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CANADA WINTER GAMES

Council inches toward ’19 bid PLANNING ENTERS PHASE 2

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer is one step closer to making a bid for the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

On Monday, council voted unanimously (9-0) to move forward to the second phase of determining its readiness and the financial implications for hosting the national games.

In this phase, the city will get a better handle on the capital costs before moving onto a third phase of submitting a bid.

Strategy in Action Inc. consultant Darcy Mykytyshyn said staging the games would be a costly initiative but would raise the city’s profile and provide a significant boost to businesses in Central Alberta.

Mykytyshyn told council Red Deer’s current facilities would support 60 per cent of the events with relatively no investment required.

“We’re already well-positioned to host an event like this,” said Mykytyshyn. “In terms of positioning, previous councils have made some sound recreational investment decisions in this community that have bode well for us all at this time.”

The large investments in infrastructure would have to be made to host alpine skiing, short-track speed skating and synchronized swimming. Some of the skiing events could be held at Canyon Ski Resort area, but the facility would not meet requirements for the Giant Slalom and Super G. As well, there is not a suitable swimming pool or an ice surface for events.

Mykytyshyn said some of the events could be staged at a satellite village if the city chooses not to invest in a project.

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City Recreation Parks and Culture employees have been working hard in recent weeks to get the rink boards up and are now flooding and shaving the ice surfaces on outdoor rinks around the city. Tayson Moore, 10, and his twin brother, Kai, pulled on the skates after school to test out the ice in the park at Grandview Elementary School Monday. Although the surface is still a little rough it won’t be long before all the rinks will be busy with shinny games and skating through the day and into the night.

Concerns over parking lot upgrades stall Lacombe budget COUNCILLORS DEBATE MERITS OF EXPENDITURE

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe city council postponed approving the 2013 municipal budget on Monday after raising more questions over costs of Arena parking lot upgrades.

Final approval of the operating and capital budget was delayed until Dec. 10 so that administration could consider what would be involved in spending $400,000 to $500,000 on improvements at the city’s busiest recreational centre.

Coun. Peter Bouwsema reminded council that the dollars being spent on this capital project are nonproperty tax supported dollars.

The provincial government’s Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding is being used for the project, plus Lacombe County is also investing dollars.

Proper sidewalks would be so beneficial because then children would be able to use them in the large parking lot. It’s important for safety, added Bou-

wsema.

“I would wager that this facility sees more visitors, more traffic than all our other facilities combined,” said Coun. Reuben Konnik. “And the parking lot is atrocious.”

Administration had suggested extending the parking lot redevelopment over a number of years. In 2013, it would only include the upgrades to the spray park landscaping and changes to the Arena entrances.

The remaining work would be deferred until paving of the parking lot takes place.

As a result, administration suggested the cost for 2013 would be just over $325,700 instead of $834,295.

Council was told that putting off the project, including adding speed bumps, would end up costing more. Infrastructure Services director Matthew Goudy estimated it would cost 25 to 30 per cent more to phase in the project over a number of years.

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Nexen rejection would send message to foreign companies: China’s consul-general

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

Photo by RANDY FIEDLER/Advocate staff

Yongfeng Liu, the People’s Republic of China consul general in Calgary, speaks at Red Deer College Monday.

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Canada’s handling of the proposed takeover of Nexen Inc. by China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) could impact more than that $15.1-billion deal, says China’s consul-general for Alberta.

Yongfeng Liu was in Red Deer on Monday with a delegation from the Calgary Consular Corps. Speaking to the Advocate following a luncheon at Red Deer College, she suggested that rejecting the sale would send a message to other foreign companies pondering investments in Canada.

“It is understandable and reasonable, if Nexen will not be approved, other companies — especially Chinese companies — will review their company’s strategy.

“I don’t think the Chinese companies will go away.

They will come. They will invest, but may be more careful.”

Liu said Australia, despite having a smaller economy than Canada’s, has stronger economic ties with China.

“The co-operation between Australia and China went very fast,” she said, noting that many Chinese companies now operate in the Pacific country.

“I think Canada is not totally ready to welcome Chinese companies.”

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CONSULS VISIT CITY C3 Canada and China have been trading partners since they established diplomatic relations in 1968.

Agricultural commodities, forestry products, minerals and furs have been among Canada’s most common exports to China, said Liu. “In recent years, our oil companies have been coming,” she said, noting that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Alberta Premier Alison Redford invited Chinese companies to invest here during separate trips to China earlier this year.

CNOOC announced plans to acquire all of Nexen’s shares in July. The state-owned oil company said it would make Calgary its international headquarters and retain Nexen’s management team and employees.

Canadian Industry Minister Christian Paradis is currently deciding if the deal would be of net benefit to Canada, with the review period scheduled to end on Dec. 10, after two extensions.

In October, Paradis nixed a $5.2-billion agreement that would have seen Malaysia’s state-owned Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) snap up Alberta’s Progress Energy Resources Corp. However, the minister gave Petronas 30 days to submit a revised offer, which it did last week. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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A few Albertans who have lost their driver’s licences under the province’s new drunk driving law are challenging the legislation in court. C2

A lot of doctors are disgruntled over the province’s imposed fee settlement, but for now local job action is not in the cards. C1

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Darcy Ouellet of Central Alberta Women’s Outreach gathers 300 pairs of socks for distribution to deserving recipients Monday. The socks were among more than 1,600 pairs donated by Red Deer Rebel fans during the United Way’s Sockey Night in Red Deer at last Saturday’s game. The Central Alberta AIDS Network Society, Safe Harbour Society, Canadian Mental Health Association and Red Deer Clothing Bank also received socks.

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Wildrose pitches ban on corporate, union donations

Horner to deliver Q2 budget update

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner is to deliver the second-quarter budget update on Wednesday and the Opposition Wildrose says it’s a chance to turn things around.

Party leader Danielle Smith says she hopes the update will show the government is on the road to keeping its election commitment to balance the books.

The Tories had planned to run a deficit of $886 million this year, but that deficit has since ballooned to $3 billion.

Premier Alison Redford says the world economy has changed and her government will borrow to pay for roads, clinics and schools.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition Wildrose party is calling for changes in campaign donation rules, including a total ban on money from unions and corporations.

Leader Danielle Smith says the changes are critical to restore public confidence.

Premier Alison Redford’s Progressive Conservatives have put forward a bill that would give the chief electoral officer more latitude to investigate and report campaign finance problems.

But the government plans to keep the maximum $30,000 contribution limit for individuals, unions and corporations.

The bill also proposed the chief electoral officer be given authority to make his findings public from now on and going back three years.

Smith says the three years should be expanded to seven so more cases can be reported.

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“However, there would be a corresponding savings in that the original proposal was repaving of the entire parking lot, much of which doesn’t require repaving at this time,” said Goudy.

By extending the life of the pavement, the city would save some money there, he added.

Coun. Wayne Rempel said the work should be done, rather than phasing it in.

“Let’s do it right the first time,” he said.

Coun. Grant Creasey said it doesn’t matter that the dollars are coming from outside sources. That money still needs to used wisely.

“A half-million-dollars savings we would realize could be better used elsewhere,” said Creasey, who voted against adminstration providing another report on the project.

The proposed municipal operating budget is just over $28 million, which affects property taxes, and the proposed capital budget is just over $12 million.

So far, the budget is calling for a three per cent property tax increase.

Mayor Steve Christie said that two per cent of that three per cent tax increase is due to costs of the Lacombe Police Service.

The police expenditures is $2.8 million for 2013. There are 15 police officers, plus five administrative personnel.

“It’s just a unique year for our police force,” said Christie. “We have a chief retiring in June and we have a new chief coming in at that time.”

An inspector’s position will be created for the interim. Once that inspector becomes chief, then the inspector’s position is eliminated.

The police service also has two sergeants, one of whom would be promoted to that inspector position. The vacant sergeant’s position would be filled again as well.

Along with that, the collective bargaining agreement called for wage increases, which isn’t uncommon, Christie said. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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Smith says that’s a broken promise.

Horner says the government is wellpositioned to get loans and is keeping its election promise to not borrow money for day-to-day spending.

Mykytyshyn presented a preliminary report on venue and technical requirements, gaps in facilities and alternative options based on the sports in the 2015 Games.

The confirmation of the sports in 2019 will be released in early 2013.

Mykytyshyn said the good news is there are already a number of community organizations that have plans in place for their own investments in facilities.

“RDC, for example, has been talking about multiplex that would incorporate Olympic-size ice for short-track speed skating,” he said. “The city of course has a long-term capital plan in place that anticipates some of the investments we talked about in the report. It may simply be a matter of accelerating some of those investments for us to be prepared.”

The 2011 Canada Winter Games in Nova Scotia generated roughly $131 million and created about 1,112 jobs.

Prince George is projecting $100 million to $125 million in economic activity in 2015.

“The economic activity is quite significant for the businesses that are operating here for Central Alberta,” said Mykytyshyn. “With that comes the intangibles that you cannot measure the profile, the future events that we might be able to host.”

Red Deer was short-listed for the 1995 Canada Winter Games but was unsuccessful.

The official launch of the bid process begins in June 2013 and the deadline for letters of intent to bid is August 2013. The shortlist of cities will be announced in December 2013. In the fall of 2014, the successful bid will be announced.

At its recent capital budget deliberations, council approved $200,000 for Phase 2 and 3. The first phase was a preliminary assessment of the city’s capacity to host the games.

In other Council news: ● City staff will have clearer guidelines for when to suspend, revoke, refuse or issue licenses for drinking establishments. City council tweaked its drinking establishment licensing bylaw by adding a new “consultation and approvals” section to clarify the circumstances and provide criteria.

The new section is in line with other municipalities. ● Council is looking to lease more office space for City Hall in the Professional Building. Council approved first reading of a borrowing bylaw.

The motion will come back to council for consideration of second and third readings on Jan. 7. ● Discussion on Coun. Paul Harris’ motion to review the current policing service delivery model was tabled for another two weeks to allow administration time to prepare a report. ● Council agreed to re-instate the Woodlea/Waskasoo outdoor snowbank rink after Woodlea resident Bev Blades gave a passionate plea to put the boards up. The rink was one of five rinks that were shutdown in 2011 to save money. During the 2012 mid-year budget review, council reinstated the Fairview rink, leaving the Sunnybrook, Central School, Glendale and Woodlea/ Waskasoo rinks closed. Council voted 9-0 to open the rink for the remainder of the season. Funding for 2013 will be considered in the 2013. The cost to operate the rink is $3,830 annually. ● The Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery (MAG) presented a progress report on the city’s permanent history exhibit, Remarkable Red Deer — Stories from the Heart of the Parkland. The

project is on schedule and expected to open to the public on March 25, 2013.

In November 2011, council allocated $1 million for the project. The project’s pricetag is an estimated $1.5 million.

MAG has committed to raise the additional $500,000. To date, $108,639 has been raised through grants and donations. On Dec. 9, the current exhibit will close to allow for construction.

There will not be an exhibition until the permanent exhibit opens in March.

Remarkable Red Deer will cover 4,800 square feet highlighting 250 photographs from the Red Deer and District Archives and 450 artifacts from the MAG collection. ● Consideration of the West Park Community and Area Redevelopment Plan was tabled for up to three months to allow administration more time for community feedback. The plan contains 15 recommendations related to identity, land use and movement. In October, roughly 70 people attended an open house at the West Park Activity Centre. Another open house is scheduled for Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the St. Martin de Porres Catholic School. ● The operational audit of the River Bend Golf & Recreation Society Recreation Society was tabled for up to two months to allow administration more time to prepare the report. The purpose of the review is to analyze the society’s operations model and to examine current financial systems, processes and identify challenges and opportunities. The report is an update on the process. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Conservatives hang on to Calgary Centre RECLAIM DURHAM BUT HAVE TOUGH, THREE-WAY FIGHT IN CALGARY CENTRE

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Joan Crockatt, Conservative candidate for the Calgary Centre federal byelection, in Calgary, speaks on Thursday. peared to divide the local conservative base, with some openly defecting to support Locke.

“Calgary is not a redneck city,” Locke said late Monday night before tearily hugging his wife and conceding.

Turner also ran a strong campaign that may have been aided in the final stretch by Liberal gaffes elsewhere.

First, Liberal MP David McGuinty was quoted calling Alberta MPs “shills” for the oil industry and suggesting they “go home” and run for town council if they want to be so parochial.

Then a November 2010, French-language interview by Justin Trudeau, the Liberal leadership heir apparent, surfaced in which he stated that “Canada isn’t doing well right now because it’s Albertans who control our community and socio-democratic agenda.”

Trudeau apologized but not before federal Conservatives had a field day, stalling Liberal momentum in Calgary Centre and making the Green option — and a welcome Liberal-Green vote

split for Crockatt — more viable.

It all served to make a routine byelection electric.

The seat was made vacant when veteran MP Lee Richardson resigned to take a post as chief of staff to Alberta Premier Alison Redford.

Martha Hall Findlay, another Liberal leadership hopeful who, like Trudeau, spent time in the riding during the byelection, said Monday that perceptions of Calgary’s political uniformity are changing.

“I’ve been involved with Calgary long enough to know it’s not something that’s all of a sudden changed,” she said.

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OTTAWA — It shouldn’t be news that the Conservatives have won a federal byelection in Calgary Centre — but Joan Crockatt made this one interesting.

In a night of byelection drama, Crockatt squeaked out a win in the riding right next to that of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in what should be a Tory fortress.

The Conservatives also won the Ontario riding of Durham, with Erin O’Toole easily reclaiming the seat vacated by former cabinet minister Bev Oda. And on the Pacific coast, the New Democrat Murray Rankin and Donald Galloway of the Greens were still slugging it out late Monday in Victoria, a riding that’s been solidly NDP since 2004.

“This is a lot tighter than we anticipated, for sure,” said Victoria-area provincial New Democrat legislator Maurine Karagianis.

“But, this is definitely a vote against Stephen Harper.”

She said the NDP believes the strong Green showing is a result of Conservative voters “parking their votes with the Greens.”

But it was Calgary — a city that’s seen its share of political drama of late — that attracted all the attention as establishment candidate Crockatt ran neck-and-neck with Liberal challenger Harvey Locke for most of the evening, eventually edging ahead for a margin of just over a thousand votes.

The former journalist wound up winning with about 37 per cent of the popular vote, the lowest for an MPelect in Calgary Centre since the riding was created in 1968.

Running in a bedrock small-c conservative seat, Crockatt ran a safe, lowkey campaign, that had the Liberal and Green contenders nipping at her Conservative heels.

Byelections tend to be hard on sitting governments, but Calgary Centre wasn’t supposed to be a problem for the Harper Conservatives.

The riding hadn’t seen a three-way race since Reformers and Progressive Conservatives were fighting for the right to roast a Liberal in the early 1990s.

The combined conservative vote Calgary Centre hadn’t fallen below 50 per cent since 1972.

But Crockatt’s vocal support for the upstart Wildrose party in the last Alberta election ap-

that actually reflects who Calgarians are.”

The one routine byelection of the night took place in central Ontario.

O’Toole — a former air force pilot and navy captain turned corporate lawyer — made it a quick night in Durham.

A cheer went up from his supporters when O’Toole hit 50 per cent of the popular vote, leaving NDP candidate Larry O’Connor with 26.8 per cent — an improvement for the party over 2011, but still far from enough.

“That’s what you need,” one O’Toole supporter enthused as his candidate broke the magical 50 per cent barrier.

The seat was vacated when Oda resigned following a series of spending and expense controversies that tarnished the Conservative brand as tightfisted managers.

A beaming O’Toole stood with his wife and young daughter and thanked all the supporters packed into the legion hall, including his former hockey coach.

O’Toole said Oda’s spending controversies weren’t a major concern for voters he met while campaigning.

“That came up less and less as we got our message out and as people got to know me as a candidate and realized I’m from this community,” said O’Toole, whose father John is a member of the Ontario legislature.

The House of Commons standings prior to Monday’s byelections had the Conservatives safely in majority territory with 163 of a possible 308 seats.

The NDP was next at 100 seats, followed by the Liberals at 35.

The Bloc Quebecois has four seats, while three others are held individually by Elizabeth May of the Green party, Conservative Independent Peter Goldring and Independent Bruce Hyer.

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Help to spread hope In the 1970s in Red Deer provincial court, an elderly Salvation Army officer named Jack always sat, his eyes and ears trained on the proceedings.

Jack was a humble, compassionate, caring person. He was there on a mission — to comfort some of the people who were appearing before the judge. Frequently his eyes welled up with tears when he RICK heard horrible ZEMANEK hard-luck stories that led a down-and-out person to turn to crime.

Drug addicts, alcoholics, young offenders from broken families, and others that society might consider hopeless cases drew Jack’s attention. After court adjourned, he quickly made his way to the court’s basement holding cells, where he consoled some and of-

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fered all the help Red Deer’s Salvation Army could offer them — food, clothing, shelter, love, compassion and hope.

Jack never preached, but he adopted the philosophy of the Salvation Army, which was started in England in 1865 by William Booth and began work in Canada in 1882. Booth’s philosophy was that there is little point preaching salvation to hungry people. And so the concept of ‘soup and salvation’ was born.

Canadians last week were shocked when it was revealed that a Salvation Army representative allegedly bilked the charity of hundreds of thousands of dollars and stole about $2 million worth of donated goods.

Toronto police discovered the massive cache of stolen goods from a Salvation Army warehouse in Brampton, Ont. There was 146 skids stacked with toys, baby cribs, strollers, food and other donated items. Those responsible had to use three tractor-trailers to haul the items. The nearly 100,000 items were stolen from the charity’s facility in north-end Toronto over two years and were allegedly being sold for profit.

The timing could not have been worse for the Salvation Army. The organization was in the process of launching its annual Kettle Campaign when the news broke.

What would Christmas be without the age-old Yule fundraiser? The program reminds us that the Yule season is a time to reflect on our good fortunes and extend love and compassion to those less fortunate. It spirits a warm feeling among many.

This scandal should not deter those from giving generously to the Salvation Army this season.

For the last almost 150 years, members of this charity have steadfastly worked among the poor to offer help, embracing people who often live under horrific circumstances.

During the First World War, troops reported they could always tell how close they were to the front lines by the number of aid organizations present.

When the soldiers eventually reached the front, the only charity left extending a comforting hand was the Salvation Army.

The charity’s reputation speaks for itself, despite this recent isolated scandal.

Red Deer’s Salvation Army unit has afforded dignity and support to thousands over the years.

Last year’s Kettle Campaign raised $198,000 here. This year, the charity is aiming for $190,000.

But hopefully, given our current economic situation in which thousands of Central Alberta children are living in poverty, that goal will surpass the 2011 best-ever year for the local brigade.

The local Salvation Army is also once again embarking on its annual Adopt-a-Family program to help spread the joy of the season.

Those participating adopt a family to support.

“I think it makes a vast difference for people . . . who otherwise would not have practically anything at all,” said Red Deer Salvation Army Major Larry Bridger. “We hear so many families are grateful, saying ‘You’ve made our Christmas’.”

Just like Jack in the old court house, the Salvation Army continues to play a vital role in helping those in need and spreading hope in our community.

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

GST, fuel taxes not enough to fund Alberta A sales tax in Alberta? Impossible!

If there were an Alberta equivalent of the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies, and if such a group contracted a pollster such as Leger to list the sources of Albertans’ pride (like they did recently nationally), our repudiation of a sales tax would probably be near the top.

But if minds of a certain bent were to analyze Steve Lafleur’s article in Monday’s Advocate (Decentralize the federation) the case could be made that we already have a sales tax in Alberta. It’s called the GST. And we should be allowed to keep the money it generates here.

Lafleur is an analyst for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. His thesis is that Canada would work a lot better — be more transparent, efficient and less corrupt — if the feds would simply transfer GREG GST revenues to the provNEIMAN inces. With that, the federal government should cease all provincial transfers.

As well, he says the feds should divvy its fuel taxes among Canada’s municipalities on a per capita basis, and likewise stop direct funding of municipal projects.

That way, he says, taxpayers would have a better idea of how their tax dollars flow, plus provinces and municipalities would be forced to be more efficient and honest stewards of their revenues.

But Lafleur’s mind isn’t quite bent enough to make this work for Alberta, or for Red Deer.

A fast crunching of the numbers shows Alberta would be worse off under the program suggested. The numbers for Red Deer need more study, but Lafleur’s plan don’t look very good here either.

The GST collects about $28.3 billion a year.

That comes to about $823 per Canadian. Based on population, Alberta’s share would be just under $3 billion a year. It could be more if the feds remitted Alberta’s portion of the GST collected, because Albertans have a higher average incomes and higher-than-average spending. To be fair, we should get it all, right?

Federal taxes on gas and diesel come to $5.3 billion a year. On a straight population basis, a math-challenged columnist finds Red Deer would get roughly $1.54 million a year from that.

Does that match what the city currently gets for infrastructure, housing and (filtered through the province) social programs?

Without resources for a full study, I’d say if all Red Deer got per year in total federal grants was $1.5 million, there’s your next election issue right there. Currently, federal cash transfers to Alberta are about $3.8 billion, just a bit over $1,000 per person. So Alberta would have to collect between $800 million to $1 billion a year to make up the difference.

The other provinces already do that and more, with their provincial sales taxes.

Hmmm. Is this where Lafleur was going with his thesis? Bent minds want to know.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate.blogspot.ca. Email greg. neiman.blog@gmail.com

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Democracy on shaky ground in Egypt “There is no middle ground, no dialogue before (Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi) rescinds this declaration,” said pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei. “There is no room for dialogue when a dictator imposes the most oppressive, abhorrent measures and then says ‘let us split the difference’.”

Morsi won last June’s presidential election fair and square, but many Egyptians really are frightened that his decree on Thursday sweeps aside the democratic gains of last year’s revolution. The decree gives him absolute power, although he swears it is only for a limited time.

Morsi was already governing by decree pending a new parliamentary election, since the GWYNNE courts had dissolved the lower DYER house of parliament because the election was flawed.

His latest decree declares that the courts cannot challenge any of his edicts until that new election takes place.

The decree also states that he can take any steps necessary to defeat undefined “threats to the revolution” — and nobody can ask the courts to decided whether those steps are legal and justifiable. In theory, at least, Morsi has given himself greater powers than the former dictator, Hosni Mubarak, ever possessed.

This is as puzzling as it is alarming, since nothing in Morsi’s previous history suggests that he wants to be Egypt’s next dictator. He is a prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood and shares its conservative social and religious values, but that organization, the mainstay of opposition to Egypt’s military dictators during half a century of tyranny, has moved a long way from its radical and sometimes violent origins.

So was Morsi a wolf in sheep’s clothing, just waiting for the chance to impose Islamic rule on everybody, including liberals, Christians, and secular Egyptians?

How else can you explain what he has just done?

The answer matters, because if Egypt, by far the most populous Arab country (90 million people), succumbs to a new tyranny, then the whole Arab Spring was just a brief illusion.

Morsi’s actions are wrong, but he is not actually aiming at a dictatorship. He just wants to thwart the

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Supreme Judicial Council, made up of judges who almost all date from the Mubarak era, which had already dismissed the first body charged with writing a new constitution. There were indications that it might be about to dissolve the second one on the same grounds.

In the last month or so, the prospect that this new body will produce a constitution based mainly on Islamic law led most of the secular and Christian elements to withdraw. That deprived it of a voting quorum, but the remaining members, including many MPs linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, carried on regardless, so there was a growing probability that a new court ruling would dismiss this assembly too.

Morsi moved swiftly, not only giving himself supreme powers beyond the ability of the courts to challenge, but specifically forbidding the Supreme Judicial Council to dismiss the second Constituent Assembly. He also gave that assembly an extra two months to finish writing the constitution, after which it would have to be approved by referendum.

What is happening now, therefore, is not the rise of a new dictatorship but rather a ruthless political manoeuvre aimed at creating a democratic but Islamic Egypt. Naturally, it frightens a large proportion of the 49 per cent of Egyptians who voted against Morsi in the presidential election earlier this year, and it absolutely terrifies the country’s eight million Christians.

Morsi’s edict has been met with impassioned protest in the streets, and the formation of a National Salvation Front aimed at uniting all non-Islamist groups to force Morsi to rescind his edicts. Its leaders include three of the candidates who ran against Morsi in the election earlier this year. But that may not be enough.

The truth is that the elections produced a parliamentary majority and a president who want to impose Islamic law, and that its opponents are using various legal devices in an attempt to stop the process. Moreover, a new constitution imposing Islamic law would almost certainly get a “yes” in a referendum.

But the other truth is that majorities in a democracy should not try to impose their religious and social views on large minorities who do not share them. Morsi is already showing signs of wanting to compromise — but, as ElBaradei pointed out, he cannot take these extreme measures and then offer to “split the difference.”

Egypt is in for a rough ride.

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Toronto mayor blames conspiracy for ouster

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A subdued but still defiant Mayor Rob Ford blamed a left-wing conspiracy for his court-ordered ouster Monday, pledging to fight “tooth and nail” against a possibly unprecedented ruling that booted him from office for violating conflict of interest rules.

In fact, the Toronto mayor said, if he loses in the courts, he would go straight to the court of public opinion.

“I’m a fighter. If there’s a byelection, my name will be the first one on the ballot,” Ford told a crush of journalists shortly after the judicial ruling.

“This comes down to left-wing politics. The left wing wants me out of here, and they’ll do anything in their power to (do that).”

The legal action was launched by businessman Paul Magder, who argued the larger-than-life mayor violated the rules when he took part in a council vote over repayment of $3,150 in donations he had solicited for his private football foundation using official city letterhead.

In a damning 24-page decision, Superior Court

Justice Charles Hackland slammed Ford for “wilful blindness” that could not be excused as a simple slip-up, especially from someone in his leadership role.

“It is difficult to accept an error-in-judgment defence based essentially on a stubborn sense of entitlement (concerning his football foundation) and a dismissive and confrontational attitude to the integrity commissioner and the ’code of conduct’,” Hackland said in his ruling.

“I declare the seat of the respondent Robert Ford on Toronto city council vacant.”

Hackland could have barred Ford from running again for seven years, but instead opted to disqualify him for the “current term.”

It was not immediately clear whether that meant Ford’s term ended with his ouster, meaning he would be free to run in a possible byelection, although Ruby was adamant the judge had precluded him from doing so.

Lawyer John Mascarin, a municipal law expert, called the ruling ambiguous but said he believed Hackland “clearly” meant to bar Ford from running for office until the current council term is over in 2014.Both parties could write the judge to seek

clarification, said Mascarin, who called the ruling “unprecedented.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KIMBERLEY, B.C. — A man and a woman who startled a female grizzly bear and at least one cub were airlifted to Calgary hospital after surviving serious injuries.

Kimberley RCMP said the attack occurred along a creek in thick brush near a deer kill late Sunday afternoon.

“It is believed that the attack was defensive. It is believed it was a grizzly with at least one cub,” said Cpl. Pat Prefontaine of the Kimberley Cranbrook Detachment.

Conservation officer Joe Caravetta said the bear attacked after the woman yelled and began to run.

“The sow chased her and knocked her down,” Caravetta said. “The man had a walking stick and he tried to save her. Then the bear attacked him.”

Caravetta says somehow the badly injured pair managed to make it to the road and get help.

“They each had several bites to the legs, groin, head and arms. Both victims were badly injured and distraught,” he said.

He added that the male hiker initially reported that the bear was not a grizzly but did have two cubs. Conservation officers confirmed later Monday it was a grizzly.

“We can definitely now confirm it was a grizzly from tracks in the snow and mud,” Caravetta said.

“The cub or cubs were young, born this spring.”

He said it was impossible to tell if there were one or two cubs.

Conservation officers were on the scene all day, but Caravetta said the bear hadn’t been back to the site.

“That is common for a bear that has been traumatized,” he said.

“The victims were traumatized but the bear was frightened too.”

Caravetta said conservation officers have decided not to track the bear because she was exhibiting normal behaviour by defending a kill and her cubs.

“There is absolutely no history of this bear in the area. We canvassed neighbours all day. She’s been raising her cubs since spring with no problems.

“Based on that, we made the decision that we will not destroy her.”

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OTTAWA — Vancouver MP Joyce Murray is joining the federal Liberal leadership contest with a daring call for co-operation with other progressive parties in the next election to ensure defeat of Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.

Murray says she believes Liberals, New Democrats and Greens should have the option of conducting run-off nominations to choose a single candidate in tightly contested ridings where a united progressive front would guarantee defeat of the ruling Tories.

She is the first contender to broach the controversial idea, which is consistent with her broader pitch that she is a collaborative politician who brings unique perspectives and attributes to the race.

“One of the things that I bring is just the full spectrum of the Canadian experience,” the 58-year-old told The Canadian Press in an interview shortly before officially announcing her leadership campaign Monday.

“I’m an immigrant (from South Africa), a woman, a mother who went back to school while building a business ... and then I pull that together in a way that is typical of women, which is working with people, collaborating, co-operating, finding a

way forward and then delivering.”

Murray noted she is also the only contender so far with any decisionmaking experience in government, having served as a cabinet minister in British Columbia.

She said her background leaves her uniquely positioned to balance environmental sustainability and economic growth.

She’s a former environment minister, but also a successful businesswoman, who co-founded with her husband a reforestation company that now employs 600 fulltime and 600 part-time employees in five countries and which planted its billionth tree last year.

At a news conference to launch her campaign, Murray also touted her credentials as a westerner, although she would not directly slag leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau for a two-yearold television interview in which he lamented the sorry state of the country when run by Albertans rather than Quebecers.

“I am not planning to give the Conservatives their next three or four attack ads in this campaign,” she said, adding that she doesn’t accept the notion that the race will be a boring coronation unless contenders are “tackling each other in the boxing ring.”

Ex-Salvation Army official charged after missing toys found THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The former executive director of a Salvation Army facility was charged Monday, following the discovery of a massive cache of toys police said were stolen from the charity and bound for a booming black market.

Three tractor-trailers worth of toys were found over the weekend in a cold cellar warehouse in Brampton, Ont., and in a facility in Toronto.

It’s hoped the toys can be returned to the Salvation Army in time for the charity to distribute them this holiday season, police said Monday.

The toys and other gifts and products, including two bicycles donated by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, were either taken from the Salvation Army warehouse in Toronto or diverted before they got to the facility and were to be sold for profit, police say.

“This is obviously something that myself, as an investigator with 23 years of experience, I haven’t seen anything to this magnitude before,” said Det.-Sgt. James Gotell. “It’s a terrible shame when people donate their good, hardearned money towards buying toys for the needy in the holiday times and these articles are now being redirected for profit and that’s what we’re alleging. It’s a very sorry case.”

David Rennie, 51, of Toronto, has been charged with 17 counts of possession of property obtained by crime, 10 counts of theft over $5,000, seven counts of theft under $5,000, criminal breach of trust, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and several counts relating to trafficking in stolen goods.

“We’re alleging the thefts took place under David Rennie’s control and without the permission of the Salvation Army,” said Det. Robert Strain.

THE CANADIAN PRESS SAGUENAY, Que. — A Quebec municipality was in court fighting to keep prayers at city council meetings and it kicked off its case Monday by citing the preamble to the Constitution.

The lawyer for Saguenay’s colourful mayor, Jean Tremblay, pointed during his opening arguments to the very first words in the 1982 Constitution Act. The document begins: “Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.”

That fundamental document was cited by Claude Armand Sheppard, a lawyer for the Saguenay mayor who is trying to reverse a decision banning prayers before meetings.

Tremblay says he’s also fighting to preserve the province’s Roman Catholic heritage.

He launched a fundraising drive to raise money for the court case, which started after a complaint from a local resident.

The Quebec human rights tribunal had ordered the prayers be stopped, the crucifix in the city council chamber be removed and that damages be paid to the citizen who complained.

The Quebec Court of Appeal is now hearing the case.

Tremblay says many Saguenay residents support his fight and have given him money to fund the legal battle: “For sure, when you go to court, you expect to win,” he said in an interview Sunday.

“But it is not only the trial of Jean Tremblay.

It is more than that: it is about the whole culture of Quebec.”

The mayor’s legal team is arguing that the ban threatens traditions and institutions such as Canadian currency, the national anthem, oaths, monuments and religious holidays.

Another one of Tremblay’s lawyers, Richard Bergeron, said Monday that the country is loaded with religious symbols and he warned

that the case against the mayor could lead to an aseptic public space.

He said it could eventually lead to the iconic crucifix atop Montreal’s Mount Royal, and a large statue of Virgin Mary in Saguenay, being removed.

Bergeron urged the court to judge the case on its merits and not on the combative reputation of the mayor.

He quipped, in a possible allusion to the province’s ongoing corruption scandals: “Wouldn’t you rather have a mayor who worships than a mayor who worships money?”

The opposing side cast its case as a matter of fairness.

The lawyer for the Mouvement laique

quebecois, the secular group challenging the mayor, said the current practice discriminates against people who don’t want to participate in prayers.

Lawyer Luc Alarie said those people have to wait outside the chamber at the start of a council meeting, and risk missing part of it, and therefore be deprived of their constitutional right to be treated equally within a political forum.

The appeals-court judges challenged the securalists’ line of reasoning.

“There’s no coercion in that kind of rule,” said Justice Benoit Morin, one of three judges hearing the case. “Nobody’s forcing (your client) to leave the room.”

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Combating the profound isolation that some teens feel online is seen as one of the keys to stopping cyber-bullying.

DIGITAL USE VS. DIGITAL ABUSE HELPING TEENS UNDERSTAND THE BOUNDARIES OF ONLINE BEHAVIOUR

BY EMILY BAZELON ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Recently, a 15-year-old named Kylie tweeted her suicidal thoughts, and a Twitter account called @KillYourselfKylie tweeted back a series of ugly responses. These included “We have 3 b----es who should cut and drink bleach” and “I think i just made someone cut herself yayayyyy” and “We hate you just die . . . “ That last note was followed by a list of six first names — apparently teenagers who knew Kylie.

“Thats it. Im done,” Kylie wrote back. @KillyYourselfKylie replied, “I WILL NEVER LET YOU IN PEACE . . . NEVER!!!”

At this point, the Internet groups Anonymous and Rustle League showed up in Kylie’s Twitter stream. “We’ll get to work on this problem NOW,” one message promised. Another one addressed itself to Kylie’s tormenters, “So, you think this is FUNNY? Let me introduce you to the REAL Internet Hate Machine, you dumb-a-- bullying Twats. Game: On.” What followed, in an exchange collected by the Daily Dot, was a series of threats and mewling apologies. The Anonymous and Rustle League rescuers threatened to post the full names of the teenagers who’d been goading Kylie, unless she made it clear that they’d apologized. When Kylie reappeared on Twitter — blessedly tweeting thank yous to her supporters — she found messages like this one waiting for her: “It’s nice to see the power of twitter do good.

It’s a new day for you, @YayyImKyliebaby. A new beginning, with your new friends.”

I’m not in favour of outing minors for their online misconduct, but I can’t read the full Daily Dot account without cheering for Anonymous and Rustle League. In writing about bullying, I’ve seen too many posts, on several social network sites, in which kids suggest that other kids should go kill themselves. I find it utterly dismaying and weird — why on earth would anyone court that kind of danger?

Think how these kids would have felt if Kylie had taken their bait. I agree with Laura Beck at Jezebel that it would have been nice to see some of Kylie’s

peers step up to defend her, but in their absence, I’ll take the adults who showed up this time to police the Internet. The personal attack on Kylie is much more harmful than spewing racism about President Obama, however gross that is. The web can make life worse for vulnerable teenagers — and, this time thanks to Anonymous and Rustle League, it can also make life better.

Another example of good online citizenship: MTV’s efforts to get kids to out themselves or people they know for crossing over from “digital use to digital abuse.” This is happening on a popular app called Over the Line? The app hosts more than 6,800 posts, like this one: “Okay soo this boy ask 4 a pic of me without a top on, cause he sent me a pic of his . . . I really don’t want to. . . . Idk wat 2 do HELP!!!” Users can post anonymously or by name. Other users vote on whether the behaviour described is over, on, or under the line — meaning, socially acceptable or not. (Being asked to send a topless photo when you don’t want to: definitely over the line.)

Now MTV is rolling out a new feature, based on a partnership with a lab at MIT. The lab designed an algorithm that categorizes users’ stories and then helps them find other stories that are similar in terms of subject matter. The idea is that kids posting about bad online behaviour will know they have company, and with luck, will find comfort in seeing their own troubles in the context of others’ struggles and solutions. It’s crowd-sourcing, by and for teenagers, about the boundaries of online behaviour.

“We wanted to help our audience come up with their own answers,” said Jason Rzepka, senior vicepresident of public affairs for MTV. “Rather than us putting up a list of digitals do’s and don’ts, it’s more valuable to ask them to collectively draw the line between what’s innocent and appropriate, and what’s not.”

The evidence that MTV’s approach speaks to its demographic comes from the time users spend with the app. They’ve posted more than 350,000 story ratings and spend seven minutes on Over the Line?, on average per visit, which on the Internet is enviable.

It was a relief to think about the good the web can

do as I read Oddly Normal, New York Times reporter John Schwartz’s sensitive and perceptive account of his son Joe’s suicide attempt at the age of 13. Joe was gay but just coming out when he swallowed handfuls of pills, and he spent a couple of weeks in a locked psych ward after his parents found him in the bathroom.

In the period that followed, Schwartz watched his son in fear and then tried to analyze what had gone wrong, at home and at school. He’s willing to write about “our own missed clues along the way, so agonizingly clear in hindsight.” The best thing about this book is that it’s not about blame: It’s about understanding. Even the mean kids — so often lately the target of “bullycide” narratives — aren’t portrayed as ogres.

Schwartz explains that gay teenagers are at higher risk than straight kids for attempting suicide, and he talks about the way in which it was harder for Joe to find social acceptance. There was no Gay-Straight Alliance at his middle school, for example, and those groups can be a crucial buffer for kids who are unhappily questioning their sexuality. But Schwartz doesn’t demonize the kids who made stupid comments to his son about sex and homosexuality. “It wasn’t harassment, since they didn’t know he was gay,” Schwartz writes. “But because Joseph knew he was gay, the comments — and the fact that he didn’t feel comfortable participating — increased his sense of isolation.”

It’s profound isolation that the Anonymous/Rustle League intervention for Kylie, and MTV’s Over the Line? tool, are trying to combat. For some kids, like Joseph, there is help to be found at home — by the end of Schwartz’s book, I felt like his son’s great luck was to have two parents who made mistakes, sure, but who did their utmost to learn how to support him. That’s still the ideal. But even the best parents can’t protect their kids from everything the Internet serves up.

Emily Bazelon (@emilybazelon) is a Slate senior editor and writes about law, family, and kids. Her forthcoming book Sticks and Stones: The New World of Bullying, will be published next spring.

In defence of Christmas decorations A recent poll in my hometown revealed some shocking statistics. Well, shocking to me anyway. It would appear that 86 percent of my neighbours feel Christmas starts too early, 10 percent think it can’t start early enough and four percent feel the season is being overlooked altogether.

At the risk of slapping a target on my chest, I have a confession to make...I cast my lot with the 10 percent. Oh the shame of it all! But it’s true.

I’m part of the small minority who feels you can’t flip those LED lights on soon enough.

Well, with a small caveat of waiting until Halloween is done. After that, it’s full steam to tinsel town. Woo, woo!

SHANNON For those of us that like to MCKINNON decorate getting everything hung and strung can take at least a week; usually two. If we were to wait until the first of December (as so often seems to be the date opponents bandy about) we would only finish decorating a week before Christmas; the same week that is lost to baking, cooking and cleaning. Before you know it the big day would be upon us like a finger snap and we wouldn’t have had so much as an afternoon to relax and enjoy the decorations. It would be nothing but a panic to get the decorations up, only to take them down again before the mistletoe had scarcely stopped swinging. And that’s why I try to decorate in

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Our own modest string of lights usually go onto the house around November 15th and decorations start going up shortly after that. If all goes to plan, this gives me approximately two short weeks of down time to reflect on things like joy, love and peace. The things I love most about the season. I never knew I was annoying anyone. In fact every time I flip on our outdoor Christmas lights I always felt a rush of pleasure that I was providing a heart lift for people driving by. It never once occurred to me I was getting on their nerves instead.

I understand the objection to the seasonal belch of consumerism and the insane pressure to overspend. Christmas shopping should be approached like gambling; know your limits and spend within it! Or forgo gifts altogether. It should be more about each other’s presence than presents anyway. And there are so many traditions to be had and warm memories to be made that cost nothing at all.

Oddly, the things that people seem to object to the most are the very things that are free. When our kids were small a big part of the season was loading them up and driving around town to look at all the Christmas displays. As we made our rounds I always appreciated how much work people went to so people like us could drive by and enjoy it. Decorating the outside of one’s home seems like such a selfless enterprise. Face it, you don’t. Face it that is.

Instead all your decorating efforts face the street. If we were decorating for our own enjoyment we would pour our efforts into garnishing the house across the street instead of our own.

November carols being piped over loudspeakers

from businesses and stores are another thing that seems to get on 86 percent of people’s nerves. And yet, once again, it’s something that is free and provided strictly for the enjoyment of shoppers. I suppose in the case of department stores there might be the hope you will get so caught up in humming Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer you’ll overspend, but it’s not like you’re being taxed to pay for their music collection.

Wait a minute! I just had a thought. Maybe the reason 86 percent voted against an early Christmas start is because they were the only ones with time on their hands to vote. The rest were too busy stapling up lights, playing carols and hanging wreaths. Think about it. Would 86 percent of the population really object if only 14 percent of the houses were being prematurely decorated? It would have to be more than that.

But obviously I’m being defensive. The voters have had their say and I am forced to concede I’m in the minority on this one. Ah, well, our differences are to be celebrated along with the season. Every opinion has the right to be heard. Whether we celebrate Hanukah, the birth of the Christ child, the return of the sun or simply the gathering of family and friends, how lucky we are to live in a country where we can celebrate – or not celebrate - however and how early we choose.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to hang some more...er, never mind.

Shannon McKinnon is a humour columnist from Northern BC. You can catch up on past columns by visiting www.shannonmckinnon.com

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Christmas not about cash or flashiest gadget Question: Our holiday budget looks � Focus on spiritual, not material, grim this year. How can we enjoy the things. For many, Christmas has beChristmas season without stressing come an excuse to worship at the alabout money? tar of materialism. Even if you don’t Jim: Times are tough for many fami- embrace Christmas as a celebration lies! Here’s some holiday budgeting of Christ’s birth, you can use it to talk advice adapted from financial with your kids about the guru Ron Blue: dangers of commercial� Don’t spend more on ism.

Christmas than you can afford. � Give something to Ideally, you should start planyourself. Make a commitning your spending early in ment to pay off debt, start the year, setting aside money an emergency fund or live for presents. Resist the urge within your means in the to put big-ticket purchases on coming year. your credit card. � Build memories. � Give something of lastLook for opportunities to ing value. Kids don’t need spend meaningful time big, flashy toys. Try to come with your kids during this up with gift ideas that truly holiday season. They’ll JIM align with their unique interremember these moments DALY ests and personalities -- things for the rest of their lives, they’ll use repeatedly, such as long after the toys and books or board games, rather trinkets have journeyed than those that will be cast to the landfill. aside by the end of Christmas Question: We lost our Day. home in a fire last month. � Do something meaningful for My husband and I know we have a long someone else. Some of the best gifts in- road to recovery, but we’re especially volve a simple investment of time. In- worried about our kids. Will the trauvolve the entire family in doing a good ma of this experience impact them deed for a neighbor or relative. long-term?

FOCUS ON FAMILY

Leon Wirth, executive director of Parenting and Youth: We’re sorry for your loss. I personally know that trauma; our family lost a house in a fire five days before Christmas when I was 10 years old. Be prepared for an emotional roller coaster as your kids deal with the aftermath. Here are some suggestions to help them heal: � Keep them in a routine as much as possible. Create a predictable atmosphere of normalcy, perhaps by taking a daily walk or having a regular story time. � Encourage your kids to be honest with their emotions. Don’t let them bury their pain and fear inside. Let them know it’s OK to be sad. � Accept your kids’ emotions for what they are. Whatever reaction they’re experiencing is “normal� for them. For young kids, this often takes the form of acting out. For teens, it may mean becoming more withdrawn. � Don’t avoid discussing the loss of your home, but don’t obsess about it either. Help your kids explore nonverbal ways of processing the tragedy — such as through drawing, painting or journaling. � Provide your kids with opportunities to meet other kids and families

‘KIDS DON’T NEED BIG, FLASHY TOYS. TRY TO COME UP WITH GIFT IDEAS THAT TRULY ALIGN WITH THEIR UNIQUE INTERSTS AND PERSONALITIES.’ who have endured similar traumas. � Be mindful of the way you’re processing your own emotions in their presence. They’ll take a lot of cues from you. It’s okay for them to know you’re hurting, too, but be aware that your emotions can also be misread and cause a sense of panic or despair unnecessarily. � If your kids are having a particularly difficult time dealing with this loss in the form of persistent and extreme mood swings, nightmares or bad behavior, don’t hesitate to seek the assistance of a qualified counselor. The same goes for you and your husband.

Contact Focus on the Family (www. focusonthefamily.com) for a free consultation and referral.

Catch up with Jim Daly at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/ DailyFocus.

Using adversity as a great learning experience Great Uncle Lloyd came for a visit and spotted the section of tree. After studying it he declared, “You should keep this around so folks can see what happens when something gets wrapped around you for long enough.� Yes, it’s still around. “Never tell me the sky’s the limit

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Fear may always be an element of the Like the small poplar, many of us unexpected or the undesired, but if we are entwined by circumstances that can open ourselves to the life lessons grow out of our control around us, that contained within, we can move through shape who we are and how we appear. each experience and emerge wiser and Unfortunately, for some the â&#x20AC;&#x153;honey- more enlightened. suckleâ&#x20AC;? is adversity in one form or anâ&#x20AC;&#x153;I will not die an unlived life,â&#x20AC;? other, unwanted and unexpected expe- wrote American best-selling author riences that cause fear and uncertain- Dawna Markova. ty. Our personal honeysuckle strangles â&#x20AC;&#x153;I will not live in fear of falling or our best intentions and potential for catching fire. I choose to inhabit my growth. days, to allow my living to open me, to How would our lives be different make me less afraid, more accessible, if we could be more like the poplar, to loosen my heart until it becomes a adapting to the forces around us? wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to What if â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like the honeysuckle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; ad- risk my significance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to live so that versity didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strangle us, but rather which comes to me as seed goes to the helped us to become something differ- next as blossom and that which comes ent â&#x20AC;&#x201D; something remarkable? When to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.â&#x20AC;? you think back on those times of gutAs the story goes, sometime later wrenching personal crisis BEST BUY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Correction Notice â&#x20AC;&#x201D; can you see that they On page 3 of the November 23 flyer, the Acer 3rd Generation IntelÂŽ Coreâ&#x201E;˘ i3 were also your moments Processor (V5-571P-6627) (WebCode: 10223559) was advertised with an incorrect specification.

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This is actually the first step in our personal evolution.

As our old selves are placed under increasing pressure, we shift into a state of resistance. We move into a defensive mode, ruthlessly defending our old self.

If the onslaught persists, we may begin to make unwanted compromises with ourselves or attempt to run away from the situation. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an old saying: what will come to pass will eventually come to pass. It may take weeks, months or even years, but life will eventually drag us kicking and screaming â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or with head hung in resignation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; through the doorway of self-discovery.

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changes, and isolation or existing medical conditions which inhibit the opportunities to get out and exercise and socialize. Consider tweaking your lifestyle and habits to create the optimum conditions for a restful night.

We take sleeping for granted, however it is important to set ourselves up for a good sleep. It probably goes without saying, but here’s a gentle reminder anyway: limit caffeine, alcohol, and excessive nicotine before bedtime. Eat your last meal of the day several hours before hitting the sack, and try to minimize your intake of liquids, too.

Keeping your mind engaged and occupied during the day helps our body feel ready for sleep in the evening. Managing stress and engaging in activities that improve your mood, including exercise, are helpful. Yoga, tai chi, acupuncture or acupressure are other alternatives you could explore.

Your circadian rhythm loves when you maintain a regular schedule of sleep and wakefulness, even on weekends and holidays. Create a comfortable environment for sleeping, one that is quiet, not too warm, and doesn’t contain triggers that will cause wakefulness. For example, rolling over in bed and seeing your home office in your bedroom might cause stress, and lead to wakefulness. For this reason, relocate your TV and computer out of the bedroom. You may even want to place your timepiece somewhere in the room where you are unable to immediately see it.

Watching the clock turn over the minutes and hours only induces more wakeful anxiety.

Instead, try to carry out soothing bedtime rituals, perhaps a warm bath or dimming the lights, to prepare your body and mind for rest. Writing in your journal can help alleviate worries, freeing your mind for relaxation. Try stress reducing techniques such as meditation and deep breathing.

If you are concerned that you may be suffering from an sleep disorder, and not a temporary situation, discuss the use of medications or other therapies with your health care provider. While there are over the counter remedies, it is dangerous to combine sleeping aids with other medications that you may be taking.

A source of information is canadiansleepsociety.ca website. Always seek professional guidance, and rest easy that there is plenty of help available to a achieve a good night’s sleep.

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By Pam Snowdon No matter what your age, it’s important to sleep like a baby. Maybe you no longer need quite the same number of hours of “z”s that you once did, however the quality of your sleep is a factor in maintaining maximum health. While sleep remains important to your well being throughout your life, there are some misconceptions about the normal signs of aging, changing sleep patterns, and the signs of disorders.

A good night’s sleep is essential to both physical and emotional well being, as it allows your body to repair itself and refresh the immune system as you sleep. We all know how groggy and off our game we feel following a bad sleep: cranky, drowsiness, memory problems, and a lack of concentration that inhibits the ability to carry out daily tasks. This can be a dangerous state, particularly if you get behind the wheel of your car or other equipment.

In seniors, sleepiness can lead to risks of falls, injuries, and the need to add medicines to the regimen.

Poor attention or concentration caused by sleepiness can compound these problems. It can even lead to depression, with its own attendant risks to your health and happiness. As well, some research now suggests that there is a link between poor sleep and diabetes, weight gain, coronary disease, and other health risks.

Most of the time we carry out our daily round blissfully unaware that our bodies are following the beat of our personal circadian rhythm. This “body clock” signals our brain and other organs when it is time to release and regulate chemicals and hormones wakefulness between the cycles. You may find as you that are beneficial to our immune system, metabolism, get older that you tend to want to go to sleep earlier and other essential systems. Circadian rhythm inform in the evening, and consequently rise earlier, too. You our body when to rest, and then wakens us when may feel the need to nap during the day, as well. These needed. If you have ever suffered from jet lag, you changes are normal, and will probably not create a have experienced the negative effects of a disruption negative impact on your day to day life. According to 2005 literature from the Canadian Sleep Society, to your circadian rhythm.

Restful sleep is a vital component of circadian sleep patterns are “modified” as we age, but for many rhythm. During the night your body cycles in and healthy seniors these changes go mostly unnoticed out of five different sleep cycles. Each one lasts and don’t cause concerns.

Other changes, however, are not normal signs of approximately ninety minutes. The initial stage is aging.

For example, insomnia is a disorder which does the act of falling into sleep. This light sleep leads to not come with the territory of being a senior. Waking up the second stage, where the body temperature drops. tired day after day, or repeatedly experiencing episodes In stage three, a deeper sleep, and the body releases in which you can’t fall back asleep can be indication hormones that stimulate cell growth, and begins the of a disorder.

Insomnia is another disorder which does act of restoration. The deep sleep of stage four results not automatically come in a state where the high level functions of the body are shut down, followed by the rapid eye movement, with aging. The Canadian or REM, stage. Now in a much deeper sleep, in stage Sleep Society reports that five the areas of the brain concerned with memory and changes in sleep patterns change through the emotions become highly active, resulting in dreams. lifespan.

While your body may cycle through these stages Many factors can affect over and over during the night, if any of the cycles are your ability to have a good interrupted and incomplete, you may not feel rested night’s sleep, including upon waking. Therefore, it’s important to get a certain stress and anxiety, the use number of hours of sleep in order for your body to of some medications, an carry out healing and restoration. How much sleep do inadequate diet, and some seniors need? While it varies from person to person, depending on certain factors (for example the impact lifestyle habits.Seniors of medications you may be taking, whether you are may be vulnerable to poor going through a time of great stress or life changes, sleep due to the stress of experiencing menopausal hot flashes) older adults experiencing major life need somewhere between seven and a half to nine hours of sleep.

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degree of sleep apnea, yet 95 per cent of those are unaware of their condition.

Having a “bed partner” who can detect and inform you about excessive snoring, or if you seem to stop breathing during sleep, can be helpful. However, while sleep apnea is found across all age groups, getting feedback from another person is difficult for seniors who may no longer have a partner, and are living and sleeping alone.

Dr. Krivuzoff-Sanderson conducts complimentary initial screening at her office in Red Deer. This screening can detect blockages in the nasal passages that may be interrupting air flow as well as the collapsibility potential of the tissues of the throat. “The results from this screening may indicate that a sleep test should be carried out,” she says. “There are a couple of choices for testing. You can attend a sleep lab, where your sleep is observed and monitored, although you are sleeping in an unknown bed in a facility.”

Another alternative is an at-home test, available from her clinic, which also monitors your sleep while you are at home in familiar and comfortable surroundings. After the data collected by the chest pack is returned to the office, the results are sent away to be analyzed and diagnosed by a certified sleep physician. A dentist is not qualified to diagnose sleep apnea, she says.

Once a diagnosis is made, the physician will recommend a course of treatment. The “gold standard” for treatment of severe cases is use of a Continuous Positive Air Pressure, or CPAP, machine which blows a uninterrupted stream of air into the throat passage. As effective as the CPAP is, however, some people may find it uncomfortable or claustrophobic.

For this reason, the wearer may give up using the CPAP machine. “The treatment that could save their life may then just end up in the closet “ says Dr. Krivuzoff-Sanderson. She cites the case of deceased Green Bay Packers football player Reggie White, who was diagnosed with sleep apnea, and who later died of a massive heart attack. Unfortunately he didn’t wear his CPAP machine. “Those who are not compliant with the wearing of their CPAP machine for whatever reason should seek an alternative treatment, “ say Dr. Krivuzoff-Sanderson, “perhaps using a dental appliance, or surgery.”

Mild and moderate cases of sleep apnea may be treatable with the use of a dental appliance. By advancing the jaw and tongue forward, and slightly opening the throat to allow for the flow of air into the throat, the appliance is efficient in alleviating symptoms.

Advances in the treatments are always under development for this silent killer.

Dr. Krivuzoff-Sanderson says that her focus is on the health of her patients.

“By offering this screening and testing service, I hope to create awareness, and to help people live a better life.”

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By Pam Snowdon Red Deer dentist Dr. Caroline Krivuzoff-Sanderson says people in her profession are well positioned to help their patients determine if they have serious disorders such as sleep apnea.

“As a dentist, I’m concerned with my patients’ overall health, not just their teeth. After all, the mouth is the gateway into the body, and so we ask questions about things that have an impact, such as breathing and sleep related disorders, “ she says. Some health conditions manifest as oral symptoms that come to the attention of dentists in the course of their work, including the acidic erosion of tooth enamel, a poor ability for healing of mouth tissues, or inflammation.

In particular, Dr. KrivuzoffSanderson wants to create a wider awareness of the seriousness of sleep apnea. Known as the “silent killer”, this disorder often goes undetected and untreated. Sleep apnea is the cessation of breathing for ten seconds or more when sleeping. “There are two kinds of this disorder, “ according to Dr. KrivuzoffSanderson. “The more common type is known as obstructive sleep apnea, where the tongue falls back and blocks the airway.”

Other common symptoms of sleep apnea are loud snoring, excessive sleepiness during the day, high blood pressure, and low energy. In fact, the lack of concentration caused by poor sleep is the most common cause of workplace accidents. “Many of those who exhibit mouth breathing during sleep could actually have a sleep related breathing disorder, “ she says.

“Other symptoms can include GERD (Gastroestrophageal disease, also known as acid reflux or heartburn), morning headaches, gasping and choking while sleeping, and diabetes,” says Dr. Krivuzoff-Sanderson. Chronic interruptions in sleep patterns can lead to memory and social problems, even sexual dysfunction. Not surprisingly, it’s difficult to feel sociable, attentive, and romantic when you are literally dying for a good night’s sleep.

Some contributing factors to sleep apnea appear to be obesity and a large neck circumference, although that is not always the case. While menopausal women are also at risk, nevertheless there is a higher incidence of sleep apnea among men. For some women, in particular, snoring is embarrassing and difficult to admit to or talk about, perhaps because it is perceived as unfeminine.

“The most dangerous aspect of sleep apnea, “ Dr. Krivuzoff-Sanderson explains “is that every time the airway is blocked and breathing stops, the oxygen level in your blood drops. This is known as desaturation. Your blood pressure then increases, and your heart must beat harder to get oxygen out to your cells and organs. Gradually and cumulatively, this oxygen starvation takes its toll on your body It increases the chances of heart attack or stroke. It can take between 12 and 15 years off your life.”

Sleep apnea interrupts the sleep cycles, so the body doesn’t reach the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage which is crucial for the regeneration of vital organs and systems. The hormone ghrelin is affected, for example, which functions to tell the brain that the body has to be fed, and is known to be important in the development of obesity, linking sleep disorders to diabetes.

Dr. KrivuzoffSanderson says that one in five people have some

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Rebels crease gets crowded ADD VETERAN GOALTENDER TO PUSH FOR BACKUP JOB EVAN LONGORIA

RAYS EXTEND LONGORIA Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria has agreed to a new contract through 2022 that adds six guaranteed seasons and $100 million. The agreement announced Monday with the three-time All-Star incorporates the remainder of the 27-year-old’s existing contract, which called for him to earn about $36.5 million over the next four seasons. The new deal includes a team option for 2023.

Just six games into his major league career, Longoria agreed in April 2008 to a $17.5 million, six-year contract that included club options that could make the deal worth $44 million over nine seasons.

Tuesday

● Men’s basketball: Carpet Doctor vs.

Monstars, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Tagish Lakers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday

● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer Parkland at Lacombe, 7 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Carstar vs. Tiffany’s Fatboys, Investors Group vs. Rusty Chuckers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● College basketball: King’s at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, 7:45 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Maple Leafs at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Major bantam hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer White, 8 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Midget AA hockey: Innisfail at Red Deer Pro Stitch, 8 p.m., Kin City A.

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BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Suddenly, the Red Deer Rebels have a crowded crease.

Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter added Spencer Tremblay to the club’s goaltending mix on Monday. The 18-year-old Winnipeg product was with the Moose Jaw Warriors last season and was released by the Moncton Wildcats of the QMJHL in early November.

Red Deer netminders Patrik Bartosak and Bolton Pouliot already qualified as company, so it appears as though three is now a crowd.

Not necessarily, Spencer Tremblay Sutter pointed out, especially with No. 1 stopper Bartosak possibility lost to the club for a month starting in early December.

“We have a situation here where there’s a good possibility Bartosak is going to leave for the world junior championship, which

means he’d be gone for a month,” said Sutter. “During that time we’re going to need two goaltenders who can give us opportunities to win games.

“I didn’t want to take a 15- or 16-year-old out of a midget program, I just felt it was best if we could get a more experienced guy to come in here and compete with Bolton for the backup job for the rest of the (calendar) year.”

In the event that Bartosak does join the Czech Republic team for the WJC, by the time he returns either Pouliot or Tremblay will have emerged as the Rebels’ caddy. At least that’s the plan.

“Whoever wins it will be the guy here for the rest of the season,” said Sutter. “The other guy will play junior A and they both will have the opportunity next fall to compete for the No. 1 job here. This move is strictly based on competition. At the end of the day we need our back-up goaltending to win us some games.

“Nothing against Bolton, but after being around here as coach the past week and a half and on the ice during practice, I just feel that there needs to be more urgency at that position.”

Tremblay posted a 7-4-3 record last winter in Moose Jaw, to go with one shutout, a 3.62 goals-against average and an .896 save

percentage. He was waived through the WHL during the off-season and joined the Wildcats, with whom he was 1-0-0 with a 4.42 GAA and .849 save percentage in three starts.

He was replaced in Moncton by — somewhat ironically — former Prince Albert Raiders stopper Cole Holowenko.

“It didn’t work out in Moose Jaw, so I went to Moncton and the same there happened there,” said Tremblay, who practised with his new club on Monday. “I went home to Winnipeg hoping that something would come up and luckily it did.”

Rebels director of scouting and player development Randy Peterson talked to Tremblay’s mother and Sutter was in contact with the goaltender on Friday.

“I’m happy to be here. It seems like a nice city,” said the six-foot-one, 181-pound netminder.

Tremblay isn’t a stranger to the entire Rebels team. He played with the midget AAA Winnipeg Wild during the 2010-11 season and defenceman Kevin Pochuk and forwards Christian Stockl and Jesse Miller were with the Wild last winter.

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Newton’s four TDs lead Panthers over Eagles THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Panthers 30 Eagles 22 PHILADELPHIA — Cam Newton returned to his rookie form to outshine a seventhround draft pick starting his first game since high school.

Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more to lead the Carolina Panthers to a 30-22 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the NFC. Bryce Brown set a club rookie record with 178 yards rushing, including TD runs of 65 and 5 yards, but the Eagles (3-8) still lost their seventh straight game.

Brown, filling in for injured running back LeSean McCoy, surpassed Correll Buckhalter’s rookie mark of 134 yards rushing in his first start since his senior year at Wichita East High School in 2008. But Brown also lost two fumbles, including one in Panthers’ territory.

Fellow rookie Nick Foles was so-so in his second straight start for Michael Vick, who also sat out with a concussion. Foles was 16 of 21 for 119 yards. Carolina (3-8) went ahead 24-22 early in the fourth quarter on Graham Gano’s 23-yard field goal.

Then the Panthers finally stopped Brown when it mattered most, stuffing him on a fourth-and-1 to take over on downs at their 40. Newton led them downfield, running in from the 2 to make it 30-22.

Gano, signed last week, missed the extra point. But Brandon Boykin fumbled after a 44-yard kickoff return, the Panthers recovered and held the ball the final 4:29.

Newton, who hadn’t played up to his sensational rookie season, showed no signs of a sophomore slump against Philadelphia’s porous pass defence. He finished 18 of 28 for 306 yards.

Newton had a 24-yard TD toss over the middle to a wideopen Gary Barnidge for a 7-3 lead. He connected with Brandon LaFell on a 43-yard pass to make it 14-3 later in the first quarter. LaFell was wide open on the play, taking advantage of another breakdown in coverage in the secondary.

Since Todd Bowles replaced Juan Castillo as defensive coordinator, the Eagles have allowed 13 passing touchdowns and haven’t had an interception in five games.

Newton led a 95-yard drive to open the third quarter, finishing it off with a 1-yard leap to give the Panthers a 21-15 lead.

Newton hit Louis Murphy for a 55-yard gain on a second-and-11 from Carolina’s 16.

A 51-yard pass interference call on Haruki Nakamura on Foles’ deep pass to Jeremy Maclin put Philadelphia at the Panthers 5. Brown then ran in for the go-ahead score.

Brown broke loose early in the second quarter to get Philadelphia within 14-12. Brown started up the middle, cut outside and outran the defence down the right sideline for the seventh-longest TD run by a Philadelphia rookie. The Eagles inexplicably tried a 2-point conversion and failed.

Alex Henery’s 45-yard field goal gave them a 15-14 lead.

Henery kicked a 41-yarder to cut it to 14-6 in the second quarter. It was his 18th straight field goal, setting a team record.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton hurdles Philadelphia Eagles strong safety Nate Allen to score a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game, Monday, in Philadelphia.

Argos had right mix of talent and personality GREY CUP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ricky Ray saw it coming out of training camp. These Toronto Argonauts had a special bond.

They might not have been the biggest, fastest or most heralded. But they had each other’s back.

Ray, who came over from the Edmonton Eskimos in a blockbuster off-season trade, credits GM Jim Barker and rookie head coach Scott Milanovich for choosing the right pieces in assembling what was to become a Grey Cup champion squad.

“Scott and the staff and Jim coming out of training camp didn’t necessarily pick the best most talented guys,” said the veteran quarterback. “They picked guys that were going to be good teammates over some of those guys.

“That’s where it’s got to start with, it’s got to start with the locker-room and how everybody gets along and everybody playing for each other out there. I think that’s been the biggest difference for us.”

Barker says he and Milanovich both believe “it’s not necessarily the 46 best players but it’s the best 46 players.”

“That means the 46 that can work together the best,” the GM said in an interview Monday. “Through the year, we went through players and we did make different moves but it was about finding the right blend of players — of veterans and rookies.”

Milanovich referred to that brotherhood in his pre-game speech Sunday.

“Find strength in your teammates when things gets tough,” he said.

An even-keeled coach who prepares me-

ticulously, Milanovich laid out what was expected. Argos players knew they didn’t have to worry about the changing moods of their head coach or jump through hoops, just execute what they were told. Barker, meanwhile, said he knew upon acquiring Ray that this team could be special if they made the right moves around him.

Every pro athlete has a history. And the Argonauts do not have a patent on hardluck stories. But finding the diamonds in the rough remains a challenge.

“In this league, there’s a lot of football players out there that have stories, there’s reasons why they maybe aren’t first-round picks in the NFL,” said Barker. “Our job is to go out and uncover those and we go across the country looking for those kind of players.”

Giving them a home leads to ties that bind.

“Everybody on this team, you ask them, somewhere they had to overcome something to get to this point,” Ray said prior to Toronto’s 35-22 championship win over the Calgary Stampeders. “We’re a family, we just came together, stuck together and just played great football.”

Ray noticed something special about his new teams from Day 1 at mini-camp.

“Everybody was ’Hey welcome back,’ giving each other hugs whether you were on offence or defence or special teams,” he recalled. “Lot of times when you play on teams, you kind of have the defensive guys and the offensive guys. And this team has been totally different, everybody gets along regardless of what side you’re on and that’s what you’ve got to have to be able to do things like this.”

Building the team took time. But the rewards for the investment in time and research were worth it.

Chad Owens had already found a home

with the Argos, who have a history with pint-sized returner-receivers (Pinball Clemons). In 2012, he led the league in receiving, set a pro-football record for all-purpose yards, was named the league’s Most Outstanding Player and scored the first touchdown in the Grey Cup. In Ray, he had found his quarterback.

Defensive back Pacino Horne was out of football for two years before the Argos plucked him out of arena football obscurity in May. He paid the team back by running an interception back for 25 yards and the second TD Sunday.

Barker credited defensive co-ordinator Chris Jones for unearthing talent through evaluation camps he holds. Jones leaves Saturday for just such a camp in Los Angeles.

“Guys who show they have the physical skills, he gives a shot to,” said Barker.

They found Horne at a camp in Detroit.

“He paid his $80 and showed what he can do,” said Barker. “He ended up making it to the next step and then finally making it to training camp. And then the ultimate (goal) of finally making the team and holding onto a starting position all year.”

In five-foot-nine running back Chad Kackert, Milanovich and Barker saw a player who had a bigger toolbox than former league rushing leader Cory Boyd. Kackert won MVP honours Sunday after rushing for 133 yards and catching passes for another 62.

“I was just explaining to someone else the road it took to get here,” Kackert said in the leadup to Sunday’s game. “Just thinking back and reflecting, it will humble you.

“Because there are so many guys out there who can play and don’t get their opportunities ... So it’s a real blessing to be here, and to have that opportunity I was given in Week 7 really means a lot.

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Prince Albert 27 18 7 0 2 89 74 Regina 27 11 13 1 2 73 87 Saskatoon 24 11 12 0 1 71 91 Brandon 26 10 13 2 1 77 105 Swift Current 26 9 12 3 2 71 74 Moose Jaw 26 8 11 3 4 66 85 GP Calgary 25 Edmonton 25 Red Deer 28 Lethbridge 28 Medicine Hat 28 Kootenay 23

Central Division W LOTLSOL 17 5 1 2 16 5 2 2 15 11 1 1 13 12 1 2 11 15 2 0 7 15 1 0

GF 82 84 73 84 91 60

Nov. 25 — Brandon Leipsic, C, Portland Winterhawks Nov. 18 — Colin Smith, C, Kamloops Blazers Nov. 11 — Mark McNeill, C, Prince Albert Raiders Nov. 4 — Justin Feser, C, Tri-City Americans Oct. 28 — Curtis Valk, C, Medicine Hat Tigers Oct. 21 — Colin Smith, C, Kamloops Blazers Oct. 14 — JC Lipon, RW, Kamloops Blazers Oct. 7 — JC Lipon, RW, Kamloops Blazers Sept. 30 — Hunter Shinkaruk, LW, Medicine Hat Tigers Sept. 23 — Nicolas Petan, C, Portland Winterhawks

Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Pt 38 25 23 23 23 23

GA 71 59 80 81 94 80

Pt 37 36 32 29 24 15

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Kamloops 28 20 6 1 1 105 70 Kelowna 25 15 8 1 1 103 61 Victoria 25 13 12 0 0 74 84 Prince George 25 9 12 1 3 71 94 Vancouver 24 7 17 0 0 69 102

Pt 42 32 26 22 14

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 25 20 4 1 0 116 53 41 Spokane 25 17 8 0 0 97 71 34 Tri-City 26 16 8 1 1 82 69 34 Seattle 24 11 12 1 0 76 93 23 Everett 28 10 16 0 2 68 104 22 Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Sunday’s result Kelowna 8 Everett 2 Monday’s game No Games Scheduled.

Wednesday’s games Swift Current at Brandon, 6 p.m.

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

Edmonton at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP G A Pts Elson 21 7 10 17 Hamilton 28 1 16 17 Ness 28 7 8 15 Bellerive 26 5 10 15 Dumba 26 6 8 14 Millette 28 6 5 11 Bleackley 28 5 6 11 Gaudet 25 3 6 9 Fleury 28 2 7 9 McCoy 23 1 5 6 Maxwell 28 1 5 6 Johnson 12 3 2 5 Stockl 21 1 4 5 Dieno 5 2 2 4 Underwood 26 1 3 4 Fafard 24 1 2 3 Thiel 17 2 0 2 Pochuk 15 1 0 1 Doetzel 6 0 1 1 Pouliot 9 0 1 1 Boomgaarden 16 0 0 0 Bartosak 23 0 0 0 Miller 23 0 0 0 Goaltending MP GA SO GAA Bartosak 1251 49 1 2.35 Pouliot 451 28 0 3.73

WHL LEADERS Through Nov. 26 SCORING PIM 31 17 13 19 35 14 14 27 6 24 10 11 8 2 41 35 10 0 2 2 26 6 11

+/7 1 -1 -3 -4 -8 -8 7 2 0 -7 4 -2 5 1 4 -6 -2 -1 — -7 — -7

Svs Sv% 686 .933 228 .891

WHL player of the week awards The player of the week awards for the 2012-13 season as announced by the Western Hockey League:

Tuesday’s games Lethbridge at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Lipon, Kam Col.Smith, Kam Petan, Por Bozon, Kam Leipsic, Por Rattie, Por Valk, MH Bell, Kel Shinkaruk, MH Feser, TC St. Croix, Edm

G 21 19 16 16 15 15 16 15 17 17 14

GOALTENDERS (Minimum 750 minutes played) W L O Driedger, Cal 14 4 1 Cheveldave, Kam 15 5 0 Bartosak, RD 13 8 0 Siemens, PA 17 6 2 Lanigan, Por-MH 9 7 0

A 32 33 28 22 23 23 21 22 18 17 20

GAA 2.24 2.34 2.35 2.42 2.43

P 53 52 44 38 38 38 37 37 35 34 34

SO 1 1 1 2 1

AJHL weekend results Sunday’s result Drayton Valley 3 Calgary Mustangs 2 Saturday’s results Brooks 3 Okotoks 1 Camrose 5 Canmore 2 Drumheller 3 Calgary Mustangs 1 Whitecourt 3 Bonnyville 1 Lloydminster 5 Grande Prairie 1 Olds 2 Drayton Valley 1 (OT) Fort McMurray 5 Sherwood Park 4 (SO)

Football Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina PA 244 226 290 319

W 10 7 4 2

South L T 1 0 4 0 7 0 9 0

Pct .909 .636 .364 .182

PF 327 230 238 188

PA 211 273 335 308

W 9 6 6 3

North L T 2 0 5 0 5 0 8 0

Pct .818 .545 .545 .273

PF 283 231 282 209

PA 219 210 247 248

W 8 4 3 1

West L 3 7 8 10

Pct .727 .364 .273 .091

PF 318 245 218 161

PA 221 237 356 301

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 305 Washington 5 6 0 .455 295 Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 Philadelphia 3 8 0 .273 184

PA 226 285 262 282

Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland

Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

Atlanta

W 10

T 0 0 0 0

South L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .909 294 216

6 5 3

5 6 8

0 .545 310 254 0 .455 308 304 0 .273 214 265

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Brooklyn 9 4 .692 — New York 9 4 .692 — Philadelphia 8 6 .571 1 1/2 Boston 8 6 .571 1 1/2 Toronto 3 11 .214 6 1/2

Miami Atlanta Charlotte Orlando Washington

Chicago Green Bay Minnesota Detroit

W 8 7 6 4

North L T 3 0 4 0 5 0 7 0

Pct .727 .636 .545 .364

PF 277 273 248 267

PA 175 245 249 280

San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Arizona

W 8 6 4 4

West L 2 5 6 7

Pct .773 .545 .409 .364

PF 276 219 205 180

PA 155 185 254 227

T 1 0 1 0

Week 12 Sunday’s results Denver 17 Kansas City 9 Chicago 28 Minnesota 10 Cincinnati 34 Oakland 10 Cleveland 20 Pittsburgh 14 Indianapolis 20 Buffalo 13 Jacksonville 24 Tennessee 19 Atlanta 24 Tampa Bay 23 Miami 24 Seattle 21 Baltimore 16 San Diego 13 (OT) St. Louis 31 Arizona 17 San Francisco 31 New Orleans 21 N.Y. Giants 38 Green Bay 10 Thursday’s results Houston 34 Detroit 31 (OT) Washington 38 Dallas 31 New England 49 N.Y. Jets 19 Monday’s game Carolina 30 at Philadelphia 22 Week 13 Thursday, Nov. 29

Southeast Division W L Pct 10 3 .769 8 4 .667 7 6 .538 5 8 .385 0 12 .000

GB — 1 1/2 3 5 9 1/2

Central Division W L Pct 7 5 .583 6 7 .462 6 8 .429 4 11 .267 3 11 .214

GB — 1 1/2 2 4 1/2 5

New Orleans at Atlanta, 6:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 2 Seattle at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

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

Indianapolis at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

New England at Miami, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 6:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 3 N.Y. Giants at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

NFL Odds (Favourites in capital letters; odds supplied by JustBet.cx) Spread O/U Thursday New Orleans at ATLANTA 3.5 56 Sunday Seattle at Chicago NA NA HOUSTON at Tennessee 5.5 47 NEW ENGLAND at Miami 7.5 51 Jacksonville at Buffalo NA NA Indianapolis at DETROIT 5 51 Arizona at NY JETS 4.5 36.5 SAN FRANCISCO at St. Louis 7 40 Minnesota at Green Bay NA NA Tampa Bay at DENVER 6.5 50.5 Cleveland at Oakland NA NA CINCINNATI at San Diego 1.5 46 Monday NY Giants at Washington NA NA

Triple: Bonnie Clermont 806.

Monday Scratch League High Single: Gene Ziebarth 343. High Quad: Terry Ell 1,187.

Sunday Fun League High Single: Rob Bradley 220. High Triple: Jim Olsen 557.

Youth Bowling of Canada (YBC) Bumpers High Single: Dyson Seifried 96.

Bowlasaurus High Single: Alex Rayner 93.

Peewees High Single: Jorja Moyls 104. High Double: Moyls 192 Bantams High Single: Kennedy Chrest 191. High Triple: PJ Clubine 481.

Juniors High Single: Cody Pratt 271. High Triple: Pratt 719.

Seniors High Single: Dylan Yechtel 306. High Triple: Anthony Streit 773.

Basketball

Milwaukee Chicago Indiana Detroit Cleveland

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 8 3 0 .727 407 Miami 5 6 0 .455 211 N.Y. Jets 4 7 0 .364 221 Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 243

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

Heritage Lanes Weekly Results Monday-Club 55 plus High Single: Claude Gagne 253. Ray Clark 654.

Monday Mixed High Single: Josh Sullivan 262. High Triple: Tyler Harrold 680.

Tuesday Mixed High Single: Greg Gigliuk 306. High Triple: Gigliuk 830.

Wednesday-Club 55 plus High Single: Martin McLaughlin 313. High Triple: Ray Clark 813.

Wednesday Mixed High Single: Corey Uhryn 311. High Triple: Don Lattery 732.

Thursday Morning Ladies High Single: Bonnie Traweger 221. High Triple: Bernie LeBlanc 531.

Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics Mixed High Single: Anthony Kubasek 210. High Double: Kubasek 415.

Thursday Mixed High Single: Graham Witherspoon 316.High

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 10 2 .833 1/2 San Antonio 12 3 .800 — Dallas 7 7 .500 4 1/2 Houston 6 7 .462 5 New Orleans 3 9 .250 7 1/2

Oklahoma City Denver Utah Portland Minnesota

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

Northwest Division W L Pct 11 4 .733 8 7 .533 8 7 .533 6 8 .429 5 7 .417

GB — 3 3 4 1/2 4 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct 8 5 .615 8 6 .571 7 7 .500 6 8 .429 4 9 .308

GB — 1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 4

Monday’s Games San Antonio 118, Washington 92 Brooklyn 96, New York 89, OT Detroit 108, Portland 101 Milwaukee 93, Chicago 92 Memphis 84, Cleveland 78 Oklahoma City 114, Charlotte 69 Utah 105, Denver 103 New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, Late Tuesday’s Games Phoenix at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

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

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with INF/OF Nate Spears on a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Bell, RHP Cesar Carrillo, RHP Shane Dyer, RHP Shawn Hill, RHP Micah Kellogg, RHP David Kopp, RHP Victor Larez, RHP Carlos Monasterios, RHP Jesse Todd, LHP Jose Alvarez, LHP Ramon Garcia, LHP Efrain Nieves, C Brad Davis, INF Argenis Diaz, INF Lance Durham, INF John Lindsey, INF/OF Marcus Lemon, INF/OF Kevin Russo and INF/OF Matt Tuiasosopo on minor league contracts.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with C Eli Whiteside on a one-year contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded INF Brandon Hicks to the New York Mets for cash considerations.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with 3B Evan Longoria on a 10-year contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named DeMarlo Hale bench coach, Chad Mottola hitting coach, Dwayne Murphy first base and outfield coach, Luis Rivera third base coach and Pete Walker pitching

coach.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Named Rob Deer assistant hitting coach.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with LHP Tim Byrdak on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL NBA — Fined Sacramento G Aaron Brooks $25,000 for throwing his mouthpiece into the stands after Friday’s game.

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled G Scott Machado from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

FOOTBALL NFL — Suspended New England DL Jermaine Cunningham and Tampa Bay CB Eric Wright four games for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.

CHICAGO BEARS — Placed G Lance Louis on injured reserve.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed LB Bruce Carter and WR Danny Coale on injured reserve. Released WR Andre Holmes. Signed LB Brady Poppinga and WR Anthony Armstrong. Signed CB Reggie Jones to the practice squad.

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VIPERS WIN BIG Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate Staff

As Red Deer Viper Chris Robertson charges the net, Ponoka Stampeder goaltender Aaron Swier just manages to get his glove on the puck during first-period action of a Heritage Junior B Hockey League game Monday at the Arena. Cole DeGraaf fired three goals as the Vipers pumped Ponoka 7-2.

Robertson added a single for the winners, as did Dustin Spearing, Kolton Gillett and Jeff Kohut. Sean Enes and Cole Pritchard replied for the Stamps, who trailed 3-0 after one period and 6-1 after 40 minutes. Red Deer netminder Jayden Adrian made 26 saves, while Aaron Swier turned aside 48 shots for Ponoka. The visitors were assessed eight of 13 minor penalties and two of three misconducts. Both clubs return to action Friday when the Vipers travel to High River and the Stamps are at Airdrie. On Saturday, the Vipers host the Okotoks Bisons and Ponoka is home to the Banff Academy Bears.

Holmgren resigns from Browns THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEREA, Ohio — Mike Holmgren’s run as a team president is over, ending prematurely and before he planned.

For weeks, he has hung around Cleveland’s offices doing what he could to help new owner Jimmy Haslam.

Holmgren made his pitch for the team to keep coach Pat Shurmur and general manager Tom Heckert beyond this season.

Less than three years after signing a five-year contract with former owner Randy Lerner to fix Cleveland’s franchise, Holmgren is leaving.

His final day with the Browns will be Friday, and after that he and his wife, Kathy, will return to their home in Arizona, where the 64-year-old will contemplate his future.

The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are hoping some objective voices can help bring an end to their labour dispute.

With negotiations stalled on a new collective bargaining agreement, the sides have agreed to allow U.S. federal mediators into the process — something they tried without success on a couple of occasions prior to the cancellation of the 2004-05 season.

“While we have no particular level of expectation going into this process, we welcome a new approach in trying to reach a resolution of the ongoing labour dispute at the earliest possible date,” deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Monday.

Added NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr: “We look forward to their involvement as we continue working to reach an equitable agreement for both the players and the owners.”

The mediation will be non-binding, meaning the sides will not be forced to go along with suggestions or recommendations made by Scot L. Beckenbaugh and John Sweeney. Those mediators are scheduled to meet separately with the league and union on Wednesday.

Beckenbaugh was acting director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service during the NHL’s last lockout and sat in on sessions at that time. One of those occurred just three days before commissioner Gary Bettman cancelled the entire season in February 2005.

The latest round of negotiations has seemed troubled from the start. The NHL and NHLPA haven’t met since last week, when the union tabled a proposal that Bettman quickly labelled as one that left the sides “far apart.”

They’ve managed to reach some common ground with both proposing

a 50-50 split of revenues throughout the agreement, but are divided on the amount of additional payments the league will make to help ease the transition. The NHL has offered $211 million while the NHLPA asked for $393 million.

There are also a variety of rules relating to player contracts that still need to be sorted out.

Further complicating matters is the fact both sides have said their best proposal is already on the table. “Any expectation that the offer is going to get better as time goes on is not realistic,” Bettman said last week.

Mediation has been used in virtually every labour dispute involving pro sports leagues in recent years.

George Cohen, the director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, has worked with the players’ associations for Major League Baseball and the NBA, and was also an adviser to the NHLPA before joining the FMCS three years ago.

Cohen mediated during the 2010 negotiations in Major League Soccer and 2011 talks in the NFL and NBA, along with this year’s dispute between the NFL and its on-field officials.

In a statement, he said his organization would not comment on the schedule or status of the NHL negotiations “until further notice.”

“I have had separate, informal discussions with the key representatives of the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association during the course of their negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement,” said Cohen.

“At the invitation of the FMCS, and with the agreement of both parties, the ongoing negotiations will now be conducted under our auspices.”

The NHL lockout is now in its 11th week and has forced the league to cancel 422 regular-season games.

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VANCOUVER — Kieran McDonald of RDC was the top Albertan in the Canadian junior eightkilometre cross-country running championship during the weekend.

McDonald finished 21st in 25 minutes 47.6 seconds. Dylan Brown of Newmarket, Ont., won in 24:32.3.

Matt Hope of Hunting Hills, who won the provincial high school senior championship, placed 31st in the 19-andunder junior division at 26:05.3 while 14-year-old Eric Lutz was in impressive 63rd at 26:36.3.

Mitch Dore came in at 27:18.6 and was 81st with Adrian Christ (28:08.1) 124th and Noah Mulzet (29:15.3) 141st.

Former RDC star Jodi Sanguin placed 23rd in the senior women’s 7km run in 25:12.8 with Megan Brown of Toronto winning in 23:05.3.

Devin Woodland of RDC was 75th in the senior men’s 10km race with a time of 35:36.5.

Cam Levins of B.C. won in 29:41.5.

It was the second weekend in a row Woodland has experienced breathing problems during the race. He was in 52nd position, 6km into the race, when it bothered him.

Jordanna Cota of Hunting Hills led then local contingent in the junior women’s 5km race, finishing 82nd at 19:16.2. Sefrah Daviduck of Lindsay Thurber was 117th at 20:20.8 and Alex Johnson of Hunting Hills 134th at 22:08.4.

Jillian Forsey of Stephenville, Nfld., was first at 17:21.4.

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MacDonald touted as the next GSP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Should Georges St-Pierre retire as UFC welterweight champion, the title may not have far to go.

Rory (Ares) MacDonald trains alongside St-Pierre at Montreal’s Tristar Gym. Just 23, the native of Kelowna, B.C., is seen by some as the heir apparent to GSP. Including the 31-year-old St-Pierre himself.

“Oh yeah, definitely. I believe he has all the tools to be the greatest,” St-Pierre told The Canadian Press.

Mike Ricci, another Tristar training partner who is currently being showcased on The Ultimate Fighter reality TV show, also sees a UFC championship belt being wrapped around his friend’s waist.

“Oh yes that’s not a question. That’s definitely not a question,” said Ricci. “He’s so talented and so focused, I don’t see anybody stopping that man.”

MacDonald (13-1) can turn more heads on Dec. 8 when he faces former lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. (The Prodigy) Penn on a televised UFC card in Seattle.

The 33-year-old Penn (16-8-2) is a veteran fighter who loves to get under his opponent’s skin. He has used Twitter before this fight to denigrate MacDonald for postponing their meeting due to a cut and to a make some less-than veiled jabs about drugs.

At Penn’s request, MacDonald agreed to undergo random drug tests ahead of the fight. MacDonald says he has already passed two random tests, sounding like he agreed to Penn’s request just to shut him up.

“At the end of the day, he can say what he wants to say, get people excited but I’m still going to beat his ass,” MacDonald told a recent fan question-andanswer session prior to UFC 154 in Montreal.

“He’s got a lot of excuses that guy,” he added. “He likes to start (stuff).”

Penn is 1-3-1 since the beginning of 2010 years and retired in the cage after his last outing, a lopsided loss to Nick Diaz at UFC 137 in October 2011. That run included losing his 155-pound title and a rematch to Frankie (The Answer) Edgar before beating veteran Matt Hughes, drawing Jon Fitch and losing to Diaz, all three at 170 pounds.

But the mercurial Hawaiian told UFC boss Dana White he wanted to resume fighting, citing MacDonald as a possible opponent. White told MacDonald, who went on a popular MMA radio show to declare his interest in the matchup.

A supremely talented fighter, Penn has been let down by his training regimen at times in the past.

You’re never sure what B.J. Penn you’re going to get.

“B.J.’s a great fighter,” argued MacDonald. “He could show up the best B.J. we’ve all ever seen the night he fights me. . . . He’s going to have to show up, be very impressive to survive what I’m about to put on him that night.”

MacDonald, then 20 by a few months, became the youngest fighter on the UFC’s books when he signed a four-bout deal in the fall of 2009. Five fights later, he remains the seventh-youngest.

The only person to beat him is former WEC champion Carlos (Natural Born Killer) Condit, who lost to GSP at UFC 154.

After that loss, MacDonald left Kelowna for Montreal to train full time at Tristar. That iron-on-iron training has helped him raise his game each time out since, with wins over Nate Diaz (Nick’s younger brother), Mike Pyle and (Beautiful) Che Mills.

He manhandled Diaz, rag-dolling him in the third round en route to a unanimous decision.

MacDonald blunted the veteran Pyle’s offence and then took him to the ground and beat him up. It lasted just three minutes 43 seconds with the Canadian holding a 24-3 edge in significant strikes, according to Fightmetric.

Facing a good striker in Mills, MacDonald took him down and then brutalized him on the ground, carving open his face and littering it with lumps.

MacDonald finished off the bloody Brit in the second round. UFC commentator Joe Rogan called

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS it “complete domination by one of the scariest dudes in mixed martial arts.”

The Canadian had a 47-6 edge in significant strikes.

MacDonald may be climbing his way up the 170-pound ladder but he and GSP say they will never face off in the cage.

“I don’t want to fight him. We fight every day in the gym ... there’s a lot of opponents, there are different weight classes,” said St-Pierre.

MacDonald is equally dismissive.

“Me and Georges are not going to fight. ... I wouldn’t disrespect Georges or the gym in that way.”

He wants another shot at Condit with Nick Diaz and Hughes (who appears retired) as options. He has also said he may fight at middleweight at some point.

MacDonald is part of the new breed of fighter.

Rather than come to the sport from wrestling, kickboxing or another discipline, MacDonald started training in MMA from the get-go.

He was 14 at the time.

Born in Quesnel, B.C., MacDonald started training with David Lea in Kelowna. He had his first pro fight at 16 in Prince George, because it was the only place to let him fight. Even then his parents had to give their approval.

“It was hard, man,” he said of his pro debut. “I didn’t know what to expect. I was good in the gym, I trained hard in the gym, but fighting’s completely different.

“Having the pressure of people watching you and

the lights and stuff, it was different. But I feel pretty confident now where I am. I enjoy the nerves that I get, I enjoy the excitement when I’m in the ring.”

He won his UFC debut against Mike Guymon in January 2010 and then was pitted against Condit at UFC 115 in Vancouver in June 2010.

He came out at top gear, taking it to Condit. But the prickly veteran weathered the storm and eventually rallied to stop MacDonald with just seconds remaining.

“People were going insane,” MacDonald recalled of the atmosphere at GM Place that night. “I never heard that level of noise in a building ...I was supershocked and it just got me fired up to a point where it was, like, bad.

“If you watch that fight you could see the intensity that I was bringing and I don’t think that was my style. And I paid for it.”

He says it taught him “to carry no emotion into fights.”

Watch MacDonald fight these days and his face is a blank canvas before the opening bell. His eyes seem vacant.

Listen to how he explains his attitude towards facing Penn.

“I’m willing to die. That (fight) day in my opinion is the last day of my life. That’s the way I look at it.

He’s going to have to show up, be very impressive to survive what I’m about to put on him that night.”

MacDonald says there are two sides to him.

“I’m not the same person you’re seeing right now when I fight. I’m not a nice person” he said. “I feel like most of the time I’m a pretty nice guy but I have that capability of switching to that other person.”

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BRIEFS Ringette teams come home with medals Two Red Deer ringette teams — the Razz and the Resistance — earned medals in the Ed Horvath Interprovincial Classic at Medicine Hat during the weekend.

The Razz, competing in the U12A division, posted wins over the Calgary NW Adrenaline, St. Albert Elite and Calgary Predators to finish first in their pool.

The Red Deer squad then defeated the Calgary Bowview Fury 5-3 in a cross-over semifinal and knocked off St. Albert 5-3 in the gold-medal game.

Meanwhile, the Resistance lost to the host Stealth in the U14A goldmedal match.

The Resistance opened the tournament with a loss to the Stealth,

then downed the Regina Cyclones, Calgary NW Titanium and Calgary Bowview Bulls before doubling the South Calgary Tenaz 10-5 in a semifinal.

Amazons lose pair It was a tough weekend for the Central Alberta Amazons in the Alberta Female Junior A Hockey League.

The Amazons lost 2-0 to the Fort Saskatchewan Fury and 4-0 to league-leading Banff.

Kelly Hausauer faced 19 shots in goal against the Fury with Emily Olson making 18 saves against Banff, who scored their low number of goals on the season.

The Amazons next home game is Dec,. 8 against the Sherwood Park Steele at Penhold.

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Lakers split weekend games MINOR HOCKEY Midget AA The Sylvan Lake Barnzee Sportswear Lakers split a pair of weekend games, beating Bow Valley 6-2 and dropping a 2-1 decision to the South Division leading Calgary Blues.

Tyler Yach scored three times against Bow Valley.

Peewee A The Red Deer Holiday Inn Chiefs captured gold at the Devon peewee A hockey tournament during the weekend.

The Chiefs downed Beaumont 7-4 in the final.

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Doctors won’t take job action SPRICE VIEW CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT-UP The community Christmas tree light up will take place in Spruce View on Sunday. The event runs from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Spruce View Hall parking lot. Serving hot chocolate and cookies while singing carols are also planned. The tree lighting takes place at 7:30 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to help stuff the sleigh for the Spruce View and Area Food Bank. The event is sponsored by the Christ and Bethany Lutheran Churches. More information is available by calling Jeanette at 403-728-3880.

DISGRUNTLED OVER THE PROVINCE’S IMPOSED FEE SETTLEMENT

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A lot of doctors are disgruntled over the province’s imposed fee settlement, but for now local job action is not in the cards, says the chairman of Red Deer Primary Care Network.

“There is no job action planned in Red Deer at the moment. Things will go on as usual. The PCN is going to go on as usual,” said Dr. Peter Bouch, who represents the network of about 80 family doctors who lead multi-professional health teams in Red Deer.

On Nov. 16, the Alberta Health imposed a $463-million, fiveyear deal on doctors.

The Alberta Medical Association, which represents more than 8,000 physicians, estimates that the deal is a $210-million pay cut for doctors once program and fee changes are factored in.

Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne has since said he is willing to consider a request from doctors to go back to the bargaining table, but no more money is available.

Bouch said different ideas for job action have been thrown around and there could be ways that would not affect patient

care.

“AMA and all physicians want to put the patient first.”

Last week, the AMA asked the province to reopen negotiations because of an outcry by doctors and the public, he said.

“This is a democratic country. You can’t really just impose something.

“I understand the government only has so much money but we all need to work together rather than trying to impose something. If we could work together, everyone in the end would be happier and more productive.”

The two sides have been bargaining since the last pay deal

for doctors expired in March 2011.

They have twice reached agreements in principle, only to see the deals fall apart.

Bouch said he would like to see a 10-year planning approach within Alberta’s health care system to provide direction in negotiations.

In the meantime, it will be difficult to recruit family doctors who are needed in Alberta because of the instability the contract dispute has created, he said.

— with files from The Canadian Press szielinski@reddeeradvocate. com

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COSMOS COP CHRISTMAS Don’t miss out on the Cosmos COP Christmas Fundraiser, which runs on Friday. The nonprofit group will be selling blankets for $35, trees for $30, dish cloth pants for $2.50, angels for $2.50, stove towels for $3, wallets for $8, casserole oven mitts for $8 and a snow man set for $14.

The special event runs from noon to 3 p.m. at the Hub on Ross St. at 4936 Ross St.

KARMA FOR FOOD BANK A Sylvan Lake yoga studio wants to bring Christmas karma to the town’s food bank starting on Monday.

Studio Upstairs offers free yoga classes from Dec. 3 to 8 to patrons who donate two nonperishable items for the Sylvan Lake Food Bank.

This is the studio’s third annual Christmas Karma Yoga Week. More information is available by calling 403-5973844 or online at www. studioupstairs.ca.

‘MILLIONAIRE’ AUTHOR TO SPEAK The author of SelfMade Millionaires for Dummies and the upcoming Guerrilla Millionaire book is speaking in Red Deer this week to benefit the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Douglas Vermeeren is a regular contributor to the hospital and plans to donate based on the number of attendees at a free education seminar he will run on Thursday at the ihotel (former Holiday Inn) on 6500 67th St., 2:30 and 7 p.m. To preregister, call 1-877-393-9496.

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As Izzy Arden plays Moonlight Mist while Taven Steele pantomimes behind her back at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Monday. The two grade 7 students from Eastview Middle School and their classmates went for a hike in the sanctuary as part of their Environmental Outdoor Education class. The public piano, which is in the Marjory Wood Gallery is open for anyone who would like to use it during their visits to the centre.

Teen’s condition deteriorated, trial told ALLEGEDLY LEFT WITH MORE BRAIN DAMAGE AFTER A DENTAL OPERATION

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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The future care needs for a teen with a cerebral palsy who was allegedly left with more brain damage after a dental operation was the focus of a civil trial on Monday.

A lawsuit being tried before Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Monica Bast alleges negligence on the part of Red Deer anesthetist Dr. Alayne Farries for failing to properly monitor patient Shawn Gallant or take appropriate steps when complications arose after the September 2004 operation.

Legal action was launched

by Gallant’s parents Sharon and Paul Gallant. The family is seeking care costs and medical expenses, as well as $325,000 for pain and suffering.

The family alleges that following the operation, Gallant’s condition deteriorated significantly and he is now incapable of rational communication, can no longer watch TV or sports, is prone to aggressive outbursts and requires around-the-clock care.

A statement of defence from Farries denies any negligence.

The claim states the procedure was “uneventful,” Gallant was

properly monitored throughout, and there were no complications.

On Monday, the trial focused on a review by occupational therapist Sharon Kaczkowski of a cost-for-care assessment that had been prepared for the Gallants.

Kaczkowski said that the report’s claim that Gallant only required about four hours of care a day before the operation was a “significant understatement.”

Given his disabilities, Gallant had always required 24-hour care, although because of his worsening condition the kind of care required has changed, she said.

In his cross-examination of Kaczkowski, Calgary lawyer Brian Devlin, who is representing the Gallants, said Shawn, who is now 26, did not need 24-hour “hands-on care” previously but does now because of seizurelike episodes and other health problems.

Kaczkowski acknowledged different care may now be needed at night or when Gallant is suffering from seizurelike symptoms, but the 24-hour care requirement remains unchanged.

The trial resumes on Wednesday when Farries is expected to testify. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Complaint leads to arrest of two RDC scholarship in connection with identity theft for aboriginals A shoplifting complaint led to Olds RCMP arresting two people in connection with identity theft crimes.

RCMP said an officer responded to a shoplifting call in Olds about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday spotted a female suspect walking away and then jumping into a passing car.

The vehicle was pulled over during a traffic stop and two suspects arrested.

Police recovered $640 in stolen clothing from a local sports store, three purses worth about $100 taken from a local consignment shop and clothing from a Red Deer retailer.

A search of the vehicle also turned up several hotel guest registration cards and receipts, which had been stolen from Circle 5 Hotel in Olds and Red Deer’s Ramada Inn. Break-in instruments and copper wire were also recovered.

OLDS Police armed with a warrant searched the suspects’ motel room in Olds and turned up more guest registration cards, 30 metres of copper wire and a small amount of drugs.

Jessica Fedyk, 25, of Red Deer, has been charged with 17 counts of identity theft, three counts of theft under $5,000, as well as charges of possession of stolen property under $5,000 and possession of a controlled substance.

Jeffrey Peter Webb, 27, of Blackfalds, has been charged with 17 counts of identity theft, three counts of theft under $5,000, possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of credit card data.

Both were scheduled to appear in Didsbury provincial court on Monday.

Aboriginal students who will attend Red Deer College can apply for a new scholarship thanks to a $250,000 endowment.

The Bruce Snider Scholarship for Aboriginal Students will annually award up to $2,500 to two students entering their first year in any program.

To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be in financial need and show leadership in advancing the culture of the aboriginal community.

Snider, of Red Deer, died last year at the age of 94. He earned a masters degree in social work at age 50 from the University of Calgary.

“When Mr. Snider first approached us to establish this planned gift, he clearly conveyed that he valued education and was committed to student success, particularly aboriginal students,” said Michael Donlevy, community relations vice-president for RDC in a press release.

Snider was born in Calgary and served in the Canadian Armed Forces. He and his wife went on to own and operate dog grooming and kennel businesses in Calgary and British Columbia.

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BRIEFS Shotgun fired at vehicle

rifle. When they used the tow rope, the front bumper was ripped off.

Blackfalds RCMP are requesting assistance of the public to help locate and identify suspects and recover the firearms. Anyone with information is asked to call Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

No one was injured when the driver of a quad fired a shotgun at a truck with three occupants inside it last week.

Rock Mountain House RCMP are investigating the shooting on the Sunchild/O’Chiese Reserve, which is located 45 minutes northwest of Rocky Mountain House.

According to the RCMP, officers were dispatched to the reserve at 1 p.m. on Nov. 24 to respond to a complaint that occurred 12 hours prior.

It was reported that at 1 a.m., a male and two passengers were leaving a dance on the O’Chiese Reserve in the male’s truck. As they were leaving, a quad came up behind the vehicle and fired a single shot from what police believe to be a shotgun.

While no people were injured in the shooting, the truck was damaged.

Due to the age of the occupants of the truck, their identities are not being released by the police.

The case is under investigation and additional information will be released as it becomes available.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP request the public’s assistance in solving this crime. Anyone with information is asked to call the detachment at 403845-2882 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 (TIPS).

Board members sought

Charity Checkstops planned

Lacombe County will spend about $1.5 million next year to pave the service road next to Alberta Downs horse racing track.

The 3.5-km gravel route off Hwy 12 also serves a couple of Lacombe businesses and residents who live around Lacombe Lake.

Council agreed last week to put almost $1.2 million from a Federal Fuel Tax Grant towards the project.

About $324,000 will come out of paving reserve fund and nearly $100,000 from the county’s 2013 operating budget.

The road is being paved because it has one of the highest traffic counts for a gravel road in the county. As many as 518 vehicles use the road daily based on a five-day average.

A report to council says it is a good time to tackle the project because paving prices are expected to be low next year because the industry is working well below capacity. Under a development agreement with Alberta Downs, the race track was to pay for upgrading the road if it was given approval to install up to 150 VLTs as part of a racing entertainment facility.

But that has not happened because of a provincial moratorium — that was extended for three more years in February — on new racing entertainment centres. If VLT approval comes later, the race track would be expected to provide paving cash to the county.

Police forces are teaming up with social agencies across Central Alberta to host Charity Checkstops.

The events slated over the next few weeks gather cash, toy and food donations to help make Christmas brighter for deserving families.

Red Deer’s event goes on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Taylor Drive north of 32nd Street. The two inner median lanes will be slowed so drivers can make donations safely.

Sylvan Lake’s also goes on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on 47th Avenue between McDonald’s and Sobeys.

Lacombe’s occurs on Dec. 7 beginning at 5 p.m. on Hwy 2A at 49c Avenue. Stettler’s occurs on Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at a new location, on Hwy 12 near 70th Street.

Innisfail’s goes on Dec. 15 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Main Street south of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Bumper a clue in theft A ripped off bumper may be the clue that leads to the arrest of firearms thieves in the Red Deer area.

Early on Sunday, unknown suspects driving a red Pontiac Sunfire lost control of their vehicle and ended up getting it stuck. Blackfalds RCMP say the suspects walked a short distance to a home east of Red Deer. No one was home at the time.

They broke in, stealing a tow strap and three long-barreled firearms: a .22-calibre pump action rifle with scope, a .284-calibre rifle, and a .30-30

Alberta Education is seeking new public members for its Attendance Board. The quasi-judicial board hears referrals from school authorities and seeks solutions for student truancy problems.

Applicants must be familiar with youth issues, interest and involvement with students, education system knowledge and be involved in their communities. A full list of required skills is online at www.jobs.alberta.ca/pprofile/ pp1014196.htm.

Applicants must submit a resumé and three curent references to the Chairman of the Attendance Board, Alberta Education, Ste. 800, 44 Capital Blvd., 10044 108th St., Edmonton, Alta., T5J 5E6, or online by emailing kelvin. hussey@gov.ab.ca.

The deadline for applications is Dec. 7. New board terms begin Aug. 31, 2013.

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Albertans challenge drunk driving law that suspends licences indefinitely

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A few Albertans who have lost their driver’s licences under the province’s new drunk driving law are challenging the legislation in court.

Edmonton lawyer Fred Kozak represents the group and expects the paperwork to be filed in court this week.

He’s not certain it’s the first challenge to the law but hasn’t heard of any others.

He plans to argue that the law presumes guilt and violates people’s rights by suspending their licences indefinitely.

“It punishes people before there’s any determination that they’ve done anything wrong,” Kozak said Monday.

“In some cases, it forces innocent people to plead guilty even in circumstances where most people could agree there’s no reasonable basis for the charge against them.”

Starting last July, people who are pulled over and blow over .08 have

their vehicles impounded for three days and lose their licences until their cases are resolved in court.

Kozak said it can take up to a year for a drunk driving case to get to court in an urban centre, and as much as two years for those living in rural areas without access to public transportation.

“The loss of your licence can essentially mean the loss of your job, the loss of your livelihood, the loss of your ability to support your family.”

Other provinces have passed similar laws but they all specify a fixed period of time for licence suspensions, Kozak said.

He said the court challenge will also argue that the Alberta government is stepping into Ottawa’s territory. Alberta has no jurisdiction over criminal law, only licensing.

Kozak said it could take a year before the challenge is heard. In the meantime, perhaps even next month, he plans to ask the court to stay his clients’ licence suspensions until the matter can be heard.

Court denies aboriginal bid to block ruling on Jackpine expansion

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Two aboriginal groups have lost their court bid to block a ruling on Shell’s Jackpine oilsands mine expansion in northern Alberta.

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and the Metis Nation of Alberta had asked the Alberta Court of Appeal to force a regulatory board to make a ruling on whether they had been adequately consulted on the massive project. They also wanted the board to rule on the issue before it made a decision on whether the project could go ahead.

But in a ruling released Monday, the court said the board was within its rights to refuse to deal with consultation, an aboriginal right guaranteed by the constitution.

“The Joint Review Panel is not required ... to make any determination as to the scope of the Crown’s duty to consult ... or whether the Crown has met its respective duties to consult,” wrote Justice Frans Slatter.

Slatter also agreed with Crown arguments that the panel’s hearings on the Jackpine expansion were themselves part of the consultation process.

“As counsel for Shell put it,” wrote Slatter, “the applicants’ argument was essentially ’stop the consultation, because there hasn’t been enough consultation.’ ” But Athabasca Chipewyan spokeswoman Eriel Deranger said the band’s don’t consider the hearings to be consultation.

“The (board) says it’s happening during this process,” she said. “We don’t feel it is happening.”

She pointed out neither the provincial nor federal governments appeared before the regulatory board to give evidence as to whether the Crown’s duty to consult had been carried out.

Because Slatter has upheld the board’s decision not to look into the matter itself, Deranger said that means the board will make a Jackpine decision without anyone considering whether that duty has been fulfilled.

“Who has the jurisdiction to determine the adequacy of consultation?” she asked. “We don’t really know.

“It’s kind of become a bit of shell game.”

Deranger said the bands are now considering whether to ask the Supreme Court to look at the issue.

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Ottawa hikes TFSA limit Ottawa says Canadians will be able to be able to contribute an additional $500 a year on their Tax Free Savings Accounts starting Jan. 1.

That means Canadians can put in $5,500 a year, with any investment income earned not subject to taxation while it remains in the TFSA. When the TFSAs were created in 2009, the government said it would index the contribution limit to inflation in $500 increments. The Jan. 1 increase will be the first adjustment in the contribution limit.

The government says about 8.2 million Canadians have opened a tax-free account.

It says 2.5 million Canadians contributed the maximum $5,000 amount last year.

Buffett reiterates tax call OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire Warren Buffett is again calling for higher taxes on America’s “ultrarich” and he’s urging Congress to compromise on spending cuts and tax increases. Buffett said the current tax system has contributed to the growing gap between rich and poor.

He said he supports President Barack Obama’s proposal to end the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, but he’d prefer setting the point where taxes increase at $500,000 income instead of the $250,000 the White House proposed.

Buffett expressed his views on fiscal policy Monday in an opinion article that appeared in The New York Times on the same day Congress returned from the Thanksgiving holiday.

In the article, Buffett mocked the idea that investors would pull back if capital gains taxes increase. Buffett said he’s never seen that happen even when capital gains taxes above 25 per cent early in his investing career.

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Door opens to the world MEMBERS OF THE CALGARY CONSULAR CORPS VISIT THE REGION

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Central Alberta laid out an international welcome mat on Monday.

About a dozen members of the Calgary Consular Corps visited the region at the invitation of Central Alberta: Access Prosperity. They toured oilfield equipment manufacturer Crimtech Services Ltd. in Gasoline Alley Business Park and checked out Red Deer College, including RDC’s Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing.

Yongfeng Liu Among those taking part were Yongfeng Liu, consul-general for China; Jean-Charles Bou, consul for France; Andreas Bayer, honorary consul for Switzerland; Giovanni De Maria, honorary consul for Guinea; and Jeff Gilmour, honorary consul for Mali.

Liu, who has been in her position for just over two years, following a 20-year career with China’s foreign ministry, said Alberta is important to her country.

“The total volume of investment from China to Alberta is more than $18 billion

US dollars,” she said.

“We have, altogether, 30 Chinese companies already here in Alberta. Most of them are newcomers.”

Liu said the Chinese consulate in Calgary — which is responsible for Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories — has 14 staff. Nearly half of them made the trip to Red Deer.

“We feel that Red Deer, and I think my colleagues agree, is a very good place to invest and do business in.”

The city is centrally located between Calgary and Edmonton, close to oil and gas development, Jean-Charles and has residents with Bou experience in the energy sector, she said. What it needs to do is promote itself to prospective investors in countries like China, said Liu. “When we are talking about Canada, we know Toronto, Vancouver, Quebec and Montreal,” she said, adding that Calgary and Edmonton probably come next, with Red Deer well after that.

Gary Slipp, manager of Central Alberta: Access Prosperity, said Monday’s visit was organized to raise this region’s international profile.

“This group really welcomed the opportunity to come here today and learn a bit more,” he said, expressing optimism that similar visits could be arranged in the future.

Slipp pointed out that there are between 40 and 50 consuls in Calgary, and a comparable number in Edmonton. Some of those taking part in Monday’s event discussed ways to take advantage of Red Deer’s central location.

“They were talking about why couldn’t we organize a Edmonton-Calgary consular corps summit here in Red Deer,” said Slipp. “So that’s something that we’ll try to encourage.”

Even though the consulates are located in Alberta’s two biggest cities, those offices serve the entire province, he said. Local businesses should take advantage of these resources.

Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood and Red Deer College president Joel Ward both addressed the group.

Ward drew smiles and nods from the Chinese members when he listed some of the cities he visited while teaching in China in 1998.

“The world watches China with fascination and interest,” he told them.

“And the change that’s taking place in your country is phenomenal and extraordinary.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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2015 startup date proposed for pipeline

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney announces he will leave the Bank Of Canada to head the Bank of England, during a news conference in Ottawa, Monday, as Finance Minister Jim Flaherty (left) looks on.

Carney’s departure shocks everybody OFF TO ENGLAND, BUT SAYS LEAVING BANK OF CANADA AND ECONOMY IN GOOD SHAPE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Mark Carney is leaving the Bank of Canada for one of the world’s most storied financial posts — taking charge of the Bank of England at a critical time in its 318-year history, and during uncertain times in Canada.

The announcement shocked observers on both sides of the pond, particularly as Carney previously dismissed reports he was being courted, as he also played down rumours about joining the International Monetary Fund and the Liberal Party.

But the Bank of England rumours turned out to have substance, despite his earlier categorical denials.

On Monday, he hedged that all his discussions had been “off process,” and that he had not applied as “part of the formal process.” The discussions intensified in the last two weeks, he added, and “changed my view.”

Still, British media were caught as unaware as those in Canada. “Stunned City welcomes new Bank chief,” the Times of London blared.

Carney insisted he was not leaving Canada in the lurch for the big job — at a time when the economy remains stuck in the slow lane and household debt is at record levels, in part due to his low-interest rate policies.

“We have a system that works very well. It’s been tested under the biggest economic and financial shock we’ll ever see in our lifetime and it has passed that test,” he told reporters.

“I’m going to where the challenges are greatest because I’m confident that the strengths are as deep and as broad as they are here in Canada. I could not do it any other way.”

Canadian economists agreed, saying that while Carney had been a good governor, his actions were in line with the tradition at the bank.

“It’s a feather in the cap for Mark Carney, but it probably doesn’t mean too much for monetary policy in Canada,” said CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld.

“I think he’s done a good job execut-

ing on the Bank of Canada’s well-established methodology, which is raise rates only when inflation is a threat.”

Still, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty described Carney’s pending departure as “bittersweet” and “our loss.”

The appointment takes place next July, but Carney, 47, will leave the Canadian bank on June 1, about 18 months before his full seven-year term was due to expire.

Appointed Feb. 1, 2008, Carney’s legacy will have been to help steer the Canadian economy through the 200809 recession, revamping the management of the institution and introducing what the central bank called the most sophisticated plastic currency in the world.

But as he admitted, he also inherited a stable financial system and sound regulatory framework. Carney appeared to work well with Flaherty, who hand-picked him for the job over more seasoned candidates and on Monday called him his “friend.”

Where Carney shone bright was on the world stage, particularly at meetings with his counterparts at the G7 and G20, where his voice appeared to carry more weight than might otherwise be the case coming from a relatively small country like Canada.

Time magazine named him one of the most influential policy-makers in the world and his name began surfacing whenever any big international job became vacant.

Last year, he was given the responsibility of overseeing global financial reforms as head of the Financial Stability Board after his now famous quarrel with Wall Street financier Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase over the need for stiffer regulation.

British Chancellor George Osborne simply called him the “outstanding central banker of his generation.”

Carney’s duties and challenges at the Bank of England will dwarf anything he faced in Ottawa. Much like in the U.S., the British financial system collapsed in 2008, requiring massive government bailouts. The economy is barely out of recession.

A proposed pipeline that would carry carbon dioxide from east of Edmonton to Central Alberta should be operating by the middle of 2015, says the CEO of the company behind the project.

“We should start seeing some construction occurring in 2013, but the pipeline itself . . . would probably be in 2014,” said Susan Cole of Enhance Energy Inc. Enhance announced in 2008 plans to develop a 240-km line from the Industrial Heartland region near Fort Saskatchewan to a site near Clive. It plans to collect CO2 from large industrial emitters and use the greenhouse gas to stimulate oil production in Central Alberta by injecting it into mature reservoirs.

Critical for the success of the $1.2-billion project is sufficient CO2, with Agrium Inc.’s Redwater fertilizer complex and a planned bitumen upgrader near Fort Saskatchewan expected to lead the way. Earlier this month, the North West Redwater Partnership — which involves North West Upgrading Inc. and Canadian Natural Upgrading Ltd. — confirmed that it would be proceeding with the first phase of the bitumen upgrader.

“It’s great news for us,” said Cole. “We were waiting for the announcement.”

The upgrader is expected to capture 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 per year for each of its three phases.

Cole said this production, and the CO2 from Agrium, makes the pipeline viable.

“Really, that’s all we need to get it started. But certainly, we continue to look for other suppliers and we’re talking to various people.”

Cole said equipment for Agrium’s capture facilities is already being purchased.

“Actually, a good majority of it has come from Alberta suppliers.”

Meanwhile, the detailed engineering work for the pipeline is now complete, she said.

“We’re just going into a procurement phase for the pipe.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Canada Post reports 6th consecutive quarter of losses PAPER MAIL VOLUME DECLINING THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canada Post Group of Companies reported Monday its sixth consecutive quarter of losses as mail volumes continue to decline amid a consumer shift away from paper-based communication.

The Crown corporation reported Monday a thirdquarter loss of $50 million, an improvement from a loss of $113 million during the quarter last year.

However, it warned its mail volumes are “likely to decline further and rapidly.” For the first three quarters of the year, it lost $61 million overall, narrowing a loss of $110 million for the first nine months of 2011.

Revenues fell 1.9 per cent to $1.7 billion from $1.8 billion in the 2011 period.

The company is struggling with an influx of consumers turning to online billing as well as using email for many correspondences.

“The corporation is accelerating the transformation of its business in order to meet the evolving needs of Canadians and avoid becoming a burden on taxpayers,” it said in a release.

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MARKETS COMPANIES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Monday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 100.35 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 75.62 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.28 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.12 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.14 Cdn. National Railway . . 87.39 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . . 92.24 Cdn. Satellite . . . . . . . . . . 5.91 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 66.47 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.05 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.00 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 29.58 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 39.28 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.08 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.10 General Motors Co. . . . . 25.23 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.72 Research in Motion. . . . . 11.90 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.63 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 36.85 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.10 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 15.20 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.28 Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.32 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 67.32 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.49 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 33.18 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 10.99 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.87

Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.52 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 46.28 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.91 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.15

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market was lower Monday afternoon as traders focused on the potential consequences of failing to avoid a looming U.S. fiscal crisis at the end of the year.

They also looked to European Union negotiations surrounding the next instalment of badly needed bailout money for Greece.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed well off the lows of the day, losing 28.19 points to 12,185.05 while the TSX Venture Exchange fell 33.22 points to 1,225.75.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.19 of a cent to 100.62 cents US amid a surprise announcement that Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is leaving that job June 1, 2013, to take the reins at the Bank of England. However, the currency had traded lower all morning as traders focused on fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington and Greek bailout talks in Brussels.

U.S. indexes were mainly lower amid the release of a new report warning that if lawmakers don’t halt an automatic increase in taxes for households earning less than US$250,000, consumers might curtail their shopping during the crucial holiday season.

The study was prepared by President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council and his Council of Economic Advisers.

The Dow Jones industrials were down 42.31 points to 12,967.37, the Nasdaq composite index gained 9.93 points to 2,976.78 and the S&P 500 index lost 2.86 points to 1,406.29.

The report also says a sudden increase in taxes for middle-income taxpayers would reduce consumer spending in 2013 by nearly $200 billion, significantly slowing the economic recovery.

Traders are hoping to see U.S. politicians make progress this week in arriving at a new budget deal that would stop the imposition of those tax hikes along with steep spending cuts at the start of the year.

If they don’t, the shock from going over a so-called fiscal cliff would likely push the economy back into recession and damage what is already a fragile recovery.

On the corporate front, Re-

search in Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) stock found further lift after CIBC World Markets upgraded RIM to sector outperform from sector perform with a US$17 share target. Its shares were ahead 29 cents or 2.5 per cent at $11.90 on very heavy volume of 9.8 million shares.

The Blackberry-maker’s shares surged 25 per cent last week in the wake of other analyst upgrades and optimism about the launch of its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, which will be unveiled at a Jan. 30 event along with its new line of smartphones.

Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) shares inched up four cents to $16.89 as Canada’s oldest company officially returned to the Toronto Stock Exchange. An IPO by Canada’s oldest company had valued the retailer at $17 a share, or about $2 billion in total. HBC plans to sell a total of 21 million shares — about one-fifth of the company’s stock — raising about $365 million through an initial public offering.

And Canadian conglomerate Onex Corp. (TSX:OCX) is buying U.S. insurance company USI from a Goldman Sachs private equity fund in a US$2.3-billion deal.

The GS Capital Partners fund took the insurance broker private in 2007 for $1.4 billion, including debt.

USI employees invested in the 2007 deal, and will now own the business with Onex, the companies said Monday. Onex shares declined 30 cents to $40.25.

The industrials were down 0.28 per cent with shares in SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) down 91 cents or 2.19 per cent to $40.63 after Swiss public broadcaster RTS said the former head of construction of the Canadian engineering firm has been formally charged by Swiss officials on allegations of money laundering.

The gold sector was down slightly as December bullion faded $1.80 to US$1,749.60 an ounce. Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) was 22 cents lower to C$34.97.

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 34.97 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.36 First Quantum Minerals . 21.46 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 40.78 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.25 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 53.30 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . 10.36 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.18 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.08 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 32.37 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 24.49 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.45 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 41.59 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.24 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 41.60 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 28.38 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.34 Canyon Services Group. . 9.97 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 32.81 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.690 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 21.17 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.97 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.62

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close of Monday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,185.05 down 28.19 points

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MAIL: E-commerce grows The Canada Post segment made up of the core mail, parcel and digital delivery business, had a loss before tax of $91 million in the third quarter and a loss of $114 million in the first three quarters of 2012.

Mail volumes fell by nine per cent, or 119 million pieces of mail, in the third quarter and by 5.9 per cent, or 207 million pieces, in the first three quarters, compared with similar periods in 2011. Domestic mail volumes were down 9.5 per cent during the most recent quarter, while direct marketing mail volumes fell 7.3 per cent.

However, its parcel delivery service helped to stem some of the declines, thanks to growth in e-commerce orders. Parcel revenues were up by seven per cent, as were volumes compared to the same period of 2011.

But the company said growth in the segment is not enough to offset losses from declines in other segments.

Canada Post said it must also secure

TSX Venture Exchange — 1,225.75 down 33.22 points TSX 60 — 699.43 down 0.29 of a point Dow — 12,967.37 down 42.31 points S&P 500 — 1,406.29 down 2.86 points Nasdaq — 2,976.78 up 9.93 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 100.62 cents US, down 0.19 of a cent Pound — C$1.5925, up 0.20 of a cent Euro — C$1.2889, up 0.17 of a cent Euro — US$1.2969, down 0.07 of a cent Oil futures: US$87.74 per barrel, down 54 cents (Jan. ’13 contract) Gold futures: US$1,749.60 per oz., down $1.80 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $35.226 oz., up 84.8 cents $1,132.52 kg, up $27.27 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 1,225.75, down 33.22 points. The volume was at 4:20 p.m. ET is 146.4 million shares.

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new collective agreements that will help it to compete. It reached tentative agreements with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers’ bargaining units for urban employees and for rural and suburban mail carriers in October.

Ratification voting is underway.

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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Finance ministers from the 17 European Union countries that use the euro were poised for another marathon negotiating session trying to hammer out a deal late Monday on the next installment of bailout money for struggling Greece.

The ministers have failed twice in the last two weeks to reach an agreement to release some C44 billion ($56.8 billion) for the cash-strapped country.

Greece is living on borrowed time — it still owes money it was supposed to repay last week.

Olli Rehn, the EU’s top financial official, said it was important for the ministers and the International Monetary Fund to agree on a deal. Distributing the next batch of loans was essential, he said, “in order to end the uncertainty that’s still hanging over Greece.

“It’s important for Greece, important for Europe.”

“I want to encourage all the euro area member states and the IMF to go the last mile to find an agreement — in fact to go the last centimetre, because we are so close,” Rehn said.

“Greece has delivered. Now it is the delivery time for the eurogroup and the IMF.” Even though several officials said the remaining differences were small, negotiations dragged well into the evening.

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Greece’s fortunes are inextricably tied to the rest of the eurozone.

Without the bailout funds that have been keeping it afloat since May 2010, the country would default and could end up having to leave the eurozone.

This could have a domino effect on other financially troubled eurozone nations.

Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said action needed to be taken.

“Greece has fully delivered its part to the agreement, so we expect our partners to deliver their part, too, and I am sure we will find a mutually beneficial solution,” he said.

But the prospect of yet another batch of bailout money left some ordinary Greeks unimpressed.

“Did we get anything from any of the previous loan installments?” asked Eleni Myronidou, a retiree in Athens.

“Did the people get anything? The banks did. It’s all about the banks.

Nothing for the people. They should be ashamed of themselves. They should be ashamed.”

Greece is unlikely to complete its program of budget cuts and reforms by 2014.

For this reason, it is likely to be given an additional two years by the troika.

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Danielle McTaggart and her husband Drew feel their success in winning a Vancouver radio station talent contest has put them on the right music track.

Walken’s upbringing helped him to play cellist

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Christopher Walken had to learn to play the cello to prepare for his new film A Late Quartet, but he was already well-acquainted with the lives of classical musicians from his upbringing in New York City.

“I grew up on the Upper West Side which really is a kind of mecca for serious music,” Walken said at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.

“Whole families who perform and teach — mother, father, kids. They have a great life and when they’re not performing and touring, they Christopher Walken teach. You know, never a dull moment.”

A Late Quartet stars Walken, Catherine Keener, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mark Ivanir as a classical musical ensemble that is thrown into disarray when their leader (Walken) learns he has a debilitating disease.

The problems of the group are further compounded by marital difficulties between the characters played by Keener and Hoffman.

Helmed by first-time director Yaron Zilberman, the story offers a fascinating glimpse into the rigours of the classical music world.

So did the newbie filmmaker feel any nerves working with a cast that has racked up more than a half-dozen Oscar nominations between them?

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ters. These are incredible actors and so experienced.

With the experience comes challenge in a good way, in a constructive way,” Zilberman, who previously made the documentary “Watermarks,” said in a recent interview.

“At the same time, it was a world that I knew so well.”

All of the leads underwent serious training to master their musical instruments. The onscreen effect is remarkable: Zilberman says there is only once scene in the film in which a double was used.

Keener — whose character plays the viola — says she loves classical music (her ex-husband Dermot Mulroney is a cellist and so is their son), and that Walken’s background had an impact on his castmates.

“He definitely set a tone.... You know, ’this is what the neighbourhood’s like.”’

Zilberman agrees that Walken emerged as a leader on set.

“Just by the gravitas of his personality, his presence is such that everyone has such respect for him, that it just happens naturally,” said the director.

“His contribution also to film history ... is so vast and varied that just by that everyone is so respectful.

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But the charitable aspect was already part of Dear Rouge’s mandate.

The group that released two EPs — Heads Up! Watch Out! in April and Kids Wanna Know in October — gives 10 per cent of its profits to a The Centre for Child Development in Surrey, which supports children with developmental disabilities and their families.

Danielle said the group previously recorded Noah’s Song for Noah Jacobson, a South Surrey boy with autism who lost his father in a workplace accident.

All proceeds from online sales are going to his therapy.

The song can be purchased at http://dearrouge. bandcamp.com/track/noahs-song.

Giving back is “a foundation of who we are as people,” said Drew.

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“I’d like to be the bridge between indie pop and (radio) pop — like Katy Perry meets Metric — so we could appeal to a lot of people,” said Danielle, who’s thrilled that Dear Rouge’s music is now played on about five Vancouver-area radio stations.

She hopes the contest win will also get the group some airplay in Red Deer.

The duo plans to use their prize money to release a full-length album, “and tour like crazy so that we can become as well known in the rest of the country as we are in Vancouver right now,” said Drew, the group’s lead guitarist.

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Dear Rouge, an upbeat band named after cofounder Danielle McTaggart’s hometown of Red Deer, triumphed over hundreds of other groups to win $100,000 in a Vancouver radio station talent contest.

The victory has left Danielle feeling the love on many fronts.

“It’s pretty exciting. Every time we got to another level in the contest, I was always so shocked because there were so many good bands this year,” said the 28-year-old singer.

About 400 groups entered FM102.7’s Peak Performance Project contest.

Danielle believes Dear Rouge’s Nov. 22 success affirms the pop-synth group she founded with her husband, Drew McTaggart, is on the right musical track.

The winning performance at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom was only the sixth time the duo played a live show as Dear Rouge.

Danielle is also pleased that the win signifies that she and Drew are connecting well professionally, as well as personally.

“Being in a band with your husband is like being married twice. You have to work together . . . as well as concentrating on your relationship. . . . This has been a learning experience for us, and we’re thankful and excited about the direction we’re going in now.”

The former Danielle Heykants performed in Notre Dame High School musicals and sang in a church choir at the Word of Life Centre while growing up in Red Deer.

She met Drew through a friend a decade ago, while she was still playing with the Red Deer band Gaetz Ave. (“I like to name things after Red Deer,” she admitted, with a laugh).

At the time, he was a bassist who performed in the Vancouver band McLean.

“We had a long-distance friendship for many years,” recalled Danielle, until their relationship caught fire about five years ago.

She moved to Vancouver in 2010 and the couple were married a year later.

That was when they decided to give their careers in music one more serious go — this time, as a duo.

“Drew had been making music just for fun and I was more serious, but never had any breakthroughs,” said Danielle, who had also performed with the group Elle.

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HOROSCOPE Tuesday, November 27 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Alison Pill, 27; Tadanobu Asano, 37; William Fitchtner, 56 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Mars is in close proximity to Pluto which allows us a great focus into carrying out our projects and assignments with great persistence. Both planets transiting currently through the sign of Capricorn, they help us achieve a great deal of work in our professional life. We will exert our efforts assertively towards moving up the ladder of success.

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Dear Annie: I have worked hard all of my life and now find that I am financially very well off and can afford to be generous with my money.

Since I believe charity begins at home, I sent two $1,000 checks to two nieces who are going to college.

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Please drop off resumes Attention: Marina

Caregivers/ Aides

755

CENTRAL AB FEEDLOT seeking year round F/T employee. General farm work and farm machinery operation.

Phone 403-556-9588 fax 403-638-3908 or email dthengs@hotmail.com Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

ALBERTA REGISTRY P/T CLERK Janitorial NEEDED

Classifieds 309-3300 Coming Events

Dental

Oilfield

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Oil & Gas Well Testing Supervisors, Night Foremen, Exp’d/inexp’d Junior Day/Night Operators.

Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license.

Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages.

Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca or by fax to (403) 783-8004 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

A RED DEER BASED Pressure Testing Company req’s. Operators for testing BOP’s throughout AB. Only those with Drilling rig exp. need apply. Fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-341-6213 or email mikeoapt@gmail.com Only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Production Testing Personnel: Day & Night Supervisors & Field Operators

• Required for Rocky Medical Clinic Rocky Mtn. House, AB See website for full posting • www.rockymedical.com Email resumes to: rockymed@telusplanet.net

Supervisors - (Must be able to provide own work truck.)

Field Operators - Valid First Aid, H2S, driver’s license required!

Please see your website @ www.colterenergy.ca or contact us at 1-877-926-5837

TO FIND OUT MORE YOU can sell it fast with a person-to-person want ad in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds. Phone 309-3300

Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

Send resume to Attention: Linda Robinson gmar@symphonyseniorliving.com or drop off in person at: 3100 - 22nd Street SENIOR LIVING In concert with your life

ASPEN RIDGE & INGLEWOOD

800

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.

s now accepting applications for CGSB Level II’s and CEDOS Work to start immediately & run through to spring break. Sub-contractors also needed. Phone 403-887-5630 or email qtestltd@telus.net

Sawyer Oilfield Hauling

is looking for experienced

class 1 drivers with winch Apprentice or experience. Please fax Journeyman resume complete with Mechanics abstract to (403)343-1922.

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.

Start your career!

See Help Wanted

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

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND and DERRICK HAND. Locally based, home every night!

Qualified applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Emai: hr@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Snow Cat Operators Must have tickets and equipment experience.

403-348-1521 or 403-391-1695

Providence Trucking Inc

Is now hiring experienced:

TANKMASTER RENTALS Picker Operator requires CLASS 1 BED Bed Truck Operator TRUCK and TANK TRUCK Winch truck operators Operators for Central Qualified Day & Night All candidates must be

PHARMACY TECHNICIAN- The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy is looking for a part-full time Pharmacy Technician. No evenings or Sundays.Kevin 403-343-8088

LPNs and CAREWORKERS NEEDED SERVERS & COOKS NEEDED

Oilfield

Join Our Fast Growing Team and Secure Your Future with our Optimum Benefit Package & RRSP’s!!

790

710

800

COLTER PRODUCTION TESTING SERVICES INC

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr.

Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

CLINIC MANAGER ASSISTANT/ BILLING CLERK

Oilfield

$2500 Bonus Every 100 days

770

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

Starting wage $13/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

Medical

800

Q-TEST INSPECTION LTD.

wegot

42379

COWAN Debra May 1956-2012 Mrs. Debra May Cowan, of Alix, Alberta, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, November 23, 2012.

Debra was born February 22, 1956 in Red Deer to Ernie and Lillian Wilson. She was predeceased by her parents; Ernie and Lillian Wilson, and her brothers; Ben and Melvin Wilson. Debra is survived by her husband of 39 years, Randy Cowan of Alix, her sons; Dale (May) Cowan of Eckville, Darren (Lindsey) Cowan of Stettler and Jeremy (Colette) Cowan of Blackfalds, a n d h e r d a u g h t e r, H e i d i Cowan of Blackfalds. She also leaves behind her g r a n d c h i l d r e n ; Ty l e r a n d Reece Cowan, Jordyn Cowan, Morgan and Damian Cowan, Eden and Marlie Cowan.

Debra was a wonderful loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, who had a huge unselfish heart and ear to match and would listen to and help anybody who needed her. She always had a smile and a wave for everybody she encountered and she always put family and friends first and herself last.

Debra had an amazing ability of absorbing people’s pain and sorrows and would always give back a loving hug and smile for you to wear. She was a dog lover, an avid camper and loved to read. She always supported local organizations that were dear to her heart. A celebration of her life will be held at the Alix Community Hall, Friday, November 30th, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Alto Reste Cemetery, on Hwy 11 East, R e d D e e r. I f y o u w i s h , donations in Debra’s name may made directly to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada, 600-60 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4T 1N5. Condolences for the late Debra Cowan may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to Rebekah Sealock EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222.

64

Bingos

Your application will be kept strictly confidential

able to pass a pre-employment drug screen. We offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume and abstract to 403-314-2340 or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca

Oilfield

Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

TEAM Snubbing now hiring operators and helpers. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com

800

Fluid Experts Ltd.

Class 1 Operators

to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home every night, company benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision.

Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com LOCAL Oilfield Company seeking experienced Wireline Tool Salesman.

Vehicle mileage paid as well as commissions and benefits. Please forward resume to: btopcanada @hotmail.com or fax 403-340-8581 Attn: Manager

LINE LOCATOR ASSISTANT

First Aid, H2S and PSTS req’d. Need to be physically fit. Resume by fax 403-227-1398 or email info@accutechcanada.ca

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients.

We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people

.

With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals.

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking:

INDUSTRIAL INSULATORS

Experience with Calcium Silicate, Mineral Wool, and Utilidor panels in a tank or vessel manufacturing facility a definite asset.

These are full-time permanent shop positions with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796, or Email to hr@bilton.ca

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Office/Phone Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Mon - Fri

64 FREE BREAKFAST & FREE SUPPER WED., DEC. 12 Pancakes & Sausage 10:30-11:15 a.m.

CHRISTMAS SUPPER 5:00-6:15 p.m.

LAS VEGAS STYLE

KENO

Check Us Out Progressive Pots @ www.reddeerbingocentre.ca OUR SPONSORS FOR THE WEEK: Tues. Nov. 27 Aft: Sylvan Lake Seniors Association Eve: Red Deer Fencing Club Wed. Nov. 28 Aft: Circle of Red Deer Seniors Society Eve: Loyal Order of Moose Thurs. Nov. 29 Aft: Red Deer Central Lions Eve: Red Deer Canadian Ukrainian Dance Club Fri. Nov. 30 Aft: R.D.R.H. Voluntary Voluntary Association Eve: Sylvan Lake Figure Skating Club Sat. Dec. 1 Aft: Red Deer Senior Citizen’s Downtown House Eve: Alta. Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Sun. Dec. 2 Aft: David Thompson Playschool Society & Red Deer BMX Association Eve: R.D.R.H. Voluntary Association Mon. Dec. 3 Aft: Circle of Red Deer Seniors Society

RED DEER BINGO CENTRE 4946-53 Ave. 347-4504 (Just West of Superstore) Check Us Out @ www.reddeerbingocentre.ca

Afternoon & Evening Bingo 7 Days a Week

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300 ASSOCIATIONS

www.centralalbertahomebuilders.com Central AB Home Builders 403-346-5321 www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca Canadian Mental Health Assoc. www.realcamping.ca LOVE camping and outdoors? www.diabetes.ca Canadian Diabetes Assoc. www.mycommunityinformation.com /cawos/index.html www.reddeerchamber.com Chamber of Commerce 403-347-4491

BALLOON RIDES www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

BUILDERS

HEALTH & FITNESS www.antlerhillelkranch.com Peak Performance VA 227-2449 www.liveyourlifebetter.com Lose weight naturally with Z-Trim www.dontforgetyourvitamins.net The greatest vitamins in the world www.matchingbonus123.usana.com the best...just got better!! www.greathealth.org Cancer Diabetes DIET 350-9168

JOB OPPORTUNITIES www.workopolis.com Red Deer Advocate - Job Search

PET ADOPTION

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

www.fantahomes.com 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 www.masonmartinhomes.com Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 www.truelinehomes.com True Line Homes 403-341-5933 www.jaradcharles.com BUILDER M.L.S

www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com MLM’ers attract new leads for FREE!

CLUBS & GROUPS www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

REAL ESTATE RENTALS www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

VACATIONS www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

COMPUTER REPAIR

WEB DESIGN

www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

affordablewebsitesolution.ca

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

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403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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TO PLACE AN AD

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

Has openings for

Boiler Hands.

Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, First Aid We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers Please fax resume to : 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

WANTED EXPERIENCED

3rd yr. - Journeyman HIRING Service Plumbers * Gas station Manager * $25/hr, full time 1 person Better than competitive * The day to day operations of filling station and wages & benefits package.

Ref’s req’d. convenience store, managPlease fax resume to: i n g s t a ff , w o r k i n g w i t h vendors and monitoring 403-342-7894 Attn: Brad or call 403-343-6100 sales. * Completion of University ( Economics). Over 1 yr CURRENTLY SEEKING business experience.

Heavy Duty Leeoh Holdings Inc. Mechanic o/a Rimbey Gas & Splash.

CVIP license a must Box 659 4630 50 Ave. .Manufacturing and Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 Hydraulic system experience cookplus@naver.com an asset. Good hours, Phone 403-843-2360 competitive wage & benefit package. Fax resume to: RAMADA INN & SUITES 403-309-3360. req’s.

ROOM ATTENDANTS. ESTABLISHED well known Exp. preferred. Also company looking for perBREAKFAST ROOM manent f/t hourly tapers ATTENDANTS, and p/t piece work tapers. early morning shifts, Please fax resume to flexibility req’d. Only 403-782-0610 email: serious inquiries apply. ben@tpil.ca Rate $13.50/hr.

Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433 Trades

EXP’D OPERATOR req’d for furnace and duct cleaning truck. Good customer skills req’d. Good commission and opportunity for advancement in this exciting growth industry.

Email resume to t brad@ comfortecheating.com or fax 403-309-8302 EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dismanteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechanic or equivelant experience We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501

Shipper / Receiver

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department.

Fax resume to 403-342-0233

Trades

Please see:

JOURNEYMAN PLUMBER

www.rdpsd.ab.ca

Red Deer Public Schools

- Caretaking and Maintenance Staff for complete posting.

Please see:

Employment Opportunities

850

- Caretaking and Maintenance Staff for complete posting.

Gary Moe Volkswagen Hwy 2, West Side Gasoline Alley

403.342.2923

QUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma and 3 years of related experience in an office environment.

A diploma in Office Administration will be considered an asset. Equivalencies will be considered.

continues to grow!

We are currently expanding staff levels in all of our departments to meet the demand of our productions facilities.

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking:

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN

Extensive experience with the maintenance and repair of the electrical systems in buildings and general shop equipment is an asset.

This is a full-time permanent shop position with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796, or Email to hr@bilton.ca

Journeyman Technician

CNC Operators DAYSHIFT

CNC Operators QC Person

Fax resume to: Human Resources 403-782-1044 or Email: careers@bamssinc.com

Nexus Engineering is Currently looking for C.N.C OPERATORS. •

•

DUTIES INCLUDE, Set up of Mazak C.N.C lathe and running production runs, min. 3 years experience.

Also currently hiring a dayshift QC PERSON, Must be able to read measuring devices and blueprints for inspection of machined parts.

Successful candidate must be: • Customer service oriented.

• Energetic and physically fit.

www.southsidereddeer.com

Service Department rbergen@peterbiltreddeer.com

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1100

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia Prefering non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 302-9210.

Escorts

1165

*LEXUS* 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT

EDEN

587-877-7399 10am- 2am

Fireplaces

1175

TIM LLOYD. WETT certified.

Inspections, installs, chimney sweeps & service 403-340-0513

Handyman Services

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

* 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 Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445

Massage Therapy

1280

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels 403-986-6686

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

Painters/ Decorators

Truckers/ Drivers

FULL TIME PARTS PERSON Required Immediately Competitive plus renumeration Great Benefits Team Atmosphere

Requires Full Time

Carpenters Helpers, and Labourers.

Please send resume to:

Competitive Wages & Benefits. Fax resumes & ref’s to: 403-343-1248 or email to: admin@shunda.ca

daveturnbull@ garymoe.com

*MECHANICAL ENGINEER * ELECTRICAL ENGINEER * JOURNEYMAN MACHINIST SOFTWARE ENGINEER ELEC. REPAIR TECH QC INSPECTOR, AND ASSEMBLER For complete job descriptions, please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward resume to keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

Gary Moe Volkswagen

SERVICE ADVISOR Required Immediately Competitive plus renumeration Great Benefits We require a process driven person for this position.

Please send resume to:

daveturnbull@ garymoe.com

LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for exp’d’ F/T Class 1 truck driver & pressure truck operator.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766

860

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in DEER PARK Dempsey St. area $45/mo.

ALSO Duston St. Donnelly Crsc., area Densmore Crs. Dale Close $270/mo.

LANCASTER 1/2 of Lampard Crsc $65/mo.

ALSO Lenon Close, Lacey Close, Landry Bend area $76/mo.

ALSO Logan Close Lee St. & Lawrence Crsc. area $158/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

Pidherney’s is growing and requires experienced Class 1 drivers to work out of our NEW Blackfalds facility:

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

End Dump Drivers Truck and Wagon Drivers Super B Drivers Lowbed Drivers

Top wages paid based on experience Assigned units Scheduled days off Valid safety tickets an asset

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

860

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

• • • •

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Contractors

880

Misc.

Help

Hwy 2, Westside Gasoline Alley

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

Parts Department smaxon@peterbiltreddeer.com

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Need a playmate?

403-550-0732 mydiamondgirls.org

F/T. Class 1 drivers to haul NGL butane Super B’s, must be over 25 yrs., EMAIL: dreaddriving@gmail.com

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

Truckers/ Drivers

Please respond by email to the following:

403.340.8420

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages www.eroticasplaymates.net 403-598-3049

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

Gary Moe Volkswagen

Send resume to m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

Excellent benefits and wages based upon experience.

1000-1430

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

EXPERIENCED

Interested candidates may submit a resume to: reddeerhr@evrazincna.com

APPRENTICE MECHANIC

Parts People

We Offer: • Possibility for advancement.

• Ongoing professional training.

• Competitive remuneration.

• Excellent medical and dental benefits.

Fax resume in confidence to:

2804 Gaetz Ave., Red Deer

1165

This position would be of interest to individuals who have 3 - 5 years of previous supervisory experience, possess strong communications skills, be a people-person, possess strong computer skills, be extremely wellorganized and be able to mentor and coach members of a production team.

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s FULL TIME

and

We offer competitive wages, benefits and a RRSP plan.

Please forward resumes to resume@ nexusengineering.ca

Escorts

This is a full-time permanent shop position with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

Please Fax resume to 403-227-7796, or Email to hr@bilton.ca

Service Technicians

CLASSIFICATIONS

1010

B PRESSURE WELDERS

Join our growing company as we have recently expanded and are currently hiring experienced

wegotservices

Accounting

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking:

860

REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY

AFTERNOON SHIFT

DAYSHIFT

With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals.

AN UP TO DATE ALBERTA “B” PRESSURE CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE WITH VESSEL EXPERIENCE.

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The successful candidate will have: * Strong organizational skills * Proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook * Excellent oral and written communication skills * High degree of professionalism * The ability to work independently or as part of a team

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Vehicle maintenance, service, replace, fix, adjust systems and components, steering, brakes, suspension, transmission, electronics, electrical, engines and accessories.

Apply in person with resume and Volkswagen certification to: Dave @

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.

273593K30

Two full time, permanent positions in Red Deer, AB From $29.75/hr to $33.00/hr

The ideal candidate would have knowledge of Oil Country Tubular Products, supplemented with previous pipe manufacturing experience in a unionized industrial environment.

CNC Lathe experience would be an asset.

In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking quailified individuals for

designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients.

We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people.

Truckers/ Drivers

MACHINIST/ AREA SUPERVISOR

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC

Welding and Manufacturing Ltd.

(Volkswagen Master Technician Required)

850

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION

Employment Opportunities

www.rdpsd.ab.ca

Trades

Salary will be commensurate with education & experience.

Red Deer Public Schools

Invites applicants for:

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE TECHNICIANS

Key responsibilities for this position include: * Providing administrative support to Management * Maintenance of IFTA reporting program * Responding to staff inquiries * Data entry & maintaining document files * Reception including answering telephones, and greeting visitors *Maintaining supplies and office equipment * Open, sort and distribute correspondence (including fax and email)

CHINESE FOOD Restaurant requires DISHWASHER, WAITER/WAITRESS & DELIVERY DRIVER Drop resume off in person to Red Star Restaurant 3731 50 Ave. Red Deer Phone 403-309-5566 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

850

Trades

273845L1

plus monthly bonus, and health benefits. Also accepting for Full Time (40 hrs. a week) $12-$13 Part Time (20-30 hrs. a week) Apply in person or e-mail careers@metalsmiths.ca

810

820

McMullen’s Refrigeration & Heating is a well established business in Red Deer. We are a growing business looking for great people to add to our professional team.

Customer service skills are required. These are the positions currently available and training will be provided, along with excellent wages and benefit packages: -Journeyman/Apprentice Refr. Technician -Refrigeration Sales and Service Manager -Plumber/Boiler Technician/Apprentice -Sheet Metal Estimator and Sales -Sheet Metal Journeyman/ Apprentice Please phone John @ 403-342-1155 or email john.hirney@ mcmullens.ca.

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN

Assistant Manager, and 1st. Key starting wage 14/hr.

a Lacombe based transp o r t a t i o n c o m p a n y, i s looking for a full-time administrative professional.

Restaurant/ Hotel

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

850

Invites applicants for:

is looking for

BAMSS Contracting Inc.,

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

830

METALSMITHS Bower Mall

Professionals

Fluid Experts Ltd.

Is looking for experienced Trucking Dispatcher to start immed.

Good Verbal, Writing, Texting and Computer skills. Company Pickup, benefits, above avg. salary and great atmosphere.

Clean Class 1 drivers license c/w abstract.

Completed Basic Training Courses. Will train the right individual.

Fax Resume w/all tickets and Driver`s Abstract to 403-346-3112 or email to roger@fluidexperts.com

Trades

850

Sales & Distributors

WE are looking for Rig Managers, Drillers, Derrick and Floor hands for the Red Deer area.

Please contact Steve Tiffin at stiffin@galleonrigs.com or (403) 358-3350 fax (403) 358-3326

850

Trades

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TREELINE WELL SERVICES

ARROW PLUMBING SERVICES LTD.

850

Trades

271076K14-17

Has Opening for all positions!

Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, First Aid We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers Please fax resume to : 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

DAD’S PIZZA

PART/FULL TIME COOK Apply at East 40th Pub. 3811 40th Ave.

850

Trades

NOTICE

Advocate Subscribers Please assist our Advocate carriers by shovelling your sidewalks.

Your carriers will appreciate this favor.

THANK YOU

Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

Misc.

Help

880

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

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 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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

is expanding its facility to double production.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

- Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

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JOHNSTONE PARK Jacobs Close James, Johns St. & Jewell St.

Ainsworth Crsc.

Asmundsen Ave. Archibald Crsc.

Arnold Close/ Amlee Close

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

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in MOUNTVIEW 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/yr 1-1/2 hrs. per day

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail.

BOWER AREA Barrett Dr. Bettenson St. Best Crsc./ Berry Ave.

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

NGLEWOOD Ingram Close

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Langford Cres.

Law Close/ Lewis Close SUNNYBROOK AREA

Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold!

Sherwood Cres.

Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook 1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Violet Place Victor Close Vold Close

Please contact QUITCY

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

PHONE BOOKS

CIRCULATION Service Runner (Part Time)

ALSO SOUTH HILL 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/YR. 1 Hr. per day.

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in LANCASTER AREA 77 papers $412/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA 72 papers $386/mo.

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

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life Within the towns of Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick at 403-314-4303

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)

Earn extra money for Xmas by delivering the new Yellow Pages Phones books into Innisfail, Penhold, and Rimbey Must have own vehicle.

This is door to door delivery. Can start mmediately, no selling involved, part time. Call 1-800-661-1910 RETAIL STORE SUPERVISOR C-store Gas Cwash Apply ABA Investments Inc oa Heritage Esso,FT $14.38/ hr Supervise, train staff, prep schedule, sales reports, merchandising, inventory mgt, HS grad, computer literate, 2 yrs exp. Mail Resume 6020 67St Red Deer, AB T4R2K4.

Auctions

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

Building Supplies

1550

60% OFF brand new patio door. Gentek patio door energy saving sealed unit foot and key locks. $850 Call 403-340-2777

Children's Items

1580

3 PIECE wooden kitchen playset, fridge, stove and sink, $45; an exc. Christmas gift for your child, call 403-347-7489 BOB the Builder sleeping bag and pillow, like new, $20, 403-314-9603

Clothing

1590

C H O C O L AT E b r o w n suede coat, w/hood, women’s size M, $40, 403-314-9603 LADIES’ Silverado mink coat, exc. cond., Size 12, $195, 403-343-2241

Event Tickets

1610

PAUL MCCARTNEY in Edmonton Nov 28 & 29.

Dinner, bus and concert packages start at $99.

780-489-7669 or 1-877-678-8282.

EquipmentHeavy

1630

GED, Career Planning & Work Experience.

Funding may be avail. which incl. tuition, living allowance, and books.

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

900

920

Career Planning

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1520

MANTLE Clock, 1870 1920, black ebony wood w/hinged convex glass door over face, key to wind, $100. obo. Unique corner Bulova clock, solid dard wood, tiny shelf below the face, roman numerals, battery operated; Asking $50; 403-227-2976

Auctions

20 METAL sheet pans and rack with cover for baking products $100.00 call 403-728-3485 3 SOUP TO GO VENDING MACHINES, $30, 403-347-7489 BLANKET, dble. siize, 100% acrylic, washable, sea mist green, $25.; Wedding veil, 4 layered, fine net, shoulder length, $100. Wedding Head piece, lace petals, with tine pearls. $25.

403-227-2976

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

2 BDRM. house w/bsmt, on Kingston Dr. $1100/mo.

Ron 403-304-2255

Main Flr. Hewson Ave.

3 bdrm. 2 bath, No pets.

NOW $1475 incl UTIL. BOX of Christmas decorations incl. 2’ pre-lit tree, Hearthstone 403-314-0099 REDUCED! 4 BDRM. $20, 403-314-9603 2300 sq. ft.executive home DOMESTIC sewing in Clearview. machine w/cabinet, $25, PET FRIENDLY 403-343-2241 5 appls. fenced yard. $2000 Galvanized garbage can, + utils. Linda, 403-356-1170 $12. Post maul, 8 lb. $12.

SYLVAN, 2 units Dec. 15, Post hole auger, 6” $30.

2 bdrm. + hide-a-bed, incl., Metal wheel barrow, 6 cable, dishes, bedding, all cu.ft. $50. Metal ice fishing utils. $1000 -$1500/mo, pick, $35. Metal cat trap 403- 880-0210 w/handle, $20. 2 yellow tow ropes, 10’ long $12/ea.

1/ 4” tow cable, $12.

Condos/ Scoop shovel, aluminum, Townhouses $12. 403-314-2026 GARAGE door 7’H 8’W, 3 BDRM. 1 1/2 baths, 5 Steelcraft, good shape, appls, fenced, n/s, no small window at top, all pets, avail. Dec. 1, Deer h a r d w a r e a n d s p r i n g s Park 403-391-1740 good shape $125 obo Kirsch Cl. 2 Bdrm.

403-347-2374 Townhouse. Sm. Pet. Deck, GE 1/2 H.P. 110 220 MO- 5 appls. NOW $1295 + UTIL. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 TOR $100, 403-728-3375

3030

NEW tempered glass fish tank and stand $75; brass 5 pce. fireplace set, $50, also grate $20, 403-728-3375 SQUARE D 50 amp multi breaker complete, $50m BL load crentre 100 amp w/12 15 amp and 2 40 amp breakes, $100, 403-728-3375 GE 1/2 H.P. 110 220 MOTOR $100, 403-728-3375

1650

ROOMS FOR RENT, close to uptown. Employed gentleman Rent $425/mo, s.d. $250, 403-350-4712 ROOMS Highland Green fully furn., 6 appls, basic cable and utils. incld., bdrms. keyed, $500/mo., + SD, working only. Avail. immed. 403-342-4604

Kyte/Kelloway Cres.

3150

Garage Space

GARAGE - cold storage $175/mo.

343-6615 403-346-7669

5030

Cars

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Mobile Lot

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Sharon 403-550-8777

216751

5040

SUV's

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

KITSON CLOSE

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s Avail.

Dec. 1 403-304-7576 / 347-7545

3090

Rooms For Rent

2007 YUKON Denali AWD 151,500 kms, seats 7, white/tan, loaded, great cond, $23,900 347-2987

4020

Houses For Sale

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

2000 TOYOTA 4 RUNNER 196,000 kms., $10,400. obo 403-597-5972

Trucks

5050

4090

1830

4160

2010 DODGE Power Wagon 2500 SLT 4x4, winch $26,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

1660

1840

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

1700

1720

Accepting registrations for 6 mo. Community Support Worker Program. Incld’s

1760

1810

1710

Support Worker

Misc. for Sale

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse NEW HOMES! 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, 403.342.4544 TRAILERS for sale or rent concrete patio, blinds, MasonMartinHomes.com Job site, office, well site or Pets & front/rear parking, no dogs, Supplies storage. Skidded or n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Manufactured wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Avail. Dec. 1.

3 F. WEST Highland Terri- 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 Homes er puppies, ready to go LAKEFRONT CONDO: Farmers' Nov. 30. 403-346-8788 MUST SELL 1 bdrm. + pullout couch, Market

By Owner $7,000.

Pine Lake, fully furn., N/S, Sharon 403-550-8777 $800 utils. incl. 403-440-9013 BROWN EGGS AND Cats SOUTHWOOD PARK LAMB now has free range 3110-47TH Avenue, pork : gourmet hams and Lots For 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, 5 FREE KITTENS,3 black, sausage. Phone Sale generously sized, 1 1/2 2 grey,Blue Russian Tuxe403-782-4095 baths, fenced yards, do X, very cute, ready for FULLY SERVICED full bsmts. 403-347-7473, good home/farm/acreage, res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

Sorry no pets. good mousers, Builders terms or owner Firewood www.greatapartments.ca litter trained will J.V. with investors or 403-886-4852 Riverfront Estates subtrades who wish to become 403-588-6505 AFFORDABLE Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, home builders. Great bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, returns. Call 403-588-8820 Homestead Firewood SIAMESE blinds, large balcony, Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. ALSO BELANISE no pets, n/s, $1195 You can sell your guitar 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 (3) KITTENS FOR SALE or $1220 along the river. for a song... $60 each obo.

FIREWOOD 347-7211 or put it in CLASSIFIEDS SD $1000. avail.

403-887-3649 bluegrassnursery.com and we’ll sell it for you!

Dec 1 403-304-7576 347-7545 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver Dogs 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Manufactured

As part of our customer service team, you will be Health & dispatched in response to Beauty service concerns to delivery newspapers and flyers *NEW!* Asian Relaxation to customers or carriers. A Massage Downtown RD delivery vehicle is pro587-377-1298 Open Mon.vided.

Fri. daily 11am - 6 pm.

Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to SOURCE ADULT VIDEO 9 a.m. or longer, and/or requires mature P/T help Household 7 am-3 pm. weekends afternoon shifts Monday to Fax resume to: Appliances Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m..

Saturday and Sunday, 7 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue APPLS. reconditioned lrg. a.m.-11 a.m. or longer selection, $150 + up, 6 mo.

SUBWAY warr. Riverside Appliances Submit resume, indicating All Red Deer 403-342-1042 “Service Runner Position”, along with your drivers Locations WASHER/ dryer set, $125, abstract immediately to: Hiring Immediately 403-343-2241 careers@ Food Counter Attendants reddeeradvocate.com Are you looking for a career or mail to: opportunity with excellent Household Human Resources benefits, a mature working Furnishings 2950 Bremner Avenue environment and opportunity Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 to advance? If so, Subway 2 SETS OF IKEA nesting or fax to: 403-341-4772 has a position for you! tables, $40 per set or Please apply online @ $70/pair.

We thank all applicants for mysubwaycareer.com or Call 403-346-1735 their interest, however, Drop resume off in person only selected candidates at 180, 6900 Taylor Drive 3 PC Wall Unit w/9 shelves will be contacted.

Or email to & centre cubical w/door. careers@rdsubway.com Nice for pictures, books, or Call us at 403-342-0203 etc. $60. 403-314-2026 Community

BED ALL NEW,

Queen Orthopedic, dble. pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr.

Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

302-0582 Free Delivery BED: #1 King. extra thick orthopedic pillowtop, brand new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice @ $545. 403-302-0582.

KITCHEN table (white) 4 chairs, $200 403-886-4309 LARGE chesterfield and chair, forest green, good cond. $100 403-346-4049 LIGHT oak color desk w/hutch, matching filing cabinet, and Canon scanner, $200/all, 403-341-3698 403-505-5326 OLDER wooden tv stand for large tv $75 obo 403-782-3031 SWIVEL, rocking occasional chair, very good cond, $95 403-343-3013

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 Wooden Wall Unit w/6 cubicles. Ideal for TV, radio, speakers, etc. $60.

403-314-2026

LABRA DOODLE PUPS F 1 $700; F1 B $900 2 YR health Guaranteed. awesome bloodlines, ready now until Christmas Hold with deposit.

Ph. 403-919-1370 306-792-2113 www.furfettishfarm.ca

Sporting Goods

1860

EXERCISE Ball, Professional, Thera-band. Red. Asking $35. 403-227-2976

Collectors' Items

1870

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Sharon 403-550-8777

1 & 2 BDRM. APTS.

2000-2290

Poultry

2130

19 WK. PULLETS for sale, brown & white 885-5095

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Grain, Feed Hay

2190

1ST & 2nd cut hay Joffre area, NO RAIN, Alfalfa Timothy mixed. delivery avail. 403-896-7105

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

5030

Cars

2 & 3 bdrm. suites.

Heat/water/parking incl., Large suites with yards Some with washer/dryer Call 403-342-2899

2 Bdrm. Apt. Lawford

2001 DODGE Ram 1500.

Q/cab. loaded 403-596-6995

2009 CAMRY XLE V6, loaded, leather, GPS, keyless locks, like new. $19,975. 403-782-3690

3080

2007 LINCOLN MARK LT 4x4, lthr., nav., $26,888 348- 8788 Sport & Import

Selected Large Items Will Be Sold on Bid Spotter.com See Pictures and more info at www.montgomeryauctions.com TERMS: CASH/CHEQUE/C/CARD SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS 10% BUYERS FEE LUNCH AVAILABLE

www.montgomeryauctions.com

Auctioneers & Sales Management DON MONTGOMERY ICCA Auctioneer 403-885-5149 • 1-800-371-6963 Box 939, Blackfalds, AB

403-598-3591

5150

ATV's

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

3090

2 BDRM. bsmt, shared kitchen, prefer employed or student. Avail. Nov. 30.

403-342-7789, 358-0081 CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $525. 403-346-7546 ROOM for rent $500./mo.

Call 403-352-7417

Manufactured Homes

2007 FORD Fusion, SE, V6, black, excellent cond., original owner, A/C, PW, PL, 4 dr. 117,000 kms. $10,900. o.b.o.

403-348-9009

3040

Newly Renovated Mobile Home

A MUST SEE! $

20,000with Intro

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable 264155J1-K30

5200

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

2 & 3 bedroom

Misc.

Automotive

modular/mobile homes

5240

THE Last Ride Auto Undertakers

in pet friendly park

Deceased vehicle removal service 403-343-6377

Starting at

NOTICE

Advocate Subscribers Please assist our Advocate carriers by shovelling your sidewalks.

Your carriers will appreciate this favor.

/month

Sharon (403) 550-8777 www.lansdowne.ca

5190

REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

FREE Cable

849

5180

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

$

$

Tires, Parts Acces.

Auto Wreckers

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

Only

1999 POLARIS RANGER 6X6 one owner, low hours, 3500 warn winch, $7888 348-8788 Sport & Import

NEW TAKE OFF TIRES 245-75R-17” General Grabber E rated 10 ply tires. $100/ea. 403-341-9315

Renter’s Special

Trailer w/S/O, 2004 Ford Focus Station Wagon, 2000 Chev 1500 LS 4x4 R/C Truck, 1999 Chevy Venture Van, WELDER – Miller Big Blue 302-P Diesel Portable Welder w/Trailer 10x52 OFFICE TRAILER, 12x12 SKIDDED BUILDING, QUANTITY WOOD WORKING EQUIPMENT & MECHANICAL, SMALL TOOLS, SELLING LARGE QUANTITY OF DIE CAST TOYS & WESTERN DISH WARE, COMMERCIAL STORAGE BUILDINGS, TENTS, TOOL BOXES, 1- Wilcor 4-Sections of Rolling File Storage System w/Tracking, COMPUTOR, INTERNET, MUSIC & SATELLITE Commercial FITNESS & GYM EQUIPMENT

5070

2008 HONDA Odyssey, 107,000 kms., $18,900.

www.lansdowne.ca

1 Mile North of Blackfalds,Ab, 2 Miles East On Lakeside Sargent Rd.

Vans Buses

Riverside Apts.

2 bdrm., balcony. 3 appl., No pets. Only $995 + Elect.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099

Sharon (403) 550-8777

SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 2012 @ 10AM MONTGOMERY AUCTION SALES CENTRE

2008 FORD F-350 LARIAT 4x4, turbo diesel, htd. lthr., sunroof, nav., $35,888, 348-8788 Sport & Import

YOU Looking?

Rooms For Rent

CLASSIFICATIONS

wheels

Clean, quiet bldg.

Call 318-0901.

NEED roommate Sm. acreage on Hwy. 12 between Bentley & Gull Lake. 403-748-4491

AGRICULTURAL

2008 GMC Sierra 2500 4x4, 39000 kms $23888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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3060

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Roommates Wanted

1530

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3040

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HUGE DISPERSAL

270636K9-27

Employment Training

LOOKING for a dynamic individual with superior organizational skills to fill a position within a fast paced business environment. A person with Simply Accounting, Parts, Shipping & Receiving an asset. Fax resume to: 403-314-9011.

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

ORIOLE PK WEST Oberg, Orchid, Oscar Cr & Overand Place

F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk.

Apply in person w/resume: Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

CARRIERS NEEDED

GLENDALE Gunn St. & Goodacre Close

880

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Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012

Wal-Mart says it tried to cut ties with factory FIRE KILLS 112 PEOPLE WHO WERE MAKING CLOTHES FOR WAL-MART WITHOUT RETAILER’S KNOWLEDGE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA, Bangladesh — The garment factory in Bangladesh where a weekend fire killed at least 112 people had been making clothes for Wal-Mart without the giant U.S. retailer’s knowledge, Wal-Mart said Monday.

In a statement, Wal-Mart said that the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory was no longer authorized to produce merchandise for Wal-Mart, but that a supplier subcontracted work to it “in direct violation of our policies.”

“Today, we have terminated the relationship with that supplier,” America’s biggest retailer said. “The fact that this occurred is extremely troubling to us, and we will continue to work across the apparel industry to improve fire safety education and training in Bangladesh.”

The blaze on Saturday was one of the deadliest fires of its kind in Bangladesh and threw a spotlight on the way the country’s garment factories often ignore safety in the rush to supply major retailers in the U.S. and Europe. More than 200 people have died over the past six years in garment factory fires in Bangladesh, including a blaze that killed 63 in 2006.

Survivors of the latest tragedy said that an exit door was locked, that fire extinguishers didn’t work and apparently were there just to impress inspectors, and that when the fire alarm went off, workers were told by their bosses to go back to their sewing machines. Victims were trapped or jumped to their deaths from the eight-story building, which had no emergency exits.

On Monday, about 15,000

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bangladeshis take to a protest through the streets Monday, after a garment factory fire killed more than 110 people Saturday on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. They blocked the streets near Dhaka, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for those killed in the fire. The blaze highlighted unsafe conditions in an industry producing for retailers around the world.

Bangladeshi workers protested blocks from the gutted building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar, demanding justice for the victims and improved safety.

Some 200 factories were closed for the day after the protest erupted. Demonstrators blocked a major highway, threw stones at factories and smashed vehicles.

Labour leaders hope outrage over the latest disaster will prompt change. Tahmina Rahman, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garment Workers Federation, said gov-

ernment needs to do more to punish factories for safety lapses.

“The owners go unpunished and so they don’t care about installing enough security facilities,” she said. “The owners should be held responsible and sent to jail.”

Wal-Mart did not say why it dropped the Tazreen factory.

But in its 2012 Global Responsibility report, Wal-Mart said it stopped working with 49 factories in Bangladesh in 2011 because of fire safety issues.

And online records appear to indicate the Tazreen factory

was given a “high risk” safety rating after an inspection in May 2011 and a “medium risk” rating in August 2011.

For more than a day after the fire, Wal-Mart said it could not confirm whether it was still doing business with Tazreen, which was making T-shirts and polo shirts. The uncertainty illustrated how major retailers in the U.S. and Europe rely on a highly complex chain of foreign manufacturers and middlemen to keep their shelves stocked.

Tazreen Fashions Is a subsidiary of the Tuba Group, a

major Bangladeshi garment exporter whose clients include Wal-Mart, Carrefour and IKEA, according to its website. Its factories supply garments to the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands, among other countries.

The Tazreen factory opened in 2009 and employed about 1,700 people.

Neither Tazreen nor Tuba Group officials could be reached for comment.

Maj. Mohammad Mahbub, fire department operations director, said investigators suspect a short circuit caused the fire.

But the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association urged investigators not to rule out sabotage.

“Local and international conspirators are trying to destroy our garment industry,” association President Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin said. He provided no details.

Mahbub said it was the lack of safety measures in the building that made the blaze so deadly. “Had there been at least one emergency exit through outside the factory, the casualties would have been much lower,” he said.

He said firefighters recovered at least 100 bodies from the factory, and 12 more people died at hospitals after jumping from the building. Local media reported that about 100 injured people were being treated at hospitals.

The government was unable to identify many victims because they were burned beyond recognition; they were buried Monday in a grave outside Dhaka.

The government said Tuesday will be a day of national mourning, with the flag lowered to half-staff.

U.S. fights back at climate Community mourns critics, defends efforts family swept out to sea

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DOHA, Qatar — Anticipating an onslaught of criticism from poor nations, the United States claimed “enormous” strides in reducing greenhouse emissions at the opening of U.N. climate talks Monday, despite failing to join other industrialized nations in committing to binding cuts.

The pre-emptive U.S. approach underscores one of the major showdowns expected at the two-week conference as China pushes developed countries to take an even greater role in tackling global warming.

Speaking for a coalition of developed nations known as the G77, China’s delegate, Su Wei, said rich nations should become party to an extended Kyoto Protocol — an emissions deal for some industrialized countries that the Americans long ago rejected — or at least make “comparable mitigation commitments.”

The United States rejected Kyoto because it didn’t impose any binding commitments on major developing countries such as India and China, which is now the world’s No. 1 carbon emitter.

American delegate Jonathan Pershing offered no new sweeteners to the poor countries, only reiterating what the United States has done to tackle global warming: investing heavily in clean energy, doubling fuel efficiency standards and reducing emissions from coal-fired power plants. Pershing also said the United States would not increase its earlier commitment of cutting emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020. It is half way to that target.

“I would suggest those who don’t follow what the U.S. is doing may not be informed of the scale and extent of the effort, but it’s enormous,” Pershing said.

“It doesn’t mean enough is being done. It’s clear the global community, and that includes us, has to do more if we are going to succeed at avoiding the damages projected in a warming world,” Pershing added. “It is not to say we haven’t acted. We have and we have acted with enormous urgency and singular purpose.”

The battles between rich and poor nations have often undermined talks in the past decade and stymied efforts to reach a deal to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees C (3.6 F), compared to preindustrial times.

Efforts taken in the absence of a deal to rein in emissions, reduce deforestation and promote clean technology are not getting the job done. A recent projection by the World Bank showed temperatures are expected to increase by up to 4 degrees C (7.2 F) by 2100.

Countries are hoping to build on the momentum of last year’s talks in Durban, South Africa, where nearly 200 nations agreed to restart stalled negotiations with a deadline of 2015 to adopt a new treaty and extend Kyoto between five and eight years. The problem is that only the European Union and a handful of other nations — which together account for less than 15 per cent of global emissions — are willing to commit to that.

Delegates in the Qatari capital of Doha are also hoping to raise billions of dollars to help developing countries adapt to a shifting climate.

“We owe it to our people, the global citizenry. We owe it to our children to give them a safer future than what they are currently facing,” said South African Foreign Minister Maite NkoanaMashabane, who led last year’s talks in Durban.

Environmentalists fear holding the talks in Qatar — the world’s biggest per capita emitter — could slow progress. They argue that the Persian Gulf emirate has shown little interest in climate talks and has failed to reign in its lavish lifestyle and big-spending ways.

There was hope among activists that Qatar might use Monday’s opening speech to set the tone of the conference. But Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, the president of the conference and a former Qatari oil minister, didn’t offer any voluntary emission targets or climate funding for poor nations.

“Some countries, especially the one where we are sitting, have the potential to decrease their carbon emissions. They have the highest per capita emissions, so they can do a lot,” said Wael Hmaidan, a Lebanese activist and director of the Climate Action Network.

“If nations that are poorer than Qatar, like India and Mexico, can make pledges to reduce their carbon emissions, then countries in the region, especially Qatar, should easily be able to do it. ... They still haven’t proven they are serious about climate change.”

Al-Attiyah defended Qatar’s environmental record at a later news conference, insisting it was working to reduce emissions from gas flaring and its oil fields. Qatar is already doing plenty to help poor countries with financing, he said, adding that it was unfair to focus on per capita emissions.

“We should not concentrate on per capita. We should concentrate on the amount and quantity that each country produces individually,” al-Attiyah said. “The quantity is the biggest challenge, not per capita.”

The concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide has jumped 20 per cent since 2000, according to a U.N. report released last week.

The report also showed that there is a growing gap between what governments are doing to curb emissions and what needs to be done to protect the world from potentially dangerous levels of warming.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Howard Kuljian and his family were out for a walk on a damp, overcast morning at Big Lagoon beach, playing fetch with their dog as 10-foot surf churned the water just feet away like a washing machine.

Signs near the beach warned of “sneaker waves,” the kind that suddenly roar ashore.

Kuljian tossed a stick that took their dog down to the water’s edge and in an instant, authorities said, a wave swallowed it, setting off a nightmarish scramble early Saturday in Arcata.

“Everything kind of snowballed from there,” Coast Guard Lt. Bernie Garrigan said.

Kuljian’s son ran to save the dog, and struggled as he was captured by the surging surf. Kuljian followed, and later his wife. On shore, his 18-year-old daughter and his son’s girlfriend could only watch.

Both parents’ bodies were later recovered, but the boy — presumed dead — is still missing. The dog, identified by the boy’s friend as “Fran,” eventually made it back to shore.

The news of the tragedy — coming during the long holiday weekend — shocked many in their small college town on the rough Northern California coastline about 280 miles north of San

Francisco. Students at the high school where Kuljian’s son, Gregory, went wore green in his memory.

By late Monday afternoon, more than 1,300 people “liked” a Facebook page set up by the teenager’s friends called “Wear Green for Geddie” — using his nickname. Dozens tweeted tributes with the hash-tag (hash)WearGreenGorGeddie.

“I will always remember him no matter how long,” wrote Emmalaya Owen on the Facebook page. “Especially how he was such an upbeat happy person or how he tried to put up ’Be Happy’ propaganda posters he drew around school.”

Others were trying to come to terms with the deaths. His sister, Olivia, graduated from the school last year.

“He was just a friendly guy, and everyone who knew him liked him, and his family was very close,” said Day Robins, a high school senior. She said Gregory and his family were active in school athletics and sailing.

Big Lagoon beach is a short drive from Arcata. Signs are posted near the parking lot warning beachgoers not to turn their back to the surf and to pay special attention to “sneaker waves,” Garrigan said.

“Because the beach is designed that way, when that 10-foot wall breaks, it surges up on the beach and surges back really fast,” he said.

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