Red Deer Advocate, November 14, 2012

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Adios Tequila TROUBLED NIGHTCLUB LOSES APPEAL, CLOSES DOORS OVER PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer nightclub has lost its appeal to keep its business licence and will have to shut down after concerns were raised over public safety.

In its Nov. 6 written decision, the Red Deer Appeal and Review Board said it would uphold its decision to revoke the licence for Tequila Nightclub.

The revocation is effective seven days from the issuance of this decision, but the City of Red Deer is seeking legal advice on when that date is because of when the nightclub operator may have been notified.

If the nightclub chooses to continue to operate without a licence, it would be fined every day it operates, according to the City of Red Deer Inspections and Licensing Department.

“The licence to operate a drinking establishment is a privilege afforded to residents of the City of Red Deer under the bylaw,” said the board. “It is not a right. Businesses are expected to comply with licensing requirements and rectify deficiencies in a timely manner.”

The board also said that the conditions imposed upon the business licence in February had still not been completed, even after a full seven months had passed.

Inspection and Licensing decided to permanently revoke the nightclub’s

business licence in September. The downtown Tequila Nightclub remained open two nights a week after the appeal was filed by Quan Diep of Calgary and his lawyer Dana Carlson of Red Deer.

The board said the appellant maintained throughout the appeal hearing that he provides (or it is his intent to provide) a safe environment for the public to gather, consume alcohol and socially recreate. However, the board felt the first steps to accomplish this would have been compliance with conditions imposed by the city.

On Sept. 10, the city issued a letter to the appellant, saying that the business licence would be permanently revoked. The letter indicated that conditions had not been fully complied with in regards to security, video recorders, metal detectors and access to the nightclub.

The letter also made reference to two alleged breaches of regulations related to public safety, including exceeding licensed capacity and allowing individuals under 18 to be present.

Concerns regarding Tequila Nightclub were raised in January after a stabbing occurred across the street. As a result of the stabbing, additional security measures were required by the Inspections and Licensing Department for the bar to remain open.

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Heritage Ranch sleigh and carriage driver Bud Smith works at the ranch where about 20,000 LED lights and floods will light up the trail this winter. For the first time, Heritage Ranch is offering Winter Night Lights rides through the park. Starting Thursday, participants will ride in horse-drawn sleighs and carriages along the snowy paths at the ranch through the forest where the lights will glisten off the snowy branches and forest floor. Rides begin daily at 4 p.m. and run every 45 minutes to an hour after that into the evening. For information and bookings contact the ranch at 403-347-4977 or go to bookings@ heritageranch.ca.

Klein awarded Order of Canada FORMER PREMIER UNABLE TO ATTEND CEREMONY DUE TO SEVERE DEMENTIA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The wife of former Alberta premier Ralph Klein dabbed at her tears Tuesday as she accepted an Order of Canada medal on her ailing husband’s behalf.

But Colleen Klein also managed to add a dash of levity to the bittersweet occasion.

As she posed for photos with Gov. Gen David Johnston, she opened her blazer to reveal a 1992 Progressive Conservative leadership campaign pin with her husband’s grinning face on it. The gesture was met with laughter and applause from the small group of guests.

“It surprised me. You could see it surprised the Governor General,” Klein adviser and longtime family friend Rod Love said afterwards.

Klein was also given a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal — something Love said had not been expected.

Colleen Klein put her hand to her chest as Johnston presented the second medal to her.

The former premier has a form of dementia and no longer makes public appearances.

“He’s struggling, but he’s comfortable,” said Love, who added that Colleen Klein would be visiting her husband after the ceremony to show him the medals.

“I think Colleen believes he’ll know,” Love said, his voice hoarse with emotion.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Colleen Klein, wife of former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, shows a Klein election badge after accepting the Order of Canada from Governor General David Johnston on behalf of her husband in Calgary, Alberta on Tuesday. ly are given out at a big ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. Love said it was a “great gesture” to bring the event to Calgary in this particular case.

Among the guests were Klein’s daughter Teresa, former provincial

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cabinet ministers, Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and the woman who runs Klein’s favourite restaurant in the city’s Chinatown.

A task force including members of city council, administration and the aboriginal community has been charged with finding a site for the Red Deer Native Friendship Society’s affordable housing and cultural centre project.

The group will meet weekly to discuss options and to move the project along as soon as possible.

Friendship Society executive director Tanya Schur said the project cannot move along quickly enough.

The Friendship Society received about $2.6 million from the province for the housing component which is held in abeyance until March 31, 2013.

“That doesn’t necessarily mean we have to be finished the project but we would definitely need a concrete plan,” said Schur.

“I would love to see shovels in the dirt by spring of 2013.”

At its Oct. 15 meeting, city council ruled against making changes to the land use bylaw that would have allowed the project to be built on a site in Clearview North.

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The pedestrian crossing at the bottom of the Ross Street hill will stay the course.

Red Deer city council debated changing the existing signed and marked crossing to a pedestrian activated signal to curb safety issues on Monday.

But engineering services manager Frank Colosimo said in the last 20 years there have been no pedestrian collisions at the crossing. Colosimo said based on week and weekend traffic counts the existing crosswalk is appropriate and no changes are needed.

He said there may be a need to change the crossing when other neighbourhoods like Timberlands and Clearview North continue to build and the traffic flows increase into the downtown.

“Just given our history, I don’t think we need a set of signals,” said Colosimo.

“However if we do install a set of signals, we’re just raising the attention of the drivers. It’s not a bad thing. It’s just not required based on the items we looked at.”

The five options including a side mounted solar powered pedestrian-activated amber lights ranged from $35,000 to $110,000 in price.

Council voted 5-2 in support of keeping the existing markings at Ross Street and Coronation Park.

Coun. Paul Harris and Mayor Morris Flewwelling were opposed. Coun. Buck Buchanan and Coun. Dianne Wyntjes were absent.

In other council news: ● Coun. Paul Harris wants to reopen the discussion on policing in Red Deer. Harris introduced a motion to review the current policing service delivery model to ensure it is appropriate, cost effective and represents the best service for tax dollars. In 2011 city council voted 7-2 in support of keeping the RCMP after conducting an extensive policing review.

Coun. Chris Stephan and Coun. Buck Buchanan were opposed.

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NIGHTCLUB: Visited by team on Aug. 21 Due to public and police concerns, a team of 18 officers from the Red Deer Public Safety Compliance Team entered the nightclub late on Aug. 21 and into the early morning of Aug. 22. Twelve minors were found. Two members of Red Deer Emergency Services, part of the compliance team, did a head count and determined that around 225 people were inside, when the maximum allowed is 100.

Tequila was charged with a number of violations under the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Act. During the two hearing dates in October, Diep explained why he should be allowed to stay open.

He advised that he is always present on the floor and hands on during operation of Tequila. He stated there are pre-shift and end-of-night meetings with security staff to review protocols, according to the appeal board’s written decision.

He also conceded the inspection on Aug. 22 was serious and he accepted responsibility for it. However, he disputed the results of the persons count, saying that 147 individuals were counted by security.

Diep also said he was embarrassed that underage patrons were allowed and that staff responsible for checking ID at that time were fired.

He also argued that revocation of the licence was made arbitrarily with no means of measuring whether it was reasonable. Diep also said he has a 10-year history of operating drinking establishments and has never encountered issues to this extent.

Meanwhile, a dozen charges of allowing minors inside the Tequila Nightclub were adjourned in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday.

Lawyer Dana Carlson, who is representing the owners of the nightclub, asked the court for a month adjournment to allow time for other issues with the City of Red Deer and Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission to be worked out.

Alberta 1476956, a numbered company behind the nightclub, is facing 12 counts of allowing people under the age of majority to enter a licensed establish-

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One killed, two injured in collision One person is dead and two more in hospital following a Monday afternoon crash on Hwy 2 near Blackfalds.

A southbound vehicle tried to pass a cement truck from the merge lane just south of Secondary Hwy 597 ment where minors are prohibited.

The case returns to court on Dec. 17 when pleas are expected to be entered. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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Two welders working on the seating expansion at the Centrium send a spray of sparks as they install structural steel beams along the roof in the arena on Tuesday. “We are on track for completion within six weeks,” said Westerner Park CEO and General Manager John Harms. The $5.5-million project will see the addition of 1,000 general seats and 250 suite seats added to the west end of the building. Thirteen suites and one club suite that seats 40 is part of the expansion.

The seats are scheduled to arrive by Monday said Harms and installation of seating will begin a few days later.

KLEIN: ‘Long overdue’ for honour “It was very emotional. I think every one of us in that room wished that Ralph could have been there to accept that himself,” said Shirley McClellan, who served as Klein’s finance minister and deputy premier.

“But also we’re quite overcome by how gracious Colleen was in the acceptance and there’s no question it was a Ralph and Colleen team.”

Klein was elected leader of Alberta’s Tories on Dec. 5, 1992, and was sworn in as the province’s 12th premier nine days later.

He led the party to victory in 1993 and again in 1997 and 2001.

Before entering provincial politics, Klein served three terms as mayor of Calgary after a career in the news media.

“During his time in public service he made some very challenging decisions in order to grow our economy. He also created an endearing and enduring relationship with Albertans, who affectionately refer to him as Ralph,” Alberta Premier Alison Redford said in a release.

Danielle Smith, leader of the Opposition Wildrose party, said Klein’s induction into the Order of Canada was “long overdue.”

“As the driving force behind creating the Alberta Advantage, Premier Klein shaped our province into a global leader in fiscal responsibility and forwardthinking budgeting,” she said.

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the speakers were opposed to the project. Many residents said they were left in the dark about the project when they purchased their homes.

Schur said the task force will ensure everyone is on the same page.

“The goal is to make sure every piece of city planning is included so nothing falls off the table or gets caught in public consultation again,” she said. “That’s a wise decision ... I think it will create a much more inclusive process that will not leave people feeling they weren’t consulted.”

Members of the task force include Coun. Paul Harris, Coun. Tara Veer, city manager Craig Curtis, director of corporate transformation Lisa Perkins and Friendship Centre directors.

The group met last week but they are not at the stage to discuss potential locations.

Harris said he was surprised at the controversy and he felt the public did not have a clear understanding of the project. Harris said there are a variety of issues that need to be addressed this time around.

“Certainly some people felt they were left in the dark,” said Harris, noting the city must follow provincial and municipal legislation. “There’s two sides to every story when it comes to planning. We were following what we felt was the proper method to go.

Probably going to first reading was in hindsight a decision we should have not done. We should have looked at it another way so it would not have called for a public hearing. Maybe address some things earlier in the process.”

Harris said the task force will be a fresh start for the community. Earlier this month, members of city council sat in a healing circle with the aboriginal community to begin repairing relationships following council’s decision.

Schur said the project which includes enough land to conduct cultural ceremonies and affordable housing (16 or 32 units) is non-negotiable. She said this may limit where the project could be situated but they have obligations to the aboriginal community.

“This project is an opportunity for Red Deer to celebrate the contribution of aboriginal culture and house some aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in the space that will have room to play, room to grow,” said Schur. “I think that’s a good thing for Red Deer.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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The driver of the first vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. One compact car occupant was airlifted by STARS to Edmonton while the other was airlifted from Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre after ground transportation from the scene. No names have been released pending next of kin notification.

Hwy 2 was closed a number of hours and traffic rerouted on Hwy 2A.

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Wildrose called hypocritical over government debt

Mulcair decries treaty with China

TORIES FIRE BACK AT CRITICISM BY THE WILDROSE OVER THE GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO TAKE ON DEBT TO PAY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS

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THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A soonto-be ratified investment treaty between Canada and China has the potential to wrest control of natural resources away from the provinces, the leader of the federal NDP said Tuesday. “I think one of the things that we have to know is that this can cause huge upheaval in the province’s ability to control their natural resources and real problems for Canada’s sovereignty long-term,� Tom Mulcair said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Control over resources is a particularly prickly topic in Alberta, where Mulcair was making a stop to support anti-poverty advocate Dan Meades, the party’s candidate for CalgaryCentre in a Nov. 26 byelection.

Mulcair has said previously that a New Democrat government would do anything in its power to extricate Canada from the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement if it’s found to not be in the country’s best interest. “I think the average Calgarian and the average Albertan understands very well that the battles that were fought 30 some-odd years ago to get control of natural resources put in the constitution shouldn’t be thrown aside easily,�

Mulcair said at Meades’ campaign headquarters, where volunteers were busily working the phones in the next room. “People are starting

to realize that this could play havoc with the province’s ability to control their resources going forward.�

The separate, but related, issue of a stateowned Chinese company’s $15.1-billion takeover of Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY) has been top of mind for voters in the downtown Calgary riding.

Calgary-Centre is where Nexen’s headquarters are located and it’s where China National Offshore Oil Co. has promised to base its North and Central American operations.

After two extensions, a federal decision on whether the Nexen deal is of net benefit to Canada is expected on Dec. 10. The NDP and other critics have derided the review process as being too vague and secretive, though the Conservative government has said it would clarify its guidelines soon. “The big question that people seem to be asking is what are the Conservatives hiding?� asked Meades. “Why is it they won’t tell us how this decision is going to be made? Why is it they push it off again until after the byelection?�

Meades said he believes the NDP has a “great shot� at winning the riding in the heart of Tory country. “The people of Calgary have a real penchant and kind of history of thinking for themselves and voting on the best ideas and the values that represent them,� he said.

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COUNCIL: Debt policy Last week, Red Deer City RCMP Supt. Warren Dosko said that he will make a “significant request� during the 2013 municipal operational budget talks, which start in early January. Coun. Harris’s motion will be before council on Nov. 26.

Woman dies in head-on crash with tanker on northern Alberta highway

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — A woman has died in a head-on collision on Highway 63 north of Fort McMurray, Alta.

RCMP say the woman was the only occupant of a pickup truck that collided with a tanker truck.

The driver of the tanker has been taken to hospital with undetermined injuries.

RCMP say initial reports indicate the pickup lost control on slippery roads.

The tanker was carrying dangerous goods but remained upright and did not spill.

However, RCMP say the highway will remain closed until those goods are secured and the tanker is able to be transported safely from the scene, which is expected to take some time.

About 50 people have died since 2006 on the highway that links the Edmonton area to the oilsands region.

The province has promised more police officers to patrol the highway and has said it will install electric digital signs that will show how fast people are driving.

The government announced in 2006 it would begin twinning the 240-kilometre highway, but since then only a handful of kilometres south of Fort McMurray have been completed.

On Tuesday, the province announced it will be issuing tenders for grading of two more sections to be twinned by 2016.

� City council directed administration to set in policy that “the city will not exceed 90 per cent of the debt limit,� something that has been in practice for many years but was not in policy. Coun. Tara Veer brought the motion to council because the city was projected to reach the 90 per cent debt limit in 2015. Reduced spending has actually reduced the projected debt to 72.9 per cent in 2015. But Veer said it is still important for council to have it in policy so it would not compromise council’s ability to respond to critical needs in the future. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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EDMONTON — Two Alberta Tory cabinet ministers say politicians from the Opposition Wildrose party are self-serving hypocrites trained in “flea-market� economics where cash falls forever off a “money tree.�

Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths and Transportation Minister Ric McIver took turns Tuesday firing back at criticism levelled by the Wildrose over the government’s plan to take on debt to pay for big-ticket capital projects.

Griffiths hammered away during a speech to rural and municipal district politicians. He said he’s tired of hearing the Wildrose demand spending cuts overall while also lobbying for pet projects in party-held constituencies. “What hypocrisy,� said Griffiths. “You can’t demand you reduce spending and then demand you spend more in your own constituency. “Every single person in this room has an issue, whether it’s their hospital or their school or their road. “It’s about long-term planning for the next 20 years to make sure we meet those demands, not just about what the budget looks like at the second-quarter update.

referendum on the spending issue.

The Wildrose leader said Albertans need to have a say on whether future generations should be saddled with debt.

McIver, however, asked if it would be fair to impose the same debtload on current Albertans.

Reporters asked Griffiths why the government didn’t talk about the debt plan during the election. “Actually I think (we) did,� said Griffiths. He said he has spoken for a year or more on the need to find ways to build recreation centres, sidewalks and other amenities for thousands of newcomers.

The minister suggested it makes sense, as in the case of a family farm, to borrow money in the short term to flourish in the long term.

Liberal finance critic Kent Hehr said the government needs to look at other options such as changing corporate tax rates or abandoning the flat tax for a progressive one. “The government continues to fund today’s projects on the backs of our future prosperity,� said Hehr. “Its only plan is to continue to spend all of our fossil fuel wealth in one generation.�

The debate is expected to flare up again Monday when politicians resume sitting in the house after a one-week break.

That’s how you run a flea market, not the province of Alberta.�

McIver, in a scrum with reporters, was 25 seconds into his first answer to a question on the debt plan when he turned his guns on the Wildrose. “The Opposition, with their money tree math, in one breath says, ‘Don’t borrow money’ and in the next breath says, ‘We would have built (to twin) Highway 63 (to Fort McMurray).’ “Well they wouldn’t have done it without borrowing money because it costs $1.1 billion. You can’t have it both ways.�

Premier Alison Redford and Finance Minister Doug Horner announced on the weekend that the government will take on debt to pay for roads, schools and hospitals while making sure the $40-billion day-to-day operating budget stays in the black.

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said Redford didn’t announce that plan in the February budget or run on it in the April election campaign.

She called it a fundamental reversal of policy and a repudiation of the legacy of former Tory premier Ralph Klein, who used oil royalties to erase Alberta’s $23-billion net debt and set up the province as an international leader in fiscal probity.

Smith wants Redford to call a

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Smith’s misplaced rant Danielle Smith’s audition as premier in waiting takes a step back every time she gives in to her penchant for hyperbole.

She apparently thinks that Albertans will respond better to reckless condemnation than reasoned discussion.

So the Wildrose Party leader occasionally offers up the kind of sound bites that resonate with outrage, but occupy a space at great distance from reality.

That she’s still flailing away at a false economic model as she rants makes it even more disconcerting.

This week, Smith jabbed at the Progressive Conservative government over suggestions by Finance Minister Doug Horner that the budget be split into two components: operating and capital. The premise is that the operating budget must be balanced and that the capital budget can be financed with borrowed cash.

Smith’s response? Sky-is-falling silliness.

“We get $10 billion worth of resource revenue (a year), they are blowing through our savings, and in addition to that they’re taking on debt?” she said on Monday.

“The level of incompetence on the

OURVIEW JOHN STEWART fiscal side is stunning.

“They’re marching down the same path that so many jurisdictions around the world have marched down that has gotten them to the brink of insolvency.”

And in one grand gesture, she has painted Alberta as the next Greece.

What utter nonsense.

To be clear, what the Tories are now talking about is how most businesses operate, along with municipal governments and other public entities.

In essence, the Conservative premise is that they are being true to their goal of balancing the budget if operating expenses (including the costs of paying down the debt) can be paid for from revenue (taxes, service fees and oil royalties, primarily).

It’s fair for Smith to question the Tories’ track record on economic management. The budget introduced in February now seems like so much fudging, based as it was on $100-a-barrel oil (and the accompanying royalties). Postelection, Redford’s team has backed away from predictions of $40 billion in revenue this year.

That kind of quick-stepping deserves to be critiqued. It’s the kind of fiscal fiddling that many Albertans are long weary of, and made them look with more than a little interest at Smith and her Wildrose balancedbudget platform during the lead-up to the April 23 provincial election.

In the end, voters couldn’t take the jump, except in 17 ridings (five of which are in Central Alberta, surrounding Red Deer), but Smith’s rightleaning philosophy did attract 34 per cent of the popular vote.

Redford emerged with a 61-seat caucus and a powerful majority (based on 44 per cent of the popular vote).

In all, 66 per cent of Alberta voters opted for a candidate who offered a more left-leaning vision of Alberta than what Wildrose represented.

That vision includes an Alberta that meets its infrastructure needs now and into the future.

We are on the cusp of another astounding round of growth. Without the necessary infrastructure expansion, we are destined to suffer horrible social problems.

Part of what made Redford attractive was her insistence that Alberta needed a sustainable infrastructure funding model that gave municipali-

ties the support they needed.

Part of what made Smith less attractive to voters was the insistence (which she was trumpeting again this week) that former premier Ralph Klein’s fiscal management was worthy of emulation.

Most Albertans now realize that Klein balanced the budget at the expense of roads, schools and hospitals.

And that he frittered away our savings, and our control over our utilities, to do it.

In March, in the heat of the election campaign, Smith suggested “Ms. Redford doesn’t like Alberta all that much.”

But considering the absurd message being delivered by Smith now (including the suggestion that any move to provincial debt should only be made after a referendum), it’s fair to wonder what the Wildrose leader likes about this province.

Surely not its ability to move forward. Because resorting to baseless condemnation, coupled with a proposal to cap spending and handcuff government by insisting on referendums at every turn, will certainly not serve any of us well.

John Stewart is the Advocate’s managing editor.

Living things are as common as dirt THE NOTION THAT NO OTHER LIFE EXISTS IN THE UNIVERSE IS JUST LAUGHABLE In this interval of blessed tranquillity between the titanic struggle to choose the next president of the “world’s greatest nation” (same guy as last time), and the world-shaking choice of the next leader of the “Middle Kingdom” (Xi Jinping, but it’s still officially secret for a few more days), a delicious moment of sheer silliness.

The British Broadcasting Corporation has banned a science program because it might trigger an interstellar invasion.

They would not normally ban a program made by Brian Cox. He is a jewel in the GWYNNE BBC’s crown: a particle physiDYER cist with rock-star appeal — he played in two semi-professional bands, and in the right light he looks like a younger Steven Tyler — who can also communicate with ordinary human beings.

They just forbade him to make the episode of Stargazing Live in which he planned to send a message to the aliens.

Cox wanted to point the Jodrell Bank radio telescope at a recently discovered planet circling another star, in the hope of making contact with an alien civilization.

The BBC executives refused to let him do it, on the grounds that since no one knew what might happen, it could be in breach of “health and safety” guidelines.

Cox, a serious scientist, knew exactly what would

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happen: nothing. Even if there are hostile aliens out there, space is so vast that light from the nearest star, traveling at 300,000 km per second, takes four years to reach us. He was just doing his bit in the centuries-long scientific campaign to convince people that they are not at the centre of everything.

The BBC suits, who do think that they are at the centre of everything, weren’t having any of that. If there are aliens out there, and they find out we are here, their first reaction will probably be to come here and eat our children. And then the BBC will get blamed for it. Sorry, Brian. Drop the radio telescope and step away from it slowly.

The suits richly deserve the derision that has come their way, but if there really is life elsewhere, and even perhaps intelligent life, then we aren’t at the centre of anything any more. We are, as Douglas Adams once put it in The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy.”

We used to believe that the whole universe literally revolved around us. Then came Copernicus.

But we went on believing that we are very special.

We look like other animals, but we are so special that we don’t cease to exist when we die. We give the universe meaning just by being alive.

A bit at the time, however, science has been destroying all of our traditional ideas about our own centrality. And here comes another blow.

In a universe with trillions of stars, it was always less presumptuous to assume that we are not unique than to insist that we are. But just 20 years ago there was no evidence to show that other stars actually do have planets, let alone that some of those planets harbour life.

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We now know of the existence of some 800 “exoplanets,” and the number is doubling every year or so. Most of these planets are gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn, not at all like Earth, simply because the giants are easier to detect. But what we have really been looking for is planets like our own. We know that life thrives here.

The astronomers at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have now found such a planet.

It is called HD 40307g, and it orbits a small orangecoloured sun 42 light-years from here. The planet is rocky, like Earth, and it orbits its star at a distance where the temperature allows water to exist as a liquid. It is certainly a candidate for life.

In the past decade, we have learned that most stars have planets, and that they typically have lots of them. HD 40307 has six planets orbiting at different distances, at least one of which (HD40307g) is in the “Goldilocks” zone.

There are between 200 billion and 400 billion stars in our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and probably at least as many planets. If only one in a hundred of those planets harbours life, which is likely to be an underestimate, then there are two billion living planets.

We are not unique and special. We are as common as dirt.

Douglas Adams also wrote: “If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.” But we are gradually acquiring exactly that, and it doesn’t really hurt. It is possible to be aware of your own cosmic insignificance and still love your children.

Even though they are without significance too.

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Falling revenues to push deficit up to $26B

BY JULIAN BELTRAME THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA, Ont. — Canada will miss its deficit targets in each of the next four years, because global economic weakness has carved into commodity prices and tax revenues, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said today.

His fall economic update showed a bottom line worse than many expected, with the deficit at $26 billion, up $5 billion from the March budget forecast.

Flaherty also said it will take a year longer than predicted to balance the budget.

“Canada has clearly been affected by volatile and falling world commodity prices since the budget in late March,” he said in notes for a speech to a Fredericton business audience.

“And the forecast of private sector economists is consistent with the view that world commodity prices will remain below the level anticipated at the time of the budget.”

Because of the weakness, the government expects revenues to be on average $7.2 billion below what it had counted on in the budget during the five-year horizon period.

Flaherty made clear that he remains on track in keeping government costs down. Program expenses edge down as a percentage of the country’s gross domestic product during the period.

But the numbers show the government can’t overcome the lower revenues, which were first noticed in the final accounts of last year’s budget period. They carry on this year and into future years.

Ottawa now projects its deficit will rise to $26 billion this fiscal year, which ends in March, as opposed to the predicted $21.1 billion. Going forward, the deficit is now projected at $16.5 billion next year, compared with the budget estimate of $10.2 billion, and $8.6 billion in 2014-15, as opposed to $1.3 billion.

The March budget anticipated a $3.4 billion surplus in 2015-16, but now Flaherty expects a $1.8 billion deficit that year. The new calculation is that Ottawa will finally show a surplus of $1.7 billion in 2016-17.

The projections do include a $3 billion margin of error, or so called “risk adjustment,” so it is possible that Ottawa could still come in on target if those risks do not materialize, or if the economy performs better than expected.

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Mountie killed in early morning crash with semi trailer in Surrey, B.C. SURREY, B.C. — Police departments across Canada are offering their condolences following the death of a British Columbia Mountie whose father and brother are also RCMP officers.

Const. Adrian Oliver died at about 5 a.m. Tuesday after a collision involving his unmarked police cruiser and a transport truck at an intersection in Surrey, B.C. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said many people will be affected by Oliver’s death.

“On behalf of the government of Canada, I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of Const. Oliver, who lost his life today while on duty,” Toews said in a statement.

“This is a very sad day for all Canadians,” Toews said.

Oliver, 28, was rushed to hospital but could not be saved.

RCMP Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, the commanding officer of the Mounties in British Columbia, expressed his condolences to Oliver’s mother, father and two brothers, along with his friends and colleagues.

Callens said he spoke with Oliver’s father, an RCMP member in Ottawa, early Tuesday and that the family was preparing to travel to B.C. “Clearly, it is a tragic day for the Oliver family and for the entire RCMP,” Callens told a news conference.

Ethnic media monitoring used to track perceptions of Immigration Minister OTTAWA — The department of Citizenship and Immigration spent almost $750,000 monitoring ethnic media over the past three years including assessments of election campaign events and “perceptions” of Minister Jason Kenney.

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Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty wipes his brow as he takes questions after delivering his financial update at a business luncheon in Fredericton on Tuesday. Flaherty says Canada will miss its deficit targets in each of the next four years due to global economic weaknesses impacting commodity prices and tax revenues.

In his speech, Flaherty cautioned that the world is full of risks and again expresses concern about a U.S. fiscal crisis if Congress and re-elected President Barack Obama cannot come to an agreement before Jan. 1.

But he also said there is also some cause for optimism, in which case both the Canadian economy and

by The Canadian Press under access to information law, taxpayers paid for daily reports that were supposed to monitor “key words and issues related to the department’s mandate.”

But the more than 7,000 pages of documents reveal the media monitoring went well beyond public policy issues related to citizenship and immigration.

In the spring of 2010 with the Conservative minority government under threat of an election, a weekly summary included pie charts and commentary on the “overall perception” of Minister Kenney in ethnic media.

The monitoring continued during the 2011 election period and included reports — graded from “very positive” to “very negative” — on campaign events by Kenney and Prime Minister Stephen Harper and their political opponents.

Robert Shepherd, a Carleton University expert in public governance and ethics, says the Harper government has spent a great deal of public money “understanding where the votes are” — a practice that falls into an ethical grey area.

government finances will improve.

“Growth in Canada could be significantly stronger than expected if the United States policy-makers are able to reach an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff in 2013, while implementing a medium-term plan to reduce their debt and deficit,” he said.

“When soldiers went to that range some soldiers had no training on the C19. This is not a case of soldiers being injured or killed in combat. This was not in a firefight.

“This was supposed to be another day on the range.”

Ashley Smith inquest appears to be back on track TORONTO — The long-delayed inquest into the prison death of a deeply troubled teenager finally appeared to be on track Tuesday amid unprecedented signs of co-operation by prison authorities and doctors who had been fighting tooth and nail to limit their exposure.

Instead of the legal wrangling that has become the defining hallmark of the probe into the death of Ashley Smith, the parties spent a few hours in rare agreement before proceedings were adjourned until the new year.

Richard Macklin, a lawyer for Ontario’s child and youth advocate, said Smith’s family had been on a “litigation caravan” for two years that finally ended with the screening of disturbing jailhouse videos late last month.

“We’re seeing the co-operation that flows from the shining a light on the videos relating to Ashley Smith,” Macklin said.

“All of a sudden, when we finally succeed on the video issue, the house of cards collapses.”

Among other things, the jailhouse videos showed authorities duct-taping a hooded, docile Smith to her airplane seat and injecting her against her will with tranquilizers.

Smith, 19, of Moncton, N.B., died in her cell at the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ont., in October 2007 after wrapping a strip of cloth around her neck.

Guards who were ordered not to intervene stood watch outside her cell.

Calgary reservist pleads not guilty at court martial CALGARY — A military prosecutor says a reservist is guilty of “wanton, reckless disregard” in the death of a Canadian Forces soldier in Afghanistan two years ago.

Maj. Tony Tamburro told a military court Tuesday that Maj. Darryl Watts allowed his men to practise with a Claymore C19 anti-personnel mine without any proper training in February 2010 on a firing range four kilometres northeast of Kandahar city.

Cpl. Josh Baker, 24, died when the explosive Claymore, packed with 700 steel balls, raked a Canadian Forces platoon. He was struck four times and one of the steel balls penetrated his chest.

Four others were seriously wounded.

Watts, who was in charge of the range the day of the accident, is charged with manslaughter, unlawfully causing bodily harm, breach of duty and negligent performance of duty.

“We’re not alleging Maj. Watts woke up that morning and decided to kill or injure anyone,” said Tamburro, who is with the Office of the Judge Advocate General.

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Opposition coalition praised FRANCE FIRST IN WEST TO RECOGNIZE GROUP AS SOLE REPRESENTATIVE OF SYRIAN PEOPLE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — France on Tuesday became the first Western country to formally recognize Syria’s newly formed opposition coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the Syrian people.

The U.S. also recognized the leadership body announced in Qatar Sunday as a legitimate representative, but stopped short of describing it as the “sole” one, saying the group must first demonstrate its ability to represent Syrians inside the country.

The two announcements could start a trend toward world recognition of the rebels as the legitimate government of Syria, undercutting whatever legitimacy the regime of President Bashar Assad still has after 20 months of a bloody civil war.

“We look forward to supporting the national coalition as it charts a course for the end of Assad’s bloody rule, and marks the start, we believe, of a peaceful just and democratic future for the people of Syria,” said U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner in Washington.

Under intense international pressure to form an opposition that includes representatives from the country’s disparate factions fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, the anti-government groups struck a deal Sunday in Doha, Qatar, to form a coalition headed by former Muslim preacher Mouaz alKhatib.

The coalition includes representatives from the main opposition group, the Syrian National Council,

which was harshly criticized by many, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, for being cut off from rebels fighting the war on the ground and for failing to forge a cohesive and more representative leadership.

The new group is lobbying the international community for more powerful weapons to break the stalemate with the regime. U.S. and French recognition is seen as a welcome boost, but the opposition still has a long way to go to convince the international community the weapons will not fall into the wrong hands.

Islamic extremists have been taking a more public role in the fighting in Syria, and there is evidence of al-Qaida involvement as well.

“We now have a structure in place that can prepare for a political transition, but we’re looking for it to still establish the types of technical committees that will allow us to make sure our assistance gets to the right places, both non-lethal and humanitarian,” Toner told reporters in Washington.

The French decision was announced by President Francois Hollande, who used his first news conference since taking office six months ago to formally recognize the new group.

“I announce here that France recognizes the National Syrian Coalition as the sole representative of the Syrian people and, therefore, as the future provisional government of democratic Syria,” Hollande said.

France, which has played a leading role in efforts to force Assad from power, was also the first to rec-

ognize the Syrian National Council. Hollande made no mention of that grouping on Tuesday.

France has acknowledged providing communications and other non-lethal equipment to Syrian rebels. It has been a leader in pressing for a tough U.N. Security Council resolution on Syria, but it has been blocked by Russia and China.

The French position appeared to break with the overall European position.

British Foreign Minister William Hague, speaking at the Arab League in Cairo Tuesday, said the opposition coalition must gain support from within Syria.

“That is a very crucial consideration, and if they do these things, well then, yes, we would then be able to recognize them as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people,” he said.

A joint statement by the Arab League and the European Union said the two sides welcome the agreement reached in Doha by the Syrian opposition, which is seen as an “important step” in forming a widely representative opposition group.

Violence continued across Syria Tuesday, particularly in the country’s northeastern corner near the border with Turkey.

Syrian activists and a Turkish official said Syria’s air force bombed a rebel-held region near the border for a second day Tuesday, killing at least one person and wounding three others.

The aerial attack raised the two-day death toll in the region to an estimated 31 people. Nearly 10,000 Syrians have fled into Turkey since Friday, seeking safety from shelling and bombing.

U.S. Congress reconvenes for battle over taxes, spending

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress returned to session Tuesday for the first time since the election last week, confronting the huge and immediate task of stitching together a compromise on spending and taxes to avoid what’s been called the “fiscal cliff,” a series of actions starting Jan. 1 that threatens another recession and higher unemployment.

Adding pressure on President Barack Obama and Congress to seek a deal, the Treasury Department reported Tuesday that the federal government started the 2013 budget year with a $120 billion deficit. That indicated that the U.S. is on a path to its fifth straight $1 trillion-plus deficit.

The question looming over the negotiations is how much ground both sides are willing to give after the nation’s voters endorsed the status quo of divided government — a Democratic president and Senate, and a Republican House of Representatives.

Obama, emboldened after his firm re-election victory and Democratic gains in both chambers of Congress, kicked off a series of meetings in Washington this week with labour officials, business executives and congressional leaders to discuss the “fiscal cliff.” A news conference on Wednesday will give the president the chance to frame his outlook on the

outgoing Congress, which has been criticized as the least productive in recent history.

The president met with labour and progressive groups Tuesday to build support for what he has called a “balanced” plan to reduce the debt while protecting spending priorities. After the meeting, labour leaders said Obama remains committed to preserving tax cuts for middle-class families and ensuring that the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes.

An Obama meeting on Wednesday with business executives, many of whom supported Republican rival Mitt Romney, aims at enlisting their help in convincing Republicans to support higher taxes on the wealthy. Obama has also invited the top four leaders of Congress to the White House on Friday for talks, right before he departs on a trip to Asia.

Before Congress gets to the fiscal issues, the House on Tuesday is expected to pass and send to the president legislation that would exclude U.S. airlines from the requirements on emissions that the European Union has sought to impose on all planes flying to and from the European continent.

The House vote comes a day after the EU proposed a one-year freeze on the carbon emissions charges for non-European airlines. The emissions program has met strong opposition from airlines and governments outside Europe, including the United States, China and India.

Also hanging over the political landscape is the largely unrelated but distracting revelation of marital infidelity that drove former Gen. David Petraeus to resign as CIA director days after the elections.

Now the scandal has spread to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, who is under investigation for alleged “inappropriate communications” with a woman who received threatening emails from Petraeus’ former lover.

That major distraction aside, Washington politicians have just over seven weeks, including breaks for the Thanksgiving holiday next week and the Christmas holidays, to find a way back from the brink of the “fiscal cliff” — the year-end, economy-jarring expiration of tax cuts Americans have enjoyed for a decade, combined with automatic across-the-board reductions in spending for the military and domestic programs.

That outcome — barring legislative compromise

by Jan. 1 — is self-imposed punishment for last year’s failure by a bitterly divided Congress and White House to deal with the government’s spiraling debt and overhaul its unwieldy tax code. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the austerity program would reduce the deficit by nearly $700 billion by the end of 2013. But the non-partisan organization also says millions of jobs could be lost, which could knock the U.S. economy back into a recession.

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Stabbing of former Gadhafi female bodyguard probed CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian authorities are investigating the killing of a former female bodyguard of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, She was found stabbed to death in her Cairo apartment.

Egyptian officials said Tuesday Zahraa al-Bouaishi, 31, was found dead in a pool of blood in her apartment in Nasr City district in Cairo over the weekend.

Authorities suspect al-Bouaishi’s brother.

The officials said alBouaishi was planning to begin an acting career in Cairo, considered a disgrace by some in her family.

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Public prosecutor Jefferson Dias argues that the country is a secular state and that the phrase “God be praised” disregards the rights of nonChristians, and on Tuesday he asked a federal court to order the phrase removed.

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Another general engulfed by Petraeus sex scandal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — The salacious David Petraeus sex scandal grew ever wider Tuesday as yet another four-star general became caught up in an FBI investigation ironically set in motion by the Tampa socialite at the heart of the latest eye-popping revelations.

Any aspirations the current U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. John Allen, may have had to lead NATO appeared to go up in smoke amid allegations he exchanged as many as 30,000 “potentially inappropriate” emails with Jill Kelley, a volunteer social liaison officer to an air force base in Tampa.

U.S. President Barack Obama put the brakes on Allen’s NATO nomination early Tuesday.

“At the request of the secretary of defence, the president has put on hold his nomination of Gen. Allen ... pending the investigation of Gen. Allen’s conduct,” Tommy Vietor, spokesman for the National Security Council, said in a statement.

Adultery can be a crime under military law, depending on the circumstances. It’s particularly frowned upon for intelligence officials since it can leave them vulnerable to blackmail attempts.

Kelley and her family are now the subject of seamy media attention months after she first complained to a friendly FBI agent in Florida about menacing, anonymous email showing up in her inbox.

That agent, incidentally, was removed from the case when he reportedly sent shirtless photos of himself to Kelley and tipped off a Republican congressman about the FBI probe because he feared it was being stalled to benefit Obama politically.

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UN once again votes to condemn U.S. embargo against Cuba The UN General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to condemn the U.S. commercial, economic and financial embargo against Cuba for the 21st year in a row.

The final tally Tuesday was 188-3, with Israel and Palau joining the United States. The Marshall Islands and Micronesia both abstained. Last year’s tally for the symbolic measure was almost identical, 186-2, with three abstentions.

The embargo was first enacted in 1960 following Cuba’s nationalization of properties belonging to U.S. citizens and corporations. Sanctions against the Caribbean nation were further strengthened to a near-total embargo in 1962.

Speaking before the General Assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez railed against the embargo calling the U.S. policy “inhumane, failed and anachronistic.”

“Keeping this policy in force is not in the national interest of the United States. Quite on the contrary, it harms the interests of its citizens and companies — especially in times of economic crisis and high unemployment — which, according to every poll, are demanding a change of policy,” Rodriguez said.

“What’s the point of encroaching on the constitutional and civil rights and the freedom of travel of Amer-

The source of the nasty emails to Kelley turned out to be 40-year-old Paula Broadwell, Petraeus’s extra-marital girlfriend at the time. The FBI then learned of an ongoing affair between Petraeus, the retired four-star general, and Broadwell, his fawning biographer and a North Carolina mother of two.

Petraeus, 60, resigned from the CIA on Friday, one day after informing Obama about the affair.

But investigators also reportedly learned of another puzzling association throughout the course of their probe — Allen’s and Kelly’s. In two years, from 2010 to 2012, the pair apparently exchanged as many as 30,000 emails.

“That’s a heck of a lot of time behind the computer sending notes to a party planner,” retired general James “Spider” Marks said on CNN. “From a senior officer who has, obviously, a bunch of things on his plate. He’s burning a lot of daylight spending time with a party planner over email. So that’s just bizarre, in my mind.”

Now Kelley, not just Broadwell — the woman who jealously viewed her as a rival for Petraeus’s affections — is on the hot seat, accused of impropriety and even of possessing classified information.

The 37-year-old Kelley, the daughter of Philadelphia-based Lebanese immigrants, is married to a Tampa surgeon and has three young children. She insists she and her husband are simply close friends of David and Holly Petraeus; she’s hired a highpriced D.C. lawyer to represent her.

A blog written by Petraeus’s adult daughter suggests the couples and their children have spent Christmas and Thanksgiving together in recent years.

An online scrapbook about one of Kelley’s young daughters features a photo of the girl sitting on Pe-

traeus’s lap.

Broadwell, however, apparently saw something more in their relationship.

According to some reports, her emails to Kelley asked if her husband was aware of her behaviour, and alleged she’d witnessed her suspected romantic rival stroking Petraeus’s leg beneath a table at a social event.

FBI agents, meantime, have been searching Broadwell’s home in Charlotte, N.C. They were seen removing computers and documents on Monday night.

Another troubling association emerged on Tuesday between the generals and Kelley. Both the disgraced CIA director and Allen wrote letters recently in support of Kelley’s twin sister, Natalie Khawam, in an ugly custody battle with her ex-husband.

It’s a messy, multi-pronged drama that some wags on Twitter have dubbed a “love pentagon.” Republican congressman Pete King called it a “Greek tragedy.”

Regardless of the description, the scandal marks a stunningly seamy end to the career of one of the most storied military commanders in recent American history — and is threatening the future of another.

The married Allen succeeded Petraeus as the top allied commander in Afghanistan in July 2011.

He was also Petraeus’s deputy from 2008 until 2010, when both men were in charge of the military’s Tampa-based Central Command.

Allen will, for now, remain commander in Afghanistan. He was expected to easily get through confirmation hearings in the Senate on his nomination to be the commander of American forces in Europe and the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.

icans by preventing them from visiting the Island when they can visit any other place in the planet, including those where their country is waging wars?”

At least three dozen tortilla shops have joined in the Chihuahua state campaign to print appeals for help on the thin paper wrappers that shopkeepers use to wrap up a pound or two of hot tortillas at a time.

The campaign started this week, and has been welcomed by shopkeepers and customers in the violence-wracked border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Ciudad Juarez was hit by a series of eerily similar killings of more than 100 mainly young women beginning in 1993. While those killings have tapered off, killings and disappearances continue.

Sandy, ‘fiscal cliff’ and election revive global warming talk WASHINGTON — Climate change is suddenly a hot topic again. The issue is resurfacing in talks about a possible new tax.

Superstorm Sandy, the rare and devastating Northeast storm, and a U.S. election that gave Democrats gains have put global warming back in the picture. So has the hunt for answers to a looming budget crisis.

What was once an unlikely solution is now being discussed unofficially— a carbon tax. People would pay the tax whenever they use fossil fuels like coal and oil that produce heat-trapping carbon dioixide.

Former Republican Congressman Bob Inglis said such a thing may be inevitable.

The conservative American Enterprise Institute held an all-day discussion of a carbon tax on Tuesday. On Wednesday, former Vice-President Al Gore launches a 24-hour online talkfest about global warming and disasters.

Border state hopes ads on tortilla wrappers will help find missing people CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A border state in northern Mexico is trying something it hopes will be more effective than photos on milk cartons to help find missing women and children. It’s using advertisements on tortilla wrappers.

Thousands watch as solar eclipse casts shadow across north Australia SYDNEY, Australia — From boats bobbing on the Great Barrier Reef, to hot air balloons hovering over the rainforest, and the hilltops and beaches in between, tens of thousands of scientists, tourists and amateur astronomers watched Wednesday as the sun, moon and Earth aligned and plunged northern Australia into darkness during a total solar eclipse.

Stubborn clouds that many feared would ruin the view parted — at least partly — in some areas of north Queensland, defying forecasts of a total eclipse-viewing bust and relieving spectators who had fanned out across the region to catch a rare glimpse of the celestial phenomenon.

“Total eclipses are one of the most dramatic sites that you can ever see,” said Terry Cuttle of the Astronomical Association of Queensland, who has seen a dozen of them over the years. “I reckon everybody owes it to themselves to see at least one total eclipse in their life.”

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GAMEHOST REPORTS EIGHT PER CENT INCREASE IN EARNINGS Gamehost Inc. (TSX:GH) has reported an eight per cent increase in earnings for its third quarter.

The Red Deer-based company — which owns Boomtown Casino in Fort McMurray; the Great Northern Casino, Service Plus Inns & Suites and a strip mall in Grande Prairie; and a 91 per cent interest in Calgary’s Deerfoot Inn & Casino Inc. — generated $4.2 million in profit and comprehensive income during the three months ended Sept. 30. That was up from $3.9 million for the same period in 2011.

The company’s operating revenue for the most recent quarter was $18.8 million, up nearly seven per cent from $17.6 million a year earlier. Basic earnings per share for the quarter were 17.4 cents, up from 17 cents.

The company noted in a release that its third quarter is usually much slower than its second quarter, because it includes the summer vacation season. On average, third quarter revenues are five per cent lower, it said, but this year the drop-off was only about two per cent.

SHOPPERS DRUG MART ON BUYING SPREE TORONTO — Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (TSX:SC) has been on a buying spree and says more acquisitions are on the way in the next six months as Canada’s largest pharmacy operator moves to increase its market share by buying up independent pharmacies.

The Toronto-based chain reported Tuesday a weaker third-quarter profit as its bottom line continues to be hit by the impact of generic drug reform in several provinces. Still, it said it is using the opportunity to takeover smaller stores that are even more vulnerable because of the changes. Shoppers Drug Mart — which has 1,363 locations across the country — acquired 21 drug stores in the third quarter, 19 of which were from Paragon Pharmacies Ltd. — The Canadian Press

Tourism Red Deer’s executive director Liz Taylor, left, and marketing manager Vicky Loughlin show off Tourism Red Deer’s website and mobile site at the office on the highway near Heritage Ranch. Tourism Red Deer recently won an Alberta Tourism Award for their sites.

Web strategy paying off

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Liz Taylor still gets media inquiries about traffic volumes at Red Deer’s Visitor Information Centre.

Such counts might previously have been the best way to gauge tourist activity, but Taylor — Tourism Red Deer’s executive director — said technology has changed that.

Many of today’s travellers rely on computers, electronic tablets, smartphones and other high-tech devices to research holiday destinations and plan their activities on the fly. That prompted Tourism Red Deer to launch a new website early this year, with an emphasis on social media and features

Fewer wells expected in ’13

geared toward mobile devices.

Ten months into 2012, the strategy appears to have been a good one. Visits to www.tourismreddeer.com are up by about 22,000 from the January-to-October period of 2011.

“That’s a 45 per cent increase over last year,” pointed out Trevor Tessier, a partner in e-marketing agency SBX Media, which developed the new website.

Tessier said page views have increased by more than 250 per cent, and visitors now looks at an average of 2.28 pages, up from 1.7 pages. Visitor spend an average of two minutes and 22 seconds on the site, as compared with just over a minute before.

“People are just more engaged with the

content that’s there,” explained Tessier.

“We’re not losing them.”

When it comes to mobile devices, visits are up by 17,000. These involve three more pages than previously and the length of stay is 2 ½ times as long, he said.

Taylor is pleased with the results, especially considering that 2012 started out slowly as people became aware of the new site. The 2011 numbers are also probably inflated by the fact that the Tourism Red Deer site used both a .com and .net address, which resulted in some double-counting.

“We believe that last year’s numbers are reflecting higher than they really were.”

Please see TOURISM on Page B2

SIGN COMES DOWN

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Fluctuating energy commodity prices have prompted an industry trade association to forecast that there will be fewer oil and gas wells drilled in Western Canada next year.

The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors announced on Tuesday that it expects 10,409 wells to be drilled in 2013. That would be six per cent fewer than the 11,067 wells CAODC is projecting for this year.

The well count was 12,877 in 2011, and as recently as May of this year CAODC was projecting a 2012 tally of 11,843.

In addition to uncertain oil and natural gas prices, the association pointed to the more complex drilling programs that are being undertaken as a reason for its reduced well count. Its expects that it will take an average of 11.4 days to drill a well in Western Canada next year.

CAODC anticipates that if 10,409 wells are drilled in 2013, this will equate to about 118,401 operating days.

It expects its members to have 830 registered rigs at the beginning of 2013. That would be up by about 30 from the previous year, but further growth in the fleet during 2013 isn’t expected.

“It’s more likely contractors will retire older equipment,” said CAODC president Mark Scholz in a news release. “The retirement of older equipment has been an ongoing trend over the last three years as the newer, more advanced equipment is better suited to explore unconventional plays.”

2013 is expected to be active at the outset, with about 498 drilling rigs — or 60 per cent of the fleet — to be in use during the first quarter.

Please see DRILLING on Page B2

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Jonah Linny of Media Resources of Calgary works to remove the Zellers sign at Bower Place Shopping Centre after the discount retailer closed for good on Monday. Target Corp. plans to move into these premises and more than 125 others across Canada as part of its expansion from its United States base. Red Deer is expected to have one of the first Target stores in Canada, likely open next spring, after an anticipated $10 million in renovations are completed.

Unfilled jobs rate creeps up to 3.6%

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The percentage of unfilled private sector jobs in Alberta has crept up since the depth of the recession, but remains well below its 2006 level, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

The CFIB reported on Tuesday that employers in this province have been unable to fill 3.6 per cent of their job vacancies for at least four months. That rate, which is

matched by Saskatchewan as the highest in Canada, has climbed from a low of two per cent in mid-2010 but is still well below the 4.3 per cent of six years ago.

Alberta’s job vacancy rate equates to 54,900 unfilled jobs, noted the CFIB. The national job vacancy rate was 2.4 per cent, which was up from 1.7 per cent in late 2009. Canada’s pre-recession figure was 2.8 per cent.

Please see VACANCY on Page B2

Take ownership of your actions, and their results One of the greatest factors that contribute to success (or failure) in life is mental attitude.

We all know people who are just getting by, some living very unhappy lives.

I acknowledge that there are legitimate circumstances that create some very desperate situations.

The individuals I’m talking about are those who exhibit a victim mentality.

JOHN They tend to MACKENZIE blame others or certain circumstances ACTIONCOACH for their problems.

They make excuses for why things never seem to work out. They deny that they have any ability to alter the

outcome.

I am fortunate that I know and work with energetic, focused people who understand how their choices affect their successes.

When faced with tough times, they choose to approach life with a victor mentality.

They take ownership when faced with challenges. They’re accountable for their actions and responsible for their results.

These people take charge of their own ship, and it’s their attitude that gets them to their destination.

A successful life doesn’t just happen.

We think, plan, hopefully weigh the consequences, and make choices.

With age and experience, we become more confident. When faced with a life event that presents particular challenges and new realities, we are mindful, set a new course and take action.

These same qualities are imperative to achieving business success.

The truth is that how you think and what

you believe to be true about business is what brought you to where you are right now. Before you can find a better way of doing business, you must learn new ways of thinking and adopt these attitudes to your business.

Whether you think you can, or you think you cannot, either way you will be right.

But you have to take some action.

Positive affirmations are helpful, but you must implement new ways of thinking in order to find the solutions to your business challenges. Adjusting your attitude and perspective sets your mind free to achieve your business goals.

Before you consider what you need to do, you need to think about what you really want to have in life.

What do you want to achieve in your business and your personal life? How will your business get you there?

Please see RESPONSIBILITY on Page B2

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Canada prepared to put drugs on the table

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CANADA-EU FREE TRADE

OTTAWA — As free trade talks with the European Union reach the endgame, Ottawa is signalling it is prepared to give the Europeans at least part of what they asked for on drug patents — a move that could cost Canadians up to $900 million a year.

With negotiations at the bureaucratic level nearing closure, International Trade Minister Ed Fast will meet his European counterpart in Brussels next week, taking the discussions to the next level.

He and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz hope to hammer out the most contentious details of the agreement in hopes of bringing it to a close in the coming weeks — although both Canada and Europe are indicating that discussions will likely drag on into the new year.

“The things that are really difficult are being saved till the end,” said John Weekes, a trade consultant who was the chief negotiator for NAFTA and who is now advising the generic drug industry.

“The presence of the ministers will create a different dynamic.”

At the same time, the government has launched a public relations blitz in Canada designed to convince Canadians that the free-trade deal with Europe will mean better sales of “iconic” Canadian goods such as maple syrup and Tilley hats, and bring in benefits to the tune of $1,000 extra per family per year.

But the PR exercise is not going anywhere near the intellectual property issue that has clouded the talks from Day 1.

Government and industry sources say Fast is willing to give the EU somewhat stiffer patent protection

for brand-name pharmaceuticals, despite intense pressure from the generic drug industry in Canada, health care advocates as well as several provincial governments who don’t want to see their drug costs rise.

But government officials are also warning that it’s not over until the fat lady sings, since the final rounds of any trade negotiation are full of give and take — and drug patents are right in the centre of that dynamic.

“Negotiations are continuing and the negotiating teams are engaged in focused discussions on the remaining issues, covering a wide range,” said Adam Taylor, a spokesman for Fast.

“Speculation on any final outcomes would be precisely that — inaccurate speculation.”

Isabelle Robillard, the spokesperson for Canada’s Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies, refused to comment while the talks are still ongoing, although sources say the brand-name industry is quietly celebrating victory.

The generic drug industry, meanwhile, is not admitting defeat.

“We’re still hopeful,” said Jim Keon, president of the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association.

“We haven’t been told of any final decision.”

NDP trade critic Don Davies said increased patent protection wouldn’t necessarily be a deal-breaker for the official Opposition. The NDP will wait to see the final agreement in its entirety and weigh the overall pros and cons before taking a position on it.

‘MERKEL IS DEADLY’ TO PORTUGAL

Still, Davies said it seems a “curious” negotiating strategy to telegraph Canada’s willingness to cave on drug patents. And it underscores the danger involved in negotiating trade deals behind closed doors with no public input.

“I do think that Canadians need to know that the Conservatives are pursuing, under the guise of trade policy, they’re including many other policies that I think Canadians wouldn’t support if they weren’t buried in a trade deal,” he said.

An internal government calculation of the effect of stiffer brand-name patent protection pegs the cost at between $367 million and $903 million a year, since longer patents mean provincial governments, employers and consumers will wind up buying brand-name drugs for a longer period rather than cheaper generics.

But it could be worse. A full concession to EU demands on patent-term restoration would extend brand-name patents by an average of 2.66 years, and cost Canadians between $795 million and $2 billion a year, according to government calculations obtained last month by The Canadian Press.

Sources say Ottawa is not willing to go that far, but could settle for a more moderate version of the EU demands.

“It wouldn’t surprise me at all, because that’s the trajectory we’re heading down anyway,” said Ottawabased international trade consultant Laura Dawson.

Brand-name pharmaceutical companies, with head offices mainly based in Europe, have long been at war with the generic industry in Canada, lobbying constantly for changes in the drug patent regime that would tilt regulations in their favour.

EUROPEAN FINANCIAL CRISIS

Banking, budget oversight talks expose divides

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Demonstrators hold banners protesting the visit to Portugal of German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday in Porto, Portugal. Protest marches were planned during Merkel’s six-hour stay when she was to hold talks with Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho and President Anibal Cavaco Silva and speak at a business conference attended by leading German and Portuguese companies. Banner reads in German ‘Merkel is deadly’.

Business confidence slipping

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Conference Board says Canadian businesses are becoming more pessimistic about the economy’s direction.

The Ottawa-based think-tank says business confidence has fallen sharply for the second consecutive quarter, reversing what had been an upward trend.

The confidence measure fell 5.5 points to 92.3 in the three months ended in September, after falling 9.5 points the previous quarter.

According to the survey results, only 14 per cent

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TOURISM: Reaching out to the mobile world The effectiveness of Tourism Red Deer’s mobilefriendly site was illustrated during the 2012 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Red Deer. Event-specific information was continuously updated; and local hotels, restaurants and other businesses and activities were successfully promoted.

Its Scotties campaign even earned Tourism Red Deer an Alberta Tourism Alto Award for Marketing Excellence, and Taylor is optimistic a similar approach could be used for other events like AgriTrade and Westerner Days.

Tessier, who previously worked for Travel Alberta and helped create that agency’s social media strategy, said it’s important that organizations like Tourism Red Deer reach out to the mobile world.

“The travel industry has a really unique opportunity, in that you’re going to have visitors, and visitors are mobile.”

In addition to being accessible by mobile users, it’s important that websites like Tourism Red Deer’s remain fresh and relevant, said Tessier. That includes monitoring users and responding quickly to their needs.

“We’re able to see and watch people as they come to the site — what terms they’ve used to visit the site — and then we can watch where they go throughout the site to try to find that content, or what they do after they find that content.

Taylor agreed that it’s critical to ensure the website is monitored closely and its content reflects the evolving needs of visitors. That’s a change from the old days in the tourism industry — which some operators still cling to.

“They think they can build the brochure, print it and put it on the shelf. You can’t do that with a website.”

Tessier said Tourism Red Deer has benefited from its website’s close ties to social media. In the case of Facebook, referrals have grown from 276 in 2011 to 5,500 this year — a 1,900 per cent increase.

of executives who responded said they believe economic conditions would improve over the next six months. That’s a drop from 43 per cent six months ago.

As well, only 32 per cent said their firms were operating at or close to full capacity, the lowest rate since the beginning of 2010.

Meanwhile, only half of respondents say they expect their own company’s profitability to improve over the next six months, a slight decrease from the previous survey. There was also a modest drop, to 48.6 per cent, in the number who say now is a good time to invest. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

DRILLING: Utilization rate project to drop With spring breakup, the utilization rate is projected to drop to 20 per cent (166 rigs) in the second quarter, said CAODC, with the third quarter rate anticipated to hit 35 per cent (291 rigs), and activity in the final three months of the year to reach 45 per cent (374 rigs).

Despite the reduced well count, CAODC said its members continue to cite a skilled labour as a significant challenge.

VACANCY: Increased at same pace as economy “Job vacancies have increased at the same pace as the economy has grown,” said CFIB’s chief economist and vice-president, Ted Mallett, in a release.

“Smaller businesses cope with the highest average unfilled job rates,” added Mallett. “That’s a problem because labour shortages proportionately pose much greater management challenges to the owners and managers of small businesses than to larger firms.”

After Alberta and Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador had the next highest vacancy rate at 2.8 per cent. Quebec followed at 2.4 per cent, with Prince Edward Island at 2.2 per cent, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia all at 2.1 per cent, Nova Scotia at 1.9 per cent and New Brunswick at 1.8 per cent.

On a sector-by-sector basis, the highest vacancy rate was found in Canada’s construction industry, with 3.7 per cent of jobs remaining unfilled for four or more months. Hospitality came in at 2.9 per cent; with agriculture, forestry and fishing tied at 2.8 per cent; oil, gas and mining at 2.8 per cent and professional services at 2.7 per cent.

CFIB’s findings were based on a survey of the or-

BRUSSELS, Belgium — European finance ministers inched toward strengthening their banking sectors and the management of their economies at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, but put off decisions on comprehensive solutions to the region’s financial crisis.

Weakness in the banking sector and inadequate monitoring of national budgets were among the prime causes of Europe’s three-year crisis, which has seen several countries struggle with too much debt. Fixing those areas is crucial not only to ending the current crisis but also preventing a repeat.

European leaders have agreed, in theory, to cede significant amounts of sovereignty to fix those problems. As part of this plan, the European Central Bank will be put in charge of all of the banks in the 17 countries that use the euro by as early as next year. And they have proposed giving the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, the power to review and even reject their national budgets to prevent against overspending.

But actually implementing those ideas has proved difficult. Germany, for instance, is wary of ceding control over its banks while Britain is nervous that a co-ordinated eurozone banking sector will have a greater say in discussions over regulations that apply to all 27 nations of the EU. And several countries are concerned about the voter backlash that would be sparked by handing too much power to the Commission.

After months of heightened activity over banking and economic oversight — a move that markets and investors have largely welcomed — it seems the EU has now put on the brakes while it hammers out the details.

Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter said, for instance, that creating a single supervisor for all the banks may require a time-consuming treaty change.

That would knock the EU way off its timeline of getting a supervisor at least partially in place next year.

“I don’t want to speed up without having discussed the best solution,” she said. “Speed kills when we don’t have the best solution.”

It’s unclear how long markets will wait, though.

Official figures due later this week are expected to show the eurozone fell into recession — technically defined as two consecutive quarters of economic contraction — in the third quarter. ganization’s members, with 2,518 responses collected from a random sample.

RESPONSIBILITY: Don’t form a victim mentality Begin by writing down your thoughts and ideas.

Then become more specific.

Consider a time frame for each item and even write down a date that you want to have achieved the desired result. Share this information with someone you trust, and someone that will hold you accountable.

It’s critical that you track your progress.

Keep it simple. Record the actions you’ve taken and share the results.

Celebrate the small wins. Make corrections and adjustments on a regular basis.

These simple methods will keep you focused and help you to achieve the highest probability of success.

It is more likely that you will achieve results if you can adopt the right mental attitudes and take responsibility for your results.

You can’t blame your team members, your competition, the government, your spouse or anyone else.

Have you ever noticed that when you point a finger at someone your other three fingers point back to you?

Our businesses are a reflection of ourselves. Attitude, and the way you role model these behaviours, have a profound effect on your business culture.

There will still be recurring issues, sometimes even huge challenges, but a culture that values a victor mentality will always look for ways to solve problems and achieve positive results.

In my coaching practice, adopting these attitudes is called, “playing above the line.” It’s more than just adopting a positive attitude, it’s about taking total ownership and responsibility for your actions and being accountable for the results.

ActionCoach is written by John MacKenzie of ActionCoach, which helps small- to medium-sized businesses and other organizations. He can be contacted at johnmackenzie@actioncoach.com or by phone at 403-3400880.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 96.88 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 75.61 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.50 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.30 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.04 Cdn. National Railway . . 86.78 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . . 92.06 Cdn. Satellite . . . . . . . . . . 4.80 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 65.41 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.59 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.80 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 28.83 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 38.90 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.44 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.96 General Motors Co. . . . . 24.82 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.90 Research in Motion. . . . . . 8.40 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.47 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 37.62 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.60 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 15.30 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.09 Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.31 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 67.40 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.52 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 33.35 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 11.02 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.98 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.46 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 46.49 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.81 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 18.50 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 35.34 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.37 First Quantum Minerals . 22.19 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.93 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.21 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 54.44 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . 10.01 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.80 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.74 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 32.81

Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 23.24 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.58 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 40.25 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.56 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 43.37 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 27.72 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.50 Canyon Services Group. . 9.90 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.39 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.81 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.00 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 86.47 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 30.39 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.23 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.87 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.47 Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.37 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.15 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.58 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.73 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.98 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.55 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.43 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.11 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.47 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 47.48

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Tuesday as the approaching “fiscal cliff” in the U.S. and a delay in organizing a crucial instalment of bailout money for Greece continued to discourage buyers.

The S&P/TSX composite index was down 56.8 points to 12,134.66. The showing continued a series of losses on markets since the results of last Tuesday’s election left the U.S. political landscape largely unchanged and traders skeptical that lawmakers can head off the

expiration of Bush-era tax cuts and the automatic launch of big spending cuts at the first of the year.

Going over this so-called fiscal cliff would make a serious dent in U.S. economic performance and likely send the country back into recession, dragging down other economies with it.

The nervousness has been expressed in lower volumes on the TSX. Volume Tuesday was 257.5 million shares, worth $3.65 billion, far less than the daily average so far this year of about 337 million shares worth nearly

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 58.74 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 53.86 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78.08 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.56 Carefusion . . . . . . . . . . . 26.78 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 23.12 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 39.45 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 62.67 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 12.15 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 76.59 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.39 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 55.95 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 26.42 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.36

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Losses have been particularly severe on New York markets because of worries about higher dividend, capital gains and estate taxes with companies across all sectors taking a hit.

“So if you are an investor and making a lot of money in Apple, for instance, you would be a seller today because if you don’t sell today, maybe next year when you go into the market you probably will be hit with a higher tax category on the capital gains,” said Sid Mokhtari, market technician at CIBC World Markets.

“There’s a shift in attitude in terms of ’let’s take profits now with a lower tax category and revisit everything next year’.”

The TSX Venture Exchange lost 18.57 points to 1,286.89.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.06 of a cent from Friday’s close to 99.81 cents US. The dollar has been under pressure recently as nervous traders have bought into the safe-haven status of U.S. Treasuries and avoided riskier assets such as resource-based currencies.

U.S. markets were lower after a wave of selling last week pushed all three major indexes down more than two per cent and the Dow Jones industrials stepped back 58.9 points to 12,756.18.

The Nasdaq was 20.37 points lower at 2,883.89 while the S&P 500 index dropped 5.5 points to 1,374.53.

Financial markets also focused on Greece after ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro failed to agree on how to put the country’s bailout pro-

IMPACTED BY WEAK ADVERTISING MARKET

MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. is cutting about 500 jobs at its Sun Media newspaper division in a move that includes closing two production facilities in Ontario as it copes with lower advertising revenue.

The cuts represent some 10 per cent of Sun Media’s workforce and are part of an effort to reduce annual costs by $45 million.

“Although our circulation revenue has stabilized due to strategic pricing increases, the advertising sector continues to experience declines through the news and media industry,” chief executive Pierre Karl Peladeau said Tuesday.

“Newspapers across the world have been impacted in the last 10 years by the introduction of new technologies, changing dramatically the incumbents of printing products,” Peladeau noted.

The Journal de Montreal and the Journal de Quebec now have paywalls for online readers, he said, adding that the rest of Quebecor’s major publications will add paywalls before the end of this year.

During the conference call, Peladeau was not specific about the number of employees who will lose their jobs, saying “several hundred employees” will be leaving Quebecor (TSX:QBR.B).

“I would like to mention that I feel very sad for the numerous redundancies we were forced to implement in our newspaper division.”

The Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild said about 27 journalists’ jobs are slated to be eliminated as the company centralizes copy editing and pagination functions in Toronto. The guild represents some Sun employees.

Up to 100 jobs will be lost when the printing plants in Ottawa and Kingston close, the guild added.

A news release from Quebecor put the total number of jobs losses at about 500 with production plants to be shuttered as being in Ottawa and Kingston.

“In addition, we will further optimize and consolidate all our industrial operations from pre-press to printing, transportation and distribution into fewer centres of excellence,” Peladeau told financial analysts.

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“ultra modern” printing facilities in Mirabel, Que., and suburban Toronto, which serve local, regional and national markets.

Quebecor will also “dispose or shut down all non-core activities” to reduce costs, Peladeau said.

There also had been earlier reports Quebecor would eliminate the position of publisher at some newspapers.

Peladeau, again, did not provide details.

“We eliminated several layers of management to streamline our processes, reduce our costs and bring decision-making closer to the local markets.”

Peladeau said Quebecor will use its media platform, including cross promotional activities with Sun News TV and French-language TVA Group, to “bundle our news media products into an integrated multimedia advertising solutions for our clients.”

Quebecor said it remains committed to its publications, which include the Toronto Sun and other dailies under the Sun and other banners.

A representative for Sun Media declined to provide more details.

Quebecor’s news media division employed 5,680 people as of Dec. 31, 2011, of which 1,700 were unionized, according to company filings.

“Clearly, this is a blow to journalism in Canada,” said Paul Morse, head of the Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild, which represents some of Sun Media’s employees.

“The erosion of these kinds of jobs is a significant problem for newspapers that are going to be dealing with trying to put out quality journalism with workforces that are clearly stretched beyond the limit,” Morse said.

“This is a terrible day for journalism in Canada.”

Sun Media has 36 paid-circulation daily newspapers and six free daily newspapers.

The Canadian arm of the Communications Workers of America called on Quebecor to stop its “slash-and-burn” strategy and focus on quality local jobs and journalism to boost profits.

“If we’ve learned anything over the last few years, it’s that cutting jobs only hurts quality and that does nothing to attract readers or generate revenue,” said CWA Canada director Martin O’Hanlon.

gram back on track.

The EU and the International Monetary Fund disagree on the timeline for bringing Greece’s debts down to a manageable level. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, wants to give Greece until 2022 to reduce its debt to 120 per cent of gross domestic product; but the IMF wants to stick to the original deadline of 2020.

Giving Greece the extra time means the country would require about C33 billion in extra funding. Finance ministers will meet Nov. 20 to decide where that extra funding will come from.

The base metals sector led decliners, down 2.13 per cent even as December copper shook off early losses to close unchanged at US$3.47 a pound.

HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM) dropped 43 cents to $9.21 while Inmet Mining (TSX:IMN) dropped $3.06 to $54.44 as the miner denied reports suggesting the company was in talks regarding the potential sale of the company.

Britain’s Daily Mail had reported speculation that First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM) “recently held informal takeover discussions with Inmet Mining.” First Quantum shares declined 56 cents to $22.19.

The gold sector was down about one per cent as December bullion edged $6.10 lower to US$1,731.50 an ounce. Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) faded 51 cents to $42.93.

Tech stocks weighed with Research In Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM) down 41 cents or 4.65 per cent to $8.40 while CGI Group (TSX:GIB.A) lost 42 cents

to $23.61.

The energy sector lost 0.72 per cent as crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange was off 19 cents to US$85.38 a barrel. Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) shed 84 cents to $32.55.

Financials gave up ground as Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC) declined 15 cents to $12.15.

Health care and the consumer staples sectors were the sole advancers.

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.

(TSX:SC) rose $1.34 to $42.46 as the pharmacy retailer saw its third-quarter net profit slip to $168 million from $172 million a year ago. Adjusted net earnings per share was 81 cents, up from 79 cents in the same year-earlier period and in line with analyst estimates. Same-store sales were up 2.3 per cent.

Leon’s Furniture Ltd. (TSX:LNF) shares fell 50 cents to $11.30 after the retailer posted $13 million of net income in the third quarter. That was a 15 per cent decline from the same time last year as the addition of four stores last year added overhead expenses during a period of flat sales growth. The earnings report came two days after announcing plans to acquire rival The Brick.

In other corporate developments, media and telecom company Quebecor Inc. (TSX:QBR.B) announced a restructuring program that will see its Sun Media arm cut about 500 jobs — about 10 per cent of its workforce — and close two production facilities as it seeks to reduce annual costs by $45 million. Quebecor shares were

up 65 cents to $35.90 as it also posted quarterly net income of $18.6 million or 30 cents per share, down about 29 per cent from a year ago.

Mining giant BHP Billiton is selling its diamonds business, including its stake in the Ekati diamond mine, to Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. (TSX:HW) for US$500 million in cash. Harry Winston shares fell 30 cents to $13.15.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov.’12 $16.60 lower $577.30; Jan ’13 $16.60 lower $574.80; March ’13 $16.50 lower $572.90; May ’13 $16.00 lower $570.50; July ’13 $15.80 lower $567.20; Nov. ’13 $12.30 lower $524.50; Jan. ’14 $12.30 lower $527.20; March ’14 $12.30 lower $527.50; May ’14 $12.30 lower $527.50; July ’14 $12.30 lower $527.50; Nov. ’14 $12.30 lower $527.50.

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

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 339,320 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 339,320.

Cuba says drill rig to depart after three failed wells

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA, Cuba — The only rig in existence that can drill in deep waters off Cuba is preparing to sail away from the island, officials said Tuesday, after the third exploratory well sunk this year proved nonviable in a blow to government hopes of an oil bonanza.

While production was always years off even in the event of a big discovery, analysts said the Scarabeo-9’s imminent departure means Havana’s dreams of injecting petrodollars into a struggling economy will be on hold indefinitely.

“Bottom line: This chapter is finished. Close the book, put it on the shelf,” said Jorge Pinon, a Latin America oil expert at the University of Texas’ Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy.

“But do not discard. Maybe there is a good ending to this story ... someday.”

Geological surveys indicate that between 5 billion and 9 billion barrels of oil may lie in deep waters off Cuban shores, but finding it has turned out to be trickier than officials hoped.

The Scarabeo-9, a 380-foot-long (115-meter), a semisubmersible behemoth that leases out for prices approaching a half-million dollars a day, steamed all the way from Asia at tremendous cost to arrive in Cuba in January.

That was the only way companies could avoid sanctions under Washing-

ton’s 50-year-old embargo against Cuba.

The Scarabeo is the only rig of its kind built with less than 10 per cent American parts — an extreme rarity in an industry where U.S. technologies play a major role.

An exploratory well sunk early this year by Spanish company Repsol turned out to be commercially nonviable. After Repsol declined an option to try again, the Scarabeo passed to a group led by Malaysia’s Petronas, which drilled its own dud.

Cuban officials announced Nov. 2 that Venezuela’s PDVSA had also missed the mark.

For this baseball-mad nation, it was strike three.

Cuba’s Ministry of Basic Industry, which oversees oil matters, confirmed Tuesday that the rig is on its way out, with no word on when it might return.

“The Scarabeo-9 will leave Cuba soon,” it said in a brief statement emailed to The Associated Press.

It referred questions about the platform’s destination to owner Saipem of Italy. Saipem’s parent company Eni declined to comment, but various reports have had it bound for Africa or Brazil.

Oil’s existence off Cuba is not in doubt. Russian company Zarubezhneft is contracted to use a different rig to drill in shallower waters off Cayo Coco, a key Cuban tourist destination, later this month.

But the more promising deposits lie in the deep waters of the west.

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Owners not in a hurry: Crosby NHL STAR EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AT STANDSTILL MITCH EVANECZ

EVANECZ SPARKLES Red Deer’s Mitch Evanecz turned in a sparkling performance during the first stage of the PGA Q School and will open the second stage today at the Bear Creek Golf Club in Murrieta, Calif. Evanecz, who competed in the Canadian Tour last year, finished second during the first stage at the San Juan Oak Golf Club in Hollister, Calif.

He posted a 72-hole total of 18-under-par following rounds of 72-70-65-63. There are six second stage tournaments being held this week which leads to the final stage, set for Nov, 28-Dec. 3 at the PGA West layout in LaQuinta, Calif. The number of qualifiers from each of the second stage tournaments has yet to be announced.

Thursday ● High school senior volleyball, 4A zones: Girls — Notre Dame at winner of Lindsay Thurber/ Hunting Hills, first game of best-of-three, 6 p.m.; Boys — Winner of Notre Dame/Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, first game of best-of-three, 6 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Carpet Doctor, Sylvan Lake vs. Triple A Batteries, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday ● High school senior volleyball, 4A zones: Girls — Winner of Lindsay Thurber/Hunting Hills at Notre Dame, second game of best-of-three, 6 p.m.; Boys — Hunting Hills at winner of Notre Dame/Lindsay Thurber, second game of best-ofthree, 6 p.m.

Boxing: Rumble in Red Deer, 7 p.m., Westerner Harvest Centre. ● Major midget female hockey: Highwood at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Kin City B. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.; Stony Plain at Sylvan Lake, 8:30 p.m.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PITTSBURGH — Sidney Crosby says it takes two to tango.

The Pittsburgh Penguins captain stood by his comments voicing frustration Tuesday at the lack of movement in negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association.

And Crosby pointed the finger squarely at the owners.

“I don’t think there’s much negotiating going on.

“I think as far as the proposals are concerned it’s just kind of at a standstill right now,” Crosby told reporters after skating in Pittsburgh.

“Nobody’s moving a whole lot on their side and I think that we’ve made steps to show that we’re willing to negotiate.

“I don’t think that’s really happening on the other side.”

Talks between the NHL and the NHLPA to end the lockout picked up last week before stalling over the weekend.

No new bargaining sessions are planned

and Crosby says the players feel like they’re negotiating with an unwilling partner.

“The desperation to play doesn’t really seem like it’s on their side. I think there’s a deal to be made (but) I think negotiations have to be made if there’s going to be a deal,” he said.

“If it keeps going like this everybody’s going to lose, there’s no way around it.

“Everybody’s going to lose.”

NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr told a panel in Toronto on Monday that three issues remain to be solved between the owners and players: the split of money, player contract rights and who pays for the damage caused by the lockout.

The NHL has proposed changes to entrylevel deals, arbitration, free agency and contract limits.

Those are issues that particularly irked Crosby and he reiterated those feelings Tuesday.

“Guys aren’t going to give in when it comes to contract stuff. It’s not going to happen,” Crosby said.

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Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby speaks to journalists in Toronto. The Pittsburgh Penguins captain stood by his frustration Tuesday at the lack of movement in negotiations between the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association aimed at ending the lockout.

Lightning charges to finals

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF

Jays go for big changes

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS

Lightning 3 Raiders 1 There’s a possibility the Hunting Hill Lightning took the Lindsay Thurber Raiders for granted . . . just a bit.

But whatever the reason they weren’t at the top of their game in the opening set of the best-of-five Central zone 4A high school girls’ volleyball semifinal at Hunting Hills Tuesday.

But after dropping the opening set 16-25 the Lightning pulled it together to win the next three sets 25-17, 2516, 25-18 and earn a date with the Notre Dame Cougars in a best-of-three final that begins Thursday at 6 p.m. at Hunting Hills.

“I don’t know if it was the case, that we were overlooking them a bit . . . could be a little, but the big thing was Thurber executed in that first set and we didn’t,” said Lightning head coach Scott Luck. “I guess there could be something about home court advantage, but we also didn’t know what was coming at us.

But things changed the last three sets.”

The Lightning eliminated a lot of their mistakes after the first set and solidified their defence, especially in the middle of the court.

“Thurber came out on fire and like we knew they would, but we played much better defence in the next three sets,” agreed Luck.

“The players weren’t letting the ball hit the floor.

Jaden Robinson and Jessica Van Mulligen made a number of sprawling plays, which is the type of effort you need to win a playoff match.”

Raiders Kirsten DeZutter, who coaches with Barb Young, felt the Lightning didn’t give much away after the first set.

“We played well, but they stepped their game up,” she said.

“They made a few serving errors in the last set, but other than that they were strong.”

The Lightning do have a bit more experience than the Raiders, who have seven players back next season.

“They do, but I still expect to compete and challenge (for

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Lindsay Thurber Raider McKenna Barthel makes a pass as teammate Kelsey Smale watches the play during senior girls volleyball action against the Hunting Hills Lightning at Hunting Hills on Tuesday.

BOYS ACTION B5 a zone championship) every year and not use youth as a reason,” said DeZutter.

“I know I’m proud of the character of this team. It’s been a pleasure to coach them.”

The Raiders can now look ahead to next year.

“We’re at a point now were we can look ahead and fix a few things, work out a few things.

“But I was still pleased with our effort tonight. You can’t ask for anything more.”

Luck expected nothing less from the Raiders.

“It’s playoff time and every match is going to be a good match. Teams are at their peak and push each other,

which is great preparation for what we’ll see moving on. There are tough matches ahead.”

That will be the case against the Cougars, who are ranked sixth in the province.

The Lightning are eighth.

Luck knows team defence will be a key.

“They have some strong hitters and we have to be able to close the block and hit the ground and not give up on any ball,” he said.

“We’ve lost all five times we’ve faced them this season, but each time we’re that much closer. The last time we lost the third set 15-13 in a best-ofthree.

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MIAMI — The Blue Jays have made a blockbuster trade with the Miami Marlins that will drastically revamp Toronto’s roster.

Toronto has acquired shortstop Jose Reyes, left-hander Mark Buehrle and right-hander Josh Johnson from Miami as part of a mega-deal, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday.

The person confirmed the trade to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the teams weren’t officially commenting. The person said the trade sent several of the Blue Jays’ top prospects to Miami.

According to other media reports, infielder Emilio Bonifacio and catcher John Buck have also been traded from the Marlins to Toronto.

Those reports say that in return, the Jays would send a package to Miami that includes shortstops Yunel Escobar and Adeiny Hechavarria, major-league starter Henderson Alvarez, catcher Jeff Mathis and prospects.

“Its a good day to be a bluejay!” tweeted Toronto slugger Jose Bautista.

The deal gave an immediate boost to the Blue Jays, who have not reached the playoffs since winning their second consecutive World Series in 1993.

Toronto went 73-89 this season and finished fourth in the AL East for the fourth straight year, again falling short in a division that includes big spenders.

The additions of Johnson, Buehrle and Reyes will address several roster needs Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos hoped to resolve in the off-season.

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Returning home wasn’t Tim Finnigan’s first choice, but it’s a decision he’s glad he made.

After two years with the SAIT Trojans volleyball team the Notre Dame grad hoped to attend the University of Calgary and play for the Dinos. When that didn’t work out he jumped at the idea of attending RDC and living at home.

“There was some miscommunication with the U of C and it fell through, so I came to RDC and it was the right choice, although it may be a little harder on my parents than they want,” he said with a laugh.

But his parents — Terry and Kathleen DANNY — couldn’t be hapRODE pier. They’re not only able to watch Tim and his brother An-

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thony but see their sons following in their footsteps.

Both parents attended RDC in the early 1980s where Terry Finnigan was an all-Canadian in his second season with the basketball Kings and Kathleen (nee Manning) was part of a solid Queens basketball program.

“It’s good to be able to follow them, plus getting a chance to play with my brother was definitely another Tim Finnigan thing that attracted me,” said Tim Finnigan, who took journalism at SAIT and is now working on a business degree.

“I got a diploma in journalism, but there’s not a lot of jobs out there and decided to try to get a business degree,” he said.

“I can see the combination of the two being

beneficial.”

Finnigan is glad to be home, but feels his time in Calgary was something he needed.

“I think I definitely needed to get away from home for a bit and explore, for lack of a better word.”

Finnigan, who is left-handed, played on the right side with the Trojans, but has switched to the power side with RDC. “The change is good, something I enjoy,” he said. “I’m involved more in the serve receive and defence. I get more touches which keeps me involved in the play and keeps me in rhythm.”

He also enjoys playing in front of large, enthusiastic crowd.

“Both coaching staffs are experienced, but I like it here, there’s a better fan base and team atmosphere.”

The Kings are the top-ranked team in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference and No. 2 in Canada.

The high ranking is something Finnigan feels is a benefit.

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FINNIGAN: Sees potential “We’re expecting more of ourselves and while there’s more pressure, it forces us to uphold that ranking.”

Finnigan believes the Kings aren’t at the top of their game.

“I can see us continuing to improve and peak at the right time,” he said.

The Kings, who are 6-0 on the season, face the 2-4 University of Alberta, Augustana Vikings in a homeand-home series this weekend — Friday in Camrose and Saturday at RDC. The women get underway at 6 p.m. with the men to follow.

The Queens (4-2) go into the match ranked 11th in Canada. Augustana is 3-3. ● The basketball squads also face Augustana in Camrose Saturday. The Kings (5-0) are ranked No. 2 in Canada. The Vikings have a 4-2 record.

The Augustana women are ranked No. 4 in the country and sit at 6-0 with the Queens at 0-5. ● Volleyball Queens setter Kirsten Sorensen was selected the Boston Pizza RDC female athlete of the week after two solid performances in a doubleheader sweep against Lethbridge.

Cross-country runner, Kieran McDonald, who was fourth in the Canadian Colleges final, received the top male award.

Basketball Kings’ Sam Lolik and volleyball’s Chris Osborn were also in the running for the male award and basketball guard Melissa Woolley was runner-up on the women’s side.

Meanwhile, the soccer Queens, who placed third in the ACAC finals, received the Breathing Room Yoga Studio and Café team of the week. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

SENIOR BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Raiders hold off Cougar attack

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Raiders 3 Cougars 2 The Lindsay Thurber Raiders nearly let it slip away.

Nearly.

With a 2-0 lead in their Central zone 4A senior boys volleyball sudden-death semifinal on Tuesday, the Raiders were clearly in the driver’s seat.

But the highway ahead was anything but smooth and the visiting Notre Dame Cougars stormed back to force a fifth and deciding set.

In the end, though, the Raiders prevailed 15-13 in the decisive set — ending the match on a kill by right side Scott Irvine — and will meet the Hunting Hills Lightning in a best-of-three zone final starting on Thursday at 8 p.m. at Hunting Hills.

The winner will advance to the provincial 4A championship tournament set for Nov. 23-24 at Lethbridge.

“Both teams played very well,” said Raiders coach Terence McMullen, following his squad’s 26-24, 25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 15-13 triumph.

“Notre Dame is a tough team and it’s unfortunate that we have to start eliminating teams in the Central zone.

“They’re a really strong team and they battled right to the last point. We would get up on them and they wouldn’t die, they would battle right back.

“Definitely kudos to them and to my boys as well.

Notre Dame played well in those tight third and fourth sets and we maybe didn’t execute as well as we could, but in that fifth set we got ourselves back together and played a strong 15 points.”

The Raiders trailed 9-7 in the fifth set when McMullen called a timeout that clearly sparked his troops.

And what exactly was his message?

“Trust our system, just pass the ball . . . take a swing,” said the Raiders coach.

“That’s what we’ve been doing all year, just passing the ball and taking swings when we can. At the end we did the most with our transition balls, those out of system balls. But they (Cougars) scored good points too.”

Unfortunately for the Cougars, they didn’t score enough points when it mattered the most, and the 2-0 deficit in games was too much to overcome, although barely.

“We let go of a couple of leads and lost (each of) the first couple of sets by two points,” said Notre Dame coach AJ Mahoney. “But you can’t go back. Obviously Lindsay Thurber found a way to win, so good on them.”

Mahoney had more profound words of praise for his own players.

“At the beginning of the season we were kind of the underdogs and for us to come back tonight and show that we could have been there (the zone final) . . . I’m so impressed with my guys, I really am. They played their hearts out and gave it 100 per cent. Sometimes you lose.”

The second game of the zone final will be played on Friday at Lindsay Thurber, with a 6 p.m. start. A fifth game, if necessary, will go on Saturday at Hunting Hills with a tentative start time of 1 p.m. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Davey Johnson of the Washington Nationals, and Bob Melvin of the Oakland Athletics were chosen as managers of the year on Tuesday after guiding their teams to huge turnaround seasons.

Melvin beat out Baltimore’s Buck Showalter for the AL honour in a close vote by a Baseball Writers’ Association of America panel. Under Melvin, the A’s made a 20-game improvement, finished 94-68 and won the AL West.

Johnson was an easy choice for the NL prize after the Nationals — who had never enjoyed a winning year — posted the best record in the majors and made their first playoff appearance.

Johnson, who turns 70 in January, was honoured for the second time.

He was tabbed as the AL’s top manager in 1997, hours after he resigned from the Orioles in a feud with owner Peter Angelos.

This time, Johnson will get a while to enjoy the accolade.

The Nationals announced this month that he will guide them in 2013, when he will be the oldest manager in the majors. He’s set to leave the Washington dugout and become a team consultant in 2014.

“World Series or bust,” Johnson said on the MLB Network. “It’s going to be my last year, anyway.”

Melvin also became a two-time winner, having been chosen in 2007 with Arizona.

Melvin got 16 first-place votes.

Showalter got the other 12 firsts, and Robin Ventura of the Chicago White Sox finished third.

The A’s were one of baseball’s biggest surprises this year, especially after trades and injuries wreaked havoc with the roster.

Oakland never panicked under Melvin’s cool demeanour and overtook Texas in the final week to win the division.

The Athletics lost in the first round of the playoffs to Detroit.

Johnson received 23 of the 32 first-place votes, Dusty Baker of NL Central winner Cincinnati got five firsts and was second.

Bruce Bochy of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants got four firsts and was third.

Washington won its second-ev-

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Left, Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin smiles before batting practice in preparation for Game 1 of the American League division baseball series against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit. Melvin was voted as the American League Manager of the Year on Tuesday. Right, Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson talks to the media in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Johnson was voted as the National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday. er major post-season award. Bryce Harper was voted NL Rookie of the Year on Monday.

Washington went 98-64 this year, taking over the NL East lead in late May and staying in first place the rest of the way. Boosted

by Harper, Cy Young candidate Gio Gonzalez and their fresh “Natitude,” they brought post-season baseball to Washington for the first time since 1933.

The playoffs didn’t go quite so well.

Minus Stephen Strasburg — team execs decided the ace had pitched enough while recovering from elbow surgery — Washington blew a 6-0 lead and lost the deciding Game 5 of the division series to St. Louis. Voting for the BBWAA awards was done before the playoffs.

Johnson oversaw a diverse roster, one made up of young and old, Washington veterans and newcomers.

A four-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glover, two-time World Series champion and the last big leaguer to get a hit off Sandy Koufax, Johnson spoke with a soft, raspy tone but always held his

team’s attention.

He would occasionally raise his voice — he liked to holler “whacko!” when the Nationals homered.

Johnson managed the New York Mets to the 1986 championship and later guided Cincinnati and the Orioles. He returned to managing in 1999 with the Los Angeles Dodgers for two years.

In June 2011, Johnson was working as a senior adviser with the Nationals when Jim Riggleman suddenly resigned midway through the season. Johnson took over and agreed to be part of a search committee to select a manager for 2012, allowing that he could be a candidate for the post, too.

The Nationals finished 80-81, barely missing out on their first winning season, and Johnson was brought back for another try.

Washington was minus baseball for more than three decades.

The Senators moved to Texas after the 1971 season, then the Montreal Expos moved to D.C. to start in 2005.

Under Johnson, the Nationals put aside their losing past and set up a winning future.

Vipers need to play whole game

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team identity he’s hoping to establish with the Vipers.

“Along the lines of what type of player I was . . . just hard-working, honest and with a lot of heart. I want guys who when you ask them to do something, they’re going to go out and work as hard as they can to accomplish that.

“I’d like a team with heart, guts and the willingness to pay a price.”

The Vipers lost in overtime at Blackfalds on Sunday, so they know they’re right there with the Wranglers.

“That was maybe the second time all season we played hard for a complete game,” said Pattison.

The Vipers have yet to run into the Okotoks Bisons and Coaldale Copperheads, the top two teams in the Southern Division, yet Pattison is confident that his squad has the depth to defeat both clubs as well as the perennially powerful Wranglers.

“We have two great goaltenders (rookies Brenden Mandrusiak and Jayden Adrian) and we have four lines we can stick on the ice, so we don’t have to worry about line changes,” said the Vipers coach.

“It’s great in the sense that we can jus roll and roll instead of having to rely on six guys a night.”

Once the Red Deer Vipers accept the fact that a hockey game doesn’t conclude for at least 60 minutes, they might be a dominant team in the Heritage Junior B Hockey League.

Associate coaches Stephen Pattison and Sheldon Baerg are clearly confident that the Vipers have the horses to run a full mile with any team in the league.

“Most of our ties and overtime losses were games in which we didn’t play a full 60,” Pattison said on Monday, following a 4-2 win over the visiting Three Hills Thrashers.

“We dropped off for 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there. If we play 60 minutes I don’t think there are many teams that can play with us.”

As it stands, the Vipers have yet to lose in regulation time this season.

The Red Deer squad sports a 6-0-3-2 record and is tied with Three Hills for third spot in the Northern Division, trailing only the Airdrie Thunder and Blackfalds Wranglers.

Pattison and Baerg are in their first season behind the Vipers bench, with Brian Renaud back as an assistant coach.

Pattison, a Red Deer native, played one season in the AJHL with St. Albert, three seasons with Port Alberni of the BCHL and four years at Brock University. Baerg, from Burnaby, B.C., is a former goaltender with the Battleford North Stars of the SJHL and Concordia University.

Pattison, 26, stepped into coaching for the first time last winter as the bench boss of the Banff Academy midget AA team.

He also served as an assistant with the midget AAA and junior B teams.

Currently a personal trainer with Can-Pro Training Centre, Pattison knows the overall

‘MOST OF OUR TIES AND OVERTIME LOSSES WERE GAMES IN WHICH WE DIDN’T PLAY A FULL 60. IF WE PLAY 60 MINUTES I DON’T THINK THERE ARE MANY TEAMS THAT CAN PLAY WITH US.’ — ASSOCIATE COACH STEPHEN PATTISON

Baerg, who met Pattison while both were serving as instructors at the Banff Academy for several summers, has coached at the bantam AA level in Burnaby as well as served as a goaltending coach at the junior A and junior B levels in his home province.

“I love coaching, and especially here. We have a great group of guys.

We have some talent but it’s just nice to have a group of guys who want to play,” said Baerg, who played in Australia during the 2011-12 season.

The Vipers are topheavy in productive veterans with the likes of Kolton Gillett, Cole DeGraaf, Colton Brule, Braden Corbett and Jordan Koopmans, among others.

The Red Deer squad also has a number of impressive rookies, including defenceman Jonathan Finnigan and forward Nick Glackin, both of whom helped the Red Deer Optimist Rebels win the Telus Cup championship last spring.

Glackin, in fact, scored three goals —

including the doubleovertime winner — in the national midget AAA final versus Phenix du College Esther-Blondin of Quebec.

He joined the Vipers after starting the season with Okotoks of the AJHL. “It was nice to get Glackin, we didn’t think he was coming back from Okotoks,” said Baerg.

“He and Finnigan bring a bit of swagger after winning a national championship. It’s great to have those guys. You don’t expect a whole lot from your rookies, but these two guys played midget AAA and accomplished a lot.”

Baerg is also high on the Vipers’ impressive list of returnees.

“We have a lot of character with a great group of 21-year-olds who want to have a good finishing year,” he said.

“We also have a good mix of third-year guys who know what is needed to win in this league.

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“It doesn’t have anything to do with (money), it’s the rights of players within your profession so that’s what I think guys are definitely going to stand strong on. It’s ridiculous to try change that after the success the league and everybody’s had here the last seven or eight years.”

The owners locked out the players in mid-September and all games up to Nov. 30 have been cancelled.

The Winter Classic outdoor game that was scheduled for Jan. 1 has also been axed due to the work stoppage.

It is believed a deal would need to be struck early next week for a shortened season to begin on Dec. 1.

“It’s tough when you want to play hockey and I don’t think the other side really takes that serious.

They’re able to do that, that’s not their livelihood,” Crosby said. “There’s other businesses, there’s other things going on so maybe that’s why (the owners are) not as hungry to make a deal as (the players) are who want to play and care about making things work and negotiating.”

Despite his frustration, Crosby is reserving judgement on whether there will be a 2012-13 NHL season.

“I’d like to think that everyone will find a way to make it work. That’s really what it boils down to, everyone finding a way to make it work,” he said. “It’s not going to work if they keep drawing a line in the sand and not negotiating and keep asking for things.

“That’s not going to work that way. It’s a bit of give and take and that hasn’t really happened yet.”

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Super Series Pt 28 23 22 21 19 17 Pt 29 29 28 23 22 11 Pt 35 26 20 17 12 Pt 33 28 28 19 16

Roster for the Russian team that will compete against teams from all three leagues of the Canadian Hockey League for the 2012 Canada-Russia Super Series from Nov. 5-15: Goaltenders Andrey Makarov (Saskatoon, WHL); Andrei Vasilevski (Tolpar, Ufa); Igor Ustinski (Stalnye Lisy, Magnitogorsk).

Defencemen Kirill Dyakov (Mamonty Yugry); Yaroslav Dyblenko (Atlanty, Mytischi); Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec, QMJHL); Pavel Koledov (Loko, Yaroslavl); Ilya Lyubushkin (Loko, Yaroslavl); Andrei Mironov (Dinamo, Moscou); Mikhail Naumenkov (CSKA); Nikita Nesterov (Traktor, Chelyabinsk); Artem Sergeev (Val-d’Or, QMJHL); Alexei Vasilevski (Salavat Yulaev, Ufa).

Nikita Zadorov (London Knights); Albert Yarullin (Ak Bars, Kazan).

Forwards Kirill Kapustin (Loko, Yaroslavl); Alexander Khokhlachev (Spartak, Moscou); Yaroslav Kosov (Mettalurg, Magnitogorsk); Evgeni Mozer (Omskie Yastreby, Omsk); Valeri Nichushkin (Belye Medvedi, Chelyabinsk); Maxim Shalunov (Traktor, Chelyabinsk); Anton Shenfeld (Stalnye Lisy, Magnitogorsk); Andrei Sigarev (SKA, St. Petersbourg).

Vladimir Tkachev (Ak Bars, Kazan); Damir Zhafyarov (Metallurg, Novokuznetsk); Bogdan Yakimov (Reaktor, Nizhnekamsk); Nail Yakupov (Neftekhimik, Nizhnekamsk); Daniil Zharkov (Belleville, OHL); Anton Zlobin (Val-d’Or, QMJHL); Valentin Zykov (Baie-Comeau, QMJHL).

RESULTS TUESDAY American Hockey League Toronto 6 Oklahoma City 5 (OT) Houston 7 San Antonio 5 Abbotsford 3 Lake Erie 0 Alberta Junior Hockey League Canmore 4 Calgary Canucks 2 Drayton Valley 2 Spruce Grove 1 (OT) Olds 4 Calgary Mustangs 3 (OT) Whitecourt 7 Bonnyville 2 Ontario Hockey League Mississauga 5 Ottawa 4

Peewee AA Red Deer TBS Chiefs 6 Lacombe 1 RD: Eric Moore 2, Kaiden Kanderka 2, Colby Chavez-Leech, Josh Tarzwell. Elijah Chauvet, 21 saves. Lac: Terrance Barnes. Justin Verveda, 18 saves.

Sylvan Lake 2 Chiefs 0

Manitoba Junior Hockey League Dauphin 3 Winkler 2 (OT) Waywayseecappo 8 Neepawa 1 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Humboldt 5 Melfort 0 Flin Flon 4 Yorkton 0

Transactions BASEBALL CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Baker on a one-year contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES—Named Dante Bichette hitting instructor.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Named Chuck Crim bullpen coach, Ken Howell assistant pitching coach and John Valentin assistant hitting coach.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—Agreed to terms with INF Kevin Frandsen on a one-year contract.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with C Rob Johnson on a minor league contract. Released RHP Kyle McClellan unconditionally.

Frontier League NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Signed LHP Jacob Liedka to a contract extension. Signed C Jenzen Torres.

RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed RHP Kyle Owings.

ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS—Sold the contract of OF Jimmy Parque to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Traded RHP Kyle Lindquist to Gary SouthShore (AA) for LHP Jon Gulbransen.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS—Extended the contract of manager Jamie Bennett.

BASKETBALL USA BASKETBALL—Re-eleted chairman and managing director Jerry Colangelo. Named Kim Bohuny, Mark Tatum, Dan Gavitt, Mark Lewis, Chris Plonsky, Bob Gardner, Billy Hunter, Jim Carr, Chauncey Billups and Katie Smith to the board of directors.

National Basketball Association CHARLOTTE HORNETS—Traded G Matt Carroll to New Orleans for F Hakim Warrick.

FOOTBALL ATLANTA FALCONS—Placed TE Tommy Gallarda on injured reserve. Signed WR Tim Toone and TE Chase Coffman. Signed TE Andrew Szczerba to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS—Signed QB Josh McCown.

Released TE Brody Eldridge.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed DL Ricky Elmore to the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS—Released S Duke Ihenacho.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed LB Shawn Loiseau and TE Martell Webb to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed G Mitch Petrus. Signed LB Jeff Tarpinian to the practice squad. Released LB Jerrell Harris from the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS—Waived LB Aaron Maybin.

Placed DB Isaiah Trufant on injured reserve.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Released DT Alameda Ta’amu. Signed WR David Gilreath from the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Placed LB Quincy Black on injured reserve. Released WR Dale Moss and TE LaMark Brown from the practice squad. Signed DE Ernest Owusu and WR Diondre Borel to the practice squad.

HOCKEY AHL—Suspended Bridgeport RW Colin McDonald two games for his actions during Sunday’s game.

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Assigned F Victor Rask to Calgary (WHL).

ECHL ECHL—Named Todd Merton director of marketing and licensing.

READING ROYALS—Announced F Alex Berry was recalled to Hershey (AHL).

Central Hockey League BLOOMINGTON BLAZE—Signed G Gerry Festa.

LACROSSE BUFFALO BANDITS—Agreed to terms with D Jimmy Purves on a one-year contract.

MINNESOTA SWARM—Re-signed T David Earl and F Pat Smith to one-year contracts. Agreed to terms with F Matt Gibson on a one-year contract.

COLLEGE AUGUSTANA (S.D.)—Fired football coach Mike Aldrich.

CAPITAL—Announced the resignation of football coach Henry Stanford.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN—Named Tom Kleinlein athletic director.

SAN DIEGO STATE—Announced the NCAA has suspended men’s basketball F Winston Shepard three games.

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 5 0 1.000 Brooklyn 4 2 .667 Philadelphia 4 3 .571 Boston 4 3 .571 Toronto 2 6 .250

Miami Charlotte Atlanta Orlando Washington

Milwaukee Chicago Indiana Cleveland Detroit

GB — 1 1/2 2 2 4 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct 6 2 .750 3 3 .500 3 3 .500 2 5 .286 0 6 .000

GB — 2 2 3 1/2 5

Central Division W L Pct 4 2 .667 4 3 .571 3 5 .375 2 6 .250 0 8 .000

GB — 1/2 2 3 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 6 1 .857 Memphis 5 1 .833 New Orleans 3 2 .600 Dallas 4 4 .500 Houston 3 4 .429

GB — 1/2 2 2 1/2 3

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City Minnesota Denver Utah Portland

L.A. Clippers Phoenix L.A. Lakers Golden State Sacramento

W 6 5 4 4 3

L 2 2 4 4 5

Pct .750 .714 .500 .500 .375

GB — 1/2 2 2 3

Pacific Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 4 4 .500 3 4 .429 3 4 .429 2 6 .250

GB — 1 1/2 2 2 3 1/2

Tuesday’s Results Charlotte 92, Washington 76 Toronto 74, Indiana 72 New York 99, Orlando 89 Brooklyn 114, Cleveland 101 Portland 103, Sacramento 86 San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, N Today’s Games Detroit at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Utah at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

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

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Romeo Crennel isn’t sure why the Chiefs decided to start playing Dance Dance Revolution on the turf of Heinz Field with a national television audience watching on Monday Night Football.

He is sure he didn’t like it.

The Kansas City coach said Tuesday that he plans to speak to his team about discipline issues that cropped up during an overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, including one instance in which the Chiefs were flagged for a group celebration on a touchdown that didn’t happen.

“It was a surprise to me,” Crennel said of the sudden celebrations.

Perhaps the Chiefs were simply channeling their inner Fred Astaire, or auditioning for A Chorus Line, since there might be several of them searching for jobs come January.

The personal foul-inducing dance occurred early in the third quarter.

Steelers backup quarterback Byron Leftwich, pressed into service following a shoulder injury to Ben Roethlisberger, threw an incompletion that was initially ruled a fumble.

Chiefs linebacker Justin Houston picked up the bouncing ball and ran 21 yards for a touchdown that would have given his team a 16-10 lead.

The second-year pro started gyrating in the end zone, and was quickly joined by veteran Derrick Johnson, safety Eric Berry and a handful of others.

Whistles were blown. Flags were thrown.

Then a video review determined it wasn’t a fumble, giving Pittsburgh the ball back, along with the sobering news that the person foul penalty would still be enforced. The Steelers got a free first down out of the deal, one of three caused by Kansas City penalties.

“I’m going to emphasize to the guys those kinds of penalties are hurtful to the team,” Crennel said, “and we don’t need them, and then we’ll see if we need to sit people or not.”

It wasn’t even the first instance of taunting by the Chiefs, though.

There was the time that wide receiver Dwayne Bowe stuck out the ball at chasing Pittsburgh defenders as he trotted into the end zone for another would-be touchdown.

Another brief celebration ensued, only for a holding call on Branden Albert to nix the precious points.

“It’s always frustrating when you think you have a touchdown pass, and all of a sudden you see a flag on the field,” said Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel, who started again in place of injured Brady Quinn.

“It is unfortunate and it’s always tough to overcome that.”

Then there was the dancing following the sack that knocked Roethlisberger from the game.

Grizzlys win Cubs agree to deal with fourth in row pitcher Scott Baker Grizzlys 4 Mustangs 3 (OT) OLDS — Brandon Clowes notched his 15th goal of the season at 4:02 of overtime Tuesday and the Olds Grizzlys racked up their fourth consecutive AJHL victory, 4-3 over the Calgary Mustangs.

Chase Paylor tallied twice for Olds, which trailed 1-0 after one period and 3-2 after 40 minutes, then got a third-period goal from Matthew Marcinew that forced overtime.

Ethan Jemieff made 20 saves for the Grizzlys, who sit seventh in the South Division but are just three points behind the third-place Camrose Kodiaks and five back of the second-place Okotoks Oilers.

The powerhouse Brooks Bandits are the runaway South leaders with a 20-0-0 record.

Mustangs netminder Jake Tamagi stopped 39 shots.

The Grizzlys are idle until Saturday when the travel to Drumheller to face the Dragons.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — Scott Baker wants to establish that he can still be an effective pitcher after having elbow surgery, and he’ll get his chance with the Chicago Cubs.

The 31-year-old righty agreed Tuesday to a one-year deal that guarantees him $5.5 million next season. He could earn an additional $1.5 million in performance bonuses.

“I have every intention of being a competitive pitcher next year right away,” he said.

Baker became a free agent after the Twins declined their $9.25 million option last month.

With the Cubs, he gets a $150,000 bonus for reaching 145 innings and an additional $150,000 for every five innings he pitches after that up to 190.

Baker was 63-48 with a 4.15 ERA with Minnesota from 2005-11.

He underwent Tommy John ligament replacement surgery April 17 and missed last season after being limited to 23 appearances (21 starts) in 2011, but he thinks he’ll be ready for the start of spring training.

Several teams had shown interest, including the Twins, but the Cubs made it clear they were serious about him. The move fills one of the openings created by the departure of Justin Germano and Jason Berken.

JAYS: Season marred by injuries Toronto’s 2012 season was marred by a series of injuries that devastated its pitching, particularly the starting rotation.

By the end of the regular season the Blue Jays had lost the services of starters J.A. Happ (fractured right foot), Drew Hutchinson (right UCL sprain), Kyle Drabek (torn right elbow ligament) and Dustin McGowan (Plantar fasciitis, right foot).

Toronto was also lost relievers Luis Perez (torn ligament in left elbow) and Sergio Santos (right shoulder inflammation) to injury.

All six pitchers had been placed on the 60-day disabled list.

Further, starter Jesse Litsch didn’t play at all in 2012 as he recovered from surgery on his right shoulder.

The Blue Jays infield also required some tinkering.

Second baseman Kelly Johnson is expected to leave as a free agent and Escobar, the team’s incumbent shortstop, had been roundly criticized after he wrote a homosexual slur on his eyeblack in Spanish.

Johnson, who led the NL in ERA in 2010, went 8-14 this year with a 3.81 earned-run average for the Marlins, who endured a dismal season in their new ballpark and began dismantling the team in July.

Johnson was limited to nine starts in 2011 because of right shoulder inflammation.

He was named an all-star in 2009 and 2010, the year he led the NL with a 2.30 ERA and finished the season 11-6 after signing a four-year contract worth US$39 million.

Buehrle was a major free agent signing for the Marlins in the 2011 off-season, signing a four-year, $58 million deal on Dec. 7.

He compiled a 13-13 record in Miami, with a 3.74 ERA and 125 strikeouts.

In his 13-year career in the majors Buehrle has 174 wins, 132 losses, a 3.82 ERA and 1,521 strikeouts.

Buehrle also pitched MLB’s 18th perfect game, retiring all 27 Tampa BayRays hitters he faced on July 23, 2009.

Reyes hit .287 with 40 steals in 160 games.

Bonifacio finished this year with 30 runs, 11 RBIs and 30 stolen bases while batting .258 in a injury-shortened season. In 2011, he had 78 runs, 36 RBIs and 40 stolen bases with a .296 batting average.

The Marlins have a long history of payroll purges, and in their 20 seasons they have reached the post-season only twice, as wild-card teams in 1997 and 2003. Both times they won the World Series.

Johnson is owed $13.75 million next season. Reyes has $96 million left on a deal expiring in 2018. Buehrle has $52 million remaining on a deal expiring in 2015.

The stunning agreement came less than a year after the Marlins added Reyes, Buehrle and closer Heath Bell in an uncharacteristic $191 million spending binge as they moved into a new ballpark.

The acquisitions raised high hopes, but the Marlins instead finished last in the NL East.

The latest paring of salary actually began in July, when the Marlins parted with former NL batting champion Hanley Ramirez, second baseman Omar Infante and right-hander Anibal Sanchez, among others.

Bell, the team’s high-profile bust, was traded to Arizona last month.

Under owner Jeffrey Loria, long the target of fan acrimony, the Marlins have usually been among baseball’s thriftiest teams.

Management pledged that would change with the new ballpark, but team officials were disappointed with attendance in 2012, and revenue fell far short of their projections.

Even so, the blockbuster deal came as a shock. The players involved must undergo physicals before the trade becomes final.

Giancarlo Stanton, the Marlins’ precocious slugger, wasn’t involved in the deal but wasn’t happy about it.

Stanton said he was mad about the deal “Plain & Simple,” he tweeted shortly after the news broke.

The swap was easier for the Marlins to swing because of their longstanding policy of refusing to include no-trade clauses in contracts.

VOLLEYBALL: Game plan The thing is to have a game plan and stick to it and play with confidence.

We need to do that and see what happens.”

This year is the first time Central Alberta will send only one team to the provincials, Nov. 23-24 in Lethbridge.

“That’s disappointing as we have two of the top eight teams in the province, but we can’t do much about it. It would be nice for both of us to go, but we’ll have to see if it’s No. 6 or No. 8.”

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DEROZAN SCORES 15 POINTS, CALDERON HAS TRIPLE-DOUBLE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Toronto 74 Indiana 72 INDIANAPOLIS — The Toronto Raptors had all of the excuses in the world. The Indiana Pacers, on the other hand, didn’t.

Jose Calderon scored with 4:05 left in the first quarter to give Toronto a 19-17 lead and the Raptors led the rest of the way, holding on to beat the Pacers 74-72 on Tuesday night to snap a four game skid.

DeMar DeRozan scored 15 points and Calderon had 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as Toronto had a franchise-low five points in the fourth quarter.

“We were tired,” Calderon said. “I think that’s why we started missing shots and making bad decisions. I think everybody started getting into a little bit of a rush because we were trying to win the game, but maybe the legs weren’t there anymore.”

The Raptors, on the back end of their third back-to-back of the season, lost to the Utah Jazz 140133 on Monday and arrived in Indianapolis at 3 a.m. before playing the Pacers.

Toronto was also short-handed with injuries to Kyle Lowry (sprained right ankle), Landry Fields (right hand/wrist) and Alan Anderson (sprained left foot).

“We were exhausted,” DeRozan said. “But it’s about gutting it out.

We had to rely on something, and it wasn’t our offence tonight. It was all mental and heart.”

DeRozan and Calderon each had 10 points in the first half for the Raptors, who led 69-58 heading into the fourth and hit only one field goal the rest of the way, also a franchise low.

“We were doing a good job for like three quarters, three quarters and a half,” Calderon said.

“There’s always those few minutes, five, six minutes and the other teams make a huge run and just lose it.”

Things were different against the Pacers (3-5).

George Hill scored 18 points, including eight in the fourth quarter, and Paul George had 12 points and nine rebounds to lead the Pacers, who have lost four of the last five.

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Indiana went on a 9-0 run in the fourth and pulled to 74-72 with 1:02 left in the game. Neither team scored again.

“We got good looks at the end, but it was really frustrating that we couldn’t get the ball to go down,” Hill said. “Tonight it seemed like we were lacking energy, not as individuals, but as a group.”

The Pacers missed five shots in the remaining 22 seconds with a chance to tie or take a lead.

“It was hard for us to put the ball in the hole,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said.

“We’ve got multiple guys in shooting slumps right now. We’re getting a number of open looks

at the rim and they’re not going down.”

The Pacers shot 32 per cent against the Raptors and were 5 for 24 in the fourth quarter.

The Pacers continue to struggle without forward Danny Granger, who is expected to miss up to three months with a left patellar tendinitis.

When it was over, Calderon threw his hands up in the air as the Raptors finally captured their second win of the season.

“I was really happy to get the win,” Calderon said. “It was crazy.

We were hitting people, but the ball always went back to the white team and I was like, ’this cannot be possible.”’

UFC 154 co-main event may set up welterweight title shot THE CANADIAN PRESS The welterweight spotlight shines on champion Georges St-Pierre and interim title-holder Carlos (Natural Born Killer) Condit on Saturday at UFC 154.

But the 170-pound division will also be impacted by the co-main event at Montreal’s Bell Centre, which sees Martin (The Hitman) Kampmann face Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks.

Kampmann, for one, believes the winner of his fight should get the next title shot.

“I hope so. I can’t see anybody else that would deserve it,” he said.

“All the wins that both me and Johny have, I think it should definitely come down to being a No. 1 contender fight.

There’s nobody else in the division that can claim the same run that

we’ve had.”

Kampmann (20-5) and Hendricks (13-1) have been on a roll of late.

Kampmann, whose record includes a 2009 victory over Condit, is coming off wins over Rick (The Horror) Story, Thiago (Pitbull) Alves and Jake (The Juggernaut) Ellenberger.

Hendricks, a former NCAA champion wrestler at Oklahoma State, is riding a win streak that has left T.J. Waldburger, Mike Pierce, Jon Fitch and Josh Koscheck in his wake. Fitch and Koscheck have both challenged GSP for the title.

Kampmann and Hendricks used to train together in Las Vegas at Xtreme Couture.

Hendricks was helping Kampmann with his wrestling. Kampmann offered tips on striking in return.

“We were hanging out a little bit to, so we know

each other fairly well,” said Kampmann. “But I still feel confident I’ll get the win though.

“It’s not going to hold us back in the cage.

We’re still going to try to beat each other’s heads off. But that’s going to be set aside afterwards.

When we’re in the cage, we’re there to fight.”

In addition to his wrestling prowess, Hendricks has heavy hands — he needed one punch and just 12 seconds to stop Fitch, who had a five-inch reach advantage. But Kampmann is the better technical striker.

“He swings kind of reckless sometimes.

That will leave openings for me to exploit but at the same time, if you get caught by those punches, it’s going to hurt,” said Kampmann.

“But I feel good. I’ve been caught with big shots before and I’m go-

ing to keep fighting either way. I’m prepared to take a punch. But of course, I’d prefer to do all the punching and not getting hit.”

The 30-year-old Dane, who now calls Las Vegas home, is 11-4 in the UFC. A former middleweight who dropped down to welterweight, his record might be even better if the judges had looked on him kinder in close fights against Diego Sanchez and Jake Shields.

He says he’s tired of talking about those fights, although he remains mystified how anyone could give the decision to Sanchez — who looked like he had been in a car crash after the fight.

“It’s in the past and I can’t change the past.

But I can look forward and I’m on a good winning streak and I’m onto better things.”

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos cleaned out their lockers Monday, bitterly disappointed over their loss in the East Division semifinal a day earlier.

Yet despite a tumultuous season that ended on an ugly note, there was still optimism that the franchise will be turned around.

“It was a season where a lot of things went on, up and down, a roller coaster, but one we can learn from,” said defensive back Joe Burnett. “We saw a lot of young guys play, grow and work and they will contribute next year and years to come.”

The Eskimos’ season ended Sunday much like the team’s entire year, in confusion, second-guessing and defeat. Their 42-26 loss to the Toronto Argonauts didn’t feel out of place after finishing 7-11 during the regular season.

“I’ve always judged myself, did you walk away a winner or did you walk away a loser, and we walked away as losers this year,” said linebacker J.C. Sherritt, the West nominee for most outstanding defensive player, who didn’t play against the Argos because of an ankle injury.

Defensive lineman Almondo Sewell said the Toronto game was like a microcosm of the team’s season.

“Yeah, pretty much,” he said. “Just a lot of bad breaks happened in that game ... we killed ourselves with mental mistakes.”

Still, Sewell said there were a lot of positives to be taken from the season.

“We proved we can come back from almost anything ... going through a lot of tough times but we got through it, that’s what we have to take from it.”

The team heads into the off-season facing more questions than answers.

The first question that has to be answered is who will be named general manager to replace Eric Tillman, who was fired a week before the playoff game.

Names mentioned include head coach Kavis Reed and former player and current head scout Ed Hervey.

Reed wouldn’t commit one way or the other Monday, saying his focus right now “is decompressing from the season and making sure decisions that are made for this franchise are the right decisions.

“I’m not going to be one who advocates for a position. I’m focused on making sure the decision that is made is, first of all, right for my family, but most importantly right for this franchise.”

Key among the new GM’s early priorities will be trying to re-sign the 13 free agents, including nine defensive starters, and trying to figure who will be the team’s quarterback of the future. Tillman’s trade of Ricky Ray to Toronto proved to be a monstrous mistake that left the Eskimos without a competent starting pivot.

Kerry Joseph, at 39, said he plans to return next year but he can’t likely be counted on to be a fulltime starter.

Steven Jyles, the man obtained in the Ray trade, hasn’t shown in six years with four teams the ability to be a starter. And Matt Nichols, the obvious choice to be the starting quarterback, broke his ankle in Toronto.

On crutches, Nichols said he will see his doctor Tuesday to schedule surgery to insert a pin that will come out in February.

“It’s probably the best case scenario really, for what happened,” he said. “I plan on being ready for training camp.”

The second-guessing went on all season and continued Monday after three coaching decisions that had huge impact on the playoff loss.

Why play Sherritt and his injured ankle in the final regular season game, just so he could get the CFL tackle record, when he was then lost for the playoff?

Reed said Monday he wouldn’t change that decision and Sherritt suggested he probably wouldn’t have much choice.

“The thing with that game, if I can play I’m going to,” said Sherritt.

“It’s not fair for the defence to go out when the guys are banged up, and they’re all playing. How is it fair for me to sit down? If I’m ever put in that situation again I promise I’ll be out there playing.”

The questions don’t end with Sherritt. Reed started Joseph instead of Nichols despite the latter putting on strong performances in the final two regularseason games.

At running back, Reed rotated Hugh Charles and Cory Boyd even after Charles had a solid first quarter.

“We went with what we felt was best for the team,” said Reed, adding that after looking at film all week the coaching staff felt alternating the two was the right thing to do.

Reed said it was a season of challenges for the players and coaches.

Chamblin looking for ways to improve Riders before hosting 2013 Grey Cup REGINA — Corey Chamblin says he’s feeling good about the future of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, even though his first season as a CFL head coach ended with an early playoff exit.

The Roughriders were looking ahead to next season after a devastating 36-30 loss to the Calgary Stampeders in the West Division semifinal on Sunday.

Chamblin says the 2012 edition of the team consisted of young players or players who were new to the league — particularly on defence — meaning Saskatchewan’s mediocre 8-10 record and swift elimination from the postseason can be written off as growing pains.

“A loss is a loss. It’s time to move on,” Chamblin told reporters Tuesday while reflecting on a season he characterized as equal parts “good and bad.”

He said it took just seconds after the final whistle for Chamblin to shift focus to improving his team next season.

The Grey Cup will be played at Mosaic Stadium in 2013 and there will be additional pressure to field a contender.

“We just have to have a better team,” Chamblin said, adding that it’s too early to talk about potential coaching or roster moves.

Chamblin believes the Roughriders “easily could have had an 11-win

season.”

“If it was a stretch to get eight (victories), I’d be more disappointed,” he said.

Speaking metaphorically about a team that “dug into holes and dug out of holes” since Day 1, Chamblin said more experience as a head coach and more consistency and discipline from his players will help his team take the next step.

“Discipline is something the guys have to continue to work on,” he said.

Saskatchewan had lapses at critical times in the loss to Calgary, but Chamblin does have something to work with as the Roughriders were the least penalized team over the regular season.

“We have a base, we set a foundation,” Chamblin said. “We have a good core of guys here.”

The Riders opened the regular season with three straight victories and closed it out with four consecutive losses.

Describing 2012 as a “roller coaster” season, quarterback Darian Durant said: “We came into the playoffs on a losing streak. That’s not good.”

Immediately following Sunday’s game, Durant delivered a message to his teammates.

“Hold your head up,” he told them.

“Get your mind right in the off-season.”

Durant says the key to success is consistency.

“We have to learn how to win,” he said. “We saw what it takes to win a playoff game.”

Durant adds the Roughriders need to strengthen the defence, raising the performance level from good to great.

“You have to have a great defence to win a Grey Cup,” he said.

Linebacker Tyron Brackenridge

said the young team needs to learn how to close out games.

“We didn’t finish,” he said.

Brackenridge is confident nonetheless that improvement is close and wholesale changes are not necessary.

“The talent in this (dressing) room is unbelievable,” he said. “I’ll pick this group over anybody.”

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CALENDAR RAFFLE PRIZE WILL BE SEEING SHARK UP CLOSE Seeing a great white shark up close is the prize in this year’s Medicine River Wildlife Centre calendar raffle.

Diving in a cage to visit sharks in the Gulf of the Farrallons Marine Sanctuary off the California coast near San Francisco could be yours for buying a centre 2013 calendar for $20. The adventure includes a high-speed catamaran trip to the sanctuary, three nights accommodation and flights for two to the city by the bay.

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Special needs addressed LEADERS CONFIDENT DISTRICT ENSURING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND OTHER SPECIAL NEEDS ARE BEING PROPERLY EDUCATED

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta school leaders are confident they are giving all possible resources to children with special needs following an important Supreme Court of Canada ruling last week.

School districts are weighing in on the court’s decision that said the North Vancouver school board had discriminated against a dyslexic child who wasn’t given adequate help to attain literacy. The ruling says that school districts must provide genuine help to children

with learning disabilities.

Piet Langstraat, superintendent for Red Deer Public Schools, said he’s confident that his district is doing a good job to ensure students with learning disabilities and other special needs are being properly educated.

He said a lot has changed in 15 years in education since the family of Jeffrey Moore began a 15-year battle with the Vancouver school system. The Vancouver district has indicated it has made improvements, so Langstraat will be looking to see what it has done.

“Learning has become much

more accessible with the use of assistive technologies,” said Langstraat on Tuesday.

Staff is also in place in classrooms to help students who may be struggling, he added.

Every school has a learning assistance team, including a teacher who specializes in diverse learning needs and an educational assistant to help teachers. There’s a greater understanding that there isn’t just one kind of learner, Langstraat said.

The school district is also working hard at ensuring its teachers have skills in literacy instruction, he added.

Dani Richert is applauding the court decision since she has a 10-year-old son who has special needs, including autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He attends Grade 4 at Annie L. Gaetz Elementary School in Red Deer Public Schools.

“Sometimes being put in a classroom with ‘normal’ kids, they get lost in the shuffle,” said Richert.

“It’s so important that all of the resources that are available for these kids are totally exhausted.

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AISH INFO SESSION Learn more about Alberta’s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) program on Thursday.

The Lunch and Learn event sponsored by the Central Alberta chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. The free event goes from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the society’s office located at 105, 4807 50th Ave. in Red Deer. An AISH representative will be on hand to explain the program and answer any questions.

CORRECTIONS ● Information in a story in Saturday’s Advocate about efforts

by McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association to develop a residential treatment facility for youth with drug or alcohol addictions in Central Alberta requires clarification. McMan is contracted by Alberta Health Services to provide the day-today services of the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) program in Red Deer. ● A caption a photo caption on Page A1 in Monday’s Advocate had incorrect identification.

The Red Deer Legion president who is shown placing a wreath at the memorial at the Red Deer Arena is Tim McCoy.

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The lure of a giant pile of snow was just too great for Isaac, lane and Damon Fox to pass up on Monday. After a visit to the Petland Location in south Red deer the three brothers scrambled up the pile of snow in the parking lot for a bit of fun.

RDC student crowned Miss Rodeo Canada GILLIAN SHIELDS OF DIDSBURY

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Albertans continue to rise to the top at the Miss Rodeo Canada contest.

Gillian Shields, 21, of Didsbury and a Red Deer College student, was crowned Miss Rodeo Canada 2013 in Edmonton on Saturday at the Canadian Finals Rodeo.

A r l e t a Bowhay, of Sundre, took the top prize Gillian Shields a year ago.

Shields, a barrel racer and violinist, grew up in 4-H. She is an active volunteer in her community, a registered massage therapist, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Education

degree to become an elementary music and special education teacher.

She was crowned Miss Rodeo Airdrie in 2011.

Shields spent last week competing against Miss Grande Prairie Stompede Sarah Michel and Miss Rodeo Okotoks Nicole Schlaak in horsemanship, public speaking, and rodeo knowledge. She was also judged on overall personality, poise and maturity.

She won the horsemanship and rodeo knowledge portions of the pageant, and ultimately the crown.

Shields will attend several events over the next 12 months, starting with the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Dec. 6 to 15.

Miss Rodeo Canada, a nonprofit organization, has been supporting the personal development of young women and promoting rodeo for more than 50 years. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Labour board approves unionization for ambulance workers SYLVAN LAKE WORKERS JOIN CUPE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Associated Ambulance and Services Ltd. employees in Sylvan Lake voted 65 per cent in favour of becoming members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

The vote, held about four weeks ago, was counted last week after the Alberta Labour Relations Board sided with CUPE to allow only the Sylvan Lake workers to vote.

Associated Ambulance argued the vote should be extended to all its workers around Alberta, some of whom are already represented by another union.

A total of 12 full-time and assorted part-time Associated Ambulance Sylvan Lake staff are now CUPE members.

“In the end, the votes were counted and we got a union in there so we’re pretty happy with the results,” said Lou

Arab, CUPE communications representative, on Tuesday.

Associated Ambulance workers joined CUPE to address workplace issues related to consistency of rules, schedules and overtime.

On April 1, Associated Ambulance was awarded a fiveyear contract from Alberta Health Services to expand into Rocky Mountain House, Sylvan Lake and Ma-Me-O Beach.

Sylvan Lake was previously served by Lakeside Emergency Medical Services Ltd. In Central Alberta, Associated also operates in Rimbey and serves Drayton Valley and Breton, north of Rimbey.

Arab said Sylvan Lake is the only Associated Ambulance station represented by CUPE. Associated Ambulance serves 21 communities in the province. szielinski@reddeeradvocate. com

Downtown library getting more renovations

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Public Library downtown branch will get more renovations next year, to the tune of $450,000.

The fourth level will get new lights and ceiling while a new main floor circulation desk and new furniture are planned.

Library director Dean Frey said fourth level work will likely begin early next year and mean a month-long closure of the nonfiction section.

“Saving energy is an important part of the project. The adult library level four ceiling is way overdue to be replaced.

We’re looking at an aging building.”

A new circulation desk and new furni-

ture in the Link (entry area of the library) will also be added. The entire project should be done by June.

“People will certainly see the difference,” said Frey.

Red Deer MP Earl Dreeshen announced a federal $225,300 Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund grant this morning while Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski announced a $100,000 Community Facility Enhancement Program grant to help pay for the $450,000 project.

The remainder of the funds will come from the city and the library’s operating reserve.

Part of the project was done earlier this fall when the children’s department was closed a month for $116,000 in renovations to cover new flooring, paint and furniture.

Both politicians praised the work of Red Deer Public Library.

“As a former teacher, I know the importance of libraries to communities,” said Dreeshen.

“Visiting a library is a chance to enter a world of discovery,” said Jablonski.

Library board chair Duncan Anderson replied, “I’m afraid I bring nothing today, but we’re glad to receive.”

The downtown branch was built in 1967 and underwent a major renovation in 1979 when another floor was added. In 1993, The Link was built, joining the old Firehall No. 1 to the library and becoming the Piper Creek Optimist Children’s Library.

The Red Deer public library is located at 4818 49th St. rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

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In Red Deer, go to Colour Carpet Centre at Ste. 1100, 5001 19th St., Scott’s Parable in Gasoline Alley west or Kraze 101.3 offices at 103, 6751 52nd Ave. In Blackfalds, After the Grind Coffee House at 4911 Broadway Ave. In Lacombe, Sunny 94 offices at 4725 49B Ave. In Sylvan Lake, the Great Canadian Dollar Store at 5020 50th St. or Sylvan Lake Alliance Church at 4404 47th Ave. The annual campaign through the Christian organization Samaritan’s Purse collects shoe boxes filled with hygiene items, school supplies, toys and candy, which are given to Third World children regardless of gender, race, religion, or age.

This year, Canadian boxes will go to children in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Last year, more than 650,000 Canadian shoeboxes were donated.

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Olds woman held in store robbery A woman who allegedly robbed an Olds clothing store and threatened to kill staff will appear in Didsbury provincial court on Wednesday.

Olds RCMP say a woman who entered a local clothing store at about 8:55 p.m. on Nov. 8 attempted to shoplift and was confronted by staff.

It was then that the woman demanded cash from the cash register and told staff she had a gun and she would kill them, police say.

After the woman was given the money, she fled the store on a bicycle.

RCMP apprehended a suspect minutes later while she was attempting to return to a residence.

Laura Nation, 29, has been charged with robbery, use of an imitation firearm during the commission of an indictable offence, disguise with intent, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace and two counts of theft under $5,000.

Nation was remanded into custody.

Olds Festival of Trees raises cash About $15,000 was raised at the recent Olds Festival of Trees.

The money came from the fifth annual auction of 13 decorated theme trees and other fundraising events within the festival.

Co-organizer Bibianne Munksgaard said the total was down slightly from last year.

Once expenses are paid, 40 per cent of the proceeds will be used for upgrades to the TransCanada Fine Arts Theatre, while the remaining 60 per cent will pay for the Olds Fashioned Christmas Light Up event on Nov. 24.

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STUDENTS: “Should be given every opportunity” “It should be automatic for these kids.”

Richert said her son has an aide in the classroom.

She said children with special needs are great kids on the whole, and while they are up against obstacles every day, they still stay happy.

“They should be given every opportunity and all the help they need, so they can succeed,” said Richert. “I feel very passionately about it.”

Adriana LaGrange, chairwoman of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools, said Alberta school divisions are required to put in proper supports and give students what they need to succeed.

“So this (ruling) isn’t anything different to us,” said LaGrange.

“It kind of surprised me it was different in a different province. In our school district, we put whatever that is necessary in place.”

Sally Deck, director of inclusive learning for Red Deer Catholic, said the province provides dollars for students with special needs.

The district also gives additional funding through its own basic grants.

The school district provides a lot of early intervention programming, which focuses on early literacy prevention at the pre-kindergarten to Grade 3 level.

“Assistive technologies is a lot more prevalent in schools now,” Deck added.

These technologies allow for text to speech or speech to text.

Teachers and educational assistants are receiving more professional development in learning disabilities and other disabilities, which gives them greater capacity to meet the needs of all their students, Deck said.

Kathy Murch, director of student services for Wild Rose Public Schools in Rocky Mountain House, said the division has been working on “universal design for learning.”

This means the education system is not a one-sizefits-all solution, but instead ensures that all individuals have equal opportunities to learn.

This ruling shows that people can’t just be talking about this, but actually walking this way, Murch said.

“We’re working with our administrators, our student support facilitators and our teachers in understanding how we create a learning environment that supports everybody,” said Murch.

“What’s good for our diverse learners is good for all learners.”

Murch said it’s important to understand that everyone learns differently, which is why some stu-

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Doris Ashton, left, of Red Deer peruses the Scentsy Fragrances and Velata Fondue Table operated

by Kim Fehr at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Monday. A variety of businesses attending the sale donated 20 per cent of all profits at the sale to the Philanthropic Educational Organization that hosted the event in Red Deer. Founded in 1869, the PEO funds grants loans and scholarships for women from all walks of life to further their education. In the 143 year existence of the program, the PEO has raised over $270 million for women’s education.

Community foundation seeks new CEO Red Deer and District Community Foundation is searching for a new chief executive officer.

After almost a year as CEO, Michelle Sluchinski stepped down on Nov. 1 to become the executive director of Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre in Red Deer. The community foundation, established as a registered non-profit organization in 1989, has built endowment funds to allocate grants to charitable activities in arts and culture, health and human services, recreation, sport, education and the environment.

The foundation’s grants committee reviews grant applications and makes recommendations to the foundation’s board of directors.

The chief executive officer works in support of the strategic direction established by the board.

Resumes will be accepted until Dec. 3.

For more information, contact board vice-chair Nancy Batty at 403-341-6911.

United Way hits $1.2-million mark The amount of money raised by the United Way of Central Alberta is now over $1.2 million.

As of Tuesday, 60 per cent of the 2012 campaign goal of $1.99 million was raised, bringing the total amount raised to $1,205,411 for the annual Community Campaign.

Some tickets are still available for the second annual St. Andrew’s Day Celebration on Dec. 3. The event at Cork’d Taphouse and Grill, located at 100 2325 50th Ave. in Red Deer, from 4 to 7 p.m., features a silent auction of 20 kinds of Scotch, food and a live auction. A driver take-home program is available through Red Deer Search and Rescue.

Tickets are $60 and only available online at www. caunitedway.ca or by calling the United Way office at 403-343-3900.

Money raised during this campaign goes directly back into the community and provides funding to more than 30 Central Alberta programs and services.

dents may find it easier to learn via a book, a video or through listening on headphones. Content must be provided in various ways.

Each teacher is in different stages of incorporating different learning methods.

Camp to benefit from Black Tie Bingo Camp Alexo will be the big beneficiary of fund raised by the Rotary Club of Red Deer raised at its Black Tie Bingo. The soldout event on Nov. 1 brought in about $140,000, the most ever in its 20-year history.

“It was a record year for us,” said event chairman Dan Hachey. “We raised $128,000 in 2007 from the same number of people.”˙ The primary recipient of the funds is the West Country camp operated by the Youth and Volunteer Centre of Red Deer and the renovations it needs.

But the proceeds will also be used to fund other club programs, said Hachey.

Lacombe recreation plans proceeding Lacombe County is keeping the ball rolling on its recreation master plan.

Last Friday, council approved spending $19,375 to cover the cost of the second phase of the Recreation Master Plan, which is designed to serve as a blueprint for how recreation is developed.

Calgary-based CDC Consultants recently wrapped up the first phase of the plan involving the development of a policy framework and discussion document and to meet with area municipalities to talk about recreational opportunities.

The second phase of the project involves developing a strategic plan. It is expected to be completed early next year. Upcoming phases of the project include undertaking a needs assessment, developing a parks, trails and open spaces strategy, reviewing the provisions for indoor and outdoor facilities and then creating the master plan summary document.

The county has budgeted $100,000 for the plan, which could take a year to complete.

Providing recreation has become a bigger issue in the county because of the number of new and proposed country residential subdivisions and RV developments that are expected to draw thousands of people to the municipality in coming years.

“We’ve got some who understand what 21st century learning is and some that are just getting there,” said Murch. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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Brothers go outside the cage for clothing line

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — David Makdessi knew all about the fight game from his younger brother, UFC lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi.

But the 34-year-old Montreal native wanted his clothing line to be more than skulls and snakes. He wanted it to reflect the fact that you don’t have to step into a cage or ring to be fighting for something.

Hence the concept behind Fear the Fighter, whose slogan is “Strength, Courage, Honour.”

“We all have our battles every day to overcome,” explained David Makdessi, who is the company’s president and sole owner.

On the company website (www. fearthefighter.com/), visitors are encouraged to share their story.

Leyla Makdessi, sister to David and John, details her struggle to have a baby. Chris Galinsky, an amateur fighter who is a father to six, talks of his challenge to train and work two jobs. Logan Reeve tells the story of his 11.5-year effort to earn his black belt.

And Leslie Rials, a 43-year-old grandmother, shares how she took up Brazilian jiu-jitsu some 15 months ago and now teaches a BJJ class for women.

“I pride myself in training and fighting hard but still being feminine (the beautiful art of BJJ) and showing everyone it’s NEVER too late to start!” writes Rials.

“Never give up on your dreams,” adds Reeve.

Leyla Makdessi cites her brothers “who have shown me that anything is possible.”

John, 27, has been a major influence. David has watched him train, cut weight, win and lose both as a kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter.

“It’s not easy,” David said. “People think they just walk into the ring and fight. Most of the people don’t know the background leading up to the fight ... Even after the fight. They just continue, just continue training and getting themselves better. They don’t stop.

It’s hard to be a fighter.”

Paying the bills isn’t easy either.

David’s preference is one-year deals — which usually cover three bouts — with his athletes, rather than using them as human billboards for just one fight.

That gives the fighters some securi-

ty while ensuring Fear the Fighter can make a lasting impression, rather than be replaced by a rival at the next fight.

“It’s not just sponsoring a fighter,” said John. “We’re trying to build a team, build a family. My brother’s doing a great job with Fear the Fighter.”

David proved that FTF is more than a business when he opted to pay his sponsored fighters from the UFC 151 card after it was cancelled.

John is already reaping the rewards of the FTF brotherhood. In advance of his fight Saturday night with veteran Sam (Hands of Stone) Stout of London, Ont., he has gone to New York to train with former UFC lightweight champion Frankie (The Answer) Edgar, an FTF teammate, and Brazilian world jiu-jitsu champion Marcelo Garcia.

Fear the Fighter has been around for just a little over six months with seven to eight employees in addition to the design team. But David, with his brother as inspiration, says he has had the vision since 2007.

“It’s crazy how life is,” said John, whose pro MMA record is 9-2 including 2-2 in the UFC. “Because maybe five, six years ago it was just a thought in our head.”

Today it is growing around the globe, but it’s still a company in its infancy.

“We’re at the point of building the business,” said David. “It’s not easy to break through, especially the MMA market and the UFC market. It costs a lot of money to be where we are now.

Eventually it pays off.”

The UFC gets its cut. The company pays a licensing fee to the MMA juggernaut, which in turn allows its fighters to showcase the gear.

David has accomplished a lot in a short time.

UFC 149 in July was the first UFC show that saw a glimpse of the Fear the Fighter gear. The line got a boost the next month when Edgar wore a FTF shirt in Denver in the main event of UFC 150.

And it was everywhere at the Sept.

29 UFC card in Nottingham, England, where nine or 10 fighters wore the brand.

“The goal was to bring it to the Europe market,” said David.

Expect a heavy presence on this weekend’s UFC 154 card in Montreal. Those wearing Fear the Fighter will include Canadians Mark Bocek, Anthony (Pato) Carvalho, Patrick (The

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UFC lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi (left) and brother David Makdessi, president of Fear The Fighter, hope to bring a new look to MMA clothing.

Predator) Cote, Mark (The Machine) Hominick and John Makdessi, as well as Chad Griggs, Constantinos Philippou and co-main event fighter Martin (The Hitman) Kampmann.

“We’re going to try and do what we did for Nottingham and more,” said David.

He has no background in clothing, saying he relies on “taste” and public feedback. He calls himself an entrepreneur whose businesses range from construction to daycares.

He is actively involved in design, with his artists taking it “to the next level.”

“I knew it was time for a new brand

to step in because everybody was getting fed up with the regular skulls and all that images.”

There are no “scary shirts.” David envisions anyone wearing it and is even working on a kids’ line.

Other fighters who wear the brand include Dan (The Outlaw) Hardy, Jake Shields, Joe Lauzon, Louis Gaudinot, Max Holloway, Tom Watson, Stefan (Skyscraper) Struve and Stipe Miocic.

“I don’t go after fighters,” said David. “Especially if they have contracts with other brands. I didn’t like to do that even though maybe other brands would approach fighters. ... They come to us.”

Research and planning can ease travel with animals

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Travel for humans during holidays is tough enough: Long lines, crowds everywhere, extra bags full of presents. Throw a pet in the mix, and it’s a recipe for disaster.

But Sheron Long, a frequent traveller and author of “Dog Trots Globe — To Paris and Provence,” say it’s worth the trouble.

“Every trip was better when Chula could be with us,” she said of her Shetland sheepdog. “She was so excited, I could imagine her dog’s eye view of the world. It causes you to explore and go see different things and meet people.”

The U.S. Department of Transportation estimates more than 2 million pets and other animals are transported by air each year in America. Pets aren’t allowed on Amtrak trains, Greyhound buses or cruise lines, but they can go on many regional train, bus and boat lines.

The majority of four-legged carry-on passengers are dogs, but some airlines allow rabbits, birds and other small animals. Experts say before including a pet in travel plans, consider whether it would enjoy the experience.

“Some dogs don’t like to travel, some love it,” said Kelly E. Carter, the pet travel expert for AOL’s Paw Nation and a Chihuahua owner. “You have to know your pet.”

Caroline Golon’s two Persian cats “are not big fans of car travel” — the only way that they can travel since their breed is banned by many airlines — so they don’t go on trips. Golon said when they travel, the family stops at pet-friendly hotels rather than drive nonstop.

“Stopping overnight gives them a chance to use the litter box at their leisure and eat and drink comfortably,” said Golon, the founder of High Paw Media.

Gwen Cooper, the author of “Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat,” said animals pick up on their owners’ moods, “which means if you’re nervous, your cat or dog is going to be nervous too.

The best way to avoid being nervous is to prepare you and your pet ahead of time and think through as

many contingencies as possible.”

For eligible cats, as well as dogs, airlines have size requirements for pets in the cabin, so a small pet must fit in a carrier that can be stowed under a seat and larger ones must be checked in. Long’s dog weighs 30 pounds, (13 ½ kilograms) so 9-year-old Chula has to fly in cargo.

During the holidays, though, when planes are fuller and lines are longer, some airlines ban pets in cargo, as well as times when the heat or cold is intense. Certain breeds can never fly on some airlines, including those considered to have bullying characteristics, like pit bulls, and snub-nosed animals like shih tzus or Persian cats because of potential breathing problems.

Animals that travel on Amtrak, Greyhound or cruises get a ticket to ride through their roles as service animals. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, trained helper animals such as guide dogs or signal dogs must be allowed.

Pet accommodations at airports differ, though every airport has animal-relief areas. Some are easy to find — San Francisco’s has paw prints on the floor leading to them — and most or all areas are located outside of security checkpoints. Federal transportation guidelines require animals to be removed from carriers, so pets should be collared and leashed — especially cats. Pet carriers are not X-rayed, but owners’ hands may be wiped for chemical testing.

The hassle of travelling is only half over once the plane lands. Carter, who once cancelled a trip in

which she and her dog were hoping to try a new hotel in Northern California, recounted how the hotel worded its pet policy online: “We are smoke-free and pet-free.”

“My God, are pets being considered killers, like smoke? That’s a sign people don’t want to be around pets,” she said.

Lisa Porter, CEO of a website that lists pet-friendly places to stay and activities around the country, said more businesses are catering to customers with a pet in tow than ever before. For example, vineyards and wineries have opened their tours to pets, and as many as 90 per cent of hotels in some cities are pet-friendly, she said.

Most five-star hotels have accommodations and perks for well-behaved pets, and even most discount hotels, including Red Roof Inns, Motel 6 and Extended Stay America, are pet-friendly. Other hotels have weight limits on animals. Some charge a nightly fee for animals, some have cleaning deposits and some will charge only if there is damage.

In France, where Long and Chula spend four months every year, so many people take their dogs to restaurants that there is an “under-table culture going on,” she said. The French hospitality for dogs stops at museums, though: “The French prize their dogs, but they prize their art work even more,” she said.

Chula has been such a good travel buddy that she inspired Long’s book, which is a travelogue written from a dog’s point of view.

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Marathon project too long to take up living room

ANNIE ANNIE Dear East Coast: It is always wise to discuss time constraints in advance, particularly when overstaying annoys you so much. Some wives would have no objection to a 12-hour marathon. They would occupy themselves elsewhere, and this is one option for you. But please discuss reasonable limits with your husband, allowing yourself to be the “bad guy� in order for him to ask his friends to leave when you’ve had enough.

There is no point creating ill will with one’s spouse if it could easily be avoided.

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she never considered that some guests may have been taking medication that could be lethal in combination with alcohol. — Recovering Drunk Dear Recovering: We are certain that etiquette would give you a pass. We also heard from someone whose well water was tainted. But in most instances, it is rude to bring your own beverage to occasions where there is a variety served.

And it is never appropriate to bring a Big Gulp.

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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LOS ANGELES — Rachael Ray is donating $500,000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to help pets and families who are struggling to rebound from Superstorm Sandy.

The Emmy-winning chef said Friday that her pet food brand, Nutrish, is also shipping 4 tons of wet and dry dog food for Sandy animals, and her Yum-o! organization is donating $100,000 to City Harvest and the Food Bank for New York City. “When you make your living in food, you have to give back in the same way,� the host of “Rachael Ray,� the syndicated CBS Television show, said.

The ASPCA had rescued more than 250 animals and treated or provided supplies to nearly 6,000 in New York City and Long Island.

It will use the money to lease a building that can be used as a central shelter for Sandy animals and to continue searching for lost pets, provide mobile veterinary services and hand out supplies.

The donation is the largest single gift made by Rachael’s Rescue, whose nearly $4 million in donations to date are funded by the sale of Nutrish products. “I hope this becomes a centre of very happy endings,� Ray said.

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‘Bruce’: a welcome look at the Boss REVIEW

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Bruce Springsteen’s life has long been a mystery compared with his work. Peter Ames Carlin’s Bruce fixes that.

Carlin delves into the Boss’s family background and personality for a perspective largely absent from Dave Marsh’s Born to Run and Glory Days, which have until now been the definitive biographies.

The book benefits from the depth of Carlin’s reporting. He interviewed Springsteen himself as well as members of the musician’s family, current and former band mates and others.

Plenty of rough spots are covered: family relationships in the ’50 and ’60s, comings and goings of girlfriends in the ’70s, tensions with his E Street Band that led to its firing in the ’80s, and a search for musical direction in the ’90s that culminated in the band’s reunion.

The book begins with the family’s roughest moment: the death of Springsteen’s father’s sister, Virginia, as a 5-year- old. She was hit by a truck while riding her tricycle in April 1927. The death created a void that went unfilled until Bruce’s birth in September 1949, as the book recounts.

Springsteen’s family lived with his paternal grandparents at first, and his grandmother set few rules for him, Carlin says. Four-year-old Bruce stayed up until the middle of the night, as he later did as a musician.

His grandmother’s lack of discipline contrasted with his mother’s approach: When he was ready for elementary school, she sent him to St. Rose of Lima, the local Catholic school. Carlin quotes Springsteen as saying he was caught between these women as he was later with his first two managers, Mike Appel and Jon Landau, and then with Landau and band mate Steve Van Zandt.

Carlin touches on the anger Springsteen felt at the rules imposed by the school’s nuns. That anger would later resurface in relationships with women, on concert stages, in courtrooms and elsewhere, as the book chronicles.

The most insightful observation in Bruce may be one pertaining to his time in elementary school: “For Bruce, his tendency for social isolation came as naturally as his secret desire to be at the center of everything.”

Springsteen’s personality conflict helps explain why he adamantly opposed stadium concerts, music videos, marketing campaigns and other moves at first and then reversed himself.

Yet Carlin presents the changes of heart without exploring the mindset that drove them. This is one reason why Bruce doesn’t render Marsh’s biographies and other books about Springsteen obsolete.

Another is that not everyone in Springsteen’s story gets into the book. There’s no mention of Maria Espinosa, the first girl he ever kissed, though she was identified in the unreleased song In Freehold.

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Peter Ames Carlin delves into the Boss’s family background and personality for a perspective largely absent from Dave Marsh’s “Born to Run” and “Glory Days,” which have until now been the definitive biographies. also unnamed. The omissions are telling.

Springsteen’s interest in Espinosa, who was Hispanic, was at odds with the racial divisions in his hometown and elsewhere during the 1960s. So was his high-school friendship with Richard Blackwell, an African-American who played congas on The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle, his second album.

Those relationships foreshadowed the defining moment of his musical career: meeting Clarence Clemons, the African-American saxophonist later known as the Big Man, in September 1971. The encounter occurred about a year after race riots in the city.

McDuffie still works for Springsteen as executive director of The Foundation, which helps lower-income homeowners in New Jersey pay for house repairs. Carlin makes no mention of the Foundation or

the Thrill Hill Foundation, a supporter of non- profit groups.

The omissions reflect a cursory treatment of Springsteen’s charitable work, which goes beyond writing checks. He has made personal connections with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey and other groups.

He routinely asks audiences to donate, rather than touting his own contributions.

Also, Bruce would be better off without the footnotes sprinkled throughout the text. They bury details that deserve more prominence — the origin of the E Street name, for one — or provide snarky asides that distract from the narrative.

The disruptions are a greater flaw because there’s so much story to get through, and it’s so compelling.

Carlin has written a book that any Springsteen fan will appreciate, even with its shortcomings.

ENTERTAINMENT Spaulding wins Gov-Gen Fiction Award NEW YORK — Jack Gilbert, a prize-winning poet known for his clear and subtle verse, has died at age 87.

Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that Gilbert died Tuesday in Berkeley, Calif., after suffering for years from Alzheimer’s disease.

His many honours included the Yale Younger Poets prize for his 1962 debut, Views of Jeopardy, and a National Book Critics Circle award for Refusing Heaven. The Pittsburgh native also wrote the novels My Mother Taught Me and Forever Ecstasy.

Gilbert was a private man who rarely attended book parties or gave readings. He wrote often about Pittsburgh and his childhood, food and sex, and personal pain. His Collected Poems came out in March and was praised by The New York Times as among the year’s “most important” poetry books.

New Monty Python biopic offers ‘untrue story’ of Chapman’s life TORONTO — If the title isn’t enough of a dead giveaway, the makers of A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman want viewers to know that what they see in the biopic may not necessarily reflect reality.

The story is based on Chapman’s loose-with-thefacts 1980 autobiography, which was penned with four other authors — including Douglas Adams of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fame — and stretched the definition of what could legitimately be called a memoir. It traces his life from his childhood to his success with Monty Python and includes tales about his homosexuality and alcoholism.

Chapman, who played the lead in the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python’s Life of Brian, made an audio tape of the book before he died in 1989. That recording is featured in A Liar’s Autobiography, along with voiceovers from fellow troupe members Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam.

Jones found the 3-D animated film, which opens Friday in Toronto, thoroughly entertaining but not particularly illuminating.

But it’s no fault of the film, he added, and is just a reflection of the sly ambiguousness Chapman was notorious for embracing, including in his book.

“I think Graham was a bit of a mystery to anybody who knew him or worked with him, I don’t think we ever felt like we knew him,” Jones said during an interview at September’s Toronto International Film Festival. “(The film) captures his oddness and looniness and a little bit of the mystery, actually. He was kind of an enigmatic character and . . . I think you’d say he was acting all the time.

“You don’t learn about him, I think it’s all a pose.”

Jones’s son Jeff, who directed the film with Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett, had originally set out to create a TV documentary about Chapman. But after learning about the previously unused audio tapes, he instead began seeking out animators to bring Chapman’s words and stories to life.

MONTREAL — Toronto writer Linda Spalding, who won the 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction on Tuesday, agrees that novels like hers might make history more interesting for people who say they don’t know much about the past.

The author, who has said she read slave narratives, medicinal primers and even a PhD thesis she found online to get a sense of 18th-century Virginia, had to make history come alive for herself as she crafted the tale of a Quaker-turned-slave owner in The Purchase.

She said hopefully such novels would not simply entertain readers but also help them understand what people lived through.

“For me, to understand why a man who is an abolitionist would buy a slave — and I know that historically is true because it happened to my greatgreat-great grandfather — to understand how he would have come to that, I had to go through a huge amount of searching and reflection myself,” she said Tuesday.

“That, hopefully, is what a reader will do.”

Spalding said one of the key things she learned in writing the book was how to apply her research gingerly because she wasn’t writing a textbook.

The jury said Spalding’s The Purchase was “refreshingly free of retrospective judgment.”

Writing the book was no easy task.

“It was very challenging,” Spalding said in an interview moments after she picked up the $25,000 prize at a ceremony on Tuesday.

“I thought I understood what I was writing about and it got more and more complicated as I began to think about why people did things that they did and the fact that my people are not goodies or baddies, they’re flawed,” Spalding explained.

Everyone in the story has things to work out and sometimes that meant helping or hurting other characters as events unfolded, said the author, who loosely based the protagonist on one of her own ancestors.

“It was hard for me to actually develop a plot around all of that. I like characters, I like words, I like sentences but plot is hard. And this one is very

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The Purchase — published by McClelland & Stewart — was also shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize but lost to Siege 13 by Tamas Dobozy, one of Spalding’s fellow nominees for the Governor General’s Award.

Born in Kansas, Spalding moved to Toronto from Hawaii in 1982 after marrying writer Michael Ondaatje.

In her acceptance speech, she recalled how she had an unpublished novel in her suitcase when she arrived in Canada.

“I came not to be a writer but because I had fallen in love,” she said.

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announcements Obituaries ARMITAGE Gena May Armitage, 96, accepted the peace that passes all understanding and stepped into the gentle arms of Jesus on November 2, 2012 in Red Deer, Alberta.

She was surrounded by the love of a family that she held so dear: son Neil of Milton, Ontario; daughter Nadine (Neil) Caskey of Cereal AB; d a u g h t e r D a p h n e ( To n y ) Matthews of Croydon, England; son Paul from Calgary, AB; grandchildren Jesse (Natalie), Josh, Zach, Meagan, Jeanette, Julia, Angela, Jennifer, and Samantha (Rob), as well as great grandchildren Sophie, Damien, Lydia, Katie, Harmony and Izabella. Gena has gone to join her husband Bill and daughter Pam for a delightful reunion in heaven. Gena had the ability to really deeply touch the lives of all those around her. She entered each day with a sparkle in her eye, a kind word of encouragement or support to those in need, a belief that God put her in this world to share both her faith and kindness. Gena lived that to her dying day, when she could still be heard saying “God bless you” to those that came to say their good-byes.

Gena’s devotion to her family was all-ways apparent. She never missed an opportunity to say “I love you”, or share her great pride in her family.

Her last years have been a gift to all of us. She was a true Matriarch, guiding her family with love and compassion.

Gena’s life was truly dedicated to her strong, unwavering belief in God. She met our dad at church and when Bill felt called to the ministry as a United Church minister in Canada they left England and arrived in Canada on Christmas Day in 1949.

Together they followed their calling as they made their way across Canada, serving congregations in a number of churches in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. We invite you to join the family in a Celebration of Life that will take place at the Pines Lodge in Red Deer on November 18, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.

BERGMAN Darlene Darlene Bergman of Red D e e r, A B p a s s e d a w a y peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Thursday, November 8, 2012. Darlene will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her two sons; Tim(Shirley) Lundle of Rochfort Bridge, AB and Brian Bergman of Winfield, AB, two daughters; Barb Bergman of Winfield, AB and Bev Bergman (Clint Wilson) of Calgary, AB, as well as seven cherished grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. She is also survived b y o n e b r o t h e r, C h a r l e s Bourner of Saskatoon, SK, and three sisters; Joyce L e g a r e o f C a l g a r y, A B , Gladys Skinner of Calgary, AB and Alice Muise of Saskatoon, SK. Darlene was predeceased by her parents; Albert and Elsie Bourner, three brothers; Percy, Howard and Ken, and three sisters; Dorthey, Helen and Audrey.

Darlene was a devoted mother and loved her family. Donations in Darlene’s name may be made directly to the Red D e e r C a n c e r C e n t e r.

Condolences for the late Darlene Bergman may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to Craig Kanngiesser EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer.

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BERNHART Farrah 1978 - 2012 Farrah Nicole Bernhart, beloved daughter of Ken and Jill Bernhart of Foremost, passed away unexpectedly in Red Deer on Friday, November 9, 2012 at the age of 34 years.

Relatives and friends are invited to Prayers at Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 203 - 2 Street West, Foremost on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Foremost Community Hall, 802 - 1 Avenue West, Foremost on Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. with Reverend Fred Monk Celebrant. A private family burial will follow at t h e F o r e m o s t C e m e t e r y.

Condolences may be forwarded by visiting our website at www.southlandfuneral.com.

Besides her parents Ken and Jill, Farrah is survived by her brother Bryan (Lesley) and son Myles of Lethbridge and her sister Corrine (Gary) Thorsteinson of Red Deer.

Farrah’s nieces Margo and Rachel Thorsteinson were her pride and delight. She is also survived by her uncle Bob (Leota) Bernhart of Lethbridge, aunts Judith (James) White of Vancouver, Ethel Bernhart of Bow Island and numerous cousins. Farrah was born in Lethbridge on August 29, 1978 and raised in Foremost. Following high school she attended Red Deer College and graduated from the Rehabilitation Program.

Her first job in this field was in St. Paul where she worked with FAS clients. A year later she moved back to Red Deer and has been working with the Parkland CLASS agency for the last thirteen years.

She worked in several group homes and loved all of her consumers, even travelling to British Columbia, California and Nashville with some. Her heart was huge and people with disabilities were especially dear to her. If friends so desire, memorial tributes in Farrah’s name may be made directly to any charity for children or the disabled. Hold your children close to your hearts as they are only lent to us.

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CUPPLES Wesley James 1933 - 2012 Mr. Wesley James Cupples, was born April 30, 1933 in Mankota, Saskatchewan and passed away November 6, 2012 at the Red Deer Hospice at the age of 79 years.

He met his wife, Gwen while working in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan and they were married on August 27, 1955.

Wes worked for many years in the oil and gas industry. In 1968, he started his own company, General Hot Oil. In 1969 they moved to the Shady Nook Community west of R e d D e e r. We s s o l d h i s business in 1995 and officially retired. He spent his time downhill skiing, travelling, riding and working with his horses and most important was the time he spent with his family.

To those who knew him well, Wes never really retired until one month ago. Wes will be sadly missed by his loving wife Gwen; two sons: Calvin (Anne) Cupples, Garett (Brenda) Cupples, two daughters: Kim (Chuck) Rhoads, Lorill (Rocky) Armstrong; nine grandchildren: Marissa and Emily Cupples, Connor, Erin, and Britt Cupples, Carmen (Aaron) and Travis (Amy) Rhoads, Tamara and Leah Armstrong; brother Mel (Elaine) Cupples and sister Arlene Cupples. Wes was predeceased by his parents Jim and Florence Cupples and his brother David Cupples. A Funeral will be held at the Knox Presbyterian Church Friday, November 16, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Interment to be held at the Burt Lake Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes in Wes’s memory can be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice.

Messages of condolence to the family may be forwarded to www.heartlandfuneralservices.com Arrangements entrusted to HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, INNISFAIL Phone: 403.227.0006

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GEHRKE 1924 - 2012 Mr. Kenneth “Ken” Lloyd Gehrke passed away at Extendicare Michener Hill, R e d D e e r, A l b e r t a o n Thursday, November 8, 2012 at the age of 88 years. Ken was a true “Red Deerian” as he was born, raised, educated, worked and resided in Red Deer for his entire life.

Having served during the war, Ken had suffered leg injuries after driving over a land mind and spent a number of months in the hospital recuperating. He did not let that injury stop him enjoying dancing, a favourite past time over many years.

Ken had farmed, trucked and worked for many years with Northwest Motors in Red Deer. Known as a generous and grateful man, Ken will also be remembered for his good upbeat nature and positive attitude in life. Ken is survived by his grandson Craig Safron of Eckville; two sisters Leola Germine of Saskatoon and Irene Smith of Red Deer. Also to cherish Ken’s memory are numerous nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends.

Ken was predeceased by his daughter Wendy Safron; two brothers and two sisters.

A Memorial Service to celebrate Ken’s life will be held at the Red Deer Legion (Branch #35), 2810 Bremner Av e . , R e d D e e r, A B , o n Friday, November 16, 2012 at 12:00 noon. Memorial donations in Ken’s honor may be directed to the Red Deer Legion (Branch #35), 2810 - Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB, T4R 1M9. Condolences to Ken’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur, Funeral Director MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Red Deer 587-876-4944

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HECHT Joan Rosemarie (nee Mackintosh) 1933 - 2012 Joan Hecht of Red Deer, Alberta passed away on S a t u r d a y, N o v e m b e r 1 0 , 2012, at the age of 79 years.

Joan was born on July 9, 1933 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan and completed grades 11 and 12 at Red Deer Composite High School.

She continued her education at the University of Alberta, obtaining her teaching certificate in 1952. On November 22, 1953, Joan and Alvin “Stan” were married. Together, they raised their four children. For many years, Joan taught elementary school at Alix and Rocky Mountain House, then owned and operated Al’s Repairs in Rocky Mountain House with her husband, Al for over 15 years. In her retirement years, Joan enjoyed travelling, gardening and time spent with family and friends.

Joan will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Alvin “Stan” Hecht, two sons; Duane Hecht and John Hecht, two daughters; Orleen (Don) Peck and Linda Tomlinson, as well as by eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Also left with fond memories of Joan are her brother, Donald Mackintosh

a n d s i s t e r, I r e n e H u l i k a .

Joan was predeceased by her son-in-law, Bill Tomlinson and a grandson. In honour of Joan’s life, a Memorial Service will take place on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287-67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta with Reverend Dale Fallon officiating. Memorial

contributions in Joan’s name may be made directly to the charity of one’s choice.The family wishes to extend their thanks to the kind staff of Unit 32 at Red Deer Regional Health Centre and Edmonton Cross Cancer Institute for the excellent care given to Joan.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com

Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director

Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A St. (Taylor Dr.), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

JAMES On the morning of November 10th, 2012, loving mother, Esther James passed away peacefully at the too young age of 62. Born, Esther Marilyn Edmundson in Drumheller on March 4, 1950. She is survived by her mother Lucy James; her son, Bryan James; and grandson, Dallas James. She is also survived by her six brothers, Bill (Sharon) Edmundson, Rick (Helena) Edmundson, Doug Edmundson, Rodney (Gina) James, Gordon (Arlene) James, Randy (Sandy) James; one sister, Judi Edmundson and one sister-in-law, Dorothy Edmundson; as well as numerous family and friends who she loved deeply. Esther was predeceased by her father Dallas Edmundson; and two brothers, Jim Edmundson and Guy Trevor James. A celebration of Esther’s life will be held at St. Mary’s Parish on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. with a luncheon to follow. The family welcomes people to wear something purple as a tribute to Esther.

LaBONTE Maurice Maurice “Moe” LaBonte passed away peacefully on November 9, 2012 at the age of 62.

Lovingly remembered by his wife, of 40 years, Randy LaBonte; his children, Scott (Tamara) LaBonte, Chris LaBonte, Michelle (Kevin) Zeggil and grandchildren, William, Matthew, Orion, Jacqueline and Dylan. He is survived by his siblings Simone Donovan, Ralph (Gini) LaBonte, Claire (Noel) Lefebvre, Lucienne Reed, Alice (Bob) Fulcher and Phillip (Wendy) LaBonte and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his son Paul LaBonte; his parents Albert and Alice LaBonte; sister Eugenie Ferguson and daughter-in-law Amanda LaBonte. Moe enjoyed camping, playing cards, watching the Oilers and the Eskimoes and teaching his grandchildren how to play s h u ff l e b o a r d . A f u n e r a l service will be held on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillian Avenue. Memorial donations may be made to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation or charity of your choice.

Obituaries

ROBERTSON Louise Robertson passed away at Michener Extendicare on Saturday November 10, 2012. She recently celebrated her 96th birthday. At her request there will be no funeral service.

SISSON Lois Elizabeth Sisson (née Leader) died November 9, 2012, aged 83. She survived her husbands Ted Sisson and Bob Shipley and will be deeply missed by her family including her sons Kirk (Valerie), Rand (Karen), Chris and Ross (Sharon); her daughter Cathy as well as her grandchildren, Karl, Ian, Evan, Ben, Jenn, Randi, Connor, Hailey, Eric, Zeanna, Desmond, Myah; and great-grandchildren Sean, Rhys, Erik, Kate. Lois was free and youthful in spirit until the end. She will be remembered for her candour and spontaneity, her quirky wit and quick intelligence, her sympathy for the underdog and the entire animal kingdom.

Her laughter could be heard above a crowd and will echo in the memories of all who loved her. Lois was an original; the world is a duller place without her.

Her wishes were embraced by the poem, To Remember Me

by Robert N. Test which ends: Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.

If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all my prejudice against my fellow man.

If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. † If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.

The family wishes to extend their gratitude to Dr. David Woodley and the people at Access Care Management who all went out of his way to ensure Lois stayed home for as long as possible. A celebration of her life will be held near her home in the Spring.

McLARTY Charles William “Charlie” Anniversaries M c L a r t y, p a s s e d a w a y peacefully in his sleep in Red Deer on November 9, 2012 after a long illness. He was born November 3, 1947 in Coronation, AB and raised on the family farm in Silver Heights, AB. As a young man he moved to Red Deer to work in the oil field where he met and married Jacqueline “Jackie”, a nurse from Saskatchewan, and together with their children, they moved all over Canada for more than two decades before returning to Red Deer.

An avid hunter, fisher, and rodeo fan, Charlie is survived

by Jackie and their two LIVINGSTONE - ST. JOHN daughters Michelle and Marion. There will be no Carmen & Dwaine Livingstone are pleased to announce the immediate service as a engagement of their daughter memorial will be held for in Edwina Machelle to Adam the spring. In lieu of flowers, James, son of Kate & Ray the family asks that a donation St. John. Wedding to take be made to the Red Deer place September 14, 2013.

Hospice Society.

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Barden Trucking is now hiring Swampers. Experience preferred. Must have all Safety Tickets. Email or fax your resume to: bardentrucking@telus.net 403 341 3968 DEX Production Testing req’s exp. day night supervisors & assistants.

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Driller req’d for Mexico operations, Trinidad Drilling Ltd. Current passport, able to travel thru US, current BOP, 1st Aid, H2S tickets req’d. Spanish not req’d. Year round work in a favorable climate. Submit resume to cgood@ trinidaddrilling.com. No phone calls. * DEX Energy Services * req’s exp’d boiler hands.

Special oilfield boiler ticket a MUST. Competitive wage and benefit pkg. email resume to humanresources@ dexproduction.com or fax 403-864-8284 LOCAL Oilfield Company seeking experienced Wireline Tool Salesman.

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SECRETARY/RECEPTIONIST required at local trailer sales business. Quickbooks and microsoft office experience a must. 18 - 22 hr based on experience.

Please contact mike at 4cs trailers 403-782-4879

Professionals

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Sales & Distributors

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F/T PLANT / FIELD OPERATOR

Sylvan &, Ponoka area.

Must have a minimum of 2 years exp in artificial lifts, gas/ liquid separation, PJ operation, field compression refridge systems, dehydrating and sweet processing,l maintenance on pumps, heaters, control valves etc.

Contract operators need not apply.

E-mail resume’s to ken.webster@altagas.ca or fax 403-347-0855

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.

Work to start immediately & run through to spring break. Sub-contractors also needed. Phone 403-887-5630 or email qtestltd@telus.net

RANGEVIEW OILFIELD SALES LTD. looking for THRU TUBING HANDS with minimum 5 yrs. exp. Work for new very aggressive company.

Please send resume to: bill.snyder@rangeview.ca

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND and DERRICK HAND. Locally based, home every night!

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 SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 LOCAL Testing company has equipment for longterm winter rental. Various sized P-Tanks Flare Stacks and Offices trailers.

All units are skid mounted Individual pricing available.

Call Sam@ 403 391-1693

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 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK and TANK TRUCK Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

Snow Cat Operators Must have tickets and equipment experience.

403-348-1521 or 403-391-1695

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires SWAMPERS/ SHOPHANDS IMMED. Competitive wages. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

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TEAM Snubbing now hiring operators and helpers. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com Start your career!

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Qualifications: • Complete understanding of accounting including: GL reconciliation, journal entries, data entry • Excellent telephone etiquette and ability to operate multi-line telephone system • Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Offi ce • Quick learner with the ability to multi-task • enjoy working with others in a team environment • Previous experience in the automotive industry preferred but not mandatory for the right candidate • Punctual, reliable and bondable

WE are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

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Oilfield

This is a full time position with a competitive salary and benefi ts package within a fast paced automotive dealership.

Thank you to all applicants, however only those qualified will be contacted for a formal interview.

at least one night (untill 8:30pm) a week and every other weekend. We are in need of 2 P/T cashiers and 4 P/T personnel who are able to work throughout the store, stocking sheves & most importantly customer service. Interest and knowledge in the outdoors is a must and willingness to learn all aspects of our store is an asset. For the full time position’s we are looking for someone well versed in the firearms and reloading This person would be responsible for managing the gun department and responsible for filling, ordering and organizing product throughout the gun department. We are also looking for a full time person to work on our Maple Leaf Environmental retail floor to service our customers with product & Safety Ltd. is a knowledge of firearms and proactive, dynamic and progressive company. We s h o o t i n g a c c e s s o r i e s , binoculars, spotting scopes, are currently recruiting for knives , clothing and be the position of Seismic willing to learn the archery Safety Advisors, Shut down safety personnel and department and firearms EMR, EMT Alberta College department Please note your of Paramedics registered experience on your medical personnel for resume and submit it at winter projects throughout the front customer service Western Canada. Please desk or fax it to fax or e-mail resume & 403-347-0283 also may qualifications to: email to Keith Anderson wolverinegunsandtackle Fax: 403-637-2024 @telus.net kanderson@ mapleleafsafety.com or email Kevin Sales & klilley@ mapleleafsafety.com Distributors •

administration of payroll and benefits, analysis and reconciliation of GL accounts, monthly reporting, year end working papers and other reporting as req’d.

Qualifications: Minimum 3 years applicable experience, flexible, strong written and verbal communication skills, Post-secondary education in accounting or business as well as public practice experience an asset.

Fax: 403-346-6570 Email: hr@group2.ca

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Steelcraft Inc., Clemmer Division is a Canadian manufacturer of containment solutions including dry and liquid storage tanks, pressure vessels and silos. We are currently seeking an Inside / Outside Sales Representative.

BLACKFALDS Motor Inn is looking for F/T permanent Food & Beverage Supervisor. $14.50 hourly.

Must have at least 1 yr. exp. plus ProServe Certificate & VLT Responsible Certification. Apply in person between 9 am - 2 pm.

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This role is based in Innisfail, AB and will be responsible for growing sales and providing support both the Innisfail and Edmonton locations.

Travel throughout Western Canada will be required.

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LOOKING for experienced waitress, p/t or f/t 403-342-5555 RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s.

ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred. Also BREAKFAST ROOM ATTENDANTS, early morning shifts, flexibility req’d. Only serious inquiries apply.

Rate $13.50/hr.

Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433

Key responsibilities will include: o Developing sales initiatives and establishing selling price policies to increase sales revenues o Identifying sales prospects, and establishing strong relationships with customers o Maintaining high levels of customer service, including preparing quotes, coordinating orders, and identifying and resolving client concerns

Qualifications The ideal candidate will have: o The right attitude - you are results-oriented, positive and a good team X-STATIC player.

IS NOW ACCEPTING o Exceptional communicaAPPLICATIONS tion skills - you are FOR EXPERIENCED comfortable in performing DOOR SECURITY cold calls, and can provide excellent customer service.

PERSONNEL Apply in person after 3 pm. o Initiative - you can work as part of a team, but you are a self-starter who can Sales & achieve targets without direct supervision.

Distributors o Strong technical knowledge, including ability to SALES PERSON req’d read blueprints.

P/T and F/T . Drop resume off at 5211 50 Ave. o Sales experience in the industry is preferred.

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We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people.

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If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking:

B PRESSURE WELDERS

This is a full-time permanent shop position with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

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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.

We offer: • • • • • • •

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Competitive Wages Annual work boot reimbursement RRSP Plan Benefit Package Sick Days Tuition reimbursement program for apprentices Monthly Bonus If you are looking for a rewarding career with a successful and growing organization, then forward your resume to:

Future Ag Inc. Attn: Paula Box 140 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 Fax (403) 843-2790 Email paulam@futureag.ca

to join our team. Some heavy lifting rreq’d.

Send resume to Box 1022, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

FURIX ENERGY INC. is hiring a

4 F/T Structural Welders

Local applicants only!

Please forward your resume to: kayla@furixenergy.com or fax to (403)348-8109.

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F/T Painters Helper & Sandblaster

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FURIX ENERGY INC. is hiring a

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FUTURE AG

in Red Deer is now accepting applications for an

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.

• • • • • •

WE OFFER: Competitive Wages Annual work boot reimbursement RRSP Plan Benefits Package Sick Days Monthly Bonus

Future Ag Inc. Attn: Barry Box 489 Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1 Fax (403) 342-0396 Email: barryg@futureag.ca

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GEMINI is Hiring for Ponoka Fabrication Shop JOURNEYMAN MILLWRIGHT Mechanical experience Experience in welding manufacturing Plant maintenance Experience in maintenance of Overhead Cranes Please send resumes to Hmorrow@geminicorp.ca

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Local company looking for experienced residential and commercial service technician with current Alberta gas/plumbing ticket.

Benefit package after 3 months, wages based on experience. Email: info@serviceplumbing.ca or fax to (403) 342-2025 LOCAL Drywall company seeking Steel Stud Framers and Drywallers.

403-588-4614, 588-4615 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 MAINTENANCE Person Required Carpentry and flooring installation experience is required. Must be neat, clean, professional, friendly and works well with others or alone. Driver license is required. Drop off resume at 9 - 7619 50 Ave Red Deer, AB, Fax 403-309-3000 email: edna@catile1.com

METAL ROOFING FOREMAN

Skyline is looking for and exp’d sheet metal foreman.

Must have experience in fabrication and installing sheet metal flashings on commercial buildings.

Top pay and benefits.

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Field Based Equipment Operators & Supervisors

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CLUBS & GROUPS

Amperage Energy Inc is currently seeking highly motivated

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Vehicle maintenance service, replace, fix, adjust systems and components, steering, brakes, suspension, transmission, electronics, electrical, engines and accessories.

If you are looking for a rewarding career with a successful and growing organization, then forward your resume to:

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Two full time, permanent positions in Red Deer, AB From $29.75/hr to $33.00/hr

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(Hyundai Master Technicians Required)

Agricultural Technician / Trades Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS with Ag experience.

- Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

AN UP TO DATE ALBERTA “B” PRESSURE CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WITH VESSEL EXPERIENCE.

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIANS

PARTS DELIVERY PERSON

Please note that this role will include approximately 70% travel. Most travel will be focused in Central and Southern Alberta, however overnight trips throughout Western Canada will occasionally be required.

To a p p l y f o r t h i s r o l e , please email resumes to hr@steelcraftinc.com. You can learn more by visiting our website, at h t t p : / / w w w. s t e e l c r a f t i n c . c o m / c a reers/salesalberta/

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FUTURE AG, a progressive Case IH Equipment Dealer in AFTERNOON SHIFT Stettler is now CNC Operators accepting applications DAYSHIFT for a Parts Manager or CNC Operators Lead Counter Parts DAYSHIFT person. Live the life style of Central Alberta and be QC Person home at night. Work for one of the few family Nexus Engineering is owned dealerships where Currently looking for we care about our C.N.C OPERATORS. employees and customers.

Successful candidate will DUTIES INCLUDE, be a team player with Set up of Mazak C.N.C strong social skills. lathe and running Counter and Management production runs, min. 3 experience an asset. years experience.

Computer literacy and knowledge of DIS Parts Also currently hiring program a definite asset a dayshift but not mandatory.

QC PERSON, • Must be able to read m e a s u r i n g d e v i c e s We offer: and blueprints for inspection of machined • Competitive Wages • Annual Work boot parts. reimbursement • RRSP Plan We offer competitive • Benefits Package wages, benefits and • Sick Days a RRSP plan.

Please forward resumes to • Monthly Bonus resume@ If you are looking for a nexusengineering.ca rewarding career with a CENTRAL AB contractor successful and growing requires safety officer to organization, then forward help implement & maintain your resume to: safety programs. Reply to Box 1019, c/o R. D. Future Ag Inc. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Attn: Human Resources Ave., R. D., AB T4R 1M9 Box 489 Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1 CENTRAL ALBERTA Fax 403-342-0396 or email Dealership looking for a to karinw@futureag.ca

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Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.

Please email your resume and cover letter to ssdc.7564@gmail.com or Fax to 403-346-5725.

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GROUP2 WOLVERINE GUNS Architecture and TACKLE s now accepting applicaWe are looking to hire Interior Design tions for CGSB Level II’s P/T staff and 2 F/T staff.

Accounting Technician 6They and CEDOS must be able to work Responsibilities include

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Q-TEST INSPECTION LTD.

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S. Christian F. 51 searching for friendship first, leading to long term relationship with M. 48-55 yrs of age.

Varied interests. Tell me about yourself. Reply to Box 1023, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

Oilfield

IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR A

JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC

The successful candidate should possess the following skills and attributes: • Oil & Gas operating background • Mechanical & technical aptitude • Clean/current 5 year driver abstract • All Oil & Gas industry safety tickets • Education and experience in water treatment, or pumping services is ideal, but not required • Class 1 drivers license an asset • Experience and understanding of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook an asset

BASED OUT OF THE RED DEER LOCATION. Succesful candidate will be responsible for the maintenance of Ready Mix Concrete Plants, Trucks and Equipment for our Central Alberta Operations including Red Deer, Lacombe, Ponoka and Olds. Knowledge of hydraulics and welding is an asset.

Email resume to nicole@amperageenergy.com or by fax to 403-932-4276 with a current/clean 5 year drivers abstract & safety tickets.

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Please fax resume to 403-346-6721 or e-mail to cliebrecht@lehighcement.com.

We offer competitive wages, excellent benefits and training opportunities. Pre-employment screening is mandatory.

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P/T Hygienist req’d immed., for busy dental office in Red Deer.

Hours will incl. alternate Saturdays. , Great remuneration & benefit pkg.

Email resume to: dofficemanager62@ gmail.com

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MICRON INDUSTRIES is a licensed inspection facility specializing in cryogenic tank repairs and is currently seeking a HD Mechanic, min 2nd yr apprentice. Trailer experience preferred. Weekdays 7:00-4:30. No eves or wknd work. Exc. working conditions. Benefits after 3 months. Fax resume to 403-346-2072 or email patty.micron@telus.net

PCL Builders Inc. is now accepting applications for Journeyman/ Apprentice Carpenters and Labourers for projects in Red Deer.

Candidates must have proven experience and reliable transportation.

PCL offers competitive wages ($35.50 Journeyman rate), paid benefits, up to 5% employer matching RRSP’s, and an annual boot allowance. Apply with resume in person at 1 0 0 1 5 - 5 6 Av e ( A c c e s s Road 6) Edmonton, AB; or by fax 780-440-3865 (Attn: Nick Borody) or by email at nbborody@pcl.com.

Valid Fall Protection End User an Aerial Work Platform training an asset..

Seeking experienced Stone Masons to start immediately. Must have valid drivers license and own transportation.

Contact 403-343-7174.

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Truckers/ Drivers

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s FULL TIME

APPRENTICE MECHANIC

Send resume to m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

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Truckers/ Drivers

BUSY CENTRAL AB company req’s exp’d. Class 1 drivers to pull decks.

Assigned truck, exc. wages and benefits pkg. Paid extras. Family orientated.

Resume and abstract fax to 403-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm

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 RONCO OILFIELD HAULING, Sylvan Lake based rig movers/heavy haulers seeking Swampers, mechanics, picker operators, bed truck drivers and winch tractor drivers. Top wages and benefits, Phone 887-4873., email rigmovers2012@ gmail.com

Business Opportunities

870

AVON

Earn Christmas $$$ Only $10 to join, Earn up to 50% commission No sales quota’s to meet JOIN TODAY. Call 403 986 0411

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ADULT CARRIER NEEDED for delivery of morning paper 6:30 a.m.

6 days a wk For GLENDALE ALSO KENTWOOD & JOHNSTONE CROSSING Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

OWNER OPERATORS

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref.

403-586-4558 CLASS 1 DRIVER Must have super B exp., all oilfield tickets, hauling NGL, & clean abstract.

Fax 403-347-2940 Attn: Bill DRIVERS & SWAMPERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for exp’d’ F/T Class 1 truck driver & pressure truck operator.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766

ADULT & Youth Carrier Needed For Delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in GLENDALE Gilbert Crsc. & Glendale Blvd.

HIGHLAND GR. Hammond & Halman Crsc.

JOHNSTONE PARK Jacobs Close James, Johns St. & Jewell St. RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 59 & 60 St. ********** Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

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

880

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

ROSEDALE Robinson Cres./ Reinholt Ave. area $173/MO MICHENER West of 40th Ave. North of Ross St. area $245.00/mo.

Good for adult w/a small car .

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

Deer Park Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo.

ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo.

ALSO Clearview Ridge Timberlands area 59 papers $376/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

NO EXP. NECESSARY!!

F.T. position available IMMEDIATELY in hog assembly yard in Red Deer. Starting wage $12/hr. Call Rich or Paul 403-346-6934

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Ainsworth Crsc.

Asmundsen Ave. Archibald Crsc.

Arnold Close/ Amlee Close BOWER AREA

MOUNTVIEW 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/yr 1-1/2 hrs. per day

Barrett Dr. Bettenson St. Best Crsc./ Berry Ave.

ALSO NGLEWOOD

SOUTH HILL 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/YR. 1 Hr. per day.

DEER PARK Dempsey St. area $45/mo.

LANCASTER 1/2 of Lampard Crsc $65/mo.

For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in

Ingram Close LANCASTER AREA

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life Within the towns of Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Langford Cres.

Law Close/ Lewis Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres.

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Violet Place Victor Close Vold Close

Call Rick at 403-314-4303 CARPET COLOUR CENTRE is currently seeking a warehouse person.

Responsibilities include: shipping/receiving, forklift operation, and inventory control. Please submit resume attn: Rick Wiebe #1100 5001-19 St. Red Deer, AB T4R 3R1 Phone 1-403-343-7711 or fax 403-342-0220

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

CLASSIFICATIONS

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Cleaning

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ALL-CLEAN

Exp’d, reliable, reasonable rates. Jane 403-755-7292

Contractors

1100

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Escorts

Escorts

1165

*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT

Massage Therapy

1280

BEAUTIFUL college girl ROXY 403-848-2300

HOT STONE, Body Balancing. 403-352-8269

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

LEXI, Blonde, Babe, 27. No Agency Fees 403-396-8884 Sinfully Sweet Seductive Beauties. 403-550-0732 mydiamondgirls.org

Fireplaces

1175

TIM LLOYD. WETT certified.

Inspections, installs, chimney sweeps & service 403-340-0513

Handyman Services

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 OVERHEAD DOORS & operators installed 391-4144 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia Prefering non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 302-9210.

1165

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

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

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Services

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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

* NEW * Executive Touch.

Relaxation massage for men. 5003A - Ross St. Mon-Fri 11am-6pm 348-5650 CHINESE MASSAGE new owner, free parking, 4606 48 Ave. Open 7 a.m.9 p.m. 7 days a wk.

Phone 403-986-1691

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

CASH CASINO is hiring a

F/T CLEANER,

3am - 11am shift.

Need to be physically fit.

Must have reliable transportation.

Please send resume to cleaning@cashcasino.ca or fax 1-403-243-4812 or drop off at Cash Casino, 6350 - 67 St.

CIRCULATION Service Runner (Part Time)

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week) As part of our customer service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to delivery newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle is provided.

Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m..

Saturday and Sunday, 7 a.m.-11 a.m. or longer Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position”, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772 We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only selected candidates will be contacted.

Community Support Worker Program

Accepting registrations for 6 mo. Community Support Worker Program.

Funding may be avail.

GED training avail.

403-340-1930

Academic Express

Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca CUSTOMER SERVICE A locally owned industrial supply company is looking for an energetic person for inside sales. E-mail resume to mark@ aesreddeer.com

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Good communication, skills both verbal and written. Must have effective time management skills and able to multi task in a fast paced environment.

Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant.

Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

General Labour needed for very busy stone & stucco company. Physically fit Heavy lifting, loading and unloading materials.

Mixing, pouring and spreading of materials.

Fax: 888-214-9225 email stoneworxmasonry@ gmail.com GREENHOUSE WORKER wanted at Meadowbrook Greenhouses, Penhold 14 F/T seasonal positions.

Training provided. Start Feb. 2013. $9.75/ hr, 44 hrs./ 5 days per week, 3 month period. Fax resume 403-886-2252

Painters/ Decorators

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

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 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Snow Removal

Hiring Part Time

COUNTROOM

(counting money).

15-25 hrs per week. Must be available to start as early as 7 am and finish as late as 2 pm and be available any days of the week. Must be physically fit as this is a physically demanding position.

Send resume to vickib@cashcasino.ca, or fax 1-403-243-4812.

NEARLY NEW BOOKS looking for permanent P/T .

Leave resume at 4, 5106 47th Ave. Red Deer.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED

ANDERS AREA

For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

ALSO Dunham Close & Dandell Close area $130/mo.

ALSO Dawson St. Davison Dr. area $83.00/mo.

Central AB based trucking company reqires

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880

MANY POSITIONS AVAILABLE:

Shipper / Receiver

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department.

Fax resume to 403-342-0233

880

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1380

Gentle Touch Massage SECOND 2 NONE 4919 50 St. New rear entry, YARD maintenance, snow Res. Snow removal services lots of parking 403-341-4445 shovelling, 403-318-7625 Free est. 403-302-7778

Auctions

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

F.T / P.T. CASHIERS Certified Appraisers 1966 for all shifts Estates, Antiques, Flexible hours.

Firearms.

Above average salary Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. & benefits paid!!

347-5855 Apply with resume to: Run’n On Empty Building 5101 - 76 Street, Red Deer Supplies CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY 60% OFF brand new patio IN CLASSIFIEDS door. Gentek patio door energy saving sealed unit MISTER TRANSMISSION foot and key locks. $850 Canada’s leader in Call 403-340-2777 transmission and driveline repairs now hiring professional transmission Cameras & rebuilders, swing men and Accessories Re&Re technicians, various locations.

CANON Sure Shot, 35 mm Excellent career opportunity. auto focus, $20; Pentax Email: joe@ Espio 928, 28-90 Zoom mistertransmission.com Panorama & remote, $30; for details Projection screen, $10.

403-343-6175

1550

1570

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Also for the afternoon & morning delivery in Town of Penhold!

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 Sim’s Furniture Limited in Red Deer, Ab. is currently hiring Delivery Drivers/ warehouse Personnel, Employees who qualify are eligible for our extensive benefit package. Please forward resume to jamies @simsfurniture.com, or apply in person to the Sims/LaZBoy Distribution Centre at #184, 37428 Range Road 273, in the Clearview Industrial Park.

Thanks to all applicants.

Children's Items

1580

DELUXE NURSERY SET Jungle Animals in browns & greens. Includes fitted sheet, comforter, bed ruffle, balance curtains, musical mobile (Braun’s Lullaby) & lamp. $150.

403-746-2456

Event Tickets

1610

4 TICKETS to Colin James, great seats 403-343-8576

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Farmers' Market

1650

BROWN EGGS AND LAMB now has free range pork : gourmet hams and sausage. Phone 403-782-4095

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health & Beauty

1700

*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 Open Mon.Fri. daily 11am - 6 pm.

Household Appliances

1710

Household Furnishings

1720

MOVING - MUST SELL White storage unit with 5 shelves, on castors; $40; white clothes unit with upper shelf and clothes bar, $40’ 4 stacking chairs, metal frame with wooden seats and backs, $10 ea.; work bench, solid wood, very sturdy with lower shelf, $60.

403-314-2026

Misc. for Sale

1760

40’ FREE Standing Tower, never been erected. $200.

403-728-3375 6’ NORTHERN FIR CHRISTMAS TREE & STAND. Very good cond. $35. 403-346-4926 ACETYLENE Welder, hoses, torch, gauges & cart. $200. 403-728-3375 BRITE-LITE for SAD used 2 mo. only $175; 403-348-5025 DIEFENBACHIA plant $5; asparagus plant $5; large spider plant $18; Company’s Coming 6 bks $3 each, Chicken Soup for the soul 5 at 3 each, Flower frog $4.

Large square tupperware container $4; 4 cup electric coffee pot $4; hand turned juicer $8; Old wooden crib board 3 collar track, $5.

Old oval fruit bowl, $25.

Call 403-346-2231 FRYING pans, set of 3, new, $10; mechanics creeper, $5; Portable T.V. 14” & VCR, Panasonic $5. complete wine making, from primary to filter, $75; 2 walnut coffee table, 55x25 & 28x23, $50.

403-343-6175 MOVING - MUST SELL ONE box of Christmas colored lights & 4 stringers, also 1 mini light set, All for $5; All metal 6 cu. ft. wheel barrow w/rubber tire, $50; Craftsman 45 litre shop vac, w/all attachments.

N e e d s n e w f i l t e r, $ 1 5 ; tailgate protector & cargo organizer (new) for Ford Ranger club cab, both for $20; 4 garage sale sign holders, wood w/metal spikes for easy set up; $2. ea.; 10 litre gas can, $6; special made Ice fishing pick, $35; large spider plant, needs repotting, $7; large rubber plant, $8; 1 pair men’s toe rubbers, size 8, 1 pair men’s zipper rubbers, size 8, both for $5 5 large box of men’s and ladies clothing, size med. to large, coats, jackets, socks, etc. $5. per box.

403-314-2026 PASTRY cooler, stainless steel, 4’l, 23”w, 31”h, 2 shelves, runs but not cooling $50 403-728-3485

Musical Instruments

1770

BANJO, Harmony, $30.

403-343-6175

Pets & Supplies

1810

DOG house for medium size dog, $10, THE Society of Filipino Workers in Alberta is look- APPLS. reconditioned lrg. 403-346-5423 ing for temporary workers selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. who for some reason lost warr. Riverside Appliances their jobs to help them find 403-342-1042 Cats new employers and help B.B.Q. Patio Chef them process their work complete with propane 2 P.B., F, Manx kittens, 6 permit free of charge. tank and cover, like new, wks., Calico, $50 each obo There is an opening in Red used once. $100.

403-340-3338 Deer to work as a cook in 403-314-2026 a Restaurant & Pub this BEAUTIFUL affectionate MOVING white Frigidaire young F. cat, needs loving coming Jan. 2013. For stove, can take away for more info: Please call: home. To give away Shan at 1-780-933-6518 or free, 403-887-8510 403-782-3130 email at: gmesa_18@live.ca FEMALE KITTEN TO Household GIVE AWAY. Career Furnishings LITTER BOX TRAINED. 403-343-8727 after 6 p.m.

Planning 3/4” BOXSPRING SIAMESE & MATTRESS RED DEER WORKS ALSO BELANISE TO GIVE AWAY. Build A Resume That (3) KITTENS FOR SALE 403-347-5316 Works! $60 each obo.

APPLY ONLINE 403-887-3649 BED ALL NEW, www.lokken.com/rdw.html Queen Orthopedic, dble.

Call: 403-348-8561 pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Email inford@lokken.com Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

Dogs Career Programs are 302-0582 Free Delivery FREE BED: #1 King. extra thick LABRA DOODLE PUPS for all Albertans orthopedic pillowtop, brand F 1 $700; F1 B $900 new, never used. 15 yr. 2 YR health Guaranteed.

Tired of Standing? warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice Find something to sit on awesome bloodlines, @ $545. 403-302-0582. in Classifieds ready now until Christmas Hold with deposit.

ELEGANT OAK HALL TABLE Ph. 403-919-1370 53 x 17.5 with mirror 306-792-2113 36 x 22 for $100. www.furfettishfarm.ca †Glass door insert, 22 x 66 mint.

403-342-1980

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CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Sporting Goods

1860

CCM SPORTS EQUIPMENT BAG, $10.

403-347-5316

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012

FAST TRACK PHOTOS PHOTOS Call 309-3300 toto get your Call 403-309-3300 get your vehicle pictured pictured here here vehicle

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1999 POLARIS RANGER 6X6 one owner, low hours, 3500 warn winch, $7888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

2004 CELICA GT FWD, lthr., sunroof, $12,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 CADILLAC CTS -V L- S2 engine, lteather., nav., 100551 kms., $22888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 LINCOLN MARK LT 4X4, lthr., sunroof, nav., 89,083 kms, $26,888 3488788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1967 CHEVY PICKUP 5000 km on complete restoration. $9500.

403-340-8407 or 403-877-2909

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 PATHFINDER LE AWD, lthr., $18,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2009 FORD FLEX SEL AWD $18,888 7620 - 50 Ave. Sport & Import

1984 CORVETTE new engine alum. heads, $11,888 7620- 50 Ave, Sport & import

2001 CADILLAC Deville Sunroof, heated seats, leather, DVD, 126,500 kms exc. cond. in/out. $6500. 403-342-0587

2004 DODGE 1/2 ton quad cab 4x4. New tires. Great cond. $7000.

403-506-9632

2006 LAND ROVER HSE AWD, leather, nav., $28888 7620-50 Av Sport & Import 348-8788

2008 CHARGER 3.5L Exc. cond. 84,000 careful kms.

Service & fuel economy records avail. Asking $10,750. 403-346-8299 or 403-506-9994

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1996 FORD TAURUS mint, loaded, 125,000 miles, senior lady driven $2000 obo, 403-887-4981

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 ESCAPE LTD. leather, AWD, sunroof, $9888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 PONTIAC Montana All wheel drive SV6 7 pass. loaded, automatic side door DVD, just like new, only 147,000 km. $6850. 403-348-9746

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2010 DODGE RAM 2500 power wagon 4X4 $28,888 403-348-8788 Sport & Import

1997 FORD Ranger

2001 MERCEDES BENZ S430 103,898 kms $17,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 2.0T FWD, 4 cyl turbo $13,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 Ford F150 4X4 Supercrew XLT 143,600 km $17,900 obo.

Tow pkg. backup camer Very Good Condition.

403-358-9646

2010 FORD F150 XLT 4x2 crew cab, 21,000 km.

Warranty, like new. No tax. $22,000. 403-845-3292 or 403-895-2337

1998 GMC Safari.

153,503 km. AWD, V6, tow pkg. Exc. cond. $4500.

403-343-9366

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 ESCALADE AWD lthr. dvd $19,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 JEEP LIBERTY Sport 4X4 $16,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1998 HONDA CIVIC, $2200 obo passed inspecton 5 spd. good cond. 403-352-3894

2003 FORD 150 Lariat, 4x4 tow pkg., new tires, $5900 1992 18FT. TRAVEL Trailer, dual wheels, both in exc. cond. $5000. Both for $9900.

403-843-6858

2005 HONDA ACCORD EXL sunroof, $12888, 348-8788 Sport & Import

2007 FORD Escape 4x4 V6 3.0L engine w/ Remote Start & Winter Tires. Good cond. 143,500 kms $8500 o.b.o. Delburne 403-749-3919

2008 MERCEDESBENZ ML 320 AWD, turbo diesel, nav., $39888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

2011 CAMARO RS/SS LS3, 2104 kms, $36,888 348-8788,

1998 MUSTANG GT market add-on’s

2003 Hyundai Tiburon FWD 106,300 kms., $7888 7620-50 Av Sport & Import 403-348-8788

TWO 2005 HONDA quads, 4x4, 400/500. $4500 each, nice shape, 4000/4600 kms 403-348-9746

2007 GMC Sierra SLE 1500 4X4 $19,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 MITSUBISHI Outlander XLS $12888 348-8788 Sport & Import

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 BMW 330 convertible leather, ,$13,888 7620 - 50 Ave Sport & Import

2005 MINI COOPER FWD, 77,596 kms., $17,888 348- 8788 Sport & Import

2007 HONDA CR-V LX Sport $14888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 Toyota Highlander Limited edit. Trailer hitch, running boards, $19,900 to call or text 403-340-9110

2011 TOYOTA CAMRY LE 63,000 kms immaculate. $17,900 Senior. Warranty.

Private. 403-887-2790

Stepside, runs exc., $2999.

403-348-9746

Loaded, many after $6,300 obo 403-783-5506

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

Sport & Import

Sell your vehicle FAST with a Formula 1 Classified Vehicle Ad

NOVEMBER SAVINGS! 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA CE

2007 DODGE CHARGER RT AWD

2010 HYUNDAI SONATA GL

Stk #H24721A. nav., leather, sunroof, traction control, fully inspected, 89,821 kms

Stk #H24693A. heated seats, power features, 2.4L, 4 cyl., full warranty

Stk #H24354B. auto, traction control, power features, cruise, w/winter tires, fully inspected, 47,008 kms

2012 HYUNDAI SONATA GL

2010 FORD F150 LARIAT CREWCAB 4X4

2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE GL AWD

3 to choose from.. auto, 50 mpg, heated seats, sunroof, traction control, bluetooth, full manufacturers warranty, 53,740 kms

18,990

$

USED CAR SUPERSTORE

12,990

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Stk #VP3974A. leather, sunroof, traction control, 6.5 foot box, fully inspected

28,990

$

13,990

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Stk #HP4516. V6, traction control, power features keyless, 3.3L, fully inspected

14,990

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Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

HORSES WANTED: broke, un-broke, or unwanted. 403-783-0303 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

Kyte/Kelloway Cres.

3060

Suites

You Looking?

Large 1 bdrm. adult suite.

Lovely 3 level exec.

Heat/water/parking incl’d.

3 bdrm. townhouse Call 403-342-2899 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, Roommates n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Wanted Avail. Dec. 1.

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Treat bullies as perpetrators, B.C. premier tells conference

By THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s premier wants to change the way teachers, students and the public think about bullying.

Bullies are perpetrators, Premier Christy Clark told an anti-bullying conference in Vancouver on Tuesday.

Their targets are victims. And bullying can no longer be dismissed as simply part of growing up.

“Bullying is not a rite of passage; bullying does not build character for children,” Clark told an audience in downtown Vancouver at an event organized by the provincial government.

“It’s not a kind of conflict where you put two people together and say, ‘Tell each other you’re sorry, explain what happened and move on.’ Bullying has a perpetrator and a victim, and we need to deal with it that way.”

The anti-bullying conference, which brought together educators, students, teachers and experts, was organized as part of the province’s Erase Bullying strategy, announced this past June.

It came a little more than a month after the suicide of 15-year-old Amanda Todd, who died after she was sexually exploited online and then relentlessly bullied by her peers.

Clark and her education minister used the conference to unveil the latest prong in their strategy, and one that Clark said will make it easier to identify and punish the bullies: an online tool for students to report bullying.

The tool is part of a new Erase Bullying website and allows students in any one of the province’s public schools to fill out a form and document cases of bullying, whether they were victims themselves or were a witness.

They can choose whether to submit the information anonymously or provide their name. Their report is then sent to a local safe schools coordinator, who decides whether to share the information with school administrators or, in more serious cases, the police. The information will also be used to identify trends and problem schools.

“We have to send the message that when people are bullies, they have to be dealt with appropriately and the victims of bullies have to know

that reporting is safe,” Clark, who has championed anti-bullying messages since her time as a radio host, told reporters during a break at the conference.

“And the victims of bullies have to know that reporting is safe. Part of knowing reporting is safe is knowing that the bully won’t be around to continue the victimizing forever.”

The province’s Erase Bullying program includes the creation of safe school co-ordinators in every school district, stronger codes of conduct for schools and a new five-year training program.

That training program has already started and will eventually see 15,000 educators learn about creating inclusive schools and how to conduct thorough threat assessments in their buildings, said Theresa Campbell, one of the lead trainers for Erase Bullying.

Campbell said part of that training focuses on dispelling the myth that any abusive behaviour can be lumped together as bullying.

Slamming a student’s head against the wall of the school? That’s assault, said Campbell. Threatening text messages? There’s a law against that, too.

Relentless cyberbulling? Campbell called that “social assassination.”

“There has been a blatant underreaction to behaviours in our schools because everything has been lumped into bullying,” Campbell told the conference.

“We have to be more mindful and start calling these behaviours what they are.”

The issue of bullying has gained renewed prominence in B.C. and across the country in the month since Amanda Todd’s suicide.

Several weeks before her death, the 15-year-old posted a video to YouTube in which she flipped through dozens of cards that told her story in short, black sentences.

She said she was in Grade 7 when she was lured by an unidentified male to expose her breasts on a webcam, and a year later someone on Facebook threatened to distribute a photo from the video chat. She said the police later told her someone did, indeed, distribute the photo.

The RCMP continue to investigating her death.

On the web: www.erasebullying.ca

Canada failing to attract foreign students, says study

By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada is failing to attract high-quality university students from China, India and Brazil, internal research commissioned by the Foreign Affairs Department concludes.

The findings of the focus groups conducted in those countries represent a setback to the Harper government’s ambitious efforts to broaden Canadian trade and investment in the three emerging markets.

Initiatives designed to forge educational links have been a feature of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s strategy to deepen economic ties with Asia during his trips to China and India this year.

Meanwhile, Gov. Gen. David Johnston travelled to Brazil in the spring with 30 university presidents in tow, one of the biggest delegations abroad to push the benefits of Canadian education.

Polling firm Ipsos-Reid said in its March report to Foreign Affairs that Canada needed to do more to “communicate its post-secondary education advantages” abroad.

Despite that conclusion, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird decided two months later to cut a popular program that promoted Canada in foreign universities.

The “Understanding Canada” program brought foreign scholars to Canada on the condition they teach university courses on the country for several years after they return home.

Canadian and foreign scholars have criticized the government for cutting the $5-million program because they say it will reduce awareness about Canada in foreign academic circles.

The cut was part of an effort to trim $170 million from Foreign Affairs’ annual budget.

A senior government official defended the cutting of the Understanding Canada program .

“This program has traditionally funded foreign academics, not foreign students. What we have done is streamline its administration,” the official said Tuesday on condition of anonymity.

The Ipsos-Reid research, conducted between January and March this year, found that awareness of Canada was lacking in China, India and Brazil.

“Canada is not a top-of-mind destination for foreign study for participants in any of the three countries except with Brazilian participants in-

terested in language studies,” said the research company’s report.

“There is no awareness that Canada has world-class educational establishments, indeed, apart from a few mentions of the University of Toronto there is very little awareness of any Canadian educational establishments.”

The United States and United Kingdom, by comparison, “dominate” discussions about post-secondary opportunities.

The report said that because having world-class educational institutions is a major draw for foreign students “this lack of prominence is a serious obstacle.”

The findings were a result of 11 focus groups held in the three countries, and one-on-one interviews.

The participants included prospective students, parents and educational advisers.

Even though the report found some awareness in Brazil of Canada, it noted one factor that was not favourable: “The weather — COLD.” Prior to his Brazil trip in April, Johnston acknowledged that Canada has a mediocre record in attracting foreign students. But he insisted that Brazil was fertile ground, noting “a huge appetite in Brazil for Canadian education. To my great delight, Canada is the most favoured nation for Brazilians studying abroad.”

The Ipsos-Reid survey found deficiencies in the main advertising brand that the federal government and the provinces use to promote Canadian education abroad: the bilingual “Imagine Education au/in Canada” promotion.

The Imagine initiative, with an annual $1-million budget, was launched in 2007 to convey “a message of openness and supportiveness through the concept of ’Empowered Idealism’,” according to its website.

“Like those of our competitors, our education system is founded on quality, and our brand aims to convince international students that the quality of a Canadian education will provide them with the tools they need to develop their full potential.”

The Ipsos-Reid report recommended some major changes to the brand because “it is confusing and not seen as sufficiently linked to education in Canada.”

Focus groups wanted more specific information about the rankings of Canadian schools, top areas of study, famous and successful people who’ve graduated in Canada.

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