.�

Trudeau said Canadians want to see constructive debates on issues that matter to them. Also on Thursday, the Liberal government announced a new, theoretically non-partisan process for selecting senators. “We will work hard to promote more openness across government, we will give Canadians a voice in Ottawa and in this chamber,� Trudeau said. “This also means greater independence of committees, reforming question period and more free votes.�

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The attorney general of Canada requested a three-month delay in the case, according to the office of federal information commissioner Suzanne Legault, in order to “consider its position in these proceedings.�

Legault and the individual involved in the case, Bill Clennett, agreed to the postponement.

At issue is a highly controversial move by the former Conservative government last spring to retroactively rewrite a 2012 law after Legault recommended charges be laid against the Mounties for withholding and destroying gun registry data.

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Another 17 vacancies are to be filled by the end of 2016. For those appointments and all others in future, the board’s consultation process will be expanded.

Government House leader Dominic LeBlanc said one of the first five new senators will be named as the government’s representative in the Senate. That role, heretofore known as the government leader in the Senate, is necessary under existing Senate rules.

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Democratic Institutions Minister Maryam Monsef announced the creation of an arm’s-length advisory board to consult widely and recommend to the prime minister a short list of five merit-based nominees to fill each vacancy in the Senate.

She also released the criteria the advisory board will use to assess potential candidates. Among other things, they will need to have a record of achievement and public service, show integrity, understand the role of the Senate and demonstrate an ability to contribute to the work of the Senate in an independent and non-partisan manner. However, past partisan activities will not automatically disqualify someone from being nominated.

As well, the board is instructed to consider nominees “with a view to achieving gender balance� and to give priority consideration to nominees who represent indigenous people, linguistic, ethnic and other minority communities. “I believe this new process will immediately begin to restore the confidence of Canadians in an institution that plays a vital role in our democracy,�

Monsef said. “It brings real change to the Senate for the first time in decades.�

The new appointment process was denounced, however, by a number of Senate critics who favour abolition of the chamber or more dramatic reforms, like turning it into an elected chamber. Among the critics was British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, who said the Senate needs to be “fixed or folded� and declared that her province will not participate in the new process.

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B1 Packers crush Lions on Hail Mary

FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 2015

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Packers 27 Lions 23 DETROIT — Aaron Rodgers took the shotgun snap on an untimed down with no time left, shuffled to his left, slipped a sack, rolled right and heaved a pass that seemed as high as it was long.

Richard Rodgers, drifting toward the end zone while teammates and opponents crowded behind him, leaped and made the catch on the 61-yard play to give the Green Bay Packers a stunning 27-23 victory over the Detroit Lions on Thursday night.

“I knew I was going to have to buy some time to allow them to get into the end zone,” Aaron Rodgers said. “I knew once I got outside the right that I was going to be able to set up and throw.”

The Packers got the untimed down after Detroit defensive end Devin Taylor was called for grabbing Aaron Rodgers’ facemask on a tackle on what would’ve been the last play.

The Packers (8-4) had lost four of five.

“Unfortunately, this counts as one win,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “It feels like more.”

The Lions (4-8) had won three straight and blew a chance to sweep the season series for the first time since 1991.

“Tough one to lose,” Lions coach Jim Caldwell said. “Those are the ones that eat at you. The guys are upset because they gave so much, but we needed one more play. It is never over in this league.”

Matthew Stafford connected with Calvin Johnson on his second touchdown pass of the first quarter to help Detroit build a 20-point lead that it couldn’t keep.

“Not an easy pill to swallow,” Stafford said.

Aaron Rodgers scored on a 17-yard run with 3:04 left, pulling the Packers within two points.

Stafford connected with TJ Jones to convert a third-and-12 from the Detroit 18 after Green Bay called its final timeout with 2:54 to go. The Lions needed one more first down to seal the victory, but Green Bay forced them to punt and got the ball back on the 21 with 23 seconds left.

Following two incompletions, including one in which Detroit appeared to get away with pass interference, Aaron Rodgers threw a pass to James Jones and the ball was lateraled twice, leaving the quarterback with the ball and no one behind him to pitch to keep the play alive. But Taylor grabbed Aaron Rodgers’ facemask, giving the Packers another play.

“I wasn’t able to get away from those guys, but

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Green Bay Packers tight end Richard Rodgers (82) falls into the end zone after catching a 61-yard pass for a touchdown on the last play of an NFL game against the Detroit Lions, Thursday, in Detroit. luckily my facemask was grabbed,” the QB said.

Richard Rodgers Sr. had to be proud of his son’s winning catch on the all-University of California connection. The elder Rodgers threw two laterals on the final play of the Cal-Stanford in 1982, when the game ended with the Cardinal band on the field and the Bears winning 25-20 in 1982.

Aaron Rodgers scrambled long enough to give his receivers time to sprint to the end zone and got to the outside. He planted his foot at about the Green Bay 36 and got it into the end zone, where his tight end found a way to get to it in front of a slew of play-

Nuggets nip Raptors

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Nugget 106 Raptors 105 TORONTO — Dwane Casey’s message to his players before tip-off Thursday night was about consistency.

It seems the message got lost along the way.

The night after a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Hawks in Atlanta, the Toronto Raptors dropped a 106-105 decision to the visiting Denver Nuggets. And afterward, a visibly angry Casey talked about an inconsistent Raptors team that virtually coughed up the game in a horrible first half.

“We’re like this,” said the Raptors coach, mimicking a roller-coaster with his hand. “We’ve got to get a level of play that we decide we’re going to play at from the start of the game until the end of the game, we can’t wait until we get our teeth kicked in before we start to play.

“That’s been our M.O., whether we change the starting unit… just to get that jump-start, we’ve got to do it. It’s just too many games in a row now that we get out and dig ourselves a hole.”

DeMar DeRozan poured in 34 points, while Kyle Lowry had 16 points, eight assists, and six rebounds for the Raptors (12-8), in their first of six straight home games. Cory Joseph scored 15 points off the bench, while DeMarre Carroll had 10 points and six boards.

Will Barton scored 22 points to top the Nuggets (713), while Danilo Gallinari added 21.

Speaking to the media pre-game, Casey was wary of a repeat of last week, when the Raptors edged the Wizards in Washington, then lost ugly the next night at home to Phoenix.

His worries were well-founded as the Raptors dug themselves an 18-point hole by halftime. The Nuggets took an 81-71 lead into the fourth quarter in front of an Air Canada Centre capacity crowd of 19,800.

The Raptors stepped up their defence and capitalized on several turnovers and when Joseph scored on a driving layup with 5:24 to play, it pulled Toronto to within two. But Denver hit right back, scoring six unanswered points.

“You’ve got a wounded animal coming into your house, and we didn’t respond,” Casey said. “Same with Phoenix the other night. They were wounded and came in and outworked us in our house. And that’s embarrassing for that to happen.”

The Raptors threatened a couple of times down the stretch. Luis Scola banked in a jumper to make it a three-point game with 26 seconds left, and then Carroll drilled a three-pointer to cut the Nuggets’ lead to two, with just 3.3 seconds left. But two free throws from Barton clinched the win, and a three-pointer at the buzzer by Lowry was virtually bonus points.

“To be a big time program, we’ve got to be con-

ers from both teams and leaped for the catch.

“I’ve never had a completed Hail Mary before,” Aaron Rodgers said.

He has now much to Caldwell’s chagrin.

“We weren’t in a position to get our hands on it,” Caldwell lamented.

Aaron Rodgers finished 24 of 36 for 289 yards with two touchdowns.

Stafford was 23 of 35 for 220 yards and two scores.

Detroit went ahead 17-0 after its first three drives and capped the opening possession of the third quarter with a field goal to go ahead 20-0.

Atkins named general manager of Blue Jays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Toronto Raptors forward Terrence Ross (31) looks up at the net against Denver Nuggets guard Mike Miller (3) during first half NBA action in Toronto on Thursday. sistent,” Casey said. “If we think about building a championship program — consistency.”

The Raptors missed nine of their first 12 shots in a horrible first quarter that put them in an early 16-point hole. They shot just 36 per cent in the frame, and the Nuggets took a 29-19 advantage into the second.

“We’ve got to come out with a sense of urgency and not wait until we get down, to (have to) exert extra energy to get back in the game,” DeRozan said.

“We’ve just got to have a conscious effort of that every single night. We’ve got to understand we’ve got to put our stamp on the game early and control it the way we need to control it instead of fighting back.

“It always comes down to the last one or two possessions, we can’t have that.”

The Nuggets stretched their lead to 18 points on a layup by Nikola Jokic with 5:36 left in the second quarter, and Denver headed into the locker-room at halftime up 56-42.

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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TORONTO — New team president Mark Shapiro is turning to a close friend to fill the Toronto Blue Jays’ general manager position.

Longtime Cleveland Indians executive Ross Atkins was named GM and executive vice-president of baseball operations on Thursday. Atkins most recently served as the Indians’ vice-president of player personnel under Shapiro.

Assistant general manager Tony LaCava, who served as interim GM after the departure of Alex Anthopoulos, has been promoted to senior vice-president of baseball operations, the team also said in a release.

Shapiro and Atkins will hold a media availability today at Rogers Centre. Shapiro, a former general manager with Cleveland, became Toronto’s new president last month. He succeeded Paul Beeston, who retired at the end of October.

Atkins, a 42-year-old native of Greensboro, N.C., will be the seventh general manager in franchise history. The former pitcher was drafted by Cleveland in 1995 and spent his entire pro career with the Indians organization.

After a five-season playing career in the minor leagues, Atkins started working with the team’s pitching prospects before becoming the assistant farm director in 2001. He worked as the club’s director of Latin American operations for three years and ran the farm system from 2007-‘14.

He interviewed in the past for GM openings in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.

The 81-80 Indians finished third in the American League Central last season while the 93-69 Blue Jays won the East and made their first playoff appearance in 22 years. Toronto advanced to the American League Championship Series before falling to the Kansas City Royals in six games.

A few days after Toronto was eliminated, Anthopoulos stunned many baseball observers by declining to sign a new contract to remain as GM. He was named executive of the year on the day he announced his decision.

Anthopoulos turned down a five-year extension amid reports of a difference in vision with the new president. The 38-year-old Montreal native would only say he didn’t feel like it would be the right fit, adding it was his choice to leave.

Anthopoulos became very popular in Toronto after making several big moves at the trade deadline last summer. The Blue Jays responded with a strong second half to end their long post-season drought.

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WHL ON

THE ICE This week in Rebels history Defenceman Haydn Fleury scored the eventual winner and was named Haydn first star of Fleury the game as the Red Deer Rebels defeated the visiting Prince Albert Raiders 6-3 on Dec. 4 of 2013. “We had a higher compete level tonight, won a lot of one-onone battles and in the defensive zone we were making plays,” said Fleury, comparing the performance to a 5-2 loss at Calgary the night before. “I thought that last night we were a bit sloppy with turnovers and it led to 40 shots against. Tonight we were hard on their top players and didn’t let them have a lot of time and space.”

Defenceman Kayle Doetzel, with a highlightreel, end-to-end goal, Wyatt Johnston, Dominik Volek, Brooks Maxwell and Conner Bleackley also tallied for Red Deer.

Who’s hot Spokane Chiefs overage LW Adam Helewka is riding an Adam eight-game Helewka point streak, having produced eight goals and seven assists in the span dating back to Nov. 13. The Burnaby, B.C., native has put up 23 points (12-11) in 15 games this season.

Who’s a specialist Red Deer Rebels LW Ivan Nikolishin is tied for the WHL lead Ivan with two Nikolishin shootout goals, but leads the league with both being game-winners.

Nikolishin sits fourth in league scoring with 40 points (17g,23a) in 27 games.

He said it “We probably (had their attention) the previous game too and it took our John best game of Paddock the year to beat them. They’re a pretty good team. We hung in there. The goaltending was good, but we certainly could have played better. We had a couple opportunities to steal something and we didn’t.”

— Regina Pats GM/head coach John Paddock, to the Regina Leader-Post, in reference to a pair of games versus the Red Deer Rebels at the Centrium — a 3-2 win Nov. 24 and a 2-1 loss last weekend.

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A never quit attitude RED DEER’S ANDREW NIELSON IS STARTING TO SEE HIS HARD WORK PAY OFF AFTER YEARS OF BEING SECOND IN LINE IN THE MINOR HOCKEY RANKS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR It seemed that Andrew Nielsen was always second in line while progressing through the Red Deer minor hockey ranks.

Nielsen found his way on to the elite bantam and midget teams, but not on his first attempt. Now he’s a front-line Western Hockey League defenceman who might very well be just one year away from playing for pay.

So, would labelling him as a ‘late bloomer’ be fair?

“Absolutely, that’s just kind of how its been through my whole career,” the 19-year-old Lethbridge Hurricanes blueliner said this week. “It kind of sucked when I was younger and never made those (elite minor) teams, but now I think it’s starting to pay off.”

Indeed, the kid who didn’t earn a major bantam spot and a position with the Red Deer midget AAA Chiefs on his first try but was successful the second time around, was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round of this year’s NHL entry draft and on Nov. 23 signed an entry-level deal with the team.

“It’s just been a crazy time the last couple of years,” said Nielsen, who credits former midget AAA head coach Doug Quinn for helping him refine his game to the point where he earned regular employment with the ‘Canes last year, one season removed from playing with the Chiefs.

“Doug helped me gain confidence and believe in my game,” said the Hurricanes rearguard.

“I had a good (WHL rookie) season last year … team wise it wasn’t great, but personally it was all right. Getting drafted was a huge step and gave me a little more confidence in my game. Now I just have to keep moving forward and progressing as a player.”

Nielsen attended the Leafs prospect camp and then the team’s main camp in September.

“That was awesome, it was good to go down there and ex-

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Red Deer Rebel Riley Sheen cuts towards the net as Lethbridge Hurricanes defenceman Andrew Nielsen defends during action at the Centrium last season. Nielson recently signed an entry level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs and is helping the Hurricanes have a breakout season. perience how the pros act and go about their lives every day,” he said. “It was a learning experience … I took a lot out of it.”

He returned to Lethbridge in late September and almost immediately started to take his game to another level. After scoring seven goals and collecting 24 points as a ‘Canes rookie, the six-foot-three, 207-pound Nielsen is currently the WHL’s second-highest scoring defenceman with seven goals and 27 points in 27 games.

“It’s a matter of having a little more experience and maturity in my game,” he said. “I’m playing with better players, too.

We have eight players with over 20 points so far this season, so I think some of my success is due to them.”

Nielsen also credits firstyear head coach Brent Kisio and general manager Peter Anholt for the breakout season both he and the Hurricanes, as a team, are experiencing.

The ‘Canes won all of 20 games last season, but now, at 18-9-00, trail the Eastern Conference front-running Red Deer Rebels by a mere two points with the teams set to clash Saturday at Lethbridge.

“Brent and Peter have been great for us,” said Nielsen.

“Brent is a coach you can go to for anything … he lets you have your input. He doesn’t let you run wild on the ice but gives you the freedom that if you’re a smart player you can make the play.

“He’s a firm coach, he’ll let you know that when something

is going wrong we need to fix it.

But when you’re doing well he’s your No. 1 cheerleader.”

Anholt took on the dual role of GM/head coach one year ago when Brad Robson and bench boss Drake Berehowsky were fired, and helped the ‘Canes turn a corner in the New Year.

The team’s progress has carried over, thanks in part to the off-season acquisitions of overage skaters Cory Millette, Justin Gutierrez and Arvin Atwal, but mostly due to a new team chemistry and attitude.

“Last year was tough, but we didn’t change a whole lot of personnel in the dressing room,” said Nielsen. “Everyone just went home and kind of got refreshed and came back ready to go. Everyone was ready to work and work hard for Pete and Brent and give the fans what they’ve deserved — a winning season. I think we’ve done a good job of that and we’re going to continue to push here before the Christmas break.”

Nielsen was first introduced to the WHL brand over 10 years ago as a stick boy/water boy for his hometown Rebels.

“I started when I was even or eight and continued to when I was about 15,” he said.

It was during his earlier years of association with the Rebels that he became a huge fan of defenceman and current Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf.

“When he was on the (Rebels) I looked up to him and kind of idolized him,” said Nielsen.

“When I was in Toronto in the

fall he took time to talk to me and we kind of hung out. He’s a great guy and a great leader and definitely someone to look up to.

“Obviously the Toronto connection is there now and it’s just kind of cool having that.”

By signing Nielsen to a contract, the Leafs clearly envision the day that he and Phaneuf are teammates.

“I was his partner one day in camp for one of the practices,” said Nielsen. “It was an unreal experience sharing the ice and being his ‘D’ partner. It was pretty cool, for sure.”

The experience of signing his NHL pact was equally as thrilling.

“It was an exciting day,” he said. “Coming into the season that was one of my goals — to get them (Leafs) talking and maybe get a contract. The way it happened, it was great. It showed me that they believed in me. Now that it’s happened I just have to keep playing my game.”

Because he will turn 20 in November of next year, Nielsen will be eligible to play with the Leafs’ American League team — the Toronto Marlies — in the 2016-17 season, providing he doesn’t stick with the big club.

“It would be awesome to play pro next year, but if I end up back here that’s OK too,” he said. “I don’t want to rush into anything but you always want to play at the highest level possible.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Growing pains mount for rookie Kootenay Ice coach The youngest head coach in the WHL downed 4-1 by the Rockets at Kelowna. has to feel like losing is getting a little old.

Kootenay’s slide continued despite getting Luke Pierce has been introduced to the a heroic performance from netminder Wymajor junior ranks in a punishing fashion, att Hoflin, who turned aside 55 shots and his rebuilding and injury-ravaged Koote- received a standing ovation from the Rocknay Ice putting along with a ets fans while being introduced as 6-21-2 slate with no relief in the game’s third star. sight.

“He (Hoflin) did exactly what “You try to keep it posihe’s supposed to do — stop pucks tive if you can without losing and give us a chance to win hocksight of there being some lesey games,” Pierce relayed to Taysons to be learned,” Pierce lor Rocca of the Cranbrook Daily told Gregg Drinnan News of Townsman. “He shouldn’t have to Kamloops.com following a stop that many shots and be that 5-1 loss to the host Kamloops heavily leaned on. But Wyatt apBlazers Tuesday. “You want proaches the game the same every to try and protect your young day. It doesn’t matter who you’re guys as much as you can, but playing, he’s always going to work you’ve got Max Patterson and hard. He loves playing against opGREG Noah Philp and Jared Legien ponents like (the Rockets) and we … they’re playing against needed more of that (from other MEACHEM some pretty elite hockey guys).

INSIDER players every single night.

“He wants that challenge. I’ve It’s trial by fire a little bit. got some other guys that I think “They (younger players) don’t want to be out there because are starting to understand the details and it’s difficult.” discipline and how important the structure And so the Kootenay first-year bench is. It’s hard to see it right now but it’s going boss is facing another quandary, saddled to help us in the long run. The one thing with players who are respecting the opposiabout when you’re in hell, the only thing tion far too much. you can do is keep going. Right?”

“That’s a really good hockey team and Tuesday’s setback was Kootenay’s fourth I think most people probably rise to that in succession and the skid was extended to challenge and put their best foot out there five the following night when the Ice were to try and give people a run for their mon-

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“A lot of our group (Wednesday) looked intimidated and scared and didn’t use that chance to take a run at a real good hockey team.”

Just notes: The Saskatoon Blades shook up their roster earlier this week, shipping derfenceman Brycen Martin to the Everett Silvertips and netminder Nik Amundrud to the Calgary Hitmen. The Blades got a 2016 sixth-round bantam pick for Amundrud and a whole lot more for Martin and a thirdround conditional bantam pick, namely 1999-born players Jantzen Leslie and Ryan Anderson, plus a second-round bantam draft selection in 2017. Leslie, a defenceman currently playing midget AAA hockey in Lloydminster, was the ‘Tips’ first-round pick — 15th overall — in the 2014 bantam draft and Anderson is a former fifth-round pick who currently leads the Alberta Midget League in goals as a member of the Edmonton Southside Athletics. Both Leslie and Anderson were with silver-medal winning Team Alberta in the 2015 Canada Winter Games … The Blades made more news Wednesday … negative news. Their 5-0 loss to the visiting Regina Pats was the club’s 15th straight setback at the hands of their Saskatchewan foes. The Blades’ last win over Regina was an 8-7 overtime decision on March 9, 2013. Since then, they’ve been outscored 74-35. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘Nothing can stop me’ UFC STAR MCGREGOR THINKS HE’LL AVOID ROUSEY’S FATE BY BACKING UP HIS WORDS AGAINST ALDO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — If Conor McGregor feels the weight of the UFC on his shoulders, the Irish featherweight sure knows how to make such a burden look comfortable.

After Ronda Rousey’s stunning loss last month, the second-biggest celebrity in the UFC’s stable of fighters is eager to carry the promotion forward into 2016 with an undisputed belt around his waist. McGregor (18-2) takes on Jose Aldo in the main event of UFC 194 next weekend in Las Vegas, and he remains unshakably confident in his ability to beat a champion who hasn’t lost in 10 years.

Just ask him.

“I get in there, and I put on a show,” McGregor said Wednesday. “This fight will be a performance. I’m not just going to beat Jose. I’m going to embarrass Jose in there.”

McGregor has been playing elaborate mind games with Aldo for months, goading and taunting the UFC champion with a verbal dexterity and showmanship to rival the greatest self-promoters in sports history.

When he finally gets his Brazilian target in the octagon five months after Aldo’s injury postponement, McGregor promises he’ll back up every word he said.

“Nothing can stop me,” McGregor said over lunch at a Sunset Boulevard steakhouse where his presence prompted upscale diners to scramble for their camera phones. “You can throw anything at me. There’s nothing that can break my mindset. I’m bulletproof.”

McGregor was as surprised as most fans by Holly Holm’s second-round knockout of Rousey, the previously

unbeaten star who had become the UFC’s most loquacious and most bankable fighter. McGregor and Rousey are friends, and they’ve shown parallel abilities to sell both their fights and their personas.

McGregor thinks he sees where Rousey went wrong, and he doesn’t worry that he could fall victim to the same distractions and wavering focus.

“I watched Ronda fight a little bit (too) emotionally invested,” McGregor said. “I’m sure she had many, many things going on. She’s one of the hardest-working fighters in the game, media-wise and work-wise. So she had a lot on her plate, and it showed in the contest.”

While his attention-grabbing personality and tireless public pronouncements are the reasons he has emerged as a worldwide star after just six UFC fights, McGregor said he still has innumerable goals to reach, effectively preventing his celebrity from interfering with his fighting.

“I’m going to continue to grow this company,” he said. “I’m looking to bring in half a billion dollars in money to this company per show, similar to the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. …

I have a long way to go in this game, and I’m hungry, and I’m only getting better.”

McGregor became a star after he turned his remarkable bluster directly on Aldo, the biggest bully on the playground.

The only featherweight champion in UFC history has a vicious combination of ground skill and knockout power, but McGregor put Aldo on the defensive in public with a steady patter of putdowns and a series of calculated stunts — leaping over the cage to confront him, or snatching the belt away from him at a news conference.

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Conor McGregor, left, kicks at Dustin Poirier, during their fight in Las Vegas.

McGregor has been playing elaborate mind games with Jose Aldo for many months, goading and taunting the UFC champion with verbal dexterity and showmanship to rival the greatest self-promoters in sports history. The Irish featherweight finally gets his Brazilian target in the octagon on Dec. 12, at UFC 194, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and McGregor promises he’ll back up every word he said.

Aldo and McGregor originally were scheduled to meet in July, and the UFC sent the fighters on an eight-city media tour of their centerpiece show of the summer. When Aldo pulled out of the bout with a rib injury two weeks beforehand, he was widely criticized — and McGregor stopped late replacement Chad Mendes to earn an interim belt.

Five months later, the UFC 194 promotion has been less pervasive, but the fight is no less compelling. Aldo is widely perceived by mixed martial arts experts to be nearly as unbeatable as Rousey appeared to be last month

Yurkiw paying her own way on the ski trail

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAKE LOUISE. — Larisa Yurkiw’s best results in ski racing have come while operating as a team of one. The Canadian continues to run and fund her own program outside of Alpine Canada, even though she walks a financial tightrope.

The 27-year-old from Owen Sound, Ont., claimed her first World Cup podium last season by finishing second in a downhill in Cortina, Italy. A few weeks earlier, Yurkiw finished just off the podium in Lake Louise, in fourth.

“Each race, each season is showing me what I’m capable of, but also that I can be consistently successful,” Yurkiw said Thursday.

She is the country’s top female downhiller and one of just two Canadians racing the women’s World Cup season opener Friday in Lake Louise.

Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., is 19 and will race just the second World Cup downhill of her career.

The strength of the Canadian women’s ski team shifted in recent years from speed events to the technical races of slalom and giant slalom.

A thin speed program is why Yurkiw turned down an invitation this year to return to the secure umbrella of Alpine Canada.

“I was invited back,” she said.

“They did a good thing and hired a coach and the development skiers on the team need that. It’s really great to see because those girls deserve that.

“It’s not quite the World Cup program that I need. I’m trying to be one of the best in the world and my goals are huge.”

Austria’s Mirjam Puchner was fastest in Thursday’s second and final

— but McGregor is so popular that he has actually emerged as the betting favourite in Vegas.

When asked about this remarkable development, McGregor taps his skull.

“When you’re the favourite here, the universe shapes itself,” said McGregor, who has acknowledged reading the self-help bestseller “The Secret.”

“I’m entering this contest heavily favoured in my mind, and he’s entering the contest as a big underdog in his mind,” McGregor added. “That’s why you’re seeing what you’re seeing on the (betting) lines.”

Buffalo to host 2018 world juniors

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Larisa Yurkiw of Canada skis down the course during a training run for the women’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, on Wednesday. training run. Lindsey Vonn and Stacey Cook of the U.S., were second and third respectively.

Grenier was 40th, while Yurkiw caught an edge and skied off course after finishing 10th in the first training run. A second downhill is scheduled for Saturday followed by Sunday’s super-G. Yurkiw became a ski maverick out of necessity when she was left off the Canadian women’s ski team for 2013-14. She pounded the pavement for sponsorship dollars, found a new coach and trained on her own while achieving a necessary pair of top-10 results to qualify for the 2014 Olympic

Games in Sochi, Russia.

Yurkiw was 20th in downhill, but achieved the hard-won goal of wearing the Maple Leaf at her first Olympic Games. Having proved for two seasons she can pay for herself to ski fast, Yurkiw is surprised how much harder it is to come up with the money.

She estimates she’s 30 per cent short of the approximately $200,000 required to race a full World Cup season.

“I have this weekend covered, but beyond that it’s a bit of an unknown,” Yurkiw said. “It’s extremely stressful.

My sponsors are as generous as they can be, but it’s still this upward climb to try to fund my season.”

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Marcus Foligno remembers the 2011 world junior championships fondly, despite Canada’s loss to Russia in the gold-medal game.

The tournament was held in Buffalo, which made it something of a showcase for him as a Sabres draft pick. But it didn’t hurt that the arena was full of Canadian fans.

“It was a lot of red jerseys,” Foligno said. “We knew it was in Buffalo and it was on American soil, but being part of Team Canada, we had a lot of Canadian fans and they showed their support big time.”

Canadian fans will get that chance again in 2018 when the world juniors return to Buffalo. USA Hockey will make that announcement Friday at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills.

Buffalo beat out Pittsburgh and St. Louis for the right to host in 2018, a testament to the city’s strength as a hockey market, its proximity to Canada and its experience at running major events, including the 2011 tournament.

“I thought they did a great job the first time,” Sabres coach Dan Bylsma said Thursday. “Looking back at that tournament, it was a big venue, great fan support. … Close enough to Canada to have a great group of fans here. But it was pretty well full throughout the whole tournament.”

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Hockey

Today • Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Central Alberta, 6 p.m., Big Valley.

• Mixed martial arts: Havoc Fighting Championship, 7:30 p.m., Westerner Prairie Pavilion.

• Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

• Midget AAA hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Saturday • Minor midget AAA hockey: Airdrie/ Cochrane at Red Deer Strata Energy, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• Major bantam hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.

• Midget AA hockey: Central Alberta at Red Deer Elks, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex.

• Junior women’s hockey: Calgary Warriors at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

• Midget AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

• Major midget girls hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A;

Olds at Central Alberta, 2:45 p.m., Clive; Lethbridge Red at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

• WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

(The Drive).

• AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7 p.m.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Mountainview at Ponoka, 8 p.m.

Sunday • Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge Red at Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Bantam AA hockey: Foothills at Red Deer Ramada, 1 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Major midget girls hockey: Calgary at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer Strata Energy, noon, Arena; Calgary Blackhawks at Red Deer North Star, 2:45 p.m., Arena.

• Men’s basketball: Chillibongs vs.

Carstar, Wells Furniture vs. Alken Basin, Triple A Batteries vs. Rusty Chuckers, 4:15 p.m.; Grandview vs. NWS, Subaru vs.

Henry’s Eavestroughing, Johns Manville vs. Silver Spurs, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

• WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Centrium.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Cleveland 13 5 .722 — Indiana 12 5 .706 1/2 Chicago 11 5 .688 1 Miami 11 6 .647 1 Toronto 12 8 .600 2 Orlando 11 8 .579 2 Atlanta 12 9 .571 2 Boston 10 8 .556 3 Charlotte 10 8 .556 3 Detroit 10 9 .526 3 New York 9 10 .474 4 Washington 7 9 .438 5 Milwaukee 7 12 .368 6 Brooklyn 5 13 .278 8 Philadelphia 1 19 .050 13

B4

1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Golden State 20 0 1.000 — San Antonio 15 4 .789 4 1/2 Memphis 11 8 .579 8 1/2 Oklahoma City 11 8 .579 8 1/2 Dallas 11 8 .579 8 1/2 L.A. Clippers 10 9 .526 9 1/2 Utah 8 9 .471 10 1/2 Minnesota 8 10 .444 11 Phoenix 8 11 .421 11 1/2 Houston 8 11 .421 11 1/2 Portland 7 12 .368 12 1/2 Sacramento 7 12 .368 12 1/2 Denver 7 13 .350 13 New Orleans 4 15 .211 15 1/2 L.A. Lakers 3 15 .167 16

Wednesday’s Games L.A. Lakers 108, Washington 104 Golden State 116, Charlotte 99 Detroit 127, Phoenix 122, OT New York 99, Philadelphia 87 Chicago 99, Denver 90 Houston 108, New Orleans 101 Toronto 96, Atlanta 86 San Antonio 95, Milwaukee 70 Indiana 103, L.A. Clippers 91

Thursday’s results Fourth Draw K.Koe 8 S.Laycock 6 M.McEwen 9 R.Carruthers 4 Fifth Draw B.Jacobs 7 S.Laycock 2 J.Epping 9 K.Koe 5 P.Simmons 5 R.Carruthers 4 B.Gushue 6 M.McEwen 5 Sixth Draw P.Simmons 6 B.Gushue 4 B.Jacobs 7 J.Epping 3 Wednesday’s results First Draw P.Simmons 7 M.McEwen 3 J.Epping 7 S.Laycock 5 Second Draw K.Koe 8 B.Gushue 5 S.Laycock 7 R.Carruthers 6 B.Jacobs 7 P.Simmons 6 Third Draw R.Carruthers 5 B.Gushue 4 M.McEwen 9 J.Epping 6 K.Koe 7 B.Jacobs 6 Friday’s games Seventh Draw, 8:30 a.m.

R.Carruthers vs. K.Koe S.Laycock vs. P.Simmons.

Eighth Draw, 1:30 p.m.

M.McEwen vs. K.Koe B.Gushue vs. S.Laycock B. Jacobs vs. R.Carruthers P.Simmons vs. J.Epping.

Ninth Draw, 6:30 p.m.

M.McEwen vs. B.Jacobs J.Epping vs. B.Gushue.

Saturday’s games Draw 10, 8:30 a.m.

J.Epping vs. R.Carruthers P.Simmons vs. K.Koe S.Laycock vs. M.McEwen B.Gushue vs. B.Jacobs.

End of round robin PLAYOFFS Saturday’s games

Pt 38 36 36 25 17 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Kelowna 27 20 6 1 0 108 78 Victoria 28 18 8 1 1 96 63 Prince George 26 15 9 1 1 81 75 Kamloops 24 12 9 3 0 88 80 Vancouver 27 7 16 2 2 75 102

Pt 41 38 32 27 18

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA 25 16 7 2 0 91 69 27 14 10 2 1 89 92 24 14 8 0 2 63 48 25 12 13 0 0 84 78 28 11 16 1 0 85 109

Pt 34 31 30 24 23

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

Thursday’s results Prince Albert 1 Calgary 6 Wednesday’s results Brandon 8 Swift Current 0 Regina 5 Saskatoon 0 Lethbridge 6 Calgary 4 Vancouver 6 Medicine Hat 0 Prince George 5 Portland 3 Kelowna 4 Kootenay 1 Tri-City 4 Everett 1

Sunday’s games Swift Current at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Prince Albert at Red Deer, 5 p.m.

Prince George at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Friday’s Games Phoenix at Washington, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.

WHL Scoring Leaders G 17 18

Tyson Baillie, Kel Brayden Point,MJ

Saturday’s Games Denver at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Golden State at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 6 p.m.

Boston at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Utah, 7 p.m.

Orlando at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

A 30 25

Pts 47 43

Dryden Hunt, MJ Ivan Nikolishin, RD Mathew Barzal, Sea Reid Gardiner, P.A. Brayden Burke,Let Devante Stephens, Spo Radel Fazleev, CAL Jonathon Martin, SC Parker Bowles, TC Alex Forsberg, Vic Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Lane Bauer, Edm Keegan Kolesar, Sea Adam Brooks, Reg Brett Pollock, Edm Tyler Wong, Let Collin Shirley, Kam Egor Babenko, Let Noah Gregor, MJ Simon Stransky, P.A.

19 17 7 17 6 9 13 20 15 9 17 16 15 12 10 18 16 13 13 11

21 23 33 22 33 28 23 15 19 25 16 15 16 19 21 12 14 17 17 19

40 40 40 39 39 37 36 35 34 34 33 31 31 31 31 30 30 30 30 30

Montreal Detroit Ottawa

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF 27 19 5 3 92 26 14 8 4 66 25 13 7 5 82

GA 60 65 75

Pt 41 32 31

Washington NY Rangers NY Islanders

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF 24 18 5 1 78 27 17 7 3 76 26 14 8 4 74

GA 53 57 63

Pt 37 37 32

Pittsburgh Boston New Jersey Florida Tampa Bay Philadelphia Buffalo Toronto Carolina Columbus

GP 24 23 25 25 26 25 25 26 25 26

WILD CARD W L OL GF 14 8 2 57 13 8 2 75 13 10 2 62 12 9 4 65 12 11 3 61 10 10 5 49 10 12 3 58 8 13 5 57 8 13 4 51 10 16 0 61

GA 55 67 60 61 59 67 67 73 75 78

Pt 30 28 28 28 27 25 23 21 20 20

Dallas St. Louis Minnesota

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF 25 19 5 1 88 25 15 7 3 66 24 13 7 4 66

GA 66 61 62

Pt 39 33 30

Los Angeles San Jose Arizona

Pacific Division GP W L OL 24 15 8 1 24 14 10 0 25 13 11 1

GF 60 67 68

GA 51 63 75

Pt 31 28 27

Nashville Chicago Winnipeg Vancouver Colorado Anaheim Calgary Edmonton

GP 25 26 26 26 26 26 25 26

WILD CARD W L OL 13 8 4 13 9 4 12 12 2 9 9 8 11 14 1 9 12 5 9 14 2 9 15 2

GF 65 71 73 70 75 52 60 65

GA 64 68 81 71 77 67 90 79

Pt 30 30 26 26 23 23 20 20

Thursday’s results Colorado 2 NY Rangers 1 New Jersey 5 Carolina 1 Detroit 5 Arizona 1 Ottawa 4 Chicago 3 (OT) Washington 3 Montreal 2 Minnesota 1 Toronto 0

Florida 2 Nashville 1 Dallas at Vancouver, late Wednesday’s results Winnipeg 6 Toronto 1 NY Islanders 2 NY Rangers 1 (SO) Edmonton 3 Boston 2 (SO) Tampa Bay 2 Anaheim 1 Friday’s games Arizona at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at NY Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Washington at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Nashville at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Toronto at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 5 p.m.

NY Islanders at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Arizona at Carolina, 3 p.m.

Winnipeg at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Daniel Sedin, Vcr John Klingberg, Dal Blake Wheeler, Wpg Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Erik Karlsson, Ott Max Pacioretty, Mtl Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Taylor Hall, Edm David Krejci, Bos Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Joe Pavelski, SJ Nathan MacKinnon, Col Henrik Sedin, Vcr Tomas Plekanec, Mtl Matt Duchene, Col Jeff Carter, LA Patrice Bergeron, Bos Michael Cammalleri, NJ Artemi Panarin, Chi Alex Ovechkin, Wash John Tavares, NYI Mike Hoffman, Ott Mats Zuccarello, NYR Bobby Ryan, Ott Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Kyle Turris, Ott Bryan Little, Wpg Alex Steen, StL Loui Eriksson, Bos Max Domi, Ari Kyle Okposo, NYI Mark Stone, Ott Ryan Suter, Minn P.K. Subban, Mtl

G 15 18 13 12 5 9 8 5 13 12 9 9 14 12 10 8 7 13 10 8 7 7 12 12 11 11 8 6 11 10 9 9 8 6 5 4 1

A 23 17 21 16 22 17 18 21 12 13 16 16 10 12 14 16 17 10 13 15 16 16 10 10 11 11 14 16 10 11 12 12 13 15 16 17 20

Pts 38 35 34 28 27 26 26 26 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 10 1 0 .909 347 N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 .545 272 Buffalo 5 6 0 .455 266 Miami 4 7 0 .364 225

Tiebreakers (if necessary), 1:30 p.m.

Semifinals, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Final Semifinal winners, 5 p.m WOMEN ROUND ROBIN W 4 3 2 2 1 1 1

L 0 1 2 2 3 3 3

Thursday’s results Fourth Draw V.Sweeting 8 S.Middaugh 4 R.Homan 8 K.McDonald 4 J.Jones 9 T.Fleury 4 Fifth Draw R.Homan 9 K.Rocque 2 Sixth Draw J.Jones 8 K.Rocque 5 T.Fleury 4 S.Middaugh 3 V.Sweeting 8 K.McDonald 3 Wednesday’s results First Draw K.Rocque 7 K.McDonald 6 R.Homan 8 V.Sweeting 3 S.Middaugh 7 J.Jones 2 Second Draw K.McDonald 7 T.Fleury 3 S.Middaugh 7 K.Rocque 5 Third Draw R.Homan 6 J.Jones 5 V.Sweeting 8 T.Fleury 6 Friday’s games Seventh Draw, 8:30 a.m.

K.McDonald vs. J.Jones T.Fleury vs. R.Homan K.Rocque vs. V.Sweeting.

Eighth Draw, 1:30 p.m.

S.Middaugh vs. K.McDonald.

Ninth Draw, 6:30 p.m.

T.Fleury vs. K.Rocque R.Homan vs. S.Middaugh J.Jones vs. V.Sweeting.

End of round robin PLAYOFFS Saturday’s games Tiebreakers (if necessary), 8:30 a.m.

Semifinals, 1:30 p.m.

Sunday’s game Final Semifinal winners, 11 a.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND — Agreed to terms with OF Collin Cowgill on a one-year contract.

N.Y. YANKEES — Did not tender a 2016 contract to RHP Domingo German.

SEATTLE — Signed OF Norichika Aoki to a oneyear contract.

TEXAS — Agreed to terms with C Chris Gomez on a one-year contract. Promoted Corey Ragsdale to field co-ordinator, Jeff Andrews to assistant pitching co-ordinator and Kenny Holmberg to infield co-ordinator. Named Donzell McDonald coach/pro scout Josiah Igono peak performance co-ordinator Jim Presley hitting coach, Greg Hibbard pitching coach and Carlos Olivas trainer for Round Rock (PCL) Steve Mintz pitching coach and Jacob Newburn trainer for Frisco (Texas) Oscar Marin pitching coach, Aaron Levin coach and Alex Rodriguez trainer for High Desert (Cal) Spike Owen manager, Jose Jaimes pitching coach, Matt Hagen coach and Dustin Vissering trainer for Hickory (SAL) Brian Shouse pitching coach, Kenny Hook hitting coach and Jared Goedert coach for Spokane (NWL) Matt Siegel manager, Henderson Lugo pitching coach, Chase Lambin and Alberto Puello coaches, Luke Teeters trainer and Adam Noel strength coach for the Arizona League Rangers and Guilder Rodriguez coach for the DSL Rangers.

TORONTO — Named Ross Atkins executive vice-president of baseball operations and general manager. Promoted Tony LaCava to senior vice-president of baseball operations and assistant general manager.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHP

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Red Deer 27 19 8 0 0 106 74 Lethbridge 27 18 9 0 0 111 82 Calgary 30 17 11 1 1 96 94 Edmonton 28 11 14 3 0 80 96 Medicine Hat 25 7 15 2 1 78 104 Kootenay 29 6 21 2 0 57 119

Saturday’s games Regina at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Swift Current at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Kootenay at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Miami 97, Oklahoma City 95 Denver 106, Toronto 105 Orlando 103, Utah 94 San Antonio at Memphis, late Indiana at Portland, late Boston vs. Sacramento, late

Homan Sweeting Middaugh Jones McDonald Rocque Fleury

Pt 35 34 31 28 23 19

Friday’s games Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Kootenay at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Prince George at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Curling Canada Cup of Curling GRAND PRAIRIE, Alta. — Standings and results Friday after the sixth draw at the Canada Cup of Curling from Dec. 2-6: MEN ROUND ROBIN W L Koe 3 1 Jacobs 3 1 Simmons 3 1 Epping 2 2 McEwen 2 2 Gushue 1 3 Laycock 1 3 Carruthers 1 3

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Prince Albert 27 16 8 2 1 88 86 Brandon 26 16 8 0 2 96 68 Moose Jaw 27 13 9 4 1 93 88 Regina 26 13 11 2 0 79 87 Saskatoon 26 10 13 3 0 79 106 Swift Current 27 8 16 3 0 64 89

Clayton Richard on a one-year contract.

N.Y. METS — Signed RHP Jim Henderson to a minor league contract.

PHILADELPHIA — Agreed to terms with OF Peter Bourjos and INF Andres Blanco on one-year contracts.

WASHINGTON — Named Randy Knorr senior advisor to the general manager-player development, Michael Barrett catching co-ordinator, Brian Daubach hitting coach at Syracuse (IL), Matt LeCroy manager and Brian Rupp hitting coach for Harrisburg (EL), Luis Ordaz hitting coach for Potomac (Carolina), Amaury Garcia hitting coach and RJ Guyer strength coach for Hagerstown (Carolina), Jerad Head manager and Mark Harris hitting coach for Auburn (NYP), and Josh Johnson manager of the GCL Nationals.

FOOTBALL National Football League GREEN BAY — Signed RB John Crockett from the practice squad. Released RB Alonzo Harris.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA — Assigned F Craig Cunningham to Springfield (AHL).

American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Released G Tyler Beskorowany by mutual consent. Signed Fs Phil Lane and Ross Mauermann.

ECHL ELMIRA — Announced F Matt Garbowsky was recalled by Rochester (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer DALLAS — Re-signed MF Kellyn Acosta. Declined the 2016 contracts options for Otis Earle, Danny Garcia, David Texeira and Michel.

JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL Isaac Colosimo drained 12 points and Carlo Dela Cruz scored 10 to lead the host Notre Dame Cougars past the Rocky Mountain House West Central Rebels 71-12 in JV boys basketball action Wednesday.

The Cougars girls made it a sweep with a 45-11 victory, getting 11 points from Kenia Evora. Sarah Burnett netted nine for West Central.

PA 212 228 257 287

Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

W 6 6 4 2

South L T 5 0 5 0 7 0 9 0

Pct .545 .545 .364 .182

PF 249 232 236 203

PA 260 234 299 257

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 9 6 4 2

North L T 2 0 5 0 7 0 9 0

Pct .818 .545 .364 .182

PF 297 266 259 213

PA 193 230 276 310

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 9 6 5 3

West L T 2 0 5 0 6 0 8 0

Pct .818 .545 .455 .273

PF 252 287 264 244

PA 207 220 280 307

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Washington 5 6 0 .455 241

PA 267

N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas

5 4 3

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

6 7 8

0 0 0

.455 .364 .273

287 243 204

273 274 261

W 11 6 5 4

South L T Pct 0 0 1.000 5 0 .545 6 0 .455 7 0 .364

PF 332 260 248 261

PA 205 234 279 339

Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

W 8 8 5 4

North L T 3 0 4 0 6 0 8 0

Pct .727 .667 .455 .333

PF 231 289 231 253

PA 194 238 264 315

Arizona Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

W 9 6 4 3

West L T 2 0 5 0 7 0 8 0

Pct .818 .545 .364 .273

PF 355 267 186 152

PA 229 222 230 271

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Houston at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Denver at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at New England, 2:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 7 Dallas at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 3 Green Bay 27, Detroit 23 Sunday, Dec. 6 Arizona at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 10 Minnesota at Arizona, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 13 Detroit at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Washington at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

Dallas at Green Bay, 2:25 p.m.

New England at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 14 N.Y. Giants at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Jacobs, Simmons join Koe atop men’s standings at Canada Cup

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS GRANDE PRAIRIE — Brad Jacobs and Pat Simmons have crowded the top of the men’s standings after winning their draws on Thursday night at the 2015 Canada Cup of Curling.

Jacobs, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont, downed Toronto’s John Epping 7-3 in Thursday’s evening draw while Edmonton’s Simmons beat Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., 6-4.

Both skips are now tied with Calgary’s Kevin Koe for first place in round-robin play with 3-1 records. Epping and Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen are tied for fourth spot at 2-2.

“I’ve made a career of grinding out wins,” said Simmons, who beat Winnipeg’s Reid Carruthers 5-4 earlier in the day by scoring two in the 10th end. “There’s been far more of those that have come that way versus those that have come easy that’s for sure. The veteran side of us, the experience, comes through in those situations. Sometimes a few wins like that can really get things rolling.

“We know well enough that if you can stay

patient and fight you might bide your time and get something good at the end.”

In women’s evening play, Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones beat Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque 8-5, Tracy Fleury, from Sudbury, Ont., edged Sherry Middaugh of Coldwater, Ont., 4-3 and Edmonton’s Val Sweeting hammered Winnipeg’s Kristy McDonald 8-3.

“We feel pretty comfortable out there and the team’s playing really well and setting up really good ends,” said Sweeting, the defending Canada Cup champion.

“Personally I struggled with draw weight and trusting how keen (the ice) was. We haven’t played on ice that keen all year and I just wasn’t trusting it and now I am and it’s been working well.”

Ottawa’s Rachel Homan sits atop the women’s standings with a 4-0 record. Sweeting is second at 3-1 while Middaugh and Jones round out the top four with 2-2 marks.

Round robin continues Friday and the finals are scheduled for Sunday. The winners will receive berths in the Olympic trials for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.

Ryan takes perfect record into title fight HAVOC FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP Austin Ryan of Red Deer will put his perfect professional mixed martial arts record of 5-0 on the line Friday when he faces Randy Turner (8-3) of Ottawa in a Havoc Fighting Championship flyweight title fight.

Included on the Havoc 10 pro undercard at the Westerner Park Prairie Pavilion is a heavyweight bout featuring Chris Lafantasie of Red Deer and Grayson Wells of Edmonton. Lafantasie will make his pro debut, while Wells sports a 1-1 record.

Brent Harvie (3-1) of Red Deer will tangle with Clayon Dixon (2-0) of Edmonton in a featherweight fight and Red

Deer’s Luke Spicer will clash with Cody Kragen in a kick boxing match that will mark the pro debut for both.

In the amateur fights, flyweight Blaine Cust (1-2) of Red Deer will meet Mike Pyska (10) of Sherwood Park, and Rob Hall (0-0) will face Jeff Grande (0-0) and Matt Pink (0-0) will take on Evan Anderson (0-1) of Regina in a pair of 155-pound bouts.

In addition, Patrick Leblanc (0-2) of Rocky Mountain House will go up against Edmonton fighter Chris Melanson (0-0) in a bantamweight match.

The action gets underway at 7:30 p.m.

WHL ROUNDUP Hitmen 6 Raiders 1 CALGARY — Cody Porter only had to make 18 saves and the Calgary Hitmen had six different goal scores en route to a 6-1 victory on Thursday against the Prince Albert Raiders in Western Hockey League play.

Jordy Stallard, Jakob Stukel, Jake Bean, Carsen Twarynski, Pavel Karnaukhov and Tyler Mrkonjic all found the back of the net for the Hitmen (17-11-2).

Kolten Olynek kept the Raiders (16-8-3) from being shut out when he beat Porter at 16:16 of the third period.

Ian Scott stopped 21-of-25 shots for Prince Albert before giving way to Rylan Parenteau, who made three saves in 19:39 of relief. Calgary went 1 for 2 on the power play while the Raiders failed to score on three chances.

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Casey in chase for first win of year IN A THREE-WAY TIE WITH JOHNSON, WALKER ATOP THE LEADERBOARD IN BAHAMAS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

HERO WORLD CHALLENGE

NASSAU, Bahamas — Paul Casey is off to a good start in his final chance to win a tournament this year.

Casey birdied the final hole at Albany Golf Club on Thursday for a 6-under 66 that gave him a share of the first-round lead with Jimmy Walker and Zach Johnson in the Hero World Challenge.

The scenery and tropical sunshine made it feel like a working vacation, and a gentle breeze off the tip of New Providence island only added to the relaxation. Hideki Matsuyama (75) was the only player in the 18-man field who didn’t break par.

Defending champion Jordan Spieth made a hole-in-one with a 6-iron on the second hole and finally added a birdie on a par 5 to join a large group at 67 that included Bubba Watson and Adam Scott, who lives at Albany and still holds — barely — the course record of 65.

Casey is among five players in this field of top-50 players who has yet to

win this year.

“The only blemish I can think of is maybe I left a putt short on line, which is a little criminal,” Casey said. “Other than that, I played some really, really nice golf.”

He wasn’t alone. Walker made quick strides with a new move in his swing and produced eight birdies, six of them in an eight-hole stretch on the back nine.

Johnson recovered from a slow start that could have been worse. He originally was penalized one shot for marking his ball off the green at the par-5 third, only for the penalty to be rescinded when officials determined it was too difficult on some holes to determine where the putting surface ended.

“When we started rolling the greens and mowing them down at tournament height, and then the sun came out, we had a situation in a lot of places where you couldn’t differentiate between the collar and the green,” said Mark Rus-

sell, the tour’s vice-president of competition. “Rather than put the players in a situation where they were going to have a problem, we took care of it.”

The weather played a big role in the low scoring. Still, there was one noticeable difference from past years.

This was the fewest number of rounds over par on the first day, and there had been no shortage of rounds in the upper 70s and 80s.

Part of that might be the first time the World Challenge has been played at Albany Golf Club. It was at Isleworth last year in Florida, and at Sherwood Country Club in California for 14 years.

Then again, players have been competing around the world — Spieth and Scott in Australia last week, Johnson at Sea Island two weeks ago.

There were a few exceptions. Walker hasn’t played since Las Vegas in mid-October and he has just begun to work with Butch Harmon on a move in which his head moves down the target

line, similar to how David Duval swung the club.

“It’s something he’s been trying to get me to do for a while, and it’s tough,” Walker said. “I told him I was going to make a really tough commitment to try to do it. I’ve been swinging a certain way for a long time and it’s a hard habit to break.”

It didn’t go so well in the pro-am, mainly because there was a lot of standing around. In twosomes, Walker found his groove.

Scott started par-birdie-eagle until losing some momentum with a bogey, and then he added three birdies on the back nine. Spieth’s start was sensational, a 6-iron that landed in front of the hole and dropped in the cup.

“Absolutely flushed it right at the hole and didn’t think it went in,” Spieth said. “I started walking because balls have been sticking on the green, so I thought it stuck. But I guess it just crept forward that extra 2 feet.”

He didn’t get much help from the crowd reaction, mainly because there wasn’t much of a crowd. No more than two dozen fans were with any group.

Canada hopes Tiger Woods talks marriage, injuries coaching and future in Time magazine interview overhaul yields medals

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WOMEN’S SKIING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The coaching staff of the Canadian women’s ski team has been overhauled, with heavyweights who worked with stars Mikaela Shiffrin and Tina Maze joining the organization.

By making the off-season moves, Alpine Canada sent a message that it’s time to push Canada’s women from contenders to conquerors.

“Our team is young and we’re at a point where we need to step up,” slalom racer Erin Mielzynski said. “Instead of defending where we are, we need to chase.”

Roland Pfeifer coached U.S. slalom star Shiffrin from 2011 to 2014. The 20-year-old phenom won Olympic and world championship gold as well as a pair of overall World Cup slalom titles during that span.

The U.S. ski team made staff changes midway through last season. Pfeifer was re-assigned to the men’s squad in January. The Austrian says he jumped to the Canadian team this season because he trusts Alpine Canada athletic director Martin Rufener.

Pfeifer is the head coach of Canada’s seven women, but works primarily with slalom racers. He replaced Jim Pollock, who retired in June after guiding Canada’s women through four Olympic Games and seven world championships. With Pfeifer came Luca de Marchi, who was a strength and conditioning coach of Shiffrin and the U.S. women’s team.

Canada’s speed program is bare bones with just Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., racing World Cup downhills today and Saturday in Lake Louise. Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., will also race for Canada, but she runs and funds her own program outside Alpine Canada.

Valerio Ghirardi of Italy came on board as a speed coach and also trains giant slalom racers. Ghirardi spent last season coaching Slovenia’s Maze, the downhill and giant slalom Olympic champion who is taking a year off.

Mielzynski of Collingwood, Ont., Marie-Michele Gagnon of Lac-Etchemin, Que., and Marie-Pier Prefontaine of Saint Saveur, Que., ranked just outside the world’s top 10 at the end of 2014-15.

Mielzyinski, 25, has stood on the podium once since winning a World Cup slalom in 2012. Gagnon, 26, has finished fourth to eighth in 16 World Cup slaloms in her career.

NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods says he has a “fantastic” relationship with his ex-wife and he has taken steps to explain to his two children what happened to their marriage.

In a rare and extensive interview with Time magazine, Woods also shared the same sentiments about his future that he did Tuesday at the tournament he is hosting in the Bahamas.

He still wants to play golf at the highest level, though he is resigned that it might not happen if the nerve damage in his back doesn’t allow for it.

The world’s former No. 1 player was interviewed by Canadian golf author Lorne Rubenstein at Woods’ new restaurant in Florida. They covered topics ranging from his greatest joy on the golf course to chipping sessions with Seve Ballesteros to his family.

Woods, who turns 40 on Dec. 30, says he has told 8-year-old Sam and 6-yearold Charlie that his parents don’t live in the same house because “Daddy made some mistakes.”

“I just want them to understand before they get to the Internet age and they log on to something or have their friends tell them something,” Woods said. “I want it to come from me so that when they come of age, I’ll just tell them the real story.

“And so, that’s part of the initiative — ‘Hey, it was my fault, too. I was to blame’ — and so I’m taking initiative with the kids,” he said. “I’d rather have it come from me as the source.

And I can tell them absolutely everything so they hear it from me.”

In the meantime, Woods said he is stressing to his children that they have two parents who love them.

His marriage crumbled at the end of 2009 when he was exposed for having multiple extramarital affairs, and Elin Nordegren divorced him the following August. Woods endured leg injuries in 2011, got back to No. 1 in the world with eight victories in 2012 and 2013 and has been in a free fall because of back injuries since.

He had surgery to alleviate a pinched nerve the week before the 2014 Masters and has had two more procedures in the same spot over the last three months.

“One, I don’t want to have another procedure,” Woods said. “And two, even if I don’t come back and I don’t play again, I still want to have a quality of life with my kids. I started to lose that with the other surgeries.”

Asked what he would have done differently before and after the scandal in his personal life, Woods said he would have had a more open, honest relationship with his wife.

“Having the relationship that I have now with her is fantastic,” he said.

“She’s one of my best friends. We’re

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Tiger Woods tips his hat to the crowd after finishing his round during the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C. Woods says he has a “fantastic” relationship with former wife Elin Nordegren and he has begun explaining to his two children what happened to their marriage. In an interview with Time magazine, he says when they come of age he will tell them the “real story.” able to pick up the phone, and we talk to each other all the time. We both know that the most important things in our lives are our kids. I wish I would have known that back then.”

Woods last played on Aug. 23 when he tied for 10th and thought the pain he experienced was from his hip. Instead, it was a recurrence of his back problems. The uncertainty of his health has led to plenty of speculation that his career might be over.

“Put it this way. It’s not what I want to have happen, and it’s not what I’m planning on having happen,” Woods said. “But if it does, it does. I’ve reconciled myself to it.”

On other topics: • Woods pointed out again that the chart of Jack Nicklaus he kept on his bedroom wall as a kid had nothing to do with the record 18 majors. It was related to age — the first time Nicklaus broke 40, broke 80, won his first golf tournament, his first state amateur, his first U.S. Amateur and first U.S. Open.

“To me, that was important,” he said. “This guy’s the best out there and the best of all time. If I can beat each age that he did it, then I have a chance

at being the best.”

• He came to know the late Seve Ballesteros when the Spaniard was working with Butch Harmon and they would spend time together in Houston.

“We’d hit balls and then he’d show me short game, for hours,” Woods said.

“Then we’d go play till dark. It was awesome. To see how he could do it, and I could never do it. But I could take pieces. I’d ask him, but man, I couldn’t do a lot of them. But I realized I don’t have to do a lot of them. I can do it my way.”

• Before the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, which he won with shredded knee ligaments and two stress fractures his leg, Woods tried to wear a brace for nine holes at his home course in Southern California. It was his first time playing golf since the Masters, and the brace kept him from rotating. He lost eight balls in nine holes and shot 54.

“I’m grinding my butt off and I said, ‘OK, you’re the No. 1 player in the world and you just lost eight balls on a home course that you could play blindfolded,’ and I shot a 54. This is going to be an interesting week,”’ he said.

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Top pitchers to leave the Blue Jays

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Boston Red Sox are expected to formally announce the David Price signing on Friday. The free-agent left-hander, who spent the second half of the season with the Toronto Blue Jays, has reportedly agreed to a seven-year deal worth US$217 million.

Here’s a look at some star pitchers who played for the Blue Jays before leaving the team:

DAVID PRICE

Price came as advertised after he was acquired by former general manager Alex Anthopoulos in a blockbuster deal with the Detroit Tigers at last summer’s trade deadline.

He provided the starting rotation with a true ace and delivered clutch performances down the stretch to help the Blue Jays end their 22-year post-season drought. Price, who finished second in American League Cy Young Award voting, was 18-5 with a 2.45 earned-run average with Detroit and Toronto. However, he struggled in the playoffs with a 1-2 mark and 6.17 ERA. The Boston Red Sox opened their wallet in a big way to land the star free agent, who will be 37 when his contract expires in 2022.

in Toronto, Halladay was dealt to the Philadelphia Phillies in December 2009.

Halladay won the 2003 American League Cy Young Award and was a six-time all-star with the Blue Jays. But with free agency approaching after the 2010 campaign and the franchise looking to the future, Halladay was traded in a four-team, nine-player blockbuster.

The Blue Jays acquired Kyle Drabek, Brett Wallace and Travis d’Arnaud in the deal.

Halladay, meanwhile, got to play for a contender as the Phillies were playoff regulars at the time. He spent four years in Philadelphia before retiring.

ROGER CLEMENS

Clemens signed with Toronto as a free agent in December 1996 and won back-to-back Cy Young Awards over the next two seasons.

After Toronto finished 26 games behind firstplace New York in the East Division standings in 1998, “The Rocket” was dealt to the Yankees in the off-season for David Wells, Graeme Lloyd and Homer Bush.

Clemens, who was 36 at the time, played five seasons in the Big Apple before a three-year run in Houston. He capped his career by returning to New York for the 2007 season.

CHRIS CARPENTER

ROY HALLADAY

A face of the franchise for most of his 12-year run

Although he showed flashes of brilliance over six seasons (‘97-‘02) with the Blue Jays, Carpenter’s inju-

ry woes were a regular concern.

He was limited to just 13 starts in 2002 and didn’t play in the major leagues in 2003 due to shoulder problems.

The St. Louis Cardinals took a chance on Carpenter in 2004 and he came through with a 15-5 record and 3.41 earned-run average.

Carpenter eventually blossomed into the starter the Blue Jays had hoped he’d become when they selected him with the 15th overall pick in the 1993 draft.

He would continue to shine with the Cardinals, taking the National League Cy Young Award in 2005 and helping the team win World Series titles in 2006 and ‘11.

DAVID CONE

Cone joined the Blue Jays in August 1992 and helped the team win its first World Series title that fall.

He wasn’t around for the repeat victory the following year after joining the Kansas City Royals.

Cone spent two years in KC — winning a Cy Young in 1994 — before returning to Toronto in 1995.

His second stint with the Blue Jays lasted just a little longer than his first.

With Toronto stuck in last place in the East Division, Cone was shipped to New York midway through the ‘95 season.

He maintained his strong form over parts of six seasons with the Yankees, earning a pair of all-star selections and winning four World Series titles.

NBA all-star jerseys are a nod to history of basketball in Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — This season’s NBA all-stars will play in jerseys that both pay homage to Toronto’s NBA history, and celebrate the game’s first appearance in Canada.

The NBA and Adidas unveiled the jerseys on Wednesday, for all-star weekend Feb. 13-14 in Toronto. Among the unique design elements, the font for the jersey’s name and number is identical to that worn in 1946, when the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers in the league’s inaugural game.

“This is the first NBA all-star game to be played outside the United States, and it is a very exciting time for basketball in Canada,” said Chris Grancio, global basketball manager for Adidas.

“To honour this global celebration and pay tribute to Toronto — the site of the NBA’s first game — we’ve incorporated design elements that are inspired by the city’s basketball history, sports culture and unique fashion scene…”

The all-star game also celebrates the 125th anniversary of the invention of the game by James Naismith.

The jerseys have a subtle maple leaf created by dots on the front of the jersey, and the Toronto cityscape is represented in a colour contrast on the back.

The host Raptors have a presence in the dinosaur claw on the blackand-gold jersey tag.

The inside neck of the jerseys and the draw string on the shorts is a mosaic of colours — a nod to the international growth of the game.

“In addition to the game being in Canada, it’s also outside of the U.S., so the NBA is very cognizant of how basketball and the NBA has become a very global game,” said David SUNDAY Cho, the NBA partnership director, for Adidas’ basTH ketball marketing.

“The league is very proud of that fact, so they wanted to incorporate that story into all of the ENMAX colours of all the flags of the players represented CENTRIUM in the all-star game.”

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Mark Johnson has never felt better.

I met the 36-year-old ultrarunner about a year ago at a trail race in Canmore. I was skimming the race results when I noticed Mark admiring the performance-enhancing kokopelli tattoo on my right calf.

We got to talking and I learned he had just moved to Red Deer from Edmonton for a job.

Later on, I discovered we had much more in common than just mountains and dirt trails.

Mark runs on plants.

He adopted a vegan lifestyle about four years ago after grappling with some health issues.

Watching Forks Over Knives, a film on the benefits of switching to a plant-based diet from a meat-based diet, solidified his decision to make the life-changing move.

In case you were wondering, a vegan is a vegetarian who takes the herbivore diet to another level. A vegan does not consume animal byproducts such as eggs and dairy and eliminates products derived from animals like certain soaps or leather.

Many make the switch for ethical reasons and a political stance against the mistreatment and senseless killing of animals. Mark said his diet CRYSTAL was influenced by the health RHYNO benefits and the environmental impact.

RUNNING WITH No pun intended, he went RHYNO “cold turkey” on meat consumption. Cutting out the meat got easier and easier everyday.

Friends and family including his dietitian stepmother, were very supportive despite the random, “Do you eat chicken or fish?” questions.

Mark said for every one animal he cut out of his diet, he replaced it with five foods such as squash, green peas, tempeh, seitan and quinoa.

Feeling great, Mark resumed running after several years away from the sport.

He had missed the freedom of the trail and the energy that fed his body and soul.

Once again hooked, Mark delved into ultrarunning — running distances longer than 42.2 km or a marathon.

And he got pretty good at it too.

Mark came in second in his first Iron Horse Ultra 100 in St. Paul in 2014 and snagged first place the following year. He came in ninth at the 2015 Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache — a 125-km mountain race — this year.

Not bad for a stereotypical weak vegan.

A vegan diet definitely made the jump to ultrarunning much easier, he said.

On the long runs Mark will pack gels, energy bars, bananas, hummus and bean burritos.

Recovery is better and there’s more energy after a long day at work. He finds protein in lentils, chickpeas, nuts, beans and vegetables.

“You really know your diet,” he said. “You know what works for your body pretty quickly.”

But Mark still brings his own fuel to the races because you never know what is on the menu at the aid stations.

“You are prepared for surprises,” he said. “Every race is different but I haven’t seen a shift at the aid stations. Some races are really excited about the local jerky supplier or something.”

But despite a little extra time reading labels and in the kitchen, a vegan diet is not as challenging as most people tend to believe. Today more and more grocery stores are beginning to carry vegan or vegetarian products.

Mark said it has no doubt helped with his running and his overall health.

“It’s way easier and more rewarding than what I ever imagined,” he said. “I would never go back.”

Next up in #RWR I talk to my colleague Paul Cowley about his love of streaking.

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• Residential plowing is scheduled and communicated by Snow Zone and Route.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta AIDS Network Society needs a little help spreading the love this holiday season.

Starting on Dec. 17, the CAANS NightReach team will hand out gift cards to those experiencing homelessness on Red Deer’s streets for a total of 12 nights straight to Dec. 26 and again on Dec. 31 and Jan.1.

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“OF COURSE MEALS AREN’T ALWAY SET UP THE SAME DURING THE SEASON OR THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. A LOT OF SERVICES ARE CLOSED. THIS HELPS US GIVE PEOPLE SOME STUFF TO DO AND FOOD TO EAT BUT IN GIFT GIVING WAY.” JENNIFER VANDERSCHAEGHE, CAANS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR It will be the third year in a row the team has giving out downtown business gift cards to the homeless people.

Jennifer Vanderschaeghe, CAANS executive director, said they could use a helping hand in making those 12 days memorable for the people.

She said homeless people tend to get tons of stuff on one day of the

year and it is a VANDERSCHAEGHE stressful time of year. She said they want to make the time special for them.

“The (outreach team) also wants to check in with people too,” she said.

“Of course meals aren’t alway set up the same during the season or they are

in different locations. A lot of services are closed. This helps us give people some stuff to do and food to eat but in gift giving way.”

Typically they hand out $10 gift cards to places like Carnival Cinemas, Tim Hortons, City Roast or transit tickets. The gifts may also include mandarin oranges, candy canes or holiday cards. Vanderschaeghe said if people want to donate money instead of gift cards that is an option too. They will be given tax receipts through the agency and the agency will buy the giftcards.

CAANS was able to purchase 139 $10 gift certificates during last holiday season.

For more information visit www. caans.org or call 403-346-8858. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Carelessly leaving a shotgun shell in the chamber of his firearm could have gone much worse for an Innisfail area man.

His six-year-old daughter was injured as the shotgun went off. The man had been trying to attach a trigger lock to the shotgun before heading to the gun range.

The identities of the victim and the accused are protected because of a court-ordered publication ban.

Crown Prosecutor Blair Brandon said it was unclear whether the girl was struck by pieces from the shell or from debris caused during the firing of the gun.

She was taken to hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.

The man left the shotgun unsecured in the kitchen and left the room for 15 to 20 minutes. When he returned he started putting a trigger lock on the shotgun as he was heading to a gun range. That is when the shell left in the chamber went off.

Brandon sought a fine and a oneyear firearms prohibition for the accused.

Chris Dick, counsel for the man, instead sought a discharge. He said the man travels regularly for his work and to give him a criminal record would have a lasting impact on his ability to work and volunteer in the community.

Judge Gordon Yake sentenced the man to a $100 fine and six months probation.

Lacombe cops make call for local sculptor Calling all sculptors.

City of Lacombe is looking for an artist, or team of artists, to create a sculpture for the new police station.

The Lacombe Police Station public art competition is open to professional, local and national artists.

Council passed a policy in 2013 to contribute one per cent of the eligible construction budget for projects towards developing a public art collection. That works out to a $57,000 art budget for the police station.

Applications close at noon on Jan. 29 for artist proposals.

Construction has already begun on the $8.8-million station on the city’s east side at 53rd Avenue and Wolf Creek Drive.

Stocking stuffer workshop at Kerry Wood Nature Centre Looking for clever, eco-friendly stocking stuffers?

The Sunday Stocking Stuffer Workshop fits the bill. It runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. All materials are provided.

For ages 14 and up, the workshop costs $15 plus GST for Kerry Wood members and $17 plus GST for nonmembers. Pre-registration is required

by Friday.

To register or get more information call 403-346-2010.

Sylvan Lake woman charged in home invasion, shooting Charges have been laid against a Sylvan Lake woman in an Eckville shooting and home invasion almost two months after the incident.

Sylvan Lake RCMP announced on Thursday they had arrested Robyn Lehner, 31, on Monday.

She has been charged in connection with the Sept. 2 incident in Eckville.

Charges include being a party to an aggravated assault, robbery with a firearm and break and enter in the context of a home invasion.

She has been released from custody on court ordered conditions. She will appear on Dec. 18 in Red Deer provincial court.

Earlier in the fall, Sylvan Lake RCMP had sought the public help in tracking down Andrew Joseph Snow, 29, of no fixed address. Police said he was believed to have information

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About 100 people attended an event at Festival Hall in Red Deer Thursday to recognize the International Day of Persons with Disabilities-Alberta. Here the group participates in a round-table discussion workshop to identify barriers and to share ideas that will help the community be more inclusive.

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relating to the Sept. 2 Eckville shooting as well as an incident on Sept. 17 in Sylvan Lake. He was arrested on Oct. 13 by Red Deer RCMP. Snow has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, theft and possession of heroin. He will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Dec. 9.

The investigation into the incidents are ongoing.

Christmas present-making workshop at nature centre Kerry Wood Nature Centre is getting into the Christmas spirit with a present-making workshop for youngsters.

The Kids’ Christmas Present Workshop takes place on Dec. 12 from 1 to 4 p.m. and is aimed at youngsters aged seven to 12.

Kids can enjoy a nature walk, treats and then try their hand at creating their own Christmas presents. All materials are included.

Registration costs $15 plus GST for Kerry Wood members and $17 plus GST for non-members. Those interested should register by Dec. 10 by calling 403-346-2010.

Salvation Army Shuffle Run set for this weekend The Salvation Army’s annual Santa Shuffle Run and Elf Walk is set for Saturday Kerry Wood Nature Centre is the scenic setting for the event that begins at 10 a.m. Five-km and one-km routes have been laid out for the fundraiser.

Pledges raised for the Santa Shuffle will support people in your community who may be struggling to make ends meet. Those raising $50 get a free T-shirt. Raise more than $100 and you get a T-shirt and Running Room gift card. The more you raise, the bigger the gift card.

Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

Online registration is closed but runners and walkers can register on the day of the event. For pledge forms and more information go to www. santashuffle.ca

Accused to wait to hear case before entering plea A man accused of being central to an enormous drug and stolen property bust in Markerville will get a chance to hear the Crown’s case against him before he enters his plea.

Michael Alois Schaab, 43, faces numerous charges including six counts of unsafe storage of firearms, four counts of possession of property obtained by crime, two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm and one count of storing explosives in an unsafe manner.

He has elected to be tried by a Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench judge alone.

He also chose to have a preliminary inquiry, which is held to test the strength of the Crown’s case before heading to trial.

The inquiry is set for May 31, 2016 in Red Deer provincial court.

Schaab has been released from custody on $10,000 cash bail pending the hearing.

He was arrested on April 15 after more than 100 RCMP members executed a search warrant on a rural property near Markerville.

Shoe Memorial at City Hall Park on Sunday A Shoe Memorial will be held in City Hall Park on Sunday at 1 p.m. as part of the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

The annual vigil is dedicated to the 14 female students at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal who were

killed by a gunman on Dec. 6, 1989, and all women who have lost their lives due to violence.

Local members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada organized a Shoe Drive in connection to the annual event.

Donations of new and gently used women and children’s shoes are being collected at Superstore and Superstore Liquor in Red Deer. Those shoes will included in the vigil, and shoes will also be accepted at Dec. 6 vigil.

Shoe donations will be given to local women’s shelters following the vigil.

Shoe Memorials are also being held in Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Peel Region in Southern Ontario.

For more information go to www. ufcw.ca/women.

Red Deer FCSS hosting information session Red Deer and District Family and Community Support Services is hosting an information session on Tuesday about new funding opportunities available for community groups in the Red Deer region.

The session, to be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre, will assist those interested in applying for funding for new or existing community programs or initiatives in 2016 and 2017.

Details on what sorts of programs may qualify for funding, and what the application process may entail, will be provided.

On Oct. 27, the province announced that Red Deer & District FCSS will have additional funding for local nonprofit agencies, school boards and partner municipalities to deliver social services, supports and programs that meet the criteria of the FCSS Act. Local FCSS partner municipalities include: Town of Bowden, Village of Delburne, Village of Elnora, Town of Penhold, Red Deer County, and the City of Red Deer.

For a list of programs currently receiving FCSS funding go to: http://bit. ly/1O1DeNX. Golden Circle is located at 4620 47A Ave.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook had been in contact with known Islamic extremists on social media, a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, and police said he and his wife had enough bullets and bombs to slaughter hundreds when they launched their deadly attack on a holiday party.

The details emerged as investigators tried to determine whether the rampage that left 14 people dead was terrorism, a workplace grudge or some combination.

The husband-and-wife killers were not under FBI scrutiny before the massacre, said a second U.S. official, who likewise was not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.

SYED RIZWAN Wearing black tactical gear and wielding assault rifles, FAROOK Farook, a 28-year-old county restaurant inspector, and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, 27, sprayed as many as 75 rounds into a room at a social service centre for the disabled, where Farook’s co-workers had gathered for a holiday banquet Wednesday. Farook had attended the event but slipped out and returned in battle dress.

Four hours later and two miles away, the couple died in a furious gunbattle in which they fired 76 rounds, while 23 law officers unleashed about 380, police said.

On Thursday, Police Chief Jarrod Burguan offered a grim morning-after inventory that suggested Wednesday’s bloodbath could have been far worse.

At the social service centre, the couple left three rigged-together pipe bombs with a remote-control detonating device that apparently malfunctioned, and they had more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition remaining when police killed them in their rented SUV, Burguan said.

At a family home in the nearby town of Redlands, they had 12 pipe bombs, tools for making more, and over 3,000 additional rounds of ammunition, the chief said. “We don’t know if this was workplace rage or something larger or both,� Attorney General Loretta Lynch said in Washington, echoing President Barack Obama. “We don’t know the motivation.�

Investigators are trying to determine whether Farook, who was Muslim, became radicalized — and, if so, how — and whether he was in contact with any foreign terrorist organization, said the U.S. intelligence official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The same official said Farook had been in touch on social media with extremists who were under FBI scrutiny.

The second U.S. official said the FBI was treating the attack as a potential act of terror but had reached no conclusion that it was. The official said Farook’s contacts online did not involve any significant players on the agency’s radar and dated back some time, and there was no immediate indication of any surge in communication ahead of the shooting.

The official cautioned that such contact by itself doesn’t mean someone is a terrorist.

Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, an organization that tracks and analyzes extremists, said it hasn’t found any connection so far between Farook and jihadi groups. But she also said that some of Farook’s social media posts seem to have been deleted before the attack.

Wednesday’s rampage was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since the Newtown, Connecticut, school tragedy three years ago that left 26 children and adults dead.

Twenty-one people were injured before the day was out in San Bernardino, a Southern California city of 214,000, including two police officers, authorities said. Two of the wounded remained in critical condition.

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Authorities said the attack was carefully planned. “There was obviously a mission here. We know that. We do not know why. We don’t know if this was the intended target or if there was something that triggered him to do this immediately,� David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said as the bureau took over the investigation.

Farook has no known criminal record, Burguan said. He was born in Chicago to a Pakistani family, raised in Southern California and worked at San Bernardino County’s Department of Public Health for five years, according to authorities and acquaintances. The Saudi Embassy said he travelled to Saudi Arabia in the summer of 2014 for nine days.

As for Malik, she came to the U.S. in July 2014 on a Pakistani passport and a fiancee visa, authorities said. To get the visa, immigrants submit to an interview and biometric and background checks — screening intended to identify anyone who might pose a threat.

They were married on Aug. 16, 2014, in nearby Riverside County, according to their marriage license. Both listed their religion as Muslim.

The couple had a 6-month-old daughter who they dropped with relatives Wednesday morning before the shooting.

Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama, said his review of mass public shootings in the U.S. indicates this is the first one in recent history to involve a male-female team.

Federal authorities said Farook legally bought two handguns used in the massacre and their two assault rifles were legally bought by someone else. Authorities 403.341.3366 did not say how the rifles

got into the attackers’ hands.

Two weeks ago, Farook and one of the co-workers he killed, 52-year-old Nicholas Thalasinos, had a heated conversation about Islam, according to Kuuleme Stephens, a friend of the victim.

Stephens said she happened to call Thalasinos while he was talking with Farook at work. She said Thalasinos told her Farook “doesn’t agree that Islam is not a peaceful religion.�

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UN climate talks offer hope for humanity With world leaders now meeting in ronment and climate change, and sent Paris for the UN Climate Change Con- a delegation to Paris that includes a ference, we’re seeing signs of hope for cabinet committee on environment, an agreement to limit the escalating ef- climate change and energy headed by fects of global warming. Canadians, es- Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion, as well as opposition party pecially, have reason to be representatives and provinoptimistic about our councial leaders. try’s role.

Alberta, which has long It hasn’t always been put fossil-fuel interests this way. Governments have ahead of reducing greenbeen formally discussing house gas emissions, now climate change since the has a comprehensive strat1992 Earth Summit in Rio egy to phase out coal power, de Janeiro, Brazil, and the promote renewable energy, first climate conference in put a price on carbon polBerlin, Germany, in 1995. lution and limit oilsands Since then, we’ve been takemissions. Ontario and ing two steps forward and Quebec have also moved to one step back — not good DAVID put a price on carbon emisenough when dealing with SUZUKI sions, joining California an accelerating crisis. in a cap-and-trade system.

Canada signed the Kyo- SCIENCE MATTERS Even Saskatchewan, not to Protocol in 1998, ratified known for climate leaderit in 2002, did little to meet its targets, then withdrew in late 2011, ship, has committed to 50 per cent rethe first and only nation to do so. The newable energy by 2030.

Phasing out coal power and putting Climate Action Network selected our country for numerous Fossil of the a price on carbon are effective ways Day, Fossil of the Year and Lifetime to reduce dangerous CO2 emissions.

Unachievement Fossil awards for in- Burning coal is the most polluting way action on climate change and for ob- to produce energy and creates the highest greenhouse gas emissions, and structing international agreements.

But it appears leaders in Canada a well-designed carbon tax or cap-andand globally are finally giving the is- trade system has proven to cut emissue the attention it deserves. Our gov- sions and fossil-fuel consumption withernment now has a minister of envi- out negatively affecting economies.

In its first five years, B.C.’s carbon tax, implemented in 2008, led to a 17.4 per cent drop in petroleum-fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions went down while GDP remained strong. B.C. income tax rates remain the lowest in Canada.

Globally, things are also looking up. The Paris conference required the 196 participating countries to submit their own climate plans. Although those combined aren’t enough to keep us below the 2 C increase in global average temperatures beyond pre-industrial levels that scientists say is necessary to avoid catastrophe, they do limit warming to a 2.7 C rise, which is at least a serious starting point. Current practices put us on track for a 5 C increase!

The Paris conference is also aiming for national climate plan reviews every five years to ensure targets are being met and to look at ways of improving them. And cities, local governments and businesses are being encouraged to do more, which has worked well in Canada.

Another important component of the Paris talks is to find ways to help developing nations improve prosperity while keeping emissions from rising.

Developed countries have committed to raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing nations though the Green Climate Fund, World Bank,

government contributions and other mechanisms.

But government commitments only raise hopes so far. The other good sign is the rapid development of renewable energy technologies like wind, solar and geothermal. Coupled with energy conservation, renewables are critical to confronting the climate crisis.

A recent report from Stanford University and the International Renewable Energy Agency found it’s technically feasible and economically viable for the world to shift to sustainable energy by 2030, and lays out a plan for 139 countries to reach that goal. Many jurisdictions are already getting a lot of their energy from renewable sources.

With clean energy production and grid technology improving and costs coming down, there’s no excuse to continue rapidly burning diminishing supplies of fossil fuels. As leaders meet in Paris, citizens march in the streets and innovators develop solutions, we have more reason than ever to be hopeful for the future of our place on this small, blue planet.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Editor Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Male vs. female brain?

BIG STUDY OF MRI SCANS CONCLUDES THAT’S NOT A VALID DISTINCTION

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Are the brains of men and women truly different? Not if you look at the overall structure, a new study says.

While specific parts show sex differences, an individual brain only rarely has all “male” traits or all “female” traits, researchers report.

It’s more likely to be a mixed bag: some things are more common in women, some more common in men, and some are common in both.

That argues against the idea that brains can be neatly divided into two sex-based categories, Daphna Joel of Tel-Aviv University and co-authors conclude.

They published their work in a paper released Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

They used MRI scans of more than 1,400 brains, focusing on anatomy rather than how brains work. They scored variable traits like tissue thickness or volume in different parts of the brain.

They focused on traits that showed the biggest sex differences, dividing the scores into a predominantly male zone, a predominantly female zone, and an intermediate range.

The key question: How often did

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a brain end up in just one of those three? Such consistency turned out to be unusual, generally found in 6 per cent or less of brains across analyses of several sets of data. It was much more common for an individual to score in both the male and female zones than to show a lineup that indicated only one sex or the other.

The researchers also used a similar approach to analyze psychological and behavioural scores from two prior studies that covered more than 5,000 participants, and again got similar results.

Overall, the results show “human brains do not belong to one of two distinct categories,” male and female, the researchers concluded.

Larry Cahill, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine, who didn’t participate in the new study, said he agreed that brains contain varying mixtures of male and female anatomical traits. But that doesn’t rule out differences in how the brains of the two sexes work, he said.

There’s “a mountain of evidence proving the importance of sex influences at all levels of mammalian brain function,” he said.

That work shows how much sex must matter, “even when we are not clear exactly how,” he said in an email.

ince’s previous greenhouse gas emissions target, Premier Greg Selinger said Manitoba aims to be carbon-neutral by 2080.

He says climate change is too great a challenge to ignore.

“We’ve seen major floods. Every year we’re seeing more forest fires,” he said Thursday before leaving for the global climate change summit in Paris.

“All of those weather events are becoming more severe, more intense and more frequent. And they’re costing us billions of dollars to address.”

The NDP promised in 2007 to reduce harmful emissions to six per cent below 1990 levels by 2012. Instead, emissions were almost 15 per cent higher.

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BERLIN — The European Space Agency launched a rocket Thursday to carry two cubes of gold and platinum almost a million miles from Earth so scientists can see how they’ll behave in a freefall — at a cost of more than $450 million.

What may sound like a frivolous enterprise is actually the prelude to a far more ambitious mission that hopes to measure ripples in space time caused by black holes and other massive objects lurking unseen in dark corners of the galaxy.

Also known as gravitational waves, these ripples were predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago but have never been directly detected.

In order for that mission — tentatively scheduled for launch in 2034 — to succeed, the European Space Agency first has to test whether it can shield objects from external influences well enough to measure the minute effects of gravitational waves.

“We want to see whether we can create an environment in orbit that’s free of interference, and where we can conduct these high-precision measurements,” said Michael Menking, senior vice-president for Earth observation, navigation and science at Airbus Defence and Space. The company is the main technology contractor on the LISA Pathfinder mission.

The probe separated from the Vega rocket two hours after its launch from ESA’s space port in French Guiana at 1:04 a.m. local time (0404 GMT) Thursday.

“We have a mission,” project scientist Paul McNamara said to cheers and hugs at the control rooms in Kourou and Darmstadt, Germany, after receiving the first signal from the spacecraft.

By mid-January, the probe will have reached an orbit about 1.5 million kilometres (930,000 miles) from Earth, where the pull from the planet’s gravity is balanced by that of the sun. The cubes — made from gold and platinum to reduce their susceptibility to magnetic fields — are then carefully released inside a box that shields them from cosmic particles and other interference that might affect the measurements performed by a sensitive laser. The laser is capable of detecting movements of less than 10 millionths of a millionth of a meter.

“Our biggest enemy is the light from the sun that hits the satellite and pushes it around,” said Oliver Jennrich, a scientist working on the LISA Pathfinder mission.

To counter this, the satellite uses NASA-supplied thrusters capable of making tiny corrections to the probe’s position to keep it in the right orbit

and prevent the free-falling cubes from crashing into the inside of the box.

This should provide a near-perfect cosmic isolation chamber to measure the effect of gravitational waves, said Jennrich.

The LISA Pathfinder mission itself won’t detect any gravitational waves, though. Because the two 2-kilogram (4.4-pound) cubes are only 38 centimetres apart, any object big enough to affect their relative position would have to be so huge it would be visible with the naked eye, said Jennrich.

Instead, the real measurements will likely have to wait almost two decades for the follow-up mission, provisionally called LISA. It will involve three satellites positioned in a triangle 5 million kilometres apart from each other. Together they should be able to detect gravitational waves caused by enormous objects such as supermassive black holes, like the one that’s thought to sit at the centre of the Milky Way. Jennrich said measuring gravitational waves would also allow scientists to peer through the dust and debris that obscures much of what’s going on at the centre of the galaxy.

By the time LISA is launched, ground-based experiments may have already succeeded in detecting gravitational waves for the first time, said Toby Wiseman, a physicist at Imperial College, London, who isn’t involved with the space project.

But because of the interference they suffer on Earth, ground-based experiments will likely be limited to measuring the extreme bursts of gravitational waves that occur during rare, dramatic events.

“Space-based gravitational wave detectors will detect gravitational waves that are not accessible by any other experiment: massive black holes at the centre of galaxies colliding and merging into a larger black hole smaller black holes swirling around massive black holes before falling in and pairs of white dwarfs in our galaxy,” said Gabriela Gonzalez, a professor of physics and astronomy at Louisiana State University who works on the LIGO detector near Livingston, Louisiana.

“It’s probably the most challenging mission we’re doing in the science program, because the precision by which you need to measure the test mass position is very, very high,” said Arvind Parmar, head of the European Space Agency’s scientific support office.

Further scientific advances need to be made over the next decade before a decision is made in 2024 whether to go ahead with the LISA mission, said Parmar. Still, scientists have great hopes for what that probe might eventually reveal.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA hopes to resume commercial shipments this week to the International Space Station, following months of frustrating delay.

The last successful U.S. supply run was in April. Russia and Japan have managed to fill the gap, but the 250-mile-high pantry isn’t as full as it should be.

An unmanned Atlas V rocket arrived at its launch pad Wednesday.

It’s due to lift off early Thursday evening with 7,400 pounds of space station supplies packed into a capsule named Cygnus after the swan constellation.

The six space station astronauts are the ultimate customers, said Frank Culbertson of shipper Orbital ATK Inc., “so we want to take them what they need.”

“I’m guessing that Santa’s sleigh is somewhere inside the Cygnus, and they’re probably excited about their stockings coming up, too,” Culbertson, president of the company’s space systems group, said at a news conference Wednesday.

Orbital is launching the Cygnus from Cape Canaveral this time. Its Antares rocket is still grounded following a 2014 launch explosion that damaged the Virginia launch pad. The rocket and the company’s cargo ship were destroyed.

The Virginia-based Orbital purchased two United Launch Alliance rockets to fulfill its shipment obligations to NASA. NASA’s other contracted shipper, SpaceX, has been grounded since a failed launch in June. The California company expects to resume deliveries in January. It had the last U.S. resupply success, back in April.

Orbital plans another shipment via an Atlas in March, followed by the return of Antares in May with a new type of Russian-built engine. A fire and explosion in the old Russian rocket engines doomed the October 2014 flight, the company’s fourth resupply mission.

Orbital’s latest cargo ship contains food, clothes, equipment, science experiments and even storybooks, part of an astronaut-reading project for children. Some of the experiments represent redo’s by schoolchildren who lost their original tests on the failed launches.

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On November 25, 2015, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decisions for development permit applications.

Permitted Use Approval: Mountview Sheryl L. Kreil & Skeiter J. Kreil - development of a 67.6m2 detached garage, with a height of 4.87m, a 0.37m (8.2% variance), to be located at 3753 43A Avenue.

You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on December 18, 2015. You may not appeal a permitted use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132.

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket stands ready for launch with cargo for delivery to the International Space Station on launch complex 41at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Wednesday, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The last successful U.S. supply run was in April. Launch of the Atlas V was scheduled for Thursday evening.

NASA briefly considered squeezing in a spare part to restore the space station to full power. A short circuit knocked out one of eight power channels in mid-November.

Space station program manager Kirk Shireman told reporters that the astronauts first will test an old and possibly radiation-degraded spare already on board, before a replacement is put on a SpaceX Dragon capsule sometime next year.

Orbital’s rocket men acknowledge being a little nervous about the upcoming launch, even though the Atlas has been around for decades and is a tried and true workhorse. It typically hoists satellites for the Air Force and other customers this will be its first crack at a space station run.

“You’re always a little nervous, but highly confident,” Mike Pinkston, general manager for the Antares, said on the eve of the launch.

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The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours.

The electors may submit a petition calling for a vote of the electors to determine whether the proposed bylaw should be passed. The petition must meet the formal requirements of sections 221-226 of the Municipal Government Act and be filed with the Legislative and Governance Services Manager within 15 days after the last date the proposed bylaw is advertised. The last date of advertisement for this bylaw is December 11, 2015. Any petition will be public information.

If you have any question regarding the petition process or the use of the petition please contact the Legislative Services Manager at 403-342-8132.

Development Officer Approvals On December 1, 2015, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications:

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Discretionary Use Kentwood West 3. M. Walker – a secondary suite with one (1) bedroom, within an existing detached dwelling, to be located at 18 Kirkland Close.

Oriole Park 4. J. Moisan – a secondary suite with two bedrooms, within an existing detached dwelling, to be located at 23 Ockley Close.

And for making it such a success. All proceeds from The Poppy fund go back directly to local veterans, their families as well as local organizations which the Legion supports.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on December 18, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

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CITY OF RED DEER CAPITAL PROJECTS Borrowing Bylaw Amendments Red Deer City Council proposes to pass the following bylaw amendments to provide for debenture borrowing in the amount of $4,536,800 to finance development and construction of capital projects listed below. The public may inspect the proposed bylaw amendments at Legislative Services 2nd Floor of City Hall during regular office hours.

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Inglewood West 2. Stantec Geomatics Ltd. – a 0.16 m variance to the minimum side yard to an existing deck, located at 67 Inkster Close

The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #35, would like to take this opportunity to thank the Community of Red Deer as well as the surrounding area for their generous contributions to our recent Royal Canadian Legion

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Red Deer City Council proposes to pass Bylaw 3391/A-2015. Bylaw 3391/A-2015 proposes a change of the repayment schedule for a $1,700,000 loan previously made to the River Bend Golf & Recreation Society for expansion and renovation project. About $1,500,000 will be owed to the City of Red Deer and will be paid in in full prior to the end of December 2038.

Garden Heights 1. A. & V. Sopkow – a 0.98 m variance to the minimum rear yard to a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 77 Grove Close.

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Bylaw 3526/A-2015 Station 3 Station Relocation Relocation Projects Station 4 Relocation Bylaw 3529/A-2015 Stabilization of $1,715,000 Riverview Park Bank the toe of the Stabilization Red Deer River upstream of the Riverview Park Neighborhood The electors may submit a separate petition with respect to each advertised bylaw amendment calling for a vote of the electors to determine whether the proposed bylaw amendment should be passed.

The petition must meet the formal requirements of Sections 221-226 of the Municipal Government Act and be filed with the Manager, Legislative Services within 15 days after the last date the proposed bylaw amendments are advertised. The last date of advertisement for these bylaw amendments is December 11, 2015. Any petition will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the petition process or the use of the petition please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-3428132.

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Suncor extends takeover bid for COS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Oilsands giant Suncor Energy has extended its hostile takeover bid for its smaller peer Canadian Oil Sands until Jan. 8, but it hasn’t sweetened the offer.

The all-stock bid — worth nearly $4.5-billion based on Thursday’s closing share price — was to have expired Friday.

Suncor CEO Steve Williams said in a statement late Thursday the offer launched Oct. 5 remains “full and fair” in light of the worsening outlook for oil prices.

“The pressure is clearly on COS’ board and management to prove they are acting in someone’s interest other than their own,” said Williams.

The Alberta Securities Commission earlier this week allowed COS to keep its new shareholder rights plan, also known as a poison pill, in place until Jan. 4.

Suncor had sought to have the poison pill over-

turned, while COS wanted to keep it until early February.

The defensive tactic is intended to give COS more time to weigh its options.

A COS adviser has said 25 parties have expressed some degree of interest, but the company has also argued that it’s in strong enough shape to keep going it alone.

“The Alberta Securities Commission decision allows COS more time to surface a superior offer from a credible third party, something most analysts see as unlikely. They are now focused on a self-serving claim that COS, despite a balance sheet with a near junk credit profile, is better off as an independent company in a lower for longer crude oil price environment,” Williams said.

“Suncor’s offer delivers a significant and immediate premium, continued exposure to rising oil prices, and superior long-term upside versus the significant risk facing COS and its shareholders. We urge COS shareholders to act to protect the value of their investment by tendering their shares to the

Suncor offer.”

COS chairman Donald Lowry urged investors to do nothing.

“Extending the expiry of Suncor’s bid does not change the fact that it is substantially undervalued and opportunistic,” he said in a news release.

“Nothing else has changed so, as it stands, there is more value for shareholders in a strong, independent COS than there is in this offer. Our board will continue to pursue full and fair value for all shareholders now that the decision by the Alberta Securities Commission has levelled the playing field between Suncor and other interested parties.”

At the centre of the Suncor-COS battle is the massive Syncrude oilsands mine north of Fort McMurray, Alta.

Both companies are partners in Syncrude — COS with a 37 per cent stake and Suncor with 12 per cent.

That means if Suncor is successful, it would own just under half of the mine and consolidate its position as Canada’s biggest dominant oilsands player.

Banks defy sluggish economy

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Jason Fisher owner of Indie Ale House poses for a photograph at his pub in Toronto on Wednesday.

Craft breweries fear mega mergers could dry up their taps

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The proposed consolidation of the world’s biggest beer companies in recent weeks has given rise to concerns that it could be harder for Canada’s small brewers to sell their brands in your local watering hole.

“Traditionally, big companies merging to become even bigger companies tends to have a little bit of a chilling effect on innovation and small companies,” said Jason Fisher, owner of the Indie Ale House, a Toronto brewhouse that’s been in operation for three years.

“You want to go to a sporting event they own that venue. You want to go to a concert they own that venue. You want to buy beer at a store they own those too.”

Large brewers use their financial firepower for marketing and sponsorships to increase awareness of their brands. In exchange, those companies can buy up more beer tap lines to dominate distribution in bars and restaurants.

“That makes it a lot tougher for a smaller brewery to go into a bar and say: ‘I have a brand that’s better than yours,”’ said Stephen Beaumont, a veteran beer industry watcher and author.

SABMiller recently agreed to a US$107-billion takeover by Anheuser-Busch InBev in a merger of the world’s two largest brewers. The deal would see Anheuser-Busch InBev control 31 per cent of the global beer market.

Molson Coors is poised to nearly double its size after agreeing to spend US$12 billion for SABMiller’s share of U.S. joint venture Miller Coors and Miller’s International brands, including those sold in Canada.

In Ontario, bars and restaurants are required to pay a 30 per cent premium above the retail price at the Beer Store, a fee charged by many of the big breweries. But after establishing its Canadian divi-

sion earlier this year, Miller eliminated that charge, which works out to be about $10 per case of 24 beers.

James Rilett, Ontario vice-president of Restaurants Canada, fears that Molson Coors will abandon Miller’s decision to waive the charge once its purchase for Miller brands goes through.

“We had originally hoped that the Miller decision would go to other brands, but I think that hope is in jeopardy now,” he said.

Molson Coors declined to comment, saying it is premature to talk about changes when the deal is far from closing.

Molson Coors and InBev together control about 71 per cent of the Canadian beer market, according to market research firm Ibis World.

It said the craft brewing phenomenon that has taken the U.S. beer market by storm has not been as significant in Canada, largely because it is more difficult to enter the market with provincial regulations about distribution and greater costs.

The popularity of craft beer has been on the rise across Canada for years. While overall beer consumption declined by six per cent in 2014, craft beer servings grew by seven per cent, according to recent findings from data research company NPD Group.

Beer giants have responded by buying up craft beer companies. Over the last decade, Molson Coors has acquired Creemore Springs and Granville Island, while Labatt’s recently bought Mill Street Brewery and Turning Point Brewery.

John Hay of the Ontario Craft Beer Association said competing against even larger global brewers has risks. But he said it also presents an opportunity for craft brewers to leverage their small size to appeal to customers who like to know where their beer is made, where the barley and hops are grown and talk directly to the brewmaster.

“The bigger you get, the more distant you get from all of those strategic elements,” he said. “We’re going to focus on doing what we’ve been doing and what the consumer seems to be responding well to.”

TORONTO — Canada’s six biggest banks saw their profits climb higher over the past year, despite a sluggish economy, a slowdown in consumer borrowing and rock-bottom interest rates, but some analysts are questioning whether the trend will last.

Combined, the six largest lenders — Royal Bank, TD Bank, Scotiabank, the Bank of Montreal, CIBC and National Bank — earned $34.88 billion in net income during fiscal 2015, up almost five per cent from $33.27 billion last year.

In revenue, the banks raked in a combined $129.79 billion during the past year, up from $124.72 billion in 2014.

Banking analysts have been warning since late last year that the sharp decline in the price of crude could lead to higher loan losses for the banks as oilpatch companies and laid-off workers may struggle to repay their debts.

Concerns have also been swirling that lending growth will slow as overburdened Canadians are becoming hesitant to take on more debt, and that low interest rates will put pressure on the banks’ lending margins.

Nonetheless, the banks have continued to report strong, and in some cases record-high, results.

During Royal Bank’s fourth-quarter conference call Wednesday, CEO David McKay said the bank’s $10.03 billion in net income for the year marks a new record for Canadian companies.

The CEO of TD Bank, which wrapped up the earnings parade on Thursday, emphasized that the company is positioned for growth even if oil prices remain depressed and the economy continues to lag.

“We’re adapting to the environment as we have done many, many times before,” Bharat Masrani said during TD’s quarterly conference call, highlighting recent efforts to take costs out of its business.

Slashing costs — for example, by reducing the number of full-time staff and digitizing certain functions such as document processing — was a key theme highlighted by all of the banks as they wrapped up the fiscal year, many of them recording restructuring charges.

But despite seemingly strong headline earnings results — the six banks had $8.61 billion in collective profits during the quarter, up from $7.73 billion a year ago — analysts say they have spotted a number of troubling trends.

Several of the lenders, including TD, CIBC and RBC, reported that the rate of delinquent loans, where the borrower is late on a payment, has begun to tick higher in categories such as auto loans and credit cards in Western Canada.

Those types of loans are usually the first to show signs of economic stress.

“We continue to monitor our exposure in the oil provinces across all retail lending and remain cautious, given that we are seeing increases in unemployment claims,” said CIBC’s chief risk officer Laura Dottori-Attanasio during the company’s conference call Thursday.

Others, including Scotiabank, have seen impaired loans — which are debts that are unlikely to be repaid in full — to the oilpatch tick higher.

So far, the credit troubles are manageable for the banks, comprising only a tiny portion of their loan books.

But analysts caution that the institutions are increasingly relying on one-time items such as favourable tax gains, legal settlements or the sale of a business to deliver on earnings expectations.

CRTC uses anti-spam powers to take down malware server BOTNETS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The CRTC has issued its first warrant under the federal government’s anti-spam legislation to take down a Toronto-based malware server in an attempt to disrupt an international network of infected computers.

The move was part of a co-ordinated effort between Canadian authorities, overseas law enforcement including Interpol and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Microsoft Corp.

The CRTC said the Toronto server acted as a command-and-control point for the Win32/Dorkbot malware, a family of related computer worms that spread through USB keys and instant messenging services and can steal usernames and passwords by watching your online activity.

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Canada’s telecoms regulator gained new powers over the Internet when Ottawa’s anti-spam legislation came into effect in July 2014.

This is the first time the CRTC has used those powers to take down a server distributing malware on the Internet.

The agency said it would not name the individuals or companies under investigation in relation to the warrant, and that the RCMP assisted in serving the warrant.

A command-and-control server allows remote access and control of infected PCs, potentially exposing personal data such as financial information.

“These are very egregious botnets that are used for illicit activities and can lead to identity theft and fraud,” CRTC chief compliance and enforcement officer Manon Bombardier said in a news release late Thursday.

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“THESE ARE VERY EGREGIOUS BOTNETS THAT ARE USED FOR ILLICIT ACTIVITIES AND CAN LEAD TO IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD.” — CRTC CHIEF COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MANON BOMBARDIER be synchronized to perform so-called distributed denial of service attacks that overwhelm an Internet server by flooding it with requests.

One such attack took down federal government email systems and the websites of several major departments in June.

Microsoft says on its website that the latest versions of its security software, including Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials, can protect your machine from the Dorkbot malware as well as detect and remove it.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Thursday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 130.54 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 35.51 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.95 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.29 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.22 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.34 Cdn. National Railway . . 76.74 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 187.80 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 31.67 Capital Power Corp . . . . 17.02 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.07 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.86 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 45.82 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 18.50 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.58 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.47 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.41 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.08 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.48 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.98 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.85 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.05 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 41.62 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 128.32 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.75 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.55 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.30 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Fresh moves by the European Central Bank on its stimulus plans left traders feeling underwhelmed on Thursday and helped pull down North American stock markets.

Toronto’s S&P/TSX index closed the session down 139.15 points at 13,324.67, while the Canadian dollar rose 0.06 of a cent at 74.97 cents U.S. The ECB announced a reduction in one of its key interest rates as part of an attempt to stimulate lending, but the bank’s cut on commercial bank deposits to negative 0.3 per cent, from the previous 0.2 per cent, was widely received as disappointing.

The announcement caused the euro to jump three per cent against the dollar — a large move. Meanwhile in the United States, the Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen delivered more comments to solidify expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike later this month.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones plunged 252.01 points at 17,477.67, the broader S&P 500 index declined 29.89 points to 2,049.62 and the Nasdaq lost 85.70 points to 5,037.53.

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Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.07 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.48 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.04 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 20.71 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 10.09 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.86 First Quantum Minerals . . 4.98 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 16.10 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 6.08 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.69 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.42 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 25.59 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.730 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 5.42 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.30 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.52 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.62 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.26 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 22.48 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 30.83 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.50 Canyon Services Group. . 4.11 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 19.82 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1050 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.11 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.530 in months. Germany’s DAX plunged 3.6 per cent, its biggest drop since September FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Thursday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,324.67, down 139.15 points Dow — 17,477.67, down 252.01 points S&P 500 — 2,049.62, down 29.89 points Nasdaq — 5,037.53, down 85.69 points Currencies: Cdn — 74.97 cents US, up 0.06 of a cent Pound — C$2.0211, up 2.62 cents Euro — C$1.4606, up 4.38 cents Euro — US$1.0951, up 3.37 cents Oil futures: US$41.08 per barrel, up $1.14 (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,061.20 per oz., up $7.40 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

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Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 78.41 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.01 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.53 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 16.83 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.80 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.18 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.360 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.20 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.75 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.700 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.06 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 39.07 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1500 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 79.13 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.19 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.58 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 24.82 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.52 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.06 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 89.65 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.08 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.41 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.82 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.36 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 44.20 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.30 $19.486 oz., down 0.2 of a cent $626.47 kg., down seven cents ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $3.90 higher $475.30 March ‘16 $3.50 higher $483.00 May ‘16 $3.00 higher $489.80 July ‘16 $2.60 higher $494.30 Nov. ‘16 $3.50 higher $480.10 Jan. ‘17 $3.50 higher $483.80 March ‘17 $3.50 higher $483.80 May ‘17 $3.50 higher $483.80 July ‘17 $3.50 higher $483.80 Nov. ‘17 $3.50 higher $483.80 Jan. ‘18 $3.50 higher $483.80.

Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $189.00 March ‘16 unchanged $191.00 May ‘16 unchanged $197.00 July ‘16 unchanged $197.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $197.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $197.00 March ‘17 unchanged $197.00 May ‘17 unchanged $197.00 July ‘17 unchanged $197.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $197.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $197.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 664,160 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 664,160.

Government says energy regulator review won’t include its main mandate

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EDMONTON — The Alberta government says the province’s energy regulator is performing well and there are no plans to make major changes to the agency.

Premier Rachel Notley had voiced concerns that the Alberta Energy Regulator has responsibility for both promoting energy development and protecting the environment.

Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd said Notley’s comments were misconstrued.

“She (Notley) and I have been clear since the beginning that we are not breaking up the AER,” the minister said in an interview Thursday.

“It is working well. Industry likes it.”

Last month, the NDP announced a review of 300 government agencies and boards, including the energy regulator, to ensure they are performing to the maximum benefit of Albertans. A report on the first phase of the review is expected by March.

A few weeks after the announcement McCuaig-Boyd sent a letter to AER chairman Gerry Protti to reassure the agency that the review would not include its regulatory mandate.

“While the governance structure will be examined under the review, I have confirmed with Premier Notley that the AER’s regulatory mandate does not need to be reviewed,” reads the letter.

Jim Ellis, the energy regulators president and CEO, said the agency is

heartened by the decision.

“The government of Alberta recently advised us that they will not be proceeding with a review of our mandate,” Ellis said Thursday in an email.

“This is an important signal to the AER and a validation of the important work we do … ensuring the efficient, safe, orderly and environmentally responsible development of Alberta’s energy resources.”

In 2013, the regulator took over responsibility for reviewing the effects of oil, natural gas, oilsands and coal projects from Alberta’s Environment Department. That change stemmed from legislation that was passed to make it easier for the energy industry to navigate the regulatory system.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said the decision not to review the AER’s mandate will help maintain regulatory certainty within the industry as it deals with depressed commodity prices.

The government’s letter reaffirms that the regulator has a stable, solid mandate and is performing well, said David Gowland, manager of the association’s Alberta operations.

“Any time there is a question about mandate change or reviews, that creates a lot of uncertainty and tends to spook investment in Alberta, both Canadian and foreign investors,” Gowland said. “Taking this off of the table helps to restore some of that stability and trust.”

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BOASE Terence John Donald 1949-2015 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Terry on Nov 30th 2015 at age 66. A beloved husband, son, father, brother, grandfather and friend. After a 2 year battle with cancer he passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, at the Red Deer hospice. He is lovingly remembered by his wife of 45 years Maria, his mom Doreen, sister Tina (Malcolm), son Chris (Kathy) daughters Louise (Tyler), Jackie (Clayton) and his grandchildren Alex, Victoria, Mackenzie, Nicholas, Abigail, Anna, Jonathan and many friends. He was predeceased by his father Edwin “Ted” Boase in 1986.Terry was born on Nov 9th 1949 in Liverpool, England.. He grew up in Anfield finishing his schooling and his apprenticeship as a millwright there. It was then that he met and married the love of his life Maria. They had 3 children in the U.K. and in 1982 emigrated to Canada.

He worked at the Johns Manville plant in Innisfail until his retirement in 2009.Terry was heavily involved in many aspects of soccer in Red Deer. As one of the founders and original players in the indoor soccer league, a past president of C.A.S.A, a referee and most recently a mentor to young referees, he was a huge promoter of the sport. He was an avid Everton supporter and had true passion and love for the game. His love of soccer came second only to his love of his family and friends.

Family was his priority. From being there for his mom “Supernan”, to making arrangements for family events and wonderful vacations in Mexico. Those will always be cherished memories. There will be a private family internment. A celebration of his life will be held at the Bourbon Grill in Red Deer (6852-66th St) on Saturday Dec. 5 at 4:00pm Special thanks to Dr.Bromley, home care staff Cathie and Mark and everyone involved with his amazing care at the hospice.

If desired, in lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com.

KLIMOSKO Katrina (Tina) May 20, 1934 - Nov. 28, 2015 Tina succumbed to a long and hard fought battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband Walter of 60 years, son Wayne, grandson Logan, and great grandson Brock and many in-laws, nephews and nieces. There will be a celebration of her life at Parkland Funeral Home, December 7, 2015 at 1 pm. If desired, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.ca

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ST. LAURENT Keera 2011 - 2015 Our darling Keera ‘Girlie’ passed away, surrounded by her loving family, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at the age of 4 years.

Girlie was born on November 8, 2011 at Red Deer, Alberta.

She was a precious baby who immediately filled her family’s hearts with love and beauty. Girlie was a most beautiful soul. She reached out to touch every person she met, spreading joy, love and purity. At the age of two, she was diagnosed by brain cancer and fought a warrior’s fight against it. In her four short years, she was able to live a full and rich life; camping, tea parties, princess parties, preschool, romping and playing, with amazing friends and family. She loved everything that is magical and beautiful. Girlie spread her wings and left her tired body surrounded by everyone who loved her; leaving behind a legacy of courage, strength, love, joy, beauty and grace. Forever held in the hearts of many, Girlie can love without boundaries, just as she always did.

“And though she is but little, she is fierce.”

Keera will be lovingly remembered by her parents, Jessi and Darrell, her brother, Devin ‘Baboo’ and her grandparents, Papa George and Nana, Grampa Guy and Gramma Judy, Gramma Cora and Papa Mike, Big Gramma and Great Gramma Simpson.

She will also be deeply and sadly missed by her aunts and uncles; uncle Justin, auntie Fatty and uncle Trav, auntie Kelli and uncle Andy and auntie Brittany; as well as numerous other great aunties, uncles, cousins, friends and loved ones, and her special pets, Katie and Norman. A Celebration of Keera’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Keera’s honor may be made directly to Helping Families Handle Cancer at www.helpingfamilieshandlecancer.com or to the Make A Wish Foundation at www.makeawish.ca Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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TENHOVE Dirk 1934-2015 It is with sadness the family of Dirk Tenhove announces his peaceful passing at 81 years. Safe in the arms of Jesus. He is survived by his loving wife Coby; by his children; Richard (Maria), Claudia (Jay), Lennard (Brandie), Corina (Chris) and his grandchildren; Reese, Jessie, Alexa, Nathan, Raya, Jayda, Sierra and his siblings; Jean, Evert (Margaret), Alice (Floyd), Jenny, John (Grace), Ena (Barry), Jim, Joanne (Rick).

He is predeceased by his parents Albert Jan and Klazina and sisters Fenny & Joke. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Noah’s Ark Playshcool, 16 McVicar St. Memorial Service at First Christian Reformed Church on Dec. 4th at 1pm.

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HANRAHAN MANNING HUNTER BRYAN Dianne Merle R.M. (Bob) 1942 - 2015 Elsie May It is with heartfelt sadness Aug. 22, 1921- Nov. 25, 2015 May 21, 1941 - Nov. 27, 2015 1939 - 2015 passed away On August 11, 1939, Bob that we announce the Elsie May Bryan passed Dianne away peacefully Wednesday, peacefully at the Lacombe was delivered to Jack and passing of Don Hunter of November 25, 2015 at the Health Care Centre with her Jean Manning by Nurse Little Red Deer at the Red Deer Royal Oak in Lacombe family by her side. She lived in a small house on main Regional Hospital Centre on Alberta. Elsie Bryan was a very active life, and most of street Delburne. At the time Monday, November 30, 2015 born at their home in all after family, loved her of his birth, people did not at the age of 72 years. Don Parkland Alberta on August sports, camping, travelling, know that Bob was to become will be lovingly remembered 22,1921. Elsie spent most of and cards. In her younger a dedicated community member by his wife of 53 years, Jean; Gary and Wes her years growing up on the years, she was skilled at fast who would always place sons farm. During her childhood ball which she inherited from community needs before his (Carolyn); daughters Yvette their family moved a few her father. She was also a own and build stronger (Mark) Kalan, Carla Hunter times, Mazeppa, Caley, compassionate, hard worker communities wherever he and Donna (Greg) Epp. Also Drayton Valley. As a young which she would have lived. He would also become to cherish Don’s memory are lady she moved to Milo inherited from her mother. a loving husband, a proud seven grand children; three where she met Norman Dianne also loved curling, father, doting grandfather great grandchildren and two Bryan. They were married in bowling, and golf. Her and favourite, Uncle Bob. In brothers Bob (Judy) and past included 2013, during Delburne’s Doug. Don was predeceased Calgary on February working 19,1941. Their son Dean was banking, real estate, home Centennial year, the Manning by a granddaughter Sherri born in Vulcan Alberta on Oct care and while in Red Deer family was recognized as the Kalan. In following with Don’s 10, 1942. In the year of 1942 in the late 1950’s she was founding family of Delburne wishes, no service will be Elsie found herself listening employed by Whyte Motors, and of his 76 years, Bob held. Memorial donations in to the gospel story through Meirs & Hicks Electric and resided in the community of Don’s honor may be made Jim McKluskey and Harold Gaetz-Cornett Drug Store. Delburne with only 6 years directly to the Canadian Diabetes Stewart. This took place not Dianne was predeceased by away from his hometown due Association, Suite 6, 5015 far from her home in Milo. her parents; Louise and to work in his chosen field. 48 Ave Red Deer AB T4N She soon made her choice to Hazel Hanson, and her In 2012, Bob left the 1S9. Condolences to Don’s Marvin and community of Delburne when family may be emailed to walk with God through life’s brothers; journey. She remained true Rodney. Her sister, Joyce, he retired to Red Deer to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca and committed until the time lives in extended care in Horizon Village. Bob leaves MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service of her passing. A few years Camrose. Dianne leaves her behind his loving wife, Red Deer 587-876-4944 later they moved to Haynes, loving husband Bill of 53 Hélène, his seven children; AB where they farmed. Their years to remember her and Sheila (Ed) Artus, Sue children; Dean (Michael) Kallis, Kathleen daughter Doreen was born four December 5, 1948 in Red (Deanna), Mark, Shauna, (Terry) Finnigan, Bob (Kelly) Deer AB. Elsie loved the and Scott (Sandra), as well Manning, Mary Ann (Jeff) eight grandchildren; Way, Karri (Sean) Kingscote, farm life. She had a passion as Beau, Chelsea Jennifer Manning and his for her horse Flint where she Jenness, Ramsey), Jamie three stepsons; Raymond was often found riding. In (Dan Painchaud, Chris later years Elsie moved to (Daniel DeAgazio), Connor, (Nakk) Edmonton AB. First to live Brianna, Faith, and Emma, Painchaud, Michael (Karen) In Memoriam with her brother Ivan to help and two great-grandchildren; Painchaud, brother, Terry Angela Menard - Wright care for his three children., Jemma and Kianna. A and his much loved twentyMar. 31, 1967 - Dec. 4, 2014 then she worked at Nait as a Memorial Service will be held three grandchildren. Bob was Sunnybrook United predeceased by his mother pot washer until she retired. at Not a day goes by that you Shortly after retirement she Church, 12 Stanton Street, and father; Jack and Jean are not loved and missed moved to Lacombe. Red Deer, on Monday, Manning and three brothers; dearly as a wife, mother Douglas, and Retirement years brought December 7, 2015 at 11:00 Teddy, and friend. many good times with family a.m. Memorial donations in Michael. A Memorial Mass and friends. Elsie enjoyed Dianne’s honour may be will be held at St. Mary’s Love you for ever. directly to the Parish, 6 McMillan Avenue, camping, fishing, garage made Brian, Justin and Tanner sales, and traveling. Elsie Alzheimer’s Society, Unit 1, Red Deer, on Monday, was pre deceased by her 5550 45 Street, Red Deer, December 7, 2015 at 11:00 daughter Doreen Latham in AB, T4N 1L1 or the a.m. In following Bob’s true Diabetes desire of community, his wish July 23, 2014, her parents Canadian Otis and Pearl Berryman, her Association, 6, 5015 48 was to support those in need 5 siblings, Wilburn, Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N therefore in lieu of flowers Elvin,Dorris, Dorthy,and Lila. 1S9, or to a charity of your please give generously to the She leaves to mourn her son choice. Condolences may be Christmas Bureau in Bob’s name.

Dean (Jean) Bryan, their forwarded to the family by Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting Card Of Thanks children Leslie, Steven, visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Shane; Lori (Gord ) Schmidt www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to Arrangements entrusted to along with their children Allen MOM would like to thank all EVENTIDE FUNERAL EVENTIDE FUNERAL (Terri) and their son Lyric. those that took the time to CHAPEL CHAPEL Vicky Schmidt (Chris) and help celebrate her 90th 4820 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Norma Bouteiller and Family Doreen’s son Troy Latham and his daughter Emily. She DIETZ will also be missed by her We wish to express our sincere sister Audrey, brother Ivan, thanks to the many people many nieces, nephews and for their wonderful support friends. Funeral Service will during Ralph’s illness and be held at Wilson’s Funeral passing. Thank you to our Chapel on Tuesday Dec 8, neighbors, friends and family 2015 at 1:00 pm. for their prayers, visits, food, Condolences may be made Funeral Directors flowers, cards, calls and by visiting donations. They are greatly www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca & Services Funeral Directors appreciated. Thank you to WILSON’S FUNERAL & Services Respiratory Home Care CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM Solutions and to Roselle and serving Central Alberta with the CBI Home Care staff for locations in Lacombe and being here for us. Roxanne, Rimbey in charge of Ralph always looked forward arrangements. Phone: to your challenging cribbage 403.782.3366 or games, thank you. Our special 403.843.3388 thanks to the Paramedics, “A Caring Family, Caring for Dr. R. Mulder, Dr. Taiwo, Dr. Families” Nogareda, Dr.’s and nurses in Emergency and on Units 22 & 23 at the RDRH for your care of Ralph. Many thanks Rev. Bert deBruijn for officiating at the memorial service. Your kind and efficient help, your scripture readings, prayers and comforting words are greatly appreciated. Also Say more with thank you to Rev. Wayne Reid for your prayers and an Announcement kind words at the service.

Our deepest appreciation to organist Miriam Pratt. To Rev. Bert and Marilyn deBruijn for their duet and special music on the harp and to Jackson and Samuel Corry for their duets and special music on the violin and guitar. Thank to Remi’s Catering for the lovely luncheon and many thanks to Carley Brown and staff at the Red Deer Funeral Home for your support and understanding during this time.

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DEEDRICK Dalton Charles 1921 - 2015 Dr. Dalton Deedrick passed away peacefully in Lacombe Hospital on December 1, 2015. Dalton was born in Didsbury, Alberta, December 30 1921, the only son of Mona and Arden Deadrick.

(Dalton later changed the oft mispronounced spelling to Deedrick).

Upon graduation from Didsbury High School, Dalton worked for Jenkins Groceteria chain before joining the RCAF. Following his graduation as a pilot, he was posted as a Pilot Instructor to bases in Eastern Canada until the end of the war. He then entered University of Alberta, graduating in Dentistry in 1950. He married Kathleen Williamson of Edmonton in 1948 and after his graduation in 1950 they went to Peace River to start his dental practice. In 1954 - with children Linda and Bruce, they moved to Brooks where he practiced briefly, then settled in Lacombe in 1955 and had two more children, Brian and Laurel. Dalton practiced dentistry in Lacombe for 30 some years until his retirement in 1987. Dalton was active in many fields, serving over the years as President of The Central Alberta Dental Society, The Alberta Dental Association and The Lacombe Rotary Club. He joined Rotary in 1956 and served for 50 years and honoured with a Paul Harris Award. He was also president of the Lacombe Flying Club, of which he was a Charter Member and the Lacombe Photography Club. He served as Secretary Treasurer and member of the Alberta branch of The Western Warbirds - one of the highlights of his flying career. He also received a Fellowship in the International College of Dentistry and the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal of Honor. Dalton was an excellent “tinkerer” and could mend or repair almost anything with some scrap he had saved, for just such a job and used to say his friends envied his garage workshop. From the time Dalton received “ his wings” and until a Heart Attack in 1987 more or less grounded him --- he flew. His love of flying took him to nearly every corner of North America, south to Costa Rica, and on one occasion to Britain for a Rotary Convention via light aircraft - small airplanes! In his Harvard, he participated in many air shows in Western Canada over a ten-year period.

He took advantage of opportunities to do voluntary dentistry, and spent one to three month stints in Dental Clinics in St Lucia, Jamaica, Jerusalem, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Africa. With the family he spent 18 months in Germany doing Dentistry for the dependents of the Canadian Military personnel. What a wonderful chance for travel!! He also enjoyed fishing, and hunting, from Alberta’s Mountains, to Africa’s Serengeti Plain. And - singing along the way, Dalton joined numerous choirs, from the Richard Eaton singers in University days, Dave Rodger’s Lacombe Male chorus, and Light Opera Group, Central Alberta Theatre’s musical productions and Wild Rose Barbershop Chorus. May times he was heard to remark, “Don’t cry because it is over, but smile because it happened.” Predeceased by his loving wife of 66 years, Kay in 2013 and his youngest grandson Curtis Dulmadge in 2011, Dalton is survived by his daughter Linda and son-in-law Ron Dulmadge, and grandson Christopher; Son Bruce and daughter-in-law, Sandra and grandson Isaac Dahms (Terri) and great-grandsons Caiden and Rylan; Son Brian and Daughter Laurel and son-in-law, Julian Mayne, grandchildren Nicholas and Sally, his “favorite (only) granddaughter!” Dalton’s “credo” was to work for a while, then stop and have some fun. These fun intervals allowed for great travels with family and friends. A Celebration of Life will be held from St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226-51 Ave., Lacombe, AB. on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Lacombe Palliative Care Society, Box 5576, Lacombe, AB, T4L 1X2 or donors choice.

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DEER PARK Price depends on location $1500. Details 403-880-0210 of delivery. Lil Mule GRANDVIEW SYLVAN older 2 bdrm.

Logging 403-318-4346 house. Large lot, $975/mo.

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Duties: - Provides exceptional • Prepare food live in a customer service by display kitchen promoting and managing • Provide cooking classes front counter sales • Provide product knowl- Processes invoices, edge to customers purchase orders and feed orders Trail is always looking - Provide administrative for people who want support to the opportunities to grow, take management team initiative and work well - Performs a variety of within a team environment. reception and clerical duties If you are looking for a rewarding career with Trail Qualifications and Skills Appliances, please submit - Post-secondary education your resume and cover administration, sales letter stating the position administration and/or you are applying for to: relevant experience. reddeerjobs@ - Outgoing and selftrail-appliances.com motivated with a high level or by fax: (403)342-7168. of self-confidence We thank all interest - Excellent organizational, applicants; only those interpersonal and chosen for an interview will communication skills be contacted. Security (both written and verbal) checks will be conducted - Strong customer service skills on successful candidates.

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LITTLE Caesars Pizza is 403-340-1930 now hiring a F/T Food Service Supervisor. $13.75/hr. www.academicexpress.ca 40 hrs/wk. Flexible time including weekends. Must have at least 1 - 2 yrs. food service exp. Email resume allan_barker25@yahoo.ca or apply in person @ 9, 6791 50 Ave. Red Deer.

Family owned and Call 403-346-1600 for info. operated since 1974, Trail Appliances is one of Looking for a new pet? the leading independent Check out Classifieds to appliance retailers in find the purrfect pet.

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HOUSE FOR SALE IN ANDERS. Motivated to sell 1350 sq. ft. bungalow. 3 bedroom, 3 bath with ofÀce/den. Jacuzzi tub in master. Finished basement. 2 car garage. Large bright kitchen with pantry and island. 5 appliances, window coverings and 2 gas Àreplaces. Nice clean yard. UnderÁoor heat. Call 403.348.1591. $399,900.

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Putin calls for broad international anti-terror front MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin called Thursday for “one powerful fist” to fight terrorism, hinted at more sanctions against Turkey and accused Western powers of creating “a zone of chaos.”

Speaking in his live state-of-the-nation address, Putin called for an end to what he called double standards that hampered uniting global efforts in fighting terrorism. Without naming the United States, he accused Washington and its allies of turning Iraq, Syria and Libya into a “zone of chaos and anarchy threatening the entire world” by supporting change of regimes in those countries.

Putin didn’t address efforts to start a peace process in Syria in his speech, focusing on the need to pool global efforts in the fight against terrorism following the attacks in Paris and the downing of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt.

The IS has claimed responsibility for both.

“We must leave all arguments and disagreements behind and make one powerful fist, a single anti-terror front, which would work on the basis of international law under the aegis of the United Nations,” he said, addressing lawmakers and top officials in an ornate Kremlin hall.

“That means no shelter to bandits, no double standards, no contacts whatsoever with any terrorist organizations, no attempts to use them for some selfish goals, no criminal, bloody business with terrorists.”

Putin specifically targeted Turkey, accusing it of “allowing terrorists to earn money by selling oil stolen from Syria.”

“For that money the bandits are recruiting mercenaries, buying weapons and staging cruel terror attacks aimed against our citizens, as well as citizens of France, Lebanon, Mali and other countries,” he said.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said it was “a little ironic” for the Russian leader to point a finger at others.

Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran MOSCOW — The arms trade adviser to President Vladimir Putin says Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

Tass quoted Vladimir Kozhin as saying Thursday that the implementation of the contract for the delivery of the S-300s has begun and the deliveries have started. He didn’t provide any specifics.

Russia in 2010 froze a deal to supply advanced long-range S-300 missile systems to Iran, linking the decision to U.N. sanctions. President Vladimir Putin lifted the suspension earlier this year following Iran’s deal with six world powers that curbed its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. Officials said last month that Russia and Iran finalized the contract for their delivery.

The S-300 deal has long worried Israel and other countries in the region, as well as the U.S., which see it as destabilizing.

U.S.-led coalition targets oil facilities controlled by Islamic State LONDON — As British jets opened airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Germany prepared to send troops and aircraft to the region, Russia’s president called on the world Thursday to brandish “one powerful fist” in the fight against terrorism.

Yet even as international efforts to defeat the extremists grew, animosity between Russia and Turkey only intensified.

Hours after Britain’s Parliament authorized military action in Syria, its Tornado warplanes struck oil fields in eastern Syria that help finance IS. “This strikes a very real blow at the oil and the revenue on which the Daesh terrorists depend,” Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the BBC, using the Arabic acronym for IS. Both the U.S.-led coalition and Russian warplanes have struck the extremists’ oil facilities and Russia has drawn heated international attention to the issue by accusing Turkish authorities of profiting from oil trade with IS — allegations Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly denied.

The Russian allegations came after last week’s downing by Turkey of a Russian warplane near the Syria-Turkey border. Turkey

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Eight arrested as Minneapolis officers remove camp to protest shooting of black man by police MINNEAPOLIS — Officers on Thursday cleared away a protest encampment that sprang up in front of a Minneapolis precinct following the fatal police shooting of a black man last month, arresting eight demonstrators and erecting a fence to dissuade others from trying to return.

Police ordered around 50 chanting demonstrators to disperse at about 4 a.m. and soon began removing tents and equipment while firefighters extinguished campfires. Dump trucks carried away tents and supplies while crews removed makeshift barricades that had been blocking the street in front of the station and erected a high fence to keep people off the lawn and sidewalk.

“It was time,” Mayor Betsy Hodges said at a news conference. “We have been balancing the safety needs of the precinct with the right for people to protest and have their voices be heard.”

Demonstrators, led by the local Black Lives Matter group, had gathered outside the 4th Precinct station since shortly after the Nov. 15 shooting of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. He died the following day.

Two pilots killed when helicopter crashes in rural Tennessee CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Two Army pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near Fort Campbell in rural Tennessee, the military said Thursday.

In response to the crash and another helicopter crash that killed four soldiers early last week at Fort Hood, Texas, the Army on Thursday grounded all aircraft in active-duty units for the next five days to review safety and training procedures.

The two crew members in Tennessee were flying a two-seat AH-64D Apache during a routine training mission when the helicopter went down around 7 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division. The copter crashed in a rural field near the Cumberland River, said Fort Campbell spokesman Maj. Allen Hill. He said the helicopter was on fire when found.

Arkansas judge strikes secrecy portion of execution law LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas judge struck down a portion of the state’s execution law that keeps secret the source of drugs it uses, saying Thursday that drug suppliers do not have a constitutional right to be free from criticism.

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen sided with death row inmates who challenged a law passed by lawmakers this year that prevents disclosure about the drugs that are used in executions. The judge also ordered the state to disclose drug details, including the makers and suppliers, by noon Friday.

“It is common knowledge that capital punishment is not universally popular,” Griffen wrote.

“That reality is not a legitimate reason to shield the entities that manufacture, supply, distribute, and sell lethal injection drugs from public knowledge.”

Judd Deere, a spokesman for Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, said late Thursday that the office had filed notice of appeal with the state Supreme Court. Rutledge also asked for an immediate stay of Griffen’s order.

Defence secretary orders military to open all combat jobs to women WASHINGTON — After three years of study and debate, Defence Secretary Ash Carter ordered the military Thursday to open all military jobs to women, removing the final barriers that kept women from serving in combat, including the most dangerous and grueling commando posts.

His landmark decision rebuffed requests by the Marine Corps to exclude women from certain infantry and combat jobs and signalled a formal recognition that thousands of women served, and many were wounded or killed, in the last 14 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“We are a joint force, and I have decided to make a decision which applies to the entire force,” Carter told a news conference.

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Time is with you to give “It’s in you to give” says Canadian Blood Services, ers that you are not ready for it yet. loved one and bouncing back to life, women have urging you to donate blood and save a life. But I want • Volunteer at a soup kitchen, organize a gift emerged stronger and more resilient than men. to say that “It is with you to give. I am drive or simply help the neighbor dig the Since men tend to succumb to isolation and lonelireferring to something that is with all snow out of his driveway. ness, we need to reach out to them and support them of us and by donating it you can save a • Reach out to other individuals in the during this time. life. It is called TIME. community who are grieving.

If you are among the fortunate ones - looking forGive some of your time to a person This not only reminds you that you are ward to enjoying the holiday season with family and who has lost their partner or a signifnot alone, but is also effective in helping you friends, take a moment to think about the others who icant other and is grieving. It can be manage your grief. are compelled to spend the time alone. Reach out life saving for that person who is lan• Get back to nature. Going for a walk in to these individuals and donate some of your time guishing in the sea of emptiness. the park or the woods helps many people who to make the holidays a little less painful and a little The holiday season is the most are feeling overwhelmed to feel better. more endurable for them. cherished time of our lives and many Experts advise a regimen of self-care of us look forward to this time of the during the holidays, which includes eating a Padmaja Genesh, who holds a bachelor degree in year. But the same can be agonizing healthy diet, maintaining a regular sleep pat- medicine and surgery as well as a bachelor degree in for someone who is grieving the loss tern, and exercise.

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Depression can occur at any time, but studies have shown that incidence and severity of depression spike during the holiday season.This is especially true for a person who has lost a spouse, partner or a close family member in the past year.

The prospect of enduring a holiday season alone for the first time is often traumatic.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Dec. 4, 2015

Uncle shouldn’t have authority to discipline Dear Annie: I am a 33-year-old married man. My wife and I both have children from previous marriages.

My daughter sees us every other weekend, but my wife’s 10-year-old daughter lives with us. I have been supporting her since she was 3, and I love her like she was my own.

My wife’s ex has no interest in seeing her.

My wife has a brother who is my age.

He’s never been married or had kids.

Recently, while my wife was out of town, her brother and I had a falling out.

He was angry with our KATHY MITCHELL 10-year-old for not listening to him, and told her off in a AND MARCY SUGAR manner I found crude and disANNIE’S MAILBOX respectful.

At first, I didn’t say anything, because my mother-inlaw was present and she told him to cut it out.

But he didn’t listen to her and continued belittling and embarrassing the girl.

I told him that if he wanted others to respect what he says, he needs to show respect himself. I also said that he was being immature and making mountains out of molehills.

We argued for 20 minutes, and as he walked out the door, he told me that I wasn’t her real father and that my wife had given him permission to discipline her whenever she didn’t listen to him.

I have yet to speak to my wife to see if this is true.

I will be the first to admit that when it comes to discipline, I am easygoing.

But does an aunt or uncle have any authority to discipline nieces and nephews?

And does my not being her father give my brotherin-law precedence over me?

I know my brother-in-law loves his niece, but I

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can’t stand the way he treats her.

And I’m tired of having the fact that I’m not her biological father thrown in my face all the time.

What do I do? — Confused Dad Dear Dad: First, talk to your wife and clear this up.

An uncle has no authority to discipline unless he has the parents’ permission, and this immature brotherin-law should not have such permission.

And an uncle would never take precedence over a stepparent unless the stepparent was abusive or neglectful, and some other relative had to step in.

That doesn’t sound like the case here.

The fact that your mother-in-law also found his behavior objectionable makes him sound like a bully.

You and your wife should go over these issues and make sure you support one another.

Dear Annie: I saw the letter from “Didn’t Like It, Either,” about children who don’t want to hug or kiss relatives.

Years ago, when my granddaughter was younger, she was embarrassed by my hugs and kisses when I dropped her at school.

So we started doing “Pinky Hugs and Thumb Kisses.” We hooked our pinky fingers together (hugs) and then pressed our thumbs together (kisses). It worked fine.

She is all grown up now, and we still laugh and do it when we say goodbye. Just thought you might want to pass it on. — J. Dear J.: This is adorable.

And it can help those children who love their relatives and want to show affection, but find physical contact too difficult or awkward.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/ AskAnnies.

Friday, Dec. 4 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Jeff Bridges, 65; Tyra Banks, 41; Jay Z, 45 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Avoid the tendency to overlook important details today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have an energetic nature. With Saturn moving through Sagittarius, 2016 is the year to be more personally disciplined and more professionally ambitious.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re in the mood to play and have fun but expect many demands on you from work and/or family today Rams. You’ll be busy and active — but you certainly won’t have time to be bored!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There could be some friction with a child, teenager or friend today Taurus. Friendships are favoured — as long as you are prepared to accept a wide range of differing viewpoints.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re in chatterbox mode, as Mercury and Jupiter stir up your communication gene. You’re keen to hear the latest neighbourhood news but don’t get carried away and spread salacious gossip.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s all about friendships and social networking as you fraternize with local mates, and update your international connections. But be careful you don’t unintentionally blurt out a secret.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There’s a tendency to overspend, or just be careless with money. When it comes to a close relationship, is your head telling you one thing — while your heart wants something else?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can achieve a lot today Virgo — but don’t expect it to be done in an organized, logical manner. But you can expect last minute changes, accompanied by exciting flashes of inspiration.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A close relationship takes up much of your time and energy today, as you do all you can to right a perceived wrong. With your diplomatic Libran approach, it should all be sorted by lunchtime!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today favours being less stubborn and a lot more spontaneous; and an ounce of action will get you a lot further than a pound of pondering. Time for smart Scorpions to be proactive!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s your kind of day Sagittarius — busy and boisterous with plenty of variety. Your multitasking skills come to the fore — but make sure you’re not just all big talk and no actual action!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With Venus and Mars both moving through your career zone, it’s time for capable Capricorns to assume a leadership role at work, as you communicate in creative and proactive ways.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The more spontaneous and straight-forward you are — both at work and at home — the better the day will be. Plus make sure you spend some quality time with a special four-legged friend.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Singles — have you got your eye on someone special? Don’t be a passive Piscean! With the Moon and Jupiter giving you a confidence boost, its time to bite the bullet and ask them out.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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