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INNISFAIL — Innisfail’s partially revitalized downtown was enjoyed by some early trick or treaters at Saturday’s second annual Pumpkins on Parade.

Pumpkins carved by residents and lit with battery operated tea lights decorated two blocks of 50th Street where work was completed in mid-september.

A cold wind had youngsters bundled in snow suites beneath their costumes as businesses handed out candy and welcomed the foot traffic after construction deterred local customers and visitors during the 18-week-long project.

“I have enough candy for about 700. Last year we had about 500. We’re thinking it’s going to be bigger this year because it’s a little nicer weather.

Last year was very cold,” said Carol Ritten Smith, owner of Studio Arts Picture Framing and Scrapbooking.

She said most businesses were hit hard when the street was ripped up to replace water and sewer lines, widen sidewalks, plant trees and install street lamps.

Removable benches and planters will be in place in the spring.

“There were days when no customers were on our street. It was like a ghost town. It was bad.

We closed for two weeks and I could have closed for the whole month.

And I wish I had.”

But the finished result has added some class to the street, Ritten Smith said.

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

REALITY TV

Lacombe is one of 12 communities across Canada that could be chosen as the setting for a reality television series on spending taxpayers’ dollars.

Blaine Dushanek, a representative of Lacombe Taxpayers’ Association, said it’s a great idea.

“Municipalities, they don’t respect taxpayers anymore.

“They don’t respect that’s where the money comes. They just feel it’s their money and taxpayers should not take any interest,” Dushanek said.

The show, which does not yet have a name, was proposed by Force Four Entertainment who has been doing research to find the right town or city.

For the show, residents in one neighbourhood would manage municipal services for themselves, like snow removal, to see how much money could be saved.

The show is modeled on similar shows in Europe.

Dushanek said the production company contacted Dushanek in September and the taxpayers association held a meeting.

“The public we spoke to, everybody seemed quite interested in having this in

Lacombe.”

Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie said he and council are against the production company using the city and so are some members of the community.

“As elected by the City of Lacombe, we have plans in place to ensure the services are supplied by the city,” Christie said.

He said Force Four Entertainment was unable to provide enough details on the show and there were concerns about how the city would be portrayed.

He didn’t know if the city can prevent them from filming, but the production company definitely wanted the support of council.

“It’s not something we’d be willing to partake in at this time,” Christie said.

Force Four Entertainment will narrow their choices down to three communities in the next several weeks.

Dushanek said he doesn’t know which other communities are in the running.

But Lacombe was considered because it has one of the most active taxpayers’ associations in Alberta, he said.

A group trying to organize a junior hockey players union is turning up the heat with threats of legal action.

The Canadian Hockey League Players’ Association (CHLPA) sent out a letter to Hockey Canada, Canadian Hockey League president David Branch and OHL teams on Thursday saying it intended to sue unless the league complies with legislative working conditions in the province.

Similar letters are going out to WHL teams, including the Red Deer Rebels, and Quebec’s junior hockey league.

It is alleged that employment standards legislation has been breached because players aren’t paid a minimum wage or given holiday, overtime, termination and/ or severance pay, among other charges.

“In the event that these ongoing violations are not immediately rectified, please be advised that we intend to commence legal proceedings,” says the letter from lawyer Michael Mazzuca, of Torontobased Gibson and Barnes LLP. The CHL’s 1,400 players are paid an average of $50 a week for expenses and billeted with families for room and board.

In a statement released on Friday, the CHL says it “vehemently disagrees” with recent allegations by Players’ Association executive director and former Edmonton Oiler tough guy George Laraque.

“We firmly believe that our teams have always acted in accordance with all applicable provincial and federal laws and will continue to do so,” says the statement.

The league says it will continue to advise players and their families to research the CHLPA before agreeing to anything.

“We do not believe that any third party can provide programs and support better than what the CHL currently voluntarily provides to our players through our member teams.”

The CHLPA says on its website it aims to provide better working conditions for players.

Many of its initiatives are aimed at expanding educational opportunities, including extending the time scholarship packages can be used to four years from the current 12 months or 18 months, depending on the league.

Red Deer Rebels general manager and owner Brent Sutter was reluctant to comment in detail about the CHLPA’s claims or tactics.

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Owner of CJ’s Pampered Pets in Red Deer Cindy Arsenault holds up a stuffed toy dog wearing one of her jackets and some booties. Shoppers flooded the aisles at Our Best to You Art & Craft Sale at Westerner Park on the weekend to check out 203 stalls featuring only handmade products from across Canada.

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Oncology work brings happiness, recognition from colleagues

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF When people wonder how oncology nurse practitioner Krista Rawson deals with the sadness she sees on the job, she’s quick to remind them of the flip side she encounters — happiness.

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She said her job clarifies what is important in life.

“Really, I have one of the best jobs in the world. There’s not a lot of jobs where you have the opportunity to spend your day helping people and discussing what’s important to them, how do they like to spend their time, what do they need to focus on for them.

“When you leave work you think about that.

“You leave and say — what’s important to me, what should I be doing.”

Earlier this month, Rawson, 46, of Red Deer, was awarded the Pfizer Award of Excellence in Nursing Clinical Practice by the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology.

Chosen by her peers, the clinical practice award is given for leadership in the development of oncology patient care.

Rawson found out she was nominated by an Edmonton colleague and that she won the award at the same time.

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CANCER: First nurse practitioner “It was a lovely surprise and a great honour.”

She received her award at the annual meeting of Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology held in Ottawa.

Rawson was the first nurse practitioner at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton before coming to Central Alberta Cancer Centre in 2009 to once again be the only nurse practitioner at the Red Deer facility.

A nurse since 1987, Rawson has been a nurse practitioner since 2003.

When she joined Central Alberta Cancer Centre, she started working with lung cancer patients in addition to those with breast and gastrointestinal cancers.

“My day primarily consists of seeing people with one of the three types of cancers and talking to them about their treatment, how they’re doing, what we can do to make things better. That’s my day-to-day work.”

A second nurse practitioner will be hired next year when the centre moves into its brand new facility that will be triple in size and brings radiation to Central Alberta for the first time.

The $46-million, two-storey facility located on the south side of Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre is expected to open in spring/summer 2013.

Construction began in December 2010.

Rawson said the expansion will benefit many Central Albertans who have to travel to, or move to Edmonton or Calgary for treatment, and those who can’t.

“Research tells us that if you don’t live within a certain distance of a cancer centre you will make decisions sometimes to exclude treatment because of the fact that you know you need to travel and you know you need to be away.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

INNISFAIL: 3-year revitalization project The work is part of a three-year revitalization project that will see 50th Street rebuilt in sections from the centre of downtown to Hwy 2A on the town’s east side.

Ritten Smith and Danna Melnyk, owner of The Gift Loft both worry about the ripple effect their businesses will still have to endure.

Traffic will be re-routed onto the truck route that’s three blocks away when work continues.

“Will (customers) come back into our area or will they just keep going. We’ll be aggressive and try and lessen the impact as much as we can,” Melnyk said.

Events that bring people to the street, like Pumpkins on Parade, will be important, she said.

Tom Lindl, owner of Guitar & Entertainment, said several businesses opened their back doors to customers while work was going on in front and he would have liked some kind of summer back-alley party to draw people back there.

“My business really suffered over the summer.

This would have been my first summer. But I’m still here. And I just won small business of the year for the Town of Innisfail. That’s pretty nice for my first year in business,” Lindl said.

Owners advised others who will face similar restrictions next year to keep advertising that they’re open.

“If at all possible have back entrances and places for people to park. Because I had back door access I really believe it helped. And be as positive as you can be,” Melnyk said.

Ritten Smith said she’d prefer the rest of the street work to be condensed.

“We asked them if they could put it all into one

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Ashlea Fisher-Hurdle and her mother Leanne FIsher dropped off a couple carved pumpkin to join the other jack-o’-lanterns at the Pumpkins on Parade in Innisfail on Saturday. year and get it done. But it will be two more years.”

Mayor Jim Romane said the negative impact on businesses was anticipated, but the work was necessary.

“It’s to try and give a more inviting atmosphere to come and shop downtown. We’ve got three or four empty buildings.

“We have to do something to encourage businesses to come back and consider the downtown area,” Romane said. And the work came in relatively on schedule and on budget, he said.

Craig Teal, the town’s director of planning and development, said access for the disabled was another problem the re-construction allowed businesses to address.

“At various door fronts leading into businesses we had issues with ramps and stairs. Some businesses picked up universal access to their businesses as we went through the process,” Teal said.

Costs for the first phase are still being tallied, but should be close to the $3.4 million budgeted. The second phase is estimated at about $2.5 to $3 million and about $1.5 to $2 million for the third phase, he said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

SUTTER: ‘First-class organization’

board in Halifax on Friday, arguing that minimum wage should have been paid.

Clarke said leagues have tried to argue that their players are amateurs. But that flies in the face of a Revenue Canada 2000 ruling that CHL players are employees and subject to income tax deductions and Canada Pension Plan contributions like any other worker.

“If they are employees, they are also entitled to a Minimum Wage Act and minimum wage pay,” he said. “The CHL is a for-profit business with hundreds of millions of dollars generated annually. And for them to make stance that it is amateur hockey and the players are amateur players is really contrary to the fact.”

In other developments, last month the Alberta Labour Relations Board recognized the association’s Alberta branch, Local 99.

However, the union failed to convince the board to waive a 60-day wait period to file a certification application.

That waiting period ends Dec. 6, when the CHLPA can put its certification to a player vote.

“We respect the labour board’s decision obviously,” said Clarke. “It’s unfortunate we will have to wait to do those votes, but we will.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

TAXPAYERS: ‘Not happy’

“There’s (been) a lot of false comments made about just so many different things that just aren’t true,” said Sutter.

“I know that in Red Deer we treat our kids very, very well. We run a first-class organization and it’s very professional.

“Our focus, always has been and always will be, what’s best for the players.”

Sutter said the education in the WHL is “second to none.”

Derek Clarke, CHLPA spokesman, said the first claim on behalf of a player was filed with the labour

“They noticed as a taxpayers’ association we’re not happy with how our council in the past two years is wasting money.”

Participating in the show could be educational for both council and the public, he said.

“People sit around saying their taxes are too high or they don’t like the decision council has made. But they never go to a council meeting.

Hopefully the public will get the idea they have to stay involved and to really make a community work well.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Churches move towards inclusivity LOCAL CHURCHES HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO HOMOSEXUALS

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF In stark contrast to the notion held by some that homosexuality has no place in religion, some local churches have been doing their part to tack towards inclusivity.

Biblical interpretation has been central to the United Church of Canada’s beliefs of inclusiveness, regardless of race, disability and sexuality.

When churches across the country rallied against the Civil Marriage Act, which made same-sex marriage legal in Canada, the United Church embraced it.

Since 1988, the United Church has allowed openly gay people to become reverends. More recently, they started the Affirming Ministry program, which allows churches to openly promote the universality of their acceptance of homosexuality.

Lacombe’s St. Andrew’s United Church became the first church in Central Alberta to become part of the Affirming Ministry program.

But, without the label, local churches have made efforts to open their doors as well.

Rev. Linda Ervin, lead minister for Sunnybrook United Church in Red Deer, has performed a same-sex marriage, not in her church, but she said she had no resistance from her congregation to do so.

“There was no problem and I don’t think there would be a problem to do a wedding in the sanctuary,” said Ervin.

Rev. Jeff Rock, lead minister for Gaetz United Church in Red Deer, said the faith side of their interpretation looks at context as well as content when it comes to scripture.

“The United Church of Canada takes scripture very seriously, but not necessarily literally,” said Rock.

Rock said some de-

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Sunnybrook United Church minister Linda Ervin in the sanctuary. nominations would cite Leviticus to point to the very specific wording regarding homosexuality.

“Leviticus was a morality code written 3,000 plus years ago,” said Rock.

“You have a Bedouin nomadic people settling into communities for the first time who wrote this morality code. Women menstruate once a month, therefore that’s the impure time for them.

“Most animals have non-cloven feet, but pigs have cloven feet therefore they’re the abnormal ones. Most fish have scales; some things in the water are shellfish so they are abnormal and we probably shouldn’t eat them.

“We’ve grown in our sense of God over our 3,000 plus years.”

This understanding involves more of a contextual-based look at what the Bible does say.

“Sometimes it’s very easy to go to the Bible as a how-to manual,” said Rock.

“It’s a lot more difficult to sit there and wrestle with questions and say ‘That is their context, this is our context, what does that mean?’ It’s not the easy route, but we feel it is very much the

just route.”

This line of reasoning is in stark contrast to other churches, denominations and religions who have taken a literal approach to the interpretation of elements of scripture.

“We can use scripture in a lot of ways to harm one another, but I think the essence of God is that we are to love one another. Respect and honour each other,” said Ervin.

“That’s what I believe and that’s how I’ve been about my ministry.”

When the federal government passed legislation making same-sex marriage legal in 2006, the congregation at Gaetz United chose to allow those types of marriage to take place at the church.

Recently, the United Church nationally chose to make an effort to be more accepting of transgender people, another step in the inclusiveness tenet that has defined the church.

“Currently there are three transgender ministers in the United Church of Canada,” said Rock.

“We’ve changed the wording on our policies to include discrimination against trans-people as being unacceptable.”

Decisions like these are done at the national level, but are made in consultation with the member churches.

By design, the United Church has a bottom-up foundation where the ministry takes its direction from the congregation.

This is what led St. Andrew’s in Lacombe to become an Affirming Ministry. Sunnybrook came close to blazing this trail in Central Alberta, but Lacombe became the first in the region.

“The council just wasn’t ready and you have to have your governing board ready to do that,” said Ervin. “There are a lot of people who are very supportive, but we aren’t an affirming ministry and don’t put up the rainbow flag.”

The discussions surrounding becoming an affirming ministry took place prior to Ervin’s arrival. Rev. Paul Mullen, her predecessor, had made some strides on the affirming path.

“In that time, they weren’t ready to make the decision even when Paul was providing that great leadership.

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Thomas Lukaszuk has been in the country as part of a tour of Poland and Israel called “From Compassion to Action” which is led by the Friends of Simon Weisenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies.

Lukaszuk tweeted on Sunday stating that he was involved in discussions on Israel’s borders when missiles began falling from Gaza.

He says in the tweet that the plans for the day had to be “altered in a hurry.”

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said five rockets and mortars struck southern Israel by early Sunday local time, while Gaza health official Ashraf alKidra said an Israeli air strike killed one Palestinian man and wounded another.

Lukaszuk tweeted that he continued with a tour of the West Bank, noting that security was tight at the Jerusalem border crossing because of the rockets.

Upon leaving the West Bank he said his vehicle was pelted with rocks.

“No issues, but this is the daily reality here,” Lukaszuk said in the tweet.

The Friends of Simon Weisenthal Centre says 10 police chiefs from across Canada, politicians, community leaders and activists are on the trip.

In Israel, the trip has included visits to security installations and meetings with officials and citizens, while in Poland the group toured the Majdanek and Auschwitz concentration camps.

The Israeli military said it targeted a militant squad during the airstrike of Gaza. It said it later launched another air attack that also targeted a rocket launching site.

The hostilities disrupted an informal truce that went into effect Wednesday after two days of rocket and mortar barrages and airstrikes.

when there were numerous petitions to rescind the 1988 motion on inclusion.

“There was no lobbying, there was conversation. Talking and talking this through,” said Ervin.

“What I do recall is all of us coming to one mind that we need to maintain the decision of 1988 and to move forward.”

Although there was a national decision to be accepting of gays and lesbians, there still has to be acceptance at the congregational level.

“So many gays and lesbians have been battered by various religious groups, and the United Church is not an exception,” said Ervin.

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“There is a level of comfort and there is a level of awareness.”

Ervin said there are a few gay people within her congregation.

This year, the United Church of Canada general council, a denomination-wide gathering, elected their first openly gay man, Gary Paterson, as their moderator, the presiding leader of the church.

“Some people didn’t realize Gary was gay until he asked his partner to join him on stage and then up goes Tim,” said Ervin. “People went ‘Oh, we just elected a gay moderator, isn’t that great.’ ” But the United Church wasn’t always accepting of gays and lesbians.

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Census reflects influx of immigrants Bilingualism in Canada increasingly means something other than speaking both French and English. Indeed, millions of people with dual languages use just one of the above plus something else. And that’s a good thing.

This represents no threat to official bilingualism.

English and French remain the linguistic bedrock of this country.

But to thrive, a strong multicultural society needs a steady and vigorous influx of new immigrants. And the latest census figures on how we speak reflect just that.

New data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday shows that 6.4 million people use an immigrant language at home. About 2.2 million of them speak only in the tongue of their native land while the rest are bilingual

OTHERVIEW — using English or French combined with their original language.

It could be Punjabi, or Mandarin, or Tagalog, or Urdu, or Portuguese, or any one of another 200 or so languages spoken in Canada.

This bilingual group is growing, with 11.5 per cent of the population speaking English plus a language other than French at home in 2011.

It was just over nine per cent in 2006. The group speaking French and a tongue other than English is smaller, but also on the rise.

In contrast, the number of people who are bilingual in Canada’s two official languages is relatively static.

There were about 5.8 million of them in 2011 representing 17.5 per cent of the population.

That’s virtually unchanged from 17.4 per cent in 2006. The tiny increase that is evident is mainly the result of more Quebecers able to speak English, not anglophones learning French.

But this shouldn’t worry backers of official bilingualism. English and French still predominate.

About 10 million Canadians report being able to conduct at least a basic conversation in French while almost 30 million say they can do so in English.

Most significant of all, our two official languages are deep-rooted — spoken by generation upon generation of Canadians.

That’s not true for immigrant dia-

lects.

While newcomers and the first of their children born in this country tend to use the family’s native tongue, that becomes much less so with every subsequent generation.

For good or ill, the original language fades. English and French have far more staying power.

So let’s cheer our diversity and welcome every sort of bilingualism.

Tagalog and Urdu, anyone?

It’s all good.

But let’s also celebrate Canada’s two main languages — secure in the knowledge that official bilingualism remains remarkably useful and wellrooted.

An editorial from the Toronto Star.

Leaders should put interests of Canadians first Why, when so many people oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, would government and industry resort to such extreme measures to push it through?

The problems with the plan to run pipelines from the Alberta tar sands across northern B.C. to load unrefined, diluted bitumen onto supertankers for export to China and elseDAVID where are wellSUZUKI known: threats to streams, rivers, lakes and land from pipeline leaks; the danger of contaminated ocean ecosystems from tanker spills; rapid expansion of the tar sands; and the climate change implications of continued wasteful use of fossil fuels.

The benefits aren’t as apparent.

Some short-term and fewer long-term jobs, possibly for foreign workers, and increased profits for the oil industry – including state-owned Chinese companies – are all we’re being offered in exchange for giving up our resources,

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interests and future, putting ecosystems at risk, and forfeiting due democratic process.

Our government is ramming through another omnibus budget bill, and is set to sign a deal with China, both of which seem aimed at facilitating the pipeline and other resource-extraction projects.

Its first budget bill gutted environmental protection laws, especially those that might obstruct pipeline plans. It also limited input from the public and charitable organizations, and included measures to crack down on charities that engage in political advocacy.

The recent 457-page omnibus budget bill goes even further. Among other changes, it revises the Navigable Waters Protection Act (renamed the Navigation Protection Act) to substantially reduce waterways that must be considered for protection and exempt pipelines from regulations.

Meanwhile, the government is set to sign a 31-year deal on October 31 that will give China’s government significant control over Canada’s resources and even over Canadians’ rights to question projects like Northern Gateway. The Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement would allow China to sue Canada, outside of our borders and behind closed doors, if the pipeline deal were blocked or China’s interests in our resource in-

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dustry hindered; for example, if the B.C. government were to stop Northern Gateway. It also gives the Chinese state-owned companies “the right to full protection and security from public opposition”, as well as the right to use Chinese labour and materials on projects in which it has invested.

According to author and investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, writing for the Tyee, “The deal does not require provincial consent. It comes without any risk-benefit analysis. And it can be ratified into law without parliamentary debate.”

Why would anyone want to sell out our interests, democratic processes and future like this? And why would we put up with it?

On the first question, Gus Van Harten, an international investment law professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, told Desmog Blog we must consider the possibility that government and industry know that changes in attitudes about fossil fuel extraction “may lead to new regulations on the oil patch, in that, climate can’t just be wished away forever, and that governments might take steps to regulate the oil patch in ways that investors wouldn’t like.”

He continues, “If you bring in a lot of Chinese investments, and you sign the Canada investment deal, you kind

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of get the Chinese investors to do your dirty work for you.”

In other words, as the world recognizes the already extreme and increasing consequences of global warming and shifts from wastefully burning fossil fuels to conservation and renewable energy, tar sands bitumen may soon become uneconomical. The goal is to dig it up, sell it and burn it as quickly as possible while there’s still money to be made. It’s cynical and suicidal, but it’s the kind of thinking that is increasingly common among those who see the economy as the highest priority – over human health and the air, water, soil and biodiverse ecosystems that keep us alive.

What can we do? Prof. Van Harten has written to provincial governments urging them to ask the federal government to “stop the rushed ratification” of the China deal.

We should all demand that our leaders put the interests of Canadians now and into the future ahead of shortsighted and destructive industrial ambitions.

The budget bill and trade deal are not democratic in content or implementation. We need to take back democracy.

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No injuries, major damage after B.C. earthquake

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; After a sleepless night of tsunami warnings and aftershocks, triggered by a massive earthquake off British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s northwestern coast, Faye Beaulieu felt a small rumble inside her home around noon on Sunday in the Haida Gwaii community of Queen Charlotte.

It was yet another aftershock â&#x20AC;&#x201D; this time a magnitude-6.4, the most significant since the magnitude-7.7 quake the night before that itself was one of the biggest in Canadian history. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought it was my washer going into spin cycle, but apparently it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t,â&#x20AC;? said Beaulieu, 61, recalling the latest aftershock. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was only three or four seconds, just long enough to rattle everything â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including me.â&#x20AC;?

The main quake struck Saturday evening a few minutes after 8 p.m., with an epicentre about 30 kilometres off the coast of Haida Gwaii, formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands.

It triggered tsunami warnings along the B.C. coast and as far away as Hawaii. There were reports of people feeling the quake throughout B.C., though there appeared to be no injuries or significant damage in the immediate area beyond broken picture frames and dishes.

The largest wave associated with the quake hit Langara Island, a northern Haida Gwaii island, and measured just 69 centimetres.

Beaulieu, who is the unit chief for the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambulance service, was at home with her husband watching a movie and initially thought the rattling was from coming from her home entertainment system. But when she shut the movie off, the rattling didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really thought my house was coming down,â&#x20AC;? said Beaulieu, who said the shaking lasted about a minute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For how much the house was shaking, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m surprised at how little happened.â&#x20AC;?

Tsunami warnings prompted evacuations on Haida Gwaii and in other coastal communities such as Tofino, on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island.

Hurricane Sandy could bring snow to Ontario THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As the so-called Frankenstorm arrives on the doorstep of the U.S. eastern seaboard, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Sunday that Sandy could bring winter weather to parts of Ontario.

Spokesman Bob Robichaud said southern and eastern Ontario and western Quebec could see between 50 and 100 millimetres of rain late Monday and early Tuesday.

The storm is expected to interact with a stalled front over Ontario and could cause heavier rainfall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more than 100 millimetres â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in areas adjacent to Lake Ontario and northward to Algonquin Park, the centre said.

Forecasters warn that rain could change into snow over central Ontario, although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too early to predict snowfall amounts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Snow is another thing weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to consider with this thing, just because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drawing in some cold air from the north,â&#x20AC;? said Robichaud from Halifax during a media teleconference on Sunday.

While the storm moved slowly northward over the weekend, its impact was already felt Sunday in a city along Quebecâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Saguenay River, which leads into the St. Lawrence.

A cruise ship carrying 5,000 passengers en route to Florida docked in Saguenay, Que. to avoid its path.

Vacationers aboard the Emerald Princess were welcomed by Mayor Jean Tremblay.

The cruise ship, which has 15 decks, 14 elevators, four outdoor pools and eight restaurants, is the largest ever to dock at the Saguenay port. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very happy for the visit, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of work for us,â&#x20AC;? Tremblay said in an interview. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are coordinating volunteers, buses.â&#x20AC;?

Higher than normal water levels are expected on the St. Lawrence River during high tide today and Tuesday evenings and could cause coastal flooding in the Quebec City, Que., region.

Early Sunday morning, the warnings were downgraded to advisories, meaning evacuations were no longer necessary, and they were cancelled altogether a few hours later.

The area is a hot spot for quake activity, with a major fault line just off the coast of the islands that make up Haida Gwaii.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same area that saw Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest earthquake ever recorded, a magnitude-8.1 quake in 1949.

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earthquake was Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest since that 1949 quake, said John Cassidy, a seismologist with Natural Resources Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This was a huge earthquake â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a magnitude 7.7 is the type of earthquake that only happens maybe one or twice around the world each year,â&#x20AC;? Cassidy said in an interview Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equivalent to the San Andreas Fault.â&#x20AC;?

The quake happened as two tectonic plates â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Pacific plate and the North American Plate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; slid past each other.

Cassidy said such horizontal movement typically doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pose the same tsunami risks as vertical movement, which is the sort of quake that triggered the devastating 2010 tsunami in Japan.

It was followed by â&#x20AC;&#x153;hundreds and hundredsâ&#x20AC;? of aftershocks, most of them too small for anyone to feel. Cassidy said those aftershocks were expected to continue for days.

The quake invariably prompted speculation about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;big oneâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the type of earthquake that is believed to strike off the West Coast every 500 years or so and would create a massive tsunami and cause significant damage in British Columbia and the northwestern United States. The last one was in 1700.

Brent Ward, an earth scientist at Simon Fraser University, said the big one would happen along a different fault than the one involved in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quake, on the edge of the Juan de Fuca Plate west of Vancouver Island.

That plate is moving underneath the North American Plate, said Ward, in a process known as subduction. When it finally gives way, the results would be catastrophic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would get the entire West Coast

of Vancouver Island being affected by a large tsunami, similar in size to the one that hit Japan,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would get intense ground shaking throughout southwestern B.C. down into Washington and possibly into Or-

egon, so we would see a very huge area affected by damaged buildings, damaged roads and bridges. There would be fatalities.â&#x20AC;?

But Ward cautioned against focusing too much on the big one.

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Gun registry repeal savings appears unknown NEITHER THE RCMP NOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER’S OFFICE WILL OFFER AN EXPLANATION

OTTAWA — The Conservative government that championed the end of what it calls the “wasteful and ineffective” long gun registry can’t say exactly how much the registry’s repeal will save taxpayers.

More than seven months after the registry was officially ended in every province and territory except Quebec, the RCMP is citing a 2008 report — based on a 2004 costing model — to suggest the registry’s repeal will save somewhere between $1.5 million and $4 million a year.

The registry of all firearms cost $7.7 million to operate in 2010-11, the last full year for which information is available. So why are the projected savings so small?

Neither the RCMP nor the public safety minister’s office will offer an explanation, although the ongoing registration of handguns and restricted weapons must account for some of the difference.

“We have nothing else to say on this issue other than what we have provided you,” RCMP spokesman Sgt. Greg Cox responded in an email after almost a week of correspondence with The Canadian Press.

Nor is the RCMP able to provide any cost estimate of destroying the gun registry data, saying only that it will be absorbed within the national police force’s budget.

“The staff who are working on the project to destroy the data are RCMP employees who are also working on other day-to-day tasks,” Cox wrote.

Francoise Boivin, NDP justice critic, believes the government’s inability to provide precise costing says a great deal about years of gun registry spin.

“If your accountant was answering that way you would fire him on the spot,” Boivin said in an interview.

“They’ve got all the information.

Problem is, they don’t divulge it because they’re worried it might not prove exactly the point they’ve been stressing over and over.”

THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The newly elected Parti Quebecois government is facing a bumpy road ahead as the province’s fall legislative session begins this week.

The PQ, which holds a slim minority in Quebec’s legislature, wants to move forward with a political agenda that includes a controversial new language law.

But given its tenuous hold on power, with only 54 of the province’s 125 seats, how much can the PQ get done? And how long will the government last?

At this point, it’s unclear how ambitious the PQ will be during the fall session.

Premier Pauline Marois has given conflicting signs of what can be expected, according to one political observer.

“In the lead up to the session starting, the government has done a fair bit of sabre-rattling saying it’s going to push its agenda, but then the opposition reacts and they back down,” said Bruce Hicks, a political scientist at Carleton University.

“I think on things that are truly important to her party’s rank-and-file members she probably will feel the need to push on ahead, whereas on economic issues where she overpromised to begin with she’ll use the cover of being in a minority to walk away from her more controversial propositions.”

A key issue for many PQ members, Hicks said, is preserving the French language — and last week’s census figures give the party more ammunition to take action.

The numbers show for example that the number of Montrealers who use only French at home has dropped seven percentage points over the last decade, to 39 per cent.

Marois has made clear that protecting the French language is at the “centre” of her concerns.

She spent much of the election campaign trumpeting plans to strengthen the province’s landmark language law, Bill 101.

abiding hunters, farmers and sport shooters” and missed the criminals who would never register anyway.

They also argued the registry information was so incomplete and out of date that it was useless for tracing guns.

Yet the same Conservative government that killed the registry recently brought in new regulations to ensure that as of December, all firearms have unique serial number markings.

A release from the Public Safety department earlier this month said serial numbers on guns “contribute to public safety, by facilitating law enforcement investigations when the markings can be linked to information on the last legal owner of the firearm.”

In short, a government that long complained over the cost of Liberal gun control laws has left the most expensive element in place, while stripping out a weapons database that — by its own logic — appears to have some use.

The situation may be less dire than any of the impassioned advocates on either side make out.

Dan O’Donnell, a Toronto-raised English professor at Lethbridge University in Alberta and relatively recent gun enthusiast, offers an interesting perspective.

He has no objection to registering his guns — “It’s not really that burdensome; my car’s registered,” O’Donnell said — but recognizes the cultural and practical issues in regions of Canada where family weapons may span generations.

Licence applications and renewals help screen out inappropriate gun owners and provide police a more reliable database than the incomplete registry, said O’Donnell.

“I would say that the core of the system is that licensing requirement and the basic (gun) storage requirement,” he said. “Personally I think that does work, it’s coherent and is actually really good.”

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Conservatives have claimed for years that the gun registry cost at least a billion dollars, and possibly two.

“I don’t know who’s right on that, but certainly it’s north of $1 billion,” Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told a parliamentary committee last June.

Toews’ accounting only works if the long-run registry is combined with the federal gun licensing system — a matched set under the 1995 Liberal gun control reforms.

And as Toews well knows, and some disgruntled gun owners have learned of late as their renewals came up, firearms licences remain firmly in place under the Conservative government.

In March 2005 the net cost of the entire firearms program was pegged at $946 million, according to the auditor general.

That figure included both licensing and registration.

An examination of RCMP annual reports by The Canadian Press shows that in the first five full years of Conservative rule, gun registration cost a total of $48.7 million while “licensing and supporting infrastructure” cost $259.2 million.

Put another way, registration cost less than a fifth as much as licensing.

Firearms licences remain the law of the land for all gun owners, whose individual long gun weapons are no longer registered.

And that’s where the highly polarized arguments on both sides of the gun registry debate start to break down.

Gun control advocates, and many police groups, argued the registry was an indispensable public safety tool because it allowed police to use the registry database to determine whether weapons might be on a premise. It also helped in the tracing of crime scene weapons.

It’s important to note the current licensing system still allows police to search a database to determine whether a licensed gun owner — which equates to weapons — might be on a premise.

Conservatives said the registry was ineffective because it targeted “law-

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Rebels shoot down Hitmen SOLID GOALTENDING BY BARTOSAK LEAD REBELS TO SHOOTOUT WIN CLAYTON KERSHAW

KERSHAW WINS CLEMENTE AWARD Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has won the Roberto Clemente award, given annually to a major league player who gives back through community service and also excels on the field. The award was announced before Game 4 of the World Series. Clemente was a Hall of Fame right fielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He died in a plane crash on New Year’s Eve 1972 while trying to deliver food and relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.

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● High school boys volleyball: Camrose at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Ponoka, Stettler at Lacombe, JVs at 6 p.m., seniors to follow; Hunting Hills at Central Alberta Christian, seniors only, 6 p.m.; Wetaskiwin at Innisfail, JVs only, 6 p.m.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 4 Hitmen 3 (SO) The Red Deer Rebels went from being the hunted to the hunters, all in the space of one period on Saturday evening at the Centrium.

Manhandled through most of the second period by the Calgary Hitmen, yet — thanks mainly to the excellent work of netminder Patrik Bartosak — still locked in a 1-1 draw at the intermission, the Rebels found a new life and turned the tables on the visitors in the third stanza.

In the end, the Rebels prevailed 4-3 in a shootout after twice erasing one-goal deficits in the third and forcing a scoreless overtime frame.

“We shook the lines up just a bit in the third just to make a change, to try something different,” said Rebels head coach Jesse Wallin.

“We had a real good start to the game tonight. I thought we were a real good team for 30 minutes — the first 10 and the last 20. During the middle part of the game, the last 10 minutes of the first and especially in the second period, we were hurting ourselves. We were turning the puck over and we just kind of got into that passive mentality again where we were backing off and giving too much time and space in the defensive zone and just weren’t assertive with the puck.

“I liked the way we responded in the third period. We shook

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Calgary Hitmen forward and Olds native Zane Jones battles for the puck with Red Deer Rebels defenceman Mathew Dumba during the game between the teams in the Centrium, Saturday. The Rebels pulled out a 4-3 victory in a shootout. things up a bit and I thought we created a lot of energy and played a real good third period.”

The Rebels struck first before a home crowd of 5,122, defenceman Brady Gaudet beating Hitmen netminder Chris Driedger

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San Francisco Giants’ Sergio Romo reacts after striking out Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera in the 10th inning of Game 4 of baseball’s World Series Sunday, in Detroit.

The Giants won the game 4-3 to win the World Series.

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Giants 4 Tigers 3 DETROIT — Finally pressed in the World Series, the San Francisco Giants finished off a most unexpected and stunning sweep.

Marco Scutaro delivered one more key hit this October, hitting a go-ahead single with two outs in the 10th inning that lifted the Giants over the Detroit Tigers 4-3 in Game 4 on Sunday night.

Nearly eliminated over and over earlier in the playoffs, the Giants sealed their second title in three seasons when Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera looked at strike three right down the middle for the final out.

On a night of biting cold, stiff breezes and some rain, the Giants combined the most important elements of championship baseball — great pitching, timely hitting and sharp defence.

Series MVP Pablo Sandoval and the underdog Giants celebrated in the centre of the diamond at Comerica Park after winning six elimination games this post-season.

“Tonight was a battle,” said Giants star Buster Posey, who homered. “And I think tonight was a fitting way for us to end it because those guys played hard. They didn’t stop, and it’s an unbelievable feeling.”

Cabrera delivered the first big hit for

Detroit, interrupting San Francisco’s run of dominant pitching with a two-run homer that blew over the right-field wall in the third.

Posey put the Giants ahead 3-2 with a two-run homer in the sixth and Delmon Young hit a tying home run in the bottom half.

It then became a matchup of bullpens, and the Giants prevailed.

Ryan Theriot led off the 10th with a single against Phil Coke, moved up on Brandon Crawford’s sacrifice and scored on Scutaro’s shallow single. Center fielder Austin Jackson made a throw home, to no avail.

Sergio Romo struck out the side in the bottom of the 10th for his third save of the Series.

The Giants finished the month with seven straight wins and their seventh Series championship. They handed the Tigers their seventh straight World Series loss dating to 2006.

“Obviously, there was no doubt about it.

They swept us,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. “So there was certainly no bad breaks, no fluke.

“Simple, they did better than we did.”

An NL team won the title for the third straight season, a run that hadn’t occurred in 30 years.

Some find the streak surprising, considering the AL’s recent dominance in interleague play. Yet as every fan knows, the club that pitches best in the post-season usually prevails.

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ing to get to the redline and get it in and then I heard some hootin’ and hollering and turned around and the puck was in the back of the net.

Giants finish off sweep of Tigers

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cleanly with a slapshot from the Red Deer side of the redline 4:20 into the contest.

“To be honest, I didn’t see the goal,” said Gaudet. “I was actually turning around to go off on a line change. I was just hop-

Alouettes 27 Eskimos 25 MONTREAL — Matt Nichols came oh-so close to living a back-up quarterback’s dream.

The Edmonton second stringer went in for starter Kerry Joseph with his team trailing 20-4 to start the fourth quarter and came within a missed two-point convert of forcing overtime as the Montreal Alouettes prevailed 27-25 over the Eskimos on Sunday afternoon.

A win would have clinched a CFL playoff berth for Edmonton (7-10), which now must hope for either Hamilton (6-11) to lose Thursday against Toronto or the Eskimos to win on home turf over the rival Calgary Stampeders in their regular season finale on Friday night.

“It was one of those things that I came into the game when they had a big lead and they were running different defences than they were earlier, giving us a few holes, and I was just able to get a few of those balls down the middle,” said Nichols.

“This team competed hard, we just turned it on a bit late.

Now we’ve got one left that we

have to win.”

Nichols threw a pair of touchdown passes to Fred Stamps, including one with no time left on the clock, and another to Shamawd Chambers in 15 minutes of work that turned a comfortable Montreal lead into a cliff hanger.

But confusion on the final two-point convert attempt saw Nichols loft a ball to the back of the end zone where no receiver was close to making a catch.

“Matt did a phenomenal job,” said coach Kavis Reed. “We knew that if we had some difficulty handling the pressure, a change of pace at quarterback would be the thing we wanted to do.

“We had a plan of what we needed to score and executed it pretty highly. It’s unfortunate what happened at the end.”

Anthony Calvillo threw touchdown passes to Bo Bowling and Ryan Bomben and backup quarterback Adrian McPherson ran one in for Montreal (116), which has secured first place in the East Division. They close with a meaningless game Saturday in Winnipeg.

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Montreal Alouettes’ Brian Bratton is tackled by Edmonton Eskimos’ Joe Burnett during first half CFL football action in Montreal, Sunday. The Alouettes won the game 27-25.

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“It was pretty cool.

That doesn’t happen every night, for sure. It was very exciting. It’s not how you dream of scoring goals but I’ll take anything I can get.”

The lead held up until Zane Jones connected at the 52-second mark of the second period, sliding a puck past Bartosak.

The goal inspired the visitors, who dominated the next 19 minutes while outshooting the Rebels 17-6.

“We got down a bit and the guys were not energized,” said Red Deer captain Turner Elson, in reference to the dressing room mood after 40 minutes.

“We realized we needed some energy and then came out with a lot of it and it really showed on the ice.”

Indeed, the Rebels were dominant in the third and Elson was a big part of the turnaround, scoring twice as the Rebels outshot their guests 17-6. But the comeback wasn’t easy as the Hitmen also potted two goals and led twice.

Hitmen captain Cody Sylvester cashed a power-play rebound at 3:15 and Elson replied at 5:51, picking the far corner from the right faceoff circle after taking a pass from rookie Wyatt Johnson.

But again Calgary moved in front, as Jake Virtanen scored on a wrap-around at 13:38.

And again the Rebels responded, with Elson ripping a rebound past Driedger just 37 seconds later.

“I liked the way we responded in the third by the way we came out, but also how we responded when we faced adversity,” said Wallin. “We were down twice in the third and we just stuck with it.

“Giving up that third goal was tough, but we really dug in. We didn’t allow it to get us down and we went right back on the next shift and got the goal back. We kept our foot on the gas through that third period and we have to find a way to play like that consistently through 60 minutes and be a good team.”

Neither team connected in the five-minute overtime and both clubs sent seven shooters to the ice in the shootout, which ended when Bartosak stopped Elliott Peterson just after Gaudet had scored.

Conner Bleackley also had a shootout goal for the Rebels, while Brooks Macek was the lone Calgary marksman.

“It was a gutsy effort.

We didn’t always play to our best abilities, but we had 30 minutes out of that game that was the best hockey we’ve played most of the year,” said Elson.

“It really worked out for us and that’s how we have to play for 60 minutes every game.”

Bartosak stopped 38 shots through 65 minutes. Driedger made 33 saves.

“Patrik really stepped up for us,” said Elson.

“He’s a great goaltender and he knows how to play pucks into the corner and stops almost everything. He was very good today.”

Wallin gave Johnson plenty of ice time in the third period and was impressed with the performance of the 17-yearold Saskatoon product, who was playing just his second WHL game after being out with a concussion.

“I thought he was outstanding. He earned the extra time and he took advantage of it,” said Wallin. “He’s proven already in two games that he’s a heck of a hockey player, just very complete. He works very hard, has a lot of grit, is a good skater and he thinks the game well. He made some good plays tonight and created energy.”

The Rebels head west on Thursday and open a five-game trip the next night at Spokane. Red Deer will continue the U.S. Division run with games in Tri-City, Portland and Everett and

CHAMPS: Sweep Until the end, the Tigers thought one big hit could shift the momentum. It was an all-toofamiliar October lament — Texas felt the same way when the Giants throttled them in 2010, and Tigers knew the feeling when St. Louis wiped them out in 2006.

Howling winds made it feel much colder than the 44 degrees at gametime. Two wrappers blew across home plate after leadoff man Angel Pagan struck out, and fly balls played tricks in the breeze.

The Giants started with their pregame ritual. They clustered around Hunter Pence in the dugout, quickly turning into a bobbing, whooping, pulsing pack, showering themselves with sunflower seeds.

A big league good-luck charm, Little League style.

And once again, San Francisco took an early lead. Pence hit a one-hop drive over the centrefield fence for a double and Brandon Belt tripled on the next pitch for a 1-0 lead in the second.

The next inning, Cabrera gave the Tigers a reason to think this might be their night.

With two outs and a runner on first, Cabrera lofted an opposite-field fly to right — off the bat, it looked like a routine out shy of the warning track.

But with winds gusting over 25 mph, the ball kept carrying, Pence kept drifting toward the wall and the crowd kept getting louder.

Just like that, it was gone.

Cabrera’s homer gave Detroit its first lead of the Series, ended its 20-inning scoreless streak and reaffirmed a pregame observation by Tigers Hall of Famer Al Kaline.

“The wind usually blows to right at this time of year,” Kaline said.

In the fourth, Max Scherzer and catcher Gerald Laird teamed on a strike ’em out-throw ’em out double play.

Scherzer yelled, first baseman Prince Fielder clenched his fist and the Tigers ran off the field on a chilly, windy, rainy evening. At last, it seemed, all the elements were in their favour.

Trailing for the first time since Game 4 of the NL championship series, Posey and the Giants put a dent in Detroit’s optimism. Scutaro, the NLCS MVP, led off the sixth with a single and clapped all the way around the bases when Posey sent a shot that sailed just inside the left-field foul pole for a 3-2 lead.

Posey, the only Giants player on the field from the starting lineup in the Game 5 clincher in 2010, almost tripped nearing first base and he watched the ball and be-

CFL: Wakeup call The win was Marc Trestman’s 59th in only five seasons, giving him a share of the team record for coaching victories with 1950s bench boss Peahead Walker.

But personal milestones were not on his mind after the game.

“We’ll look at the tape, but what I told our guys is that we got our backbone built again by trying to win on the last play of a game,” he said.

“I hate the word because it’s such a cliche but it’s a wake up call.

“It shows we can always improve. But there’s always the confidence you get from having the defence make a play at the end. I prefer to look at the positive, and then go back and make the corrections on the other things.”

The Alouettes owned the first half, building a 19-1 lead. They dominated in every area on offence and stuffed the run, where Jerome Messam struggled in relief of injured Hugh Charles.

He ended with 21 yards on five carries.

It all changed when Joseph suffered a cut finger and Nichols went into the game.

He immediately found Stamps behind the defence for a 95-yard touchdown to raise hopes for an Edmonton comeback.

“We called receiver screen to the right, they covered it well, so I looked around,” Nichols said of the play. “Fred had a go-route on the back side and I saw him right before I got hit.

“It was basically a broken play that turned into a good one for us.

Fred’s a guy that can do stuff like that.”

But on the next possession, Nichols was picked off by Dwight Anderson.

Five plays later, Calvillo hit Bomben, a guard who sometimes goes in at receiver, with a fiveyard TD toss that proved to be the difference in the game.

A long Weldon Brown kickoff return was converted into Nichol’s fiveyard TD toss to Chambers with 2:07 left to play.

And Nichols led a lastminute drive to the Montreal 13 and hit Stamps in the end zone with no time remaining, only to have the two-point convert fail.

Now the Eskimos’ playoff future is in jeopardy, but they still have a shot at catching Saskatchewan (8-9) for third place in the West. They hold the tiebreaker over the Roughriders.

NFL CAPSULES FALCONS 30 EAGLES 17 PHILADELPHIA — Matt Ryan threw touchdown passes on Atlanta’s first three possessions against Philadelphia and new defensive co-ordinator Todd Bowles, and the Falcons remained the NFL’s only unbeaten team with a 30-17 victory over the Eagles on Sunday.

The Falcons improved to 7-0 for the first time in franchise history while the Eagles (3-4) lost after a bye for the first time in 14 games under coach Andy Reid since 1999.

Ryan finished 22 of 29 for 262 yards and three TDs for his first win against his hometown team in three tries.

Michael Vick didn’t turn the ball over for once, but he played soso and failed to beat his former team in his second start against the Falcons since returning to the NFL in 2009.

The Falcons scored on their first six possessions before punting for the first time with 5:35 left.

GIANTS 29, COWBOYS 24 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Lawrence Tynes kicked two of his five field goals in the fourth quarter and Eli Manning and New York remained undefeated at Cowboys Stadium with a win after blowing a 23-point lead.

The Giants overcame a fourth-quarter deficit to win for the 20th time in Manning’s career.

None were quite like this one.

New York (6-2) led 23-0 just 2 minutes into the second quarter when defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown. That was the third interception thrown by Tony Romo, among six turnovers by Dallas (3-4).

The NFC East-leading Giants didn’t score again until Tynes kicked a 43-yard field goal with 10:20 left for a 26-24 lead.

He added a 37-yarder after Stevie Brown recovered a fumble.

Dallas celebrated what seemed to be a 37-yard touchdown catch

by Dez Bryant with 10 seconds left. But the play was reviewed, showing that Bryant’s hand touched out of bounds first.

BRONCOS 34, SAINTS 14 DENVER (AP) — Peyton Manning shook off a bleeding right thumb after banging it on an opponent’s helmet to throw for 305 yards and three scores and lead Denver past New Orleans.

It was Manning’s fifth straight 300-yard game, setting a franchise record for Denver (4-3) and matching his personal best.

The Broncos won two in a row for the first time this season. They gained 530 yards against the Saints (2-5), who came in with the NFL’s worst defence.

Denver held Drew Brees and the league’s top-ranked passing offence to 213 yards passing in Joe Vitt’s debut as interim coach after serving a six-game suspension for the team’s bounty scandal.

LIONS 28, SEAHAWKS 24 DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Titus Young with 20 seconds left.

Zach Miller made a spectacular, 16-yard catch on a toss from Russell Wilson with 5:27 left to put the Seahawks ahead.

Seattle (4-4) couldn’t stop the Lions (3-4) on their last possession.

Stafford led a 16-play drive that started at Detroit 20 with 5:27 remaining.

The possession began with a 15-yard pass to Calvin Johnson and was kept alive with thirddown conversion passes to Johnson in Lions territory and to Joique Bell to set up the winning score from just outside the goal line.

STEELERS 27, REDSKINS 12 PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Steelers turned Robert Griffin III into just another rookie quarterback, swarming Washington’s precocious star in a dominant win.

Griffin completed just 16 of 34 passes for 177 yards and a score while managing 8 yards rushing.

Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had no such issues, throwing for 222 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers (4-3) won consecutive games for the first time this season.

Jonathan Dwyer added 107 yards rushing in his second NFL start.

Pittsburgh jumped on Washington (3-5) early, scoring on its first four possessions and never letting Griffin get loose.

Heath Miller caught four passes for 46 yards and his sixth touchdown of the season for the Steelers.

BROWNS 7, CHARGERS 6 CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Trent Richardson rushed for 122 yards and scored a touchdown in the Browns’ soggy, wind-whipped win.

Richardson, pulled last week at Indianapolis when he was ineffective because of a rib injury, carried 24 times as the Browns (2-6) won their second straight game at home — and first for new owner Jimmy Haslam.

Richardson scored on a 26-yard run in the first quarter and the Browns were able to hang on despite not generating much offence in blustery, rainy conditions.

The Chargers (3-4) dropped their third straight. San Diego had a final chance, but quarterback Philip Rivers’ pass was batted away by Browns cornerback Buster Skrine with 1:24 left.

Rivers finished 18 of 34 for 154 yards PATRIOTS 45, RAMS 7 LONDON (AP) — Tom Brady led touchdown drives on the first five possessions and New England cruised at Wembley Stadium.

The Rams looked ready to put up a fight when Sam Bradford hit Chris Givens with a 50-yard touchdown pass on the opening drive. But Brady cut through the St. Louis defence at will to give New England a 287 lead by halftime, then hit Brandon Lloyd for a 9-yard score to start the third quarter.

New England surpassed 350 yards of total offence for the 17th straight game, breaking an NFL record set by the Rams in 1999-2000.

COLTS 19, TITANS 13 OT NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) — Andrew Luck threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Vick Ballard at 4:49 of overtime.

The Colts (4-3) have beaten Tennessee in seven of eight overall and seven of the past 10 in Nashville.

The Colts did it with Luck leading a pair of 80-yard touchdown drives. The top pick overall in April’s draft set up Delone Carter’s 1-yard TD run that tied it up at 13 with 3:24 left in the fourth quarter.

In overtime, Ballard capped the drive, taking a screen pass and going up the left side where he jumped toward the goal line for the TD. The Titans fell to 3-5.

BEARS 23, PANTHERS 22 CHICAGO (AP) — Robbie Gould kicked a 41-yard field goal as time expired to rally the Bears.

The Bears trailed 197 in the fourth quarter when the game turned in a big way.

Chicago (6-1) took over on the Carolina 38 after Brad Nortman shanked a 6-yard punt, and Jay Cutler connected with Kellen Davis on a 12-yard scoring pass with just under seven minutes left.

Then, on Carolina’s next play, Steve Smith slipped on a pass pattern and Tim Jennings returned his second interception of the game 25 yards for the go-ahead score.

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Young, the ALCS MVP, made it 3-all with another opposite-field homer to right, this one a nodoubt drive.

Fielder finished 1 for 14 (.111) for the Series.

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Hockey

Baseball GA 43 65 54 50 55 55

Pt 20 17 17 16 13 10

GF 56 51 46 48 65 31

GA 40 53 55 45 59 46

Pt 21 19 18 17 17 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Kamloops 16 15 0 0 1 78 Victoria 15 9 6 0 0 42 Kelowna 16 8 6 1 1 58 Prince George 15 7 7 1 0 48 Vancouver 13 3 10 0 0 36

GA 36 48 47 56 51

Pt 31 18 18 15 6

GP Edmonton 15 Calgary 15 Red Deer 18 Lethbridge 16 Medicine Hat 17 Kootenay 13

Central Division W LOTLSOL 9 3 1 2 8 4 1 2 8 8 1 1 8 7 1 0 8 8 1 0 4 9 0 0

Binghamton 7 Hershey 6 W-B/Scranton 6

Wednesday’s game Everett at Portland, 8 p.m.

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Spokane 15 10 5 0 0 58 46 20 Tri-City 17 9 6 1 1 48 46 20 Portland 13 9 3 1 0 49 27 19 Seattle 13 7 5 1 0 42 45 15 Everett 15 6 8 0 1 42 55 13 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).

Saturday’s results Edmonton 5 Kelowna 3 Lethbridge 4 Swift Current 1 Prince Albert 5 Moose Jaw 1 Kamloops 5 Victoria 2 Medicine Hat 5 Regina 4 Prince George 3 Brandon 2 (SO) Red Deer 4 Calgary 3 (SO) Seattle 3 Everett 2 Spokane 3 Tri-City 2

Thursday’s games Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Saturday Summary Rebels 5, Hitmen 4 (SO) First Period 1. Red Deer, Gaudet 1, 4:20 Penalties — Thrower Cal (interference, fighting), McCoy RD (instigator, fighting, misconduct) 2:38, Humphries Cal (interference) 7:06, Jones Cal (interference) 15:00, Dumba RD (high-sticking) 17:36.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Jones 6 (Padakin, Roach) 0:52 Penalty — Henry Cal (elbowing) 9:36.

Third Period 3. Calgary, Sylvester 13 (Chase, Roach) 3:15 (pp) 4. Red Deer, Elson 3 (Johnson) 5:51 5. Calgary, Virtanen 4 (Humphries) 13:38 6. Red Deer, Elson 4 (Dumba, Hamilton) 14:15 Penalties — Padakin Cal (kneeing) 0:50, Inglis RD (hooking) 1:33, Helgesen Cal, Stockl RD (roughing) 6:53.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout Red Deer wins 2-1 Calgary (1) — Sylvester, miss; Macek, goal; Virtanen, miss; Samoridny, miss; Rissling, miss; Jones, miss; Peterson, miss. Red Deer (2) — Elson, miss; Bleackley, goal; Bellerive, miss; Maxwell, miss; Johnson, miss; Dumba, miss; Gaudet, goal.

Shots on goal Calgary 18 17 6 3 — 44 Red Deer 12 6 17 0 — 35 Goal — Calgary: Driedger (SOL,6-4-1); Red Deer: Bartosak (W,6-6-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 1-2; Red Deer: 0-4.

Attendance — 5,122 at Red Deer, Alta.

AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Manchester 6 5 1 0 0 23 St. John’s 8 4 4 0 0 21 Portland 7 3 3 1 0 31 Worcester 7 2 4 0 1 20 Providence 6 2 4 0 0 13

Sunday’s results Edmonton 5 Vancouver 1 Kelowna 4 Calgary 1 Kamloops 4 Seattle 3 (OT) Medicine Hat 3 Moose Jaw 2 (SO) Portland 6 Tri-City 0 Monday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s games Kamloops at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

GA 11 26 29 27 20

Pt 10 8 7 5 4

GA 12 20 26 26 14

Pt 11 8 7 6 4

East Division W LOTLSOL GF GA 5 1 0 0 23 15 4 1 1 1 25 25

Pt 10 10

Springfield Bridgeport Connecticut Adirondack Albany

Northeast Division GP W LOTLSOL 7 5 1 0 1 6 4 2 0 0 7 3 3 1 0 7 3 4 0 0 6 2 4 0 0

Norfolk Syracuse

GP 6 7

GF 21 19 27 18 14

3 2 2

3 3 4

1 1 0

0 16 20 0 18 19 0 15 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Rochester 8 5 2 1 0 33 Abbotsford 7 4 1 0 2 25 Lake Erie 8 5 3 0 0 27 Toronto 6 3 2 0 1 17 Hamilton 6 3 2 1 0 15

Chicago Rockford Grand Rapids Peoria Milwaukee

Midwest Division GP W LOTLSOL 8 5 2 1 0 8 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 1 1 7 2 4 1 0 6 2 4 0 0

GF 21 21 24 10 12

7 5 4

GA 29 16 19 17 18

Pt 11 10 10 7 7

GA 22 21 28 24 18

Pt 11 9 6 5 4

South Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Charlotte 8 6 1 0 1 32 18 13 Houston 7 4 2 1 0 27 19 9 Okla. City 7 4 3 0 0 24 22 8 Texas 7 3 4 0 0 15 23 6 San Antonio 7 2 4 0 1 14 20 5 Note: Two points awarded for a win, one for an overtime or shootout loss.

Saturday’s results St. John’s 3 Norfolk 2 Lake Erie 4 Abbotsford 3 (SO) Bridgeport 3 Springfield 2 (SO) Connecticut 6 Providence 3 Hershey 3 Albany 0 Rochester 6 Adirondack 2 Rockford 6 Grand Rapids 5 (OT) Manchester 5 Worcester 1 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4 Syracuse 1 Charlotte 4 Peoria 0 Chicago 6 San Antonio 5 Houston 4 Milwaukee 0 At Lewiston, Maine Portland 4 Binghamton 2

WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) San Francisco (N.L.) vs. Detroit (A.L.) (San Francisco wins series 4-0) Sunday’s result San Francisco 4 Detroit 3 (10 innings) Saturday’s result San Francisco 2 Detroit 0 Wednesday, Oct. 24 San Francisco 8 Detroit 3 Thursday, Oct. 25 San Francisco 2 Detroit 0 Sunday’s Major League Linescores San Fran. 010 002 000 1 — 4 9 0 Detroit 002 001 000 0 — 3 5 0 (10 innings) M.Cain, Affeldt (8), S.Casilla (9), Romo (10) and Posey; Scherzer, Smyly (7), Dotel (7), Coke (9) and G.Laird. W—S.Casilla 1-0. L—Coke 0-1. Sv— Romo (3). HRs—San Francisco, Posey (1). Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (1), D.Young (1).

World Series Champions 2012 — San Francisco Giants (N.L.) 2011 — St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) 2010 — San Francisco Giants (N.L.) 2009 — New York Yankees (A.L.) 2008 — Philadelphia Phillies (N.L.) 2007 — Boston Red Sox (A.L.) 2006 — St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) 2005 — Chicago White Sox (A.L.) 2004 — Boston Red Sox (A.L.)

National Basketball Association Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 6 1 .857 — Toronto 5 1 .833 1/2 Brooklyn 3 3 .500 2 1/2 New York 3 3 .500 2 1/2 Boston 2 4 .333 3 1/2

Sunday’s results Hamilton 2 Abbotsford 1 Norfolk 2 St. John’s 0 Adirondack 4 Syracuse 3 (OT) Springfield 3 Portland 2 Worcester 5 Bridgeport 2 Manchester 4 Binghamton 0 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Hershey Grand Rapids 3 Chicago 2 (OT) Oklahoma City 4 Texas 2 Charlotte 6 Peoria 0 Rockford 3 San Antonio 1

Southeast Division W L Pct 4 4 .500 3 4 .429 3 5 .375 2 6 .250 1 7 .125

Miami Atlanta Washington Orlando Charlotte

Monday-Tuesday No Games Scheduled.

Wednesday’s game Charlotte at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Thursday’s games Lake Erie at Peoria, 6:05 p.m.

Toronto at Abbotsford, 8 p.m.

Central Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 4 3 .571 4 4 .500 3 5 .375 2 4 .333

Chicago Indiana Detroit Milwaukee Cleveland

GB — 1/2 1 2 3 GB — 1 1 1/2 2 1/2 2 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

Canadian Football League EAST DIVISION W L T Pts PF y-Montreal 11 6 0 22 467 x-Toronto 8 9 0 16 402 Hamilton 6 11 0 12 498 Winnipeg 5 12 0 10 357 PF 462 502 451 395

Buffalo N.Y. Jets PA 470 451 533 520 PA 348 413 392 420

Friday’s Game Calgary 41, B.C. 21 Saturday’s Games Hamilton 28, Winnipeg 18 Toronto 31, Saskatchewan 26 Sunday’s Game Montreal 27, Edmonton 25 Thursday, Nov. 1 Hamilton at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 2 Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 3 Montreal at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

Saskatchewan at B.C., 8 p.m.

4 5

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

South L T 1 0 3 0 5 0 6 0

Pct .857 .571 .375 .143

PF 216 136 162 103

PA 128 171 257 188

Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland

W 5 4 3 2

North L T 2 0 3 0 4 0 6 0

Pct .714 .571 .429 .250

PF 174 167 166 154

PA 161 144 187 186

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 4 3 3 1

West L 3 4 4 6

Pct .571 .429 .429 .143

PF 204 154 139 120

PA 152 144 187 209

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 6 2 0 .750 234 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 120 Dallas 3 4 0 .429 137 Washington 3 5 0 .375 213

PA 161 155 162 227

Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina

Chicago Minnesota Green Bay Detroit

0 .429 171 227 0 .375 168 200

W 6 4 3 1

End of CFL regular season National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 5 3 0 .625 262 170 Miami 4 3 0 .571 150 126

3 3

T 0 0 0 0

W 7 3 2 1

South L T Pct 0 01.000 4 0 .429 5 0 .286 6 0 .143

PF 201 184 190 128

PA 130 153 216 167

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North L T Pct

PF

PA

San Francisco Arizona Seattle St. Louis

Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL MINNESOTA TWINS—Announced RHP P.J. Walters refused outright assignment and elected free agency.

TAMPA BAY RAYS—Announced OF Rich Thompson refused outright assignment and elected free agency.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Assigned RHP Tyson Brummett outright to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Claimed SS Gustavo Nunez off waivers from Pittsburgh.

CHICAGO CUBS—Assigned RHP Justin Germano, OF Joe Mather and RHP Blake Parker outright to Iowa (PCL). Announced RHP Manuel Corpas refused outright assignment and elected free agency.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Reinstated SS Rafael Furcal from the 15-day DL. BASKETBALL CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Waived F/C Michael Eric, F Eric Jones and G D’Aundray Brown.

DALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed F/C Melvin Ely and F Chris Douglas-Roberts.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Waived G Andrew Goudelock.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Waived G/F Ronald Dupree, C Jerome Jordan and G Ronald Murray.

MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Waived G Mustapha Mustapha Farrakhan, G Eddie Gill, G Orien Greene and F Alando Tucker.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER—Traded G James Harden to Houston for G Kevin Martin, G Jeremy Lamb, two first-round draft picks and a second-round draft pick. Waived G Andy Rautins, C Daniel Orton and F Hollis Thompson.

ORLANDO MAGIC—Waived F Quentin Richardson, F Justin Harper and F Chris Johnson. Exercised their third-year option on C Nikola Vucevic.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Waived F Devin Searcy.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS—Waived G Demonte Harper, G Justin Holiday, G Coby Karl, F Dallas Lauderdale and F Adam Morrison. Assigned Harper and Lauderdale to Idaho (NBADL).

TORONTO RAPTORS—Waived C Jamaal Magloire.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Waived G Steven Gray and F Shavlik Randolph.

FOOTBALL CAROLINA PANTHERS—Signed DT Nate Chandler. Released DT Frank Kearse.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Placed LB Scott Fujita on injured reserve. Signed DL Brian Sanford from the practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Released LB Brandon Marshall and OL Herb Taylor. Signed QB

6 5 5 3

1 3 3 4

0 0 0 0

.857 .625 .625 .429

185 184 208 161

100 167 170 174

Golf

W 5 4 4 3

West L 2 3 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .714 .571 .500 .375

PF 165 124 140 137

PA 100 118 134 186

CIMB Classic Scores Sunday At The Mines Resort and Golf Club Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 6,909; Par: 71 Final Nick Watney, $1,300,000 71-65-65-61 Robert Garrigus, $485,000 64-64-69-66 Bo Van Pelt, $485,000 70-65-62-66 Brendon de Jonge, $265,000 68-65-66-66 Chris Kirk, $265,000 69-66-63-67 Tiger Woods, $265,000 66-67-69-63 Carl Pettersson, $200,000 69-67-68-62 Jbe’ Kruger, $175,000 66-64-69-68 Pat Perez, $150,000 67-68-68-65 Gaganjeet Bhullar, $102,500 65-72-65-67 Brian Harman, $102,500 64-70-66-69 Kevin Na, $102,500 67-66-69-67 Scott Piercy, $102,500 75-68-64-62 Ben Crane, $87,000 68-66-68-68 Seung-Yul Noh, $87,000 71-66-67-66 Greg Chalmers, $79,000 66-66-69-70 Jason Dufner, $79,000 68-72-64-67 Bill Haas, $79,000 70-65-68-68 Jeff Overton, $79,000 64-70-68-69 John Senden, $79,000 72-66-66-67 Thaworn Wiratchant, $79,000 72-65-68-66

Thursday’s Game Tampa Bay 36, Minnesota 17 Sunday’s Games Green Bay 24, Jacksonville 15 Indianapolis 19, Tennessee 13, OT Chicago 23, Carolina 22 Miami 30, N.Y. Jets 9 Cleveland 7, San Diego 6 Atlanta 30, Philadelphia 17 Detroit 28, Seattle 24 Pittsburgh 27, Washington 12 New England 45, St. Louis 7 Oakland 26, Kansas City 16 N.Y. Giants 29, Dallas 24 Denver 34, New Orleans 14 Open: Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Houston Monday’s Game San Francisco at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

NFL Odds (Favourites in capital letters; odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery) Spread O/U Tonight SAN FRANCISCO at Arizona 6.5 37.5 Thursday, Nov. 1 Kansas City at San Diego, 6:20 p.m.

Transactions

Karate John Parker Wilson from the practice squad. Activated DE John Chick from the physically-unable-toperform list.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed DB Malcolm Williams from the practice squad.

HOCKEY BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS—Signed D Jordan Hill to a professional tryout contract.

HERSHEY BEARS—Recalled F T.J. Syner from Reading (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS—Activated F Julien Cayer from the reserve list. Placed F David Civitarese on the reserve list.

2003 — Florida Marlins (N.L.) 2002 — Anaheim Angels (A.L.) 2001 — Arizona Diamondbacks (N.L.) 200 — New York Yankees (A.L.) 1999 — New York Yankees (A.L.) 1998 — New York Yankees (A.L.) 1997 — Florida Marlins (N.L.) 1996 — New York Yankees (A.L.) 1995 — Atlanta Braves (N.L.) 1994 — No Series (strike).

1993 — Toronto Blue Jays (A.L.) 1992 — Toronto Blue Jays (A.L.) 1991 — Minnesota Twins (A.L.) 1990 — Cincinnati Reds (N.L.) 1989 — Oakland Athletics (A.L.) 1988 — Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) 1987 — Minnesota Twins (A.L.) 1986 — New York Mets (N.L.) 1985 — Kansas City Royals (A.L.) 1984 — Detroit Tigers (A.L.) 1983 — Baltimore Orioles (A.L.) 1982 — St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) 1981 — Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.) 1980 — Philadelphia Phillies (N.L.) 1979 — Pittsbugh Pirates (N.L.) 1978 — New York Yankees (A.L.) 1977 — New York Yankees (A.L.) 1976 — Cincinnati Reds (N.L.) 1975 — Cincinnati Reds (N.L.) 1974 — Oakland Athletics (A.L.) 1973 — Oakland Athletics (A.L.) 1972 — Oakland Athletics (A.L.) 1971 — Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) 1970 — Baltimore Orioles (A.L.) 1969 — New York Mets (N.L.)

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Football WEST DIVISION W L T Pts y-B.C. 12 5 0 24 x-Calgary 11 6 0 22 x-Saskatchewan 8 9 0 16 Edmonton 7 10 0 12 x-clinched playoff berth y-clinched division

MLB Playoffs

Shotokan Karate Club of Red Deer Provincial tournament results Yellow belt: Jade Belisle, second kumite.

Green belt: Kevin Nhan, first kata and kumite, junior grand champion; Connor Hawkings, third kumite.

Purple belt: Prestan Tran, first kata and kumite; Kaylie Hawkings, second kata and kumite; Judea Nichols, third kumite.

Brown belt: Christian De Castro, second kata, third kumite; Luka Trpvski, third kata.

Black belt: Ken MacDonals, dedication award.

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GB — — 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 5 2 .714 5 3 .625 4 3 .571 0 8 .000

GB — — 1/2 1 5 1/2

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Boston at Miami, 6 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

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Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Pt y-Kansas City 34 18 7 9 42 27 63 x-D.C. United 34 17 10 7 53 43 58 x-New York 34 16 9 9 57 46 57 x-Chicago 34 17 11 6 46 41 57 x-Houston 34 14 9 11 48 41 53 Columbus 34 15 12 7 44 44 52 Montreal 34 12 16 6 45 51 42 Philadelphia 34 10 18 6 37 45 36 New England 34 9 17 8 39 44 35 Toronto 34 5 21 8 36 62 23 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Pt 34 19 6 9 72 43 66 34 17 11 6 46 35 57 34 15 8 11 51 33 56 34 16 12 6 59 47 54 34 11 13 10 35 41 43 34 9 13 12 42 47 39

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Colorado 34 11 19 4 44 Portland 34 8 16 10 34 Chivas USA 34 7 18 9 24 x — Clinched playoff berth. y — Clinched conference.

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Saturday’s results Vancouver 0 Real Salt Lake 0 New England 1 Montreal 0 Colorado 2 Houston 0 D.C. United 1 Chicago 1 New York 3 Philadelphia 0 San Jose 1 Portland 1 Sunday’s results Columbus 2 Toronto 1 Chivas USA 2 Dallas 2 Los Angeles 1 Seattle 0 End of MLS Regular Season

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL DALLAS MAVERICKS — Waived F/C Melvin Ely and F Chris Douglas-Roberts.

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Monday, Oct. 29, 2012

Kings open season with big win

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

KALENA SOEHN

SOHN TAKES FOURTH Kalena Soehn of the Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club placed fourth in the 13-14 double mini trampoline event of the Indo-Pacific Championships last week in Sydney, Australia. Soehn, among 30 athletes on the Canadian team, also placed eighth in the 13-14 individual trampoline competition. The IndoPacific Championships also featured athletes from Japan, New Zealand and Thailand.

THIS WEEK Friday

● Curling: World Tour — Red Deer Classic at Red Deer Curling Centre. ● High school volleyball: Hunting Hills senior girls/boys tournament. ● College basketball: NAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. (The Drive). ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Curling: World Tour — Red Deer Classic at Red Deer Curling Centre. ● High school volleyball: Hunting Hills senior girls/boys tournament. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer IROC, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at Red Deer Ramada, 12:30 p.m., Kin City A; Taber at Lacombe, 5:45 p.m.; Sylvan Lake at Innisfail, 5:50 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Taber at Lacombe, 1:45 p.m.; Lethbridge at Sylvan Lake, 6:15 p.m. ● College basketball: Keyano at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men follow. ● Major bantam hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Major bantam female hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Kin City B. ● Midget AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Elks, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Lacombe at Innisfail, 8 p.m. ● College volleyball: King’s at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at Ponoka, 8 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. (The Drive).

Sunday

● Curling: World Tour — Red Deer Classic at Red Deer Curling Centre. ● Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena.

Kings 3 Griffins 0 The RDC Kings went into their Alberta Colleges Men’s Volleyball League home opener, Saturday, against the Grant MacEwan University Griffins with the idea of showing the hometown fans what they can look forward to this season.

And if their 25-8, 25-13, 2519 victory was any indication it should be a rewarding season.

The Kings stormed out of the gate and never gave the Griffins a chance to get their feet on the ground.

“Our emotions were high for the home opener and the guys followed through,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha.

“They (Griffins) may have had an off-night, but our first two sets were impressive. It gave us an indication of what we can expect when all our pieces are clicking.”

Newcomer Chris Osborn left the crowd in awe on a number of occasions in the opening set as he had six kills and four dominating stuff blocks.

“He was playing with a lot of energy, which was nice to see as he’s coming off a bout of E. coli, which saw him lose 30 pounds,” explained Schulha. “We still have to be careful with him, but he’s strong on the right side.”

Osborn finished with 10 kills

and five blocks while Tim Finnigan had another strong game with 11 kills and three aces. In fact it was hard to find anyone who didn’t have a solid effort.

“Plus we have guys who can come in off the bench. I could go 13 deep,” said Schulha, whose squad beat the Griffins 3-0 Friday in Edmonton.

“The Griffins gave us more of a battle in Edmonton and they’ll improve as the season goes on as they’re missing a couple guys.”

Griffins 3 Queens 2 While the Kings were rolling at home, for some reason the Queens weren’t ready to play as they fell 14-25, 17-25, 256-23, 2515, 9-15 to the Griffins.

“That’s not what I expected,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton. “After last night (a 3-2 loss at GMU) where we were just a little away from winning in four I thought we’d play well in our gym, but we were further away than we were the first night.”

Walton made a couple of lineup changes after the second set, inserting rookie left side Amber Adolf and middle Shelby Bramall.

“Amber hit the ball well Friday and was even better tonight and Shelby can give us a little more offence and those two helped our offence,” said Walton. “The third set they (Griffins) may have let up a bit, but we played with desperation and

Kings 87 Thunder 85 EDMONTON — Prior to the opening of the Alberta Colleges Men’s Basketball League season RDC Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger felt the Concordia University College of Alberta Thunder were definitely one of the premier teams in the conference.

If Saturday’s result — a 97-85 victory over the Thunder — means anything the Kings are definitely in that group as well.

“We got into a lot of foul trouble and were also without Joel Carroll (ankle), but some of the other guys stepped up,” said Pottinger. “We’re not great yet, but we shot better than we have been, which was huge.”

Veteran Jacob Cusumano and rookie David Poole filed in for Carroll while Rob Pierce continued to lead the team offensively. As well six-foot-eight Sam Lolik overcame early foul trouble and was named player of the game for RDC. “Sam got three fouls in the first four minutes and had to sit out for long periods

Photo by Tony Hansen

RDC Kings Trent Schmidt and Chris Osbornwork together to block a Grant MacEwan Griffin shot during the Kings home opener, Saturday. then we carried that momentum into the fourth set.”

It should have carried into the fifth as well, but suddenly the Queens looked like they did in the first two sets.

“We made several poor decisions and didn’t execute,” added Walton. “We tried to do some things we’re no ready to do . . . we will be later in the year, but not now. So that was disappoint-

RDC ATHLETICS of time, but down the stretch he did what we expect him to do inside,” said Pottinger, who was given a scoresheet after the game.

“And it wasn’t online either, so I don’t know the exact stats, but the guys did a good job against a good etam,” he said.

Thunder 65 Queens 54 The Queens continue to grow as a team and head coach Mike Woollard liked what he saw despite a 65-54 loss to the Thunder.

“We were in the game before they pulled away in the last couple of minutes,” he said.

“They do have a good team and we are certainly getting better. Defensively we continue to work and our offence is showing signs of improving, although we still need to be a little more aggressive going to the basket.”

Desiree Paterson, who is coming off an ankle injury, had 12 points and 10 rebounds

ing.”

Karissa Kuhr led the Queens with 16 kills and 10 digs while Brooke Sutter, who also turned her game up as the match wore on, had 15 kills and 15 digs.

Maddi Quinn had 28 digs.

RDC visits the Kings University College Eagles Thursday and hosts them Saturday at 6 p.m. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

while Morgan Schultz had 10 points.

“We had eight others with eight points, so it’s improving,” said Woollard.

Hockey Queens 9 Ooks 3 Less than 48 hours after turning in a poor performance, losing 4-3 to the NAIT Ooks at the Arena, the Queens turned it on offensively to whip the Ooks 9-3 and run their Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League record to 3-1.

Janelle Henley scored three times while Jillian Altheim had a goal and four assists.

Ashley Graf a goal and three helpers and Emily Lougheed a goal and two assists.

Jade Petrie, Megan Jones and Rachael Hoppins added single markers while Camille Trautman finished with 26 saves.

The Queens had 33 shots on goal.

“We had a strong effort from all the girls,” said Queens head coach Trevor Keeper.

RDC returns to action Thursday when they host SAIT at 7 p.m. at the Arena.

RDC men finish 1-2 at ACAC Fencing club does x-country championships well at Cup event The RDC men’s team finished onetwo in the Alberta Colleges cross-country running championship Saturday at Camrose.

Devin Woodland captured the ACAC title with a time of 27 minutes, 23 seconds over the eight km course. RDC teammate Kieran McDonald was runner-up in 27:28 and Kevin Sportak of SAIT placed third in 27:39.

“Devin and Kieran ran with a lead group of initially seven runners which dropped down to five by the halfway point in the race,” said RDC coach Brian Stackhouse. “At about 5.5 km into the race, Devin broke away and opened up a big lead. Kieran stayed with the chase group of four and didn’t get away from them until near the end.

Kieran was gaining on Devin but Devin had an insurmountable lead.”

With the win, Woodland also placed first in the ACAC Grand Prix series with one first and three seconds for

seven points. McDonald was third in the series with two seconds, a third and a fourth.

Woodland and McDonald are the ACAC male nominees for All Canadian honours.

The RDC men’s squad placed sixth in the team standings. SAIT was first.

Meanwhile, Catherine Alcorn was the top RDC runner on the women’s side, placing 19th in the five km race with a time of 22:46.

The RDC women were seventh in team standings. Grant MacEwan took top spot.

Other RDC results: Women — Laura Friesen, 24:38, 39th; Danielle Fandrick, 25:21, 44th; Anna Duda, 25:57, 50th; Jenna Ronnie, 26:03, 53rd; Sidney Moss, 26:30, 56th; Nicole Wagner, 29:16, 69th.

Men — Shafe Abdulahi, 34:26; Kyle Nielsen, 36:47; Tim Haasdyk, 37:55; Kevin Buckel, 44:41.

AAA Rebels suffer first loss The Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs experienced their first loss of the Alberta Midget Hockey League season Saturday, falling 3-2 to the Edmonton Knights of Columbus Pats at the Arena.

Jacob Schofield and Trey Degraaf scored for the Rebels Chiefs, who trailed 2-0 after each of the first and second periods. Matt Zentner made 12 saves for Red Deer,

while K of C goaltender Tanner McCorristan stopped 23 shots.

On Friday night at the Arena, the Rebels Chiefs thumped the UFA Bisons 7-1 as Jody Sick tallied twice and picked up and assist and Schofield scored once and added two helpers.

Also scoring for the winners were Degraaf, Dustin Gorgi, Colton Bobyk and Rory Davidson. Jayden Sittler made

MINOR HOCKEY Minor midget AAA The Red Deer IROC Chiefs split a pair of weekend contests, downing the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers 3-1 and losing 8-2 to the Sherwood Park Squires.

Reid Sterling tallied twice in the Chiefs’ win. Kale Howarth also scored for IROC and Dalyn Haire made 23 saves.

Drew Gosselin and Andrew Perry scored in the loss to Sherwood Park. IROC netminder Carson Franks stopped 40 shots.

Meanwhile, the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs were also 1-1 during the weekend, dumping the host Edmonton Maple Leafs 6-2 and dropping a 2-1 decision to the visit-

22 saves for the Rebels Chiefs, who led 3-0 after one period and 5-0 after 40 minutes, with the UFA combination of James Fisk and David Rupp making 33 saves.

Red Deer leads the South Division with a record of 8-1-1 and will return to action Sunday against the visiting Southeast Tigers. The puck drops at 3 p.m. at the Arena.

Red Deer Fencing Club coach Petar Toshkov placed first in the open men’s epee event of the Hokkaido Cup in Red Deer during the weekend.

Zac Zanussi was third in the same event and also placed second in the under-20 men’s epee.

Meanwhile, Karis Langvand took top honours in the open women’s epee, Devyn Hurry was first in the U17 men’s epee and Riley Norman was victorious in the U15 men’s epee. Langvand attends the University of Calgary and competes

for the Priory Club in Calgary, but still trains with Toshkov in Red Deer as she prepares to qualify for the 2016 Summer Oympics.

Roughly 100 fencers from across Canada competed in the Hokkaido Cup. Other Red Deer results: Second — Robert Forstrom, veteran men’s epee; Megan Ostrikoff, U15 women’s epee.

Third — Thomas Lyver, U17 men’s epee; Jordan Lindoff, veteran men’s epee.

FEMALE MINOR HOCKEY Major midget female The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs earned three points in weekend action, downing the visiting Highwood Raiders 3-1 Sunday and gaining a 1-1 draw with the host Calgary Bruins 24 hours earlier.

Taylor Hall, Becky Davidson and Krista Wilson scored in the Chiefs’ victory. Sutter Fund netminder Nisa Bartlett made 22 saves.

Bartlett also made 22 saves at Calgary, where Presley Hollman accounted for the lone Red Deer goal.

Major bantam female Breanna Martin scored the eventual winner in the first period as the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs dropped the visiting Calgary Outlaws 4-1 Saturday.

Also scoring for Sutter Fund were Shealee Dolan, Mairead Bast and Kirsten Baumgardt. Christina Boulton lost her shutout bid in the third period and finished with 11 saves.

The Chiefs were in Edmonton Sunday to face the Lightning. Results were unavailable.

ing Rockyview Raiders.

Layne Bensmiller erupted for four goals in the win at Edmonton. Chase Olsen and Dawson Reykdal also scored for the Chiefs and Brody Dirk made 21 saves.

Olsen notched the only goal against Rockyview. Brandon Bilodeau made 24 saves in a losing effort.

Major bantam Parker Smyth, Jeffrey de Wit and Tyrees Goodrunning each scored once as the Rebels Black downed the Rebels White 3-2 in an all-Red Deer battle Sunday at the Arena.

Tyler Wall and Josh Bussard replied for the Rebels White, while Lane Congdon made 41 saves. Graydon Larson stopped 22 shots for the winners.

On Saturday, the Rebels White fell 2-0 at

Okotoks and the Rebels Black buried visiting Camrose 6-2.

Dawson Weatherill made 33 saves in a losing cause at Okotoks, where the Rebels White held a 42-35 advantage in shots.

Smyth, de Wit and Matthew Froehlick sniped two goals apiece against Camrose.

Geordan Andrew made 22 saves for the win.

Bantam A Blake Mahura and Liam Stalwick each potted two goals to lead the Red Deer Frontier Chiefs to a 6-2 win over visiting Ponoka.

Carson Stuve and Owen Cummerford also scored for the Chiefs, who got 24 saves from Brett Martens.

Noland MacGregor stopped 50 shots in a losing cause as the Chiefs were routed 9-1 to Stettler, their lone goal coming from Tristyn Zarubiak.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 B5

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

HIGH SCHOOL

Lightning 14 Lakers 10 LACOMBE — Possibly the weather had something to do with it, or possibly not, but what was expected to be an offensive showdown turned into a defensive battle between the Hunting Hills Lightning and Sylvan Lake Lakers in the Central Alberta High School Football League semifinal Saturday evening.

In the end the Lightning pulled out a 14-10 victory on a late touchdown and earned a berth in the league final against the Notre Dame Cougars Saturday at Great Chief Park.

The Cougars advanced with a 42-14 win over the Stettler Wildcats Friday.

The Lightning-Lakers game was slated for Friday at Great Chief Park, but was moved to Lacombe when the field couldn’t be lined.

Both coaches — Kyle Sedgwick of Hunting Hills and Jeremy Braitenback of Sylvan Lake — were pleased to have the artificial field turf available for the game.

“The change in venue worked out,” said Braitenback. “It was good footing . . . I don’t think the weather hurt that much, although it could have affected the passing game some.”

Neither team was overly sharp passing as Scott Pearson connected on seven of 19 passes for 82 yards for Hunting Hills and Chase Hoffman, just back from a thumb injury, hit on six of 19 for 67 yards and Tyler Ledwos two of three for 49 yards for the Lakers.

“I thought both defences played well,” said Braitenback. “We led until the final five minutes and once they took the lead we just couldn’t push across another score.”

The Lakers led 3-0 at the half on a 35-yard field goal by Morgan Drews with the Lightning taking a 7-3 lead in the third quarter on a 10-yard run by Jin Ahn and a Austin Belan convert.

The Lakers regained the lead in the fourth quarter on a six-yard run by Shon Zenert and a Drews convert.

“They went for an on-side kick after they scored and recovered it, but our defence held,” said Sedgwick. “Then we were able to break Scott (Pearson) on a long run (43 yards) which gave us the ball on their six and we pushed it in.”

Tanner Whitelaw scored from the one and Belan converted.

“This game was a challenge for us and I thought some of the guys were a bit tight and had a mental block as they looked back at last year’s final when we lost to them,” said Sedgwick.

“As well they have a great program and always take a step up at playoff time.”

The Lightning were also without running back Matt Russell, who has a “lower body injury.”

“That hurt, but they have some injuries as well and our young guys (Ahn and Whitelaw) stepped up and Pearson had a strong game running the ball.”

Pearson finished with 100 yards rushing on 13 carries while Ahn had 59 on eight. Tristan Wattenbarger had four catches for 58 yards.

Ledwos had 115 yards rushing on 10 carries and caught five passes for 62 yards for the Lakers. Zenert rushed 10 times for 95 yards.

The Lakers still have a tough game ahead of them as they face Stettler in the third-place game. The winner advances to the Tier III provincial playoffs. Hunting Hills will compete in Tier II and Notre Dame in Tier I. Rocky Mountain House, who meets Wetaskiwin for fifth-place, will compete in Tier IV. The Sabres beat Camrose 47-17 in fifth-place semifinal.

Josh Jorstad and Josh Saddleback had two touchdowns each for the Sabres with singles added by Paul Fuller, Joel Bishop and Aaron Abrahamson.

Michael Ioanidis and Ty De Hooy had Camrose touchdowns. Camrose will meet Lacombe for seventh place. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Queens win soccer bronze Queens 3 Rattlers 0 The RDC Queens may have received the break they needed against the Medicine Hat Rattlers before the Alberta Colleges Women’s Soccer League bronze medal match even started Sunday afternoon at Grant MacEwan.

“We got a huge break when we won the toss and took the wind in the first half,” said Queens head coach David Colley, following their 3-0 win.

“We didn’t want to have them coming at us in the first half and to have the snow in our eyes.”

As a result the Queens jumped into a 2-0 first half lead as Claire Wallace scored 10 minutes in on a breakaway when she shovelled the ball in under the keeper.

Ten minutes later Wallace chipped a ball over to Terra Salmon, who drilled in a shot to make it 2-0.

“The second half they got the wind and put a lot of pressure on us,” explained Colley.

“They must have had nine corner kicks, but the girls did a great job defensively, not giving them anything. Eventually we got a chance to move up field and Amber (Regnier) gave nice pass to Claire, who beat a defender one-on-one and chipped it over the keeper.”

The win was the first time the Queens defeated the Rattlers this season after two ties.

“They’re a tough, well-coached team and we did an excellent job under tough conditions,” said Colley, who couldn’t have been happier with the final result to the season.

The Queens lost 4-0 in the semifinal to the Concordia University College of Alberta Thunder while the Rattlers dropped a 3-1 decision to NAIT. NAIT went on to down Concordia 3-1 in the final.

“Saturday was a bit disappointing, although they have a very good team and were rated No. 1 in Canada heading into the tournament,” said Colley. “They scored twice on corner kicks and twice on free kicks and usually we’re good against set pieces, but they’re also good at what they do.”

Rustlers 3 Kings 0 After two solid performances, the Kings didn’t have much left and it showed as they dropped a 3-0 decision to the Lakeland College Rus-

tlers in the ACAC Men’s Soccer bronze medal game at RDC Sunday afternoon.

“We didn’t show up today,” said Kings head coach Steve Fullarton, whose squad beat Grande Prairie 6-0 in the quarter-finals and lost 7-4 to the NAIT Ooks in the semifinal Saturday.

“I thought they adapted to the conditions better than we did. It was a lottery out there and they deserved to win. I have no complaints with the score.”

The Kings did go into the match a bit shorthanded and were missing their leading scorer, Nolan Hamilton.

“He was one of several guys not 100 per cent and we tried to use him in the second half, but he wasn’t fit,” said Fullarton, who saw Hamilton score twice and Andrew Jevne and Chase Grenier once each against NAIT.

The Kings were up 2-0 early against the Ooks, who went on to lose 2-1 in overtime to SAIT in the final.

“After jumping ahead they came at us strong and we gave them some sloppy goals,” said Fullarton. “They led 3-2 at the half and took a 4-2 lead in the second half, which seemed to be the back breaker. We just made a few little errors that hurt.”

Still the Kings had a great season, considering they won only once last year.

“I’m happy with the players, it was a big turnaround and at one stage we were undefeated for nine games. It would have been nice to get third place, but sometimes you do and sometimes you don’t. Today wasn’t our day.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

U12 Renegades get win and tie SOCCER The Red Deer U12 Renegades girls soccer squad won and tied in a pair of weekend exhibi-

tion games with the Sherwood Park Phoenix.

Aislin Borle netted two goals and Abbie Good, Katya Brezovan and Lauren Bettenson also connected in a 5-1 Red Deer victory.

Good and Fortney scored for the Renegades in a 2-2 draw. Kadence Roberge minded the Red Deer net in both matches.

CHINOOK HOCKEY LEAGUE The Bentley Generals, with Matt Stefanishion firing four goals, shot down the Stony Plain Eagles 9-2 Saturday to cap a successful Chinook Hockey League weekend.

Curtis Austring potted a pair of goals for Bentley at Stony Plain. Chris Neiszner, Shawn Germain and Kyle Sheen also scored for the visitors.

Travis Yonkman made 20 saves for Bentley.

Eagles netminders Wade Waters, who took the loss, and Adam Gingras combined to block 36 shots.

On Friday, the Generals ventured into Sylvan Lake and posted a 7-2 win over the Admirals, getting a four-point outing from Scott Doucet, who scored

twice and added two helpers.

Dustin Sproat also tallied twice for the Gens, with Joe Vandermeer, Dustin Moore and Travis Brigley adding the other Bentley markers.

Aaron Boyer and Kurtis Ross replied for the Admirals.

Yonkman made 25 saves for the win.

Scott Galenza stopped 34 shots in a losing cause. ● The Innisfail Eagles, with ToddDaniel Lafontaine turning aside 40 shots, posted a 4-2 win over the visiting Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs Saturday.

Cody Cartier, Andrew Buote, Randy Graham and Sean Neumeier were the Innisfail scorers. Jim Watt made 23 saves for the Chiefs.

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The Red Deer Vipers claimed two points in Heritage Junior B Hockey League weekend action, battling the Mountainview Colts to a 5-5 draw at Didsbury Friday and falling 4-3 in overtime Saturday to the visiting High River Flyers.

Chris Robertson, Jon Finnigan and Jeff Kohut scored against High River, which got the overtime winner from Alex Pronchuk.

Brendan Mandrusiak made 24 saves for the Vipers, who outshot their guests 43-28 and were one-for-seven on the power play. High River was two-forfive with a man advantage.

On Friday, Red Deer got two goals from Cole Degraaf, with Kohut, Robertson and Kolton Gillett also connecting. Jayden Adrian made 46 saves for the Vipers and Michael Byer stopped 47 shots for the Colts.

The Vipers were one-for-three on the power play while the Colts were zero-for-three.

The Vipers return to action Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Arena against the Stettler Lightning.

In other weekend Heritage League games involving Central Alberta teams: ● The Blackfalds Wranglers got

their lone goal from Jared Williams in a 6-1 home-ice loss to the Coaldale Copperheads Sunday.

Thomas Isaman made 33 saves for the hosts, who were outshot 38-36.

Blackfalds took 11 of 20 minor penalties, with the visitors assessed two game misconducts. ● The Three Hills Thrashers got two goals from each of Cameron Braun and Tyrel Severtson and a single from Lucas Ford in a 5-4 win over the host Strathmore Wheatland Kings Saturday.

Devon Dell made 42 saves for the winners, who were outshot 46-33. ● The Ponoka Stampeders were outshot 48-18 by the Airdrie Thunder and suffered a 5-0 home-ice loss Saturday.

Aaron Swier made 43 saves for Ponoka. ● On Friday, Three Hills got its lone goal from Severtson in a 2-1 loss to host High River. Brady Hoover made 27 saves for the Thrashers, who outshot the Flyers 37-29. ● Elsewhere, Cam Wright notched two goals for Stettler in a 7-6 loss to visiting Strathmore.

Also scoring for the Lightning, who got a 27-save outing from Coleman Waddell while outshooting the Kings 43-34, were Wyat Haustein, Scott Ternes, Doug Blacklock and Kyler O’Connor.

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Rest of the world catching up to Chan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINDSOR, Ont. — Barely a year out from the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the rest of the world may be catching up to Patrick Chan.

The two-time world champion was handily beaten

by Spain’s Javier Fernandez at Skate Canada International on Saturday night, marking Chan’s first loss in a major international event in nearly two years.

The 21-year-old from Toronto is known for shaky starts to the season, and is still adapting to the major overhaul he made in the off-season that included a new lead coach in Kathy Johnson and new choreographers.

But Brian Orser — Canada’s two-time Olympic silver medallist and Fernandez’s coach — warns that Chan is looking more vulnerable than ever.

“All these guys, not just Javier, they are all figuring out what it is they need to beat him,” Orser said.

“And it’s not just the quads but it’s the skating skills, it’s the program and the packaging — everything. Everyone is kind of getting it.

“When you’re a leader in something, when Elvis (Stojko) was doing all the quads he was kind of unbeatable for a while. But then, it was like, OK, I guess we have to do quads. Now everybody is learning how to skate.”

Of the four medals up for grabs, Canada captured two gold and two silver. Kaetlyn Osmond, a 16-year-old from Marystown, N.L., who was making her Grand Prix debut, was the surprise women’s winner. Olympic and world champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir captured gold in ice dance, and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford won the pairs silver.

Chan’s second-place finish raised some alarm bells coming a few weeks after he finished sixth out of six at the Japan Open, falling four times during a disastrous long program.

Chan fell on his triple Axel on Saturday, and touched a hand down on his quad jump. Fernandez fell on his opening quad, but subsequently landed two more huge ones.

Mike Slipchuk, Canada’s high performance director, said Orser’s right, that any distance Chan had on the rest of the field is dwindling.

“The men’s category has really tightened up, it’s

kind of shaping up as it was going into Vancouver where you have a handful of people on any given day who can win,” Slipchuk said.

“The field is catching up, or is there, and just the technical arsenal of so many skaters. . . we had eight here doing a quad.

“And with Javier doing three quads, that’s the direction the men’s is going, and when you’re starting to see that, those are big numbers to overcome.

Patrick needs to have two good solid skates because there’s no room for error anymore.”

At the season-opening Skate America earlier this month, Japanese teenager Yuzuru Hanyu — who’s also coached by Orser — broke Chan’s world scoring record in the short program.

Chan, who will next compete at the Cup of Russia in Moscow, Nov. 9-11, said he was taking the week’s results as a good learning experience leading into a pre-Olympic season that includes a world championship on home ice in London, Ont., in March.

He said he wasn’t second-guessing his decision to leave longtime choreographer Lori Nichol to work with Jeff Buttle and David Wilson. And he believes his change in coaches was for the best — his coach Christy Krall, credited with teaching Chan the quad, resigned after the world championships last spring.

He’s confident in his chances of hitting the top of the podium in Sochi, even among a strengthened field that should include Russian star Evgeni Plushenko and Olympic champion Evan Lysacek of the U.S. Both are making comebacks.

“I know going into the Olympics that all I have to do is lay down my jumps. If I lay down my jumps no one can beat me,” Chan said.

If Chan is looking vulnerable, Virtue and Moir are looking stronger than ever. The two brought the crowd at the WFCU Centre to its feet with their steamy free dance to “Carmen,” that showed a new maturity to the duo who have dominated ice dancing for several years.

The program was also jam-packed with innovative new lifts and spins.

“The level they keep pushing dance, and what they’re doing out there, that program is so technically demanding and to see it at that scale already is pretty incredible,” Slipchuk said.

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Men’s silver medallist Patrick Chan performs during the closing gala at Skate Canada International Sunday, in Windsor, Ont.

Sixth Man of Year Harden traded to Rockets

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — James Harden plans to sign a long-term extension with the Houston Rockets before the regular season begins.

The reigning Sixth Man of the Year joined his new team Sunday after he was traded to the Rockets from Oklahoma City late Saturday. The Thunder acquired guards Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks and a second-round pick in the surprising deal. Oklahoma City also sent centre Cole Aldrich and forwards Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to Houston.

“It happened so fast, it happened very fast,” Harden said. “But this is the position I’m in in now. Just have to make the best out of it. I’m with Houston now. I just have to come in here and play hard and win games.”

Thunder general manager Sam

Presti said Houston was able to offer Harden a contract that Oklahoma City could not.

“Quite honestly, the value of the trade was greater based on the fact that the Rockets could offer him the contract that he was seeking,” Presti said. “By doing it when we did it, it allowed the Rockets to secure — or I believe it will allow the Rockets to secure him and James will get the contract that he was seeking. And because of that, we were able to capitalize on the trade and probably get a little bit more than we would have if we would have waited.”

The Rockets nabbed Harden on the night before holding a public practice at the Toyota Center. An hour before the practice started, fans peered into the shaded, street-level glass windows to catch a glimpse of the new arrival on the Rockets’ practice court.

The 23-year-old Harden says he’ll

have to adjust to a rebuilding team after playing for a contender in Oklahoma City.

The acquisition of Harden completes an off-season overhaul for the Rockets, who’ve missed the playoffs the last three seasons. Houston cut or traded every veteran player, including point guard Kyle Lowry, backup Goran Dragic, shooting guard Courtney Lee and popular forward Luis Scola.

The Thunder, meanwhile, are one of the favourites to win the Western Conference after losing to Miami in last year’s finals.

“This is definitely different,” Harden said.

“But it’s something that we have to learn to deal with. This is a business and everything happens for a reason.

I’m going to just to play hard, try to play hard and do whatever it takes to win.”

Harden was a first-round pick by

Oklahoma City out of Arizona State in 2009. He started only seven games in three seasons, but he became an indispensable reserve. Last year, he averaged 16.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the regular season.

“I like the way he plays,” Houston coach Kevin McHale said. “He’s got a pace to his game that I like, I think he plays at a speed where he can repeat things over and over again. He’s not playing at a warp speed. He really takes his time, and goes when he wants to go, starts, stops. He’s a really sophisticated player.”

Harden struggled in the NBA finals, shooting 37.5 per cent from the field and 31.8 per cent from 3-point range.

He scored 19 points with five assists in Game 5, a 121-106 Miami victory that clinched the championship.

He’ll also have to adjust to a starting role in Houston, joining Jeremy Lin in the backcourt.

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BODY SLAM HUNGER A Canadian wrestling promotion hopes to body slam hunger at an upcoming show in Red Deer. The Canadian National Wrestling Alliance has partnered with the Red Deer Food Bank to help raise funds for the community organization. At the promotion’s Thursday show at the Festival Hall, 4214 58th St., the food bank will be on site, providing refreshments, with all proceeds going to their work in the community.

There will also be a silent auction, arranged by the wrestling alliance. Some of the items featured will be a match-used turnbuckle pad autographed by wrestlers, a World Wrestling Entertainment collectors figurine signed by the Honky Tonk Man and many other items. The wrestling event will feature former WWE Superstar “the Vampire Warrior” Gangrel taking on group national champion Bobby Sharp, women’s champion Raven Lake taking on Sexy Samantha and three other matches.

The event starts at 7 p.m. and tickets, which cost about $15, are available in person at the Red Deer Lodge or online at ticketweb.ca.

ARMED FORCES BAND TO PLAY One of the two regular force bands in the Canadian Forces is playing a concert in Red Deer. The Royal Canadian Artillery Band will perform at the Red Deer College Theatre at 4:15 p.m. on Friday.

The band typically performs as a 35-piece brass/reed parade band and a 35-piece wind ensemble. At the Red Deer show, they will perform pieces by Gustav Mahler, Gilles Bellemare and David Holsinger. Based at CFB Edmonton, the band is appearing as part of the 2012 Alberta Band Association Conference.

Admission to the concert is free.

TEA, BAKE SALE St. Leonard’s Church hosts a Winter Wonderland Tea and Bake Sale on Saturday.

The sale runs from 9 a.m. to noon at 4241 44th St. Admission is $4. Call 403-346-6769 for more information.

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Our best, all for you SHOPPERS FLOODED THE OUR BEST TO YOU ART & CRAFT SALE AT WESTERNER PARK ON THE WEEKEND

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Casual browsing at summer farmers’ markets are over and serious Christmas shopping has begun.

Shoppers flooded the aisles at Our Best to You Art & Craft Sale at Westerner Park on the weekend to check out 203 stalls featuring only handmade products from across Canada.

Red Deer craft makers were also eager for the annual show.

“I was on the waiting list for two-and-a-half years for this one. I feel really honoured to be here. It’s just a notch up,” said Jennifer Clark, of Kaylee Baylees’ Hair Prettys, about Our Best to You. The quality of the products sets it apart from other shows, she said.

“And it’s a show that everybody goes to. This is a show that you’re marking your calendar for every year,” said Clark, of Red Deer, who planned to make more children’s hair accessories during the weekend to keep up with the demand at her booth.

“I’m so excited.”

Elyse Drouin, with craft show producer Signature Shows Ltd., said craft people and their products are judged before they are considered for any openings at the show.

“It’s not a church basement craft fair,” said Drouin.

Of the Signature Shows held in Alberta, the Red Deer show is the biggest outside Calgary and Edmonton.

“This craft show is wonderful. It’s well advertised, run very well, and usually very busy with lots of moms with babies and strollers so it’s perfect for me,” Kelli Sholdice, of Why Not Baby.

The Red Deer crafter said it’s much busier than a farmers’ market where people know vendors will be there week after week.

“They are determined to Christmas shop at this sale,” Sholdice said.

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Jennifer Clark of Kaylee Baylees’ Hair Prettys in Red Deer holds up a bright hair flower one of many she had on display at the Our Best To You Art and Craft Sale at the Westerner this weekend.

‘IT’S A SHOW THAT EVERYBODY GOES TO. THIS IS A SHOW THAT YOU’RE MARKING YOUR CALENDAR FOR EVERY YEAR.’ — JENNIFER CLARK, OF rie Wind Florals by Ellie, said shoppers were in a good mood.

Her festive booth was a bold reminder that Christmas is coming.

“At Christmas everyone is so happy and the snowmen are so happy, they’ve got such happy faces,” said the Red Deer crafter.

But snowy roads on the weekend were a concern for some out-of-town shoppers, Armstrong said.

Maureen Lewis, who was selling her pottery at the show,

KAYLEE BAYLEES’ HAIR PRETTYS said the snow also puts people in the holiday shopping spirit.

“People tend to spend a lot of money at this show and enjoy it,” said the Red Deer area crafter.

At the local summer farmers’ market Lewis finds she sells more expensive items, like gifts for weddings, compared to the craft show where people are looking for small Christmas gifts.

Cynthia Baumgardt, of Grandma’s Traditional Fruitcakes, said her cakes are good

anytime of year, but are more popular at Christmas.

The Red Deer baker started selling fruit cake in 1989.

“We baked 200 that year. The next year we did 400. And this year we’ve done over 7,000,” said Baumgardt holding a sample tray for shoppers.

“Either you’re a lover of it, or you’re not.”

Cindy Arsenault, of CJ’s Pampered Pet Products, who has a bird, cat and dog, said she found her craft niche.

At this time of year her best sellers are coats and boots.

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Albertans like their carrots sweet and locally grown.

Kurt Bradshaw, of Beck Farms at the Red Deer Winter Market, said local growers call the California carrots available in grocery stores “willow sticks.”

Nantes carrots, a French variety that local producers grow, do break easier when they are dropped due to their high sugar content, but they are tastier, he said.

“I had a lady this year buy four 25-pound bags and she went to the States with them because she just couldn’t stand the California carrots,” Bradshaw said at the Saturday morning market held at Eastview Estates Community Hall.

He said since carrots are a top seller, the carrot supply will determine how long Beck Farms will be at the Red Deer Winter Market this year.

“We’ll be here for a few months for sure.

It depends on how well they keep. Right now they seem to be keeping fine.”

To last as long as possible, he recommended people store carrots bagged and tied in the fridge. And it’s okay to let them dry out or go hairy. Hairy roots can be easily rubbed off.

“That’s fine. It means they’re alive and that’s okay.”

Winter market customer April Weber, of Red Deer, who purchased at least one

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Shoppers were snapping up vegetables on the first day of the Red Deer Winter Market held on Saturday.

11.25-kilogram (25-pound) bag of carrots, said she likes to cook with carrots and her children get fresh carrots in their lunches.

“They are quite sweet. This year we had a garden but our carrots didn’t produce,” said Weber.

She said if people make it a point to buy from local growers then they’ll keep the fresh supply of vegetables available at local markets.

Red Deer Winter Market veggies also include potatoes, beets, onions, brussels sprouts and much more from Innisfail Growers.

A second table features baked goods

such as meat pies, bread and cookies from bakers from Rocky Mountain House and Olds on alternate Saturdays.

Local foodies can also sign up for e-mail notifications featuring the week’s produce and market cancellations due to inclement weather or other hiccups.

Market hours are 10 a.m. to noon at 120 Ellenwood Dr. The market runs every second Saturday until mid-April.

The next market will be on Nov. 10.

For more information, go to www.innisfailgrowers.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Fire damages residence east of Olds on Saturday A fire at a residence near Olds caused an estimated $300,000 in damages on Saturday.

At about 12:10 p.m., Olds Fire Department was called to a property just east of Olds in Mountain View County where a garage engulfed in flames.

It was determined an explosion had occurred causing additional fire damage to surrounding buildings and vehicles.

Firefighters put out flames near a 500-gallon liquid propane gas tank.

They also prevented the fire from

spreading to the nearby home and other buildings.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by Olds Fire Department.

Olds received mutual aid assistance from Didsbury and Carstairs fire departments.

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Ex-Israeli bank chairman indicted JERUSALEM — Israel’s Justice Ministry has indicted the former chairman of a major bank on charges including aggravated fraud and money laundering. The suspicions against Danny Dankner, who served as chairman of Bank Hapoalim between 2007 and 2009, centre on the lender’s dealings with Turkey’s BankPozitif.

Hapoalim acquired a controlling stake in the Turkish lender in 2005, and Dankner is suspected of personally benefiting from the deal. Dankner was forced to step down under unprecedented pressure from the Bank of Israel, in a rare public spat with Hapoalim’s owner, billionaire Shari Arison, who lined up behind him.

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Markets appear muted ECONOMIC WORRIES INCLUDE SUSPENSE OVER ELECTION OUTCOME

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The Toronto stock market is likely in for a lacklustre showing this week as disappointments over the quarterly earnings season pile up and traders exercise caution ahead of an American election too close to call.

“The next week and a half or so will likely be somewhat muted,” said Jennifer Dowty, portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management.

“It’s certainly slowed down, you can see the activity rather benign. Volumes are low, (there’s) a lack of conviction right now until we get clarity in November with the election I think people are just going to sit on the sidelines.”

However, sentiment could find lift from top-drawer economic data, including the latest read on Canadian economic growth.

Markets will also look to American consumer confidence, house prices, manufac-

turing activity and the week ends with job creation figures for Canada and the U.S. The Canadian earnings season will remain in high gear, with reports coming in from the telecom, mining and energy sectors.

The Toronto and New York markets ended last week lower amid weak earnings reports from market giants Apple Inc., DuPont chemical and conglomerate 3M Inc. Data showing better than expected third quarter growth in the U.S. failed to benefit markets as analysts noted that the two per cent rise was driven largely by a jump in government spending and the housing sector.

The TSX lost 0.93 per cent while the Dow industrials backed off 1.77 per cent.

Markets are operating under a cloud of uncertainty as traders gauge who will emerge as the winner of the American election and what effect that will have on resolving the fiscal cliff that the U.S. faces at the end of December.

That is when a variety of tax hikes and budget reductions will come into effect unless Republicans and Democrats can come together with an alternative budget plan.

“You have people taking money off the table already,” said Andrew Pyle, investment adviser at ScotiaMcLeod in Peterborough, Ont. And that nervousness is bound to increase as November wears on.

“The market will give some benefit of a doubt, in other words, after the election if things don’t get fixed on day two. That might be a couple of weeks. But at some point, probably before we get into December, the market is going to pass judgment on whether this is probable, in other words fixing it, or improbable and we’re going to have a very nasty situation in 2013.”

On the economic front, economists aren’t expecting a blowout number from the August read on Canadian gross domestic product. They see growth coming in at 0.2 per cent.

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Pfizer to cut 300 jobs, mostly at Montreal Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced it’s cutting about 300 jobs across Canada, most of them in Montreal. JulieCatherine Racine, a spokesman for Pfizer Canada, said Sunday that the cuts will be spread across several locations but the majority will be at the company’s headquarters in the Montreal suburb of Kirkland. “After an extensive and rigorous review of our organizational structure and of the competencies required for the future, I can confirm that Pfizer in Canada has undergone a restructuring in various parts of its Canadian business,” Racine said in a statement. In total, about 11 per cent of the company’s total Canadian workforce will be eliminated, she said. The company recently completed a $31.7-million upgrade to its Montreal manufacturing and distribution centre.

Pfizer employs 2,700 people across Canada.

Toronto nixes plan for bull run Royal Agricultural Winter Fair organizers say they’re disappointed after Toronto officials refused to approve a bull run in the financial district to promote the fair’s 90th anniversary.

The plan was for six 900-kilogram bulls to run down Bay Street between Wellington and King Streets on Tuesday. The event would have served as a precursor to the fair’s Nov. 2 opening day at Exhibition Place.

However, organizers were forced to cancel the run after the city denied permit applications. Elizabeth Glibbery, the city’s manager of animal services, says the event violated bylaws.

“Under the bylaw there is a provision for exceptions — under educational and for film production, however the purpose and intent of this event is for promotional purposes and, therefore, does not meet the exception,” Glibbery said.

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and tablets.

The consumer ambivalence, however, was even more pronounced when it came to Microsoft’s new tablet computer, Surface, which was built to show off Windows 8’s versatility.

Sixty-nine per cent of the poll’s respondents expressed little or no interest in buying a Surface, which Microsoft is hoping will siphon sales from Apple Inc.’s pioneering iPad and other popular tablets such as Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle Fire and Google Inc.’s Nexus 7.

The results indicate Microsoft still has work to do to create a bigger buzz about Windows 8 and help consumers understand the new operating system’s benefits, even though the company provided several previews of the software at various stages in the final 13 month leading to its release.

But the information apparently resonated mostly with industry analysts, reporters, technology blogs and gadget geeks.

BERLIN — Germany’s finance minister has dismissed the idea of governments and other public creditors taking a hit on their Greek debt holdings, arguing that it wouldn’t be legally feasible.

However, Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk radio broadcast Sunday that a debt buyback program — under which Greece would get loans that would allow it to pay off debts — might be possible. That, he said, “is not a trick; it is a consideration that can seriously be engaged in.”

Greece is pushing for a two-year extension of the 2014 deadline to meet the terms of its bailout program, a move expected to incur substantial extra costs.

Private creditors agreed earlier this year to take a so-called haircut, or restructuring, on their Greek debt holdings — accepting a 53.5 per cent loss on the face value of bonds.

Public-sector creditors were spared; however, German weekly Der Spiegel, without citing sources, reported Sunday that Greece’s international debt inspectors are now proposing a new restructuring that would include them.

Schaeuble said guarantees were given at the time of the private-sector restructuring that “that will be all — so it’s a bit unrealistic now to talk about further haircuts.”

He also argued that a new haircut would raise questions over whether other governments in the 17-nation eurozone could continue helping Greece.

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A Microsoft store product advisor displays the new Surface table computer as customers enter the store as it opens Friday, in Seattle. Friday was the first day of sales for the new Windows 8 operating system and the company’s new tablet computer, the Surface.

Poll: Microsoft’s radical redesign of Windows hasn’t created much buzz

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a “re-imagining” of the personal computer market’s dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to do before the makeover captures the imagination of most consumers, based on the results of a recent poll by The Associated Press and GfK. The phone survey of nearly 1,200 adults in the U.S. found 52 per cent hadn’t even heard of Windows 8 leading up to Friday’s release of the redesigned software.

Among the people who knew something about the new operating system, 61 per cent had little or no interest in buying a new laptop or desktop computer running on Windows 8, according to the poll.

And only about a third of people who’ve heard about the new system believe it will be an improvement (35 per cent).

Chris Dionne of Waterbury, Conn., falls into that camp.

The 43-year-old engineer had already seen Windows 8 and it didn’t persuade him to abandon or upgrade his HewlettPackard laptop running on Windows 7, the previous version of the operating system released in 2009.

“I am not real thrilled they are changing things around,” Dionne said. “Windows 7 does everything I want it to. Where is the return on my investment to learn a new OS?” Microsoft usually releases a new version of Windows every two or three years, but it’s different this time around.

Windows 8 is the most radical redesign of the operating system since 1995 and some analysts consider the software to be Microsoft’s most important product since co-founder Bill Gates won the contract to build an operating system for IBM Corp.’s first personal computer in 1981.

Microsoft is hoping the way Windows 8 looks and operates will appeal to the growing number of people embracing the convenience of smartphones

Low interest rates just part of home-buying equation The current historically low mortgage rates are a very attractive incentive for first-time buyers to take the plunge and purchase a home.

However, many Canadians may end up over-extending themselves and taking on too much debt in order to get it.

Although home debt is considered good debt because the value of a home usually rises over time, borrowing large amounts to buy that first home TALBOT is a huge financial BOGGS decision that takes a lot thought and consideration.

“Homebuyers want to take advantage of today’s low rate

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environment, but it’s hard to sort through all of the options out there and get the right combination of mortgage features, privileges and rates that are best matched to their needs,” said Daniel Natareno of Mortgage Intelligence.

“The right mortgage goes beyond just the rate — it’s important to also consider term, prepayment options, refinancing penalties, restrictions and fees.”

A lot of Canadians still believe that buying a first home is worth the price, work and responsibility.

In a recent survey by Genworth Canada and the Canadian Association of Credit Counselling Services, 94 per cent of firsttime homebuyers said they would rather own a home than rent, even if it means more work and effort.

Ninety-four per cent said owning their own home provides a greater sense of emotional well-being and security, 58 per cent said their goal is to pay off their mortgage as fast as possible even if it means scrimp-

ing and saving and foregoing a lifestyle and activities that their peers enjoy.

There are a couple of things first-time buyers can do to help them get that first home while staying within their financial means.

One is to take advantage of the home buyers’ plan (HBP). This is a program that allows first-time homebuyers to withdraw $25,000 individually or $50,000 with a spouse tax-free from their registered retirement savings to buy or build a qualifying home for themselves or for a related person with a disability.

Generally, you have to repay all the money withdrawn from the RRSP within a period of no more than 15 years. You will have to repay money back to your RRSPs each year until your BHP balance is zero. If you do not repay the amount due for a year, it will be included in your income for that year.

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Another strategy is to start small.

Your dream home might be too expensive, so a starter home might be the right choice. You may be able to pay off the mortgage faster and use the equity you build in your starter home to buy your dream home later.

Shortening the amortization period to say 20 years from 25 years can save hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest payments during the life of the mortgage.

People also need to understand their mortgage options, such as payment frequencies.

If you change your payment frequency to bi-weekly or even weekly, and accelerate or increase your payments — even by as little as $10 —it can make a huge difference to your mortgage over its lifespan. Moving to bi-weekly accelerated payments for a $200,000, 25-year mortgage at a 3.79 per cent rate will save you $14,957 in interest and help you pay off the mortgage almost three years sooner.

Another strategy is to make lump sum payments.

During the first years of your mortgage, a high portion of your payments goes towards interest. This decreases gradually as you continue to pay down the principal.

The sooner you make a lump-sum payment in the life of your mortgage — whether it’s your annual bonus, your income tax refund or just savings you’ve socked away throughout the year — the greater the impact it will have in the long term.

Likewise, when you get a raise, consider allocating a portion of your higher salary towards increasing your monthly payment — your monthly budget probably will never know the difference.

A lot of people, in the excitement of buying a home, don’t stop and understand exactly what they’re signing into and what options they have to really make a difference in their interest costs and their overall amortization.

If you’re in doubt, seek out the advice of a professional.

“There’s so much to consider, professional advice can get you into the market to start your wealthy building with smart debt and can save you thousands over the course of your mortgage,” Natareno said.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

MICROSFT: Promoting Windows 8 Microsoft is in the early stages of an estimated $1 billion marketing campaign that will include a siege of television commercials to promote Windows 8 to a wider audience.

That still might not be enough to sway longtime Windows users such as Mary Sweeten. She is 75, and not eager to learn the nuances of a new operating system. She, too, is comfortable with her current desktop computer running on Windows 7.

“I am not technologically savvy like all these young kids,” said Sweeten, who lives in Camdenton, Mo. “I like something I am used to and can get around on without too much trouble.

Sometimes when you get these new (systems), you wish you could go back to the old one.”

Windows 8 represents Microsoft’s attempt to adapt to a technological shift that is empowering more people to use smartphones and tablets to surf the Web and handle other simple computing tasks.

The revamped system can be controlled by touching a device’s display screen and greets users with a mosaic of tiles featuring an array of dynamic applications instead of the old start

menu and desktop tiles. In an effort to protect its still-lucrative PC franchise, Microsoft designed Windows 8 so it can still be switched into a desktop mode that relies on a keyboard and mouse for commands.

Microsoft felt it had to gamble on a radical redesign to fend off the competitive threats posed by Apple, which has emerged as the world’s most valuable company on the strength of its iPhone and iPad. Google Inc. is a threat, too. It has used its 4-year-old Android operating system to become an influential force in the mobile computing movement.

Despite the growing popularity of smartphones, Microsoft remains deeply entrenched in people’s lives.

The poll found 80 per cent of respondents with personal computers in their homes relied on earlier versions of Windows versus only 12 per cent that operating on Apple’s Mac system.

Windows is even more widely used in offices, but 90 per cent of companies relying on the operating system are expected hold off on switching to the new operating system through 2014, according to a study by the research firm Gartner Inc. Jim Beske of West Fargo, N.D., won’t be waiting long to install Windows 8 on the home computer he bought a year ago. He already has seen how Windows 8 works in his job as a network engineer, and he considers it to be a nice improvement.

“They have made it much simpler,” Beske, 43, said. “I don’t know about the tiling so much; that’s something I think younger people will like more. But once people get in front of it, I think they will understand it.”

Windows 8 also could appeal to consumers who still don’t own a home computer. The AP-GfK survey found 22 per cent of all adults fall into this category, including 30 per cent with households whose incomes fall below $50,000 annually.

Beske is among a growing group who use both Microsoft and Apple products. Besides his Windows computer, he also loves his iPad. Most survey respondents liked both Apple and Microsoft. Fifty-nine per cent said they had favourable impressions of Apple versus 58 per cent for Microsoft.

Tequila Cronk of Herington, Kan., is more of a Microsoft fan because she considers Apple’s prices to be a “ripoff.”

At the same time, she can’t justify buying a Windows 8 computer when her desktop and laptop computers at home are running fine on the earlier versions of the system.

“We will upgrade, but I am not going to rush out and buy a new computer just because it’s got a different operating system,” Cronk, 26, said.

Windows 8’s release came at a perfect time for Hector Gonzalez of Kissimmee, Fla. He is so frustrated with the performance of his 3-year-old laptop running on Windows 7 that he is considering buying a MacBook laptop. But now he plans to check out the array of new Windows 8 laptops and may even consider buying a Surface tablet to supplement the iPad that he bought for his teenage daughters.

“Anything that is new, it’s worth taking a look at,” Gonzalez, 35, said.

“That’s the way technology is. There is always something new to replace everything else.”

BANK: Can’t help “You don’t give a debtor who doesn’t service your debt claims new money,” he said. “We would be prevented by law from doing any more.”

The European Central Bank already has said it can’t help Greece by rolling over government bonds it holds or accepting lower interest rates, noting that it isn’t allowed to finance governments directly.

Germany, Europe’s biggest economy and a lead lender in eurozone bailouts, has made clear that it wants Greece to stay solvent and stay in the 17-nation euro.

However, it has kept pressure on Athens to implement reforms and get its finances in order while debt inspectors consider whether Greece has made enough progress to secure the next C31.5 billion ($40.7 billion) tranche of rescue loans.

Chinese Premier Jiabao’s family denies report it amassed $2.7 billion

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — Lawyers have denied a report that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s family has amassed $2.7 billion in “hidden riches,” a Hong Kong newspaper said Sunday.

The New York Times said in a lengthy article Friday that most of the alleged wealth was accumulated by Wen’s relatives after he rose to high office in 2002.

Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper published a letter Sunday it said was written by two lawyers for Wen’s family, Bai Tao and Wang Weidong, saying that The Times’ report was untrue.

It said family members have not conducted any illegal business activities, do not hold shares in any companies, and that Wen has never been involved in his family’s business activities or allowed those activities to influence his policies.

A spokeswoman for The Times, Eileen Murphy, said the newspaper was “standing by our story, which we are incredibly proud of and which is an example of the quality investigative journalism The Times is known for.”

In an article Saturday reporting on the lawyers’ statement, The Times said its earlier article did not allege any illegal business activity and that there was no evidence that Wen had personally intervened to help family members’ investments.

“The article pointed out that as prime minister in a country where the state plays a large role in the economy, Mr. Wen oversaw many government officials whose decisions could play a large role in the fortunes of businesses and investors,” it said.

Recent foreign media reports about wealth accumulated by Chinese leaders and their families have added to tensions as China prepares next month for a once-a-decade leadership transfer.

In particular, The Times’ report is a blow to Wen’s reputation as a politician concerned with bettering the lives of ordinary Chinese.

Chinese authorities have blocked access to The Times’ English website and its Chinese-language site that carried a translated version of the story.

Searches for the names of Wen, his wife and son on China’s popular Twitter-like Sina Weibo microblogging site also were blocked on Sunday.

Nokia hopes Windows Phone 8 gets firm back into smartphone race

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HELSINKI, Finland — For Nokia, it comes down to this: Is Microsoft’s new phone software going to get it back in the smartphone race, or is it going to be too late?

After being the top seller of cellphones in the world for 14 years, Nokia failed to meet the challenge when Apple in 2007 introduced the dazzling iPhone that caught the imagination of design-conscious customers and rattled mobile markets.

The Finnish company hit a downward spiral that has led to shrinking sales and market share, plant closures, thousands of layoffs and downgrades by credit agencies to junk status.

On Friday, research firm IDC said that in the July-to-September period, Nokia slid for the first time off the list of the top five smartphone makers in the world. It’s still the second-largest maker of phones overall, but sales of

non-smartphones are shrinking across the industry, and there’s little profit there.

The ailing company’s CEO, Stephen Elop, sees Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 8 software as a chance to reverse that trend, describing it as a catalyst for the new models.

On Monday, Microsoft Corp. is hosting a big launch event for the software at an arena in San Francisco. The first phones from Nokia, Samsung and HTC are expected to hit store shelves next month.

The launch of Windows Phone 8 follows on the heels of Windows 8 for PCs and tablets, which Microsoft released Friday.

That operating system has borrowed its look from Windows Phone, meaning Microsoft now has a unified look across PCs and phones — at least if people take to Windows 8. The company has also made it easy for developers to create software that runs on both platforms with minor modifications.

Fall back into good driving habits.

Sunny days, crisp nights and colourful falling leaves remind us that winter is just around the corner.

It should also serve as a reminder to fall back into those good driving habits we learned long ago.

Before you head to work or hit the highway to enjoy a scenic autumn drive, keep in mind some of the driving hazards that accompany our Alberta fall season: School’s back in session. There are children walking the streets during early morning hours who may not be readily visible. Be especially vigilant in school and playground zones – and don’t forget Halloween.

Slow down in residential neighbourhoods, watch for children and obey all traffic laws.

Be mindful of wildlife year-round, but especially in the fall during mating season for deer, elk and moose. Other animals, both large and small, are busy gathering food for the winter. It’s not uncommon to see wildlife feeding at all times during the day at this time of year, so scan the road ahead and slow down.

Rapidly changing weather in the fall can also cause driving hazards.

Sunny days and frosty nights are the perfect formula for icy roads. And an Alberta snowstorm can strike at any time. Check your wiper blades, brakes and tires.

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Songs abut the ocean performance to include RDSO musicians “Beautiful” songs about the ocean will be sung with orchestral accompaniment at a family concert on Saturday (Nov. 3) at Red Deer County’s CrossRoads Church.

The 16 featured singers include John Reischman, Steve Fisher, Bob Evans, Jim McLennan, Carolyn Harley and Red Deer’s own Morgan McKee, They will be accompanied by 13 chamber musicians from the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra in a concert of original songs from the new CD Everybody’s World.

The album was created as a companion to a children’s book that sprang from an environmental thesis about ocean pollution.

The thesis was compiled by Calgarian Renay Eng-Fisher, who completed her Master of Environmental Education communications degree through Royal Roads University in Victoria.

Recalling her own kids’ interest in the creatures they saw during visits to the Vancouver Aquarium and the Calgary Zoo, Eng-Fisher decided that young people were the perfect audience for a message of conservation.

Without nine-to-five jobs or other work-a-day duties to pull them in different directions, children have more time to focus the environment, she said. “They are the stewards of our future.”

Eng-Fisher’s tale, Akai and Mamoo’s

Ocean Adventure, was co-written with fellow Calgarians Irene Herremans and Holly Speers.

It’s about what two orca friends discover when they decide to explore the ocean.

Eng-Fisher also lined up some musician friends to write and then record songs based on a conservation theme for the book’s companion CD. Each singer/songwriter came up with his or her own interpretation.

Among the original songs is Find My Way Home by Cindy Church, about whale sonar, Saltwater Rhapsody by Eng-Fisher and Carolyn Harley, about noise pollution, and Oh, The Oceans

by Paul Rumbolt, about exploring the seas.

“When songs strike a passionate chord with people, instill environmental values and a healthy respect for animals, the earth has won another friend,” said Eng-Fisher.

Red Deer Symphony Orchestra music director Claude Lapalme wrote one of the CD’s three instrumental pieces, which will be performed at the 8 p.m. concert at CrossRoads Church (on 32nd Street as it continues west of Hwy 2).

Tickets are $35 ($25 children 12 and under) at the door or from www.pumphousetheatre.ca (click on Red Deer).

The $15 book and $20 CD are available at the concert, or can be ordered on-line through www.natourasjourney. com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Photos, pizza and beer inspire gallery openings Everything from high-concept photos to beer and pizza inspired art will be available during November’s First Fridays gallery openings in Red Deer.

Diverse artworks that are either the size of a beer bottle, or can fit into a pizza box, were donated by locally and nationally known artists for the ninth-annual fundraiser for the HarrisWarke Gallery. The exhibit in the Sunworks store on Ross Street runs from Oct. 29 to Nov. 9.

(Take note, however, that the reception will not be held this First Friday, Nov. 2, but from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 9).

Photographs with a slightly creepy twist can be viewed in the Beyond the Looking Glass exhibit at the Kiwanis Gallery in the Red Deer Public Library. Photographer Roberta Murray will be at the First Friday reception on Nov. 2, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The display presented by the Red Deer Arts Council runs to Nov. 25.

Staff and volunteers of the Kerry Wood Nature Centre will display their artworks in the oktober exhibit in the Marjorie Wood Gallery. It runs from Wednesday, Oct. 31 to Dec. 12.

The opening reception will be held First Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Colourful marker art inspired by an-

FIRST FRIDAYS ime and the natural world is showing in the MarkerTopia exhibit at The Hub on Ross from Nov. 2 to 30. Featured artist Sheldon Rabbit Wheatley will attend the opening reception Friday, from 5 to 7 p.m.

Music-lovers can stay to enjoy a 7 to 9 p.m. performance by jazz saxophonist Claude Goldin and blues singer/guitarist John Rutherford. Tickets are $15 ($30 a family) at the door.

The gang from Art from the Streets will be displaying works at a group show at 4935-51st St. A reception will be held on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

The Alberta Sampler by Harvey Brink will be exhibited at Cafe Pichilingue on Ross Street from Nov. 1 to 30.

A First Friday reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.

Artworks by Erin Boake will be shown at the Velvet Olive Lounge from Nov. 1 to 30. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Tickets are on sale for a Red Deer concert by Nova Scotia fiddler Natalie MacMaster.

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the museum is demonstrating once again that it’s a community hub, said organizer Sharon Lightbown.

Ever since the last production, people have been asking “When are you going to do another play?” added Lightbown, who’s happy to introduce The Poplar Grove Ladies Club.

The play at Spruce View Hall will be presented as a dinner theatre on Friday, Nov. 9. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with roast beef supper at 6 p.m. and the play to follow. There will be a cash bar. Tickets are $40 each or $350 for a table of 10.

A desert theatre will be presented on Saturday, Nov. 10. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. with the play starting at 1 p.m.

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Three years after getting rave reviews from a local audience for the play Once Upon A Dickson, written in celebration of the store’s centennial, a sequel of sorts is about to premiere.

The Poplar Grove Ladies Club, a comedy by local playwright Laurie Hodges Humble, is running at the Spruce View Hall on Nov. 9 and 10.

It’s about traditions, communities pulling together, and people respecting each other. The playwright states, “Sometimes all it takes is a change in perspective to preserve a cultural tradition.”

The comedy, described as containing many elements “we can all relate to,” will end with an old-fashioned Christmas pageant.

While the presentation is a major fundraiser for the store museum, the broader community of Dickson was involved in its production and development.

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LONDON — The sex abuse scandal surrounding the late BBC children’s television host Jimmy Savile widened on Sunday as police arrested former glam rock star and convicted sex offender Gary Glitter in connection with the case, British media said.

Police would not directly identify the suspect arrested Sunday, but media including the BBC and Press Association reported he was the 68-year-old Glitter.

The musician made it big with the crowd-pleasing hit Rock & Roll (Part 2), a mostly instrumental anthem that has been a staple at American sporting events thanks to its catchy “hey” chorus.

But he fell into disgrace after being convicted on child abuse charges in Britain and Vietnam.

British police do not generally identify suspects under arrest by name until they are charged.

When asked about Glitter, a spokesman said only that the force arrested a man in his 60s early Sunday morning in London on suspicion of sexual offences in connection with the Savile probe.

He remains in custody in a London police station, police said.

Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, is the first suspect to be arrested in the scandal. It was not immediately clear if Glitter and Savile knew each other.

Hundreds of potential victims have come forward since police began their investigation into sex abuse allegations against Savile, the longtime host

of popular shows Top of the Pops and Jim’ll Fix It who died at age 84 last year. Most allege abuse by Savile, but some said they were abused by Savile and others.

Glitter broke out with his look of shiny jumpsuits, silver platform shoes and bouffant wigs, scoring a string of hits in the 1970s, but his music has often been shunned since his abuse convictions. In 2006, the NFL advised its football teams not to use the Glitter version of Rock and Roll (Part 2) at games.

Glitter was convicted in 2006 in Vietnam of committing “obscene acts with children” — offences involving girls aged 10 and 11.

He was deported back to Britain in 2008. He was separately jailed in Britain in 1999 for possessing child pornography.

The scandal has horrified Britain with revelations that Savile cajoled and coerced vulnerable teens into having sex with him in his car, in his camper van, and even in dingy dressing rooms on BBC premises.

Police have said that though the majority of cases related to Savile alone, some involved the entertainer and other, unidentified suspects. In addition, some potential victims who reported abuse by Savile also told police about separate allegations against unidentified men that did not involve the BBC host.

On Sunday, the chairman of the BBC Trust said he was committed to finding out the true scale of the scandal to save the broadcaster’s reputation, which has been tarnished by allegations that it did not reveal all it knew about the allegations against Savile.

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Old age affecting marriage of 47 years Dear Annie: I’ve been married for 47 years to a Dear Unhappy: Your husband has decided to setman who is 13 years older than I am. He reminds me tle into a sedentary old age, and you aren’t ready for often that he is 86 and set in his ways. that. But marriage vows include “in sickness and in For much of our marriage, I have carhealth,” and this is part of the deal. Unless ried the load around the house, but now you are looking to divorce him, we recomit is worse. My husband barely does anymend you immerse yourself in your own thing. At least he has a hobby that keeps hobbies and interests. If the TV is too loud, him busy. Otherwise, he would sit in our see whether you can find amplifying headden recliner watching TV all day. phones that he is willing to use. Don’t try I mostly confine myself to our bedto converse with him when he’s watching. room because if I set foot in the den, it Get out of the house instead. You’re not a becomes a shouting match since he can“prisoner.” not hear me because the TV is so loud.

Meet friends for dinner. Work out at the And he gets angry if I ask him to turn it health club. Ask a girlfriend to go to the down. He got a new TV for Father’s Day, movies. Take the grandchildren on a field and I am barely allowed to watch it. He trip. Join a choir or community theater. doesn’t even have the courtesy to listen Find ways to keep yourself occupied so you MITCHELL or speak to me if he is reading the newsare fulfilled and content, and so that your & SUGAR paper. problems with Hubby recede into the backI know where I am on the totem pole. ground of your life.

I get no respect from him. I guess things Dear Annie: I am having a party for my are not going to get better. I went as far child’s first birthday. We are already overas packing my bags and renting a car. You would run with toys in our home. Right now, he prefers to think that would have made a difference, but no such play with mixing bowls and boxes rather than storeluck. bought toys.

I don’t want to burden anyone with my problems, Is it proper to indicate on the invitation “no toys, especially my children. I have cried many nights. It please”? We’d much rather get clothing or money to helps simply to unburden myself to you, but I know it put into a college fund. – Grateful Mama of Little One won’t last. What do I do? – An Unhappy Prisoner Dear Mama: It is never appropriate to tell your

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guests what they should get you. Unless you want to ask people to bring a toy to donate to charity (a lovely idea), you should not specify anything on the invitations.

If people should ask, it is OK to tell them your preferences, and you also can make suggestions to one or two people and ask them to spread the word.

Otherwise, return the gifts or give them to a charity so underprivileged children can get something for the holidays.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Enough Is Enough,” whose boyfriend’s family can’t forgive her for an indiscretion with her ex-boyfriend.

Some people are unable to place their spouses first when they marry. I never cheated on my husband, but anytime it came to my needs, e.g., “I don’t want your mother smoking in our house,” he’d ignore me and hand his mom an ashtray. Even though his sister was stealing my jewelry, he gave her a set of keys to our house because “they’re family.” He never quite understood that his primary allegiance should have been to his wife.

I divorced him, and he’s now back living with the woman he really loves: Mommy. – Sacramento, Calif.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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NEW YORK — No love for Uggs: Shares of the sheepskin boots maker, Deckers Outdoor Corp., are tumbling Friday because consumers have turned away just before the start of the holiday shopping season.

The company on Thursday slashed its outlook for the rest of the year after its third-quarter profit dropped 31 per cent. It’s blaming two years of price increases for turning shoppers off Uggs, which have been perennial holiday bestsellers, and mild weather this year.

In an effort to lure back shoppers, Deckers says it’s going to roll back prices on some Uggs styles in the U.S. But some analysts are even more pessimistic than the company, and don’t think colder weather this winter will drive up sales.

Shares of Deckers, based in Goleta, Calif., are down 16 per cent this morning.

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Obituaries BURRINGTON 1925 - 2012 Norma Margaret Burrington of Penhold passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday, October 19, 2012 at the age of 87 years.

Norma is survived by her son Harley David (Pam) Burrington of Leslieville, her two daughters Cheryl (Barry) Simpson of Red Deer and Gwen (Dave) Burroughs of Edmonton, her thirteen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.

She is also survived by her three brothers Mansell (Anita) Blair of Essex, ON, Noel (Della) Blair of Qualicum Beach, BC, Jerry (Shirley) of Red Deer and a sister Audrey Blair of Delburne. Norma was predeceased by her parents John and Alice Blair and her sister Velma Barber. A celebration of Norma’s life will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer on Saturday, November 3, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, memorial donations may be made directly to the Red Deer SPCA, 4505 - 77 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4P 2J1.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Cremation arrangements are 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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LOEWEN 1958 - 2012 Kenneth James Loewen loving, compassionate husband, father and “Papa”, passed away October 25, 2012 at the Grey Nuns Hospital in Edmonton, with his adoring wife by his side. Ken was born in Calgary, Alberta on March 1, 1958. He is survived by his wife Doris, daughters Michelle (Joseph Dennehy), Teri (Kevin Mullin), and his four grandchildren, Alex, Ellie, Kaelyn and Mela who all felt immensely important and cherished in his presence.

Ken is also survived by his parents, John and Elizabeth Loewen of Kelowna, and his sister Pearl (Darren Batke) of Calgary. Ken also leaves behind loyal clients from his accounting practice to whom he wished he could have said a personal farewell. A celebration of his life will be held at Kentwood Alliance Church (4 Kennedy Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 3 at 11:00 a.m.

This will be a casual affair just the kind of informal get together that Ken enjoyed.

You are welcome to come in your favourite jeans and golf shirt - his uniform of choice.

We will share our memories and ask that if you have special stories about your relationship with him that you send them to www.parklandfuneralhome.com so that we can incorporate them into the service. Please remember that he loved to laugh and those stories are equally as important to us as the more poignant tales. It is our desire to honour Ken in the most intimate way possible.

We invite you donate to one of Ken’s preferred charities in his memory: KIVA.org, the Arthritis Society, or Grey Nuns Palliative Care Unit 43.

Cremation arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer 403.340.4040

FRASER Mary Beatrice (nee Stewart) Jan. 28, 1928 - Oct. 25, 2012 Teacher, mother, traveller Mary, better known throughout much of her life as Trixie, passed away peacefully October 25, 2012 at the Extendicare Michener Hill Residence after a life filled with rich experiences and much joy. Born January 28, 1920 in Pilot Mound, Manitoba, daughter of the late JC and Beatrice Stewart, wife for 35 years of the late Douglas Fraser, and mother of three sons, James of Red Deer, Calvin (Marie) of Ottawa and Tom (Phyllis) of Edmonton, grandmother of Jaime (Joey), Graham, Ross, Meghan (Seijii), Julie (Ian), and Tracy (Mike); great-grandmother of Conor, Celebrations Jessica, Tyler, Danielle, Laurie and Alexander and greatgreat grandmother of Alexandra.

Although pre-deceased by her parents, husband, grandson Douglas and four siblings she is survived by a dear sister, Arva of Winnipeg and many nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Mary’s life will be held Monday, October 29, 2012 at Eventide Funeral Chapel in Red Deer at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at a later date in her home town of Pilot Mound, Manitoba. In Memoriam donations may be made to the charity of your choice and will be appreciated by the family.

Condolences for the late Mary Beatrice Fraser may be forwarded to the Look Who’s 30! family by visiting “Robyn Finley” www.eventidefuneralchapel.com October 29, 2012 Arrangements entrusted to You still have the same Valeri Watson beautiful smile” EVENTIDE FUNERAL Have a wonderful birthday.

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MOORE Mary Margaret (Peggy) Peggy Moore, beloved wife of L. John (Jack) Moore, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, October 20, 2012, just before her ninetieth birthday. Peggy was born the youngest of five children, on November 11th, 1922 in Guelph, Ontario. She moved with her family to North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S.A. at a young age. She attended elementary and high school in North Bergen but following the death of both parents, she accepted an invitation to live with Canadian relatives in Guelph.

Peggy and Jack had plans to move to British Columbia after retirement, but upon arriving in Red Deer, and finding they were to be grandparents, they decided to stay. We are glad they did as they were both a very big part of our lives. Peggy enjoyed working as a volunteer and worked on behalf of Cancer Society, sold poppies for the Legion, and raffle tickets for the Hospital. They both enjoyed extensive travelling to faraway places such as Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Alaska. Peggy and Jack were strong supporters of the SPCA and always had a pet or two in their home, the last of whom was Muggles whose companionship she sorely missed. Peggy is survived by her daughter, Marcia (Michael) Riopel, her granddaughter, Anne-Marie (Simon Aussant) and grandson, Ryan. Sadly, Peggy missed meeting Anne-Marie’s daughter, Sophia Marieanne by only a few days. She is predeceased by her brothers, John (Evelyn) Simpson, Kenneth (Ruth) Simpson, sisters, Martha (Walter) Frusetta, Catherine (John) Harvie, and Helen (George) Schiffer and her parents, James Simpson, and Katherine McKay, all of New Jersey. A funeral tea for the late Peggy will be held on October 30, 2012 at the Royal Canadian Legion at 1:00 p.m. We all know that Peggy loved red. Please wear something red to the tea. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Peggy’s honour may be made directly to Whisker Rescue, #405, 4512 - 52nd Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 7B9.

Condolences for the late Mrs. Mary Moore may be sent to eventide@arbormemorial.com Arrangements entrusted to Rebekah Sealock EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer Phone (403) 347-2222.

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JACK RUSSELL terrier, 6 yrs old, fully intact, last seen on Twp. Rd 361, between Rge Rd 222 & 221, answers to the name of “Jackie”, very friendly and cuddly, sadly missed, any info call 403-773-2288

1st Rate Energy Services Inc. Located in Sylvan Lake, Alberta is seeking a full time Receptionist for a dynamic and busy office.

The receptionist is responsible for a wide variety of clerical office duties in support of company administration.

Duties include greeting and screening visitors and answering and referring inbound telephone calls.

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The receptionist is accountable for creating a professional first time impression while managing and monitoring the reception area at all times, respond to telephones, email and in person inquiries and refer all inquiries to the appropriate personnel, organize, maintain and assist in compiling data for various reports as requested.

Fax 403-887-4750 lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We thank all applicants in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Chandler Consulting Inc. is seeking a FULL TIME ADMIN ASSISTANT for a ONE YEAR TERM maternity leave position, available to start immediately. The right person LOST black cat in East- must have strong people view, tall, long and lean, skills, be highly organized neutered, 403-392-7746 and detail oriented. Strong office experience is LOST IPod in Canadian required; a medical backTire. Address label on ground would be helpful. back, send COD and we Duties include; order desk will pay postage to Box and reception cover. If you 264 Red Deer, AB. T4N enjoy the challenges of a 5E8 Call 403-309-0166 fast paced working enviREWARD ronment and like to work hard and have fun, then please apply to Companions info@chandlerconsulting .net or fax 343-6874.

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

Starting wage $13/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

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OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN req’d for Ophthalmology office. Job training is provided but qualifications and previous experience an asset.

Starting wages $14/hr.

Please fax resume to 403-342-2024..

Only those considered will be contacted.

P/T Professional Medical Secretary needed in Red Deer. Fax: 403-314-0499

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A growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

Qualified Supervisors, Night Operators & Field Assistants If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates (1st Aid & H2S are the min. qualifications) to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 lkeshen@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

APEX OILFIELD SERVICES IS HIRING! Looking to fill the following positions in our Red Deer location: Wellsite Trailer Service Technician, Pump and Tank Technician and Shop Assistant. To apply: email a resume to hr@apexoil.ca or fax 403-314-3285.

CENTRAL AB based rig movers/heavy haulers seeking picker operators, bed truck drivers and winch tractor drivers.

Top wages and benefits, Reply to : rigmovers2012 @gmail.com

• Previous accounting experience • Strong computer skills • Professional appearance • Enjoy working in a fast paced team environment We offer: • Full time employment • Competitive salary • Excellent health and benefits plan Please email resume in confidence to:

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Landcore Technologies Inc. located in Ponoka is currently seeking energetic, motivated team players for the following positions:

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.

LOCAL Oilfield Company seeking exp’d Wireline Toolhand /Salesman. Paid fuel and vehicle allowance.

Send resume with expected salary to btopcanada@ hotmail.com

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RATTRAY RECLAMATION is currently seeking exp’d LABORERS with a valid drivers license and BACKHOE OPERATORS with a clean class 1 licence, for lease construction, reclamation and cleanups in Lacombe and surrounding areas. Competitive wages and benefits available.

Must have valid H2S Alive, First Aid & Ground Disturbance Level II Certification.

Email: drattray@rattrayrec.com Fax 403-934-5235

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Our Red Deer operation is currently seeking individuals for the following positions: FIELD OPERATIONS Qualified individual will be self-motivated and experienced in tank farm rig ups.

Responsibilities will include organization and rig up of tank farm/manifold systems, delivery of office trailers and light towers.

We are willing to train the right candidates with related oilfield experience.

ENVIROBIN TRUCK OPERATORQualified individuals will be self-motivated and responsible for professional delivery and pick up of our envirobins and light towers as well as servicing when returned. This position is also responsible for assisting on tank farm rig ups which requires demanding physical labor. Clean class 5 license is required.

Oilfield experience and related tickets would be an asset.

Only individuals with clean drivers abstract and 100% commitment to customer service and safe work practices need apply.

Please forward resumes and abstracts via the following: Fax: 403-309-5962 Email: careers@ evergreenenergy.ca

PRODUCTION TESTING SUPERVISORS & OPERATORS Day & Night Must have tickets.

Top paid wages.

Based out of Devon, AB. Email resume to: kathy@dragonsbreathpt.ca

QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR (QA) Position is shop based out of our Hinton fabricaton shop.

KEY POSITION FUNCTIONS:

*Ensure that all fabrication meets company and client guidelines & specifications * Verification of all dimensions & orientations during and after fabrication.

* Verification of accuracy of material type and grade being used during fabrication. * Provide advice and support to managers and supervision for QA/OC needs and requirements. * Coordinate with QC personnel to maintain Quality Conrol Program. * Visual weld inspector ( if applicable).

QUALIFICATIONS: * Experience with precision dimension measurement techniques an asset. * Ability to read and understand drawings and technical documents. * Strong mechanical aptitude, a good work ethic and a willingness to learn. * Strong commitment to workplace safety. * Good communication and team skills. * Welding visual inspector certification preferred.

SHIFT DESCRIPTION: * Shift will be based on a 10 on/4 off rotation. * H2S Alive, Standard First Aid and an in-house Drug/Alcohol test is pre-requisites.

Please submit resume to hr@alstaroc.com or fax to 780-865-5829 Please quote Job.#66715 on resume.

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Northcan Surveys Ltd. is hiring Experienced Field Technicians, throughout Alberta, with a minimum of 3 years experience, adept in both field work and management responsibilities. Field work consists mainly of well site and pipeline surveys throughout Alberta. Those in good physical condition, hold a valid driver’s license and are willing to work out of town are encouraged to apply. Northcan Surveys Ltd. is based out of Calgary, Alberta and provides surveying, mapping and data management services to their clients in the petroleum industry throughout Alberta.

Northcan offers an attractive work environment and benefits program. Resumes can be submitted in confidence to: Paul Densmore pdensmore@ northcan.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 TEAM Snubbing now hiring operators and helpers. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com

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Sylvan Learning Centre requires permanent part time teacher or 4th year education student for after school hours 4-8 PM Monday - Thursday and Saturday 9-1 PM. Call Dianne at 403-341-6110 for interview.

NIGHT OWLS TIM HORTONS

requires F/T Customer Service Night shift and afternoon shift..

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND

Premium paid on night shift.

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

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Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, First Aid We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers Please fax resume to : 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

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PITA PIT RESTAURANT CLEARVIEW MARKET WAY, Red Deer IS NOW HIRING F/T permanent food counter attendant.

Starting wage $11- $13/per hr., depending on work experience. Applicants must be willing to work shift rotation. Benefits is avail. Send resume to:restaurantbusiness@hotmail..ca

RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s.

BREAKFAST ROOM ATTENDANTS, Early shifts, Must be reliable. Own transportation an asset.

Guaranteed 6 hrs per day.

Rate $13.00/hr.

Monthly bonuses.

Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433

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A FULL TIME PAINTER REQUIRED Painting exp. necessary.

Must have vehicle.

Must be task orientated, self motivated & reliable.

Phone 403-596-1829

CUNNINGHAM ELECTRIC LTD. req’s res./comm.

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FURIX ENERGY INC. is hiring

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The ideal candidate must have vessel and pressure piping experience. Please forward your resume to kayla@furixenergy.com or fax to (403)348-8109.

FUTURE AG in Rimbey is now accepting applications for an Agricultural Technician / Heavy Duty Mechanic with Ag experience. Live the life style of Central Alberta and be home at night. Work for one of the few family owned dealerships where we care about our employees and customers.

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MICRON INDUSTRIES is a licensed inspection facility specializing in We offer: cryogenic tank repairs and is currently seeking a HD • Competitive Wages Mechanic, min 2nd yr • A n n u a l w o r k b o o t apprentice. Trailer experireimbursement ence preferred. Weekdays • RRSP Plan 7:00-4:30. No eves or • Benefit Package wknd work. Exc. working • Sick Days conditions. Benefits after 3 • Tuition reimbursement months. Fax resume to program for apprentices 403-346-2072 or email • Monthly Bonus patty.micron@telus.net

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Busy Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers. We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Looking for a new pet?

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DRIVER with clean Class 1 or Class 2 motor coach experience preferred Must be availl eves. and wknds. Looking for both P/T & F/T Fax resume to 347-4999 or email to: frontbus@platinum.ca DRIVERS & SWAMPERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

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Securitas Canada is looking for qualified Security CENTRAL AB based rig TOO MUCH STUFF? Staff for a Petro-Chemical m o v e r s / h e a v y h a u l e r s Let Classifieds plant outside of Red Deer. seeking picker operators, help you sell it. bed truck drivers and Minimum Qualification: winch tractor drivers.

DRIVERS WANTED * Alberta Security License Top wages and benefits, Aggressive Energy Inc. is *EMR- ACP certified Reply to : looking for class 1 tank *Class 4 license rigmovers2012 truck drivers. We special*Bondable @gmail.com ize in the transportation of *Good interpersonal skills Class 8 Corrosive liquids in *Good communication skills Something for Everyone the Fort St. John, Fort Everyday in Classifieds *Computer knowledge, Nelson area. We offer top previous emergency wages, benefits and experience, previous monthly guarantees. security experience, Flexible work schedule. client interaction Please fax resume & driver experience an asset abstract to 250-787-0030.

Established Manufacturing Company looking for a delivery and pick-up driver. Clean Class 5 license required.

Deliveries to/from Red Deer, Calgary, Edmonton, Stettler with 3-ton deck truck. Excellent Benefit package. To apply please email your resume to wehaveworkforu@ gmail.com.

WHY SECURITAS: *Extended Health and welfare plan *Above average wages *Fully Paid uniform *All training time paid *Dedicated quality group. *Room to learn and grow.

Something for Everyone If you are looking for a Everyday in Classifieds rewarding career with a Due to substantial growth successful and growing Central AB based trucking CELEBRATIONS and the addition of new organization, then forward company reqires HAPPEN EVERY DAY manufactured product your resume to: OWNER OPERATORS IN CLASSIFIEDS lines, in AB. Home the odd How to apply: The A.R. Thomson Group Future Ag Inc. P/T SNOW REMOVAL night. Weekends off. Late Apply on line at: is offering the following Attn: Paula OPERATORS model tractor pref. http://www.securitas. opportunities to join our Box 140 req’d for the winter 403-586-4558 com/ca/enca/Career/ Manufacturing Team.

Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 season.

Experienced On this web site you can Serious applicants looking Fax (403) 843-2790 skidsteer and loader click on “On line Applicafor a stable career opportu- Email paulam@futureag.ca Misc. operators are needed for tion” and submit it to the Symphony Senior nity are encouraged to join FUTURE AG, a Help busy commercial snow Edmonton Branch. our team.

Living Inglewood progressive Case IH removal season. Must be Email: Equipment Dealer in able to work nights. Please Dillicj@Novachem.com 1 POSITION ® Stettler is now call Travis for details at Now Hiring to Start Fax: 403-314-8475 AVAILABLE FOR accepting applications 403-588-4503 Immediately Integrity - Vigilance for a Parts Manager or Full Time Part Time and JOURNEYMAN Helpfulness Central Alberta’s Largest Lead Counter Parts Casual Housekeeping WELDER Car Lot in Classifieds person.

Live the life style Personnel Looking for a Journeyman Must enjoy working with W e l d e r i n t e r e s t e d i n of Central Alberta and be Truckers/ home at night. Work for Seniors, be reliable hard p u r s u i n g “ B ” P r e s s u r e WANTED Drivers one of the few family working and be a Team Certification to become a Experienced Glazers player and work within a Looking for highly motivated hard working Sales part of our Stainless Steel owned dealerships where Driver Licence is a must.

BUSY CENTRAL AB we care about our structured time frame.

Hose Production line.

Representatives for city and rural area pure kiosk.

403-347-9320 company req’s exp’d. Class Starting wage is 13.69 per Duties to include fabrica- employees and customers.

1 drivers to pull decks. hour shift diff and weekend tion of custom Stainless Successful candidate will Tired of Standing?

STARS Calendar has immediate openings in Fund Assigned truck, exc. wages be a team player with premium with Benefits Steel Hose Product and Find something to sit on Development. Work in a fun team environment and and benefits pkg.

Paid strong social skills. after 3 months. will include successfully in Classifieds extras. Family orientated.

Counter and Management earn up to $1000 per week. Vehicle is required.

Apply to; obtaining Resume and abstract fax experience an asset.

L. Meek “B” Pressure Certification Previous sales experience would be an asset.

SIDER /helper, wanted for to 403-784-2330 or call Computer literacy and Assistant General and certification on ABSA small construction compa1-877-787-2501 knowledge of DIS Parts Manager approved production weldny. % pd. on experiecne.

For interview please contact us at: Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm program a definite asset Symphony Senior Living ing procedures.

Call Dean @ 302-9210. but not mandatory.

Inglewood 10 Inglewood Drive Pre-Employment Drug / Misc.

E-mail;agmiw@ Alcohol screening and a We offer: symphonyseniorliving.com background check will be Help (1-877-778-8288) • Competitive Wages required.

• A n n u a l W o r k b o o t Hours of work are Monday reimbursement - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm (with sporadic overtime • RRSP Plan • Benefits Package available) Excellent benefits package • Sick Days • Monthly Bonus THE RUSTY PELICAN is and RRSP plan are also now accepting resumes for available.

If you are looking for a Please Email Resumes to: a well experienced rewarding career with a Borsato.linda@ F/T SERVER successful and growing arthomson.com Apply within: 2079-50 organization, then forward OR Fax Resumes to: Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. your resume to: 403-341-4243 Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Future Ag Inc. Attn: Human Resources X-STATIC Box 489 IS NOW ACCEPTING Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1 Experienced Parts Counter APPLICATIONS Fax 403-342-0396 or email FOR EXPERIENCED AND Clerk & Shipper/Receiver to karinw@futureag.ca TRACTION HEAVY DUTY ENERGETIC P/T PARTS Red Deer Hit the HOME building company COCKTAIL SERVERS Apply in person after 3 pm. road with us! TRACTION, looking for f/t employee to a division of UAP Inc., is a do misc. construction work.

Canadian leader in the Must have good knowldistribution, merchandising edge of framing. Email to Sales & and remanufacturing of donna@levirio.ca or Mail Distributors a u t o m o t i v e p a r t s a n d resume to Donna Empringreplacement accessories ham P.O. Box 25146 Deer WORLDLYNX WIRELESS for cars, trucks and heavy Park Post Office, Red Bell Mobility Store is vehicles. We are currently Deer, AB. T4R 2M2 HIRING in RED DEER! searching for a Shipper/ Join a Receiver and an growing company and be experienced Heavy Duty part of a successful team! Parts Person .If you are a Positions available as customer-focused, team STORE MANAGER and player this is an opportuRETAIL SALES nity for you!If you are JOURNEYMAN CONSULTANT for our new interested in working for a Electricians and store opening in November company with a dynamic Instrument Hands req’d. for in Red Deer. Please work environment, please work in Central Alberta. send your resume to forward your resume to Also looking for careers@ rcain@uapinc.com apprentices . Oilfield worldlynxwireless.com. fax to 403-341-5868 exp. an asset. or apply online at: Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Please forward your www.uapinc.com/careers. resume to jobs@ nexsourcepower.com Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www.

EXPERIENCED residential or fax 403-887-4945 HVAC installer required eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to immediately. Must have Local company looking for valid drivers license and Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca. experienced residential own hand tools. Call Stan and commercial service @ 403-550-3870 for interview. technician with current AlFOUNDATION company in berta gas/plumbing ticket.

Benefit package after 3 Red Deer currently seekmonths, wages based on ing experienced experience. Email: Commercial Foundation info@serviceplumbing.ca Form Workers. Please fax or fax to (403) 342-2025 resume to 403-346-5867

880

810

MICROAGE

MARKETING/SALES PROFESSIONAL REQ’D Our rapidly growing Red Deer location is looking for a dynamic & personable individual. Must be a self starter, who has a successful track record in implementation & follow through of a marketing plan. Preference will be given to those candidates with marketing education & experience.

For further details visit www.microage.cc Please forward resume to: jdrummond@microage.cc Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

Bo’s Bar & Grill is looking for experienced line cooks.

Competitive wages, bonus system, good work ethic, team player needed.

403-309-2200 attn: Jacquie Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

LUAU Investments Ltd. (O/A Tim Hortons) Food Counter Attendant F/T shift work (open 24 hrs) Must be avail. weekends $11.00 per hour.

4217 - 50 Ave. 6721 - 50 Ave. 7111 - 50 Ave. timhire@telus.net

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

860

Great Earning Potential Paid Weekly

403-516-3838

880

268741K2

Professionals

STARS

is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

830

- Concrete Batch Plant Operator - Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers - Steel Reinforcement Labourers - Overhead Crane Operators - General Labourers - Site Supervisor - Quality Control Personnel

265251J30

WE are looking for Rig Mangers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or to (403) 358-3350

KFC requires

DELIVERY DRIVERS

LOOKING for 1st.- 4th year technicians for service department and Quick Lane. Training avail. Email resume to: craig@ aspenford.ca or call 403-742-2506

Daytime Shift

FURIX ENERGY INC. is hiring a

Weld Spool Pipefitter

268668J26-30

Apply by: Fax: (403) 341-3820 or in person at Downtown KFC 4834-53 St., Red Deer

Must have weld spooling pipefitting experience.

Please forward your resume to: kayla@furixenergy.com or fax to (403)348-8109.

LOOKING FOR FULL TIME FRAMER / FRAMERS HELPER to work in Sylvan Lake.

Exp. in reno’s and new construction. Have inside work for most of winter.

POSITION FILLED

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300

BALLOON RIDES www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

BUILDERS

HEALTH & FITNESS www.antlerhillelkranch.com Peak Performance VA 227-2449

www.dontforgetyourvitamins.net The greatest vitamins in the world

JOB OPPORTUNITIES www.workopolis.com Red Deer Advocate - Job Search

PET ADOPTION

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

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

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

WEB DESIGN

www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

affordablewebsitesolution.ca

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

1100

Black Cat Concrete

Technician

www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

COMPUTER REPAIR

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Sidewalks, driveways, required immediately. garages, patios, bsmts. RV Individual must be pads.

Dean 403-505-2542 highly organized, customer oriented, & have retail BRIAN’S DRYWALL meat cutting experience, Framing, drywall, taping, Competitive salary, textured & t-bar ceilings, benefits. Full and part time 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 meat cutting positions COUNTERTOPS also available.

Kitchen renovations Apply in person to Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 Sobeys, Highway 2A, Lacombe, or fax resume DALE’S HOME RENO’S 403-782-5820.

Free estimates for all your reno needs.

NDT Field Service 403-506-4301

www.greathealth.org Cancer Diabetes DIET 350-9168

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

MEAT MANAGER

www.matchingbonus123.usana.com the best...just got better!!

www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

1000-1430

BASEMENT developments/reno’s. Quality workmanship. Rod Smith Const. Ltd. 403-742-3148

www.liveyourlifebetter.com Lose weight naturally with Z-Trim

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

CLASSIFICATIONS

Contractors

19166TFD28

ASSOCIATIONS

www.centralalbertahomebuilders.com Central AB Home Builders 403-346-5321 www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca Canadian Mental Health Assoc. www.realcamping.ca LOVE camping and outdoors? www.diabetes.ca Canadian Diabetes Assoc. www.mycommunityinformation.com /cawos/index.html www.reddeerchamber.com Chamber of Commerce 403-347-4491

LOOKING for apprentice or journeyman mechanic.

Pipe bending skills would be a great asset. Wages depend on exp. Going concern shop. Fax resume to:403-346-9909 or drop off at 2410 50 Ave. Phone 403-346-7911

wegotservices

Escorts

1165

Painters/ Decorators

1310

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. Mon-Fri 12:30-6:30pm. 348-5650

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

EDEN

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

PAINTING BY DAVE Interior, Exterior, New Construction. Comm/Indust.

2 Journeyman w/over 50 yrs exp. %15 discount for seniors. Free estimates.

All work guaranteed.

403-307-4798

587-877-7399 10am- 2am EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049 LEXI, Blonde, Babe, 27. No Agency Fees 403-396-8884 SEXY dream girls waiting for you! 403-550-0732 mydiamondgirls.org

Fireplaces

1175

TIM LLOYD. WETT certified.

Inspections, installs, chimney sweeps & service 403-340-0513

Handyman Services

1200

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 TIRED of waiting? Call Renovation Rick, Jack of all trades. Handier than 9 men. 587-876-4396 or 587-272-1999

Massage Therapy

NEED EXPERIENCED ROOFERS / ROOFING CREWS for Central AB work.

Call Miles 403-896-9045

Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445

WINTER PREP SPECIAL Starting @ $100.

403-391-2169

1280

*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT BEAUTIFUL college girl ROXY 403-848-2300

OVERHEAD DOORS & Full time position. NDT experience an asset but operators installed 391-4144 n o t r e q u i r e d . Tr a i n i n g RMD RENOVATIONS provided. Based in Red Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Deer. Travel within West- Call Roger 403-348-1060 ern Canada and SIDING, Soffit, Fascia international travel possible. Driver’s license Prefering non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & and passport required.

Overtime. Opportunity for smart board, Call Dean @ 302-9210. advancement. Base rate plus field rate starting at $17-18/hr. Refer to Job # FST003. Send resume to alberta@testex-ndt.com.

Eavestroughing

1130

Massage Therapy

1280

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

Misc.

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

Seniors’ Services

1372

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 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

★

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

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 D3

860

DRIVERS wanted for tanker work in central and southern Alberta. Oilfield exp. an asset. Top wages + benefits for long term employees. Nearly new trucks with sleepers, microwave, fridges and many more features.

Scheduled time off and regular shifts on. Call 403-588-6285 588-05590.

403-227-2569 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Misc.

Help

880

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

Misc.

Help

880

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

Please contact QUITCY

Ainsworth Crsc.

Asmundsen Ave. Archibald Crsc.

Arnold Close/ Amlee Close

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

BOWER AREA

EXPERIENCED

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

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in MOUNTVIEW 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/yr 1-1/2 hrs. per day

Misc.

Help

880

ADULT CARRIER NEEDED for delivery of morning paper 6:30 a.m.

6 days a wk For GLENDALE & NORMANDEAU

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEERPARK Duncan Cres./ Dennison Cres. area $129/MO. ALSO Dunning Crsc.

Depalme St. $50/mo.

ALSO Dunham Close & Dandell Close area $130/mo.

LANCASTER AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA

Earn $440 or $500/mo. for 1 hr. or less 6 days a week Must have a reliable vehicle Please contact Rick at 403-314-4303

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in Deer Park Dempsey St. area $402/mo.

ALSO Davison Dr. area $530/mo.

ALSO Clearview Ridge Timberlands area $321 monthly Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info Are you tired of not having evening and weekends to do what you love to do?

Also for the afternoon & morning delivery in Town of Penhold!

Ingram Close

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for Morning Newspaper delivery in the Town of Stettler

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

NGLEWOOD

Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Langford Cres.

Law Close/ Lewis Close

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Barrett Dr. Bettenson St. Best Crsc./ Berry Ave.

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook 1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA

P/T PRESSER needed in drycleaning plant. No weekends or evenings. Call Shannon at 403-550-7440

Viscount Dr./ Violet Place Victor Close Vold Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

Temporary P/T 20 hrs./week, 4 pm. - 8 pm.

Mon. - Fri. Please drop off resume to Peavy Industries Ltd. 7740-40 Ave. Red Deer or fax 403-346-3432 Attn: Carolynn ROOFING LABOURER REQ’D. 403-314-9516 please leave a message. or 403-350-1520

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

Due to substantial growth SIDING HELPERS req’d. and the addition of new Willing to train. Construcm a n u f a c t u r e d p r o d u c t tion exp. an asset. Starting wage negotiable. lines, Bob (403)872-1312 The A.R. Thomson Group is offering the following opportunities to join our Manufacturing Team.

Serious applicants looking for a stable career opportunity are encouraged to join Warehouse our team.

Shipper/ Receiver Competitive starting wages 2 POSITIONS plus regular increases.

Hours: M-F 7:30am-4:30pm AVAILABLE FOR Excellent benefits MANUFACTURING package. Opportunities SHOP TECHNICIANS to advance. Must be Duties to include fabrica- dependable, hardworking tion prep, hydro-testing, and seeking a long-term general shop maintenance, career. Apply in person, operation of new product or email to: line manufacturing equiphartleytj@eecol.com ment, such as tube mill, 4747 - 61st Street corrugating equipment and other hose manufacturing equipment and occasional Career o n - s i t e w o r k w i t h o u r Planning mobile hydro-testing trailer unit.

920

RED DEER WORKS

Pre-Employment Drug / ROSEDALE Alcohol screening and a Robinson Cres./ -Professional House background check will be Cleaning required.

Reinholt Ave. area -Permanent Position 30-36 Hours of work are Monday $173/MO hr/week - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm -MUST have own vehicle (with sporadic overtime MICHENER -Must be available Mon-Fri available) 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Excellent benefits package West of 40th Ave. -Must pass a Criminal and RRSP plan are also North of Ross St. Record Check available. area -Paid training starts at Please Email Resumes to: $215.00/mo. $11.00/hr Borsato.linda@ -Benefits after 3 months arthomson.com Good for adult w/a If interested please contact OR Fax Resumes to: small car us at: Fax: 403-314-4811 403-341-4243 .

Email: merrymds@ FULL Time Warehouse ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK telus.net Person Central Alberta Tile One is looking for full time Call Jamie warehouse person.

Position requires a valid 403-314-4306 drivers licence and CARRIERS for more info involves some heavy REQUIRED lifting. Hours are Monday ADULT to deliver the through Friday and UPGRADING approximately one Central AB. Life Alberta Government Saturday every 3 weeks.

Funded Programs Excellent wages & Student Funding Available! benefits. Resumes can be Blackfalds submitted by e-mail to Lacombe NOVEMBER START brad@catile1.

Ponoka com, fax (403.346.3000) or Stettler • GED Preparation can be dropped off in • Community Support person at #9, 7619 -50 Ave Worker Program Red Deer, AB. Call Rick at

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training

340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Adult & Youth Carrier Needed For Delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in JOHNSTONE PARK Jacobs Close James, Johns St. & Jewell St.

403-314-4303 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY WORKER part-time evenings and weekends Honest, friendly, hardworking only need apply. $11.00/hour. Bring resume to Mustang Laundry, 6830-59 Avenue or email mustanglaundry@ airenet.com.

KEY Towing & Storage Alberta Ltd. req’s an exp’d. dispatcher. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Experience in the towing industry would be an asset. Requirements are computer skills, able to multi task and have good people skills. Fax resume to 403-346-0295.

MOBIL 1 Lube Express Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. Tech. Fax 403-314-9207

F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk.

Apply in person w/resume: Highland Green R E L I A B L E C L E A N I N G personnel req’d. for Red Value Drug Mart.

Deer area.. $17/hr. email DJ/KARAOKE HOST resume to icshine_cleaning for Hire, casual position. @hotmail.com 403-896-6880 Phone 780-399-4977

Employment Training

900

1710

J.H. CONNOR wringer washing machine, model 852G asking $25, 403-556-6473

Household Furnishings

1720

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.

DBLE. bed c/w mattress and bookcase headboard $50, recliner, exc cond. $100, solid office desk $25, 403-346-5360

DOWNSIZING

FUTON, like new cond. w/10” thick mattress, $120 call Viki 403-346-4263 LARGE antique teacher’s desk, dble. pedestal $150, 403-877-6354 LAZY Boy chair $50; kitchen chrome table, seats 4-6 $50 403-347-2683 PAIR bdrm. lamps $25; 27” o l d e r w o r k i n g t v, g o o d cond. $30; ladies S motorcycle helmut, $60; 403-340-0675 SENIORS DOWNSIZING FREE Futon, like new, Paid $300 (Have receipt).

You pick up in Bower area.

403-343-6306

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

RADIO AND RECORD PLAYER, 8 track player cabinet model, in goo cond. to give away GIVEN AWAY

1760

8x16’ x 11’ high, calf chop s h e l f f e e d e r, w o o d e n frame, metal roof, $200, 403-556-6473 AMWAY air filter system $190 403-347-2683 CHARCOAL grill $25; elec. motor, new, for furnace $25; Kenmore HD washer $50 ; elec. chain saw $25; new toilet and seat $75 403-755-3470 CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL books 5 @ $3 each, Company’s Coming books 9 @ $3 each, Umbrella plant 3ft. $14; Asparagus plant, $5, Dieffenbachia plant small $3; , 2 large tupperware containers 1 square 1 round, $4 each, tupperware juice pitcher $2.50, old fruit bowl, $3; old boat shape fruit bowl large $28; 2 serving bowls, $2.75 & $2.50, 2 old candy dishes, $2.50 & $3.50, 403-346-2231 NEW tempered glass fish tank and stand $75; brass 5 pce. fireplace set, $50, also grate $20, 403-728-3375 OFFICE desk $90; wooden swivel high back stool $90 403-347-2683

1830

Cats

2 FEMALE kittens to give away, litter box trained, 403-343-8727 after 6 p.m.

for all Albertans

3 FANCY KITTENS FOR SALE $60.

403-887-3649

wegot

6 FREE KITTENS Grey, black & white.

North of Sylvan Lake.

403-748-2748

FREE

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

1840

Dogs

One on one Training

Complete obedience course Harness pull training for sport Skijoring/scooter course Eric Touche 403-505-1392 emtouche@gmail.com SILVER Lab pups P.B. Parents CKC reg. vet checked, 1st shots. 3 F, 3 M. $600 403-843-6564, 785-5772

Sporting Goods

1860

BENELLI MR1semi auto rifle.

223 Non-restricted. New this year, scope and more optional, Must have PAL! $1600 obo CHILDRENS’ plastic Jon 403-506-7577 hangers, approx. 100, all for $20, 403-877-6354

Children's Items

Clothing

1580 1590

LADIES medium brown full length mink coat, exc. cond. Size 12. $200 obo 403-346-6303

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Collectors' Items

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Eastern U.S. braces for superstorm THOUSANDS WARNED TO EVACUATE AS HURRICANE IS EXPECTED TO HIT HEAVILY POPULATED CORRIDOR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Big cities from Washington to Boston braced Sunday for the onslaught of a superstorm that could menace 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the U.S., with forecasters warning New York could be in particular peril.

“The time for preparing and talking is about over,” Federal Emergency Management Administrator Craig Fugate warned as Hurricane Sandy made its way up the Atlantic on a collision course with two other weather systems that could turn it into one of the most fearsome storms on record in the U.S. “People need to be acting now.”

Forecasters warned that the megastorm could wreak havoc over 800 miles (1,300 kilometres) from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. States of emergency were declared from North Carolina to Connecticut.

Airlines cancelled more than 5,000 flights and Amtrak began suspending passenger train service across the Northeast. New York and Philadelphia moved to shut down their subways, buses and commuter trains Sunday night and announced that schools would be closed on Monday. Boston, Washington and Baltimore also called off school.

As rain from the leading edges of the monster hurricane began to fall over the Northeast, tens of thousands of people in coastal areas from Maryland to Connecticut were under orders to clear out Sunday. That included 50,000 in Delaware alone and 30,000 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where the city’s 12 casinos were forced to shut down for only the fourth time in the 34-year history of legalized gambling there.

Authorities warned that the biggest U.S. city could get hit with an 11-foot (3.3-meter) wall of water that could

swamp parts of lower Manhattan, flood subway tunnels and cripple the network of electrical and communications lines that are vital to the nation’s financial centre.

Sandy, a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) as of Sunday evening, was blamed for 65 deaths in the Caribbean before it began churning up the Eastern Seaboard.

As of 5 p.m. (2100 GMT), it was centred about 530 miles (850 kilometres) southeast of New York City, moving at 15 mph (24 kph), with hurricane-force winds extending an incredible 175 miles (280 kilometres) from its centre, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Sandy was expected to hook left toward the mid-Atlantic coast and come ashore late Monday or early Tuesday, most likely in New Jersey, colliding with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic.

Forecasters said the monster combination could bring close to a foot (30 centimetres) of rain, a potentially lethal storm surge and punishing winds extending hundreds of miles (kilometres) outward from the storm’s centre.

It could also dump up to 2 feet (60 centimetres) of snow in Kentucky, North Carolina and West Virginia.

Louis Uccellini, environmental prediction chief for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told The Associated Press that given Sandy’s east-to-west track into New Jersey, the worst of the storm surge could be just to the north, in New York City, Long Island and northern New Jersey.

Forecasters said that because of giant waves and high tides made worse by a full moon, the metropolitan area of about 20 million people could get slammed with an 11-foot (3.3-meter) wall of water.

“This is the worst-case scenario,” Uccellini said.

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A maintenance worker named Vitto attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate at the 2 Broadway building of Lower Manhattan in New York, Sunday, as a child walking by takes advantage of the temporary structure. Areas along the Northeast Coast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned people in low-lying areas of lower Manhattan and Queens to get out.

“If you don’t evacuate, you are not only endangering your life, you are also endangering the lives of the first responders who are going in to rescue you,” he said. “This is a serious and dangerous storm.”

New Jersey’s famously blunt Gov. Chris Christie was less polite: “Don’t be stupid. Get out.”

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for the city’s 1.1 million students and announced it would suspend all train, bus and subway service Sunday night because of the risk of flooding, shutting down a system on which more than 5 million riders a day depend.

The New York Stock Exchange announced it will close its trading floor Monday but continue to trade electronically, despite fears from some experts that flooding could knock out the underground network of power, phone and high-speed Internet lines that are vital to the nation’s financial capital.

Storm muddles last days of presidential race ROMNEY AND OBAMA OVERHAUL CAMPAIGN PLANS AS STORM APPROACHES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney overhauled campaign plans Sunday to avoid a massive hurricane churning up the U.S. Atlantic Coast nine days before Nov. 6 balloting in their extremely close race for the White House.

Obama moved up his departure for Florida to Sunday evening to dodge Hurricane Sandy which was forecast to begin whipping the Washington region with strong wind and drenching rain. The president also planned a Monday stop in Youngstown,

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Because of the hurricane, the president’s campaign said he was cancelling a campaign event in Virginia on Monday and in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday. Virginia and Colorado, like Florida, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nevada are the critical battleground states where the outcome of the election will be determined.

Obama met with federal emergency officials Sunday for an update on the storm’s path and the danger it poses to the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions before speaking by phone to affected governors and mayors.

“My main message to everybody involved is that we have to take this seriously,” Obama said. He urged people to “listen to your local officials.”

An opportunity for Obama to demonstrate steady leadership in the face of crisis was offset by the risk that the federal government, as in past emergencies, could be faulted for an ineffective response, with the president left to take the fall.

Romney cancelled three stops in up-for-grabs Virginia on Sunday, opting instead to campaign with running mate Paul Ryan in Ohio before heading Monday to Wisconsin, where Romney has chipped away at Obama’s lead.

“Let’s today when we get home put in our prayers the people who are in the East Coast in the wake of this big storm that’s coming,” Ryan said in Celina, Ohio.

Vice-President Joe Biden cancelled a Monday event in New Hampshire, and Romney’s wife, Ann Romney, called off her Monday events. Campaign staffers planned to collect supplies for Virginia storm victims, and a Republican Party spokesman said Romney’s campaign bus would be used for “relief efforts throughout the East Coast.”

Heading into the final full week of the campaign, Democrats claim math is on the president’s side.

Republicans insist Romney’s got the momentum in pursuit of the 270 electoral votes needed for victory.

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Obama is ahead in states and Washington, D.C., representing 237 electoral votes; Romney has a comfortable lead in states with 191 electoral votes. The contest is too close to call in the nine decisive battleground states.

Voters in many states are already casting ballots early, and about one-third of the electorate will have voted before Election Day. Both candidates were pushing hard to get their supporters to the polls early to bank insurance votes before Election Day. In addition to scrambling to tweak schedules, the campaigns were shifting manpower and pumping millions of more dollars into TV ads in the decisive battleground states.

Deep-pocketed outside groups are paying for direct mail, automated phone calls and other get-outthe-vote efforts.

Total campaign spending has exceeded $2 billion, making this presidential race the most expensive in the history of electoral politics.

In the campaign’s final stretch, Romney has struck a more moderate tone as he courts women and independents. In Florida on Saturday he pledged to “build bridges” with Democrats, a stark shift from the far-right conservative message he has used throughout the campaign.

But he did not let up on Obama, saying the president was “shrinking from the magnitude of the times” and advancing an agenda that lacks vision.

Romney held three events in Florida on Saturday, timed to coincide with the first day of in-person early voting in a state that went for Obama four years ago and where 29 electoral votes are up for grabs this time.

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WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. Dealer order or transfer may be required as inventory may vary by dealer. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. ‡Until November 30, 2012, receive $2,000/$9,000/$10,000/$10,000/$10,000/$10,000/$8,250/$9,250/$9,250/ $9,250/$9,250 in Manufacturer Rebates with the purchase or lease of a new 2012 [F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 (Value Leader) All Engines/F-150 Regular Cab (Excl XL 4x2) 5.0L/F-150 Super Cab 4x4 5.0L/F-150 Super Cab 4x2 5.0L/F-150 Super Crew 4x4 5.0L/F-150 Super Crew 4x2 5.0L/F-150 Regular Cab (Excl XL 4x2) non-5.0L/F-150 Super Cab 4x4 non-5.0L /F-150 Super Cab 4x2 non-5.0L/F-150 Super Crew 4x4 non-5.0L/F-150 Super Crew 4x2 non-5.0L] – all Raptor and Medium truck models excluded. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. ▼Offer only valid from September 1, 2012 to October 31, 2012 (the “Offer Period”) to resident Canadians with a Costco membership on or before August 31, 2012. Use this $1,000CDN Costco member offer towards the purchase or lease of a new 2012/2013 Ford/Lincoln vehicle (excluding Fiesta, Focus, Raptor, GT500, Mustang Boss 302, Transit Connect EV & Medium Truck) (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). The Eligible Vehicle must be delivered and/or factory-ordered from your participating Ford/Lincoln dealer within the Offer Period. Offer is only valid at participating dealers, is subject to vehicle availability, and may be cancelled or changed at any time without notice. Only one (1) offer may be applied towards the purchase or lease of one (1) Eligible Vehicle, up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales per Costco Membership Number. Offer is transferable to persons domiciled with an eligible Costco member. This offer can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford Motor Company of Canada at either the time of factory order (if ordered within the Offer Period) or delivery, but not both. Offer is not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). Applicable taxes calculated before $1,000CDN offer is deducted. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offer, see dealer for details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. *Purchase a new 2012 F-150 XLT Super Cab 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-150 XLT Super Crew 4X4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-250 XLT Super Cab 4X4 Western Edition with power seats for $27,885/$29,885/$39,999. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate of $10,000/$10,000/$7,250 has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax of $1,700 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fill charge and all applicable taxes. Manufacturer Rebates can be used in conjunction with most retail consumer offers made available by Ford of Canada at either the time of factory order or delivery, but not both. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. **Choose 6.19% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a new 2012 F-150 XLT Super Cab 4x4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-150 XLT Super Crew 4X4 with 5.0L engine/2012 F-250 XLT Super Cab 4X4 Western Edition with power seats for a maximum of 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Purchase financing monthly payment is $431/$465/$617 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $199/$214/$285 with a down payment of $2,000/$2,000/$3,000 or equivalent trade-in. Cost of borrowing is $5,169.65/5,569.08/$7,389.30 or APR of 6.19% and total to be repaid is $31,054.65/$33,454.08/$44,388.30. Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $10,000/$10,000/$7,250 and freight and air tax of $1,700 but exclude optional features, administration and registration fees (administration fees may vary by dealer), fuel fill charge and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebate deducted. Bi-Weekly payments are only available using a customer initiated PC (Internet Banking) or Phone Pay system through the customer’s own bank (if offered by that financial institution). The customer is required to sign a monthly payment contract with a first payment date one month from the contract date and to ensure that the total monthly payment occurs by the payment due date. Bi-weekly payments can be made by making payments equivalent to the sum of 12 monthly payments divided by 26 bi-weekly periods every two weeks commencing on the contract date. Dealer may sell for less. Offers vary by model and not all combinations will apply. ***Estimated fuel consumption ratings for model shown: 2012 F-150 4X4 5.0L V8: [14.9L/100km (19MPG) City, 10.5L/100km (27MPG) Hwy]. Fuel consumption ratings based on Transport Canada approved test methods. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on road conditions, vehicle loading, vehicle equipment, and driving habits. †F-150: When properly equipped. Max. towing of 11,300 lbs with 3.5L EcoBoost and 6.2L 2 valve 4X2 V8 engines. Max. payload of 3,120 lbs with 5.0L Ti-VCT V8 engines. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR, non-hybrid. Super Duty: Max. conventional towing capability of 17,500 lbs. on F-350 and max. 5th Wheel towing capability of 24,500 lbs. On F-450 when properly equipped. Max. payload capability of 7,110 lbs. on F-350 when properly equipped. Class is Full-Size Pickups over 8,500 lbs. GVWR vs. 2011/2012 competitors. ††Max. horsepower of 411 and max. torque of 434 on F-150 6.2L V8 engine. Class is Full–Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs GVWR, non-hybrid vs. 2011/2012 comparable competitor engines. ◆Some mobile phones and some digital media players may not be fully compatible – check www.syncmyride.com for a listing of mobile phones, media players, and features supported. Driving while distracted can result in loss of vehicle control, accident and injury. Ford recommends that drivers use caution when using mobile phones, even with voice commands. Only use mobile phones and other devices, even with voice commands, not essential to driving when it is safe to do so. SYNC is optional on most new Ford vehicles. †††©2012 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2012 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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