Red Deer Advocate, October 03, 2012

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Man charged with murder sued $80M-LAWSUIT ALLEGES BRIAN MALLEY ‘DISREGARDED STATED INVESTMENT GOALS’

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A class action lawsuit seeking $80 million in damages has been launched against the investment adviser charged with the November 2011 murder of Innisfail resident Victoria Shachtay.

A statement of claim filed in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Monday by Calgary law firm Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes LLP names Brian Malley as a defendant, as well as Malley’s wife Christine, Assante Wealth Management (Canada) Ltd. and Assante Capital Management Ltd. It identifies Allan Rue of Vermilion and David Jamieson of Calgary as plaintiffs, but says the action is being brought on behalf of all Assante clients whose investments were being managed by Malley.

The claim alleges that Malley “disregarded the stated investment goals of the class members . . . engaged in a one-size fits all investment strategy for the class members that was wholly unsuitable for the investors and . . . acted in his own best interests which were in conflict with the interests of his client class members.” A list of specific examples are provided, including failing to obtain informed consent, disregarding instructions and not disclosing conflicts of interest.

The statement of claim also alleges that the Malleys were employed by, agents of, or independent contractors for Assante, with Brian Malley an investment adviser and Christine Malley a manager or supervisor. It says Christine Malley failed to properly supervise accounts and report violations, and that Assante failed to supervise Brian Malley and ensure he was acting properly.

Brian Malley was arrested in May in connection with the bombing death of Shachtay, a disabled single mother who was one of his clients. He’s been released from custody on $10,000 bail, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for next September.

The lawsuit seeks damages of $50 million for losses suffered by Malley’s clients, as well as general damages of $20 million for “mental distress, anguish and hardship” and punitive damages of $10 million for “reprehensible conduct.” It also asks the court to certify the action as a class proceeding and direct that the damages awarded be paid into a common fund for distribution to the members of the class action.

Statements of claim contain allegations that have not been proven in court.

Please see LAWSUIT on Page A2

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

ROSS STREET PATIO

Pilot project to hibernate over winter

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Hunting Hills High School Lightning Rachelle Fallis makes a shot at the net against the Wetaskiwin Sabres during senior girls high school volleyball action at Hunting Hills on Tuesday. Please see related story on page B4.

RDSO sets the culture minister straight about attendance figures

BY LANA MICHELIN AND CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Declining attendance? What declining attendance?

The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra’s executive director, Melody McKnight, said she’d like to set the record straight after Alberta Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk suggested the RDSO is getting less in provincial grants because it’s pulling in less money from the community.

In fact, the opposite is true, said McKnight. “Our community derived revenue has gone up by $20,000.”

The RDSO raised $331,306 in the 2011-12 season from concert ticket sales, the annual fundraising gala and raffle, sponsorships, cash donations, pro-

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gram ad sales and other revenues. This is up from the $314,213 raised during the 2010-11 season.

McKnight added that the RDSO’s concerts are also continuing to sell out at the Red Deer College Arts Centre.

While she’s not sure where Klimchuk received her information, “We’re not angry at all about the minister’s comments. In fact, I was talking to Mary Anne Jablonski about it (Monday) and we had a good laugh,” said McKnight, who feels the Red Deer North MLA and her Red Deer South MLA colleague, Cal Dallas, are understanding of the RDSO’s position.

Having a $50,000 shortfall “has been a frustration, but our MLAs are glad to be working with us.”

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The patio party is over for now.

Next week the tables will be removed and parking lines painted as the award-winning downtown Red Deer Ross Street patio pilot project hibernates for the winter.

But business owners in the vicinity say the summer pilot had a significant impact on revitalizing and bringing more foot traffic to the city centre.

“I heard at least once a day that it was the first time they were downtown in 10 years,” said Catherine Robb, owner of Housewarmings. “They have lived here and they never came downtown. They drove by and they saw the public market and they were curious. The atmosphere and the good vibes down here — it was a huge improvement for the downtown.”

Nicole Hewitt, co-owner of Talk of the Town, said she loved the idea of the patio in the summer but it didn’t necessarily pay dividends at the cash register.

Hewitt said they lost a lot of their regular customers because of the parking but there were a lot of new faces just browsing.

“I loved the idea of getting more people downtown,” said Hewitt. “We’re kinda in between. Maybe eventually people will come around to the idea of having to walk a little bit.”

The city approved the pilot in April. It included the installation of the eight patio tables on the north side of Ross Street between Gaetz Avenue and Veterans’ Park from June 1 until October.

The pilot came with an estimated $70,000 price tag and included the purchasing of the tables, the bus shelter to house the piano, other infrastructure and installation and removal of the infrastructure. The funds came out of the surplus from the Gaetz Avenue Revitalization Project.

Not only did the city provide the public gathering space, they added 24 arts and entertainment events, including two concerts on Friday evenings.

King Donair manager Murad Nesar said it was nice to look out his window to see people milling about on sunny days, enjoying entertainment and sitting on the patio seats.

Greater downtown co-ordinator Charity Dyke said based on the surveys and anecdotal information, the majority of people were happy with the pilot.

“Not just because it was a neat and interesting project but because it brought different people down into the downtown that they hadn’t seen in the downtown before,” said Dyke.

She said young children and seniors were often seen sitting at the patios or wandering the downtown streets.

“We weren’t getting that sort of demographic before,” Dyke said. “I think the patio was really great in drawing those people into our downtown, which is very important for the community gathering aspect as well as the business aspect.”

On Monday night, city council considered extending the pilot through the winter of 2012-2013. The motion was split 4-4 with Coun. Buck Buchanan, Coun.

Dianne Wyntjes, Coun. Paul Harris and Coun. Lynne Mulder in support of keeping the patio open. Coun.

Cindy Jefferies was absent. The motion was defeated because of the tie.

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Four-year terms draw support PROVINCE WANTS TO IMPLEMENT FOR MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND SCHOOL BOARDS BY 2013

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Future Alberta municipal councils and school boards could see their terms expanded by one year.

Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths said he supports changing the current three-year terms to four years.

Speaking at the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association annual convention last week, he said he is supporting the move and aims to have it implemented in time for the next municipal election in Oc-

tober 2013.

Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling said the lengthier terms could have a stabilizing influence on council.

He pointed specifically to new councillors, who typically spend the first year of their term learning the ropes.

“Then you only have two years left in your term, so you practically have to run for two terms,” said Flewwelling.

“Whereas if you had fouryear terms, you could use your first year to get your feet under you, do a three-year effective term and not ever run

again.”

A voter, Vicki Stephenson, said the move sounded like a good idea as fewer elections could reduce the cost to municipalities.

“Anything that makes it less costly helps,” said Stephenson.

Running a civic election in Red Deer costs the city about $250,000.

The move would result in three elections every 12 years, as opposed to the current four every 12 years.

“Elections are expensive in time, money and energy,” said Flewwelling.

Although the shift to four years raises the issue of accountability to voters, Flewwelling, who has run in seven elections, said accountability isn’t determined by the length of the term.

“Accountability is determined by quality of candidate,” said Flewwelling.

“If you have somebody who is elected for a three-year term or a four-year term, I can’t see how accountability is going to be affected by that.

“If you have a weak councillor elected, you have him for a longer time.

“If you have a hotshot coun-

cillor, you have him for a longer time.”

A resolution passed by AUMA last year supported the shift to four-year terms.

Flewwelling said there was discussion about the longer terms at this year’s conference as well.

Red Deer city council unanimously approved a motion supporting the move at a meeting on July 9.

The move will also impact school boards, as trustees are elected at the same time as municipal councils.

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LAWSUIT: Assante says it’s working with clients Assante said in a written statement Tuesday afternoon that it had not yet been served with a statement of claim, but that in its experiences it would be “extremely unusual to advance such claims through a class action proceeding.” It added that it would review the claim and respond at the appropriate time.

Assante also said it’s been working with clients and former clients to resolve matters related to the handling of their accounts by Malley, and that it would continue to do so.

Rob Armstrong, a partner with Jensen Shawa Solomon Duguid Hawkes, said the class represented in the action must still be approved by the court. Anyone who falls within that class would automatically be included, he said, unless they chose to opt out.

“Our firm personally has spoken with about 80 investors,” said Armstrong.

It organized a meeting of affected people in Red Deer on Sept. 17, and is now planning another for Rocky Mountain House this month.

Armstrong said the damages being claimed could change as more information becomes available.

“At this point it’s a very rough extrapolation of what we’ve heard in terms of the range of individual losses, coupled with the very limited information that we currently have on the numbers of people affected.”

One of Malley’s former clients, a Red Deer businessman who did not want to be identified, said he’s pleased that a lawsuit against the Malleys and Assante has commenced. Those who attended the Red Deer meeting were also appreciative, he said.

“If you were at that meeting, it’d break your heart,” said the man, describing how some of the investors are in a very difficult financial position.

He’s optimistic about the lawsuit’s chances of success, but worries that relief might come too late for some.

“I’m concerned it’s going to take a while yet.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Veer said council needs to consider some factors, including maintenance and funding before making the pilot permanent. She said it was better to end on a positive note.

Dyke said it is important to talk to the community about what they think will work in a winter climate.

“I’ve been in European cities that have the same climates as we do,” said Dyke. “They do far more outdoor activities and gathering spaces than we do. . . . I think it is feasible to conduct a pilot for the winter and program it with certain activities such as ice sculptors, curling or musical events. Perhaps bring some heaters into the space and some blankets to see if the space takes off as a winter space. It’s definitely worth exploring.”

Kimberly Campbell, manager of Dots, said it would be a good idea to keep the patios through the

Although provincial grants have fallen in recent years, McKnight said the RDSO is still grateful for the $54,000 received last July from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. “That’s nothing to sneeze at.”

And she’s feeling lighter about the RDSO’s $50,000 budgetary shortfall, after getting assurance from city council on Monday that it would be covered by a municipal grant. City councillors “are the heroes today,” she added.

That council support didn’t come without some opposition.

McKnight told council on Monday that the season could have been less costly if they knew about the shortfall in funding before the season was planned.

This year, the symphony has cut the popular Chamber series, reduced its education and outreach programs, and trimmed staff hours and reduced the wages of McKnight and RDSO music director Claude

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“We will still have to make further cuts,” said McKnight.

The cash infusion will come from the city’s Culture Managed Fund.

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said the RDSO puts Red Deer on the map as a player and it would simply not be Red Deer without the symphony.

Coun. Chris Stephan, who was the only member of council to vote against the grant, said the province made the cuts, not the city.

“I think we need to be fair to all the groups that come to us for assistance,” said Stephan. “And the appropriate time to do that is at budget. I think that when we do consider these one-off situations without considering our entire financial situation, it can lead to irresponsible decisions.”

RDSO board president Howard Mix said Tuesday: “It’s gratifying to live in a city that continues to focus on quality of life for its citizens, particularly during these fiscally challenging times . . . our councillors have demonstrated their commitment to ensuring that arts and culture remain alive in Red Deer.”

McKnight said the RDSO still intends to do some fundraising to try to cover part of the shortfall, “but this takes the pressure off.”

The RDSO also intends to reduce the cost of the next season. McKnight said this doesn’t mean it will be less entertaining. The orchestra intends to do more collaborations, exchanging services with other arts groups in the province.

For instance, the RDSO will play for the Edmonton Opera and, in exchange, will get some operatic guest soloists to perform at a Red Deer concert.

“That will be tons of fun,” said McKnight. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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“I know I wasn’t overly thrilled in the beginning but once it happened and you see it and you saw the people, it was good,” said Campbell.

Recently, the city received a Downtown Merit Award from the International Downtown Association for the pilot.

Next spring, city council will decide whether or not to re-install the patio tables. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Charges upgraded in fatal collision A collision victim’s death on Tuesday prompted Sylvan Lake RCMP to upgrade impaired driving charges against a Lacombe man.

Randy Pinch died of injuries sustained in a collision on Sept. 21 on Hwy 20 and Aspelund Road north of Sylvan Lake.

Matthew Lawrence Engelman, 24, now faces impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death charges as well as refusing to provide a breath sample.

Witnesses told police a large pickup was travelling south on Hwy 20 around 9 p.m. when it crossed the centre line and collided with a smaller northbound truck. Pinch was trapped inside the smaller truck and had to be extricated before being flown by STARS air ambulance to the University of Alberta Hospital. He was still in hospital when he died Tuesday.

Mountie accused of assault, threats RIMBEY — A general duty constable last posted with the Rimbey RCMP has been ordered to stand trial for assault and uttering threats.

Jesse Charles Lambright, 52, was charged in October 2011 with two counts of assault and one count of uttering threats in connection with an off-duty, personal relationship.

The Crown alleges that the offences occurred during the period from Oct. 10, 2010, to Sept. 19, 2011.

Represented by Red Deer lawyer Will Willms, Lambright had earlier elected to be tried by provincial court.

He changed his election to Queen’s Bench, judge alone during a preliminary inquiry held in Rimbey

Calgary leads nation in parking expenses CALGARY SECOND IN NORTH AMERICA ONLY TO NEW YORK CITY

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Man killed in collision THREE HILLS — A man is dead and his wife airlifted to a Calgary hospital following a two-vehicle collision southwest of here on Tuesday.

The woman was driving a car when it collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Township Road 31-4 and Range Road 24-5 around 12:15 p.m.

The impact killed the 88-year-old male passenger while his 86-year-old wife was taken to hospital in Three Hills before being transferred by STARS air ambulance to Calgary.

A passenger in the pickup, a 45-year-old woman, was transported to Three Hills Health Centre with undetermined injuries. The 34-year-old male driver of the pickup received minor injuries and did not require hospitalization.

All persons involved were from Three Hills.

An RCMP spokesperson said the truck had the right of way at the uncontrolled intersection about six km southwest of Three Hills when the car proceeded through.

Three Hills RCMP continue to investigate.

Public school district seeking boundary input The Red Deer Public School District is seeking input on five school boundary suggestions before making a final decision of where students will go to school once the new Timberlands school opens.

The district will hold an open house today at Eastview Middle School (4:30 to 7:30 p.m.) and Oct. 11 at Hunting Hills High School (6 to 8:30 p.m.) to collect feedback on the scenarios.

The five scenarios are based on three themes.

The first theme is an English program at the Timberlands school and rightsizing of other schools in the district. The second would see dual track French immersion offered at the Timberlands school and rightsizing the other schools. The third suggestion is a single track French immersion program offered at Mountview Elementary School and rightsizing of other schools.

The district will use an online engagement tool to gather feedback on the benefits and challenges of the five scenarios, based on the three themes.

The boundaries will be decided at the school board’s meeting on Dec. 12.

The kindergarten to Grade 5 school in Timberlands is expected to open in September 2014.

provincial court on Tuesday.

Judge Bruce Fraser determined during the hearing that Crown prosecutor Carrie Sharpe has a strong enough bank of evidence to proceed and committed Lambright to stand trial.

While a number of witnesses were called for the hearing, only one person was asked to testify and the rest were excused.

Lambright has been on suspension from the RCMP since the charges were laid.

His next court appearance has been set for Wetaskiwin Court of Queen’s Bench on Oct. 16, when a date for his trial will be set.

Gas prices aren’t the only thing putting a squeeze on drivers’ finances.

A new survey suggests Canadian drivers are pumping more cash into parking meters this year as parking rates continue to climb in major cities across the country.

The Colliers International annual parking survey says the average median rate for a monthly unreserved spot grew 2.7 per cent over the past year.

The median is now $241.72 per month, up from $235.33 in 2011.

Calgary is Canada’s most expensive city to park in for the sec-

ond year in a row, with the average parking rate rising a moderate two per cent to $456.75.

That rate is second in North America only to parking in New York City.

Montreal, Toronto and Edmonton are also in the Top 10 most expensive cities for parking in North America.

But Montreal saw the biggest growth in its rates, up 11.7 per cent to $330.96 a month.

On the other hand, Vancouver and Toronto drivers saw some relief with respective rates falling 4.8 per cent to $277.82 and 3.5 per cent to $316.40.

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TERMS: Makes sense to be ‘consistent with city Lawrence Lee, Red Deer Public School District chair, said the board supported the longer terms alongside the municipality as it made sense for them to be consistent with city council.

Lee said the board has discussed the longer terms for a few years and members see the change as a positive.

“There is consensus it would be a good thing,” said Lee. “I can remember when I was a starting trustee and three years, you were probably just getting acclimatized to the whole political landscape.”

limited future supply of new parking spots are all contributing to the continued increase of parking rates in all categories and across the country,” says Ian MacCulloch, national research director with Colliers International in Canada.

“Currently, only Calgary, Ottawa, Saskatoon, Waterloo Region and Winnipeg are expecting to add new parking spots over the next year and in limited numbers.

This shortage of new supply will continue to put upward pressure on parking rates.”

Colliers International is one of the world’s largest commercial real estate services companies, with more than 12,300 employees around the globe.

Flewwelling also said it could change what kind of person decides to run for council because fouryear terms are a larger commitment.

However, Lee said no matter the term, the decision to run is one people shouldn’t take lightly.

“If you’re going to go into that level of local governance you really have to make that commitment,” said Lee. “That commitment in the minds of trustees is three years is a long time. I believe the four-year term makes more sense.”

In order for the shift to four years to happen, the Alberta government has to put the changes to the Local Authorities Election Act forward about a year prior to the next scheduled municipal election date in October 2013.

If approved, Alberta would join Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec in having four-year municipal terms. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Candlelight vigil for aboriginal women In honour of missing and murdered aboriginal women, a candlelight vigil will be held Thursday at Red Deer City Hall Park, 4914 48 Ave. The vigil will begin at 7 p.m. with an honour song.

The walk ends at the Red Deer Native Friendship Centre, 4808 51 Ave., with a short presentation by Angela Crane, a relative of a missing woman. There are about 600 documented cases of missing and murdered aboriginal girls and women in Canada — about 100 of those are from Alberta.

The event is sponsored by Red Deer Native Friendship Centre, Central Alberta AIDS Network Society and Action Coalition on Human Trafficking, Red Deer. For more information call Tanya Schur at 403-340-0020.

Inquest held into man’s death after Taser deployed MEDICINE HAT — An expert in excited delirium explained the paradox of the syndrome during the second day of the fatality inquiry into the 2009 death of Grant Prentice after police twice deployed a Taser on him.

Dr. Deborah Mash explained how excited delirium is an extreme medical emergency that can only be treated once the patient — who can exhibit feats of “superhuman” strength in resisting treatment — is under control.

Brain samples from Prentice were sent to Mash in the days following the 40-year-old’s death.

She told the inquiry the samples showed a “classic case of cocainebased excited delirium.”

The University of Miami neuropharmacologist explained “law enforcement can’t talk the individual down” and current treatment techniques require immediate sedation backed by medical supports.

Mash, who testified via closed-circuit TV

from Florida, said the idea that a patient with excited delerium could simply be allowed to run out of steam was absurd.

“They don’t get better, they get worse.

“They need medical attention.”

She also told the inquiry that over her 20 years of studying excited delirium, the numbers of those who have suffered from the syndrome haven’t increased with the advent of police utilizing pepper spray or Tasers.

Earlier on Tuesday, Dr. Graeme Dowling, Alberta’s assistant chief medical examiner, told the inquiry there were “errors and omissions” in the autopsy report compiled by Dr. Michael Belenky.

Belenky left the Calgary Medical Examiner’s Office at the same time questions about his work were raised in early 2011.

The first day of the fatality inquiry heard from witness who described how Prentice knocked on the doors of several homes on a street in Brooks, that night.

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Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

Pro sports on welfare THERE IS NO ECONOMIC CASE THAT CAN BE MADE IN SUPPORT OF THE ARENA DEAL FOR THE EDMONTON OILERS

BY MARK MILKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE For those who might have missed what’s happening in the city where Wayne Gretzky first made his mark in professional hockey, another round of taxpayer subsidies might soon be delivered to for-profit professional hockey in Edmonton.

The background: In 2011, Edmonton Oilers’ owner Daryl Katz convinced city council to deliver up taxpayer cash for a new $450-million arena.

More recently, Katz demanded more tax dollars and then visited Seattle to drop hints that he may move the Oilers to that West Coast city if Edmonton city council doesn’t agree to his latest “request.”

Before detailing the new demand, here’s the breakdown of last year’s deal between Katz and the City of Edmonton: ● $125-million was to come from a new facility improvement fee (a ticket tax imposed on other events in the new facility once built). ● Some existing taxpayer support for the Oilers’ present home, Rexall Place (formerly Northlands Colise-

OTHERVIEW um), would be redirected to the new facility along with some parking revenues. That would be worth a total of $80 million. Another $45 million is to come from a tax-shell game known as a “Community Revitalization Levy” in downtown Edmonton. ● A further $100-million was presumed to come from federal and provincial governments, both of which initially balked. But for those who care to gamble, bet that such money will come from the provincial government through “infrastructure” funding. If that happens, the total taxpayer contribution to the new $450-million arena will be $350 million, or about 78 per cent of the cost. ● Katz has agreed to chip in $100 million, by paying $5.5 million per year over 35 years (which includes interest on borrowed money).

But on top of the almost 80 per cent taxpayer subsidy, Katz now wants another $6 million each year from Edmonton’s taxpayers to defray maintenance costs at the proposed facility.

Funny how that $6-million taxpayer subsidy would cover Katz’s annual $5.5-million payment for his $100-million share. If Edmonton gives in to Katz’s latest demand, taxpayers will, in effect, pay 100 per cent of the cost of building the almost-half-billion dollar rink.

Even if Edmonton doesn’t give Katz an extra $6 million annually, Edmonton city council has already agreed to

spend $20 million over 10 years on advertising and sponsorship in the new Katz arena.

That’s $2 million annually. And that means the Oilers’ owner will, on a net basis, only pay $3.5 million every year for a brand-new half-billion hockey rink for the next 10 years.

All this should be déjà vu for Edmonton taxpayers.

Back in 1994, Edmonton city council agreed to a demand from then-Oiler’s owner Peter Pocklington that a ticket tax be imposed on all events in that city’s coliseum. That money was then forwarded to Pocklington’s operations to help pay the Oilers’ annual rent at the then-named Northlands Coliseum.

In 1998, new team owners asked Edmonton to forgive that annual rent altogether (OK, they paid $1 per year) and with this catch: They still wanted all ticket tax proceeds that came from Oilers’ ticket sales. Edmonton city council said yes.

The script from Pocklington, the pre-Katz owners and Katz is familiar: tell local politicians to ante up. If that doesn’t work, threaten to move the team.

Also, tell the public and politicians that major league sports will act as an economic stimulus. Claim it will revitalize their downtown.

Then publish studies that claim additional tax revenues will accrue that more than make up for the initial taxpayer subsidies.

But do taxpayer subsidies for sports teams produce a beneficial net economic effect at all? In 2008, University of Maryland professor Dennis Coates

and University of Alberta professor Brad Humphreys reviewed the academic literature on the economic impacts of professional sports franchises and stadiums. They found the following: “No matter what cities or geographical areas are examined, no matter what estimators are used, no matter what model specifications are used, and no matter what variables are used, articles published in peer-reviewed economics journals contain almost no evidence that professional sports franchises and facilities have a measurable economic impact on the economy.”

It’s no great mystery as to why net beneficial effects in the local economy never materialize (or in tax revenues, another claim from proponents of taxpayer-subsidized professional sports).

If a for-profit sports team leaves a city, fans who previously spent $1,000 on tickets and beer every season won’t throw such money into the fireplace in the team’s absence.

Instead, they will spend it somewhere else: on minor hockey, football games, movies, more suds, or on something else. Economic activity and tax revenues still result.

If Edmonton city council continues to fall for junk economic claims, taxpayers in Alberta (if the province chips in) but especially in Edmonton will make another very expensive installment on corporate welfare for professional sports.

Mark Milke is the Alberta director for the Fraser Institute. This column was distributed by Troy Media (http://www. troymedia.com).

Bike lane decision was wise retreat, not surrender At the risk of being one too many talking heads in an ongoing narrative that has captured — surprisingly — the attention and voice of this community like no other issue we’ve experienced in the 18 years I’ve resided in this fair city, I throw an offering into the bike lane debate one last time.

I do so cautiously, mindful that we may in fact be reaching saturation point in this polarizing polemic. Nevertheless, we’ve only heard one side of the debate (in this publication’s several editoVESNA rials at least), HIGHAM and for an issue so passionately contested in the community, that’s never a good thing.

We read last week, for example, in Joe McLaughlin’s Bike-lane traffic threat fizzles about his personal road tests conducted along 55th Street, which revealed “no demonstrable bike-induced delays for cars and trucks” along that stretch of road.

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it’s hard to see from my little study that bike lanes on 55th Street have any significant effect slowing traffic along this route in prime time.”

Well, I conducted a little study of my own, speaking to teachers, students, and residents who traverse the hill up and down 40th Avenue and the stretch of road along 55th Street daily to and from the two high schools, and they too have their stories to tell.

First of all, congestion on those streets was never an issue except in two peak periods: immediately before and after school hours. And during those times, particularly in the morning with added commercial commuters, traffic was in fact intolerable the first few days of school: ● Teachers 20 minutes late for work because of backed-up traffic. ● Students idling on the hill in a jam along 40th for 20 minutes, wondering how environmentally-friendly this scenario can be. ● Stand-still traffic backed up the same hill along 40th all the way to Ross Street (a stretch of four blocks once you reach the top of the hill).

Based on this heavy congestion for that time block those first few days, teachers and students were advised by administrators to leave their homes much earlier to stagger the commute, which they began doing.

People also began avoiding 55th altogether, electing instead to drive a

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swing pattern through the residential roads along 53rd, then onto 42A Avenue to the high schools.

Which is precisely what a few passionate letters-to-the-editor earlier admonished: perhaps if more vehicles would seek alternate routes to their destinations, then bike lanes could readily co-exist on the busy commuter roads stripped down to one lane traffic each way.

Certainly that may be one solution.

But it is the right way to approach this issue?

Do we afflict the many for the sake of a few? Or should we rather find some alternate routes for bike lanes that don’t drastically disrupt commuter traffic on those roads where flow is a real issue?

I support the bike lane project, in principle. Many — I dare say most — of the routes the city designated are wellchosen, and fit nicely within existing traffic patterns.

And to be quite frank, after noting that peoples’ staggered commuting times produced relative ease of travel along 55th, I myself was initially prepared to let the experiment run its course, despite the inconvenience to commuters.

Until I repeatedly witnessed one event that convinced me otherwise.

After crossing the bridge on Gaetz southbound then left onto 55th, drivers found themselves on two lanes of

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traffic for a short stretch. Approaching 47th Avenue, the right lane became right-turn only, needing to turn onto 47th. The adjacent left lane was then required to merge right, immediately past 47th, into the one remaining eastbound lane (where bike lanes began).

The event? Drivers in the right-turn lane advancing straight through and nearly colliding with merging left lane traffic, who legally had the right of way.

I drive 55th nearly every morning to walk McKenzie Trails, and I witnessed this infraction once or twice a day during that short commute alone — on one occasion, a very close call that may not have been averted on icy roads.

McLaughlin wished that “Red Deer city councillors and citizen critics could have shown [more] patience in letting at least part of an ambitious bike-lane project fully run its course unimpeded.”

To be clear, the vast majority of this ambitious project has in fact remained intact to fully run the course of the one-year pilot, but council acted well to remove the hotspots that were simply too disruptive, inequitable, and downright dangerous to experiment with through harsh winter conditions.

We would have adjusted and survived, but at what cost?

Vesna Higham is a local lawyer, former Red Deer city councillor and a freelance columnist.

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I would like to congratulate the mayor of Red Deer, Morris Flewwelling, and city council for putting together an excellent presentation with Dr. John S Beck and Dr. Horne, including a question and answer session afterwards, regarding the pros and cons of fluoridation in our municipal water system.

As a result of my research, I concur totally with Dr. Beck’s research on the harmfulness of fluoride in our municipal water. I do not agree with Dr. Horne’s statement “that there are no negative health effects.” There is a monumental amount of evidence from around the world showing the harmfulness of fluoride.

First we need to understand the origin of fluoride in order to understand the present. We have the ability to change on Oct. 29 with helping city council make the right choice. We have the power to dictate our own reality.

The practise of adding fluoride to municipal tap water across the U.S. began in 1945. The origins of fluoridation had nothing to do with protecting your dental health. My research found that the element used to make the bomb had the ingredient fluoride, as well as uranium. Read the declassified documents of the Manhattan Project, about the fluoride waste products from the aluminum industry, and the hazardous waste from hydrogen fluoride found in the phosphate fertilizer industry, which turns into hydrofluorosilicic acid, which is the primary source of aluminum fluoridation. These byproducts typically contain arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury (Dr. Mercola Video Library).

Why is water fluoridation, which began in 1945 and still continues today, allowed despite the fact that the FDA has never approved it?

So far 33 Canadian cities and towns have voted to have the fluoride removed from their municipal water (three in 2012, Outlier, Ont., Okotoks, and Amhirstburg, Ont.). Calgary removed their fluoride on Feb. 8, 2011. Let’s make Red Deer No. 34. There is a list of 10 pages of cities and towns that have removed fluoride from their water source throughout North America. There are numerous countries throughout the world as well, France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Finland, India, and Great Britain to name a few who have all rejected the use after reviewing the negative evidence. Surely they can’t all be wrong! Let’s remove mandatory fluoride from our Municipal Water Supply and exercise our freedom of choice.

There are enough dental products out there as a major source of fluoride exposure, particularly to children if you so desire. Fluoridated dental products include toothpastes, mouth rinses, fluoride gels, fluoride varnishes, fluoride supplements, etc.

So, why do we need mandatory fluorinated municipal water? I have absolutely no control on how much I am getting in my daily life. It is in my water, coffee, tea, drinks. How much am I getting drinking my eight glasses of water a day as well as everything else? It is on my plants, vegetables, grass, crops, etc.

It goes down my drains, and ends up in the Red Deer River and streams. It affects the fish which we eat, the birds, the animals that ingest it, etc., which in turn we eat. It goes all the way down the food chain.

Meanwhile we have all of these illnesses that affect us. The fluoride in our municipal water is not a natural product, but is a drug that is put in our water supply through mandatory means. We are told never throw away your drugs as it is harmful to the environment, take them to your pharmacy, etc.

Read Dr. Beck’s book “The Case Against Fluoride”. He told me to do my own research on sites such as WebPages FluorideAlert.org and FluorideAction.net. Dr. Beck was quite adamant with his last words in his presentation: “It is a drug, get it out of your municipal water Supply.”

Attention Red Deerians and Central Alberta towns, it is time to wake up and take a stand. Do your own research and help city council make the correct decision on Oct. 29. Please contact them with your decision to remove fluoride out of our municipal water supply.

Poldi Olafson Red Deer

Bike lane reversal was far too hasty Re: City council’s decision to reverse bike lane project The Sept. 24 Advocate included an interesting juxtaposition: the article (A2) on the Los Angeles troublesome traffic gridlock problems caused by any closure of a freeway, the local story (A3) about Red Deer residents getting out on World Car-Free Day on Saturday, Sept. 22, and then the item (C1) regarding mixed reactions to the recent decision of city council to substantially set back the just barely completed bike lane project scheduled for review in the fall of 2013.

As a person who walks wherever I can, rides a bicycle and lives within a block and a half of 55th Street, I was very disappointed in council’s decision to pull back on a bold and forward-thinking project that would have moved Red Deer into a more sustainable and livable future.

Why the buckling under pressure from the naysayers after only a few short weeks? Why not see the project through to the end of the trial period (only one year)? Why does the movement of gas-guzzling automobiles usurp the benefits of a good environmentally proactive and healthy lifestyle choice?

I believe all those who so quickly negated the logics and reasons for the bike lane project, and those on city council, who bowed almost instantly to pressure from the motorists, missed the mark completely.

This project was bound to have negative reactions to it, along with the positives, however, important ideas are worth giving a fair amount of time to see through, time enough for people to realize that they can use their bikes or feet more often, that their children can ride their bikes to school safely, that lifestyles and levels of health will show improvements … but after a year or two, not two weeks!

My respect and appreciation goes out to those who had the initial concept and determination to proceed with this valuable project, and to those

on city council who tried to maintain it even under public pressure to do otherwise.

To those on council who are vexed about the cost of the project: how is reversing it so soon justified?

The setback only adds substantially to the overall costs.

Pete Weddell Red Deer

How can riding a bike be wrong?

My favourite places in town are where the people are. They gather and chat, smiling — they say, “Hello!: “Hi.” I catch myself with the biggest grin, pedaling along and waving at other cyclists passing by.

I call my bike Freedom Machine.

As I go, little chants develop on the breath.

Uphill: I am capable, I am independent, I am strong, I can.

Downhill: I am free-wheeling, smooth rolling, flying by.

In winter: I am wind-kissed and weather hardy, here I go.

In traffic: I am steady, I am here, I am in the now.

I never complain about parking. I couldn’t tell you the price of gas.

I can tell you if it is sleet or snow outside, and whether you should wear a sweater.

“Claim your space,” a friend once told me as we rode along a busy highway. I remember those words when I take up a whole lane to ensure my visibility and safety. The cars behind slow or move into the other lane. But the roads are for sharing even if they weren’t really built that way.

“If you don’t claim your space, who will do it for you?” my friend said. I don’t plan to live my whole life defensively, but it is a good point.

Every morning of the school year, I waved to three girls waiting for their school bus on the corner. “Hi,” they’d call. “Hello!”

As the seasons changed, I’m sure I noticed them grow taller.

When they were huddled up in cold, a ring of my bell would perk up their hooded heads. One time as I passed, lights flashing in the dark morning and a balaclava tuque covering my face, one of the children called out, “Are you police?” “No. I’m a teacher.”

I wonder if those girls want to ride their bikes every morning when they’re big. I wonder if they know they can.

Kristen Carlson Red Deer

Don’t try to legislate common sense A lot has been said lately about bike lanes in the city of Red Deer. This has raised a number of issues: wasteful spending by City Hall, some minority groups having undue influence, separate visions of urban planning, etc.

I, for one, cannot believe what little you get for three-quarters of a million dollars these days. Is line painting and signage that costly? Or is it all of the consultation costs? In the old days, we would be looking for somebody lining their pockets at the public’s expense.

Red Deer became a great place to live based upon the fact that there were from time to time proactive councils and mayors who had the vision to build this city. Fred Moore and Bob McGhee spring to mind, followed by Gail Surkan and Ed Barrett. Infrastructure and planning were in place far ahead of growth. Four-lane roads were built — a lot of which are now choked down to two lanes by ‘traffic calming’ — which were intended to move people (traffic) through a city.

Subdivisions were designed to be neighbourhoods with quiet streets — safe for kids to play and people to walk around in. Point of note: This city has hundreds of miles of sidewalks in our suburban areas.

Why is it so few people actually use them? Why is it that people don’t know the names of their neighbours three doors down?

Here is a new angle to look at: is this not at its most basic form an attempt to legislate common sense? Bicycles have always been a part of getting around Red Deer. Until recently, most kids rode a bike to school. Somewhere in junior high, or high school bicycle riding becomes ‘uncool’ — unless you found a way to be a ‘jock’ about it. Usually that involved getting a 10-speed racer, or later, a mountain bike.

Mountain bikes were actually preferable in an urban environment because they provided a less bonejarring ride (think decaying infrastructure here), and the rider was able to ride in a more heads-up position, which is more conducive to collision avoidance. Note here that the City of Red Deer did have the foresight to create a system of bike paths — some even geared toward commuting to work.

What seems to be at the crux of this issue is education. Plain and simple. As kids, we were taught rules of bicycle safety: ride as far to the right of the road as possible, ride in single file, obey traffic laws. Most bicycle riders I see these days ride as feral children.

I guess that if you always got a ride to school, or were bused, how would you know what the rules of the road are? And, nothing needs to be said about the

moron drivers in Red Deer, right?

Oddly enough, I find myself in agreement with Evan Bedford — perhaps due to shared experience.

I too used a bicycle to commute to the University of Alberta. I rode on Whyte Avenue on occasion. The vast majority of the time I used a quiet street one block to the north of Whyte Avenue. A pleasant, and relaxing ride. Perhaps the city ought to look into parallel routes such as roads or alley ways, or pave a bike path along side of an arterial road such as 40th Avenue. Then again, do cyclists need to be on these arterial roads, or should they simply find a better route to take? Again, this would be throwing money at a problem that can be cured with common sense and education.

By education, I am not talking about: see it our way, we are a liberal minority and we have the moral high ground. We need the public to learn, know, and practise the rules of the road much the same as when we had a new regime of fines for crosswalk violations a couple of years ago. The media must do its part to make everyone aware of this issue. I would suggest that the Advocate run a weekly column on road safety — something other than the observations of a traffic counter — pick an issue and run with it.

My pet peeve is those who use a narrow, paved rural road with no shoulders (Range Road 271) as their personal exercise track. I am sure it is a nice scenic road that feeds all kinds of fresh air and inspiration to those who use it as such. It is also narrow, used by large trucks and farm machinery and has a speed limit of 80 km/h. Whenever I see one of these lay-down or recumbent cycles using this stretch of road, I cannot help but visualize a human being and their machine as putty under the wheels of a large vehicle. I would not want to be the driver faced with the choice of a head-on collision, or running over a cyclist.

I will kick this out into the public arena. As a cyclist, you have the right to use this road. Does your ‘right’ to exercise as you please exceed the rights of other road users (vehicular traffic) to use this road without the hazard your road use creates?

Every year we see examples of really nice people who die as risk-taking idiots. Sometimes it costs our society tens of thousands of dollars just to recover the bodies. Then there is the emotional losses to those who were dear to these people. The potential loss to society of what these people might have achieved, two words: Grow up!

As a society we have thousands of laws and bylaws designed to protect us from ourselves. These would not be necessary if we all had or used common sense.

Perhaps then, maybe 10 commandments, or even one rule would suffice.

J.M. (Jeff) Hanson Red Deer

Everyone is welcome in our city On Friday, Sept. 28, I read an article in the Advocate aptly titled Judge lambastes woman.

From what I gather, Judge Jim Mitchell called a woman of our city a “drug-addicted creep,” saying, “ordinary people don’t want to go downtown because of people like you” in his ruling.

It saddens me to think that someone serving public office here in Red Deer considers some people more worthy of living in our city than others.

The fact of the matter is, the woman in question is an ordinary person. One whom, according the article, struggles with addictions and mental health issues, like thousands of others here in Red Deer. She may be a difficult person with a checkered past, and well deserving but she is as much an ordinary citizen as a police officer, a priest, an oil rig worker or even a magistrate.

I admit it, as someone who works downtown (across the street from the courthouse, in fact) and deals with our city’s street involved, addicted and mentally ill people on a daily basis, it can be a challenge encountering those on the margins of our society. Yet, I must say I love coming to the city’s centre and enjoying the Ross Street patio, the quaint shops and restaurants and, yes, even meeting those ordinary people who call the streets of Red Deer home.

To the woman in question I say, “We do want you in our city. We want you to get the help you need and to offer you the love, compassion and dignity everyone here in Red Deer deserves.”

Rev. Jeffrey Rock Red Deer

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E. coli cases spike in Saskatchewan PROVINCE CHECKING TO SEE IF LINKED TO BEEF RECALL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Saskatchewan is reporting a spike in E. coli cases but is waiting for lab tests before linking them to the massive beef recall from an Alberta plant.

The Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that there were 13 reported cases of E. coli infection in the province last month. The usual number for September is between zero and four.

“Public health authorities are investigating these cases and conducting tests to determine whether they are linked to the recall,” reads a government release. “Laboratory results are expected within the next few days.”

Health officials in Alberta on Tuesday confirmed two new cases, bringing the province’s total to 10.

Five of these cases, including one of the new ones, have been linked to steaks that were processed at the XL Foods Inc. plant in southern Alberta and purchased at a Costco store in Edmonton.

Health officials were reminding consumers to cook beef thoroughly and to wash their hands when preparing food.

The warning comes after yet another recall of beef products from the plant in Brooks.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said in a health hazard alert released late Monday night that dozens of additional products, including roasts and sausages, have been added to a long list of recalled beef.

The agency announced the expanded recall as it

continues to investigate XL Foods, which had its licence temporarily suspended last week.

The CFIA is warning the public, distributors and food service establishments not to consume, sell, or serve any of the beef products on the list because they may be contaminated with E. coli.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper endured more question-period beef broadsides Tuesday from both the NDP and the Liberals.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair accused Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz of blaming bureaucrats, while interim Liberal leader Bob Rae demanded to know why it took the government so long to warn Canadian consumers.

“On this particular case, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency acted to contain contaminated product, beginning on September 4 and has been acting ever since then,” Harper said in the House.

“The plant will remain shut down until the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is convinced that it is safe to operate.”

The Conservatives have added 700 “net new” food inspectors since first taking office in 2006, he added.

After question period, Rae said the government’s first responsibility was to alert the public to a potential health hazard.

“The real issue here is, when does the consumer have a right to know? When should the consumer be informed?”

The Americans stopped the beef shipment on Sept. 13 and closed the border.

“Shouldn’t the Canadian consumer know that?” asked Rae. “You talk about transparency, you talk about accountability. It’s the consumer that’s buying the meat.”

He acknowledged governments can’t be in the business of creating panic, “but if the consumer really is the first priority, why is the consumer the last to know?”

Rae said the answer should be coming from Harper and his agriculture minister, “not from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

“We wouldn’t know a soul of who those people are.”

The new additions to the recall are products sold in Ontario by The Kitchen Table, Zehrs, Your Independent Grocer and Valu-Mart, in Quebec by Entrepot de Viandes stores, by Brooks Meat Packers in Alberta, and Co-op, ValuFoods and Village Mart in the Atlantic provinces and Quebec.

Also added to the list are products from Real Canadian Superstore and Extra Foods stores across most provinces, along with many Dominion stores, Loblaws in Quebec, Real Atlantic Superstore in the Maritimes and Save Easy stores in the Atlantic provinces.

The entire list can be found on the website of the food inspection agency (at www.inspection.gc.ca).

The agency says consumers who are unsure if they have the affected beef in their home should check with the store where the product was purchased or throw it out.

Corruption inquiry focuses on man once linked to PMO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The ripple effect from a corruption inquiry that has focused so far on local wrongdoing in Montreal has moved closer to federal circles with testimony about a scam involving a man once linked to the office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Quebec’s inquiry heard Tuesday that the man the Harper government once promoted as its preferred candidate to run the Port of Montreal played a role in the corruption schemes that were rampant in the local construction industry.

Robert Abdallah was accused of participating in a kickback system at the City of Montreal, during testimony before the inquiry that is looking into the construction industry and its links to organized crime and politics.

The testimony caused Quebec’s inquiry to reverberate in the House of Commons. The federal government was forced to fend off opposition queries about its relationship with Abdallah and it stressed that, in the end, he didn’t get the port job.

Harper’s office also downplayed Abdallah’s fed-

eral ties.

“We have no comment on the allegations made against former City of Montreal staff,” a prime ministerial spokesman said in an email.

Earlier Tuesday, former construction boss Lino Zambito had testified that Abdallah, when he was the top civil servant in the city, instructed him through a middleman to use piping from a particular firm while working on a major sewer contract.

The piping was more expensive — but Zambito says he was assured by a city engineer acting as a middleman that he would be compensated and informed that $300,000 would go to Abdallah as part of the deal.

Members of the board of the Port of Montreal have said that they were pushed to appoint Abdallah by a one-time senior aide to Harper, Dimitri Soudas.

Abdallah was not appointed in the end and, after leaving city hall, he went on to work in the construction industry. The allegations against him at the Charbonneau commission have not been proven in court and he has denied them in media interviews.

The testimony emerged during the third day of Zambito’s bombshell-dropping turn on the inquiry

witness stand.

He has already described a local construction industry that operated as a tightly controlled bidrigging cartel that fixed prices; while taxpayers were getting milked, he said, profits were split with the Italian Mafia, corrupt local bureaucrats and even the mayor’s political party.

Mayor Gerald Tremblay has denied any wrongdoing.

Zambito has testified that 2.5 per cent of the value of his municipal contracts went to the Italian Mob. He has also said a top Mafia don, Vito Rizzuto, acted as a mediator when there was a dispute with another company in the bid-rigging cartel.

He has said the cost of doing business also meant: a three per cent kickback from municipal contracts to the mayor’s party; a one per cent bribe to a certain local bureaucrat; and countless gifts and cash benefits to other local employees.

Zambito says that after bidding successfully in 2005 on a $10-million sewer contract in east-end Montreal, he was summoned to a meeting one week later and told he had to use concrete piping furnished at a higher cost by supplier Groupe Tremca.

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Trudeau launches Liberal leadership bid WANTS TO RECONNECT THE PARTY WITH THE ‘ORDINARY’ PEOPLE WHO GAVE IT LIFE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — It’s time to put away childish things, Justin Trudeau declared Tuesday as the telegenic, raven-haired son of a former prime minister launched his bid to lead the federal Liberals and convince Canadians he’s more than just a pretty face.

Hundreds of supporters, crammed into a community centre in his riding of Papineau, cheered wildly as the 40-year-old Montreal MP confirmed his leadership ambitions, easily among the worst-kept political secrets in Canada.

“I am running because I believe this country wants and needs new leadership, a vision for Canada’s future grounded not in the politics of envy or mistrust,” Trudeau told a crowd peppered with Liberal party luminaries.

“One that understands, despite all the blessings beneath our feet, that our greatest strength is above ground, in our people. All Canadians, pulling together, determined to build a better life, a better Canada.”

A screen behind the podium displayed a simple campaign logo that featured his first name much more prominently than the lineage for which the son of former prime minister Pierre Trudeau is so famous.

Trudeau said he wants to reconnect the Liberal party with the ordinary people who gave it life. And he singled out restoring the economic health of the Canadian middle class as a principal goal.

“A thriving middle class provides realistic hope and a ladder of opportunity for the less fortunate — a robust market for our businesses, and a sense of common interest for all,” he said.

But as the middle class in China, India, South Korea and Brazil enjoys increasing prosperity, Cana-

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Liberal MP Justin Trudeau announces he will seek the leadership of the party Tuesday, in Montreal. dians are experiencing the opposite, he continued — stalled income levels, escalating costs and ballooning personal debt.

“What’s the response from the NDP? To sow regional resentment and blame the successful. The Conservative answer? Privilege one sector over others and promise that wealth will trickle down, eventually,” he said.

“Both are tidy ideological answers to complex and difficult questions. The only thing they have in common is that they are both, equally, wrong.”

A school teacher before jumping into politics in 2008, Trudeau has long been seen by his critics — many of them fellow Liberals — as a man of more flash than substance. Tuesday’s speech was designed to showcase a more cerebral, thoughtful side.

“It is time for us, for this generation of Canadians, to put away childish things,” he said. “More, it is time for all of us to come together and get down to the very serious, very adult business of building a better country.”

He said he chose to make his announcement on Tuesday because it would have been the 37th birthday of his late brother Michel, a skier who was killed in an avalanche in 1998. just really nice, to have that tangible evidence of how he passed away.”

The couple had been heading to a trade show in Las Vegas but took a wrong turn, and their van became stuck. Chretien ventured off in the snow to try and get help.

Can’t wait for courtroom to set record straight: Vancouver Olympic chief

Ottawa: First Nations students get just as much funding as non-aboriginals

VANCOUVER — The man who helmed the Vancouver Olympics says the past few days have been the most humiliating and demeaning he and his family have ever experienced.

John Furlong says legal action is now getting underway against the reporter and the Vancouver weekly newspaper that broke the story about allegations against Furlong from his time teaching First Nations students at a Catholic school in northern B.C. The story cited several former students who claimed Furlong was physically and verbally abusive as a phys-ed teacher at the Immaculata Catholic School in Burns Lake beginning in 1969.

In a statement posted on his website today, Furlong says some of the allegations are so serious he didn’t want to wait to respond to the claims while the case made its way through the courts.

The former head of the Olympic organizing committee says the story was a personal attack against him.

The reporter, Laura Robinson, has said she plans a lawsuit of her own over Furlong’s comments about her ethics and research.

OTTAWA — Aboriginal Affairs is fighting back against its critics, releasing new calculations that show native students receive just as much, if not more, funding as non-aboriginals for schooling.

The federal government has been under fire from aboriginal and human rights groups and opposition critics for underfunding First Nations education.

Last year, all parties agreed to fix the problem and committed to ending inequalities between native and non-native primary and secondary school systems.

But in a backgrounder attached to a Tuesday announcement on building new schools, government

PENTICTON, B.C. — The wife of a man whose remains were found in the Nevada wilderness a year and a half after he went for help says she’s grateful he walked 11 kilometres when their van got stuck in the mud.

Rita Chretien said she and her family will be even more grateful this Thanksgiving now that her husband Albert’s remains have been found by two elk hunters.

She said she’d tell him: “’Thank you for your efforts.’ “I know he did it for me and I was so grateful.“ Chretien said Tuesday that she’s also grateful to everyone who helped search for her husband, whose remains were found Saturday.

“It was a great joy and relief to know that he was there and obviously had rested in peace, and it was such a comfort to know that his body was not ripped apart by wild animals.”

Chretien said she had come to terms with the fact that her husband would not return.

“I think I can really say I’ve had closure for a long time but this was

RICHARD WAGNER OF QUEBEC COURT OF APPEAL NOMINATED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Justice Richard Wagner of the Quebec Court of Appeal has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the nomination today, saying Wagner was selected after a rigorous evaluation.

“Held in high esteem by his judicial colleagues and members of his bar association, he is an exceptional candidate with the skills and qualifications needed to serve Canadians well,” Harper said in a statement.

Wagner will fill the seat left empty when Justice Marie Deschamps retired in August.

The new justice was chosen from a pool of candidates picked in consultation with the attorney general of Quebec and senior members of the judiciary as well as prominent legal organizations. Members of the public were also invited to submit their suggestions for qualified candidates.

A panel of MPs then whittled that pool down to three names and Harper made the final selection.

The nominee will be questioned by a select Commons committee on Thursday.

Wagner became a lawyer in 1980 and worked as a civil and commercial litigator before being named to the Quebec Superior Court in 2004.

He was raised to the appeal court in 2011.

He comes from a family prominent in Quebec legal and political circles.

His father, Claude Wagner, was a Crown attorney, a law professor, a judge and a senior politician in the province. He served as a judge, then as solicitor general, attorney general and justice minister in Jean Lesage’s Liberal government of the 1960s before returning to the bench.

The senior Wagner was elected a federal Tory MP in 1972 and ran unsuccessfully for the Conservative leadership in 1976, losing to Joe Clark.

He was named to the Senate in 1978 by Pierre Trudeau, but died of cancer the next year.

The younger Wagner earned a B.A. and a licence in law from the University of Ottawa before entering practice. officials attached a raft of calculations that suggest student funding is already at par.

Aboriginal Affairs says it spent an average of $13,542 for each student in the 2010-2011 school year — not including money for infrastructure and building maintenance.

The amounts vary by province. First Nations kids in the Atlantic provinces get $14,505 apiece, while Saskatchewan students get $12,159, the government research says.

That compares to a national per-student average of $10,439 in 2009, according to Statistics Canada.

But it contradicts data from the AFN that shows First Nations receive about $7,101 for each student, on average.

Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nations have both made education a top priority, working together to strike a plan for better funding and new governance.

The federal budget included $275 million for school infrastructure and early literacy.

Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan said Tuesday that part of that money will go towards building three new schools on reserves this year and renovating five others in the future.

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Keyera boosting capacity $210-MILLION UPGRADE PROPOSED FOR RIMBEY GAS PLANT

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The Rimbey gas plant is slated to receive a $210-million upgrade that will dramatically increase the ethane and other marketable liquids it extracts from natural gas.

Keyera Corp., which operates the plant and has a 97 per cent ownership interest in the facility, announced Monday that it wants to install a 400 million cubic feet per day “turbo expander unit” and construct a 34-km, six-inch-diameter ethane pipeline to connect to the Alberta Ethane Gathering System.

It anticipates that the turbo expander will allow the plant to recover more 90 per cent of the ethane in the gas it processes — which would equate to up to 20,000 barrels

per day.

The extracted ethane will be sold to a large consumer in Alberta under a longterm agreement, said Keyera.

In 2009, Keyera commissioned a $30-million ethane extraction facility at the Rimbey plant, which was expected to extract up to 5,000 barrels of ethane per day. That output was transported to Dow Chemical Canada for conversion into ethylene for Dow’s petrochemical plants at Fort Saskatchewan and Prentiss.

Keyera expects construction of its latest project to begin this year, with start-up anticipated in late 2014. Regulatory approvals are still required.

Although the turbo expander will initially replace the plant’s existing ethane recovery system, in time both could be used to boost the plant’s processing capacity,

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IPOs in Canada in third quarter down sharply The number and value of IPOs on Canadian stock exchanges fell sharply in the third quarter compared with a year ago as investors worried about the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and the strength of the U.S. economic recovery, according to a report by PwC. The international consultancy said in a report that there were just were seven initial public offerings with a total value of $271 million on Canadian stock exchanges in the quarter, including just one on the Toronto Stock Exchange worth $212 million. hat compared with 20 new offerings with a total value of $537 million a year ago when there were four on the Toronto Stock Exchange worth a total of $475 million.

In the first three quarters of this year, there were 39 initial public offerings on Canadian stock exchanges with a total value of $441 million, including three valued at $397 million on the Toronto Stock Exchange. That compared with 54 new equity issues with a value of $1.9 billion, including 14 on the TSE for $1.7 billion, in the first three quarters of 2011.

said the company.

Meanwhile, Keyera said it has a new long-term processing agreement with a large natural gas producer, and is in discussions with other producers.

“We are excited about this expansion opportunity,” said David Smith, Keyera’s president and chief operating officer.

“With increased liquids-rich drilling activity in the area, raw gas processing capacity with deep-cut liquids extraction capability is in demand.”

The Rimbey gas plant is Keyera’s largest natural gas processing facility. It has a licensed raw gas processing capacity of over 400 million cubic feet per day and is connected to more than 2,500 km of gathering pipelines.

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High Arctic Energy Services Inc. (HWO.TO) is looking for a new chief financial officer.

The Red Deer-based provider of specialized oilfield equipment and services said Tuesday that Robert Morin is leaving the position, effective immediately.

Dennis Sykora, High Arctic’s executive vicepresident and general counsel, will serve as acting CFO until a replacement can be found.

High Arctic’s services include drilling, completion and workover operations.

It’s active in Western Canada as well as internationally, primarily in Papua New Guinea.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

Harley Richards, Business Editor, 403-314-4337 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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A worker with Border Paving rolls through over what will be the Loblaws parking lot at Clearview Market Square in Red Deer Tuesday. Work at Clearview Market Square contributed to the value of the building permits issued by the City of Red Deer last month.

Sept. permits nearly same, total to date $170 million The value of construction approved by the City of Red Deer last month was nearly the same as in September 2011 — inching up to $16.8 million from $16.5 million.

Building permits issued for residential work totalled $8.3 million, up from $4.7 million last September. Commercial projects generated $6.6 million worth of approvals, as compared with $6.7 million a year ago.

Building permit values were down in both the industrial and public categories.

In the case of the former it dropped to $1.1 million from $3.2 million, and for the latter it went to $800,000 from $2 million.

Among the bigger permits issued last month was one worth $3.5 million for Gary Moe Hyundai’s new dealer-

ship building at 7620 and 7632 Gaetz Ave., with work on the new Shoppers Drug Mart store in Clearview Market Square also contributing to the commercial tally.

Expansion of the Centrium’s seating added $700,000 in the public category.

With three months remaining in 2012, the value of building permits issued this year was $170 million, up from $131.6 million for the same period in 2011.

Residential permits had generated $93.1 million, up from $55.9 million; commercial approvals were at $54.6 million, an improvement from $47.3 million; industrial work had added $13.8 million, up from $9.6 million; and public projects had contributed $8.8 million, down sharply from $18.8 million last year.

The past-president of the Canadian Home Builders’ Association — Central Alberta, is supportive of plans to strengthen new home warranty protection in Alberta.

“We think it’s a great idea,” said Dan Ouwehand.

Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths told the Edmonton Journal last week that he plans to table legislation this fall that would make warranty protection on new homes mandatory.

This would include a 10-year structural warranty, five years of protection against water damage and two years of coverage on major systems like plumbing and electrical.

Ouwehand pointed out that CHBA members are required to provide warranty protection to their customers, and the association has been working with the province for about a year to develop the new requirements.

“We’ve considered this a very important thing for a long time now.”

He said mandatory protection for homebuyers will enhance the reputation of the industry and the credibility of contractors.

As for the more stringent warranty requirements, Ouwehand doesn’t think these will be an issue for most responsible contractors.

“For those who have been working hard to achieve best practices, I don’t think they’re concerned about it.”

Griffiths also wants to increase fines for building code infractions, with the maximum penalty for firsttime offenders jumping to $100,000 from $15,000, and in the case of a second offence the top fine going to $500,000 from $30,000.

Penalties for non-compliance could be levied for up to three years, as compared with the current situation, which is subject to a six-month limitation period.

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B.C. premier still wants pipeline revenue

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — B.C. Premier Christy Clark is again signalling that her government could make things difficult for the proposed Northern Gateway oilsands pipeline if its demands for a greater share of the project’s economic benefits aren’t met.

“British Columbia has the power to grant or withhold 60 permits,” she told students Tuesday at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.

“British Columbia’s power would be required to power up the pipeline from B.C. Hydro, a Crown corporation. There’s a whole number of things the British Columbia government could do and certainly if this project was forced through without meeting the five conditions, it wouldn’t be just the British Columbia government that would be in court. It would be every First Nation across the line.”

Clark’s government has set out five conditions under which B.C. would allow projects like Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion to go ahead. Three have to do with the environment, one with aboriginal consultation and

‘THE THING IS IF BRITISH COLUMBIA DOESN’T GIVE ITS CONSENT TO THIS, THERE IS NO WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO FORCE IT THROUGH. IT JUST WON’T HAPPEN.’ — B.C. PREMIER CHRISTY CLARK

one — the most contentious — with getting a “fair share” of the economic benefits.

This isn’t the first time the B.C. government has tried to make this point.

In July, B.C. Environment Minister Terry Lake warned that even if the National Energy Board recommends approval of Enbridge’s $6 billion project, there are scores of provincial permits that must be obtained.

Clark has also spoken before about how the pipeline would require power from B.C. Hydro.

Later, Clark qualified her remarks.

“To me all the speculation about how British Columbia would stop it is kind of silly because the thing is if British Columbia doesn’t give its consent to this, there is no way the federal government or anyone else in the country is going to be able to

force it through. It just won’t happen.”

Clark told the students that it is important for Canada to get its resources to market; the Indian middle class is growing fast and China is rapidly urbanizing.

“Canada needs to be a part of that.”

But she said moving thick oilsands bitumen product via the pipeline poses a big environmental risk — riskier than lumber, natural gas or other products — and needs to be handled with extreme care.

Citing a study filed to the panel currently reviewing the contentious project, Clark said B.C. stands to bear all of the risk and only eight per cent of the financial rewards.

“If you were in business, would you take that deal?” Clark asked.

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Lenders assess five ‘Cs’ of credit PATRICK O’MEARA

EASY MONEY

In his book Paper Promises: Money, Debt and the New World Order, Philip Coggan points out that the word credit derives from the Latin word credere, which means to believe.

In other words, when we borrow money we believe that we will have the financial capacity in the future to pay back the loan in full.

In turn, the credit union or bank that lends you the money believes that you will pay back the loan us-

ing future income.

The basis for lenders’ decisions on whether a person will pay back the loan is referred to as the five Cs of credit: capacity, collateral, character, capital and credit.

The most important component of a good lending decision from both the lender’s and borrower’s point of view is whether the potential debtor can repay the loan.

Your ability to repay a loan is

based on the proportion of your income that is taken up by debt payments — for example loan and lease payments — rent if you do not own a home, and other bills, such as heat and hydro, condo fees and property taxes.

Usually if the total of these payments is greater than 40 per cent, your request for new credit will be declined.

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CREDIT: Debt service ratio This is your total debt service ratio and it should be as important to you as it is to the lender.

A more stringent ratio used by lenders is your gross debt service ratio, which is the sum of all your debt repayments, excluding such items as heat and hydro, property taxes and condo fees. A gross debt service ratio of greater than 32 per cent will more than likely result in a new loan being declined.

The important take away for those seeking to finance a purchase is that the difference between these two ratios is eight per cent. In other words, if more than eight per cent of your income is currently taken up with unsecured loans, lines of credit or credit card payments, you are potentially putting your hopes for future borrowing in jeopardy.

Just as important is collateral. Collateral is essentially a secondary form of repayment for the lender in the event that you do not repay the mortgage. It is also a means of reducing the total cost of borrowing.

Security, in particular real estate and conservative (low-risk) investments, are preferred forms of collateral.

Having a steady recurring income and collateral will help you obtain a loan or mortgage. However, character is just as important as your financial ability to repay a debt.

In “banker speak,” character is the ability to demonstrate your willingness to repay a debt. It is generally measured using credit history (more on this later) and your use of overdrafts and chequing accounts. Cheques returned as insufficient funds, and an over-dependence on overdrafts, can potentially send a signal to lenders of your potential inability to repay debts in a timely manner.

Remember, credit is the belief that you will make debt payments on time.

Capital is essentially your net worth: total assets less total liabilities. Many people just don’t believe me when I explain to them that financial institutions want you to repay loans and increase your net worth.

Why? Banks and credit unions need both savers and borrowers.

Savers have excess cash which they deposit into savings accounts and GICs which are the basis for lenders’ ability to lend. So banks, credit unions and other financial institutions want long-term stable customers that they can both lend to and borrow from. A growing trend in the net worth of their customers will eventually feed an expansion of credit.

Aside from capacity, credit is perhaps the next most important factor in being approved for a mortgage or any other credit facility.

Credit is simply measured by your credit history as reported by Equifax or Transunion. It is a number created by complex statistics but it can have a big impact on both your ability to be approved for financing and its total cost.

The higher your credit score, the higher the probability you will be approved for a loan and the lower the total cost of borrowing.

So the next time that you are thinking of borrowing, keep in mind the five Cs of credit. After all, you want your banker to believe in you and your ability to use credit wisely. Remember, you are in control of your financial destiny.

Easy Money is written by Patrick O’Meara, an instructor at Red Deer College’s Donald School of Business. He can be contacted at Patrick.O’Meara@rdc.ab.ca.

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Fast says all lights green for trade deal with EU QUEBEC CONFIRMS SUPPORT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Trade Minister Ed Fast says he believes a comprehensive trade deal with the European Union is achievable by year’s end and that he has been assured Quebec’s new government remains on side.

The minister, who talked with Quebec’s finance and international relations ministers by phone last week, said he was assured that the separatist-minded Parti Quebecois government desires a trade deal with the European Union.

As well, the PQ has also decided to retain Pierre Marc Johnson, who was named by the previous Liberal regime as the province’s chief negotiator at the talks.

“I certainly sensed from my counterparts in Quebec that they understand how important this agreement is,” Fast said Tuesday.

Attempts for comment from Quebec Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau and International Relations Minister Jean-Francois Li-

see, who spoke to Fast, were not successful Tuesday.

The minister made the comments after a breakfast meeting in Ottawa with the heads of the mission representing the EU. With one final negotiating session scheduled for later this month, Fast said both he and the EU representatives agreed they should aim for a deal by year’s end.

“Essentially, what they are doing is addressing that final basket of issues that still remains to be negotiated,” he said.

“We all share a very strong commitment to concluding these negotiations in short order.

“We’re still aiming for 2012 and from our meeting this morning it’s pretty clear that the EU is also aiming to conclude negotiations in 2012.”

Ottawa believes a successful economic partnership with major European countries will net Canada about $12 billion in economic benefits.

Watchers of the talks believe

NDP calls for Nexen consultations

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — New Democrats are asking the government to hold public hearings into the controversial Nexen Inc. takeover by a state-owned Chinese firm, saying public opinion is already “crystallizing” against the deal.

But Treasury Board President Tony Clement asserted the government couldn’t do it even if it wanted because it would break existing Canadian law.

Responding to a question after his morning speech to the Economic Club in Ottawa, Clement, a former industry minister, said there’s a legal process under the Investment Canada Act that must be followed, and public hearings are not part of the process.

“The law is very clear under the Investment Canada Act,” he said. “There’s a legal process that if you diverge from that process in any way, you’re going to be subject

to legal consequences.”

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair dismissed Clement’s claim as “pathetically absurd.”

After asking for consultations for weeks, the NDP tabled a motion in the House of Commons on Tuesday calling the Harper government to speedily hold public hearings on the proposed takeover before it is too late.

The Opposition party, which has been holding its own public consultations, is officially undecided on what the government should do, until it issues the result of its deliberations. However, most comments from NDP MPs suggest the party will likely conclude the $15.1-billion deal is bad for Canada.

Some members have been more open than others about their true feelings. In debate in the House, Winnipeg Centre MP declared approving the takeover was tantamount to “economic treason.”

The deal is currently under a

“I don’t think having the higher penalties is really much for us to be opposed to,” said Ouwehand.

In fact, he thinks the stiffer fines shows that the province is taking the consequences of poor building practices very seriously.

Ouwehand said a focus for the CHBA is to ensure no loopholes or problems result from the changes.

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45-day review by Industry Canada that ends Oct. 12, but Ottawa could extend the deadline for reaching a decision by a further 30 days.

NDP critic Peter Julian noted that his party has been doing the work the government should be doing in seeking input from the public and stakeholders.

“What we’re seeing is a crystallization of public opinion against this deal,” he said.

He added the Nexen takeover by the China’s CNOOC Ltd. has been the top issue even among his constituents in Burnaby-New Westminster, B.C., adding the oil patch is not normally a hot-button issue in his riding.

Julian said the NDP will issue its opinion soon, almost certainly before the government is finished with its review.

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“And the answer for me is quite simply, I will not.”

Clark said she feels like the repairman in old Maytag commercials, waiting for the phone to ring with a proposal from pipeline proponents she can accept.

Clark made a “courtesy call” to her Alberta counterpart Alison Redford on Monday, a meeting which both women described as “frosty” and short on progress.

Redford was adamant that Alberta will not share resource royalties with B.C. Clark has no plans to discuss B.C.’s demands with industry.

“It’s not a British Columbia project. I think that we in British Columbia have done our bit to set out a clear path for this to move ahead or not,” Clark said “I think the people who have the most vital interest in having it go ahead are the ones that are going to have to decide to move it forward.

If they don’t, I think the odds of it happening are really slim.”

the two sides are close or may even have reached an understanding on the issue of supply management, with Canada agreeing to reduce restrictions on some imports, particularly cheese.

Europe is also demanding that Canada extend patent protection on pharmaceuticals from the current eight to 10 years, which critics argue will lead to higher drug prices.

Supporters say the move will attract more research dollars into Canada and create jobs.

Another key issue deals with the extent to which provinces and municipalities will need to end local preferences in procurement contracts.

The minister said a successful conclusion to the talks, which aims at creating an economic partnership with the EU, will send a message to the world of the importance of unfettered trade in the global economy.

Canada remains committed to opening up markets wherever it can, he said.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 103.74 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 77.19 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.49 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . .3.77 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.43 Cdn. National Railway . . 87.46 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . . 84.26 Cdn. Satellite . . . . . . . . . . 4.39 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 68.86 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.39 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.49 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 29.16 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 38.97 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.15 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.80 General Motors Co. . . . . 23.68 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 16.79 Research in Motion. . . . . . 8.15 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 37.80 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.57 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.68 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 15.35 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.12 Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.66 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 71.12 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.69 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 34.70 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 11.03 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.32 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.50 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 51.62 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.75 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 17.40 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 40.99 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.75 First Quantum Minerals . 21.27 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 44.93 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.52 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 46.20 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . 10.36 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.97 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.89 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 29.01

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 24.61 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.79 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 45.09 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.44 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 43.90 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 31.17 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.75 Canyon Services Group. 11.60 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 35.25 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 22.50 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.44 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 91.72 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 34.07 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . 1.880 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.93 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.71 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.52 Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.95 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.53 Penn West Energy . . . . . 13.51 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.69 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.90 Pure Energy . . . . . . . . . . 10.99 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.93 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 13.28 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.45 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.92 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 46.29

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market finished slightly higher on Tuesday as weak commodity prices and further uncertainty about a Spanish bailout defined an erratic trading session.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 21.04 points to 12,391.23, after dipping in and out of negative territory throughout the day. The TSX Venture Exchange lost 6.92 points to 1,331.78.

The Canadian dollar fell 0.16 of a cent to 101.60 cents US. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrials dropped 32.75 points to 13,482.36. The Nasdaq composite index lifted 6.51 points to 3,120.04 and the S&P 500 index was up 1.26 points at 1,445.75.

The TSX indexes were divided in their direction, with information technology stocks leading the upside with a gain of 0.7 per cent. Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) shares rose six per cent, or 46 cents, to $8.15.

Gold stocks were trading to the downside as bullion prices backed off a seven-month high. December bullion pulled back $7.70 to close at US$1,775.60 an ounce.

The December contract for copper rose 1.6 cents to US$3.80 a pound. Copper is viewed as an economic barometer because it is used in so many industries.

Energy stocks gained 0.08 per cent while November crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange moved down 59 cents to US$91.89 a barrel.

The market has been in a holding pattern ahead of the latest U.S. jobs report, due on Friday, which will give a better idea of where the economy is headed.

In the meantime, Mosaic, the largest fertilizer company in the United States, said weak demand from China and India weighed on its profits. The comments sent its stock, as well as Dupont and other materials companies, lower.

And Core Logic, a private provider of real estate data, said U.S. home prices in August rose 4.6 per cent compared with the same month last year. Prices also rose 0.3 per cent from July, the sixth consecutive month of gains.

In corporate developments, CML HealthCare Inc. (TSX:CLC) said it is selling its diagnostic imaging business in Alberta to Canada Diagnostic Centres for $17 million. Shares of CML were up a penny to $8.83.

Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX:CVE) said a deal to buy the remaining assets of Oilsands Quest for $10 million has been approved by the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench. Oilsands Quest, which has been operating under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, has been selling off

its assets over the last year. After the announcement Cenovus shares closed up 69 cents, or two per cent, to $35.25.

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 58.44 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 53.95 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77.25 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.68 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 28.59 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 22.20 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.08 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 59.12 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 11.92 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 74.62 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.20 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 56.88 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 23.60 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.66

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Tuesday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,391.23 up 21.04 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,331.78 down 6.92 points TSX 60 — 707.80 up 1.16 points Dow — 13,482.36 down 32.75 points S&P 500 — 1,445.75 up 1.26 points Nasdaq — 3,120.04 up 6.51 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 101.60 cents US, down 0.16 of a cent Pound — C$1.5882, up 0.29 of a cent Euro — C$1.2715, up 0.50 of a cent Euro — US$1.2918, up 0.30 of a cent Oil futures: US$91.89 per barrel, down $0.59 (November contract) Gold Futures: US$1,775.60 per oz., down $7.70 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $35.665 per oz., up $0.027 $1,146.63 per kg., up $0.87 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 1,331.78, down 6.93 points. The volume was 159.59 million shares at 4:20 p.m. ET. ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov.’12 $6.30 lower $582.60; Jan ’13 $6.80 lower $585.50; March ’13 $6.70 lower $584.90; May ’13 $6.90 lower $577.10; July ’13 $6.30 lower $570.00; Nov. ’13 $4.60 lower $521.00; Jan. ’14 $4.60 lower $523.50; March ’14 $4.60 lower $523.50; May ’14 $4.60 lower $523.50; July ’14 $4.60 lower $523.50; Nov. ’14 $4.60 lower $523.50.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’12 $4.50 lower $245.00; Dec. ’12 $4.50 lower $250.00; March ’13 $2.50 lower $253.00; May ’13 $2.50 lower $254.00; July ’13 $4.50 lower $254.50; Oct. ’13 $4.50 lower $254.50; Dec ’13 $4.50 lower $254.50; March ’14 $4.50 lower $254.50; May ’14 $4.50 lower $254.50; July ’14 $4.50 lower $254.50; Oct. ’14 $4.50 lower $254.50.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 351,140 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 351,140.

Air Canada merging vacations group with low-cost carrier THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Air Canada is moving to challenge tour company rivals such as Transat by combining Air Canada Vacations with a new low-cost carrier to create an integrated leisure group that will take flight in June.

Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu said the creation of the new travel company is a major milestone for the airline.

“Our new leisure group will benefit from combining the low-cost carrier with the strong brand reputation of Air Canada Vacations and leveraging the established marketing and distribution channels of both Air Canada Vacations and Air Canada,” he stated.

“As a result, Air Canada will be able to compete more effectively in

this highly dynamic and expanding market.”

Details about the carrier’s name, schedule and product offering will be disclosed later this fall when Air Canada releases its 2013 schedule.

Michael Friisdahl, former CEO of Thomas Cook North America, has been appointed to lead the new wholly owned subsidiary. He will report to Air Canada’s chief commercial officer Ben Smith.

The new low-cost airline will begin operations with two Boeing 767-300ER and two Airbus A319 aircraft that will be released from Air Canada’s mainline fleet.

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Germany having bailout fatigue

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BERLIN — Germany’s government appears to be putting the brakes on any request by Spain for help from its European partners in managing its debts, wary that its lawmakers might balk at having to vote on yet another bailout for a struggling eurozone nation.

For Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right government, pushing a rescue package through parliament is always a tedious business: Her parliamentary whips must work hard to bring the coalition’s increasingly reluctant lawmakers in line because failing to secure a majority of her own would be a huge embarrassment, especially one year ahead of national elections.

But even if the vote succeeds without having to rely on the opposition, the German public is increasingly tired of seemingly being on the hook for bailing out the rest of Europe.

The government thus would prefer to delay a bailout and bundle any Spanish request in with other decisions related to aid for other distressed countries from the 17-country group that uses the euro such as Greece, Portugal or Cyprus, according to lawmakers.

“If all those votes are done sep-

arately, then each of our hearing weeks will be filled with single votes on rescue measures,” said Norbert Barthle, one of the top lawmakers from Merkel’s party on the budget committee. “That wouldn’t make any sense.”

Spain has come under pressure to take up the European Central Bank on its offer to buy unlimited amounts of government bonds to help lower borrowing costs for countries struggling to manage their debts.

Such large-scale purchases of short-term government bonds would drive up their price and push down their interest rate and take some pressure off of financially stressed governments such as Spain.

To get help from the ECB, Spain must first ask for assistance from the rest of the 17 countries that use the euro by approaching the bloc’s emergency fund, the European Stability Mechanism.

Germany’s lawmakers and the constitutional court have fought hard to ensure that no German taxpayer’s money be spent or lent to other European nations without parliamentary approval, but with many decisions likely due this fall, the Parliament in Berlin could gridlock the eurozone’s attempts to solve its financial crisis.

If Spain does apply for a wider

assistance program with the ESM, the Lower House of Parliament will even have to vote twice on it — once to OK the application, and then weeks or months later on the actual terms of the bailout agreement. ‘And then there are likely to be other votes on adjusting existing programs for Portugal, Greece and possibly a new application from Cyprus.

The government is therefore looking at bundling individual bailout decisions into one voting session.

“The government of course doesn’t want to have to seek parliamentary approval every other week,” confirmed Frank Schaeffler, a lawmaker from Merkel’s junior coalition partner.

“The government wants to avoid going through that debate every single time,” said Schaeffler, who opposes the bailouts.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has insisted in recent weeks that Spain doesn’t need a wider assistance package because it is implementing reforms and austerity measures which will eventually help lowering its borrowing costs.

His ministry maintained on Tuesday that Berlin is not aware of Spain planning to ask for a bailout, while Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle also praised Madrid’s reforms.

BlackBerry plummets to near bottom among brands THE CANADIAN PRESS The BlackBerry brand that once dominated the smartphone landscape has plummeted nearly to the bottom of the latest ranking of global brands by an international consultancy.

Interbrand said Tuesday that Research In Motion’s BlackBerry is now 93rd on its list of 100 most valuable global brands, down from 56th in 2011. It put the brand’s value at $3.9 billion, down 39 per cent from a year ago.

The top three spots on Interbrand’s Best Global Brands report for 2012 are held by Coca-Cola, valued at almost $78 billion; Apple at more than $76 billion, and IBM at more than $75 billion.

Both Coca-Cola and IBM were unchanged from the positions they held in 2011, while Apple jumped to No. 2 from No. 8 “thanks to stellar sales in both developed and emerging markets,” Interbrand said.

The big drop for BlackBerry, the brand name for products produced by Waterloo.,Ont.based RIM (TSX:RIM), followed a drop last year to the 56th spot from 54 in 2010. BlackBerry placed 63rd in 2009.

Interbrand noted that BlackBerry shipments are down 41 per cent in the past year and the brand’s market share now stands at 4.8 per cent globally, compared with 11.5 per cent a year ago.

“In order to survive, the brand must clearly demonstrate its relevance and value in today’s crowded smartphone market,” said Alfred DuPuy, managing director, Interbrand Canada.

“If BlackBerry can deliver a truly innovative experience designed for today’s mobile professional, it will send the message that the brand is committed to the (business to business) market

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on which it had originally built its success.”

Research In Motion has been plagued by cooly received launches for products such as the PlayBook tablet and delays in bringing its new BlackBerry 10 operating system and devices to market. It has also lost market share to Apple’s iPhone and devices running the Android operating system.

Interbrand’s methodology in setting up the rankings examines what it says are three key aspects that contribute to a brand’s value; the financial performance of the branded products or service; the role the brand plays in influencing consumer choice; and the strength the brand has to command a premium price, or secure earnings for the company.

A new entrant to the rankings in 2012 is social media giant Facebook, which enters the report at No. 69 after making headlines with the thirdlargest IPO in U.S history.

Meanwhile, Google, which retained its spot at No. 4 on the list, experienced a 26 per cent increase in brand value over the last year and now exceeds that of Microsoft, which slipped to fifth on the list from No. 3.

Following are the Top 10 on Interbrand’s 2012 Best Global Brands, with 2011 rankings in brackets, followed by brand value and per cent change: 1 (1) Coca-Cola Beverages $77.8 billion, up eight per cent.

2 (8) Apple Technology $76.6 billion, up 129

per cent 3 (2) IBM Business Services $75.5 billion, up eight per cent.

4 (4) Google Technology $69.7 billion, up 26 per cent.

5 (3) Microsoft Technology $57.8 billion, down two per cent.

6 (5) GE $43.6 billion, up two per cent.

7 (6) McDonald’s Restaurants $40.1 billion, up 13 per cent.

8 (7) Intel Technology $39.4 billion, up 12 per cent.

9 (17) Samsung Technology $32.9 billion, up 40 per cent 10 (11) Toyota Automotive $30.3 bill, up nine per cent.

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Rebels downed in shootout HENRY BURRIS

BURRIS NAMED PLAYER OF WEEK Hamilton’s Henry Burris has been named the CFL’s offensive player of the week after outduelling Anthony Calvillo in a matchup of top-tier quarterbacks. Burris threw for 326 yards and five touchdowns in the Tiger-Cats’ 41-28 win over the Montreal Alouettes on the weekend. Elsewhere, Montreal kick-returner Trent Guy and B.C. linebacker Adam Bighill both won their second consecutive awards, while Calgary running back Jon Cornish picked up his sixth top Canadian honour.

Cornish rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries.

Today

● High school boys volleyball: Lindsay Thurber at Ponoka, Camrose at Stettler, Lacombe at Wetaskiwin, JVs at 6 p.m., seniors to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Saskatoon, 7 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday

● High school football: Rocky Mountain House at Wetaskiwin, 4:30 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park; Ponoka at Camrose, 7:30 p.m. ● High school girls volleyball: Interlocking at Lindsay Thurber — Rocky Mountain House vs. Stettler, Ponoka vs.

Lindsay Thurber, JVs and seniors at 6 p.m.; Rocky Mountain House vs. Ponoka, Stettler vs. Lindsay Thurber, JVs and seniors at 7:30 p.m.; Lacombe at Innisfail, seniors only at 6 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Innisfail at Lacombe, 7 p.m.

Friday

● Major bantam hockey: Red Deer Thanksgiving tournament, games at 1:30 and 7 p.m., Arena and Kinex. ● High school football: Hunting Hills at Lacombe, 4 p.m.; Stettler at Sylvan Lake, 4 p.m.

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THIRD PERIOD COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AS SHOOTERS CAN’T FIND BACK OF NET IN EXTRA TIME

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Raiders 5 Rebels 4 (SO) PRINCE ALBERT — This one went down to the last shot and unfortunately for the Red Deer Rebels the puck was in their net.

The Rebels opened a sixgame WHL road trip on Tuesday with a 5-4 shootout loss to the Prince Albert Raiders before 2,308 fans at the Art Hauser Centre, a setback that was particularly disturbing to head coach Jesse Wallin, albeit not from a lack of effort.

On the contrary . . .

“Tonight was a real disappointing loss because I thought we played really well. It was our most compete game of the season in all areas,” said Wallin, whose squad dropped to 1-30-1. “We really competed hard and had an outstanding first period.”

Indeed, the Rebels outshot their hosts 15-7 through the opening 20 minutes and potted the lone goal, with Charles Inglis notching his fifth of the season and first of two on the night on the power play at 19:52.

But the Rebels never led again as Raiders captain Mark McNeill potted his first of two in the game — a man-advantage marker — at 3:54 of the second period and Anthony Bardaro gave the hosts a 2-1 advantage just over three minute later.

And when Dakota Conroy connected for the Raiders a mere 3:17 into the third period, the Rebels appeared to be in big trouble.

Photo contributed by Perry Bergson/ Prince Albert Herald

Red Deer Rebel Charles Inglis comes in over the blue line ready to shoot the puck with a Prince Albert Raider hot on his tail during first period action at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert on Tuesday.

Inglis scored a pair of goals in a 5-4 shootout loss.

“But we dug in and (Cory) Millette scored a huge goal to get us back in and then we just pushed and pushed,” said Wallin.

Millette beat Raiders netminder Luke Siemens on a breakaway at 4:58 of the third and Rebels newcomer Matt Bellerive — acquired last week from the Vancouver Giants —

scored on a fine individual play just over four minutes later.

McNeill notched his second of the night on a breakaway at 12:39, beating Rebels goaltender Bolton Pouliot through the five-hole, but Inglis potted his sixth of the season — a powerplay tally — at 18:31, forcing a scoreless overtime by batting a waist-high puck past Siemens.

But Red Deer failed to connect in the shootout, with Inglis, Bellerive and Millette all firing blanks, while McNeill struck for the Raiders.

The Rebels outshot their hosts 36-35 overall and Wallin felt the better team came out on the short end.

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Lightning experience to carry teams

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF The Hunting Hills Lightning have the experience they need to do well in the Central Alberta High School Volleyball League.

Both the boys and girls have seven returnees, and they may need every bit of that experience to earn a berth in the provincial 4A championships. Only one team from the Central Alberta zone will qualify for the championships this season, a change from previous years when they got two berths.

“The provincials are down to 12 teams from 16,” explained Adam Sillery, who is in his first season as head coach of the boys’ program. “So it means our league is that much more important.”

The top-place finisher, among the three Red Deer schools, will receive a bye into the bestof-three zone final with the other two schools meeting in a sudden death semifinal.

Girls head coach Scott Luck knows there will

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Hunting Hills High School Lightning senior girls Taylor Sawchuk, left, and Rachelle Fallis just miss blocking a shot by Wetaskiwin Sabres during high school volleyball action at Hunting Hills on Tuesday. be added pressure on all the teams when it comes to the playoffs.

“But pressure is what you make of it,” he said.

“It’s a process for us and we need to get ourselves

consistently playing at the highest level we can and just let things sort themselves out.”

Luck took the Lightning to the provincials last season and knows

that experience will be a benefit.

“We’re returning a lot of the key players from last year and most of them were Grade 11s.

So having them return

helps. But consistency will be the key and we’re still working on that.”

Luck has three middle blockers back from last season in Sarah Engbretson, Maddie Klootwyk and Rachelle Fallis to go with power hitters Malisha Stuve, Thea McLachlin and Hanna Delemont and libero/setter Jessica VanMulligen.

The remaining five players are all up from a strong JV program that won the league title, snapping an 11-year run

by Notre Dame.

Dana Stoyberg is at setter with Taylor Sawchuk on the right side, Jaden Robinson at power, Kristin Tofani in the middle and Whitney Milhousen at libero.

The Lightning showed some of their talent Tuesday as they beat Wetaskiwin 25-19, 25-15 and Central Alberta Christian High School Knights of Lacombe 25-11, 25-18 in an interlocking tournament at Hunting Hills.

As well H.J. Cody of Sylvan Lake also beat Wetaskiwin and CACHS 2-0.

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Blue Jays woes not all caused by injuries If there’s good news to all the bad, bad issue. news surrounding the Blue Jays, it’s that Finally, the struggles of Anthony Gose nobody can argue any longer that this lost and Adeiny Hecchevaria at the plate — season was all simply caused by injuries. that’s not at all to write either player off — Injuries, of course, played a part. But has illustrated that the youth the Jays are as has been argued here for a while, inju- banking on isn’t guaranteed to succeed, or ries have also been used as an at least not on the timetable they all-encompassing excuse by want. With Gose, Hecchevaria and the Blue Jays and some supDrew Hutchison having all been porters, and recent times have used at the major league level and made it crystal clear there are Snider now a member of the Pittsmany other areas that require burgh Pirates, there now isn’t the attention. next wave of Jays youngsters availThe Escobar episode both able to come in next season. opened questions about the Of course the injuries hurt. But attitude of some of the team’s there are other issues Alex Anthokey young players — Brett poulos has to deal with aggressiveLawrie ended up the focus this ly. The open-ended goodwill that past weekend — and made it greeted the Jays at spring trainobvious that the team’s intering this year won’t be there next DAMIEN nal leadership system had eispring.

COX ther failed or was insufficient In other news: from the start.

If the NHLPA really wants to Going into this season, noopen a PR offensive, it should have body was wondering aloud individual players openly questionwhether this team plays the game the right ing the motives of individual owners. Just way. Now, led by the words of former catch- slamming Gary Bettman will never work. er Greg Zaun, everybody seems to be won- He’s paid to take the crap. But if Brad Richdering why they don’t play the game the ards starts questioning why James Dolan right way. needs to have a lockout, or if Claude Giroux The departure of Travis Snider and some takes some verbal swings at Ed Snider, or fine subsequent work by Sportsnet writer if Zdeno Chara challenges Jeremy Jacobs Shi Davidi has made some wonder about to explain himself, it might turn public the way the Jays are developing their young pressure on those owners in the same way players. John Farrell’s managing has come it used to do in the pre-cap era when ownunder scrutiny, increasingly so as the pos- ers were often questioned for not spendsibility the Bosox want him has become an ing enough. Blaming Bettman for a third

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lockout — like the PA had nothing at all to do with all three — won’t get the union anywhere if it wants to wage a propaganda war . . . Maria Sharapova says she’s 100 per cent behind a move to lower the screeching in women’s tennis. Just as long as it doesn’t affect her, of course. Start with the kids, she agrees. This will take years, if it ever really takes root. . . Right now, the Bills against Seattle at the Rogers Centre is looking like a tough, tough sell . . .The inside suggestion was that when Winnipeg defensive back Brandon Stewart was assessed a taunting penalty in the first quarter of the Argo-Bombers game on Saturday, it may have been because he used the n-word to congratulate a teammate as African-American athletes sometimes will do. An official heard the word, may have thought it was being directed at Argo receiver Dontrelle Inman and threw the flag. Stewart, for the record, claimed he said nothing to Inman.

Not sure how to sort that one out, but the penalty cost Winnipeg a touchdown . . .

The new Winnipeg football stadium, by the way, looks fabulous. Now they just have to get the damn thing built . . . Still waiting to see what new Hamilton stadium will look like. Tick tock, tick tock. . . If the NHL announced the move of the Phoenix Coyotes to Quebec City tomorrow, it would in one stroke eliminate the NHLPA’s complaint that the league is only willing to address the struggles of have-not teams off the backs of players.

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NHL losses reach $100 million NHL EXECUTIVE VP SAYS MISSING PRE-SEASON HAS COSTED LEAGUE $100 MILLION IN REVENUE, TUESDAY TALKS BREAK OFF QUICKLY WITH ‘NO PROGRESS TO REPORT’ of the total amount of hockey-related revenue generated last season — essentially the pool of money the sides need to agree to split up.

And the 17-day lockout hasn’t yet resulted in the cancellation of any meaningful games. However, with the regular season scheduled to begin on Oct. 11, it’s only a matter of time before that happens.

“It’s something we obviously have to focus on in the short term and make an appropriate decision in the appropriate time,” said Daly. “We’re still focused on doing what we can to minimize the damage.”

There are currently no other bargaining sessions planned. Fehr spoke with commissioner Gary Bettman by phone on Tuesday afternoon and is hopeful negotiations could resume in Toronto before the end of the week.

The talks have seemed troubled since the beginning.

A wide gulf has been evident since the NHL tabled an initial proposal that called for a flip in the way revenues are divided — with players receiving 43 per cent rather than owners — and included changes to rules governing contracts. The league has since proposed seeing the players’ share reduced to 47 per cent over the course of a six-year deal.

Meanwhile, the NHLPA’s latest offer would see it fall to approximately 52 per cent during the contract. They received 57 per cent last season.

“They started out with a massive

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The NHL is already seeing major revenue losses just a couple weeks into the lockout.

And the numbers being thrown around now will likely end up looking like chump change by the time the sport’s latest labour dispute is settled.

Talks broke off quickly between the league and NHL Players’ Assocation on Tuesday morning and deputy commissioner Bill Daly emerged from the meeting saying he didn’t have “any progress to report.” For the first time, he also revealed the extent of the damage the lockout has inflicted so far — “close to” $100 million after the cancellation of the entire pre-season schedule.

“That is not going to be recouped and that’s going to cost both sides,” Daly told reporters in New York. “That’s unfortunate but it’s a reality of where we are.”

The revelation didn’t elicit much sympathy from the union. Executive director Donald Fehr pointed out the sides could have continued negotiating past the Sept. 15 expiry of the last agreement.

“If this is a loss, this is a loss that is entirely of their own making,” Fehr told The Canadian Press in an interview. “They’re the ones that did this, nobody told them to.”

The $100 million lost so far represents approximately three per cent

reduction in player salaries proposed and a massive reduction in player negotiating rights,” said Fehr. “They’ve sort of inched backwards a little bit after having run away from us about as far and as hard and as fast as they could.

“That’s not the way to start out to try and make an agreement.”

The league is growing frustrated with the union’s unwillingness to table a new offer that includes more concessions. Daly has said repeatedly that the ball is in the NHLPA’s court.

“We’re looking for a long-term deal that’s fair for the players, fair for the teams and good for the fans,” he said.

“That’s what we want out of this negotiation and we need a negotiating partner to get there.”

There are now more than 100 lockedout NHL players who have deals in Europe, with Zdeno Chara (HC Lev Praha, KHL), Patrice Bergeron (HC Lugano, Switzerland), Matt Duchene (Frolunda, Sweden) and Jamie Benn (Hamburg, Germany) among those signing deals on Tuesday.

The Russian-based KHL also announced plans to televise five games in the U.S. on ESPN3 later this month — three involve Alex Ovechkin’s Moscow Dynamo — and a league executive indicated similar plans are in the works with a Canadian broadcaster. “(We’re) working on it,” KHL vicepresident Ilya Kochevrin told The Canadian Press via text.

Meantime, frustration continued to

boil over among players left skating informally back in North America.

Any of the excitement Zach Parise felt after signing a $98-million contract with his hometown Minnesota Wild this summer has disappeared, with the forward again levying pointed criticism in the direction of the commissioner.

“You hope (the lockout) doesn’t go too long, but it’s tough to grasp when you’ve got a guy in Gary Bettman bragging every year that we’re making ’record revenue, record revenue, record this,’ and all of a sudden they want to take a quarter of what you’ve made away,” Parise told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

With no progress being made, the situation is turning toxic.

Daly indicated that he doesn’t believe a mediator would help the process along because there is no misunderstanding between the sides at the negotiating table. At this point, he thinks they both understand what the other is trying to accomplish.

“I don’t think that we have a lack of communication in this negotiation,” said Daly. “They understand what our position is. To this point we certainly understand what their position is.

“We just wish it was different.”

Despite the doom and gloom in the air, Fehr vowed to forge on.

“You never give up and you always keep trying and you hope that lightning’s going to strike one day,” he said.

“We’ll see.”

Lowry making voice heard at Raptors camp

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — A day into Toronto Raptors training camp and Kyle Lowry is already barking at his teammates.

And as his friend, mentor and former Raptors point guard Alvin Williams tells it, they haven’t heard anything yet.

It’s the part of his personality that attracted the Raptors when they acquired Lowry in the off-season, a measure of toughness coupled with sky-high confidence not recently seen around the Air Canada Centre.

The point guard, who could supplant Jose Calderon in the starting spot, isn’t yet in full voice as he adjusts to a new team. But Williams said it’s only a matter of time.

“Jose, when he’s been running the show, is a very good point guard, so Kyle has to find his way in,” Williams said on Day 1 of Raptors training camp at the Canada Games Centre. “He’ll pick and choose when to push people and when not to push people.

“In enough time, he’ll be in everyone’s faces.”

Williams has seen Lowry get in a few faces. The two — both Philadelphia natives and Villanova products — met when Lowry was a senior in high school, and grew to be friends over the years.

“I like being there for him, I like when he asks me questions and stuff like that,” said Williams, now a Raptors scout. “He’s developed into a nice young man. It’s kind of like a big brother type of relationship, but I would look at it more like he’s a friend.”

Lowry was a 76ers fan in 2001 when Williams played a key role in the Raptors’ second-round playoff series against a Philly team led by Allen Iverson.

“I remember all of it, I still bust his chops about Iverson,” Lowry said.

“He was a little baby then, he doesn’t know anything,” scoffed Williams.

The two had their share of scraps over the years.

They butted heads as teammates in summer leagues.

Lowry would sometimes stomp away from the bench in anger.

“He has a strong will, and that could be one of his weaknesses, but that’s also one of his biggest strengths, is his determination,” Williams said.

The Raptors acquired Lowry, whom general manager Bryan Colangelo described as a “bulldog,” from Houston in the off-season for a protected first-round

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Toronto Raptors NBA hopefuls ice their knees at the conclusion of the team’s opening day of training camp at the Canada Games Center in Halifax, Tuesday. draft pick and swingman Gary Forbes.

How the Raptors will divvy up the point guard position between the newcomer and Calderon remains to be seen, and will be one of the most intriguing storylines as the pre-season plays out.

Lowry averaged 14.3 and 6.6 assists in 47 games with the Rockets last season, but was sidelined for 15 games with a bacterial infection. He was also at odds with coach Kevin McHale toward the end of his tenure there.

Tuesday morning, Lowry was among the first players at the gym, arriving at 8:15 a.m. for a 10 a.m. practice.

“That’s my routine to get up early in the morning, I try to get there over an hour, hour-and-a-half before everyone else,” said Lowry, who credits his work ethic to his mom Marie Holloway, saying she was the biggest influence on his basketball career.

Williams said the six-foot, 205-pound guard carries a chip on his shoulder, calling him a “throwback player” who relies on hard work, and “very determined young man” who plays like it.

“He’s an undersized guy but he plays big, he tries to rebound, he tries to block shots, he tries to do everything, like a Napoleon complex,” Williams said, with a laugh. “He brings a determination and a desire to play hard all the time.

“If you asked around the NBA, the top-notch guards, they know who he is because every night he’s going to bring that intensity.”

Practices have already been intense, whether it was the informal sessions held over the past two weeks or Monday’s opening day of camp.

The Raptors plan to play a faster pace than last season. There will be little walking the ball up the floor.

CFL going pink this month Mariners moving in fences ball has sponsored a similar event each Mother’s Day, allowing players to wear pink-coloured items and even use pink bats in support of breast cancer awareness.

In 2010 some CFL players wanted to wear pink-coloured items during league games to honour family members who had succumbed to cancer or survived it.

But the league’s board of governors prevented them from doing so initially because it felt the practice wasn’t part of a more integrated leaguewide plan.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — The fences at Safeco Field are coming in.

The Seattle Mariners announced plans Tuesday to move in the outfield fences at their ballpark for the 2013 season after years of debate on the impact that having one of the more spacious outfields in baseball was having on their offence.

The biggest change will come in the left-centre field alley, where the fence will move in as much as 17 feet. The left-centre power alley is currently 390 feet, but will be at 378 feet next season. From there, instead of a rounded fence, the wall will move straight out to

its deepest point at 405 feet, four feet shorter than currently. The straighter line of the fence will lead to the 17-foot change.

Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik said many factors were taken into account when determining whether changes to the field would be made, including Seattle’s notoriously chilly April and May. “Our goal was to create an environment that is fair for both hitters and pitchers,” Zduriencik said in a statement. “Considering the current field dimensions as well as the climate in and around Safeco Field, we feel this will be accomplished with this new layout.”

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TORONTO — The CFL will again look pretty in pink.

For the second straight year, CFL players will be wearing pink-coloured items in league games this month in an effort to help raise awareness for women’s cancers.

They’ll don various forms of pink-coloured merchandise in games played from Oct. 12 through to Oct. 20 as part of the CFL’s initiative.

The program will kick off Oct. 12 with the B.C. Lions visiting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Ivor Wynne Stadium and conclude with the Ticats facing the Calgary Stampeders at McMahon Stadium nine days later.

Reebok will provide CFL players with pink gloves, wrist bands, shoelaces and other items while the league will supply helmet decals. On-field officials are expected to use pink whistles while coaches and team personnel will wear pink-coloured sideline gear.

Pink merchandise will be available for sale at games and team shops as well as selected Reebok stores. A portion of

the proceeds will go to cancer-related charities and foundations.

NFL players wore pink gear Monday night in the Chicago Bears 3418 victory over the Dallas Cowboys as part of their league’s support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The NFL kicked off its program in 2009 and has had game officials and coaches get involved while also having the end zones of its fields decorated with pink helmets, logos and goalpost pads.

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Olazabal won’t stay on as captain for Europe in 2014 RYDER CUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Describing the role as “torture” at times, victorious Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal ruled out the possibility of staying on for the 2014 competition at Gleneagles.

The Spaniard returned to Europe on Monday night, cradling the gleaming golden trophy and still reveling in Europe’s stirring rally over the United States at Medinah on Sunday.

Spain’s King Juan Carlos and tennis star Rafael Nadal were among those who sent Olazabal messages of congratulations after the 14 ½-13 ½ win that kept the cup in European hands.

But after seven matches as a player — during which he teamed up so effectively with the late Seve Ballesteros — and now another as a winning captain, he has come to the end of his 25-year Ryder Cup career.

“I can assure you it will be a no, period,” Olazabal said Tuesday, when asked if he would stay on. “It’s a lot of work ... it takes a lot out of you for a stretch of time. It is difficult. In a way, it’s torture.

“On top of that, there are a lot of players who should have the opportunity to be in my spot. The Ryder Cup is only played once every two years and there are a big number of players that have the chance to be in my position. I won’t do it again.”

Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley, two of Olazabal’s four assistants in Medinah, are early favourites to take over.

A decision will be made in January by the European Tour’s tournament committee, headed by Thomas Bjorn, another of Olazabal’s assistants.

“I think these two (Clarke and McGinley) deserve a chance but I think Thomas deserves a chance and also Paul Lawrie,” Olazabal said. “Once those guys do it, we have Lee (Westwood), Padraig (Harrington).

“We have at least eight or nine guys that have the chance and there only a certain number of Ryder Cups.

It would be hard to name just one or two.”

And what about Ian Poulter? The Englishman won a match-high four points in Medinah, including one in Saturday’s fourballs that Olazabal considers the most important of them all.

The win brought Europe within 10-6 and gave the team crucial momentum heading into Sunday.

Poulter now has the best winning re-

cord of any European who has played more than two Ryder Cups and his passion for the event has seen him described as the “modern-day Seve.”

“He will be a wonderful captain for sure,” Olazabal said. “But he will need another 12 players just like him.”

Olazabal, who has been surviving on “two or three hours” of sleep a night, will return to Spain and start answering some of the 100-plus messages left on his phone following his flight back from the U.S. “The phone has been really hot — out of all the messages, there is one that stunned me a bit,” he said. “The King of Spain just rang me a few minutes ago. He was pretty much like me, over the moon. That was a nice one.

“But there have been sports guys like Nadal and others from Spain. Everyone from all over the world.”

The memory of Ballesteros inspired the team in Sunday’s dramatic singles, which Europe won 8 ½-3 ½ to engineer Europe’s biggest turnaround in the event’s history, matching that of the U.S at Brookline in 1999.

Honouring the memory of Ballesteros was a motivating factor behind Europe’s recovery. But Olazabal’s influence was also crucial.

“Jose Maria has lived for this game all his life and more than anything this competition,” said Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium, who flanked Olazabal at a news conference at Heathrow airport, with the Ryder Cup placed in front of them. “He made it clear to us this thing here is very, very special.

“Everyone looked at each other and understood the importance of this cup in this man’s life. At some stage during the week, you looked at this guy’s eyes, and they were just how they were when he played. Every time he went out with Seve into the storm, everybody saw these two men were very special and how big a deal this cup was.”

Colsaerts was one of four players in their 20s in Europe’s team, along with Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy and Francesco Molinari. With the likes of Luke Donald and Graeme McDowell still having plenty of Ryder Cups left in them and young players such as Thorbjorn Olesen of Denmark and Matteo Manassero of Italy considered stars of the future, Europe looks well stocked.

“You don’t know what the future will bring — who would have thought we would have players like Rory or Nicolas seven years ago?” Olazabal said.

“That’s the beauty of the European Tour. It always produces great players.”

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REBELS: Better “We were better tonight than we have been in all areas of our game,” he said. “We created a lot of offence and had a lot of scoring opportunities. And it was certainly the most complete defensive game we’ve played as well.

“Our penalty kill was very good and I thought we were good down low in our zone. Unfortunately we just made three mistakes that really cost us.

We gave up two breakaways, one off a stick-to-stick turnover and another where our defenceman just lost his man (McNeill)) behind him. And their second goal again was due to a lost low coverage.

“Outside of that I thought we didn’t make a lot of mistakes. We played real hard and certainly played well enough to win. I thought we deserved a better fate tonight.”

Wallin didn’t fault Pouliot for any of the Raiders’ goals and also gave kudos to Inglis.

The Rebels are in Saskatoon tonight to face the Blades in the second game of a six-game jaunt through the East Division. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

BALL: Pushing the seniors Luck isn’t strictly using a veteran starting lineup.

“There are three girls up from JV who are pushing the seniors and have earned themselves spots on the court,” he said.

The Lightning have already defeated Lindsay Thurber this season, but have yet to face the Notre Dame Cougars in league play. They lost twice to the Cougars in tournament action Meanwhile, the Hunting Hills boys defeated Notre Dame 3-1 Monday and will face LTCHS Oct, 24 at home.

LTCHS and Notre Dame clash Oct. 15 at Notre Dame.

Of the seven veterans on the boys’ squad, six are in Grade 12 with left side hitter Krishen Singh in Grade 11.

The other Grade 12s are libero Bennett Williams, right side Mike Ward, middles Chase Walper and Nathan Damiani, setter Ryan Beatson and left side Bobby Hamilton.

The Grade 11s are setter Mackenzie Wright, libero Chris Moritz and left side Chris Peterson.

While Sillery is in his first year with the team he coached the Grade 9 program and knows all the players.

“I’ve coached all the kids and so I know them and they know what I want.

Plus they’ve played together for several years, which helps.”

Sillery is strong at setter with Beatson, but doesn’t feel he has one dominant player.

“Ryan is level headed in game situations. He’s solid. But overall we don’t have one guy who does everything.

We’re pretty consistent across the

board and we need to all play well to have success.”

They do have a solid defence, which they need as they don’t have a lot of height.

“We need to be good defensively against taller teams, plus we need to be better making offensive decisions.”

The Lightning are ranked fifth in the province after finishing third in all three tournaments they’ve entered this year, including the 32-team U of A affair.

“We still have three local tournaments and the Super South tournament in Lethbridge, so we’ll get a good read on all our opposition this year,” said Sillery. ● LTCHS is fifth and Notre Dame ninth in the boys’ rankings while Notre Dame is third and Hunting Hills eighth on the girls’ side. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

COX: Romney Not feeling Trudeau-mania 2.0 just yet . . . Just last week Mitt Romney wondered aloud about why you can’t roll the windows down on airplanes while his wife said she worried about his mental well-being if he became president. This is one of the great car wreck candidacies of our time. And still he might win . . . The solution for Nazem Kadri is simple; play great, and no one will talk about your body fat or your diet . . . Player after player headed to Europe says “I’ve just gotta play.” Jeff Skinner, meanwhile, seems to say that’s not the case. He won’t report to Carolina’s AHL team, with the team’s permission . . . This Friday, we get to see if baseball’s new wild card format creates excitement. It should.

One game playoffs can be a blast . . .

There is no better advertisement for the CFL than television shots of fans at Saskatchewan home games. There’s a passion there that rivals anything you’ll see at a hockey game in this country . . . Given the events of the past 18 months, I’m uncomfortable with an NHL enforcer telling the world he’s getting hammered as he tweets about all his physical pain and injuries . . .

I’ve always liked watching Buck Pierce play. I just don’t want to see him get hit anymore . . That’s one nasty Twitter war going on between Milt Stegall and Ricky Foley . . .The last embarrassment for the NFL in its replacement referee disaster was having to pay all 112 of ’em for Week 4 for not working . . . Remember the days when Jays fans could at least chortle at the Baltimore Orioles? Those days are gone . . . Eric Tillman, in an interview with Terry Jones of SunMedia, had an interesting take on trading away Rickey Ray. “With Ricky as our starting quarterback this club had only one winning season of the last five years before Kavis (Reed) was hired as our head coach. As good as Ricky was on an individual basis, we were brought in to fix a team problem.” . . . Does this old heart good to see the Irish coming in at No. 9. Tough part of schedule starts now.

Damien Cox is a Toronto Star sports columnist

Cabrera closer to triple crown after solid game KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Miguel Cabrera sat in front of his locker in the corner of the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, slinging some Spanish banter at a table full of teammates.

There were no television cameras hovering over him. No microphones stuck in his face.

None of the commotion that could be reasonably expected as the soft-spoken Detroit Tigers slugger closes in on baseball’s first Triple Crown in 45 years.

“The entire baseball world should be here right now,” said Justin Verlander, the reigning AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner. “We’ve got, sorry to say, the regular guys.

“I think he’s been relatively under the radar for what he’s done, for what he’s doing. It hasn’t happened in 40-some years,” Verlander continued, his voice rising.

“It kind of annoys me. I don’t know about anybody else. I don’t know about him. It probably doesn’t annoy him.”

It certainly doesn’t annoy Cabrera, who will politely answer just about any question posed to him, but would just as soon spend his time hanging out with his buddies.

The perfect example came Monday night, shortly after Cabrera had four hits and a home run in a 6-3 victory over the Royals that clinched the AL Central. He was asked about contributing so much to another division title, and Cabrera deflected the attention back on his teammates.

“We got it done with the first one,” he said

quietly. “That was our goal.”

Now, though, the spotlight shifts squarely to the broad shoulders of Cabrera, who started at third base in Tuesday night’s 4-2 loss at Kansas City. He had a pair of singles and drove in two runs in his first two at-bats before flying out to right and leaving the game in the fifth inning.

Cabrera leads the American League in batting average (.331), homers (44) and RBIs (139) — the Triple Crown, last achieved by Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967.

Angels rookie Mike Trout and Twins catcher Joe Mauer are giving chase for the batting title, which Cabrera won last year, while Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton trails him by a single home run.

Maybe the home run mark is why Cabrera was in the starting lineup.

Rather than sit on the bench and watch things play out — by doing so, likely locking up the batting title — Cabrera told manager Jim Leyland that he wanted to play.

And he didn’t want to be the designated hitter, either. He wanted to play just as he has all season.

“It’s a big thing,” Leyland said, “and it should be a big thing, and it really hasn’t gotten away from what we’re trying to accomplish, and now you feel more at ease talking about it.”

There are plenty of other people willing to contribute to the conversation, even if Leyland and Verlander believe there should be more.

Old-timers who never thought they’d see another Triple Crown winner have piped in, as have those who remain close to the game.

“It’s just extremely

difficult to do, to be the complete hitter, to be a run-producer in terms of RBIs, to be a power hitter in terms of home runs, and then lead the league in average,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

“I don’t know when the next time is we’ll see it happen.”

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski called Cabrera a “oncein-a-lifetime player,” and recalled a conversation he had before Monday night’s game, when the seven-time All-Star admitted “the Triple Crown is important, but it’s not the most important thing.”

Cabrera wanted to win a championship, something Detroit has the chance to chase.

The same can’t be said of Trout, his primary competition for AL MVP. Los Angeles was knocked out of playoff contention Monday night when Oakland beat Texas 4-3.

The MVP debate has certainly slowly started to boil.

On one hand, Cabrera is on the footstep of history, poised to join a club that counts just 13 members, among them Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb. He’s dominated the statistical categories favoured by traditionalists, the ones that count toward the Triple Crown.

On the other hand, Trout is being championed by new-school baseball thought, number crunchers who rely on more obscure measures such as WAR (Wins Above Replacement), a figure derived from several other statistics designed to judge a player’s overall contribution to a team.

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Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera watches his single off Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie during the first inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday.

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GB — 1 4 20

Wild Card W L Pct WCGB z-Baltimore 93 68 .578 — z-Oakland 92 68 .575 — z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

Minnesota 000 002 100 — 3 10 2 Toronto 001 210 00x — 4 6 0 Swarzak, Waldrop (6), Perdomo (8), T.Robertson (8), Fien (8) and C.Herrmann; Jenkins, Loup (6), Delabar (7), Oliver (8), Janssen (9) and Arencibia. W—Jenkins 1-3. L—Swarzak 3-6. Sv—Janssen (22). HRs—Minnesota, Span (4). Toronto, K.Johnson (16).

Baltimore 000 100 000 — 1 2 0 Tampa Bay 000 000 000 — 0 2 0 Mig.Gonzalez, Matusz (7), O’Day (8), Ji.Johnson (9) and Wieters; Shields and C.Gimenez, Lobaton.

W—Mig.Gonzalez 9-4. L—Shields 15-10. Sv—Ji. Johnson (51). HRs—Baltimore, C.Davis (33).

Detroit 002 000 000 — 2 6 0 Kan. City 100 020 01x — 4 9 2 Fister, Putkonen (5), D.Downs (7), B.Villarreal (8) and Avila, Holaday; Guthrie, Bueno (7), K.Herrera (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. W—Guthrie 5-3.

L—Fister 10-10. Sv—G.Holland (16). HRs—Kansas City, A.Escobar (5), Francoeur (16).

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 3, 12 innings Cleveland 4, Chicago White Sox 3, 12 innings Toronto 4, Minnesota 3 Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 0 Kansas City 4, Detroit 2 Texas at Oakland, Late L.A. Angels at Seattle, Late

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—MiCabrera, Detroit, .331; Trout, Los Angeles, .325; Mauer, Minnesota, .320; Beltre, Texas, .319; Jeter, New York, .317; TorHunter, Los Angeles, .314; Butler, Kansas City, .313.

Wednesday’s Games Texas (Dempster 7-3) at Oakland (Griffin 7-1), 1:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 20-4) at Seattle (Beavan 1011), 4:40 p.m.

Boston (Matsuzaka 1-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 15-11), 5:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Floyd 11-11) at Cleveland (D.Huff 3-0), 5:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Diamond 12-8) at Toronto (Morrow 9-7), 5:07 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 9-2) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 9-11), 5:10 p.m.

Detroit (L.Marte 0-0) at Kansas City (Mendoza 8-9), 6:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores Boston 200 000 001 000 — 3 8 1 New York 010 000 002 001 — 416 0 (12 innings) Lester, R.Hill (6), Tazawa (7), Breslow (8), A.Bailey (9), Melancon (9), Padilla (11), A.Miller (12) and Saltalamacchia; D.Phelps, Logan (6), Chamberlain (7), D.Robertson (8), R.Soriano (9), D.Lowe (11) and R.Martin, C.Stewart, Cervelli. W—D.Lowe 9-11.

L—A.Miller 3-2. HRs—Boston, Loney (2). New York, Ibanez (19).

RUNS—Trout, Los Angeles, 129; MiCabrera, Detroit, 109; AJackson, Detroit, 103; AdJones, Baltimore, 103; Kinsler, Texas, 103; Cano, New York, 102; Hamilton, Texas, 102.

RBI—MiCabrera, Detroit, 139; Hamilton, Texas, 127; Encarnacion, Toronto, 110; Willingham, Minnesota, 110; Fielder, Detroit, 108; Butler, Kansas City, 107; Pujols, Los Angeles, 105.

HITS—Jeter, New York, 215; MiCabrera, Detroit, 205; Cano, New York, 192; Butler, Kansas City, 191; Beltre, Texas, 190; AGordon, Kansas City, 188; AdJones, Baltimore, 185.

DOUBLES—AGordon, Kansas City, 51; Pujols, Los Angeles, 50; Cano, New York, 48; Choo, Cleveland, 43; NCruz, Texas, 43; Kinsler, Texas, 42; MiCabrera, Detroit, 40.

TRIPLES—AJackson, Detroit, 10; Andrus, Texas, 9; Rios, Chicago, 8; Trout, Los Angeles, 8; JWeeks, Oakland, 8; Crisp, Oakland, 7; AEscobar, Kansas City, 7; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 7; Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 7.

HOME RUNS—MiCabrera, Detroit, 44; Hamilton,

Texas, 43; Encarnacion, Toronto, 42; ADunn, Chicago, 41; Granderson, New York, 41; Beltre, Texas, 36; Willingham, Minnesota, 35.

STOLEN BASES—Trout, Los Angeles, 48; RDavis, Toronto, 45; Revere, Minnesota, 40; Crisp, Oakland, 39; AEscobar, Kansas City, 34; DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 31; Kipnis, Cleveland, 31; BUpton, Tampa Bay, 31.

PITCHING—Weaver, Los Angeles, 20-4; Price, Tampa Bay, 20-5; MHarrison, Texas, 18-10; Sale, Chicago, 17-8; Verlander, Detroit, 17-8; Scherzer, Detroit, 16-7; Darvish, Texas, 16-9; PHughes, New York, 16-13.

STRIKEOUTS—Verlander, Detroit, 239; Scherzer, Detroit, 228; FHernandez, Seattle, 223; Shields, Tampa Bay, 223; Darvish, Texas, 221; Price, Tampa Bay, 205; Sabathia, New York, 197.

SAVES—JiJohnson, Baltimore, 51; Rodney, Tampa Bay, 47; RSoriano, New York, 42; CPerez, Cleveland, 39; Nathan, Texas, 37; Nathan, Texas, 37; Valverde, Detroit, 35.

x-Washington y-Atlanta Philadelphia New York Miami

National League East Division W L Pct 97 64 .602 93 68 .578 81 80 .503 73 88 .453 69 92 .429

GB — 4 16 24 28

x-Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Chicago Houston

Central Division W L Pct 97 64 .602 87 74 .540 83 78 .516 79 82 .491 60 101 .373 55 106 .342

GB — 10 14 18 37 42

x-San Francisco Los Angeles Arizona San Diego Colorado

West Division W L 93 67 85 75 80 80 75 86 63 97

Pct .581 .531 .500 .466 .394

Montreal Toronto Hamilton Winnipeg

CFL East Division W L T PF 8 5 0 360 7 6 0 317 5 8 0 401 3 10 0 247

West Division GP W L T PF B.C. 13 9 4 0 338 Calgary 13 8 5 0 376 Saskatchewan13 7 6 0 341 Edmonton 13 5 8 0 279

PA 378 321 409 406 PA 249 302 280 314

Pt 16 14 10 6 Pt 18 16 14 10

PA Pt 63 6 134 2 79 2 114 2

Quebec Conference GP W L T PF 5 5 0 0 209 5 5 0 0 184 5 2 3 0 137 5 2 3 0 123 5 2 3 0 99 5 1 4 0 83

PA Pt 54 10 45 10 163 4 180 4 137 4 183 2

Ontario Conference GP W L T PF McMaster 5 5 0 0 229 Guelph 5 4 1 0 137 Queen’s 5 4 1 0 160 West. Ontario 5 3 2 0 200 Windsor 5 3 2 0 176 Laurier 5 2 3 0 94 Toronto 5 2 3 0 99 Waterloo 5 1 4 0 97 York 5 1 4 0 124 Ottawa 5 0 5 0 122

PA Pt 93 10 124 8 98 8 91 6 118 6 130 4 174 4 231 2 157 2 222 0

Laval Montreal Bishop’s Concordia Sherbrooke McGill

Calgary Regina Manitoba

Canada West Conference GP W L T PF 5 5 0 0 242 5 4 1 0 166 5 3 2 0 152

Tuesday’s Major League Linescores Phila.

000 100 010 — 2 9 0 Wash.

000 102 01x — 4 9 1 Rosenberg, Diekman (5), Lindblom (6), Horst (7), Bastardo (8) and Kratz; Gorzelanny, C.Garcia (4), Duke (6), Mattheus (7), Clippard (8), Storen (9) and Leon. W—Duke 1-0. L—Lindblom 3-5. Sv—Storen (4). HRs—Philadelphia, Ruf 2 (3). Washington, LaRoche (33).

New York 000 000 030 00 — 3 9 0 Miami 000 111 000 01 — 410 0 (11 innings) Dickey, Acosta (7), Parnell (8), El.Ramirez (10), Hampson (10), Rauch (10), McHugh (11) and Thole; Ja.Turner, M.Dunn (8), H.Bell (8), A.Ramos (8), Cishek (9), Webb (10), Gaudin (11) and Brantly.

W—Gaudin 4-2. L—McHugh 0-4. HRs—Miami, G.Hernandez (3), Brantly (3).

GB — 8 13 181/2 30

Houston 020 000 010 — 3 5 1 Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 4 2 B.Norris, X.Cedeno (7), Fick (8), W.Wright (8), W.Lopez (9) and J.Castro; Volstad, Al.Cabrera (8), Beliveau (8), Bowden (9) and W.Castillo. W—B. Norris 7-13. L—Volstad 3-12. Sv—W.Lopez (10).

HRs—Houston, J.Castro (6).

Wild Card W L Pct WCGB 93 68 .578 — 87 74 .540 — 85 75 .531 1 1/2

y-Atlanta St. Louis Los Angeles x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

San Diego 000 102 000 — 3 10 0 Milwaukee 004 000 00x — 4 5 0 Bass, Mikolas (4), Brach (6), Thayer (7), Layne (7), Boxberger (7), Thatcher (8), Gregerson (8) and Jo.Baker, Grandal; Thornburg, Kintzler (5), M.Parra (6), Loe (6), Henderson (7), Fr.Rodriguez (8), Axford (9) and M.Maldonado. W—Henderson 1-2.

L—Bass 2-8. Sv—Axford (35). HRs—Milwaukee, M.Maldonado (8).

Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Atlanta 1 Washington 4, Philadelphia 2 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3, 11 innings Houston 3, Chicago Cubs 0 Milwaukee 4, San Diego 3 Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 1 Colorado at Arizona, Late

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St. Louis 100 000 000 — 1 6 0 Latos, LeCure (6), Marshall (7), Broxton (8), A.Chapman (9) and D.Navarro; C.Carpenter, Rosenthal (7), J.Kelly (8) and Y.Molina. W—Latos 14-4. L—C.Carpenter 0-2. Sv—A.Chapman (38).

HRs—Cincinnati, Rolen (8).

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—MeCabrera, San Francisco, .346; Posey, San Francisco, .336; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .327; Braun, Milwaukee, .320; YMolina, St. Louis, .315; DWright, New York, .307; Craig, St. Louis, .307.

RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 107; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 107; JUpton, Arizona, 107; Rollins, Philadelphia, 102; Harper, Washington, 97; Bourn, Atlanta, 95; Holliday, St. Louis, 95.

RBI—Headley, San Diego, 113; Braun, Milwaukee, 112; ASoriano, Chicago, 108; Pence, San Francisco, 104; ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 104; Holliday, St. Louis, 102; Posey, San Francisco, 101.

HITS—AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 193; Braun, Milwaukee, 190; Scutaro, San Francisco, 187; Prado, Atlanta, 186; SCastro, Chicago, 183; Reyes, Miami, 183; AHill, Arizona, 181.

DOUBLES—ArRamirez, Milwaukee, 50; Votto, Cincinnati, 44; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 43; AHill, Arizona, 43; Prado, Atlanta, 42; DWright, New York, 41; DanMurphy, New York, 40.

TRIPLES—Pagan, San Francisco, 15; SCastro, Chicago, 12; Reyes, Miami, 12; Fowler, Colorado, 11; Bourn, Atlanta, 10; MeCabrera, San Francisco, 10; Colvin, Colorado, 10.

HOME RUNS—Braun, Milwaukee, 41; Stanton, Miami, 37; Bruce, Cincinnati, 34; LaRoche, Washington, 33; Beltran, St. Louis, 32; ASoriano, Chicago, 32; IDavis, New York, 31; Headley, San Diego, 31; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 31.

STOLEN BASES—EvCabrera, San Diego, 43; Bourn, Atlanta, 40; Reyes, Miami, 39; Victorino, Los Angeles, 39; Pierre, Philadelphia, 37; CGomez, Milwaukee, 36; Altuve, Houston, 33.

PITCHING—GGonzalez, Washington, 21-8; Dickey, New York, 20-6; Cueto, Cincinnati, 19-9; Lynn, St. Louis, 18-7; Hamels, Philadelphia, 17-6; 7 tied at 16.

STRIKEOUTS—Dickey, New York, 230; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 221; Hamels, Philadelphia, 216; GGonzalez, Washington, 207; Gallardo, Milwaukee, 204; ClLee, Philadelphia, 200; Strasburg, Washington, 197.

SAVES—Kimbrel, Atlanta, 42; Motte, St. Louis, 41; AChapman, Cincinnati, 38; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 38; Hanrahan, Pittsburgh, 36; Axford, Milwaukee, 35; Putz, Arizona, 32; Clippard, Washington, 32.

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Week 15 Friday’s game Hamilton at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s game Calgary at B.C., 8 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 8 Winnipeg at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Saskatchewan at Toronto, 2:30 p.m.

CIS Atlantic Conference GP W L T PF Acadia 4 3 1 0 84 Mt. Allison 4 1 3 0 56 Saint Mary’s 4 1 3 0 80 St. F. Xavier 4 1 3 0 97

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta (Sheets 4-4) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 16-9), 10:35 a.m.

Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 6-8) at Washington (E.Jackson 9-11), 11:05 a.m.

Houston (E.Gonzalez 3-1) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 6-13), 12:20 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Hefner 3-7) at Miami (Koehler 0-0), 2:10 p.m.

Colorado (Francis 5-7) at Arizona (I.Kennedy 1511), 5:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 14-9) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 13-9), 5:15 p.m.

San Diego (Werner 2-3) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 16-9),6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 13-10) at St. Louis (Wainwright 14-13), 6:15 p.m.

End of Regular Season

Atlanta 000 100 000 — 1 8 1 Pittsburgh 110 030 00x — 5 10 0 Hanson, C.Martinez (7), Durbin (8) and D.Ross, Boscan; Correia, Ju.Wilson (7), Resop (8), Morris (9) and McKenry. W—Correia 12-11. L—Hanson 13-10. HRs—Pittsburgh, G.Jones (27).

Football GP 13 13 13 13

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, Late

PA Pt 50 10 127 8 153 6

Saskatchewan5 B.C. 5 Alberta 5

2 1 0

3 4 5

0 0 0

129 114 71

145 191 208

Week Six Thursday’s games Bishop’s at McGill, 5 p.m.

McMaster at York, 5 p.m.

Waterloo at Wilfrid Laurier, 5 p.m.

Friday’s game Mount Allison at Saint Mary’s, 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 6 Acadia at St. Francis Xavier, 11 a.m.

Ottawa at Toronto, 11 a.m.

Western Ontario at Guelph, 11 a.m.

Sherbrooke at Concordia, 11 a.m.

Queen’s at Windsor, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 7 Montreal at Laval, 11:30 a.m.

Atlanta Tampa Bay Carolina New Orleans

W 4 1 1 0

L 0 3 3 4

Minnesota Chicago Green Bay Detroit

W 3 3 2 1

W Arizona 4 San Francisco3 St. Louis 2 Seattle 2

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Jets 2 2 0.500 81 109 New England 2 2 0.500 134 92 Buffalo 2 2 0.500 115 131 Miami 1 3 0.250 86 90

Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee

W 4 1 1 1

L 0 2 3 3

South T Pct 01.000 0.333 0.250 0.250

PF 126 61 62 81

PA 56 83 97 151

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 3 3 1 0

L 1 1 2 4

North T Pct PF 0.750 121 0.750 112 0.333 77 0.000 73

PA 83 112 75 98

W San Diego 3 Denver 2 Kansas City 1 Oakland 1

L 1 2 3 3

West T Pct PF 0.750 100 0.500 114 0.250 88 0.250 67

PA 71 83 136 125

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 3 1 0.750 66 83 Dallas 2 2 0.500 65 88 Washington 2 2 0.500 123 123 N.Y. Giants 2 2 0.500 111 84 South

4 2 0

T Pct 01.000 0.250 0.250 0.000

PF 124 82 80 110

PA 76 91 109 130

L 1 1 2 3

North T Pct PF 0.750 90 0.750 108 0.500 85 0.250 100

PA 72 68 81 114

L 0 1 2 2

West T Pct 01.000 0.750 0.500 0.500

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended minor league free agent OF Joey Gathright 50 games, without pay, for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

BASKETBALL DALLAS MAVERICKS—Waived G Tu Holloway and C DJ Mbenga.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Named Jordan Cohn pro personnel scout.

FOOTBALL BUFFALO BILLS—Released TE LaMark Brown and DB Isaiah Green from the practice squad. Signed DB Mana Silva and G-T Andrew Jackson to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed TE Richard Quinn. Waived CB Chris Lewis-Hall.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed LB Mario Addison to the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Signed WR Jabar Gaffney. Terminated the contract of WR Legedu Naanee and DL Andre Fluellen. Waivedinjured LB Mike Rivera.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed FB Lex Hilliard. Waived WR Patrick Turner. Signed WR Jordan White to the practice squad. Released

PA 61 65 91 58

Pt 8 7 6 4 4 2

GF 14 15 17 9 15 10

GA 7 9 10 12 21 15

Pt 7 6 6 4 3 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Kamloops 4 3 0 0 1 15 Prince George 4 3 0 1 0 18 Victoria 4 3 1 0 0 13 Kelowna 4 1 2 1 0 11 Vancouver 4 1 3 0 0 12

GA 11 11 12 13 16

Pt 7 7 6 3 2

Central Division W LOTLSOL 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 0 0

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 5 3 2 0 0 16 13 6 Spokane 3 2 1 0 0 12 8 4 Seattle 4 2 2 0 0 12 13 4 Everett 4 1 2 0 1 12 19 3 Tri-City 4 1 3 0 0 10 15 2 Notes — a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SOL (shootout loss).

NFL Odds (Favourites in capital letters; odds supplied by JustBet.cx) Spread O/U Thursday ARIZONA at St. Louis 1.5 39 Sunday Cleveland at NY GIANTS 10 44 GREEN BAY at Indianapolis 7 48 Philadelphia at PITTSBURGH 3.5 44 ATLANTA at Washington 3 50.5 BALTIMORE at Kansas City 5.5 46.5 Miami at CINCINNATI 4 45 CHICAGO at Jacksonville 5.5 40.5 Seattle at CAROLINA 3 43 Buffalo at SAN FRANCISCO 9.5 44.5 Tennessee at MINNESOTA 5.5 44 Denver at NEW ENGLAND 7 51.5 San Diego at NEW ORLEANS 4 54 Monday HOUSTON at NY Jets 9 41

Tuesday’s result Prince Albert 5 Red Deer 4 (SO) Wednesday’s games Tri-City at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Regina, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

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

Thursday’s game Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Friday’s games Portland at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

LOCAL

CB Donnie Fletcher from the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released G Allen Barbre from the reserve list and running back Lonyae Miller from the practice squad.

Signed TE Sean McGrath to the practice squad.

HOCKEY CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Signed F Drayson Bowman.

WORCESTER SHARKS—Assigned G Taylor Nelson to San Francisco (ECHL).

LACROSSE COLORADO MAMMOTH—Signed G Matt Roik to a one-year contract.

SOCCER MLS—Fined Portland owner Merritt Paulson $25,000 for inappropriate conduct directed at the officials during and after a game against D.C. United on Sept 29.

NEW YORK RED BULLS—Named Jerome de Bontin general manager. Announced general manager and sporting director Erik Soler, will remain as an internal advisor. Announced head of global soccer Gerard Houllier will oversee all sporting aspects of the team.

Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football CONCACAF—Named Horace Donovan Reid as director of competitions effective Nov. 1.

McDonald, Koster named RDC athletes of the week Kieran McDonald and Melissa Koster shared the Boston Pizza RDC athlete of the week awards.

McDonald was second for the RDC cross-country men’s team at the fourth Grand Prix race of the season in Camrose, finishing in a time of 27 minutes 36 seconds, which was 58 seconds faster than his previous best time.

The Hunting Hills grad and Devin Woodland are among the top five runners in the ACAC. Koster led the RDC women’s golf team to third place in the ACAC finals in Medicine Hat. Koster finished in seventh overall at 94-103—197. The 94 was her personal best. ● The only thing on the menu this week is the volleyball Kings Ramada Inns Challenge Cup Friday and Saturday, The Kings open the tournament

GA 22 10 16 16 16 22

GP Calgary 4 Edmonton 4 Medicine Hat 4 Lethbridge 4 Red Deer 5 Kootenay 4

Thursday, Oct. 4 Arizona at St. Louis, 6:20 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 7 Baltimore at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 11 a.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Green Bay at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

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

Miami at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago at Jacksonville, 2:05 p.m.

Buffalo at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

Tennessee at Minnesota, 2:25 p.m.

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

San Diego at New Orleans, 6:20 p.m.

Open: Dallas, Detroit, Oakland, Tampa Bay Monday, Oct. 8 Houston at N.Y. Jets, 6:30 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

PF 91 104 79 70

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Brandon 5 4 1 0 0 25 Prince Albert 4 3 0 0 1 16 Swift Current 5 1 0 3 1 18 Moose Jaw 4 2 2 0 0 13 Saskatoon 4 2 2 0 0 12 Regina 5 1 4 0 0 12

against the Olds Broncos at 4:30 p.m.

Friday and face the University of Calgary Alumni at 7:30 p.m. They finish pool play Saturday at 9 a.m. against the RDC Alumni A team.

The University of Alberta, Augustana Vikings from Camrose, the RDC Alumni B, the Central Alberta Christian High School Alumni and Lakeland College are in Pool B. The semifinals are set for 4:30 p.m.

Saturday with the final at 8:30 p.m. ● The RDC hockey Queens exhibition game against SAIT Saturday has been cancelled. The Queens next action is Oct. 11 when they host the Edge Hockey Academy at 7 p.m. at the Arena.

They also meet Team Alberta of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League Oct. 14 at noon at WinSport Arena in Calgary. It’s part of Hockey Canada’s International Girls Hockey Weekend.

BRIEFS Schalk and partner perfect in first beach volleyball tournament SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Red Deer’s Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton of Calgary are a perfect team.

The two hooked up for the first time during the weekend and rolled through the eighth stop on NORCECA (North and Central American and Caribbean) beach volleyball circuit undefeated.

The two posted a 5-0 match record and were 10-0 in sets.

“The key to our success was our consistency,” said Schalk in a release on the Volleyball Canada website.

“We rarely gave up more than two points in a row.

“Our sideouts and block defence were really strong, In a tournament

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Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Red Deer at Regina, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Victoria at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Medicine Hat at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday Summary Raiders 5, Rebels 4 (SO) First Period 1. Red Deer, Inglis 5 (Dumba, Pouliot) 19:52 Penalties — Fafard RD (tripping) 6:22, Fafard RD (interference) 8:51, Bittner RD (hooking) 15:35, Danyluk PA (holding opp. stick) 15:35, Knutsen PA (holding) 19:08.

Second Period 2. Prince Albert, McNeill 1 (Conroy, Lange) 3:54 (pp) 3. Prince Albert, Bardaro 2 (Morden, McNeill) 7:09 Penalties — Kambeitz RD (checking from behind), Underwood RD (roughing), Stewart PA (roughing) 3:07, McNeill PA (slashing) 4:14, Dumba RD, McNeill PA (roughing) 10:19, Bellerive RD (holding) 12:37, Millette RD 16:52, Danyluk PA (roughing) 16:52, Dumba RD, 19:17, McNeill PA (fighting) 19:17.

Third Period 4. Prince Albert, Conroy 2, 3:17 5. Red Deer, Millette 2, 4:58 6. Red Deer, Bellerive 1 (Ness) 9:04 7. Prince Albert, McNeill 2 (Guenther) 12:34 8. Red Deer, Inglis 6 (Bellerive, Dumba) 18:31 (pp) Penalties — Fafard RD (interference) 9:16, Lange PA (hooking) 10:02, Mayor RD (interference) 14:12, Draisaitl PA (interference), 18:03.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout(at) Prince Albert wins 1-0 Red Deer (0) — Inglis, miss; Bellerive, miss; Millette, miss. Prince Albert (1) — McNeill, goal; Bardaro, miss.

Shots on goal by Red Deer 15 8 10 3 — 36 Prince Albert 7 11 14 2 — 34 Goal — Red Deer: Pouliot (SOL,1-0-1); Prince Albert: Siemens (W,3-0-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 2-4; Prince Albert: 1-6.

Referee — Reagan Vetter. Linesmen — Javan Bexson, Jonny Bast. Referees — Adam Griffiths, Brett Iverson. Linesmen — Justin Hull, Brendon Crekye.

Attendance — N.A. at Prince Albert, Sask.

you don’t realize until the end that you’ve just won every match 2-0.”

The pair decided at last year’s national championships to team up for the San Diego tournament.

“We were able to get in some training time before the tournament and we felt ready,” said Schalk, a former member of the RDC Kings.

There are three more stops on the circuit this season.

AA Midget Chiefs win pair of weekend games The Red Deer ProStitch Chiefs won a pair of midget AA hockey games during the weekend, beating Taber 8-6 and Cranbrook 6-2.

Mike Pruss had four goals, Allen Pruss two and Jace Weeger and Carter Sawicki one each against Taber.

Weeger had two goals against Cranbrook with singles added by Bryce Lightbown, Ryan Strome, Tayler Sincennes and Mike Pruss. Cole Sears made 36 saves in goal.

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z-Texas z-Oakland Los Angeles Seattle

Chicago 000 001 002 000 — 3 9 1 Cleveland 000 100 002 001 — 4 8 0 (12 innings) Peavy, Veal (9), Myers (9), Thornton (11), N.Jones (12) and Flowers, H.Gimenez; Masterson, J.Smith (7), Pestano (8), C.Perez (9), S.Barnes (10), E.Rogers (11), Seddon (12) and Marson, Rottino.

W—Seddon 1-1. L—Thornton 4-10. HRs—Chicago, Viciedo (24). Cleveland, Choo (16), Hafner (12).

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Messier keeping tabs on Oilers arena, lockout

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Mark Messier has had his eye on the news lately.

The Hall of Fame centre said Tuesday he’s been monitoring the ongoing dispute between Oilers owner Daryl Katz and the City of Edmonton as well as the NHL’s ongoing lockout.

Katz recently found himself in hot water after threatening to move the Oilers to Seattle when negotiations broke down with Edmonton’s City Council over funding a new arena in the downtown core.

Messier, who was available to media while promoting Bauer Hockey’s new global iniative to increase participation in the sport, sympathized with the embattled Katz.

“It’s a dream come true for him to be able to have the resources to own the team and what he’s trying to do is quite remarkable in the area there, to sustain the team there for the next 20, 30 years,” said Messier, an Edmonton native who won five Stanley Cups with the Oilers. “I think the communications are a little mixed up there and hopefully they get it straightened out and they move forward and get the new arena and revitalize the downtown area.”

Katz apologized for meeting with officials in Seattle last week in full-page ads in Edmonton-area newspapers that ran Saturday and then gave a radio interview on Monday where he explained that he reacted emotionally to the frustrated negotiations with the City of Edmonton.

The Oilers owner added that “there was probably

a little too much (bare-knuckled Mark) Messier and not enough (graceful Wayne) Gretzky in the way that we conveyed things.”

For his part, Messier laughed off the analogy.

“I’ve said for years I wish I had more finesse like Gretzky,” said Messier.

Messier, who is now the current special assistant to the president and general manager of the New York Rangers, has also been following the NHL’s labour dispute.

“I’m kind of on standby with everybody else, waiting for the people who are at the negotiation table to hopefully come up with some resolution,” said Messier. “I think that will happen in the near future instead of waiting too long.”

Gretzky, Messier’s former teammate on the Oilers and Rangers, said in an interview Monday that he believes the lockout will be done by Jan. 1, in time for the annual outdoor Winter Classic.

Messier agrees that New Year’s Day is an important milestone for the NHL. “I think that, obviously, (Jan. 1) is a critical date for the game because that’s kind of become our staple along with the Stanley Cup finals and the AllStar Game,” he said. “Those are probably three of the events all year that everybody looks forward to, not only people in the game but the people outside the game.”

Messier has teamed with Bauer Hockey to elevate safety education and awareness, while growing participation in the sport.

Bauer announced a 10-year program on Tuesday designed to research participation in hockey in an effort to understand what keeps young players out of the game.

“We have a pilot program that we’re kicking off with Hockey Canada in (Ontario and Nova Scotia) and we’re going to do some research and find out not just what happens when families decide to join the game of hockey and whether they stay in it, that has been a primary focus previously, but to find out why families don’t choose hockey, and see what corrective actions can be taken,” said Kevin Davis, president and CEO of Bauer Performance Sports.

“One thing that we know for sure is that it’s not a cookie-cutter approach.

“What works in one province may not work in another, what works in one country won’t work in another, per se, but we’re trying to find out what the best practices are what the needs are of those families and make sure they have some exposure to this great sport.”

Bauer hopes to help add a million extra players to the sport — on top of current growth projections — by 2022.

That goal dovetails with the Messier Project, which seeks to educate players and parents about concussion safety.

“We’re very excited to join Bauer and hear what their mission is in this area and I think, together, in a collaboration, we can make a strong team and we can tackle the problem,” said Messier.

Barcelona, Man U take Champions League matches BAYERN STUNNED BY BATE IN BELARUS DURING GROUP STAGE MATCHES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA — Lionel Messi was Barcelona’s goal maker and Robin Van Persie was Manchester United’s goal taker as the star forwards shone in Champions League victories Tuesday.

Messi created chances for Alexis Sanchez to score in the sixth minute and Cesc Fabregas in the 55th for a 2-0 win away to Benfica.

Barcelona’s comfortable night was tarnished late on as the four-time champion lost captain Carles Puyol who dislocated his left elbow after landing awkwardly. Midfielder Sergio Busquets was then shown a straight red card for lunging into challenges too aggressively.

Van Persie scored with a fortunate finish in the 29th and a classy shot in the 49th, helping Man United come from behind to beat CFR Cluj 2-1 in Romania.

“Wayne (Rooney) gave me the good pass, so I have to thank him,” Van Persie said of his teammate’s vision to create the winning goal. “Not many players can give a pass like that.”

Defending champion Chelsea beat Nordsjaelland 4-0 in Denmark, and shares Group E leadership on with

EUROPEAN SOCCER Shakhtar Donetsk which drew 1-1 away to Juventus.

Bayern Munich, the beaten finalist last season, lost 3-1 to BATE Borisov in Belarus, Valencia beat Lille 2-0, and Braga won 2-0 at Galatasaray.

In the early kickoff in Barcelona’s group, Celtic scored a 90th-minute goal to win 3-2 at Spartak Moscow which led in the second half before having defender Juan Manuel Insaurralde sent off.

Messi has started the season in sparkling form in Spain, and the Argentina forward was a creative force at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon.

The Argentina forward hit a fierce low cross from the left that Sanchez poked in from close range, and was denied by a smart low save by Benfica goalkeeper Artur in the 22nd.

Messi helped ensure victory when, after luring a group of defenders toward him, he laid off a pass to Fabregas in space to fire a left-foot shot into the net.

Puyol was carried off on a stretcher when he falling heavily on his left arm after leaping to meet a corner in the Benfica penalty area in the 75th.

Barcelona leads Group G with six points, two clear of Celtic which it plays next in Spain in three weeks’ time.

Celtic led in the first half through Gary Hooper, but fell behind to two goals from Spartak’s Nigerian forward Emmanuel Emenike. With a player advantage, the Scottish champion levelled with an own goal by Dmitry Kombarov then won through a Georgios Samaras header.

“They were magnificent and they played magnificent football at a very tough venue against an excellent side,” Celtic manager Neil Lennon said.

Man United trailed to a 14th-minute shot from Pantelis Kapetanos for Cluj, but turned around the match when Van Persie converted crosses by Wayne Rooney.

The Dutchman was perhaps lucky when an attempted header looped off his right shoulder and into the net, though his second goal was a deft firsttime volley from Rooney’s chipped pass.

Man United has a maximum six points, three ahead of Cluj and Braga, which scored goals through Ruben Mi-

cael and Osorio Alan in Turkey.

Chelsea was flattered by the margin of its victory after the Danish champions began the game brightly. Juan Mata scored in the 31st and David Luiz lashed in a free kick in the 79th to ease nerves. Mata and Ramires added late goals.

“Until the 75th minute, we played tremendously. After that we stopped,” Nordsjaelland coach Kasper Hjulmand said.

Chelsea, which drew at home to Juventus last month, has four points along with Shakhtar, which led in Turin through Alex Teixeira in the 23rd.

Two minutes later, Leonardo Bonucci levelled.

BATE stunned Bayern to take control of Group F with its second straight 3-1 win, after beating Lille last month.

The Belarus champion scored through Aleksandr Pavlov in the 23rd minute and Vitali Rodionov netted the second in the 78th.

Bayern got a stoppage-time goal from Franck Ribery but Renan Bressan then sealed the win.

“We always believed that we could win this match,” BATE forward Aleksandr Hleb said.

“We were confident even after we conceded the late goal.”

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BRIDGE WORK CRONQUIST FALL TEA The Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society is hosting a fall tea to help raise funds for the historic Cronquist House. The tea is on Thursday, Oct. 18, at Cronquist House at Bower Ponds from 1 to 4 p.m. The event costs $10 and features tea, coffee and hot spiced cider, as well as pumpkin pie and whipped cream, and apple pie and ice cream. There will also be apple and pumpkin pies for sale. Reservations are preferred but not necessary. Call 403-346-0055 for reservations or details.

NUMBERS RISING DESPITE BOUNTY

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Working under the level of the river on the middle bridge pier of the Gaetz Avenue bridge a worker shovels broken concrete removed from the pier Tuesday. While work continues on the deck and rail of the bridge above, the pier below has been pumped free of water so crews have access to the concrete there. Construction on the southbound lanes of the bridge is expected to be completed by Oct. 15.

Province prepares for flu season ANNUAL INFLUENZA VACCINE AVAILABLE SOON

COMEDY, DINNER Enjoy a funny show and roast beef dinner on Friday, Nov. 9, when the Dickson Store Museum presents The Poplar Grove Ladies Club.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6, followed by the show.

Tickets are $40 each or $350 for a table of 10.

There’s also a dessert theatre on Saturday, Nov. 10. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with the play to follow at 1.

Tickets are $25 each or $200 for a table of 10.

Information or tickets, call 403-728-3355.

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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF With flu season fast approaching, Alberta Health Services is asking people to roll up their sleeves and get the annual influenza vaccine.

New this year is a nasal vaccine, called a flu mist, that is only being offered to children between the ages of two and 17.

Dr. James Talbot, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, said Albertans should include the influenza vaccine in their fall routine. “The reason to get it every year is the virus changes every year,� said Talbot. “The protection you had from the vaccine last year isn’t as strong as it will be by getting this year’s edition of the vaccine.�

About 875,000 people in Alberta received the vaccine last year and the hope is to raise that number to one million vaccinations this year. Dr. Gerry Predy, Alberta Health Ser-

vices senior medical officer of health, said the goal would be to have as many people vaccinated as possible.

Although the immunization program is meant to be universal, Talbot said there is a targeted group of people who are at risk.

Those are people who are between the ages of six and 23 months, 65 years and older or have chronic conditions such as heart or lung conditions and diabetes.

This year’s vaccine contains two A strains and one B strain of the influenza virus. Talbot said the A strains are California, which he said is similar to H1N1, and Victoria, and the B strain is Wisconsin.

The vaccine is available at free public clinics throughout Central Alberta, as well as at some pharmacies and physicians starting on Oct. 15.

As for the nasal vaccine, Talbot said there is evidence that it is the most effective way to get immunity up for the younger age group.

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Drunk driving film hits home with students 42-MINUTE FILM LONG WEEKEND IS PART OF MADD’S NEW NATIONAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING

The tragedy of impaired driving hit home on Tuesday for River Glen and Hunting Hills high school students during screenings of Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s new movie.

The 42-minute film Long Weekend is part of MADD’s new national awareness campaign.

The film features families talking in detail about the deaths of loved ones. Among them are family members of Brad and Krista Howe, a Red Deer couple killed in 2010

by convicted drunk driver Chad Mitchell Olsen. Krista’s sister Laura and two of the couple’s children, MacKenzie and Cory, speak about the deadly collision’s aftermath. “You’re just in such oblivion. I miss them all the time,� recounts MacKenzie, who then breaks into tears.

The sister of Ontario 16-year-old Katelynn Porter tells of how a good friend who’d been drinking lost control of the truck her sister rode in.

“You don’t think someone from your core friend group is going to hurt you. You’re not supposed to see your sister in her coffin.�

Such statements’ emotional impact, coupled with jarring collision scene photos and a fictional story of a drunk teen who causes a collision, crippling his girlfriend and killing himself and another driver, are designed to show teens the consequences of impaired driving.

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Shalom counselling centre will hold its annual fall friendraiser with support going towards the food bank.

The local Christian counselling service, which offers counselling for emotional and relation concerns, family life and wellness education and training and encouragement for caregivers, is hosting a concert and a fundraiser on Oct. 12. at the New Life Fellowship, 20 Kelloway Cres. in Red Deer. Musical guests for the event are Potter’s Clay and Generations. Admission is a non-perishable food item for the food bank. A freewill offering will be taken to support families with counselling. Doors open for the event at 7 p.m.

For more information, call 403-342-0339.

Red Deer County is backing an ongoing effort to get the province to tackle a wild boar problem.

Despite the province declaring them a pest in 2008, and five years after a $50 bounty was slapped on their heads, wild boar remain a recurring nuisance and their numbers are climbing.

The county’s Agricultural Services Board has proposed a resolution urging the province to fast track a hunting and trapping program and bring in and enforce minimum fencing standards.

The resolution will go to the Central Region’s Agriculture Services Board meeting in November.

Besides destroying crops and gardens, the animals carry disease and kill other livestock.

In the U.S., boar numbers are estimated at two to six million and they cause an estimated $800 million in damage per year.

Alberta’s wild boar problem is nowhere near as bad with somewhere around 1,500 animals on the loose in areas from Lac la Biche to Medicine Hat. However, given that a female boar can produce two litters of 20 a year, the potential for a population boom remains.

Alberta’s European wild boars escaped from game farms and other breeders. Weighing up to 275 kg , the boars have adapted well to Alberta winters.

Red Deer County had its own brush with wild boar in 2008 when a number of the bristle-backed critters were spotted in the southwest corner of the municipality. Nineteen boars were later killed by hunters or county staff.

Boars have also been seen in Stettler, Clearwater and Mountain View counties.

While county councillors all supported the aim of the resolution, Dave Hoar questioned whether the municipality was the best champion for the resolution, considering wild boar are not a problem in the municipality anymore. “If we are taking resolutions forward they should be resolutions we are actively concerned with at the moment,� said Hoar. “Otherwise, it becomes a watereddown process.�

Art Preachuk, the county’s agricultural services manager, said by sponsoring the resolution, the county could show its support for municipalities that have been lobbying for something to be done for many years with little progress. “What we’re doing is adding support to people who have been in the battle for a long time,� he said.

Coun. Penny Archibald supported the county taking a lead role on the issue. “We did have a wild boar problem a few years ago. We were fast enough to keep it a small problem.�

Council voted 5-1 in favour with Hoar against. Coun. George Gehrke was absent. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Bylaw change to better link water, wastewater use and charges Red Deer residents may soon have more control over their utility bills.

City council gave first reading on Monday to a proposed utility bylaw amendment that would better link the amount of water and wastewater a customer uses with the amount they pay.

Currently, customers are charged by multiplying the usage by a rate (usage charge) and adding a fixed meter charge.

The fixed meter charge is based on a set amount per month depending on the size of a customer’s meter, and helps cover the cost of installing, maintaining and repairing city-owned utility infrastructure.

The bylaw will come back for consideration of second and third readings on Oct. 15. If approved the bylaw could come into effect on Jan. 1, 2013.

Changes would be introduced gradually over the next five years.

The province needs to step up and take care of weed control in its waterways, says a resolution sponsored by Red Deer County’s Agricultural Services Board.

A resolution going to the Central Region board meeting next month calls on Alberta Sustainable Resource Development to review its waterways weed control programs and ensure they are adequately funded.

While the province is responsible for most waterways, municipalities are absorbing most of the cost of weed control in creeks and rivers.

“Provincial support is minimal, a fraction of the real cost,” says the resolution.

Coun. Philip Massier, chair of the county’s Agricultural Services Board, said a lot of county staff time goes towards tackling weed problems in areas of provincial jurisdiction with little funding help.

Coun. Penny Archibald agreed. “It’s very important that (the resolution) goes forward. (Waterways weed control) shouldn’t be completely our responsible.”

Speed limit won’t be lowered The speed limit won’t be cut along a stretch of roadway near Harvey Heights subdivision west of Red Deer.

Aggressive driving by motorists in the area prompted a resident to request council drop the speed limit to 80 km/h from 60 km/h. Harvey Heights is about eight km from the city.

But some Red Deer County councillors questioned whether cutting the speed on a road that had been upgraded recently to a chip seal surface was the right way to go.

Coun. Philip Massier said on Tuesday that cutting the speed limit on an improved road might look as if the county was creating a speed trap and turn a bigger number of drivers into speeders.

Coun. Dave Hoar shared similar concerns. “The road condition is improved so we’re going to reduce the speed limit?” he questioned.

Catching and ticketing drivers going over the existing limit was a better option, he added.

A speed and traffic counter installed by the county patrol along Range Road 284 found that 530 drivers were going between 61 and 80 km/h along the rolling stretch between Hwys 11A and Township Road 384 and that 480 drivers were going 81 to 100 km/h.

Four drivers were clocked at over 141 km/h.

Council voted 5-1 against changing the speed limit, with Coun. Penny Archibald in favour.

Bob Dixon, the county’s senior patrol officer, said

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FLU: Shots effective “Studies indicate that adult injections are still the most effective at getting the protection.”

Clinics at the Westerner Park Harvest Centre, 4847A 19th St., will be held: Oct. 15 to 18 from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 29 and 30 from 1 to 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 31 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Clinics at the Holiday Inn, 6500 67th St., will be held: Nov. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 19 and 20, from 1 to 7:30 p.m. Clinics at the Westerner Park Salon A and B, 4847A 19 St., will be held: Oct. 22 to 24 from 1 to 7:30 p.m.

Clinics at the Red Deer First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar St., will be held on Nov. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Nov. 26 from 1 to 7:30 p.m.

The Clinic at Kentwood Alliance Church, 4 Kennedy Drive, will be held on Oct. 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The clinic at the Golden Circle will be held on Nov. 6 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Parking for flu clinics at Westerner Park is free — people just have to say they are there for the influenza vaccine.

For more information on the influenza vaccine and for more clinic times and locations, visit www.albertahealthservices.ca. or call Alberta Health Link at 1-866-408-LINK (5465). mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

you,” explained Denise Dubyk, MADD’s national president, to the River Glen students.

“You can contribute to the change of stopping impaired driving.”

The Calgary woman, who lost her son-in-law to an impaired driver, said more than a million youth in Grades 7 to 12 will see Long Weekend.

She stressed how the movie deals with the subject of choice.

“These are not accidents. Someone chooses to drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs.”

Blake Reichert of Allstate Insurance, a national sponsor of MADD for nearly 25 years, echoed Dubyk.

“We sincerely believe in what this film will do for teens and help them to make good decisions.”

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Richard Haley with the The Edmonton House Brigade shoots a black powder rifle for a demonstration. The Edmonton House Brigade and the Red Deer Native Friendship Society shared traditional food, games, music and activities at the Red Deer Museum to relive a chapter in Canada’s history and as part of Red Deer Culture Days. they have already made specialized patrols in the area to nab speeders and those will continue.

Life in Red Deer is good: survey Residents say life is good in Red Deer, according to a 2012 Citizen Satisfaction Survey.

Ninety-eight per cent of Red Deer citizens feel good or very good about their quality of life.

In 2011, 97 per cent said they were happy with the quality of life in Red Deer.

Conducted by Ipsos Reid Public Affairs, the survey explored areas including the quality of life in Red Deer, value for municipal tax dollars, level of quality of service, management of city infrastructure assets and citizen priorities and expectations.

Preliminary hearing scheduled

Red Deer city council tabled the first reading of the proposed changes to the Sunnybrook South neighbourhood area structure plan for six weeks.

The area covers the quarter section north of 19th Street and west of 40th Avenue.

Amendments include the addition of a northsouth cul de sac on the east side of the neighbourhood to facilitate the development of row houses and provision of two-storey homes with walkout basement sin the same area.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for a Red Deer man who once begged a judge to lock him up and forget him.

Ronald James Alexander, 36, was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon in connection with a stabbing in Rotary Park in the early hours of July 17.

RCMP were called to investigate by a Red Deer city emergency crew that was called to assist a man who had suffered a life-threatening stab wound. Alexander was subsequently arrested.

Judge Jim Mitchell would not accept Alexander’s attempt to plead guilty on the day after his arrest and instead asked that he get legal help, giving him time to apply for legal aid.

Now represented by Calgary lawyer Mary Brebner, Alexander has entered a plea of not guilty.

A preliminary inquiry will be held on June 28, 2013, to determine whether the Crown has a strong enough case to proceed to trial.

Plea agreement planned

Trial on assault charges set

A plea arrangement is being worked out for a Red Deer man who was among several people arrested after an investigation of organized crime activities in Red Deer and Sylvan Lake.

Wesley Allan Morphy, 31, was among a group of people arrested over a period of five days in January 2011 by RCMP investigating drug trafficking and weapons offences.

Morphy was arraigned in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on a variety of charges on Monday, including possession of controlled substances for trafficking, producing controlled substances, possession of controlled substances, possession of property obtained by crime, possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, unauthorized

A man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and at least one of her two children will go to trial next month.

The 24-year-old man, whose name is withheld to protect the identity of the boy he is alleged to have assaulted, was arrested on June 16 after a resident in Glendale reported seeing a man kicking a small boy.

Investigating officers found a six-year-old boy in medical distress, wearing a diaper, smeared in feces and suffering burn marks on his arms. Doctors also found damage to the corneas of both of his eyes.

The man was charged with multiple counts of assault and assault with a weapon.

He remains in custody pending his trial, set for Nov. 15.

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through to Aleisha Yews.

“I couldn’t myself think of even going through that,” said the 16-year-old River Glen student.

“If you’ve been drinking, never get behind the wheel yourself. Don’t let your friends do it. Do everything you can to stop it.”

For some students, the film’s impact was so great that they sought out Dubyk after for meaningful, though brief, counselling.

She said the loss of a family member from impaired driving lasts a lifetime.

“Nothing in life will ever train you for that grief and devastation. To never have said goodbye or to say hello again is tragic.” rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer County rejoins Sylvan Lake management committee Red Deer County has rejoined the Sylvan Lake Management Committee, although councillors questioned how big a financial role the municipality will be expected to play.

In 2011, the county dropped out of the committee, which is comprised of Lacombe County, the Town of Sylvan Lake and five summer villages.

However, on Alberta Environment’s recommendation the county later rejoined the committee, which oversees issues related to the lake. As part of that return, council was required to approve terms of reference.

Those terms include a cost-sharing formula for meeting and administrative costs that would see the town and two counties fund 25 per cent each and the summer villages the rest.

Coun. Don Nesbitt expressed concern that costs weren’t being shared equally among all eight municipalities.

“The summer villages are right

next to (the lake). I think they’re wellheeled.

“I think equal participation is fair.”

Nesbitt said if the county accepts that funding formula for the minimal meeting costs, it may lead to an expectation that the same financial share will apply to more expensive commitments.

Coun. Dave Hoar suggested it be made clear that the county — which only has a very small amount of lake frontage — will not automatically put in 25 per cent of the cost of future studies or other initiatives.

County manager Curtis Herzberg said future project funding decisions all come back to each council for approval. Past practice has been that costs are shared based on the benefit to individual municipalities and are not tied to the funding formula.

Council voted to approve the terms of reference with Nesbitt opposed.

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Talk of U.S. bacon shortage ‘hogwash’ GREAT ST. LOUIS — Bacon lovers can relax.

They’ll find all they want on supermarket shelves in the coming months, though their pocketbooks may take a hit.

The economics of the current drought are likely to nose up prices for bacon and other pork products next year, by as much as 10 per cent. But U.S. agricultural economists are dismissing reports of a global bacon shortage that lent sizzle to headlines and Twitter feeds last week. Simply put, the talk of scarcity is hogwash.

“Use of the ‘USE OF THE word ‘shortage’ WORD ‘SHORTAGE’ caused visions of (1970s-style) CAUSED VISIONS gasoline lines in OF (1970S-STYLE) a lot of people’s heads, and that’s GASOLINE LINES IN not the case,” A LOT OF PEOPLE’S said Steve Meyer, president of HEADS, AND THAT’S Iowa-based ParNOT THE CASE.’ agon Economics and a consultant — STEVE MEYER, PRESIDENT OF IOWA-BASED PARAGON ECO- to the National NOMICS AND A CONSULTANT P o r k P r o d u c TO THE NATIONAL PORK PRO- ers Council and DUCERS COUNCIL AND NA- National Pork TIONAL PORK BOARD Board.

“If the definition of shortage is that you can’t find it on the shelves, then no, the concern is not valid. If the concern is higher cost for it, then yes.”

Fears about a scarcity of bacon swept across social and mainstream media last week after a trade group in Europe said a bacon shortage was “unavoidable,” citing a sharp decline in the continent’s pig herd and drought-inflated feed costs.

The report caused much consternation over a product that used to be merely a breakfast staple, but nowadays flavours everything from brownies to vodka.

The alarm was quickly dismissed by the American Farm Bureau Federation as “baloney.”

“Pork supplies will decrease slightly as we go into 2013,” Farm Bureau economist John Anderson said.

“But the idea that there’ll be widespread shortages, that we’ll run out of pork, that’s really overblown.”

The stubborn drought in the U.S., the world’s biggest supplier of feed grains, undeniably will affect pig production.

The Corn Belt’s lack of moisture twice has prompted the U.S. Agriculture Department to slash its forecast for this year’s corn output.

The government now expects U.S. production of the grain to amount to 10.8 billion bushels, the least since 2006.

Those lowered expectations sent prices of corn — also used in ethanol, further squeezing supply — to record highs through much of the summer. Feed generally makes up about 60 per cent of the expense of raising a pig.

Rather than absorb the higher costs, swine and beef producers often have culled their animals by sending them to slaughter.

As of Sept. 1, the nation’s inventory of hogs numbered 67.5 million head, up slightly from a year earlier, the USDA reported Friday.

But the USDA suggested that pork supplies will tighten next year as the nation’s breeding stock and intended farrowings — birthings of litters of pigs — likely will drop due to high feed costs.

“I think we’re going to (still) see pretty substantial liquidations” of livestock, Meyer said, guessing that 3 per cent of the nation’s breeding pigs could be sent to slaughter by next March.

“And by my estimation, that’s a big move.”

The USDA said the breeding inventory of sows and boars stands at 5.79 million head, down slightly from last year and off 1 per cent from the previous quarter.

Such liquidations could mean a temporary glut of pork on the U.S. market, depressing pork prices before the oversupply eases and the volume of pork drops again next year, causing hog prices to rebound, said Ron Plain, an agricultural economics professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia.

Consequently, he estimates, the higher costs will be passed along to consumers, who could end up paying 10 per cent more for their bacon.

As of Friday, the USDA said, a pound of sliced bacon cost an average of $4.05 at the nation’s supermarkets, down 22 cents from a week earlier.

Pig producer Phil Borgic is banking on high prices. With 3,400 sows near Nokomis in central Illinois, Borgic figures he’s had to spend $2 million more this year for the 600,000 bushels of corn he feeds his pigs.

Rather than sell off animals on the spot market, the 56-year-old farmer is hedging his bets by contracting them out for slaughter over a staggered period in coming months — what he sees only as a break-even proposition.

“The previous couple of years have been good to us,” he said.

“Then the drought changed the ballgame on a worldwide level.”

He waves off the concerns about consumers facing shortages.

“The U.S. has plenty of pork, and we won’t run out here,” he said.

“We’ll have some price inflation, but we have plenty of supply.”

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007 a movie icon after 50 years “Mr. Bond, we’ve been expecting you”

By Jill Lawless THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — It was a meeting of the two most famous British people on the planet: Queen Elizabeth II turned to her tuxedo-wearing guest and said, “Good evening, Mr. Bond.”

The pairing of these icons, the English monarch and the king of spies — in a film for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics — was a thrilling moment.

It scarcely mattered that one of them was fictional.

Agent 007 is real to millions of moviegoers, and once again they will flock to see Bond battle for queen and country when his 23rd official screen adventure, Skyfall, opens this fall.

He’s come a long way in the 50 years since the release — on Oct. 5, 1962 — of a modestly budgeted spy movie called Dr. No. It introduced a dapper but deadly secret agent who wore Savile Row suits, drove an Aston Martin, liked his martinis shaken, not stirred, and announced himself as “Bond, James Bond.”

What’s the secret of his survival? Familiarity, says Roger Moore, who played Bond in seven films, more than any other actor.

“It’s sort of like a bedtime story: As long as you don’t go too far away from the original, the child is happy,” Moore said.

“The audience gets what it’s expecting: beautiful girls, actions, gadgets — there’s a formula.”

That fiendishly successful formula had modest beginnings.

Two upstart producers, Canadian Harry Saltzman and American Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, acquired the rights to a series of novels by Ian Fleming, a former World War II intelligence officer who had created 007 as sort of a fantasy alter-ego.

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Sean Connery, a relatively unknown Scottish actor and former bodybuilder, was cast as Bond against the wishes of studio United Artists, which wanted an established star such as Cary Grant for the role.

Everything or Nothing, a new documentary about the Bond films, says the final seal of approval came from Cubby Broccoli’s wife. “Is he sexy?” Broccoli asked her.

Connery got the part.

Behind the scenes were artists like John Barry, composer of Bond’s pulse-quickening theme music; Maurice Binder, who created the famous gunbarrel title sequence; and designer Ken Adam, a Germanborn former RAF fighter pilot whose futuristic sets gave the films their look of modernist cool.

In the documentary, which airs Friday on EPIX, Adam recalls feeling “crazy with courage” in those early days. Others remember the same devilmay-care atmosphere.

“It was barnstorming days,”

said David M. Kay, whose company provided aircraft for filming and stunts on the early Bond films, including the helicopter-volcano sequence in You Only Live Twice.

“Bond’s world of cars, casinos and caviar was sexy, luxurious and colorful.

Instead of a grey, shadowy figure, here was spy as glamorous jet-setter.

The films turned Cold War anxiety into a thrill-ride from which the good guy always emerged triumphant.

“There had been nothing like it before,” said Graham Rye, editor of 007 magazine, who remembers being blown away by the film as an 11-yearold.

“A lot of British films at the time were austere, black-andwhite, kitchen-sink dramas.

When Dr. No exploded onto the screen, it had a pretty visceral effect on everybody.”

Since then, Bond has survived showdowns with enemies from uber-villain Ernst Blofeld to steel-toothed assassin Jaws.

Even more impressively, he

has weathered the social revolution of the 1960s, financial woes and lawsuits, multiple changes of lead actor, the end of the Cold War and the dawn of the War on Terror.

His survival is the result of chemistry, tenacity and luck.

Dr. No received mixed reviews — some positive, others dismissive. “Pure, escapist bunk,” sniffed Bosley Crowther of the New York Times.

But audiences responded, and From Russia With Love, released the next year, was also a hit. By 1964’s Goldfinger, Bond was a phenomenon.

More than movies, these were experiences in which key elements were established, expected and anticipated.

The locations that spanned the globe and headed into outer space; the gravity-defying stunt sequences; the rocket belts, car-submarines and other gadgets; the megalomaniacal villains and their sadistic henchmen — all quickly became part of the Bond brand.

So did the theme songs, many of them performed by

the biggest artists of the day, from Paul McCartney (Live and Let Die) to Madonna (Die Another Day).

And, of course, there were the “Bond girls,” characters who are victims or villains but always fatefully — and often fatally — attracted to 007.

Bond’s scantily clad female companions have long provided ammunition for critics, who accuse the films of sexism, though others argue that the films offer eyecandy for everyone: Ursula Andress in a bikini, but also Daniel Craig in his tight blue swim trunks.

Anticipating new tweaks on the familiar elements became part of the films’ appeal, rendering them both instantly recognizable and eminently spoofable, as Mike Myers’ pitch-perfect Austin Powers movies proved.

The films’ producers at EON Productions — today run

by Cubby Broccoli’s daughter and stepson, Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson — have become expert at honing the formula. They are masters of suspense, drip-feeding details about each new film — title, locations, guest stars — to eager fans.

Like its hero, the series has had many near-death experiences. Connery quit acrimoniously after six films.

There was a long-running legal battle with screenwriter Kevin McClory over rights to the Thunderball script. The result was the unofficial Bond film Never Say Never Again, which saw 52-year-old Connery return after a decade away from the role.

Former model George Lazenby lasted just a single film — On Her Majesty’s Secret Service from 1969, a dark-hued tale that ranks among many fans’ favourites.

Moore took Bond in a lighter direction during the 1970s.

Audiences didn’t warm to Timothy Dalton’s tougher, meaner 1980s Bond, but Pierce Brosnan’s suave superagent — circling the globe in ever more futuristic vehicles, including an invisible car— fit with the optimistic post-Cold War era.

Musicians perform real-time duet hundreds of miles apart

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Technology that allows musicians in different places to perform together in real-time was dramatically demonstrated Tuesday in Philadelphia, where a violinist and cellist hundreds of miles apart played a duet as if they were on the same stage.

More than 600 engineers, researchers and scientists jumped to their feet and cheered after the performance at the Internet2 fall member meeting at a downtown hotel.

Violinist Marjorie Bagley, on stage in Philadelphia, and cellist Cheng-Hou Lee, projected on a video screen in DeKalb, Ill., performed the tricky Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for cello and violin to show off LOLA. That’s the nickname for the low-latency audio and videoconferencing software developed by researchers from the G. Tartini Music Conservatory in Trieste, Italy, and the Italian Research & Education Network.

Bagley said afterward that the long-distance duet didn’t seem that way when she was performing.

“It feels very up close and personal,” she said.

LOLA reduces transmission delays, or latency, to roughly 35 milliseconds.

To the musicians’ ears, that’s like being on the same stage. Typical delays on current audiovisual networks can be more than 200 milliseconds — far too long for collaborations that need to be in perfect sync with the most subtle aspects of a musical performance.

The technology is creating “a global conservatory enabling our students ... access to artists, coaches, mentors around the world,” said Roberto Diaz, president of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, which has begun working with LOLA. “This breakthrough ... has for us in the music

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‘TRAPPED’ GENERATION EXPECTED TO MARRY AND HAVE FAMILY WHICH SACRIFICED EDUCATION AND JOBS FOR HUSBANDS’ CAREERS Dear Annie: I’m writing on behalf of those of us in the “trapped” generation. We are the ones who grew up thinking Doris Day was the ideal woman. We were college-educated, but still expected to marry and have a family. Many of us limited our careers to part-time efforts.

Then came our husbands’ midlife crises and no-fault divorces.

For many of us who had “dumbed down” our careers to care for our husbands, we weren’t able to make ends meet once the child support payments stopped. For some of us, we had sacrificed further education or job advances for our husbands’ careers.

According to the Social Security Administration, I never earned more than $10,000 per year until I was 45 years old.

The divorce decree stated that I was to split the children’s college costs equally with my ex, who was making three times my salary. I’ve run up a lot of personal debt paying for my kids’ education, and now, at age 60, I’m making what my husband made 30 years ago. I work hard, but can’t seem to get ahead.

Women like me are tired of struggling financially and raising kids while their fathers find new trophy wives.

If your male readers are wondering where the faithful women are, we are sitting home, living with the remnants of the stresses from one-sided divorces.

I continue to hope that real companionship is still a possibility. — Thwarted Dear Thwarted: We are sure you speak for many women. But please

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ANNIE ANNIE don’t give up. Your children are grown now. If you want to meet men (or anyone), devote some time to yourself. Look into activities and organizations that are free, low-cost or volunteer, and see if you can break out of the cycle you are in.

Dear Annie: I’m a middle-aged woman, living with my boyfriend. We have both been married before and have children.

When I met “Doug,” we would sit and talk for hours.

Since our engagement, however, everything seems to be going downhill.

We have not set a wedding date, nor do we discuss it. Due to my previous marriage and some mistakes, my credit is not where it should be.

The amount of money I make will never allow me to get caught up. I have been applying for new jobs, but haven’t found one yet.

Doug says I need my credit to be good before he sets a date. I’m interviewing now for a job that could turn into a steady and rewarding career. He said, “Let’s see if you get it.”

Whenever someone

asks me, “When is the big date?” my heart sinks.

I am starting to feel as though Doug is not ready to commit. He proposed and gave me a beautiful ring. Now we argue a lot.

I’m no spring chicken, Annie. I feel as if I’m running out of time.

What should I do? — Want Happiness Sooner Dear Want: Doug is reluctant to take on your debts and may fear you are using him for financial security. He wants to see that you have a decent job before he marries you.

This is not an unreasonable concern. The fact that you’re in a hurry only makes him more skittish. Stop worrying about what other people think. If you get a good job and Doug still won’t set a date, then reconsider the relationship.

Dear Annie: “Empty Nester” said she’s looking to make friends now that her kids are out of the house. Thanks for suggesting meetup.com.

I moved across the country and was concerned about finding friends in a new city.

Since I work from home, the office is not a viable place to get to know anyone.

MeetUp has been terrific. I joined a diningout group, another for women over 40 and one for dog lovers. I’ve made wonderful new friends.

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You know that you are takHAPPY BIRTHDAY: NADIYA ing purposeful action, even if There is a burst of optiSHAH it isn’t evident to those unacmism with you this year, quainted to private informaencouraging you to take tion. You are operating under well thought out chances. the table and have become The best changes will comfortable there. Continue to refine simply feel right. Your finances are a major area of focus now, and you be- your proposal.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): to thank the people that made your Things rarely go exactly as planned. new ideas possible.

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ADAIR Alma 1919 - 2012 Our loving mom, grandmother and great grandmother passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 29, 2012 surrounded by love in her home at West Park Lodge at the age of 93 years.

Alma was born in a brick farm house in Curries, Ontario on May 2, 1919. She came west to Alberta to attend Canadian Nazarene College in Red Deer in 1947. While in college she met her husband Girvin Adair and they were married on April 10, 1952.

Alma is survived by her son; Ryan of Red Deer; grandchildren, Jim, Jason and Liz Cole. Daughter, Vera (Neil) Tomalty of Red Deer; granddaughter, Blair (Mike) Miller; great-grandchildren, Cullin, Rian and Everett; g r a n d d a u g h t e r, L a n e .

Daughter, Cheryl of Innisfail; g r a n d d a u g h t e r, N a t a l i e (Stuart); great-grandchildren, Grayson and Keira; granddaughter, Rachel. Son, Kent (Deb) of Adelaide, Australia; granddaughter, Jessica and grandson, Andrew. Alma was predeceased by her husband Girvin on October 3, 2003. A private family burial will be held at Alto Reste Cemetery.

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at Parkland Funeral Home with family friend Reverend Glenn Boyce officiating. If friends so desire memorial donations may be directed to the Gideons or to the Nazarene Church Missionary Society.

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DE WIT Maria Promoted To Glory On October 1, 2012 we said goodbye to our much loved wife, mom, grandma and great-grandma at the age of 81. We know she is celebrating her new life with her father in heaven. Maria will be sadly missed by Gerrit, her husband of 58 years; three daughters: Marie (Ron), Jeannette (Bill), Denise (William) and one son, Perry (Darlene) and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Maria was very artistic and had many talents but her passion was cake decorating. As per her wishes, a private family memorial will be held on Saturday, October 6, 2012.

FRASER Richard Nov. 29, 1963 ~ Sept. 29, 2012 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Richard Stacey Todd Fraser, on Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the age of 48 years.

Richard is survived by his wife Jane (nee Mydland); his seven children Todd, Logan, Dillon, Bowen, Megan, Colton and Paytan; three grandchildren Autumn, Lincoln, Kyla; parents Dot (and the late Stan Heald); in-laws Gordon and Eileen Mydland; brothers Peter, Colin; sisters Lisa, Marilyn, Dianne. Richard will be missed by countless relatives and friends. Richard spent much of his adult life working in the oilfield. He was an avid outdoors man who spent many hours hunting, fishing and competing in bow shoots. He loved and spent hours on his acreage. Richard was very involved with his kids hockey and participated in their school outdoor activities.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Richard will be held at the Our Lady Of The Assumption Catholic Church 5033-47A Avenue Sylvan Lake, AB on Friday, October 5, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. with interment in the Bentley Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made in Richard’s name to a Trust account that has been set up at the Service Credit Union for the Fraser Family.

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ELDER Margaurette 1935 - 2012 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Margaurette “Marg” Elder of Red Deer on Friday, September 28, 2012 at the age of 77 years. Marg was born in Vegreville, Alberta on July 24, 1935. She is lovingly remembered by her husband, Norman Ammeter and his children, Susan and Bryan; her sons, Allan (Corinne), and Stan (Holly); her daughters, Marie, and Daleen (Bill) all of Red Deer; four grandchildren, Curtis (Tara), Jeanine (Nick), Tyler and Jason; three greatgrandchildren, Avery, Jaxcyne, and Tristan; her sister, Lorraine (Ray) of Beaver Lodge and many other relatives and friends.

Marg was predeceased by her parents, Stan and Eileen Walker; her first husband, Ron Palm; her second husband, Robert Elder; and her son, Dale Palm. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue,†Red Deer, on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. with The Reverend Father Les Drewicki officiating. Interment will follow at the Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta. Memorial donations in Marg’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 2S6.

Cremation is entrusted to Parkland Funeral Home.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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IVERACH Esther Jean (Harrison) Aug. 28 1913 - Sept. 30 2012 Esther Iverach of Parkvale Lodge, Red Deer AB, passed away after a recent illness.

She was predeceased by her husband James in 1998. She will be lovingly remembered and missed by her two daughters Patricia Schneider of Fort Sask AB, and Evelyn Ramey (Milton) of Blairmore AB, four grandchildren: Glen Schneider (Magda) of Calgary AB, Jeffrey Schneider (Colleen) of Calgary AB, Ronald Ramey of Calgary AB, and Sarah Ramey of Coleman AB; and six great grandchildren, Monika and E r i k S c h n e i d e r, a n d Adrienne, Daniel, Branden and Nicholas Schneider, of Calgary. Esther was admired and loved by all who knew her. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Knox Presbyterian Church, Red Deer, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

In Memoriam

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

Robert James Coulter Oct. 3, 2011 Your memory is a keepsake from which I’ll never part.

God has you in His arms, I have you in my heart.

Love forever, Debbie

In Memoriam ALMA ADAIR Dear Mom, Deb, I and the kids are deeply saddened to hear of your passing. I know I have been moving away for a long time but I remember phone conversations over the years were very special to me in many ways. Even though many miles and heaps of water separated us our hearts were always connected.

It pains me to know we will never physically speak to each other again but your peaceful easy going and loving way will always be with me.

So mom rest in peace as everyone of our phone conversations ended I love you and good bye. Speak to you soon. ~Heaps of never ending love Kent, Deb, Andy and Jess

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HOOD 1922 - 2012 Claybyn Frederick Hood passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, September 29, 2012. We know he is celebrating his new life with H i s L o r d a n d S a v i o u r.

Claybyn was born July 4, 1922 on the family farm near Grenfell, Saskatchewan. On April 14, 1952 he married Irene Dech the love of his life. In 1964, Canada Trust hired him in Regina SK and transferred him to Red Deer in 1966 as Manager. With a passion for serving others and his community, he served the City of Red Deer in many capacities. This included serving three terms on City Council, President of the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club, Past President and life member of Red Deer Fish and Game, member of Ducks Unlimited and the Museum Society. He leaves to mourn his wife of 60 years Irene, sisters Jane Quiroga, Irene Gataint., and children Cindy (Erik) Mamen, Hardy (Barb) Hood, Lynette (Ed) Grose. Grandchildren - Ashley & Dallas Mamen, Stephen & Dustin Hood, and Emily & Carson Grose, numerous nieces, nephews and close friends. He is predeceased by his parents, Henry Hardy Hood and Pearl Hood, his sister Sue Marshall and brothers Warren Hood and Lewis Hood. A celebration of Claybyn`s life will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Boulevard, on Monday, October 8, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Claybyn`s memory may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta, NWT & Nunavut, 202, 5913 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4 or to the Canadian Cancer Society, Alberta, NWT Division, 200, 325 Manning Road NE, Calgary, Alberta, T2E 9Z9. Dad loved dogs and ducks, and Fall was his favourite time of year as he spent hours in farmers’ fields hunting geese and ducks with his loyal lab at his side. He is now enjoying the best hunting season ever! Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

DAVIDIUK Charlotte (Nee Swain) In spite of her strong will, great determination and pure “Swain stubbornness”, the family of Charlotte Davidiuk are saddened to announce that she has lost her struggle with that vile disease on Sunday, September 30th.

She fought long and well but in the end, could not succeed.

She leaves to mourn her passing her devoted husband, Gordon and her loving son, Craig and his wife, Courtney.

She will also be hugely missed by her brother Don (Joan) Swain, her sister Birdeen (Richard) Sivacoe and her brother Barry Swain.

She was pre-deceased by her father, Marwood Swain, her mother Ollie Wigmore (Swain) and her niece, Leslie Swain.

She left the world as she had lived it with courage, strength and kindness. Festive occasions were always eagerly anticipated at Gord and Charlotte’s welcoming and hospitable home, and “Auntie Char” was truly adored by her nieces and nephews and them by her. She will be long remembered and missed terribly by Lindsay (Linsey) Umrysh and Cailey, Jocelyn (Ameen) Hamdon and Amira, Nadia, Tysir and Aliya, Jamie Swain, Aaron (Laurel) Sivacoe and Savanah, Bradley Sivacoe, and Jessica Swain and Kimberley Swain. Her family were her friends, and her friends were family. During her lifetime in Lacombe, she was always very involved with volunteer work with many organizations and service clubs.

She was generous with her time and was ever willing to do whatever was necessary to assist those people and groups who required her support in any capacity. Charlotte was a warm and charming woman, whose strength, understanding and insight was a blessing to her family and everyone who was fortunate enough to be her friend or kin. Her wicked sense of humour was legendary, and there are many stories out there about her pranks and mischief undertaken either alone or with others. These too will be remembered. We would like to express our thanks and appreciation to the incredible nurses of Home Care Services who were of such assistance and support in making Charlotte’s last days at home as comfortable as possible. A celebration of Charlotte’s life will be held on Saturday October 6th at the old Juniper Emblems building located at 4510 48th ave at 5 o’clock. All are welcome. In lieu of flowers, if friends so desire, contributions to any of the Cancer societies would be greatly appreciated. Charlotte also requested that people think about signing their organ donation cards on the back of your health care card. Condolences may be made through www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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RED DEER BINGO Centre 4946-53 Ave. (West of Superstore). Precall 12:00 & 6:00. Check TV Today!!!!

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SHOTOKAN Karate Club

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We are a non-profit 700-920 organization and have been teaching Traditional Shotokan Karate for over Caregivers/ 20 yrs. We are now taking Aides Registration for. Oct. & Nov. for beginner and ad- BABYSITTER for 3 school vance classes. There are age kids Mon. - Fri. 11:30 times that run from Mon. to 5:30 w/entertainment alSat. Call 403-347-0646 lowance, day rate. website: 403-896-1697 www.reddeerkarate.com LIVE-IN Caregiver for elderly client w/special needs.

Coming 44 hrs/wk. $9.91/hr.

Day/night shifts. CPR, 1st Events Aide. English speaking.

Email: jcpp@shaw.ca OCTOBER 5th & 6th P/T F. caregiver wanted Chris Pal for F quad. Must have own & Chrystal Faction Band vehicle. Call res. at the Red Deer Legion.

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Pregnancy/Infant Loss - Remembrance Service The AHS - Perinatal Bereavement Program of Central Alberta will hold their 13th annual remembrance service on Saturday, Oct. 13th, 2012 in Red Deer. This service is held to remember those infants who have died during pregnancy or so near to their birth including miscarriage, stillbirth, and early neonatal death.

The service provides a place of remembrance and support for parents, families and staff who grieve the death of these infants.

A grave-site prayer will be held at the Alto-Reste Cemetery, East of Red Deer, beginning at 1:15 pm for those who would like to pay their respects to the babies who are buried at the SE corner cemetery plot.

The Remembrance service will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Balmoral Bible Chapel. Both locations are off 30th Ave., on 55th Street - Hwy 11A East.

Parents, family, friends, staff and anyone who would like to remember a special baby are most welcome to attend.

No RSVP necessary.

For more information about the service please contact Heather Moon, Perinatal Bereavement Program, at (403) 343-4596

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Lost

ANTIQUE locket with pictures inside, leaf motif, lost in Aug. 403-340-0406 GOOD DEED REQ’D. Lost on Mon Sept. 24, Q-ray bracelet at Telus store, North parking lot, please call 403-887-5342 LOST CAT Casper disappeard on the 24th from Oriole Park, he is a 17 year old solid grey cat with bright green eyes, he is diabetic.

FOUND!!!

LOST CAT: Large (20 lb) brown/gold tabby - Bengal - answers to Beni. Lost Thursday night in Parkvale area. **FOUND** LOST hoop earring with g r e e n s t o n e R E WA R D 403-342-4543 LOST: Black & Gray Guess Purse in Costco Parking Lot on Oct. 2. $300 reward.

Would very much like to get back the family photo’s.

Please call 403-314-9626 MISSING from wedding celebration at Festival Hall, Sept. 22, 2012. wedding cards, liftime treasure for the Bride & Groom, no questions asked, please return the cards to Customer Service at Bower Mall.

SET of keys lost in Kin Canyon REWARD 403-588-3514

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Found

FOUND prescription glasses, path going up the hill to Rotary Park, owner can claim by identifying, 403-346-5421

Companions

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FEMALE, late 50’s looking for male companion of similar age. Reply to Box 1013, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

Personals

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 347-8650

Clerical

Dental

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WA N T E D R D A I I M o n . Thurs. for General dental practice in Rimbey. Previous exp. preferred. Please fax resume to 403-843-2607

Hair Stylists

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OFF THE TOP is seeking a full time outgoing & energetic Stylist to join our growing business. We offer competitive commission or hourly wages. Please drop off resume in person #4 Howarth St. Red Deer

Janitorial

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CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463 JANITORS wanted for evening shifts. Fax resume to 403-342-1897 or call 342-1820 LEADING facility services company is seeking hard working, safety conscious cleaners for janitorial team.

F/T work. Fax resume to 403-314-7504

Legal

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Legal Assistant/ Conveyancer

Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP Requires the services of a Real Estate Conveyancer with 5 years+ experience.

Builders experience would be an advantage.

Please email resume to ssimmons@altalaw.ca or fax to the attention of Office Manager on 403.343.0891.

Medical

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F/T / P/T Pharmacy Technician. Apply w/ resume to: Highland Green Value Drug Mart, Red Deer

Oilfield

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COMPANY GROWING: NEED IMMEDIATELY Drillers and driller’s assistants: MUST have clean class 1 license, H2S, First aid, WHMIS, Ground disturbance.

Subsistence paid monthly with salary guarantee plus per job bonus, winter bonus, group health plan.

Email resume to info@ torquerathole.com D I S PAT C H E R w a n t e d .

Class 1 driving and oilfield exp. an asset. Good phone and computer skills a must. We provide exc. pay and benefits. Reply to Box 1010 c/o Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer T4R 1M9 Quick Silver Wireline is looking for a

Wireline Assistant

for our Red Deer, AB Location.

Preference will be given to those who possess a valid class 1 or 3 driver’s license, have previous slickline experience, and hold current oilfield safety tickets. Please fax resume to 403-309-9686 or email: mail@ quicksilverwireline.com STEAM TRUCK operator req’d. Must have experience and have clean driver’s abstract, all req’d tickets and reliable transportation. Fax resume 403-348-2918 or email gelliott@telusplanet.net

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Part-Time Administration Assistant Required Family-owned business in Red Deer is looking for a self-motivated individual, with strong communication skills and a good work ethic.

Duties include answering and assisting customers over the phone, daily accounting, and assisting the Management Team with clerical and administrative requirements at multiple locations within Red Deer, for 15-30 hours per week.

Must have own transportation. Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment, and experience with Microsoft Excel is an asset. Your advanced people skills and organizational acumen will make you an excellent candidate.

hrluau@gmail.com Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Please email resume with references to:

Oilfield

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Oilfield

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Drillers and Driller Assistants with a Class 1 driver’s license.

Apprentice or Journeyman Mechanics Pile Drive Operators Pile Drive Assistants Field Supervisor All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Safety tickets are an asset but we are willing to train the right candidate.

We offer exceptional pay, excellent benefit package and a positive work environment.

Please email resumes to info@landcore.ca or fax 403-783-2011.

The right candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Please no phone calls.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night!

Qualified applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Emai: hr@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Base Manager This position will be filled by an out going, professional, team orientated individual that has an understanding of the day to day operations of the c o m p a n y. T h i s p e r s o n needs to interact well with clients as well as his fellow workers. As the company is growing at a rapid pace we are looking for someone who can take control and assist in the day to day operations of the branch he/she is located in.

QUALIFICATIONS: * 5-10 Years management experience * Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas Industry * Good working knowledge of the Oil & Gas Industry in and around the Red Deer area and Southern Alberta *Must have the following tickets: First Aid, H2S, WHIMIS, TDG JOB DUTIES BUT NOT LIMITED TO: * Promote a professional work environment * Assist HSE coordinator with safety standards and core audits *Periodic field and office visits at a sales capacity *Participate and promote

WE are looking for Drillers, Derrick and Floorhands for the Red Deer area.

Please email your resume to: stiffin@galleonrigs.com

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DOW CHEMICAL in Prentiss, Alberta is now hiring a

Project Engineer

Please review the detailed job posting and requirements, and apply on-line at www.careersatdow.com Job Number 1208415 Deadline to apply is: October 4, 2012

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DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave.

weekly operations meetings

* Ensure that policies and procedures are followed in all service lines * Maintain up to date knowledge of the people, products and services that the company has to offer. * Assist ownership with the growth in the business in all service lines. * Recruit personnel for upcoming and ongoing field work. You will work together with ownership to ensure all safety personnel meet or exceed company/ industry standards. * Conduct infield job audits as required * Monitor spending at the base level *Participate in at least 2 jobs per quarter * Ensure maintenance, cleanliness and appropriate documentation is current for all the safety services equipment.

F/T 7 am. - 3:30 pm. person. Must be reliable and willing to work weekends. Wage dependent on experience. Apply in person to the Donut Mill, Gasoline Alley JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., Requires to work at 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Parkland Mall SUPERVISOR F.T. SHIFT WORK, $13.00/hr.

Please fax resume to: 403-314-1303

JJAM Management (1987 LTD) o/a Tim Hortons 37444-Hwy 2 South Red Deer Administrative Assistant Full time/Shift work.

Excellent pay structure for Bank deposits, food orders URS FLINT TUBULAR the right individual, benefit daily entries, MANAGEMENT package, please forward apply in person or fax SERVICES resume to: resume to 403-314-1303 requires Tubing Inspection safetyoilfield@gmail.com LUAU Investments Ltd. operator, manual lathe (O/A Tim Hortons) operator, Shop & Yard Food Counter Attendant Laborers. Exp. an asset F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) but will train to suit.

Must be avail. weekends Competitive wages and $11.00 per hour. benefits. Apply w/resume 4217 - 50 Ave. to: 4115 Henry St. We are a busy and 6721 - 50 Ave. (Blindman Industrial Park) progressive snubbing / live 7111 - 50 Ave. well service company with timhire@telus.net an awesome 15 day on and 6 day off shift rotation P/T & F/T CHAMBERMAID and we are rapidly AND FRONT DESK expanding. We need REQUIRED Apply in person to Operator Assistants South Hill Motor Inn (entry level position) 37559 Hwy 2, Red Deer and experienced or Call 403-343-2700 OPERATORS. TANKMASTER RENTALS We offer excellent wages, QUEENS DINER requires experienced a great benefits package REQ’S P/T WAITRESS Class 3 Vac Truck Operaand an awesome working & PREP COOK tors for Central Alberta. environment with many Hours are Mon. - Sat. 6-4 pm Competitive wages and advancement opportuDrop off resume any time benefits. nities. Class 1 or 3 driver’s after 1 & before 4, Mon-Fri. m.morton@tankmaster.ca license and all oilfield 34 Burnt Basin St, Red Deer or fax 403-340-8818 tickets are preferred, but Fax: 403-347-2925 we will train the right email: accuracyonlineoffice Looking for a new pet? individuals for our @gmail.com Check out Classifieds to entry level positions. find the purrfect pet.

STATE & MAIN THIS IS A LABOUR INTENSIVE POSITION KITCHEN & BAR Classifieds Fax resumes to: Your place to SELL NOW OPEN 403-347-3075, Attn.

Judy.

Your place to BUY Hiring: * Exp’d Line cooks Starting at $15/hr. * Prep cooks Oilfield $13/hr.

Please send resume to gm.reddeer@ stateandmain.ca PRODUCTION WAI’S RESTAURANT CONTROL at 4916 Ross Street, Red Deer SERVICES now hiring permanent F/T Chinese Cook. Over 3 yrs Local Plunger Lift/Automation company experience required. requires an $12-$14/hour, depending OPTIMIZATION/FIELD SALES TECHNICIAN on exp. Call 403-340-3366

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Ideal Candidate will have: • 2+ years oil and gas experience • Solid understanding of the sales process • Excellent interpersonal skills • Professional, customer-focused attitude • Ability to work independently • Strong computer skill (I.e.: MS Office - Outlook & Excel) • Valid Class 5 drivers’ license • Safety Tickets (H2S, First Aid & CPR, WHMIS) • Flexibility to support other branch offices as needed

Sales & Distributors

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Trades

Outside Sales Rep

for our solutions driven sales team. Experience in air compressors and pneumatics a definite asset, but will train the right candidate. Base + commission + mileage + benefits. For Red Deer & area. Apply: del.trynchuk@cea-air.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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F/T Purchasing Manager.

Trades

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NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

First year apprentice/ Journeyman Mechanic Fax resume to: (403) 885 5137 E-mail resume to: office@ccal.com

The ideal candidate is responsible for all purchasing processes and must be able to prepare P.O’s and THE TRAVELMAN calculate costs. Must have Luggage & Swimwear strong management and leadership skills and have Warehouse experience in the manufac(Next to Downtown turing industry. Please McDonalds) email your resume to : Looking for mature kayla@furixenergy.com motivated salesperson to RED DEER ELECTRIC sell luggage & ladies Is currently seeking swimwear. Approx. 20 - 24 Experienced Residential/ hours per week, $11.00 Commercial Electricians per hour plus bonuses. for work in Red Deer.

No nights, Sundays or holidays. Please fax resume to Furix Energy Inc. is looking Top wages & full benefits.

Please send resumes (403)348-2033 or email: for experienced pipefitters richard@thetravelman.com and apprentices. The ideal email: rdelectric@shaw.ca or fax 403-342-2521 candidates must have experience in the oil and SHRUM’S Meats in Stettler is currently looking for a gas industry. Please email Trades Butcher and Meat Cutter your resume to (NOC 6251) This is a kayla@furixenergy.com ANIMAL FACILITY permanent, full time MANAGER GLASS INSTALLER position with 40 hrs. per Instinct is looking for a required in Sylvan Lake, week and a wage of Business Manager to run AB. Only experienced $17/hr. The successful it’s Canadian Branch. need apply. candidate has successfully Instinct supplies & trains Salary depending on exp., completed a 3 yr. vocadomestic and exotic animals full benefit package. tional or technical training, for the film industry.

Must have driver’s license. has a meat cutter trade Applicant must have at Call 403-588-6451 or fax certification and at least 5 least 10 yrs. exp. working resume to: 403-887-4433. yrs. of work experience. with animals in the film We also expect knowledge production industry.

GOODMEN in European Style meat Required hands on exp. cutting and sausage makROOFING LTD. w/ bears & wolves are ing as well as experience Requires essential. Manager will be in supervising and training responsible for the daily of other butchers/meat cutSLOPED ROOFERS running of the company & ters. (403)742-1427 or fax LABOURERS general facility manage403-742-1429 & FLAT ROOFERS ment. Must have exp. in conducting film production Valid Driver’s Licence meetings, employee preferred. Fax or email scheduling, script breakinfo@goodmenroofing.ca downs & budget or (403)341-6722 preparation, advertising NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! campaigns, veterinarian checks & surgery schedul- JOURNEYMAN Mechanic Town and Country ing, on-the-spot decision Supplies & Rentals wanted for work in making & coordinating with Mechanic Required at Olds area. Must have overseas international Town and Country experience working on projects. Applicant must Supplies in Ponoka natural gas compressors have clean criminal record Apply today attention and engines and a valid & driver’s license. Salary is Kelsey. Email: tcsltd@ drivers licence. Please $30.78/hr., 40 hrs./wk. telusplant.net email resumes to Please mail resume to: Fax: 403-783-6575 AmandaS@ INSTINCT In Person: 6305-48ave flomaxcompression.com R R 3, Site 15, Box 18 Ponoka AB Innisfail, AB. T4G 1T8 NDT Field Service Celebrate your life Technician B & B COWIE with a Classified Full time position. NDT INSULATION LTD. experience an asset but ANNOUNCEMENT Accepting applications for n o t r e q u i r e d . Tr a i n i n g Insulation installers, Blowers provided. Based in Red and General Labourers. Deer. Travel within West- Truckers/ Must have valid driver’s e r n C a n a d a a n d Drivers license and own transpor- i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a v e l tation. CSA approved possible. Driver’s license Busy Central Alberta Grain safety boots are required. and passport required. Trucking Company looking Please fax resume to for Class 1 Drivers. We Overtime. Opportunity for 403-347-8075. offer lots of home time, advancement. Base rate Email: bbcowie@telus.net plus field rate starting at benefits and a bonus $17-18/hr. Refer to Job # program. Grain and super DNR Powerline B exp. an asset but not FST003. Send resume to Construction requires necessary. If you have a Labourers/apprentices for alberta@testex-ndt.com. clean commercial drivers various projects in Alberta.

STUCCO, Plasterers, abstract and would like to Excellent opportunity for Stone Masons & Labourers. start making good money. apprenticeship. Excellent Needed Immed. Exp’d but fax or email resume and benefit packages. will train.

Drivers License comm.abstract to Fax resume to pref’d. Call 403-588-5306 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net 403-742-5759 or email dnrwelding1@xplornet.com Attention : Noel. No phone calls please. Drug and Trades alcohol program in effect.

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DNR Pressure Welding requires B Pressure Welders, CWB Welders and Apprenticeship welders.

Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to ryan@dnrwelding.ca.

No Phone calls please.

Drug and alcohol program in effect.

DNR Pressure Welding requires Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic.

Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to ryan@dnrwelding.ca.

No Phone calls please.

Drug and alcohol program in effect.

ESTABLISHED well known company looking for permanent f/t hourly tapers and p/t piece work tapers.

Please fax resume to 403-782-0610 email: ben@tpil.ca EXP’D. ELECTRICIAN req’d. $34/hr., Email resume to natalie@tritanelectric.com or Fax 403-309-4401

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CUSTOM Energized Air is a leader in compressed air technology and requires an

PCS offers competitive wages & performance based incentives, and provides all tools/ equipment needed to do the job. Advance your career in a challenging and rewarding work environment in a growing company! See www.pcslift.com for exciting updates about PCS. Please send your resume to CAREERS@PCSLIFT.COM with subject reference: PCS-CAN TECH. We thank all applicants in advance: however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

Sales & Distributors

SOAP STORIES is seeking Retail Sales Supervisor for our Parkland Mall location, Red Deer. $17.40/hr.

Furix Energy Inc. is looking Email resume: premierjobrd1@gmail.com for a

Red Deer Based Oilfield Safety Company Seeking Landcore Technologies Inc. located in Ponoka is currently seeking energetic, motivated team players for the following positions:

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Class Registrations

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F/T HEAVY DUTY JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC wanted for growing independent shop in business for over 25 yrs.

Depending upon exper. pay scale is $37-$42 per hour.

E-mail resume to: joy@etrnow.com fax (403) 340-8796

MILLWRIGHT 1ST CLASS/ POWER-JACK & SMALL EQUIPMENT REPAIR NEEDED OLYMEL RED DEER PLANT - Experience in a plant/manufacturing environment is an asset.

- Alberta recognized trade certificate required.

- Responsible for general maintenance and repair of Power-Jacks and small equipment.

- Training will be provided.

With a job at Olymel you enjoy...

- Comprehensive Health and Benefit Plan - Public Transportation to and from the plant.

- Possibility of progression within the company.

- Paid work and safety orientation.

- Discount on retail prices for Olymel products (fresh and frozen pork/poultry and clothing).

- Starting at $34.68/hr.

Join The Team!

Phone: (403) 343-8700 Fax: (403) 309-7547 Email: apply@olymel.com

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Helix Coil Services, a division of IROC Energy Services is currently hiring to work with newly built state-of-the-art Coil Units based in Red Deer. We offer higher hourly pay rates and scheduled days off.

Currently recruiting for: t Operators with Class I/Class III Drivers License Email: helixjobs@iroccorp.com Call: 403-358-5001 Fax Resume: 403-342-1635

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES www.workopolis.com Red Deer Advocate - Job Search

PET ADOPTION

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

www.fantahomes.com 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 www.masonmartinhomes.com Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 www.truelinehomes.com True Line Homes 403-341-5933 www.jaradcharles.com BUILDER M.L.S

www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com MLM’ers attract new leads for FREE!

CLUBS & GROUPS www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

REAL ESTATE RENTALS www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

COMPUTER REPAIR

WEB DESIGN

www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

affordablewebsitesolution.ca

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

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860

Truckers/ Drivers

880

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* SANDBLASTER *POWDER COATER *GENERAL LABORER Central AB based trucking company reqires

For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

WE OFFER:

req’d immed. Local work, need drivers abstract.

Fax resume to 403-986-8142 DECK TRUCK OPERATOR position, self motivated, mechanically inclined,, exp’d. will train right personality. Class 5 w/air ticket req’d. Call City Haul Towing 403-588-7079

ALSO Dempsey St. & Dolan Close area $104/MO.

Hardworking need only apply. Bring resume to: Metal Strip & Coatings 4617 63rd Street Mon-Fri 8-5.

No Phone Calls Please.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

F/T. Class 1 drivers to haul NGL butane Super B’s, must be over 25 yrs., EMAIL: dreaddriving@gmail.com LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for exp’d’ F/T Class 1 truck driver & pressure truck operator.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766 MEGA CRANES is looking for a ticketed crane and boom truck operator. Must have Class 1. Good wages, benefits, 10% holiday pay, RRSP’s, and most evenings and weekends off. Fax resume to 885-4269 or email cathy@megacranes.com NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743 P/T COURIER driver req’d for Medical Service Company. Please email resume w/ref’s to archtrans@shaw.ca

HIGHLAND GREEN Hamilton Dr. Hewson Ave. JOHNSTONE PARK Jones Crsc Jackson Close & Jarvis Close

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT UPGRADING

Alberta Government Funded Programs Student Funding Available!

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GED Preparation

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Morning, Afternoon And Evening P/T Classes

Academic Express

KENTWOOD Kendrew Dr.

Adult Education & Training

340-1930

Call Rick at 403-314-4303

www.academicexpress.ca

MUSTANG ACRES Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Clive Earn $200.mo. for 20 houses 6 days a week.

Must have a reliable vehicle .

Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in EASTVIEW WEST LAKE Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

The Red Deer Advocate is looking for friendly and outgoing telephone sales people to join our team.

Work 4 days per week 4:00 - 8 :00 p.m Great earning potential for the right person.

If this is for you please drop off your resume at: The Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer or email to: d.sibbet@ reddeeradvocate.com or rholt@

Food Counter Attendants Are you looking for a career opportunity with excellent benefits, a mature working environment and opportunity to advance? If so, Subway has a position for you!

Please apply online @ mysubwaycareer.com or Drop resume off in person at 180, 6900 Taylor Drive Or email to careers@rdsubway.com or Call us at 403-342-0203

Truck and Wagon Drivers End Dump Drivers Super B Drivers Lowbed Drivers – to haul our heavy equipment

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

264953J3-9

Top wages paid based on experience Benefit package Assigned units Scheduled days off Valid safety tickets an asset

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Anders St. Aikman Close / Allan St. Adans Close Adair Ave. BOWER AREA Bell St./Baker Ave Broughton/Brooks Cres.

INGLEWOOD AREA Ibbottson Close Inglewood Drive Illingworth Cres.

Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Lindsay Ave. Langford Cres.

Law Close/ Lewis Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Violet Place Visser St. Vanson Close Vincent Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY WORKER part-time Honest, friendly, hardworking only need apply. $11.00/hour. Bring resume to Mustang Laundry, 6830-59 Avenue or email mustanglaundry@ airenet.com.

EXP’D carpet and upholstery cleaning technician req’d. Top wages.

Fax resume to 403-346-2109 or email barry@will-do.ca

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

COUNTROOM

(counting money).

15-25 hrs per week. Must be available to start as early as 7 am and finish as late as 2 pm and be available any days of the week. Must be physically fit as this is a physically demanding position.

Send resume to vickib@cashcasino.ca, or fax 1-403-243-4812.

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Also for the afternoon & morning delivery in the Town of Penhold!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 please leave a message. or 403-350-1520

WE ARE HIRING

EARLY MORNING CLEANERS.

This is a fulltime position

from 3 am - 11 am.

Please send resume to vickib@cashcasino.ca, or fax 1-403-243-4812.

Cash Casino 6350 - 67 St, Red Deer, AB.

Employment Training

900

LOOKING for laborers and flaggers for road construction. Fax 403-309-0489

mortgagestogo.ca

req’s a p/t mortgage agent assistant for our Red Deer office to process documents and for reception.

10-3 daily. (negotiable) $14/hr. to start. Please contact kym@ mortgagestogo.ca No phone calls please

NEEDED IMMED.

Installer/Service person for dairy ventillation systems.

Knowledge of fans and misting equipment an asset. Competitive wages and benefits package.

E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature F/T help for days and grave shifts.

Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

920

Career Planning

Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

for all Albertans

Contractors

1100

Black Cat Concrete

Sidewalks, driveways, garages, patios, bsmts. RV pads. Dean 403-505-2542 BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 CONCRETE work. Over 25 yrs. exp. 403-505-7737

COUNTERTOPS

Kitchen renovations Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s.

Free estimates for all your reno needs. 755-9622 cell 506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia Prefering non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 302-9210.

Escorts

1165

*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT BEAUTIFUL college girl ROXY 403-848-2300

1165

Massage Therapy

1280

EDEN

HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049 SEXY dream girls waiting for you! 403-550-0732 mydiamondgirls.org

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

587-877-7399 10am- 2am

Fireplaces

1175

TIM LLOYD. WETT certified.

Inspections, installs, chimney sweeps & service 403-340-0513

Handyman Services

1200

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD. We do fencing, decks, reno’s landscape and more. Give us a buzz @ 403-598-3857 Free quotes. WCB, insured.

F & J Renovations. We do it all. Good rates and references available so call John at 403-307-3001 jbringleson@shaw.ca GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. On holiday- reopen Sept. 28 348-5650 Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels 403-986-6686

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Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315

Painters/ Decorators

+ A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

1-877-223-3311 To Place Your Ad Now!

880

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Seniors’ Services

HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Yard Care

1430

Tree Pruning,Topping and Removal by a Certified Arborist,Hedges too! call Randy at 403-350-0216

1650

BUTCHER lambs. gov’’t inspected, call 403-843-4365 for more info

Firewood

1660

Health & Beauty

1700

Household Appliances

1710

1 7 C U . F T. f r o s t f r e e fridge, Inglis, white, like new, $200, 403-307-4223 after 6 p.m.

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

Household Furnishings

1720

SPORTS equipment bag $10; large fleece throw $12; queen size floral quilt $15; sturdy Christmas tree stand $5 403-347-5316 TWO 54” steel wheels $100/both, 403-728-3375 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Musical Instruments

1770

ATTENTION MUSICIANS Complete Yamaha powered speaker P.A. System w/12 channel Yorkville mixer. 1975 vintage 4 monitors. All cords & mike stands inc’ds floor lights & stage lights. Bonus: c/w 12’ trailer. $3500.

403-318-3354 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Pets & Supplies

1810

3 COCKATIELS 1 F. Lubino, 2M greys w/cages and accessories $75/ea. obo 403-755-2760

1830

Cats

BEAUTIFUL kittens , beautiful colors, need loving homes, Also White & gold kitten to give away call 403-782-3130 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

1840

Dogs

F1 ($700) F1B ($900) LABRA DOODLES Ready late Oct. Price incl. delivery. 306-792-2113 or 403-919-1370 www.furfettishfarm.ca MISSING from Rosedale neighborhood Sept. 28th.

Small white F. cat. Answers to Polly but is quite deaf & timid. Very short, curly hair & naked belly.

Reward offered $100.

Please call (403) 304-5998 if you have any info.

OLDER friendly farm dog, Border Collie to give away to good home 403-507-8324 5 MO. yellow lab, smart & great with kids. Needs a large yard or acreage. $200. 403-877-6354

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

BED ALL NEW,

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

302-0582 Free Delivery BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582. w/4 chairs,, asking $75, call 403-342-1169 DISPLAY CABINET. New, with glass door.

2’x4’. $50. 403-314-0804 DOUBLE bed, older make, box spring & mattress $50 obo 403-782-3031

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed

2190

H I D E - A - B E D , B L A C K , Hay good cond, $130 obo call 80 BALES, FAIR COND Viki 403-346-4263 after 5 FOR COWS, $22/bale, 87 PALLISER HEADBOARD, bales, good cond. cow 2 NIGHT STANDS hay, $25/bale; 80 extra & LARGE DRESSER. large round perfect cow Like new. $200. hay, $35/bale; 36 grass 403-352-2479 bales, good cond., horse hay, $30/bale; 102 grass WANTED bales, pefect horse hay, Antiques, furniture and $35/blae. Call Jeremy at estates. 342-2514 403-418-6342 WOODEN storage unit with 4 shelves, carpenter made w/castors and twin doors, 36”x21 1/4”Dx36”H $45; Wooden storage unit with 3 shelves, carpenter made with castors and twin doors, 36”x 27 1/4”Dx36”H $45; Tall white wooden storage unit with 6 adjustable shelves, unit measures 79 1/2”Hx12”Wx The Red Deer Advocate Clas14 1/2”D, shelves are 8 3/4 sified is the community’s numx 12”D, $30; 314-2026

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IKEA wine rack, holds 64 bottles, $20; 24x34” frame James Dean picture, $20; call 403-896-2828

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ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small reno’s or jobs, such as, new bathroom sink, toilets or trimming small trees. Call James 403- 341-0617

Farmers' Market

FREE entertainment centre, 48” long, 40” high, 18” deep, 3 doors, 2 shelves, good for bookcase or other storage, nice finish, 403-347-2797

1370

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Misc. for Sale

MIKE’S Refresh Painting Interior specialist.

(403) 350-6958

RE-ROOF NOW! 25 yrs. exp. 587-877-2934

EquipmentHeavy

SOLID Core wood door, 32” x82”, $100; Wooden wheel 48” diameter, 4” thread $100, 403-728-3375

Classified does it all!

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Roofing

LARGE SELECTION OF KID’S ONLY & PLEASE MUM CLOTHING. $50 for a garbage bag full. 2 only.

403-342-4543

FUTON FOR SALE. Black in colour, exc. cond. $100. 403-986-8656

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Escorts

1580

RED DEER WORKS CHROME kitchen table

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

Children's Items

1680

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Accounting

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

AFFORDABLE P/T , we are seeking Homestead Firewood people to work in a local Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. hospital to provide 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 television rentals.

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, QUALIFICATIONS: Poplar. Can deliver Cash handling/sales exp.

1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 organized with good math and people skills,. Must be Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner able to work as a team, do BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / considerable walking, and del. Lyle 403-783-2275 some lifting, relate well birchfirewoodsales.com with patients, families and hospital staff.

Alternating weekdays and Garden wknd shifts, Immed. start. Supplies Training will be provided.

Competitive wage.

COLORADO BLUE Must have a current record SPRUCE 6’-15’ digging check. and planting. J/V Tree To arrange interview Farm. 403-350-6439. call 1-877-282-2614 ext.

RED crab apples to give 644 or forward email to away call 403-346-3142 dlocke@hospnet.ca

FIRST-AID,CPR AND HCP Courses. OCT 6,7, 8.Other days also. SAUD. Certified Instructor SJA, H&S saudm01@hotmail.com 403 307 7444

Misc.

Help

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1530

*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 Open Mon.Fri. daily 10 am - 6 pm.

Hiring Part Time

CLEARVIEW SUBWAY Hiring Immediately

Pidherney’s is growing and requires experienced Class 1 & 3 drivers to join our busy team:

CARRIERS NEEDED

reddeeradvocate .com

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CHRISTMAS CASH “BONUSES”

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

• • • •

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life

NOVEMBER START

860

Truckers/ Drivers

SOUTH HILL 42 Advocate $220/mo. $2646/yr 45 Mins. per day

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Wanted for delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed.

CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 hartwell@telus.net

MOUNTVIEW 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/yr 1-1/2 hrs. per day

ROSEDALE Robinson Cres./ Reinholt Ave. area $173/MO .

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIER NEEDED

EXPERIENCED

GRANDVIEW 79 Advocate $404/month $4851/year

DEERPARK Duncan Cres./ Dennison Cres. area $129/MO.

Time hours OWNER OPERATORS ** Full Great benefit program in AB. Home the odd after 3 mos. night. Weekends off. Late * Most weekends off model tractor pref. * Competitive Wages 403-586-4558

CLASS 3 DRIVER/ EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

880

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Pidherney’s is busy and requires the following:

SCRAPER OPERATORS Earthworks Division We require individuals with push pull eperience, grade knowledge & able to work well with others for work in Central Alberta area.

• Top wages paid based on knowledge & experience • Career advancement opportunities Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

ber-one information centre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source for selling items, seeking jobs, finding housing, meeting new people and more.

Red Deer Advocate Classified: • Helps lost pets find their families • Brings buyers and sellers together • Serves as a key resource for renters • Helps families find new homes • Puts individuals in touch with each other • Provides job seekers with career information • Serves as a great guide to garage sales • Makes selling and shopping simple

Put the power of classified to work for you today.

To place an ad, call 309-3300.

To subscribe, call 314-4300.

264952J3-9

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

1760

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

FAST TRACK PHOTOS PHOTOS Call 309-3300 toto get your Call 403-309-3300 get your vehicle pictured pictured here here vehicle

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 SMART Pulse convertible ca Diesel, 77,000 km, Auto, Heated seats Power windows, A/C so cute! $6500 . .....SOLD!!......

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 FORD FLEX rear air, 7 passenger, $20,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

1990 BMW 735i 200,000 kms, RWD, p/w, p/s, a/c, custom wheels w/2 sets of tires $3800.

403-340-0438

2002 JEEP Grand Cherokee Laredo. New tires, rotors, mechanically sound, exc. shape. $4500 obo 403-302-1732

2005 HONDA Accord LX lthr.,64,928 kms, $12,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 BMW X5 AWD,heads up, lthr., sunroof, $31,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 ESCALADE AWD, sunroof, htd. lthr.,DVD, 76,425 kms, $44,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2009 GMC 2500, 4x4, E/C. white, loaded, good shape in/out, $14,600.

403-348-9746

1995 OKANAGAN 24.5 ft 5th wheel AC, new tires, asking $6900.00. 4 burner stove, 403-980-1498

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 HONDA Accord, tan, 121,500 kms., 6 cyl., leather sunroof, orig. owner. $10,500.

403-318-2736

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 Harley davidson F-350 turbo diesel, sunroof, 66,946 kms $44,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2009 LINCOLN MKS 4dr. sedan, awd, 3.7 eng., loaded, , 34,0000 kms. warr. until 2013, 403-580-0948

1997 PLYMOUTH Grand Voyager, good cond., loaded, does not burn oil, $1500 403-746-3159

2003 MERCEDES C320 premium cond., senior driver. 112,000 kms.

Clean $11,750.

403-986-4123

2005 SPORT TRAC XLT 4X4 lthr., sunroof, $13,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 ESCALADE leather, DVD, 7 passenger, $27,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 LAND ROVER LR2 85,290 kms $21,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2003 MERCEDES SL55 AMG $48,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 FORD F150, 4x4, Mechanically Inspected, 193,000 kms.

Crew cab loaded. $11,000.

403-746-5541

2008 LARIAT F-350 4x4turbo diesel, leather,, nav., 37405 kms $36,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2010 FORD FOCUS SEL, fully loaded, $14,000 403-505-9382

1999 TOYOTA Sienna, Clean, 257,000 kms, $4,200.00 .Call 403-783-5233

2004 BMW 330 convertible leather, ,$13,888 7620 - 50 Ave Sport & Import

2006 DODGE CHARGER Exc. shape. Runs great. 4 brand new tires. 89,000 km. $10,000 obo 403-848-0937

2007 TOYOTA FJ Cruiser C pkg., auto., 77,500 kms fully loaded, very nice shape, trades considered, $21,500.

403-598-0682

2008 MERCEDES-BENZ ML320 AWD, turbo diesel, leather.,nav., $39,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2000 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 4X4

2004 CHEV e/c, s/b, 4x4 Loaded. Nice shape. $7850. 403-348-9746

2006 EXPLORER XLT 4X4, lthr., 4.0L $12888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 ALTIMA Coupe, 3.5 SE V-6, 6 spd. loaded. A must to see!

130,000 kms. Mint Cond. $13,500 obo 403-844-0608 Sylvan

2008 PATHFINDER 4X4 135000 kms $17888 7620 50 Ave, Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE

2006 FORD F150, 4x4, Centre console shift, DVD, heated leather seats. Fully loaded, awesome shape, burgundy/ gold. $9250. 403-348-9746

2008 CADILLAC Escalade loaded, $44,888 403-348-8788

2009 CHEV LS 4x4 E/C 2500, heavy duty, ATC, Very nice shape $14,300. 403-348-9746

2011 TRAVERSE LTZ AWD, dual air, cool/heat lthr., 7 pass.,, $38,888

284,000 kms., loaded, , $7350 403-877-3224

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2001 CADILLAC Deville, sunroof, heated seats, leather, DVD, 124,000 kms exc. cond. in/out. $7950.

403-342-0587

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 FORD E-250 Signature Series handivan, 58,680 kms 403-348-8788 AS & Import

2006 MASERATI Quattroporte Sport GT $50888 dealer serviced 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 CHARGER 3.5L Exc. cond. 84,000 careful kms.

Service & fuel economy records avail. Asking $11,500. 403-346-8299 or 403-506-9994

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

403- 348-8788 Sport & import

TRUCK TOPPER

Range Rider, Model Tigre Off of 2006 Tundra, 4 dr.

Should fit 2000 to 2006 Tundra. exc. cond. $649.

403-318-4356 or 346-7778

Sell your vehicle FAST with a Formula 1 Classified Vehicle Ad

2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS COUPE 2-OT

Stk #HP4601. leather, sunroof, traction control, manufacturer warranty remaining

Stk #HP4847. premium pkg., leather, sunroof, traction control, turbo, full warranty, 11,843 kms

21,990

$

23,740

$

2010 SANTEFE LIMITED AWD Stk #H24491A. heated leather seats, sunroof, traction control, pass/driver power seats, one owner like new

21,990

$

USED CAR SUPERSTORE

2009 PONTIAC VIBE GT AUTO Stk #H24559A. sunroof, traction control, cruise, auto, 64,413 kms

12,990

$

2010 F150 LARIAT 4X4

2009 HYUNDAI ELANTRA TOURING SPORT

Stk #VP3974A. sunroof, 6.5’ box/crew cab, traction control, leather, auto

Stk #H24477A. sunroof, heated seats, 6 disc changer, traction control, full warranty, 46,626 kms

29,990

$

13,990

$

| 7652 Gaetz Ave., North Red Deer | 403-350-3000

99198G23

2008 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ GLS AWD

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 D5

wegot

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Acreages/ Farms

3010

GULL LAKE Acreage, 1 b d r m . , w a s h e r, d r y e r, stove, storage shed, $800 rent incld’s propane.

403-273-0775

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 BDRM. HOME CLOSE to downtown, cable and utils incl. $1025/mo., Nov. 1 , 403--598-6386 BENTLEY 2008 Model Duplex 4 bdrm., 3 bath. Garage, fireplace. Appliances.

Avail. now. 403-341-9974 LOOKING to rent out soon as possible 3 bdrm. 2-1/2 baths, fenced yard, all appls., incl., $1300., + utils., in Sylvan, 403-887-2155 MORRISROE clean 3 bdrm bi-level, garage, fenced, 2 baths. N/S, no pets.

403-343-7768

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 avail.Nov. 1 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

3060

Suites

1 & 2 BDRM. APTS.

Clean, quiet bldg.

Call 318-0901.

2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail Nov. 1 $850/mo., S.D. $650.

Call 403-304-5337 2 BDRM. lower floor apt. in a 12 suiter, for quiet couple over forty at 5910-55 Ave. No pets, water& heat incl’d.

Rent $850.00, security $800. Ph: 403-341-4627.

CASTELLA

Avail Immed. Recently updated 1 bdrm suite with den. Conveniently located downtown for easy access to all amenities. laundry in building. Only $895 +elec HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-318-4225

Manufactured Homes

3060

Suites

Cozy 2 bdrm main floor in Westpark.

With mature yard & double detached garage it is a steal at $1295 utils incl.

Avail immed. Sorry no pets HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 OR 403-318-4225† www.hpman.ca LARGE, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

ONE bdrm. apt. across from hospital $750/mo., avail at end of mo. 3rd. flor blacony, 403-877-3323.

OPPORTUNITY

1 & 2 bdrm. units Washer/Dryer in suite Heat-water/park incl’d Call 403-342-2899

PENTHOUSE $1250

SUV's

5040

Cottage/ Seasonal

3070

PALM SPRINGS 2 bdrm 2 bath gated condo, rents monthly- Nov , Dec & April No pets, N/S $1600/mo utils incl. 403-986-4119

Mobile Lot

Call for more info call 403-342-4544

348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 TOYOTA FJ Cruiser C pkg., auto., 77,500 kms fully loaded, very nice shape, trades considered, $21,500. 403-598-0682

wegot

homes

Acreages

4050

Picturesque Recreational River Hobby Farm.

4000-4190

LAKE FRONT PROPERTY -†2300 sqft home on 10 acres $395,000. 10 min from Ponoka.

Fishing, swimming & boating at your back door.

See welist.com #47984.† MLS C3526876.

Call 403-519-6773† Email: brettie@platinum.ca

4160

wegot

wheels

Lana (403) 550-8777 264155J1-K30

CLASSIFICATIONS

Renter’s Special

5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

FREE Cable

5020

1976 NOVA 2 DR. 400 small block, $8000, 403-704-3714

2 & 3 bedroom

modular/mobile homes

2007 BMW X5 AWD,heads up, lthr., sunroof, $31,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Cars

5030

2005 ESCALADE AWD Vehicles l t h r. d v d $19,888 Wanted 348-8788 Sport & Import

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519 REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

2004 BMW 330 convertible lthr.,$13,888 7620 - 50 Ave Sport & Import

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WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

5050

2010 DODGE W3500 crew diese,l 4x4 leather Heritage Lacombe 782-2277

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

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2009 GMC 2500, 4x4, E/C. white, loaded, good shape in/out, $14,600.

403-348-9746

has relocated to

2008 DAKOTA ext. cab, 71,481 kms red, 4x4 Heritage Lacombe 782-2277

6010

NOTICE

TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS ESTATE OF ROBERT DONALD STEVENS who died on July 25, 2012 If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by November 2, 2012 with

216751

SUV's

5040

2006 FORD F150, 4x4, Centre console shift, DVD, heated leather seats. Fully loaded, awesome shape, burgundy/gold. $9250.

403-348-9746

Schnell Hardy Jones LLP Barristers & Solicitors at Box 1240, 4902-51 Street Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0 and provide details of your claim.

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

2011 CHEV Equinox AWD, 33,404 KMS., LIKE ENW, Heritage Lacombe 782-2277

2010 WHITE Chev Traverse 62,000 kms, $22,900 command start, blk. cloth interior, n/s, exc. cond.

403-885-5262

2000 Chevrolet Silverado 2010 NISSAN Rogue SL 2500 HD 4X4 2 8 4 , 0 0 0 AWD, 50,715 kms., kms., 1 owner, loaded, exHeritage Lacombe 782-2277 cept leather, Exc. cond., $7350 Contact Dwayne @ Looking for a new pet? 403-877-3224 Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Vans Buses

5070

2008 CHEV Uplander LS, 58,479 kms. very clean, Heritage Lacombe 782-2277

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Romney looking to revive campaign

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Republican challenger Mitt Romney looks to use today’s debate against Barack Obama to revive his struggling presidential campaign, seeking not only to win over undecided voters but also fire up Republicans who have begun questioning whether he can win.

Though polls show the race remains tight ahead of the Nov. 6 vote, Obama clearly has momentum and the edge not only in national polls, but in the battleground states that will effectively decide the election.

In some states, Republican candidates appearing on the ballot with Romney have taken steps to establish independence from him.

Party strategists predict more will follow, perhaps as soon as next week, unless Romney can dispel fears that he is headed for defeat despite the weak economy that works against Obama’s prospects.

Recent public polls show Obama moving out to a modest lead in most if not all of the battleground states where the race will be decided. But Republicans with access to Romney’s polling data said Tuesday that he has begun regaining some support among independent voters, enabling him to cut into the president’s advantage.

Because the presidential election is not decided by popular vote but rather by in a state-by-state contest, a handful of so-called battleground states, which do not reliably vote either Republican or Democratic, will likely decide the race.

But it is unclear how long congressional candidates are willing to wait for a turnaround.

Several Republican strategists point to this week, which includes the debate and Friday’s release of September unemployment figures.

Some Republicans who are in periodic contact with the campaign say Romney’s strategists have concluded that a recent uptick in public optimism, coming on top of Obama’s success to date, complicates the attempt to defeat the president solely on the basis of pocketbook issues.

In recent days, Romney has emphasized criticism of the president’s foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East, where a terrorist attack at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead.

Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who headed the Republican Party when it won control of Congress in the 1990s, said disapprovingly over the weekend that Romney’s campaign has been focusing on polling, political process and campaign management. “It’s about everything but the issues. It’s about everything but Obama’s policies and the failures of those policies,” he said.

Iranian cameraman defects to U.S.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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5190

SCRAP ATTACK, auto salvage & scrap metal.

403-598-6536, 4845 79 St.

1998 FORD Windstar 7 2008 MITSUBISHI passenger, 3.8, 144,000 2006 MITSUBISHI Lancer Outlander XLS $12888 k m s , v e r y g o o d c o n d . black $4700 403-550-1194 348-8788 Sport & Import $2900 403-346-3730

in pet friendly park

Auto Wreckers

To Buy

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

beautiful private property in sought after Woodlea, backing onto Waskasoo Creek. Build your dream home or modify the existing 3 bdrm. heritage home.

416-918-0195

20,000with Intro www.lansdowne.ca

2004 CELICA GT FWD, lthr., sunroof, $12,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

RARE OPPORTUNITY

$

TRAILER Hitch for Dodge Caravan. $20. obo.

403-755-0785

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

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FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

3040

TOPPER for sale, $100, will fit 1986 Ranger, call 403-350-8044

2004 HUMMER H2 lthr., nav., $19888 348-8788 Curious about Costa Rica? 1999 PONTIAC Grand Am Sport & Import Visit www. loaded, clean 348-2999 costaricadiscovered.com or call toll free 1992 TOYOTA CAMRY, 1-800-808-4530 white, 256,185 kms., 6 cyl.. good cond., drives nice, $1500 obo ..SOLD!!

Trucks

REDUCED!

5180

2006 SMART Pulse convertible ca Deisel, 77,000 km, Auto, Heated seats 2007 HONDA CR-V LX Power windows, A/C so Sport $14888 348-8788 cute! $6500. ...SOLD!!

Sport & Import PARTING out 1987 Olds Delta 88 403-340-9382

4090

4130

1995 OKANAGAN 24.5 ft 5th wheel AC, new tires, asking $6900.00. 4 burner stove, tub/shower, in very good shape. 403-980-1498

COOPER Weathermaster S/T winter tires, P195/70R14 on Dodge silver alloy rims. $600.

Cash only. 403-347-5609

Ideal for horses or cattle.

Corrals, fenced, heated barn & shop.

Open concept custom built bungalow. $465,000.

2004 IMPALA SS FWD, 403-843-6182 (Rimbey) supercharged V-6, $10888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Lots For Sale

CLASSIFICATIONS

5120

Tires, Parts Acces.

NEW HOMES! 403.342.4544 MasonMartinHomes.com

3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

Holiday Trailers

Mason Martin Homes has

Property

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable

Suites

5030

8 Brand New Homes 2011 CAMARO RS/2SS , starting at $179,900 LS3, 2104 kms., $41,888

4120

A MUST SEE!

$

Cars

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

Manufactured Reno’d. Huge deck, 3 bdrms. on 2 Floors, 1 1/2 Homes baths, ADULT QUIET BUILDING, 1 block N. of 1974 MOBILE, 14x72, very hospital, fireplace, no pets, clean, many upgrades, Nov. 1 304-6041 340-8373 s e r i o u s e n q u i r i e s o n l y 403-309-3137 SANTA ROSA Large & bright 2 bdrm suite avail immed in a well maint. Industrial adult only building.

Conveniently located near Property the hospital, this unit won’t FOR SALE OR LEASE last at only $1050 +elec 4200 SQ.FT. heated bay, HEARTHSTONE has two 14x14 overhead 403-314-0099 doors w/elec lift . radiant or 403-896-1193 heat, Johnstone indus.

Park, avail. Oct. 1, call SUNNYBROOK 1 bdrm. apt. avail. Nov. 1 Armand at 403-350-9953 water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location,no Cottages/Resort pets, 403-346-6686

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

$

4020

OHIO CLOSE

Cat friendly 1 bdrm bsmt suite w/den. Quiet location in Oriole park. Shared laundry. Avail immed.

UTILITIES INCLUDED. Only $895 HEARTHSTONE 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554

Newly Renovated Mobile Home Only

Houses For Sale

3060

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CALL: 403-302-7896

NEW YORK — The lawyer for an Iranian cameraman who accompanied President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the U.S. for the U.N. General Assembly and is seeking asylum said Tuesday that his client did so because he was concerned for his safety if he went back to Iran.

Paul O’Dwyer is representing Hassan Gol Khanban, who is in his 40s and has been a videographer with the Iranian News Agency for years.

He has travelled abroad with Ahmadinejad before.

O’Dwyer said his client had been asked to do things by the Iranian presidential delegation that he had refused to do, and was concerned about what would happen upon returning to Iran, which prompted his defection.

“He was feeling threatened because of what he thought would happen when he went back,” O’Dwyer said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“There were demands made on him by the presidential detail while he was here to do things that he did not want to do. He was obviously very, very concerned about what the repercussions to him would be when he went back to Iran for disobeying those orders.”

O’Dwyer said his client’s wife and two young children have left Iran, as well. Khanban “is very, very concerned obviously about his family.

His immediate family who have left Iran, and his extended family who are still in Iran, and obviously he is concerned for himself,” he said.

O’Dwyer said an application for Khanban’s asylum has been submitted to the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services.

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012

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