Red Deer Advocate, December 10, 2012

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‘Just doing business’ MLA CAL DALLAS’ EXPENSES AMONG THOSE RELEASED ONLINE BY ALBERTA GOVERNMENT

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

Cal Dallas

Flights to Asia and Europe and a $1,230 Calgary hotel bill were among the expenses claimed by Red Deer South MLA Cal Dallas over six months this year.

On Wednesday, the government released

hundreds of pages of photocopied receipts for its cabinet ministers from May to September 2012 as part of its efforts to be transparent for taxpayers.

In the six-month period, Dallas, the minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations, submitted 84 pages of receipts that were mostly for airplane tickets, hotels, parking, the odd meal, mileage and

taxi cabs.

“It’s important to be prudent with our expenses but I believe we carefully followed the guidelines in place,” said Dallas.

“I am comfortable with the expenses that incurred in the course of doing that business.”

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Family ‘camping’ after fire destroys home MOVES INTO TRAILER, CHRISTMAS PLANS CHANGE

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF This holiday season Cara and Tim Herbert and their four children should have been decorating with tinsel and welcoming family and friends to their Erksine-area home, northeast of Alix, for the first time.

Instead there’s brave faces on the family of six as they count their blessings in a cramped holiday trailer next to the remains of their mobile home.

Around 2 p.m. on Nov. 10, Cara Herbert returned home from grocery shopping in Stettler to see smoke billowing out of the roof of the place they called

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Tim and Cara Herbert and their children Carson, Carli, Gracie and Hunter are living in a holiday trailer parked in the yard near their burned out home northeast of Alix. home since May. After calling 911, Herbert waited for the firefighters as she watched the flames spread. Fire crews arrived shortly after and battled the blaze for several hours to no avail.

Fire investigators later determined the fire was electrical and started within the walls. Herbert said they lost everything and nothing in the home is salvageable.

Fortunately, says Herbert, there was

no one home at the time. Her husband was working in Grande Prairie and drove home when he heard about the fire.

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Industry influencing pipeline safety DESIGNED MORE TO QUIET PUBLIC CONCERN THAN IMPROVE THE SYSTEM, SAYS GREENPEACE

Not wanting holidays to be ‘grinched,’ feds allow religious decorations CONSERVATIVES GIVE CIVIL SERVANTS PERMISSION TO ADORN OFFICES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — For a second year, the Harper government has issued a directive to civil servants giving them the green light to adorn their office space with tinsel, symbols of Santa or any other forms of holiday decorations.

The lights and decorations lift spirits, and it’s perfectly fine for anyone celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah to place seasonal symbols at government work sites, says Treasury Board President Tony Clement.

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“Our Government will not allow the Christmas spirit to be grinched,” Clement said.

A statement was to be issued Monday reminding federal employees of their right to festoon.

Last year, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley issued a similar directive after a government manager banished Christmas decorations, trees and holiday wreaths from front-line Service Canada offices across Quebec.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A review of pipeline safety commissioned by the Alberta government after a series of high-profile accidents was heavily influenced by industry and designed more to quiet public concern than improve the system, say Greenpeace campaigners.

They say documents obtained under Freedom of Information legislation suggest the terms of the review were OK’d in advance by pipeline company officials.

“There’s a difference between talking to industry and asking for their approval,” said Greenpeace energy spokesman Keith Stewart. “It looks like industry got to write the terms for this review.”

But Energy Minister Ken Hughes said a meeting held between department staff and a broad array of pipeline industry representatives before the review was announced was to let

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them know he meant business.

“I called the meeting to convey a strong sense of urgency and a strong sense of reflection and investigation,” said Hughes.

The Alberta government asked for the technical safety review last summer following three pipeline-related spills.

In one of those spills, a Plains Midstream Canada pipeline leaked about 475,000 litres of oil into the Red Deer River, a major drinking water source for central Alberta.

In July, more than 50 environmental, conservation, land rights, unions First Nations and other groups called for an independent review of pipeline safety.

On July 20, Hughes announced that review, to be conducted by a third party firm contracted by the Energy Resources Conservation Board, the provincial regulator.

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CONFERENCE EXTENDS CHRISTMAS WITH KYOTO PROTOCOL THE RDSO A U.N. climate conference agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some rich countries but which will only cover about 15 per cent of global emissions. C4

With help from Red Deer’s mayor and the Calgary Boys’ Choir, the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra delivered two sorts of British Christmases on Saturday — the divine and the jolly. C5

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FIRE: Outpouring outstanding Herbert said the house was insured and the outpouring of support from the surrounding communities has been outstanding.

“We have some fantastic neighbours,” said Herbert, 31.

“The support has been amazing. The Nevis and Erksine communities have pulled together what we needed to get started.”

They also have family in Red Deer and Bashaw.

Because the family has pigs, goats and dogs to feed, there was no other option but to stay in the holiday trailer on the property.

Herbert says the trailer is quite snug and very warm. They have the essentials but doing laundry poses a problem.

“We don’t have space for a Christmas tree this year,” said Herbert.

“We’ll be going to my husband’s family to celebrate Christmas on the 15th. We will just celebrate with them and Santa will come early.”

Her four-year-old daughter has major skull surgery at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton on Dec. 21.

Herbert said her family will be spending Christmas at their daughter’s hospital bedside.

Herbert said her children — Carson, 9, Carl, 7, Gracie, 4, and Hunter, 2 — have surprised them. She said their spirits are relatively high and are looking forward to an early Christmas.

“Every once in awhile we will get, ‘oh no that was in the fire,’” said Herbert.

“They have their moments. They had their most precious treasures in there. There’s no going back.

We really have to look forward to make the best of the situation.”

Family friend, Nicole Peters, has set up a trust fund at Scotiabank and TD Canada Trust in Stettler.

To help, call Peters at 403-742-6402. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Tim and Cara Herbert and their children Carson, Carli, Gracie and Hunter are living in a holiday trailer parked in the yard near their burned out home north east of Alix. ent’s statement after it was released Sunday, from public servants expressing their delight.

“Way to go. Now I want to really decorate my cubicle,” one office worker wrote on Clement’s Twitter feed.

DECORATIONS: No issue

EXPENSES: Dallas paying for alcohol out of pocket

The Quebec chief of Service Canada was roundly criticized in early December, 2011 after he sent emails to employees telling them they could hang holiday decorations in their personal spaces, but not in areas serving the public.

Clement said he wanted to make clear to all federal employees this year that the Conservatives have no issue with the decorations.

“I see nothing wrong in the workplace at this time of the year . . . to have the tinsel or the Christmas cards or even a little mini nativity scene or a Menorah,” Clement said in an interview with The Canadian Press.

Clement, who celebrates Christmas with his family, acknowledged there are some people who would rather not be confronted by holiday decorations in government buildings.

But people who wish to celebrate their religious beliefs should be allowed to do so, he said.

“This is an inclusive time of year. We have people of all faiths, we have people of no faith,” said Clement.

“If people with faiths wish to demonstrate that in some way, (and) that it’s within the rules that are set out throughout the year, then we have no issue with that.”

There was an almost immediate response to Clem-

Dallas had a $1,232.72 bill for a two-night stay at the Hotel Arts in Calgary for Stampede events and caucus meetings in July.

Dallas said he was required to be in Calgary for two early mornings and he participated in events through to the evening.

On the second night, Dallas spoke at an engagement. The next morning, he was scheduled to fly to Saskatoon out of Calgary.

“As I gauged how practical it would be to do that and I determined that it was best to stay the night in Calgary,” said Dallas.

Dallas said the rooms were likely inflated a lot because of the Stampede and he did not know the cost of the accommodation.

“That was the cost if you were going to stay in Calgary that night,” said Dallas, noting he frequently drives back to Red Deer after night meetings and returns the next morning for more meetings.

The documents show mileage claims for at least a dozen Red Deer-to-Calgary and Red Deer-to-Edmonton trips from May to September. The government pays 50 cents per kilometre.

There was the odd receipt for food and beverages, including two glasses of Crown Royal ($13.50) at a restaurant in Quebec and a bottle of cabernet sauvignon ($48) was charged to his bill at a restaurant in

Edmonton.

Among his meals, Dallas claimed a $179 meal at Cafe Select in Edmonton for five people and a $384 bill at Wildflower Restaurant in Edmonton for six people. Dallas also ate at Dairy Queen, Pizza 73 and Wendy’s.

Dallas said he is not sure whether he or one of his guests consumed the alcohol in those two occasions.

Dallas said he is very comfortable with the new expense disclosure policy where the receipts are posted online.

“What you won’t see is any alcohol receipts,” said Dallas. “At this point forward, if my guests want to consume alcohol I am paying for that out of pocket.

That’s the bottom line.”

Among his more costly trips was his trip to Europe for the World Heavy Oil that cost taxpayers $35,436.28 for eight days in September.

Dallas was expected to stay for two weeks but cut the trip short because of former premier Peter Lougheed’s death. His original plane ticket cost $9,414 and he incurred a $2,367 penalty for changing his flight. The trip was originally budgeted for $42,000.

Dallas promoted Alberta’s trade and investment opportunities during his mission to China and South Korea in June. The price tag on the trip was $37,932.14.

Photocopied receipts of the claims were posted online in the Alberta Legislature Library catalogue.

Under the new expense policy, all travel and expense disclosure will be available online every two months.

From January to September, Dallas’s international trips, including to the United States, cost taxpayers roughly $122,000. That total included travel, accommodation, meals, hosting receptions and other expenses. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

National chief wants inquiry after teen’s murder other families whose loved ones have disappeared or been killed.

The addition of Fowler, also known as “CJ”, to the lengthy list of women has prompted him to urge Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make the matter a higher priority in order to prevent further crimes.

“I am profoundly saddened and offer my personal support and that of the Assembly of First Nations to the family of CJ Morningstar Fowler and her community,” he said in a statement.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Assembly of First Nations says the recent murder of a 16-yearold native teen is yet another reason Ottawa should call a national public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

National Chief Shawn Atleo said Sunday the death of Summer Star Elizabeth Krista-Lee Fowler in British Columbia has triggered an overwhelmingly painful reminder of losses suffered by

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“We can and must do better as a society,” she said, “so that others do not fall victim to the same tragedy of a system that ignores or

“A death such as this touches us all.”

Over the past week, members of the assembly gathered and committed to renew efforts to seek safety and justice for aboriginal citizens, as well as accountability for those who have died.

Aboriginal groups want an inquiry into an estimated 600 aboriginal women who have disappeared or been killed in the last two decades.

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Fire crews responded to a Superstore location in the west end of the city at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

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through all those bills but I would say mission accomplished for bringing some important pieces of legislation to the assembly and working through the system.”

The 17-member Wildrose official Opposition is the largest since 1997 when the Liberals had 18 members in the house.

Today the 28th legislative assembly consists of five Liberals, four New Democratics and 61 Tories.

“I thought it went extremely well,” said Joe Anglin, MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain HouseSundre. “I know there’s lots of Kerry Towle criticism ... It’s new not just to the rookies. It’s new to the veterans. I think that’s what made it rocky in a way.”

Anglin ranked third in his caucus behind Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith and Wildrose house leader MLA Rob Anderson in addressing the assembly.

Part of the role as a member of the official Opposition is to hold the government accountable, said Anglin, so when a minister spends money, they look at the numbers. He points to Tourism Minister Christine Cusanelli who was revealed by opposition parties to have submitted improper expense charges including billing the government for flying relatives first-class to the Olympics in London.

“We ask tough questions,” said Anglin.

“That’s not personal. This is not their money. This is public taxpayer’s dollars... It is person- Rod Fox al for the taxpayers. It is their money.”

Anglin said they brought the copies of the paperwork that showed some MLAs were using taxpayers money and they wanted the government to answer for it.

“That’s our job,” said Anglin. “And I am very proud we did it. That’s our job. The veterans never saw it coming.”

Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox said he was very humbled to be in the chamber and called the session interesting.

He was one of the lead critics on Bill 4, the Public Interest Disclosure Act, and put forward 21 amendments that were all voted down.

“We carried the debate about 60 per cent of the time,” said Fox, who had never been to the legislature before orientation in the spring.

“That equates to about 60 hours of debate.

“The next closest to us was the government at 14 hours. It was very exciting to be part of it and getting the voice of our constituents out there in the legislature.”

Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Bruce Rowe said failure to get more than two amendments through was disappointing. But he said, the good news is some of the points they made to improve “some of these absolute awful bills” are on record. Rowe said it’s a completely different ball game in the chambers with 26 members in opposition.

“They can’t totally ignore us,’ said Rowe.

“We have a great research team that puts all those amendments together.... They are just not used to it.

They have an effective opposition that won’t back down.”

The Advocate was unable to reach Jablonski. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta’s five rookie Wildrose MLAs quickly got down to business in their first real working session of the legislature.

Newly elected in April’s provincial election, the politicians represent most of Central Alberta apart from Tory veterans Mary Anne Jablonski, MLA for Red Deer North, and Cal Dallas, MLA for Red Deer South.

In the six-week fall session, the Tory government passed legislation that protected whistleblowers, created a single regulator for oil and gas projects, reformed Alberta’s election finance laws, protected home buyers and extended the work- Joe Anglin ers’ compensation coverage to first responders for post traumatic stress disorders.

Ten bills were passed and the opposition put forward more than 110 amendments and only two amendments were passed.

Innisfail-Sylvan Lake MLA Kerry Towle said MLAs are expected to know every single part of the bills in order to put forward good amendments and she expected a little more cooperation in the house. Towle said she fought hard to cover volunteers in the whistleblower legislation.

“I think (the governing Tories) thought this is 15 essentially rookie MLAs coming into the house and we were going to fumble,” said Towle, noting the session gave the new MLAs a clear picture of what is required. “I don’t think we did that.”

Rick Strankman, MLA for Bruce Rowe Drumheller-Stettler, agreed calling the session “frustrating,” “sobering” and “a raucous.”

“It was like watching trained animals perform as requested,” said Strankman.

“I just can’t get an understanding to what the thinking is there. Maybe there’s some method in our presentation that wasn’t correct but we never got those requests from them saying you guys need to change the color of your suit or something to get better respect.”

Dallas said although some would describe the fall session as “raucous,” he did not find it much different than the last two or three sessions.

“But I certainly wish there were more policy questions during the course of Question Pe- Rick Strankman riod but there wasn’t,” said Dallas, who is also the minster of international and intergovernmental relations. “That’s under the control of the Opposition in terms of the kinds of questions they choose to advance to the government.”

Dallas said the government set about with an important legislative agenda and successfully concluded the agenda.

“We had some good debate,” said Dallas. “There was good debate on a number of bills ... We could go

INDUSTRY: Government ‘all but asked for the industry’s permission’ But a few days before, Hughes had convened a meeting of all the major industry players.

Stewart said correspondence between bureaucrats after that meeting suggests the government all but asked for the industry’s permission.

“The meeting was very productive and we are confident we can move this forward,” said one email from a high-ranking energy department official.

“Their overwhelming support for the ERCB as the regulator was good to hear and their advice for you to do a review was also reassuring.”

Stewart added other communications suggest the review’s job was mostly to reassure the public.

“Some recent incidents and ongoing media attention about energy and environmental issues have given us all the opportunity to reflect not just on how we ensure safety, but also on how we communicate our safety commitment,” said a July 11 email from a senior bureaucrat, quoting from the invitation issued to pipeline companies.

Hughes defended the review, saying it is intended to assess industry standards on pipeline integrity, water crossings and spill response.

“The first step in that process is to assure me in my role as minister that we performing at the best possible level,” he said.

“Secondly, once we are assured that that is the case, that there is also strong communication about how we’re conducting this business in this province.”

Stewart pointed out that none of the groups that called for the review — mostly environmental and landowners organizations — were consulted in advance.

He repeated criticisms that the review was kept deliberately narrow in scope, focussing on whether government regulations are aligned with industry best practices.

“It doesn’t tell you anything about what actually does happen,” he said.

He noted an American review was severely critical of Calgary-based Enbridge’s handling of a pipeline spill in Michigan.

Hughes said critics will be welcome to make submissions when the report goes out for public response.

The report is expected later this month. No public input process has been determined, said Hughes.

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Jablonski would add substance RED DEER RACE FOR MAYOR

OURVIEW CAMERON KENNEDY

The 2013 Red Deer mayoral race has begun not with a bang, but a whimper.

Two candidates have announced their intention to replace Mayor Morris Flewwelling, who is stepping down at the end of his current term after 21 years in politics.

Neither of them is very compelling when stacked up against the outgoing mayor.

Matt Chapin, a 26-year-old student, ran for mayor in 2007. He received a total of 559 votes. His campaigns for city council and Red Deer Public School District board trustee in 2010 also failed to connect with voters.

Chad Mason, a 26-year-old accountant, is a newcomer to municipal politics. Cut from the same fiscal cloth as Coun. Chris Stephan, Mason has served on the Wildrose Party constituency board for Red Deer North since 2010 and helped out during the last provincial election. He talks about bike lanes, snow removal and lower taxes, but his resume is light on political experience.

Other potential candidates appear

content to sit on the sidelines for now.

Veteran councillors Cindy Jefferies and Tara Veer are widely expected to enter the mayoral race. Jefferies says she will announce her intentions next month. Veer says it’s too early to start talking about the next election.

Could Mary Anne Jablonski give the race the spark it needs?

Rumour has it the MLA for Red Deer North is thinking about leaving provincial politics to run for the mayor’s seat.

Red Deer residents could do a lot worse for candidates than Jablonski, who was first elected to the Alberta legislature in 2000.

A political veteran, Jablonski would shake up the establishment at City Hall. Representing the city on the provincial stage would give her a unique perspective on the city’s goals and the best way to get there.

Jablonski’s understanding of provincial politics and her connections in that arena would also be an asset as the city moves forward with projects that require provincial support, such

as a new courthouse.

She wouldn’t be the first MLA to make the jump to municipal politics.

When Lacombe-Stettler MLA Judy Gordon became disenchanted with provincial politics in 2004 after serving three terms in the Alberta legislature, she re-entered the municipal arena with great success. In 2004, she dumped then mayor Bill McQuesten, and she was acclaimed in 2007.

Jablonski said last week that, while she had not made a decision, it was “highly unlikely” that she would run for mayor. Never say never, she added, but she was committed to her job as MLA for Red Deer North.

Nobody is questioning Jablonski’s commitment to the constituents. What is more difficult to ignore is that the mayor’s job comes at a time when Jablonski’s provincial aspirations appear to have stalled.

While the political fortunes of her counterpart in Red Deer South, Cal Dallas, have soared under Premier Alison Redford, Jablonski’s have soured.

Minister of Seniors and Community Supports under former premier Ed Stelmach, Jablonski was relegated to the backbenches by Redford. Barring a dramatic reversal of fortune, her

station is unlikely to change any time soon.

Jablonski has tried to stay busy. Her private member’s bill, The Irlen Syndrome Testing Act, passed first reading, but failed to pass before the current sitting ended on Thursday.

Jablonski cares a great deal about the issue — her nine-year-old grandson has been diagnosed with the syndrome — and she is vowing to bring the bill back in the spring.

But political reality paints a darker picture. Most private member’s bills are doomed from the start, and Jablonski’s probably won’t fare much better in the spring session.

The 2013 Red Deer mayoral race comes at a critical time for the city.

There is no incumbent, which means Red Deer residents need quality candidates who can articulate their visions for the city.

If Jablonski is serious about serving people, she has a better chance of doing that as mayor than languishing in the backbenches in the legislature in Edmonton.

Mary Anne Jablonski would be a credible candidate for mayor.

Cameron Kennedy is an Advocate editor.

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RCMP officer saved me I, Henry Fleischer of Crossfield Towing, just wanted to say thank you to the RCMP officer who assisted in the recovery of the 2000 Outlook in the centre meridian It was approximately 5 p.m. on Dec. 4 on Hwy 2 northbound about two km south of the first exit of Innisfail.

When I showed up on the scene, I was not sure how I was going to get this out of the ditch because of the traffic on the road.

All of the sudden, within minutes, this RCMP car appeared at the scene. I did even have a chance to talk to him as he backed up about 500 feet on the fast lane to divert traffic over to the slow lane.

I proceeded to winch this vehicle out of the centre meridian and after about 30 minutes, all of the sudden I see him racing up towards me siren blaring. Someone had gone around the RCMP car and had pulled back into the fast lane, putting my life on the line The roads were very slick as I had scene about eight wrecks on they way to this roadside call even at 60 km/h and there is no way he would be able to stop I speak for thousands of tow truck drivers: you as drivers (people) need to pay attention to our emergency lights as you do for the RCMP lights So in conclusion I would like to say thank you to this RCMP officer and I would also like a phone call to thank this man for doing what he had done and for his quick response on racing up the highway to save my bacon.

I will be able to live to see Christmas.

Henry Fleischer Crossfield

Trading away our rights and environment?

Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food. That could change as oil, the world’s main transport fuel, becomes increasingly scarce, hard to obtain and costly, but we’ll be trading with other nations for the foreseeable future.

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

Canada has signed numerous deals, from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to several Foreign DAVID Investment Promotion and SUZUKI Protection Agreements (FIPA), and is subject to the rules of global trade bodies, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favour the interests of business over citizens.

With Canada set to sign a 31-year trade deal with China, a repressive and undemocratic country with state-owned corporations, we need to be cautious.

Should we sign agreements if they subject our workers to unfair competition from lower-paid employees from investor nations, hinder our ability to protect the environment or give foreign companies and governments excessive control over local policies and valuable resources?

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Under some agreements, basics like protecting the air, water and land we all need for survival can become difficult and expensive.

One recent case could put Canada on the hook for $250 million. Quebec has put a hold on fracking pending a study into the environmental impacts of blasting massive amounts of water, sand and chemicals into the ground to fracture rock and release gas deposits.

A U.S. resource company plans to sue Canada under Chapter 11 of NAFTA, claiming compensation for the moratorium’s damage to its drilling interests.

Similar disputes have already cost Canada millions of dollars.

Ontario also wants assurances that fracking is safe before it allows the practice. That province is facing costs and hurdles because of another conflict between trade and environment.

Japan and the European Union filed a complaint with the WTO, claiming a requirement under the Ontario Green Energy Act that wind and solar projects must use a set percentage of local materials is unfair.

Many of the problems arise because of an investor-state arbitration mechanism, which is included in NAFTA, as well as the proposed Canada-China FIPA, Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and Trans-Pacific Partnership. It allows foreign investors to bring claims before outside arbitrators if they believe their economic interests are being harmed by a nation’s actions or policies. So economics trump national interests.

This has caused many countries, including Australia, South Africa, India and several in Latin America, to avoid signing deals that include the investor-state arbitration mechanism. In Australia’s

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case, the country recognized the pitfalls when tobacco companies, including Philip Morris, attempted to claim damages under a bilateral investment treaty after the federal government introduced a sciencebased law requiring cigarettes to be sold in plain, unappealing packages.

According to Australian National University law professor Thomas Faunce, Philip Morris then lobbied the U.S. government to include a similar mechanism in a new trade agreement it was negotiating with Australia. In an article for Troy Media, Faunce wrote that, with such a mechanism, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes “would, in effect, become the final arbitrators on major Australian public policy questions concerning mineral royalties, fossil fuel and renewable energy, water, telecommunications, banking, agriculture and power.”

The 31-year trade agreement between Canada and China is worrisome, with its 15-year opt-out clause (compared to just six months for NAFTA), but the inclusion of the mechanism in other agreements is also cause for concern. At the very least, we could be on the hook for millions or billions of dollars if our environmental, health, labour or other policies were deemed to harm the interests of those investing in or trading with Canada.

The government’s desire to expand global trade may be understandable, but we mustn’t give away too much. We must tell our elected representatives to at least delay the Canada-China FIPA until it has been examined more thoroughly, and to reconsider the inclusion of investor-state arbitration mechanisms in all trade deals.

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Allegations in RCMP harassment lawsuit denied

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The police officers named in Cpl. Catherine Galliford’s sexual harassment lawsuit against the RCMP have all denied her allegations in statements of defence, following the lead of the federal government, which issued its own blanket denial earlier this year.

Galliford, a police spokeswoman who worked on the Air India and Robert Pickton cases, filed a lawsuit in May, alleging nearly two decades of harassment and sexual abuse by her colleagues and superiors.

In addition to the RCMP, Galliford’s lawsuit also named RCMP officers Const.

Marvin Wawia, Supt. Mike Bergerman and Insp. Doug

Henderson; Dr. Ian MacDonald, an RCMP-employed physician; and Const. Phil Little, who worked for the Vancouver police but was part of the joint RCMP-Vancouver missing women investigation.

Wawia, Bergerman and Henderson each filed statements of defence last week, denying all of Galliford’s allegations. Little filed his response in October and MacDonald filed his shortly after the federal government did in July.

Galliford first outlined her allegations in media interviews last year, prompting several other female Mounties to come forward with their own stories of abuse — and their own lawsuits.

The series of accusations cast a cloud over the national

police force and its treatment of women.

While officials have acknowledged there are problems within the RCMP and have promised to take steps to fix them, the force has consistently denied any wrongdoing as it responds to lawsuits such as Galliford’s.

Galliford’s statement of claim, which contains unproven allegations that have not been tested in court, says she met Wawia in 1990 while she was an applicant for the RCMP. She alleges he then spent years harassing and stalking her.

Wawia’s statement of defence denies he ever harassed or stalked Galliford.

Instead, Wawia says the pair were in a consensual sexual relationship that began in

Lost hunter says thoughts of family, searchers kept him going THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A hunter who turned up after being lost in the southeast Manitoba bush for three weeks says thoughts of his family and the hundreds of people who were looking for him kept him going. “(It was) my wife and my son and the knowledge that the search and rescue community and people I don’t even know were out looking,” said Brad Lambert, who turned up safe and sound Saturday after 21 nights in the bush.

“That means a great deal.”

Lambert, 46, had been last seen Nov. 15 when he stopped to buy supplies for a deer hunting trip southeast of his Winnipeg home.

Things went off the rails when a “wrong turn on the wrong trail” left him stuck and stranded in the middle of nowhere.

When he didn’t return home, the search began.

Police and hundreds of volunteers scoured the densely forested area. Aircraft were called in.

Residents and business owners throughout Manitoba and Ontario were asked to check any

buildings such as outdoor sheds, abandoned structures and garages on their properties.

Meanwhile, Lambert said he did what he could to survive. Although he had no food and ate nothing during the entire ordeal, he was able to melt snow for drinking water.

And he did his best to aid searchers.

“Daytime was spent building signal fires, walking through an expansive marsh trying to flag aircraft with my blaze orange hunting gear and trying to be noticed,” he said.

“I could see some planes. At night there were some aircraft as well.

“Unfortunately, I guess they couldn’t see me. It had to be a 10-20 square kilometre open

meadow with bluffs — it would be extremely difficult to locate from the air one person.

“At times, it was very disheartening.”

Eventually, Lambert realized he had to set out.

He thrashed his way through heavy bush until he came to a trail, then followed the trail until it came to a road.

“I was found on the road.”

Lambert says he feels fine, although he is tired.

“No ill effects. I’m eating, I’m hydrated and just enjoying being with my family.”

He said he just wants everyone who helped with the search to know how thankful he is.

“It was a very emotional time and it still is.

I’m just grateful to everyone involved.”

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Richmond, B.C., in 1990 and they lived together until Galliford left for the RCMP’s training centre in Regina in 1991.

Wawia’s statement of defence says he has had “no deliberate or intentional contact” with Galliford since 1991.

“This defendant specifically denies assaulting, sexually assaulting, threatening, harassing, or abusing his position of trust,” says Wawia’s statement of defence.

The federal government has conceded that Wawia was disciplined after a complaint involving Galliford in 1991, though it’s not clear what happened. Wawia’s statement of defence does not mention the incident.

Galliford met Bergerman while she was still a civilian and living in Prince George,

B.C., when he encouraged her to join the RCMP. Galliford’s lawsuit claims that when she was at training in Regina, Bergerman visited her and sexually assaulted her in his car.

Bergerman denies that happened. He said he picked up Galliford in a police car on one occasion in Regina because the two had plans, but he says they decided to cancel those plans and he drove her home without incident.

Henderson worked with Galliford on the Air India task force, and the pair travelled across the country to meet with victims’ families.

Galliford alleges Henderson made repeated sexual advances and attacked her in a hotel room during a trip to Edmonton.

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Video of alleged pig farm abuse reviewed

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The office of Manitoba’s chief veterinarian said Sunday it has received and will review footage of the treatment of pigs at a hog farm that has sparked accusations of animal abuse.

Animal Health and Welfare Manager Terry Whiting said video footage taken at a Puratone Corp. farm in Arborg, Man., by animal rights group Mercy For Animals Canada was received Friday, but couldn’t comment on whether an investigation has been launched.

The footage, released online and to CTV’s “W5,” shows pigs bleeding from open

wounds in tight metal cages, pregnant pigs with distended, inflamed bellies and piglets being slammed down on the floor by staff.

Mercy For Animals Canada says it was shot between August and September by an undercover investigator at the Puratone facility.

Investigations director Twyla Francois said the footage was recorded with a pinhole camera worn by an activist who was hired as an animal care technician by Puratone after applying to several Manitoba pig farms selected at random.

“Our investigator purely went in as the eyes and ears.

He just recorded what he saw each day, and footage doesn’t

lie,” she said.

Puratone CEO Ray Hildebrand said in a statement that the company is “disturbed” by the images which he said do not reflect its animal care rules.

He said an investigation is underway and that there will be “corrective actions” taken as a result of the video.

“The vast majority of our people respect the animals under their care and follow good stewardship practices.

We require all staff to adhere to animal welfare policies and nothing else will be tolerated,” he said.

The advocacy group said meat from the plant is purchased by major grocery chains Sobeys, Loblaws, Met-

ro, and Walmart Canada. It’s calling for the stores to ban the purchase of meat from farms that use the metal “gestation” crates.

Twyla said the group has sent a legal petition to Manitoba’s top veterinarian alleging the footage shows the farm violates the province’s animal welfare law.

“Although these are standard practices (in the industry), they do cause unnecessary suffering... We believe that we have grounds for the Office of the Chief Veterinarian to act,” she said.

“I think we’re at an interesting turning point where the public is now seeing into the hidden world of factory farming and the public is outraged,

and rightly so.”

Francois said the group’s investigator recorded auditors from Maple Leaf Foods Inc. — which is in the process of buying Puratone — touring the facility as the alleged mistreatment was occurring.

“They saw all this so they clearly did tolerate it and they were aware of it,” she alleged.

Maple Leaf was not immediately available for comment Sunday but said in a statement on its website that it will conduct a “thorough audit” of Puratone’s animal care policies after the purchase is finalized.

The company said the treatment shown in the video does not reflect industry practices and is “not tolerated at Maple Leaf.”

Pipeline panel arrives in B.C. for next phase of hearings PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — The effects of a tanker port and increased tanker traffic off the west coast will be front and centre at hearings into the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline this week, as proponents and critics convene for another round of hearings.

The panel reviewing the plan to build 1,100-kilometre twin pipelines will arrive in Prince Rupert, where participants will be questioning witnesses under oath about the environmental and socio-economic effects of the marine terminal and the increased shipping it will bring to the B.C. coast. “(We) have focused on potential impacts to wildlife, particularly marine mammals such as humpback whales and there’s the northern resident killer whale that could potentially be impacted by the increasing traffic of oil tankers should this project go ahead,” said Tim Leadems of Ecojustice, which

is representing a coalition of environmental groups at the hearings.

The Pacific humpback whale is listed as an endangered species under the federal Species At Risk Act. Ecojustice launched a lawsuit against the federal government in September claiming that Ottawa’s failure to implement protections for the whales and other endangered species legislated under the act is further endangering wildlife along the proposed route.

During the last round of hearings this fall in Prince George B.C., several intervening groups probed company and federal officials about the effects on endangered caribou populations.

So far, Enbridge engineers, experts and consultants have been grilled on everything from earthquake and tsunami risks, pipeline routes, and compensation for habitat loss at the Prince George hearings. Earlier hearings in Edmonton looked at the economic effects and viability of the project.

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TOMMY DOUGLAS

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to settle a seven-year battle to lift the shroud of secrecy over a decades-old intelligence dossier on socialist trailblazer Tommy Douglas.

Jim Bronskill, a reporter with The Canadian Press, is seeking leave to appeal the case to the country’s highest court.

At stake is more than simply gaining access to the intelligence file compiled on the late Douglas, according to Bronskill’s lawyer.

In essence, the top court is being asked to be the final arbiter on whether national security should trump the public’s right to see historical documents.

“It is about the balance between history and security and when national security information can and should be withheld,” Paul Champ said.

“Our simple position is that information that’s gathered for intelligence or national security should not be hidden away from Canadians for all time. At some point, that information can and should become available to historians and journalists and the Canadian public so that we can better understand our history.”

In 2005, Bronskill applied under the Access to Information Act to see the intelligence file compiled by the nowdefunct RCMP Security Service on Douglas, a former Saskatchewan premier, father of medicare and first federal NDP leader.

Library and Archives Canada, which is now in possession of the file, eventually released just over 400, heavily censored pages from the 1,142-page file.

Bronskill launched a court challenge after the federal information commissioner agreed with the government that most of the file should remain under wraps.

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Winning streak snapped LIONEL MESSI

REBELS FALL IN OT AT BRANDON, WINNING STREAK ENDS AT NINE GAMES DESPITE SOLID EFFORT

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

MESSI BREAKS RECORD Lionel Messi has broken German great Gerd Mueller’s 40-year-old record for most goals in a single year by scoring for the 86th time in 2012. The Argentina forward scored twice as Barcelona led 2-0 against Real Betis by the 25th minute of the Spanish league match on Sunday. His first was an individual effort in the 16th minute to equal Mueller’s record, and he eclipsed the 1972 feat with a familiar left-footed finish nine minutes later. Messi has scored 74 goals for Barcelona and 12 times for Argentina this year.

Mueller scored 85 for Bayern Munich and West Germany. Messi is a finalist for the FIFA’s world player of the year award.

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Red Deer Rebels defenceman Haydn Fleury knocks down Brandon Wheat King Jason Swyripa in front of the Rebels net during WHL action Saturday in Brandon, Man..

Wheat Kings 5 Rebels 4 (OT) The Red Deer Rebels fell just short of extending their Western Hockey League winning streak into double figures on Saturday.

The Rebels’ run of success was snapped at nine games with a 5-4 overtime loss to the host Brandon Wheat Kings. As Red Deer GM/head coach Brent Sutter noted, the setback witnessed by 3,663 fans at the Keystone Centre wasn’t due to a shortage of scoring opportunities.

“We had so many friggin’ chances. But when you score four goals in a game you should win,” Sutter said on Sunday evening, roughly 10 hours after the team arrived back in Red Deer. “It just wasn’t meant to be.”

The Rebels pelted Brandon netminder Corbin Boes with 24 first-period shots en route to a 2-0 lead on goals from Matt Bellerive and Rhyse Dieno.

But the visitors then coughed up three unanswered goals in the first 13 minutes of the second period before getting an equalizer from Mathew Dumba at 19:06.

Red Deer refocused during the intermission and outshot the Wheat Kings 8-7 in the third period. Both teams scored once, with Brandon moving ahead 4-3 on Alessio Bertaggia’s 16th of the season at 4:57 and Wyatt Johnson potting a short-handed goal for the Rebels at 11:14.

Rebels forward Marc McCoy rang a shot off the post late in regulation time and in the extra frame Johnson deflected a volley that just trickled past the Brandon cage.

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Monday

● Women’s basketball: Big Ballers vs. Vertically Challenge, Collins Barrow Storm vs. The Bank, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber; Funk vs. Shooting Stars, Nikes vs. Rampage, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Spartans vs.

Triple Threat, 7:45 p.m., Hunting Hills.

Tuesday

● Senior high basketball: Sylvan Lake at Hunting Hills, Lacombe at Notre Dame, Innisfail at Lindsay Thurber, Wetaskiwin at Stettler, Camrose at Rocky Mountain House; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Men’s basketball: Investors Group vs.

Carstar, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Monstars, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

● WHL: Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday

● Midget AA hockey: Innisfail at Lacombe, 7 p.m.

Packers continue rule over Lions at Lambeau WIN GIVES PACKERS 22ND STRAIGHT WIN AT HOME AGAINST LIONS, LONGEST STREAK IN NFL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Packers 27 Lions 20 GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers added even more spice to next weekend’s game in Chicago, moving within one win of the NFC North title with their 27-20 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday night.

DaJuan Harris rushed for a score in his first appearance with the Packers, Aaron Rodgers added the longest TD run of his career and Mike Daniels returned a fumble 43 yards as Green Bay (9-4) opened a onegame lead over Chicago. Beat the Bears next weekend at Soldier Field, and Green Bay wins the NFC North for a second straight year.

“The main thing is we won,” Rodgers said. “We’re first in the division by a game and we put ourselves in good position, not only for the division but potentially for a first-round bye. The division is our first goal. ... We can wrap things up next week.

It’s a tough opponent, a tough place to play. There’s a lot on the line.”

Calvin Johnson had 118 yards receiving to put him over 1,500 for the year, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Lions (4-9) from dropping their fifth straight. This was the third straight game they’ve blown a lead of 10-plus points, tying an NFL record shared by six other teams.

After touchdowns on their first two drives, the Lions could only manage a pair of field goals by Jason Hanson.

“We haven’t found a way to

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tries to run between Detroit Lions’ Nick Fairley (98) and DeAndre Levy (54) during the NFL football game Sunday, in Green Bay, Wis. finish games,” Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch said.

“That’s the highlight of our season. That should be the headline, us not finishing. We play three good quarters of football.”

The Packers have won 22 straight at home against the Lions, the longest streak in the

NFL. The streak, which includes a playoff game, dates all the way back to 1992 — when Green Bay was still playing some of its home games in Milwaukee.

“I was thinking this would be a waste of a beautiful day, to end that streak,” Rodgers said.

“Playing in the snow, a great

crowd. Hopefully we can keep that (streak) going as long as I’m playing here.”

Coach Mike McCarthy likes to say all division games are big, but this one got even bigger when Chicago lost to Minnesota earlier in the day.

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Clippers’ bench the key to victory over Raptors

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Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin, center, is defended by Toronto Raptors’ Jonas Valanciunas, left, Kyle Lowry, right, and Andrea Bargnani, in an NBA game in Los Angeles, Sunday.

Clippers 102 Raptors 83 LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers were lacking energy through three quarters. Their backups came in and changed the game again.

Jamal Crawford led a fourth-quarter rally by the reserves with 16 points and the Clippers defeated Toronto 102-83 on Sunday to win their sixth in a row while handing the Raptors their 10th consecutive road loss.

The backups gave Los Angeles its first double-digit lead of the game after Toronto kept it close through the first three periods before dropping its fourth straight and 10th in its last 11. The Raptors have just four wins this season.

Eric Bledsoe added 14 points on his 23rd birthday to help the Clippers’ reserves outscore their counterparts 47-24.

Blake Griffin led the Clippers with 19 points. Chris Paul added 16 points and DeAndre Jordan had 10 rebounds. Caron Butler was the only starter to play in the fourth, coming in only after Matt Barnes was ejected with 1:36 to play.

Los Angeles’ reserves dominated the final period for the third straight game, turning Griffin and Paul into cheerleaders.

“As long as I’ve been in the league, through 20 games I’ve never played this least amount of minutes,” Paul said. “I should have no arguments about being tired.

I’m also enjoying cheering on guys out there playing. We like to see each other succeed.”

Each one of the 10 Clippers who played had at least one basket, including Ronny Turiaf, who had six points and roared after one dunk.

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Skins say RGIII injury isn’t major ROOKIE SENSATION INJURES KNEE IN FOURTH QUARTER AGAINST RAVENS

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

LANDOVER, Md. — Robert Griffin III sprained his right knee in the Washington Redskins’ win over the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, but a team spokesman said an MRI revealed that “everything is clear” in terms of significant ligament damage.

Spokesman Tony Wyllie said Griffin does not have a major knee injury and specifically ruled out a season-ending torn ACL as a result of a hit on the rookie quarterback in the final minutes of regulation in the 31-28 overtime victory.

At about the same time as Wyllie’s announcement, Griffin tweeted: “Your positive vibes and prayers worked people!!!! To God be the Glory!”

By medical definition, a sprained knee means that Griffin has some damage in at least one of the several ligaments in his knee. Wyllie said coach Mike Shanahan will give more information about Griffin’s status Monday.

Griffin was limping and wearing a big black brace on his knee in the locker room after the game. In-

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REBELS: Winning streak snapped Then, just seconds after Dumba struck iron with a shot, Ryley Miller ended the contest 3:36 into overtime.

“We never played great in the second period, we kind of played on our heels” said Sutter. “But we were good in the first and third periods as well as the overtime.”

Richard Nejezchleb, Jayce Hawryluk and Jason Swyripa scored Brandon’s second-period goals. Boes made 44 saves for the Wheat Kings, who fired 37 shots at Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak.

The three-star selections — surprisingly — were all Wheat Kings in Bertaggia, Hawryluk and Miller.

While the Rebels were unable to continue their magical run, they did return home with five of the six points available on their three-game road trip that earlier included wins at Regina and Moose Jaw. “That’s pretty darn good. The key thing is we got 19 of 20 points in our last 10 games,” said Sutter. “That’s the way we have to look at it. We just have to stay with it and recognize the good things we did, even in last night’s game, because we did a lot of good things.”

The Rebels are now minus the services of Bartosak, who will join the Czech Republic national team this week and is a good bet to make the squad and play in the world junior championship starting on Boxing Day in Ufa, Russia.

In addition, Dumba will attend the Team Canada world junior selection camp starting on Tuesday at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park and will miss at least one game — Wednesday’s contest versus the visiting Calgary Hitmen.

Meanwhile, forward Cory Millette needed 60 stitches to close a laceration just above the knee that he suffered on Wednesday at Regina and will be out of the Rebels lineup until after the Christmas break. Forward Filip Vasko incurred a mild knee sprain on Friday at Moose Jaw and missed Sunday’s game at Brandon, as did defenceman Brandon Underwood (sore wrist).

Sutter is hoping that Vasko and Underwood will be available for Wednesday’s clash with the Hitmen.

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NFL: Quite a turnaround If the Packers win the division, it would be quite a turnaround from their 2-3 start.

While beating the Lions may have seemed as if it would be the easy part, Green Bay was sluggish for most of the first half. But Daniels’ fumble recovery seemed to energize the Packers. The season’s first significant storm dumped almost 3.5 inches of snow on Green Bay, and flakes swirled throughout Lambeau Field most of the night, making it look like a snow globe.

Heated coils beneath the grass keep the field from being too slippery, but there’s nothing that can be done about the ball. As Matthew Stafford drew his arm back, the ball flew out of his hand.

“That was a big play. We had all the momentum,” Stafford said. “I don’t really have much of an explanation for it.

I wish I could have gotten on top of it.

It squirted away from me again.”

And Daniels was right there to scoop it up, rumbling nearly half the length of the field for the score that pulled Green Bay within 14-10.

“Mike Daniels’ play was the momentum shift for us that we needed,” McCarthy said. “That was a big play.”

He needs some work on his Lambeau Leap, however, getting only about halfway up the wall.

“I was too tired,” Daniels said.

Hey, Rodgers wasn’t much better.

Still trailing in the third, Rodgers was trying to find someone — anyone — to throw to on third-and-4. With Lions defensive end Willie Young closing in, Rodgers scrambled away and found a hole on the right side. He ran untouched down the sideline, holding the ball out as he crossed the goal line.

The 27-yard touchdown was the longest scoring run of his career, and the Packers’ longest this season.

stead of taking the big step onto the podium for his postgame news conference, he had to walk around the platform and use the smaller steps to get to the microphone.

He had an X-ray at the stadium, and he said doctors poking at his knee told him that his ligaments “felt good.” The worst-case scenario would have been an ACL tear, like the one he had on the same knee while playing for Baylor in 2009.

“I’m not a doctor, but I know what an ACL feels like,” Griffin said before leaving to have MRI. “And it doesn’t feel like an ACL. ... If I felt that, I’d be pretty nervous. But we won the game, everybody’s praying for me, I feel pretty good right now about the whole situation.”

Last year’s Heisman Trophy winner was hurt during Washington’s final drive of regulation when was tackled by Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata at the end of a 13-yard scramble.

“I knew as soon as I got hit. I screamed. Like a man, of course,” Griffin added with a laugh. “It hurt really bad.”

Griffin sat out one play, then returned for four

“For him to score from that distance speaks volumes about his athletic ability,” McCarthy said. “He’s our guy, he’s our ace, it’s built around him and he played well tonight.”

So did Green Bay’s running backs.

The Packers have struggled to get their running game going all season, and were forced to bring back veteran Ryan Grant this week after oft-injured James Starks hurt his knee in last week’s win over Minnesota. Cedric Benson is on injured reserve with a sprained foot.

But with the winter’s first significant storm at Lambeau Field, the Packers finally got in gear on the ground. They rushed for 140 yards, and got contributions from all of their running backs on the go-ahead drive.

Alex Green rushed for 29 yards on the first four plays, then Grant broke off a 13-yard gain.

Then it was Harris’ turn. Elevated from the practice squad just eight days ago, his 5-yard gain put the Packers at the Detroit 14. He strolled in untouched on the next play, giving the Packers a 24-17 lead.

The Lions pulled within a score on Hanson’s 34-yard field goal with 7 seconds left. But the onside kick went out of bounds, and the Packers ran out the clock.

“You’ve got to be able to score and you’ve got to be able to stop them,” Hanson said. “Which is hard to do with Aaron running the show there.”

RAPS: Out there dancing “With two or three minutes to go, he was out there dancing and then went and got a rebound and a dunk. It keeps everybody loose,” Griffin said. “To be able to sit the whole fourth quarter is something I’ve never experienced.”

Crawford’s streak of consecutive free throws ended at 58 when he missed two late in the second quarter for his first errant foul shots since Nov. 3.

Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan scored 24 points in his hometown. Linas Kleiza, who started in place of injured Mickael Pietrus, added 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Amir Johnson had 11 points and 12 rebounds.

“It came out of nowhere,” DeRozan said of the Clippers’ surge. “We just didn’t score and we couldn’t get any stops, and they took advantage of it.

They’re the deepest team in the league.

They’ve got a lot of talented players that are capable of being starters in this league. They don’t go outside their element and try to do too much.”

Los Angeles outscored the Raptors 25-10 in the fourth, led by Bledsoe with 10 points. The Raptors managed one field goal over the final nine minutes.

“That’s all defence,” Crawford said.

“Whenever you get a team stagnant and they can’t score, it’s defence.”

Barnes and John Lucas tangled on the baseline and were called for double technicals after Crawford missed a 3-pointer. Referees dragged Barnes away and both players were ejected, bringing Butler back in.

“They locked in on defence and we stopped moving the ball from side to side, which was the key for us in the first three quarters,” said Andrea Bargnani, who had 12 points for the Raptors. “They ran the floor, which is what they do, and we let them do that.”

Los Angeles led for much of a backand-forth third, with its biggest margin of six points coming on a basket by Paul. The Raptors got timely 3-pointers from Kleiza and DeRozan, who had 11 points in the period. The Clippers were 9 of 15 from the free throw line.

“That’s one of the most talented teams in the league, but I thought our defence was on par in the first half until the middle part of the third quarter, when I thought it went south,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “We knew it was a matter of time before Crawford and those guys were going to get going, so we wanted to make it tough on them.

We did, but you’ve got to do it for 48 minutes.”

The Clippers’ second unit sparked a 15-11 stretch to start the second quarter and extend their lead to 40-32. Griffin, Paul and Jordan then returned only to be outscored 15-4, and Toronto carried a 47-44 advantage into halftime. The Clippers shot just 36 per cent in the half, when their largest lead was eight.

Los Angeles opened the game by outscoring the Raptors 17-10, but Toronto closed within four by the end of the first quarter.

more, completing two passes to get the Redskins deep into Ravens territory. But he was also hopping on one leg and eventually fell to the turf, no longer able to continue.

“I knew I needed to get out at that point,” Griffin said. “I couldn’t move. At some point, you have to do what’s right for the team. And if I’m playing the rest of that game, I probably would have hurt myself even more.”

While Griffin was getting treatment on the sideline, Redskins backup quarterback Kirk Cousins threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Pierre Garcon with 29 seconds left. Cousins then ran in a 2-point conversion to tie the score 28-28, and the teams headed to overtime. Kai Forbath’s 34-yard field goal won the game in the extra period.

Griffin completed 15 of 26 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown. He also ran seven times for 34 yards.

It was the second game this season that the No. 2 overall draft pick has been unable to finish because of an injury. He left the Oct. 7 loss to the Atlanta Falcons because of a concussion, but returned the following week.

Dodgers ink South Korean pitcher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers signed South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin to a $36 million, six-year deal on Sunday, bolstering their starting rotation for next year.

The team and Ryu (Ree-YOO He-YUN Jin) had until 2 p.m. PST to reach an agreement or else the left-hander would have returned home and the Dodgers would have been refunded the $25.7 million fee they paid for exclusive rights to negotiate with him.

Ryu becomes the first player to go directly from the Korea Baseball Organization to the U.S. big leagues, and he’s expected to join a strong rotation that includes 2011 NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw, Chad

Billingsley, Josh Beckett, Ted Lilly, Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang. The Dodgers also are trying to sign free-agent righthander Zack Greinke.

Ryu’s agent, Scott Boras, said last month he was confident a deal could be struck with the Dodgers, whose new ownership has shown a willingness to spend money on new players.

“He has the ability to command the fastball from 90-95 mph and his changeup is a very elite weapon for him,” Boras said at the time. “And he has a quality slider and curveball.”

The 25-year-old pitcher has spent seven seasons with the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean league and was an AllStar each year.

He was rookie of the year and MVP of the league at age 19, and is 98-52 with a 2.80 ERA in

his career.He won the league’s strikeout title five times. He earned a silver medal pitching on South Korea’s team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, appearing twice in a relief role at Dodger Stadium.

He pitched on his country’s gold medalwinning team in the 2008 Olympics.

Last season, the 6-foot-1, 215-pounder was 9-9 with a 2.66 ERA in 27 games. He limited opponents to a .232 batting average and led the league with a career-high 210 strikeouts.

The Dodgers paid the third-highest posting fee by a big league team for the chance to negotiate a contract with a player from Asia.

Ryu will follow in the footsteps of Chan Ho Park and Jae Weong Seo as South Korean pitchers for the Dodgers.

NHL and players could resume talks this week NHL LABOUR TALKS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The NHL and the locked-out players’ association are talking again, and a return to the bargaining table could happen soon.

After a few days to cool off following an epic collapse in negotiations, the league and the union have been in touch with each other in an attempt to restart conversations that could save the hockey season.

“Trying to set up something for this week, but nothing finalized yet,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly wrote Sunday in an email to The Associated Press.

Negotiations broke down Thursday night after three straight days of talks at a New York hotel. Moments after players’ association executive director Donald Fehr said he believed the sides were closing in on a deal to end the lockout, he was back at the podium to announce the NHL had rejected the union’s latest offer.

Commissioner Gary Bettman followed him and angrily stated that the sides weren’t close, and added he didn’t know why Fehr thought they were.

The tone has changed a bit since then. Whether it has shifted far enough for the sides to come to an agreement soon remains to be seen.

On Friday, Daly said he was at a loss how to get the bargaining process back on track.

“I have no reason, nor any intention, of reaching out to the union right now,” Daly said in an email to the AP. “I have no new ideas. Maybe they do.

We are happy to listen.”

All games have been cancelled through Friday, and more games will surely be wiped off the schedule soon.

Bettman said Thursday that he won’t allow a season to be played that contains fewer than 48 games per team — the length of the season that was played after a lockout ended in January 1995.

Fehr repeated on Saturday his feeling that the sides aren’t all that far apart.

“My comments from a couple of days ago stand on their own. I think we were very close,” Fehr told reporters after addressing a Canadian Auto Workers council meeting.

The lockout has resulted in the cancellation of 422 regular-season games along with the New Year’s Day Winter Classic and the All-Star game.

The NHL is in danger of losing its second full season in seven years. The lockout that forced the cancellation of the 2004-05 season marked the first time a North American professional sports league had a full campaign wiped out by a labour dispute. The agreement that was finally reached back then expired this September, leading to a lockout being imposed again on Sept. 16.

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MacDonald leaves legend in his wake WIN OVER B.J. PENN AT UFC IN SEATTLE HAD MAIN EVENT FEEL, PUT HIMSELF INTO CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SEATTLE — In the second round, Rory (Ares) MacDonald reared back and buried a punch in B.J. Penn’s side — as if looking to embed a treat in a ball of dough.

The 33-year-old Hawaiian grimaced and turned away. For a moment, it seemed like he might call it a night. But Penn kept fighting. And the beating continued.

MacDonald showed his championship credentials in a unanimous (30-26, 30-26, 30-27) decision over Penn, a former lightweight and welterweight titleholder. In so doing, he literally treated the future Hall of Famer as a punching bag.

Still the young Canadian rued not stopping Penn earlier.

“It’s bittersweet because the job wasn’t finished,” he said later. “But that’s just my outlook to fighting.”

MacDonald’s approach to mixed martial arts involves hurting people.

“When I look across the Octagon at somebody, it’s just another body to me. Legend or not. I’m going in there to hurt him,” the 23-year-old Montreal-based fighter said Saturday night.

Job done, as a battered Penn was sent to hospital afterwards.

“At the end of the day, his main focus in that fight was to damage B.J. Penn,” said friend and training partner Mike Ricci. “That’s Rory’s thing — damage.

That’s all he wants to do, whether he’s in a clinch, standing or on the ground, he comes out there to hurt guys. He’s not there to win rounds. He wins them because he does so much damage. He’s not there to play the game and score points and fight these strategic fights. He goes out there, he keeps his game plan extremely simple and just tries to hurt his opponent.”

The fight at KeyArena was third on the bill but had a main event feel. MacDonald was the villain of the piece, booed as the stone-faced fighter walked to the cage to Lupe Fiasco’s “Lightwork.” The catcalls turned to wild cheers as Penn followed, to the melodic sounds of his traditional entrance song “Hawai’i 78” by the late Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.

The atmosphere was electric. The fight that followed was one-sided. According to FightMetric, MacDonald had 57 significant strikes to just seven for Penn in the second round, Overall the total was 116-24 in the Canadian’s favour.

(Natural Born Killer) Condit, who handed him his only loss in June 2010.

While he introduced himself as a championship contender Saturday, MacDonald has many fans to win over outside of Canada.

His icy take-no-prisoners demeanour — especially against a beloved veteran like Penn — is hard to embrace. Some have dubbed him “Canadian Psycho” for his attitude towards fighting and penchant for elegant clothes.

In truth, MacDonald is more complicated than that.

Intense and very focused, MacDonald has been driven to succeed in the cage since he took up MMA at the age of 14. He had his first pro fight at 16 in Prince George, B.C., with his parents signing a waiver.

Some young athletes are whipped on from an early age by parents. MacDonald is his own master — a young man on a mission.

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

Away from the gym or cage, MacDonald is not kicking puppies or stealing his friends’ lunch money.

“Junk food, candies and sweets will make Rory MacDonald smile,” said Ricci. “A good joke will make him smile as well.

“There’s not much that makes that man smile,” Ricci then added, between laughs. “Me and him, we crack a lot of jokes and we get a lot of laughs in. I’ve seen him laugh him quite a bit.”

A discussion with a Daily Telegraph reporter over suits also made him chuckle following the post-fight news conference.

MacDonald’s love for clothes comes partially from the fact that he had one outfit growing up — jeans and a hoodie — and was teased about it. He can afford more these days.

An example of how Macdonald is easy to misunderstand was shown when he did the Ali shuffle late in the fight.

The crowd booed, thinking MacDonald was mocking a fading Penn. MacDonald explained later it’s not showboating, just something he does to relax and distract his opponent.

MacDonald also can come across as aloof, as when asked about the boos he got Saturday night. He just doesn’t sugarcoat his answers.

“Doesn’t matter. I don’t fight for them, I fight for me,” he replied. “People can love me or hate me. I fight for myself and because I love it. It is what it is.”

Consider those numbers and the fact coach Firas Zahabi considers MacDonald “probably the hardesthitting athlete pound-for-pound I’ve ever trained” — he switches sparring partners every minute and a half or two minutes back at the gym to save them from abuse — and you have an idea of how much punishment the undersized Hawaiian took.

Zahabi said most fighters would have broken in the face of MacDonald’s onslaught, an attack fuelled by brutal body blows.

“We very much trained in body strikes,” he explained. “It will slow any man down. B.J.’s got an incredible chin, he’s got a head like a brick. His ability to move forward is incredible. It’s stunning, actually ... The body is where you’re going to slow a man down.”

Penn came out of retirement to fight MacDonald, an opponent he hand-picked. UFC president Dana White told Fuel TV that MacDonald had probably sent back Penn into retirement.

Penn is now 1-4-1 since the start of 2010.

“Rory looked better than he ever looked,” White said. “The body punches he threw, you don’t see punches like that in mixed martial arts. He really put it to B.J. tonight.”

Cesar Gracie, head coach to Nick and Nate Diaz, was also impressed.

“He was just too big for B.J.” Gracie said. “Rory’s a big 170-pounder, he could probably fight at 185.

He’s a big guy, he’s very athletic, he’s very strong. It was just too much for B.J. Penn.”

Ricci likened the fight to a dance, with the six-foot MacDonald pulling the strings so he could always maintain the proper distance to control the action.

With the five-foot-nine Penn unable to find his range, MacDonald went to work.

After the MacDonald win, another veteran took a beating at the hands of a young gun as rising Swedish star Alexander (The Mauler) Gustafsson manhandled former light-heavyweight champion Mauricio (Shogun) Rua en route to a 30-27, 30-27, 30-26 decision.

In the marquee fight of the night before a sellout crowd of 14,412, lightweight champion Benson (Smooth) Henderson dominated Nate Diaz in a lopsided 50-43, 50-45, 50-45 decision.

It was a mature, impressive performance by the 155-pound champion, who has struggled to win respect since beating Frankie (The Answer) Edgar in two close title fights earlier this year. Henderson showed all the weapons in his arsenal, and then some. In the third round, he essentially did the splits to evade a submission attempt.

MacDonald (14-1) has now won four straight and is 5-1 in the UFC. He has set his sights next on Carlos

‘Johnny Football’ becomes first freshman to win Heisman NEW YORK — Heisman Trophy history suggests it will never get better for Johnny Manziel than it did this season. In the 78-year history of the Heisman, only one player has one more than one: Ohio State’s Archie Griffin in 1974 and ’75.

But even if another Heisman is not in Manziel’s future, there’s still plenty left for Johnny Football and Texas A&M to achieve before he’s done in College Station, Texas.

“First and foremost, there’s the Cotton Bowl,” Manziel said Saturday night. The 10th-ranked Aggies play No. 12 Oklahoma in Dallas on Jan. 4.

“From there, I have to be the guy who starts the motor for a run at the national title next year. That’s our goal. If more awards come, they come.”

That goal doesn’t seem farfetched at all after the Aggies’ scintillating first season playing in the Southeastern Conference. Manziel was joined on stage at his post-ceremony news conference by coach Kevin Sumlin and A&M offensive co-ordinator Kliff Kingsbury, the former star quarterback at Texas Tech.

Manziel turned 20 this week. Kingsbury is 33.

Sumlin is 48. It’s not hard to look at them and see the future of the SEC. Especially after the Aggies went 10-2 this season and left no doubt that their fast-paced, spread offence would not sputter in the big bad SEC. Texas A&M averaged 552 yards per game and 44 points. Manziel smashed Cam Newton’s total offence record with 4,600 yards passing and rushing.

“You look what our offence did this year.

People didn’t really think that we were going to have mush success in the SEC. They said these smashmouth, hard-nose defences and this gimmick offence ... won’t work.

“For us to come into Alabama and some of the other games and really stress tempo, tempo, tempo. We want to move fast.

We want to make people uncomfortable. That was our main goal this year.

Our offence with coach Sumlin and what coach Kingsbury did, I love it. I

love everything about it.

It’s definitely something that can work if you have the right people in place for it.”

Kingsbury said he and Sumlin didn’t quite realize what they had in Manziel early on.

“All spring coach Sumlin would blow the whistle because the defence was close, and (Manziel would) come over ... spike the ball, ‘God! They wouldn’t have got me.’ I’m like, ‘OK, Johnny, sure they wouldn’t have got you.’

Come to find out they wouldn’t have got him.”

Potentially, Texas A&M will have many of its best pieces in place next season.

Receiver Mike Evans is a freshman, too, and has future first-round

draft pick written all over him. Texas A&M has an offensive line that rivals Alabama’s with two stud tackles in Luke Joeckel and Jake Matthews.

Both of those big boys are juniors. The firstround of the NFL draft could await — Joeckel is being projected as a top-10 pick. Getting them back to College Station for another year will be tough.

But if Aggies fans are allowed to dream, there’s no reason why A&M’s offence can’t be even better next season.

Even if Manziel’s numbers aren’t.

There’s only so much defences can do to hem in Manziel, who is a master of making something out of nothing.

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Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel poses with the Heisman Trophy after becoming the first freshman to win the award, Saturday, in New York.

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Ongoing learning experience NOTRE DAME SENIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A NEW COACH AND NEW SYSTEM, WILL HAVE TO LEAN ON VETERANS TO BE SUCCESSFUL JEFFREY KOHUT

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jeffery Kohut scored in the final minute of the third period to lift the Red Deer Vipers to a 5-4 win over the visiting Strathmore Wheatland Kings in a Heritage Junior B Hockey League game Saturday night at the Arena. It was the second goal of the game for Kohut, who has scored 10 goals and assisted on nine others for 19 points in 16 games this season.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR As the first-year head coach of the Notre Dame Cougars senior girls basketball squad, Ian Rattan knows the 2012-13 season will be an ongoing learning experience.

Not only for himself, but also first-year assistant coach Gaelen Lavery and the majority of the team. And then there’s the system Rattan and Lavery plan to run.

“It’s going to be a work in progress just for the fact that myself and Gaelen are brand-

THIS WEEK Friday

● Senior high basketball: Notre Came Cougars Classic boys tournament. ● WHL: Victoria at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Northstars at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer Pro Stitch, 8 p.m., Kin City A. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Stettler, 8 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Sylvan Lake at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Lacombe, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Senior high basketball: Notre Came Cougars Classic boys tournament. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer IROC, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Ramada, 12:30 p.m., Kin City A; Lacombe at Innisfail, 5:50 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Major bantam female hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Kin City B. ● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat White at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Cranbrook at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m.; Wheatland at Innisfail, 3:40 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer Elks, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Junior women’s hockey: Calgary Titans at Central Alberta Amazons, 5:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● WHL: Kelowna at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Sunday

● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Northstars at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Major midget female hockey: Edmonton Thunder at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kin City B. ● Peewee AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Medicine Hat White at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Innisfail at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kin City A. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Innisfail, 2:10 p.m.

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Lindsay Thurber Raider Amy Whitesell lays up a shot as Notre Dame Cougar Mataya Dixon defends during girls high school basketball action at Notre Dame during the Cougar Classic basketball tournament on Friday.

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BRIEFS Harvie gets win at PFC Brent Harvie defeated Rob Santos by submission — second-round armbar — in a pro bout in Friday’s Pure Fighting Championship event at the Westerner Prairie Pavilion.

In the other pro fights, Clay Davidson defeated Caleb Grummet by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:38 of round 1; Tyler Davis defeated Mark Maruzs by unanimous decision; Peter Neufeld defeated Steve Dittrich by TKO at 2:20 of round 2; Michael Imperato defeated Ryan Brigham by submission (triangle choke) at 0:35 of round 1; and Marcus Hicks defeated Brandon MacArthur by TKO at 3:34 of round 2.

In the amateur bouts, Jayson Pyper was a winner over Kellen Falt (knockout at 0:25 of round 1) and Tyler Illberbrun defeated Tony Chin by unanimous decision.

Darcy scores late to get Renegades a draw Kaitlin Darcy scored on a long-range rocket with five minutes remaining to give the Red Deer Renegades under-18 tier 1 girls soccer team a come-frombehind 2-2 draw Sunday with host Edmonton Scottish.

Layrssa Ubels had narrowed the deficit to 2-1 just five minutes earlier.

Micaela Stone was solid in the Renegades net, stopping numerous shots from close range. ● In under-13 tier 2 girls action, the Red Deer Renegades got their lone goal on a pen-

alty kick by Corbynn Fugimoto in a 5-1 loss to the Edmonton Impact.

Leer hat trick not enough for Midgets to win Ryker Leer erupted for three goals but the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs fell 6-4 to the host Calgary Northstars in an Alberta Midget Hockey League clash Sunday.

Dustin Gorgi also scored for Red Deer, while Matt Zentner and Jayden Sittler combined to make 21 saves. Derek Mazil was busier at the other end, turning aside 44 shots.

On Friday, the Rebels Chiefs were 4-1 winners over the visiting Edmonton Canadian Athletic Club, getting goals from Gorgi, Chase Thudium, Ian McLellan and Jack Goranson and a 17-save performance from Sittler. Red Deer held a 3318 edge in shots.

The Rebels Chiefs return to action Friday at 8 p.m. at the Arena versus the Northstars.

Generals romp Fort Sask.

The Bentley Generals made the most of their scoring opportunites in the lone Chinook Hockey League weekend game.

The Generals were outshot 35-28 by the visiting Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs yet romped to a 6-1 victory Saturday before 177 fans.

Matthew Stefanishion and Brett Robertson each fired two goals for the winners, who got singles from Randall Gelech and Travis Brigley. Trevor Koenig made 34 saves for the Generals, who led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 after 40 minutes.

Adam Feniak notched the only Fort Saskatchewan goal.

Darren Douglas and Blake Grenier combined to stop 22 shots for the visitors.

new coaches with the program and we’re trying to put our own bit of a mark on the team with the type of offence we want to run,” said Rattan, whose team finished 0-3 in the four-team Cougar Classic senior girls tournament on Friday and Saturday.

“We want to run a high-tempo type of offence and learning that is always going to take a bit of time. It takes time to get our conditioning down and just make sure all the girls are as fit as they need to be to push the ball and press it as much as we want to.”

Rattan, a Red Deer native, is in his second year of teaching at Notre Dame. He previously taught at Medicine Hat McCoy, where he coached the JV girls to a playoff title and won a silver medal at the 3A provincials as an assistant with the senior girls team.

The Cougars are a relatively inexperienced team, with just five returnees in guards Danae Nielsen, Rebecca Burnand and Brooke Harty and posts Candice Morse and Emily Elkins.

The remainder of the club consists of Rachel Edge, Stacy Chomyn, Paige Watson, Mataya Dixon, Rachel Wiebe and promising Grade 10 guards Autumn Letkeman and Cierra Stevens.

“We picked Autumn and Cierra right away just because we thought they’d be able to compete right off the bat with the older girls, that they’d be able to push them right away,” said Rattan.

“A lot of our returning players didn’t play as much last year as they will this year, especially a girl like Brooke. She’s going to have to shoulder a lot of the load for us this year. We’ll rely on her and Autumn to handle the ball a lot for us and get it up the floor.”

The head coach likes the overall athleticism of his team.

“All the girls who came to tryouts were very good athletes and the girls we picked were the best athletes we had out,” said Rattan.

“We wanted to identify the

MINOR HOCKEY Minor midget AAA The Red Deer IROC Chiefs were all tied up during the weekend, playing to a 2-2 draw with the Calgary Canucks and a 2-2 sawoff with the Calgary Rangers in a pair of road contests.

Ryley Smith and Jesse Freeborn scored against the Canucks. Dalyn Haire made 20 saves as IROC held a 44-22 advantage in shots.

Brad Makofka and Riley Mathies were the Red Deer marksmen versus the Rangers. Carson Franks made 27 saves for the Chiefs, who outshot their hosts 39-29.

In other action, the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs split a pair of weekend outings, falling 4-2 to the host Calgary Blue Sunday and beating the visiting Calgary Bruins 24 hours earlier.

Cole Kapak and Mack Difference connected for Northstar in the loss at Calgary, where the combination of Branden Bilodeau and Brody Dirk made 19 saves in a losing cause. The Chiefs outshot the Blue 25-23.

Dirk made 30 saves in the win over the Bruins, while Differenz tallied twice and Travis Verveda, Brenden Baker, Nolan Dyck and Layne Bensmiller also scored. Northstar held a 48-33 advantage in shots.

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best athletes who could push the ball and play at a high tempo, at a high pace.”

Although the Cougars are winless this season — including an overtime setback in their league-opener last week at Ponoka — Rattan isn’t aiming low in his expectations of the team.

“I’d be lying to say our goal wasn’t to win the zone title and advance to provincials (in March),” he said. “I think everybody goes into the season with a goal like that — to try and get to that last tournament of the year and put yourself in position to be in that last game of the season.”

While he’s high on the potential of the rookies, Rattan realizes that his returning players will have to lead the team.

“Brooke and Emily have to be leaders, for sure,” said the coach.

“Some of the girls here I coached last season with the senior girls rugby team as well, so there’s a familiarity with some of the athletes. That always helps just because those girls are familiar with my coaching style and who I am as an individual.”

Notre Dame opened the tournament with a 53-28 loss to the Lindsay Thurber Raiders, who got 10 points from Amy Whitesell.

The Lethbridge Catholic Cougars took top honours in the tournament with a 3-0 record that included respective 55-30, 83-15 and 70-31 victories over the Hunting Hills Lightning, Notre Dame and Lindsay Thurber.

Watson had six points in Notre Dame’s loss to Catholic Central.

In other games, Lindsay Thurber beat Hunting Hills 4942 and finished 2-1, and Hunting Hills downed Notre Dame (the score and details were unavailable) to finish at 1-2.

The Cougars’ regular-season home-opener is Tuesday at 6 p.m. against the Lacombe Rams. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

The Red Deer Rebels Black suffered a pair of weekend losses, 6-3 to the host Calgary Flames and 7-6 to the visiting Calgary Bisons.

Kyle Gibson scored twice and Parker Smyth added a single goal in Sunday’s loss to the Flames, who got a 43-save effort from Kyle Dumba. Geordan Andrew and Graydon Larson combined to stop 27 shots for Red Deer.

Jeffrey de Wit fired three goals in Saturday’s setback to the Bisons.

Smyth, TJ Brown and Jeremy Klessens also scored for the Rebels Black, while Larson made 21 saves.

The Rebels Black directed 21 shots at Bisons netminder Josh Belisle.

Meanwhile, the Red Deer Rebels White were 7-1 losers to the visiting Lloydminster Heat Sunday.

Tyler Steenbergen potted the lone Rebels White goal. Red Deer netminders Dawson Weatherill and Lane Congdon combined for 44 saves, with Dane Dow stopping 30 shots for the Heat.

Bantam A Owen Cummerford scored twice for the Red Deer Frontier Chiefs Sunday in a 7-3 loss to visiting Maskwacis.

Trisan Zarubiak also tallied for the Chiefs. Brett Martens was the losing netminder.

Frontier lost 8-1 to Stettler Saturday. Kale Hartley notched the Chiefs’ lone goal and Nolan MacGregor made 35 saves.

Vipers split weekend games against Okotoks, Strathmore JUNIOR B HOCKEY The Red Deer Vipers fired 31 shots at Okotoks Bisons goaltender Alex Bilton but managed only a pair of goals in a 7-2 Heritage Junior B Hockey League loss Sunday.

Kolton Gillett and Nick Glackin scored for the visiting Vipers.

Brenden Mandrusiak made 25 saves in a losing cause.

The Vipers took six of 13 minor penalties, with the teams spliting two majors and six misconducts.

On Saturday, Braden Corbett and Jeffery Kohut scored third-period goals as the Vipers rallied for a 5-4 win over the Strathmore Wheatland Kings at the Arena.

Kohut tallied twice for

the Vipers, who got additional goals from Gillett and Jonathan Finnigan.

Jayden Adrian stopped 28 shots for the win, while Richie Hubbell made 54 saves for the visitors.

In other weekend Heritage League games involving Central Alberta teams: ● The Stettler Lightning downed visiting Three Hills 5-2 Friday as Landon Potter scored twice and Jake Schwarzenberger, Reese Anheligar and Blake Frechette also connected for the winners.

Replying for the Thrashers were Michael Neumeier and Cameron Braun.

Simon Thieleman stopped 27 shots for the hosts, while Devon Dell made 17 saves for Three Hills.

The Lightning then bounced the visiting Cochrane Generals 5-1 24 hours later, getting goals from Cody Wright, Connor Doucette, Lyle Wooden, Kyler O’Connor and Gavin Brandl.

Thieleman made 24 saves, with Blake Carey stopping 23 shots at the other end. ● Three Hills fell 6-1 Sunday to the visiting Coaldale Copperheads.

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Central Division GP W LOTLSOL Calgary 30 20 7 1 2 Edmonton 31 19 7 2 3 Red Deer 33 19 11 2 1 Lethbridge 35 16 14 1 4 Medicine Hat 33 14 17 2 0 Kootenay 29 9 19 1 0

Pt 43 43 41 37 30 19

GF GA 99 83 102 80 93 92 116 107 108 116 71 104

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Kamloops 34 24 7 1 2 120 80 Kelowna 30 19 9 1 1 124 76 Victoria 30 16 13 0 1 87 99 Prince George 30 10 16 1 3 78 111 Vancouver 31 8 23 0 0 83 125

Pt 51 40 33 24 16

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 31 25 5 1 0 144 67 51 Spokane 31 22 8 1 0 129 89 45 Tri-City 32 18 12 1 1 98 92 38 Seattle 31 16 14 1 0 105 115 33 Everett 34 12 20 0 2 86 126 26 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.

Saturday’s results Brandon 5 Red Deer 4 (OT) Edmonton 4 Calgary 2 Lethbridge 6 Kootenay 1 Moose Jaw 4 Spokane 3 Prince Albert 7 Medicine Hat 0 Saskatoon 9 Regina 0 Everett 4 Vancouver 1 Kelowna 7 Prince George 2 Portland 6 Seattle 2 Victoria 2 Swift Current 1 Sunday’s results Kamloops 4 Vancouver 1 Portland 4 Tri-City 1 Saskatoon 7 Regina 0 Monday’s results No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s games Saskatoon at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Kamloops at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s games Kamloops at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s game Prince Albert at Regina, 7 p.m.

Saturday Summary Wheat Kings 5, Rebels 4 (OT) First Period 1. Red Deer, Bellerive 7 (Ness, Fafard) 7:18 2. Red Deer, Dieno 5 (Maxwell) 18:43 Penalties — Hawryluk Bdn (tripping) 4:50, Elson RD (tripping) 13:12.

Second Period 3. Brandon, Nejezchleb 4 (Bertaggia, Miller) 1:12 4. Brandon, Hawryluk 8 (Bertaggia, Quenneville) 8:18 (pp) 5. Brandon, Swyripa 3 (Buonassisi, Van Horne) 13:19 6. Red Deer, Dumba 7 (Bleackley, Ness) 19:06 Penalties — Stockl RD (tripping) 3:36, Boomgaarden RD (holding) 7:30, Dieno RD (slashing), Yaworski Bdn (elbowing) 18:01, Elson RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.), Buonassisi Bdn (hooking) 18:18.

Third Period 7. Brandon, Bertaggia 16 (Hawryluk, Nejezchleb) 4:57 8. Red Deer, Johnson 5, 11:14 (sh) Penalty — Hamilton RD (tripping) 9:50.

Overtime 9. Brandon, Miller 3 (Nejezchleb, Hawryluk) 3:26 Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Red Deer 24 12 8 4 — 48

Brandon 11 16 7 3 — 37 Goal — Red Deer: Bartosak (L,17-9-0); Brandon: Boes (W,9-13-1).

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

Attendance — 3,663 at Brandon, Man. Sunday summaries Winterhawks 4, Americans 1 First Period 1. Portland, Petan 19 (Pouliot, Burke) 8:04 (pp) 2. Portland, Pouliot 7 (Rattie, Petan) 15:19 3. Tri-City, McCue 9 (Plutnar, Dow) 16:12 Penalties — Peters Por (roughing) 2:15, Plutnar TC (tripping) 7:19, Wotherspoon Por (elbowing), Chynoweth TC (interference) 17:12.

Second Period 4. Portland, Petan 20 (Jones, Pouliot) 3:57 (pp) 5. Portland, Jones 8 (Wotherspoon, De Leo) 4:18 (pp) Penalties — Rankin TC (checking from behind) 1:59, Chynoweth TC (tripping) 3:20, Baker Por, Walter TC (fighting) 9:07, Williams TC (slashing) 9:12.

Third Period No scoring.

Penalties — Iverson Por (hooking) 2:08, DeChamplain Por, Tomchuk TC (roughing) 4:42, Pouliot Por (slashing, fighting), Mychan TC (fighting) 10:33, Peters Por (interference) 13:48, Schoenborn Por (holding) 18:43.

Shots on goal Portland 10 16 10 — 36 Tri-City 5 5 16 — 26 Goal — Portland: Burke (W,9-4-0). Tri-City: Comrie (L,15-13-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Portland: 3-4; Tri-City: 0-5.

Attendance — 3,973 at Kennewick, Wash.

Blazers 4, Giants 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Vannieuwenhuizen Vcr (roughing) 0:09, Kessy Vcr (boarding) 0:31, Bozon Kam (slashing), Lipon Kam (roughing), Vannieuwenhuizen Vcr (roughing) 2:37, Vickerman Vcr (too many men) 8:45, Hrbas Kam (tripping) 9:10, Vannieuwenhuizen Vcr (hooking) 12:09, Bozon Kam (misconduct), Grist Kam (misconduct), Hansen Kam (misconduct), Souto Kam (cross-checking, roughing), Cooke Vcr (misconduct), Sieben Vcr (misconduct), Vannieuwenhuizen Vcr (roughing, misconduct) 20:00.

Second Period 1. Vancouver, Franson 10 (Kulak, Orban) 3:21 2. Kamloops, Souto 5 (Needham, Grist) 14:23 Penalties — Smith Kam (slashing, roughing), Geertsen Vcr (roughing) 6:22, Kulak Vcr (hooking) 11:45, Franson Vcr (high-sticking) 18:36, Geertsen Vcr (hooking) 19:36.

Third Period 3. Kamloops, Bozon 17 (Ranford, Smith) 0:18 (pp) 4. Kamloops, Ranford 11 (Smith) 0:31 (pp) 5. Kamloops, Souto 6 (Inglis) 19:32 (en) Penalties — Needham Kam (boarding) 5:53, Kessy Vcr (boarding) 16:13.

Shots on goal Kamloops 19 8 9 — 36 Vancouver 7 14 4 — 25 Goal — Kamloops: Kozun (W,6-3-1); Vancouver: Lee (L,5-9-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Kamloops: 2-8; Vancouver: 0-5.

Attendance — 5,812 at Vancouver.

Blades 7, Pats 0 First Period 1. Saskatoon, Walker 9, (Graham, Kambeitz) 6:41 2. Saskatoon, McColgan 7, (Dietz, Nicholls) 12:08 (pp) 3. Saskatoon, Stransky 15, (Walker, Kambeitz) 13:01 Penalties — Theriau Reg (high-sticking) 10:43, Christoffer Reg (cross-checking) 13:01, Nicholls Sktn (hooking) 13:30, Kambeitz Sktn (slashing) 19:59.

Second Period 4. Saskatoon, Walker 10, (Stransky, Dwinner) 10:08 5. Saskatoon, Stransky 16, (Kambeitz, Walker) 10:51 6. Saskatoon, Nicholls 22, 17:32 Penalties — Walker Sktn (elbowing) 2:59, Williams Reg (hooking) 4:52, Theriau Reg (hooking) 7:23, Nicholls Sktn (cross-checking) 12:29, Ouellette Reg, Siemens Sktn (fighting) 13:16, Mayor Reg (goaltender interference) 14:17, Kambeitz Sktn (high-sticking) 18:28.

Third Period 7. Saskatoon, Nicholls 23, (Gwinner, McColgan) 14:15 Penalties — Mumby Reg (double checking from behind) 5:05, Kambeitz Sktn (unsportsmanlike), Christoffer Reg (slashing) 10:02 Shots on goal Saskatoon 20 14 11 — 45 Regina 6 10 6 — 22 Goal (shots-saves) — Saskatoon: Makarov (W,1513-4); Regina: Hewitt (L,7-12-3) (31-26), Sacher (10:51 second, 14-12).

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 15 5 .750 — Brooklyn 11 8 .579 3 1/2 Philadelphia 11 9 .550 4 Boston 11 9 .550 4 Toronto 4 17 .190 11 1/2

Power plays (goals-chances) — Saskatoon 1-7; Regina 0-5.

Attendance — 5,253 at Regina.

AHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Worcester 23 12 8 1 2 65 Providence 22 12 8 0 2 53 Manchester 24 11 10 2 1 68 Portland 23 11 10 1 1 72 St. John’s 24 11 12 0 1 58

GA 70 61 61 78 69

Pt 27 26 25 24 23

Northeast Division GP W LOTLSOL Springfield 22 14 4 1 3 Bridgeport 23 11 11 0 1 Connecticut 23 10 11 2 0 Adirondack 23 10 12 1 0 Albany 20 7 8 0 5

GF 79 72 69 59 44

GA 47 79 82 69 53

Pt 32 23 22 21 19

East Division W LOTLSOL 14 6 1 2 13 5 1 1 13 7 1 1 11 12 1 0 10 12 0 0

GF 84 64 65 64 63

GA 67 48 55 70 68

Pt 31 28 28 23 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Abbotsford 23 14 4 3 2 61 Toronto 23 13 9 0 1 76 Lake Erie 24 12 10 1 1 74 Rochester 21 10 9 2 0 69 Hamilton 20 8 10 1 1 42

GA 45 65 77 64 64

Pt 33 27 26 22 18

Syracuse Binghamton W-B/Scranton Hershey Norfolk

GP 23 20 22 24 22

Midwest Division GP W LOTLSOL Grand Rapids 22 13 7 1 1 Rockford 25 13 11 0 1 Milwaukee 22 10 9 2 1 Chicago 22 10 9 2 1 Peoria 23 8 11 2 2

GF 74 81 63 58 53

GA 62 76 67 66 80

Miami Atlanta Orlando Charlotte Washington

Chicago Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Cleveland

Central Division W L Pct 11 8 .579 10 9 .526 10 11 .476 7 15 .318 4 17 .190

GB — 1 2 5 1/2 8

Oklahoma City Utah Minnesota Denver Portland

Pt 28 27 23 23 20

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

South Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Charlotte 24 13 9 0 2 79 70 28 Houston 22 12 7 1 2 71 63 27 Texas 23 12 8 2 1 58 62 27 Okla. City 22 11 8 1 2 71 66 25 San Antonio 24 10 11 0 3 65 70 23 Note: A team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Northwest Division W L Pct 17 4 .810 12 10 .545 9 9 .500 10 11 .476 8 12 .400

GB — 5 1/2 6 1/2 7 8 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct 14 6 .700 13 7 .650 9 12 .429 7 12 .368 7 15 .318

GB — 1 5 1/2 6 1/2 8

Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 117, Phoenix 99 San Antonio 132, Charlotte 102 Golden State 101, Washington 97 Boston 92, Philadelphia 79 Detroit 104, Cleveland 97 Miami 106, New Orleans 90 Chicago 93, New York 85 Dallas 116, Houston 109 Atlanta 93, Memphis 83 Sacramento 99, Portland 80

Saturday’s results Hamilton 3 Hershey 2 Toronto 4 Rochester 3 Springfield 4 St. John’s 2 Adirondack 4 Syracuse 3 (SO) Albany 3 Bridgeport 1 Chicago 2 Rockford 1 Manchester 9 Connecticut 2 Norfolk 3 Binghamton 1 Portland 4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3 (SO) Providence 3 Worcester 2 (SO) San Antonio 4 Oklahoma City 3 Texas 4 Peoria 1

Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers 102, Toronto 83 Milwaukee 97, Brooklyn 88 Oklahoma City 104, Indiana 93 New York 112, Denver 106 Orlando 98, Phoenix 90 Utah 117, L.A. Lakers 110 Monday’s Games Golden State at Charlotte,5 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday’s results Abbotsford 3 Toronto 2 Albany 1 Connecticut 0 Bridgeport 7 Syracuse 2 Grand Rapids 4 Rockford 2 Milwaukee 5 Charlotte 2 Peoria 3 Houston 2 Providence 3 Adirondack 2 (OT) San Antonio 3 Oklahoma City 2 Worcester 3 Manchester 2

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PA 273 264 280 272

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 8 5 0 .615 373 Washington 7 6 0 .538 343 Dallas 7 6 0 .538 300 Philadelphia 4 9 0 .308 240

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Week 14 Thursday’s Game Denver 26, Oakland 13 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 21, Chicago 14 Washington 31, Baltimore 28, OT Cleveland 30, Kansas City 7 San Diego 34, Pittsburgh 24 Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 23 N.Y. Jets 17, Jacksonville 10 Carolina 30, Atlanta 20 Philadelphia 23, Tampa Bay 21 St. Louis 15, Buffalo 12

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals acquired former All-Star James Shields and fellow right-hander Wade Davis from the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday night for outfielder Wil Myers and a package of minor league prospects.

Kansas City has been working all off-season to shore up a starting rotation that has been abysmal for years, re-signing Jeremy Guthrie and acquiring Ervin Santana from the Los Angeles Angels. But the trade for Shields and Davis represents the most aggressive move yet under general manager Dayton Moore, who believes the Royals are primed to contend as early as this season.

“We have to start winning games at the ma-

NBA Leaders THROUGH DEC. 8 Scoring G FG FT Bryant, LAL 20 190 148 Durant, OKC 20 172 163 Anthony, NYK 17 155 98 James, MIA 18 180 67 Harden, HOU 19 140 151 Westbrook, OKC 20 155 88 Mayo, DAL 20 147 65 Aldridge, POR 19 155 79 Curry, GOL 20 134 72 Pierce, BOS 20 122 108 Gay, MEM 18 130 59 Lillard, POR 20 131 69 Howard, LAL 20 135 104 Bosh, MIA 18 119 93 Lee, GOL 20 152 66 Ellis, MIL 18 122 75 Parker, SAN 19 144 55 Anderson, NOR 19 132 22 Deng, CHI 19 132 67 Duncan, SAN 20 147 66

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Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with OF Jason Bay on a one-year contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with INF Eric Chavez on a one-year contract.

Monday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s games San Antonio at Houston, 10:05 a.m.

Hershey at St. John’s, 4 p.m.

Milwaukee at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Bridgeport at Portland, 5 p.m.

Abbotsford at Rochester, 5:05 p.m.

Lake Erie at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.

Peoria at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

FOOTBALL CINCINNATI BENGALS—Activated C Kyle Cook from injured reserve. Waived WR Armon Binns.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Placed CB Orlando Scandrick on injured reserve. Signed DT Rob Callaway from the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released DT Johnny Jones.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Released OL Hayworth Hicks. Signed WR Josh Bellamy from the practice squad.

Wednesday’s games Hershey at St. John’s, 4 p.m.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Albany, 5 p.m.

Worcester at Connecticut, 5 p.m.

Binghamton at Syracuse, 5 p.m.

Thursday’s games Rochester at Lake Erie, 5 p.m.

Hamilton at Chicago, 6 p.m.

HOCKEY ECHL—Fined Elmira F Chaz Johnson for his actions during Friday’s game.

Dallas 20, Cincinnati 19 San Francisco 27, Miami 13 Seattle 58, Arizona 0 N.Y. Giants 52, New Orleans 27 Detroit 20 at Green Bay 27 Monday’s Game Houston at New England, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated LHP Mauricio Robles for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Traded INF Michael Young to Philadelphia for RHP Josh Lindblom and

Week 15 Thursday, Dec. 13 Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 6:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 16 Green Bay at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Houston, 11 a.m.

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

Washington at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Miami, 11 a.m.

Denver at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

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

Detroit at Arizona, 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

San Francisco at New England, 6:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 17 N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.

BOBSLEIGH Lyndon Rush of Sylvan Lake piloted the Canada 1 twoman sled to a bronze-medal finish in a World Cup bobsled event Saturday in Winterburg, Germany.

The 32-year-old Rush, who won the silver two weeks ago in Whistler, B.C., with Lascelles Brown, teamed up with 30-year-old Jesse Lumsden of Burlington, Ont., to win the bronze after posting a combined time of 1:51.41. It was the fourth World Cup medal for the Canadian duo, since teaming up last year.

“We normally find the Winterberg track really difficult, but our runs worked out really well today,” said Rush. “I’d like to say a big thank you to my whole team.”

It was the fourth two-man, and eighth overall World Cup medal of Rush’s career to go along with his Olympic bronze and World Championship silver medal that he won with Lumsden last year in Lake

jor league level, and the way you develop a winning culture is by winning major league games,” Moore said. “It’s time for us to start winning at the major league level.”

The blockbuster deal essentially means the Royals are mortgaging part of their future to start winning in the present.Along with giving up Myers, widely voted the minor leagues’ top player last season, the Royals also traded away right-hander Jake Odorizzi, who would have competed for a spot in the Kansas City rotation this season. Left-hander Mike Montgomery and third baseman Patrick Leonard also are headed to the Rays, while the Royals will receive a player to be named or cash.

Shields was an All-Star two years ago for Tampa Bay, when he went 16-12 with a 2.82 ERA and finished third in the American League Cy Young Award voting.

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FOOTBALL PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed OT Nate Menkin on injured reserve. Signed LB Ryan Rau from the practice squad.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released QB Brian Hoyer. Signed DB Josh Victorian from the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released OT Derek Hardman. Signed DE Lazarius Levingston from the practice squad.

HOCKEY SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed D Jarret Rush.

COLLEGE AUBURN — Named Charlie Harbison co-defensive co-ordinator and defensive backs coach.

Placid, N.Y. In Sunday’s four-man race, heavy snow and windy conditions got the best of Rush and his team of Ottawa’s Cody Sorensen, Lumsden and Edmonton’s Neville Wright in the Canada 1 sled. The top Canucks placed 13th in 1:51.33.

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BASKETBALL NBA — Fined Cleveland coach Byron Scott $25,000 for public criticism of officiating after a Dec. 7 game at Minnesota. Fined Boston F-C Chris Wilcox $25,000 for making an obscene gesture directed toward fans during a Dec. 7 game at Philadelphia. Fined San Antonio G-F Stephen Jackson $25,000 for issuing a hostile statement directed to Serge Ibaka in a Twitter message.

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS — Waived G Cory Higgins. Called up F Jeff Adrien from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Recalled G Will Barton and F Victor Claver from Idaho (NBADL).

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Marquez gets knockout of a lifetime FOURTH TIME THE CHARM AS MARQUEZ STUNS THE WORLD WITH KO OF MANNY PACQUIAO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — The idea of Manny Pacquiao being knocked out cold was shocking enough. The sight of him face down on the canvas, unresponsive even as bedlam broke out all around him, was positively frightening.

Mitt Romney saw it up close from his ringside seat just a few feet away. So did Pacquiao’s wife, who broke down in tears and tried to get in the ring to aid her downed husband.

Juan Manuel Marquez didn’t even bother to look.

He was already busy celebrating the knockout of a lifetime.

This was boxing at its brutal best, a toe-to-toe slugfest Saturday night that was destined from the opening bell to be decided by fists instead of judges.

Both fighters had been down, and both fighters were hurting when Marquez threw a right hand off the ropes with a second left in the sixth round that could be felt all the way in the rafters of the MGM Grand arena.

It will go down among the great fights of their era.

But it was barely over when the cry arose for the two ever-so-willing warriors to do it again.

When it comes to Pacquiao and Marquez, four fights may not be enough.

“If you give us a chance, we’ll fight again,” Pacquiao said. “I was just starting to feel confident and then I got careless.”

Indeed, the case could be made that Pacquiao was on the verge of a big win himself when Marquez landed the punch that sent him falling face first on the canvas. He had come back from a third round knockdown to drop Marquez in the fifth and was landing big left hands that broke and bloodied the Mexican’s nose.

After three fights that all went the distance both fighters had vowed to be more aggressive in their fourth meeting. Pacquiao ended up paying the price for it when he tried to close the sixth round with a flurry, a big mistake against a counterpuncher who drew him into his sights.

“I knew Manny could knock me out at any time,” Marquez said. “I threw the perfect punch.”

Pacquiao, who hadn’t been stopped in a fight since 1999 in Thailand when he was a 112-pounder, took several minutes to come around on the canvas before being led to his ring stool. He blew his nose and stared vacantly ahead as the pro-Marquez crowd of 16,348 screamed in excitement.

He was taken to the hospital for a precautionary brain scan, then went to his hotel suite, where he ate with wife Jinkee and his entourage and watched a replay of the fight to see what went wrong.

“Spoiler alert,” Pacquiao said as the fight played on the TV. “I don’t think you are going to like how this ends.”

His countrymen in the Philippines certainly didn’t. The country came to a standstill as it usually does when its hero fights, and for the second fight in a row they were bitterly disappointed.

In the southern region where the boxer and congressman lives, some survivors of a powerful typhoon that killed more than 600 people this week watched on a big TV screen in a gym that serves as an emergency shelter in the town of New Bataan.

“People were really dismayed,” town spokesman Marlon Esperanza said. “It was like they were hit by

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Juan Manuel Marquez lands a right to the head of Manny Pacquiao during their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, in Las Vegas. Marquez won by a knockout. another typhoon.”

What Marquez hit Pacquiao with might have seemed almost as powerful. Pacquiao had dropped Marquez four times in their first three fights, but Marquez had never put him down before he landed a big right hand in the third round for his first knockdown. The power was sure to raise questions about the new bulked-up physique Marquez has at the age of 39, which he said came from hard work under a strength conditioner who once provided steroids to Marion Jones and other track stars.

Still, it was a career-defining moment for Marquez, who believes he was robbed by the judges in his first three fights with Pacquiao. The two fought to a draw eight years ago at 125 pounds and Pacquiao was awarded close decisions in the other two fights.

It was clear there would be no need for the judges on this night, which might have been good for Marquez since he was losing by one point on all three scorecards when he landed his big punch.

The only question was which fighter would end the night on the canvas.

It turned out to be Pacquiao, who lost a controversial decision in his last fight to Timothy Bradley and who many in boxing believe is showing the wear of 17 years in the ring. For any other fighter the knockout loss might be the end, but Pacquiao showed no sign afterward that he was willing to call it quits on

his remarkable career and return to his other job as a congressman in the Philippines.

Trainer Freddie Roach said the decision won’t be an easy one.

“I said if he is back in the gym and I see signs of him declining I’ll tell him to retire, but if I don’t see that I won’t tell him to retire,” Roach said. “I’d love to get a rematch, but is that the best move right away? Should we try him out in a softer fight first?

There is a lot of things we have to think about. It’s very complicated, and it’s not going to be overnight.”

One thing the stunning loss did do was scuttle, perhaps forever, what would have been the richest fight in boxing history. With Pacquiao now damaged goods, any fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be fought for a lot less money and generate a lot less interest than if it had happened with Pacquiao still on his winning streak and still in his prime.

Pacquiao’s career may not be over. If postfight comments from both fighters and promoter Bob Arum were any indication, he and Marquez will more than likely fight for a fifth time. There’s too much money to be had and the fighter in Pacquiao will surely want a chance at redemption.

That will be a hot topic of discussion in the months ahead. For now, though, one thing is for sure.

On this night, one huge right hand from Marquez changed everything.

Van Persie leads Man U past Perry teams up with City, jump ahead in standings O’Hair to win Shootout

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANCHESTER, England — Robin van Persie scored a stoppage-time winner to give Manchester United a 3-2 win over Manchester City on Sunday, ending the defending champion’s unbeaten start to the Premier League season and taking his side six points clear atop the standings.

Van Persie curled a free kick that was deflected by Samir Nasri inside Joe Hart’s post to cap the Dutch striker’s first Manchester derby after joining United from Arsenal in the offseason.

“We were in control, but City always come back,” Van Persie said.

“It’s a really special way to end this game, with the three points (won) in a really dramatic way.

“To go six points clear, to beat our closest rivals, we’re delighted. We’re going to celebrate.”

In the frenzy following the goal, United defender Rio Ferdinand was apparently hit by an object thrown from the stands, leaving him bleeding from a cut above his left eye, and Hart was confronted on the pitch by a fan.

Wayne Rooney had set United on the way to avenging last season’s double derby defeat to City by scoring twice in the first half against the run of play to take his career league tally to 150 goals.

City’s staged a second-half comeback, with Yaya Toure netting on the hour and Pablo Zabaleta equalizing in the 86th minute.

But Van Persie, who Arsenal claimed had been made an offer by City in the off-season, struck the late blow that ended the hosts’ unbeaten league home run — stretching back to December 2010.

“Today was a special one simply because they haven’t lost at home for two years, both of us are contending at the top of the league,” United manager Alex Ferguson said. “It was a fantastic game, you couldn’t take your eyes off that.”

The loss made City’s week even worse, with Roberto Mancini’s having finished last in its Champions League group and missed out on the knockout stage for a second successive season.

Tensions had been high from the start in the Manchester derby between the league’s top two teams.

Rooney was fortunate not to be booked in the opening minutes for fouls on David Silva and Yaya Toure.

City was on top, with a free kick from Mario Balotelli — surprisingly favoured from the start over Carlos Tevez — turned around the post by David de Gea. Balotelli squandered another good opening when he sliced the ball over from Clichy’s cutback.

But Hart’s first action was to pick the ball out of his own goal when Rooney put United in front after a lightening counterattack that saw 10 touches in 15 seconds.

After De Gea threw the ball out, Ashley Young headed on to Robin van Persie and a chest-down released the winger down the left flank.

Young slotted the ball through to Rooney, whose mishit shot bobbled through Gareth Barry’s legs into the net.

City then had a further blow as captain Vincent Kompany was forced off injured in the 21st minute, with Kolo Toure coming on.

City continued to dominate but couldn’t make it count, with Sergio Aguero failing to trouble De Gea with a low shot.

But Rooney was on target again, after ghosting into the penalty area.

Winger Antonio Valencia and Rafael Da Silva combined down the right flank before the defender picked out Rooney, who evaded Kolo Toure to take his derby tally to 10 goals, overtaking Bobby Charlton’s United record.

Mancini was getting increasingly anxious on the touchline bellowing out instructions to his players, clearly unhappy at the defensive frailties.

The closest City came to reducing the deficit was Barry’s strike that went wide.

When Balotelli gave the ball away after the break, Mancini immediately told Tevez to start warming up. The Argentina striker came on just seven minutes into the second half, and Balotelli stormed down the tunnel.

United had the ball in the net again on the hour, but Young was ruled to be offside when he pounced on the loose ball after Van Persie struck the post.

“Football can kick you in the teeth that way,” Ferguson said.

City immediately went up the other end and scored.

De Gea pulled off a double save, first denying Tevez and then Aguero from the rebound. But the United defence didn’t close down Tevez, who squared to Toure to score on the hour.

Silva was denied an equalizer by De Gea saving with his left shoulder and the ball then came off the crossbar.

After substitute Edin Dzeko helped City secure a corner, Van Persie’s headed clearance went straight to Yaya Toure, who slotted the equalizer into the net.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAPLES, Fla. — Kenny Perry and Sean O’Hair birdied five of the last six holes to win the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Sunday.

The 52-year-old Perry became the oldest player to win the Shootout, and also won for the third time with a different partner.

He won with John Huston in 2005 and Scott Hoch in 2008.

Perry joins Steve Elkington, Fred Couples, Brad Faxon and Scott McCarron with three Shootout wins; Elkington and Couples also won with three different partners.

“All three have been different,” Perry said of his Shootout victories.

“John and I were pretty even partners, and then the year Scott and I won, I played fantastic that week. ... This year, my roles have been reversed, and I was complementing Sean.”

“I think that was kind of the best thing about this was just we had a ton of fun, just like being a kid enjoying what you’re doing,” O’Hair said.

Rory Sabbatini and Charles Howell III made a charge on the back nine that included an eagle on a par-4 but finished one stroke back at 30-under 186.

They had a 15-under 57 in the scramble format in the final round on the Gold Course at Tiburon Golf Club.

“We played really well and gave ourselves a lot of opportunities,” Sabbatini said.

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“We put a good number up there and that’s all we can really do. We had a lot of fun and Charles hit the ball fantastically.”

Jason Dufner and Vijay Singh finished third at 28 under.

Perry and O’Hair became the seventh second-round leaders to go on to win the tournament in the last 12 years.

While other teams were making charges at them, and sometimes briefly catching them, they had fewer holes left to play than Perry and O’Hair.

“I knew they were going to probably catch up to us at some point, but I knew we had holes to catch back up to them,” Perry said. “You can’t really get too far ahead of yourself out there in that field. You just kind of play each hole.”

Stewart Cink and Carl Pettersson, first-round leaders Davis Love III and Brandt Snedeker, and 2009 champions Jerry Kelly and Steve Stricker were another shot back in a tie for fourth.

Love and Snedeker could never get going.

“We put the ball in the fairway all day, but never really got close into the greens,” Love said. “We were 15 to 30 feet all day today, and we weren’t as sharp this weekend as we were Friday.”

Perry and O’Hair led by two shots going into the final round.

They will split $750,000 of the $3 million purse.

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Double chill in Sunnybrook RESIDENTS WERE LEFT IN DARK TWICE ON ONE OF THE COLDEST DAYS IN DECEMBER

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SALÉ AT HALL OF FAME Olympic gold medal figure skater and Red Deer native Jamie Salé will be at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday to greet fans. Salé began her figure skating career in Red Deer and made her pairs Olympic debut at the age of 16 in the 1994 Games at Lillehammer. She paired up with David Pelletier in 1998 and the duo became the first pairs team ever to receive five perfect 6.0 scores in the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, where they won gold.

Regular admission fees for the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame are $5 for adults and $3 for youths. Children three and under are admitted free of charge.

TEA RAISES CASH FOR MS The MS Society has over $500 more for research and programs thanks to Bells and Bows Mother Daughter Tea patrons. The second annual event at Parkland Nurseries saw women and girls sip tea from china cups and enjoy dainties while listening to Christmas music. Hazel Flewwelling, a special MS Ambassador for the Alberta and Northwest Territories Division, spoke on the difficulties of dealing with the disease and Mrs. Claus made a special appearance, taking girls on a winter wonderland tour.

FUNDS RAISED FOR FAMILIES Deserving families needing help this Christmas are better off thanks to Victoria Park residents. The senior citizens residence raised about $900 at its recent Christmas Bazaar, giving the proceeds to the Salvation Army for its Adopt-A-Family program.

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Some Sunnybrook residents were left in the dark for up to eight hours on one of the coldest days in December on Friday.

This was the second time the power went out in less than 24 hours for the same customers on the north west corner of the neighbourhood along Piper Creek.

While city crews began work earlier this year upgrading its aging electrical system in Sunnybrook, they had not yet reached the west section of the neighbourhood.

On Thursday, a cable failure caused the outage around 10:45 p.m. for five hours while city crews repaired the line.

Jim Jorgensen, manager of the city’s Electric Light and Power Department, said the repair did not hold and caused

‘WE RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN AND DO WHAT IT TAKES TO FIX IT.’ — JIM JORGENSEN, MANAGER OF THE CITY’S ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER DEPARTMENT

the second outage on Friday around 12:20 p.m.

Jorgensen said crews responded immediately to installed a new cable.

“We had most of everybody back about 8:10 p.m.,” said Jorgensen. “We had 100 per cent restored about 8:25 p.m.”

About 70 houses or 10 per cent of the neighbourhood was without electricity at times during the eight hours.

Jorgensen said they do not expect any additional issues with this repair.

“We respond as quickly as we can and do what it takes to fix it,” he said.

The temperatures on Friday were hovering around -27 C but

felt like -30 C or colder with the windchill.

The city opened a reception centre at 6:45 p.m. at G.W. Smith Elementary School for those people who were affected.

Emergency Services crews conducted a door to door sweep checking on residents and notifying them about the warming centre.

Additional police were put on patrol for security. The warming centre was closed at about 9 p.m. No one attended.

City staff offered some tips on what to do during and after a power outage.

Tips include: ● Turn off and unplug appliances and electronic equip-

ment. Keep one light switch turned on so you know when the power returns. ● Do not bring gas or charcoal barbecue inside. Be careful with candles. ● Leave your faucet on slow drip to ensure pipes do not freeze for the duration of the outage, if you leave your residence.

After a power outage: ● Turn on essential appliances first and others after 10 or 15 minutes to allow the electric system to stabilize. ● Reset your heat thermostat ● Restock emergency kits.

Customers with questions or concerns are encouraged to call the Electric Light and Power’s 24-hour trouble line at 403348.5700.

Today expect slightly warmer weather with temperatures expect to reach a high of -3 C and a low of -6 C according to Environment Canada. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

‘Mrs. Claus’ faithfully turns her home into a Christmas Museum LACOMBE

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe’s Gayle Benedictson is known affectionately as Mrs. Claus because every year she transforms her home into a “Christmas Museum.”

And that’s no understatement.

Every room has at least one tree, a nativity scene and boasts its own theme –– Santa, Nutcracker, Elf, Angel, Moose and Deer or Snowman –– decked out with holiday trimmings.

In the kitchen the daily dishes, napkins, placemats and table cloths are swapped out for others that reflect the season.

Even the bathroom is given the holiday treatment with a switch of the toilet covering, the shower curtain and the toilet paper roll covering for all things festive.

Benedictson says she decorates because she loves the feelings of joy and peace that come out around Christmas time.

“It’s always been a very special time for me,” said Benedictson. “This brings a lot of joy to a lot of people’s lives.”

She spends roughly 80 hours over 10 days decorating every nook and cranny of her two-bedroom home with all things festive starting in late November.

The trimmings and decorations do not come down until Jan. 7. after the Ukrainian Christmas.

She has been decking her halls “forever” but really started to go all out when Benedictson and her husband, Cliff, moved from Fort McMurray in 2000.

The 62-year-old retired elementary school teacher said she would be hard-pressed to even take a guess at the tally of Christmas decorations.

“I haven’t got a clue,” laughed Benedictson. “I have people come in and they are mind boggled. There is so much stuff (that) many people have to visit more than once to take it all in.”

The living room boasts a Christmas tree that nearly touches the four metre (10 foot) ceiling.

Among the countless displays and embellishments, there’s a special corner with Santa and the Christ child in the dining room, a choir along the upstairs railing, dolls on the stairs, decorated light fixtures, Christmas cushions, holiday mats, angels everywhere in the master bedroom and a festive photo gallery. Every imaginable size of a Santa Claus figurine or doll lines a shelf along three walls in the basement.

Old Saint Nick is also sitting in little rocking chairs, on the floors, on the bar and on the bookshelves.

A Jesus is the Reason For the Season poster, one of Gayle’s favourites, is hung on the pantry door in the kitchen.

Visiting the Benedictson home at Christmas has evolved into a tradition for many in Lacombe and area over the years.

Between 95 and 120 friends, friends of friends, neighbours and family file through every year.

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Above and middle: Lacombe’s Gayle and Cliff Benedictson have turned their home into a “Christmas Museum” for 12 years. Gayle is the decorator while Cliff supports his wife by lifting the odd box.

Gayle spends 80 hours every holiday season decorating her house top to bottom.

Below: A display in the Nutcracker room at Gayle and Cliff Benedictson’s home.

The Benedictsons have been asked to give tours but she said the tour just wouldn’t flow properly.

But the couple is happy to open their doors to anyone who wants a little Christmas joy.

“It’s her passion,” said Cliff, 69. “I just go with the flow. Other than carry a few boxes. She does this whole thing herself.”

In the next few days, Cliff will do his part as he sets up a large nativity scene and strings up lights outside the home.

“He likes to pretend he’s bah humbug but he wouldn’t put up with it if he was,” said Gayle.

Benedictson also dresses the Christmas part from Dec. 1 to Jan. 7.

She has about 25 Christmas shirts, a jewelry box full of earrings and four hats.

Once the house is ready for the season, the couple puts out a guest book for visitors to sign before they leave. As way of thanking her guests, the visitors get to choose a small token from the “giving tree.” This year Gay-

le made small wool angels and crocheted stockings filled with candy.

“It’s way beyond a holiday,” said Benedictson. “People tend to think I am all wrapped up with the Santas and the decorations but there is so much

more. I think that’s why there’s so many nativity scenes in answer.”

She said it is not necessarily just faith-based but more of a feeling of joy during this special time of the year. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Capitalism and socialism top words of 2012

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster’s most looked-up words of 2012.

Traffic for the unlikely pair on the company’s website about doubled this year from the year before as the health care debate heated up and discussion intensified over “American capitalism” versus “European socialism,” said the editor at large, Peter Sokolowski.

The choice revealed Wednesday was “kind of a no-brainer,” he said.

The side-by-side interest among political candidates and around kitchen tables prompted the dictionary folk to settle on two words of the year rather than one for the first time since the accolade began in 2003.

“They’re words that sort of encapsulate the zeitgeist. They’re words that are in the national conversation,” said Sokolowski from company headquarters in Springfield, Mass. “The thing about an election year is it generates a huge amount of very specific interest.”

Democracy, globalization, marriage and bigot — all touched by politics — made the Top 10, in no particular order. The latter two were driven in part by the fight for same-sex marriage acceptance.

Last year’s word of the year was austerity. Before that, it was pragmatic.

Other words in the leading dictionary maker’s Top 10 for 2012 were also politically motivated.

Harken back to Oct. 11, when VicePresident Joe Biden tangled with Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan in a televised debate focused on foreign policy — terror attacks, defence spending and war, to be specific.

“With all due respect, that’s a bunch of MALARKEY,” declared Biden during a particularly tough row with Ryan.

The mention sent look-ups of malarkey soaring on Merriam-webster.com, Sokolowski said, adding: “Clearly a one-week wonder, but what a week!”

Actually, it was more like what a day. Look-ups of malarkey represented the largest spike of a single word on the website by percentage, at 3,000 per cent, in a single 24-hour period this year. The company won’t release the number of page views per word but said the site gets about 1.2 billion overall each year.

Malarkey, with the alternative spell-

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The word socialism, from the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, is shown in this photograph, in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012. Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster’s most looked-up words of 2012. ing of “y” at the end, is of unknown origin, but Merriam-Webster surmises it’s more Irish-American than Irish, tracing it to newspaper references as far back as 1929.

Beyond “nonsense,” malarkey can mean “insincere or pretentious talk or writing designed to impress one and usually to distract attention from ulterior motives or actual conditions,” noted Sokolowski.

“That’s exactly what Joe Biden was saying. Very precise,” especially in conversation with another Irish-American, Sokolowski said. “He chose a word that resonated with the public, I think in part because it really resonated with him. It made perfect sense for this man to use this word in this moment.”

An interesting election-related phenom, to be sure, but malarkey is no dead Big Bird or “binders full of women” — two Romneyisms from the defeated candidate’s televised

matchups with Obama that evoked another of Merriam-Webster’s Top 10 — meme.

While malarkey’s history is shaded, meme’s roots are easily traced to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, a Brit who coined the term for a unit of cultural inheritance, not unlike genes and DNA. The retired professor at the University of Oxford made up the word in 1976 for “The Selfish Gene,” a book he published light years before the Internet and social media’s capacity to take memes viral.

Sokolowski said traffic for meme more than doubled this year over 2011, with dramatic spikes pegged to political-related subjects that included Romney’s Big Bird and binders remarks, social media shares of images pegged to Hillary Rodham Clinton texting and Obama’s “horses and bayonets” debate rebuke of Romney in an exchange over the size of the Navy.

Other words in Merriam-Webster’s Top 10 for 2012: ● Touche, thanks in part to “Survivor” contestant Kat Edorsson misusing the word to mean “tough luck” rather than point well made, before she was voted off the island in May. Look-ups at Merriam-webster.com were up sevenfold this year over 2011. ● Schadenfreude, made up of the German words for “damage” and “joy,” meaning taking pleasure in the misery of others, was used broadly in the media after the election. Look-ups increased 75 per cent. The word in English dates to 1895. ● Professionalism, up 12 per cent this year over last. Sokolowski suspects the bump might have been due to the bad economy and more job seekers, or a knowing “glimpse into what qualities people value.”

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Drug cuts risk of breast cancer relapses and death Breast cancer patients taking the drug tamoxifen can cut their chances of having the disease come back or kill them if they stay on the pills for 10 years instead of five years as doctors recommend now, a major study finds.

The results could change treatment, especially for younger women. The findings are a surprise because earlier research suggested that taking the hormone-blocking drug for longer than five years didn’t help and might even be harmful.

In the new study, researchers found that women who took tamoxifen for 10 years lowered their risk of a recurrence by 25 per cent and of dying of breast cancer by 29 per cent compared to those who took the pills for just five years.

In absolute terms, continuing on tamoxifen kept three additional women out of every 100 from dying of breast cancer within five to 14 years from when their disease was diagnosed.

When added to the benefit from the first five years of use, a decade of tamoxifen can cut breast cancer mortality in half during the second decade after diagnosis, researchers estimate.

Some women balk at taking a preventive drug for so long, but for those at high risk of a recurrence, “this will be a convincer that they should continue,” said Dr. Peter Ravdin, director of the breast cancer program at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio.

He reviewed results of the study, which was being presented Wednesday at a breast cancer conference in San Antonio and published by the British

TAKING TAMOXIFEN FOR 10 YEARS INSTEAD OF FIVE HELPS FIGHT DISEASE medical journal Lancet.

“The result of this trial will have a major, immediate impact on premenopausal women,” Ravdin said.

About 50,000 of the roughly 230,000 new cases of breast cancer in the United States each year occur in women before menopause. Most breast cancers are fueled by estrogen, and hormone blockers are known to cut the risk of recurrence in such cases.

Tamoxifen long was the top choice, but newer drugs called aromatase inhibitors — sold as Arimidex, Femara, Aromasin and in generic form — do the job with less risk of causing uterine cancer and other problems.

But the newer drugs don’t work well before menopause. Even some women past menopause choose tamoxifen over the newer drugs, which cost more and have different side effects such as joint pain, bone loss and sexual problems.

The new study aimed to see whether over a very long time, longer treatment with tamoxifen could help.

Dr. Christina Davies of the University of Oxford in England and other researchers assigned 6,846 women who already had taken tamoxifen for five years to either stay on it or take dummy pills for another five years.

Researchers saw little difference in the groups five to nine years after diagnosis. But beyond that time, 15 per cent of women who had stopped taking tamoxifen after five years had died of breast cancer versus 12 per cent of those who took it for 10 years. Cancer had returned in 25 per cent of women

Court for mentally ill offenders could ease police burden: study searchers from the colleges of Medicine, Psychology, Nursing, and Law, as well as the U of S Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Justice Services.

SASKATOON — A study says police in northern and remote communities are often overburdened serving as social workers, constantly dealing with mentally ill people in their community.

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and those who become menopausal because of their treatment — the vast majority of cases. Previous studies found that starting on one of the newer hormone blockers led to fewer relapses than initial treatment with tamoxifen did.

Another study found that switching to one of the new drugs after five years of tamoxifen cut the risk of breast cancer recurrence nearly in half — more than what was seen in the new study of 10 years of tamoxifen.

“For postmenopausal women, the data still remain much stronger at this point for a switch to an aromatase inhibitor,” said that study’s leader, Dr. Paul Goss of Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been a paid speaker for a company that makes one of those drugs.

Women in his study have not been followed long enough to see whether switching cuts deaths from breast cancer, as 10 years of tamoxifen did. Results are expected in about a year.

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on the shorter treatment versus 21 per cent of those treated longer.

Tamoxifen had some troubling side effects: Longer use nearly doubled the risk of endometrial cancer. But it rarely proved fatal, and there was no increased risk among premenopausal women in the study — the very group tamoxifen helps most.

“Overall the benefits of extended tamoxifen seemed to outweigh the risks substantially,” Dr. Trevor Powles of the Cancer Centre London wrote in an editorial published with the study.

The study was sponsored by cancer research organizations in Britain and Europe, the United States Army, and AstraZeneca PLC, which makes Nolvadex, a brand of tamoxifen, which also is sold as a generic for 10 to 50 cents a day. Brand-name versions of the newer hormone blockers, aromatase inhibitors, are $300 or more per month, but generics are available for much less.

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TAKE STOCK JP’s pizza recognized A Central Alberta pizzeria has been recognized by a national trade publication.

JP’s pizza of Lacombe has been given Canadian Pizza Magazine’s Pizza for Purpose Award.

The award, which recognizes community involvement, includes a $2,500 cash prize from Saputo Foodservice.

JP’s has been owned and operated by Wayne and Carmell Rempel since 1999.

Wayne is a Lacombe city councillor.

Canadian Pizza Magazine will recognize JP’s in its January/February issue.

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Cellphone contracts slammed REGULATOR GETS A BLAST FROM THE PUBLIC OVER 36-MONTH CELLPHONE CONTRACTS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Three-year contracts from cellphone companies should be banned, Canada’s telecom regulator has been told in submissions to an online consultation.

Hundreds of people submitted their opinions to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission about a proposed code of conduct for the country’s wireless industry.

The overwhelming majority who wrote to the CRTC over the two-week online consultation period passionately voiced concerns about being “held hostage” by 36-month contracts.

“Get rid of the 36 months contract!!!,” said one person on the CRTC’s online forum. “It first started with 12 months, then

24 months, now the standard is 36 months, which is ridiculous!”

Another person wrote: “CRTC, please get rid of the 3 year contract. Canada will love you for this.”

Those submitting opinions and suggestions to the forum were not required to post their names.

The first round of consultations, which closed this week, also heard several complaints about a lack of competition in the industry.

The regulator launched the online discussion to get the views of Canadians on what should be in a new code for wireless services, including cellphones and other personal mobile devices.

The CRTC said in October it would develop a national code so Canadians could have a better understanding of their rights

as consumers, and so wireless companies would clearly know their responsibilities.

The commission is expected to issue a draft code by the end of next month, after which a second round of online consultations will be launched.

Public hearings are also set to begin in February.

More than 500 people made submissions to the online forum, a small fraction of the 27.4 million wireless subscribers in Canada, which account for 78.2 per cent of households — an increase of six per cent from 2011.

The vast majority of wireless users have contracts with the big three carriers — Bell (TSX:BCE), Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) and Telus (TSX:T).

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Blackfalds businesses toast of town Four Blackfalds businesses were the toast of the town recently.

The town’s economic development and tourism committee and the Blackfalds Chamber of Commerce presented the community’s Business of the Year Awards.

DND Taxi was named New Business of the Year, The Fifth Element Salon and Spa was chosen Established Business of the Year, Blackfalds Eye Care won the Customer Service Award and After the Grind earned the Community Spirit Award.

Saudis say foreign group behind attacks A Saudi official says the cyber-attacks that hit the country’s oil giant Aramco and Qatari natural gas producer RasGas in August originated outside the kingdom.

Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said in a statement Sunday that an investigation concluded that an “organized foreign group ... was behind the attacks” and that Aramco employees were not involved.

The cyber-attacks used a virus, known as Shamoon, which can spread through networked computers and ultimately wipes out files by overwriting them.

Rally protests austerity in Spain Madrid residents and medical workers angered by budget cuts and plans to partprivatize bits of their cherished national health service are protesting by marching through some of the capital city’s most famous squares.

More than 5,000 people were rallying in central Puerta del Sol square on Sunday, according to police estimates. Organizers estimate attendance at 75,000, many dressed in clinical white and blue. Fatima Branas, a spokeswoman for organizers, says privatization plans are short-sighted because they did not take into account that savings could be made without selling off services.

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popular Italian comedian and TV host, Rosario Fiorello, made the rounds of the Internet.

The video shows Sunday’s newspaper headlines about Monti’s decision to quit and Berlusconi’s bid to return to power.

“Let’s do ourselves some harm, as only we know how to do” Fiorello sings in Italian as the camera pans the headlines. “We’re Italians. We like to suffer.”

Once he resigns, Monti will have a freer hand to jump into politics, since he no longer needs to guarantee the nonpartisanship that had until this week assured him broad backing in Parliament.

But, he he smiled and said nothing when reporters came up to him after he left a Milan church with his wife where the couple attended Mass.

“It’s clear that he (Monti) feels free to decide.

He’s thinking about it, and many are pushing him to take a step” into politics, Corriere della Sera’s editor, Ferruccio de Bortoli wrote.

He has been widely praised by economic analysts, central bankers and many European leaders.

“Mario Monti’s government has achieved great things in a short period of time — won back the confidence of investors, moved forward budget consolidation,” Joerg Asmussen, a German member of the European Central Bank’s executive board, was quoted as telling Germany’s Bild daily.

A London-based analyst at UniCredit, Erik F. Nielsen, said in his weekly comments Sunday that he wasn’t worried that Berlusconi was running again, but warned that “you should expect some short-term market reactions.”

Nielsen, the Italian bank’s global chief economist, said there would probably be a sell-off in Italian assets Monday morning, followed by some pressure into Thursday’s bond auction.

But “I am not seriously worried about the direction of policies in Italy — and if Monti were to take a clear stand in the election, I suspect that the rally could be back on before long.”

The Toronto stock market will likely be in for another week of lacklustre activity as the apparent lack of progress to arrive at a deal to stop the U.S. economy going over a “fiscal cliff” leaves buyers firmly sidelined.

“I think that’s exactly what we’re going to see in the market ... certainly between now and the end of the year until a deal is struck,” said Philip Petursson, director of institutional equities at Manulife Asset Management.

“I think that what we are seeing in the U.S. markets is purely sentiment-driven, it’s not fundamentally- driven.”

The “fiscal cliff” is the name for a situation that would arise at the end of December if substantial tax increases and spending cuts are triggered.

The worry is that the moves would immediately cut into economic growth, likely sending the U.S. into recession and taking other world economies along with it.

Traders will also be looking to the U.S. Federal Reserve to announce yet a further round of stimulus to help prop up a weak economic recovery.

The TSX ended last week lower, down 0.65 per cent and led by a slide in gold stocks as bullion traded at or below the psychologically important US$1,700 an ounce level. Energy stocks also contributed to the dip as demand concerns pushed oil down more than three per cent last week.

The Dow industrials rose one per cent.

At the same time, investors will digest news that Ottawa signed off on the takeover of Calgary-based Nexen (TSX:NXY)

by China’s CNOOC and Progress Energy Resources (TSX:PRQ) by Malaysia’s Petronas late Friday afternoon.

But in a wide-ranging update of foreign takeover rules, it said it will only consider future takeover deals in the oilsands by state-owned companies in exceptional circumstances.

And all state-owned enterprises seeking to buy large Canadian companies will face greater scrutiny about how they operate and how much control their home governments would have over how they do business.

The announcements could impact not only the individual stocks, but the resource sectors and the Canadian dollar as well.

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Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti arrives at the World Policy conference, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday. Monti has been widely credited with restoring faith in Italy’s capacity to survive the eurozone debt crisis since he took over the helm of a non-elected “technocrat” government.

Italy, Europe on edge over Monti’s surprise departure SAYS IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO LEAD AFTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI’S PARTY DROPPED ITS SUPPORT AND BLAMED HIS AUSTERITY MEASURE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ROME — Italy and the rest of Europe on Sunday anxiously awaited the reaction of financial markets to Premier Mario Monti’s surprise decision to resign and set the stage for an early vote, as speculation abounded over whether he might dive into politics and challenge Silvio Berlusconi in the election.

Monti has been widely credited with restoring faith in the country’s capacity to survive the eurozone debt crisis since he took over the helm of a non-elected “technocrat” government.

But he told the Italian president Saturday it was impossible to continue to lead after Berlusconi’s party, Parliament’s largest, dropped its support and blamed his austerity measure for Italy’s staying mired in recession.

“We’ll see what the markets will do,” President Giorgio Napolitano told reporters asking if he was worried about the repercussions of the political crisis, including how it would affect its credibility and financial ratings.

It was Napolitano who appointed Monti, an internationally respected economist, last year to replace Berlusconi, the three-time premier whose resistance to potentially unpopular austerity measures panicked financial markets and helped set Italy tottering toward a Greece-style debt crisis.

Monti told Napolitano he would step down as soon as Parliament passes a budget bill, likely within two weeks, setting the stage for elections as soon as February.

Monti’s accomplishments at the helm of the nonpartisan government included steering through Parliament tough pension reform, higher sales taxes and a revived property tax.

He nonetheless enjoys high popularity ratings.

Supporters have encouraged Monti to run for the premiership.

Speculation about whether he would face off with Berlusconi and others has been rife in the media, and Italians were lamenting his early departure.

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With less than a month left till Christmas, what are Canadians looking for in their holiday shopping this year?

Given the difficult economic times, it’s not surprising that Canadian holiday shoppers are primarily concerned about getting good deals at the expense of finding that perfect gift.

According to a Black Friday poll by airmilesshops.ca, 83 per cent of Canadian holiday shoppers are

looking for the best deals, but they also want their hunt for gifts to be enjoyable.

The two main factors in enjoying the shopping experience are finding what they are looking for and avoiding crowds and long lineups.

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving in the United States which traditionally begins the Christmas shopping season.

On this day, major retailers

open very early, often at 4 a.m. or even earlier, and offer promotional sales to kick off the shopping season.

It is similar to Boxing Day sales in many Commonwealth nations, such as Canada.

Almost half of Canadians are aware of Black Friday and agree it is a great opportunity to get great deals.

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But only 14 per cent actually planned to shop on the day and even fewer (10 per cent) planned to shop on Cyber Monday, the Monday following Black Friday.

A lot of Canadian shoppers can’t be bothered to cross the border to seek out those great holiday deals. But what they might not realize is that there are easier ways to take advantage of the deals without ever going outside their front door.

“Black Friday and Cyber Monday (are great days) to get started on your holiday shopping,” said shopping expert Tarra Stubbins. “With so many big American and Canadian brand retailers available online, it’s easier than ever to do your shopping from the comfort of your home . . . to find deals and use your time efficiently so that you can spend the holiday enjoying what matters.”

Many Canadian shoppers go online either to do research before heading out to the stores or to supplement inperson shopping trips.

Fifty-two per cent shop online because it is convenient and 45 per cent shop online because it is quick and convenient.

Following are a few tips to make your shopping on- and off-line more convenient and affordable. ● Start early so your spending is spread out, stress is minimized and the selection is maximized. ● Make a list and check it twice.

You can feel awful missing someone you wanted to give a gift to. ● There are a number of apps available to help you organize your shopping list, but the good old pen and paper work very well as well. Mobile apps like the one offered by Air Miles provide a list of sponsors near the smartphone user and makes it easy to earn reward miles on your spending. ● Do your homework before you hit the stores. Go online to get ideas and do some comparative price shopping. ● Reward yourself by shopping smart and earn rewards where they are available. Consumers who consolidate their shopping on one or two loyalty programs will get the most bang for their buck. ●Shop in off-peak hours. If you don’t like crowds, avoid the weekends and look for stores open 24 hours a day, or use the online option.

Besides being a great time to be with friends and loved ones, Christmas can be a time of excess spending that can land you with a pile of debt once all the presents are unwrapped and the parties are over.

Christmas shopping easily can lead you into spending more than you should.

So set a budget that you can afford and stick to it.

Some experts suggest you should spend no more than 1.5 per cent of your total income on holiday expenses — $1,500 for a family earning $100,000 a year, for example.

Remember to include everything that you will spend money on over the holidays, including parties, decorations, gifts, wrappings and food. Sticking to a budget can be hard, but don’t give in.

One of the greatest gifts you can give your family is to save for the future and avoid money problems.

Base your gift choices on what you can afford. Gifts are to acknowledge your love and appreciation for the people in your life. There’s no dollar value on saying, “I love you.”

If you do choose to use a credit card for convenience, pay it off right away.

Another option is to give a gift card.

This is becoming an increasingly popular choice, but be sure to check on fees and any expiry dates on the card.

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

MARKETS: Big issue for currency The approval of the massive deals would be supportive of the Canadian dollar on Monday, said Camilla Sutton, chief currency strategist at Scotia Capital.

“I think it will be supportive, it’s more we would have a bigger impact if it didn’t go through” “It’s an important issue for the currency.”

The Canadian dollar has been pushed higher in the past by big corporate deals.

That’s because a foreign buyer acquiring a Canadian company will need Canadian currency to close the deal, boosting demand for the loonie on financial markets.

The U.S. Federal Reserve could also provide some temporary distraction from negotiations over the “fiscal cliff.”

The Fed is making its next scheduled announcement on interest rates on Wednesday. The central bank has already said it doesn’t plan on doing anything about rates, but it is widely expected to embark on further stimulus.

The Fed’s US$400-billion stimulus program, known as Operation Twist, is set to expire after 2012.

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It involved the Fed buying $400-billion of longer-term Treasuries and simultaneously selling some of the shorter-dated issues it already held in order to bring down long-term interest rates.

Now, economists expect that the Fed will begin buying $40 million of long-term treasury securities each month.

This would be on top of an existing plan announced in September that involves the Fed buying $40 billion per month in mortgage-backed securities.

“If we get that plus hints of a fiscal deal, that could be icing on the cake for the markets,” said Peter Buchanan, senior economist with CIBC World Markets.

He also noted that the Fed will deliver its latest summary of economic projections through 2015, which is also the earliest the central bank would hike rates.

Meantime, traders left their desks last week still discouraged at the lack of progress in arriving at a deal to head off the looming fiscal crisis as a widely-watched index indicated that “fiscal cliff” worries are affecting consumer confidence.

The University of Michigan’s measure of consumer confidence fell to a four-month low of 74.5 in December, from 82.7.

Also, House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of wasting another week in trying to arrive at a deal.

The Republicans are resisting tax hikes but Obama has made it clear that taxes will have to go up for the wealthiest taxpayers.

But Buchanan cautioned that even if the two sides negotiate a framework for a deal, the economy still faces serious headwinds.

“Even if we get the fiscal cliff thing out of the way, there are still some negatives out there,” he said.

“Business spending is impacted by uncertainty also other things we’ve had, including a significant slowdown in earnings growth and softer resource prices.”

WIRELESS: Lack of competition cited Those three were at the centre of the most submissions about a lack of competition in Canada’s wireless industry.

“Where is the competition? These plans are all the same,” read one submission below a chart showing wireless plans being offered by the big three.

Consumers can opt for a smaller carrier but have so far appeared reluctant to move.

New entrants, such as WIND, Mobilicity, Public Mobile and Videotron, captured just four per cent of wireless subscribers and two per cent of overall revenues in 2011, according to the CRTC’s latest communications monitoring report, issued in early September.

All of the major telecom companies and consumer advocacy groups have voiced support for the idea of national standards for wireless devices, but they have not agreed on how those rules should work.

Critics have argued that Canadian subscribers are simply paying too much for wireless services compared with other countries.

“Canadian consumers continue to be saddled with higher than average costs for wireless services as compared to other OECD countries,” NDP consumer critic Glenn Thibeault wrote in his own submission to the CRTC. Thibeault noted that the three-year terms offered in Canada lock consumers into contracts that often go far beyond the typical lifespan of a heavily used wireless device.

Consumers then end up paying up front for new cellphones, or being forced into extending their contracts by accepting subsidized “upgrades” to newer devices, rather than shelling out sometimes hundreds of dollars in cancellation fees.

The New Democrats are also calling for escalating fines for wireless companies that breach the new code of conduct.

“Under such an enforcement regime, the commission would be entitled to assess monetary penalties for non-compliance with the wireless code and any resulting regulations,” said Thibeault.

Some provinces including Quebec have laws in place that limit cancellation fees and stop companies from automatically renewing cellphone contracts.

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Local and international activists protest inside a conference center to demand urgent action to address climate change at the U.N. climate talks in Doha, Qatar, Saturday. After a lot of wrangling, the latest drafts lacked the strong commitments on climate action and financing by rich countries that poor countries had hoped for.

UN conference adopts extension of Kyoto climate accord

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DOHA, Qatar — A U.N. climate conference agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some rich countries but which will only cover about 15 per cent of global emissions.

The extension was adopted by nearly 200 countries after hard-fought sessions and despite objections from Russia. The package of decisions also included vague promises of financing to help poor countries cope with climate change.

Though expectations were low for the two-week conference in Doha, many developing countries rejected the deal as insufficient to put the world on track to fight the rising temperatures that are raising sea levels.

Some Pacific island nations see this as a threat to their existence.

“This is not where we wanted to be at the end of the meeting, I assure you,” said Nauru Foreign Minister Kieren Keke, who leads an alliance of small island states.

“It certainly isn’t where we need to be in order to prevent islands from going under and other unimaginable

impacts.”

The 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which controls the greenhouse gas emissions of rich countries, expires this year. It was extended through 2020 to fill the gap until a wider global treaty is expected to take effect.

However, the second phase only covers about 15 per cent of global emissions after Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Russia opted out.

The U.S. never joined Kyoto, partly because it didn’t include China and other fast-growing developing countries.

Poor countries came into the talks in Doha demanding a timetable on how rich countries would scale up climate change aid for them to $100 billion annually by 2020 — a general pledge that was made three years ago.

But rich nations, including the United States, members of the European Union and Japan are still grappling with the effects of a financial crisis and were not interested in detailed talks on aid in Doha.

The agreement on financing made no reference to any mid-term financing targets, just a general pledge to “identify pathways for mobilizing the scaling up of climate finance.”

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Possibly banking on appealing to his populist base, Berlusconi has vowed to again abolish the property tax on primary residences that Monti quickly reinstated as part of revenuebuilding measures for state and local coffers. The tax had been abolished

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Lovely British Christmases With help from Red Deer’s mayor and the Calgary Boys’ Choir, the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra delivered two sorts of British Christmases on Saturday — the divine and the jolly.

The filled-to-the-rafters Christmas From the British Isles concert at the Gaetz Memorial United Church in downtown Red Deer offered something for everyone — starting with religious music performed by seven members of the Calgary Boys’ Choir, harpist Gianetta Baril, and a pared-down orchestra.

The evening began with a stirring tune that music director Claude Lapalme said is LANA probably the most featured MICHELIN in Anglican Christmas services — John Henry Gauntlett’s Once in Royal David’s City.

While ubiquitous, the song is also sparsely beautiful, made the more so by the angelic voices of the choir (along with three adult sopranos), and the church’s wonderful acoustics.

More austere, but lovely, sacred music was heard when the choir tackled Benjamin Britten’s difficult A Ceremony of Carols, with only Baril accompanying on the harp.

While Britten composed the music in the 1940s,

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the Middle English carols were actually written in the 12th to 16th centuries.

The 10 songs ranged from the ethereal (Gregorian processional, Holdie Christus natus est), to the peaceful In Freezing Winter Night, and the uplifting Spring Carol.

Some translations made for unintended mirth.

For instance, the words to Deo Gracias are: “Adam was bound in sin for four thousand years/although he thought this not too long/ It was all for an apple that he took/ as cleric find written in their books . . .”

Despite its rather painful lack of profundity, the carol was gorgeously delivered by the young choir members, who were in fine form even though three of their members had to stay home due to illness.

Baril also spun some ancient magic with her harp — particularly during the solo interlude when the melody was as gentle as snowdrops.

Audience members responded enthusiastically to the Britten piece, rising to their feet.

The boys’ choir, led by Paul Grindlay, wrapped up its set with a splendid rendition of Gustav Holst’s In the Bleak Midwinter, with chamber orchestra accompaniment.

If Holst’s carol was too stuffy for some tastes, the rest of the concert brought a little more ho-ho-ho, including Joy to the World.

There was the sprightly Irish traditional Curoo Curoo — Carol of the Birds, and the Scottish favourite Auld Lang Syne, which caused nostalgic audience members to sing along.

Both works were vividly performed by the full orchestra — as was the original score to the featured piece, Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

The 20-minute story about Thomas’s idealized childhood was read in sonorous tones by Red Deer Mayor Morris Flewwelling.

All of his public speaking duties must have paid off, as the mayor wrung the right amount of drama out of the passages about the Christmas Day fire, the excitement of pranking neighbours, snowballing cats, and opening presents.

Flewwelling also captured the sleepy contentment that Thomas conveyed as he wrote about comical family moments around the fire at the end of a long, happy day.

The beguiling, expressive orchestral score that Lapalme adapted from Christmas carols did exactly what it was supposed to — it created mystery when needed, and stood out when the script called for it — such as when the orchestra piped up with snatches from Good King Wenceslas just as the carol is mentioned in the story.

Despite the few times the orchestra threatened to drown out narration, Flewwelling and the RDSO went together like spiced rum and eggnog — they were the perfect seasonal mix.

The mayor’s reward was getting to bask for a few moments in what few municipal politician ever receive — a standing ovation. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Is this ‘The Last Time?’

NO SIGN THAT END IS NEAR FOR ROLLING STONES AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY GIG

BY JOCELYN NOVECK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Mick Jagger, from left, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones perform in concert on Saturday, in New York.

Bassist Bill Wyman and Watts were quick additions.

Wyman, who left the band in 1992, was a guest at the London shows last month, as was Mick Taylor, the celebrated former Stones guitarist who left in 1974 and replaced by Wood, the newest Stone and the youngster at 65.

The inevitable questions have been swirling about the next step for the Stones: another huge global tour, on the scale of their last one, A Bigger Bang, which earned more than $550 million between 2005 and 2007? Something a bit smaller? Or is this minitour, in the words of their new song, really One Last Shot?

The Stones won’t say.

But in an interview last month, they made clear they felt the 50th anniversary was something to be marked.

“I thought it would be kind of churlish not to do something,” Jagger told The Associated Press. “Otherwise, the BBC would have done a rather dull film about the Rolling Stones.”

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Yes, a Stone’s average age might be a bit higher than that of the average Supreme Court justice. (To be fair, the newest justices bring the average down).

But to watch these musicians play with vitality and vigour a half-century on is to believe that maybe they were right when they sang, Time Is On My Side. At least for a few more years.

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NEW YORK — It sure didn’t feel like a farewell.

The Rolling Stones — average age 68-plus, if you’re counting — were in rollicking form as they rocked the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for 2 ½ hours Saturday night, their first U.S. show on a mini-tour marking a mind-boggling 50 years as a rock band.

And although every time the Stones tour, the inevitable questions arise, — whether it’s The Last Time, to quote one of their songs — there was no sign that anything is ending anytime soon.

“People say, why do you keep doing this?” mused 69-year-old Mick Jagger, the band’s impossibly energetic frontman, before launching into Brown Sugar.

“Why do you keep touring, coming back? The answer is, you’re the reason we’re doing this. Thank you for buying our records and coming to our shows for the last 50 years.“ Jagger was in fine form, with strong vocals and his usual swagger — strutting, jogging, skipping and pumping his arms like a man half his age.

And though he briefly donned a flamboyant feathered black cape for Sympathy for the Devil and later, some red-sequined tails, he was mostly content to prowl the stage in a tight black T-shirt and trousers.

The band’s guitarists, the brilliant Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, alternated searing solos and occasionally ventured onto a stage extension that brought them closer to the crowd.

The now-grey Richards, wearing a red bandana, exuded the easy familiarity of a favourite uncle: “While we wait for Ronnie,” he said at one point, “I’ll wish you happy holidays.” Watts, the dapper drummer in a simple black T-shirt, smiled frequently at his band mates.

The grizzled quartet was joined on Gimme Shelter

by Mary J. Blige, who traded vocals with Jagger and earned a huge cheer at the end. Also visiting: the Texas blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. The sense of nostalgia was heightened by projections on a huge screen of footage of the early days, when the Stones looked like teenagers. At one point, Jagger reminisced about the first time the band played New York — in 1964.

A carton of milk cost only a quarter then, he said.

And a ticket to the Rolling Stones? “I don’t want to go there,” he quipped. It was a reference to the skyhigh prices at the current “50 and Counting” shows, where even the “cheap” seats cost a few hundred dollars and a prime seat cost in the $700 range or higher.

From the opening number, Get Off Of My Cloud, the band played a generous 23 songs, including two new ones — Doom and Gloom and One More Shot — but mostly old favourites.

The rousing encore included Jumping Jack Flash, of course, but the final song was Satisfaction.

And though the song speaks of not getting any, the consensus of the packed 18,000-seat arena was that it was a satisfying evening indeed.

“If you like the Stones, this was as good a show as you could have had,” said one fan, Robert Nehring, 58, of Westfield, N.J., who’d paid $500 for his seat. “It was worth it,” he said simply.

The Brooklyn show was a coup for the new Barclays Center — there are no Manhattan shows. It followed two rapturously received Stones shows in London late last month.

The band also will play two shows in Newark, N.J., on Dec. 13 and 15.

And just before that, the Stones will join a veritable who’s who of British rock royalty and U.S. superstars at the blockbuster 12-12-12 Superstorm Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden.

Also scheduled to perform: Paul McCartney, the Who, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Eddie Vedder, Billy Joel, Roger Waters and Chris Martin.

In a flurry of anniversary activity, the band also released a hits compilation last month with two new songs, Doom and Gloom and One More Shot, and HBO premiered a new documentary on their formative years, Crossfire Hurricane.

The Stones formed in London in 1962 to play Chicago blues, led at the time by the late Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart, along with Jagger and Richards, who’d met on a train platform a year earlier.

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Steve Sherman plays his flugelhorn at the Snell Auditorium at the Red Deer Public Library Thursday as part of the First Thursday production held there each month.

Sherman and his band mates in their group Downtown gave a history of jazz presentation for an audience of about 60 people and included works by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong to name a few. Other members of the group include Ross Dabrusin on piano, Malcolm Bell on drums and Steven Tanner on upright bass.

Moody teenage son a problem for family vacations Dear Annie: My family recently went have his own seat, I made my son give on vacation, and my 17-year-old son up his, and the flight attendant gave was an absolute pain. He refused to him an empty seat near the bulkhead. go swimming with us at the I got another dirty look for pool, saying it would be too that. I kept trying to ask boring. He wouldn’t wear whether he was OK, but he a jacket and tie to dinner had the flight attendant tell at the hotel’s five-star resme to leave him alone. taurant, and when I told We’re planning to visit him he wouldn’t be able relatives this winter, and to go in without them, he my son says he doesn’t want said, “Fine, I’ll get a sandto go. I dread the idea of wich somewhere else,” and putting up with this nasty that’s what he did. Whenevteenager who can’t appreer we went to the beach or ciate any of the things we shopping, he wouldn’t come do for him. I want him to along and instead toured stay with his grandparents, the city on his own. When but they’d rather not have MITCHELL I said I didn’t care for his him because he’s moody & SUGAR tone of voice, he gave me and they don’t like the the silent treatment. way he dresses. I’d ask my For the plane ride home, brother, but I don’t want we got him a seat near the to have to reciprocate. Is it aisle so he could stretch out OK to let a 17-year-old stay his legs. I told him, “You could at least home alone for 10 days? I have people say thank you.” Instead, he gave me a who can check on him. -- N.Y. dirty look. When I saw that the woman Dear N.Y.: Teenagers enjoy family next to him had a toddler who didn’t vacations more than they let on, but

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appreciate the assistance. -- No Name, No Location Dear No Name: Even kids expect to be paid, although a good-hearted neighbor may shovel your snow and mow your lawn as a kindness, especially if they own a riding mower or snow blower. But also please check with your local church, which may provide such a service.

Dear Annie: “Lonely in Nova Scotia” says he has no luck with the ladies.

I suggest he figure out what traits he really likes in a woman, find someone who has them and let her know how special she is to him. Then he should make sure he’s clean and his clothing is up to date. And he should show genuine interest in what she has to say and not just talk and expect her to laugh at his jokes. -- Alone and Content Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You contain a serious approach to life. You accept no signs of weakness from anyone and you prefer to be seen rather cool and serious. It is with particular attitude that you will gain even more trust and reliability from others.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your creative and artistic affinities will be well noticed and observed today. You have a keen talent in choosing the right style or simply develop an artsy trend that others will be inspired from and will want to follow. Be a fashion trend-setter.

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For the most part, we are not feeling too emotional today, yet we have the ability to dig deep into complex matters today. Working behind the scenes with remarkable focus is highly favoured today. Profitable rewards can be easier achieved now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, the upcoming year will bring a desire within you to work behind the scenes. You will want to keep a low profile and keep your feelings to yourself. You are not feeling particularly self-expressive, yet your psychic antennas can guide you into a different sphere of this world. Working with charitable organizations or with the less fortunate can fulfil your innermost spiritual needs.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is a decidedly intense day for you. You take everything quite seriously today while dealing with private matters and wanting to bring them to a concrete and precise result. Your concentration powers are powerful, ASTRO while giving you the right DOYNA amount of energy to succeed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Decisive, real circumstances will mark your key relationships today. Power struggles are challenging you to face its harsh reality. Do not accept manipulative behaviour, nor be misguided by false promises. You need honest, fair alliances.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This could be a productive day if you channel cleverly your energies into precise, facts-of-the-matter issues. Anything illusive should be avoided as this will only misguide you and waste your precious time. Any type of sports will work in your favour.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): This proves to be a fully charged day for you loaded with lots of activity.

You are in a serious kind of mood taking everything quite at heart. It seems that even certain life pleasures have a serious knit to them. Don’t take yourself so seriously. Seriously.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today you have a special gift. Your ability to understand various artistic styles

and appreciate their creation will help you grasp perspicaciously certain techniques. A world of mysteries will be revealed to you thus enabling you to work your imagination to higher levels. Start creating!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Settlements, agreements or interactions that are too evasive in context or unclear in their purpose will only mislead you. Stay away from potentially wasteful people or partners.

Insist on concrete, solid facts: make a firm stand.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is not particularly one of your most favourite days, but you can use effectively today’s powerful energies into working towards your own well-being and your family life.

Maintain that serious attitude and set realistic goals in matters of your finances.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Current financial issues or relationships might give you the lack of stability you are longing for.

Do not let this energy get to you. Use your intuitive powers to work closely with your budgetary needs and focus on the long-term rather than on now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): An introverted day is in store for you. Utilize today’s amazing vibes to focus on any projects that require your profound attention or any assignments that demand precision. You can work wonderfully behind the scenes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Today you are a socialite. Aligning with like-minded people today will open a new world for you. You are positively predisposed today. You keep your emotions in check which should help you stay focused on your

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Your son reacts poorly to being fussed over in public by Mommy and Daddy.

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We are getting up in age and cannot do these things on our own. Hiring a professional costs more than we can manage on our Social Security. What a great thing it would be for neighbors to teach their children to come across the road with their big riding mower or snowplow and make a couple of sweeps across our yard. We would so

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BENNETT Linda 1950 - 2012 Mrs. Linda Bennett of Red Deer, Alberta passed away peacefully after a 21 year battle with cancer at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the age of 61 years. Linda was born on December 25, 1950 and raised in Edmonton and later moved to Red Deer where she settled and raised three boys. Linda will be lovingly remembered by her husband Rick Bennett, sons Donald Stearns, Bryce Bennett and Ryan Bennett, and sister Joan (Wade). Linda will also be greatly missed by several extended family and friends.

Linda was predeceased by her parents Harvey and Elizabeth Gale and sister Margrie Lynn. In honor of Linda, a celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta. Memorial contributions made directly to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation - Cancer Centre, 3942 50A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4E7 would be appreciated. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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HIRING * Gas station Manager * $25/hr, full time 1 person * The day to day operations of filling station and convenience store, managi n g s t a ff , w o r k i n g w i t h vendors and monitoring sales. * Completion of University ( Economics). Over 1 yr business experience.

Leeoh Holdings Inc. o/a Rimbey Gas & Splash.

Box 659 4630 50 Ave. Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 cookplus@naver.com Phone 403-843-2360

FURIX Energy Inc. is looking for an

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.

Valid 1st Aid, H2S, Drivers License required!!

jrempel@ cathedralenergyservices.com

Now Hiring CAREPENTERS & LABORERS for work in Red Deer Apply at: Email: careers@ clarkbuilders.com Fax: 1-888-403-3051 www.clarkbuilders.com

Has openings for

FIELD OPERATORS

mmcgeachy@ cathedralenergyservices.com

DOOR SECURITY

850

CLARK BUILDERS

IRIS is Canada’s largest eyecare provider with over 165 locations across the country. IRIS features the finest fashion frames, lenses from the world’s leading manufacturer’s and laser vision correction.

X-Static is now accepting applications for Experienced P/T door security Apply in person, after 3 pm

Trades

CARPET COLOUR CENTRE is currently looking for 2 TILE INSTALLERS. Applicant must have ability FURIX Energy Inc. is to lay out tiles, be familiar looking for an with setting materials and products. This is a F/T Experienced Coater for internal coatings.† position with a wage of $30-40/hour dependent $25/hr. upon experience.† Please Submit resume att`n: Andrew @ Carpet Colour fax (403)348-8109 or email laurie@furixenergy.com Centre 1100, 5001 - 19 St. Red Deer, AB T4R 3R1 or email : awiebe@ carpetcolourcentre. com

Drop resume off to: Kayla Macaulay, Manager

820

850

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

(Must be able to Provide own work truck)

Please contact Murray McGeachy or Jamie Rempel by Fax: (403) 340-0886 or email

IRIS is expanding and we are looking for an outgoing, energetic Optician in our Red Deer location. We will also consider training applicants as opticians provided they possess sales experience and can demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for what they do in their work and community. Also greet customers, book appointments & various other tasks.

Restaurant/ Hotel

All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Safety tickets are an asset but we are willing to train *Equipment the right candidate.

Operators & We offer exceptional pay, Labourers excellent benefit package REQUIREMENTS: and a positive work *Valid driver’s license environment. * H2S Alive Please email resumes to * Standard First Aid info@landcore.ca or fax *WHMIS and/or CSTS 403-783-2011. or PST The right candidates will * Pre-Access A& D Testing be contacted for an interview.

Please email or fax your Please no phone calls. resume to: LOCAL Oilfield Company hr@tr3energy.com seeking experienced Fax: 403-294-9323 Wireline Tool Salesman. www.tr3energy.com Vehicle mileage paid as well as commissions and TREELINE benefits. Please forward WELL SERVICES resume to: btopcanada Has Opening for all @hotmail.com or fax positions!

403-340-8581 Attn: Manager Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, LOCAL SERVICE CO. Class 5 with Q EndorseREQ’S EXP. VACUUM ment, First Aid TRUCK OPERATOR We offer competitive Must have Class 3 licence wages & excellent benew/air & all oilfield tickets. fits. Please include 2 work Fax resume w/drivers reference names and abstract to 403-886-4475 numbers Please fax resume to : 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D

OPTICIAN

Trades

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.

19166TFD28

TO PLACE AN AD

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Dec. 10, 2012

850

Trades

Truckers/ Drivers

860

SNOW plow drivers(2) req’d for winter season based out of Lacombe, exc. wages. Must have Class 3 w/air. Call Toll Free 1-877-787-2501 Mon. - Fri. 9 am. - 5 pm. only or fax resume to: 403-784-2330 TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s FULL TIME

APPRENTICE MECHANIC

Send resume to m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Truckers/ Drivers

860

EXPERIENCED

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed.

CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 hartwell@telus.net F/T. Class 1 drivers to haul NGL butane Super B’s, must be over 25 yrs., EMAIL: dreaddriving@gmail.com

WANTED Class 1 drivers with propane, butane, LPG mix in Central AB. Must have all tickets Fax resume to 403-887-6110 or Call Dennis at 403-588-5836

Misc.

Help

880

ADULT & Youth Carrier Needed For Delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in

NORMANDEAU Nash St. & Norris Close ALSO Nichols Crsc & Nyberg Ave.

LOOKING for Dispatcher/ Dock worker. Must have Class 1. Contact Darrel at 403-341-2340 for appt.

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Truckers/ Drivers

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.

$268/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

860

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Hydrovac Truck Operators

MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE

Top wages paid based on experience Scheduled days off Valid safety tickets an asset

276167L10-15

We are a busy & growing construction company looking for Hydrovac Truck Operators to join our busy team!

Work around the Red Deer area for the winter.

E-mail or Fax resume to: Human Resources at 403-845-5370

Misc.

Help

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED

MICHENER West of 40th Ave. North of Ross St. area $245.00/mo.

Good for adult w/a small car ALSO East of 40th North of Ross St. Michener Green Cresc. area.

KENTWOOD Kirkland & Kidd Close ALSO Kilburn & Krause Crsc

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

880

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

880

Misc.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in MOUNTVIEW 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/yr 1-1/2 hrs. per day

Misc.

Help

880

CARRIERS REQUIRED to deliver the Central AB. Life in the towns of Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick at 403-314-4303

Misc.

Help

880

GM CAR DEALERSHIP EVALUATORS WANTED! Open to anyone with a GM vehicle. Apply at www. premierservice.ca. Premier Service is a member of the Retail Council of Canada.

GREENHOUSE Workers wanted at Meadowbrook Greenhouses, Penhold 14 F/T seasonal positions.

Training provided. Start Feb. 2013. $9.75/ hr, 44 hrs./ 5 days per week, 4 month period. Fax resume 403-886-2252 Start your career!

See Help Wanted

ALSO SOUTH HILL 83 Advocate $435/mo. $5229/YR. 1 Hr. per day.

LANCASTER Lenon Close, Lacey Close, Landry Bend area $76/mo.

ALSO Logan Close Lee St. & Lawrence Crsc. area $158/mo.

GLENDALE Gunn St. & Goodacre Close

HOT SHOT DRIVER. REQ’D. Scheduled days off. Company benefits.

Fax resume & driver’s abstract to: 403-342-2152

Misc.

Help

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ANDERS AREA

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.

Adams Close/ Adair Ave. BOWER AREA Baile Cl. /Boyce St. Beatty Crs./Barrett Dr. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

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 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

Isbister Close Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Lagrange Crsc SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St./Somerset Close.

Sunnyside Crsc.

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

CIRCULATION

880

Service Runner (Part Time)

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week)

(counting money).

15-25 hrs per week. Must be available to start as early as 7 am and finish as late as 2 pm and be available any days of the week. Must be physically fit as this is a physically demanding position.

Send resume to vickib@cashcasino.ca, or fax 1-403-243-4812.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold!

Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook 1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1530

Auctions

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

1650

Farmers' Market

BROWN EGGS AND LAMB now has free range pork : gourmet hams and sausage. Great selection of warm woolies.

Phone 403-782-4095

1660

Firewood

Please contact QUITCY

AFFORDABLE

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

1810

AQUARIUM

60 gal. tank with black storage cabinet.

Complete with: Cichlids, all accessories, decorations and food.

New Fluval 405 filter, canopy with lights, & heater all replaced within the last year.

Great Christmas Present!!

Cost for everything if buying new would be over $1400. Asking $500.

403-346-7778 or 403-506-7117 Red Deer

1830

Cats

2 F Blue Russian tuxedo cross, one all charcoal, one charcoal w/white socks, while bib & white whiskers. very cute, ready for good home/farm/acreage, good mousers, litter trained 403-886-4852 403-588-6505

1840

Dogs

ENGLISH Mastiff puppies for sale. Certified, first shots, microchipped.

CKC. All colours available.

May be viewed on our website at www. doublepjsenglishmastiffs. net call 403-652-3429 pcrowder02@gmail.com $2500.00 well worth it.

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 POMERANIAN white pups, 2F, 1M, 403-227-5105 www.diamondicepoms.com

Sporting Goods

1860

GOLF travel bag, black w/wheels, very good cond. $40, 403-346-0093 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

SPLIT Dry Firewood. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Employment Training

Pets & Supplies

Homestead Firewood

Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD 347-7211 bluegrassnursery.com

900

JOIN THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM TODAY!

272825K19-L30

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1300

1100

wegot

stuff

EquipmentHeavy

In Town of Trochu Morning Delivery 1 hour per day 6 days per week No collection No Sundays

wegotservices

1335

Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

- Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers

1200

RED DEER WORKS

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

1280

920

Career Planning

for all Albertans

is expanding its facility to double production.

1165

P/T GRAVEYARD shift Person req’d. immed. Must be 18 yrs. old. Please apply in person with resume to Express 24 EASTVIEW. 140 Erickson Drive

FREE

Hiring Part Time

COUNTROOM

As part of our customer service team, you will be This project is funded by the dispatched in response to service concerns to deliv- Government of Canada’s Youth ery newspapers and flyers Employment Strategy. to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle is provided.

Hours of shifts are Monday through Friday 5 a.m. to Are you between the ages of 16-30 years 9 a.m. or longer, and/or afternoon shifts Monday to • Unemployed , not attending school Friday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m..

Saturday and Sunday, 7 • Facing multiple barriers to a.m.-11 a.m. or longer achieving your potential and personal independence Submit resume, indicating • In need of a chance to get “Service Runner Position”, your life back on track along with your drivers • Ready, willing and committed abstract immediately to: to making positive life Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included. careers@ changes reddeeradvocate.com • Wanting to expand your Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. or mail to: network of supports Human Resources eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to • Looking to improve your life 2950 Bremner Avenue and or employability skills Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 • Willing to learn or fax to: 403-341-4772 • A Canadian citizen We thank all applicants for • Not receiving Employment their interest, however, Insurance Benefits or have only selected candidates not received regular benefits will be contacted. within the last 5 years If any or some of the above Celebrate your life points apply to you please feel with a Classified free to give us a call to see if ANNOUNCEMENT the youth employment program CLASSIFICATIONS may be a fit for you. Please DOOR SECURITY 1000-1430 contact us at: X-Static is now accepting The Youth and Volunteer applications for Centre of Red Deer Experienced P/T 403-342-6500 ext 118 or door security 342-7521 Apply in person, after 3 pm Or email info@yvc.ca This is a 6 month project providing youth/young adults with an opportunity to enhance personal growth learn life skills and employability Massage Moving & skills through classroom Therapy Storage Accounting activity and work experience.

Escorts F/T Assistant Manager Eligible participants will req’d for busy convenience receive minimum wage BOXES? MOVING? INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* TRADITIONAL CHINESE store. Please apply in while attending this MASSAGE, new girls, SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315 Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. INDEPENDENT w/own car person with resume to project. Childcare costs and 4606 48 Ave. Open 7 with oilfield service Express 24 EASTVIEW. transportation funds may be a.m.- 9 p.m. 7 days a wk. companies, other small 140 Erickson Drive Handyman available.

Phone 403-986-1691 businesses and individuals Services RW Smith, 346-9351 Printing The Next Program will begin Employment VII MASSAGE in January 02, 2013.

Feeling overwhelmed?

Training F & J Renovations. We do “Printing Press numbering Hard work day? Come in it all. Good rates and machines brand LEIBENand let us pamper you. references available so call Contractors GER OR ATLANTIC Pampering at its best.

John at 403-307-3001 ( Convex or straight) #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear jbringleson@shaw.ca reverse or forward suitable BRIAN’S DRYWALL entrance if necessary) for GTO or large press for Framing, drywall, taping, GREYSTONE Handyman www.viimassage.biz sale. $275.00 each, or if textured & t-bar ceilings, Services. Reasonable In/Out Calls to Hotels you purchase all 8, it will 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980 rates. Ron, 403-396-6089 403-986-6686 be $250 each.

DALE’S Home Reno’s 2 GTO PERFORATION TIRED of waiting? Call Free estimates for all your Misc.

ARMS with wheels $300 Renovation Rick, Jack of reno needs. 403-506-4301 FOR BOTH .call all trades. Handier than 9 Services 403-346-4263 men.

587-876-4396 or JNM CONSTRUCTION ( pictures can be viewed 587-272-1999 Home Improvements, 5* JUNK REMOVAL on kijiji ID436440237) From Demolition to finish!

Property clean up 340-8666 30 yrs. Exp. Free Est. Massage 403-505-2248 CENTRAL PEST Therapy Seniors’ CONTROL LTD. SIDING, Soffit, Fascia Services Comm/res.

Locally owned.

Prefering non- combustible * NEW * Executive Touch.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca fibre cement, canexel & Relaxation massage for ATT’N: SENIORS smart board, Call Dean @ men. 5003A - Ross St. FREE removal of all kinds Are you looking for help 302-9210.

Mon-Fri 11am-6pm 348-5650 of unwanted scrap metal. on small reno’s or jobs, No household appliances such as, new bathroom Gentle Touch Massage 403-396-8629 sink, toilets or safety bars 4919 50 St. New rear entry, in bath tubs. Call James lots of parking 403-341-4445 Escorts 403- 341-0617 HOT STONE, Body BEAUTIFUL college girl Balancing. 403-352-8269 HELPING HANDS ROXY 403-848-2300 For Seniors. Cleaning, LINDA’S CHINESE MASIRONMAN Scrap Metal cooking, companionship EDEN SAGE Grand Opening #3 Recovery is picking up in home or in facility.

587-877-7399 10am-midnight 4820-47 Ave. 403-986-1550 scrap again! Farm machinCall 403-346-7777 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL ery, vehicles and industrial.

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Better For Cheaper with a WALK-INS WELCOME Serving central Alberta.

Girls of all ages 598-3049 Low Price Guarantee.

403-318-4346 www.eroticasplaymates.net 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 helpinghandshomesupport.com

1010

880

Misc.

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900

1700

Health & Beauty

*NEW!* Asian Relaxation Massage Downtown RD 587-377-1298 Open Mon.Fri. daily 11am - 6 pm.

Household Appliances

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

Household Furnishings

1720

COFFEE table 58” x 22” x 15h with center closed cubical $200 403-314-2026 LIMITED Edit. pink Dyson upright vacuum cleaner $150, 403-346-9899

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1760

2 BOXES of Wildlife books ea.$10; box of assorted indoor flower pots $15; med. spider plant, $7; rubber plant variegated green leaves $10; 30” bow saw and case $15; 3 pc. unit w/liquor cabinet $55; 6 cubical unit, great for books, pictures, etc. $70 403-314-2026 BLUE Flame Heater, thermo controlled, 10,000 BTU, $75; electric oil heater, $30; Woodwork patterns $10; 6 fireplace tools, $10; Star Choice Receiver, $5; Gimme-Five game, $20; Sequence game $20; 2 vanity light fixtures and 3 track satin light fixtures, $30.

403-358-5247

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 BDRM. small cozy house, Sylvan Lake, lrg. yard. $750.

Avail.jAN. 1. 403-304-9581

House In Grandview 2 bdrms., 2.5 baths, fin. bsmt., in-suite laundry.

Garage, yard, No Smoking NO PETS. $1450. & utils.

Avail NOW! Hearthstone 403-314-0099, 396-9554 www.hpman.ca

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

33 Cosgrove Cres.

Large townhouse, balcony, 2 bdrm. + den, 1.5 baths. 5 appls., in-suite laundry, NO PETS. Avail. Jan. 1! $1095 Gas & Elect. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 396-9554 www.hpman.ca

AVAIL. Jan. 1, 3 bdrm. townhouse, 4 appl., hardCOACH purse and wallet, wood, 2 parking stalls, set, $100; Louis Vuitton c l o s e t o s h o p p i n g & p u r s e s $ 5 0 e a c h , schools. $1075 + util. + d.d 403-506-0054 403-346-9899 NEVER USED, genuine FRESHLY painted 3 Bdrm.

Ugg boots, size 7, $125; 2 1 1/2 baths, 5 appls,, n/s, Liz Clairborne purses $30 no pets, avail. now, Deer Park 403-391-1740 each, 403-346-9899

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Daily, the Red Deer Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

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Monday, Dec. 10, 2012

Gay marriage laws take effect in Washington About 140 couples register to marry at Seattle City Hall, more events take place across the state

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Same-sex couples in Washington state began reciting wedding vows at events across the state Sunday, on the first day they could marry after the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gay marriage law took effect.

Last month, Washington, Maine and Maryland became the first states to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote. They joined six other states â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New York, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the District of Columbia that had already enacted laws or issued court rulings permitting same-sex marriage.

About 140 couples had registered to marry at Seattle City Hall, which had set up five separate chapels to accommodate the revelers. Starting at 10 a.m.

(1800 GMT), cheers and applause regularly broke out as another coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marriage became official. Weddings at city hall were to continue through 5 p.m. (0100 GMT).

Mayor Mike McGinn, who greeted couples at they arrived, called it a â&#x20AC;&#x153;great day, a joyous day.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really wonderful,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A new civil right is going to be recognized in this great civil institution.â&#x20AC;?

Keith Bacon and Corianton Hale of Seattle, who celebrated their six-year anniversary the night before, hugged and kissed to loud cheers and camera flashes as they took their vows before one of the 16 local judges who volunteered to officiate the weddings on Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re totally thrilled,â&#x20AC;? Bacon said. The couple had done a commitment ceremony in August but said this day was particularly special. We had looked at this as maybe a day we would sign a piece of paper and seal the deal, and instead weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re having this huge party being thrown in our honour. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just mind blowing.â&#x20AC;?

Nancy Monahan, 57, a retired petty officer with the Coast Guard, waited outside before the weddings began with her partner of 14 years, Deb Needham, 48.

Monahan was wearing her uniform, and Needham was wearing an ivory

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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. immed. & 2 for Jan. 2 403-304-7576 / 347-7545

Kyte/Kelloway Cres.

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. Jan. 2 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Riverfront Estates

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1220 along the river.

SD $1000. avail.

Jan. 2 403-304-7576 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

3040

Newly Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Sharon 403-550-8777

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

3060

Suites

PENHOLD lrg. 1 bdrm., incl. heat water. $675 avail.

Jan. 1, 403-348-6594

3 BDRM. 4 plex, Innisfail, heat included, $795 w/laundry connection 403-357-7817

SUNNYBROOK

ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975 rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Avail. Now or Jan. 1.

Call 403-304-5337

3060

Suites

1 & 2 BDRM. APTS. Clean, quiet bldg.

Call 318-0901.

EXCLUSIVE Apt. in Royal Oaks

Modern 2 bdrm., 2 bath, balcony. In-suite laundry.

Parking, No Pets. $1325. + elect. Adult Only. Avail.

Jan. 1. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 319-4225 www.hpman.ca GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, D.D. $825, 1 BDRM., $740, N/S, no pets, no partiers, avail immed..

1-403-200-8175 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

OPPOSITE HOSPITAL

Large 2 bdrm. apt., balcony No pets. $775. avail. Jan. 1.

403-346-5885

Manufactured Homes

3040

Offices

3110

DOWNTOWN RD. 4910-50 Ave. Joe 403-358-4131 598-4131

Stores/ Commercial

3120

20,000with Intro

Mobile Lot

3190

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.

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Disputed constitution going to referendum EGYPT STILL SPLIT DESPITE PRESIDENT’S CALL TO HAVE REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTION THAT GIVES HIM NEAR ABSOLUTE POWERS

CAIRO, Egypt — President Mohammed Morsi is unlikely to worry if Egypt’s Islamist-leaning draft constitution passes by only a small margin in a Dec. 15 referendum, since he and his backers tout his 51 per cent election victory in June as a “popular mandate” that is beyond any challenge.

Still, an idea taking root among many secular Egyptians is that a constitution requires a reasonable degree of consensus to qualify as a charter for all — and that it is fundamentally illegitimate to ram one through by a simple majority despite opposition from key sectors of society that oppose giving religion such a major role in the affairs of state.

“It is irrational to have a constitution that does not genuinely represent everyone,” said Kahlil al-Anani, a British-based expert on Egypt. “It is important that a constitution is passed with a comfortable majority, but it does not make the document less credible if it is a modest majority.”

The proposed constitution is at the heart of the nation’s worst political crisis since the overthrow nearly two years ago of authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak. The charter has divided Egypt, with Morsi and his Islamist backers, including ultraconservative Salafis, in one camp, and secularists and leftists, including minority Christians and women, in the other.

At least six civilians have been killed in street clashes and several offices of the president’s Muslim Brotherhood torched in the unrest.

With such deep polarization, Morsi on Saturday offered the opposition a mixed bag: He rescinded decrees he issued Nov. 22 that gave him near absolute powers, but he insisted the referendum go ahead as

Wreckage of plane carrying Mexican music superstar found, no survivors THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTERREY, Mexico — The wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying MexicanAmerican music superstar Jenni Rivera was found in northern Mexico on Sunday and there were no survivors, authorities said.

Transportation and Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said “everything points toward” the wreckage belonging to the plane carrying Rivera and six other people to Toluca, outside Mexico City, from Monterrey, where the singer who has sold 15 million records had just given a concert.

“There is nothing recognizable, neither material nor human” in the wreckage found in the state of Nuevo Leon, Ruiz Esparza told the Televisa network. The impact was so powerful that the remains of the plane “are scattered over an area of 250 to 300 metres. It is almost unrecognizable.”

No cause was given for the plane’s crash, but its wreckage was found near the town of Iturbide in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Oriental, where the terrain is very rough.

The Learjet 25, number N345MC, took off from Monterrey at 3:30 a.m. local time and was reported missing about 10 minutes later. It was registered to Starwood Management of Las Vegas, Nevada, according to FAA records. It was built in 1969 and had a current registration through 2015.

Media and celebrities in Mexico sent condolences to Rivera’s family, but authorities still had not confirmed that she was aboard the plane and said there will be an investigation to identify the remains found.

“My friend! Why? There is no consolation.

God, please help me!” said Mexican pop singer Paulina Rubio on her official Twitter account.

Singer Miguel Bose, who appears on the Mexican show The Mexican Voice along with Rivera, wrote on his Twitter account: “My dear Jenni, you will always be in my heart.

Forever. I love you.”

Also believed aboard the plane were her publicist, Arturo Rivera, her lawyer, makeup artist and the flight crew.

The 43-year-old Rivera who was born and raised in Long Beach, California, is one of the biggest stars of the Mexican regional style known as grupero music, which is influenced by the norteno, cumbia and ranchero styles.

Though drug trafficking was the theme of

some of her songs, she was not considered a singer of “narco corridos,” or ballads glorifying drug lords like other groups, such as Los Tigres del Norte. She was better known for singing about her troubles in love and disdain for men.

The so-called “Diva de la Banda” was beloved by fans on both sides of the border for songs such as “De Contrabando” and “La Gran Senora.”

Her parents were Mexicans who had migrated to the United States. Two of her five brothers, Lupillo and Juan Rivera, are also well-known singers of grupero music.

Although the she studied business administration, her passion for music was always present.

She formally debuted on the music scene in 1995 with the release of her album Chacalosa.

Due to its success, she recorded two more independent albums, “We Are Rivera” and “Farewell to Selena,” a tribute album to slain singer Selena that helped expand her following.

At the end of the 1990s, Rivera was signed

by Sony Music and released two more albums.

But widespread success came for her when she joined Fonovisa and released her 2005 album titled Partier, Rebellious and Daring.

She recently won two Billboard Mexican Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year and Banda Album of the Year for Joyas prestadas: Banda.

She was nominated to the Latin Grammy in 2002, 2008 and 2011.

Besides being a singer, she is also a businesswoman and actress, appearing in the indie film Filly Brown, which was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, as the incarcerated mother of Filly Brown.

She was filming the third season of “I love Jenni,” which followed her as she shared special moments with her children and as she toured through Mexico and the United States.

She also has the reality shows: “Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis and Raq-C” and her daughter’s “Chiquis ’n Control.”

Controversy often surrounded Rivera.

In 2009, she was detained at the Mexico City airport when she declared $20,000 in cash but was really carrying $52,167. She was taken into custody. She said it was an innocent mistake and authorities gave her the benefit of the doubt and released her.

In 2011, her brother Juan assaulted a drunk-

February 2011.

Islamists accuse the opposition of being — knowingly or not — part of a conspiracy by Mubarak loyalists to destabilize Egypt and derail its transition to democratic rule.

An opposition spokesman told a news conference Sunday that it is “completely rejecting” the referendum and would not accord legitimacy to a charter that will further divide the nation. But there was no word whether the opposition was calling for a boycott or urging supporters to cast a “no” vote.

The ambivalence may be a reflection of divisions in the ranks of the opposition. None of its main leaders addressed the news conference.

Urging a “no” vote would give the referendum legitimacy, especially if the draft is passed, as expected. Only a simple majority is needed for adoption.

A boycott would allow the opposition to claim the vote was illegitimate, especially if staying away from the polls significantly reduces turnout.

Not everyone is convinced, however, that the discipline and commitment of the hard-core Islamist voters would deliver the victory Morsi wants, citing his narrow win in June and the 25 per cent of the vote he received in the presidential election’s first round, when he ran in a field of 13 of mostly Islamist candidates.

But Morsi, the chief proponent of the document, may have succeeded in the past two weeks in rallying firmly behind him the entire spectrum of Islamist groups, not just his relatively moderate Muslim Brotherhood.

“He faced the choice of losing his credibility or his popularity. He went for the latter,” said al-Anani, alluding to Morsi’s repeated promises in his early days in office that he would never put the constitution to a vote unless it enjoyed consensus.

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The opposition’s response was to call for more street protests to try to force him to abandon the draft constitution.

There may only be a small chance of Morsi doing that.

Islamists from the Muslim Brotherhood and other like-minded groups are already campaigning for a “yes” vote, marketing the referendum and the adoption of a constitution as the door to stability and economic recovery. If adopted, elections for parliament’s lawmaking lower chamber — dissolved by a court ruling in June — must be held within two months.

The opposition’s apparent despair over whether it can stop the referendum from going ahead is deepening the schism between Islamists and non-Islamists.

Many Egyptians worry it will produce a constitution that is far from representative of the country’s 85 million people.

Critics say Egypt is approaching the referendum with a heavy heart rather than the jubilation that supposedly accompanies an occasion that, at least in theory, should be a milestone in the shift from authoritarian rule to democracy.

“This is a constitution that will not contribute to stability,” said prominent rights lawyer Negad Boari.

“The president wants the referendum, regardless of the cost. They are creating a religious state that they had long dreamt of and waited for. It is now within reach.”

The question of whether to rally a “no” vote“ or boycott the referendum is a challenging one for the opposition as it comes under scathing criticism as isolated and motivated by its refusal to accept the position of power gained by the Islamists following a string of electoral wins since Mubarak’s ouster in

en fan at a popular fair in Guanajuato after he verbally attacked Jenni.

In the face of heavy criticism among her fans and on social networks, Rivera publicly apologized for the incident during a concert in Mexico City, telling her fans: “Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.”

On Saturday night, Rivera had given a concert before thousands of fans in Monterrey.

After the concert she gave a press conference during which she spoke of her emotional state following her recent divorce from former Major League Baseball pitcher Esteban Loaiza, who played for teams including the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I can’t get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other woman,” she said Saturday night.

“The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up.”

BIRD SMUGGLING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — A Miami man faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly trying to smuggle birds from Cuba into the United States in his pants.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says Alberto Diaz Gonzalez pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to import undeclared wildlife from the Caribbean island. He is scheduled to be sentenced in February.

Diaz’s federal public defender did

not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.

Diaz returned to Miami from Havana on Oct. 20. Court documents show he told U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Miami that he was not carrying any wildlife.

But authorities say when officers searched Diaz, they found 16 Cuban bullfinches hidden in his pants.

They say Diaz admitted the birds were from Cuba and that he planned to sell them.

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Teen wants Easy-Bake Oven to appeal more to boys TEEN GETS SUPPORT FROM CELEBRITY CHEF BOBBY FLAY

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In this photo taken Dec. 4, 2012, a coffee bean picked from elephant dung is shown at an elephant camp in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. A Canadian entrepreneur with a background in civet coffee has teamed up with a herd of 20 elephants, gourmet roasters and one of the country’s top hotels to produce the Black Ivory, a new blend from the hills of northern Thailand and the excrement of elephants which ranks among the world’s most expensive cups of coffee.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Thailand — In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world’s most expensive coffee.

Trumpeted as earthy in flavour and smooth on the palate, the exotic new brew is made from beans eaten by Thai elephants and plucked a day later from their dung. A gut reaction inside the elephant creates what its founder calls the coffee’s unique taste.

Stomach turning or oddly alluring, this is not just one of the world’s most unusual specialty coffees. At $1,100 per kilogram ($500 per pound), it’s also among the world’s priciest.

For now, only the wealthy or welltravelled have access to the cuppa, which is called Black Ivory Coffee. It was launched last month at a few luxury hotels in remote corners of the world — first in northern Thailand, then the Maldives and now Abu Dhabi — with the price tag of about $50 a

serving.

The Associated Press travelled to the coffee’s production site in the Golden Triangle, an area historically known for producing drugs more potent than coffee, to see the jumbo baristas at work. And to sip the finished product from a dainty demitasse.

In the misty mountains where Thailand meets Laos and Myanmar, the coffee’s creator cites biology and scientific research to answer the basic question: Why elephants?

“When an elephant eats coffee, its stomach acid breaks down the protein found in coffee, which is a key factor in bitterness,” said Blake Dinkin, who has spent $300,000 developing the coffee. “You end up with a cup that’s very smooth without the bitterness of regular coffee.”

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Four-year-old Gavyn Boscio loves to cook and asked for an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas.

But when his big sister went to buy one, she discovered to her disappointment that it comes only in girly pink and purple, with girls — and only girls — on the box and in the commercials.

So the eighth-grader from Garfield, N.J., started an online petition asking Pawtucket, R.I.-based Hasbro to make the toy ovens in gender-neutral colours and feature boys on the package.

By Friday, 13-year-old McKenna Pope’s petition had garnered more than 30,000 signatures in a little more than a week.

And celebrity chef Bobby Flay, who owned an Easy-Bake Oven as a boy, is among those weighing in on her side.

In a video McKenna made to accompany her petition on Change.org, Gavyn whips up a batch of cookies and tells his sister he wants a dinosaur and an Easy-Bake Oven for Christmas. When she asks him why there are no boys in the commercial for Easy-Bake Ovens, he explains: “Because only girls play with it.”

“Obviously, the way they’re marketing this product is influencing what he thinks and the way that he acts,” McKenna said in an interview.

She said her little brother would probably be OK playing with a purpleand-pink oven by himself but would be too embarrassed to use it in front of his friends.

A spokesman for Hasbro did not return calls for comment.

In a letter McKenna received on Monday, a Hasbro representative told her the company has featured boys on the packaging over the years and said a brother and sister were finalists for the Easy-Bake “Baker of the Year” award in 2009. Hasbro also pointed to Flay as an example of a chef who traced his career to an early experience with the Easy-Bake.

McKenna found the response disappointing.

“All they really told me is that boys play with their products. I already know boys do play with your products, so why are you only marketing them to girls?” she said. “I don’t want them to make a boys’ Easy-Bake Oven and girls’ Easy-Bake Oven. I want them to

make an Easy-Bake Oven for kids.”

The debate over whether toy companies are reinforcing gender stereotypes — pinks and princesses for girls, guns and gross things for boys — seems to flare every year, particularly at Christmas, and has involved such things as Legos, toy microscopes and Barbie dolls. Now, it has extended to another one of the most beloved baby boomer toys, introduced in the 1960s.

Flay, 47, said he asked for an EasyBake for Christmas when he was about 5. He remembers it as a “putrid green” and recalls baking cakes with his mother from mixes. (The Easy-Bake Oven back then used a light bulb as a heating element; now it operates more like a real oven.) At the time, he said, the stereotype was that only women cooked, but a lot has changed since then.

“I cannot tell you how many young boys are my fans. And they want to grow up, and they want to cook,” the Food Network star said.

Jim Silver, a toy expert and editorin-chief of Timetoplaymag.com, played with an Easy-Bake himself when as a kid and said boys still play with it, just as girls play with Hot Wheels cars.

He said Hasbro is simply marketing to the audience most likely to buy the oven and there’s nothing wrong with that.

About seven years ago, Hasbro had a cooking product aimed at boys, the Queasy Bake Cookerator, which included recipes for gross-sounding treats such as Dip n’ Drool Dog Bones and Mud n’ Crud Cake. “Sales failed miserably,” Silver said.

Flay said he is not surprised it failed because Hasbro was trying to appeal to boys in a stereotypical way.

Instead, he urged the toymaker to think about widening the market for the Easy-Bake.

“Why not actually create something that everybody knows the name, but also it comes in different colours so that boys, girls, doesn’t matter, they can pick what colour they want and it will make them a little more comfortable to buy it?” he said.

In the meantime, he said, Gavyn’s family should buy him an Easy-Bake Oven anyway.

“Absolutely. If that’s what he wants, why not get it for him? I mean, who cares what colour it is?” he said.

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Each of our Ford-Trained Technicians is certified to check more than your Ford’s oil and filter. As a complete service package, your vehicle will undergo a comprehensive inspection of up to 83-points, including rotating and checking all four tires. So you can drive away knowing everything works the way it should.

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There’s more to it than oil* and a filter.

COMPREHENSIVE VEHICLE REPORT CARD

UP TO

83

POINT INSPECTION

EVERY HOSE, BELT AND FLUID CHECKED.

PLUS, WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD ON TIRES.

FOR ONLY

59

WORKS $ THE

$

UP TO

99

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IN POTENTIAL ANNUAL

SAVINGS 385 FUEL

WHEN PERFORMED WITH REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE.◊

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For more details and offers, visit us at your Alberta Ford Store or ford.ca

All offers expire December 15, 2012. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. See Service Advisor for complete details. Applicable taxes and provincial levies not included. Dealer may sell for less. Only available at participating locations. ‡ Applies to single rear wheel vehicles only. Diesel models not eligible. * Up to 5 litres of oil. Disposal fees may be extra. Does not apply to diesel engines. ◊ Based on a Ford Fusion V6 automatic that has a fuel consumption rating of 10L/100 km in combined city/highway driving (properly tuned), a one-year driving distance of 20,000 km and $1.29 per litre for gasoline (based on Environment Canada averages). Improved fuel efficiency and emission reduction levels depend on model, year and condition of vehicle. †† In order to receive a local competitor’s advertised price: (i) tires must be purchased and installed at your participating Ford Dealer; (ii) customer must present the competitor’s actual local advertisement (containing the lower price) which must have been printed within 30 days of the sale; and (iii) the tires being purchased must be the same brand, sidewall, speed and load ratings as shown in the competitive advertisement. Offer only available at participating Ford dealerships. This offer is valid on the cost of the tire only and does not include labour costs, valve stems, mounting, balancing, disposal, and taxes. Offer does not apply to advertised prices outside of Canada, in eBay advertisements, by tire wholesalers and online tire retailers, or closeout, special order, discontinued and clearance/liquidation offers. Limited time offer. Offer may be cancelled or changed at any time without prior notice. See your Service Advisor for details. © 2012 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.